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Self-Determined Motivation In Foreign Language Learning: Examining The Effects On Students' Achievement, Yawo Badagbo

Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the relationship between foreign language motivation and self-determined motivation, as well as the issue of students’ perceptions of strategies used to improve foreign language motivation and achievement among undergraduate students in the department of foreign language. This research was conducted in two mid-western universities among undergraduate foreign language learners. The participants were undergraduate foreign language learners. A total of 391 students from 18- 43 years old started the paper-and-pencil surveys in which they shared their views and perceptions about foreign language learning motivations and strategies to improve motivations and achievement. However, only 380 completed the majority of …

Some Features Of Participant Reference In Xochapa Mixtec, Laura J. Cline

Theses and Dissertations

Many works have been published about the grammar and phonology of Mixtecan languages, but relatively little has been written about the discourse features of these languages. One of these areas of discourse where relatively little research has been done is that of participant reference.

This thesis explores the features of participant reference in one Mixtec language, Xochapa Mixtec, by examining the use of nouns, pronouns, and deictic phrases in eight Xochapa Mixtec texts. The texts used in this research were transcribed from audio recordings and then analyzed with respect to the participant reference forms they employed. The thesis begins with …

Reference Tracking In Ethiopian Sign Language, Katelin Jo French

Theses and Dissertations

Very little has been written about Ethiopian Sign Language, but the language has obvious differences from more well-studied signed languages. This thesis focuses on striking differences in reference tracking: looking at all the different referring types—lexical items, points, eye gaze, body shift, agreement, and zero reference—and their distribution throughout narrative texts. Through this process, Ethiopian Sign Language has proved different from expectations based on previously studied signed languages. This language uses loci with much more flexibility, depending on role shift alone to strongly establish loci for entities. Another way this language differs from other languages is its lack of entity …

“For Lack Of Knowledge, Our People Will Perish”: Using Focus Group Methodology To Explore African-American Communities’ Perceptions Of Breast Cancer And The Environment, Kaleea Lewis, Shibani Kulkarni, Swann Arp Adams, Heather M. Brandt, Jamie R. Lead, John R. Ureda, Delores Fedrick, Chris Mathews, Daniela B. Friedman

Faculty Publications

Among women living in the United States, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death. Disproportionate racial disparities in breast cancer exist, with African American (AA) women consistently having the highest rates of breast cancer related mortality despite lower incidence. This study attends to the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) call to action recommending the identification of effective strategies for communicating accurate and reliable breast cancer risk information to diverse audiences. Using focus group methodology, this study explores how AAs perceive and decipher information related to breast cancer and its relationship to their environment. Six focus groups were conducted. …

The Jefferson Scale Of Empathy: A Nationwide Study Of Measurement Properties, Underlying Components, Latent Variable Structure, And National Norms In Medical Students., Mohammadreza Hojat, Jennifer Desantis, Stephen C. Shannon, Luke H. Mortensen, Mark R. Speicher, Lynn Bragan, Marianna Lanoue, Leonard H. Calabrese

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) is a broadly used instrument developed to measure empathy in the context of health professions education and patient care. Evidence in support of psychometrics of the JSE has been reported in health professions students and practitioners with the exception of osteopathic medical students. This study was designed to examine measurement properties, underlying components, and latent variable structure of the JSE in a nationwide sample of first-year matriculants at U.S. colleges of osteopathic medicine, and to develop a national norm table for the assessment of JSE scores. A web-based survey was administered at the beginning …

Factors Contributing To Successful Employment Outcomes For Individuals Who Are Hard-Of-Hearing, Sergio Cuevas

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the relationship between demographic variables (gender, race and ethnicity, age, level of education, and secondary disability), state-federal vocational rehabilitation (VR) services, and VR employment outcomes among individuals who are hard-of-hearing. This study also explored what VR services contribute to employment outcomes for individuals who are hard-of-hearing. Data from The U.S. Department of Education Rehabilitation Service Administration Case Service Report (RSA-911) FY 2014 was used to focus on individuals who are hard-of-hearing. Logistic regression, Chi-square, and Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detector (CHAID) analyses were used to analyze the RSA-911 dataset.

Investigating Faculty Across The Disciplines Perceptions And Practices Of Reflective Writing In Community Engaged Courses: A Comparative Study, Marcela Hebbard

Theses and Dissertations

Recently, research in composition studies and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) has focused on understanding better how student reflective practices assist on their transfer of writing knowledge across contexts (Yancey et al., 2014; Taczak & Robertson, 2017, Lindenman et al., 2018). However, not much research has been done that investigates faculty beliefs and practices about reflective writing, how they use it to measure student outcomes and achievement in community engaged courses and the implications this might have for the transfer of knowledge and practice of writing. This study draws primarily on activity theory to better understand whether there is a …

Salient Factors Among Hispanic Parents For Vaccinating Children Against Hpv, Madeline Fernandez

Open Access Dissertations

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) among sexually active men and women in the U.S. HPV can lead to several types of cancers (e.g., cervical, penile, and anal cancers) that affect the Hispanic community disproportionately. In the U.S., Hispanic women have the highest rate of HPV incidence and the second highest death rate due to HPV-related cervical cancer, and Hispanic men are most affected by HPV-related penile cancers. In 2006, the HPV vaccine (HPVV) was released and recommended for girls and boys between the ages of nine and 26. Unfortunately, more than a decade …

A Comparative Analysis Of Techniques Of Euphonium And Vocal Performance Using Acoustical Properties, Brian Logan

Open Access Dissertations

After researching that many brass pedagogy texts make allusions to vocal performance as the ideal standard, this essay observed the ability of the euphonium performer to create different articulation sounds. Comparisons between voice and brass articulations were made. The effectiveness was determined by comparing pertinent acoustical components of brass methods to that of a single vocalist. To begin, this study catalogued preeminent suggested techniques for performing brass articulation found in method, pedagogy, magazine, and personal memoire texts. These techniques were collected into a list and given to a euphonium player subject from the University of Miami. In an anechoic chamber, …

Resting-State Brain Connectivity And Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease Risk In Successful Agers, Judith Lobo

Open Access Theses

Successful Agers (SA) are older adults (aged > 65 years) with cognitive function comparable to healthy adults aged 20-30 years younger. These individuals demonstrate preserved volume of the hippocampus and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), cortical regions supporting episodic memory, with advancing age. Since fMRI studies reveal lower resting state functional brain connectivity (rsFC) of these structures in individuals with episodic memory loss and cardiovascular disease, it is possible lower connectivity of these episodic memory hubs may be associated with SA status and lowered risk for developing cardiovascular disease. In this study, a seed-to-seed connectivity analysis of rsFC between the left and …

Shoreline Characterization In The Northern Indian River Lagoon, Melinda Donnelly, Michelle Shaffer, Suzanne Connor, Linda Walters

CEELAB Research Data

The purpose of this project was to evaluate current conditions of estuarine shorelines in the northern section of the Indian River Lagoon system, including Mosquito Lagoon, north Indian River, and Banana River. From January 2016 through June 2018, we evaluated structural and functional characteristics of 374 miles of shoreline, from Ponce Inlet in Volusia County to Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County (11,000+ data points). Hard-armoring accounted for approximately 50% of total shoreline, evenly divided between shoreline with bulkheads (25%) and hardened slopes (25%). Forty-five percent of shoreline without hard-armoring had anthropogenic alterations (i.e. mosquito impoundments, railroads and roadways, residential and …

The Echo: November 30, 2018, Taylor University

2018-2019 (Volume 106)

Remembering Leland Boren – Taylor raises staff wages one percent – Continued learning on Title IX – KSAC reinforces its dress code policy with graphic – Taylor alumnus wins Indiana State Teacher of the year – Student from Myanmar to Taylor – Where does all of the Taylor University tuition go? – The dorm friendly recipe book: Christmas edition – A ministry funded by prayer – croc thoughts – The Weekly Bachelor and Bachelorette – Humans of Taylor U – Cultural music proclaims ‘Noel’ this Christmas – Exploring a life in faith and miracles – A&E Events – Ringing in …

Nephromyces Encodes A Urate Metabolism Pathway And Predicted Peroxisomes, Demonstrating These Are Not Ancient Losses Of Apicomplexans, Christopher Paight, Claudio H. Slamovits, Mary Beth Saffo, Christopher E. Lane

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The Phylum Apicomplexa is a quintessentially parasitic lineage, whose members infect a broad range of animals. One exception to this may be the apicomplexan genus Nephromyces, which has been described as having a mutualistic relationship with its host. Here we analyze transcriptome data from Nephromyces and its parasitic sister taxon, Cardiosporidium, revealing an ancestral purine degradation pathway thought to have been lost early in apicomplexan evolution. The predicted localization of many of the purine degradation enzymes to peroxisomes, and the in silico identification of a full set of peroxisome proteins, indicates that loss of both features in other …

Gotcha!, Alexa Bills

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

I remember the first time I saw the stupid little sign. I was at my cousin’s high school graduation in 2017 at Rigby Idaho. Every member of the graduating class could make a sign or do a dance before they were handed their diploma. It was a ginormous class of about 420 or so, and at least two dozen of them, decided to do the ok signal held down below the hip. Now I don’t keep up in date, I’m not down with the diddly. But I did recognize the flossing dance from Fortnight, which I was surprised to see, …

Tiki Challenge, Rebecca Smith

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

RS: Ok, this is uhh 11/29 and I’m with-

DS: [unclear] Bear River by the way [said while barging into Jessica’s office].

RS: DAMON! [shouted with exasperation] [JO: laughing] STOP! I’m recording! [JO: more laughing]

DS: [whispering] I forgot. [JO: laughing and now clapping her hands]

RS: Now this is in it [JO: still laughing]. Oh my gosh [whispered].

JO: [laughing while talking] We need to just start over [unintelligible because of laughter].

RS: This is 11/29 and I’m with Jessica Olson. [pause] Have at it.

JO: Ahh, so I’m talking about my one of my favorite military coins. Military …

Col. Francis Nash's Revolutionary War Encampment On Little River Neck, Horry County, South Carolina, John Benjamin Burroughs

HCAC Research

This article gives details about the encampment of Revolutionary War troops, commanded by Col. Francis Nash, on Little River Neck in December 1776. It contains excerpts from the account of Hugh McDonald. Little River Neck is private property located in the northeastern corner of Horry County, South Carolina.

Handmade Christmas Stockings, Brittany Fitzgerald

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

[Five stockings, each in it's own image, followed by one of them hanging in a line on our mantle. Each has its owner's name spelled out along the top in block letters. The two stockings belonging to my parents are heavily stitched, while the kid stockings have a small number of motifs and the body of the stocking is covered in a vertical pattern.

William: a kitchen scene, crowded with knick-knacks, including a cow pull toy and pots warming on the stove. There are Christmas decorations all over the kitchen.

Michelle: scene shows a bedroom, with a window showing snowfall …

The Bear, Brittany Fitzgerald

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

"My father‘s family the Butler‘s were all great hunters. Probably out of necessity during the depression. My great grandfather broke his back in a mining accident and was never able to hold a full-time job after that. There is a family story documented by newspaper article of how he and my grandfather Frank shot a bear up Spanish Fork Canyon. Not only do I know this is a true story because of the article, but also because the decades later, while my husband and I were staying with my grandmother we found the carefully saved their skin. In a drawer …

Immediate Neurophysiological Effects Of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation, Anli Liu, Mihály Vöröslakos, Gregory Kronberg, Simon Henin, Matthew R. Krause, Yu Huang, Alexander Opitz, Ashesh Mehta, Christopher C. Pack, Bart Krekelberg, Antal Berényi, Lucas C. Parra, Lucia Melloni, Orrin Devinsky, György Buzsáki

Publications and Research

Noninvasive brain stimulation techniques are used in experimental and clinical fields for their potential effects on brain network dynamics and behavior. Transcranial electrical stimulation (TES), including transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), has gained popularity because of its convenience and potential as a chronic therapy. However, a mechanistic understanding of TES has lagged behind its widespread adoption. Here, we review data and modelling on the immediate neurophysiological effects of TES in vitro as well as in vivo in both humans and other animals. While it remains unclear how typical TES protocols affect neural activity, we …

Postigo Translates Documents For Parks Recreation Department, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

The Bison, November 30, 2018

The Bison Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Acoustic Characteristics Of Ghanaian Ewe Accented American English, Prudence Barbara Deladem Mortoti

Student Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the acoustic characteristics that contribute to the perception of foreign-accentedness of English spoken by native Ewe speakers. Forty monosyllabic words spoken by four speakers were rated on accentedness by 109 participants; 51 with exposure to Ghanaian-accented-American English and 58 with none. The ratings and measurements of F1 and F2 values of the vowels were analyzed and compared. The results suggest that the perception of accentedness was influenced by the acoustic properties of vowels. Listeners rated L2 speakers as more accented than they did L1 speakers. Accentedness ratings did not correlate with comprehension of words, and finally, listeners …

Understanding Roles For Collaboration: Teacher And Speech-Language Pathologist, Brooke Myrick

Student Theses and Dissertations

This investigation sought to discover if graduating education students understood the role of a speech-language pathologist (SLP) and if they realized the opportunities for collaboration. This study was performed using a survey distributed to education students in their final year of study. The survey consisted of general questions about SLPs in school systems and questions about the two professions working together. The data collected revealed a positive attitude toward collaboration but an overall confusion of what SLPs do in public-school settings. These students who were set to begin their teaching careers within months of the survey did not understand the …

Differences In Perceptions Of Singing Voice Quality In Vocal Performance And Communication Disorders Students, Kelsey Faye Joiner

Student Theses and Dissertations

Speech-Language Pathologists are responsible for diagnosing and treating voice disorders in voice professionals, including singers. The aim of the current study was to use the grade, roughness, breathiness, asthenia, and strain (GRBAS) scale to determine if there is a difference in how vocal music (VM) undergraduate students and Communication Disorders (CD) graduate students perceive singing voice quality. Two groups of participants, made up of 24 CD graduate students and 13 VM students, rated seven voice samples using original GRBAS training and data collection videos and corresponding packets. The groups’ responses were then analyzed. The results showed no significant difference between …

An Examination Of The Impact Of Dialect On First Graders’ Reductions Of Final Consonant Clusters In Spelling, Travis M. Nodine

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare first grade African American English (AAE) and Mainstream American English (MAE) speakers’ spellings of final consonant clusters in Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Consonant (CVCC) words. Sixteen first graders participated in the study. The research questions under examination were: (a) Does dialect impact participants when spelling final consonant clusters in CVCC words?, (b) Does cluster type impact spelling final consonant clusters in CVCC words?, and (c) Do spellings differ based on various stimulus presentations? Nonparametric log-linear analyses were used to answer the research questions. For the experimental CVCC words, there was a significant interaction between group, task, …

The Effect Of Rem Sleep Deprivation On Spatial Memory In Male And Female Rats, Kaitlyn Heywood

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

It is important for an organism to excel in spatial memory abilities. An organism’s survival is dependent on their ability to navigate through their environment to find resources, such as food and water, while being able to navigate home safely. With how important it is to navigate an environment safely, it is important to investigate things that impact spatial memory, such as rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation. Sleep research has primarily utilized male rodents to model sleep disturbances studies which cannot be easily studied in human participants. Research has been divided on whether four hours of REM sleep deprivation …

The Effect Of Altering Body Posture And Barbell Position On The Between-Session Reliability Of Force-Time Curve Characteristics In The Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull, Stuart N. Guppy, Claire J. Brady, Yosuke Kotani, Michael H. Stone, Nikola Medic, Guy Gregory Haff

ETSU Faculty Works

Seventeen strength and power athletes (n = 11 males, 6 females; height: 177.5 ± 7.0 cm, 165.8 ± 11.4 cm; body mass: 90.0 ± 14.1 kg, 66.4 ± 13.9 kg; age: 30.6 ± 10.4 years, 30.8 ± 8.7 years), who regularly performed weightlifting movements during their resistance training programs, were recruited to examine the effect of altering body posture and barbell position on the between-session reliability of force-time characteristics generated in the isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP). After participants were familiarised with the testing protocol, they undertook two testing sessions which were separated by seven days. In each session, the participants …

The American Library In Paris, Grand Challenges At Hope College, Mellon Foundation

Archive Stories

A blog post originally appearing on the Archive Stories WordPress site. The original site was created as a component of a funded pathway of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grand Challenges Initiative of Hope College (Nations, Citizens, and Outsiders: Paris Stories).

Effects Of Standardized Testing In Urban Turn Around Schools, Melida Jemmott

CUP Ed.D. Dissertations

Standardized tests are intended to show what students have learned and retained in a classroom setting. The purpose of the qualitative case study was to understand the effects of standardized testing in urban turn around schools. The research question that guided the study was: What are the experiences of teachers regarding the use of standardized testing, in urban turnaround schools in the south? The sample was obtained through a snowball strategy, and it consisted of 11 participants who were teachers from an Izone school in the Southern United States. The data obtained were interviews and artifacts (lesson plans). Inductive analysis …

Implementing A Nurse-Driven Mobility Assessment Tool To Facilitate Earlier Patient Mobilization, Zara A. Jakubas Bsn, Rn, Katrina Mills Bsn, Rn, Toni Lynn Weinsteiger Bsn, Rn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.