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Age:Rage Signaling Pathway As A Target In Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer, De'marcus Deon Woolfork

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Prostate cancer, a disease of aging, is the second leading cause of male cancer deaths in the United States and is canonically controlled by androgen expression which is treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) that suppress androgen production, androgen receptor function, or both. The androgen receptor (AR) plays a critical role in cancer development, progression, and therapy response. Recurring cancer cells undergo cellular reprogramming, adopting alternative mechanisms of survival, entering an androgen receptor-independent state, and are then subcategorized as Castration Resistant Prostate Cancers (CRPC). A process known as neuroendocrine differentiation, has been shown to be upregulated in response to ADT. …

The Impact Of U.S. Refugee Policy Change & Political Rhetoric On Nonprofit Service Providers’ Emotional Well-Being, Maria V. Wathen, Patrick L.F. Decker, Charity N. Weishar

Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works

This study examines how U.S. refugee policy changes from 2014 to 2018 affected the emotional well-being of nonprofit service providers. Elements identified by participants as emotionally significant were funding cuts, the “bans”, the unpredictable nature of policy change, and most impactful, negative political rhetoric. Emotional wellbeing was negatively affected and included an increase in stress, anger, sadness, despair, depression, helplessness, frustration, and caution. Negative impacts were also felt with regard to professional identities and to relationships with family, friends, and strangers. Importantly, impact on emotional wellbeing differed by level of organization at which the participant worked and by organizational characteristics.

The Occupational Depression Inventory—A Solution For Estimating The Prevalence Of Job-Related Distress, Renzo Bianchi, Irvin Sam Schonfeld

Publications and Research

We are concerned about researchers’ reliance on the burnout construct and the MBI-GS to estimate the prevalence of job-related distress. In this paper, we first describe some of the problems plaguing the burnout construct and its measures. Then, we present the Occupational Depression Inventory, a new instrument designed to help occupational health specialists get a clearer view of the mental health status of the workforce (Bianchi and Schonfeld, 2020).

Workplace Transparency Beyond Disclosure: What's Blocking The View?, Lisa J. Bernt

Marquette Law Review

Recent developments have exacerbated informational asymmetry between

employers and workers. Employers increasingly use “black box” automateddecision

systems, such as machine learning processes where algorithms are

used in recruitment and hiring. They have technological tools that enable

intense monitoring of workers. Contemporary work relationships have

changed, with trends toward remote and scattered worksites. Employees are

more frequently bound by nondisclosure agreements, non-disparagement

provisions, and mandatory arbitration agreements. These developments have

made it more difficult for workers to communicate with each other and to act

collectively.

Investigating And Increasing The Efficiency And Effectiveness Of The Children’S Ministry At Victory Church Of Melbourne, Florida, Stanley R. Patton

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the children’s ministry at Victory Church of Melbourne, Florida, a growing multicultural and multigenerational church. Conversations with the children’s ministry team, parents, child participants, and the senior pastor of Victory indicated that changes needed to be implemented in order to grow the ministry. This project used a case study methodology, focusing on a church with similar demographics as Victory, to discover the underlying factors needed to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Victory’s children’s ministry. To test the working theory that an increase in resources, team leadership, …

Focus On Outcomes: Fostering Systemic Departmental Improvements, Daniel L. Reinholz, Mary E. Pilgrim, Amelia Stone-Johnson, Karen Falkenburg, Christopher Geanious, Courtney Ngai, Joel Christopher Corbo, Sarah B. Wise

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This article describes how a focus on outcomes can be a tool for guiding systemic change. By focusing on positive outcomes to be achieved, a group can guide its collective efforts toward an ideal future rather than becoming fixated on individual problems to solve. While there is support for an outcome-guided approach in the literature on individual and organizational change, this approach has not been used extensively to support department-level changes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

The Compassionate Court: Reforming The Justice System Inside And Outside, Jamey H. Hueston

Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association

There is growing scholarship and justice system attention regarding the quality and effect of court interactions on citizens who come before the bar, as well as court system employees. From this research and the impact of therapeutic court experience, the Compassionate Court is born. The Compassionate Court considers court matters from a wider perspective that factors human behavior and disabilities, as well as community and societal influences that caused conflicts, and encourages courts to formulate alternative therapeutic solutions. The Compassionate Court reflects a coherent, navigable, and humanistic judicial process no matter the severity of the matter or difficulty of the …

I-O, Meet Scrum: Agile Engineering Process For Teams And Change Management, Erin Bowen, James J. Pembridge, Tim Wilson, Massood Towhidnejad, Carlos Castro, Omar Ochoa, Nicole Mystrow, Olivia Roa

Papers

Study explores Scrum, a comprehensive team performance process based on Agile engineering principles, through an I/O lens. Study focuses on impact of Scrum implementation on team performance, organizational culture, and change management. Role of I/O in implementing engineering process improvement programs is discussed, as well as need for greater I/O involvement in engineering process management.

Entrepreneurial Identity In Us Book Publishing In The Twenty-First Century, Rachel Noorda

English Faculty Publications and Presentations

Entrepreneurship underpins many roles within the publishing industry, from freelancing to bookselling. Entrepreneurs are shaped by the contexts in which their entrepreneurship is situated (social, political, economic, and national). Additionally, entrepreneurship is integral to occupational identity for book publishing entrepreneurs. This Element examines entrepreneurship through the lens of identity and narrative based on interview data with book publishing entrepreneurs in the US Book publishing entrepreneurship narratives of independence, culture over commerce, accidental profession, place, risk, (in)stability, busyness, and freedom are examined in this Element.

The Factors Influencing Hazard Mitigation Governance, Kyle Overly

West Chester University Doctoral Projects

As the frequency and intensity of disasters increases so too does the need to take proactive measures to reduce disaster risk. Across the nation local, state, and federal emergency managers work collaboratively to implement hazard mitigation programs that seek to reduce disaster risk. This study examined the factors that influence hazard mitigation governance in FEMA Region III states including Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington D.C. The results showed that organizational capacity, networks, collaborative governance, and community engagement all influence local and state adoption of hazard mitigation projects. The results also showed that there is a need to …

The Benefits Of Evidence Based Practices In Public Administration: Does Therapeutic Listening Training Increase Emotional Intelligence To Affect Change Management Outcomes In Public And Private Sector Organizations, John Sillup

West Chester University Doctoral Projects

Abstract

This doctoral dissertation considers change management as it relates directly to evidence-based practices in public administration. The problem under study was the lack of scholarly research on the effect of an administrative leader’s emotional intelligence (EI) has on follower self-efficacy during change management. This study provided findings on the effect of therapeutic listening training as a means to increase emotional intelligence to potentially affect change management outcomes in public and private sector organizations. Change management is a systematic and structured process of developing and implementing strategies and interventions for organizations transitioning from current state to a desired state. The …

Black Men Can: Change The Narrative Of Black Male Students, Levi Tucker Ii

West Chester University Master’s Theses

The master narrative about Black male students has impacted their experience in the education system from the early elementary level through undergraduate studies. This narrative was birthed out of the same racial attitudes that deemed the Black community inferior in every aspect of society. The idea that Black men are academically inferior is backed by research that focuses on Black men who are failing to graduate from college. This type of research and reporting perpetuates the idea that Black men can’t be successful at anything outside of athletics and entertainment and if they are not good at that they are …

Lessons From The Pivot: Higher Education's Response To The Pandemic, Janine S. Davis, Christy Irish

Education Faculty Articles

The intensity of major events often leads us to remember minute details of where we were and what we were doing when they occurred: what we wore as we watched the towers fall on September 11, 2001; the faces of our classmates when the space shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986; the smell in the air when we lived through a major earthquake, fire, or other personal tragedy. Similarly, faculty, staff, and students will remember the series of moments that led to the closure of their schools and universities as the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the world--the timeline …

A Model For Crafting Diversity, Inclusion, Respect, And Equity (Dire) Policy Statements Toward Catalyzing Organizational Change, Carolyn Gentle-Genitty, Breanca Merrit, Ann C. Kimble-Hill

Founder’s College - Scholarship and Professional Work

In light of the Black Lives Matter movement, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) community has had to reflect on how their organizations can address their disparities in identity representation. To that end, the ACS Committee on Minority Affairs (CMA) has been called upon to advise various levels of the chemistry enterprise in their interventions, such as structured and actionable policy statements. As a result, this work was created to provide a model for all organizations to write catalytic diversity, inclusion, respect, and equity (DIRE) policy statements. The model herein acknowledges active tensions and leverages theory, analysis, and practical …

Literacy Master's Degree Annual Program Outcomes Assessments, 2020-21, College Of Health, Education, And Human Services

Annual Program Outcomes Assessments - All

This report reviews Wright State University's Literacy Master's Degree program for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Lawyer Ethics For Innovation, Renee K. Jefferson

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Appreciative Inquiry Of A Non-Profit Organization Transitioning To Teletherapy, Claudia Herrera

Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects

Mental health professionals have been required to make a transition to delivering services using technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. The non-profit agency participating in this study had already listed on its strategic plan the delivery of teletherapy. In 2020, due to the pandemic, the agency decided to expedite the delivery of teletherapy services. This study explored the experiences of the agency’s team, to determine what worked well while making this transition, as well as future dreams regarding the delivery of teletherapy. Appreciative inquiry was used as the method of data collection. Findings indicated the agency’s clinicians found keeping a positive …

Inclusive Campus Recreation: Creating A Space Where All Belong, Emelia Bebee

West Chester University Master’s Theses

This thesis examines discrepancies that marginalize students, faculty and staff from utilizing or working in campus recreation facilities. More specifically, Campus Recreation departments lack strategies that ensure inclusion for all abilities, identity backgrounds and genders. This critical action research thesis considers the experiences of stakeholders and will integrate research that has been supported by seasoned scholars. In this thesis, a three-day diversity and inclusion workshop is proposed supplemented by monthly programming for faculty and staff that focuses on inclusion techniques to incorporate into departmental planning. Solid leadership of this programmatic intervention would focus on collaboration and dedication to lifelong learning. …

Profit Or Safety: Where Is Outer Space Headed?, Paul B. Larsen

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

The space powers (the U.S., the European Space Agency (ESA), China, and Russia) are now preparing national space traffic regimes with insufficient regard for the Outer Space Treaty’s (OST) agreed “Principles Governing the Activities of States in Exploration and Use of Outer Space.” The rapidly growing traffic of satellites, resulting in space debris, and the scarcity of radio frequencies and related orbits create obvious dangerous situations. States, including the U.S., agreed in the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) on twenty-one Guidelines for Long-Term Sustainability of Space, some of which relate to space traffic management …

Production Line Process Improvement With Process Reengineering - A Case Study In Garment Factory, Yanin Palasri

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The production process concerns in ABC manufacturing are failing to meet daily production targets and having low productivities. Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is a method of employing process redesign heuristics to improve an existing production line process using an evaluation approach and fit-gap analysis. A simulation tool is used to model the production process redesign. After adopting the provided approach and conducting the simulation, the company's production productivity and service level increases by about 45 percent. To get the required simulation results, critical measurements such as manufacturing capacity and lead time are used. This research demonstrates the redesign production process …

การประเมินความพร้อมของวัฒนธรรมองค์การในการขับเคลื่อนองค์การไปสู่ความสมดุลระหว่างชีวิตและการทำงาน กรณีศึกษาองค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัดตาก, สิทธิวัฒน์ ปัญญางาม

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

องค์การที่มีวัฒนธรรมองค์การแบบเน้นความสมดุลระหว่างชีวิตและการทำงานย่อมส่งผลให้ผู้ปฏิบัติงานมีความพึงพอใจ เกิดประสิทธิภาพในการปฏิบัติงาน มีชีวิตความเป็นอยู่ที่ดี และที่สำคัญคือมีความรักและผูกพันต่อองค์การ ซึ่งนำไปสู่การธำรงรักษาบุคลากรในองค์การ การศึกษาครั้งนี้จึงมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) เพื่อศึกษาวัฒนธรรมองค์การของ อบจ.ตาก ในปัจจุบันที่ขับเคลื่อนองค์การไปสู่ความสมดุลระหว่างชีวิตและการทำงาน 2) เพื่อประเมินความพร้อมของวัฒนธรรมองค์การในการขับเคลื่อน อบจ.ตาก ไปสู่ความสมดุลระหว่างชีวิตและการทำงาน 3) เพื่อศึกษาแนวทางในการปรับเปลี่ยนหรือเสริมสร้างวัฒนธรรมองค์การที่เหมาะสมในการขับเคลื่อน อบจ.ตาก ไปสู่ความสมดุลระหว่างชีวิตและการทำงาน โดยมีกลุ่มตัวอย่างเป็นผู้ให้ข้อมูลสำคัญ คือ ข้าราชการ อบจ.ตาก ซึ่งได้ดำเนินการคัดเลือกกลุ่มตัวอย่างแบบเฉพาะเจาะจง จำนวนทั้งสิ้น 19 ราย โดยรูปแบบของการศึกษาเป็นการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลจากเอกสารและการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก โดยมีมิติของวัฒนธรรมองค์การแบบเน้นความสมดุลระหว่างชีวิตและการทำงานของ Bradley และคณะ (2008) จำนวน 4 มิติ เป็นกรอบในการศึกษา ซึ่งผลการศึกษาพบว่า จากการประเมินความพร้อมของวัฒนธรรมองค์การของ อบจ.ตาก มิติ Time Demands และมิติ Support from Management มีความพร้อมอยู่ในระดับพึงพอใจ ในขณะที่มิติ Perceived Negative Career Consequences และมิติ Co-Worker Support มีความพร้อมอยู่ในระดับปานกลาง ซึ่งในภาพรวมถือว่า อบจ.ตาก มีความพร้อมของวัฒนธรรมองค์การในการขับเคลื่อนองค์การไปสู่ความสมดุลระหว่างชีวิตและการทำงาน แต่อย่างไรก็ดี อบจ.ตาก สามารถปรับปรุงและจัดวัฒนธรรมองค์การเพื่อเพิ่มหรือส่งเสริมให้เกิดความพร้อมยิ่งขึ้นได้

The Strategic Role Of Data In Proposal Competitiveness And Grant Reporting, Tania N. Johnson

Staff Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Who Wants To Be A Prosecutor? And Why Care? Law Students’ Career Aspirations And Reform Prosecutors’ Goals, Shih-Chun Steven Chien, Stephen Daniels

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Often called “progressive” or “reform” prosecutors, a number of reform-minded prosecutors have been elected recently across the United States—promising a distinctive vision of criminal justice and signaling that their role will be more attuned to issues of race and equity than “law and order.” Furthering this vision requires dramatic changes to the working cultures—the norms, practices, and even personnel—of their offices. Diversity plays a major role.

One central challenge is identifying, attracting, and hiring newly-minted lawyers who can, over time, be socialized into and sustain a changing organizational culture. This article empirically examines that challenge, which involves two sides of …

Lessons From The Pivot: Higher Education's Response To The Pandemic, Janine S. Davis, Christy Irish, Ellen Watson, Rosemary Huff Arneson, Jennifer D. Walker, Tracey S. Hodges, Olivia Murphy, Lee Skallerup Bessette, Et Al.

Education Faculty Books

This text includes chapters from instructional designers, university faculty and staff, and undergraduate and graduate students, and the text has been divided into three sections to reflect these varied perspectives. Each section begins with research-based perspectives, but also contains more personal narratives at the end. While the context of most of the chapters is the United States, there are also chapters with a Canadian context. It is also important to note that, as of the first half of 2021, the pandemic rages on, and mentions of COVID-19 in the following chapters will be reflective of the state of affairs in …

Research Framework Of Human Factors Interactions With Technical And Security Factors In Cloud Computing, Hongjiang Xu, Sakthi Mahenthiran

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

There are many advantages to adopt cloud computing, however, some important issues need to be addressed, such as cybersecurity, cost-saving, trust, implementation complexity, and cloud provider’s reliability. This study developed a research framework to study the human factors that interact with technical and cybersecurity factors to affect the cloud-computing provider’s performance from the user’s perspective. Research hypotheses were developed and a survey was conducted to test the hypotheses and validate the research framework.

Leaders’ Strategies For Motivating The Millennial Generation To Sustain High Levels Of Performance, Juan M. Alvarez

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Failure to identify and implement strategies to address the needs of the Millennial workforce can lead to a decrease in productivity in the organization. The increasing number of Millennials in the workforce creates a challenge for many business leaders in maintaining or surpassing the productivity levels found in organizations where the baby boomer employees are the majority. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore the strategies that warehouse supervisors use to enable Millennial employees to maintain or surpass productivity levels in organizations. Interviews were conducted with six warehouse supervisors who had …

Reducing Recidivism Of Psychiatric Inpatient Clients In Behavioral Health Facilities, Cottrell Jacobs

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractResearch shows readmitting clients to inpatient psychiatric facilities within 30 days to one year of discharge can be costly for an organization and may represent less than optimal quality care for clients. The purpose of this study was to obtain an in-depth understanding of practices and barriers to reducing inpatient readmissions by completing a qualitative case study of readmission reduction strategies used by a large inpatient psychiatric facility in the southern United States. The Baldrige excellence framework was used to guide the assessment of the organization. Data collection consisted of five semi-structured interviews with organizational leaders, evaluation of internal archival …

Electric Cooperative Managers’ Strategies To Enhance Organizational Commitment To Increase Employee Productivity, Michael Edward White

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Lack of effective leadership strategies contributes to a reduction in employee engagement and productivity. Managers are concerned about the lack of effective leadership strategies because it negatively affects employee engagement and productivity, reducing organizational growth. Grounded in Bass’s transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore effective leadership strategies used to enhance employee engagement and increase productivity. Five managers from an electric cooperative in Northwest Florida who implemented effective leadership strategies participated in the study. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and a review of organizational documents. Data were analyzed using Yin’s five-step approach. …

Covid-19 And Work-Family Conflict: A Gendered Lens Required For Developing Organizational Benefits And Programs, Qendresa Isniqi

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted people's work and family lives. The work-family conflict has seen an increase with the onset of the pandemic as families have found themselves in complex roles such as family sustainers, teachers for their children, and family caregivers while quarantined with the same individuals for months. Concurrently there have been expectations grown from the employers to introduce effective programs or services to support employees so that an expected amount of productivity is maintained while also maintaining a sense of care for their employees. Some of the strategies suggested in the literature include flexible scheduling, leadership communication, …

To Burn Or Bury? That Is The Question : The Late Bronze Age And Iron Age In Northern Europe, Petra N. Peretin

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Changes in social organization can be studied through several different avenues one ofwhich is through mortuary patterns. Here we will be looking at changes in social organization during the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age in Northern Europe using mortuary and osteological data. If we study how each community interacts, mourns, stores, transports, and buries their dead then we can learn about the underlying mechanisms that transform and maintain a society, and gain insight into the societal and economical shifts of the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age in this region. These changes will be determined by analyzing the distribution …