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Perspectives Of Formerly Incarcerated African American Males On Prison Vocational Work Programs On Reducing Recidivism, Mark Steven Frazier

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Popgenhelpr: An R Package To Streamline And Facilitate Informed Population Genomic Analyses And Visualization Of Genetic Ancestry, Diversity And Differentiation, Keaka Farleigh, Mason O. Murphy, Christopher Marie Blair, Tereza Jezkova

Publications and Research

Analysing large population genomic datasets requires an interdisciplinary skillset. Beyond a knowledge base in genetics and population biology, population genomic analyses involve computer science and statistics, representing a barrier for researchers without experience in those fields. PopGenHelpR seeks to lower this barrier by enabling researchers to perform population genomic analyses and generate near-publication quality figures in a streamlined and informed fashion. PopGenHelpR allows users to estimate genetic diversity within populations as well as differentiation among populations and individuals from single nucleotide polymorphism data. PopGenHelpR includes commonly used measures such as observed heterozygosity and FST. PopGenHelpR also provides five …

“Big River People”: Human-Nature Interactions In The Mekong And Columbia River Basins, Andrew M. Stone

Forest and Society

The Mekong and Columbia Rivers are a world apart. Yet rivers instantiate and manifest critical ecological relations. This paper draws on qualitative interviews, community dialogues, historical documents, and ceremony-based encounters to examine political practices among "big river people'' in the Mekong and Columbia River basins. It interprets participants' narratives and actions as expressions of ontological politics, i.e., contestation of imposed realities and lifeways. Participants link environmental degradation to violations of relational ethics. Across both study groups, elders and knowledge holders describe ecological and cultural loss as forms of ongoing violence enacted through hydropower development, displacement, and resulting erasure of ways …

Memorial Day Message From Chancellor Boyce 2026, Glenn Boyce

University of Mississippi News

On Memorial Day, we pause to remember the men and women who died while serving our country. We also extend our deepest respect to the friends, families and communities who carry the weight of their loss today and every day.

Distinguishing Drought Experiences: From Perception To Measurement And Their Significance On Productivity Value In Uganda, Parisa Pakrooh, Fabio Gaetano Santeramo, Giuseppe Maggio

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Weather shocks increasingly threaten agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. While the negative effects of drought on production have been documented in numerous studies, the behavioral dimension of adaptation, particularly how households perceive drought and what shapes these perceptions, remains less explored. The study focuses on Uganda to distinguish between self-reported drought (subjective) and data-driven drought (objective) and how their divergence is associated with agricultural outcomes. The study relies on four waves of household surveys (UNPS for 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, and 2013/14) with historical re-analysis data on temperature and precipitation from 1981 to 2015. Log-linear and logit models are applied to …

Improving Depression Severity Assessment And Appointment Adherence Among Young Adults Aged 18–30: A Staff Education Project, Vivian Ngefor Ndem

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Reconstruction And Repatriation Of Looted Cultural Heritage Property Ownership Mechanism, Yichi Zhang

Pepperdine Policy Review

The displacement of cultural artifacts through conflict, colonization, and illicit trafficking has created profound gaps in humanity's shared heritage. This paper examines the systemic barriers to cultural property restitution and proposes a structured dispute resolution framework as the primary remedy. Drawing on the social, nonmarket, and economic values of cultural heritage, the study establishes why repatriation extends beyond legal formality into questions of identity, sovereignty, and collective memory. A review of existing international instruments, including the 1954 Hague Convention, the 1970 UNESCO Convention, and the ICPRCP, reveals persistent enforcement gaps and jurisdictional inconsistencies that impede meaningful restitution. Comparative case studies …

The Capital Gap: Mitigating Banking Barriers For Nonprofit Providers In Mental Health And Educational Systems, Jinhee Lee, Josefina Martinez

Pepperdine Policy Review

Nonprofit organizations are vital contributors to public welfare, yet they are systematically excluded from conventional banking systems, creating a liquidity crisis that undermines their capacity to deliver essential services. This paper discusses the structural issues of the banking sector that hinder nonprofits in acquiring credit and explains how this problem can be solved. Specifically, it aims at investigating liquidity constraints faced by schools providing mental health services and education programs. With the help of information asymmetry and relationship lending theories, the paper explains why traditional credit approaches cannot work, considering the distinctive features of the financial model of mission-oriented institutions. …

Debating Narratives On Artisanal And Small-Scale Mining: Jambi And Bangka Belitung Islands Provinces In Comparison, M. Yusuf, Moh. Arief Rakhman, Michael Lega, Citra Darminto, Riri Maria Fatriani

Forest and Society

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities are proliferating and portrayed as playing a significant role in the economies and livelihoods of many countries, while also being correlated with environmental degradation and social issues. The existence of this mining, especially illegal mining conducted by the community, stimulates the emergence of debates among the involved actors to legitimize their arguments and positions, as well as their existence. While the previous discussion featured the contradictions between mining and its impacts, legal aspects, and conflicts, this research reviews the contentious narratives related to ASM in two provinces in Sumatra, Jambi and the Bangka Belitung …

Epileptic Seizure Prediction From Eeg Using Continual Learning With Cnns, Adnan Amin, Ammar Bathich, Feras Al-Obeidat, Safa Naes, Maria Jose Sousa

All Works

Epilepsy is a persistent neurological disorder that affects over 50 million people worldwide, with nearly one-third of patients remaining unresponsive to conventional therapeutic treatments. This study introduces a progressively adaptive seizure prediction framework designed to enhance early detection and clinical decision-making. The proposed model employs a deep learning strategy grounded in continual learning (CL) principles, using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) in combination with knowledge distillation techniques. This enables the model to assimilate new data while retaining previously learned information. The approach was evaluated on the publicly available Bonn University EEG dataset, following a sequential learning process in which each successive …

Territorializing Restoration: The Exclusion Of Indigenous Agroforestry In Indonesia, Siswandi Siswandi, Micah R. Fisher, Nurhady Sirimorok, Muhammad Alif K. Sahide

Forest and Society

For decades, formal forest restoration initiatives in Indonesia have largely been driven by the state, companies, international donors, and NGOs. Meanwhile, despite widespread state and plantation enclosures Indigenous Dayak groups have been regenerating lands through swidden and turning them into fruit-based agroforestry for generations. Across Indonesia, traditional practices are largely excluded from the national and international restoration agenda. This paper examines forest restoration through the lens of Indigenous agroforestry, specifically through the transformations unfolding in shifting cultivation practices among the Dayak Ga'ai in Long Buang village, Bulungan District, North Kalimantan. Through a political ecology lens, the study examines the main …

Staff Education To Improve Fall Prevention Knowledge In A Transitional Care Unit, David M. Ogato

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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No Excuses. All Ownership. Music As Meaning, Business As Longevity, Taylor Atherton-Henry

Student Theses

Music has always been more than a creative outlet for me; it is a reflection of identity, emotion, discipline, and the way I move through the world. Long before it became a profession or an academic pursuit, music functioned as a language through which I could process experience, express love, and make sense of both joy and struggle. As I progressed through this program, it became increasingly clear that my artistic development and professional aspirations were evolving simultaneously. What began as separate goals, creating an album and establishing a music production company, ultimately became inseparable. Each process informed and strengthened …

To Record, To Be Heard, Jiahao Li

Student Theses

Introduction

This capstone project is a pop rock album, including seven original songs written, performed, recorded, and mixed by myself. Four of the songs will be from an old project, for which I had made only demos at home about four years ago. The other three songs were written during the last three years. All songs were recorded in the recording studios at Feirstein. This paper will go through the creation process of this album and explore what songwriting, recording and producing mean to me. I will also talk about the evolution of my practice and my artisthood.

Feminist Necropoetics: The Female Corpse In Oda Sa Wala (2018), Farrah Freibert

Publications

This article explores how Dwein Baltazar’s Oda sa Wala (2018) cultivates themes of collectivity across the life-death divide.

Biogeochemical Mechanisms Behind Water Quality Evolution And Valuable Element Reutilization Of Abandoned Mine Drainage: A Review, Wu Pan, Huang Jiangxun, Li Qingguang, Zhang Ruixue, Li Bo

Coal Geology & Exploration

Background Abandoned mine drainage, also known as acidic mine drainage (AMD), represents a major pollution source in mining areas while also serving as an important carrier of strategic critical metals and underground space utilization. In China, water pollution stemming from coal mining is more severe in the south than in the north. This spatial pattern is jointly shaped by climatic conditions, geological settings, and mining history. Advances From the perspective of the environmental geochemical frontier, this study presents a systematic review of AMD formation and evolution mechanisms, as well as technologies for water pollution prevention and control, resource recovery, and …

Underground Tunnel Drilling Technology And Equipment For Coal Mines In China: A 50-Year Retrospective And Prospects, Tian Hongliang, Li Wangnian, Li Quanxin, Yao Ke, Liu Jianlin, Chang Jianghua

Coal Geology & Exploration

Bcakground Underground tunnel drilling in coal mines represents an indispensable key means for the safe and efficient coal mining, precise disaster prevention and control, and geological transparency of coal mines. This study presents a systematic review of the development history of underground tunnel drilling technology and equipment for coal mines in China over the past 50 years, during which the technology and equipment have evolved from technology introduction to independent innovation and from following to keeping pace with and even to overtaking international counterparts.Advances Initially, this study expatiates on both the important position of coal resources in the national …

Key Techniques And Application Of The Zdy15000ldk High-Power Automatic Directional Drilling Rig, Li Quanxin, Zhang Gang, Fang Peng, Xing Wang, Yao Ke, Zhang Rui, Zhang Boyang, Zhao Xuefeng, Shi Yang, Sun Hanyu, Jia Qian

Coal Geology & Exploration

Objective For deep mining of coal mines, conventional directional drilling rigs face challenges including high labor intensity, limited control accuracy, a low intelligence level, and failure to meet the demand for efficient gas drainage. Meanwhile, high-power automatic drilling rigs encounter technical bottlenecks in automation, control accuracy, and process intelligence in this context. To address these issues, this study proposed an integrated and systematic solution—the ZDY15000LDK high-power automatic directional drilling rig. Methods Using a compact structural layout, a drill rod handling system was developed, consisting of a drill rod loading/unloading manipulator with four degrees of freedom and an automatic drill rod …

Staff Education To Improve Icu Nurses’ Knowledge And Confidence In End-Of-Life Care Through A Structured Education Intervention, Alyssia Lee Wright

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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West Virginia Police Officer Perspectives Of Law Enforcement’S Behavior During The Washington D.C. Capitol Insurrection, Gabriel John Dalton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions On Instructional Technology Used For Career Readiness With Autism Spectrum Disorder Students, Olga Fiodorovna Tulei

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Examining School Principals’ Perceptions Of The Challenges That Impede Instructional Leadership, Dan Hartman

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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U.S. Veterans’ Lived Experiences Integrating Into Public Sector Workforce Levels, Shaunellia Rocjene Ferguson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Examining Parental Self-Efficacy And Its Impact On Teacher Ratings Of Student Adjustment, Moderated By Ses, Russell Craig

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Experiences Of First-Generation Immigrant Parents In Caring For Children With Type 1 Diabetes, Nahel Kibreab

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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The Hybrid Cocoso Decision Making Model With Interval Value Neutrosophic Set For Evaluation The Digital Maturity Of Fimrs: Evidence From Vietnam, Truong Thi Thuy Duong

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Fuzzy Neutrosophic Turiyam Sets Diagrammatic And Operational Analysis With Real World Applications, Poongothai Eswaran, Balaganesan Palanivelu, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Breaking The Chains Of Probability: Neutrosophic Logic As A New Framework For Epistemic Uncertainty In Large Language Models, Maikel Yelandi Leyva-Vázquez, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Applied Neutrosophic Triplets In Ai Decision Systems: Introduction To An Ongoing Case Study Across Agentic, Swarm, Rag, And Pipeline Architectures, Jean-Sebastien Beaulieu

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Probabilistic And Neutrosophic Coefficient Conditions In Geometric Function Theory With Applications To Sound Denoising Associated With Mersenne Polynomials, Ibrahim Tunji Awolere, Abimbola Adeniyi Ayeni, Abiodun Tinuoye Oladipo

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.