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Reducing Hardships: Student Motivations, Educational Workflows, and Technology Choices in Academic Settings
Objective – This study examines The University of Manitoba student attitudes toward technology’s role in University study spaces and in their own educational workflows.
Methods - A series of semi-structured group interviews were conducted with current undergraduate and graduate students at The University of Manitoba. Three group interviews were conducted with questions about individual technology and space use while studying in the library, and three group interviews were conducted with questions about group collaboration using technologies and tools in group study spaces. Transcripts were coded iteratively and separately by the researchers, analyzed for interrater reliability, categorized, and reviewed using axial coding to identify major themes. Through continued examination of these themes, a single theory emerged.
Results - The participants expressed a strong need for independence and feelings of control over their workflows, technological tools, and environments. They discussed how interpersonal concerns and anxieties motivated their workflow choices and acknowledged the (often conflicting) motivational forces of personal necessity and personal preference. When examining the motivations behind the selection of technologies and work practices, it became clear that the respondents make technology and workflow decisions in an attempt to minimize their experience of perceived hardships. These perceived hardships could be social, emotional, educational, environmental, or temporal in nature, and the weight of any one hardship on decision making varied according to the individual.
Conclusions - Libraries should be aware of this foundational user motivation and make choices accordingly - identifying and minimizing hardships whenever possible, unless they are necessary to achieve learning or service-specific goals. Additional research is required to help articulate the nuances experienced by particular student demographics. Librarians and future researchers should also consider investigating the potential disconnect between librarian and user attitudes toward technology, the prioritization of user-centered decision-making, and whether or not systematically disadvantaged social groups have different attitudes toward technology and its place in library spaces and academic work.https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/545
Moving I`iwi (Vestiaria coccinea) as a Surrogate for Future Translocations of Endangered `Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei)
Translocations often play an important role in the recovery of endangered species. To
assess feasibility for translocation of endangered `Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), we
conducted an experimental translocation of I`iwi (Vestiaria coccinea) from east to west
Maui. Mist-netting, veterinary screening of candidate birds, and helicopter transport of
healthy I`iwi were successful, resulting in no injuries or mortalities. Translocated birds
were assigned to two types of release. Hard release birds were radio tagged and released
on the day of translocation. In contrast, soft release birds were held in large cages for 7
days and fed artificial nectar. During holding soft release I`iwi feeding rates, fecal
production, and mass were monitored. Soft release birds suffered 33% mortality during
the holding period. At the end of the holding period, soft release survivors were outfitted
with a radio transmitter and released. All translocated I`iwi were followed by radio
telemetry for an average of 21 days. Once released, soft release birds showed higher
rates of movement, possibly reflecting conflict with established hard released I`iwi. Our
results suggest that translocation efforts for wild `Akohekohe will be successful if hard
release protocols are followed
Ruby J. (Hollis) Meehan, interviewed by Bruce B. Brown, Jr.
Ruby J. (Hollis) Meehan, interviewed by Bruce B. Brown, Jr. at her Veazie, Maine, home on December 5, 1977. Mrs Meehan discusses Veazie history and her life in Veazie after marrying John E. Meehan.
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Vol. 1 Ch. 4 Revealing Ritual Landscapes at the Hopewell Mound Group
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Placing the stateless refugee: a philosophy of statelessness, nationality, and rights
In this thesis, I many related questions regarding the fluctuating relationships between national communities and outsiders, specifically in the case of refugees and stateless peoples. After discussing the meanings of these terms, such as the definition and identities of the refugee and the nation-state, I delve into a philosophical examination of individual rights, particularly rights that are defended by nation-states, and the relationships between national communities and those existing outside of those communities whose lives may depend on their acceptance into a nation-state. I philosophically outline the likely experiences of refugees as they are faced with statelessness, including what forces push against them, what actions taken by what groups have collaborated to ensure their inability to gain rights, and what attitudes contribute to these actions. My aim throughout this thesis was to understand and analyze the philosophical concepts of statelessness, exclusion, and rights
Finding the Center of Mass of a Soft Spring
This article shows how to use calculus to find the center of mass position of
a soft cylindrical helical spring that is suspended vertically. The spring is
non-uniformly stretched by the action of gravity. A general expression for the
vertical position of the center of mass is obtained.Comment: LaTeX, 7 pages, 2 figures. Minor changes to agree with published
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Magnetic anisotropy in Shiba bound states across a quantum phase transition
The exchange coupling between magnetic adsorbates and a superconducting
substrate leads to Shiba states inside the superconducting energy gap and a
Kondo resonance outside the gap. The exchange coupling strength determines
whether the quantum many-body ground state is a Kondo singlet or a singlet of
the paired superconducting quasiparticles. Here, we use scanning tunneling
spectroscopy to identify the different quantum ground states of Manganese
phthalocyanine on Pb(111). We observe Shiba states, which are split into
triplets by magnetocrystalline anisotropy. Their characteristic spectral weight
yields an unambiguous proof of the nature of the quantum ground state.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
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