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Leadership Pathways Foundations: Developing Women In Alliance Missions, Melissa Lynne Singfiel

Doctor of Ministry

The project was developed to address the NPO: Women in Alliance Missions have unmet developmental needs, are often overlooked in the first decade of service, and underutilized for leadership opportunities.

A key insight of the research was a twofold obstacle facing women in ministry. First, the fundamental theological disagreement over women’s participation in leadership results in pervasive patriarchal preference and predominance of male leadership voices in the organizational culture. Second, a general lack of preparation and mentoring for women in the areas of leadership and formation results in an absence of women in the leadership pipeline and an additional layer …

Humanising Language Teaching In The Age Of Ai, Anuchaya Montakantiwong, Napat Jitpaisarnwattana

PASAA

No abstract provided.

What Makes An Ideal English Teacher? Thai Secondary School Students’ Perceptions, Monthon Kanokpermpoon, Israporn Chuntharusmi Sanongpong

PASAA

No abstract provided.

A Competence-Based, Technology-Mediated Speaking Intervention In Vietnamese Efl Classrooms : A Comparative Study Of Collaborative And Expert-Novice Dyads, Tran Anh Vu, Kwanjira Chatpunnarangsee

PASAA

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Sustainable Web Application For A Blended Learning Environment To Improve Standardized English Test Performance Of Undergraduates At King Mongkut’S University Of Technology North Bangkok, Rayong Campus, Kusuma Bangkom

PASAA

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Content And Paralinguistic Cues In Enhancing Vocabulary Learning Across Different Themes In Young Learners, Sri Agustini, Imam Wahyudi Karimullah

PASAA

No abstract provided.

Are They Ready To Speak English With Students? A Clil Adaptation To Thai Efl Classrooms, Wipada Sutthiroj, Phanatdao Chantarasiri

PASAA

No abstract provided.

How Teaching Experience Shapes Efl Teachers’ Integration Of Extramural English In Thai Classrooms, Santipap Upara, Ruedeerath Chusanachoti

PASAA

No abstract provided.

No Red Pen, Just Ai : Student Perceptions Of Ai-Generated Feedback In Research Proposal Writing, Flora D. Floris, Willy A. Renandya, Wiwiet E. Savitri

PASAA

No abstract provided.

Epistemic Lexical Verbs As Hedging Devices And Their Semantic Prosodies In Applied Linguistics Abstracts In Thai International Journals, Soranut Kumdee

PASAA

No abstract provided.

The Grammatical L1 Transfer Of Self-Forms Among Asian Learners Of English, Kittinata Rhekhalilit, Pong-Ampai Kongcharoen

PASAA

No abstract provided.

L1 Thai Learners’ Acquisition Of English Wh-Nominal Clauses, Supakit Thiamtawan

PASAA

No abstract provided.

Does A More Functionally Diverse Top Management Team Make The Financial Statements More Comparable?, Md Mahmudul Hasan, Audrey Wen-Hsin Hsu, Sayan Sarkar, Tsung-Hsuan Joey Yang

Accounting Faculty Publications

We examine whether top management team (TMT) functional diversity affects financial statement comparability. Drawing upon upper echelons theory and the information sharing perspective in diversity research, we argue that TMT functional diversity produces more comparable financial statements due to better information sharing and integration. Using a sample of US firms, we find that financial statement comparability is positively associated with TMT functional diversity. We also find that the positive relationship between TMT functional diversity and comparability is more pronounced in firms with a poor information environment. Our findings remain robust after addressing endogeneity concerns. This study contributes to the existing …

Reducing Respiratory Viral Testing In A Pediatric Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Anna Suessman

North Texas GME Research Forum 2026

Background: Respiratory viral testing in pediatric emergency departments (EDs) is frequently performed despite limited impact on clinical management for many low-risk presentations. Unnecessary testing increases cost and operational burden may delay patient throughput and can provide false reassurance to caregivers. Additionally, pediatric emergency department nurses agreed with overburden and impact to throughput based on overuse of viral testing (qualitative nursing survey conducted on September 4, 2024 showed >98% felt testing was unnecessary). We hypothesized that reducing testing through standardized team education and discharge processes would not negatively affect patient experience. This initiative aimed to decrease unnecessary respiratory viral testing during …

Percutaneous Pneumothorax Placement, Miranda Bingham, Christopher Houston

North Texas GME Research Forum 2026

Background: Timely and accurate chest tube placement in the Emergency Department (ED) is critical for the management of life-threatening conditions such as a pneumothorax. At Medical City North Hills Emergency Department, chest tube placement can be delayed or complicated due to variability in available equipment types, sizes, storage locations, and setup processes. Providers may be unfamiliar with less commonly used kits, experience skill decay due to infrequent procedural exposure, or lack access to bedside educational resources during high-stress, time-sensitive situations. These challenges contribute to procedural delays, increased complication rates, prolonged hospital stays, and higher healthcare costs. This quality improvement project …

Stronger Together: A Resident-Led Initiative Advancing School Nurse Readiness In Pediatric Seizures And Pediatric Cardiology, Shana-Kay Lambert-Johnson, Amy Nguyen-Pham, Tony Do, Devika Adusumilli, Jorim Parmar, Dimitar Semerdzhiev, Elizabeth White, Joanna John, Myrna Garcia, Nicholas Gerden, Tasaduq Mir, Michele Mccarroll

North Texas GME Research Forum 2026

BACKGROUND: School nurses play a vital role in safeguarding the health and safety of children by serving as frontline providers within the school setting. Timely recognition and appropriate management of acute medical conditions can reduce morbidity, prevent unnecessary emergency department utilization, and improve long-term outcomes. Needs assessment surveys identified knowledge and confidence gaps among school nurses related to pediatric seizure management and pediatric cardiology.

METHODS: This prospective educational quality improvement initiative was conducted across the Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) region during the 2025-2026 academic year. Over 25 residents served as curriculum developers and educators, creating and delivering evidence- and case-based education …

Analysis Of Stemi Activations, Ashleigh Wilson, Christopher Houston

North Texas GME Research Forum 2026

Background Prior studies of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMI) presentations have shown that longer door-to-balloon (D2B) times are associated with increased mortality. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) within 90-minutes is standard. It appears that STEMI patients without prehospital notifications have longer ischemic times. Prehospital activation of cathlab involves EKG transmission that the Emergency Physician interprets before activating cathlab, which has the potential to cause delays. We propose that prehospital notification and prehospital having the ability to activate cathlab could decrease D2B times.

Study aims:

• Evaluate current prehospital notification system.
• Assess EMS accuracy in STEMI identification and cathlab activation. 
• Does prehospital notification …

Improving The Utilization Of Palliative Care Services At Medical City Fort Worth, Gennipher Smith, Shervin Sarji, Maanasa Palani, Samuel Chen, Mary Halm, Kristina Bowman, Morvarid Rezaie

North Texas GME Research Forum 2026

Palliative Care (PC) is a specialized medical care that aims to optimize the quality of life and alleviate the suffering of patients with serious medical illness. Benefits of palliative care include improved symptom management, enhanced quality of life, reduced healthcare utilization, better care alignment, improved communication and support, and financial savings. Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Medical City Fort Worth (MCFW) has a PC consult service. However, it is underutilized. According to data collected from January 2025 to December 2025, the percentage of PC consults for high risk units, such as oncology and ICU, by day 3 of admission varies …

Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum: An Underrecognized Indication For Anticoagulation, Boney Lapsiwala, Karthik Kasireddy, Tenna Mathew, Babu Makkena

North Texas GME Research Forum 2026

Background: Cor triatriatum (CTS) is a rare congenital heart defect in which a fibromuscular membrane divides the atrium into two chambers, disrupting normal blood flow and potentially leading to circulatory impairment. Accounting for 0.1% to 0.4% of congenital heart diseases, CTS presents variably depending on the degree of left atrial obstruction. Patients may report exertional dyspnea, orthopnea, or palpitations; severe cases can progress to heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, or thromboembolic events. We present the case of a young adult male who developed symptomatic heart failure and atrial fibrillation and was incidentally found to have CTS on imaging.

Case presentation: A …

Imperial Coin Imagery And The Legitimation Of Sacred Authority, Elizabeth Brooke Hurrell

Cohort 2025-2026

Brooke Hurrell is a graduate student of Museum Professions with a focus in archives.  Using the Roman coin collection of the D'Argenio collection at the library, Hurrell researched how Roman coins, both pagan and Christian, represented power, authority and religion.   Walsh Gallery Collections used: D'Argenio Collection of Coins and Antiquities

Forecasting The Unpredictable: The Bullwhip Effect In The Toy Industry, Mannat Sethi

CMC Senior Theses

This thesis investigates the bullwhip effect, the amplification of demand variability as it moves upstream in a supply chain, with a focus on the toy industry, and comparative analysis with the technology and consumer goods sectors. Using annual data from 1993 to 2024, the study analyzes production and retail growth for Mattel, Hasbro, Intel, and Procter & Gamble to assess how variance between consumer demand and firm output has changed over time. Bullwhip ratios are calculated as the variance of production growth divided by the variance of retail growth across two periods: 1993–2008 and 2009–2024.

The findings show that toy …

Bringing The Outdoors In Through Biophilic Design, Gabriela Miotto Leal

Architectural Studies Honors Papers

This thesis investigates the relationship between architecture, human perception, and well-being through the lens of human-centered and biophilic design. Drawing from philosophical traditions, phenomenology, and contemporary neuroscience, this thesis argues that the built environment is an active agent in shaping cognition, emotion, and lived experience. Architecture is understood as multisensory, embodied, and temporally experienced, influencing individuals in both conscious and nonconscious ways. Through a comparative analysis of three case studies, Paimio Sanatorium, AEA House, and the Amazon Spheres, this research examines how biophilic design principles are incorporated into different contexts such as healthcare, residential, and workplace. Each project demonstrates a …

Federated Data Engineering And Learning For Edge Intelligence Systems, Afsaneh Mahanipour

Theses and Dissertations--Computer Science

The rapid proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and cyber–physical systems (CPS) in domains such as smart healthcare, intelligent transportation, and industrial automation has led to unprecedented volumes of heterogeneous data. While advances in deep learning and large-scale foundation models have enabled powerful data-driven decision making, their deployment in real-world distributed environments remains fundamentally constrained by limited computation, communication bandwidth, energy resources, and data privacy requirements. This dissertation addresses these challenges by developing novel federated learning frameworks and efficient federated data-processing pipelines that make large-scale artificial intelligence practical, scalable, and trustworthy in resource-constrained settings. This dissertation identifies data preprocessing …

Multi-Objective Optimization Of Energy Costs And Ev Battery Health In V2g Enabled Homes, Dzifa M. Hodey

Theses and Dissertations--Computer Science

Electric vehicles (EVs) and rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are increasingly being integrated into residential settings, creating new opportunities for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) operations. In these systems, the EV battery functions as a controllable energy storage unit that can charge from the grid or PV and discharge energy to supply household load or export to the grid for a profit. By intelligently scheduling this bidirectional power exchange, households can reduce electricity costs and enhance PV utilization. Realizing these benefits requires optimization strategies that balance cost reduction with EV battery health preservation. However, existing V2G/V2H studies largely emphasize cost …

Toward Efficient And Scalable Scientific Data Management Through Quality-Oriented Data Compression, Pu Jiao

Theses and Dissertations--Computer Science

Scientific simulations and instruments now produce data at rates that overwhelm the storage, memory, and network subsystems of modern high-performance computing (HPC) facilities. Error-bounded lossy compression reduces data movement costs while bounding reconstruction error, yet three barriers limit its adoption in mission-critical workflows: existing compressors cannot guarantee the accuracy of domain-specific quantities of interest (QoIs) derived from compressed data; compression-induced artifacts such as posterization, blocking, and interpolation banding erode user confidence in decompressed fields; and significant compressibility in the quantization index arrays of interpolation-based pipelines remains unexploited. This dissertation addresses all three barriers through four contributions, with the artifact barrier …

A Collection Of Mussels: Ancestors, More-Than-Human Relations, And The Transformation Of Shell-Bearing Places In The Green River Valley, Kentucky, Karen A. Stevens

Theses and Dissertations--Anthropology

For over a century, archaeological investigations in the Lower Ohio River Valley have provided extensive evidence of Indigenous Ancestors’ lifeways and practices. However, interpretations of shell-bearing sites have largely been shaped by Eurocentric and Western perspectives, often framing Indigenous actions as responses to environmental shifts rather than as expressions of dynamic social, spiritual, and ecological relationships. Within this historical context, explanations for the relatively abrupt decline of freshwater mollusk collection at the end of the Archaic Period (ca. 3000 cal yr BP) have primarily emphasized environmental change, particularly fluctuations in riverine conditions and resource availability. Yet, these explanations often overlook …

Yars 19(33)

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

YARS Vol. 19(33)

Analysis Of Surrogate Models At Multiple Levels For Neural Acceleration Of Hpc Applications, Bibek Panthi

Theses

Due to rise of machine learning workloads, high performance computing platforms have increased GPU resources. Consequently, use of surrogate models, to utilize GPU compute and speedup scientific applications, is on the rise. Most of the time, the whole program is replaced with a surrogate model. In this work a shock simulation program (LULESH) was taken and three functions of varying complexity were replaced with small sized neural network as surrogate models. The speedup and error in output of whole program was analyzed. We found that for the smallest function, trained model lead to speedup of overall program by 40%, maintained …

'Guide The Tide' - Supervision Of International Medical Graduates In The Emergency Department: A Mixed Methods Study, Purnasankar Bhowmik

Theses

Australia’s emergency departments (EDs) have experienced significant stress since the COVID-19 pandemic. An increase in the number of patient presentations, a lack of in-patient beds for the disposition of admitted patients and long waiting times are contributing factors jeopardising patient safety. In addition, the shortage of skilled staff to look after patients in the ED is the paramount concern currently and moving forward. Similarly to many other specialty areas of medicine, EDs rely on international medical graduates (IMGs) to fill the gaps in the medical workforce. However, concerns have been raised regarding IMG diversity in training requirements, clinical skills and …

Dual-Functional Activated Carbon From Coffee Grounds For Crystal Violet Dye Removal And Subsequent Application As An Electrode Material In Energy Storage Devices, Sirikorn Khaophong, Tawatchai Kangkamano, Sonchai Intachai, Panita Kongsune

Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals

The conversion of agricultural waste into high-value functional materials offers a sustainable strategy to address environmental concerns. In this study, activated carbon was synthesized from spent coffee grounds (CGAC) via KOH activation and used for crystal violet (CV) dye adsorption. Under optimal conditions (0.5 g dosage, 300 mg∙L‒1 CV, 30°C, 120 min), CGAC achieved 91.41% removal efficiency, with adsorption behavior fitting pseudo-second-order kinetics and the Freundlich isotherm. Thermo-dynamic parameters confirmed a spontaneous and endothermic process. Moreover, the reusability study revealed that CGAC maintained a high removal efficiency above 88% after seven adsorption–desorption cycles, demonstrating its structural stability and potential for …