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Raices: A Mental Health Support Group For Parents Of Latina Adolescents, Gabriella Geiger, Alejandra Torres Diaz, Rodrigo De La Torre

All Other Contributions

No abstract provided.

Improving Continuity Of Care: Social Determinants Of Health In Hospital Discharges, Kenyana Tyiska, Margie Dunn, Beth Thorson, Kjersti Knox

All Other Contributions

No abstract provided.

Spherical Spiky Zno/Au Nanostructures For Efficient Photoelectrochemical Watersplitting, Kouroush Sali̇mi̇

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Spiky zinc oxide (ZnO)/Au nanostructures with spherical shape-defined morphologies were synthesized using polydopamine as a starting template for photoelectrochemical H2 production under visible light-emitting diode (LED) illumination. This low-temperature processing technique not only facilitated the fabrication of ideal plasmon-sensitive heterostructures, but also enhanced the electron mobility of the photoanodes, reaching 5.7 mA/cm² [at 1.0 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)] under visible LED illumination (30 mW/cm2). This notable value was 28 times greater than that observed under dark conditions, primarily attributed to the close Schottky contact between the Au and ZnO spikes. The highest applied bias photon-to-current efficiency value …

Consumer Willingness To Pay For Allergy Safe Foods, Julia Posillico

College Honors Program

For many individuals with food allergies purchasing allergy safe food is essential yet costly. Allergy safe food often costs more than its standard counterparts and is becoming increasingly important due to poor labeling regulations and increased recalls resulting from undeclared allergens. Understanding how much more consumers are willing to pay for allergy safe foods as well as what elements impact their willingness to pay such as the number of allergies, allergy severity, age, gender, and income is important. A contingent valuation approach was used to collect data which was analyzed using a multiple-variable linear regression model. The results reveal consumers …

Olympia Hs Concert Band And Isu Symphonic Band: April 22, 2025, James Spencer, T.J. Mack, Colby Powers, Alexis Piña

School of Music Programs

Center for the Preforming Arts

April 22, 2025

Tuesday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Tobacco Smoking Functional Networks: A Whole-Brain Connectome Analysis In 24 539 Individuals, Yezhi Pan, Chuan Bi, Zhenyao Ye, Hwiyoung Lee, Jiaao Yu, Luba Yammine, Tianzhou Ma, Peter Kochunov, L Elliot Hong, Shuo Chen

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Introduction: Nicotine addiction, a multifaceted neuropsychiatric disorder, profoundly impacts brain functions through interactions with neural pathways. Despite its significance, the impact of tobacco smoking on the whole-brain functional connectome remains largely unexplored.

Aims and methods: We conducted a whole-brain analysis on 24 539 adults aged 40 and above from the United Kingdom Biobank cohort. Subjects were categorized into individuals who use nicotine and those who do not use nicotine based on current and chronic tobacco smoking information. Functional connectivity was assessed using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. We employed a network analysis method to assess the systematic effects of tobacco …

Taboo, Traditions And Social Media: A Qualitative Study Of Lgbtq+ Narratives In West Africa, Lilian Oluchukwu Onianwa

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Amid state-sanctioned homophobia and cultural taboos, this study examines the motivations behind the continuous use of social media among LGBTQ+ individuals in West Africa. Grounded in Queer Theory and Social Identity Theory (SIT), it employs a qualitative research design to explore how digital platforms function as tools for identity development, self-expression, and community formation. Utilizing a Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) approach, this research contributes to the growing body of scholarship on LGBTQ+ experiences in digital Africa by offering a nuanced understanding of how identity and agency are negotiated within restrictive environments – and ultimately, the media’s role in shaping user …

The Impact Of Prison Education On Prison Misconduct, Kelli Brooke Garrett

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Prison education programs can be found in nearly every carceral institution and are the cornerstone of rehabilitative efforts. Prison education, ranging from basic adult education to college-in-prison programs, provides numerous transformative educational opportunities that can lead to successful desistance. While the benefits of participation in prison education programs are evident, including reduced recidivism, increased employment, and family impact, the impact on reducing prison misconduct is less clear. This study aimed to determine the association between prison education and misconduct while controlling for the demographic, educational, and social factors that impact participation in prison education programs. A secondary analysis was conducted …

A Comprehensive Guide To V2x Security: Protocol Analysis, Risk Assessment, And Emerging Innovations, Stefano Alessandro Blasoni

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

ABSTRACT As Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication becomes an integral component of intelligent transportation systems, ensuring its security is critical for maintaining safety, privacy, and reliability on the road. However, research on V2X security is often overly specialized and complex, limiting more broad collaboration and public scrutiny from the wider cybersecurity community and the public. This lack of understanding affects the further collaborative efforts that could enhance V2X security and the V2X ecosystem. This thesis bridges that gap by applying fundamental computer security principles to V2X protocols, specifically Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) and Cellular V2X (C-V2X). It analyzes their security mechanisms, assesses …

Can Professional Judgment Be Taught To Auditors? An Experimental Investigation Of Abilities And Implicit Beliefs, Darsheika Williams

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Abstract In this study, I investigate the impact of training interventions on professional judgment in auditors, while considering the moderating effects of ability and implicit beliefs about skill malleability. Prior research highlights the potential of metacognitive training to enhance analytical procedures in lower-level auditors (Plumlee, Rixom, & Rosman, 2015) and the role of experiential learning methods in fostering professional development (Powell et al., 2020). The effectiveness of such training interventions in improving professional judgment, particularly when accounting for individual differences in ability and mindset, remains an open question. Using a one-factor design with nesting, this study explores whether training in …

Expanding The Horizons Of Nonagonal Neutrosophic Numbers As A Versatile Framework For Decision-Making And Scientific Applications In Covid-19, Muhammad Naveed Jafar, Kainat Muniba, Hamiden Abd El-Wahed Khalifa, Fahd Jarad

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

In this article, the concept of nonagonal neutrosophic numbers has been introducing in the disjunctive frame of reference. We also proposed the dependency and independency of membership function in regards to nonagonal neutrosophic number. We also introduce a new score function and its computation also formulated in a distinct rational viewpoint. We developed the concept of weighted arithmetic averaging operator and weighted geometric averaging operator for nonagonal neutrosophic numbers. It will open new doors for MCDM and develop the concept with new approaches. Additionally, we analyze the effect of COVID-19 for different ages.

Leveraging Hypersoft Set To Optimize Livestock In The Era Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Alaa Salem, Mona Mohamed, Nebojsa Bacanin, Mohamed Abouhawwash

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

Due to urbanization and industrialization, rapid global change and the potential loss of arable land, agricultural output must rise in production levels and harvest, distribute, and use resources more efficiently. It is believed that using technology on livestock would help meet the expanding population's demand for food. Internet of Things (IoT) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) integration in conventional farming has transformed operations, providing farmers with greater productivity, improved decision-making, and sustainability. We assume that there are enough UAVs to cover the entire pasture, and our goal is to identify the best UAVs. Accordingly, determining the best type of UAVs …

A Comprehensive Intelligent Traffic Monitoring System Based On A Novel Integration Of Neutrosophic Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques, Mai Mohamed, Amira Salam, Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain, Muhammad Gulistan

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

With the spread of road accidents and traffic congestion that costs countries and governments a lot of money in addition to the loss of human lives, and since traditional methods of monitoring traffic have not been as effective as desired, attention has been drawn to the search for more effective solutions to the problem of monitoring and regulating traffic. With the spread of technology and the Internet of Things, UAVs have emerged as a promising tool for monitoring traffic, as they can fly for a sufficient period and operate in difficult climatic conditions, in addition to their ability to monitor …

The Translucent Fortress: Improving The Design Of Rural Domestic Violence Shelters, Owen Baker Phillips

Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year

Domestic violence is a nationwide social plague that effects millions of women each year and has increased in severity since Covid-19 (2020-2022). In the state of Georgia, 37.4% of women report experiencing some sort of physical violence by an intimate partner (NCADV, 2020). Severity and frequency of domestic violence increases drastically if the victim is living in a rural location. Qualitative studies conducted in Iowa, North Carolina, and Virginia all report that on average, women living in rural areas report 150% more domestic violence experiences at a higher severity than their urban counterparts and must travel on average 300% further …

First Endovascular Flow Diversion Treatment For A Supergiant Brain Aneurysm (>110 Mm) In Ethiopia, Wondwossen G. Tekle, Eskedar Kebede Belayneh, Kaleab Tesfaye Eticha, Tariku Assefa Soboka, Michael Yirgalem Teka, Hilina Agonafir Mengistu, Yonatan Wudeneh Mekonnen, Fikru Tsehayneh Kelemu, Bereketeab Ethiopia Bogale, Eden Enyew Zeleke

School of Medicine Publications

In late 2022, a 65‐year‐old woman presented to us with a 3‐day history of ischemic stroke resulting in left facial droop and left‐sided weakness. She had a known giant right internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm since 2015 that kept on growing and causing her a myriad of neurologic signs and symptoms including recurrent severe headaches, debilitating tinnitus, right‐sided vision loss (2020), proptosis, ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, and hearing loss. She had allodynia in the right trigeminal nerve distribution, complete right facial palsy, new left lower facial palsy and left hemiparesis (3/5 strength). Unfortunately, local treatment options were unavailable at that time, and …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Honoring Freedom: A Bird of the People
• 'Hands off': Savannah Participates in Nationwide Protest
• Local Limelight: Welcome to the Southeast Punk Flea Market
• What students think of National Women's History Month
• Campus Fashion Highlights
• Savannah Celebrates 201st St. Patrick's Day Parade
• A Living Museum: The Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern University
• Petsboro
• Vault Apartments Declared "Unsafe Living Conditions": Off-Campus apartment declared Structurally Unsound
• Barnes & Noble Officially Transitions to University Store
• Consolidation of Georgia Southern and Easts Georgia State College Receives Approval

Improving Home Healthcare Interdisciplinary Team Communication, Nishea Andrea Flores

Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Project Abstract

PURPOSE This Quality Improvement (QI) proof-of-concept project aimed to enhance communication within interdisciplinary healthcare teams (IDTs) in home healthcare settings through the creation and implementation of the .ACT tool (Ask, Context, Timeframe), designed to reduce communication barriers and improve team collaboration.

BACKGROUND Fragmented communication in home healthcare leads to inefficiencies in care delivery. The .ACT tool was created to standardize and simplify communication, ensure clarity in task delegation and timelines, improve coordination, and reduce errors.

METHODOLOGY A phased implementation strategy followed the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and Iowa Implementation Sustainability Framework (IISF), focusing on staff engagement …

Revisiting Bipolar Neutrosophic Graph And Interval-Valued Neutrosophic Graph, Takaaki Fujita

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

Graph theory explores networks composed of nodes (vertices) and their connections (edges). A graph class is a collection of graphs that share common structural properties, defined by specific rules or constraints. This paper examines various models of uncertain graphs, including Fuzzy, Intuitionistic Fuzzy , Neutrosophic, Turiyam Neutrosophic, and Plithogenic Graphs. In particular, this study focuses on Bipolar Graphs and Interval-valued Graphs, analyzing them within the frameworks of Fuzzy, Neutrosophic, Turiyam Neutrosophic, and Plithogenic Graphs.

Assessing The Sustainable Blockchain-Metaverse-Iot Platform In The Healthcare Industry: An Intelligent Decision Support Model, Ibrahim M. Hezam, Ahmed M. Ali, Ibrahim A. Hameed, Karam Sallam, Mohamed Abdel-Basset

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

Healthcare services must fulfill patients' desires for secure data sharing and high accessibility. Blockchain technology, through blockchain platforms (BPs), can overcome healthcare challenges. This study develops a decision-making methodology for selecting the best BP, by integrating blockchain with IoT and Metaverse, the proposed approach ensures data integrity, quality, privacy and security, secure data sharing, and interoperability. The decision-making methodology uses the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology to handle conflicting criteria. Two MCDM methods are used in this study: CRiteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation (CRITIC) for weight computation, and Ranking of Alternatives with Weights of Criterion (RAWEC) for alternative ranking. To deal …

A Novel Neutrosophic Decision-Making Approach For Optimizing Metaverse Headphone Design: Balancing Technical Performance And User Emotional Needs, Mai Mohamed, Amira Salam, Karam Sallam, Bilal Arain

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

The concept of the metaverse, which combines various technologies to create a wide range of virtual experiences, has gained significant popularity in recent years. To fully engage in these metaverse environments, users rely on access devices such as virtual reality (VR) headsets and smartphones for augmented reality (AR). These devices must be lightweight, compact, and user-friendly to ensure comfort and enhance customer satisfaction. There is a growing focus on innovating and designing products that not only meet technical requirements but also address the emotional needs of users, ultimately improving the overall experience. Selecting the ideal design for Metaverse headphones is …

Accessibility Care Beyond The University Disability Office, Mae L. Zurita

Masters Projects

When higher education institutions rely on a single office to provide primarily in-class accommodations for students with diagnosed disabilities, practitioners beyond this office receive little guidance on supporting the broader disabled community in daily practices. By critiquing the dominant models, theories, interventions, and solutions that create an ambiguous responsibility for how practitioners are to include and accommodate disabled people the project can outline alternative methods. A culture of ableism and rampant inaccessibility is innate to how North American higher education operates as an institutional practice. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is treated like a successful initiative that guarantees …

Promoting College And Career Ready Readers And Writers: A Guide For English, Science, And Social Studies Teachers To Support Instruction Of Sat Reading And Writing Skills, David Fitzpatrick

Masters Projects

In Michigan and across the United States, student scores on the Evidence Based Reading and Writing section of the SAT have been steadily declining. This project responds to this decline by developing a set of resources for skills-based literacy instruction that English language arts, social studies, and science teachers can use to revise their approaches to teaching literacy skills. Highly effective curriculum design and literacy instruction strategies were reviewed to design guides, templates, and models for practicing high school teachers at all grade levels to adapt in order to improve literacy instruction in their classrooms. By scaffolding literacy skills across …

Growing Together: A Milwaukee-Based Group Pregnancy Care Initiative, Ashley Stuckwisch, Mark Stevens, Lori Woolverton, Claudia Marez, Nicole Gregorich, Theresa Umhoefer-Wittry

All Other Contributions

No abstract provided.

Patch For Parents: Helping Community Prepare For Transition Of Care, Mona Hamza, Amy Olejniczak, Erica Koepsel, Kiana Gasch

All Other Contributions

No abstract provided.

Narrow Band Random Vibration Reliability Of A Doped Near Eutectic Tin-Bismuth-Based Alloy With A Large Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array Device, Gregory Derr-Haverlach

Theses

This thesis investigates the vibration reliability and microstructure of two low temperature lead-free solder alloys. The experimental design involved a 2x2 factorial setup, with solder paste type and time above liquidus (TAL) as the primary factors. The solder pastes tested were Indalloy 281 and Indalloy 303, with TALs of two minutes and three minutes. Indalloy 281 is a eutectic Sn42/Bi58 solder and Indalloy 303 is a doped near eutectic Sn-Bi solder. The objective of the study is to identify how reliability changes between solders and the time above liquidous and to also examine the microstructure and the significant factors that …

Impacts Of Climate Change On Cannibalism And Disease Transmission In The Fall Armyworm, Kale Rougeau

LSU Master's Theses

Climate change may alter host-pathogen dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems due to rising global temperatures and carbon dioxide levels. Here, we examined cannibalism and disease transmission using the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), an invasive agricultural pest, and its species-specific lethal baculovirus, Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV), under various potential challenges of climate change. We used three temperature treatments (cooler, optimal, warmer) based on the fall armyworm’s thermal performance curve to simulate a changing climate and four artificial diets with various protein-to-carbohydrate ratios (low, equal, high, standard) to manipulate resource quality from altered carbon dioxide levels. We found that higher …

Samd9 Senses Cytosolic Double-Stranded Nucleic Acids In Epithelial And Mesenchymal Cells To Induce Antiviral Immunity, Gaopeng Hou, Wandy Beatty, Juhee Son, Yinxing Zhu, Qingyu Sheng, Wanyi Huang, Dian Li, Constin Liu, Chen Shen, L David Sibley, Siyuan Ding, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Sensing of cytosolic, double-stranded (ds) DNA or dsRNA molecules derived from microbial or endogenous sources triggers cell-intrinsic innate immunity, but sensors recognizing both cytosolic dsDNA and dsRNA are sparsely reported. Here we find that full-length human SAMD9 protein directly binds to synthetic or viral dsDNA or dsRNA. Overexpression of SAMD9 from various vertebrate species leads to robust production of interferons and pro-inflammatory cytokines. By contrast, loss of endogenous SAMD9 impairs the interferon responses to cytosolic dsDNA and dsRNA stimulation in multiple cell types and enhances the infectivity of pathogenic dsDNA and dsRNA viruses. Mice lacking Samd9l, the human SAMD9 homolog, …

Decolonial Underground Pedagogy: Unschooling And Subcultural Learning For Peace And Human Rights, Jazzmin C. Gota

International Journal of Human Rights Education

As an Asian American unschooler growing up in California in the 1990s, I have heard (and had scolded at me by people outside my family) theories and ideas of what education is as well as what it can and cannot be. I vividly recall being told that homeschooling, let alone unschooling (i.e., learning outside of a curriculum or hierarchical structure, see page 57) would stunt my intellectual and social growth. How could I learn outside of a formal classroom? Fast forward 30 years and now I am a doctoral student in International and Multicultural Education, ecstatic to see a book …

Queer Rights Learning Through Transnational, Digital Communities Of Practice, Hayley D’Souza, Brindaalakshmi Kumbakonam, Bren Kutch, Aparna Arora, Vani Bhardwaj

International Journal of Human Rights Education

Traditional human rights education (HRE), and education writ-large, often depends on and reinforces binary hierarchies. The Society of Gender Professionals (SGP) reflects on how its trans-national, digital communities of practice (“Gender Circles”) are actively “queering” traditional HRE. This article shares reflections and learnings from 14 one-on-one interviews with Gender Circle participants, most notably from the Breaking Gender/Sex Binaries Circles. By facilitating spaces that co-create knowledge, build community, and center lived experiences of people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC,) SGP disrupts and queers binaries and hierarchies in education and other constructs, such as with …

Categories Are Made To Be Broken: Uncovering Strategies And Pedagogies Of Blaqueer Resistance, Femi Higgins

International Journal of Human Rights Education

This article explores the liberatory praxis and spaces of BlaQueer (Black & Queer) and Trans communities, focusing on educational settings that promote the rights and well-being of Black LGBTQ+ people and how these BlaQueer/Trans educational projects disrupt asymmetrical citizenship and violence. The analysis of BlaQueer/Trans educational projects, ranging from ballroom houses to community-based education programs, reveals core competencies that align with human rights education (HRE) and principles of ballroom culture. These include critical thinking and analysis of power structures and embodied resistance pedagogies that interrogate identity and unequal citizenship while building power to dismantle interlocking oppressive systems. The article contends …