687 research outputs found
Kenneth Daniel Coates Portrait
No full textKenneth Daniel Coates was Professor of English from 1928 to 1969.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/facultyphotos/1008/thumbnail.jp
Kenneth Coates Address at the Wofford Faculty Club
No full textProfessor Kenneth D. Coates, who served as professor of English at Wofford College from 1926 to 1969, addressed the Wofford Faculty Club on the occasion of his retirement from the college
To study, to party, or both? Assessing risk factors for non-prescribed stimulant use among middle and high school students
No full textThis study examines the risk factors predicting non-prescribed stimulant use (NPSU) among adolescents, with an emphasis on whether such factors are reflective of instrumental (e.g. studying) and/or recreational (e.g. partying) drug consumption settings. Using data from Monitoring the Future (2011), we employed a series of logistic regression models to establish predictors of 12-month self-reported Adderall or Ritalin use without a doctor’s note among 8th and 10th graders. Whereas studies of college students have found NPSU to correlate with instrumental motives and productivity-related demands, we find no association between NPSU and indicators of academic strain for this younger sample. Rather, we find that the age of onset and current use of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana is most predictive of NPSU, which are substances generally associated with social and recreational consumption settings. These findings have potential implications for practitioners concerned with mitigating the harms of general prescription drug misuse, as interventions efforts informed by research conducted among college students may not readily apply to younger populations. Drawing from central tenets of developmental and life course criminology, we call for continued inquiry into the broader socialization and developmental processes that influence NPSU and other prescription drug use patterns prior to early adulthood.Peer reviewe
On Kenneth Frampton's Project
No full textKenneth Frampton, a prominent scholar in the history, theory and criticism of architecture, studied at the Architectural Association in
London in the 1950s and was the technical editor of Architectural Design magazine. Since 1972, he has been teaching at the School
of Architecture at Columbia University, where he is Ware Professor of Architecture. In the present interview, the author of Modern Architecture: A Critical History (1980) talks about his project as a critic and theoretician, his evolution and influence. Moreover, he reviews some precedents of the Modern Movement and highlights the critical and interpretative function architecture history should undertake
The Morality of Markets: A Response to Kenneth R. Melchin
No full textAn author is honored when others take his work seriously. I am especially so honored by the care which Kenneth Melchin has taken in engaging my book, The Moral Ecology of Markets. In these brief responses I will make some comments on Ken’s paper and then some broader comments on the project of this conference: the development of Bernard Lonergan’s economics
Journal in Entirety
No full textTABLE OF CONTENTS
Perfecting One Another: Friendship and the Moral Implications of Wesley\u27s Small Groups Daniel Castelo
Whitefield, Whittier, and the Poetic Bridge to the Issue of Slavery Samuel J. Rogal
Science and Theology in Conversation: Emergence Theories of Consciousness and Entire Sanctification Nathan Crawford
Justification by Faith: Richard Baxter\u27s Influence on John Wesley *Joseph W. Cunningham
A Response to Professor Kenneth Collins William Abraham
Power: Its Origin and Abuse Ruth Anne Reese
The Future of Christianity in China: An Internal Reflection Yalin Xin
A Wesleyan Theology of Governance for Seminaries Kenneth J. Collins
Book Notes Kenneth J. Collins
*The original article was published with the wrong author, Floyd T. Cunningham. Joseph W. Cunningham is the correct author. The Journal and Article has been modified to reflect the correct author
Evaluating carbon offsets from forestry and energy projects
No full textUnder the Kyoto Protocol, industrial countries accept caps on their emissions of greenhouse gases. They are permitted to acquire offsetting emissions reductions from developing countries - which do not have emissions limitations - to assist in complying with these caps. Because these emissions reductions are defined against a hypothetical baseline, practical issues arise in ensuring that the reductions are genuine. Forestry-related emissions reduction projects are often thought to present greater difficulties in measurement and implementation, than energy-related emissions reduction projects. The author discusses how project characteristics affect the process for determining compliance with each of the criteria for qualifying. Those criteria are: 1) Additionality. Would these emissions reductions not have taken place without the project? 2) Baseline and systems boundaries (leakage). What would business-as-usual emissions have been without the project? And in this comparison, how broad should spatial, and temporal system boundaries be? 3) Measurement (or sequestration). How accurately can we measure actual with-project emissions levels? 4) Duration or permanence. Will the project have an enduring mitigating effect? 5) Local impact. Will the project benefit its neighbors? For all the criteria except permanence, it is difficult to find generic distinctions between land use change and forestry and energy projects, since both categories comprise diverse project types. The important distinctions among projects have to do with such things as: a) The level and distribution of the project's direct financial benefits. b) How much the project is integrated with the larger system. c) The project components'internal homogeneity and geographic dispersion. d) The local replicability of project technologies. Permanence is an issue specific to land use and forestry projects. The author describes various approaches to ensure permanence, or adjust credits for duration: the ton-year approach (focusing on the benefits from deferring climatic damage, and rewarding longer deferral); the combination approach (bundling current land use change and forestry emissions reductions with future reductions in the buyer's allowed amount); a technology-acceleration approach; and an insurance approach.Montreal Protocol,Environmental Economics&Policies,Climate Change,Decentralization,Global Environment Facility,Environmental Economics&Policies,Energy and Environment,Carbon Policy and Trading,Montreal Protocol,Climate Change
How the evolutionary imperative process impacts upon the development of body adornment and jewellery
No full textCreatures of Fancy:Mary Shelley in Dundee
No full textIn June 1812 the future author of Frankenstein, Mary Godwin (later Mrs Percy Shelley), arrived in Dundee as a guest of the Baxter family. Her time in the rapidly developing town would have a significant influence on her – here for the first time she was inspired to become a writer. This publication looks at Mary’s connections to Dundee through three separate essays. In the first, Gordon Bannerman describes the background to her visit, the connections between her family and that of textile merchant William Thomas Baxter, the friendship she developed with Baxter’s daughter Isabella and the subsequent influence of Isabella’s husband David Booth. All of this is considered in the context of the unique religious and political life of Dundee.Mary’s visit coincided with notable developments in medicine and an increasing interest in studying nature and science, as well as a growth of popular literature and a new theatre for the town. In the second chapter, Matthew Jarron and Kenneth Baxter explore both the cultural and scientific life of Dundee at this time.In the final chapter, Daniel Cook examines the depiction of Scotland in both Frankenstein and a later novel, The Last Man, showing that Mary’s experiences during her time here continued to have an impact on her work. <br/
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