362 research outputs found
[Photograph of Stephanie Reif Harton in Bestamor]
No full textPhotograph of a woman identified as Stephanie Reif Harton poses for the camera among tall, flowering plants of a bulbous shape. She stands in front of a series of windows belonging to what appears to be a two-story structure with siding. The woman wears a scarf around her head and glasses. She holds a pot that holds the same plants that surround her. Large trees are seen just behind the house. On the back of the photograph, a dedication reads, "To Bill Anne Baumert greetings and best wishes from Bestamor. Jo Grandma Mrs Peter Harton [sic]". Two stamps of a leaping fox are accompanied with the text, "Fox-Tone Print FOX CO. San Antonio, Texas. May 1953.
[Photograph 2012.201.B1380.0361]
No full textPhotograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Michael and Jerry Reif and Anne and Mike Winzenread, from left, line up for the photographer at the medical fund-raiser.
Righting an injustice or American Taliban? the removal of Confederate statues
No full textIn recent years, several racial instances have occurred in the United States that have reinvigorated and demanded action concerning Confederate flags, statues and symbology. The Charleston massacre in 2015 prompted South Carolina to finally remove the Confederate battle flag from state grounds. The Charlottesville riots in 2017 accelerated the removal of Confederate statues from the public square. However, the controversy has broadened the discussion of how the Civil War monuments are to be viewed, especially in the public square. Many of the monuments were not built immediately following the Civil War, but later, during the era of Jim Crow and the disenfranchisement of African Americans during segregation in the South. Are they tributes to heroes or are they relics of a racist past that sought not to remember as much as to intimidate and bolster white supremacy?
This work seeks to break up the eras of Confederate monument building and demonstrate that different monuments were built at different times (and are still being built). The monuments reflect other events in the country happening at the time, as well as the thinking of those who built them. This author hopes that these nuances will add to the general discussion and the usual three responses toward the statues of either taking them down to either destroy them, keep them, but add context, or place them in museums, cemeteries or private property. These nuances are important, possibly rendering all three as valid decisions. This author will use multiple lenses, including Union, Confederate, and African American lenses as interpreters for the various eras discussed. (Author abstract)Reif, A.W. (2018). Righting an injustice or American Taliban? the removal of Confederate statues. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.eduMaster ArtsHistoryCollege of Online and Continuing Educatio
The Public Trust in Science Scale
No full textThe development and validation of the scale was published in:
Reif, A., Taddicken, M., Guenther, L., Schröder, J. T. & Weingart, P. (2025). The Public Trust in Science Scale: A Multilevel and Multidimensional Approach. Science Communication, 47(5), 670–701. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547024130275
Ausgleichsmaßnahme für bodennistende Insekten - Analyse des Ansiedlungserfolg von Insekten nach einer Bodenübertragung unter spezieller Betrachtung von Wildbienen und Heuschrecken zwischen März und September 2020
No full textThe use of conciliation or mediation for the resolution of international commercial disputes
No full textThe article focuses on international commercial disputes, which are typically between private partners. It then emphasizes the conciliation or mediation as a method for the resolution of such disputes. It explores more international rules and model laws for the use of conciliation as an alternative or prelude to adjudication, and more exposure to the possibility of conciliation during arbitration. According to the author, many jurisdictions have acknowledged the possibility of holding mediation during international commercial arbitrations held in Canada, and Canadian jurisdictions are starting to consider legislation to support international commercial mediation
M. G. Stemmermann’s Correspondence and Materials on Monosodium Glutamate
No full textThis is a collection of various documents from the 1970s, including most predominately, the correspondence between two women: M.G. Stemmermann, MD and Liane Reif-Lehrer, PhD, as they collaborated on Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) research. Reif-Lehrer, a renowned scientist from Harvard Medical School, is also known for her history of resilience in fleeing Nazi occupied territory in 1939 and her dedication to sharing her story. Stemmermann and Reif-Lehrer worked together to author articles detailing their experiences with children suffering from MSG intolerance—from seizures to vision issues. Along with their correspondence, there are also newspaper clippings, manuscript copies, and contributions from other doctors and scientists on the effects of MSG in food.https://mds.marshall.edu/owen_clinic_institute/1026/thumbnail.jp
The Public Trust in Science Scale: A Multilevel and Multidimensional Approach
No full textReif A, Taddicken M, Guenther L, Schröder JT, Weingart P. The Public Trust in Science Scale: A Multilevel and Multidimensional Approach. Science Communication . 2024.We developed and validated the Public Trust in Science (PuTruS) Scale to recognize the multidimensional nature of the concept. Drawing on an epistemic understanding of trust in science as a perception, we integrate prior research on different levels of trust objects, emphasizing the importance of trust in scientists. In addition, we include transparency and dialogue orientation to reflect increased public engagement expectations. Data from two German online panel surveys (nW1 = 3,439; nW2 = 1,030) points toward a five-dimensional structure (expertise, integrity, benevolence, transparency, dialogue orientation). For external validation, we used deference to scientific authority, conspiracy beliefs, and science populism
Positive association between forest management, environmental change, and forest bird abundance
No full textAbstract Background The global decrease in wildlife populations, especially birds, is mainly due to land use change and increasing intensity of land use (Parmesan and Yohe 2003). However, impacts of management tools to mitigate biodiversity loss at regional and global scales are less apparent in forest regions that have a constant forest area, and which did not suffer from habitat degradation, and where forests are sustainably managed, such as in Central Europe or the northeastern USA. A biodiversity assessment for Germany suggested, for example, that bird populations were constant (Bundesamt für Naturschutz 2015). Results This study shows that changes in the environment and in forest management over the past 45 years have had a significant, positive effect on the abundance of non-migratory forest bird species in Central Europe. Economy (timber prices and GDP), forest management (timber harvest and mixed forest area), and environmental factors (atmospheric CO2 concentration and nitrogen deposition) were investigated together with changes in abundances of migratory and non-migratory forest birds using partial least squares path modeling. Climate change, resulting in longer seasons and milder winters, and forest management, promoting tree diversity, were significantly positively related to the abundance of non-migratory forest birds and explained 92% of the variation in their abundance in Europe. Regionally-migrating forest birds had stable populations with large variation, while birds migrating across continents declined in recent decades, suggesting significant, contrasting changes in bird populations in Europe. In northeastern North America we also found evidence that non-migratory forests have experienced long-term increases in abundance, and this increase was related to management. The increase of populations of non-migratory forest birds in Europe and North America is associated with an increase in structural diversity and disturbances at the landscape level. Conclusions Our results suggest that reports about bird decline in forests should separate between migratory and non-migratory bird species. Efforts to mitigate the general decline in bird abundance should focus on land-use systems other than forests and support sustainable forest management independent of economic conditions
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