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Perceptions Of Title Ix Administrators In Arkansas Institutions Of Higher Education On Implementing Office For Civil Rights Guidance: A Qualitative Study, Arch Jones

Student Theses and Dissertations

With the significant pressure placed on higher education administrators, and more specifically Title IX Coordinators, to manage compliance of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) guidance on Title IX, this study has focused on the perceptions of the of individuals tasked with this obligation. To determine from the individuals on the front line of this issue just what kind of priorities and support the institutions are placing on this significant issue. This qualitative study was designed to explore the perceptions of Title IX Administrators in Arkansas higher education institutions on implementing OCR guidance. This study has examined the perceptions of …

Should It Stay Or Should It Go? The Case Of Silent 'E' In Derived Word Spelling., Olivia Peek Goodon

Student Theses and Dissertations

In English, sound-letter correspondence is not always consistent, and one letter or string of letters can represent many sounds. Additionally, there are many exceptions to spelling rules, making spelling difficult to master. Spelling is a linguistic skill. Children use a variety of linguistic strategies and spelling rules when spelling, including knowledge of morphology, phonology, orthography, and etymology. In the upper elementary years, derived word reading and spelling becomes integral to vocabulary growth and literacy development (Anglin, 1993). Taran and Shollenbarger (2011) found that 5th graders had a higher frequency of spelling errors involving derived words that originally ended in silent …

A Comparative Study Of Student Achievement In Remedial Math Courses Through Online And Traditional Delivery Modes At Northwest Mississippi Community College, Keith Deon Reed

Student Theses and Dissertations

This study focused on student achievement in remedial math through online and traditional delivery modes at Northwest Mississippi Community College. Student participants were interviewed through a semi-structured interview process to determine perceived influences and challenges that affected success in remedial math courses. The perceived influences and challenges that emerged from interview data were used to comparatively analyze online and traditional classroom modality of instruction. The acquired interview data provided for a systematic process to determine if there was a significant difference in student achievement in remedial math based on modality of instruction. A grounded theory methodology was used as a …

Emulating Natural Disturbance Using Variable Retention Harvest Regimes: Measuring Short-Term Changes In The Avian Community And Understory Nest Survival, Jennifer L. Wilcox

Student Theses and Dissertations

Over the last 200 years, forests of the eastern United States were largely cleared for industrial and agricultural purposes, and subsequent regrowth has resulted in mostly even-aged, closed canopy stands. Furthermore, dynamic ecological conditions including windthrow, ice storms, floods, fires, tree senescence, and insect outbreaks, which are necessary for maintaining healthy forest ecosystem functions and biodiversity, have become infrequent and/or do not have the same effects in contemporary forests as they did in old growth systems. This has partially led to declines in a number of disturbance-dependent and early-successional avian species, and a need for harvest prescriptions that emulate these …

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 …

The Prospector, December 5, 2017, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Graduation 2017 Issue

Volume 91, Issue 7 (2017)

Obiter Dicta

No abstract provided.

Process For Detection Of Alzheimer's Disease From A Serum Sample, Mark A. Lovell, Bert C. Lynn

Chemistry Faculty Patents

Disclosed is a method of detecting a concentration of a biomarker in a human subject having or being at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Also disclosed is a process for detecting a concentration of a biomarker in a human subject having or being at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) comprising (a) detecting a first concentration of lipocalin-PDS/TTR complex in a blood sample or urine sample from the subject, (b) determining a second concentration of PDS/TTR complex in a blood sample or urine sample from an unaffected individual, and ( c) …

Stable And Integrated Housing For America's Working Poor, University Of Michigan Law School

Event Materials

Program for a presentation of work from the Problem Solving Initiative. Working as a group, students were tasked with designing a comprehensive plan to tackle the crisis in affordable housing in Detroit, Issues of law, policy, public health, urban planning, financing, and other matters.

Economic Integration For Individuals In The Refugee Resettlement Program, University Of Michigan Law School

Event Materials

A program for a December 2017 Problem Solving Initiative by the University of Michigan Law School on the topic of economic integration of refugees and victims of human trafficking during and after resettlement.

Both refugees and foreign national victims of human trafficking are eligible for refugee resettlement benefits. How can these benefits be optimized to increase individual economic empowerment and economic development for the communities in which these individuals are resettled? Students in this class were tasked with developing innovations to facilitate the economic integration of refugees and victims of human trafficking both during and after the resettlement process.

College Voice Vol. 41 No. 6, Connecticut College

2017-2018

No abstract provided.

Processes For Nanaoparticle Dispersions With Ionic Liquid-Based Stabilizers, John Texter

Patents

The disclosure generally relates to a dispersion of nanoparticles in a liquid medium. The liquid medium is suitably water-based and further includes an ionic liquid-based stabilizer in the liquid medium to stabilize the dispersion of nanoparticles therein. The stabilizer can be polymeric or monomeric and generally includes a moiety with at least one quaternary ammonium cation from a corresponding ionic liquid. The dispersion suitably can be formed by shearing or otherwise mixing a mixture/combination of its components. The dispersions can be used to form nanoparticle composite films upon drying or otherwise removing the liquid medium carrier, with the stabilizer providing …

December 5, 2017, Faculty Senate

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Diagnostic, Preventive, And Disease-Modifying Therapeutic Measures Of Alzheimer’S Disease, Ghazal Habib Havoutis

HCNSO Student Capstones

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common late-onset neurodegenerative disorder and cause of dementia, characterized by the formation of neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaque deposits. The heterogeneous nature of the disease (both genetically and environmentally) makes it difficult to prevent or cure. Without prevention, the prevalence of AD is expected to triple by 2050. However, because the diagnosis of AD is usually preceded by years of cognitive impairment, early detection may aid in reducing prevalence. Thus, there is a need for validated diagnostic measures for early and improved diagnosis and prevention. In this review, current and ongoing classifiers of early …

Artificial Intelligence: Application Today And Implications Tomorrow, Sean Semmler, Zeeve Rose

Duke Law & Technology Review

This paper analyzes the applications of artificial intelligence to the legal industry, specifically in the fields of legal research and contract drafting. First, it will look at the implications of artificial intelligence (A.I.) for the current practice of law. Second, it will delve into the future implications of A.I. on law firms and the possible regulatory challenges that come with A.I. The proliferation of A.I. in the legal sphere will give laymen (clients) access to the information and services traditionally provided exclusively by attorneys. With an increase in access to these services will come a change in the role that …

Spillover Effects Through Worker Mobility: Evidence From Slovenian Smes, Tina Golob

Economic and Business Review

The paper tests for potential productivity spillovers arising through worker mobility from foreign owned firms to domestic SMEs using Slovenian data, covering the period from 2002 to 2010. Separate analyses were done for the service and manufacturing sector. My paper contributes to a segment of literature,that is relatively scarce, since it requires the use of linked employer-employee databases, which emerged only recently. I find robust evidence in support of the hypothesis, that flows of highly educated workers from foreign owned firms to domestic SMEs boost total factor productivity growth of domestic service SMEs.

Testing The Hypothesis Of The Adequacy Of The Distance-To-Default As An Indicator Of Changes In Banks’ Risk Exposures, Božo Jašovič

Economic and Business Review

A distance to default indicates the distance measured in standard deviations of the market value of assets from the default point. The hypothesis that distance to default is indicative of changes in the levels of risk of the banking system since it precedes accounting data that indicate similar changes was tested on the basis of selected financial ratios. We have applied a modification developed by Toda and Yamamoto of the standard Granger causality test to see whether there is causality between distance to default and the selected financial ratios. Contrary to expectations, we could only prove Granger causality from lagged …

Corporate Financial Reporting In Slovenia: Historical Development, Contemporary Challenges And Policy Implications, Maja Zaman Groff, Meta Duhovnik

Economic and Business Review

Slovenia historically belongs to the continental legal system but has built its corporate financial reporting framework on the principles of measurement and recognition primarily derived from the Anglo-American system. The aim of the article is to present the development of the accounting practice in the transition period in Slovenia and to critically assess the current corporate financial reporting framework in Slovenia. Contingency approach, recognising that best solutions are dependent upon broader setting and that solutions that are effective in one country can be inappropriate in others, is used in the assessment of the current corporate financial reporting framework. The article …

Value Investing Within The Universe Of S&P500 Equities, Gašper Smolič, Aleš Berk

Economic and Business Review

By employing financial data screening we show that profitable value investment strategy can be built within the S&P 500 stock universe. We use simple ranking of stocks based on four screens that we identify as good joint candidates to influence stock returns – book-to-market ratio, return on equity, market capitalization and risk of bankruptcy. As expected, our four-variable portfolio consistently beats the market, which points to the fact that investors inefficiently price stocks in the world's most developed capital market. We compare performance of our investment strategy with market performance, and also adjust for risk used in both current conventional …

The Effects Of Outsourcing And Outward Fdi On Skill Structure In Slovenia: Evidence On Matched Firm-Employee Data, Mojca Lindič

Economic and Business Review

This paper studies the effect of outsourcing and outward FDI on firms’ skill structure. Its main contributions consist of studying changes in the skill structure that can be associated with outsourcing and outward FDI to high- and low-income countries, and including a new dimension when defining skills, which also controls for occupational classification of workers. The analysis employs a matched employer-employee dataset for Slovenian manufacturing and service firms between 1997 and 2010. The results indicate that outward FDI to high- and low-income countries has a positive impact on the skill share in manufacturing firms. The results also show that in …

Authentication Of Images, Dhwani A. Shah

Honors Capstones

Proposing a technique which embeds personal mobile phone numbers along with IMEI number inside the image using invisible watermarking technique.

The Perceptions Of Teachers In A K-8 School On The Implementation And Impact Of Culturally Responsive-Positive Behavior Interventions And Supports (Cr-Pbis), Kathleen Ellwood

CUP Ed.D. Dissertations

Despite decades of effort to change disciplinary practices in American schools, racial disparities continue and are most prevalent for Black students, according to national Office Disciplinary Referral data. While Culturally Responsive-Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (CR-PBIS) is the result of years of adjustments to weave cultural responsiveness into Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) systems and decrease racial disciplinary disparities, the results at K-12 schools have been inconsistent. Cultural Race Theory, which recognizes racism is reflected in all societal systems and is the foundation for this study, may provide a clue as to why racial disciplinary disparities continue. This study …

2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Comparative Demographic Estimates: South Dakota, Census Data Center

Census Data Center News Releases 2015-2017 Archive

The document highlights the U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey, Comparative Demographic Estimates for the state of South Dakota.

Aligning Leadership Programs With Community Development, Daniel Kahl

Community and Leadership Development

Aligning the content and activities of a leadership program with the intended outcomes for the participants, stakeholders, and broader community is important for several reasons. This publication will help community leaders who oversee a community-based leadership development program to align their leadership development with community development. For community leaders thinking of starting a leadership program, this publication will be a valuable resource for providing focus and identifying desired program content.

Interview With Steve And Glenda Gilroy, Cherice Bock, Ralph Beebe

War & Conscientious Objection in Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1940-1975

Steve and Glenda Gilroy reflect on their life during the Vietnam War. Specifically, Steve talks about being drafted as a conscientious objector and how being stationed as an orderly in a hospital helped him realize what he wanted as a future career. Glenda reflects on conversations she had with her father and brother during the war and how her upbringing influenced what she thought about conscientious objectors.

Interview With Ron Stansell, Cherice Bock, Ralph Beebe

War & Conscientious Objection in Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1940-1975

Ron Stansell discusses how he registered as a conscientious objector for the draft. He talks about how his childhood and his faith influenced his decision. Furthermore, he talks about his life as a missionary in Bolivia and how he met his wife, Carolyn, through this whole process.

Aldeane Comito Ries Elementary School, Ashley Mullins

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

While I volunteered in a kindergarten classroom, the real problem is that Nevada doesn’t spend enough money on preschools which leads to children coming into kindergarten without the proper level of knowledge (Takashi). Part of this problem is that students come into kindergarten with delays in language and vocabulary (Rogers). I addressed this issue by helping the students with their letters and encouraging them to read the signs that the kindergarten teacher at Ries Elementary School had up around the classroom. Nevada has also only recently implemented standards for preschool (Gwertz). However, this doesn’t seem to make a difference as …

Volunteer Work At The Nevada State Museum, Hannah Spreger

First-Year Seminar Posters (COE 102/103)

The State Museum addresses the issue of needing unique, interesting ways to learn, as well as an affordable way to access information to both children, adults, and people of all ages.

Religion Declining, Oscar Pascual

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

As of today, compared to previous generations there are fewer people going to church or are affiliated with a religion that day practice daily. During my volunteering in my service site, where it was my job to basically teach, or enlighten youths from a Catholic family and show them what their religion means to them and its importance, my fellow teachers and I face the challenge of basically grabbing their interest even worse their attention to the topic.