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Transitioning from Successful Aging: A Life Course Approach
Objectives: The life course perspective and representative U.S. data are used to test Rowe and Kahn’s Successful Aging (SA) conceptualization. Four sets of influences (childhood experiences; social structural factors; ... -
Transitioning statistics help desk service from in-person to remote: Exploration of risks and opportunities
Objective: Examine initiative to transform student staffed, in-person statistical help desk service from physical to remote service. Setting/Resources: Miami University Libraries have offered a student staffed statistics ... -
Traversing the Gap: Subject Specialists Connecting Humanities Researchers and Digital Scholarship Centers
Gibson, K., Ladd, M. & Presnell, J. (2015) “Traversing the Gap: Subject specialists connecting researchers and digital humanities centers.” Digital Humanities in the Library: Challenges and Opportunities for Subject ... -
Triple Falling-Ball Viscometer Small-Scale Pipeline System
The purpose of this project is to design and build two lab components (The Flexible Triple Falling-Ball Viscometer and Small-Scale Pipeline) used in the fluid mechanics classes at Miami University. These components are ... -
Troubleshooting E-Resource Access
OhioNET webinar presented December 2018. The hardest phrase for many library staff members to utter has to be “Sorry, I can’t help you with that.” As more and more of the content we provide access to comes in the form of ... -
Uncovering the protest paradigm through visual framing: A media literacy lesson for college students
Much is made of the proliferation of fake news in media literacy education. With good reason, we worry about unreliable news reporting and its effect on political participation. However, instruction that focuses on the ... -
Undergraduate Perspectives on University Sexual Consent Policy by Gender
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Undergraduate Publishing: The Miami Computing and Engineering Review
A presentation on lessons learned from piloting an undergraduate research journal at Miami University. -
Undergraduate Student Motivation for Social Science Research Methods
The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between the students’ reasons for taking an undergraduate research methods course (USRMC) and their course motivation regarding whether they are an applied social ... -
Understanding and Acquiring Usage Statistics
More and more often library staff are being asked to work with metrics and measures to document impact and determine service or resource allocations. If you’re not comfortable with finding and using data, this can be a ... -
Understanding and Withstanding: Comparing Colombian and Mexican Responses to Migration Crises
In the late 2010s, deepening crises in Venezuela, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras have led to the migration of millions from their homes in pursuit of refuge and asylum. Received primarily by Colombia and Mexico, ... -
Understanding breast-cancer patients’ perceptions: Health information-seeking behaviour and passive information receipt
(2011-06-07)It is critical to understand patients’ information use from the patient perspective, especially when patients are from different cultures and levels of health literacy. A cross-sectional survey supplemented with ... -
Understanding Nursing Home Complaints in Ohio
This study provides an initial look at the characteristics of Ohio nursing homes and their associated complaints. Results show the relationship between provider staffing and complaints, with turnover among nursing home ... -
Understanding, Acquiring and Managing Usage Statistics
More and more often library staff are asked to work with metrics and measures to document impact and determine service or resource allocations. If you’re not comfortable with finding and using data, this can be a daunting ... -
Undocumented Evangelism: Immigration, Detention, and Sanctuary on the U.S.-Mexican Border
This project explores the New Sanctuary Movement, which began as a reaction to intense political repercussions for undocumented immigrants, in light of the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s and modern influences such as the ... -
Universal Robot Gripper
This project will consist of multiple goals and milestones to achieve the desired result of assessing the feasibility of a more universal type of gripper used for material handling in the Rimrock Corporation. -
The University Library and Student Success: What's the Connection?
The Miami University Libraries recently hired for a new role: Student Success Librarian. While the emphasis on student engagement and success is nothing new for the Libraries, a frequently asked question remains: “What ... -
Unpacked | A Girls Inc. Design Analysis
(2012-05-01)Organizations today communicate their missions and values primarily through the Internet and promotional materials. They are able to reach wider audiences, however they are also faced with the challenge of anchoring the ...