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Building a K-12 Educator Community of Learners During Emergency Remote Learning
Melanie Wong
Feb 18, 2022
Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the ways that Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) educators support their English Language Learners (ELLs) have changed. These circumstances have brought on unprecedented challenges as educators...
Web-Based Teaching & Learning Education Curriculum Development and Instructional Design Media and Communications Computer Science and Information Technology
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Strategic Values of Cloud Computing Transformation
This article aims to study the strategic transformative value dimensions of cloud computing. Organizational requirements, managerial strategic objectives, and their attendant challenges are very specific indicators that enable...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Transformational Tourism Experiences
Transformational tourism is an emergent research field, reflecting a broader paradigm shift that encompasses changes in tourist profiles that challenge tourism businesses to deliver experiences that meet the expectations of...
Digital Communications Business and Management Hospitality Travel and Tourism Management Media and Communications
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Hygrothermal Performance of Vernacular Stone in a Desert Climate
Nahla Makhlouf, Daniel Maskell, Alastair Marsh, Sukumar Natarajan, Marwa Dabaieh, Moemen Afify
Aug 20, 2019
Remote desert communities are often the most vulnerable to temperature extremes, as lack of access to reliable electricity prevents the use of active cooling or heating. Hence, there is a need to investigate how the building...
Desert architecture Dynamic vapour sorption hygroscopic Hygrothermal Karshif salt Sorption-desorption isotherm Vernacular stone Western Desert of Egypt /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2205 name=Civil and Structural Engineering /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2215 name=Building and Construction /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2500/2500 name=General Materials Science /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Personalized Online Learning
The success of MOOC (massive open online courses) is rapidly increasing. Most educational institutions are highly interested in these online platforms, which embrace intellectual and educational objectives and provide various...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
The Lantern Vol. 57, No. 1, Fall 1990
Judy Evans, Kate Phillips, Jennifer Rausin, Bob Lane, Richard Galeone, Gar Donecker, Chris Major, Katherine Barrett, Theresa Richardson, Karen Lunova, Donna Cuddeback, Jennifer Blay, Alan McCabe, Neil Schafer, Debbie Kriebel, Despina Tsouros
Jan 01, 0001
Candlelight Ecstasy Tabitha Waffle Maker Thoughts From the Street Corner The Grip Eugenio's Room Amnesiac Life at the Edge College Love Dry Ice and Red Roses Forever a Monument Melanie Respectable Man ...
Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania Lantern Literary Magazine poetry fiction Creative Nonfiction Arts and Humanities Creative Writing fiction illustration Nonfiction poetry
Published by: Ursinus College
Reducing the Negative Effects of Psychological Contract Breach during Management-Imposed Change
Employees' experiences of psychological contract breach (PCB) contribute substantially to the failure of change initiatives. Consequently, if organizational leaders want to successfully implement change efforts, it is imperative...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Hygrothermal Performance of Vernacular Stone in a Desert Climate
Nahla Makhlouf, Daniel Maskell, Alastair Marsh, Sukumar Natarajan, Marwa Dabaieh, Moemen Afify
Aug 20, 2019
Remote desert communities are often the most vulnerable to temperature extremes, as lack of access to reliable electricity prevents the use of active cooling or heating. Hence, there is a need to investigate how the building...
Desert architecture Dynamic vapour sorption hygroscopic Hygrothermal Karshif salt Sorption-desorption isotherm Vernacular stone Western Desert of Egypt /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2205 name=Civil and Structural Engineering /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2215 name=Building and Construction /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2500/2500 name=General Materials Science /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
A Qualitative Study of Student Expectations of Online Faculty Engagement
Institutions offering online courses and degrees often develop requirements for faculty-to-student interactions; yet, these requirements may not align student preferences for faculty engagement. This chapter expanded the work on...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
A transcriptomic atlas of mammalian olfactory mucosae reveals an evolutionary influence on food odor detection in humans.
Luis R Saraiva, Fernando Riveros-McKay, Massimo Mezzavilla, Eman H Abou-Moussa, Charles J Arayata, Melanie Makhlouf, Casey Trimmer, Ximena Ibarra-Soria, Mona Khan, Laura Van Gerven, Mark Jorissen, Matthew Gibbs, Ciaran O'Flynn, Scott McGrane, Peter Mombaerts, John C Marioni, Joel D Mainland, Darren W Logan
Dec 19, 2019
The mammalian olfactory system displays species-specific adaptations to different ecological niches. To investigate the evolutionary dynamics of olfactory sensory neuron (OSN) subtypes across mammalian evolution, we applied RNA...
An attention-based view of family firm adaptation to discontinuous technologies
Recent studies show that managerial attention is a particularly important precursor of established firms’ responses to discontinuous technological change. However, little is known about the factors that shape managerial...
Investigating Protein Interactions Important for Synapses in the Developing Nervous System
Melanie DeRosa
Jan 01, 0001
Proper synapse formation and maintenance is an important aspect of nervous system development. Errors in synapse formation can cause neurological differences such as schizophrenia, autism, and epilepsy. Slitrks are a family of...
Published by: Ursinus College
Maintaining Moral Legitimacy through Worlds and Words
A prominent way for firms to manage their moral legitimacy is to invest in sustainability certifications. However, a significant subset of firms remain reluctant to invest in sustainability certifications even decades after the...
How Do You Double the Number of High School Graduates? A Snapshot of Schooling in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT
Mangilaluk School in Tuktoyaktuk has seen large increases in the number of graduates over the last 10 years. This article describes the factors that are thought to be behind this achievement, according to Tuktoyaktuk residents...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
How Much Am I Expected to Pay for My Parents’ Firm? An Institutional Logics Perspective on Family Discounts
Recent evidence suggests that successors do not simply inherit their parents' firm, but have to pay a certain price. Building on institutional logics literature, we explore successors' family discount expectations, defined as...
Selections From the Reverend Charles Rice Memory Book: Reflections From the Ursinus Community
Ursinus College Alumni, Ursinus College Students, Ursinus College Staff, Ursinus College Faculty
Jan 01, 0001
Selections from the Reverend Charles Rice memorial book presented to the Rice family. Included are reflections from the following Ursinus College alumni, students, staff and faculty chosen by Tonya Rice: Christian Rice...
Published by: Ursinus College
How Do You Double the Number of High School Graduates? A Snapshot of Schooling in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT
Mangilaluk School in Tuktoyaktuk has seen large increases in the number of graduates over the last 10 years. This article describes the factors that are thought to be behind this achievement, according to Tuktoyaktuk residents...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Using Tomato Lectin to Study the Effect of Age on Tail Regeneration in Ambystoma mexicanum (Axolotls)
Melanie E Lee
Jan 01, 0001
A FUTURE project on the species, Ambystoma mexicanum (Axolotls). These organisms are a model for regeneration studies because they regenerate many structures, including the spinal cord. Tail amputations were performed to study...
Published by: Ursinus College
Investigating Protein Interactions Important for Synapse Formation in the Developing Nervous System
Members of the Slitrk family have become prominent candidates as sources for neuropsychiatric disorders (Proneca et al., 2011). Of interest in our study is Slitrk2 - a significant postsynaptic transmembrane protein that is...
Published by: Ursinus College
An attention-based view of family firm adaptation to discontinuous technologies
Recent studies show that managerial attention is a particularly important precursor of established firms’ responses to discontinuous technological change. However, little is known about the factors that shape managerial...
How Much Am I Expected to Pay for My Parents’ Firm? An Institutional Logics Perspective on Family Discounts
Recent evidence suggests that successors do not simply inherit their parents' firm, but have to pay a certain price. Building on institutional logics literature, we explore successors' family discount expectations, defined as...
Maintaining Moral Legitimacy through Worlds and Words
A prominent way for firms to manage their moral legitimacy is to invest in sustainability certifications. However, a significant subset of firms remain reluctant to invest in sustainability certifications even decades after the...
Perceived Diagnostic Uncertainty in Pediatric Chronic Pain
In this review, we argue that perceived diagnostic uncertainty in idiopathic pediatric chronic pain patients and their parents is critically important for understanding pain cognitions, behavioral responses to pain, treatment...
Microbial Fermentation of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Plastic Waste for the Production of Chemicals or Electricity.
Ideonella sakaiensis (I. sakaiensis) can grow on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as the major carbon and energy source. Previous work has shown that PET conversion in the presence of oxygen released carbon dioxide and water...
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