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Rachel’S Saga: Using Adolescent Literature In The Mathematics Classroom As A Form Of Bibliotherapy To Help Students Overcome Math Apprehension, Joseph M. Furner

Transformations

Math anxiety is prevalent and an understanding of mathematics is critical in an increasingly technological/STEM society, teachers must play a role in reducing the levels of math anxiety of learners. More recently, children's and adolescent literature has been recognized now as a means to teaching mathematics to students through the use of stories to make the math concepts relevant and meaningful. Literature may be used as a therapy to reach students who may be frustrated with math and/or who experience math anxiety. Story and picture books such as Math Curse (Scieszka & Smith, 1995) and A Gebra Named Al (Isdell, …

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Technology In The Mathematics Classroom, Francena D. Gargaro

Transformations

The integration of technology into teaching pedagogy, particularly in mathematics instruction, has been a subject of significant. This paper examines the impact of utilizing technology for mathematics education. It reviews multiple categories of technological tools available for classroom use, including hardware, software, and online resources, and discusses their potential benefits and drawbacks. Positive aspects of technology integration include personalized learning experiences, increased engagement and collaboration, and enhanced visualization and conceptual understanding. However, challenges such as dependency on technology, loss of conceptual understanding, distraction, and the widening achievement gap due to inequity are also addressed. The paper explores the role of …

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Twn Holiday Party, The Women's Network

Campus Events

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Guided Meditation And Mindfulness Vr, Douglas And Judith Krupp Library

Campus Events

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From Ballot Box To Mailbox: The Effect Of Vote-By-Mail In Municipal Elections In Utah, Asia L. Reid

FHSS Mentored Research Conference

This study examines the impact of vote-by-mail (VBM) on voter turnout in Utah from 2010–2020, focusing on municipal elections. VBM increased turnout by approximately 10 percentage points (p < 0.001), with the strongest effects in mayoral and special elections, nearly doubling turnout in some cases. While VBM’s impact on national elections is negligible, it plays a crucial role in increasing participation in local elections, where turnout is traditionally lower. These findings highlight VBM’s potential to enhance civic engagement in municipal contexts.

Ucf Pegasus Plan - 3rd Grade - Maps And Regions Of The United States Of America, Madison D. Santos, Maggie Beck, Kylie Vandergriff, Courtney Pennock, Jennifer Campos

Pegasus Plans: Social Studies Unit Plans for Florida Teachers

During this unit, students will explore maps and their key elements through songs and fun activities. Students will also be exploring the United States of America and its 5 regions by exploring each region and its unique features with songs, books, and interactive activities.

Aesthetic Evaluation Of The Atmosphere In Everyday Environments-A Case Study In Ashiyahama Seaside Town, Japan, Mao Matsuyama, Jaeyoung Heo

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

Since the emergence of environmental aesthetics, this field has been expanding its focus into various objects and environments including human-made objects. But still, it seems that we prefer aesthetically good environments and experiences because the word ‘aesthetic’ often automatically implicates some kind of positive value. However, as Timothy Morton suggests with the concept of dark ecology, we have to find a way to love “the disgusting, inert, and meaningless” that we have created and rely on as well, instead of dreaming a romantic and idealized world.

n this interdisciplinary research with aesthetics and environmental science, we will investigate the aesthetic …

The Construction Of Intercultural Temporal And Spatial Atmospheres In Sino-Italian Art Exchange Exhibitions: The Exhibition “Forms Of Time” As An Example, Rui Ji

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

Since the 1990s, Sino-Italian art exchange exhibitions have achieved fruitful results. They juxtapose and integrate different heterogeneous cultures of the two countries, forming an intercultural spatial and temporal atmosphere. This paper analyzes one of these exhibitions, “Forms of Time,” and explores how to build the atmosphere. A joint exhibition between the Chinese artist Tong Yan Runan and Italian artist Giorgio Morandi was held at the Bologna City History Center in 2017. Combining the intercultural origins of Michel Foucault’s heterotopia and the principle of “heterotopias/heterochronies,” this paper discusses two significant aspects. First, it analyzes the “heterogeneity” constructed by the two artists …

Factors Associated With Morbidity Of Totally Implantable Venous Access Device In Patients With Breast Cancer, Burak İlhan, Berkay Kiliç

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: To investigate the possible morbidities associated with the implantation of a totally implantable venous access device (TIVAD) in breast cancer (BC) patients.Materials and methods: Clinical data and developed complications in 546 BC patients with TIVAD between 2017 and 2021 were analyzed retrospectively. Among these patients, 524 (96.0%) patients who underwent TIVAD implantation via the right subclavian vein (SCV) route were examined separately.Results: The mean patient age was 56.1±11.4 years, and the mean patient body mass index was 25.3±6.5. The incidence of early complications was 2.3% (12 cases), and late complications were 2.6% (14 cases). Among these complications, 10 (1.9%) …

The Effect Of Applied Mental Health Courses On College Student Anxiety And Perfectionism, Nathan Thomas Rhees

Theses and Dissertations

University students face a variety of mental health challenges, including increasingly high rates of anxiety. As demand for college counseling services among student populations rises, universities have an increasing need for effective and resource-efficient methods of intervention that support student mental health on their campuses. One area in need of research is that of using university classes themselves as a form of preventive intervention. If effective, this kind of preventive measure might be a particularly attractive method of reducing incidence of mental illness on campus and decreasing demand on university therapy resources. This study involves students at a private university …

Securing Legacy Multivalue Pick Systems Modernized By Restful Web Service Apis, Jacob S. Lee

Theses and Dissertations

With more applications accessible on the Web, organizations with mission-critical legacy systems have had to find a way to stay relevant and competitive by modernizing with RESTful APIs. REST architecture, serving as a guideline rather than a strict protocol, offers significant advantages in terms of scalability, flexibility, and independence; however, its widespread adoption has also led to notable security vulnerabilities and weaknesses. Additionally, there is not one all-encompassing security testing methodology to follow when testing RESTful APIs. For this reason, a new security testing methodology was developed for legacy MultiValue Pick systems that implement the REST API component, MVConnect. The …

What Factors Contribute To Racial Disparities In Asthma Prevalence In The United States?, Ali Jones, Marc A. Garcia

Population Health Research Brief Series

Asthma is strongly associated with the environmental factors in which one lives. Poor environmental factors, such as motor vehicle pollution and lack of emergency room access, lead to a higher prevalence of asthma among Black individuals than White individuals. This brief uses data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to highlight Black-White disparities in asthma from 2019-2021 and demonstrates how living in unhealthy conditions results in a higher burden of asthma in Black communities.

Aud175 Project 3: Acoustics, Sae University College

Exemplars

Acoustics Analysis:

1: RT60 Calculations: Use an RT60 calculator to predict the reverb time of a real room. Measure the actual time and compare the results.

2. Acoustic Treatment. Take RT60 measurements in a space before and after basic acoustic treatment and explain how the treatment is affecting the acoustics.

3. Room Modes Predict the positions of standing waves and room modes in a room and test your predictions with measurements.

Aud215 Project 1: 24t3 Example 1, Sae University College

Exemplars

Documentation for a Native Instruments Kontakt Instrument - with marketing material and summary of recording and coding process - with links to physical submission.

Prenatal Social Disadvantage Is Associated With Alterations In Functional Networks At Birth, Ashley N Nielsen, Regina L Triplett, Lourdes M Bernardez, Ursula A Tooley, Max P Herzberg, Rachel E Lean, Sydney Kaplan, Dominique Meyer, Jeanette K Kenley, Dimitrios Alexopoulos, David Losielle, Aidan Latham, Tara A Smyser, Arpana Agrawal, Josh S Shimony, Joshua J Jackson, J Philip Miller, Marcus E Raichle, Barbara B Warner, Cynthia E Rogers, Chad M Sylvester, Deanna M Barch, Joan L Luby, Christopher D Smyser

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Childhood exposure to social disadvantage is a major risk factor for psychiatric disorders and poor developmental, educational, and occupational outcomes, presumably because adverse exposures alter the neurodevelopmental processes that contribute to risk trajectories. Yet, given the limited social mobility in the United States and other countries, childhood social disadvantage is frequently preceded by maternal social disadvantage during pregnancy, potentially altering fetal brain development during a period of high neuroplasticity through hormonal, microbiome, epigenetic, and immune factors that cross the placenta and fetal blood-brain barrier. The current study examines prenatal social disadvantage to determine whether these exposures in utero are associated …

African Women Custodians: Teaching, Toponymy And Tacit Reverie In Heritage Education, Tokie Laotan-Brown

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

This paper investigates the critical role of women in African cultures as guardians of cultural heritage. It explores their central function in transmitting traditional ecological knowledge and practices across generations through established pedagogical methods, toponymic knowledge systems (place-names within cultural landscapes), and the cultivation of tacit knowledge. The paper emphasizes the significance of women's contributions to environmental education, often overlooked or undervalued within Western scientific paradigms. This marginalization restricts access to resources and participation in decision-making processes. It argues for the integration of traditional knowledge systems, informed by women's expertise, into formal education and pedagogy. This inclusion serves to validate …

Lower Limb Prosthetics Impact On Social Participation, Kayla Jones, Zeida Gutierrez

Fall 2024 OTD Capstone Symposium

Amputations can cause a lack of motivation which will hinder occupational performance and participation after limb loss (Şimsek et al., 2020). The fit of an individual’s prosthetic is crucial to allow for an increase in participation (Diment et al., 2022). Occupational therapists treat the limb loss community but there is little evidence in the literature to support social participation with the use of a prosthetic limb. There is a need for new research to better understand how the use of a prosthetic can impact an individual’s social participation.

Challenging The Glass Ceiling: Gender And Identity In Kanan Devi’S My Homage To All (2013), Raju Rana, Lipika Kankaria, Sutanuka Banerjee

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

This paper deals with the Bengali stage and screen actor Kanan Devi’s autobiography titled Shobarey Aami Nomi (originally published in 1973) which was translated as My Homage to All (2013) and tries to analyse the concept of glass ceiling in terms of her myriad experiences over the course of her career. The paper situates the transitions taking place in the 1920s and 1930s in the cinematic space and the emergence of female actors in the public sphere. Against this background, the paper attempts to examine how Kanan Devi defied the prevalent patriarchal set up of the theatres and studios and …

Impact Of Prior Inotuzumab Ozogamicin Treatment On Brexucabtagene Autoleucel Outcomes In Adults With B-Cell All, Ibrahim Aldoss, Gregory W Roloff, Rawan Faramand, Noam E Kopmar, Chenyu Lin, Anjali S Advani, Simone E Dekker, Vishal K Gupta, Timothy E O'Connor, Nikeshan Jeyakumar, Ibrahim N Muhsen, Yannis Valtis, Amy Zhang, Katharine Miller, Katherine Sutherland, Kaitlyn C Dykes, Mohamed Ahmed, Evan Chen, Hector Zambrano, Danielle Bradshaw, Santiago Mercadal, Marc Schwartz, Sean Tracy, Bhagirathbhai Dholaria, Michal Kubiak, Akash Mukherjee, Navneet Majhail, Minoo Battiwalla, Luke Mountjoy, Shahbaz A Malik, John Mathews, Paul Shaughnessy, Aaron C Logan, Abdullah Ladha, Maryann Stefan, Caitlin Guzowski, Rasmus T Hoeg, Talal Hilal, Jozal Moore, Matthew Connor, Kristen M O'Dwyer, Laquisa C Hill, Stephanie B Tsai, Joshua Sasine, Melhem M Solh, Catherine J Lee, Vamsi K Kota, Divya Koura, Muthu Veeraputhiran, Betsy Blunk, Caspian Oliai, Jessica T Leonard, Noelle V Frey, Jae H Park, Marlise R Luskin, Veronika Bachanova, Ahmed Galal, Michael R Bishop, Wendy Stock, Ryan D Cassaday, Vinod Pullarkat, Bijal D Shah, Lori S Muffly

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The effect of prior inotuzumab ozogamicin (InO) treatment on brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu-cel) outcomes remains unclear in adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We conducted a retrospective multicenter analysis of 189 patients with relapsed/refractory ALL treated with brexu-cel. Over half of the patients received InO before brexu-cel (InO exposed). InO-exposed patients were more heavily pretreated (P = .02) and frequently had active marrow disease before apheresis (P = .03). Response rate and toxicity profile after brexu-cel were comparable for InO-exposed and InO-naïve patients; however, consolidation therapy after brexu-cel response was used at a higher rate in InO-naïve patients (P = .005). …

Angiogenin-Catalyzed Cleavage Within Trna Anticodon-Loops Identified By Cp-Rna-Seq, Megumi Shigematsu, Ryuma Matsubara, Justin Gumas, Takuya Kawamura, Yohei Kirino

Computational Medicine Center Faculty Papers

Angiogenin (Ang), an endoribonuclease belonging to the RNase A superfamily, cleaves the anticodon-loops of tRNAs to produce tRNA-half molecules. Although previous studies have demonstrated the involvement of Ang in the pathobiology of neurodegenerative disorders, the characterization of Ang-generated tRNA halves in neuronal cells remains limited. This is partly due to the technical limitations of standard RNA-seq methods, which cannot capture Ang-generated RNAs containing a 2',3'-cyclic phosphate (cP). In this report, we established an Ang-treatment model using SH-SY5Y, a human neuroblastoma cell line, and demonstrated Ang-dependent accumulation of tRNA halves. By performing cP-RNA-seq, which selectively captures cP-containing RNAs, we identified Ang-generated …

Workforce Profile Of International Teachers In South Carolina For 2022–23, Angela Starrett, Brian Cartiff, Svetlana Dmitrieva, Ruiqin Gao

Reports

International teachers in the US primarily fall into two categories: those on J-1 or J-2 visas under the Exchange Visitor Program and those holding employment visas, such as H-1B, EB-2, or EB-3. J-1 and J-2 visas are aimed at cultural and educational exchange. Those who receive them are authorized under the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961 to teach for up to 5 years with a short-term international teaching certificate before returning to their home countries. Employment visas (H-1B, EB-2, or EB-3) are for specialty occupations, advanced degree holders, or those filling a labor shortage, respectively. International teachers with this visa type …

Workforce Profile Of Alternatively Certified Teachers In South Carolina For 2022–23, Brian Cartiff, Svetlana Dmitrieva, Angela Starrett

Reports

Alternatively certified teachers constitute a growing portion of public school educators in the US. This is a trend that is expected to continue, due to the declining enrollment in traditional teacher preparation programs across recent years.

As such, this report examines the profiles of alternatively certified teachers working in South Carolina public schools (those currently enrolled in alternative certification programs and those who have completed them). The analysis delves into the demographics and placements of these teachers and explores how their employment correlates with teacher attrition rates. Altogether, it offers preliminary insights into the roles of alternatively certified educators in …

The Impact Of Texas’ Esg Ban On Financial And Environmental Outcomes, Porter Olson, Owen Benner

Student Works

This study examines the impact of Texas’ Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investment restrictions using difference-in-differences, quantile regression, and synthetic control methodologies. Our analysis spans economic indicators, environmental outcomes, and financial performance metrics. While we find modest effects across multiple dimensions, including a negative but statistically insignificant impact on overall economic activity, the results suggest heterogeneous impacts across outcome distributions. These findings contribute to the ongoing debate about the economic and environmental implications of ESG-related policies.

Precision Reclamation For Improving Mine-Land Reclamation Using Plant-Soil Chemical Analysis And Geospatial Technology, Haley Moon

Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this research was to assess plant-soil relationships and evaluate the use of multispectral drone imagery in predicting revegetation potential and soil properties at mine-land waste rock dumps. Field sampling of soils and vegetation was conducted, followed by Bayesian statistical significance tests and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to determine key soil variables influencing plant communities. Results indicated that pH and electrical conductivity (ECe) were significant factors in the LDA and identified several plant communities that were associated with similar soil types. In parallel, regression analyses were employed to correlate multispectral drone imagery with soil characteristics and plant cover. …

The Assessment Of Liquefaction Surface Ejecta Predictions On A New Large Dataset From The 2012 Emilia Romagna, Italy Earthquakes, Holten T. Flinders

Theses and Dissertations

The presence of a non-liquefied crust overlying a liquefied layer has been found to have a significant effect on sand ejecta and surficial liquefaction damage, as observed by Ishihara (1985). Following the 2010-2011 Canterbury seismic sequence in New Zealand, almost no foundation deformation occurred in areas with liquefaction susceptible soils overlain by at least a 3 m-thick crust [3]. In contrast, the 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquake in Italy provided surface evidence of liquefaction despite 6- to 10 m-thick crusts. Several researchers have proposed liquefaction prediction models [e.g. LPI [6], Ishihara Curves [8], LSN [9], LPIISH [10] and the methods proposed by …

The Long Shadow Of Infection: The Long-Term Implications Of Herpes Simplex Virus And M. Tuberculosis Infection, Lydia Howell

Theses and Dissertations

Infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and type 1 diabetes (T1D), have traditionally been seen as distinct, with separate etiologies and courses of disease. Recent research has shown that infection and autoimmune disease are more closely woven together than previously thought; certain pathogens like Epstein-Barr virus and M. tuberculosis have been shown to cause long-term disruption to the immune system, for example (Bordignon et al 2011, #1) (Zhang et al 2023, #2) (Bjornevik et al 2023, #3). Conversely, a distinct pattern has emerged in developed countries where as rates of infection fall, rates of autoimmune disease …

The Oak Springs Biker, Sarah Rogers

Master's Projects

More often than not in teen or young adult-oriented media, the characters and circumstances are ordinarily categorized into archetypes to replicate real-life conditions. Said archetypes in turn periodically portray fabricated or discrediting representations of certain individuals and characteristics, which is what prompted me to revert these representations (specifically those of adolescent characters and contexts) through an artistic, potent deliverable: a screenplay. My screenplay, The Oak Springs Biker, explores numerous adolescents' narratives within a reputable, correctional boarding school, and how these adolescents' lives intersect amid their personal growth and evolvement journeys. Procedurally, I examined six films and their respective screenplays, …

The Link December 10, 2024, Access To Justice Institute

The Link Newsletter

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Predicting Chaotic Systems With Quantum Echo-State Networks, Erik Connerty, Ethan N. Evans, Gerasimos Angelatos, Vignesh Narayanan

Publications

Recent advancements in artificial neural networks have enabled impressive tasks on classical computers, but they demand significant computational resources. While quantum computing offers potential beyond classical systems, the advantages of quantum neural networks (QNNs) remain largely unexplored. In this work, we present and examine a quantum circuit (QC) that implements and aims to improve upon the classical echo-state network (ESN), a type of reservoir-based recurrent neural networks (RNNs), using quantum computers. Typically, ESNs consist of an extremely large reservoir that learns high-dimensional embeddings, enabling prediction of complex system trajectories. Quantum echo-state networks (QESNs) aim to reduce this need for prohibitively …