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Enhanced Edas Framework For Landscape Planning And Design Quality Evaluation Under Single-Valued Neutrosophic Sets, Kai Guo

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

Landscape planning and design quality evaluation is a systematic analysis and assessment of landscape project designs. Its primary goal is to ensure functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability of the design. The evaluation covers aspects such as spatial layout, ecological conservation, plant arrangement, landscape effects, and human-centered considerations. Additionally, the evaluation considers the economic feasibility of the project, the practicality of construction, and the ease of future maintenance, ensuring that the landscape space meets diverse user needs while harmonizing with the natural environment. The landscape planning and design quality evaluation is MAGDM. The single-valued neutrosophic sets (SVNSs) are useful tools to cope …

Construction Of Almost Unbiased Estimator For Population Mean Using Neutrosophic Information, Rajesh Singh, Anamika Kumari, Florentin Smarandache, Shobh Nath Tiwari

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

In classical statistics, the population mean is estimated using determinate, crisp data value when auxiliary information is known. These estimates can often be biased. The main objective of this study is to introduce the neutrosophic estimator with the minimum mean squared error (MSE) for the unknown value of the population mean as well as overcome the limitations of classical statistics when dealing with ambiguous or indeterminate data. Neutrosophic statistics was introduced by Florentin Smarandache. It is a generalisation of classical statistics that addresses ambiguous, unclear, vague, and indeterminate data. In this study, we have proposed neutrosophic almost unbiased estimator that …

Cross-Entropy Method Adapted For Evaluating The Teaching Quality Of University Physical Education Utilizing 2-Tuple Linguistic Neutrosophic Sets, Mengjun Wu, Yonghui Feng

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

The evaluation of university physical education teaching quality helps measure the actual effectiveness of the courses and ensures the achievement of teaching objectives. Through evaluation, schools can identify deficiencies in teaching and make improvements, enhancing students' physical fitness and health. Additionally, evaluation provides data support for teaching reforms, aiding in curriculum optimization and strengthening faculty, thereby promoting the comprehensive development of physical education and fostering students' lifelong awareness of fitness and healthy lifestyles. The teaching quality evaluation of university physical education adopts the multiple attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) approach. Currently, cross-entropy (CE) model was constructed to handle the MAGDM. To …

Neutrosophic Sets And Systems, Vol. 76, 2025, Florentin Smarandache, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Maikel Y. Leyva Vazquez

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Methodological Combinations In Qualitative Research In Music Education: Autobiography And Grounded Theory, Monica Marques, Teresa Mateiro

The Qualitative Report

This article explores the theoretical and methodological approaches of (auto)biographical qualitative research and grounded theory, based on their historical and epistemological characteristics. This study in music education aimed to gain an understanding of the process of becoming a primary school music teacher. The Supervised Internship course in teacher education for a music degree was analyzed using the methodological and formative (auto)biographical dispositifs of the Biographical Project Workshop (Delory-Momberguer, 2006) and situational analysis (Clarke, 2005), constructed through the students’ oral, written, and musical narratives based on their experiences as music teachers in the public elementary schools. As a result of the …

Revision Strategies And Academic Socialization Of Multilingual Graduate Students, Sean E. Farrell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Research suggests that revision is a complex practice guided by a variety of factors; however, the nature of the relationship between these factors and the revisions themselves, along with how the revision process contributes to academic socialization, remains understudied. A more comprehensive understanding of revision can lead to a deeper understanding of the support that will be most effective for multilingual graduate students. This study thus aims to determine (1) what revision strategies multilingual graduate students use, (2) what factors mediate these strategies, and (3) the extent to which these revisions index a shift in academic socialization. To answer these …

Influence Of Social Media And Information Behaviour Of Postgraduate Students In Federal University Of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, Philip Chike Aghadiuno Dr., Michael Akan Afukidang, Ebaye Asenath Sylvester

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was carried out on influence of social media and information behaviour of postgraduate students in Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Three research questions and one (1) hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive research design was used, the population of the study consist of 462 postgraduate students of Federal University Lafia. Taro Yamane was used to determine the sample size of 214. The instrument used for data collection was a researcher designed questionnaire. Data generated from the research question was analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation while hypothesis was tested using Chi-square. The results …

Instructional Strategies To Foster The Auditory Processing Of Gender Agreement In Spanish Heritage Speakers With Mild-To-Moderate Hearing Loss, Cristina Manteca-Gacho, Daniel Vergara

2024 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

No abstract provided.

L2 And Hl Student Perceptions Of Afro-Latinx Representation In Spanish Language Curriculum, Lillie Padilla, Rosti Vana

2024 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

Afro-Latinx individuals often experience a lack of recognition within the United States, despite comprising a substantial portion of the population in Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean (García-Louis & Cortes, 2020; Pew Research Center, 2016). Moreover, in the educational curriculum, their portrayal mirrors the broader societal context, as current research reveals that Afro-Latinx individuals are frequently absent or misrepresented in Spanish language textbooks, thus impacting its users (authors, 2022; 2024). In this vein, the present study reechoes the voices of Afro-Latinx for recognition and visibility, emphasizing the urgent need for equitable representation in educational materials.

The study investigates L2 …

The Vanished Voices Of The Caribbean: Spanish Colonialism And The Pre-Columbian Languages In The First Voyages, Rafael J. Jimenez Baralt

2024 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

The Caribbean Antilles, where its islands stretch from the coast of Venezuela to Florida, has been inhabited by various societies since 4000 B.C., shaping its history alongside its inhabitants. Language is crucial to the definition of history, the most obvious facet of civilizations. While archaeology and ethnography have provided some clues about the origins of the Caribbean's indigenous peoples, linguistic work has scarcely been discussed. For this reason, this work not only aims to provide a linguistic description of pre-Columbian Antillean languages but also to present, synthesize, and attempt to add linguistic analysis to the theoretical debate on the origins …

Review Of Current Trends In Information Technology Concerning Phonetic Similarity”, Zaid Rajih Mohammed, Ahmed H. Aliwy

Al-Bahir

With the increasing availability of textual information in various languages via the Internet in homes and companies through Internet and intranet services, there is an urgent need for the technologies and tools necessary to process this information, phonetic representation, and voice interaction. For example voice to voice machine translation need to phonetic mapping and similarity among the languages especially for names and foreign words. This one example of the importance of phonetic mapping and similarity. This article aims to describe, in detail, the recent surge in interest and advancements in phonetic similarity (PS), phonetic representation, and phonetic mapping researches. PS …

Multicultural Therapy With Vulnerable Populations: A Narrative Case Study, Nicole M. Velez-Agosto, María C. Almario-Zgheib

Psychological Science Faculty Publications

Vulnerable populations with high rates of socioeconomic deprivation have an increasing need for mental healthcare and the lowest access to culturally competent care. Narrative therapy and critical multiculturalism are inclusive paradigms of mental health that appear appropriate for the treatment of people who endorse vulnerable intersecting identities. The purpose of this case study is to examine the impact of using a critical multicultural-developmental approach to therapy with a cisgender, mixed-race, LatinX woman with severe mental illness (SMI). Recommendations about the implementation of this approach in community mental health centers that treat women with SMI are provided.

On The Status Of The "So-Called" Basque Partitive Case: Evidence From Basque/Spanish Code-Switching, Daniel Vergara

2024 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

No abstract provided.

Are Young Miko, Villano Antillano, And Tokischa Reflecting Their Queer Caribbean Latina Identity In Their Sociophonetics? A Study Of Their Spontaneous Speech And Their Artistic Performance Speech, Elizabeth Naranjo Hayes, Kyra Ray

2024 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

American consumption of Latin Music is at an all-time high (Billboard Charts, 2024; YouTube Music Charts, n.d.), and its popularity in the U.S. has allowed young, queer Caribbean Latina artists like Young Miko, Villano Antillano, and Tokischa to become more well known. These artists' large platforms mean that their speech has the potential of influencing the speech of their listeners, both Spanish speakers and learners. But what is that speech?

The goal of the study is to determine whether Young Miko, Villano Antillano, and Tokischa reflect their queer Caribbean Latina identity in their sociophonetics, both in their spontaneous speech and …

Preposition Stranding In Spanish Heritage Language As A Non-Local Language Variety., Rafael Jimenez Baralt, Fabian Reynoso

2024 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

This study contributes to the ongoing debate on HS grammatical outcome due to cross-linguistic transfer by exploring preposition stranding (PS) between Spanish Heritage Speakers and immigrants in Texas. PS occurs when a preposition is stranded due to the extraction of its noun complement at the end of the sentence (Ross, 1986). Structurally, Spanish does not permit PS (Campos, 1991). However, Spanish Heritage speakers (HS) accept and produce ungrammatical cases of PS (Pascual y Cabo & Gómez, 2015; Phillips, 2018; Depiante & Thompson, 2013) due to cross-linguistic influence (Montrul & Polinsky, 2011; White, 2011). According to Pascual y Cabo (2015), PS …

Spanish In Catalan Interactions: Code-Switching As An Ideological-Discursive Strategy To Represent Others, Natàlia Server Benetó

2024 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

Gumperz (1982) proposed that, in stratified societies, bilinguals may perceive their primary language as familiar and authentic (in-group) and the common language as foreign (out-group), encompassing how “speakers can shift their own perspective from experience-near to experience-distant” (Woolard, 2006: 77), and how those perceptions of proximity and distance are interrelated with particular languages. Despite the vast research on language mixing within the Hispanic world, little attention has been paid to the Catalan context in the field of code-switching (Casalmiglia and Tusón 1984; Millán 2020; Pérez-Sabater 2022). No studies to date discuss the implications of code-switching into …

Using Young Adult Literature And Visual Commentary With Multilingual Learners In Middle Grades Social Studies, Malorie Noles

Teaching Social Studies in the Peach State

In this article, I share how I used young adult literature with my seventh grade students to foster critical thinking and curiosity and deepen students’ understanding of different cultures. The specific focus is the young adult novel, Brothers’ Keeper, and how I utilized a visual commentary project to support multilingual learners in my classroom. The purpose of the lesson is to model how young adult novels can not only tie to the curriculum, but how visual commentary can support the language development of multilingual learners through multimodal means.

Teaching Literacy: The Intersection Of Social Studies And Language Arts Through Integration, Christopher D. Moore, Jennifer Shiers, Pamela Mccabe, Jeremy Nix

Teaching Social Studies in the Peach State

Social studies education has always been an important component of K-5 education; however, as dedicated, content-specific instructional time has steadily decreased over the past two decades to give more time to mathematics and specifically English Language Arts, literacy scores have also decreased. Partnering ELA and social studies in the K-5 space allows for students to build their background knowledge in social studies, while increasing their literacy by using instructional resources connected to social studies during the ELA block, and then teaching social studies thinking skills during devoted social studies class time.

The Legacy Of Oscarville: Using Critical Participatory Action Research And Learning Teaching As An Interpretive Process To Sustain A Placeless Place, Leah Panther, Kristie Smith, Mary Mitchelson, Robert Bonner Jr.

Teaching Social Studies in the Peach State

The history of Oscarville, Georgia, nestled within the Lake Lanier region of North Georgia, remains both known and unknown, existing as a significant yet elusive part of local lore and historical retellings. This article delves into the innovative approach of a place-based critical participatory action research program, "Historicizing Oscarville," which engaged teacher candidates and educators in exploring the obscured history of Oscarville. The narrative uncovers the complex layers of settler colonialism, slavery, racial cleansing, and subsequent erasure that characterize Oscarville's past. By employing the framework of Learning Teaching as an Interpretive Process (LTIP) within a place-based education model, the project …

Inclusion Of American Sign Language In Science And Engineering, Alejandro Mejia-Tejada

Society for American Sign Language Journal

For the general public, deaf people are typically known for their signing skills and living as signers, not speakers. However, there is more to this picture. Specifically, one area of consideration and investigation relates to how American Sign Language (ASL) is used as a language in the domains of science and engineering. The other area of investigation relates to how deaf people contribute to the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields. It will be demonstrated that deaf community members are making inroads into STEM through working as scientists and engineers, including one deaf person known for participating in training …

Hereditary Deafness And Society: The Quest For Ethical Awareness, Danielle Lavigne

Society for American Sign Language Journal

An excellent study of genetics and deafness is Martha’s Vineyard, a small island off the Massachusetts coast that was once known to have a sizable deaf population. This community that prevailed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries relates many genetic concepts, giving insight as to why the deaf population was larger in proportion than that on the mainland. The paper will cover hereditary deafness in more depth than what has been discussed in the American Sign Language/Deaf Studies literature. This includes understanding the significance of population genetics. The paper also takes into consideration that many hearing residents of Martha’s Vineyard …

Bringing Sign Language Back To Martha's Vineyard, Brooke Turell, Jody Cripps, Jaylin Dillard

Society for American Sign Language Journal

Made possible through community-based research, a team involving a professor and students from Clemson University and two residents of Martha’s Vineyard undertook a timely and insightful sign language proliferation endeavor. Understanding that the island was once home to a shared signing community (see Kisch, 2008 regarding the unique communities where deaf and hearing members know and use sign language and experience ease of communication), the team engaged in a project aimed at restoring signing and sign language to the island life. Although the island is no longer home to numerous deaf residents, Martha’s Vineyard can still become a sign language …

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam And The Shifting Balance Of Power In The Horn Of Africa, Muhammad Fauzan Rizki Ramadhan

Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional

This article briefly explains the correlation between Ethiopia’s ambitious GERD project and the potential shift in power distribution in the region known as the Horn of Africa. The GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) is a hydroelectric dam designed to drive economic growth by harnessing the Nile River as its core. Focusing on a regional-level analysis, this article will examine the relationship between the completion of the project and the shift in power distribution between Egypt as the local status-quo power, and Ethiopia as the regional challenger. Thus, the dramatic transition in regional structure is related to categorizing the Nile River …

Intergenerational Programs With Older Adults: Elementary School Teachers’ Perceptions On Academic Performance, Jovette Brown

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Intergenerational programs bring together two or more generations and engage them in shared activities that inspire, educate, and advance their mutual well-being. Current literature on intergenerational programs involving elementary school children and older individuals describes benefits for both groups. However, most studies concentrate on the benefits for the older adult participants. The purpose of this generic qualitative research study was to explore elementary school teachers’ perceptions of the academic performance of students who participated in an intergenerational program with older adults. The theoretical framework consists of four processes of modeling a social learning theory component. A purposeful sampling of eight …

Ai Is The Future Of Poetry: Embracing Innovation Or Threatening Humanity?, Jesus Corcho '28

Best First-Year Seminar Writing

Poetry has been shaped by many intellectual and technological innovations. Renaissance poets would have found mesmerizing the use of mathematics that the Oulipo movement applied to poetry, which wanted to use mathematical constraints to produce poetry verses. Similarly, those members of the Oulipo movement or even just the followers, would find hypnotic how GenAI is now being applied to poetry and writing. GenAI, or AI, has been crippling into poetry, as something that does not know how to coexist with it. Now the community is presented with this new technological force as both an opportunity and a challenge: poets and …

Language Identity And Ownership Through Code-Switching Among Bilingual Maya-Spanish Undergraduate Students At An Intercultural-Bilingual-Education Bachelor’S Program, Felipe Acosta-Munoz

2024 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

Intercultural Bilingual Education (IBE) is a paramount advancement for the cultural and linguistic rights for indigenous peoples across Latin America, including Mexico. Nonetheless, in this country, IBE in higher education has faced arduous challenges in its implementation. The minoritization of indigenous languages (ILs) in the educational model for intercultural universities and programs makes IBE a contested educational battlefield throughout Mexico regarding the relevance of ILs. This paper explains the sociolinguistic negotiation processes among Maya-Spanish bilingual students at the Maya Linguistics and Culture (MLC) program at the Universidad de Oriente. These negotiations provide the necessary data to understand students’ language ideologies …

Lenition And Language Contact In Peru, Brandon Rogers, Carol A. Klee, James Ramsburg

2024 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

Lenition is defined as any type of articulatory consonantal weakening which can result in voicing, spirantization, or elision. Synchronically and diachronically, lenition has had a consistent and considerable influence on the development of Spanish as well as on its variation. For example, historically, intervocalic /p t k/ were lenited and voiced in Spanish and the other Western Romance languages Contemporarily, varying levels of lenition have been documented in wide array of Spanish varieties, some of which have been shown to correlate with different sociolinguistic factors. While the degree of lenition for different consonantal segments varies, the general consensus is that …

L2 Learners' Attitudes Toward And Perceptions Of Spanish Varieties, Viveca Power

2024 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

Although every person holds attitudes toward and perceptions of languages, the language attitudes of second language (L2) learners are of particular interest because they can affect the acquisition of the target language (TL). The present study concerns L2 Spanish learners’ attitudes toward four Spanish varieties, Argentinian, Caribbean, Mexican, and Peninsular Spanish, measured in a verbal guise task. The literature review reveals three key factors that have been found to influence L2 learners’ language attitudes: (1) themes of identity, (2) contact with the TL, and (3) perceptions of the “standard” TL. Results from the present study show that Mexican Spanish was …

Imsa's Equity Lens, Dr. Adrienne Coleman

Professional Learning Day

No abstract provided.

Chatgpt Might Slow You Down: Verification Moderates Ai Uses And Learning Efficiency Among College Students, Ruonan Zhang, Nicky Chang Bi, Kate Salerno, Pelqin Chen

Faculty Publications

Generative artificial intelligence without a doubt is one of the most discussed topics in high-er education. It is still unclear whether ChatGPT is contributing to or hindering students’ learning efficiency. Built on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this study is designed to examine the influence of ChatGPT usage of college stu-dents on their learning efficiency; to investigate the moderating effects of verification on the relationship between ChatGPT usage and learn-ing efficiency; and to investigate the relationship among ChatGPT usage and its antecedents, in-cluding subjective norm, job relevance, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and intention to use. Using survey data …