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Women's Chorus Blended Learning Initiative, Emily Pulham

Instructional Psychology and Technology Graduate Student Projects

This report describes the process of developing a blended learning curriculum for BYU Women's Chorus. The project was evaluated through post-course survey data from the students and periodic interviews with the director of the choir.

Godspeed: Counselor Education Doctoral Student Experiences From Diverse Religious And Spiritual Backgrounds, Alyse M. Anekstein, Lynn Bohecker, Tiffany Nielson, Hailey Martinez

The Qualitative Report

Amidst growing literature regarding the importance of spirituality within counseling and counselor education, little is known of the experiences of doctoral students regarding their religious and spiritual backgrounds while matriculating through their doctoral program. This research explored the experiences of four researcher-participant counselor education doctoral students from diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds. This exploration deepened their understanding of the role their religious and spiritual identities played in their thoughts, emotions, challenges, and strengths of their experiences. A phenomenological autoethnography method was used for this study. A unique data analysis procedure was developed called Integrative Group Process Phenomenology (IGPP), which was …

Hermeneutic Phenomenological Interviewing: Going Beyond Semi-Structured Formats To Help Participants Revisit Experience, Alexandra A. Lauterbach

The Qualitative Report

Phenomenological research traditionally involves multiple focused interviews that rely on the participants’ memories and reflections to revisit experiences. There are many other interview formats that have the potential to support participants in this process by instead engaging with the phenomenon as it presents itself to their consciousness. In this paper, I present an example of how multiple interview formats, including think-aloud, stimulated recall, and semi-structured were used in a hermeneutic phenomenology study exploring expert teachers’ perceptions of teaching literacy within their content area to secondary students with learning disabilities. I provide example protocols in which I used multiple interview formats …

West Allis Memorial Hospital Cancer Program Annual Report, 1992, Advocate Aurora Health

Aurora West Allis Medical Center Books, Documents, and Pamphlets

West Allis Memorial Hospital, West Allis, WI: Annual report of the cancer program at West Allis Memorial Hospital for 1992. Includes sections on statistics and prostate cancer.

West Allis Memorial Hospital Cancer Program Annual Report, 1995, Advocate Aurora Health

Aurora West Allis Medical Center Books, Documents, and Pamphlets

West Allis Memorial Hospital, West Allis, WI: Annual report of the cancer program at West Allis Memorial Hospital for 1995. Includes sections on statistics and esophageal cancer.

Sinai Samaritan Medical Center House Staff, 1997-1998, Advocate Aurora Health

Aurora Sinai Medical Center Books, Documents, and Pamphlets

Sinai Samaritan, Milwaukee, WI: House staff roster with photos of Sinai Samaritan residents in 1997-1998 for the specialties of internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and family practice.

Annual Report, Aurora Health Care Metro Region Cancer Program, 2002, Advocate Aurora Health

Aurora Health Care Books, Documents, and Pamphlets

Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI: Annual report of the cancer programs at four Aurora hospitals in the Milwaukee metro region: St. Luke’s Medical Center, Aurora Sinai Medical Center, West Allis Memorial Hospital, and Aurora Medical Center in Hartford. Includes statistics, regional activities, and a special section on melanoma.

Guide To Aurora Health Care Libraries, 1995, Advocate Aurora Health

Aurora Health Care Books, Documents, and Pamphlets

Aurora Health Care Libraries, Wisconsin: Aurora Libraries guide from 1995 describing library staff, locations, services, policies, and resources.

Guide To Aurora Health Care Libraries, 1996, Advocate Aurora Health

Aurora Health Care Books, Documents, and Pamphlets

Aurora Health Care Libraries, Wisconsin: Aurora Libraries guide from 1996 describing library staff, locations, services, policies, and resources.

Guide To Aurora Health Care Libraries, 1997, Advocate Aurora Health

Aurora Health Care Books, Documents, and Pamphlets

Aurora Health Care Libraries, Wisconsin: Aurora Libraries guide from 1997 describing library staff, locations, services, policies, and resources.

John Mirabella, Et Al V. William Penn Charter School, Et Al

2018 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Fieldnote 1: Fieldnotes Of A Black Woman Scholar, Venus Evans-Winters Dr.

Fieldnotes of a Black Woman Scholar: Research, Culture, and Wellness

This episode or "fieldnote" is the introduction episode to (W)riting What I Like! by Dr. Venus Evans-Winters.

Fieldnote 2: Yes, My Black Ass Is The Professor!, Venus Evans-Winters Dr.

Fieldnotes of a Black Woman Scholar: Research, Culture, and Wellness

No abstract provided.

Fieldnote 3: A Black Woman's Critical Pedagogy, Venus Evans-Winters Dr.

Fieldnotes of a Black Woman Scholar: Research, Culture, and Wellness

Background history on my coming to understand education as a liberatory pursuit. I discuss my history of learning about education from liberation as a sociology major and my study of Septima P. Clark and citizenship education.

Fieldnote 4: The Hate You Give, Venus Evans-Winters Dr.

Fieldnotes of a Black Woman Scholar: Research, Culture, and Wellness

My reflections on the movie "The Hate You Give" and Black Girls' Trauma

Fieldnote 5: My Motivation To Write, Venus Evans-Winters Dr.

Fieldnotes of a Black Woman Scholar: Research, Culture, and Wellness

Dr. V describes her motivation for writing, when she writes, and how to become a writer.

Resident Stress Level During Steps Of Cataract Surgery, Aditya Rali, Jerry Fontus, Laura Ward, Maria Aaron, Jeremy Jones, Elliot Moore, Yousuf Khalifa

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Purpose To investigate intraoperative stress levels using heart rate monitoring during each step of cataract surgery.

Setting Single tertiary hospital.

Design Observational study recording resident heart rate as a measure of acute stress level during cataract surgeries.

Methods Emory ophthalmology postgraduate year (PGY) 3 and PGY-4 residents operating at Grady Memorial Hospital during the time period of the study were eligible to participate. Chest-strapped Bluetooth devices recorded heart rate during the surgeries. The mean, maximum, and minimum heart rates were then analyzed individually for the following steps of surgery: incisions, continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis, hydrodissection, nucleus disassembly, quadrant removal, cortical cleanup, …

Contextual Fear Memory Modulates Psd95 Phosphorylation, Ampar Subunits, Pkmζ And Pi3k Differentially Between Adult And Juvenile Rats, Roseanna M. Zanca, Shirley Sanay, Jorge A. Avila, Edgar Rodriguez, Harry N. Shair, Peter A. Serrano

Publications and Research

It is well known that young organisms do not maintain memories as long as adults, but the mechanisms for this ontogenetic difference are undetermined. Previous work has revealed that the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4isoxazolepropionic acidreceptor (AMPAr)subunits aretraffickedinto the synaptic membranefollowing memory retrieval in adults. Additionally, phosphorylated PSD-95-pS295 promotes AMPAr stabilization at the synapse. We investigated these plasticity related proteins as potential mediators in the differential contextual stress memory retrieval capabilities observed between adult and juvenile rats. Rats were assigned to either pedestal stress (1h) or no stress control (home cage). Each animal was placed alone in an open field for 5minat the base …

Librarians’ Application Of Copyright Law In Digitization Processes Of Library Resource In University Libraries: A Study Of Nnamdi Azikiwe Library, University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, Kyrian Oluakachukwu Nneji Ms.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated the extent of librarians’ application of copyright laws in digitization of academic library resources in University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Five research objectives guided the study. The research design adopted for this study was a descriptive survey. The total population for this study was seventeen (17) library staff involved in digital library practices. As a result of the concise population, there was no sampling. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire. A total of seventeen questionnaires were distributed and distribution recorded a 100% return rate. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistical tools (frequency tables and mean scores). From …

Measuring Novel Antecedents Of Mental Illness: The Questionnaire Of Unpredictability In Childhood, Laura M. Glynn, Hal S. Stern, Mariann A. Howland, Victoria B. Risbrough, Dewleen G. Baker, Caroline M. Nievergelt, Tallie Z. Baram, Elysia P. Davis

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

Increasing evidence indicates that, in addition to poverty, maternal depression, and other well-established factors, unpredictability of maternal and environmental signals early in life influences trajectories of brain development, determining risk for subsequent mental illness. However, whereas most risk factors for later vulnerability to mental illness are readily measured using existing, clinically available tools, there are no similar measures for assessing early-life unpredictability. Here we validate the Questionnaire of Unpredictability in Childhood (QUIC) and examine its associations with mental health in the context of other indicators of childhood adversity (e.g., traumatic life events, socioeconomic status, and parenting quality). The QUIC was …

International Children's Movies: A Review Of The Last Thirty Years, Joshua Matthews

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"If you watch a movie a week, here’s a good three months’ worth of the best recent international children’s movies."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the best of children's movies from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/international-childrens-movies-a-review-of-the-last-thirty-years/

Vol.46 N.18 November 22nd 2018, Voice Media Ventures

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Christmas Traditions, Shayna Hepner

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

My extended has been celebrating Christmas Eve at my house since I was 9 years old and we bought the house I live in now. As a kid I thought that was so much fun because all of my toys were there and I never got bored. When I got older it was not as much fun because it takes a lot of time to get ready to host a party. On Christmas Eve, all of my mom’s brothers and sisters would come over with their families. My grandma and grandpa would come over too and sometimes they would bring …

The Complementarity Of Human Capital And Language Capital In Foreign Direct Investment, P Konara, Y Wei

Plymouth Business School

Integrating the literature on language-MNEs (multinational enterprises) in international business and economic theory of human capital (HC), we establish an analytical framework to systematically examine how HC and language capital (LC) jointly determine foreign direct investment (FDI). We contend that the extent to which MNEs can leverage HC in a host country for FDI depends on LC. Based on an extensive bilateral dataset covering 3315 country pairs during 1995–2008, we reveal clear evidence on the moderating role played by LC in HC-FDI relationship and such evidence is robust to different measures used for different variables, the inclusion of more control …

The Perceptions Of The Value Of Arkansas’ Beginning Administrator Mentoring Program Among First-Year Principals, Sharesa White

Student Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study examined the perceptions of first-year principals toward Arkansas’ Beginning Administrator Mentoring Program. The study sample included seventeen first-year principals from the 2017-2018 school year. Semi-structured interviews were used to draw conclusions and to make recommendations for state agencies, superintendents, and universities wanting to implement or to make improvements to their beginning building-level leader preparation programs. Prior research confirmed the following findings from the study: 1) Mentoring support for novice principals is critical to first-year building-level leadership; 2) Additional learning opportunities are needed for novice principals during their first year as building-level leaders; and 3) Preparation needs do …

The Impact Of Presidential Field Offices In Ohio, 2008-2012, Colin D. Swearingen

The Journal of Economics and Politics

Does a community’s proximity to a presidential field office impact presidential election results? Applying community-level data from the American Community Survey, we examine the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections in the battleground state of Ohio. Using spatial regression, we find that the number of Obama field offices within 10 miles significantly increased his share of the vote in 2012. While proximity to a McCain Victory Center statistically decreased a community’s Obama vote share, this result was not substantive. In 2012, a community’s proximity to a Romney field office did not influence the results. Proximity to an Obama field office also …

Ursinus College Student-Managed Investment Fund Prospectus, Fall 2018, Paul Cottam, Shelby Boyle, Tim Carroll, Samantha Crossan, Joseph Heasley, Jake Kang, Thomas Kelly, Chris Moreno, Johnathan Myers, Steve Palis, Daan Slaats, Parker Wolf, Chenyu Yin

Ursinus Student-Managed Investment Fund Prospectus

This prospectus contains a performance summary for previous stocks and endowment funds as well as strategy and analysis for the following new stocks in the managed fund: American Woodmark Corporation, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and LGL Group, Inc.

Assessing The Impact Of Prescription Opioid Use Versus No Use On Adherence To Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Copd) Maintenance Medications, Copd Exacerbations And Total Healthcare Costs, Akshay Kharat

Pharmaceutical Sciences ETDs

OBJECTIVES:COPD contributes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide and is currently the third leading cause of mortality in the United States. Chronic pain prevalence is high among COPD patients leading to a high rate of prescription opioid use. The potential impact of concurrent prescription opioid use on COPD maintenance medication adherence, COPD exacerbations, and total healthcare costs is not well understood. The study objectives were i) to assess the impact of prescription opioid use compared to no prescription opioid use on COPD maintenance medication adherence in 90, 180, 270, and 365-day follow-up periods, and ii) to assess the impact of …

Pork Or Pig? Beef Or Cow? Implications For Advocacy And Research, Jo Anderson

Diet

In two randomized controlled trials, Faunalytics tested whether referring to meat by the animal it came from would have an immediate effect on attitudes or reported consumption. To our surprise, the answer was no.

Student Entrepreneurs Win Big At Blazer Innovation Challenge, Alicia Rohan

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No abstract provided.