STEM@1000mph: developing open educational resources in a live engineering project

Higher education institutions are recognising the clear benefits of open educational resources, and academics are engaging with the development of these resources. This paper presents a case study of OERs being developed using the live, current BloodhoundSSC world land speed record project as a basis. The paper outlines the rationale for the BloodhoundSSC project and its focus on educational engagement across the age spectrum. The work undertaken to develop a web-based repository along with activities to stimulate academic and student engagement are described. The paper explores how academics have engaged with developing OERs based on this openly available content, the issues encountered and ways in which these issues can be mitigated

The Impact of Childhood Music Experience on Speech Perception and Processing: A Systematic Review

Objective: The purpose of this investigation was to conduct a systematic review of the literature that addresses the impact of childhood musical experience on speech perception and processing abilities. Specifically, this review assessed how musical training impacted scores on both objective and behavioral tests of speech perception/processing in children. This analysis contributes to a better understanding of the effects of individual musical experience in childhood on our ability to perceive and process speech in a variety of listening conditions. This analysis also determined the clinical implications of such findings. Methods: A comprehensive search utilizing the Web of Science database accessible through the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center Library was conducted to identify relevant studies published after 2000. Inclusion criteria included the evaluation speech perception and/or processing in children utilizing objective and/or behavioral outcome measures. Results: Sixteen studies met the inclusion criteria for this systematic review. The studies utilized a variety of outcome measures, which were categorized as objective or behavioral. All included studies found a significant positive relationship between musical experience and speech perception and/or processing abilities in children for both behavioral and objective outcome measures. Discussion: Significant effects of musical training in childhood were noted across outcome measures suggesting a positive effect on speech perception and processing. Effects on speech perception and processing were noted when both behavioral and objective measures were utilized. Furthermore, studies comparing behavioral and objective outcome measures reported similar findings between the two methods. Conclusion: The positive effect of childhood musical experience on speech perception and processing abilities is present throughout the literature reviewed when both objective and behavioral outcome measures are utilized. As a result, formal musical training in childhood should be considered as a viable option for auditory training when the goal is improved speech perception and/or processing. The results of these studies should also support the benefit of music classes in school curriculums to help children overcome communication challenges (such as listening in the presence of noise, distance, and poor acoustics) that are frequently found inside and outside of the classroom. Future research should address the limitations of the included studies, such as utilizing a standard musical training program, replicating the large proportion of research on this topic that originated from the Northwestern University Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, and the utilization of a quasi-experimental or randomized clinical trial design

Taking a Knee: A Framing Analysis of NFL Protests Through Editorial Media

Previous research has demonstrated that athletes are often framed in a variety of ways through media based on a myriad of factors such as race and other forms of social issues. However, Black athletes have also been at the forefront of athlete activism, which has seen a resurgence in popular sports like football and basketball. One example of athlete activism within recent years has been the national anthem protests occurring in the National Football League (NFL) being conducted by the players. As a result, these protests have gained widespread media coverage and put the players at the forefront of conversations of race and social issues. The purpose of this study seeks to explore the framing of media coverage surrounding national anthem protests in the NFL. Through a qualitative thematic analysis, this study analyzed 80 editorials from media publications across the United States discussing the NFL protests. By doing so, this study aimed to analyze the media discourse surrounding concepts of social issues in sports and athlete activism. Additionally, this study sought to add to existing media literature while encouraging readers to better understand dynamic conversations occurring within journalistic coverage of sports and social issues. Future applications of research beyond this study include the exploration of different new media platforms and emerging initiatives beyond traditional media outlets

The Integrated Alien: Chinese in the American West and Their Political and Legal Responses to Mob Violence, 1885-1886.

In the literature on anti-Chinese violence in the American West during the 1880s, the depiction of Chinese immigrants is often limited to that of a faceless group, the pawns in an American political struggle that they neither understood nor had agency in. This historical interpretation of the Chinese as a people entirely alien to their communities is largely based on an over-reliance on contemporary white sources while ignoring Chinese accounts. Many contemporary whites were unwilling to honestly describe their relationship with Chinese immigrants, either because of racial bias or because of the threat of mob violence against those perceived as too friendly to the Chinese. In this paper I argue that eyewitness testimonies and personal papers of Chinese immigrants often demonstrate an in-depth understanding of local and national American politics. Chinese accounts also often show personal relationships with many of the leading white citizens of their communities, whom the Chinese called upon for aid in the face of mob violence. This paper examines the anti-Chinese violence in three different American frontier towns – Rock Springs, Tacoma, and Seattle – primarily from the perspective of Chinese eyewitnesses. These testimonies demonstrate that Chinese residents actively resisted efforts to force them out by appealing to both US and Chinese officials. In the aftermath of mob violence, Chinese immigrants pressured the US government to pay indemnities for Chinese losses by publicizing their accounts in China, which encouraged retaliatory anti-American violence in Chongqing. By creating international pressure on the US government, Chinese immigrants and diplomats were able to successfully force the US into agreeing to pay indemnities for Chinese loss of life and property

The Geopolitics of American Policing

A Review of Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing. by Stuart Schrader

Impact of Globalization on Central Appalachian Women: Social Capital and Social Support Networks

Social networks and capital often sustain community and individual survival. This phenomenological study was designed to illuminate the experience of job loss within the context of globalization, describing the phenomenon from the perspective of rural women and its meaning for those participants. Using a phenomenological approach, this qualitative study explored eight rural women in Appalachian Kentucky who had experienced apparel factory layoffs as a result of global outsourcing. A modified form of van Kaam\u27s method (Moustakas, 1994) was used for phenomenological analysis of the data. Data were analyzed using an eight-step technique to identify essential characteristics of rural women\u27s lived experiences and to discover what attitudes ex-factory workers had toward job loss and how social support networks were developed. A description of the experience and its meaning was developed from the five salient themes that emerged. These major themes include impact of job layoffs; emotional effects of a shuttered plant; rural resiliency; social support networks at the individual, family, and community level; and cultural challenges to social support networks. Findings of the study suggest participants perceived their cultural values and heritage as an important resource toward creating viable socioeconomic pathways and by providing a psychological buffer against stress. Implications for social work practice, research and education, and policy were discussed

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The Impact of Gloves and Simulated Occupational Tasks on Handgrip Strength in Structural Firefighters

Adequate handgrip strength (HGS) is important to safely and effectively perform fireground tasks. However, there is limited research describing the deleterious impact of glove use and fatigue from occupational tasks on HGS. Therefore, the aims of this investigation were to quantify the impact of glove use and occupational tasks on HGS, to explore the relationship between HGS versus the glove and task-induced decrement in HGS, and to evaluate the relationship between HGS and decrement in HGS versus occupational performance. Fourteen (Males: n=13) career structural firefighters performed a maximal isometric HGS assessment with and without gloves before and immediately following completion of a simulated fireground test (SFGT). A general linear model with written contrasts was used to identify significant differences in HGS between conditions. Pearson Product Moment Correlations were used to describe bivariate relationships. Significance was set at p≥0.27). These findings suggest that the use of regulation fire gloves and the presence of fatigue reduces maximal handgrip force production capabilities. Practitioners are encouraged to utilize training strategies to optimize HGS among structural firefighters

Early Socialization: Stability and Change

Paper by Betty B. Lanha