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Elementary Teachers’ Experiences Supporting The Academic Growth And Development Of Students On The Autism Spectrum In Inclusion Classrooms, Erica Williams Harryman

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem addressed in this study is that elementary inclusion teachers in urban school districts in a northeastern state in the United States struggle to support the academic growth and development of their students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of these teachers and identify the institutional conditions they perceive as necessary to foster positive academic outcomes for students with ASD, informing the study's two research questions. Framed by Bandura’s social cognitive theory, particularly its principle of triadic reciprocality, the study employed a basic qualitative design. Twelve elementary inclusion teachers participated …

Baryon Number Violation Search, Tyler D. Stokes

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Understanding the fundamental forces and symmetries of nature has long been a central goal of particle physics. While the Standard Model (SM) provides a successful framework, it does not guarantee the conservation of baryon number B or lepton number L, thus motivating searches for their violation. Proton decay, a fundamental process violating B, has been at the forefront of experimental searches for decades.

The discovery of the weak neutral current in 1973 unified the electromagnetic and weak forces and inspired the creation of Grand Unified Theories (GUTs) that also unify the strong force. In 1974, the first-ever GUT, …

Doing Doctorates Differently: The Parapedagogic Potentialities Of The Phd Process, Helen Bowstead, Ken Gale, Mary Catherine Garland, Claire Walsh

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Coming together in this conference collectivity, these are doctorates that in their doing – thinking, researching, writing, supervising, assessing, publishing – live by “no preexisting rules, processes, methods, categories or ‘determining judgement’.”1 They are doctorates that “cannot be taught or learned.”23 Such PhDs – thesis’ refusing to (con)form – in their ever probing, in-forming, stubborn curiousness of problematics living beyond solution driven research, lead to transformative moments in the act of learning, that in their difference are “...made sense of, not in terms of what [they] mean but in terms of what [they] do.”4Yet in their difference, doctorates working within …

Internet Of Things Advertising Based On Multiple Intelligences Theory And Its Effect On Egyptian Consumers, Fatma Elarmany, Dina G Abboud, Mohamed Ardash

Journal of Art, Design and Music

This research investigates the impact of integrating the theory of Multiple Intelligences into Internet of Things (IoT) advertisements in Egypt, focusing on the receptiveness of Egyptian recipients towards such ads. The study employs a descriptive method to document theoretical information and conducts in-depth interviews with design experts to assess the acceptability and preference of these advertisements in the Egyptian market. The research hypothesizes that IoT advertisements developed using the Multiple Intelligences theory will be more effective for certain products and services and will enhance the customer-brand relationship if used extensively in Egypt. The aim is to benefit from IoT technology …

Impartial Geodetic Building Games On Graphs, Bret J. Benesh, Dana C. Ernst, Marie Meyer, Sarah K. Salmon, Nándor Sieben

Mathematics Faculty Publications

A subset of the vertex set of a graph is geodetically convex if it contains every vertex on any shortest path between two elements of the set. The convex hull of a set of vertices is the smallest convex set containing the set. We study variations of two games introduced by Buckley and Harary, where two players take turns selecting previously-unselected vertices of a graph until the convex hull of the jointly-selected vertices becomes too large. The last player to move is the winner. The achievement game ends when the convex hull contains every vertex. In the avoidance game, the …

Met 105-104: Applied Computer Aided Design, Ramy Shamroukh

School of Applied Engineering and Technology Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Fire Recurrence And Severity On Mediterranean Vegetation Dynamics: Implications For Structure And Composition In Southern Spain, Macarena Ortega, Ángel Lora, Larissa Yocom, Rafael Zumaquero, Juan Ramón Molina

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Most Mediterranean ecosystems have been profoundly shaped by wildfires, driving the evolution of plant species. Through photo interpretation and field inventories, this research assessed vegetation dynamics from 1984 to 2021, examining how fire severity and recurrence, key fire regime variables, influenced changes in structure and woody species diversity. Using two burn scars (1988 and 2006), we identified four scenarios dominated by Pinus pinea tree species: control (unburned), areas burned once (either in 1988 or 2006), and twice (in both 1988 and 2006).

Areas affected by two high-severity fires experienced the most pronounced expansion of dense shrubland. However, when fire severity …

Mental Rotation: Psychometric Analysis Of The Online Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations And Relationships Between Mental Rotation Skill And Engineering Undergraduate Success, Savanna Dautle

Theses and Dissertations

“Literature shows that spatial skills, and in particular, mental rotation skills, are predictors of success in STEM. Students who have strong spatial visualization skills are more likely to demonstrate better academic performance and higher graduation rates in STEM. Several instruments are used to measure mental rotation skills, most of which are paper-based… To measure the range of skills typically seen in undergraduate engineering students, the PSVT:R has been historically preferred for its use of a variety of 3-dimensional shapes, which are appropriately challenging to visualize, and for its established reliability and validity [using classical test theory]. An [online] version of …

Emotional Intelligence And Socioemotional Attributes: Distinct Constructs And Their Uses, John D. Mayer, David R. Caruso

UNH Personality Lab

We examine evidence for the validity of different measures under the label emotional intelligence (EI). Some measures are valid for the assessment of EI and others are valid for the assessment of socioemotional attributes (SEA). The constructs of EI and SEA are defined and measures of each described, along with the mental response processes the measures elicit: test-takers’ abilities, self-estimated attributes, or observer reports. Both EI and SEA measures are valid but for distinctly different purposes, and the two classes of measures make different predictions. We add our voices to those who have advocated for dropping the EI label from …

Tribological, Thermal, Kinetic, And Surface Microtextural Characterization Of Prime P-Type <100> Silicon Wafer Cmp For Direct Wafer Bonding Applications, Michelle Yap, Catherine Yap, Yasa Sampurno, Glenn Whitener, Jason Keleher, Len Borucki, Ara Philipossian

Chemistry Department Faculty Articles

We investigated the tribological, thermal, kinetic, and surface microtextural characteristics of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of 300 mm p-type <100> prime silicon wafers (and their native oxide) at various pressures, sliding velocities, and starting platen temperatures. Results showed the dominant tribological mechanism for both native oxide and silicon polishing to be boundary lubrication. Using frictional data, we pinpointed the exact time that corresponded to the total removal of the native oxide and the onset of silicon polishing. This allowed us to separately characterize removal rates of each layer. For native oxide, while the rate depended on temperature, the presence of a …

The Role Of Embodiment In Art Therapy, Mia De Bethune, Mia T. De Bethune

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

This phenomenological and arts-based study engaged art therapists in dialogue about experiences of embodiment and touch. Dialogue was centered on lived experience of their bodies during art making with clients and themselves. Attention was given to in vivo experiences of self-touch and art materials. Data were collected through focus groups with a purposive sample of art therapists

(N = 14) in-person and online. Groups included experientials with self-touch, body sensing, and body mapping. Data were collected from multiple sources including video, interview transcripts, and art work created in the groups. As participants shared their experiences of embodiment through the …

Characterization Of Vaccine-Enhanced Humoral Immune Responses Against Emergent Sars-Cov-2 Variants In A Convalescent Cohort, Jared Sheehan, Amber J. Trauth, Michael E. Hagensee, Alistair J. Ramsay

School of Graduate Studies Faculty Publications

Vaccination of COVID-19–convalescent individuals may generate ‘hybrid’ immunity of enhanced magnitude, durability, and cross-reactive breadth. Our primary goal was to characterize hybrid antibody (Ab) responses in a patient cohort infected with ancestral Wuhan-Hu-1 virus and vaccinated between 6 and 10 months later with the Wuhan-Hu-1–based BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine. We were particularly interested in determining the efficacy of neutralizing Ab responses against subsequently emergent SARS-CoV-2 variants. Sera collected at 3-monthly intervals over a period of 12 months were analyzed by ELISA for SARS-CoV-2 RBD–specific Ab responses, and also for neutralizing Ab activity using pseudovirus-based neutralization assays. We found that convalescent RBD-reactive …

Using Satellite Image Segmentation To Detect Trails, Jeremy Reynolds

Theses and Dissertations

This masters thesis proposes an innovative approach to satellite image segmentation by focusing on the detection and mapping of walking, hiking, and biking trails. The motivation behind this project comes from the underexplored area in segmentation techniques for trail identification and offers potential benefits for urban planning, environmental monitoring, and public health. The problem statement addresses the need for a model that can differentiate between various trail types and other natural or man-made elements. The project aims for efficiency and scalability in processing satellite imagery across different compute hardware. The work details several stages: researching existing segmentation techniques, specifically road …

Divergent Bodyminds: Kin In The Difference, Ruth Churchill Dower, Claire Walsh

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

In breaking the habit of ‘making sense’ typified by normative, neurotypical modes of engagement with the world, neurodiverse sociality performs a treachery in relation to prescriptive, dominating forms of normative reality. Within this conference paper, a modest site of resistance, a reconsideration of neurotypical normative reality takes place, extending beyond the boundaries underpinning neurotypical hegemonic discourse about ‘human’ reality, identity and existence: rescinding the neurotypical “normative standard for human experience” requiring the mapping of bodies in advance, to foreground bodies in excess, neurodiverse bodies subject to patterns and rhythms that defy stable or coherent identification. As bodies “always extending beyond …

Society For Immunotherapy Of Cancer: Updates And Best Practices For Multiplex Immunohistochemistry (Ihc) And Immunofluorescence (If) Image Analysis And Data Sharing, Janis M Taube, Joel C Sunshine, Michael Angelo, Guray Akturk, Margaret Eminizer, Logan L Engle, Cláudia S Ferreira, Sacha Gnjatic, Benjamin Green, Shirley Greenbaum, Noah F Greenwald, Cyrus V Hedvat, Travis J Hollmann, Daniel Jiménez-Sánchez, Konstanty Korski, Ana Lako, Edwin R Parra, Marlon C Rebelatto, David L Rimm, Scott J Rodig, Jamie Rodriguez-Canales, Jeffrey S Roskes, Kurt A Schalper, Emanuel Schenck, Keith E Steele, Michael J Surace, Alexander S Szalay, Michael T Tetzlaff, Ignacio I Wistuba, Jennifer H Yearley, Carlo B Bifulco

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objectives: Multiplex immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence (mIHC/IF) are emerging technologies that can be used to help define complex immunophenotypes in tissue, quantify immune cell subsets, and assess the spatial arrangement of marker expression. mIHC/IF assays require concerted efforts to optimize and validate the multiplex staining protocols prior to their application on slides. The best practice guidelines for staining and validation of mIHC/IF assays across platforms were previously published by this task force. The current effort represents a complementary manuscript for mIHC/IF analysis focused on the associated image analysis and data management.

Methods: The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer convened a task …

Cloud Microphysical Response To Entrainment Of Dry Air Containing Aerosols, Jae Min Yeom, Hamed F. Sadi, Jesse Anderson, Fan Yang, Will Cantrell, Raymond Shaw

Michigan Tech Publications

Impacts of aerosol particles on clouds, precipitation, and climate remain one of the significant uncertainties in climate change. Aerosol particles entrained at cloud top and edge can affect cloud microphysical and macrophysical properties, but the process is still poorly understood. Here we investigate the cloud microphysical responses to the entrainment of aerosol-laden air in the Pi convection-cloud chamber. Results show that cloud droplet number concentration increases and mean radius of droplets decreases, which leads to narrower droplet size distribution and smaller relative dispersion. These behaviors are generally consistent with the scenario expected from the first aerosol-cloud indirect effect for a …

Remodeling Pedagogical Evaluation Tools To Incorporate Student Self-Efficacy And Sense Of Belonging In Scientific Research, Richelle L. Tanner, Nicholas P. Burnett, Emily E. King, Anne E. Todgham

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Curated undergraduate research experiences have been widely used at colleges and universities for decades to build student interest, technical preparation, and confidence in the pursuit of scientific careers. Educators often employ standardized survey instruments to evaluate learning outcomes for research experiences, but many of these assessments consider only technical skill development and career interests and are not rooted in discrete pedagogical theories. As higher education aims to create inclusive and equitable learning experiences for students, we argue that pedagogical assessment tools for undergraduate research experiences need to expand to consider outcomes such as increased science literacy, confidence in relational “soft” …

Techniques For Deriving An Llm Agent Trust Score For Dynamically Triggering Human-In-The-Loop (Hil) Feedback In Realtime For An Llm Agentic Workflow, Akram Sheriff

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques are proposed herein for deriving an adaptive and coherent agentic trust score in a multi-agentic system, which can be used to trigger a human-in-the-loop (HIL) workflow. Since not all workflows may require HIL feedback, the agent trust score can be used for decision making, in real-time, to determine whether or not HIL feedback is required for a given workflow. The techniques prioritize trust by establishing metrics across data boundaries, Application Programming Interface (API) reliability, and metadata compliance, each contributing to the agent trust score derivation. Thus, the real-time agentic scoring system proposed herein may foster confidence in Large Language …

Full Issue: Volume 20, Number 2 - Winter 2024

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

A publication for friends and colleagues of Jefferson’s Department of Surgery

In This Issue

Cover Story Dang Laboratory Hosts Computational Biologist Studying Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment - Page 1

Overview Two Terrific Nonfiction Scholarly Works - Page 2

On the Job Paige Fisher, PTA - Page 2

Education Expanding Post-Graduate Training with Two New Surgical Fellowships - Page 2

Changing Lives Through Research Jefferson Vascular Center Prepares for Comprehensive PERT Center Certification - Page 3

Please Welcome New Faculty - Page 3

Those Who Give Building Hope: TCGives Raises Funds to Support Pancreatic Cancer Research - Page 4

News in Brief …

News In Brief

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Tyler R. Grenda, MD, MS, (Sidney Kimmel Medical College ‘10) has been promoted to Associate Professor of Surgery. Dr. Grenda specializes in thoracic surgery and treats patients at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Jefferson Torresdale Hospital and Regulus Specialty Care in Turnersville, NJ.

Renee M. Tholey, MD, FACS, FASMBS, (Sidney Kimmel Medical College ’09, Jefferson Residency ‘15) has been promoted to Associate Professor of Surgery. Dr. Tholey specializes in bariatric and minimally invasive surgery and is Director of Surgical Undergraduate Education. She treats patients at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Jefferson Methodist Hospital and Jefferson Health–Navy Yard.

Talar Tatarian, MD, …

Building Hope: Tcgives Raises Funds To Support Pancreatic Cancer Research

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

In 2015, Kathleen K. Schoemaker (left) was an active and seemingly healthy 63-year-old. Still working as a finance executive, she had recently relocated from New Jersey to be closer to her daughter, Annemarie Tester, son-in-law, Michael, and their two young children in Fort Washington, Pa.

“She was two years into a five-year plan for retirement,” recalls Michael, founder and CEO of Tester Construction Group in Bala Cynwyd, Pa.

After feeling unwell during a retreat, Kathleen pursued medical testing that revealed a shocking diagnosis: Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. At the time, Michael’s father, William J. Tester, MD, was practicing oncology at …

New Faculty

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Sriharsha Gummadi, MD, has joined the Division of Acute Care Surgery. Dr. Gummadi is a graduate of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. He then went on to complete residency at Lakenau Hospital and fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He is double board certified in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care and cares for patients at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson Torresdale Hospital.

David Kim, MD, has joined the Division of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Kim is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He then went on to complete general …

Jefferson Vascular Center Prepares For Comprehensive Pert Center Certification

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Five years ago, the Jefferson Vascular Center (JVC)–staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of Interventional Radiology, Pulmonary Critical Care, Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine physicians–became a founding member of the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Consortium.

The PERT Consortium is a national organization that advocates a team approach to caring for patients who come into hospitals with blood clots in their lungs. Now the JVC is preparing to apply for a new national certification from the PERT Consortium as a Comprehensive PERT Center.

The Jefferson PERT team is co-led by Carin Gonsalves, MD (Interventional Radiology), Frances Mae West, MD (Pulmonary Critical …

Dang Laboratory Hosts Computational Biologist Studying Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Hien T. Dang, PhD, and Yotsawat Pomyen, PhD, first began collaborating in 2016 while they were both working at the National Cancer Institute’s Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis (LHC). In 2024, Dr. Pomyen again joined forces with Dr. Dang–this time in her laboratory at Jefferson, where he has been working as a Fulbright Thai Visiting Scholar (see sidebar).

Dr. Pomyen, a computational biologist, specializes in primary liver cancer research and is a member of Thailand’s Initiative on Gene Expression Research–Liver Cancer (TIGER-LC). His academic background includes a Master of Science in Bioinformatics from King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, as well …

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 21, No. 11, 2007, Jay Hornsby, David Opper

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume twenty-one and issue eleven of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 21, No. 7, 2007, Color Copy, Jay Hornsby, David Opper

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Color copy of volume twenty-one and issue seven of TCAS Benchmark. This version is missing last few pages.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 21, No. 7, 2007, Jay Hornsby, David Opper

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume twenty-one and issue seven of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 5, No. 12, 2006, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume five and issue twelve of TCAS Benchmark.

Malliavin Calculus On The Clifford Algebra, Takayoshi Watanabe

Journal of Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

Modelling Uncertain Volatility Using Quantum Stochastic Calculus: Unitary Vs Non-Unitary Time Evolution, Will Hicks

Journal of Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.