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Building Speech Pattern 4: Picture Stimuli
Get PDFBuilding Speech Pattern 4: Picture Stimuli is part 4 of 8 in the picture stimuli to accompany the Building Speech & Quantifying Complexity documents. To see the full series, visit: https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/cgi/siteview.cgi/csdbuildingspeech
Building Speech & Quantifying Complexity is a dual approach to treating and evaluating articulatory complexity in child speech. It has two components: Building Speech and Quantifying Complexity. These two components can be used independently or together. When used together, the speech-language pathologist has a method for selecting goals and targets of varying levels of articulatory difficulty, plus a means for measuring changes in a child’s words, targeted and produced, at one point in time or over time.
The Building Speech & Quantifying Complexity materials include a manual, picture cards for each of the eight speech patterns, and worksheets for the Index of Phonetic Complexity. The manual provides speech-language pathologists with foundational information, so that they can individualize their assessments and interventions to meet the needs of the children on their caseloads with challenging speech sound disorders. It is not intended to be a lock-step program, but rather, an approach to be used creatively and flexibly by speech-language pathologists to address the needs of the individual children on their caseloads. Building Speech & Quantifying Complexity is designed to assess and treat speakers of American English, although the components can be adapted to fit the phonetics and phonology of other languages
A Musical Analysis of Die Zauberflöte
No full textUpon analysis of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, we are able to discern the compositional techniques throughout which reflect the plot and inner motives of each character. We also analyze Masonic ideas hidden in the subtext of the opera and how they are explored through the use of reinterpretation of past material, affekt, and text painting
Geomorphic Traits and Water Chemistry as an Indicator of Fish Functional Diversity in Scott County, IA and Rock Island County, IL
Get PDFFish species diversity is a widely used indicator of stream health, however, the relationship between the functional diversity of fish communities and stream health is less documented. Although functional and species diversity are often related, it is also the case that functional diversity may reveal levels of community health or impairment that species based approaches may miss. Functional diversity has been previously defined as the diversity of functional traits, such as fin length. We will define functional diversity as the variance of fish trophic guilds according to the IA DNR reference. Fish were categorized as benthic invertivore, filter, generalist, herbivore, insectivore, omnivore, parasite, top carnivore, or N/A. Nineteen sampling sites were selected, making sure to select an even mix of urbanized, agricultural, and protected sites. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was used to delineate the watersheds of the 19 sites across the area. An ETS Electrofishing Systems AbP-4-MR-HP Pulsed-DC backpack unit for collecting fish in the field. A 50 meter reach was sampled at each site, measured along the streambank following the water’s edge. Seine nets were placed across the entire width of the stream at the top and lower end of the sampling reach. Fish were identified to the species level. Predators were the least common guild identified and included: Micropterus salmoides, Micropterus dolomieu, and Esox americanus. We assessed each community for fish functional diversity through Shannon\u27s diversity calculation based on guild membership rather than species identity. A multiple regression model using entrenchment ratio, chloride, and stream width as predictors of Shannons index was significant (R2 = .744, F = 11.598, p \u3c .001). In this model, stream width was the variable most tightly linked with functional diversity (t=3.998), while entrenchment ratio and chloride concentrations were less influential (t = -2.803, -2.494 respectively). Our results suggest that geomorphology may be a stronger predictor of functional diversity in these assemblages than water quality, and geomorphic variables may limit the presence of top predators in these assemblages. Specifically, stream width could be used as an indicator to predict whether a top carnivore will be present in a stream
Hot Spot Analysis of Potential Sanitary Sewer Exfiltration in Crystal Creek Watershed
Get PDFCrystal Creek in Davenport Iowa drains suburban and park areas before draining into Duck Creek, a tributary of the Mississippi River. Contact recreation is a designated use for all the streams. As a pilot project with the city of Davenport, Augustana College’s Upper Mississippi Center assessed this stream in the summer of 2021 to determine if relatively inexpensive monitoring tools could be used to assess possible sewage contamination in that stream. Running through multiple residential areas, sewer lines follow the studied region of the creek, leading to the hotspot focus that was conducted by student researchers. Fecal coliform, optical brighteners, conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand (BOD, phosphorous, nitrate, and ammonia were assessed in Crystal Creek. The study was conducted in a two-step process. First, on June 21, 2021, seven sites were identified for preliminary screening. Second, based on these results, 27 sites were identified for detailed sampling and analysis on 7/22/21. Water samples in this study were collected within the same six hours on days where there had not been precipitation for at least three days prior. Samples were tested on-site for dissolved oxygen, pH, and Conductivity. Water samples were collected at 14 of these sites and tested for BOD, ammonia, E. coli, fecal coliforms, and Optical brighteners. Any combination of decreased pH, increased ammonia or phosphate, decreased dissolved oxygen, increased BOD, conductivity, E. coli or coliforms, were considered potential contamination sites. Optical brighteners were dropped from the analysis due to high background fluorescence in all samples. One site, downstream of a place where the sanitary sewer line crosses the creek, showed a combination of reduced pH, increased ammonia, BOD, fecal coliforms, and to a lesser extent, reduced dissolved oxygen. A second upstream site showed a combination of high fecal coliforms and E.coli, increased BOD, a small dip in pH, and a small peak in ammonia. This is a reach where the sanitary sewer runs parallel to but near the creek. We recommended that the city use a combination of smoke and/or dye injection tests to confirm exfiltration in the identified reaches Furthermore, understanding the origin of these pollutants will allow local management to make necessary repairs to applicable sewage systems to better protect public health and recreational uses of such waters
Coming Out as a Queer Latinx
Get PDFThis paper explores the feminist theories post-colonialism and gender theory to better understand the coming out experience for the queer latinx community. The latinx community face unique hurdles when coming out including battling cultural values, colonialism, language barriers, and identity. In order to better understand the coming out journey of queer latinxs and create safe queer spaces I propose that we reimagine familismo to emphasize love and acceptance over colonial ideas of machismo and marianismo. We can also decolonize both feminist theory and language
The Difference Between Life and Death: Intellectual Appeasement and Ideological Remolding of Philosophers in Mao-era China
Get PDFThe Proletarian Cultural Revolution marked the near destruction of Chinese tradition and put intellectuals in China in danger – Chairman Mao Zedong stopped at nothing to ensure anything and anyone that opposed his politics would either be assimilated or removed. Some intellectuals chose to appease him – out of fear or naivete, while others stood firm in their beliefs. This paper examines the similarities and differences between the lives and fates of two philosophers during the rise and fall of Mao Zedong - Feng Youlan and Zhang Dongsun. Both philosophers were amiable towards socialism, even before Mao rose to power. After 1949, Feng took the steps to further assimilate towards communism, while Zhang tried to reconcile socialism and capitalism. Feng faithfully engaged in Mao’s plans for thought reform, writing self-criticisms and critiques of Confucianism to secure his own safety. Zhang was framed for espionage and failed to promote communism. This paper takes a closer look at the lives of both philosophers, examining their choices and circumstances to conclude why Feng survived the Cultural Revolution while Zhang passed away in prison
Thomas Tredway Library 2021-2022 Annual Report
Get PDFThe 2021-2022 annual report from the Thomas Tredway Library, Augustana College
Augustana Seniors Fall of 1885: Frans Bonander
Get PDFFrans August Bonander was a senior at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, in the fall of 1885. His name appears in the college catalog of 1885 – 1886, along with his birthplace, the year of his birth, and a few other facts. Augustana Special Collections and the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center provided valuable additional information. This paper contains a short biography of Frans, a report on his ancestors, a report on his descendants, and some open questions for further research