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The South, The West, And The Meanings Of Humanitarian Intervention In History, Patrick Quinton-Brown

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

As it has been written, the history of humanitarian intervention is all too Whiggish and all too white. By conceptualising humanitarian intervention in the way that they do, orthodox histories should be seen as entangled in debates about the origins of human rights but also, perhaps more crucially, debates about the various formations and reinventions of human rights. Alternative codifications of rights reveal the historical possibility of a Southern practice of what we would almost certainly call ‘humanitarian intervention’. The record of a radical Third World practice to save strangers from the atrocities of colonialism and extreme racism is also …

An Examination Of The Lethality Assessment Program (Lap): Perspectives On Implementation, Help-Seeking, And Victim Empowerment, Tara N. Richards, Lane Kirkland Gillespie, Katherine Kafonek, Margaret Johnson

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) aims to empower law enforcement officers to screen victims of domestic violence for potential lethality and connect them to service providers. This research surveyed domestic violence victims seeking legal services (n = 141) to assess whether LAP receipt is associated with greater rates of self-protective measures, service use, or empowerment, and to examine victims’ perspectives on the LAP process. Findings indicate no relationship between receipt of the LAP and use of self-protective measures or victim empowerment, mixed evidence between receipt of the LAP and service utilization, and room for improvement regarding how law enforcement …

Rrh Library Newsletter, October 2020, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

Newsletter sections include: Crowd Control Devices used in Civil Protests -- Morbidity and Mortality; Library Services during COVID-19

“Don’T Tell Me What To Do”: Resistance To Climate Change Messages Suggesting Behavior Changes, Risa Palm, Toby Bolsen, Justin Kingsland

USI Publications

This study evaluates the impact of exposure to messages that emphasize the need for changes in individual behavior or in public policy to address climate change attributed to a “climate scientist” or to an unnamed source. We implemented a large survey experiment (N = 1915) online through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform that manipulated the presence of recommendations for voluntary behavioral changes or the adoption of new laws to mitigate climate change. We found that, regardless of the source of the information, recommendations for behavioral changes decreased individuals’ willingness to take personal actions to reduce greenhouse gases, decreased willingness …

Predictors Of Pathology Smartphone Use: Reward Processing, Depressive Symptoms, And Self-Control, Ashley Dapore, Robert West, Carl Ash, Bridget Kirby, Kaitlyn Malley, Shasha Zhu

Annual Student Research Poster Session

The widespread adoption of smartphones that allow us to work, engage with friends and family, and pursue leisure activities has been associated with the emergence of pathological smartphone use wherein individuals experience anxiety and depressive symptoms when separated from their devices and may be more likely to engage in risky behavior while using their phone. Consistent with the broader literature on behavioral addictions, smartphone pathology is associated with increased depressive symptoms and decreased self-control. The current study builds upon a foundation of evidence from studies of pathological technology use including video games, the Internet, and social media to explore the …

Murray Library October 2020 Newsletter, Murray Library

Library Publications

What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah College written by its staff.

Contents:

• Who Moved my Cheese? Sniffing out change
• Covid Chronicles contest
• Staff Spotlight: Linda Poston
• Student Snapshot: Annika Stockbauer
• Current Exhibits: Remember When...Messiah Then and Now, Sakimura family, WWII, Voting 2020

Border Security And Immigration Policy Management In South Texas By The Numbers: Perception, Stories And The Knowledge Analytic, Terence Garrett

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), primarily the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency, will be analyzed through the lens of the knowledge analytic (KA) developed in earlier work (Garrett 2001; 2004; 2010, and Hummel 2006). Stories told by managers (Hummel 1991) and others in organizations are important for understanding the modern organizational pyramid and the differences between knowledges with regard to border security operatives and their attitudes towards migration policy and other issues along the U.S.-Mexico border. DHS and subordinate agencies rank perennially at or near the bottom of the federal government in terms of the Federal Employees Viewpoint …

Notes For The Stalled, V13n3, October 2020, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Library Newsletter

In This Issue:
--Did You Know?
--Wind Cave
--Help Us Out!
--Protests and Student Activism

Orientation Des Programmes Pour Le Changement Social Et De Comportement À Travers L'Écoute Sociale Et Le Suivi Social, Breakthrough Research

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Cette note de recherche offre des conseils pratiques quant à la manière d'utiliser l'écoute sociale et le suivi social comme outils permettant d’orienter les programmes de changement social et de comportement (CSC). Elle est destinée aux agents de mise en œuvre des programmes CSC au niveau mondial et régional, aux évaluateurs et aux bailleurs de fonds dans les pays prioritaires soutenus par l'USAID. Cette note donne un aperçu de l'écoute sociale et du suivi social et explique comment ces méthodes peuvent constituer des outils importants dans la collecte de renseignements concernant les connaissances et les attitudes de publics cibles, ainsi …

Multiple Religious Belonging: Russian Reflections, Elizabete Taivāne

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Russian experts in Religious Studies are not acquainted with the notion of multiple religious belonging. Gradually, they are becoming more aware of contact and interrelation among different cultures and religious traditions. They question whether new synthetic forms of religiosity, which combine aspects of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc., are possible and what the result of such a synthesis is. A few arguments in favor of exclusivity by prominent Russian experts in religious studies are touched on in this paper. One of the most popular is the incompatibility of different cultural paradigms and anthropological patterns.

Psychiatric Medications And Stigmatizing Attitudes In College Students, Benjamin T. Johnson, Peter Philip Grau, Stephen M. Saunders

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

Research suggests that biological explanations of mental illness include the promotion of the effectiveness of medication, and that such explanations lead to greater attributions of responsibility and potentially greater stigmatizing emotional and behavioral reactions. This study examined whether college students' attitudes toward a fellow student with mental illness are affected by whether the latter is described as having benefitted previously from medication. Results suggest that the promotion of psychiatric medications as helpful may increase stigmatizing attitudes by peers against fellow students with mental illness.

Two Clinical Prediction Tools To Improve Tuberculosis Contact Investigation, Ruoran Li, Francesco Nordio, Chuan-Chin Huang, Carmen Contreras, Roger Calderon, Rosa Yataco, Jerome Galea, Zibiao Zhang, Mercedes C. Becerra, Leonid Lecca, Megan B. Murray

Social Work Faculty Publications

Background: Efficient contact investigation strategies are needed for the early diagnosis of TB disease and treatment of latent TB infections.

Methods: Between September 2009 and August 2012, we conducted a prospective cohort study in Lima, Peru in which we enrolled and followed 14,044 household contacts of adult pulmonary TB patients. We used information from a subset of this cohort to derive two clinical prediction tools that identify contacts of TB patients at elevated risk of progressing to active disease by training multivariable models that predict (1) co-prevalent TB among all household contacts and (2) one-year incident TB among adult contacts. …

Students’ Perception And Practices Of The Use Of Electronic Resources In Public University Libraries In Ghana, Akwasi Duffour Frimpong Mr, Gertrude Obuobi Addo Miss

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

Electronic resources are transforming most academic library systems and how students view and use these information sources is critical. The study thus explored students’ perceptions and practices regarding the use of electronic resources in public university libraries in Ghana. The study adopted the descriptive research design, and the quantitative research approach was used; hence questionnaires were the main instrument employed for data collection. A total of 537 students were conveniently sampled from six public universities. From the results, it was found that most of the public universities have Web OPAC systems, e-books, e-databases, and e-journals available for students’ use …

A Monte Carlo Analysis Of Ordinary Least Squares Versus Equal Weights, James Brewer Ayres

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Equal weights are an alternative weighting procedure to the optimal weights offered by ordinary least squares regression analysis. Also called units weights, equal weights are formed by standardizing scores on the predictor variables and averaging these standardized scores to create a composite score. Research is limited regarding the conditions under which equal weights result in cross-validated 𝑅𝑅2 values that meet or exceed optimal weights. In this study, I explored the effect of various predictor-criterion correlations, predictor intercorrelations, and sample sizes to determine the relative performance of equal and optimal weighting schemes upon cross-validation. Results indicated that optimally weighted predictors explained …

Book Review - Understanding The Short Fiction Of Carson Mccullers, Thomas C. Weeks Ii

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Georgia Library Spotlight - Center For Puppetry Arts Library, Katie Sparks

Georgia Library Quarterly

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From The President, Laura Burtle

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Georgia Librarians Returning To Work In-Person During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kristen Bailey, Benjamin Bryson, Jessica Garner, Adam Griggs, Rebecca J. Hunnicutt, Jennifer Ivey, Tomeka L. Jackson, Gail Morton, Lee Olson, Jasmine Rizer, Janice Williams, Ashley Wilson, Virginia Feher

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Going Digital: Academic Libraries’ Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic, Allison Kavanagh

Articles

This article outlines the response by Irish academic libraries to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting closure of higher education institutions and their libraries for an extended period beginning in March 2020. Academic libraries have responded by accelerating their shift to digital collections and services, by supporting and participating in remote teaching and by offering new services. The article discusses the potential longer term consequences of the pandemic for academic libraries, including budgetary constraints, an impact on the shift to Open Access, changes in library design, and new work practices. Examples of initiatives by Technological University Dublin and other academic …

Environmental Conservation, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Sleep Quality And The Prospective Pain-Fatigue Relationship Among Youth With Sickle Cell Disease, Julia D. Johnston

Theses and Dissertations

Youth with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at increased risk for poor psychosocial and functional outcomes due, in part, to disease effects like vaso-occlusive pain crises, fatigue, and poor sleep quality (Brown, 2006). A growing body of literature has examined temporal associations between pain, sleep quality, and mood using daily diary studies (Valrie, Gil, Redding-Lallinger, & Daeschner, 2007a; Valrie et al., 2019). These studies help to identify how symptoms are prospectively related to each other, but they are often limited to small sample sizes and may lack generalizability. Additionally, despite ubiquitous reports of fatigue among sickle cell patients, few studies …

Engaging Youth And Families Within The Context Of Evidence-Based Treatment (Ebt) Implementation: Examining Integrity Of Engagement Practices To Different Ebt Information Sources, Eleanor Wu

Theses and Dissertations

Promoting and maintaining client engagement has proven to be a significant challenge across community mental health settings, including within the context of implementing evidence-based treatments (EBTs) (De Haan et al., 2013). Few efforts have been made to equip providers with empirically-sourced engagement strategies outside of the limited set of engagement procedures covered in EBT protocols. To inform efforts for improving EBT accessibility, the current study characterizes the delivery of engagement practices from the literature within the context of EBT implementation, and examines provider integrity of engagement practice use according to two information sources (i.e., the provider’s EBT training history and …

2020-2021 Women's Cross Country Schedule, Cedarville University

Women's Cross Country Schedules

No abstract provided.

2020 Women's Cross Country Statistics, Cedarville University

Women's Cross Country Statistics

No abstract provided.

2020-2021 Women's Soccer Roster, Cedarville University

Women's Soccer Rosters

No abstract provided.

2020 Women's Soccer Schedule, Cedarville University

Women's Soccer Schedules

No abstract provided.

2020-2021 Women's Soccer Statistics, Cedarville University

Women's Soccer Statistics

No abstract provided.

2020 Miracle Yearbook, Cedarville University

Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

2020-2021 Women's Volleyball Roster, Cedarville University

Volleyball Rosters

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021, the volleyball team played during spring semester 2021 rather than fall semester 2020.

Research Contribution Of Library And Information Science Teachers Towards The Profession In India, Nagesh R, Chandrashekara M

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aim of the study was to examine the research contributions of library and information science teachers in India in terms of gender, type of universities and regional offices of university grants commission(UGC). A survey approach was used in this study and structured online questionnaire framed using google form. Responses received from 287 (81%) out of 353 LIS teachers. The scope of study was confined to the present working LIS teachers in state and central universities of India. A total of 287 respondents, 202 (70.38%) was male and 85 (29.61) was female. In this study the research contributions of LIS …