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Mental Illness Campaigns, Yiming Cui Dec 2020

Mental Illness Campaigns, Yiming Cui

Theses

The target population of the research is people with mental diseases. It aims to study the symptoms of their illnesses and to understand the pain they encounter from the perspective of these patients. Based on that, this research combines with strong visual design and creative layout, presents art posters with impact and influence. The purpose of the research is to give mental patients recognition, encouragement and care to a certain extent through the art form of posters. This series consists of five posters, each poster describes the five most common mental illnesses in the United States, which are anxiety, obsessive-compulsive …

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Microbial Dark Matter Coming To Light: Challenges And Opportunities, Jian Yu Jiao, Lan Liu, Zheng Shuang Hua, Bao Zhu Fang, En Min Zhou, Nimaichand Salam, Brian P. Hedlund, Wen Jun Li Dec 2020

Microbial Dark Matter Coming To Light: Challenges And Opportunities, Jian Yu Jiao, Lan Liu, Zheng Shuang Hua, Bao Zhu Fang, En Min Zhou, Nimaichand Salam, Brian P. Hedlund, Wen Jun Li

Life Sciences Faculty Research

Microbes are the most abundant and diverse cellular life forms on Earth and colonize a wide range of environmental niches. However, more than 99% of bacterial and archaeal species have not been obtained in pure culture [1] and we have only glimpsed the surface of this mysterious microbial world. This is so-called Microbial Dark Matter (MDM): the enormous diversity of yet-uncultivated microbes that microbiologists can only study by using cultivation-independent techniques. Recently, a number of international projects have dramatically increased our understanding of the extent and distribution of microbial diversity, including the Global Catalogue of Microorganisms (GCM), the Genomic Encyclopedia …

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Action In Education Fall 2020 - Full Issue Dec 2020

Action In Education Fall 2020 - Full Issue

Action in Education

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Dean's Corner: Stepping Up Together Dec 2020

Dean's Corner: Stepping Up Together

Action in Education

College of Education Dean Paul Zionts discusses the college's response to remote learning needs brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and ways to incorporate antiracism initiatives collegewide.

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High School Students As Citizen Scientists To Decrease Radon Exposure, Ellen J. Hahn, Craig Wilmhoff, Mary Kay Rayens, Nicholas B. Conley, Emily Morris, Angela Larck, Trista Allen, Susan M. Pinney Dec 2020

High School Students As Citizen Scientists To Decrease Radon Exposure, Ellen J. Hahn, Craig Wilmhoff, Mary Kay Rayens, Nicholas B. Conley, Emily Morris, Angela Larck, Trista Allen, Susan M. Pinney

Nursing Faculty Publications

Residents in rural Kentucky (KY) and suburban Ohio (OH) expressed concerns about radon exposure and lung cancer. Although 85% of lung cancer cases are caused by tobacco smoke, radon exposure accounts for 10–15% of lung cancer cases. Academic and community members from the University of KY and the University of Cincinnati developed and pilot-tested a family-centered, youth-engaged home radon testing toolkit. The radon toolkit included radon information, and how to test, interpret, and report back findings. We educated youth as citizen scientists and their teachers in human subjects protection and home radon testing using the toolkit in the classroom. Youth …

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Personality, Online Learning, And Covid-19, Dareen Christabel, Hannah Fields, Sarah M. Krysl, Mariah Rodriguez Dec 2020

Personality, Online Learning, And Covid-19, Dareen Christabel, Hannah Fields, Sarah M. Krysl, Mariah Rodriguez

Student Work

While characteristics of in-person learning versus online learning and the impact of personality on academic success have been studied, the nature of these variables in the context of a stressful event like the COVID-19 pandemic remains undetermined. This quantitative correlational survey analysis investigated 133 participants’ prior online learning experience and neuroticism levels, via the Big Five personality test, to examine relationships between those two variables and the variables of perceived learning, change in GPA, and perceived lost learning during COVID-19. Researchers found no significant correlations or effects between any of these variables. Researchers concluded that while the variables in question …

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Investigating Late Paleozoic Tectonic Deformation Of The Western Highland Rim, Tennessee, Tyler John Myrman Dec 2020

Investigating Late Paleozoic Tectonic Deformation Of The Western Highland Rim, Tennessee, Tyler John Myrman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The Western Highland Rim (WHR) of Tennessee is located between the Nashville Dome to the east and the Mississippi Embayment to the west. This region is situated inside the bend of the Appalachian-Ouachita orogen along the eastern margin of the Laurentian craton, making it a location of intrigue for structural analysis. Far-field and local stresses have deformed the WHR across multiple Eras. In the Paleozoic, the Appalachian (east of WHR) and Ouachita (south of WHR) orogenies were both thrusting onto the Laurentian craton. Mesoscale structures recorded in the WHR indicate shortening direction history of these tectonic stresses, how many pulses …

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Decoding Perception Of Speech From Behavioral Responses Using Spatio-Temporal Cnns, Kazi Ashraf Moinuddin Dec 2020

Decoding Perception Of Speech From Behavioral Responses Using Spatio-Temporal Cnns, Kazi Ashraf Moinuddin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Categorical perception (CP) of speech is a complex process reflecting individuals’ ability to perceive sound and is measured using response time (RT). The cognitive processes involved in mapping neural activities to behavioral response are stochastic and further compounded by individuality and variations. This thesis presents a data-driven approach and develops parameter optimized models to understand the relationship between cognitive events and behavioral response (e.g., RT). We introduce convolutional neural networks (CNN) to learn the representation from EEG recordings. In addition, we develop parameter optimized and interpretable models in decoding CP using two representations: 1) spatial-spectral topomaps and 2) evoked response …

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Constraints And Affordances Of Online Engagement With Scientific Information—A Literature Review, Friederike Hendriks, Elisabeth Mayweg-Paus, Mark Felton, Kalypso Iordanou, Regina Jucks, Maria Zimmermann Dec 2020

Constraints And Affordances Of Online Engagement With Scientific Information—A Literature Review, Friederike Hendriks, Elisabeth Mayweg-Paus, Mark Felton, Kalypso Iordanou, Regina Jucks, Maria Zimmermann

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Many urgent problems that societies currently face—from climate change to a global pandemic—require citizens to engage with scientific information as members of democratic societies as well as to solve problems in their personal lives. Most often, to solve their epistemic aims (aims directed at achieving knowledge and understanding) regarding such socio-scientific issues, individuals search for information online, where there exists a multitude of possibly relevant and highly interconnected sources of different perspectives, sometimes providing conflicting information. The paper provides a review of the literature aimed at identifying (a) constraints and affordances that scientific knowledge and the online information environment entail …

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Fourier-Plane Spot Array Generation Using Lon-Exchanged Diffraction Grating: Experimental And Theoretical Study., Ahmed Shaban Samara Dec 2020

Fourier-Plane Spot Array Generation Using Lon-Exchanged Diffraction Grating: Experimental And Theoretical Study., Ahmed Shaban Samara

Mansoura Engineering Journal

In This paper, we have employed a double-ion exchanged diffraction grating, to generate experimentally Fourier spot plane arrays. The grating-length-to-beam-width ratio (d/w0) is found to be an important parameter in determining device performance. With beam width 20μm (W0=20μm), center wavelength of λ=0.6328μm, and changing in interaction length (d) and incident angle several basic results are predicted. We compared our results with the numerical solution using fast Fourier transform beam propagation method (FFT. BPM) and there is a good agreement between them.

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Fiber-Optic Crack Sensing In Steel Structures And Buildings., Ahmed Shabaan Samra Dec 2020

Fiber-Optic Crack Sensing In Steel Structures And Buildings., Ahmed Shabaan Samra

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Fiber-optic sensing techniques have received a considerable interest in recent years. Optical fibers have several desired and advantageous attributes useful for sensor applications, including their ability to act as both sensing and information transmitting media. One of the specific aims of this paper is to build an optical system having the capability to measure the attenuation in optical fibers due to its macrobending, and compare (or calibrate) our results with other who used different systems in order to ensure that our system is suitable to use. The attenuation due to bending loss in optical-fiber at different bending radii of fiber, …

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Job Satisfaction Of Library And Information Science Professionals: An Over View, Anand Y. Kenchakkanavar Dr., Santosh M. Chavan Dr. Dec 2020

Job Satisfaction Of Library And Information Science Professionals: An Over View, Anand Y. Kenchakkanavar Dr., Santosh M. Chavan Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The library is a growing organism it requires highly skilled and experienced library and information science (LIS) professionals to fulfill requires of the user and for information management. It is also very essential for the professionals to satisfy their own requirements because only satisfied professionals can give new services to the end user. In this research paper, we explore the different literature related to the job satisfaction of Library and Information Science professionals and highlighted essential information. This study examines that to the Library and Information Science professionals’ literature and practice in the following techniques, this study provides new awareness …

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Stopped Listening: Experiences Of Higher Education Refugee-Background Learners, Peggy Lynn Maclsaac, Staci B. Martin, Wilson Kubwayo, Chablue Wah, Salome Nanyenga Dec 2020

Stopped Listening: Experiences Of Higher Education Refugee-Background Learners, Peggy Lynn Maclsaac, Staci B. Martin, Wilson Kubwayo, Chablue Wah, Salome Nanyenga

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper discusses the academic agency of refugee-background individuals who have resettled to the United States of America and the responsibility of higher education to value refugee-background learners as knowledge creators. Contrary to deficit thinking that views learners as unable to succeed due to their refugee background, this study explores how their experiences demonstrate their multiple capacities to succeed in higher education. The essence of these experiences is presented using self-reflexive collaborative speaking and writing inquiry. Three main themes drawn from the results were the capacities of refugee-background learners to adapt cultures, maintain multiple social connections, and exercise agency.

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Zanubrutinib For The Treatment Of Myd88 Wild-Type Waldenström Macroglobulinemia: A Substudy Of The Phase 3 Aspen Trial, M Dimopoulos, Aspen Investigators Dec 2020

Zanubrutinib For The Treatment Of Myd88 Wild-Type Waldenström Macroglobulinemia: A Substudy Of The Phase 3 Aspen Trial, M Dimopoulos, Aspen Investigators

Peninsula Medical School

Patients with Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) lacking activating mutations in the MYD88 gene (MYD88WT) have demonstrated relatively poor outcomes to ibrutinib monotherapy, with no major responses reported in a phase 2 pivotal study. Zanubrutinib is a novel, selective Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor designed to maximize BTK occupancy and minimize off-target activity. The ASPEN study consisted of a randomized comparison of zanubrutinib and ibrutinib efficacy and safety in patients with WM who have the MYD88 mutation, as well as a separate cohort of patients without MYD88 mutation (MYD88WT) or with unknown mutational status who received zanubrutinib. Results from the latter single-arm …

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Location-Based Knowledge Management Spectrum With An Updated Binney’S Approach, Ammar Yakan Dec 2020

Location-Based Knowledge Management Spectrum With An Updated Binney’S Approach, Ammar Yakan

Al Jinan الجنان

Mapping Knowledge Management to organizational activities means satisfying organizational members with the right knowledge at the right time, place, and form. Organizational activities differ in type, complexity, and importance depending on their level of strategic involvement in accomplishing the organizational mission and goals. Derek Binney has proposed a matrix like framework that assigns business functions to the corresponding knowledge cycle phase. Knox Haggie and John Kingston have revised Binney’s spectrum to include an additional business function, that is Asset Improvement, in an attempt to foster intellectual asset management and operational excellence. The current research covered a wider range of
Knowledge …

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R(P,Q) Analogs Of Discrete Distributions: General Formalism And Applications, Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou, Fridolin Melong Dec 2020

R(P,Q) Analogs Of Discrete Distributions: General Formalism And Applications, Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou, Fridolin Melong

Journal of Stochastic Analysis

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The Yang-Mills Heat Equation On Three-Manifolds With Boundary, Nelia Charalambous Dec 2020

The Yang-Mills Heat Equation On Three-Manifolds With Boundary, Nelia Charalambous

Journal of Stochastic Analysis

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Adolescent Depression And Anxiety: Is Parental Psychological Control A Factor?, Liz Erickson Dec 2020

Adolescent Depression And Anxiety: Is Parental Psychological Control A Factor?, Liz Erickson

Family Perspectives

Adolescence is a critical period in an individual's development, and many parents struggle to find the best way to parent maturing teens. Research has found that when parents regularly use psychological control as a parenting technique, their adolescents may experience negative mental health impacts.

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Stonewalling And Taking A Break Are Not The Same Thing, Emma Todd Carpenter Dec 2020

Stonewalling And Taking A Break Are Not The Same Thing, Emma Todd Carpenter

Family Perspectives

Marriage research has identified stonewalling, or leaving a conversation without any intention of resolving the issue, as unhealthy and damaging. However, experts also identify taking a break, or alleviating pent-up anger by pausing a conversation to be resolved after calming down as beneficial and effective.

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Facing The Dragon Together: Creating Secure Adult Relationships, Hailey Shoemaker Dec 2020

Facing The Dragon Together: Creating Secure Adult Relationships, Hailey Shoemaker

Family Perspectives

Life can be daunting, and sometimes knowing you have someone beside you makes all the difference. Recent research provides individuals with key tools they can use to improve their marriage and become the person their spouse needs beside them for the battles ahead.

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Marital Satisfaction After Children. Is It Possible?, Alyssa Sabey Dec 2020

Marital Satisfaction After Children. Is It Possible?, Alyssa Sabey

Family Perspectives

While popular media often floods our feed with stories and statistics of unhappy couples after having children, expecting parents can rest assured knowing that as long as they maintain two important protective factors, their marriage can not only survive by thrive.

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The Adaptations Of Immigrant Chinese American Mothers' Parenting With Their Reticent Young Children, Allie Sharp Dec 2020

The Adaptations Of Immigrant Chinese American Mothers' Parenting With Their Reticent Young Children, Allie Sharp

Family Perspectives

Maternal warmth, or the expression of affection to a child by their mother both physically and emotionally, can play a critical role in encouraging healthy social development among reticent children, meaning children who are less likely to be social with their peers. However, recent research is beginning to recognize that this maternal warmth, which was typically defined as an open expression of affection, may look differently in other cultures. For example, Chinese parenting is generally rooted in Confucian values, which emphasizes group orientation and collectivism, compared to European American societies that typically promote self-expression and individualism. While cultural contexts may …

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The Parent Behind The Eating Disorder: How Parenting Styles Affect Eating Disorders In Adolescents, Jessica Robertson Dec 2020

The Parent Behind The Eating Disorder: How Parenting Styles Affect Eating Disorders In Adolescents, Jessica Robertson

Family Perspectives

The family environment, specifically parent-child interaction and parenting practices, can influence the likelihood of adolescents—especially teenage girls—developing an eating disorder. Because of the high levels of control and warmth, authoritative parenting appears to be the most promising setting for adolescents to avoid disordered eating behaviors and to develop strong mental and physical health. Parenting styles such as authoritarian and neglectful parenting include practices that generally may not be supportive and can contribute to the likelihood of eating disorders. Once a teenaged girl develops an eating disorder, authoritative parenting has also shown the most potential to intervene appropriately to assist the …

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The Function Of Gratitude In Marriage: Building Ties That Bind, Jill Iroz Webb Dec 2020

The Function Of Gratitude In Marriage: Building Ties That Bind, Jill Iroz Webb

Family Perspectives

Recent literature on the function of gratitude extends the known benefits of this practice beyond facilitating exchanges in social life and explains how it plays a significant role in close relationships, such as marriage. This article examines how the emotion of gratitude helps individuals develop, maintain, and increase bonds with a high-quality partner in a close relationship in a variety of ways. For instance, gratitude is key in promoting relationship maintenance behaviors, such as responsiveness and commitment, and signaling feelings of appreciation between partners that can provide a sense of security and help partners to recognize the value of a …

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Issues Related To Literacy As It Applies To Children Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing, Leala Holcomb, Debbie Golos, Annie Moses Dec 2020

Issues Related To Literacy As It Applies To Children Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing, Leala Holcomb, Debbie Golos, Annie Moses

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.

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Using Wordless Picture Books To Develop Writing Skills In First Grade, Renee M. Lefevre Dec 2020

Using Wordless Picture Books To Develop Writing Skills In First Grade, Renee M. Lefevre

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.

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The Three I'S Of Motivation: Using Instruction, Integration, And Interaction To Support Reading Comprehension, Alyssa Whitford Dec 2020

The Three I'S Of Motivation: Using Instruction, Integration, And Interaction To Support Reading Comprehension, Alyssa Whitford

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.

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Front Matter, Michigan Reading Journal Dec 2020

Front Matter, Michigan Reading Journal

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.

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Packet: Fcn: Florida Center For Nursing: Addressing Nurse Workforce Issues For The Health Of Florida, Florida Center For Nursing Dec 2020

Packet: Fcn: Florida Center For Nursing: Addressing Nurse Workforce Issues For The Health Of Florida, Florida Center For Nursing

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

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Hemmed In? Considering The Complexities Of Amish Womanhood, Natalie Jolly Dec 2020

Hemmed In? Considering The Complexities Of Amish Womanhood, Natalie Jolly

Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies

How have conceptions of Amish womanhood changed over time? In this article, I show that while early scholars offered only a rudimentary look at Amish women’s lives, current research is expanding and expounding upon this question. To begin, I survey early Amish studies literature, demonstrating that women’s lives rarely featured in these analyses. More recent scholarship demonstrates that when women’s lives take center stage, a fuller appreciation of the shape of women’s lives emerges. Specifically, I demonstrate that a simplified rendering not only masks the role women play but also obfuscates important aspects of Amish gender norms. I then turn …

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