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Is There A Relationship Between Religiosity And Infidelity? A Meta-Analysis, Meghan Maddock

Theses and Dissertations

Infidelity in romantic relationships is common and has been associated with relationship dissolution and strain on individuals. Most religions teach that infidelity is harmful, and some researchers have suggested that, in the aggregate, more religious people might be less likely to report infidelity. However, research has been mixed, with some studies finding that more religious people are less likely to report infidelity, other studies finding that more religious people are more likely to report infidelity, and other studies finding no relationship. To clarify seemingly contradictory findings, I conducted a meta-analysis of the infidelity-religiosity relationship with 38 studies and a total …

Dónde Están Les Latinxs? A Content Analysis Of Latinx Representation Across Three Clinical Disciplines, Haley M. Hinkle

Theses and Dissertations

Latinx, or Hispanic/Latino, minoritized groups experience a broad spectrum of mental health challenges, disparities, and risks at a disproportionate rate compared to both their non-White counterparts and compared to other minorized groups in the U.S. (SAMHSA, 2015). They also experience a number of cultural and individual strengths associated with their values, practices, and resiliencies (Leyva et al, 2022; Gennetian et al, 2021; Calzada et al, 2020). However, given the substantial percentage of Latinxs who live in the United States (18.7%), the mental health needs of this minoritized group are not sufficiently addressed in social science literature, as a number of …

Communication About Pornography And Relationship Quality In Different-Gender Couples, Rachel Ann Augustus

Theses and Dissertations

Scholars have begun to suggest factors that explain and influence the association between pornography use and relationship outcomes but further work is still needed. Communication about pornography is one variable that may be influential but it has yet to be considered in this way. Using a dyadic sample of 713 different-gender couples, I used Actor-Partner Structural Equation Modeling to analyze associations between pornography use (male pornography use, joint pornography use and female pornography use) and relational quality (from the perspective of each partner, respectively), associations between communication about pornography and relationship quality. Communication about pornography was also considered as a …

Adolescent Religious Identity And Body Esteem, Megan Gale

Theses and Dissertations

Adolescents experience a key developmental process of identity formation and try to understand who they are and how they feel about themselves. While research has found religiosity to often predict increased body esteem for religious adults, little is known about the association between religiosity and body esteem for adolescents. Using an Identity Theory lens, the current cross-sectional study (n=1,693) examined the relationship between adolescent religious identity (religious salience and belief being a child of God) and body esteem, mediated by one's attachment to God. Three structural equation mediation models examined 1) overall relationships; 2) relationships by gender; and 3) relationships …

The Experience Of Friendship As A Characteristic Of Intimate Relationships: A Grounded Theory Study, Jennifer Griffith

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to gain a greater understanding of the construct of friendship, specifically how intimate partners experience friendship in intimate relationships. 45 participants were interviewed one-time (for a total of 60-90 minutes) and asked about their experience of healthy and unhealthy behaviors, including friendship, in committed relationships. Research questions included: how participants define the concept of friendship, behaviors that perpetuate friendship in intimate relationships, perceived benefits of friendship, and what a lack of friendship in their relationship looks like. Participants were asked about friendship generally with the hope that information on the research questions would be …

Behavioral Indicators Of The Therapeutic Alliance In Relation To Dropout In Couple Therapy, S. Celeste Esplin

Theses and Dissertations

Almost half of those who start therapy drop out early (Thalmayer, 2018). When therapists work to improve the therapeutic alliance, clients are more likely to stay in treatment and chances of recovery improve (D'Aniello et al., 2018; Escudero & Friedlander, 2017). However, the existing research comes almost entirely from client self-reports of the alliance. Little research has examined what occurs during the session. There has been no research to determine what specific therapeutic alliance behaviors are related to early termination. The current naturalistic study sought to discover if behaviors that strengthen or diminish the therapeutic alliance are related to early …

Exercise As A Predictor Of Change In Self-Reported Marital Satisfaction And Behaviors Of Couples In Therapy, Emily J. Nelson

Theses and Dissertations

Recent studies looking to link physical exercise with beneficial couple outcomes have had mixed results, showing benefits for females but not males in some instances, and even negative effects for males in one instance. However, these studies used self-report data for exercise which may suffer from reporting errors. This study analyzed how daily exercise, measured by participants wearing accelerometers, impacts marital satisfaction, positive behaviors, and negative behaviors in a clinical population. The data was analyzed using multilevel models to determine how time spent exercising impacted individuals and their partners in terms of relationship outcomes. Results indicated small but significant relationships …

Quantifying Protein Quality To Understand Protein Homeostasis, Hsien-Jung Lavender Lin

Theses and Dissertations

Proteins are the center of all biochemical reactions in living organisms. Proteins need to be present at the right time, in the right place, with the correct concentration and have the right shape to carry their designated function. Protein homeostasis is when all proteins in the proteome are in functional balance, and such balance is maintained by synthesis, folding, and degradation machinery. When protein homeostasis is lost, organisms start to age and develop diseases. To truly unveil disease mechanisms and provide more efficient means for treatment and prevention, we need a holistic understanding of the mechanism of protein homeostasis. Currently, …

An Acoustofluidic Scanning Nanoscope Using Enhanced Image Stacking And Processing, Geonsoo Jin, Joseph Rich, Jianping Xia, Albert J. He, Chenglong Zhao, Tony Jun Huang

Faculty Publications

Nanoscale optical resolution with a large field of view is a critical feature for many research and industry areas, such as semiconductor fabrication, biomedical imaging, and nanoscale material identification. Several scanning microscopes have been developed to resolve the inverse relationship between the resolution and field of view; however, those scanning microscopes still rely upon fluorescence labeling and complex optical systems. To overcome these limitations, we developed a dual-camera acoustofluidic nanoscope with a seamless image merging algorithm (alpha-blending process). This design allows us to precisely image both the sample and the microspheres simultaneously and accurately track the particle path and location. …

End Matter, Vol. 82 No. 2

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Field-Based Selenium Partitioning Coefficients And Trophic Transfer Factors For Cutthroat Trout Fisheries From Four Montane Lakes, Colorado, Usa, Scott J. Herrmann, Del Wayne R. Nimmo, Lynn M. Herrmann-Hoesing

Western North American Naturalist

Most studies of selenium (Se) bioaccumulation and trophic transfer in freshwater habitats have focused primarily on lotic and lentic sites in regions of elevated selenium. In contrast to previous reports, we proposed investigating Se partitioning from water to subsequent trophic levels in oligotrophic montane lakes using concentrations in water, sediment, periphyton, and filamentous algae, and also in the stomach contents and tissues of cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The indicator values for the level-one (water to particulate) partitioning coefficients (K_d values) or enrichment factors (EFs) were as high as 1,641,000 …

Trace Elements In Walleye Tissues And Dietary Components From An Impoundment Located Downstream Of The Leadville Mining District, Colorado, I: Hg And Se, Scott J. Herrmann, Del Wayne R. Nimmo, Igor V. Melnykov

Western North American Naturalist

There is a paucity of studies focusing on how total mercury (THg) and total selenium (TSe) concentrations vary in walleye tissues and prey organisms from a reservoir that is downstream from a major mining district and whose basin consists of Cretaceous sedimentary Se-bearing outcroppings. Pueblo Reservoir in Colorado is fed by water from the upper Arkansas River, which has been polluted by trace metals and metalloids since mining began in 1859. Pueblo Reservoir is the only mainstem impoundment on the Upper Arkansas River and is located about 251 km downstream from the historic Leadville Mining District. Nearly all the contaminated …

Trace Elements In Walleye Tissues And Dietary Components From An Impoundment Located Downstream Of The Leadville Mining District, Colorado, Ii: Cu, Zn, As, Cd, And Pb, Del Wayne R. Nimmo, Scott J. Herrmann, Igor V. Melnykov

Western North American Naturalist

Trace elements in 15 walleye (Sander vitreus) tissues taken from the Pueblo Reservoir in Colorado corresponded to many metals of worldwide concern and were the same as those released into the Arkansas River from decades of mining at Leadville, Colorado. Therefore, analyses of walleye stomach contents, gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum; a dietary prey item for walleye), and tissues of walleye were compared for an increase in, or a deficiency of, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, and Pb. Tissues were compared as couplets but also evaluated with tissues clustered into 6 functional groups. The trace elements were found …

Front Matter, Vol. 82 No. 2

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Risk Modeling Of Pathogens In Captured Rainwater: Application Of Qmra To Human Exposure From On-Site, Non-Potable, Fit-For-Purpose Reuse, John M. Johnston, David Demaree, Santosh Ghimire, Michael Jahne

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Rainwater collected on suburban and municipal properties from rooftops and stored in barrels and cisterns is a potential, alternative source of water for non-potable uses such as vehicle and equipment washing, in addition to potable use with an appropriate level of treatment. As good stewards of public resources, homeowner and municipal use of rainwater benefits cities by decreasing stormwater flow from the property to sewers and also decreases reliance on city drinking water. But is roof-collected rainwater safe to use, and what standards exist to evaluate human health risk? Because the water isn’t normally being ingested, protozoa and bacterial pathogens …

Advancing Gpr Interpretations By The Use Of Multi-Agent Systems And Intelligent Data Analysis For Water Distribution Health Asset Assessment, David Ayala-Cabrera, Gemma Stanton, Sotudeh Hoseini-Ghafari, Joaquín Izquierdo

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The provision of reliable, safe, affordable and continuously supplied drinking water is essential in the development of cities. To ensure sustainability, efficient use of water resources, and health assessment of such critical infrastructures as water distribution networks (WDNs), the improvement of monitoring/verification systems with the collection of reliable data at a reasonable cost is an impending priority. This paper seeks to facilitate the health assessment of WDNs assets, using the ground penetrating radar (GPR) as a reliable and powerful non-destructive method for capturing information (radargrams) from the subsoil, and through improved interpretation of those images. This paper uses a multi-agent-based …

Variables Selection For Improving Clustering Multiview Processes, Xavier Angerri, Karina Gibert

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

In December 2020 the INSESS-COVID19 report was presented, as a result of a project to support data-driven policy-making in the COVID19 crisis in Catalonia. Reporting territorial results, focusing the prototyping situations of the Basic Areas Social Services (BASS) in terms of the kinds of impact of COVID19 confinement on social vulnerability was necessary. Nevertheless, groups with several BASS of similar profile was searched. Individual reports at BASS level were precluded, as multivariate analysis of relationships raise the risk of violating statistical secrecy, thus putting at risk the anonymity of the participants as well as their safety when vulnerable populations are …

Modelling Urban Growth And Future Urban Climate In Indian Cities With Local Climate Zones As Land Uses, Tomas Crols, Jente Broeckx, Inge Uljee, Shu Yang

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The urban heat island effect leads to higher temperatures in cities compared to rural areas. The combined effect of climate change and strong urban growth will as such have a massive impact on human health in growing large cities, especially in tropical or humid regions. Climate models usually do not take urban growth into account or do not have detailed data on the specific characteristics of the urban area. Most land-use change simulations are driven by functional land uses (e.g. residential land, commercial land, agriculture), while an urban climate model rather needs more information on climate-relevant surface properties such as …

Improving Water Distribution Network Data Extraction From Rawgpr Images With Multi-Agent Techniques And Machine Learning, Gemma Stanton, David Ayala-Cabrera

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Concerns around climate change, disaster resilience, and digitization underscore the importance of reliable and affordable information about critical infrastructure such as water distribution networks (WDNs) in order to prevent/mitigate potential negative effects. For instance, lack of data from WDNs enables problems such as leaks to persist undetected. While manual and destructive detection methods exist to monitor the health of WDNs (e.g., impact echo, laser scan, among others), these methods lack the power to provide comprehensive data for continuous modelling, operation, assessment, and maintenance. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) offers one non-destructive testing method that is inexpensive and easily operable; however, the …

Valpar.Ch: Integrating Land Use Change, Ecosystem Service And Biodiversity Modelling To Simulate Pathways Towards A Functioning Ecological Infrastructure For Switzerland., Benjamin Black, Antoine Adde, Nathan Külling, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Title: ValPar.CH: Integrating land use change, Ecosystem Service and Biodiversity modelling to simulate pathways towards a functioning Ecological Infrastructure for Switzerland. Abstract: The ValPar.CH project commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) will simulate the future development of Switzerland’s Ecological Infrastructure (EI) under multiple scenarios with the aim of exploring policy interventions intended to secure a functioning EI by 2060. Within the scope of ValPar.CH, EI is defined as a network of high quality natural and semi-natural landscape elements planned and managed to provide ecosystem services (ES) and support biodiversity. As such, simulating the development of EI …

Study On The Relationship Between Air Quality And Mortality Due To Respiratory Diseases At Global Level, Margarita Espinós Torredemer, Karina Gibert Oliveras, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The aim of this study is to bring new knowledge and verify some assumptions about how different environmental and socio-economic conditions affect mortality worldwide. From the three main causes of mortality, only one mortality due to join effects of household and ambient air pollution is analysed in this work. The study is carried out for a selection of 165 countries. Open data from several sources (the United Nations, The World Bank, Science Direct and Expansión datos macro) is combined bringing together information about geography, demography, socio-economy, environment (including conditions, emissions and natural resources), energy, education, standard of living, health and …

Ensemble Model-Based Method For Time Series Sensors’ Datavalidation And Imputation Applied To A Real Waste Water Treatmentplant, Josep Pascual-Pañach, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè, Miquel Àngel Cugueró-Escofet

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Intelligent Decision Support Systems (IDSS) integrate different Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques with the aim of taking or supporting human-like decisions. To this end, these techniques are based on the available data from the target process. This implies that invalid or missing data could trigger incorrect decisions and therefore, undesirable situations in the supervised process. This is even more important in environmental systems. In data-driven applications such as IDSS, data quality is a basal problem that should be addressed for the sake of the overall systems’ performance. In this paper, a data validation and imputation methodology for time-series is presented. This …

Impact Assessment Of Ground Water In Aapni Yojna Project Area: Taranagar Block, Churu District, Rajasthan, Mohmmed Muslim Sheikh

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Aapni Yojna Project was a rural water supply project covers about 20,000 sq. km. in three districts of northern Rajasthan (India) viz, Churu, Hanumangarh and Jhunjhunun. The Project is co funded by the development bank, Kfw, Germany started in 1994. The project's main objective was to improve the health status and living conditions of the targeted population. Drinking water supply is ensured from the Indira Gandhi Canal, as ground water is insufficient and saline. The proposed study is related to one block i.e. Tranagar block of Churu District. Based on the drinking water supply in the areas, ground water impact …

Genomic Analysis And Therapeutic Development Of Bacteriophages To Treat Bacterial Infections And Parasitic Infestations, Daniel W. Thompson

Theses and Dissertations

Microbiomes are an extremely vast and complex network of microorganisms. Bacteriophages are a key factor in the microbial health of an ecological system and impact the evolution of pathogenic bacterial strains. Bacteria and the phages that infect them have an intricate relationship due to the dependency on the bacterial host for phage replication, the ability of the phage to lyse and kill its host, and the horizontal gene transfer between the host and phage. This thesis aimed to understand how bacteria and the bacteriophages that infect them impact an ecological system, with a focus on disease states. By analyzing all …

A Valley Lost To Time, Washington C. Pearce

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This thesis delivers a playable and functional module for the 5 th Edition of the World’s Greatest Role-Playing Game. The Critical Introduction uses reader response and performance theory to create a framework for reading role-playing games as literature, explains some of the recent scholarship surrounding role-playing games, and details the creative process and work of the creative thesis.

In A Valley Lost to Time, Adventurers recruited by the Trellin Prime Minister are sent westward, over the Drazlin mountain range, with a mission to discover the fate of a decades-lost failed colony. The route is long and treacherous, passing through a …

Agent-Based Modelling Of Space-Time Activity For Assessment Of Personal Exposures To Ambient Air Pollution In Nationwide Health Cohorts, Oliver Schmitz

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

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Centrality And City Size Effects On No2 Ground And Tropospheric Concentrations Within European Cities, Yufei Wei, Geoffrey Caruso, Rémi Lemoy

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) has been one of the constant health threats of urban citizens. But how the NO2 levels change across European cities, relate to urban population size is still unclear. Meanwhile, a theory shows that traffic-induced air pollution (e.g. NO2) decreases with the distance to the city center. But among empirical studies, whether this centrality effect is prevalent in NO2 pollution in European cities is still unknown. We therefore investigate 378 European cities to quantify the effects of centrality and population size using NO2 data from monitoring stations and the satellite Sentinel-5P. We confirm the centrality effect proposed by …

Reconstruction Of 20th Century Burned Area Through Recurrent Neural Networks, Seppe Lampe, Bertrand Le Saux, Inne Vanderkelen, Wim Thiery

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The absence of a global long-term burned area dataset significantly hampers analyses of longterm trends in wildfire impacts. This prevents conclusive statements on the role of anthropogenic activity on wildfire impacts over the last century. Here, we construct a 1901-2014 data-driven reanalysis of monthly global burned area at a 0.5° by 0.5° scale. A recurrent neural network is trained with weather-related, vegetational, societal and economic input parameters, and burned area as output label for the 1982-2014 time period. This model is then applied to the whole 1901-2014 time period to create a data-driven, longterm burned area reanalysis. This reconstruction allows …

Experiences And Challenges In Developing A Decentralized, Michael Berg-Mohnicke

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

For many years the amount of available data as well as computing power is increasing if not even accelerating. Naturally there is a high desire to use these powers and possibilities also in our environmental research field. Unfortunately at the same time the diversity in hardware (mobile/desktop/cloud/HPC) and software (languages/frameworks) is growing as well let alone because of the increasing amount of legacy to deal with. One common way to manage these challenges is to centralize storage and computational power and via central authority impose restrictions on useable hardware and software. Another possibility could be to leverage the ubiquitous connectedness …

Updates And Enhancements To Usepa’S Cyanweb Web Application For Early Detection Of Harmful Algal Blooms To Protect Human Health In Recreational Waters, John M. Johnston, Deron Smith, Kurt Wolfe, Rajbir Parmar

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) is a multi-agency (NASA, USGS, NOAA, and USEPA) project to support the safe public use of U.S. lakes and reservoirs and includes delivery of satellite images of algal blooms via a web-based application developed and hosted by the USEPA. CyANWeb is usable on most internet-connected devices via a web browser and operational on any device operating system platform. CyANWeb uses the JavaScript Angular web framework for cross-platform functionality and mirrors the functionality of the CyAN Android mobile application released in 2019. Cyanobacterial images are derived from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite Ocean and …