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Beyond “Yelling At Them”: Exploring The Impact Of A Political Simulation In Polarized Times, Jeremy Stoddard, Jais Brohinsky, Jason A. Chen, Derek Behnke, M. Shane Tutwiler, Janice Robbins

Democracy & Education

This paper explores how PurpleState, a political simulation designed to foster skills and knowledge for informed civic participation, develops students’ abilities to counter or resist the effects of political polarization and partisanship. Throughout the simulation, which has been implemented in Virginia and Wisconsin, students are asked to analyze, reason with, and communicate using evidence on a state policy issue (e.g., gun control) with a particular focus on local context. They are also asked to reflect on how what they are learning helps them understand the political information environment and their role in it. Student participants from focus groups (n=32) consistently …

The Role Of Consumers In The Retail Design Process, Constant Berkhout, Katelijn Quartier

Designing Retail and Services Futures SIG

Marketing and design emphasise consumer-centricity and advocate for a participatory, co-creative role for consumers. However, retail designers often view consumers as constraints with limited influence on store design. A literature review analysing retail design from a consumer perspective reveals three key approaches: brand-based frameworks, which align retail design with brand identity; handover-based frameworks, which incorporate consumer insights in a design brief; and empathy-based frameworks, focused on understanding consumers through iterative design. In these frameworks consumer participation remains minimal. Barriers to greater involvement are largely linked to the role of the designer. The review suggests that a more creative and participatory …

The Shop Window As A Communication Platform: From Product Showcase To Experiential Narratives, Vittorio Linfante

Designing Retail and Services Futures SIG

Fashion has always been closely linked to communication, evolving from aesthetic styles to a language expressing social identities and values. This process has been amplified by digital tools, creating dynamic communicative networks across media. Contemporary fashion communication encompasses all stages of production and meaning-making, blending tangible and intangible elements. Shop windows, traditionally just product displays, have taken on a new role as spaces for experimentation that bridge the physical and digital. This article examines how shop windows have evolved from simple boundaries between store interiors and real life to active spaces for engaging the public, transforming them from passive observers …

The Facade As Communication Tool Between Brand Identity, Localism And Sustainability, Giulia Gerosa, Federica Guarnieri

Designing Retail and Services Futures SIG

This article explores the intersection of localism and sustainability in retail design, analyzing how a strong connection with the context can contribute to achieving a more sustainable approach. Through the analysis of case studies, the article will specifically focus on the design of retail spaces, highlighting best practices in which local aesthetics, languages, and materials are integrated and reinterpreted through the use of technology to foster a sustainable design approach. In a historical period where environmental awareness and the importance of local identities are increasingly recognized, it is essential to understand the opportunity for collaboration between designers and brands to …

Matching The Narrative Fragments And Customer Identity Fragments In Omni-Channel Fashion Retail, Jinze Lyu

Designing Retail and Services Futures SIG

Omni-channel fashion retail integrates diverse channels and touchpoints, generating complex overlaps and combinations. In this dynamic environment, fashion brand narratives need to shift from selling products to selling experiences. This transformation challenges brands to maintain narrative coherence while adapting to distinct channel characteristics. Simultaneously, consumers exhibit varied identity expressions across channels, reflecting different consumption needs. However, existing narrative design approaches struggle to accommodate this fluidity. This study introduces a Narrative Design Alignment Framework, examining narrative fragments from the brand’s perspective and identity fragments from the consumer’s perspective. By mapping brand narratives and consumer identities across channels, the framework aligns these …

Fashion Brand Extension Processes In Hospitality: The Bulgari Hotels And Resorts Case Study And The Sustainable Design Strategies For Future Development, Elena Elgani, Francesco Scullica

Designing Retail and Services Futures SIG

The paper introduces design-led brand extension processes from the fashion system to the hospitality sector that are able to define hospitality branded spaces as part of a complex product-space-service system. The design process that guides the definition of the hospitality branded systems provides a systemic, multi-disciplinary, multi-media, multi-sensory and multi-scalar approach to these brand extension processes with the aim of maximizing brand extension potential. Analyzing the defining aspects of these processes, including through the Bulgari Hotels and Resorts case study, the paper explains how these processes impact both the interiors and the entire product system, access to services and related …

Drivers And Obstacles To Collaborative Fashion Consumption (Cfc): A Literature Review, Gabriela Fabro Cardoso

Designing Retail and Services Futures SIG

The environmental impact of the fashion industry, driven by overproduction and waste, requires a transition to sustainable models. Collaborative Fashion Consumption (CFC), which includes resale and rental services, offers alternatives to traditional ownership consumption habits. While resale markets are thriving, rental services, while logistically complex, are attracting considerable research interest. In this context, this paper examines the rise of CFC, highlighting the importance of digital platforms in facilitating more sustainable practices, and uses a qualitative approach to systematically analyse existing literature to understand the dynamics of CFC services and identify key challenges and opportunities for future research.

Designing Retail Development Spaces – The Case Of The Future Retail Store, Maximilian Perez Mengual, Frank Danzinger

Designing Retail and Services Futures SIG

This paper addresses innovation challenges faced by small and medium-sized retailers by introducing the concept of a Retail Development Space (RDS) to drive business model innovation. Using a narrative case study approach, we examine the Future Retail Store (FRS) initiative, tracing its evolution and impact on participating retailers. As active participants in the project, we draw on our firsthand experiences to provide a detailed account of the RDS's development and its implications for retail innovation. Through critical reflection, nine foundational design principles for future RDS projects are derived. These principles underscore the importance of dedicated spaces to handle complex retail …

Mapping Trends Of The Evolution In The Retail Sector: A Case Study Of A Design Research Project, Daniela Maurer, Xue Pei

Designing Retail and Services Futures SIG

The retail sector is evolving through the integration of physical and digital spaces, making omnichannel commerce the dominant model. This shift presents challenges and opportunities related to sustainability, consumer expectations, and strategic changes in businesses. This paper presents a design research project that maps promising trends and potential strategic business directions in the retail sector. 26 case studies were collected and analyzed through a design-led research process, identifying seven key trends in consumer behavior, technology integration, and business model evolution. These insights were validated through a webinar attended by industry professionals. The findings highlight the need for brands to rethink …

Planning And Facilitating Hybrid Meetings To Support Relationality During Coalition Building, Luettamae Lawrence, Maureen Boyle, Moira Ross

Utah Conference on Community Engagement

Hybrid events where communities are connected through both in person and online spaces have simultaneously grown in popularity and gotten a bad reputation. While hybrid events have been around for decades, they gained significant traction with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to increase accessibility for attendees to accommodate diverse needs. Although hybrid events can be beneficial to many, they are not simple to execute. With the increase in hybrid events has come frustration with the low quality interactions between in person and online attendees leading to isolation, technology challenges, and low productivity. We argue the positive affordances of hybrid …

Grief, Grieving, And Permission To Mourn In The Quenta Silmarillion, Dawn M. Walls-Thumma

Journal of Tolkien Research

Tolkien asserted on multiple occasions that death was a primary theme of his work, and there are over ninety deaths of named characters in the Quenta Silmarillion alone. In reading the Quenta Silmarillion as historiography, the universality and psychologically powerful experience of death, grief, and mourning allows the narrators of the Quenta Silmarillion to shape how readers perceive characters, events, and themes in the text. Assuming Pengolodh as the primary narrator, this paper investigates how Tolkien used a limited, flawed, and biased narrative point of view as a strategy to shape reader responses and theme. Characters who die in the …

Perceiving The Perceiver: “Viewing” Sauron Through The Gestalt Theory Of Perception, Cameron Bourquein

Journal of Tolkien Research

This paper uses Gestalt theory, the Gestalt laws of perception, and the reception theory of Wolfgang Iser to elucidate the character “Sauron” as he appears in The Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power, and Tolkien’s wider legendarium. It argues firstly that Sauron’s high degree of indeterminacy and ambiguity suggests he can be read as a gestalt entity, one the reader creates by mentally constructing a whole from (seemingly) disparate parts. Building on the semiotics work of Nagy (2013), it argues that Sauron in The Lord of the Rings can be read as gestalt across the spatial, …

Letter From The Editors, Alexandra Berardelli, Matthew Macdonald

Parnassus: Classical Journal

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Parnassus: Classical Journal (Volume 12, 2025), Parnassus Contributors

Parnassus: Classical Journal

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Declines In Tapentadol Use In The Us But Pronounced Regional Variation, Ching Y. Low, Kenneth L. Mccall, Brian J. Piper

Pharmacy Faculty Scholarship

Abstract: Background: Tapentadol is an atypical opioid with a dual mechanism as a mu agonist and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. This study characterized tapentadol use in the United States (US) using three databases. Methods: Drug distribution data from 2010 to 2020 were extracted from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s Automated Reports and Consolidated Orders System (ARCOS), including use per region (mg/person) and business activity (i.e., pharmacy). Tapentadol prescription claims from the Medicare and Medicaid programs for 2010–2020 were also examined. Results: The distributed amount of tapentadol was 3.5 tons in 2020. Distribution was over twice as high in southern (South Atlantic …

Independent Vs. Signed Musicians: Does Thier Status Affect Their Success?, Zachary Vincent

Honors Projects in Mathematics and Economics

As technology has advanced and become more widely available, and as the public learns more about the recording industry and its workings, more musicians are choosing not to sign with record labels, becoming independent musicians. This now raises the question: does a musician’s status of independent or signed determine their level of success? It has been previously found that independent musicians have a more difficult time competing with signed musicians due to the resources provided by record labels and the way labels negotiate with large streaming platforms, giving signed labels more opportunities to be seen in the public eye, but …

Legitimizing Occupation In Palestine And Western Sahara: Transactional Israeli-Moroccan Diplomacy After The Abraham Accords, Noa Schmid

CISLA Senior Integrative Projects

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Ztc Eng 151 Syllabus: College Writing, Nicolette Guida

Open Educational Resources

This syllabus provides a curriculum for an introduction to research writing. In this course, students develop introductory skills for academic research writing, work on critical thinking and analysis skills, and build an awareness of the rhetorical situation both in texts read in class and in their own writing. This course focuses on the impact that culture has in shaping behavior and life experiences. Included course texts are centered on the exploration of the different cultural groups that people occupy and the specific cultural norms, values and beliefs for each of these groups. This is zero textbook cost (ZTC) course, so …

Unh Donates Locally Grown Fish To Gather Food Pantry To Help Feed Seacoast, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Exploring The Relationship Of Program Type On Multilingual Learners Students’ English Growth And Promotion In Secondary School, Simone M. Wilkinson

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

This study explores the relationships between tenure as Multilingual Learners (MLs), English proficiency, academic performance, and promotion among middle and high school students. This study is grounded in Bourdieu’s (1967, 2018) theory, which emphasizes that schools perpetuate cultural norms by limiting ML’s language access and post-secondary success. Also informed by Krashen’s (1982, 1985, 2003) theory of Input Hypothesis, this study investigates how meaningful interaction is key for language learning. The primary research questions explore: (1) Is there a relationship between students’ tenure as a ML, English proficiency, and promotion through secondary school? (2) Is the EL program type for MLs …

Patterns In Tropical Cyclone Intensity And Frequency Since 1960, Ramie E. Thompson

Student Scholarship

Tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes or typhoons, are defined as organized storm systems that form in the warm waters around the equator (NOAA, 2024). This happens due to the combination of warm waters, light winds, and preexisting weather conditions. In the last 50 years, tropical cyclones have accounted for approximately 800,000 deaths and an economic loss of $1.4 trillion USD due to their resulting damages (WMO, 2024). Research in this field includes studies that encompass a variety of time scales including from 85 to 150 years on a global or regional level and studies that focus on more recent …

I Knew You Were Trouble When You Walked In: The Negative Effects And Shortcomings Of United Nations Peacekeeping Efforts, Andrea G. Heredia-Ortiz

Honors Program Theses and Research Projects

The purpose of this paper is to look at peacekeeping operations done by the United Nations. In specific the efforts in Haiti, the former Yugoslavia, and Israel. In each of these operations the United Nations created more instability or left the country in the same or worse state than it was when it came in. In the case of Haiti there was sexual exploitation of the citizens and the cholera outbreak of 2010. In Israel, the peace operation has been ongoing since 1947, conflict in the Middle East does not seem to be coming at an end anytime soon. Additionally, …

Lazy Lawn Mowers Rejoice, Mowing Less May Be A Good Thing, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Evaluation Of The Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services In Identification Of Problem And Treatment, Jenna M. Gray

Doctoral Dissertations - College of Arts and Sciences

The Performance Diagnostic Checklist – Human Services (PDC-HS) is an assessment tool used to identify factors influencing employee performance in human service settings. Although prior research supports its effectiveness in identifying performance barriers, little is known about the accuracy of the intervention selection process. This study examined the accuracy with which participants scored the PDC-HS and selected appropriate interventions. In Study 1, 23 participants watched video vignettes of mock PDC-HS interviews, completed the assessment, and identified indicated domains and interventions. Scoring accuracy was consistent with prior research, but intervention selection accuracy was highly variable, with most errors occurring in the …

Determination Of Chlorpheniramine Maleate In Its Pharmaceutical Preparations Using Homemade Turbidity Flow Injection Analyzer, Muntadhar M. Jabbar, Elham N. Mezaal

Baghdad Science Journal

By using continuous flow injection analysis technology, a new analytical method was presented for the determination of chlorpheniramine maleate (CPM) in its pure form and in some of its pharmaceutical preparations. The study was based on the reaction of CPM with ammonium ceric(IV) sulphate (ACS) in an acidic medium, where the reaction resulted in a slightly yellowish white precipitate. It was studied using Ayah 6S × 1-ST-2D solar cell CFI analyzer (homemade) by measuring the light reflected from the surfaces of precipitate particles at (0–180°). Several experiments were conducted to study and improve the chemical and physical parameters. The correlation …

Decreasing Dermal Filler Adverse Events Using Qsen And Benner Theoretical Frameworks To Assess Competency, Stacey D. Stephens Ross

Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Manuscripts

Background: Aesthetic nursing is a new branch of nursing practice. Formal nursing education and standards are lacking, making it challenging to assess competency of an aesthetic nurse. Adverse events (AEs) range from minor (bruising) to severe (vascular compromise and blindness) and can be associated with poor technique or lack of knowledge. Standardized practice using evidence-based (EB) protocols is necessary to provide safe, high-quality care. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Joint Commission support the use of the Quality and Safety in Nursing (QSEN) programs to improve outcomes and promote safety. Due to varied training, “experienced” aesthetic nurses may or …

Rose, The Commissioner, And The Hall, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It seems that the biggest news in baseball this week is off the field. Usually, that is not a good thing. Yesterday, the Commissioner of Baseball, Rob Manfred, announced that Pete Rose and sixteen other players have been re-instated from baseball’s “permanently ineligible” list. Among the sixteen others are several players caught up in the Black Sox scandal of 1919.

Lindenwood Digest, May 14, 2025, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

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Addressing Workplace Violence Directed At Nurses In An Acute Care Medical Facility Through An Enhanced Multidisciplinary Huddle, Megan E. Loughnane

Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects

Abstract

Background: Healthcare workers are at increased risk of violence directed at them. Approximately three-quarters of all nonfatal injuries and illnesses related to violence were incurred by healthcare workers. Given this, the aim of this project was to decrease the frequency of workplace violence events directed at nurses and increasing the staff nurse’s perception of unit-based safety.

Local Problem: At the large academic medical center where the project was implemented, NDNQI quality data indicated a higher rate of assaults (per 1,000 care hours in a hospital with greater than 500 beds) than the national average (0.12 vs. 0.07 respectively). …

Preventing Female Inmates’ High Recidivism In One Parole Reentry Program, Erika Galarza

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Recidivism among formerly incarcerated women is a challenging issue for one state prison system. Effective and fully enrolled programs to support recently released women are essential to stopping recidivism, as women often face problems such as trauma, abuse, or mental health disorders, all of which may require special care. The purpose of this study was to determine the primary outcomes of the One Parole Reentry Program’s (OPRP) effectiveness in preventing female recidivism at prison facilities and what improvements may enhance future outcomes. The state’s parole program curriculum assessment guidelines and their rehabilitation model were used as the framework to assess …