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Freehof User Guide
No full textThe User Guide for the Library of Appalachian Preaching is a Google Sheet that can be searched, sorted, and downloaded for offline use.
This part of the Guide provides information about Freehof\u27s lectures. It includes the title, scripture text, date and place the address was delivered (if known), and so on. This information is available in the master list of sermons as well.https://mds.marshall.edu/freehof_solomonbennett/1001/thumbnail.jp
\u3ci\u3eScorpiops tangae\u3c/i\u3e sp. n. (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae) from Laos
Get PDFA new species Scorpiops tangae sp. n. is described from Laos, fully illustrated with color photos showing its morphology and habitus. Scorpiops tangae sp. n. is the only species of the genus with a combination of five characters: chelal trichobothrium Eb3 located in distal half of manus between trichobothria Dt and Est; patella of pedipalp with 11 ventral and 17 external trichobothria; fingers of pedipalps undulate in male; pedipalp movable finger with ca. 45 IAD; and chela length to width ratio 3.7 in male. In addition to morphology and hemispermatophore, we also present the information about the karyotype of S. tangae sp. n. (2n=105)
League of Women Voters of the Huntington Area E-mail Bulletin, August 2024
Get PDFThe periodical is published by the League, which is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy.https://mds.marshall.edu/lowv_newsletter_2020-2029/1046/thumbnail.jp
20241106: Student Affairs, 1970-1980, 1986
Get PDFThese items include materials from the offices of Residence Life and Student Activities between 1977-1980 and 1986, respectively. Items were received prior to 1990 but were not accessioned until 2024. Materials include Residence Life events and calendars (a lot), Cultural Arts, Student Organization Handbooks, Student Conduct, an
Chronic absenteeism in Ohio: an analysis of four school districts in Scioto County, Ohio
Get PDFThis present study utilized a phenomenological design to investigate administrators’ perceptions of barriers to student attendance, current approaches to mitigating or removing those barriers, and the extent to which those approaches were effective. This study utilized interviews with area administrators where they were able to provide detailed responses to questions aligned with the research questions. Results found that, in this region of Ohio, administrators believed the biggest barrier to student attendance was parental support and transportation. Through the implementation of multiple innovative and out-of-the-box strategies, administrators felt strongly about the future success of the implementation of state required attendance supports such as the Early Warning Systems and implementation of Ohio House Bill 410. It is essential to implement strategies with fidelity, build the relationship between parents and the school, and targeting at risk students earlier to decrease the percentage of chronic absenteeism
Estha and Trans Identity in The God of Small Things
Get PDFGender relationships in The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy change over the course of the book. In many ways, gender and caste are inseparable from one another in how they interact; it is Estha who bridges the gap between both. Whether consciously or subconsciously, he engages in this transgressive behavior in order to become his sister Rahel. This essay positions Estha as a trans woman longing for a becoming, and it is through his successful pursuit of Rahel in both a queer and psychoanalytic sense that he becomes a woman. This pursuit manifests through transgressive behavior, putting him at odds with his family and community, and is mirrored in the natural world around him
The e-liquid flavorings cinnamaldehyde, vanillin, and ethyl vanillin induce cellular stress responses in human proximal tubule (HK-2) epithelial cells
Get PDFThe use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has become popular in recent years as an alternative to traditional cigarettes. These devices heat and subsequently vaporize e-liquids for inhalation by the user, which allows for the delivery of ingredients such as flavorings, nicotine, and solvents through the vapor. Flavorings used in e-liquids are “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) for consumption by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), however there are currently no recommendations on safety regarding the inhalation of flavoring agents. While research characterizing effects of e-liquids and their flavorings is abundant in lung and respiratory tract models, few studies examine the effects of e-liquids systemically. The kidney is a highly dynamic organ that receives a substantial amount of blood flow from cardiac output, and it is responsible for filtering substances such as e-liquids after they are inhaled and passed into the bloodstream. The purpose of this study was to investigate and determine cellular stress responses to the popular e-liquid flavorings cinnamaldehyde (CIN), vanillin (VAN), and ethyl vanillin (ETH VAN) in the human proximal tubule (HK-2) epithelial cell model. HK-2 cells were exposed to 0-100 µM CIN or 0-1000 µM VAN/ETH VAN for 24 or 48 h and various cellular stress responses were tested. Mitochondrial and glycolytic function were assessed using an Agilent Seahorse XFp assay machine. Total number of cells for Seahorse assays was determined by using CyQuant Direct Cell Proliferation assays and results were normalized to number of cells. Cell and mitochondrial viability were examined by using trypan blue exclusion and MTT assays. Additionally, mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation complex (OXPHOS) expression was probed using western blot analysis. Expression of autophagy, mitophagy, endoplasmic reticulum, and oxidative stress markers were also probed using western blot analysis. Western blot results were normalized to total protein concentration. The results obtained for this dissertation show flavor-specific cellular stress responses after 24 and 48 h exposure to e-liquid flavorings in HK-2 cells. The data here are the first to characterize such effects in a renal model, and therefore support further investigation into the systemic health risks associated with the use of ENDS devices
The kids are not alright: teachers’ perspectives on social and emotional learning in diverse populations
Get PDFThis dissertation was inspired by the researcher’s own experiences as a K-8 teacher. Reflecting on her struggles with classroom management and meeting the social and emotional needs of students who had experienced trauma, the researcher chose to take a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to studying Illinois elementary school teachers’ self-efficacy and motivation with regard to social and emotional learning (SEL) as influenced by community, district, and school level factors as well as the teachers’ own beliefs and practices. Five teachers in four different Illinois school districts were interviewed for this paper; the researcher also includes data from a pilot study with another Illinois teacher as these data inform the current study.
The dissertation begins by providing definitions of SEL and an overview of Illinois policies and practices. Definitions are provided for key terminology, and a description of the hermeneutic process to be followed is also included.
The second chapter includes a review of relevant literature. This literature includes descriptions of SEL and its importance, specific aspects of SEL, the importance of teacher voice when studying SEL, and teachers’ experiences with SEL. The literature review also includes reviews of meta-analyses and literature reviews, the results of the researcher’s own database searches, and phenomenological and qualitative studies closely related to this paper.
The third chapter outlines the researcher’s methodology. This includes an overview of the hermeneutic phenomenological process, followed by the protocols followed for recruiting and interviewing participants, and the researcher’s process of transcribing, coding, and analyzing interview data. Subsequently the chapter describes processes for obtaining additional data on participants and their schools and districts, including neighborhood visits, review of teacher contracts, and Illinois State Board of Education school report cards.
The fourth chapter details the results of this research. Commonalities found among participants include the importance of training, teachers’ frustrations with time constraints, and the conflicting demands of meeting students’ social and emotional needs while preparing them for high stakes testing. Differences in participants’ lived experiences were influenced by factors including the socioeconomic makeup of the student population and the priorities teachers perceived administrators to express. Teachers described implementing multiple strategies for teaching SEL skills as well as maintaining a positive climate and culture in their classrooms.
The final chapter of the paper draws conclusions regarding the limitations, delimitations, indications for future study, and potential implications of the research. The researcher intentionally limited the study to public schools in Illinois that served at least ten percent each Black and Latinx students; the participants who responded served at least 70% Black and Latinx students. All six of the teachers who participated were female; four were white and two were Black. Future research could make a conscious effort to reach a larger pool of participants, especially males, Latinx, and Middle Eastern/ North African teachers to include their perspectives. Despite these limitations and delimitations, the research seems to indicate that administrators’ messaging and priorities have a significant influence over the consistency with which SEL is practiced in a school, and that training is also a key component of successful implementation, especially when that training is relevant to the age and needs of the students with whom teachers work
Miracles of Being Freed
No full textThis sermon, on Luke 8:26-40, was delivered at FBC Williamstown on July 14, 2024. It was the second in a summer series entitled The Miracle Worker--Miracles of Freedom.https://mds.marshall.edu/thompson_cecily/1002/thumbnail.jp
“This Wonderful Machine”: How Should We Teach Humanities Texts like Gulliver’s Travels in the Time of ChatGPT?
Get PDFThe quoted phrase in the essay title comes from a passage in Jonathan Swift\u27s Gulliver’s Travels in which a Grand Academy of Lagado professor demonstrates a “wonderful Machine” that can generate scores of books “without the least Assistance from Genius or Study.” The essay explore the challenge for teaching classic humanities texts like Gulliver that the (perhaps not so) “wonderful Machine” called ChatGPT poses. Student Owen Terry’s Chronicle essay (May 12, 2023) identifies two crucial aspects of that challenge: “We don’t fully lean into AI and teach how to best use it, and we don’t fully prohibit it to keep it from interfering with exercises in critical thinking.” The essay explains my rationale not to “lean into AI but to prohibit it and to promote instead “critical thinking