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Strategic & Management Analysis Of Wendy's Co., Aryal M. Love

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

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Creating Parent-To-Parent Support Groups For Parents With Children With A Neurodivergent Diagnosis, Breanna Mendell Ots, Tania Rose Otd, Otr/L, Rebecca Erwin Otr/L

Occupational Therapy Doctorate Capstones

Research Question: What effects do support groups for parents with children with a neurodivergent diagnosis have on a parent’s stress level and well-being?

Research Aim:  To implement parent support groups to support parents and create a community. It is the hope that these groups will reduce parents’ stress and increase their sense of well-being.

Research Purpose: Gain a better understanding of stress and well-being of parents of a child with a neurodivergent condition • Establish parent to parent support groups to decrease stress and increase well-being.

Peer Support To Enhance Safe Alcohol Use In University Students: A Quality Improvement Project, Kerri Reynolds

DNP Scholarly Projects

BACKGROUND: College is a period of transition to adulthood where many students experiment with alcohol consumption. Peer educators can bring access to evidence-based alcohol consumption education through student-centric strategies. This quality improvement project aimed to implement an evidence-based training program for college peer educators followed by the delivery of campus alcohol education in a six week period. Feasible ideas for sustainable college peer educator training were generated at this medium-sized public university. The impact of training on six peer educators’ self-reported professional leadership skills, knowledge, and confidence was measured.

METHODS: The Certified Peer Educator (CPE) training program (NASPA) was used …

Reducing Wait Times In The Medical Clinic Of The Homeless Intake Center: A Quality Improvement Project, Otuodichinma Christy Nwankpa, Otuodichinma Christy Nwankpa

DNP Scholarly Projects

Background: Homelessness in the U.S. is a critical issue, with New York City experiencing significant challenges due to an increasing number of families requiring shelter. The Department of Homeless Services (DHS-NYC) faces operational inefficiencies, particularly in the medical clinic at the intake center, leading to prolonged wait times.

Local Problem: Families with children experience long wait times in the DHS-NYC medical clinic, which impacts their overall health and well-being. Reducing these wait times is essential for improving service delivery and families satisfaction.

Purpose:

This quality improvement project aims to reduce wait times for families with children at the medical clinic …

From Mozart To Danger Mouse: Musical Parody, Humor And Copyright Law, Eyal Brook

California Western Law Review

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Financial Implications Associated With Laboratories Performing Laboratory Developed Tests For Medicare And Commercial Patients, Summer Hartig

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Objective: To quantify missed reimbursements associated with specific CPT codes for Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the United States during 2021.

Study Design: Quantitative, retrospective observational study to identify the dollar amount of missed reimbursements associated with 19 specific CPT codes billed for Medicare patients who had LDTs performed via PCR in the United States in 2021.

Data Sources: 19 specific CPT codes from Medicare and Commercial patients with LDT PCR testing performed using 2021 Meridian MarketScan data.

Key Results: Medicare represented 1.7% of the sample size with a potential lost revenue of $1M where …

Social Media, The Modern Public Forum: The State Action Doctrine And Resurrection Of Marsh, Erika L. Andersen

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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When We Need Someone To Blame: Officer Suicide, Justice, And The Felony Murder Rule In The Casey White Case, Mallory Sadler

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Virtual Justice: Criminalizing Avatar Sexual Assault In Metaverse Spaces, Olivia Bellini

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Kaplan V. Independent School District Of Virginia—The Max Kaplan Story, Mike Steenson

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Reprieves Return: Minnesota's Decision To Awaken The Reprieve, Mary Fee, Monica Shaffer

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Election Integrity And The First Amendment: A Statutory Analysis Of States' Regulations Of Election Deepfakes, Steven Carver

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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An Exacerbated Power Imbalance: The Danger In Allowing Ai To Render Arbitral Awards In Employment Arbitration, Elizabeth G. Stein

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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An Unlikely Hero: How Pigs Will Save Minnesota's Newest Clean Energy Law From Commerce Clause Scrutiny, Marley Jones

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Please, Help Yourself: A Best Practice Model Analysis On The Self-Represented Litigants In America's Legal System, Linnea G. Coltvet

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Preserving Manufactured Housing Communities In An Affordable Housing Crisis: How Resident Ownership Offers The Solution, Julia Okerman

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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The Myth Of The Guilty Suspect: Confession, Narrative, And Political Assent, Susan L. Tanner

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Can Tribes Get A Receipt?: Seeking Transparency For State Spending Of Tribal Tax Dollars, Adam Crepelle

Faculty Publications & Other Works

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The New Eu-Us Data Protection Framework's Implications For Healthcare, Charlotte A. Tschider, Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci, Timo Minssen

Faculty Publications & Other Works

In July 2023, the United States and the European Union introduced the Data Privacy Framework (DPF), introducing the third generation of cross-border data transfer agreements constituting adequacy with respect to personal data transfers under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) between the European Union (EU) and the US. This framework may be used in cross-border healthcare and research relationships, which are highly desirable and increasingly essential to innovative health technology development and health services deployment. A reliable model meeting EU adequacy requirements could enhance the transfer of patient and research participant data. While the DPF might present a familiar terrain …

Program Evaluation Case Study: Infectious Disease Reporting Training Program Evaluation, Emily Sekkath Veedu

Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)

The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department (LFCHD) has developed an educational program aimed at Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) health and athletics staff members to ensure timely reporting and action in the event of an infectious disease outbreak (4). The program was implemented after a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak occurred in a Kentucky community, with a high school football team presenting several of the cases (4). It was noted by a school nurse that many people attending an informational session lacked knowledge regarding infection control, suggesting a need for intervention in this community. I have evaluated this program in the …

Recent Trends In Stimulant Prescribing In Kentucky, 2021-2023, Jordan Shannon

Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)

Abstract

Introduction

Prescription stimulants have a long history of clinical use dating as far back as the 1930s. In the United States stimulant prescribing rates have steadily climbed over the last 3 decades. The primary objective is to describe recent (2021-2023) prescribing trends of stimulant medications in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Methods

Prescription data collected from Kentucky’s prescription drug monitoring (PDMP) database known as the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting System (KASPER). Annual and quarterly trends in stimulant prescribing between 2021-2023 were calculated, examined by age, sex, and geographic location.

Results

Stimulant prescribing increased by ~15% where the majority …

Humans Outside The Loop, Charlotte A. Tschider

Faculty Publications & Other Works

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not all artificial. Despite the need for high-powered machines that can create complex algorithms and routinely improve them, humans are instrumental in every step used to create AI. From data selection, decisional design, training, testing, and tuning to managing AI’s development as it is used in the human world, humans exert agency and control over the choices and practices underlying AI products. AI is now ubiquitous: it is part of every sector of the economy and many people’s everyday lives. When AI development companies create unsafe products, however, we might be surprised to discover that very …

Hollins University: Living History Project, China Moore

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The Hollins Community is a local Virginian African diaspora whose histories are intertwined with the legacy of the Hollins University campus itself. A condition not unique in consideration of the various African diasporic communities within the United States and abroad. How can the legacies of colonialism be addressed in this community? How can healing be prompted in a community whose memories of injustice persist? How can restorative justice persist when the histories of a community were left from published records?

Through the application of practices utilized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Post-Apartheid South Africa, this thesis seeks actionable …

Defense Against The Dark Arts: The Diversity Rationale And The Failed Affirmative Defense Of Affirmative Action, Sheldon Bernard Lyke

Faculty Publications & Other Works

Over the past forty years, affirmative action advocates have participated in a defensive campaign where they have admitted that affirmative action is a form of justified discrimination. This Article finds this a dangerous strategy because it allows for the practice of misguided beliefs about race and remedies for racism. When schools fail to fight the pernicious perception that affirmative action is a racial preference, they allow the bulk of society to participate in the belief that there are no other remedial justifications for affirmative action-like remedying an institution's history of discrimination, or curing a school's present and ongoing discrimination by …

Discovery: The Student Journal Of Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food And Life Sciences - Volume 25 2024, Several Authors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

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Biol 337-002 Collective Intelligence In Biological Systems, Simon Garnier

Biology Syllabi

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Pandemic Memory Project: Student Reflections On The Covid-19 Pandemic Of 2020, Javier Acosta, Jazylina Albelda, Stella Artukovich, Carter Bell, Tyler Bernius, Hailey Butcher, Janelle Feraro, Declan O'Flynn, Trinity Formalejo, Abigail Garcia, Jason Halpren, Jasmin Mazarlegos-Rodas, Citlaly Molina, Armando Munoz, Sophia Portillos, Alaiyah San Juan, Leslie Solorio, Sven Zalmovic, Adrianna Torres, Brooke Vafi, Saul Valle, Deepalakshmi Vanaraja, Olivia Wynn, Yoselin Calderon, Alycia Carrasco, Pj Volz, Nanik Tangore, Aaron Richardson

History and Political Science | Pandemic Memory Project

"The Pandemic Memory Project," is the work of students in Making of Today: Contemporary World History from Fall term, 2023. It is a poignant and insightful e-book collection that documents both American and international student experiences of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Through a series of reflective essays, students candidly share their memories and reflections on the profound impact of the pandemic as it affected various aspects of their lives.

Spanning the periods before, during, and after the pandemic, these essays offer a rich tapestry of personal narratives that explore the complexities of learning, friendships, and personal identity amid unprecedented challenges. …

Evaluating The Effect Of Sleep Hygiene Education On Sleep Quality Among First-Year College Students, Caroline Lowe Cunningham

DNP Projects

Abstract

Background: The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends college students should get seven to nine hours of sleep each night. Only one-third currently meet this recommendation. Poor sleep negatively affects academic performance, mood, and interpersonal relationships. Sleep hygiene is recommended to improve sleep quality and quantity.

Purpose: The purpose of this DNP project was to determine the effect of implementing a sleep hygiene educational intervention in classes intended for first-year college students at the University of Kentucky.

Methods: This quasi-experimental project utilized the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index to assess participants’ sleep before an in-person sleep hygiene education and after …

Fighting France: The Unsung Heroes And Forgotten Victims Of Free French Africa In Wwii, Elizabeth Crow

Tenor of Our Times

The efforts of native African efforts against the Vichy France and Nazi regimes go unrecognized in the context of Allied progress in the Second World War. The stories of Fighting France, or General de Gaulle’s forces of Free French Africa, reflect the values fought for throughout the war. Recent research has better shed light on the topic and in deserving of further exploration. Academic efforts have allowed better questions to be asked of Fighting France and the degree to which their participation affects the continent today and global systems at large.

The Great Father Of Washington: Grant’S Indian Policy And The Acquisition Of The Black Hills, Zoie Dean

Tenor of Our Times

Ulysses S. Grant's Indian policy was viewed as one of the many failures of his presidency. However, upon further analysis of the events and circumstances surrounding the acquisition of the Black Hills, it appears that Grant's sentiments toward the Indians were unlike that of any of his constituents. He saw them as human beings. Though his Indian Policy ultimately failed, Grant's call for peace with the Indians was well ahead of its time.