Claiming collective space: Kaupapa Maori in psychology

From its inception, the Psychology Department at the University of Waikato has had a focus on issues of culture, particularly those of relevance for Maori, with these early foundations laid by Emeritus Professor James Ritchie, who in 1965 took up the founding chair of the Department. These foundations have continued to be built on, utilising a variety of different strategies. Drawing on a research base which has emerged primarily from within the Maori and Psychology Research Unit at Waikato University, this paper explores strategies which have served to carve out and claim space for Maori, both within the department, and within the wider discipline of psychology

Effective Student Teams: A Faux Hiring And Peer Evaluation Process

Student team projects provide benefits to the education process and provide experience valued by employers, but they can also be a source of conflict, free-riding and are fraught with ‘fairness’ issues. The advantages of using teams for faculty are that they provide opportunities for synergies and collaboration, while also simulating group work processes. However, due to free-riding, scheduling problems and differing goals, there are fertile grounds for team conflicts. Therefore, there exists a need for better methods of forming teams and a process to assure shared goals by team members. This research proposes an innovative approach to team creation where students participate in a ‘hiring’ process that increases team cohesiveness and ultimately team performance. Preliminary empirical validation is also provided that supports this approach

With a Little Help from Our Friends: How Social Entrepreneurship Ventures Change the World on a Shoestring

This paper employs grounded theory to understand how social entrepreneurship ventures pursue the types of change that supporters demand with very limited budgets. A multiple case study found that organizations walk a fine line, inspiring supporters by emphasizing grand change goals while at the same time, buffering supporter enthusiasm from disappointment by refraining from identifying as mission critical any goals for which the factors that would influence success are largely outside of the organization’s control. SEV’s used inter-organizational cooperation to pursue change goals where short term failures were likely and where eventual success was only possible after a protracted effort

The Power Of Aggressive Missions in Social Entrepreneurship Ventures: Motivation, Measurement, and Even Redemption

This study of eight social entrepreneurship ventures (SEV’s) suggests that they craft missions that appeal to a diverse group of stakeholders while allowing organizational insiders will focus on the worldchanging aspects that make work meaningful. It further suggests that organizations with more unique missions make a greater effort to measure results in addition to effort in pursuit of their change goals. There is also anecdotal evidence that a SEV, when faced with a crisis, will resist the urge to realign around safe core functions; and will instead double down on aggressive and risky world-changing goals

Strategic Choice And Institutional Ambiguity: A History Of Entrepreneurial Emergence In Rural China

This conceptual research suggests that path dependence historically created a limited array of entrepreneurial choices in rural China including various forms of collective and private business ownership. However, collective ownership historically gave rural Chinese entrepreneurs increased sociopolitical legitimacy thereby increasing access to resources such as capital; however, during China’s reform era many rural entrepreneurs chose private rather than collective ownership, an economically illogical choice. This seemingly illogical choice resulted in changes in China’s institutional fabric such that the most historically illogical choice—private business ownership—became the most logical choice. This suggests that entrepreneurial choice extends beyond economic rationality to a more complex environment of options

Interpretation of near-threshold peaks using the method of independent S-matrix poles

We propose a model-independent analysis of near-threshold enhancements using independent S-matrix poles. In this formulation, we constructed a Jost function with controllable zeros to ensure that no poles are generated on the physical Riemann sheet. We show that there is a possibility of misinterpreting the observed near-threshold signals if one utilized a limited parametrization and restrict the analysis to only one element of the S-matrix. Specifically, there is a possibility of the emergence of ambiguous pair of poles which are singularities of the full S-matrix but may not manifest in one of its elements. For a more concrete discussion, we focused on an effective two-channel scattering where the full S-matrix is a $2\times2$ matrix. We apply our method to the coupled two-channel analysis of the $P_\psi^N(4312)^+$ and found that the compact pentaquark interpretation cannot be ruled out yet.Comment: 19 pages, 4 figures; Added reference

Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Tips and Strategies to Maintain Productivity & Connectedness

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic many workers are shifting from coming into their workplace to working from home. This may be a new challenge for many workers. Successfully working from home can present unique challenges, from how to focus with at-home distractions, to trying to be productive, trying to communicate well with team members from afar, and childcare. Here at the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research, many of our faculty and staff have years of experience mastering the art of remote work and have put together a list of their top 5 tips and tricks to navigating this strange new world. An American Sign language (ASL) translation video of the tip sheet is available

At the Center of Things: How an Academic Library Built a Bridge between Art and Science on Campus

The University of Houston Libraries sponsored an interdisciplinary event for students, faculty, and the public, titled the Artists’ Health and Wellness Colloquium and Resource Fair. Aspiring and working artists were instructed in how to maintain good health and to avoid overstressing their bodies as they practice their art. Scholars presented both historical and trending perspectives on the intersection of art and health science. The event was held in order to facilitate learning in two key research areas and to demonstrate the library\u27s ability to bridge disparate disciplines and forge new partnerships with multiple academic units simultaneously. This article presents planning strategies for librarians who seek to partner with dissimilar campus entities as part of event planning

The Effects of Age and Lifetime Flight Behavior on Flight Capacity in Drosophila Melanogaster

The Effects of Flight Behavior on Physiology and Senescence May Be Profound in Insects Because of the Extremely High Metabolic Costs of Flight. Flight Capacity in Insects Decreases with Age; in Contrast, Limiting Flight Behavior Extends Lifespan and Slows the Age-Related Loss of Antioxidant Capacity and Accumulation of Oxidative Damage in Flight Muscles. in This Study, We Tested the Effects of Age and Lifetime Flight Behavior on Flight Capacity by Measuring Wingbeat Frequency, the Ability to Fly in a Hypo-Dense Gas Mixture, and Metabolic Rate in Drosophila Melanogaster. Specifically, 5-Day-Old Adult Flies Were Separated into Three Life-Long Treatments: (1) Those Not Allowed to Fly (No Flight), (2) Those Allowed - But Not Forced - to Fly (Voluntary Flight) and (3) Those Mechanically Stimulated to Fly (Induced Flight). Flight Capacity Senesced Earliest in Flies from the No-Flight Treatment, Followed by the Induced-Flight Group and Then the Voluntary Flight Group. Wingbeat Frequency Senesced with Age in All Treatment Groups, But Was Most Apparent in the Voluntary- and Induced-Flight Groups. Metabolic Rate during Agitated Flight Senesced Earliest and Most Rapidly in the Induced Flight Group, and Was Low and Uniform throughout Age in the No-Flight Group. Early Senescence in the Induced-Flight Group Was Likely Due to the Acceleration of Deleterious Aging Phenomena Such as the Rapid Accumulation of Damage at the Cellular Level, While the Early Loss of Flight Capacity and Low Metabolic Rates in the No-Flight Group Demonstrate that Disuse Effects Can Also Significantly Alter Senescence Patterns of Whole-Insect Performance