bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
INDIAN TREEPIE DENDROCITTA VAGABUNDA PARVULA (LATHAM, 1790) (PASSERIFORMES: CORVIDAE) AS A NATURAL ENEMY OF THE PESTS OF COCONUT AND ARECA PALM PLANTATIONS
Authors:   P.G. & Research Department of Zoology, St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri, Calicut-8, Kerala, India., Basheer Muhammad
Published: December 2024

Indian Treepie Dendrocittavagabunda parvula (Latham, 1790) (Passeriformes: Corvidae), is a widespreadresident bird commonly found in coconut and areca palm plantation belts. Foodand feeding habits of Indian Treepie were studied by direct focal observationmethod gut content analysis and faecal matter analysis in an agricultural beltin south Malabar, North Kerala. Indian Treepie prefers coconut and areca palmplantations for foraging activities, and is an omnivore feeding on animal andplant items ranging from invertebrate to vertebrate species, with insectsforming the main group. Its unique prey catching methods namely, hang feedingand shake and wait catch methods enable the bird to consume the hiding insectsfrom the lengthy fronds of coconut and areca palms, which are inaccessible toother insectivorous birds. Capacity of Indian Treepie to feed on the lower sideof the fronds is the reason for its higher incidence in coconut and areca palmplantations. This feature makes it as a natural enemy of the insects living onthe fronds of palm trees. As it feeds up on many pests of agricultural cropslike grasshopper, red palm weevil, banana stem weevil, cockroaches, nestlingsof house rat and squirrel, Indian Treepie is an important biocontrol agent inthe agro ecosystem of the region. Areca nut harvesting practices and predationby Jungle Crow are the major causes of egg loss and nestling loss of Indian Treepiein the region.
IMPACT OF DIFFERENT MODULES ON SPIDERS IN RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) ECOSYSTEM
Authors:   Department of Agricultural Entomology and Nematology, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal – 609 603. U. T. of Puducherry, India., G Rajadurai
Published: December 2024

Theimpact of different modules against the population of spiders in rice (Oryzasativa L.) ecosystem was studied during 2012 – 13. Two supervised fieldexperiments were conducted during kharif 2012 and rabi 2012 – 13.Totally five modules namely chemical module, bio intensive module, neem basedmodule, integrated module and farmers practice module with four replicationswas evaluated in the two seasons. In this experiment nine species of spiders viz.,Araneus spp. C., Argiope catenulata D., Argiope pulchella T.,Callitrichia formosana Oi., Clubiona japonicola Bosenberg &Strand, Leucage decorata W., Lycosa spp., Oxyopes javanus T. and Tetragnathajavana T. were identified during the crop growth period. The population ofspiders was observed from 14 days after transplanting (DAT) to 77 DAT in boththe seasons. During kharif 2012 the population of spiders ranged from0.05 to 0.45/hill. The overall mean population of spiders ranged from 0.14 to0.25/hill irrespective of the treatments. It was found that the per centreduction was higher in the chemical module (44%) compared to the farmerspractice module. During rabi 2012 – 13 the population of spiders rangedfrom 0.15 to 1.92/hill. The overall mean population of spiders ranged from 0.33to 1.18/hill. A higher per cent reduction was observed in the chemical module(72.03%) as in the kharif. It was concluded that from both the fieldexperiments a higher population of spiders was observed in the farmers practicemodule followed by integrated module, neem based module, bio intensive moduleand chemical module.
ANTI-TERMITE POTENTIAL OF PLANTS SELECTED FROM THE SRISTI DATABASE OF GRASSROOTS INNOVATIONS
Authors:   Sadbhav SRISTI Sanshodhan Laboratory, SRISTI, AES Boys Hostel Campus, Nr. Gujarat University Library and SBI, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-09, India, NS Sahay
Published: December 2024

Grassrootsinnovations and traditional knowledge are precious resource which providessolutions

for various kindsof problems and local needs. A review of SRISTI database suggest that large

number ofgrassroots practices are being used by the farmers in the field conditions tocontrol the

termite (Odontotermesobesus Rambur) attack. In this study, five plant speciesbeing used by

grassrootsinnovators in different forms of preparation for termite control in fieldconditions were selected for efficacy evaluation. Herbal formulations weredeveloped from the aqueous extracts of twig of Aristolochia bracteata Retz.(Aristolochiaceae), twig of Solanum surattense Burm.f. (Solanaceae),leaves of Calotropis procera Ait. f. (Asclepiadaceae), milkylatex of Euphorbia tirucalli L. (Euphorbiaceae) and oil of Ricinuscommunis L. (Euphorbiaceae). Primary screening of the individual extracts,oil and milky latex at 10% concentration shows that C. procera, A. bracteata,R. communis (oil) and E. tirucalli (latex) are having significanteffects and caused 100% mortality. However, S. surattense caused 88.89%mortality. Compared to the individual treatments, mixture of extracts of C.procera, A. bracteata, S. surattense, oil of R. communis and milkylatex of E. tirucalli showed better results in terms of mortality andhence should be preferred for termite control. The results obtained from theexperiments are encouraging and proves efficacy of the plants in control oftermite. The formulations based on the above plants could be green alternative forthe termite control.
RESPON PENGUSAHA TENTANG FITUR QRIS SEBAGAI MEDIA TRANSAKSI DALAM PERSPEKTIF KEUANGAN SYARIAH DI KOTA WATAMPONE
Authors: Fajrul Aqil
Published: December 2024

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui respon pengusaha di Kota Watampone terhadap fitur QRIS sebagai media transaksi dan menganalisis fitur QRIS sebagai media transaksi dalam perspektif keuangan syariah di Kota Watampone. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif, dengan teknik pengumpulan data yaitu observasi dan wawancara. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah reduksi data, kondensasi data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 1) Respon pengusaha di kota watampone terhadap fitur QRIS sebagai media transaksi menunjukkan adanya respon positif terhadap fitur QRIS karena memberikan kemudahan transaksi, efisiensi, dan peluang untuk mengembangkan bisnis yang lebih modern. 2) Fitur QRIS sebagai media transaksi di Kota Watampone memenuhi prinsip-prinsip utama dalam keuangan syariah, yaitu larangan riba, transparansi, dan pencegahan pembayaran ganda. Hal ini memberikan solusi transaksi yang efisien dan sesuai dengan prinsip syariah, sehingga dapat diterima dan digunakan oleh pengusaha dalam menjalankan aktivitas ekonomi mereka.
MANAJEMEN PERENCANAAN BISNIS SYARIAH PADA E-COMMERCE
Authors: Wulandari Efriza Pahlevi , Sari Nurfadilah Sindika , Akbar Muhammad - , Shidiq Achmad -
Published: December 2024

Besarnya pasar digital di Indonesia membuat perusahaan rintisan (startup) menjamur di Indonesia. Jika hal ini terus berlanjut maka persaingan bisnis online akan semakin ketat dan perlu adanya perencanaan bisnis yang matang untuk dapat bertahan dan bersaing dengan kompetitor, perencanaan bisnis syariah merupakan salah satu pilihan bagi para pelaku usaha yang akan mendirikan startup, melalui perencanaan dan pengelolaan bisnis syariah maka wirausahawan akan mampu menentukan strategi yang tepat dalam membidik pangsa pasar dan bersaing dengan kompetitor yang sudah ada. Penerapan prinsip syariah pada bisnis online dan perencanaanya sudah dikaji sejak lama, sehingga bukanlah suatu hal baru. Namun perencanaan bisnis syariah belum sepenuhnya diterapkan pada bisnis online. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode analisis deskriptif melalui kajian pustaka pada jurnal dan artikel. Perencanaan bisnis syarih dalam bisnis online harus memperhatikan maqashid syariah melalui pengimplementasian prosedur transaksi jual beli sesuai dengan prinsip-prinsip jual beli dalam Islam yaitu: 1) Kerelaan dengan adanya akad; 2) Kemanfaatan obyek dan subjek transaksi; 3) Keadilan dengan penetapan harga dan keuntungan yang wajar; 4) Tidak melakukan eksploitasi; 5) Kejujuran akan informasi produk yang telah dijabarkan secara detail; 6) Kebebasan adanya khiyar; 7) Menghindari unsur yang dilarang dalam Islam; 8) Shahih yaitu syarat dan rukunnya jual beli terpenuhi.
PENGARUH LITERASI KEUANGAN SYARIAH, SOCIAL INFLUENCE, KEMUDAHAN, DAN KEMANFAATAN TERHADAP MINAT PENGGUNAAN E-MONEY SHOPEEPAY
Authors: Sadiah Mahmudah
Published: December 2024

Penelitian ini menguji pengaruh dari faktor literasi keuangan syariah, social influence, kemudahan dan kemanfaatan terhadap minat penggunaan e-money Shopeepay. Dengan adanya kemajuan teknologi kini masyarakat mudah bertransaksi hanya menggunakan smartphone begitu juga dengan pembayaran elektronik seperti e-money. Dalam penelitian ini mengunakan metode kuantitatif. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah generasi Z muslim yang menggunakan e-money ShopeePay sebanyak 96 responden yang dihitung menggunakan rumus rao purba. Teknik pengumpulan data kuesioner. Teknik analisis regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa literasi keuangan syariah berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap minat penggunaan e-money ShopeePay diperoleh nilai thitung ttabel yaitu sebesar 2,259 1,6617 dengan nilai signifikansi kurang dari 0,05 (0,026 0,05). Social Influence berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap minat penggunaan e-money ShopeePay diperoleh nilai thitung ttabel yaitu sebesar 2,218 1,6617 dengan nilai signifikansi kurang dari 0,05 (0,029 0,05). Kemudahan berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap minat penggunaan e-money ShopeePay diperoleh nilai thitung ttabel yaitu sebesar 2,426 1,6617 dengan nilai signifikansi kurang dari 0,05 (0,017 0,05). Dan kemanfaatan juga berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap minat penggunaan e-money ShopeePay diperoleh nilai thitung ttabel yaitu sebesar 2,029 1,6617 dengan nilai signifikansi kurang dari 0,05 (0,045 0,05).
Pluralisme Agama Dalam Perspektif Al-Qur’an
Authors: Ratoni Ratoni
Published: December 2024

Penelitian ini bermaksud untuk mengidentifikasi dan menganalisis ayat-ayat Al-Qur’an yang memiliki nuansa pluralitas seperti yang termaktub dalam beberapa ayat Al-Qur’an, di antaranya adalah: QS. al-Baqarah/2: 256, QS. al-Mâidah/5: 48 dan QS.al-Nahl/16: 93. Secara khusus, penelitian ini menjelaskan a) mendiskripsikan pluralisme agama, b) mendeskripsikan nilai-nilai pluralitas dalam Al-Qur’an, c) sebagai suatu ajaran yang memiliki unsur-unsur spesifikasi dalam beragama khususnya dalam hal teologi, Al-Qur’an menafikan keabsahan agama selain Islam. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan teknis kepustakaan (Library research). Metode yang digunakan adalah teknik analisis isi (content analysis). Hasil peneltian ini menunjukkan bahwa Al-Qur’an tidak menafikan adanya pluralitas di antara manusia termasuk pluralitas manusia dalam memeluk agama, karena itu adalah sunnatullah, sehingga sikap yang harus dikembangkan adalah bertoleransi, saling memahami dan saling menghormati jika mereka berbeda pendapat, namun sebagai suatu ajaran yang memiliki perangkat-perangkat spesifik, Al-Qur’an menafikan pluralisme dalam agama. Menurut Al-Qur’an hanya ada satu kebenaran dalam hal agama yaitu Islam
PERAN TRADISI GOTONG ROYONG DALAM MENINGKATKAN KESEJAHTERAAN EKONOMI MASYARAKAT DI DESA KARANGPUCUNG DALAM PERSPEKTIF EKONOMI ISLAM
Authors: Sudrajat Bayu , Yasin Roqi , Wigiyanti Wigi , Marlvasha Leira Salwa
Published: December 2024

This research examines the role of the mutual cooperation tradition in improving the economic welfare of the Islamic community in Karangpucung Village from an Islamic economic perspective. The research introduction explains that mutual cooperation is a long-standing tradition in village communities, with significant potential to influence economic prosperity through social solidarity and collaboration. The research method used is a qualitative approach using interview techniques and in-depth observation to obtain data about mutual cooperation practices and their impact on the community's economy. The research results show that mutual cooperation significantly contributes to improving economic prosperity by strengthening social networks, increasing productivity, and facilitating a more equitable distribution of resources, which is in line with Islamic economic principles such as social justice and wealth distribution.Keywords: Mutual Cooperation, Welfare, Islamic Economics.
Arquiteturas Paralelas e a Simulação dos N-corpos: Uma Análise
Authors: Evangelista Lucas Menduiña Ramos , Souza Gabriel Marinho de , Nascente Juliana , Zamith Marcelo
Published: December 2024

O problema dos N-corpos, amplamente estudado na astrofísica, envolve a previsão dos movimentos de corpos celestes sob a influência de suas interações gravitacionais. Este estudo propõe uma análise utilizando computação de alto desempenho para duas variantes desse problema, explorando o paralelismo em CPUs e GPUs. As implementações utilizam técnicas de balanceamento de carga eficientes, baseadas na paralelização de dados e tarefas, com destaque para o uso de OpenMP e Nvidia CUDA. A paralelização dos cálculos de forças gravitacionais e da distribuição de massa resulta em ganhos significativos de aceleração e redução no tempo de execução, validados empiricamente e apresentados graficamente. Além de oferecer uma alternativa eficiente a simulações complexas, este trabalho também possui aplicações potenciais em outros domínios que envolvem grandes volumes de dados e processamento intensivo.
Análise Computacional de uma Ferramenta de Bioinformática em Arquiteturas de Memória Compartilhada do Santos Dumont Usando Perfilador Intel Vtune
Authors: Emidio Albert , Soares Reiglan , Cruz Lucas , Ocaña Kary , Carvalho Diego , Osthoff Carla
Published: December 2024

O artigo apresenta uma análise do desempenho computacional da etapa de alinhamento mais custosa do workflow Parsl-RNA Seq, utilizando o perfilador Intel VTune no supercomputador Santos Dumont. O objetivo do trabalho é analisar o desempenho computacional do software Bowtie2, responsável pelo alinhamento de sequências que é a que mais demanda recursos computacionais. O Bowtie2 foi executado com suporte da biblioteca Parsl e monitorado pelo VTune, com o objetivo de avaliar sua eficácia e escalabilidade em ambientes de computação de alto desempenho.
Adaptação de código CSEM 3D para paralelismo de dados com escalonamento estático de tarefas
Authors: Souza Mateus F. Lima de , Lima Rômulo T. , Gomes Antônio Tadeu A. , Souto Roberto P. , Labruzzo Tiziano , Zerilli Andrea
Published: December 2024

Este trabalho apresenta uma comparação de desempenho entre duas estratégias de paralelismo de uma implementação MPI do método CSEM (Controlled-Source Eletromagnetic). A versão original do código utiliza paralelismo de tarefas, enquanto que a versão modificada emprega paralelismo de dados. Os experimentos foram conduzidos em nós do supercomputador Santos Dumont, e foi possível verificar uma consistente melhora no desempeho ao se utilizar a segunda estratégia.
Historical Dictionary of Brunei Darussalam
Authors: Sidhu Jatswan S.
Published: December 2024

After being a British protectorate for about 96 years since the 1888 Treaty of Protection, the modern state of Negara Brunei Darussalam (Abode of Peace) eventually obtained its independence from Great Britain on 1 January 1984. Run by a royal family that established a kingdom in Brunei some 650 years ago, the first sultan, Muhammad Shah (Alak Betatar) was installed in c.1363. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the current ruler, is the 29th sultan of the lineage and is one of the richest men in the world. In spite of being called a mini-state, Brunei is well-known around the world because its population enjoys one of the highest gross national income per capita in the world, at an average of US$39,943 (2015) a year.

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Brunei Darussalam contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Brunei Darussalam.
Henry Hathaway
Authors: Pomainville Harold N.
Published: December 2024

For the casual film fan, Henry Hathaway is not a household name. But in a career that spanned five decades, Hathaway directed an impressive number of films and guided many actors and actresses to some their most acclaimed performances. He also helped launch the Hollywood careers of numerous actors such as Randolph Scott, Lee Marvin, Karl Malden, and Charles Bronson. His work on Niagara established Marilyn Monroe as a major star. Hathaway also guided John Wayne to his Academy Award-winning performance in the original version of True Grit.

In Henry Hathaway: The Lives of a Hollywood Director, Harold N. Pomainville looks at the life and work of this Hollywood maverick. The author charts Hathaway’s career from his first low budget Western in the early 1930s through his last film in 1974. In between, he focuses his attention of the films that brought the director acclaim, including The Lives of Bengal Lancer (1935)—for which Hathaway received an Oscar nomination—noir thrillers The House on 92nd Street and Kiss of Death, and his documentary-like production of Call Northside 777 with Jimmy Stewart.

In this book, the author captures Hathaway’s extroverted personality and keen intellect. He befriended some of the best known celebrities of his generationand was known for his loyalty, generosity, and integrity. He was also notorious in Hollywood for his powerful ego, explosive temper, and his dictatorial style on the set. Henry Hathaway: The Lives of a Hollywood Director is a must-read for anyone interested in the enduring work of this unheralded, but no-less-noteworthy, master of American cinema.
Historical Dictionary of Israel
Authors: Reich Bernard , Goldberg David H.
Published: December 2024

Since its creation, the State of Israel has been a magnet for attention. A country beset by conflict in its region and faced with the need to integrate mainly Jewish immigrants of disparate backgrounds into a modern and advanced democratic state and society, Israel has preoccupied observers, scholars and journalists since its independence in May 1948. Although a Jewish state Israel is also a democratic state that guarantees the rights of all of its citizens, including its large Arab and Moslem minority, in law and in practice. Israel and its modern history and politics have been the subject of substantial and often highly partisan literature, being hotly and vigorously debated both at home and abroad.

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Israel contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1100 cross-referenced entries onsignificant persons, places, events, government institutions, political parties, and battles, as well as entries on Israel’s economy, society, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the various diplomatic and political personalities, institutions, organizations, events, concepts, and documents that together define the political life of the Jewish state of Israel.
Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authors: Kisangani Emizet Francois
Published: December 2024

This book looks at 55 years of independence, over eight decades of colonial rule, and earlier kingdoms and groups that shared the Congolese territory. This fourth edition highlights new developments and the increasing importance of the DRC in the Great Lakes Region and Africa, in particular, as well as its important role in the international environment..

This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Creating Academic Momentum
Authors: Raible Michael K.
Published: December 2024

It is never easy to begin an innovative practice in any educational organization. The inertia of the existing culture can often be overwhelming. Michael K. Raible provides insights into how to create an environment in which performance-based innovations can flourish. Many schools and whole districts that have created their own models of student-driven performance-based education have demonstrated remarkable success. Creating Academic Momentum contains insights and advice to anyone trying to change and improve their traditional program delivery. You will want to read this book with a highlighter and pen!
Strategies to Support Struggling Adolescent Readers, Grades 6-12
Authors: McKnight Katherine S. , Hollihan Allen Lisa
Published: December 2024

When students are in elementary school, a teacher who has expertise in teaching the fundamentals of reading instructs them. At the middle and high school level that stops – and the timing could not be worse. The literacy demands increase exponentially, yet typically schools do not teach adolescents how to successfully read the increasingly difficult materials they encounter throughout their day. As the rigor increases in their classes, student coping skills become less effective. Consequently, the achievement gap becomes wider and more difficult to close during the adolescent years.

When it comes time to prescribe an intervention, middle and high school teachers are hitting a wall. Decoding and comprehension materials are often presented at an elementary level. The students feel bad enough that they struggle with reading; assigned ‘baby work’ increases the stigma. This book addresses the need for 6-12 teachers to have appropriate literacy intervention materials to use with struggling adolescent readers.

This book will also help teachers learn how to support any adolescent reader—struggling or not—when they encounter challenging text. The book features two strands: decoding and comprehension. Each strand contains lessons, materials, a difficulty dial, tips for implementation and student samples.
Coaching a Student Teacher
Authors: Henry Marvin A. , Weber Ann
Published: December 2024

Little time? Big responsibility! If you are a cooperating teacher hosting a student teacher, this book is the quick reference tool that you need. We like to say, “It’s the little instruction book that should come with your student teacher!” It provides direction that you need to enhance your observational strategies and maximize professional communication with your student teacher. It includes essential information in an easy-reading, handy format. With key advice from experienced teacher educators, you will understand the coaching aspect of your supervisoryrole to use successfully throughout the student teaching experience.
Books as Partners
Authors: Colabucci Lesley , Napoli Mary
Published: December 2024

How can diverse literature be woven throughout the early childhood curriculum? What kind of learning opportunities do high quality diverse books offer young children? Diverse books in the early childhood classroom can facilitate dialogue and understanding about differences, diversity, and respect. Books as Partners incorporates research from literacy, early childhood education, and multicultural education to support educators in their daily work with K-3 students. This professional resource provides research-based evidence for incorporating diverse literature in the early childhood classroom and features annotated bibliographies with a critical analysis based on knowledge of child development and best practices in literacy education.With the increased instructional demands within the early childhood setting, teachers can incorporate diverse text sets to meet national standards, ensure that selections are authentic and developmentally appropriate, and provide engaging literature responses across the curriculum. Teachers will be able to transform their classroom practices based on suggestions from the supporting research, classroom vignettes, multimodal text sets, and author/illustrator spotlights embedded throughout the book.
Beyond Academic Success
Authors: Novick Brett
Published: December 2024

Now, more than ever, education on the social and emotional aspects of learning is critical. As children learn to traverse a world that is ever-flattening concurrently they are drowning with information. Unfortunately, this same information can be misleading, tinged with anger, and creating an ever-unrealistic standard youth may never be able to live up to. As educators, social-emotional learning has always been a natural element of the school day. We must now recognize it as a critical subject area that has to be integrated and reinforced in every aspect of our teaching. The distinguishing quality of social and emotional skills will determine success or failure in those who will have to enter a world ever more connected systemically and globally
A Parents' Guide to Grading and Reporting
Authors: Townsley Matt , Lang Chad
Published: December 2024

Whether resulting from the educational fallout of the COVID-19 global pandemic or merely challenging the status quo, more schools are transitioning their grading practices away from traditional points and percentages and toward 21st century grading practices such as standards-based and proficiency-based grading. A Parents’ Guide to Grading and Reporting: Being Clear about What Matters assists parents and guardians in understanding what is involved in 21st century grading and how to become better partners with educators in efforts to understand students’ strengths and areas for improvement.
Write to Be Read
Authors: Smith Barbara J. , Blecher Hope
Published: December 2024

Write to Be Read is meant to inspire educators to be designers of engaging curriculum, specifically targeting ways to improve the teaching of writing in schools today. Students tend to write in response to literature; whereas, the focus of this resource is to help students write material, fiction and non-fiction, that they want to read. Students often engage in writing that is more about pleasing the teacher or ticking a homework or assignment box. This book challenges many assumptions with reference to traditional models for teaching writing. A rich assortment of engaging examples are presented in this book to prompt educators to adapt and construct their own meaningful writing units of study
Thriving and Surviving on Campus
Authors: Giles Ray , Jensen Bob
Published: December 2024

This book is about how to survive, thrive, and make a difference as a leader in the political arena that can sometimes be overwhelming. First published in 2000, the book quickly rose to the bestseller list at the American Association of Community College’s bookstore as college administrators, university graduate students and college staff development officers recognized its importance as a learning and mentoring resource for current and future college leaders. The authors share ideas, anecdotes, and vicarious experiences that should help readers take advantage of career opportunities and, if necessary, survive pitfalls that may temporarily set them back. The Third Edition has been updated and expanded to reflect new challenges and new opportunities found on America’s community college campuses.
Intimate Partner Violence and Advocate Response
Authors: Beske Melissa
Published: December 2024

Intimate Partner Violence and Advocate Response: Redefining Love in Western Belize offers new insight into the cross-cultural analysis of gender-based intimate partner violence by blending activist anthropology with in-depth ethnographic research to evaluate and help ameliorate the crisis in Belize. Drawing from twenty months of fieldwork in the Belizean Cayo District conducted between 2002 and 2013, Melissa A. Beske investigates the prevalence and complexity of partner abuse, the contributing cultural and structural factors, and the advocate dynamics across local, national, and transnational frameworks in combating the problem. Combining enlivened narratives, comparative viewpoints, and scholar-activism, this book not only illustrates the lived suffering of partner abuse in Cayo, but it also engages with the passionate commitment of survivors and supporters as they endeavor to create a more equitable and peaceful community. In doing so, it demonstrates an effective strategy for the interdisciplinary assessment of gender-based abuse, which satisfies demands for theoretical impartiality while simultaneously enabling researchers to take an ethical stand in social causes.
The Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Farm and the Creation of Japanese America
Authors: Métraux Daniel A.
Published: December 2024

Japanese became the largest ethnic Asian group in the United States for most of the twentieth century and played a critical role in the expansion of agriculture in California and elsewhere. The first Japanese settlement occurred in 1869 when refugees fleeing the devastation in their Aizu Domain of the 1868 Boshin Civil War traveled to California in 1869 where they established the Wakamatsu Tea & Silk Colony Farm. Led by German arms dealer and entrepreneur John Henry Schnell, the Colony succeeded in its initial attempts to produce tea and silk, but financial problems, a severe drought, and tainted irrigation water forced the closure of the Colony in June 1871.

While the Aizu colonists were unsuccessful in their endeavor, their departure from Japan as refugees, their goal of settling permanently in the United States, and their establishment of an agricultural colony was soon imitated by tens of thousands of Japanese immigrants.

The Wakamatsu Colony was largely forgotten after its closure, but Japanese American historians rediscovered it in the 1920s and soon recognized it as the birthplace of Japanese America. They focused their attention on a young female colonist, Okei Ito, who died there weeks after the Colony shut down and whose grave rests on the property to this day. These writers transformed Okei-san into a pure and virtuous symbol who sacrificed her life to establish a foothold for future Japanese pioneers in California. Today many Japanese Americans regard the Wakamatsu Farm as their “Plymouth Rock” or Jamestown and have made it a major pilgrimage site.

The American River Conservancy (ARC) purchased the Wakamatsu Farm property in 2010. ARC is restoring the site’s historic farm house and is working to protect the Farm’s extensive natural and cultural history.
The Rohingya Crisis
Authors: Ahmed Kawser , Mohiuddin Helal
Published: December 2024

Myanmar’s security forces have conducted clearance operations in the Rakhine State since August 2017, driving a mass exodus of ethnic Rohingyas to neighboring Bangladesh. In The Rohingya Crisis: Analyses, Responses, and Peacebuilding Avenues, Kawser Ahmed and Helal Mohiuddin address core questions about the conflict and its global and regional significance. Ahmed and Mohiuddin identify the defining characteristics of Rohingya identity, analyze the conflict, depict the geo-economic and geo-political factors contributing to the conflict, and outline peacebuilding avenues available for conflict transformation at the macro-, meso-, and micro-level. This book is recommended for students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, peace and conflict studies, political science, and Asian studies.
The Development of Southern Public Libraries and the African American Quest for Library Access, 1898-1963
Authors: Hanbury Dallas
Published: December 2024

Using the Atlanta, Birmingham, and Nashville Public Libraries as case studies, The Development of Southern Public Libraries and the African American Quest for Library Access, 1898-1963 argues that public libraries played an integral role in Southern cities’ economic and cultural boosterism efforts during the New South and Progressive Eras. First, Southern public libraries helped institutionalize segregation during the early twentieth century by refusing to serve African Americans, or only to a limited degree. Yet, the Progressive Era’s emphasis on self-improvement and moral uplift influenced Southern public libraries to the extent that not all embraced total segregation. It even caused Southern public libraries to remain open to the idea of slowly expanding library service to African Americans. Later, libraries’ social mission and imperfect commitment to segregation made them prime targets for breaking down the barriers of segregation in the post- World War II era. In this study, Dallas Hanbury concludes that dealing with the complicated and unexpected outcomes of having practiced segregation constituted a difficult and lengthy process for Southern public libraries.
The Rock Music Imagination
Authors: McParland Robert
Published: December 2024

The Rock Music Imagination is an exploration of rock artists in their social and artistic contexts, particularly between 1964 and 1980, and of rock music in relation to literature, that is, creative expression, fantastic imagination, and contemporary fiction about rock. Robert McParland analyzes how rock music touches our imaginative lives by looking at themes that appear in classic rock music: freedom and liberation, utopia and dystopia, community, rebellion, the outsider, the quest for transcendence, monstrosity, erotic and spiritual love, imaginative vision, and mystery. The Rock Music Imagination explores blues imagination, countercultural dreams of utopia, rock’s critiques of society and images of dystopia, rock’s inheritance from romanticism, science fiction and mythic imagination in progressive rock, and rock’s global reach and potential to provide hope and humanitarian assistance.
The Perils of Posting
Authors: Foote Paul Douglas , Harrington James R. , McCaskill John
Published: December 2024

In recent years, there has been an increase of public employees being fired for inappropriate behavior on social media. This research explores social media conduct of public employees that have been adjudicated through the federal and state court systems. The arguments of these cases are based upon the question of an employee’s first amendment rights versus the rights of the employer to maintain a desired work environment. The research found that widespread negative publicity, disruption of close working relationships, inappropriate and offensive employees comments led to favorable outcomes for the public employers. In contrast, when an employee posts on social media while off-duty as a private citizen, the employer has not cited any disruption and the comments are not personal attacks against employers but have substantial public concerns led to positive outcomes for the public employee.
Popular Culture As Art and Knowledge
Authors: Gonzalez George A.
Published: December 2024

This volume settles the debate between analytic and continental philosophy. It turns to art, more specifically popular culture, to demonstrate the validity of continental philosophy. Drawing on the philosophy of Georg Hegel (perhaps the most important of continental philosophers), James Kreines holds that reason in the world metaphysically exists. Reasons of the world are reasons of the Hegelian Absolute. Thus, similar to the fact that gravity is curves in the space-time continuum along which matter moves – reasons are the grooves in the Absolute along which human decision-making occurs. Art allows us to conceptualize, understand, speculate about the grooves (reasons) of the Absolute.

Two key points can be drawn from Kreines’s position: first, normative values are embedded in reality. Thus, in complete contradistinction to analytic philosophy, there is no bifurcation between the empirical and the normative – to exist is to have normative value. Secondly, the role of social science is to cogitate, explore, identify the reasons of the world that shape social, political norms. Such an approach would decisively move the social sciences away from an emphasis on statistically significant patterns of human behavior (e.g., voting studies) and toward an approach that seeks to analyze the reasons of the world that motivate/shape social and political decisions. Art (particularly popular culture) becomes an important source in identifying the way that people reason about the world and how they perceive political elites reasoning in the world.

To adjudicate between continental and analytic philosophy this book on relies on the broadcast iterations of Star Trek, as well as Nazi cinema. With regard to contemporary American politics, in addition to Star Trek, it draws on the television series Game of Thrones, Veep, House of Cards, and The Man in the High Castle. Popular culture is germane to philosophy and contemporary politics because television/movie creators frequently try to attract viewers by conveying authentic philosophical and political motifs. Conversely, viewers seek out authentic movies and television shows. This is in contrast to opinion surveys (for instance), as the formation of the data begins with the surveyor seeking to directly solicit an opinion – however impromptu or shallow.
The Carthaginian Empire
Authors: Pilkington Nathan
Published: December 2024

The Carthaginian Empire: 550 – 202 BCE argues for a new history of the Phoenician polity. In contrast to previous studies of the Carthaginian Empire that privileged evidence from Greco-Roman sources, Nathan Pilkington bases his study on evidence preserved in the archaeological and epigraphic records of Carthage and its colonies and dependencies. Using this evidence, Pilkington demonstrates that the Carthaginian Empire of the 6th– 4th centuries BCE — as recovered archaeologically and epigraphically — bears little resemblance to currently accepted historical reconstructions. He then presents an independent archaeological and epigraphic reconstruction of the Carthaginian Empire. In this presentation, the author argues that the Carthaginian Empire developed later, chronologically, and was less extensive, geographically, than reconstructions based on the Greco-Roman source tradition suggest. Pilkington further shows that Carthage developed a similar infrastructure of imperial power to those developed in Rome and Athens. Like its contemporaries, Carthage used colonization, the establishment of metropolitan political institutions at dependent polities, and the reorganization of trade into a metropolitan hub-and-spoke system to develop imperial control over subordinated territories.
Ethnic and National Identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Authors: Doubt Keith , Tufekcic Adnan
Published: December 2024

In Ethnic and National Identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Keith Doubt and Adnan Tufekčić analyze Bosnian social organization, cultural character, and boundary maintenance. Doubt and Tufekčić argue that modern Bosnians live in a polyethnic society, defined by a set of marriage and kinship practices that cross ethnic and national identity divisions. This book provides readers with a clearer understanding of Bosnian identity and the role of ethnic groups in an increasingly complex society.
The Illicit Economy in Turkey
Authors: Cengiz Mahmut , Roth Mitchel P.
Published: December 2024

This book offers a rare insight into the transnational expansion and various corners of the illicit economy in Turkey including the smuggling of pharmaceuticals, oil, antiquities, drugs, nuclear materials and cigarettes. Mahmut Cengiz and Mitchel P. Roth provide an in depth analysis of the criminals, terrorists, money launderers, and corrupt politicians at the highest levels of the Turkish government. They analyze the unintended consequences of corruption scandals which have resulted in the purging of important law enforcement and intelligence entities formerly responsible for countering terrorism and organized crime threats as well as growing political tensions with the United States.
Urbanormativity
Authors: Fulkerson Gregory M. , Thomas Alexander R.
Published: December 2024

This book investigates urbanormativity—a concept that privileges urban normalcy and desirability over rural deviance and undesirability. The “reality” section outlines its foundations—urbanization, urban-rural systems, and urban dependency. The “representation” section explores urbanormative culture by considering cultural capital, media, and identity. The last section, “everyday life,” examines urban-rural disparities in law and politics and in life within different communities. It concludes by calling for a rural justice approach that will revalue the rural.
Caring for Creation
Authors: Lee Daniel E.
Published: December 2024

Caring for Creation argues that progress has been made in areas such as protection of endangered species, the sustainable agriculture movement, and recycling. While much remains to be done in these and other areas, this progress is cause for optimism about the future. In substantial measure, the American experience is the story of environmental destruction and degradation: deforestation, annihilation of species, contamination of surface water and ground water, and much more. At the same time, the American experience is also the story of triumph: the preservation of threatened and endangered species such as American bison and bald eagles, new farming methods that reduce environmental impact, impressive gains in recycling. This volume documents those crises and successes.

Today we face new challenges, among them climate change which, if not slowed down, will have devastating consequences. There is also more work to be done in areas in which progress has been made, including protection of endangered species and recycling. Yet, this volume argues, as we look at the progress that has been made, we may embrace the future with hope. The work contends that if we live our lives in ways conducive to the wellbeing of the biotic communities that sustain life and support candidates for public office and organizations committed to environmental protection, our children and grandchildren will have the opportunity to experience the goodness of a flourishing creation.
The Manual of Strategic Planning for Cultural Organizations
Authors: Lord Gail Dexter , Markert Kate
Published: December 2024

The Manual of Strategic Planning for Cultural Organizations adopts a hollistic approach to the creative world of cultural institutions. By encompassing museums, art galleries, gardens, zoos, science centers, historic sites, cultural centers, festivals, and performing arts, this book responds to the reality that boundaries are being blurred among institutional types—with many gardens incorporating exhibitions, many museums part of multidisciplinary cultural centers and festivals.. As cultural leaders transform the arts in the twenty-first century, this “whole career” manual will prepare readers for every stage. Three key areas covered are:

Leadership change. This chapter explains the role of strategic planning when an institution is going through the process of hiring a new director. A question we are frequently asked is “Should the strategic plan precede the search process or should it wait until the new director takes up the position?”

Institutional change. Increasingly, cultural organizations are going through major change: from public-sector agencies to nonprofit corporations; from private ownership to non-profit status; from nonprofit status to a foundation, and many other variations. This book addresses the role of strategic planning during these transitions.

Staff empowerment. This manual addresses the opportunities for staff at all levelsto grow by participating in strategic planning. This edition focuses on how to engage and empower staff.

A Guide for Museums, Performing Arts, Science Centers, Public Gardens, Heritage Sites, Libraries, Archives, and Zoos is a game-changing book with broad reach into the cultural sector, while still serving the museum community.
Historical Dictionary of Mongolia
Authors: Sanders Alan J.K.
Published: December 2024

This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Mongolia covers the people and organizations that brought Mongolia from revolution and oppression to independence and democracy, and its current unprecedented level of national wealth and international growth. This is done through a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,200 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Mongolia.
Library Teen Advisory Groups
Authors: Tuccillo Diane P.
Published: December 2024

Teen advisory groups (TAGs) may flourish in many libraries today, but many others are newly initiating them or hoping to revitalize ones that are floundering. But even successful groups need tips and best practices to make their TAGs even better. This updated and revised second edition remains the go-to guide for planning, running, and evaluating TAGs in both school and public libraries. Its wealth of positive advice and information leads TAG teens and their peers to meaningful experiences that encourage reading, library use, and library support—into adulthood.

In this indispensable guide, Diane P. Tuccillo carefully explains and explores the current, wide landscape of TAGs, covering funding to bylaws; getting a new group on its feet to rejuvenating an old one; planning traditional TAG projects to creating unique roles; and community involvement to voting on adult library boards. Vivid profiles of successful teen groups, organized into public and school library sections, tell each group’s story along with pertinent teen feedback. Sample documents covering mission statements, applications, parent permission forms, publicity flyers, and teen book review ideas, as well as evaluation advice, can be borrowed or adapted. A helpful bibliography and webliography is included.

Library directors, school administrators, library educators, and librarians who work directly with teens in school and public libraries will be unable to resist such compelling testaments to the value of TAGs.
Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry
Authors: Vassiliou Marius S.
Published: December 2024

The petroleum industry is unique: it is an industry without which modern civilization would collapse. Despite the advances in alternative energy, petroleum’s role is still central. Petroleum still drives economics, geopolitics, and sometimes war. The history of petroleum is, to some measure, the history of the modern world. This book represents a concise but complete one-volume reference on the history of the petroleum industry from pre-modern times to the present day, covering all aspects of business, technology, and geopolitics. The book also presents an analysis of the future of petroleum, and a highly useful set of statistical graphs. Anyone interested in the history, status, and outlook for petroleum will find this book a uniquely valuable first place to look. This new second edition incorporates all the revolutionary changes in the petroleum landscape since the first edition was published, including the boom in extraction of oil and gas from shale formations using techniques such as fracking and horizontal drilling.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on companies, people, events, technologies, countries, provinces, cities, and regions related to the history of the world’s petroleum industry. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the petroleum industry.