383 research outputs found
Barb Gifford, interviewed by Jessy Blackburn
Get PDFBarb Gifford was born and raised in Clifton Springs. She earned her Associate\u27s Degree at Mohawk Valley Community College, and then transferred to SUNY Brockport, where she earned her Bachelor\u27s Degree in Sociology. After having her first child, she and her family moved back to Clifton Springs and worked at the Clifton Springs hospital as a social worker for nearly thirty years. In early 2018, she moved back to Brockport to live closer to her daughter, who teaches at the Brockport Central School District, and to help take care of her grandchildren. As of November 2019, she has audited six courses at SUNY Brockport as part of the college\u27s Lifelong Learning Program
Jenna Schlick, interviewed by Jessy Blackburn
No full textJenna Schlick attended Oriskany School District outside of Utica, which is a small school, her class consisting of only 53 students. She had previously considered going to beauty school in New York City and purse such a career there, but she didn’t want to miss out on the college experience of a recent high school graduate. She also considered SUNY Delhi for veterinary studies to become a veterinary technician, but changed her mind after interning in that field. Schlick likes the small feel of SUNY Brockport, which reminds her of her high school experience. She is majoring in business administration based on her dad’s recommendation and career, and she is also hoping to add on a minor in marketing.Archived web contentSUNY BrockportInterviews With Students Past & Presen
Barb Gifford, interviewed by Jessy Blackburn
No full textBarb Gifford was born and raised in Clifton Springs. She earned her Associate's Degree at Mohawk Valley Community College, and then transferred to SUNY Brockport, where she earned her Bachelor's Degree in Sociology. After having her first child, she and her family moved back to Clifton Springs and worked at the Clifton Springs hospital as a social worker for nearly thirty years. In early 2018, she moved back to Brockport to live closer to her daughter, who teaches at the Brockport Central School District, and to help take care of her grandchildren. As of November 2019, she has audited six courses at SUNY Brockport as part of the college's Lifelong Learning Program.Archived web contentSUNY BrockportInterviews With Students Past & Presen
Preventing hazing, harassment, and bullying in Oregon's trades: findings and recommendations
No full textpresented by: Jessy Lyons (MA), Lea Hegge (MPH), Green Dot etc., Inc.Title from PDF caption (viewed on December 9, 2021)."In the fall of 2014, Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. approached Green Dot, etc., Inc. to discuss the possibility of adapting the Green Dot Violence Prevention Strategy to address bullying, harassment, hazing, and other forms of aggression in the trade industries around Portland. Green Dot proposed a four-phase adaptation and implementation plan to be completed in collaboration with Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. and other local stakeholders. As a part of Phase One, in February 2015, Green Dot, etc., Inc. , in partnership with Portland State University, was contracted to conduct focus groups with key stakeholders such as apprentices, trades workers, foremen, business owners, union officers, labor advocates, and other vested parties to determine how best to apply the Green Dot vision to the trades"--Page 2.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-41).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Through Our Eyes: A Qualitative Study of Indian Mothers and Their Perceptions of Autism
Get PDFThis qualitative study focuses on the awareness and perceptions of autism among Indian mothers residing in the United States. Through a semi-structure interview, the author examined the responses of Indian mothers regarding what life would be like for an Indian mother who has a child with autism. The results indicated that there continues to be a lack of awareness regarding autism because of the high levels of stigma associated with any form of mental illness. Mothers felt that the lives of an Indian mother and her child who has autism would be difficult because of complex cultural expectations and traditions. In addition, the lack of awareness and acceptance ultimately results in the child not gaining the appropriate access to crucial early interventions and to social interactions that are needed in order to achieve his or her maximum potential in life
Minnesota Sea Grant Green Infrastructure Code Audit Project Final Report
No full textFinal project report detailing the process, outcomes, and associated outreach and engagement activities for the following initiatives: 1) Code Audits & Community-Government Partnerships: Facilitating Pathways to Resilience with Green Infrastructure in Minnesota Communities (August 1, 2022 – January 31, 2025) and 2) Code Audit Phase Two: Enhancing Pathways to Coastal Resilience through Green Infrastructure (August 1, 2023 – April 30, 2025). 39 pages.This project and report was prepared in collaboration with the University of Minnesota Sea Grant College Program using federal funds under award NA22OAR4170098 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Sea Grant College Program, U.S. Department of Commerce, with funds from the state of Minnesota. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Sea Grant Program, or the U.S. Department of Commerce. Disclaimer: This material includes content originally developed by Minnesota Sea Grant. Its use or adaptation by its readers does not constitute endorsement by Minnesota Sea Grant. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of Minnesota Sea Grant.Rodman, Madison G; Sprague, Tiffany A; Carlson, Jessy R; Hinds, Juli Beth. (2025). Minnesota Sea Grant Green Infrastructure Code Audit Project Final Report. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/273663
Decolonizing the Wilderness: Indigenous Representation in U.S. National Parks
No full textElectronic Thesis or DissertationFor millions of Indigenous Americans, National Parks can serve as a reminder of centuries of American policy designed to eradicate Indigenous people and culture. To overcome a legacy built on violence, National Parks have worked hard to increase collaboration with Indigenous peoples and provide visitors with more opportunities within park spaces to learn about and interact with Indigeneity. Challenges still exist for the park service, as park spaces can often fail to provide Indigenous peoples with agency over their own stories. Instead, many parks favor colonial retellings of history, which minimize contemporary Indigenous connections to the land. Thus, this thesis investigates how National Parks have, in many cases, successfully improved Indigenous interpretations in park spaces while still, in some cases, providing visitors with antiquated information that devalues the contemporary significance of Indigenous people and cultures. For interpretive staff throughout the National Park Service, antiquated Indigenous interpretations represent shortcomings rooted in outdated federal policy. National Park Service staff work hard to make parks accessible and inclusive for all visitors, but colonial legacies still permeate these spaces, negatively affecting the visitor experience. By engaging in participatory critical rhetorics and visiting each of the thirteen National Parks included in this thesis—paired with racial rhetorical criticism of three case studies—this thesis explores how National Park spaces either provide or deny visitors opportunities to learn about Indigenous people and cultures throughout their park visit. Specifically, this thesis seeks to understand how National Parks motivate visitors to more meaningfully engage with Indigenous ways of knowing, challenging the contemporary legacies of colonialism. For the National Park Service, this analysis provides valuable insight into the successes of interpretation in various National Park spaces while also highlighting areas where interpretation does not communicate to visitors the contemporary importance of Indigenous people and cultures. Ultimately, this analysis contributes to a growing body of work both inside and outside of communication studies, dedicated to the interrogation of colonial power dynamics and the impacts of these relationships on our contemporary structures
Denitrification-based pretreatment for the compaction of silty sands
No full textRecent developments in bio-based soil improvement techniques include the use of the bacterially mediated process of denitrification to alter engineering properties of soils. Pham (2017) used the denitrification process to stimulate the production of gas and precipitation of calcium carbonate as a soil improvement method. The ability to desaturate a soil to its optimum saturation by means of gas production inspired the use of this method to improve the engineering properties of soils more efficiently by means of a two-stage process of desaturation and compaction. Andrag (2017) started a research to investigate the potential of this concept and developed a test setup for the assessment of its efficiency. The prospects of this biogenic soil pretreatment method are further investigated in the current study. The objective of the research is to assess how the compactability of an initially saturated soil is influenced by the in-situ formation of gas bubbles and if this gas can be used to reduce the energy requirements for compaction of a soil to a given target density. A review on existing literature is initially carried out to grasp the latest developments on this topic. Information from literature is used to determine the typical characteristics of soils on which compaction activities are often found to be ineffective. Based on this information, a representative silty sand with a high gas storage capacity is created for further experiments. It is found that gradation is one of the main properties controlling the water content-dry density relationship of soils. The water content-dry density relationship of soils composed from industrially produced material is found to be often significantly different from natural soils, which can be explained by differences in gradation. A testing strategy is developed and a setup is established for assessment of the concept of biogenic soil pretreatment for reducing energy requirements for compaction. Denitrifying bacteria are cultivated with a chemostat setup which can supply bacterial inoculum for subsequent experiments. The effect of the biogenic pretreatment is evaluated by comparing the energy requirements for compression of treated and untreated soil samples from initial conditions to a given target density with a constant strain-rate. Soil samples are successfully desaturated to targeted saturations by means of an engineered treatment regime. Concentrations of the substrates are determined based on the stoichiometry of the biochemical reaction, Henry’s law, Boyle’s law and the ideal gas law. Gas is produced at a steady rate inside the soil samples with a very limited amount of gas escaping, confirming the high storage capacity of the assembled sample material. The determined optimum saturation of the silty sand (80%), is therefore achieved without exceeding the gas percolation threshold of the soil. The gas that escapes the sample during the gas production stage and the loading stage, is captured with a gas trap that is included in the setup. The changes in water content and dry density of the soil during the experiment can be accurately predicted by means of a volume balance. The major part of the initially available nitrate in the pore fluid is consumed at the end of the experiments, with a limited amount of accumulated nitrite. Moreover, the denitrification process is successfully buffered by including calcium within the engineered substrate solution.It is initially presumed that energy requirements for static compaction of a silty sand in the Rowe cell can be reduced by bringing the soil closer to optimum conditions in terms of saturation, before starting the loading stage. Based on an analysis of the work input per volume, it is found that the energy requirements for compaction increase slightly as a result of the biogenic pretreatment. In terms of compactability, no clear benefit is obtained from the biogenic pretreatment according to the energy-based assessment method that is used in this research. The slightly higher energy requirements for compaction of treated samples can possibly be explained by the formation of biofilm or entrapment of gas bubbles in the drainage lines of the setup. Cementation effects as a result of calcium carbonate precipitation are not expected to play a role, since calculations show that the relative amount of calcium carbonate in the soil is very limited at the end of the experiments. It is recommended to further investigate the potential of the denitrification-based pretreatment for the compaction of soils by exploring new methods of assessment. It is suggested to focus on implementation of a dynamic loading component to the test method and to investigate the options for execution of a field experiment. Representation of conditions that apply in practice is thereby essential. The potential of biogenic pretreatment for improvement of the engineering properties of silts and clays can also be investigated as it might be a sustainable alternative for the relatively scarce and costly coarse-grained fill material that is normally used nowadays.Applied Earth Science
Quelle méthode d'analyse littéraire dans le cadre d'une théorie de la lecture?
Get PDFThis article seeks to explore the methodological aspects of the semiotics of reading. How can one proceed to a literary analysis if one only has in view only the reader’s position, and no longer that of the author or the text? This article presents some theories of reading, then performs a text analysis that situates itself in this perspective. The chosen text, “Le pied de momie” by Théophile Gautier, belongs to the genre of the fantastic and thereby possesses a number of generic particularities that stimulate its readers’ imagination
Exploring Affective States in Trading Simulation Gaming through Facial Expression Analysis
No full textOur world has faced rapid transformations over the past decades. This greatly facilitated advancements in interconnectedness of the functional systems in society, such as transportation or communication. Simulation gaming is a technique that can aid in comprehending the dynamics and interactions within these complex socio-technical systems. Simulation gaming became a very popular topic of research and many different aspects have already been thoroughly investigated. Yet, there are some components that still remained rather unexplored, such as affect among participants. Affect are the feelings, moods and emotional states that we, as individuals, can experience as a reaction to certain events and situations. The importance of researching the role of affect in simulation gaming can be attributed to the potential of affective gaming. Including a component that adapts to the affective states of participants can improve the gaming experience as well as the outcomes. This can provide a better understanding of the observed interactions and their complexity. Simulation gaming can be practiced for various purposes in different sectors. This research focuses on the role of affective states in trading simulation gaming. It provides the opportunity to analyze affective states experienced by participants and how that relates to trading behavior, such as decision making and negotiating. In order to study this, an existing simulation game was used to derive and analyze data. The simulation game that is being used for this research was developed as part of SamenMarkt. SamenMarkt is a project that had been established to investigate the supply chain of vegetables in the horticulture sector. Part of the SamenMarkt project was the development of a simulation game to examine the interactions between stakeholders in the supply chain. Human participants took part in the game in which they could buy and sell tomatoes. This resulted in different trading interactions between the players, such as submitting, receiving, winning or losing offers. In this research, the trade actions in the simulation game are investigated on their relationship with the affective states that participants experienced during the game play. This is performed by analyzing the occurrence of facial movements through the facial action coding system (FACS). The results showed significant differences for the occurrence of some action units between different trade actions or positive versus negative trade actions. These outcomes show that there are some specific action units that significantly differ in occurrence or intensity between trading actions, indicating that some of those events may evoke corresponding immediate affect. Based on the discussion, it can be argued that this trading gaming simulation does elicit affective states related to the trading process, e.g. positive affect resulting from a positive event, or negative affect emerging from a negative event. However, it requires further research to provide a more general conclusion regarding the meaning of certain action units and the relationship to the trade actions.Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM
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