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Using Nuclear Forces to Reconcile Status Deficits in China and Russia: Status and Identity Perception as Motivating Drivers of Change
No full textStatus is a cognitive perception demonstrated by social interactions, self-identity reciprocity from key-comparison others, and voluntary deference. This research offers a novel theory arguing that when a nuclear weapon state suffers a status deficit, it will often adjust its nuclear force structure to reconcile the difference between the status it has and the status it desires. The two primary categories of nuclear force structures are changing and maintaining and there are three subcategories of the changing category: emergent proliferation, diversification, and reduction. Understanding China’s emergent proliferation and Russia’s diversification is possible through a systemic, holistic analysis of the following indicators of a status deficit: demonstrated understanding of an existing hierarchy, dissatisfaction with one’s own ranking in the hierarchy, dissatisfaction with the actions of a higher-ranked actor (recognized by the dissatisfied party), and a clear outline or path about how the dissatisfied actor intends to change either their ranking within their status group or change the actual hierarchy itself. Xi’s and Putin’s messaging to domestic and international audiences and their specific changes in nuclear force structure exposes the psychological relationship between nuclear forces, social mobility strategies, and status. Both are pursuing nuclear force structures for the purpose of achieving deference in the international system commensurate with their own self-perception. The intersection between nuclear forces and status shows how leaders of nuclear weapons states who perceive a status deficit use nuclear forces to generate cognitive status perceptions and status and identity reciprocity from others
The Failure of Poland’s Intermarium Policy in the Interwar Period
No full textAfter the collapse of Europe’s continental empires following World War I, a number of national movements established states in Central/Eastern Europe amid the ensuing power vacuum. Amongst these new states was the 2nd Polish Republic, sitting between a defeated Germany and a Russia embroiled in civil war. Recognizing that this situation would not last, Polish federalist thinkers, including Józef Klemens Piłsudski and Józef Beck, opted to create a political alignment of Central/Eastern European states to more effectively resist the traditional German and Russian dominance of the region following the collapse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the late 18th century. In modern academic circles, this policy became known as Intermarium, literally meaning ‘between the seas’. This study will use a historical institutionalist framework and causal process tracing to understand how the rise of nationalism, internal and regional political divisions, and the lack of outside support doomed the policy’s outcome. These institutional forces meant that Central/Eastern European states were unsuccessful in adopting a unified political position during a critical period of weakness in Germany and Russia. Following the recovery of Germany and the consolidation of the Soviet Union, the policy became less and less viable, particularly since Western support to the region declined in favor of adopting an appeasement approach toward Germany. The increasing power disparity between Central/Eastern States and the two surrounding powers led many of its components to adopt a policy of non-provocation eventually contributing to the region’s collapse during World War II
Recollections of Gerry Willis \u2786
Full text linkGerry Willis, class of 1986, shares his experience at Salve Regina University. He initially arrived as a transfer student from Rhode Island College but soon grew to call Salve his home. Willis’ history with Salve spans from his time as a student, to being an active member of athletics, to coming back after graduation as a faculty member. He discusses his experiences as a member of one of Salve’s first co-educational classes, and how that affected the education and social scene on campus. In the mid-1980s, Willis became a weightlifting champion, earning national titles and several gold medals. He was inducted into the Salve Regina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002 for his efforts. Willis returned to the university as a professor and eventually became the Associate Dean of Students, where he got to grow as an administrator and a mentor for students. He discusses several campus events he was an integral part of during his time here, and he emphasizes the importance of Salve’s community spirit and the relationships he continues to forge
Lectures on Cultural Space Economics: A study of Mutual Economy and Holistics
Full text linkIn light of holistics, this book presents lectures on culture-space economics which is ultimately rooted in the mutual economy. As a frontier approach to study humanities and socio-political and economic phenomena, holistics introduces various formulations of systrix. With its framework of wealth creation-accumulation and humane distributions, the book introduces the economic mechanisms employed to investigate the systematic and holistic transformations of the human economy in the era of earth-space transformations. To deal with the economic competition between the U.S. and China of the twenty-first century, an in-depth analysis of the hegemonic competition between Type I and Type II Economies are addressed as well, with the hope of searching for permanent universal peace.https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/fac_staff_ebooks/1007/thumbnail.jp
“The Calamitous State Into Which We Are Brought”: The Paradox of Slavery, Agency, Creativity, and Freedom-Making in Eighteenth-Century Newport
No full textIn our first article, “‘The Calamitous State Into Which We Are Brought’: The Paradox of Slavery, Agency, Creativity, and Freedom-Making in Eighteenth- Century Newport,” Akeia de Barros Gomes asks critical questions while constructing narratives of the lives of Caesar Lyndon, Sarah Searing Lyndon, Caesar Babcock, Bristow, Casan, Jenny, Cardardo, and a “black male” whose name was once known, and an “Indian” whose name was also once known. The questions de Barros Gomes raises, while affirming the complexities and contradictions of the subject, form a quest to acknowledge the humanity and personhood of individuals enslaved in Newport. “How can we discuss strength and resilience of the enslaved within the all-consuming structure of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?” she asks. Creatively mining historical sources and documents including the account books of Caesar Lyndon, Revolutionary War pension applications and a rare nkisi bundle discovered at the Wanton- Lyman-Hazard House in Newport, Dr. de Barros Gomes raises and answers a central question that is the aim of her work: “How do we begin to understand” how people enslaved in Newport “insisted upon their own humanity through their work, spirituality, family and service to the emerging nation.” Dr. Akeia de Barros Gomes is the Director of the Edward W. Kane & Martha J. Wallace Center for Black History. She received her Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of Connecticut, and is a Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Lecturer at the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University
Implementing the GAD-7 Tool in Primary Care for Improved Detection of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
No full textGeneralized Anxiety Disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has excessive worry, fear, dread, and uneasiness (American Psychiatric Association, 2022; Sapra et al., 2020; Anxiety and Depression Association of America [ADAA], 2022). The United States has the highest anxiety prevalence rate at 6.8 million adults or 3.1% of the U.S. population, yet only 43.2% receive treatment (O’Connor, 2023; National Institute of Health [NIH], 2023; American Psychiatric Association, 2022). Despite the high prevalence, GAD symptoms are often missed or misdiagnosed, leading to increased delays in starting treatment (Colwell, 2023; ADAA, 2022; NIH, 2022). The purpose of this DNP project was to examine data to determine if implementing the GAD-7 tool results in an increased diagnosis of GAD in the adult population of a Community Health Center (CHC) from June 3 to June 28, 2024. This project investigated the early detection of GAD by screening adults aged 19-64 who visited this CHC. This project sought to answer the question, “Will the use of the GAD-7 screening tool by primary care providers increase the identification of GAD?” Twenty-two primary care providers (PCPs) were recruited via email to participate in the project. An educational PowerPoint presentation was held on GAD-7 to provide an update specifically for primary care providers (PCPs). The project utilized a retrospective chart review and a post-implementation quantitative design to assess the PCPs\u27 use of the GAD-7 tool. This project investigated the early detection of GAD by screening adults aged 19-64 who visited the Community Health Center. This project sought to answer the question, “Will the use of the GAD-7 screening tool by primary care providers increase diagnoses of generalized anxiety disorder?” The project utilized a retrospective chart review and a post-implementation quantitative design to assess the PCPs\u27 use of the GAD-7 tool. The pre-intervention phase reviewed 763 patients who were screened by 48 PCPs in the CHC. During the intervention phase, 22 out of 48 PCPs screened for GAD symptoms utilizing the GAD-7 tool in 125 patients in a four-week time frame. In the post-intervention phase, 17 PCPs conducted the screenings, and 38 patients were assessed. The study showed an improvement in the identification of severe GAD in the post-intervention phase
Recollections of Kate Viens \u2784
Full text linkKate Viens, class of 1984, shares her experience at Salve Regina University. Originally a transfer student from Catholic University in Washington, Viens quickly grew to call Salve home. She was a student of English and History and she recalls fond memories of past faculty members. Salve offered her robust opportunities, such as studying abroad at Trinity and All Saints College in England. She offers insight into the social life on campus during the 1980s by shedding light on her personal letters back and forth to her parents. Viens continues to uphold Salve\u27s mercy mission through her career in the museum field, showcasing how beneficial a liberal arts education truly has been to her
The John L. Roper Lumber Company: How Canals, Lumber Towns, and Railroads Changed the Tidewater Landscape, 1850-1900
No full textThis dissertation explores the impact of the John L. Roper Lumber Company during the second half of the nineteenth century. Following the Civil War, immigrants, poor whites, and men and women of color were exploited by southern industries that had earlier relied almost exclusively on enslaved labor. At the same time, rapid expansion of railroads granted access to timberlands previously out of reach for aspiring lumbermen. Public awareness of lumbering’s negative impacts generated calls for more government oversight and conservation. Land reclamation projects and environmental protections, along with economic stability and development, are legacies of the lumber industry which resulted in both successes and failures
‘Our Northern Friends’: Newport Merchants, Rice and Slavery in the South Carolina Low Country
No full textWhile researching the history of his great-great-great-grandfather, Joseph Gardner Stevens, Norman MacLeod discovered that Stevens and a significant group of Newport businessmen established stores in Georgetown, South Carolina, the epicenter of U.S. rice production, during the antebellum period. In his article, “‘Our Northern Friends’: Newport Merchants, Rice and Slavery in the South Carolina Low Country,” he writes that these men left families and homes in Newport for seven or eight months a year to live and work in South Carolina. Their businesses supplied the plantations in and around Georgetown with food, clothing, and fine wines for the enslavers and their families in addition to tools for planting and harvesting of rice, and cloth, shoes and other items for enslaved workers. MacLeod details how Newport merchants accommodated themselves to the plantation slavery system, as they sought financial opportunity and wealth. Norman MacLeod is a retired Episcopal priest, and a committed avocational historian. He has published articles on the early history of Guilford, Connecticut, and the Civil War experience of an abolitionist Union soldier
The Incorporation of an Ethics Framework in the Development of Emerging Information Technology Systems
No full textAs a corporate technology veteran of twenty-five years, this author considers himself fortunate to have worked with some of the world’s leading companies in the development of their information technology programs. These companies have spanned nearly every industry including banking, retail and healthcare, but all shared the common purpose of leveraging technology for competitive advantage in the accumulation of profit. Throughout the development lifecycle of these programs, the systems design and implementation have required tremendous innovation and novel approaches to problem solving given recent technological revolutions. Although a review of regulatory mandates and relevant laws are part of the planning process, it’s interesting to note that in the development of these technologies, there was no standard methodology to consider the ethical implications of these systems. Why is ethics an afterthought in the design of these technology programs? With the frequent technological breakthroughs occurring across virtually every business segment, the timing is certainly relevant to begin integrating a standard methodology to review the ethical considerations of corporate initiatives into the information technology design process. This dissertation focuses on The Incorporation of an Ethics Framework in the Development of Emerging Information Technology Systems