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2024 NHC Verification Report Preview: Atlantic Basin
No full textThe National Hurricane Center (NHC) is nearing completion of the post-analysis of the 2024 Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basin tropical cyclones. The annual NHC Verification Report uses the post-analyzed information to verify the accuracy and biases of NHC forecasts and real-time model guidance, and the 2024 report will be available in the spring on NHC’s website - https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/verification/. This short review provides some of the preliminary highlights of NHC’s 2024 forecast performance in the Atlantic basin, which is based on a combination of post-analyzed and real time best track data. If interested in the forecast verification for individual storms, please refer to Tropical Cyclone Reports (as completed) at https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/index.php
Profiles of East Frisian (German) Pioneers who Settled the Prairie in Turner County, South Dakota
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Hundreds of East Frisian Pioneers from northwest Germany came to the Lennox-Chancellor East Frisian settlement in southeastern South Dakota at the end of the nineteenth century. Their ethnic heritage and pioneering spirit are illustrated with stories of the Plucker, Carlson, DeNeui, and Heeren families. The events of the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s are highlighted with a focus on the Pioneer Generation (born between 1840 and 1869). This genealogy paper is written primarily for descendants of East Frisians who are studying family history, but it may be of interest to anyone who wonders what life was like for the Pioneers in Turner County.
Other Papers in this Series
Ethnic Heritage of the Families from East Friesland (Northwest Germany) who Migrated to the American Midwest (2023)https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/genealogy/2/
Remembering East Frisian Immigrants Who Settled near German Valley, Illinois: A Family History Scrapbook (2024)https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/genealogy/3
New Host Record of \u3cem\u3eDahlibruchus\u3c/em\u3e Bridwell, 1931 on Cultivated \u3cem\u3eDahlia\u3c/em\u3e Cav. in Mexico and Description of Two New Species (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)
Full text linkDahlibruchus Bridwell is a genus in the family Bruchidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) and all species have as host plants species in the genus Dahlia Cav. (Asteraceae). Usually they arrive on hosts when flowers appear and start feeding on nectar and pollen; later females lay eggs on bracts, and a few weeks later the adults emerge. Presently, the genus Dahlibruchus contains three species. The description of two new ones (Dahlibruchus castroi, new species and Dahlibruchus ruizi, new species) brings this number to five. A key to all species is presented. Dahlibruchus conradti Bridwell is recorded for the first time on cultivated dahlias in the country of Mexico
Descriptions of Four New Species of \u3cem\u3eLeptophloeus\u3c/em\u3e Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) from the United States
Full text linkFour new species of Leptophloeus Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) are described: L. barbarus Thomas and Schnepp is described from Florida; L. glacialis Thomas and Schnepp is described from Alaska; L. peregrinus Thomas and Schnepp is described from Hawaii; and L. shoshone Thomas and Schnepp is described from Wyoming. Diagnoses and figures are provided for the new species
Artificial Intelligence in Special Libraries in Africa for Selective Dissemination of Information: Any Need?
Full text linkThe study applied a descriptive survey design with a sampled population of 48 special librarians selected through purposive sampling techniques from 24 special libraries in Africa. The study was guided by four research objectives. The main instrument used for data collection was a 4 point scaled questionnaires scaled in that 1 = “strongly disagree” and 4 = “strongly agree”. The instrument was validated by three experts in measurement and evaluation from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria and further subjected to internal consistency test using Cronbach’s alpha. Result was coefficient α=.80 showing that the instrument was reliable. Data administration and collection were digitally done via email with a link to the online surveys. Included in the email, was a brief statement about the purpose of the study and information regarding ethical considerations. The questionnaires were completed and returned 100%. Data collected were analyzed through descriptive statistics using frequencies, percentiles and statistical mean. The outcome of the study did reveal among other things that there is need for AI to be used for SDI in special libraries in Africa and that there ways special libraries in Africa can leverage AI to enhance the SDI services. Based on the findings, recommendations were made which include that inasmuch as AI can enhance SDI in special libraries in Africa, special librarians and staff of special libraries in Africa must also be mindful of the ethical implications of using AI in SDI service delivery and take steps to protect the privacy and ownership of data and that special libraries should proceed with caution and consider its potential negative impact. By being mindful of these concerns and taking steps to mitigate them by ensuring that AI is used in a responsible and ethical manner that benefits both the library and users as well as that special libraries in Africa should come together to establish African Special Libraries consortium (ASLc) with which they can bargain collectively and aggressively reduced costs for the libraries access to AI technology, share their thoughts and experiences in the utilization of AI technology in general service and SDI in particular as well as exchange of ideas and skills
Notable Hesperiidae Collected by Kilian Roever in Arizona, USA
Full text linkGenomic analysis of Hesperiidae specimens collected by Kilian Roever in Arizona, USA, and deposited in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity (Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida, USA) confirms several published state species records, reveals that Cecropterus (Murgaria) markwalkeri Grishin, 2023, Telegonus (Telegonus) misitra (Plötz, 1881), and Epargyreus cruza Evans, 1952 have been found in Arizona with sequenced specimens representing first confirmed USA records of these three species, and allows us to discover new taxa Cecropterus (Murgaria) roeveri Grishin, sp. n. and Lerema (Lerema) ochrius occidus Grishin, ssp. n. This study underscores the value of extensive collecting and careful specimen preservation for research
Hacking through the Silos: Honors Faculty Development
No full textBased on our work with a multi-institutional honors hackathon, we examine the faculty benefits of planning and leading hackathons, focusing especially on enhanced understanding across disciplines—or hacking through academic silos
Incorporating Faculty Development Workshops at James Madison University
No full textSince there are no permanent faculty positions, the honors college at James Madison University has created an environment where faculty teaching honors courses can come together to share their vision of an honors education and the strategies and practices to manifest these ideals in their respective classrooms. Accordingly, the honors college began hosting annual faculty workshops in May 2021 to create a community of faculty members. During the past three years, these workshops have created opportunities for faculty to interact with each other to discuss what an honors education is, how to create safe spaces for students, and how to expand their understanding of inclusive excellence and global engagement
Where Honors Education and Faculty Development Meet: Front and Back Matter
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Where Honors Education and Faculty Development Meet [NCHC Monograph Series], John Zubizarreta and Victoria M. Bryan, editors
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2025
Includes:
Front and back covers
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword, Victoria Mundy Bhavsar and Suketu P. Bhavsar
Introduction, John Zubizarreta and Victoria M. Bryan
About the authorsAbout the NCHC Monograph Series
List of NCHC monographs and journals
NCHC publications order form
From the back cover:
This volume contains an assorted collection of theoretical and practical essays that demonstrate the value of collaborations between honors programs or colleges and faculty development, broadly defined, or more specifically the different types of centers for excellence, enhancement, or advancement of teaching and learning (CETL, CATL, or CTL) that exist on most campuses worldwide. Indeed, one of our mantras as colleagues who have had a foot in both worlds is that honors is, in fact, faculty development. That is, in order for faculty to teach well and authentically in honors, they must move beyond the assumption that simply adding more work or difficulty to a syllabus is sufficient to achieve the kind of deep, integrative, experiential, inclusive, and lasting learning that we aim for in honors education. To teach in honors is to rethink pedagogy to implement new approaches to instructional design, keeping in mind the imperatives implicit in the widely touted “high-impact practices” (Kuh, 2008) that have actually been at the core of honors education long before such practices caught popular attention. Teaching honors courses can break faculty out of their comfort zones and disciplinary silos (a compelling sub-theme in this volume) and encourage learning-centered teaching, experiential learning, collaborative undergraduate research, progressive forms of assessment, and other dynamic, inspiring forms of instruction. In honors, we must revisit teaching philosophy and practice to challenge our students to learn in more creative, collaborative, and reflective ways; we must teach in more meaningful, transformative ways; we must be open to experimentation and innovation—in other words, faculty development at its best. —John Zubizarreta and Victoria M. Brya