Salt over the shoulder: a guide to the supernatural in the modern world

In this mixed genre work, a folklore scholar finds a cache of strange texts about folklore and supernatural practices. The scholar tries to contextualize and illuminate the texts found within the manuscript

How Time and Social Awareness affect Good Policy Councils and Food Democracy in Communities

The data was collected via a Survey Monkey survey with a series of questions that ranged from how FPC\u27s categorized themselves to their connection to the government to their top policy priorities. The survey also asked about what the FPC\u27s needed assistance in in terms of funding to community engagement to being able to get from just fundraising to actual policy work. The participants were chosen for the survey using a database from the government. After the survey was closed, the data was collected into an Excel spreadsheet, The data was then collated into graphs and put in a side-by-side comparison with existing data from 2010. The data from 2010, was collected in much the same way, using Survey Monkey and Excel.https://fuse.franklin.edu/ss2016/1013/thumbnail.jp

Examination of Qualifying Criteria for Selection of Law Enforcement Personnel in Alaska: Final Report

This report examines the "state of the art" in law enforcement selection practices, analyzes personnel selection methods in terms of their ability to evaluate candidate trainability and interpersonal skills in a fair and equitable manner, and offers options for developing a model selection system for the Alaska Department of Public Safety. The report's findings and recommendations are based on an extensive review of the literature; questionnaires and telephone surveys of law enforcement agencies in the U.S.A., Canada, Australia and New Zealand; and telephone conversations with authorities on the subject of police selection.Alaska Department of Public SafetyPreface / I. Introduction / II. Methods and Procedures / III. State of the Art: Personnel Selection Practices in Law Enforcement / IV. Selection Method Ratings Based on DPS Criteria / V. Options for Developing a Model Selection System / Bibliography of Source Materials / Appendice

Paving the Pathways to Quality: Washington's Early Learning Professional Development Landscape

Stakeholders from across the early care and education spectrum joined together to investigate what it will take to achieve a strong professional development system for early learning providers that will result in quality care and long-term outcomes for children. This collaborative process revealed a need for foundational work upon which to base a comprehensive, state-wide system of professional development for Washington's early childhood education workforce

Like Acheron but Not

My sister told me once that she made a river when she was young she told me how she dug her fingers through the ground til water welled like blood from her scalp after running the comb in her hair too hard

Comparison of Supine and Vertical Bioimpedance Measurements in Young Adults

Topics in Exercise Science and Kinesiology Volume 3: Issue 1, Article 11, 2022. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) methods estimate health parameters such as phase angle (PhA) and body fat percentage (%BF) from various positional and electrode configurations. PhA and %BF are known biological markers of cellular and physical health, respectively, and can be used to predict various health-related conditions and therefore require accurate assessment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of body position during BIA by investigating the difference and agreement between PhA and %BF using RJL (supine) and InBody (vertical) analyzers. Thirty-eight young adults (23.4±4.1 yrs.) volunteered and underwent body composition assessments by both analyzers. Difference and agreement in assessments of PhA and %BF between analyzers were assessed using paired samples t-tests and Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient (rc), respectively. RJL’s PhA (7.15±0.84°) exceeded InBody’s (6.11±0.74°), p\u3c0.001, and had poor agreement (rc =0.47). RJL’s %BF (23.0±6.8%) was similar to InBody’s (23.1±7.4%), p=0.813, and had substantial agreement (rc =0.95). Both analyzers estimated %BF similarly and may be interchangeable for this purpose, thus demonstrating no effect of body position on the estimation of %BF with these BIA devices. An individual\u27s PhA may be underestimated if measured in the vertical position and compared to supine reference values. Current reference values for PhA are based on measurements in the supine position, so until vertical reference values of PhA are available, caution is urged when interpreting PhA from vertical BIA assessments

The language network is not engaged in object categorization

The relationship between language and thought is the subject of long-standing debate. One claim states that language facilitates categorization of objects based on a certain feature (e.g. color) through the use of category labels that reduce interference from other, irrelevant features. Therefore, language impairment is expected to affect categorization of items grouped by a single feature (low-dimensional categories, e.g. "Yellow Things") more than categorization of items that share many features (high-dimensional categories, e.g. "Animals"). To test this account, we conducted two behavioral studies with individuals with aphasia and an fMRI experiment with healthy adults. The aphasia studies showed that selective low-dimensional categorization impairment was present in some, but not all, individuals with severe anomia and was not characteristic of aphasia in general. fMRI results revealed little activity in language-responsive brain regions during both low- and high-dimensional categorization; instead, categorization recruited the domain-general multiple-demand network (involved in wide-ranging cognitive tasks). Combined, results demonstrate that the language system is not implicated in object categorization. Instead, selective low-dimensional categorization impairment might be caused by damage to brain regions responsible for cognitive control. Our work adds to the growing evidence of the dissociation between the language system and many cognitive tasks in adults

Concert recording 2021-12-02

[Track 1]. Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043. I. Vivace ; II. Largo ma non troppo ; III. Allegro / J.S. Bach -- [Track 2]. Arioso, from Cantata no. 156, Ich Steh, mit einmem Fuss in Grave J.S. Bach -- [Track 3]. Bist du bei mir, BWV 508, from Anna Magdalena notebook / J.S. Bach – [Track 4]. Silent night