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Water Remunicipalization: Insights And Policy Implications From Atlanta, Georgia Case Study, David L. Fretz

Student Theses 2015-Present

This paper investigates the ways in which water remunicipalization and the natural right to clean drinking water has affected the livelihood of the population of Atlanta, Georgia. Looking at the failures of water privatization efforts across the globe within the context of the ecosystem resources that water provides, I show in chapter 1 that the privatization of water is antithetical to the core goals of water supply, and an increasingly pressing issue as climate change produces increasing water scarcity. In chapter 2, I analyze the efforts of utility privatization in general through the lens of political science, both in motivations, …

Locked Inside: The Importance Of New York City’S Parks In The Wake Of Covid-19, Ellena Dickerson

Student Theses 2015-Present

This paper investigates the role of green space in combating the negative impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on New Yorkers. Access to the outdoors is vital for ensuring the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of individuals at all times, but especially in times of communal crisis. Chapter 1 investigates park usage during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, from changes in the numbers of people patronizing their local parks, to the implications the pandemic had on park maintenance. Chapter 2 discusses Nature Deficit Disorder and the benefits of time spent outdoors to understand the vital role parks have in individuals’ …

Applying The Circumplex Model To The Examination Of Job Stress, Emily Jade Andrulonis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study investigated job stress as a dynamic phenomenon and the possibility of job stress spin. The concept of spin is typically associated with affect and examined using the Circumplex Model of Affect. In an effort to better assess job stress, the circumplex model was adapted to reflect the dynamic nature of job stress. One preexisting data set is utilized in this study. In the sample, burnout was collected once using the Oldenberg 15-item Burnout Inventory; experiences of job stress were also collected once using the Stanton measure of work stress. Two items, pumped and excited, were added in the …

Comparing Effectiveness Of Antecedent, Consequence, And Combined Strategies On Teacher Treatment Integrity, Catherine E. Hines

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Classroom management strategies are used to create effective learning environments by reducing problem behavior. When classroom management strategies are not being implemented correctly it can create negative outcomes for teachers and students. By providing antecedent and/or consequence-based procedures treatment integrity can be improved. The purpose of this review was to examine literature on the effectiveness of antecedent, consequence, and combined procedures on teacher treatment integrity of classroom management strategies. Results indicate a significant increase on teacher adherence to classroom management interventions when a treatment integrity procedure is implemented as well. Limitations and future directions are discussed.

Wku Course Evaluations, James W. Barker

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Course evaluations for James W. Barker between Fall 2015 and Spring 2022.

The Surge Of Unaccompanied Minors At The U.S.-Mexico Border, Lauren Werner

Political Science Theses and Capstones

No abstract submitted.

2022-04-01_Michiganoverview_Covidstats, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Cumulative Michigan COVID-19 Data

The COVID Overview page was obtained from Michigan's main COVID-19 page: https:/www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163-520743--,00.html.

The State of Michigan is working around the clock to test and treat COVID-19 patients. Below is the most recent data healthcare experts across the state have compiled. COVID case and testing data will be posted three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

This report is provisional and subject to change. City of Detroit and Wayne County are reported separately. MDHHS began tracking probable cases April 5, 2020. FCI indicates federal correctional institute. MDOC indicates Michigan Department of Corrections. Diagnostic tests, including nucleic acid amplification/real-time …

"How People Form Judgments Of Low-Income Individuals’ Spending On Basic Versus Higher-Order Needs ", Zheng Qi Di

Gabelli School of Business Honors Thesis Collection

This study investigates the impact of financial power on consumer behavior, specifically examining how low-income individuals' expenditure on higher-order psychological needs influences perceptions of their financial rationality and affects support for governmental aid. Drawing from Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which posits that human needs escalate from basic physiological to higher psychological levels such as belonging and self-esteem, this research explores societal judgments towards low-income individuals who allocate financial resources towards non-essential goods. Despite the intuitive understanding that fulfilling higher-order needs enhances well-being, there exists a prevalent belief that low-income individuals should prioritize basic needs. This study reveals that such expenditures …

Cryptids And The Uncanny Valley, Megan Petty, Caroline Dale

Final Projects

About cryptids and their relationship to the uncanny valley.

Systematic Integration Of Applications Into The Surface Biology And Geology (Sbg) Earth Mission Architecture Study, Christine M. Lee, Nancy F. Glenn, E. Natasha Stavros, Jeff Luvall, Karen Yuen, Stephanie Schollaert Uz

Geosciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) concept is the first National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth mission to develop and implement systematic integration of science application needs at the architecture study stage. Prior NASA mission concept and planning activities presumed that science measurement needs would encompasss application measurement needs and so did not explicitly evaluate and include applications at this stage. However, the effort presented here identified, documented and integrated application needs that would not have been included by considering research science needs only. First, a low latency of no greater than 24 hr was identified as the optimal …

Assessment Of Independent Living Skills For Adults With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities: The Brightstone Experience, Amy Mack

OTD Capstone Projects

Mission: ”To provide a comprehensive work, social
support, and residential community for adults with
special needs, expanding their potential and helping
them develop mentally, physically, socially, emotionally,
and spiritually.
- Vision: “Our vision is to provide whole life care,
meeting the needs of job, home, recreation and social,
physical, and health in a God-centered, caring
environment.”
- Background: BrightStone recently purchased 138 acres of land in Williamson County, which will be used to
provide job training, life skills classes, therapeutic
activities, and community living opportunities for adults
with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Illuminated Magazine, School Of Graduate Studies, East Tennessee State University

Illuminated: Graduate Student Research Magazine

From The Graduate School; Musical Performance, Scholarship, and Writing in a Technical Description of Mash, [Thomas Cassell, MA, Appalachian Studies]; Where are they now? [Featuring: Vandyck Adade-Yeboah]; Improving the Sentence Writing Skills of Students with IDD Using Time Delay, Sentence Frames, and Story-Based Lessons, [Thai Williams, Special Education, MEd]; Where are they now? [Featuring: Eric Magrum]; Where are they now? [Featuring: Danielle Pulliam]; Where are they now? [Featuring: Curtis Bradley]; ETSU’s 2021 3MT® Competition; Assessing the Barriers to Developmental Advising in Higher Education Institutions, [Alicia Abney, Educational Leadership, EdD]; Where are they now? [Featuring: Angela Duggins]; Reconnecting to …

Femur Morphology In Healthy Infants And Young Children, Nathan P. Brown, Angela Thompson, Karen Bertocci, Natalie L. Adolphi, Lauren Dvorscak, Mary Clyde Pierce, Gina Bertocci

Pathology Research and Scholarship

The objective of this study was to characterize femur morphology in healthy infants and young children. Anterior-posterior (AP) radiographs of the femur from children age 0-3 years with no history of bone disease were obtained from two children's hospitals and one medical examiner's office. Femur morphological measures (bone length, minimum diaphysis diameter, growth plate width, and femur radius of curvature) and sectional structural measures were determined. Measures were described and compared based on subject age and mass. Relationships between measures and age and mass were evaluated. The 169 AP femur radiographs were obtained from 99 children (59.6% males, median age …

Institute Of Public Health Newsletter- Volume3, Issue1, Institute Of Public Health (Iph)

Institute of Public Health Newsletter (IPHNL) and Other Publications

No abstract provided.

The Right To Remain, Timothy E. Lynch

Faculty Works

Article 12.4 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) states, "No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country." Citizens clearly enjoy Article 12.4 rights, but this article demonstrates that this right reaches beyond the citizenry. Using customary methods of treaty interpretation, including reference to the ICCPR's preparatory works and the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee, this article demonstrates that Article 12.4 also forbids States from deporting long-term resident noncitizens both documented and undocumented - except under the rarest circumstances. As a result, the ICCPR right to remain in one's own …

Research On The Theme Evolution Of Covid-19 Literature Based On Tdt Technology, Xinqin Zhao, Peng Wu

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]Exploring the evolution law of topics in literature during COVID-19 can not only reveal the hot topics and evolution paths in various fields in details,but also provide decision support for emergency response of the government.Method/process]In this paper,literature's topics were automatically detected and tracked by introducing the topic detection and tracking (TDT) technology,to excavate topic distribution and evolution paths in literature.The text feature extraction were conducted by the combination of auto-encoder and Word2vec and the topic evolution process was studied with K-means and cosine similarity calculation,while the topic model was optimized in combination with the LDA model.[Result/conclusion]The experimental results proved that …

Study On Influencing Factors Of Health Information Adoption Behavior Of Users On Wechat Public Platform, Dan Cao, Juan Yi, Wei Wang, Pingping Xu

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]Analyzing the influencing factors of official account users' health information adoption behavior in WeChat environment helps WeChat official account of health users to understand user health information adoption behavior,improve health information service quality and promote healthy transmission of health information.[Method/process]Based on UTAUT model and interpersonal behavior model,from the three dimensions of user,platform and information,the model of influencing factors of health information adoption behavior of WeChat official account users was established.Data analysis and model validation were conducted by means of questionnaire survey,exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling.[Result/conclusion]The results show that information adoption intention plays an obvious intermediary role between the …

2022-2023 Summer Bulletin, University Of Mississippi Medical Center

Bulletins/Catalogs

2022-2023 Summer Bulletin

The Sense Of An Ending: Shifting Paradigms In Search Of Our Common Future, Irma S. Russell

Faculty Works

This article focuses on the important role law school deans play as protectors of innovation and faculty scholarship. Like all lawyers, deans have a duty as public citizens for justice and for legal reform when such reform is necessary for the public good. In this time of challenges, including the climate crisis and political upheaval, all lawyers must be sustainability lawyers and all must question the components of legal rules that potentially undermine our safety and democracy. Moving from a discussion of the duty of deans to the duty of lawyers generally, the article calls on lawyer leaders to address …

Symptom Cluster Profiles Following Traumatic Orthopaedic Injuries, Stephen Thomas Breazeale

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Traumatic orthopaedic injuries (TOIs), musculoskeletal injuries that result from physical trauma, affect millions of Americans, and cost more than cancer, diabetes, or heart disease annually. Post-injury symptoms of anxiety, depression, pain, sleep disturbance, and stressor-related disorders are common and associated with negative long-term outcomes. Individuals rarely experience a single symptom, but often experience them in clusters of 2 or more co-occurring symptoms. Symptom clusters can be phenotypically characterized by symptom cluster profiles that describe the common ways a group experiences a set of symptoms. Symptom cluster profiles may share biological underpinnings, yet research examining biological underpinnings of symptom cluster profiles …

Development Of A Rating Scale For The Measurement Of Adult Social Skills, Jessica Cuitareo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Social skills are a person’s ability to adapt to the environment appropriately utilizing verbal and nonverbal communication (Matson et al., 2007). In accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – fifth edition (DSM-5), individuals diagnosed with Autism demonstrate social skills deficits (APA, 2013). Such deficits may impact an individual negatively in developing and maintaining relationships, as well as occupational skills. However, assessments for adults are few and far between, as assessment has primarily focused on children. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation was to create and pilot a measure of adult social skills, with the intention of …

The Impact Of Burnout On Career Commitment Among Physicians, Clergy, And Law Enforcement During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Quantitative Study, Christopher L. Clem

PhD in Organizational Leadership

The long-term effects of the COVID-19 crisis among helping professionals such as physicians, law enforcement officers, and clergy remain unknown. The strain and enormous stress encountered by these professionals are profound and concerning (Benham et al., 2020; Greene et al., 2020; Stogner et al., 2020). In this study, the researcher explored the effects of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment) on career commitment among helping professionals including physicians, law enforcement officers, and clergy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, the findings provided insight on the general causes and effects of burnout including possible solutions to counter its effects. Additionally, the …

A Damaged Reputation: Nuclear Depictions In Entertainment Media, Alexander Cannon

Chemistry & Biochemistry Student Scholarship

This paper, originally written for Dr. Adamus Liotta in an honors chemistry class, explores the possibility of a significant influence over public common sense found in the depictions of entertainment media. Through careful analysis and interpretation of Godzilla, The Simpsons, Fallout, and Call of Duty, this paper finds a synergy throughout this diverse range of audience, medium and historical origin, which culminates in an effect much greater than the sum of its parts. This effect frames nuclear science, of any kind, in a hyperbolically catastrophic and horrific light, reinforcing an excessively cautious, pessimistic public perspective on nuclear technology …

An Update To Tranexamic Acid (Txa) Trends In The United States During The Peripartum Period, 2016 – 2021, E Sterling, E Litman, W Dazelle, Hk Ahmadzia

GW Research Showcase 2021-2026

No abstract provided.

Research Day 2022 Program, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School Of Medicine

Research Day

No abstract provided.

In-Kitchen Aerosol Exposure In Twelve Cities Across The Globe, Ahemd El-Gendy, Prashant Kumar, Sarkawt Hama, Rana Alaa Abbass

Faculty Journal Articles

Poor ventilation and polluting cooking fuels in low-income homes cause high exposure, yet relevant global studies are limited. We assessed exposure to in-kitchen particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) employing similar instrumentation in 60 low-income homes across 12 cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh); Chennai (India); Nanjing (China); Medellín (Colombia); São Paulo (Brazil); Cairo (Egypt); Sulaymaniyah (Iraq); Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Akure (Nigeria); Blantyre (Malawi); Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) and Nairobi (Kenya). Exposure profiles of kitchen occupants showed that fuel, kitchen volume, cooking type and ventilation were the most prominent factors affecting in-kitchen exposure. Different cuisines resulted in varying cooking durations and disproportional exposures. Occupants in Dhaka, …

Using Covid Technology To Trace Forced Labor In The Cotton Industry, Jennifer Mikhaylov

Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review (CICLR) Blog

China is both the world’s largest producer and importer of cotton. Until 2020, China was also the largest source of garment imports into the United States. Most of China’s cotton is produced in the Xinjiang region of China. However, human rights organizations and officials of the United States have declared that many of the cotton field factories in that region have been using forced labor from Uyghurs imprisoned in the region’s internment camps. On December 23, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which barred products made from forced labor in China's Xinjiang region …

A Mixed-Methods Investigation Of A Comprehensive Clinical Examination In An Accredited Athletic Training Program, Tom Godar

Dissertations

This study aimed to examine the impact and potential benefits of a comprehensive skills-based clinical examination within an accredited athletic training program. It was hypothesized that a comprehensive clinical examination could accurately assess student preparedness for the BOC examination and support the students’ continued academic and clinical development. The clinical examination was developed and adapted over several years, and it consisted of multiple psychomotor skills assessments and scenario-based modules with standardized models. The validity of the clinical examination was examined retrospectively, using historical academic data representing four academic cohorts from a single institution. Student demographic profiles and academic data were …

Uprising, Issue 13 [Spring 2022], University Of Northern Iowa. Northern Iowa Student Government.

Uprising

Contents:

Our Undeniable Deception --- 9
The Last Straw --- 10
The Cost of Sustainability --- 18
Clean Slate --- 20
Feet in the Grass --- 24
Birth Flowers --- 26
Bloom --- 28
The Grass is Greener Where You Water It --- 32
Apartment Sized Gardens --- 36
Putting Ability into Sustainability --- 38
This or That --- 40
Sustainability for All Sizes --- 42
Stable Ground --- 44
Perpetuating Harmful Trends --- 50
Her Unconditional Love --- 53

Right Ventricular Failure Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: An Intermacs Analysis, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, I Toumpoulis, David E. Lanfear, Celeste Williams, A Koliopoulou, S Adamopoulos, Jennifer A. Cowger

Surgery Meeting Abstracts

Purpose: Right heart failure (RHF) management following LVAD include inotropes, right ventricular mechanical support and heart transplant. We analyzed the outcomes of severe RHF following implant of a fully magnetically levitated or hybrid magnetic centrifugal durable LVAD.

Methods: In this INTERMACS analysis we identified patients who developed severe RHF following LVAD from 2013 until 2020 as bridge to recovery or transplant. Patients were categorized in three groups based on RHF treatment strategy: inotrope support (group 1), temporary mechanical support (group 2), and durable centrifugal RVAD (group 3). Kaplan Meier and Cox-regression survival analysis between groups was undertaken. Logistic regression analysis …