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Caffeine Withdrawal And Dependence: A Review, Alexander Roberts

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

With the prevalence of caffeine use increasing in modern lifestyles, it is important to look at the symptoms of caffeine use, including withdrawal and dependence, and whether these symptoms have implications for addiction. A limited number of assessments have been developed to assess caffeine withdrawal. In order to make a call for more assessments and programs to be developed to assist with healthy caffeine use, this literature review observed recent studies focusing on withdrawal and dependence. Ozsunger et al. (2009) classified caffeine withdrawal into three categories of symptoms. Three years later, Juliano et al. (2012) used an experimental approach to …

College As Capability Enhancement, Cristina Lee

CMC Senior Theses

In this thesis I wanted to apply the Sen’s framework in Development as Freedom to college campuses. In my experience at Claremont McKenna College, I have seen how some students are able to take advantage of the resources better than others. Given that we were all accepted by the same admissions office, I always questioned why did some students know how to take advantage of the system. In order to explore this, I first discuss Sen’s capability approach. Then, I show how the capability approach is more comprehensive than social networking theory and William Deresiewicz’s account on elite colleges. Finally, …

Grassroots Vs. Big Oil: Measure P And The Fight To Ban Fracking In Santa Barbara County, California, Corrie Grosse

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

In 2014, volunteers in Santa Barbara County, California, collected over 20,000 signatures in three weeks to qualify an anti-fracking initiative for the November election. The initiative, Measure P, met over six million dollars in opposition from oil corporations. Despite mobilizing 1,000 volunteers, the proponents of the measure failed to garner enough votes for success. Drawing on 43 in-depth interviews and participant observation with environmental groups before, during, and after the campaign, this article examines the strengths and weaknesses of grassroots organizing behind Measure P. Organizers, especially during the signature drive, successfully garnered broad-based support in the southern part of the …

Digitalcommons@Lesley Quarterly Report & Impact Infographic - December 2017, Philip M. Siblo-Landsman

Library Reports

Lesley University's institutional repository (IR) continues to grow since it's launch in May 2017. This report discusses the addition of new collections including the migration of an academic journal, and the addition of two conferences. It also discusses the outreach efforts of the digital team and comments on the download metrics and how they indicate the demographics of users accessing Lesley scholarly and creative works. An infographic is included to provide a visual report of these metrics and to highlight the impact of Lesley scholarship.

Estimates Of Broad Age Groups By County 2017, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Charles Rynerson

Oregon Population Estimates and Reports

Estimates of Population Age Groups (under 18, 18-64, 65 and over) for Oregon and Its Counties, July 1, 2017.

Digitalcommons@Cedarville Statistical Report For December 2017, Cedarville University

DigitalCommons@Cedarville Monthly Reports

No abstract provided.

Repository Additions, December 2017, Cedarville University

DigitalCommons@Cedarville Monthly Reports

No abstract provided.

Opening The Conversation: An Introduction To Open Educational Resources, Stacy Katz

Publications and Research

This column explores the concept of, and issues surrounding, Open Educational Resources (OER) for librarians.

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, December 31, 2017

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, CAN

Students On The Edge: Evaluating An Academic Support Group, Benjamin P. Heinisch, Nicole M. Smith

The Nebraska Educator: A Student-Led Journal

This qualitative case study evaluated the effectiveness of the Academic Skills Discussion Group, a new retention intervention targeting undergraduate students on academic probation. This intervention utilized a support group structure to provide social and academic supports to academically-poor students. These supports incorporated didactic educational presentations and interpersonal discussions relating to life change and college expectations. The case comprised one pilot administration of the intervention for three student group members. Data was collected from pre/post-intervention resiliency surveys, grade point average comparisons, journal-entry analysis and semi-structured exit interviews. The researcher conducted inductive data analysis by coding participant statements for meaning, calculating and …

Household Activities And Areas: A Reanalysis Of The John And Priscilla Alden First Home Site, Caroline Gardiner

Graduate Masters Theses

This thesis seeks to further understanding of early colonial life within New England through an examination of the John and Priscilla Alden First Home site in Duxbury, MA, excavated in 1960 by Roland Robbins. It specifically focuses on the composition and spatial distribution of the ceramic assemblage to discuss household activities and the spaces in which they were performed. The findings of the ceramic analysis detail a collection composed primarily of utilitarian vessels that indicate multiple subsistence farming activities including dairying. The spatial study reveals the significant patterning of these artifacts. It is proposed that these denote specific activity areas …

Whether Or Not 'It Gets Better'…Coping With Parental Heterosexist Rejection, Cara Herbitter

Graduate Masters Theses

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people face the burden of additional stressors as a result of their experiences of stigma and discrimination regarding their sexual minority status. Parental rejection of LGB people in the context of heterosexism serves as a powerful minority stressor associated with poorer mental health (e.g., Bouris et al., 2010; Ryan, Huebner, Diaz, & Sanchez, 2009). Few contemporary theories exist to describe the experience of parental rejection. In addition, the extant empirical research has focused primarily on youth experiences among White and urban LGB samples, signaling the need for research across the lifespan investigating more diverse samples. …

St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, December 31, 2017

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid

Mapping Digital Fluency In Diverse Socio-Economic Status Of Citizens Of Dki Jakarta 2017, Gilang Desti Parahita

Informasi

The loss of Ahok-Djarot, incumbent candidate pair, in the second round of gubernatorial
election was allegedly related to the spread of digital disinformation. In addition, racial
and religious sentiments in the society of DKI Jakarta have been fathomed evident in
the last election. The phenomenon has driven a study on digital fluency in diverse socioeconomic
status (SES) for example age, gender, religion, ethicity, religiousity, level of
education and level of income in family. Survey was conducted to 189 voters of DKI
Jakarta. Results show that respondents from different socioeconomic background have
diverse digital fluency with the widest gaps occurred between …

Pemahaman Literasi Media Di Lingkungan Pengurus Pimpinan Wilayah Aisyiyah Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Periode 2015-2020, Mariana Ulfah, Choirul Fajri, Dani Fadillah

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As parents mothers play an important role in giving directions to targeted all relating to the event who deserves to consume by family. This study was conducted by adopting descriptive quantitative. Handing out the questionnaire to the Leader of 'Aisyiyah DIY the period 2015-2020. The result of shows that there has been understanding of literacy media of 'Aisyiyah DIY, the attitude shown to the son of/his daughter in preventing negative effects impressions television. But of the that good, do not affect significantly to the attitudes shown.

Sebagai orang tua Ibu memiliki peran penting dalam memberikan arahan kepada
putra-putrinya terkait …

Interaksi Simbolik Organisasi Masyarakat Dalam Pembangunan Desa, Muhammad Luthfie, Aida Viyala S Hubeis, Amiruddin Saleh, Basita Ginting

Informasi

This research analyze the symbolic interaction of Muhammadiyah as a community
organization in order to anticipate conflict due to different religious views to be able
to participate in rural development. Symbolic interaction as the role of communication
is done to influence society to accept Muhammadiyah and give opportunity to run
its organization program. The purpose of the research is to analyze the symbolic
interaction of Muhammadiyah to realize the trust and support of the community in
rural development. Through qualitative methods, research results show that symbolic
interactions made through interpersonal communication, dialogical communication
and group communication can achieve consensus and …

Tipe Mediasi Ibu Rumah Tangga Terhadap Keselamatan Internet Anak Dan Remaja, Inasari Widiyastuti

Informasi

The biggest of internet user is in the productive ages, most of them are children and
teenagers. They are the Internet of Things's (IoT) Generation who have the ability
to adapt of technology because of being born in the high technology era. Children's
internet activities tend to be supported and facilitated by the environment, especially
families. The aim of this research is to find out the digital literacy and medition type
of housewives. The mediation strategy is an effort that is appropriate to the activities
of children and teenager using handset and internet. The survey was conducted on
housewives of …

Watching Self From A Distance: The Whys Of Watching Sinetrons Among Malay-Javanese Women In Malaysia, Lily El Ferawati Rofil

Informasi

This article discusses the cognitive reasoning behind the love for watching sinetron expressed by Malay-Javanese women in Malaysia. The Malay-Javanese women in this context refer to female members of Javanese communities within Malay society. Malaysians of Javanese descent are constitutionally considered as ethnic component of Malay racial group due to similarities in cultural customs and religion of Islam. However, they retain some semblance of Javanese cultural heritage including speaking the language in their everyday life. In the context of Malay-Javanese women under this study, it is identified that sinetrons have become the main source of their cultural consumption from television. …

Konsep Diri (Self Concept) Dan Komunikasi Interpersonal Dalam Pendampingan Pada Siswa Smp Se Kota Yogyakarta, Pratiwi Wahyu Widiarti

Informasi

This study aims to determine, the self-concept of junior high school students in the city of Yogyakarta and description of the mentoring model for junior high school students in Yogyakarta city based on adolescent self concept. The research method used quantitative method, with descriptive statistical technique. The population of this research is all junior high school students in Yogyakarta city from 15 State Junior High School and 42 Private Junior High. The results is first, the self-concept of students is balanced between those who have low self-concept (222 people: 49.4%), with high self-concept (227 people: 50,6%). Second, from the self …

Representasi Perempuan Dalam Kolom Humor Si Palui Di Banjarmasin Post, Irene Santika Vidiadari

Informasi

The focus of this paper is the representation of women on Banjarmasin Post's humour
column, "Si Palui," whose stories are either about daily lives or domestic issues. On the
latter topic, the theme which regularly appears is marital problems such as poligamy,
divorce, and sexuality. On this column, women characters are merely supporting casts
and, hence, are subordinated. This research applies the critical language element of the
micro level of Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis in order to understand
the representation issues through language: semantics, syntax, and lexycon. Th result
shows that the representation of women on Si Palui is …

Digital Literacy Among Sriwijaya University Lecturers, Alamsyah Alamsyah

Informasi

This article aims to describe patterns of digital literacy among Sriwijaya University (SU) lecturer and its contribution to the implementation of eLearning. We used a mixed approach. Our population is 635 subjects who have been running and organizing through the e-learning plat-form of SU. We, then, selected 30 lecturers randomly as our samples. Data were collected through offline and online questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and secondary data collection. Likert Scale is used to measure digital literacy among respondents and e-learning implementation is explained using the SIMPLE model. We find that digital literacy competence among SU lecturers is in a high position. …

Pola Komunikasi Internal Brajamusti Menjelang Pilkada Kotamadya Yogyakarta 2017, Dani Fadillah

Informasi

This study attempts to do an examination of communication dynamics occurring in
internal Brajamusti as a pro football team PSIM Jogja during the election of a candidate
mayor and municipal deputy mayor Yogyakarta.This study was conducted using
descriptive qualitative approach.Type of research is doing check deeply the dynamics
of what happens ranging from communication activities which is a formal culturally
to eventually become Brajamusti the agreement.Some activity carried out such as by
collecting and assess case, floated issues, even, and so on. Do the interview with the
members and Brajamusti's lead, an analysis of interviews, mapped problems faced, and
formulated …

Pengorganisasian Gerakan Sosial Berbasis Petisi Online (Studi Kasus: Change.Org Indonesian Chapter), Muhammad Dedy

Informasi

The purpose of this research is to clarify the role of online organization media, change.
org, as a form of support for protesting that claimed virtual collective. Previous research
explains that the online media has been used for political campaigns, as well as a tool to
express ideas openly, but still organized online and offline elementary. Specifically, this
research wanted to show that change.org can be a tool for protest to claim a collective
complaint based virtual form in the form of an online petition. Such cases tend to be
higher in urban communities because it is relatively more active …

Peta Gerakan Literasi Digital Di Indonesia: Studi Tentang Pelaku, Ragam Kegiatan, Kelompok Sasaran Dan Mitra Yang Dilakukan Oleh Japelidi, Novi Kurnia, Santi Indra Astuti

Informasi

APJII (2016). Infografis Penetrasi dan Perilaku Pengguna Internet di Indonesia Survey 2016. Asosiasi Penyelenggara Jasa Internet Indonesia.

Barton, David & Lee, Carmen. (2013). “Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices”. Oxford: Routledge.

Brown, C & Mayisela, T. (2015). CILT Position Paper: Digital literacies. CILT, University of Cape Town. Buckingham.

David. (2006). “Defining Digital Literacy: What do young people need to know about digital media?”. Digital Kompetanse.” 4-2006. 1. 263-276.

Flew, Terry. (2004). “New Media: An Introduction (2nd Edition)”. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.

Head, Alison J. & Eisenberg, Michael B. (2009). “How College Students Seek Information in the Digital …

Pemaknaan Kecantikan Sebagai Putih Jepang Dalam Iklan Shinzui Body Cleanser, Anggry Windasari, Amida Yusriana, Mutia Rahmi Pratiwi

Informasi

The Beauty Concept is changing from time to time, from the classic beauty that walks
in harmony with the nature to the subjectivity of postmodern beauty. Nevertheless,
the beauty standard is often constructed by the media by using certain type of models.
The problem is this one standard is applied into all over the world. Indonesia is no
exception. The Shinzui Body Cleanser's advertisement is one of the advertisement
that construct this standard into consumer's mind. This advertisement claims to be
made by Japanese nature's extracts and identified beauty as Japanese woman's white
skin. Thus, this research aims to know …

Jari Selayak Duri, Aulia Puspaning Galih

Informasi

Social media, as the name implies, is a media for people to socialize with the others,
with borderless space and time, over the Internet. Facebook is one of Indonesian favorite
social media. Indonesian does a lot of activities on Facebook, such as posting and
commenting on other people posts. One of the most popular features on Facebook is
the sharing feature. It can share post or link from online media or other people's post
to their own account. The ease of using the share features, it also raises many cases.
The case of indignation expression of Danish badminton players against …

Analisis Relasi Teknologi, Institusi, Dan Agensi Dalam Transformasi Pelayanan Publik Di Jakarta, Ely Yani

Informasi

This study focuses on the effort of public services through technology adoption. One of
forms is the responsibility report Rukun Tetangga in Jakarta through the Qlueapplication
The implementation of Qlue is how it links between technology, institution, and agency.
The author tries to review the process of relation among these three aspects occur to
promote the transformation of public services in Jakarta through adoption of Qlue
technology for accountability report in RT. The main argument on this article is that the
process of relation technology, institution, and agency as they become the main factors
in transformation of public services. This …

Peran Humas Dalam Meningkatkan Loyalitas Stakeholders Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Choirul Fajri

Informasi

Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) have formed the public relations as liaison to
outsiders (spokesman). With the UAD's Public Relations, expected various public
interest and the interests of the organization can run together. Programs and strategy
has been conducted by UAD's Public Relations to have good relations with stakeholders
of UAD. This research own, intended to see how the role of public relations UAD to
bolster loyalty of stakeholders. By using the case study method, with data collection
method using focus group disscussion, it is hoped the result of research is could become
basic to improving UAD's Public Relations. This research …

Merokok Sebagai Simbol Interaksi Bagi Perokok Perempuan Urban, Aris Martiana, Amika Wardhana, Poerwanti Hadi Pratiwi

Informasi

Urban women have a higher education background who understand information
knowledge about smoking and financial independence as they work in the public sector.
They have a smoking behavior both in private and public spaces so as to be known to the
public. It is very interesting that smoking behavior is used as a symbol of communication
made by fellow smokers, a symbol of social interaction in their group.This study aims
to be able to know that smoking as a symbol of interaction have meaning for urban
woman smokers. This research is qualitative descriptive research because it will be able
to …

Pemetaan Gerakan Literasi Digital Di Lingkup Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Theresia Amelia Jordana, Dyna Herlina Suwarto

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ABSTRAK

Konten digital pada masa ini dapat diakses dengan mudah oleh beragam kalangan. Walau begitu, masih terdapat kesenjangan dalam penggunaan internet di kalangan masyarakat Indonesia. Hal itulah yang melatarbelakangi upaya berbagai pihak untuk meningkatkan kemampuan literasi digital masyarat Indonesia. Penelitian ini mencoba untuk memetakan gerakan literasi digital yang dilakukan di lingkup Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY). Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan metode pengambilan data wawancara mendalam terhadap pelaku kegiatan dengan menggunakan instrumen dari Jaringan Pegiat Literasi Digital. Sejumlah lima belas kegiatan literasi digital di lingkup UNY dianalisis dan digolongkan kedalam enam pendekatan literasi media berdasarkan hasil indeks latar belakang, …