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The Role Of Oxytocin Receptor Activation In The Nucleus Accumbens On Dopamine Release, Patricia Nalan Jan 2022

The Role Of Oxytocin Receptor Activation In The Nucleus Accumbens On Dopamine Release, Patricia Nalan

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The neuropeptide oxytocin alters the salience of rewards and is being investigated as a treatment for substance use disorder; however, the effects of oxytocin on reward-related neural circuits are not understood. The detection of rewarding stimuli is regulated in part by the mesolimbic dopamine system, with dopaminergic cell bodies in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) that project to the nucleus accumbens (NAc). The current study aimed to determine the effect of oxytocin receptor activation in the NAc on mesolimbic dopamine release. Fixed potential amperometry was used to measure stimulation-evoked dopamine release in the NAc of anesthetized C57BL/6J mice before and …

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Counseling At The Intersections: Comparing Trainee Multicultural Competency, Laura J. Condon Jan 2022

Counseling At The Intersections: Comparing Trainee Multicultural Competency, Laura J. Condon

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This study addressed facets of counselor trainee cultural competency (e.g., perceived attractiveness, assessments of clinical severity and treatment planning, self-efficacy) when working with Black bisexual clients as compared to White bisexual or Black or White heterosexual clients. Due to a paucity of literature addressing Black bisexual clients (Ghabrial & Ross, 2018; Muñoz-Laboy, 2019), complexity of client needs due to balancing intersecting identities (Mays et. al, 2002), and the discrimination clients with multiple diverse identities encounter (Castro & Carnassale, 2019), it is important to assess counselor trainees’ multicultural counseling competence with Black bisexual clients to increase the likelihood they receive competent …

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Olfactory Communication Among Conspecifics And Alteration Of Habitat And Social Preference Due To Food Deprivation And The Threat Of Predation In Meadow Voles, Sarah Stacey Garris Jan 2022

Olfactory Communication Among Conspecifics And Alteration Of Habitat And Social Preference Due To Food Deprivation And The Threat Of Predation In Meadow Voles, Sarah Stacey Garris

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Animals must be able to collect and utilize information from their environment, such as olfactory cues, to make decisions that impact their fitness. Meadow voles make excellent experimental subjects for studying the functional aspects of olfactory communication. While several body sources of meadow voles were previously observed to communicate the vole’s sex, I aimed to determine whether each source also communicates information distinct from other sources. This was accomplished by utilizing a habituation-test method. I found that scent marks from three body sources of a female meadow vole communicated information that was both redundant and distinct from one another. In …

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An Assemblage Of Becomings: Affective Connections Between Spiritual Experience And Objects, Clarie Jo Koehn Jan 2022

An Assemblage Of Becomings: Affective Connections Between Spiritual Experience And Objects, Clarie Jo Koehn

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This study follows the affects that flow between spiritual experience, humans, and objects and conjure transformations of subjectivity. Informed by affect theory and Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of becoming, I used postqualitative methods to interview six women and femmes about their spiritual experiences, the objects associated with their experiences, and the shifts in selfhood that their experience-object assemblages produced. Transcription and analysis was led by affect, involving attunement to hot spots that served as jumping off points for writing stories connecting participant to participant and participant to researcher. Analyses revealed the presence of affect in relation to objects that serve …

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Differences Between Current And Former Cigarette Smokers: Comparisons Among Individuals With And Without A Cancer Diagnosis, Kinsey Pebley Jan 2022

Differences Between Current And Former Cigarette Smokers: Comparisons Among Individuals With And Without A Cancer Diagnosis, Kinsey Pebley

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Smoking is dangerous to health in general, but poses increased unique risks to the health of individuals diagnosed with cancer. Despite numerous trials aimed at increasing smoking cessation among individuals with cancer, few have been successful and cessation rates remain low. The current study aimed to assess differences between former and continued smokers with and without cancer to identify unique considerations to be addressed in future cessation interventions with individuals diagnosed with cancer. Participants (N = 203) completed an online survey about demographic characteristics, cigarette use, depression, anxiety, social support, barriers to quitting, and cessation resource use (e.g., nicotine patches). …

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Relations Among Ptsd, Alcohol Misuse, And Sleep Difficulties In Post-9/11 Veterans, Mya Bowen Jan 2022

Relations Among Ptsd, Alcohol Misuse, And Sleep Difficulties In Post-9/11 Veterans, Mya Bowen

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Alcohol misuse, PTSD, and sleep disturbance often co-occur among veterans of post 9/11/2001 conflicts, however, the relations among these conditions have not been fully explored. The current study aimed to investigate the additive effects of PTSD and sleep disturbance on alcohol misuse. Participants included 110 veterans and active military personnel who served in a combat deployment following September 11th, 2001 (Mage=37.02, SD=7.74; 87% Male; 62% White). Bivariate correlations revealed total PTSD severity was significantly associated with sleep disturbance and with alcohol misuse, as expected; however, no significant association between sleep disturbance and alcohol misuse was observed, contrary to prior research. …

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Preservice And First-Year Teachers’ Intention To Use And Actual Use Of Technology-Enabled Learning: A Case Study, Jessica Herring Watson Jan 2022

Preservice And First-Year Teachers’ Intention To Use And Actual Use Of Technology-Enabled Learning: A Case Study, Jessica Herring Watson

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The purpose of this qualitative, embedded single case study was to provide a rich description and explore the unique development and evolution of preservice teachers’ intention to use and actual use of technology-enabled learning (TEL) during student teaching and first-year teaching. The study followed four middle level education majors at a mid-size public teaching university in the southeastern United States over the course of the 2021 calendar year, during their student teaching experience (Spring 2021) and into their first semester as novice teachers (Fall 2021). Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) guided this qualitative inquiry. Interviews, observations, and analysis of …

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Social Recognition Memory In Meadow Voles, Microtus Pennsylvanicus, Depends On Sex And Familiarity, Kelsey Elizabeth Clark Jan 2022

Social Recognition Memory In Meadow Voles, Microtus Pennsylvanicus, Depends On Sex And Familiarity, Kelsey Elizabeth Clark

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Proper social interactions between animals require that an individual discriminate, recognize, and remember the unique cues from conspecifics. Many aspects of social behavior, such as individual recognition, mate recognition and parent-offspring recognition, may be based on such capabilities. To test social recognition over time, subjects are often repeatedly presented with scent from an individual or have prolonged associations with those individuals and then, later, they are simultaneously exposed to familiar and novel individuals or their scents. If the subject can discriminate between the two and recognize the familiar individual’s characteristics, they should investigate the novel stimulus significantly more than the …

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Factors Impacting Advanced Math Course-Taking: A Multilevel Modeling Analysis Of The Hsls:09, Shelby Gayle Roberts Jan 2022

Factors Impacting Advanced Math Course-Taking: A Multilevel Modeling Analysis Of The Hsls:09, Shelby Gayle Roberts

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The United States continues to lag other first-world countries in the number of students prepared to enter the STEM workforce. Research has shown that taking advanced math courses during high school better prepares students to enter college STEM programs (Byun et al., 2015; Chen, 2016). Both student and school characteristics often shape which courses students take in secondary school. Previous academic achievement and performance along with motivational factors, like expectations, math identity and self-efficacy, and students’ valuation of mathematics work concomitantly to shape students’ math course enrollments in high school (Attewell & Domina, 2008; Burkman & Lee, 2003; Maltese & …

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T Cell Changes Induced By Dietary/Weight Change, Aljowhara Aljeraiwi Jan 2022

T Cell Changes Induced By Dietary/Weight Change, Aljowhara Aljeraiwi

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Obesity is a condition that affects many people and is associated with numerous health issues and chronic diseases, including viral infections. For example, during the SARS-CoV2 epidemic, obesity emerged as a major risk for severe COVID 19. Obesity has been shown to increase T cell exhaustion resulting in loss of CD8+ T cell functions and reducing the immune system's capacity to fight infectious diseases. Exhausted T cells can be identified by the increased expression of the membrane protein Programmed Cell Death 1 (PD-1). While many studies demonstrate that a high-fat diet and an increase in weight can affect the immune …

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Educator Identity Development For International Graduate Teaching Assistants Through Community Of Practice: A Design Case, Jaclyn Joy Gish-Lieberman Jan 2022

Educator Identity Development For International Graduate Teaching Assistants Through Community Of Practice: A Design Case, Jaclyn Joy Gish-Lieberman

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This design case provides a transparent tale of building an international graduate teaching assistant (IGTA) orientation as a virtual Community of Practice (VCoP) during the COVID-19 era. The design case is situated in an English as a Second Language Composition (ESLC) Program at a large midwestern university for new GTAs, both international and domestic. Studies show that IGTAs who do not fit the prototype of GTAs in predominately white institutions (PWI), face marginalization, damaging their sense of belonging and identity as legitimate educators. Their salient social identities as both multicultural and multilingual become oppressed as they attempt to develop their …

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Sourcing Through The Grapevine: Comprehending Multiple Perspectives In Texts Reflecting Gossip, Erica D. Kessler Jan 2022

Sourcing Through The Grapevine: Comprehending Multiple Perspectives In Texts Reflecting Gossip, Erica D. Kessler

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The current work sought to examine how the degree of consistency in texts enhances memory for sources within the context of gossip, a new approach that has not been attempted empirically. Theoretically motivated by models and frameworks that characterize source processing and representation, multiple aspects of source memory were assessed, including memory for connections between the sources and their respective gossip statements, but also memory for pairs that spoke about the same topic. Additionally, the present studies investigated various relationships between individual differences such as attitudes towards gossip, tendency to engage in gossip situations, and interpersonal curiosity and text comprehension. …

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A New Look At Student Engagement Theory: Describing The Role Social Media Plays In Student Engagement, Mary Katherine Tyler Jan 2022

A New Look At Student Engagement Theory: Describing The Role Social Media Plays In Student Engagement, Mary Katherine Tyler

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The problem that this research will address is that the current generation of college students, Gen Z, are using social media and digital technology to connect with their peers, create community and engage with their university like no generation before them. In addition to this, student affairs professionals fall largely into the Millennial Generation or Gen X, who did not grow up as digital natives (Prensky, 2001) and thus have a very different relationship with social media. The purpose of this qualitative multiple descriptive case study research design, using the framework designed by Yin (2014), is to describe student engagement …

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The Dark Side Of It: Three Essays On Issues Related To The Consequences Of It, Stephanie Ann Totty Jan 2022

The Dark Side Of It: Three Essays On Issues Related To The Consequences Of It, Stephanie Ann Totty

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Information technology (IT) is a double-edged sword—IT can afford individuals and organizations opportunities to improve performance; meanwhile, IT may cause unexpected consequences. This three-essay dissertation examines two important dark sides of IT, information security and driving safety, and evaluates interventions that may combat them. The first essay reviews and synthesizes literature on information security in the information systems (IS) field. Based on a semi-automated topic modeling approach, this essay systematically describes major themes of information security research in the IS field, identifies their interconnections, and offers guidelines for future research. Guided by the first essay's insights, the second essay focuses …

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Rising From The Ashes: Sowing A New Generation Of Post-Pandemic Violin Students, Nancy Denise Ditto Jan 2022

Rising From The Ashes: Sowing A New Generation Of Post-Pandemic Violin Students, Nancy Denise Ditto

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During the global pandemic, remote violin lessons became much more widely available. Online learning was widely viewed as suboptimal at that time, but many parents preferred the online platform to in-person learning because they felt their children were safer at home. Teaching violin virtually can be challenging for teachers because they cannot provide essential hands-on instruction. There are difficulties like tuning the instrument, assessing tone quality, etc., and the inability of students to play in ensembles may handicap their motivation to practice. Some aspects of online teaching may be advantageous, such as teachers being able to reach almost all students …

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The Effects Of Resistance Training On Running Economy And Plantarflexor Function In Middle-Age Runners, Zoey C. Kearns Jan 2022

The Effects Of Resistance Training On Running Economy And Plantarflexor Function In Middle-Age Runners, Zoey C. Kearns

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Endurance running exposure alone may not be sufficient to slow the age-related decline in plantarflexor function that is also thought to contribute to declines in running economy. Thus, it is important to identify interventions beyond running alone, plantarflexor-focused resistance training, that could help maintain plantarflexor function and “youthful” metabolic costs in aging runners. PURPOSE: To assess the influence of three types of resistance training interventions on running economy (RE), plantarflexor function, and Achilles tendon (AT) stiffness in middle-aged runners. METHODS: Twenty-six middle-aged runners (51±5 yrs) participated in one of three different 10-week resistance training interventions: 1) heavy resistance training, 2) …

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Role Of Sex In Rate Of Infant Vocalization And Canonical Babbling, Janine Peca Jan 2022

Role Of Sex In Rate Of Infant Vocalization And Canonical Babbling, Janine Peca

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A female language advantage has been widely reported, although it has not been consistently shown across the literature. Perhaps surprisingly, the possibility of sex differences in prelinguistic vocalizations in the first year has not been widely studied. A paper published in Current Biology in 2020 found that infant males produced a significantly larger number of speech-like vocalizations through 12 months of age than infant females based on human coding of randomly-selected samples from all-day recordings. The authors argued that their sampling method offered a maximally representative view of infant vocalization. The present study also investigated possible sex differences in the …

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Investigating Youth Coaching Climates And Techniques: Perceptions Of Personal And Emotional Growth From Athletes With And Without Dylsexia, Marko Branislav Pavlovic Jan 2022

Investigating Youth Coaching Climates And Techniques: Perceptions Of Personal And Emotional Growth From Athletes With And Without Dylsexia, Marko Branislav Pavlovic

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Current literature demonstrates that coaches must assist athletes beyond motor-development to ensure their psychological well-being and promote personal/social growth. This analysis entailed two studies, and both utilized a mixed methods approach to explore youth coaching climates and techniques and perceptions of personal and emotional growth from athletes with and without dyslexia. Study one explored general student-athlete population of four youth soccer teams (two male teams, two female teams) and the relationships between the coaching climate and their social and emotional outcomes in the sport. Results showed that sporting experiences and motivational climate created by the coaches can have tremendous impact …

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Allé Guru: Hip-Hop Uplift, Jared Lee Pillow Jan 2022

Allé Guru: Hip-Hop Uplift, Jared Lee Pillow

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Abstract: As a solo hip-hop rapper and a member of Gang Starr during the 1990s, Guru (born Keith Edward Elam) represented a unique uplift voice in a burgeoning New York hip-hop scene. Demonstrating an understanding of ongoing African American freedom struggles, Guru poetically rhymed and flowed knowledge of systematic oppression and historical strategies against it, particularly in relation to the late twentieth-century African American community. In examining his poetic lyrics, Guru stands as more than a rapper, but also as a late twentieth-century poet voicing real issues and solutions. As a result, Guru is worthy of serious consideration in not …

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Imagining Identity Beyond The Fishbowl: A Framework For Using Ethnographic Texts For Children To Cultivate A Place Of Inclusion And Belonging, Jacklyn Boggs Jan 2022

Imagining Identity Beyond The Fishbowl: A Framework For Using Ethnographic Texts For Children To Cultivate A Place Of Inclusion And Belonging, Jacklyn Boggs

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Bibliotherapy—the use of the literary arts for the purpose of healing—has been used by numerous professionals for a variety of reasons. Psychologists, social workers, educators, and health care professionals have specifically utilized works in the children’s genre as a tool for promoting dialogue with children around difficult topics, such as loss, trauma, oppression, self-abhorrence, and suffering. Children’s books can serve as vehicles for facilitating conversations and safe spaces of inclusion that invite them to explore the complexity of their identities and lives. Of course, not all texts are created equal, and thus this project aims to serve as a framework …

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Exploring The Role Of Religious Beliefs And Practices On Family Language Policy, Saad Alamri Jan 2022

Exploring The Role Of Religious Beliefs And Practices On Family Language Policy, Saad Alamri

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Earlier Family Language Policy (FLP) research has focused on ethnic identities, mobility, and transnationality, as well as, to a lesser extent, gender and familial kinship; few studies have focused primarily on religion as a factor in FLP processes. Religion is particularly important in the FLP of Muslim families who speak Arabic as a first or additional language, as many of the daily Islamic practices necessitate the use of Arabic. Therefore, this dissertation sets out to investigate the impact of religious beliefs and practices on the FLP of non-Arab Muslim families. I particularly focused on Pakistani expatriate/immigrant families raising their children …

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The Synesthesia Suite: The Color Pieces Of Andy Akiho, Jessica Marie Williams Jan 2022

The Synesthesia Suite: The Color Pieces Of Andy Akiho, Jessica Marie Williams

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The purpose of this dissertation is to discuss the contributions to steel pan literature by Andy Akiho, a biographical sketch of him, and to create a performance practice of his Synesthesia Suite. Information regarding the other types of steel pans—double seconds, double tenors, cellos/cello guitars, and basses—will be addressed briefly, such as the ease or difficulty performing the Synesthesia Suite on these instruments. Nonetheless, the C-lead tenor pan will be the primary instrument discussed in this document. This dissertation will also examine the experiences that Andy Akiho has with his form of synesthesia and how it has influenced his compositional …

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A Student Like Me: Adult Learners' Perception Of Effective Teaching In Career And Technical Education., Shelanda Ferrell Simmons Jan 2022

A Student Like Me: Adult Learners' Perception Of Effective Teaching In Career And Technical Education., Shelanda Ferrell Simmons

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Abstract Examining adult learners' perceptions of effective teaching in career and technical education is needed to enhance the principal objective of refining learning value is determining acceptable teaching practices for the student (Davies & Wilson, 2020). In addition, this subject is worth investigating to highlight the social inequalities that plague nontraditional learners' lives within the educational system (Clycq et al., 2014). Finally, to show the need for a support system inside the classroom and out (Chao & Good, 2004). Duncan-Andrade (2009) introduces the concept of Critical Hope. Critical Hope comprises three elements that can stand independently or collectively: material, Socratic, …

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Legacies Of The Death Penalty: Sacrifice, Survival, And The Possibility Of Justice, Sarah Kathryn Marshall Jan 2022

Legacies Of The Death Penalty: Sacrifice, Survival, And The Possibility Of Justice, Sarah Kathryn Marshall

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Concluding the first year of his seminars on the death penalty, Derrida writes that “even when it will have been abolished, the death penalty will survive.” This dissertation interprets his claim in various contexts and with particular attention to the specificity of Derrida’s discourse on survival or survivance. The first chapter attends to the complicity of the Western philosophical tradition, through the example of Martin Heidegger, in providing the theoretical scaffold for the institution of capital punishment. This chapter also traces a logic of donner la mort, or giving death, from the philosophical level to the social level, working out …

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A Qualitative Study Of Critical Consciousness: How Black Leaders Perceive Their Roles In The Sociopolitical Development Of Their Students, Ray Williams Jan 2022

A Qualitative Study Of Critical Consciousness: How Black Leaders Perceive Their Roles In The Sociopolitical Development Of Their Students, Ray Williams

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Paulo Freire (1970) Pedagogy of the Oppressed explained how his theory of critical consciousness could liberate the low-income Brazilian workers. Freire's theory was that his people should be able to see their culture in their education and be equipped with the tools to analyze the world around them and find their sources of oppression. This research study uses Roderick J. Watts’ theory of Sociopolitical Development (SPD) is a branch of Freire's critical consciousness theory. This research study examines the critical consciousness of ten (10) Black urban school leaders by utilizing a semi-structured interview process to explore their educational and life …

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The Relationship Of Cognitive Load And Motivation As A Predictor Of Persistence In Accelerated Online Asynchronous Courses, Alan Wesley Kinsey Jan 2022

The Relationship Of Cognitive Load And Motivation As A Predictor Of Persistence In Accelerated Online Asynchronous Courses, Alan Wesley Kinsey

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With the increase in online course enrollments each year, there is a continued examination of online course persistence, particularly in accelerated online courses. This examination of online course persistence has typically examined individual learner factors as contributors to persistence. However, research examining the institutional and pedagogical factors of persistence can continue to further understanding what factors lead to learner persistence decisions. The purpose of this quantitative, predictive correlational study is to examine to what extent, if any, community college learners’ perceived online course cognitive load and motivation predict persistence in an accelerated online course. The theoretical framework for this study …

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Child Mental Health Outcomes And Household Composition, Clarion Jamil Harris Jan 2022

Child Mental Health Outcomes And Household Composition, Clarion Jamil Harris

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In recent years, the number of children diagnosed with mental health issues has grown. The American Academy of Pediatrics recently declared a national emergency in child and adolescent health. Much research has been done to explain this mental health crisis in American youth. This study examines the relationship between household composition and mental illnesses in children. For this study, data from the National Survey of Children’s Health are used. The variables of anxiety, depression, and behavioral problems are used as the dependent variables from this dataset. The independent variable is represented by family structure, and five control variables will be …

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(Re)Defining Our Stories: A Narrative Study Of Black Women’S Experiences Of Mental Health And Spiritual Healing, Chanda Michelle Lee Dunn Jan 2022

(Re)Defining Our Stories: A Narrative Study Of Black Women’S Experiences Of Mental Health And Spiritual Healing, Chanda Michelle Lee Dunn

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The unique healing and coping perspectives of Black women that have been silenced and traditionally left out of education and mental health offer diverse, unique, and critical understanding of healing and mental health that has not been considered in the past. The purpose of this study was to describe the lived experiences of Black women’s mental health and methods of spiritual healing from intersecting oppressions. The research questions that guided this study were centered on identifying how Black women understand and narrate their experiences of mental health, the role of misrepresentations on Black women’s mental health, and the methods of …

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Enhanced Dopamine Autoreceptor Functioning During Blockade Of Dopamine Transporters, Rachel Pace Jan 2022

Enhanced Dopamine Autoreceptor Functioning During Blockade Of Dopamine Transporters, Rachel Pace

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Dopamine autoreceptors (DARs) and dopamine transporters (DATs) influence dopamine transmission in the brain's mesolimbic pathway. Prior studies have focused on how activation of DARs influences trafficking of DATs, but how DATs influence DARs remains unclear. Male and female C57BL/6J mice received daily injections of either cocaine (DAT blocker) or saline for seven days then underwent stereotaxic surgery to obtain fixed potential amperometric recordings of DAR-mediated dopamine release. All mice received a mid-surgery injection of cocaine, and DAR-mediated dopamine release was assessed once more during maximal DAT blockade. The current study found that DAR functionality was increased during peak cocaine effects, …

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Research Symposium 2022: International Conference On Health Disparities: Treatment And Recovery From Opioid And Alcohol Use Disorders And Related Comorbidities (Ichd-Recover), The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley. School Of Medicine Jan 2022

Research Symposium 2022: International Conference On Health Disparities: Treatment And Recovery From Opioid And Alcohol Use Disorders And Related Comorbidities (Ichd-Recover), The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley. School Of Medicine

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