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Rivers and Tides
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Standing Up to Mr. O.
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Peter Shea with Camera
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William Sidney Mount: Boy Reading
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Ninas Leyendos - ELIZABETH CATLETT
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Sports Teams as Multiteam Systems
Get PDFA multiteam system (MTS) is a unique and complex organizational form consisting of two or more distinct component teams which interact interdependently in pursuit of a shared goal. In many contexts, such as emergency response teams military operations units, disaster relief task forces, and collaborative scientific efforts, MTSs are easily and intuitively identifiable as distinct entities. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding boundary conditions of MTSs, and classification of an organizational form as an MTS in novel contexts. This study addresses that gap by examining whether and how sports teams can be conceptualized as MTSs. Using a mixed methods approach, this study uses interviews from seven NCAA Division II and III coaches and athlete surveys to determine which sports, if any, contain (a) distinct component teams that, (b) interact interdependently, (c) in pursuit of a goal hierarchy. Findings reveal meaningful variability across sports, and a spectrum of MTS classification is elucidated, with four sports failing to meet the criteria for MTS classification, and three sports exhibiting the necessary characteristics for classification. These findings have important implications for both the MTS and sport psychology bodies of literature, in addition to being one of the first studies examining their intersection. Limitations and implications for future research are discussed
Project Choices: An Experimental Serious Video Game for Performance-based Risk Assessment
Get PDFRisk assessment for future criminal conduct currently relies on evaluator ratings or self-report measures, with imperfect predictive utility. A new serious (clinical) video game, Project Choices, was developed for assessment and treatment purposes with persons involved with the criminal legal system. Project Choices offers performance-based measurement of individuals’ responses to realistic scenarios relevant to overall criminogenic risk and individual risk factors. The current study aimed to pilot test the newest version of Project Choices (Version 2) using a sample of university students (N = 100), examining gameplay performance metrics (number of risky decisions overall and within individual risk domains) for one-week retest reliability and convergent validity with measures of socially desirable responding, social problem solving, performance-based decision-making, self-reported risk for future crime, and prior misconduct. Also examined were players’ ratings of the game overall; its ease of use, interestingness, and helpfulness for rehabilitation; and whether they would recommend the game. It was hypothesized that Project Choices gameplay performance metrics would demonstrate strong retest reliability, moderately relate to convergent measures, and receive favorable ratings. Exploratory analyses aimed to examine the incremental postdictive utility of the total number of risky decisions made in Project Choices for prior antisocial conduct. The retest reliability of Project Choice’s overall risky decisions index appeared the most promising, and more discrete risk factor indexes yielded effect sizes generally consistent with evaluator-rated and self-report criminogenic risk assessment tools. However, retest correlations were lower than generally considered adequate for psychological assessment instruments. Mixed support was observed for convergent validity: gameplay performance metrics significantly correlated with risk for future crime and prior misconduct, to a small to moderate degree, but not with any of the other convergent measures. Most participants rated Project Choices favorably. Exploratory results were mixed but generally unpromising regarding the incremental postdictive utility of Project Choices. The current findings support future investigation of Project Choices with a sample involved with the criminal legal system. Future research could address limitations of the current study—most notably concerning external validity—to further determine whether performance-based criminogenic risk assessment represents a worthwhile adjunct to traditional assessment methods
It\u27s A Calling That Won\u27t Let You Rest : The Experiences of Counselor Educators of Color Who Teach Social Justice
Get PDFSocial justice advocacy has been described as a foundational ethical duty for all professional counselors (American Counseling Association, 2014). Counselor educators of color (CEOCs) have advocated for the advancement of multiculturalism and social justice in counseling (Sue et al., 1992; Vera & Speight, 2003). However, their lived experiences are not well-accounted for in the counseling literature. Grounded in critical race theory (CRT) (Delgado & Stefancic, 2017), this phenomenological study sought to explore the lived experiences of CEOCs who teach students to engage in systemic social justice advocacy (SSJA). Eleven participants described the essence of their experiences and four themes emerged from this study: (a) systemic social justice advocacy is embodied congruence, (b) systemic social justice exists on a continuum, (c) applying the S-quad model to CEOCs, and (d) counseling must evolve. Each theme also included several subthemes. Implications for counselor training programs, the counseling profession, and future directions for research are also provided
A Multi-Proxy Approach for Understanding the Chicxulub Asteroid Impact (Cretaceous / Paleogene Boundary) and its Aftermath
No full textThe Chicxulub asteroid impact in what is now the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexican Caribbean, coincides with the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary (K/Pg boundary ~66Ma) and marked the extinction of three-quarters of the species, including the iconic non-avian dinosaurs. The collision created a massive crater, releasing enormous amounts of energy and expelling millions of tons of molten and vaporized materials into the atmosphere. Chicxulub is an ideal case study for massive impact events since it is the only recognized asteroid impact on Earth\u27s history that preserved a globally traceable ejecta layer representing a precise time-stratigraphic marker. Although numerous studies have examined the consequences of this planetary event, crucial information from numerous areas of the globe is missing, and numerous key aspects of understanding asteroid impacts remain poorly constrained. Most available studies have concentrated on the Gulf of Mexico region, North America, and Europe, but our understanding of tropical or southern hemisphere locations is extremely limited. The recent discovery of the Gorgonilla Island K/Pg boundary section in the Colombian Pacific has revealed a virtually continuous and unaltered sequence that records the conditions of tropical seas at the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Paleogene. Recognizing this locality\u27s importance for studying the regional and global effects triggered by the Chicxulub impact, this doctoral project studied the consequences of the planetary event using a multidisciplinary approach at the macro, micro, and nano scales. Supported by international scientific cooperation, the project focused on studying in detail physical evidence from Gorgonilla Island and complementary K/Pg boundary localities from Mexico, the United States, and Spain. At the macro scale (Chapter 1), detailed sedimentological and stratigraphic analysis of the sedimentary succession of K/Pg boundary sections from Colombia and Mexico provided key information about the occurrence, duration, and effects of potential impact-induced earthquakes. Our results suggest that the impact triggered mega-earthquakes of magnitude Mw=11-12 that persisted for years. Spherules from Colombia, the USA (Mississippi and North Dakota), and Spain were extensively analyzed at the micro-scale (Chapter 2) to determine their morphologic and morphometric characteristics and establish their potential origin and transport mechanisms. Our results identified three populations of spherules. The largest spherules (size \u3e 2mm) correspond to rotational forms, originating as molten materials, which were distributed ballistically. The intermediate-sized spherules (size 0.3 - 2 mm) include a mixture of molten and condensed materials that were transported by the rapid expansion of a fast-moving, high-temperature, turbulent cloud. The smallest spherules (size \u3c 0.3 mm) represent the globally distributed fireball layer, composed of materials condensed from a vapor plume after the Chicxulub impact. The pristine ejecta materials preserved at Gorgonilla, the best preserved in the world known to date, were extensively analyzed at the nano-scale (Chapter 3) using different electron microscopy techniques. Our results show a heterogeneous composition varying depending on the spherules\u27 size, shape, and structure, revealing contributions from both the target rock and the asteroid. For the first time, the occurrence of nanostructures co-localizing Pt, Co, Ni, and Pb, and Cu, Os, and Zn, offers evidence of asteroid contribution beyond the fireball layer and the K/pg clay, and could represent the preservation of quasicrystals in Chicxulub-derived deposits. The conclusions from this doctoral research extend beyond Chicxulub and help improve our understanding of the mechanisms governing the release of energy, the dispersion of materials from the crater, and the nature of impact spherules during massive asteroid impacts