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Development And Initial Validation Of A Mathematics-Specific Spatial Vocabulary Scale, Zehra E. Ünal, Lisa M. Ridgley, Yaoran Li, Cassandra Graves, Lora Khatib, Taryn Robertson, Perla Myers, David C. Geary

School of Leadership and Education Sciences: Faculty Scholarship

This study describes the development and initial validation of a mathematics-specific spatial vocabulary measure for upper elementary school students. Reviews of spatial vocabulary items, mathematics textbooks, and Mathematics Common Core State Standards identified 720 mathematical terms, 148 of which had spatial content (e.g., edge). In total, 29 of these items were appropriate for elementary students, and a pilot study (59 fourth graders) indicated that nine of them were too difficult (< 50% correct) or too easy (> 95% correct). The remaining 20 items were retained as a spatial vocabulary measure and administered to 181 (75 girls, mean age = 119.73 months, SD =4.01) fourth graders, along …

Comparison Of Newest Vital Sign And Brief Health Literacy Screen Scores In A Large, Urban Hispanic Cohort, Adriana Arcia, Anthony T. Pho, Maichou Lou, Suzanna Bakken

School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship

Objective

Prior studies comparing subjective and objective health literacy measures have yielded inconsistent results. Our aim was to examine the concordance between Newest Vital Sign (NVS) and Brief Health Literacy Screen (BHLS) scores in a large cohort of English- and Spanish-speaking urban Hispanic adults.

Methods

Item means, standard deviations, corrected-item total correlations, Cronbach’s alpha, and Spearman correlations and area under receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve analysis were used to compare NVS and BHLS items and total scores.

Results

N = 2988 (n = 1259 English; n = 1729 Spanish). Scores on both measures demonstrated good internal consistency (NVS: α …

“A Patient Should Not Have To Ask”: Women’S Experiences Of Patient Education About Preconception Care For Type 2 Diabetes, Laura E. Britton, Adriana Arcia, Guneet Kaur, Oluwatomisin Sontan, Cassondra J. Marshall, Maureen George

School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship

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Understanding The Barriers To Covid-19 Vaccine Among Hispanic/Latinx Communities, Razel Bacuetes Milo, Claudia Aguayo, Allison Rae Chico, José Andrés Rozo, Iris Vásquez, Patricia Calero, Joseph Burkhard

School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship

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Nurses And Respiratory Therapists Lived Experience During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study, Razel Bacuetes Milo, Elvira Gómez, Carol Suarez, Patricia Calero, Cynthia Connelly

School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship

Introduction

Nurses and respiratory therapists working on the frontline during the pandemic surge were short-staffed and worked extended hours while adding new tasks to already demanding workloads. As the world watched news covering COVID-19's effect, nurses and respiratory therapists lived through the daily stress of treating each patient with care, dignity, and compassion. Limited studies have focused on this population, which is vital to providing care and saving lives; research is needed to understand nurses’ and respiratory therapists’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

The study aimed to understand nurses’ and respiratory therapists’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

A …

Barriers To And Facilitators Of Military Spouses’ Recovery From Perinatal Mental Health Disorders: A Qualitative Study, My Hanh (Theresa) Nguyen, Semira Semino-Asaro, Alison M. Reminick, Amber T. Rukaj, Cynthia D. Connelly

School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship

Introduction: Perinatal mental health disorders (PMHDs) are a common complication of child-bearing, affecting approximately 1 in 7 U.S. mothers. An expanding literature has examined how PMHDs afect military families; however, little is known about military spouses’ experiences in accessing and engaging in treatment for PMHDs. Te purpose of this qualitative study was to gain a better understanding of the barriers to and facilitators of accessing, engaging, and progressing in treatment and recovery among a sample of U.S. military spouses with PMHDs. Methods: Military spouses (N = 12) were recruited from a maternal mental health clinic at an academic …

Emerging Adults Reflect After Completing A Long-Distance Running Program: Were Program Goals Met?, Elaine M. Rutkowski, Patricia Calero, Cynthia D. Connelly

School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship

Objective:To examine the potential sustained effects of WeROCK, a structured middle school-based marathon training program, on participants’ reported levels of wellness promotion, physical activity, and self-efficacy as they enter early adulthood. Design and Methods: A retrospective descriptive mixed methods design. Sample included emerging adults (N=57) who were past middle school participants in WeROCK Orange County, CA. Data were collected via online questionnaires. Results: Physical activity contributed to the positive wellbeing for participants in this sample; Physical activity was satisfying, inspirational, and enjoyable; school was considered important; Approximately 77% of participants engaged in a high or moderate levels …

What Has Philosophy Ever Done For Nursing: A Discursive Shift From Margins To Mainstream, Jane M. Georges

School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship

This paper is a personal dialogue of maneuvering the landscape of scholarship in the United States as a nurse faculty. The principal thesis of this paper is that a discursive shift from margins to mainstream literature has occurred within nursing discourse during the past 20 years as the result of a growing body of work by nurse philosophers. I utilize my own work in nursing philosophy as an exemplar and provide a narrative situated in a feminist-critical paradigm. This paper: (1) presents a historical background through a critical-feminist lens of the discursive shift using my own work and lived experiences …

Surgical Team Structure: How Familiarity And Team Size Influence Communication Effectiveness In Military Surgical Teams, Christopher H. Stucky, Felichism W. Kabo, Marla J. De Jong, Sherita L. House, Joshua A. Wymer

School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship

Introduction

Preventable patient harm has persisted in health care despite recent advances to reduce errors. There is increasing recognition that non-technical skills, including communication and relationships, greatly impact interprofessional team performance and health care quality. Team familiarity and size are critical structural components that potentially influence information flow, communication, and efficiency. Methods

In this exploratory, prospective, cross-sectional study, we investigated the key structural components of surgical teams and identified how surgical team structure shapes communication effectiveness. Using total population sampling, we recruited surgical clinicians who provide direct patient care at a 138-bed military medical center. We used statistical modeling to …

I3@Usd Fall 2023, University Of San Diego

I3@USD: Magazine for Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering

02 | Not Your Average Engineer

04 | Beyond Ones and Zeros

05 | Advancing Mutual Interests

06 | Darkness Turns to Light

07 | Honoring Sam Burt

08 | Memories. Milestones. Marvels.

14 | A Long Way From Home

15 | News Briefs

16 | Faculty Achievements

18 | Alumni Notes

22 | Showcase Innovators

23 | Career Outcomes

24 | Class of 2023

Meta-Analysis Of The Effects Of Insect Pathogens: Implications For Plant Reproduction, Wilnelia Recart Gonzalez, Rover Bernhard, Isabella Ng, Katherine Garcia, Arietta E. Fleming-Davies

Biology: Faculty Scholarship

Despite extensive work on both insect disease and plant reproduction, there is little research on the intersection of the two. Insect-infecting pathogens could disrupt the pollination process by affecting pollinator population density or traits. Pathogens may also infect insect herbivores and change herbivory, potentially altering resource allocation to plant reproduction. We conducted a meta-analysis to (1) summarize the literature on the effects of pathogens on insect pollinators and herbivores and (2) quantify the extent to which pathogens affect insect traits, with potential repercussions for plant reproduction. We found 39 articles that fit our criteria for inclusion, extracting 218 measures of …

Copley Library Annual Report 2022-2023, Helen K. And James S. Copley Library, University Of San Diego

Copley Library Annual Reports

Message from the Dean; Favorite study destinations, Library Exhibits (Summer 2022-Summer 2023); Department of Anthropology - Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition; Comic Studies and Practices Symposium; Copley's Annual Signature Event - the Digital Initiatives Symposium; Art in the Library: A Feast for the Senses; One Book One San Diego; Winning Student Video for Promoting Renovated Library; Programming Partnerships with the USD Department of History; Candice Marie Benbow - Black History Month/Women's History Month Speaker; Research and Scholarship Recognition Reception; Research Day for Middle School - Copley's Pontem Partnership with Diocese Schools; Upward Bound Tours the Library; Information Literacy Instruction: Bringing Students …

To Punish Or Protect? Local Leaders And Economic Coercion In China, Kacie Miura

Political Science and International Relations Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Connatural Knowledge Of The Natural Law, Turner C. Nevitt

Philosophy: Faculty Scholarship

This paper traces the basic contours of Aquinas’s account of connatural knowledge in order to see what role (if any) connaturality might play in our knowledge of the precepts of the natural law. It engages a dispute between Maritain and Doolan on this topic. After considering what Aquinas means by “connaturality” in general the paper examines the main elements of his view of knowledge by connaturality in particular. I argue that the true doctrine of Aquinas probably lies between Maritain and Doolan’s opposed interpretations. Although it is not the only way of doing so, connaturality or inclination would still seem …

Competition Between Audiovisual Correspondences Aids Understanding Of Interactions Between Auditory And Visual Perception, Laura Getz

Neuroscience, Cognition and Behavior: Faculty Scholarship

An audiovisual correspondence (AVC) refers to an observer’s seemingly arbitrary

yet consistent matching of sensory features across the two modalities; for

example, between auditory pitch height and visual height or visual size. Research

on AVCs frequently uses a speeded classification procedure in which participants

are asked to rapidly classify the pitch of a sound accompanied either by a

congruent or an incongruent visual object (e.g., high pitches are congruent with

higher/smaller visual objects and incongruent with lower/larger visual objects).

To investigate the strength of these pitch AVCs (height, size, spatial frequency,

brightness, sharpness), trials where the height AVC competed with …

Introducing A Discussion On Jean-Pierre Ruiz’S "Revelation In The Vernacular", Jacqueline Hidalgo

Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Lxs Caravanerxs And Nonsecular Protest: Rethinking Migrant Family Separation With Un Llanto Colectivo, Marcelle Maese

English: Faculty Scholarship

Written and directed by Celia Herrera Rodríguez and Cherríe Moraga in 2018, "Un Llanto Colectivo: Press Conference & Performa-Protesta" took place in front of ICE headquarters in downtown San Diego (September 15th) and then in front of Otay Mesa Detention Center (September 16th). Envisioned as an act of consciousness raising around family separation, Central American caravans, and the detention-industrial-complex, the flyer invitation read, "[T]his is ceremonial resistance." This writing is an extension of my witness of and participation in Un llanto colectivo. I provide a historical context for lxs caravanerxs, as well as interviews with Maestras Celia and Cherríe. The …

Disruption And Emergence: How To Think About Human Rights Futures, Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick

School of Peace Studies: Faculty Scholarship

This article suggests that humanity may be approaching a critical juncture, since a confluence of macro-historical changes might—individually or collectively—fundamentally transform the field of human rights, and usher in a second human rights era. In particular, it suggests that the confluence of tectonic geopolitical changes, system-wide shifts in climate and energy, and fundamentally new developments in science and technology might lead to a rupture of the same scale as the cluster of events that heralded the onset of the current rights regime. This argument builds on a number of literatures, especially those focused on norms cycles, rights generations, and what …

Reimagining Business Education Through University-Community Microenterprise Collaborations, Kevin G. Guerrieri, Aarti S. Ivanic, Diana Hannasch-Haag, Julieta Gonzalez

Spanish: Faculty Scholarship

Business education must evolve. Traditionally, it has been narrowly focused, siloed, and often reflective of the transactional nature of business through the lens of maximizing shareholder wealth. The triumph of market fundamentalism over the last five decades has coincided with increasing social inequality, the concentration of corporate power, and a weakening of many forms of social solidarity. There are calls for institutions of higher education to reaffirm their commitment to their public purposes and the common good and to leverage their economic resources as anchor institutions. Schools of business have enormous potential to contribute to these efforts by integrating into …

La Investigación De La Comunicación Gastronómica En España, María Yanet Acosta Meneses, Rebecca Ingram Phd

Spanish: Faculty Scholarship

En un momento en el que la gastronomía experimenta una gran aceptación en los medios de comunicación y en el que resulta una herramienta de identidad cultural fundamental en el diálogo social y en el desarrollo económico de España, nos preguntamos cómo ha sido abordado este fenómeno desde la investigación en las universidades españolas. Para ello, estudiamos de forma minuciosa las tesis doctorales de las facultades de comunicación, así como los artículos de investigación publicados en las revistas científicas españolas más competitivas y las comunicaciones remitidas al principal congreso español de investigación en comunicación entre 2007 y 2018, periodo abordado …

Bibliography Of Scholarship From 2023, University Of San Diego

Annual Bibliography of USD Scholarship

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Luxury Is What You Say: Analyzing Electronic Word-Of-Mouth Marketing Of Luxury Products Using Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning, Yusuf Oc, Kirk Plangger, Sean Sands, Colin L. Campbell, Leyland Pitt

School of Business: Faculty Scholarship

Many luxury brands are investing heavily in creating dynamic video content to actively engage consumers. While it is straightforward to calculate the views or “likes” from a particular campaign to benchmark performance, analyzing consumers' comments on luxury brands' dynamic video content presents a challenge due to the unstructured nature of natural language and large comment volumes. Previous studies utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) have not adequately examined the impact of brand types, brand luxuriousness, and consumer diversity. To address this research gap, this article tests a conceptual framework with over 29,000 comments from 88 YouTube campaigns for nine …

Arts&Sciences Magazine Fall 2023, University Of San Diego

Arts & Sciences Magazine

2 | Message from the Dean

3 | College News

10 | Cultivating Global Perspectives in Japan

16 | "From the Heart" Centerpiece

19 | Crafting Dreams, Shaping Futures

22 | The Desert Sublime

27 | Faculty Awards and Honors

29 | Spotlight

32 | Off the Shelf

33 | Flashback

Restorative Pedagogy To Build Community In The Classroom: Autoethnographic Reflections From Faculty, Sheila Mcmahon, Zara Ahmed, Michelle Bemiller

School of Leadership and Education Sciences: Faculty Scholarship

Restorative justice (RJ) is a philosophy and set of practices that center harms and needs. Within a classroom setting, an RJ pedagogical approach invites a process of shared learning that attends to critical issues of equity, power, and voice. Utilizing an autoethnographic approach, this manuscript includes critical reflections from three faculty members from diverse disciplines and positionalities about the use of RJ approaches to teaching in our respective classrooms. This paper includes discussion about the intersection of RJ with critical pedagogy, power differentials, and pragmatic issues of classroom structure learning design.

2023 Usd Fact Book, University Of San Diego

USD Fact Books (1985- )

No abstract provided.

Usd President's Report 2022-2023 Financial Operations, University Of San Diego

President's Reports (1985- )

Dear Friends, President's Report 2022-23 Financial Operations, Giving to the University, Leadership

Shared Decision-Making In Multiple Sclerosis Physical Symptomatic Care: A Systematic Review, Aliza Bitton Ben-Zacharia, Jong-Mi Lee, Jennifer S. Kahle, Bonnie Lord

Psychological Sciences: Faculty Scholarship

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory, demyelinating, and neurodegenerative disease affecting young adults. People with MS are highly interested in engaging in physical symptom management and decision-making but are often not actively engaged in symptom management discussions. Research examining the benefit of shared decision-making in the management of physical MS symptoms is sparse. Objectives: This study aimed to identify and synthesize the evidence on the use of shared decision-making in physical MS symptom management. Design: This study is a systematic review of published evidence on the use of shared decisionmaking in physical MS symptom management. Data sources …

Competition Between Audiovisual Correspondences Aids Understanding Of Interactions Between Auditory And Visual Perception, Laura Getz

Psychological Sciences: Faculty Scholarship

An audiovisual correspondence (AVC) refers to an observer’s seemingly arbitrary

yet consistent matching of sensory features across the two modalities; for

example, between auditory pitch height and visual height or visual size. Research

on AVCs frequently uses a speeded classification procedure in which participants

are asked to rapidly classify the pitch of a sound accompanied either by a

congruent or an incongruent visual object (e.g., high pitches are congruent with

higher/smaller visual objects and incongruent with lower/larger visual objects).

To investigate the strength of these pitch AVCs (height, size, spatial frequency,

brightness, sharpness), trials where the height AVC competed with …

A Path Forward To #Niunamenos Based On An Intersectional Analysis Of Laws Criminalizing Femicide/Feminicide In Latin America, Melissa Padilla

San Diego International Law Journal

Since 2007, eighteen Latin American countries have enacted laws that criminalize femicide/‌feminicide in an effort to address gender-based murders in the region and to uphold their obligations under international human rights law. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and its systemic lingering effects exacerbated the existent dangerous levels of gender-based violence in the region, resulting in an increase in gender-based murders. To address these murders, between 2020 and 2021, a quarter of the eighteen Latin American countries that criminalized femicide/‌feminicide have implemented or are in the process of implementing reforms to their laws criminalizing femicide/‌feminicide. Given this new trend to address the …

‘I Will Control Your Mind’: The International Regulation Of Brain-Hacking, Thibault Moulin

San Diego International Law Journal

In the near future, the use of neurotechnologies—like brain-computer interfaces and brain stimulation—could become widespread. It will not only be used to help persons with disabilities or illness, but also by members of the armed forces and in everyday life (e.g., for entertainment and gaming). However, recent studies suggested that it is possible to hack into neural devices to obtain information, inflict pain, induce mood change, or influence movements. This Article anticipates three scenarios which may be challenging in the future—i.e., brain hacking for the purpose of reading thoughts, remotely controlling someone, and inflicting pain or death—and assesses their compliance …