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Animal welfare and human benefit: Rationale expansion as strategy in the Anti-Vivisection campaign
Get PDFResearch in the construction of social problems examines claims-making activity as groups attempt to define conditions as problems. Previous research on domain expansion documents how established claims become the foundation for new sets of concerns. In the campaign for the rights of laboratory animals, groups attempting to construct these conditions as problems do not solely rely on cruelty rhetoric for moving the public and lawmakers to action. Realizing the culture does not provide inherent sympathy for these animals, groups attempt to link their concern to other rationales, threat to humans and waste of taxpayers' money, for supporting a desired outcome
Tribal elections: An exploratory study of the Chickasaw Nation
Get PDFThis is a preliminary study of the Chickasaw Nation's tribal elections for the legislature and governor in 1990. An important historical issue has been the controversy between the legislative branch and the executive branch over power within the nation. The focus here is whether this controversy had a significant impact on modem tribal elections
Implementation of VoiceThread in Online Aviation Education: A Pilot Program Towards Creating Community
Get PDFVoiceThread is an online multimedia and multimodal platform used by education institutions across the world. The researchers in this paper implemented VoiceThread in Aviation Education to create a sense of community and decrease feelings of student isolation when taking online courses. Participants surveyed were undergraduate students majoring in a variety of degree programs in Aviation Education. All participants were enrolled in an asynchronous online Ethics & Professional Responsibility course. Enrolled students participated in VoiceThread assignments, creating original slides, recording themselves discussing the topic in an audio and visual format, and responding to their peers with video and audio comments. The researchers analyzed quantitative Likert scale items, and qualitative open-ended questions. Participants reported feeling engaged and described the course as interactive when asked to describe their course environment. Additionally, they report feeling less isolated because of VoiceThread increasing their sense of community in the course. Finally, students were asked what challenges exist for building an online community in Aviation Education, and how instructors can further support the community in their online courses. The results indicated that students were aware of the difficulty of creating community in online courses, either due to schedule restraints, motivation and/or availability of peers, and course design limitations. Students identified VoiceThread as a good EdTech tool that helped foster community in their course and appreciated the opportunity to interact with their peers. Many students recommended that educators create an online learning environment that leaves space for community building, either in relation to the content, group work and required course activities or via informal interactions to create “outside-of-class” opportunities for students to spontaneously create their own community. Overall, the researchers were encouraged by the student responses and reiterate the need to create a sense of community in online Aviation Education courses. 
Methods for Preventing the Degradation of Manual Flying Skills in an Automated Cockpit Environment
Get PDFModern commercial aviation increasingly relies on advanced automation, which helps to reduce pilot workload and improves overall flight safety. However, the growing reliance on automation has reduced pilots’ opportunities for manual flying practice, leading to a degradation of those skills. This article analyzes recent data on Loss of Control In-flight (LOC-I) cases and human factors, highlighting that insufficient manual flying experience has been a contributing factor in several incidents and accidents. An original methodology is proposed to maintain and improve airline pilots’ manual flying skills through balanced automation use, regular manual flying exercises in training sessions, and during line operations under safe conditions. The Results section provides a detailed structure of the training program including Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT), exercise examples, and mathematical models of skill degradation. The Discussion compares the proposed approach with leading aviation organizations (ICAO, FAA, EASA, IATA, Airbus, Boeing), highlighting implementation strategies and potential outcomes. The findings confirm the need to revise simulator and line training programs for pilots with a greater focus on manual flying skills, which will help prevent further competency erosion and reduce LOC-I accident risk
Alternative Unleaded Fuels for General Aviation Piston Airplanes: A Pathway to Sustainability
Get PDFThis study examines the transition from leaded 100 low lead (100LL) aviation gasoline to unleaded alternatives in general aviation (GA) piston-engine aircraft, driven by environmental and health concerns highlighted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) endangerment finding. Through a systematic literature review and synthesis, it identifies key unleaded fuel candidates, including 91UL, 94UL (Swift UL94), Auto Gas (Mogas), General Aviation Modification Inc. (GAMI) G100UL, Swift 100R, and LyondellBasell/VP Racing UL100E, evaluating their status, compatibility, advantages, and challenges. The analysis addresses regulatory efforts such as the FAA's Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) initiative aiming for a lead-free system by 2030, alongside technical, economic, liability, and distribution hurdles. Findings emphasize GAMI G100UL and Swift 100R as promising drop-in replacements for both low- and high-compression engines, underscoring the need for industry collaboration to ensure safety, sustainability, and operational viability in GA for decades to come
Georgia State University lost millions of dollars in one day
Get PDFGeorgia State University’s Cross-Institutional Collaboration and Reimagining toward Equity, Access, and Teacher Effectiveness (CREATE) program is just one casualty in the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Bearing the brunt of this termination—as well as the loss of other grants from the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation—are Atlanta’s neediest students and teachers. This piece questions the meaning of fair while outlining several unjust policies of the American government that have disproportionately harmed Black Americans, other minority groups, and women, and challenges readers to heed the lessons of history as we work to preserve American higher education
