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Volume 27, Summer 2000 Communication And Theater Association Of Minnesota Journal

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

Complete digitized volume (volume 27, Summer 2000) of Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal.

Volume 26, Summer 1999 Communication And Theater Association Of Minnesota Journal

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

Complete digitized volume (volume 26, Summer 1999) of Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal.

Emerging Services For The Visually Impaired In Academic Libraries, Noor Abutayeh, Berta García-Orosa

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study sought to investigate access services that are presented to visually impaired users in academic libraries. There is a clear lack of digital resources and assistive technology in serving disabled/blind users in both libraries. Based on Mann-Whitney U-test results and p-value, there were similarities in website and databases accessibility and significant differences in providing some types of digital materials to visually impaired users. It is recommended that libraries have to continually adapt to the constantly turning cycles of technology in terms of major technology trends such as open-source software, mobile technology, and voice-activated technology. The world needs to …

The Effectiveness Of Planning The Training Loads Of Discus Throwers In The Annual Training Process, Zebo Khusanovna Yusupova

Eurasian Journal of Sport Science

Purpose: to develop a methodology aimed at improving the biomechanical mobility of discus throwers in special strength training and to determine the effectiveness in pedagogical practice.

Methods: The methods of analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observation, anthropometric method, determination of the angle of flight of the disk, pedagogical experiment, pedagogical testing, mathematical statistics were used. (On FREMGE, G-VOLK equipment).

Results: The parameters of the movement of a student athlete in discus throwing were studied and methods of biomechanical analysis were developed.

Conclusion: In our study, it was found that the relative increase in the duration of the experiment …

Intentional International Presence Of United Nation's Locations, Kelsea Nicole Duvall

ATU Theses and Dissertations 2021 - Present

The United Nations chose specific locations to house its main headquarters and major offices. While there are many smaller regional offices of the United Nations, this focuses only on the four main offices and the Hague, which houses the International Court of Justice. The different locations of New York, the Hague, Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi were chosen over a time period of fifty years with New York, the first permanent location, chosen in 1946, and Nairobi, the most recent addition, finalized in 1996. The locations were not chosen purely because of monetary concerns but because they met specific qualifications set …

Winter Commencement, 2021, Marshall University

Marshall University Commencement

Program for the one hundred and eighty-fifth commencement at Marshall University.

Art And Exceptionality: Addressing Art Fear And Fear Of Difference In An Introductory Art Course, Arthur Hochman, Kelli J. Esteves

Scholarship and Professional Work – Education

University educators designed and co-taught a course which involved collaborative artmaking and learning with a community-based arts organization that serves individuals with disabilities. Their goal was to help university students examine the potential of art and how it applies to their personal and professional lives. They sought to better understand how to nurture a feeling of artistic agency in undergraduate students who do not define themselves as artists. Educators found that students benefited from an exploration of art fear through an inclusive approach to art creation.

2021-December-11-Congratulations Class Of 2021, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – (Dec. 11, 2021) East Tennessee State University conferred more than 1,300 degrees during two Commencement Exercises earlier today in the Ballad Health Athletic Center.

Gayle Conelly Manchin, federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), delivered the keynote address at 10 a.m., and ETSU faculty member Dr. Sean Fox, who won the Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching, addressed graduates during the 2 p.m. ceremony.

The Class of 2021 included 1,054 undergraduate students and over 230 master’s candidates.   ETSU also conferred 96 doctoral degrees today.  Of the undergraduate students, 108 graduated summa cum laude, 142 earned magna …

Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Analysis Using Distance-Based Similarity Measure Of Neutrosophic Sets, Norzieha Mustapha, Suriana Alias, Roliza Md Yasin, Ilyani Abdullah, Said Broumi

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

2021-December-11-Congratulations Class Of 2021, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – (Dec. 11, 2021) East Tennessee State University conferred more than 1,300 degrees during two Commencement Exercises earlier today in the Ballad Health Athletic Center.

Gayle Conelly Manchin, federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), delivered the keynote address at 10 a.m., and ETSU faculty member Dr. Sean Fox, who won the Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching, addressed graduates during the 2 p.m. ceremony.

The Class of 2021 included 1,054 undergraduate students and over 230 master’s candidates.   ETSU also conferred 96 doctoral degrees today.  Of the undergraduate students, 108 graduated summa cum laude, 142 earned magna …

2021 Fall - Commencement Program, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Commencement Ceremonies and Programs

No abstract provided.

Managing And Utilizing Big Data In Atmospheric Monitoring Systems For Underground Coal Mines, Juan Diaz, Zach Agioutantis, Dionissios T. Hristopulos, Steven Schafrik

Mining Engineering Faculty Publications

Underground coal mining Atmospheric Monitoring Systems (AMS) have been implemented for real-time or near real-time monitoring and evaluation of the mine atmosphere and related parameters such as gas concentration (e.g., CH₄, CO, O₂), fan performance (e.g., power, speed), barometric pressure, ambient temperature, humidity, etc. Depending on the sampling frequency, AMS can collect and manage a tremendous amount of data, which mine operators typically consult for everyday operations as well as long-term planning and more effective management of ventilation systems. The raw data collected by AMS need considerable pre-processing and filtering before they can be used for …

Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: A Patient Empowerment Project, Alison Cusmano

Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Manuscripts

Hypertension is a public health issue estimated to affect 112 million adults by 2030. Primary care patients in an outpatient clinic in Southern California with elevated blood pressure readings in the office did not have an organized system for close follow-up. The purpose of this evidence-based project (EBP) was to educate patients on self-measured blood pressure monitoring (SMBP), Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), diet interventions, and healthy weight loss to improve hypertension rates. Through these interventions, patients developed an understanding of their systolic and diastolic blood pressure goals. Nurse practitioners, medical assistants, and licensed vocational nurses screened for high …

A Game-Theoretic Analysis Of Childhood Vaccination Behavior: Nash Versus Kant, Philippe De Donder, Humberto Llavador, Stefan Penczynski, John E. Roemer, Roberto Vélez

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Whether or not to vaccinate one’s child is a decision that a parent may approach in several ways. The vaccination game, in which parents must choose whether to vaccinate a child against a disease, is one with positive externalities (herd immunity). In some societies, not vaccinating is an increasingly prevalent behavior, due to deleterious side effects that parents believe may accompany vaccination. The standard game-theoretic approach assumes that parents make decisions according to the Nash behavioral protocol, which is individualistic and non-cooperative. Because of the positive externality that each child’s vaccination generates for others, the Nash equilibrium suffers from a …

Fascination With Murder: Exploring The Internal Structure Of The True Crime Community, Eric Gaither

Theses and Dissertations

The admiration of killers is a trait found in numerous murderers, who claimed they felt inspired to murder from previous attacks. The True Crime Community is an online community with a deep fascination and possible obsession with criminal behavior. Community members include those who display admiration for killers and those who commit copycat crimes. Unfortunately, information regarding this community is limited and often conflicting as academic studies are scarce. This thesis explores the True Crime Community culture with a content analysis of authority figures' posts from a True Crime Community forum to understand the norms of discussions and behaviors. Although …

University Faculty Experiences: Workplace And Personal Stress, Stress Management, And Coping, Whitney Matthews Gass

Theses and Dissertations

University faculty have work responsibilities and duties that encompass teaching, research (scholarship), and service and experience pressure from administrators, students, institutions, and disciplines. They also have expectations placed on them outside of their institutions by their families, peers, and communities. A gap exists in the literature regarding the workplace and personal stressors that university faculty experience including the coping strategies they employ to manage stress. This qualitative study utilized a general strain theory framework for guidance and modified informal conversational interviews with University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) faculty. Interview questions were about the lived workplace and …

Beyond The Raskin Protocol: Ketamine, Lidocaine, And Other Therapies For Refractory Chronic Migraine., Jeffrey J. Mojica, Eric S. Schwenk, Clinton Lauritsen, Stephanie J. Nahas

Department of Anesthesiology Faculty Papers

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review is to discuss the available evidence and therapeutic considerations for intravenous drug therapy for refractory chronic migraine.

RECENT FINDINGS: In carefully monitored settings, the inpatient administration of intravenous lidocaine and ketamine can be successful in treating refractory chronic migraine. Many patients with refractory chronic migraine have experienced treatment failure with the Raskin protocol. The use of aggressive inpatient infusion therapy consisting of intravenous lidocaine or ketamine, along with other adjunctive medications, has become increasingly common for these patients when all other treatments have failed. There is a clear need for prospective studies …

2021 Winter Undergraduate Commencement, Lindenwood University

Commencement Programs

Lindenwood University Commencement program.

Diabetes Prevention Program, Ashley L. Stine

MSN Capstone Projects

The prevalence of diabetes in Texas has increased 40 percent over the last decade and will continue to rise as of 2019. New onset diabetes, chronic, and children with diabetes has significant rise in hospitalization rates. COVID and its restraints of limiting physical activity, restrictions of gyms and sedentary lifestyles. Chronic diabetics who were frequent flyer hospitalizations rates increase due to poor social support, mental health and stressors increased during COVID also. This diabetes prevention program that consists of 16wks for new and current diabetics would decrease complications of diabetes such as DKA, retinopathy, nerve pain, chronic pain, AMS, amputations, …

Net-Zero Energy Districts And The Grid: An Energy-Economic Feasibility Case-Study Of The National Western Center In Denver, Co, Usa, Ben Saarloos, Jason C. Quinn

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Given the enormous impact of buildings on energy consumption, it is important to continue the development of net-zero energy districts. Opportunities exist for energy efficiency and renewable energy on a district level that may not be feasible in individual buildings. Due to the intermittent nature of many renewable energy sources, net-zero energy districts are dependent on the energy grid. The novelty of this work is to quantify and optimize the economic cost and grid independence of a net-zero energy district using the National Western Center (NWC) in Denver, CO, USA as a case study. The NWC is a 100+ ha …

Challenges And Solutions For Cochlear Implant Rehabilitation During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic, Ahmed Mostafa, Iman Elrouby, Mohamed F. Alsoda

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Objective The current study was intended to detect the challenges facing cochlear implantation (CI) and rehabilitation during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to investigate the influence of the application of the required hygiene measures on the success of CI rehabilitation during coronavirus situations. Patients and methods The present research included 151 patients had CI in the Hearing and Speech Institute in the year of 2020. A total of 116 cases (22 adults and 94 children) have been implanted from August 2020 to December 2020. Of the 94 children (45 males and 49 females), 26 neonates with significant sensorineural hearing loss …

Vitamin D And Vitamin D-Binding Protein In Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Eman R. Amer, Gehan F. Oreby, Sahar H. Quashwa

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background and aim Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease caused by destruction of pancreatic islet βcells, leading to absolute insulin deficiency. The D vitamins are a group of sterols that have a hormone-like function, which bind to vitamin D receptor. Vitamin D (25(OH) D) deficiency is involved in the induction of autoimmune destruction of β-cells and onset of T1DM. The majority of circulating 25(OH) D is bound to vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP), which protects it from biodegradation, limits its access to target tissues, and helps its reabsorption from the kidneys. VDBP also binds fatty acids, activates macrophages, …

The Effect Of Reciprocal Electrical Stimulation On Handgrip And Pinch Grip Strength In Spastic Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Child, Abeer El Sayed Hamed, Shymaa Mahmoud Matty, Taher Salah El-Din Taha

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background In hemiplegic spastic cerebral palsy (CP) patients, the affected hand can present with a combination of spasticity, weakness, and dystonia. Electrical stimulation is a part of a physical therapy program that is used for improving hand function, and one of the methods of electrical stimulation is reciprocal electrical stimulation (RES). RES mimics the neuromuscular-stimulation procedure for alternate activation of agonist and antagonist muscle groups. Also, RES has been reported to decrease the cortical excitability of the spastic muscle and to improve neural drive through stimulation of sensory receptors and sensory neurons of agonist and antagonist muscles. Our study aims …

Efficacy Of Moderate Exercise Training On Heart Rate Variability And Left Ventricular Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction, Mai H. Hassan, Mohamad El Bordy

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background After myocardial infarction (MI), elevated sympathetic activity and/or reduced parasympathetic activity are observed. As a result, these patients have a decreased heart rate variability (HRV), which has been linked to an elevated risk of adverse effects and death. Following MI, the remodeling of the left ventricle (LV) is a complex and multifactorial mechanism, with therapeutic and prognostic consequences. Medications that reduced LV improved survival and standard of living. Aim We aimed to evaluate the effect of continuous exercise remodeling training on HRV, function capacity [6-min walk test (6MWT)], and LV remodeling in patients who had experienced MI. Patients and …

Prognostic Effect Of Glycated Hemoglobin In Acute Myocardial Infarction, Mohamad El Bordy, Nadia Youssef Riad

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background Impaired glucose tolerance and even prediabetic states have a crucial role as risk factors among several different risk factors in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Some recent studies have shown that poor diabetes management, diagnosed by glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C), has poor prognostic value regarding future cardiovascular events, whereas other studies recommend that it is the blood glucose level at admission that predicts short-term mortality after AMI and not the HbA1C level. Aim The target of this research is to detect the correlation between the level of HbA1C and risk factors in the patients with AMI and its value regarding the …

Predictors Of Mortality Among Egyptian Hemodialysis Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort, Amany A. Salem, Enass E. El-Sayed, Hala M. Abd-Elmaguid, K Allayeh Abdou, Mona Abd Elmotaleb A. Hussein, Muhammed M. Abdul-Ghaffar, Omnia S. Ali, Sheren M. Omar, Wael M. Essa

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background With a diagnostic problem, the emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 caused a devastating global consequence. We were identifying severity/mortality risk variables that assist in determining the need for early admission. As a result, we sought to establish for the first time the clinical, biochemical, and radiological characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Egyptian hemodialysis patients and to identify the risk factors for mortality. Patients and methods In this observational multicenter retrospective cohort study in Egypt, the data of 377 confirmed COVID-19 patients on regular hemodialysis were collected from hospitals affiliated to the general organization of teaching …

Lower-Limb Resistive Versus Aerobic Training Impact On Quality Of Life In Post-Covid-19 Patients, Asmaa M. Mohamed, Elsaeed E. Shaaban, Esraa A. Mohamed, Zahra M. H. Serry

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Objective To determine the effect of lower-limb resistive versus aerobic training impact on quality of life (QOL) in post-COVID-19 patients. Participants and methods Sixty young volunteer patients participated in this study and randomly divided into two equal groups: group A that received an aerobic exercise program three times per week, group B, which received lower-body-resistance exercises. Both groups were evaluated before and after therapy (6 weeks) through measuring resting heart rate (RHR), peak heart rate (PHR), neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, one-repetition maximum (1-RM) of selected muscle groups, and QOL assessment using the Short-Form (SF-12) Health Survey Questionnaire. Results The results revealed a …

Assessment Of Auditory Dysfunction As An Extra-Articular Manifestation In Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Brainstem Auditory-Evoked Potential, Abeer H. Ismaiel, Ahmad M. A. Gawad, Amany F. Hakim, Soha S. Shaaban

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Objectives The paper aims to study brainstem auditory-evoked potential parameter changes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and their relation to the duration of illness, degree of disease activity, functional stage of the disease, and intensity of pain. Materials and methods Control (group 1) comprised 25 healthy female patients of age 50–60 years, while the study group (group 2) comprised 25 female patients with RA of more than 5 years. Proven cases of RA (according to american college of rheumatology (ACR) 2010 criteria) underwent brainstem auditory-evoked potentials. The recording was carried out by using RMS EMG EPMK2. In the RA group, …

Posterior Tympanotomy Versus Posterior Atticotomy In Creating Well-Ventilated Middle Ear Cleft Pros And Cons, Essam F. Abdelfattah, Wael A. Alzami

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background Cortical mastoidectomy is considered a cornerstone step in the surgical management of noncholesteatomatous chronic suppurative otitis media. It comprises the canal wall-up technique, preserving the posterior and superior bony canal walls. The goal of cortical mastoidectomy is mainly to ventilate the middle ear cleft besides eradication of diseased mastoid air cells. The ventilation of the middle ear cleft has no way except through the aditus ad antrum and patent epitympanic diaphragm besides well-functioning Eustachian tube. This way of ventilation is usually affected in chronic infected ears by edematous and polypoid mucosa, leading to its obstruction. Traditional practice used to …

Prediction Of Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury Using Cleveland And Mehta Scores, Maged M. A. Kisho

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Objective To detect the clinical accuracy of two models for the prediction of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) and severe AKI that need renal replacement therapy according to Cleveland and Mehta scores and using Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) definitions for AKI. Patients and methods In total, 742 patients who underwent cardiac surgery in the Department of Cardiac Surgery NHI of Egypt, between January 2016 and December 2018, were enrolled in this research. We evaluate the prediction for cardiac surgery-associated AKI using Cleveland and Mehta scores. We also evaluate the effect of hemofiltration during cardiopulmonary bypass as a …