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Csr At Heis: Between Ignorance, Awareness And Knowledge, Julita E. Wasilczuk, Magdalena Popowska

European Management Studies

Purpose: This paper focuses on CSR education in the Higher Education Institutions. It analyzes current approaches to this education and the enhancements already deployed in the international perspective. The main aim is to conceptualize on CSRS education forms within the context of technology-oriented HEIs and propose the model for this education. This model has also been partially verified using the cases of four technical universities. Design/methodology/approach: This research uses qualitative and quantitative research methods. The iterature review is applied to trace HEIs’ educational and organizational CSR commitment methods. Based on this review, we proposed a model of CSRS education in …

Motivation To Work In The Context Of Covid-19 Impact On Tourism Industry Enterprises, Katarzyna Czernek-Marszałek

European Management Studies

Purpose: To explore the work motivation of managers of tourism enterprises during the COVID-19 period. Design/methodology: Qualitative research conducted from April to May 2021 in a form of semi-structured interviews with twelve tourist entrepreneurs from the Silesian region. Findings: The COVID-19 caused changes in work performance, including a decrease of work motivation, in the tourism industry. However, at the same time, it stimulated the appearance of new sources of work motivation like, e.g., a desire to overcome the crisis, survival on the market, caring for the staff, a sense of professional passion or concern for the development of the branch …

Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Of Traditional Companies – A Case Study, Milena Ratajczak-Mrozek, Aleksandra Hauke-Lopes

European Management Studies

Purpose: The paper aims to answer the question of how the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem (DEE) shapes the activities of companies from highly traditional industries. In particular, we want to identify different types of actors from the DEE and how they foster the entrepreneurial activities of very traditional companies with a high proportion of manual labor, as well as to identify the kinds of entrepreneurial activities fostered by the DEE. Methodology: This paper applies a case study method based on the analysis of highly traditional companies in the confectionery industry that cooperate through a digital platform to sell their products. The …

2024 Summary Report On Institutional Effectiveness, Clemson University

Institutional Effectiveness Reports

No abstract provided.

Expert Comment: Kamala Harris Could Shatter Highest Glass Ceiling, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Shared Leadership And Its Influence On Millennials' Performance In A Work Group, Beverlyn Denise Trimble

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Millennials have been constructed in the popular imagination as self-centered, bratty, and difficult to manage. Finding ways to relate to this generation has taken on more urgency now that it is the largest in the workforce. Company leaders realize as well that they can no longer rely on traditional forms of leadership amid the proliferation of complex adaptive systems and digital technologies; one leader does not possess the skills, knowledge, and abilities to handle the complexities faced by contemporary organizations. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the behaviors and experiences of millennials who work in a shared …

Effective Strategies For Building Traditional Church Membership, Carlos Blake

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A dwindling number of congregational members poses a significant risk to the continuity of U.S. churches. Leaders in traditional congregations need effective tactics for membership expansion. Drawing upon Bolman and Deal’s four-frame theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore effective strategies leaders of traditional churches use to build membership. The participants were six leaders from traditional churches situated in the Southern and Eastern parts of the United States. Data were collected by conducting semistructured interviews and archival documents. Thematic analysis of the data revealed four prominent themes: influential leadership, community involvement, use of technology and social …

Nnlm Region 2 Lunch And Learn, Shannon Jones, Lorin Jackson, Network Of The National Library Of Medicine, Regional Medical Library 2

All NNLM R2 Presentations

No abstract provided.

Tracking In Middle School Mathematics: The Effects Of Honors Mathematics Course Placement On Student Access And Achievement, Kasey Gamez

LMU Theses and Dissertations

This study used a mixed methods approach to examine student access and achievement differences based on the students’ 7th-grade mathematics class placement. Additionally, this study investigated the difference between teachers’ perceptions and pedagogical decisions based on their students’ placement levels. Finally, this study asked for teacher recommendations on developing an equitable mathematics placement policy. Findings revealed that students placed in 7th-grade honors courses are achieving at higher levels than their non-honors peers. The study also found that teachers hold their honors students to higher standards than their non-honors students and limit their non-honors students’ access to higher-level mathematics. The study …

2024 Student Research Fellowship Program: Serf Abstract Booklet, Lucas Boha, Jana Sanders, Thomas Gutwein, Evan Brown, Micah Smith, Alex Buchanan, Scott Mattson Do, Constance Adams Rdcs, Adrienne Ceruti, Kendra Hollenbeck Md, Brian Henriksen Phd, Meaghan Delaney, Gavin Lehmann Mba, Eric White, John Lozo, Adam Farmer, Fenlei Chang Md, Phd, Tara Kimbason Md, William Young Md, Nathan Fuchs, Hallel Paraiso Ms, Hannah Huang, I-Chen Ivorine Yu Phd, Tyra Grischke, Sarah Giaquinta Md, Phd, Mary Kelley, Barbara Schroeder, Mace Odle, Jessica Taylor, R. Scott Stienecker Md, Austin Snider, Amelia Roebuck Phd, Amanda Coupe, T. David Wu Md, Michael Kipp Md, Erik Wilhelm, Amy Souers Md, Facep, Nicholas Yagodinski, Annie Brinson, Rebecca Evans, Zineb Ammous Md, Facmg

Medical Student Research

2024 Student Research Fellowship Program: Abstracts included:

Retrospective Analysis of Drug Overdose Deaths in Allen County, Indiana from 2008-2023

Efficient Adoption of Robotic Spine Surgery in 1 and 2-Level TLIF.

Incremental Value of Left Atrial Strain in the Identification of Patients with Heart Failure Requiring Readmission.

Reducing Death Anxiety: The Impact of Advanced Care Planning.

Efficacy of 3D Model-Enhanced Patient Education During Surgical Informed Consent.

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) as a Safe and Effective Treatment of Essential Tremor (ET) in Older Population.

Analysis of Cerebral Small Vessel Changes in an APOE4 Knock-In AD Mouse Model.

Reminder Recall to Increase …

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2024 Decisions

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Ion-Mediated Structural Discontinuities In Phospholipid Vesicles, Judith U. De Mel, Stefanie Klisch, Sudipta Gupta, Gerald J. Schneider

Faculty Publications

Despite intense research, methods for controlling soft matter’s spontaneous self-assembly into well-defined layers remain a significant challenge. We observed ion-induced structural discontinuities of phospholipid vesicles that can be exploited for controlled self-assembly of soft materials, using DOPC and NaCl as a model system. The observations were made for the 0.25 wt % lipid concentration. We used dynamic light scattering, zeta-potential measurement, cryo-electron microscopy, small-angle X-ray, and small-angle neutron scattering to understand the reason for the discontinuities. For salt concentrations below 8 mM, we observed a decrease in the liposome diameter with increased NaCl concentration. Above 8 mM, we measured a …

Profit And Sustainability Perceptions Related To The Implementation Of Blue Accounting In The Fishing Industry In Palabuhanratu, Siti Moozanah, Nurul Rusdiansyah, Dania Meida Rosyidah, Meutia Riany

Journal of Accounting Auditing and Business

Blue Accounting integrates accounting principles with marine and coastal resource management to support sustainable development goals, focusing on the sea as its ecosystem. This study aims to understand perceptions of profit and sustainability related to the implementation of Blue Accounting in the fishing industry in Palabuhanratu. Additionally, it seeks to shift the common perception that accounting is solely about numbers. The qualitative approach used in this research is the social constructivism framework, often described as interpretivism. The results indicate that fishermen and boat owners have differing views on profit and sustainability concerning Blue Accounting implementation in Palabuhanratu’s fishing industry. The …

Democracy's Ruling Hand, Steven L. Winter Walter S. Gibbs Distinguished Professor Of Constitutional Law

Law Faculty Research Publications

The claim of liberal constitutionalism is that a text-like object or a ‘diplomatically abstract’ set of principles can work a deflection of disagreements within a pluralist polity. But this project assumes both that pluralism remains amenable to reason and that reason is a capacity independent of the profound differences of meaning, value, and forms of life that shape those disagreements. Neither assumption is correct. Differences in norms, values, and forms of life inevitably undergird and structure differences in meaning, perception, and interpretation. Consequently, a constitution (even when written and accompanied by judicial review) will necessarily unfold in an ongoing process …

Dean Christiana Ochoa And 12 Maurer Alumni Named Indiana 250 Honorees, James Owsley Boyd

Keep Up With the Latest News from the Law School (blog)

What do Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, record-setting racecar driver and team owner Michael Andretti, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, broadcasting icon Pat McAfee, and Indiana Law Dean Christiana Ochoa have in common?

All are among this year’s list of Indiana 250 honorees, recognizing some of the most influential and impactful leaders across the state, a list that also includes a number of Maurer School of Law alumni.

“The evolution of the Indiana 250 over time is one of our favorite things about it—and the reason we update the list annually,” said Nate Feltman, CEO and owner of IBJ Media. …

A Scalable Parallel Processing Design For The Data Washing Machine: An Unsupervised Entity Resolution System, Nicholas Kofi Akortia Hagan

Theses and Dissertations

Entity Resolution (ER) has been one of the bedrocks in the creation of information systems by ensuring ambiguous entities are identified and resolved by linking. One common design approach of traditional ER systems is to run in single-threaded mode, which makes the system prone to out-of-memory error when processing larger datasets. The Data Washing Machine (DWM) as a proof-of-concept of an unsupervised cluster ER system is indifferent from this common design bottleneck. The original prototype design of the DWM requires shared memory tables and dictionaries of tokens, and its single-threaded nature makes it not scalable, hence not viable for real-world …

Addressing The Importance Of Counseling For Adolescents Experiencing Homelessness Participating In Homeless Assistance Programs, Justin Corey Singleton

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The number of youths experiencing homelessness has increased significantly over the years. The mental health of youth experiencing homelessness is of great concern due to the high disparity rates of depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders in comparison to their peers that have a home. A positive support factor can help youth by interceding during a time of need. Identifying that support can be challenging for youth as their cognitive functioning is often deregulated due to untreated mental illnesses. Concepts from the Ecobiodevelopmental Theory address the importance of counseling services assisting youth with establishing healthy and supportive outcomes by identifying …

July 23, 2024 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Control-Matched Octo/Nonagenarian Outcomes In Acute Basilar Artery Occlusions Treated With Mechanical Thrombectomy-Analysis Of The Pc-Search Thrombectomy Registry., Adam T Mierzwa, Paige Prologo-Richardson, Sami Al Kasab, Ashley Nelson, Santiago Ortega Gutierrez, Juan Vivanco-Suarez, Mudassir Farooqui, Ashutosh P Jadhav, Shashvat Desai, Gabor Toth, Anas Alrohimi, Thanh N Nguyen, Piers Klein, Mohamad Abdalkader, Hisham Salahuddin, Zachary Wilseck, Aditya Pandey, Sravanthi Koduri, Nirav Vora, Nameer Aladamat, Khaled Gharaibeh, Ehad Afreen, Syed Zaidi, Mouhammad Jumaa

Neuroscience Articles

INTRODUCTION: Age is often used as a predictor in determining outcomes in large vessel occlusions treated with mechanical thrombectomy. However, limited data exist for octo/nonagenarian outcomes compared to younger individuals in acute basilar artery occlusions treated with thrombectomy.

METHODS: Patient data were obtained from the PC-SEARCH Thrombectomy Registry which consists of 444 acute basilar artery occlusions treated with mechanical thrombectomy. Individuals were dichotomized based on age (>80 and ≤80 years old). Primary outcome was defined as modified Rankin Scale of 0-3 at 90 days. Logistic and multivariate regression, as well as control-matched analysis, were performed.

RESULTS: There were 373 …

Barriers To Implementation Of Practice Guidelines In Heart Failure, Mary Geisenhof

DNP Projects

In 2022, the most recent guidelines for care of the patient with heart failure (HF) were released by the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA). In summary, this group did not recommend fluid restriction for patients with heart failure, unless they are in the end stages of heart failure, and only if fluid restriction may be beneficial (Heidenreich et al., 2022). Despite this recommendation, some providers and nurses continue to restrict fluids. The aim of this DNP project, therefore, was to analyze barriers to implementation of best practices …

Improving Seventh Grade Mathematics Achievement Using Differentiated Instructional Strategies, Melanie C. Bush

Education Theses and Dissertations

The Improvement Science Dissertation in Practice conducted a comprehensive assessment of differentiated instruction implemented within a school district in East Texas, focusing on its impact on student achievement in mathematics. The initial evaluation was followed by a subsequent improvement iteration that concentrated on the specific differentiated instructional strategies of formative assessment and small group instruction, supported by job-embedded professional learning, and their effects on student performance. Both iterations employed a mixed-methods case study design utilizing an embedded experimental model with a one-phase approach. The study’s methodology allowed for a robust analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data, providing a comprehensive …

Soft Electronics And Systems For Display And Healthcare Applications, Junyi Zhao

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Soft electronics are emerging as a revolutionary platform, signifying a pivotal shift from performance-centric priorities to human-centered principles that emphasize accessibility, sustainability, and user experience. As conventional electronics technology approaches its performance ceiling, further improvements in performance metrics have slowed, prompting consumers to place greater importance on user experience and eco-friendliness. Compared to traditional rigid electronics, soft electronics offer the potential to seamlessly integrate biological systems with soft electronic frameworks. Motivated by these demands, this dissertation has been dedicated to bridging fundamental material studies, advanced manufacturing, novel electronic devices, system-level integrations, and practical applications. This interdisciplinary endeavor aims to establish …

Prepped And Ready: Educating Caregivers To Secure Firearms And Medications Via Webinars., Shayla Sullivant, Hung-Wen Yeh, Alex Hartwig, Omar Abdelmoity, Mark Connelly

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Means restriction is an approach to suicide prevention that has been shown to be effective but is underutilized in the United States. For the current study, we sought to determine if a webinar-based education intervention could impact caregiver means restriction knowledge and behaviors.

METHODS: Nine webinars for caregivers were offered by a children's hospital in conjunction with community groups. Education on raising teenagers was paired with information about suicide prevention, including the importance of securing medications and firearms. Participants completed surveys prior to the presentation, immediately following and two weeks later to measure change in knowledge and storage of …

The Role Of Biological Plasticity In Model-Based Translational Research, Jessica A. Bolker

Faculty Publications

Reports of low replicability and translatability of biomedical research have called the value of animal models into question. The problems are real, but abandoning animal research is not the solution. Rather, improving the translatability of model-based research requires attention to relevant differences between humans and models, and to attributes of the models themselves that are essential to both robust science and effective translation. One is biological plasticity, the responsiveness of individual organisms to complex and variable environments. Though under-represented in model systems (for both historical and practical reasons), plasticity is central to human biology. While there are good reasons to …

Susceptibility Of Spodoptera Frugiperda And Helicoverpa Zea Populations In The Southern Region Of The United States To Common Chemical Insecticides, Bhavana Patla

LSU Master's Theses

Abstract

The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda and corn earworm/bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, are two polyphagous pests prevalent in the U.S. In recent years, there were increased infestations of the two pests in the U.S., especially in its southern region. Information on the susceptibility/resistance status of the two pests in the region to chemical insecticides, especially to some new chemistries, is very limited or has not been updated for many years. In this study, susceptibility of 17 S. frugiperda and six H. zea field collected populations from the southern U.S. during 2021-23 to common insecticides was investigated in the laboratory. Dose-responses with …

Nine Students Land Gilman Scholarships To Study Internationally, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Differences In Active Ingredients Of White Chicory Leaves (Brassica Pekinensis L) As A Bio-Larvicidal Against Aedes Aegypti Larvae, Marlik Marlik, Dhea Stya Okta, Ngadino Ngadino, Demes Nurmayanti, Irwan Sulistio, Aries Prasetyo

Kesmas

Continuous chemical dengue control can cause vector resistance and environmental pollution. Developing natural larvicides (bio-larvicides) from plant toxins like white chicory, which can poison Aedes aegypti larvae, is necessary for a sustainable alternative. This study aimed to analyze differences in active ingredients in white chicory leaves (Brassica pekinensis L) as bio-larvicide against Aedes aegypti larvae. This study was a pure experiment using a post-test-only control design using 1,225 Aedes aegypti instar III larvae with extracts of alkaloid active ingredients, flavonoids, and concentrations of 0%, 24%, 34%, and 40% with 3 times replication. Data were analyzed using a probit test, one-way …

Ypfs Lessons Learned Oral History Project: An Interview With Andreas Verykios And Kostas Tsatsaronis, Andreas Verykios, Kostas Tsatsaronis, Mercedes Cardona

Documents

No abstract provided.

Will This Time Be Different? Italy’S Resilience In The Aftermath Of The Recent Sequential Crises, International Monetary Fund (Imf)

Documents

No abstract provided.