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Francesca Moore '24-Amanda Hildebrand Snead '04, Francesca Moore, Amanda Hildebrand Snead

Alumni Oral History Project

No abstract provided.

Service Learning At Hope Helps, Abigail O. Bertsch

UN SDG Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowship: Renewable Assignments

No abstract provided.

Reinventing Integrated Photonic Devices And Circuits For High Performance Communication And Computing Applications, Venkata Sai Praneeth Karempudi

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

The long-standing technological pillars for computing systems evolution, namely Moore's law and Von Neumann architecture, are breaking down under the pressure of meeting the capacity and energy efficiency demands of computing and communication architectures that are designed to process modern data-centric applications related to Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, and Internet-of-Things (IoT). In response, both industry and academia have turned to 'more-than-Moore' technologies for realizing hardware architectures for communication and computing. Fortunately, Silicon Photonics (SiPh) has emerged as one highly promising ‘more-than-Moore’ technology. Recent progress has enabled SiPh-based interconnects to outperform traditional electrical interconnects, offering advantages like high bandwidth density, …

Design And Control Of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Coreless Machines With Special Windings, Yaser Chulaee

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs), particularly those of the axial flux type, are being researched and developed for various applications such as HVAC systems, aviation propulsion, and electric vehicles. The coreless (air-cored) stator axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) machine topology offers notable advantages over conventional designs by eliminating magnetic cores and their associated losses. These advantages include potentially higher efficiency, zero cogging torque, and reduced audible noise and vibration. Eliminating the magnetic core also allows for more effective cooling systems, as coolants can be in direct contact with the stator windings, potentially improving power density and specific torque.

The absence …

Exploring Women`S Perceptions Of Climate Change Impact On Agriculture, Health & Food Security In Upper Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan, Ambreen, Elina Nizar Ali, Taiba Yar Baig, Fozia Parveen

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, renowned for its towering mountains and major river basins, sustains nearly 1.4 billion people worldwide and is pivotal to global food production. Glacial melt from the HKH region nourishes agriculture, livestock, and horticulture, supporting the livelihoods of mountain communities. However, climate change is accelerating the melting of glaciers, and shifts in wet seasons significantly impact food security in these communities. Sectors such as water resources, agricultural land, and human health, particularly women’s health, are significantly affected by these changes. For centuries, agriculture has been the backbone of Gilgit-Baltistan’s economy, with over 70% of livelihoods …

A Quest For Gender Equity: Exploring The Existing Positioning Of Children And Teachers In An Early Childhood Classroom In Karachi Pakistan, Nasima Shakeel, Dilshad Ashraf

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

Within the framework of Sustainable Development Goals, children are recognized as active change agents in the global development agenda (The Lancet, 2022). Research has established that engaging young children has the potential to promote gender equity and reduce other inequities in society (UN Women 2020). Despite this, limited research has been conducted on gender equity issues in education and early childhood education particularly in Pakistan (Pardhan & Pelletier, 2016). In response to this gap, collaborative action research was conducted to explore the possibilities of creating a gender-equitable learning environment in an early childhood classroom in Karachi Pakistan. This paper presents …

Engagement Through Boundary Spanning: Insights From Us Entrepreneurship Educators, Ethné Swartz, Dianne H.B. Welsh, Norris Krueger, Steven Tello

Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This paper examines how the institutional role of entrepreneurship educators influences how they span boundaries and engage students and communities. We examine boundary-spanning behaviours based on four types of orientations among individuals involved in higher education technicalpractical, socio-emotional, community and organizational. We used survey data to identify how entrepreneurship educators at higher education institutions engaged stakeholders before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings suggest that the institutional role appears to correlate with boundary-spanning orientation. Faculty reported involvement in boundary-spanning and engagement activities, albeit to significantly lower degrees than other participants involved in entrepreneurship education and administration. This paper summarizes …

Computer And Information Technology Major, Technology

Program Revisions/Additions

No abstract provided.

Clearing Up The Confusion: A Three-Part Framework For Applying The Copyright Preemption Clause To Right Of Publicity Claims, Annie Seay

Emory Law Journal

To prevent conflicting state-law interests and federal copyright interests in a single claim, Congress enacted Section 301 of the Copyright Act of 1976—providing a two-prong test to determine when a state-law claim is preempted by federal copyright law. Though Section 301 appears to be a clear and simple test, it has proven to be anything but. Between 1986 and 2023, six of the thirteen circuit courts decided whether state-law right of publicity claims are preempted by federal copyright law using the Section 301 two-prong test, but each court’s analysis was vastly different from the other. Specifically, the Second, Third, Fifth, …

Bfa Graphic Design, Art + Design

Program Revisions/Additions

No abstract provided.

Bs Public Health: Emergency Management & Disaster Preparedness To Baas Emergency Management, Public Health

Program Revisions/Additions

No abstract provided.

We Got Next: Las Vegas' Transformation Into The Sports Capital Of The World, D'Ahna Scott, Giacomo Silvestri

Nevada Law Journal Forum

Las Vegas, known for its vibrant entertainment scene and bustling casinos, is ready to step off the bench and onto the court to play in the big league, as the city gears up to become the ultimate sports capitol of the world. This White Paper explores the emergence of professional sports franchises and the exciting evolution of Las Vegas into a premier sports destination. Part I of this White Paper traces the development of sport franchises, ownership dynamics, and the creation of iconic sports venues. Part II explores the legal and economic aspects related to the sports market in Las …

Families And Educators Co-Designing: Critical Education Research As Participatory Public Scholarship, Laura Hernández, University Neighborhood Partners, Salt Lake City, Ut, Gerardo R. López, Jennifer Mayer-Glenn, Leticia Alvarez Gutiérrez, Taeyeon Kim, Amadou Niang, Sonny Partola, Alma Yanagui

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

For the past six years, we—members of the Family-School Collaboration Design Research Project—have been working to understand and transform family-school relationships in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our group includes an evolving cast of scholars, family leaders, professional educators, graduate students, and organizers. We are trying to create spaces where culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) families-families whose language and culture differ from the dominant school culture-have real voice in schools and can partner equitably with educators.

We are a part of a national network of scholars, practitioners, and family and community leaders called the Family Leadership Design Collaborative (FLDC). Since 2016, …

Aidan Forberg Honors Portfolio, Aidan Forberg

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Aidan Forberg's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

Naomi Kinney Honors Portfolio, Naomi Kinney

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Naomi Kinney's Honors Portfolio captured in August 2024.

ประสบการณ์การบริหารทรัพยากรสุขภาพของพยาบาลกลุ่มงานประกันสุขภาพโรงพยาบาลศูนย์, พชร พีระพัฒนพงษ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพเชิงพรรณนานี้ มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อบรรยายประสบการณ์การบริหารทรัพยากรสุขภาพของพยาบาลกลุ่มงานประกันสุขภาพ โรงพยาบาลศูนย์ ผู้ให้ข้อมูล คือ พยาบาลวิชาชีพที่ปฏิบัติงานบริหารทรัพยากรสุขภาพ ในกลุ่มงานประกันสุขภาพ โรงพยาบาลศูนย์ไม่น้อยกว่า 5 ปี ผ่านการอบรมหลักสูตรที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการบริหารทรัพยากรสุขภาพ และมีความยินดีในการเข้าร่วมการวิจัย จำนวนทั้งสิ้น 12 ราย เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลโดยใช้วิธีการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก (In-dept interview) ร่วมกับการสังเกต (Observation) และการจดบันทึกภาคสนาม (Field notes) วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลแบบแก่นสาระตามวิธีการของ Braun and Clarke และตรวจสอบความน่าเชื่อถือของข้อมูลตามเกณฑ์ของ Guba and Lincoln ผลการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลประสบการณ์การบริหารทรัพยากรสุขภาพของพยาบาลกลุ่มงานประกันสุขภาพ โรงพยาบาลศูนย์ ประกอบด้วย 5 ประเด็นหลัก และ 19 ประเด็นย่อย ดังต่อไปนี้ 1. การบริหารองค์ความรู้และศักยภาพบุคลากร ประกอบด้วย 4 ประเด็นย่อย ได้แก่ 1.1) การเรียนรู้และเข้าใจเกณฑ์กองทุนต่าง ๆ 1.2) การใช้ความรู้ความชำนาญด้านการพยาบาล 1.3) การพัฒนาทักษะการให้รหัสโรคและหัตถการ และ 1.4) การติดตามความรู้ด้านนโยบายและการเปลี่ยนแปลงระบบสุขภาพ 2. การทบทวนการใช้ทรัพยากรสุขภาพ ประกอบด้วย 3 ประเด็นย่อย ได้แก่ 2.1) การทบทวนความสมบูรณ์ของข้อมูลเพื่อการเบิกจ่าย 2.2) การทบทวนความสมเหตุสมผลของการใช้ทรัพยากร และ 2.3) การจัดทำรายงานและบันทึกผลการทบทวน 3. การบริหารงบประมาณและความคุ้มค่าของทรัพยากรสุขภาพ ประกอบด้วย 5 ประเด็นย่อย ได้แก่ 3.1) การวิเคราะห์ต้นทุนและผลตอบแทน 3.2) การควบคุมงบประมาณ 3.3) การบริหารมาตรฐานการดูแลผู้ป่วยให้สอดคล้องกับสิทธิ 3.4) การพัฒนากระบวนการให้เอื้อต่อการเบิกจ่าย และ 3.5) การสร้างนวัตกรรมหรือบริการใหม่ที่คุ้มค่า 4. การประสานงานเพื่อสร้างความร่วมมือใช้ทรัพยากรสุขภาพอย่างเหมาะสม ประกอบด้วย 3 ประเด็นย่อย ได้แก่ 4.1) การประสานงานภายในองค์กร 4.2) การประสานงานกับหน่วยงานภายนอก และ 4.3) การประสานงานกับผู้รับบริการ 5. …

Perceived Linguistic And Non-Linguistic Barriers Facing Saudi Female Partners Learning English, Samah Mohamad Dulli

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The partners of the Saudi students who come to the United States on scholarships to earn a degree (Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D.) are eligible for full scholarships as well. However, most of them fail to proceed in earning a degree or fulfill the language proficiency requirement needed to join an academic degree program. This study surveys between 10 to 20 adult female partners of Saudi university students to elicit their opinions on how much English they think they will learn during their partner scholarship time in academic and non-academic settings. This study investigates the female partners of the Saudi degree …

An Evaluation Of Comprehensive Professional Development Program To Improve Teacher Quality And Student Engagement, Elois R. Nicholson-Booker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this applied research study, using program evaluation, was to improve professional development for teachers to build their capacity in student engagement. This applied research study used three elements: professional development, professional learning communities, and observation-feedback, to improve teacher quality and to increase student engagement. The goal of the professional development element was to increase teacher capacity in student engagement by equipping teachers with research-based strategies to implement in individual classrooms. The goals of the professional learning communities (PLCs) was to support teachers in implementing research-based strategies to increase student engagement and to increase the level of collaboration …

The Higher Ed Forgotten: Experiences And Perceptions Of Face-To-Face Bipoc Administrators During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Dana Evans

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study explores the experiences of academic administrators during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the impact of institutional racism on their professional lives. The study specifically investigates the challenges faced by administrators from diverse racial backgrounds in navigating institutional responses to the crisis. The research aims to develop a comprehensive plan that can be implemented at the local level in educational institutions and subsequently modeled and implemented nationally, a plan that can uphold sustainable structures, processes, and best practices for administrators during crises.

Addressing Teacher Stress Levels To Implement A Social Emotional Learning Program For Teachers, Kourtney Mcdowell-Bush

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Teachers have endured work-related stressors daily to provide the best educational experience to students. This applied research study addressed teacher stress levels to implement a teacher centered social emotional learning (SEL) program. This study was collaborative and involved teachers, administrators, and district staff who worked together to develop, implement, and evaluate the action plan. There was a teacher team which included teachers from different grade levels who also completed the teacher stress survey. This teacher team met to provide an in-depth insight into teacher stressors. The teacher team with the assistance of the administrators worked to develop an SEL professional …

Examining Information Systems Use To Facilitate The Workplace Accommodation Process, Shiya Cao

Statistical and Data Sciences: Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: The workplace accommodation process is often affected by ineffective and inefficient communications and information exchanges among disabled employees and other stakeholders. Information systems (IS) can play a key role in facilitating a more effective and efficient accommodation process since IS has been shown to facilitate business processes and effect positive organizational changes.

OBJECTIVE: Since there is little to no research that exists on IS use to facilitate the workplace accommodation process, this paper, as a critical first step, examines how IS have been used in the accommodation process.

METHODS: Thirty-six interviews were conducted with disabled employees from various organizations. …

Questions (And Answers) For Incorporating Nontraditional Grading In Your Statistics Courses, Brenna Curley

Statistical and Data Sciences: Faculty Publications

Nontraditional grading methods have recently become more common, and as with any large pedagogical shift, there are a number of questions to consider when applying a new grading scheme to a course. This article summarizes four types of nontraditional grading and shares experiences from the authors who have applied them to a variety of courses in statistics. This article is structured as a set of questions and answers, seeking to address many of the concerns and considerations that one may face as they transition a course’s grading structure. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.

Exploring The Perceptions Of Stakeholders Regarding Food Availability, Affordability, Accessibility, And Acceptability In North Texas, Benjamin J. Sesay

Social Work Theses - Archive

Objective: The objective of the study is to explore the perceptions of stakeholders regarding food availability, affordability, accessibility, and acceptability of food provided by a food pantry to food-insecure adult clients aged 50 years and older in Arlington, Tarrant County, North Texas. In this study, the stakeholders/participants of the food pantry are a director, a volunteer, and a client aged 50 years or older.

Methods: This study used a single-case study applying a qualitative rigorous and accelerated data reduction (RADaR) technique to analyze the data collected from a sample of three stakeholders or participants. As such, the study focuses on …

Boosted Dark Matter Search With The Icarus Detector At The Gran Sasso Underground National Laboratory, Hector Carranza Jr

Physics Dissertations - Archive

The quest to discover dark matter is one of the most pressing topics in modern physics. Evidence of gravitational anomalies is present at different cosmological scales, spanning the stability and rotation of galaxies to the overall density profile of the entire observable Universe. Due to the discrepancy between the mass measured and the gravitational influence on the mass, if General Relativity is to correctly describe gravity at different scales, extra electromagnetically invisible matter termed dark matter must exist. In recent decades, many experiments have been performed to detect dark matter with masses that span many orders of magnitude, from Mass …

3d Point Cloud Sensing And Analytics With Applications In Process Mining And Quality Control Of Additive Manufacturing, Zehao Ye

Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Dissertations - Archive

The rapid advancement in Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies has developed significant innovations in various sectors, including medical, aerospace, and automotive industries. Despite these benefits, the adoption of AM is often hindered by quality inconsistencies related to the surface defects and geometrical inaccuracies in the fabricated products. These defects can significantly undermine the mechanical properties of the products, leading to material waste and potential safety issues. This dissertation addresses the critical challenges in quality control of AM processes through the integration of 3D point cloud data and machine learning techniques, aiming to enhance the reliability and efficiency of AM systems. The …

Enhancing The Efficiency And Scalability Of Cloud Networking Systems, Jiaxin Lei

Computer Science and Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Overlay networks are the de facto network virtualization technique for providing flexible and customized connectivity among distributed containers in the cloud. Despite their widespread adoption, overlay networks incur significant overhead due to their complexity, resulting in notable performance degradation compared to physical networks.

In this dissertation, I present our three-stage solutions aimed at addressing the challenges of efficiency and scalability in cloud-based container overlay networks: Firstly, we conduct a comprehensive empirical performance study of container overlay networks, identifying crucial parallelization bottlenecks within the kernel network stack. Our observations and root cause analysis uncover that these inefficiencies primarily arise from the …

Animal Adoption Experiences In Hong Kong, Suet Ying, Coco Cheung

Bachelor of Social Sciences – Senior Theses

This study explores how the different aspects and variables will affect the experiences of animal adoption. Animal adoption is the process of adopting strays or abandoned animals, which is also an alternative to obtaining pets. The research provides a theoretical framework to further understand the dynamics of animal adoption in various dimensions, such as the drivers of animal adoption, the role of animal adoption organizations, and the normative expectations of animal adopters. This research attempts to empirically fill this topic's research gap to explain the relationship between the variables and adoption experiences. In this study, the adoption experiences will be …

An Emerging War? Reviewing The Security Triangulation Between The Philippines, China And The United States Over The South China Sea Dispute, Kai Shun Chui

Bachelor of Social Sciences – Senior Theses

What factors explain the increasingly confrontational posture between Beijing and Manila since 2022? To what extent will the geopolitical tension transcend into a great-power hot war? This study aims to address these questions through a suggested framework involving the lens of structural, misperception and domestic theories to account for the factors contributing to the spiral of crisis. While security assessments of involved states are analysed on a case-by-case basis, the research findings suggest that the ongoing spiral of crisis largely adheres to the logic of security dilemma substantiated by structural and domestic factors. Offering a timely analysis regarding Manila's repivot …

The Development Of A Recovery Coaching Training Curriculum To Facilitate Linkage To And Increase Retention On Medications For Opioid Use Disorder, Trevor Moffitt, Amanda Fallin-Bennett, Laura Fanucchi, Sharon L. Walsh, Christopher Cook, Devin Oller, Anna Ross, Molly Gallivan, John Lauckner, Jeremy Byard, Phoebe Wheeler-Crum, Michelle R. Lofwall

Center on Drug and Alcohol Research Faculty Publications

Introduction: Medication treatment for opioid use disorder (MOUD) decreases opioid overdose risk and is the standard of care for persons with opioid use disorder (OUD). Recovery coach (RC)-led programs and associated training curriculums to improve outcomes around MOUD are limited. We describe our comprehensive training curriculum including instruction and pedagogy for novel RC-led MOUD linkage and retention programs and report on its feasibility.

Methods–pedagogy and training development: The Kentucky HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-termSM) Communities Study (HCS) created the Linkage and Retention RC Programs with a local recovery community organization, Voices of Hope-Lexington. RCs worked to reduce participant barriers …

Missiological Challenges And Implications Of African Traditional And Christian/Western Approaches To Health And Wholeness, Olaotse Obed Gabasiane

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

So often, African traditional approaches to health and wholeness are misconstrued, scorned, dismissed, if not treated as passé. There are two important entities—for the purposes of this article— which are diametrically at odds to African traditional approaches to medicine. The first is Western Medicine (WM), which because of its advances in medical, laboratory, and pharmaceutical technology, tend to ignore African Traditional Medicine (ATM) as archaic, superstitious, and non-scientific. The second is mainstream Christian religion which (largely in the past), tended to see everything demonic in the practice of African Traditional Medicine. But is it true that as far as ATM …