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Residents’ Perception And Support Before And After A Mega-Religious Event During Covid-19 In India, Devkant Kala, Dhani Shanker Chaubey

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This study investigated residents’ perceptions, perceived risk, trust in government, and support for a mega-religious event during the COVID pandemic. The study was conducted in the setting of the Kumbh Mela, India’s largest peaceful gathering of Hindu pilgrims. The respondents in the survey rated thirty-two statements related to positive impact, negative impact, perceived risk, trust in government, and support for the mega-religious event. Levene’s test for equality of variances and an independent samples t-test were used to investigate differences in residents’ perception and support before and after the mega-religious event. The pre-event and post-event results indicate that respondents underestimated the …

The Marian Paths Of Portugal And Local Development, Eunice Almeida Duarte, João Caldeira Heitor

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This study aims to analyse the contribution of Marian Paths to the development of individual sites. The theoretical framework of the work is an empirical study which uses databases such as Science Direct, Emerald, Google Scholar, and Web of Science databases to identify suitable themes for empirical evidence (2015-2021) on pilgrimage paths and local development. Based on this, 19 interviews were undertaken to develop an understanding of developments, particularly in the area of Fátima, Portugal. The contents of the interviews were analysed using NVivo. This article concludes that there is no management model implemented on the Portuguese Marian paths, more …

The Centrality Of Religious Festival Experience And Satisfaction On The Subjective Well-Being Of Visitors: Evidence From Udupi Paryaya Festival, Vidya Patwardhan, Keith Shirlvin Nigli, Jyothi Mallya, Valsaraj Payini

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Themed public celebrations, known as festivals, that explore and promote different aspects of local culture contribute significantly to the economic and social well-being of regions. They provide a distinctive image to the place and create a unique, shared, and memorable experience (ME) for visitors. In India, large-scale festivals represent a source of social interaction that generates positive socio-cultural, hedonic, and functional benefits, which are believed to increase happiness and, subsequently, subjective well-being. This paper explores the religious essence of the historic sacred religious site in Udupi, Krishna Matha. To do so, it examines visitors’ ME from attending a unique biennial …

Play-Based Pedagogies In Saudi Kindergartens: Examining Teachers’ Perceptions And Practices, Manal O. Alharbi

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In this study, I explored three Saudi kindergarten teachers’ play-based pedagogies. I conducted a qualitative case study (Stake, 1994) in order to examine these teachers’ perceptions of play and describe the ways they incorporated play into their classrooms. My research questions were: How do three Saudi kindergarten teachers perceive play-based learning? In what ways do three Saudi kindergarten teachers implement play-based learning? Participants taught kindergarten in a large private school that served early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students in Saudi Arabia. Classroom observations and interviews with the teachers were the central data sources. To analyze the data, I …

Neuronal Sirt3 Deletion Predisposes To Female-Specific Alterations In Cellular Metabolism, Memory, And Network Excitability, Jennifer N Pearson-Smith, Ruth Fulton, Christopher Q Huynh, Anna G Figueroa, Gia B Huynh, Li-Ping Liang, Lindsey B Gano, Cole R Michel, Nichole Reisdorph, Richard Reisdorph, Kristofer S Fritz, Eric Verdin, Manisha Patel

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Mitochondrial dysfunction is an early event in the pathogenesis of neurologic disorders and aging. Sirtuin 3 (SIRT3) regulates mitochondrial function in response to the cellular environment through the reversible deacetylation of proteins involved in metabolism and reactive oxygen species detoxification. As the primary mitochondrial deacetylase, germline, or peripheral tissue-specific deletion of SIRT3 produces mitochondrial hyperacetylation and the accelerated development of age-related diseases. Given the unique metabolic demands of neurons, the role of SIRT3 in the brain is only beginning to emerge. Using mass spectrometry-based acetylomics, high-resolution respirometry, video-EEG, and cognition testing, we report targeted deletion of SIRT3 from select neurons …

Microbiology Clinical Culture Diagnostic Yields And Antimicrobial Resistance Proportions Before And During The Covid-19 Pandemic In An Indian Community Hospital And Two Us Community Hospitals, Sumanth Gandra, Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Dustin Stwalley, Katelin B Nickel, Kimberly A Reske, Jennie H Kwon, Erik R Dubberke, Margaret A Olsen, Jason P Burnham

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Studies comparing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnostic microbiology culture yields and antimicrobial resistance proportions in low-to-middle-income and high-income countries are lacking. A retrospective study using blood, respiratory, and urine microbiology data from a community hospital in India and two community hospitals (Hospitals A and B) in St. Louis, MO, USA was performed. We compared the proportion of cultures positive for selected multi-drug-resistant organisms (MDROs) listed on the WHO's priority pathogen list both before the COVID-19 pandemic (January 2017-December 2019) and early in the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020-October 2020). The proportion of blood cultures contaminated with coagulase-negative

How I Prescribe Prolonged Intermittent Renal Replacement Therapy, Edward G Clark, Anitha Vijayan

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Prolonged Intermittent Renal Replacement Therapy (PIRRT) is the term used to define 'hybrid' forms of renal replacement therapy. PIRRT can be provided using an intermittent hemodialysis machine or a continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) machine. Treatments are provided for a longer duration than typical intermittent hemodialysis treatments (6-12 h vs. 3-4 h, respectively) but not 24 h per day as is done for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). Usually, PIRRT treatments are provided 4 to 7 times per week. PIRRT is a cost-effective and flexible modality with which to safely provide RRT for critically ill patients. We present a brief …

Adipose-Targeted Swell1 Deletion Exacerbates Obesity- And Age-Related Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Susheel K. Gunasekar, John Heebink, Danielle H Carpenter, Ashutosh Kumar, Litao Xie, Haixia Zhang, Joel D. Schilling, Rajan Sah

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Healthy expansion of adipose tissue is critical for the maintenance of metabolic health, providing an optimized reservoir for energy storage in the form of triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins. Dysfunctional adipocytes that are unable to efficiently store lipid can result in lipodystrophy and contribute to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and metabolic syndrome. Leucine-rich repeat containing protein 8a/SWELL1 functionally encodes the volume-regulated anion channel complex in adipocytes, is induced in early obesity, and is required for normal adipocyte expansion during high-fat feeding. Adipose-specific SWELL1 ablation (Adipo KO) leads to insulin resistance and hyperglycemia during caloric excess, both of which are associated with NAFLD. …

Finding Equity In Education, Isara Krieger, Carlos Hoyt, Change Cadet, Innopsych Organization

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

In our program, Isara seeks to use The Highest Standard documentary film as a conversation starter with educators, educational activists, mental health professionals and students that are part of the film to discuss what tools are available and what tools that should to be created to support students of greater need in the classroom and beyond.

A Lost Generation Of Women: The Female Perpetrators That Propelled The Nazi Regime, Claire Murphy

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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The Banality Of Economic Evil: Gender & Economics In The Rwandan Genocide, Sofia Stechschulte

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

No abstract provided.

Medicalization Of Sex In The Cold War, Adelaide Vergnolle

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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“Granny” Midwife To Nurse-Midwife: The Decline Of Southern Black Midwifery In The 20th Century, Sydney Shead

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

No abstract provided.

Notre Dame/Our Lady: The Economic Origins Of Multilingual Education At A Bay Area Catholic School, Bianca Romero

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Historical Perspectives Vol. 27 2022

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Child Custody Is No Place For A Magic Formula: Why A Presumption Of 50/50 Physical Custody In West Virginia Is Not In Its Children's Best Interests, Stephanie R. Weber

West Virginia Law Review

The “best interest of the child” standard is used throughout family law and is the generally accepted standard for determining custody disputes. However, many states have introduced, and some have enacted, legislation that creates a presumption of joint, or “50/50,” physical custody between the parents. As psychological studies have shown, instability typically found in custody disputes can have a significant impact on a child’s life, influencing attachment style and abilities to successfully self-regulate. These findings make the 50/50 presumption a flawed concept. Courts should be able to take factors supported by this research into account when making custody determinations as …

A Road To Resolution For Federal Whistleblowers' Mixed Case Claims, Devin Redding

West Virginia Law Review

Since the birth of the United States, whistleblowers have held our nation’s government accountable for illegal, fraudulent, and harmful behavior. The triumphs and failures of whistleblowers are deeply entwined with our nation’s struggle for independence, civil rights, and economic freedom. Nevertheless, employees who bravely expose misdeeds at all levels of our federal government are often bullied and discriminated against on the basis of sex, gender, age, disability, and more. In recent decades, and despite improved whistleblower protections, federal whistleblowers increasingly suffer from adverse employment actions and discrimination as reprisal for their disclosures. Employees looking toward our administrative law systems and …

Shifting The Scope Towards Students: An Analysis Of Tax Code Treatment Of The Higher Education Loan Interest Deduction, Brianna C. Frontuto

West Virginia Law Review

In a nation where education is held in the highest regard but given the lowest priority, the United States continues to enlarge a gaping hole in the education system: student loan debt, a crisis sweeping across the nation and affecting nearly every individual in the United States. Higher education costs have sky-rocketed, and the expanding administrations and complex projects do not provide assurance that this will change any time soon.

Congress has placed tax incentives in the Internal Revenue Code (“the Code”) to encourage the pursuit of higher education while providing a benefit for doing so. Specifically, § 221 of …

Public Ownership And The Wto In A Post-Covid-19 Era: From Trade Disputes To A 'Social' Function, Paolo Davide Farah, Davide Zoppolato

West Virginia Law Review

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Homeless Residency Restrictions, Ben A. Mcjunkin

West Virginia Law Review

Last year, the West Virginia House of Delegates introduced a radical proposal for responding to homelessness within the state: privately enforceable residency restrictions. As introduced, the restrictions prohibited homeless individuals from sheltering themselves, from being sheltered by others, or from receiving food or care within 1,500 feet of a school or childcare center. This prohibition was to operate statewide, transforming an issue that historically has been considered hyper-local into a subject of state concern. Moreover, the proposed bill established a private right of action for enforcement, legislating around the possibility of recalcitrant municipal governments declining to abide by the residency …

Strengthening Achievement, Behavior, And Culture With Social, Emotional, And Academic Learning, Joelle Hood, Janeen Antonelli

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Social and emotional skills are foundational for success in school, the workplace, and life. Research also supports that if we want SEL to be successful and sustainable with students, then it must start with the adults. In this engaging session, participants will explore the research supporting Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning (SEAL), as well as how to infuse SEAL into their daily teaching practices.

Problems Are A Gift- How To Turn Challenging Behaviors In The Classroom Into Opportunities For Growth And Connection, Lindsey Kealey

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Lindsey Kealey discusses practical ways apply a trauma-responsive approach to helping children and adults solve problems in the classroom. When you unwrap problems with students in productive, rather than punitive ways, you will find that problems are not just fires to put out or issues that weight us down. Rather, problems can be a gift to ourselves and the students we teach.

Building Your Organization’S Resilience Toolbox, Marina Fradera, Vincent Litrenta

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Sunrise of Philadelphia has combined Resiliency Theory with the strengths based approach of asset mapping to anchor long-term strategic planning with youth and staff wellbeing at its core. We will share this strategy for counterbalancing Adverse Childhood Experiences and the broader traumatic impact of COVID-19 by intentionally investing in protective factors as a way to build resilience among staff members, youth participants, and across our organization overall.

Exploring The Link Between School Discipline And Restoring Relationships Using Restorative Conferences!, Derrick C. Bailey, Julia Bullock

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

Participants will be able to identify the link between effective restorative conferences and school discipline. They will learn strategies that are effective for reactive and proactive conferences. Participants will analyze scenarios of actual conferences and prepare a list of things to avoid. Participants will learn how to use data to assess the effectiveness of their conferences and adjustments that may need to be made.

Folder 11: “The Grand Haven Union”: Vol. 2 No. 52, September 6, 1864, Van Raalte Collection

Box 20 - Misc (COLL300)

No abstract provided.

Folder 09: “Weekly Clarion” (Grand Haven): Vol. 6 No. 277, August 12, 1862, Van Raalte Collection

Box 20 - Misc (COLL300)

No abstract provided.

Folder 05: “Grand River Times” (Grand Haven): Vol. 4 No. 207, September 5, 1855, Van Raalte Collection

Box 20 - Misc (COLL300)

No abstract provided.

Folder 04: “Grand River Times” (Grand Haven): Vol. 3 No. 107, August 10, 1853, Van Raalte Collection

Box 20 - Misc (COLL300)

No abstract provided.

Folder 03: “Boston Daily Advertiser”: Vol. 69 No. 46, February 23, 1847, Van Raalte Collection

Box 20 - Misc (COLL300)

No abstract provided.