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Memes: The Digital Folklore Joke, Joseph Avila

Final Projects

A study and analysis on memes as digital folklore.

Menstrual Folklore, Claire Manwaring

Final Projects

A collection of menstrual folklore. Includes nicknames, material culture, personal narratives, and more.

Masonic Origins, Emmalisa Horlacher

Final Projects

A compilation of the stories about Masonry.

The Sanderson Wampus Cat, Sarah Buckner

Final Projects

Collection of Sanderson Wampus Cat stories and illustrations.

Korean Folklore In My Family, Michelle Chambers

Final Projects

Korean family stories, customs, and beliefs. This paper focus on how such folklore reflects on Korea and its people.

Unwritten Rules Of League Of Legends, Taylor Whitlock

Final Projects

A collection of folklore surrounding the game League of Legends.

Family Game Night And House Rules Folklore, Megan Nusink

Final Projects

Interviews with people talking about their traditions regarding family game night and their unique house rules.

2020 December 9 - Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes, Undergraduate Curriculum Council, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Racial Inequity And The Achievement Gap, Ari Mwatela

Counselor Education Capstones

Disparities in the achievement between African American students, and their white peers are perspicuous through the exploration of the American educational paradigm; as it has remained unchanged through the decades, despite existing evidence of its need to evolve due to the dynamic American social zeitgeist. Current scholarly research seeks to illuminate the intersection of societal and systemic factors, as causes of the academic underachievement of African American students. It is worthwhile for stakeholders to consider this approach, as it is deemed to provide a more comprehensive statement, on how to intervene or accommodate students who fall within multiple marginalized groups. …

Mathematical Model Of The Role Of Asymptomatic Infection In Outbreaks Of Some Emerging Pathogens, Nourridine Siewe, Bradford Greening Jr., Nina H. Fefferman

Articles

Preparation for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases is often predicated on beliefs that we will be able to understand the epidemiological nature of an outbreak early into its inception. However, since many rare emerging diseases exhibit different epidemiological behaviors from outbreak to outbreak, early and accurate estimation of the epidemiological situation may not be straightforward in all cases. Previous studies have proposed considering the role of active asymptomatic infections co-emerging and co-circulating as part of the process of emergence of a novel pathogen. Thus far, consideration of the role of asymptomatic infections in emerging disease dynamics have usually avoided considering …

Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices Towards Covid-19 Among Pakistani Residents: Information Access And Low Literacy Vulnerabilities, Zafar Fatmi, Shafaq Mahmood, Waqas Hameed, Ibtisam Qazi, Muhammad Siddiqui, Anny Dhanwani, Sameen Siddiqi

Community Health Sciences

Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has accentuated the need for speedy access to information. Digital divide and socio-demographic disparity create an information hiatus and therefore unhealthy practices with regard to dealing with COVID-19, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Aims: We assessed knowledge, attitudes, practices and their determinants regarding COVID-19 in Pakistan during March-April 2020.
Methods: 905 adults ≥18 years (males and females) participated: 403 from a web-based survey; 365 from an urban survey; and 137 from a rural survey. Frequency of adequate knowledge, attitudes and practices for the three populations was determined based on available global guidelines. Multivariable logistic regression …

Wu Named 2020 Ohio University Presidential Research Scholar, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

December 9, 2020 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Global Burden Of Cardiovascular Diseases And Risk Factors, 1990-2019: Update From The Gbd 2019 Study, Gregory A. Roth, Veincent Christian F. Pepito, Gbd-Nhlbi-Jacc Global Burden Of Cardiovascular Diseases Writing Group, 608 Co-Authors

Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health Publications

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), principally ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke, are the leading cause of global mortality and a major contributor to disability. This paper reviews the magnitude of total CVD burden, including 13 underlying causes of cardiovascular death and 9 related risk factors, using estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019. GBD, an ongoing multinational collaboration to provide comparable and consistent estimates of population health over time, used all available population-level data sources on incidence, prevalence, case fatality, mortality, and health risks to produce estimates for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019.

Prevalent cases …

Reciprocating Subsurface Wetlands For Drainage Water Treatment - A Case Study In Egypt., Ahmed Rashed

Mansoura Engineering Journal

A new patented constructed wetlands treatment technology for enhanced nutrients reduction has been developed by Tennessee Valley Authority. This new treatment technology is known as Reciprocating Flow Constructor Wetland (RFCW) through increasing oxygen content in the treatment processes. The RFCW has a process of operating two adjacent subsurface flow gravel beds by alternately draining and filling the wastewater on a recurrent basis to achieve tertiary levels of wastewater treatment. In Egypt, A pilot-scale RFCW was built near Lake Manzala as a demonstration of low cost treatment technology to treat a portion of Bahr El-Baqar drain wastewater that carries drainage water …

On Improving The Memorability Of System-Assigned Recognition-Based Passwords, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen, Sonali T. Marne, Kanis Fatema, Matthew Wright, Shannon Scielzo

Computer Science Faculty and Staff Publications

User-chosen passwords reflecting common strategies and patterns ease memorization but offer uncertain and often weak security, while system-assigned passwords provide higher security guarantee but suffer from poor memorability. We thus examine the technique to enhance password memorability that incorporates a scientific understanding of long-term memory. In particular, we examine the efficacy of providing users with verbal cues—real-life facts corresponding to system-assigned keywords. We also explore the usability gain of including images related to the keywords along with verbal cues. In our multi-session lab study with 52 participants, textual recognition-based scheme offering verbal cues had a significantly higher login success …

Vance, Benjamin-391 Final Project (That's Christmas To Me), Benjamin Vance

Final Projects

My collection of family Christmas traditions.

Folklore And Role-Playing Games, Reed Gardner

Final Projects

Favorite memories of role-playing games. This paper looks at role-playing games as folklore and what it means to people.

Droodles, Emmett Rock

Final Projects

A collection of droodles.

Missionary Folklore: Legends And Initiations, Liberty Reid

Final Projects

Stories about missionary experiences, specifically focusing on legends and initiations. A total of fifteen (15) stories from twelve (12) different individuals. These stories come from missionaries who have served worldwide.

New Year's Traditions Within The Deep South, Lucy Nielson

Final Projects

This project is about New Years Traditions in the Deep South of the United States.

Alternate Words, Sarah Johnson

Final Projects

This project examines the various folk speech used to define common items and food and the folk groups who use them.

A Folklore Analysis Of Friendship Bracelets, Afton Hulse

Final Projects

This paper examines the tradition of friendship bracelet making.

The Purpose Of Christmas, Helaman Flores

Final Projects

Customs involving Christmas especially among Latter-day Saint young adults.

Gifts Of Reassurance: Experiences With Spiritual Gifts, Devin Loveland

Final Projects

This paper highlights the difference between scriptural definitions of spiritual gifts and personal or folk beliefs held by lay members of the LDS Church.

Missionaries' Experience And Opinion On Folk Beliefs In Foreign Countries, William Warner

Final Projects

Stories about missionaries and their encounters with folk medicine, remedies and treatments.

I Have Exorcised The Demons, This House Is Clear - Folk Ordinances Of Casting Out Spirits, Colton T. Murray

Final Projects

An analysis of memorates concerning the folk ordinances and beliefs of casting out spirits or ghosts among Latter-day Saints and Utah residents.

Newcomb Family Games, Megan Niu

Final Projects

Rules to various folk games as shared by a middle-class American family. This paper focuses on how Folklorist Eleanor Long theory about tradition bearers apply to the games and the role that games play within the Newcomb family.

Stories Of A Man In Mexico, Amy Ottinger, Edgardo Vasquez

Final Projects

Stories about a man who grew up in hard times in Mexico and the lessons he learned. It includes a police officer's experiences during the ""Mexican Dirty War.""

Houghton Family Pie-Lore, Tess Mika

Final Projects

The traditions and stories about pie that run through the Houghton family.