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Predicting Affective Well-Being From Self-Determination Needs Satisfaction: The Moderating Role Of Work Positivities And Work Negativities, Chou Chuen Yu

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985, 1991) proposes that conditions at work promoting the satisfaction of the three fundamental needs of competence, autonomy and relatedness engender positive well-being for employees. Whilst there is some research on the affective components (i.e., positive and negative affect) of well-being at the workplace involving SDT, the boundary conditions (i.e., moderators) for the relationship between self-determination needs satisfaction (SDNS) and these affective components have not been examined. Using a sample of employees from different industries in the United States, this study hypothesised and tested the moderating effects of three pairs of work environment variables …

Mining User Viewpoints In Online Discussions, Minghui Qiu

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Online discussion forums are a type of social media which contains rich usercontributed facts, opinions, and user interactions on diverse topics. The large volume of opinionated data generated in online discussions provides an ideal testbed for user opinion mining. In particular, mining user opinions on social and political issues from online discussions is useful not only to government organizations and companies but also to social and political scientists. In this dissertation, we propose to study the task of mining user viewpoints or stances from online discussions on social and political issues. Specifically, we will talk about our proposed approaches for …

Beyond Stateless Democracy, Stephen W. Sawyer, William J. Novak, James T. Sparrow

Articles

Pierre Bourdieu began his posthumously published lectures “On the State” by highlighting the three dominant traditions that have framed most thinking about the state in Western social science and modern social theory. On the one hand, he highlighted what he termed the “initial definition” of the state as a “neutral site” designed to regulate conflict and “serve the common good.” Bourdieu traced this essentially classical liberal conception of the state back to the pioneering political treatises of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.1 In direct response to this “optimistic functionalism,” Bourdieu noted the rise of a critical and more “pessimistic” alternative—something …

Zoo Animals, Livestock, And Pets, Oh My! An Exploration Of The Ethics Of Captive Breeding, Colleen Mcardle 15

Honor Scholar Theses

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An Economic Analysis Of Mars Exploration And Colonization, Clayton Knappenberger 15

Honor Scholar Theses

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Biological Basis Of Motherhood And Effect Of Stress On Maternal Psychophysiology, Erin Loree Minnick 15

Honor Scholar Theses

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Mahler The Enigma: Progressive Composer, Traditional Conductor, Anna Gatdula 15

Honor Scholar Theses

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Something Old And Something New, Ryan Pranger 15

Honor Scholar Theses

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Food Apocalypse Now: An Epistemological Understanding Of The Coming Food Crisis, Alexander Sk Parker 15

Honor Scholar Theses

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Tuberculosis As A Metaphor For Isolation: An Interdisciplinary Examination Of Tuberculosis, Stefanie Pavlick 15

Honor Scholar Theses

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School Smart, Katherine Tozer 15

Honor Scholar Theses

In School Smart, I cap off my career as a student asking questions many do when childhood grows distant: What happened to us and how did we get here? Fed up with a society that gives individuals all the credit (or blame) for their education outcomes, the following essays crack open the stiff binding on “education stories” with hindsight, history, and a whole bunch of data. School Smart gives six examples of different women at different schools who put faces to murky concepts like “the achievement gap,” “the accountability movement,” and “special needs education.” To reform education, we need to …

A Descriptive, Comparative Health Assessment Of Unique Older-Adult Populations In Israel, Eliana Marcus Aaron

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

Background: Israel is among the nations with the fastest growing older adult population in the world, due to Baby Boomer aging, high immigration rates, and high life expectancies. The country is mandated to provide health coverage to all citizens, but it has historically been poorly equipped to provide geriatric health care. Israel's elders include numerous minorities and special groups, and despite research of many groups over decades, disparities continue to exist. Methods: A descriptive analysis of special geriatric populations and their health issues was performed based on national and international literature, government reports, and statistics. Results: Five research-based unique populations …

Missing Domains Of Lung Transplant Patient Selection, Nancy Picard Blumenthal

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

The goal of consistent, predictable, improved outcomes has continued to elude the scientific community in the thirty years since lung transplantation became the procedure of choice for patients with terminal, non-malignant lung disease. Background: Though there is a consensus regarding disease-specific indications for a lung transplant, ambiguity remains regarding how patient-specific attributes should influence lung transplant candidacy. This project had three aims: 1) to establish the missing domains of the interdisciplinary assessment of the lung transplant candidate, 2) to have these domains validated by an international panel of lung transplant experts, and 3) to recommend the next step for inclusion …

A Model Of Primary Care To Meet The Needs Of The Underserved: Haven Free Clinic, Mary Ella Bartlett

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

Many organizations have recognized the need for a broader safety net of health care systems to care for the underserved. The Society for Student-run Free Clinics has 149 registered clinics throughout the United States and Canada2. At this time, HAVEN Free Clinic, a collaboration of the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, Physician's Assistants and Public Health at Yale University and the Fair Haven Community Health Center (FHCHC), is the only student clinic that partners with a free-standing Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).

Outcomes for HAVEN have been published while a description of the clinic, its structure, and how the collaborative practice …

Design Of An Evidence-Based Second Victim Curriculum For Nurse Anesthetists, Regina Daniels

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

The concept "second victim" is not a well-known or understood phenomenon among healthcare professionals, especially nurse anesthetists. No published research is currently available on the impact of second victim in nurse anesthetists. However, it is known second victim poses significant challenges for health care professionals. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge its occurrence and develop an educational curriculum based on the evidence to promote peer and organizational support infrastructures. A comprehensive literature review was conducted and educational domains on second victim were developed and validated by an expert panel.

Development Of An Educational Program On Prevention Of Hypoglycemic Events Among Elderly Veterans With Type 2 Diabetes, Maud Meulstee

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

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The purpose of this project was to develop an evidence-based educational program to reduce hypoglycemic events in elderly veterans with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) enrolled in the Veterans Healthcare Administration system. US elderly persons are especially affected by T2DM and at great risk for complications. Until recently, tight glycemic control has been advocated to avoid hyperglycemic events. However, this approach has been shown to have no major benefit but instead has resulted in increased hypoglycemic events, morbidity, and mortality. Hypoglycemia is now seen to be the most serious complication in the treatment of T2DM in all adults, …

Hypertensive Crisis In The Setting Of Non-Compliance, Kimberly L. Barefield, Scott Lancaster

PCOM Scholarly Works

Hypertensive crisis is defined as severe hypertension with a blood pressure of greater than 180/120 mmHg, and may be further classified as urgency or emergency. Hypertensive urgency occurs over days to weeks, whereas hypertensive emergency occurs in hours to days and the patient presents with evidence of end organ damage. Patients of any age may present with hypertensive crisis, common etiologies include undiagnosed hypertension, noncompliance with therapy or inadequate therapy. Timely assessment of the patient is important and should include appropriate measurement of blood pressure, a thorough history and physical, and laboratory testing to evaluate for end organ damage. Antihypertensive …

Isoproterenol Increases Uncoupling, Glycolysis, And Markers Of Beiging In Mature 3t3-L1 Adipocytes., Colette N Miller, Jeong-Yeh Yang, Emily England, Amelia Yin, Clifton A Baile, Srujana Rayalam

PCOM Scholarly Works

Beta-adrenergic activation stimulates uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), enhancing metabolic rate. In vitro, most work has studied brown adipocytes, however, few have investigated more established adipocyte lines such as the murine 3T3-L1 line. To assess the effect of beta-adrenergic activation, mature 3T3-L1s were treated for 6 or 48 hours with or without isoproterenol (10 and 100 μM) following standard differentiation supplemented with thyroid hormone (T3; 1 nM). The highest dose of isoproterenol increased lipid content following 48 hours of treatment. This concentration enhanced UCP1 mRNA and protein expression. The increase in UCP1 following 48 hours of isoproterenol increased oxygen consumption rate. …

Nutri One-On-One: The Assessment And Evaluation Of A Brief One-On-One Nutritional Coaching In Patients Affected By Metabolic Syndrome, Jennifer King, Jeffrey E. Harris, David Kuo, Farzaneh Daghigh

PCOM Scholarly Works

Nutri One-on-One was a program with the aim to positively modify medical clinic patients’ nutritional habits and lifestyles through a brief one-on-one health coaching session. Each session was conducted by utilizing motivational interviewing techniques to allow for tailored nutrition education and goal setting. These sessions were followed by a phone call to participants at 1 month following the session. The outcomes assessed were participant perception of achieving personal nutrition and lifestyle goals, retention of knowledge, and participants’ satisfaction with the program. Physicians working in the clinic were assessed for satisfaction with the program. Most of the physicians were generally satisfied …

Justice As A Rounding Error?: Evidence Of Subconscious Bias In Second-Degree Murder Sentences In Canada, Craig E. Jones, Micah B. Rankin

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

There are few areas of law that grant judges as much discretion as the sentencing of criminal offenders. This discretion necessarily leads to concerns about the influence of biases, including those that result from subconscious processes associated with human cognition; that is to say, heuristics. In this article, the authors explore one heuristic—number preference—through an examination of all reported second degree murder parole ineligibility decisions between 1990 and 2012. Number preference leads individuals to predictably round off measurements to certain favoured numbers. The authors identify a tendency for parole ineligibility decisions to cluster around even numbers and multiples of five, …

Book Note: Preventive Justice, By Andrew Ashworth & Lucia Zedner, Madeline Boyce

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

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Invasive Breast Cancer Incidence In 2,305,427 Screened Asymptomatic Women: Estimated Long Term Outcomes During Menopause Using A Systematic Review., Winnifred Cutler, Regula Bürki, James Kolter, Catherine Chambliss, Erika Friedmann, Kari Hart

PCOM Scholarly Works

BACKGROUND: Earlier studies of breast cancer, screening mammography, and mortality reduction may have inflated lifetime and long-term risk estimates for invasive breast cancer due to limitations in their data collection methods and interpretation.

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the percentage of asymptomatic peri/postmenopausal women who will be diagnosed with a first invasive breast cancer over their next 25 years of life.

METHODS: A systematic review identified peer-reviewed published studies that: 1) enrolled no study participants with a history of invasive breast cancer; 2) specified the number of women enrolled; 3) reported the number of women diagnosed with a first invasive breast cancer; …

A Retrospective On The Contributions Of Neil Brooks: So Far, Kim Brooks

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

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Crossing The Tracks, Keaton Suskie

University Honors Theses

Substance abuse is a major issue all around the world. It is an issue that not only affects the abuser but also affects individuals and entire communities as well. Substance abuse is often glamorized in media and, though there are some cases where it is not, substance abuse is all too often misrepresented. The issue of adolescent substance abuse is virtually ignored or, at the very least, is underrepresented in media. In a few cases where adolescent substance abuse does play a role in media, it is rarely the central issue. More often than not, the issue of adolescent substance …

Escaping Cascadia, Todd Albertson

University Honors Theses

The preface, "Dualism and Narrative Mode," details the development of realist techniques and then looks to current research to address the question, "In what other ways can realism be maximized within fiction?" It proposes a style combining second-person imperative narration for the viewpoint character’s actions and third-person free indirect discourse for description and internalization.

The introduction, "The Geography of the Future," explores prediction within select literary works, explains mitigation reactions to such predictions, and details current geographical projections to build a picture of what the future will look like and how humans will interact with their environment.

Escaping Cascadia is …

The Role Of Mitochondrial Superoxide Dismutase (Sod2) During A Coxiella Burnetii Infection, Rachel Diantha Champaigne

University Honors Theses

Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of acute Q fever and highly fatal chronic endocarditis in humans. It is an intracellular bacterial pathogen that initially invades macrophages and thrives within a lysosome-like parasitophorous vacuole by modifying host processes. Expression analyses of THP-1 cells (human monocyte/macrophage cell line) using RNA-seq show differential expression of several host genes in C. burnetii infected cells when compared to uninfected cells. Mitochondrial Superoxide Dismutase (SOD2) expression is highly upregulated (8x) during C. burnetii infection as opposed to uninfected cells, but it is unknown if this expression pattern is a host immune response to suppress Coxiella …

Evaluating The Success Of Forest Restoration, Josh Adams

University Honors Theses

Forest restoration projects are occurring throughout the world. Restoration projects can vary greatly depending on the type of forest and the type of stressors that have caused ecosystem degradation and the need for restoration. Because of this variability, and because objective criteria for determining the success of restoration projects are lacking, it is difficult to evaluate the overall success of forest restoration projects. Using ecological standards developed for river restoration as a model, a similar set of standards was applied to forest restoration projects. The standards put forward can be used to evaluate the success of ecosystem restoration universally through …

Digitally Enhanced Classrooms: Understanding The Effect Of Individualized Technology On Language Arts Instruction In Elementary Schools, Celine De Clercq

University Honors Theses

The use of technology in elementary classroom settings has been increasing every year. Many schools already included computer classes; however, recently there has been a large move towards individualized, or 1:1, technology as well. We now find certain schools have acquired tablets and laptops for each student – fully integrating modern technology with traditional instruction. However, in the effort to keep up with the surge of technology, schools may be ignoring the need for professional development and curriculum planning to support technology as a tool that enhances student learning. While working in an “Apple Distinguished” school that provided individual tablets …

Avoiding Online Predators: Proactive Measures Companies Can Take To Protect Their Female Consumers, Alexandra Meneely

University Honors Theses

This study examines the implications of social discovery applications (apps) for the safety of their users and proposes proactive policies for firms to adopt to ensure greater safety. This report specifically focuses on female victims of technology-facilitated sexual violence and harassment on the basis that the research to date indicates that women and girls are disproportionately the victims of both sexual harassment and violence in offline contexts. Through an analysis of three cases of mobile app abuse, mobile industry security standards, and proactive versus reactive policies, the issues and alternatives are explored. This research draws on journal articles, market research …

Algeria In Perspective: Changing The Understanding Of The Modern Algerian State, Austin Averett

University Honors Theses

Much of the existing literature on the modern state of Algeria reinforces rivalry-based understandings of the politico-linguistic infrastructure that overemphasize the presence of a dichotomy (French v. Arabic) in the linguistic make up of the state. Many studies rely on this construction of an Algerian language dichotomy to predict the future of the state, while; in fact, more attention should be paid to the multilingual, multicultural, and multinational reality of the larger demographic. Algeria’s history of language rationalization has laid the foundation for unique institutional reflections of state power dynamics within a multilingual environment. Discussions of Algeria’s historical background, identity …