232 research outputs found
Wayne Hilliard, Catherine Ann Dunaway, Scott Williamson, Ferrell Drummond, 1960 Summer SGA Officers
No full textThese individuals were students at Jacksonville State College (now Jacksonville State University) in 1959-1960. Left to right are Wayne Hilliard, Catherine Ann Dunaway, Scott Williamson, and Ferrell Drummond. The four were elected to serve in office as Student Government Association SGA officers for the 1960 summer session. (circa June 22, 1960)https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib-ac-histimg/28754/thumbnail.jp
Henri Temianka Correspondence; (ferrell)
No full textThis collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_correspondence/1944/thumbnail.jp
How green building requirements impact the commercial general contractor in Stockton, California
No full textThis project explored how green building construction impacted a commercial construction company in Stockton, California. Through an examination of green building construction as well as general commercial construction in the Stockton area, the author was able to consider the impact of green building construction upon a sample building company. The analysis also considered a detailed look into 5 target markets in the area selected. Using the context of 1 company, Ferrell Construction (a pseudonym), the project also includes a discussion of green building trends locally and globally
Pa'l Norte: Mexican Immigration and Labor 1930s-1980s
No full textThe author has granted permission for their work to be available to the general public.By the 1980s, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service estimated that over 1 million undocumented Mexican nationals resided in the United States. To understand the reasons that undocumented immigration reached record-breaking numbers in the 1980s, we must analyze the policies that sparked high rates of Mexican immigration throughout the middle of the twentieth century. Thus, this thesis examines Mexican and U.S. labor and immigration policies between the 1930s and 1980s. Between 1942 and 1964, the binational Bracero Program created an avenue for sanctioned Mexican immigration to the United States. However, the program's strict requirements influenced the rise of undocumented Mexican immigration, consisting of those excluded from the program. Following the end of the Bracero Program in 1964, Mexico and the U.S. formulated the Border Industrialization Program to continue the partnership between American industries and Mexican labor. This new program exported American industries to Mexico rather than imported Mexican labor to the United States. However, the program failed to provide enough labor opportunities for Mexican nationals along the Mexican border, which prompted many to seek employment in the U.S. as undocumented workers. By analyzing the experiences of Mexican nationals in conjunction with binational policies, we gain a deeper understanding of the reasons that many Mexican nationals immigrated to the United States.Histor
Internment Camps and Forced Migration: A Space Where Past, Present, and Future Intersect
No full textThe author has granted permission for their work to be available to the general public.In the 1940's, tens of thousands of people of Japanese and German heritage throughout the western hemisphere were forcibly uprooted from their homes resulting in a traumatic separation from their families, communities, possessions, and identities. While some people were confined to camps and released at different points in time, others were given to foreign countries and traded to enemy nations. The public's understanding of this history is limited in scope and distorted by the misuse of the terms and multiple aspects of the different programs that fall under what is commonly known as the U.S. internment of Japanese. The Japanese confined are only one aspect of many systems in over a dozen countries working simultaneously to ensure hemispheric security. The people forcibly uprooted from their lives are generally presented as immigrants and their confinement as the result of years of racist U.S. anti-immigrant policies. When, in fact, over 2/3 of those targeted were citizens of North, Central, and South American countries. The public's ability to interact with this history is limited due to the cost and time associated with independent research at museums and archives, as well as the physical degradation, ownership, and physical location of many sites related to the forced uprooting. The purpose of this paper is threefold: it seeks to rectify the issues associated with the lopsided history and misused terminology of forced uprooting while providing context to the lived experience of those forcibly uprooted; to present forced uprooting from the framework of forced migration studies by arguing for the broadening of the term forced migration to differentiate between self-engaged and facilitated forced migration; and to present digital methods of presenting history to create a 'sense of history' that allows for the intertwining of public and collective memories.Histor
Validez y confiabilidad del instrumento de calidad de vida de Betty Ferrell, para personas con enfermedad crónica
No full textLa calidad de vida de las personas con enfermedad crónica es un fenómeno de interés que se debe explorar desde diferentes perspectivas tanto desde los profesionales como de los usuarios. Así mismo, se considera un indicador tangible del efecto de las intervenciones en salud y foco central de investigación centrada en describirla y explicar su relación con otras co-variables. Los instrumentos utilizados para evaluar la calidad de vida son herramientas útiles que deben suministrar información real, segura y adecuada para promover programas, diagnosticar situaciones, evaluar tratamientos, entre otros aspectos. Por ello deben seguir procesos psicométricos de validez y confiabilidad que permitan su uso en el contexto local, evidenciando que miden lo que pretende medir y con un alto grado de precisión. OBJETIVO: Determinar la validez y confiabilidad del instrumento calidad de vida paciente con enfermedad crónica de Betty Ferrell, para el contexto colombiano, mediante la realización de pruebas psicométricas en el I y II semestre de 2013. MÉTODO: Estudio de abordaje cuantitativo descriptivo de corte transversal. Se realizó adecuación semántica y determinar la comprensibilidad, validez facial, de contenido y de constructo, así como confiabilidad por consistencia interna mediante el alfa de Cronbach RESULTADOS: El instrumento requirió un ajuste semántico con el que obtuvo una comprensibilidad mayor de 85% en cada uno de los ítems. Se determinó una validez de contenido adecuada con un índice de validez de contenido (IVC) de 0.9, la consistencia interna por medio de alfa de Cronbach fue de 0.88. Respecto a la validez de constructo: el análisis de carga factorial de los ítems en los cuatro factores extraídos y al intentar establecer una relación con la estructuración de las dimensiones planteada por el autor, no se encontró una coincidencia total entre estos dos aspectos. Sólo 22 de los 41 ítems son explicados por el factor subyacente a la dimensión planteada por el autor, observándose marcada discrepancia en las dimensiones de Bienestar Psicológico y Social. CONCLUSIONES: El instrumento de calidad de vida de Betty Ferrell para personas con enfermedad crónica tiene una alta comprensibilidad y un adecuado índice de validez de contenido para su uso en el contexto local. Se requiere seguir estudiando la validez de constructo, se recomienda eliminar el ítem 7 ya que presenta una alta correlación con el ítem 30, realizar un análisis factorial confirmatorio, y explorar la propuesta de cuatro dimensiones (Percepción de carga de la enfermedad, bienestar psicológico, relaciones y formas de afrontamiento a la enfermedad).Abstract. The quality of life of people with chronic illness is a phenomenon of interest to be explored from different perspectives both professionals and users. Also, is considered a tangible indicator of the effect of health interventions and focus of research concentrated on describing and explaining its relationship with other co - variables. The instruments used to assess quality of life are useful tools that should provide real, safe and adequate information to promote programs, diagnose situations, to evaluate treatments, among others. Therefore must follow psychometric validity and reliability processes that allow its use in the local context, showing that measures what it purports to measure with a high degree of accuracy. To determine the validity and reliability of the Betty Ferrell’s quality of life instrument, for people with Chronic disease, for Colombian context , by conducting psychometric tests in the I and II semester of 2013. METHODS: Descriptive study of cross-sectional quantitative approach. Semantic appropriateness and comprehensibility was conducted; facial, content and construct validity was made, reliability for internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha RESULTS: The instrument required a semantic adjustment that I had a higher compressibility of 85 % in each of the items. Adequate content validity with 0.9, internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha was 0.88, it was adequate. Regarding construct validity: factorial analysis of the items loading on the four extracted factors and try to establish a connection with the structuring of the dimensions proposed by the author, an exact match between these two aspects is not found. Only 22 of the 41 items are explained by the underlying dimension factor raised by the author, showing marked discrepancy in the dimensions of Psychological and Social Welfare. CONCLUSIONS: The quality of life instrument Betty Ferrell for people with chronic disease has a high comprehensibility and adequate content validity index for use in the local context. It requires further study construct validity, it is recommended to delete item 7 because it has a high correlation with item 30, perform a confirmatory factor analysis, and explore the proposed four dimensions (Perception of disease burden, psychological well- relationships and ways of coping with the disease).Maestrí
Genocide: a comparative glimpse into memory and representation at three North American museums
No full textThis item is available only to currently enrolled UTSA students, faculty or staff. To download, navigate to Log In in the top right-hand corner of this screen, then select Log in with my UTSA ID.This project compared three major museums that present genocide and the Holocaust in North America. The three museums included the Human Rights Museum in Winnipeg Canada, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and The Museum of Memory and Tolerance in Mexico City. I am focusing on these three museums because all three are major museums located in North America with different views on the genocides that have occurred in modern times. My research explored how these various genocides are represented differently among these museums. By focusing on the museum displays I will analyze why they are represented in that way and what that means for the collective memory of each country. To do this I will analyzed the content and space dedicated to the Holocaust and genocide.Histor
Monterrey Is Ours! The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Dana, 1845-1847
No full textHere we are on the banks of the Nueces in the grand camp of the army of occupation.” So wrote Lt. Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana when in 1845, not many months before the outbreak of the Mexican War, he joined the white-tented encampment of General Zachary Taylor in Texas. And so he continued writing during the uncertain life of camp and campaign for the better part of the next two years. In these letters to his wife, published here for the first time, Dana provides a detailed, firsthand view of the United States’ war with Mexico—fighting off the Mexicans from within Fort Brown during the initial attack; hearing the distant thunder of artillery as Taylor’s army marched to the rescue of the beleaguered Seventh Infantry; occupying Matamoros; taking Monterrey, street by street with the defenders firing from the housetops. After Monterrey, Dana was at the siege of Veracruz and on the march to Cerro Gordo. Badly wounded in the attack on Telegraph Hill at Cerro Gordo, he was left on the field for dead, but was rescued by a burial party a day and a half later. Following the Mexican War, Dana went on to become a major general during the Civil War and later to have an illustrious career as a railroad executive. Nearly one hundred of his letters about the Mexican War survived and are now in the archives at West Point. From them Robert Ferrell has edited this vivid, eyewitness narrative.
Robert H. Ferrell, professor of history at Indiana University, is a widely published author and editor on American diplomatic history.
It is surprising that these remarkable letters have never before been published, but fortunate that they are now available, with Professor Ferrell’s admirable footnotes, to devotees of American history. —The Atlantichttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_latin_american_history/1003/thumbnail.jp
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