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Group Homes In The Foster Care System: A Literature Review, Katherine Dolan

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

This paper examines literature with regard to the advantages and disadvantages of group homes within the foster care system. Group homes are associated with a negative stigma. The bleak narrative of group care stems, in part, to stereotypes surrounding behavioral and psychiatric issues. Researchers have found children in foster care experience poor living standards, are restricted by their environments, and are unhappy in group homes. Conversely, group homes provide a sense of community in a seemingly lonely situation, provide children with safer conditions than those they were removed from, and serve as a means of housing for children with no …

The Adaptationist View: Ambiguity In Infant Withdrawal After Prenatal Cocaine Exposure, Angelo Cadiente

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is a set of symptoms that result from prenatal exposure to addictive drugs. This syndrome is often attributed to opiate withdrawal; yet, there is a controversy within the literature as to whether cocaine, an addictive stimulant, leads to a variant, which I term “cocaine-based Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.” In this paper, I contrast the evidence that supports the presence of cocaine withdrawal in neonates with the opposing evidence that supports its absence. I offer an intermediary explanation through the “Adaptationist View,” which attributes the supposed symptoms of cocaine infant withdrawal to the neonate adapting to extreme changes in …

Sin And The Hacker Ethic: The Tragedy Of Techno-Utopian Ideology In Cyberspace Business Cultures, Bruce D. Baker

Journal of Religion and Business Ethics

This article traces the course of idealistic thinking in the “hacker ethic” of the computer industry, with the aim of diagnosing the unfortunate lapses in business ethics that can ensue from idealistic thinking. Several Silicon Valley companies are mentioned, but Facebook is the prime example, simply because they are the biggest target and clearest example of bad ethics. The original “hacker ethic” was founded on admirable ideals, but the problem occurs when these ideals are used to rationalize a self-serving ideology. Facebook’s history shows how idealistic thinking can become embedded in a business culture. As an antidote to the ethical …

Examining The Factor Structure Of A Middle School Stem Occupational Values Scale, Jessica Harlan, James Van Haneghan

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

As part of a longitudinal study of the development and implementation of a middle school engineering design curriculum, we have used an occupational values subscale of the Assessing Men and Women in Engineering (AWE) project’s Engineering version of the Core Survey for Middle School-Aged Participants to measure student occupational interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). According to the developers, this set of tools is intended to measure factors related to STEM careers, including occupational interests. While the AWE tools have been widely used, there have been no formal examinations of the psychometric properties of the middle school tools. …

October 13, 2020, University Of Mississippi. Faculty Senate

Meeting Minutes

Minutes for the October 2020 meeting of the University of Mississippi Faculty Senate.

Oklahoma Progress Update - A Revised Employee Selection Process: Virtual & Paperless, Quality Improvement Center For Workforce Development

Other QIC-WD Products

“I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not on strategies.” – Lawrence Bossidy, former CEO of Honeywell International Inc. This quote is especially true for child welfare workers. Child welfare work is difficult and demanding; it requires compassion and attention to detail. Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS), in partnership with the Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (QIC-WD), worked throughout 2018 and 2019 to create a competencybased employee selection process for Child Welfare Services (CWS) workers. Competencies are the knowledge, skills, abilities, behaviors, …

Spartan Daily, October 13, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 22

Do Pets Improve Mental Health During Covid Lockdowns?, Harold Herzog

Herzog - Companion Animals and Health

During Covid lockdowns, shelters and pet stores have reported an increased demand for pets to adopt or buy. It has been suggested that pets might help address loneliness during periods of social isolation. A new study in the UK found that there was a small positive effect of pet ownership during Covid lockdowns but there were also associated worries such as what might happen to the pet if the owner became ill.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 96, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Lowe, Julianna. A Look Inside – Jamison Moorehead, Quarantine
• Burris, Lily. Day in the Life – Sharon Hunter
• Collins, Michael & Lauren Deppen. Need to Know – COVID-19
• Frazier, Keilen. Homecoming in Barnes-Campbell Hall – Quarantine
• Lowe, Julianna. Survey to Student – Dining Services, Quarantine
• Collins, Michael. Kentucky Universities’ Records on COVID-19
• Burris, Lily. Voices on the Inside – Sam Padgett, Chris Willis, Parker Randall, River Carter, Iyanla Shackelford
• Hargrove, Matthew. Herd Tramples WKU – Football
• Gaylord, Kaden. Travis Hudson is the Greatest of All …

Does Conjoint Analysis Reliably Value Patents?, Bernard Chao, Sydney Donovan

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

Modern technology products are often covered by thousands of patents. Yet awards for a single component have averaged a surprisingly high 9.98 percent of the infringing product’s price. To curb such disproportionate awards, the law insists that damages reflect the contribution made by the patent. But determining how to apportion damages in this way has proved to be elusive. One emerging technique that appears to offer rigor is conjoint analysis, a type of survey borrowed from the marketing world. This article explores the validity of the conjoint analysis technique by running two conjoint analysis surveys. Unfortunately, we found serious problems. …

Poverty, Literacy, And Race: A Middle School Teacher's Iterative Investigative Journey, Rebecca Tuttle

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Theses and Other Student Research

This study describes an iterative design process that helped me gain a better understanding of the problems (how motivation affects learning and gaining the trust of children that I worked with) I was inquiring about. The design process chronicles three iterations before reaching my final research question focused on building relationships with children of minoritized communities within their learning environment and integrating culturally relevant pedagogy into their learning. By combining these two strategies, the children in this study seemed to embrace being part of a culturally relevant experiment. The components of these iterations include pre-reading activities, read alouds, group discussions, …

The Student Movement Volume 105 Issue Issue 5: Artist Spotlight: Jel Tamayo, Taylor Uphus, Joelle Kim, Caralynn Chan, Jenae Rogers, Gloria Oh, Alec Bofetiado, Wambui Karanja, Fitz-Earl Mckenzie Ii, Terika Williams, Abigail Lee, Megan Napod, Evin N. Musgrove, Lyle Goulbourne, Alannah Tjhatra

The Student Movement v. 105 (2020-2021)

NEWS

Andrews University Transitions to Dynamic Campus, Taylor Uphus

ASIS Holds First Vespers of Fall 2020, Joelle Kim

Students Participate in Andrews University Vote Week, Caralynn Chan

The Andrews University Symphony Orchestra Performs "Awakening" Concert, Jenae Rogers

PULSE

How to Stay Eco-Friendly During the Pandemic, Gloria Oh

Paralleling the Hispanic and Filipino Cultural Experience, Alec Bofetiado

The GetApp Go-To Orders, Wambui Karanja

HUMANS

AU Athletics for the Year 2020-21, Interviewed by Fitz-Earl McKenzie II

Checking in with Honors: 2020-21 Plans, Interviewed by Terika Williams

Discussing Mental Health and the CTC with Dr. Judith Bernard-Fisher and Mindy Kissinger, Interviewed by Abigail …

Discriminating Global Orientation Of Two Element Sets, Aytaç Karabay, Daniel D. Kurylo

Publications and Research

Perceived global organization of visual patterns is based upon the aggregate contribution of constituent components. Patterns constructed from multiple sources cooperate or compete for global organization. An investigation was made here of interactions between two interspersed element sets on global orientation. It was hypothesized that each set would operate as an integrated unit, and contribute independently to global orientation. Participants viewed a 10 x 10 array of Gabor patches, and indicated the predominant orientation of the array. In Experiment 1 all elements were rotated. Rotation up to 23° had little effect, whereas greater rotation produced a progressive shift on global …

Daily Eastern News: October 13, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

October

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Abrams Case, And The Origins Of The Harmless Speech Tradition, Frederick Schauer

Seton Hall Law Review

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Daily Eastern News: October 13, 2020, Eastern Illinois University

October

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Exploring The Impact Of Structural Empowerment In Long-Term Care, Andrea G. Reed

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Ensuring workforce stability in long-term care (LTC) is a growing challenge for healthcare leaders. Nurses employed in LTC are more likely to leave their positions within a year compared to other healthcare workers. This project explores the role of empowerment and the impact it plays on retention of LTC staff.

Development And Feasibility Test Of An Antenatal Educational Program For Adjustment Of Pregnant Couple, Min Seon Koh, Sukhee Ahn, Jisoon Kim, Hyeji Yoo, Myungsoon Jung, Hyunjin Cho, Sun A. Kim

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

For women's health care providers and family health providers, this research for development and feasibility test about the couple focused antenatal educational program based on R.T. Mercer's Theory of Becoming A Mother would be helpful to apply their practice and research.

Parental Survey To Assess Risk Factors And Incidence Of Falls In Pediatric Ambulatory Services, Mary Dempsey Gordon, Marlene Walden, Curt C. Braun, Joseph L. Hagan

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Falls and the related sequelae represent hazards recognized by healthcare organizations, but evidence describing the incidence and risks of falls in pediatric ambulatory settings is limited. This study engaged parents to assess fall incidence and to investigate predictors of patients who fell from those that did not.

Clinical Validation Of The Nursing Diagnosis Impaired Mood Regulation Among Individuals With Mood Disorders, Munirat Olayinka Adebiyi, Adenike Ayobola Olaogun, Kolawole Samuel Mosaku, Oyeyemi Olajumoke Oyelade

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The use of nursing process in promoting individualized client care has been documented. Accurate nursing diagnosis is important to facilitate this. Thus, this study focus on validation of one of the nursing diagnoses listed in NANDA-I, in an African context, to promote global use of the diagnosis.

Age-Related Losses In Cardiac Autonomic Activity During A Daytime Nap, Pin-Chun Chen, Negin Sattari, Lauren N. Whitehurst, Sara C. Mednick

Psychology Faculty Publications

In healthy, young individuals, a reduction in cardiovascular output and a shift from sympathetic to parasympathetic (vagal) dominance is observed from wake into stages of nocturnal and daytime sleep. This cardiac autonomic profile, measured by heart rate variability (HRV), has been associated with significant benefits for cardiovascular health. Aging is associated with decreased nighttime sleep quality and lower parasympathetic activity during both sleep and resting. However, it is not known whether age-related dampening of HRV extends to daytime sleep, diminishing the cardiovascular benefits of naps in the elderly. Here, we investigated this question by comparing the autonomic activity profile between …

The Guardian, Week Of October 13, 2020, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of October 20, 2020. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

The Current - Volume 31 Issue 10, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

2020-10-13 General Education Council Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

General Education Council meeting minutes for October 13, 2020.

Historical Perspectives On Holmes’S Dissent In Abrams, David M. Rabban

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

“Fighting Faiths,” Error Deflection, And Free Speech, Burt Neuborne

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Forced Transitions: Learning Asl In A Virtual Environment, Kara Gournaris

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

Engagement with native language models is essential for second language acquisition. Social distancing mandates made this interaction nearly impossible for students learning American Sign Language (ASL), at a small rural university in western Oregon. COVID-19 brought with it many challenges, not the least of which was a hurried transition from face-to-face to online learning. The author found that some courses degraded in content and instruction when shifting to an online platform. Without access to community events where native language models were present, ASL students had less opportunities for incidental learning, legitimate peripheral participation, and connection within Deaf communities of practice.

Mothers And Higher Education: Balancing Time, Study And Space, Louise Webber, Harriet Dismore

Plymouth Institute of Education

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Creating A Foundation Of Well-Being For Teachers And Students Starts With Sel Curriculum In Teacher Education Programs, Deirdre Katz, Julia Mahfouz, Sue Romas

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

During the COVID-19 crisis, it has become clear how unprepared our educational systems are to provide social and emotional support through distance learning. Despite the demands for teachers to support the social and emotional development of their students, our universities are behind the curve in providing coursework to develop their knowledge and skills in these areas. This paper calls us to imagine teacher education with Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) as a cornerstone in teacher preparation programs. We outline the importance of SEL curriculum in preservice education and suggest a multifaceted approach to teacher preparation.

Executive Committee - Agenda, 10/13/2020, Academic Senate Executive Committee

Academic Senate Agendas

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