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Life is too short to be serious all the time: Donald Duck presents unconventional motivations for publishing in academia
No full textIn this food for thought article, we introduce the ‘Donald Duck Phenomenon’ to consider ten unconventional reasons for publishing in academia. These include (i) symbolic immortality, (ii) personal satisfaction, (iii) a sense of pride, (iv) serious leisure, (v) cause credibility, (vi) altruism, (vii) collaboration with a friend or family member, (viii) collaboration with a hero, (ix) conflict or revenge, and (x) for amusement. The article was inspired by the lead author’s social media search for a co-author with the surname ‘Duck’. Through LinkedIn, the lead author, Associate Professor William E. Donald, who is based in the UK and specialises in Sustainable Careers and Human Resource Management, found a collaborator, Dr Nicholas Duck, based in Australia and specialises in Organisational Psychology. While the collaboration may appear somewhat ‘quackers’, per one of Donald Duck’s famous phrases, “Life is too short to be serious all the time, so if you can’t laugh at yourself then call me… I’ll laugh at you, for you”. We hope that this article offers some interesting insights, particularly for academics at the start of their scholarly journey, and acts as a way to stimulate conversation around unconventional reasons for publishing in academia
Michael A. Messner et Donald F. Sabo (eds.), Sport, Men, and the Gender Order : Critical Feminist Perspectives, Champaign (Illinois), Human Kinetics Books, 1991
No full textWacquant Loïc J. D. Michael A. Messner et Donald F. Sabo (eds.), Sport, Men, and the Gender Order : Critical Feminist Perspectives, Champaign (Illinois), Human Kinetics Books, 1991. In: L'Homme et la société, N. 105-106, 1992. Vers quel désordre mondial ? pp. 182-183
Sex, Violence & Power in Sports : Rethinking Masculinity
No full textBy Michael A. Messner & Donald Sabo (former College at Brockport faculty member). The authors, both academics and former athletes, examine the culture of male sports and its relation to concepts of masculinity. The basic premise is that male-dominated sports foster homophobia and the denigration of women. This is not new news for anyone who has spent time in an adolescent male locker room. What is news, however, is the authors\u27 linking of locker-room mentality with data indicating that on some college campuses a third of all reported rapes involve male athletes, who represent less than a third of all males on campus. The authors hold that this sort of data--numerous studies are cited revealing the same trend--exposes the inherent flaws in traditional male sports culture. Sports, they say, breed intolerant males more prone to violence, domestic abuse, and homophobia and less likely to sustain a long-term relationship with a woman. This premise may or may not be entirely valid; further research is clearly needed. Still, the authors\u27 findings--especially in context of the O. J. Simpson case--raise points of serious discussion regarding athletes and violence. --Booklisthttps://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bookshelf/1227/thumbnail.jp
Twitter Tweets for Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump)
No full textDataset Metrics
Total size of data uncompressed:115901693 bytes
Number of objects (submissions): 40,241
Start Date: Mon May 04 18:54:25 +0000 2009
End Date: Thu Jul 11 15:52:19 +0000 2019
Format: ndjson (new line delimited JSON)
Overview
This dataset contains all known publicly available tweets for Donald J. Trump's (@realdonaldtrump) Twitter account.
Methodology
This data was compiled from multiple sources including several online Github accounts that contained the status ids for previous tweets made by Donald Trump. All ids were compiled into a single list and then those ids were requested from Twitter's "statuses lookup" endpoint. Tweets deleted by Donald Trump will not be in this dataset but can be obtained from the author of this publication for a subset of the time range present in this dataset. This dataset will also include the tweet information for any retweeted tweets under the "retweeted_status" key for each JSON object. The user object has been left in each tweet (both the main tweet and retweeted / quoted tweets if they exist).
Contact
If you have any questions about the data or require more details on the methodology, you are welcome to contact the author
Twitter Tweets for Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump)
No full textDataset Metrics
Total size of data uncompressed:115901693 bytes
Number of objects (submissions): 40,241
Start Date: Mon May 04 18:54:25 +0000 2009
End Date: Thu Jul 11 15:52:19 +0000 2019
Format: ndjson (new line delimited JSON)
Overview
This dataset contains all known publicly available tweets for Donald J. Trump's (@realdonaldtrump) Twitter account.
Methodology
This data was compiled from multiple sources including several online Github accounts that contained the status ids for previous tweets made by Donald Trump. All ids were compiled into a single list and then those ids were requested from Twitter's "statuses lookup" endpoint. Tweets deleted by Donald Trump will not be in this dataset but can be obtained from the author of this publication for a subset of the time range present in this dataset. This dataset will also include the tweet information for any retweeted tweets under the "retweeted_status" key for each JSON object. The user object has been left in each tweet (both the main tweet and retweeted / quoted tweets if they exist).
Contact
If you have any questions about the data or require more details on the methodology, you are welcome to contact the author
We\u27ll Find the Place: Chapter 3 My Youth
No full textText Document, Chapter 3 My Youth From the Book "We\u27ll Find the Place" By Earl Donald Attridge Recollections of his youth, a smattering of contemporary psychology theory on homosexuality, encounters with religion and with other gay youth (author was same age range as the youth at time of encounters) and gay menConverted from .html to .pdf for compatibilit
Donald Featherstone, 1918- 2013: iconic wargaming author
No full textDonald Featherstone became the iconic wargaming author of the 20th century, with over forty books on wargaming and military history. His first wargaming book in 1962, War Games, included multiple conceptual leaps to change the projectile firing toy cannon system used by H G Wells, into game systems that could be used to replicate all periods of warfare. His World War II service with the British Army tank regiment informed his later writing about the experience of the ordinary soldier from all ages of history. He used his eighteen year editorship of the Wargamer’s Newsletter to encourage and inspire many of the key amateur and professional wargamers who became key figures in the emerging hobby of wargaming and the professional use of wargaming for training and analysis
Improving the Usability of Mobile Applications Through Context-awareness
No full text64 p. This paper was completed as part of the final research component in the University of Oregon Applied Information Management Master's Degree Program [see htpp://aim.uoregon.edu].The usability of mobile applications is threatened by limited input/output capabilities and varied access situations (Bertini et al., 2005). Through context-awareness, applications are programmed to respond to contextual information as an input source (Schmidt et al., 1999). Based on analysis of literature published between 1998 and 2006, techniques to both interpret and apply contextual input to improve mobile application usability are identified among four primary context types: location, identity, time, and activity.
The author of this study is a recipient of the AIM Director's Distinguished Capstone Award
The Influence of Soap Characteristics and Food Service Facility Type on the Degree of Bacterial Contamination of Open, Refillable Bulk Soaps
No full textConcern has been raised regarding the public health risks from refillable-bulk soap dispensers because they provide an environment for potentially pathogenic bacteria to grow. This study surveyed the microbial quality of open refillable bulk soap in four different food establishment types in three states. Two hundred and ninety-six samples of bulk soap were collected from foodservice establishments in Arizona, New Jersey, and Ohio. Samples were tested for total heterotrophic viable bacteria, Pseudomonas, coliforms and Escherichia coli and Salmonella. Bacteria were screened for antibiotic resistance. The pH, solids content and water activity of all soap samples was measured. Samples were assayed for the presence of the common antibacterial agents triclosan and parachlorometaxylenol. More than 85% of the soap samples tested contained no detectable microorganisms, but when a sample contained any detectable microorganisms, it was most likely contaminated at a very high level (~7 log CFU/ml). Microorganisms detected in contaminated soap included Klebsiella oxytoca, Serratia liquefaciens, Shigella sonnei, Enterobacter gergoviae, Serratia odorifera and Enterobacter cloacae. Twenty-three samples contain antibiotic resistant organisms, some of which were resistant to two or more antibiotics. Every sample containing less than 4% solids had some detectable level of bacteria, while no samples with greater than 14% solids had detectable bacteria. This finding suggests dilution and/or low-cost formulations as a cause. There was a statistically significant difference (p=0.0035) between the fraction of bacteria positive samples with no detected antimicrobial (17%) and those containing an antimicrobial (7%). Fast food operations and grocery stores were more likely to have detectable bacteria in bulk soap samples compared to convenience stores (p<0.05). Our findings underscore the risk to public health from use of refillable- bulk soap dispensers in foodservice establishments.Peer reviewe
Mycorrhizae and Establishment of Trees on Strip-Mined Land
No full textAuthor Institution: USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Forestry Sciences LaboratoryMARX, DONALD H. Mycorrhizae and establishment of trees on strip-mined land. Ohio J. Sci. 75(6): 288, 1975
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