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Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: A Scientometric Study, Janarthanan Pichai, . Prabakar Stanleay Dr., . Nithyanandam Kannan Dr. Nov 2019

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: A Scientometric Study, Janarthanan Pichai, . Prabakar Stanleay Dr., . Nithyanandam Kannan Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

“Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever” is the topic selected for the Scientometric study to assess the responsibilities of the global scientists through the measurement of the impact of their research publications. “Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever” affects the health of the society and particularly the young generation are suffering a lot and many of them destined to “Early Death”. The Scientometric study in this research reveals that only 646 publications were published from 2009 to 2018, which means the research contribution on “Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever” is very low. The country wise publications show that “India” leads the table with more number of publications than …

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Instructional Strategies To Prepare Students For Success In Informal Learning Environments: Leveraging Metacognition And Critical Thinking To Develop Self-Regulated Learning Skills, Carolyn P. Commiso Nov 2019

Instructional Strategies To Prepare Students For Success In Informal Learning Environments: Leveraging Metacognition And Critical Thinking To Develop Self-Regulated Learning Skills, Carolyn P. Commiso

Instructional Design Capstones Collection

This paper looks at how learning is evolving in the 21st century and what skills learners need to be successful in that environment. Based on existing research into the topic, this paper focuses on how learning is increasingly taking place in informal settings, through the lens of the Social Cognitive Learning and Cognitive Constructivism theories. The hypothesis is that students can be successful in these settings by mastering self-regulated learning strategies which can be developed through critical thinking and meta-cognitive skills. It assesses what instructional strategies can be used to develop these skills and enable continued learner success. In addition, …

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November 26, 2019, The Dakota Student Nov 2019

November 26, 2019, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

No abstract provided.

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Peer Mentorship: Reported Outcomes Among Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Aja Rivera, Champagna Conner Nov 2019

Peer Mentorship: Reported Outcomes Among Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Aja Rivera, Champagna Conner

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Background: Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist (SRNAs) experience high levels of stress and anxiety while enrolled a demanding nurse anesthesia program; a peer mentorship program fosters an encouraging support system for SRNAs. Purpose: The purpose of this project was to evaluate if a peer mentorship program was effective at diminishing stress & anxiety, social isolation, enhancing preparedness amongst the first and second-year SRNAs, and to evaluate the perceived effectiveness of mentorship amongst students enrolled in the NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia (NSUHS SONA). Methods: This quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study design involved three cohorts of SRNAs. Participants communicated through personal …

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Songbird Use Of Problem-Solving Feeders In Urban And Rural Areas, Kayce Miller Nov 2019

Songbird Use Of Problem-Solving Feeders In Urban And Rural Areas, Kayce Miller

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Behavioral flexibility is important for animals to adapt to novel situations in their environment. It has been suggested that birds living in complex environments (e.g., urban areas) should be more flexible than conspecifics in less complex environments. Birds are a particularly well studied group, where novel foraging problems are used to assess flexibility and problem-solving performance of urban and rural animals of the same species; however, this is most frequently done in a lab setting with wild-caught birds originating from different habitats. Using a field-based method to test problem-solving performance should give additional insight into other factors influencing birds’ flexibility. …

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Spartan Daily, November 26, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2019

Spartan Daily, November 26, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 153, Issue 39

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Lindenwood Digest, November 26, 2019, Lindenwood University Nov 2019

Lindenwood Digest, November 26, 2019, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

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Determining The Instructional Effectiveness Of Online Vaccine Education Modules: A Focus-Group Analysis, Sarah Williams, Shannon Clark, Sharon Humiston, Barbara Pahud, Donald Middleton, Kadriye O. Lewis Nov 2019

Determining The Instructional Effectiveness Of Online Vaccine Education Modules: A Focus-Group Analysis, Sarah Williams, Shannon Clark, Sharon Humiston, Barbara Pahud, Donald Middleton, Kadriye O. Lewis

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Vaccine education for pediatric and family medicine residents is inadequate. Implementation of evidence-based instructional design methods for medical education is understudied. We conducted four focus groups with residents who had completed a novel immunization curriculum to explore their satisfaction with design, content and impact on confidence. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Overall satisfaction with the curriculum was high. Residents valued the interactive design and content, reported improvement in confidence in discussing vaccines with parents, and shared recommendations for future iterations of the modules. Technical challenges were reported with the learning management system. Medical education modules developed using best …

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Keep The Faith Not The Guilt: Demonization Of Sex Workers, Jessica Hodges Nov 2019

Keep The Faith Not The Guilt: Demonization Of Sex Workers, Jessica Hodges

Steeplechase: An ORCA Student Journal

Previous research shows that religiosity and attitudes about sexual topics are strongly correlated and typically negative. That is, as religiosity increases, views toward sexual topics tend to become more conservative or generally more negative in valence. However, current research also suggests that one’s sexual guilt may be the mediating influence in the relationship between religiosity and negative sexual attitudes. The present study seeks to replicate and extend research that examined the extent to which an individual's religiosity and sexual guilt influence their perspective of pornography and sex workers (Study 1). To replicate this (Study 2), a survey containing relevant measures …

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Value-Laden Free Will, Lixing Miao Nov 2019

Value-Laden Free Will, Lixing Miao

Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy

In this paper, I deliver a value-laden concept of free will. This concept of free will depends on an insight into agential psychology: we generally act in light of the desire of the good and the conception of a good life. Since our actions are performed in relation to the motivational final end—a good human life, the value-laden concept of free will defines that an agent has free will in x-ing only if the agent is motivated in such a way that x-ing is genuinely conducive to a good life. The value-laden concept of free will does not aim at …

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Political Obligation And Lockean Contract Theory, Samantha Fritz Nov 2019

Political Obligation And Lockean Contract Theory, Samantha Fritz

Acta Cogitata: An Undergraduate Journal in Philosophy

In John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, he presents his notion of social contract theory: individuals come together, leave the state of perfect freedom, and consent to give up certain rights to the State so the State can protect its members. He grounds duties and obligations to the government on the basis of consent. Because one consents to the State, either tacitly or expressly, one has consented to taking on political obligations owed to the State. Locke also notes that individuals can withdraw consent and leave the State. This paper challenges the view that political obligation can exist under …

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Tools To Support Collaboration In Educating Emergent Multilingual Students: Jumpstart And Electronic Performance Log, Margaret Bouchard, W. Jason Stegemoller Nov 2019

Tools To Support Collaboration In Educating Emergent Multilingual Students: Jumpstart And Electronic Performance Log, Margaret Bouchard, W. Jason Stegemoller

i.e.: inquiry in education

Collaboration is a vital component of educating emergent multilingual students, and technology plays an integral role in supporting the process. This article presents two tools to facilitate collaboration among emergent multilingual students: Jumpstart and Electronic Performance Log. The authors developed the digital tools in concert with paraeducators and teachers during a two-year, grant-funded, professional development program. In their roles as participant-observers, the authors were able to work with paraeducators and teachers to create tools that fit within the learning context during a professional development program for high school paraeducators. Concepts from activity theory are used to demonstrate that teaching emergent …

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Social And Emotional Learning In A Classroom: Language Arts And Literacy Teachers’ Perceptions And Practices In South Korea And The United States, Dae-Seok Kim, Carrie Eunyoung Hong Nov 2019

Social And Emotional Learning In A Classroom: Language Arts And Literacy Teachers’ Perceptions And Practices In South Korea And The United States, Dae-Seok Kim, Carrie Eunyoung Hong

i.e.: inquiry in education

The purpose of this study is to understand how language arts and literacy teachers of South Korea and the United States of America (USA) perceive the importance of social and emotional learning (SEL), and in what ways these teachers support the development of students’ social and emotional skills. As a comparative inquiry, the study explores teacher perceptions and practices regarding an integrated approach of SEL and literacy instruction. Language arts and literacy teachers were recruited to participate in the survey. The findings show that the participants valued the use of SEL strategies and activities to support students’ social and emotional …

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Evaluating Elementary Teaching Undergraduate Programs In Terms Of Culturally Responsive Elementary Teacher Training, Kasim Karatas, Behcet Oral Nov 2019

Evaluating Elementary Teaching Undergraduate Programs In Terms Of Culturally Responsive Elementary Teacher Training, Kasim Karatas, Behcet Oral

i.e.: inquiry in education

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the elementary teaching undergraduate programs in Turkey in terms of educating the culturally responsive elementary teachers. In this direction, the phenomenological design was preferred. Data were collected from the elementary teacher candidates and instructors via interviews. In the light of the findings and conclusions obtained, it is seen that the processes and experiences are not given at the level of acquiring the knowledge and skills related to the cultural responsive teaching for the elementary teacher candidates. Furthermore, it has been determined that the subjects related to cultural responsive teaching are very limited …

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The Effect Of Gender Psychology Course On The Attitudes Toward Gender Role By Undergraduate University Students In Turkey, Fuad Bakioğlu Nov 2019

The Effect Of Gender Psychology Course On The Attitudes Toward Gender Role By Undergraduate University Students In Turkey, Fuad Bakioğlu

i.e.: inquiry in education

The aim of this study was to investigate whether a semester-long gender psychology course had an impact on the attitudes of undergraduates towards gender roles. To this and, a pretest-posttest analysis was carried out in a state university in Tokat, Turkey, employing a sample of 60 university students; 30 of whom had taken the course and 30 of whom had not. As a result of this study, it was concluded that the gender psychology course positively contributed to university students’ egalitarian gender role attitudes. Indeed, the attitudes of the university students taking the course changed considerably at the end of …

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Effectiveness Of Cooperative Learning On Students Achievement In Genetics, Self-Efficacy And Conceptions Of Learning Biology, Demet Arı, Özlem Sadi Nov 2019

Effectiveness Of Cooperative Learning On Students Achievement In Genetics, Self-Efficacy And Conceptions Of Learning Biology, Demet Arı, Özlem Sadi

i.e.: inquiry in education

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of cooperative learning, which is defined as the process of working in small groups to achieve a goal, on students’ general academic achievement in “General Principles of Genetics” unit, their academic self-efficacy and conceptions of learning biology (COLB). In the study, in order to investigate the effects of cooperative learning and the teaching method that the biology curriculum in Turkey anticipates on the students’ academic achievement, their self-efficacy and COLB, pre-test/post-test control group quasi experimental design was used. The study was administered to 126 Turkish high school students from four …

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Turkish Validation Of Steam Scale And Examination Of Relations Between Art Attitudes, Stem Awareness And Steam Attitudes Among Pre-Service Teachers, Mustafa Çevi̇k, Rıdvan Ata Nov 2019

Turkish Validation Of Steam Scale And Examination Of Relations Between Art Attitudes, Stem Awareness And Steam Attitudes Among Pre-Service Teachers, Mustafa Çevi̇k, Rıdvan Ata

i.e.: inquiry in education

The aim of this study was to adapt the STEAM attitude scale developed by Kim and Bolger (2017) in order to explain the STEAM attitudes of pre-service teachers, and test a structural equation model composed of attitude towards art and STEM awareness and some other variables. The study group consisted of 429 pre-service teachers who were studying at education faculties of the universities in 5 different regions in Turkey. Data collection instruments were the adapted STEAM Attitude Scale, the Attitude Towards Art Scale and the STEM Awareness Scale. In the analysis of the data, frequency, percentage, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), …

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Testing The Mediating Role Of Collective Efficacy Perceptions On The Relationship Between Teachers’ Perceptions Of Professional Burnout And Organizational Commitment, Mevlüt Aydoğmuş, Yalçın Tükel Nov 2019

Testing The Mediating Role Of Collective Efficacy Perceptions On The Relationship Between Teachers’ Perceptions Of Professional Burnout And Organizational Commitment, Mevlüt Aydoğmuş, Yalçın Tükel

i.e.: inquiry in education

The aim of this study is to investigate the mediating role of perceptions of collective efficacy in the relationship between teachers’ professional burnout and organizational commitment. The study group consisted of 377 teachers working at different levels of education in central districts of Konya. Data were obtained by using Demographic Information Form, Collective Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale, Organizational Commitment Scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory. The relationships between the variables were analysed by using Structural Equation Modeling. Our results indicate that teachers’ perceptions of burnout affected both their organizational commitment and perceptions of collective efficacy negatively. It was found that perceptions of …

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Inquiry In Education: Crossing The Borders, Antonina Lukenchuk Nov 2019

Inquiry In Education: Crossing The Borders, Antonina Lukenchuk

i.e.: inquiry in education

No abstract provided.

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Effects Of Active Sitting On Reading And Typing Task Productivity, Claire Doroff, Emily Langford, Ronald L. Snarr Jr. Nov 2019

Effects Of Active Sitting On Reading And Typing Task Productivity, Claire Doroff, Emily Langford, Ronald L. Snarr Jr.

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 12(5): 1216-1224, 2019. Increased sedentary behavior and reduced physical activity among children and adults has led to the advent of various active devices to combat these behaviors. Active sitting, consisting of modified chairs or stability balls, allows the body to stay dynamic while seated. While research has evaluated the health benefits of active sitting, minimal research has shown the effects of active sitting on productivity in adult populations. The purpose was to evaluate the effects of various chairs (active versus non-active) on typing and reading task productivity. Twenty adult participants performed typing and reading tasks …

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Feasibility, Acceptability, And Preliminary Efficacy Of A Recess-Based Fitness Intervention In Elementary School Children, Christine W. St. Laurent, Sarah Burkart, Sofiya Alhassan Nov 2019

Feasibility, Acceptability, And Preliminary Efficacy Of A Recess-Based Fitness Intervention In Elementary School Children, Christine W. St. Laurent, Sarah Burkart, Sofiya Alhassan

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 12(4): 1225-1243, 2019. Although fitness may benefit cognition in youth, most attention has been given to cardiorespiratory fitness despite the health benefits of muscular fitness. Few studies have examined interventions that incorporate both cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness or have been offered during school recess. Furthermore, most fitness intervention studies examining cognitive outcomes have not reported on implementation information. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy on fitness and cognition of a recess intervention in elementary school children. Two schools were randomized to either a 3-month cardiorespiratory and …

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Humans Of Gsu: Lurenzo Carr, Office Of Marketing And Communications Nov 2019

Humans Of Gsu: Lurenzo Carr, Office Of Marketing And Communications

Newsroom

Student, Lurenzo Carr, speaks on the opportunity of a scholarship to study abroad awarded to him by GSU.

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Hierarchy Of Evidence [Eps File], Judy Schmitt Nov 2019

Hierarchy Of Evidence [Eps File], Judy Schmitt

Library Faculty Works

Hierarchy of Evidence showing primary and secondary sources

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The Effects Of Seasonal Variations, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, And Climate Change On The Tuna-Dolphin Association, Caitlynn Birch, Michael D. Scott, Zhi-Yong Yin, Lisa T. Ballance Nov 2019

The Effects Of Seasonal Variations, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, And Climate Change On The Tuna-Dolphin Association, Caitlynn Birch, Michael D. Scott, Zhi-Yong Yin, Lisa T. Ballance

Theses

Tuna and dolphins swim together in the waters of the eastern tropical Pacific, and this association has long benefitted tuna fishermen and intrigued scientists. Although the tuna-dolphin association is often referred to as a “mystery,” much is known about the association. Yellowfin tuna are primarily caught with spotted dolphins and, to a lesser extent, spinner dolphins; historically the spotted dolphin has borne the brunt of the bycatch mortality. The tuna-dolphin association is thought to be a product of the distinct oceanography of the ETP: a shallow mixed layer, a thick oxygen minimum zone, and warm surface waters. As the mixed …

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Study: Medical And Surgical Residents' Lack Of Sleep Recovery Leads To Persistent Fatigue, Alicia Rohan Nov 2019

Study: Medical And Surgical Residents' Lack Of Sleep Recovery Leads To Persistent Fatigue, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

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Testing A Decision Making Model For Nursing, Daniel Bruce Coble Nov 2019

Testing A Decision Making Model For Nursing, Daniel Bruce Coble

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to test a decision making model for nursing developed in a previous qualitative study. Concepts in the decision making model were creativity, experience, leadership, education, risk taking, and informatics. The Chinese philosophy of Cosmogony and chaos theory provided the theoretical framework for the model. Analysis of Decision Making in Nursing (ADMN), a tool developed for this study, incorporated a bipolar scale of 81 items. Pilot testing indicated adequate reliability and validity of the ADMN.

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Academic Achievement In Children With New-Onset Seizures Or Asthma, Angela Marie Mcnelis Nov 2019

Academic Achievement In Children With New-Onset Seizures Or Asthma, Angela Marie Mcnelis

Dissertations

It has long been recognized that children with epilepsy have more learning difficulties in school than either children without seizures or children with other chronic disorders, such as asthma. Problems such as repeating a grade, receiving special services, and scoring poorly on standardized achievement tests are over-represented in children with epilepsy. Factors that lead to problems with academic underachievement are not well understood. Primary purposes of the study were to examine change in academic achievement over a 12-month period and to identify factors related to achievement in children with new-onset seizures. A secondary purpose was to examine differences in academic …

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Psychosocial Factors Of Deliberate Self-Harm In Afghanistan: A Hospital Based, Matched Case-Control Study, Akbar Paiman, Murad M. Khan Dr., Tazeen S. Ali, Nargis Asad, Iqbal Azam Syed Nov 2019

Psychosocial Factors Of Deliberate Self-Harm In Afghanistan: A Hospital Based, Matched Case-Control Study, Akbar Paiman, Murad M. Khan Dr., Tazeen S. Ali, Nargis Asad, Iqbal Azam Syed

Department of Psychiatry

Background: Deliberate self-harm is not only a major global public health problem but also an important index of psychological distress and a risk factor for suicide.
Aims: We aimed to determine the psychosocial risk factors for deliberate self-harm in patients aged ≥ 16 years presenting to tertiary care hospitals in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Methods: A matched case-control study was conducted from February 2015 to May 2015. We recruited 185 cases (patients with deliberate self-harm) and 555 age- and sex-matched controls (patients with general medical conditions) from 4 tertiary care hospitals in Kabul. We developed a questionnaire to record the sociodemographic characteristics …

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Development Of Spirituality During Addiction Recovery: An Explanatory Case Study, Tige Culbertson Nov 2019

Development Of Spirituality During Addiction Recovery: An Explanatory Case Study, Tige Culbertson

CUP Ed.D. Dissertations

Individuals who are in recovery from addiction can find spiritual development to be helpful in their pursuit of sobriety. Some individuals have developed spirituality through a transition from negative religious coping (NRC) to positive religious coping (PRC). Prior to this study, no other researchers had focused on the factors that contribute to this transition from NRC to PRC. A qualitative methodology and explanatory case study research design was used to identify the factors that contributed to a transition from NRC to PRC during addiction recovery. Participants included five individuals who were in recovery from addiction and had experienced a transition …

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Quality Or Quantity: Completion Rewards And Formative Assessments In Flipped Instruction Classes, Kurt Schmitz Nov 2019

Quality Or Quantity: Completion Rewards And Formative Assessments In Flipped Instruction Classes, Kurt Schmitz

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Flipped instruction shifts the burden for engaging course content to the students. Moving these activities outside the classroom creates motivational challenges. This study investigates the role of formative assessments and completion rewards. Definitions are provided for flipped instruction and formative assessments. A classification of reward scores is offered to guide data collection in two field experiments. The study seeks to provide an empirical basis to guide use of completion rewards for flipped instruction classes. This study finds that completion rewards can increase quantity of formative assessment engagement. However, this change in quantity does not improve exam scores. The data suggests …

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