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Creation of a Suicide Mortality Review Board in Maine: In-Depth Evaluations Can Lead to Preventive Measures
Get PDFGiven that Maine has the highest veteran suicide rate in the Northeast, the Maine Bureau of Veteran Services has been working to educate healthcare providers and the public about services available specifically for veterans. This commentary describes MBVS activities around this topic and the actions of Maine\u27s Suicide Mortality Review Committee as they investigate the possibility of establishing a Suicide Mortality Review Board
Vice President for Research (University of Maine) Records, 1929-1982
Get PDFThe record group contains applications for the University of Maine Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award, Regular Faculty Research Award, Summer Faculty Research Fund Award, and Scientific Equipment and Book Fund Award. The Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award was created in 1974 for a University of Maine faculty member for distinguished research achievement. The award was initially for $1,500 per year. The Faculty Research Committee was asked to make three nominations for the president\u27s consideration. The award winner was announced at the annual Honors Banquet.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/1562/thumbnail.jp
HOW TO REINVENT A BLOODLINE: MY EXPERIENCES AS A THIRD-GENERATION IMMIGRANT
Get PDFHow to Reinvent a Bloodline: My Experiences as a Third-Generation Immigrant is an auto-ethnography about my identity in a world of ever-changing ideas of acceptance. This work encapsulates the multitude of feelings that can be experienced as a third-generation citizen in the United States, leaving those who see themselves as such lost and unsure of where they came from and where they fit in. Not only is it an auto-ethnography gathering certain experiences I have had as a third-generation citizen, but it is also an exploration of craft and the creative process, and a deeper analysis of how third-generation citizens outside of myself interact with the borders they cross. My story is but one of many that can be shared, yet it stands on its own as a unique testament to what it means to live in a world of intersecting identities, beliefs, and existences. No one else can share my story but me. How to Reinvent a Bloodline is not about redoing what has been experienced, but clearing the way for future generations to understand that despite feeling loss of something you may have never known, you are never alone in that feeling. Being a third-generation citizen is just one part of the mosaic
How Diapensia lapponica Area Coverage and Traits Vary Across Topographically Complex Mountaintops of the Northeastern Alpine Region
Get PDFAlpine plants of the Northeast are tundra relicts that depend on extreme mountaintop climates, which is thought to increase their vulnerability to climate change. And yet, alpine plants have persisted in small populations for millennia, but it remains unknown whether this is due to properties of the plants themselves or their microhabitats. In particular, variations in microclimate temperatures might affect alpine plant area coverage and traits related to plant form and photosynthesis, since microclimates are often influenced by topographic complexity across mountaintops. To address this knowledge gap, this study employs photogrammetry, GIS, microclimate data, and leaf spectral analysis to analyze the physiology and ecology components of the alpine specialist, Diapensia lapponica—a cushion plant that is an indicator species in Northeast alpine zones. Based on the results, it’s likely that D. lapponica area coverage and traits do vary according to topographic complexity, more specifically the aspect and complex conditions that influence the differences in traits between D. lapponicacommunities. Higher abundance of structural traits on Mt. Adams, versus higher abundance of nutrient levels on Mt. Mansfield, provides essential context into the differences in populations. The more information about alpine plant communities, the more it paves the way for proper management—and a world that understands the drivers of ecological change
