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Glass: A Deadly Conservation Issue For Birds, Daniel Klem Jr.

Bird Observer

No abstract provided.

About Books: The Extinction Biz, Mark Lynch

Bird Observer

No abstract provided.

Ninth Annual Report Of The Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (Marc), Marjorie Rines

Bird Observer

No abstract provided.

Making The Rounds, 1996, V1 N16, April 22, Advocate Aurora Health

Historical Documents - Combined

The Park Ridge Center, Chicago, IL: Issue of "Making the Rounds in Health, Faith, & Ethics", a publication from The Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith and Ethics, associated with Lutheran General Hospital. This issue has a feature on the ethics of patient confidentiality in the face of a disaster, as well as medical news, and a summary of recent publications on relgion, health, and aging.

Making The Rounds, 1996, V1 N18, May 20, Advocate Aurora Health

Historical Documents - Combined

The Park Ridge Center, Chicago, IL: Issue of "Making the Rounds in Health, Faith, & Ethics", a publication from The Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith and Ethics, associated with Lutheran General Hospital. This issue has a feature case study about a patient exploring alternative treatments, as well as a commentary from a holistic physician. There is also a media round-up about the court case in Washington covered in the previous issue.

Making The Rounds, 1996, V2 N1, September 9, Advocate Aurora Health

Historical Documents - Combined

The Park Ridge Center, Chicago, IL: Issue of "Making the Rounds in Health, Faith, & Ethics", a publication from The Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith and Ethics, associated with Lutheran General Hospital. This issue has a feature on nursing and euthanasia, medical news, and book reviews.

Making The Rounds, 1996, V2 N2, September 23, Advocate Aurora Health

Historical Documents - Combined

The Park Ridge Center, Chicago, IL: Issue of "Making the Rounds in Health, Faith, & Ethics", a publication from The Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith and Ethics, associated with Lutheran General Hospital. This issue features a case study from a patient with chronic atopic eczema with a responding commentary, an epilogue to the "Case Stories" series in this publication, and a follow up essay on xenotransplantation from a prior issue.

This is the final issue of this publication.

Ohio Recovery Housing: Resident Risk And Outcomes Assessment, Elyjiah Potter, Bivin Sadler

SMU Data Science Review

Addiction and substance abuse disorder is a significant problem in the United States. Over the past two decades, the United States has faced a boom in substance abuse, which has resulted in an increase in death and disruption of families across the nation. The State of Ohio has been particularly hard hit by the crisis, with overdose rates nearly doubling the national average. Established in the mid 1970’s Sober Living Housing is an alcohol and substance use recovery model emphasizing personal responsibility, sober living, and community support. This model has been adopted by the Ohio Recovery Housing organization, which seeks …

Identifying Locations Of Drug Overdose In Las Vegas To Implement The Cardiff Violence Prevention Model, John Girard, Shikha Pandey, Zack Bunn, Chris Papesh, Jacquelyn Cheun Phd, Ying Zhang

SMU Data Science Review

This paper will provide an innovative approach to drug overdose prevention programs. Using data from Las Vegas emergency departments, this paper will analyze geospatial trends of drug overdoses. Leveraging the Cardiff Violence Prevention Model, the information is shared with local law enforcement agencies and decision makers to empower them to make evidence-based strategies. This paper highlights the efficacy of a data-driven model in addressing public health issues and underscoring its ability for even broader implementation in urban settings. Findings will suggest significant implications for policymaking, crime prevention, and public health initiatives, demonstrating a step towards a safer Las Vegas.

Impact Of Covid-19 On Recruitment Of High School Athletes To Di Track And Field, Christopher Haub, Jon Paugh, Alonso Salcido, Monnie Mcgee

SMU Data Science Review

Due to COVID-19, in the spring of 2020, the NCAA gave scholarship athletes an extra year of eligibility but did not increase the number of scholarships a school could issue. This potentially led to increased competition for scholarships as coaches could choose between retaining athletes or recruiting new ones. Furthermore, the Spring 2020 track and field season for high school seniors ended early – limiting high school athletes’ chance to get their best scores, and interrupting student to college interaction. This research looks specifically at the impact of COVID-19, and the resulting NCAA policy changes, on the recruitment to DI …

The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Faculty Productivity And Gender Inequalities In Stem Disciplines, Monnie Mcgee, Raag Patel, Roslyn Smith, Satvik Ajmera

SMU Data Science Review

Women and minorities within STEM disciplines historically encounter obstacles in academic advancement, a situation compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic due to the imposition of additional responsibilities like caregiving. This study meticulously probes into the pandemic's influence on traditional academic productivity metrics – specifically publication and submission frequency, citation volume, and leadership in scholarly entities, by employing Natural Language Processing to extract and analyze data from key journals within various scientific domains. A critical revelation from the research indicates a notable downturn in publication activity during 2021, potentially attributed to pandemic-induced disruptions, with a compensatory surge observed in 2022. Although a …

2023 Conference Program, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

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Approaches For Incorporating A Variety Of Metadata In Transformer Operation, Antonio Gulli, Afroz Mohiuddin, Samer Hassan

Defensive Publications Series

A plain transformer model typically leverages only one piece of metadata - position encoding - directly in the transformer model. The use of transformers typically involves expensive and complex external scaffolding before or after output generation to avoid issues such as hallucination, irrelevance, etc. This disclosure describes techniques to incorporate a variety of metadata types into the native architecture of transformer models. The additional signals can help avoid hallucinations, improve relevance, and minimize the need of expensive external scaffolding. Generalizing transformer operation to incorporate a diversity of metadata can be achieved in various ways such as adding a metadata embedding …

Identifying Aggregators Systematically Using Transactional Attributes (Card Acceptor Id Or Caid), Basudeb Ghosh Visa, Prithwiraj Mitra Visa

Defensive Publications Series

A method, system, and computer program product are provided for identifying aggregators using transaction data. The system may include at least one processor programmed or configured to receive transaction data comprising a card acceptor identifier (CAID) and a card acceptor name. The at least one processor may identify a plurality of CAIDs included in the transaction data and for each CAID, determine a number of distinct card acceptor names corresponding to the CAID. The at least one processor may then identify a first CAID having a plurality of distinct card acceptor names corresponding to the first CAID. The at least …

Voice-Activated Selfie

Defensive Publications Series

The subject disclosure provides for an extended reality (XR) wearable device that may capture a mixed reality self-portrait and share the self-portrait to a social media platform. The disclosure concerns the problem of conveniently capturing and sharing digital self-portraits. The disclosed solution addresses the problem by configuring a set of XR smart glasses to, based on a voice command of a user, capture raw real, virtual, or mixed images; process the raw images into a self-portrait that includes real, virtual, or mixed elements; and share the self-portrait to a social media platform.

The Overture! Then Is Here-And-Now: Hindsight Is Twenty, Twenty?, Elena Kydd

Music Therapy Theses

My existence and presence as a Black woman and graduate scholar in music therapy have allowed me to share my experience of racial trauma and oppression in the hallways of GCSU’s music therapy program. Autoethnography is the method I use to write my thesis on the relationships between Blackness, pedagogy, and music therapy. Thus, I perform an evocative autoethnographic study that allows me to share my personal experience of racial trauma and oppression within the culture of music therapy and to critique the larger social structures of whiteness that disenfranchise and dominate me and other Black student music therapists (SMTs). …

Minutes 12-12-2023 | Safety Committee, Megan Meade

Safety Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Representation Of Multicultural Value In Animation Film Upin-Ipin Seasion 6 “Ghost Month”, Sudono Sudono, Rb Hendri Kuswatoro

Informasi

In the era of advances in information technology, early childhood education can use various media, including film, which is considered a very effective means of conveying messages or ideologies with audio-visual power. The animated film Upin-Ipin, as one of the contestants in the arena of animated film ideology, has an important role in instilling moral values in children. Through the moral message conveyed through the film, the personality formation of young children can be aligned with the moral message conveyed. This study, which applies a qualitative research approach with library methods, uses primary and secondary data as sources of information. …

Public Relations Original Case Study: Shein Brand Trip Backlash, Isabel Hodell, Lauren Letts

[Archive] Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)

This case examines Shein's controversial brand trip, which offers a complex narrative involving the intersection of public relations tactics, influencer marketing, and corporate ethics. Shein's reputation has been harmed by allegations of labor violations and unethical practices. In an attempt to improve their image, Shein created a brand trip for American fashion influencers to tour its Chinese factories. However, the influencers' glowing reviews sparked backlash as they failed to address Shein's history of exploitation and were claimed to be full of propaganda. This paper examines the aftermath of the brand trip, examining Shein's response as well as the backlash’s impact …

The Impact Of Viral Outbreaks On Legal Rulings Corona Pandemic And Its Impact On Family Jurisprudence, Dr.Jihad H. Hamad

Al-miʿyār

Books of Hadith and its Sciences: • Al-Ta'leeq Al-Mughni 'ala Al-Daraqutni: Umar Shams Al-Haqq Al-Azeem Abadi, appended to Sunan Al-Daraqutni, Alam Al-Kutub & Dar Al-Ma'arifah, 1966 CE, Dar Al-Muhasin - Cairo, n.d. • Jami' Al-Tirmidhi: Encyclopedia of the Noble Hadith, The Six Books, Dar Al-Salam - Riyadh, 1429 AH. • Sunan Ibn Majah: Encyclopedia of the Noble Hadith, The Six Books, Dar Al-Salam - Riyadh, 1429 AH. • Sunan Abi Dawood: Encyclopedia of the Noble Hadith, The Six Books, Dar Al-Salam - Riyadh, 1429 AH. • Sunan Al-Daraqutni: Edited, verified, and annotated by Shu'ayb Al-Arna'ut, Hasan Abdul Mun'im Shalabi, Abdul …

Edit Search The Corona Pandemic And Its Impact On Family Jurisprudence, Jihad Hamad Hamad D.

Al-miʿyār

one of the results of viral outbreaks, including the recent Corona pandemic, is that a Corona patient who is in intensive care considers this illness as one of the defects of marriage, and can his wife claim the annulment of the marriage based on this defect? Is he allowed to marry, or is he prevented from marrying based on the hypothesis of introducing a new heir to the heirs and thus harming them.? And from the results of the Corona virus also, and after the general closure, and after the development that took place in social media, is it permissible …

Good Newsletter December 12, 2023, Seattle University School Of Law Dean

GOOD NEWSletter

No abstract provided.

Recruitment And Retention Challenges In Adult Care Facilities, Shirley Ann Jones

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Strategies Small Business Owners In North Carolina Use To Sustain Their Business, Curtis Delbert Mccullough

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Pepperoni Roll Studios: A Handbook & Policy Guide For A Podcast And Audio Production Student Organization, Nicholas Kirk Kratsas

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

For Students

Welcome to Pepperoni Roll Studios, WVU’s new and exciting experiential podcast and audio production organization! You’ve made a great decision to join one of the best communities on campus.

This handbook will guide and facilitate our new student-run organization. Within its pages, you’ll find out who we are, what we do and how we do it to fill you in on everything you need to know. Let’s roll!

For Advisors and Staff

WVU Student Media is excited to launch our new podcast and audio production organization, Pepperoni Roll Studio! This venture grew out of a demand for more …

How Does Information Overload Through News Consumption Impact Users’ Mental State?, Agaretha Kosasih

D.U.Quark

With the rise of technology and its accessibility, people have an increased ability to access information, which consequently escalates the chances to be more prone to information overload. However, despite the frequent use of technology and the internet, there is still a lack of awareness about the effects of information overload. One issue that arises in discussing information overload is the abundant research that confirms the negative impacts compared to those that provide positive solutions for the issue. This review discusses the way information overload impacts our mental health through our cognitive processes, influencing our mental state, and examines our …

2023-December-12-Etsu To Hold Commencement Ceremonies December 16.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

East Tennessee State University will confer 1,413 degrees to members of the Class of 2023 during two Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, December 16, at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Both ceremonies will take place in the ETSU Ballad Health Athletic Center (Mini-Dome). The events also will be livestreamed. Livestream links will be available at etsu.edu/commencement.

The 10 a.m. ceremony will recognize graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, College of Business and Technology and College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences.

Dr. Jessica Burchette, a faculty member in ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy and …

Finding Words For God: Poetic Foraging In Louise Glück's The Wild Iris, Rachel Cardall

Theses and Dissertations

The primary speaker of Louise Glück's The Wild Iris is a wanderer in her own garden. She relentlessly searches for God among her foxgloves and daisies, straining to hear God's voice. Two other speakers, God and the collective plants of the garden, offer their perspectives without acknowledgement by the human speaker. Many critics read these two other speakers as, in fact, narcissistic projections of the human speaker, a God and a world made in her own image. In this thesis, I clarify that the kind of narcissistic projection that occurs in The Wild Iris is actually productive for genuine spiritual …

Dam Failure And Incident Investigations, Nathaniel Gee

Theses and Dissertations

There are multiple dam failures and dam safety incidents every year in the United States. There are currently no standard policy requirements for when or how to conduct failure or incident investigations. This paper first reviews one of the most significant failures in US history, the failure of Buffalo Creek Dam No. 3 in order to explore the impacts of one significant failure on dam safety policy in the US. The paper then explores the currents state of the industry by reviewing 58 different dam failure or incident investigation reports based on incidents that occurred in the United States from …

Development Of Battery-Grade Silicon Through Magnesiothermic Reduction Of Halloysite-Derived Silica, Nathan Clarke

Theses and Dissertations

The production of halloysite-derived silicon (HDS) is investigated as a potential anode material in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Other researchers have found HDS to be electrochemically active in small test cells. To test larger electrochemical cells, the production process needs to be scaled up and optimized. HDS is produced through magnesiothermic reduction of acid-etched halloysite. The reduction process is very exothermic and requires special consideration while being scaled up. A reactor and pressure release system were designed and fabricated to perform the reduction process in a safe manner. Various steps of the process were tested to determine their influence on the …