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Managing Digital Media During The Lockdown: The Case Of Sanctuaries In Lazio, Italy, Marc-Marie Mutangala, Lorenzo Cantoni

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

The period of the first COVID-19 total lockdown in Italy and in the world offered a very interesting context to evaluate the use of Mobile Information and Communication Technologies (MICTs) by Catholic shrines for their pastoral care. This research was carried out through a survey and interviews with leaders (rectors) of sanctuaries of Lazio, the region of Italy where Rome is placed. The sample chosen evaluates which initiatives the rectors of these sanctuaries have undertaken to keep in touch with the faithful and other constituencies during the first pandemic lockdown. As in the case of telework, which allowed working at …

“What Could She Do Next?”: Margaret’S Power And Control Through Failed Emotional Labor In Elizabeth Gaskell’S North And South, Cianna Alano

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

Critics of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South identify Margaret as an emotional laborer, but they emphasize how this is a detriment to Margaret rather than how she uses it to her advantage. Margaret’s role as an emotional laborer is, indeed, often unwanted and inconvenient, but she reappropriates this work to gain control of undesirable situations. Most notably, Margaret repeats this pattern when telling her mother of their imminent move to Milton, when dealing with the Higgins and Boucher families after familial deaths, and when attempting to stop rioters from hurting Mr. Thornton. Instead of just trying to complete the unwanted …

Havens And Covens: Pregnancy, Witchcraft, And Female Power In Cotton Mather’S “Retired Elizabeth”, Brittney A. Hatchett

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

Over the decades, scholars have been holding two adjacent conversations about witchcraft and gender in Cotton Mather’s works that surprisingly have not been put in dialogue. On the one hand, they have examined Mather’s witchcraft ideology and motivations for involving himself in the Salem witch trials. On the other hand, scholars have discussed how Mather seeks to exert control over women spiritually and physically. However, no one has yet explored how these conversations might converge. I suggest that we can see how Mather intertwines discourses of witchcraft and gender in the section titled “Retired Elizabeth” in The Angel of Bethesda. …

An Investigation Of Biological Control Possibilities Against Fusarium Proliferatum On Red Pepper, Enes Şahi̇noğlu, Eli̇f Tozlu

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Fusarium proliferatum causes yield loss in many agricultural crops. The chemicals used to control it bring problems due to phytotoxicity, residues, environmental pollution and harmful effects on human health. In recent years, the use of environmentally friendly control practices has increased due to the development of environmental and human health awareness. This study was carried out to determine antifungal activities of 52 candidate bioagent bacterial strains and two fungal isolates against F. proliferatum isolated from red pepper on petri plate assay. The activities of five bacterial strains and 2 fungal isolates that showed the highest inhibitory effect on F. proliferatum …

Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling: A Strategy To Overcome Students’ Addiction To Tiktok Through Self-Instruction Method, Fiki Prayogi, Prio Utomo, Siti Zahra Bulantika

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

TikTok has influenced the development of student behavior. Therefore, a service strategy is needed to overcome TikTok addiction in students. This study aimed to determine whether there was a decrease in TikTok addiction in students after being given cognitive-behavioral counseling with the self-instruction method. The researchers employed experimental research with one group pretest-posttest designs as the research design. The research samples consisted of 18 students. The researchers utilized the TikTok addiction scale as the research instrument for collecting the data. The validity result of the instrument was in KMO value of 0.791 with Sig. of 0.000 (0.791 greater than 0.5). …

The Queer Imaginary In French Literature And Opera: Undressing Gender, Sexuality, And Difference, Keenan Burton

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

In “The Queer Imaginary,” I employ trans and queer studies frameworks to assess figures who alter their gender expression in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French works of literature, opera, and theater. By examining acts of gender transition alongside works by prominent queer theorists José Esteban Muñoz, Lee Edelman, and Jack Halberstam, I consider creative gender expressions of the past as legitimate realizations of an internal felt sense of gender. The non-normative gender expressions of this project’s corpus reject the ubiquity of male and female as the sole categories of gendered identification and offer alternatives to the two-sex model, demonstrating the ways …

2016 Great Day Program, State University Of New York At Geneseo

GREAT Day Programs

SUNY Geneseo’s Tenth Annual GREAT Day.

Examination Of Montessori Training: Experiences Of People Of Color In Public And Charter Montessori Schools, Kalinda Bass-Barlow

Student Theses and Dissertations

This research consisted of a qualitative phenomenological study of public and charter Montessori educators who are linked with Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) teacher training. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of people of Color associated with AMI teacher training and public or charter schools. The problem statement to be addressed in this study is limited Montessori-trained teachers of color noted in Montessori research and limited representation of people of color in public and charter Montessori schools. Experiences of people of color associated with Montessori have not been shared to the extent of their White counterparts. The guiding theoretical …

2010 Great Day Program, State University Of New York At Geneseo

GREAT Day Programs

SUNY Geneseo’s Fourth Annual GREAT Day.

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Biblical Leadership: Combatting Authoritarianism, Katherine M. Inman

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The radio station in Oil City, Pa became a non-existent entity when the owner sold the organization. This caused dissatisfaction among many members of the community, as well as resentment among former employees. Understanding the leadership's impact provides insight into the radio station's potential sustainability or inevitable failure. This phenomenological study allows for a focus on the events surrounding the radio station's sale, which sheds light on the leadership style used by the radio station's most recent owner. Each interviewee offers a unique perspective, including information about the events that led up to the radio station's sale. The study of …

A Phenomenological Study Of Teachers’ Lived Experiences While Addressing Cultural Diversity In Middle Schools And High Schools, Juan Pablo Vivialdi Remy

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This transcendental phenomenological study sought to understand and describe teachers’ lived experiences with cultural diversity in middle school and high schools using cross-cultural dimensions as lenses. A social constructivist research paradigm derived from Lev Vygotsky’s social constructivism theory urged this study’s theoretical framework. The approach of cross-cultural dimension from Geert Hofstede was applied as a lens to investigate the participants’ views about their experience with cultural diversity. Teachers from middle school and high schools participated in the research. The participants were from different social backgrounds, races, lifestyles, countries, and organizations, which made each answer unique regarding cultural diversity and cross-cultural …

The Day Of The Lord Separates Tribulation From Wrath, Samuel Gray Ramsey

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this dissertation is to define biblical terms related to the timing of the rapture. After defining those terms, this dissertation will make a case for a prewrath and posttribulation rapture of the Church. The primary passages this dissertation will use are Matthew 24-25, Revelation 6-21, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:9, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, 2 Peter 3:3-10, and Daniel 7-12. The goal of this dissertation is to show that all scholars raise difficult questions that no other theory has successfully addressed. When the terms "tribulation" and "wrath" are defined, this dissertation will argue that the biblical eschatological word "tribulation" defines …

Exploring Factors For Employee Attrition And Retention By Life Stage, Robert Joshua Whitton

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The objective of this study was to evaluate if a relationship exists between factors for push (attrition) and pull (retention) and employee life stage. With job attrition rates increasing almost 10% in the last 10 years and employers paying $2.4 trillion in 2021 because of employee turnover, the need to understand what drives retention and attrition remains very real. A survey, containing a demographics section and items rated on a Thurstone-like scale, was administered to full-time employees in the United States. Four hundred and eighty participants responded to the survey, but after removing responses that were incomplete or were completed …

Seeking Tourism In A Social Context: An Examination Of Chinese Rural Migrant Workers’ Travel Motivations And Constraints, Guanghui Qiao, Songshan Huang, Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This study examines travel motivations and constraints of rural migrant workers in China as a socially disadvantaged group. Through 20 in-depth interviews, the study identified 21 motivations in three categories: personal seeking, interpersonal seeking and personal escaping. Nine travel constraint factors were also identified. The identified motivations and constraints were interpreted through the Escaping-Seeking tourism motivation framework and the Hierarchical Constraint Model. The study concludes that personal seeking motivations predominate rural migrant workers’ travel motivations, whereas structural constraints are more influential than intrapersonal and interpersonal constraints. Social context was found to be a significant confounding factor in determining travel motivations …

Additive Effects Of Cyclic Peptide [R4w4] When Added Alongside Azithromycin And Rifampicin Against Mycobacterium Avium Infection, Melissa Kelley, Kayvan Sasaninia, Arbi Abnousian, Ali Badaoui, James Owens, Abrianna Beever, Nala Kachour, Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, Vishwanath Venketaraman

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Mycobacterium avium (M. avium), a type of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), poses a risk for pulmonary infections and disseminated infections in immunocompromised individuals. Conventional treatment consists of a 12-month regimen of the first-line antibiotics rifampicin and azithromycin. However, the treatment duration and low antibiotic tolerability present challenges in the treatment of M. avium infection. Furthermore, the emergence of multidrug-resistant mycobacterium strains prompts a need for novel treatments against M. avium infection. This study aims to test the efficacy of a novel antimicrobial peptide, cyclic [R4W4], alongside the first-line antibiotics azithromycin and rifampicin in reducing M. avium survival. Colony-forming unit (CFU) …

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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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“Rare And Curious Covers”: Embroidered Book Bindings In Early Modern England, Christy Elaine Gordon Baty

History Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

Protestant devotional books with highly decorative embroidered bindings flourished in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century like no other time in history. Indeed, the number of these objects extant in collections today attest to their importance. Although decorative embroidered book bindings on Protestant devotional works would seem to be a contradiction, it was a natural confluence of religious, economic, and societal factors that enabled women to assert both a private and a public identity. Because the explosion of printers in Europe brought Bibles and other books to a much wider audience at a time when women’s education and literacy …

In Vitro Hepatotoxicity Evaluation Of Methotrexate-Loaded Niosome Formulation: Fabrication, Characterization And Cell Culture Studies, Ahmet Doğan Ergi̇n, Çağatay Oltulu, Nebi̇ye Peli̇n Türker, Gülen Meli̇ke Demi̇rbolat

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: Methotrexate (MTX) is a folic acid antagonist that is widely used to treat osteosarcoma, leukemia, breast cancer, and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The most important concerns with MTX are its poor solubility and high toxicity, particularly in liver cells. To enhance its solubility and to minimize its toxicity, we encapsulated MTX in niosomes and investigated its hepatotoxicity mechanisms using genetic biomarkers. Materials and methods: Niosomes were successfully prepared using a modified thin film method, and the prepared monodisperse smallsized formulation was subsequently characterized. In vitro cytotoxicity studies were performed both in hepatocarcinoma (HEP3G) and healthy liver (AML12) cell lines. …

Additive Effects Of Cyclic Peptide [R4w4] When Added Alongside Azithromycin And Rifampicin Against Mycobacterium Avium Infection, Melissa Kelley, Kayvan Sasaninia, Arbi Abnousian, Ali Badaoui, James Owens, Abrianna Beever, Nala Kachour, Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, Vishwanath Venketaraman

Student Publications

Mycobacterium avium (M. avium), a type of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), poses a risk for pulmonary infections and disseminated infections in immunocompromised individuals. Conventional treatment consists of a 12-month regimen of the first-line antibiotics rifampicin and azithromycin. However, the treatment duration and low antibiotic tolerability present challenges in the treatment of M. avium infection. Furthermore, the emergence of multidrug-resistant mycobacterium strains prompts a need for novel treatments against M. avium infection. This study aims to test the efficacy of a novel antimicrobial peptide, cyclic [R4W4], alongside the first-line antibiotics azithromycin and rifampicin in reducing M. avium survival. Colony-forming unit …

Does Loyalty Program Membership Lead To Repeat Purchase: A Demographic Analysis With Customer Profiling And Machine Learning, Reeti Agarwal

Management Dynamics

Background: The current study was undertaken to find out the various benefits customers perceive as accruing from being members of loyalty programs of departmental stores. The study outspreads Yi and Jeon’s (2003) work assimilated along with the diverse advantages framework advocated by Mimouni-Chaabane and Volle (2010) from the perspective of departmental stores in India. Objective: The primary aim of the current study is to find out different groups of customers based on their perception of loyalty program benefits and to identify their demographic profile. Material and methods: The scale relating to observed loyalty program benefits was authenticated in respect of …

“My Flesh Was Its Own Shield” Eroticism In Aids Activism, Jake Whitney

History Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

The most enduring images of the HIV/AIDS crisis are pictures of ACT UP members being arrested and staging die-ins or men huddled together in hospital beds. These images and the historical narrative accompanying them espouse unity, a coming together of the queer community. No one manufactured this unity. Gay men came together to fight AIDS with force stronger than that which had fought back at Stonewall. Although the gay community saw increased unity during the AIDS Pandemic, the benefactors of this unity, the mainstream gay movement, marginalized men practicing radical sex through a rhetoric of anti-eroticism, a negative, rather than …

Review Of Leon-Boys, Diana. Elena, Princesa Of The Periphery: Disney’S Flexible Latina Girl. Rutgers University Press. 2023. 182 Pp. $26.95 Paperback. Isbn# 978-1978830172, Bryce Henson

Feminist Pedagogy

No abstract provided.

Feminist Fat Activist Pedagogy Beyond The Classroom, Carey Jean Sojka, Rachel K. Huey

Feminist Pedagogy

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Culturable Microbial Groups Present In Selected Peatlands In Midlands Of The Republic Of Ireland: Effect Of ‘Peatland Use’ Type On Microbial Consortia; A Pilot Study, Gouri Atapattu, Samuel Apori, Tara Battersby, Michelle Giltrap, Furong Tian

Articles

Soil microbial ecology in the Irish wetlands is still poorly understood, although it is crucial in introducing effective rewetting schemes to restore and conserve the Irish peatlands. As an initiative, peatlands with distinct land-use types (cutaway, raised semi-degraded, unimproved grassland and grassland) were collected from farms in the midlands to analyse various microbial populations. Peat was homogenized and serially diluted to culture on a range of specific and non-specific culture media. Culture isolation and microbial enumeration were performed. Gram staining and other microscopic observations of morphologically distinct microorganisms were performed, followed by isolation procedures. The numbers of total viable bacteria …

Violently Amorous: The Jackson Advocate, The Atlanta Daily World, And The Limits Of Syndication, Thomas Aiello

Journal of Mississippi History

No abstract provided.

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Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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Scrolls Scholar Speaks At Byu

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Professor Geza Vermes, a prominent Dead Sea Scrolls scholar from England, gave a lecture at BYU in November sponsored by Religious Education, the Kennedy Center, and FARMS. He spoke on messiah texts in the scrolls and reviewed the history of the scrolls' discovery and translation. He also spoke of the tangled politics both among scrolls scholars and between those scholars and the public.

New Name, New Organization, But Same High Quality Found In Latest Issue Of Review

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The Review of Books on the Book of Mormon, published by FARMS since 1989, has attempted to assist students of the Book of Mormon by reviewing every significant publication about the Book of Mormon published each year. While that commitment remains unchanged, the focus of the reviews published in the last several issues has expanded to match the expanding interests of FARMS - first, the Book of Mormon, and then other ancient scripture and related topics; thus the name of the Review has been changed to the FARMS Review of Books to more accurately reflect this expanded focus.

"They Dare To Continue:" Identity Politics And Coloniality Of Distance At Universidad De Oriente, Yucatan, Mexico, Rachael Root

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

In the last few decades, narratives of diversity and international declarations have directed higher education to become more inclusive. In Mexico, new intercultural universities incorporate indigenous knowledges, skills, languages, and values into Western-style curriculum or create new curriculum that centers local elders and community needs in degree completion requirements. As a public university located in Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico, Universidad de Oriente's objective is to stimulate regional development, yet their mission is to protect and preserve Yucatec Maya language and culture. These opposing priorities generate tensions: is Universidad de Oriente really a school "for the Mayas" or is it yet another …

The Women's Wood Engraving Revival And Its Global Impact (1912-1960): Gwen Raverat, Clare Leighton, And Joan Hassall, Abigail Moreshead

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Using a feminist media historical lens, this dissertation examines three women artist-illustrators who participated in the early twentieth century wood engraving revival in the United Kingdom: Gwen Raverat (1885-1957), Clare Leighton (1898-1989), and Joan Hassall (1906-1988). Little scholarship exists on the wood engraving revival from a feminist media or book history perspective. To fill this gap, I examine the biographies of these women and the books and magazines they illustrated in their historical context, with attention to how their gender impacted their experience. This dissertation finds that women's participation in the wood engraving revival is significant because it afforded opportunities …