Three Square

Three Square is an organization that helps people who are food insecure.https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/educ_sys_202/1099/thumbnail.jp

Teachers' perspectives of gender differences in the social behaviours of preschool children : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Education at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand

The present research study explored early childhood teachers’ perspectives about social behaviours and gender in young children, in particular the way in which children’s gender related to teachers’ reports of the prevalence of, perspectives about, and strategies used in response to children’s social behaviours. The specific social behaviours examined within this study were prosocial behaviours, social leadership, social dominance, and aggressive behaviours. This study was designed within an interpretivist and pragmatic epistemology, and used a mixed methods online survey to investigate teachers’ perspectives. The online survey was comprised of four sections: demographics; defining social behaviours and their traits; social behaviour scenarios; and gender and Te Whāriki. To allow investigation of differential responses related to gender, two versions of the survey were created where the gender of the child portrayed in the social behaviour scenarios differed across survey versions. The gendered scenarios were used to gather data on whether there was a difference in teachers’ perspectives about and the teaching strategies used for children’s social behaviours based on the gender of the children involved. The majority of the responses to the survey indicated that the teachers identified there to be little difference in the display of social behaviours in young children based on children’s gender. However, the two social behaviours which were reported by the teachers as having the most differences based on gender were social leadership and aggression. The teachers’ strategies identified in the findings showed that there was some difference in teaching strategies used based on the children’s gender, specifically in the areas of social dominance and aggression. The findings provide a snapshot of the way in which teachers define and interpret social behaviours, and suggest that gender plays a limited, but still potentially significant role in the teaching practices they chose to adopt in a variety of scenarios. The teacher’s acknowledged the importance of ensuring gender equity in their practices, but findings suggest that further support may be needed to aid in the delivery of equitable practices

Unemployment in the Great Recession: single parents and men hit hard

This brief discusses the sweeping impact the Great Recession has had on Americans, particularly men, single parents, young adults, and people with less education. Using data from the 2007 and 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey, the authors report that unemployment is highest among men and among unmarried adults, regardless of place or parenting status. Although this was also true before the recession, gaps between men and women, and the unmarried and married, have widened considerably during the recession. Also during the Great Recession, unemployment rose more in central cities and suburban places than in rural places, perhaps because rural unemployment was already high prior to the start of the recession

Full Disclosure: Why Bank Transparency Matters

This report seeks to reinvigorate the debate on bank disclosure in the UK and to create a better understanding of why it should be demanded of banks. This analysis is carried out through detailed case studies comparing Charter One Bank in Chicago in the US where banks have disclosed local lending practices since 1975- with its parent company Royal Bank of Scotland in Manchester to review the level of information available and the impact that this has. To do this we evaluate the available information on small-business lending, bank branch availability and basic bank account opening in underserved areas of Manchester. Our analysis indicates that data on these factors is generally difficult to obtain, inconsistent, and in many cases incomplete

Recovery Method for Mites Discovered in Mummified Human Tissue

Much like other arthropods, mites have been discovered in a wide variety of forensic and archaeological contexts featuring mummified remains. Their accurate identification has assisted forensic scientists and archaeologists in determining environmental, depositional, and taphonomic conditions that surrounded the mummified remains after death. Consequently, their close association with cadavers has led some researchers to intermittently advocate for the inclusion of mites in archaeological site analyses and forensic case studies. However, despite their potential value, mites have been underutilized with a variety of reasons for the lack of inclusion of mites in archaeological and forensic analyses. Chief amongst these reasons is the lack of a systematic method for extracting mite specimens from recovered remains, the absence of methods available to archaeologists and forensic scientists that can aid in specimen identification, and the difficulty of specimen identification. The purpose of this thesis is to present a unified method for sampling, recovering, and mounting mite specimens that have been recovered from mummified human tissue. The goal is, when used together, these methods will significantly reduce barriers often encountered by archaeologists and forensic scientists seeking to incorporate mites into archaeological and forensic analyses. Although the scope of this research was limited to mummified human tissue, the hope is that the methods presented in this thesis will provide a way forward for forensic scientists and archaeologists interested in incorporating mites into their analyses. Advisors: Karl Reinhard and William Belche

Entry and trafficking of human papillomavirus type 31 into human keratinocytes

Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are small, nonenveloped double stranded DNA viruses that display a strict species and cell type tropism for human epithelial cells. The association between high-risk HPV types and cervical cancer is well established. Additionally, HPVs have been implicated as cofactors in development of several other epithelial cancer types. The difficulty associated with producing infectious HPV stocks, coupled with the complexity of detecting infection using standard virological methods has hindered research into some basic aspects of HPV biology. Recent advances have allowed for the production of high yield stocks of HPV particles for use in infectivity studies and has facilitated research on HPV cellular entry. Using a combination of fluorescent tracking and infectivity studies, we have elucidated the infectious entry pathway and trafficking of HPV31 particles following internalization into human (HKs). Upon initial attachment, HPV31 associates with lipid rafts before internalization via caveolae, a process that is dependent on dynamin-2. Virions are observed trafficking through caveosomes before transport to the endosomal pathway in a Rab5-dependent fashion. Progression through the endosomal pathway results in exposure to decreasing pH, which promotes conformational changes in the virion capsid. These changes are associated with escape of the viral genome and/or genome-L2 complex to the cytoplasm, an event necessary for trafficking to the nucleus and production of viral transcripts. This pathway represents a unique viral trafficking route. In addition to entry and trafficking events of HPV31, the research presented here elucidates signaling cascades induced during HPV31 attachment to cells and internalization, as well as cytoskeletal rearrangements observed during these events. Signaling through protein tyrosine phosphatases was found to regulate microtubule reorganization that is required for association of HPV31 particles with lipid rafts. Following lipid raft localization, several classes of cellular signaling are activated. Tyrosine kinase and phosphatidyl-inositol-3 kinase activation was found to be required for actin cytoskeletal rearrangements that result in filopodia formation at the cell surface. Retrograde transport of virions along filopodial projections suggests that these structures play a role in facilitating uptake of virions from the extracellular matrix of host cells and increase infection efficiency of HPV31

Tracing lines in the lawscape: Registration/pilgrimage and the sacred/secular of law/space

The aim of this paper is to draw upon sacred/secular ‘journeying’ to explore the inherent movement invoked by the state’s documentation of the life course. In tracing this motion, the paper follows two intersecting pathways – the literal travel of those who register a life event and the figurative ‘journeying’ of legal identity. The argument develops from a case study conducted at the Beaney House of Art & Knowledge (Canterbury, UK): a museum, gallery, library, café, community exhibition, tourist information point, and registration hub. But rather than using the building as a frame, to follow more closely the activity of registrars and citizens, I locate imaginative potential in the Beaney’s ‘tessellating’ spaces. Accordingly, the spatial account which is developed is ‘fictive’ in its very nature and offers an implicit critique of a bureaucratic act of governance embedded with legal fiction. In doing so, the paper contributes to critical work on registration which deploys the language of ‘journeying’ to outline the performative force of state documentation, and more broadly, to spatial approaches which illustrate patterns of movement within the ‘lawscape’ (Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, 2015). The paper argues that the ‘journeying’ of registration represents a pilgrimage, whereby individuals are ‘called’ to bureaucratic space at the centre of their local sphere, and the certificates they take with them, much like the badges of medieval pilgrims, are ‘takeaway tokens’ of the state – documents which impress legal identities upon us

Position and Time: Examination of LESS Scores for Division 1 Basketball Players

The purpose of this research was to examine differences in LESS scores between frontcourt, backcourt, male, and female NCAA Division 1 basketball players and to measure any changes in LESS scores between the beginning and end of the season

What\u27s so great about the alternative? Understanding motivations for participating in Humboldt County alternative food networks

Participation in alternative food networks such as farmer’s markets, community supported agriculture (CSA), and community gardens has become an increasingly popular way to express opposition to the current industrial food system. Food justice scholars often criticize alternative food networks for operating within a neoliberal economic framework and suggest that structural inequalities within the food system are not able to be addressed by alternative food networks in the same way they are through food justice or food sovereignty. The goal of this research is to discover individual motivation behind participation in local alternative food networks in Humboldt County. I am curious about how individuals understand or define their participation, if they are aware of structural inequalities in the current food system, and if they believe their participation addresses the socioeconomic and race related injustices inherent in the current food system. I utilized a mix-methods approach including autoethnography, participant observation, a survey, and qualitative in-depth interviews