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Assessment Literacy In A Mathematics Classroom, Virginia M. Doran

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of using assessment literacy in a math classroom. This was accomplished by analyzing the test results of students in two different high school Geometry B classes. Both classes were taught the same curriculum, with the same textbook and tests, and by the same teacher. However, assessment literacy techniques were only implemented in one of the two classes. Both classes completed a pre and post-test. The researcher compared the growth of both classes. Results of the study showed that incorporating assessment literacy techniques such as student friendly learning targets, reflection, self-assessment, …

Have Video Gaming Revenues Led To An Increase In Municipal Services In Illinois?, Christopher Dudzinski

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In 2009, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Video Gaming Act, the largest gambling expansion in the state’s history. That expansion allowed locations within Illinois to have five Video Gaming Terminals (VGT) within their business, similar to the slot machines previously only seen at state casinos. These terminals arrived under much scrutiny, as scholars and citizens alike were concerned with the social negatives attached to gambling facilities. Previous research points out many of the societal connotations that comes along with Video Gaming such as negative externalities associated with bankruptcy and addiction, but has yet to analyze the impact on the …

Facing Obstacles As A Senior, Catherine Mccarthy

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Seniors are individuals who need the most assistance because they are a growing population in our society. It is estimated that by the year 2020, those 65 years and over will reach 55 million and those 85 years and over will number 7.3 million. Seniors need the most attention because daily items such as personal care, preparing a meal, going to the grocery store or housework become very challenging. This is when you need to acquire services that can help daily for these tasks. The Department of Aging plays a vital role when becoming a senior over the age of …

Inside The Grassroots Money Machine, Elizabeth Tung

Capstones

In the year since Donald Trump’s election, grassroots canvassing groups have generated millions of dollars for nonprofits like Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. These groups’ growing profile correlates with a post-election spike in liberal giving, and the rise of face-to-face fundraising in the US. But despite their progressive affiliations, several groups have come under fire for abusive labor practices and a lack of financial transparency. This piece looks at two of the biggest players in the canvassing industry, the Fund for the Public Interest and Grassroots Campaigns. Both groups are headed by the same person - a man named Doug …

Hazmat Storage Near Nyc Waterways Endangers Communities, Brett E. Dahlberg, Nicole Acevedo

Capstones

New York City has 520 miles of shoreline--that’s more than Miami and Los Angeles combined. These waterfronts are home to some of the city’s most polluted sites because major part of it is zoned for industrial use. Dozens of industrial plants in this area store toxic chemicals in flood zones: substances that are hazardous to our health, like Benzene, which is used in rocket fuel, toluene, a paint thinner, and lead a neurotoxin. In a flood, these chemicals can easily get caught up in moving waters and pollute entire neighborhoods.

That’s exactly what happened when Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012. …

The Relationship Between Consumer Price Index And Producer Price Index In China, Binbin Shen

Research Papers

AN ABSTRACT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER OF

Binbin Shen, for the Master of Arts degree in Economics, presented on October 24^th, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

TITLE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND PRODUCER PRICE INDEX IN CHINA

MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Scott Gilbert

The consumer price index (CPI) and the producer price index (PPI) are important indicators of price monitoring and analysis. The accurate relationship between PPI and CPI is essential for monitoring and managing inflation. In theory, consumer price index and the producer price index should exist in a sequence and conduction relationship. But the data …

Youth Sport Development Pathways And Experiences Of Ncaa Division I Women's College Soccer Players, Emily Hardell

Master's Theses

As youth sport has become increasingly professionalized, many believe that the route to elite level play is through early specialization. Early specialization is a contentious issue, and many risk factors have been associated with high levels and intensities of training in youth. Youth today participate in highly competitive sport in pursuit of elite levels of play, recognition, and financial gain. Early specialization is thought to be a requirement for advancement, yet little is known about the early experiences of team sport athletes who grew up in the US. This is the story of 15 elite female athletes who “made it” …

The Common Lot Of Nature: The Stoic Concept Of Death In The Writings Of St. Ambrose, Nathan Michael Falls Hall

Master's Theses

The Common Lot of Nature is a comparative analysis which questions the completeness of St. Ambrose’s Christian faith. The comparison focuses specifically on notions of death, and how one should deal with its presence in one’s life. This emphasis was chosen because Ambrose was a Christian bishop who was heavily influenced by Stoicism, and these two worldviews held contrasting beliefs on how death fits into the lives of human beings. The paper begins with an outline of other research regarding Stoicism or its potential connections with Christianity. The following two sections discuss how Stoics and 4th century Christians conceptualized death …

The Sediment Analysis Of A Prehistoric Shell Midden From Nevis, West Indies, Erika Harvey

Master's Theses

Archaeology in the Caribbean is a growing area of research. The last few decades have revealed a series of Ceramic Age sites +600BCE - 1620CE along the Windward coast of Nevis, West Indies. These sites must be excavated and examined soon, due to the effects of erosion and sea level rise. It is pertinent to explore and expand the knowledge of the prehistoric Carib peoples, if we are truly going to understand the history of the Caribbean. By bridging aspects of science and humanities through geoarchaeological methods, this project is aiming for an interdisciplinary approach to better understand the pre-Colonial …

Binding Affinity And Specificity Of Sh2 Domain Interactions In Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Networks, Tom Ronan

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) signaling mechanisms play a central role in intracellular signaling and control development of multicellular organisms, cell growth, cell migration, and programmed cell death. Dysregulation of these signaling mechanisms results in defects of development and diseases such as cancer. Control of this network relies on the specificity and selectivity of Src Homology 2 (SH2) domain interactions with phosphorylated target peptides. In this work, we review and identify the limitations of current quantitative understanding of SH2 domain interactions, and identify severe limitations in accuracy and availability of SH2 domain interaction data. We propose a framework to address some …

Learning From Zũni War Gods Repatriating Alternative Dispute Resolution For Practice And Research, Alexandra Crampton

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

This article applies lessons learned from the Zũni people of the southwestern United States about successful and sustainable intervention as a metaphor to address common tensions among alternative dispute resolution (ADR) scholars and practitioners. These tensions are found in professionalisation, institutionalisation and identification of best practices. Through example of Zũni efforts to repatriate sacred artefacts known as Ahuy: da, I argue that ADR is an intervention that works best through direct and ongoing dialogue rather than rigid adherence to a set of standards. The problem lies in how such adherence can limit and distort rather than inform or support best …

Horizontal Cybersurveillance Through Sentiment Analysis, Margaret Hu

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This Essay describes emerging big data technologies that facilitate horizontal cybersurveillance. Horizontal cybersurveillance makes possible what has been termed as “sentiment analysis.” Sentiment analysis can be described as opinion mining and social movement forecasting. Through sentiment analysis, mass cybersurveillance technologies can be deployed to detect potential terrorism and state conflict, predict protest and civil unrest, and gauge the mood of populations and subpopulations. Horizontal cybersurveillance through sentiment analysis has the likely result of chilling expressive and associational freedoms, while at the same time risking mass data seizures and searches. These programs, therefore, must be assessed as adversely impacting a combination …

Small Arms: An Applied Approach To Children In Armed Conflict Prevention Initiatives In Africa, Tristan Burger

Master's Theses

For centuries, children have been used in times of war—serving as porters, cooks, spies, sex slaves, and soldiers. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is still pervasive today with an estimated 300,000 children involved in armed conflict as of 2015. This applied project examines a possible method for preventing the illegal practice of using children in combat by employing a new technology centered on community-based early warning theories. I seek to understand if implementing a text-based, mobile crowdsourcing platform in remote communities in Sub-Saharan Africa will be successful in predicting Lord’s Resistance Army raids, thereby reducing the number of children abducted and/or forcibly …

Urbanization, Land Rights And Development: A Case Study Of Waterfront Communities In Lagos, Nigeria., Gideon Olaniyi Omoniyi

Master's Theses

The aim of this study is to examine the root causes of forced evictions and displacement through the current urbanization process in Lagos, Nigeria. My particular attention is devoted to the legal complexities and how ethnolinguistic identities shape land laws, influence land tenure, and construct urban citizenship. Through this process, competing claims to land ownership provide fertile ground for forced evictions and displacement. Existing scholars suggest that poor urban residents lack rights to stay in their neighborhoods, while a powerful capitalist class has emerged and dispossessed the poor from their lands. Yet these existing approaches derived from the neoclassical and …

Exploring Employment Equity: Diversity & Inclusion In Canada’S Legislation & Policy, Vanessa Toussaint Miller

Master's Theses

Multiculturalism is considered very much a part of Canada’s national heritage and identity, becoming the first nation to adopt multiculturalism as an official policy in 1971. Over the last 40 years, the Canadian population has undergone significant changes bringing in immigrants with different cultures, ideologies, religions and ways of life. Despite the various changes in society, the multiculturalism policies have remained the same. This thesis examines Canada’s Employment Equity-a policy intended to eliminate systemic discrimination in the workplace-and its effectivity at creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. The main research question is, in the past five years, has Employment Equity …

How Patriotic Are Albanians? The Comparative Study Of Patriotic Attitudes In Albania And The Albanian Diaspora, Anxhela Spahiu

Master's Theses

In today’s post-modern digital world, patriotism may not be as prevalent as in the past. In this thesis, my principal aim is to investigate to what extent Albanians, a nationality to which I belong, identify with a patriotic attitude toward Albania. I chose to focus not only on Albanians who live in the diaspora, like myself, but also on Albanians who live in Albania. I believe that to understand national pride to its fullest, you must study the attitudes of those who live in the country of origin as well as of those who live in the diaspora. Many people …

The Chinese Cultural Influence On Filipino Cuisine, Brandon Chase Lantrip

Master's Theses

This paper illustrates the impact of the Chinese cultural influence upon the Philippines with the primary focus being on Filipino cuisine. It examines how the Chinese cultural influence not only contributed to the development of Filipino cuisine, but how Chinese culture has also influenced the everyday life and culture of the Philippines through language and customary practices for over a millennium. The first section of the paper analyzes the cultural connection between China and the Philippines. The second section illustrates the Chinese language influence and it’s effect upon Filipino cuisine and culture. The third section explores the contested origins of …

Migrant Ridesharing Drivers In San Francisco: A Case Of Blocked Mobility?, Shireen Tofig

Master's Theses

Migrants have long turned to self-employment in host country labor markets due to not only racial and ethnic prejudices, but also issues of local language proficiency and lack of recognition of the academic degree from the sending country. The taxi industry, one particular occupational niche dominated by migrants, has long been studied by scholars. However, the industry has evolved into a newer and understudied form of transportation: ridesharing. This study argues that in the case of the ridesharing industry, drivers did indeed turn to the occupation because of factors such as insufficient English language level and foreign academic degrees, but …

Japan's Employment 'Catch-22': The Impact Of Working Conditions For Women In Japan On Japan's Demographic Population Crisis, Mary Perkins

Master's Theses

This thesis examines Japan’s aging population crisis and gender inequalities in the workplace. This topic presents an interesting and challenging phenomenon for Japan, as Japan’s economy and technology have developed more rapidly than almost any other country, establishing Japan as one of the Group of Seven industrialized nations. Yet Japan still significantly lags behind other industrialized nations when it comes to women’s rights and opportunities for advancement in the workplace. This is in turn hampering efforts for Japan to address a population crisis, with an older population growth rate far outpacing the growth of demographic groups that would support the …

Kinetika Degradasi Serbuk Antosianin Daun Miana (Coleous Scutellarioides L. Benth) Var. Crispa Hasil Mikroenkapsulasi, Theresia Cisilya, Lydia N. Lestario, Margareta N. Cahyanti

Chimica et Natura Acta

Tanaman miana (Coleous scutellarioides) merupakan salah satu tanaman tropis yang mengandung antosianin yang dapat berpotensi sebagai zat warna alami. Pigmen antosianin memiliki stabilitas yang rendah, namun dapat ditingkatkan dengan mikroenkapsulasi. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menentukan kinetika degradasi serbuk antosianin daun miana hasil mikroenkapsulasi. Mikroenkapsulasi dilakukan dengan menambahkan maltodekstrin berbagai konsentrasi (8, 10, 12, dan 14% b/v) dalam ekstrak daun miana. Daun miana diekstrak menggunakan pelarut asam tartarat 2% (b/v). Serbuk antosianin disimpan dalam inkubator pada suhu 25, 35, dan 45°C. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa reaksi degradasi antosianin mengikuti orde 2. Kinetika degradasi yang paling stabil adalah pada penambahan maltodekstrin …

Cangkang Telur Ayam Sebagai Sumber Kalsium Dalam Pembuatan Hidroksiapatit Untuk Aplikasi Graft Tulang, Atiek Rostika Noviyanti, Haryono Haryono, Rinal Pandu, Diana Rakhmawaty Eddy

Chimica et Natura Acta

Hidroksiapatit dengan struktur heksagonal merupakan biomaterial yang berpotensi sebagai implan tulang maupun gigi, karena memiliki sifat biokompatibilitas, dan bioresorbabilitas. Karakteristik kimia dan kristalinitas hidroksiapatit yang mirip dengan sifat tulang dan gigi manusia, menyebabkan kehadirannya dalam tubuh mudah diterima. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menyintesis hidroksiapatit dengan metode basah menggunakan kalsium hasil isolasi dari cangkang telur ayam. Sintesis hidroksiapatit dilakukan dengan reaksi metode basah. Proses sintering optimum diamati dengan variasi waktu 3, 5 dan 9 jam. Karakterisasi struktur, morfologi, dan komposisi unsur hidroksiapatit masing-masing menggunakan XRD dan TM-EDX. Hidroksiapatit terbanyak diperoleh pada waktu sintering selama 5 jam, yaitu sebesar 74,74%, dengan rasio …

Abu Ilalang Sebagai Katalis Basa Untuk Produksi Biodiesel Dari Minyak Jelantah Dengan Metode Bera (Biodiesel Electrocatalytic Reactor), Aditya S.A. Wicaksana, Ratih Lestari, Nur Inayatullah, Yustika Yustika, Rudy S. Putra

Chimica et Natura Acta

Pada penelitian ini pengabuan ilalang dilakukan pada suhu 900°C selama 8 jam dan digunakan sebagai katalis basa pada pembuatan biodiesel yang dilakukan dengan proses elektrokatalitik menggunakan elektrode grafit dengan tegangan DC 18,2 V. Proses elektrokatalitik campuran minyak jelantah, metanol dan katalis abu ilalang (2, 3 dan 5% berat katalis terhadap minyak) berlangsung pada suhu kamar dengan rasio molar minyak terhadap metanol sebesar 1:6 selama 60 menit dengan perbandingan volume pelarut THF terhadap metanol sebesar 1:1. Karakterisasi abu ilalang dilakukan dengan menggunakan XRF dan FTIR. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kandungan mineral alkalis tertinggi terdapat pada abu akar ilalang (Ca 3,99%) yang …

Penyimpanan Haloalkana Dehalogenase: Pengaruh Konsentrasi Terhadap Stabilitas Dan Aktivitas Enzim, Khomaini Hasan

Chimica et Natura Acta

Karena kebutuhan penyimpanan protein rekombinan dalam waktu yang sangat lama, berbagai macam kondisi penyimpanan telah disarankan dalam berbagai publikasi guna mempertahankan integritas struktur dan/atau aktivitas enzim asalnya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mempelajari pengaruh konsentrasi protein terhadap kestabilan penyimpanan dari haloalkana dehalogenase murni. Haloalkana dehalogenase rekombinan dimurnikan dengan dua langkah pemurnian, yaitu kromatografi penukar ion  dan afinitas. Dua kondisi konsentrasi enzim diobservasi selama 4 minggu. Aktivitas enzim diuji tiap minggu yang merefleksikan kestabilan dari enzim. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa konsentrasi enzim 0.5 mg/mL, dibandingkan dengan konsentrasi 2 mg/mL, lebih mudah mengalami inaktifasi dan kehilangan aktivitas. Peningkatan aktivitas dan stabilitas enzim …

Penggunaan Air Olahan Limbah Kantin Hasil Perendaman Batang Pisang Dan Ampas Teh Untuk Pertumbuhan Tanaman Mangkokan Dan Puring, Serta Peningkatan Mutu Air Olahan Dengan Elektrokimia Termediasi, Christi L. Natanael, Yati B. Yuliyati

Chimica et Natura Acta

Pertumbuhan tanaman mangkokan dan puring dalam media air olahan limbah salah satu kantin di lingkungan kampus Jatinangor menunjukkan hasil yang lebih baik bila dibandingkan dalam media air limbah kantin yang tanpa diolah terlebih dulu. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari tumbuhnya akar dan pucuk daun baru.Pengolahan pendahuluan dilakukan dengan memasukkan irisan batang pisang dalam air limbah kantin selama 2 jam. Perlakuan ini berhasil menurunkan jumlah total koloni bakteri yaitu sebesar 57,13%. Selanjutnya dilakukan bioadsorpsi menggunakan ampas teh (10 g/L), proses ini menyebabkan perubahan nilai pH air limbah menuju pH normal. Pada 2 jam bioadsorpsi nilai pH air olahan 5,42; konduktivitas 713 …

Metode Erasi (Gabungan Process Electro-Assisted Phytoremediation Dan Aerasi) Dengan Tanaman Akar Wangi (Vetiveira Zizanioides L) Untuk Remediasi Air Limbah Logam Fe Dan Cu, Iis Setianingrum, Ega Dwi Sintadani, Vivin Viani, Durrotul Uuliyah, M. Faiq Faridani, Rudy Syah Putra

Chimica et Natura Acta

Kegiatan industri, pertanian, dan pertambangan semakin meningkat sehingga pencemaran logam berat pada air menjadi persoalan penting secara global yang membutuhkan perhatian khusus. Salah satu sumber pencemar diperairan adalah logam berat karena memiliki sifat yang stabil dan sulit untuk didegradasi, sehingga perlu dilakukan tindakan remediasi. Salah satu metode remediasi yang dapat digunakan adalah gabungan proses EAPR (electro-assisted phytoremediation) dan aerasi dengan tanaman akar wangi (Vetiveira zizanioides L) sebagai akumulator polutan yang selanjutnya disebut dengan metode ERASI. Metode ini merupakan proses fitoremediasi, dengan bantuan listrik arus searah yang dialirkan melalui elektroda untuk membantu mobilitas polutan bermuatan dari sumber limbah yang dalam mendekat …

Alga Merah (Gracilaria Coronopifolia) Sebagai Sumber Fitohormon Sitokinin Yang Potensial, Saadah Diana Rachman, Zakiyah Mukhtari, R. Ukun M.S. Soedjanaatmadja

Chimica et Natura Acta

Alga  merah (Gracilaria coronopifolia) merupakan tanaman tingkat rendah berupa thallus yang tidak memiliki daun, akar dan batang sejati serta sebagian besar tumbuh pada batu di terumbu karang. Alga merah selain mengandung beberapa senyawa organik seperti polisakarida, vitamin, dan berbagai senyawa bioaktif, juga merupakan tanaman yang mengandung fitohormon sitokinin yang cukup potensial dan bermanfaat untuk pembuatan pupuk hormon/biostimulan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengisolasi dan mengidentifikasi sitokinin dari alga merah G. coronopifolia, serta mengetahui pengaruhnya terhadap pertumbuhan tanaman padi (Oryza sativa). Isolasi dan identifikasi sitokinin dimulai dengan proses maserasi menggunakan metanol 80%, ekstraksi dengan etil asetat, kromatografi adsorpsi, kromatografi lapis tipis preparatif, …

Comparison Of The Bi-Directional Performance Of Micro-Channel Sieve And Thin-Film Time Peripheral Nerve Interfaces, Robert Coker

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Sophisticated motorized prosthetic limbs contain multiple degrees of freedom of motion as well as embedded pressure and angle transducers to provide sensory feedback in amputees. Although several central neural recording and stimulation modalities exist for both controlling these motions and providing sensory feedback from a prosthetic limb, directly interfacing the peripheral nerves which originally innervated the limb has many advantages. A difficulty with this bi-directional approach is that electrically stimulating axons to provide haptic feedback creates stimulation artifacts at neighboring recording sites within the nerve that are several orders of magnitude larger than the electroneurogram used for control. In this …

Mechanics Of The Developing Brain: From Smooth-Walled Tube To The Folded Cortex, Kara Ellspermann Garcia

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Over the course of human development, the brain undergoes dramatic physical changes to achieve its final, convoluted shape. However, the forces underlying every cinch, bulge, and fold remain poorly understood. This doctoral research focuses on the mechanical processes responsible for early (embryonic) and late (preterm) brain development.

First, we examine early brain development in the chicken embryo, which is similar to human at these stages. Research has primarily focused on molecular signals to describe morphogenesis, but mechanical analysis can also provide important insights. Using a combination of experiments and finite element modeling, we find that actomyosin contraction is responsible for …

Bio-Inspired Multi-Spectral And Polarization Imaging Sensors For Image-Guided Surgery, Nimrod Missael Garcia

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Image-guided surgery (IGS) can enhance cancer treatment by decreasing, and ideally eliminating, positive tumor margins and iatrogenic damage to healthy tissue. Current state-of-the-art near-infrared fluorescence imaging systems are bulky, costly, lack sensitivity under surgical illumination, and lack co-registration accuracy between multimodal images. As a result, an overwhelming majority of physicians still rely on their unaided eyes and palpation as the primary sensing modalities to distinguish cancerous from healthy tissue. In my thesis, I have addressed these challenges in IGC by mimicking the visual systems of several animals to construct low power, compact and highly sensitive multi-spectral and color-polarization sensors. I …