From The Streets To The Chamber: Social Movements And The Mining Ban In El Salvador, Rose J. Spalding

Faculty Publications – College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Following an extended anti-mining campaign, El Salvador became the first country to adopt a legal ban on all forms of metallic mining. This article uses process tracing to map direct, indirect and mediated linkages between the anti-mining mobilization and the formal adoption of a mining prohibition by the national legislature in 2017. It draws on 78 interviews with campaign activists, legislators, government officials, business leaders and legal teams, and combines this information with legislative documents and reports, public opinion data, legal documents from an investment dispute filed against the Salvadoran government, and blogs and website of the Mesa Nacional Frente …

Austerity As Enclosure: How Austerity In Ireland After The Global Financial Crisis Acts As A Method Of Inclusion And Exclusion, Taylor Soto

College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations

This thesis argues that the austerity policies in Ireland after the 2007-2008 Global Financial Crisis acted as a form of second enclosure and increased economic inequality. This thesis uses a Marxian critique of neoliberal market society to analyze the policies enacted after the 2010 Irish Bailout. I situated the concept of enclosure within liberal hegemony arguing that enclosure must be conceptualized as a method of inclusion and exclusion. In addition, I connect Ireland’s history of enclosure with the power relation between land ownership and capital accumulation. I contextualize Ireland’s austerity policies within the neoliberal project and Ireland’s membership in the …

Financial Intermediation Chains In An Otc Market, Ji Shen, Bin Wei, Hongjun Yan

Publications – Dreihaus College of Business

This paper analyzes financial intermediation chains in a search model with an endogenous intermediary sector. We show that the chain length and price dispersion among interdealer trades are decreasing in search cost, search speed, and market size but increasing in investors' trading needs. Using data from the U.S. corporate bond market, we find evidence broadly consistent with these predictions. Moreover, as search speed approaches infinity, the search equilibrium does not always converge to the centralized-market equilibrium: prices and allocation converge, but the trading volume might not. Finally, we analyze the multiplicity and stability of the equilibrium.

In The Shadows Of The Government: Relationship Building During Political Turnovers, Hanming Fang, Zhe Li, Nianhang Xu, Hongjun Yan

Publications – Dreihaus College of Business

We document that following a turnover of the Party Secretary or mayor of a city in China, firms (especially private firms) headquartered in that city significantly increase their “perk spending.” Both the instrumental-variable-based results and heterogeneity analysis are consistent with the interpretation that the perk spending is used to build relations with local governments. Moreover, local political turnover in a city tends to be followed by changes of Chairmen or CEOs of state-owned firms that are controlled by the local government. However, the Chairmen or CEOs who have connections with local government officials are less likely to be replaced.

The Ecology Of Educational Attainment: Resilience Among Black High School Students, Jacqueline O. Davis

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Achievement gaps among students of color in the United States are pervasive and persistent. Identifying trajectories of resilience among Black teens is an important step toward promoting their educational attainment. This study identified risk and protective factors at the individual, family, and school levels hypothesized to influence Black high school students’ attainment. The effects of these risk (behavior problems, lack of college planning, and school problems) and protective factors (academic self-efficacy, parent involvement, and academic climate) on Black students’ educational attainment at 10-year follow-up were assessed. The sample included 2,423 Black 10th-grade students who participated in the Education Longitudinal Study …

Chronic Life Stress And Change In Stress Response Functioning In Urban Youth: The Role Of Social Support And Gender, Heather M. Marshall

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) has been established as a bio-marker of stress reactivity in acute stressor tasks. Much less research exists exploring whether sAA is bio-marker for chronic stress exposure, and therefore, allostatic load. Extant research is inconsistent with some evidence to support chronic stress exposure having an impact on sAA reactivity and diurnal levels of sAA, while other studies have failed to support this theory. Social support is regarded as a protective factor against stress, mental health, and physical health consequences. It has been suggested that gender may play a role in the utilization and benefits of social support networks. …

Understanding Group Dynamics Within A Classroom Using Small Group Networks And Epistemological Framing, Katarzyna E. Pomian

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

In this study, we examined interactions within student groups and between groups and instructors. A deeper exploration of group dynamics helps educators to more fully understand student groups and student learning within the classroom. Our data are from a two-week summer program for incoming college freshman that focuses on helping students develop metacognitive and self-assessment tools. With the intention of using Social Network Analysis (SNA), we took the novel approach of creating network graphs from video data as opposed to surveys. However, given the isolated nature of the groups, the quantitative measures of SNA were inappropriate for our small group …

A Comprehensive Reentry Policy For Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists With Substance Use Disorder, Thomas M. Nigro

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Substance use disorder (SUD) is a common problem in anesthesia. While there are policies in place for practicing anesthetists, there are no known studies to date discussing reentry policies specific to the student registered nurse anesthesia (SRNA) population. The purpose of this research study was to describe key stakeholders’ knowledge and perspectives surrounding policies for reentry into academic programs for SRNAs in Illinois with SUD.

The theoretical framework used to drive this research was based off George L. Engel’s Biopsychosocial Theory. The theory examines the biological component of a person’s disease process, the psychological component, and the social component.

During …

Use Of Non-Technical Skills Training & Video Simulation To Improve Knowledge Among Nurse Anesthesia Trainees, Kathryn Walus

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Background: The transition from didactic component to clinical practice is challenging for nurse anesthesia trainees. When faced with an airway crisis, successful management involves non-technical skills, which include recognition, decision-making, and prioritization. Limited data is available on the efficacy of instructional video on enhancing non-technical skills during airway crisis management among nurse anesthesia trainees.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of instructional video simulation on enhancing the nurse anesthesia trainee’s knowledge of recognition, decisionmaking, and prioritization during bronchospasm and laryngospasm airway crises. Methods: A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test design was used to investigate the effect …

Children’S Selective Trust Based On Previous Lying Behaviors, Natalie A. Mordini

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

This study examined children’s nuanced understanding of prosocial liars and self-serving liars across the following three areas: children’s willingness to learn information from liars, their judgments of liars through their friend preferences, and their visual attention to liars. As children develop theory of mind skills, they learn they can manipulate other’s knowledge states by telling lies. They also evaluate lying based on whether the liar has self-serving or prosocial intentions, with the former judged more negatively and the latter judged more positively. Based on research findings indicating that children demonstrate selective trust in informants based on their previous accuracy or …

Overcoming Exposure To Complex Stressors: An Examination Of Protective Coping Mechanisms For Low-Income Urban African American Youth, Molly Cory

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Low-income urban African American youth experience multiple uncontrollable stressors (e.g. community violence) that may then impact the severity of controllable stressors (e.g. school stressors) and combine to produce negative life outcomes. In light of these negative outcomes, it is important to understand individual protective factors, and the coping response in particular. Past research has emphasized the advantages of primary control engagement coping, but recent evidence suggests that low-income urban African American youth facing complex and uncontrollable stressors may benefit more from disengagement strategies in response to uncontrollable stressors. Although it is expected this population would additionally benefit from applying engagement …

Latent Classes Of Exposure To Potentially Traumatic And Stressful Life Events In A Sample Of Young Predominantly Ethnic Minority Women, Alyssa Donovan

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Women are disproportionately affected by specific types of potentially traumatic and stressful life events that are strongly linked to PTSD and depressive symptoms (Tolin & Foa, 2006; U.S. Census Bureau, 2016). Yet, while many studies have investigated patterns of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and their associations with clinical outcomes, few have assessed PTE typologies with exclusively female samples (e.g., Cavanaugh et al., 2013). This study examined profiles of childhood and adulthood potentially traumatic and stressful life events in a predominantly ethnic minority, community sample of 191 young women. Using latent class analysis, we found four distinct profiles of exposure to …

An Exploration Of The Psychometric Properties Of The Self-Sufficiency Matrix Among Individuals And Families Currently Or At Risk Of Experiencing Homelessness, Camilla Cummings

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

The homeless service sector has moved toward the implementation of assessment tools to better understand the support service needs of individuals and families. While a variety of assessment tools are available, their psychometric evidence base is limited. The Self-Sufficiency Matrix (SSM) is one assessment that holds promise with regard to its reliability, validity, and potential use as an instrument for triaging services. However, research examining the factor structure of the SSM has been inconsistent across samples. Moreover, it has never been tested among a broad population of both those currently experiencing and at-risk of experiencing homelessness, or examined unaccompanied adults …

Lcp1 Mutant Zebrafish: A Look At Neutrophils, Cancer, And Gene Compensation, Taylor Mitchell

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Lymphocyte cytosolic protein 1 (lcp1 or L-plastin) is a small actin-bundling protein that is typically only expressed in motile leukocytes, such as neutrophils and macrophages. However, it is also overexpressed in cancer cells, which may be related to tumor metastasis. Using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, our lab has created zebrafish that are genetic knockouts for lcp1 in order to better understand the relationship between L-plastin and cell motility.

Previous studies on L-plastin knockout mice have shown that the mutants have a decreased immune response, and therefore I predicted that our zebrafish mutants might have impaired development or distribution of immune cells. …

Class Notes/Depaul Pride

DePaul Magazine

Class Notes and alumni and students in spiritwear

From The President: Grounded In Mission

DePaul Magazine

DePaul President A. Gabriel Esteban, PhD, discusses the university's new strategic plan, "Grounded in Mission: The Plan for DePaul 2024," and task forces that will develop strategies to create more engagement among students and discuss the challenges facing higher education in the future.

A Leader In Lifelong Learning

DePaul Magazine

Profile of donor Curtis Crawford, former member of DePaul's Board of Trustees and founder, president and CEO of XCEO Inc.

Depaul Digest

DePaul Magazine

Breaking the Bars: Panel discussions and a personal story address Latinos and mass incarceration in the United States; Campus Events; Alumni Events; Alumni Impact Report 2017-18; When Flipping Burgers Was an Art: Before Mig Macs and the Golden Arches, there was the Skaleski Staggered System; How to Negotiate to Get What You Need; Milestones; Favorite Hangout Spot Around the Lincoln Park and Loop campuses.

In Memoriam: Bill Hay (1943-2018)

DePaul Magazine

Former DePaul Trustee Bill Hay died on July 15, 2018, at the age of 75. Hay, a business school alumnus, instructor and friend of the university was founder of William E. Hay & Company, a well-respected, Chicago-based consulting and executive earch firm.

Athletics

DePaul Magazine

A Year to Celebrate: Annual banquet honors athletic milestones; Athletics Banquet Award Winners; Most Outstanding Performer; 50th Special Olympics; Athletics Briefs

The Road To Depaul: Depaul's President And His Wife Mark Their First Year At The University

DePaul Magazine

This article profiles DePaul University President A. Gabriel Esteban and his wife, Josephine Esteban, from their formative years in the Philippines, through their college and work experiences at various companies and universities, their personal lives of travel and parenting, through to their current life in Chicago and at DePaul.

Best Practice

DePaul Magazine

In fall 2016, DePaul’s College of Law launched the Third Year in Practice Program, a progressive approach to experiential learning that further prepares students for their first year practicing law. The following spring, the inaugural cohort of 11 students all graduated, passed the bar exam and have found employment— largely because they were ready to jump right into their careers.

View From The Top

DePaul Magazine

Six student government presidents from the 1950s to the present reflect on their experiences representing DePaul students on campus.

From Unicorn To University Professor: Programs Break Down Barriers For Underrepresented Students

DePaul Magazine

As employers seek to diversify their workforces, demand has never been greater for well-educated employees from underrepresented backgrounds. The university’s McNair Scholars program, a federally funded TRIO program, guides juniors and seniors from low-income, first-generation or underrepresented backgrounds to PhDs and academic careers. Going a step further, DePaul created the Arnold Mitchem Fellows program to prepare sophomores for research-based careers and the McNair program. Mitchem also serves juniors and seniors who fall outside of the McNair program’s narrow parameters, such as students pursuing a combined MD/PhD or an MFA.

A Comparison Of Prescriber-Based Opioid Addiction Prevention Strategies: An Integrative Literature Review, Lida Ann Schenkier

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Background: Opioid addiction causes many preventable deaths across the United States. Many recommendations to prevent opioid addiction have been made, however, many recommendations have not been fully evaluated for efficacy. This has led to a gap in knowledge for providers and healthcare systems to make informed decisions on how to reduce opioid addiction.

Objectives: This study explores different prescriber-based opioid prevention strategies, providing an analysis and ranking for the strategies that most effectively reduce opioid abuse and exposure. Additionally, the analysis provides recommendations for future research.

Methods: An integrative literature review was conducted to investigate three opioid abuse prevention strategies: …

Multisensor Non-Invasive Telemonitoring System For Prediction Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation: Trial Design, Louis Kananowicz, Karen Larimer Phd, Acnp-Bc, Faha

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Abstract

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a debilitating lung disease. COPD is typically managed through pharmacological therapies however nonpharmacological therapies such as pulmonary rehabilitation can be added for treatment. Measuring a patient’s progress in a pulmonary rehabilitation program relies on pulmonary function tests, exercise testing, and patient reported outcomes. There is no gold standard for monitoring progress with the patient in pulmonary rehabilitation and no biomarkers are established to indicate responsiveness to treatment.

Objective: Primary objective of this study is to evaluate the clinical utility of the accelerateIQ system in the management of patients in a …

Community Doula Services For Low-Income Population And Its Correlation To Hospital Re-Admissions Of Newborns, Eva Perez

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Abstract

This integrative literature review seeks to identify a correlation between an expectant mothers’ lack of familial support and lower socioeconomic status and their newborn baby’s hospital admission(s). Various journals and research studies demonstrate that when mothers have added support from community doulas, both mother and baby tend to have a more positive experience. Participants in the different studies included minority women under the age of 21 and women of lower socioeconomic status. A study conducted in rural Nepal showed that the mortality for newborn babies, specifically those with low birth weight (LBW) had sharply declined when they had home …

Arts-Inclusive Education In Nursing Schools, Michelle Murtaugh

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Arts-Inclusive Education in Nursing Schools: An Integrative Literature Review

Michelle Murtaugh, DePaul University

Category: Research Abstract

Background: Nursing educators have long recognized and championed the value of art within a professional nursing science curriculum, yet many nursing programs exclude the study of the arts. Research suggests that an arts-inclusive nursing curriculum not only enhances student learning, communication, self-efficacy, and clinical confidence, but also positively impacts patient outcomes. To address this gap between what is needed and what is currently offered, some schools are collaborating with art museums to offer arts-based courses in nursing sciences, designed to enhance students’ competency and …

Needs Assessment For Palliative Care In Pediatric Oncology: An Integrative Literature Review, Tabitha Negrete

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Abstract

Background: Cancer is the leading cause of non-accidental death in childhood. Cancer is the primary disease for which pediatric palliative care services are utilized worldwide. Improvement in pediatric palliative care has been identified as an ongoing research priority. There are still significant gaps in current knowledge of pediatric palliative care because education has not been integrated into curriculum and clinical experiences.

Objectives: The purpose of this integrative literature review aims to provide a comprehensive review of current research about the need of nursing education on palliative care for long-term care in pediatric oncology.

Methods: This integrative literature review focused …

First Trimester Screening For Preeclampsia And Prevention With Aspirin Prophylaxis, Kathryn Starzyk

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Abstract

Background: Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy affecting multiple organ systems complicating 2-8% of pregnancies. It is defined as new-onset hypertension and proteinuria, or hypertension and significant end-organ dysfunction, typically presenting after 20 weeks of gestation. It is caused by placental and maternal vascular dysfunction and resolves with delivery of the fetus. Maternal and fetal/placental factors have been studied for their ability to aid in the early detection of preeclampsia.

Objectives: The purpose of this literature review was to determine if early screening and detection of preeclampsia would allow for appropriate clinical management and pharmacological prophylaxis interventions to …