Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

2023

Discipline
Institution
Keyword
Publication
Publication Type
File Type

Articles 35491 - 35520 of 39486

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

Evaluating The Contribution Of Adjacent Charges On The Observed Ph-Dependent Binding Profile For A Vhh/Antigen Interaction With A Linked Histidine Protonation Equilibria, Kiruthika Arulmoly Jan 2023

Evaluating The Contribution Of Adjacent Charges On The Observed Ph-Dependent Binding Profile For A Vhh/Antigen Interaction With A Linked Histidine Protonation Equilibria, Kiruthika Arulmoly

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

pH dependent protein-protein interactions are of great importance for various biological processes. In addition, the generation of engineered pH-dependent therapeutic antibodies opens opportunities for the extension of therapeutic half-life, thereby reducing drug dosage or frequency of administration, as well as providing pH-dependent targeting, such as the tumor microenvironment. Engineering pH-dependent antibody-antigen interaction is mostly achieved through the incorporation of ionizable residues within the antigen binding interface. These ionizable residues must undergo a change in environment upon forming a protein-protein complex, which causes a change in the ionizable group’s pKa value. This coupled protonation equilibria is responsible for the observed pH-dependent …

Go to article

Undocumented Students’ Voice, Mtss, And School Counselors’ Mental Health Advocacy: A Transformative Mixed Methods Study, Oliver Camacho Jan 2023

Undocumented Students’ Voice, Mtss, And School Counselors’ Mental Health Advocacy: A Transformative Mixed Methods Study, Oliver Camacho

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Many young undocumented students are experiencing mental health issues in K-12 schools. Researchers have found a myriad of psychological stressors that add to the complexity of being an undocumented student in the United States. Educators have noted an increased concern in undocumented students expressing concerns of fears at school, acculturation stress, migratory stress, heightened reports of depression, increased anxiety, and a proclivity towards emotional and behavioral problems. There is limited research that reviews mental health supports in schools for undocumented students that includes the voices of school counselors and undocumented students in a transformative paradigm. This study seeks to inform …

Go to article

Fourth And Fifth Grade Reading Teachers' Perceptions Of Differentiated Reading Instruction, Amanda Lee Clark Jan 2023

Fourth And Fifth Grade Reading Teachers' Perceptions Of Differentiated Reading Instruction, Amanda Lee Clark

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Teacher accountability and test scores currently drive many practices within the field of education. At the same time, student populations have become increasingly diverse, causing classroom teachers to feel pressured to teach to the test. Differentiated instruction has emerged as a best practice to help maximize learning for all students. However, the definition and implementation of the instructional approach remains inconsistent. Guided by the concepts of Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development and Tomlinson’s differentiated instruction, this study examined the connection between these two concepts as they relate to teachers’ perceptions of differentiated instruction in the content area of reading. This …

Go to article

Princes, Princesses, And Socialites: Feminism And Class Transgression In Hollywood Romantic Comedies, Justina Marie Clayburn Jan 2023

Princes, Princesses, And Socialites: Feminism And Class Transgression In Hollywood Romantic Comedies, Justina Marie Clayburn

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation explored how characters in romantic comedies negotiate and transgress class boundaries as the films conform to and challenge genre and social expectations, focusing primarily through a feminist lens. Specifically, it addresses the different ways the films negotiate ideas about American identity and economic systems, simultaneously trying to acknowledge problematic elements while upholding social and nationalistic ideals. Feminism has a complicated relationship with Hollywood romantic comedies. While the genre often focuses on issues of interest to women and forefronts female characters and their professional and personal experiences, the denouement generally reinforces heteronormative monogamous relationships above others and the traditional …

Go to article

"Killers Who Preach": Horror And The "Victorian" Culture Text In The Modern American Musical, Amy Erickson Jan 2023

"Killers Who Preach": Horror And The "Victorian" Culture Text In The Modern American Musical, Amy Erickson

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation examines American Broadway musicals adapted from Victorian horror and mystery novels, investigating the ways in which the musical adaptations represent and critique modern American social problems and traditional American values and ideology. Specifically, it analyzes Stephen Sondheim’s 1979 musical Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a Musical Thriller, adapted from the anonymously published Victorian penny serial The String of Pearls; Rupert Holmes’s 1985 musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, adapted from Charles Dickens’s unfinished 1870 novel of the same name; Frank Wildhorn’s 1997 musical Jekyll & Hyde, adapted from Robert Louis Stephenson’s 1886 novella The Strange …

Go to article

Visualizing Dynamic Multivariate Networks, Bharat Kumar Kale Jan 2023

Visualizing Dynamic Multivariate Networks, Bharat Kumar Kale

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Many real-world networks are multivariate in nature and also evolve over time. Such a network whose nodes and/or edges along with their associated attributes, evolve over time is called A dynamic multivariate network (DMVN). For instance, in the scholarly community, researchers often collaborate with others. These collaborations have various attributes, such as scientific domain and number of publications, as well as they change over time. At any given point in time, the collaborations among researchers can be modeled as a network resulting in a collaboration network. When the changes in collaborations and associated attributes are also included in the network, …

Go to article

What A Difference A Day Makes. A Qualitative Case Study On Student Experiences Of Involvement In Clubs And Organizations During Covid-19, Luevinus Muhammad Jan 2023

What A Difference A Day Makes. A Qualitative Case Study On Student Experiences Of Involvement In Clubs And Organizations During Covid-19, Luevinus Muhammad

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This qualitative case study explores the experiences and sense of belonging for Valiant Region College (pseudonym) students who served as club leaders/officers during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school year. Twelve students total were interviewed either individually or within focus groups and shared their personal experiences, trials and triumphs as they navigated through the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings of this study highlighted four themes: (a) the importance of in-person activities, (b) participants felt a sense of belonging with face to face (F2F) engagement prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, (c) students struggled to create involvement activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, and (d) …

Go to article

Police Response To Same-Sex Ipv A Qualitative Approach, Lena Fae Mutchler Jan 2023

Police Response To Same-Sex Ipv A Qualitative Approach, Lena Fae Mutchler

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The present thesis examines the views that police have towards cases of same-sex IPV(intimate partner violence) in a qualitative sense. An issue highlighted by poor relations and uneven rates of arrest; this study sought to look beyond the usual quantitative approach to the issue. This was analyzed through use of semi-structured interviews with both law enforcement and social service workers in domestic violence organizations. 13 interviews were conducted, 6 with law enforcement, and 7 with social service workers, asking the participants about their views and interactions with same-sex cases, police, and the LGBTQ community as a whole. The results implied …

Go to article

China’S "Greek Gift" To Africa: A Myth Or Reality, Chibuzo Uchechukwu Victor Obasi Jan 2023

China’S "Greek Gift" To Africa: A Myth Or Reality, Chibuzo Uchechukwu Victor Obasi

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Two differing perceptions have dominated explanations of the relationship between China and Africa. The first is often held in the West and sees China as an exploitative force that has latched onto Africa's quest for development partnerships to exploit the continent economically. The second considers the China-Africa partnership more positively and views China as a trustworthy ally. Advocates argue that China has no history of colonial ambitions in Africa. Instead, China intervened in Africa to fill the financing gap and tackle the development challenges in Africa with no political strings attached. Perception of which view is mainly correct depends on …

Go to article

Fidelity In Which School Districts Are Prepared To Implement Their Reunification Plan In The Event Of Tragedy Or Emergency, Mark E. Orszula Jan 2023

Fidelity In Which School Districts Are Prepared To Implement Their Reunification Plan In The Event Of Tragedy Or Emergency, Mark E. Orszula

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation examines the fidelity in which school districts are prepared to implement their reunification plan in the event of a tragedy or emergency. School emergencies continue to occur, and safety plans need to be developed and administered to support and protect students and staff. This dissertation is organized into two separate papers. Paper 1 is a review of literature specific to community and school emergencies and emergency operations plans for a variety of school organizations. Paper 2 is an empirical study that explored the extent to which schools in DuPage County, a large collar county in Northern Illinois, were …

Go to article

Analysis Of The Effect Of Surface Roughness In Additive Manufacturing On Thermo-Hydraulic Performance By Ml Models Supported By Physics-Based Modeling, Kaylen A. Platt Jan 2023

Analysis Of The Effect Of Surface Roughness In Additive Manufacturing On Thermo-Hydraulic Performance By Ml Models Supported By Physics-Based Modeling, Kaylen A. Platt

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Heat exchangers (HX) are crucial components of thermal control systems which facilitate proper transfer of heat in systems such as nuclear reactors. This research focuses on the heat transfer-enhancing effect associated with turbulence in fluid flowing conduits. Turbulence can be induced at low flow rates when surface roughness is present on channel walls. Rough surfaces are typically regarded as a flawed product of the Additive Manufacturing (AM) process during the construction of Heat Exchangers. Machining surface finishes onto AM parts is a typical post-processing method used to remove the roughness. Thorough investigations have not yet been published on the effects …

Go to article

Exploring Veteran Teachers’ Implementation Of Social Emotional Learning Interventions, Timothy Pritchard Jan 2023

Exploring Veteran Teachers’ Implementation Of Social Emotional Learning Interventions, Timothy Pritchard

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Helping students cultivate their social and emotional well-being is critical to preparing them for their futures. In recent years, school districts have adopted social and emotional learning (SEL) standards and began implementing prepackaged curriculum to help teachers address students’ needs. This study explores the perspectives of six veteran teachers implementing an SEL curriculum in a Midwestern elementary school. After a six-member focus group interview, one participant from third, fourth, and fifth grade were chosen to be interviewed and observed to find their individual perspectives of the process. Data were analyzed within the CASEL framework and the Responsive Classroom practices to …

Go to article

Cybervictimization And Depression In Adolescence: An Analysis Of Anxiety, Social Media Rumination, And Gender, Logan Riffle Jan 2023

Cybervictimization And Depression In Adolescence: An Analysis Of Anxiety, Social Media Rumination, And Gender, Logan Riffle

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Bullying is not a new phenomenon, however, given the frequent technology use by youth, bullying has taken on a new platform, the internet (i.e., cyberbullying). Those who are victimized online are at risk for various unfortunate outcomes, such as depression. The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies depression as the "single largest contributor to global disability," and the impacts of depression are vast, affecting the daily lives of many. Among a sample of middle school students (N = 126), the current study initially sought to investigate whether symptoms of social anxiety and social media rumination (SMR) serially mediated the association between …

Go to article

Orphan Hermeneutics: Refashioning Archetypes In 19th-Century Epic Prose Fiction, John David Sieker Jan 2023

Orphan Hermeneutics: Refashioning Archetypes In 19th-Century Epic Prose Fiction, John David Sieker

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Celebrated authors of the 19th century, Herman Melville and Charles Dickens are frequently critiqued within specifically national parameters, regarded as authors whose literary concerns reflect their respective countries and cultures. From that premise, there seems little if any connective thread to link Bleak House, the quintessential "stay-at-home" novel, and Moby-Dick, the epic, sea-faring adventure spanning nearly the entire globe. However, certain parallels between these novels in both form and content prove quite striking and reveal a transatlantic connection worthy of sustained critical attention. Both Melville and Dickens gesture to biblical and Classical antiquity in order to weave their respective narratives. …

Go to article

Advancements In Engineered Nanomaterial Synthesis For Selective Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts And Fundamental Electrochemical Studies Of Lead Acid Batteries, Jacob Kaelin Jan 2023

Advancements In Engineered Nanomaterial Synthesis For Selective Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts And Fundamental Electrochemical Studies Of Lead Acid Batteries, Jacob Kaelin

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

It has long been known that the catalysis of water and its constituent elements could provide an effective means of storing and producing electricity. The deceptively simple process of producing electricity from Hydrogen and Oxygen is composed of two primary reactions, namely the Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction (HOR) and the Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR). While the HOR has largely been optimized on a variety of catalytic materials, the ORR has been plagued by sluggish kinetics and high overpotentials to the point where it is the bottleneck in implementing water catalysis-based technologies in practical scenarios. To help meet these challenges a bevy …

Go to article

Young Adolescents’ And Parents’ Attitudes And Perspective Taking About Appropriate Mobile Phone Use, Stephanie Jean Cleary Jan 2023

Young Adolescents’ And Parents’ Attitudes And Perspective Taking About Appropriate Mobile Phone Use, Stephanie Jean Cleary

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This study explored whether young adolescents and their parents have similar attitudes about appropriate mobile phone use, and whether those attitudes vary depending upon adolescent or parent phone user, the mobile phone use context (i.e., family dinner table, party, or homework/ work), and their self-perspective or other’s perspective. Fifty-two adolescents in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade (age range 11 years to 14 years and 5 months; 26 males, 23 females, 3 non-binaries) and their parent or guardian participated. Adolescents identified as white/European American (82.7%), multiple races (5.8%), Asian (5.8%), black/African American (1.9%), and Hispanic/Latinx/Spanish (1.9%), or did not respond (1.9%). …

Go to article

Patterns Of Co-Optation And Repression In Autocracies: Lessons From Cambodia And Beyond, Limeng Ong Jan 2023

Patterns Of Co-Optation And Repression In Autocracies: Lessons From Cambodia And Beyond, Limeng Ong

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Autocratic regimes’ primary interest is in maintaining their power. To achieve so, they rely on two main strategies: repression and co-optation. Repression can be a violation of life (hard repression) or a violation of liberty (soft repression), while co-optation can be an arrangement of power sharing (formal co-optation) or a distribution of material benefits (informal co-optation). Some autocratic regimes are more likely to deploy certain forms of co-optation and repression than others. What explains this difference in the ways that autocratic regimes maintain their power? Using a case study of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) which has shifted its political …

Go to article

Would Ai Stocks Estimate Be As Surprised To Usda Stocks Reports As Private Market Analysts?, Asif Mahmud Chowdhury Jan 2023

Would Ai Stocks Estimate Be As Surprised To Usda Stocks Reports As Private Market Analysts?, Asif Mahmud Chowdhury

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The USDA survey-based Quarterly Agriculture Stocks (QAS) reports are the primary source of information regarding the relative supply of U.S. corn, soybeans, and wheat for the last fifty years. Research has examined USDA stock reports and their relevancy to the market (e.g., Isengildina-Massa et al., 2021). In addition, private industry analysts estimate expected quarterly grain stock reports before USDA releases them. Market information firms such as Bloomberg and Reuters publish a subset of these estimates a few days before the USDA reports. Previous research has found that when industry analysts have significant differences in stock expectations compared to what the …

Go to article

Exploring The Relationships Between Student Perceptions And Educational Technology Utilization In Higher Education, Ana-Paula Correia, Karly Good Jan 2023

Exploring The Relationships Between Student Perceptions And Educational Technology Utilization In Higher Education, Ana-Paula Correia, Karly Good

Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)

This study examines the perceptions of educational technology use among college students at a small liberal arts university in the United States. Using institutional data analytics, 34,480 survey responses were analyzed to understand how students perceive the use of technology in the classroom and its relationship with teaching methods, progress on learning objectives, and course features. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were conducted, revealing a positive correlation between the use of educational technology and effective teaching methods, progress on learning objectives, and overall satisfaction with instructors and courses. However, it is important to note that the study is correlational in …

Go to article

Using The Best - Worst Scale To Assess The Relative Impact Of These Behaviors On Other Passengers On The Same Flight: The Disruptive Passenger Behavior, Quynh Thi Nhu Phan, Vi Tran, Nhan Huu Huynh, Thao Phuong Huynh, Duc Nhan Ho Jan 2023

Using The Best - Worst Scale To Assess The Relative Impact Of These Behaviors On Other Passengers On The Same Flight: The Disruptive Passenger Behavior, Quynh Thi Nhu Phan, Vi Tran, Nhan Huu Huynh, Thao Phuong Huynh, Duc Nhan Ho

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace

A method called the best-worst scaling method is proposed to overcome these problems by asking respondents to make tradeoffs among the variables being assessed. This paper raises issues in respect of supplementing and developing a block of disruptive behaviors exhibited by passengers during flights and assesses the impact of these behaviors on other passengers. To illustrate the proposed method and evaluate its performance, we surveyed 240 passengers, and data from 203 survey samples were analyzed. The data analysis results revealed three behaviors that were considered the most disruptive, including (1) Threatening and causing distress, (2) Harassment and disrupting public order, …

Go to article

A Peer Review Of Product Design Visualization, Ides 416|816, Aziza Cyamani Jan 2023

A Peer Review Of Product Design Visualization, Ides 416|816, Aziza Cyamani

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

This portfolio explores a new course on product design visualization introduced in the product design minor program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Due to the nature of the diverse student group pursuing the minor program, this course adapts flexible teaching and assessment methods that foster inclusivity and enrichment.

Go to article

Indigenous Boarding Schools In The United States And Canada: Potential Issues And Opportunities For Redress As The United States Government Initiates Formal Investigation, Keiteyana I. Parks Jan 2023

Indigenous Boarding Schools In The United States And Canada: Potential Issues And Opportunities For Redress As The United States Government Initiates Formal Investigation, Keiteyana I. Parks

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

The Winding Trail: A Look At Non-Linear Temporality In Literary Works In Response To The Issue Of Sovereignty, Gabrielle Jones Jan 2023

The Winding Trail: A Look At Non-Linear Temporality In Literary Works In Response To The Issue Of Sovereignty, Gabrielle Jones

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Indian Country’S Continued Struggle With The Opioid Crisis: Focused Problem Areas, The Federal Government’S Response, And What More Can Be Done, Ashlynn M. Wilkerson Jan 2023

Indian Country’S Continued Struggle With The Opioid Crisis: Focused Problem Areas, The Federal Government’S Response, And What More Can Be Done, Ashlynn M. Wilkerson

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

First And Lasting Impressions: Creating Course Tour Videos To Guide Online Students, Melony Shemberger Jan 2023

First And Lasting Impressions: Creating Course Tour Videos To Guide Online Students, Melony Shemberger

Pedagogicon Conference Proceedings

Online course design has gained increased attention in education, given the global health crisis brought on by COVID-19. Students need to familiarize themselves at the beginning of an online course to be successful. An important item often overlooked, however, is the inclusion of a course tour video, which can help serve as an effective orientation for a student new to the course. This article will share best practices and insights on how to make a brief video guiding students to navigate a course more effectively, setting them up for success.

Go to article

Maternal Resilience After Hurricane Maria: The Foregrounding Of Productive Action And Use Of Alternative Logics In The Development Of Proactive Maternal Agency, Sara Potter Jan 2023

Maternal Resilience After Hurricane Maria: The Foregrounding Of Productive Action And Use Of Alternative Logics In The Development Of Proactive Maternal Agency, Sara Potter

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Does Your Student Know? Being Intentional With Quality In Designing Online Instruction, Melony Shemberger Jan 2023

Does Your Student Know? Being Intentional With Quality In Designing Online Instruction, Melony Shemberger

Pedagogicon Conference Proceedings

This article guides instructors to incorporate intentionality as a communication construct when designing a learning experience, especially online. Intentionality is communication planned around a learning goal by the instructor through cognitive decisions. Based on the research, the author shares the details of a faculty development course she created.

Go to article

The Women In The Wrong Uniform, Sarai Silva Jan 2023

The Women In The Wrong Uniform, Sarai Silva

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

It was past midnight when Dora Barrios and Betty Nuñez Zeiss stumbled upon José Díaz's beaten body--two stab wounds, broken bones, and severe facial damage. The girls alerted the neighbors, who rushed him to the hospital, but to no avail. In the following days, the Los Angeles Times published various articles about the murder of the twenty-two-year-old.

Go to article

Abida Parveen, Katie Ashton Jan 2023

Abida Parveen, Katie Ashton

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

Within Sufi Islam is a musical tradition called Qawwali, which blends Hindustani classical music with Sufi Islamic poetry. Already a bled of multiple religious elements, Qawwali is certainly not orthodox in its worship; nevertheless, it certainly works as a powerful form of religious worship through a combination of Hindu music Sufi poetry. Qawwals (Qawwali musicians) often know poetry in four or more different languages and have experimented with many Hindustani Ragas (musical traditions learned experimented with as musicians studying for a decade or longer).

Go to article

Russian And U.S. News Media Coverage Of Ukrainian Biological Laboratories, February – March 2022, Annie E. Sundelson, Marc Trotochaud, Noelle Huhn, Tara Kirk Sell Jan 2023

Russian And U.S. News Media Coverage Of Ukrainian Biological Laboratories, February – March 2022, Annie E. Sundelson, Marc Trotochaud, Noelle Huhn, Tara Kirk Sell

Journal of Strategic Security

Soon after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, narratives about U.S.-funded biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine began circulating in both Russian and U.S. news. We sought to characterize news media coverage of this topic and to understand potential differences in coverage between different news sources. 401 news media items from Russian and U.S. news sources covering Ukrainian biological laboratories between February 24 and March 24, 2022 were analyzed for content and framing tactics based on theories of risk perception, persuasion, and misinformation/disinformation. Results showed strong differences between U.S. mainstream news coverage and Russian news coverage and similarities between U.S. hyper-partisan right …

Go to article

First Prev Next Last