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Development Of Public Library Services To Support Small Businesses In Iran: A Systematic Review, Maryam Habibi, Soraya Ziaei

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

چکیده : توسعه اقتصادی اولویت همه کشورهاست. همانطور که کتابخانه ها همچنان به نوآوری برای تأثیر قرن بیست و یکم و حمایت از خدمات تجاری ادامه می دهند، می توانند ارتباط فعلی و آینده خود را در دنیای در حال تغییر نشان دهند. کتابخانه ها به عنوان یک نهاد مرکزی در جامعه، اطلاعات و منابع آموزشی را در اختیار همه قرار می دهند و این می تواند به صاحبان مشاغل کوچک که به دنبال کسب درآمد هستند کمک کند. آنها نقش مهمی در اکوسیستم کسب و کارهای کوچک دارند. هدف پژوهش حاضر مروری نظام مند بر شناسایی اقدامات و برنامه …

Breaking The Barriers: Enhancing Mental Health Care For Muslim Communities Through Cultural Proficiency And Community Awareness, Rashid Muse

University Honors Theses

This thesis explores the multifaceted mental health care needs of the Muslim community, emphasizing the importance of cultural competence and community outreach. The inquiry delves into the unique challenges faced by Muslims in accessing mental health services amidst a backdrop of heightened Islamophobia in the United States. Central to this discourse is the pervasive stigma associated with mental health discussions within Muslim communities, which significantly hinders individuals from seeking professional help. This stigma is further exacerbated by cultural norms and societal expectations that view mental health struggles as personal failures. The thesis examines various approaches to providing culturally sensitive mental …

Strategies For Chronic Coronary Disease: A Brief Guide For Clinicians, Chayakrit Krittanawong, Muzamil Khawaja, Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk, Johao Escobar, Umair Khalid, Yochai Birnbaum, Carl J Lavie, Samin Sharma, Hani Jneid, Sunil Rao, Salim S Virani

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The 2023 Multisociety Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Chronic Coronary Disease (CCD) is a collaborative effort between the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) that provides recommendations on the management of this condition. Efficient management of CCD involves non-pharmaceutical interventions that promote healthier lifestyles, such as increasing physical activity, adopting a balanced diet, and addressing tobacco misuse. These changes are critical to improving cardiovascular outcomes for individuals with CCD. In addition to lifestyle modifications, pharmacological and revascularization treatments also play an essential role in managing CCD. These treatments target the complex mechanisms of …

Retraction: Tobacco-Specific Carcinogens Induce Hypermethylation, Dna Adducts, And Dna Damage In Bladder Cancer, Feng Jin, Jose Thaiparambil, Sri Ramya Donepudi, Venkatrao Vantaku, Danthasinghe Waduge Badrajee Piyarathna, Suman Maity, Rashmi Krishnapuram, Vasanta Putluri, Franklin Gu, Preeti Purwaha, Salil Kumar Bhowmik, Chandrashekar R Ambati, Friedrich-Carl Von Rundstedt, Florian Roghmann, Sebastian Berg, Joachim Noldus, Kimal Rajapakshe, Daniel Gödde, Stephan Roth, Stephan Störkel, Stephan Degener, George Michailidis, Benny Abraham Kaipparettu, Balasubramanyam Karanam, Martha K Terris, Shyam M Kavuri, Seth P Lerner, Farrah Kheradmand, Cristian Coarfa, Arun Sreekumar, Yair Lotan, Randa El-Zein, Nagireddy Putluri

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

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Enhancing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Patient Assessment: Leveraging Natural Language Processing For Research Of Domain Criteria Identification Using Electronic Medical Records, Oshin Miranda, Sophie Marie Kiehl, Xiguang Qi, M Daniel Brannock, Thomas Kosten, Neal David Ryan, Levent Kirisci, Yanshan Wang, Lirong Wang

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Extracting research of domain criteria (RDoC) from high-risk populations like those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is crucial for positive mental health improvements and policy enhancements. The intricacies of collecting, integrating, and effectively leveraging clinical notes for this purpose introduce complexities.

Methods: In our study, we created a natural language processing (NLP) workflow to analyze electronic medical record (EMR) data and identify and extract research of domain criteria using a pre-trained transformer-based natural language model, all-mpnet-base-v2. We subsequently built dictionaries from 100,000 clinical notes and analyzed 5.67 million clinical notes from 38,807 PTSD patients from the University of Pittsburgh …

Does Proactive Care In Care Homes Improve Survival? A Quality Improvement Project, David Attwood, Suzy Hope, Stuart Spicer, Adam Gordon, James Boorer, Wendy Ellis, Michelle Earley, Jillian Denovan, Gerard Hart, Maria Williams, Nicholas Burdett, Melissa Lemon

Peninsula Medical School

Background: NHS England’s ‘Enhanced Health in Care Homes’ specification aims to make the healthcare of care home residents more proactive. Primary care networks (PCNs) are contracted to provide this, but approaches vary widely: challenges include frailty identification, multidisciplinary team (MDT) capability/capacity and how the process is structured and delivered.Aim: To determine whether a proactive healthcare model could improve healthcare outcomes for care home residents.Design and setting: Quality improvement project involving 429 residents in 40 care homes in a non-randomised crossover cohort design. The headline outcome was 2-year survival.Method: All care home residents had healthcare coordinated by the PCN’s Older Peoples’ …

Spatial Distribution And Ecological Risk Of Ocps And Pcbs In Sediments From Lake Edku, Egypt, Mohamed A. Okbah, Mahmoud S. Ibrahim, Tarek O. Said, Mohammed E.M. Nassar, Maie I. El-Gammal

Blue Economy

Lake Edku represents one of the important sites for the environment and wildlife in Egypt. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) hurt the environment and human health. All the samples were analyzed using gas chromatography coupled with a flame ionization detector. Hexachloro cyclohexanes (HCHs) recorded 1.83 -3.68 µg/kg and 6.27–7.03 µg/kg with an average 4.69 ±0.84 and 4.30 ±2.01 µg/kg during spring and summer, respectively. Total cyclodienes (TC) ranged between 1.02 - 2.70 µg/kg and 12.96–16.03 µg/kg, with an average 8.58 ±3.50 and 9.55 ±5.10 µg/kg during spring and summer, respectively. 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl) ethane DDTs ranged between 16.79–1.00 µg/kg and 19.15–16.79 µg/kg with …

Artificial Intelligence Chatbot As A Mathematics Curriculum Developer: Discovering Preservice Teachers’ Overconfidence In Chatgpt, Amanda G. Sawyer

International Journal on Responsibility

Instructors in many colleges and universities are responsible for supporting their preservice teachers’ understanding of mathematics curriculum to best serve elementary students’ needs. As such, preservice teachers are taught how to critically analyze curriculum materials. However, with the advent of technologies like ChatGPT, preservice teachers are utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) tools in new ways to collate and construct mathematical curricula. As of now, little is known about how to adapt these new resources for the classroom. ChatGPT, an AI chatbot, can create a mathematics curriculum based on user questions, which teachers can then adapt to their classrooms. Although this AI …

From Naked And Ashamed To Clothed And Guilt-Ridden: Augustine Of Hippo And Poor Things (2023) In Dialogue With Genesis 1-3, Jack Jones

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

As biblical interpreters have tried to rationalize the (in)famous fall of humanity in Genesis 2, they often consolidate blame to the woman, Eve. Specifically, Augustine of Hippo’s City of God portrays Eve in a purposefully negative light to fortify patriarchal domination. In this presentation, I will discuss how certain approaches to the interpretation of Genesis, specifically, "the fall", construct what Bernard Williams denotes as a culture of guilt, particularly in relation to women and feminine sexuality. Accordingly, I will also evaluate how the 2023 film Poor Things, posits parallels and subversion to scrutinize these insisted gender ontologies.

The Work Of Creating A Digital Archive Database On Eating Disorders: An Intern’S Experience, Andrew Ms Zero

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

This presentation will describe the experience of working on an in-progress digital archival database of primary sources related to eating disorders and other related issues and their role in how eating disorders are discussed. Over the course of the Fall semester, I worked on metadata creation for hundreds of different types of sources. This process of source metadata creation involved thorough reading in order to accurately create specific metadata, even when the content would be extremely disturbing, and determine what would be best to make these sources most accessible through specified “tags”. This type of work improved my technical and …

Full Issue - Englishusa, V. 10

EnglishUSA Journal

No abstract provided.

Interview With Cheryl Delk-Le Good And Jaqueline Mccafferty, Englishusa .

EnglishUSA Journal

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Fostering Intercultural Communication Via International Conversation Partners, Quanisha Charles, Malika Nazyrbekova

EnglishUSA Journal

International Conversational Partners (ICP) offers students the opportunity to partner with American college students around campus. ICP is a classroom-based assignment implemented by faculty in search of finding ways to kickstart or continue the process of fostering global citizens.

Building Cultural And Educational Understandings Through Class-To-Class Exchanges, Sherry Steeley, Suzanne L. Matula

EnglishUSA Journal

As part of a 10-week virtual teacher exchange program, participants organized synchronous or asynchronous classroom-to-classroom exchanges so that their English students could meet and learn from peers in other countries. Students exchanged perspectives on culture and materials on business and entrepreneurship, using English materials, videos, apps, and live meetings. This article elaborates on these experiences.

Interactive Warm-Ups That Promote Engagement And Build Community, Megan Chiusaroli

EnglishUSA Journal

Daily warm-up activities can lead to greater student interest and engagement and can help build community in the classroom. Warm-ups are divided into three categories in this paper: personal, cultural, and creative. Student-led warm-ups can allow students to benefit from peer instruction and experience a student-centered classroom.

Using A Virtual Escape Room For Active Learning In An Online University Esl Course, Jennifer West

EnglishUSA Journal

This practical classroom study highlights the effectiveness of a virtual escape room in an online university ESL course and its role in enhancing student engagement and collaborative learning. This article provides a guide to using Genially to create a virtual escape room, its implementation, and gathering feedback. The experience and findings were overwhelmingly positive and suggest a role for virtual escape rooms in online ESL courses.

Building Speaking Confidence With Call Annie, Andy Mattingly

EnglishUSA Journal

For language students, speaking in their target language often causes anxiety. Call Annie is a language-learning app that offers students an opportunity to practice their speaking skills without needing to make mistakes in front of other students at the beginning of the process. This article will discuss how one language instructor uses the app formally and informally as a tool to build student confidence when speaking about new topics.

Advocacy Corner, Daryl Bish, Haviva Parnes

EnglishUSA Journal

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First-Generation African Americans In English Language Education, Quanisha Charles

EnglishUSA Journal

First-Generation (FG) African Americans enrolled in English language education programs, such as Teaching English as a Second Language, requires further exploration. This article raises awareness to challenges but also explores support systems that may be recognized as recruitment strategies and retention measures for leaders who are under-prepared to support FG African Americans in the English language education profession.

Editorial, David T. Lind, Alison Camacho

EnglishUSA Journal

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Front Matter

EnglishUSA Journal

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Table Of Contents - Englishusa, V. 10

EnglishUSA Journal

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Students’ Experience Of Sense Of Belonging In A Diversity Class: A Model And Practice Recommendations, Laura R. Chapman

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

Sense of belonging has been associated with increases in perceived task importance, along with motivation and academic achievement. These factors indicate that sense of belonging may be an important and relevant concept to consider when preparing clinicians to practice cultural humility, which entails a commitment to lifelong learning. This study utilized qualitative data to examine 20 undergraduate students’ experience of belonging in an undergraduate cultural and linguistic diversity course. Additionally, pedagogical practices and student identity-related factors that promote belonging were explored. Results revealed four interrelated themes that characterized how students experienced belonging in the course. Salient components of belonging as …

“It Was Like A Dream”: War Pilgrimages In The Canadian War Museum’S Collections, Michael Petrou

Canadian Military History

This article uses material culture and oral histories held by the Canadian War Museum to explore war-related pilgrimages undertaken by veterans and their loved ones. The artwork, scrapbooks, mementos and recorded interviews reveal how meaningful pilgrimages can be for their participants. These are emotional or spiritual journeys as much as they are temporal ones. A pilgrim travels to a liminal space where the past appears closer and the dead are not beyond the reach of the living, and is transformed by it.

Cet article utilise la matérielle ethnographique et les histoires orales détenues par le Musée canadien de la guerre …

The 2024 Defence Policy Update And Its Predecessors: Why The Caf Is In A “Death Spiral”, Allan English

Canadian Military History

In March 2024 the Minister of National Defence characterised the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) inability to attract new members as a “death spiral” for the force. While the latest defence policy update, Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed Vision for Canada’s Defence, recognises the seriousness of the CAF’s personnel crisis, it provides no concrete actions to solve it. However, this defence policy update is just the latest in a series of actions used by the CAF to manage perceptions of its personnel problems rather than addressing their root causes. This article examines the latest defence policy in the …

On National Defence: A Contemporary Evaluation Of The Canadian Armed Forces, Kyle Pritchard, Paul Esau

Canadian Military History

This article examines the contemporary history of the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) from peacekeeping to the most recent update to Canadian defence policy, highlighting their historical roles and contemporary challenges. It discusses the evolving purpose of the CAF, which has shifted from conventional defence to supporting and reinforcing a western-led international order. It explores issues such as defence spending, procurement challenges, peacekeeping endeavors, veterans’ support, diversity and inclusion within the CAF. Moreover, it explores emerging threats in cyber, space and Arctic domains, including the rise of artificial intelligence threats, and emphasises the need …

Visionarium, June 2024, Full Issue

International Journal of Emerging and Disruptive Innovation in Education : VISIONARIUM

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Embracing The Irreplaceable: The Role Of Neurodiversity In Cultivating Human-Ai Symbiosis In Education, Piper Hutson

International Journal of Emerging and Disruptive Innovation in Education : VISIONARIUM

This study investigates the indispensable role of human skills—such as empathy, ethical judgment, and nuanced understanding—in the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) within higher education, highlighting the unique contributions of neurodivergent perspectives in creating a symbiotic human-AI relationship. Drawing upon research that evidences the superior performance of diverse teams in creativity and innovation, the paper argues for the integration of neurodiversity into AI development as a means to address the philosophy of 'fearing the Other,' thereby mitigating biases and fostering ethical AI interactions. The technology sector's adoption of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs, including biopsychosocial interventions and …

Absent Presence: The Human Influence In Ai-Generated Content In The Age Of Technoculture, Kathi Vosevich, James Hutson

International Journal of Emerging and Disruptive Innovation in Education : VISIONARIUM

In recent years, the field of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly under the banner of generative AI (GAI), has made unprecedented advancements, pushing the boundaries of what was traditionally considered within the realm of human capability. AI systems have not only matched but also surpassed human proficiency in various tasks, sparking widespread discussions about their significant impact across multiple fields, including the arts and humanities. This paper considers the profound implications of AI's rapid progress and explores the concept of "Absent Presence" within the context of Derrida and Technoculture, particularly as illustrated in the arts and humanities. Drawing parallels with renowned …

Thriving In An Ai-Dominated World: Why Higher Education Must Produce Graduates Who Are Uniquely Human And Technically Competent, Chris Mayer

International Journal of Emerging and Disruptive Innovation in Education : VISIONARIUM

To meet the demands of students and broader society, and to prepare students for a world that is increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence (AI) and other forms of technology, many higher education institutions (HEI) are cutting liberal arts programs and focusing on professional fields and fields related to technology. This focus, however, is undermining students’ employability and not addressing employer demand for applicants who possess the human skills that students develop by studying the liberal arts. This does not mean that technology-related skills should be neglected as employers are also signaling the importance of AI-related skills, and digital skills more …