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Paramilitary Politics And Corruption Talk In Colombia, Winifred L. Tate Dec 2017

Paramilitary Politics And Corruption Talk In Colombia, Winifred L. Tate

Winifred L. Tate


The complex entanglements of organized crime, drug trafficking, paramilitary groups and clientelism continue to shape the political terrain of Colombia’s Atlantic Coast. This article examines how local elite assessments of how to ‘do corruption right’ were mobilized in the late 1990s by paramilitary commanders to legitimate their state building efforts, and were equally important to their project of territorial control. Here, I examine three registers of corruption talk. I first address anti-corruption claims public declarations made by paramilitary commanders decrying the corruption practices of the traditional political class. These same paramilitary leaders engaged in armed clientelism: using threat of violence, …

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Troubling Heritage: Intimate Pasts And Public Memories At Derry/Londonderry’S 'Temple', Margo Shea Dec 2017

Troubling Heritage: Intimate Pasts And Public Memories At Derry/Londonderry’S 'Temple', Margo Shea

Margo Shea

High on the east bank of the River Foyle, literally at ‘the Top of the Hill’ at the highest elevation in the city limits of Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, a temple stood briefly. At 72 feet high, it towered over its surroundings, a thin spire mirroring the city’s cathedral steeples on the river’s opposite bank. The sign at its entrance instructed ‘Leave a memory behind, let go of the past and look to the future.’ Memories relinquished would not remain – at least not in their material forms. ‘Temple’ was made to be ephemeral, built to be consumed in flames on …

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El Español Estadounidense A Debate: Mesa Redonda Del Instituto Cervantes En Harvard Dec 2017

El Español Estadounidense A Debate: Mesa Redonda Del Instituto Cervantes En Harvard

Andrew Lynch

Transcripción adaptada de la mesa redonda celebrada en el Instituto Cervantes en la Universidad de Harvard (Observatorio de la lengua española y las culturas hispánicas en los Estados Unidos) el día 21 de septiembre de 2017.  Con Jorge I. Covarrubias, Domnita Dumitrescu, Andrew Lynch, Ricardo Otheguy, María Luisa Parra, Gerardo Piña-Rosales, y Carmen Silva-Corvalán.  Organizador y editor: Francisco Moreno Fernández.

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Native Speakerhood In Heritage Language Research, Andrew Lynch, Maria Polinsky Dec 2017

Native Speakerhood In Heritage Language Research, Andrew Lynch, Maria Polinsky

Andrew Lynch

This chapter provides an overview of heritage language (HL) research in relation to native speakerhood. The variation across HL speakers who range from overhearers to highly proficient individuals often indistinguishable from native speakers (NSs) is one of the greatest challenges faced by the field. We suggest that, on sociolinguistic grounds, much remains to be said about the acquisition and awareness of sociolinguistic variants in the HL; speaker agency and identities; “passing” as native in terms of contextually-situated language performativity; the role of ideologies in HL settings; community engagement and service-learning, and L2-HL learner interactions in the classroom. From the perspective …

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Teaching Roman Mobility: Digital Visualization In The Classroom And In Undergraduate Research, Micah Myers, Joseph M. Murphy Dec 2017

Teaching Roman Mobility: Digital Visualization In The Classroom And In Undergraduate Research, Micah Myers, Joseph M. Murphy

Joseph M. Murphy

This paper looks at pedagogical applications of our web-based digital visualization project, Mapping Ancient Texts (MAT). We discuss: (1) a course in which students use the web application Carto to create visualizations from geo-spatial information in Cicero’s Letters; and (2) a student-researcher developing a digital visualization of Hannibal’s movements during the Second Punic War. This paper explores how these projects teach important technical skills and engage students in detailed analysis of Roman mobility and history. We also discuss the challenges of using evolving technologies in the liberal arts setting.

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"Racial Exclusion And Death Penalty Juries: Can Death Penalty Juries Ever Be Representative?", Noelle Nasif, Shyam Sriram, Eric Ran Smith Dec 2017

"Racial Exclusion And Death Penalty Juries: Can Death Penalty Juries Ever Be Representative?", Noelle Nasif, Shyam Sriram, Eric Ran Smith

Shyam K. Sriram (ssriram@butler.edu)

No abstract provided.

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Beyond Dignity - The Misuse Of Discourses Of Human Rights In Development Campaigns.Pdf, Chris Bobel Dec 2017

Beyond Dignity - The Misuse Of Discourses Of Human Rights In Development Campaigns.Pdf, Chris Bobel

Chris Bobel

No abstract provided.

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The Messy Politics Of Menstrual Activism, Chris Bobel, Breanne Fahs Dec 2017

The Messy Politics Of Menstrual Activism, Chris Bobel, Breanne Fahs

Chris Bobel

No abstract provided.

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Where Do You Want To Live? A Pilot Study To Establish Housing Preferences Of Young Adults With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, An Traumatic Brain Injury., Julie Elaine N. Irish, Noorh Aldadi, Marilyn J. Bruin Dec 2017

Where Do You Want To Live? A Pilot Study To Establish Housing Preferences Of Young Adults With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, An Traumatic Brain Injury., Julie Elaine N. Irish, Noorh Aldadi, Marilyn J. Bruin

Julie Elaine Irish

Young adults with neurodevelopmental brain disorders such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders (FASD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) are often provided with unsuitable public housing that is not tailored to support their differences, needs, and wants. This poster illustrates a pilot research project to survey young adults in this population to find out what their preferences are in terms of where and how they would like to live.

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Personality As A Predictor Of Unit Nonresponse In Panel Data: An Analysis Of An Internet-Based Survey Dec 2017

Personality As A Predictor Of Unit Nonresponse In Panel Data: An Analysis Of An Internet-Based Survey

Gema Zamarro

Unit nonresponse or attrition in panel data sets is often a source of nonrandom measurement error. Why certain individuals attrite from longitudinal studies and how to minimize this phenomenon have been examined by researchers. However, this research has typically focused on data sets collected via telephone, postal mail, or face-to-face interviews. Moreover, this research usually focuses on using demographic characteristics such as educational attainment or income to explain variation in the incidence of unit nonresponse. We make two contributions to the existing literature. First, we examine the incidence of unit nonresponse in an internet panel, a relatively new, and hence …

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Sexual Violence In The Field Of Vision, Sharon Sliwinski Dec 2017

Sexual Violence In The Field Of Vision, Sharon Sliwinski

Sharon Sliwinski

Meditating on a single photograph from a recent Human Rights Watch report concerning police violence in Northern British Columbia, Canada, this paper pursues two lines of questions about the visual politics of human rights. One concerns how our ways of seeing—our modes of attending to the vulnerability and integrity of particular persons—can itself be understood as a form of human rights practice. The other aims to widen space in contemporary political theory for thinking about how sexual violence functions as a central technology of sovereignty and how we might make this phenomenon more perceptible. The paper explores the ways photographs …

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The Woman Who Walks Through Photographs, Sharon Sliwinski Dec 2017

The Woman Who Walks Through Photographs, Sharon Sliwinski

Sharon Sliwinski

This paper explores Michal Heiman's creative strategy to imaginatively enter the space of asylum. Her recent project, RETURN: ASYLUM (THE DRESS, 1855-2018), offers a new way to extend solidarity to people who have been subjugated by the institution. She actively enlists the public's help in developing further strategies for connecting with those individuals who have been bereft of legal rights to property, family, or public hearing. This article explores Heiman's crucial political intervention, which blends creative visual practice with object relations theory.

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Structural And Functional Brain Imaging In Acute Hiv, Vishal Samboju, Carissa L. Philippi, Phillip Chan, Yann Cobigo, James L.K. Fletcher, Merlin Robb, Merlin Robb, Joanna Hellmuth, Khunthalee Benjapornpong, Netsiri Dumrongpisutikul, Mantana Pothisri, Robert Paul, Jintanat Ananworanich, Serena Spudich, Victor Valcour, Rv Protocol Teams Dec 2017

Structural And Functional Brain Imaging In Acute Hiv, Vishal Samboju, Carissa L. Philippi, Phillip Chan, Yann Cobigo, James L.K. Fletcher, Merlin Robb, Merlin Robb, Joanna Hellmuth, Khunthalee Benjapornpong, Netsiri Dumrongpisutikul, Mantana Pothisri, Robert Paul, Jintanat Ananworanich, Serena Spudich, Victor Valcour, Rv Protocol Teams

Robert Paul

Background:HIV RNA is identified in cerebrospinalfluid (CSF) within eightdays of estimated viral exposure. Neurological findings and impaired neuropsychological testing performance are documented in a subset of individuals with acuteHIV infection (AHI). The purpose of this study was to determine whether microstructural white matter and resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) are disruptedin AHI.
Methods:We examined 49 AHI (100% male; mean age = 30 ± SD 9.9) and 23 HIV-uninfected Thai participants (78% male; age = 30 ± 5.5) with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and rsFC acquired at 3 Tesla, and four neuropsychological tests (summarized as NPZ-4). MRI for the AHI group was …

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Econometric Modeling Of Regional Electricity Spot Prices In The Australian Market, Michael S. Smith, Thomas S. Shively Dec 2017

Econometric Modeling Of Regional Electricity Spot Prices In The Australian Market, Michael S. Smith, Thomas S. Shively

Michael Stanley Smith

Wholesale electricity markets are increasingly integrated via high voltage interconnectors, and inter-regional
trade in electricity is growing. To model this, we consider a spatial equilibrium model of price formation, where constraints on inter-regional flows result in three distinct equilibria in prices. We use this to motivate an econometric model for the distribution of observed electricity spot prices that captures many of their unique empirical characteristics. The econometric model features supply and inter-regional trade cost functions, which are estimated using Bayesian monotonic regression smoothing methodology. A copula multivariate time series model is employed to capture additional dependence --- both cross-sectional and serial --- in …

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Benjolan Kasar Di Vagina Gejala Penyakit Apa, Kutil Kelamin Ampuh Dec 2017

Benjolan Kasar Di Vagina Gejala Penyakit Apa, Kutil Kelamin Ampuh

kutil kelamin Ampuh

Benjolan Kasar Di Vagina Gejala Penyakit Apa -Apakah anda sedang mencari tahu mengapa bisa tumbuh benjolan kasar dikemaluan.tumbuh benjolan tersebut merupakan penyakit kutil kelamin.penyakit kutil kelamin kalau tak lantas di obati akan tumbuh semakin banyak, Kutil kelamin yaitu penyakit kelamin yang membahayakan dan bisa menular ke siapa saja, bagus pria dan wanita memicu terkena penyakit kutil kelamin. Kutil kelamin benar-benar resiko menular kepada orang lain yang mempunyai kontak seksual lansgung dengan penderita. jikalau diizinkan tanpa adanya pengobatan kutil kelamin akan terus bertambah ukurannya dan menular kebagian kulit yang lain semakin banyak. pada wanita kutil bisa tumbuh di bagian bibir Miss …

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United We Stand: Lessons Learned From Other Professions., Sunhee Eissenstat, Lynn Bohecker Dec 2017

United We Stand: Lessons Learned From Other Professions., Sunhee Eissenstat, Lynn Bohecker

Lynn Bohecker

The purpose of the study was to learn how non-counseling-related professions have navigated the developmental issues the counseling profession has been facing such as (1) strengthening identity, (2) presenting as one profession, (3) improving public perception and advocacy, and (4) creating licensure portability. The researchers provide the narratives of six people from three non-counseling-related professions who have been instrumental in the development of their respective professions. The overarching open-ended research question posed was, “What is the narrative history of your profession?” Follow-up questions were used to explore specific challenges within their respective professions that may have been similar to the …

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Godspeed: Counselor Education Doctoral Student Experiences From Diverse Religious And Spiritual Backgrounds, Alyse M. Anekstein, Lynn Bohecker, Tiffany Nielson, Hailey Martinez Dec 2017

Godspeed: Counselor Education Doctoral Student Experiences From Diverse Religious And Spiritual Backgrounds, Alyse M. Anekstein, Lynn Bohecker, Tiffany Nielson, Hailey Martinez

Lynn Bohecker

Amidst growing literature regarding the importance of spirituality within
counseling and counselor education, little is known of the experiences of
doctoral students regarding their religious and spiritual backgrounds while
matriculating through their doctoral program. This research explored the
experiences of four researcher-participant counselor education doctoral
students from diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds. This exploration
deepened their understanding of the role their religious and spiritual identities
played in their thoughts, emotions, challenges, and strengths of their
experiences. A phenomenological autoethnography method was used for this
study. A unique data analysis procedure was developed called Integrative
Group Process Phenomenology (IGPP), which was …

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The Development Of A Competency Model And Its Implementation In A Power Utility Cooperative: An Action Research Study, Babu P. George Dec 2017

The Development Of A Competency Model And Its Implementation In A Power Utility Cooperative: An Action Research Study, Babu P. George

Babu George

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to trace the development of a competency model in a medium-scale
power utility company located in the Midwest USA.
Design/methodology/approach – The model is developed based on insights drawn from the literature,
company documents, and primary interviews with the key company stakeholders. The research process was
carried out according to the guidelines of action research methodology.
Findings – Competencies required for employees were identified and operationally defined. Existing
competencies were inventoried and superimposed on the required competencies. Gaps in competency
presence and proficiency levels were noticed. The competencies required for effective performance …

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Sophia Leite: Researching The Interaction Between Humans And Computers, Darlene Cronetodd Dec 2017

Sophia Leite: Researching The Interaction Between Humans And Computers, Darlene Cronetodd

Darlene Crone-Todd

During the past two years, I had a wonderful opportunity to meet Sofie Leite through mutual colleagues. Ms. Leite is currently completing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering/Artificial Intelligence at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto in Portugal. She is a lead researcher on a project related to stacked neural networks at the
Dare Institute in Cambridge, MA. What struck me as most interesting about her past and current work is how the methodology she uses to investigate human-computer interactions mirrors that of the small N, within-subjects designs used in behavior analysis. As our discussions evolved, she graciously agreed to …

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In Memoriam: Remembering Gerald “Jerry” Mertens, Darlene Cronetodd Dec 2017

In Memoriam: Remembering Gerald “Jerry” Mertens, Darlene Cronetodd

Darlene Crone-Todd

There is much written about the history of behavior analysis, and of Jerry Mertens’ role in helping to establish the original Association for Behavior Analysis. The purpose of writing this piece is to provide an overview of my interactions with Jerry throughout the years of our friendship. In so doing, I hope to provide readers with a narrative of who he was, what he espoused, and what kinds of products he left behind. 

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On Terminology: Differential Reinforcement To Decrease Behavior, Darlene Cronetodd Dec 2017

On Terminology: Differential Reinforcement To Decrease Behavior, Darlene Cronetodd

Darlene Crone-Todd

When teaching the use of differential reinforcement schedules to reduce or eliminate behavior, students often struggle with the concepts. At first, I could not figure out why this was, as it seemed obvious that either reinforcing an incompatible or alternative behavior while concurrently placing a behavior to be reduced on extinction, would work. After all, as Skinner pointed out in Science and Human Behavior, differential reinforcement occurs naturally to select and to reinforce adaptive behaviors over maladaptive behaviors in sports, skills, and crafts. This also applies (whether intentionally or not) at the cultural level, and in educational control over various …

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Spotlight On Gaslighting: A Behavior Analysis Of Unethical Behavior, Darlene Cronetodd Dec 2017

Spotlight On Gaslighting: A Behavior Analysis Of Unethical Behavior, Darlene Cronetodd

Darlene Crone-Todd

One term we hear more in our present society is “gaslighting”. This is a popular culture term related to the issue of power and control. The term was made popular by the 1944 movie, “Gaslight”. (Spoiler alert!) In this movie, Charles Boyer plays a scheming love interest to Ingrid Bergman. He originally killed her aunt for her jewels, but was unable to locate them after the murder. He gets away, but takes a long view to eventually obtain them. As part of his scheme, he systematically tracks Bergman’s character down, romances her into marriage, and then begins a campaign to …

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