Methods for counting quail on your property (2010)

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Straight Spouses Speak Out: Implications for Gay and Lesbian Marriage

This article highlights the experiences of straight spouses who have weathered the ìcoming outî storm of their partners and their views of same-gender marriage. Experiences of shock, denial, and for some, relief, are chronicled, along with post-disclosure stories of coping and family life outcomes. An overview of mixed-orientation marriage and children from these marriages are discussed

Presentation Panel on Preservation Best Practices

How do existing practices for digital preservation apply to digital 3D data? What are current digital curation practices and how do they translate to 3D data? What guidance exists or is being developed to provide steps for forward migration and format longevity of 3D data? What is raw 3D data and how do we record digital provenance? How can we work around proprietary file formats? http://www.dpconline.org/handbook/technical-solutions-and-tools/file-formats-and-standard

Educating on the Impact of Gravitational Insecurity in Children with Sensory Processing Disorder

Gravitational insecurity impacts 15-21% of children with sensory processing disorder, yet little to no research is available on the topic. Therefore, a program was created to provide education to therapists and therapy students in order to better provide education on the topic to others.https://soar.usa.edu/otdcapstonessummer2023/1000/thumbnail.jp

Biology and management of wood ducks in Missouri (2017)

GuideWood ducks (Aix sponsa) are one of Missouri's most beautiful water birds and are found throughout the state. Adult males have a large purple and green crested head and a burgundy chest with white flecks. This colorful plumage is most noticeable during the breeding season. Adult females are gray brown with a distinct white, teardrop-shaped eye ring. They are commonly found in forested and woodland habitats near or next to creeks, sloughs, ponds and streams. They also use forested areas that are flooded. Thanks to conservation efforts, the wood duck population has rebounded from low numbers in the early 20th century. Quality wood duck habitats include food sources, water and cover for nesting and brood-rearing in close proximity. These components are typically found in forested wetlands, emergent marshes, shrub swamps and riparian areas next to streams and other water environments. These birds and habitats can exist in urban wetlands and stream areas, too. Whether large or small in acreage, your property can offer quality wood duck habitat

Dress Style, Counselor and Client Gender and Expectations About Counseling

This study explored the effects of counselor dress style and counselor and subject gender on clients' expectations about counseling. Two hundred fifty undergraduate students were given Tinsley's Expectations About Counseling questionnaire. Dress style was shown to have no effect on the expectations measured. Significant main effects were found for client gender, counselor gender and their two way interaction on the measures of responsibility, acceptance, confrontation, empathy, genuineness, tolerance, trustworthiness, concreteness, and immediacy. Post hoc analysis revealed that both male and female participants had higher expectations of female counselors than male counselors. Participants of both genders also expected female counselors to be more confrontive, genuine, trustworthy, concrete, and accepting than male counselors. They also had a higher expectation that counseling would address their immediate concerns

Evaluation of ChatGPT Feedback on ELL Writers' Coherence and Cohesion

Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT has had a transformative effect on education where students are using it to help with homework assignments and teachers are actively employing it in their teaching practices. This includes using ChatGPT as a tool for writing teachers to grade and generate feedback on students' essays. In this study, we evaluated the quality of the feedback generated by ChatGPT regarding the coherence and cohesion of the essays written by English Language Learners (ELLs) students. We selected 50 argumentative essays and generated feedback on coherence and cohesion using the ELLIPSE rubric. During the feedback evaluation, we used a two-step approach: first, each sentence in the feedback was classified into subtypes based on its function (e.g., positive reinforcement, problem statement). Next, we evaluated its accuracy and usability according to these types. Both the analysis of feedback types and the evaluation of accuracy and usability revealed that most feedback sentences were highly abstract and generic, failing to provide concrete suggestions for improvement. The accuracy in detecting major problems, such as repetitive ideas and the inaccurate use of cohesive devices, depended on superficial linguistic features and was often incorrect. In conclusion, ChatGPT, without specific training for the feedback generation task, does not offer effective feedback on ELL students' coherence and cohesion.Comment: 24 pages, 1 figure