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Exploring The Qualities Of Child-Friendly Outdoor Spaces: A Field Study In Low Income Neighbourhoods - Case Study: Sabra, Beirut, Lebanon, Farah Ahmad Mefleh, Hiba Mohsen, Baher Farahat

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Children’s play areas are from the past an indispensable right for children, in which it allows children to build their physical environment and assess it cognitive thinking. But today, the city, especially in low-income population suffers from a clear shortage of open spaces, where the leftover spaces are left empty used for garbage, old tanks car parts, and many other bad issues. This has negatively affected society, mainly children, where they become vulnerable to many social ills and problems that threaten their lives and behaviour. This paper tries to ameliorate and presents adequate children’s play areas, for the low-income population, …

Detecting A New Approach To Revive Dystopian Paranoid Sites, Shadi Osta, Marwan Halabi, Maged Youssef

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Until the nineteenth century, space delineation was tied only to the architectural norm, and even now, space is considered as a fundamental area that provide a safe and shelter for its user. Architecture historically has evolved significantly, altering the way people perceive space. Anciently, world civilization used to pay great attention in portraying semiotic of spatial experience in their architectural practices. Back when reflecting moods in architecture was part of utilization of the function. Moreover, Civilization has revolutionized the means of spatial delineation due to new trends in technological evolution. Therefore, to comprehend this association, the studies can distinguish how …

Exploring Utopian Concepts In The Contemporary Water Architecture, Aya Chehab, Hiba Mohsen

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Water has since the beginning of civilizations been known to be the vital component of mankind’s existence. The inseparable relation between architecture and water is well-established from the beginning of ages where humans first settlements arose; that inevitably led to the creation of long-lasting shelters. Despite their strong bond, the architectural relationship with water has been through an unfortunate downfall throughout the years. Some contemporary architects admire to achieve an innovative approach in their projects, but are still lacking the risk of incorporating water as a key component for it; where it can act as a symbol of grandeur, creating …

Architecture Of Utopian Social Battery In The Neoliberal Cities, Al Hadi Taha, Marwan Halabi, Hiba Mohsen, Bahaa El Dine Abou El Khoudoud

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

During the span of the recorded history, there has been always a continual eagerness to reach what is seen as a perfect place, this perfection has been later called utopia or the ‘non-existent place’ in Greek. Eventually, the perception of utopia differs between people, groups, eras, and many other factors, it’s a simultaneous desire of improving the current conditions. One of these perceived utopias was Neo-liberalism, which is an economic philosophy with ideas linked with free-market, economic liberalism, and capitalism. Indeed, this utopia has turned into a dystopia in which this philosophy became a prevalent mode of producing cities that …

Book Review Of Eating Nafta: Trade, Food Policies, And The Destruction Of Mexico By Alyshia Gálvez, Laura Kihlstrom

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

This is a book review of the book 'Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico' by Alyshia Gálvez.

Transmission And Erosion Of Local Knowledge Practices In A Fishing Village In South India, Dalibandhu Pukkalla Mr, Sharma Bv Prof

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Fishermen acquire knowledge through kin or other members of the community in an informal way, as well as through personal experience. The knowledge thus acquired is viewed as an asset, but the dangers of its erosion are well understood by the fisher communities. This study documents local knowledge based on the experience, observation, and experimentation of the Jalari fishing community in South India. We focus on wave/ocean colors, sea currents, reading the weather, and availability of fishes in different seasons. Cultural transmission and factors potentially influencing the sustenance and erosion of knowledge practices are briefly considered.

Participatory Mapping With High-Resolution Satellite Imagery: A Mixed Method Assessment Of Land Degradation And Rehabilitation In Northern Burkina Faso, Colin Thor West, Elisabeth Kago Ilboudo Nébié, Aaron J. Moody

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Sahelian West Africa is a region that has high population densities and that has frequent severe droughts and enormous pressure on natural resources. Because of these challenges, it is the place where the term desertification was originally coined. Recently, however, experts have identified large zones of greening where the amount of vegetation exceeds what one would expect based on rainfall alone. This pattern is well documented, but its mechanisms remain poorly understood. This research employs participatory mapping linked with high-resolution satellite imagery to better understand the human role behind regional vegetation trends. Through a case study of three communities in …

The Bioarchaeology Of The Lake St. Agnes Mound (16av26) Site: Exploring Diet From Fragmentary Remains, Kenneth Tremblay

LSU Master's Theses

The Lake St. Agnes Mound (16AV26) site, located in central Louisiana, is composed of two, temporally distinct burial components; one, a Coles Creek period component, at the base of the mound (~780-880 CE), and the other, a Plaquemine subperiod component, at its apex (~1400 CE). These burials, though heavily fragmented, commingled, and representing small sample sizes, are valuable for studying the transition to agriculture in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. It is now clear that for the Coles Creek period, maize was likely only a ceremonial crop rather than a staple food source (Kidder, 1993; Listi, 2011). The reliance on …

Trustworthiness Of Institutional Repositories In Academic Libraries In South Africa, Tlou Maggie Masenya

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The open access movement in scholarly communication has grown considerably over the past two decades and it has driven an increase in the number of Institutional Repositories (IRs). Academic libraries in South Africa have so far made great advancement towards developing IRs to preserve, manage and to provide open access to digital scholarship of the universities. Open access’s fundamental principle is to make the intellectual output more visible, accessible, searchable and useable by any potential user, and that is indispensable in the quest for long-term access and delivery of authentic digital information. Although many researchers believe that open access has …

Socastee Interview, Participant #04, March 30, 2021, Jennifer Mokos, Jaime Mccauley

Flood Survivor Interviews

A community member of the Rosewood neighborhood in Socastee is interviewed by a CCU student.

Period Studies In Music History Mus 426, Jim Kinnie

Library Impact Statements

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An Interdisciplinary Approach To Community-Engaged Research Surrounding Lead In Drinking Water In The Mississippi Delta, Kristine L. Willett, Stephanie E. Showalter, Catherine M. Janasie, Josephine P. Rhymes, Kennedy Dickson, John J. Green

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Childhood lead poisoning is a problem requiring interdisciplinary attention from toxicology, public health, social sciences, environmental law, and policy. In the U.S., Mississippi was ranked as one of the worst states for lead poisoning with limited childhood screening measures. We conducted community-engaged research by working with leaders in the largely rural Mississippi Delta region from 2016-2019 to collect household water samples and questionnaires and involve their communities in lead poisoning risk awareness and outreach. Drinking water from 213 homes was collected and analyzed for pH and lead concentrations. Highest lead concentrations were from households served by private wells, and detectable …

Deborah Wilkins For Wku Staff Regent, Deborah Wilkins

Staff Council

Campaign email soliciting votes for Deborah Wilkins.

David Brinkley For Wku Staff Regent, David Brinkley

Staff Council

Campaign email soliciting votes for David Brinkley.

Critical Studies In Musicology Mus 427, Jim Kinnie

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

03/30/2021 Meeting, Kelleen Maluski

Meeting Minutes

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دور الابداع المحاسبي في تشجيع الاستثمار الاجنبي وتحقيق التنمية المستدامة دراسة تطبيقية في عينة من المصارف العراقية المدرجة في سوق العراق للأوراق المالية, موج عباس جاسم, امجد كريم غضب, عباس هادي كاطع

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الى معرفة الدور الذي يمارسه الابداع المحاسبي في تحسين صورة القوائم المالية بالشكل الذي يساعد في جذب الاستثمارات الخارجية والذي يؤدي الى زيادة رؤوس الاموال وتحقيق التنمية المستدامة ، ولغرض تحقيق ذلك تم تطبيق البحث على عينة من المصارف العراقية في سوق المال للسنوات المالية (2013-2018) من خلال تحليل مقدار الابداعات المحاسبية ومعرفة نمو رأس المال المستثمر خلال نفس الفترة وتم من خلال ذلك تحقيق اهداف البحث واختبار الفرضية . واهم ما توصل اليه البحث يتمثل بان الابداع المحاسبي يؤدي دورا فاعلا في تغيير نظرة المستخدمين الخارجيين على التقارير المالية المقدمة من قبل المصارف العراقية فضلا عن تحسين …

الشغف الاستراتيجي ودوره في بناء المنظمات الريادية دراسة تطبيقية في المستشفيات الاهلية في محافظة النجف الاشرف, هاشم فوزي العبادي, حوراء رشيد الموسوي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

الغرض: بدأ الشغف الاستراتيجي في الآونة الأخيرة في جذب عدد متزايد من الباحثين على الرغم من وجود عدد قليل من الدراسات المنهجية، إلا أن ظاهرة الشغف سائدة بين رواد الأعمال وهذه دعوة لإجراء دراسات تجريبية ومنهجية من الشغف الاستراتيجي في ريادة الأعمال لتقديم رؤى للممارسة حيث يهدف البحث إلى تطبيق الشغف الاستراتيجي لبناء منظمات ريادية. التصميم ، المنهجية ، النهج : باستخدام مقاربة نوعية في دراسة تطبيقية المتعمقة، تمت دراسة مستشفيات أهلية تعدُّ من المشاريع المتطورة في القطاع الصحي في محافظة النجف الأشرف. النتائج : تشير النتائج بقوة إلى أن أسس بناء منظمات ريادية على مستوى المؤسسات الصحية تتطلب شغف …

إمكانية تقديم منتجات ثورية من خلال تبني استراتيجية المحيط الازرق دارسة تحليلية لآراء الموزعين في شركة ابل في العراق, عمار عواد عمار عواد محمد, ثامر ثامر حواس, ثامر عكاب حواس

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تهدف الدراسة الى تحديد اثر تبني استراتيجية المحيط الأزرق في دعم تقديم منتجات ثورية لدى شركة ابل، وتتمحور مشكلة الدراسة بأن المنتجات الثورية بوصفها بديلا عمليا للتخلص من المنافسة المحتدمة بين المنظمات (وان كان في المدى القصير) لا يمكن التوصل اليها الا من خلال صياغة وتبني استراتيجية شاملة ومتكاملة من قبل الإدارة العليا في المنظمة كاستراتيجية المحيط الأزرق، وقد اعتمدت الدراسة مخطط افتراضي حددت من خلاله فرضياتها لبلوغ اهدافها واستخدم المنهج الوصفي والتحليلي من اجل بلوغ النتائج، والاستبانة بوصفها اداة رئيسة في جمع البيانات والمعلومات المتعلقة بالجانب الميداني من الدراسة، وجرى اختيار شركة ابل ميدانياً للدراسة واختبار فروضها، وتم استطلاع …

دور التدقيق الالكتروني في التحقق من اسس ومداخل القياس المحاسبي للأدوات المالية عند تبني معايير الابلاغ المالي الدولية Ifrs : بحث تطبيقي في شركتي (الشركة العراقية لتصنيع وتسويق التمور ش . م . مختلطة)و(الشركة الوطنية للاستثمارات السياحية والمشاريع العقارية ش . م . مختلطة), عبد المجيد سلمان داود, سعد سلمان عواد المعيني

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

ان تنوع الاصول المالية التي تمتلكها الشركات العراقية والتي يتم قياسها وعرضها بطرق مختلفة وفقاً لتصنيف هذه الاصول وفق معايير الابلاغ المالي الدولية ، وان إعادة قياس هذه الاصول (الاسهم ) يؤثر على قائمة الدخل والمركز المالي للشركات وذلك حسب التغير في القيمة العادلة للاسهم ، لذلك يتطلب من المدقق استعمال وسائل تدقيق متعددة لغرض التحقق من القياس والعرض لهذه الاصول منها استعمال الوسائل الالكترونية في التدقيق ( التدقيق بواسطة الحاسوب) .يكمن هدف البحث الى بيان ماهية التدقيق الالكتروني وبيان وتحليل متطلبات القياس وفق معيار الابلاغ المالي الدولي(IFRS – 9) بالإضافة الى اعداد برنامج تدقيق الكتروني يساعد المدقق في التحقق …

Receptors And Channels Associated With Alcohol Use: Contributions From Drosophila, Kristin M. Scaplen, Emily Petruccelli

Applied Psychology Department Faculty Journal Articles

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a debilitating disorder that manifests as problematic patterns of alcohol use. At the core of AUD’s behavioral manifestations are the profound structural, physiological, cellular, and molecular effects of alcohol on the brain. While the field has made considerable progress in understanding the neuromolecular targets of alcohol we still lack a comprehensive understanding of alcohol’s actions and effective treatment strategies. Drosophila melanogaster is a powerful model for investigating the neuromolecular targets of alcohol because flies model many of the core behavioral elements of AUD and offer a rich genetic toolkit to precisely reveal the in vivo …

Evaluating Citizen Science Outreach: A Case-Study With The Peregrine Fund’S American Kestrel Partnership, Sarah E. Schulwitz, Greg C. Hill, Vanessa Fry, Christopher J.W. Mcclure

Public Policy and Administration Faculty Publications and Presentations

Citizen science programs can be powerful drivers of knowledge and scientific understanding and, in recent decades, they have become increasingly popular. Conducting successful research with the aid of citizen scientists often rests on the efficacy of a program’s outreach strategies. Program evaluation is increasingly recognized as a critical practice for citizen science practitioners to ensure that all efforts, including outreach, contribute to the overall goals of the program. The Peregrine Fund’s American Kestrel Partnership (AKP) is one such citizen science program that relies on outreach to engage participants in effective monitoring of a declining falcon species. Here, we examine whether …

Investigating Decadal Changes Of Multiple Hydrological Products And Land-Cover Changes In The Mediterranean Region For 2009–2018, Wenzhao Li, Sachi Perera, Erik Linstead, Rejoice Thomas, Hesham El-Askary, Thomas Piechota, Daniele Struppa

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

Land-cover change is a critical concern due to its climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic consequences. In this study, we used multiple variables including precipitation, vegetation index, surface soil moisture, and evapotranspiration obtained from different satellite sources to study their association with land-cover changes in the Mediterranean region. Both observational and modeling data were used for climatology and correlation analysis. Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Land Data Assimilation System (FLDAS) and Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) were used to extract surface soil moisture and evapotranspiration data. Intercomparing the results of FLDAS and GLDAS suggested that FLDAS data had better …

The Influence Of Defendant Race/Ethnicity And Police Body-Worn Cameras On Traffic Case Processing, Jessica Huff, Michael D. White, Kathleen E. Padilla

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

The current study evaluates the impact of defendant race/ethnicity and police body-worn cameras (BWCs) on dismissals and guilty pleas in traffic violations. Despite the frequency of traffic violations and the potential for racial/ethnic bias in these incidents, researchers have yet to examine the outcomes of these violations in court. Research is also needed to assess the potential for BWCs to provide evidence and reduce charging disparities and differential pleas for minority defendants. Traffic violations processed in the Tempe, Arizona Municipal Court before and after BWC deployment were examined using logistic regression. Black and Hispanic defendants were less likely to have …

Afghanistan’S First Female Deminers: An Analysis Of Perception Changes Among Deminers, Families, And Communities, Gichd

Global CWD Repository

For the first time in the thirty years of mine action in Afghanistan, as part of an initiative of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), in June 2018 a mixed-gender demining team was deployed by the Danish Demining Group (DRC-DDG) to clear landmines in Bamyan Province, in the central highlands of the country. A minefield was successfully cleared in six months. Following the success of the first project, in 2019 the same demining team was deployed once again to Bamyan to clear other hazards, including the last known minefield in the province. Bamyan has since been declared the first …

"I Thought That We Could Nurture The Nature Out Of Our Son": Making Meaning Of Parenting In The Narratives Of Parents Of Children In Residential Treatment, Jared V. Worwood

Theses and Dissertations

This study implements relational dialectics theory to explore the meaning of parenting from the perspective of parents who had enrolled a child in a residential treatment program. Contrapuntal analysis of six interviews revealed two discourses competing to make meaning of parenting. The Discourse of Demanding Parenting Ideals (DDPI) consisted of two themes: relentless sacrifice and complete responsibility, whereas themes of boundary-setting and acceptance compose the Discourse of Realistic Best Effort (DRBE). Discursive interplay between these discourses occurred in the forms of diachronic separation, synchronic interplay, and discursive transformation to make meaning of parenting and hold theoretical and practical implications.

The Association Between Social Support And Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Survivors Of Betrayal Trauma: A Meta-Analysis, Vanessa Tirone, Daria Orlowska, Ashton M. Lofgreen, Rebecca K. Blais, Natalie R. Stevens, Brian Klassen, Philip Held, Alyson K. Zalta

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

Background: Betrayal traumas have a particularly deleterious effect on mental health. Although social support is a robust predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, it is not clear what factors may impact this relationship among betrayal trauma survivors.

Objective: This study sought to describe the association between social support and PTSD symptom severity among survivors of betrayal trauma and examine whether methodological, sample, trauma, and social support characteristics moderated this association.

Method: A comprehensive search identified 29 studies that assessed the cross-sectional association between PTSD symptom severity and social support among 6,510 adult betrayal trauma survivors.

Results: The average …

Étude De L’Applicabilité De Haut-Parleurs Paramétriques Au Développement De Nouveaux Concepts D’Alarmes De Recul, Olivier Robin, Alain Berry, Hugues Nélisse

Rapports de recherche scientifique

L’utilisation d’alarmes de recul est obligatoire sur une majorité de véhicules lourds et reste un moyen largement utilisé pour prévenir et alerter les personnes œuvrant à proximité de ces véhicules. Des études antérieures, réalisées par l’IRSST, ont montré les limites d’efficacité des alarmes utilisées en milieu de travail pour minimiser le risque à la sécurité des travailleurs. De plus, les alarmes de recul, par le son de niveau élevé et très typé qu’elles produisent, sont régulièrement une source de nuisance importante pour les travailleurs, et aussi pour les riverains. Ces problèmes de gêne et de perception sonore pour les travailleurs …

Performance Comparison Of Neural Networks (Mlp, Rbfnn, Ernn, Jrnn) Models For Stock Prices Forecasting To Bank Of Palestine, Shady I. Altelbany, Anwar A. Abualhussein Anwar A. Abualhussein Anwar A. Abualhussein

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

This study aimed to Performance Comparison of Neural Networks (MLP, RBFNN, ERNN, JRNN) Models for the time series data of a monthly Stock Prices to Bank of Palestine from Nov. 2005 to Oct. 2020, and comparing between models to see which one is better in forecasting. The results of applying the methods were compared through the (MAPE, MAE, RMSE), the most accurate model is ERNN 14-25-1 with minimum forecast measure error.

الرفاهية الروحية وتأثيرها على اداء العمل الفردي دراسة استطلاعية لآراء عينة من الموظفين العاملين في جامعة تكريت /كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد, روى احمد إبراهيم حمادي, طارق عزيز كردي, ثائر جاسم محمد

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف هذا البحث الى التعرف على الرفاهية الروحية واثرها على أداء العمل الفردي في كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد /جامعة تكريت , وتقديم عدد من النتائج والتوصيات التي تساهم في توفير الرفاهية الروحية في كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد والوقوف على مستوى أداء العمل الفردي بين العاملين فيها , واعتمدت الباحثة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي وكذلك الاستعانة بالبرنامج الإحصائي (SPSS) حيث طبق هذا البحث على عينة عشوائية مكونة من (250) عامل , ولتحقيق اهداف البحث تم تطوير استبانة بالاستعانة بالدراسات السابقة من اجل قياس متغيرات البحث, وقد توصل البحث الى مجموعة نتائج اهمها : تلعب الرفاهية الروحية دور هام في نجاح أداء العمل الفردي لدى …