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Intractable Epilepsy: Does Perception Of Epilepsy Stigma Affect Levels Of Caregiver Burden?, Barbara Hansen

All ETDs from UAB

Objective: The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between affiliate stigma and the levels of burden experienced by individuals caring for family members with intractable epilepsy and to examine how levels of burden may vary between those caring for children and those caring for adults. Methods: This cross-sectional, quantitative approach utilized a self-administered survey offered to caregivers of family members with confirmed diagnoses of intractable epilepsy in a southern state. Caregiver burden was measured using the 30-item Carer’s Assessment of Difficulties Index while levels of perceived stigma were assessed using a six-item scale. Demographic data concerning both …

How Do Softball Athletes Construct The Media?, Brittany Lastrapes-Thackery

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

The media serves as an extremely important source for many Americans to get information. Mediated sports are extremely popular in today’s society, and commercial sports even have more influence over the press than daily news. The relationship between sports and the media can be seen as a type of partnership (Stead, 2002). When it comes to sporting events, viewers become extremely invested in the games and the athletes that they are watching. Many athletes are forced to give interviews right before games or after heartbreaking loses whether they want to or not. Despite how often sporting events and athlete interviews …

Israelite Ritual Law Concerning The Menstruant In Context: Embodiment And Meaning In Ancient Mesopotamia And Ancient Israel, Laura Morrow

Papers

No abstract provided.

Interpretations Of The Metaphor “Spiritual House” In 1 Peter 2:4-10 And Their Implications For The Indwelling Of Divine Presence, Cory Wetterlin

Papers

No abstract provided.

An Ecclesiological Understanding Of The Remnant: The Concept Of Visible/Invisible Church And The Remnant, Adriani Milli Rodrigues

Papers

No abstract provided.

Teaching Integrity In Empirical Economics: The Pedagogy Of Reproducible Science In Undergraduate Education, Norm Medeiros, Richard J. Ball

Economics Faculty Scholarship

Professors and librarians choose careers at liberal arts colleges to forgemeaningful relationships with students. A frequent and positive byproductof this student-centered engagement is collaboration between professorsand librarians on the provision of research services. Such collaborationis often a function of the library liaison model, a common organization-al structure in college libraries that assigns a librarian to each academicdepartment. Our collaboration began in this modest way, with associatelibrarian of the college providing guidance on acquiring data and appro-priate literature for students in the associate professor of economics’ intro-ductory statistics course. Our collaboration has since grown into a curric-ulum development and outreach initiative …

The Waiting Room, Black Artists And Designers (Baad), Risd Archives

Racial Justice

The Waiting Room event poster.

Text Reads: Welcome to THE BAADEST Waiting Room, founded on May 3, 2017 in response to the blatant disrespect, and lethargic responses to BAAD's list of demands and the hours of free labor that SEA committee members volunteered in order to create concrete recommendations for the school to implement. We occupy this space as a display of discontent, disobedience, and radical self care in an institution that demands constant physical production. We demand that President Rosanne Somerson and administration members end the RISD cycle of two-faced bullshitting and back-stabbing. If we do not receive a …

The Waiting Room, Black Artists And Designers (Baad), Risd Archives

Racial Justice

The Waiting Room event poster.

It's Risd. Get Used To It., Graphic Design Department, Risd Archives

Racial Justice

Student led campaign to discuss biases encountered during RISD critiques. "Let's Crit Crit" slogan.

The Effect Of Relevance Strategies On Student Perceptions Of Introductory Courses, Heather N. Fedesco, Ashley Kentner, Jane Natt

IMPACT Publications

The purpose of this study was to test whether increasing the relevancy of course assignments in a large multi-section introductory public speaking course would lead to improvements in student perceptions of course outcomes. Survey responses from 1,878 students were analyzed to test whether differences exist between students enrolled in classes held during the Spring 2015 semester and those enrolled in classes held in Fall 2015 during which the more relevant course assignments were incorporated. Results reveal that increasing the relevancy of assignments is associated with greater perceived course relevance, motivation for participating in the class, and perceptions of learning. This …

Navigating The Post-Shelby Landscape: Using Universalism To Augment The Remaining Power Of The Voting Rights Act, Jesús N. Joslin

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Abstract forthcoming.

The Negative Impact Of Intellectual Property Patent Rights On Developing Countries: An Examination Of The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry, Nadia Natasha Seeratan

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Astroturf Activism, Melissa J. Durkee

Articles

Corporate influence in government is more than a national issue; it is an international phenomenon. For years, businesses have been infiltrating international legal processes. They secretly lobby lawmakers through front groups: “astroturf” imitations of grassroots organizations. But because this business lobbying is covert, it has been underappreciated in both the literature and the law.

This Article unearths the “astroturf activism” phenomenon. It offers an original descriptive account that classifies modes of business access to international officials and identifies harms, then develops a critical analysis of the laws that regulate this access. I show that the perplexing set of access rules …

Juridogenic Harm And Adverse Childhood Experiences, Autumn R. Ascano, Joseph A. Meader

South Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Punishment That Does Not Fit The Crime: The Unconstitutional Practice Of Placing Youth On Sex Offender Registries, Ashley R. Brost, Annick-Marie S. Jordan

South Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Equivalence Of Religion And Conscience, Lucien J. Dhooge

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

This Article examines issues posed by the equation of religious liberty with secular conscience, utilizing federal law and the law in those states which have adopted religious freedom restoration acts (RFRAs). The Article initially addresses the definition of religion through an examination of applicable literature and federal and state case law. The same approach is utilized to define conscience. The Article then examines similarities between the two concepts and the implications of their equivalence. The Article concludes that religion and conscience are moral equivalents that require equal legal treatment. However, equal treatment should proceed with caution in order to address …

Comparing Sexual Cognition And Risk By Gender, Jacquelynne Dauk

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The ways in which sexuality is perceived among members of society has substantial effects in regards to overall health and well-being. The current study investigates not only the nature of sexual cognition but also the differences in cognition in regards to participant genders. More specifically, this study seeks to investigate the differences in sexual attitudes and thoughts among different genders that may lead to different forms of sexual risk. In order to identify these differences, societal influences such as social roles, parenting styles, and sexual education are all examined in regards to gender. Factors such as age and demographics were …

Searching For The Divine: An Autoethnographic Account Of Religious/Spiritual And Academic Influences On The Journey To Professor, E. James Baesler

Communication & Theatre Arts Faculty Publications

This autoethnographic account chronicles my academic and religious/spiritual path to becoming a professor of Communication. Spiritual influences and significant life events related to prayer, education, teaching, and research serve as sign posts marking the way. The journey begins with a child scientist experimenting with life—and an adolescent discovering the joy of reading through an illness. The journey continues with a crisis in undergraduate years followed by indoctrination stories of graduate school. Securing and retaining an academic position in Communication reveals the complexities of negotiating research and teaching in higher education. After tenure and promotion, a concurrent spiritual awakening begins a …

Uri Undergraduate And Graduate Course Catalog 2017-2018, University Of Rhode Island

URI Course Catalogs Archive

This is a downloadable PDF version of the University of Rhode Island course catalog.

2016-2017 Annual Student Assessment Report, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Assessment Center Reports

Annual Student Assessment Report produced by the SWOSU Assessment Center

Institutional Fracture In Intellectual Property Law: The Supreme Court Versus Congress, Gregory N. Mandel

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

The Death Of The Firm, June Carbone, Nancy Levit

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

The Substantially Impaired Sex: Uncovering The Gendered Nature Of Disability Discrimination, Jennifer Bennett Shinall

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

Embracing Ambiguity And Adopting Propriety: Using Comparative Law To Explore Avenues For Protecting The Lgbt Population Under Article 7 Of The Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court, Charles Barrera Moore

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

Campus Speech And Harassment, Alexander Tsesis

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

Human Rights Lost: The (Re)Making Of An American Story, Christopher N.J. Roberts

Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vols 1-28:1 (1992-2019)

No abstract provided.

Beyond Canterbury: Can Medicine And Law Agree About Informed Consent? And Does It Matter?, 45 J.L. Med. & Ethics 106 (2017), Marc Ginsberg

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

For those of us whose scholarship focuses on medico-legal jurisprudence, the law of informed consent is a gift. It has been a fertile topic of discussion for decades, with no end in sight. Although it is not difficult to acknowledge that patient autonomy is at the core of informed consent, the doctrine is not static - it has evolved in scope and continues to engage courts in thought provoking analysis.

Reflected Academic Self-Efficacy: How Teacher Behavior Influences Self-Efficacy In The Classroom, John Martin Wildauer

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Self-efficacy refers to an individual’s belief in their ability to complete tasks. The model social cognitive theory provides for studying self-efficacy shows that communicative sources of efficacy expectation yield self-efficacy in individuals by means of cognitive processing. The current study examines these communicative components of self-efficacy in the classroom more closely by marrying social cognitive theory and symbolic interactionism. Analysis of data from a sample of 69 college students found that student perceptions of their teacher’s beliefs about their ability in the classroom (reflected academic self-efficacy) have a direct relationship to their perceptions of their own abilities (academic self-efficacy). More …

More Than Skin Deep: An Analysis Of Black Women's Experiences With Race, Skin Tone, And Cosmetics, Anne Yung Van

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

In June 2016, the cosmetic company, ColourPop, released a new line of contour-intended sculpting sticks with insensitive names, such as “Yikes,” “Typo,” and “Dume,” for their three darkest shades. ColourPop’s lack of regard to their African American consumers serves as a reminder that the cosmetic industry often fails to include and fully embrace Black women. It is important to explore the relationship between the cosmetic industry and Black women because reoccurring negative experiences may be indicative of systemic oppression – illustrating that Black women’s personal experiences reach a political sphere. Furthermore, the parallels between history and contemporary experiences provide proof …