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Exploring Secondary Students’ Abilities In Judging The Credibility Of Digital Content On The Internet, Katie Dailey

Masters Theses

The shift from print to digital environments has created an opportunity and responsibility for educators to focus on instructional planning and practices that reflects the growing complexity of online texts students helping to ensure that their students are information literate. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the how 83 eleventh grade high school English students judge the credibility of information on the internet. The researcher used methodological triangulation to qualitatively analyze by comparing and aligning data from the survey results, observations of students during class discussions, responses to class assignments, and the quality ratings of students’ think-aloud …

Teachers’ Use Of Diverse Praise: A Middle And High School Sample, Aubrey Toosley

Masters Theses

The current study examined teachers’ use of diverse praise or the use of verbal statements or gestures of approval that are delivered in a variety of distinguishable ways in response to desired student behavior. Verbatim general praise and behavior-specific praise data collected during the 2017-18 academic year were analyzed from a larger study where a total of 1,320 observed minutes were collected across 66 middle and high school classrooms. Teachers used an average of 1.7 total diverse praise categories per observation. Both middle and high school teachers used more general diverse praise categories compared to behavior-specific diverse praise categories. The …

Adaptive Filtration Of The Uav Movement Parameters Based On The Aoa-Measurement Sensor Networks, Igor Tovkach, Serhii Zhuk

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace

Currently, the urgent task is to assess the small-sized maneuvering UAVs movement parameters. The location of an unknown UAV as a radio source can be determined using AoA measurements of the wireless sensor network. To describe the movement of a maneuvering UAV, a model is used in the form of a dynamic system with switching in discrete time. The values of switching variable determine type of UAV movement. To synthesize trajectory filtering algorithms, the Markov property of the extended process is used, which includes a vector of UAV movement parameters and a switching variable. The optimal trajectory filtering algorithm describes …

Post-Exam Reviews: Turning Wrong Answers Into Learning Moments, Melony Shemberger

Pedagogicon Conference Proceedings

Test-review strategies can help students learn material before an exam, but do students learn from their errors after the tests are returned to them? Grounded in metacognitive principles of reflective practice, a post-exam review enables students to analyze the reasons why they performed as they did on an exam as part of an effort to regular their own path of self-directed learning for future improvement (Owens, 2019). This article, building on prior research about improving test review and recall, shares information from two courses on using a test autopsy as a self-regulated learning approach to prepare students better for tests …

Development Of Health-Related Quality Of Life Questionnaire For Patients On Continuous Drug Use, Wanna Tangpakdeerat, Rungpetch Sakulbumrungsil

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Background: Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) instruments has become as a principal indicator of the effectiveness of medication treatment especially in case of lifelong therapy. Objectives: The purposes of the study were to develop a quality of lif.

Finding And Fighting For A Future Of Bicycles In Boise, Idaho, Kyle Lenhart-Wees

Pomona Senior Theses

This thesis will explore Boise, Idaho as a real-world case study of the car dominated American cities, and the potential to enact a large-scale shift to alternative forms of transportation. Examining the complexities of inter-governmental and communal-governmental relationships to better understand the history and current state of infrastructure and alternative transit facilities in Boise and theorizing a best path forward. The thesis will also delve into bicycle activists’ groups operating in Boise, to assess their goals and methods of reaching those goals.

Gulf Coast Marine Laboratories Past, Present And Future, Donald F. Boesch

Gulf and Caribbean Research

I spent my nearly 50—year career in marine science working at marine laboratories, most of that as a chief executive officer. So, it is appropriate that my reflections are about marine laboratories, rather than my own science. After relating my career course, I turn my attention to the history and development of marine laboratories along the U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Surprisingly, the region’s first laboratory was actually constructed in 1903 at Cameron, LA, but operated less than a decade before closing. It was not until after World War II that the university—affiliated marine laboratories of today …

Pelagic Sargassum Prediction And Marine Connectivity In The Tropical Atlantic, Donald R. Johnson, James S. Franks, Hazel A. Oxenford, Shelly-Ann L. Cox

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Since 2011, pelagic Sargassum has experienced extraordinary blooms in the Tropical Atlantic where a system of persistent but seasonally variable currents has retained and consolidated it in large masses. Although beneficial at sea, principally as a unique pelagic habitat, when Sargassum inundates the nearshore environment it can have catastrophic effects on tourism, fisheries, health, and local ecosystems. Providing advanced warning of arrival dates of large masses of Sargassum is critical for enabling preparations and planning for its removal, use, and mitigation. Predictions of arrival time and location involve satellite identification of Sargassum at sea together with ocean current data for …

The Möbius Transformation Of Continued Fractions With Bounded Upper And Lower Partial Quotients, Wencai Liu

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Let $h$: $x\mapsto \frac{ax+b}{cx+d} $ be the nondegenerate Möbius transformation with integer entries. We get a bound of the continued fraction of $h(x)$ by upper and lower bounds of the continued fraction of $x$.

Pell-Lucas Collocation Method To Solve High-Order Linear Fredholm-Volterra Integro-Differential Equations And Residual Correction, Şuayi̇p Yüzbaşi, Gamze Yildirim

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this article, a collocation method based on Pell-Lucas polynomials is studied to numerically solve higher order linear Fredholm-Volterra integro differential equations (FVIDE). The approximate solutions are assumed in form of the truncated Pell-Lucas polynomial series. By using Pell-Lucas polynomials and relations of their derivatives, the solution form and its derivatives are brought to matrix forms. By applying the collocation method based on equally spaced collocation points, the method reduces the problem to a system of linear algebraic equations. Solution of this system determines the coefficients of assumed solution. Error estimation is made and also a method with the help …

Positive Periodic Solutions For A Class Of Second-Order Differential Equations With State-Dependent Delays, Ahleme Bouakkaz, Rabah Khemis

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper, we consider a class of second order differential equations with iterative source term. The main results are obtained by virtue of a Krasnoselskii fixed point theorem and some useful properties of a Green's function which allows us to prove the existence of positive periodic solutions. Finally, an example is included to illustrate the correctness of our results.

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Turkish Journal of Mathematics

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Lerch Matrix Collocation Method For 2d And 3d Volterra Type Integral And Second Order Partial Integro Differential Equations Together With An Alternative Error Analysis And Convergence Criterion Based On Residual Functions, Seda Çayan, Mehmet Sezer

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this study, second order linear Volterra partial integro-differential equation with two- and three-dimensional are solved by collocation method based on Lerch polynomials. This method is composed of the operational matrix and collocation methods, which are based upon the matrix forms of the Lerch polynomials with the parameter $\lambda$ and Taylor polynomials, and their derivatives and integrals. The approximate solutions of the mentioned equations are investigated in terms of the Lerch polynomials the different values of $\lambda$. Also, to verify the accuracy and efficiency of the present method, an alternative convergence criterion along with error analysis depending on residual function …

On ${\Bf H}$-Curvature Of $(\Alpha,\Beta)$-Metrics, Akbar Tayebi, Masoome Razgordani

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

The non-Riemannian quantity ${\bf H}$ was introduced by Akbar-Zadeh to characterization of Finsler metrics of constant flag curvature. In this paper, we study two important subclasses of Finsler metrics in the class of so-called $(\alpha,\beta)$-metrics, which are defined by $F=\alpha\phi(s)$, $s=\beta/\alpha$, where $\alpha$ is a Riemannian metric and $\beta$ is a closed 1-form on a manifold. We prove that every polynomial metric of degree $k\geq 3$ and exponential metric has almost vanishing ${\bf H}$-curvature if and only if ${\bf H}=0$. In this case, $F$ reduces to a Berwald metric. Then we prove that every Einstein polynomial metric of degree $k\geq …

A Critical Ethnographic Study Of The Sociological And Educational Factors That Contribute To Scholastic Disengagement Prior To Adolescence And The Nexus To The School To Prison Pipeline, David Diehl

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this critical ethnographic study was to examine the lived experiences of formerly or currently incarcerated, Hispanic males who attended elementary school in Central Coast County (pseudonym), and affiliated, or previously affiliated with, one of the two major Mexican gangs in the State of California. This study sought to investigate what influence or impact, if any, a student's educational experience prior to entering middle school may have on a desire to become involved with the gang culture. The unusually high teenage homicide rate occurring in a non-urban setting has garnered national attention. Teachers, school administrators, a probation officer, …

The Racist Impact Of Redistributive Public Policies: Handout Versus Hand-Up, Mittie Davis Jones

Cultural Encounters, Conflicts, and Resolutions

Federal government policies, while benefitting some urban areas, have historically been detrimental to African-American people. Years of welfare and housing policies have placed central city residents, especially African-Americans, at a disadvantage which they have not overcome. Policies that once denied benefits to Black people, such as public welfare and federally-insured mortgages, morphed into stigmatized policies which, when available to Blacks, became obstacles to their advancement. These same policies enabled the majority White population to do what they were initially designed to do – provide a toehold during a period of temporary economic decline after which personal advancement was possible.

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Changes In Likely Activation Patterns Of Alcohol Expectancies After Exposure To The Expectancy Challenge Alcohol Literacy Curriculum (Ecalc), Jessica Flori

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Alcohol is the most commonly used substance by adolescents in the United States with underage alcohol use being associated with a variety of harms. The Expectancy Challenge Alcohol Literacy Curriculum (ECALC) is a 45-minute interactive expectancy challenge intervention that has been found to be effective in reducing alcohol use. Although ECALC is thought to produce reductions in drinking by changing expectancies, the nature of these expectancy changes has yet to be explored. The purpose of the present study was to link ECALC outcome studies with a memory model approach to understanding the mechanism by which expectancies influence behavior. Participants (n …

No. 20 An Order Amending Executive Order No. 15 Suspending Provisions Of Certain Statutes And Rules And Taking Other Necessary Measures In Order To Facilitate The Treatment And Containment Of Covid-19, Bill Lee

Executive Orders

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No. 22 An Order Directing Tennesseans To Stay Home Unless Engaging In Essential Activities To Limit Their Exposure To And Spread Of Covid-19, Bill Lee

Executive Orders

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No. 24 An Order Amending Executive Order No. 15 Suspending Provisions Of Certain Statutes And Rules And Taking Other Necessary Measures In Order To Facilitate The Treatment And Containment Of Covid-19, Bill Lee

Executive Orders

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No. 28 An Order Amending Executive Order No. 15 And Taking Other Necessary Measures To Facilitate The Treatment And Containment Of Covid-19, Bill Lee

Executive Orders

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No. 32 An Order Amending Executive Order No. 15 And Taking Other Necessary Measures To Facilitate The Treatment And Containment Of Covid-19, Bill Lee

Executive Orders

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No. 56 An Order Renaming The Tennessee Prison For Women As The Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, Bill Lee

Executive Orders

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No. 73 An Order To Facilitate The Continued Response To Covid-19 By Extending Executive Order Provisions, Bill Lee

Executive Orders

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Best Youth Education Methods For Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention, Caitlin F. Walchonski

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Sexual health education in the United States is inconsistent; information and methods vary from one location to another. Education plays a large role in developing safe sex practices, and despite the sexual education efforts, rates of sexually transmitted infections have risen for five consecutive years in the United States. A systematic literature review was conducted to determine the best methods for educating adolescents to promote behaviors to enhance sexual health. Multiple types of interventions have been studied including cognitive behavioral interventions, comprehensive sexual education, parent and teen dyad education, and abstinence only education. Sexual behavior is influenced by a variety …

Probiotics And The Prevention Of Clostridioides Difficile: A Review Of Existing Systematic Reviews, Andrea L. Onstad

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Clostridioides difficile is the leading cause of infectious diarrhea (Vernaya et al., 2017). Probiotics have been proposed to provide a protective benefit against Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). The objective of this literature review was to examine the research evidence pertaining to the use of probiotics for the prevention of CDI in individuals receiving antibiotic therapy. A systematic literature review of studies published between 2015 and 2019 was performed. Five databases were searched, which yielded 10 systematic reviews that met strict inclusion criteria. Overall, the majority of evidence indicated that probiotics versus no treatment, placebo, or usual care have the potential …

The Victimization Of The African Girl Child: Primary Schools As Unsafe Spaces For Girls In Cameroon, Sandra Bume Nambangi

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Violence against girls in and out of school settings is a problem that is on the rise in countries of sub-Sharan Africa. In Cameroon today, the abuse of girls has progressed into the realm of primary education affecting prepubescent girls, making schools unsafe spaces for girls and thereby, hindering them from accessing and furthering their education, basic rights and agency. A study on the victimization of primary school girls in Malawi funded by the United Nations found that girls are subject to several forms of violence as a result of their gender and that this disrupts their access to basic …

Creating The World Of Newsies: The Musical, Benjamin Kramer

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This document is a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts Degree in theatre. It is a detailed account of the author Benjamin Kramer’s artistic process in producing the scenic design for Minnesota State University, Mankato’s production of Newsies: The Musical in the fall of 2019. The thesis chronicles the scenic designer’s artistic process beginning with an early production until the end of performances in five chapters: early production analysis, historical and critical perspective, journals, post production analysis and process development. Appendices and works cited and consulted are included.

Higher Education And Police Officers: The Effects On Citizen Complaints, Evan D. Brown

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This study was conducted to examine the effects that different levels of education may have on the number of citizen complaints filed against police officers. There are many literature articles pertaining to the education of police officers but few studies have been conducted to measure the specific effects of higher education in law enforcement. The analysis in this paper will show relationships between higher education of police officers and if it has a relationship with the number of officer complaints.

Evaluation Of The Activity Of Zn-65 Isotope And Radiation Dose Delivered To Drosophila Melanogaster, Wasiu Ajani Erinoso

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Radioactivity is a natural part of our environment. Ionizing radiation from radioactive materials can affect the life cycle of organisms; sometimes increase the rate of transition between cycle leading to the proliferation of cells as seen in some cancer cells or delay the rate of transition between cell cycle. A NaI detector is essential to determine the activity of a radioactive material. To determine the resolution of NaI detector and the efficiency of the geometry used for this experiment, quality control was done for NaI detector using 22Na reference source. The efficiency of the detector was used to verify the …