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Joint Senate Meeting Minutes 3-5-24, Unk Student Government

Joint Senate Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

2023 Annual Report Of The Officers Of The Town Of Plymouth, N.H. Year Ending December 31, 2023, Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023., Plymouth Town Representatives

Plymouth, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog, Harrisburg University

HU Catalogs and Handbooks

No abstract provided.

2024-2025 Graduate Catalog, Harrisburg University

HU Catalogs and Handbooks

No abstract provided.

Town Of Haverhill, New Hampshire Annual Report 2023., Haverhill Town Representatives

Haverhill, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

The Construction Of Educational Technology Major And Talent Cultivation In China, Long Li

Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)

People usually refer to individuals with certain forte as talents, while educational technology talents refer to individuals with educational technology professional forte. Only with professional ability can one form professional forte, while educational technology professional ability is cultivated through the educational technology major. Due to the dual structure of logical starting points, the discipline of educational technology inherently exhibits dual attributes, leading to a dual positioning for the corresponding educational technology major. Educational technology personnel must possess professional knowledge and abilities in teaching design, educational information processing, media (resource) development and application, construction and maintenance of material form teaching system, …

Dimeric Immunoglobulin A As A Novel Diagnostic Marker Of Measles Infection, Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah, Joanne Hiebert, Vanessa Zubach, Alberto Severini, David A. Anderson, Heidi E. Drummer

Biology Faculty/Staff Publications

Despite tremendous measles incidence reduction through universal vaccination, elimination efforts rely on improved surveillance. The detection of anti-measles immunoglobulin M (IgM) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay is the standard laboratory diagnostic method. However, true infection is rare, and seroconversion following measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination also generates IgM, which results in low positive predictive values of assays in elimination settings, thus necessitating confirmatory testing. Improved diagnostic tests for measles infection are a World Health Organization research priority. We investigated whether dimeric immunoglobulin A (dIgA), the predominant antibody produced in mucosal immunity, may be a marker of recent or acute measles infection. …

Arizona Bird Highlights, Fall 2023, Doug Jenness

Arizona Birds

No abstract provided.

Mason, New Hampshire Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ending December 31, 2023., Mason Town Representatives

Mason, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Thailand Magic Amulets And Their Multimillion Baht Demand, Ainsley Jong

Asian Review

This paper seeks to explore and understand the making of Thai magic amulets and whether they are worth the value that makes their believers sometimes pay millions of baht for them, especially when there are many counterfeits. Looking at some of the most sought-after amulets, we learn why these magic amulets have an especially strong following among the Thai and even from visitors overseas. For the collectors of these amulets, there is this innate belief that they are made by powerful monks, who bless them and give the amulets magical powers, which are then transferred to the owner, thus giving …

Enhancing Urban Tourism In Bangkok: Challenges And Opportunities, Pechladda Pechpakdee

Asian Review

his research aims to investigate the interplay between urban development and urban tourism in Bangkok by identifying challenges, potentials, and opportunities for enhancing the city’s appeal. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the study incorporates foreign tourist questionnaires, stakeholder interviews, and online open data analysis from prominent travel platforms. The findings reveal that, despite numerous clusters of tourist attractions and facilities, mobility infrastructure emerges as the most significant challenge for urban tourism and development in Bangkok. The study recom-mends concentrating on the development of primary attractions, secondary support facilities, and additional elements for conve-nient mobility to address these challenges. By acknowledging the …

The Stories Of Construction And Contention: The 14th Of October 1973 Memorial And The 2020 Student Movement In Thailand, Gil Turingan

Asian Review

This study argues that the construction of the 14th of October 1973 Memorial (Anuson Sathan Sip Si Tula) embodies the complicated Thai democracy and the democratic quest and struggles of the Thai people. By looking at the historical accounts and narratives of its construction and analyzing the symbols and meanings of the structure, this article reveals that from being a space for remembrance and a venue of commemoration of the October 1973 student revolution, this memorial transformed into a platform for democracy over time up to the emergence of the 2020 student movement. The protest activities, particularly the performative actions …

Taliban 2.0 And Geopolitical Security Concerns In South Asia’S Neighbourhood, Masom Jan Masomy, Anup Shekhar Chakraborty

Asian Review

The emergence of Taliban 2.0 has raised significant geopolitical security concerns in the South Asia region, particularly in the neighbouring countries of India and Pakistan. The effectiveness of the peace deal between the United States and the Taliban appears to be limited, as it has not produced the intended outcomes as initially stated. The objective was to establish a period of uninterrupted peace across Afghanistan. The rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan was facilitated by a military coup, which subsequently led to the withdrawal of United States and NATO forces from the region. The government led by Ashraf Ghani, with …

Access To Justice: A Roadmap To Creating And Launching Consumer Bankruptcy Experiential Programs In Law Schools, Ishaq Kundawala

Articles

It is increasingly difficult for people who need consumer bankruptcy relief to access it. Ironically, many of the people who most need it cannot afford it, and oftentimes they come from underserved communities. Large-scale solutions to this access to consumer bankruptcy problem have been discussed, and even proposed, but not yet implemented. While law schools cannot solve the access problem without congressional intervention, they can, at least, take steps to improve the status quo. One way law schools can address this problem is to create experiential programs focusing on consumer bankruptcy.

These types of programs offer a dual benefit. They …

Reconciling Riverside Bayview Homes, Sackett, And County Of Maui, Stephen Johnson

Articles

Near the end of the 2022 term, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Sackett v. EPA. The case has been described as "the most important Clean Water Act case the Court has ever decided, and ... probably ... one of the most impactful environmental decisions in the Court's history."  For the fourth time, the Court interpreted the meaning of the term "navigable waters" in the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the Sackett Court narrowed the interpretation of the term in a manner that critics claim will eliminate federal protection for more than 50% of the wetlands in the United …

Comparative Genomics Across Ganoderma Species To Identify Anti-Cancer Secondary Metabolite Clusters, Omobolanle A. Ayangade, Abril Chao, Rajendra Pangeni, Braham Dhillon, Navi Gill

Bioinformatics

Ganoderma lucidum is a mushroom-forming fungus that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 2,000 years. G. lucidum, also known as lingzhi or reishi, is consumed in several Asian cultures to promote health and longevity. Bioactive molecules isolated from mushroom fruiting bodies have been demonstrated to have cytotoxicity against different cancer cell lines. Triterpenes and polysaccharides are the two major groups of compounds that exhibit antitumor and anti-inflammatory properties both in in vitro and animal studies. These anticarcinogenic compounds have already demonstrated apoptosis induction and cell cycle arrest. Genes involved in the production of triterpenoids are organized into …

Positive Responses Of Solanum Lycopersicum Growth To Additions Of Gibberellin In The Presence Of Wounding Stress, Molly Davis

Undergraduate Scholarship

Herbivory poses significant challenges to many economically valued crop plants. Plant growth hormones such as gibberellins are known to influence plant growth mechanisms especially at times of stress such as herbivory. To investigate, we set up a two-factorial design with 60 Solanum lycopersicum plants and subjected 15 plants each to four treatment groups: reference control, 0.187M gibberellin, wounding, and 0.187M gibberellin+wounding. We found that addition of gibberellin significantly influenced plant height and chlorophyll fluorescence, but not biomass or root-to-shoot ratios. Mechanical wounding showed significant effects on chlorophyll fluorescence but did not significantly impact other tested plant factors. The interaction between …

Chinese Economic Behavior In Southeast Asia: A Historical And Cultural Overview Of The Migration Patterns, Culture, And Business Practices Of The Chinese Diaspora In Southeast Asia, Zachary Szklarz

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

For hundreds of years, ethnic Chinese have set sail in hopes of peace and economic prosperity in Southeast Asia. Over time, these immigrants became paramount to the culture, economies, and politics of their newfound homes. The immense success of these Chinese migrants and their descendants is based on two main factors: maintaining in-group preference in business and social life without explicit discrimination towards outsiders and holding individuals who have achieved wealth through ethical Confucianist means in high esteem. Unique among diaspora groups, the emigrants from China managed to become fully integrated in their adoptive homelands, while still maintaining traditional customs, …

Marketing Synergy: Digital Product Development & Marketing Strategy, Laura M. Clague

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

An extension of Marketing Analytics class BMKT: 440, this research delves into marketing efforts employed to promote "Chubby’s Swatch Book," a plus-size fashion guide tailored for college girls and a college lifestyle. The guide was created by a college student to address the challenges faced by plus-size individuals in finding fashionable and fitting clothing. The study spans a four-week marketing campaign, focusing on branding, social media marketing, and content creation. This paper outlines the development of the "Chubby’s Swatch Book," it’s marketing strategies, and the effectiveness of said strategies through various metrics such as engagement rates, sales conversions, and follower …

Why News Organizations ‘Platform’ Illiberal Politics: Understanding News Production, Economic Insolvency, And Anti-Democratic Pressure Through Cnn’S 2023 Trump Town Hall, Nik Usher

Communication: Faculty Scholarship

This article discusses how the economic insolvency of the contemporary mainstream media makes it particularly vulnerable to manipulation by illiberal political actors. Through a case study of CNN’s 2023 Trump Town Hall event, this article argues that democratic backsliding itself has become a potent constraint structuring news production routines and news decision-making. The metajournalistic discourse about the event maligned the role of CNN in “platforming” the former president, underscoring how platform logics have hijacked newsroom decision-making and news judgment. Journalists and other commentators pointed to the continuing power of Trump to dominate coverage and the continued inability of mainstream media …

Service Employees' Occupation-Based Metaperceptions And Coworker Support: A Self-Verification Perspective, Nicholas A. Smith

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Service occupations are often characterized by employees’ frequent interpersonal contact with customers and other employees. This study investigates the directional effect of self-esteem on two service-specific ‘feedback’ constructs—occupation-based metaperceptions and coworker support. Applying a self-verification perspective, this study tests a framework that aims to address questions on why individuals may respond more negatively or favorably to forms of feedback characteristic of their occupation. Results from my study (N = 385) provide mixed support for the self-verification perspective, identifying a marginally significant negative moderation effect of self-esteem on the relationship between occupation-based metaperceptions and work meaningfulness. A significant moderation effect opposite …

The Role Of Tattoos In Social Identity: Balancing Personal Expression And Societal Stigma, Brianne M. Sick

Soaring: A Journal of Undergraduate Research

The audio interview with author Brianna Sick was conducted by Mallory Schake and Kyler Ripley.

What Goes Around Comes Around Final Submission, Roger Owen Moore, Nina Vermolen, Jaiden Stansberry, Mannix Shaffer, Carson Brandt, Carson Cronk, Elena Bigart

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

What Goes Around Comes Around

Climate change is a prevalent issue affecting every individual globally. There are many factors that increase of greenhouse gases, including textile waste. Textiles can have an extended lifetime, but are often discarded once unwanted or outgrown. One solution to mitigate the negative global impacts of textiles is to apply the circular economy and reuse clothing. Our project not only focuses on defining the circular economy and its implementation, but also highlights waste management, campus sustainability, and education awareness. This project aims to discover how the University of Montana can implement the circular economy in its …

Assessing American Attitudes: Welfare And Redistribution Preferences Over Time By Race, Gender, And Education, Liliana Silver

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Income and wealth inequality in the United States have skyrocketed since the 1970s, making the country increasingly unequal (Ashok et al. 2015; Hout 2021; Lee 2023). Researchers disagree on whether overall support for redistribution in the United States has changed in the last several decades (Ashok et al. 2015; Lee 2023; Pittau et al. 2016) but recent studies suggest the country has seen a significant political realignment based on race and education, influencing support for redistribution (Kitschelt and Rehm 2019). Much of the literature on redistributive attitudes exists in political science or economics and/or explores fewer dependent variables of race, …

A Gift For Teaching, Ella Kassis, Ranica Zaydvarg, Renata Silva

High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2024

Our service-learning project involved volunteering at A Gift for Teaching in Orlando, Florida. A Gift for Teaching is a nonprofit organization with the goal of providing free school supplies to underfunded schools and teachers. We assisted in sorting through donated supplies, such as pencils, notebooks, art materials, and other resources, and preparing them for distribution to local teachers and schools. By working with this organization, we were able to support teachers and students within our community, helping to provide students with the learning experience they deserve

The Language Of A Smile (Episode 20), Amanda D'Amour, Michael Korman, Graham Piercey, Micah Van Klaveren, Samuel Walker

OtterPod

No abstract provided.

Not Enough Of Us, Christelle M. Alce

West Chester University Master’s Theses

Together we are diving into the pressing issue of the underrepresentation of African American teachers within the contemporary educational landscape, recognizing it as a critical concern deeply rooted in systemic inequalities. As an African American female educator, I bring a personal and scholarly perspective to this thesis, driven by a commitment to fostering inclusive learning environments and addressing longstanding disparities within the teaching profession. Central to my investigation is the recognition that the scarcity of African American educators not only deprives students of diverse role models but also diminishes the quality of education by overlooking unique perspectives and cultural nuances …

Predicting Financial Data With Macroeconomic Factors Using Machine Learning, Sai Sravya Anem

West Chester University Master’s Theses

This thesis presents a predicting stock index by analyzing the macroeconomic Factors using Machine Learning to generate market sentiment. The study explores popular US stock index funds like S&P 500 to critical economic indicators like GDP, Unemployment rate, Consumer Price Index, Money Supply, Retail Sales, etc. The economic data is collected from open-sourced datasets from the Federal Reserve, NASDAQ, and news websites. Data is cleaned and transformed to build a narrative to estimate quarterly fund returns. Tree-based algorithms like XGBoost and Random Forest are used for the prediction. Market sentiment is generated using traditional natural language processing methods and attempts …

Investing In Critical Consciousness And Civic Engagement In Underfunded Schools, Molly Dailey Andersson

West Chester University Master’s Theses

Throughout this thesis I confront inequity in its pervasive and far-reaching form of American K-12 school finance. By analyzing the inequitable school funding practices of funding formulas and debt repayment structures, I explore how past and present-day school funding practices have evolved through the values and modes of racial capitalism and more recently, neoliberalism. Through Critical Action Research, I challenge the hegemonic hold racial capitalism and neoliberalism have on school funding by critiquing the educational practices and relations it helps produce. Despite the pernicious scale of inequitable school funding practices, Critical Action Research allows for imagining and shaping an education …

Paths Forward To Salary Parity For New York: National Models For Equity In Early Childhood Education Compensation, Lily Rosenthal, Emily Sharrock

Bank Street Education Center

Pay parity for early childhood educators is critical to reducing turnover, improving job quality, and achieving an equitable child care system. This publication explores compensation reform nationwide and offers ideas for local and state financing options to better support the early childhood workforce and New York families.