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Causes And Consequences Of Range Expansion In The Genus Tyrannus, Alexander Joseph Worm

Student Theses and Dissertations

Investigating factors that influence species’ ranges and the potential consequences arising from expansion is vital in successfully predicting future distributions. Species-habitat associations are considered to be fixed, but if they are variable, inaccurate forecasts may occur. Additionally, hybridization with heterospecifics can affect species’ ranges, possibly preventing successful expansion. Here, I used two expanding bird species, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forticatus) and Western Kingbird (T. verticalis), to assess how differential habitat selection and hybridization may influence range expansion. First, I explored variation in habitat selection behavior of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers by comparing habitat selection patterns at the periphery with the historic core of …

Perceptions Of Facebook Privacy Among Arkansas State University Students, Emmanuel Omotayo Ogundijo

Student Theses and Dissertations

Since its inception in 2004, Facebook has been one of the leading social networking sites among college students. Despite its numerous advantages, the issue of privacy on Facebook has been a major concern. In order to know how college students perceive privacy on Facebook, in-depth interviews were conducted among 20 college students (10 males, 10 females) at Arkansas State University. The study found that a majority of the participants have not read the Facebook privacy policies noted when one signs in to use Facebook. College students employ different protection strategies in restricting their profiles. The result indicated that intrusion is …

How Does The Law Put A Historical Analogy To Work?: Defining The Imposition Of “A Condition Analogous To That Of A Slave” In Modern Brazil, Rebecca J. Scott, Leonardo Augusto De Andrade Barbosa, Carlos Henrique Borlido Haddad

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Optimizing The Management Of Emergency Department Patients With Atrial Fibrillation, Heather Tuttle, Zack Deyo, Terra Beek, Leah Hatfield, Philip Mendys, Kevin Biese, Anil Gehi

General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster)

Purpose: Atrial Fibrillation is the most common cardiac dysrhythmia in adults, with an annual cost of care estimated at $6.65 billion (3/4 of cost due to hospitalization), and greater than 70% of patients admitted with AF enter the system through the emergency department.

Design: By providing a multidisciplinary structured model of care, connecting Emergency Medicine and Cardiology practices, we hypothesized that a novel pathway from the ED to an Atrial Fibrillations Clinic to coordinate care, modify risk factors, and promote patient self-care could: reduce unnecessary AF hospital admissions, and improve quality of AF care. An Atrial Fibrillation Nurse Coordinator (AFNC) …

Neuro-Alert: Hemorrhagic Stroke Expedited Transfer Process From Ed To Nccu, Kaci Rainey

General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster)

Purpose: We sought to develop a Neuro-Alert process for non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhages in an effort to reduce transfer time from emergency department (ED) arrival to Neuro Critical Care Unit (NCCU) and bring the neurocritical care team immediately to the ED bedside.

Design: This project was designed as a performance improvement initiative between the ED and NCCU. This project aimed to decrease ED LOS, improve patient outcomes, increase patient safety and facilitate collaboration and communication across interdisciplinary departments.

Setting: Christiana Care Health System, located in suburban Newark, Delaware, is one of the country's largest health care providers, ranking 22nd in the …

From Farm To Food Bank, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Unh Research Finds Hope In New England’S North Country, Erika Mantz

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Development Beyond Seventy: The Way Forward 1, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Talks, Speeches, & Discourse

To propose the way forward for Pakistan it is essential to understand the past historical pattern and outcomes and the factors that contributed to those outcomes. The goal that Pakistan has set itself for the future is to become 20th largest economy in the world by 2025. What are the influences that can facilitate or constrain the achievement of the proposed goal? Pakistan’s economic history has gone through periods of booms and busts . But broadly speaking, the seventy years of Pakistan’s economy can be divided into two distinct periods. The first forty years 1950-90 during which Pakistan was one …

A Dramaturgical Exploration: Setting Oliver Goldsmith’S She Stoops To Conquer In Post-Civil War Virginia, Amanda Ward

Senior Honors Theses

A reputable theatrical company will hire a dramaturg to implement historical research and to provide reputable information where the director or staff desires it. They ensure that the play’s elements are as truthful to the time period as possible and aid in a performance’s overall success. If a theatrical company were to set Oliver Goldsmith’s play She Stoops to Conquer in 1870 Virginia, it could strengthen the play’s underlying religious, political, and cultural elements.

The paper is comprised of seven sections: a biography of the playwright, a religious exploration, a political analysis, a cultural comparison, a delineation of suggested script …

Fall/Winter 2017: Celebrate Christmas With St. Norbert College, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

Excitement for the season is tangible across campus. The decorations are up and students, faculty and staff members are gearing up for holiday events and Christmas celebrations. Come celebrate with us, or join in virtually from wherever you live.

Fall/Winter 2017: Alumnus’ Startup Gets Boost From $100,000 Investment Prize, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

Mark Hackl ’89 won the Rise of the Rest competition and was awarded a $100,000 investment for his startup company Lanehub Inc., which aims to make shipping more efficient for companies.

Fall/Winter 2017: Eight Championship Games Cap An Unprecedented Season, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

Green Knights fall sports teams made all eight of their conference championship games – and in five encounters, they emerged victorious. It was a remarkable achievement unprecedented at St. Norbert and perhaps across the Midwest Conference. Meanwhile, as the fall sports wrap up, basketball and hockey action begins – and it’s all we can do to keep up with the action unfolding on turf and track, boards and ice. Luckily, our videographer John Devroy (Communications) has enough Green Knights spirit to match the zest of our student-athletes and their fans. We’re happy to share Devroy’s “highlight reel” from this semester, …

Fall/Winter 2017: Recipes To Help Savor The Christmas Season, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

Kathy Dunn, one of our SNC bakers, and Chef Dan Froelich share a couple Christmastime recipes.

Fall/Winter 2017: Million-Dollar Student Opts For St. Norbert, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

Colleges wooed Brennan Springmire ’21 with a total of $1.171 million in scholarship offers before his final choice brought him to De Pere.

Pharmacy Professor Named Aaps Fellow, Whitney Tarpy

University of Mississippi News

S. Narasimha Murthy has been active in organization for more than a decade

Copper Nanowires Synthesis And Self-Assembly For Interconnect Applications, Srikar Rao Darmakkolla

Dissertations and Theses

One-dimensional (1D) nanomaterial self-assembly offers an excellent approach to the fabrication of highly complex nanodevices. Despite considerable effort and research, precisely controlling the orientation and positioning of nanowires (NWs) on a large-scale area and assembling into a functional device is still a state of the art problem. This thesis focuses on the dimensionally controlled copper nanowires (Cu NWs) synthesis, and magnetic field assisted self-assembly of cupronickel nanowires (Cu/Ni NWs) into interconnect structures on a carbon doped silicon dioxide (CDO) wafer.

CDO is a low dielectric constant (k) material used for copper interconnects in multilayered complex integrated circuits (ICs). …

Investigations Of Model-Free Sliding Mode Control Algorithms Including Application To Autonomous Quadrotor Flight, Eric Schulken

Theses

Sliding mode control is a robust nonlinear control algorithm that has been used to implement tracking controllers for unmanned aircraft systems that are robust to modeling uncertainty and exogenous disturbances, thereby providing excellent performance for autonomous operation. A significant advance in the application of sliding mode control for unmanned aircraft systems would be adaptation of a model-free sliding mode control algorithm, since the most complex and time-consuming aspect of implementation of sliding mode control is the derivation of the control law with incorporation of the system model, a process required to be performed for each individual application of sliding mode …

Open Textbook Publishing: Accelerating Scholarly Research And The Impact On Students, Karen Bjork

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

This presentation discusses the rising cost of textbooks in higher education, provides background on how Portland State University Library got started in open textbook publishing, discusses where we are with our program, provides detail on the services offered, and looks at the impact of open access textbooks on faculty and students.

Improving The Reading Comprehension Skills Of Hispanic Youth That Attend An After-School Program, Brooke Mccurley

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between vocabulary growth and reading comprehension as well as the improvement of reading comprehension in Spanish speaking English Language Learners (ELLs). Participants were recruited from Hispanic Community Services Inc. in Jonesboro, AR. Five first through third grade Spanish-English bilingual children participated. Reading comprehension was measured using the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests–Third Edition. Vocabulary growth was measured using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – III. After fall testing, participants received two hours of tutoring each week. Tutoring was individualized to target specific reading and writing skill areas for each child. In …

Lindenwood Digest, December 5, 2017, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been an employee newsletter since 2009.

Boat-Lift Design And Analysis, Nathan Schick

Honors Theses

A current in production 6000 lb. rated boat-lift is being sold at “Great Lake Lifts”. The lift was tested experimentally and proved to hold at least 8000 lb. The design team successfully modeled the current lift on Ansys to help the customer understand where the weakest points in the design were. Following the creation of the initial lift design, the design team proposed and tested modifications that could be made in order to make the lift more structurally sound. The initial lift had a maximum deflection of 0.43846 inches, a maximum stress of 15880 psi, and a safety factor of …

Promoting Student Success: Bilingual Education Best Practices And Research Flaws, Lillian Fassero

Senior Honors Theses

This paper first determines the benefits which bilingual education offers and then compares transitional, dual-language, and heritage language maintenance programs. After exploring the outcomes, contexts, and practical implications of the various bilingual programs, this paper explores the oversight in most bilingual studies, which assess students’ syntax and semantics while neglecting their understanding of pragmatics and discourse structures (Maxwell-Reid, 2011). Incorporating information from recent studies which question traditional understandings of bilingualism and argue that biliteracy requires more than grammatical and vocabulary instruction, this paper proposes modifications in current research strategies and suggests best practices for transitional, dual-language, and heritage maintenance programs.

How Does The Law Put A Historical Analogy To Work?: Defining The Imposition Of "A Condition Analogous To That Of A Slave" In Modern Brazil, Rebecca J. Scott, Leonardo Augusto De Andrade Barbosa, Carlos Henrique Borlido Haddad

Articles

Over the last decades, the Brazilian state has engaged in concerted legal efforts to identify and prosecute cases of what officials refer to as “slave labor” (trabalho escravo). At a conceptual level, the campaign has paired the constitutional protection of human dignity and the “social value of labor” with an expansive interpretation of the offense described in Article 149 of the Criminal Code as “the reduction of a person to a condition analogous to that of a slave.” At the operational level, mobile teams of inspectors and prosecutors have intervened in thousands of work sites, and labor prosecutors …

St. Norbert College's Tom Conner To Be Knighted By France, St. Norbert College

Press Releases 2017

No abstract provided.

Port Access Experience: A Pediatric Emergency And Oncology Interdepartmental Collaboration, Vasiliki Thomareas, Jamie Carroll, Jennifer Thelen, Elizabeth Bradley

General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster)

Purpose: Dissatisfaction with the port access experience in the Pediatric Emergency Department (ED) was noted by increased verbal feedback from patients, families and nursing staff, which included lack of understanding by families of the importance of timely port access. The project goal was to increase nurse and patient satisfaction during port access in the ED, as indicated by at least 70% of respondents rating their port access experience as either Excellent or Good.

Design: This was a process improvement project, whereby data was collected through a qualitative approach.

Setting: Settings included the Pediatric ED, the Pediactric Oncology inpatient unit and …

Stand Method: Changing Nursing Culture From The Bedside Up, Brian Wharton, Andrea Kasprenski, Cherie Ward

General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster)

Purpose: According to the literature, it is highly recognized that when people are in an environment that fosters growth, encourages diversity and encourages learning, employees become more engaged and have a higher level of dedication. The STAND (Safety, Tolerance, Awareness, Nurturing and Diversity) method is a nontraditional approach to transforming the nursing culture utilizing a change from within, bedside up not the traditional top-down method, with the goal of amending workplace culture to a more positive, accepting and nurturing environment.

Objectives: Identify current psychological aspects of nursing culture and redefine within our Emergency Department; Create key concepts of changing the …

Providing Nasal Naloxone Spray To High Risk Emergency Department Patients, Paula Kobelt, Benjamin Ashley, Kimberly Nye, Pamela Huff, Lisa Harbaugh

General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster)

Poster presentation, Session E presented Friday, September 15, 2017

Purpose: To address knowledge gaps and negative attitudes towards patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) and to collect information to inform a pilot project in a hospital system to provide naloxone nasal spray for home use as well as harm-reduction education to emergency department (ED) patients at high risk for opioid overdose.

Design: An educational intervention addressing gaps in knowledge and attitudes toward ED patients at high risk for opioidoverdose. The education intervention was developed and presented collaboratively with the Director of Drug Abuse Outreach Initiatives and the Community Outreach Specialist …

Nurse First A New Process In One Community Hospital, Anne Marie Tomaski, Colleen Bouyea-Essency

General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster)

Purpose: If a patient is presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) for treatment of a laceration of a finger or acute chest pain, the experience can be an alarming situation. ED visits have increased over 35%, which has created a stressful environment because the patient census cannot be accommodated. These circumstances have placed ambulatory patients presenting for treatment at risk. The patient who leaves without being seen (LWOBS) has increased to 3.8% at this one community hospital and door to EKG time has also increased to 12 minutes. THe mean overall patient satisfaction score was 83.7% The situation must be …

Quality Improvement Through Improved Documentation, Kenneth Lobe

General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster)

Purpose: To optimize practice standards in accordance to regulatory requirements the organizational policy for Emergency Department (ED) documentation was created. The Quality Improvement (QI) project focused on application of the policy, augmenting current nursing documentation to enhance communication of the patient's ED trajectory.

Design: The project focused on professional development ensuring documentation reflects the patient's journey promoting quality care leading to best patient outcomes.

Setting: The Swedish/Ballard Campus is a community hospital in Seattle. The community has transformed, business relocation to the Ballard community maintaining close relationship to downtown Seattle has created a community with greater numbers of young families. …

Introducing A Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Tool In A Pediatric Ed, Teresa Bontrager, Mary Brooker

General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster)

Purpose: The pediatric asthma patient presenting to the Emergency Room requires prompt and reliable assessment leading to timely treatment. Our current Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage scoring system is not specific to Pediatric Asthma Assessment. The introduction of the Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure (PRAM), an asthma assessment tool, improved nursing assessment, communication of severity between providers, and timely care.

Design: This evidence-based quality improvement project and prospective study involved training of staff nurses in the use of the PRAM scoring tool over a 6 month period using education and training of super users, power point learning modules and practice scenarios. …