Judith and Emily Jordan\u27s Scrapbook 1915-1918

Judith (1895-1938) and Emily Jordan (1897-1977) were two sisters that attended Ward-Belmont during the 1915-1918 school years. Judith married Rivers McNeill Anderson and had three children: Bettie, Rivers and Judith. She died in 1938. Her sister Emily married James Anderson and the pair did not have any children. Emily died in 1977 while her husband passed a year later in 1978.https://repository.belmont.edu/scrapbooks/1008/thumbnail.jp

Beyond the Mirror

The history of disability discrimination as dehumanization is explored as a foundation for the paper. This question is then explored using a framework of socially constructed reality and symbolic convergence theory. For this analysis, communication and perception are the key elements drawn from each theory. The conclusion of this analysis is that genuine empowerment requires a reconstructed social reality that defines people with visible physical disabilities as normal

Senior Recital: Mia Jordan, flute

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Ms. Jordan studies flute with Robert Cronin.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2153/thumbnail.jp

Examining the achievement gap: the effectiveness of African American teachers instructing African American students in Kansas City Public Schools

Over several years the American public educational system has failed to address one of the most infuriating problems faced by our nation, narrowing the achievement gap in urban districts with urban learners. Historically, minority students have not paralleled the academic performance of their White counterparts. Nationally there have been repeated attempts and continuous research to solve the vexing problem and inadequacies of this gap; however, the solution is still very complicated. Many discussions have taken place on how one must look beyond the test scores when it comes to educating children; however, as a nation, test scores are still the leading determinant of our students success and their ability to compete locally, nationally, and globally. What factors contribute to the test performance of urban students? Might the cultural gap between teachers and students be important to consider? This dissertation compares the achievement of African American students with African American teachers with the achievement of African American students with other teachers in the KCPS, using the Acuity math assessment. An analysis of the data collected in this study was completed to enhance the understanding for educators, especially in the urban core, bringing light to a subject that has been among closing the achievement gap

Individual Differences in Children’s Paths to Arithmetical Development

Cross-sectional and longitudinal data consistently indicate that mathematical difficulties are more prevalent in older than in younger children (e.g. Department of Education, 2011). Children’s trajectories can take a variety of shapes such as linear, flat, curvilinear, and uneven, and shape has been found to vary within children and across tasks (J Jordan, Mulhern, and Wylie, 2009). There has been an increase in the use of statistical methods which are specifically designed to study development, and this has greatly improved our understanding of children’s mathematical development. However, the effects of many cognitive and social variables (e.g. working memory and verbal ability) on mathematical development are unclear. It is likely that greater consistency between studies will be achieved by adopting a componential approach to study mathematics, rather than treating mathematics as a unitary concept.</p

Impact of smartphone usage on children’s horizontal fusional amplitudes

Introduction: Cell phone usage has increased in pediatric patients and little research has been done on its effects on patients’ fusional vergence amplitudes. We aim to study the impact of smartphone usage on healthy pediatric patients’ fusional vergence amplitudes and report findings that may lead to future eye problems. Methods: This is a prospective randomized study. We are currently recruiting healthy patients between the ages of 8-17 years old with no ocular problems. Data collected include refractive error, ocular alignment in the distance and at near, divergence amplitudes at near and in distance, convergence amplitudes at near and in distance, near point of convergence, and near point of accommodation. Patients’ measurements are taken before and after 30 minutes of cell phone usage and 30 minutes of TV monitor usage, which is used as a control. Once all patient data has been collected, the differences will be compared using t test, or Rank test if normality assumption does not hold. Results: One experimental trail run has been conducted, which yielded complications in regard to patient cooperation. Recruitment and scheduling have been difficult, which has prevented us to having significant results as of now. We anticipate data collection to span over the next year due to the nature of design and predict increases in fusional amplitudes after cell phone usage for our results. Conclusion: We believe that the anticipated results will help curtail cell phone usage in pediatric patients. More research should be expanded on the long-term effects of cell phone usage since our study only focuses on short term fusional amplitude effects. Patient cooperation has been a main limitation in our project, and we plan on solving it by conducting future runs in the morning in order to reduce fatigue

Effect of beta-alanine supplementation on the onset of blood lactate accumulation (OBLA) during treadmill running: Pre/post 2 treatment experimental design

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>β-Alanine (βA) has been shown to improve performance during cycling. This study was the first to examine the effects of βA supplementation on the onset of blood lactate accumulation (OBLA) during incremental treadmill running.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Seventeen recreationally-active men (mean ± SE 24.9 ± 4.7 yrs, 180.6 ± 8.9 cm, 79.25 ± 9.0 kg) participated in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pre/post test 2-treatment experimental design. Subjects participated in two incremental treadmill tests before and after 28 days of supplementation with either βA (6.0 g·d^-1)(βA, n = 8) or an equivalent dose of Maltodextrin as the Placebo (PL, n = 9). Heart rate, percent heart rate maximum (%HRmax), %VO_2max@OBLA (4.0 mmol.L^-1blood lactate concentration) and VO_2max(L.min^-1) were determined for each treadmill test. Friedman test was used to determine within group differences; and Mann-Whitney was used to determine between group differences for pre and post values (p < 0.05).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The βA group experienced a significant rightward shift in HR@OBLA beats.min^-1(p < 0.01) pre/post (161.6 ± 19.2 to 173.6 ± 9.9) but remained unchanged in the PL group (166.8 ± 15.8 to 169.6 ± 16.1). The %HRmax@OBLA increased (p < 0.05) pre/post in the βA group (83.0% ± 9.7 to 88.6% ± 3.7) versus no change in the PL group (86.3 ± % 4.8 to 87.9% ± 7.2). The %VO_2max@OBLA increased (p < 0.05) in the βA group pre/post (69.1 ± 11.0 to 75.6 ± 10.7) but remained unchanged in the PL group (73.3 ± 7.3 to 74.3 ± 7.3). VO_2max(L.min^-1) decreased (p < 0.01) in the βA group pre/post (4.57 ± 0.8 to 4.31 ± 0.8) versus no change in the PL group (4.04 ± 0.7 to 4.18 ± 0.8). Body mass kg increased (p < 0.05) in the βA group pre/post (77.9 ± 9.0 to 78.3 ± 9.3) while the PL group was unchanged (80.6 ± 9.1 to 80.4 ± 9.0).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>βA supplementation for 28 days enhanced sub-maximal endurance performance by delaying OBLA. However, βA supplemented individuals had a reduced aerobic capacity as evidenced by the decrease in VO_2maxvalues post supplementation.</p

High-resolution Doppler laser spectroscopy of the laser cooling candidate La‾

The bound-bound transition from the 5d²6s² ³F_2 ground state to the 5d6s²6p ³D_1 excited state in negative lanthanum has been proposed as a candidate for laser cooling, which has not yet been achieved for negative ions. Anion laser cooling holds the potential to allow the production of ultracold ensembles of any negatively charged species. In this work the aforementioned transition was studied in a beam of negative La ions by high-resolution laser spectroscopy. The center-of-gravity frequency of the transition was measured to be 96.592 80(10) THz. Seven of the nine expected hyperfine structure resonances were resolved. The observed peaks were unambiguously assigned to the predicted hyperfine transitions by a fit. From the determined hyperfine structure for this transition it was concluded that only three lasers would be required to cool and re-pump all hyperfine levels. Furthermore, the observed relative transition amplitudes suggest that in resonance the transitions are saturated at a laser power of 45 W/m². A rough estimate of the transition cross section confirms that La‾ is a promising candidate for the first laser cooling of negative ions