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Which Canadian Seniors Are Below the Low-Income Measure?
No full textAbout 6% of seniors in Canada have family incomes below the Low-Income Measure. (The Low-Income Measure is 50% of the median family income, adjusted for family size, and is a commonly used, if arbitrary, operational definition of relative poverty.) This is a low rate by international standards, in sharp contrast to the high rate in Canada about 35 years ago. It is lower than the comparable rates for the general Canadian population or for families with children and more Canadians leave below-LIM status during their retirement years than enter it. Canadian income tax data show that the remaining 6% are disproportionately immigrant, female, currently unmarried and supporting dependent children (possibly grandchildren). Age does not appear to be of great importance.relative poverty, Canadian income distribution, pension adequacy
Gilmer, Jennifer (FA 304)
No full textFinding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 304. Paper: [Folklore in Ann Landers\u27 Columns] written by Jennifer Gilmer for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class
Committee Hearing, January 23, 2024, Follow Up / presented by Jennifer King, Executive Director of Public Affairs, Kansas Department of Corrections.
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Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, presented by Jennifer King, Executive Director of Public Affairs, Kansas Department of Corrections."Thank you so much for allowing Dr. Cris Fanning, KDOC Executive Director, Programs and Risk Reduction to address the committee regarding our re-entry and reintegration initiatives. During the committee session, we received one question for which we didn’t have an immediate answer. Please find below the information requested by the committee.
Edwards, Jennifer L. (FA 220)
No full textFinding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 220. Paper: Folk Medical Beliefs Concerning Colds or the Flu written by Jennifer L. Edwards for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class
Use pressure data below seat cushions to evaluate comfort
No full textDuring a flight, passengers spend most of their time sitting in their seats. Studying the comfort and discomfort while passengers are sitting is helpful to improve the overall comfort during a flight. Pressure mats are commonly used in studies to collect pressure distribution in order to research sitting comfort. Different from most past studies, in which pressure mats are placed on the top of the cushions, the focus of this paper is to show the potential of placing pressure mat below the seat cushion. Three identical cushions differing in stiffness were prepared. The pressure distribution of 12 sitting postures was collected from 33 subjects both at the top as well as at the bottom of the foam in a randomized order. After sitting on each cushion, the participant was asked to leave the seat and complete a sitting comfort and discomfort questionnaire. The results show that the softest cushion got the highest rank in short-term comfort and lowest rank in short-term discomfort. The recorded pressure distributions both on the top and at the bottom of the foam can influence comfort and discomfort. This indicates the potential to use pressure distributions under the foam to evaluate the perceived comfort and discomfort in sitting, which might reduce the intrusive feeling of theparticipants in comfort studies.Mechatronic DesignMaterials and Manufacturin
Phillips, Jennifer, b. 1988 (FA 487)
No full textFinding aid and full text (click on Additional File below) for Folklife Archives Project 487. Folklore material classified by genre. Information collected by Jennifer Phillips related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University
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Jameson, Jennifer Michelle, b. 1987 (FA 567)
No full textFinding aid and full-text paper (click on Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 567. Paper: A Brief History and Orientation to the Freeman Kitchens Collection written by Jennifer Michelle Jameson for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes photos and an oral interview conducted by Jameson with Kitchens on 24 November 2010 in Drake, Kentucky
Pannell, Jennifer Lynn, b. 1985 (FA 541)
No full textFinding aid and full-text (Click on Additional File below) for Folklife Archives Project 541. Project in which Jennifer Lynn Pannell discusses the childhood punishment of having your mouth washed out with soap. She interviewed her grandmother Shelby Pedigo and her boyfriend Matt Hougtaling about this experiences. This project was a requirement for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University
Consciousness below SCUBA depths
No full textAbstract: Jennifer Mather has nicely summarized what is known about consciousness in shallow water octopods as well as what is known about shallow water squids and cuttlefish. However, once she gets below SCUBA depths, she misses out on most of cephalopod diversity. I have attempted to add this aspect and perhaps some evolutionary biology to this target article
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