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A Participatory Drone Mapping And Critical Physical Geography Of Water Security For Irrigation In Northern Ghana, Dinko Hanaan Dinko

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Dam discourse frequently incorrectly assumes that their emergence unilinearly translates to an expansion of economic opportunities while not considering how dams become sites for the reproduction of inequality and injustice. This dissertation investigates how the politics of irrigation water access are nested in a complex web of physical materialities of the 'natural' environment and power relations, with lived consequences on differentiated social identities in semiarid Ghana. The research draws on transdisciplinary perspectives from political ecology, embodiment, critical physical geography, and mixed methods, including interviews, focus group discussions, surveys, participatory drone mapping, and laboratory analysis of soil biochemical properties. The study …

The Influence Of Authentic Engagement, Assessment, And Grading On Standardized Testing Performance For Middle Schools In Indiana, Holly A. Herrera

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Principals continue to feel the pressure with high stakes and school accountability rising. With the ever-changing expectations for schools, it is imperative that principals continue to seek ways in which they can build teacher capacity and increase student achievement. Research has shown that engagement, assessment, and grading are all areas that impact student learning. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the impact of authentic engagement, assessment, and grading practices on standardized testing outcomes. This study attempted to evaluate whether classrooms with effective authentic engagement, assessment, and grading practices help increase student achievement on standardized testing. Based on …

Diversifying The Teacher Pipeline Through Quality Partnerships: A Snapshot Of A Paid Internship Program In America’S Most Diverse City, Michelle Rosen, Lourdes Sutton

NERA Conference Proceedings 2023

The New Jersey City University Teacher Intern Program provides paid working experiences for pre-service teachers in the College of Education. Students pursuing a degree in education are placed in area partner schools to work alongside experienced teachers as early as their freshman year. This paper will highlight the program, its structure, roles (as interns, lead interns, cooperating teachers), professional development series, its focus on teacher leadership, and participating member feedback. Research will focus on the impact of experiential learning, the importance of professional development, and teacher leadership (through the lens of the lead intern role).

Rosalie Edge And The Modern Environmental Movement, Elizabeth Claire Coleman

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This thesis examines and follows the actions of an understudied activist in the environmentalist movement: Rosalie Edge. This thesis relies and encourages a combination of conservation, environmentalism, and historical women’s history in America. Rosalie Edge’s work as an environmentalist created a new and effective way for environmentalists to advocate for the environment around them. She created a pamphlet medium that invited scientists and other conservationists to publish writings and opinions that went against what the Audubon Society, the Biological Survey, and legislators were doing and publishing. The research for this project combines analysis from other professionals in the field with …

Graduate Catalogue 2023-2024, Seton Hall University

Graduate Catalogues

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Prevention Research Center For Healthy Neighborhoods, Madeline Panus

Celebration of Scholarship 2023

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The Effect Of S-Glutahionylation Of Keap-1/Nrf-2 And Caspase 3, Claire Greenless

Celebration of Scholarship 2023

S-glutathionylation is a form of post-translational modification where glutathione forms disulfide bonds with protein cysteine residues under oxidative conditions. The process of Sglutathionylation is important because it is a reversible process, regulates enzyme activity, and may link to disease development. In this work, under physiological conditions, KEAP-1 and NRF-2 bind together as a complex. Upon oxidative stress, NRF-2 dissociates from KEAP-1 and triggers an antioxidant response. However, the dissociation mechanism was not well studied. S-glutathionylation of KEAP-1 causes dissociation of NRF-2. This result demonstrates a possible dissociation mechanism of NRF-2. Caspase 3 is a cysteine containing protein and a key …

Modification Of Hyaluronic Acid To Enable Click Chemistry Photo-Crosslinking Of Hydrogels With Tailorable Degradation Profiles, Ciara Buckley

Articles

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a naturally occurring mucopolysaccharide that, due to its inherent bioactivity and extracellular matrix-like structure, has the potential to be utilised extensively in tissue engineering. However, this glycosaminoglycan lacks the properties required for cellular adhesion and photo-crosslinking by UV light, which significantly hinders this polymers applicability. This research presents a method for modifying hyaluronic acid via thiolation and methacrylation to generate a novel photo-crosslinkable polymer with improved physicochemical properties, biocompatibility and the potential to customize biodegradability according to the ratio of monomers used. A decrease in stiffness proportional to increasing thiol concentration was observed when testing the …

Teloportwrapper: A New Tool For Understanding The Dynamic World Of Fungal Telomere Ends, Trey Stansfield

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Telomeres are repetitive DNA sequence motifs found at eukaryote chromosome ends. Telomeres help protect chromosome ends from DNA damage and promote chromosome stability. Chromosomes play important roles in aging, mutation, and cancer. Eukaryotic pathogens also use telomeres to mutate and manage virulence genes. In response to chromosome end breakage newly formed telomeres, called de novo telomeres, are formed to recreate the lost telomere and sub-telomeric regions.

Magnaporthe oryzae is a fungal pathogen which causes wheat blast, a deadly plant disease in wheat. Magnaporthe oryzae is also known for its highly variable sub-regions which show high amounts of induced variability due …

Perception Vs. Reality: The Influence Of Civic Experiences In High School On Adult Civic Engagement, Kaya Bottmeyer

Political Science & International Studies | Senior Theses

Research on political socialization has shown that individuals’ families and education play a significant role in their later political actions and attitudes, but more needs to be understood on how large the role of education is and, specifically, what impact secondary education has on people’s political socialization. Literature suggests that educational standards that require more civics or social science courses are more effective in creating civically engaged individuals, and curriculums that employ service learning and experiential learning techniques are even more effective at increasing civic engagement, but to what extent does a person's perception of their educational experience factor into …

The Future Of Extreme Windstorms In The United States: Insights From Convection-Permitting Simulations, Kristie Kaminski

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

A derecho is a long-lived, convectively induced, extratropical windstorm that produces severe wind gusts and an affiliated damage swath across an extensive area. This peril can generate billions of dollars in losses and poses a significant risk to life, infrastructure, and wind-sensitive industries. While the response of severe convective storms to anthropogenic climate change has received much attention in the literature, research assessing the genitors of derechos—mesoscale convective systems—has focused on understanding potential changes in the United States hydroclimate, not their severe wind potential. To date, there has been no research investigating spatiotemporal changes to derecho activity in the context …

An Experimental Investigation Of Gold Incorporated Into Bornite, Intermediate Solid Solution (Iss), And Pyrrhotite: Implications For Porphyry Ore Deposits, Carli Lynn Schmidt

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits contain metals sourced from a melt and transported to shallower levels by a magmatic volatile phase (MVP) where they can be deposited as native elements or structurally bound in sulfide or oxide minerals. Porphyry ore deposits are a major subclass of such and contain plentiful concentrations of societally significant metals including copper and gold. These deposits include the Grasberg porphyry Cu-Au-(Mo) deposit in Indonesia, the Bingham Canyon porphyry Cu-Mo-Au deposit in Utah, USA, and the Far Southeast porphyry Cu-Au deposit in the Philippines. In these systems gold is often found associated with bornite, intermediate solid solution (ISS, …

Can An Instrument Be Developed To Evaluate Trauma Intervention Programs?, Julie D. Hancock

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Trauma experiences impact countless individuals every day. Trauma neither favors nor discriminates against any segment of the population; it is an equal opportunity pillager, often striking with no warning. No one is immune to trauma experience and effects, but one population is especially vulnerable to the aftereffects of trauma: the adolescent population. At a stage of life comprised of rapid physical changes and brain growth, the effects of trauma can have overwhelming consequences. However, even with increased vulnerability, this population is often overlooked in the selection of trauma intervention programs and practices for schools. The purpose of this quantitative study …

2023-2024 Nsu Undergraduate Student Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

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Ideating Explainable Ai, Helen Sheridan, Emma Murphy, Dympna O'Sullivan

Academic Posters Collection

Exploring user's mental models of an AI-driven recruitment system using design-thinking methods as an approach to ideating XAI.

The ‘Others’ In John Lanchester’S The Wall, Gregory White

Government: Faculty Books

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Proteomic Identification Of Seasonally Expressed Proteins Contributing To Heart Function And The Avoidance Of Skeletal Muscle Disuse Atrophy In A Hibernating Mammal, Msr Abid, E. C. Bredahl, A. D. Clifton, H. Qiu, M. T. Andrews, J. W. Checco

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

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The Promises Of Large Language Models For Protein Design And Modeling., Giorgio Valentini, Dario Malchiodi, Jessica Gliozzo, Marco Mesiti, Mauricio Soto-Gomez, Alberto Cabri, Justin Reese, Elena Casiraghi, Peter N Robinson

Faculty Research 2023

The recent breakthroughs of Large Language Models (LLMs) in the context of natural language processing have opened the way to significant advances in protein research. Indeed, the relationships between human natural language and the "language of proteins" invite the application and adaptation of LLMs to protein modelling and design. Considering the impressive results of GPT-4 and other recently developed LLMs in processing, generating and translating human languages, we anticipate analogous results with the language of proteins. Indeed, protein language models have been already trained to accurately predict protein properties, generate novel functionally characterized proteins, achieving state-of-the-art results. In this paper …

Reduced Model For Female Endocrine Dynamics: Validation And Functional Variations, Erica Graham, Noémie Elhadad, David Albers

Mathematics Faculty Research and Scholarship

A normally functioning menstrual cycle requires significant crosstalk between hormones originating in ovarian and brain tissues. Reproductive hormone dysregulation may cause abnormal function and sometimes infertility. The inherent complexity in this endocrine system is a challenge to identifying mechanisms of cycle disruption, particularly given the large number of unknown parameters in existing mathematical models. We develop a new endocrine model to limit model complexity and use simulated distributions of unknown parameters for model analysis. By employing a comprehensive model evaluation, we identify a collection of mechanisms that differentiate normal and abnormal phenotypes. We also discover an intermediate phenotype—displaying relatively normal …

We Live In The Olden Days: Reflections On The Importance Of Scientific And Theological Humility, Steven L. Clark

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a unique perspective on truth. Our knowledge that Salvation likely involves participation in complex eternal activities requiring significantly more understanding than we currently possess naturally leads us to seek truth and, in addition, to seek an understanding of that truth. Under these circumstances, our inability to fully understand many truths, both revealed and discovered, can lead to confusion. A lack of complete understanding of accepted scientific truth generally leads the serious truth-seeker to enhanced investigative and educational efforts without doubting the ultimate veracity of the concept under investigation; we …

Geophysical Survey Of The Christ Evangelical And Reformed Cemetery, Germantown, Wi Bwt-0056, Peter N. Peregrine

Archaeological Reports

On October 18, 2022 Lawrence University conducted a geophysical survey on the southwestern side of the Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church cemetery (BTW-0056) in Germantown, Wisconsin. High-resolution magnetic data were conducted over a 20 meter by 40 meter grid to determine if unmarked interments were present in the cemetery. The survey identified a number of magnetic anomalies that appear to be consistent with the presence of unmarked interments. It is recommended that any ground disturbance in the cemetery proceed under the expectation that interments might be disturbed.

Gender Identity And Academic Confidence Across College Major Fields, Sophie Goodwin

Perspectives

This study aimed to measure college students’ sense of personal efficacy and sense of belonging among various majors, specifically concerning the differences across gender identities. The findings thus indicate whether gender experience and norms impact some majors more than others, demonstrating how a history of male domination in certain fields can be internalized on a population level. A total of 300 respondents from a large public university in the northeast United States completed an online survey. In this survey, questions pertaining to self-reported gender identity; school of the respondent’s major, such as life sciences or liberal arts; and agreement with …

Perspectives 2023 Full Issue

Perspectives

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2023 Spring - Veterans Upward Bound Newsletter, Veterans Upward Bound, East Tennessee State University

Veterans Upward Bound Newsletters

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Severity And Operative Age In Metopic Synostosis: The Association With Neurocognitive Outcomes, Aaron Samuel Long

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The cranial morphology of single-suture metopic craniosynostosis is defined by trigonocephaly, hypotelorism, and bitemporal narrowing. The severity of deformity may be defined radiographically based on computed tomography imaging. The radiographic severity of metopic synostosis has been suggested as a possible predictor of long-term neurocognitive outcomes, making it a potentially useful variable in determining which patients will benefit from surgery. Artificial intelligence (AI) has recently been used to quantify severity of metopic synostosis. Furthermore, age at surgery has been shown predict long-term neurocognition in sagittal synostosis but has not been adequately explored in metopic synostosis. In sagittal synostosis, age at surgery …

Critical Race Theory And Florida Schools: An Attempt To Suppress Racism Embedded Within American History

Florida A & M University Law Review

“Our Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among its citizens.” Imagine that a public school student learns that the curriculum taught at their school about their culture and its history has just been banned. Further, they discover that the reasoning for the removal is the belief that the curriculum promotes reverse racism. Imagine this happening only to classes related to their culture and background, but similar courses teaching the history and experiences of other cultures remain untouched, unbanned, and unaddressed. History is the story of the past and tells us where we are, where we come from, …

2023-2024 - Etsu General Academic Operating Budget (July), Budget And Financial Planning, East Tennessee State University

ETSU General Academic Operating Budgets and Analysis

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2023-2024 - Etsu General Academic Operating Budget (October), Budget And Financial Planning, East Tennessee State University

ETSU General Academic Operating Budgets and Analysis

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Diagram Affordances And Their Impact On Students’ Answers About Rivers And Groundwater, Daniel R. Curtis

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Diagrams are important tools for conveying information in geoscience education. Choosing what imagery to use and assessing its effectiveness is not straightforward. A diagram needs sufficient affordances (i.e., details, dimension) for the viewers to comprehend the intended message without adding too many details that will confuse and distract the viewer. Prior research suggests that the viewer’s knowledge and experience impact how diagram affordances are interpreted. Understanding this interaction between knowledge, context, and diagram affordance is critical for education and assessment.To investigate how changes in affordances affect student interpretation of images, we surveyed undergraduate students (N = 201) in introductory Earth …

Artificial Intelligence (Ai) And Public Managers: Key Questions And Recommended Actions, Zong-Xian Huang, Meghan E. Cook, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Theresa A. Pardo

Center for Technology in Government

Rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and development are driving the integration of AI into theoperational systems that underlie the effective functioning of governments at all levels and around the world. As government leaders and managers ready themselves to transform their agencies through digital strategies and make enterprise technological investment decisions, they must consider that most new systems include some form of AI. Therefore, it is essential that government leaders understand AI and its potential for revolutionizing government services and decision-making. Although much has been written about AI in the public sector, there is little that offers practical guidance …