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Full Issue: Spring 2024

DePaul Magazine

In DePaul Magazine's spring 2024 issue, experts from across DePaul share their insights on artificial intelligence's advantages and pitfalls. We also introduce new men's basketball coach Chris Holtmann, chat with lawyer-turned-clothier Ge Wang, look at DePaul's prominent presence in the sports industry, and visit a virtual production studio where students are learning cutting-edge skills for film and TV.

Management Of Fibromyalgia: An Update, Alaa Abd-Elsayed

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition marked by abnormal pain processing, impacts a significant part of the population, leading to reduced quality of life and function. Hallmark symptoms include widespread persistent pain, sleep disturbances, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and mood changes. Through this updated review, we aim to contribute to the evolving understanding and management of fibromyalgia, offering insights into the diverse tools available to improve the lives of those affected by this challenging condition. Management begins with educating patients to ultimately relieve them of unnecessary testing and provide reassurance. Treatment emphasizes a comprehensive approach, combining nonpharmacological interventions such as aforementioned education, …

Children's Understanding Of The Internet As A Moderator For Age-Related Trust Tendencies, Travis Hicks

Theses and Dissertations

Children take many factors into consideration when deciding to trust an informant, several of which are applicable to the internet as well. No research has been dedicated to studying whether children’s understanding of the internet’s social complexity (capacity to affect society in both good and bad ways) affects the amount of trust they place in the internet. Child participants (N = 97) ages 5 to 11 years were recruited to examine the relationship between age, time spent online, internet use, and trust in the internet, as well as the influence of social complexity understanding on the relationship between age and …

The Role Of Familism In Raising Bilingual Children, Sophia M. Grippo

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

This qualitative study investigates the role that familism plays in how Latinx caregivers raise bilingual children. 31 semi-structured interviews with Latinx parents ( explored parenting strategies used to promote bilingualism in children. Interview transcripts (i.e., written records) were thematically coded and analyzed, revealing several themes regarding caregivers’ values and practices in navigating bilingual parenting. Caregivers expressed values such as an obligation to instill bilingualism in their children to uphold tradition and a need to maintain relationships within their extended family network. Interviews revealed caregivers’ practices of teaching bilingualism as well. Caregivers conveyed a dependence on extended family members to expose …

Actionpoint: An App To Combat Cyberbullying By Strengthening Parent-Teen Relationships, Madison Juarez, Natali Barragan, Deborah Hall, George K. Thiruvathukal, Yasin Silva

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

Due the increased prevalence of cyberbullying and the detrimental impact it can have on adolescents, there is a critical need for tools to help combat cyberbullying. This poster introduces the ActionPoint app, a mobile application based on empirical findings highlighting the importance of strong parent-teen relationships for reducing cyberbullying risk. The app is designed to help families build stronger communication skills, set healthy boundaries for social media use, identify instances of cyber- bullying and a teen’s cyberbullying risk, and, ultimately, decrease the negative outcomes of cyberbullying. The app guides parents and teens through a series of interactive modules that engage …

Courts On Trial (Jerome Frank, 1949), William A. Mcrae Jr.

Florida Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Systematic Literature Review On Overconfidence And Related Biases Influencing Investment Decision Making, Uttam Karki, Vaneet Bhatia, Dheeraj Sharma

Economic and Business Review

In the current market scenario, it has been observed that biases are among the most significant factors influencing investment decisions. Among these biases, overconfidence is a common phenomenon managers tend to exhibit while making decisions. To understand the role of overconfidence bias in investment decision making, this study thoroughly scrutinizes and consolidates the current research on overconfidence bias. To achieve the objective, this study performs a systematic review of literature utilizing the PRISMA approach and examines 92 journal articles published in the last 20 years. Results suggest that the other two biases—hindsight and confirmation—are related to overconfidence bias. In addition, …

June 5, 2024 Greenmail, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

GreenMail (student newsletter through 2024)

No abstract provided.

Determining The Cerebellum’S Functional Role In Adolescent Reward Processing, Teagan Mullins

Psychology ETDs

Cerebellar contributions to adolescent reward processing have not been explored in prior research, despite the fact that both reward processing and the cerebellum are undergoing significant maturation during this time. Reward processing in the cerebellum has been found in both adults and in animal models. However, given both maturational changes and a variety of reward related psychopathology that emerges during adolescence, reward processing in the cerebellum during adolescence may not mirror that of the cerebellum during adulthood and may shift over adolescence and be linked to psychopathology. This dissertation reviews the existing literature on cerebellar reward in adolescence (chapter one). …

Factors Of Preparedness For Flooding In Shoreline Communities: A Case Study Of Ocean Gate, Roy D. Voss

Theses and Dissertations

Factors are often described as one that actively contributes to the production of a result. With communities more at risk of severe flooding due to factors such as climate change in the near future, it is vital to community preparedness and their resilience that we understand those factors that make a community resilient or vulnerable. This study seeks to identify the salient factors that contribute to community and individual preparedness for flooding events. The study examines the shoreline community Ocean Gate in New Jersey to identify common factors that either facilitate or do not facilitate preparedness. This study found that …

Caring Behaviors Of Nursing Students And Their Attitudes Toward Older Adults, Jacquelyn D. Lambert-Davis

Dissertations

Caring is an emotion. It is a feeling of compassion and an understanding of the difficulties of others. Research indicates that caring behaviors and attitudes are an important part of the knowledge base for nursing students. Caring behaviors and attitudes are an important part of the knowledge base for nursing students in order to provide competent care for older adults. This descriptive cross-sectional study reports findings of caring attitudes and behaviors of nursing students using the Caring Dimensions Inventory (CDI). The purpose of this study was to examine the self reported attitudes and caring behaviors of nursing students toward older …

Development And Evaluation Of A Nurse Practitioner Directed Early Palliative Care Initiative And Its Impact On Goal-Concordant Care At A Cancer Center, Ashley V. Weinmann

Dissertations

Seriously ill patients often experience discordant care. Delivering high-quality healthcare requires effective communication to support goal-concordant care.

Pancreatic cancer has a 5-year survival rate of 12% with a high symptom burden. Pancreatic cancer patients often have unmet needs that lead to increased psychological, spiritual, social, and physical needs. Early integration of palliative care can provide high-quality communication and goal-concordant care. A retrospective analysis of MDACC's pancreatic patients found that 34% were referred to palliative care.

What's In A Social Computing Course: Analyzing Computer And Information Science Syllabi, C. G. Delcourt, Sukrit Venkatagiri, E. Chandrasekharan

Computer Science Faculty Works

Social computing systems—such as social media and e-commerce platforms as well as search engines and collaboration software—not only drive vast economic value and societal impact, but are also becoming prominent topics in policy discourse. Although social technology companies heavily recruit students from Computer and Information Science (CS and IS) programs, and social computing is a well-established scholarly field within human-computer interaction (HCI) focused on the social interactions between people mediated through computational systems, little is known about social computing education. Consequently, in this paper we analyzed 25 undergraduate and graduate level courses titled “social computing.” First, as a fast-paced discipline …

Mathematical Modeling And Understanding The Physiological Mechanisms Of Vibration On Wound Healing And Scar Remodeling, Devin Rion Needs

Theses and Dissertations

Chronic wounds and pathological scars reduce the quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Through mathematical modeling and clinical testing, understanding of how these conditions occur continues to increase. These tools have also been employed to investigate the efficacy of treatments that could impact wound healing and scar remodeling. The purpose of this work is to investigate the physiological effects of vibration treatment on wound healing, blood flow, and scar remodeling through mathematical modeling and experimental testing. This work presents and validates a mathematical murine model for whole body vibration enhanced wound healing (VEWH). This VEWH model builds on …

Effects Of Professional Development On Secondary School Teachers’ Self-Efficacy, Knowledge, And Attitudes About Adhd, Rebecca Jeanne Brown

Theses and Dissertations

Educators in general are not likely to have an accurate understanding of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including its etiology, how it presents, or how it is treated. Teachers also report lower satisfaction with students who have ADHD, including frustration with classroom experiences. Additionally, teachers express a desire to learn more about ADHD and how to manage related behaviors in their classrooms. Students with ADHD report wishing their teachers liked them more and understood that they aren't trying to be difficult. Accurate knowledge of ADHD has been shown to improve teacher efficacy. The current research study is adapted from Latouche …

Learning Strategies, Motivation, Perceived Covid Stress, And Academic Dishonesty: U.S. College Students’ Perceived Experience From 2019 - 2023, Caleb Wang Yuan

Lawrence University Honors Projects

As higher education in the U.S. approaches a post-Covid-19 pandemic era, the trajectory of college students’ academic experience remains unclear. Two questions are addressed in this study. How do college students perceive their academic experience over time, including the Covid-19 pandemic? Has college students’ learning recovered since the peak of the pandemic in April 2020? This study investigated students' perceptions of their academic motivation, learning strategies, perceived Covid stress and academic dishonesty from 2019 to 2023. A total of 99 undergraduate students from Lawrence University completed an online survey. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected for analyses. The results implied …

The Public Perception And Efficacy Of The Insanity Plea, 1835-1882, Hannah Frank

Lawrence University Honors Projects

My project is an essay exploring the early development of the insanity plea in American courtrooms, centering several cases between 1835 and 1882. I argue that it largely failed to serve its intended purpose and was foiled by misuse and prejudice. In each case I cover, I examine what form it took (what was the criteria to be criminally insane at the time?), the reaction of the public to the plea (did the public approve of its usage?) and whether or not it worked (did it acquit the defendant; did he deserve to be acquitted; was he truly insane?). I …

Easy-Ai: Semantic And Composable Glyphs For Representing Ai Systems, Alexis Ellis, Brandon Dave, Hugh Salehi, Subhashini Ganapathy, Cogan Shimizu

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

Despite the rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into various research domains and the lives of everyday people, challenges with communicating and understanding these AI systems arise. The lack of a consistent method of communication highlights the need for a transdisciplinary approach to explain the inner workings of AI systems in a cohesive and accessible manner. We thus propose an ontological visual framework using semantically-enhanced, symbols, providing a symbolic language for conveying the structure, purpose, and characteristics of AI systems. The framework encompasses a generalizable glyph set of various AI system components, ensuring both common and obscure architectures can be …

Social Media And The Technological Infrastructure Of Polarization In The United States: How Do We Move Forward?, Phoebe Cordova

Dissertations and Theses

The United States is currently experiencing extremely high levels of polarization that is unique to other times in history. One way to account for this historical difference is the fact that polarization is playing out under the novel conditions generated by technology and, specifically, social media. Thus far, work in the area of social media and polarization has primarily focused on proving a causal relationship between the two with contributions across disciplines remaining disparate without an integrative framework of understanding. Strikingly, there are few contributions from the field of conflict resolution, indicative of the more sweeping need for the field …

Integrating Environmental And Entrepreneurship Advocacy Into Enviropreneurship Through Green Supply Chain Management, Waste Management, And Green Innovation: A Study On Smes Of Us, Rizwana Rasheed, Aamir Rashid, Noor Aina Amirah, Rashid Hashmi

Publications and Research

Many entrepreneurs across the US are the key players in building a greener economy. Their agility and innovative spirit offer a source of potential solutions. This is especially true for small businesses, which can quickly adapt to sustainable practices. Therefore, this research investigated the direct and indirect (mediating) roles of waste management and green innovations in green supply chain management and enviropreneurship performance, which is a transition from environmental to enviropreneurship advocacy. This study used a deductive approach with a quantitative research method. A study of a survey for 835 supply chain professionals in US small and medium enterprises used …

Breaking Boundaries: Exploring Gender Barriers In Irish Higher Education Through A Chronological Review Of Change, Noëlle O'Connor

Irish Journal of Academic Practice

This article provides a chronological review of changes in Irish higher education directed towards achieving gender equality. It reviews literature and policy on gender equality in Ireland and internationally, focusing on how Irish higher education is changing with the emergence of Technological Universities. The review draws together and analyses key changes, contributing to the growing knowledge on gender barriers in Irish higher education institutions, and providing a context for further research. The review highlights implications for the future development of gender equality interventions and initiatives. The article concludes that leaders in Irish higher education institutions need greater awareness of the …

June 5, 2024 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Synesthetic Symbolism: Community Engagement With The Sacred At The Boudhanath Stupa, Madeleine E. Tevonian

Lawrence University Honors Projects

This paper is a discussion of the complex relationship between the Great Boudhanath Stupa in the Kathmandu Valley, and the diverse Buddhist community that surrounds it. I argue that liberative sense experience and movement-encoded cultural knowledge make the community of practitioners a part of the stupa—and thus necessary to any examination of it. My argument is contextualized by a background on stupas and etymology of several Sanskrit and Tibetan terms, and I utilize a framework of religious studies concepts of sacred space and pilgrimage as well as on-site anthropological fieldwork focusing on practitioners’ daily lives. I investigate how the stupa …

From Identity To Intimacy: Exploring Transgender People’S Dating Attitudes For Gender Experience, Finneas Frawley

Lawrence University Honors Projects

Of the research that exists on transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people’s dating lives, much of it focuses on cisgender people’s negative perceptions of TGNC partners. The little that does focus on TGNC experiences offers limited and contrasting information about TGNC dating preferences for cisgender and TGNC partners. Using an online survey distributed to TGNC adults (N = 246), we explore TGNC people’s attitudes toward both cisgender and TGNC partners as well as what influences these attitudes. Our predictive model is modified from the Gender Minority Stress and Resilience (GMSR) model (Testa et al., 2015), and we draw upon both …

The Untold Love Story Of Aphra Behn's The History Of The Nun, Anaclara Castro-Santana

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830

Aphra Behn’s The History of the Nun (1688) is a complex narrative that challenges gender norms and moral conventions, while providing multifaceted illustrations of how restrictions of freedom engender rebellion. Erstwhile a critically neglected piece, this short novel has recently attracted renovated attention on account of its sophisticated narrative perspective, ambivalent moral, and general exploration of unconventional themes, including sexual nonconformity. Taking its cue from this critical landscape, this article explores the text’s queer dimensions, focusing on a crucial yet often overlooked scene depicting sapphic eroticism. Unpacking the internal dynamics and external implications of this passage, the essay argues for …

The Maternal Icon In Eleanor Sleath's The Orphan Of The Rhine, Esmeralda Orndorff, Joanne E. Myers

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830

In recent years, Eleanor Sleath’s long-neglected The Orphan of the Rhine has received attention as a valuable addition to the Gothic canon. In particular, critics have hailed the unconventionality of her worldly heroine Julie de Rubine. In this article, we resituate Julie’s exceptionalism in a specifically post-Reformation context, arguing that, in Julie, Sleath has created a powerful maternal icon whose mediating authority contests iconoclastic attacks on Marian devotion in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England. Julie is, as critics have observed, the moral center of the text, and we show how that role is warranted specifically by her religiosity. Although partway through …

From History To Memory: Comparative Discourse Of Proust's Le Temps Retrouvé And Michelet's Histoire De La Révolution Française, Jose F. Lopez Cochachi

Comparative Literature Undergraduate Senior Theses

No abstract provided.

An Exploratory Analysis Of Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Physical Functional Impairment In Icu Survivors, Megan A. Watson, Marie Sandi, Johanna Bixby, Grace Perry, Patrick J. Offner, Ellen L. Burnham, Sarah E. Jolley

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

IMPORTANCE: Physical functional impairment is one of three components of postintensive care syndrome (PICS) that affects up to 60% of ICU survivors. OBJECTIVES: To explore the prevalence of objective physical functional impairment among a diverse cohort of ICU survivors, both at discharge and longitudinally, and to highlight sociodemographic factors that might be associated with the presence of objective physical functional impairment. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This was a secondary analysis of 37 patients admitted to the ICU in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Denver, Colorado between 2016 and 2019 who survived with longitudinal follow-up data. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Our primary …

Editorial: Risky Behaviors Faced By Youth In An Internet-Based Learning Environment, Chiao Ling Huang, Seokmin Kang, Shi Ching Yuan

Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Emotional Intelligence Influence In Project Leaders In The Software Industry, Paola Buttini Correa

Harrisburg University Dissertations and Theses

This study investigated the impact of emotional intelligence (EI) on project leaders within the software industry, focusing on traits such as self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skills. The study used a mixed-methods approach and collected and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data. Secondary data sources, including academic literature, were utilized to observe the relationship between EI and project leadership effectiveness. The findings revealed that project leaders with high levels of EI significantly influenced project outcomes, particularly in managing timelines, budgets, and team dynamics. Self-awareness was identified as crucial for effective project guidance, while self-regulation enhanced leaders' ability to manage project constraints. …