An Investigation of Transfer in the Literacy Practices of Religiously Engaged Christian College Students.

This study examines the literacy practices of religiously engaged Christian college students who participate in a single campus ministry at a large, public university in the Midwest. It takes religiously engaged Christian college students as a case study of the ways that literacy practices and discourses transfer among discourse communities, in particular the curricular and extracurricular domains of students’ lives. The study brings together research traditions from the social sciences and composition studies, drawing on observations of the campus ministry alongside interviews with students about their reading and writing practices. It therefore provides instructors with a more expansive picture than has previously been available of how Christian college students navigate the relationships between academic and religious ways of knowing. Findings suggest that students are often agentive in the ways that they bring religious and academic literacy practices into relationship with each other. In fact, opportunities to transfer or compartmentalize literacy practices are actually a mechanism by which students make sense of the expectations for reading and writing that they experience as they navigate their collegiate lives. Far from being passive reproducers of knowledge in either community, students are using their reading and writing activities to position themselves as productive members of both their religious and academic communities.PHDEnglish and EducationUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/113353/1/melodypu_1.pd

Dressing Their Best: Independent Fashion Bloggers and the Complexities of Ethos

Fashion is a site of cultural production where issues of gender, identity and consumerism meet. While the rhetoric of the fashion industry often remains focused on innovation at the expense of women\u27s lived experiences, independent fashion bloggers provide a necessary cultural critique of its practices. However, as the fashion industry pays more attention to bloggers in order to engage their growing readership, bloggers’ oppositional role has become more complicated. To explore the current context of these women’s writing in relation to a powerful economic industry, I analyze the role that ethos plays as a rhetorical concept and analyze how it is used by female bloggers who write about women’s fashion. In light of recent scholarship and of the current media landscape, bloggers’ use of ethos is important to their work even as it is complex and contradictory

Analysis of Peer Influence on Adolescents and Adults

Peers are a huge part of life and affect people in many different ways. In adolescence and adulthood, peers have different kinds of impacts. The researchers chose to research how peer influence can affect the decisions, performance and attitudes of adolescents and adults. Specifically, researchers analyzed how lifestyle decisions influenced by peers affect mental health and how the effects differ from gender and age. Participants of the study were selected to fit the three age groups needed for this study and responses were collected via electronic survey. Throughout this study, the relationship that peer influence has with mental health, positive and negative activities, and age is fully addressed

Analysis of Peer Influence on Adolescents and Adults

Peers are a huge part of life and affect people in many different ways. In adolescence and adulthood, peers have different kinds of impacts. The researchers chose to research how peer influence can affect the decisions, performance and attitudes of adolescents and adults. Specifically, researchers analyzed how lifestyle decisions influenced by peers affect mental health and how the effects differ from gender and age. Participants of the study were selected to fit the three age groups needed for this study and responses were collected via electronic survey. Throughout this study, the relationship that peer influence has with mental health, positive and negative activities, and age is fully addressed

Learning to Anticipate in an Online Class: Perspectives of an Instructor and a Mathematics Specialist Candidate

This paper will highlight two perspectives, a course instructor and a mathematics specialist candidate working together in an online course, on the practice of anticipating how a learner will approach a task or assignment. The candidate shares her experiences in developing an understanding of what it means to anticipate student responses and implement mathematical practice in the classroom. She also shares how learning to anticipate has impacted her teaching. The instructor reflects on her experiences (or lack thereof) in anticipating how students would engage in the online environment. From the instructor and the candidate perspectives, learning to anticipate helped to develop a rich community of learners that allowed everyone to grow through their interactions and reflections on course content

Guangdong Province Regulation to Reward and Protect Persons of Courageous Behavior

The Guangdong Province Regulation to Reward and Protect Persons of Courageous Behavior emerged after the Foshan hit-and-run incident in 2011. This translation serves as a source of reference on the newly enacted legislation. The regulation was enacted on November 29, 2012 and is now in effect as of January 1, 2013. This translation is based on Bulletin No. 89 issued December 20, 2012 by the 11th Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of Guangdong Province

Beijing Municipal Regulation to Reward and Protect Persons of Courageous Behavior

The Beijing Municipal Regulation to Reward and Protect Persons of Courageous Behavior was enacted on April 21, 2000, and has been in force since August 1, 2000. This translation serves as a source of reference for context on the similar emerging legislation in Guangdong province. The translation is based on Beijing Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee Bulletin No. 21

Gabapentin for pain management after osmotic dilator insertion and prior to dilation and evacuation: A randomized controlled trial.

ObjectiveTo evaluate if gabapentin 600 mg reduces pain after osmotic dilator placement the day before a dilation and evacuation (D&E) procedure.Study designWe conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized (stratified by vaginal parity) trial among women undergoing osmotic dilator placement before D&E at 15-23 5/7 weeks gestation. Subjects received gabapentin 600 mg or placebo 30 min before dilator placement, with re-dosing 8 h later. We assessed pain after dilator placement using a numeric rating scale (NRS; scale 0-10) at 5 min, 2, 4, and 8 h, and at presentation for D&E. The primary outcome was median NRS pain score change from baseline to 8 h after dilator placement. Secondary outcomes included gabapentin-related side effects and analgesic use.ResultsOf 121 randomized women, we excluded three subjects (allergic reaction [placebo], randomization error, no NRS data), leaving 60 gabapentin and 58 placebo subjects. Of 110 (93%) women who provided 8-hour data, median pain score changes from baseline did not differ between gabapentin and placebo groups overall (2 vs. 2.5, p = 0.52), in vaginally nulliparous women (2 vs. 4, p = 0.10) or in parous women (2 vs. 1.5, p = 0.37). We found no statistically significant differences in median pain score change from baseline to any timepoint overall or when stratified by parity. Beginning at 2 h after dilator placement, more gabapentin than placebo users experienced dizziness (29/53[55%] vs. 11/53[21%], p = 0.001) and tiredness (34/54[63%] vs. 17/54[31%], p = 0.002). The proportion of women using narcotics did not differ between gabapentin (35/60[58%]) or placebo (40/58[69%]) users (p = 0.26).ConclusionsGabapentin does not reduce pain with overnight osmotic dilator placement prior to D&E and causes drug-related side effects.Implications statementWomen experience pain, mostly mild to moderate, with overnight cervical dilator placement at 15-23 5/7 weeks gestation. About 2/3 of women will use a limited quantity of narcotics if provided. Gabapentin does not decrease the pain with or following dilator placement and does not decrease narcotic use

Writing in Crisis: Rhetorical Considerations in Child Advocate Reports

One aspect of human rights often overlooked in and beyond professional communication involves the rights of minor children whose parents or guardians are accused of abusing, abandoning, or neglecting them. Children in the United States who enter the dependency court system, where such matters are adjudicated, have few legal protections because of their status as minors, and parents or legal guardians under investigation are seldom appropriate advocates for such children due to real, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest (Litzelfelner & Petr, 1997; Minow, 1995; Reynaert, Bouverne-de-Bie, & Vandevelde, 2009). Many state and county governments have established programs designed to secure advocates for children in jeopardy. Known by names such as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and Guardian ad Litem (GAL), these programs recruit, train, and appoint volunteers to represent children in court.1 These efforts are significant. According to program websites, in 2007 the national CASA/GAL movement reached a milestone of serving more than two million children in its first 30 years (CASA for Children, 2007; Piraino, 2007). In 2012 alone, the CASA/GAL network consisted of 946 local and state programs. These organizations engage more than 77,000 volunteers and serve more than 234,000 neglected and abused children annually (National CASA, 2012). Research shows that a child who is represented by a CASA/GAL advocate is more likely to find a permanent home, be adopted, and spend less time in the foster care system than one without such representation (CASA Boston, n.d.; CASA for Children, 2012; Litzerfelner & Petr, 1997; Ottmar, 2007; Piraino, 2007). Clearly child advocacy is a critical matter of human rights. In this article we examine relationships among the theory and practice of human rights, children’s rights, and rhetorical action in relation to child advocate report writing

The Handy IR Manager: A Toolkit for Recruitment, Intake, and Promotion

You seek fresh strategies for recruiting new collections for your institutional repository (IR). You strive to improve intake workflows and expedite metadata creation for hosted collections. You wonder how to attract users to repository content. If you see yourself in any – or all – of these scenarios, come to this session for inspiration and practical tools. The Scholarly Communications team will present successful strategies that we’ve developed at the University of Arkansas for recruitment, intake, and promotion, using examples from our work with research centers and student journals