5,474 research outputs found
Author Reading: Mason Deaver
No full textAward-winning young adult author Mason Deaver is returning (virtually) to CWU to discuss their new book, The Ghosts We Keep.
This emotional, character-driven journey is about a nonbinary teenager grieving their first shattering loss and, moving forward, allowing that experience to be a guidepost for the relationships that are important to them...An unflinchingly honest story that doesn’t shy away from the complex emotions of grief but also offers a hopeful path forward for Liam and everyone else left behind in the wake of Ethan’s death. ~ Alaina Leary, Booklist
Brought to you by CWU Libraries and CWU Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series.https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/libraryevents/1248/thumbnail.jp
An Agent-Based Spatially Explicit Epidemiological Model in MASON
No full textThis paper outlines the design and implementation of an agent-based epidemiological simulation system. The system was implemented in the MASON toolkit, a set of Java-based agent-simulation libraries. This epidemiological simulation system is robust and extensible for multiple applications, including classroom demonstrations of many types of epidemics and detailed numerical experimentation on a particular disease. The application has been made available as an applet on the MASON web site, and as source code on the author\'s web site.Epidemiology, Social Networks, Agent-Based Simulation, MASON Toolkit
Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit Economy Is Threatening Our Future
No full textA recording of a Mason Author Series talk by Louise Shelley, author of "Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit Economy Is Threatening Our Future" (Princeton University Press, 2018). Professor Shelley is the Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Professor of Public Policy, University Professor, and Director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center in the Schar School of Government at George Mason University
A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes)
No full textBurns, Kevin J., Unitt, Philip, Mason, Nicholas A. (2016): A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes). Zootaxa 4088 (3): 329-354, DOI: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.
Electronic signatures and reliance
No full textTo complement a project considering electronic signatures in the Law Commission 13th programme of reform, Nicholas Bohm and Stephen Mason (members of the Law Commission’s Advisory Group for the project on electronic signatures and the electronic execution of documents) examine the reliability of electronic signatures.
Index keywords: Electronic documents, electronic signature
Oral history interview with Michael Mason
No full textMichael Mason, an author and journalist with roots in Tulsa, Oklahoma, describes his childhood in the 1970s and 1980s and the hard times that came along with being Hispanic in Tulsa during that time. Mason shares that reading became his escape and explains how that influenced his decision to major in English in college. He talks about his various jobs from advertising to being a psychological technician at a hospital. Mason discusses the creation of This Land, a website for high quality journalism. He also talks about the intricacies when writing about Oklahoma and how there are so many untold stories.The Deep Roots: Oklahoma Authors Collection is a series of interviews with authors who discuss their lives, work, and creative processes
Admitting Bias: A Review of the Test-Optional Admission Policy at George Mason University
No full textThis thesis describes a national trend of test-optional admission policies within Undergraduate colleges and universities. The research evaluates the test-optional enrollement process specifically at George Mason University. George Mason University implemented a test-optional admission policy during the 2007 admission cycle and has seen significant growth in the total application numbers and demographics of their students. In the process of researching and writing this thesis, the author conducted a literature review and evaluated non-identifying students data related to application types, grade-point average and demographics. This thesis is slated to be a resource for George Mason University and other institutions considering the implementation of a test-optional admission policy
FIGURE 2 in A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes)
No full textFIGURE 2. Maximum clade credibility tree from the Bayesian analyses of Burns et al. (2014). Subfamilies Coerebinae and Tachyphoninae shown. Labeling and format as in Fig. 1.Published as part of Burns, Kevin J., Unitt, Philip & Mason, Nicholas A., 2016, A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes), pp. 329-354 in Zootaxa 4088 (3) on page 332, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/26631
The Evolution of Courses in Evolutionary Medicine
No full textLOCATION: Dewberry Hall, Johnson Center (Ground Floor); Group B 4:45-5:15pm
Evolutionary perspectives on disease first began to be formally introduced in courses in the 1990s, with the publication of Why We Get Sick (Nesse and Williams, 1994), although medical anthropologists have been taking a biocultural approach towards studying health since at least the 1960s (meanthro.net) and biological anthropologists formalized paleopathology as a field in 1973 (paleopathologyassociation.wildapricot.org). The author began teaching an undergraduate course on evolutionary medicine, paleopathology, and demography in 2002. The course has evolved into two course that have been taught almost continuously in three different institutions (SUNY Potsdam, St. Lawrence University, and George Mason University). These courses are continually evolving. The author now teaches both classes at undergraduate and graduate levels, and they serve as electives for students in anthropology, health and nutrition programs. This poster visually shows the evolution of aspects of the course(s) over time.
 
Bobbie Ann Mason
No full textA documentary film on Mayfield, Kentucky author Bobbie Ann Mason. The film chronicles her writing career, including her early love of reading, her time as president of the Hilltoppers\u27 fan club, college life, and her career as a writer for a fan magazine in New York. She shares her influences, creative processes and perceptions of the joys and difficulties of being a writer. She also discusses her award-winning novels, In Country and Feather Crowns, and presents readings from Love Life, Shiloh and Other Stories, and Spence and Lila. Includes interviews with her family, friends, and literary agent. Produced by Kentucky Educational Television in 1995
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