Midlife Metamorphosis

The study was conducted in response to the need for an increased understanding of the aging experiences of women transitioning midlife. The purpose of the research was to explore the personal understanding of the changes that occur during the midlife period. A qualitative case study was implemented to ascertain how women of the Latter-day Saint (LDS) faith experience the midlife transition. The narratives of 10 LDS women ages 35 to 65 were obtained through personal interviews. The data were analyzed from a feminist, social constructionist, and narrative perspective using Chenail’s Qualitative Matrix as a formal coding system to guide the process of analysis and reporting (Col e, 1994). The findings indicate that the younger cohort had inner conflict s; those in the middle age cohort experienced role confusion; and the oldest cohort experienced generativity. These findings may suggest that a positive metamorphosis takes place in women during the midlife transition

Equine Behavior: Prey vs. Predator, Horse vs. Human

This publication describes what predator-like things humans do around horses and how you can work with a horse on its own terms

Managing Your Horse on a Tight Budget

This publication gives tips to giving your horse the proper love and care it needs while sticking to a budget

Body Condition Scoring: A Management Tool for Evaluating All Horses

This fact sheet describes the body condition scoring system that evaluates horses on the amount of fat deposited in specific areas

Equine Vision and Its Effect on Behavior

This publication describes horses vision and how to work horses to the best advantage

Finding common RNA pseudoknot structures in polynomial time

AbstractThis paper presents the first polynomial time algorithm for finding common RNA substructures that include pseudoknots and similar structures. While a more general problem is known to be NP-hard, this algorithm exploits special features of RNA structures to match RNA bonds correctly in polynomial time. Although the theoretical upper bound on the algorithmʼs time and space usage is high, the data-driven nature of its computation enables it to avoid computing unnecessary cases, dramatically reducing the actual running time. The algorithm works well in practice, and has been tested on sample RNA structures that include pseudoknots and pseudoknot-like tertiary structures

Integrating Writing Within the Foreign Language Classroom: Shifting Dynamics, Not the Task

This classroom based research project considers the following questions: Why should my foreign language students write? From Pedagogy to Purpose; what happens when students use technology with their writing; what transitions take place with regard to the role as teacher when integrating writing into the Spanish language classroom? This project follows the shift from writing , disconnected activities to writing. How a student-centered writing process and technology support the shift away from the perception that good writing is voiceless and mechanical. It traces the shift from learning to write to writing to learn. The project studies the shift that occurs when students come to understand that they are writers and the role of the teacher shifts from the giver of approval to a collaborator without diminishing the guidance and necessary level of knowledge of the teacher. The project seeks to evidence that shifts not only do occur when all these mutually exist in the foreign language classroom but also with transcend into other curriculum content areas

Bitting the Horse: Shank or Curb Bits

This publication gives information on different types of bits to choose from and which is best for certain horses and situations