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The Rise Of The Recap: How Recapping Changed The Game Of Television Criticism, Caroline S. Handel

Capstones

This Capstone project examines how recapping developed into a unique, legitimate genre of television criticism. It examines the difference between recaps, which function as overnight or episodic reviews of each installment of a television show, and traditional television reviews that analyzes a season of a television show as a singular unit. The project explores how television--and television recaps--provide community to those who want to engage in immersive, detailed discussions of their favorite television shows with other like-minded fans. Additionally, the Capstone goes into who gets to set the rules of discourse between television fans and television recappers in terms of …

Hoops Recruitment: Can Nyc Regain Glory Days With “Theprogramnyc”?, Christian I. Nazario

Capstones

TheProgramNYC is looking to revitalize the Basketball scene in New York City. Founders Jared Effron and Griffin Taylor grew up together as friends and saw the failures of the New York Knicks in the nineties. Effron and Taylor made it there goal to train the youth in order to recreate thew New York Basketball scene.The article details some history of New York City Basketball.

Preserving Caribbean Culture Through Dance: Featuring The Trinidadian Dance Troupe, Zante — Sesame Flyers Intl., Aaliyah T. Fisher

Capstones

During Labor Day Weekend in New York City, millions of people from all over the world travel to Brooklyn to highlight and celebrate Caribbean-American culture. This capstone project explores the way one dance troupe, Zante, who specializes in traditional dance styles from the Caribbean country of Trinidad and Tobago, fights to preserve their culture by way of sharing it with an outside audience.

LINK TO CAPSTONE PROJECT: https://medium.com/@aaliyah.fisher08/preserving-caribbean-culture-through-dance-featuring-the-trinidadian-dance-troupe-zante-sesame-00bc1fc7656a

From Doormats To Three-Dimensions: The Evolution Of Female Characters In Anime’S Action Genre, Sajina Shrestha

Capstones

Strong female characters have always been an outlier and not the trend in the action genre of anime. However, new writers are bringing fleshed-out female characters to the forefront, making for better viewing.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p3FROe7uFQNNTR0rwrnwlTlmXzqpvqCvQotshTUZMxs/edit?usp=sharing

A Silent New Threat To The Trans Community: The Unregulated Use Of Ai Without Public Consent Raises Ethical Concerns, Eduardo Salazar Uribe

Capstones

Abstract:

The unregulated use of artificial intelligence (AI) without public consent has raised ethical concerns, particularly affecting marginalized communities such as transgender individuals. This project, based on interviews with 34 transgender people, explores the impact of AI on historically marginalized minorities, emphasizing the urgent need for an ethical and legal framework. This research reveals instances of discrimination and challenges faced by transgender individuals at various stages, from border control to airport security, highlighting the limitations and biases of AI in recognizing diverse gender identities. Trans rights activists, and AI experts remark the importance of inclusivity in AI development and regulation. …

Nuclear Sunrise, By Jo Carthage. Reviewed By Amy Moore., Amy Moore

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

Sepsis Social Hour: Resocialization Of The Inpatient Handoff Sepsis Bundle Checklist On A Medical-Surgical Unit, Kearra Leanne Barretto

Master's Projects and Capstones

Problem: Sepsis presents a significant healthcare challenge that demands early recognition and intervention to reduce mortality and morbidity rates. Preliminary data collected at Hospital A identified gaps in the Medical-Surgical Unit’s awareness and utilization of the Inpatient Handoff Sepsis Bundle Checklist (IHSBC).

Context: A gap in knowledge and implementation of the IHSBC was identified in the Medical-Surgical Unit which necessitates the implementation of measures to enhance staff comprehension and use of the checklist.

Interventions: A resocialization approach was delivered to reinforce the checklist’s importance which included reintegrating the checklist in the morning staff huddles, communicating with the nurse educator, and …

Patient Education Improvement Initiative For Self-Management Of Congestive Heart Failure Among Senior Residents Of A Long-Term Care Facility, Abigail A. Abella, Brooke Sheck, Daniela Ramos, Ivy H. Nguyen, Mary Tran, Roshni Nagarajan

Master's Projects and Capstones

The purpose of this quality improvement project was to use evidence-based practices to determine if personalized education on disease self-management would lead to improved treatment adherence in a residential facility. The target population consisted of four elderly female patients who had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF) and were struggling with the self-management of their disease. Contributing barriers to effective CHF self-management were determined using a root cause analysis, and included a lack of educational templates, declining cognitive ability of the residents, and no electronic health record (EHR). Using the Self-Determination theory, the interventions were implemented. Phase one was …

Dodge The Fall: A Newborn Fall Prevention Initiative, Shirley B. Varela

Master's Projects and Capstones

Problem: There has been a rise in In-hospital newborn falls following evidence-based practices such as breastfeeding and rooming that promote mother and baby bonding (Karlsson et al., (2021). U.S. hospitals have approximately 600 to 1,600 newborn falls annually (The Joint Commission [TJC], 2018).

Context: A San Francisco Bay hospital with a postpartum unit experienced three newborn falls as of 2023. The level III neonatal intensive care unit is a high-risk obstetric facility with more than 3,000 births annually. It comprises 21 hospital beds: 10 on the postpartum and 11 on the antepartum floors.

Intervention: Developing and implementing the “Pledge Form …

School Weigh-Ins Are Dreaded. They Also Don’T Work., Amanda G. Salazar

Capstones

Schools across the country have been screening their students for Body Mass Index for decades, based on the assumption that telling families about a student's weight would promote weight loss. Years of research has shown that BMI screenings don't actually have any impact on weight, but instead can be harmful to students' mental and emotional wellbeing. These harms can last for years into the future, in some cases. So, why are BMI screenings still such a common practice?https://schoolbmiscreenings.weebly.com/

Wave-Ing Away Stereotypes: The Rise Of Black Surfers, John J. Schilling Iii

Capstones

This article examines the growing prominence of Black surfers with a specific focus on Lou Harris of the Black Surfing Association East Coast Chapter in Rockaway Beach, New York. While the sport remains white male-dominated, a 2022 report from the Surf Industry Members Association and ActionWatch show that surfing has experienced a surge in diversity over the last decade with an increase in the number of Black surfers, female surfers and other surfers of color nationwide. In exploring this phenomenon, this article includes the historical background of Black people’s connection to the sport, dating back to enslaved Africans’ complicated interactions …

Understanding And Navigating Asylum In Nyc, Divya Murthy

Capstones

Between September 2022 and December 2023, I worked with the community of grassroots volunteers and organizations in New York helping alleviate the impact of the asylum-seeker crisis in the city. My work is a combination of reporting on the crisis through articles, video and audio as well as an application of engagement journalism techniques, like callouts, joining community groups and sustained conversations with community members.

Link: https://medium.com/@divyamurthy/understanding-and-navigating-asylum-in-nyc-646ab96d0ac1

New York’S Unclear Evacuation Plans Have Rockaway Feeling Abandoned, Michael Matteo

Capstones

This project examines the emergency messaging New York City provides in event of a major coastal storm and mandated evacuation. In the Rockaways, a part of NYC hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy, some members of the community find the information lacking and feel there's no real plan to evacuate them in an emergency. This growing rift between what the community feels it needs and what the city provides is interrogated, especially as climate change increases the risk of another life-altering storm coming to New York City.

Link to capstone project: https://medium.com/@michael.matteo00/new-yorks-unclear-evacuation-plans-have-rockaway-feeling-abandoned-d652bb060c91

Data Journalism Portfolio, Mrinalini Nayak

Capstones

I'm a data-driven business and economics reporter based in Manhattan, New York, with 16 months of graduate school experience. Through this program, not only did I learn that data analysis is at the core of most investigative projects in today's world, but I developed the confidence to back my reporting with data. Suppose you, like me, have felt like your voice as a journalist could be encouraged by solid proof in the form of data, ranging from salaries for public servants to energy units required to run large language models. In that case, you only need to learn Python for …

Ai’S Next Frontier — Dermatology? How It May Help Close The Health Gap For Dark-Skinned Patients, Gretchen B. Smail

Capstones

This project examines how engineers are creating artificial intelligence systems to help with dermatology diagnosis. Researchers believe that these systems can help close the health care gap in lower income and Black and brown communities, but dermatologists of color worry that these systems are not being trained to recognize skin conditions on patients of color.

Short Documentary: "Masha, Where Is Your Home?", Anastasiia Bilous

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Life post-invasion and we are on a happiness search – Post-war life – and we are on a happiness search.

Anna and Masha, a 31-year-old mother and her very mobile 3-year-old daughter left their beloved Ukraine 30 days after the Russian invasion with one goal — protect Masha (and if possible, also her childhood). They left their whole world, grandparets, extended family, a vast social network of friends, former classmates and colleagues – carrying only two napsacks and a suitcase. Fortunately they have an American sponsor in Florida, who at 70 years of age might be an opportunistic lech. Iinternationally …

Postpartum Depression Speaks Out: Encouraging The Creation And/Or Improvement Of Postpartum Depression Resources Through First-Person Audio Interviews., Zakiyyah N. Woods

Capstones

For my practicum I conducted audio interviews with mothers with a history of postpartum depression and shared portions of their stories on an online platform. The goal: for community leaders to hear the stories and become inspired to create or improve postpartum depression resources for their community-at-large. Also, for families dealing with postpartum depression to feel less alone through hearing the voices of others who have gone through the same as themselves and become encouraged to speak up and seek help from resources that are available to them.

Erasing Race, Emily Swanson

Capstones

Since the murder of George Floyd, the Minneapolis Police Department has increasingly lagged in its reporting of race data.

Reducing Readmission Rates Within 30 Days Of Discharge By Increasing Frequency Of Calls By The East Bay Transitions Care Department, Rediet Abebe Gebremichael

Master's Projects and Capstones

Abstract

Background: Within the organization, the estimated cost of readmissions is $10,107.00 per day. Managing readmission rates within the hospitals has been challenging due to multiple factors. Readmissions cause financial and emotional stress on patients and their families, along with the stresses experienced during hospitalization.

Problem: The yearly readmission goal for the Transitions Care Department is below 14% per month. In 2022 the Transitions Care Department has been above 14% for most of the year, averaging 17%. Hospital readmissions impose a substantial financial and resource burden on the healthcare system.

Interventions: Staff training will ensure their effectiveness in carrying out …

Dodge The Fall: A Newborn Fall Prevention Initiative, Linda Nguyen

Master's Projects and Capstones

Problem: In the past year, three separate newborn fall incidents occurred on the postpartum unit at Hospital X. This project aims to increase nurse-to-patient education on newborn fall prevention, thereby reducing the number of newborn falls on the unit.

Context: This quality improvement project was implemented on the postpartum unit at a hospital located in San Francisco County. At this hospital, the postpartum unit consists of 10 beds in postpartum and 11 beds in antepartum. Currently, there is no standardized method used by registered nurses to prevent newborn falls.

Intervention: The requirement for mothers to sign the Pledge Form for …

Dark Moon Shallow Sea, By David R. Slayton. Reviewed By Phillip Fitzsimmons., Phillip Fitzsimmons

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

Supplementary Information On Early-Stage Floating Offshore Wind Platform Designs, Emma Edwards, Anna Holcombe, Scott Brown, Edward Ransley, Martyn Hann, Deborah Greaves

Faculty of Science and Engineering Datasets

This document serves as supplementary information to the authors' review paper on early-stage floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) platform designs. The review paper is the second part in a study on FOWT platform designs, following a review of FOWT platforms which currently have or have previously had a prototype, demonstration, or farm scale project at-sea. The present review covers 86 past and current early-stage platform designs, ranging from early conceptual designs to platforms which have undergone lab tests simulating extreme conditions. In this supplementary information document, more details are provided about all 86 platforms reviewed. For each device, the following …

Understanding The Cultural Perceptions And Beliefs Of Law Enforcement About Officer Wellness: A Focused Ethnography, Carrie Hintz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Law enforcement is recognized as one of the most stressful and high-risk occupations in the world. This study explored the cultural perceptions, beliefs, and values of law enforcement officers (LEOs) about their wellness. Methodology: This focused ethnography included observations and individual interviews of LEOs in the state of Nevada, USA. Leininger’s four phases of qualitative data analysis were used to analyze the data. Results: Thirty-one LEOs participated, representing 7 law enforcement agencies. Three themes were identified: 1) the badge is omnipresent in officers' lives, affecting every aspect of their world; 2) a balanced approach to officer health is important; …

2023-12-15 Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

ECAS Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committe of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

Resocializing Medical-Surgical Nurses On The Inpatient Handoff Sepsis Bundle Checklist, Maram Abuzahriyeh

Master's Projects and Capstones

Abstract

Problem: In September 2023, Hospital X identified a lack of utilization of the Inpatient Handoff Sepsis Bundle Checklist (IHSBC) in the medical-surgical unit with only 25% of nurses being familiar with it. This project aimed to improve the use of the IHSBC to maintain compliance of the sepsis bundle above the benchmark of 75%.

Context: A microsystem assessment was completed in a medical-surgical unit by CNL students at Hospital X. The students collaborated with Hospital X and identified the need to improve the socialization of the IHSBC in the medical-surgical unit.

Interventions: The intervention included resocializing the IHSBC on …

United States Oil Discovery, Regulation And Economic Employment 1859 -1918, Ammar Hussein Ali

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Abstract
The discovery of oil in the United States of America in 1859 contributed to its technical development and industrial and economic excellence, as its oil companies, especially the company that operated Standard Oil, developed the means of extracting, refining, and exporting it, which monopolized the industry until 1911, when the Supreme Court ordered the dismantling of the company to several companies, following which it emerged. Five major American companies dominated the world's oil industry until the early 1950s, contributing to the development of the U.S. economy by increasing financial revenues by exporting oil to all countries in the world. …

Mechanisms For Combating Family Crimes In Ancient Iraq Under The Old Legal Legislation, Amer Naji Hussein

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The research Mechanisms for combating family crimes in ancient Iraq in light of ancient legal legislation" sheds light on the problem of the occurrence of family crimes and the mechanisms that were followed in ancient Iraq to combat these family crimes legally, that is, through legal texts. What we mean by family crime is that which takes place between members of the same family. The legal text that reinforces the existence of this family crime is intended, and the second is through revenue A legal text that confirms the existence of this crime, and through research we have reached a …

Spatial Distribution Of Rural Settlement Patterns In Dar Al-Salam District At Governorate Of Diyala For The Year 2022, Afraa Ahmed Abd

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The research aimed to identify the reality of the spatial distribution of rural settlements in Dar Al-Salaam district at Governorate of Diyala for the year 2022. The research included in its introduction, the limits of the research area, its problem and hypothesis, and its purpose, as well as the importance of the research and data sources. It was found through the results of the research that the number of districts reached (14) rural districts in Dar Al-Salaam district, and each district has a number of rural villages, where the number of villages reached (37) rural villages, and there are villages …

The Rhetorical Orientation Of The Phenomenon Of Contextual Syntactic Deviation In Surat Al-Baqarah, Bakil Ali Mahmoud Al-Marani

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The phenomenon of contextual syntactic deviation has attracted a great deal of attention from linguists and rhetoricians. It is a linguistic phenomenon associated with the change of meaning that occurs when the established pattern in the grammatical rules is deviated from. In other words, it refers to a displacement or change in the linguistic structure or sentence structure. This deviation is justified by the context, and it is an intentional deviation that aims to give the literary text - of all its types - new meanings that are rhetorically directed to cause a psychological impact on the recipient. This phenomenon …

Academic Adjustment Among The Desire-Oriented And Non-Desire-Oriented Students Of The First Year Of High School Students Afild Study In Some High School In The State Of Tizi-Ouzou -Algeria-, Hayat Khabet

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Abstract :

This study aimed to find out the differences in academic adjustment between desire-oriented and non-desire-oriented students of the first year of high school studying in, some secondary schools in the state of TIZI-OUZOU- ALGERIA.

The sample of the study was (104) individuals, consisting of (68) with desire-oriented and (36) with non-desire-oriented registered in the academic year 2022/2023, they were rendomly selected by the stratified randomization method.

The result of the current study reached the following conclusion :

Keywords : academic adjustment, desire-oriented, non-desire-oriented, first year secondary students.