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Workshops @ Your Library - Spring 2021, Thomas La Foe

Workshops

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Forgotten Federal-Missionary Partnerships: New Light On The Establishment Clause, Nathan S. Chapman

Notre Dame Law Review

Americans have long debated whether the Establishment Clause permits the government to support education that includes religious instruction. Current doctrine permits states to do so by providing vouchers for private schools on a religiously neutral basis. Unlike most Establishment Clause doctrines, however, the Supreme Court did not build this one on a historical foundation. Rather, in cases from Everson v. Board of Education (1947) to Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue (2020), opponents of religious-school funding have claimed American history supports a strict rule of no-aid.

Yet the Court and scholars have largely ignored a practice that casts light on …

General Education Subcommittee Minutes, December 15, 2020, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Course Approvals/Removals/Syllabi Approvals
• Gen Ed Task Force Updates
• Composition Outcomes
• Course Fee Approval Timeline

Poetic Walking Across Mobile Boundaries: Contemporary Southeast Asian Narratives In The Work Of Trinh T. Minh-Ha And Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Weiying Yu

Master's Projects and Capstones

This research investigates how personal politics, the poetics of cinematic narrative form, and current Southeast Asian landscapes are embodied in the work of filmmakers/artists Trinh T. Minh-ha (b. 1952, Hanoi, Vietnam) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b. 1970, Bangkok, Thailand). Trinh and Apichatpong’s transnational reflections and radical poetics challenge the West as the authoritative domain of modern knowledge, evoking a border rupture that questions hegemonic definitions of culture, history, geography, and society. Synthesizing art and politics, their works create experimental spaces to navigate the multidimensional consciousness associated with the Asia Pacific and global political issues of immigration, refugeeism, military action resistance, and …

Health And Safety Management On Construction Projects: The View Of Construction Tradespeople, Emmanuel Eze, Onyinye Sofolahan, Lawrence Siunoje

CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development

The complex networks of activities of construction projects have made the construction environment unfriendly and unsafe for the construction tradespeople. Tradespeople play a key role in construction project delivery and are the major victims of accidents that affect negatively on project performance. This study assessed the perception of construction tradespeople on the health and safety management on the construction site. The study objectives are; to determine the trade with the highest accident exposure level, to ascertain the types of accidents and level of occurrence, to determine the major causes of accidents on construction sites, and to examine the possible measures …

Value Capture Instruments As An Infrastructure Project Financing Alternative For Rail-Based Mass Transportation: Qualitative Study From The Government Perspective, Ario Bintang Koesalamwardi, Susy Fatena Rostiyanti, Ravli Thaufiq Reksapernata

CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development

Increasing the mobility of the working class in urban areas will increase their productivity, which in turn will increase the economic output of the region. This can be achieved by providing a means of mass transportation infrastructure that is fast, affordable, and efficient i.e. rail-based mass transportation. However, the Ministry of National Development Planning estimated there is an infrastructure-funding gap of 4,321 trillion rupiahs to achieve Indonesia's development targets. Inviting the private sector to participate in infrastructure development investment in Land Value Capture (LVC) scheme becomes one of the solutions that need to be studied further. LVC is considered a …

Youth Crisis And Transition Services (Cats): Incorporating Family Peer Support Specialists To Assist Families During Crisis, Julie E. Magers, Amanda Ribbers, Sophia Nguyen, Rebecca Marshall

Journal of Family Strengths

Abstract

Introduction: Crisis and Transition Services (CATS) provides transitional mental health services to high-acuity youth discharging from emergency departments (EDs). A novel component of CATS is the inclusion of a family peer support specialist (FSS) on the care team, who provides direct support to the parent or guardian in developing self-advocacy, crisis management skills, and self-efficacy in navigating systems. The FSS is not a typical role in a clinically oriented crisis program; empiric evaluation of this role can help guide quality improvements in the program and in workforce recruitment, training and support.

Methods: Demographic and service data were collected …

Wiens, Frank Oral History Interview, Gary Putnam

Emeriti Society Oral History Collection

Professor of Piano (1976-2019). Topics include: Educational background and pre-Pacific teaching; life as, thoughts, feelings and emotions of a concert performing artist; University support for providing a career in performance ,teaching and advising; Conservatory of Music curriculum – the performance degree, the music education degree; and recent curricular changes for music majors to include versatility of styles and technology.

Professor of Piano

Inaction On Lead Despite The Relevant Knowledge: Predictors, Covariates, And Outreach Implications, Alessandra Rossi, Bernabas Wolde, Pankaj Lal, Melissa Harclerode

Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Testing residential soil and paint for lead provides actionable information. By showing where and how much lead exists on the residence, it allows one to quantify risk and determine the best ways to reduce exposure along with the corresponding health and financial costs. For these reasons, several federal and state programs offer outreach to audiences on the benefits of testing residential soil and paint for lead. Not all individuals who know about lead’s adverse health effects, however, test their residence for lead, potentially limiting the actionable information that could have helped to reduce their exposure. Such individuals represent a challenge …

Twenty Years Of Business Information Literacy Research: A Scoping Review, Meggan Houlihan, Amanda Click, Claire Walker Wiley

Library Faculty Scholarship

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The Mayfly Newsletter, Donna Giberson

The Mayfly Newsletter

The Mayfly Newsletter is the official newsletter of the Permanent Committee of the International Conferences on Ephemeroptera.

What You Need To Know About The Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine, Adam Pope

Browse All News

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Covid-19 Vaccine Arrives At Uab Hospital, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

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Help Thou My Unbelief: Exploring The Secular Sources Of Our Clients' Doubts, Edwin E. Gantt, Madeline R. Christensen, Jacob D. Tubbs

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Issues of faith and doubt are often at the heart of religious clients’ psychological and emotional suffering. As such, they are a topic of genuine therapeutic interest. Latter-day Saint therapists have a unique responsibility to help our religious clients work through their psychological concerns, as well as help them address their religious doubts when relevant in the therapeutic setting. We argue that many of the concerns fueling client faith crises spring from taken-for-granted assumptions absorbed from our larger secular culture. Further, these assumptions are radically different from – indeed, typically antithetical to – the premises upon many of our fundamental …

A Sacred Trust, David T. Seamons

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Being invited into the innermost intimate parts of a person’s life is a sacred trust. As such, it is one for which we must be personally prepared. Having an understanding that those in our care are sons and daughters of Heavenly Father must ground our approach to our clinical work, constantly guiding us as we assist them through the healing process.

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Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Spirit Confronts The Four-Headed Monster: Jean-Bertrand Aristide’S Mistik–Infused Flood-Rise In Duvalierist Haiti, Geoffrey Kain

Publications

To explore Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s rise from obscure rural Haiti to become the nation’s first democratically elected president—by a landslide—is to enter into a world and a swirl of events that reads like surreal fiction or magical realism. As a Catholic priest (Salesian order), Aristide was fueled by the religio-socialist principles of liberation theology, which emerged as a significant force in Latin America primarily in the 1970s and 1980s, forcefully and vocally advocating for the masses of Haitian poor mired in deeply-entrenched disenfranchisement and exploitation. As a charismatic spokesperson for the popular democratic movement in Haiti during an era of entrenched …

Penetrating Dissonance, Miguel A. Payano Jr

Theses and Dissertations

This paper attempts to provide insight into the cultural and linguistic influences that form and inform my artistic practice. Inspired by my tri-cultural life journey, my research focuses on the effects of socialization and linguistics on the thought processes at the center of my creative pursuits.

Usp <800> Compliance: A Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Ppe Toolkit For Infusion Nurses, Cynthia Huff

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Problem: Safety concerns have existed for more than 40 years about how hazardous drug (HD) exposure contributes to long- and short-term adverse health outcomes for healthcare workers (HCWs). Careless handling may cause toxic residues to infiltrate hospital environments and patient care areas, and can even be traced to patients’ homes. New government regulations will require healthcare organizations to minimize exposure risks to HCWs by fully implementing the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Convention Chapter 800: Hazardous Drugs: Handling in Healthcare Settings (USP, 2016) on December 1, 2019. According to Polovich and Olsen (2017), “The implementation of the USP <800> Standards will represent …

The Impact Of Knowledge Management Practices On The Survival And Sustenance Of Construction Organisations, Onyealilam Onyeagam, William Nwaki, Bernard Obonadhuze, Mohammed Zakariyau

CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development

The dynamics in technological advancement and innovations in construction methods have caused construction organizations to operate in a highly competitive environment. As knowledge is an essential asset for surviving and remaining competitive in the construction industry, this study investigates the impact of knowledge management practices on the survival and sustenance of construction organizations. Construction professionals in Abuja-Nigeria were sampled using a well-structured questionnaire and multi-sampling techniques. The results of the study show that there is a low level of implementation of Knowledge Management among the construction organizations. Furthermore, it is found that the significant benefits of KM implementation are to …

Organisational Culture Characterisation Of Construction Firms In Nigeria, Adebisi Abosede Bamgbade, Richard Ajayi Jimoh, Luqman Oyekunle Oyewobi, Maroof Anifowose

CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development

Organisational culture characterisation is indispensable for aspiring organisations that want to measure up with the contemporary business trend in terms of performance. This paper aims to determine the organisational culture characterisation of construction firms in Nigeria to improve the organisational culture power to drive organisational performance of the firms. Thus the objectives are to enumerate the factors that contribute to the organisational culture capability and to determine the organisational culture characterisation of construction firms in Nigeria. A quantitative method was adopted for this research in which 113 questionnaires from a sample size of 254 disseminated informed by purposive random sampling …

Suicide Ideation, Depression, And Family Structure In Elementary Students, Amanda Koshollek, Collin Wright, Cass Henriques, Makaela Caldwell, Quintin Hunt

Journal of Family Strengths

Background: Little research has been done with suicidality in children under 12 but a growing amount of research suggests family systems play a role in childhood depression and suicide; to date, no measure for suicide ideation exists for children under 12. Aims: The aims of this paper are as follows: (1) to adapt a measure of suicide ideation for children under 12; (2) to test if this measure captures suicide ideation differently than depression; and (3) to determine if with whom children live serves as a protective factor against suicide. Method: A sample of 115 children between ages 8 and …

Teacher Perceptions Of Personalized Teaching & Learning In An Instructional Technology Graduate Course: A Phenomenographical Case Study, Stephanee Stephens

Doctor of Education in Instructional Technology Dissertations

With the growing focus and popularity of personalized learning in K-12 education, the need to support educators in their ability to implement personalized learning pedagogy grows. The paradigm shift towards personalized learning includes necessary iteration to the types of professional development offered to practicing teachers. This study explored the perceptions of teachers experiencing the meta-learning phenomenon of both teaching and learning about Personalized Learning (PL) in a six-week, online graduate-level course. Inquiry was focused on uncovering how in-service K-12 teachers' experience, understanding of PL, and ability to design PL evolve during a six-week graduate-level education course on personalized learning, ITEC …

Single-Fluorophore Sensors For Mechanical Force In Living Cells, Sarah Kricheff

Honors Scholar Theses

Mechanotransduction is the process by which a mechanical stimulus is converted to a cellular signal. This process is heavily influential of cell morphology, differentiation, and behavior. However, altered levels of mechanical stimuli are also found in many pathological contexts. For example, cancerous cells have stiffer surrounding tissue than healthy cells, and research suggests that this alters cell behavior and promotes metastasis. Despite these findings, the cellular processes behind these signaling alterations remain widely unknown. Understanding these cascades is critical, as involved proteins can give us a deeper understanding of the role of mechanotransduction, and certain proteins can potentially be targeted …

Epidemics, Politics And Public Health: Ludwig Rajchman, Md, The League Of Nations Health Organization And The Creation Of A Transnational Health Institution, Paul J. Weinbaum

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Traditional scholarship on the League of Nations labels the organization as a failure because it did not prevent the outbreak of the World War II. Recent research examines League activities in a more comprehensive manner and concludes that the organization should be credited with important and enduring achievements. Perhaps the most successful work was carried out by the Health Section led by Dr. Ludwick Rajchman. Using primary sources from the League archives in Geneva, documents from organizations such as the Rockefeller Foundation, articles from medical journals and other relevant secondary sources, I argue that the Health Section, became the world’s …

Genomic Heterogeneity Of The Naga And Kuki Tribal Populations Of Manipur, North-East India, Gangaina Kameih, Somorjit Singh Ningombam, Gautam Kumar Kshatriya

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Manipur is one of the North-Eastern states of India and it lies on the ancient silk route and serves as a meeting point between the Southeast Asia and South Asia. The origin and migration histories of Naga and Kuki tribal populations have not been clearly understood. Moreover, Kukis have been traced to two different ancestries, which have created confusion among the people. The present study examined genomic affinities and differentiation of the Naga and Kuki tribal populations of Manipur, Northeast India. Twenty autosomal markers (Eight Alu InDels, and twelve Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms) were analysed. Findings showed genetic differences between …

Synching Up On A Satisfaction: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Synchronous Online Classroom Learning Satisfaction In The Corporate Training Environment, Andrew Burklund

The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning Infographics

Despite rapid evolution and innovation, “online learning” is no longer a universal term. There is a need to expand the existing research base to include subsets of online classrooms and include more diverse populations of learners. The overarching question for this study focused on synchronous online classroom satisfaction in a corporate setting. The researcher analyzed four years of historical learner- satisfaction data from post-class Level-1 satisfaction surveys from a Fortune 100 company. In total, 15,577 learner responses were collected, analyzed, and converged with data collected from employee focus groups related to synchronous online classroom satisfaction. The statistical analysis of learning …

Factors Influencing Palliative Care Referral For Hospitalised Patients With Heart Failure: An Exploratory, Randomised, Multi-Institutional Survey Of Hospitalists And Cardiologists, Nauzley Christy Abedini, Gaorui Guo, Scott L. Hummel, David Bozaan, Michael Beasley, Jennifer A. Cowger, Vineet Chopra

Cardiology Articles

OBJECTIVE: To identify factors influencing cardiologists' and hospitalists' decisions regarding palliative care referral among hospitalised patients with advanced heart failure.

DESIGN: An exploratory, randomised vignette-based survey.

SETTING: Cardiology and hospitalist divisions at three Michigan State institutions and the Society of Hospital Medicine's Michigan Chapter.

PARTICIPANTS: 145 hospitalists and 64 cardiologists.

OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary outcomes included participants' reports of their likelihood of referring a standardised patient with an acute heart failure exacerbation with multiple prior hospital admissions and acute renal failure to palliative care (scale of 0%-100%) after the initial stem and after being cued with three randomised vignette modifiers, including …

The Genetic Influence On Subjective Well-Being: A Review Of The Current Knowledge On The Role Of Genetics On Our Sense Of Subjective Well-Being And The Implications It Has For Future Research In Improving Well-Being At Both A Population And Individual Level., Abhishek Gupta

Honors Scholar Theses

This thesis project explores the genetic underpinnings of one of the most cherished attributes in the world, well-being.¹ Specifically, it attempts to understand the influence of the genome on subjective, or experienced, well-being. An investigation was conducted into current literature concerning both the structure of measurement devices of well-being as well as association studies to determine the scope of the correlation that exists between the genome and well-being and identify genetic findings of interest. Ultimately, being able to provide evidence of causality between the genome and sense of well-being at this iteration of well-being and genome research is limited, …

Eureka Moment As Divine Spark In The Light Of Direct Experience With The Spirit And Nature, Victor Christianto, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In the ancient world, the Greeks believed that all great insights came from one of nine muses, divine sisters who brought inspiration to mere mortals. In the modern world, few people still believe in the muses, but we all still love to hear stories of sudden inspiration. Like Newton and the apple, or Archimedes and the bathtub (both another type of myth), we’re eager to hear and to share stories about flashes of insight. But what does it take to be actually creative? How to have such a flash insight? Turns out, there is real science behind "aha moments." We …