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How Narrative Storytelling On Social Media Develops Relationships Between Authors And Readers, Madelyn Woodson

Theses - ALL

With the rise of social media being used to sell products and connect communities, it is important to understand how creators are developing relationships with viewers. A specific community where this is evident is BookTok, where readers and authors can connect over shared interests. Understanding how, in this case, relationships are built between readers and authors can be broken down by looking at elements of trust, satisfaction, and commitment which stem from the Organization Public Relationship (OPR) theory developed by Hon and Grunig (1999). Research has shown that personalization and storytelling when creating content and communicating with publics develops a …

Tracing The Literature On Central Bank Communication: A Bibliometric Review, Kanupriya Madan, Amlendu Dubey

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

This paper examines past and current research trends in central bank communication, as well as the thematic evolution and dominant themes in the field, through a bibliometric analysis of research works published in Scopus-indexed journals from 2006 to 2023. The study aims to map the intellectual structure of the field, identify key themes, and highlight influential work. Our key findings are as follows. First, the literature is classified into four primary domains: types of central bank communication, macroeconomic effects, communication channels, and analytical methodologies. Second, the main findings include the importance of formal communication, such as minutes of monetary policy …

Video Education On The Knowledge Of Cosmetics And Skin Care Contact Dermatitis: A Cross-Sectional Study, Muhammad Rizkinanda Prasetyo, Damayanti Damayanti, Lilik Herawati, Sylvia Anggraeni

Journal of General - Procedural Dermatology and Venereology Indonesia

Background: Contact dermatitis is an immunologic reaction to irritants, allergens, and is commonly associated with cosmetics and skin-care products. Limited knowledge of this condition increases the risk of improper product use and delays preventive measures. Therefore, education plays a crucial role in fostering a comprehensive understanding of its etiology and prevention. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a video-based educational intervention in enhancing women’s knowledge regarding contact dermatitis related to cosmetics and skin-care products.

Methods: This cross-sectional study collected primary data from 100 female academics aged 17–45 at Airlangga University, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Knowledge of contact dermatitis …

Difficulties In Diagnosing Primary Cutaneous Mucormycosis: Excluding Mycobacterium Other Than Tuberculosis, Chinda Liaska Indah, Sri Linuwih Susetyo Wardhani Menaldi, Sondang Pandjaitan Sirait, Sandra Widaty

Journal of General - Procedural Dermatology and Venereology Indonesia

Background: Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by a group of opportunistic fungi from the class Zygomycetes. Primary cutaneous mucormycosis is the most common type of mucormycosis in immunocompetent patients. This study reported a case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis with nonspecific clinical characteristics and various supporting examinations. The patient was successfully treated with in toto excision and oral ketoconazole.

Case Illustration: A 40-year-old female presented with purplish-red spots and painless lumps on the second finger of her right hand, which had been present for a year. She had a history of frequent fish tank cleaning and gardening but …

Immigration And Public Support For Social Policy: Accounting For The Gender Composition Of Immigrant Populations, Achim Edelmann, Friedolin Merhout, Amie Bostic

Sociology Faculty Publications

With increasing global mobility, scholars have debated whether immigration undermines welfare states. So far, no conclusive evidence of a consistent association between immigration and social policy support has emerged. This might be due to treating immigrants as a monolithic mass. To begin addressing this, the authors account for the gender composition of immigrant populations. Drawing on research on attitudes toward immigration, immigration policy, and gendered tropes of immigrants, the authors develop two hypotheses detailing how the share of women among immigrants moderates that population’s impact on individuals’ social policy support. Testing these hypotheses on International Social Survey Programme and United …

Learning Engagement In Primary Education: Development And Validation Of A Contextualized Scale For Indonesian Elementary School Students, Meidias Abror Wicaksono, Edy Purwanto, Tri Joko Raharjo, Diani Akmalia Apsari, Bambang Subali, Nuni Widiarti

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This study aims to develop and examine the validity and reliability of a contextual learning engagement scale for elementary school students. The scale was develop based on the learning motivation and behavior theory by Schunk, Pintrich, and Meece, and interest dimensions from Ainley. A quantitative approach using instrument development design was employed. Data analysis was conducted using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to evaluate the construct structure. A total of 330 students from grades 4, 5 and 6 were selected through cluster random sampling. The results revealed that the scale consists of four dimensions: learning enthusiasm, learning persistence, learning autonomy, and …

Cultural Mistrust Framework Of Mental Help-Seeking And Internalized Model Minority Myth, Jin Zhao

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Objective: Cultural mistrust can serve as an intermediary variable indirectly facilitating the association between racial microaggressions and unfavorable mental help-seeking attitudes. This study sought to broaden the cultural mistrust framework’s applicability to Asian and Asian American college students by (1) replicating the framework using a national multi-campus sample and (2) integrating internalized model minority myth (i.e., unrestricted mobility and achievement orientation) via a conditional process approach. Methods: This study used cross-sectional data from a national sample of Asian and Asian American college students (N = 180, Mage = 21.47 [SD=1.84]). Path models estimated indirect and direct associations, as well as …

Evaluation Of The Cytotoxicity And Antimicrobial Activity Of Citrus Aurantifolia Extract, Hanan Adnan Shaker Al-Naymi, Sura Mouaid Abbas, Noor Adnan Shaker Al-Naymi, Ayat Majeed Zeadan, Zinah Ameer Abbood

Baghdad Science Journal

The antimicrobial activity of Citrus aqueous extracts was assessed with concentration (100, 80, 60, and 40 μg/ml) using the well diffusion method against Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacteria and yeast that were obtained from urine, vaginal swabs, seminal fluid, sputum, stool, and throat swabs diagnosed by Vitek 2 Compact System. The cytotoxic effect was investigated on tumor hepatic cell line HepG2, Colon cancer CaCo-2 and normal cell line HdFn. The Lethal dose (LD50) for C. aurantifolia was studied on rats. Chemical screening revealed that the aqueous extract contained phenols, tannins, glycosides, saponins, resins, alkaloids, coumarins, and flavones. That exhibits inhibitory activity …

Nano Copper Metal Electrodeposited On Mild Steel From Dissolved Hydrated Copper Chloride In Deep Eutectic Solvent, Eman Turky Shamkhy, Hadi M A Abood, Taghried A. Salman

Baghdad Science Journal

In this study, electrodeposition of copper nanoparticles from its soluble hydrated chloride salt in ammonium Alum: urea deep eutectic solvent (DES) of 1:5 mole ratio was investigated. The electrochemical reduction of the Cu (II)/Cu (0) couple was found to be a quasi-reversible reaction, with a broad reduction peak at –0.2 V as revealed by cyclic voltammetry. The hydrated copper chloride stabilized the electro-reduction process within the DES. Scanning electronic microscope (SEM) showed copper metal was electroplated as nano particles 35 to 49 nm agglomerated as Cauliflower on mild steel. Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX) X-ray, analyses (XRD) and visually showed …

Association Of Ctgf And Tgf –Ss1 With Glomerulus Fibrosis In Iraqi Diabetic Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, Reham Khuldon Ibrahim, Kadhim K. Ghudhaib, Ali Abdulmajid Dyab Allawi

Baghdad Science Journal

The incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (referred to as diabetes hereafter) is increasing in worldwide. Due to hyperglycemia at long periods and uncontrolled diabetes, complications could occur. Diabetes complications include microvascular and macrovascular complications that target the kidneys, nerves, eyes and heart. Accordingly, the current study aimed to investigate the level of connective tissue growth factor(CTGF) and transforming growth factor-B1(TGF-B-) together with some of relevant biochemical factors in patients with diabetes and diabetic nephropathy compared with healthy controls. The study included 120 (male 60and female 60) ranging in age (30-65) years old. Ninety patients with type 2 …

Impact Of Dividend Policy On Share Price Volatility: Evidence From Sri Lanka, Maleesha Piumini Panangala, Neluka Devpura, Ravindra Lokupitiya

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

This paper investigates how dividend policy affects share price volatility among companies on the Colombo Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2020, including the COVID-19 period. Using a fixed effects model that explains 70% variability, we find both dividend per share and payout ratio significantly reduce share price volatility. Results remain robust even after excluding 2020 data. We identify several policy implications including how our results are useful for policy makers in understanding financial market instability and how investors can factor information in forecasting market prices.

The Impact Of Increasing News Intensity And Number Of Investors On The Relationship Between News Sentiment And Price Movement In The Developing Country: Indonesian Evidence, Zaäfri Ananto Husodo, Muhamad Nagib Alatas

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

This study examines how news intensity and investor numbers affect the link between news sentiment and equity price movements in Indonesia, using the LQ45 Index. Applying methods such as correlation analysis, CAPM, VAR, Granger causality tests, and rolling correlations, we find that higher news intensity and investor participation strengthen the connection between news sentiment and stock returns while also increasing volatility. The findings suggest that incorporating news sentiment analysis can improve market stability and investment decisions in developing economies.

A Comparative Study Of Conceptual Metaphors In Indonesian And Chinese Economic Headlines, Hendy Yuniarto

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study examines how economic concepts are metaphorically constructed in Indonesian and Chinese news headlines. Employing the Lakoff and Johnson's framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory, the study analyzes and compares conceptual metaphors in economic news headlines from CNBC Indonesia and China Business Network published between January and April 2025. Employing a qualitative methodology guided by MIPVU, the study mapped conceptual economic metaphors in a corpus of 500 economic news headlines. The investigation demonstrates a significant overlap in the conceptualization of economic events in both languages: economic actions are physical movements, business is a natural force, economy is a competition, money …

Exploring Ethanol Extract Of Kersen Fruit (Muntingia Calabura L) As Antimicrobial And Antibiofilm, Hafidz Firmanda, Agung Dwi Wahyu Widodo, Manik Retno Wahyunitisari

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Infections caused by microbial biofilms pose a clinical treat in terms of patient morbidity and mortality rates. For potential treatment this study aims to determine antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of kersen fruit extract (Muntingia calabura L) on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans. This research used true experimental method with posttest only control group design. Using 6 kersen fruit extract concentration and 4 replications. Antimicrobial test used tube dilution method and antibiofilm test used two different scenario, biofilm growth inhibition test and biofilm degradation test. MIC result against Staphylococcus aures and Escherichia coli at extract …

‘Pagbangon At Pag-Asa’ (Resurgence And Hope): A Qualitative Study Of The Lived Experiences Of People With Stroke And Household Carers In The Philippines, The Tulay Project Team, Sarah Ann Buckingham, Elda Anota, Maria Mercedes Barba, Vergil Boac, Myrna Estrada, Lorraine Faeldon, Bridie Kent, Fiona Leggat, Roy Francis Navea, Aira Patrice Rueda Ong, Nena Marie Santos, Annah Teves, Paula Melizza Valera, Fiona Jones

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background: Stroke is a leading cause of disability and mortality in the Philippines, where access to formal rehabilitation services is limited. There is a lack of research on the lived experiences of people with stroke and their household carers across diverse urban and rural settings. Objective: To explore the experiences, challenges and support needs of people with stroke and their household carers throughout the Philippines, and to inform the co-design of a community-based stroke support programme. Methods: A descriptive qualitative design was used. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 people with stroke and 20 household carers across six sites in …

Shaping The Future Of Bioscience Education: Trends, Challenges And Community Insights, Helen R. Watson, David P. Smith, Luciane V. Mello

Peninsula Medical School

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Mathematical Modeling Of Awareness-Driven Interventions For Gender-Based Violence Control In A Closed Population, Furaha M. Chuma, Edward K. Ngailo, Zubeda S. Mussa

Tanzania Journal of Science

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a critical global health issue with profound social, economic, and psychological implications. Despite concerted efforts to address this challenge, traditional intervention approaches often fall short of effectively mitigating its prevalence. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the potential impact of awareness-based interventions in addressing various social and health crises. This paper introduces a modeling framework to explore the efficacy of awareness-based interventions in influencing the dynamics of the GBV epidemic within a closed population. A detailed sensitivity analysis, utilizing a normalized sensitivity index method, reveals that the violence transfer rate between perpetrators and …

Making A Difference Through Authentic Autobiographical Performance, Susie Miles, Helen Scott-Danter

Turning Toward Being: The Journal of Ontological Inquiry in Education

Authentic autobiographical performance has the potential to open up possibilities for audience members to see their lives in new ways and take actions that make a difference in the world. This article describes the development of a 45-minute autobiographical performance from its initial creation in 2017 through its evolutionary journey to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2024, and beyond. The creative process is presented from the perspective of both the performer and the director-coach, and brings together the worlds of education and theatre. The authors ask themselves: what does it mean to share their lived experiences authentically? They conclude that the …

From Essays To Embodiment: Reimagining Student-Centered Assessment Through Creative Practice, Rory Bester, Carla Lever, Bongani Kona, Mona Hakimi

Turning Toward Being: The Journal of Ontological Inquiry in Education

This essay explores the experience of implementing podcast-based assessment in ‘Feeling History, Making History,’ a semester-long course at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa. The course is designed to cultivate broad-based critical and interdisciplinary skill sets in first-year Humanities students. Through pedagogical reflection across three consecutive iterations of this course, we investigate how creative assessment practices such as podcasting both enabled our students to bring their whole “selves” into the academy and productively challenged our own preconceived notions about effective, decolonial pedagogy.

“The Being Of Being Creative” In Assessment: Learning From The Creative And Performing Arts, Eliana Elkhoury

Turning Toward Being: The Journal of Ontological Inquiry in Education

Assessment design shapes not only what students learn, but who they become as learners. In the era of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), where information is abundant and recall is easily outsourced, higher education assessment must move beyond memorization and toward authentic tasks that cultivate deeper learning and ontological growth. This conceptual, reflective paper argues that assessment should be grounded in students’ mode of being, rather than restricted to knowing, having, or doing. Drawing on Barnett’s ontology of higher education, Biesta’s subjectification, and Su’s epistemological distinctions, this paper positions assessment as a formative site where agency, ownership, identity, and self-understanding can …

The Being Of The Performer, Alice Marshall

Turning Toward Being: The Journal of Ontological Inquiry in Education

This work presents an autoethnographic, practice-as-research inquiry into Tender Steps (Adaire to Dance, 2024), a dance-for-film grounded in the author’s lived experience of baby loss. Through embodied reflection, the article explores how personal experience becomes a site of inquiry, examining the relationship between the performer’s being and the act of performance. Drawing on phenomenological and performance-based perspectives, it considers how posture, weight, breath, and voice function as embodied knowledge and how meaning is co-constructed through the intersubjective relationship between performer and audience. It reflects on the ethical and emotional implications of making lived experience public within a digitally mediated form …

On Inspiration, Laura Bissel, Emily Doolittle, Laura González

Turning Toward Being: The Journal of Ontological Inquiry in Education

In this creative conversation, we three artist-researchers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ponder inspiration in education and in our own creative practices from a range of perspectives. Each of us offers a provocation on “inspiration” from our own field of practice-research, to each other, to our colleagues, and to our community. This document presents the conversation that ensues. Drawing on our collective experiences of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, doctoral supervision across a range of performing arts and interdisciplinary fields, teaching body-centred practices such as yoga and pranayama, peer-to-peer mentoring of both academic and practice-based research, practice research methodologies, and …

Enhancing Student Engagement In Numerical Methods: The Impact Of Alternative Grading Practices, Vivek Singhal, Kenan Baltaci, Oai Ha

Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence

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Student engagement is critical for achieving positive academic and social outcomes. However, maintaining high engagement levels in challenging math-based courses like numerical methods can be difficult. This study addresses this challenge by implementing two assessment-based strategies: a bonus point self-assessment rubric and peer evaluations. These interventions aim to incentivize engagement and reward essential skills such as effort and teamwork, which are often overlooked by traditional grading systems but are crucial for success beyond the classroom. While existing research highlights the potential benefits of self-assessments and peer evaluations, there is limited evidence …

Virtual Teaching During Covid-19: Attitudes, Abilities, And Educational Needs Of Cooperative Extension Staff, Kathryn Yerxa, Kayla L. Parsons, Jennifer Lobley

Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence

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This study aimed to 1) identify the attitudes and abilities of Cooperative Extension staff regarding the delivery of virtual educational programming based on their characteristics and 2) identify professional development priorities to effectively deliver programming virtually. We disseminated an adapted Faculty Readiness to Teach Online questionnaire to Cooperative Extension staff via Qualtrics. Mean and standard deviation were calculated from complete surveys (n = 67) for each virtual programming competency in the self-reported attitude and ability sections, categorized by position type, years of teaching, and program area. We conducted a MANCOVA to …

Development Of An Evidence-Based Educational Intervention To Increase Correctional Nurses’ Knowledge Of Mental Health Crisis Management, Jacqueline Parrish

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) educational intervention targeted correctional nurses and aimed to enhance their knowledge of mental health crisis management. Correctional environments often lack training for managing mental health emergencies, which can negatively impact safety. The goal was to increase correctional nurse knowledge of mental health emergency management. The guiding question was whether an educational intervention would increase correctional nurses’ knowledge of mental health crisis management by a minimum of 20% following a structured, evidence-based educational session. A pretest and posttest design was used in the project. A total of 20 participants completed a pretest, posttest and program …

Nurse Practitioner-Led Mobile Clinics: A Lifeline For Underserved Communities, Michelle Hepburn

DNP Qualifying Manuscripts

Traditional brick-and-mortar clinics have failed underserved populations, especially those who are unhoused, living with serious mental illness or experiencing substance use disorders. Nurse practitioner (NP)-led mobile health clinics (MHC) offer an exceptional opportunity to impact healthcare for underserved populations. This model addresses the constructs of social determinants of health replacing episodic care with longitudinal outreach. It offers an equitable and scalable model that is transformative; reducing disparities, and promoting sustainable health outcomes for underserved populations, and it creates a pathway that reduces avoidable emergency department visits and advances health equity.

The Nonlinguistic Factors That Predict Spanish Oral Proficiency, Merrie Kay Ames

Theses and Dissertations

This study investigates the predictive power of self-assessment and nonlinguistic factors in determining Spanish oral proficiency among university learners. Drawing on data from 2,475 undergraduate students enrolled in a third-year Spanish course at Brigham Young University, the research examines how self-assessed speaking ability and experiential background variables--including age of acquisition, mission service, dual immersion, and study abroad--influence Oral Proficiency Interview - Computer (OPIc) scores. A one-way ANOVA revealed a statistically significant but modest relationship between students' calibration (self-assessment minus actual ability) and their OPIc ratings, suggesting that learners can generally approximate their speaking proficiency within two sublevels. A multiple regression …

Design And Modeling Of A Thin Water Falling-Film For Convection-Cloud Chambers, Grant T. Schlaff, Jesse Anderson, Brandon Kieranen, Constantine M. Megaridis, Raymond Shaw

Michigan Tech Publications

Convection–cloud chambers offer a controlled environment to study aerosol-cloud interactions. Ensuring sustained supersaturation in these chambers requires a reliable and efficient water sourcing mechanism. Maintaining saturated boundary conditions on side-walls is important in chambers with large vertical dimensions (up to 10m) aimed at achieving collisional growth of cloud droplets. This study introduces the design, modeling, and measurement of a falling-film system capable of maintaining a stable, continuously replenished water film for continuous evaporation. A distributor is tested, ensuring uniform water coverage over a panel with a range of surface treatments. These surface treatments with micron to 100micron-scale roughness allow for …

Killing Like A State: Explaining The Edge Cases Of Rebel Perpetration Of Wartime Genocidal Violence, Cheng Xu

Government: Faculty Publications

Genocide scholarship overwhelmingly identifies states as the primary perpetrators of genocidal violence. While non-state armed groups, particularly pro-government militias, have been implicated in genocide, rebel-perpetrated wartime genocidal violence remains exceedingly rare. This paper argues that state-centric explanations of genocide can be exported to explain these edge cases. I argue that four high-threshold conditions must align for rebels to commit wartime genocidal violence: (1) effective territorial control, (2) the dispensability of civilian support, (3) a rigid and exclusionary ideological program, and (4) perceptions of threat, typically constitutive rather than military, where the target group is framed as incompatible with the nascent …

Research And Innovation Update, December 23, 2025, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Innovation

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

No abstract provided.