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Market Information on Sourcing Cellulosic Feedstock for Biofuel Production in Northern Plains Region of the United States
Get PDFThis study investigates the availability crop residues within 100 mile radius of a potential biorefinery in southeast North Dakota. Due to the lack of market information on biomass residue supply, we conducted farm focus group survey sessions and empirical field studies to evaluate farmers’ willingness to supply crop residues and timeliness of harvesting. Using a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) application, we locate residue supply areas and numerically show that there are enough crop residues to meet the biorefinery’s supply needs. Our evidence from farm focus group shows that farmers may not be willing to sell their crop residues because of concerns for labor availability and soil fertility losses. Farmers’ decisions to supply crop residues depend on the willingness of a biofuel firm to offer them a contract and ensure price stability. Farmers are unwilling to take any risk in supplying the residues. They prefer to transfer ownership of residues immediately after harvest and have an external party bale, store and transport the goods. The biofuel firm requires crop residues be collected dry to prevent mold. This will challenge Northern Plains farmers who wait to collect stovers prior to winter
Ohio Nursing Home and Residential Care Facility Satisfaction: Survey Development and Testing for Residents and Families
No full textThis report describes a project to update consumer surveys for residents and families in Ohio's nursing homes and residential care facilities. It also includes a newly created survey for families of residential care facility residents. Results include findings from focus groups, cognitive interviews, and a mailed pretest
Dare to Be a Wildflower: an in depth study of heliostat technology
No full textThrough an in depth study and analysis of heliostats, this paper will explore the concepts and attributes offered through the emittance of indirect daylighting within structures. Heliostats, hence bears a dual function in having the capability to provide versatile aesthetically pleasing design formations and/or operable units that ultimately tracks the sun’s daily movement. Thus, it ultimately orients itself in relationship to the most desirable position.Case study assessments of differing projects are also explored as they provide for examples of embedded heliostat technologies. Their range in differences from building design/orientation, site climatic factors, and latitude, etc. either aids or hinders in the success of this sustainable technology within their corresponding built environments. The Reichstag building in Berlin, Genzyme Headquarters in Massachusetts, and most recently One Central Park in Australia, are all heavily explored and criticized
The Role of Schools in Washington, D.C. and Beijing in Producing High-Functioning Citizens of the Local Community
Get PDFThis study explores how primary teachers in Beijing and Washington, D.C. prepare students to become active citizens of their local communities. I sent a questionnaire to twenty English teachers in Beijing that contained sixteen questions on the purposes for teaching, the morals or values they hope their students to develop, the incorporation of the local community of Beijing in the curriculum, and their perspectives on the ideal citizen. I interviewed thirteen educators in the Washington, D.C. area using similar questions. The framework is based upon the three typologies of citizenship, as well as a local, geographical definition of community. The results of this study suggest the promotion of personally responsible citizens in Beijing and in the Washington, D.C. area, the promotion of participatory citizens
Your Year In Satisfaction: A study regarding the relationship between year in college and satisfaction with Miami University Dining Halls
No full textStudent satisfaction with their University's Dining Hall has been shown to have an affect on student overall satisfaction. Many different factors go into making a dining hall satisfactory. This study attempted to determine whether or not year in college was one of those factors
Error free data collection
No full textTo improve upon paper based data collection, a new software tool was developed and is being used by Craig Williamson’s team for the Lakes as Sentinels of Climate Change project. We designed this to go beyond the typical data collection methods by providing interactive help for data collectors, using modern layout design principles and integrating the tool into the overall research data workflow.
This poster shows a few of the design considerations that others can use to improve their own data collection systems.
• Guidance is integrated into the form at the locations where the user will have questions
• Controlled vocabulary limits errors and makes later searching more effective
• Collected data is automatically uploaded and compiled into a single database to simplify queries and analysis.
• Data entry layout is optimized based on modern Human Computer Interaction (HCI) research.
• Data entry is interactive with prompts, guidance and dynamic color coding to help students and others collect accurate data.
• As data is entered, it is automatically validated. Errors are immediately reported to the data collector so they can be corrected while the data is fresh.
• Data validation rules adjust to match the site and conditions being observed and can be updated remotely by the Principal Investigator as needed
When the Helicopters are Silent: The Information Seeking Strategies of First-Generation College Students
Get PDFAcademic Librarians' Educational Role Revisited: Three Defining Studies
Get PDFThree national studies are redefining the role academic librarians will play on campus.
First, participants will receive an overview of significant findings from Project Information Literacy: “Learning the Ropes: How Freshmen Conduct Course Research Once They Enter College”; “Ithaka S & R US Library Survey 2013; and “ACRL Information to Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.” Then participants will share how they are addressing these information literacy challenges and arriving at sustainable solutions
Assessing Technological Self-Efficacy to Support Student Learning
No full textTechnology usage is a vital, and often expected, prerequisite for student engagement and learning. Knowledge of various technologies is assumed, but is that really the case? One way to examine this is by surveying Technological Self-Efficacy (TSE), or one’s belief in their ability to complete a technological task. This poster will discuss the usage of a TSE instrument, the results, and how that data was used to support student technological learning outside of the classroom
Factors affecting willingness of social work students to accept jobs in aging
No full textThe aging of the United States population is creating an increased need for social workers and other helping professionals with training in gerontology. Recent estimates indicate that less than three percent of MSW students are enrolled in an aging concentration, as compared to 19.0% enrolled in children/youth concentrations. This study (N=126) examines factors that affect students' willingness to accept jobs in aging. Results of a hierarchical logistic regression indicate that age and personal/professional experiences with older people (but not gender, race, or educational level) significantly predicted willingness to accept jobs in aging