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The Use of Diverse Examples in Multicultural Education
No full textThis poster presentation focuses on the importance of multiculturalism in the classroom. Through the exploration of using literature as a mirror, avoiding tourism curriculum, and the importance of color-blind verses multicultural teaching, the representation of people of color, those with disabilities and different ethnicities in the classroom will be discussed
Are domesticated animals a key prey item for Canis latrans in Pennsylvania?
No full textCoyotes (Canis latrans) started expanding into the East Coast in the early 1900’s due to the absence and reduction of apex predator populations like the Eastern wolf (Canis Lycaon) and Red wolf (Canis rufus) and habitat change due to increased logging and agriculture industries. Due to the loss of these apex predators, the coyote has assumed this role in many regions including Pennsylvania. The rapid expansion has led to a fear from the public that coyotes are dangerous and a threat to native animals, livestock, and family pets. This is supported by Pennsylvania law that allows for the hunting of coyotes without a tag limits or season limitations. This systematic and massive hunting can have unforeseen ecological consequences, leading to overpopulation of white-tail deer and small rodents. This study aims to determine if domesticated animals such as livestock (cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens) and pets (cats and dogs) are indeed, prey items to coyotes. This is to help determine the level of threat that coyotes are to humans. To help determine the level of threat that coyotes are to humans, coyote stomachs were collected from 2009-2012. Five stomachs from five counties were selected for their contents to be analyzed. The bones and hairs were identified using Susquehanna University’s ad hoc reference collections. Data from previous studies was also be used. I hypothesize that livestock and pets are not key prey items. This is due to studies that have shown attack and kill rates between coyotes and pets in large metropolitan areas studies identifying low amounts of livestock in coyote stomachs from several states including Pennsylvania
La moda en la literatura cubana, 1960–1979: Tejiendo y destejiendo al hombre nuevo
No full textEste artículo analiza la representación de la moda en la literatura posterior al triunfo de la Revolución cubana, deteniéndose en un conjunto de textos literarios producidos durante los años sesenta y setenta. La investigación recorre las representaciones del vestir y sus significaciones en relación con la ideología del socialismo de Estado cubano y la entelequia del hombre nuevo. Las autoras analizan las representaciones literarias del uniforme verde olivo y de milicias y de la ropa de trabajo; así como los inventos artesanales con que los cubanos intentaron sortear la escasez. Las autoras concluyen que la moda jugó un papel significativo comunicando afiliaciones políticas y valores, con lo que lo mismo amplificó los mecanismos de espectacularidad en los que se apoyó el poder político como permitió emitir críticas más o menos sutiles de dicho poder.
This article studies the representation of fashion in the literature produced in Cuba after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, especially during the 1960s and 1970s. The research problematizes the representation of dress and its relation with the ideology of state socialism and the entelechy of the new man. The authors trace the literary representations of olive green and militia uniforms and work clothes, as well as of practices of make-do developed to sort out scarcity. The authors conclude that Cuban writers resorted to sartorial tropes to communicate political allegiances and values, either amplifying the revolutionary spectacle that supported the Cuban state socialist regime or more or less openly contesting its logics
Metaphoric extension, relational categories, and abstraction
No full textWe propose that concepts exist along a continuum of abstraction, from highly concrete to highly abstract, and we explore a critical kind of abstract category: relational abstractions. We argue that these relational categories emerge gradually from concrete concepts through a process of progressive analogical abstraction that renders their common structure more salient. This account is supported by recent findings in historical linguistics, language acquisition and neuroscience. We suggest that analogical abstraction provides a major route for the development of abstractions in language and cognition
Effects of Thalidomide on the Serotonergic Neurogenesis of Sea Urchin Embryos
No full textThalidomide, an anti-nausea drug, produces teratogenic effects in human embryos. Sea urchin species initially develop similarly to human embryos, making them viable models to study developmental effects. Previous research indicates that sea urchin embryos are sensitive to thalidomide induced malformations and showed phenotypic defects. Sea urchins possess a simple nerve network containing serotonergic neurons, which thalidomide may alter during development. Sea urchin gametes were studied in seawater, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and thalidomide concentration cultures. Embryo malformations were recorded at 24, 48, and 72 hours. Primary goat anti-rabbit serotonin antibody with secondary Vectafluor DyLight horse anti-goat antibody added was used to stain for serotonin, while NucBlue DAPI staining was used for cell counts. Preliminary results show that thalidomide exposure results in significantly more malformations than controlled cultures. Thalidomide exposed embryos may have fewer neurons binding to serotonin. Findings could provide insight into the mechanism of thalidomide-induced peripheral neuropathy in humans
The Effects of Monounsaturated Fats on a Hippocampal-Based Spatial Learning Task
No full textVarious studies have found that a high fat (HF) diet improved memory, whereas others have found that HF diets impaired memory. The difference depended on the type of fat provided in the diet. There is evidence that a higher ratio of monounsaturated fats to saturated fats is more likely to enhance memory than a HF diet composed mainly of saturated fats. This study examined the effect of a high-fat diet with a 2:4:1 ratio of monosaturated fats (SFA:MUFA:PUFA) has on the memory of male Long-Evans rats. Juvenile rats were used, with half on the HF diet and the other half on their regular chow. The HF group was administered the diet for three weeks prior to testing. Memory was tested using the eight-arm radial maze with three phases: habituation, acquisition, and retention
Mental Health
No full textMental health and the importance of mental health awareness has become a very prevalent topic in education. Mental health does not target a specific person, race, gender, or age—anyone can be affected. However, how teachers and school staff cope with their own mental health can either benefit or be detrimental to the success of students. The objective of this self-study was to examine how a teacher’s mental health regulation impacts his or her classroom
The Effect of Attitude in the Classroom
No full textThis self study focuses on the effects of attitude in the classroom, and how positivity is extremely beneficial to both the students and the educators. The data provided was collected during two 4th grade student teaching placements (one general education, one special education) that spanned over 7.5 weeks each as well as a practicum of 80 hours split between the two placements
Proposing a Code of Ethics for Sports Media
No full textRegrettably, today’s sports media routinely glorifies – or pretends not to notice – behaviors that debase the very notion of sport. Reporters frequently shine a positive light on – or otherwise turn a blind eye toward – athletes and coaches who demonstrate rank immodesty, unsportsmanlike conduct, and uncivil behavior. Such actions, in fact, are often explained away or celebrated as examples of “swagger” and competitiveness. This presentation provides examples of this and calls upon sports media professionals to do better. Specifically, this presentation argues for the development of a code of ethics that would be specific to sports media – a code that would encourage the industry to call out unsportsmanlike behavior for what it is, or at least resist embracing content that undermines sportsmanship, especially since so many media consumers are impressionable children. Beyond that, the proposed code also calls on the sports media industry to do more investigative reporting and to advance/affirm the role of women in the field
Let\u27s Talk about Race: How Implications of Anti-Racist and Inclusive Pedagogy can Improve the Race Discussions at PWI\u27s
No full textInclusive pedagogy is a method of teaching that aims to make learning an inclusive experience despite the quantity or quality of learning students have received. Anti-racist pedagogy, is a method working to acknowledge the theories, practices of racism, and power relations that have been woven into the fabric of our history and academic settings. Training for diversity and inclusion has become an important topic of interest since the influx of people of color attending predominantly white institutions (colleges and universities), yet there is still a disconnection between the way professors choose to teach their classes and the racial divide evident across students and professors. This paper acknowledges those disconnections and explores ways to improve race discussions by addressing that inclusive pedagogy is effective, but incomplete without the incorporation of anti-racist pedagogy to produce healthy learning environments