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Intergenerational Perspectives On Leadership By Men Of The Three Affiliated Tribes, Chad Beldon Dahlen

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine perceptions of leadership and education held by three father-son pairs of Native American Three Affiliated Tribes members. Two father-son pairs with one triad of grandfather, father and son have all graduated from college and are considered leaders by their peers or have accomplished significant achievements, and are recognized by their community. Portraiture was used as a methodological framework for this project. Qualitative data were collected using interviews, observations, and formal and informal visits. Document analysis was used to describe and analyze how these Native fathers and sons were able to navigate …

Effect Of Cisplatin On Metallothionein Expression In Urotsa Cells Malignantly Transformed With Arsenite Or Cadmium, Brooke Alexandra Freeberg

Theses and Dissertations

Heavy metals Arsenite (As3+) and Cadmium (Cd2+) are known human carcinogens and exposure to them occurs through cigarette smoking, industrialization, and contaminated water sources. Epidemiological studies have shown that prolonged exposure to these heavy metals are associated with several health issues, including bladder cancer. With survival rates directly correlated to detection age and tumor stage, the demand for early detection would effectively cut costs and improve the patient prognosis of human bladder cancer.

Metallothioneins (MT) play an essential role in metal regulation, heavy metal detoxification, and cellular redox chemistry in cellular biological systems and tissues. Previous studies in literature have …

A Mixed Method Study Of The Impact Of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, And Dual Enrollment Courses On College Transition And Success, Kazimir Bartley Gazdzik

Theses and Dissertations

In an educational environment that has limited resources, and greater pressures for increased academic standards, what is the best option to help prepare high school students for college academics? This research study: A Mixed Method Study of the Impact of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and Dual Enrollment Courses on College Transition and Success attempted to investigate the impact of advanced courses on college transition.

The results of this research showed no statistical difference in academic success or transition to college between students who had taken advanced classes and those who had not. There were also no statistical differences between students …

Stress And Coping Strategies: Perceptions Of Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Amber Lynn Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to better understand the way Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students perceive stress and during which period of their program they tend to encounter the most stress, compared to students enrolled in a Master’s program. As each nurse anesthesia program transitions to a DNP curriculum, it will be beneficial to determine how DNP students perceive stress, and during which period of their program they encounter the most stress, in comparison to those students who are enrolled in a master’s program.

Participants for this mixed methods online study included a convenience sample of 237 nurse …

The Achieve Model In Professional Experiences Of Information Technology Workers In Higher Education: A Phenomenological Study, Michelle Fahey Rakoczy

Theses and Dissertations

The information technology field changes at a fast rate and, combined with the fast pace of change in the higher education environment, it is more important than ever that Information Technology professionals be productive and that retention rate increase in this field. This phenomenological study is an exploration of the professional experiences of IT workers in higher education, including the organizational, leadership, and individual level qualities that shape that experience. The ACHIEVE model is utilized for the theoretical framework for this study as it relates to an impact of leadership practices on followers’ performance. The results of this study provide …

Stroop And Mindfulness: An Experimental Multi-Group Comparison, Anna Lauren Schimmelpfennig

Theses and Dissertations

Mindfulness has been associated with various benefits, including enhanced cognitive performance and disengagement from problematic emotions. Previous research has indicated that engaging in a brief mindfulness exercise may enhance performance on the Color Word Stroop, neutral Stroop, and emotional Stroop. Participants in the current study were 201 students (139 female), mean age 19.7 years (SD=1.4) from a Midwestern university, who were randomly assigned to listen to a 9- minute mindfulness exercise, progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) exercise, or interview control condition before completing the Color-Word Stroop, Neutral Stroop, and Emotional Stroop. Preliminary analysis reveal that participants generally had positive attitudes toward …

Get Off My Porch: United States V. Carloss And The Escalating Dangers Of “Knock And Talks”, Skyler K. Sikes

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

No Excuses For Charter Schools: How Disproportionate Discipline Of Students With Disabilities Violates Federal Law, Johanna F. Roberts

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.

Nuclear Stability With Russia And North Korea Workshop Write-Up, Russia Maritime Studies Institute

RMSI Research

On January 12th, the college convened a group of nuclear stability and regional experts in Newport, Rhode Island for an unclassified discussion of the incentives U.S. adversaries might have for nuclear first use. Our aim was to identify the most probable and most dangerous pathways as well as the impetus for nuclear use. Based on these pathways, we generated a series of policy recommendations for the U.S. national security community and the U.S. Navy.

Islamic State, Center On Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups

CIWAG Reading Lists

No abstract provided.

Maritime Gray Zones, Center On Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups

CIWAG Reading Lists

No abstract provided.

Building Resilience In Social-Ecological Food Systems In Vermont, Kristine Lien Skog, Stine Elisabeth Eriksen, Christy Anderson Brekken, Charles A. Francis

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

There is an expanding interest in Local Food Systems (LFSs) in Vermont, United States, along with a growing effort to create adaptive governance to facilitate action. In this case study, we investigate how adaptive governance of LFS can provide ideas and act as a catalyst for creating resilience in other social-ecological systems (SESs). By participating in meetings and interviewing stakeholders inside and outside the Vermont LFS network, we found that consumers were highly motivated to participate by supporting environmental issues, the local economy, and interactive communities, as well as building social relationships. Farmers experienced better income and increased respect in …

Preparation Of Coating Materials With Antifungal Property From Hemp Nanocellulose And Clove Essential Oil Nanoemulsions, Papatsorn Rattanapet

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research aimed to offer an alternative solution to solve Black stripe disease in rubber tree which causes by Phytophthora palmivora by preparing antifungal coating materials from hemp nanocellulose and clove essential oil nanoemulsion. Hemp nanocellulose was used as a matrix which prepared by chemi-mechanical method that hemp was treated with alkaline and bleaching solution before being reduced hemp fibers into nanoscale by microfluidization. Antifungal property of coating materials was developed by the addition of clove essential oil nanoemulsion which prepared by spontaneous emulsification. Tween 20, Span 20, and coconut oil were used as main surfactant, co-surfactant, and carrier oil. …

Human And Nonhuman Animals: Equals In Uniqueness, Uta Maria Juergens

Animal Sentience

Chapman & Huffman attack the idea that humans are unique and therefore superior to nonhuman beings. They call on humankind to use their “intellect to change [their] actions.” I am in full accord with their line of thought, which differentiates uniqueness from superiority and enjoins humans to take responsible action. I suggest, however, that humans are unique with regard to cognitive fluidity. The same conclusions can be reached via another argument based on human uniqueness.

Good News: Humans Are Neither Distinct Nor Superior, Anne Benvenuti

Animal Sentience

Chapman & Huffman suggest that to correct our thinking about the supposed superiority of humans over other animals, we must train our reasoned investigation upon ourselves. Their thesis may usefully be viewed from within the general findings of the cognitive revolution in science, particularly findings that speak to the limits of rationality in everyday thought of humans. That we have failed — throughout a long history of scientific and philosophical thought — to ask fundamental questions about animal cognition and emotion is rooted in the fact that much of our thinking, feeling, and behaving is beyond our own immediate grasp. …

Human Superiority?, Bernard Rollin

Animal Sentience

Like Charles Darwin and George Romanes, I am quite willing to use anecdotal information as a source of knowledge about animal behavior. There are many more people observing nonhuman animals than there are people conducting controlled experiments, and we can thereby learn that behaviors we think are unique to humans are shared by other animals. From a strictly biological point of view, it makes no sense to speak of “human superiority.” One species of animal can be superior to another only in terms of survival and niche occupation. As moral concern for animals increases across the world, claims of human …

Using Anthropocentrism To The Benefit Of Other Species, Vanessa Wilson

Animal Sentience

Chapman & Huffman (2018) argue that we should not consider humans as unique or superior to other animals when we have the chance to explore the diversity of the traits of other species. This is a valid and progressive point in our approach to research, but I suggest that an anthropocentric approach can have animal welfare benefits when it helps us perceive other species – especially distantly related ones such as crustaceans – in a human light.

Why Humans Are Different, Tara Fox Hall

Animal Sentience

A central human problem is our inference from the fact that we are the world’s most intelligent species to the alleged fact that we are superior. This inference is not mandatory. Successfully combating this inference may require the threat of a large-scale catastrophe to our species.

Individuals In The Wild, Bob Fischer

Animal Sentience

If many wild animals have net negative lives, then we have to consider how likely it is that the good for animals, considered as individuals, aligns with the good for species, or the climate, or the preservation of wild spaces.

How To Foster Respect For Animals? Superiority, Dissimilarity, And Prejudice, Matteo Colombo

Animal Sentience

Chapman & Huffman (C & H) might be taken to argue as follows: Humans may treat animals however they want only if humans are superior to animals. But humans are not superior to animals. Therefore, humans may not treat animals however they want. Whatever its merit, this is not C & H’s actual argument. Their point, instead, is that humans often mistreat animals because they tend to perceive them as inferior. A remedy for animal mistreatment would then be acknowledging the deep similarities between us and animals. But is C & H’s suggested remedy likely to be effective to foster …

Insulting Words: "They Are Animals!", Carolyn A. Ristau

Animal Sentience

As Chapman & Huffman state, creating divisive human categories has rationalized atrocities committed against the “other.” Labeling neighboring warring villagers as “animals” is considered a despicable insult. Yet contemporary scientific views of many animals grant them thinking and conscious faculties, and the capacity for impressive achievements, many unattainable by humans. Robots, too, can accomplish many similar feats. But the essential reason we must protect animals is not because of their admirable abilities, but their capacity for consciousness, for suffering. Robots are not conscious. Participants in the human-animal debate should not complain about changing criteria for determining human uniqueness. New and …

Human-Like Behavior And Cognition: Not A Good Starting Point, Magnus Helgheim Blystad

Animal Sentience

Chapman & Huffman make use of observations and studies that show how humans may not be as unique in our behaviour and cognition as previously thought. I wholeheartedly agree that our uniqueness might be small and that if it exists, it should not give our species any right to act cruelly towards other animals. However, this kind of logic can be problematic. I present a few of the issues in this commentary.

We Don’T Want To Know What We Know, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg

Animal Sentience

Why are humans so ignorant with regard to the fundamental gap between ethical claims and the status quo of the human-animal relationship? To answer this, we should include more psychological and sociological perspectives in our discussions.

Two Fallacies In Comparisons Between Humans And Non-Humans, Don Ross

Animal Sentience

The hypothesis that humans are superior to non-humans by virtue of higher cognitive powers is often supported by two recurrent fallacies: (1) that any competence shown by humans but not by our closest living relatives (apes) must be unique to humans; and (2) that grades of intelligence can be inferred from behavior without regard to motivational structures.

Is Superiority A Necessary Aspect Of Cruelty?, William H. Edmondson

Animal Sentience

Chapman & Huffman argue that humans inflict cruelty without apparent concern because of their categorization of the victims as inferior. The supposed inferiority of non-human animals can be argued against on the basis of documentation and analysis of behaviour. Humans continue to inflict cruelty on their own and other species. It is not obvious that a sense of superiority is a necessary aspect of cruel behaviour. Nor is it obvious that further enlightenment regarding the cognitive status of non-humans will diminish cruelty.

What Sets Us Apart Could Be Our Salvation, Anne Fawcett, Paul Mcgreevy

Animal Sentience

We agree with Chapman & Huffman that human capacities are often assumed to be unique — or attempts are made to demonstrate uniqueness scientifically — in order to justify the exploitation of animals and ecosystems. To extend the argument that human exceptionalism is against our interests, we recommend adopting the One Welfare framework, according to which animal welfare, environmental sustainability and human wellbeing are inseparably linked. Let us distinguish ourselves from other animals by resisting our short- and mid-term Darwinian inclinations, consuming less, reproducing less, and striving for a much longer-term biological fitness for us all.

On Lewis Against Magic: A Study Of Method In Metaphysics, Anthony Fisher

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

David Lewis objected to theories that posit necessary connections between distinct entities and to theories that involve a magical grasping of their primitives. In On the Plurality of Worlds, Lewis objected to nondescript ersatzism on these grounds (and thus branded it as 'magical'). The literature contains several reconstructions of Lewis' critique of nondescript ersatzism but none of these interpretations adequately address his main argument because they fail to see that Lewis' critique is based on broader methodological considerations. I argue that a closer look at his methodology reveals the broader objection he presented against nondescript ersatzism. This objection, I further …

'Long Live Chairman Mao!' The Cultural Revolution And The Mao Personality Cult, Angelica Maldonado

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay……………………………....3

II. Primary documents and headnotes………..28

III. Textbook critique……………………………33

IV. New textbook entry………………………....37

V. Bibliography…………………………………..40

ความเหลื่อมล้ำทางการศึกษาของผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษ ในโรงเรียนสังกัดสำนักงานคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน, ณปภัช บรรณาการ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) เปรียบเทียบภูมิหลังทางเศรษฐกิจและสังคม ระหว่างผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษกับนักเรียนทั่วไปในโรงเรียนสังกัดคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน 2) ศึกษาปัจจัยนำเข้าสำหรับการจัดการเรียนรู้ให้ผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษและระบบช่วยเหลือผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษในโรงเรียนสังกัดคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน และ 3) วิเคราะห์ความเหลื่อมล้ำทางการศึกษาของผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษในโรงเรียนอันเนื่องมาจากภูมิหลังทางเศรษฐกิจและสังคม ปัจจัยนำเข้าสำหรับการจัดการเรียนรู้แก่ผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษ และระบบช่วยเหลือผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษในโรงเรียนสังกัดสำนักงานคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน การวิจัยนี้เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลจาก 2 แหล่งประกอบด้วย 1) ข้อมูลปฐมภูมิจากโรงเรียนสังกัดสำนักงานเขตพื้นที่การศึกษามัธยมศึกษาเขต 1 และ 2 ทั้งหมด 43 โรงเรียน 2) แหล่งข้อมูลทุติยภูมิโดยใช้ฐานข้อมูลของผู้สอบ O-NET รายบุคคล ระดับชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 3 ที่ศึกษาในโรงเรียนสังกัดคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน (สพฐ.) ปีการศึกษา 2560 ของสถาบันทดสอบทางการศึกษาแห่งชาติ (สทศ.) ตัวอย่างที่ใช้ในการวิจัยในครั้งนี้คือ โรงเรียนสังกัดสำนักงานเขตพื้นที่การศึกษามัธยมศึกษาเขต 1 และ 2 จำนวน 39 โรงเรียน และนักเรียนจำนวน 11,534 คน การวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลใช้สถิติบรรยาย การวิเคราะห์กลุ่มแฝง (latent class analysis) และการวิเคราะห์ความเหลื่อมล้ำ (Inequality Index) ด้วยโปรแกรม R ผลการวิจัยสรุปได้ดังนี้ 1) ภูมิหลังทางเศรษฐกิจและสังคมระหว่างผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษกับนักเรียนทั่วไปไม่แตกต่างกันที่ระดับนัยสำคัญ .05 (ꭓ2df = 2 = 2.408, p = 0.300) 2) ผลการศึกษาปัจจัยนำเข้าของการจัดการเรียนรู้ให้ผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษ ด้านความเพียงพอและคุณภาพครู พบว่าอัตราส่วนระหว่างจำนวนผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษต่อจำนวนครูที่รับผิดชอบงานการศึกษาพิเศษในโรงเรียน มีค่าเท่ากับ 3.77 (SD = 5.27) ค่าเฉลี่ยร้อยละของครูการศึกษาพิเศษเมื่อเปรียบเทียบกับครูที่รับผิดชอบงานการศึกษาพิเศษในโรงเรียนมีค่าเท่ากับ 16.89 (SD = 30.97) จะเห็นว่าโรงเรียนส่วนใหญ่มีครูที่รับผิดชอบงานการศึกษาพิเศษที่เพียงพอต่อความต้องการ แต่อย่างไรก็ตามครูที่รับผิดชอบงานการศึกษาพิเศษของโรงเรียนดังกล่าวนั้นมีส่วนน้อยที่มีวุฒิการศึกษาพิเศษโดยตรงซึ่งสะท้อนความขาดแคลนคุณภาพของปัจจัยนำเข้าด้านบุคลากรครูที่รับผิดชอบงานการศึกษาพิเศษของโรงเรียน นอกจากนี้ยังพบว่าสิ่งอำนวยความสะดวกและวัสดุในการผลิตสื่อของผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษไม่เพียงพอ สื่อการจัดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ของครูและอุปกรณ์นันทนาการเพียงพอระดับน้อย ด้านระบบช่วยเหลือผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษมีผลการประเมินดังนี้ ด้านการวางแผนการจัดการศึกษา (plan), การปฏิบัติแผนการศึกษาเฉพาะบุคคล (do) และ ด้านการวิเคราะห์และการตรวจสอบผลการจัดการเรียนรู้ (check) ปฏิบัติเป็นส่วนใหญ่ ส่วนด้านการปรับปรุงแผนและการปฏิบัติงาน (act) ปฏิบัติเป็นบางครั้ง 3) ผลการวิเคราะห์ความเหลื่อมล้ำทางการศึกษาของผู้เรียนที่มีความต้องการพิเศษ พบว่า …

The Relationship Of Injury And Cardiorespiratory Fitness And Effective Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation In Firefighters, Shelby Nicole Conard

Health Nutrition and Exercise Science

Quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an essential component in cardiac arrest survival. Research indicates that a first responder’s performance is generally inadequate due to many factors including fatigue or distractions. One factor that has not been studied is prior musculoskeletal injuries. This study aims to determine if a correlation exists between firefighter’s CPR performance, fatigue, and prior musculoskeletal injuries. Twenty-nine urban firefighters participated. Researchers were supplied with basic demographics and a self-reported musculoskeletal injury history through secondary injury questionnaires. Participants performed five rounds of single-rescuer CPR followed by a graded exercise test (GXT), then another set of five rounds of …