Set in authority,

"This story originally appeared in the weekly edition of the London Times."--Publishers' note.

Sexual knowledge, in plain and simple language; sexology or knowledge of self and sex for both male and female: especially for the instruction of youths and maidens, young wives and young husbands, all fathers and all mothers, school-teachers and nurses, and all others who feel a need of proper and reliable information on sex hygiene, sex problems, and the best way and the best time to impart sexual knowledge to boys and girls about to enter into manhood and womanhood,

At head of title: Sexual education for sex problems: sex hygiene by highest authority.

Taken by siege; a novel,

Mode of access: Internet.

Education pamphlets

A collection of miscellaneous pamphlets.

The light of Asia : being the life and teachings of Gautama, Prince of India and founder of Buddhism /

Mode of access: Internet.

1998 Women's Rowing Team, U-M Rowing

Front Row: Head Coach Mark Rothstein, Kate MacKenzie, Kelly Raczak, Katie Roek, Emily Green, Mary Gratiot, Nicole Bryson, Dawn Emick, Claudia Lopez, Sarah Domnitz, Marcie Klein, Assistant Coach Emily Ford.

Middle Row: Heather Uhring, Laurel LaCour, Michelle Wolbert, Jeannette Stawski, Tina Stsutzman, Nora Obringer, Sera Coppolino, Belinda Koo, Jen Kinon, Jackie Pilette. Back

Row: Kate Johnson, Jaime Stilson, Alison Hickey, Melanie Duncan, Jen Mayman, Kathy Stone, Vanessa Giancamilli, Vita Scaglione, Jeanine Seeger, Kara Paske

(Not Pictured: Lisa Labadie)

The enchanted past;

Mode of access: Internet.

History of the town of Stratford, New Hampshire, 1773-1925,

Mode of access: Internet.

Improved sampling and detection of ignitable liquid residues and explosives by mass spectrometry and ion mobility spectrometry

Fire debris evidence is submitted to crime laboratories to determine if an ignitable liquid (IL) accelerant was used to commit arson. An ignitable liquid residue (ILR) may be difficult to analyze due to interferences, complex matrices, degradation, and low concentrations of analytes. Debris from an explosion and pre-detonated explosive compounds are not trivial to detect and identify due to sampling difficulties, complex matrices, and extremely low amounts (nanogram) of material present. The focus of this research is improving the sampling and detection of ILR and explosives through enhanced sensitivity, selectivity, and field portable instrumentation. Solid Phase MicroExtraction (SPME) enhanced the extraction of ILR by two orders of magnitude over conventional activated charcoal strip (ACS) extraction. Gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (GC/MS/MS) improved sensitivity of ILR by one order of magnitude and explosives by two orders of magnitude compared to gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Improvements in sensitivity were attributed to enhanced selectivity. An interface joining SPME to ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) has been constructed and evaluated to improve field detection of hidden explosives. The SPME-IMS interface improved the detection of volatile and semi-volatile explosive compounds and successfully adapted the IMS from a particle sampler into a vapor sampler. ^

Understanding the relationship between the Talented Twenty program and college aspirations for high ranking students at a high priority school

Percentage plans such as the Talented Twenty program purport to assist and motivate high ranking students to attend college and grant access to higher education. This type of plan is particularly important to students enrolled in high priority schools who might not view themselves as potential college students. This study examined the relationship between Florida’s Talented Twenty program that begins intervention with juniors and the college aspirations for high ranking students at a high priority school. Numerous studies have established that increased levels of education lead to higher salaries, career mobility, and an increased quality of life (e.g., Bowen, 1997; Leslie & Brinkman 1988; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991, Swail, 2000). Given the importance of students’ decisions regarding whether or not they will attend college, understanding how and when they make decisions about attending college is important for them, their parents, advisors, and educational administrators. This research examined students’ perceptions and insights via interviews. The overarching research question was: How do high ranking high school students attending a high priority school in a south Florida district perceive their college opportunities? Sixteen high ranking students, grades nine – 12 from a high priority school in Miami-Dade County participated in the study. Participants were identified by a school counselor and individual semi structured interviews were conducted at the school. Utilizing a student development theoretical framework developed by Hossler and Gallagher (1987) that centered on students’ predisposition, search strategies and choices, data were organized and emergent themes analyzed. The analysis of the data revealed that in alignment with the framework (a) parents were the strongest influence in the development of these students’ college aspirations, (b) these students formalized their higher education plans between eighth and 10th grade, (c) these students actively engaged in academic searches and learning opportunities that increased their chances to be admitted into college, and (d) there was no relationship between knowledge regarding the Talented Twenty program and their educational decisions. This study’s findings suggest that interventions and programs intended to influence the educational aspirations of students are more likely to succeed if they take place by the eighth or ninth grade.

Disruptive Threads and Renegade Yarns: Domestic Textile Making in Selected Women's Writing 1811-1925

Images of domestic textiles (items made at home for consumption within the household) and textile making form an important subtext to women’s writing, both during and after industrialization. Through a close reading of five novels from the period 1811-1925, this thesis will assert that a detailed understanding of textile work and its place in women’s daily lives is critical to a deeper understanding of social, sexual and political issues from a woman’s perspective. The first chapter will explore the history of the relationship between women and domestic textile making, and the changes wrought to the latter by the Industrial Revolution. The second chapter will examine the role of embroidery in the construction of “appropriate” feminine gentility in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park (1814). The third chapter, on Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford (1853), will explore how the older female body became a repository for anxieties about class mobility and female power at the beginning of the Victorian era. The fourth chapter will compare Sara Jeannette Duncan’s A Social Departure (1890) and Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899) to consider how later Victorian women both internalized and refuted public narratives of domestic textile making in a quest for “self-ownership.” The last chapter, on Martha Ostenso’s Wild Geese (1925), examines the corrosive, yet ultimately redemptive, relationships of a family of women trapped by abuse and degradation. For all five authors, images of textiles and textile making allow them to speak to issues that were usually only discussed within a community of women: sexuality, desire, aging, marriage, and motherhood. In all five works, textile making “talks back” to the power structures that marginalize women, and lends insight into the material and emotional circumstances of women’s lives.

Algunas consideraciones para la preparación de la pequeña y mediana empresa exportadora

El artículo describe el escenario comercial actual en que actúan las pequeñas y medianas empresas y señala los tipos de exportación que pueden utilizar las compañías que deseen insertarse en los mercados externos. Explica las condiciones subjetivas y objetivas que debe considerar las firmas al prepararse para participar en el proceso exportador, tales como los recursos financieros y humanos, las alianzas, la tecnología, la logística, la información, la producción, la gestión de la organización, la capacitación técnica, la experiencia y la infraestructura, entre otros, así como las ventajas y desafíos que enfrentan las empresas en las actividades comerciales internacionales. Abstract This article describes the current trade scenario where small and mid enterprises acts and emphasizes on the types of exportations companies can use to be part in international markets. At the same time, this scenario explains the subjective and objective conditions must be taken into account all firms to prepare themselves to participate in export processes, such as financial resources, strategic alliances, technology, information, production, organization process, technical training, expertise and infraestructure, among others as advantages and challenges enterprises faces in all international trade activities.

Vivimos entre redes y pensamos las realidades. Creencias sobre comunicación virtual de los estudiantes de décimo y undécimo de colegios distritales de la localidad de Usme

Tesis (Maestría en Docencia). -- Universidad de la Salle. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación. Maestría en Docencia, 2014