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Rural Residents' Perspectives On An Mhealth Or Personalized Health Coaching Intervention: Qualitative Study With Focus Groups And Key Informant Interviews, Nancy Schoenberg, Madeline Dunfee, Hannah Yeager, Matthew Rutledge, Angela Pfammatter, Bonnie Spring

Behavioral Science Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Compared with national averages, rural Appalachians experience extremely elevated rates of premature morbidity and mortality. New opportunities, including approaches incorporating personal technology, may help improve lifestyles and overcome health inequities.

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to gather perspectives on whether a healthy lifestyle intervention, specifically an app originally designed for urban users, may be feasible and acceptable to rural residents. In addition to a smartphone app, this program-Make Better Choices 2-consists of personalized health coaching, accelerometer use, and financial incentives.

METHODS: We convened 4 focus groups and 16 key informant interviews with diverse community stakeholders to assess perspectives on this …

Legal Financial Obligations & Rehabilitation: How The Ability To Pay Fines And Fees Disproportionately Affects Citizens Based On Socioeconomic Status, Bailey R. Code

University Honors Theses

In the United States, legal financial obligations (LFO's), also known as monetary sanctions or criminal justice financial obligations, refer to the fines and fees that result from an individual’s involvement in the criminal justice system. Today, these fines and fees have become the most common form of punishment used by the United States' legal system. This paper answers the following research question: How can the ability to pay legal financial obligations shape the rehabilitation of incarcerated people in the United States?

Legal Financial Obligations are harmful to those entangled within the justice system, as shown by their cyclical nature and …

How Transitional, Restorative, And Transformative Justice Will Address Racial Injustice, Isabelle Garnand

University Honors Theses

Racism is still deeply embedded in the United States. Dominant white cultural narratives do not acknowledge African-Americans’ experiences, and previous methods of addressing it have not been sufficient. Through a literature review using PsychInfo, Google Scholar, and Google the author researched how transitional, restorative, and transformative justice have been used in the U.S. and other countries to establish what methods of each would be best adopted for the U.S. The author proposes change through addressing racism on the state and county level using these multiple levels of justice throughout the U.S. to create space to perpetuate conversations, actions, and beginning …

2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report - Hamilton County, Tennessee, Hamilton County (Tenn.). Finance Division.

Tennessee County Audit Reports

No abstract provided.

State V. Williams Appellant's Brief Dckt. 48223

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Quantitative Proteomic And Metabolomic Profiling Reveals Altered Mitochondrial Metabolism And Folate Biosynthesis Pathways In The Aging Drosophila Eye, Hana Hall, Bruce R. Cooper, Guihong Qi, Aruna B. Wijeratne, Amber L. Mosley, Vikki M. Weake

Department of Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Aging is associated with increased risk of ocular disease, suggesting that age-associated molecular changes in the eye increase its vulnerability to damage. Although there are common pathways involved in aging at an organismal level, different tissues and cell types exhibit specific changes in gene expression with advanced age. Drosophila melanogaster is an established model system for studying aging and neurodegenerative disease that also provides a valuable model for studying age-associated ocular disease. Flies, like humans, exhibit decreased visual function and increased risk of retinal degeneration with age. Here, we profiled the aging proteome and metabolome of the Drosophila eye and …

Remote Data Collection: How Broadband Connectivity Affected The Conversion Of Physical Performance Testing To The Remote Setting During Covid-19: A Research Assistant's Assessment, Ramyar Eslami

University Honors Theses

The GET FIT Prostate and Exercising Together trials conducted by Dr. Kerri Winters-Stone incorporate exercise intervention for cancer survivors during or after completing their therapy. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the laboratory assessment of both studies was conducted in-person. However, the transition to remote assessment was required due to the safety precautions of COVID-19. Protocol outcomes for administering tests like the short physical performance battery (sPPB), which includes the 4m usual walk (4MW; m/s), chair stands (CS; sec), and standing balance measurements, were completed via a video conferencing interface called Cisco Webex.

Transitioning to remote testing determined the validity of remote …

Matias V. Yordi

All Decisions

No abstract provided.

State V. Mcguire Respondent's Brief Dckt. 48005

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

State V. Ponce Respondent's Brief Dckt. 48097

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Perspective On Multi-Scale Simulation Of Thermal Transport In Solids And Interfaces (Vol 23, Pg 1785, 2021), Ming Hu, Zhonghua Yang

Faculty Publications

Correction for ‘Perspective on multi-scale simulation of thermal transport in solids and interfaces’ by Ming Hu et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 1785–1801, DOI: 10.1039/D0CP03372C.

Assessing Civility At An Academic Health Science Center: Implications For Employee Satisfaction And Well-Being., Lisa A Campbell, Jenna R Lafreniere, Mhd Hasan Almekdash, David D Perlmutter, Huaxin Song, Patricia J Kelly, Rohali Keesari, Kay Leigh Shannon

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

Incivilities are pervasive among workers in healthcare institutions. Previously identified effects include deterioration of employee physical and mental health, absenteeism, burnout, and turnover, as well as reduced patient safety and quality of care. This study documented factors related to organizational civility at an academic health sciences center (AHSC) as the basis for future intervention work. We used a cross-sectional research design to conduct an online survey at four of five campuses of an AHSC. Using the Organizational Civility Scale (OCS), we assessed differences across gender, race (White and non-White) and job type (faculty or staff) in the eleven subscales (frequency …

The Effect Of Optional Retrieval Practice On Long Term Retention, Harrison Albert, Melissa Lehman

Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations

Retrieval practice is a well-researched cognitive strategy for improving memory for target information. A substantial amount of empirical research from several decades shows that retrieval practice has a positive effect on long-term retention of information. The current study aims to assess the effects of review activities using retrieval practice on long-term retention of course materials, and to examine their effect on test anxiety. Although some research has examined the impact of retrieval practice in course settings, there have been few controlled experiments and little research looking at the impacts on test anxiety. A multi-session exam review activity will be administered …

Symphonic Winds, February 26, 2021, F. Mack Wood, Lauren Bobarsky

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
February 26, 2021
Friday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Chimes: February 26, 2021, Calvin University

Chimes

Changes in admissions strategy could lead to first enrollment increase in seven years by Harm Venhuizen

Students are getting sicker, ER visits increasing in second semester by Abigail Ham

Morale dips during increased restriction, but revives as cases fall by Ezra Craker

Empty stadiums force teams to create their own energy by Juliana Knot

Frogs, earthworms and zebrafish: How Calvin uses live animals in lab by Sarah Gibes

Ex-CRC church added to list of hate groups by Liana Hirner & Jamison Van Andel

GOP feature meant to educate, not promote by Afua Brantuo

Connected Care: The Relationship Between Infant-Caregiver Interaction & Preterm Infant Development, Amelia G. Williams

University Honors Theses

This thesis encompasses how families and healthcare workers alike can uplift preterm infants’ development in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The use of positive facial expressions, skin-to-skin contact, verbalizing with the infant, quality time, and focused attention are explored to promote the preterm infant’s positive development. Additionally, this thesis includes research on optimizing the transition from hospital to home for both parents and infants.

This thesis aims to gather information that caregivers can easily reference and put into action with preterm infants. At the end of each body paragraph, the reader can promptly locate summarizing bullet points of how caregivers …

Group Theory Visualized Through The Rubik's Cube, Ashlyn Okamoto

University Honors Theses

In my thesis, I describe the work done to implement several Group Theory concepts in the context of the Rubik’s cube. A simulation of the cube was constructed using Processing-Java and with help from a YouTube series done by TheCodingTrain. I reflect on the struggles and difficulties that came with creating this program along with the inspiration behind the project. The concepts that are currently implemented at this time are: Identity, Associativity, Order, and Inverses. The functionality of the cube is described as it moves like a regular cube but has extra keypresses that demonstrate the concepts listed. Each concept …

Mary: A Creative Biography Of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Through The Lens Of Her Interpersonal Relationships, Julien-Pierre E. Campbell

University Honors Theses

Mary is a creative thesis told in first-person vignettes spaced throughout Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s entire life. The work seeks to function as a creative biography, fictionalized but exploring the very real and impactful interpersonal relationships she held dear. Mary Shelley was an incredibly multifaceted person. She was at turns daring and iconoclastic, reserved and private, outgoing and adventurous, deeply depressed and bitter. She worked through much of her personal trauma and turmoil in her novels. She had trauma in spades. Three of her four children died young. Her mother died giving birth to her. Her beloved elder sister committed suicide. …

Fort Hays State University Tiger Weekly, February 26, 2021, University Relations

Tiger Weekly Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Can Early Treatment Of Twitcher Mice With High Dose Aavrh10-Galc Eliminate The Need For Bmt?, Mohammad Rafi, Paola Luzi, David A Wenger

Department of Neurology Faculty Papers

Introduction: Krabbe disease (KD) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the galactocerebrosidase (GALC) gene resulting in neuro-inflammation and defective myelination in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Most infantile patients present with clinical features before six months of age and die before two years of age. The only treatment available for pre-symptomatic or mildly affected individuals is hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In the animal models, combining bone marrow transplantation (BMT) with gene therapy has shown the best results in disease outcome. In this study, we examine the outcome of gene therapy alone.

Methods: Twitcher (twi) mice …

Bare Cost 3 In 1 Sensing Solution, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

Bare cost 3 in 1 sensing solution is a method that allows us to use the same set of low‐cost reflective sensors to detect media size, tray insertion/removal and orientation of the media through use of carefully placed reflectors.

Intelligent Mechanism For Robocall Prevention Using Artificial Intelligence-Driven Interactive Question And Answer Techniques, Anupam Mukherjee, Faisal Siyavudeen, Sanjay Sinha

Defensive Publications Series

A robocall is a phone call that uses a computerized auto-dialer to deliver a pre-recorded message, as if from a robot. Robocalls are often associated with political and telemarketing phone campaigns. Some robocalls use personalized audio messages to simulate an actual personal phone call. Criminals and dishonest robocallers often alter or spoof the calling number of their outbound telephone calls in order to deceive a called party. This deception increases the chance that the called party will answer a robocall. In other cases, the spam calls may be more malicious. This proposal provides an artificial intelligence (AI)-based interactive and intelligent …

Persistent Optimism: The Inherency Of Security Within International Space Law, Timothy M. Bass

Florida Journal of International Law

When thinking about security in the realm of outer space, it is tempting to focus on areas like militarization, defense from attacks, hacking systems, and espionage; however, in doing so, we overlook the fundamental principles that attempt to ensure security in space law from its inception. By taking a moment to reflect on the guiding principles and goals of space exploration as laid out in treaty and domestic law from a broader perspective, it becomes clear that space is overwhelmingly hopeful in continuing the reign of peace.

The Legal And Practical Framework For Psychiatric Diagnoses As Bases For Requests For Euthanasia And Physician-Assisted Suicide In The Netherlands, Kasey Joyce

Florida Journal of International Law

There is not a clear answer on what kinds of cases are the kinds that cause successful requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide (EAS), but most of them are diagnoses that hold severe and terminal physical symptoms or those that have chronic and severe psychiatric issues. A lingering question—one that is now being debated and revisited—is whether a diagnosed mental illness falls into the requisite terminal illness definition to pass through the procedure to get the end-of-life care available in the Netherlands. This Note will analyze the standards around what kinds of cases will pass through the Physician Review Board …

Making The Virtual International Maritime Staff Operators Course A Reality, Kenneth M. Sandler

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

War And Political Theory, Edward Erwin, Brian Orend

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

The Annotated Memoirs Of Ulysses S. Grant, Richard Norton, Elizabeth D. Samet

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

Research & Debate—Pier Competitor: Testimony On China’S Global Ports, Isaac Kardon

Naval War College Review

The United States–China Economic and Security Review Commission convened a daylong hearing on the global power-projection capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on 20 February 2020. What follows is a version of the testimony with which the author responded to the commission’s questions on Chinese bases and access points, drawing on an original data set of the ninety-five overseas port terminals that Chinese firms—primarily three entities, two of which are central state–owned enterprises—own, operate, or both.

On Deterrence, Defense, And Arms Control—In Honor Of Colin S. Gray, Keith B. Payne

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

Provision Of Alternative Formats Of Information Resources For Inclusive Library Services Of Visually Impaired Primary School Pupils In Southeast Nigeria, Esther Ekene Aghauche Phd, Obiora Kingsley Udem Phd, Stephen Ikenna Aghauche

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper sought to determine the provision of alternative formats of information resources for inclusive library services of visually impaired primary school pupils in Southeast Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 129 respondents, comprising of 125 visually impaired pupils and four librarians from the four special education centres in Southeast Nigeria. One research question guided the study. Two instruments were used for data collection which includes an observation checklist, and interview guide. Data collected with the checklist were analyzed using frequency counts, while those from interviews were analyzed qualitatively and integrated …