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Empowering Multilingual Learners Through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy And Arts-Based Learning In Burkina Faso, Inoussa Malgoubri

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

This dissertation explores how culturally sustaining pedagogy and arts-based learning can engage multilingual learners of English as an Additional Language (EAL) in Burkina Faso. The research emphasizes the incorporation of local cultural elements and learners' linguistic backgrounds into the EAL curriculum to address challenges such as limited classroom interactions (Somé-Guiebré, 2020) and monolingual instructional strategies with inadequate cultural representation (Ndlangamandla, 2024). This qualitative study integrates culturally relevant materials, including Forum Theater, slam poetry, and griot-style storytelling, to create an engaging and inclusive learning environment. Data consisted of observation, images from arts-based workshops and pre- and post-workshop interviews with selected teachers …

Developing Nigrescence To Resolve The Double Bind Challenges In Community Engagement For Novice Critical Literacy Teacher Educators, Celicia L. Bell

Journal of Research Initiatives

This paper seeks to understand Black racial identity development as defined by Cross's (1991) Nigrescence and how nigrescence aids with solutions to the double bind challenges experienced by novice Black critical literacy teacher educators committed to community engagement during their becoming processes in academia. This paper will explain the double binds of alienating role conflict for novice Black teacher educators between their private identities versus their public roles in community engagement. This paper explores the implications of incorporating the study of nigrescence in the racial literacy experiences of novice Black critical literacy teacher educators.

Biomanipulation, Laura K. Donohue

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Scientific and technological advances in the latter part of the twentieth century transformed the field of biometrics. Carleton Simon, for instance, first postulated using retinal vasculature for biometric identification in 1935, but it was not until forty years later that an Eyedentify patent brought the idea to fruition. In 1937, John Henry Wigmore anticipated using oscilloscopes to identify individuals by speech patterns. Decades later, digitization and speech processors made voiceprint identification possible. In the 1970s, biological discoveries similarly led to the development of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing. And while Alphonse Bertillon in the late nineteenth century postulated iris distinctions, it …

The Effects Of Irrelevant Parameters In Language Acquisition, Yukun Zhang

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This paper investigates the effects of sententially irrelevant syntactic information on language acquisition models and introduces a new variant of the variational learner (VL) called the early decision variational learner (EDVL). EDVL accelerates convergence by locking in parameter values once they reach a threshold, in contrast to VL’s continued adjustments until all parameter values reach threshold. Both learners are grounded in the generative approach to language acquisition. We examine both learners' responses when they only update their parameter values when the input contain the relevant information to determin the parameter value such as prepositions, wh-words, and auxiliary verbs. Chapter 1 …

Quantifying The Individual Bilingual Experience Through A Lens Of Language Dominance, Leeann Stover

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This article-based dissertation addresses some of the issues regarding the multifaceted nature of bi/multilingualism, focusing on the significance of individual variation in the measurement of language dominance. While age of later-acquired languages has traditionally been used to classify bilingual speakers into early and late bilinguals, the construct of language dominance has emerged as an additional criterion of classification. However, despite its utility in capturing dimensions of language experience beyond age of acquisition, the construct of language dominance has its own challenges of measurement and individual variation.

This dissertation focuses on two open-ended challenges in the quantification of language dominance: how …

A Causality-Aware Paradigm For Evaluating Creativity Of Multimodal Large Language Models, Zhongzhan Huang, Shanshan Zhong, Pan Zhou, Shanghua Gao, Marink Zitnik, Liang Lin

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Recently, numerous benchmarks have been developed to evaluate the logical reasoning abilities of large language models (LLMs). However, assessing the equally important creative capabilities of LLMs is challenging due to the subjective, diverse, and data-scarce nature of creativity, especially in multimodal scenarios. In this paper, we consider the comprehensive pipeline for evaluating the creativity of multimodal LLMs, with a focus on suitable evaluation platforms and methodologies. First, we find the Oogiri game—a creativity-driven task requiring humor, associative thinking, and the ability to produce unexpected responses to text, images, or both. This game aligns well with the input-output structure of modern …

Seven Hci Grand Challenges Revisited: Five-Year Progress, Constantine Stephanidis, Gavriel Salvendy, Margherita Antona, Vincent G Duffy, Qin Gao, Waldemar Karwowski, Fiona Nah, Stavroula Ntoa, Pei-Luen Patrick Rau, Keng Siau, Jia Zhou

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Motivated by the rapid technological advancements achieved in the last five years, and the pervasiveness of Artificial Intelligence, the paper investigates the evolving role of Human-Computer Interaction and revisits the seven grand challenges outlined in 2019: human-technology symbiosis, human-environment interactions, ethics, privacy and security, well-being, health and eudaimonia, accessibility and universal access, learning and creativity, and social organization and democracy. Through literature analysis, the paper reevaluates the status of each challenge and highlights emerging requirements. Key findings reveal the widespread impact of Artificial Intelligence across all domains and emphasize the need for improved AI transparency, alignment with human values, and …

Predictors Of Bi-Directional Transitions From Mild Cognitive Impairment In A Diverse Cohort, Mitzi M. Gonzales, Roman Fernandez, Sarah Kremen, Zaldy S. Tan, Amy E. Werry, Xueqiu Jian, John Hart, Donald Royall, Gladys Maestre, Sara Espinoza

School of Medicine Publications

Trajectories following a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are varied and may fluctuate over time. Among diverse ethnic and racial groups, social factors, medical comorbidities, and biases in assessment procedures may contribute to greater heterogeneity in the MCI diagnostic category and affect its prognostic significance for dementia. The study goal was to evaluate the frequency and variables associated with MCI transitions among non-Hispanic White (NHW) and Latinx older adults. Multistate Markov models characterized transitions across diagnostic states (cognitively unimpaired (CU), MCI, dementia) over ten years. Variables associated with transitions were assessed using hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals …

On Quick Switching System With Different Sampling Plans Using Fuzzy Neutrosophic Weighted Poisson Distribution, Vennila J, Basker P, Kripa Josten, Prakash V.S

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The present study provides a new sampling inspection approach to costly and destructive testing that involves the concept of neutrosophic and fuzzy logic in a quick switching system with a normal SSP and a tightened DSP as a reference plan using weighted poisson distribution as a baseline. It includes the neutrosophic and fuzzy weighted poisson distribution associations of this approach, along with normal and tightened acceptance numbers using OC functions, and OC curves using R programming. It strongly focuses on a new sampling approach that uses fuzzy logic for effectively dealing with inconsistent and uncertain terms. And Also, these sets …

A Neutrosophic Superiority And Inferiority Ranking-Based Model For Resource Allocation Efficiency In University Sports Management, Pute Lan, Jiaqi Guo, Changshun Bai

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The evaluation of resource allocation efficiency in university recreational sports aims to analyze and assess the effectiveness of how universities allocate facilities, equipment, and personnel for recreational sports. By collecting relevant data and applying scientific methods, it evaluates the usage and impact of resources to optimize allocation and enhance student participation and satisfaction. This not only helps improve campus sports culture but also promotes students' physical and mental health and overall development. The resource allocation efficiency evaluation in university recreational sports is a MAGDM problem. Recently, the Superiority and Inferiority Ranking (SIR) method has been employed to cope with MAGDM …

The Pamssem Approach For Multi-Attribute Group Decision-Making Using Single-Valued Neutrosophic Sets: Applications To Evaluating The Effectiveness Of College Students' Psychological Education, Xiaolan Liang

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The evaluation of the effectiveness of college students' psychological education involves using scientific approaches and tools to assess the actual impact of psychological education on improving students' mental health, fostering personality development, and enhancing psychological adjustment abilities. The evaluation covers aspects such as students' mental health status, the achievement of educational goals, the effectiveness of interventions, and student satisfaction. Through such evaluations, psychological education programs can be optimized to improve quality, help students better cope with psychological challenges in academics, life, and relationships, and promote their holistic development and healthy growth. The results also provide a scientific basis for continuous …

Determinant Theory Of Quadri-Partitioned Neutrosophic Fuzzy Matrices And Its Application To Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Problems, M. Anandhkumar, S. Prathap, R. Ambrose Prabhu, P. Tharaniya, K. Thirumalai, B. Kanimozhi

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

We explore the determinant theory for Quadri-Partitioned Neutrosophic Fuzzy Matrices (QPNFMs), investigating det ( Padj P ( ) ) det ( ) P their = = det ( properties. adj P P ( ) ) . In this study, we establish that Additionally, we propose a refined method to compute the determinant of matrices with a higher number of rows and columns. Furthermore, an algorithm is developed to address decision-making problems based on QPNFMs. An illustrative example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Boosted Macbeth Technique For Effectiveness Evaluation Of Mental Health Education In College Students Based On Neutrosophic Cubic Sets, Xueyuan Sun

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The evaluation of the effectiveness of college students' mental health education (MHE) aims to assess the impact of related educational activities on students' mental well-being. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, it evaluates improvements in students' psychological resilience, knowledge acquisition, emotional management, and the prevention of mental health issues. Effective evaluation helps optimize educational programs, enhancing students' mental health and promoting their overall development. The effectiveness evaluation of college students’ MHE is multiple-attribute decision-making (MADM). Recently, the MACBETH technique and average model were dealt with MADM. The neutrosophic cubic sets (NCSs) are utilized as a better technique for expressing uncertain …

Some Harmonic Aggregation Operators For N-Valued Neutrosophic Trapezoidal Numbers And Their Application To Multi-Criteria Decision-Making, İrfan Deli̇, Vakkas Uluçay

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

As an extension of the both trapezoidal fuzzy numbers and neutrosophic trapezoidal numbers, the N-valued neutrosophic trapezoidal numbers, which are special neutrosophic multi-sets on subset of real numbers. Harmonic mean is a conservative average, which is widely used to aggregate central tendency data. In the existing literature, the harmonic mean is generally considered as a fusion technique of numerical data information. In this paper, we investigate a method for the situations in which the input data are expressed in neutrosophic values. Therefore, we propose two aggregations are called harmonic aggregation operators and weighted harmonic mean operators on N-valued neutrosophic trapezoidal …

A Hybrid Approach For Educational Development Assessment In Higher Education With Trapezoidal Fuzzy Neutrosophic Analysis: Towards Optimized Decision-Making And Strategic Improvement, Bin Ge

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The rapid advancement of technology has significantly driven social development, leading to transformative changes across various sectors of society. As a result, there are increasing demands for higher standards of management in the education sector. Consequently, reforming education management has become an urgent necessity. In China, higher education plays a pivotal role as the primary platform for cultivating and supplying talent to society. With the emergence of new challenges and heightened societal expectations, ensuring high-quality teaching and implementing effective management reforms in higher education have become critical priorities. The evaluation of innovative development models in higher education management can be …

Enhanced Mcdm Methodology Under Uncertainty: Applications To Energy Efficiency Evaluation Of Mechanical And Electrical Systems In Public Buildings, Daoming Wang

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

Evaluation of Mechanical and Electrical systems in public Buildings is a multi- criteria decision-making problem that has various criteria. These criteria can affect energy efficiency. So, we aim to propose an MCDM method for rate the criteria importance and proposed a set of systems to select the best one in energy firms. This section can increase energy efficiency. We applied the ARAS methodology to rank the alternatives. The ARAS methodology is an MCDM method. It applied into criteria independent. The ARAS method is integrated under the plithogenic set to deal with the vague and uncertainty information. The plithogenic set is …

Enhanced Technique For Operation Evaluation Of Distribution Network Automation Systems Based On The Uncertainty Environment, Dingqun Zhang

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

Evaluation of the distribution network automation systems is a complex task due to it containing various criteria. So, this evaluation is an multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem. We used the VIKOR method to rank the alternatives. The VIKOR method is integrated with the plithogenic set to deal with uncertainty information in the evaluation distribution network automation system. Three experts are invited to evaluate the criteria and alternatives. An application with eight criteria and 12 alternatives is collected to select the highest importance criterion and highest score alternatives. The results show the System Reliability and Stability criterion has the highest importance …

An Uncertainty Framework For Development Level Evaluation Of Preschool Education In Rural And Remote Communities, Jing Liu, Songlin Tang, Biqiong Luo

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

This study proposed an uncertainty framework for evaluation of Integrated Preschool with School in Rural and Remote Communities. This evaluation has various criteria so, we used the concept of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM). There are various MCDM methods to deal with decision making problems. We used the COPRAS method to rank the alternatives. COPRAS is a MCDM method dealing with various criteria and alternatives. This study used the Plithogenic sets to deal with uncertainty and vague information. Three experts are invited to evaluate the criteria and alternatives. Case study with an empirical example with nine criteria and nine alternatives is …

Pentapartitioned Neutrosophic Soft Set With Interval Membership, Mithun Datta, Kalyani Debnath, Surapati Pramanik

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

In this article, the concept of Interval valued pentapartitioned neutrosophic soft set (IVPNSS) has been introduced, which is a hybrid method by combining Pentapartitioned Neutrosophic set and Interval valued soft set. IVPNSS is an ordered pair of a function and an interval valued pentapartitioned neutrosophic set, which is the domain of the function and co-domain is the assembly of all the interval valued pentapartitioned neutrosophic sets (IVPNS). Additionally, some basic operations on IVPNSSs have been defined which plays an imperative role in decision making processes. Some useful properties of IVPNSS are also presented in the article. In the end, the …

Plithogenic Sets-Based Mabac Framework For Evaluating The Quality Of Elderly Care Security Services For Left-Behind Elderly In Rural Areas Of Western China: A Healthcare Industry Perspective, Chenghua Wang, Xiaogang Liu, Jiyun Yao

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

This study proposed a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology for evaluating the elderly care security services. These services consist various criteria, so the MCDM methodology is used. MABAC methodology is a MCDM method used to rank the alternatives. The MABAC methodology is integrated under the plithogenic sets to deal with vague and uncertainty data. The plithogenic sets are an extension of neutrosophic sets to deal with inconsistencies data. The criteria weights are computed in this study. Seven criteria and 13 alternatives are collected in this study. An application with opinions of three experts evaluate the criteria and alternatives. The results show …

Edas Approach For Psychological Education Effectiveness Evaluation Of College Students Based On Plithogenic Sets, Kaiyun Luo

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

This study proposes a framework of using the plithogenic sets and Evaluation based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS) method for psychological education effectiveness evaluation. The uncertainty, vague and inconsistent information are overcoming by using plithogenic numbers and computing the contradiction degrees of attribute values. This study uses the plithogenic multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology to deal with various criteria. The criteria weights are computed and the rank of colleges. This study uses ten criteria and 6 colleges to be ranked and select the optimal one. The results show the Mental Health Improvement criterion has the highest importance and the …

Evaluating Construction Projects Of Urban Road And Bridge Based On Environmental Sustainability With Mcdm Methodology, Zhenhua Sun

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

Evaluation construction projects of road and bridge has various criteria so, we used the concept of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology to deal with these criteria. The MOORA methodology is a MCDM methodology used to rank various projects. MOORA methodology is integrated under the Plithogenic set to deal with uncertainty data. The Plithogenic set is an extension of neutrosophic sets. Three experts are invited to evaluate the criteria and alternatives. This study gathered seven criteria and 13 alternatives. We compute the criteria weights and rank the alternatives. The results show the Environmental Impact Mitigation criterion has the highest weights and …

Global Collaborations To Change The Paradigm Of Oral Health Education And Care: 2024 Adea Annual Session Chair Of The Board Symposium, Proceedings, Herminio L. Perez, Ana L. Lopez Fuentes, Habib Benzian, Greg Chadwick, Maria Cristina Manzanares, Francisco Marichi, Barry Quinn, Dharini Van Der Hoeven, Linda C. Niessen

Faculty and Staff Publications

The 2024 ADEA Annual Session Chair of the Board Symposium titled, Global Collaborations to Change the Paradigm in Oral Health Education and Care, aimed to highlight innovative global education models in oral health. The symposium sought to identify and explore opportunities for collaboration with international partners to ensure sustainable healthcare education to improve the oral health workforce. Additionally, it focused on discovering and adapting innovative solutions and best practices to enhance access to oral health services worldwide.

Patient And Family Involvement In Nursing Bedside Handover: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Of Consumer Perceptions Of Nursing Care, Manonita Ghosh, Beverly O’Connell, Hien Thi Nguyen, Linda Coventry, Amanda Towell-Barnard, Olivia Gallagher, Karen Gullick, Lucy Gent, Rosemary Saunders

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Background/Objectives: Patient and family involvement in bedside handover is a requirement of the national standards on patient safety and quality in Australia. To ensure patient-and-family-centred care, it is essential to understand how patients and families perceive their involvement in nursing bedside handover and what difficulties they face when participating. This study aimed to explore patient and family perceptions of their involvement in nursing bedside handover. Methods: We employed a qualitative descriptive study design with in-depth and semi-structured interviews. Using purposive and convenience sampling, 24 patients and family members were recruited from two adult hospitals in Western Australia between November 2021 …

Ethnomathematics Projects For Projective Geometry In Distance Learning, Wen-Haw Chen, Ja'faruddin Arsyad Ide

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

This article reports on an ethnomathematics project we developed and implemented in an online learning environment to connect with students’ cultural backgrounds and to highlight the links between their environment, culture, and mathematics. The project is based on Simple House Theory, a framework that involves the application of projective geometry in the design of traditional houses and building numbers. Our results show that this approach fostered active participation and engagement despite the standard constraints and challenges of distance learning.

Complete Diversity: The Origin Story, Mark Moller

Florida Law Review

The complete diversity rule is among the most criticized rules in the law of federal jurisdiction. The product of Chief Justice John Marshall’s cryptic decision in Strawbridge v. Curtiss, the rule vests federal diversity jurisdiction only if all adverse parties on a complaint are citizens of different states. Complete diversity protects states’ control of state-law litigation. Yet, the rule is also hard to square with the diversity statutes’ text. As a result, federal jurisdiction mavens have condemned the complete diversity rule as a Marshall invention “out of whole cloth.” This Article offers new historical evidence that proves the critics …

Responding To Technology-Induced Transformations In Writing Education: Conceptualizing And Teaching The Literacies Of Privacy, Originality, And Agency, Shyam Sharma

International Journal of Transformative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

This article explores the transformative impact of technological advancements—especially computers, the internet, and artificial intelligence (AI)—on writing and literacy education. Building on relevant scholarships, it argues that there is an urgent need to update traditional literacy education by adding/extending three additional literacies: the literacies of privacy, originality, and agency. Reconceptualizing privacy, originality, and agency in relation to the reshaping of literacy by emerging technologies in the past few decades, as the article shows, would help advance pedagogies to address the disruption to fundamentals that are worth preserving and building upon. The article addresses the challenges posed by the increasingly public …

Questioning Hearsay's Formalism, Susan E. Provenzano

Florida Law Review

The rule against hearsay has a simple premise: a speaker’s out-of-court statement can be inaccurate, misleading, or downright false. This premise is being eroded by a judicial formalism under which second-hand statements now reach the jury unless the statements make assertions in declarative sentences, such as “Sam, I know you sell drugs.” The same belief conveyed by “Sam, do you still have any of those drugs for sale?” is deemed nonhearsay because it is housed in a question. The problem is that this question presents an incriminating presupposition—the speaker’s expressed assumption that Sam is a drug dealer. This belief becomes …

The Dominance Of The Center And The Control Of The Memory: Systematic Reading Of The Mu'allaqat Of Imru' Al-Qais And Amr Ibn Kulthum, Mohammad B. Qadri, Abed Alkhaleq Esa

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The study attempts to find out the systematic questions in the mu'allaqat of Imru’ al-Qais and Amr ibn Kulthum, relying on a number of theories, perhaps the most important of which are cultural, post-colonial, and hegemonic studies, whether political or masculine. The study follows the approach of cultural and systematic theory that focuses on the text’s systemic boundaries rather than the linguistic and literary boundaries. The study concludes that Imru' al-Qais and Amr can re-read their poetry in terms of their being political, no matter how different their poetic purposes may be, based on their influence on their cultural and …

The Role Of Educational Games In Developing Social Interaction Skills Among Kindergarten Children From The Point Of View Of Nannies In The Jerusalem Governorate, Rabee S. Oteer, Heba Barakat

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

Objective: This study aimed to identify the role of educational games in developing social interaction skills among kindergarten children from the point of view of educators in the Jerusalem Governorate. Methodology: The researchers used the descriptive analytical method in its quantitative and qualitative styles. Results: All fields and the total score obtained a high score, where the field of the role of educational games in developing the creativity skill obtained first place, while the field of the role of educational games in developing the group communication skill obtained second place, and the field of the role of educational games in …