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Using Historical Data for Retrospective Prediction of Rainfall In the Midwest
The Missouri River Basin (MRB) is an important food-producing region in the United States and Canada. Climate variability and water availability affect crops production in this region. Past climate data have been recorded ... -
Interactive Computer Simulations as Pedagogical Tools in Biology Labs
(The American Society for Cell Biology, 2018-08-24)Student learning in biology may be impaired by instructional environments that emphasize technical methodology over analysis. We hypothesized that time gained by experimenting with accurate computer simulations could be ... -
Igbo historiography: Parts I, II, and III
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018-08-15)Igbo historiography has advanced since the publication of the epic narrative of Olaudah Equiano in 1789 and its different versions, especially that of Paul Edwards, a British literary historian in 1969. The main objective ... -
Effect of collaborative depression treatment on risk for diabetes: A 9-year follow-up of the IMPACT randomized controlled trial
(PLoS ONE, 2018-08-23)Considerable epidemiologic evidence and plausible biobehavioral mechanisms suggest that depression is an independent risk factor for diabetes. Moreover, reducing the elevated diabetes risk of depressed individuals is ... -
Emotional Intelligence and Intercultural Competence: Theoretical Questions and Pedagogical Possibilities
(Castledown Publishers, 2018-08-20)Against the background of increased global mobility and the need to communicate effectively across cultures, the development of Emotional Intelligence (EI) is of growing importance to those involved in intercultural ... -
When It’s Bad Cess to Assess!
(Digital Commons, 2006)It seems to me that efforts at outcome assessment in higher education are deficient because of a failure to understand what exactly it is that is being or should be assessed. Certainly, the object of such assessment should ... -
What is an Honors Student?
(Digital Commons, 2005)It is first necessary to recognize the distinction between the questions “What is an honors student?” or better “What are the characteristics of an honors student?” and “How do you recognize a student with those characteristics?” ... -
Taking the time? Explaining effortful participation among low-cost online survey participants
(Sage, 2018-07-10)Recent research has shown that Amazon MTurk workers exhibit substantially more effort and attention than respondents in student samples when participating in survey experiments. In this paper, I examine when and why low-cost ... -
Diversity and Exclusion
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Student Misconceptions about Cybersecurity Concepts: Analysis of Think-Aloud Interviews
(DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University, 2018)We conducted an observational study to document student misconceptions about cybersecurity using thematic analysis of 25 think-aloud interviews. By understanding patterns in student misconceptions, we provide a basis for ... -
Automated Functional and Behavioral Health Assessment of Older Adults with Dementia
(IEEE, 2016-08-18)Dementia is a clinical syndrome of cognitive deficits that involves both memory and functional impairments. While disruptions in cognition is a striking feature of dementia, it is also closely coupled with changes in ... -
Effective Home Visiting Training: Key Principles and Findings to Guide Training Developers and Evaluators
(Springer, 2018-06-23)Purpose Home visiting programs have produced inconsistent outcomes. One challenge for the field is the design and implementation of effective training to support home visiting staff. In part due to a lack of formal training, ... -
Planned Parenthood in Maryland: A Vital Community Resource
(2018)This talk highlights Carole McCann’s project on Planned Parenthood of Maryland (PPM), which marked its 90th anniversary in 2017. Working with local archives and PPM, McCann is reconstructing the history of the organization ... -
Microfilm Lasts Half a Millennium
(The ATlantic, 2018)Millions of publications—not to mention spy documents—can be read on microfilm machines. But people still see these devices as outmoded and unappealing. An Object Lesson. -
Turning the lens onto our own language: Engaging in critical reflexivity in the pursuit of social change
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-06)The question is a fair one. The concept of teacher resistance is now common lore among sociolinguists, who have heard about or who have experienced the rejection of well-intended efforts to bring linguistic knowledge to ... -
Impacts of Development Pattern on Urban Groundwater Flow Regime
(American Geophysical Unioon, 2018)We compare the effects of urban development type and spatial pattern on the hydrology of six small headwater catchments near Baltimore, Maryland utilizing a three-dimensional coupled groundwater-surface water-land atmosphere ... -
Positive site selection bias in meta-analyses comparing natural regeneration to active forest restoration
(AAAS, 2018)Several recent meta-analyses have aimed to determine whether natural regeneration is more effective at recovering tropical forests than active restoration (for example, tree planting). We reviewed this literature and found ... -
Tracking deforestation and tree plantation expansion in a Costa Rican biological corridor using a Landsat time series
(2012)We evaluated forest policies and programs to reestablish connectivity in a fragmented tropical landscape spanning approximately 2500 km2: the San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor (SJLSBC) in northern Costa Rica. National ... -
PREDATOR PLAYBACK, FORAGING HEIGHT, AND PHYLOGENY AFFECT GAP CROSSING BEHAVIOR IN TROPICAL FOREST BIRDS
(Neotropical Ornithological Society, 2017)The effects of fragmented landscapes on tropical bird movements remain poorly understood, partly due to a dearth of experimental tests of gap crossing behavior. To learn more about the factors involved in gap crossing ... -
Childhood Trauma and Dissociative Intimate Partner Violence
(Sage, 2018)The present study assesses childhood abuse/neglect as a predictor of dissociative intimate partner violence (IPV) among 118 partner-abusive men. One third (36%) endorsed dissociative IPV, most commonly losing control (18%), ...
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