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The Effect Of Daily Fluency On Algebraic Procedural Fluency In Students, Osman Mohamoud

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

Abstract

Algebra 1 students in the ninth grade struggled to follow procedural steps to answer elementary algebraic problems. An early pre-test found that the majority of pupils lacked the necessary fundamental knowledge to comprehend and investigate algebra's abstract concepts, patterns, and relationships. Fifteen students from one of the researcher's algebra one classes participated in a daily fluency skill-building intervention program to investigate whether daily fluency practice will affect students' procedural fluency skills. They engaged in 50 minutes of daily fluency practice for five weeks. During each 50-minute session, students practiced specific skills to develop procedural fluency competencies, such as solid …

Hartazgo: Understanding How #Yotecreo Emerged In Venezuela, Maria Corina Muskus Toro

LLM Theses

This thesis explores how digital feminist activism sparked, using as a case study #YoTeCreo movement in Venezuela. Using the FemMesh to connect feminists knowledges, nodes and entanglements together with a transnationalized intersectionality, I discuss how this digital activism occurred locally. As this topic is novel and this thesis is exploratory, I combine the theoretical framework mentioned before together with feminist qualitative methodology by interviewing the leaders of #YoTeCreo and answer my research question. I concluded that the spark of #YoTeCreo in Venezuela is a combination of different factors and it is not a transplantation of the #MeToo movement from North …

Law And Indigenous Religion: Theorizing A Complex Relationship, Kristen Elizabeth Lewis

LLM Theses

This thesis asks what preconditions are necessary to think the relation between law and Indigenous religion without marginalizing perspectives, such as those germane to Indigenous religion, that fall outside law’s frame (often figured, erroneously, as ‘objective’ and ‘neutral’). The research grounds itself in the only Supreme Court of Canada case that, to date, has involved Indigenous religious freedoms and s. 2(a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Ktunaxa Nation v British Columbia 2017 SCC) and in the very few lower court decisions that have followed in its not-unproblematic wake. Inspired by several currents of both Indigenous thought and …

Music In The Holocaust: The Roles Of Music In Nazi Concentration Camps, Jennifer L. Lefleur

Theses and Dissertations

The atrocities and horrors of the Holocaust are well-known and well-documented. Hitler’s “Final Solution” was to eradicate all Jews from Europe, and to implement this, the Nazis built six extermination camps in Poland. These camps, and others throughout Europe, mass-killed millions of humans between 1933 and 1945. Prisoners in these camps were consumed by torture, terror, and murder on a daily basis. Although most survivor accounts detail the role music played in these camps, it had been in the last twenty to thirty years that musicologists and historians have really delved into this subject.

While there were different types of …

American Political Polarization, Kristin Leonard

Honors Theses

The United States has become politically polarized. Our political ideas have moved away from the political center and trend towards ends. Our high levels of party loyalty have opened the doors for extreme polarization. The push for party differentiation has seen the political elite widen the gap between their party ideas. The polarization of the elite has moved the parties and their voters further from the center. Television news promotes our political issues as partisan problems that villainize the other party. This leads viewers to push for further extreme ideas and to move away from the other side. The two-party …

Comparison Of Clinical And Biomechanical Characteristics Between Individuals With Lower Limb Amputation With And Without Lower Back Pain: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Szu-Ping Lee, Shawn Farrokhi, Jenny A. Kent, Jason Ciccotelli, Lung-Chang Chien, Jo Armour Smith

Physical Therapy Faculty Articles and Research

Background

Lower back pain is a debilitating condition common to individuals with lower limb amputation. It is unclear what risk factors contribute to the development of back pain. This study systematically reviewed and analyzed the available evidence regarding the clinical and biomechanical differences between individuals with amputation, with and without lower back pain.

Methods

A literature search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and CINAHL databases in November 2020 and repeated in June 2021 and June 2022. Studies were included if they reported comparisons of demographic, anthropometric, biomechanical, and other clinical variables between participants with and without LBP. …

Uv-Light-Tunable P-/N-Type Chemiresistive Gas Sensors Based On Quasi-1d Tis3 Nanoribbons: Detection Of Isopropanol At Ppm Concentrations, Victor V. Sysoev, Andrey V. Lashkov, Alexey Lipatov, Ilya A. Plugin, Michael Bruns, Dirk Fuchs, Alexey S. Varezhnikov, Mustahsin Adib, Martin Sommer, Alexander Sinitskii

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

The growing demand of society for gas sensors for energy-efficient environmental sensing stimulates studies of new electronic materials. Here, we investigated quasi-one-dimensional titanium trisulfide (TiS₃) crystals for possible applications in chemiresistors and on-chip multisensor arrays. TiS₃ nanoribbons were placed as a mat over a multielectrode chip to form an array of chemiresistive gas sensors. These sensors were exposed to isopropanol as a model analyte, which was mixed with air at low concentrations of 1–100 ppm that are below the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) permissible exposure limit. The tests were performed at room temperature (RT), as …

Social Attention During Object Engagement: Toward A Cross-Species Measure Of Preferential Social Orienting, Claire Weichselbaum, Nicole Hendrix, Jordan Albright, Joseph D Dougherty, Kelly N Botteron, John N Constantino, Natasha Marrus

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: A central challenge in preclinical research investigating the biology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the translation of ASD-related social phenotypes across humans and animal models. Social orienting, an observable, evolutionarily conserved behavior, represents a promising cross-species ASD phenotype given that disrupted social orienting is an early-emerging ASD feature with evidence for predicting familial recurrence. Here, we adapt a competing-stimulus social orienting task from domesticated dogs to naturalistic play behavior in human toddlers and test whether this approach indexes decreased social orienting in ASD.

METHODS: Play behavior was coded from the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) in two samples …

Predicted Episode Of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Onto The South Carolina, Usa, Continental Shelf And Its Effect On Dissolved Oxygen, Wilson S. Moore, Jacob Vincent, James L. Pickney, Alicia M. Wilson

Faculty Publications

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) may directly influence the dissolved oxygen (DO) content of coastal bottom waters. Here, we report a predicted episode of enhanced SGD that caused low DO concentrations on the South Carolina continental shelf. The prediction model linked episodes of SGD to upwelling-favorable winds. The data revealed these waters were a factor of 2–6 higher in ²²⁶Ra and ²²⁸Ra compared to typical bottom water values and were significantly depleted in DO (<130 μM). The tight ²²⁸Ra:²²⁶Ra correlation of these data was similar to values during a strong hypoxic event off SC in 2012. Water ages from …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

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• Approximately 2,100 Degrees Conferred During Georgia Southern’s 2022 Fall Commencement Ceremonies
• Graduating Student had ‘Wild’ Time at Georgia Southern
• Educator Turned Soldier: Georgia Southern ROTC Graduate Commissions as Officer in National Guard After Returning for MBA Degree
• Nontraditional Student Returns to Georgia Southern University to Chart New Career Path

Synthesis And Characterization Of Hybrid Catalysts For Fischer-Tropsch Jet Fuel Production, Jack M. Steinagel

Honors College Theses

Climate change is a major issue that our world is facing today. Finding renewable options for current infrastructure is paramount to solving this issue. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of syngas from gasified biomass can produce renewable fuels that can be used in current conventional combustion engines. In order to make this process more industrially viable, a higher selectivity towards the desired range of liquid hydrocarbon products must be achieved. A novel way to do this is to introduce a catalyst to the Fischer-Tropsch reaction. The catalyst’s physical and chemical properties can promote chain growth of specific hydrocarbons. For the purpose of this …

Essential Components For Maximizing Paraprofessionals In The Special Education Field, Marissa Bader

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

The capstone project researched how paraprofessionals are being trained and monitored within one elementary school. The research was conducted through a survey sent to 20 paraprofessionals within an elementary level school, grades Kindergarten through 4th grade. There were 10 survey questions that focused on paraprofessionals training methods, paraprofessionals ability to implement interventions, paraprofessionals ability to support a variety of student needs, and how special education teachers can improve their ability to work with paraprofessionals in order to maximize students with disabilities outcomes. The survey results suggested focus areas as improvements in training methods, collaboration among the paraprofessional and special education …

The Hurt And The Healing: An Artistic Investigation Into The Stigma Surrounding Substance Use Disorder, Kenny Kelley

Undergraduate Theses

This interdisciplinary, creative thesis aims to deconstruct the stigma directed towards individuals who struggle with substance use disorder (SUD) through the use of a solo art exhibit on Bellarmine University's campus. This exhibit features two large-scale installation sculptures and curated art pieces created by individuals at Crossroads Recovery Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to the gallery exhibition, this research-based written reflection is also included. One of the sculptures portrays the “hurt” that stigma causes for those who struggle with SUD. In contrast, the second sculpture represents the “healing” that can be achieved for people struggling with SUD when stigma …

Observation Of The Ξ_B^-→Λ_B^0 Π^- Decay And Measurement Of B(Ξ_B^-→Λ_B^0 Π^-), Zhuoming Li

Dissertations - ALL

We present the first observation of the weak decay Ξ−b → Λ0b π−, which is mediated by an s → u ̄ud transitionwithin the Ξ_b^- baryon. The analysis uses a pp collision data sample at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV corresponding to 5.5 fb^(−1) of integrated luminosity. The sample of Λb0 baryons used in this analysis are reconstructed through their decays to Λ+c π− and Λ+c π−π+π−. From a fit to the Ξ−b → Λ0b π− mass spectrum, the Ξ−b → Λ0b π− decay is observed with a significance of 11.3 standard deviations, thus establishing observation of this decay. …

Personality And Flourishing In Seminarians: A Single Case Study, Kylee M. Peterson

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

This research study utilized a single case design to meet the dual need of applying personality research to clinical populations (Costa Jr, 1991) and the necessity of creating a formative assessment for first-year master and doctoral students to facilitate flourishing in a complex profession. This was done with the primary aim of evaluating the effectiveness of the formative assessment program pilot across stake holders including the executive dean of a Portland seminary, psychologist consultant, and ministry students. The method for this pursuit was an explanatory single case study which includes reviewing quantitative & qualitative student feedback survey data and interviews …

Review Of Kansas State University Human Nutrition Flexbook, Lisa Mb Salinas

Open Educational Resources - Reviews

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“Envisioning Digital Sanctuaries”: An Exploration Of Virtual Collectives For Nurturing Professional Development Of Women In Technical Domains, Subhasree Sengupta

Dissertations - ALL

Work and learning are essential facets of our existence, yet sociocultural barriers have historically limited access and opportunity for women in multiple contexts, including their professional pursuits. Such sociocultural barriers are particularly pronounced in technical domains and have relegated minoritized voices to the margins. As a result of these barriers, those affected have suffered strife, turmoil, and subjugation. Hence, it is important to investigate how women can subvert such structural limitations and find channels through which they can seek support and guidance to navigate their careers. With the proliferation of modern communication infrastructure, virtual forums of conversation such as Reddit …

Non-Hermitian Physics In Magnetic Systems, Hilary M. Hurst, Benedetta Flebus

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians provide an alternative perspective on the dynamics of quantum and classical systems coupled non-conservatively to an environment. Once primarily an interest of mathematical physicists, the theory of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians has solidified and expanded to describe various physically observable phenomena in optical, photonic, and condensed matter systems. Self-consistent descriptions of quantum mechanics based on non-Hermitian Hamiltonians have been developed and continue to be refined. In particular, non-Hermitian frameworks to describe magnonic and hybrid magnonic systems have gained popularity and utility in recent years with new insights into the magnon topology, transport properties, and phase transitions coming into view. Magnonic …

Time Management For Academic Writing: Overcoming Writer’S Block, Mary Garofalo

General Research

Academic writing can be very daunting. This is particularly true from those brave folks who are working on their research proposals, capstone projects, or dissertations. The vast majority of people who are facing the task of this kind of academic writing have a lot riding on the successful completion of and presentation of their writing. They also have lives outside of courses and writing. This pressure often compounds the already intimidating task of writing in bulk, and writing well.

واو الاستئناف عند "قُطْب الأئمّة".. دراسة نحوية, أحمد بن محمد الرُّمْحِي

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

الملخص

توظيف تقنيتَي الاستشعار عن بُعد ونُظم المعلومات الجغرافية لتقييم مخاطر السيول في الجزء الأعلى من حوض وادي إبراهيم (مكة المكرمة), إبراهيم درويش

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

تكمن المشكلة في الجزء الأعلى من حوض وادي إبراهيم بمدينة مكة المكرمة في تغير أغطية الأرض الطبيعية التي كانت بمثابة متنفس لمياه الفيضان إلى استعمالات عمرانية؛ وهو الأمر الذي أدى إلى تقليص زمن الاستجابة وسرعة تولد الجريان وتضاعف أحجام المياه واتساع المنطقة المعرضة لمخاطر الفيضانات. وبالتالي يهدف البحث إلى تقييم حجم ومخاطر السيول في الجزء الأعلى لحوض وادي إبراهيم، بإتباع منهجية مصلحة صيانة التربة الأمريكية (CN)، وتعتمد هذه المنهجية في تقدير الجريان السطحي ومخاطره على أغطية واستعمالات الأرض والمجموعات الهيدرولوجية للتربة والرطوبة المسبقة للتربة والأمطار/24 ساعة، وتعتبر هذه الطريقة من أكثر طرق تقدير الجريان انتشاراً في الدراسات الهندسية ومشاريع إدارة …

دراسة أثر التَّوسُّع العمرانيّ على خدمات البنية التَّحتيّة في أحياء ولاية العامرات في سلطنة عُمان, إيـاد حكـم فضـة, فاطمة محمد العبرية, جويرية خميس المعمرية, حفصة سعيد الوهيبية

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

الملخص

واقع التَّسوُّل الإلكتروني في المملكة العربية السعودية من خلال شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي (توتير نموذجًا), جواهر بنت صالح الخمشي

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

هدفت الدراسة إلى معرفة التَّسوُّل الإلكتروني في المملكة العربية السعودية، من خلال شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي (توتير نموذجًا)، ووضع الحلول والـمُقترحات العلمية؛ لتقليل حجم هذه الظاهرة. وتُعدّ هذه الدراسة استطلاعية تسعى إلى اكتشاف المتسوّلين، وتحليل الـمُتغيّرات الكمية والكيفية، وتصف الواقع وتحلّله من خلال بيانات (الـمُغرّدين والتغريدات). وقد اُستخدام المنهج الكيفي من خلال أداة تحليل المضمون على عينة (التغريدات) في توتير، خلال مدة زمنية مدتها (4) أشهر سنة 2020م لحالات التَّسوُّل الإلكتروني.

ثقافة التَّسامُح لدى الشَّباب ونموذج مُستقبليّ لممارسة الخدمة الاجتماعية في تعزيزها, هدى محمود حسن حجازي

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

هدفت الدراسة إلى التعرف على واقع ثقافة التَّسامُح لدى الشباب، والتعرف على الدور الفعلي للأسرة في تعزيز ثقافة التَّسامُح لدى الشباب، والتعرف على العلاقة بين مستوى وعي الشباب بمفهوم التَّسامُح ومستوى ممارستهم لقيمة التَّسامُح، وتحديد العلاقة بين دور الأسرة في تعزيز ثقافة التَّسامُح ومستوى وعي الشباب بمفهوم التَّسامُح، ومستوى ممارستهم له.

اعتراضاتُ "فتْح الوليّ النَّاصر" على "روضة النَّاظر": ما لها، وما عليها؟ [مسألة: الواجب المُوسَّع], رضوان عبد الرب سيف السروري

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

موضوعُ البحثِ هو: الوقوفُ على الاعتراضاتِ الواردةِ في كتابِ "فتحُ الوليِّ النَّاصر" للشيخ الضُّويحيِّ- حفِظه الله- على "روضة النَّاظر، وجَنَّةِ المناظر" للإمام ابن قُدامة، رحِمه الله. وتتمثًل أصالة البحث في تأسيس مبدِأ التوقف عند الاعتراضات الموجًهة إلى الأكابر حتى يُنظَرَ في صحةِ توجٌهها. ويكمنُ هدف البحث في هدفين عظيمين: أوَّلُهما: الحاجةُ إلى ضبْطِ أَزمة الفَهمِ عن العلماء المصنِّفِين. وثانيهما: تحسينُ المخارجِ لهم ما أَمْكَنَ. أمًا عن منهج البحث، فمنهجه استقرائي تحليلي، يؤول إلى الوصفي. وبناءً على هذا كان البحث على ما هو عليه من مباحث، أتبعَت بخاتمةٍ، تضمنت اهم النتائج التي من بينها التًحَقٌقُ من صحة الاعتراض، وعَرضِه على ذوي …

سَدُّ الذَّرائع وتطبيقاته في الفقه السِّياسيّ, صايل أحمد حسن أمارة

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى مناقشة دور مبدأ سَدِّ الذَّرائع في الاستنباط الفقهيّ في باب الفقه السِّياسيّ، ولتحقيق هذا الهدف أجابت الدراسة عن الأسئلة الآتية: ما رأي العلماء في مبدأ سَدِّ الذَّرائع؟ وما دور هذا المبدأ في استنباط الأحكام في الفقه السِّياسيّ؟ وقد خلصت الدراسة إلى أن الفقهاء اتفقوا على حجية مبدأ سَدِّ الذَّرائع في حال الإفضاء إلى المَفْسَدة على وجه القطع أو الظنِّ الراجح، واختلفوا في حال الإفضاء إلى المَفْسَدة بصورة كبيرةٍ لم تصل إلى الظن الراجح، وكذلك تبين من خلال استعراض مجموعة من النماذج الفقهية أهمية مبدأ سَدّ الذَّرائع في الاجتهاد في مجال الفقه السِّياسيّ.

مكافحةُ غَسْل الأموال في فلسطين: دراسة نوعية حول فعالية الإطار القانونيّ والمؤسَّسِيّ, إسلام عبدالجواد, عبد الرحمن ريحان, معتصم العمري

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

يهدف هذا البحث إلى استكشاف مدى فعالية قوانين مكافحة غَسْل الأموال ومؤسساته ومعيقات عملها في فلسطين من خلال مراجعة القوانين وإجراء مقابلات معمقة مع مجموعة متنوعة من حيث التأثر أو التأثير في أدوات الرقابة على غَسْل الأموال، وقد اخْتِيرَت المقابلات بشكل يمكننا من فهم مواقف الأطراف المختلفة وبالتالي الحصول على تعميم نظريٍّ (Theoretical generalization). وقد وجد البحث أن عمليات غَسْل الأموال في فلسطين تُستخدَم في العديد من الأنشطة، وأن المرجعية القانونيّة لمكافحة جريمة غَسْل الأموال هي القرار بقانون رقم 9 لسنة 2007، والقانون الفلسطيني رقم (20) لسنة 2015 لمكافحة غَسْل الأموال وتعديلاته، أما المؤسسة المسؤولة عن ذلك فهي وحدة المتابعة …

دراسة مقارنة لأنماط الهوية الأكاديمية لدى الطالبات العمانيات والطالبات السعوديات في ضوء بعض المتغيرات, مريم بنت سعيد العبيدانية, سعيد بن سليمان الظفري, فاطمة محمد الخير الصديق

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

هدفت هذه الدِّراسة إلى مقارنة أنماط الهوية الأكاديمية لدى الطالبات العمانيات والطالبات السعوديات في ضوء بعض المتغيرات، واعتمد الباحثون على المنهج الوصفي المقارن، وتكونت عينة الدِّراسة من 529 طالبةً من طالبات كلية التربية بجامعة السلطان قابوس وطالبات كلية التربية بجامعة حائل بالمملكة العربية السعودية، واستخدم الباحثون مقياس الهوية الأكاديمية (Isaacson & Aim, 2008)، وكشفت نتائج الدِّراسة عن وجود فروق دالة إحصائيًّا في أنماط الهوية الأكاديمية بين الطالبات في نمط الهوية الأكاديمية المحققة لصالح الطالبات السعوديات، كما توصلت النتائج إلى وجود فروق دالة إحصائيًّا في نمط الهوية المحققة وفقًا لمتغير السنة الدراسيّة لصالح طالبات السنة الرابعة، ووجود فروق دالة إحصائيًّا وفقًا …

Foreign Language Learners’ Beliefs And Use Of Language Learning Strategies Foreign Language Learners’ Beliefs And Use Of Language Learning Strategies, Adel Abu Radwan

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

Variation in individuals’ success in learning a foreign/second language is often attributed to a host of cognitive, psychological and socio-cultural factors. Learners’ language learning strategies and preconceived beliefs have been explored as possible factors contributing to this variation. Research suggests that successful language learners usually utilize, whether consciously or subconsciously, more effective strategies than less proficient learners (Chamot, 2004). Similarly, learners’ beliefs are thought to shape the course of their linguistic development and their whole language learning experience (Debreli, 2012). Thus, any mistaken beliefs could have prolonged detrimental and negative effects on the learners’ learning experience (Peacock, 2001). Hence, this …

Some Epistemological And Ontological Reflections On Concept Of Causality: From Scientific Causality To Contextual Causality Some Epistemological And Ontological Reflections On Concept Of Causality: From Scientific Causality To Contextual Causality, Mohamed S. Hassan, Engy H Abdel Hafez

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This research tries to present a critical analysis of the concept of scientific causality and the problems it entails within the scientific domain. This study claims that scientific causality is not enough to understand the nature of relationships existing among the members of a chain and it is concerned with the possible action of correspondence apart from the context of action. It is argued here that all types of scientific causality fail to reflect the flexible nature of members of any possible correlation. This paper offers the concept "contextual causality" as a possible alternative perspective that reflects both the variable …