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All-Day Prekindergarten: Closing The Achievement Gap In Literacy, Theodore Clevenger Iv

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative causal-comparative research study was to compare the impact that half-day and full-day prekindergarten had on economically disadvantaged students on Grade 3 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Reading test results. Data from students who previously attended a half-day and full-day prekindergarten program were analyzed to see which program had a greater impact on STAAR reading scores at the conclusion of third grade. The comparison included two urban school districts with an economically disadvantaged threshold of 70% or greater. Descriptive statistics to obtain frequencies were used to create data that showed how students performed …

A Comparative Analysis Of Anti-Vax Discourse On Twitter Before And After Covid-19 Onset, Tareq Nasralah, Ahmed El Noshokaty, Omar El-Gayar, Mohammad A. Al-Ramahi, Abdullah Wahbeh

Computer Information Systems Faculty Publications (Archived)

This study aimed to identify and assess the prevalence of vaccine-hesitancy-related topics on Twitter in the periods before and after the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Using a search query, 272,780 tweets associated with anti-vaccine topics and posted between 1 January 2011, and 15 January 2021, were collected. The tweets were classified into a list of 11 topics and analyzed for trends during the periods before and after the onset of COVID-19. Since the beginning of COVID-19, the percentage of anti-vaccine tweets has increased for two topics, “government and politics” and “conspiracy theories,” and decreased for “developmental disabilities.” Compared to …

The Romantic Author As Compelled Speaker, Sonya G. Bonneau

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The romantic author trope has been extensively criticized in the copyright context, yet it threatens to emerge as a new pillar of First Amendment compelled speech jurisprudence. Justice Thomas’s concurring opinion in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission exemplifies the trope’s rhetorical power, and the costs of that approach. Casting the baker as an artist, Justice Thomas finds that creating custom wedding cakes was speech, and that applying a public accommodations law to require service to a same-sex couple triggered strict scrutiny review. This is an extraordinary result. Although the Court never adjudicated the compelled speech claim, it will …

Lessons From Health, Health Care, And Health Disparities Among Latinx Populations Scientific Panel, In New York City-2021, Andres Valcarcel, Maria-Isabel Roldos, Judith Aponte

Publications and Research

On September 28, 2021 the City University of New York- CUNY’s Institute for Health Equity (CIHE) hosted the online panel: Health, Health Care, and Health Disparities Among Latinx Population as part of a Speaker Series for Hispanic Heritage Month. CIHE is a CUNY-wide institute that coordinates research, teaching, service, and community collaboration to eliminate health inequalities and promote health. The purpose of this perspective is to summarize the key salient discussion points presented by four panelists with expertise in Hispanic and Latinx health of those residing in urban settings; and lessons learned from the Speaker Series.

Multi-Scale Hybridized Topic Modeling: A Pipeline For Analyzing Unstructured Text Datasets Via Topic Modeling, Keyi Cheng, Stefan Inzer, Adrian Leung, Xiaoxian Shen, Michael Perlmutter, Michael Lindstrom, Joyce Chew, Todd Presner, Deanna Needell

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications

We propose a multi-scale hybridized topic modeling method to find hidden topics from transcribed interviews more accurately and efficiently than traditional topic modeling methods. Our multi-scale hybridized topic modeling method (MSHTM) approaches data at different scales and performs topic modeling in a hierarchical way utilizing first a classical method, Nonnegative Matrix Factorization, and then a transformer-based method, BERTopic. It harnesses the strengths of both NMF and BERTopic. Our method can help researchers and the public better extract and interpret the interview information. Additionally, it provides insights for new indexing systems based on the topic level. We then deploy our method …

Leveraging Text Mining For Trend Analysis And Comparison Of Sustainability Reports: Evidence From Fortune 500 Companies, Anuj Sharma, Kapil Kaushik, Prakash Awasthy, Abhishek Gawande

American Business Review

In the recent upsurge in environmental concerns, business sustainability has become more prominent than ever. Organizations worldwide are expected to function sustainably, causing the least negative impact on the environment and promoting harmony among the firm, environment, and society. Most firms report their actions related to sustainability in corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports. This research aims to understand and analyze contemporary trends in CSR reports by Fortune 500 companies using text mining. It compares how the focus of sustainability reports varies across countries and industries along key dimensions of sustainability (i.e., environmental, economic, social, and government). Findings from the study …

Tracking The Associative Boost In Infancy, Kim Plunkett, Luche C Delle, Thomas Hills, Caroline Floccia

School of Psychology

Do words that are both associatively and taxonomically related prime each other in the infant mental lexicon? We explore the impact of these semantic relations in the emerging lexicon. Using the head-turn preference procedure, we show that 18-month-old infants have begun to construct a semantic network of associatively and taxonomically related words, such as dog-cat or apple-cheese. We demonstrate that priming between words is longer-lasting when the relationship is both taxonomic and associative, as opposed to purely taxonomic, reflecting the associative boost reported in the adult priming literature. Our results demonstrate that 18-month-old infants are able to construct a lexical-semantic …

Culturally Responsive Civic Engagement: A Pathway To Mental Health Equity For Latinx Youth, Jasmine Tran, Andrew Tran

HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine

The COVID-19 pandemic magnified the existing inequities in the mental healthcare system that disproportionately affects communities of color, especially Latinx youth. This population faces disparities in the availability, accessibility, and quality of mental health services. This call to action to combat current mental health disparities entails ongoing collaborative efforts that address the plights of this community through community-based research studies. These studies inform efforts to mobilize health professionals, policymakers, and community partners across sectors to collaboratively dismantle systemic disparities and promote culturally-responsive initiatives.

Jeal 175 Full Issue

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

The Pinyin Conversion Project And The Challenge Of Cleaning Up Afterward, Philip Melzer

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

E-Module Design Based On Golabz For Online Physics Learning About Rlc Series Circuits, Karina Indra Dewi, Debora Natalia Sudjito, Alvama Pattiserlihun

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

There are many virtual physics laboratory applications, i.e., Golabz and Crocodile Physics. This study aims to design online physics learning about RLC series circuits using Golabz, which integrates Crocodile Physics and investigates its effectivity on students' understanding. The research method used here is the development research with the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation). The online physics learning design based on an inquiry about the RLC series circuit using Golabz consists of three learning activities according to the learning objectives. Each learning has five steps, i.e., orientation, conceptualization, investigation, discussion, and conclusion. The …

The Influence Of Online-Based Hypnoteaching Methods On The Biology Learning Outcomes Of Class Xi Students, May Yarni, Berliana Cakra Kusuma

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

This study aims to improve student learning outcomes by applying Online-Based Hypnoteaching Learning Methods. The method used is quasi-experimental. The sample consisted of 69 students selected randomly. Data collection uses pretest and post-test with learning outcomes test instruments. The experimental class n-gain test has an index score of 59.1%, which means relatively effective, while the control class has an index score of 31.0%, which means ineffective. The result of learning outcomes proves significant differences between the two categories. Student responses using the models strongly agree between 49.12% and 43.00%. The assumption test shows that the data were normally distributed and …

Golabz-Based Interactive Learning Design About Simple Harmonic Motion On Pendulum Swing, Erwin Hartaman Gea, Alvama Pattiserlihun, Debora Natalia Sudjito

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

Physics learning about simple harmonic motion on a pendulum swing is interesting to be deeply learned because there are various physical quantities, practicum, formula derivation, and representation. In online learning, inquiry physics learning that provides independent practicum, online access, systematics, and interactive is needed. This research aims to design Golabz-based interactive learning and investigate its effect on students' understanding of simple harmonic motion on a pendulum swing. This research uses the R&D methods of the ADDIE type. The respondents were 7 second-year undergraduate students of the Department of Physics Education, UKSW, randomly chosen. The research instruments used are a validation …

Effectiveness Of Discovery Learning-Based Multiple Representation Module On Enhancing The Critical Thinking Skills Of The Students With High And Low Science Process Skills, Muhammad Minan Chusni

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

The study examines the effectiveness of a multiple representation module based on discovery learning in enhancing students' critical thinking. The study used a quasi-experiment design with a 2×2 design analysis. The subjects were 114 students with high and low science process skills from Sleman district's class VII Islamic Junior High Schools. The sample was separated into two groups: a control group that utilized conventional modules and an experimental group that utilized a Discovery Learning-based Multiple Representation module; each sample group was further broken into two groups with high and low science process skills. The test of critical thinking skills was …

From Franco's Nightmare To A Globalized Spain: A Cinematic Analysis, Claire Maurer

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

Spain has had a long history of determining its own identity through successive regime changes, national crises and shifting international alliances. With Las Chicas de la Sexta Planta (Le Guay, 2011), Torremolinos 73 (Berger, 2003), Miente (De Ocampo, 2008) and The Way (Estévez, 2010) as a guide, I examine the distinctive characteristics of Spansh identity across three notable sections of its history: Francoist Spain (1939-1975), “free” Spain (1975-1986), and Spain as a member of the supranational European Union (EU) (1986-), or the European Economic Community (EEC) at that time. These films and time periods help to shed light on important …

Integrated Or Excluded: The Effects Of French Integration Policies On Immigrant Communities From 2000 To 2020, Johanna N. Soleil

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

Few issues are as important to European politics as integration, though research into the actual effect of integration policies on immigrant communities is sparse in Europe and especially in France. This paper examines through the data available to researchers how immigrant communities compare to native populations in terms of cultural, health, and economic characteristics. To this end the paper is organized as follows: the first section introduces the French political context and the cultural attitude towards immigrants. Next, the various methods of analysis are presented, and each of the previously mentioned attributes is analyzed in the French context as well …

The Rider (2022-10-31), Verilu Infante

The Rider Archives

Vol.8 No.10

A Reflection On The Challenges And Collaborative Potential In Working With Buddhist Studies Materials In East Asian Librarianship, Matthew Hayes

Journal of East Asian Libraries

This article explores a set of shared challenges that tend to emerge for East Asian Librarians in working with Buddhist studies materials. It outlines how Buddhist linguistic conventions can give rise to an unpredictability in reference work, how its historical textual practices can complicate collections development, and how Buddhist temple archive management can make traditional approaches to research advising unreliable. It also proposes that these challenges provide distinct opportunities for collaboration across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean areas of bibliographic coverage. These challenges offer a chance for librarians to work together and develop a standard, field-wide toolset for working with these …

The January 6th Insurrection At The U.S. Capitol: What The Trap-18 Can Tell Us About The Participants, Darin Challacombe, Carol Patrick

Psychology Faculty Publications

On January 6, 2021, hundreds of individuals converged on and breached the U.S. Capitol building in an effort to overturn the presidential election results. For the present study, open-source research was conducted on 101 federally indicted participants of this event—half of whom were indicted on assault or other violent felony crimes and the other half for trespassing or nonviolent misdemeanor charges. Then, we used the Terrorism Radicalization Assessment Protocol (TRAP-18; Meloy & Gill, 2016) to examine these Capitol insurrection participants indicted for their actions. Four proximal warning behaviors and one distal behavior were significantly found to be related to the …

Where Is Home? Changing Conceptions Of The Homeland In The Surinamese-Javanese Diaspora, Rosemarijn Hoefte, Hariëtte Mingoen

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

In 1890 the first Javanese indentured labourers arrived in Suriname to work on the colony’s plantations. In total almost 30,000 indentured and free immigrants arrived in this small Caribbean colony. Fifty years later, at the end of the migration period, they formed more than one fifth of the population. Consequently, they constituted a substantial community which had to adapt to a different socio-cultural environment but, at the same time, managed to keep in touch with their homeland. The Javanese thus shaped their own cultural expressions and traditions in Suriname.

We attempt to analyse the processes of identity formation, adaptation, and …

The Netherlands-Indies; Rethinking Post-Colonial Recognition From A Multi-Voiced Perspective, Nicole L. Immler

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

In the communication of pain, language matters. Telling someone to feel pain is not just a description of one’s pain, it is – as philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein informs us – also asking for recognition of that pain. This requires a shared language which communicates it. Do we need a new language which can communicate and recognize the pain of the colonial past more effectively? Commencing with the recent apology for waging “a colonial war” in Indonesia by the Dutch prime minister, this article suggests an intervention in post-colonial recognition politics by exploring the idea of the multi-voicedness. Multi-voicedness …

Ravando (2020), "Perang Melawan Influenza; Pandemi Flu Spanyol Di Indonesia Masa Kolonial, 1918-1919". Agus Suwignyo (Ed.) (2020), "Pengetahuan Budaya Dalam Khazanah Wabah"., Solita Sarwono

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.

In Memoriam H.E. Harimurti Kridalaksana (Kph Martanegara), Felicia N. Utorodewo

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.

In Memoriam Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen, Els Bogaerts

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Lecturers’ Perceptions And Practices Of Humor In Efl Classrooms, Siti Fadhilah, Johannes Ananto Prayogo, Francisca Maria Ivone

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This study aims to explore lecturers’ perceptions and practices of humor usage in EFL classrooms. This qualitative study used questionnaires and interview protocols to get data from two senior English lecturers who use humor in their classrooms at an English department of a public university in Indonesia. The result reveals that humor, particularly jokes and spontaneous humor are practical and beneficial for learning English in higher education. However, in delivering humor, the lecturers should consider the setting (time and place), college students’ vocabulary level, age, and sex; humor should not offend them culturally and be understandable.

Pemerolehan Bunyi Konsonan Pada Anakattention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Adhd) Dengan Latar Belakang Bilingual, Aburizal Sadam Habibi, Abdul Syukur Ghazali, Roekhan Roekhan, Nurchasanah Nurchasanah

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The purpose of this study was to determine the acquisition of consonants that occur in children with ADHD with a bilingual background. This study uses a qualitative approach that aims to describe and explain the acquisition of consonants in children with special needs. This type of research is case study research. This study used a longitudinal design with research subjects only in one child. The results of this study are that Aza mastered 16 Indonesian consonant phonemes which were realized into inhibitory contoids [p,b,t,d,ḍ,k,j,g,?], nasal [m,n,ṇ,ƞ,ň], fricative [s,h], Africative [c,j], and lateral [I]. However, among these sounds there are still …

Preliminaries And Editor's Introduction, Dinah Roma

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

No abstract provided.

The Region In Motion In The Road Movie Patay Na Si Hesus (2016), Mary Anne D.C. Mallari

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

Utilizing the theories of Bakhtin’s dialogism, Hall’s cultural identity, and Gidden’s globalization, this article analyzes the Cebuano regional road movie Patay na si Hesus (2016). The road film genre reveals that the Philippine regions have a diverse identity, as shown in the image of the regional landscapes and unconventional characters. The use of camera techniques such as the traveling shot and other related styles reveals a dialogue among the diverse cultures of the regions. Furthermore, the image of the automobile in road movies and its mobility also illustrate that the regions combine an image of tradition and modernity as they …

Steven Patrick Fernandez’S Transcreation Of Poetry And The Integrated Performing Arts Guild’S Sugatula/Crossing Poetry: An Autotheoretical Analysis, Onnah Pierre P. Talle

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

This is an analysis of Steven Patrick Fernandez’s transcreation of poetry through the Integrated Performing Arts Guild’s SugaTula. I use autotheory as I retell, examine, and reflect on my experiences on SugaTula and on Fernandez’s transcreation of poetry. From my autotheoretical analysis, I then situate Fernandez’s and IPAG’s SugaTula in the field of translation studies. The study reveals that Fernandez’s transcreation of poetry through SugaTula is a concept which is not only significant for theater practitioners but also for reading and literature teachers. Transcreation can also be used as a method to explore not only poetry but other various literary …

Anatomiya Ng Antolohiya: Interbensiyonal Na Pagsipat Sa Politika At Ideolohiya Ng Piling Antolohiyang Pampanitikan Ng Mga Iskolar Ng Rehiyon (Anatomy Of Anthology: Interventional Study Of The Politics And Ideology Of Select Literary Anthologies By Scholars From The Region), Michael Francis C. Andrada

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

Sa patuloy na pagbubuo ng konsepto ng panitikang pambansa at kanong pampanitikan sa Pilipinas, mahalagang sipatin ang interbensiyong nagmumula sa rehiyon. Tinatalunton sa pag-aaral na ito kung gaano kasalimuot ang pag-uugnay ng panitikang pambansa at panitikang rehiyonal sa pamamagitan ng pagsusuri sa mga lantad na politika ng pagbubuo ng piling antolohiyang pampanitikan mula sa mga rehiyon ng bansa. Sa pag-aaral na ito, sinisipat kung paano binubuo ng mga iskolar at antolohista ng panitikan mula sa rehiyon ang panitikang rehiyonal. Lampas sa madalas nang pagpokus sa pagsusuri ng mga malikhaing akda at panitikan mula sa rehiyon, sinisipat ng pag-aaral na ito …