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Covid-19 And Access To Healthcare At The Crossing Of Race, Poverty, And Rurality, Shavonnie R. Carthens

Journal of Law and Health

Black Americans make up 7.7 percent of the rural population in the United States. During the COVID-19 pandemic many in this population found themselves at a unique intersection of inequity - being Black, poor, and residing in a rural area. Poverty is a known contributor to negative health outcomes and is a risk factor for death from coronavirus infection. The association between race and poverty, when examining infectivity and mortality rates of COVID-19, have disproportionately devastated Black Americans and other minorities. Further, research indicates the presence of a general “rural mortality penalty” wherein rural Black communities have higher death rates …

Marching Backwards Into Battle: On The Use Of Dignity / "كرامــة" In The Syrian Revolution, Stefan Tarnowski

Regards

The concept of dignity takes on a strange complexion when thinking through its double use by both the regime and its opponents in Syria since 2011. Like Bashar al-Assad, dignity seems to have two bodies. One belongs to the period of the Arab revolutions, events that some scholars once hoped would herald the end of postcoloniality (Dabashi Hamid); the other to the anticolonial struggle for dignity enshrined in the postcolonial state (Harkin Juliette). Drawing on Quentin Skinner and Reinhart Koselleck, the essay proposes a method for analysing lexical continuity and semantic shift in the lexicon of the Syrian revolution. Through …

How Do Scholars Conceptualize And Conduct Health And Digital Health Literacy Research? Survey Of Federally Funded Scholars, Mayank Sakhuja, Brooks Yelton Ma, Lmsw, Simone Kabarana, Lauren Schaurer, Jancham Rachel Rumthao, Samuel Noblet, Michelle Angelique Arent, Mark M. Macauda Phd, Mph, Lorie Donelle Phd, Rn, Fcan, Daniela B. Friedman Ph.D.

Faculty Publications

Background: The concept of health literacy (HL) is constantly evolving, and social determinants of health (SDoH) have been receiving considerable attention in public health scholarship. Since a 1-size-fits-all approach for HL fails to account for multiple contextual factors and as a result poses challenges in improving literacy levels, there is a need to develop a deeper understanding of the current state of HL and digital health literacy (DHL) research. Objective: This study examined scholars’ conceptualization and scope of work focused on HL and DHL. Methods: Using a search string, investigators (N=2042) focusing on HL, DHL, or both were identified from …

How Do Scholars Conceptualize And Conduct Health And Digital Health Literacy Research? A Survey Of Federally Funded Scholars, Mayank Sakhuja, Brooks Yelton, Simon Kavarana, Lauren Schaurer, Jancham Rachel Rumthao, Samuel Noblet, Michelle Angelique Arent Rd, Mph, Cscs, Cissn, Mark M. Macauda Phd, Mph, Lorie Donelle Phd, Rn, Fcan, Daniela B. Friedman Ph.D.

Publications

Background: The concept of health literacy (HL) is constantly evolving, and social determinants of health (SDoH) have been receiving considerable attention in public health scholarship. Since a 1-size-fits-all approach for HL fails to account for multiple contextual factors and as a result poses challenges in improving literacy levels, there is a need to develop a deeper understanding of the current state of HL and digital health literacy (DHL) research.

Objective: This study examined scholars’ conceptualization and scope of work focused on HL and DHL.

Methods: Using a search string, investigators (N=2042) focusing on HL, DHL, or both were identified from …

Sijniyya: New Prison Songs In Sednaya, Eylaf Bader Eddin

Regards

The research Sijniyya: New Prison Songs in Sednaya seeks to study and analyze musical practices from the perspective of personal expression, rather than through the lens of authority and control, contrasting with studies that primarily focus on Syrian prisons. This approach is based on the belief that focusing on personal practices will indirectly reveal the power dynamics within Syrian prisons, especially in Sednaya. Unexpectedly, and by chance, a conversation with a friend suggested that even Syrian torture facilities may hold traces of musical practices. To explore this, the research examines political prisoners affiliated with the Syrian Communist Party, who were …

Zero Degree Cinema Documenting The Syrian Uprising, And The Utopia Of Cinema, Zaher Omareen

Regards

This research investigates “Zero Degree Cinema” in the 2011 Syrian uprising, focusing on how low-resolution imagery, handheld filming, and ambient sound contribute to the formation of a distinctive audiovisual identity in documentary cinema. By employing theoretical frameworks from Roland Barthes, John Ellis, and Hito Steyerl, the study contextualizes Syrian protest videos within the broader landscape of documentary film movements. It reveals the impact of spontaneous, citizen-led documentation in conflict zones and examines how experiences of fear and mortality inform new artistic characteristics in this genre. The findings highlight the innovative use of technology and aesthetics in capturing the immediacy of …

Preface Vol. 25 No. 3, Susi Moeimam

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Borrowing Within Malayic; The Role Of Exotericity, David Gil

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This paper presents a general survey of borrowing within the Malayic language family, in which both the source and the recipient languages are either varieties of Malay/Indonesian, or other closely-related Malayic languages. The survey provides empirical evidence for a generalization governing the directionality of borrowing, specifying that the donor variety tends to be higher than the recipient variety on a scale of exotericity, making reference to a set of features of a broadly sociolinguistic nature. In terms of a sociolinguistically-based typology of Malayic varieties, the most frequent instances of borrowing within Malayic are from Standard Malay and Indonesian into koiné …

Seventeenth-Century Malay Wordlists And Their Potential For Etymological Scholarship, Tom G. Hoogervorst

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Early-modern wordlists and dictionaries provide an underexplored area for etymological scholarship. By critically comparing different sources written under the aegis of the Dutch East India Company, often compiled by autodidacts who were unable to gain fluency, this article makes some generalizations about the etymology and contact history of early-seventeenth-century Malay. I demonstrate that the Dutch materials provide concrete instances to study lexical change, both phonologically and semantically. When used advisedly, the material also casts light on the nature of language contact in an era in which the Indo-Malayan Archipelago was at the nexus of trade networks connecting speakers of Arabic, …

Kontroversi Écriture Inclusive Di Prancis, Veronica Veronica, Airin Miranda, Myrna Laksman-Huntley

Multikultura

Bahasa Prancis memiliki unsur maskulin dan feminin yang kuat dalam tatanan bahasanya. Dominasi bentuk atau aspek maskulinitas pun sangat terasa. Hal inilah yang menjadi kekosongan dan masalah bagi komunitas LGBTQ+ dan kaum perempuan di Prancis. Mereka berpendapat Bahasa Prancis bersifat seksis sehingga diperlukan bahasa yang dapat mempresentasikan identitas gender mereka secara setara dengan kelompok gender lainnya. Atas inisiasi Haut Conseil à l’Égalité entre les femmes et les hommes (HCE), diterbitkan sebuah buku panduan écriture inclusive dengan tujuan untuk mendorong dan mengedukasi pengaplikasian écriture inclusive pada berbagai komunikasi publik. Hal ini menimbulkan perdebatan panjang di antara masyarakat Prancis. Dalam perdebatan mengenai …

Seni Tradisional Di Era Digital Dan Upaya Sanggar Sawo Kecik Dalam Melestarikan Tari Topeng Cirebon Dengan Pendekatan Semiotik, Nganan Sutisna, Nanang Sutisna

Multikultura

Sanggar Seni Tari dan Budaya Sawo Kecik berperan penting dalam kegiatan pelestarian dan pengembangan Tari Topeng Cirebon di era digital melalui berbagai kegiatan yang dipublikasikan secara online. Penelitian ini menganalisis secara semiotika data kegiatan sanggar dari 2022 hingga 2024 yang menyoroti upaya sanggar untuk mempertahankan identitas budaya Cirebon dalam konteks perubahan pola konsumsi budaya akibat digitalisasi. Artikel ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif dengan data yang diperoleh dari dokumentasi kegiatan, artikel daring, dan wawancara dengan pemangku kepentingan. Berdasarkan hasil temuan penelitian ditemukan bahwa sanggar tidak hanya menyelenggarakan pementasan tari tradisional tetapi juga memanfaatkan teknologi digital untuk meningkatkan aksesibilitas dan kolaborasi dengan …

Developing Animated Video-Based Learning With Powtoon To Foster Critical Thinking In Data Presentation, Tomi Listiawan, Jane Eka Sari Radiyah

Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran

Critical thinking is a vital skill for students to interpret data and make informed decisions, especially in data presentation. This study focuses on developing and evaluating animated video-based learning content using Powtoon software to enhance critical thinking skills in data presentation, following the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) instructional design model. In the Analyze phase, a needs assessment was conducted to identify gaps in students' critical thinking skills regarding data interpretation. During the Design and Develop phases, instructional videos were created to target key critical thinking components, including analysis, interpretation, and evaluation. In the Implement phase, the content …

The Colby Echo (2024-10-31), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly during the academic year, 1898-present.

Avoiding Common Pitfalls In Medical Writing: An Editor’S Advice, Deanna Erin Conners

Milne Open Textbooks

Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Medical Writing is a useful companion text to comprehensive style guides for the biomedical sciences. This book walks authors through best practices for writing scientific papers and grant proposals in a concise and accessible format. Authors and teachers worldwide will benefit from these shared insights of an experienced scientific editor.

Read this book online at: https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/medical-writing/

Introduction Lexical Borrowing In Indonesia; Some Introductory Thoughts, Alexander Adelaar, Tom G. Hoogervorst

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.

Austroasiatic Loanwords In Austronesian Languages, Waruno Mahdi

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This paper investigates lexical borrowing from Austroasiatic into Austronesian languages. It does so for the following contact stages and interactions between these languages following the Austronesian overseas dispersal: (Stage 1) early contacts between Austroasiatic and Malayo-Polynesian particularly in the early Neolithic in the area encompassing mainland Southeast Asia, Northwest Kalimantan, and Sumatra, often resulting in the transmission of faunal terms; (Stage 2) interactions between speakers of Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Chamic languages during the early development of statehood; (Stage 3) exchange of terms in the period of early Khmer, Cham, and Malay kingdoms. Some of these transmissions can be shown to have …

Malay (And Javanese) Loanwords In Frederick De Houtman’S Malagasy Wordlist, Alexander Adelaar

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Frederick de Houtman’s Malagasy language material (1603) consists of a wordlist and short prose texts. It represents a dialect spoken more than four hundred years ago in the Antongil Bay region on Madagascar’s northeast coast, which does not have a documented modern descendant. This chapter investigates Malay and (to a lesser extent) Javanese loanwords found in this material. Most of these loanwords are demonstrably old and can be dated to an era preceding the Malagasy migrations to eastern Africa thirteen centuries ago. They provide invaluable insights into the world of the early migrants to Madagascar and the degree of their …

Korean Loanwords In Indonesian; A Corpus-Based Study, Suhandano Suhandano, Ria Febrina, Arina Isti'anah, Hwang Who Young

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

The borrowing of foreign lexicon in Indonesian is well documented. However, to date, research on Korean loanwords has remained unavailable. Against the backdrop of the Korean Wave (hallyu), this paper discusses the phonological adaptation of Korean loanwords in Indonesian and the way these loanwords contribute to the Indonesian lexical landscape. By collecting data on Korean culture from a selection of Instagram and Twitter (now X) accounts from the Indonesian community, our corpus shows that besides nouns, Korean loanwords also include adjectives and verbs. We identified 52 loanwords related to the domain of popular culture, including film, music, and …

The Indirect Effects Of Authentic Value And Attitude Toward Food Vlogs On The Link Between Trustworthiness And Visit Intentions: A Serial Mediation Analysis, Jean Paolo Lacap, Ronnie Moranas, Kristina Paula Domasig, April Irish Rey, Trishia Nicole Perlas

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Research Aims: The current study investigates how food vloggers’ trustworthiness influences viewers’ visit intention toward the featured food destination. Furthermore, it examines whether food vlogs’ authentic value and viewers’ attitudes toward food vlogs serially mediate the link between source trustworthiness and visit intentions.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The respondents were identified using a purposive sampling technique. Causal-predictive research design and path modelling via partial least squares was employed to measure the hypothesised relationships.

Research Findings: Source trustworthiness has a significant and positive influence on attitudes toward food vlogs and food vlog’s authentic value. Additionally, the food vlog’s authentic value was found to have …

Exploring The Efficacy Of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation On Post-Stroke Aphasia: A Single-Subject Design Study, Aswathy Anakkathil Pradeep

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Background: Anomia or word-retrieval difficulty is a common long-term language impairment for individuals with post-stroke aphasia. Several behavioral interventions like semantic feature analysis (SFA) have shown positive results in naming outcomes, but continue to face difficulty in generalizing the treatment effects to untreated items. With recent advancements in technology, researchers are developing newer neuromodulation devices that aim at promoting neuroplasticity and neural reorganization in post-stroke individuals. Transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) is a relatively new technology that aims at stimulating the auricular branch of the vagal nerve to promote neuroplasticity. Studies have shown taVNS to potentially facilitate positive improvements …

Intensification Strategies Of Southern Arizona Bilinguals, Sadie E. Seilhan

LSU Master's Theses

The present thesis explores the intensification strategies employed by bilingual Spanish-English speakers in Southern Arizona, focusing on six distinct devices: lexical, phrasal, repetition, reformulation, hyperbole, and code-switching. While previous research has largely centered on adverbial and lexical intensifiers in monolingual contexts, this study broadens the scope by examining how bilingual speakers leverage their unique linguistic repertoire to amplify their speech. Using a sociopragmatic framework, the analysis reveals a marked preference for lexical intensification, which accounts for more than half of the recorded instances, with phrasal intensification and repetition following closely. Despite its lower frequency, code-switching stands out as a particularly …

Preparing Students With Intellectual Disability For Science, Technology, Engineering, And Math Careers, Yewon Lee, Mariya T. Davis, Eric J. Lopez, Gulnoza Yakubova, Ingrid Cumming

All Faculty Scholarship (Archived)

Research indicates that outcomes for individuals with intellectual disability in post-secondary education (PSE), employment, and independent living lag in comparison to the general population. Students with disabilities, particularly those with intellectual disability, are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers and face barriers in accessing STEM courses and career opportunities. Furthermore, students with intellectual disability are disproportionately affected by the impact of unemployment and underemployment and overall quality of life. Providing students with intellectual disability with opportunities for STEM instruction and access to STEM careers could help them with employment in the field. Therefore, the call exists for …

Remote Community Energy Insecurity – Some Preliminary Observations On Electricity Disconnections, Energy Costs And The Transition To Renewables In The Kimberley, Kathryn Thorburn, Anna Dwyer, Stephen Kinnane

Talking Heads Seminar Series

As Australia adopts a Carbon Neutral future, energy insecurity in remote Indigenous Australia remains a major impediment to equity and development.

“Energy security” is the term used to describe reliability of electricity connection, and for the vast majority of Australians, energy security is not a challenge. This is not the case for many remote Indigenous households, including approx. 1200 in the Kimberley, who have a prepaid system for their power connection.

Electricity disconnections are disproportionately high for households that have a prepay system, where consumers must pay in advance for their power. When their credit runs out, they are immediately …

The Risks Of Health Data Commodification In The Eu Digital Market, Chiara Gallese

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

This article explores the health data commodification phenomenon in the European Union’s digital market. The emergence of a health marketplace, and the increasing utilisation of health data by both public and private entities, have raised significant concerns about citizens’ rights. This study examines the risks of health data commodification, the EU’s efforts to facilitate data sharing and reuse through the Digital Strategy Corpus of law (DSC) as well as its potential implications on the rights of data subjects. The article investigates the ongoing scholarly debate surrounding the commodification of personal data, and its ethical and legal dimensions. The interdisciplinary approach …

An Exploration Of Students’ Lived Experience Of Being Remote Learners: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, Sahar Salem Alghanmi

International Journal for Research in Education

This study sought to explore a deeper understanding of the lived experience of students who underwent remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Following the qualitative phenomenology research paradigm, seven demographically diverse participants took part from different universities. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was employed to explore how participants made sense of their experiences. A rigorous analysis of students’ reflections and online interviews revealed three overarching themes: constructive experience, deconstructive experience, and futuristic sense-making of remote learning practice. This study proposes various solutions and evidence-based recommendations to enhance students’ experiences of remote learning, as well …

A Multimodal Study Of Selected Campaign Posters Of All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate In Nigerian 2023 General Elections, Davidson Monday Omole, Bibian Ogoala

Informasi

The relevance of multimodal features of campaign posters in disseminating intended information to the Nigerian electorate during elections is the focus of this research. The study examines six selected political campaign posters of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 General Elections conducted in Nigeria. The posters, technically designed, are analyses with a view to highlighting their visual and linguistic components. The analysis is also intended to determine their effectiveness in persuading the electorate to vote for the candidate. The posters are chosen because they symbolically express the candidate’s and his party’s identity …

The College Voice, Vol. 62, No. 3 [October 30, 2024], Connecticut College

2024-2025

No abstract provided.

It Does Not Matter Who You Are, But It Does Matter How You Teach And What You Know, Areej Radhi Alruwaili Dr.

Journal of Arabic Sciences and Humanities

A growing number of studies have explored how students prefer Native English Speaker Teachers (NESTs) (e.g. Elyas & Alghofaili, 2019). On the other hand, research has also emerged to investigate the qualities that can help to develop an effective English teacher (e.g. Tatipang, Manuas, Wuntu, Rorintulus & Lengkoan, 2022). This paper tries to examine English teachers’ attitudes towards native-speakerism and teaching effectiveness, from the perspective of NESTs and Non-native English Speaker Teachers (NNESTs) working in Saudi Arabia. The findings reveal that an effective English teacher, as perceived by the teachers, is flexible, motivated, self-confident and builds rapport with students. Teacher …

Question Answering For Electronic Health Records: Scoping Review Of Datasets And Models, Jayetri Bardhan, Kirk Roberts, Daisy Zhe Wang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Question answering (QA) systems for patient-related data can assist both clinicians and patients. They can, for example, assist clinicians in decision-making and enable patients to have a better understanding of their medical history. Substantial amounts of patient data are stored in electronic health records (EHRs), making EHR QA an important research area. Because of the differences in data format and modality, this differs greatly from other medical QA tasks that use medical websites or scientific papers to retrieve answers, making it critical to research EHR QA.

Objective: This study aims to provide a methodological review of existing works on …

Meta-Analysis Of Self-Adjustment Factors Of Migrant Students In Indonesia, Nirwana Permatasari, Nirwana Permatasari, Dewi Retno Suminar, Wiwin Hendriani

Psychological Research on Urban Society

The increasing trend of higher education has led to a desire for higher quality education among migrant students. Migrant students typically face a variety of challenges from the moment they leave home, including the need to adapt to both new cultures and norms, as well as new educational experiences. The purpose of this study is to examine the adjustment factors of migrant students in Indonesia by synthesizing findings from relevant studies. The method used is meta-analysis, this analysis explores the multifaceted relationship between various factors and the adjustment process of migrant students in the context of higher education in Indonesia. …