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Equity Fund Monthly Report, December 2020, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

No abstract provided.

Amjambo Africa! (December 2020), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In This Issue

Boko Haram .................................2/3

Publisher’s Editorial ........................4

Meet Georges Budagu Makoko .....4

Elections/immigration reform .......5

Translations

French ............................................7

Swahili............................................8

Somali ............................................9

Kinyarwanda...............................20

Portuguese ............................20/21

News from Africa.....................10/11

Piece Together Project .................12

I’m Your Neighbor Books.............13

Pious Ali mourns Rawlings of Ghana ....................14

A Man on the move.......................15

Black Mainer project.....................16

Finance/Business............................19

Auto Insurance ..............................21

Poem by Ekhlas Ahmed................22

Guest columns...............................23

Titi de Baccarat .......................26/27

An Examination Between Laryngeal Physiology And Parkinson’S Disease: Severity And Treatment, Jillian Pelikan

University Honors College

The purpose of this in-depth literature review is to examine the relationship between laryngeal physiology and Parkinson’s disease in terms of the severity and possible treatment. This research aims to determine the distinct characteristics of Parkinsonian speech and possible causes of these speech deficits. In addition, a specific type of Parkinson’s disease treatment, deep brain stimulation, was explored to determine effectiveness on laryngeal physiological deficits found in Parkinson’s disease patients. Through synthesizing peer reviewed journals and various studies, data was examined in order to take an in-depth look at the unique relationship between laryngeal physiology and Parkinson’s disease. Findings indicated …

Liaison, Delegates, And Advisors:An Examination Of The Chief Of Staff Role On College Campuses, Laura Jacobs

Journal of Research on the College President

The chief of staff role first emerged as a military and government position to strategize battles and advise generals centuries ago (O’Brien, 2020). It has been more common in the United States to find chiefs of staff (or COS) in political environments: The White House chief of staff often comes to mind when the title is mentioned. In recent years the role has been adopted by corporate entities. Companies often create and hire individuals into the title to organize senior level, institution work (Ciampa, 2020) and the corporatization and resulting organizational changes in higher education (Bleikliea & Kogan, 2007) have …

The R Journal (December 2020) 12(2): Complete Issue, The R Foundation

The R Journal

Editorial, Michael J. Kane

Contributed Research Articles

The biglasso Package: A Memory- and Computation-Efficient Solver for Lasso Model Fitting with Big Data in R, Yaohui Zeng and Patrick Breheny

Comparing Multiple Survival Functions with Crossing Hazards in R, Hsin-wen Chang, Pei-Yuan Tsai, Jen-Tse Kao, and Guo-You Lan

A Unified Algorithm for the Non-Convex Penalized Estimation: The ncpen Package, Dongshin Kim, Sangin Lee, and Sunghoon Kwon

TULIP: A Toolbox for Linear Discriminant Analysis with Penalties, Yuqing Pan, Qing Mai, and Xin Zhang

fitzRoy: An R Package to Encourage Reproducible Sports Analysis, Robert Nguyen, James Day, David Warton, and Oscar Lane

Assembling …

Volume 40, Number 4, December 2020 Olac Newsletter, Laura Kane Mcelfresh, Jennifer M. Eustis, Richard N. Leigh, Jan Mayo, Yoko Kudo, Jay Weitz, Lisa Romano

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized December 2020 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

Faculty Focus Groups: Experiences Teaching Flexsync And Online Synchronous During Fall 2020, Brooke N. Burk

Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services Department Publications

In Fall 2020, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) recruited faculty and staff who were teaching FlexSync and online (synchronous and asynchronous) courses to participate in focus groups about their experiences. Recruitment emails were shared in the Provost Weekly Announcements twice and the CETL weekly announcements four times between October and November.

A total of 19 faculty, staff, and graduate students indicated an interest in completing the focus groups, and 18 of those participated in focus groups that were scheduled in November and December. Five focus groups were conducted in total with the size of the groups …

Mine Action 2020: Book Of Papers, Centre For Testing, Development And Training Development And Training

Global CWD Repository

Book of papers that was to be presented at the 2020 Mine Action Symposium in Croatia. The Symposium canceled due to COVID-19.

Stepping Down? Theorizing The Process Of Returning To The Faculty After Senior Academicleadership, Lisa Jasinski

Journal of Research on the College President

While scholars have devoted considerable attention to identifying and developing future academic leaders, scant empirical research has considered the firsthand experiences of senior leaders who returned to the faculty. This grounded theory study developed a theoretical understanding of the process of returning to the faculty after serving as a senior campus administrator. This research examined a common academic rite of passage using the analysis of interviews with 43 former college presidents, provosts, deans, and “other senior leaders” from a variety of postsecondary institutions. Academic leaders in the study characterized the process of returning to the faculty as mostly positive and …

The Climb To The Top: Advice For Aspiring Black And African American College And University Presidents, Quncy Martin Iii

Journal of Research on the College President

The purpose of this paper was to provide practical advice on how Black and African American college and university presidential aspirants may adequately prepare themselves for such a pivotal leadership role. Seven Black and African American college and university presidents from a variety of institutional types (community colleges, four-year institutions, Predominately White Institutions [PWI], and Minority-Serving Institutions[MSI]) across the United States answered a simple question: What advice can you offer to aspiring Black and African American college and university presidents to adequately prepare them for this leadership role? The authors supplemented their responses with highlights of professional development opportunities for …

[Preprint] University Of Missouri-St. Louis Comprehensive Safe Schools Initiative (Umsl Cssi), Finn-Aage Esbensen, Stephanie Wiley, Timothy Mccuddy, Elaine Doherty, Lee Slocum, Terrance Taylor, Kyle Thomas, Matt Vogel

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Works

This resource has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. This resource is being made publically available through the Office of Justice Programs’ National Criminal Justice Reference Service.

Parillo, Sophia - Covid-19 Journal, Sophia Parillo

Personal Journals

Personal diary of EIU college student and junior Elementary Education major with a minor in orchestra. Her journal documents the holiday season of 2020 and includes documentation that illustrates life during the pandemic.

Interview With David Glassman, David Glassman

COVID-19 Interviews

Interview with Eastern Illinois University President David M. Glassman during which he discusses the challenges of steering EIU during the Covid-19 pandemic, the changes in the university that have had to take place, and the partnerships that were built with local agencies such as Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital and the Coles County Health Department in response to this event.

Tagtmeier, Daniel - Covid-19 Journal, Daniel Tagtmeier

Personal Journals

EIU student, Daniel Tagtmeier writes about the effect of the pandemic on his learning and homelife, particularly his relationship with his grandmother and the inability to see her in the early stages of the pandemic.

Technological University Dublin Covid-19 Enterprise Response Forum Report: Building Resilient Supply Chains, John Crowe, Waleed Abo-Hamad, Abubakar Ali

Technical Reports/Case Studies

No abstract provided.

The 11th Annual Graduate Research Symposium 2020 Presentation Tu Dublin - An Investigation Of The Personality Traits That Could Identify Vulnerable Young People Who Will Be Susceptible To Undue Influence By Social Media Influencers (Smis), Charles Alves De Castro, Aiden Carthy Dr

Other Resources

This study aims to further the overall understanding of Social Media Influencers (SMIs) and to specifically predict who will be susceptible to influence by them. The main objective of this research relies on to determine whether there is a specific personality profile that predisposes young people to undue influence by social media influencers. Based on previous research published by the journal Frontiers in Psychology titled “The Role of Social Media Influencers in the Lives of Children and Adolescents ¹”, a list of potentially harmful content will be compiled. Participants (N=40) in phase one will then be given …

The 1st Disrupting Thinking Research Conference Presentation Tu Dublin - An Investigation Of The Personality Traits That Could Identify Vulnerable Young People Who Will Be Susceptible To Undue Influence By Social Media Influencers (Smis), Charles Alves De Castro, Aiden Carthy Dr

Other Resources

This study aims to further the overall understanding of Social Media Influencers (SMIs) and to specifically predict who will be susceptible to influence by them. The main objective of this research relies on to determine whether there is a specific personality profile that predisposes young people to undue influence by social media influencers. Based on previous research published by the journal Frontiers in Psychology titled “The Role of Social Media Influencers in the Lives of Children and Adolescents ¹”, a list of potentially harmful content will be compiled. Participants (N=40) in phase one will then be given …

Prepare-Ing South Dakota Farm And Ranch Women For Advance Care Planning, Theresa Garren-Grubbs, Marijo Letizia, Mary Minton

College of Nursing Faculty Publications

Purpose: Evaluate the impact of an advance care planning (ACP) educational session utilizing PREPARE for Your Care for South Dakota farm and ranch women and its ability to increase engagement in ACP and documentation of medical wishes in the form of an advance directive.
Sample: A convenience sample of women (n = 23) represented members of the farm and ranch community in South Dakota who were participating in the Power of Women as AgVocates Conference. Inclusion criteria for this study included being 18 years old or older, female, and conference participation. Exclusion criteria included men and those under the age …

Collaborating With Rural Practice Partners To Address The Need For Registered Nurses In Primary Care, Robin Brown, Heidi Mennenga, Alham Abuatiq, Linda Burdette, Christiana Plemmons

College of Nursing Faculty Publications

Purpose: Primary care in rural areas of the U.S. urgently need competent healthcare providers, especially registered nurses (RNs). Registered nurses are ideal team members to help meet the primary care needs in rural communities, yet RNs are underutilized in primary care settings and rarely practice to the full scope of their license in these settings. The purpose of the project was to conduct a needs assessment with rural primary care practice partners to address the need for RNs in primary care.
Sample: A needs assessment was sent to nurse leaders at 13 rural primary care facilities via an online survey …

2020 December - East Tennessee State University Retirees Association Newsletter, Retirees Association, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Retirees Association Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Petri Net Modelling Approach For Analysing The Behaviour Of Wnt/[Inline-Formula Removed] -Catenin And Wnt/Ca 2+ Signalling Pathways In Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy., Nazia Azim, Jamil Ahmad, Nadeem Iqbal, Amnah Siddiqa, Abdul Majid, Javaria Ashraf, Fazal Jalil

Faculty Research 2020

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited heart muscle disease that may result in arrhythmia, heart failure and sudden death. The hallmark pathological findings are progressive myocyte loss and fibro fatty replacement, with a predilection for the right ventricle. This study focuses on the adipose tissue formation in cardiomyocyte by considering the signal transduction pathways including Wnt/[inline-formula removed]-catenin and Wnt/Ca2+ regulation system. These pathways are modelled and analysed using stochastic petri nets (SPN) in order to increase our comprehension of ARVC and in turn its treatment regimen. The Wnt/[inline-formula removed]-catenin model predicts that the dysregulation …

The Youthful Pandemic, Brook Sahlemariam

Nursing | Senior Theses

This paper attempts to examine the neurological, physical, and societal effects of e-cigarette use among youth and young-adults in North America. Furthermore, the paper investigates the parallels between e-cigarette users, tobacco users, and dual users in regard to behavioral patterns, reasons for use, and age of initiation.

Gender In The Time Of Covid-19: Evaluating National Leadership And Covid-19 Fatalities, Leah C. Windsor, Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, Alistair J. Windsor, Robert Ostergard, Susan Allen, Courtney Burns, Jarod Giger, Reed Wood

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2020 Windsor et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. In this paper we explore whether countries led by women have fared better during the COVID-19 pandemic than those led by men. Media and public health officials have lauded the perceived gender-related influence on policies and strategies for reducing the deleterious effects of the pandemic. We examine this proposition by analyzing COVID-19-related deaths globally across countries led by men and women. …

Isu Special Announcement- December 4, 2020, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

No abstract provided.

Isu Special Announcement- December 21, 2020, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

No abstract provided.

Isu Today- December 15, 2020, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

No abstract provided.

Isu Special Announcement- December 14, 2020, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

No abstract provided.

Isu Special Announcement- December 17, 2020, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

No abstract provided.

Isu Today- December 21, 2020, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

No abstract provided.

Isu Today- December 3, 2020, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

No abstract provided.