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Management of the Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) for Fort Drum, NY and the Northeast United States
(2013-04-20)The Henslow’s Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) is one of the most threatened grassland bird species in North America. It has been listed as endangered, threatened, or a species of concern in in 30 of 32 states and one Canadian ... -
Mandated Reporting of Elder Abuse
(2014-04-26)As our baby boomers grow older and the elderly population is increasing, elder abuse has become an increasing problem which many states are responding to. In the United States, New York is the only state who has not enacted ... -
Maternal Employment, Work Benefits & Adolsecent Emotional Outcomes
(2013-04-20)As the demands of employment are extending beyond traditional definitions and the prevalence of single mothers within the workforce is increasing, current research has found that parental employment may be linked to some ... -
Mediterranean Diet Adherence: Implications for Multidisciplinary Eating Disorder Treatment
(2014-04-26)Abstract: This poster examines Mediterranean dietary patterns and implications for eating disorder treatment outcomes. Over time nutritional deficits can cause profound disturbances in both brain function and mood. Adherence ... -
Men of Steel and Sentinels of Liberty: Superman and Captain America as Civilians and Soldiers in World War II
(2014-04-26)During World War II, both Timely Comics and DC used Superman and Captain America to contextualize the war and present various ideologies to their readers. The comics, in keeping with historian John Dower’s thesis , portrayed ... -
Mental Health Challenges in Older Adults: The Relationship Between Reports of Depression and Marital Status, Gender and Education Level
(2013-04-20)This study will investigate the mental health challenges of older adults who reside within an assisted and independent living community by comparing self-reported indicators of depression with their marital status, gender, ... -
Methods to Increase Parent Participation in Education
(2014-04-26)Studies have shown that parent participation in education correlates with academic achievement (e.g. de Pedro, et al. 2011). The actions of involved parents can increase children’s awareness, understanding, and critical ... -
Mindfulness and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): Holistic interventions for adolescent depression and anxiety
(2014-04-26)Adolescent depression has grown into a health crisis that includes disparities in adolescent minority health and ethical violations of overmedicating youth. Adverse reactions to overmedicating include increased self harming, ... -
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult Trauma Survivors
(2014-04-26)This project will be an investigation into the evidence based practice of mindfulness, to be utilized with adult trauma survivors in the mental health system. Goals, targets and desired outcomes of the intervention will ... -
Mining GitHub: Inside the R Community
(2014-04-26)Since its inception in 2008, GitHub has come to house over 1000 R-language projects, including over 180 CRAN packages. In this article we investigate the social structure of the R community on GitHub using the GitHub API; ... -
Monsters in a Well Lit Room: Shelley’s Use of Electric Language in Frankenstein
(2013-04-20)In her 1816 novel Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus), Mary Shelley constructed an elaborate allegorical representation of scientific debate at the time regarding whether or not “animal electricity” existed and if electricity ... -
“Motherland of Marxism is Germany; Motherland of Leninism is Russia; Motherland of Marxism-Leninism in Our Era is Korea”: The Black Panther Party’s Fascination with North Korea
(2013-04-20)The Black Panther Party (BPP) while focused on the domestic problems in the United States also sought relationships with other “nations” oppressed by American Imperialism. Thus, the BPP established relationships with the ... -
Mothers as Consumers of Mental Health Services: Resource Utilization and Parenting Behaviors
(2013-04-20)Mental health services with mothers with mental illnesses can help to mitigate the effects that the mother’s symptoms have on the children in the home. Parenting classes for mothers with mental illnesses can teach positive ... -
Movements Beyond Spontaneity: Dance Improvisation in the Colonial Context
(2013-04-20)The challenges that Puerto Rican dance professionals are confronting are complex and multidimensional for no art manifestations happen on the periphery of the social and economic situations of the country where it develops. ... -
Moving Bodies/Spaces: Current Perspectives of Dance Improvisation in Puerto Rico
(2013-04-20)Moving Bodies/Spaces: Current Perspectives of Dance Improvisation in Puerto Rico analyzes the dance improvisation practices and discourses of two Puerto Rican female artists, Ñequi González and Noemí Segarra. In this paper, ... -
Multi-resolution Hough Transform
(2013-04-20)The Hough Transform is an image processing technique used to detect patterns defined by analytical equations in images. The general algorithm for object detection using Hough Transform involves first detecting all the edges ... -
Multigenerational Engagement, Leisure Interests, and Continued Learning in Elders Within Congregate Housing
(2013-04-20)Retirement communities are increasing interested in developing numbers and types of opportunities for elders to partner with local colleges, universities, and aging service providers. The purpose of this study is to assess ... -
Municipal Strategic Management: A Case Study Examining the Effects of Ontario County’s Change in Bond Rating on the Municipality’s Finances
(2013-04-20)Background: Recent events such as counties and cities across the United States going bankrupt has shown the importance of good strategic management among the leaders of municipalities. Ontario County of New York State has ... -
Music and Cultural Identity in the Republic of Georgia
(2013-04-20)This presentation is the results of an ethnographic study conducted in the Republic of Georgia in the summer of 2012 on the influences that contribute to the cultural identity of Georgians regarding their musical traditions ... -
Music Critic Eduard Hanslick's Aesthetics and Reviews
(2014-04-26)Eduard Hanslick was a 19th century Austrian music critic whose aesthetic writings are heatedly debated and are seeing a resurgence in music scholarship today. Within his treatise Vom Musikalisch-Schönen, Hanslick debates ...
