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Between Care And Despair: An Existential Phenomenological Study Of Eco-Anxiety As Lived Experience, Conor H. Sukhdeo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation explores the lived experience of eco-anxiety among young adults aware of the ongoing ecological crisis but not directly exposed to climate-related disasters. Grounded in the human science tradition, ecopsychology, and existential phenomenology, this study employed Scott Churchill’s (2022) approach to Existential Phenomenological Research (EPR) to deepen our understanding of the phenomenon of eco-anxiety. Four participants, residing in Pittsburgh and aged 18-25, produced written experiential descriptions and participated in open-ended phenomenological interviews. As outlined by EPR, this data was analyzed through meaning unit delineation, imaginative variation, phenomenological reduction, and structural synthesis to produce individual situated structures of eco-anxiety for …

The Narrative In The Algorithm: Storytelling, World Literature, And The Smartphone, Chad Szalkowski-Ference

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation, I interrogate the role algorithms, artificial intelligence, and smartphone technology play in contemporary world literature. My analysis begins with the post-truth condition, which speaks to the contemporary era’s embrace of alternative facts, authoritarianism, and conspiratorial thinking. I draw on narrative theory and paradigms of world literature to show how “algorithmic reasoning” has led to a state of paranoid persecution. This reasoning has forged new collectivities across traditional borders. Additionally, I show that these new collectivities and new technologies have produced new narrative points of view: the algorithmic first- and third-person, allowing narratives to retain the intimacy and …

Empathetic Political Communication As The Political Identity Of Female Legislators: A Phenomenological Study In The Surabaya City Dprd, Nurannafi Farni Syam Maella, Farida Farida, Herlina Harsono Njoto, Hamizah Sahharon, Vinna Amalia

JURNAL KOMUNIKASI INDONESIA

Politics has long been constructed as a masculine arena dominated by discourses of power, authority, and instrumental rationality. The presence of female legislators disrupts this hegemony by foregrounding empathetic modes of political communication that emphasize inclusivity, relational engagement, and responsiveness to social realities. These communicative practices not only contest dominant masculine norms in political discourse but also expand deliberative spaces and support the formulation of gender-responsive public policies. Accordingly, this study examines how female legislators in the Surabaya Legislative Council construct and enact empathetic political communication as a core expression of their political identity. Using a qualitative phenomenological approach, this …

Alma Matters April - June 2026 Vol. 01 Issue 02, Aga Khan University Alumni Association

The Aga Khan University Newsletter and Magazine for Alumni (AKU-NAMA)

• Advancing Healthcare Through Global Collaboration
• AKU and Sindh Govt Launch Historic Nursing Partnership
• New Dean for Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• AKU Showcase Explores AI in Research for Global Impact
• Aga Khan University and LUMS Forge Strategic Partnership
• Alumni Affairs Launches ‘AKU Connect’ – A Mentorship Platform for Students
• The Power of Alumni Giving
• Gift Signing Ceremony with AKU MBBS Class of ‘05
• NEWS , HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES
• AKU ENTITIES

Outbound Tourism – A Cluster Analysis Of Indian Travellers Based On Travel Motivation And Preferences, Shweta Belwal, Rakesh Belwal, Zoe Morgan, Latifa Hamood Al Badi

Plymouth Business School

PurposeThis study aims to explore the travel motivations and preferences of Indian outbound tourists, segmented by motivation and sociodemographic traits.Design/methodology/approachUsing a quantitative research approach, the study administered a structured questionnaire via SurveyMonkey to potential Indian outbound travellers. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to identify key motivational factors, followed by hierarchical and k-means cluster analyses to derive and validate traveller segments.FindingsThe EFA revealed a five-factor structure comprising culture and heritage; adventure and aquatic activities; business and luxury; affordability and ease; and spatial-cultural proximity. Cluster analysis confirmed four distinct tourist segments: global nature explorers; proximity-conscious discerning explorers; indifferent travellers; and budget-conscious …

Navigating Errors: Voice Assistants And Aging Users, Bea Marithe V. Pulido

Theses

This study examined how age relates to usability, cognitive load, and affect when using voice-user interfaces (VUIs). VUIs such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Home are increasingly common and allow users to complete tasks through voice commands. While these systems can be convenient and accessible, especially for older adults, they often provide brief or unclear feedback when errors occur, making it difficult for users to understand what went wrong and how to continue the interaction. The current study compared older and younger adults (n = 40) to examine group differences in perceived usability, cognitive load, and affective change during VUI …

Electrocatalytic Oxidation Of Ethylene Glycol To Glycolic Acid: From Mechanism And Catalyst Design To Emerging Neutral Electrolyte Systems, Man Zhang, Xue Li, Xinyu Peng, Lin Wang, Wenwen Chen, Yaoyue Yang

Online First

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste represents both an environmental burden and a loss of carbon resources. Alkaline depolymerization of PET yields terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol (EG). Electrocatalytic oxidation of EG to glycolic acid (GA), the monomer of biodegradable polyglycolic acid (PGA), offers a sustainable route driven by renewable electricity. However, the ethylene glycol oxidation reaction (EGOR) involves competing pathways toward C2 products (GA and oxalic acid) and C1 products (formic acid and CO₂), making selective GA production a central challenge. This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent progress in selective EG-to-GA electrooxidation from catalyst design, mechanistic understanding, …

Design That Lasts: Designing A Logo For A 94 Year-Old Theatre, Mark Thompson

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

This text is a personal reflection and case study by the author on applying principles from Bob Gill's book Graphic Design as a Second Language (2003) to the winning design of the Garrick Theatre Club’s Logo Design competition.

Premarket Clinical Evidence Strength And Recalls Of High-Risk Therapeutic Medical Devices, Maryam Mooghali, Faaizah Arshad, Vinay K Rathi, Kushal T Kadakia, Alexander O Everhart, Joseph S Ross, Sanket S Dhruva

2020-Current year OA Pubs

IMPORTANCE: High-risk medical devices approved through the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket approval (PMA) pathway may be supported by limited premarket clinical evidence, leaving uncertainties about safety. Whether device, premarket clinical evidence, or regulatory characteristics are associated with subsequent device recalls is unknown.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between device, premarket clinical evidence, and regulatory characteristics and serious recalls among high-risk therapeutic devices.

DESIGN AND SETTING: This cross-sectional study reviewed 193 high-risk therapeutic medical devices approved through the FDA's PMA pathway between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2023. Data were analyzed between August 2025 and December 2025. …

Improving Bench Work Competence Through Qr Code Based E-Lkpd Featuring Sop Video And K3 Safety Checklist, Firman Muhadi Saputra, Marsono Marsono, Imam Muhtarom, Mingchang Wu

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This study examines the use of a QR Code-based E-LKPD integrated with SOP videos and a K3 safety checklist in improving vocational students’ bench work competence. A pretest–posttest control group design was applied to 63 tenth-grade machining students at SMKN 1 Jenangan Ponorogo in the 2025/2026 academic year selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using performance assessment observation sheets and written tests. The results show that both groups achieved the competent category, with the experimental class obtaining a slightly higher mean score (80.22) than the control class (77.07), However the independent t-test results indicate that the difference is not …

Disrupting The Silence: A Case For Critical Race Theory In Music Education, Preston Wilson Jr.

Visions of Research in Music Education

In response to the inequities within music education, Critical Race Theory (CRT) offers an approach to analyzing how race and racism operate within music education and prompts educators to critically examine existing structures and practices. CRT is a comprehensive framework that offers fundamental insights, perspectives, methods, and pedagogical approaches. Its primary objective is to identify, analyze, and transform the structural and cultural factors that perpetuate the marginalization and subordination of People of Color. CRT’s origins can be traced back to the legal system, where it emerged as a means to challenge and dismantle the pervasive influence of race and racism …

Professionalizing Folklore In Latin America: Four Paradigms Of The Musician And The Coloniality Of Music Education, Matias Recharte

Visions of Research in Music Education

In this article, I discuss the professionalization of folklore and its entanglements with coloniality through an analysis of four paradigms of the musicians I encountered in conversations with students, administrators and instructors at the Escuela Nacional de Folklore Jose Maria Arguedas in Lima, Peru. I contrast two pairs of paradigms, the empírico with the académico and the chivero with the professional in order to show how the “professional folklore musician” is constructed through similarities and differences with these paradigms. For my analysis, I use a coloniality theory framework (Casto-Gomez, 2021; Quijan, 1980, 2000, 2007; Segato 2011, 2022) which considers social …

Consecuencias De La Violencia Docente: Recuentos Desde El Campo De La Formación Musical Universitaria En México, Karla M. Reynoso Vargas, Basilio Fernández-Morante

Visions of Research in Music Education

Este es un trabajo independiente, pero complementario al estudio «La violencia docente en la educación musical universitaria: una exploración en el contexto mexicano». Presenta el análisis de la información que se desprende de 53 relatos de víctimas de violencia docente en programas universitarios de música. Incorporamos reflexiones y aportaciones de estudiantes, profesionales y personas que abandonaron sus carreras de música en la República Mexicana, quienes compartieron voluntariamente sus historias. La primera categoría describe las consecuencias de la violencia docente. Por un lado, se observaron efectos interpretados como positivos, entre ellos la activación de la orientación al logro, el sobreesfuerzo y …

Teacher Violence In University Music Education: An Exploration In The Mexican Context, Karla María Reynoso Vargas, Basilio Fernández-Morante

Visions of Research in Music Education

This article presents the results of an exploratory phenomenological study aimed at identifying expressions of teacher violence in university music training environments in the Mexican context. We analyzed 53 accounts from students, professionals, and dropouts of music degree programs who studied at universities or conservatories across nine Mexican states and voluntarily shared their testimonies through the Mexican Association of Music Psychology (AMEPSIM). We address sociological assumptions about the dynamics of violence, the socio-educational weight of the conservatory tradition and its potential link to the limited application of contemporary pedagogical principles, as well as the normalization of teacher violence. Various forms …

A Sociological Framework For Spatial Analyses Of Institutional Musicking In Conflict Spaces, Carol Frierson-Campbell

Visions of Research in Music Education

This essay presents a framework that brings spatial sociology together with Small’s (1998, 1999) concept of musicking and Born’s (2011, 2012, 2015) Planes of Music Sociality. It was developed as an analytical scheme for an ongoing case study of musicking via the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (ESNCM), the national music conservatory of Palestine. Small’s notion of musicking reminds music educators that musicking activities communicate meanings beyond the obvious: Individual and collective ideals about relationships with sound, with other people, and with the spaces they inhabit. Born’s conception of musical socialities as four interacting planes goes beyond Small’s ideas …

Enzymatic Synthesis Of Salicylate In Yersina Pestis Proceeds Via Intramolecular Hydroxyl Group Transfer., Clarke Miller

Georgia Journal of Science

The salicylate synthase (YbtS) of Yersinia pestis catalyzes the initial step in the biosynthesis of yersiniabactin, an iron-scavenging siderophore and critical virulence factor. While YbtS is proposed to share a  reaction mechanism with other anthranilate synthase homologs, the exact catalytic pathway has remained unresolved.  In this work, stable isotope (¹⁸O) labeling and mass spectrometry are utilized to clarify the catalytic mechanism of YbtS.  The results of the following set of experiments demonstrate that the salicylate hydroxyl group does not originate from solvent water, directly challenging previously proposed models. Instead, the lack of solvent-labeled oxygen incorporation and the absence …

Ummle‑1.0 — Caldwell–Copilot Universal Marine‑Medicine & Longevity Engine A Unified Open‑Hardware Biomedical Research Platform Cern‑Ohl‑P • No Patents • No Secrets • Builder‑Ready • Research‑Only, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

UMMLE‑1.0 is a unified open‑hardware biomedical research platform designed to accelerate discovery, extraction, stabilization, purification, and non‑invasive delivery research for marine‑derived therapeutic compounds. Marine organisms produce powerful molecules such as anti‑cancer macrolides, antiviral peptides, neuro‑protective toxins, and non‑addictive analgesics. These compounds are fragile, shear‑sensitive, and easily degraded by heat, contamination, or mechanical stress.

UMMLE‑1.0 integrates six coordinated subsystems:

1. Ultra‑Pure Water Core

2. Marine Biomass Extraction Core

3. Thermal Stabilization Core

4. Plasma Purification Core

5. Ocular Delivery Research Core

6. Neural‑Glymphatic Longevity Research Core

Each subsystem is fully open‑hardware, modular, and builder‑ready.

This platform is non‑clinical, research‑only, and intended for laboratories, universities, and humanitarian research …

Caging Songwriters In The Compulsory Licensing Framework: A Battle Of Fairness And Equity, Maria Kaganis

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

Imagine it is November 2023, and you log onto Spotify to stream your favorite music. As you do, you notice you now have access to up to fifteen hours of the most popular audiobooks. You really enjoy the addition of audiobooks to Spotify and have used the new feature for months. Come March of 2024, however, you get an email stating that Spotify will be introducing a . . . music-audiobook bundle as part of your current subscription? Is that not what you already had? Shrugging it off, you move on and continue enjoying your music, audiobooks, and podcasts …

On Being A Scholar And A Teacher In Polarized Times, Michael A. Simons

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

There’s an old expression, sometimes attributed to a Chinese curse, that says “May you live in interesting times.” That expression is very much in the air these days. One hundred years after the founding of our law school, it feels like we are in not just “interesting” but unprecedented times.

Perhaps every era feels unprecedented, but right now our country seems acutely polarized, our legal system seems to be under great stress, and fundamental assumptions we’ve held about the Rule of Law seem to be eroding. And then, to add to that, the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the …

Opening Symposium Remarks: Celebrating 100 Years Of Scholarly Impact At St. John’S Law, Jelani Jefferson Exum

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

Good morning, everyone. It is both an honor and a joy to open today’s symposium—Impact That Endures: Celebrating the Past, Present, and Future of St. John’s Law Faculty Scholarship.

As we gather in this centennial year of St. John’s Law, we have the opportunity to reflect not only on our history but also on our identity. So that means thinking about who we have been, who we are, and then also, who we aspire to be.

The Shorthorn: August 15, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: August 5, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: August 7, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: July 22, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: July 17, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: July 15, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: July 3, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: July 1, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: June 10, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: June 5, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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