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Disproportionality Of African Americans In Texas Special Education, Catherine Boggs, Jemimah Young May 2025

Disproportionality Of African Americans In Texas Special Education, Catherine Boggs, Jemimah Young

Journal of Multicultural Affairs

Research has indicated that historically, African Americans received disproportionate special education services (Fish, 2019; Sabnis et al., 2020; Sullivan & Osher, 2019; Watkins & Kurtz, 2001). This is specifically problematic in states and cities with smaller proportions of African Americans, such as Texas. Data indicate that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) remains non-compliant with the implementation of its Corrective Action Plan (CAP), which was issued federally by the Office of Special Education Programs due to restricting the percentage of students qualifying for special education (Morgan et al., 2023). The purpose of this study was to categorize, quantify, and examine the …

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Language Teaching In Palestine: Leveraging Cultural Sustainability Through A Video Project, Layth R. Awwad, Imad Abu Dayyeh, Anita L. Bright May 2025

Language Teaching In Palestine: Leveraging Cultural Sustainability Through A Video Project, Layth R. Awwad, Imad Abu Dayyeh, Anita L. Bright

Journal of Multicultural Affairs

In recognition of the ways learners need to see themselves present within their curricula, and in response to the ongoing opportunity to leverage digital media, through this paper, we describe the creation, implementation, and refinement of a video project, included across multiple English language courses at Bethlehem University in the West Bank of Palestine. With cultural sustainability at the center, through qualitative methodology (Maxwell, 2013), and calling specifically upon sociocultural theory (Bakhtin, 1984) as well as figured worlds (Holland et al., 1998), we offer perspectives informed by a range of life experiences and standpoints. This study of what students and …

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Dynamate: Leveraging Ai-Agents For Customized Research Workflows, Orlando A. Mendible-Barreto, Misael Díaz-Maldonado, Fernando J. Carmona Esteva, J. Emmanuel Torres, Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa, Yamil J. Colón May 2025

Dynamate: Leveraging Ai-Agents For Customized Research Workflows, Orlando A. Mendible-Barreto, Misael Díaz-Maldonado, Fernando J. Carmona Esteva, J. Emmanuel Torres, Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa, Yamil J. Colón

Computer and Data Science Faculty Publications

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Structural Covariance And Episodic Memory: Sex Differences In Schizophrenia, Delaina Brooke Cimmino May 2025

Structural Covariance And Episodic Memory: Sex Differences In Schizophrenia, Delaina Brooke Cimmino

Theses and Dissertations

Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a chronic brain disease characterized by patterns of positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms that interfere with daily functioning and persist throughout the lifespan. Clinical and cognitive symptoms differ between males and females with the disease, suggesting neurobiological abnormalities that vary on the basis of biological sex. The present study used high-dimensional brain mapping and network analysis procedures of cortical and limbic regions known to be involved in memory formation to investigate sex differences in brain correlates of episodic memory among patients with schizophrenia. This study analyzed multi-site archival data from 363 male (M) and 108 female (F) …

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Educational Policy Committee Meeting – Open Session Book 05/22/2025, Uc Law Sf May 2025

Educational Policy Committee Meeting – Open Session Book 05/22/2025, Uc Law Sf

2025 Board of Directors Agenda and Materials

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Non-Homologous Sequence Interactions During Meiosis: Meiotic Challenges And Evolutionary Opportunities., Beth L Dumont, Mary Ann Handel May 2025

Non-Homologous Sequence Interactions During Meiosis: Meiotic Challenges And Evolutionary Opportunities., Beth L Dumont, Mary Ann Handel

Faculty Research 2025

A hallmark of meiosis is pairing of homologous chromosomes, an event that ensures proper segregation into the gametes. Homology pairing is crucial to the formation of normal gametes, the maintenance of genomic integrity, and avoidance of aneuploidy. However, chromosomes are not completely homologous. Here we discuss two notable exceptions to homology: the mammalian sex chromosomes and centromeres. In themselves, these exceptions illustrate meiotic adaptations that both ensure correct chromosome segregation and present evolutionary opportunities. More broadly, such examples of non-homology provide a window for viewing normal mechanisms of meiotic pairing and chromosome modifications. Current analyses of mammalian meiotic chromosome dynamics …

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Beyond The Bmi: An Educational, Family-Centered Approach To Identifying Risk For Childhood Obesity, Michelle J. Mak May 2025

Beyond The Bmi: An Educational, Family-Centered Approach To Identifying Risk For Childhood Obesity, Michelle J. Mak

Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Manuscripts

Background: In the United States, the increasing prevalence of obesity has caused public health concerns. From 2017 to 2020, 14.7 million children ages 2 to 19 were considered obese. The main parameter for diagnosis is a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile on the growth chart. Additionally, overweight is defined as a BMI between the 85th and 95th percentiles. At a pediatric primary care clinic in San Diego, CA, over a third of patients are considered overweight or obese. Obesity comorbidities can include type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Overweight adolescents have a 70% likelihood of …

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Swk 365: Social Work Practice Iii: Communities & Organizations, Sonia Brown May 2025

Swk 365: Social Work Practice Iii: Communities & Organizations, Sonia Brown

Open Educational Resources

Social Work Practice with Communities and Organization is the third of three foundation courses in social work practice. The social work practice sequence provides an introduction to the basic theory and methods of generalist social work practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities. As a preparation for practice in the field, this third course emphasizes practice with organizations, neighborhoods and communities. Change strategies such as social action, legislative policy, citizen participation, advocacy and service development are explored. All case material is studied within the context of the values of the social work profession and the recognition of the importance …

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Skin Cancer Diagnosis Utilizing Hybrid Discrete Cosine Transform And High-Performance Convolutional Neural Networks, Mohammed M. Abo-Zahhad, Mohammed Abo-Zahhad May 2025

Skin Cancer Diagnosis Utilizing Hybrid Discrete Cosine Transform And High-Performance Convolutional Neural Networks, Mohammed M. Abo-Zahhad, Mohammed Abo-Zahhad

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Detecting skin cancer early and accurately is crucial for successfully treating this potentially fatal disease. Enhancing the accuracy of visual inspection techniques is often necessary to improve clinical decision-making and increase the chance of successful treatment outcomes. In this research, high-performance deep learning (DL) models for automated skin cancer categorization and early skin cancer diagnosis screening are developed and evaluated in conjunction with the discrete cosine transform (DCT). For this purpose, features are extracted from medical images using both techniques. The DCT is used for feature extraction and dimensionality reduction, while deep learning (DL) trains fully connected models for classification …

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Staff Education To Improve Patient Outcomes And Treatment Compliance Through Use Of Motivational Interviewing In The Mental Health Setting, Rachel Nardi May 2025

Staff Education To Improve Patient Outcomes And Treatment Compliance Through Use Of Motivational Interviewing In The Mental Health Setting, Rachel Nardi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Summary: Treatment noncompliance is a significant problem within the realm of mental health care. Recurrent noncompliance increases symptom severity, the likelihood of a crisis, and the burden placed on mental health care resources. Motivational interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based practice (EBP) demonstrated through extensive research to positively affect patient outcomes. Teaching MI to mental health care providers is one option organizational leaders can choose to address treatment noncompliance. In order for MI to become standard nursing practice, a method of education must be developed and implemented. This necessitates the identification of effective education delivery methods. A staff education project was …

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Motivations To Learn English Among First-Year Undergraduate Chinese Students, Yunyu Chen May 2025

Motivations To Learn English Among First-Year Undergraduate Chinese Students, Yunyu Chen

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study investigates the motivations to learn English among first-year Chinese undergraduates enrolled at an American university in the southeastern United States and it is essentially grounded in theories such as Self-Determination Theory and Achievement Goal Theory. It addresses a central research question about how is motivations to learn English shaped by external and internal factors among the first-year undergraduate Chinese students? Recognizing that many Chinese students experience low levels of interest and confidence in English, the study explores internal and external factors that shape motivations, including emotional engagement, cultural and academic expectations, and supportive roles played by teachers and …

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Neuroanatomical And Morphometric Differences In Children Who Stutter, Mohammad A. Khan May 2025

Neuroanatomical And Morphometric Differences In Children Who Stutter, Mohammad A. Khan

Honors Scholar Theses

Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder commonly known as stuttering is a neurodevelopmental speech disorder characterized by disruptions in speech fluency. While genetic and neurobiological factors are implicated, the structural brain differences underlying stuttering remain unclear. This study investigated neuroanatomical alterations in children who stutter (CWS) compared to typically fluent children (TFC), focusing on gray matter volume, cortical thickness, and surface area in speech-related regions; the Inferior Frontal Gyrus, Middle Temporal Gyrus, and Pre-motor Operculum. High-resolution MRI data from 100 children (48 CWS, 52 TFC) aged 3–12 years were analyzed using FreeSurfer. Group comparisons revealed no statistically significant differences in cortical thickness, surface …

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M6a Modification Is Incorporated Into Bacterial Mrna Without Specific Functional Benefit, Klara Szydlo, Leonardo Santos, Thomas W. Christian, Sunita Maharjan, Amir Dorsey, Isao Masuda, Jingxuan Jia, Yuan Wu, Weixin Tang, Ya-Ming Hou, Zoya Ignatova May 2025

M6a Modification Is Incorporated Into Bacterial Mrna Without Specific Functional Benefit, Klara Szydlo, Leonardo Santos, Thomas W. Christian, Sunita Maharjan, Amir Dorsey, Isao Masuda, Jingxuan Jia, Yuan Wu, Weixin Tang, Ya-Ming Hou, Zoya Ignatova

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

N 6-Methyladenosine (m6A), the most abundant modification in eukaryotic messenger RNAs (mRNAs), has also been found at a low level in bacterial mRNAs. However, enzyme(s) that introduce m6A modification on mRNAs in bacteria remain elusive. In this work, we combine deep-sequencing approaches that identify m6A sites with in vitro biochemical studies to identify putative m6A methyltransferases that would modify Escherichia coli mRNAs. We tested four uncharacterized candidates predicted to encode proteins with putative methyltransferase domains, whose deletion decreased the m6A level. However, in vitro analysis with the purified putative methyltransferases revealed that none of them installs m6A on mRNA. Exposure …

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A Data-Driven Approach To Smart Shopping: Optimizing Grocery Trips Using Geolocation And Store Inventory Data, Kien T. Giang May 2025

A Data-Driven Approach To Smart Shopping: Optimizing Grocery Trips Using Geolocation And Store Inventory Data, Kien T. Giang

Honors Theses

This project presents a data-driven web-based application, Smart Shopping, designed to help customers optimize their grocery purchases based on location and store inventory information. The application allows users to add items to a shopping list and either enter an address or use their browser’s location services to identify nearby stores. It then retrieves product availability and prices from a mock database representing stores at user’s selected locations. The program compares prices across stores to provide users with two optimized options: the cheapest shopping bill from a single store, and the lowest individual item prices across multiple stores. Additionally, the …

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Innovative Geopolymer Mortars From Cdws For 3d Printing, Miguel Otero, Marisol Rivas, Lorena Freire, Rebeca Abalde, José Guillermo, Juan Diego Fernández May 2025

Innovative Geopolymer Mortars From Cdws For 3d Printing, Miguel Otero, Marisol Rivas, Lorena Freire, Rebeca Abalde, José Guillermo, Juan Diego Fernández

Alkali Activated Materials and Geopolymers: High-end technical applications [2025]

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Strategies For Migrating Data Warehouses To Data Lakehouses Using Public Cloud Computing, Danny Robert Hermanus May 2025

Strategies For Migrating Data Warehouses To Data Lakehouses Using Public Cloud Computing, Danny Robert Hermanus

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The exponential growth of big data—characterized by high volume, velocity, and variety—has overwhelmed the capacity of traditional data warehouses, making it difficult to deliver timely and actionable insights. This problem is critical for IT professionals in large organizations, who face the absence of robust, evidence-based migration strategies and rely on efficient data infrastructure to maintain competitive performance and support strategic decision-making. Anchored in the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic study was to explore strategies employed by large organizations to migrate data warehouses to data lakehouses. The study involved semistructured interviews with six IT professionals from California-based …

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Impact Of Nursing Home Staff Hours And Administrator Turnover On Quality Of Care Post-Covid-19 Pandemic In Texas, Kendra King May 2025

Impact Of Nursing Home Staff Hours And Administrator Turnover On Quality Of Care Post-Covid-19 Pandemic In Texas, Kendra King

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nursing facilities experienced heightened unfavorable outcomes related to quality of care and staffing patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental, retrospective study was to determine if there was a relationship between nursing home administrator turnover, total nurse staffing (i.e., LPN, RN, and nurse aides) hours per resident per day, and the quality of care as measured by the Long Stay Quality Measure (LSQM) rating in Texas after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2023. The Donabedian model, using the elements of structure, process, and outcomes, served as the theoretical framework for this study. Structure was represented by the …

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Renal Patients’ Perception Of Self-Efficacy Through Rapport And Trust With Registered Dietitians, Michelle Denise Broussard May 2025

Renal Patients’ Perception Of Self-Efficacy Through Rapport And Trust With Registered Dietitians, Michelle Denise Broussard

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

End stage renal disease requires dietary education and behavior modifications to manage the condition. The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the role of rapport and trust between the patients and registered dietitians and its impact on self-efficacy. The study was implemented over 12 weeks in multi-site dialysis units in urban Georgia. The health belief model was used as the framework to explain the participants’ desire toward self-efficacy. Data were obtained for the 14-item Health Care Relationship Trust scale and the self-efficacy scales and analyzed using multiple linear regression. A convenience sample of 125 patients between the ages …

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Staff Education On Documentation For Hospice Registered Nurses, Sharon Spencer Cunningham May 2025

Staff Education On Documentation For Hospice Registered Nurses, Sharon Spencer Cunningham

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Summary Documentation is a part of a daily task that all nurses undertake. Its purpose is to provide validation of care rendered to patients. In the hospice setting, nurses’ documentation is crucial, as it supports whether a patient qualifies to receive hospice services. If proper documentation is not recorded, patients can lose services and organizations can face a loss of revenue and potential fines. At a hospice organization in the Southeast United States, there was little emphasis of the importance of documentation that adheres to guidelines set by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Therefore, nurses’ documentation lacked the …

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Spousal Bereavement Enhances Proinflammatory Cytokine Production To Acute, Psychological Stress., E Lydia Wu-Chung, Ryan L. Brown, Robert Suchting, Jensine Paoletti-Hatcher, Michelle A. Chen, Angie S. Leroy, Kyle W. Murdock, Cobi J. Heijnen, Christopher P. Fagundes May 2025

Spousal Bereavement Enhances Proinflammatory Cytokine Production To Acute, Psychological Stress., E Lydia Wu-Chung, Ryan L. Brown, Robert Suchting, Jensine Paoletti-Hatcher, Michelle A. Chen, Angie S. Leroy, Kyle W. Murdock, Cobi J. Heijnen, Christopher P. Fagundes

Psychology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Early widowhood is characterized by chronic stress and is associated with a higher risk of incident depression and cardiovascular-related morbidity and mortality. Peripheral inflammation is involved in the pathogenesis of major depressive disorder and atherothrombosis and may represent a common mechanism underlying widow(er)'s elevated risk for both health conditions. Chronic psychological stress sensitizes the release of proinflammatory cytokines during the peripheral stress response. The present study examined whether recent spousal bereavement enhances the inflammatory response to an acute, psychological stressor. Recently widowed older adults (n = 143) and non-widowed controls (n = 69) participated in a quasi-experimental study, during which …

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Integration Of Sensors And Actuators In Mechanical Systems For Makerspace Applications, Nathalie Morton May 2025

Integration Of Sensors And Actuators In Mechanical Systems For Makerspace Applications, Nathalie Morton

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Independent Study

This independent study developed and implemented a workshop for the SLMP Makerspace that introduced microprocessors and actuators by guiding beginner makers through building a tilt- controlled marble maze using the Adafruit Circuit Playground Express (CPX). Participants learned to integrate the CPX’s onboard accelerometer with servo motors to control the maze’s movement, while gaining foundational skills in wiring and programming using Circuit Python or Arduino IDE. The workshop was designed to be accessible for those new to microprocessor integration, while still offering a meaningful introduction to core concepts in sensor-driven systems. It complements a Makerspace training module on Sensors and Actuators, …

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75-89 Wadsworth Terrace Llc V. Vines May 2025

75-89 Wadsworth Terrace Llc V. Vines

All Decisions

In a licensee holdover proceeding for a rent-stabilized apartment, the court granted the tenant's motion to stay the proceeding. The tenant, claiming succession rights to her deceased grandmother's tenancy, had an application pending before the DHCR. Despite the landlord's argument for concurrent jurisdiction and an expeditious determination, the court found no specific showing of prejudice by the landlord. The stay, granted under CPLR § 2201 to avoid duplicative adjudications, is conditioned on the tenant's timely payment of rent in ongoing use and occupancy, commencing June 2025. The stay will remain in effect until August 31, 2025, or a DHCR determination, …

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Corradjust Unveils Biologically Relevant Transcriptomic Correlations By Efficiently Eliminating Hidden Confounders, Stepan Nersisyan, Phillipe Loher, Isidore Rigoutsos May 2025

Corradjust Unveils Biologically Relevant Transcriptomic Correlations By Efficiently Eliminating Hidden Confounders, Stepan Nersisyan, Phillipe Loher, Isidore Rigoutsos

Computational Medicine Center Faculty Papers

Correcting for confounding variables is often overlooked when computing RNA-RNA correlations, even though it can profoundly affect results. We introduce CorrAdjust, a method for identifying and correcting such hidden confounders. CorrAdjust selects a subset of principal components to residualize from expression data by maximizing the enrichment of "reference pairs" among highly correlated RNA-RNA pairs. Unlike traditional machine learning metrics, this novel enrichment-based metric is specifically designed to evaluate correlation data and provides valuable RNA-level interpretability. CorrAdjust outperforms current state-of-the-art methods when evaluated on 25 063 human RNA-seq datasets from The Cancer Genome Atlas, the Genotype-Tissue Expression project, and the Geuvadis …

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Re: Comment Letter For Draft Final Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Unreclaimed Sites Ur-05 Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp) (Dated March 14, 2025), Molly Roby May 2025

Re: Comment Letter For Draft Final Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Unreclaimed Sites Ur-05 Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp) (Dated March 14, 2025), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

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Spectator 2025-05-22, Editors Of The Spectator May 2025

Spectator 2025-05-22, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

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Staff Educational Program On The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Depression Screening Tool In A Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, Chinwe Genevive Nwaigwe May 2025

Staff Educational Program On The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Depression Screening Tool In A Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, Chinwe Genevive Nwaigwe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) staff education project focused on improving the knowledge and confidence of psychiatric outpatient clinic staff in administering and interpreting the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), a critical tool for depression screening. Given the high prevalence of depression and disparities in mental health care, inconsistent PHQ-9 use can lead to delayed diagnoses and unequal access to treatment. Addressing this gap is both a clinical priority and a matter of social justice. I delivered a 2-hour educational program for 17 staff members to improve screening practices. The session included a PowerPoint presentation, role playing, and an interactive …

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Leadership Strategies To Decrease Resistance To Structural Changes Within A Healthcare Organization, Alicia J. Myers May 2025

Leadership Strategies To Decrease Resistance To Structural Changes Within A Healthcare Organization, Alicia J. Myers

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This single case study is an exploration of the necessary leadership skills to reduce resistance to organizational changes. Behavioral health leaders (BHLs) frequently implement changes, and poor execution can result in employee burnout, increased turnover, and decreased productivity. The participant population in this study included five BHLs in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The study included the use of the Baldrige excellence framework as an evidenced-based model to evaluate organizational systems. Data were collected primarily through semistructured interviews and were supplemented by information collected in organizational documents. When the data were analyzed, the emerging themes were communication gaps, …

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Staff Education On Importance Of Medication Adherence For Patients Living With Schizophrenia, Sonia Obehi Okojie May 2025

Staff Education On Importance Of Medication Adherence For Patients Living With Schizophrenia, Sonia Obehi Okojie

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This DNP project aimed to address the lack of staff knowledge regarding medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia to better support these patients and to address a critical organizational knowledge gap. Schizophrenia is a chronic illness that impacts quality of life and medication noncompliance, often causing relapses and hospitalization. Evidence has shown that medication compliance improves symptoms, reduces hospital visits, and leads to better overall disease outcomes. A review on the project site indicated a wide knowledge deficit for the staff on interventions to enhance compliance to medication regimens by schizophrenia patients. It is an important issue to address in …

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Leveraging Ai For Marketing Decisions: Algorithmic Targeting And Healthcare Applications, Annie Shi May 2025

Leveraging Ai For Marketing Decisions: Algorithmic Targeting And Healthcare Applications, Annie Shi

Olin Business School Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation, I leverage artificial intelligence (AI) for making effective marketing decisions, specifically on how to measure the causal effects of targeting promotions and detecting suspicious retail buyers of opioids. In the first chapter, we propose a novel approach in measuring the true causal effects of targeting promotions. Targeting promotions on online platforms are often determined by AI algorithms, which utilize extensive customer and seller information to generate various algorithmic scores for targeting. Effective targeting, however, will lead to selection bias when evaluating the causal effects of promotions. we analyzed 2,294 promotion experiments on a major online retail platform …

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Essays In Supply Behavior In Sharing Economy, Chong Bo Wang May 2025

Essays In Supply Behavior In Sharing Economy, Chong Bo Wang

Olin Business School Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

My dissertation investigates supply behavior within the sharing economy, focusing specifically on the ride-sharing market. Leveraging quantitative methods such as structural modeling, field experiments, and lab experiments, I examine supplier behaviors to help platforms design more effective incentives—including subsidies and strategically framed rewards—to better match supply with demand. In Chapter 1, “Using Field Experiments to Infer Cross-Side Network Effects in the Ride-Sharing Market: How Does Driver Supply Impact Rider Orders, Cancellations, and Customer Lifetime Value?”, I address the central question of how shifts in driver supply affect rider behavior. Collaborating with a leading ride-sharing platform, I implement a natural field …

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