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Themed Experience & Attractions Academic Symposium 2025 Proceedings, Themed Experience & Attractions Academic Society Jan 2025

Themed Experience & Attractions Academic Symposium 2025 Proceedings, Themed Experience & Attractions Academic Society

Proceedings of the Annual Themed Experience & Attractions Academic Symposium

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Arts-Integrated Mindfulness: Social-Emotional Learning For Elementary Education, Ashley J. M. Canny, Katherine A. Taylor Clausen, Amanda K. Cox, Bryce D. Cox Jan 2025

Arts-Integrated Mindfulness: Social-Emotional Learning For Elementary Education, Ashley J. M. Canny, Katherine A. Taylor Clausen, Amanda K. Cox, Bryce D. Cox

Graduate Research Papers

This action research investigates the impact of arts-integrated mindfulness practices on elementary students’ ability to self-regulate. In response to a significant rise in emotional dysregulation and mental health concerns among young learners - exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic - this study explores how combining mindfulness techniques with artistic expression can enhance emotional awareness, focus, and resilience. Through classroom activities such as breathing exercises, movement, music, and visual arts, students were guided to engage in self-reflection and emotion regulation in creative, accessible ways. Data collected through student surveys and observational records indicated that most participants experienced improved calmness, engagement, and readiness …

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Depletion Of Adipose Stroma-Like Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Potentiates Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy, Joseph Rupert, Alexes Daquinag, Yongmei Yu, Yulin Dai, Zhongming Zhao, Mikhail G Kolonin Jan 2025

Depletion Of Adipose Stroma-Like Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Potentiates Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy, Joseph Rupert, Alexes Daquinag, Yongmei Yu, Yulin Dai, Zhongming Zhao, Mikhail G Kolonin

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

This study shows that populations of CAFs have distinct effects on pancreatic cancer progression and shows that depletion of CAFs expressing adipose markers potentiates tumor/metastasis suppression effects of immune checkpoint blockade.

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Examining Educational And Career Transition Points Among A Diverse, Virtual Mentoring Network, Erika L Thompson, Toufeeq Ahmed Syed, Zainab Latif, Katie Stinson, Damaris Javier, Gabrielle Saleh, Jamboor K Vishwanatha Jan 2025

Examining Educational And Career Transition Points Among A Diverse, Virtual Mentoring Network, Erika L Thompson, Toufeeq Ahmed Syed, Zainab Latif, Katie Stinson, Damaris Javier, Gabrielle Saleh, Jamboor K Vishwanatha

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Given the differences in trajectory for under-represented minorities in biomedical careers, we sought to explore how a virtual mentoring program, the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN), and its platform (MyNRMN), may facilitate transitions in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) pipeline. The purpose of this study was to describe how the size of an MyNRMN member’s mentoring network and level of engagement correlate with academic and career transitions. We examined MyNRMN platform user data from March 2020 to May 2021 (n = 2993). Logistic regression estimated the odds of a career or academic transition related to NRMN …

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The Effects Of An Organizational Shift To Pay Transparency On Employees’ Justified Under-Met Pay Standing Expectations And Turnover Intentions, Heather Godsey Jan 2025

The Effects Of An Organizational Shift To Pay Transparency On Employees’ Justified Under-Met Pay Standing Expectations And Turnover Intentions, Heather Godsey

Industrial-Organizational Psychology Dissertations

Pay transparency is becoming more commonplace within U.S. organizations, due to the enactment of state pay transparency laws attempting to reduce the gender wage gap and broader calls for greater transparency in organizations. While transparency may be ideal, its effects on employee attitudes and behaviors are unclear. This study explored a potential unintended outcome of pay transparency, employee turnover, by examining how fairness perceptions mediate the justified under-met pay standing expectations and employees’ turnover intentions relationship, while investigating gender and justice sensitivity as moderators. A sample of 426 participants experienced an organizational shift from pay secrecy to pay transparency and …

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A Change In Climate: Inclusion And Menopause Experience At Work, Janie D. Stuart Jan 2025

A Change In Climate: Inclusion And Menopause Experience At Work, Janie D. Stuart

Industrial-Organizational Psychology Dissertations

Inclusion within workplace environments is increasingly important as workforce diversity continues to expand. Despite anti-discrimination laws, women and other underrepresented groups often face exclusion in the workplace, which negatively affects their professional growth, health, and well-being. This research focused on how menopause, a natural biological transition, compounds workplace exclusion for women. Specifically, the study investigated the relationship between Menopause Experience and two workplace outcomes, Organizational Commitment and Turnover Intention, and assessed the moderating effects of Inclusion in organizations, teams, and non-gendered workplace cultures. There were strong positive relationships between all three dimensions of Inclusion with both Organizational Commitment and Turnover …

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Annual Report, Associated Charities, Memphis, 1915 Jan 2025

Annual Report, Associated Charities, Memphis, 1915

Documents

Annual Report of the Associated Charities, Memphis, TN. It covers the time period of 1914 September 1 - 1915 September 1.

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Report, "The Larger Plan For Memphis," Francis H. Mclean And Edgar E. Brooks, 1921 Jan 2025

Report, "The Larger Plan For Memphis," Francis H. Mclean And Edgar E. Brooks, 1921

Documents

Report, "The Larger Plan for Memphis," Francis H. McLean and Edgar E. Brooks, 1921. This report was sent to the Social Service Agencies of Memphis from the Social Agencies Endorsement Committee of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Memphis, TN. The recommendations and suggestions are numbered 1-44.

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Newsletter, "The Family," Family Service Of Memphis, 1973 Winter Jan 2025

Newsletter, "The Family," Family Service Of Memphis, 1973 Winter

Documents

Newsletter, "The Family, Keystone of Society in a Changing World," Vol. 7, No. 2, Family Service of Memphis, 1973 Winter. Contains a section discussing "Plays for Living" and how it was expanding to meet community needs. The Family Service of Memphis performed several "Plays for Living" and utilized theatre as a tool to assist with implementing social change and to address sensitive issues with members of the community.

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Document, "Ninety-Three Years Of Service To Memphis, 1893-1986," Family Service Of Memphis, 1986 Jan 2025

Document, "Ninety-Three Years Of Service To Memphis, 1893-1986," Family Service Of Memphis, 1986

Documents

Document, "Ninety-three Years of Service to Memphis, 1893-1986," Family Service of Memphis, 1986.

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Design And Optimization Of A Miniaturized Spiral Antenna For Ultra-Wideband Applications, Mckennan Starkey, Cody Goins, Victor Khilkevich, Daryl Beetner Jan 2025

Design And Optimization Of A Miniaturized Spiral Antenna For Ultra-Wideband Applications, Mckennan Starkey, Cody Goins, Victor Khilkevich, Daryl Beetner

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Ultra-wideband communication in the frequency range from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz is popular for short range wireless networks. Designing a wideband antenna that covers the entire 7.5 GHz band is challenging, particularly if the antenna should be small, unobtrusive, and should effectively communicate with another antenna as their positions and orientations change. A miniaturized wideband circularly polarized Archimedean spiral antenna is developed in this study which is wideband and circularly polarized. Miniaturization and optimization techniques are introduced to enable an antenna size of $30 \text{mm} \times 30 \text{mm}$ and a thickness less than 0.5 mm.

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Component Level Em Emission Assessment And Management For Rf Desensitization, Xiangrui Su, Wenchang Huang, Junghee Cho, Joonki Paek, Chulsoon Hwang Jan 2025

Component Level Em Emission Assessment And Management For Rf Desensitization, Xiangrui Su, Wenchang Huang, Junghee Cho, Joonki Paek, Chulsoon Hwang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Radio frequency (RF) desensitization is a common issue caused by high-speed components in modern electronic devices. Consequently, numerous studies have focused on characterizing and quantifying electromagnetic (EM) emission sources by using near field scanning to detect EM noise sources. However, before near field scanning, no predetermined threshold is available to quickly assess whether an EM noise source will pose RF desensitization risks in the receiving antenna. This article presents a method to optimize near field scanning settings through EM emission management analysis. Drawing on experience from numerous EM emission studies, we introduce an EM emission management procedure for two common …

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Tenncare Sickle Cell Disease Report 2025, Tennessee. Division Of Tenncare. Jan 2025

Tenncare Sickle Cell Disease Report 2025, Tennessee. Division Of Tenncare.

TennCare Additional Reports

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The Impact Of Tenncare, A Survey Of Recipients, 2024, Tennessee. Division Of Tenncare. Jan 2025

The Impact Of Tenncare, A Survey Of Recipients, 2024, Tennessee. Division Of Tenncare.

TennCare Additional Reports

No abstract provided.

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2024 Annual Eqro Technical Report, Tennessee. Division Of Tenncare. Jan 2025

2024 Annual Eqro Technical Report, Tennessee. Division Of Tenncare.

TennCare Additional Reports

No abstract provided.

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Leadership Communication And Symbolic Language In Organizational Change: A Study In Higher Education, Christine Fischer Jan 2025

Leadership Communication And Symbolic Language In Organizational Change: A Study In Higher Education, Christine Fischer

Dissertations

Higher education institutions face growing pressures related to affordability, accessibility, and trust. In this environment, leadership communication, especially symbolic language that frames transformation as mission-aligned, plays a central role in shaping organizational change. This qualitative single-case study examined how leaders at a private Christian liberal arts college used metaphors, narratives, and values-based discourse to communicate an innovative tuition model and how this language influenced stakeholder perceptions, engagement, and resistance. Data included 26 leadership communication documents, a metaphor-based faculty and staff survey, and eight semi-structured interviews. Reflexive thematic analysis and metaphorical analysis were used to interpret symbolic language, meaning-making processes, and …

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A Breath Of Fresh Air: Reducing Youth Vaping In Tennessee Jan 2025

A Breath Of Fresh Air: Reducing Youth Vaping In Tennessee

Miscellaneous Reports

No abstract provided.

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Healthcare Providers’ Lived Experiences During Pivotal Change, Lisa Raynelle Shelley Jan 2025

Healthcare Providers’ Lived Experiences During Pivotal Change, Lisa Raynelle Shelley

Dissertations

This phenomenological study examined healthcare providers’ lived experiences of psychological safety and administrative leader behaviors that influenced those experiences during pivotal change. While much research addressed psychological safety among frontline healthcare staff, a gap was noticed concerning providers. This study aimed to investigate the impact of psychological safety and administrative support on provider engagement, emotional response, and retention during periods of significant change. Data were collected via a survey containing multiple-choice and open-ended questions, followed by semi-structured interviews. Four findings emerged. First, the providers’ pivotal events generated themes of “workplace power dynamics,” “systemic and organizational change,” “transformational crisis,” and “physical …

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A Qualitative Study On The Cultural Adaptation Process Of Adventist Volunteers In Central Asia, Cecilia Nanni Jan 2025

A Qualitative Study On The Cultural Adaptation Process Of Adventist Volunteers In Central Asia, Cecilia Nanni

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

The cultural adaptation process for the volunteers who participated in this study follows, according to their own perceptions, a progressive sequence of five stages: Awe/Confusion, Denial, Observation, Integration, and Habituation. As shown, this process is not without difficulties and negative feelings such as confusion, discouragement, sadness, anger, and rejection, which are inherent to the processes of uprooting and cultural change. However, it is evident how experiences evolve as time passes, culminating in acceptance, learning, comfort, adjustment, and adaptation.

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Spread And Pollinate: How Animals Help Plants, Piper Ellis Jan 2025

Spread And Pollinate: How Animals Help Plants, Piper Ellis

2nd Grade

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College Of Applied Science And Technology Strategic Plan, 2025-2030, College Of Applied Science And Technology, Illinois State University Jan 2025

College Of Applied Science And Technology Strategic Plan, 2025-2030, College Of Applied Science And Technology, Illinois State University

College of Applied Science and Technology Strategic Plans

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Under Political Pressure: How Courts And Congress Can Help Prosecutors Do Justice, Bruce A. Green, Rebecca Roiphe Jan 2025

Under Political Pressure: How Courts And Congress Can Help Prosecutors Do Justice, Bruce A. Green, Rebecca Roiphe

Faculty Scholarship

Some subordinate federal prosecutors faced a challenging professional dilemma in the early days of the second Trump Administration. It arose from the tension between their role as public officials and lawyers who owe fiduciary duties to the public and their role as Department of Justice (DOJ) employees who take direction from higher-ups. The DOJ leadership directed these subordinate prosecutors to use their considerable power in ways evidently designed to advance partisan political objectives. This was contrary to the clear understanding previously expressed by courts, the legal profession, and the DOJ itself that prosecutors have a duty to seek justice, which …

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Super-Dicta, Courtney M. Cox Jan 2025

Super-Dicta, Courtney M. Cox

Faculty Scholarship

A weird thing happens when a conscientious, rational judge lacks certainty and has the humility to know it: she will often decide cases for reasons that differ from the reasons in her opinions. To illustrate, suppose she thinks it’s 50/50 whether Defendant’s copying infringed or was fair use. She could rationally flip a coin. But if she does, and she finds for Defendant, it will not be because of fair use. Rather, it will be because she thought it was 50/50 whether the copying was fair use—and the coin landed tails.

Coin-flip cases are rare, but uncertainty is not. There …

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Hartville Potato Chips, Anna Kish, Daniel Brewer, Sarah Flaker, William Brashear, Parker Doerrer, Grace Nuhfer Jan 2025

Hartville Potato Chips, Anna Kish, Daniel Brewer, Sarah Flaker, William Brashear, Parker Doerrer, Grace Nuhfer

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

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Effects Of Chain Length, Saturation, And Bases On Saponification, Sarah Fenik Jan 2025

Effects Of Chain Length, Saturation, And Bases On Saponification, Sarah Fenik

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project will analyze the effects of chain length and saturation of fatty acids on saponification processes, as well as the effects of the base used in the reaction. Stearic acid, lauric acid, and oleic acid will be used for the fatty acid comparisons, and sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide will be used for the base comparisons. Stearic acid is considered a long chain fatty acid, while lauric acid is considered a short chain fatty acid. Oleic acid is a monounsaturated fatty acid. Five soap products are be made: sodium stearate, sodium laurate, sodium oleate, potassium stearate, and potassium oleate. …

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Anti-Icing Properties Of 3d-Printed Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Nathan Kling Jan 2025

Anti-Icing Properties Of 3d-Printed Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Nathan Kling

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project aims to investigate how textured microscopic surfaces can reduce ice adhesion, utilizing 3D-printed resin materials. By varying the size and shape of these surface imperfections, the research seeks to identify configurations that minimize ice formation and facilitate easier ice removal. The trapped air between the imperfections is expected to hinder water droplet adhesion, promoting detachment through gravity or motion. The study’s applications could extend to preventing icing on power lines, roads, and aircraft. Methodologically, the project will build on prior research, applying water to textured surfaces under controlled temperature conditions to assess ice formation and removal efficiency. Key …

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Prediction Of Glass Transition Temperature Of Polymers Using Structure-Based Models, Nicholas Wolfe Jan 2025

Prediction Of Glass Transition Temperature Of Polymers Using Structure-Based Models, Nicholas Wolfe

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The focus for this study is prediction of glass transition temperatures of polymers using machine learning models. The preprocessing of the data included the generation of descriptors, the scaling of the data, the principal component analysis for dimensionality reduction, and the clustering of the data. Three methods of property predictions were utilized including Linear Regression, Random Forest, and a Feedforward Neural Network. The dataset consisted of over 7000 polymers each with their respective glass transition temperatures. This study found that the Random Forest model returned the best results followed by the Feedforward Neural Network then the Linear Regression model. Each …

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High Voltage Junction Box For Demonstrator Vehicle, Benjamin Lubowicki, Ryan Dorste Jan 2025

High Voltage Junction Box For Demonstrator Vehicle, Benjamin Lubowicki, Ryan Dorste

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Schaeffler, our industry sponsor for this project, is designing a battery pack for a demonstration vehicle that requires a high voltage junction box to route power to the vehicle. The project type is a unique design of a mechanical component, mechanism, and process. Our objective for this project is to assemble provided electro-mechanical components into an enclosure following a provided electrical diagram. The expected deliverables are the following: 3D CAD assembly of final product, FEA analysis of designed components, 2D print of final product, fabrication and assembly of designed parts, technical report documenting design process and installation. The skills required …

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Qualitative Analysis Of Surface Modification On Wiffleball Aerodynamics, Cole Lanni Jan 2025

Qualitative Analysis Of Surface Modification On Wiffleball Aerodynamics, Cole Lanni

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project investigated how surface modifications to a Wiffleball affect its aerodynamic behavior, particularly its vertical and horizontal movement when thrown. The study tested the hypothesis that altering surface texture through cutting or sanding would influence airflow and pressure differentials, thereby changing the ball's movement. Six ball conditions: including unmodified, sanded, and various cut patterns were tested using a pitching machine in a controlled indoor environment. Each variation was pitched ten times, and movement was analyzed through measurements of contact points on posterboards and performing statistical testing, specifically ANOVA with Post Hoc analysis. Results indicated that surface modifications significantly increased …

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Urotropine As A Corrosion Inhibitor In Steel Rebar: A Molecular Dynamics Study, Tyler Zadrozny Jan 2025

Urotropine As A Corrosion Inhibitor In Steel Rebar: A Molecular Dynamics Study, Tyler Zadrozny

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project investigates the behavior of corrosion in rebar, a critical component in infrastructure such as roads and skyscrapers. Corrosion of rebar can lead to structural instability, visible as cracks or pitting on the surface. The primary focus is on the potential of urotropine as a corrosion inhibitor. Urotropine, known for its ability to inhibit corrosion in mild steel in acidic environments, is hypothesized to be effective in preventing corrosion on rebar. To explore this, molecular dynamics simulations using LAMMPS were conducted, modeling urotropine molecules in an acidic solution (PH = 1) interacting with iron atoms, mimicking rebar. Simulations were …

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