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The Endowment Alliance for American University
No full textCall for "preachers" to help raise the first million for the endowment for American University
Non-Binary and Fat: The Intersections of Identity
No full textRosie Cain interviews three people who identify as both non-binary and fat as part of her Fall 2020 Oral History class. Interviews took place virtually over TheirStory
The United Nations: managing and reshaping a changing world order
No full textGlobal Governance, Volume 26, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 221-235
Dating COVID-induced recession in the U.S.
No full textThe COVID-induced recession began in March 2020 for the United States. We identify this turning
point by applying a Bayesian sequential quickest detection method to a real-time index of
economic activity. Supporting evidence is also found from macroeconomic data releases and
stock markets
Psychological reactance impacts ratings of pediatrician vaccine-related communication quality, perceived vaccine safety, and vaccination priority among U.S. parents
No full textHuman Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, Volume 16, Issue 5, 3 May 2020, Pages 1024-1029.Physician communication surrounding vaccination is important in driving patient compliance with schedules and recommendations, but patient psychological factors suggest that communication strategies may have differential effects on patients. This paper investigates how psychological reactance, defined as an individuals’ propensity to restore their autonomy when they perceive that others are trying to impose their will on them, impacts perceptions about physician communication and perceptions and prioritizations of vaccination. We propose and describe the results of a study that was conducted to assess the relationship between individual differences in reactance, perceived quality of pediatrician communication, perceptions of vaccination safety, and vaccination prioritization using a sample of parents. We recruited 300 parent participants via the online platform Prolific Academic in which they completed a computer-mediated survey. Results show that compared to those who are low in psychological reactance, those high in psychological reactance place less of a priority on vaccination, and that this relationship is driven by evaluations of physician communication quality and perceived vaccine safety. Our findings suggest that physicians should not adopt a one-size-fits-all approach when interacting with patients and should tailor messaging to patients based on psychological factors including reactance
Code of best practices in fair use for open educational resources: A guide for authors, adapters & adopters of openly licensed teaching and learning materials
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Publication date February 17, 202
How the DTIC Thesaurus and Metatagger Application Support the Indexing Process at DTIC
No full textThe Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) has served the research and information needs of the Defense community for more than 70 years since the end of WW2. DTIC has developed a number of tools to help manage this vast repository of information of over 4 million records, including the DTIC Thesaurus and Metatagger application. The DTIC Thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary of approximately 18,000 terms organized in hierarchical format along with a Thesaurus lexical evidence file of approximately 65,000 more granular terms tied to these thesaurus terms. These terms are also tied to a broader Subject Field and Group taxonomy dating back decades.
The DTIC Thesaurus controlled vocabulary feeds into DTIC’s Metatagger application, which semantically analyzes documents and then outputs ranked tag listings of concepts and topics summarizing the main themes of that document. DTIC’s Content Analysts use these suggested metadata terms for indexing documents coming into DTIC’s repository.A presentation that was delivered online in the Thirteenth Annual Symposium, "Bridging the Spectrum: A Symposium on Scholarship and Practice in Library and Information Science" at the Catholic University of America in 2021
Yes, And Laughter Lab: uplifting diverse comedy for social change
No full textThe Yes, And…Laughter Lab is a competitive incubation lab and pitch program that lifts up diverse comedy writers and performers creating new comedy about topics that matter. The Laughter Lab is designed to introduce these comedians to the entertainment industry, social justice organizations, philanthropists and activists who can help bring their work into the comedy marketplace – and into movements for social change. Powered by CMSI and Moore + Associates, and based on pathbreaking research, the Lab leverages comedy’s unique power to change public perceptions about, and build power within, marginalized communities in the United States
RDA Implementation in Public Libraries: Challenges Faced and Lessons Learned
No full textIn 2013, most American public libraries adopted Resource Description and Access (RDA) as the new catalog standard replacing the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, second edition (AACR2). Despite forward thinking RDA objectives, including a linked data focus and desire for international application, concerned non-adopters remain. The poster will explore the efficacy of RDA, discuss evaluative efforts, and investigate the rationale of non-adopters.
Both theoretical and practical influences play a role in this discussion. RDA aimed to solve some of the heavier concerns with AACR2 as well as shift focus to a FRBR-based standard. There have been mixed responses to this shift. Lack of resources, both budgetary and personnel based, also play a part in adoption. Some of this concern could be addressed through formal evaluation of RDA of which the field, to an extent, lacks. The poster strives to prompt discussion of lessons learned over RDA’s application in the last few years
Quantifying the restrictiveness of local housing authority policies toward people with criminal justice histories: United States, 2009-2018
No full textAmerican Journal of Public Health, Volume 110, January 2020, Pages S137-S144.Objectives. To quantify variation in the restrictiveness of local public housing authority policies related to the admission and eviction of people with criminal justice histories. Methods. We conducted content analysis of housing authority policy documents for US cities with a population of 100 000 or more (n = 152). Factor analysis identified policy provisions to create a restrictiveness score (range = 0-8). We explored associations between restrictiveness scores and city-level measures of racial/ethnic diversity, racial/ethnic neighborhood segregation, ideology, and public housing scarcity. Results. Eight policy provisions, 6 relating to consideration of mitigating circumstances, explained 71.0% of the variance in housing authority policy provisions related to criminal justice histories. We observed small but significant positive associations between restrictiveness scores and racial/ethnic diversity (r = 0.22) and neighborhood segregation (r = 0.18). There was no correlation between restrictiveness scores of housing authorities within the same state (intraclass correlation = 0.0002). Conclusions. Housing authority policies vary substantially regarding the circumstances under which people with criminal justice histories can obtain and retain public housing. Exposure to constellations of policy provisions that might institutionalize health inequities and increase health risk among people with criminal justice histories can be quantified through a systematic process