164 research outputs found
Duchowość maryjna Fultona J. Sheena
No full textThe article concerns the Marian aspect of the spirituality of a well known American bishop, author of many publications, and famous preacher, Servant of God Fulton Sheen. The author shows, on the basis of Sheen’s most important publications, the bishop’s dogmatic teaching on Mother of God, the main forms of Marian piety put forward by him, and the idea of Her as a role model in the Christian spirituality. The Marian spirituality of Fulton Sheen, as early as in the pre‑conciliar time, realized generally ten aspects of devotion to the Blessed Virgin, which later Pope Paul VI indicated in his apostolic exhortation Marialis cultus, in 1974.Autor artykułu bada znaczenie Najświętszej Maryi Panny w duchowości amerykańskiego biskupa Fultona J. Sheena. Pokazuje duchowość maryjną jako aspekt duchowości chrześcijańskiej, opartej na wzorze postawy Matki Bożej. Jego duchowość, oparta na biblijnych i dogmatycznych podstawach, realizuje się w specyficznej pobożności maryjnej. Autor najpierw ukazuje obraz Maryi, jaki wyłania się z pism Sheena. Następnie omawia najważniejsze formy pobożności maryjnej. Na koniec, ukazując jej wzorczość, zastanawia się, na ile ta forma duchowości spełnia zasady pogłębionej pobożności maryjnej zawartej w adhortacji Marialis cultus
Confidence in Motion: Building Leadership and Visibility in Exercise Science Careers
No full textSuccess in exercise science and kinesiology requires more than academic excellence or technical skill—it requires confidence, visibility, and the ability to communicate your expertise. In this keynote, WSJ-bestselling author Sheena Yap Chan (The Tao of Self-Confidence, Bridging the Confidence Gap) shares how students can overcome self-doubt, advocate for themselves in research and professional spaces, and step into leadership roles early in their careers. Drawing from her own journey and stories from hundreds of professionals she has interviewed, Sheena will equip students with tools to present research confidently, network authentically, and translate their knowledge into impact. This session inspires the next generation of exercise science leaders to not only excel academically but also become visible voices advancing health and human performance.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, students will be able to:
1. Identify confidence barriers that affect how they present their skills, research, and professional goals.
2. Apply visibility strategies—storytelling, presence, and advocacy—in academic and career advancement.
3. Create a personal “Confidence Roadmap” to prepare for graduate school applications, interviews, and professional opportunities
Can Environmental Assessment Protect Caribou? Analysis of EA in Nunavut, Canada, 1999-2019
No full textThis paper analyses the environmental assessment of every proposed mining project that has undergone full review through the Nunavut Impact Review Board from 1999 to 2019, with specific emphasis on how impacts to caribou were identified and assessed. Caribou are the most important terrestrial species in Nunavut from a food security, traditional culture, and harvesting perspective, and mining is known to have impacts on caribou habitat, migration and calving behaviour, predation and hunting patterns, and other effects. Close study of how caribou impacts are discerned and evaluated within environmental assessment (EA) can thus reveal broader trends about both EA and the broader resource governance process. Although some project proposals were initially rejected, every EA ultimately concluded that impacts to caribou were not significant, despite evidence presented to the contrary. We present three modes through which serious impacts are rendered insignificant within EA (mitigation, strategic use of scale, and strategic use of Inuit knowledge and consultation) and comment on the broader context shaping EA in Nunavut. We argue that EA cannot do what it is expected to do (come to rational, science-based decisions that balance ecological, social, and economic goals) and is an insufficient tool for ensuring the long-term well-being of caribou in Nunavut
Retracted article: Students' learning styles and academic performance in Readings in Philippine History: Basis for a proposed course syllabus enhancement
No full textThe article entitled “Students’ learning styles and academic performance in Readings in Philippine History: Basis for a proposed course syllabus enhancement” (Volume 4, Issue 1, December 2022, pp. 45-51) written by Adrian Ote, Margie M. Lepangge, Nobelen Joy M. Marsonia, Sheena Joy C. Pagran, Jennilyn C. Se, and Jason A. Romero has been retracted at the request of the Corresponding Author
A changed climate created by Title IX within HBCU
No full textFor the last six months, I have researched Title IX and its impact on athletics within historical black colleges and universities (HBCU) specifically race. African-American women including all minorities have participated in college athletics as a direct result of Title IX. African-American women eventually graduate from college and are offered professional opportunities as either coaches or administrators. In 1972 Title IX became a federal law and banned sex discrimination in federally funded educational programs. I asked whether Title IX had a different impact on historical black colleges and universities (HBCU) vs. historical white colleges and universities (HWCU). My research suggests that the impact of Title IX on higher education is complicated. The primary focus of this paper is the institutional response to Title IX, and the institutions’ aspirations for black women leaders. I examined the institutional response at three colleges/universities: Spellman College, Howard University, and Rutgers University – New Brunswick. Through this research process, I have discovered that historical white colleges’ and universities’ response to Title IX has been to expand women’s varsity athletics but historical black colleges and universities have chosen to de-emphasize college sports and create physical educational activities. HBCU’s communities have provided learning centers, wellness programs, and career workshops to prepare their female student athletes for their future goals as leaders in society. This new revived role of physical education that has been created by HBCUs suggests that the institutions have not responded to Title IX by expanding women’s sports for gender equality but in fact HBCUs have put more emphasis on the racial uplift ideology. M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Sheena Pierc
Health impact assessment of coal-fired boiler retirement at the Martin Drake and Comanche power plants
No full textIncludes bibliographical references.Health impact assessment (HIA) is a suite of tools used to characterize potential health effects of policies, projects, or regulations. The objective of this HIA was to understand the impact of decommissioning units at two large coal-fired power plants on mortality and morbidity in the Southern Front Range region of Colorado. Based on Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) chemical transport models of fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and ozone (O3), we modeled five potential emissions reductions scenarios and estimated the potential health benefits of reduced exposures to PM2.5 and ozone for premature deaths, cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations, and other health outcomes for ZIP codes in the Southern Front Range region, including the cities of Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. Health Benefits Scenarios 1 and 2 estimated the health benefits of shutting down most units at the Comanche plant in Pueblo, CO (one newer unit remained operational) relative to a baseline scenario using emissions from 2011 (Scenario 1) or a counterfactual baseline scenario that accounted for sulfur dioxide emissions controls (scrubbers) installed at the Martin Drake plant in Colorado Springs in 2016 (Scenario 2). Health Benefits Scenario 3 estimated the benefits of shutting down the Martin Drake plant relative to the 2011 baseline. Health Benefits Scenario 4 estimated the health benefits of shutting down the Martin Drake power plant and shutting down all but one boiler at the Comanche power plant relative to a 2011 emissions baseline. Health Benefits Scenario 5 estimated the marginal health benefits of decommissioning these plants (with one remaining coal-fired boiler at Comanche) relative to a counterfactual baseline year that considered emissions controls installed at the Martin Drake facility in 2016. In addition to estimating the number of deaths, hospitalizations, and other health outcomes that would potentially be avoided by reducing emissions at these facilities, we also estimated the monetary impact using outcome valuations typically used in US EPA health benefits analyses and examined the environmental justice implications of reduced emissions and exposures across the Southern Front Range. • For Health Benefits Scenario 1 (Comanche Units 3 and 4 were “zeroed out” and compared to a baseline where all other emissions were at 2011 levels), we estimated that reducing population exposures to PM2.5 would result in 1 (95% CI: 0 - 1) fewer premature death each year. Reductions in PM2.5 and O3 exposures would also result in fewer restricted activity days among adults [5 (95% CI: -3 – 95)] and fewer missed school days for children [27 (95% CI: -19- 582)]. Benefits of retiring the Comanche units were similar when emissions controls at Martin Drake are taken into account (Health Benefits Scenario 2).
• For Health Benefits Scenario 3 (emissions at Martin Drake were “zeroed out”), we estimated that reducing population exposures to PM2.5 and O3 would result in 4 (95% CI: 2 - 5) and < 1 (95% CI: 0 - 1) fewer premature deaths each year, respectively. Reductions in PM2.5 and O3 exposures would also result in fewer restricted activity days among adults [10 (95% CI: 0 – 74)] and fewer missed school days for children [4 (95% CI: 2- 5)]. • For Health Benefits Scenario 4, we estimated that reducing population exposures to PM2.5 and O3 would result in 4 (95% CI: 2 - 6) and < 1 (95% CI: 0 - 1) fewer premature deaths each year, respectively. Among the largest annual health benefits are avoided asthma symptom days among children [16 (95% CI: -1 – 141) due to PM2.5 and 13 (95% CI: -348 - 972) due to O3] and minor restricted activity days among adults [69 (95% CI: 0 - 488) due to PM2.5 and 71 (95% CI: -31 - 750) due to O3]. We also estimated that, for Health Benefits Scenario 1, children in the study area would miss 77 (95% CI: -77 - 1180) fewer days of school each year due to lower O3 exposures. • Annual health benefits were lower for Health Benefits Scenario 5 compared to Scenario 4 due to the smaller change in exposure concentration after accounting for the control technologies installed at Martin Drake in 2016. For Health Benefits Scenario 5, we estimated that reducing population exposures to PM2.5 and O3 would result in 2 (95% CI: 1 - 3) and < 1 (95% CI: 0 - 1) fewer premature deaths each year, respectively. Other annual benefits under Health Benefits Scenario 2 included 2 (95% CI: -17 – 44) and 9 (-242 – 678) avoided asthma symptom days due to PM2.5 and O3 exposures, respectively; 28 (95%CI: -2 – 188) and 48 (95%CI: -16 – 513) minor restricted activity days due to PM2.5 and O3 exposures; and 53 (95% CI: -48 – 833) avoided school absences among children due to O3 exposures. • Monetized health benefits when both plants were “zeroed out” ranged from 2.1 million - 1.7 million (95% CI: $0.8 million – 3.2 million) for Health Benefits Scenario 5. Benefits tended to be smaller when only one plant was considered. In all of the analyses, the monetized impacts were driven by the value of avoided premature mortality. In addition, we found that ZIP codes with lower median incomes tended to receive a greater share of the health benefits of decreasing exposures to PM2.5 and O3 resulting from power plant shutdowns. This finding suggests that reducing emissions at the power plants could potentially alleviate some environmental justice concerns in the area
Soil PH and clay content associated with chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer in northern Illinois
No full textSoil is an important reservoir for chronic wasting disease (CWD) which is a prion disease that infects cervids through both direct contact with infected animals and contact with contaminated environments. I built a boosted regression tree model that accurately predicted (AUC = 0.954) the probability of CWD presence in northern Illinois based on soil characteristics (soil texture, pH, cation exchange capacity, organic matter, and water content), then used the outcome to assess possible pathways by which soil characteristics increase the probability of transmission via environmental contamination. The model indicates CWD is likely to be present where: soil pH is greater than 6.6, percent clay is lower than 20%, cation exchange capacity (CEC) is lower than 15 meq/100g, and soil organic matter is less than 4.5%. Soil pH and the abundance of clays and associated soil organic matter and CEC appear to alter the availability of prions immobilized in soil. The results suggest that exposure to prions through probable routes of infection such as inhalation or ingestion is greatest where pH is greater than 6.6 and the percent clay is less than 20%.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2018-12-01The student, Sheena Dorak, accepted the attached license on 2016-12-06 at 09:48.The student, Sheena Dorak, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2016-12-06 at 09:59.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2016-12-06 at 14:21.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #10445 on 2018-08-14 at 16:00:19Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T21:37:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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Baby’s Got the Blues by C. Diggory Shields
No full textDiggory Shields, Carol. Baby’s Got the Blues. Illus. Lauren Tobia. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2014. Print.With the word Baby in the title, one might believe that this book is suitable only for pre-school children. The author, Carol Shields, erases this assumption with the first sentence: “You think babies have it easy?” The book, Baby’s Got the Blues, is told from the perspective of the youngest in the family, and pays tribute to all the trials and tribulations that Baby encounters- full diapers, the inability to talk, eat pizza, walk, and having to sleep in a crib. In the end, all of Baby’s blues are wiped away when the best part of being a baby is revealed- cuddles.Written in the Blues musical style, with rhythm and beat, those who are inclined could easily find themselves singing this story out loud, even improvising their own lines. The repeated refrain, “Cause I’m a baby, And I’ve got those baby blues. B-A-B-Y, baby, Got the poor little baby blues,” changes slightly after each verse to reflect Baby’s blues. For example, the word “blues” in the first line of the refrain is substituted for “stinkeroos” after Baby deals with a stinky diaper.The illustrations of this picture book highlight Baby’s world and help to tell Baby’s story in a fun way that includes Baby’s rabbit stuffy, which seems to experience the same trials and tribulations that Baby does. I highly recommend this book for babies, siblings, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and budding Blues musicians alike. Shield’s tells of Baby’s blues in a way that is enjoyable and will get even the most non-musical tapping their foot.Highly Recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Sheena NewburySheena is an elementary music teacher with Edmonton Catholic School and is currently working on completing her Master’s degree in Elementary Education. She loves reading and sharing literature with her music classes
Parasyntax and the sentential level in axiomatic functionalism
No full textThis thesis is presented as a contribution to the St Andrews School
of Linguistics, Axiomatic Functionalism, as developed by Mulder and
Hervey. It is essentially a piece of Theoretical Linguistics which
outlines an approach to the hitherto undeveloped areas of Parasyntax
and the Sentential Level in Axiomatic Functionalism.
The theoretical arguments are supported by descriptive hypotheses
concerning the nature of Spoken English. These descriptions are
corpus-based.
The conclusion reached by the author is that not only are Parasyntax
and the Sentential Level distinct in theory (this is axiomatic), but
they are also distinct in their application as regards methodology
and description. This conclusion will undoubtedly prove to be
controversial in the light of recent developments in Axiomatic
Functionalism concerning the Postulates in particular (of which the
author was at the time of writing unaware), and in the light of
other Functionalist approaches to the nature of intonation and
sentences.
It is anticipated that this thesis will be of value to those
interested in Functionalism as well as those concerned with
intonation and the levels of language beyond syntax
Identifying gaps using the EPICOT+ framework and exploring the association between funding sources and author conclusions in primary nutrition research addressing non-communicable diseases from Cochrane nutrition reviews : a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study
No full textThesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2021.ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: With the rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) globally, we aimed to summarise the research gaps and describe the adequacy of the reporting of future research recommendations in Cochrane reviews of nutrition interventions addressing NCDs. We also aimed to explore the influence of funding sources and author- sponsor financial ties on author conclusions in a subset of primary studies included in these reviews.
Methods: Two researchers independently screened a Cochrane nutrition reviews database (n=470, July 2015) to identify reviews addressing four NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes). The “implications for research” section of eligible reviews was analysed using the evidence, population, intervention, comparison, outcome, timeframe, study design and burden of disease (EPICOT+) framework to describe the extent of reporting of research recommendations and to summarise gaps. A purposive sample of English full-text studies included in reviews addressing alternative nutrition supplements were analysed to assess reporting of conflict of interest (COI), funding sources and author-sponsor financial ties, and to explore influences of funding sources and author-sponsor financial ties on author conclusions.
Results: Ninety-eight eligible reviews were analysed. The EPICOT+ reporting was as follows: evidence 34/98 (33.7%), population 68/98 (69.4%), intervention 90/98 (91.8%), comparison 26/98 (26.5%), outcomes 78/98 (79.6%), study design 85/98 (86.7%), time frame 52/98 (53.1%), and burden of disease 7/98 (7.1%). Studies requiring better quality, different interventions, and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) were highlighted. Seven reviews addressed alternative nutrition supplements, including 51 eligible primary studies. Conflicts of interest were disclosed in 10/51 (19.2%); funding in 27/51 (51.9%), of which, 11/27 (40.7%) were industry and 16/27 (59.3%) were non-industry sponsors; and author-sponsor financial ties in 9/51 (13.4%), of which 1/9 (11.1%) was industry and 8/9 (88.9%) were non-industry. There was no association between authors making favourable conclusions and having industry sponsors and author-sponsor financial ties (8/12) compared with non-industry sponsors and no author-sponsor financial ties (10/24), (Fisher exact p =0.289).
Conclusions: EPICOT+ items were not well reported in most reviews. Future studies of better quality, different interventions, outcomes or populations in LMICs are needed. Authors should disclose all COI, funding sources and author-sponsor financial ties. Possible influences of funding sources and author-sponsor financial ties on author conclusions needs further investigation.AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Geen opsomming beskikbaar.Master
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