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Perceptions Of Fidelity And Adaptation In Evidence-Informed Interventions By Women Of Color Sexuality Health Educators, Sara C. Flowers

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Sexuality health educators (SHEs) adapt interventions to the participants’ needs in the dissemination and implementation of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programming. However, there is a lack of understanding of how, why and when SHEs make such adaptations. Success or failure of the transfer of prevention technology to practitioners occurs by determining community capacities and preparedness to adopt/adapt high-impact interventions to effectively manage implementation. Experts argue for evidence-informed interventions (EII), as opposed to evidence-based interventions (EBI), as the best way to incorporate research in applied settings. EBIs are solely guided by recommendations from current evidence, whereas EIIs recognize and incorporate the …

Value Congruence And Unethical Decision-Making: The Dark Side Of Person-Organization Fit, Chad C. Parson

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Unethical decision-making (UDM) in organizations is a topic with a long history in practice and a short history in research. The purpose of this dissertation was to explore whether individual and organizational values interacted to predict Person-Organization Fit (P-O Fit) and UDM. Across two studies I tested the idea that individuals would report better P-O Fit in caring ethical climates to the degree that they reported greater trait empathy, and better P-O Fit in instrumental ethical climates to the degree that they reported greater levels of the Dark Triad traits. I also tested the idea that better P-O Fit would …

An Analysis Of The Organizational Structures Of New Types Of Children's Associations In Relation To Changing Views Of Children's Capacities As Citizens, Bijan Kimiagar

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The goal of this study is to learn how new types of children’s associations around the world are organizing themselves and how their organizational structures reflect contemporary understandings of children’s capacities as citizens. The purpose is to identify different types and qualities of participatory children’s associations and how each affords opportunities for children to exercise their right to freedom of association, develop capacities for self-governance in groups, and promote the principles of inclusion (non-discrimination) and equity (fairness). To this end, I document and analyze diagrams of organizational structures that members of different children’s associations created during the Article 15 Project …

Lessons From The Past: Unfolding The Dynamics Among Climate, Balkan Landscapes, And Humans Over The Past Millennium, Charuta J. Kulkarni

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The primary objective of this doctoral dissertation is to reconstruct the environmental history of the Central Balkans (Serbia) over the past millennium utilizing biological proxies (pollen, spores, and charcoal), geochemical signals through X-ray fluorescence (XRF), statistical analyses, and atomic mass spectrometry (AMS) ¹⁴C chronology. This dissertation establishes the first chronological framework for vegetation-landscape changes in Serbia and discusses the role of humans and climate as underlying processes.

Chapter 1 discusses the background and the nature of the research problem followed by the extensive literature review on the topic of the Holocene climate and paleoecology. The state of Holocene paleoecology …

The Emergence Of The Bird In Andean Paracas Art. C. 900 Bce - 200 Ce, Mary B. Brown

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In the first millennium BCE, an enigmatic cultural group now known as Paracas inhabited the remote desert coast of southern Peru. Following its disappearance, Paracas culture did not emerge in the historical record until 1927, when three burial centers were scientifically excavated on the arid Paracas peninsula that gave the culture its name. The burials contained over 400 mummy bundles that preserved the only physical remnants of this culture and its unique art forms. When unwrapped, mummy bundles of elite males revealed multiple layers of finely woven and elaborately embroidered textiles and painted ceramics, along with gold objects, feathers, and …

Negotiating And Navigating Invisible Food Deserts: An Exploratory Study On Foodways Of Adults On The Autism Spectrum, Jungja Park Cardoso

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

I explored foodways of adults on the autism spectrum in order to understand how they negotiate and navigate their food environments. Foodways are beliefs and practices involved in food production, preparation, distribution and consumption (Counihan 2008). In an effort to hear marginalized voices in autism discourse, I conducted an online survey and interviews in modes chosen by participants to accommodate the communication needs of a wide range of autistic adults. The primary participants were highly educated adults with a formal autism diagnosis (n = 23) and self-diagnosed adults (n = 6). Out of the 29 autistic participants who …

Refractions Through The Secular: Islam, Human Rights And Universality, Zara Khan

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Universal human rights (HR) are often theorized as philosophically neutral. Because they do not espouse any particular theory of the human being, it is argued, they can be reasonably appropriated by all. In this thesis, I explore HR’s universality claim, by focusing on the discourse’s secular foundation. In the universal human right to freedom of religion, I find a distinctly modern grammar of ‘religion,’ one that separates ‘religion’ from politics and power, law from morality, and the public and private realms. The modern concept of religion also espouses a secular theory of the human, insofar as the human is defined …

Therapeutic Targets For Alzheimer's Disease: Insights From In Vitro And In Vivo Models Of Inflammation, Magdalena J. Kiprowska

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive neuronal loss that over the years spreads from the hippocampus to the neural cortex and impairs memory and cognitive functions. At the cellular level AD is linked to the presence of β-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles but despite decades of research little is known about their contribution to neurodegeneration and whether they are a cause or rather a result of the disease. It is well established that proteasome activity is impaired in AD brains and some studies suggest that this could be one of the initial factors leading to development …

Mandated Anger Management From The Perspective Of Violent Offenders, Cory M. Feldman

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Anger management is a mandated treatment for violent offenders (VOs) in Harlem, New York returning from prison under parole supervision. This dissertation asks VOs to describe their experiences with parole-mandated anger management (AM). The objectives of this research are to help illuminate the reasons why anger management is mandated for VOs and why, for some, mandated AM may be potentially harmful to their reintegration. To date, there have not been any studies exploring the role of AM for people on parole charged with violent offenses; the extant literature on AM provides neither formal evaluations nor long-term follow-up to indicate what …

Virtue’S Web: The Virtue Of Empathic Attunement And The Need For A Relational Foundation, Georgina D. Campelia

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation focuses on two questions. First, is empathy a virtue? Second, if it is, then why is it neglected, even ostracized, in contemporary discourses on virtue? In response to the first question, this dissertation develops and defends a distinction between empathic practices and moral excellence in those practices, which is termed ‘empathic attunement’. This excellence is a virtue not because of its connection to standard altruistic behavior, but because it is a unique way of caring for, respecting, and understanding others’ emotional experiences in response to the need to be emotionally understood and the good of being emotionally understood. …

I. Synthesis Of Diverse Structures From Quinone Monoketal And Quinone Imine Ketal With Efficiency And Control Ii. Synthetic Study Of Phalarine, Zhiwei Yin

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Quinonoids are quinone derivatives that have carbonyl or carbonyl equivalent and even number of double bonds embedded in six member rings. As a result of the intrinsic α,β-unsaturated ketone or imine structures, quinonoids, such as quinone monoketals, quinols, quinol ethers and quinone imine ketals, can accommodate a wide range of reactions including 1,2-additon, 1,4-addtion, SN2’ reaction (allylic substitution) to the α-carbon of the carbonyl or imine and cycloaddition reactions (e.g. Diels-Alder reaction). Quinonoids are effective building blocks for synthesizing heterocycles, which are ubiquitous in pharmaceutically useful agents. Developing new quinonoid based methodologies is essential to expanding the boundary of synthetic …

Mindfulness In Learning, Anna Malyukova

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In our everyday life, people feel busy, rushed, pressured to be productive and successful. There is little room for pausing, slowing down, having a moment of non-judgmental reflection on everyday activities, which include learning. One way to achieve balance and harmony in life is to become more mindful of oneself and one’s emotions. I argue that the speed and drive for productivity and achievement has disharmonized our lives, from the learning process inside and outside of the classroom to the way we interact with technology and attempt to find balance in life. Through my own personal journey of reflection on …

Radical Interiorities, Aesthetic Selves: Charlotte Brontë, Henry James, Virginia Woolf, Miciah Hussey

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In her essay “On Being Ill” (1926), Virginia Woolf writes “We do not know our own souls, let alone the souls of others…There is a virgin forest in each; a snowfield where even the print of birds' feet is unknown.” My dissertation explores how the novel’s attempts to represent this inherently intimate and estranging “virgin forest” also test its formal limitations. From free indirect discourse to stream of consciousness, the development of the novel is marked by different modes of reproducing inner life that push beyond the boundaries of historical, social, and physiognomic indices. I argue that these narrative and …

Molecular Analysis Of Ftsz-Ring Assembly In E. Coli Cytokinesis, Kuo-Hsiang Huang

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

An essential first step in bacterial division is the assembly of a cytokinetic ring (Z-ring) formed by the tubulin-like FtsZ at midcell. The highly conserved core domain of FtsZ has been reported to mediate assembly of FtsZ polymers in vivo and in vitro. Species-specific differences in the FtsZ C-terminal domain such as the FtsZ CTV region and interactions with several modulatory proteins such as ZapC and ZapD, restricted to certain bacterial classes, also serve as key determinants of FtsZ protofilament bundling. Here, we characterize (i) the roles of the FtsZ CTV region in mediating both longitudinal and lateral interactions …

Investigating The Construct Of Psychopathy In Lebanese And American Adults, Marie-Anne Issa

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Psychopathy has been primarily investigated in forensic and psychiatric populations in North America. Cross-cultural studies, mainly conducted in Europe, have shown disparities in psychopathy scores and the measures’ psychometric properties, which raise the issue of cultural factors, such as individualism-collectivism, values, and different ways of emotional expression, and the impact of these cultural factors on the construct and its manifestation. Psychopathy has been rarely explored in Arab populations. This dissertation examines the construct of psychopathy among Lebanese adults, to assess its meaning, relevance, and utility among this population and compares the responses of Lebanese to American adults. The design of …

Vocal Rhythm Coordination And Preterm Infants: Rhythms Of Dialogue In A High-Risk Nicu Sample, Adrianne E. Lange

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The contemporary bio-psycho-social view of mother-infant relationships holds that early interactions form the foundation of the growing infant’s sense of himself and the world. Prior to the development of linguistically-based communication, nonverbal communication patterns foster the infant’s socio-emotional growth, cognitive capacity and the development of optimal regulatory patterns. Preterm birth significantly alters the typical developmental trajectory on multiple levels and disrupts normal neurobiological and socio-emotional maturational processes, including those that build on early interpersonal experiences with caregivers. The current study of vocal rhythm coordination in preterm mother-infant dyads is the first of its kind. Aspects of infant prematurity (degree of …

Guidance Index For Shallow Landslide Hazard Analysis, Cheila Cullen

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Rainfall-induced landslides are one of the most frequent hazards on slanted terrains. They lead to considerable economic losses and fatalities worldwide. Intense storms with high-intensity and long-duration rainfall have high potential to trigger rapidly moving soil masses due to changes in pore water pressure and seepage forces. Nevertheless, regardless of the intensity-duration of the rainfall, shallow landslides are influenced by antecedent soil moisture conditions. To the present day, no system exists that dynamically interrelates these two factors.

This work establishes a relationship between antecedent soil moisture and rainfall expressed in the form of a Shallow Landslide Index (SLI) at 1km …

Wet Data: The Ocean And Its Negative Archive, Kendra M. Sullivan

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This paper and the poetry cycle (Wet Data) it describes are in dialogue with a wide array of social and cultural histories of the sea; the production of the sea as a social, economic, and militarized space; maritime ethnographies; as well as artistic and literary projects stemming out of what are now being termed offshore art and forensic literature. The ocean is a contested territory that plays a profound and often under-examined role in defining geopolitics and nationalism under globalism. In eco-critical and creative art contexts, the sea is often represented as a metaphor for loss, the outside, …

Presence, Absence, And Roosting Ecology Of The Southeastern Myotis And Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat In The Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Samuel Andrew Schratz

Student Theses and Dissertations

Four bat species, 2 of special concern, the southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius), and Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) and 2 threatened and endangered species may occur in one of Arkansas’ largest bottomland hardwood forests, the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge. However, inventory of bat species throughout the refuge is lacking and management plans may not be adequate in promoting the conservation of bats. My goal was to inventory the bats of the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge and determine roosting habits of the southeastern myotis and Rafinesque’s big-eared bat. During summers 2014 and 2015, surveys were conducted throughout the refuge. …

Using New Venture Competitions To Link The Library And Business Students, Yanli Li

Library Publications

New venture competitions are designed to motivate university students to develop business plans and to present them to a panel of judges including business community members. Wilfrid Laurier University has integrated the new venture competition into its business school curriculum.This paper intends to share the experience of a new business librarian at Laurier Library in working with faculty to assist students to prepare for the new venture competition. A short survey is conducted to evaluate how students use the library resources and services for completing their projects. The results show that course guides and databases are the most used library …

Pengembangan Buku Ajar Biologi Sel, Ritia Rahmawati, Mohamad Amin, Umie Lestari

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Cell biology is one of the biology education studies program’s subject in State University of Malang. References used in teaching the Cell Biology course has been no reference based bioinformatics research with the Indonesian language as the language of instruction. The purpose of this study is development of cell biology textbook based on bioinformatic research. The method used Dick and Carey’s development method. The results of this study is the product of the textbook-based on virtual screening studies that have been conducted validation specialists (subject matter experts and instructional media expert) with a value of 80% and users with a …

Pengembangan Buku Ajar Matakuliah Biologi Sel Dengan Pendekatan Bioinformatika Untuk Mahasiswa S1 Pendidikan Biologi Universitas Negeri Malang, Kartika Juliana, Mohamad Amin, Endang Suarsini

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The purpose of this research is to produce research based textbook on Cell Biology of by using bioinformatics approaches. This study adapted the ADDIE development model. Feasibility of the textbook is based on the results of product testing by experts and small groups. Types of data collected is quantitative and qualitative data. The collected data have analyzed by quantitative and qualitative descriptive. The tests conducted by subject matter experts gave validity percentage of 93.15 %, an expert assessment of the media at 88.64 %, while a small group votes for 87.5 %. Based on the validation results, the textbook that …

Pengembangan Perangkat Pembelajaran Berbasis Penelitian Uji Hayati Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Dan Pemecahan Mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Biologi Untag Banyuwangi, Winda Anista, Ibrohim Ibrohim, Hadi Suwono

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The purpose of this study is to produce the media for ecology course with biological waste testing study based of fish industry in Muncar toward Artemia salina by using inquiry based learning consisting of lecture plan semester (RPS), lesson plans (RPP), module, students’ answer sheet (LKM), and evaluation instrument of critical thinking skills and solving problem to improve critical thinking skills and problem solving. This developing study uses ADDIE developing model. This developing model consists of five steps namely analyzing step, planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating. The data of this study is in the form of quantitative and qualitative data. …

Pengembangan Buku Ajar Biologi Sel Berbasis Bioinformatika, Reni Istiningrum, Mohamad Amin, Umie Lestari

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Cell biology is one of the important subjects in the Department of Biology, with a material very much but the practicum has not been implemented because of limited funding. The solution is to use bioinformatics. Methods used for validation is to use a questionnaire validation to validator matter experts, media experts and validator validator individuals. The results of the validation of subject matter experts is 77,6 with a decent quality aspects categories, media expert is 89,5 with a very decent quality aspects categories and individual validator is 80,6 with a decent quality aspects categories. Therefore, to meet the criteria of …

Pengaruh Strategi Pembelajaran Pdeode (Predict-Discuss-Explain-Observe-Discuss-Explain) Pada Kemampuan Akademik Berbeda Terhadap Keterampilan Komunikasi Siswa, Tismi Dipalaya, Herawati Susilo, Aloysius Duran Corebima

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This quasi-experimental research aims to determine: (1) differences of students’ communication skill between PDEODE learning and conventional learning, (2) differences of students’ communication skill between those at higher and lower academic abilities, and (3) the communication skill of students due to the interaction between learning strategy and academic ability. The research design was a pretest-posttest non-equivalent control design. Data were obtained by the pretest and posttest using essay test. Data were analyzed using ANACOVA Test.The data analysis showed that learning strategy, academic ability, as well as interaction between learning strategy and academic ability affect the students’ communication skill significantly.

Penerapan Inkuiri Terbimbing Dipadu Numbered Head Together Berbasis Lesson Study Untuk Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Siswa, Intan Rezki Kurniasari, Herawati Susilo, Utami Sri Hastuti

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The purpose of this research is to describe the implementation of the guided inquiry combined with the numbered head together which is based on lesson study to improve learning outcome. The type of this study is Classroom Action Research (CAR) based on lesson study. The result of the research indicated that the implementation of the guided inquiry combined with the numbered head together which is based on lesson study considerably can improve learning outcome domain cognitive from the cycle I to the cycle II increase of 26,67%, from the cycle II to the cycle III increase of 20%, but also …

Pengembangan Buku Ajar Berbasis Penelitian Evolusi Dan Filogenetik Molekuler Untuk Matakuliah Evolusi Di Universitas Jember, Ulin Nuha, Mohamad Amin, Umie Lestari

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Molecular phylogeneticis a material which studied in Evolution Subject for undergraduete student in Biology Education Programm. This subject need contextual learning materials and allow in development and progress of science and technology developing. The general problem of student isthe low knowledge in molecular area. One solution for this problem is provide a research-based textbook based on molecular approach. The textbook was developed based on ADDIE development model. The product was validated by instructional media expert, subject matter expert, education practitioner and tested on small group (nine students). Validation results from instructional media expert, subject matter expert, education practitioner, and small …

Pengembangan Buku Ajar Matakuliah Biologi Sel Berbasis In Silico, Dianing Eka Pupitasari, Mohamad Amin, Betty Lukiati

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The material presented in Cell Biology course one of them is the Cell Aging (Aging). In these materials can be developed research in Silico to broaden the knowledge of students with innovative bioinformatics approach based learning with a reverse screening method. The method used is Dick and Carey (2009) Model Development. The results of research in the form textbook Cell Biology courses based in Silico which has been validated by subject matter experts, media, and small-scale trials. Results from subject matter experts by 91.43% for feasibility component contents, 77.33% for eligibility presentation and 72.72% for the use of language. For …

Karakteristik Morfo-Anatomi Struktur Vegetatif Spesies Rhizopora Apiculata (Rhizoporaceae), Atok Masofyan Hadi, Mimien Henie Irawati, Suhadi Suhadi

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Rhizhopora apiculata is the plants mangrove of the tribe Rhizoporaceae. Detailed study of related species in Indonesia is still lacking. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the character of morphological and anatomical structure of vegetative species. The method used is the method of observation and exploration of the facts as a marker plant systematics. The results showed that the morphological characteristics of stem leaves roots in accordance with existing literature. Data anatomical vegetative structure is new data that is used to strengthen its position in Rhizoporaceae.

Pelaksanaan Membuka Dan Menutup Pelajaran Oleh Guru Kelas 1 Sekolah Dasar, Uluul Khakiim, I Nyoman Sudana Degeng, Utami Widiati

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Set induction and closure is one of the basic skills of teaching need to be mastered by the teacher to make learning process affective by preparing students mentally and guiding students have a summary of the learning materials. The result of the research show that the Ist grader teachers have set induction and closure by fulfilling the components. Components of set induction and closure conducted by the teachers with observing the characteristics of the Ist grader students, ability of 1st grader students and effectiveness of time, so not all indicators in each component are implemented by teachers.