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A Framework For Profiling Prospective Students In Higher Education, Santhosh Kumar Lakkaraju, Deb Tech, Shuyuan Deng Jan 2017

A Framework For Profiling Prospective Students In Higher Education, Santhosh Kumar Lakkaraju, Deb Tech, Shuyuan Deng

Research & Publications

Prospective student acquisition is a prominent issue in higher education marketing. Noel-Levitz (2012) estimated that higher education institutions are losing as high as 75% of the prospects after receiving an inquiry. Another study reported that 80% of the students who decide to apply to a program were influenced by the post-inquiry communications they had received from the higher education institutions (Aarinen, 2012). This chapter attempts to study the underlying concepts from literature and design a framework to extract prospective student profiles and further extend a discussion on how these profiles can be used to address the prospect engagement.

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Online Health Recommendation System: A Social Support Perspective, Tareq Nasralah, Cherie Noteboom, Abdullah Wahbeh, Mohammad Aref Al-Ramahi Jan 2017

Online Health Recommendation System: A Social Support Perspective, Tareq Nasralah, Cherie Noteboom, Abdullah Wahbeh, Mohammad Aref Al-Ramahi

Research & Publications

Online Health Communities (OHC) aim to support patients through offer them the opportunities to exchange support with others. However, patients have difficulties and problems locating expertise within the online health communities. In this regard, this study aims to create a patient recommender system to help users locate those with relevant experience and similar health status. Specifically, we aim to leverage the type of online social support users seek to determine the patient health status to build a patient status prediction model. Building the model will help create a peer recommendation system for online support group members to easily locate peers …

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Factors Affecting Virtual Gift Acceptance: Mediating Roles Of Hedonic And Utilitarian Values, Eric M. Tamandja, Assion Lawson-Body, Laurence Lawson-Body, Jun Liu Jan 2017

Factors Affecting Virtual Gift Acceptance: Mediating Roles Of Hedonic And Utilitarian Values, Eric M. Tamandja, Assion Lawson-Body, Laurence Lawson-Body, Jun Liu

Research & Publications

There is little formalized knowledge of virtual gifting in the information technology (IT) literature. The objective of this paper is to explore the factors affecting the acceptance of virtual gifts and specifically the factors within a virtual gift that affect individuals’ intention to accept it and the mediating role of these factors. This research combines several acceptances, hedonic and utilitarian view related theories to explore the factors affecting acceptance of virtual gifts. Moreover, this study investigates the effects of usefulness, beautifulness, subjective norms of the receiver, and importance of the giver of a virtual gift as determinants of its utilitarian …

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The Effect Of Perceived System Risks On His Misuse Intention: The Role Of System Resilience Under The Context Of Disasters, Dheyaaldin Alsalman, Insu Park Jan 2017

The Effect Of Perceived System Risks On His Misuse Intention: The Role Of System Resilience Under The Context Of Disasters, Dheyaaldin Alsalman, Insu Park

Research & Publications

Although, the usage of healthcare information systems (HIS) has provided many potential benefits such as enhancing the availability, accessibility and readability of information, healthcare information security has become a growing public concern. Most of the studies have shown the importance of sanctions, information security policy, and information awareness programs in reducing IS misuse behavior, but individuals may still tend to engage in inappropriate behaviors, especially under the context of disasters. The vulnerabilities and risks associated with the HIS could be very extreme under disasters, which may cause employees to misuse their HIS for the sake of delivery of health services …

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Evaluating Network Test Scenarios For Network Simulators Systems, A. Zarrad, Izzat M. Alsmadi Jan 2017

Evaluating Network Test Scenarios For Network Simulators Systems, A. Zarrad, Izzat M. Alsmadi

Computer Science Faculty Publications (Archived)

Networks continue to grow as industries use both wired and wireless networks. Creating experiments to test those networks can be very expensive if conducted on production networks; therefore, the evaluation of networks and their performance is usually conducted using emulation. This growing reliance on simulation raises the risk of correctness and validation. Today, many network simulators have widely varying focuses and are employed in different fields of research. The trustworthiness of results produced from simulation models must be investigated. The goal of this work is first to compare and assess the performance of three prominent network simulators—NS-2, NS-3, and OMNet++—by …

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A Model To Predict Matriculation Of Concordia College Applicants, Kaylin Pavlik Jan 2017

A Model To Predict Matriculation Of Concordia College Applicants, Kaylin Pavlik

Statistics

Colleges and universities are under mounting pressure to meet enrollment goals in the face of declining college attendance. Insight into student-level probability of enrollment, as well as the identification of features relevant in student enrollment decisions, would assist in the allocation of marketing and recruitment resources and the development of future yield programs. A logistic regression model was fit to predict which applicants will ultimately matriculate (enroll) at Concordia College. Demographic, geodemographic and behavioral features were used to build a logistic regression model to assign probability of enrollment to each applicant. Behaviors indicating interest (campus visits, submitting a deposit) and …

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Utilizing Action Research To Improve Counseling Education Course Work For Culturally Diverse Students, Sabina De Vries, Deirdre Mcdonald, Mary Mayorga Jan 2017

Utilizing Action Research To Improve Counseling Education Course Work For Culturally Diverse Students, Sabina De Vries, Deirdre Mcdonald, Mary Mayorga

Counseling and Guidance Faculty Publications (Archived)

This article informs counselor educators and psychologists on how to utilize action research to evaluate diverse students, course work, and to improve classroom instruction. A paucity exists in research investigating educational needs of diverse counseling students. The present action research study examined educational experiences of diverse counseling students enrolled in a research course. The sample consisted of 70% Hispanic/Latino students, and a little less than half were older adults; 80% of the participants were female. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected and analyzed. Findings, limitations, and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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Military-Related Ptsd And Working With Couples In Private Practice: Emotion-Focused Therapy, Psychoeducation, And Evolutionary Perspective, Sabina De Vries Jan 2017

Military-Related Ptsd And Working With Couples In Private Practice: Emotion-Focused Therapy, Psychoeducation, And Evolutionary Perspective, Sabina De Vries

Counseling and Guidance Faculty Publications (Archived)

The aim of this article is to provide information and treatment suggestions to mental health services providers who work with couples with trauma-related problems. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment dropout rates, evolutionary perspective of PTSD, emotion-focused therapy (EFT), emotionally focused couples therapy, and psychoeducational strategies are discussed. A hypothetical case example is provided to illustrate how psychoeducation and information pertaining to trauma responses and evolution can be integrated with emotion-focused therapy to work with traumatized persons/couples in a private practice setting.

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Studies Of The Venerable Bede, The Great Famine Of 1315-1322, And Libraries In Prisoner Of War Camps, Trista Stephanie Raezer-Stursa Jan 2017

Studies Of The Venerable Bede, The Great Famine Of 1315-1322, And Libraries In Prisoner Of War Camps, Trista Stephanie Raezer-Stursa

History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies

This paper includes three studies about the Venerable Bede, the Great Famine of 1315-1322, and libraries in prisoner of war camps. The study of the Venerable Bede focuses on his views on and understanding of time, especially its relation to the Easter computus. The second study is a historiography of the Great Famine of 1315-1322, with an emphasis on the environmental aspects of the catastrophe. The third paper is a study of the libraries that were provided for German soldiers in prisoner of war camps in the United States during World War II, which includes an analysis of the role …

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Caretakers Of The Community's Past Volunteers In North Dakota Museums, Amber Lien Jan 2017

Caretakers Of The Community's Past Volunteers In North Dakota Museums, Amber Lien

History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies

The bulk of museum studies research focuses on professionalized museums. Little research has been conducted on the challenges of small museums. This study looks at volunteers in small North Dakota museums. Sparsely populated North Dakota lacks the funds and manpower to professionally staff their rural museums. While it is especially difficult for museums to recruit younger volunteers because they tend to be more mobile and have constricted schedules, North Dakota’s small museums have adapted by staffing with older volunteers. Museums in Southwest North Dakota such as the Hettinger County Historical Society, Dakota Buttes Museum, and Mott Gallery of History and …

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American Thought, Culture, And Neo-Noir In The Era Of Postmodernity, Thomas Quist Jan 2017

American Thought, Culture, And Neo-Noir In The Era Of Postmodernity, Thomas Quist

History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies

The rise of postmodernism, following the fall of modernism after WWII, brought about new modes of thinking, understanding, and living in America. Postmodernity is often neglected or glanced over by historians. Those who mention it do it either in passing or use it as a pejorative, yet it has had huge effects and ramifications on American culture during the second half of the 20th century. By exploring the thought, culture, and film of a postmodern America a deeper connection between history and postmodernism is formed. The transitions from noir to neo-noir films (which mirrors the transition from modernity to postmodernity) …

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The Emperors Of Sport: Dominican Baseball During The Us Occupation Of The Dominican Republic, 1916-1924, Karl Larson Jan 2017

The Emperors Of Sport: Dominican Baseball During The Us Occupation Of The Dominican Republic, 1916-1924, Karl Larson

History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies

While baseball is typically associated with the United States for most Western readers, the sport was already being played in Cuba, Japan, and the Dominican Republic before the United States fully realized its own Major League system. During the First World War, the United States invaded and occupied Santo Domingo in an attempt to maintain hegemony in the Western Hemisphere. Dominican intellectuals in the capital city utilized baseball in their nation-building endeavor, seeking to prove that not only were they capable of performing their own westernization, but that Santo Domingo was the modern heir of ancient Athens in the New …

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Report On The 2016 Texas Water Roadmap Forum, Rudolph A. Rosen Jan 2017

Report On The 2016 Texas Water Roadmap Forum, Rudolph A. Rosen

Water Resources Science and Technology Conference Papers and Abstracts (Archived)

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The Route To Water Security For Texas: The 2015-2016 Texas Water Roadmap Forums, Rudolph A. Rosen Jan 2017

The Route To Water Security For Texas: The 2015-2016 Texas Water Roadmap Forums, Rudolph A. Rosen

Water Resources Science and Technology Conference Papers and Abstracts (Archived)

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The Reproduction Of Hypermasculinity, Misogyny And Rape Culture In Online Video Game Interactions, Katherine Mary Bullock Jan 2017

The Reproduction Of Hypermasculinity, Misogyny And Rape Culture In Online Video Game Interactions, Katherine Mary Bullock

Sociology and Anthropology

Playing video games is a popular past time for many, and the introduction of online gaming allows people of various backgrounds to interact with one another. Yet, it is clear in the wake of incidences such as Gamergate which saw threats directed towards women, that gaming is still considered a male space that is hostile towards women. Through content analysis of online spaces, this research sought to understand how violence towards femininity manifests in gaming. Through Louis Althusser’s (1972) concept of Ideological State Apparatuses (ISAs) I explore how hypermasculine and misogynistic ideologies are reproduced in online gaming culture. It was …

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Emplacing New Economy Businesses In Small Metropolitan Areas: Examination Of Role Of Place Constructs, Mitchell Bryant Calkins Jan 2017

Emplacing New Economy Businesses In Small Metropolitan Areas: Examination Of Role Of Place Constructs, Mitchell Bryant Calkins

Sociology and Anthropology

It is often argued that only large metropolitan areas possess the preconditions for the origination of successful technology companies. However, smaller cities across the country have been successful in developing vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems, thus contravening that observation. This case study presents one such city in order to further expand the conceptual understanding of what characteristics contribute to a thriving entrepreneurial scene. Previous research has identified multiple qualities related to culture, networks, and institutions as being important. It is argued that the attachment entrepreneurs develop with a location, as well as the location’s identity upon their business, are variables that might …

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Agency Within Low/Moderate Income Community, Joseph Christopher Rizzo Jan 2017

Agency Within Low/Moderate Income Community, Joseph Christopher Rizzo

Sociology and Anthropology

The objective of the study is to focus on two key areas; (1) to measure qualify of life based on the type project and whether the tenant receives rental assistance based on affordable rents, stress level, affordability and safety, location, financial ability, and project management; and (2) to measure Creating Community based on the type of project and whether the tenant receives rental assistance based on communication with neighbors, comfort level, family relationship, stress level, and the project building’s resources. The use of a questionnaire, secondary data, tenant stories, and community impact study were used to measure those key areas. …

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#Nofilter: Exploration Of Instagram And Individuals’ Conception Of Self, Danielle Moray Seehafer Jan 2017

#Nofilter: Exploration Of Instagram And Individuals’ Conception Of Self, Danielle Moray Seehafer

Sociology and Anthropology

For this study, I sought to explore the use of Instagram and to understand how an individuals’ self-concept is portrayed on Instagram through Goffman’s (1959) theoretical frameworks of impression management and performance. Qualitative research in the form of interviews was completed. Eleven women ages 18 to 27, who were active users, were interviewed. The interview transcripts were used with the intent to research the following questions: How do individuals manage their self-presentation on Instagram? What role does impression management play on Instagram? I found that presentations are managed through content of the photo, the photo itself, filters, and captions to …

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2017 Armstrong State Men's Basketball Coaching Staff, Armstrong State University Collections, Armstrong Athletics, Armstrong Men's Basketball Archives, Armstrong Men's Basketball News Archives Jan 2017

2017 Armstrong State Men's Basketball Coaching Staff, Armstrong State University Collections, Armstrong Athletics, Armstrong Men's Basketball Archives, Armstrong Men's Basketball News Archives

Armstrong Athletics: Men's Basketball News (Archived)

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Armstrong State Baseball Coaching Staff, Armstrong State University Jan 2017

Armstrong State Baseball Coaching Staff, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Men's Baseball News (Archived)

Armstrong State Baseball Coaching Staff

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Transitions Of Care In The Veteran Population And The Effects Of Patient Education On Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Literature Review, Tuula Elina Kallioniemi Jan 2017

Transitions Of Care In The Veteran Population And The Effects Of Patient Education On Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Literature Review, Tuula Elina Kallioniemi

Nursing

The main focus of this systematic literature review was to assess research on care transitions in the veteran population as well as the effects of patient education interventions. A variety of care transition interventions were discovered in the literature. The majority of the interventions described in the research were based upon earlier research by Coleman, Parry, Chalmers and Min - The Care Transitions Intervention (2006), and Naylor and Keating - Transitional Care Model (2008). The large variety in patient populations, heterogeneity of interventions, and lack of protocols hinders direct comparisons between the care transition interventions. Apparent assessment methods for patient …

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Screening For Bipolar Disorder In The Primary Care Setting Using The Mood Disorder Questionnaire, Julian David Good Jan 2017

Screening For Bipolar Disorder In The Primary Care Setting Using The Mood Disorder Questionnaire, Julian David Good

Nursing

The majority of patients who have mental health needs are seen by their primary care provider (PCP) for treatment. In 2014, an estimated 6.6% of adults in the United States met diagnostic criteria for a major depressive episode during the past year. However, not all patients who present to their healthcare provider with symptoms of depression have a major depressive disorder. Some of these patients may have bipolar disorder, which in addition to symptoms of depression, include symptoms of mania or hypomania. This practice improvement project aimed to improve PCPs’ confidence in treating patients with depression and identifying patients with …

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Impact Of E-Visits On Emergency Departments And Urgent Care Centers, Ali Ahmed, Tareq Nasralah, Yong Wang, Cherie Noteboom, Renae Spohn Jan 2017

Impact Of E-Visits On Emergency Departments And Urgent Care Centers, Ali Ahmed, Tareq Nasralah, Yong Wang, Cherie Noteboom, Renae Spohn

CAHIT

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Discovering Design Principles For Health Behavioral Change Support Systems: A Text Mining Approach, Mohammad Al-Ramahi, Jun Liu, Omar F. El-Gayar Jan 2017

Discovering Design Principles For Health Behavioral Change Support Systems: A Text Mining Approach, Mohammad Al-Ramahi, Jun Liu, Omar F. El-Gayar

CAHIT

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2017 Armstrong State Women's Golf Coaching Staff, Armstrong State University Jan 2017

2017 Armstrong State Women's Golf Coaching Staff, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Golf News (Archived)

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Awakening The Social Self: Nostalgia Regulates Loneliness By Energizing Approach-Related Social Motivation, Andrew Allen Abeyta Jan 2017

Awakening The Social Self: Nostalgia Regulates Loneliness By Energizing Approach-Related Social Motivation, Andrew Allen Abeyta

Psychology

Chronic loneliness is predictive of poor health. Therefore, it is vital to identify psychological resources that combat loneliness and encourage social connection. However, loneliness is difficult to overcome, in part because it is associated with a maladaptive high avoidance and low approach motivation orientation that limits a person’s ability to connect with others. I hypothesized that nostalgia, a positive emotional experience that involves reflecting on cherished memories that are typically social in nature, is a psychological resource that regulates the tendency for lonely people to be less oriented toward social approach goals and motivation. I tested this hypothesis across 3 …

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Are You A Good Partner? Using The Situation Judgment Test Method To Identify And Measure Romantic Competence, Ian B. Penzel Jan 2017

Are You A Good Partner? Using The Situation Judgment Test Method To Identify And Measure Romantic Competence, Ian B. Penzel

Psychology

We devised a measure seeking to assess competency within romantic relationships using a scenario-based paradigm that was informed by the situation judgment test (SJT) and emotional intelligence literatures. Pilot data revealed positive correlations between romantic competence (RC) and romantic relationship outcomes such as satisfaction and self-efficacy within romantic relationships. To further research of this type, we conducted a study examining daily romantic behaviors, feelings, and motivations, while also collecting partner and peer reports. Results revealed that RC was a significant predictor of romantic success as quantified by self-perceptions and peer reports, and some of these relationships remain significant when controlling …

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Dual Effects Model Of Social Control: Extending The Model To 24-Hour Health Behavior, Michael P. Mead Jan 2017

Dual Effects Model Of Social Control: Extending The Model To 24-Hour Health Behavior, Michael P. Mead

Psychology

The Dual Effects Model of Social Control suggests that partners can positively and negatively influence the health behaviors of their partner. However, the model fails to consider the impact of control on non-targeted health behaviors, such as sleep. The current study sought to expand this model by including sleep continuity and duration as outcomes related to control efforts targeting diet and exercise. Partner control and objective sleep data were collected via daily sleep diaries and Fitbit Charge HR. Regression models were used to test the direct and indirect effects of control on sleep duration and continuity and the extent to …

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Downy Mildew Of Sunflowers: Establishment Of Baseline Sensitivity To Azoxystrobin And Monitoring For The Development Of Fungicide Resistance And Plasmopara Halstedii Virulence Phenotype Changes, Michelle A. Gilley Jan 2017

Downy Mildew Of Sunflowers: Establishment Of Baseline Sensitivity To Azoxystrobin And Monitoring For The Development Of Fungicide Resistance And Plasmopara Halstedii Virulence Phenotype Changes, Michelle A. Gilley

Plant Pathology

Downy mildew, caused by Plasmopara halstedii (Farl.) Berl. and de Toni, is an economically important disease in cultivated sunflowers, Helianthus annuus L. The objectives of this study were to determine disease pressure in North Dakota and South Dakota, determine the virulence phenotypes in the pathogen population, determine the baseline sensitivity to azoxystrobin and evaluate select isolates for fungicide insensitivity. While downy mildew was present in many fields, incidence was typically low. To determine virulence phenotypes, selected isolates were evaluated on an expanded set of differential lines. New virulence was found to the Pl8 resistance gene, but no virulence was observed …

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Parasitic Fitness Of Sdhi-Sensitive And -Resistant Isolates Of Alternaria Solani, Mitchell James Bauske Jan 2017

Parasitic Fitness Of Sdhi-Sensitive And -Resistant Isolates Of Alternaria Solani, Mitchell James Bauske

Plant Pathology

Early blight of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is caused by Alternaria solani Sorauer. The single-site mode of action chemistries of the succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHIs) and quinone outside inhibitors (QoIs) have been widely used for early blight control but resistance has developed rapidly to a number of fungicide chemistries. QoI resistance in A. solani has been attributed to the F129L mutation, or the substitution of phenylalanine with leucine at position 129. Resistance to SDHI fungicides in A. solani is conferred by five known point mutations on three AsSdh genes. Over 1,300 A. solani isolates collected from 11 states in 2013 …

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