Primary Schooling as Protective and Endangering: The Case of Education in War-Affected Gulu District

The changing nature of armed conflict in the 21st century, marked by indiscriminate targeting of civilians, poses severe challenges for the continuation of teaching and learning in war-affected countries. Conflict may affect schooling directly through attacks on students, teachers, and schools, as well as indirectly by affecting individuals\u27 livelihoods, the state\u27s capacity to deliver services, and refugee flows. Further, schools may reflect conflict and violence through oppressive or divisive linguistic policies or curricula, the use of corporal punishment, and sexual violence against students. However, the existing empirical research on the nexus between education and conflict, by focusing on indicators of participation, does not adequately reflect the magnitude of the problem. Through an analysis of education indicators on progression and completion in Sub-Saharan Africa and a case study of primary schooling in Gulu District in Northern Uganda, this study explores the patterns and mechanisms which characterize and link education and conflict

A Summer at Azavea Working with Nonprofit Organizations: The Summer of Maps Fellowship

This report details my experience as a Summer of Maps Fellow at Azavea during June 2017 to August 2017. As a Summer of Maps Fellow I worked with nonprofit organizations, the Fair Tech Collective and the World Resources Institute, on two geospatial analysis projects. For the Fair Tech Collective I analyzed data on refinery flaring pollution, air toxin concentrations, and sensitive receptor populations to produce a series of maps and infographics detailing the impacts of petrochemical pollution in the San Francisco Bay Area. For the World Resources Institute I used data-driven methods to analyze conservation efforts in the Central African landscape of Lac Télé-Lac Tumba. This fellowship allowed me to expand upon the GIS analysis and cartography skills I learned at Clark, and gain valuable experience as a GIS analyst

Collaboration from Variable Perspectives Through a Multi-Instrumental Approach

This thesis is a discussion of the art of musical collaboration. First to be defined is general collaboration and what the key components to success are as discussed by various authors. The components will be discussed through the various aspects of musical collaborative relationships, such as those between fellow performers, composers and artists, conductors and their ensembles, as well as teachers and their students. A discussion of the differences between those who are experienced on their singular instrument versus those who are experiences on multiple instruments will also be made. Incorporation of this knowledge will be observed in the different aspects of collaboration through analysis of various professionals in the field

Teachers\u27 Perceptions of the Role of Teacher-Parent Partnerships That Best Benefit Students in a Parochial College Preparatory High School

Abstract Current research on teacher–parent partnerships has increasingly focused on early childhood education. This transcendental phenomenological study expanded and extended the understanding of effective teacher–parent partnerships in secondary education at a parochial college preparatory high school. According to Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological systems theory (BST), academic growth and development in late adolescents are impacted by the overlapping systems of influence: the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify secondary educators’ perceptions of teacher–parent partnerships that best benefit students. Faculty at a parochial college preparatory high school were asked about their perceptions of parental involvement in teacher–parent partnerships and the competencies or skills needed for effective teacher–parent partnerships. Differences between new and veteran teachers’ perceptions of parental involvement in teacher–parent partnerships were examined. Study findings indicated that teachers perceive teacher–parent partnerships as an essential component of students’ college preparatory academic development and that communication and collaboration are vital to the success of these partnerships. Consequently, school initiatives, programs, and practices need to encourage teachers in developing and sustaining teacher–parent partnerships that will promote a sense of belonging while also engaging and supporting students in their academic growth and development. Keywords: teacher-parent, partnerships, parochial, private, college preparatory, secondary educatio

Chronology: MSFC Space Station program, 1982 - present. Major events

The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) maintains an active program to capture historical information and documentation on the MSFC's roles regarding Space Shuttle and Space Station. Marshall History Report 12, called Chronology: MSFC Space Station Program, 1982-Present, is presented. It contains synopses of major events listed according to the dates of their occurrence. Indices follow the synopses and provide additional data concerning the events listed. The Event Index provides a brief listing of all the events without synopses. The Element Index lists the specific elements of the Space Station Program under consideration in the events. The Location Index lists the locations where the events took place. The indices and synopses may be cross-referenced by using dates

Mob Rule: Racial Terrorism in the Mississippi Pine Belt

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Elastic Response and Failure Studies of Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotube Twisted Yarns

Experimental data on the stress-strain behavior of a polymer multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) yarn composite are used to motivate an initial study in multi-scale modeling of strength and stiffness. Atomistic and continuum length scale modeling methods are outlined to illustrate the range of parameters required to accurately model behavior. The carbon nanotubes yarns are four-ply, twisted, and combined with an elastomer to form a single-layer, unidirectional composite. Due to this textile structure, the yarn is a complicated system of unique geometric relationships subjected to combined loads. Experimental data illustrate the local failure modes induced by static, tensile tests. Key structure-property relationships are highlighted at each length scale indicating opportunities for parametric studies to assist the selection of advantageous material development and manufacturing methods

Deformation and Failure of a Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotube Yarn Composite

Forests of multi-walled carbon nanotubes can be twisted and manipulated into continuous fibers or yarns that exhibit many of the characteristics of traditional textiles. Macro-scale analysis and test may provide strength and stiffness predictions for a composite composed of a polymer matrix and low-volume fraction yarns. However, due to the nano-scale of the carbon nanotubes, it is desirable to use atomistic calculations to consider tube-tube interactions and the influence of simulated twist on the effective friction coefficient. This paper reports laboratory test data on the mechanical response of a multi-walled, carbon nanotube yarn/polymer composite from both dynamic and quasi-static tensile tests. Macroscale and nano-scale analysis methods are explored and used to define some of the key structure-property relationships. The measured influence of hot-wet aging on the tensile properties is also reported

Multi-scale Rule-of-Mixtures Model of Carbon Nanotube/Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Lamina

A unidirectional carbon fiber/epoxy lamina in which the carbon fibers are coated with single-walled carbon nanotubes is modeled with a multi-scale method, the atomistically informed rule-of-mixtures. This multi-scale model is designed to include the effect of the carbon nanotubes on the constitutive properties of the lamina. It included concepts from the molecular dynamics/equivalent continuum methods, micromechanics, and the strength of materials. Within the model both the nanotube volume fraction and nanotube distribution were varied. It was found that for a lamina with 60% carbon fiber volume fraction, the Young's modulus in the fiber direction varied with changes in the nanotube distribution, from 138.8 to 140 GPa with nanotube volume fractions ranging from 0.0001 to 0.0125. The presence of nanotube near the surface of the carbon fiber is therefore expected to have a small, but positive, effect on the constitutive properties of the lamina

More lives than a cat: a state and federal history of bank deposit insurance in the United States, 1829-1933

This dissertation traces the history of state and federal bank deposit insurance from the first state program enacted in 1829 to the creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in 1933. I seek to correct a common misperception that federal deposit insurance was part of the legislative agenda of Roosevelt’s New Deal. Not only was Roosevelt not in favor of the measure, he actively opposed it. Behind this misperception is one hundred years of history of state bank insurance programs and forty years of advocacy at the federal level. This study argues that the call for government bank insurance was a recurring democratic impulse that emanated from the developing, rural economies in the periphery of an expanding nation. The advocates of this legislation sought to use the power of the state to stabilize banking and currency in an expanding market economy in order to better tie the rural periphery to its commercial and financial center. This study is both the history of a bank regulation and the history of a legislative idea whose champions and effects cut across geographic, economic, political, and social boundaries. The first state bank insurance program was formulated in the unique political economy of New York in 1829 at a time when the federal government guaranteed the credit of the United States, but only part of the money supply: specie, government-minted gold and silver coins, but neither bank notes nor bank deposits. State bank insurance programs then spread west to five more states before the Civil War. After the Civil War, bank insurance programs were called for at a time when the credit of the federal government had expanded to guarantee bank notes, but not bank deposits. After the Panic of 1907, eight more states enacted deposit insurance programs. The call for deposit insurance at the federal level began in 1886. The legislative idea was handed down through one hundred and fifty bills and three generations of progressive Democrats from the Middle West and South before FDIC was created in 1933. Government-managed bank insurance represented a renegotiation of the balance of power between the state and private banks to use the power of the state to distribute default risk across all banks, from the weakest to the most powerful. An underlying institutional argument of this study shows that state power was a precondition of government bank insurance and how the state’s credit ultimately became the source of the guaranty. The federal guaranty of bank deposits was not cut from whole cloth in 1933; it was a recurring democratic impulse from the periphery of American capitalism that can be traced to the beginning of the Republic