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The Spirit of The RSHM: From Beziers, France to Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia
No full textWhen her husband Eugene died in 1848, Appollonie Pelissier Cure offered herself and her financial resources towards the founding of the religious community envisioned by Father Gailhac. On February 24, 1849, Appollonie, Mother St. Jean, and five other women became the first members of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Béziers, France. Believing in the interconnectedness of all creation, the Sisters commit themselves to interdependence in community with one another, as an Institute, with all God’s people and with the whole of creation, so that all may have life now and in the future (RSHM). Mother St. Jean and the other Sisters provided direction and service to the Good Shepherd, a women’s shelter and orphanage (Sampaio, 1995). In subsequent years, the RSHM has grown to be an international apostolic institute of women religious along with a global network of schools including Marymount University founded in 1948 in Arlington, Virginia (Berg, 1999).
The Spirit of the RSHM is a short form documentary film that celebrates the spirit of the Sisters of the RSHM with oral history interviews accompanied by archival photographs and video clips. The Spirit of the RSHM is a joyful, inspirational film sharing the Sisters' spirituality and dedication to education, one of the many ministries of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. The Sisters of the RSHM, seeing education as a pathway to a fulfilled life, work across the globe to ensure that everyone, even marginalized people, have access to the personal and professional growth education allows. As expressed by the Sisters of the RSHM, the Institute will not be around forever. The RSHM spirit will survive within the people the Sisters' have personally impacted. The Spirit of the RSHM preserves the stories of the depth and compassion of their work
Signs about playground and court closures posted on fence in front of tennis court
No full textTwo signs are posted on a fence front of a closed sports courts. One typed sign reds: 'Per Mayor Bowser, all DCPS facilities including the playground and basketball and tennis courts are closed due to the COVID-19.' The other sign reads 'CLOSED. During the District's Public Health Emergency, in response to coronavirus (COVID-19), ALL DPR AND DCPS RECREATION FACILITIES INCLUDING RECREATION CENTERS, AQUATIC CENTERS, PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, COURTS AND ALL OTHER OUTDOOR SPACES ARE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Thank you for understanding DC's commitment to the safety of our community, patrons, and staff. For more information regarding the District's response to coronavirus (COVID-19), visit coronavirus.dc.gov.' Logos of DC government agencies and offices are placed at the bottom of the sign.Cataloger note: Punctuation added for readability
Predicting Changes In Public Opinion With Twitter: What Social Media Data Can And Can't Tell Us About Opinion Formation
No full textWith the advent of social media data, some researchers have claimed it has the potential to revolutionize the measurement of public opinion. Others have pointed to non-generalizable methods and other concerns to suggest that the role of social media data in the field is limited. Likewise, researchers remain split as to whether automated social media accounts, or bots, have the ability to influence conversations larger than those with their direct audiences. This dissertation examines the relationship between public opinion as measured by random sample surveys, Twitter sentiment, and Twitter bot activity. Analyzing Twitter data on two topics, the president and the economy, as well as daily public polling data, this dissertation offers evidence that changes in Twitter sentiment of the president predict changes in public approval of the president fourteen days later. Likewise, it shows that changes in Twitter bot sentiment of both the president and the economy predict changes in overall Twitter sentiment on those topics between one and two days later. The methods also reveal a previously undiscovered phenomenon by which Twitter sentiment on a topic moves counter to polling approval of the topic at a seven-day interval. This dissertation also discusses the theoretical implications of various methods of calculating social media sentiment. Most importantly, its methods were pre-registered so as to maximize the generalizability of its findings and avoid data cherry-picking or overfitting.CommunicationMass communicationMultimedia communicationsElections, Polling, Prediction, Public Opinion, Social Media, TwitterSchool of CommunicationDegree Awarded: Ph.D. School of Communication. American Universit
Brief report: HIV incidence among older adults in a rural South African setting 2010-2015
No full textJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), Volume 85, Issue 1, 1 September 2020, Pages 18-22.INTRODUCTION: In South Africa, evidence shows high HIV prevalence in older populations, with sexual behavior consistent with high HIV acquisition and transmission risk. However, there is a dearth of evidence on older people's HIV incidence. METHODS: We used a 2010-2011 cohort of HIV-negative adults in rural South Africa who were 40 years or older at retest in 2015-2016 to estimate HIV incidence over a 5-year period. We used Poisson regression to measure the association of HIV seroconversion with demographic and behavioral covariates. We used inverse probability sampling weights to adjust for nonresponse in 2015, based on a logistic regression with predictors of sex and age group at August 2010. RESULTS: HIV prevalence increased from 21% at baseline to 23% in the follow-up survey. From a cohort of 1360 individuals, 33 seroconverted from HIV negative at baseline, giving an overall HIV incidence rate of 0.39 per 100 person-years [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.28 to 0.57]. The rate for women was 0.44 (95% CI: 0.30 to 0.67), double than that for men, 0.21 (95% CI: 0.10 to 0.51). Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) again show women's risk of seroconverting double than that of men (IRR = 2.04, P value = 0.098). In past age 60, the IRR of seroconversion was significantly lower than that for those in their 40s (60-69, IRR = 0.09, P value = 0.002; 70-79, IRR = 0.14, P value = 0.010). CONCLUSIONS: The risk of acquiring HIV is not zero for people older than 50 years, especially women. Our findings highlight the importance of acknowledging that older people are at high risk of HIV infection and that HIV prevention and treatment campaigns must take them into consideration
Painted on a window on H Street NE
No full textA painted window with the message \Stay Strong DC' and a rainbow on H street NE
Perceptions and beliefs of academic librarians in Germany and the USA: a comparative study
No full textLIBER Quarterly, 29(1), pp.1–18.The purpose of this study is to understand, compare, and contrast professional experiences, perceptions, and beliefs among personnel in academic libraries in the USA and in Germany, which may inform future library and librarian collaborations between the two countries. Notable findings include differences in: respondents’ professional backgrounds; services offered by, and perceived adequacy and support of, respondents’ libraries; and views of the library profession and its future
Staff person wearing a mask delivers a pickup order to a customer outside of Kramerbooks
No full textA staff person wearing a mask delivers a pickup order to a customer outside of Kramerbooks and Afterwords Cafe
Staff person wearing a mask delivers a pickup order to a customer outside of Pie Shop DC
No full textA staff person wearing a mask delivers a pickup order to a customer outside of Pie Shop D.C
Bottle of hand sanitizer
No full textClose-up of a bottle of hand sanitizer near stone steps outside of a house at 15th Street and C Street SE