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Spiritual And Material Boundaries In Old French Verse: Contemplating The Walls Of The Earthly Paradise, Jacob Abell

Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

The Earthly Paradise was a vibrant symbol at the heart of medieval Christian geographies of the cosmos. As humanity’s primal home now lost through the sins of Adam of Eve, the Earthly Paradise figured prominently in Old French tales of lands beyond the mundane world. This study proposes a fresh look at the complex roles played by the Earthly Paradise in three medieval French poems: Marie de France’s The Purgatory of St. Patrick, Benedeit’s Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot, and Guillaume de Lorris’s The Romance of the Rose. By examining the literary, cultural, and artistic components that informed each …

Joint Intent Detection And Slot Filling For Turkish Natural Language Understanding, Osman Büyük

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Intent detection and slot filling are two crucial subtasks of a text-based goal-oriented dialogue system. In a goal-oriented dialogue system, users interact with the system to complete a goal (or to fulfill their intent) and provide the necessary information (slot values) to achieve that goal. Therefore, a user?s text input includes information about the user?s intent and contains required slot values. Recently, joint models that simultaneously detect the intent and extract the slots are proposed to benefit from the interaction between the two tasks. The proposed methods are usually tested using benchmark data sets in English such as ATIS and …

A Machine Learning Approach For Dyslexia Detection Using Turkish Audio Records, Tuğberk Taş, Muhammed Abdullah Bülbül, Abas Haşi̇moğlu, Yavuz Meral, Yasi̇n Çalişkan, Gunay Budagova, Mücahi̇d Kutlu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Dyslexia is a learning disorder, characterized by impairment in the ability to read, spell, and decode letters. It is vital to detect dyslexia in earlier stages to reduce its effects. However, diagnosing dyslexia is a time-consuming and costly process. In this paper, we propose a machine-learning model that predicts whether a Turkish-speaking child has dyslexia using his/her audio records. Therefore, our model can be easily used by smart phones and work as a warning system such that children who are likely to be dyslexic according to our model can seek an examination by experts. In order to train and evaluate, …

Poetry As Space In Medicine, Esther Kentish

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

Poetry as a space in medicine can be depicted as a nuanced caveat of narrative and medicine. Patient voices can be prominently showcased emerging from written communications, interviews in the clinic, as well as in acts of self-expression. Writing and reading of patient-doctor memoirs and fiction such as “A Mango Shaped Space” by Wendy Mass story and Joyce’s Ulysses can help to situate patient voices and knowledge within medical spaces. The thematic nature of doctor-patient interactions are important because patient voices provide an exchange of critical information and pose a critical look at the patient’s view of their own dis-ease …

English Proficiency And Its Effects On Healthcare Perception And Quality, Alfredo Palacios

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

Over the course of 3 weeks, 30 subjects were randomly chosen to participate in a survey consisting of 20 questions. These questions looked at various markers to measure the patient's perceived level of quality and overall perception of the healthcare they have received in the US. All patients spoke little to no English and shared a native langauge of Spanish. In the end, it was found that, despite conflicting data from other studies, the 30 subjects had an overall positive view of the American healthcare system and also had a high degree of trust in their healthcare providers. That being …

Creator Biographies, The Stimulus Team

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

Using L1 Student Narratives And Peer Teaching To Increase Secondary Education Mathematical Understanding, Marco Antonio Martinez Leandro

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This phenomenological study research presents an option to use both discourse in the native language and technology as an alternative to improve the understanding of mathematics in secondary education. 13 students whose native language is Spanish attended a high school in a large urban school district in the Southwest of the United States, participated in this study.

The study's main objective was to observe the effects of using students' discourse in their language and the support of technology to increase their academic literacy in mathematics. Solution-based pedagogy was central to helping students achieve the Development of Academic Literacy in Mathematics …

Efficacy Of Scrambler Therapy In Patients With Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Single-Arm, Prospective, Pilot Study, Seung Hee Yoo, Won-Joong Kim, Ji Seon Chae, Bo Kyung Kang, Min Jeong Kang, Min Hyouk Beak

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: A variety of medications are available to manage painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), but the proper treatment remains challenging. Accordingly, various neuromodulation modalities have been used. However, no prospective clinical trials have evaluated the use of scrambler therapy (ST) in painful DPN. This study aimed to explore the long-term effects of ST in managing painful DPN.

METHODS: The patients received 10 consecutive STs of 45 minutes every 1 to 2 days. The primary outcome was pain score. We measured the visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores at baseline, during ST, immediately after ST, and at 1, 2, 3, and …

The No-Self Thesis: Counterarguments From Abnormal Psychology, Elma Berisha

UBT International Conference

The no-self thesis is said to originate in David Hume’s (1739) “bundle theory of self,” questioning the human self as a mere bundle of fleeting perceptions without ontological reality. In contemporary discourse, the self is sandwiched between top-down and bottom-up reductionisms: those with biological and cognitive arguments that reduce the self to a lower, ontological level, on the one hand, and those who hold cultural-linguistic constructionist positions, on the other hand, reducing the self to a higher level. In both cases, self reductionism is a prelude to complete self elimination. On these conceptions, what we call “self” may be nothing …

The Inborn Qualities Of Human Beings In The Holy Qur’An: A Pragmatic Objective Study (The Trait Of Panic As A Model) صفات الإنسان الجِبليَّة في القرآن الكريم، دراسة موضوعية دلاليّة (صفة الهلع أُنموذجاً), Faraj Zubaidi

Jordan Journal of Islamic Studies

This study aims to shed light on the inborn qualities of humans in the Qur’an concerning their enumeration, elucidation of their meaning, and their relation to the duality of good and evil in human nature. It also sought to reveal some rhetorical secrets hidden in the diversity of their linguistic expressions and to study an applied model on the trait of panic. The study employed an introduction and two chapters using the methods of induction, analysis, and deduction. Among the most important results of the study is that the Qur’an mentions a variety of inborn and reprehensible qualities of human …

The Two Terms (Maknun) And (Maknun) In The Quranic Context, A Semantic Study, Mohammed Shamkhi Jebur

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This research is based on monitoring, inventorying and exploring the linguistic and semantic meanings of the two terms (makeen and maknoun). The linguistic meanings have been monitored in many dictionaries. As for the Qur’anic expression, it had several meanings. The word (makeen) appeared in the Holy Qur’an in four places. their meanings And one of its meanings was (the able-bodied, the powerful, the saying with a high position and status), while the word (the hidden) was mentioned in the Qur’anic expression in four places as well, and its semantic meanings (transparency, beauty and serenity) The study came in three sections, …

Text Recycling (Aka “Self-Plagiarism") In Research Writing: Thorny Issues And Best Practices, Cary Moskovitz

Bear GRADS

Researchers often have reason to reuse content from their prior papers in their new ones (descriptions of methods, background material, theoretical frameworks, and so on). Some uses of text recycling are widely considered appropriate; others are universally condemned. Given the variety of ways that researchers might recycle text, they are often unsure about what is and isn't ethical or legal. This talk will present the ethical and legal complexities of text recycling in research writing, present a new taxonomy of text recycling, and explain best practices for recycling material across a range of research contexts.

Exploring The Challenges Of Biracial & Multiracial Latino/As In The U.S., Kaitlin Coyle

EKU Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates

No abstract provided.

Duolingo To Improve Linguistics Of The Medical Resident, Cameron Paul Lancarte, James Fahey

Research Symposium

Purpose: Create an attainable Spanish language education program within a medical residency program to increase the quality, efficiency, and equality of healthcare received by patients.

Description: Free DuoLingo language education application was chosen for the program due to being easily accessible, offering the ability to break down lessons into small timeframes, being user-friendly, and game format design. User’s learning goals can be tracked on this application.

The duration of the QI Project was 4 months, and the population size was 3 residents. Each were requested to complete 10 minutes per day or 70 min per week (on average) for Spanish …

Mixed Method Approach Towards The Life Of University Students During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Raihan Khan, Andrew White, Tony Jehi

Department of Health Sciences - Faculty Scholarship

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the higher education system. This mixed-methods study aimed to assess COVID-19 fear, anxiety, and stress among Shenandoah Valley college students.

Methods

An online survey was fielded and completed by n=680 students. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 students.

Results

The mean participant age was 22.14±5.48 years, and primarily White (81.9%), women (80.4%), and undergraduate (78.0%) students. Approximately 41% were enrolled in health-related majors (41.4%). Women students had significantly higher anxiety, depression, and fear of contracting COVID-19 than men. Undergraduate students had significantly higher depression than graduate students. Qualitative analysis revealed several major themes: …

A Gentle Introduction To Chatgpt, Steven W. Holloway

Libraries

A guest lecture on the state of commercial generative transformer technology, mid-2023, to a general audience at Staunton Public Library.

Lean Thinking As An Approach For Improving Client Communication During The Design Process, Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman, Ghada N. Mossad, Nishani Harinarain

Architectural Engineering

Lean thinking is perceived as a successful strategy for saving time and cost, while improving at the same time the position in the market. Lean thinking is about eliminating waste and increasing the quality. When applied correctly, lean thinking is a well understood and well examined platform upon which to build firm practices. In the architectural profession miscommunication has a lot of consequences including time and cost overruns, conflict and ultimately project failure. The aim of this research was to investigate the role of lean thinking in improving the communication between the client and the architect during the design process. …

Keywords In Unesco Websites: The Role Of Image In Destination Marketing, Ninfa Pagano

International Journal of Islands Research

Online communication plays a vital role in tourist image formation and travel choices in the digital era. In this way, institutional communication performs a central role in tourism, influencing the market through text and keywords choice on websites. This study aims to analyse online communication by focusing on tourism discourse, i.e. English language as a specialised and promotional discourse in tourism, with a special emphasis on Dann’s rhetorical strategy of keywords. The present study explores the communication used in UNESCO websites and its contribution to tourist destination image formation through corpus-based Discourse Analysis. The focus on a selected number of …

The Effect Of Music Therapy Interventions For Early Adolescents With Special Needs To Improve On-Task Behaviors, Shuolin Kong

Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the effects of music therapy intervention on on-task behaviors of early adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and/or intellectual disabilities. A within-subject research design was used with four early adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and/or intellectual disabilities from a Junior high school in the United States. Four school-age students from one classroom (N=4, male= 2, female= 2, mean ages =11.75 years) were selected and assigned to attend two alternated treatment conditions: four group non-music therapy sessions (Treatment A) and four group music therapy sessions (Treatment B). A security video camera recorded the duration of on-task behaviors under …

The Rider (2023-09-25), Natalie Lapsley

The Rider Archives

Vol.9 No.5

Factors Affecting The Success And Persistence Of Pre-Nursing Students, Leslie A. Jennings

Dissertations

This article-based dissertation consists of two manuscripts related to factors affecting the success and persistence of pre-nursing students. The first manuscript was a matched cohort study that compared selected academic variables between two groups of pre-nursing students admitted to a pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing program via two different routes. The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any differences in academic performance between these two groups of students in the first semester of a formal nursing program. Analyses of the data revealed a difference in semester grade point average (GPA), but no significant differences in the RN Fundamentals …

The Reliability And Validity Of A Mlct-Scale For The Assessment Of Kindergarten Children, Mohammad A. Al-Zu’Bi

Information Sciences Letters

This study was derived from the review of literature on motivation to learn, and creative thinking, in kindergarten children. While both these themes are explored reasonably in depth, there is very little research on motivation to learn creative thinking, which is a pillar of educational development. The researcher found the reason was that there was no Scale to measure this aspect, and so he constructed a new Motivation to Learn Creative Thinking Scale (MLCT-Scale) among kindergarten children. He also investigated the psychometric characteristics of the Scale. This Scale construction and investigation findings are reported here. The methodology used in this …

The Grammatical Efforts In The Jurisprudence Ofabu Hanifah: Examples Of Structures And Methods, Mustafa T. Al-Hayadreh

Information Sciences Letters

This research attempts to identify the linguistic aspects that Imam Abu Hanifa resorted to in the various linguistic levels, and the consistency of his choices based on the linguistic aspects, and whether he adopted a specific approach from the approaches used by linguists in understanding and judging the text. Abu Hanifa al-Numan represents one of the poles of jurisprudence among the Sunnis, and his doctrine spread among a wide segment of the Sunnis in the various Islamic countries, and he had his opinions in which he distinguished himself from other scholars of other doctrines. Language constitutes a fundamental pillar in …

The Role Of Social Network Sites In Creating Awareness Among Egyptian And Pakistani Women About Their Fundamental Rights, Safa Osman, Faiza Rafique

Information Sciences Letters

The study aims to identify the influence of social networking sites on Egyptian and Pakistani women by drawing on a survey from multinational cultural and linguistic environments that enrich the results and give us a chance for comparison according to education, age, and nationality variables. A Survey sample of (200) Egyptian women and (200) Pakistani women is designed to explore the impact. The most important result is indicating Facebooks importance as an essential information source for women, the study sample, whether Egyptian or Pakistani. Social Networking Sites are the most popular on the Internet because of the characteristics that distinguish …

Everything I Ever Needed To Know About The North Pole I Learned From Father Christmas (And Karhu The Polar Bear [And Ilbereth The Elf])., Kristine Larsen

Journal of Tolkien Research

Based on a portion of a keynote address delivered at the 50th Tolkien Society Oxonmoot, this paper investigates the Father Christmas Letters through a world-building lens, and suggests areas of analysis concerning the letters where scholars may make significant additional contributions to Tolkien Studies.

Flexibility & Iteration: Exploring The Potential Of Large Language Models In Developing And Refining Interview Protocols, Jessica L. Parker, Veronica M. Richard, Kimberly Becker

The Qualitative Report

This article investigates the potential of Large Language Model (LLM) tools like ChatGPT in aiding researchers in the development and refinement of interview protocols. We found that ChatGPT could generate appropriate interview questions, craft key questions, provide feedback on protocols, and simulate interviews, indicating its potential to reduce time and effort, particularly when human resources are limited. This article builds upon previous authors’ insights and suggestions regarding developing and refining interview protocols to maximize the chances of achieving research aims, especially for novice researchers. Additionally, the researchers highlight the flexibility of these tools in adapting to different research contexts and …

A Case Study For The Leadership Initiative For Supporting (Bilingual) Teacher Acquisition (Lista), Sarah M. Straub, Brian Uriegas, Tingting Xu

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

This paper presents a qualitative pilot study program evaluation of the Leadership Initiative for Strategic (Bilingual) Teacher Acquisition (LISTA) program in a rural region of Texas. The LISTA program aimed to empower bilingual leaders in education by addressing the limited availability of leadership coaching, particularly tailored to recognize and affirm the cultural capital of Hispanic/Latino leaders. The sessions were organized and developed by an experienced leadership coach with a strong focus on equity and social justice in the education and nonprofit sectors. Through a methodology encompassing open-ended survey questions, focus groups, and reflective journals, this evaluation assesses the program's impact …

Minutes (9-22-2023), Associated Students, Incorporated

Associated Students, Incorporated records

No abstract provided.

Early Childhood Education Language Environments: Considerations For Research And Practice, Jennifer Finders, Ella Wilson, Robert Duncan

Department of Human Development and Family Sciences Faculty Publications

The importance of developing early language and literacy skills is acknowledged by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a global human rights issue. Indeed, research suggests that language abilities are foundational for a host of cognitive, behavioral, and social–emotional outcomes. Therefore, it is critical to provide experiences that foster language acquisition across early learning settings. Central to these efforts is incorporating assessments of language environments into research and practice to drive quality improvement. Yet, several barriers may be preventing language environment assessments from becoming widely integrated into early education. In this brief, we review evidence on …

Illuminating The Ozarks: A View Of Ozark Mountain Culture Through The Lens Of Regional Craft, Jessica Erwin

Theses and Dissertations

The Ozarks Mountain region has a rich and lengthy cultural heritage. This heritage includes the creation of crafts with attributes unique to the Ozarks. In 1978 the Ozarks Regional Commission, a federal-state partnership, conducted a survey of crafts and craftsmen in the Ozarks. This thesis examines using digitized images of 35mm slides from the report Crafts: The Human Dimension to build a web exhibit about the history and culture of the Ozarks Mountain Region. The topics covered include geography, migration patterns, and craft items of the region.