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Mass Spectrometry-Based Protein Footprinting: High-Throughput Maldi Platform And Large Protein Complexes Of Baf, Ruidong Jiang

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Human’s advances in understanding biological processes rely heavily on the breakthroughs in biophysical tools. Mass spectrometry (MS)-based protein footprinting, which interrogates protein structures by measuring protein solvent assessable surface area (SASA), has grown rapidly in the last decade, successful in providing valuable data for numerous protein systems. This thesis focuses mainly on this technology.We set out to push the boundary of MS-based protein footprinting further into the new areas, preparing it for potential future applications including large-scale experiments that require high-throughput analysis the structure of large, complicated protein complexes. This thesis devotes five chapters to the method development of MS-based …

Pay Inequality And Gender Pay Gap, Chris Constantopoulos

Student Theses and Dissertations

The topic of this thesis paper is pay inequality and gender pay gap, specifically within the United States while occasionally comparing Europe and other parts of the world. The research questions that are brought up while starting this thesis process were how the topic started and developed with the last 10 years. Plus, the potential strides to eliminate the thesis topics issues within the United States. The method of analysis for this thesis paper includes an integrative desktop literature review while analyzing various online and prior academic research articles. The result of studying the numerous amounts of research helped gather …

Leadership Conversion: From Command-And-Control To People-Centered Approach, Elli Unt

Student Theses and Dissertations

Leadership style is often recognized as the most important factor in determining workforce productivity and in establishing an organizational environment. In the last century, researchers have observed a significant shift in the approach organizational leaders take to communicate with their teams. This paper explores the gap between the leadership models of the last century (top-down approach) and more modern leadership practices (collaborative approach) in respect to economic and technological changes faced by organizations today. Through the analysis of knowledge and understanding about the subject shared by professionals from different fields, this paper proposes new ideas on how to better adapt …

How Did Covid-19 Impact The Aviation Industry, Theresa Sonntag

Student Theses and Dissertations

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has been impacted the whole world. One of the hardest-hit industries in the aviation industry. This research investigates how COVID-19 challenged this sector. It focuses especially on how American Airlines and Lufthansa Group got impacted and what they tried to do to recover from this crisis. This paper’s primary focus is on how those two airlines changed their communication strategy and their marketing to regain customer trust and their reputation. It looks at different researchers and their theories to overcome such a crisis like this and discusses different airlines and what they did when they …

The Consequences Of Federal Attempts To Regulate State Gaming Policy — Paspa And The Wire Act As Two Sides Of The Same Coin, Christopher Soriano

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Eliminating The Haze: A Federal Proposal For Antihazing Compliance Regulations, Gabrielle Bamberski

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Is Official League Data A Safe Bet: Benefits And Concerns With Requiring Sportsbooks To Purchase League Data Feeds, Robert J. Sheran

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Democracy And The Media: The Year In C-Span Archives Research, Volume 7, Robert X. Browning

The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research

Volume 7 of The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research series focuses on the relationship between democracy and the media. Using the extensive collection of the C-SPAN Video Library, chapters cover Trump political rallies, congressional references of late-night comedy, responses of African American congresswomen to COVID-19 bills, and congressional attacks on the media through floor speeches in the House of Representatives and Senate.

The C-SPAN Video Library is unique because there is no other research collection that is based on video research of contemporary politics. Methodologically distinctive, much of the research uses new techniques to analyze video, text, and spoken words …

From Inspiration To Actualization: Designing An Mba That Can Deliver The Goods, Rodolfo P. Ang

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

This invited essay continues the conversation on the International Association of Jesuit Universities’ (IAJU) white paper entitled “An Inspirational Paradigm for Jesuit Business Education.” Mr. Rodolfo P. Ang, one of the members of the Task Force that developed the white paper, talks about his experience of leading the Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business toward the actualization of the paradigm.

The Haunting Of Her House: How Virginia Law Punishes Women Who Become Mothers Through Rape, Jordan S. Miceli

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

If a rape victim becomes pregnant following the attack, she has three options: abort the pregnancy, place the child for adoption, or keep and raise the child. However, by requiring proof of conviction of rape to terminate the parental rights of the man who fathered that child through his rape, the Commonwealth of Virginia imposes a substantial burden on a victim weighing those options. To obtain a conviction under the current scheme, a victim, through her local prosecutor, has to prove to a jury that the accused committed the rape beyond a reasonable doubt. The Commonwealth requires proof of conviction …

Percutaneous Tracheostomy; As It Stands Today, Devaraja K

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

Conventionally, tracheostomy includes surgical creation of tracheo-cutaneous communication. It is done either to bypass the upper airway obstruction or to facilitate optimal mechanical ventilation and early weaning off the ventilator support in neurologically unstable patients. For many years now, percutaneous tracheostomy has been proposed as an alternative to open surgical tracheostomy in ventilator-dependent patients. This review briefly narrates the principles and procedure of percutaneous tracheostomy. In addition, the article sheds light on a few critical problems that one could encounter during the process and discusses countermeasures to overcome those difficulties. Finally, the role of intra-procedure bronchoscopy or ultrasonography and of …

Getting It Right! Improving Kenya’S Human Capital By Reducing Stunting—A Household Account, Timothy Abuya, Wangari Ng'ang'a

Reproductive Health

In the last two decades, Kenya has attained middle-income status and established a diverse and private-sector-driven economy. On several socio-economic indicators, such as education, gender equality, and democracy, Kenya scores much higher than its peers. More than two-thirds of Kenyans are under 35 years of age, thus the country’s development hinges on the quality of its youth—their levels of education and skills, their values and attitudes, and the quality of their health and productivity. While Kenya’s investments in the development of its human capital positions the country well to sustain accelerated growth, the trajectory is threatened by high rates of …

Photobook: Getting It Right! Improving Kenya’S Human Capital By Reducing Stunting—A Household Account, Presidential Policy And Strategy Unit (Pasu), Sahihi Africa, Population Council Kenya

Reproductive Health

No abstract provided.

Study Of How Cancers Spread Promises Treatment Options, Shea Stewart

University of Mississippi News

American Cancer Society funds UM professor's breast cancer research

Paul Heaton, Oral History Interview, 2021, Matt Jones

Oral Histories

In 2021, Eastern Michigan University Archives lecturer Matt Jones began documenting the story of Ypsilanti’s Human Rights Ordinance #1279 in an effort to explore the ways in which local queer activism has evolved multi-generationally in Ypsilanti. What began as a refusal of service by a local print shop to a small EMU student group quickly turned into a years-long battle over who was deserving of basic human rights. To the LGBTQ activists and community members documented here, they had always been present in the community: working, paying taxes, painting their houses, mowing their lawns, attending council meetings, and even serving …

Extending The Quality Of Secure Service Model To Multi-Hop Networks, Paul M. Simon, Scott R. Graham

Faculty Publications

Rarely are communications networks point-to-point. In most cases, transceiver relay stations exist between transmitter and receiver end-points. These relay stations, while essential for controlling cost and adding flexibility to network architectures, reduce the overall security of the respective network. In an effort to quantify that reduction, we extend the Quality of Secure Service (QoSS) model to these complex networks, specifically multi-hop networks. In this approach, the quantification of security is based upon probabilities that adversarial listeners and disruptors gain access to or manipulate transmitted data on one or more of these multi-hop channels. Message fragmentation and duplication across available channels …

Greta Thunberg: A Small But Mighty Voice For The Environment, Madilyn Mortelliti

Faculty Curated Undergraduate Works

Abstract

This research paper discusses Greta Thunberg and the impact she has as a climate change activist. Thunberg faces many challenges as a young woman, but overcomes these difficulties while encouraging others to follow in her footsteps. She presents herself as a positive role model for younger generations. Thunberg has many accomplishments as an extremely young woman that leads to her global iconicity. She makes her power known in front of the highest ranked men in the world which forces legislation to make a change. Thunberg motivates others to make a difference before all hope is lost.

Inequalities In Heterosexual Sex And How We Can Become Equals, Sophie Bierly

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Sexual inequality is well researched in the academic sphere but is absent from the political realm. Previous research has identified that sex is defined for men’s pleasure, that women suffer from an orgasm gap, and that male domination is standard in heterosexual sex. Due to the private nature of sex, sexual inequality is untouched as a personal problem rather than deconstructed as a political injustice. However, the universality of sexual inequality in heterosexual relationships demonstrates that these overlooked personal problems are rooted in widespread cultural misogyny. Sex is one of the primary ways in which we perform gendered socialization, due …

Whooping Crane (Grus Americana) Family Consumes A Diversity Of Aquatic Vertebrates During Fall Migration Stopover At The Platte River, Nebraska, Andrew J. Caven, Keith D. Koupal, David M. Baasch, Emma M. Brinley Buckley, Jenna Malzahn, Michael L. Forsberg, Mariah Lundgren

Western North American Naturalist

The Aransas-Wood Buffalo population of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) migrates approximately 4000 km through the central Great Plains biannually, between their breeding and wintering grounds. Whooping Cranes depend on stopover sites to provide secure resting locations and the caloric resources necessary to complete their migration, such as the USFWS-designated critical habitat area in the Central Platte River Valley (CPRV) of Nebraska. This area includes braided river habitat characterized by low-elevation and submerged sandbars, which provide important roosting and foraging opportunities for migrating Whooping Cranes. We used long-range photography, videography, and behavioral scan sampling to document forage items consumed …

End Matter, Vol. 81 No. 4

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Lived Experiences Of New Nurses With Lateral Violence And Their Decision To Remain In The Nursing Profession, Lorraine Ann Hover

Dissertations

The issue of lateral violence, or nurse-on-nurse violence, is a major factor in why new nurses leave the nursing profession within the first two years of professional practice. There is considerable research into mitigating factors, why nurses leave, and programs to address lateral violence, however, little to no research has been conducted on why nurses choose to remain in the profession despite their experiences. This lack of research necessitates the need for further study into the lived experiences of new nurses with lateral violence and their decision to remain in the profession. This qualitative descriptive phenomenological study helps to address …

Being A Caregiver In The Time Of A Pandemic: An Integrative Review, Julia Tokarz

Master of Science in Nursing Final Projects

Aim: To review and analyze research to better understand the effects of COVID-19 on informal caregivers and the strategies that could be employed to help the caregiver cope with any additional stress or burden of care.

Background: Informal caregivers are not paid for their services and often are not medically trained but provide care for their care recipients. Caregivers deal with stress while managing their care recipient’s health, financials, and social adjustments. The impact of COVID-19 and quarantine compounded the stressors of the caregiver. During stressful times, the health and well-being of the caregiver needs to be preserved.

Evaluation: A …

Supplemental Specifications (600ss) Of The Standard Specifications For Road And Bridge Construction, January 1, 2021 Rev. 1-8-25, Tennessee. Department Of Transportation.

TDOT Standard Specifications

No abstract provided.

Dating Martian Mafic Crust; Microstructurally Constrained Baddeleyite Geochronology Of Enriched Shergottites Northwest Africa (Nwa) 7257, Nwa 8679 And Zagami, Lg Staddon, Jr Darling, Wh Schwarz, Nr Stephen, Et Al

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Baddeleyite (monoclinic; m-ZrO2) is a widespread accessory phase within shergottites. However, the effects of shock loading on baddeleyite U-Pb isotopic systematics, and therefore its reliability as a geochronometer within highly shocked lithologies, are less well constrained. To investigate the effects of shock metamorphism on baddeleyite U-Pb chronology, we have conducted high-resolution microstructural analysis and in-situ U-Pb isotopic measurements for baddeleyite within enriched basaltic shergottites Northwest Africa (NWA) 7257, NWA 8679 and Zagami. Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analyses of baddeleyite reveal significant microstructural heterogeneity within individual thin sections, recording widespread partial to complete reversion from high-pressure (≥3.3 GPa) orthorhombic zirconia polymorphs. …

World Changers: Social Justice At The Heart Of Middle School Language Arts Curriculum, Mackenzie Mcclain

Honors Theses

English classrooms, at their best, are safe places for adolescents to critically engage with difficult issues presented in novels and the real world. One such issue is human trafficking, which is expected to soon become the world’s most profitable criminal industry (Knudsen, 2015). Incorporating values and instructional approaches from social justice pedagogy, I have designed a sixth-grade language arts unit plan about human trafficking based upon Francesco D’Adamo’s novel, Iqbal (2003). My purpose was to create resources, such as standards-based learning objectives, text sets, lesson plans, and student projects to use in my own classroom, as well as for teachers …

Lindenwood Digest, December 15, 2021, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

The Association Fallacy – Fraud And Financial Reporting Quality In The Customer-Supplier Relationship, Nicholas Willett

Honors Scholar Theses

As with individuals, corporate entities are vulnerable to committing logical fallacies in the decision-making process. One such fallacy that has been observed across multiple disciplines is the phenomenon of guilt by association, here referred to as the “association fallacy.” In this study, I demonstrate the existence of the association fallacy within historical customer-supplier relationships, during which the supplier is named in an SEC Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release (AAER). A panel regression is employed to track indicators of customer earnings management behavior in the years before, during, and after the supplier AAER. A cross-sectional analysis is also used to assess …

St. Norbert College 2022 Current Young Professionals Future 15 Winners, St. Norbert College

Press Releases 2021

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Effect Of A Rehabilitation Program On Quality Of Life Among 2nd Degree Burn Adolescents Quasi Experimental Study, Sara Sayed Abdalla

Nursing

No abstract provided.

Nursing Management To Reduce Hospital Readmissions After Percutaneous Coronary Interventions- Integrative Review, Jeena S. Daniel, Doreen Wagner

Master of Science in Nursing Final Projects

Abstract

Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) are considered life-saving techniques in the event of myocardial infarction and remain the standard of care for managing acute heart attack. Given the success of the procedures, decreased complications, and the economic advantage over open-heart surgery, coronary interventions continue to be the preferred treatment choice. However, amidst the growth and success of these procedures, readmissions after percutaneous coronary interventions have been identified and still prevail among hospitals. Hence, the goal was to conduct an integrative review to identify and synthesize literature on the interventions that help reduce readmissions after percutaneous coronary interventions and illuminate nurses' …