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Early Islamic Remains At ‘Opher Park, Ramla, Raz Kletter

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A Tumulus At Mazor-El‘Ad (Site 96), Irina Zilberbod, Amir Golani, David Amit

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Front Matter, The Editorial Board

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Excavations At Kikkar Safra (City Hall), Jerusalem 1989, Aren M. Maeir, Dan Bahat

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A ‘Provincial’ Roman-Period Samaritan Burialground In Pardes Ha-Gedud, Netanya, Edwin C.M. Van Denbrink

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An Iron Age Structure From Shu‘Afat Ridge, Northern Jerusalem, Yehudah Rapuano

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Ramot 3: A Pre-Ghassulian Open-Air Site In The Northern Be’Er Sheva‘ Basin, Peter Fabian, Sorin Hermon, Yuval Goren

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Front Matter, Front Matter

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Excavations At Lod (Nevé Yaraq) And The Lodian Culture Of The Pottery Neolithic Period, Avi Gopher, Noga Blockma

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Language Program Models For Recently Arrived English Learners, Sarah E. Schulz

Graduate Teacher Education

Many schools in the United States have been responding to the growing number of Recently Arrived English Learners (RAELs) and the academic needs when adjusting to mainstream classrooms. These students can have long periods of interrupted schooling, traumatic immigration experiences, and unique acculturation processes that require specific needs apart from other English Language Learners (Sugarman, 2023). This literature review examined the ways K-12 schools can support RAELs academically and socially-emotionally during the transition to becoming accustomed to the educational models used in the United States of America by analyzing current research on the effectiveness of various English Language Program Models. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 100, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine edition of the College Heights Herald for the period February 17 - April 20, 2025.

• Wilborn, Price. You Matter & You Are Not Alone
• Smith, Kane. Peggy Crowe Reflects on Counseling Center in Face of Staff Shortages
• Stafford, Hallie. Help with Horses – New Beginnings Therapeutic Horse Riding
• Hawkins, Kaylee. How a WKU Professor Helps Improve Student Mental Health – Jay Gabbard, National Alliance on Mental Illness Recovery Support Group
• McMahon, Jake. More Than a Coach – Brent Chumbley, Track & Field
• Simpson, Libby. WKU’s American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Brings Mental Health Into the Light
• Hardesty, Emma. Trans …

Indiana Prison Writers Workshop: The Power Of Group Cohesion And Creative Expression Among Incarcerated Individuals, Lindamarie Olson, Debra Des Vignes, Amy Mclean, Bailey Wester, Uche Nwatu

Journal of Prison Education Research

Objective: The present study describes the development of the Indiana Prison Writers Workshop (IPWW), a creative writing workshop, based in group theory and designed for incarcerated settings. Methods: Quantitative evaluation data from IPWW workshops conducted from 2023-2024 were analyzed using IBM SPSS V. 29. Prior to the workshop, 149 men responded to questions on class expectations and goals, and 115 men responded at workshop conclusion. Open-ended qualitative responses from post-workshop data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Quantitative data demonstrates the effectiveness of IPWW in teaching writing skills and reflects participants’ agreement that the workshops provide opportunities to share their …

Rings Of Ice, Erik Johnson

Natural Science Faculty

Have you ever seen the Milky Way? For most Americans, it is impossible to see the band of light from the galaxy outside their homes. To be able to experience the night sky as our ancestors did, we have to travel to places away from light pollution. International Dark Sky Week, which is happening April 22–30 this year, celebrates the night sky and offers everyone a chance to reflect on the lighting choices made around their home and in their community.

After The Catastrophe: Rwanda's Transformation, Zhijun He

International Studies Honors Projects

Standard development theory holds that recovery requires institutions first: courts, fiscal systems, the rule of law. Rwanda in 1994 had none—and rebuilt a state. The state must extract to build capacity, deliver to build legitimacy; when both collapse simultaneously, no entry point remains. Somalia's three-decade failure confirms the trap. Rwanda broke it.

This thesis argues that Rwanda's trajectory is not an exception to the good governance consensus but a refutation of it. Through analytical synthesis of the existing scholarship on four post-genocide institutional mechanisms— gacaca community courts, umuganda collective labor, imihigo performance contracts, and ingando political education camps—the thesis develops …

Disparities In Resource Allocation For Minority Students, Van Parker

Masters Projects

Persistent disparities in educational outcomes for minority students in the United States are deeply rooted in historical injustices and systemic racism, particularly when it comes to resource allocation.This project focused on public school funding, reliant on local property taxes, creates structural imbalances that benefit affluent, predominantly white districts while underfunding minority schools. Additionally, these schools often face a shortage of certified, experienced teachers due to lower salaries, inadequate support, and challenging working conditions. Students in these under-resourced settings also lack access to advanced coursework, STEM programs, and essential learning materials, further widening the achievement gap. The product focuses on the …

Deaf-Centric Expression Of Biblical Language And Themes, Grace M. Tang

Senior Honors Theses

Christianity contains complicated language and concepts that many individuals can struggle to express in American Sign Language (ASL) in ways that resonate with the Deaf community. Accessibility for the Deaf extends far beyond the translation of words into signs, requiring recontextualization to fit a Deaf lens and adaptation of communication methods to match the oral tradition and Deaf culture. This qualitative study evaluates how the hearing-centered language and themes of the Bible can be effectively portrayed to Deaf audiences through comprehensive interviews with three Deaf Christian pastors and three hearing Christian interpreters. This research found that Deaf churches allow for …

Território Brincapé: The First Adventure Playground Experience In Portugal, Rita Frade, Ana Rita Fonseca, Frederico Lopes, Sandra Nascimento

International Journal of Playwork Practice

Território Brincapé (TB) - Community Space for Free Play was a seminal project in Lisbon designed to deliver weekly play sessions to 112 children between 6 and 10 years old, for 1.5 hours during school time, at a private sandpit just outside a school. TB was developed under the ethos of playwork practice and was conceptualised as an adventure playground. This is a report of how we navigated this endeavour, focusing mainly on the perspective of the playwork practitioners. Specifically, it documents the questions that we dwelled upon through reflection and which aspects of this process we focused on. We …

The Louisiana Constitution And The Courts Of Westminster: Standing And The Civil Law Heritage, Helen Hershkoff, Adam Littlestone-Luria

Louisiana Law Review

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Ole Miss Debate Team Shines At National Championship Tournament, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Students in the University of Mississippi Warren Debate Union finished their season among the top teams in the nation.

Jtc 25: Creating A Healthier Future, Jonathan Scott

University of Mississippi News

This story is part of the 2025 Journey to Commencement series, which celebrates the pinnacle of the academic year by highlighting University of Mississippi students and their outstanding academic and personal journeys from college student to college graduate.

House Divided: Executive Political Heterogeneity And Corporate Social Responsibility, Yongdong Wang, Ahmed M. Elnahas

Finance Faculty Publications

Empirical research in financial economics has been focused on studying the impact of CEO characteristics on corporate decision-making and performance. This practice overlooks the leadership and organizational research which postulates that for a senior leader to make a strategic change, managers at subordinate levels must support and reinforce such change. We investigate the effect of the top management team (TMT) political heterogeneity on the CEO’s ability to implant her/his ideology onto the firm’s CSR policies. We present evidence that a CEO’s ideology can shape CSR policies only in the existence of a politically homogeneous TMT. This result is robust to …

The Impact Of Mindfulness-Based Journaling On Psychological Well-Being, Jonah Guthrie

Honors Projects

This study investigated the effects of mindfulness-based journaling compared to free-form journaling on perceived stress, emotion regulation, and mindfulness in undergraduate students. Participants (N = 43) were randomly assigned to either a mindfulness-based journaling group or a free-form journaling group. Both groups journaled daily for two weeks and completed pre- and post-intervention assessments using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), and Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ).

A series of 2 × 2 mixed-design repeated measures ANOVAs revealed a significant main effect of time for perceived stress, F(1, 7) = 28.38, p = .003, …

Parent–Child Interaction Therapy Adapted For Older Children, Luke W. Badley

Dissertations, 2020-current

Externalizing behavior problems in children refer to negative outward actions directed toward others and the environment (Liu, 2004; Maughan et al., 2005). Between 2013–2019, the CDC reported a prevalence of 8.9%, with the highest rates in children aged 6–11 (Bitsko et al., 2022). If untreated, these behaviors may worsen and impact broader psychological functioning (Masten & Cicchetti, 2010). A review of the literature regarding the treatment of child behavior problems using Behavioral Parent Training (BPT) interventions highlights the critical role that parents play in the development and treatment of childhood behavior problems. BPT interventions enable parents and other important adults …

Bioactive Compounds Of Insulin Leaves (Smallanthus Sonchifolius) As Dpp4 Enzyme Inhibitors In Insulin Signaling Mechanism For The Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: In Silico Study, Intan Kusuma Wardani, Winni Nur Aulia, Anjar Hermadi Saputro, Aliva Ainiya, Soraya Mariska, Diva Arisanti Kamilaini, Amelia Vega, Ayu Puspita Maharani, Ni Putu Vina Fransisca

Chimica et Natura Acta

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is characterized by a relative insulin deficiency caused by pancreatic cell dysfunction and insulin resistance. Herbal-based traditional medicine can be an alternative, one of which is insulin leaf (Smallanthus sonchifolius), which has antidiabetic effects and can lower blood sugar levels by inhibiting glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis. DPP4 inhibitors are a class of antidiabetic drugs used in the treatment of type 2 DM. This study aims to analyze and predict the binding patterns of flavonoid derivatives from insulin leaf (Smallanthus sonchifolius) compounds to the DPP4 enzyme inhibitor, to determine the binding affinity of these compounds to the …

Using Eeg Signal For Smart Health: An Overview, Addison Clark, Chelsea Bonyata, Ishfaq Ahmad, Hansheng Lei, Khalid Saifullah, Victor Ibarra

Informatics and Engineering Systems Faculty Publications

This survey paper aims to provide an overview of the current state of EEG (Electroencephalography) signal technology as it relates to people with disabilities. It will highlight the various methods and techniques employed, discussing their advantages and disadvantages. The paper will also examine the applications of EEG technology in assisting individuals with disabilities, specifically focusing on Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) and assistive device control. By understanding the current state of EEG signal technology, we can identify the opportunities and challenges involved in utilizing this technology to improve the lives of people with disabilities.

Win-Win Field Placement: Creating Research Innovations In Online Msw Programs, Christina Kuchman, Hsiu-Fen Lin

Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository

This win-win field placement project proposes an innovative research education for the online Master of Social Work (MSW) programs. Students usually have challenges in fulfilling the competency requirement on research and feel disconnected between research, practice, and policy (Betts et al., 2024). Through this innovation, we can unleash the potential of the student, the agency, and the university. More importantly, we believe that this approach can be applied to other majors that require a field education and a research methods course as part of their curriculum, such as education, public health, criminal justice, and environmental science.

Applying Universal Design For Learning Strategies To Increase Student Engagement With Your Course Syllabus, Amy Sugar, Amanda Groff

Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository

Apply Universal Design for Learning to syllabi design.

Advances In Detecting Degenerative And Therapeutic Changes In Intervertebral Discs: Insights From Cyclic Microindentation And Matrix Composition Analysis, Kaan Sevgi, Simon Tang, Sinan Aran

Student Publications

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate degenerative and therapeutic changes in intervertebral discs (IVDs) using cyclic microindentation and matrix composition analysis, focusing on the role of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in altering mechanical and biochemical properties.

Patients and methods: Between March 2023 and October 2023 a total of 11 lumbar spines (T12/L1–L5/S1) from donor sample (5 males, 6 females; mean age of 82.5±10.2 years; range, 63 to 99 years) were included in the study. Intervertebral disc degeneration was graded using Thompson criteria and confirmed via fluoroscopy. Cyclic microindentation quantified elastic modulus and tan delta (viscoelastic damping) under in vitro ribosylation …

Enhancing Kindergarten Readiness, Alexander J. Smith

Masters Projects

This project aims to tackle the issue of kindergarten readiness. Chapter 1 focuses on the significant gap in kindergarten preparedness, with many children lacking the academic, social, and emotional skills needed for a successful kindergarten transition. Socioeconomic disparities, lack of access to good early childhood education, and the compounded effect of the COVID-19 pandemic that disrupted early learning opportunities and parental engagement have widened this gap. As such, the project presents a Kindergarten Readiness Toolkit that aims to promote young learners' academic and social-emotional skills by providing targeted interventions. The second chapter thoroughly reviews the literature, including the use of …

Book Review Of, In Our Backyard: Keeyask And The Legacy Of Hydroelectric Development, Christopher M. Page

Public Affairs and Policy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Book Review of: In Our Backyard: Keeyask and the Legacy of Hydroelectric Development. Edited by Aimée Craft and Jill Blakley. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2022. 422 pages. $31.95 paper; $22.50 e-book.