Major Theories of Teaching Writing: An Overview

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Caudill College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Teresa F. Collins in April of 2013

The Health Wagon Partners with the Virginia Department of Health to Provide COVID-19 Testing in Rural Southwest Virginia

The Health Wagon has been providing care for the rural population of southwest Virginia for the past 40 years. The mission of the Health Wagon is to provide quality health care to the medically underserved people in the mountains of Appalachia. It has expanded to two stationary clinics, three mobile units, and a mobile dental unit, logging over 19,000 patients encounters in the past year

DeWitt Wallace Library Annual Report 2013-2014

Summary of library and media services activities for 2013-201

AIDS orphans: The psychological adjustment of children with multiple family members with a terminal illness.

Fifty-two uninfected children of HIV positive women who had a sibling who was followed by the Pediatric AIDS Clinic at a large mid-Atlantic urban pediatric medical center participated in this study. Children ranged from 6-16 years of age (M = 10.29, SD = 3.25). Four separate measures were used; three were completed by the uninfected sibling: The Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS), and the Kidcope. The remaining measure, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), was completed by the caregiver. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analyses were performed to test the theoretical model of adjustment created to assess the emotional adjustment of children who have multiple family members diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. As a group, these children were characterized by clinically elevated levels of psychological distress. Specifically, children who have experienced an HIV/AIDS related death in their family, have had their parent's or sibling's diagnosis disclosed to them, have a lack of available social supports and/or lack a stable living environment are at greater risk for developing behavioral and/or emotional problems.The rise in the number of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome cases has created a new demographic in society, uninfected children with terminally ill family members. The uninfected children in HIV affected families may be exposed to a series of major psychological risk factors--stigma, secrecy, exposure to acute and chronic illness, death of parents and/or siblings, separations, losses, orphanhood and foster home placements. The purpose of this study was to assess the emotional adjustment of children who have multiple family members diagnosed with an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)/Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Specifically, descriptive data was collected to determine the degree of relationship among various combinations of the predictor variables (knowledge of parent/sibling illness, previous death experiences, participation in choosing future living situation, social support, and a history of a stable living situation) and each of the dependent measures

DeWitt Wallace Library Annual Report 2016-2017

Summary of library and media services activities for 2016-201

DeWitt Wallace Library Annual Report 2014-2015

Summary of library and media services activities for 2014-201

A Numerical Algorithm for Zero Counting. I: Complexity and Accuracy

We describe an algorithm to count the number of distinct real zeros of a polynomial (square) system f. The algorithm performs O(n D kappa(f)) iterations where n is the number of polynomials (as well as the dimension of the ambient space), D is a bound on the polynomials' degree, and kappa(f) is a condition number for the system. Each iteration uses an exponential number of operations. The algorithm uses finite-precision arithmetic and a polynomial bound for the precision required to ensure the returned output is correct is exhibited. This bound is a major feature of our algorithm since it is in contrast with the exponential precision required by the existing (symbolic) algorithms for counting real zeros. The algorithm parallelizes well in the sense that each iteration can be computed in parallel polynomial time with an exponential number of processors.Comment: We made minor but necessary improvements in the presentatio