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Juxtaposition: The Coexistence Of Traditional Navajo And Standards Based Curricula, Daniel R. Conn May 2015

Juxtaposition: The Coexistence Of Traditional Navajo And Standards Based Curricula, Daniel R. Conn

The Qualitative Report

Northridge Elementary, a small public school serving almost entirely Navajo students, was recently labeled with a failing grade from the New Mexico Department of Education. This study explores what this label reveals and what it conceals. Using educational connoisseurship and criticism as the method of inquiry, this study considers how the label interacts with the structural, intentional, curricular, pedagogical, and evaluative dimensions within the school. As offered in the thematic aspect of the analysis, the label overgeneralizes realities of Northridge Elementary and is hindering rather the benefiting students.

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Paradoxes, Dyads, And Tensions In Business: A Book Review Of Advancing Ethnography In Corporate Environments: Challenges And Emerging Opportunities, Bruce Lilyea May 2015

Paradoxes, Dyads, And Tensions In Business: A Book Review Of Advancing Ethnography In Corporate Environments: Challenges And Emerging Opportunities, Bruce Lilyea

The Qualitative Report

By using a dyad approach of having two authors write about a topic from differing perspectives, the book presents a real world perspective of the innate challenges of corporate ethnography and is authentic as a result. These dyads address the issues of the balance of technology and traditional ethnographic tools; past and future; speed and depth; theory and practicality; insider and outsider; and, big data and human evolution. I intentionally use the word “with” to separate the dyad topics instead of “versus” because the book presents a “with not versus” approach to the dyads in the writing.

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Four Diverse Educators Chronicle Challenges In A Christian-Centered Society, Susan V. Bennett, Annmarie Alberton Gunn, Mary Lou Morton May 2015

Four Diverse Educators Chronicle Challenges In A Christian-Centered Society, Susan V. Bennett, Annmarie Alberton Gunn, Mary Lou Morton

The Qualitative Report

Culturally responsive teaching requires that students be perceived holistically and part of student culture is religious beliefs. The purpose of this research is to offer insight into experiences and understandings of four preservice and inservice teachers', from diverse religious backgrounds, Muslim, Judaism, Sikhism, and Mormonism, experiences and understandings as they studied and worked in colleges of education and elementary classrooms that are rooted in Anglo Christian traditions. We relied on aspects of critical multiculturalism and social identity theory to guide the qualitative case study. In this case study, we analyzed reflexive journals and interviews of four participants using withincase and …

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Making A Case For New Directions In English Language Teaching Research At An Omani University: A Critical Qualitative Content Analysis Report, Ali S. M. Al-Issa May 2015

Making A Case For New Directions In English Language Teaching Research At An Omani University: A Critical Qualitative Content Analysis Report, Ali S. M. Al-Issa

The Qualitative Report

Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has been the sole English Language Teaching (ELT) research enterprise in the Sultanate of Oman through the Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Curriculum and Methods of Teaching English degree program it launched in the early 1990s. Eighty-two theses have been completed so far about topics pertinent to ELT in the Sultanate of Oman. However, a review of those theses has shown that the discussion of these topics lacks a critical dimension that can advance Omani ELT at the micro and macro levels. This critical qualitative study, therefore, sets out to make a case for new directions …

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Deciphering The Distance Between Distance Education And Working Professionals In Difficult Geographies, Jatin Pandey, Manjari Singh May 2015

Deciphering The Distance Between Distance Education And Working Professionals In Difficult Geographies, Jatin Pandey, Manjari Singh

The Qualitative Report

This study investigates the factors that draw working professionals towards distance education programs, and the factors that sustain their distance education experience. The study is conducted in difficult terrains of Uttarakhand, a hilly state in India which helps us investigate the phenomenon in difficult geographies. Through interviews of ten working professionals in this difficult geography these factors are deduced and a conceptual model is then developed. We also tried to find theoretical linkages to the factors identified. The findings are of value to distance educators and students alike.

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Seeking A Research Method To Study Women Who Have Recovered From Trauma And Addiction That Combines Feminist Theory, Somatic Theory, Alternative Forms Of Representation, And Social Justice, Sharon N. Stopforth May 2015

Seeking A Research Method To Study Women Who Have Recovered From Trauma And Addiction That Combines Feminist Theory, Somatic Theory, Alternative Forms Of Representation, And Social Justice, Sharon N. Stopforth

The Qualitative Report

The following paper attempts to find an approach to research that will best suit women who have recovered from addictions and trauma and consider themselves resilient. This approach will need to combine contemporary feminist theory, somatic theory, and alternative forms of representation/interpretation. The paper will begin by exploring the connection between postmodern feminist theory and somatic theory and what they both have to say about how we embody social conditions of gender through non-verbal interactions. Research will then be examined that captures the non-verbal aspects of being in the world and how this intersects with the postmodern turn. Finally, in …

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Life History Of Women With Fibromyalgia: Beyond The Illness, Barbara Gonzalez, Telmo M. Baptista, Jaime C. Branco May 2015

Life History Of Women With Fibromyalgia: Beyond The Illness, Barbara Gonzalez, Telmo M. Baptista, Jaime C. Branco

The Qualitative Report

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome, which mostly affects middle age women and whose etiological factors remain unclear. Psychosocial aspects may have a relevant role as predisposing, triggering, and/or perpetuating factors for this syndrome, raising the interest about life history of patients with fibromyalgia. In this study, we interviewed 10 women with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia, who had identified a critical or very stressful life event before the onset of the syndrome. The interview about the life history comprises the whole life, before and after the onset of the syndrome, and the narratives were analyzed with interpretative phenomenological analysis. Nine …

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Privilege In A Police Car: The Story Of My Unresolved Ride-Along, Anita L. Bright May 2015

Privilege In A Police Car: The Story Of My Unresolved Ride-Along, Anita L. Bright

The Qualitative Report

This paper focuses on the events of a Friday evening in the winter of 2012 wherein I went on a police “ride-along” and accompanied a police officer as he went through the normal duties of his shift in a medium-sized city in the Pacific Northwest. During our time together, the officer arrested a 16-year old boy, and had him admitted to the local juvenile detention center. The officer also arrested an adult male who, during the process of being arrested, injured the officer such that the officer required medical attention. Additionally, I witnessed another officer performing an analysis of a …

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The Fifty-Year Ethnographer: A Review Of Harry Wolcott's Ethnography Lessons: A Primer, Denise Mifsud May 2015

The Fifty-Year Ethnographer: A Review Of Harry Wolcott's Ethnography Lessons: A Primer, Denise Mifsud

The Qualitative Report

“Harry Wolcott uses fifty years of experience to take the reader inside the process of constructing an ethnographic study, offering a wealth of lessons from one of the masters of the genre”. This is indeed a concise description by the publisher. The text is constructed around the author’s five major studies. Wolcott thus gives a unique contribution to the field of ethnography as he presents some critical components of ethnography in his desire to share with us readers the results of his career-long search for the essence of ethnography. The book is divided into eight chapters. I give a critical …

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A New Sustainable Environmental Education Toolbox For Botanic Gardens, Parks & Arboreta, John J. Pipoly Iii Apr 2015

A New Sustainable Environmental Education Toolbox For Botanic Gardens, Parks & Arboreta, John J. Pipoly Iii

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures

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Factors Affecting Employee Engagement In India: A Study On Offshoring Of Financial Services, Manish Gupta, Shirshendu Ganguli, Abhilash Ponnam Apr 2015

Factors Affecting Employee Engagement In India: A Study On Offshoring Of Financial Services, Manish Gupta, Shirshendu Ganguli, Abhilash Ponnam

The Qualitative Report

The objective of this study is to explore factors that affect employee engagement in financial offshore organizations in India. Sixty employees involved in offshoring financial services were interviewed. Thematic analysis was used to analyze data collected in the study. Three main themes were identified: (1) implicit benefits, (2) organizational culture and (3) organizational policies. The findings of this study are important due to their practical implications. First, the factors will encourage employers to make more employee friendly policies, and second, by resolving the employee issues raised in this paper, it is anticipated that the employers will be able to enhance …

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Through The Looking Glass Space To New Ways Of Knowing: A Personal Research Narrative, Gabrielle Brand Apr 2015

Through The Looking Glass Space To New Ways Of Knowing: A Personal Research Narrative, Gabrielle Brand

The Qualitative Report

This article describes how writing personal research narratives during my doctoral research journey challenged my role as a health professional and my personal beliefs and values in fundamental ways. In qualitative narrative inquiry, the reflexive account of the research experience is a key element in conducting ethical, rigorous, and meaningful forms of qualitative research. However, as a novice researcher, I was unprepared for the unlearning journey I experienced during the research process. This uncomfortable experience cut to the core of my identity by dismantling unexamined belief and value systems that lay dormant and hidden from my everyday consciousness as a …

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A Constructivist Study Of Graduate Assistants' Healthcare Experiences In A Research University, Uttam Gaulee, Brenda Lee, Douglas Whitaker, Natalie Khoury Ridgewell, Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, Dayna M. Watson, Colleen Butcher Apr 2015

A Constructivist Study Of Graduate Assistants' Healthcare Experiences In A Research University, Uttam Gaulee, Brenda Lee, Douglas Whitaker, Natalie Khoury Ridgewell, Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, Dayna M. Watson, Colleen Butcher

The Qualitative Report

This constructivist study explores 16 graduate assistants’ (GAs) healthcare experiences and uses grounded theory to create a model of graduate assistants’ experiences with university-provided healthcare in a large research university. The model is composed of four broad components: (a) systems; (b) access, care and coverage; (c) knowledge, quality and cost; and (d) self. Graduate assistants’ needs and expectations constantly negotiate various systems in the model. Expanding upon the limited research regarding graduate student healthcare, this study provides implications for higher education administrators and policy makers. Based on our study findings we argue that it is not sufficient for university administrations …

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The Current Volume 25 : Issue 29, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2015

The Current Volume 25 : Issue 29, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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Metacognition And Self-Scaffolding In Mmorpgs: Case Study Of An Adolescent Male Gamer, Ruba Monem Apr 2015

Metacognition And Self-Scaffolding In Mmorpgs: Case Study Of An Adolescent Male Gamer, Ruba Monem

The Qualitative Report

The genre of massively multiplayer online role-playing games has become increasingly popular with adolescent males. While researchers have studied the social aspect of online role-playing games, there is little known about the metacognitive and self-scaffolding processes that players engage in as they navigate these digital immersive environments. This case study focuses on the experience of an adolescent male gamer as he develops his knowledge, selfawareness and virtual identity.

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Inconvenient Women, Audra Skukauskaite Apr 2015

Inconvenient Women, Audra Skukauskaite

The Qualitative Report

The poem developed from collective stories of women who have shared their experiences, challenges, and actions of being scholars, professors, graduate students, business owners, and/or parents, among a multitude of other roles that often inconvenienced those who had particular views of what women are supposed to be and do.

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A Pattern-Generating Tool For Use In Semi-Structured Interviews, Greg Paine Apr 2015

A Pattern-Generating Tool For Use In Semi-Structured Interviews, Greg Paine

The Qualitative Report

This paper, the first in a pair, describes the development and use of a research tool designed to not only derive the “usual” research patterns from analysis and synthesis of data, but also to extend that research outcome into useful lessons and instructions for others to act on in the non-research world. Research is essentially about finding and explaining patterns to help us understand phenomena and to measure similarities and differences. Pattern also has other useful attributes – as tools, templates, and instructive advices – that tend not to be given as much attention in research. The tool discussed in …

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Contextual Factors Surrounding Extradyadic High-Risk Sexual Decision-Making In Men: A Case-Oriented Perspective, Katherine M. Hertlein, Claudia Villasante Apr 2015

Contextual Factors Surrounding Extradyadic High-Risk Sexual Decision-Making In Men: A Case-Oriented Perspective, Katherine M. Hertlein, Claudia Villasante

The Qualitative Report

Many models have been developed to explain the decision-making process of high-risk sexual behavior (HRSB). Juhasz and Sonnenshein-Schneider (1980) proposed a model for sexual decision-making with three distinct factors (socialization influences, factors germane to the situation, and cognitive factors). While this model makes sense from a theoretical standpoint, it has not been empirically validated and they have focused exclusively on adolescent sexual decision-making processes. The purpose of this study was to identify the key points in decision-making toward engagement in extradyadic high-risk sexual behavior. Using qualitative interviews in a case-oriented study, key components surrounding the context, decision-making, and management processes …

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The Lived Experiences Of Mexican-Heritage Mothers Caring For Overweight Preschool Children, Susan Mcdonald Apr 2015

The Lived Experiences Of Mexican-Heritage Mothers Caring For Overweight Preschool Children, Susan Mcdonald

The Qualitative Report

Mexican-heritage children are at greater risk to become overweight or obese than children of other ethnic or racial groups. Despite this, there is limited information in the literature about how the mothers care for their preschoolers after they are classified as overweight or obese. The objective of this study was to gain insight into the lived experiences of Mexican-heritage mothers caring for overweight or obese preschool children to enhance nurses’ ability to effectively care for these children. A qualitative, hermeneutic design was selected for this study guided by the phenomenological approach of Max van Manen. Saturation was achieved after interviewing …

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Research, When You Know What You’Re Doing: A Review Of Essentials Of Qualitative Inquiry, Daniel C. Allen Apr 2015

Research, When You Know What You’Re Doing: A Review Of Essentials Of Qualitative Inquiry, Daniel C. Allen

The Qualitative Report

Maria J. Mayan’s publication of Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry (2009) provides a broad introduction to the scope and process of conducting qualitative research. The author used many of the same concepts in his dissertation and continues to conduct qualitative inquiry, often times using Mayan’s book as a useful resource in structuring his research. The book outlined qualitative philosophies, methodologies, and data analysis procedures used in qualitative research.

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Dynamic Regulation Of Toxic Engineered Bacteria Prevents Learning In The Model Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans, Olena Bracho, Cyril Manchery Apr 2015

Dynamic Regulation Of Toxic Engineered Bacteria Prevents Learning In The Model Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans, Olena Bracho, Cyril Manchery

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Infections due to parasitic nematodes result in nearly 125,000 deaths annually. Strikingly, this rate remains nearly unchanged in the past 50 years likely owing to the fact that treatment options are either inefficient or inaccessible. Prior to infecting humans, most parasitic nematodes begin as larvae where they feed nearly exclusively on bacteria. This unique property may offer an opportunity to develop new biological control agents with the use of synthetic biology. Recently, we have engineered a bacterium, consisting of an attraction module and toxin module that lures in and kills nematodes, respectively, using the principles of synthetic biology to act …

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Nova Southeastern University's Participation In Many Labs 3: Evaluating Participant Pool Characteristics Across The Semester Via Replication, Guy Merus, Andrea Moran, Boglarka Varga, Stephanie Ponce, Idania Elizabeth Cater, Alexis Murphy Apr 2015

Nova Southeastern University's Participation In Many Labs 3: Evaluating Participant Pool Characteristics Across The Semester Via Replication, Guy Merus, Andrea Moran, Boglarka Varga, Stephanie Ponce, Idania Elizabeth Cater, Alexis Murphy

Undergraduate Student Symposium

A crowdsourced project from 23 university participant pools, including NSU (total N = 2,696; NSU N = 131), examined variation in 10 well known psychological findings and 8 individual difference measures over the course of the academic semester. Undergraduate psychology participant pools serve as a major resource for behavioral research studies. Many researchers have hypothesized that the traits and attentiveness of student research participants vary across an academic term (e.g., students who participate later in the semester may be lower in conscientiousness and higher in openness to experience). However, there is very little systematic evidence regarding the magnitude of such …

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Osteogenic Differentiation Of Human Umbilical Cord Derived Stem Cells In A 3-Dimensional (3-D) Hydrogel, Anastasia Talalenko, Kevin Petersen Apr 2015

Osteogenic Differentiation Of Human Umbilical Cord Derived Stem Cells In A 3-Dimensional (3-D) Hydrogel, Anastasia Talalenko, Kevin Petersen

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Introduction: Bone Regeneration in craniofacial region due to traumatic injuries and congenital defects is a major clinical problem. Cleft palate is the second most common congenital defect. Our long-term goal is to regenerate bone in the palatal region using tissue-engineering approaches. Bone tissue engineering utilizes osteogenic cells, osteoconductive scaffolds and osteoinductive signals. Mesenchymal stem cells derived from human umbilical cord (HUMSCs) are highly proliferative with the ability to differentiate into osteogenic precursor cells. Objective: The primary objective of the study was to encapsulate HUMSCs in PuraMatrix™ (PM), a peptide hydrogel, and investigate their survival and osteogenic differentiation. PM is an …

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A Day In The Life Of Elvis, Angie Ballesteros Apr 2015

A Day In The Life Of Elvis, Angie Ballesteros

Undergraduate Student Symposium

“A Day in the Life of Elvis” is a short film about a Dachshund dog named Elvis, and his everyday life as a canine. The film follows Elvis from the time he wakes up until he goes to bed. Elvis is a very active dog and loves to play around with his owner. Elvis maintains a healthy life by venturing into the backyard with his owner Dyane, which is where the majority of the film takes place. The film is directed by Angie Ballesteros. Other crew members and actors include Dyane Ballesteros, Stephen Rafferty, Tyler Lindauer, and Elvis the dog.

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Antibacterial Of Natural Plant Extracts And Synthetic Compounds, Joanna Theodorou, Poorandai Sanicharran Apr 2015

Antibacterial Of Natural Plant Extracts And Synthetic Compounds, Joanna Theodorou, Poorandai Sanicharran

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Due to the growing problem of antibiotic resistant pathogens, development of new antimicrobials is a necessity. Biologically active plant extracts have the potential to combat the detrimental effects of pathogens without the risks sometimes associated with synthetic drugs. However, synthetic drugs have the benefit of having antibacterial activity and being well characterized. Mixing a natural plant extract with a synthetic compound could be an extremely beneficial and potent antibiotic. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy of various classes of plants and synthetic compounds (2-Oxindole derivatives) against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. The antibacterial activity of …

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Attractiveness Perception And The Influence Of Mate Availability, Ashley Stelmaszek, Mariah Chadukiewicz Apr 2015

Attractiveness Perception And The Influence Of Mate Availability, Ashley Stelmaszek, Mariah Chadukiewicz

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Psychological studies on the perception of facial attractiveness have shown that attractiveness perception can be influenced by nonphysical factors, such as relationship status and limited or plentiful availability in the mating pool (Kniffin, K; Wilson, D, 2004), (Madey, 1996). The focus of the present study is to examine perception of physical attractiveness when presented with a manipulated verbal cue that gives an illusion of either a limited or plentiful population of mates. We want to determine if the participants will adjust their perceptions of physical attractiveness when it is implied that there is a limited selection of mates. We hypothesize …

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Changes In Coral Cover (Diaseris Distorta) At Isla Catalana, Gulf Of California, Mexico, Kyle Nixon Apr 2015

Changes In Coral Cover (Diaseris Distorta) At Isla Catalana, Gulf Of California, Mexico, Kyle Nixon

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Diaseris distorta is a free-living fungiid coral that typically inhabits dense rhodolith beds in the SW Gulf of California where they are often overlooked in this atypical coral habitat. Diaseris distorta ranges throughout the Indo-West Pacific, however the study site at Isla Catalana is its northern-most limit within the Eastern Pacific. On four dates, June 2008, November 2009, July 2010, and August 2014, population density and mean size were documented. Each survey obtained 30 randomly placed ½ x ½ meter photo quadrats. Live coral presence in each quadrat was quantified using CPCe software, then analyzed for differences using a Kruskal …

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Changes In Population Densities Of Porties Sverdrupi, An Endemic Coral Of The Sw Gulf Of California, Stephan J. Robson Apr 2015

Changes In Population Densities Of Porties Sverdrupi, An Endemic Coral Of The Sw Gulf Of California, Stephan J. Robson

Undergraduate Student Symposium

At Isla Catalana in the SW Gulf of California, Mexico an endemic coral species Porites sverdrupi lives unattached within rhodolith beds. Very little biological and ecological information is known about this species. Where previously described, Porites sverdrupi was found as widely scattered colonies in very low densities (0.0038%). Random walk quadrat sampling was done with a primarily monospecific aggregation of P. sverdrupi. Twenty five (½m x ½m) photo quadrats obtained in August 2014 were analyzed using CPCe software and compared to values in 40 quadrats from 2011. The number of colonies per square meter significantly increased from 54.7 in …

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Correlation Of Nutrient Contamination With Rainfall In The Everglades, Belen Perez Apr 2015

Correlation Of Nutrient Contamination With Rainfall In The Everglades, Belen Perez

Undergraduate Student Symposium

In this study, we investigated the correlation between concentrations of nutrient contaminants and rainfall in the inflow and outflow from engineered wetlands in the Everglades. These engineered wetlands, referred to as Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs), are designed to remove phosphate (PO4) from water in the Miami Canal and North New River Canal.

Methods: Quality and quantity of water entering (inflow) and leaving (outflow) STAs are monitored by South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and stored in the publicly accessible DBHYDRO database. DBHYDRO water quality data from one inflow monitor (G370) and two outflow monitors (G376B and G376E) at STA3/4 were …

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D.A.R.K., Lauren Mcgarrett Apr 2015

D.A.R.K., Lauren Mcgarrett

Undergraduate Student Symposium

“D.A.R.K.” is a silent, avant-garde short film that highlights the very possible, and commonly unseen, repercussions of our day-to-day positive interactions with others, or lack thereof. The smallest act of kindness often makes the largest difference. The film is directed by Lauren McGarrett.

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