484 research outputs found
Aboriginal women's autobiographical narratives and the politics of collaboration / Jennifer Anne Jones.
No full textBibliography: leaves 273-284.284 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.This thesis examines the autobiographical texts of the Aboriginal women writers, Oodgeroo, Margaret Tusker and Monica Clare, in light of the 'community of commitment' which supported their publications. It considers how and why the Aboriginal women elicted outside support and how the ideology of the group informed the epistemology of the text.The role of collaborating white editors and professional editors are examined as crucial in influencing the style and content of the finished piece. The original manuscripts are compared against the published editions and the changes implemented by the editor are described. Following Frantz Fanon and Homi Bhaba, the adoption of the white ideological lattice by the Aboriginal author is characterised as the white mask of colonial mimicry. The outcomes of cross-cultural impersonation of the white editor are discussed, with the editorial collaboration viewed as the imposition of stereotyped representations of Aboriginality.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Social Inquiry, 200
The impact of nutrient availability, substrate characteristics, and environmental conditions on wood decay and microbial decomposer communities
No full textWood is an important store of carbon and nutrients globally, and understanding the decay of that wood is critical for estimating rates of global nutrient and carbon cycling. Nutrient availability is important for driving decay rates as decomposers need nutrients to produce wood decay enzymes. My dissertation first explores the differences between bark and wood in nutrient concentrations. Then, by combining environmental and wood substrate manipulations with next-generation sequencing of fungal and bacterial communities, my dissertation explores the relative importance of, and potential interactions among, substrate characteristics, decomposer communities, and environmental conditions. In the second chapter, I explore how bark nutrient concentrations vary across soil fertilities and tree species to understand the amount of and variability in bark nutrients. I found that bark nutrient concentrations and the nutrients in bark differed between soil fertilities and that bark held an estimated 20% of N, P, K, and Mg. In the third chapter, I explore environmental impacts on wood decay by comparing wood in freshwater streams and adjacent terrestrial habitats. Despite finding differences in fungal community composition between habitats, I found wood mass loss was faster in streams than on land because of physical fragmentation and leaching, not differences in microbial decay. In chapter four, I examine how bark impacts wood decay and fungal and bacterial communities. I show that bark and wood differ in decay rate and that bark slows the mass loss of underlying wood. Bacterial and fungal community composition differed between bark and wood, but differences were small. In the last chapter, I compared the effect of substrate and soil nutrient concentrations on wood decomposition and enzyme production. I found that both substrate and soil nutrients influence wood decay and that multiple nutrients impact decay rates.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2021-05-01The student, Jennifer Jones, accepted the attached license on 2019-03-06 at 18:11.The student, Jennifer Jones, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2019-03-06 at 18:27.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2019-03-07 at 11:14.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #13413 on 2019-08-22 at 16:20:03Made available in DSpace on 2019-08-23T20:44:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Case stories of mathematical and racial identityamong black girls in a small urban school district
No full textThis research investigatedaspects of the developing mathematical identity and racial identity of two Black adolescent girls attending middle and high school in a small urban school district. The study was guided by the following research questions: 1.What can be inferred from 7thgrade and high school interview data about the development or co-construction of two African-American girls’ mathematical and racial identities in a small urban school district? In particular, in what ways do they see themselves as effective mathematical learners, and how do they perceive their school experiences having contributed to this? How do they perceive themselves as Black girls, in their own eyes and in the eyes of others? Do they see any relationships between their developing mathematical identities and their racial identities? What light is shed on these questions by information gathered from peers with whom they interact? 2.What “critical events” identified in 7thgrade retrospective interview videotapes support these inferences? A “critical event”is an affective, social, and mathematical interaction pertaining to identity that occurred during 7thgrade.3.What stable dimensions of the girls’ mathematical and racial identities can be documented in data concerning their experiences since 7thgrade, particularly experiences during 8th, 9th, and 10thgrades, described by the girls themselves?Evidence was gathered from 7thgrade and high school mathematics affect surveys, 7thgrade retrospective interviews on classroom activities, a multidimensional inventory of Black identity (MIBI-t, Sellers et al 1998), and high school interviews. Case stories for two focus girls were developed with additional data from three girls, all of whom were in the same 7thgrade mathematics class and attended the same high school. The study gives evidence that all of the girls perceived themselves as capable mathematics learners –Black girls who are able to “do math”. Evidence from 7thgrade “critical events” indicates complex relationships among mathematics activities, affective and social interactions, and the classroom environment. From 7thgrade on, all of the girls believed that a good mathematics teacher creates a supportive mathematics learning community for students of all abilities. Stable dimensions of three girls’ mathematical identity include belief in their own ability, and the belief that they have experienced both opportunities and barriers to their mathematics learning. Stable dimensions of racial identity among three girls include high Private Regard (I am proud to be Black), and low Public Regard (Most people think that Blacks are as smart as people of other races). The two focus girls do not, however, perceive relationships between their own racial and mathematical identities. Rather, for these girls, the most important reported influences on their mathematics identity were a) classroom opportunities to work together on fun but challenging mathematics tasks, b) classroom environments in which both mistakes and correct answers are valued, and c) respect and value as members of classroom mathematics learning communities.Ed.D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Jennifer V. Jone
Everybody Poops: Public Toilets are a Community Issue: A Toilet Facilities Knowledge Brief
No full textNursing & Human ServicesRural Homelessnessaccessible toiletsrural homelessnes
Requirement for STAT3 and its target, TFCP2L1, in self-renewal of naïve pluripotent stem cells in vivo and in vitro.
No full textWe previously demonstrated gradual loss of epiblast during diapause in embryos lacking components of the LIF/IL6 receptor. Here, we explore the requirement for the downstream signalling transducer andactivator of transcription STAT3 and its target, TFCP2L1, in maintenance of naïve pluripotency. Unlike conventional markers, such as NANOG, which remains high in epiblast until implantation, both STAT3 and TFCP2L1 proteins decline during blastocyst expansion, but intensify in the embryonic region after induction of diapause, as observed visually and confirmed using our image-analysis pipeline, consistent with our previous transcriptional expression data. Embryos lacking STAT3 or TFCP2L1 underwent catastrophic loss of most of the inner cell mass during the first few days of diapause, indicating involvement of signals in addition to LIF/IL6 for sustaining naïve pluripotency in vivo. By blocking MEK/ERK signalling from the morula stage, we could derive embryonic stem cells with high efficiency from STAT3 null embryos, but not those lacking TFCP2L1, suggesting a hitherto unknown additional role for this essential STAT3 target in transition from embryo to embryonic stem cells in vitro. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper
Teaching under the table: Examining Texas English educators' use of cultural communication in today's classrooms through the perspectives of Black women
No full textThis dissertation investigates whether the recent Texas education legislation banning instruction and books centered on/or around race, gender, and sexuality, as well as eliminating DEI programs at public colleges and universities, has impacted Black women English educators’ cultural communication self-efficacy. This study applies a Black feminist pragmatic research philosophical approach using a mixed methods research design, including a quantitative online survey and qualitative virtual interviews to explore a sample of Black women English educators' cultural communication self-efficacy. Data was analyzed using the competent communication model, intersectionality theory, and my autoethnography as a Black woman English educator. The research findings suggest that Black women English educators in Texas have a high level of cultural communication self-efficacy and that their intersectional identity in being both Black and a woman creates advantages and barriers, which has been further impacted by recent state education legislation. This dissertation contributes to the existing body of knowledge concerned with cultural communication, culturally responsive teaching, and/or Black feminist rhetorics. Overall, these findings highlight the effects of state legislation on teachers’ comfort and confidence within the classroom. I, therefore, recommend further research regarding the effects of recent state education laws on Texas educators and students, particularly those from marginalized communities
West Kootenay Homelessness Response Summit 2023
No full textNursing & Human ServicesRural Homelessnes
Process and meaning in spatial archaeology: investigations into Pre-Columbian Iroquoian space and place
No full textExamines Northern Iroquoian archaeology through various lenses at multiple spatial levels, including individual households, village constructions, relationships between villages in a local region, and relationships between various Iroquoian nations and their homelands. Scholarship from both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border, presents contextualized analysis of settlement and landscape.--Provided by publisher.Introduction: Settlement, space, and Northern Iroquoian societies / Eric E. Jones and John L. Creese -- Dwelling, daily life, and power at Parker Farm / Erin C. Rodriguez and Kathleen M. S. Allen -- Growing pains: explaining long-term trends in Iroquoian village scale, density, and layout / John L. Creese -- Iroquoian settlements in central New York State in the sixteenth century: a case study of intra- and inter-site diversity / Kathleen M. S. Allen and Sandra Katz -- Multi-scalar perspectives on Iroquoian ceramics: aggregation and interaction in precontact Ontario / Jennifer Birch, Robert B. Wojtowicz, Aleksandra Pradzynski, and Robert H. Pihl -- Refining our understanding of sixteenth and seventeenth-century Haudenosaunee settlement location choices / Eric E. Jones -- Cross-border interaction in Iroquoian bioarchaeological investigations / Crystal Forrest -- Revisiting Onondaga Iroquois prehistory through social network analysis / John P. Hart, William E. Engelbrecht -- The study of Northern Iroquoia: before and after the international boundary / Ronald F. Williamson, Dean Snow
Coming to the table: A literature review of the child eating behavior in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
No full textAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects the lives of many children and adults across the world. Approximately 1 in 45 adults, along with 1 in 36 children, living in the United States have autism. One of the most common problems seen in individuals with autism but more specifically in children, is disruptive eating/mealtime behavior. The purpose of this thesis is to take a deeper look at the correlation between child eating habits and family structure in the home as well as child eating habits and parent stress. The author worked under the supervision of an Oklahoma State University PhD student, Haley Hall, to create a survey exploring where parents and caregivers seek nutrition-related information for their child with ASD. Data collection for the pilot study began in December 2023 and was not completed in time for analysis to be included in this thesis. The author hopes the results of the study will provide insight into one of the most common problems found in children with autism and where parents are seeking information regarding disruptive eating and mealtime behavior.Link to thesis presentation: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF2RDk_PpE/s5v1IqG-05bGyfOB817LBw/edit?utm_content=DAF2RDk_PpE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutto
1971-1972 A Cappella Choir 1
No full textUnder the direction of Bayne Dobbins, the 1971-1972 A Cappella Choir was a large ensemble choir at Jacksonville State University. Shown members of the choir rehearse inside a church. Members were Janet Clanton, Anne Cockrell, Cindy Cornelius, Betty Jeanne Dobbins, Charlyne Henry, Cynthia Kilgore, Kathy Mackety, Jennifer Miles, Sheilia Mitchell, Sally Tucker, Colleen Bates, Rosemary Brown, Frankie Jones, Elaine Lear, Linda Lindsey, Elaine Morris, Mary Pacelio, Pam Roper, Cathy Supon, Rick Jones, Jim Kirkpatrick, Gary Land, Jerry Pollard, Willie Snead, Fred Blair, Robert Doctrie, Eugene Inglis, Mike Jones, Ray Jones, Mike McCreless, Keith Moore, Alex Nesmith, David Osborne, Paula Easter, Rhetta Landers, Kathy Mann, Annette Morrison, Jane Rice, Mary Ann Sherrill, Carla Taylor, Susie Willman, Kathy Ballard, Sherry Brousard, Gloria Culberson, Sandra Langley, Sue Machen, Teresa Nelson, Kathy Newman, Judi Simmons, Lois Stahl, Ouida Stewart, Johnny Brimer, Gary Hair, Bob Morrison, Gordon Rogers, Ricky Stockdale, Gary Vidito, James Camp, Tony Carroll, Byron Conner, Ronnie Gaddis, Nathan Hall, Robert Harris, Patrick Henry, Jeff Lenard, Tony Lockhart, David Starkey, David Stevenson.https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib-ac-histimg/42098/thumbnail.jp
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