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Financial Accessibility And Academic Outcomes: A Comparative Study Of First-Year Pell Grant Recipients At Urban And Suburban Private Four-Year Colleges, Ilkania Maldonado

Selected Full Text Dissertations, 2011-

Students’ financial literacy and academic success are essential determinants of their ability to offer socio-economic value and afford college. One of the burning concerns in college education for years has been the differences in the funding difficulties that students experience based on whether the college is located in an urban or suburban setting. This quantitative study focuses on the difference in graduation rates of Pell-eligible first-time students enrolled in private four-year institutions in urban areas compared to suburban areas. Focusing mainly on urban and suburban environments, the investigation is mainly concerned with understanding the role of locations of universities in …

2. Prospero Overview, John Pender, Perry Share

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

No abstract provided.

3.Ethical Complexities Within The Appearance And Usage Of Social Robots: A Scoping Review, Mads Lund Anderson, Heike Felzmann

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

No abstract provided.

4. Robotic Babies - Data, Didactics And Ethics In Social Work, Mads Lund Andersen, Vivi Friis Søgaard, Karin Christiansen, Heike Felzmann, Almundena Navas, Miriam Abietar

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

No abstract provided.

6.Can Social Robot Teaching Assistants Innovate The Irish Primary Education System, John Pender, Debbie Woodward

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

No abstract provided.

7. Practice Report: Social Robots Help Social Clients Become More Independent And Creates New ‘Client-Professional’ Relations, Hans Jørgen Niewald, Maria Bisgaard Fabricius, Mette Toft

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

No abstract provided.

8. Facilitating Reflection On Social Robots In Care: Ethics And Pedagogy, Heike Felzmann, Almudena Nava, Miriam Abietar, Esperanza Meri, Karin Christiansen, Mads Lund Andersen, Vivi Søgaard

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

No abstract provided.

10. Book Review: Why Robots Won't Save Japan By James Wright. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 2023., Perry Share

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

No abstract provided.

Exploring What Is Old And What Is New About Trauma-Informed Care: Implications For Child Welfare Practice., Maria Lotty

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

Trauma-informed care is becoming increasing part of discourse in child welfare practice. This paper explores the current debates and offers some critical reflections relevant for trauma-informed care implementation in child welfare practice. Firstly, the paper discusses the lack of conceptual clarity of a shared understanding for both trauma and trauma-informed care posing challenges for implementation and assessing evidence. Then, it explores the proposed paradigm shift of trauma-informed care in a child welfare practice context. The paper then explores aspects of trauma-informed care that may support newer ways of understanding experiences and interventions. Then, explores aspects of trauma-informed care that may …

Relationship Between Professionalization And Impact Research – Effects Of Knowledge And Orientation Stocks Of Youth Social Workers On Their Acting, André Epp

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

Despite a shortage of skilled workers in Germany, adolescents can still experience difficulties transiting into vocational training. Although fundamental examinations of influences which hinder this transition process exist, little is known about how pedagogical workers who support adolescents perceive and construct the transition process. Therefore, this article deals with perspectives and views – the practical theories (Subjektive Theorien) – of youth social workers whose main task is to support adolescents during this transition process. Using empirical data, I outline two different theory orientations. Furthermore, I argue as to what extent the practical theories of youth social workers affect their acting. …

“I Know A Lot Of People Just Gave Up And Died, Out Of Loneliness”: Family Members Experiences Of Covid-19 Visitation Restrictions In Irish Nursing Homes, Emily Egan, Sarah Robinson, Erin Nic An Bhaird, Graham Gillespie

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on older adults, particularly those living in nursing homes (NH) globally and in Ireland, the site of our study. Whilst NH residents were at increased risk of serious illness from the virus, visitation bans and restrictions also impacted residents' quality of life. Family members' (FMs) essential caring role was recognised in contexts like the Netherlands, parts of the United States and Ontario, Canada, but were not in Ireland. The current study explored the experiences of FMs of residents who experienced visitation bans during the first four waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. Eight …

Risk Factors As Indicators For Online Child Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review, Lesley Lally, Isobel Webb, Ethel Quayle

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

Abstract

Introduction: Online child sexual abuse has been described as a serious public health issue worldwide in today’s society. The long-term consequences of such abuse have been well-reported, and the risks in which youth are made more vulnerable to this abuse must be better understood.

Objective: To synthesise and evaluate the literature regarding risk factors of online sexual exploitation by focusing on the following question: What are the risk factors that make children vulnerable to online child sexual abuse and solicitation?

Method: A systematic review was completed using search strings within several databases, a hand search was conducted, and …

Happy To Zoom: A New Frontier In Online Delivery Of Day-Care For Older People During Covid-19, Suzanne C. Smith Msc, Holly O'Brien, Darragh Mccashin Phd

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

From early in the COVID-19 pandemic, community day-care centres sought to find ways to deliver services remotely using digital tools, but older people are often presumed resistant to using digital technologies. This study sought to examine the delivery of community day-care services at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify the willingness of older service users to participate in day-care activities remotely while in-person services were unavailable. Community day-care services are essential to ensuring social participation and overall wellbeing for many older people who remain living at home. On March 16^th, 2020, like many other services, …

Anatomical And Physiological Characterization Of Striatal Activation Of The Cerebral Cortex, Yuhan Wang

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Purpose. The striatum receives excitatory glutamatergic input from nearly all parts of the cerebral cortex, and its output is delivered by direct pathway medium spiny neurons (dMSNs) expressing D1 type dopamine (DA) receptors (D1Rs) and indirect pathway MSNs (iMSNs) expressing D2 DA receptors (D2Rs). Loss of DA results in the imbalance between the activities of dMSNs and iMSNs in Parkinson’s disease (PD), leading to ab-normal interactions between the cerebral cortex and striatum. Thus, understanding the inter-actions between the cortex and striatum is important. The monosynaptic corticostriatal cir-cuit has been extensively studied. In contrast, due to the poly-synaptic nature of the …

The Impact Of Candida Albicans Glycogen On Fitness, Virulence And Host Response, Jian Miao

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Candida albicans is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen that presents in healthy persons colonizing the oropharyngeal, esophageal, and gastrointestinal mucosa. This polymorphic fungal pathogen remains a leading cause of both invasive and superficial mycoses. C. albicans can cause oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) and disseminated candidiasis when normal host immunity is disturbed, while also causing vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) in healthy women. Adaptation to different host niches requires rapid and coordinated changes in Candida metabolism and physiology to cope with host immune surveillance and to counteract host-imposed constraints such as glucose limitation. Although largely unexplored in C. albicans, the glycogen metabolism pathway is …

Improving Health Outcomes In Children And Adolescents With Asthma, Elizabeth Kate Coffey Moore

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Asthma is among the most prevalent chronic illnesses found in the United States, affecting millions of people under the age of 18 each year. The disease burden for affected children, adolescents, their families, and the healthcare system is immense. Finding ways to mitigate its impact is critical to improving the lives of affected children, adolescents, and their families. The three chapters included in this dissertation aimed to document the asthma triggers that children and adolescents are exposed to and strategies for reducing them and to demonstrate using Imogene King’s conceptual framework to guide nursing practice to care for and nursing …

The Role Of Altered Cell-Cell Communication Between Glia And Neurons In Alzheimer’S Disease, Tabea Marga Soelter

All ETDs from UAB

Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by progressive memory loss and cognitive decline, affecting behavior, speech, and motor abilities. The neuropathology includes the formation of extracellular amyloid-β plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles of phosphorylated tau. Additionally, neurons become functionally impaired before degenerating and dying. While neuronal loss is a disease hallmark, glia maintain neuronal health and homeostasis through cell-cell communication with neurons. Cellular crosstalk is mediated through the release of chemical intermediates (i.e., ligands), which are taken up by cell surface membrane receptors. Previous studies have shown dysregulation of global cell-cell communication patterns and communication …

A Model For International Summer Research Experiences For Stem Students, Mika Munakata, Su San Lim, Carlos A. Molina

Department of Mathematics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

In this article, we report on a National Science Foundation-funded immersive international summer research program for biology students. Six students, representing Cohort 1 of a three-year program, spent 9 weeks at one of three institutes in Japan, working on related molecular, cellular, and developmental research projects under the mentorship of a Japanese researcher. We describe the recruitment process, pre-departure activities, orientation week, research projects, and mentorship structure. Data were collected to determine the impact of the program on students’ views about science and to seek feedback about the structure of the program. The pre-, mid- and post-program interviews with the …

The Law Of The New Musical Author, Eyal Brook

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

The process of musical creation has been transformed materially in the Digital Age due to technological developments, both regarding the technologies for making music and regarding novel stylistic developments. New musical practices, based on novel technology, afford entirely new modes of creative authorship. The effects of such shifts have redefined the nature of music and the role of musicians in fundamental ways. This article opens a new debate regarding the identity ofthe new musical author and the changes to the musical creative process.

As such changes have impacted the musical creative process, there are necessary changes required to adapt the …

Satire And Actual Malice: Expanding The Reasonable Reader Analysis For The Modem Era, Cory Crystal

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Bias Notification Duty, Eldar Haber, Shai Stern

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

Algorithms are often tainted with bias that could negatively affect subjects' lives in many aspects. But while policymakers and scholars tend to focus their attention on methods to fix the bias within the algorithm or its output, they neglect a crucial piece of the puzzle: when companies discover bias and fix it in the algorithmic output, they do so behind the scenes. While such a move might debias the output, society remains in the dark about its existence or how it might have affected the outcome. Society thus misses a unique opportunity to study social and cognitive biases that shape …

What Happens When The Conflicts Of Interest Board Does Not Prevent Conflicts? Examining New York City Charter Chapter 68, Abigail Damsky

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

The note critiques the New York Board's advisory opinion on elected officials' use of personal social media accounts, arguing that it contravenes Chapter 68 and Board Rule Section 113 by allowing the use of city resources for political gain, undermining government integrity, and creating transparency issues under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). The analysis advocates for revising the advisory opinion to align with existing ethical standards and ensure accountability.

Trademark Fair Use Is No Joke, Christine Haight Farley

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

The article critiques the Supreme Court's decision in Jack Daniel's Properties v. VIP Products, arguing that the Court missed an opportunity to clarify the relationship between trademark law and the First Amendment. While the Court acknowledged the importance of protecting parodies, it failed to develop a comprehensive framework for balancing trademark rights with free speech. Instead, it introduced a narrow rule that limits the application of the Rogers test, potentially undermining speech protections in trademark disputes. The article contends that the Court's reliance on the likelihood of confusion test is insufficient to address the broader First Amendment implications of …

Incentivizing Innovation In The Realm Of Social Goods: Patent Law's Unintended Inhibiting Effect On Environmental Technological Advancement, Ethan Graham

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

The note argues that while Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology holds significant potential to address climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, its development and deployment are hindered by the gatekeeping mechanism of patents. These patents, though intended to incentivize innovation, often stifle progress by restricting access to critical technologies. The analysis highlights the urgency of climate action, the limitations of current legal frameworks, and the need for policy reforms to accelerate DAC innovation and mitigate global warming.

Analysing M. Avium-Macrophage Interactions And Establishing A Long-Term Infection In A Novel And Realistic Model Of Lung Alveolar Macrophages, Max Planck Institute Cells, Sanduni Avishka Thantri Hewage Peiris

Other Faculty of Health Theses

Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC) are species of the non-tuberculous branch of the Mycobacteria family that is responsible for the development of pulmonary lung disease in immunocompromised individuals. One of the first lines of defence from the host involve a specialised group of tissue macrophages that reside in the lung alveolar space called alveolar macrophages (AM). They have specialised functions that are suitable for recognition of foreign invaders and the ability to tackle these threats though means of a robust immune response. Alternatively, they also feature as key components in a fairly destructive uncontrolled inflammatory response which is the root cause …

Exploring Parents’ And Teachers’ Experience Of A Novel Programme: Safe With Schools [Swis] – A Systemic Attachment-Based Approach For Caregivers Of Autistic Children, Tara Vassallo

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

This research explored the experience of thirty-two parents and teachers of autistic children, from nine schools in the southwest of England participating in a novel systemic attachment-based programme SAFE with Schools (SwiS). Designed as a competency-based framework with a non-blaming approach using established techniques and activities drawn from systemic family therapy, the SwiS programme was employed to engage parents and teachers experiencing autism-related difficulties. The aim was to explore their experience of SwiS and in turn how these caregivers made meaning of autism through the systemic attachment-focus of SwiS, what it revealed about the nature of the parent-teacher-child system, and …

The Role Played By Non-Formal Education In The Lives Of Iraqi-British Citizens: A Study Of Three Iraqi-British Cultural Institutions And How Non-Formal Education Empowers Individuals And Communities, Nadeem Al-Abdalla

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

This thesis highlights the role played by non-formal education in the lives of Iraqi community members who participate in the activities offered by London’s Iraqi-British cultural centres. The key aims of this thesis were; to research, document and analyse London’s Iraqi community and their experiences of non-formal learning within Iraqi cultural centres; and to establish the extent to which they found their participation in this non-formal learning empowering, both at an individual and community level. Many studies have been conducted into the lives of newly arrived communities. Generally, these studies tend to focus on their early years in the UK …

How Does Living In A Rural Location Affect Experiences Of Acquired Vision Impairment?, Rebecca Woods

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

This research explores the lived experiences of adults with acquired sight loss who live in rural areas in Southwest England. There is a scarcity of published academic research with this group. Vision impaired people who live in rural locations are therefore unrecognised sources of vision impairment rehabilitation knowledge. The research is conducted in an interpretivist paradigm. The research is guided by phenomenological understanding, rooted in Merleau-Ponty’s concepts of perception, the centrality of tool-use, and human embodiment. Attention is centred on the process of adapting to sight loss in a domestic setting, placing this research in an experiential, community-based educational context. …

University Sustainability In Times Of Uncertainty: The Impact Of Brexit On Eu Staff And Students, Diane Stanley

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

The Brexit referendum in June 2016, which led to the UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU), generated significant concern and anxiety within the United Kingdom's (UK) Higher Education (HE) sector. The potential impact on EU student and staff recruitment, EU research funding, and collaborations with Europe was uncertain, as many Brexit policies and procedures had not been considered by the government when the Leave outcome was announced. EU staff and students working and studying in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) were left contemplating their future in the UK. This thesis examines the impact of Brexit through Charles Wright …

Collaboration In Higher Education: Theorising Co-Creation For Inclusive Learning And Teaching Praxis, Sandra Abegglen

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

In the last ten years UK Higher Education has undergone radical processes of reconstruction by focusing on output and value for money, thereby reinforcing the myth of meritocracy. Together with still prevalent notions of developmental learning and pyramidical teaching, this has heightened a culture of individualism. Despite an ostensible emphasis on partnership, isolation and ‘silo-isation’ are evident today with lecturers and students experiencing increased pressure to produce and perform alone, leading to little time for thinking and doing together. This situation was exacerbated by COVID-19 with social distancing measures and remote instruction, which have further increased workloads and loneliness, accompanied …