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Strangers Switching Their Identities: Cultural Identity Management And Performance On Social Media A Qualitative Analysis Of International Students’ Intercultural (Ex)Change Processes And Perceptions Regarding Their Stay In The United States And Countries Of Origin, Vivian Kretzschmar

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In this globalized world, cross-country travel for education has been a prevalent (5.6 million students identified as international students in 2020) and ever-increasing (with a predicted increase of 250% by 2030) trend through the past decades. The sojourn impacts the students’ experience of the new culture and the ensuing shocks and adaptations. The understanding of something as complicated as culture, trying to be integrated into a new culture, and its perception to individuals, of course, have their ways of distinct communication trends through social media.

The struggle of maintaining and changing one’s cultural identity and adaptation across cultures has been …

Why Can't We Be Friends: A Training Evaluation Of Community Dialogues, Kyle Christenson

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Demographic and attitudinal diversity can be powerful tools within the team and organizational contexts. However, when not addressed effectively, diversity can greatly strain interpersonal relations and has been found to lead to a number of negative consequences at the individual, team, and organizational levels (Roth, Goldberg, & Thatcher, 2017; Harrison & Klein, 2007). Though there have been attempts to effectively mitigate these negative outcomes, few have found lasting success (Kessler, 2021). However, a training for students offered at a university nested in the southeastern region of the United States offers a relatively novel approach to handling these interpersonal differences. The …

Serious Leisure, Job Task Load, & Satisfaction, Carson Matsick

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The study examined the relationship between degree of leisure seriousness and leisure, job, and life satisfaction, as moderated by perceived job mental workload. Serious leisure has largely been studied in reference to general life satisfaction and health outcomes, and less research exists to examine whether serious leisure participation may influence work. This study tested the following hypothesis: the relationship between serious leisure participation and employee well-being is moderated by mental workload on the job, such that a) as mental workload increases, then serious leisure participation and satisfaction will be less strongly positively correlated, and b) as mental workload decreases, then …

Investigating Attention Modeling Differences Between Older And Younger Drivers, Kathryn Baringer

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As in-vehicle technologies (IVTs) grow in both popularity and complexity, the question of whether these IVTs improve, or hinder, driver performance has gained more attention. The ability to predict when a driver will be looking at the road or a display on the car’s dashboard or center console is crucial to understanding the impact of the recent tech-heavy trend in car designs on safety and the extent to which IVTs compete with the primary driving task for visual resources. The SEEV model of visual attention has been shown to be able to predict the probability of attending an area if …

Barriers And Facilitators In Implementing Multiplatform Remote Patient Monitoring Of Heart Failure Patients In Clinical Settings, Zachary Andrew Reilly

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Remote patient monitoring (RPM), which provides continuous monitoring of vital signs, has become increasingly utilized in patients with heart failure (HF). As this condition impacts more than 26 million Americans each year, it is important to determine the barriers and facilitators of RPM to both improve patient care and help medical professionals make more informed medical decisions. To determine these barriers and facilitators, our research team partnered with Prisma Health-Upstate to interview healthcare professionals working at Carolina Cardiology Consultants--Greenville, which uses multiple RPM systems to monitor heart failure patients.

The twelve interviews conducted support that healthcare professionals would benefit from …

Transforming Character Faces Based On Perceived Personality Traits, Kara Porter

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The ability to read other human's faces is a crucial part of everyday life. Subconsciously, the human brain analyzes someone's face within the first few seconds of seeing it, making a variety of conclusions ~\cite{FacePerp} such as gathering information about emotional state and assuming character traits this person might possess. The purpose of this thesis is to create a tool that allows a user to alter features of a character's three dimensional (3D) face mesh to look increasingly or decreasingly like the character possesses certain personality traits. Using a sample set of randomly generated faces, a survey is conducted to …

To Be A Cloud, Huan Laplante

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The intersections between Buddhism, queerness, and art making support one another in their power to unveil the impermanent nature of the self. My work rests at these moments, taking refuge in the ability to simultaneously release and rebuild a sense of self that exists beyond the boundaries of individualism. To Be a Cloud documents my journey of looking into the origins of the self and reflecting upon the transience of body and mind. Utilizing a broad range of sensuous materials such as textiles, handmade paper, and charcoal, paired with the repetitive motions of stitching, tearing, and mark-making cultivate a rhythmic …

Bystander Antecedent Scale: Initial Development And Validation, Ashley Jean Friesen-Janochoski

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The present study explored the development and initial validation of a measure of bystander intervention behaviors in situations of sexual assault. There is a gap in existing scales using a theoretical basis when measuring bystander behaviors. The scales that do exist focus primary on bystander attitudes and are not theory driven (Banyard et al., 2005; Banyard & Moynihan, 2008; Banyard, 2008; McMahon et al., 2011). Our purpose was to develop and provide initial norming and validity information for the Bystander Antecedent Scale (BAS). The BAS assesses the attitudes, social norms, and behavioral control people experience related to bystander’s behaviors when …

Perceptions And Identities Of Adolescent Reader: A Mini Ethnographic Case Study, Rebecca Rose Johnson

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This research explored ways in which educators can provide learners with differentiated instruction through student choice that provides engagement to positively interact with a student’s reading identity. Throughout their learning journey, learners may have both positive and negative experiences with reading that directly affect their reading identity. Students need support and guidance through multiple learning opportunities of choice in their reading and making positives connections with literature while reaching set learning objectives.In this dissertation, relevant literature was reviewed, investigating the benefits of student choice in reading and the effects that choice has on a student’s reading identity. The primary goals …

The Impact Of Fake-Bad And Fake-Good Responding On The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, Fourth Edition (Mcmi-Iv), Michael Sasan Jowkar

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The MCMI-IV is a personality scale that attempts to measure psychopathology as well as normal personality functioning. The MCMI-IV has a number of validity scales designed to measure over-reporting and under-reporting of psychological symptoms. No research has been done on the MCMI-IV’s ability to discriminate between respondents who are either over-reporting or under-reporting symptoms. Studies on previous versions of the test suggest elevations on the validity scale Y and elevations on personality scales 4, 5, and 7 in clients who are underreporting symptoms. Previous research also suggests elevations on the validity scale X and Z in clients who are over-reporting …

An Exploration Of Bisexual+ Women’S Preferences For Sexual Violence Vulnerability Reduction Interventions: A Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Racial Sample, Sara K. Kuhn

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Bisexual women are disproportionately victimized by sexual violence due to minority stress. Understanding their acceptability of and preferences for sexual violence vulnerability reduction interventions is critical for successful prevention efforts. Self-report data was collected online from 240 ethnoracially- and gender-diverse bi+ women and 65 heterosexual, white cisgender women (controls). Bi+ women preferred bi+ inclusive interventions. The sole intervention found significantly acceptable for most bi+ women (62%) was a modified, bi+ inclusive Bringing in the Bystander®. Yet, most bi+ women ranked the Sexual Assault Risk and Alcohol Use Reduction Program and Brief Drinking Intervention as most preferred. The Hookup Reduction Intervention …

Exploration Of The Handling Qualities Of An Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft System Using A Grounded Theory Methodology Toward The Identification Of Characteristic Traits, Michael Mclean

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This grounded theory study explores the handling qualities of an autonomous, large UAS based upon semi-structured interviews with eleven MQ-4C Triton air vehicle operators (AVO). Through inquiry into the tasks and difficulties experienced during operation of Triton, themes regarding the role of the AVO, the role of the automation, and the role of the interface were developed using the constant comparative method. Interconnections between the developed themes led to theory about the applicability of the handling quality framework to autonomous UAS, the tasks performed by the AVO, the human factors applied to AVO, and the relationship of the AVO to …

To Stay Or Leave: Commitment Decisions Of Early-Career Faculty, Kevin Moberg

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While tenure-track job options have been decreasing in higher education, tenure remains one of the most influential variables in the faculty reward structure. This research project aimed to understand the experience of organizational commitment of early-career tenure-track faculty members prior to earning tenure. Particularly, the project investigated which factors such faculty members considered to be important when deciding to remain at or leave their university and how they applied their meanings of those factors in their decision making process of whether to commit to their institution of employment. The qualitative data for this project were collected through in-person interviews with …

A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Study On Voluntary Reporting Of Professional Groups In U.S. Commercial Aviation, James Norman

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Aviation safety culture research does not exist regarding the specific factors that either promote or discourage voluntary safety reporting among different frontline groups in U.S. Part 121 operations. Moreover, while safety culture has been shown to vary across workgroups, cross-sectional research across multiple aviation organizations regarding voluntary reporting is lacking. To address this gap in the literature, an exploratory study was conducted utilizing a sequential, confirmatory mixed methods approach. A 28-item survey was distributed to air traffic controllers, dispatchers, maintenance technicians, and pilots. The instrument quantitatively assessed organizational safety values, reporting friction, previous reporting experience, just culture, and voluntary reporting …

The Effects Of The Alpha1a Adrenergic Receptor In Modulating Psychiatric Symptoms, Jason Power

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The adrenergic system plays a key role in the treatment and understanding of the etiology of mental illnesses. Despite antidepressants having the effect of reducing the reuptake of specific neurotransmitters, such as norepinephrine (NE), the mechanism of the antidepressant effect is poorly understood. It is apparent that antidepressants increase the rate of neurogenesis occurring within the hippocampal region of the brain with the hippocampus found to have an increased density around the time of symptom improvement (rate plateaus after 4-8 weeks after treatment). With an increased rate of neurogenesis taking ~1 month to occur, it was hypothesized that treatment with …

An Indepth Look On Earth-Anchoring Through Architectural Treatments To Mitigate Psychological And Psychosocial Issues During Long-Duration Spaceflight, Skye Elizabeth Schwartz

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Astronauts' mental health is of significant concern for any spaceflight mission. For low-Earth orbit (LEO) spaceflights, crews are four to six hours away from home. They can still see planet Earth, and if there is an emergency, there are escape routes; however, when it comes to long-duration spaceflights millions of miles away from home, crews cannot see planet Earth, cannot turn around in an emergency and are on their own in a monotone and sterile environment. These desensitizing conditions directly impact astronauts’ psychological and psychosocial well-being. Crews must learn how to interact with each other for an extended period, considering …

Indigenizing The Outbreak Narrative: How Lee Maracle, Richard Van Camp, And Cherie Dimaline Critique Settler Colonialism And Medical Racism, Deanne Michelle Sparks

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The dissertation analyzes how Lee Maracle's Ravensong, Richard Van Camp's "I Am Filled with a Trembling Heart", and Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves critique the traditional outbreak narrative structures identified by Charles Rosenberg and Priscilla Wald. Specifically, these Indigenous texts decenter the microbe for a more miasmic perspective that takes into consideration how settler colonialism and medical racism complicates the disease experience and its social epidemic.

Stimulus Discrimination Training And Its Effects On Generalization Gradients, Christopher Veenstra

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Adaptation-level theory has been used to explain how the size and shape of generalization gradients depend on the procedure used to study generalization. However, most of the empirical support for this theory has come from studies using a relatively simple stimulus dimension (e.g., lights that vary in brightness). In addition, much of the research has focused on one specific prediction of adaptation-level theory: that responding during a generalization test should shift towards intermediate values within the tested portion of the stimulus dimension. The present research used a more complex set of stimuli. Specifically, the stimulus dimension was based on bar …

Success Factors In The Joint Custody Process To Guarantee The Well-Being Of The Minor, Carmen Marina Méndez Cabrita, Cesar Eduardo Ochoa Díaz, Leonardo Toapanta Jiménez, Mónica Alexandra Salame Ortiz

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Criminal Protection Of Copyright. Analysis From The Work And Professional Experience Of Its Actors, Rosa Evelyn Chuga Quemac, Luis Fernando Piñas Piñas, Cynthia Paulina Cisneros Zúñiga, Edison Joselito Naranjo Luzuriaga

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Analysis Of The Violation Of Rights Of People Belonging To Priority Groups In Ecuador Using Multicriteria Methods, Diego Fabricio Tixi Torres, Lilian Fabiola Haro Terán, Pablo Miguel Vaca Acosta, Diego Fernando Coka Flores

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Iadov In The Analysis Of Child Labor And Its Causes, Raúl Fabricio Sánchez Santacruz, Mesías Elías Machado Maliza, Cristina Mercedes Rosero Morán, Andrea Katherine Bucaram Caicedo

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Analysis Of Legal Fissures In Family Protection, Mónica Isabel Mora Verdezoto, Carlos Ramiro Hurtado Lomas, Eugenio Javier Escobar Gonzales, Carmen Marina Méndez Cabrita

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Element Res Nullius In Adoption Procedures, Mónica Isabel Mora Verdezoto, José Ignacio Cruz Arboleda, Carlos Alfredo Medina Riofrio, Víctor Hugo Lucero Salcedo

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Use Of Neutroalgebra For The Analysis Of The Poor State Of The Social Rehabilitation System In Babahoyo, Marcelo Raúl Dávila Castillo, Robert Alcides Falconí Herrera, Luis Andrés Crespo Berti, Oscar Fabian Villacrés Duche

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Comparison Of Neutrosophic Operators Of Personality In Lawyers Of The City Of Santo Domingo, Germán Fabricio Acurio Hidalgo, Fernando José Caicedo Banderas, Ignacio Fernando Barcos Arias, Sheila Belén Esparza Pijal

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Application Of A Neutrosophic Soft Set Model To Animal Abandonment And Its Consideration As Mistreatment, Esperanza Del Pilar Araujo Escobar, Juan Carlos Arandia Zambrano, Carlos Fernando Soria Mesías, Jorge Alfredo Eras Díaz

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Analysis Of The Nursing Care Process In The Teaching Of Nursing, Roberto Enrique Alvarado Chacón, Adisnay Rodríguez Plasencia, Olga Mireya Alonzo Pico

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Statistical Analysis Of Behavioral Medicine Knowledge In University Students, Kenia Mariela Peñafiel Jaramillo, Denisse Isabel Suaste Pazmiño, Alex Ramón Valencia Herrera

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Student Competences And Neutrosophic Personality Operators In Law Students At The University Of Chimborazo, Paul Alejandro Centeno Maldonado, Alipio Absalón Cadena Posso, Gabriela Paulina León Burgos, Leny Cecilia Campaña Muñoz

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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