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Map of Labrador
David Mercer
Apr 24, 2014
Map of Labrador showing communities relevant to theis issue of RLS and more recently established communities. Prepared by David Mercer, Library Assistant, Map Room, QEII Library, Memorial University.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Embracing Polyphony
Lori F. Clarke
Dec 20, 2016
This paper theorizes at the intersection of practices of improvisation and the Hearing Voices Network (HVN) approach—two ways of being with others that embrace polyphonic identity, democratic participation, and polyculture. The...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Issues in Providing English as a Second Language Training to Refugees
English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction is a vital part of integrating refugees who do not speak the language into their new home in Newfoundland and Labrador. Given the importance of communicating in an official language...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Review of David Bentley Hart, The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss (New Haven and London
Michelle Rebidoux
May 16, 2016
One thing, certainly, can be said about David Bentley Hart’s book and it is this: that its author takes atheism very seriouslyor rather, the “New Atheism,” as it is called, a recent ideologico-cultural “movement” whose...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Toward an Ontology of Strategy in an Enterprise Context
Neil Kemp
Oct 01, 2021
What is meant by "strategy" and what concepts are involved in its creation are not well understood, and there is significant inconsistency in the way they are all used. It was hypothesised that current tools and techniques for...
Published by: IGI Global
FROM SHOE-CROPS TO MOSQUITO HAWKS
Sandra Clarke
Apr 24, 2014
NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH IS WITHOUT DOUBT the best-described of any variety of Canadian English. Yet though this observation may be true for the island portion of the province, research into the English spoken in Labrador has lagged...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
VOICES OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
Sandra Clarke
Sep 21, 2015
This paper reports on the history and progress of Voices of Newfoundland and Labrador, a website that will build and expand upon work initiated by affiliates of the English Language Research Centre in 1999. Voices is intended as...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Evaluation of Multi-Peer and Self-Assessment in Higher Education
This article presents an evaluation of the use of peer and self-assessment as part of the learning process in a public speaking assessment coursework, with students from two departments taking part. Students were assessed by...
Published by: IGI Global
Exercise improves depression through positive modulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). A review based on 100 manuscripts over 20 years.
Monèm Jemni, Rashid Zaman, Frederick Robert Carrick, Neil David Clarke, Michel Marina, Lindsay Bottoms, Jagdeep Singh Matharoo, Roger Ramsbottom, Norman Hoffman, Shad James Groves, Yaodong Gu, Ferman Konukman
Apr 17, 2023
The aim of this review was to explore the relevant neurobiology and the association between peripheral levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and acute and short to long-term exercise regimes, as well as its relation...
Published by: Frontiers in Physiology
Integrating Mobile Mixed Reality to Enhance Learning Before, During, and After Physical Field Trips
Physical field trips have long been used in education, but virtual field trips are increasingly being used to enhance them. This article focuses on the use of mixed reality to enhance a physical field trip before, during, and...
Published by: IGI Global
Paying Lip Service?
Literature has mainly analyzed the technical attributes of voice for enterprise technical applications, such as voice signature and speech recognition. This paper aims at identifying voice and speech attributes that reflect...
Published by: IGI Global
Moving From Passive to Active Blended Learning
David Starr-Glass
Feb 12, 2021
This chapter is a reflection on practice that resulted in the incorporation of an active blended learning approach in courses which the author facilitates for transnational students. These courses were popular, received very...
Published by: IGI Global
Review of Eric L. Jenkins, Free to Say No? Free Will and Augustine’s Evolving Doctrines of Grace and Election (Cambridge
Seamus O'Neill
Mar 23, 2016
Eric Jenkins’ Free to Say No? Free Will and Augustine’s Evolving Doctrines of Grace and Election is a relatively concise and highly readable investigation into Augustine’s changing position on the freedom of the will and various...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
PERSON-HIERARCHIES AND THE ORIGIN OF ASYMMETRIES IN TOTONAC VERBAL PARADIGMS
David Beck
Jul 30, 2013
Transitive verbs in Totonac-Tepehua languages show apparent irregularities in agreement in verb forms where both subject and object are speech act participants (that is, 1 H 2 combinations) and one or both are plural. Data from...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Moving K-12 Coursework Online
Online learning is part of the future of K-12 education. However, few online K-12 instructors have been formally trained in online pedagogy. This chapter describes best practices in creating online courses for K-12 students....
Published by: IGI Global
Associative Patterning
This chapter begins with a brief discussion of the basic concepts related to the unconscious life of an organization, and then addresses specific aspects of knowledge, learning, and memory, developing a language and framework...
Published by: IGI Global
Evaluation of a hybrid peer-teaching method for undergraduate medical microbiology
Background Microbiology in undergraduate medical education has been traditionally taught through didactic lectures. However, alternative educational strategies such as case-based learning and peer-teaching can be effective...
UPDATE ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RESEARCH CENTRE
This is an update on the activities of the English Language Research Centre, Memorial University.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Critical care pharmacy workforce
Mark Borthwick, Greg Barton, Christopher P Ioannides, Ruth Forrest, Emma Graham-Clarke, Fraser Hanks, Christie James, David Kean, David Sapsford, Alan Timmins, Mark Tomlin, John Warburton, Richard S Bourne
Apr 17, 2023
Introduction
Critical care pharmacists improve the quality and efficiency of medication therapy whilst reducing treatment costs where they are available. UK critical care pharmacist deployment was described in 2015...
Distribution planning Pharmacy census Intensive Care hospital Organisation Humans Critical Care Adult Pharmacists Pharmacy Service hospital Pandemics United Kingdom Workforce covid-19
Published by: Human resources for health
Using Tablets to Collect Breast Cancer Risk Information in an Underserved Population
Arash Naeim, Zhuoer Xie, Liliana Johansen, Neil Wenger, David Elashoff, Antonia Petruse, Guita Rahbar
May 06, 2022
The authors tested the use of tablets to collect breast cancer risk data and compared the approach against paper-based scantrons. The goal was to examine the usability of digital technology for data collection in underserved...
Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences Medical Diagnosis and Practice Sexual, Reproductive, & Maternal Health Social Sciences and Humanities Government and Law
Published by: IGI Global
The Continuum of Care in Cross-Border Health Travel
David Vequist IV
Jan 01, 2021
There are several studies showing that a breakdown in the continuum of care occurs when a person crosses an international boundary for healthcare, such as migrants and medical tourists. This study attempted to measure the impact...
Published by: IGI Global
The Use of the UTAUT Model in the Adoption of E-Learning Technologies
E-learning is treated as a learning approach in higher education worldwide. E-learning systems are all about using digital technologies to acquire, store, and process learning resources. This article aims to examine the...
Published by: IGI Global
Dialectic and the Emergence of Explicit Metaphysics
David Oyler
Feb 24, 2020
I am going to sketch the personal role of dialectic in the emergence of explicit metaphysics. Of necessity, it is a sketch since a full account would require more than an essay. If we consider the full sweep of Lonergan’s views...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Using Digital Technology in a Voice Lesson
David Bell
Nov 19, 2013
Traditional practices from the past are deep rooted and slow to change. Today's technology being then unknown made development of the singing voice entirely dependent upon the ear, the good taste in style, and the musicality of...
Published by: Faculty of Education
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