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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In Veterans Returning From Combat: Impact On Social Reintegration, Rod Van Pelt

Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition frequently observed in soldiers and veterans.The reintegration of veterans returning from combat is a challenge that state and federal administrations, as well as civilian structures and workplaces, face routinely. Despite PTSD being a public health issue with a socioeconomic impact, non-scholarly debate is the primary source of information on the non-medical burden of PTSD. The majority of scholarly evidence focuses on PTSD primarily as a medical condition, including when addressing the problem from a socioeconomic standpoint. In fact, most of the recent scholarly evidence points to specific areas of PTSD, such …

Performance Assessment Of Blackboard® Technology Among Freshman Undergraduate Students At Purdue University, Rod Van Pelt, Tyler Lim

Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference

At Purdue, almost every student uses electronic devices to access content and perform academic activities through the Blackboard platform. This study was aimed at understanding undergraduate freshmen’ feedback on existing classroom technologies and how this information can inform improvement of platforms’ design and effectiveness. Fourteen students completed a 12-question online survey. Blackboard technology was well accepted (92%) and rated user-friendly (62%). However, approximately 30% of students reported concerns over the convenience of use (23%) or reliability of the program (8%). This study confirmed that use of technology for academic learning and tasks performance is well accepted and didn’t identify major …

Reducing Costs By Applying Activity-Based Costing System And The Possibility Of The Application In The Banking Sector:An Empirical Study On The Housing Bank For Trade Andfinance, Hasan Jameel Al- Saffar, Ahmad Yousef Areiqat

Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies البلقاء للبحوث والدراسات

This study aims at exploring the possibility of applying the Activity-Based Costing in the banks through a Case study of the Housing Bank for Trade and Finance. The related data was collected from the relevant literature, and the annual report of the Housing Bank for the year 2013. The researchers relied on the Bank’s income statement analysis for the year 2013, which showed that the bank allocates all the operation costs to the income summary account according to the traditional costing system. The results showed that the Bank is still applying the traditional costing system, notwithstanding the fact that the …

Explicitation Vs. Implicitation: Discourse Markersin English-Into-Arabic Translation, Mohammed Farghal, Abdullah Samateh

Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies البلقاء للبحوث والدراسات

The present paper aims to examine Blum-Kulka’s (1986) claim that cases of explicitation in the target text (TT) correspond to cases of implicitation in the source text (ST). A corpus of three discourse markers (DMs) in an Arabic translation is examined against the DMs in the English ST. The findings show that there are three types of correspondence in DMs: explicitation to explicitation, explicitation to implicitation, and explicitation to zero equivalents. The paper concludes that the syndetic nature of Arabic discourse, unlike the asyndetic nature of its English counterpart, accounts for the presence of several cases of DMs which do …

أهمية المعلومات المشتقة من قائمة التدفق النقدي في التنبؤبالفشل المالي للبنوك التجارية السعودية, خليل أبو سليم

Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies البلقاء للبحوث والدراسات

هدفت هذه الدراسة بيان أهمية المعلومات المشتقة من قائمة التدفقات النقدية للتنبؤ بالفشل المالي في البنوك التجارية في السعودية . تكون مجتمع الدراسة من البنوك التجارية السعودية ، البالغ عددها (12) بنكا ، حيث تم تطوير استبانة لغايات جمع المعلومات المتعلقة بالدراسة ، وقد تم توزيع 120 استبانة على أفراد العينة ، تم استرداد 110 استبانة وجدت صالحة للتحليل . وقد توصلت الدراسة إلى عدة نتائج ، أهمها: وجود أهمية للمعلومات المشتقة من قائمة التدقيق النقدي المتعلقة بتقييم السيولة وجودة أو نوعية الأرباح للتنبؤ بالفشل المالي للبنوك التجارية ، كما توصلت إلى وجود اتفاق كبير لإي آراء عينة الدراسة حول …

(مدلول مبدأ التمثيل في النظام الديمقراطية ونظام الشورى (دراسة مقارنة, حمزة إسماعيل إبراهيم أبوشريعة

Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies البلقاء للبحوث والدراسات

تسلط هذه الدراسة الأنظار على النظام الديمقراطي ونظام الشورى الإسلامي ، وعلاقة التمثيل في النظامين ، وأوجه الاختلاف والتوفق بين النظامين من حيث مبدأ التمثيل ، وتنبع أهمية البحث من خلال واقع التطور الوظيفي للمفهوم التمثيلي الذي طرأ على دور نظام الشورى الإسلامي من أهل الحل والعقد ، والمفهوم التمثيلي بالمعنى الديمقراطي للسلطة النيابية ، مع ما يحمله هذا الطرح من تفاوت بين المفهومين ، كأساس لطبيعة التغير في الفكر الإيديولوجي لكل منهما ن وما ينتج عنه من تصورات خاصة تتحدد بها الامتيازات والاختصاصات الوظيفية . ويهدف البحث من خلال الوقوف على الأبعاد السياسية إبراز حقيقة التمثيل في النظامين الشوري …

السيناريوهات ونجاح الخطة الإستراتيجية دراسة حالة: شركة البوتاس العربية المساهمة المحدودة- الأردن (2014-2011, توفيق صالح عبد الهادي

Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies البلقاء للبحوث والدراسات

تهدف هذه الدراسة التعرف إلى اثر استخدام أسلوب السيناريوهات ( الأسلوب النظري) وتوظيفه ، في نجاح الخطة الاستراتيجية ، وإمكانية تطبيق هذا الأسلوب في الاستراتيجيات التي تستخدمها شركة البوتاس العرية المساهمة المحدودة . ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة قام الباحث بتصميم استبانة استوعبت في فقراتها متغيرات الدراسة ، وتم توزيع 60 استبانة على عينة الدراسة ، وتم استرداد 50 استبانة صالحة للدراسة والتحليل بنسبة استرداد بلغت 83.3 . وقد طبقت الدراسة مجموعة من الأساليب الإحصائية ، لإظهار خصائص الأفراد عينة البحث ، واختبار الفرضيات ، وكان من أهمها اختبار كرونباخ ألفا لقياس الصدق والثبات ، واختبار الانحدار الخطي المتعدد للفرضية الرئيسية باستخدام …

أثر الأسئلة الشفوية مفتوحة الإجابة وزمن الانتظار في التحصيل ومهارات التفكير العليا لدى طالبات الصف العاشر في وحدة الفقه الإسلامي وأصوله في الأردن, ياسين علي المقوسي

Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies البلقاء للبحوث والدراسات

هدفت الدراسة قياس اثر الأسئلة مفتوحة الإجابة ، مع إطالة زمن الانتظار ، في شرح وحدة الفقه الإسلامي واصوله ن المقررة في كتاب التربية الإسلامية للصف العاشر الأساسي ، وعلاقته بالتحصيل ومهارات التفكير العليا في المادة . تكونت عينة الدراسة من (60) طالبة من طالبات الصف العاشر الأساسي بمدرسة عرجان الثانوية للبنات في مديرية قصبة عمان خلال الفصل الدراسي الأول ، للعام الدراسي 2014-2015 م . تم اختيارهن بطريقة قصدية ، وتوزيعهن بالتساوي على مجموعات الدراسة عشوائياً (مجموعة تجريبية ومجموعة ضابطة). واستخدم الباحث المنهج شبه التجريبي ، حيث قام ببناء أدلتين للدراسة ن الأولى : اختبار تحصيلي ، والثانية : …

Non-Traditional Anti-Emetic Therapy For Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: A Case Report, Sara Groome, Pharmd, Kelly Le, Pharmd, Christina Karalis, Pharmd, Eric Selvage, Pharmd, Brandi Thoma, Pharmd, Bcps, Bccp

Pharmacy Presentations, Posters, and Grand Rounds

• Marijuana is one of the most commonly utilized recreational drugs and is widely known for both its anti-emetic and appetite-stimulating properties
• Medicinal-grade marijuana has been available for patients suffering from various medical conditions, such as chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, for example; it also has been utilized in patients with chronic pain, in addition to a number of other disease states
• While casual, intermittent use elucidates the aforementioned positive effects, chronic use of large quantities of marijuana may precipitate the contrary, such as extensive nausea and vomiting, a hallmark of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS)
• CHS is hypothesized to result from alterations …

The Diverse Roles Of Mitochondrial Dynamics In Retinal Ganglion Cell Maturation, Disease, And Regeneration, Alexander Kreymerman

Open Access Dissertations

Mitochondria maintain a diversity of roles central to the array of neuronal functions and survival, as implied by the ubiquitous evidence of mitochondrial roles in neuronal developmental, aging, and disease progression. The canonical function of mitochondria is to produce ATP, a critical and dominant molecule used by cells for energy requiring activities. However, since their discovery more than a century ago, mitochondria have been implicated in a vast collection of cellular processes, largely driven by their expanded function beyond metabolism, including secondary messenger signaling, cytoplasmic Ca2+ signaling, fatty acid oxidation, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and protein scaffolding. More recently, …

A Comprehensive Investigation Of Mth1 As A Novel Therapeutic Target In Ras-Driven Cancers., Govindi Jayanika De Alwis Samaranayake

Open Access Dissertations

The nucleotide pool is significantly more susceptible to oxidative damage induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) compared to genomic DNA, due to DNA being more protected by the double helix and nucleosome packing. The NUDIX pyrophosphatase, MutT Homolog 1 (MTH1), maintains nucleotide pool integrity by hydrolyzing oxidized purines thus preventing their genomic incorporation. If incorporated into DNA the accumulation of these oxidized purines can lead to DNA strand breaks, genomic instability, and ultimately cell death. Our prior work has shown that MTH1 is critical in facilitating multiple pro-tumorigenic phenotypes in oncogenic RAS-mutated cancer cells, with its depletion leading to decreased …

A Performance Edition Of Charles Villiers Stanford's Cello Concerto In D Minor, Patrick Shea Kole

Open Access Dissertations

The following paper appears in conjunction with a video of a lecture recital by Patrick Shea Kole. The subject of this doctoral thesis is a cello concerto by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924). Written in 1879 and orchestrated in 1880, the concerto was not published in the composer's lifetime. The manuscripts resurfaced in 2002, leading to the publication of a critical edition in 2012. The recency of its publication means that cellists are just now becoming aware of this exceptional 19th century concerto. My lecture recital on February 12th 2019 at the Frost School of Music (included here) was the United …

A Nurse Practitioner-Led Group Advance Care Planning Program In An Independent And Assisted Living Community, Alexander Bustos

DNP Qualifying Manuscripts

It has been well documented that the majority of people want to spend their last days in the comfort of their own homes, free of pain, and off any dependent machine. , However, the majority of people have not documented these wishes or talked with their family or provider about end of life care (Hamel, Wu, & Brodie, 2017). The Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA), which took effect on December 1, 1991, was enacted to raise awareness and promote discussions between patients and providers about end of life (EOL) healthcare decisions. The primary care nurse practitioner is in a prime …

State V. Boynton Appellant's Brief Dckt. 47080

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

12-11-2019 Swosu Biology Students Present Research At Oklahoma Academy Of Sciences Technical Meeting, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2019

Seven Southwestern Oklahoma State University biology students presented their research at the recent Oklahoma Academy of Sciences Technical Meeting held in Edmond.

Is Innovative Auditory Technology Here To Stay, Krish Galani

Student Work

Innovation is often seen as a necessary constant throughout history, as it is our survival mechanism, evolving from humanity’s inherent ignorance/flaws. However, as society pushes for innovation at an ever-increasing rate, should we be concerned about its implications on the deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) in the United States? The DHH has been quite sensitive to this surplus of innovation, with an increasing amount of ‘auditory aid related’ technologies being marketed every day. What does this mean for deaf culture? More importantly, how will these innovations shape the future of deaf behavior and linguistics?

Expression Of Lysine-Mediated Neuropeptide Hormones Controlling Satiety And Appetite In Broiler Chickens, Collins N. Khwatenge, Boniface M. Kimathi, Thyneice Taylor-Bowden, Samuel N. Nahashon

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Lysine is the second most limiting amino acid after methionine and is considered the most limiting amino acid for growth in poultry. Lysine requirement for broiler chickens has changed over the years. Leptin and adiponectin represent 2 adipokines that mediate metabolism by eliciting satiety effects whereas ghrelin peptide hormone influences appetite. We hypothesize that this affects growth performance of chicks. This study evaluates the effect of varying dietary lysine homeostasis on performance of broiler chickens through satiety- and appetite-mediating hormones. In 3 replications, 270 one-day-old chicks were reared for 8 wk feeding on diets comprising 0.85, 1.14, and 1.42% lysine …

Laying Performance Of Pearl Gray Guinea Fowl Hens As Affected By Caging Density, Samuel N. Nahashon, Nathaniel Adefope, Abravi Amenyenu, D. Wright

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

The caging density required for optimal egg production by various avian species and varieties is highly variable. Even so, little is known of the required cage density for optimum performance of the laying guinea fowl (Numida meleagris). The objective of this study was to assess the effect of varying cage densities on production performance of pearl gray guinea fowl laying hens. In 3 replicates, 270 pearl gray guinea hens [28 wk of age (WOA)] were weighed individually and randomly assigned to laying cages at densities of 1, 2, and 3 birds/cage, equivalent to 1,394, 697, and 465 cm2/bird, respectively. During …

Effect Of Varying Dietary Concentrations Of Lysine On Growth Performance Of The Pearl Grey Guinea Fowl, Sarayu Bhogoju, Samuel N. Nahashon, Joseph Donkor, Boniface M. Kimathi, Dekarra Johnson, Collins N. Khwatenge, Thyneice Taylor-Bowden

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Lysine is the second limiting essential amino acid in poultry nutrition after methionine. Understanding the lysine requirement of poultry is necessary in guiding formulation of least cost diets that effectively meet the nutritional needs of individual birds. The lysine requirement of the Pearl Grey guinea fowl (PGGF) is not known. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the appropriate lysine levels required for optimal growth attributes of the PGGF. In a 12-week study, 512 one-day-old Pearl Grey guinea keets were weighed individually and randomly assigned to electrically heated battery brooders. Each battery contained 12 compartments housing 15 birds …

Modeling Growth Characteristics Of Meat-Type Guinea Fowl, Samuel N. Nahashon, Sammy E. Aggrey, Nathaniel Adefope, Abravi Amenyenu

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

This study was conducted to describe the growth pattern of the French guinea fowl, a meat-type variety. Using BW data from hatch to 9 wk, 2 nonlinear mathematical functions (Gompertz and logistic) were used to estimate growth patterns of the French guinea fowl. The French guinea fowl did not exhibit sexual dimorphism for growth characteristics. From the Gompertz model, the asymptotic BW, growth rate, and age at maximum growth were 2.05 kg, 0.25 kg/wk, and 5.74 wk in males, respectively, and 2.03 kg, 0.25 kg/wk, and 5.72 wk in females, respectively. The ages at maximum growth were 5.75 and 5.74 …

Effects Of Dietary Metabolizable Energy And Crude Protein Concentrations On Growth Performance And Carcass Characteristics Of French Guinea Broilers, Samuel N. Nahashon, Nathaniel Adefope, Abravi Amenyenu, D. Wright

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

This study was undertaken to assess dietary CP and ME concentrations for optimum growth performance and carcass characteristics of French guinea broilers. In a 3 x 3 factorial arrangement, 396 1-d-old French guinea keets were randomly assigned to experimental diets with 3,050, 3,100, and 3,150 kcal of ME/kg of diet; each contained 21, 23, and 25% CP, respectively, from 0 to 4 wk of age (WOA). From 5 to 8 WOA, experimental diets had 3,100, 3,150, and 3,200 kcal of ME/kg of diet, and each contained 19, 21, and 23% CP, respectively. Each dietary treatment was replicated 3 times, and …

Growth Characteristics Of Pearl Gray Guinea Fowl As Predicted By The Richards, Gompertz, And Logistic Models, Samuel N. Nahashon, Sammy E. Aggrey, Nathaniel Adefope, Abravi Amenyenu, D. Wright

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

This study was undertaken to describe the growth pattern of the pearl gray Guinea fowl. Using BW data from hatch to 22 wk, 3 nonlinear mathematical functions (Richards, Gompertz, and logistic) were used to estimate growth patterns of the pearl gray guinea fowl. The logistic and Gompertz models are a special case of the Richards model, which has a variable point of inflection defined by the shape or growth trajectory parameter, m. The shape parameter m was 1.08 and 0.98 in males and females, respectively, suggesting that the growth pattern of the pearl gray female guinea fowl is Gompertz. The …

Symbolism In The Allegory: A Look At Apollo’S Lyre, Keri Meinert, Emily Keiner, Anne Bak

2019 Festscrift: Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo

This paper analyzes the symbolic meaning within Monteverdi’s operatic version of the fable of Orpheus, a demigod who has a talent for music. When Orpheus’ bride Eurydice died suddenly from a snake bite, he decides to seek her soul in the Underworld and bring her back to the land of the living. This task does not prove to be as easy for Orpheus as he initially thinks, when he finds himself losing her twice during the course of the five acts. To show how his journey unfolds, and the meaning behind each step, we will develop the symbolic meaning in …

Une Ufa Aac Library Subcommittee Resource Highlight: State Of Maine Collaborative Resources, Une Library Services

UFA AAC Library Sub-Committee Library Resource Highlights

December 2019 library resources highlight compiled for the University Faculty Assembly Academic Affairs Committee's Library Sub-committee at the University of New England. Focus on: Resources available to UNE community members thanks to library partnerships throughout the state of Maine, including book recommendation tools, children's learning portals, and a new reciprocal borrowing program.

Precise Mass Determination Of Spt-Cl J2106-5844, The Most Massive Cluster At Z > 1, Jinhyub Kim, M. James Jee, Saul Perlmutter, Brian Hayden, David Rubin, Xiaosheng Huang, Greg Aldering, Jongwan Ko

Physics and Astronomy

We present a detailed high-resolution weak-lensing study of SPT-CL J2106-5844 at z = 1.132, claimed to be the most massive system discovered at z > 1 in the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev–Zel'dovich survey. Based on the deep imaging data from the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3 on board the Hubble Space Telescope, we find that the cluster mass distribution is asymmetric, composed of a main clump and a subclump ~640 kpc west thereof. The central clump is further resolved into two smaller northwestern and southeastern substructures separated by ~150 kpc. We show that this rather complex …

Faculty Senate Minutes December 2019, Uno Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official minutes of the Faculty Senate Meetings at the University of Nebraska - Omaha (UNO) for Academic year 2019-2020. The Faculty Senate supports faculty governance and believes that shared governance is essential to creating productive and rewarding environment for faculty and students. The Faculty Senate is a representative body of members elected by the faculty of the various academic departments and units of UNO. The Faculty Senate features representation from each academic college, Criss Library , and Omaha-base University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) colleges.

Terrence Mcnally’S Universalizing Model: The Role Of Disability In Andre’S Mother; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; And Love! Valour! Compassion!, Alexa Burnstine

English (MA) Theses

In his works such as Andre’s Mother; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; and Love! Valour! Compassion!, playwright Terrence McNally utilizes categorically gay themes such as homophobia and living with HIV and AIDS in a time when little was understood about the illnesses. For these reasons, McNally critics customarily analyze McNally’s plays with a queer theory lens. This work examines those same topics and others, but with a critical disability lens. Inspired by Robert McRuer’s analytical partnership of queer, AIDS, and disabilities studies, this work assesses McNally’s use of various types of languages and finds the figures who are …

The Unexpected Rhetoric Of Professional & Technical Writing, Catherine Boone

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

Professional Writing & Rhetoric: A compilation of work on research about website usability, ethics, and an editing portfolio and new teacher manual

My Search For The Meaning Behind My Teaching, Jennifer Giangrego

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

This portfolio addresses one instructor's journey in aligning theory with practice in the composition classroom.