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Community Report: A Just Transition For Collie That Leaves No One Behind: A Community-Led Social Justice Analysis Of Collie’S Transition, Naomi Joy Godden, Georgia Beardman, Mehran Nejati, Evonne Scott, Jaime Yallup Farrant, Leonie Scoffern, Joseph Northover, James Khan, Lynette Winmar, Phillip Ugle, Kiera Mulholland, Jayla Parkin, Stevie Anderson, Angus Morrison-Saunders

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This project has been co-led and implemented by Collie community members in partnershipwith the Climate Justice Union WA and Edith Cowan University’s Centre for People, Place andPlanet. Authors are people who contributed to the writing of this report. Contributors are peoplewho contributed to data collection and analysis. Wilman Boodja is the Country (land) of theWilman Noongar people. Wilman Boodja is listed as first author of this report to acknowledgethat Country is alive, and is actively participating in every process, conversation, and decisionrelated to this project.

Kids, Courts And Canines: An Evaluation Of The Justice Facility Dog Pilot Program In Perth's Children's Court, Suzanne Rock, Natalie Gately

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

The Justice Facility Dog Pilot Program (JFDPP) was introduced to Perth Children's Court, Western Australia in September 2021 to improve the wellbeing of victims, witnesses and other Court users attending the Court for criminal or child protection matters.

As requested by the Office for the Commissioner of Victims of Crime, the program was evaluated by independent researchers from Edith Cowan University. The project was funded by ECU and Partial funding was sought and granted by the Western Australian Office of Crime Statistics and Research Criminal Justice Grant scheme to facilitate the evaluation (See Appendix J).

Short surveys were conducted at …

Maritime Governance : Contextual Factors Affecting Implementation Of Imo Instruments, Deniece Aiken

World Maritime University Ph.D. Dissertations

Maritime governance has been generally described as a complex set of rules and regulations developed for the regulation of shipping. The maritime industry is responsible for transporting over 80% of global trade, and involves interrelations between international bodies, state parties, non-governmental organizations, shipping companies and other stakeholders which, in itself, brings about many intricacies. Regulation of this sector is informed by a constant interplay amongst the various actors centred around the development of international regulations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the implementation of these regulations within the national jurisdictions of Member States and the reporting of regulatory outcomes. Whilst …

Policy Innovation As The Cornerstone Of Energy Transition: An Analysis Of Energy Policy In The Shipping Economy And Operations, Peyman Ghaforian Masodzadeh

World Maritime University Ph.D. Dissertations

Despite being excluded from most climate change treaties, the maritime sector is expected to manage and reduce carbon emissions in line with global decarbonization goals. Although the IMO's effort has been evident by the adoption of energy regulations and the GHG strategy during the past decade, however, the effectiveness and adequacy of the adopted energy policy remain questionable. This thesis aims to identify problems associated with energy policy in the shipping industry and propose appropriate solutions. Initially, this study was premised on the hypothesis that “energy policy in the shipping industry involves problems associated with policy design, policy implementation, and …

Internet Of Things (Iot)-Based Teaching And Learning: Modern Trends And Open Challenges, Ibrahim Ahmed Ghashim, Muhammad Arshad

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

The effect of technology has caused many institutions to intend to change their approach to teaching and learning, resulting in the current model of teaching and learning being an active collaborative and self-directed one. The connection between education and technology has received attention as part of educational policy and practice. Debatable topics like how to use technology in the classroom have therefore punctuated complaints about declining educational standards, unemployed learners, duplicate curricula, and archaic institutional structure. In the framework of information and communication technologies and societal growth, the Internet of Things (IoT) is asserting its vital position. Institutions may improve …

Geplaatst Herinnering Aan Geschiedenis: Architecture The Spatial Arts Of History In Curaçao, Souiedi Fielmich

Architecture Theses

History is not just a collection of facts and figures; it is a multifaceted phenomenon that impacts the physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions of a community. The power of imagination and the human mind’s ability to fill in the gaps in historical narratives cannot be ignored. However, architecture has the potential to transform historical education into a transformative experience. This thesis aims to explore the relationship between dreams, memory, and architecture in response to history. By creating a space that reflects the island of Curaçao’s rich and impactful history, this project seeks to use the art of cinema and spatial …

Designing Inclusively: Innovative Design Strategies For Inclusive Accessibility In The Built Environment For The Blind And/Or Deaf, Camille Becker

Architecture Theses

Individuality, freedom, and a chosen lifestyle improves with enough space for people to live with confidence and safety. This equitable value is not one which someone who is blind and/or deaf tends to benefit from. These groups of people live in a sighted, hearing world with minimal adaptations for them. Designing for equity is essential for the disabled to participate in sighted and hearing activities. To improve this quality of life, how can we design a building whose organization and function makes inherent sense to the blind and/or deaf? In addition, how can the found strategies be applied within architecture …

Linguistic Spaces Within The Urban Fabric: Music, Story, And Collective Memory In New Orleans, Caiden Gray

Architecture Theses

The modern American city has been shaped by the aggressive domination of circulation and efficiency leading to a continual decline in urban public space. The potential of qualitative public space are often unmet by modern design solutions. Architects and city planners have deemed language as unnecessary, alternatively shifting their focus to pragmatic, functionalist design concerns failing to offer participatory and communicative spaces within the city. This being just as relevant in cities deep-rooted in stories and narrative such as New Orleans, Louisiana. Canal Street being a historically infamous street in heart of Downtown New Orleans sits as a reflection of …

Mofx-Db: An Online Database Of Computational Adsorption Data For Nanoporous Materials, N. Scott Bobbitt, Kaihang Shi, Benjamin J. Bucior, Haoyuan Chen, Nathaniel Tracy-Amoroso, Zhao Li

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences (Formerly Dept. of Chemistry)

Machine learning and data mining coupled with molecular modeling have become powerful tools for materials discovery. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a rich area for this due to their modular construction and numerous applications. Here, we make data from several previous large-scale studies in MOFs and zeolites from our groups (and new data for N2 and Ar adsorption in MOFs) easily accessible in one place. The database includes over three million simulated adsorption data points for H2, CH4, CO2, Xe, Kr, Ar, and N2 in over 160 000 MOFs and 286 zeolites, textural properties like pore sizes and surface areas, and …

Gender And Race Influence Young Adults' Impressions Of People With Dementia, Angel Collie

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) are becoming more common among older adults around the United States, including African Americans, who are twice as likely to be clinically diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. Though it is counter-intuitive, young adults are important when examining the future projections of ADRD because they will be the future caretakers of older adults. The current study investigated whether impressions of people with dementia are influenced by the interaction of gender and race among young adults. In Phase 1, young adults (N = 157, ages 18-25, median age = 20) completed a reverse correlation task where they …

Motivation Differences Of Males And Females In The Pact Study: An Exploratory Study, Maria E. Vander Meulen

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A cure for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is not yet a reality, however, research on preventative interventions for AD has demonstrated promise. An issue this research has encountered and will continue to contend with is the recruitment of a generalizable sample. There are several randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in various disciplines that do not reach their target sample or must extend their recruitment period to reach their sample size. Challenges like this will aid in the delay of finding an AD prevention method. That impedes the help it could provide future generations. The current study explores research participants’ (2,617) open-ended responses …

Assessing The Performance Of A Particle Swarm Optimization Mobility Algorithm In A Hybrid Wi-Fi/Lora Flying Ad Hoc Network, William David Paredes

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Research on Flying Ad-Hoc Networks (FANETs) has increased due to the availability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and the electronic components that control and connect them. Many applications, such as 3D mapping, construction inspection, or emergency response operations could benefit from an application and adaptation of swarm intelligence-based deployments of multiple UAVs. Such groups of cooperating UAVs, through the use of local rules, could be seen as network nodes establishing an ad-hoc network for communication purposes.

One FANET application is to provide communication coverage over an area where communication infrastructure is unavailable. A crucial part of a FANET implementation is …

Energy-Efficient Hmac For Wireless Communications, Cesar Enrique Castellon Escobar

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis introduces the Farming Lightweight Protocol (FLP) optimized for energy-restricted environments that depend upon secure communication, such as multi-robot information gathering systems within the vision of ``smart'' agriculture. FLP uses a hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) to achieve data integrity. HMAC implementations, resting upon repeated use of the SHA256 hashing operator, impose additional resource requirements and thus also impact system availability. We address this particular integrity/availability trade-off by proposing an energy-saving algorithmic engineering method on the internal SHA256 hashing operator. The energy-efficient hash is designed to maintain the original security benefits yet reduce the negative effects on system availability. …

The Perspectives Of Saudi Arabian Professionals Regarding The Most Important Soft Skills For Leaders To Possess In Telecommuting Environments During Crisis: A Q Methodology Study, Shatha Abdulghani Khalifah

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this Q methodology study was to explore Saudi Arabian professionals’ perspectives regarding the soft skills they considered most important for leaders to possess in telecommuting environments during crises.

Q methodology was developed to study human subjectivity and uses both quantitative and qualitative procedures to do so. As is the convention for a Q methodology study, a single question guided the research: What are the perspectives collectively held among Saudi Arabian professionals regarding the soft skills they consider most important for leaders to possess in telecommuting environments during crises?

The researcher developed a 44-item Q sample of opinion …

Frequency Analysis Of A New Empirical Model To Predict Underwater Transmission Loss During Impact Pile Driving, Mariam S. Makoleo

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Over the years, anthropogenic noise generated by pile driving activities has increased, posing a significant concern for marine organisms and their ecosystems. This study aims to entail a comprehensive frequency analysis of a new empirical model to predict underwater transmission loss during impact pile driving. To achieve this objective, extensive data collection was undertaken, and spectral and frequency analyses were conducted to examine the frequency content and attenuation patterns of the sound. The results of the study reveal that sound attenuation is frequency-dependent. Notably, low frequencies, typically below 100 Hz, and very high frequencies, approximately 10 kHz, were found to …

Theoretical Background Of Cryptography, Rusul Mansoor Al-Amri, Dalal N. Hamood, Alaa Kadhim Farhan

Mesopotamian Journal of CyberSecurity

Cryptography is the practice of secure communication and the study of secure communication techniques. The theoretical foundations of cryptography include concepts such as cryptography, secure key exchange, digital signatures, and authentication. These technologies are used to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and reliability of information while it is being transmitted over a network or stored in digital form. The core of encryption is the concept of an encryption algorithm, which is a set of mathematical rules used to encrypt and decrypt data. The security of a cryptographic system depends on the strength of the underlying algorithm and the confidentiality of the …

The Impact Of Blockchain Technique On Trustworthy Healthcare Sector, Nour Sadeq, Zeid Hamzeh, Ghalia Nassreddine, Tamima Elhassan, Tamima Elhassan

Mesopotamian Journal of CyberSecurity

Following the COVID epidemic, the healthcare sector faced numerous issues as telehealth became more prevalent and the necessity for a safe and efficient healthcare record system became critical. Many issues plague the healthcare industry today, including security, trust, data availability, and drug traceability. Blockchain technology is a relatively new technology that has demonstrated its effectiveness in a variety of industries, including finance, banking, bitcoin, and healthcare. This research investigates the impact of blockchain on the trustworthiness of healthcare. The authors adopt a descriptive-analytical methodology. The trustworthiness of the healthcare sector is considered a dependent variable. However, blockchain technology is considered …

Unprecedented Precedent And Original Originalism: How The Supreme Court’S Decision In Dobbs Threatens Privacy And Free Speech Rights, Leonard Niehoff

Articles

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has drawn considerable attention because of its reversal of Roe v. Wade and its rejection of a woman’s constitutional right to terminate her pregnancy. The Dobbs majority, and some of the concurring opinions, emphasized that the ruling was a narrow one. Nevertheless, there are reasons to think the influence of Dobbs may extend far beyond the specific constitutional issue the case addresses.

This article explains why Dobbs could have significant and unanticipated implications for the law of privacy and the law of free expression. I argue that two …

Designing A Fulfilling Life In The Law, Bridgette Carr, Vivek Sankaran, Taylor J. Wilson

Articles

There is a mental health crisis in the legal profession. This isn’t news; in 2017, the National Task Force on Lawyering Well-Being acknowledged that the profession has failed to give adequate regard to the well-being of lawyers. High rates of chronic stress, depression, and substance use suggest that “the current state of lawyers’ health cannot support a profession dedicated to client service and dependent on the public trust.”

The Value Of Understandable Consumer Insurance Contracts, Kyle Logue, Daniel Schwarcz, Brenda Cude

Articles

Insurance consumers, the intermediaries who serve them, and the regulators who protect them all would benefit from understandable consumer insurance contracts. This article outlines the benefits of understandable insurance contracts, identifies the regulatory tools that are or can be used to ensure such comprehensibility, and reviews the existing literature about how well consumers comprehend their insurance policies within the context of personal lines insurance in the U.S. The article concludes by proposing an empirical research strategy to study consumers’ understanding of the terms of homeowners insurance policies and, even when they have not read their policies, their expectations about coverage.

The Great Regulatory Dodge, Helen Nissenbaum, Katherine Strandburg, Salome Viljoen

Articles

U.S. privacy law is in a renewed moment of regulatory possibility, with both Congress and the states considering sweeping consumer privacy laws. These new proposals to enact “omnibus” privacy protections could be couched as an antidote to the current U.S. privacy regime: a patchwork of sectoral privacy laws stitched atop the background of FTC consumer contract enforcement. However, this Essay maintains that a one-size-fits-all approach cannot successfully capture both privacy’s value and its variability. Yet, it is clearly the case that the present- day sectoral regime in the United States suffers from significant shortcomings. These shortcomings allow behaviors that seem …

Cable Television As A Platform For Community Media In The Philippines, Trina Leah T. Mendoza, Marifi T. Magsino

Journal Article

Cable TV in the Philippines was identified by the government in the 1990s as an instrument which could support information and services provided by local and international television. This study aimed to determine whether Philippine cable TV providers can serve as community media. Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and participatory communication concepts formed the theoretical framework of the study. The community-based operations and management of selected cable TV providers are described, their strengths and opportunities as community media analyzed, and the levels of community participation with partners determined. In-person interviews were conducted with six cable TV providers in Luzon …

Agenda-Setting In The 2016 Philippine Election: Relations Among Media, Candidates, And The Los Baños Community, Miguel Victor T. Durian, Serlie B. Jamias, Garry Jay S. Montemayor, Girlie Nora A. Abrigo

Journal Article

The study analyzed the influence of the Facebook agendas of two major Philippine news networks, ABS-CBN and GMA, on the agendas of the Los Baños Online Community, and on two candidates, Rodrigo Duterte and Mar Roxas, during the 2016 Philippine Presidential Election campaigns, which ran from February 9 to May 7, 2016 (89 days). Guided by the Agenda-Setting Theory, the study content analyzed 4,969 Facebook posts published by the media, candidates, and LB Community on their respective pages. Time series analysis found support for the theory on the following: ABS-CBN’s influence on the community’s general issue agenda of government and …

Measuring Self-Regulated Learning Skills Of Uplb Students Enrolled In Hk 12 Walking For Fitness, Joanna L. Israel

Journal Article

This paper aims to develop a questionnaire that measures the self-regulated learning skills of students enrolled in HK 12 Walking for Fitness, which was offered in a mode of blended online learning and distance education. All students enrolled in HK 12 Walking for Fitness for the first and second semesters of the academic year 2021 to 2022 at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), were invited to answer the self-reported questionnaire via electronic mail or e-mail. Out of the 1,168 students, 117 or 10.02% participated. The reliability of a scale and Principal Axis Factoring were calculated in validating …

Covid-19 Two Years On: A Review Of Covid-19-Related Empirical Research In Major Tourism And Hospitality Journals, Songshan (Sam) Huang, Xuequn Wang

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Purpose: This study aims to provide a timely review of the COVID-19-related empirical research published in 19 quartile one (Q1) and quartile two (Q2) tourism and hospitality journals in social science citation index (SSCI).

Design/methodology/approach: A total of 407 COVID-19-related empirical papers were collected from the 19 SSCI Q1 and Q2 tourism and hospitality journals via Scopus database. Thematic content analysis was supplemented with Leximancer software to identify the research themes/subthemes, research methods and countries/regions of research.

Findings: The study found studies of COVID-19’s impact on consumer behaviour predominate in number, followed by studies on response actions and recovery strategies, …

Transforming Self-Perceived Self-Employability And Entrepreneurship Among Mothers Through Mobile Digital Sharing Economy Platforms: An Exploratory Case Study, Pi-Shen Seet, Uma Jogulu, Helen Cripps, Mehran Nejati

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Purpose: This research focuses on the extent sharing economy transforms employability for women impacted by domestic and reproductive work. The authors explore the experience of mothers, of how digital peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms can affect their self-perceived employability and skills deterioration by unlocking human capital through technology acceptance.

Design/methodology/approach: This study adopted a pragmatism-based approach incorporating using a single-case study research design with the Gioia methodology. It utilised a semi-structured telephone survey to collect data to explore the decisions around usage of a newly developed mobile P2P app, aiming to support employability among mothers. Analysis was conducted inductively using thematic analysis …

Perceptions And Experiences Of Career Success Among Aspiring And Early Career Accountants And The Role Of Organisational Support, Denise Jackson, Julia Richardson, Grant Michelson, Rahat Munir

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Positive perceptions of career success are critical among accounting professionals, given their connection with performance, turnover and organisational commitment. Drawing on career stage theory, this study explores the perceptions and experiences of career success among 475 aspiring (Accounting/Finance students), 305 early career accountants (ECAs) and 165 managers/recruiters in Australia. Findings reflected both objective and subjective dimensions of career success alongside notable differences between aspiring accountants and ECAs, highlighting shifting views across the career stages of exploration and establishment. While ECAs were largely positive about their access to career success, managers/recruiters identified ways to create further opportunities for ECAs' career success.

Decoding The Mechanism Of Hypertension Through Multiomics Profiling, Eric Adua

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Hypertension, characterised by a constant high blood pressure, is the primary risk factor for multiple cardiovascular events and a major cause of death in adults. Excitingly, innovations in high-throughput technologies have enabled the global exploration of the whole genome (genomics), revealing dysregulated genes that are linked to hypertension. Moreover, post-genomic biomarkers, from the emerging fields of transcriptomics, proteomics, glycomics and lipidomics, have provided new insights into the molecular underpinnings of hypertension. In this paper, we review the pathophysiology of hypertension, and highlight the multi-omics approaches for hypertension prediction and diagnosis.

Plasma Aβ42/40 Ratio, P-Tau181, Gfap, And Nfl Across The Alzheimer's Disease Continuum: A Cross-Sectional And Longitudinal Study In The Aibl Cohort, Pratishtha Chatterjee, Steve Pedrini, James D. Doecke, Rohith Thota, Victor L. Villemagne, Vincent Doré, Abhay K. Singh, Penghao Wang, Stephanie Rainey-Smith, Christopher Fowler, Kevin Taddei, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Mark P. Molloy, David Ames, Paul Maruff, Christopher C. Rowe, Colin L. Masters, Ralph N. Martins, Aibl Research Group

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Introduction:

Plasma amyloid beta (Aβ)1-42/Aβ1-40 ratio, phosphorylated-tau181 (p-tau181), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and neurofilament light (NfL) are putative blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, head-to-head cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons of the aforementioned biomarkers across the AD continuum are lacking.

Methods:

Plasma Aβ1-42, Aβ1-40, p-tau181, GFAP, and NfL were measured utilizing the Single Molecule Array (Simoa) platform and compared cross-sectionally across the AD continuum, wherein Aβ-PET (positron emission tomography)–negative cognitively unimpaired (CU Aβ−, n = 81) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI Aβ−, n = 26) participants were compared with Aβ-PET–positive participants across the AD continuum (CU Aβ+, n = …

The Importance Of Trust And Authenticity Among Stakeholders Involved In Higher Education Data Infrastructure Redevelopments: An Australian Critical Discourse Study, Elizabeth Cook

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Governments require higher education providers (HEPs) to be transparent in their use of public funds and have developed specialised higher education (HE) data infrastructure to enable the data transfer from HEPs to government departments. In 2018, Australia’s Department of Education, Skills and Employment launched Transforming the Collection of Student Information (TCSI) to enhance HE data infrastructure for student data transfer. This critical discourse study explores the discourses, discursive strategies and perspectives surrounding TCSI. Findings included HEP issues and concerns that the interviewees believed were inadequately addressed or ignored despite the Department’s claims of extensive engagement with HEPs to achieve mutually …