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Jmu Libraries Magazine: Volume 2, Jenne M. Klotz, Kristen S. Shuyler, Emily D. Blake

Libraries

Volume 2 of the biennial JMU Libraries magazine, highlighting services, events, awards of the JMU Libraries.

The Graveyard Of Empires, Sadaf Folad

[Archive] Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)

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Is Your Computer Lying? Ai And Deception, Noreen L. Herzfeld

Reuter Professorship of Science and Religion Publications

Recent developments in AI, especially the spectacular success of Large Language models, have instigated renewed questioning of what remains distinctively human. As AI stands poised to take over more and more human tasks, what is left that distinguishes humans? One way we might identify a humanlike intelligence would be when we detect it telling lies. Yet AIs lack both the intention and the motivation to truly tell lies, instead producing merely bullshit. With neither emotions, embodiment, nor the social awareness that leads to a theory of mind, AIs lack the internal referents on which to judge truth or falsity. When …

A Proposed Financing Framework For Smes: Exploring The Case Of Ṣukūk, Mahmoud G. Zakzouk, Ahmed A. El-Masry, M. Kabir Hassan, Abdelrahman Yousri Abdelrahman

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics

The purpose of this study is to explore the purported role(s) of employing Ṣukūk as a source of finance in the field of SMEs. This study contributes to the growing stream of SME financing studies by examining "why" and "how" Ṣukūk can be institutionalised as an additional innovative source. The study proposes an empirically-informed SME financing framework using Ṣukūk. To illustrate this, a qualitative approach is adopted using semi-structured interviews and publicly published secondary materials. Distinct from the previous literature and efforts, this study reveals the powerful role of Ṣukūk in financing SMEs, especially in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation …

Educación Física, Recreación Y Deportes En Tiempos De Pandemia Y Confinamiento, Carlos Alberto Romero Cuestas

Ciencias del Deporte y la Educación Física

El desarrollo del libro está basado en el diálogo y la socialización de los resultados de las investigaciones adelantadas en países como México, Argentina y Colombia con el fin de dar una mirada a las experiencias en el contexto de la educación física, la recreación y el deporte. desde la perspectiva de los expertos que participaron como ponentes en el V Seminario Internacional de Actualización en Educación Física, Recreación y Deporte organizado por la Universidad de Cundinamarca. En este sentido, el seminario se convirtió en un espacio translocal de reflexión con miradas diferentes de países latinoamericanos desde sus dinámicas de …

Pediatric Cancer And The Cost Of Hope, Timothy Andre' Campbell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Improving Emergency Department Patient Satisfaction And Grow A Hospital's Revenue, Dr. Shayma Pushpa Firoz

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Issues In Robot Law And Policy, A. Michael Froomkin

Books and Book Chapters

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Amber Ryan Final Portfolio, Amber E. Ryan

Professional Practices (ART 399)

My personal journey and the lived experience of women in society inspire my work. I speak to my own experiences and thoughts as a woman. I force people into a place of discomfort, causing them to think deeply about how society speaks to women and what is taught to us from birth, leaving them with thoughts that linger long after they have walked away. This gives them a window into my intrusive thoughts, traumas, and emotions. The Tulip Field speaks to the manner in which society deals with the sex industry and sex workers today as opposed to how they …

Jamie Myres Art399 Portfolio, Jamie Myres

Professional Practices (ART 399)

Jamie Myres Artist Statement

When I set out to create something, I have one main goal in mind: to make the creative process as fun as possible for everyone involved, at every step of the way. I use saturated colors, nostalgic imagery, clever concepts, and most importantly, humor to invoke a positive feeling in my audience. I want them to walk away with a memorable experience, so memorable they tell their friends and laugh together as a result of something I made. My practice is mainly based in graphic design and fiber objects, but is expanding to include other media …

Assessment In Art Education: Exploring Strategies To Support Student Learning, Mindy Armstrong

Art 895 Research Papers

The purpose of this case study is to examine how assessing students in various ways throughout the artistic journey is best practice for art classrooms. This qualitative inquiry analyzed various assessment artifacts, involved collecting surveys from art educators, and incorporated personal observations to make the meaning from the data.

Who Is Interested In Participating In Participatory Budgeting?, David Doherty, Raluca G. Pavel, Madeline Jackson, Dana Garbarski

Political Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Inequalities in terms of who participates in politics yield policy outcomes that fail to reflect the interests of the broader public. Because these processes fail to engage the full citizenry in political decision-making processes, they are also markers of an anemic civic culture. Advocates of participatory budgeting (PB) – a process implemented at the subnational level in thousands of cities in the United States and beyond that invites residents to participate directly in the process of allocating public resources for local projects – argue that it can alleviate these inequalities. They argue that features of the PB process make it …

Chronic Absenteeism: Exploring Causes, Impacts, And Interventions In Education, Arlee M. Hoag

Masters Projects

Chronic absenteeism among students presents a significant challenge within the educational landscape, impacting academic performance and contributing to educational disparities. This research delves into the multifaceted issue of chronic absenteeism, aiming to identify its root causes, implications, and potential interventions. The study examines diverse factors influencing student attendance, including socioeconomic barriers, health conditions, transportation challenges, and their subsequent impact on academic achievement. Moreover, it explores the inequities prevalent in absenteeism, aiming to shed light on disparities among student populations.

Spartan Daily, December 5, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2023

Volume 161, Issue 43

Formulation Of Causality-Preserving Quantum Time Of Arrival Theory, Denny Lane B. Sombillo, Neris I. Sombillo

Physics Faculty Publications

We revisit the quantum correction to the classical time of arrival to address the unphysical instantaneous arrival in the limit of zero initial momentum. In this study, we show that the vanishing of arrival time is due to the contamination of the causality-violating component of the initial wave packet. Motivated by this observation, we propose to update the temporal collapse mechanism in Galapon (2009) [18] to incorporate the removal of causality-violating spectra of the arrival time operator. We found that the quantum correction to the classical arrival time is still observed. Thus, our analysis validates that the correction is an …

Addressing Resource Constraints For Alzheimer’S Dementia Patients And Caregivers In The Global South: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Zaheen Rashed '24

Student Research

There are two main focuses of this paper: to address the care that AD patients in countries with few healthcare resources receive and to explore the experiences of familial caregivers who care for these patients. This thesis will investigate issues including access to the education required to administer informed care, who is ultimately responsible for caring for AD patients in countries with few health facilities, and the lack of resources that is apparent in countries that do not have AD specialists or clinics. This paper will pinpoint the root issue in treating AD patients globally to serve as the first …

Substituted Chromenones, Ire1 Inhibitors, And Methods Of Using Same, Chih-Chi Andrew Hu, Juan R. Del Valle

USF Patents

The present invention includes substituted chromenones that are useful to inhibit the IRE1/XBP-1 pathway. In certain embodiments, the compounds of the invention inhibit IRE1's RNase activity. In other embodiments, the compounds of the invention are useful to treat or prevent a cancer that involve activation of the ER stress response. The invention also relates, in certain aspects, to the discovery that secretory IgM (sIgM) can orchestrate an immunosuppressive microenvironment by recruiting myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) into different tumor models, such as but not limited to solid tumors (such as but not limited to lung cancer) and tumors that have high …

Michael Ridenour 399 Art Portfolio, Michael Ridenour

Professional Practices (ART 399)

A plethora of my artwork is based on imaginary animals and their role in reality or fantasy. I utilize pencil and charcoal to add depth and feeling to the piece whether it is colored or monochromatic. To make the drawings, I first gather some ideas from creatures from mythology or the virtual landscape and add some features of my own design. This passion for capturing creatures, real or fictional, can utilize their unusual adaptations from a scientific point of view as a way to merge two of my interests. I have always been fascinated by animals, especially mythical ones or …

2023-December-05-Emeritus Etsu Professor Authors Textbook On Hematology.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Whether at home or abroad, East Tennessee State University’s commitment to advancing understanding in complex areas of medical research is embodied by its faculty.

And when it comes to the field of hematology, Dr. Koyamangalath Krishnan is doing exactly that. Earlier this year, Krishnan, a professor emeritus with East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, recently authored a textbook on hematology for the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), in Chandigarh, India. It serves as a dedication to the founding hematology faculty at PGIMER.

Krishnan, an alum of PGIMER, served as the editor-in-chief of the multi-author publication …

The Impact Of Trauma On The Behavior And English Language Arts Performance Of Middle-School Black Boys In An Urban Setting, Thelma A. Ramsey Bryant

Student Theses and Dissertations

Black boys are exposed to traumatic experiences at significantly higher rates than other demographic groups (Graham, 2017). Black boys in urban schools face many challenges that often lead to poor life outcomes. These outcomes can be caused by trauma and can have an impact on their behavior and academic performance, especially literacy skills. Labels such as “criminal,” “aggressive,” “anti-school,” and “hardcore” are all used to describe Black males when they enter American schools (Hawkins-Jones, & Reeves, 2020). Lack of grade-level literacy performance is measured annually through statewide assessments that address English Language Arts (ELA) performance. While trauma for Black boys …

Teresa Hill Art 399 Portfolio, Teresa Hill

Professional Practices (ART 399)

Aside from the aesthetics of cartoons and video games that I was attracted to in childhood; other influences that often guide where works would go are personal experiences, our connection with nature and others, the development of the imagination, and the human eye. The pieces made from that influence contain something tied back to others, whether it is the use of various warm/cool hues, the use of nature and flowers, colorful clothing on figures, or hands and legs being slightly longer than the rest of a figure’s proportions. Artists like Yayoi Kusama, Bonnie Seeman, and Hayao Miyazaki have also impacted …

Digital Flourishing In The U.S.: Validation Of The Digital Flourishing Scale (Dfs) And Demographic Exploration, Sophie Janicke-Bowles

Communication Faculty Articles and Research

An increasing number of research studies have focused on exploring both the negative and positive effects of computer-mediated communication on individuals’ mental health and well-being. However, there is a lack of a comprehensive scale that measures an individual’s online well-being. The 25-item Digital Flourishing Scale (DFS) was introduced to measure the 25-item Digital Flourishing Scale (DFS) to measure individuals’ positive perceptions of experiences and behaviors in mediated social interactions. The current pre-registered study aimed to establish the convergent, discriminant, and concurrent criterion validity of the DFS and its five subscales (connectedness, authentic self-presentation, civil participation, positive social comparison, self-control). Additionally, …

Modular Open-Source Design Of Pyrolysis Reactor Monitoring And Control Electronics, Finn K. Hafting, Daniel G. Kulas, Etienne Michels, Sarvada Chipkar, Stefan Wisniewski, David Shonnard, Joshua M. Pearce

Michigan Tech Publications

Industrial pilot projects often rely on proprietary and expensive electronic hardware to control and monitor experiments. This raises costs and retards innovation. Open-source hardware tools exist for implementing these processes individually; however, they are not easily integrated with other designs. The Broadly Reconfigurable and Expandable Automation Device (BREAD) is a framework that provides many open-source devices which can be connected to create more complex data acquisition and control systems. This article explores the feasibility of using BREAD plug-and-play open hardware to quickly design and test monitoring and control electronics for an industrial materials processing prototype pyrolysis reactor. Generally, pilot-scale pyrolysis …

Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee Meeting Transcript, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Fdic): Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee

Documents

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Polymerization Of Acrylamide N-Methylene Lactic And Glycolic Acid, Sevara Khazratkulova, Nodira Zokirova, Busora Mukhamedova, Basant Lal, Orifjon Khamidov, Elyor Berdimurodov, Guloy Alieva, Ahmad Hosseini-Bandegharaei, Nizomiddin Aliev

Baghdad Science Journal

In this research work, the novel polymer base on acrylamide N-methylene lactic and glycolic acid was synthesized and its structural performances were identified by the IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectroscopic investigations. The influencing factors and kinetics of polymerization, viscosity performance were studied and quantum chemical calculations were used to identify the correlation between the structure and properties. It was determined that the polymerization rate of the examined monomers in an aqueous solution, in the presence of DAA, adheres to the standard rules for radical polymerization of acrylamide monomers in solution. An investigation into the pH solution's impact on …

Purification And Characterization Of L-Asparaginase Produced From Bacillus Sp., Sahar I. H., Zaid A. H., Milad A.

Baghdad Science Journal

The objective of this study was to isolate and identify the asparaginase-producing bacteria, then purify and characterize the enzyme in order to investigate their properties in the future. Fifteen local bacterial isolates were isolated from various sites in the city of Baghdad, identified by conventional morphological and biochemical procedures, and confirmed using vitek 2 methods, and submitted to primary screening processes for asparaginase production. For secondary screening, eight isolates with the greatest yellow zone ability on a specific solid medium were chosen. Bacillus sp. was reported to have the highest enzyme production (7.5 U/mg proteins). After 24 hours of incubation, …

Leadership Strategies To Implement An Effective Remote Working Program, Carter Lewis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Ucc Minutes 12-5-23, Angela Brock

UCC Agendas/Minutes

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Development Of An App For The Kalamazoo Nature Center, Ernest Au

Honors Theses

Kalamazoo Nature Center (KNC), which has been recognized by its peers as one of the top nature centers in the country, is home to over 14 miles of hiking trails winding through woods, wetlands, and prairies. There are numerous places/plots in KNC that have an interesting and impressive history besides being home to a variety of animals and hundreds of wildflowers and other plant life. To improve the visitor’s experience at KNC, we will design a software app via the senior capstone project at the department of Computer Science at WMU. As the first step towards establishing a reference model …

2023 Nh Social Venture Innovation Challenge Judges, Sustainability Institute

Sustainability Institute Blog

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