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Exploring The Influence Of Psychiatric Discourse On Belongingness: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Michelle Goodwin

Counseling and Psychology Dissertations

This dissertation critically examines the role of psychiatric discourse in shaping the sense of belonging among individuals labeled as mentally ill. Using Critical Discourse Analysis and drawing on Foucault’s theories of power and knowledge alongside Patricia Hill Collins' matrix of domination, this study explores how psychiatric discourse—rooted in supremacy ideologies—perpetuates social exclusion and internalized oppression. Through qualitative interviews, the research highlights how fear, judgment, and narratives of individual responsibility embedded in psychiatric frameworks erode self-worth and agency, fostering internalized blame and social disconnection. Participants described feeling viewed as burdens and powerless, with these dynamics reinforcing exclusionary identities. The findings advocate …

The Effectiveness Of An Anxiety Intervention On Decreasing State And Trait Anxiety Among University Students, Lea D. Hart

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Anxiety is the most common rising public health concern for college students (Center for Collegiate Mental Health, 2023; Haikalis et al., 2022). In 2022–2023, 65% of college students seeking counseling noted anxiety as their primary concern, rising 10% in the last 10 years (Center for Collegiate Mental Health, 2023). As a result, higher education institutions are seeking proactive solutions that are efficacious, evidence-based, and proactive for non-clinical university populations to reduce rising rates of anxiety. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore if a population-based intervention could reduce state and trait anxiety immediately and over time. The results …

Complex Trait Associations In Rare Diseases And Impacts On Mendelian Variant Interpretation., Craig Smail, Bing Ge, Marissa R. Keever-Keigher, Carl F. Schreck, Warren A. Cheung, Jeffrey J. Johnston, Cassandra Barrett, Genomic Answers For Kids Consortium, Keith Feldman, Ana S A Cohen, Emily G. Farrow, Isabelle Thiffault, Elin Grundberg, Tomi Pastinen

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Emerging evidence implicates common genetic variation - aggregated into polygenic scores (PGS) - in the onset and phenotypic presentation of rare diseases. Here, we comprehensively map individual polygenic liability for 1102 open-source PGS in a cohort of 3059 probands enrolled in the Genomic Answers for Kids (GA4K) rare disease study, revealing widespread associations between rare disease phenotypes and PGSs for common complex diseases and traits, blood protein levels, and brain and other organ morphological measurements. Using this resource, we demonstrate increased polygenic liability in probands with an inherited candidate disease variant (VUS) compared to unaffected carrier parents. Further, we show …

September 18, 2024 Blazer Weekly, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

Blazer Weekly (student newsletter)

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The Bg News September 18, 2024, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. September 18, 2024. Volume 104-Issue 04.

Nanofiber-Hydrogel Composite Scaffold Fabrication Methods For Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, Jacob Lee Carter

Theses and Dissertations

Nerve graft conduits (NGCs) are a rapidly advancing field for treating peripheral nerve injuries that aim to guide the growth of regenerating axons across damaged gaps. A more effective NGC can be manufactured by combining the use of nanofibers to act as guidewires within a 3-D hydrogel that imitates the extracellular matrix of nerve tissue. Several methods have been developed to embed aligned nanofibers in an ordered architecture within a hydrogel matrix. The first method involves layer-by-layer additive manufacturing to create NGCs with rows of polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofibers surrounded by a gelatin methacrylate (GelMe) hydrogel in a 3-D structure. A …

School Administrators Making Sense Of Wellness Issues And Technology Policy: A Qualitative Instrumental Case Study, Allyson Michelle Rose

Theses and Dissertations

Technology use has been identified as a key contributor to the decrease in youth mental health (Children’s Bureau, 2019; Lebrun-Harris et al., 2022; Dwyer, 2022; Mojtabai et al., 2016; Yasakci, 2019; Odgers & Jensen, 2020). The purpose of this qualitative instrumental case study was to investigate how school district administrators are addressing wellness issues that are developing in elementary aged students due to technology use. The intent of this study was to use the theory of sensemaking (Weick, 1995) to investigate how administrators create policies that respond to the current wellness crisis arising from technology usage in public elementary school …

Aging Drives Cd8 T Cells To Functional Extremes: From Non-Specific Cytotoxicity To Tissue-Mediated Exhaustion, Irina Shchukina

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

CD8 T cells are a crucial component of the immune system, primarily responsible for executing the effector response against viral infections and cancer. Aging significantly impacts most immune cell types, with particularly dramatic changes observed in CD8 T cells. One major age-related difference is the marked decline in thymus activity, which leads to a substantial reduction in naive CD8 T cells and an increased abundance of memory CD8 T cells. Furthermore, recent work from our lab demonstrated that while young memory CD8 T cells are relatively homogeneous, memory CD8 T cells diverge into two subpopulations: PD1- memory CD8 T cells …

Are The Polish Housekeepers ‘Willig Und Billig’? The Image Of Polish Migrant Women Workers In German Tv Productions Of The 2010s, Jakub Kazecki

All Faculty Scholarship

Articulating Poland in colonial terms in German literature and visual media in the 19th century laid the groundwork for the long-standing framing of the relationship between Germany and its neighbor, the colonizer and the colonized, until today, especially in German popular culture. My contribution explores the reection of the anxieties in German popular culture by analyzing the images of Polish migrant women in feature lms and series made for German television in the 2010s, in the first years after the opening of the German job market. I focus on the representations of the work of female migrants from Poland who …

Training Strategies To Mitigate Residential Youth Care Employee Turnover And Increase Care Quality, Fatima Sylvertooth

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

High employee turnover in residential youth care facilities has the potential to decrease the accomplishment of the facilities’ organizational goals. Business owners are concerned with employee intent to leave, as it is the number-one predictor of employee turnover. Grounded in job embeddedness theory, this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was conducted to explore training strategies some residential facility leaders use to mitigate employee turnover and increase care quality. The study participants were eight residential youth care leaders in the state of Michigan who use successful strategies to mitigate employee turnover in residential youth care facilities. Data were collected using semistructured interviews. Through …

Motivational Strategies To Increase Employee Productivity In Small Businesses, Joshua R. Edwards

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In a turbulent economy, small business owners are the driving force to propel innovation and create abundant opportunities for success. Small business owners must identify motivational strategies to maintain and increase employee productivity. Employee productivity is essential to small business owners to avoid high turnover and increase organizational profits. Grounded in Herzberg’s two-factor theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry study was to explore motivational strategies small business owners use to increase employee productivity. Participants were six small business owners from the Pee Dee region of South Carolina who used effective motivational strategies to increase employee productivity. Data were …

Developing And Implementing Effective Faculty Review Processes For Enhanced Performance In Higher Education, Plourde Vallon

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Regular and effective faculty performance reviews are essential for maintaining high educational standards. When higher education institutions lack effective strategies to develop and implement effective faculty evaluation processes, teaching quality and institutional success are negatively impacted. Grounded in Freeman’s stakeholder theory and the Baldrige Excellence Performance Framework, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies that some leaders of higher education institutions used to develop and implement faculty evaluation processes. The participants in the study were two organizational leaders and two faculty members from a higher education institution in the Atlantic region of Canada, all of …

Community-Based Nonprofit Approach To Period Poverty Among Women And Girls In Shelby County, Tennessee, Rosalind Stevenson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Period (menstruation) poverty affects women and girls in United States. In some U.S. cities, feminine hygiene items are becoming inaccessible and unaffordable to women and girls due to unequal taxation of feminine hygiene products. This case study involved exploring experiences of a Shelby County, Tennessee nonprofit’s female volunteers and recipients who receive free feminine hygiene products. Using a convenience sample of seven female participants, the feminine mystique theory was used to guide thematic interpretations via semistructured interviews involving gender-based pricing or pink taxes and effects of feminine hygiene affordability for women and girls. Resulting major themes included: free feminine hygiene …

Aslan Lomsandize V. Mekhti Musayev, Defendants/Appellants. Appellate No. 20231113 : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

REPLY BRIEF OF APPELLANT

Mr. Aslan Lomsandize, Appellee

DAVID DRAKE, USB # 0911 DAVID DRAKE, P.C Attorneys for Appellant Mekhti Musayev

Exploring Barriers To Effective Covid-19 Risk Mitigation, Recovery, And Chronic Disease Self-Management: A Qualitative Multilevel Perspective, Gayenell S. Magwood Phd, Rn, Faha, Faan, Charles Ellis, Chanita Hughes Halbert, Ebony Allen Toussaint, Jewel Scott Phd, Rn, Fnp-C, Lynne S. Nemeth

Publications

INTRODUCTION: Many research activities have focused on SARS-CoV-2 infection and subsequent COVID-19 respiratory illness during the pandemic. However, significant racial inequities emerged months after the COVID-19 pandemic began. The similarity between racial/ ethnic disparities in COVID-19 and those for other diseases raised awareness about the context for risk exposure and healthcare access. The purpose of this study is to examine social and structural determinants of health among COVID-19 survivors, carepartners, and the perspectives of healthcare stakeholders who experienced disruption during the early pandemic. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A purposive sample of interviews (n=9) and focus groups (n=10) were used to collect …

Exploring Barriers To Effective Covid-19 Risk Mitigation, Recovery, And Chronic Disease Self-Management: A Qualitative Multilevel Perspective, Gayenell S. Magwood Phd, Rn, Faha, Faan, Charles Ellis Jr, Chanita Hughes Halbert, Ebony Allen Toussaint, Jewel Scott Phd, Rn, Fnp-C, Lynne S. Nemeth

Faculty Publications

Introduction: Many research activities have focused on SARS-CoV-2 infection and subsequent COVID-19 respiratory illness during the pandemic. However, significant racial inequities emerged months after the COVID-19 pandemic began. The similarity between racial/ ethnic disparities in COVID-19 and those for other diseases raised awareness about the context for risk exposure and healthcare access. The purpose of this study is to examine social and structural determinants of health among COVID-19 survivors, carepartners, and the perspectives of healthcare stakeholders who experienced disruption during the early pandemic.
Material and methods: A purposive sample of interviews (n=9) and focus groups (n=10) were used to collect …

Rethinking Health Systems Responsiveness In Low- And Middle-Income Countries: Validation Study, Meesha Iqbal, Cecilia Ganduglia Cazaban, Robert Morgan, Cici Bauer, Sameen Siddiqi

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Health systems responsiveness (HSR) is the ability of systems to respond to legitimate non-health expectations of the population. The concept of HSR by the World Health Organization (WHO) includes respect for dignity, individual autonomy, confidentiality, prompt attention to care, availability of basic amenities, choice of provider, access to social support networks, and clarity of communication. The WHO tool is applied globally to assess HSR in low, middle, and high-income countries.

OBJECTIVE: We have revised the conceptual framework of HSR following a rigorous systematic review and made it specific for low- and middle-income countries (L&MICs). This study is designed to …

Removal Of Common Antimicrobial Agents By Sustained Low- Efficiency Dialysis, Joanna Q. Hudson Pharmd, Bcps, Fasn, Fccp, Madelyn N. Hilgers Bs, Pharmd Candidate, Elvira O. Gosmanova Md

Faculty Publications

Adequate dosing of antimicrobials is paramount for treating infections in critically ill patients undergoing kidney replacement therapy; however, little is known about antimicrobial removal by sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED). The objective was to quantify the removal of cefepime, daptomycin, meropenem, piperacillin–tazobactam, and vancomycin in patients undergoing SLED. Adult patients ≥18 years with acute kidney injury (AKI) or end-stage kidney disease receiving one of the select antimicrobials and requiring SLED were included. Blood and dialysate flow rates were maintained at 250 and 100 mL/min, respectively. Simultaneous arterial and venous blood samples for the analysis of antibiotic concentrations were collected hourly for …

Hālal Investment Sensitivity To Cash Flow And The Effects Of Capital Market Imperfections, Mohamed Abouelseoud

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics

This paper examines the relationship between hālal investment sensitivity and cash flow,as well as the impact of capital market imperfections on investment sensitivity in ṣukūk -dependentcompanies versus conventional enterprises in six countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates,Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Malaysia. The research is based on panel data from 240 non-financiallylisted conventional and Islamic enterprises from 2018 to 2022. The study incorporates both analyticaland econometric approaches. Stationarity, co-integration, and multivariate Granger-Causality testsare carried out using the estimated equations. The study finds that there are considerable distinctionsbetween ṣukūk -dependent firms and traditional enterprises. At the 5% significance level, bothgroups' investment …

Employee Retention In Child Welfare, Stormie Hayes

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Low employee retention rates have been a persistent issue in a county department within a government agency located in the upstate of South Carolina. The State of South Carolina attempted to alleviate the turnover rate within the state’s social service offices by increasing case managers’ annual salaries. Although the increase in salary was an incentive, it failed to address the root of the low retention problem. The purpose of the study was to learn strategies that a child welfare office can utilize to retain child welfare staff. The issue-based strategic model was utilized as the conceptual framework which allows the …

Law Enforcement Executive Selection Process In North Texas, Herbert Robert Ashford

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Poor community–police relationships impact both communities and police because the community may feel unfairly targeted for enforcement. This qualitative study investigated what attributes are essential to executive law enforcement success. The theoretical framework was the person-organization fit theory as it applies to public service motivation. Data were collected from chief law enforcement executives and their direct reports from eight municipal law enforcement agencies in the Dallas County area of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Area through an open-ended qualitative questionnaire; the sample population consisted of 19 police executives. The results were analyzed using NVivo software and hand coding. The results were …

Strategies To Mitigate Supply Chain Disruptions In Manufacturing Enterprises, Aikins Brobbey

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Some business leaders of manufacturing enterprises lack strategies to mitigate supply chain disruptions to prevent financial loss. Business leaders need strategies to mitigate such disruptions to return their organizations to normal operational status. Grounded in stakeholder theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to identify and explore successful strategies business leaders of manufacturing enterprises in southern Ghana use to mitigate supply chain disruptions. The participants were six business leaders who had experienced and successfully mitigated supply chain disruptions over the past 5 years. The data sources were semistructured interviews, direct observation, and organizational records. Reflexive thematic analysis yielded …

Transformational Leadership, Leader Change Attitude, And Economic Sustainability In Manufacturing Companies Operating In Canada, Catherine Lewis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Some business leaders in medium-sized manufacturing companies operating in Canada do not understand the relationship between leadership style, leader change attitude, and economic sustainability. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlation study was to examine the relationship between a composite of transformational leadership attributes and the long-term economic sustainability of their respective organization. Additionally, the study sought to test whether leader change attitude was a moderating variable in the relationship between leadership style and economic sustainability. The participants were 160 leaders of medium-sized manufacturing organizations operating in Canada who completed the Multifaceted Leadership Questionnaire, the Leader …

Strategies For Using Emotional Intelligence In Healthcare To Decrease Turnover, Elvira G. Wolford

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Some healthcare organizational leaders lack strategies for using emotional intelligence (EI) to improve employee engagement, job satisfaction, and retention. Solving this problem is pivotal for healthcare leaders, as it can result in positive work environments, increase employee satisfaction, reduce turnover, and enhance patient care, benefiting healthcare employees, patients, and stakeholders. Grounded in the EI framework, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore EI strategies business leaders in healthcare use to improve employee engagement, job satisfaction, and retention. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with six business healthcare leaders who successfully implemented EI strategies to reduce employee turnover …

Understanding The Stressors Of Mothers Who Have Transitioned Out Of Prison, Latoya Cain

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study was conducted to explore the experiences and perceptions of eight mental health clinicians on the stressors that mothers transitioning from prison face as they try to integrate into the community. The participant sample for this study consisted of eight mental health clinicians who have experience working with mothers who are transitioning out of incarceration. Participants were between 30 and 50 years of age. All eight participants were actively employed as mental health professionals and had experience working with women/mothers that were incarcerated and were reintegrating back into the community. All eight participants had1-11 years’ experience working with women/mothers …

An Insider's Perspective To Mentoring Novice Math And Science Teachers In A University Mentoring Program: A Self-Study, Krishna R. Millsapp

Dissertations

Novice teachers benefit from individualized and cohort mentoring to help them successfully navigate student teaching and the first years of independent teaching. However, schools are experiencing a rise in attrition rates post-pandemic, especially in math and science. Mentoring, goal setting, and community-building are deemed important for retaining novices and providing them with individualized support as they navigate instructional challenges and professional responsibilities. This self-study investigates the experiences of a mentor while leading a new Professional Development & Mentoring Program for math and science novices. Educative mentoring and Hegarty’s Reflective framework helped guide the reflections of the mentor as mentoring strategies …

A Preliminary Fuzzy Inference System For Predicting Atmospheric Ozone In An Intermountain Basin, John R. Lawson, Seth N. Lyman

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

High concentrations of ozone in the Uinta Basin, Utah, can occur after sufficient snowfall and a strong atmospheric anticyclone creates a persistent cold pool that traps emissions from oil and gas operations, where sustained photolysis of the precursors builds ozone to unhealthy concentrations. The basin's winter-ozone system is well understood by domain experts and supported by archives of atmospheric observations. Rules of the system can be formulated in natural language ("sufficient snowfall and high pressure leads to high ozone"), lending itself to analysis with a fuzzy-logic inference system. This method encodes human expertise as machine intelligence in a more prescribed …

Influences Of Quality Of Maternal Care And Environmental Enrichment On Associative Memory Function In Rats With Early Life Lead Exposure, Jay S. Schneider, Courtney Williams, Shamaila Zafar, Jaehyun Joo, Blanca E. Himes

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

INTRODUCTION: Children in low socioeconomic status (SES) communities are at higher risk of exposure to lead (Pb) and potentially more severe adverse outcomes from Pb exposures. While the factors encompassing SES are complex, low SES households often have less enriching home environments and parent-child interactions. This study investigated the extent to which environmental/behavioral factors (quality of maternal care and richness of the postnatal environment) may modify adverse effects from Pb exposure.

METHODS: Long-Evans female rats were randomly assigned to Control (no Pb), Early Postnatal (EPN: birth through weaning), or Perinatal (PERI: 14 days pre-mating through weaning) Pb exposure groups. From …

Introduction To Managing Research Data, Denise Brush

Library Workshops

This workshop is for graduate students and faculty involved in research that results in data, whether in science, engineering, or social sciences. The workshop will explain why researchers are expected to use formal processes to document and manage their data. Data management is important throughout the life of every research project, starting with the creation of a data management plan and ending with locating an appropriate data repository. Topics introduced will include data management plans; funder mandates; best practices for data curation; creating a unique identifier for your dataset; and choosing a data repository.

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