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Together We Thrive: A Co-Production Toolkit For People With Ms And Care Providers, E. Chandlee Bryan

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

Nearly a million people in the U.S. have Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a progressive neurological disease. People with MS (PwMS), are more likely to have a decreased quality of life (QoL) and are at greater risk for unemployment, loneliness, and depression than people without MS. As MS symptoms can include fatigue, balance issues, mobility problems, and changes to bladder and bowel function, managing MS requires patient engagement that includes coordination of care between neurology, primary care, and specialists. This thesis was researched and written by a PwMS who has worked in collaboration with her neurologist, Dr. Andrew D. Smith III, and …

The Magdala Moms Of La Jolla, Rebecca Shepard

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

The Magdala Moms of La Jolla is a satirical novel set at The Magdala School, an elite Christian academy in La Jolla, California, where social status, curated faith, and community performance are indistinguishable. The story follows Mitzi Madigan, a brash, ambitious mother whose carefully constructed persona hides a troubling past. Her world begins to unravel when Caroline—a single mother working in construction—is granted a scholarship for her daughter, Emma, to attend Magdala.

As Emma enters the private school’s polished social ecosystem, she begins to uncover the secrets buried beneath the sun-drenched surface. The Mag Moms, a clique of hyper-polished, scripture-quoting …

Sex And Control In Redeemer Georgia, Anthony Michael Kreis

Georgia State University Law Review

This Essay explores the interplay of history, law, and morality behind the first abortion law in Georgia. Examining the philosophical underpinnings of liberty and equality as articulated in Georgia’s constitutional history through time, this Essay highlights the moral contradictions inherent in the legal frameworks of Reconstruction Georgia. The origin of Georgia’s 1876 abortion law contains multitudes—rooted in race-based contestations for political power, the sociological evolution of medical practice, and evolving attitudes on individual rights. At times, White elites used abortion to attack Yankee culture and stir up racist fears about moral contagion associated with Radical Republicans. To this end, when …

Medication Abortion And The Mails: The Ghost Of Anthony Comstock Rides Again?, Lars Noah

Georgia State University Law Review

Mail-order dispensing of the prescription drug mifepristone has become the latest flashpoint in this country’s long-running debate over abortion access. It also has brought back from the dead one of the oldest federal statutes to address that contentious subject. In their fight to limit access to a drug approved by the FDA one quarter of a century ago, abortion opponents have rediscovered the Comstock Act. Although amended on several occasions since 1873, Congress never managed to repeal or clarify its ambiguous language relating to abortion. On its narrowest reading, this provision would have no impact whatsoever on access to mifepristone; …

Emotional Eating Behaviors And Parental Feeding Practices In Three-Year-Old Children And Their Association With Body Composition One Year Later, Keely Wright, Kenia Rivera, Elysia Poggi Davis

Undergraduate Theses, Capstones, and Recitals

Emotional eating – eating in response to negative emotions regardless of hunger – is an obesogenic trait that often develops in childhood and remains a habit through adulthood. Greater emotional eating is associated with a higher body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) in 7-12-year-old children (Webber et al., 2009). However, few studies have examined the relations between emotional eating and weight gain in preschool-aged children. Moreover, there is limited research on parental feeding practices and weight gain in preschool-aged children. The current work investigated the association of emotional eating behaviors during an emotional eating task in three-year-old children with change in …

Freedom To Misinform: The First Amendment Victory Against California’S Medical Speech Law, Brennan O'Boyle

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

In 2022, California was grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Heightened political polarization and the unmitigated spread of misinformation was straining state and federal governments’ ability to rein in the pandemic through collective action. The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) issued a warning that doctors spreading misinformation were violating their ethical and professional responsibility to accurately inform their patients. In response, California passed AB 2098, classifying COVID-19 misinformation in the patient-doctor context as unprofessional conduct subject to stiff penalties, including suspension or loss of the offender’s medical license. The law was quickly challenged in federal district court on content-neutrality and …

Evolutionary Dynamics Of Artificial Agents: Exploration And Learning In Games, Brian Mintz

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

The natural world abounds with examples of complex behavior in humans and many other species. Evolutionary game theory is a powerful mathematical framework to understand the origins of many such behaviors like cooperation. Since these behaviors are often selected against initially, understanding why they are so widespread has been a longstanding question. Rather than assuming agents' rationality, like in traditional game theory, this approach studies the mutation and selection of strategies themselves. However most behavior is neither perfectly rational nor entirely determined by genetics. This dissertation works to bridge the gap between these two perspectives by analyzing models where individuals …

History In Motion: Applying The Archival Collections Of Frank And Lillian Gilbreth’S Time And Motion Studies To Business Education, Annette Bochenek

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

No abstract provided.

Intrapersonal And Interpersonal Factors Of Participation In Physical Activity And Resistance Training In Adolescent Girls: A Narrative Review, Ben Banse-Fay

University Honors Theses

Low rates of participation in physical activity and resistance training among adolescent girls are a concern due to increased health and injury risks. Adolescent girls participate in physical activity and resistance training at a lower rate than boys, which may explain higher rates of injury. Research examining physical activity of adolescent girls often utilizes an ecological framework, identifying intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental factors. Of these ecological levels, intrapersonal and interpersonal factors are modifiable without large costs.

Therefore, this review aimed to identify and summarize recent research that explores the intrapersonal and interpersonal factors associated with participation in physical activity and …

Artistic Exploration Of Synesthesia, Lexi James

Undergraduate Theses, Capstones, and Recitals

This thesis investigates synesthesia as both a neurological condition and a broader sensory perception shaped by culture, cognition, and creative practice. Although not a synesthete in the medical definition of the condition, I explore how sensory overlaps particularly between sound, sight, touch, taste, and smell can be simulated and explored through art. Through historical research, theoretical analysis, and personal experimentation, I examine synesthesia as a potential extension of universal perceptual pathways rather than an isolated anomaly. Drawing from semiotic theories by Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Sanders Peirce, the project considers how meaning is made through sensory signification and how …

Urban-Rural Divide In Inequality’S Impact On Substance Abuse, Jonathan E. Flores

Undergraduate Theses, Capstones, and Recitals

This thesis focuses on investigating the relationship between income inequality, measured through the Gini coefficient, and drug addiction, proxied through substance-related mortality. Specifically, this thesis focuses on how these dynamics vary across rural and urban counties in the United States, using population size as a proxy. County-level data from 2016 to 2020 were collected through both the CDC and the Census Bureau and subsequently analyzed using Stata, with crude death rates from drug and alcohol causes serving as a function of the Gini coefficient, labor force participation, racial composition, and other socioeconomic indicators. Through a quadratic version of the model, …

Analyzing Human - Nonhuman Primate Conflict Mitigation Techniques In Mto Wa Mbu, Northern Tanzania, Lil Adams

Undergraduate Theses, Capstones, and Recitals

Human-wildlife conflict is a widespread challenge faced by those living in regular contact with wildlife that can have profound impacts on livelihood outcomes for humans, wildlife, and their shared environment (Barua et al., 2013; Blackie, 2023). Human – non-human primate conflict is particularly crucial due to primates’ high capacity to live among human populations (Chapman & Chapman, 1990; Alberts & Altmann, 2006; Reader et al., 2011; Sinha & Vijayakrishnan, 2017), and is currently on the rise due to increasing contact between human and non-human primates (Hockings, 2016; Uddin et al., 2020). To characterize and analyze techniques currently being used to …

Sentiment Analysis Of The Israel-Palestine Conflict On X: Insights From The Indonesian Perspective Using A Long Short-Term Memory Algorithm, Mohammad Taleb Noori, Muhammad Alif Rahman, Agus Purnomo, Aripin

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

The Israel-Palestine conflict which has persisted for decades drives mounting global interest that consequently influences public opinion worldwide. This article examines the sentiment analysis of X (Twitter) data pertaining to the conflict using the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) model. This study presents public reactions through an analysis of 1,700 tweets collected between May and July 2023 which encapsulate key recent developments. In this study, several steps were conducted, namely 1) crawling process to get raw data; 2) preprocessing: cleansing, case folding, tokenization, stop word removal, and stemming; 3) modelling and validation using the LSTM model; 4) model evaluation based on …

Sentiment Analysis And Topic Modelling On Twitter Related To Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Game Using Lexicon-Based, Lda, And Svm, Hikmal Muhammad, Fauzi Adi Rafrastara, Kristoforus Adrian Setiadi, Arley Japardi

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) has become a significant phenomenon within the global e-sports landscape, attracting millions of active players and fans. This study presents a comprehensive sentiment analysis and topic modelling of MLBB-related discussions on Platform Twitter, combining a lexicon-based approach, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), and Support Vector Machine (SVM) classification within a unified analytical pipeline. A dataset of 4,313 tweets was analysed, revealing that 70.8% expressed neutral sentiment, suggesting that much of the community's communication is informational rather than emotionally charged. Positive sentiments were associated with game content updates and rewards, while negative sentiments focused on technical and …

Diabetes Risk Prediction Using Shapley Additive Explanations For Feature Engineering, Chinwe Miracle Chituru, Sin-Ban Ho, Ian Chai

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

Diabetes is prevalent globally, expected to increase in the next few years. This includes people with different types of diabetes including type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. There are several causes for the increase: dietary decisions and lack of exercise as the main ones. This global health challenge calls for effective prediction and early management of the disease. This research focuses on the decision tree algorithm utilization to predict the risk of diabetes and model interpretability with the integration of SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) for feature engineering. Random forest and gradient boosting models were developed to identify the risk …

Support For The Us Endangered Species Act Is High And Steady Over The Past Three Decades, John Vucetich, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, Robyn Wilson, L. Mark Elbroch, Adam Feltz, Thomas Offer-Westort

Michigan Tech Publications

Conservation professionals expect increased attempts to weaken the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) during the second Trump administration. As such, it is important to understand Americans’ level of support for the ESA. Prior research indicates that support for the ESA remained consistently strong across four studies conducted over a two-decade period, 1996–2015. The research presented here extends those observations to six studies conducted over a three-decade period, 1996–2025. We find that support of the ESA over that period has remained consistently high, at about 84%, and opposition has remained consistently low, at about 12%. We also report on other trends …

Machine Learning Model For Assessing Human Well-Being Using Brain Wave Activities, Sellappan Palaniappan, Rajasvaran Logeswaran, Yoke Leng Yong

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

This study presents a novel machine learning approach to assess human well-being through the analysis of brain wave activities. We developed a Random Forest classifier to categorize brain wave patterns into three states of well-being: good, normal, and bad. Using synthetic data simulating electroencephalography (EEG) readings, our model achieved an overall accuracy of 96.17%. The feature importance analysis revealed that alpha waves (34%) and beta waves (29%) were the most significant predictors of well-being states, which aligns with existing neuroscientific literature linking alpha activity to relaxation and beta activity to cognitive engagement. The confusion matrix demonstrated the model's particular strength …

The Role Of Stress In Venipuncture Pain In Adolescents: Secondary Analysis Of A Prospective Observational Study, Joel Brown, Zoe Ademuyiwa, Elizabeth Wu-Chen, Hadas Nahman-Averbuch

2020-Current year OA Pubs

No abstract provided.

Durability And Defamation: How Defamation Law Continues To Adapt In The 21st Century, Austin C. Vining

Florida Entertainment and Sports Law Review

A commentary on the history of defamation and how defamation law has adapted over time.

Criticism By Other Means, Ericson Charlie

James Joyce Literary Supplement

No abstract provided.

Research Over Regulation: What Must Be Done To Mandate Warning Labels On Social Media, John L. Markel

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

Recently, outcry for social media regulation has risen after leaks, whistleblowers, and new research suggest that youth social media use has negative impacts on mental health. These claimed negative impacts can range from a variety of symptoms and diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, body image issues, envy, sleep loss, addiction, and even ADHD. Of course, technology companies adamantly deny such accusations and instead point to the benefits social media has for the youth and our society overall. Additionally, they make clear that this research is far from conclusive. This situation is simply a modernization of the previous situation …

Ping-Chong-Jiang-Ni Formula Effectively Inhibits Migration And Invasion Of Endometriosis 12z Cell Line Via Trip13, Jiahua Peng, Shuzhen Liu, Yunxiang Xie, Min Xiao, Chichiu Wang, Ruining Liang

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

The Ping-Chong-Jiang-Ni Formula (PCJNF), a compound of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), has demonstrated remarkable clinical effectiveness and is widely utilized in the treatment of endometriosis (EMs). Previous studies have shown that PCJNF inhibits the proliferation and induces the apoptosis of ectopic endometrial stromal cells (EESCs) by modulating the JNK signaling pathway. In our most recent study, published in January 2024, we found that PCJNF effectively alleviates EMs-associated pain by reducing inflammatory mediators, including tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and nerve growth factor (NGF). Furthermore, PCJNF down-

regulates the expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), phosphorylated TRPV1 (p-TRPV1), and protein …

Psychometric Evaluation Of The Thai Version Of Emotional Labor Scale (T-Els) In Thai Nurses, Vachira Posai, Wisarut Srisintorn, Paramee Thongsuksai, Chanokporn Jitpanya

Journal of Health Research

Background: Nurses often face emotional strain due to emotional labor (EL), which involves concealing or modifying genuine feelings to meet their job requirements. This response can lead to physical, psychological, and behavioral issues. The Emotional Labor Scale (ELS), originally in English, has not been translated into Thai, leaving its psychometric properties unexamined in the Thai context. This study aimed to translate the ELS into Thai and evaluate its psychometric properties among Thai nurses.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used. The 14-item scale, which includes surface acting, deep acting, and expression of naturally felt emotions dimensions, was translated using forward …

Factors Predicting Health-Related Quality Of Life Among People With Epilepsy, Thanin Rounratana, Noppawan Phinitkhajorndech, Nipaporn Butsing

Journal of Health Research

Background: Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease that has a significant influence on individuals' daily activities and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The HRQoL among people with epilepsy varies depending on several factors. This study aimed to investigate the HRQoL of people with epilepsy and its predicting factors.

Methods: A convenience sampling method was applied to enroll 157 participants with epilepsy who were treated with medication at a tertiary hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, from August 2023 to January 2024. The questionnaires included general characteristics, comorbidities, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short form, the Pittsburgh …

Relationships Between Perceptions And Breastfeeding Preparation Behaviors Among Mothers Of Preterm Infants Received Donor Human Milk, Roykrong Kheawlamyong, Jiraporn Punyoo, Tipawan Daramas

Journal of Health Research

Background: Donor human milk (DHM) is a vital nutritional alternative for preterm infants when mothers experience insufficient milk supply during the early postpartum period. However, supporting mothers in producing their own milk remains essential, as it provides specific immunological nutrients for infant health. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between perception factors within the Health Belief Model (HBM) and breastfeeding preparation behaviors among mothers of preterm infants receiving DHM.

Methods: A descriptive correlational study was employed to examine the relationship between perception factors—including perceived susceptibility to and severity of illness, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and perceived self-efficacy—and breastfeeding preparation …

Individual- And Contextual-Level Factors: A Multilevel Analysis Of Colorectal Cancer Risk In Thai Older Adults, Jiranya Bureemas, Jarin Chindaprasirt, Pongdech Sarakarn

Journal of Health Research

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a growing public health concern, especially among older adults. In Thailand, CRC risk is influenced by individual and environmental factors. This study investigates the association between individual- and contextual-level factors and CRC risk in Thai older adults.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study included 11,167 adults aged ≥60 years from the Khon Kaen Cohort Study (1990–2001), followed through 2020. CRC cases were histologically confirmed. Multilevel Cox regression estimated hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

Results: Over a median follow-up of 21.7 years, 100 CRC cases were identified. At the individual level, unemployment (HR = …

Erectile Function And Quality Of Life Among Undergraduate University Students In Almaty, Kazakhstan, Malik Safargaliyev, Denis Vinnikov

Journal of Health Research

Background: Erectile function (EF) in healthy young adults and students is underexplored, as erectile dysfunction (ED) is typically linked to aging. This study aimed to quantify EF in university students and examine its association with quality of life (QL).

Method: This cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1,556 undergraduate students (aged 16 to 22 years; median: 18, IQR: 18–19) at the largest university in Kazakhstan, Almaty. Participants completed a web-based anonymous survey assessing EF using the IIEF-5 and QL using the WHOQOL-BREF. The association between EF and QL was analyzed using multivariate linear regression.

Results: Quality of life (QL) scores were …

Entropy In Leadership: Reframing Performance Decline As A Failure Of Internal Growth, Joshua M. K. Simmons

M.S. in Leadership

This project explored leadership degradation among mid-to-senior enlisted members (E5–E9) of the United States Air Force using the concept of leadership entropy, the gradual decline of psychological and relational capacity in the absence of sustained support. The topic was selected to address a gap in understanding how internal leadership resilience erodes despite continued performance. A convergent mixed methods design was used, integrating quantitative survey constructs such as burnout, psychological capital, and perceived organizational support with open-ended narrative responses. Twenty-four participants contributed data. Results showed that while leaders remain outwardly effective, internal motivation and connection often deteriorate over time, especially at …

The Effects Of Race And Ethnicity On School Connectedness And Academic Outcomes Among Adolescents, Hafsa Khan Owens

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the role of school connectedness and how racial/ethnic identity in academic outcomes among adolescents/. Guided by the self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2017) and Garcia-Coll et al’s (1996) Integrative Model, it was hypothesized that higher school connectedness predicts higher GPAs, that students whose racial/ethnic identity aligns with their schools’ majority composition experience stronger school connectedness, and the relationship between school connectedness and GPA will be stronger in schools with more matching peers. Participants included 138 youth (M = 14.98, SD = 1.92) from three urban schools (two K-8th; one high school). The sample was 33.3% Hispanic, 23.9% …

Collaboration Across The Silos: Consultation As A Means For Integrating Services For Twice-Exceptional Learners, Kimberly Bowers Yoshino

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Twice-exceptional (2e) learners are underserved in American schools. As students who demonstrate both giftedness and disabilities, 2e learners maintain profiles that warrant tailored educational services across special and gifted education programs. Yet, these programs are considered institutionally mutually exclusive as legal mandates create de facto isolation — the antithesis of what is recommended for the students’ optimal development. School psychologists have been identified as professionals critically positioned to support 2e learners because of their specialized skill set, namely in consultation. However, little is known about their consultative practices with the educators who serve 2e learners or how they traverse school …