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Improving Community College Students' Interest, Utility-Value, And Performance: How Does Future Time Persective Influence A Utility-Value Intervention?, Elsa Maria Mason

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The economic benefits of academic success and completion are long-lasting. Students who attend community colleges can stand to benefit a great deal by completing a 4-year degree or even a 2-year degree. Unfortunately, these students often begin their higher education journey not fully prepared for college-level coursework. Students often fail to see how their college coursework relates to their lives and in turn, don’t hold interest or perceive value for the course and consequently do not perform well. Using Eccles et al. (1983) expectancy-value theory this study tested how community college students would respond to a utility-value intervention in which …

Benson’S Relaxation Response: Psychological And Physiological Responses Among Patients With Copd, Crista Reaves

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the United States. In patients with COPD, distress is significantly prevalent and can have adverse psychological and physiological effects. Considering the increased rate of COPD, a mind-body intervention focusing on the reduction of both psychological and physiological responses such as anxiety, elevated blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), dyspnea, and respiratory rate must be integrated into the patient’s plan of care. The relaxation response (RR) is a term coined by Dr. Herbert Benson in the 1970s describing the body’s ability to counter the fight-or-flight response to decrease …

Living On The Move: The Digital Nomad Mobile Phenomenon Identity And Practice, Virginia Rachele Smercina

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The following exploratory project used a qualitative mixed method approach by means of a preliminary blog analysis of thirty-seven blogs and twenty-five semi-structured interviews for data collection on individuals known as digital nomads. The theoretical foundations of this study are centered on practice theory, structuration theory, as well as discussions surrounding cultural identity. The project’s aim is to increase our understanding of the digital nomad phenomenon by asking four research questions: Who are the digital nomads? How is digital nomadism practiced? Why choose to live on the move? Is digital nomadism sustainable? The discussion includes how the digital nomad identity …

Forgetting Distractors: Inhibition Or Decay?, Laura Werner

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Research on forgetting irrelevant information in working memory (WM) has supported two

conflicting theories, inhibition (Oberauer & Lewndowsky, 2016) and decay (Dagry et al., 2017;

Dagry & Barrouillet, 2017). However, these conflicting results may be due to the fact that different methods were used to assess each model. In Experiment 1, we combined those methods to create a modified distractor span task that allows for a direct comparison of the models. Participants processed words that were to be remembered (targets) and others that were to be forgotten (distractors); the amount of free time after each distractor varied, with total trial …

Minimizing The Dangers Of Air Pollution Using Alternative Facts: A Science Museum Case Study, David H. Lee

Publications and Research

A science museum exhibition about human health contains an exhibit that minimizes health impacts of air pollution. Relevant details, such as the full range of health risks; fossil fuel combustion; air quality statutes (and the local electrical utility’s violations of these statues), are omitted, while end users of electricity are blamed. The exhibit accomplishes this, not through outright falsification, but through selected “alternative facts” that change the focus and imply misleading alternate explanations. Using two classical rhetorical concepts (the practical syllogism and the enthymeme) allows for the surfacing of missing evidence and unstated directives underlying multimodal rhetoric. By stating multimedia …

Keeping Track Of Change: Developmental Insights Into The Ability To Represent Objects In Episodic Terms, Emily Yearling

Master's Theses

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Climate Change And Its Impact On Climate Elements And Phenomena At Baghdad Station, Oras Ghani Abdul Hussein Al-Yasiri

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Climatic change affected every aspect of life in all countries on earth. As other countries in recent years, Iraq witnessed clear- curtilages in its weather like Desertification, drought, elevation in temperature and Fluctuation of rain...etc. here lies the importance of studding such elements and phenomenon. Baghdad station is chosen to measure the change as ample. The research relied on five climate courses (1973-1963, 1984-1974, 1995-1985, 2006-1996, 2017 - 2007) by the General Authority for meteorological and seismic monitoring of Iraq private data were used for that purpose: temperature, dust storms and fog through using the equation of the quart of …

Representations Of Romanticism In The Novel Broken Wings, Sajid Kamel Yassin, Kifah Eabd Nasif

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research deals with the representations of romance in the novel (Broken Wings) from an intellectual, social and psychological point of view, trying to make this effect clear in this novel. The name of this writer is not one of the names that passes in front of the memory a regular passage, but rather it requires a contemplative pause, because it is truly a prominent sign in the history of literature, not only the Arab but the international, because of his literary achievements and intellectual opinions that have its impact on culture and society as well as his influence on …

Mental Motivation And The Effectiveness Of Counseling Intervention Using Cognitive Behavioral Modification In Improving Its Low Domains, Imad Abdul Hamza Al-Atabi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research aims to identify the level of mental motivation and its fields, and the differences in the level and areas of mental motivation according to gender variable and stage of study, and the effectiveness of the counseling intervention by modifying the cognitive pattern in improving the areas of low mental motivation. Where the study was applied to (243) students of the College of Education for Humanities at the University of Muthanna. And two tools developed (Mental Motivation Scale CM3) and (counseling intervention). The results showed a drop in the level of mental motivation in general, and a drop in …

Calvinism, Catholicism, And Fascism In Muriel Spark’S The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, Richard Rankin Russell

Studies in Scottish Literature

A reassessment of the intertwined roles of Scottish presbyterianism, Italian Catholicism, and the rise of fascism, in Muriel Spark's 1961 novel about an Edinburgh schoolteacher in the 1920s and 1930s.

Hearing Competing Voices In James Robertson’S The Fanatic, Alison Jack

Studies in Scottish Literature

Discusses critical responses to James Robertson’s novels The Fanatic (2000) and The Testament of Gideon Mack (2006), and with particular reference to the character of John Lauder in The Fanatic, arguing that, rather than the political and psychological aspects represented by other characters, the religious perspective of Lauder offers a relevant creative alternative.

Courting Love: Comedy And Genre In Robene And Makyne, Caitlin Flynn

Studies in Scottish Literature

Observing that little critical scrutiny has been given to Henryson's shorter poems, argues that Henryson's Robene and Makyne challenges genre critics by its "seamlessness ... weaving together of courtly and country, formal and frolicking," and that the two lovers, who "embody the generic confusion marking the formal qualities of the poem," reflect "the comic instability of the generic resonances within the text," pointing to wider trends in Scottish imaginative literature of the period.

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First-Personal Body Aesthetics As Affirmations Of Subjectivity, Madeline Martin-Seaver

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

This paper redirects some of the philosophical discussion of sexual objectification. Rather than contributing further to debates over what constitutes objectification and whether it is harmful, I argue that aesthetic experience is a useful tool for resisting objectification. Attending to our embodied experiences provides immediate evidence that we are subjects; aesthetically attending to that evidence is a way of valuing it. I consider the human body as an aesthetic site, then as an ethico-aesthetic site, and finally as a site of resistance. In addition to deepening accounts of body aesthetic experience, this paper helps frame human bodies as integral to …

Consequences Of Math Anxiety And Stereotype Threat: An Intersectional Perspective, Jennifer E. John Buck

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Individuals with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills are highly valued for their contribution to the U.S. workforce and society. However, women and some people of color enter STEM fields at lesser rates than do White men. Math anxiety and stereotype threat have been found to cause math performance decrements for women and some people of color. Presently, it is not clear how math anxiety and stereotype threat might work together to dually influence math performance and subsequent STEM participation. The current study focuses on a diverse sample of 295 undergraduate students who were randomly assigned to one of …

The Effects Of Background, Classroom Assessment Competence, Self-Efficacy, And Self-Perceived Assessment Skills On Classroom Assessment Practices Of Teachers In India, Manognya Murukutla

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Teacher-conducted assessments are necessary to gather important information to facilitate student learning and academic success. Unfortunately, there is an inconsistency in teacher knowledge of assessment and assessment practices. While previous research identified a gap in teacher competence and teacher perceptions of their competence, and this affects classroom assessment practices that then impact student learning, the research is limited, outdated, and not grounded in any theoretical framework. This study addresses gaps in literature and establishes self-efficacy as a theoretical framework in which classroom assessment can be studied. Data were collected in India, and a path analysis and a Kruskal Wallis non-parametric …

Why Won't This Heal?: Actinomyces And Wounds, Christina Wagener

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Why Won’t This heal? Actinomyces and Wounds

Christina Wagener, MSN, Steve Kalish, MD, Mary Lee Barron, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP

An incidental finding of Actinomyces europaeus in a refractory healing abscess presents an opportunity to close a knowledge and treatment gap. After finding Actinomyces species in multiple patients within a twenty-month period in an independent hospital in Chicago, IL, the probability exists that Actinomyces is becoming more prevalent in subcutaneous wounds. Chronic, non-healing wounds cause multiple negative consequences including financial, psychological and physical losses and possibly death.

Actinomyces is a Gram-positive, filamentous, non-acid-fast and anaerobic-to-microaerophilic bacteria first identified in 1997 …

Teaching In A Multicultural And Demanding Society, Khalid Aada

Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications

What does involve leading a new experience of teaching and learning under the new paradigm of a true knowledge society? Is it about mastering the teaching experience through critical reflection, or knowing the natural and social environment in its multiple interactions? Isn’t it about favoring an educational environment where students are not only limited to participate in a traditional way, but expect to find meaning to their learning experience and be able to build the acquired knowledge? This article allows to identify different stages in the new educational models within a multicultural environment. In other words, a field where teachers …

Restructuring Of The Axon Initial Segment In Mouse Models Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Rachel Ali Rodriguez

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) affect more than 36% of children in countries with low- and middle- incomes (Boivin, 2015; McCoy, 2016). Interestingly, these heterogeneous disorders share a high incidence of epileptic seizures, suggesting a shared pathology. Seizures result when neuronal firing activity becomes disturbed and neurons fire excessively or in unregulated patterns. A key site in the control of neuronal firing patterns is the axon initial segment (AIS), where the local density of proteins and the morphology of the AIS in part determine the firing of neurons. We hypothesized that a disruption in the morphology and/or composition of the AIS can …

Wheelchair Propulsion For Everyday Manual Wheelchair Users: Repetition Training And Machine Learning-Based Monitoring, Pin-Wei Chen

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Upper limb pain and injuries are prevalent among manual wheelchair users and can restrict their participation and daily activities. Due to the high repetition and force in wheelchair propulsion, chronic wheelchair propulsion has been linked to the risk of upper limb pain and injury. Prevention of upper limb pain and injury is a high priority in wheelchair-related research. Decades of research in wheelchair propulsion biomechanics have led to clinical practice guidelines (CPG). Unfortunately, a decade after the publication of the CPG, CPG-recommended propulsion is still uncommon. Hence, for the first aim, a randomized controlled trial pilot study with two groups …

Young Children’S Knowledge About The Role Of Print In Reading, Molly Farry-Thorn

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Children begin to learn about the print in books and the role it plays in reading well before the onset of formal literacy instruction. Young children’s knowledge about precisely what readers are reading when they read books and who is able to read books has been studied primarily through interviews, but conclusions from this research are limited by methodological concerns. Three experiments examined whether pre-readers understand what part of a book is read and whether they distinguish between the skill of reading and the activity of reading. Although pre-readers were typically able to locate the print in a book, they …

Crip Time In Fin-De-Siècle Spain: Disability, Degeneration, And Eugenics, Erika Rodriguez

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

A period of intense nation-building, the late nineteenth century was marked by the search for medical and legal solutions to the increasing number of bodies that did not align with culturally constructed expectations of productivity and reproduction in Spanish modernity. Authors of this time used representations of disability to engage in urgent political questions about population control and the rights of individuals in the face of increasing medical intervention. In carrying out this analysis, I raise the question of how representations of disability created a space to reconfigure the social values that determined what lives matter. Focusing on canonical realist …

The Image Of Politicians In Tony Kushner’S Play Homebody/Kabul; A Corpus Critical Stylistic Analysis, Hadeel Falah Hasan, Sarab Khalil Hameed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This article discusses the Critical Stylistic analysis of the politicians’ images in corpora of Tony Kushner’s play Homebody/Kabul. The study adopts Jeffries model with the aid of corpus linguistic methods to show how text might be said to perform ideologies. It investigates how the image of war and politicians are presented. By using Naming and Describing tool, the analysis shows that the overall image of politicians is that they were aggressive when it comes to conduct war depending on what have they declared to be done.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder And Its Relation To Cognitive Distortions Among University Students, محمد حميد محمد الهيتي

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current research aims to identify the Post-traumatic stress disorder and its relation to Cognitive Distortions among university students. The researcher adopted the steps of his research depending on the descriptive approach. The sample was randomized by (100) individuals: (47) for males and (53) for females - for each of the General Sciences and Arabic Language specialization at the Faculty of Basic Education. To achieve the research objectives, the researcher adopted the scale (Khawaja and Bahraini, 2008) for the post-traumatic stress disorder, and (Alasar 2015) scale for cognitive Distortions after achieving validity and Reliability of both measurements. The results showed …

Nurse-Driven Protocol To Reduce Urinary Catheter Infections: A Quality Improvement Project, Sara Burrington

Master's Projects and Capstones

Costs of healthcare are astronomical, not only in the financial sense, but in many aspects of life for both patients and healthcare providers. Costs include those accompanying healthcare associated infections (HAI), where as a result of environmental factors, a patient acquires an infection during their admission. Since 2008, Medicare and Medicaid no longer reimburse hospitals for infections deemed ‘reasonably preventable.’ The biggest offender of this type of HAI is overwhelmingly, catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) (Kennedy, Greene & Saint, 2013). With approximately 31% of the inpatient population requiring an indwelling catheter at some point throughout their stay, risk of …

Using Social Media As An Interactive Tool For Learning And Teaching Purposes, فائزة عدنان صالح

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This study explores the fulfilment of teachers and students in utilizing social media as educational platforms at university of Baghdad, Iraq. It aims to investigate whether the actual process of knowledge attainment and communicative interactions is completed at the virtual atmosphere. The current study includes three facets of social media_ engagement, interpersonal teaching and learning, and school performance. Random selection of (180) digital users at some of academic institutions has participated in the study. The results reveal that recruiters require social media platforms to connect teachers and students virtually. They tend to utilize social media for enhancing teaching and learning …

Job Involvement And Its Relationship To The Daily Disturbances Among Educational Counselors, سالم حميد عبيد

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study aims to identify Job Involvement and its relationship to the Daily disturbances among Educational Counselors. The researcher uses descriptive approach and the study sample consists of (200) Educational Counselors. The research instruments used are: Job Involvement scale and Daily disturbances scale. The (face, and construction) validity and consistency of the instruments have been investigated using internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha). The study came to the following findings: - The degree of Job Involvement among Educational Counselors was (31.8350) and this refers to a higher level compared with the theoretical average (30) and that their Daily disturbances level is (157.0800) …

The Effect Of Using Cooperative Learning Strategy In The Achievement Of Students In The Third Stage Of The Department Of English Language In The Field Of Educational Guidance And Mental Health, ناصر خضير سكران

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current research aims at identifying the effect of using cooperative learning strategy in the achievement of students in the third stage of the English language section in the field of educational guidance and mental health, as the current research sought to answer the following hypothesis.

There is a statistically significant difference at the level of (0.05) in the achievement of students of the third stage of the English language section in the educational guidance and mental health, who study according to the cooperative learning strategy and students who study the same material in the traditional way. The original research …

Analysis Of The Work Of The Educational Advisor In Secondary Schools, نور بدري نوري

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The aim of the current research is to analyze the work of the educational advisor in the secondary schools in the city of Baghdad and to achieve this research, the researcher adopted a note form consisting of seven areas:

((Field of school card, field of guidance records, meeting area, Field of collective guidance, field of cases, problem area, area of extra-curricular activities)). An individual interview was conducted with the educational advisors during their visit to their schools, their number is (30) male and female advisors distributed in the Educational Directorates of Karkh (1st-2nd-3rd) for the academic year 2018-2019.

The researcher …

Psychometric Features Of Inductive Reasoning Among University Students According To Item –Response- Theory, ياسين حميد عيال, خالد جمال جاسم

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current study aims to develop skills of Inductive reasoning test among University students. To achieve the objectives of this study, the researchers have followed the scientific steps in developing Charles Doyle’s test as a suitable test to measure the ability of inductive reasoning, designed for university students, and after considering all its remarks, the test has been reviewed by expert referees in educational and psychological sciences to verify and check the availability of the suitable psychometric features of the given test in terms of form and content. The items of the test have been valid logically to measure what …

The Psychological Abuse According To Self – Silencing Of Educational Counselors, نادرة جميل حمد حمود

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current research aims to identify:

5.the Psychological abuse according to self-silencing of educational counselors.

To achieve the objectives of the current research, the researcher developed a measure to measure the psychological abuse of female educators, and preparing of a measure of self-silence after the translation from foreign language into Arabic and extracting the characteristics of the psychometric characteristics of both measurements, then she applied the two measures on a sample of educators in the province of Baghdad whose number is amounted to (320) educational counselors After analyzing the data, the results showed that:1. There is psychological abuse of female …