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Review of Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Worlds Without End: The Many Lives of the Multiverse. New York
Daniel Adsett
Jan 04, 2019
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, an associate professor of religion at Wesleyan University whose earlier works have focused on, among other topics, poststructuralism, apophaticism, and wonder, investigates, in Worlds Without End...
Digital Twin for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
This chapter focuses on the context in which patients such as those with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) are placed and what possibilities information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer to keep them in touch with...
Published by: IGI Global
Fiscal Responsibility and Multi-Level Governance
Public-policy assumptions regarding sub-national governments' financial behavior are based on economic rationality. Therefore, to achieve fiscal stability at the macro level, central governments use fiscal rules both to...
Published by: IGI Global
Seeking Equity, Quality, and Purpose as Higher Education Transforms
Taking account of the dramatic shifts in the make-up and educational and social needs of today's college students, the authors explore how to steer future reforms in ways that will advance goals related to equity and educational...
Published by: IGI Global
A Study of Pile Fatigue Failures in the Arabian Gulf
Leanne Mary Stein
Apr 09, 2013
In the summer of 1974, construction commenced for an oil tanker terminal in the Arabian Gulf. The following winter, a particularly strong tropical storm hit after the piles were driven, prior to installation of the...
Westernization and Music in China during and after the Qing Dynasty
Anna Chen
Jan 30, 2014
Before the Revolution of 1911, China was a mighty empire dominated by various Chinese ethnic groups in different time periods. In particular, the Han people of the Tang1 and Ming Dynasty and the Man people of the Qing Dynasty2...
Published by: Faculty of Education
TO CAPTURE THE SOUND OF WATER
Mary Dalton
Sep 21, 2015
Thoughts and reflections on growing up speaking Newfoundland English and on how language realtes to identity, place and education.
Motivating Language and Intent to Stay in a Backsourced Information Technology Environment
Mary Lind, Lori Farr
Jul 01, 2019
Information technology (IT) backsourcing is a recent phenomenon that is gaining momentum because effective sourcing strategy can have major implications for organizations regarding financial investments, IT infrastructure, and...
Published by: IGI Global
Competency-Based Education
This chapter will review what competency-based education is and how delivering traditional educational credentials and degrees in a non-traditional, non-term program can better engage students and promote their success in the...
Published by: IGI Global
Advancing Data Science, Data-Intensive Research, and Its Understanding Through Collaboration
This chapter contributes to academic library institutions currently engaged in or formulating their strategy for engaging in data science. The chapter provides academic library institutions, and library and information science...
Published by: IGI Global
Article Processing Charges and Their Impact in Open Access Publishing
Knowledge transfer is the key to the sustained growth of human civilization. This chapter on open access and article processing charges aims at addressing the various issues associated with open access publishing as a business...
Published by: IGI Global
Incremental Learning in a Capstone Project
Organizations are moving away from rigid planning to a more incremental style of planning and execution in projects. There is a growing acceptance of the effectiveness of incremental change, both in industry projects and in...
Published by: IGI Global
Impact of Open Access on Library Collections and Collection Development Services
The growth of open access (OA) journals has been rapid and substantial. While still not the predominant form of journal publishing, OA journals of varying types have impacted the scholarly communication ecosystem in a profound...
Published by: IGI Global
Characteristics of Successful Inner-city Music Teachers
Mary Lynn Doherty
Oct 29, 2013
This descriptive study, performed in the spring of 2007, seeks to illustrate characteristics that are shared amongst successful inner-city music teachers at a choir school in Chicago, Illinois. Specifically, through both formal...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Benchmarking Serverless Computing
With the increasing adoption of serverless computing, there is a need for a benchmark. The aim of this paper is to present such a benchmark based on performance and usability testing to better understand serverless services as...
Published by: IGI Global
Palestinian Zombie
Anna-Esther Younes
Dec 14, 2022
The modern zombie myth is as fascinating as it is often anxiety-inducing to the viewer of horror movies. On the other hand, the zombie is a potent history of racialized physical pain, psychological trauma, alienation...
Leading Through a Crisis
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lamar Soutter Library was faced with moving off campus and into a remote work environment. As the crisis unfolded, it was critical for staff to experience a unified leadership team that...
Published by: IGI Global
Advancing English Language Learners' Speaking Skills Using VoiceThread in Mobile Learning for Russian Tertiary Context
This research examines the effectiveness of using the VoiceThread (VT) application (both web and mobile-based) for the development of oral English skills of Russian university students. The study involved 44 full-time bachelor...
Published by: IGI Global
The Role of Arts-Based Research in Creating Safe Spaces for Newcomer Refugees
This article discusses the role of arts-based research in generating a supportive cross-cultural way for newcomer refugees to express themselves within an emerging aesthetic intersubjective paradigm of arts-based research and...

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