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Enduring Memories From The Covid Pandemic, Matthew Fajfer

Psychology Honors Papers

The Covid pandemic brought with it a cascade of effects that drastically altered each of our lives. The liminality and uncertainty of this crucial period for students during this time are certain to have long-lasting implications on psychology and personality. The purpose of this study was to examine the enduring memories of students and identify trends among these memories. The research design was correlational, using online questionnaires and multiple correlations. Participants were 97 college students aged 18-24, who provided two of their most significant memories from the Pandemic, followed by responding to questionnaires including prompts that assessed affective qualities of …

Embracing Ai In English Composition: Insights And Innovations In Hybrid Pedagogical Practices, James Hutson, Daniel Plate, Kadence Berry

Faculty Scholarship

In the rapidly evolving landscape of English composition education, the integration of AI writing tools like ChatGPT and Claude 2.0 has marked a significant shift in pedagogical practices. A mixed-method study conducted in Fall 2023 across three sections, including one English Composition I and two English Composition II courses, provides insightful revelations. The study, comprising 28 student respondents, delved into the impact of AI tools through surveys, analysis of writing artifacts, and a best practices guide developed by an honors student. Initially, the study observed a notable anxiety and mistrust among students regarding the use of AI in writing. However, …

Reducing Out-Of-School Suspension In Urban Districts: The Utilization Of Alternative Interventions For Disruptive And Risky Behaviors, Jennifer Dixon, Jennifer Dixon

West Chester University Master’s Theses

In this thesis, the goal will be to reflect on the use of schools’ current disciplinary models which includes in-school and out-of-school suspensions and are often an immediate response to mitigating disruptive and risky behaviors displayed by our students, particularly, in urban school districts. While most schools in urban settings have utilized out-of-school suspensions as an end all solution to extinguishing disruptive behaviors. Significant research on this topic reveals that in low-income school settings, out-of-school suspension has resulted in more harmful outcomes on a particular population of students. Where out-of-school suspensions as a solution has failed, as it often does, …

Dying Is The Easiest Part: Implications Of Palliative Care In America, Sophia Jordan

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The purpose of this paper is to uncover why Americans fear death. What are the foundational principles that cause most individuals of the American society to prolong the dying process? The topics discussed will include physician bias, disease mongering by pharmaceutical companies, consequences of aggressive treatment, the barriers to palliative care and the specific effects of pediatric palliative care. There is a small amount of research on this specific topic, therefore, this paper also seeks to bring awareness to the benefits of palliative care. It is the overall aim of this paper for society to shift their beliefs towards the …

The Medici Effect: Multidisciplinary Insights For Entrepreneurship Research, Younggeun Lee, Andres Felipe Cortes, Anthony Di Benedetto, Pol Herrmann, Mathew Hughes, Phillip H. Kim, Haemin Dennis Park, Sai Lan

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

No abstract provided.

Control Of Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity By Microglia-Dendrite Interactions Depends On Genetic Context In Mouse Models Of Alzheimer's Disease., Sarah E Heuer, Kelly J Keezer, Amanda A Hewes, Kristen D. Onos, Kourtney Graham, Gareth R Howell, Erik B Bloss

Faculty Research 2024

INTRODUCTION: Human data suggest susceptibility and resilience to features of Alzheimer's disease (AD) such as microglia activation and synaptic dysfunction are under genetic control. However, causal relationships between these processes, and how genomic diversity modulates them remain systemically underexplored in mouse models.

METHODS: AD-vulnerable hippocampal neurons were virally labeled in inbred (C57BL/6J) and wild-derived (PWK/PhJ) APP/PS1 and wild-type mice, and brain microglia depleted from 4 to 8 months of age. Dendrites were assessed for synapse plasticity changes by evaluating spine densities and morphologies.

RESULTS: In C57BL/6J, microglia depletion blocked amyloid-induced synaptic density and morphology changes. At a finer scale, synaptic …

Dominant Nars1 Mutations Causing Axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Expand Nars1-Associated Diseases, Danique Beijer, Sheila Marte, Jiaxin C Li, Willem De Ridder, Jessie Z Chen, Abby Tadenev, Kathy E Miers, Tine Deconinck, Richard Macdonell, Wilson Marques, Peter De Jonghe, Samia L Pratt, Rebecca Meyer-Schuman, Stephan Züchner, Anthony Antonellis, Robert W. Burgess, Jonathan Baets

Faculty Research 2024

Pathogenic variants in six aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) genes are implicated in neurological disorders, most notably inherited per- ipheral neuropathies. ARSs are enzymes that charge tRNA molecules with cognate amino acids. Pathogenic variants in asparaginyl- tRNA synthetase (NARS1) cause a neurological phenotype combining developmental delay, ataxia and demyelinating peripheral neur- opathy. NARS1 has not yet been linked to axonal Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease. Exome sequencing of patients with inherited periph- eral neuropathies revealed three previously unreported heterozygous NARS1 variants in three families. Clinical and electrophysiological details were assessed. We further characterized all three variants in a yeast complementation model and used a knock-in …

Dataset For Mapping The Prevalence Of Mixed Methods Research In Educational Technology Journals, Alissa A. Droog, Olha Ketsman, Sumaiya Qazi

Research Datasets

This is the dataset supporting the article entitled "Mapping the prevalence of mixed methods research in educational technology journals". The article is published at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2024.105207. The author's accepted manuscript version of this article can be found in Huskie Commons at: https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allfaculty-peerpub/1157/.

Evaluating Superfund Effectiveness And Community Engagement: Smurfit-Stone Mill Case Study, Abigail M. Sherwood

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

The Smurfit-Stone Mill operated in Frenchtown, MT from 1957 until 2010, releasing toxic pollutants into the Clark Fork River and surrounding areas. Despite environmental protests since the 1960s, substantive action to remedy environmental damage did not occur until 2015. Stakeholders including local residents, Indigenous tribes, Missoula County, and environmental non-profits have advocated for comprehensive site characterization, a timely cleanup, and robust community engagement. While residents and visitors contend with elevated toxins in fish tissue, prompting a 100-mile fish consumption advisory near the Smurfit-Stone Mill, the Environmental Protection Agency is several years away from determining the scope of a reclamation. Community …

January 2024 Quicknotes, Southern Adventist University

QuickNotes – Advancement e-Newsletter

QuickNotes is an e-newsletter that comes from Advancement at Southern Adventist University. The January 2024 edition features an article on going back to school, the Illuminate conference, Enactus, and more.

Afro-Latin Americans Living In Spain And Social Death: Moving From The Empirical To The Ontological, Ethan Johnson, Joy González-Güeto, Vanessa Cadena

Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper has three objectives. First, we establish that although Spain has attempted to distance itself from its role in the sub-saharan African slave trade and the significance blackness plays within its borders, there exists a significant population of people of African descent from Latin America living in Spain. Second, we show Black people are living what Sadiyah Hartmann refers to as the afterlife of slavery in Latin America. We claim it is worthwhile to take into account that Afro-Latin Americans are fleeing to the country that is largely responsible for them being in Latin America and the conditions of …

Conferring Prestige Within Irish Diplomatic Dining: Éamon De Valera At Dublin Castle, 1934-1940, Elaine Mahon

Articles

This article explores the use of the diplomatic meal to confer prestige within Irish international relations between 1934 and 1940 when Éamon de Valera was both President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State and Minister for External Affairs. It examines how state hospitality evolved under de Valera’s leadership and how de Valera used the meal to confer varying levels of prestige, indicative of rank, status and provenance, on his guests of honour at Dublin Castle. The results would lay the foundation for further developments in state protocols for entertaining important visitors in preparation for Ireland’s growing international …

2024 Parkview Research Repository Library Report - Infographic, Sarah Ellsworth-Hoffman Mls

Parkview Library Reports

A infographic compilation of data regarding readership and metrics of content in the Parkview Research Repository for the year of 2024. The platform, Digital Commons, is provided by Elsevier and the institutional repository is managed by the Parkview Research Library. This institutional repository (IR) was started in 2017 and is accessible worldwide.

Silence, Sue Latta

Inscape

Sue Latta is a determined and intuitive sculptor who creates visually poignant, skillfully executed artwork utilizing a variety of processes, including welding, woodworking, carving, casting and photography –she’s continually exploring new materials and processes in service of artistic expression.

Offering, Sue Latta

Inscape

Sue Latta is a determined and intuitive sculptor who creates visually poignant, skillfully executed artwork utilizing a variety of processes, including welding, woodworking, carving, casting and photography –she’s continually exploring new materials and processes in service of artistic expression.

Swosu Research And Scholarly Activity Fair 2024, Swosu Office Of Sponsored Programs

SWOSU Research and Scholarly Activity Fair Programs

On behalf of the members of the University Research and Scholarly Activity Committee (USRAC) and the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) at Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) - Welcome to the Thirty-Second SWOSU Research and Scholarly Activity Fair! There are 61 poster presentations and 10 oral presentations involving over 100 student and faculty researchers, writers, presenters, artists, collaborators, and faculty sponsors encompassing activities from the SWOSU Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry & Physics, Engineering Technology, Kinesiology, Language & Literature, Mathematics, Music, Parks and Recreation Management, Pharmacy, Psychology, and Social Sciences.

Examining Strategies Embraced By Educational Leaders Towards The Integration Of Digital Technology In Teaching And Learning Process., Godfrey Joseph Shirima

Master of Education

This study examine strategies embraced by educational leaders towards the integration of digital technology in teaching and learning in Hai district, Tanzania. It emphasizes the urgent need for educational leaders to devise and embrace strategies for the integration of digital technology in modern education, grounding itself in the theoretical frameworks of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) and transformational theory. The integration of digital technology in secondary education can be greatly enhanced by using the frameworks of transformation theory and TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge). TPACK emphasizes the junction of technical, pedagogical, and content knowledge to guide instructional tactics. On the …

Integration Of Artificial Intelligence In Physics Teaching, Learning, And Assessment In A Public Secondary School In Rachuonyo East Sub-County- Kenya: Action Research., Edwin Okumu Ogalo

Master of Education

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in educational settings is becoming increasingly prevalent globally. Despite the Kenyan government's efforts to strengthen performance in STEM subjects like physics, significant strides have yet to be achieved. Consequently, there is a pressing need to explore the utilization of AI, particularly ChatGPT, as a pedagogical tool to elevate physics education in Kenyan secondary schools. This study aimed to explore how ChatGPT can be utilized as a pedagogical tool to improve physics education within Kenyan secondary schools. Employing a qualitative approach with an action research design, the study comprised reconnaissance, intervention, and post-intervention phases conducted …

Unveiling Gender In Competency-Based Formative Assessment: A Focus On Homework Assignments As A Tool Of Assessment For Learning In A Public Junior Secondary School In Taita-Taveta County, Kenya, John Habwe

Master of Education

This qualitative case study explored how gender influences competency-based formative assessment, specifically focusing on the use of homework assignments. The research was conducted at a public junior secondary school in Kenya using interviews, a focus group discussion, document analysis, and observations. 20 students, 4 teachers, and 4 parents obtained through purposive sampling technique participated in data collection. Data that was obtained from the interviews and FGD audiotaped files were transcribed in the field concurrently with data collection, hence continuous and timely analysis allowed the researcher to carefully do a word-for-word transcription of the audiotaped data after which transcripts were critically …

Exploring Factors Influencing Students’ Decision To Pursue Science Specializations: A Study At One Of Public Mixed Secondary Schools In Temeke Municipality-Dar Es Salaam., Samson Masawa

Master of Education

This research investigates the factors influencing students' decisions to pursue science specializations, addressing the pressing issue of declining interest in sciencerelated careers. There is a world-worrying trend in students’ declining interest in sciencerelated occupations, hence the need to understand the factors influencing students' motivations to pursue science. The research employed a quantitative approach with a survey design, utilizing structured questionnaires administered to science teachers, Form Three students choosing science and non-science specializations, and Form Five students committed to study science, and the study was guided by Goal Oriented Theory. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social …

Social-Emotional Learning: An Exploration Of The Role Of Storytelling In Promoting Empathy And Learning Among High School Learners, Patience Akoth Aloo

Master of Education

Empathy is a vital human quality with profound significance in both the broader world and the school environment. It forms the bedrock for building positive relationships, resolving conflicts, promoting inclusivity, and enhancing communication skills. In schools, it creates a supportive and inclusive atmosphere, facilitating effective teacher-student communication, reducing discrimination, and encouraging students to develop essential life skills that will serve them well in all aspects of their lives. Despite the above importance of Empathy, learners do not appreciate its importance and end up acting unempathetically while research has shown that teachers feel inadequately equipped to teach this value. This research …

A Makerspace Intervention To Foster Grade 3 Learners' Creative Writing Proficiency., Mary Sada Chanzera

Master of Education

This research project investigates the effectiveness of integrating a MakerSpace intervention to enhance the creative writing skills of Grade 3 learners. Recognizing the importance of developing these skills in early education for communication, academic success, and critical thinking, the study addresses challenges faced by Grade 3 students in expressing thoughts effectively through writing. The proposed integration of MakerSpace technology is positioned as a transformative tool to unlock learners' linguistic potential and stimulate imagination. MakerSpace offers interactive tools, collaborative spaces, and self-directed learning opportunities, providing a comprehensive solution to obstacles hindering creative writing development. By incorporating MakerSpace into the curriculum, Grade …

Exiled And Separated: Aspects Of Migration For Same-Sex Couples, Ruth Vanita

Global Humanities and Religions Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Functional Explanations Link Gender Essentialism And Normativity, Emily Foster-Hanson, T. Lombrozo

Psychology Faculty Works

Why do beliefs that gender differences are innate (i.e., gender essentialism) sometimes lead to normative judgments about how individual people ought to be? In the current study, we propose that a missing premise linking gender essentialism and normativity rests on the common folk-biological assumption that biological features serve a biological function. When participants (N = 289) learned that a novel feature of the gender category "mothers" was common and innate, they overwhelmingly assumed that it must have served some function across human history. When they learned that it served a historical function, they assumed that it must still be beneficial …

The Origin Of Educational Technology In China, Long Li

Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)

Educational Technology is the means and methods employed in educational activities. Since the inception of education, there has been a parallel development of Educational Technology with a rich historical background. The entire evolutionary process of Educational Technology can be divided into three stages: Pre-Educational Technology, Current Educational Technology, and Post-Educational Technology, corresponding to the past, present, and future of Educational Technology. Throughout history, the Chinese nation has made irreplaceable contributions to the creation and inheritance of human civilization. The educational philosophy embedded in the discussions of education and technology among various schools of thought in ancient China and the educational …

Exploring Artificial Intelligence Tools And Their Potential Impact To Instructional Design Workflows And Organizational Systems, Alexis Danielle Bolick, Rafael Leonardo Da Silva

Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article explores the potential impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools on Instructional Design (ID) workflows and organizations from a systems thinking perspective (Meadows, 2008). We provide an in-depth analysis of how three AI tools, ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Descript, can enhance efficiency in instructional design content creation processes. We also consider, in our analysis, challenges and ethical considerations associated with the integration of AI in instructional design workflows. Our explorations and findings suggest that AI holds significant potential for improving content creation processes for instructional design, allowing instructional designers more time for higher order thinking tasks and ensuring content quality. …

Wine, Other, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

No abstract provided.

Wine, Red, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

No abstract provided.

Wine, White, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

No abstract provided.

The Unseen Women Of Japan: Marginalization Of Single Mothers, C. Bo Boja

International Studies Undergraduate Honors Theses

In recent times, Japan has been grappling with a shockingly wide gender gap, as calculated by the Global Gender Gap Report. The contradiction of a prosperous country with disproportionate gender inequality points to underlying trends within Japanese society that continue to work towards undermining women’s opportunities and rights, especially those who do not fit into the ideal standards set for women, specifically single mothers. Studies have shown that multiple external societal factors work towards perpetuating the poverty of single mothers. This thesis analyzes primary and secondary research from government data, academic articles, books, news articles, and interviews of this population's …