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Deaf Cultural Capital And Its Conflicts With Hearing Culture: Navigational Successes And Failures, Ashley Greene-Woods, Natalie J. Delgado, Beverly Buchanan, Misty Sides, Abbas Ali Behmanesh, Brian Cheslik, Caroline K. Koo, M. Diane Clark Dec 2020

Deaf Cultural Capital And Its Conflicts With Hearing Culture: Navigational Successes And Failures, Ashley Greene-Woods, Natalie J. Delgado, Beverly Buchanan, Misty Sides, Abbas Ali Behmanesh, Brian Cheslik, Caroline K. Koo, M. Diane Clark

JADARA

Despite the creation and implementation of laws intended to support and protect Deaf individuals, stories of limited opportunities and oppression within the workplace still exist and are pervasive. Current research in regard to Deaf individuals’ upward mobility includes a discussion of cultural capital, Imposter Syndrome, and navigational capital. To further understand the experiences of Deaf individuals, the research team conducted a mixed-methods study utilizing surveys and interviews. The results provided insight regarding challenges experienced by the participants in either-or-both their education and employment. The data suggests that the use of navigational capital was the most significant predictor for upward mobility.

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Apollo And Columbia: Landscape As Power In Washington D.C. And Versailles., Beau Cameron Burris Dec 2020

Apollo And Columbia: Landscape As Power In Washington D.C. And Versailles., Beau Cameron Burris

Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses

The grounds of the Palace of Versailles and the urban fabric of Washington, D.C. are monumentally scaled, richly mythologized landscapes of power. Through massive baroque geometries, both sites impress order on the vastness of space, reframing it for the glory of their respective creators. Within these grand spaces, symbolism and iconography provide narratives of conquest, violence, glory, and fear. Stories of seemingly immortal men emerge from classical traditions of architecture and sculpture. Louis XIV and the presidents and war heroes of the United States have become god-heroes in bronze and stone, presiding over palatial grounds and public space as if …

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Let’S Talk Fluency: Elementary Educators’ Perceptions Of The Impact And Implementation Of Fluency Instruction Within The Leveled Literacy Intervention Framework, Megan L. Michalczak Dec 2020

Let’S Talk Fluency: Elementary Educators’ Perceptions Of The Impact And Implementation Of Fluency Instruction Within The Leveled Literacy Intervention Framework, Megan L. Michalczak

Dissertations

This study was warranted to thoroughly understand general and special education teachers’ perceptions of the implementation of Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) within Tier II and Tier III of a Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS) while focusing on reading fluency instruction. Using a mixed methods approach, this study described the impact of LLI on student outcomes in reading fluency, as well as examined the integrity of LLI implementation within Tier II and Tier III through descriptive statistical analysis of student achievement data and a document review of intervention records. In addition, through the use of inductive thematic analysis of observations and …

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Objectively Determining The Language-Related Communication Challenges For In-Flight Operations, Fehime Utkan Dec 2020

Objectively Determining The Language-Related Communication Challenges For In-Flight Operations, Fehime Utkan

Dissertations

Communication breakdowns between pilots and air traffic controllers (ATCs) have been identified as primary factors in fatal airplane accidents (Wu et. al., 2019; Bauh & Stolzer, 2018; Ritter, 1996; Eurocontrol, 2011). Although there are various aspects that have affected communication efficiency, language-related issues have been mostly associated with transmissions involved in serious incidents, especially in multicultural flight environments (Sexton & Helmrich, 2000). More than 2,000 people have died in accidents where miscommunication was a primary factor (Bauh & Stolzer, 2018; Patty, 2016). By the year of 2025, the air transportation system is projected to become more complex, and the volume …

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An Investigation Of Processes Linking Patient-Centered Communication Approaches To Favorable Impressions Of Vietnamese Physicians And Hospital Services, Christopher Mckinley, Yam Limbu, Long Pham Dec 2020

An Investigation Of Processes Linking Patient-Centered Communication Approaches To Favorable Impressions Of Vietnamese Physicians And Hospital Services, Christopher Mckinley, Yam Limbu, Long Pham

College of Communication and Media Scholarship and Creative Works

Strong doctor-patient relationships generate greater patient satisfaction and compliance with physician recommendations. Although prior research has explored distinct factors driving favorable patient outcomes, investigations have yet to comprehensively address the efficacy of different communication styles. Furthermore, it is critical to explore the full impact communication approaches have on perceptions of medical services. This investigation addressed two patient-centered communication approaches – empathy and nonverbal immediacy – as antecedents to Vietnamese patients’ impressions of physicians and hospital services. Results showed that these two factors were powerful, independent predictors of satisfaction and trust. Conversely, patient participation was a less robust predictor of judgments …

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Newsletter, Npml [Bull]Etin, Volume 3, No. 8, December 2020, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Dec 2020

Newsletter, Npml [Bull]Etin, Volume 3, No. 8, December 2020, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

NPML [Bull]etin

The December 2020 issue of a newsletter for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

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Program Effects Of Dreams Among Adolescent Girls And Young Women In Kisumu County, Kenya: Findings From Dreams Implementation Science Research, Population Council Dec 2020

Program Effects Of Dreams Among Adolescent Girls And Young Women In Kisumu County, Kenya: Findings From Dreams Implementation Science Research, Population Council

HIV and AIDS

As part of the DREAMS Initiative, the Population Council is conducting implementation research in Kenya to build needed evidence to inform decision-making around effective implementation of community-based, girl-centred interventions and to assess their effectiveness in reducing HIV vulnerability among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW)—a population in which AIDS is the leading cause of death in the region. This brief summarizes key findings from a prospective cohort study conducted with AGYW participating in DREAMS programming in an urban and peri-urban site in Kisumu County.

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Program Effects Of Dreams Among Adolescent Girls And Young Women In Zambia: Findings From Dreams Implementation Science Research, Population Council Dec 2020

Program Effects Of Dreams Among Adolescent Girls And Young Women In Zambia: Findings From Dreams Implementation Science Research, Population Council

HIV and AIDS

As part of the DREAMS Initiative, the Population Council is conducting implementation research in Zambia to build needed evidence to inform decision-making around effective implementation of community-based, girl-centred interventions and to assess their effectiveness in reducing HIV vulnerability among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW)—a population in which AIDS is the leading cause of death in the region. This brief summarizes key findings from a prospective cohort study conducted with AGYW participating in DREAMS programming in an urban site in Lusaka and Ndola.

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What Are The Perspectives Of School District Staff On The Barriers & Benefits Of Implementing The Second Step Curriculum Within A School District?, Debra A. Olson Dec 2020

What Are The Perspectives Of School District Staff On The Barriers & Benefits Of Implementing The Second Step Curriculum Within A School District?, Debra A. Olson

Leadership Education Capstones

This qualitative research set out to explore district staff members’ ideals of implementing a social-emotional learning curriculum in their district. Interviews of individual staff members was the source of data for this study. Participants noted that the addition of the SEL program has had positive impacts on current students. Participants also indicated that, although, the addition of this program is necessary, it is also necessary that all staff have some type of training to better support the student population. Also mentioned by the participants was the need for teaching the program with fidelity and including the teaching throughout the day, …

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Shifting Parents From Respondents To Partners: New Paths To School Involvement, Andrew S. Pierskalla Dec 2020

Shifting Parents From Respondents To Partners: New Paths To School Involvement, Andrew S. Pierskalla

Leadership Education Capstones

Consensus among researchers is that parent involvement strengthens student grades (Ross, 2016). The purpose of this phenomenological study is to explore new strategies between parents and schools to foster continued parent involvement. Through qualitative design of surveys, focus-groups, and document review, this study explores strategies utilized of parent involvement at the high school level. The setting for this study is a suburb community in Minnesota. The high school has a student population that exceeds 2,300 (Minnesota Department of Education, 2019). The sample for this study will consist of parents that have at least one current student at the high school. …

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Ergonomics Modelling And Evaluation Of Automobile Seat Comfort, Prithvi Tilwani Dec 2020

Ergonomics Modelling And Evaluation Of Automobile Seat Comfort, Prithvi Tilwani

Manipal Journal of Science and Technology

The driver’s seat is a vital element in any car, but it is also a sophisticated system with several parts, adjustments, and safety features. A poorly built driving seat has an impact on the driver’s health and mental state. The three important goals for any driver seat are the safety of the driver, comfort, and health. Despite the availability of several technologies, the car seating sector has had little success in quantifying comfort. Iteration’s time and cost may be justified if the procedure was assured to result in a comfortable seat. This study emphasizes the value of using the overall …

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When Are You Going To Catch Up With Me? Shu Lea Cheang With Alexandra Juhasz, Alexandra Juhasz Dec 2020

When Are You Going To Catch Up With Me? Shu Lea Cheang With Alexandra Juhasz, Alexandra Juhasz

Publications and Research

“Digital nomad” Shu Lea Cheang and friend and critic Alexandra Juhasz consider the reasons for and implications of the censorship of Cheang’s 2017 film FLUIDØ, particularly as it connects to their shared concerns in AIDS activism, feminism, pornography, and queer media. They consider changing norms, politics, and film practices in relation to technology and the body. They debate how we might know, and what we might need, from feminist-queer pornography given feminist-queer engagements with our bodies and ever more common cyborgian existences. Their informal chat opens a window onto the interconnections and adaptations that live between friends, sex, technology, …

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Mortality Convergence In The Enlarged European Union: A Systematic Literature Review, Rok Hrzic, Tobias Vogt, Fanny Janssen, Helmut Brand Dec 2020

Mortality Convergence In The Enlarged European Union: A Systematic Literature Review, Rok Hrzic, Tobias Vogt, Fanny Janssen, Helmut Brand

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Background: The high mortality rates in the European Union (EU) Member States that acceded in 2004 sparked political interest in mortality convergence. Whether mortality is converging in the EU remains unclear. We reviewed the literature on mortality convergence in the post-2004 EU territory as a whole. We also explored whether the study designs influenced the results and whether any determinants of mortality convergence had been empirically examined. Methods: A systematic literature review was performed. Our search included scientific databases and the websites of international governmental institutions and European demographic research institutes. Results: We uncovered 94 unique records and included seven …

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The Effect Of Racial Diversity On Hate Speech, A Study On The Black Lives Matter Movement On Twitter, Raey Ageze Dec 2020

The Effect Of Racial Diversity On Hate Speech, A Study On The Black Lives Matter Movement On Twitter, Raey Ageze

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

The spread of hate speech is one of the major issues that social media platforms, like Twitter, have been facing as digital activism becomes more common. The spread of hate speech is often facilitated by the existence of echo chambers. To gain a better understanding of the type of users that engage in hate speech, tweets related to the Black Lives Matter movement were studied. Tweets that were for and against the Black Lives Matter movement were collected and labeled as hate, counter-hate, and natural. The followers and friends of the selected users of each type were then examined to …

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The Effect Of Cyanobacteria On Transgenerational Responses In Daphnia Pulicaria, Olivia Williams Dec 2020

The Effect Of Cyanobacteria On Transgenerational Responses In Daphnia Pulicaria, Olivia Williams

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

'Transgenerational plasticity' occurs when environmental cues alter the expression of traits in offspring and future generations. This experiment examined the influence of low-quality cyanobacteria (Anabaena) on across-generation responses in a common water flea (Daphnia pulicaria) to quantify whether changes in food quality from dietary cyanobacteria can induce transgenerational effects. Three Daphnia clones from Lake Mendota (WI) were maintained at 14C, 16:10 photoperiod until the third laboratory generation; animals from each clonal line were then reared for multiple generations on diets that contained varying amounts of cyanobacteria (either 100% Scenedesmus or 70% Scenedesmus, 30% Anabaena). General linear models and a posthoc …

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Analysis Of Patterns Of Gene Expession With-In Species And Between Species Of Daphnia, Jenny Phan Dec 2020

Analysis Of Patterns Of Gene Expession With-In Species And Between Species Of Daphnia, Jenny Phan

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Hybridization in the freshwater microcrustacean Daphnia occurs naturally and the interspecific hybrids have been found between several species, occupying many diverse types of freshwater habitats (e.g., lakes and ponds). A comparative analysis of gene expression from crosses of varied species of Daphnia is a powerful way to identify the evolutionary divergence of the genetic elements controlling the expression of genes. In this study, multiple within-species and between-species crossing experiments are performed. We then sequenced the transcriptomes of the obtained interspecific juvenile hybrids and to contrast the patterns of within-species gene expression divergence with between-species divergence. Transcriptomes were compared at 50 …

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Characterization And Synthesis Of An Aggregation Based Biosensor, Anura Shrestha Dec 2020

Characterization And Synthesis Of An Aggregation Based Biosensor, Anura Shrestha

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Polydiacetylene (PDA) is a polymer class consisting of double and triple bonds and is formed when diacetylene amphiphiles become closely packed and undergo UV polymerization. When properly designed, PDA forms vesicles, which, when stimulated, give a colorimetric change due to rotation of the ene-yne alternating backbone. PDA-based vesicles in which the pendant side-chains possess a recognition moiety for a target of interest have thus been implemented as biosensors for the successful detection of different biomolecules. Here we report a means for rapidly generating a PDA-based biosensor by direct solid-phase peptide synthesis of a peptide recognition moiety appended with 10,12 pentacosadiynoic …

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Beverage Management: An Android Application, Kunal Samant Dec 2020

Beverage Management: An Android Application, Kunal Samant

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

A common problem is the keeping track of products in our kitchen/pantry. This work aims to tackle that problem by providing an inventory for these products and our team’s focus has been on beer. We developed an android application which uses an in-built barcode scanner (through the phone’s camera) which detects the barcode number of a beer scanned. The application sends this data to the database which searches the beer dataset for the information associated with this number. This process automates the way users can add and remove inventory. Lastly, users add an expiry date associated with the beer to …

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Biological Nitrogen Fixation In Aeschynomene Indica: A Comparison Between Btai1 And A Native Strain Isolated In Texas, Abbey Raymond Dec 2020

Biological Nitrogen Fixation In Aeschynomene Indica: A Comparison Between Btai1 And A Native Strain Isolated In Texas, Abbey Raymond

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Host-microbe interactions between legumes and rhizobia exemplify a symbiotic relationship; the rhizobia provide fixed nitrogen to leguminous plants via symbiotic nitrogen fixation, while they are safely harbored in plant root nodules. In this study, the nodulation of the legume Aeschynomene indica inoculated with BTAi1, a known rhizobium, was monitored and compared when inoculated with TSN2, a newly isolated rhizobium in Texas. Upon maturation, the physical characteristics of the plant were examined, and nitrogen fixation abilities were measured. In addition, the rhizobium isolated from these plants was sequenced and named “TSN2”. It was found that there were no significant differences in …

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Influence Of Music Education On Early Childhood Development, Valerie Kilburn Dec 2020

Influence Of Music Education On Early Childhood Development, Valerie Kilburn

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Music is considered an integral part of early childhood education. Early childhood music education can contribute to a child’s vocal development, rhythm skills, and motor skills development. Vocal development is distinguishing between the different voices. Rhythm skills consist of developing an internalized beat. Motor skills are developing fine and gross motor abilities. These various aspects of childhood development in their relation to music education were outlined and elaborated on in this paper. Although early childhood is defined as birth to age nine, this research paper examined children from birth to age four. Practical application with young children was discussed at …

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Satellite Demodulation Utilizing The Hackrf One, Beaglebone Black, And Gnu Radio, Cole Tschritter Dec 2020

Satellite Demodulation Utilizing The Hackrf One, Beaglebone Black, And Gnu Radio, Cole Tschritter

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Satellite signals are an efficient means of receiving data in remote environments. By monitoring satellite signals, a device can be controlled in remote locations, long range communications intercepted, and local sensory data collected. It is possible to utilize a Software-Defined Radio (SDR) that can sample the electromagnetic spectrum and use code to demodulate instead of a typical hardware-defined radio, allowing for a compact, scalable system. This project will use a BeagleBone Black as the controller and the HackRF One for the SDR. Due to variance in modulation types, modulation methods, sample limitations of the HackRF One, and frequency fall off, …

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Autism And Music Education, Marissa Aline Broome Dec 2020

Autism And Music Education, Marissa Aline Broome

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

When earning a degree in music education, only one class covers different disabilities that one may encounter when teaching. This discussion takes only three weeks to complete and includes thirteen different disabilities, one being Autism. This is the extent of this subject when receiving a degree in education. I believe that all educators should be well informed regarding any disability, while providing a positive environment for all students. This is only possible if there is adequate information provided to these teachers. I believe that this research will bring light to the different aspects of music that can benefit a child …

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Writing Program For Kindergarten Students, Mikayla Lunsford Dec 2020

Writing Program For Kindergarten Students, Mikayla Lunsford

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

This internship research documented the experiences in implementing a writing program for a kindergarten student along with documentation that emphasizes how crucial daily writing programs are. The researcher worked with one kindergarten student and gathered data for two days every week over a period of two months on the Zoom platform. Data collected includes Zoom recordings and journal entries that document what took place during each session, including verbatim accounts of writing conferences with the student that complement each copy of the student’s writing. Journal entries also documented conferences with the parent of the students and my faculty mentor at …

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Determining The Role Of Low Molecular Weight Penicillin-Binding Proteins In Carbapenem Tolenerance In Aceinetobacter, Hana Ali Dec 2020

Determining The Role Of Low Molecular Weight Penicillin-Binding Proteins In Carbapenem Tolenerance In Aceinetobacter, Hana Ali

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Antimicrobial resistance is a rapidly increasing threat to public health, where pathogens are no longer susceptible to antimicrobials prescribed to fight infections. Carbapenems are last-resort antimicrobials that bind penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) and inhibit cell wall biogenesis, leading to death. Specifically, the pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab) demonstrated carbapenem tolerance, or the ability of bacteria to survive in the toxic concentrations without changing the minimal inhibitory concentration. These data represent the first study to understand carbapenem tolerance in Ab. Here, we investigated the physiological significance of low molecular weight (LMW) PBPs, which have not been extensively studied in bacteria and could represent …

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The Struggle Is Real: First-Hand Accounts Of The Experiences Of Strugglingreaders At The University Of Texas At Arlington, Kelle Plummer Dec 2020

The Struggle Is Real: First-Hand Accounts Of The Experiences Of Strugglingreaders At The University Of Texas At Arlington, Kelle Plummer

2020 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Institutions of higher education aim to graduate critical thinkers who are able to reach their full potential and contribute to society in today's diverse world. The University of Texas at Arlington has identified student success as a top priority in its current strategic plan, which impacts all the University's programs, services, and initiatives. Students who are struggling readers, first-generation students, and those with learning disabilities enter the university with significant potential challenges to their ultimate success. While the university offers tutoring, disability accommodations, and other services to help remove barriers, many students still struggle. This thesis investigates students’ experiences with …

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Respiratory Illness And Household Air Pollution: Problem Identification And Intervention, Hannah Flournoy Dec 2020

Respiratory Illness And Household Air Pollution: Problem Identification And Intervention, Hannah Flournoy

The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Undergraduate Honors Theses

This study is an expanded literature review that identifies the key concepts of Household Air Pollution (HAP) and the relationship it has with respiratory illness. This study identifies twenty research studies that inspect HAP and respiratory symptoms across a number of communities that utilize biomass fuel as their primary fuel source. It seeks to identify the problems that come with HAP, such as childhood respiratory infection, COPD, and other respiratory illnesses. This review seeks to identify if people in low to middle income countries, who utilize biomass fuel sources, see and improved respiratory outcome from using modern cookstoves and other …

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Maximalist Decision Making: When Maximalism Is Appropriate For Appellate Courts, Lauren Cyphers Dec 2020

Maximalist Decision Making: When Maximalism Is Appropriate For Appellate Courts, Lauren Cyphers

West Virginia Law Review

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Hydrologic & Hydraulic Analyses To Re-Establish Trigg Branch’S Jurisdictional Channel To Pre-Dam Condition Using Hec-Hms & Hec-Ras Models, Razak Ahmed Albarqaawee Dec 2020

Hydrologic & Hydraulic Analyses To Re-Establish Trigg Branch’S Jurisdictional Channel To Pre-Dam Condition Using Hec-Hms & Hec-Ras Models, Razak Ahmed Albarqaawee

Civil Engineering Theses - Archive

Birds strikes are the most prevalent cause of airplanes strikes, and retention ponds near airports are one of the most attractive spots for both immigrant and domestic wildlife USDA (2017). Since the Trigg Lake, water surface area covers around 46 acres and is located approx. 1.5 miles from four main runways, which make the lake a perfect shelter for birds to build their nests and eventually strike departing and/or landing aircraft. Based on a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advisory circular, no retention pond should be constructed within five miles of an airport nor should it have standing storm runoff for …

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Narcissus Online: An Investigation Of Narcissism And Self-Concept Clarity In Relation To Online Dating Behaviors, Maryam Tajmirriyahi Dec 2020

Narcissus Online: An Investigation Of Narcissism And Self-Concept Clarity In Relation To Online Dating Behaviors, Maryam Tajmirriyahi

Psychology Dissertations - Archive

Nemours studies over the years have provided extensive knowledge about the association between narcissism and romantic relationship initiation. With the increased interest in using online dating sites for finding sexual/romantic partners, it is important to examine the behavior of narcissistic individuals in online dating context. The current study systematically examined how grandiose and vulnerable narcissism (as measures of an inflated self-view), in conjunction with the level of self-concept clarity (as an additional measure of a fragile self-view) can influence a number of online dating behaviors (e.g., photographic self-presentation, inauthentic self-presentation, assertive self-presentation, self-disclosure, verbal behavior, derogatory behavior toward other daters …

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Transportation Barriers For Substance Abuse And Mental Health Outpatient Treatment Programs: A Scoping Review, Joseph David Harwerth Dec 2020

Transportation Barriers For Substance Abuse And Mental Health Outpatient Treatment Programs: A Scoping Review, Joseph David Harwerth

Social Work Theses - Archive

Purpose: The purpose of this manuscript is to help identify transportation barriers and facilitators that impact treatment initiation and continuation for clients with Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and/or mental health needs seeking outpatient services. The author also documented how these barriers were operationalized and measured while seeking to understand which populations have been most impacted by transportation barriers. Methods: The author conducted a scoping review and documented all of the relevant academic literature regarding transportation barriers and facilitators for individuals seeking outpatient treatment with SUDs and/or mental health concerns. Results: The author identified 28 studies. Some marginalized groups, such as …

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