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Balancing Noise And Nurture: Stress And Mental Health In Captive Squirrel Monkeys At The San Antonio Zoo, Jasmin A. Sudds

Undergraduate Student Research Awards

No abstract provided.

The Siren Song Of Territoriality, Robin J. Effron, Alan M. Trammell

Scholarly Articles

Territoriality—the theory that a state’s physical borders determine its power and sovereignty—boasts a long, venerable history. For centuries, it served as the dominant political theory for myriad ideas. It defined a wide range of doctrines, including personal jurisdiction, choice of law, and prescriptive jurisdiction. By the middle of the twentieth century, though, this rigid territoriality no longer described or responded to the challenges of a society that had grown increasingly mobile and interconnected. Courts replaced inflexible territorial theories with more functional theories rooted in fairness and state regulatory interests.

In recent years, territoriality has seen a curious resurgence. The Supreme …

The Timing Of Claim Construction: An Analysis Of Claim Construction Procedure And A Proposed Rule To Ensure Cost Effective And Timely Relief In Patent Infringement Cases, Timothy A. Richard

Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology

The federal government issues patents to encourage inventors to produce new and useful works and advance the state of the art.[1] The patent process is simple: in exchange for the right to exclude all others from making and using an invention for an established period, the inventor provides the government — and ultimately the public — with a full disclosure of how to make and use the invention.[2] Despite this full disclosure, the terms used in patent claims are subject to judicial interpretation during litigation.[3] Both the Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”) and the …

Drone Medical Package Delivery For Improved Transportation And Better Patient Outcomes Final Implementation Report, Amro El-Adle, Madeline Alden, Yin-Hsuen Chen, Melissa Davidson

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

The Drone Medical Package Delivery for Improved Transportation and Better Patient Outcomes planning and prototyping grant involves five partners, including Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission (A-NPDC), Riverside Health System, Old Dominion University (ODU), Virginia Institute for Spaceflight & Autonomy (VISA), Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), and DroneUp. The partners worked together to address access, safety, reliability and sustainability for medical and emergency response package delivery via drone, specifically, where the use of aerial drones could lead to better patient outcomes and improved safety and emergency response.

The goal of the project was to develop an operational prototype that woul evolve into …

Growing Up In New London, Connecticut In The Mid-20th Century/Recollections Of Lois Taylor’S ’31 Time At Connecticut College: Oral History Interview With Jackie Massett, Jonathan Dayan, Jackie Massett

Student Research and Publications

In this oral history interview, Jackie Massett (b. 1946) recalls her family history, childhood experiences of New London in the mid-twentieth century, and extensive recollections of her aunt, Lois Gertrude Taylor ’31 (1909-2010), the first African American graduate of Connecticut College. Massett explains her paternal family’s migration to New England, situating her family within the local Black community, churches, fraternal organizations, and social clubs. Massett also discusses racial geography, class distinctions, and perceptions of safety and belonging in mid-twentieth-century New London. A central focus of the interview focuses around Massett’s recollections of her Aunt, Lois Taylor. Massett discusses Taylor’s attendance …

Come, Follow Me And Life Preparation, Denise Mccubbins

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

This paper explores foundational principles for effective gospel teaching in seminary: being Christ-centered, learner-focused, and scripture-based. It highlights the integration of Come, Follow Me and Life Preparation lessons to address students’ spiritual and practical needs. Teachers are encouraged to balance exegesis (understanding scripture’s original intent) and eisegesis (personal application) for meaningful, doctrinally accurate lessons. Through creative and purposeful scripture study, educators can align lesson objectives with students’ lives, fostering deeper conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

What Went Wrong? Identifying The Historical Roots Of Racial Disparities Among Older Adults In Nursing Facilities, Gelila Selassie

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

In early 2020, as the nation was just becoming familiar with COVID-19, over a million nursing facility residents were already experiencing crisis-level disasters. Extreme lockdowns, increased hospitalizations, and high mortality rates plagued nursing facilities earlier and far worse than the rest of the population. Data gradually showed that facilities with higher numbers of residents of color were facing particularly dire outcomes.

Although the severity of COVID-19 was surprising, the pandemic highlighted existing and long-standing problems with the country’s long-term care facilities. Many of the problems that led to the horrible disparities during COVID-19 are rooted in a wholly insufficient long-term …

The Layered Harms Of Nursing Home Segregation, Mary Crossley

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

This Essay explores several dimensions of how segregation, separation, and shielding from view permit and contribute to the ethically problematic state of nursing home care in the United States. A quarter of a century ago, the Supreme Court recognized in the Olmstead decision that institutional care can function to segregate disabled people (whether young or old) from the richness of community life. Research over the past few decades confirms that racial segregation exists within the nursing home industry, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the correlations between nursing homes’ racial makeup and their level of COVID fatalities were shocking. On another …

Climate Change Effects On The 2022–2023 High Impact Series Of Atmospheric Rivers Along The United States West Coast, Hunter Martinez-Buehrer

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are long, narrow bands of water vapor transport that are commonly associated with a low-level jet ahead of a cold front of an extratropical cyclone. When multiple ARs occur in succession of one another within a certain aggregation period, it is known as an AR family. ARs and AR families are important to the U.S. West Coast—and especially California’s—hydroclimate, providing both beneficial and hazardous precipitation to the region. Recent studies have suggested that not all ARs and, thus, AR families, respond similarly to a warming climate. Therefore, it is critical to better understand how climate change impacts …

Bs Engineering Technology, Cs 2025-26, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

Computer Systems Emphasis

Bs Data Science & Data Analytics, Ds Gis 2025-26, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

Data Science GIS Domain

Bs Engineering Technology, Technical 2025-26, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

Technical Studies Emphasis

Comparing Funders' Altruism Versus Self-Interest: Leveraging The Context Of Crisis, Dan Liu, Guangzhi Shang, Cynthia Fan Yang

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

While reward-based crowdfunding has widespread popularity, the motivations driving funders, balancing self-interest and altruism, have remained puzzling. Prior research has been constrained by examination methods and produced mixed findings regarding the weight of altruism versus self-interest among funders. Our study takes a fresh perspective, delving into funder behavior amid a major crisis—the tumultuous backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings reveal that funders not only display an increased willingness to contribute but also significantly amplify their contributions, particularly to projects in crisis-affected regions, irrespective of external incentives like rewards. This underscores the prevalence of altruistic motives among funders in challenging …

Understanding The Determinants Of Blockchain Adoption: An Empirical Study, Amarpreet Kohli, Nihar Kumthekar, Piyush Shah, Rebecca Jauch

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Blockchain technology (BT) has the potential to enhance security and robustness of transactions through a distributed ledger bookkeeping process. This study employs technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework and threat-rigidity theory (TRT) to examine whether perceived disruption caused by COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the adoption of BT, and inclination to adopt BT in the US. The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique backdrop, as it affected businesses across all industries, sizes, and geographies. Results show a non-significant effect of perceived pandemic disruption on the current stage of BT adoption and intention to adopt BT. However, disruption readiness positively influences the current stage of BT …

Comparing Role Differences Among Systems Architects, Systems Designers, And Systems Engineers, Kelly X. Campo

Theses

The roles of a systems architect (SA), systems designer (SD), and systems engineer (SE) often work together to develop systems, especially as the scale and complexity of engineered systems increase. However, management of these roles can result in ambiguity of task assignments and may reduce accountability for deliverables. Furthermore, there are few published works examining the roles of SAs, SDs, and SEs collectively. This research explores perceptions of the similarities and differences between the roles of SAs, SDs, and SEs by conducting a systematic literature review of 57 sources containing 1064 quotes in addition to a thematic content analysis, analyzed …

Fairehr, Karen S. Galea, Finlay Brooker, Shahzad Rashid, Michael Bader, Yu Ait Bamai, Jos Bessems, Embialle Mengistie Beyene, Alison Connolly, Carla Costa, Pravina Deligannu, Radu Corneliu Duca, Kaoutar Chbihi, Kasahun Eba, Manosij Ghosh, Melissa Gonzales, Stuart Harrad, Erin N. Haynes, Nancy B. Hopf, Po Chin Huang, Kate Jones, Konstantinos M. Kasiotis, Ming Kei Chung, Jihyon Kil, Holger Koch, Jung Hwan Kwon, Elizabeth Ziying Lin, Henriqueta Louro, Kyriaki Machera

Epidemiology and Environmental Health Faculty Publications

The FAIREHR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable Environmental and Health Registry) platform is a state-of-the-art online registry for prospective harmonization of human biomonitoring (HBM). It was developed by the HBM working group of the Europe Regional Chapter of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES Europe) and is supported by the HBM Global Network. FAIREHR is designed to harmonize HBM metadata and support the implementation of the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) Guiding Principles throughout HBM studies or programs. The registry enables preregistration of HBM by capturing key metadata on study design, metadata management, and planned methods before participant recruitment. …

Education About, In, And For Wetlands: Practices, Premises, Possibilities, And Challenges, Tom Marcinkowski

Mathematics and System Engineering Faculty Publications

The purpose of this paper is to review areas of educational theory, research, and practice relevant to wetlands education, notably education about, in, and for wetlands. Five key areas are reviewed: (a) from the Report of the Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education, goals and objectives for wetlands education; (b) from the literature, major curricular and instructional approaches in and elements of wetlands education; (c) from the literature, broad instructional strategies available to and commonly used in wetlands education; (d) from websites of federal agencies in the U.S., education, outreach, and training programs that focus on education about, in, and for …

Ground-Based Cloud Type Classification For Aviation Weather Hazard Detection Using Deep Learning, Marcus P. Cote, Michael E. Splitt, Steven M. Lazarus, Ryan T. White, Cecilia G. Baker

Mathematics and System Engineering Faculty Publications

General aviation pilots who encounter hazardous weather face a heightened risk of fatal accidents compared to those in other sectors of aviation. To help avoid unplanned weather encounters, accurate information on cloud type and sky conditions can enhance situational awareness and hazard recognition. Among available weather information resources, ground-based webcam networks are growing for aviation meteorology and other interests such as wildfire monitoring. These webcams can provide near-real-time visual weather information to pilots, especially in regions of complex terrain where traditional weather observation methods may lack adequate spatial and temporal coverage. To harness the benefits from webcams while reducing the …

What Shapes Environmental Identity: Insights From Highly Environmentally Literate Students, Marušić-Jablanović Milica, Zorica Stanišić, Jelena Stanišić, Dragana Gundogan, Tom Marcinkowski

Mathematics and System Engineering Faculty Publications

The paper aimed to describe features of the environmental identity of primary school students (age 13-14) in Serbia, as well as the experiences they find most influential in shaping their environmental identity. Specifically, students from the two best-performing classes (N=34), based on their scores on environmental literacy assessment responded to an open-ended questionnaire regarding their relationship with nature and the most important experiences shaping this relationship, in both private and school contexts. The students offered evidence of features of their environmental identity in terms of: environmental affect-sensitivity, environmental concern, moral reasoning, as well as pro-environmental behavior as its correlate. Both …

Our Stories Of Coming Home: Project Rebound Student Experiences At Cal Poly Humboldt And College Of The Redwoods, Eddie Peña

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

The explosion of the prison population over the last 50 years has dramatically increased the number of people in the reentry process. Understanding the reentry process, and how students connected to Project Rebound experience reentry is crucial to developing prescriptive services that will support student success. The study used semi-structured interviews and open-ended questions. The questions focused on the time before release, immediately after release, and future goals. Interviews were coded line-by-line and themes were discovered using a modified Grounded Research approach. Results suggest being incarcerated and the reentry process comes with mixed emotions. Students felt anxious and afraid in …

“That Middle School Is Trash!!!!”: Public Knowledge About Local Schools On Social Media, Ashley Carey

Education Faculty Publications

Purpose: Americans frequently turn to online social networking sites (OSNs) as a source of news and information. Yet the role of OSNs in knowledge formation about local public schools remains underexamined. This study explores how public knowledge about local schools is constructed on Facebook. Research Methods/Approach: This ethnographic case study centers on a large “private” Facebook group in the community of Oldtown (pseudonym). Drawing on digital public sphere theory, this study examines who posts about the schools on Facebook, what they post, and how interaction shapes the collective knowledge about local schools on Facebook and beyond. Findings: Posts with the …

Csbs Statements, V26, 2025, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Statements

Contents:

From the Dean --- 3
Shaping Tomorrow --- 4
Helping Students Cross the Finish Line --- 10
Beyond the Uniform --- 12
Finding the Right Fit --- 14
From Patient to Colleague --- 16
Diplomacy in Action --- 18
College News --- 20
Panther Spotlights --- 24
Annual Giving --- 26
Class Notes --- 39

Full Issue, Cinthya Ammerman Muñoz, Paul Michael L. Atienza

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations

Full issue of Humboldt Journal of Social Relations Volume 47, Place-Based Digital Inquiry

"Queens Of Ghost-Land" 134 Years Later: Un-Masking An Appalachian Witchcraft Accuser, Aíne Norris

English Faculty Publications

In 1891, newspapers across America printed a story about witches in the Appalachian Mountains and the alleged powers they possessed to control their small farming community. The article was scathing in accusation and ultimately contributed to continued othering of the women profiled, increasing their visible vulnerabilities of class, gender, and societal status. Despite an implied familiarity with the region, the article was published with initials for its byline, an act that simultaneously identified the author to locals as historian Eva Grant while offering her anonymized national protection as a subject expert. For over five years the accusations were re-printed in …

Experiential Learning Through Simulations In Fully Online Asynchronous Courses: Exploring The Role Of Self-Debriefing, David De Jong, Sara Dexter

Research & Publications

Online preparation of professionals is increasing in higher education, which in educational leadership prepa ration programs raises the need for a means to provide authentic simulations of leadership experiences and help aspirants learn from them. This study presents a content analysis of 826 responses from 59 different school leadership students who, following each of the 14 simulations they experienced, wrote one response in an asynchronous format as a form of self-debriefing. The five themes identified map to the four phases of the experiential learning cycle (Kolb, 1984), suggesting that virtual opportunities to practice leadership in tions may serve as grounding …

Engagement Of Young Dara’Ang In Cultural Identity Reconstruction, Nor Lae Village, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Pamira Rakorasilp

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Dara’ang ethnic attire remains a significant aspect of the intangible cultural heritage of the Dara’ang people residing in Nor Lae Village, Chiang Mai, Thailand. This study employs the concepts of youth agency, intangible cultural heritage, and cultural identity to explore the perspectives of young Dara’ang regarding the intangible significances of their ethnic attire as youth are actively embracing it. Youth’s abilities in safeguarding the attire and reconstructing their cultural identity when interacting with other community members and Thai society are also examined. Drawing data from an arts-based engagement ethnography approach, semi-structured in-depth interviews, and participant observation, this study reveals that …

A Multimodal Discourse Analysis Of English Picture Book Covers In Attracting Reading Interest Among Chinese Young Learners : A Case Study Of Caldecott Award Winners, Mengting Li, Atipat Boonmoh

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

This study used multimodal discourse analysis (mda) to examine how images in English picture books attract young readers. Using Kress and van Leeuwen’s visual grammar, the study analyzes Caldecott Award-winning book covers to understand how meaning is conveyed and how multimodal resources engage children in reading. The research monitored 25 young learners aged 5–7 using English picture books for 10 weeks. The three most and least favorite books were identified and analyzed for representational, interactive, and compositional meaning. The study found that visual appeal, engaging characters, humor and other elements are key elements in attracting young readers. The findings provide …

Sugar-Cane And Sugar In The Vietnam – Singapore Relationship : Regional Commercial Network And Royal Trade, 1820–1847, Cao Thi Van, Ninh Thi Sinh

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Existing literature on nineteenth-century trade from Vietnam focuses extensively on the trade of rice and opium, which formed the majority of commerce. This paper investigates another principal export, sugar, to examine how this commodity was produced and traded in Vietnam. It starts with a short description of the history of sugar cane cultivation and sugar manufacturing in Vietnam. An attempt will also be made to clearly demonstrate that Vietnam became a significant sugar supplier to the British Straits Settlements and other Southeast Asian markets via Singapore as a transit port. The development of Vietnam’s sugar trade was related to the …

Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (Act) For Appalachains: Cultural Additions To Act, Jessica E. King

Psychology Doctoral Specialization Projects

This project examined the potential application of cultural additions to various aspects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). This project is specifically focused on cultural adaptations of ACT for the Appalachian population. The ACT adaptations were devised based on a review of research on Appalachian culture, including the region’s geography, history of exploitation, cultural values, and clinical considerations for working with Appalachian populations. An overview of ACT and treatment effectiveness of ACT is included. It is important to note that this project is intended to be a supplement to ACT, and should be used in tandem with an ACT workbook …

Verification Of Real-Time Smoke Simulations: A Case Study On Early Summer North American Wildfire Events, Daniel Bonilla

Pitzer Senior Theses

As wildfire intensity and frequency escalate in times of unprecedented climate change and severe droughts, it is important to enhance forecasting models that accurately and efficiently predict wildfire smoke movement. NOAA’s experimental Rapid-Refresh Forecasting System with Smoke and Dust (RRFS-SD) aims to improve upon the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh- Smoke (HRRR-Smoke), by extending the domain to include all of North America and incorporating new developments in physics and wildfire parameterizations. Our work explores the process of adding satellite Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) data, through AERONET, as an additional method of verification of the RRFS-SD experimental model. Using a case study on …