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فعالية برنامج رياضي لتنمية المهارات الاجتماعية لدى الصم, Nashwan Abdullah Nashwan, Hani Sulaiman Alkhaledi, Ayat J. Nashwan

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي

هدفت الدراسة إلى الكشف عن فعالية برنامج رياضي لتنمية المهارات الاجتماعية لدى الصم، وقد تألف مجتمع الدراسة من (60) أصماً في محافظة الزرقاء، وتكونت عينة الدراسة من (20) أصماً من طلبة الصف التاسع الأساسي ضمن الفئة العمرية 14 عاماً، وتم اختيار عينة الدراسة بطريقة عشوائية تم تقسيمها الى مجموعة تجريبية تتكون من عشرة أصماء، وأخرى ضابطة تتكون من عشرة أصماء، واستخدم الباحثون المنهج شبه التجريبي، وتم تصميم مقياس المهارات الاجتماعية لدى الصم، وحصل المقياس على درجات جيدة من الصدق والثبات، وأظهرت النتائج بعد تطبيق البرنامج فعالية البرنامج لتنمية المهارات الاجتماعية لدى الصم، وتم تقديم عدد من المقترحات لمساعدة هذه الفئة …

مستوى الإبداع الحركي لدى طلبة مساقات ألعاب القوى في كليات التربية الرياضية بجامعتي اليرموك والهاشمية, Amal Suleiman Saleh Alzoubi

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي

هدف المقال التعرف إلى مستوى الإبداع الحركي لدى طلبة مساقات ألعاب القوى في كليات التربية الرياضية بجامعتي اليرموك والهاشمية، وكذلك معرفة الفروق الدالة الإحصائياً في مستوى الإبداع بين الطلبة بناءً على متغيري الجامعة والجنس. تكونت عينة الدراسة من (146) طالباً وطالبة، منهم 78 من جامعة اليرموك و68 من الجامعة الهاشمية، إذ بلغ عدد الذكور 91 والإناث 55 تم اختيارهم بالطريقة العمدية. اعتمدت الباحثة على المنهج المسحي لملاءمته وطبيعة الدراسة، واستخدمت الاستبانة كأداة لجمع البيانات، ولتحليل البيانات، تم استخدام برنامج التحليل الإحصائي (SPSS) لاستخراج المتوسطات الحسابية والانحراف المعياري واختبار (T-test) للفروق، أظهرت النتائج أن مستوى الإبداع لدى أفراد عينة الدراسة جاء …

Efek Program Pendampingan Umkm Terhadap Performa Ketahanan Pendapatan Dan Penyerapan Tenaga Kerja Umkm : Studi Kasus Program Jakpreneur Dki Jakarta, Farah Khoirur Fadhila, Muhammad Hanri

Jurnal Kebijakan Ekonomi

This study discusses the effects of assistance program with business digitalization features, on the income resilience and labor absorption of the assisted MSMEs, case study of DKI Jakarta’s JakPreneur Program. Observation data from 2017-2021 tested business resilience under time and economic crisis challenge, cause of pandemic. Treatment group is 31 respondents of JakPreneur members who had participated since 2017 or 2018. Control group is SAKERNAS data from 2017-2021. The result shows that treatment groups had lower incomes but were able to retain workers compared to control groups. Their low income is due to limitations in implementing business digitalization and accounting.

Psychometric Evaluation Of Nursing Perceptions In Caring For Patients With Delirium Scale, Yunchuan Zhao, Elena Jacobs, Brittany Kelley, Anna C. Quon, Laura J. Tivis

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background/Purpose: Delirium is a serious and often under-recognized condition in hospitalized patients, particularly in critical and acute care settings. Nurses play a key role in delirium prevention, screening, and management.1 However, nurses may not consistently use evidence-based practices when caring for patients with delirium.2,3 Research shows that nurses’ attitudes and perceptions towards delirium can significantly affect the quality of delirium care.4,5 It is important to identify and understand nursing perceptions of delirium to address barriers in delirium prevention and management. Currently, there is no valid instrument to assess nursing perceptions when caring for patients with delirium. The study aimed to …

Physical Activity Level Associates With Long Covid Symptoms And Quality Of Life, Chia-Huei Lin

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Long COVID has emerged as a significant global health concern, leading to functional impairments, sleep disturbances, and a reduced quality of life (QoL). Moderate-to-high levels of physical activity (PA) have been shown to reduce the risk of health complications, improve cardiovascular health, and enhance patient-reported outcomes in chronic diseases. However, limited evidence exists regarding its impact on long COVID symptoms, sleep quality, and QoL in individuals with long COVID.

Objective: To investigate whether a moderate-to-high level of PA level associates with long COVID symptoms, sleep quality, and QoL in individuals with long COVID.

Methods: A cross-sectional …

Bridging Theory-Practice Gaps: Military Nurses' Combat Palliative Praxis And Care Competency, Deborah Kenny, Sean Reed

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background/Purpose: Evidence-based national guidelines establish traditional palliative care standards, yet there are gaps in applying competencies amidst combat nursing complexity, frontline fluctuations, and mass casualties. During the most recent wars, nurses related reluctance in triaging and not knowing how to care for severely ill and dying young service members (Kenny & Kelley, 2019; Kelley, Kenny, & Donley, 2017). Relevant nursing theory integration is lacking to guide this distinctly difficult context marked by severity and suffering, requiring theoretical nursing models attuned to combat conditions.

Aims/Outcomes: This presentation aims to describe an ongoing study using an adapted unitary caring science model (Reed …

Barriers And Facilitators Of Implementing A Novel Pediatric Nurse Preceptor Program In Malawi, Brittney Van De Water, Kelsey Renning, Olivia Yang, Ijaabo Ali, Blessings Chiluzi, Chimwemwe Mula, Julie Mann, Netsayi Gowero, Ando Nyondo, Lignet Chepuka

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Examine barriers and facilitators to implementation of a novel pediatric critical care preceptor program in Malawi.

Background: Malawi is a low-middle income country in sub-Saharan Africa with significant gaps in the availability of pediatric critical care nurses. We conducted a needs assessment in 2022 and developed a novel preceptor program to address these shortages.^1,2 The program was found to be effective;³ however, to understand barriers and facilitators to the implementation of this preceptor program in Malawi, we conducted followed-up interviews with participants.

Methods: Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), interviews were conducted …

Ethics In Practice: Exploring Ethics And Values With Newly Licensed Nurses, Kimberly Hodges, Kayla Dunagan

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Exploring ethics and moral values with newly licensed nurses (NLN) is a novel approach to addressing the application of healthcare ethics in ethical dilemmas across healthcare environments. Recent data trends and the literature indicates ethical and moral distress impacts the profession’s emotional stability (Berhie et al., 2020).

Background & Significance: Historically, the organization’s Registered Nurse Residency program covered ethics content during one session. An objective of the project was to increase opportunities for NLNs to explore their role in ethical dilemmas (American Nurses Association, 2015). A gap analysis including previous evaluation data revealed a need for frequent ethics discussions. …

Investigation Of The Influences Of Planned Exercise On Food Choices In School-Age Children, Carol Frances Holt, Dan Cooper, Gwen Van Servellen, Lynn Doering, Andria Pontello

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This investigation explored the influence of a single bout of planned intense exercise on food choices (calories and macronutrients) in a controlled laboratory setting, in normal-weight school-age children. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (2022) reports that 1 in 5 children have obesity. Yet, research on the effect of exercise on children is limited. Studies often lack controls for environmental, social, or behavioral influences that may impact food choices. Also, studies often provide limited food options to identify macronutrient choices. (Donnelley et al., 2014) (Fearnbach, et al., 2016) (Kristina, et al., 2021) (Noll, et al., 2017).

A quasi-experimental …

Losing All Faith In Women’S Healthcare: Women’S Experience With Pelvic Congestion Syndrome Pain, Sarah E. Patel, Sarah Mary George, Mercedez Dowah Boateng, Mei R. Fu

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS) is an underdiagnosed cause of chronic pelvic pain, which accounts for nearly 30% of gynecological visits. Chronic pelvic pain due to PCS is often exacerbated from long periods of standing or walking, sexual intercourse, and menstruation. Research on PCS mainly uses quantitative approaches that focused on evaluating the effects of pharmacological or medical procedures for PCS and associated pain and symptoms. There is limited evidence that provides deep understanding of the experiences of chronic pelvic pain from the women’s perspectives. Using a qualitative, descriptive phenomenological design, the purpose of this study was to describe …

Experience Of Bowel Dysfunction In Rectal Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review And Mmeta-Synthesis, Min Jeong Kim, Eun Young Kim, Young Man Kim

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) is a common and distressing outcome for many rectal cancer patients following low anterior resection (LAR), significantly affecting their quality of life. Numerous studies have explored patient experiences with bowel dysfunction; however, due to varying results, there are limitations to understanding these experiences comprehensively. Therefore, this study aims to synthesize diverse qualitative research findings to reveal a more comprehensive perspective.

Methods: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies was performed through a rigorous and thorough systematic review, encompassing databases such as PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library. Additional studies were identified …

Primary Care Dietary Program To Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk In South Asian Americans, Saranya Elena Wallooppillai, Amy Giles

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: South Asian Americans (SAAs) living in the United States face a higher risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)-related events compared to their European counterparts due to genetic, epigenetic, and lifestyle factors. While community-level lifestyle and dietary interventions show promise in ASCVD risk reduction, specific dietary guidelines for SAAs are not established in primary care settings. This quality improvement project aimed to assess the impact of SAA-specific dietary counseling on weight and self-perceptions of diet and health quality, with the goal of improving eating habits and lowering ASCVD risk.

Methodology: Data were collected pre- and post-intervention through surveys and physical …

Temporal Landscapes: Prairie, People, And Place, Eric Castle

The Cicadian

No abstract provided.

Matrescence, Erin Kunz

The Cicadian

Kunz reflects on her transformation into motherhood, describing the physical, emotional, and psychological shifts that accompany the process known as matrescence. Through vivid memories of childhood and early parenting, she explores the complexities of maternal love, especially for women who did not receive unconditional love themselves. Her rocking chair becomes a symbol of nurturing and endurance, where she gave everything to her children while grappling with her own identity. Erin also highlights the supportive role of her partner, challenging traditional gender norms and celebrating shared caregiving. As her children grow, she mourns the environmental changes that have altered the …

Flowing Knowledge: Connecting Education, Watersheds, And Our World, Taylor Lemieux

The Cicadian

The main theme of Taylor Lemieux’s story is the transformative power of experiential environmental education. Through personal memories and professional experiences, she illustrates how hands-on learning in nature fosters curiosity, resilience, and a deep sense of stewardship. Her journey emphasizes that meaningful education goes beyond textbooks—it connects learners to the world around them.

Gardens As Pathways To Environmental Education For All Ages, Lacey Anderson

The Cicadian

Gardens provide hands-on opportunities for environmental education that extend beyond food production, encompassing ecological literacy, sustainability practices, experiential learning, and community engagement. This article uses a creative nonfiction approach to examine the author’s personal journey from reluctant gardener to advocate for learning gardens. Through narrative reflection of her own family’s gardening experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, the author illustrates how gardening fosters intergenerational learning, socio-emotional development, and curiosity-driven exploration of ecological systems. The article highlights how gardens function as accessible entry points for lifelong learners of all ages, demonstrating that environmental literacy can emerge outside of traditional scientific expertise. Ultimately, …

“Grow Your Plants, But Most Importantly, Grow Yourself”: Women, Resilience, And Cultural Continuity In Jamaican And Diaspora Gardens, Giovanni Whyte

The Cicadian

This essay explores the cultural, personal, and transformative power of gardening through the stories of four women—Brenda, Linda, Keisha, and Janice—whose lives span Jamaica and its diaspora. Their narratives reveal gardening as more than food cultivation but the practice of resilience, healing, and cultural continuity. Brenda honors her ancestral legacy in St. Elizabeth; Linda finds solace after loss; Keisha fosters socioemotional growth among urban students; and Janice embraces sustainability in suburban America. Together, their experiences illustrate how gardening nurtures identity, strengthens communities, and connects people to land, memory, and future generations.

Where The Earth Meets The Sky, Ashlyn Ed Herron

The Cicadian

A reflection of finding one's place in an ecosystem that raised them, and a long overdue love-letter to the prairies

Introduction To Our Inaugural Issue, Lacey Anderson, Mary Moroney-Fernandez, Giovanni E. Whyte

The Cicadian

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of A Kn95 Mask On High-Intensity Interval Training Performance, Physiological Response, And Perception, David Kenny, Payton Stanziani, Holly Chambers, Madison Vinovrski, Isabel Allocco, Jack Fisher, Morgan Raley, Kyle S. Beyer

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 18(3): 984-994, 2025. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a KN95 mask on the performance, physiological response, and perception of high-intensity interval training (HIIT). Twenty college-aged participants (Male: 10, Female: 10) completed a two-visit, crossover, counterbalanced study. The HIIT workout included four 1-minute “all-out” intervals at 3.5% of body mass with 4-minute rest intervals, performed with or without a KN95 mask. Following HIIT, participants remained on the cycle ergometer for a 15-minute recovery period. For each interval, peak power and average power were recorded. Throughout the HIIT workout and recovery, …

Fine-Tuning A Domain-Specific Language Model For Truss Structural Analysis, Rajon Dey, Weidong Wu, Yu Liang, Joseph Owino, Ignatius Fomunung, Mbakisya A. Onyango

UTC Spring Research and Arts Conference

This research investigates the feasibility of fine-tuning a domain-specific language model (LLM) to enhance the accuracy and accessibility of truss structural analysis. General-purpose AI models, such as ChatGPT, often struggle with engineering-specific problems due to insufficient domain knowledge. To address this, we propose fine-tuning a small LLM tailored for structural engineering tasks, with truss analysis using the stiffness method as a case study. The project leverages a curated dataset of textual and diagrammatic inputs from engineering textbooks, manuals, and solved examples. Image-to-text tools will translate structural diagrams into machine-readable formats, reducing data preparation costs while maintaining numerical precision. Fine-tuning involves …

Measuring The Impact Of Network Underlay Outages On Cloud And Production Networks, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

A new approach is provided for measuring the impact of network underlay (Layer 3) outages on customer-facing services, such as internal applications (Layer 7) and external cloud virtual machines (VMs). The approach performs a cross-layer impact analysis by correlating low-level network performance data with customer-level metrics within fine-grained time intervals. By comparing performance across layers for the same network path and time, the system can distinguish between L3 outages that are successfully mitigated ("repaired") and those that "surface" to the customer. The resulting metric, "surfaced SLO burn," quantifies the actual customer-experienced outage, enabling more accurate measurement of the issues and …

Novel And Unobtrusive Technique For Gaze And Head Tracking Calibration In Real-Time For Pc Users, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes the novel gaze and head tracking calibration procedure for PC users. The process of estimating a participant's ocular and head-pose features to serve as the foundation for a completely personalized and precise gaze point computation is known as calibration. The technique for calibration proposed in this disclosure applies to both types of trackers: external cameras mounted to the PC and software that uses the PC’s built-in camera. The current techniques for such calibrations require the PC user to focus on the pre-defined gaze points at the corners of the screen before gaze-tracking can be performed by software. …

Service Activation Test Solution Over Evpn Multi Homed Networks, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure relates to enhancements in Service Activation Test (SAT) methodologies for Ethernet VPN (EVPN) networks employing multi-homing with all-active redundancy. Conventional SAT methods, such as those defined in RFC 2544 and ITU-T Y.1564, assume symmetric traffic paths and do not account for Equal-Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) forwarding behavior in EVPN VPLS, VPWS, or FXC deployments. As a result, test frames may traverse non-deterministic paths, causing inaccurate or incomplete service-level measurements. The disclosed solution introduces a uni-directional SAT framework that computes throughput, latency, jitter, and frame-loss on forward paths only, avoiding reliance on reverse traffic. The approach utilizes three functional elements: …

Evaluating The Impact Of Zoa Energy Drink On Muscular Strength, Psychomotor Vigilance, And Mood In Active Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Jose J. Rojas, Jason M. Curtis, Flavia F. Pereira, Cassandra Evans, Kaelan Jones, Alyana Andal, Juan Carlos Santana, Hena Thakkar, Jose Antonio

Journal for Sports Neuroscience

This study evaluates the effects of ZOA Energy Drink, a commercially available energy beverage, on muscular strength, sustained attention, and mood in exercise-trained individuals. Using a randomized, blinded, two-arm design, 24 participants (15 males, 9 females; age = 31.8 ± 8.4 years) were assigned to consume either ZOA Energy Drink or a caffeine-matched placebo. The primary outcomes included psychomotor vigilance (PVT), mood state (POMS), handgrip strength, and push-up performance. Baseline body composition was also assessed using bioelectrical impedance.

Results revealed no statistically significant differences between the ZOA and the caffeine matched control groups in psychomotor vigilance (p = 0.155), mood …

The Prospector, September 9, 2025, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

No abstract provided.

Nitric Oxide Radiometer Development, Deron Scott, Phil Scott, Trent Newswander, Marty Mlynczak

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

SDL developed a small satellite payload to support the NICEcube mission concept capable of measuring vertical profiles of infrared radiance at 5.3 µm from nitric oxide (NO) in the atmospheric limb (100-250 km). These radiance measurements can be directly inverted to achieve vertical profiles of infrared cooling rates which are crucial to understanding the density response to the thermosphere in times of elevated geomagnetic activity. The payload was designed to fit on a 12U cube sat, function at low power and small mechanical envelope. Completed work includes building the telescope, integrating a representative detector, alignment, test planning, and initial testing. …

Herrin, William Oral History Interview, William Herrin, Gene Pearson

Emeriti Society Oral History Collection

William Herrin (1985-2023) Professor of Economics. Chair of Department of Economics, School of International Studies Director, teaching in Economics Department and School of International Studies, Fulbright research and teaching in Uganda, Long Teaching and Innovation Scholarship, teaching microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics and mathematical economics, working for Federal Housing Finance Agency, student life and service.

September 9, 2025, Matt Inverso

Minutes

Vol. 54, No. 1

Geographic Disparities In Birth Outcomes: County-Level Investigation On Pm2.5 And Low Birth Weight In The United States, Eunice Y. Park, Ranju Mainali

Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works

Exposure to air pollution adversely affects health and is highly associated with birth outcomes. This study analyzes the relationship between air pollution and low birth weight (LBW; less than 2,500 g at birth) at the county level in the United States. Using the latest publicly available data from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps across 3,027 counties and equivalents, simple and quantile regression analyses were conducted to test the association between the average daily density of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and LBW. The LBW data were from 2016 to 2022 from the National Center for Health Statistics and PM2.5 data …