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Developing A Critical Perspective Of Creative Agency In Digital Environments, Nicholas G. Leonard
Developing A Critical Perspective Of Creative Agency In Digital Environments, Nicholas G. Leonard
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Previous understandings of creativity have focused on the individual, and digital technologies as static tools. Since then, our understanding of creativity has developed through a social psychology understanding to link creative behaviors to the environment. Digital technologies have also developed expodentially with the introduction of neural networks, deep learning, and artificial intelligence. By addressing the environment to support creative behaviors through a social psychology perspective while simultaneously breaking away from a traditional Instrumental Theory of Technology to view digital technologies as having agency, arguments can be made for critically reviewing our relationships with technology to better support creative behaviors though …
Digital Media Usage During The 2018 Midterm Elections Among Illinois State Senate Elections, Christine Wang
Digital Media Usage During The 2018 Midterm Elections Among Illinois State Senate Elections, Christine Wang
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The objective of this research is to examine the role that digital media usage plays in elections, specifically the Illinois State Senate Elections during the 2018 midterms. This research argues that the use of multiple digital mediums can affect election percentages at the end of the campaign. Taking into account the fact that the target base of each campaign varies across Illinois, the greater usage of multiple digital mediums to reach voters will correlate with a positive rise in election percentage regardless of target base. This study examines the possibility that if the communication remains consistent in both messaging and …
Animals And Death: An Analysis Of Animal Remains At The Castledyke South Cemetery Site, Jesse A. Ercolani
Animals And Death: An Analysis Of Animal Remains At The Castledyke South Cemetery Site, Jesse A. Ercolani
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This thesis explores the placement of animal remains in the Castledyke South Cemetery Site in Barton-on-Humber. The site itself was used by the Anglo-Saxons during the period of the late 5th or early 6th to the late 7th centuries. The major purpose of this paper is to analyze the possible influences that would have led them to bury their dead with animal remains as a type of mortuary artefacts. Age and sex, religion, social status, and economic importance are the analyzed influences, each relying on different sources. While most of the paper relies on archaeological evidence for its support, literary …
Bidirectional Associations Between Co-Parenting And Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, Jennifer I. Trempala
Bidirectional Associations Between Co-Parenting And Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, Jennifer I. Trempala
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The associations between how parents’ co-parenting influence adolescent’s mental health, and how adolescents’ mental health influences parent’s co-parenting are compared in this study. Participants were parents who had a first-born adolescent about to enter sixth grade and they were currently living in the same household. The participants took questionnaires at three time points, every eight weeks, through Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk). This research study focuses on only the first two-time points and questionnaires about co-parenting dimensions (i.e., conflict, triangulation, cooperation) and adolescents’ depressive symptoms. Six linear regressions were run using SPSS 21, and all analyses controlled for the corresponding Time …
Reducing Stress And Anxiety In Nursing Students Using Music Therapy, Teagan N. Duvall
Reducing Stress And Anxiety In Nursing Students Using Music Therapy, Teagan N. Duvall
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Desire: A Look At Tennessee Williams, Olivia J. Hulett
Desire: A Look At Tennessee Williams, Olivia J. Hulett
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This is a 20-minute directing project exploring the usage of acting exercises to generate a better performance. Some methods involved include the teachings of: Konstantin Stanislavksi, Jacques Lecoq, Anne Bogart, and Peter Brook. The pieces being performed were “The Field of Blue Children” and “You Lied to Me About Centralia” from the collection Desire: A Look at Tennessee Williams. The usage of rehearsal time was dedicated to exploration and discovery of the character motivations and how each character’s unique desires impacted the scene. Actors were asked to perform various exercises from different schools of acting with the goal of further …
Getting Started With Tippytalk Edu: An Evidence-Based Manual For Use Of Assistive Communication Mobile Application, Kylie E. Cousins
Getting Started With Tippytalk Edu: An Evidence-Based Manual For Use Of Assistive Communication Mobile Application, Kylie E. Cousins
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Individuals who are nonverbal do not have the freedom to communicate outside of the room they are in without the help of technology. Through apps like TippyTalk EDU, individuals with this need for communication freedom can send messages to anyone, anywhere. This app can be used inside or outside of the classroom to communicate needs and wants, as well as engage in meaningful communication. Through collaboration with creator of TippyTalk EDU Rob Laffan, his creative team, and NIU faculty advisor Toni Van Laarhoven, and NIU student Kylie Cousins, a comprehensive, evidence-based manual was created to instruct teachers, parents, and caregivers …
Motorized Assistive Walker For Improving Mobility In Cerebral Palsy Patients, Hnin Eaindray Lin
Motorized Assistive Walker For Improving Mobility In Cerebral Palsy Patients, Hnin Eaindray Lin
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For this project, the CIS mobility team from the College of Engineering & Engineering Technology was approached by the family of a 13-year-old high school student named Kelly, who is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy symptoms and has severe mobility issues. She has involuntary muscle movements, especially in the lower extremities, and problems with posture, balance and depth perception, making it difficult for her to walk. Kelly is currently relying on a wheelchair, and the family has concerns that if she remains bound to her wheelchair, she will need to undergo more surgeries that could potentially lead to her losing the …
Upgrading Trend Of Machinery In China's Export Sophistication, Yue Liu
Upgrading Trend Of Machinery In China's Export Sophistication, Yue Liu
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Previous studies have found that China is “special” in exporting highly sophisticated goods not comparable with its income level. In this article, we focus on whether China’s machinery is exceptional sophistication. We make use of a unique world machinery production dataset to access China’s upgrading trajectory in the global machinery industry. We use a special way to measure the machinery sophistication in different countries and in different categories. Contrary to existing trade studies, we find no evidence that China’s machinery production activities are more sophisticated than one would expect form its level of development.
Wear Of Tools Used In Sheet Metal Stamping, Rafael David Ortega-Perea
Wear Of Tools Used In Sheet Metal Stamping, Rafael David Ortega-Perea
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Stamping is an operation that is widely used in the manufacturing industry to produce products in high volume and in a continuous cycle. This operation can be performed by pressing and drawing. The process of sheet metal stamping has four components listed as follow: punch, blank holder, sheet metal blank, and die cavity. The purpose of a punch is to press the sheet metal blank, with a downward force, to stretch the material into the die cavity. The die cavity is fixed while the sheet metal blank is held down by the blank holder to properly stamp the sheet to …
Supporting Students With Adhd In The Classroom, Alexandria Patinka
Supporting Students With Adhd In The Classroom, Alexandria Patinka
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Students with ADHD often face academic challenges (Rawe, 2014). Researchers have examined ways in which various levels of assistive technology (AT) devices to help mediate some of these challenges. A selection of AT options range from high-tech, mid-tech, to low-tech, and each level were examined for their effectiveness, ease of use, and affordability. Additionally, researchers used AT with an at-risk student with ADHD in order to examine the effectiveness when improving the student’s academic success. Researchers discuss and examine applications of AT in the classroom in order to provide educators with information on how to assist students who have ADHD …
Performing Predictive Analytics Using Sap Predictive Analytics, Michael D. Redwinski
Performing Predictive Analytics Using Sap Predictive Analytics, Michael D. Redwinski
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No abstract provided.
Project Icarus, Amro A. Shanshal
Project Icarus, Amro A. Shanshal
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Project Icarus is an autonomous surveillance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) prototype designed to aid first responders by providing rapid aerial assessment of locations affected by disaster. Additionally, Project Icarus is capable of restoring local Wi-Fi based communications during grid failure. Icarus has the capabilities to provide logistical assistance to emergency personnel by providing immediate aerial surveillance of ongoing dangerous situations. Furthermore, the Icarus platform operates on an umbilical system that provides a long-term aerial surveillance solution and can be easily modified to accommodate specific situations using its modular design. The low-cost system that does not require a drone pilot is …
Making Middle School Science Curriculum Lesson Plans More Culturally Relevant To Early Adolescent Ethnic Minorities, Ashley M. Grazutis
Making Middle School Science Curriculum Lesson Plans More Culturally Relevant To Early Adolescent Ethnic Minorities, Ashley M. Grazutis
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The changing needs of our students, such as an increased knowledge of social justice and equity issues, are gaining importance in teacher training programs as world views of social norms are broadened to address the changing demographics in schools. This is important as education needs to be relevant to all students so they can all become informed and engaged citizens. The purpose of this study was to analyze a sample of state recommended science lessons through the lens of cultural relevance (student voice, use of differentiation, language and literacy development opportunities, student access to information, connection/contextualization to students, degree of …
Surveying Research On The Teaching And Learning Of Conceptual Understanding Of Fraction Arithmetic, Sabreen Abedrabo
Surveying Research On The Teaching And Learning Of Conceptual Understanding Of Fraction Arithmetic, Sabreen Abedrabo
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In the US, fractions are often taught in an incoherent way and fraction operations are taught without meaning. Reform efforts continue to try to improve this situation and many rich tools have been developed for teaching fraction computation with meaning. In particular, students need to be able to think of fractions as quantities and understand how operations like multiplication and division relate those quantities. To think about these operations coherently, students must be able to think of fractions themselves as units of which other fractions can be formed (e.g. 2/3 of 3/7). We will investigate which is known about student …
Analysis Of State Unfunded Retirement Benefits In The United States, Darian Los
Analysis Of State Unfunded Retirement Benefits In The United States, Darian Los
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States have not been required to include underfunded pension liabilities on their financial statements until GASB No. 67 and No. 68 was issued in 2012. This means that citizens have not be getting all of information relating to the financial stability of the state. In this project, I gather pension liability data from the states Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports. The data gathered will be used by Truth In Accounting for analysis and reporting to the public. This information will allow citizens to determine the financial stability of their state and if plans are being underfunded, they can call for major …
Creating Theatre: Historical Women's Stories For Here And Now, Abby M. Ferree
Creating Theatre: Historical Women's Stories For Here And Now, Abby M. Ferree
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One of the most instinctual ideals of humanity is the necessity of sharing stories, past or fiction, to inform what we decide to do in the here and now. Storytelling is a part of all of us. It’s innate. As an actor, my role in storytelling is generally to be the sounding piece for the voices of others. I bring to life the story and the life of another person or character in order to bring new questions to light for my audience. However, as an actor, we rarely get to choose what stories are being told, and the gift …
Effecting Change In Their Community: The Pilsen Neighbors Community Council And Teresa Fraga, 1970-1990, Benjamin E. Skipor
Effecting Change In Their Community: The Pilsen Neighbors Community Council And Teresa Fraga, 1970-1990, Benjamin E. Skipor
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The purpose of my research was to find how the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council (PNCC) and Teresa Fraga were able to affect change within the Pilsen neighborhood located in the near Southwest Side of Chicago. This paper outlines the issues that the PNCC worked to correct and the methods that they used. This research is primary source driven. Most documents were accessed through the Community Archives located at University of DePaul Library. Additional materials were found from the Chicago Tribune. The research resulted in an outline of the groups most successful methods: making the community aware and invested in solving …
Relation Between Parents' Goals And Early Adolescents' Social Skills, Justin B. Arms
Relation Between Parents' Goals And Early Adolescents' Social Skills, Justin B. Arms
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This project studied adolescent outcomes of different parent goals. Specifically, this project looks at whether parent centered goals and child centered goals are correlated with adolescent social skills. We broke down adolescent social skills into four different categories- assertion, cooperation, empathy, and self-control. Participants in the study were 78 7th graders and their primary caregiver (usually the child’s mother). Data was collected using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews conducted during home visits. The study failed to find significant correlations between parent centered goals and the outcome variables, as well as between child centered goals and the outcome variables. Because of this, …
Workflow Interruptions: Risk Factors And Outcomes In Nursing, Chandaniben Maniya
Workflow Interruptions: Risk Factors And Outcomes In Nursing, Chandaniben Maniya
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Introduction: Workflow interruptions in nursing are defined as the disruption of a nursing task. Workflow interruptions are a common stressor in nurses’ work, leading to deviations in their focus that can result in medication errors and missed nursing tasks. Thus, they can compromise patient safety, health outcomes, and satisfaction. Moreover, interruptions can cause stress, burnout, and reduce job satisfaction among nurses. It is important to recognize that there are solutions that would prepare nurses for reducing workflow interruptions and improving their work patterns. The purpose of this literature review was to identify the causes of interruptions, their effects on patients …
Experiences And Needs Of Parents After Their Child's Suicide Attempt, Maryna V. Haponava
Experiences And Needs Of Parents After Their Child's Suicide Attempt, Maryna V. Haponava
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The purpose of this literature review is to examine parents’ needs and experiences after their child committed a suicide attempt. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2017), a suicide attempt is when a person injures herself or himself in order to kill herself or himself, but the actions do not result in death. The American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (2018) has analyzed the data and concluded that in 2015, 8.6 % of adolescents in grades 9-12 reported having made at least one suicide attempt in the past 12 months. Most of the time in the situation of a …
Synthesis Of A,?-Dithienylpolyenes As Potential Model Compounds For Polythiophene-Polyacetylene Copolymers, Amber L. Sayles
Synthesis Of A,?-Dithienylpolyenes As Potential Model Compounds For Polythiophene-Polyacetylene Copolymers, Amber L. Sayles
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Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest public health challenges of our time. There is an urgent need to discover new antibiotics to combat these drug resistant infections. The MEP pathway is essential to most bacteria and not found in humans which makes it a desirable target for novel antibiotic discovery. The IspF enzyme is the fifth enzyme in the MEP pathway. Screening of a library of approximately 3000 compounds by the Hagen group identified several sulfa drugs that were ligands for the IspF enzyme. The purpose of this research was to synthesize sulfonamide derivative compounds for IspF inhibition. In …
How Student Loans Affect College Students With Regional Analysis, Brandon E. Kavaliunas
How Student Loans Affect College Students With Regional Analysis, Brandon E. Kavaliunas
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With the burden of student debt growing, it is important to study how this increasing debt is affecting individuals and look at the impact it has on the nation as a whole. By analyzing statewide data and comparing the different states, we can try to find what states are doing well, and begin to look at how we can improve in states that have an increased amount of student debt. Different regions were found to have varying amounts of debt. A linear regression model was used to test if the average amount of debt per state is affected by per …
Investigation Of Dengue Virus (Denv) Ns2b/3 Protease For Antiviral Development, Thimoro Cheng
Investigation Of Dengue Virus (Denv) Ns2b/3 Protease For Antiviral Development, Thimoro Cheng
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Numerous studies have shown that Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and Dengue virus (DENV) are from the same family and have many characteristics in common. Despite the similarities, no adequate vaccines or antivirals have been developed for DENV yet although many are commercially available for HCV. In this research, we investigated the relationship between HCV and DENV, especially their NS3/4A and NS2B/3 proteases, to aid in the development of antiviral against DENV. To achieve this, in-depth structural analyses of the complexes were conducted; and molecular modeling stimulation software were utilized to visualize the interactions of the enzymes with different potential inhibitors …
The Impact Of Music On Language Acquisition, Courtney A. Rieb
The Impact Of Music On Language Acquisition, Courtney A. Rieb
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More and more students in the classroom are English learners (ELs) (U.S. Department of Education, 2017). Despite the historically strong evidence that music is beneficial to the language acquisition process for ELs, there is very little music education occurring (Engh, 2013; Salcedo, 2010). The more teachers know about the benefits of implementing music in the classroom, it is hopeful that they will be more likely to include music in their curricula. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the positive impact of music on language acquisition and communicate the role that music can play in lowering the affective …
The Roles Of Non-Governmental Organizations In Promoting Poverty Alleviation In Cambodia, Laos And Vietnam, I Younan An
The Roles Of Non-Governmental Organizations In Promoting Poverty Alleviation In Cambodia, Laos And Vietnam, I Younan An
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The objective of this research is to examine the three different roles that NGOs have undertaken to effectively alleviate poverty in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. First, NGOs undertook the roles of developer, where they involved heavily in organizing and implemented local educational, agricultural, livelihood, nutritional and health programs. Second, NGOs acted as a provision of social services to the local communities by providing funds and support to establish community stores or community clinics or to households and providing health and counselling services. Third, NGOs encouraged and facilitated participatory development in in the local communities to allow the local citizens’ voices …
Using Wearable Biomarker Technology To Determine The Effectiveness Of Assistive Technology Supports On The Anxiety And Writing Outcomes Of Students With Disabilities, Angela M. Lobdell
Using Wearable Biomarker Technology To Determine The Effectiveness Of Assistive Technology Supports On The Anxiety And Writing Outcomes Of Students With Disabilities, Angela M. Lobdell
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The purpose of this Capstone project is to determine the effects writing has on stress levels of students with anxiety-related disorders and to investigate the effectiveness of technology-based writing interventions to reduce anxiety and increase writing output when being utilized by students. One male and three females between the ages of 14-17 participated in the research. Each participant wore a biomarker device that allowed the researchers to track the participants' levels of anxiety. The levels transmitted by the biomarker would indicate a state of calm, focused, tense and neutral. Baseline involved observing students writing without technology supports. Upon completion of …
The Future Of The #Metoo Movement, Lauren M. Clohessy
The Future Of The #Metoo Movement, Lauren M. Clohessy
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The current era of the Me Too movement started in 2016 when Alyssa Milano tweeted out a concept: for her Twitter followers to tweet using #MeToo if they were victims of sexual misconduct. The actual Me Too movement started over ten years ago with Tarana Burke, who founded the movement to advocate for young, black women who were victims of sexual misconduct. The two movements merged into one and is now the social media movement society knows today. With Me Too came a large amount of backlash, similar to any other social media movement, but the amount of backlash depends …
Gender Similarities And Differences In Military Sexual Trauma, Megan A. Boehning
Gender Similarities And Differences In Military Sexual Trauma, Megan A. Boehning
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While treatment and knowledge of military sexual trauma has improved, there are still issues in understanding MST and how well victims adjust. There are various consequences that affect MST survivor’s lives, including health, psychological, and lifetime implications. Though men and women both face many of the same outcomes of MST, they also endure gender-specific sequela. This manuscript will examine the similarities and differences in barriers, symptoms, and treatment for men and women service members. Much of the research that is presented in this paper includes meta-analyses as well as singular studies. The main demographics in the studies tend to be …
Is Kinesio Tape Better Than A Placebo?, Katherine E. Schneider
Is Kinesio Tape Better Than A Placebo?, Katherine E. Schneider
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Kinesio tape is designed to provide support and stability to joints and muscles without impacting circulation and the body's range of motion. However, how does kinesiotape physically impact the pain and function of a patient with a musculoskeletal injury? If pain and function are positively influenced, is the improvement attributed to the KT treatment or is it a placebo effect? In the attempt to answer these questions, I performed a review of the literature. Criteria that I looked at while researching articles using PubMed was that they were written in English, studied the effects of KT on musculoskeletal injuries and …