A multi-family vegetable garden: contains mostly cassava, but banana and sugarcane are also visible. This village will be affected by the up-coming Klau dam/reservoir. Kampong Temir, Klau, Pahang, July 2002
American Renga poem "A Shadow in the Thicket Clicks" composed during The Magic of Monadnock Colloquium, October 10, 2017. The poem is written in English.
Food insecurity is the state of being without access to affordable, nutritious food. According to the USDA there are reports of multiple indications of disrupted eating patterns and reduced food intake among low income communities. Keene Housing, a low-income housing community aims to help people and address inequities by providing them with a place to live and other basic human needs such as nutritious foods. Due to financial burdens many residents are subjected to low quality foods.This study utilized: a thirteen question written survey on food insecurity and healthy eating, property assessments of each site owned by Keene Housing, and a data analysis. The results of the study provided Keene Housing with feedback, such as the amount of residents willing to participate in food programs, the land that is currently available to provide residents with their own community gardens, and the overall food based needs of each housing site. This information combined with other reports will ultimately provide Keene Housing with an assessment to further their construction of various food outreach programs.
Begin with any positive integer n. Write it as the sum of two smaller positive integers, say a and b. Compute the product ab. Repeat the same step in any order for each of the smaller numbers a and b. Continue this process until the only numbers left are 1s. Add up all the products. Regardless of the order in which the final 1s are obtained, the sum of the products will be the same. This talk will present the mathematics needed to explain why the products are the same and show how the ideas may be extended to other types of products whose sums will again be identical.
Few studies have evaluated the ecological significance of Keene State's riparian woodlands. The goal of this study is to compare small mammal activity and diversity in two distinct campus habitats: the wooded banks of the Ashuelot River and an early successional field dominated by forbs and small shrubs. We assembled track tubes, in which animals attracted by a bait leave ink prints on contact paper. We placed the track tubes at sampling stations along a line-transect in both habitats, checked tubes daily, and followed a sampling cycle that alternated use of stations to minimize oversampling of individual animals. We used ImageJ software to objectively quantify track marks. Observations over a 2 month period revealed far greater mammal activity in the riparian habitat. Finally, we plan to compare the species which left prints at field and riparian stations
Despite physical activity being an essential part in one's general health and well-being, many college students are not regularly physically active. However, students in the Human Performance and Movement Sciences Department (HPMS) are perceived to be motivated and partake in regular physical activity. In addition, HPMS students are provided with skills and knowledge about healthy lifestyles that may influence their decisions about engaging in regular physical activity. Transtheoretical Model (TTM) is a behavioral change theory that has been used to assess motivational readiness for physical activity. This project aims to determine if group differences exist across three years within and between undergraduate college students' stage of behavior change for regular physical activity by major (Physical Education Teacher Certification, Exercise Science, and Athletic Training) within the HPMS majors. Using self-reports, repeated-measures 3 x 4 ANOVA analysis will reveal if longitudinal group differences exist within and between the HPMS majors.
