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Phenomenological Study Of Protective Buffering By Afsoc Civilian Spouses During Military Deployments, Janell C. Cotton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Protective buffering (PB) is used by civilian military spouses to withhold or deny stressful information or concerns to protect their spouse, others, or themselves, from upset or burden. This coping mechanism is commonly used during military deployments, yet is associated with negative physical, psychological, and social consequences. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of when and why civilian military spouses engage in PB during military deployments. Guided by the communication privacy management theory and the transactional stress and coping theory, the study examined the civilian spouses’ perceptions of their active-duty spouses’ stressors, and …

Tennessee State Museum Fall 2026 Newsletter & Calendar Of Events, Tennessee. State Museum.

Tennessee State Museum

No abstract provided.

Activity 2: In- Class Activity: Authority And Reliability In The Age Of Ai And Deepfakes, Kelsy Martinez

Kelsy Martinez, Information, Power, and Perspectives

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Regulating Religious Coexistence : The Intricacies Of Interfaith Cooperation In Coastal Kenya, Erik Meinema

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

Regulating Religious Coexistence offers a compelling ethnographic analysis of how Muslims, Christians, and practitioners of indigenous African religions negotiate coexistence in Kenya’s coastal region. The book conceptualizes religious diversity as a dynamic field shaped by multiple partly intersecting and partly conflicting models of interaction. These include the political secularism promoted by the Kenyan state and civil society organizations focused on interfaith harmony, forms of competition between religious groups, and pluralistic practices in which individuals draw on multiple traditions to meet spiritual needs.

Through a close examination of civil society initiatives funded by Western donors to foster peacebuilding and to counter …

Assignment 2: Noise Pollution, Health, And Environmental Justice, Carolina Prado

Carolina Prado, Environmental Justice

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Syllabus “Struggles That Connect Us: From South Africa To Palestine To The United States”—A 14-Day Study Abroad Course In Cape Town, South Africa, Nafisa Tanjeem

Nafisa Tanjeem, Struggles that Connect Us: From South Africa to Palestine to the United States” - A 14-Day Study Abroad Course in Cape Town, South Africa

This course challenges conventional approaches to global engagement and study abroad by integrating decolonial, anti-racist, and feminist lenses with experiential learning to explore how historical and contemporary systems of power, inequity, and resistance operate across borders. It invites students to think beyond national boundaries, evaluate how their own identities and positionalities shape their perspectives and actions, and engage ethically and critically with interconnected struggles.

Activity 3: Exploring Civic Engagement In Gsws Through Podcasts, Klara Naszkowska

Klara Naszkowska, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. Civic Engagement and Social Justice Emphasis

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Syllabus: Introduction To Gender, Sexuality, And Women’S Studies, Klara Naszkowska

Klara Naszkowska, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. Civic Engagement and Social Justice Emphasis

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Assignment 1: Who's Working? What's Working, Nathan Riemer

Nathan Riemer, Sociology of Social Problems: Analyzing through Sociological Imagination and Transforming through Radical Imagination

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Activity 1: Influencers As Opinion Leaders, Hyungjin Gill

Hyungjin Gill, Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Democratic Life

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Assignment 2: Viral Democracy, Hyungjin Gill

Hyungjin Gill, Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Democratic Life

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Activity 2: Perception, Media, And Democratic Reality, Hyungjin Gill

Hyungjin Gill, Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Democratic Life

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Assignment 1: Constructing The Public, Hyungjin Gill

Hyungjin Gill, Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Democratic Life

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Activity 3: Rapid Judgment In High-Speed Mediaenvironments, Hyungjin Gill

Hyungjin Gill, Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Democratic Life

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Syllabus: Public Opinion, Propaganda,And Democratic Life, Hyungjin Gill

Hyungjin Gill, Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Democratic Life

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Assignment 1: Political Self-Portrait (Collage Project), Brandon Bauer

Brandon Bauer, Civic Engagement & Voting Rights

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Activity 2: Social Media Simulation Group Activity, Hannah Alms

Hannah Alms, United States to 1865, Flash to Now Edition

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Assignment 4: Creative Civic Engagement Prototype Presentations, Brandon Bauer

Brandon Bauer, Civic Engagement & Voting Rights

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Syllabus: United States To 1865, Flash To Now Edition, Hannah Alms

Hannah Alms, United States to 1865, Flash to Now Edition

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Toward Efficient Small Organic Molecule Electrooxidation: Catalyst Interface Engineering, Peiyun Zhou, Ligang Feng

Online First

Electrooxidation of small organic molecules (e.g., methanol, urea, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural) represents a promising strategy to replace the kinetically sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in water electrolysis, thereby reducing hydrogen production energy consumption and simultaneously achieving co-production of value-added chemicals or degradation of environmental pollutants. However, single-component catalysts often struggle to achieve efficient coupling between organic molecules and OER-derived oxygen species. This review addresses this challenge by highlighting the pivotal role of catalyst interface engineering (including reconstruction), drawing on our series of studies and relevant important reports. By constructing heterointerfaces, electronic structures can be modulated and intermediate adsorption optimized, thereby enhancing the …

Re: Approval Letter For The Final 2026 Interim Site-Wide Groundwater Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan (Dated August 28, 2026), Emma Rott

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

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Management Of Non-Survivable Head Trauma: Opportunities For Improvement, Sanjana R. Salwi, Mackenzie D. Castellanos, Therese Murphy, Pious D. Patel, Sonia Ajmera, Alex P. Vaz, Connor A. Wathen, Niels D. Martin, Monisha A. Kumar, James M. Schuster, Dmitriy Petrov

Department of Neurosurgery Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Managing patients with non-survivable head trauma who do not meet brain death criteria presents significant ethical and clinical challenges. Decisions frequently fall to surrogates with limited guidance, particularly when organ donation status is unknown. This study assessed physician perspectives on communication, interventions, and institutional factors.

METHODS: We conducted a national survey of academic neurosurgery, trauma surgery, and neurocritical care programs. Items examined communication barriers, interventions by donor status, institutional support, and a dissonance measure for interventions viewed as inappropriate.

RESULTS: A total of 133 physicians responded. Top communication barriers were medical literacy, unclear patient values, and intrafamily conflict. Physicians …

Visual Media, Digital Art, And The Development Of Contemporary Aesthetics: An Interview With Professor Dominic Mciver Lopes, Caishu Zhou, Dominic Mclver Lopes

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In this interview, Professor Dominic Lopes provides in-depth philosophical and historical insights on a range of topics, including aesthetics, the philosophy of art, media and digital art, the cross-cultural dialogue between Eastern and Western aesthetics, as well as the relationship between an academic career and social transformation. First, Lopes introduces contemporary Western aesthetics as a discipline. Drawing on his monographs Aesthetic Life and Why It Matters and Beyond Art, he discusses the role of aesthetics in social practice, the buck passing theory, and the new definition of a “work of art”. Second, in response to the development of new …

The Middle Path To Materiality: Exploring The Origins Of Semiotic Materiality Theory, Xudong Guo

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Media materiality studies seek to identify a middle path that accommodates both materiality and meaning, and semiotic materiality theory offers important theoretical resources for this endeavor from a semiotic perspective. Semiotic materiality theory originated in the work of Charles Sanders Peirce and in the Bakhtin circle's emphasis on the material properties of signs. It was later further developed within Marxist semiotics and social semiotics, through which it acquired a theoretical orientation grounded in Marxist materialism and social critique. The correspondence between semiotic materiality theory and media materiality studies lies in their comprehensive understanding of the relationship among signs, materiality and …

From Acceleration And Resonance To Social Energy: An Interview With Hartmut Rosa, Siyu Yao, Hartmut Rosa

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Building upon his theories of “acceleration” and “resonance”, Hartmut Rosa is currently advancing his thoughts on “social energy”. In this interview, Rosa first explains his emphasis on the “first-person perspective”, connecting his idea of socio-cultural energy with traditional Chinese thought. After addressing the influence of hometown on his “identity” and overall intellectual path, he underscores how the theory of “resonance” transcends previous conceptions of “identity”, highlighting the importance of transformation and of uncontrollability. In the discussion of the Frankfurt School, Rosa acknowledges the significant theoretical and methodological influences of Karl Marx and Max Weber, positioning himself closer to the first …

Regional Creative Economy Resilience Index: An Analysis Of The Creative Industry's Role In Fostering National Economic Resilience According To Asta Cita, Dks Nugraha Nugraha, Ramadhania Mumtaz Keesa

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Indonesia's creative economy has survived worldwide economic shifts, especially the COVID-19 epidemic. This industry now drives innovation, culture, and technology. No systematic technique exists to quantify the creative ecosystem's impact on regional economic resilience. The Regional Creative Economy Resilience Index (IRED) is a conceptual model based on Asta Cita 2024–2029's eight strategic missions. This article uses the Asta Cita framework to describe how the creative industry strengthens national economic resilience and advances the IRED idea as a data-driven research and policy tool. This qualitative-descriptive study synthesizes 20 periodicals (2020–2025), analyzes policy, and maps themes using Asta Cita. Source triangulation …

Chancery Court Refuses To Dismiss Claim That Activision Directors Failed To Satisfy Revlon Standard Of Conduct In Sale To Microsoft, Robert S. Reder, Jae Ho Yoon

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

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Hands-On Ransomware: An Experiential Wannacry Case Study For Undergraduate Cybersecurity Education, Eli Creek Richmond, Thomas R. Devine

Military Cyber Affairs

Ransomware represents one of the most disruptive threats in the cyber landscape, yet hands-on malware analysis remains rare in undergraduate cybersecurity curricula. This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of an experiential learning module centered on the WannaCry ransomware case study, deployed in a senior-level course at West Virginia University. Students performed static and dynamic analysis using industry-standard tools. Pre- and post-module assessments demonstrated measurable gains in self-reported competency across seven technical dimensions. The module's competencies align directly with DoD Cyber Workforce Framework Work Role 212, Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst, supporting education-to-workforce pipeline development.

Are Large Language Models Safe? A Vulnerability Analysis Of Generated Source Code, James Richards-Perhatch, Mitchell Milander, James M. Halvorsen, Assefaw Gebremedhin

Military Cyber Affairs

The increasing complexity of software and demands for rapid deployment have pushed the software industry to rely more on large language models (LLMs) in developing source code. However, as this technology is still relatively recent, questions can arise about the safety of the generated code. This paper presents an analysis of seven LLMs with respect to the presence of vulnerabilities within source code. Our findings show that LLMs are more likely to produce vulnerable web applications than vulnerable C programs, and that vulnerabilities are more likely to occur when program size and complexity increases.

Characterizing Advanced Persistent Threats With Cyber Attack Flow Metrics, Tyler Miller, Caleb Chang, Shouhuai Xu

Military Cyber Affairs

Cyber attack campaigns vary not only in scale but in structure, yet conventional characterizations often reduce them to a single dimension such as technique count or impact severity. In this paper we extend the concept of cyber attack flows by defining three new metrics, novelty, technique complexity and flow complexity. Then we characterize the attack flows of three advanced persistent threat campaigns using these metrics and draw insights regarding their capabilities. Our findings include that low novelty does not equate to low attack capabilities and that exploitation of an internet-facing appliance is a common initial attack vector.