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American author and scholar LeAnne Howe talks about her novel "Shell shaker" and reads from her another novel "Miko Kings"
No full textAmerican author and scholar LeAnne Howe talks about her novel, "Shell Shaker" which spans centuries of Choctaw culture and history. She reads several passages from the novel and also a short passage from her new, unpublished novel, "Miko Kings," about Indian baseball in 1907 and 1969. She answers questions from the audience. Part of the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers Series for visiting speakers. Sponsored by the Michigan State University American Indian Studies Program. Held in the MSU Main Library
Author Leigh Roethke will discuss her debut book Minnesota's Capitol
No full textButt, Leanne. (2005). Author Leigh Roethke will discuss her debut book Minnesota's Capitol. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/220718
Author Leigh Roethke will discuss her debut book Minnesota's Capitol at the University of Minnesota
No full textButt, Leanne. (2005). Author Leigh Roethke will discuss her debut book Minnesota's Capitol at the University of Minnesota. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/220707
Author Will Weaver discusses his book Barns of Minnesota at the University of Minnesota Crookston Bookstore.
No full textButt, Leanne. (2005). Author Will Weaver discusses his book Barns of Minnesota at the University of Minnesota Crookston Bookstore.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/220556
Author and retired UMC professor Gene Miller will discusses his book Thinking of You at the University of Minnesota Crookston Bookstore.
No full textButt, Leanne. (2005). Author and retired UMC professor Gene Miller will discusses his book Thinking of You at the University of Minnesota Crookston Bookstore.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/220560
Author-reader relationship at the site of the work
No full textWithin the format of a critical exegesis and four original works of extended prose fiction, this thesis explores the interaction between the author and reader and argues that literary meaning is the outcome of shifts of power between these two entities. It concludes that because these shifts in power are orchestrated by the author, the author is relevant to understanding how meaning is produced
Commercial nationalism and tourism: selling the national story
No full textThis is an author accepted manuscript of a review of Commercial Nationalism and Tourism: Selling the National Story Edited by: Leanne White, ISBN:9781845415884. Review is published by and copyright Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2017
Development and validation of the Italian version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale and its generalisability to apps targeting primary prevention
No full text<b>Background</b>\ud
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- A growing body of literature affirms the usefulness of mobile technologies, including mobile applications (apps), in the primary prevention field. The quality of health apps, which today number in the thousands, is a crucial parameter, as it may affect health-related decision-making and outcomes among app end-users. The <i>mobile application rating scale (MARS)</i> has recently been developed to evaluate the quality of such apps, and has shown good psychometric properties. Since there is no standardised tool for assessing the apps available in Italian app stores, the present study developed and validated an Italian version of <i>MARS</i> in apps targeting primary prevention.\ud
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<b>Methods</b>\ud
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- The original 23-item version of the <i>MARS</i> assesses mobile app quality in four objective quality dimensions (engagement, functionality, aesthetics, information) and one subjective dimension. Validation of this tool involved several steps; the universalist approach to achieving equivalence was adopted. Following two backward translations, a reconciled Italian version of <i>MARS</i> was produced and compared with the original scale. On the basis of sample size estimation, 48 apps from three major app stores were downloaded; the first 5 were used for piloting, while the remaining 43 were used in the main study in order to assess the psychometric properties of the scale. The apps were assessed by two raters, each working independently. The psychometric properties of the final version of the scale was assessed including the inter-rater reliability, internal consistency, convergent, divergent and concurrent validities.\ud
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<b>Results</b>\ud
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- The intralingual equivalence of the Italian version of the <i>MARS</i> was confirmed by the authors of the original scale. A total of 43 apps targeting primary prevention were tested. The <i>MARS</i> displayed acceptable psychometric properties. The <i>MARS</i> total score showed an excellent level of both inter-rater agreement (intra-class correlation coefficient of .96) and internal consistency (Cronbach’s α of .90 and .91 for the two raters, respectively). Other types of validity, including convergent, divergent, discriminative, known-groups and scalability, were also established.\ud
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<b>Conclusions</b>\ud
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- The Italian version of <i>MARS</i> is a valid and reliable tool for assessing the health-related primary prevention apps available in Italian app stores
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