The Media: Freedom & Power: An Examination of Freedom of Expression in America - Dunklee, Jerry; Harris, Frank (Harris and Dunklee, 2002)
A textbook developed for the course of the same title and taught by the authors at the Department of Journalism, Southern Connecticut State University.
Keywords: History; Freedom of the press; Interpretation and construction; Freedom of expression; United States; United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment; United States; Reporters and reporting; dept.jrn; faculty_collection

The Power of Free Expression in America - Harris, Frank (Cognella Academic Publishing, 2016)
Keywords: Freedom of expression; United States; dept.jrn; faculty_collection

The Craft of Quoting: The Art of Writing It Like It's Said - Harris, Frank (Cognella, Inc., 2016)
The Craft of Quoting helps student-writers develop the ability to use quotes in such a way that their readers "hear" and "feel" what the speaker is saying and understand its relevance to the topic at hand. Students will learn how to write quotes with style, clarity, and consistency. The book provides clear guidelines for mechanical correctness, appropriate attribution, and paraphrasing. The use of paragraph breaks for stylistic purposes is also addressed. In addition, The Craft of Quoting sets out twelve "quote-nots" that help students avoid the common pitfalls of using quotes in written work, as well as nine essential quote patterns that enhance efficacy and impact. The Craft of Quoting also addresses the importance of ethics in writing, especially as these relate to plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Practical and concise, The Craft of Quoting is ideally suited to journalism students whose reporting involves interviewing sources. It is also an excellent tool for second-tier writing classes in which students explore other people's thoughts and feelings in their work.
Keywords: Handbooks; manuals; etc; Journalism; dept.jrn; faculty_collection

Exchange Rate Management in Advanced Transition Economics - Grubacic, Sanja (2017)
The purpose of my sabbatical leave was to enable me to engage in writing a manuscript on Exchange Rate management in Advanced Transition Economics. This project involved gathering, analyzing, and preparing for publishing the new empirical evidence on behavior of exchange rates in several economies of East and Central Europe. The analysis intended to contribute to a theoretical and empirical literature on the importance of foreign exchange markets and exchange rate management in promoting a country's internal and external balance.
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Essentials of Money, Banking and Financial Institutions: With Applications to the Developing World - Andoh, Samuel K. (Lexington Books, 2014)
Essentials of Money, Banking and Financial Institutions builds on the essential concepts of money and banking and applies them in the context of developing countries. Frequent comparisons between developed and developing countries are made to enable students to make proper inferences about the efficacy of certain concepts.
Keywords: Developing countries; Developing countries; Banks and banking; Developing countries; Economic development; Finance; Money market; dept.eco; faculty_collection

The Development of Capital Markets and Economic Growth in Transition Economies: Sabbatical Fall 2009 - Grubacic, Sanja (2009)
This project involved gathering, analyzing, and preparing for publication the new empirical evidence on the working of capital markets in several economies of East and Central Europe, additionally providing material to enrich the curriculum in economics and finance. It also provided material for a conference presentation.
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection

Will You Ever Change? - Valognes, Aurélie (Amazoncrossing, 2017)
Keywords: Domestic fiction; French; dept.lib; faculty_collection

Fighting the Current: The Rise of American Women's Swimming, 1870-1926 - Bier, Lisa (McFarland & Co., 2011)
"This book describes the origins of women's competitive swimming in the United States. Women faced many obstacles to safe swimming opportunities, including restrictive beliefs about physical abilities, access to safe clean water, bathing suits that did not allow for movement, and opposition from official sporting organizations. This book is a testament to how far female athletes have come"–Provided by publisher.
Keywords: Ederle; Gertrude; 1906-2003; Olympic Games (7th : 1920 : Antwerp; Belgium); Olympic Games (8th : 1924 : Paris; France); Swimming for women; History; History; Swimming; United States; dept.lib; faculty_collection

Saints, Clergy, and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895-2003 - Paietta, Ann Catherine (McFarland & Co., McFarland & Company, 2005)
"This work details over 900 films and TV series made from the 1890s through 2003 in which a religious figure plays a prominent or recurring role, or in which a character poses as a religious figure"–Provided by publisher.
Keywords: Catalogs; Catalogs; Television programs; Saints in motion pictures; Clergy in motion pictures; Saints on television; Clergy on television; Religion in motion pictures; Religion on television; Motion pictures; dept.lib; faculty_collection

American Indian and African American People, Communities, and Interactions an Annotated Bibliography - Bier, Lisa (Praeger, 2004)
Interest in this topic is growing rapidly, both as a field of academic research and as people with African American and American Indian backgrounds voice interest in their heritage. Materials on this topic are often difficult to locate because of the ways that libraries and research databases organize information. This bibliography is the first of its kind and strives to make researching this understudied topic easier. This volume will serve as an important research tool in this area. This bibliography features books, articles, Web sites, and videos containing information on interactions betwe
Keywords: Bibliography; Bibliography; African Americans; Bibliography; Indians of North America; History; Mixed descent; Relations with Indians; United States. Army. Cavalry; 10th; dept.lib; faculty_collection

Quiescence and Coral Biology: Will Warming Waters Result in a New Understanding on Coral Resiliency? - Grace, Sean P. (2018)
The objectives of this sabbatical were to examine the resilience of temperate corals (Astrangia poculata, Ellis & Solander 1787) and to address the following questions: 1. Do corals exhibit quiescence at warmer temperatures?; 2. Does Astrangia poculata exhibit quiescence across their geographic range?; 3. Does the microbial population on corals change during quiescence?; and 4. Does temperature cause a change in symbiotic state in A. poculata?
Keywords: dept.bio; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

North American Songbirds: Identify the Most Common Songbirds and Hear Their Calls on Your Smartphone - Proctor, Noble S. (Cool Springs Press, 2014)
"Provides information about the habits and habitats of North America's 100 most common birds. Includes information on how to attract birds as well as how to identify their songs with a QR code that links directly to a recording of each bird's song"–
Keywords: Identification; Identification; Birdsongs; North America; Songbirds; dept.bio; faculty_collection

A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of Mexico: Coastal Habitats, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, Fish, & Other Wildlife - Proctor, Noble S. (Yale University Press, 2011)
"This superb book, with its unique focus on the entire marine coastal environment, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date field guide available on the southeastern Atlantic Coast and the Gulf Coast. Not just for beachgoers, the book is essential for birders, whale watchers, fishers, boaters, scuba divers and snorkelers, and shoreline visitors" –Publisher description.
Keywords: Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States); Coastal animals; Guidebooks; Guidebooks; Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States); Guidebooks; Coastal ecology; Guidebooks; Marine ecology; Guidebooks; Mexico; Gulf of; Gulf States; Identification; Coastal animals; Identification; Coastal ecology; Identification; Marine animals; Mexico; Gulf of; South Atlantic States; dept.bio; faculty_collection

The Songbirds Bible: A Visual Directory of 100 of the Most Popular Songbirds in North America - Proctor, Noble S. (Ronnie Sellers, 2006)
Keywords: Identification; Identification; Birdsongs; North America; Songbirds; dept.bio; faculty_collection

A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife: Marine Mammals, Seabirds, Fish, and Other Sea Life - Proctor, Noble S.; Lynch, Patrick J. (Yale University Press, 2005)
Keywords: Atlantic Coast (Canada); Atlantic Coast (U.S.); Identification; Identification; Marine algae; Identification; Marine animals; Marine animals; dept.bio; faculty_collection

A Revision of the Genus Leptophlebia Westwood in North America (ephemeroptera:leptophlebiidae:leptophlebiinae) - Burian, Steven K. (Ohio Biological Survey, College of Biological Sciences, Ohio State University, 2001)
Keywords: Classification; Identification; Leptophlebia; Leptophlebia; North America; dept.bio; faculty_collection

Theory and Practice in Eighteenth-Century Dance: The German-French Connection - Russell, Tilden A. (University of Delaware Press ; The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2018)
Theory and Practice in Eighteenth-Century Dance: The German-French Connection is about the intersection of two evolving dance-historical realms-theory and practice-during the first two decades of the eighteenth century. France was the source of works on notation, choreography, and repertoire that dominated European dance practice until the 1780s. While these French inventions were welcomed and used in Germany, German dance writers responded by producing an important body of work on dance theory. This book examines consequences in Germany of this asymmetrical confrontation of dance perspectives. Between 1703 and 1717 in Germany, a coherent theory of dance was postulated that called itself dance theory, comprehended why it is a theory, and clearly, rationally, distinguished itself from practice. This flowering of dance-theoretical writing was contemporaneous with the appearance of Beauchamps-Feuillet notation in the Chorégraphie of Raoul Auger Feuillet (Paris, 1700, 1701). Beauchamps-Feuillet notation was the ideal written representation of the dance style known as la belle danse and practiced in both the ballroom and the theater. Its publication enabled the spread of belle danse to the French provinces and internationally, and encouraged the publication, in different languages, of new dance treatises as well as practical works (manuals, choreographies, recueils) on how to make steps and dance current dances. The Rechtschaffener Tantzmeister, by Gottfried Taubert (Leipzig, 1717), includes a translated edition of Feuillet's Chorégraphie. In the present book, chapters 1, 2, and 5 have to do with how Taubert and his contemporary German authors of dance treatises (Samuel Rudolph Behr, Johann Pasch, Louis Bonin) became familiar with Beauchamps-Feuillet notation and acknowledged the Chorégraphie in their own work, and how Taubert's translation of the Chorégraphie spread its influence northward and eastward in Europe. Chapters 3 and 4 examine the personal and literary interrelationships between the German writers on dance between 1703 and 1717. Chapter 6 examines these writers' invention of a theoria of dance as a counterbalance to dance praxis, compares their dance-theoretical ideas with those of John Weaver in England, and assimilates them all in a cohesive and inclusive description of dance theory in Europe by 1721. Book jacket.
Keywords: 18th century; 18th century; Choreography; 18th century; Dance; 18th century; Dance notation; France; Germany; History; Philosophy; Taubert; Gottfried; active 1717; Dance; dept.mus

The compleat dancing master: a translation of Gottfried Taubert's Rechtschaffener Tantzmeister (1717) - Taubert, Gottfried (Peter Lang, 2012)
Keywords: Dance; Early works to 1800; dept.mus; faculty_collection

The Menuet De La Cour - Russell, Tilden A. (Olms, 2007)
Keywords: History and criticism; History and criticism; Minuets; Minuet (Dance); dept.mus; faculty_collection

Women Representatives in Britain, France, and the United States - Applewhite, Harriet Branson (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)
"This book compares British, French, and American legislative debates on woman suffrage and women's rights. Beginning with an analysis of Tocqueville and J.S. Mill on the impact of suffrage, the book continues with analysis of floor debates, comparing gender style, the French on parity and the Americans on the ERA and concluding with modern debates"–
Keywords: France; Women; France; Women legislators; Great Britain; Women; Great Britain; Women legislators; History; Women; Suffrage; United States; United States; Women legislators; Women; dept.psc; faculty_collection

Professional Pathways to the Presidency - Marchant-Shapiro, Theresa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)
"During presidential elections a quadrennial debate emerges which, although it differs in the particulars, reflects the same structure in each reincarnation. Although the issue positions taken by the candidates vary over the years, their claim to qualification for the presidency follows a common pattern. Each candidate discusses his or her prior experience as preparation for one or more of the requirements of the office and then lays claim to the legacy of one of the great presidents who followed the same trajectory to the White House.Missing from this debate is a systematic analysis of how different job experiences prepared the population of all presidents for service. For each of the greats who followed a particular pathway to the presidents there is a failure who shared the pathway. In this book I combine the quantitative evaluation of presidential performance with mixture of qualitative and quantitative analyses of professional qualifications. The recent C-SPAN surveys provide us with a nuanced measure of presidential performance by asking historians to rate the Presidents on ten constituent attributes of: Public Persuasion, Moral Authority, Relations with Congress, Performance within Context of Times, Crisis Leadership, International Relations, Vision/Setting an Agenda, Economic Management, Administrative Skills, and Pursued Equal Justice for All. The sub-score for 'Relations with Congress' measures how well the president performs as 'legislator-in-chief' so that I can see whether former legislators work better with congress. Similarly the measure of 'Administrative Skills' indicates whether experience as a governor leads to better performance as the national chief executive. The evaluation of 'Economic Management' looks at whether those presidents with business experience do a better job in dealing with the economy. C-SPAN's nuanced measure of presidential performance allows a more careful evaluation of how prior experience affects particular aspects of presidential greatness than was previously possible"–, "Presidential hopefuls frequently claim they are qualified because their job experience is the same as a great president. However they ignore the failed presidents who shared the same pathway. This book evaluates all the presidents systematically to determine how prior professional experience influences presidential performance"–
Keywords: History; Vocational qualifications; Political aspects; Presidents; United States; dept.psc; faculty_collection

Statistics for Political Analysis: Understanding the Numbers - Marchant-Shapiro, Theresa (Sage CQ Press, 2014)
Keywords: Statistics; Textbooks; Textbooks; Political statistics; dept.psc; faculty_collection

A Post-Racial Change Is Gonna Come: Newark, Cory Booker, and the Transformation of Urban America - Wharton, Jonathan L. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)
Keywords: Booker; Cory; Metropolitan government; Case studies; Case studies; Mayors; Case studies; Newark (N.J.); Case studies; Post-racialism; Election; African American mayors; New Jersey; Newark; Newark; Urbanization; Political aspects; Politics and government; Newark (N.J.); Race relations; United States; dept.psc; faculty_collection

Lemkovyna: A History of the Lemko Region of the Carpathian Mountains in Central Europe - Polianskii, Ioann; Best, Paul J.; Decerbo, Michael; Maksimovich, Walter (Carpathian Institute, The Lemko Association, 2012)
Keywords: History; History; Carpathian Mountains; History; Lemkivshchyna (Poland and Slovakia); Lemky; dept.psc; faculty_collection

Does a Fourth Rus' Exist?: Concerning Cultural Identity in the Carpathian Region - Best, Paul J.; Stępień, Stanisław (Higganum, 2009)
Keywords: Europe; Eastern; Slavs; Slavs; United States; dept.psc; faculty_collection

The WTO Primer: Tracing Trade's Visible Hand Through Case Studies - Buterbaugh, Kevin; Fulton, Richard M. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
Keywords: 20th century; 20th century; Commercial policy; History; History; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization); History; International trade; World Trade Organization; dept.psc

Electoral Realignment and the Outlook for American Democracy - Paulson, Arthur C. (Northeastern University Press ; University Press of New England, 2007)
Paulson's timely and authoritative study incorporates the latest data from the 2000 and 2004 elections into his analysis, and it offers vital perspectives on the outlook for the 2008 election.–(Source of description unspecified.)
Keywords: Election; Elections; Political parties; United States; United States; Presidents; dept.psc

The Lemkos of Poland: Articles and Essays - Best, Paul J.; Moklak, Jarosław (Carpatho-Slavic Studies Group and the Historia Iagellonica Press, 2000)
Keywords: Ethnic relations; History; Poland; Lemky; Poland; dept.psc; faculty_collection

The Aegean Sea After the Cold War: Security and Law of the Sea Issues - Chircop, Aldo E.; Gerolymatos, André; Iatrides, John O. (St. Martin's Press, 2000)
Keywords: Aegean Sea Region; Security; International; Greece; Foreign relations; Greece; Law of the sea; Turkey; Turkey; dept.psc; faculty_collection

Realignment and Party Revival: Understanding American Electoral Politics at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century - Paulson, Arthur C. (Praeger, 2000)
Keywords: Election; Political parties; Presidents; United States; dept.psc; faculty_collection

Affirmative Action and the University Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Higher Education Employment - Rai, Kul B.; Critzer, John W. (University of Nebraska Press, 2000)
Affirmative Action and the University is the only full-length study to examine the impact of affirmative action on all higher education hiring practices. Drawing on data provided by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, the authors summarize, track, and evaluate changes in the gender and ethnic makeup of academic and nonacademic employees at private and public colleges and universities from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. Separate chapters assess changes in employment opportunities for white women, blacks, Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans. The authors look at the extent to which a two-tier employment system exists. In such a system minorities and women are more likely to make their greatest gains in non-elite positions rather than in faculty and administrative positions. The authors also examine differences in hiring practices between public and private colleges and universities. Kul B. Rai is a professor of political science at Southern Connecticut State University. His works include "America in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities in Domestic Politics". John W. Critzer is a professor of political science at Southern Connecticut State University., "Affirmative Action and the University is the only full-length study to examine the impact of affirmative action on all higher education hiring practices. Drawing on data provided by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, the authors summarize, track, and evaluate changes in the gender and ethnic makeup of academic and non-academic employees at private and public colleges and universities from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. Separate chapters assess changes in employment opportunities for white women, blacks Asian, Hispanics, and Native Americans." "The authors look at the extent to which a two-tier employment system exists. In such a system minorities and women are more likely to make their greatest gains in non elite positions rather than in faculty and administrative positions. The authors also examine differences in hiring practices between public and private colleges and universities."–Jacket.
Keywords: Discrimination in higher education; Employment; United States; United States; Affirmative action programs; United States; Minority college administrators; United States; Minority college teachers; dept.psc; faculty_collection

Assessment of Code-Based Reading Skills by Speech-Language Pathologists. - Zipoli, Richard P. (2018)
The purpose of the sabbatical leave was to (a) review the extensive body of research and clinical literature on code-based reading difficulties and (b) prepare a journal manuscript and conference presentation to disseminate clinical information to a wide audience of school-based speech-language pathologists.
Keywords: dept.cmd; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Sabbatical Leave Report - Inguanti, Joseph J. (2016)
A study that explores the role of images of the landscape in marketing America to would-be Italian emigrants in the era of the Great Migration (1880-1920).
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Breaking up with Brueghel. - Brownell, Mia (2011)
A sabbatical project, "Breaking up with Brueghel," led to creation of an extensive number of paintings. Their common theme was the correlation between structures of life as depicted in molecular imaging and the structures of art in still life painting. The tradition of food as a subject of still life paintings was re-examined through the genetics of food. The paintings were exhibited in a number of venues, including several abroad, and purchased by donors for various musea and galleries. The accompanying leaflet presents one of the paintings.
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Landscapes of Order, Landscapes of Memory: Italian-American Residential Landscapes of New York Metropolitian Region - Inguanti, Joseph J. (Italian Folk: Vernacular Culture in Italian-American Lives, 2011)
Keywords: Folklore; Italian Americans; Italian Americans; Social life and customs; dept.art; faculty_collection

Medieval Renaissance Baroque: A Cat's Cradle for Marilyn Aronberg Lavin - Lavin, Marilyn Aronberg; Levine, David A.; Freiberg, Jack (Italica Press, 2010)
"Reflects Marilyn Aronberg Lavin's innovative work in art and cultural history in both the print and digital realms. Contributors: Kirk Alexander, Horst Bredekamp, Nicola Courtright, David Freedberg, Jack Freiberg, Marc Fumaroli, David A. Levine, Daniel T. Michaels, Elizabeth Pilliod, Debra Pincus, Gary Schwartz. Seventy-seven illustrations, bibliography of Lavin's works, index"–Provided by publisher.
Keywords: Art; European; dept.art; faculty_collection

Casablanca on the Moon - Phelan, William R. (Createspace, 2010)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection

Icons, Crosses & Eggs: The Soul and Culture of the Eastern Christian Faith. - Klancko, Robert John; Klancko, Yvonne Shia; Southern Connecticut State University (Southern Connecticut State University, 2009)
Keywords: Art; Europe; Eastern; Exhibitions; Exhibitions; Christian art and symbolism; Exhibitions; Folk art; Orthodox Eastern Church; dept.art; faculty_collection

Light Du Jour (light of the Day) - Phelan, William R. (Createspace, 2009)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection

Easter Eggs & Art: The Robert J. and Yvonne S. Klancko Collection Presented by the Knights of Columbus Museum - Klancko, Robert J.; Klancko, Yvonne S. (Knights of Columbus Museum, 2006)
Keywords: Art collections; Europe; Eastern; Exhibitions; Exhibitions; Christian art and symbolism; Exhibitions; Easter eggs; Exhibitions; Egg decoration; Exhibitions; Folk art; Exhibitions; Klancko; Yvonne S; Klancko; Robert J; dept.art; faculty_collection

100 Creative Drawing Ideas - Audette, Anna Held (Shambhala, 2004)
Keywords: Drawing; Technique; dept.art; faculty_collection

Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch. - Koch, Robert (Schiffer Pub., 2001)
Keywords: Art nouveau; Catalogs; Catalogs; Art glass; Catalogs; Decoration and ornament; Collectors and collecting; History; Glassware; Tiffany; Louis Comfort; 1848-1933; Tiffany Studios (New York; N.Y.); United States; dept.art; faculty_collection

Sabbatical Leave 2018-19 Follow-up Report. - Brownell, Mia (2019)
Two term sabbatical to create "Baroque Float", an extensive number of paintings investigating the visual and conceptual correlation between the structures of life as depicted by scientific molecular/cell imaging and structures of art as depicted by still life and Baroque ceiling painting.
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Conversations with Your Audience: A Practical Guide for Preparing and Delivering Professional Presentations - Kuchta, Lisa; DiFrancesco, M. Sandra; Petroski, David John; Mora, Audrey (Cognella Academic Publishing ;, 2016)
Keywords: Handbooks; manuals; etc; Handbooks; manuals; etc; Business presentations; Public speaking; dept.com; faculty_collection

Communicating Women's Health: Social and Cultural Norms That Influence Health Decisions - Madlock Gatison, Annette (Routledge, 2016)
Keywords: Health and hygiene; Communication in medicine; Cultural competence; Women; dept.com; faculty_collection

Health Communication and Breast Cancer Among Black Women: Culture, Identity, Spirituality, and Strength - Madlock Gatison, Annette (Lexington Books, 2016)
Keywords: Breast; Cancer; African American women; Medical care; Communication in medicine; dept.com; faculty_collection

The Man Who Built Boxes: And Other Stories - Tavares, Frank (Bacon Press Books, 2013)
Keywords: Short stories; American; dept.com

Music in American Combat Films a Critical Study - O'Brien, Wesley J. (McFarland & Co., McFarland, 2012)
"The book explores ways combat film scores interact collaboratively with other film elements (for instance, image and dialogue) to guide audience understanding of theme and character. Examined are classical and current models of film scoring practice and the ways they work to represent changes in film narratives taking place over time or from film to film"–Provided by publisher.
Keywords: History and criticism; History and criticism; War films; Motion picture music; United States; dept.com; faculty_collection

Sabbatical leave follow-up report Spring 2019 - Fede, Marybeth H. (2019)
Keywords: dept.hms; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Essentials of Teaching Health Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment - Benes, Sarah (Human Kinetics, 2016)
"The Essentials of Teaching Health Education presents a skills-based approach to teaching K-12 health education–one that will prepare your students for success in school and beyond. You'll learn practical approaches to putting the contents in action and rely on an array of teaching and assessment strategies." –Publisher's website.
Keywords: Curricula; Health education; Standards; Training of; United States; United States; Health education; United States; Health education teachers; dept.hms; faculty_collection

The Lives and Travels of Mormon & Moroni - Ainsworth, Jerry L. (Peacemakers Pub., 2000)
Keywords: Biography; Mormon (Book of Mormon figure); Moroni (Book of Mormon figure); Book of Mormon; dept.hms; faculty_collection

Towards Coastal Resilience and Sustainability - Heidkamp, C. Patrick; Morrissey, John; Graves, Scott M. (Routledge, 2019)
"Coastal zones represent a frontline in the battle for sustainability, as coastal communities face unprecedented economic challenges. Coastal ecosystems are subject to overuse, loss of resilience and increased vulnerability. This book aims to interrogate the multi-scalar complexities in creating a more sustainable coastal zone. Sustainability transitions are geographical processes, which happen in situated, particular places. However, much contemporary discussion of transition is either aspatial or based on implicit assumptions about spatial homogeneity. This book addresses these limitations through an examination of socio-technological transitions with an explicitly spatial focus in the context of the coastal zone. The book begins by focusing on theoretical understandings of transition processes specific to the coastal zone and includes detailed empirical case studies. The second half of the book appraises governance initiatives in coastal zones and their efficacy. The authors conclude with an implicit theme of social and environmental justice in coastal sustainability transitions. Research will be of interest to practitioners, academics and decision-makers active in the sphere of coastal sustainability. The multi-disciplinary nature encourages accessibility for individuals working in the fields of Economic Geography, Regional Development, Public Policy and Planning, Environmental Studies, Social Geography and Sociology" – Provided by publisher's website.
Keywords: Coastal zone management; Economic aspects; Economic aspects; Sustainable development; dept.egm; faculty_collection

Sabbatical leave report: Spring 2014 - Heidkamp, C. Patrick (2014)
The proposed research project focused on analyzing food system resilience in a small town in eastern Iceland from the perspective of environmental economic geography. In addition to the stated project Heidkamp initiated "a new research project focused on the uniqueness of Nordic Environments, Nordic Spaces and Nordic Places." The sabbatical study yielded panelist and lecturer invitations and conference papers and presentations.
Keywords: dept.egm; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Raptors of the Northeast - Bosakowski, Thomas; Smith, Dwight G. (Coachwhip Publications, 2010)
Keywords: Birds of prey; Identification; Identification; Birds; Northeastern States; dept.egm; faculty_collection

Sabbatical leave report: sabbatical Spring 2010 - Yacher, Leon I. (2010)
The purpose of the project was to travel to Paraguay to explore the history of geography as a science in that country, including identifying the foremost geographers who helped introduce and establish geography as a science in that country. No such study on the history of geography in Paraguay had been previously undertaken anywhere. Further research will be needed, but the collected material is ample for at least two article-length publications.
Keywords: dept.egm; faculty_collection

Russia in Transition: Coverage by American Newspapers in the 1990s: Geography, Ideology, and Emotion in the Narration of Political-Economic Change - West, Eric (Vdm Verlag, 2009)
Keywords: 1991-; Mass media; Political aspects; Politics and government; Russia (Federation); Foreign news; Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation); dept.egm; faculty_collection

And Life Is Changed Forever: Holocaust Childhoods Remembered - Glassner, Martin Ira; Krell, Robert; Holocaust Child Survivors of Connecticut (Wayne State University Press, 2006)
Contains brief memoirs, some of which describe experiences in the Holocaust. Includes commentary by psychologist and child survivor Robert Krell. Partial contents:
Keywords: Biography; Holocaust; Jewish (1939-1945); Connecticut; History and criticism; Influence; Holocaust; Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish children in the Holocaust; Personal narratives; Personal narratives; Holocaust survivors; dept.egm; faculty_collection

All Possible Worlds: A History of Geographical Ideas - Martin, Geoffrey J. (Oxford University Press, 2005)
Keywords: Geography; History; dept.egm

The Role of Geographer and Natural Scientist Henri Francois Pittier (1857-1950) in the Evolution of Geography as a Science in Costa Rica - Yacher, Leon I. (Edwin Mellen Press, 2004)
SCSU Faculty Scholar Award
Keywords: Costa Rica; History; History; Geography; Influence; Geography; Latin America; Pittier; Henri; 1857-1950; award_winner; dept.egm

Plants - Avery, David F.; Smith, Dwight G.; Schultz, Marcia H. (Pearson Custom Publishing, 2003)
Keywords: Botany; Plants; dept.egm; faculty_collection

Raptors of the Pacific Northwest - Bosakowski, Thomas; Smith, Dwight G. (Frank Amato Publications, 2002)
Keywords: Birds of prey; Identification; Northwest; Pacific; Northwest; Pacific; Birds of prey; dept.egm; faculty_collection

Great Horned Owl - Smith, Dwight G. (Stackpole Books, 2002)
Keywords: Great horned owl; dept.egm; faculty_collection

Bibliography on Land-Locked States, Economic Development and International Law - Glassner, Martin Ira (M.E. Sharpe, 2001)
Keywords: Bibliography; Bibliography; Access to the sea (International law); Landlocked states; dept.egm; faculty_collection

Plant Life - Smith, Dwight G.; Avery, David F.; Schultz, Marcia H. (Southern Connecticut State University ; Pearson Custom Pub., 2000)
Keywords: Nomenclature; Plants; Plants; dept.egm; faculty_collection

Empirical Research for Information Professionals - Liu, Yan Quan (Createspace, 2019)
A collection of empirical research published by Dr. yan Quan Liu and his reasearch teams in the field of information and library science for the 21st-century readers. - Back cover.
Keywords: Case studies; Library science; Research; Library science; dept.ils; faculty_collection

Information Science and Technology: An Introduction for Librarians (course Pack, 2nd Version) - Liu, Yan Quan (Create Space : Yan Quan Liu, 2018)
Keywords: Information science; Information technology; Information and Library Science; dept.ils; faculty_collection

Library Services for Mobile Users: A Library in the Palm of Your Hand - Liu, Yan Quan (CreateSpace, 2018)
This books is a print version of the online course ILS 440 Information Service Technology offered at Southern Connecticut State University. The course content includes the instructor's lecture notes, assignment instructions, assigned readings, discussions and coursework from students in the classes.
Keywords: Library applications; Public services (Libraries); Mobile communication systems; Technological innovations; dept.ils; faculty_collection

Transforming Library Service for the 21st Century User - Liu, Yan Quan (Createspace, 2018)
This book is a print version of the online course ILS508 User Services. The course content includes the instructor's lecture notes, assignment instructions, assigned readings, discussions an coursework from the students in the classes.
Keywords: Public services (Libraries); dept.ils; faculty_collection

Digital Libraries in Theory and Practices - Liu, Yan Quan (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016)
Keywords: Information storage and retrieval systems; dept.ils; faculty_collection

Library Services for Adults in the 21st Century - Okobi, Elsie A. Rogers Halliday (Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2014)
"Develop the competencies needed to provide effective adult services in modern public libraries with this comprehensive guidebook"–
Keywords: Adult services in public libraries; United States; United States; Libraries and adult education; United States; Libraries and community; United States; Public services (Libraries); dept.ils; faculty_collection

Shu zi zhi shi bao ku zong lan: mei guo shu zi tu shu guan an li jing xi = Surfing the world of knowledge : analytical case studies of digital liberties [libraries] in the United States - 刘燕权; Liu, Yan Quan (Hai yang chu ban she, 2014)
Keywords: Digital libraries; United States; dept.ils; faculty_collection

International and Comparative Studies in Information and Library Science: A Focus on the United States and Asian Countries - Liu, Yan Quan; Cheng, Xiaojun (Scarecrow Press, 2008)
Keywords: Asia; Asia; Information science; Comparative librarianship; International librarianship; Library science; United States; Information science; United States; Library science; dept.ils; faculty_collection

Exhibits in Libraries: A Practical Guide - Brown, Mary E.; Power, Rebecca (McFarland & Co., 2006)
"Library exhibits can inspire and educate, stimulate an interest that can be explored in a book, or attract visitors who otherwise wouldn't stop by. Displays are an opportunity to put a creative foot forward or help patrons navigate the facility. This "how-to" includes everything a librarian needs to know to put on an exhibit"–Provided by publisher.
Keywords: Handbooks; manuals; etc; Library exhibits; dept.ils; faculty_collection

Libraries Designed for Users: A 21st Century Guide - Lushington, Nolan (Neal-Schuman Publishers, Neal-Schuman, 2002)
Keywords: Library buildings; Planning; Library architecture; Libraries; Space utilization; dept.ils; faculty_collection

Longitudinal Effects of Early Reading Interventions on Normed, Standardized Reading Outcome Measures. - Carroll, Deborah A. (2019)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Learning and Behavior - Mazur, James E. (Pearson, 2013)
Keywords: Learning; Psychology of; Conditioned response; Behavior modification; Psychology; Comparative; dept.psy

Mrs. Job - Affinito, Mona Gustafson (iUniverse Inc, 2009)
"Beautiful, feisty Dara, rising from nomad to princess, experiences joy, spiritual and marital conflict, and unspeakable trials, without surrendering her love for Job and for her best friend Adah"–p. 4 of Cover.
Keywords: Christianity; Fiction; Religious fiction; American; Fiction; Suffering; Fiction; Wives; Job (Biblical figure); Religious aspects; dept.psy; faculty_collection

Forgiving One Page at a Time: The Diary of Your Journey to Restoration and Confidence - Affinito, Mona Gustafson (AuthorHouse, 2007)
Keywords: Forgiveness; dept.psy; faculty_collection

Learning and Behavior - Mazur, James E. (Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006)
Keywords: Learning; Psychology of; Textbooks; Textbooks; Behavior modification; Textbooks; Conditioned response; Textbooks; Psychology; Comparative; dept.psy; faculty_collection

Sabbatical Leave Report - Sherman, William M. (2005)
Sabbatical leave report outlining time spent revising the textbook, "Behavior modification", conducting a research project entitled "Motherhood ideology, role balance, and health-promoting behaviors of non-tenured academic mothers with preschool children", and working on course proposals for the Department of Psychology.
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Roles of Vasopressin and Oxytocin in Memory Processing - McEwen, Barbara B. (Elsevier Academic Press, 2004)
Keywords: Physiological aspects; Research; Memory; Research; Neuropeptides; Research; Oxytocin; Vasopressin; dept.psy; faculty_collection

Emergence of Uncertainty: A Microgenetic Study of the Preschool Period, Sabbatical Leave Report - Kahlbaugh, Patricia (2003)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Psychoanalysis and Repetition: Why Do We Keep Making the Same Mistakes? - Nasio, Juan-David (State University of New York Press, 2019)
In Psychoanalysis and Repetition, Juan-David Nasio, one of the leading contemporary Lacanian psychoanalysts in France, argues that unconcious repetition represents the core of psychoanalysis as well as no less than the fundamental constitution of the human being–back cover.
Keywords: Lacan; Jacques; 1901-1981; Psychoanalysis; Repetition (Philosophy); dept.phi; faculty_collection

Chronos in Aristotle's Physics: On the Nature of Time - Harry, Chelsea C. (Springer, 2015)
Keywords: Aristotle. Physics; Time; Philosophy; Philosophy of nature; Philosophy; Physics; dept.phi; faculty_collection

Sabbatical leave report: sabbatical Fall 2013 - Volkman, Richard (2013)
This sabbatical leave was devoted to revising and editing material for a book project with the working title, Meditations on Heroic Individualism. The principle objective was to have a finished manuscript, ready for submission to publishers. Additionally, a proposal was developed to add Special Topics course, Ethical Individualism, as a permanent course.
Keywords: dept.phi; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The "Backwards, Forwards and Sideways" Changes of Ict: Ethicomp 2010: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference - International Conference on the Social and Ethical Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies (11th : Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona; Arias-Olive, Mario; Bynum, Terrell Ward; Rogerson, Simon; Torres-Coronas, Teresa; Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2010)
"The purpose of this series is to provide an inclusive European forum for discussing the ethical and social issues associated with the development and application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The conferences are held every 18 months."–Introduction.
Keywords: Congresses; Congresses; Information technology; Information technology; Moral and ethical aspects; Professional ethics; dept.phi; faculty_collection

Oedipus: The Most Crucial Concept in Psychoanalysis - Nasio, Juan-David (State University of New York Press, 2010)
In this work, the author argues that the Oedipus complex represents the core of psychoanalysis as well as the fundamental constitution of the human being.–(Source of description unspecified.)
Keywords: Oedipus complex; Psychoanalysis; Oedipus Complex; Psychoanalytic Therapy; dept.phi; faculty_collection

Writing Two Major Chapters of a Book on Flourishing Ethics: Sabbatical Spring 2009 - Bynum, Terrell Ward (2009)
The chapter on the information ethics of Oxford scholar, Luciano Floridi, was completed and is scheduled for publication in Floridi's anthology. The keynote address, Philosophy and the Information Revolution, presented at the Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry 2009 conference in Corfu, Greece, is also scheduled for publication in the journal Ethics and Information Technology. The ideas from both articles have been included in the curriculum for the Computer Ethics class at SCSU.
Keywords: dept.phi; faculty_collection

French Interpretations of Heidegger: An Exceptional Reception - Pettigrew, David; Raffoul, François (State University of New York Press, 2008)
"French Interpretations of Heidegger undertakes a philosophical engagement with the work of the most significant and creative figures involved in the reception of Heidegger in France. The essays address those thinkers who have been influenced by Heidegger's thought and have interpreted it in remarkable ways, including Levinas, Beaufret, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, Nancy, Lacoue-Labarthe, Irigaray, Zarader, Greisch, and Dastur. The volume explores the extraordinary impact that Heidegger's thought has had on contemporary French philosophy, including such movements as existentialism, deconstruction, feminist theory, post-structuralism, and hermeneutics, and illustrates its impact on the American continental scene as well."–Jacket.
Keywords: Heidegger; Martin; 1889-1976; Philosophy; French; dept.phi; faculty_collection

Genocide's Aftermath: Responsibility and Repair - Card, Claudia; Marsoobian, Armen (Blackwell Pub., 2007)
Keywords: Genocide; Government policy; Genocide; History; Genocide; Moral and ethical aspects; Genocide; Prevention; dept.phi; faculty_collection

The Creation of the World, or, Globalization - Nancy, Jean-Luc (State University of New York Press, 2007)
"Appearing in English for the first time, Jean-Luc Nancy's 2002 book reflects on globalization and its impact on our being-in-the-world. Developing a contrast in the French language between two terms that are usually synonymous, or that are used interchangeably, namely globalisation (globalization) and mondialisation (world-forming), Nancy undertakes a rethinking of what "world-forming" might mean. At stake in this distinction is for him nothing less than two possible destinies of our humanity, and of our time. This book is an important contribution by Nancy to a philosophical reflection on the phenomenon of globalization and a further development on his earlier works on our being-in-common, justice, and a-theological existence."–Jacket.
Keywords: Globalization; Philosophy; Political science; Philosophy; Teleology; dept.phi; faculty_collection

The Philosophical Challenge of September 11 - Rockmore, Tom; Margolis, Joseph; Marsoobian, Armen (Blackwell Pub., 2005)
Keywords: Philosophy; Philosophy; Political science; September 11 Terrorist Attacks; 2001; Terrorism; United States; Terrorism; dept.phi; faculty_collection

Computer Ethics and Professional Responsibility - Bynum, Terrell Ward; Rogerson, Simon (Blackwell Pub., 2004)
Keywords: Electronic data processing; Moral and ethical aspects; dept.phi; faculty_collection

The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy - Marsoobian, Armen; Ryder, John (Blackwell Pub., 2004)
Keywords: Philosophy; American; dept.phi; faculty_collection

The Book of Love and Pain: Thinking at the Limit with Freud and Lacan - Nasio, Juan-David (State University of New York Press, 2004)
"In The Book of Love and Pain, Juan-David Nasio offers the first exclusive treatment of psychic pain in Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic literature. Using insights gained from more than three decades as a practicing psychoanalyst, Nasio addresses the limits faced by the analyst in attempting to think and treat pain psychoanalytically. He suggests that while pain is about separation and loss, psychic pain is intensified by paradoxical overinvestment in the lost loved one. Included are discussions of the pain of mourning, the pain of jouissance, unconscious pain, pain as an object of the drive, pain as a form of sexuality, pain and the scream, and the pain of silence. In offering a phenomenological description of psychic pain, The Book of Love and Pain fills a gaping void in psychoanalytic research and will play an important role in our understanding of the human psyche. Book jacket."–Jacket.
Keywords: Pain; Psychological aspects; Psychoanalysis; Stress; Psychological; dept.phi; faculty_collection; methods; psychology; Psychoanalytic Theory; Psychoanalytic Therapy; therapy; Bereavement; Pain

Cyberphilosophy: The Intersection of Philosophy and Computing - Moor, James H.; Bynum, Terrell Ward (Blackwell, 2002)
Keywords: Data processing; Philosophy; dept.phi; faculty_collection

Reimagining a Lost Armenian Home: The Dildilian Photography Collection - Marsoobian, Armen (I.B. Tauris, 2017)
For nearly a century members of the Dildilian family practiced the art of photography in Ottoman Turkey, Greece and the United States. This book contains over 200 photographs, primarily from the Ottoman era, beginning with the creation of the family business by Tsolag Dildilian in Sivas in central Turkey in 1882 and concluding in 1922 in Samsun, when the family was forced into exile in Greece. The photographs and the stories that unfold around them capture a defining period in the nearly three thousand year history of the Armenians in Anatolia and the Armenian Highlands. The early-twentieth century witnessed the violent erasure of the Armenians from their historic homeland, with catastrophic effects for the Dildilian family and their community. Yet this was also a period of unprecedented educational, cultural and commercial development for the Armenians. The Dildilian family was intimately involved in the triumphs and tragedies of these years and this book, through its rich pictorial history, sheds unprecedented light on the real-life experiences of Armenians in the devastating years of the Armenian Genocide and beyond. It is an unusual and original contribution to the social history of the Near East.
Keywords: Dildilian family; Armenians; Pictorial works; Portraits; Armenia; dept.phi; faculty_collection

Heidegger in France - Janicaud, Dominique (Indiana University Press, 2015)
Dominique Janicaud claimed that every French intellectual movement–from existentialism to psychoanalysis–was influenced by Martin Heidegger. This translation of Janicaud's landmark work, Heidegger en France, details Heidegger's reception in philosophy and other humanistic and social science disciplines. Interviews with key French thinkers such as Françoise Dastur, Jacques Derrida, Éliane Escoubas, Jean Greisch, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jean-Luc Marion, and Jean-Luc Nancy are included and provide further reflection on Heidegger's relationship to French philosophy. An intellectual undertaking of authoritative scope, this work furnishes a thorough history of the French reception of Heidegger's thought.–Publisher website.
Keywords: 20th century; Philosophers; France; Heidegger; Martin; 1889-1976; Philosophy; French; Interviews; dept.phi; faculty_collection

Fragments of a Lost Homeland: Remembering Armenia - Marsoobian, Armen (I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2015)
SCSU Faculty Scholar Award
Keywords: 1801-1900; Dildilian family; Armenian Genocide; 1915-1923; History; Personal narratives; Armenian; Armenian Genocide; 1915-1923; Armenia; SCSU Faculty Scholar Award; award_winner; dept.phi; faculty_collection

Factors influencing the adoption of digital health apps: an extended technology acceptance model (TAM) - Mouloudj, Kamel; Bouarar, Ahmed Chemseddine; Asanza, Dachel Martínez; Saadaoui, Linda; Mouloudj, Smail; Njoku, Anuli U.; Evans, Marian A.; Bouarar, Achouak (Integrating Digital Health Strategies for Effective Administration, 2023)
Mobile health apps have been widely considered in the healthcare sector as innovative channels to reach patients and their families. Accordingly, the aim of the chapter was to investigate factors that influence the customers' adoption of digital health apps in Algeria. The authors adopted an extende...
Keywords: dept.pch

Increasing outcomes: principles of practice to increase writing outcomes for deaf/hard of hearing students with additional disabilities - Weir, Joan; Dostal, Hannah M. (Strategies for Promoting Independence and Literacy for Deaf Learners With Disabilities, 2023)
The ability to write clearly and effectively is an important communication skill that is necessary for school and employment, as it is often the best way to disseminate information and ideas. Both unrecorded sign and speech are ephemeral, but writing allows the author to share an experience or idea...
Keywords: dept.sed

Where on the face do we look during phonemic restoration: An eye-tracking study - Baron, Alisa; Harwood, Vanessa; Kleinman, Daniel; Campanelli, Luca; Molski, Joseph; Landi, Nicole; Irwin, Julia (Frontiers in Psychology, 2023)
Face to face communication typically involves audio and visual components to the speech signal. To examine the effect of task demands on gaze patterns in response to a speaking face, adults participated in two eye-tracking experiments with an audiovisual (articulatory information from the mouth was visible) and a pixelated condition (articulatory information was not visible). Further, task demands were manipulated by having listeners respond in a passive (no response) or an active (button press response) context. The active experiment required participants to discriminate between speech stimuli and was designed to mimic environmental situations which require one to use visual information to disambiguate the speaker’s message, simulating different listening conditions in real-world settings. Stimuli included a clear exemplar of the syllable /ba/ and a second exemplar in which the formant initial consonant was reduced creating an /a/−like consonant. Consistent with our hypothesis, results revealed that the greatest fixations to the mouth were present in the audiovisual active experiment and visual articulatory information led to a phonemic restoration effect for the /a/ speech token. In the pixelated condition, participants fixated on the eyes, and discrimination of the deviant token within the active experiment was significantly greater than the audiovisual condition. These results suggest that when required to disambiguate changes in speech, adults may look to the mouth for additional cues to support processing when it is available.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.psy; peer-reviewed

Understanding health behaviors, weight perceptions, and body appreciation of young adult women engaged in the body positivity movement - Rupp, Kristie; McCoy, Stephanie M. (Women's Health Issues, 2023)
Background The body positivity movement on social media is thought to foster body appreciation, but pervasive societal concern persists about the body positivity movement and the body image, health behaviors, and “normalization of obesity” of young adult women. Purpose This study explored the relationship between engagement in the body positivity movement on social media and weight status, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and the health behaviors of intuitive eating and physical activity in young adult women (18–35 years). Methods Participants (N = 521; ∼64% engaged in body positivity content on social media) were recruited using Qualtrics online panels for this cross-sectional survey during February 2021. Outcomes included weight status, weight consideration, weight perception, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, physical activity, and intuitive eating. Logistic and linear regression models adjusted for age, race, ethnicity, education level, and household income were used to assess the association between engagement in the body positivity movement and specified outcomes. Results Engagement in body positivity content was associated with greater body dissatisfaction (β = 2.33, t(519) = 2.90 p = .017), body appreciation (β = 0.26, t(519) = 2.90 p = .004), and greater likelihood of reporting high amounts of physical activity (odds ratio = 2.28; p < .05) relative to nonengaged peers; these associations remained significant after further adjustment for weight status. Body positivity was not associated with weight status, weight perception, or intuitive eating. Conclusions Engagement in the body positivity movement is associated with higher body dissatisfaction and body appreciation in young adult women, which suggests they may be drawn to and engage in the body positivity movement as a protective or coping mechanism for body dissatisfaction.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Measurements of dielectron production in Au + Au collisions at √ s N N = 27 , 39, and 62.4 GeV from the STAR experiment - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2023)
We report systematic measurements of dielectron (e+e−) invariant-mass Mee spectra at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV taken with the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. For all energies studied, a significant excess yield of dielectrons is observed in the low-mass region (0.40<Mee<0.75 MeV/c2) compared to hadronic cocktail simulations at freeze-out. Models that include an in-medium broadening of the ρ-meson spectral function consistently describe the observed excess. In addition, we report acceptance-corrected dielectron-excess spectra for Au+Au collisions at midrapidity (|yee|< 1) in the 0–80% centrality bin for each collision energy. The integrated excess yields for 0.4<Mee<0.75GeV/c2, normalized by the charged particle multiplicity at midrapidity, are compared with previously published measurements for Au+Au at √sNN1 = 19.6 and 200 GeV. Models that include an in-medium broadening of the ρ-meson spectral function consistently describe the observed excess. The normalized excess yields in the low-mass region show no significant collision energy dependence. The data, however, are consistent with model calculations that demonstrate a modest energy dependence.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

A cross-sectional investigation of disfluencies in typically developing Spanish-English bilingual children - Rojas, Raúl; Irani, Farzan; Gusewski, Svenja; Camacho, Natalia (Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2023)
Purpose This study examined the language skills and the type and frequency of disfluencies in the spoken narrative production of typically developing Spanish-English bilingual children. Method A cross-sectional sample of 106 bilingual children (50 boys; 56 girls) enrolled in kindergarten through Grade 4, produced a total of 212 narrative retell language samples in English and Spanish. A specialized fluency coding system was implemented to index the percentage of total (%TD) and stuttering-like disfluencies (%SLD) in each language. Large-scale reference databases were used to classify children’s dual language proficiency profiles (balanced, English dominant, Spanish dominant) based on language sample analysis measures of morphosyntax and lexical diversity. Results The bilingual Spanish-English children in this study did not demonstrate significant cross-linguistic differences for mean %TD or %SLD. However, the mean %TD and %SLD in both languages exceeded the risk threshold based on monolingual English-speaking norms. English dominant bilingual children demonstrated significantly lower %TD in English than Spanish. Spanish dominant children demonstrated significantly lower %SLD in Spanish than English. Conclusions This study included the largest sample size of bilingual Spanish-English children investigated to date from a fluency perspective. The frequency of disfluencies was found to be variable across participants and change dynamically as a function of grade and dual language proficiency profiles, indicating the need for studies that employ larger sample sizes and longitudinal designs.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Bilingual children; Disfluencies; Language sample analysis; Narratives; Stuttering; dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Sabbatical leave report: Fall 2014 - Cardone, Resha (2014)
Cardone wrote chapters of a book manuscript and submitted two related articles to peer reviewed journals. She also transcribed and edited a scholarly interview, presented portions of book project at conference and traveled to site of book topic for on-ground research. Accomplishments are different than outlined in original proposal. The report describes project issues and results. Book title is "Unbound and underground: Chile's Ergo Sun Project from the dictatorship to the digital era."
Keywords: dept.wll; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Heidegger and Practical Philosophy - Raffoul, François; Pettigrew, David (State University of New York Press, 2002)
Investigating the extent to which Heidegger's thought can be read as a crucial resource for practical philosophy and the articulation of an ethos for our time, leading scholars offer a sustained and intensive focus on Heidegger's thought of praxis.–(Source of description unspecified.)
Keywords: Heidegger; Martin; 1889-1976; Ethics; Political science; Philosophy; Practice (Philosophy); dept.phi; faculty_collection

Beam energy dependence of triton production and yield ratio ( N t × N p / N 2 d ) in Au + Au Collisions at RHI - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2023)
We report the triton (t) production in midrapidity (|y|<0.5) Au+Au collisions at √sNN=7.7–200 GeV measured by the STAR experiment from the first phase of the beam energy scan at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The nuclear compound yield ratio (Nt×Np/N2d), which is predicted to be sensitive to the fluctuation of local neutron density, is observed to decrease monotonically with increasing charged-particle multiplicity (dNch/dη) and follows a scaling behavior. The dNch/dη dependence of the yield ratio is compared to calculations from coalescence and thermal models. Enhancements in the yield ratios relative to the coalescence baseline are observed in the 0%-10% most central collisions at 19.6 and 27 GeV, with a significance of 2.3σ and 3.4σ, respectively, giving a combined significance of 4.1σ. The enhancements are not observed in peripheral collisions or model calculations without critical fluctuation, and decreases with a smaller pT acceptance. The physics implications of these results on the QCD phase structure and the production mechanism of light nuclei in heavy-ion collisions are discussed.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Motivation states to move, be physically active and sedentary vary like circadian rhythms and are associated with affect and arousal - Budnick, Christopher J.; Stults-Kolehmainen, Matthew; Dadina, Cyrus; Bartholomew, John B.; Boullosa, Daniel; Ash, Garret I.; Sinha, Rajita; Blacutt, Miguel; Haughton, Adrian; Lu, Tom (Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023)
IntroductionMotivation to be physically active and sedentary is a transient state that varies in response to previous behavior. It is not known: (a) if motivational states vary from morning to evening, (b) if they are related to feeling states (arousal/hedonic tone), and (c) whether they predict current behavior and intentions. The primary purpose of this study was to determine if motivation states vary across the day and in what pattern. Thirty adults from the United States were recruited from Amazon MTurk.MethodsParticipants completed 6 identical online surveys each day for 8 days beginning after waking and every 2–3 h thereafter until bedtime. Participants completed: (a) the CRAVE scale (Right now version) to measure motivation states for Move and Rest, (b) Feeling Scale, (c) Felt Arousal Scale, and (d) surveys about current movement behavior (e.g., currently sitting, standing, laying down) and intentions for exercise and sleep. Of these, 21 participants (mean age 37.7 y; 52.4% female) had complete and valid data.ResultsVisual inspection of data determined that: a) motivation states varied widely across the day, and b) most participants had a single wave cycle each day. Hierarchical linear modelling revealed that there were significant linear and quadratic time trends for both Move and Rest. Move peaked near 1500 h when Rest was at its nadir. Cosinor analysis determined that the functional waveform was circadian for Move for 81% of participants and 62% for Rest. Pleasure/displeasure and arousal independently predicted motivation states (all p's < .001), but arousal had an association twice as large. Eating, exercise and sleep behaviors, especially those over 2 h before assessment, predicted current motivation states. Move-motivation predicted current body position (e.g., laying down, sitting, walking) and intentions for exercise and sleep more consistently than rest, with the strongest prediction of behaviors planned for the next 30 min.DiscussionWhile these data must be replicated with a larger sample, results suggest that motivation states to be active or sedentary have a circadian waveform for most people and influence future behavioral intentions. These novel results highlight the need to rethink the traditional approaches typically utilized to increase physical activity levels.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.psy; peer-reviewed

King Zedekiah’s release of slaves for the strategic harmony of a besieged Jerusalem (Jer 34) - Scolnic, Benjamin E. (Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 2023)
King Zedekiah of Judah’s covenant to release Hebrew slaves during the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 588/587 and Jeremiah’s idealistic denunciation of the reclaiming of those slaves in Jer 34 has been the subject of interesting scholarly debate. For all the proposed foreign and intra-Biblical parallels, the policy was purely pragmatic and can be understood as a recognizable strategy from ancient texts that recommend procedures during a siege. Therefore when the siege is temporarily lifted, the policy is reversed.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Jeremiah; Jerusalem; Sieges; Slavery; Warfare; dept.jst

Integration of the Registered Nurse Care Coordinator Role in a Federally Qualified Health Center - Alicea-Planas, Jessica; Burger, Susan (The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 2023)
The purpose of this 1-group, retrospective case study was to analyze the expanded role of registered nurse care coordination (RNCC) on health outcomes in a primary care setting in its real-life context. The convenience sample consisted of 244 adults diagnosed with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and/or hypertension. Secondary data entered into the electronic health record by the health care team during patient visits pre- and post-implementation of the RNCC program were analyzed. Clinical findings suggest that RNCC may provide a valuable service. Additionally, financial analysis demonstrated that the cost of the RNCC position was both self-sustaining and revenue producing.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.nur; peer-reviewed

Are You a Student Here? Helping Information Seekers from Across the World Through LibChat - Hellyar, Diana; Fruehan, Parker (2021)
Keywords: dept.lib

The Fun-Sized Framework: Mini IL Lessons for When You Want to Do More Than Just Demos - Hellyar, Diana (2023)
Keywords: dept.lib

Rising tensions: heritage-tourism development and the commodification of “Authentic” culture among the Cham community of Vietnam - Quang, Tuyen D.; Noseworthy, William B.; Paulson, Dave (Cogent Social Sciences, 2022)
This study examines the complexities of cultural-heritage management in Vietnam and the various tensions that arise within initiatives promoting “authentic” versions of cultural practice. In particular, this research investigates local perceptions concerning the commodification of the Cham New Year (Rija Nâgar) at temple-tower complexes, and explores the implications of sacred religious holidays (ngày lễ) that are organized as festival (lễ hội) events. Arranged by local Vietnamese officials, the implementation of these events for tourists contradicts important Cham worldviews, leading to negative perceptions of tourism among community members, and fears that such practices pose irrevocable damage for Cham spirituality and the future of their ancestral heritage. This research underscores the importance of community involvement with respect to decision making in cultural-heritage management, and that heritage tourism in Vietnam, and Southeast Asia more generally, may be dramatically improved with guidance from indigenous voices and local spiritual leaders.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2022.2116161
Keywords: Cham; Heritage tourism; Vietnam; cultural commodification; dept.ant; indigenous participation; peer-reviewed; sacred space

Star-image Centering with Deep Learning: HST/WFPC2 Images - Casetti-Dinescu, Dana I.; Girard, Terrence M.; Baena-Gallé, Roberto; Martone, Max; Schwendemann, Kate (Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2023)
A deep learning (DL) algorithm is built and tested for its ability to determine centers of star images in HST/WFPC2 exposures, in filters F555W and F814W. These archival observations hold great potential for proper-motion studies, but the undersampling in the camera’s detectors presents challenges for conventional centering algorithms. Two exquisite data sets of over 600 exposures of the cluster NGC 104 in these filters are used as a testbed for training and evaluating the DL code. Results indicate a single-measurement standard error from 8.5 to 11 mpix, depending on the detector and filter. This compares favorably to the ∼20 mpix achieved with the customary “effective point spread function (PSF)” centering procedure for WFPC2 images. Importantly, the pixel-phase error is largely eliminated when using the DL method. The current tests are limited to the central portion of each detector; in future studies, the DL code will be modified to allow for the known variation of the PSF across the detectors.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

Exploring What Influences Heterosexual College Men and the Practice of Safe Sex: The Power of Stigma and Community - Breny, J.M.; Joseph, M.; Robledo, D.; Rondeau, D.; D’Haity, W.; Mucha, J.; Zapata, P. (Journal of Community Health, 2023)
The college student population is among the highest risk group for contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV. Safe sex practices, which are intended to mitigate risks associated with sexually transmitted infections, are often negated in the population of heterosexual college students. Historically, research on safe sex practices has shown that the burden of behavior change and the focus on educational efforts historically fall onto the female population. There is little published on how safe sex education for males impacts attitudes and behaviors towards safe sex practices. This community-based participatory research (CBPR) project explored heterosexual college male attitudes and behaviors about safe sex responsibilities with the goal of creating effective health promotion messages to increase safer sex. The research team comprised almost entirely of undergraduate male students, which strengthened the design and translation of results to practice. A mixed methods design was employed utilizing both focus groups and surveys as data collection (n=121). Results showed that young men are still prioritizing pregnancy prevention over disease contraction and/or testing, and relying on female partners to initiate safe sex. Implications for health promotion practice efforts on college campuses include: male-led peer education programming and support and messaging around screening and prevention of STIs. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: CBPR; College health promotion; Condom use; HIV prevention; Peer education programs; STI prevention; dept.pch; peer-reviewed

A cost-effective Wi-Fi-based indoor positioning system for mobile phones - Wandell, R.; Hossain, M.S.; Hussain, I. (Wireless Networks, 2023)
Fingerprinting-based indoor positioning systems require a significant amount of time to set up due to the need for prior, offline signal map creation. We propose a mobile phone-based indoor positioning system that can be set up in a short amount of time in any environment with existing Wi-Fi infrastructure. We introduce interpolation into a fingerprinting-based system to reduce the number of reference points needed, leading to a reduction in signal map creation time. The proposed interpolation method is used in conjunction with a particle filter algorithm to provide an accuracy level comparable to the state-of-the-art. We created signal maps at three separate locations using a 100%, 50%, 20%, and 10% scan coverage in order to evaluate the effectiveness of our interpolation on the localization error on a lower scan percentage. We evaluated our signal maps before and after interpolation using 16 tests which included both motion and stationary tests, as well as tests taken 2 and 3 weeks after the initial data gathering. We show that our interpolation method is able to reduce the effects of a dimensional mismatch between signal map reference point vectors and a test sample vector, as well as reduce the effects of signal map aging. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Fingerprinting; Indoor positioning system; Interpolation; Mobile phones; Wi-Fi; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Evolutionary design of a PSO-tuned multigene symbolic regression genetic programming model for river flow forecasting - Sheta, A.; Abdel-Raouf, A.; Fraihat, K.M.; Baareh, A. (International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 2023)
The earth’s population is growing at a rapid rate, while the availability of water resources remains limited. Water is required for various purposes, including drinking, agriculture, industry, recreation, and development. Accurate forecasting of river flows can have a significant economic impact, particularly in agricultural water management and planning during water resource scarcity. Developing precise river flow forecasting models can greatly improve the management of water resources in many countries. In this study, we propose a two-phase model for predicting the flow of the Blackwater river located in the South Central United States. In the first phase, we use Multigene Symbolic Regression Genetic Programming (MG-GP) to develop a mathematical model. In the second phase, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is employed to fine-tune the model parameters. Fine-tuning the MG-GP parameters improves the prediction accuracy of the model. The newly fine-tuned model exhibits 96% and 94% accuracy in training and testing cases, respectively © 2023, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications.All Rights Reserved.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: River flow; dept.csc; evolutionary computation; forecasting; genetic programming; particle swarm optimization; peer-reviewed

Negotiating toilet access: a qualitative exploration of women's incarceration - Smoyer, Amy B.; Schwarz, Paige; Camenga, Deepa; Rickey, Leslie (The Prison Journal, 2023)
Norms and behaviors about toileting in prison can expand understanding of women's lived experience of incarceration. Knowledge about this subject is significant because access to clean, safe toilets is a human rights issue, and toilet habits can impact social, mental, and physical outcomes. Three focus groups were conducted with 15 incarcerated women about their quotidian prison toilet experiences. While the toilet was physically available, institutional regulations, social norms, and women's individual psychologies limited their access and utilization. The ways in which toilet use was negotiated with self, peers, and are described, and the implications of these findings are discussed.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

TFAW survey II: Six newly validated planets and 13 planet candidates from K2 - Del Ser, D.; Fors, O.; Del Alcázar, M.; Dyachenko, V.; Horch, E.P.; Tokovinin, A.; Ziegler, C.; Van Belle, G.T.; Clark, C.A.; Hartman, Z.D. (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2023)
Searching for Earth-sized planets in data from Kepler's extended mission (K2) is a niche that still remains to be fully exploited. The TFAW survey is an ongoing project that aims to re-analyse all light curves in K2 C1-C8 and C12-C18 campaigns with a wavelet-based detrending and denoising method, and the period search algorithm TLS to search for new transit candidates not detected in previous works. We have analysed a first subset of 24 candidate planetary systems around relatively faint host stars (10.9 < Kp < 15.4) to allow for follow-up speckle imaging observations. Using vespa and TRICERATOPS, we statistically validate six candidates orbiting four unique host stars by obtaining false-positive probabilities smaller than 1 per cent with both methods. We also present 13 vetted planet candidates that might benefit from other, more precise follow-up observations. All of these planets are sub-Neptune-sized with two validated planets and three candidates with sub-Earth sizes, and have orbital periods between 0.81 and 23.98 d. Some interesting systems include two ultra-short-period planets, three multiplanetary systems, three sub-Neptunes that appear to be within the small planet Radius Gap, and two validated and one candidate sub-Earths (EPIC 210706310.01, K2-411 b, and K2-413 b) orbiting metal-poor stars. © 2022 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; instrumentation: high angular resolution; methods: data analysis; peer-reviewed; planets and satellites: general; planets and satellites: terrestrial planets; techniques: photometric

Teaching tip GetVirtual: A universal service-based learning framework - Toskin, K.; Pisano, M.A.; Corey, T. (Journal of Information Systems Education, 2023)
This paper introduces a universal framework for service-based learning which provides information systems students with opportunities to gain invaluable hands-on experience. More specifically, through this framework, students can develop hard, soft, and interdisciplinary skills in preparation for their first professional careers upon graduation. In addition to introducing the framework, we provide student testimonials and feedback as well as lessons learned from our experience in efforts to prepare and help other schools interested in offering similar growth opportunities to their students to have a smooth and successful implementation. © 2023, Journal of Information Systems Education. All Rights Reserved.
Keywords: Experiential learning & education; Framework; GetVirtual; Service-learning; Teaching tip; dept.bis; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Unlocking Opportunities for Migrant Workers in China: Analyzing the Impact of Health Insurance on Hukou Switching Intentions - Chen, Hong; Yu, Jia; Qin, Mingshuai; Wang, Yangyang; Qin, Lijian (Sustainability, 2023)
The Chinese urban–rural binary health insurance structure has contributed to a significant urban–rural segmentation and regional fragmentation, which will affect labor mobilization and urbanization. The purpose of this research is to study whether and how urban–rural binary health insurance impacts the intentions of migrant workers to switch between rural and urban hukou. Pooled data were drawn from China Migrants Dynamic Survey, collected by the National Health Commission of China. The study applied the instrument variable model due to the existence of the endogeneity; and the IVprobit model to conduct the empirical analysis. Our findings are as follows: (1) the urban–rural binary health insurance affects migrant workers’ intentions to switch to urban hukou significantly. (2) The negative impact of originally rural health insurance on migrant workers’ intention of switching to urban hukou is relatively large for low-education-level migrant workers. (3) Compared with new generation of migrant workers, old migrant workers have higher health insurance dependency levels. Finally, our research suggested several policy implications, such as accelerating the establishment of a unified urban–rural health insurance system, increasing the urban health insurance participation rate of migrant workers in their working cities, and including migrant workers in the scope of equal access to urban public services, etc. All the policy suggestions are essential in order to accelerate the citizenization of migrant workers, improve the quality of urbanization, and promote the construction of a unified national labor market.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Number: 8
Keywords: dept.eco; intention of switching to urban hukou; migrant workers; peer-reviewed; urban–rural binary health insurance

Fluvial response to Quaternary hydroclimate in eastern Africa: Evidence from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia - Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Quade, Jay; Levin, Naomi E.; Iverson, Nels; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William; Arnold, Lee J.; Demuro, Martina; Duval, Mathieu; Grün, Rainer; Zhao, Jian-xin; White, Marie; et al. (Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023)
The Busidima Formation in the Afar region, Ethiopia, spans the Quaternary and records the cultural evolution of the genus Homo. Yet, the Middle Pleistocene to Holocene fluvial environments in which early humans lived are undersampled in eastern Africa. This paper examines the stratigraphy, geochronology and paleoenvironments of the newly designated Odele Member of the uppermost Busidima Formation (<152 thousand years ago (ka)), which has received little attention despite representing a critical period in the evolution of early Homo sapiens and its migration out of Africa. The Odele Member is 40–50 m thick and is dated using tephrochronology, radiometric, luminescence, and electron spin resonance techniques. The member spans 151 to 7 ka, defined at the base by the widespread Waidedo Vitric Tuff (WAVT, 151 ± 16 ka modeled age and 95.4% credible interval - C.I.). There are two prominent erosional unconformities in the Odele Member, a lower one after the WAVT deposition with a modeled 95.4% C.I. range of 124–97 ka; and an upper one involving widespread alluvial fan incision commencing between 21.7 and 12.9 ka. The uppermost Odele Member also contains black, organic-rich mats, redox features, reed casts, and freshwater gastropods marking wetter conditions during the terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene. A black, fine-grained relict soil coeval with the Halalalee paleosol bounds the top of the Odele Member and has mollic and vertic properties, weathering since ∼12 ka. These incision events and prominent paleosol development near/at the top of the Busidima Formation document Middle to Late Pleistocene Awash River incision to its present-day course. Paleo-rainfall estimates suggest that the Early Holocene-age Halalalee paleosol weathered under a climate with mean annual rainfall 10–15% higher than today. A compilation of radiocarbon ages from aquatic gastropods, carbonized wood and charcoal from the upper Odele Member shows wetter and possibly more vegetated conditions during late marine isotope stage (MIS) 3 and the African Humid Period (AHP) that are tightly coupled with precession-driven summer insolation maxima. These key findings suggest that periods of incision, aggregation, and landscape stability in the Odele Member have an orbital precession pacing. The Odele Member revises upward the age of the Busidima Formation to 7 ka, showing that it spans into the Holocene and now includes Middle and Later Stone Age archaeological traditions.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Electron spin resonance; Ethiopian rift; Fluvial aggradation; Fluvial incision; Paleosol; Radiocarbon; Tephrochronology; U-series; dept.ant; pIR-IRSL; peer-reviewed

Predicting COVID-19 mortalities for patients with special health conditions using an agent-based model - Mazurkiewicz, Erika; Seesi, Sahar Al; Abdel Raouf, Amal (2023 20th Learning and Technology Conference (L&T), 2023)
The spread of COVID-19 has thrown the world into a panic. We are constantly learning more about the virus every day, from how it spreads to who is more susceptible to becoming infected by different variants. Those with underlying respiratory conditions and other immunocompromised individuals need to be extra cautious regarding the virus. Many researchers have created COVID-19 trackers to detect the spread of COVID-19 around the world and show hot spots where COVID-19 cases are more prevalent. Previous work lacks the consideration of comorbidity as a factor of death rate. This work aims to create an agent-based model to predict comorbidity death rate caused by a health condition in addition to COVID-19. The model is evaluated using the symmetric mean absolute percentage error metric and proved to be very efficient.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Agent-Based Model; COVID-19; Infectious diseases; Limiting; Measurement; Metaverse; Pandemics; Predictive models; comorbidity; dept.csc

GeNeo: A Bioinformatics Toolbox for Genomics-Guided Neoepitope Prediction - Al Seesi, S.; Al-Okaily, A.; Shcheglova, T.V.; Sherafat, E.; Alqahtani, F.H.; Hagymasi, A.T.; Kaur, A.; Srivastava, P.K.; Mǎndoiu, I.I. (Journal of Computational Biology, 2023)
High-Throughput DNA and RNA sequencing are revolutionizing precision oncology, enabling personalized therapies such as cancer vaccines designed to target tumor-specific neoepitopes generated by somatic mutations expressed in cancer cells. Identification of these neoepitopes from next-generation sequencing data of clinical samples remains challenging and requires the use of complex bioinformatics pipelines. In this paper, we present GeNeo, a bioinformatics toolbox for genomics-guided neoepitope prediction. GeNeo includes a comprehensive set of tools for somatic variant calling and filtering, variant validation, and neoepitope prediction and filtering. For ease of use, GeNeo tools can be accessed via web-based interfaces deployed on a Galaxy portal publicly accessible at https://neo.engr.uconn.edu/. A virtual machine image for running GeNeo locally is also available to academic users upon request. © Copyright 2023, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2023.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: bioinformatics tools; cancer immunotherapy; dept.csc; neoepitope prediction; peer-reviewed; somatic variant calling

Reassessing a glacial landscape developed during terminal glaciation of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age in Uruguay - Isbell, John L.; Fedorchuk, Nicholas D.; Rosa, Eduardo L. M.; Goso, César; Alonso-Muruaga, Pablo J. (Sedimentary Geology, 2023)
Whalebacks, roche moutonnées, and S-forms carved on Ediacaran granitoids near Cerro de las Cuentas, Uruguay, along with overlying diamictites, siltstones, and sandstones displaying soft-sediment grooved and striated surfaces in the Pennsylvanian San Gregorio Formation, record the glacial to post-glacial transition in the linked Norte, southern Paraná and Chaco-Paraná basins of Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina respectively. Early authors reported these features resulted from subglacial abrasion and deposition as lodgement tills and glaciotectonites. Our re-examination reveals a nuanced setting with changing ice thicknesses, subglacial kinematics, and ice proximal glaciomarine dynamics associated with advance and retreat of an ice stream, or multiple advances of the Uruguayan Ice lobe, during glaciation of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) in these basins. The preserved landforms indicate temperate glacial conditions. Whalebacks formed under 1.6 to 2.5 km-thick ice and likely formed when the lobe extended across the Uruguayan and Rio Grande do Sul shields into the adjacent Paraná Basin. Previously unidentified m-scale roches moutonnées cut into one whaleback developed under thinner ice where reduced basal pressure allowed for the opening of air and water-filled cavities, thus facilitating quarrying on the lee side of basement bumps. S-forms provide additional evidence for the occurrence of subglacial waters, indicating that the basal ice was at or above its pressure melting point. The lower meter of the overlying strata consists of interstratified trace fossil-bearing, laminated siltstones; thin-bedded diamictites; and current-rippled sandstones. Trace fossils belonging to the Mermia ichnofacies within the basal siltstones, as well as acritarchs in the overlying siltstones, suggest that these sediments were deposited in ice-proximal subaqueous settings with contributions from meltwater discharge. Graded siltstone laminae suggest settling from suspension likely from meltwater plumes, while thin-bedded diamictites were deposited either as debris flows or as two-component sedimentation with fines settling from suspension and coarser particles introduce as iceberg-rafted dropstones. Current-rippled sandstones indicate the occurrence of underflow currents. Soft-sediment troughs, grooves, and striations cutting these sediments display curved and sinuous paths with some features oriented perpendicular, and one oriented opposite to the overall trend. They contain marginal and terminal berms typical of iceberg scour marks suggesting transit across the area by icebergs calving from a tidewater ice front located to the SE.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Iceberg keel marks; Late Paleozoic Ice Age; Roche moutonnées; San Gregorio Fm; Uruguayan Ice Lobe; Whalebacks; dept.esc

Blue Economy - Germond-Duret, Celine; Garland, Michaela; Heidkamp, C. Patrick; Morrissey, John (International Encyclopedia of Geography, 2016)
Geography has engaged in insightful discussions on how to understand, analyze, criticize, and implement the blue economy. United Nations agencies, Small Island Developing States, and increased academic interest in oceans have played important roles in the global adoption of the blue economy idea, that is, the sustainable exploitation of marine and coastal resources. Geographical research on the blue economy has addressed key themes such as economic and political discourse, relational thinking and assemblage, sustainability and just transitions, and blue economy risks.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg2166
Keywords: coastal and marine geography; dept.egm; economic development; environmental management; sustainable development

Ἀντίπατρος ἀδελφιδοῦς: Was Antipatros son of Epigonos of Telmessos the “Nephew” of Antiochos III? - Scolnic, B. (Dialogues d'Histoire Ancienne, 2022)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.jst; peer-reviewed

Ayres Sensory Integration® for Addressing Play in Autistic Children: A Multiple-Baseline Examination - Kuhaneck, Heather M.; Watling, Renee; Glennon, Tara J. (The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2023)
Importance: Play is an area of difficulty for autistic children, and occupational therapy practitioners need evidence to guide interventions to improve play for this population. Ayres Sensory Integration® (ASI) intervention has not yet been studied for its impact on play outcomes.Objective: To examine the impact of ASI intervention on play types in autistic children.Design: Nonconcurrent, multiple-baseline design across subjects.Setting: Outpatient occupational therapy clinic in New England.Participants: Three autistic children, ages 5, 6, and 6 yr.Intervention: Twenty-four ASI sessions.Outcomes and Measures: Frequency of play type was coded using partial interval coding. Progress monitoring used Goal Attainment Scaling.Results: All three participants demonstrated changes in the frequency of specific types of play, but changes varied among them.Conclusions and Relevance: Findings suggest that ASI intervention may alter a child’s patterns of play.What This Article Adds: This study is the first to examine the impact of ASI on play and the third that documents the feasibility of single-subject research for studying ASI. If confirmed in future studies, ASI could become an evidence-based intervention for improving play, an important outcome for autistic children and the profession of occupational therapy.Positionality Statement: This article uses the identity-first language autistic people. This nonableist language describes their strengths and abilities and is a conscious decision. This language is favored by autistic communities and self-advocates and has been adopted by health care professionals and researchers (Bottema-Beutel et al., 2021; Kenny et al., 2016).
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

A telemedicine standardized patient experience: enhancing the virtual classroom and preparing for alternative modalities of care - Maynard, Kristi; Knickerbocker, Joshua (Nursing Education Perspectives, 2023)
This pilot study explored the use of standardized patients in the virtual classroom in efforts to increase family nurse practitioner preparedness to engage in telemedicine care delivery. Using a mixed-methods approach, we determined this innovation significantly increased students' confidence in their ability to perform a telemedicine visit while also improving their satisfaction with the virtual classroom.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Delivery of Health Care; Humans; Personal Satisfaction; Pilot Projects; Students; Telemedicine; dept.nur; peer-reviewed

Addressing America's Mental Health Crisis in Public Education - Albee, Laura Jane (Perspectives and Considerations on Navigating the Mental Healthcare System, 2023)
Nearly eight million American youth between the ages of 3 - 17 live with a psychiatric or behavioral health disorder. Many in grades K-12 are being unfavorably impacted in the classroom because of socioeconomic and environmental factors that include poverty, addiction, incarceration, trauma, domesti...
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Saciar el hambre y la retina: alimentos, identidad y ambivalencia nacional en López Velarde - Hernandez, Rafael (Tema y Variaciones de Literatura, 2021)
Keywords: dept.wll; ⛔ No DOI found

Melodrama y mitología: imágenes de la migración en Guten Tag, Ramón y Señales que precederán al fin del mundo” - Hernandez, Rafael (Hispanos en el mundo. Emociones y desplazamientos históricos, viajes y migraciones, 2021)
Keywords: dept.wll

The Dark Night of Mexico: Picaresque, Sexuality, and Violence in El vampiro de la colonia Roma and Las púberes canéforas - Hernandez, Rafael (Growing Up in Latin America. Child and Youth Agency in Contemporary Popular Culture., 2022)
Keywords: dept.wll

Hospitality and Power: Pontano’s Book Virtues - Palma, Pina (Early Modern Cultures of Hospitality, 2021)
Keywords: dept.wll

Of Cranes, Dinners, and Desire: Decameron VI, 4 - Palma, Pina (Italica, 2021)
Through the analysis of a hosted dinner, crane-meat, its preparation, and a lover's ultimatum the article shows that in Chichibio's novella (Decameron VI,4) there is more at play than just the lies, wit, and cunning that a Venetian cook relies on as survival mode. In fact, the roasted crane-leg stolen by the cook for his lover upends the established social and cultural order that Currado Gianfigliazzi exemplifies. Pruning away at established norms while depicting a servant who projects self-confidence, shrewdness, and the ability to adjust to contingencies, Boccaccio's tale demonstrates that Chichibio's (and his lover's) personal fulfillment rests neither on prides nor privileges, but on their ability to envision and seize what lies beyond the norms.
Keywords: Boccaccio; Bouchard; Norma; Congregational churches; Currado Chichibio; Dialects; Epilepsy; Hunting; crane; dept.wll; food; hunting; kitchen; master; power and powerlessness; servant; ⛔ No DOI found

For His Wife and Lover: Pontano's De amore coniugali - Palma, Pina (Idealizing Women in the Italian Renaissance, 2022)
Keywords: dept.wll

Trade and the Environment - Buterbaugh, K. (Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict: Volume 1-4, Third Edition, 2022)
This article focuses on the complex interaction between trade and the environment. The first section reviews the debate among scholars on the environmental effects of trade. Next the article examines the role of the World Trade Organization and how its decisions have impacted the environment. This is followed by a discussion of climate change and its connection to trade. Finally, the article examines multilateral efforts to govern trade and control its environmental consequences as well as to encourage sustainable development. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Carbon leakage; Climate change; Comparative advantage; Environmental Kuznets curve; Externality; Free rider problem; Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs); Nontariff barriers to trade; Pollution haven hypothesis; Prisoner's dilemma; The general agreement on tariffs and trade; World trade organization; dept.psc

Physical activity used as punishment: advocating for better practices - Paulson, Lisa; Knipe, Robert (Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2023)
SHAPE America (2021) contends the use of physical activity used as punishment and/or behavior management as an inappropriate practice. The position statement acknowledges both the administration and withholding of physical activity as punishment, however, this paper focuses on the use of exercise as punishment (EAP) in physical education settings. While deemed inappropriate, the use of EAP is still happening today (Barney et al., 2016). The purpose of this viewpoint paper is to encourage appropriate pedagogies and practices while increasing awareness of national recommendations. Strategies for advocacy efforts are discussed.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2023.2173934
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Secondary Risk in COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions: A Theoretical Contribution to the Protection Motivation Paradigm - Prince, Melvin; Kim, Young (Journal of Applied Social Science, 2023)
This study presents an original model that features the emotion of fear of COVID-19 as a direct effect on vaccination intentions. A central research question addressed in the study is what roles do the emotion of fear of contracting COVID-19 and the threat posed by uptake of the COVID-19 vaccination play in levels of vaccination intention? The study used a structural equation model (SEM) and applied the SmartPLS 3.2.6 data analysis tool for model estimation and multivariate analysis variables. A key finding is that vaccination resistance is strongest when fear of COVID-19 is lower, and vaccination threat higher. Vaccination threat appraisal and vaccination intention were found to have a negative relationship. Response costs at higher levels lessen motivation for COVID-19 vaccination. Research implications include research-based targeting of differing segments by their primary fear, either fear of COVID-19 or of the preventative vaccine.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mkt; peer-reviewed

Creating a Narrative for Change: Health Promotion Students’ Perspectives on the Power of Photovoice Research - De Leon, Breanna; Mahama, Fatawu; Raymond, Ashley; Palmer, Cheryl A; Breny, Jean M. (Health Promotion Practice, 2023)
The use of Critical Race Theory, Photovoice, and Community-Based Participatory Research has helped uncover the root causes of issues such as systemic racism in the fields of public health and health promotion. Often, we see studies using traditional research methods to investigate potential causal factors of disparities in minoritized communities report only quantitative data. While these data are imperative for understanding the severity of disparities, quantitative-only approaches cannot address nor can they improve the critical root causes of these disparities. As a team of BIPOC graduate students in public health, we conducted a community-based participatory research project using Photovoice methodology to explore inequities in Black and Brown communities exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The participatory nature of this research revealed cumulative challenges across the social determinants of health in New Haven and Bridgeport, Connecticut. It allowed us to engage in local-level advocacy to promote health equity as our findings illuminated the need for community-led and community-engaged action. Health and racial inequities cannot be effectively addressed if public health research and programming do not collaborate with the community to build community capacity, empowerment, and trust. We describe our experiences doing community-based participatory research to investigate inequities and provide reflections on their value for public health students. As responses to health inequities and disparities become more politically polarized in the United States, it is critical for public health and health education students to use research methodologies that elevate communities that have been historically marginalized and neglected. Together, we can catalyze equitable change.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.pch; peer-reviewed

Correction: MSLP: mRNA subcellular localization predictor based on machine learning techniques - Musleh, Saleh; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Qureshi, Rizwan; Alajez, Nehad M.; Alam, Tanvir (BMC Bioinformatics, 2023)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Residual intersections and core of modules - Costantini, Alessandra; Fouli, Louiza; Hong, Jooyoun (Journal of Algebra, 2023)
We introduce the notion of residual intersections of modules and prove their existence. We show that projective dimension one modules have Cohen-Macaulay residual intersections, namely they satisfy the relevant Artin-Nagata property. We then establish a formula for the core of orientable modules satisfying certain homological conditions, extending previous results of Corso, Polini, and Ulrich on the core of projective one modules. Finally, we provide examples of classes of modules that satisfy our assumptions.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Core; Reductions; Residual intersections; dept.mat; peer-reviewed

Why Controlling the Historical Narrative Matters: A Jamesian Response - Marsoobian, A.T. (Pragmatism Today, 2022)
An examination of the lessons learned from William James’s oration on the dedication of the Civil War Monument memorialization Colonel Robert Shaw and the Fifty-Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, an all-Black unit. The role of monuments in making visible the values of a society is explored in the context of promoting a nation’s historical narrative, in particular in their propagation of the South’s Lost Cause narrative. The genocidal violence against Armenians in the Caucasus by the Azerbaijani regime serves as the second illustration of the abuse of historical narratives. © 2022 Central European Pragmatist Forum. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Armenians; Azerbaijan; Civil War monuments; William James; civic courage; dept.phi; genocidal violence; historical narratives; peer-reviewed; the Lost Cause; ⛔ No DOI found

Ethical marketing AI? A structured literature review of the ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence in the domains of marketing and consumer behavior - Su, Y.; Wang, E.; Berthon, P. (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2023)
With the increasing use of AI in marketing, ethical repercussions are beginning to emerge. From privacy issues, through discrimination of marginalized groups, to emergent systemic social distortions, AI is changing the marketing ethical landscape. In this paper we conduct a structured literature review of the emerging ethical issues posed by AI in the domains of marketing and consumer behavior. We identify three clusters of ethical issues (algorithm, society and existential) and map these to the marketing domains of systems, brands, and consumers. We conclude that the field of ethical marketing AI is still very much in its infancy, but such is the rate of development ethical marketing AI is likely to become an important field for academics and practitioners alike. © 2023 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.
Keywords: AI; Consumer Behavior; Ethics; Marketing; dept.mkt

Social Justice Case Studies: Interdisciplinary and Non-Traditional Interdisciplinary Approaches - Green, Cheryl (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023)
Keywords: dept.nur

Father–child playfulness: a secondary analysis of a multiple-baseline single-subject study of three children with autism spectrum disorder - Waldman-Levi, Amiya; Kuhaneck, Heather (The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2023)
Importance: Ayres Sensory Integration® (ASI) is commonly used with children on the autism spectrum to promote sensory processing and improved occupational performance, including play. To date, there has been no explicit effort to examine improvements in playfulness through ASI.Objective: To explore whether ASI, coupled with parent training, improves child playfulness and fathers’ support of child playfulness.Design: Single-subject A–B–BC design secondary analysis of a nonconcurrent multiple-baseline study.Setting: Occupational therapy clinic.Participants: Three father–child dyads; children were ages 3 to 6 yr, with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and documented sensory processing concerns.Intervention: After a baseline phase, each child received at least 24 sessions of ASI, and fathers received parent training focusing on sensory processing issues and play via an online presentation.Outcomes and Measures: The Parent/Caregiver’s Support of Children’s Playfulness and the Test of Playfulness.Results: Visual analysis of the baseline phase, ASI phase, and ASI with parent training phase shows that all 3 fathers demonstrated an increase in the way they supported their child’s playfulness; however, this change was not maintained. Children’s playfulness fluctuated, reaching a peak after fathers received training, but none of the children maintained that change.Conclusions and Relevance: Additional support by the therapist is required for fathers to learn and use new strategies to promote consistent change in child playfulness during play. Pilot data can be used to inform future studies.What This Article Adds: Occupation- and family-centered frameworks may be useful in guiding practice when working with families of children with ASD.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

K * 0 production in Au + Au collisions at √ s N N = 7.7 , 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, and 39 GeV from the RHIC beam energy scan - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2023)
We report the measurement of K*0 meson at midrapidity (|y|< 1.0) in Au+Au collisions at √sNN=7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, and 39 GeV collected by the STAR experiment during the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) beam energy scan program. The transverse momentum spectra, yield, and average transverse momentum of K*0 are presented as functions of collision centrality and beam energy. The K*0/K yield ratios are presented for different collision centrality intervals and beam energies. The K*0/K ratio in heavy-ion collisions are observed to be smaller than that in small-system collisions (e+e and p+p). The K*0/K ratio follows a similar centrality dependence to that observed in previous RHIC and Large Hadron Collider measurements. The data favor the scenario of the dominance of hadronic rescattering over regeneration for K*0 production in the hadronic phase of the medium.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Gathered from the Vine: A Survey of Seven Grapevine Viruses Within New England Vineyards - Dumas, Madeleine; Borges, Darlan Ferreira; Priesing, Stephanie; Tippett, Ethan; Ambrosio, Márcia Michelle de Queiroz; Luís da Silva, Washington (Plant Disease, 2023)
Vineyards in the Southeastern New England American Viticultural Area were surveyed for the incidence of seven major viruses: grapevine leafroll-associated viruses (GLRaV-1, GLRaV-2, GLRaV-3, and GLRaV-4), grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV), tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV), and tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV). Viruses were detected by DAS-ELISA and confirmed by RT-PCR and Sanger sequencing. Multiple viruses were present in 19 out of the 25 vineyards surveyed between 2018 and 2020. GLRaV-3 (27.59%) was the most prevalent virus followed by GLRaV-4 (14.90%), GLRaV-1 (13.52%), GLRaV-2 (11.03%), ToRSV (6.34%), GFLV (5.24%), and TRSV (2.62%). Furthermore, phylogenetic analyses of the viral partial genome sequences acquired in this study revealed that the grapevine viruses present in this area are diverse, indicating that they may have been introduced from different sources. Our findings stress the need for improving the sanitary status of planting materials to avoid the introduction and dissemination of viruses to vineyards in this important wine-producing region of New England.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: New England; dept.bio; grapevine fanleaf virus; grapevine leafroll-associated virus; grapevine viruses; peer-reviewed; survey; tobacco ringspot virus; tomato ringspot virus

Qualitative and quantitative evidence of motivation states for physical activity, exercise and being sedentary from university student focus groups - Stults-Kolehmainen, Matthew A.; Gilson, Todd A.; SantaBarbara, Nicholas; McKee, Paul C.; Sinha, Rajita; Bartholomew, John B.; Boullosa, Daniel; Budnick, Christopher J.; Bueno, Fabio Amador; Haughton, Adrian; Barker, Jessica L.; Ash, Garrett I. (Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023)
Motivation for physical activity and sedentary behaviors (e.g., desires, urges, wants, cravings) varies from moment to moment. According to the WANT model, these motivation states may be affectively-charged (e.g., felt as tension), particularly after periods of maximal exercise or extended rest. The purpose of this study was to examine postulates of the WANT model utilizing a mixed-methods approach. We hypothesized that: (1) qualitative evidence would emerge from interviews to support this model, and (2) motivation states would quantitatively change over the course of an interview period. Seventeen undergraduate students (mean age = 18.6y, 13 women) engaged in focus groups where 12 structured questions were presented. Participants completed the “right now” version of the CRAVE scale before and after interviews. Qualitative data were analyzed with content analysis. A total of 410 unique lower-order themes were classified and grouped into 43 higher order themes (HOTs). From HOTs, six super higher order themes (SHOTs) were designated: (1) wants and aversions, (2) change and stability, (3) autonomy and automaticity, (4) objectives and impulses, (5) restraining and propelling forces, and (6) stress and boredom. Participants stated that they experienced desires to move and rest, including during the interview, but these states changed rapidly and varied both randomly as well as systematically across periods of minutes to months. Some also described a total absence of desire or even aversion to move and rest. Of note, strong urges and cravings for movement, typically from conditions of deprivation (e.g., sudden withdrawal from exercise training) were associated with physical and mental manifestations, such as fidgeting and feeling restless. Urges were often consummated with behavior (e.g., exercise sessions, naps), which commonly resulted in satiation and subsequent drop in desire. Importantly, stress was frequently described as both an inhibitor and instigator of motivation states. CRAVE-Move increased pre-to-post interviews (p < .01). CRAVE-Rest demonstrated a trend to decline (p = .057). Overall, qualitative and quantitative data largely corroborated postulates of the WANT model, demonstrating that people experience wants and cravings to move and rest, and that these states appear to fluctuate significantly, especially in the context of stress, boredom, satiety, and deprivation.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.psy; peer-reviewed

Measurement of Sequential Υ Suppression in Au + Au Collisions at √ s N N = 200 GeV with the STAR Experiment - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2023)
We report on measurements of sequential Υ suppression in Au+Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV with the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) through both the dielectron and dimuon decay channels. In the 0%–60% centrality class, the nuclear modification factors (RAA), which quantify the level of yield suppression in heavy-ion collisions compared to p+p collisions, for Υ(1S) and Υ(2S) are 0.40±0.03(stat)±0.03(sys)±0.09(norm) and 0.26±0.08(stat)±0.02(sys)±0.06(norm), respectively, while the upper limit of the Υ(3S) RAA is 0.17 at a 95% confidence level. This provides experimental evidence that the Υ(3S) is significantly more suppressed than the Υ(1S) at RHIC. The level of suppression for Υ(1S) is comparable to that observed at the much higher collision energy at the Large Hadron Collider. These results point to the creation of a medium at RHIC whose temperature is sufficiently high to strongly suppress excited Υ states.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

The implementation of a nutrition intervention in food pantries: the spirit of SWAP - Morales, Sofia I.; Vicente, Genesis; LaMonaca, Katherine; Rios, Jasmine; Cunningham, Shayna D.; Higginbottom, Jackson; Mathios, Erin; Werlin, Steve; Cramer, James; Santilli, Alycia; O’Connor Duffany, Kathleen (Health Promotion Practice, 2023)
Background. Food insecurity, affecting approximately 10% of the U.S. population, with up to 40% or higher in some communities, is associated with higher rates of chronic conditions and inversely associated with diet quality. Nutrition interventions implemented at food pantries are an effective strategy to increase healthy food choices and improve health outcomes for people experiencing food and nutrition insecurity. Supporting Wellness at Pantries (SWAP), a stoplight nutrition ranking system, can facilitate healthy food procurement and distribution at pantries. Purpose. Guided by the RE-AIM Framework, this study assesses the implementation and outcomes of SWAP as nutritional guidance and institutional policy intervention, to increase procurement and distribution of healthy foods in pantries. Method. Mixed-methods evaluation included observations, process forms, and in-depth interviews. Food inventory assessments were conducted at baseline and 2-year follow-up. Results. Two large pantries in New Haven, Connecticut, collectively reaching more than 12,200 individuals yearly, implemented SWAP in 2019. Implementation was consistent prepandemic at both pantries. Due to COVID-mandated distribution changes, pantries adapted SWAP implementation during the pandemic while still maintaining the ?spirit of SWAP.? One pantry increased the percentage of Green foods offered. Challenges to healthy food distribution are considered. Discussion. This study has implications for policy, systems, and environmental changes. It shows the potential for SWAP adoption at pantries, which can serve as a guide for continued healthy food procurement and advocacy. Maintaining the ?spirit of SWAP? shows promising results for food pantries looking to implement nutrition interventions when standard practice may not be possible.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.hhs; peer-reviewed

Development and validation of the peer assessment motivation scale (PAMS) in higher education - Guo, Xiuyan; Liu, Jin; Tang, Hengtao; Gao, Ruiqin; Chen, Qu; Wolfer, Terry; Haynes, Aisha (Studies in Higher Education, 2023)
Measurement of students’ peer assessment motivation is critical to understand how they participate in such activities in higher education. The current study was conducted to develop and validate a brief scale that measures student peer assessment motivation in higher education using the Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT). Initial items were developed, revised, and administered to 369 students. Exploratory factor analyses suggested a three-factor model structure (ability belief, expectancy, and task value) aligning with EVT. Confirmatory factor analyses (n = 399) supported a higher-order factor structure with the three first-order factors (i.e. ability belief, expectancy, and task value) with a decent model fit. The 20-items Peer Assessment Motivation Scale (PAMS) had decent internal reliability, test-retest reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity, suggesting that it is a high-quality measure. This scale is beneficial for instructors and researchers who are interested in investigating peer assessment motivation in higher education.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2023.2191648
Keywords: Peer assessment motivation; dept.csp; higher education; instrument; peer-reviewed; reliability; validity

The influence of side-lying position on oropharyngeal swallow function in at-risk infants: an exploratory study - Smith, Julian B.; Kamarunas, Erin; O’Donoghue, Cynthia (Clinical Pediatrics, 2023)
This investigation assessed the effect of side-lying position on infant oropharyngeal swallow physiology. Infant modified barium swallow studies (MBS) recordings were retrospectively examined in matched-pairs comparing at-risk infants swallowing in both an upright/cradled position and a side-lying position. Swallow parameters were measured independently and through a consensus coding approach. Infants fed in side-lying position showed a decrease in airway invasion severity as compared with when those same infants were fed in an upright/cradled position (P = .009). Bolus location at the time of swallow initiation was higher when infants were fed in side-lying position as compared with cradle position (P = .024), representing decreased risk of airway invasion. Infants fed in side-lying position demonstrated fewer swallows per breaths (P = .032). This pilot study validates the need for additional research to further define the mechanisms related to this improvement, and to determine how diagnosis and medical stability moderate these findings.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Academic pursuits and involvement in decision-making: study on the formation of U.S. university think tanks - Lyu, Qing; Bielefield, Arlene; Liu, Yan Quan (Administrative Sciences, 2023)
This paper analyzes the concept of think tanks and concludes that think tanks have three basic characteristics. Firstly, they are based on academic research, relatively independent operation, and aim to serve scientific decision-making. Taking Ivy League think tanks as an example, this paper provides a preliminary discussion of ways for think tanks to maintain the scientific nature of their research, maintain the independence of their operations, and disseminate research results to enhance their influence. It covers institutional mission, research team construction, institutional governance, fundraising, achievements and activities, and alumni networks. This paper proposes a framework of university think tank generation paths associated with the essential characteristics of think tanks. The paper points out that, as a research consulting organization grown out of universities, university think tanks must maintain the scientific nature and independence of research while providing support and services for decision-making. Only in this way can they truly serve scientific and democratic decision-making, gain the trust of the public and have a real lasting influence.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Number: 3
Keywords: American university affiliated think tank; characteristics of think tank; decision-making; dept.ils; peer-reviewed; the ivy league university; think tank operation mechanism

Ai moral enhancement: upgrading the socio-technical system of moral engagement - Volkman, Richard; Gabriels, Katleen (Science and Engineering Ethics, 2023)
Several proposals for moral enhancement would use AI to augment (auxiliary enhancement) or even supplant (exhaustive enhancement) human moral reasoning or judgment. Exhaustive enhancement proposals conceive AI as some self-contained oracle whose superiority to our own moral abilities is manifest in its ability to reliably deliver the ‘right’ answers to all our moral problems. We think this is a mistaken way to frame the project, as it presumes that we already know many things that we are still in the process of working out, and reflecting on this fact reveals challenges even for auxiliary proposals that eschew the oracular approach. We argue there is nonetheless a substantial role that ‘AI mentors’ could play in our moral education and training. Expanding on the idea of an AI Socratic Interlocutor, we propose a modular system of multiple AI interlocutors with their own distinct points of view reflecting their training in a diversity of concrete wisdom traditions. This approach minimizes any risk of moral disengagement, while the existence of multiple modules from a diversity of traditions ensures pluralism is preserved. We conclude with reflections on how all this relates to the broader notion of moral transcendence implicated in the project of AI moral enhancement, contending it is precisely the whole concrete socio-technical system of moral engagement that we need to model if we are to pursue moral enhancement.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: AI socratic interlocutor; Artificial intelligence; Artificial moral agent; Moral enhancement; dept.phi; peer-reviewed

MSLP: mRNA subcellular localization predictor based on machine learning techniques - Musleh, Saleh; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Qureshi, Rizwan; Alajez, Nihad; Alam, Tanvir (BMC Bioinformatics, 2023)
Subcellular localization of messenger RNA (mRNAs) plays a pivotal role in the regulation of gene expression, cell migration as well as in cellular adaptation. Experiment techniques for pinpointing the subcellular localization of mRNAs are laborious, time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, in silico approaches for this purpose are attaining great attention in the RNA community.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Localization prediction; Machine learning; RNA; Sequence analysis; Subcellular localization; dept.csc; mRNA; peer-reviewed

Amyloid beta and tau protein metabolic changes detected by visible resonance Raman scattering microscopy in Alzheimer's disease mouse model - Shi, Lingyan; Zhou, Yan; Wu, Binlin; Zhu, Ke; Zhang, Shengjia; Boydston-White, Susie; Zhang, Lin; Pei, Zhe; Nguyen, Thien An; Liu, Cheng-Hui; Alfano, Robert R. (Optical Biopsy XXI: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis, 2023)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathogenesis is widely believed to be associated with the production and deposition of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) which are composed of a highly-phosphorylated form of the microtubule-associated protein tau. Based on the above hypothesis, there are currently no sufficiently effective technologies and drugs for early detection and treatment of AD. Even the most promising new drug Lecanemab that is based on an anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody therapy, has only partially slowed down the cognitive performance of patients with mild impairment caused by Alzheimer's disease. The main symptoms of AD brain tissue lesions in patients are the deposition of β-amyloid peptide and the hyperphosphorylation of tau protein, which aggregates the microtubule structure of neurons. Therefore, Aβ deposition and hyperphosphorylation of Tau are important pathological biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, the main targets of research for AD prevention, detection and pharmaceuticals are still Aβ and Tau protein. The aim of this study was to detect the changes of Aβ and Tau proteins in the mouse brain tissue with AD and control samples using Visible Resonance Raman (VRR) spectroscopic technology. An attempt was made to develop criteria for the detection of early AD lesions by optical spectroscopy technology. The VRR spectra of AD, the control mouse brain tissues, and Aβ and Tau proteins were recorded and analyzed. The AD and the control mouse brain tissue samples were selected from the thalamus, frontal lobe cortex and hippocampus brain areas. VRR technology with high spatial resolution and the resonance-enhanced features of certain protein molecules is first used in this study to detect and characterize the changes of Aβ and Tau proteins in AD mouse brain model. The optical spectroscopy biomarkers of AD and Control brain tissue were identified in fingerprint and the high-wavenumber regions. The Raman spectra of the secondary structure of protein in amide (I-II-III-B-A) are detected and analyzed. The results indicate that the intensity of Amide I decreased at the 1666 cm^-1 corresponding to the β-sheet structure, and the intensity of the amide III bands (1220- 1320 cm^-1) increased in all AD brain tissues. It was also observed that the Raman peaks of 1448 and 980 cm^-1 related to the abundance of proline, serine, and threonine at tau phosphorylation sites were significantly enhanced in the frontal lobe cortex and hippocampus of AD brain tissues. The intensity ratio biomarker of high phosphorylation in the high wavenumber range from 2898 to 2932 cm-1 increased in all AD brain tissues. Changes of protein secondary conformation and abnormally phosphorylated tau or tauopathies were observed. In summary, VRR is a sensitive tool for characterizing protein structural changes and monitoring the tau phosphorylation. It may potentially be used for early detection of AD.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

Evaluation of chemotherapeutic retinoic acid effects on malignant cells using fluorescence spectroscopy with selective excitation wavelengths and machine learning - Wu, Binlin; Tang, Guichen; Pu, Yang; Alfano, Robert (Optical Biopsy XXI: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis, 2023)
Native fluorescence spectra of retinoic acid (RA)-treated and untreated human breast cancer cells were measured using selective wavelengths of 300 nm and 340 nm for excitation. The spectral data of the two types of cells were analyzed using machine learning algorithms for linear unmixing and classification which yielded high accuracy. The results show that the concentrations of the native fluorophores such as tryptophan, NADH and flavins in the human malignant breast cells change when they are treated with RA. The study shows the dual-wavelength fluorescence spectroscopy aided by machine learning has potential clinical applications in drug development and chemotherapeutic studies.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

A handheld visible resonance raman analyzer used in intraoperative detection of human glioma - Zhang, Liang; Zhou, Yan; Wu, Binlin; Zhang, Shengjia; Zhu, Ke; Liu, Cheng-Hui; Yu, Xinguang; Alfano, Robert R. (Cancers, 2023)
There is still a lack of reliable intraoperative tools for glioma diagnosis and to guide the maximal safe resection of glioma. We report continuing work on the optical biopsy method to detect glioma grades and assess glioma boundaries intraoperatively using the VRR-LRRTM Raman analyzer, which is based on the visible resonance Raman spectroscopy (VRR) technique. A total of 2220 VRR spectra were collected during surgeries from 63 unprocessed fresh glioma tissues using the VRR-LRRTM Raman analyzer. After the VRR spectral analysis, we found differences in the native molecules in the fingerprint region and in the high-wavenumber region, and differences between normal (control) and different grades of glioma tissues. A principal component analysis–support vector machine (PCA-SVM) machine learning method was used to distinguish glioma tissues from normal tissues and different glioma grades. The accuracy in identifying glioma from normal tissue was over 80%, compared with the gold standard of histopathology reports of glioma. The VRR-LRRTM Raman analyzer may be a new label-free, real-time optical molecular pathology tool aiding in the intraoperative detection of glioma and identification of tumor boundaries, thus helping to guide maximal safe glioma removal and adjacent healthy tissue preservation.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Number: 6
Keywords: dept.phy; glioma; human brain; intraoperative; optical biopsy; optical molecular pathology; peer-reviewed; portable optical-fiber-probe Raman analyzer; visible resonance Raman (VRR)

Higher-order cumulants and correlation functions of proton multiplicity distributions in √ s N N = 3 GeV Au + Au collisions at the RHIC STAR experiment - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2023)
We report a measurement of cumulants and correlation functions of event-by-event proton multiplicity distributions from fixed-target Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 3 GeV measured by the STAR experiment. Protons are identified within the rapidity (y) and transverse momentum (pT) region −0.9<y<0 and 0.4<pT<2.0 GeV/c in the center-of-mass frame. A systematic analysis of the proton cumulants and correlation functions up to sixth order as well as the corresponding ratios as a function of the collision centrality, pT, and y are presented. The effect of pileup and initial volume fluctuations on these observables and the respective corrections are discussed in detail. The results are compared to calculations from the hadronic transport UrQMD model as well as a hydrodynamic model. In the most central 5% collisions, the value of proton cumulant ratio C4/C2 is negative, drastically different from the values observed in Au+Au collisions at higher energies. Compared to model calculations including lattice QCD, a hadronic transport model, and a hydrodynamic model, the strong suppression in the ratio of C4/C2 at 3 GeV Au+Au collisions indicates an energy regime dominated by hadronic interactions.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Capstone Handbook - Rofuth, Todd W.; Piepenbring, Julie (2022)
Capstone Handbook has been produced as a practical guide for students in the final year of their MSW program. It is intentionally designed to provide brief overviews of the lock-step approach to completing a capstone or thesis project and includes activities to help partialize the steps that will culminate in the completion of the capstone. It contains 30 chapters spanning two semesters with each chapter providing chapter objectives, an introduction, chapter content, a summary of the chapter, end of chapter exercises, references and ancillary material. An overview of all key concepts required in a typical capstone provides students with a practical resource to guide them through the process of creating capstone proposals and final products. Lastly, the eBook’s intent is to afford students with some structure for getting starting by providing a number of templates.
Keywords: dept.swk

Services to mobile users: the best practice from the top-visited public libraries in the US - Liu, Yan Quan; Lewis, Sarah (Information Technology and Libraries, 2023)
Libraries are adapting to the changing times by providing mobile services. One hundred fifty-one libraries were chosen based on circulation, with at least one library or library system from each state, to explore the diverse services provided to mobile users across the United States. According to the data, mobile apps, mobile reference services, mobile library catalogs, and mobile printing are among public libraries’ most-frequently offered services, as determined by mobile visits, content analysis, and librarian survey responses. Every library examined had at least one mobile website, mobile catalog, mobile app, or webpage adapted for a mobile device. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, services such as mobile renewal, subscriber database access, mobile reservations, and the ability to interact with a librarian were expanded to allow better communication with customers—all from the comfort and safety of their own homes. Libraries are continually looking for innovative methods to assist their mobile customers as the world changes.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Number: 1
Keywords: Mobile Apps; Mobile services; Public Libraries; SCSU-student; Survey study; dept.ils; peer-reviewed

Demanding Sustainability: Pillars to (Re-)Build a Shared Prosperity - Morrissey, John; Heidkamp, C. Patrick (Springer International Publishing, 2022)
Keywords: Climate Crisis; Covid; Covid-19; decarbonized economy; dept.egm; ecological prosperity; global economy; just resilience; resilience; social justice; sustainable governance; sustainable prosperity

Conceptual understanding of provider responses to the complexity of healthcare delivery - Arnold, Tracey; Polifroni, E. C. (Mental health and wellness in healthcare workers: Identifying risks, prevention, and treatment: Identifying risks, prevention, and treatment, 2022)
Keywords: dept.nur

Diabetes Distal Peripheral Neuropathy: Subtypes and Diagnostic and Screening Technologies - Newlin Lew, Kelley; Arnold, Tracey; Cantelmo, Catherine; Jacque, Francky; Posada-Quintero, Hugo; Luthra, Pooja; Chon, Ki H. (Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 2022)
Diabetes distal symmetrical peripheral neuropathy (DSPN) is the most prevalent form of neuropathy in industrialized countries, substantially increasing risk for morbidity and pre-mature mortality. DSPN may manifest with small-fiber disease, large-fiber disease, or a combination of both. This review summarizes: (1) DSPN subtypes (small- and large-fiber disease) with attention to clinical signs and patient symptoms; and (2) technological diagnosis and screening for large- and small-fiber disease with inclusion of a comprehensive literature review of published studies from 2015-present (N = 66). Review findings, informed by the most up-to-date research, advance critical understanding of DSPN large- and small-fiber screening technologies, including those designed for point-of-care use in primary care and endocrinology practices.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.nur; peer-reviewed

Moral distress in emergency and critical care nurses: A metaethnography - Arnold, Tracey C (Nursing Ethics, 2020)
Background:Moral distress has detrimental effects on nurses which impacts the entire healthcare cycle. Described as a crescendo effect, resolved situations of moral distress leave residue on the nurse with three potential outcomes: moral numbing, conscious objection to the situation, and burnout.Objective:This metaethnography strives to achieve a fuller understanding of moral distress by interpreting the body of qualitative work of moral distress in emergency and critical care nurses.Method:This study used the Noblit and Hare?s approach of interpretative synthesis. Ten studies met the criteria and were used in this synthesis.Ethical considerations:Ethical issues were minimal since no human subjects were involved. Ethical requirements were respected in all study phases.Results:The synthesis of qualitative research on moral distress resulted in one central theme, ?the battle within,? and five subthemes.Conclusions:The unique nature of this nursing specialty resulted in a lasting inner conflict for nurses that is consistent with the previously described crescendo effect. The effects are complex and long lasting and may potentially affect the nurses? future patient care.
17 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.nur; peer-reviewed

An evolutionary concept analysis of secondary traumatic stress in nurses - Arnold, Tracey (Nursing Forum, 2020)
Purpose The purpose of this article is to provide conceptual clarification of secondary traumatic stress (STS) in nurses. Background As an empathetic helping profession, nurses are at increased risk for STS. Interchangeable usage of related terms among multidisciplinary literature has resulted in lack of conceptual clarity resulting in conflation of terms. Conceptual clarity is necessary for a foundation for further research on treatment. Methods Rodgers' evolutionary model of concept analysis. Results Nurses are predisposed to STS due to exposure, empathy, bonding, and personal factors. Essential attributes were found to be posttraumatic stress disorder-like symptoms, biological symptoms, social symptoms, and psychological symptoms. Resultant consequences included an altered worldview, interpersonal difficulties, and decreased occupational commitment. Conclusion This concept analysis, the first focusing on STS, provides conceptual clarity and a concept map of STS within the nursing population.
17 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/nuf.12409
Keywords: Rodgers' evolutionary model; concept analysis; concept map; dept.nur; peer-reviewed; secondary traumatic stress

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) at a Political Crossroads - Wharton, Jonathan (The Earth & I, 2021)
Keywords: dept.psc; peer-reviewed

Developing a short, faculty-led, international field study course in Special Education - Faraclas, Kara (The Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2021)
Keywords: dept.sed; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

全球视野中的海外华人和中华文化 [Chinese Diasporas and Traditional Culture in the Global Context] - Weng, Miaowei (《中国与拉美》 [China and Latin America], 2022)
Keywords: dept.wll; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

美洲华人简史. [Diásporas chinas a las Américas] - Chang-Rodríguez, Eugenio (新世界出版社[New World Press],, 2021)
Keywords: dept.wll

儿童与战争: 童年回忆和西班牙内战研究 = Children and the war - Weng, Miaowei (中国社会科学出版社, 2020)
本书将儿童,童年回忆和西班牙内战联系在一起,提出了"佛朗哥儿童"这个新概念.在童年研究和历史回忆研究的二元框架下,作者分析了"佛朗哥儿童"在西班牙20世纪后半叶至今的代表性文学影视作品,以此揭示出儿童在西班牙政治中的重要性,并呈现了西班牙近几十年来的历史和文化走向
OCLC: 1343566654
Keywords: Wen xue yan jiu Xibanya; dept.wll

Introduction to Business Law and Ethics - Badr, Kauther S.; Smith Jr, Robert A. (Kendall Hunt, 2022)
Keywords: dept.mgt

Gentrification: The New Colonialism in the Modern Era - Wharton, Jonathan L. (Journal of the Oxford University Round Table: Forum on Public Policy, 2009)
Keywords: dept.psc; ⛔ No DOI found

Abatement Addiction: A Case Study on Jersey City's Municipal Tax Abatements, Urban Gentrification and the Politics of Rights - Wharton, Jonathan (American Political Science Association, Social Science Research Network, 2011)
As New Jersey’s second largest city, Jersey City has experienced a surge in urban redevelopment and new development, particularly its downtown wards closest to New York City. Situated on the Hudson River directly across from downtown New York City, Jersey City is an ideal location for New Jersey developers and realtors to redevelop in order to attract New York City’s financial sector employees and individuals desiring more living space at lower rental or mortgage costs. In other words, downtown Jersey City exemplifies urban gentrification. In the last twenty years, several public policies helped spur waterfront development to attract potentially wealthier residents. In an effort to lure developers and investors, Jersey City officials relied heavily on municipal tax abatements to offset increasingly high property taxes. So after two decades, has Jersey City demonstrated that Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT), tax abatements and other tax policy incentives are in fact feasible in terms of the following questions: What have been the implications of these policies? Who benefited from and who was marginalized from these policies? This paper examines the rising concerns surrounding tax abatements and other pro-development tax policies. By examining a medium sized city like Jersey City, this case study is especially useful in understanding the significant issues and shortcomings with urban redevelopment tax incentives. Too often these incentives benefit a political and financial elite at the economic expense and loss of political rights of long-term residents and renters.
Keywords: New Jersey; dept.psc; gentrification; tax abatements; urban development; urban politics; ⛔ No DOI found

Political Erosion in 'The Land of Steady Habits': Party Politics in Connecticut's 2018 Gubernatorial Election - Wharton, Jonathan L. (New England Journal of Political Science, 2019)
Keywords: dept.psc; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Pandemic Politics: Connecticut’s General Assembly and Gubernatorial Policymaking in 2020 - Wharton, Jonathan L. (New England Journal of Political Science, 2020)
Keywords: dept.psc; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Open Budgetary Meetings Amid a Pandemic: Assessing Connecticut's Various Pathways to Public Engagement During COVID-19 - Gil, Jodie M.; Wharton, Jonathan L. (The Journal of Civic Information, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.jrn; dept.psc; peer-reviewed

Researching SCSU's Hilton C. Buley Library's New Haven Mayoral Archives - Wharton, Jonathan L.; Gil, Jodie (Connecticut History Review, 2021)
The mayoral archive includes both official and personal documents that can be used for research on various aspects of New Haven's history. Much of the DeStefano collection, for example, has various reports and studies on economic development and school construction projects, which were key to his administration.The Hilton C. Buley Library hosts a growing collection of mayoral papers from four New Haven mayors: Biagio “Ben” DiLieto (1980–90), John Daniels (1990–94), John DeStefano Jr. (1994–2014) and Toni Harp (2014–20). The materials are available to the public by appointment. Many items—including the full DeStefano papers—are available in a digital archive through the Buley Library website or the Connecticut Digital Archive portal. Jackie Toce, librarian and head of technical services at Buley Library, has spent the last seven years leading the digitization efforts for the archive, one of the reasons DeStefano donated the materials to Southern.4 Buley Library will host an exhibition and formal unveiling of the archive in late October 2021, which will run through the end of the year.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.jrn; dept.psc; peer-reviewed

A Post-Racial Change Is Gonna Come: Newark, Cory Booker, and the Transformation of Urban America - Wharton, J. (Springer, 2013)
This work offers a political and historical analysis of Newark's modern politics since 1950, culminating with Mayor Cory Booker's rise to power and prominence both in the city and in American political consciousness. Newark's recent political history offers an interesting case study in mayoral elections, community development, and coalition building politics. While Newark is the quintessential post-industrial city, Booker has received critical attention for his post-racial politics since he frequently bypasses racial and traditional urban politics. At the same time, relations between the mayor, the municipal council, and Newark's diverse communities were often so fractious that sustainable coalition building proved to be an elusive goal to resolve longstanding crime, education, and other social problems. Based on original interviews with Cory Booker, city council members, and other prominent Newark politicians, A Post Racial Change is Gonna Come is a powerful history of how Newark became the focal point for transformative politics in urban America.
Google-Books-ID: ZRZEAgAAQBAJ
Keywords: Political Science / General; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / Political Economy; Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration; Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development; Political Science / Public Policy / General; Political Science / World / European; Science / Earth Sciences / Geography; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General; dept.psc

The Pitch for Baseball: Washington's Plans for Nationals' Stadium - Wharton, Jonathan L. (Washington, DC's Challenges, 2005)
This is the fourth in a series of books dealing with Washington, DC. Like the first three, this also is the outgrowth of special seminars conducted in the Department of Political Science at Howard University. We examine Washington, DC's challenges, because it is vital to know the conditions under which the residents of the most powerful city in the world continue to live, based on sound empirical evidence.
Google-Books-ID: 9pVLAAAAYAAJ
Keywords: dept.psc

Unique Policymaking in Action: The District Council and the Legislative Process - Wharton, Jonathan L. (Law, Politics, and African Americans in Washington, DC, 2010)
Law, Politics, and African Americans in Washington, DC explores the legal challenges and triumphs of African Americans and law and politics in Washington, DC, a city whose majority population comprises African Americans. It examines the interconnection between law and politics in Washington, DC, because it is vital to know the legal conditions under which the African American residents of the most powerful city in the world live, based on sound empirical evidence. Law, Politics, and African Americans in Washington, DC addresses two major questions: - Why study African Americans in terms of law and politics? - Why examine law and politics at the local level, in this case Washington, DC?
Keywords: dept.pch

Coping with a language loss: A case of linguistic and cultural re-encoding of memories in language attriters - Sorokina, Anastasia (International Journal of Bilingualism, 2023)
Aims and objectives:This study investigates the effects of language loss on bilingual autobiographical memory. More specifically, the study focuses on whether severe language loss would lead to any linguistic changes and/or interfere with how memories are recalled and shared.Methodology:Autobiographical memories were elicited with the help of a cued-recall technique and memory questionnaire from two groups of immigrants?attriters (who experienced significant language loss) and bilinguals (who retained their first language proficiency).Data and analysis:The data set consisted of pre-immigration memories that were originally encoded in the first language, Russian. The frequency of recall (i.e., sharing memories with others as well as reminiscing) and linguistic components (i.e., words) of memories elicited from the attriters and bilinguals were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively.Findings and conclusion:Overall, attriters were able to recall memories that were originally encoded in the forgotten language. They also reported reminiscing about their pre-immigration memories and sharing their memories with others. However, attriters revealed that the pre-immigration memories came to them with words in the second language, English, which was not the case with bilinguals. Attriters also reframed memories for several Russian culture-specific items and events. This finding is indicative of memory re-encoding?a phenomenon when memories are updated, stored, and subsequently retrieved with added information. While this finding points to the bilingual mind?s ability to adapt to language loss, it may also suggest linguistic and cultural assimilation under the influence of the new language and culture.Originality:This is the first investigation of autobiographical memory in bilinguals with severe language loss that highlights the malleability and adaptability of the bilingual mind as well as the importance of language maintenance.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.wll; peer-reviewed

Exertional heat illness: adoption of policies and influencing contextual factors as reported by athletic administrators - Scarneo-Miller, Samantha E.; Adams, William M.; Coleman, Kelly A.; Lopez, Rebecca M. (Sports Health, 2023)
Background:Little is known about the adoption by athletic administrators (AAs) of exertional heat illness (EHI) policies, and the corresponding facilitators and barriers of such policies within high school athletics. This study describes the adoption of comprehensive EHI policies by high school AAs and explores factors influencing EHI policy adoption.Hypothesis:We hypothesized that <50% of AAs would report adoption of an EHI policy, and that the most common facilitator would be access to an athletic trainer (AT), whereas the most common barrier would be financial limitations.Study Design:Cross-sectional.Level of Evidence:Level 4.Methods:A total of 466 AAs (82.4% male; age, 48 ± 9 years) completed a validated online survey to assess EHI prevention and treatment policy adoption (11 components), as well as facilitators and barriers to policy implementation. Access to athletic training services was ascertained by matching the participants? zip codes with the Athletic Training Locations and Services Project. Policy adoption, facilitators, and barriers data are presented as summary statistics (proportions, interquartile range (IQR)). A Welch t test evaluated the association between access to athletic training services and EHI policy adoption.Results:Of the AAs surveyed, 77.9% (n = 363) reported adopting a written EHI policy. The median of EHI policy components adopted was 5 (IQR = 1,7), with only 5.6% (n = 26) of AAs reporting adoption of all policy components. AAs who had access to an AT (P = 0.04) were more likely to adopt a greater number of EHI-related policies, compared with those without access to an AT. An AT employed at the school was the most frequently reported facilitator (36.9%).Conclusion:Most AAs reported having written EHI policy components, and access to an AT resulted in a more comprehensive policy.Clinical Relevance:Employment of an AT within high school athletics may serve as a vital component in facilitating the adoption of comprehensive EHI policies.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Azimuthal anisotropy measurement of (multi)strange hadrons in Au+Au collisions at sNN =54.4 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2023)
Azimuthal anisotropy of produced particles is one of the most important observables used to access the collective properties of the expanding medium created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. In this paper, we present second (v2) and third (v3) order azimuthal anisotropies of KS0, φ, Λ, Ξ, and ω at midrapidity (|y|<1) in Au+Au collisions at sNN=54.4 GeV measured by the STAR detector. The v2 and v3 are measured as a function of transverse momentum and centrality. Their energy dependence is also studied. v3 is found to be more sensitive to the change in the center-of-mass energy than v2. Scaling by constituent quark number is found to hold for v2 within 10%. This observation could be evidence for the development of partonic collectivity in 54.4 GeV Au+Au collisions. Differences in v2 and v3 between baryons and antibaryons are presented, and ratios of v3/v23/2 are studied and motivated by hydrodynamical calculations. The ratio of v2 of φ mesons to that of antiprotons [v2(φ)/v2(p¯)] shows centrality dependence at low transverse momentum, presumably resulting from the larger effects from hadronic interactions on antiproton v2. © 2023 American Physical Society.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Pion, kaon, and (anti)proton production in U+U collisions at sNN =193 GeV measured with the STAR detector - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2023)
We present the first measurements of transverse momentum spectra of π±, K±, p(p¯) at midrapidity (|y|<0.1) in U+U collisions at sNN= 193 GeV with the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The centrality dependence of particle yields, average transverse momenta, particle ratios and kinetic freeze-out parameters are discussed. The results are compared with the published results from Au+Au collisions at sNN= 200 GeV in STAR. The results are also compared to those from A Multi-Phase Transport (ampt) model. © 2023 American Physical Society.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Beam energy dependence of fifth- and sixth-order net-proton number fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at RHIC - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2023)
We report the beam energy and collision centrality dependence of fifth and sixth order cumulants (C5, C6) and factorial cumulants (κ5, κ6) of net-proton and proton number distributions, from center-of-mass energy (sNN) 3 GeV to 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC. Cumulant ratios of net-proton (taken as proxy for net-baryon) distributions generally follow the hierarchy expected from QCD thermodynamics, except for the case of collisions at 3 GeV. The measured values of C6/C2 for 0%-40% centrality collisions show progressively negative trend with decreasing energy, while it is positive for the lowest energy studied. These observed negative signs are consistent with QCD calculations (for baryon chemical potential, μB≤110 MeV) which contains the crossover transition range. In addition, for energies above 7.7 GeV, the measured proton κn, within uncertainties, does not support the two-component (Poisson+binomial) shape of proton number distributions that would be expected from a first-order phase transition. Taken in combination, the hyperorder proton number fluctuations suggest that the structure of QCD matter at high baryon density, μB∼750 MeV at sNN=3 GeV is starkly different from those at vanishing μB∼24 MeV at sNN=200 GeV and higher collision energies. © 2023 American Physical Society.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

An 8-week peer health coaching intervention among college students: a pilot randomized study - Yan, Zi; Peacock, Jessica; Cohen, Juliana F. W.; Kurdziel, Laura; Benes, Sarah; Oh, Seungbin; Bowling, April (Nutrients, 2023)
This study explored the effects of an 8-week peer coaching program on physical activity (PA), diet, sleep, social isolation, and mental health among college students in the United States. A total of 52 college students were recruited and randomized to the coaching (n = 28) or the control group (n = 24). The coaching group met with a trained peer health coach once a week for 8 weeks focusing on self-selected wellness domains. Coaching techniques included reflective listening, motivational interviews, and goal setting. The control group received a wellness handbook. PA, self-efficacy for eating healthy foods, quality of sleep, social isolation, positive affect and well-being, anxiety, and cognitive function were measured. No interaction effects between time and group were significant for the overall intervention group (all p > 0.05), while the main effects of group difference on moderate PA and total PA were significant (p < 0.05). Goal-specific analysis showed that, compared to the control group, those who had a PA goal significantly increased vigorous PA Metabolic Equivalent of Task (METs) (p < 0.05). The vigorous METs for the PA goal group increased from 1013.33 (SD = 1055.12) to 1578.67 (SD = 1354.09); the control group decreased from 1012.94 (SD = 1322.943) to 682.11 (SD = 754.89); having a stress goal significantly predicted a higher post-coaching positive affect and well-being, controlling the pre-score and other demographic factors: B = 0.37 and p < 0.05. Peer coaching showed a promising effect on improving PA and positive affect and well-being among college students.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Number: 5
Keywords: dept.hms; diet; mental health; peer-reviewed; physical activity; positive affect; sleep; stress

Humans peeing: Justice-involved women’s access to toilets in public spaces - Smoyer, Amy B.; Pittman, Adam; Borzillo, Peter (PLOS ONE, 2023)
Justice-involved women face myriad challenges as they negotiate the terms of community supervision and manage the long-term implications and stigma of living with a criminal record. Major tasks that women juggle include securing safe, affordable housing, finding and retaining employment, accessing physical and mental health care (including substance use treatment), and handling relationships with family, friends, children, and intimate partners. In addition to these responsibilities, women must meet their basic physiological needs to eat, sleep, and use the toilet. Women’s ability to safely meet their personal care needs may impact their capacity to manage their criminal-legal challenges. This study uses qualitative methods to understand justice-involved women’s lived experiences related to urination. Specifically, the study reports on a thematic analysis of 8 focus groups conducted with justice-involved women (n = 58) and the results of a toilet audit conducted in the downtown areas of the small city in the United States where the focus group participants were living. Findings suggest that women had limited access to restrooms and reported urinating outside. Lack of restroom access impacted their engagement with social services support and employment and their ability to travel through public spaces. Women perceived their public toilet options as unsafe, increasing their sense of vulnerability and reinforcing the idea that they did not have full access to citizenship in the community because of their criminal-legal involvement. The exclusion and denial of women’s humanity that is perpetuated by a lack of public toilet access impacts women’s psychosocial outcomes. City governments, social service agencies, and employers are encouraged to consider how lack of toilet access may impact their public safety and criminal-legal objectives and expand opportunities for people to access safe restroom facilities.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Bladder; Employment; Jobs; Mental health and psychiatry; Prisons; Sexual and gender issues; Urban areas; Urination; dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Search for the chiral magnetic effect in Au+Au collisions at sNN=27 GeV with the STAR forward event plane detectors - STAR Collaboration (Physics Letters B, 2023)
A decisive experimental test of the Chiral Magnetic Effect (CME) is considered one of the major scientific goals at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) towards understanding the nontrivial topological fluctuations of the Quantum Chromodynamics vacuum. In heavy-ion collisions, the CME is expected to result in a charge separation phenomenon across the reaction plane, whose strength could be strongly energy dependent. The previous CME searches have been focused on top RHIC energy collisions. In this Letter, we present a low energy search for the CME in Au+Au collisions at sNN=27 GeV. We measure elliptic flow scaled charge-dependent correlators relative to the event planes that are defined at both mid-rapidity |η|<1.0 and at forward rapidity 2.1<|η|<5.1. We compare the results based on the directed flow plane (Ψ1) at forward rapidity and the elliptic flow plane (Ψ2) at both central and forward rapidity. The CME scenario is expected to result in a larger correlation relative to Ψ1 than to Ψ2, while a flow driven background scenario would lead to a consistent result for both event planes. In 10-50% centrality, results using three different event planes are found to be consistent within experimental uncertainties, suggesting a flow driven background scenario dominating the measurement. We obtain an upper limit on the deviation from a flow driven background scenario at the 95% confidence level. This work opens up a possible road map towards future CME search with the high statistics data from the RHIC Beam Energy Scan Phase-II.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Beam energy scan; Chiral magnetic effect; Heavy-ion collisions; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

The endocast from Dana Aoule North (DAN5/P1): A 1.5 million year-old human braincase from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia - Bruner, Emiliano; Holloway, Ralph; Baab, Karen L.; Rogers, Michael J.; Semaw, Sileshi (American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2023)
The nearly complete cranium DAN5/P1 was found at Gona (Afar, Ethiopia), dated to 1.5–1.6 Ma, and assigned to the species Homo erectus. Its size is, nonetheless, particularly small for the known range of variation of this taxon, and the cranial capacity has been estimated as 598 cc. In this study, we analyzed a reconstruction of its endocranial cast, to investigate its paleoneurological features. The main anatomical traits of the endocast were described, and its morphology was compared with other fossil and modern human samples. The endocast shows most of the traits associated with less encephalized human taxa, like narrow frontal lobes and a simple meningeal vascular network with posterior parietal branches. The parietal region is relatively tall and rounded, although not especially large. Based on our set of measures, the general endocranial proportions are within the range of fossils included in the species Homo habilis or in the genus Australopithecus. Similarities with the genus Homo include a more posterior position of the frontal lobe relative to the cranial bones, and the general endocranial length and width when size is taken into account. This new specimen extends the known brain size variability of Homo ergaster/erectus, while suggesting that differences in gross brain proportions among early human species, or even between early humans and australopiths, were absent or subtle.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.24717
Keywords: Homo erectus; Homo ergaster; Lower Pleistocene; brain evolution; dept.ant; human evolution; paleoneurology; peer-reviewed

Humanizing substance abuse: a theory-based educational intervention for undergraduate nursing students - Roncallo, Hannah R.; Aronson, Barbara (Journal of Addictions Nursing, 2023)
Background Healthcare providers, as well as healthcare students, have been found to harbor negative attitudes toward individuals with substance abuse disorders, impacting the care they give and subsequently creating poor patient outcomes. Purpose This study seeks to determine the effectiveness of an educational intervention, grounded in theory, toward changing nursing student attitudes regarding patients with a substance abuse disorder. Methods Nursing students participated in a teaching intervention, developed using the experiential learning theory, that utilizes modalities for each kind of learner aimed at reducing bias toward this population. The Medical Condition Regard Scale was used pre/post intervention to determine regard toward patients with the diagnosis of substance abuse. Results Student nurses maintained the least favorable attitudes toward individuals who abuse substances in comparison with patients with the diagnoses of pneumonia or gastroesophageal reflux disease; there were significant differences in attitudes toward patients who abused substances before and after participation in the educational intervention, with postparticipation attitudes being significantly more positive than attitudes before participation. Students found the educational intervention and debriefing highly satisfactory. Implications This educational intervention can provide a cost-effective, easy-to-replicate, time-efficient learning activity that could be added to undergraduate nursing curriculum.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.nur; peer-reviewed

Does polarizing personality matter in influencer marketing? Evidence from Instagram - Koorank Beheshti, Mohammadali; Gopinath, Mahesh; Ashouri, Sama; Zal, Saeed (Journal of Business Research, 2023)
Social media platforms have become more polarizing with the emergence of polarizing influencers. This research investigates how polarizing influencers can improve the effectiveness of brand-posts with the help of three experiments and field-data from Instagram. The results of the first experiment suggest that the polarizing nature of the communication source triggers defensive motivated reasoning among fans, even when the message being communicated is non-polarizing. This, in turn, has downstream consequences on post engagement and purchase intention. Analysis of 779 brandposts of Instagram influencers suggests that the polarization effect on post engagement is stronger for mega (vs. macro) influencers. By exploring the role of motivated reasoning, this research expands our understanding of the factors that drive consumers to engage with brand content on social media. The findings suggest that marketers can take advantage of the existing polarization among online users regarding polarizing influencers to enhance the effectiveness of their brand communication.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Defensive motivated reasoning; Group polarization; Influencer marketing; Source characteristics; dept.mkt; peer-reviewed

Swipe gestures for user authentication in smartphones - Chao, Jedrik; Hossain, Md Shafaeat; Lancor, Lisa (Journal of Information Security and Applications, 2023)
As more people rely on smartphones to store sensitive information, the need for robust security measures is all the more pressing. Because traditional one shot authentication methods like PINs and passwords are vulnerable to various attacks, we present a behavioral biometrics based smartphone authentication system using swipes. While previous research focused on a single kind of swipe, our data set features swipes using different fingers and directions collected from 36 users across three sessions. In our system, we experimented with support vector machine (SVM) and random forest (RF) classifiers. We investigated which finger, direction, and classifier provided the best individual swipe authentication results. Then, we analyzed whether fusion of different fingers and directions improved results. The best unimodal result came from a rightward swipe with right thumb using SVM, which resulted in an area under ROC curve (AUC) of 0.936 and an equal error rate (EER) of 0.135. We found that swipes using thumbs offered better performance. Fusion improves results for the most part, and our best result was the combination of a leftward swipe with right thumb and a leftward swipe with left thumb. This combination gave an AUC of 0.969 and EER of 0.081 with the SVM classifier.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Authentication; Biometrics; Smartphone security; Swipe gesture; Touchscreen; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Western Science in Indochina, 1800-1998 - Thompson, C Michele (The Cambridge History of Science Vol. 8, Modern Science in National and International Context, 2020)
Keywords: dept.his

Standards and instructional leadership - Trombly, Christopher E. (Learning Theory for School Leadership, 2019)
Keywords: dept.edl

Learning theory-informed educator supervision - Trombly, Christopher E. (Learning Theory for School Leadership, 2019)
Keywords: dept.edl

Preparing principals for leadership beyond the schoolhouse - Trombly, Christopher E.; Griffith, D (Advocacy in Education: Research-Based Strategies for Teachers, Administrators, Parents, and the Community, 2020)
Keywords: dept.edl

What’s COVID-19 Got to Do With It? Implementing the 2020 Connecticut Comprehensive School Counseling Framework - Trombly, Christopher E.; Parzych, Jennifer L.; Generali, Margaret M.; Yavuz, Olcay (Professional School Counseling, 2022)
The Connecticut Comprehensive School Counseling Framework was released in November 2020?8 months into the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore the progress made by principals and school counselors in implementing the new framework, and to understand the impact of the pandemic on their efforts to do so. We found significant overlap between the perceptions and priorities expressed by participating principals and school counselors. Particularly noteworthy was the fact that both groups described increased collaboration within their schools.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.csp; dept.edl; peer-reviewed