Searching for Archaic Semi-Subterranean Habitation At the Halls Swamp Site in Southern New England

Abstract Semi-subterranean habitation structures, also referred to as pithouses have been interpreted on archaeological sites across North America and over a long span of time, up to 9,000 radiocarbon years before present (RCYBP) and are still used today. Although pithouses or earth lodges may vary in their size, shape, and construction, they share the following attributes: a floor, hearth, depression, and post molds. Experimental archaeology based on ethnographic studies used to reconstruct pithouses has helped define the archaeological signatures of pre-contact pithouses. The high investment of time and labor needed for the construction of large features, such as pithouses, storage pits, and ossuaries has been documented for pre-contact period peoples. Understanding how these large features fit into the Archaic period (10,000 to 3,000 RCYBP) has been challenging for archaeologists in the Northeast, and more specifically in southern New England where soil strata and depositional events are often blurred or erased by bioturbation. By evaluating and comparing archaeological features from known pithouses in southern New England, this thesis aimed to develop a model and test the suspected pithouse features at the Halls Swamp site in Kingston, Massachusetts. The model was used to evaluate a concentration of features identified at the Halls Swamp site which confirmed a Late Archaic period pithouse at this multi-component site. The presence of this feature type suggests fall and winter occupations along wetlands often taking advantage of slopes in sandy soils. Additional spatial, depositional, and grain size analysis along with a newly acquired radiocarbon date, was used in conjunction with previously reported data to test the model and overall connect this concentration of features to one single event

Process Change at an All-Volunteer Run Clinic with PCMH Level 1 Recognition

This project directly involves the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) essential Informatics and Healthcare Technologies, and the CNL role function will be to act as a Team Manager. (AACN, 2013). The global aim of this process improvement is to improve the clinic workflow to increase patient and provider satisfaction in a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). The need for this project was discovered during the process of applying for PCMH recognition (of which the clinic has now earned level 1), and successful implementation of this project will meet PCMH guidelines. While applying for PCMH recognition, a clinic workflow document had to be drawn up to meet the requirements; it became clear during that workflow assessment that there was no standardized process in place for providers. ABC Clinic is an entirely volunteer-run clinic with no paid clinical positions, and without a clear leader in place, processes were completed by providers however they felt was best. The purpose of this project is to update and refine the clinic workflow in order to better provide patient-centered care and increase both patient and provider satisfaction.The expected results of this project will be an increase in patient and provider satisfaction due to an improved workflow, as well as an increase in reimbursements for the clinic due to the improved provider understanding of billing and the workflow in a PCMH

The Boundaries of the Role of Women in Political Life

Each year, the Margaret Chase Smith Library sponsors an essay contest for Maine high school seniors. We feature here Erin Flynn’s 2008 first place prize-winning essay. Students were asked to assess whether the ideals of the 19th Amendment, granting voting rights to women, have been fulfilled and to discuss the social and cultural barriers remaining for women to overcome in the pursuit of political power, long after legal barriers to equal participation have been removed

Walking the Tightrope: The United States’ Policy in Vietnam, 1952-1954

This thesis demonstrates how the Truman and Eisenhower administrations sought to avoid direct intervention in Indochina and halt the spread of communism at the same time. This purpose is achieved through careful analysis of primary and secondary sources, with a particular focus on the primary documentation found in Foreign Relations of the United States: 1952-1954. Through examination of these day-by-day recordings and memos, the futility of pursuing the two conflicting aims becomes clear

Anonymous, Oral History Interview, 2022

In October and November of 2022, You Li\u27s Journalism 313 students conducted oral history interviews with one another to document the student experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this interview, an EMU undergraduate student describes the transition from high school to college in a pandemic and gives advice to incoming freshmen.https://commons.emich.edu/covidoralhist/1013/thumbnail.jp

Rape myth prevalence among resident assistants at Rowan University

College campuses have become the front lines in the battle to end sexual assaults. One in five college-aged women will experience sexual assault during their time in school (Muehlenhard et al., 2017). This study explores whether mandatory reporters may disregard a report of sexual misconduct due to their belief in rape myths. Rape Myths are defined as any belief that exonerates the perpetrator while placing blame on the victim. This study aims to explore the relationship between rape myths and the largest population of mandatory reporters on campus, Resident Assistants. This study explores the degree of understanding Resident Assistants hold in the behaviors covered under Title IX, their ability to comfort and take information from a student reporting their experience, and whether they were familiar with the protocol to report the incident. This study identifies the most common rape myths held by Resident Assistants as well as the impact that these myths have in the likelihood of Resident Assistants to report the incident, as stated in the requirements of the mandatory reporting policy at Rowan University

Non-invasive monitoring of lipofuscin: an imaging technique predictive for age-related macular degeneration

This paper outlines the progression of age-related macular degeneration in the eye and discusses the diagnostic approaches and therapies used currently to treat this disease. Age-related macular degeneration has a complicated pathophysiology involving genetic and environmental factors. This paper focuses its attention on the role of lipofuscin accumulation in this disease. Lipofuscin in the eye refers to the bisretinoid products of the visual cycle. While lipofuscin accumulation is normal in healthy eyes, the excessive accumulation causes retinal dysfunction. Lipofuscin accumulation has been linked heavily not only to age-related macular degeneration but also juvenile macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, Best’s Villiform disease, and many others. New techniques in ophthalmic research have evaluated the role of lipofuscin accumulation in such retinal genetic diseases. This paper proposes an approach to apply techniques such as quantified autofluorescence imaging and high-powered liquid chromatography of bisretinoids in the eye to track the role of lipofuscin accumulation in the progression of age-related macular degeneration