The Human Ecology Dialectic: Culture as a Behavioral Adaptation

Contrary to popular thought, which implicated the disengagement of Marx from anthropological theory, his dialectical concept will be applied to explain human ecology in a Boasian historical particularism milieu. Environmental conditions will be the common denominator for the Darwinian biogeography theory, intertwined with the cultural adaptation theory of Boas within the Human Ecology Dialectic (Taylor, 2014). Anthropologically, in a biological context the theories will explain the behavioral adaptation process demonstrated culturally by the prehistoric ancestors of the Inuit of the Canadian Central Arctic in their development and essential engagement in the creation of art; a pursuit that became a cultural tradition in historic and contemporary Inuit life. Art will be defined as objects of various forms and functions with aesthetic qualities made from raw organic resources such as bone, ivory, and stone

What Hotel Attributes Matter? Understanding the Price Determinants in the Lodging Industry

The major purposes of the empirical study are to investigate the price determinants in the lodging industry (i.e., hotel class, hotel operation, location, size, age, and seasonality) and to examine how these price determinants affect financial performance of the hotel. A quantitative method was used in this study, with 6,732 valid observations collected and analyzed. The findings suggested that hotel class, hotel operation, location, size, and seasonality are significant factors determining hotels’ average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR). The results have both theoretical and practical contributions. They not only broaden the existing lodging research but can also help hotel managers better understand pricing determinants

The Tendency of Hotel Rooms Division Managers to Create Budgetary Slack

This study explores how the budgeting system impacts rooms department managers’ tendency to create budgetary slack. The results provide support for four hypotheses, specifically indicating that rooms department managers’ tendency to create budgetary slack does change with the setting and the way the budgeting system is implemented. The major practical implication of this study is that allowing rooms department managers to participate actively in the budgeting process seems to reduce their tendencies to create budgetary slack

Marcia A. Taylor Correspondence

Entries include brief biographical information, a typed biographical letter on The National County Bard Association stationery from Boston, Massachusetts, a handwritten letter on William Albert Broder, Publisher, stationery concerning the board of editors of the Oracle and Taylor\u27s recent international poetry medal for the poem From the Sixth Floor, a typed letter on The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company stationery with correspondence concerning the groundwork for an anthology of Maine poets, thoughts on being characterized as dissident, the consequence of an award-winning poem and describing seasonal poems written from trains, handwritten anthology publication details, a typed poem Freedom, a print advertisement with an illustration for Taylor\u27s poetry brochure, handwritten notes and letters on personal stationery wherein books are autographed by Taylor\u27s dog, Sandy, a copy of the 1934 Maine poetry anthology presented to the statehouse night watch, a typed letter presenting the 1935 anthology with a list of contributors from Maine, and a handwritten card from Taylor relating that she had personally set the type and printed her latest book of poems

The Relationship Between Exercise Activities and Self-esteem in Elderly Populations

It has been recognized that there is a connection between exercise and mental well-being and studies conducted on college students and employees by Hayden and Allen, Pauley, Palmer, Wright, and Pfeiffer, and Short, DiCarlo, Steffee, and Pavolou all support a positive relationship between physical exercise and a feeling of positive self-worth. It has also been found by Conroy, Smith, and Felthous and Collingwood that physical fitness can function as a therapeutic intervention for mentally and physically debilitated clients. However, none of these studies segregated the findings according to group or individual exercise activities. The potential influence of the group setting was not addressed in the research findings, although the independent variable of parental acceptance and parental interest found in the Rosenberg and Coopersmith studies would indicate self-esteem is affected by social factors or interactions with others. Literature identifying the psychological benefits of exercise in elderly populations is limited. Goldberg and Fitzpatrick identified that movement therapy performed in group sessions promoted improved morale and attitudes among institutionalized aged. Parent and Whall found a positive relationship between elderly who participated in monthly physical activities and improved self-esteem, but no delineation of group or individual exercise activities was identified. Additional nursing research on the relationship of exercise and self-esteem in elderly populations is needed. Identifying the type and amount of exercise and the effects of group and individual exercise on the elderly’s self-esteem may lead to more well-defined nursing interventions that will be effective in promoting quality life in the older segment of the population. The objectives of this study are to: l. Identify the level of self-esteem among an elderly population living in southwestern South Dakota. 2. Identify the proportion of this elderly population who engage in exercise activities. 3. Determine the type of exercise activities this population performs. 4. Determine if elderly who exercise with others have a significantly higher self-esteem than those who exercise alone. 5. Determine if a greater amount of exercise results in a higher level of self-esteem

Who Owns Contract and Grant Data in the U.K. and Who Can Use It?

Who Owns Contract and Grant Data in the U.K. and Who Can Use It

Leading the Way: The Importance of Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work

This issue brief addresses the role leaders play in supporting efforts to increase dialogues around racial understanding. Based on a survey of State Training Teams who participated in the inaugural Coming Together for Racial Understanding train-the-trainer event (2018), six variables related to leadership support were identified that team members felt were critical to success including actively communicating support, verbally encouraging me in the work, actively participating in dialog, demonstrating support in the face of dissension and risk, and trusting the team to lead the initiative. For this work to truly make a difference, this brief points to the importance of matching administrative leadership efforts with expectations for support, particularly regarding aligning resources and time-on-task to the vision for change

The stylistic evolution of the violoncello sonata

The stylistic history of the 'cello sonata is closely related both to the history of the 'cello and its technique and to the history of the sonata. Thus, the first part of this paper discusses the history of the 'cello. The second part of the paper discusses the history of the sonata, its forms, and their use in writing for the 'cello and a keyboard instrument during the Baroque bra, the Classic Era, the Baroque Era, and the Twentieth Century. The appendix contains a brief list of representative works from these periods which are available in modern publication

MHCY haplotype impacts Campylobacter jejuni colonization in a backcross [(Line 61 x Line N) x Line N] population:Research Note

MHCY is a candidate region for influencing immune responses in chickens. MHCY contains multiple specialized, polymorphic MHC class I loci along with loci belonging to 4 additional gene families. In this study, MHCY haplotypes were tested for association with cecal colonization after Campylobacter jejuni infection of a backcross [(Line 6(1) × Line N) × Line N] population derived from 2 White Leghorn research lines, Line 6(1) and Line N, that were previously shown to exhibit heritable differences in colonization. Samples were obtained for 51 birds challenged with 10(8) CFU Campylobacter jejuni at 3 wk of age. Viable C. jejuni in the ceca were enumerated 5 d postinfection and counts were log-transformed for analysis. Birds were assigned to either low or high colonization groups based on the individual count being below or above the mean bacterial count for all birds. The mean bacterial count of the low infection group differed significantly from the high infection group. Sex and MHCB haplotype had similar distributions within the 2 groups. Overall, 7 MHCY haplotypes were found to be segregating. Two were significantly associated with C. jejuni colonization. MHCY Y18 was associated with low colonization (P = 3.00 × 10(−5)); whereas MHCY Y11a was associated with high colonization (P = 0.008). The MHCY haplotype impacted the mean bacterial count among all birds with MHCY Y18 having the lowest bacterial count compared with MHCY Y11a and all other MHCY (Y5, Y7, Y8, Y11b, and Y11c) haplotypes. These findings support further investigation of the contribution of chicken MHCY in resistance to Campylobacter colonization