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Cohesion: Uniting Reading and Writing!
Get PDFThe purpose of this text, or should we say guide, is to help all students in English composition classes - whether stand-alone or coupled with reading courses - understand the connections and the cohesive aspect of reading and writing. The authors used their own years of teaching both reading and writing, for all levels in college, to explain concepts in a straightforward and clear manner for students. The goal is that this becomes a resource - a FREE resource – students can return to time and time again when they have questions or need a refresher even after their English composition course ends
Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany
No full textThis book reveals how, over the course of the Third Reich, scenes involving alcohol consumption and revelry among the SS and police became a routine part of rituals of humiliation in the camps, ghettos, and killing fields of Eastern Europe. The book draws on a vast range of newly unearthed material to explore how alcohol consumption served as a literal and metaphorical lubricant for mass murder. It facilitated “performative masculinity,” expressly linked to physical or sexual violence. Such inebriated exhibitions extended from meetings of top Nazi officials to the rank and file, celebrating at the grave sites of their victims. The book argues that, contrary to the common misconception of the SS and police as stone-cold killers, they were, in fact, intoxicated with the act of murder itself. The book highlights the intersections of masculinity, drinking ritual, sexual violence, and mass murder to expose the role of alcohol and celebratory ritual in the Nazi genocide of European Jews. Its surprising and disturbing findings offer a new perspective on the mindset, motivation, and mentality of killers as they prepared for, and participated in, mass extermination.https://digitalcommons.tamusa.edu/hist_books/1008/thumbnail.jp
The World of Education among Ethnic Mexicans in J.T. Canales\u27s South Texas
No full textThe edited collection examines violence against Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas between 1910 and 1920, perpetrated by strangers, neighbors, vigilantes, and especially law enforcement officers. It also chronicles the efforts of José Tomas Canales, who called for an investigation into the violence committed by Texas Rangers, inspiring a new era of Mexican-American civil rights activism in Texas.https://digitalcommons.tamusa.edu/hist_books/1010/thumbnail.jp
Removal of Hexavalent Chromium by Encapsulated Chitosan-Modified Magnetic Carbon Nanotubes: Fixed-Bed Column Study and Modelling
Get PDFA new type of composite adsorbent, encapsulated chitosan-modified magnetic carbon nanotubes (CS/MWCNTs/Fe) beads were used to remove hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from aqueous solutions in a fixed-bed column. Among the various combination of operating parameters, we obtain a maximum volume of treated effluent (210 mL) under the following conditions: flow rate, 1 mL min−1; bed height, 8 cm; feed Cr(VI) concentration, 30 mg L−1; and solution pH, 4.0 ± 0.2. The corresponding adsorption capacity was 1.54 mg g-1 and the overall Cr(VI) removal efficiency was 54 %. In characterizing the dynamics of the adsorption process and breakthrough profiles, we found that the Thomas model and the Yoon-Nelson model both accurately described the breakthrough curves under all experimental conditions, while the Adams-Bohart model was applicable only for an early phase of dynamic behavior CtC0≤0.5 role= presentation \u3eCtC0≤0.5 role= presentation \u3e of the CS/MWCNTs/Fe beads column. Columns with shorter bed heights favored the global mass transfer rate, especially during the early breakthrough periods. Moreover, the bed depth service time (BDST) model was validated experimentally, enabling the prediction of service time of the adsorption bed at different outlet concentrations using hypothetical flow rates and inlet concentrations. Scaled-up study was performed to observe the column performance at higher throughputs. The high selectivity of Cr(VI) adsorption in the simulated wastewater in the presence of other heavy metals (copper and cadmium) and background anion (phosphate) suggests the applicability of CS/MWCNTs/Fe beads for Cr(VI) removal from industrial effluents
COVID-19 Oral History Project: Interview with Anjela Arlette Kallos
Get PDFThe interview discusses the interviewee\u27s lived experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. The person interviewed was Anjela Arlette Kallos via Zoom meeting by Lucas Baldo for our U.S. History 1302 course. Ms. Kallos discusses how her life and work-life have changed throughout the pandemic, from the healthcare measures taken at work and out of work to the change in interactions between her family and friends
COVID-19 Oral History Project: Interview with Catherine Alvarado
Get PDFThe interview discusses this interviewees experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have overcome it. The person I am interviewing is a college student and currently works at H-E-B as employment. Catherine discusses her life with schools and with work during the pandemic
COVID-19 Oral History Project: Interview with Jose Saldana
Get PDFThe person interviewed was Jose Saldana and he was interviewed by Erick Saldana. Jose discusses his life during the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes how his job and his life at home has changed and how he has had to adapt to the new style of life
COVID-19 Oral History Project: Interview with Ceasar Reyes
Get PDFThis interview is about the experience’s that Ceasar Reyes encountered or had to face during a pandemic due to COVID-19 also known as coronavirus. He talks and reflects about what changes and circumstances he had to overcome or deal with because of the pandemic. This video discusses Ceasar Reyes experience during the pandemic due to COVID-19