They took the Van: Ten Years of Political Abolitionism, the Liberty Party, 1839-1848

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Social Science at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in History by Doris Lynn Koch on May 20, 1969

A study of the criteria teachers use when selecting learning material

This study investigates the criteria teachers use when selecting and evaluating learning support material, in particular, English second language textbooks. The study seeks to determine what informs the criteria that teachers use for selection. The study is conducted against the backdrop of Curriculum 2005 (C2005) and outlines the C2005 revision process and the subsequent introduction of the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS). Through a series of focus group interviews, the researcher explores the criteria teachers use for evaluation. Many of the teachers in this study did not have clearly articulated criteria; rather, they drew on implicit criteria and mentioned favoured qualities or attributes that they looked for in a textbook. In addition, the teachers in the focus groups used criteria that had been ‘told’ rather than ‘owned’ and had not developed their own sets of criteria. This research concludes that teachers are caught between two conflicting sets of criteria: those of their pre-service training and those of the new curriculum, which is currently being mediated to them through brief orientations. Drawing on recent literature, the researcher argues that in order to shift deep-seated literacy practices, teacher training needs to be prolonged, in-depth and ongoing

Электрооборудование и электропривод судового вентилятора по системе ПЧ-АД

Объектом исследования является электропривод судового вентилятора. Цель работы: провести расчет и исследование электропривода судового вентилятора по системе ПЧ - АД и выбрать необходимое оборудование. Экономическое обоснование принятых решений. В процессе исследования произведен выбор метода расчета на основе исходных данных, поэтапный расчет силового оборудования, его выбор и проверка при различныхObject of research is the electric drive of the ship fan. Work purpose: to conduct calculation and research of the electric drive of the ship fan on system the frequency converter - the induction motor and to choose the necessary equipment. An economic justification of the made decisions. In the course of research the choice of a method of calculation on the basis of basic data, stage-by-stage calculation of the power equipment, his choice and check is made a

Atlanta Chamber Players

KSU School of Music presents Atlanta Chamber Players.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1213/thumbnail.jp

Faculty Chamber Players and Friends

KSU Faculty Chamber Players features members of the KSU School of Music faculty performing repertoire for various groupings of strings, winds, and piano. This performance features the following performers: Helen Kim, violin; Catherine Lynn, viola; Paul Murphy, viola; Charae Krueger, cello; Christina Smith, flute; Elisabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe; and Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1834/thumbnail.jp

A Comparison of Male and Female Title I ADA Discrimination Allegations in Relation to Employer Characteristics

This investigation determined if there is a difference in the proportion of Title I workplace discrimination allegations filed by females in comparison to males under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in relation to the employer characteristics. Findings are reported and implications for future research and vocational rehabilitation practice

Chiral Restoration in Hot and/or Dense Matter

Chiral restoration phase transition in hot and/or dense hadronic matter is discussed in terms of the BR scaling based on chiral symmetry and scale anomaly of QCD. The precise connection between the scalar field that figures in the trace anomaly and the sigma field that figures in the linear $\sigma$ model is established. It is suggested that in hot and/or dense medium, the nonlinear $\sigma$ model linearizes with the help of a dilaton to a linear $\sigma$ model with medium-renormalized constants. The relevance of Georgi's vector symmetry and/or Weinberg's ``mended symmetry" in chiral restoration is pointed out. Some striking consequences for relativistic heavy-ion collisions and dense matter in compact stars following stellar collapse are discussed.Comment: 66 pages, Latex, 19 figures (not included, available on request), Prepared for Physics Report

Understanding effects of floral products on bee parasites: mechanisms, synergism, and ecological complexity

Floral nectar and pollen commonly contain diverse secondary metabolites. While these compounds are classically thought to play a role in plant defense, recent research indicates that they may also reduce disease in pollinators. Given that parasites have been implicated in ongoing bee declines, this discovery has spurred interest in the potential for ‘medicinal’ floral products to aid in pollinator conservation efforts. We review the evidence for antiparasitic effects of floral products on bee diseases, emphasizing the importance of investigating the mechanism underlying antiparasitic effects, including direct or host-mediated effects. We discuss the high specificity of antiparasitic effects of even very similar compounds, and highlight the need to consider how nonadditive effects of multiple compounds, and the post-ingestion transformation of metabolites, mediate the disease-reducing capacity of floral products. While the bulk of research on ntiparasitic effects of floral products on bee parasites has been conducted in the lab, we review evidence for the impact of such effects in the field, and highlight areas for future research at the floral product-bee disease interface. Such research has great potential both to enhance our understanding of the role of parasites in shaping plant-bee interactions, and the role of plants in determining bee-parasite dynamics. This understanding may in turn reveal new avenues for pollinator conservation

Planet Hunters: Assessing the Kepler Inventory of Short Period Planets

We present the results from a search of data from the first 33.5 days of the Kepler science mission (Quarter 1) for exoplanet transits by the Planet Hunters citizen science project. Planet Hunters enlists members of the general public to visually identify transits in the publicly released Kepler light curves via the World Wide Web. Over 24,000 volunteers reviewed the Kepler Quarter 1 data set. We examine the abundance of \geq 2 R\oplus planets on short period (< 15 days) orbits based on Planet Hunters detections. We present these results along with an analysis of the detection efficiency of human classifiers to identify planetary transits including a comparison to the Kepler inventory of planet candidates. Although performance drops rapidly for smaller radii, \geq 4 R\oplus Planet Hunters \geq 85% efficient at identifying transit signals for planets with periods less than 15 days for the Kepler sample of target stars. Our high efficiency rate for simulated transits along with recovery of the majority of Kepler \geq 4 R\oplus planets suggest suggests the Kepler inventory of \geq 4 R\oplus short period planets is nearly complete.Comment: 41 pages,13 figures, 8 tables, accepted to Ap