A Qualitative Study of Coping in Mothers of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder - Kuhaneck, Heather Miller; Burroughs, Tajhma; Wright, Jamie; Lemanczyk, Theresa; Darragh, Amy Rowntree (Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics, 2010)
A significant body of research exists that explores the stressors of raising a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There are fewer studies, however, that examine specific effective coping strategies of mothers of children with an ASD. This qualitative study explored mothers’ perceptions of effective coping strategies for their parenting stressors. In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 mothers to inquire about their personal coping methods. Interviews were coded and emergent themes identified that included coping strategies such as “me time,” planning, knowledge is power, sharing the load, lifting the restraints of labels, and recognizing the joys. The information from this study may benefit mothers of children with ASD and inform pediatric therapists providing services to children with ASD and their families.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.3109/01942638.2010.481662
Keywords: Autistic spectrum disorders; coping strategies; dept.rec; mothers; parenting stress; peer-reviewed; qualitative

The Sensory Processing Measure–Preschool (SPM-P)—Part One: Description of the Tool and Its Use in the Preschool Environment - Glennon, Tara J.; Miller Kuhaneck, Heather; Herzberg, David (Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention, 2011)
School-based and early intervention occupational therapy evaluation is influenced by federal policy and prevailing ideas regarding best practice. Current best practice considers a child's performance in appropriate contexts and natural environments, as well as the impact of the environment on occupational functioning and participation across settings. As a recent report suggested 3.4% to 15.6% of children in a community sample of 4-year-olds may demonstrate sensory processing difficulties, occupational therapists should be familiar with multiple methods of assessment to address these concerns. One such assessment tool, the Sensory Processing Measure–Preschool (SPM-P) for children 2- to 5-years old, provides 8 scaled scores: Vision, Hearing, Touch, Body Awareness, Balance and Motion, Total Sensory System Score, Planning and Ideas, and Social Participation. Through discussion on the development, usage, and implementation of both Home and School forms, this article illustrates how the SPM-P provides a mechanism for preschool educational teams to meet best practice initiatives.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/19411243.2011.573245
Keywords: Sensory; assessment; collaboration; context; dept.rec; peer-reviewed; preschool

Improving dental visits for individuals with autism spectrum disorders through an understanding of sensory processing - Kuhaneck, Heather Miller; Chisholm, Elizabeth Cipes (Special Care in Dentistry, 2012)
The increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) suggests that dental practices will be seeing patients with this diagnosis more frequently. Although patients with ASD have similar dental needs to other patients, the symptoms of the disorder may influence the ability of dental practitioners to provide necessary care. Dental professionals may be unaware of the difficulties with sensory processing common to patients with ASD. However, awareness of sensory processing issues and knowledge of strategies to improve the sensory experience for individuals with ASD may improve dental visits for these patients and allow for enhanced dental care provision.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1754-4505.2012.00283.x
Keywords: autism; autism spectrum disorder; dept.rec; peer-reviewed; sensory processing; sensory strategies; special care dentistry

A Preliminary Investigation of the Relationship between Sensory Processing and Social Play in Autism Spectrum Disorder - Kuhaneck, Heather Miller; Britner, Preston A. (OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 2013)
There are well-documented play deficits in autism beginning with infant object and social play. To create effective interventions, the predictors of play deficits in autism must be established. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) frequently report sensory processing difficulties including poor praxis; however, these are potential predictors of play that have not been well studied. Using a data set of 162 individuals with ASD, this study examined the direct and indirect relationships between sensory processing and social play performance via structural equation modeling. The best fitting model suggested that sensory system functions predict praxis and play in combination, providing preliminary evidence that sensory functions are related to social play in combination with praxis in children with ASD. The findings suggest future avenues for research.
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

A Survey of Pediatric Occupational Therapists' Use of Play - Miller Kuhaneck, Heather; Tanta, Kari J.; Coombs, Allison Kristine; Pannone, Heather (Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention, 2013)
Over a decade ago, researchers surveyed pediatric occupational therapists regarding their use of play and concluded that play was addressed inconsistently in the evaluation and treatment of preschool-age clients. Play was primarily used as a modality to achieve a desired performance in another skill area. In the intervening years, a significant body of literature has been published in occupational therapy promoting the use of play as a meaningful outcome of occupational therapy intervention; therefore, practice patterns may have changed. Five hundred pediatric occupational therapists were randomly selected from members of the school system and sensory integration special interest sections of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) to be surveyed regarding their current usage of play with children ages 3 to 7 years. They received a mailed survey, adapted from the original work of Couch, Dietz, and Kanny with the permission of the primary author. There were 198 surveys returned (40%). Similar to earlier findings, play was used primarily as a means of eliciting improvement in another area, such as fine-motor skill. Although some therapists assessed play, few focused on play as an outcome of importance, or included goals for play. Minimal changes have occurred in the role of play in pediatric occupational therapy. Despite the profession's promotion of our role in play and the suggestion that play is one of the most important occupations of childhood, practitioners continue to report a limited focus on play as an occupation.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/19411243.2013.850940
Keywords: Play assessment; dept.rec; play intervention

Evolution of a Theory: How Measurement Has Shaped Ayres Sensory Integration® - Mailloux, Zoe; Miller-Kuhaneck, Heather (The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2014)
Scientific theory evolves through phases. Scientists observe phenomena, classify their observations, examine and explain causation, and attempt to understand their results in varied circumstances. If anomalies are found that do not mesh with the theory, revision occurs, and the theory is improved (Christensen, Carlile, & Sundahl, 2001). Each stage requires accurate and precise measurement and, therefore, appropriate measurement tools.The body of scientific inquiry developed by A. Jean Ayres is deeply rooted in systematic and methodical measurement, and her work marked the first effort by an occupational therapist to build a theory for clinical application with an evidence-based approach. The trajectory of the growth of Ayres Sensory Integration® (ASI), beginning in the 1950s with continual advancements from the ongoing contributions of the researchers who have built on her seminal work since that time, has occurred simultaneously with the widespread use of more rigorous research methods, attention to measurement of fidelity, greater usage of exploratory and factor analysis, and more routine practice of examining multivariate research problems with computer statistical programs (Century, Rudnick, & Freeman, 2010; Elmore & Woehlke, 1988; Keselman et al., 1998; Ottenbacher & Peterson, 1985; Press, 2013; Tukey, 1980; West, Carmody, & Stallings, 1983).
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

Effectiveness of Interventions for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Parents: A Systematic Review of Family Outcomes - Kuhaneck, Heather Miller; Madonna, Stephanie; Novak, Audrey; Pearson, Emily (The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2015)
This systematic review examined the literature published from January 2006 to April 2013 related to the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents to improve parental stress and self-efficacy, coping, and resilience and family participation in daily life and routines. From the 4,457 abstracts, 34 articles were selected that matched the inclusion criteria. The results were mixed and somewhat inconclusive because this body of literature is in its infancy. Studies of children with ASD do not routinely measure parental and family outcomes. Recommendations include an emphasis on family measures other than parental stress and a greater focus on measures of parental and family functioning in all future studies of pediatric interventions to more fully understand the impact of interventions in a wider context.
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

Development of the Classroom Sensory Environment Assessment (CSEA) - Kuhaneck, Heather Miller; Kelleher, Jaqueline (The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2015)
The Classroom Sensory Environment Assessment (CSEA) is a tool that provides a means of understanding the impact of a classroom’s sensory environment on student behavior. The purpose of the CSEA is to promote collaboration between occupational therapists and elementary education teachers. In particular, students with autism spectrum disorder included in general education classrooms may benefit from a suitable match created through this collaborative process between the sensory environment and their unique sensory preferences. The development of the CSEA has occurred in multiple stages over 2 yr. This article reports on descriptive results for 152 classrooms and initial reliability results. Descriptive information suggests that classrooms are environments with an enormous variety of sensory experiences that can be quantified. Visual experiences are most frequent. The tool has adequate internal consistency but requires further investigation of interrater reliability and validity.
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Frequency Modulation Devices in Improving Academic Outcomes in Children With Auditory Processing Difficulties - Reynolds, Stacey; Miller Kuhaneck, Heather; Pfeiffer, Beth (The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2015)
This systematic review describes the published evidence related to the effectiveness of frequency modulation (FM) devices in improving academic outcomes in children with auditory processing difficulties. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses standards were used to identify articles published between January 2003 and March 2014. The Cochrane Population, Intervention, Control, Outcome, Study Design approach and the American Occupational Therapy Association process forms were used to guide the article selection and evaluation process. Of the 83 articles screened, 7 matched the systematic review inclusion criteria. Findings were consistently positive, although limitations were identified. Results of this review indicate moderate support for the use of FM devices to improve children’s ability to listen and attend in the classroom and mixed evidence to improve specific academic performance areas. FM technology should be considered for school-age children with auditory processing impairments who are receiving occupational therapy services to improve functioning in the school setting.
Keywords: dept.rec

Using a Multifaceted Approach to Working With Children Who Have Differences in Sensory Processing and Integration - Reynolds, Stacey; Glennon, Tara J.; Ausderau, Karla; Bendixen, Roxanna M.; Kuhaneck, Heather Miller; Pfeiffer, Beth; Watling, Renee; Wilkinson, Kimberly; Bodison, Stefanie C. (The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2017)
Pediatric occupational therapy practitioners frequently provide interventions for children with differences in sensory processing and integration. Confusion exists regarding how best to intervene with these children and about how to describe and document methods. Some practitioners hold the misconception that Ayres Sensory Integration intervention is the only approach that can and should be used with this population. The issue is that occupational therapy practitioners must treat the whole client in varied environments; to do so effectively, multiple approaches to intervention often are required. This article presents a framework for conceptualizing interventions for children with differences in sensory processing and integration that incorporates multiple evidence-based approaches. To best meet the needs of the children and families seeking occupational therapy services, interventions must be focused on participation and should be multifaceted.
Keywords: dept.rec

Parental or Teacher Education and Coaching to Support Function and Participation of Children and Youth With Sensory Processing and Sensory Integration Challenges: A Systematic Review - Miller-Kuhaneck, Heather; Watling, Renee (The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2017)
This systematic review examines the literature published from January 2007 through May 2015 related to the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions using parental or teacher education and coaching with children with challenges in sensory processing and sensory integration (SP–SI). Of more than 11,000 abstracts and 86 articles that were considered, only 4 met the criteria and were included in this review. Studies of parental training and coaching for children with challenges in SP–SI and comorbid autism spectrum disorder have suggested that educational or coaching programs could result in positive outcomes for both parents and children, often in a relatively short time period. Recommendations include a greater focus on providing educational interventions for parents and teachers and including specific assessment of SP–SI before implementing interventions meant to address those issues. Specific recommendations for future research are provided.
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

The classroom sensory environment assessment as an educational tool for teachers - Kuhaneck, Heather; Kelleher, Jacqueline (Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention, 2018)
The Classroom Sensory Environment Assessment (CSEA) is a tool that provides a format for examining the sensory environment of a classroom and considering its impact on student behavior and performance. The purpose of the CSEA is to promote awareness of classroom sensory experiences for general elementary education teachers and to aide collaboration between occupational therapists and teachers. This qualitative study investigated the perceived usefulness of the CSEA for general educators and preservice teachers. The resultant themes included “the process led to greater awareness,” “driven to distraction,” and “the sights and sounds of a classroom.” The results support the potential use of the CSEA as a method of generating greater understanding for teachers regarding sensory processing and the sensory experiences present in their classrooms.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/19411243.2018.1432442
Keywords: Sensory processing; assessment; classroom environment; dept.rec

Cognition, Cognitive Rehabilitation, and Occupational Performance - Giles, Gordon Muir; Radomski, Mary Vining; Wolf, Timothy J.; Kuhaneck, Heather (American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2019)
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) asserts that occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, through the use of occupations and activities, facilitate clients' cognitive functioning to enhance occupational performance, self-efficacy, participation, and perceived quality of life. Cognitive processes are integral to effective performance across the broad range of daily occupations such as work, educational pursuits, home management, and play and leisure. Cognition plays an integral role in human development and in the ability to learn, retain, and use new information to enable occupational performance across the lifespan. This statement defines the role of occupational therapy in evaluating and addressing cognitive functioning to help clients maintain and improve occupational performance. The intended primary audience is practitioners1 within the profession of occupational therapy. The statement also may be used to inform recipients of occupational therapy services, practitioners in other disciplines, and the wider community regarding occupational therapy theory and methods and to articulate the expertise of occupational therapy practitioners in addressing cognition and challenges in adapting to cognitive dysfunction.
Place: North Bethesda, Maryland
Keywords: American Occupational Therapy Association; Cognition; Cognition Disorders; Functional Assessment; Human Development; Interprofessional Relations; Job Characteristics; Job Performance; Occupational Therapists; Occupational Therapy – Standards; Occupational Therapy Assistants; Occupational Therapy Service; Professional Development; Quality of Life; Rehabilitation; Cognitive; dept.rec; peer-reviewed

Diagnostic Statistical Manual 5 Changes to the Autism Diagnostic Criteria: A Critical Moment for Occupational Therapists - Whitney, Rondalyn; Miller-Kuhaneck, Heather (The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2012)
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

Etiology of ASD - Kuhaneck, Heather M. (Autism Across the Lifespan: A Comprehensive Occupational Therapy Approach, 2018)
Keywords: dept.rec

Applying Principles of Family-Centered Care With Families of Individuals With ASD - Kuhaneck, Heather M.; Luthman, M. (Autism Across the Lifespan: A Comprehensive Occupational Therapy Approach, 2018)
Keywords: dept.rec

Positive Youth Development: Minority Male Participation in a Sport-Based Afterschool Program in an Urban Environment - Fuller, Rhema D.; Percy, Vernon E.; Bruening, Jennifer E.; Cotrufo, Raymond J. (Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2013)
Purpose As there is little research that investigates the experiences of minority boys participating in youth development programs (Fashola, 2003), the current research focused on a sport-based youth development program for early adolescent Black and Latino boys in Hartford, CT. Specifically, the present study explored (a) what attracted minority boys to participate in youth development programs, (b) what kept them involved, and (c) whether their involvement translated into positive developmental outcomes. Method The study used semistructured individual interviews to collect data from 8 participants and their parents. The research team deductively coded interviews in accordance with the a-priori framework of the Five Cs and Sixth C of youth development (i.e., competence, character, caring, confidence, connection, and contribution; Roth & Brooks-Gunn, 2003). In addition, interviews were deductively coded to investigate why participants became involved in the program and why they continued participation. Results Findings from the study indicated that participants became involved with the Sport Hartford Boys (SHB) program mainly due to its emphasis on sport-related activities. Moreover, findings related to the youths' continued involvement revealed their value for the SHB program as a safe place that kept them out of trouble and provided experiences that led to positive personal development. Furthermore, results indicated that participation in the program facilitated the development of each “C” of youth development. Conclusion By promoting positive relationships and providing opportunities for self-exploration in a safe and trusting environment, afterschool programs can cultivate positive youth development in minority boys, at least in the short term.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2013.839025
Keywords: dept.rec; identity development; mentoring; peer-reviewed; sport-based youth development; youth programs

The Ultimate Penalty Box: Fayetteville-Manlius is Disqualified from the State Playoffs for Playing Too Many Games: Editor: Thomas H. Sawyer - Dodds, Mark A.; Cotrufo, Raymond J. (Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2015)
Instead of playing in the state tournament, the Fayetteville-Manlius boy's hockey team was disqualified because they played too many games. The New York State Public High School Athletic Association limits hockey teams to 20 regular season games, but Fayetteville-Manlius mistakenly considered one of its competitions to be a scrimmage instead of a regular season game.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2015.978679
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

Applying Intergroup Contact Theory to the Sport Management Classroom - Bruening, Jennifer; Fuller, Rhema D.; Cotrufo, Raymond J.; Madsen, Rachel M.; Evanovich, Justin; Wilson-Hill, Devon E. (Sport Management Education Journal, 2014)
Allport’s (1954) intergroup contact hypothesis states that interactions with members of an out-group, particularly of a different racial and/or ethnic group, are effective in changing attitudes about diversity (Allport, 1954; Pettigrew, 1998). In this study, the intergroup contact hypothesis was applied to the design of a sport management course. The classroom component focused the role of sport in education, health, and leadership development, and the application was structured sport and physical activity programming with school-age children at several urban sites. Data were gathered from 91 college students over 3 years about course-related experiences and how the students’ backgrounds influenced their social identities and understanding of out-group members. Results showed that intergroup contact effectively assisted in developing understanding and cooperation and reducing negative attitudes between groups. The participants received diversity education, via intergroup contact, both inside and outside the classroom, which will potentially equip them to take proactive strategies when managing organizational diversity in the sport industry.
Keywords: dept.rec

The Experiences of Female Athletic Trainers in the Role of the Head Athletic Trainer - Mazerolle, Stephanie M.; Burton, Laura; Cotrufo, Raymond J. (Journal of Athletic Training, 2015)
Very few women have leadership positions in athletic training (ie, head athletic training positions) in intercollegiate athletics. Research exists on the barriers to attaining the role; however, our understanding about the experiences of those currently engaged in the role is limited.To examine the experiences of female head athletic trainers as they worked toward and attained the position of head athletic trainer.Qualitative study.National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I setting.Eight female athletic trainers serving in the role of head athletic trainer participated in our study. The mean age of the participants was 45 ± 12 years, with 5 ± 1.5 years of experience in the role of head athletic trainer and 21 ± 10 years of experience as athletic trainers.We conducted phone interviews with the 8 participants following a semistructured format. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed following a general inductive approach as described by Thomas. To establish credibility, we used a peer reviewer, member checks, and multiple-analyst triangulation.Six major themes emerged from our analysis regarding the experiences of female head athletic trainers. Opportunities to become a head athletic trainer, leadership qualities, and unique personal characteristics were discussed as factors leading to the assumption of the role of the head athletic trainer. Where women hold back, family challenges, and organizational barriers speak to the potential obstacles to assuming the role of head athletic trainer.Female head athletic trainers did not seek the role, but through persistence and encouragement, they find themselves assuming the role. Leadership skills were discussed as important for success in the role of head athletic trainer. Life balancing and parenting were identified as barriers to women seeking the role of head athletic trainer.
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

NFL Evolution: Does Prioritizing Player Welfare Influence Consumers? - Cotrufo, Raymond J.; Burton, Laura J. (International Journal of Sport Management, 2016)
NFL Evolution is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program designed to improve the health and safety of football participants at all levels (NFLEvolution. com). Though sport-based CSR initiatives are generally well-received by the public, the internal focus of this particular initiative may affect consumers differently. Using data provided by a sample of university students via an online survey, regression analysis was used to determine if this program affected their intentions to consume NFL-related products and media. Results showed that this form of CSR initiative may influence consumption behaviors, especially related to media consumption and intentions to discuss the NFL with others. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR
Keywords: NATIONAL Football League; REGRESSION analysis; SOCIAL responsibility of business; dept.rec

Intercollegiate Athletes - Cotrufo, Raymond J. (Sports Leadership: A Concise Reference Guide, 2015)

Scott LaFaro - Chevan, David (The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2013)
"The Grove Dictionary of American Music" published on by Oxford University Press.
Keywords: Music; Regional and Area Studies; Social sciences; dept.mus

Red Nichols - Chevan, David (The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2013)
"The Grove Dictionary of American Music" published on by Oxford University Press.
Keywords: Music; Regional and Area Studies; Social sciences; dept.mus

Ray(mond) Brown - Chevan, David (The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2013)
"The Grove Dictionary of American Music" published on by Oxford University Press.
Keywords: Music; Regional and Area Studies; Social sciences; dept.mus

Kid Ory - Chevan, David (The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2013)
"The Grove Dictionary of American Music" published on by Oxford University Press.
Keywords: Music; Regional and Area Studies; Social sciences; dept.mus

Jimmy Blanton - Chevan, David (The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2013)
"The Grove Dictionary of American Music" published on by Oxford University Press.
Keywords: Music; Regional and Area Studies; Social sciences; dept.mus

Doc Cheatham - Chevan, David (The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2013)
"The Grove Dictionary of American Music" published on by Oxford University Press.
Keywords: Music; Regional and Area Studies; Social sciences; dept.mus

Managing Your Time: Strategies for Chairs - Hlavac, Craig D. (The Department Chair, 2016)
Keywords: dept.mus

The discovery channel: Using techniques from discovery science to teach concepts in the core theory sequence - Groffman, Joshua (Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, 2017)
Keywords: dept.mus; peer-reviewed

Darwin’s Deadly Legacy? Why Evolution Matters for Management Studies - Yang, Chulguen; Colarelli, Stephen M.; Holston, Kayong (Research Yearbook, 2010)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Understanding human nature: From an evolutionary psychological perspective - Yang, C.; Colarelli, S.; Holston, K. (Journal of International Business Disciplines, 2011)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

The E-Print Industry and Bookseller Market: A Strategic Perspective - Nodoushani, Omid; Yang, Chalie (Competition Forum, 2011)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

A Comparative Study on Native-Born and Foreign-Born Female Entrepreneurs: A Narrative Approach - Yang, Chulguen Charlie; Goralski, Margaret A. (Business Research Yearbook, Goralski, Margaret A, 2011)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

The creative use of music in teaching organizational behavior - Yang, Chulguen (Usiness Research Yearbook, XVIII, 2011)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

A Creative Use of Films to Enhance Emotional Awareness and Cultural Intelligence - Yang, Chulguen Charlie; Nodoushani, Omid (Research Yearbook, 2012)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Kin Altruism, Psychological Contract and Commitment in Immigrant Businesses: Some Theoretical Propositions - Yang, Chulguen Charlie (QRBD, 2014)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Mindfulness and Its Pedagogical Application in Business Education - Chulguen (Charlie) Yang; Goralski, Margaret A. (Journal of International Business Disciplines, 2016)
Mindfulness has gained significant attention and momentum in business and popular culture in the US, Europe, and Australia. There is, however, a paucity of literature on how business students make sense of mindfulness and its practices. Based on our experiences of adopting mindfulness and mindfulness meditation in our teachings of management courses, we have explored how business students make sense of mindfulness and meditation. From a phenomenological perspective, we have examined our students' meditation journals, essays, and their own research on the topic of mindfulness. Based on the findings of previous empirical studies on the positive effects of mindfulness practices and our reflections on the pedagogical potential of mindfulness meditation for business education, we have emphasized that the practice of presence through mindfulness tends to enhance the business students' self-awareness and emotional skills. The implications of adopting mindfulness research and brief and deliberate practices into the business curriculum to develop embodied wisdom are also discussed.
Keywords: BUSINESS education; BUSINESS students; MANAGEMENT; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; POPULAR culture; UNITED States; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Domain specificity of sex differences in competition - Wieland, Alice; Sarin, Rakesh (Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012)
There has been much recent literature about sex differences in competition, mostly noting that women are innately less competitive than men (Croson and Gneezy, 2009). This article examines the hypothesis that sex differences in propensity to compete are domain specific. We conducted a 2 (sex)×4 (domain) experiment with 434 participants examining competition decisions, familiarity with the domain, and performance. We find no overall sex differences in rates of competition when collapsing across all four domains, but do find sex differences in rates of competition for individual domains. Additionally we examined the importance of winning at competition on self-esteem using the Contingencies of Self-Worth, Competition subscale (Crocker et al., 2003) and find that the subscale fully mediates the effect of sex on the strength of competitive pay preferences.
Keywords: Competition; Decision-making; Gender differences; Risk; Sex differences; dept.mgt

Gender differences in the endowment effect: Women pay less, but won’t accept less - Wieland, Alice; Sundali, James; Kemmelmeier, Markus; Sarin, Rakesh (Judgment and Decision Making, 2014)
We explore different contexts and mechanisms that might promote or alleviate the gender effect in risk aversion. Our main result is that we do not find gender differences in risk aversion when the choice is framed as a willingness-to-accept (WTA) task. When the choice is framed as a willingness-to-pay (WTP) task, men are willing to pay more and thus exhibit lower risk aversion. However, when the choice is framed as a willingness to accept task, women will not accept less than men. These findings imply gender differences in the endowment effect. We also find that the effect size of the gender difference in risk aversion is reduced or eliminated as the context changes from tasks framed as gambles to other domains; and that attitudes toward gambling mediate the gender effect in gambling framed tasks.
Keywords: dept.mgt; endowment effect; gambling attitudes; gender; peer-reviewed; risk attitudes; risk aversion; sex differences

Boosting Performance on an Evaluative Math Test: Goal Activation vs Self-Affirmation - Wieland, Alice M.; Burnham, Thomas A. (Psychological Reports, 2016)
This study compared the effectiveness of goal activation versus self-affirmation and a control condition as interventions for increasing performance on an evaluative task (a difficult math test; N = 78; M age = 20.3 yr., SD = 1.9). Although there has been much recent literature on the effects of activating goals, the existing literature does not examine possible spillover effects of activating goals on performance tasks. Results indicated that goal activation resulted in significant performance enhancements over both the self-affirmation and control conditions, while self-affirmation did not improve performance significantly relative to the control condition. Additionally, interest in the task, as a cue for self-regulatory resources, mediated the effect of goal activation on increased performance.
Keywords: dept.mgt

Risk aversion for decisions under uncertainty: Are there gender differences? - Sarin, Rakesh; Wieland, Alice (Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2016)
It has become well accepted that women are more risk averse than men. For objective probability gambles, typically used in eliciting risk aversion, we find women generally have a lower valuation than men, thus exhibiting greater risk aversion. This paper investigates whether this finding extends to decisions under uncertainty – where probabilities are not given and individuals may assign different probabilities to the same event (e.g. outcomes of award shows or sporting events).We find that for decisions under uncertainty, men and women value the bets similarly, both before and after controlling for participants' subjective probabilities.
Keywords: Decision-making; Gender; Risk aversion; Subjective probability; Uncertainty; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship in Iran: the role of strategic orientation and opportunity recognition - Kakapour, Saba; Morgan, Todd; Parsinejad, Salman; Wieland, Alice (Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 2016)
In a study of 130 Iranian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), we predict and find that market orientation, learning orientation, and their interaction are positively related to opportunity recognition, which impacts firm-level corporate entrepreneurship positively. This study makes two important contributions to the corporate entrepreneurship literature. First, the majority of studies on corporate entrepreneurship concern western economies or China; as such, we broaden research on the international context of corporate entrepreneurship by examining a unique dataset of Iranian SMEs, which have grown significantly in recent years during their transition to knowledge-based enterprises. Second, we build upon previous literature on corporate entrepreneurship antecedents by explicating and testing the relationships of how and when learning orientation and market orientation affect opportunity recognition and the development of corporate entrepreneurship.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2016.1168676
Keywords: Apprentissage organisationnel; Entreprenariat d'entreprise; Entreprises fondées sur les connaissances; Iran; Orientation de marché; Orientation sur l'apprentissage; Petites et Moyennes Entreprises; Repérage des débouchés; corporate entrepreneurship; dept.mgt; knowledge-based enterprises; learning orientation; market orientation; opportunity recognition; organizational learning; peer-reviewed; small and medium-sized enterprises

Designing Entrepreneurship Experiments: A Review, Typology, and Research Agenda - Hsu, Dan K.; Simmons, Sharon A.; Wieland, Alice M. (Organizational Research Methods, 2017)
This article discusses the current and potential application of experimental methods to the study of entrepreneurship phenomena. Drawing on a review of experimental studies in entrepreneurship research, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of experimental research designs for entrepreneurship research as a primer for those interested but not overly familiar with these methods. To advance research agendas and theory in the field, we introduce a typology of experimental manipulations that highlight alternative design choices based on the nature of their participant impact and realism of context. Finally, we provide an overview of areas of opportunity within the entrepreneurship literature for application of methods best suited to provide greater insight into the causal mechanisms at play.
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Culture, benevolent and hostile sexism, and entrepreneurial intentions - Stedham, Yvonne; Wieland, Alice (International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 2017)
Purpose In this study, the authors relate cultural masculinity to individual level sexist beliefs (hostile and benevolent sexism) and gendered entrepreneurial stereotypes. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether hostile and benevolent sexism affect entrepreneurial intentions and whether this relationship is mediated by gendered entrepreneurial stereotypes. Design/methodology/approach The proposed relationships are explored using a sample of 192 participants from the USA and India with varying interest in starting a business. An online survey instrument was used to collect the data. Regression and mediation analyses were used to analyze the data. Findings The authors find that both hostile and benevolent sexism are positively related to entrepreneurial intentions of both men and women. However, only benevolent sexism is related to both the masculine and feminine gender traits ascribed to entrepreneurs. Interestingly, the authors find support that hostile sexism is actually positively related to feminine traits ascribed to entrepreneurs, albeit with a small effect size. The authors do not find any support that these results vary by participant gender; the findings are implicated for both men and women alike. The authors find that for both hostile and benevolent sexism only the feminine traits perceived as stereotypic of entrepreneurs partly mediate their relationship on entrepreneurial intentions. Research limitations/implications The survey consists of cross-sectional, self-report data, and therefore the authors cannot conclusively infer causality. The direction of relationships found is of theoretical value. Only two countries are included in the sample limiting generalizability to other countries. Most of the participants in the sample reported some interest or experience in nascent entrepreneurial activities, which may limit the generalizability of findings to those without any prior interest or experience as a nascent entrepreneur. Originality/value The relationship between ambivalent sexism (both hostile and benevolent sexism) and both entrepreneurial intentions, and the gendered traits ascribed to entrepreneurs, has not yet been explored before this work. Using the lens of cultural masculinity, we present a theoretical model of how hostile and benevolent sexist attitudes facilitate or inhibit entrepreneurship via how entrepreneurs are perceived. This is the first study we know of which explores the relationship between Ambivalent Sexism and the gender attributes ascribed to entrepreneurs, and how these gendered entrepreneurial stereotypes in turn are related to entrepreneurial intentions.
Keywords: Ambivalent Sexism Scale; Benevolent sexism; Culture; Entrepreneurial intentions; Hostile sexism; Masculinity; Social construction of gender; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

A Chinese–Canadian Cross-Cultural Investigation of Transformational Leadership, Autonomous Motivation, and Collectivistic Value - Wang, Zheni; Gagné, Marylène (Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 2013)
Synthesizing theories of transformational leadership and self-determination, this research investigated whether transformational leaders (a) promote the autonomous motivation of their subordinates and whether (b) it results in higher autonomous motivation when subordinates hold high collectivistic values. Multilevel data were obtained from work samples in China and Canada. The results showed a positive relation between managers’ transformational leadership and subordinates’ autonomous motivation cross-culturally. Although higher collectivistic values were related to higher autonomous motivation, collectivist values did not significantly moderate the motivational effect of transformational leadership.
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

The Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale: Validation evidence in seven languages and nine countries - Gagné, Marylène; Forest, Jacques; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Crevier-Braud, Laurence; van den Broeck, Anja; Aspeli, Ann Kristin; Bellerose, Jenny; Benabou, Charles; Chemolli, Emanuela; Güntert, Stefan Tomas; Halvari, Hallgeir; Indiyastuti, Devani Laksmi; et al. (European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2015)
Self-determination theory proposes a multidimensional conceptualization of motivation comprising autonomous and controlled forms. Whereas autonomous motivation relates positively to individuals’ optimal functioning (e.g., well-being, performance), controlled motivation is less beneficial. To be able to use self-determination theory in the field of organizational behaviour, the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale was developed and tested using data from 3435 workers in seven languages and nine countries. Factorial analyses indicated that the 19-item scale has the same factor structure across the seven languages. Convergent and discriminant validity tests across the countries also indicate that the psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness as well as the theoretically derived antecedents to work motivation (e.g., leadership and job design) are predictably related to the different forms of motivation, which in turn are predictably related to important work outcomes (e.g., well-being, commitment, performance, and turnover intentions). Implications for the development of organizational research based on self-determination theory are discussed.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2013.877892
Keywords: Autonomous motivation; Controlled motivation; Cross-cultural; Extrinsic motivation; Intrinsic motivation; Self-determination theory; Validation; Work motivation; dept.mgt

Servant leadership and employee outcomes: the moderating role of subordinates’ motives - Donia, Magda B.L.; Raja, Usman; Panaccio, Alexandra; Wang, Zheni (European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2016)
Drawing from implicit leadership theories we advance servant leadership theory by examining moderating mechanisms that explain under what conditions servant leader behaviours impact followers in organizations. Specifically, we focused on the moderating role of subordinates’ motivational orientations—prosocial values or impression management motives—in relationships between servant leadership behaviours and job satisfaction, as well as subordinate organizational citizenship behaviours (OCBs). Using time-lagged data collected from 192 supervisor-subordinate dyads, we found that servant leadership was positively associated with employees’ job satisfaction, but not significantly related to their performance of OCBs. We also found evidence that subordinates’ motives moderate the relationships between servant leadership and outcomes. Specifically, employees high on impression management experienced lower levels of job satisfaction than their lower scoring counterparts. Our findings suggest that servant leadership may not be equally beneficial for all followers. We discuss implications for theory and practice.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2016.1149471
Keywords: citizenship behaviours; dept.mgt; employee motives; implicit leadership theories; job satisfaction; peer-reviewed; servant leadership

Genetically engineered food and genetically modified organisms - Nodoushani, Omid; Sintay, Jayme; Stewart, Carol (Competition Forum, 2015)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Organizations' investment in education - Nodoushani, Omid; Stewart, Carol; Escobar, Jessica (Competition Forum, 2016)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Cultivating Employees Using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Stewart, Carol; Nodoushani, Omid; Stumpf, Jason (Competition Forum, 2018)
Stress caused by climates of fear in the workplace is sapping employee decision-making and causing conflict in the workplace. While hard to quantify, it is easy to understand why intelligent and engaged employees are the ideal: there are fewer mistakes and higher productivity. The primary metric used to frame the reasons for motivation is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. It is also vitally important to understand the power balance between employees and employers. By the very nature of employment, employers have less need for a particular employee unlike the employee who cannot afford to be unemployed.
Num Pages: 67-75 Place: Indiana, United States
Keywords: Business And Economics; Compensation; Competition; Corporate culture; Emotions; Employees; Employers; Employment; Employment security; Empowerment; Games; Handbooks; Happiness; Job satisfaction; Personal computers; Physiology; Software; Stress; Success; Work environment; Workers; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Sustainability and Embodiment: How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re No Place at All? - Robbins, Gregory (Research Yearbook, 2012)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Sustainability initiatives: a competing values framework - Robbins, Gregory E.; Page, Mary A. (Competition Forum, 2012)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Hidden tradeoffs in sustainability initiatives - Page, Robert A; Robbins, Gregory (International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2013)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Knowledge management and organizational performance in the service industry: The role of transformational leadership beyond the effects of transactional leadership - Birasnav, M. (Journal of Business Research, 2014)
This study examines a comprehensive model comprising of various relationships between transformational and transactional leadership, knowledge management (KM) process, and organizational performance. Data are collected from human resource managers and general managers working in 119 service firms. Exploratory factor analysis and hierarchical regression analysis are used to analyze the proposed hypotheses. The results indicate that transformational leadership has strong and positive effects on KM process and organizational performance after controlling for the effects of transactional leadership. Further, KM process partially mediates the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational performance after controlling for the effects of transactional leadership. Implications and directions for future research are also discussed.
Keywords: Knowledge management; Organizational performance; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership; dept.mgt

Linking Leadership Behaviors and Information Exchange to Improve Supply Chain Performance: A Conceptual Model - Birasnav, M.; Mittal, Rakesh; Loughlin, Selene (Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 2015)
Organizations striving to improve cycle time concentrate on developing long-term relationship with suppliers. In order to support organizational efforts, this study develops a conceptual model that explores the relationships among leadership behaviors, relational commitment and trust, information exchange, and cycle time. Although the supply chain management literature mentions leadership behavior in the context of supply chain, there are no studies that examine the impact of leadership behaviors on cycle time. This study proposes that transformational and transactional leadership behaviors of buyers increase the flow of information to suppliers directly as well as indirectly through relational commitment and trust, and these relationships also influence cycle time. However, it also proposes that the impact of transformational leadership behaviors on relational commitment and trust and information exchange is stronger than the impact of transactional leadership behaviors. Additionally, both uncertain environment and supplier base have potential to play moderation roles in the relationship between transformational leadership and relational commitment and trust and between transformational leadership and information exchange.
Keywords: Cycle time; Information exchange; Relational commitment; Relational trust; Supplier base; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Mixed signals: do college graduates have the soft skills that employers want? - Stewart, Carol; Wall, Alison; Marciniec, Sheryl (Competition forum, 2016)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Bankruptcy Law and Practice - J.D, Grace A. Luppino; J.D, Robert A. Smith (Pearson, 2015)
Keywords: dept.mgt

Leadership, Generations and Small Business - Just, Renee (Scholars' Press, 2013)
Keywords: dept.mgt

Enhancing Vocabulary Intervention for Kindergarten Students: Strategic Integration of Semantically Related and Embedded Word Review - Zipoli, Richard P.; Coyne, Michael D.; McCoach, D. Betsy (Remedial and Special Education, 2011)
Two approaches to systematic word review were integrated into an 18-week program of extended vocabulary instruction with kindergarten students from three high-need urban schools. Words in the embedded and semantically related review conditions received systematic and distributed review. In the embedded review condition, brief word definitions were integrated into the narratives of multiple storybooks. In the semantically related review condition, in-depth word review with explicit emphasis on semantic features and associations was provided during extension activities. Systematic review resulted in an almost twofold increase in target word learning. Embedded review was effective and time efficient, whereas semantically related review was time intensive but resulted in higher levels of word learning. There was a significant gain in Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test—III standard scores following the intervention.
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Direct and Extended Vocabulary Instruction in Kindergarten: Investigating Transfer Effects - Coyne, Michael D.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Loftus, Susan; Zipoli Jr., Richard; Ruby, Maureen; Crevecoeur, Yvel C.; Kapp, Sharon (Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of an 18-week program of direct and extended vocabulary instruction with kindergarten students on both proximal measures of target word knowledge and transfer measures of generalized language and literacy. A second purpose was to examine whether treatment effects would be moderated by initial receptive vocabulary knowledge measured at pretest. In a quasi-experimental design, 80 kindergarten students from schools serving large at-risk populations were taught the meanings of 54 vocabulary words within interactive story read alouds over 36 half-hour instructional lessons (2 lessons per week over 18 weeks). An additional 44 students served as a no-treatment control. Findings indicated that students who received vocabulary instruction outperformed controls on a measure of target word knowledge as well as measures of generalized receptive vocabulary and listening comprehension. In addition, initial receptive vocabulary was strongly related to posttest performance on all measures. Implications are discussed in relation to supporting vocabulary development in the early grades within a multitier framework of instruction and intervention.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/19345741003592410
Keywords: Vocabulary instruction; dept.cmd; kindergarten students; listening comprehension; peer-reviewed; storybook reading

Effects of a Supplemental Vocabulary Intervention on the Word Knowledge of Kindergarten Students at Risk for Language and Literacy Difficulties - Loftus, Susan M.; Coyne, Michael D.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Zipoli, Richard; Pullen, Paige C. (Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a vocabulary intervention designed to supplement research–based classroom vocabulary instruction, implemented with students who may be at risk for language and learning difficulties. Participants included 43 kindergarten students who received research–based classroom vocabulary instruction. Students with the 20 lowest scores on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test–III administered at pretest received additional small–group supplemental vocabulary intervention. Results of within–subjects comparisons indicated that, overall, at–risk students made greater gains in word knowledge on target words that received the supplemental intervention as compared to words that received only classroom–based instruction. In addition, at–risk students who received the supplemental intervention demonstrated word–learning gains that approached those of their peers who received classroom instruction alone. Implications along with limitations of the current study and directions for future research are discussed.
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Effective Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension. - Coyne, M. D.; Chard, D. J.; Zipoli, R. P.; Ruby, M. F. (Effective Teaching Strategies that Accommodate Diverse Learners, 2010)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Age-Related Changes in Objective and Subjective Speech Perception in Complex Listening Environments - Helfer, Karen S.; Merchant, Gabrielle R.; Wasiuk, Peter A. (Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017)
Purpose A frequent complaint by older adults is difficulty communicating in challenging acoustic environments. The purpose of this work was to review and summarize information about how speech perception in complex listening situations changes across the adult age range. Method This article provides a review of age-related changes in speech understanding in complex listening environments and summarizes results from several studies conducted in our laboratory. Results Both degree of high frequency hearing loss and cognitive test performance limit individuals' ability to understand speech in difficult listening situations as they age. The performance of middle-aged adults is similar to that of younger adults in the presence of noise maskers, but they experience substantially more difficulty when the masker is 1 or 2 competing speech messages. For the most part, middle-aged participants in studies conducted in our laboratory reported as much self-perceived hearing problems as did older adult participants. Conclusions Research supports the multifactorial nature of listening in real-world environments. Current audiologic assessment practices are often insufficient to identify the true speech understanding struggles that individuals experience in these situations. This points to the importance of giving weight to patients' self-reported difficulties. Presentation Video http://cred.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=2601619
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Safe initiation of oral diets in hospitalized patients based on passing a 3-ounce (90 cc) water swallow challenge protocol - Leder, S.B.; Suiter, D.M.; Warner, H.L.; Acton, L.M.; Siegel, M.D. (QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2012)
Background: Safe and timely oral alimentation is crucial for optimum patient care.Objective: To determine the short-term success of recommending specific oral diets, including drinking thin liquids, to acute care hospitalized patients at risk for dysphagia based on passing a 3-ounce water swallow challenge protocol.Design: Prospective single group consecutively referred case series.Setting: Large, urban, tertiary care, teaching hospital.Participants: 1000 hospitalized patients.Intervention: 3-ounce (90 cc) water swallow challenge protocol.Measurements: Specific diet recommendations and volume (in cc) of liquid ingested at the next day's meal 12–24 h after passing a 3-ounce challenge protocol were accessed electronically from oral intake information entered on each participant's daily care logs. Eating and drinking success, clinically evident aspiration events and compliance with ordering the recommended diet were recorded. Care providers were blinded to the study's purpose.Results: Of 1000 patients, 907 met the inclusion criteria of stable medical, surgical or neurological conditions 12–24 h after passing a 3-ounce water swallow challenge protocol. All 907 were both eating and drinking thin liquids successfully and without overt signs of dysphagia. Median volume of liquid ingested was 340 cc [interquartile range (IQR), 240–460]. Specific diet recommendations were followed with 100% accuracy.Conclusions: A 3-ounce water swallow challenge protocol successfully identified patients who can be safely advanced to an oral diet without subsequent identification of overt signs of aspiration within 12–24 h of testing. Importantly, when a clinical 3-ounce challenge protocol administered by a trained provider is passed, specific diet recommendations, including drinking thin liquids, can be made safely and without the need for additional instrumental dysphagia testing.
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Initiating Safe Oral Feeding in Critically Ill Intensive Care and Step-Down Unit Patients Based on Passing a 3-Ounce (90 Milliliters) Water Swallow Challenge - Leder, Steven B.; Suiter, Debra M.; Warner, Heather L.; Kaplan, Lewis J. (Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2011)
Background: Pulmonary aspiration is a leading cause of nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit (ICU) and step-down unit (SDU). A key goal is to identify patients who exhibit increased aspiration risk before beginning oral alimentation. This study investigated the success of recommending specific oral diets to ICU and SDU patients based on passing a 3-oz water swallow challenge. Methods: A referral-based sample of 401 ICU and 92 SDU patients were prospectively analyzed. Amount of liquid and food ingested at the next day's meal 12 hours to 24 hours after passing a 3-oz challenge and specific diet recommendations were accessed electronically from oral intake information entered on each participant's daily care sheets. Drinking and eating success, clinically evident aspiration events, and accuracy of diet order recommendations were recorded. Care providers were blinded to the purpose of the study. Results: All 401 ICU and 92 SDU patients were successfully drinking thin liquids and eating 12 hours to 24 hours after passing a 3-oz challenge. Mean volume of liquid ingested at the next day's meal was 360 mL ± 181.2 mL for ICU and 356.4 mL ± 173.5 mL for SDU patients. Percent of meal eaten ranged from 10% to 100%. Patient care sheets indicated specific diet recommendations were followed with 100% accuracy. Conclusions: Successfully recommending specific oral diets for ICU and SDU patients based on passing a 3-oz water swallow challenge was supported. Importantly, when a simple bedside 3-oz challenge administered by a trained provider is passed, specific diet recommendations can be made safely and confidently without the need for further objective dysphagia testing.
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Effect of Presence/Absence of a Nasogastric Tube in the Same Person on Incidence of Aspiration - Fattal, Michael; Suiter, Debra M.; Warner, Heather L.; Leder, Steven B. (Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2011)
Objective. To determine what effect, if any, the presence or absence of a nasogastric (NG) tube in the same person had on the incidence of anterograde aspiration. Design. Case series with planned data collection. Setting. Large, urban, tertiary care teaching hospital. Subjects and Methods. Referred sample of 62 consecutively enrolled adult inpatients for fiber-optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES). Group 1 (n = 21) had either small-bore (n = 13) or large-bore (n = 8) NG tubes already in place and had a FEES first with the NG tube in place and a second FEES after NG tube removal. Group 2 (n = 41) did not have an NG tube and had a FEES first without an NG tube and a second FEES after placement of a small-bore NG tube. Time between FEES was approximately 5 minutes. Patients were tested with thin liquid and puree food consistencies. Occurrence of aspiration for each consistency dependent on the presence or absence of an NG tube was recorded. Results. There were no significant differences (P > .05) in aspiration status for both liquid and puree consistencies in the same person dependent on presence or absence of either a small-bore or large-bore NG tube. Conclusions. Since objective swallowing evaluation (eg, FEES) can be performed with an NG tube in place, it is not necessary to remove an NG tube to evaluate for aspiration. Similarly, there is no contraindication to leaving an NG tube in place to supplement oral alimentation until nutritional requirements are achieved.
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Deaf-Blind - McCullagh, Jennifer; Weiss, Deborah (Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Screening Test for Auditory Processing Disorders - McCullagh, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Pediatric Speech Intelligibility Test - McCullagh, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Otitis Media - McCullagh, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Hearing - McCullagh, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Dichotic Listening - McCullagh, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Deafness - McCullagh, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Cochlea - McCullagh, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Brainstem Audiometry - McCullagh, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Auditory Brainstem Response, ABR - McCullagh, Jennifer (Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013)
Keywords: dept.cmd

The Auditory System and Its Interactions with the Visual System. - McCullagh, Jennifer; Nagle, S; Morse, D; Musiek, Frank E (Neuro-visual processing rehabilitation: An interdisciplinary approach, 2012)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Measures of binaural interaction - McCullagh, Jennifer; Bamiou, Doris (Handbook of (Central) Auditory Processing Disorders: Auditory neuroscience and diagnosis, 2013)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Tense Marking in the English Narrative Retells of Dual Language Preschoolers - Gusewski, Svenja; Rojas, Raúl (Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2017)
Purpose This longitudinal study investigated the emergence of English tense marking in young (Spanish–English) dual language learners (DLLs) over 4 consecutive academic semesters, addressing the need for longitudinal data on typical acquisition trajectories of English in DLL preschoolers. Method Language sample analysis was conducted on 139 English narrative retells elicited from 39 preschool-age (Spanish–English) DLLs (range = 39–65 months). Growth curve models captured within- and between-individual change in tense-marking accuracy over time. Tense-marking accuracy was indexed by the finite verb morphology composite and by 2 specifically developed adaptations. Individual tense markers were systematically described in terms of overall accuracy and specific error patterns. Results Tense-marking accuracy exhibited significant growth over time for each composite. Initially, irregular past-tense accuracy was higher than regular past-tense accuracy; over time, however, regular past-tense marking outpaced accuracy on irregular verbs. Conclusions These findings suggest that young DLLs can achieve high tense-marking accuracy assuming 2 years of immersive exposure to English. Monitoring the growth in tense-marking accuracy over time and considering productive tense-marking errors as partially correct more precisely captured the emergence of English tense marking in this population with highly variable expressive language skills. Supplemental Materials https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.5176942
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Sustainability and stratified noncompliance in the pharmaceutical industry - Page, Robert A.; Cyr, Danielle M.; Richardson, Anthony S. (Journal of International Business Disciplines, 2015)
Keywords: dept.bis; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Achieving quality comfort care in nursing homes and long term care units through ambient assisted living (AAL) environments - Page, Robert; Richardson, Anthony S.; Coppola, Jean (International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2016)
Nursing home administrators are caught in a "perfect storm" of rapidly increasing health care costs, decreasing reimbursement, and increasing competition. This paper documents how these pressures create cascading misalignments resulting in compromises of the quality of comfort care. These problems are inevitable, given the increase in unfunded mandates, where performance evaluation is decoupled from actual performance. Ambient technologies are explored as a means of tracking actual care versus reported care. Independent quality of care tracking and documentation of ambient data, coupled with best practice research and rewards, are explored to promote quality care as a marketing advantage. Implications are discussed.
Keywords: dept.bis; peer-reviewed

Evaluating the Knowledge of Conversational Agents - Park, Mina; Aiken, Milam; Vanjani, Mahesh (Southwestern Business Administration Journal, 2019)
Keywords: dept.bis; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

College Students Understanding of Production Management and Master Production Schedule through Using a Real World Tool, Complimented with Company Tours and In- Class Visits, Provides an Excellent Learning Experience at Farmingdale State College - O'Sullivan, Jill (Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2015)
Manufacturing is playing a significant role in its re-shoring into America. Companies are grappling with ways to obtain that competitive advantage by distinguishing themselves through their intellectual capabilities, process improvements, technology, people, shop floor management and information flows. The purpose of this paper is to describe the effort at Farmingdale State College to educate our students in understanding Production Management and Master Production Schedule (MPS). We are trying to prepare students for entry into the workforce. By using a Real world ERP tool in the classroom while complimenting this learning with touring local manufacturers who use this tool and having production control experts in our classrooms. [1] The opportunity presents itself for these students to visit real world manufacturers using the same tool these students use in the classroom, the Infor Visual ERP. Each semester students go to a local manufacturer to see how the product is made and the ERP system is used to make it. Each semester a subject matter expert, SME, in manufacturing comes into the class and talks about how they use their ERP to perform their functional responsibilities. Students go into these companies and sit down with these Production Manufacturing and IT SME’s to see how they use the modules in their ERP system from estimating, Production Management, MPS to delivery and payment. From the manufacturing window to the Master Schedule Window students learn from these companies SME’s just how they perform their functions, how they use this tool. Then that is replicated this in the classroom lab assignments for students to better understand Production Management, scheduling and work order integrity. They identify the desired schedule (forecast) and populate a Master Production Schedule. They create a BOM with work orders adding operations and material. The Production Management/Control is the function of directing or regulating the movement of goods through the entire manufacturing cycle from the requisitioning of raw material to the delivery of finished products. (APICS Dictionary 13th Edition) The Master Production Schedule is often a major component of Sales and Operations Management. The purpose of the Master Schedule is to translate the Sales forecast into a Production Plan that must be executed by the organization. The Master Schedule is the demand side of the equation and must represent the customers’ needs. In this way the Master Scheduler can give manufacturing its best chance for success. Master Production Schedule (MPS): The MPS should be closely aligned with the Sales Forecast. Students enter a Sales Forecast into the system similar to what they have seen at the companies. Students see how it is the liaison between the Sales Forecast and a production work order. Its function is to translate the Sales Forecast into a viable production schedule that supports the customer requirements, while taking into account shop floor constraints. The MPS must support the Sales Forecast and customer demand. Students learn the importance of this in their lab assignments. They identify and enter shop floor resources. Students learn that companies should never chase supply they should chase demand and manage supply. Supply can mean, purchased parts, and externally produced parts, internally made items, internal machine or labor constraints. The student’s comprehension of this topic, concept and knowledge is significantly enhanced due to the tours to local manufacturers and the individuals that come into the class to discuss these functional areas and the processes they perform in their organizations.

Change Requires Change! Information Technology, Student Preparedness and Industry Collaboration: Supporting the Bridging Process between Education and Training with Innovative Solutions - O'Sullivan, Jill (Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2016)
This paper, Change Requires Change: will relate that bridging the gap between education: of what we teach and training: of what industry looks for in prepared skills for students, needs to be relevant to today’s situations. We need to re-evaluate traditional industry academic partnerships which have been relatively successful including; internships, work-study programs, curriculum advisory boards, guest lectures and capstone courses, to identify gaps and opportunities for what is needed to support our future. Do we want to continue with the status-quo or enhance education? Should we be cognizant of emerging trends? What could be the implications on changing academic-industry partnerships? How can we improve? This paper proposes several new approaches to academics and industry practitioner’s towards greater successful collaborations towards student preparation.
Keywords: dept.bis; peer-reviewed

Industry and Academic Partnership leads to Student Driven Success using an innovative Cloud Product in the classroom - O'Sullivan, Jill; Shahrier, Sayem (Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2018)
The relationships between Education/Training and Information Technologies at Farmingdale State College are accelerating, with the newest partnership involving the new CloudSuite Industrial Product, CSI, form Infor, USA, Inc. In this arrangement we have a dedicated Intern, Sayem Shahrier, a student at Farmingdale State College who assists with use of the CSI product in the classroom. According to this Intern, the implementation of the Infor CSI tool has been a great real life and hands-on experience. Students in the Education Alliance Program finally received a taste of how an ERP system works. Whether a company is big or small, it should be capable to manage and keep track of all their products and customers in real time. From local companies throughout Long Island all the way up to global mass markets have utilized the Infor CSI tool and have taken customer data to further maximize not only on profits but improve on operational excellence, customer intimacy, and the manufacturing process. Using this innovative tool and this partnership synergy, makes our students best prepared for industry entry and successes. This partnership brings together researchers and practitioners to support the bridging process between Education/Training and Information Technologies.
Keywords: dept.bis; peer-reviewed

Data mining and social networking sites: protecting business infrastructure and beyond - Bassett, Richard; Chamberlain, Tiffany; Cunningham, Stephen; Vidmar, Gregor (Issues in Information Systems, 2010)
Keywords: dept.bis; peer-reviewed

Sustainable Revenue Strategies for Enterprise Computing Solution Providers - Bassett, Richard A. (Research Yearbook, 2012)
Keywords: dept.bis; peer-reviewed

The Risks and Rewards of Computing Everywhere for Small Business Entrepreneurs. - Bassett, Richard A.; Richardson, Anthony S.; Page, Robert A. (Issues in Information Systems, 2015)
Keywords: dept.bis; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders - Volkmar, Fred R. (Cambridge University Press, 2019)
Interest in autism and related disorders has exploded. Established as an essential book on this complex syndrome, the new edition has been extensively revised to reflect significant advances in research. Featuring contributions from leading international authorities in the clinical and social sciences, the book covers recent progress in our understanding of the field and offers a perspective on the present state of the discipline. With new material on topics such as evidence-based treatment and practice, the book covers changes in diagnosis resulting from the publication of DSM-V, and developments in how autism is understood, including the removal of language delay as a necessary diagnostic criterion. Far-reaching, the book considers aspects from epidemiology, genetics, and neurobiology, to core symptoms, early interventions, and pharmacology. One section critically surveys the history of autism as a diagnostic concept, and issues such as an ageing population and the impact of research on national policy are considered.
Keywords: dept.sed

Relocation as an Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise: Valuable Lessons from the Narikoso Village Relocation Project in Fiji. - Bertana, Amanda (Case Studies in the Environment, 2019)
Keywords: dept.soc

Gender and Identity in Prison - Smoyer, Amy B. (The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology, 2019)
Keywords: dept.swk; gender identity; identity; prisons

African Americans and the Consequences of Discrimination - Howe, Esther; Hamilton, Julia (Diversity, Oppression, and Social Functioning: Person-In-Environment Assessment and Intervention, 2010)
Keywords: dept.swk

Lookism: Bias Based on Appearance - Howe, Esther (Diversity, Oppression, and Social Functioning: Person-In-Environment Assessment and Intervention, 2010)
Keywords: dept.swk

The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy by Anna Clark (review) - Njoku, Anuli (Michigan Historical Review, 2019)
Book Reviews 125 All of the above and more are detailed by Claerbaut. He also covers Michigan State’s program as it went into decline in the late 1960s. Daugherty began to miss on the recruiting trail. At the same time, African American students and athletes on campuses across the nation more vocally joined the civil rights protest movement. It was a difficult period for Daugherty, who never sought credit for his progressive attitudes of providing black athletes equal opportunities. One of his responses was to break more barriers with black assistant coaches. Sherman Lewis, Daugherty’s first Underground Railroad All-American as a halfback from Louisville, Kentucky, joined the MSU staff in 1969. Raye was hired part time in 1971 and full time in 1972. Raye and Lewis went on to the National Football League as assistant coaches and offensive coordinators. A consequence of Daugherty doing what was right without seeking credit allowed myths surrounding a 1970 game matching USC and the University of Alabama to usurp his far more significant role. That is reason to link Daugherty with the words of David Maraniss, the Pulitzer Prizewinning biographer, who wrote, “History writes people out of the story. It’s our job to write them back in.” Thus, until that national trip-wire is no longer stepped over and subsequently triggered, the more the merrier to rightly place Daugherty’s story back into history. Tom Shanahan Author, Raye of Light Anna Clark. The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2018. Pp. 305. Index. Notes. Cloth: $30.00. Journalist Anna Clark provides a gripping, thought-provoking, and comprehensive account of the people who caused, suffered from, and exposed the Flint water crisis. Clark’s brilliant story reminds us of the farreaching , devastating effects of lead exposure and that safe, high-quality drinking water is essential to good health. Clark meticulously details how corruption, recklessness, and arrogance of public officials, prejudice, and greed characterized the crisis in Flint. The Poisoned City is divided into three parts, each subdivided into several chapters. Part one reviews how water that blessed the indigenous Ojibwa people would eventually curse Flint residents. We learn how industrialization coincided with mistreatment and development of waterways. Vast, ferocious Lake Huron served as Flint’s freshwater 126 The Michigan Historical Review source for nearly 50 years. Amid financial distress, Flint switched to the Flint River water system in April 2014. The new water treatment program lacked corrosion control, breaking federal law. Adding to Flint’s woes were exorbitant water and sewer bills, an aging water infrastructure, and decreased federal funding. Clark also describes the federal government’s alarming apartheid approach to city building. Vicious, systematic tactics prolonged residential segregation and created multigenerational housing inequalities. Desegregation triggered a large-scale departure of whites. In 2014, General Motors (GM) workers noticed water-corroded engine parts. People wondered what it did to the inside of humans. Part two discusses the damaging health effects of and countless sources of exposure to lead. We meet longtime GM research director and leaded gasoline creator Charles Kettering. We gain insight into leaded gasoline’s profitability, Flint’s re-engineering to favor automobiles, fierce rebuttals to decries of lead hazards, ethical burdens of proving lead toxicity, the lead industry’s massive lobbying, and victim-blaming in response to residents’ concerns. Clark discusses loopholes in lead restriction policies, manipulation of lead testing, and a trend of childhood lead poisoning in shrinking cities. We learn how biochemist Marc Edwards, veteran journalist Curt Guyette, regulations manager Miguel Del Toral, pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha, and local residents rallied to spur a movement to urge governmental action. We also see effects of a very expansive law signed in 2011 that gave emergency managers unyielding power. Part three details the switch back to Detroit water in October 2015 and the flawed, hasty decision-making of untrustworthy leaders. Governor Rick Snyder declares a state of emergency in January 2016 and announces a two-year Legionnaire’s disease outbreak. Declaration of a federal emergency in Flint follows. A myriad of lawsuits, rebuttals, indictments, and pushbacks ensues. Apologies are offered, promises are made, and secrecy and injustices proliferate. Sadly, accountability...
Keywords: book.review; dept.pch

Effect of online courses on US college students’ knowledge about health disparities - Njoku, Anuli (Health Education Journal, 2019)
Objective: To describe faculty efforts to deliver and evaluate health disparities–related education in US online undergraduate and graduate public health courses. Design: A pre- and post-survey was given to a cohort of 46 US college students in three public health courses taught asynchronously online over an 8-week period in 2017. This study took place at a mid-sized, public, rural, midwestern US university. Method: Faculty received professional development and online training and were assigned to develop courses for a new public health programme. Following the receipt of ethical approval, students completed anonymous, online pre- and post-surveys to assess effect of intentional instructional approaches on their knowledge and attitudes about health disparities. Curricula incorporated various assessment methods and teaching strategies. Descriptive statistics were used to compare pre- and post-survey scores and analyse demographic data. Paired t-tests and one-way analysis of variance were used to analyse pre- and post-survey test scores. Results: At post-survey, students demonstrated a positive change in mean scores for several items, including for ability to discuss the role of theory in understanding health behaviour and disparities in health status (3.20 vs 4.06; p < .001) and ability to discuss strategies health promotion programmes can use to reduce health disparities (3.47 vs 4.40; p < .001). Post-survey response rate was 87%. Conclusion: Results suggest an effective way to increase health disparities knowledge among online college students. Additional research is encouraged to expand upon these findings.
Keywords: dept.pch; peer-reviewed

Infusing Health Disparities Awareness Into Public Health Curricula at a Rural Midwestern University - Njoku, Anuli; Wakeel, Fathima (Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 2019)
Preventable differences in health outcomes between U.S. population subgroups, related to factors such as race or ethnicity, income, and geographic location, are troubling. Geographically, rural American communities experience higher rates of adverse health conditions when compared with urban areas, further widening disparities in health outcomes. Such disparities necessitate the creation of effective curricula to enable students to address the health needs of underserved populations. By intentionally incorporating health disparities awareness content into the curricula, undergraduate and graduate public health programs can play an integral role in developing conscious health practitioners to help close gaps in health outcomes. Moreover, rural health courses may increase students’ interest in rural health careers. This article presents the process and results of faculty efforts to design and deliver health disparities–related education in undergraduate and graduate public health courses at a rural Midwestern U.S. university. Various teaching development programs inspired faculty to use intentional instructional approaches to teach students about health disparities. Consequently, faculty incorporated a variety of assessment methods and teaching styles to infuse health disparities awareness content into public health courses. Results from students’ course evaluations and reflections are discussed along with lessons learned and implications for future pedagogical directions.
Keywords: dept.pch; peer-reviewed

Teaching about Cultural Competence and Health Disparities in an Online Graduate Public Health Course - Njoku, DrPH, MPH, Anuli; Uchenna Baker, PhD (Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 2019)
Keywords: dept.pch; peer-reviewed

Learner-Centered Teaching to Educate College Students about Rural Health Disparities - Njoku, Anuli (Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 2019)
Keywords: dept.pch

Near-resonance in a System of Sub-Neptunes from TESS - Quinn, Samuel N.; Becker, Juliette C.; Rodriguez, Joseph E.; Hadden, Sam; Huang, Chelsea X.; Morton, Timothy D.; Adams, Fred C.; Armstrong, David; Eastman, Jason D.; Horner, Jonathan; Kane, Stephen R.; Lissauer, Jack J.; et al. (The Astronomical Journal, 2019)
We report the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite detection of a multi-planet system orbiting the V = 10.9 K0 dwarf TOI-125. We find evidence for up to five planets, with varying confidence. Three transit signals with high signal-to-noise ratio correspond to sub-Neptune-sized planets (2.76, 2.79, and 2.94 R⊕), and we statistically validate the planetary nature of the two inner planets (Pb = 4.65 days, Pc = 9.15 days). With only two transits observed, we report the outer object (P.03 = 19.98 days) as a planet candidate with high signal-to-noise ratio. We also detect a candidate transiting super-Earth (1.4 R⊕) with an orbital period of only 12.7 hr and a candidate Neptune-sized planet (4.2 R⊕) with a period of 13.28 days, both at low signal-to-noise ratio. This system is amenable to mass determination via radial velocities and transit-timing variations, and provides an opportunity to study planets of similar size while controlling for age and environment. The ratio of orbital periods between TOI-125 b and c (Pc/Pb = 1.97) is slightly lower than an exact 2:1 commensurability and is atypical of multiple planet systems from Kepler, which show a preference for period ratios just wide of first-order period ratios. A dynamical analysis refines the allowed parameter space through stability arguments and suggests that despite the nearly commensurate periods, the system is unlikely to be in resonance.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

In Truth, the Forest Hears Each Sound: Sounding Nature and Ideology in New York’s Hudson Valley - Groffman, Joshua (Music and Politics, 2019)
Keywords: dept.mus; peer-reviewed

Using Visual Mapping to Promote Higher-Level Thinking in Music-Making - Groffman, Joshua; Wolfe, Zora M. (Music Educators Journal, 2019)
What tools are available to foster independent and critical thought in the music classroom? We propose that visual mapping—a method of representing relationships and associations between a main concept and other ideas, subtopics, or examples—is an ideal tool for doing exactly this. After examining the principles and usefulness of mapping in a variety of contexts, we discuss several specific ways in which mapping might be implemented in teaching music. We argue that the central strength of mapping is its ability to encourage users to be explicit and metacognitive about their knowledge. As such, it can be part of a constructivist stance whereby the instructor creates a student-centered classroom in which learners are active, engaged participants in their education.
Keywords: dept.mus; peer-reviewed

Boomerang effect of incentive reminders during shopping trips - Kulkarni, Atul; Wang, Xin Cindy; Yuan, Hong (Journal of Consumer Marketing, 2019)
Purpose This paper aims to examine the unintended negative effect of incentivizing shoppers to make unplanned purchases through incentive reminders during shopping trips. Design/methodology/approach Two experimental studies with between-subject designs were conducted to examine the effect of incentive reminders and related factors on abandonment intention. Findings When the search for unplanned purchases needed to reach promotional threshold fails, shoppers’ propensity to abandon a transaction increases if they are reminded of an incentive during their shopping trip. When the size of the planned purchases is relatively larger than the incentivized unplanned purchases, abandonment propensity is higher in response to reward type incentives, whereas when the size of the planned purchases is relatively smaller than the incentivized unplanned purchases, abandonment propensity is higher in response to avoidance type incentives. Research limitations/implications This research intersects and integrates several research domains, specifically transaction abandonment, promotional reactance, unplanned purchases and promotion framing. Practical implications Findings from this research help managers understand the possible negative consequences of incentive reminders and offer suggestions for decreasing shopper propensities to abandon transactions in response to incentive reminders aimed at increasing transaction sizes. Originality/value This is the first study to highlight (i) the possible effect of incentive reminders on transaction abandonment; (ii) the influence of the size of unplanned purchases and incentive types on abandonment; and (iii) the underlying roles of perceived value of planned purchases and fairness perceptions in abandonment.
Keywords: Incentive reminders; Promotional reactance; Transaction abandonment; dept.mrk; peer-reviewed

Gender Characterizations in Entrepreneurship: A Multi‐Level Investigation of Sex‐Role Stereotypes about High‐Growth, Commercial, and Social Entrepreneurs* - Gupta, Vishal K.; Wieland, Alice M.; Turban, Daniel B. (Journal of Small Business Management, 2019)
The purpose of this study is to cast new light on possible gender biases in implicit theories people hold about various forms of entrepreneurial activity. Using social role theory, we delve into sex‐role stereotypes associated with high‐ and low‐growth entrepreneurship and commercial and social entrepreneurship. Predictions were tested with an experimental design using both a between‐subject design to capture group‐level stereotypes and a within‐subject design to capture individual‐level stereotypes. Findings reveal that commercial and high‐growth entrepreneurs are perceived as more similar to men than to women and higher on agency than communality. Conversely, low‐growth entrepreneurs are perceived as more similar to women than men, and higher on communality than agency. Social entrepreneurs are uniquely perceived as similar to both men and women, though they are also considered higher on agency than communality. Interestingly, female, but not male respondents, perceive some overlap between the feminine gender role and high‐growth and commercial entrepreneurship. Notably, those higher on modern sexism perceive less overlap between entrepreneurship and femininity. Taken together, our results suggest that commercial high‐growth entrepreneurship is most strongly male‐typed, which is likely to be problematic for women (and non‐traditional men) wanting to start growth‐oriented ventures. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
_eprint: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jsbm.12495
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Exploring the Gender Gap in Tech Companies: Why Aren't There More Women? - Chaudhry, Haroon; Wall, Alison E.; Wall, Jerry L. (Competition Forum, 2019)
Diversity issues in organizations have long been the subject of organizational studies and cultural examinations. While organizations have made several advancements to balance the presence of female representation in their employees, there remains a paucity of women in certain fields, most notably the tech industry where, despite similar performance in courses, women are alarmingly underrepresented. This paper examines this lack of diversity and proposes some remedies for specifically addressing the lack of women in the tech industry and can be extended to participation in any STEM careers that makes up a significant portion of the tech industry.
Num Pages: 275-280 Place: Indiana, United States
Keywords: Bullying; Business And Economics; Careers; Employees; Employment; Females; Gender; High tech industries; Litigation; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Research & development–R&D; STEM education; STEM professions; Social networks; Success; Women; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Industrial Democracy in The Knowledge Society - Nodoushani, Omid; Robbins, Gregory Gadiel (Competition Forum, 2019)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Supply chain integration, advanced manufacturing technology, and strategic leadership: An empirical study - Birasnav, M.; Bienstock, Joshua (Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2019)
Top management support is a crucial investment at any manufacturing firm striving to integrate supply chain partners with the manufacturing processes so as to achieve a competitive advantage. Though the effectiveness of different leadership behaviors exhibited in top-level management has been documented in the leadership literature, the influence of such behaviors on developing linkages with supply chain partners has not been extensively examined. In order to bridge this research gap, this study examines the interlinkages between strategic leadership theory and supply chain integration theory. In addition, it also investigates the interrelationships between these two theories in the context of implementation of advanced manufacturing technology. Data has been collected from 107 small manufacturing companies and was analyzed using structural equation modelling. Results show that transactional leadership exhibited in top-level management is positively related to internal integration within the manufacturing companies. Transformational leadership behavior exhibited in top-level management and advanced manufacturing technology implemented in the shop floor of these companies are positively related to the integration of external supply chain partners. In addition, we also found that in those instances where small manufacturing companies place a high emphasis on the implementation of advanced manufacturing technology, they are guided by transformational leaders who strongly integrate their companies with customers.
Keywords: Advanced manufacturing technology; Customer integration; Internal integration; Small manufacturing industries; Strategic leadership; Supplier integration; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Integration of Social Capital and Organizational Learning Theories to Improve Operational Performance - Birasnav, M.; Chaudhary, Richa; Scillitoe, Joanne (Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 2019)
This study focuses on integrating the premises of social capital theory and the theory of organizational learning to improve the operational performance of firms nurturing the buyer–supplier relationship. Social capital theory highlights the importance of developing social relationships between firms to create valuable resources and collectively access critical resources. Organizational learning theory highlights that the learning capacity of an organization strongly depends on top-level leaders’ behaviors, organizational structure, culture, and flexibility, and uncertainties in the environment in which the organization functions. Though many studies have focused on the impact of social capital on performance improvements in the buyer–supplier relationship, the interlinkages between social capital and organizational learning have not been given much attention. Based upon these theories, a system-focused perspective, which showcases the antecedents and outcome of the relationship between collaborative communication and learning, has been proposed in this study. A literature review has been carried out to support the linkages in the proposed conceptual model. Findings suggest that transformational buyers support creating cognitive capital with suppliers. This cognitive capital influences the structural capital, which supports improving the understanding of each party’s processes in the buyer–supplier relationship when parties have high long-term orientation. Improved learning capability reshapes organizations into flexible systems capable of responding quickly to customer requirements, and consequently, they realize a higher performance level.
Keywords: Collaborative communication; Information technology competency; Long-term orientation; Organizational learning; Supplier knowledge; Transformational leadership; dept.mgt

Integrating Theories of Strategic Leadership, Social Exchange, and Structural Capital in the Context of Buyer–Supplier Relationship: An Empirical Study - Birasnav, M.; Mittal, Rakesh; Dalpati, Avadhesh (Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 2019)
This study is aimed at improving the purchasing cycle time in a buyer–supplier relationship by integrating the facets of strategic leadership, social exchange, and social capital theories. We developed and tested a conceptual model that postulated relationships among strategic leadership behavior, relational trust and commitment, structural capital, and purchasing cycle time. Data were collected from purchase managers and their employees working in 105 manufacturing companies and analyzed using structural equation modeling technique. Our findings indicated that strategic leadership behaviors are positively related to trust in the buyer–supplier relationship. In addition, trust enhances relational commitment between buyer and supplier, which in turn positively relates to information sharing and supplier development. Further, increased information sharing in the relationship results in reduced purchasing cycle time. Implications for both theory and practice are discussed in depth, and directions for future research are suggested.
Keywords: Cycle time; Information sharing; Relational commitment; Relational trust-Strategic leadership; Supplier development; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Money and Morality: Leadership in the National Football League - Stewart, Carol; Joyner-McGraw, Laquita (Competition Forum, 2019)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Employee Assistance Programs: Balancing Increased Productivity and Engagement Among Employees with Equal Employment and Legal Complience - Smith, Robert A.; Badr, Kauther S.; Wall, Alison E. (Competition Forum, 2019)
Managing the impact of employees' personal and work-related difficulties on workplace productivity is becoming increasingly salient for organizations. Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are one approach to help improve the quality of life for employees and maximize their productivity. While EAPs have many benefits, potential negative ramifications and legal considerations must also be considered. This article highlights some important cases and the best practices for organizations to utilize in creating clear organizational policies that align with equal employment opportunity and privacy laws in collaboration with legal and human resources professionals and employee assistance providers to reduce or eliminate potential liability.
Num Pages: 232-239 Place: Indiana, United States
Keywords: Absenteeism; Affirmative action; Business And Economics; Complaints; Confidentiality; Costs; Employees; Employers; Employment discrimination; Human resource management; Labor law; Performance evaluation; Productivity; Sexual harassment; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

The Internet - Gil, Jodie (The Power of Free Expression in America, 2019)
Keywords: dept.jrn

The Future - Gil, Jodie (The Power of Free Expression in America, 2019)
Keywords: dept.jrn

Career Development Interventions for Social Justice: Addressing Needs across the Lifespan in Educational, Community, and Employment Contexts - Jackson, Margo A.; Regis, Allyson K.; Bennett, Kourtney (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2019)
Keywords: dept.sa

Understanding Administrators' Perceptions of Recreational Therapy in Long-Term Care. - Loy-Ashe, Tarah; Hawkins, Brent; Townsend, Jasmine (Annual in Therapeutic Recreation, 2019)
Keywords: dept.hls; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Rethinking Education from Patients' Perspectives - Harrison, Jill; Frampton, Susan; McNeal, Gloria J.; Todorova, Elena; Wahl, Carol; Kreiger, Joan (ABNF Journal, 2019)
Person-centered care (PCC) is a term used to describe an individualized approach to patient care that engages patients and families as partners in meaningful ways to create a comprehensive, collaborative, and customized plan and experience of care. Although some healthcare fields of study, such as the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) model, have adopted and integrated person-centered care concepts and competencies into their curricula, there remains a critical gap in higher education to systematically integrate person-centered care into the curricula and assessment of interprofessional healthcare fields of study. While the delivery of person-centered care by healthcare professionals requires education and training in PCC concepts, this training has primarily occurred on the job, without a standardized and comprehensive curriculum to systematically teach and assess PCC competencies to students in interprofessional healthcare and medical degree programs. Until recently, the educational foundations for healthcare disciplines were drawn primarily from biomedical, business, and nursing models, not from patients' points of view. In this article, we consider why teaching and evaluating PCC concepts should be the foundation of all interprofessional health education. We first review the perspectives of relevance to our argument and then advocate for a person-centered paradigm shift for interprofessional healthcare and medical education and training. Next, we argue that integrating and evaluating students' understanding and application of PCC concepts in all healthcarerelated disciplines will ensure that graduates receive the most current and relevant preparation for careers in healthcare and that this aligns with the expectations of patients as consumers.
Num Pages: 9 Place: Lisle, United States
Keywords: Curriculum; Education; Evaluation; GenderWatch; Interprofessional education; Patient; Person-centered care; Teaching method; Y; dept.hms; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

State Physical Education Policy Changes From 2001 to 2016 - Dauenhauer, Brian; Keating, Xiaofen; Stoepker, Peter; Knipe, Robert (Journal of School Health, 2019)
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND State policies influence the quantity and quality of educational programs delivered in schools. This study examined state physical education policy changes from 2001 to 2016 by analyzing data reported in The Shape of the Nation Report . METHODS Policies related to state mandates for physical education, time/credit requirements, assessment and fitness testing requirements, adoption of state standards, and allowance of substitutions were analyzed over 5 editions of the report using repeated measures statistics. RESULTS A majority of state physical education‐related policies have not changed over the past 15 years despite calls by numerous public health agencies for enhanced physical education in schools. There was, however, a significant increase in the number of states adopting teaching standards and requiring assessment and fitness testing in physical education, mirroring a broader shift in education toward standards, assessment, and accountability. CONCLUSIONS Despite improved rigor in physical education through the adoption of standards and assessment practices, physical education continues to be marginalized in schools by a lack of curricular time and inappropriate substitution policies. Stronger policies are needed for physical education to have a substantial impact on school health.
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Warning: Extinction Ahead! Theorizing the Spatial Disruption and Place Contestation of Climate Justice Activism - Axon, Stephen (Environment, Space, Place, 2019)
Since 31 October 2018, Extinction Rebellion has advocated in numerous examples of civil disobedience across the UK in an attempt to call for further action to address climate change. Following this example, similar activism has also been seen across Europe and North America. Such activism falls within the context of climate justice (the framing of climate change as an ethical and political issue); given the disproportionate impacts that climate change has on the most vulnerable people in society, e.g., low-income communities, women, and future generations. What is noticeable about Extinction Rebellion is its ability to place climate change on the social agenda, a task that has proven difficult in the age of denialism, skepticism, false-balance media reporting, and far-right politics. With reference to recent examples of civil disobedience and protests in 2019, this paper evaluates how climate justice movements, specifically Extinction Rebellion, change meanings of urban landscapes into becoming more contested places and disrupt the consciousness of everyday routines toward sustainability. This disruption and contested nature is brought about through changing the sociocultural dynamics of urban landscapes during, and after, such protests. The meanings of urban landscapes thus change from being viewed as purely sites of materialist consumption to sites of initial resistance against business-as-usual approaches to climate change leading to changes in policy. Through substantial public engagement with the narrative of climate justice, civil disobedience protests, and urban art, it is clear that urban areas “held” for a number of successive days have started to be perceived differently. This article concludes with implications for subsequent spatial disruption and civil disobedience advocating for stronger climate policy.
Keywords: dept.egm; peer-reviewed

Love Me Love Me LoveMeLoveMeLove - Stoehr, Shelley (The North American Review, 2019)
Keywords: dept.eng; ⛔ No DOI found

When I'm done helping with your battles, I've got work to do: Black feminism, white power, and the messy swelling of the margins - Kerr, Audrey E. (Our Voices Our Stories: An Anthology of Writings Advancing, Celebrating, Embracing and Empowering Girls and Women of Color, 2019)
"Our Voices Our Stories" is filled with thought-provoking poems, essays, short stories and other writings advancing, celebrating, embracing and empowering girls, teens and women of color worldwide. The diverse national and international voices represented in this anthology focus on the psychological, emotional, physical and social issues, traumas and challenges experienced by girls, teens and women of color. The writing will encourage society to understand what it means to be a girl, teen and woman of color living in a society that does not always listen to hear their voices or their stories.
Google-Books-ID: s9MEyAEACAAJ
Keywords: dept.eng

Behavior Management: Traditional and Expanded Approaches - Haynes, Norris M. (UPA, 2012)
Keywords: dept.eco

Revalidating an instrument to gain insights into changing attitudes towards teaching all students - Gregory, Jess; Noto, Lori (NERA Conference Proceedings 2019, 2019)

Contemporary protectionism-causes and consequences - Grubacic, Sanja; Schuster, Julian (The Business & Management Review, 2019)
Keywords: dept.eco; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Performance of State-Owned Enterprises: A Comparative Analysis of Ethiopian Airlines and Ghana Airways - Andoh, Samuel K.; Gebremariam, Yilma; Thorson, James; Bodo, Peter (American Journal of Management, 2019)
This paper examines the performance of two state-owned airlines: Ethiopian Airlines and Ghana Airways. While Ethiopian Airlines continues to operate successfully, the other airline has gone out of business. In an industry characterized by heavy competition and a high rate of failure, the success of the state- owned Ethiopian Airlines is intriguing. The evidence shows that Ethiopian Airlines outperforms the industry on some important benchmarks. These findings suggest that being a state enterprise is not necessarily a characteristic that leads to failure. Corporate culture and governance appear to be important factors in the success of Ethiopian Airlines.
Num Pages: 141-156 Place: West Palm Beach, United States
Keywords: Airlines; Business And Economics–Management; Business metrics; Economic growth; Economic theory; Emerging markets; Failure; Profits; Public enterprise; Stockholders; Success; dept.eco; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Defining Instructional Text: Eight literacy scholars discuss framing and trade-offs - Hruby, G.; Chandler-Olcott, K.; O'Byrne, I.; MacGill-Franzen, A.; Draper, R. J.; Heibert, E.; McVerry, J. G.; Serafini, F. (Ubiquity: The Journal for Literature, Literacy, and the Arts, 2019)
Keywords: dept.cur; ⛔ No DOI found

New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension - Leu, Donald J.; Everett-Cacopardo, Heidi; Zawilinski, Lisa; McVerry, Greg; O'Byrne, W. Ian (The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, 2012)
Literacy has become deictic (Leu, 2000); the meaning of literacy is rapidly changing as new technologies for literacy continually appear and new social practices of literacy quickly emerge.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0865
Keywords: Internet; dept.cur; language in the classroom; literacy; online reading comprehension; reading

Experimental study of bidding strategies for scientific workflows using aws spot instances - Wu, Hao; Ren, Shangping; Timm, Steven; Garzoglio, Gabriele; Noh, Seo-Young (Proceedings of 8th Workshop on Many-Task Computing on Clouds, Grids, and Supercomputers (MTAGS). ACM, 2015)
Keywords: dept.csc; ⛔ No DOI found

Optimization of PID Controller Gain Using Evolutionary Algorithm and Swarm Intelligence - Maddi, DheerajReddy; Sheta, Alaa; Davineni, Dharani; Al-Hiary, Heba (2019 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS), 2019)
Design of the Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller for an industrial process represents a challenge due to process complexity and non-linearity. Traditional methods such as Ziegler-Nichols (ZN) for PID controller tuning do not provide an optimal gain; thus, might leave the system with potential instability condition and cause significant losses and damages to the system. This paper investigates the merits of evolutionary and swarm-based optimization algorithms in fine-tuning the parameters of a PID controller. Here, Genetic Algorithms (GAs) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm were utilized to optimize the PID controller for a DC motor system. Various fitness functions were provided for the presented algorithms to compute the performance of the controller. A new fitness function was proposed to achieve an outstanding control response for the DC motor system. Results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed methods in improving closed loop system response.
Keywords: dept.csc

Statistical Models for Predicting a Patient’s Respiratory Disturbance Index - Park, Jangwoon; Sheta, Alaa; Surani, Salim (CHEST, 2019)
SESSION TITLE: Clinical Prediction and Diagnosis of OSA
Keywords: dept.csc

Selection of WSNs inter-cluster boundary nodes using PSO algorithm - Yadav, Mamta; Fathi, Basma; Sheta, Alaa (Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 2019)
Keywords: dept.csc; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Robotics Evolution: from Remote Brain to Cloud - Sheta, Alaa F.; Ghatasheh, Nazeeh; Faris, Hossam; Rodan, Ali (ArXiv, 2019)
Robotic systems have been evolving since decades and touching almost all aspects of life, either for leisure or critical applications. Most of traditional robotic systems operate in well-defined environments utilizing pre-configured on-board processing units. However, modern and foreseen robotic applications ask for complex processing requirements that exceed the limits of on-board computing power. Cloud computing and the related technologies have high potential to overcome on-board hardware restrictions and can improve the performance efficiency. This research highlights the advancements in robotic systems with focus on cloud robotics as an emerging trend. There exists an extensive amount of effort to leverage the potentials of robotic systems and to handle arising shortcomings. Moreover, there are promising insights for future breed of intelligent, flexible, and autonomous robotic systems in the Internet of Things era.
arXiv:1901.03297 [cs]
Keywords: Computer Science - Robotics; dept.csc; ⚠️ Invalid DOI

Handwritten digits recognition using convolution neural networks - Pratt, Sam; Ochoa, Ana; Yadav, Mamta; Sheta, Alaa; Eldefrawy, Mahmoud (Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 2019)
Keywords: dept.csc; ⛔ No DOI found

Evolving neural networks using bird swarm algorithm for data classification and regression applications - Aljarah, Ibrahim; Faris, Hossam; Mirjalili, Seyedali; Al-Madi, Nailah; Sheta, Alaa; Mafarja, Majdi (Cluster Computing, 2019)
This work proposes a new evolutionary multilayer perceptron neural networks using the recently proposed Bird Swarm Algorithm. The problem of finding the optimal connection weights and neuron biases is first formulated as a minimization problem with mean square error as the objective function. The BSA is then used to estimate the global optimum for this problem. A comprehensive comparative study is conducted using 13 classification datasets, three function approximation datasets, and one real-world case study (Tennessee Eastman chemical reactor problem) to benchmark the performance of the proposed evolutionary neural network. The results are compared with well-regarded conventional and evolutionary trainers and show that the proposed method provides very competitive results. The paper also considers a deep analysis of the results, revealing the flexibility, robustness, and reliability of the proposed trainer when applied to different datasets.
Keywords: Bird Swarm Algorithm; Classification; Multilayer perceptron; Neural networks; Optimization; Regression; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea Using Artificial Neural Network and Binary Particle Swarm Optimization for Feature Selection - Surani, Salim; Sheta, Alaa; Turabieh, Hamza; Park, Jangwoon; Mathur, Sunil; Katangur, Ajay (CHEST, 2019)
SESSION TITLE: Clinical Prediction and Diagnosis of OSA
Keywords: dept.csc

Collision-Free Autonomous Robot Navigation in Unknown Environments Utilizing PSO for Path Planning - Krell, Evan; Sheta, Alaa; Balasubramanian, Arun Prassanth Ramaswamy; King, Scott A. (Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Research, 2019)
AbstractThe autonomous navigation of robots in unknown environments is a challenge since it needs the integration of a several subsystems to implement different functionality. It needs drawing a map of the environment, robot map localization, motion planning or path following, implementing the path in real-world, and many others; all have to be implemented simultaneously. Thus, the development of autonomous robot navigation (ARN) problem is essential for the growth of the robotics field of research. In this paper, we present a simulation of a swarm intelligence method is known as Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) to develop an ARN system that can navigate in an unknown environment, reaching a pre-defined goal and become collision-free. The proposed system is built such that each subsystem manipulates a specific task which integrated to achieve the robot mission. PSO is used to optimize the robot path by providing several waypoints that minimize the robot traveling distance. The Gazebo simulator was used to test the response of the system under various envirvector representing a solution to the optimization problem.onmental conditions. The proposed ARN system maintained robust navigation and avoided the obstacles in different unknown environments. vector representing a solution to the optimization problem.
Keywords: dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Adaboosting Model for Detecting Osa - Surani, Salim; Sheta, Alaa; Turabieh, Hamza; Subramanian, Shyamsunder (CHEST, 2019)
SESSION TITLE: Clinical Prediction and Diagnosis of OSA
Keywords: dept.csc

Identification of the Tennessee Eastman Chemical Process Reactor Using Genetic Programming - Faris, Hossam; Sheta, A. (International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 2013)
Keywords: dept.csc; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Detection of oil spills in SAR images using threshold segmentation algorithms - Sheta, Alaa; Alkasassbeh, Mouhammd; Braik, Malik; Ayyash, Hafsa Abu (International Journal of Computer Applications, 2012)
Keywords: dept.csc; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

A GP effort estimation model utilizing line of code and methodology for NASA software projects - Alaa, F. Sheta; Al-Afeef, Alaa (2010 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, 2010)
There is still an urgent need of finding a mathematical model which can provide an accurate relationship between the software project effort/cost and the cost drivers. A powerful algorithm which can optimize such a relationship via developing a mathematical relationship between model variables is urgently needed. In this paper, we explore the use of GP to develop a software cost estimation model utilizing the effect of both the developed line of code and the used methodology during the development. An application of estimating the effort for some NASA software projects is introduced. The performance of the developed Genetic Programming (GP) based model was tested and compared to known models in the literature. The developed GP model was able to provide good estimation capabilities compared to other models.
Keywords: dept.csc

Webkinz as Consumerist Discourse: A Critical Ideological Analysis - Dellinger-Pate, Charlie; Conforti, Rosemary (High tech tots: Childhood in a digital world, 2010)
Keywords: dept.com

The Effect of Target/Masker Fundamental Frequency Contour Similarity on Masked-Speech Recognition - Calandruccio, Lauren; Wasiuk, Peter A.; Buss, Emily; Leibold, Lori J.; Kong, Jessica; Holmes, Ann; Oleson, Jacob (The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019)
Greater informational masking is observed when the target and masker speech are more perceptually similar. Fundamental frequency (f0) contour, or the dynamic movement of f0, is thought to provide cues for segregating target speech presented in a speech masker. Most of the data demonstrating this effect have been collected using digitally modified stimuli. Less work has been done exploring the role of f0 contour for speech-in-speech recognition when all of the stimuli have been produced naturally. The goal of this project was to explore the importance of target and masker f0 contour similarity by manipulating the speaking style of talkers producing the target and masker speech streams. Sentence recognition thresholds were evaluated for target and masker speech that was produced with either flat, normal, or exaggerated speaking styles; performance was also measured in speech spectrum shaped noise and for conditions in which the stimuli were processed through an ideal-binary mask. Results confirmed that similarities in f0 contour depth elevated speech-in-speech recognition thresholds; however, when the target and masker had similar contour depths, targets with normal f0 contours were more resistant to masking than targets with flat or exaggerated contours. Differences in energetic masking across stimuli cannot account for these results.

Speaking and Reading in Two Languages: On the Identification of Reading and Language Disabilities in Spanish-Speaking English Learners - Francis, David J.; Rojas, Raúl; Gusewski, Svenja; Santi, Kristi L.; Khalaf, Shiva; Hiebert, Lindsey; Bunta, Ferenc (New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019)
Articles in this issue examine (1) the primary sources of variability in reading and language achievement among Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs) in the United States, (2) the extent to which poor performance at the end of grade 2 is identifiable in developmental trajectories beginning in kindergarten, (3) the relations among core reading constructs of phonological awareness and decoding in both English and Spanish and the factors that affect their relationship, (4) the performance of different approaches to identification and the factors that influence how well they work, as well as (5) the growing literature focused on intervention for reading problems in this population. This article examines the literature on language minority students and disability identification and analyzes a large-scale longitudinal dataset (>4,000 ELs; >15,000 observations) to systematically characterize and describe the oral language and reading development of Spanish-speaking children designated as ELs from kindergarten to second grade, considering a range of factors that may potentially contribute to that characterization and its relation to academic performance. This systematic characterization should facilitate the development of an empirical basis for a theoretically grounded framework of typical development in ELs in order to more precisely identify those children with language and learning disabilities.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/cad.20306
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Moving Forward by Looking Back: Understanding Why Some Spanish-Speaking English Learners Fall Behind - Rojas, Raúl; Hiebert, Lindsey; Gusewski, Svenja; Francis, David J. (New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019)
This study investigated early indicators of Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs) at risk for reading difficulties at the end of Grade 2 by examining their early bilingual oral language development, taking into account language of academic instruction. Standardized measures of reading and narrative samples were collected in English and Spanish from kindergarten to Grade 2 from 1,243 ELs primarily instructed in English or Spanish. Conditional growth curve models yielded four primary findings of reading and oral language development. First, ELs with low reading achievement at the end of Grade 2 demonstrated early reading difficulties during kindergarten. Second, although ELs demonstrated overall higher reading achievement in their instructed language, this difference decreased over time. Third, ELs with low reading achievement at the end of Grade 2 demonstrated lower oral language skills in each language over time. Fourth, ELs demonstrated overall higher oral language skills in their instructed language, yet these differences varied over time. The study provided a detailed description of the longitudinal relations among the bilingual reading and oral language skills of Spanish-speaking ELs during the early school years. These findings help to inform the processes of early identification and intervention for Spanish-speaking ELs who are likely to demonstrate reading achievement difficulties.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/cad.20305
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Identification of Disabilities in Spanish-Speaking Children in English-Speaking Contexts - Francis, David J.; Santi, Kristi L.; Khalaf, Shiva; Bunta, Ferenc; Roja, Raul; Gusewski, Svenja; Hiebert, Lindsey (All about Language: Science, Theory, and Practice, 2019)
Keywords: dept.cmd

CHE 260 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory Manual - Karatjas, Andrew G.; Coca, Adiel (Freeman Custom Publishing, 2013)

Organic Chemistry 261 Lab Manual - Karatjas, Andrew; Coca, Adiel (2012)
Keywords: dept.che

The Chemistry of Organoboron Species: Classification and Basic Properties - Williams, Cory; Luis, Mario; Lopez, Ivan; Coca, Adiel (Patai's Chemistry of Functional Groups, 2019)
Organoboron chemistry began more than 150 years ago when the synthesis and reactivity of triethylborane was described. Organoboron chemistry research has rapidly increased within the past few decades due to the increased usage of organoboron compounds in organic synthesis and biomedical applications. This chapter gives an overview of the general physical and chemical characteristics of select organoboron compounds. Only compounds incorporating a boron–carbon bond are discussed in detail.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9780470682531.pat0967
Keywords: aminoboranes; boranes; borinic acids; borinic esters; borohydrides; boron; boronic acids; boronic esters; dept.che; diazaboranes; organoboron compounds

Use of microvertebrate fossils in determining depositional environment of the Sonsela Member, Chinle Formation, Arizona - Huxley, R; Knell, M. J.; Weinbaum, J.C. (2019)

Gregory T. Clark, Art in a Time of War: The Master of Morgan 453 and Manuscript Illumination in Paris during the English Occupation (1419–1435) - Serchuk, Camille (Speculum, 2019)
Keywords: book.review; dept.art

Review of Images, pouvoirs et normes [Review of the book Images, pouvoirs et normes: Exégèse visuelle de la fin du Moyen Âge] - Serchuk, Camille (H-France Review, 2019)
Keywords: book.review; dept.art; ⛔ No DOI found

Translating Tasks for International Classrooms - Townsend, Rebecca M; Milburn, Trudy (Internationalizing the Communication Curriculum in an Age of Globalization, 2019)
This chapter presents a case study from an American university’s partnership with a Polish university. The case involves an assignment to international students studying for their master’s degrees: translating “key concepts in intercultural dialogue” for publication on the Center for Intercultural Dialogue’s website. There were several problems of translation of the task assignment. One problem is the translation of expectations. Learning outcomes occur for professors, too, and the chapter offers reflection on what lessons were realized for future teaching in the international classroom.
Num Pages: 7
Keywords: dept.aa

Diagnosis and definition of autism and other pervasive developmental disorders - Jackson, S.L.J.; Volkmar, , F.R (Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders,, 2019)
Keywords: dept.adm; dept.sed

A Bridge from Fools: Using the Motley Fool Money Podcast to Link Classroom Concepts to Real World Relevance. - Engel, Russell (Journal of Applied Business & Economics, 2019)
Keywords: dept.acc; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Revisiting Intensity Interferometry Using Picosecond Timescale Resolution - Camarata, Matthew A.; Horch, E. P. (Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 2011)
After the success of Hanbury Brown, Davis, and their collaborators in measuring all stellar diameters resolvable by the 166-m interferometer at Narrabri nearly four decades ago, research into optical intensity interferometry was largely discontinued. Signal-to-noise ratios and timing resolutions limited the technique to relatively bright stars over a narrow bandwidth. Modern photon-correlation electronics, however, may help to revive the technique, allowing for increased temporal resolution and longer baselines. In this paper, the PicoHarp 300 Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting System is characterized in order to demonstrate its ability to perform interferometric measurements. Time correlations of coherent and incoherent source apertures are measured and their autocorrelations compared with theory. The speed of light is also directly measured using the shift in temporal correlation between offset detectors. Finally, the possibility of two independent systems, linked between two large-aperture telescopes, is discussed with the goal of determining whether longer baselines can be achieved.
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #218 ADS Bibcode: 2011AAS...21840904C
Keywords: dept.phy; ⛔ No DOI found

Optimizing Speckle Data Reduction for Analysis of Faint Sources - Gaulin, Joseph; Horch, E.; Howell, S.; Ciardi, D. (2011)
Electron-multiplying CCD cameras are now being widely used in speckle imaging, and have been shown to deliver excellent photometric precision under good observing conditions. Successful image reconstructions have been made on binary stars fainter than 14th magnitude. However, improving the speckle signal-to-noise ratio and the fidelity of image reconstructions for faint sources would be extremely helpful in several areas of research where diffraction-limited images are required, including our own ongoing speckle observations of Kepler exoplanet candidate stars using the WIYN Telescope at Kitt Peak. In this paper, we investigate (1) robust cosmic ray rejection and (2) removal of low signal-to-noise frames as two ways to maximize data quality for faint source observations. Cosmic ray rejection is not normally a major concern in speckle imaging due to the brightness of the targets traditionally observed and the short frame times. Nonetheless, when imaging faint targets, more frames are needed to achieve a given signal-to-noise ratio, increasing the chance of cosmic ray events on the detector, and even a single cosmic ray hit in the frame sequence can significantly affect the source detection ability and photometry obtained in the observation. Similarly, faint sources often exhibit some frames with a well-defined image core while in other frames it is difficult to tell if the source is even present, primarily due to seeing variation during the observation. A new speckle reduction algorithm has been created that removes cosmic rays without throwing out frames and rejects frames with bad seeing, and its performance is investigated to determine to what extent this can improve source detection and photometric reliability in the final reconstructed image. Funding for this work was provided by the Kepler Science Center and by NSF Grant AST-0908125.
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #218 ADS Bibcode: 2011AAS...21840912G
Keywords: dept.phy

Minor Planet Observations with the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument - Bouvier, Jean-Claude; Horch, E. (2011)
The Differential Speckle Survey Instrument (DSSI) is a dual-channel speckle imaging system that takes speckle patterns in two colors simultaneously using two electron-multiplying CCD cameras. The system has been shown to deliver excellent photometry of binary stars under good observing conditions, which raises the question of whether results of similar quality can be obtained on extended objects such as minor planets, and if so, to what limiting magnitude. In this study, we present speckle image reconstructions of images of 2 Pallas, 216 Kleopatra, and 283 Emma made from data taken at the WIYN 3.5-m Telescope at Kitt Peak. We compare two different phase reconstruction algorithms: (1) an iterative technique, and (2) a relaxation technique. Since Pallas is a flattened disk, Kleopatra has a dumbbell shape, and Emma is a binary asteroid with known orbital parameters, these three targets represent three distinct image morphologies that allow for a robust comparison of the two phase reconstruction programs. Prospects for future work in this area with DSSI are discussed. This work is funded by NSF grant AST-0908125.
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #218 ADS Bibcode: 2011AAS...21840914B
Keywords: dept.phy

High-Resolution Speckle Imaging at Gemini-North: Exoplanets and Beyond - Howell, Steve B.; Horch, E.; Everett, M. E.; Ciardi, D. (2013)
Using our state-of-the-art 2-channel speckle imaging instrument, we have recently obtained diffraction-limited optical images at the 8-m Gemini-N telescope. The primary science goal was to search for faint (delta_mag = 4-6 mag) and nearby (<0.05") stellar companions around potential planet hosting stars as part of the small small exoplanet validation for the NASA Kepler and ESA CoRoT missions. As a demonstration of the instrument capabilities on Gemini, we achieved an angular resolution of ~20 mas which yielded the highest resolution ground-based optical image of the Pluto-Charon system ever obtained. Our instrument is likely to return to Gemini-N in mid-2013 for observations by general community programs
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #221 ADS Bibcode: 2013AAS...22114208H
Keywords: dept.phy

The Relation Between Radius, Mass, and Incident Flux of Exoplanets - Weiss, Lauren M.; Marcy, G. W.; Rowe, J.; Isaacson, H. T.; Howard, A.; Fortney, J. J.; Miller, N.; Demory, B.; Fischer, D.; Adams, E. A.; Dupree, A. K.; Howell, S. B.; et al. (2013)
We measure the mass of a modestly irradiated giant or "warm Jupiter," KOI-94d, in order to calculate its density. We wish to determine whether this planet, which is in a 22 day orbit and receives 107 times as much incident flux as the Earth, is bloated like "hot Jupiters" or as dense as our own Jupiter. In addition to its warm Jupiter, KOI-94 hosts at least 3 smaller planets, all of which were detected through transits by the Kepler Mission. This presents the opportunity to characterize a multi-planet system and to test dynamic stability and formation theory through observations of the masses and orbital elements of these planets. With 26 radial velocity measurements of KOI-94 from the W. M. Keck Observatory/HIRES, we measure the mass of the giant planet and upper limits to the masses of the three smaller planets. Transit timing variations will allow us to hone the mass measurements of the three smaller planets. Using the KOI-94 system and all other planets with published values for both mass and radius, we establish two fundamental planes for exoplanets that relate their mass, incident flux, and radius from a few Earth masses up to ten Jupiter masses: log(Rp/RE) = 0.007 + 0.53 log(M/ME) - 0.001 log(F/[erg/s/cm2]) for Mp < 150ME; log(Rp/RE) = 0.67 - 0.036 log(M/ME) + 0.06 log(F/[erg/s/cm2]) for Mp > 150ME. We also solve these planes in density-mass-flux space: log(ρp/[g/cm3]) = 0.69 - 0.57 log(M/ME) + 0.02 log(F/[erg/s/cm2]) for Mp < 150ME; log(ρp/[g/cm3]) = -1.23 + 1.10 log(M/ME) - 0.18 log(F/[erg/s/cm2]) for Mp > 150ME.
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #221 ADS Bibcode: 2013AAS...22140705W
Keywords: dept.phy

Exoplanet Characterization by Proxy for Kepler-61b: How a Nearby Star Bumped a Planet Out of the Habitable Zone - Ballard, Sarah; Charbonneau, D.; Fressin, F.; Torres, G.; Irwin, J.; Desert, J.; Ciardi, D.; Crepp, J. R.; Henze, C.; Bryson, S.; Howell, S. B.; Horch, E.; et al. (2013)
We present the validation and characterization of Kepler-61b: a 2.5 R_Earth planet orbiting near the inner edge of the habitable zone of a low-mass star. Our characterization of the host star Kepler-61 is based upon our identification of a spectroscopically similar star located 4.9 pc from Earth. This proxy star to Kepler-61 has a published direct interferometric radius and effective temperature measurement, which we apply in tandem with the Kepler photometry to characterize the planet Kepler-61b. The technique of identifying a nearby proxy star with directly measured properties allows for an independent check on stellar characterization via the traditional measurements with stellar spectra and evolutionary models. In this case, such a check had profound implications for the putative habitability of Kepler-61b. This work was performed in part under contract with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) funded by NASA through the Sagan Fellowship Program
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #221 ADS Bibcode: 2013AAS...22140707B
Keywords: dept.phy

Validation of Twelve Small Kepler Transiting Planets in the Habitable Zone - Caldwell, Douglas A.; Torres, Guillermo; Kipping, David M.; Ballard, Sarah; Batalha, Natalie; Borucki, William J.; Bryson, Steve; Ciardi, David R.; Crepp, Justin R.; Everett, Mark; Fressin, Francois; Henze, Christopher; et al. (2015)
We report on the work to validate twelve candidate-transiting planets from Kepler with orbital periods ranging from 34 to 207 days initially identified in the pipeline search of three years of Kepler data from quarters 1 to 12. The candidates were selected based on pipeline Data Validation models indicating that they are small and potentially in the habitable zone (HZ) of their parent stars. As their expected Doppler signals are too small for a direct measure of their masses, we verify their planetary nature by validating them statistically using the BLENDER technique. BLENDER simulates large numbers of false-positive scenarios and compares the resulting light curves with the Kepler photometry, taking into account additional information from the analysis of Kepler flux centroids and new follow-up observations, including high-resolution optical and NIR spectroscopy, adaptive optics imaging, and speckle imaging. For eleven of the candidates we show that the likelihood they are true planets is far greater than that of a false positive, to a 99.73% confidence level. For the twelfth candidate, the planet confidence level is about 99.2%. Using improved stellar parameters for the host stars, we derive planetary radii ranging from 1.12 to 2.73 R⊕. All twelve objects are confirmed to be in the HZ, and nine are small enough to be rocky. Excluding three of the candidates that have been previously validated by others, our study doubles the number of known potentially rocky planets in the HZ.
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #225 ADS Bibcode: 2015AAS...22543802C
Keywords: dept.phy

Stellar Multiples Among the KOIs - Alyse Hirsch, Lea; Everett, Mark; Ciardi, David; Furlan, Elise; Horch, Elliott; Howell, Steve; Teske, Johanna; Marcy, Geoffrey W. (Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 2015)
We examine high-resolution follow-up imaging data for 84 KOIs with stellar companions detected within 2”. These stars were observed in the optical using speckle interferometry (Gemini/DSSI or WIYN/DSSI) and/or in the near-infrared with adaptive optics imaging (Keck/NIRC2, Palomar/PHARO, or Lick/IRCAL), and all have imaging results in at least two filters. Their companions are all unresolved in the Kepler images, and fall on the same pixel of the Kepler detector; thus the planet radii calculated for planet candidates in these systems are subject to upward revision due to contamination of the target star’s light by the stellar companion. We calculate updated planet radii for these 84 planet candidates, assuming the planet orbits the brighter of the two stars. We also use isochrone models and distance estimates to assess the likelihood that the companion is bound. This analysis complements galaxy models that determine the probability of a chance alignment of a background star for each system (Everett et al., in prep.). Together, these data allow us to isolate a sub-population of Kepler planets and planet candidates that reside in physical binary systems, for comparison to the wider Kepler planet population.
Conference Name: AAS/Division for Extreme Solar Systems Abstracts ADS Bibcode: 2015ESS.....311708A
Keywords: dept.phy; ⛔ No DOI found

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Speckle Imaging for Exoplanet Characterization - Howell, Steve B.; Scott, Nic; Horch, Elliott (2016)
The NASA K2 mission is finding many high-value exoplanets and world-wide follow-up is ensuing. The NASA TESS mission will soon be launched, requiring additional ground-based observations as well. As a part of the NASA-NSFNN-EXPLORE program to enable exoplanet research, our group is building two new speckle interferometry cameras for the Kitt Peak WIYN 3.5-m telescope and the Gemini-N 8-m telescope. Modeled after the successful DSSI visitor instrument that has been used at these telescopes for many years, speckle observations provide the highest resolution images available today from any ground- or space-based single telescope. They are the premier method through which small, rocky exoplanets can be validated. Available for public use in early 2017, WIYNSPKL and GEMSPKL will obtain simultaneous images in two filters with fast EMCCD readout, "speckle" and “wide-field” imaging modes, and user support for proposal writing, observing, and data reduction. We describe the new cameras, their design, and their benefits for exoplanet follow-up, characterization, and validation. Funding for this project comes from the NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program and NASA HQ.
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #228 ADS Bibcode: 2016AAS...22811702H

Speckle Interferometry at Lowell's Discovery Channel Telescope - van Belle, Gerard; Horch, Elliott (2017)
The high-spatial-resolution technique of speckle interferometry has been in use at Lowell Observatory's Discovery Channel Telescope since 2014 with the Dual-channel Stellar Speckle Imager (DSSI; Horch et al. 2009) as a visiting instrument. Using its standard bandpasses of 692 and 880nm, we have used highly efficient DSSI instrument to inspect over a thousand stellar systems over the course of 2014 (Horch et al. 2015). We have also demonstrated the usefulness of the DSSI@DCT system for resolved observations of high-altitude (>1,000 miles) man-made satellites in highly non-sidereal rate orbits.
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #229 ADS Bibcode: 2017AAS...22912609V

Instruments at the Lowell Observatory Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT) - Jacoby, George H.; Bida, Thomas A.; Fischer, Debra; Horch, Elliott; Kutyrev, Alexander; Mace, Gregory N.; Massey, Philip; Roe, Henry G.; Prato, Lisa A. (2017)
The Lowell Observatory Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT) has been in full science operation for 2 years (2015 and 2016). Five instruments have been commissioned during that period, and two additional instruments are planned for 2017. These include:+ Large Monolithic Imager (LMI) - a CCD imager (12.6 arcmin FoV)+ DeVeny - a general purpose optical spectrograph (2 arcmin slit length, 10 grating choices)+ NIHTS - a low resolution (R=160) YJHK spectrograph (1.3 arcmin slit)+ DSSI - a two-channel optical speckle imager (5 arcsec FoV)+ IGRINS - a high resolution (45,000) HK spectrograph, on loan from the University of Texas.In the upcoming year, instruments will be delivered from the University of Maryland (RIMAS - a YJHK imager/spectrograph) and from Yale University (EXPRES - a very high resolution stabilized optical echelle for PRV).Each of these instruments will be described, along with their primary science goals.
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #229 ADS Bibcode: 2017AAS...22915502J
Keywords: dept.phy

K-KIDS: Companioins to K Dwarfs Within 50 Parsecs - Nusdeo, Daniel Anthony; Winters, Jennifer; Paredes-Alvarez, Leonardo; Horch, Elliott; Jao, Wei-Chun; Henry, Todd J.; RECONS Institute (2017)
How many K dwarfs have “kids?” Stellar multiplicity fractions have been obtained for most spectral types, most recently by Raghavan et al. (2010) and Winters et al. (2015), finding rates of 50% for solar-type stars and 27% for M dwarfs, respectively. These findings will be crucial to improving our understanding of solar-system formation, but there has not yet been a statistically significant survey for K dwarfs to bridge the gap between G and M stars. To create a sample for a robust multiplicity survey, an initial set of 1048 K dwarfs was built using the Hipparcos and 2MASS catalogs, the companions of which are called “K-KIDS.” Future releases from Gaia will help us to expand K-KIDS into a volume-complete sample out to 50-pc, and we project that the final sample will contain over 3000 stars, making this the largest volume-complete multiplicity survey ever undertaken. For observational purposes, the targeted K dwarfs are confined equatorially to -30 < DEC < +30 to ensure all stars are observable from either hemisphere. The survey for K-KIDS is split into three companion-separation regimes: small (0.02 - 2.00 arcseconds), medium (2.00 - 10.00 arcseconds), and distant (10.00+ arcseconds). Small separation companions are resolved using the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument, with which we have observed 964 out of 1048 systems to date, already finding 135 new K-KIDS. Medium separation companions are observed via a series of three observations per star at the CTIO 0.9-m telescope, integrating for 3, 30, and 300 seconds to reveal companions of various brightnesses. Finally, a common proper-motion search is used to find companions at distant separations via blinking of digitialized images in the SuperCOSMOS archive, in addition to a large-scale literature survey for previously-discovered multiples. The small and distant surveys are nearing completion, and continued progress on the medium survey ensures that a statistically significant multiplicity rate for K dwarfs will soon be in achieved. Furthermore, a new RV survey is planned using the CHIRON high-resolution spectrograph to find companions that cannot be directly imaged. This effort has been supported by the NSF through grants AST-1412026 and AST-1517413.
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #229 ADS Bibcode: 2017AAS...22934412N
Keywords: dept.phy

Erratum: “The Kepler Follow-up Observation Program. I. A Catalog of Companions to Kepler Stars from High-resolution Imaging” (2017, AJ, 153, 71) - Furlan, E.; Ciardi, D. R.; Everett, M. E.; Saylors, M.; Teske, J. K.; Horch, E. P.; Howell, S. B.; Belle, G. T. van; Hirsch, L. A.; Gautier, T. N.; Adams, E. R.; Barrado, D.; et al. (The Astronomical Journal, 2017)
We have added references to Tables 3 and 8 (last column in each table). Below is a sample of both tables; the full tables are available in machine-readable form.
Keywords: dept.phy

Sixteen Years of Speckle Interferometry at the WIYN Observatory - Van Altena, Wm. F.; Horch, Elliott; Casetti-Dinescu, Dana I. (2017)
Speckle interferometry at Yale started in 1994 with a three-year program of observations at the Yale Southern Observatory at El Leoncito, Argentina. After this experience, we began a long-term program of speckle observations at the WIYN 3.5-m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, first using a MAMA detector, then CCD and finally EMCCD technology. We describe the evolution of the program, its main results in terms of discovered components, orbital parameters and masses. While the Yale program ended in 2013, it provided the springboard for continued speckle efforts at WIYN, the Discovery Channel 4.3-m Telescope, and the Gemini 8.1-m Telescopes for binary star research, exoplanet science, and other projects. An important outcome of this research will be the incorporation of the soon to be released high-precision Gaia parallaxes into our observations.
Conference Name: AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #48 ADS Bibcode: 2017DDA....4820303V

Fundamental Stellar Parameters and Multiplicity Rates of M-Dwarfs through Optical Speckle and NIR AO Imaging - Hahne, Frederick; Horch, Elliott; Ciardi, David R.; van Belle, Gerard; Clark, Catherine; Winters, Jennifer; Henry, Todd J. (Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 2019)
We present preliminary fundamental stellar parameters and multiplicity rates of M dwarf stars using a combination of speckle imaging and adaptive optics. Our survey mainly uses the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument (DSSI) at Lowell Observatory's Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT). DSSI observes speckle patterns simultaneously at two separate wavelengths and the data for this project are composed of observations which span from 2016 to 2018. More recently, the speckle data for some of the target stars that have been found to be binary have been supplemented with observations using Adaptive Optics (AO) at Palomar Observatory. The combination of speckle data in the visible and AO data in the near-infrared allows us to make robust determinations of the luminosities and effective temperatures of the components in each case. Using the known Mass-Luminosity Relation, we also estimate the component masses. A discussion of interesting systems will be given.
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #234 ADS Bibcode: 2019AAS...23430301H
Keywords: dept.phy; ⛔ No DOI found

Understanding the Multiplicity of TESS Exoplanet Host Candidates - Clark, Catherine; van Belle, Gerard; Horch, Elliott; von Braun, Kaspar (Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 2019)
While at first glance multi-star systems seem quite extreme, they are in fact the most common type of star system in our galaxy, throughout the stellar mass distribution. In particular, 40 to 50% of exoplanet host stars reside within multiple star systems. Given the degree to which initially undetected multiplicity has skewed Kepler results, high-resolution imaging of our nearby low-mass neighbors is necessary for both accurate characterization of transiting exoplanets, as well as a better understanding of stellar astrophysics. To address this frequent gap in our knowledge of exoplanet hosts, we will utilize speckle interferometry to directly image TESS exoplanet host candidates to complete our knowledge of individual star multiplicity. Our investigation will expand upon the speckle observations taken as a part of the POKEMON speckle survey of nearby M-dwarfs to better constrain the multiplicity of low-mass TESS exoplanet host candidates, and to constrain M-dwarf multiplicity by subtype across the entire M-dwarf sequence.
Conference Name: AAS/Division for Extreme Solar Systems Abstracts ADS Bibcode: 2019ESS.....431603C
Keywords: dept.phy; ⛔ No DOI found

Exoplanet Host Star Characterization with QWSSI - van Belle, Gerard; Clark, Catherine; Horch, Elliott; Trilling, David (Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 2019)
QWSSI, the Quad-camera Wavefront-Sensing Speckle Imager, is a next-generation speckle imager that is being developed for Lowell Observatory's 4.3-meter Discovery Channel Telescopes. The principle behind QWSSI is to extend the capabilities of the speckle camera currently resident at Lowell, the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument (DSSI), in two ways. First, while DSSI currently observes in two visible channels, QWSSI will simultaneously observe in six narrow-band channels: four in the visible (0.5-0.9um), and one each in J- and H-band (1.2 and 1.6um). Second, the visible light unused for speckle imaging is carefully preserved and feeds a wavefront sensor (WFS), which is also run simultaneously with the speckle imaging. Simulations by Löbb (2016) indicate WFS data will provide significant gains in exploring stellar multiplicity, with marked improvements in primary-secondary contrast ratios and inner working angle (Horch et al. 2018). QWSSI will also be mountable on one of the three 1-meter telescopes being installed on the NPOI Array for engineering tests and preliminary science observations. QWSSI will expand on the already considerable exoplanetary work of the speckle imagers DSSI, NESSI (@ WIYN), Alopeke (Gemini-N), and Zorro (Gemini-S), improving the discovery space for existing targets, as well opening up new regions of that discovery space with its NIR channels.
Conference Name: AAS/Division for Extreme Solar Systems Abstracts ADS Bibcode: 2019ESS.....433017V
Keywords: dept.phy; ⛔ No DOI found

Speckle Imaging at Gemini and the DCT - Horch, E. P.; Löbb, J.; Howell, S. B.; van Altena, W. F.; Henry, T. J.; van Belle, G. T. (Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, 2018)
A program of speckle observations at Lowell Observatory's Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT) and the Gemini North and South Telescopes will be described. It has featured the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument (DSSI), built at Southern Connecticut State University in 2008. DSSI is a dual-port system that records speckle images in two colors simultaneously and produces diffraction limited images to V∼ 16.5 mag at Gemini and V∼ 14.5 mag at the DCT. Of the several science projects that are being pursued at these telescopes, three will be highlighted here. The first is high-resolution follow-up observations for Kepler and K2 exoplanet missions, the second is a study of metal-poor spectroscopic binaries in an attempt to resolve these systems and determine their visual orbits en route to making mass determinations, and the third is a systematic survey of nearby late-type dwarfs, where the multiplicity fraction will be directly measured and compared to that of G dwarfs. The current status of these projects is discussed and some representative results are given.
Conference Name: Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series ADS Bibcode: 2018RMxAC..50...19H
Keywords: binaries: visual; dept.phy; techniques: high angular resolution; techniques: interferometric; techniques: photometric; ⛔ No DOI found

An Optical System for Multi-wavelength Intensity Interferometry with the Southern Connecticut Stellar Interferometer - Dever, Matthew; Horch, Elliott (Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 2019)
The Southern Connecticut Stellar Interferometer is an astronomical intensity interferometer consisting of two telescopes. Each is currently equipped with a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detector, and an ultra-fast timing module correlates counts between both photon detectors. The interferometer has previously demonstrated intensity correlations using the 1-pixel SPADs and extremely narrow band pass filters but was limited in the amount of light that could be collected, and therefore the signal-to-noise ratio that could be achieved. SCSU's recent acquisition of an 8-pixel SPAD detector has allowed for a new possibility: a different wavelength of light could be directed towards each of the 8 pixels of the detector, thus conducting 8 independent intensity interferometry experiments at the same time, if this could be implemented at both telescopes. Using materials and resources available in the Astronomical Instrumentation Laboratory at Southern Connecticut State University, an optical system has been developed to work toward this goal but outfitting the first telescope in this way. The light from the telescope is collimated and directed toward a reflective diffraction grating. This is then re-imaged using a second lens and directed onto the pixels of the photon detector. These optical components have been placed inside an aluminum housing and can be mounted to the telescope for test observations. A status report will be given on the observations so far. If this can be replicated at the other telescope, the signal-to-noise ratio achievable with the instrument could be improved by a factor of 2.8.
Conference Name: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #234 ADS Bibcode: 2019AAS...23410303D
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Parliament in print: William Caxton and the history of political government in the fifteenth century - Kern, Darcy (Journal of Medieval History, 2014)
This article explores the narrative of parliamentary history in fifteenth-century England, specifically as found in the texts William Caxton printed. It investigates Caxton's approach to history and motivation for choosing texts, his translations and vocabulary, his editorial oversight and his audience. As his confidence in his own skill grew, and as he moved from a continental to an English context, his reading of parliaments changed. Initially it corresponded to his French texts, but by the early 1480s he understood the term ‘parliament’ to mean some variation of the contemporary English Parliament. Caxton's later understanding is reflected in the histories he published. This article emphasises the importance of Caxton's historical narratives to Parliament's legitimacy and to political discourse in a time when few parliaments were held.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/03044181.2014.895958
Keywords: England; William Caxton; dept.his; history; legitimacy; parliament; peer-reviewed; print

Quand les artistes dessinaient les cartes: vues et figures de l'espace français, Moyen âge et Renaissance [exposition, Paris, Hôtel de Soubise-Musée des Archives nationales, 25 septembre 2019-6 janvier 2020] - Dumasy-Rabineau, Juliette; Gastaldi, Nadine; Serchuk, Camille (le Passage Archives nationales, 2019)
Keywords: SCSU Faculty Scholar Award; award_winner; dept.art

Black Women Speaking From Within - Hope, Kelly (Peter Lang, 2019)
In Black Women Speaking From Within: Essays and Experiences in Higher Education, contributors use intersectional and interdisciplinary lenses to share the ways in which they understand, navigate, resist, and transform student services, learning, teaching, and existing in the academy. This book explores and discusses the following question: How do Black women experience and perceive place and agency in higher education? Black Women Speaking From Within draws upon the influence organizational culture, sense-making, and sisterhood has on praxis and pedagogy and places the Black woman’s stories and experiences at the center of the conversation.
Keywords: dept.eng

A Matter of Trust: A Quantitative Study to Explore Allergen Awareness and Compliance in Takeaway Food Businesses in the Borough of Knowsley - Mitchell, G.; Fox, S.; Pascucilla, Michael (International Journal of Sanitary Engineering Research, 2018)
Keywords: dept.pch; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

“How can you be allergic to peas?” – A qualitative study to explore food handler’s knowledge, attitudes and understanding of food allergens - Allen, David; Mitchell, Graeme; Pascucilla, Michael (Sanitarno inženirstvo International Journal of Sanitary Engineering Research, 2019)
Abstract It is clear that there is an increasing proportion of the United Kingdom (UK) population who are suffering with food allergies and this combined with an increase in the frequency of eating away from home (where there is less control over the content of food) poses a significant risk. In December 2014, the European Union (EU) introduced legislation which aimed to ensure that customers with food allergens could make informed choices and safely consume food, without the risk of a potentially life-threatening reaction. The research used semi-structured interviews with staff from a BCB, located in the North West of the UK, as the aim of the research was to explore food handlers’ knowledge, attitudes and understanding of food allergens. The findings of the semi-structured interviews identified five themes: E-learning training programmes: the staff felt that these were ineffective and did not take into account individual learning styles. Responsibility: there is a lack of clarity as to who is responsible, with staff believing the key responsibility lies with the customer. Communication: similarly, communication, both within the kitchen and within the company was not clear and likely to give rise to confusion. Need to make a profit: the staff felt that the drive for profit meant that customer safety was being compromised, especially when staff numbers were reduced. Staff awareness: the staff felt confident in their own ability to prepare a safe meal but indicated that staff may be dismissive towards claims of allergen sufferers. In conclusion, these themes illustrate that a significant risk exists for allergen suffers, who rely upon the knowledge, attitudes and understanding of BCB staff to ensure their meals are safely prepared.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.pch; peer-reviewed

Isn’t that why you were hired? - Logan, Isabel (Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2018)
Human service organizations seek bilingual professionals to meet the social and linguistic needs of their increasingly limited English proficient (LEP) clientele. As a result, bilingual professionals often find themselves having to meet overwhelming service delivery expectations. This paper reports on a qualitative study about the work experiences of 27 court employees within a judicial system in the Eastern United States. The study found that bilingual professionals encounter challenges because of their language skills. At the intersection of these challenges are microaggressions that manifest in the judicial system, adversely affecting them professionally and personally.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2017.1384944
Keywords: Bilingual professionals; criminal/juvenile justice; dept.swk; judicial system; microaggressions; peer-reviewed; social work education and training

Twenty-Nine - Furey, Rachel (Baltimore Review, 2019)
Keywords: dept.eng; literary-work

Teaching Students with Seizure Disorders - Laughlin, Michael, Nathan M. Murata (Case Studies in Adapted Physical Education, 2019)
The adapted physical educator (APE) at this high school has a tenth grader with epilepsy in his class. The student is assigned a paraprofessional to monitor and assist him. The APE plans an indoor soccer lesson, which allows for easier participation for another student in a wheelchair, as well as better monitoring for the student with epilepsy. With the lesson underway and the paraprofessional positioned nearby, the student has a seizure. Fortunately, the APE has had some training on recognizing seizures, and the paraprofessional is there to help. Wondering what would happen if they were not there when the student began having a seizure and how to explain it to the other students, the APE creates a seizure fact and protocol sheet.
Num Pages: 4
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Technological Applications in Physical Education - Murata, Nathan M., Michael K. Laughlin (Case Studies in Adapted Physical Education, 2019)
The physical education (PE) teacher at this high school learns how to integrate a high-tech assistive device into his class for a new student who is nonverbal and uses a walker or wheelchair. The school’s paraprofessional disagrees that the student should be permitted to use the device during PE because it could be broken. Even with ample accommodations for physical participation, the student still has difficulty communicating with her peers and becomes agitated. Upon consulting with the student’s special education teacher, the PE teacher learns about an app-based assistive technology that could be programmed so the student can prepare when and how to use the device safely throughout class. The student blossoms in PE, as well as socially, by being able to preprogram her device to communicate more closely to real time.
Num Pages: 5
Keywords: dept.hms

Effects of an adapted physical education training package on special education teacher instruction - Laughlin, Michael K.; Murata, Nathan M.; McDougall, Dennis (Behavioral Interventions, 2019)
This study investigated the impact of an adapted physical education training package on functional motor skill instruction of three special education teachers who instructed secondary students with low-incidence disabilities. The training package emphasized teachers' use of systematic prompting and specific reinforcement teaching strategies plus adapted physical education consultation. We used a multiple baseline design and collected data on the three teachers' use of systematic prompting and specific reinforcement plans during videotaped teaching trials. We also collected data on how teachers documented their instructional strategies, and we analyzed personal reflections that teachers wrote in the journals. Results indicated that with each of the three teachers, correctly implemented functional motor skill instructional performance improved after they completed the training package.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/bin.1653
Keywords: dept.hms; functional motor skills; peer-reviewed; prompting; reinforcement; severe disabilities; special education

Deploying Video Analysis to Boost Instruction and Assessment in Physical Education - Laughlin, Michael K.; Hodges, Michael; Iraggi, Taylor (Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2019)
Physical educators are discovering the benefits of using video analysis to support their instruction and assessment. Slow-motion playback, zoom, and voice-over narration are just some of the features built into increasingly affordable mobile devices and applications that can easily be used by teachers to support student learning. Additionally, with the use of video technology, teachers are finding creative ways to provide instant motor-performance feedback which can be easily documented for assessment purposes. Yet, with any novel technology tool, internal and external challenges exist that may prevent teachers from realizing the myriad of benefits. This article provides a background on mobile video analysis tools, along with strategies to help physical educators discover ways to effectively implement this engaging technology into their curriculum.
7 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2019.1580637
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Patents & Business Intelligence - Jansen, Amy; Berry, R. (2013)
Keywords: dept.lib

'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Awza'i - Judd, Steven C. (Simon and Schuster, 2019)
‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Amr al-Awza‘i (c.707–774) was Umayyad Syria’s most influential jurist, part of a generation of scholars who began establishing the first formal structures for the preservation and dissemination of religious knowledge. Following the Abbasid revolution, they provided a point of stability in otherwise unstable times. Despite his close ties to the old regime, al-Awza‘i continued to participate in legal and theological matters in the Abbasid era. Although his immediate impact would prove short-lived, his influence on aspects of Islamic law, particularly the laws of war, endures to this day.
Google-Books-ID: LknmDwAAQBAJ
Keywords: Biography & Autobiography / Historical; History / General; History / Middle East / General; Law / Islamic; Religion / History; Religion / Islam / General; Religion / Islam / Theology; Social Science / Islamic Studies; dept.his

Patent & Trademark Connections: One Library’s Partnership with the USPTO in Providing Intellectual Property Resources and Services to the Public - Jansen, Amy (2013)
Keywords: dept.lib

The personal is professional: Unpacking cultural sanctions through the identities of mother /educator/lesbians - Bower-Phipps, Laura (Sexual Orientation and Teacher Identity: Professionalism and LGBTQ Politics in Teacher Preparation and Practice, 2019)
Keywords: dept.cur; dept.eng

Patents as Business Intelligence Tools - Jansen, Amy (Journal of the Patent and Trademark Research Association, 2014)
Keywords: dept.lib; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Facing the Other: Responsibility, Convictions and the Ethics of Attachment - Larocco, Steve (The Ethos of Theorizing: Peer-reviewed, Edited and Selected Proceedings of the Seventeenth Biennial Conference of International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Tokyo, Japan, August 2017, 2019)
Google-Books-ID: sQUeyQEACAAJ
Keywords: dept.eng; peer-reviewed

Long Standing Problems in Mayfly Taxonomy: Diagnosing Nymphs and Adults of Procloeon and Centroptilum and Description of Adults of the Endangered Species, Acanthametropus Pecatonica. - Burian, Steven K. (2010)
Keywords: dept.bio; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Using Action Research to Build a Learning Organization in a New School of Pharmacy. - Hopkins, Pamela (2010)
Keywords: dept.mgt; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Role of Chance in CEO Selection. - Stepanovich, Paul (2010)
Keywords: dept.mgt; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Use of Census-Based Geographic Automata Systems in Understanding the Spread of Infectious Disease. - Vitale, Joseph (2010)
Keywords: dept.csc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

History of Geography as a Science in the Republic of Paraguay. - Yacher, Leon I. (2010)
Keywords: dept.egm; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Curriculum Innovation Program Fellowship "Serving the Community Through Service Learning" - Jackson, Shirley A. (2011)
Dr. Jackson worked on her Curriculum Innovation Program fellowship, "Serving the community through service learning," completed write-up for Ethnic Studies Curriculum-Related Activity Grant for "Ethnic Studies Program Development at Southern Connecticut State University," worked on several articles and two book proposals encompassing research of race issues and their representation in contemporary cartoons, as well as attended conferences, both as a presenter and a chair, participated in workshops, and reviewed textbook chapters and an article.
Keywords: SCSU; Sabbatical leave report; dept.soc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Report for Sabbatical Leave, Spring 2011. - Piemontese, Luisa (2011)
Studied contemporary poetry in Spanish by Spanish-speaking authors living in Connecticut. Works of four poets were chosen for a bilingual anthology. Seventy five percent of poems selected for this publication were translated and their analytical study completed. In addition, audio interviews were completed, and multimedia presentation, including photos, biographies, and bilingual readings was compiled and given. Publishing companies were identified for submission of the anthology's proposal.
Keywords: Connecticut; Poets; Spanish American; United States; dept.wll; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Sabbatical Leave Fall 2012 Follow-up Report - Sampson, Linda (Distribution: Fall 2012 ; Communication., 2012)
The objective was to collect and analyze some exploratory data for research on "Exploring incivility in interpersonal relationships." The collected data provided material for two papers to be delivered at a national and international conference in 2013.
Keywords: dept.com; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Sabbatical leave report: Fall 2013 - Nakamura, Byron (Distribution: Fall 2013 ; History., 2013)
This leave was devoted to research and revision of two conference papers submitted for publication, and to revision of a book chapter on boxing in the antiquity The chapter was submitted and accepted for publication in the Cambridge Companion to Boxing series.
Keywords: dept.his; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Lion and the Lily: Map and Atlas Production in Early Modern England and France. - Petto, Christine Marie (2011)
Dr. Petto completed chapters 2 and 3 and a book proposal for her second manuscript, The lion and the lily: map and atlas production in early modern England and France. Chapter 2 describes local mapping and hydrographic charting initiatives in the 17th and 18th century; chapter 3 focuses on scientific cartography and the efforts of both crowns to map colonial interests in the Americas and Asia. She obtained book contract with Lexington Books, with release date of July 2013.
Keywords: dept.his; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Friday Night Fighter: "Indio" Ortega and the Golden Age of Televised Boxing. - Rondinone, Troy (Spring ; History., 2011)
Keywords: dept.his; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report