Albion College Library - Stockwell-Mudd

New electronic titles processed (links can be found in the Library’s Online Catalog, or in our list of Electronic Journals):

JSTOR:

• Computers and the Humanities
• The Crayon
• Gnomon
• The Harp
• Historische Zeitschrift. Beihefte
• I.C.I.R.I. Bulletin
• Intégral
• International Journal
• International Labor and Working-Class History
• Keats-Shelley Journal
• Knight Errant
• Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
• Journal of Developmental Reading
• Journal of Irish Studies
• Journal of Reading
• Journal of Renaissance and Baroque Music
• Journal of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Language Resources and Evaluation
• Linen Hall Review
• Midwest Sociologist
• Musica Disciplina
• Mycological Bulletin
• Newsletter: European Labor and Working Class History
• North Irish Roots
• Northern Notes & Queries
• Ohio Mycological Bulletin
• The Past: The Organ of the Ui Cinsealaigh Historical Society
• Reading Teacher
• Reis
• Revista española de la opinion pública
• Scottish Antiquary, or Northern Notes & Queries
• Scottish Historical Review

Miscellaneous new titles processed:

• American Archivist
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Applied Microbiology

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The Albion District Library now offers downloadable eBooks, audiobooks, music, and video from OverDrive! Anyone with a valid Albion College card is eligible to apply for an Albion District library card. With just your library card and an internet-connected computer, you have access to over 3,200 downloadable audiobooks, 2,000 eBooks, and 100 downloadable videos. The District Library is located downtown at 501 S. Superior.

On Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m, the Albion District Library is offering a free class that will help you learn the basics of browsing, downloading, transferring, and burning digital materials from OverDrive.  Basic computer and internet experience recommended.  Participants are invited to bring their personal laptops and/or MP3 players.

For more information, please call 517-629-3993, or email Cindy Stanczak at cstanczak@albionlibrary.org.

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The library begins it’s special extended hours on December 4 to allow students extra study time during finals and is open 24 hours beginning December 6. through 5 pm on December 11.

Dec. 4 (Fri. Extended study hours)	8 a.m. – midnight
Dec. 5 (Sat. Extended study hours)	9 a.m. – midnight
Dec. 6 (Sun. Extended study hours)	24 hour access starts at 10 a.m.**
Dec. 7 (Mon. Extended study hours)	Open 24 hours**
Dec. 8 (Tues. Extended study hours)	Open 24 hours**
Dec. 9 (Weds. Extended study hours)	Open 24 hours**
Dec. 10 (Thurs. Extended study hours)	Open 24 hours**
Dec. 11 (Fri. Last day of finals)	Library closes at 5 p.m.

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Influenza

Evidence-based Information Portal from EBSCO Publishing

Due to Pandemic H1N1 Influenza (formerly known as Swine Flu) and concerns about the 2009/2010 flu season, the EBSCO Publishing Medical and Nursing editors of DynaMed™, Nursing Reference Center™ (NRC) and Patient Education Reference Center™ (PERC) have made key evidence-based clinical influenza information from these resources freely available.

This resource is designed to inform patients and their families with flu information in 17 languages from Patient Education Reference Center, and will also provide information to clinicians to help them with H1N1 diagnosis and H1N1 treatment by making up-to-date diagnosis and treatment information available. The resources being made available will also provide up-to-date information about the H1N1 vaccine.

http://www.ebscohost.com/flu

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Christopher, A. N., Furnham, A., Batey, M., Martin, G. N., Koenig, C. S., & Doty, K. (2010). Protestant Ethic Endorsement, Personality, and General Intelligence. Learning and Individual Differences, 20(1), 46-50.

Abstract: To learn if Protestant ethic endorsement predicted intelligence controlling for the big five personality factors, 364 college students from England and the United States completed a 65-item multifaceted work ethic endorsement measure, the 50-item Wonderlic Personnel Test, and a 60-item measure of the big five personality factors. A hierarchical multiple regression revealed that, after controlling for respondent’s sex and the big five, work ethic facets accounted for 5.6% of the variability in Wonderlic scores. However, the direction of the relationship between PWE facets and Wonderlic scores depended on the PWE facet in question. Furthermore, the facets accounted for more variability than did a composite work ethic score. The discussion focuses on the multidimensional nature of PWE endorsement and future research with this construct.

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Baker, V. L., & Brown, M. K. (2009). Assessment of Business Education at a Liberal Arts College. Assessment Notes.

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Wang, L., Yang, Y., Eisenlohr, P., Bieler, T. R., Crimp, M. A., & Mason, D. E. (2009). Twin Nucleation by Slip Transfer across Grain Boundaries in Commercial Purity Titanium. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.

Abstract: The role of strain transfer in the activation of deformation twinning at grain boundaries has been characterized in commercially pure titanium deformed in bending. Two different orientations of a textured polycrystal were deformed in bending and were analyzed using electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) to determine the active slip and twinning systems in the surface tensile region. Prismatic slip and twinning were the most widely observed deformation modes in both orientations. Nonprismatic slip systems were also activated, most likely to accommodate local strain heterogeneities. A slip-stimulated twin nucleation mechanism was identified for soft/hard grain pairs: dislocation slip in a soft-oriented grain can stimulate twin nucleation in the neighboring hard grain when the slip system is well aligned with the twinning system. This alignment was described by a slip-transfer parameter m′.[24] Twins activated by this mechanism always had the highest m′ value among the six available twinning systems, while the Schmid factor, based on the global (uniaxial tensile) stress state, was a less significant indicator of twin activity. Through slip transfer, deformation twins sometimes formed despite having a very low global Schmid factor. The frequency of slip-stimulated twin nucleation depends strongly on the texture and loading direction in the material. For grain pairs having one grain with a large Schmid factor for twinning, nonparametric statistical analysis confirms that those with a larger m′ are more likely to display slip-stimulated twinning.

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Metz, K. M., Mangham, A. N., Bierman, M. J., Jin, S., Hamers, R. J., & Pedersen, J. A. (2009). Engineered Nanomaterial Transformation under Oxidative Environmental Conditions: Development of an in Vitro Biomimetic Assay. Environmental Science & Technology, 43(5), 1598-1604.

Abstract: Once released into the environment, engineered nanomaterials may be transformed by microbially mediated redox processes altering their toxicity and fate. Little information currently exists on engineered nanomaterial transformation under environmentally relevant conditions. Here, we report the development of an in vitro biomimetic assay for investigation of nanomaterial transformation under simulated oxidative environmental conditions. The assay is based on the extracellular hydroquinone-driven Fenton’s reaction used by lignolytic fungi. We demonstrate the utility of the assay using CdSe_core/ZnS_shell quantum dots (QDs) functionalized with poly(ethylene glycol). QD transformation was assessed by UV−visible spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). QDs were readily degraded under simulated oxidative environmental conditions: the ZnS shell eroded and cadmium was released from the QD core. TEM, electron diffraction analysis, and EDX of transformed QDs revealed formation of amorphous Se aggregates. The biomimetic hydroquinone-driven Fenton’s reaction degraded QDs to a larger extent than did H₂O₂ and classical Fenton’s reagent (H₂O₂ + Fe²⁺). This assay provides a new method to characterize transformations of nanoscale materials expected to occur under oxidative environmental conditions.

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Wiecinski, P. N., Metz, K. M., Mangham, A. N., Jacobson, K. H., Hamers, R. J., & Pedersen, J. A. (2009). Gastrointestinal Biodurability of Engineered Nanoparticles: Development of an in Vitro Assay. Nanotoxicology, 3(3), 202-214.

Abstract: The toxicity of engineered nanoparticles is expected to depend in part on their stability in biological systems. To assess the biodurability of engineered nanomaterials in the human digestive system, we adapted an in vitro assay previously used to evaluate the bioaccessibility of metals in contaminated soils. The compositions of the simulated gastric and intestinal fluids, temperature and residence times were designed to closely mimic conditions in the stomach and duodenum of the small intestine. We demonstrated the utility of the assay using CdSe_core/ZnS_shell quantum dots functionalized with polyethylene glycol (PEG) thiol of two different molecular masses (PEG₃₅₀ and PEG₅₀₀₀). Under gastric conditions, removal of the PEG ligand diminished the stability of PEG₃₅₀-quantum dot suspensions, while PEG₅₀₀₀-quantum dots were severely degraded. Inclusion of the glycoprotein mucin, but not the digestive protein pepsin, in simulated gastric fluids provided both PEG₃₅₀- and PEG₅₀₀₀-coated quantum dots partial protection from transformations induced by gastric conditions.

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Malcomnson, K. M., Christopher, A. N., Franzen, T., & Keyes, B. J. (2006). The Protestant Work Ethic, Religious Beliefs, and Homonegative Attitudes. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 9(5), 435-447.

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the Protestant Work Ethic (PWE) on negative attitudes towards gay men and lesbian women (homonegativity). The influence of religious beliefs and the notion of homosexuality as a choice were also examined in combination with PWE in regards to homonegativity. Previous research suggested that those who subscribe to the PWE have more negative attitudes towards societal out-groups (e.g., African-Americans). Thus, it was hypothesized that those with high PWE scores would display more homonegative attitudes. A significant correlation between PWE and homonegativity supported this hypothesis. Multiple regression analyses revealed that PWE interacted with religious beliefs, and religious beliefs interacted marginally with the idea of homosexuality as a choice. Those with high religious beliefs and who strongly believed that homosexuality was a choice were more likely to have negative attitudes towards homosexuals. The implications of these findings are discussed, with particular respect to reducing homonegative attitudes.

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Guenin-Lelle, D., & Harris, A. (2009). The Role of Music Festivals in the Cultural Renaissance of Southwest Louisiana in the Late Twentieth Century. Louisiana History, 50(4), 461-472.

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Togunde, D., & Rinkinen, J. (2009). Agents of Change: Gender Differences in Migration Intentions among University Undergraduates in Nigeria. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 4(2), 175-190.

Abstract: This paper draws on surveys/interviews with 678 Nigerian university undergraduates to examine migration intentions and to detect if gender differences exist in reasons to migrate (or not) to the United States. This study is unique by focusing on future migration among university students, whose views and migration plans have been neglected in previous studies. As a departure from few previous scholarships in Africa, the paper introduces two new variables: perception of America as a land of socio-economic opportunities and whether respondents actively participate in the U.S. Visa Lottery Program. Findings indicate that a higher proportion of males than females cites better employment opportunities as reason for planning to move. However, more females than males mention security and better infrastructures available in America as motives for wanting to emigrate within the next five years. A higher proportion of women than men mention social and cultural ties with homeland and perception of racism in America as factors discouraging them from wanting to live in the United States; whereas, more men than women wanting to stay in Nigeria refer to patriotism/love of homeland as reasons. Perception of America as a land of opportunities and active participation in the U.S. Visa Lottery Program are among significant predictors of intentions to migrate. Findings have implications for policies aimed at improving quality of life in Nigeria, thereby, reducing emigration of “future leaders of tomorrow”.

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Christopher, A. N., Saliba, L., & Deadmarsh, E. J. (2009). Materialism and Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of Locus of Control. Personality and Individual Differences, 46(7), 682-686.

Abstract: Previous research has established an inverse relationship between materialism and psychological wellbeing. To test the hypothesis that the link between materialism and well-being is due in part to an individual’s feelings of personal control, a sample of 440 adult Americans completed a widely-used materialism scale, the Levenson (1981) locus of control scales, and measure of positive and negative affect. Mediational analyses indicated that the significant relationship between materialism and negative affect was reduced significantly when powerful others and chance loci of control were each statistically controlled. Results are discussed with respect to the self-defeating cycle of using material possessions to boost affective well-being and in relation to other research that has explored reasons why materialism is related to lower level of psychological well-being. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Perkins, E., Stephens, J., Xiang, H., & Lo, W. (2009). The Cost of Pediatric Stroke Acute Care in the United States. Stroke, 40(8), 2820-2827.

Abstract: Background and Purpose–The cost of pediatric stroke care has received little attention, but the available data suggest it is expensive. To determine the cost of acute stroke, we analyzed a US national database.Method–We used the Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID2003) to determine the hospital-based costs of acute stroke in children ages 3 months to 20 years. Discharges were selected if the first diagnostic position contained an International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision code pertaining to ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. We examined the relationship between cost and stroke type by adjusting for variables that predict the cost of adult stroke.Results–There were 2224 pediatric cases, after statistical weighting, discharged with a diagnosis of hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke in KID2003. The estimated cost of acute pediatric stroke in the United States was $42 million in 2003. For the entire cohort, the mean cost of acute hospital care was $20 927 per discharge. The mean cost for ischemic stroke was $15 003, for intracerebral hemorrhage $24 117, and for subarachnoid hemorrhage $31 653. Stroke diagnosis, length of stay, hospital ownership, rural/urban teaching status, US geographical region, and discharge disposition were significantly associated with cost. Cost remained significantly associated with stroke diagnosis after adjusting for other predictors in the final multivariable regression model.Conclusions–Pediatric stroke is expensive, and the lifetime cost of care is likely greater for a child than an adult. The cost to the family and the larger society underscore the importance of pediatric stroke treatment and prevention.

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Baseball Team 1889
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As of July 1, 2009, Jennie Thomas will no longer be the Marilyn Crandell Schleg Archivist and Special Collections Librarian. She is moving on to the position of Archivist for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s new Library and Archives. For future reference requests, retrieval needs, etc. for Special Collections, here are your [...]
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Delta Tau Delta, 1969 Pay specific attention to the young man holding the dog on a leash, to the left of the woman in the center. This is Jim Whitehouse, ‘69, and his dog Brutus. In 1968, Brutus became the first ever canine Homecoming Queen, much to the dismay of the young ladies in the running. [...]
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Congratulations and best wishes to the Class of 2009! Farewell to former Special Collections’ students Hannah Schiewe, Erin Powell, Dorela Shuboni, and Sarah Julian! Audience at commencement, circa 1967. Gerald R. Ford at Albion's 1967 commencement. 1976 commencement with graduates, Kathy Condon and Chuck Cook Commencement 1977 Commencement 1978 Commencement 1978 Commencement 1982. Photo by R. Stewart Commencement 1993. Photo by John M. [...]
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Monday, April 13, 2009, marks the 266th anniversary of the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, in 1743. In honor of Jefferson’s birthday, here is a look at one of the items in our rare books collection: Notes on the State of Virginia. Written by Thomas Jefferson. Illustrated with a map, including the [...]
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Albion College head swimming diving coach Keith Havens, his wife, Sue, and sons Zaak, ’10, and Zane, ’12,...
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Albion College assistant professor of English Danit Brown had her work featured on National Public Radio's special, Hanukkah Lights...
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Corinne Weddell will graduate from Albion College in December, but thanks to her hard work and the breadth of a...
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Written by Jake Weber Sustainability, in terms of educational mission and environmental concern, directed Albion College's decision-making as it retired the Gerstacker International House...
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Honors students are working to enrich Albion College's vast art collection as well as receiving hands-on experience in creating their...
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