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The Impact Of Health Literacy, Culture And Psychological Factors On The Pap Testing Behaviors Of African Immigrant Women In The United States, Joycelyn Cudjoe

Dissertations

African immigrant (AI) women have low Pap testing rates. Limited health literacy is a barrier to cancer screening among racial/ethnic minority populations. Sources and types of health information can shape health literacy. However, how health literacy, sources and types of health information along with cultural and psychosocial correlates impact the Pap testing behaviors of AI women remains unknown.

To examine how sources and types of health information impact health literacy and health information exchange, and in turn, how health literacy, culture and psychosocial (cancer knowledge, self-efficacy, decisional balance, cultural beliefs) factors influence the Pap testing behaviors of AI women.

Words Matter: A Linguistic Analysis Of Cluniac Views On The Use And Abuse Of Violent Force, Amanda K. Swinford

Dissertations and Theses

The goal of this project is to isolate Cluniac attitudes towards violence and the use of martial force in the tenth through twelfth centuries, first by determining in what situations Cluniac authors deemed the shedding of human blood was permissible, and second by tracking the evolution of these attitudes from the abbey's foundation to the height of its influence. Given Cluny's role in European society, there is a rich and longstanding body of scholarship which examines Cluny's support or rejection of force as a means of conflict resolution. This study demonstrates a consistency over time in Cluniac attitudes on the …

The Impacts Of The Use Of Thematic & Chronologic Multi-Modal Information Representation On Sequential And Global Students’ Historical Understanding, Ling Weay Ang, Sellappan Palaniappan

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

This study examined the two different modes of multi-modes information presentations that affected sequential and global learners' history understanding: thematic and chronological. A total of 134 secondary schools’ students were enrolled (69 learning in chronological mode, 65 learning in thematic mode). Before the start of the treatment session, students were given a pre-test. The results showed that multimodal information presentation did not have a significantly great impact on historical learning or between pupils who learn in chronological and thematic ways. The chronological frame of reference technique, which reflected an interactive timeline, was reported to have supported students' sequential learning in …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

A HISTORY OF FLORIDA THROUGH NEW WORLD MAPS: BORDERS OF PARADISE, reviewed by Meaghan N. Duff; THE BLACK SEMINOLES: HISTORY OF A FREEDOM-SEEKING PEOPLE, reviewed by Daniel C. Littlefield; BASEBALL IN FLORIDA, reviewed by Daniel Gilmartin; COMMITMENT TO A COMMUNITY: A HISTORY OF SACRED HEART HOSPITAL, reviewed by William M. Straight; CREOLES OF COLOR OF THE GULF SOUTH, reviewed by Gary B. Mills; JOHN STUART AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EMPIRE ON THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER, reviewed by Andrew Frank; THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE: THE IDEA OF AN INFORMED CITIZENRY IN AMERICA, 1650-1870, reviewed by Harlow Sheidley; SLAVERY, CAPITALISM, AND POLITICS …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

A HISTORY OF THE TIMUCUA INDIANS AND MISSIONS, by John H. Hann, reviewed by Charles Hudson; MIAMI: THE AMERICAN CROSSROAD, A CENTENNIAL JOURNEY 1896-1996, by Arva Moore Parks and Gregory W. Bush, reviewed by Paul S. George; THE NEW ORLEANS CABILDO: COLONIAL LOUISIANA’S FIRST CITY GOVERNMENT, 1769-1803, by Gilbert C. Din and John E. Harkins, reviewed by F. Todd Smith; JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO THE GEORGIA ISLANDS OF ST. CATHERINES, GREEN, OSSABAW, SAPELO, ST. SIMONS, JEKYLL, AND CUMBERLAND WITH COMMENTS ON THE FLORIDA ISLANDS OF AMELIA, TALBOT, AND ST. GEORGE IN 1753, edited by Virginia Steele Wood and Mary …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

DADE’S LAST COMMAND, by Frank Laumer, reviewed by William M. Goza; BLOCKADERS, REFUGEES, & CONTRABANDS: CIVIL WAR ON FLORIDA’S GULF COAST, 1861-1865, by George E. Buker, reviewed by William Warren Rogers; REBEL STOREHOUSE: FLORIDA IN THE CONFEDERATE ECONOMY, by Robert A. Taylor, reviewed by Anthony Iacono; THE CONFEDERADOS: OLD SOUTH IMMIGRANTS IN BRAZIL, edited by Cyrus B. Dawsey and James M. Dawsey, reviewed by José B. Fernández; ESSAYS ON CUBAN HISTORY: HISTORIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH, by Louis a Pérez, Jr., reviewed by Thomas M. Leonard; THE CHEROKEES AND CHRISTIANITY, 1794-1870, by William G. McLoughlin; edited by Walter H. Conser, Jr., reviewed …

Demise Of The Pojoy And Bomto, John H. Hann

Florida Historical Quarterly

South-central Florida’s aboriginal inhabitants remain among the least known of Florida’s native peoples during the first Spanish period because Spaniards did not maintain a permanent presence among them. It is likely that a number of the region’s tribes disappeared without even their names having been recorded. That is true particularly of the peoples living in the interior beyond the southernmost missions and those living on or near the Gulf coast between Tampa Bay’s southern shore and the Caloosahatchee River. Some of those peoples began to appear fleetingly in Spanish records during the 1710-1740 period when attacks by Indians allied to …

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

News, Frank Lloyd Wright and Florida Southern College, Call for Papers, Meetings, Awards

Review Essay--Reexamining The Early Career And Thought Of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Volume I Of The King Papers, David R. Colburn

Florida Historical Quarterly

Few figures in American history have inspired such an extraordinary amount of historical and biographical literature as Martin Luther King, Jr. Since his death in 1968, innumerable books have been written about King specifically or about his role in the civil rights movement. Four years ago David Garrow edited a series of eighteen volumes on King and the civil rights movement. 1 This past year witnessed the much anticipated publication of the first volume of a projected fourteen volumes of The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Florida History Research In Progress, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

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ظاهرة تعدد المترادفات العامية للفظ الفصيح في لغتنا العربية المعاصرة, Hasan Abualrub

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The prevalence of the colloquial dialect today is a serious phenomenon that affects the entity of the classical language and makes it a difficult foreign system even within its Arab borders. Therefore, this study comes to examine an im-portant issue, namely, the reluctance to use the Arabic pronunciation, and the use of colloquial synonyms. Therefore, this study is entitled: "The multiple linguistic synonyms of the literal term in our contemporary language". The first study discusses the efforts of modern researchers in the case of colloquialism and philology, and the second one clari-fies the terms of language and dialect. The third …

الواقع التنظيمي لمهنة تدقيق الحسابات في فلسطين "دراسة تحليليه للقوانين والتشريعات المنظمة لمهنة تدقيق الحسابات في فلسطين", Abdelfatah Sartawi

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى مدى انسجام وتناغم مسؤوليات وواجبات مدقق الحسابات التي بين النصوص في القوانين والتشريعات التي تعني بتنظيم مهنة تدقيق الحسابات في فلسطين ومدى انسجام تلك النصوص مع معايير التدقيق الدولية.وكانت بيانات الدراسة من قانون مزاولة مهنة تدقيق الحسابات الفلسطيني رقم (9) للعام 2004 وكافة القوانين المنظمة لمهنة تدقيق الحسابات المطبقة في فلسطين. بالاضافة الى معايير التدقيق الدولية. وتم تنباع المنهج تحليل المحتوى والمضمون لجميع النصوص القانونيه التي تتعلق بتظيم مهنة التدقيق. أظهرت نتائج الدراسة أنه لا يوجد تناغم او انسجام بين النصوص الشريعية نفسها بما يخص مسؤوليات وواجبات مدقق الحسابات وما بين النصوص التشريعيه او التعليمات ومعايير …

Dual Language Learners In Monolingual Taught Classrooms, Katie Dahlman

Graduate Teacher Education

Research confirmed that the number of students that would be classified as “English as a Second Language Student” has continued to increase in early childhood classrooms (Lewis, Sandilos, Hammer, Sawyer, & Méndez, 2016). Research findings indicated educator demographics have not had the same rate of change (Harrison & Lakin, 2018). Monolingual teachers needed to be equipped and have enough training to teach in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms (Sawyer et al., 2016). This capstone analyzed and synthesized qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method studies that addressed ways to best support dual language learners (DLL) in monolingual classrooms. Several research studies provided …

Programs Committee Agenda 3/15/22, Angela Brock

Programs Committee (PC)

No abstract provided.

Programs Committee Approved Programs 3/15/22, Angela Brock

Programs Committee (PC)

No abstract provided.

Cognitive Reserve And Mild Cognitive Impairment: Predictors And Rates Of Reversion To Intact Cognition Vs Progression To Dementia, Maryam Iraniparast, Yidan Shi, Ying Wu, Leilei Zeng, Colleen J. Maxwell, Richard J. Kryscio, Philip D. St John, Karen S. Santacruz, Suzanne L. Tyas

Pathology Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Little is known about the effect of education or other indicators of cognitive reserve on the rate of reversion from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to normal cognition (NC) or the relative rate (RR) of reversion from MCI to NC vs progression from MCI to dementia. Our objectives were to (1) estimate transition rates from MCI to NC and dementia and (2) determine the effect of age,

METHODS: We estimated instantaneous transition rates between NC, MCI, and dementia after accounting for transition to death across up to 12 assessments in the Nun Study, a cohort study of religious …

Including Latinx Communities In Academic Libraries: A Theoretical Approach To Information Access, Andrew A. Wakelee, Kim M. Thompson

Faculty Publications

While more Latinx students continue to enroll in higher education, physical, intellectual, and socio-cultural barriers to information may continue to impede their success and inclusion. A tripartite theoretical model that examines physical, intellectual, and socio-cultural information access provides insights for academic libraries to better meet Latinx students’ information needs and include them in campus life. This paper gives an overview of the theoretical framework along with practical steps libraries can take to improve information equity.

“Goodbye, My Friencels”: An Analysis Of Incel Suicide Posts, Sarah E. Daly, Albina Laskovsov

Qualitative Criminology (QC)

While an increasing number of researchers, non-profit organizations, and law enforcement agencies have expressed growing concern about the relationship between involuntary celibates (i.e., incels) and violence, no research to date has examined the potential for suicide and self-harm among men who call themselves incels. This study examines suicide posts shared to incel sub-Reddits that were collected by u/IncelGraveyard (N=80). The posts reveal that the notes discuss six subordinate themes, including the method of their planned attempt, the ways they used the internet, the online incel community, failed alternatives and coping, the effects of their suicide on others, and the afterlife. …

Ucc Minutes 3/15/22, Angela Brock

UCC Agendas/Minutes

No abstract provided.

Trends In Scientific Output On The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender (Lgbt) Community Research: A Bibliometric Analysis Of The Literature, David An, Kavita Batra

School of Medicine Faculty Research

Introduction: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) represent a diverse group with special needs due to the unusual developmental experiences and social inequalities. This paper aims to explore and outline a future research direction in LGBT issues through tracing our historical understanding of this population from an aspect of scientific research. Methods: LGBT-related peer-reviewed documents were retrieved from the PubMed database and the study period was set from the inception to 2021. Python-based methods were then performed to analyze the publication metadata and extract the most prominent research topics based on the abstract contents. Key points covered in the study …

The Extent Of The Family’S Acceptance Of The Autistic ‎Child And Its Relationship To Some Demographic ‎Variables, Husnia M. Elbakheet

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This study aimed at identifying the family's acceptance of an autistic child and its relationship to certain demographic variables. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method to reach the results that achieve the objectives of the study, where the sample was selected in a deliberate manner of (49) parents ,autistic children enrolled in hadka center. However this study was taken from (SPSS).The study found a range of results, The results showed that the general level of ratings of parents' attitudes towards their autistic children is a positive rating level the most important of which is the extent to which the …

Mysteries In Historical Novels, Maha Wadah Abdul Amir

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Riddles are one of the common methods of speech that are applied to everything. In the other, they are a widespread speech style, and they have many fields on the basis that life has many fields as well. Hence the importance of these mysteries in people’s lives to the extent that it spread and penetrated their various sciences and became famous for scholars who worked with them and included them in their various productions. The riddle is the hidden thing, and the ambiguity in the thing concealed it in contrast to what it revealed, and the plural is the gas. …

Textual Coherence In Surat Al-Waqi`Ah, Nisreen Star Jabbar

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The text is studied from the premise that it is a linguistic structure and the concept of structure requires the existence of various and interrelated relationships between the elements of the text and its paragraphs through many linguistic means called linking tools, using different methods and linkages.

The text in itself is a tool for interaction in a specific communicative context, which later turns into an object of work, creativity and thinking. With this transformation, the text possesses a more powerful activity.

Discourse in general is a social practice in which language is inseparable from the position and the Qur’anic …

Le Gout Qui Reste: Cultural Identity And Belonging In Ook Chung's Kimchi, Taurean James Weber-Laurencio

Dissertations and Theses

The emphasis placed on the questioning of identity in Québécois society since the Quiet Revolution of the mid-twentieth century continues to this day. Whereas this search for a specifically Québécois identity was originally cast in terms of an Anglophone/Francophone divide, the influx of migrants from around the world to the province since the 1970s has rendered such a simplistic, binary discourse impossible. The population of Québéc in general and of Montréal in particular is now multicultural; visible minorities now constitute twenty-six percent of the Montréal populace. While most migrants in Québéc are able to find a niche in Montréal in …

Effective Statistical And Machine Learning Methods To Analyze Children's Vocabulary Learning, Houston T. Sanders

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Poor methodological and statistical practices can lead to unreliable results. The collaboration between statisticians and researchers can remedy this. Early education intervention research rarely uses advanced statistical techniques. Within early education, vocabulary instruction has been well-studied, yet outcomes continue to be underwhelming. The specialized knowledge and expertise statisticians possess has the potential to enhance word learning research by applying sophisticated analyses not commonly used. Choosing vocabulary words for instruction can be a daunting task and is highly subjective. In an effort to aid in the selection process, researchers use a word selection framework that groups words into three tiers. Even …

The Impact Of Say Something Strategy In ‎Understanding Reading Process Among Fourth ‎‎– Female – Grade Pupils In Reading Subject, Intisar Kaytan Hazaa

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current research paper deals with the effectiveness of say something learning strategy in reading comprehension among fourth - grade female primary school in reading subject. The researcher has adopted the experimental approach in preparing the instrument that is used to carry out teaching practices of teachers and pupils during using say something learning strategy by pupils. The research paper will be reviewed by a committee of experts and reviewers.

The results of research paper have been dealt with statistically by using T-test for two independent samples and Pearson correlation coefficient. The paper has come up with the following conclusion: …

The Religion Of The Anglo-Saxons And Its ‎Influence On Literature And Different Aspects Of ‎Life, Anmar Adnan Muhammed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This research paper aims to explore the influence of the religion adopted by the old British Isles inhabitants on literature and many aspects of their life. Before discussing the religion of the Anglo-Saxons, I think it would be more convenient if we discuss the religion of the Celts and then of Romanized Britain.Long before the Roman took military interest in the British island (about 600BC.) the Celtic tribes settled in two waves of invasion: the Goidels (Gaels) who went west and north towards Ireland while the second invasion the Britons who settled in the fertile mid-plains.

There is nothing known …

The Impact Of Group Testing As A Strategy On University ‎Students’ Writing Composition Development ‎, Halah Abdulelah Mohammed, Afrah Abdulqader Jasim

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

In academic writing, students at universities struggle when they write a short composition in English as a foreign language. Process writings, such as brainstorming, drafting, obtaining feedback, and rewriting, are pedagogical techniques that are widely utilized to teach writing composition in a foreign linguistic communication in parliamentary procedure to develop writing skills. Teachers frequently, use groups work from which students can benefit when there is positive social interaction. EFL students learn better when they incorporate together and can share their strengths and weaknesses of ideas with others in an effective way, as students complete a composition task with assistance that …

The Level Of Arabic Language Teachers' Ability To ‎Develop Creative Speaking Skills Among Secondary ‎School Students, Mahmoud Hilal Abdelbaset Abdelkader

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The aim of the current research is to reveal the level of Arabic language teachers' ability to develop creative speaking skills for second-grade middle school pupils. To achieve this goal, research materials and tools have been prepared. These include: a list of creative speaking skills appropriate for second-grade middle school pupils, a list of skills development methods Creative speaking among second-graders of the middle class in the light of creative speaking skills, a note card for developing creative speaking skills, then verifying the consistency and sincerity of these tools, then choosing the research sample from the Arabic language teachers in …

Parents And Stakeholders’ Perspectives On Early ‎Reading Intervention Implemented As A Curriculum For ‎Children With Learning Disability, Bander Mohaya Alotaibi

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Stakeholder and parent preceptive have an influence on children’s educational performance of early reading stages. The purpose of this study was to understand stakeholders’ perspectives of early reading skills as a curriculum for early readers with learning disabilities. This study used a quantitative method to identify perspectives of stakeholders and parents. Data were collected from 25 public elementary in the metropolitan area of Hail City. Data were analyzed with Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) to investigate effects and interactions between variables. The results indicated that 93% of parents and stakeholders strongly agreed on the importance …