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Exploring The Intricate Relationship Between Automation And Performance In The Saudi Public Sector., Saleh Hamed Alharbi

UB Journal for Humanities

Office automation immensely enhances the working environment. Widespread technological revolution shapes Human Resource Management (HRM) practice. The most important factor in decision-making is the information on which the decision is based. Detailed and accurate information prevents erroneous decisions. This study explores the impact of the automation of HR processes on organizational performance in the public sector. Three hundred and sixteen (316) employees from the University of Tabuk participated in the study. The study used smart Partial Least Squares–Structural Equation Model (smart PLS-SEM) to estimate the relationships between constructs. The results reveal that office automation has a direct impact on organizational …

The Interrelationship Between The Use Of The Applications Of The Forth Industrial Revolution, Governance And Combating Administrative Corruption, Abdul Wahab Shabab Al-Shamilan

UB Journal for Humanities

This study aimed at identifying the direct relationship between the usage of the fourth Industrial Revolution and the governance of administrative processes (including its five dimensions of transparency, accountability, justice, integrity and participation). The fieldwork was applied on a sample of 209 cases of the staff of the Industrial College of Jubail using a questionnaire, descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. The results indicated that there exist positive and significant relationships between the use of the applications of the fourth industrial revolution in the administration domain and combating administrative corruption.

Jurisprudential Principles As Ground For Judicial Rulings: An Applied Fundamental Study On Certain Cases In Public Courts, Mashael Nughimesh Gazi Alharbi

UB Journal for Humanities

The importance of the research lies in explaining the practical aspect of jurisprudential rules, and highlighting its role in passing judgements concerning the contemporary and new issues. This research aims to showing the urgent need of the judiciary to take the jurisprudential rules into account and The study has adopted the inductive and applied approach، On the other hand, the applied approach is based on knowing how to reach judicial rulings by inference from jurisprudential rules، and The research is divided into an introduction; the first topic that contains the definition of jurisprudential rules and judicial rulings & its importance; …

The Traditional Howdah And The Installation Art In The Field Of Handcraft Artwork: A Proposed Conceptual Idea., Faten Mahmud Suleman Helal

UB Journal for Humanities

In Arab heritage and some countries of the world, the howdah is considered a societal tradition since ancient times, as it has been used for various purposes. The art installation is also considered one of the modern arts that rely on technological means, materials, and tools. Through this art and the types of traditional howdahs, the artist can create an artistic work that interacts. Scenes with him, Artists of a handcraft art works have expanded their thought, concept, and philosophy in creating the form of artistic work. The goal of the research is to develop a conceptual idea for an …

Problems Of Faithfulness In The English Translation Of Tayeb Salih’S Masterpiece Season Of Migration To The North: Revisiting Equivalence Theory, Ali Albashir Mohammed Alhaj

UB Journal for Humanities

Translation is a bi-lingual communication activity that should convey the information similar to the original. Consequently, the translator's target is to be faithful to the original wording and maintain the essence of the source language (SL) when he/she conveys a text in the target language (TL). This study was conducted to cast a new light on the cultural problems encountered by Denys Johnson-Davis in his English translation of Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North, specifically in terms of his faithfulness to the ST, and how these can be addressed from various theoretical and practical standpoints about the equivalence …

Program Book 2025, Kari Harris

Arkansas Liberal Arts and Humanities Day

The program book for the inaugural Arkansas Liberal Arts and Humanities Day held on November 13th, 2025 in the Arkansas State Capitol building in Little Rock.

Student-Led Public Relations And Advertising Agency, Rachel Freeze, Micayla Mcgowen

Arkansas Liberal Arts and Humanities Day

The Public Relations and Advertising Agency will present student-created work for both external and internal clients who work with the agency. The agency's primary focus is to prepare students for careers in Strategic Communication through hands-on learning that equips them for their future roles in the industry.

The Life And Legacy Of Sir Isaac Newton Told Through An Animated Short, Jediah L. Dillon

Arkansas Liberal Arts and Humanities Day

A 2-3-minute-long animated cartoon focusing on the life of Sir Isaac Newton. Focusing on topics like working on his mother's farm during his childhood, his hidden interest in physics and gravity before selling the idea to the public with the apple falling story, his teaching career, and his death.

Creating Your Own Way, Sharline G. Vanpelt

Arkansas Liberal Arts and Humanities Day

Trompe L’oeil is a term in Art History often associated with creating a painting so realistic that it tricks the viewer into believing it is real. Producing a Trompe L’oeil required extensive training in art academies, and historically, ownership of such works was limited to wealthy or upper-class individuals, as the craft was highly valued and expensive. This notion is present in today’s art world and raises questions about who can access and own art, and whether fine art is accessible to the public.

This context informs my demonstration, which explores new technologies in painting and sculpture that enable material-based …

A-State Debate, Abigail G. Mock, Rocco Hicks, Samantha Hagler

Arkansas Liberal Arts and Humanities Day

The A-State Speech and Debate team focuses on real world communication, argumentation, and persuasion skills. We compete in numerous competitions like Arkansas Student Congress, International Public Debate Association tournaments, and Forensic Championships. Our main focus is creating an inclusive environment for students to build skills applicable and necessary for fields like politics, education, law, psychology, and media. These skills include writing and delivering speeches, bill writing, critical thinking, scholarly research, conflict management, and much more. Overall, the students on the A-State Debate team are passionate about communication and its application in day to day life. These students work diligently to …

A Cord Of Three Strands Is Not Quickly Broken, Laura L. Hennings

Arkansas Liberal Arts and Humanities Day

Throughout the twentieth century, women's activism in Arkansas existed on a spectrum. From sweeping, state-wide movements to incremental shifts in local policy, many women united across racial lines and socioeconomic differences to bring about positive change for all Arkansans. Thousands of unnamed rural women worked directly and indirectly with public figures such as Adolphine Fletcher Terry and Daisy Bates to improve access to healthcare, education, and a better quality of life. For these women in Arkansas, I argue that the intersectional nature of their activism is precisely the reason for their greater successes.

Ecology Of Subaerial Algae: Photosynthetic Capacity As A Function Of Relative Humidity In A Naturally- Occurring Association, James A. Nienow

Georgia Journal of Science

Subaerial algae are defined by their ability to grow on surfaces exposed directly to the air. We are currently investigating the nature of the adaptations that allow these unicellular microorganisms to form rich growths in an environment subjected to repeated and prolonged periods without liquid water. It is well known from laboratory studies that at least some members of the group are able to sustain metabolic activity using water vapor at high relative humidity. However, data concerning the significance of this ability in natural populations are almost completely lacking. To help fill in this gap, we tracked the photosynthetic capacity …

Economic Loss Rule - Commercial Painting Co. V. Weitz Co.: Tennessee's Abrogation Of The Economic Loss Doctrine As Applied To Service Contracts, Merry Ashlyn Gatewood

University of Memphis Law Review

In its broadest form, the “economic loss rule” stands for the proposition that contracting parties who suffer purely economic damages may not recover in tort.1 The doctrine reasons that, in cases where there are no personal injuries or property damage, contract law— and not the law of tort—provides the appropriate avenue for recovery. This rule originated in the context of products liability,3 and it exists to preserve the boundary line between contract and tort law when both theories could ostensibly apply.4 However, “the economic loss rule” is a bit of a misnomer because there is not one unified rule.5 Instead, …

The Public Duty Doctrine & State Governmental Tort Liability: A Brief History And A Solution For The Current Paradigm, Cooper Harrison

University of Memphis Law Review

In the early morning hours of Friday, September 2, 2022, a young woman named Eliza Fletcher was jogging down Central Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee when a man violently abducted her.2 Shortly after the abduction, the Memphis Police Department issued a city-wide watch for Mrs. Fletcher, volunteers searched wooded areas around town, and news outlets broadcasted the few known details of her abduction.3 Mrs. Fletcher disappeared near the University of Memphis Campus just a few hundred feet from a local private school, providing police with a cache of surveillance footage that helped them quickly pinpoint a suspect.4 On September 3, just …

Beyond Compliance: Unmasking The Gaps In Aba Standard 303© For Cultural Competency, Assata Smith

University of Memphis Law Review

In the early weeks of the Fall 2023 semester at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (“Memphis Law”), a few student leaders of the school’s Law Review worked together to construct a “trophy” to acknowledge the excellent Bluebook editing work done by Law Review staff each week. The “trophy” was made up of a football, a long black wig, big red lips, and was named “Sheila.” The trophy then sat on display for nearly two weeks in the Law Review suite until a few concerned Law Review members brought to the attention of leadership the resemblance …

Sexual Orientation, Rank, And Status, Duane Rudolph

University of Memphis Law Review

Dignity retains its ancient focus on rank and status. This Article, therefore, rejects the idea that we now live in the age of equal dignity, meaning equal rank and status for everyone. Rank underscores numbering, placement, and position in a predetermined hierarchy, and status underscores the power and privileges associated with each rank. Rank permits human beings to identify their preassigned location in the hierarchy, and status justifies assertions of rank since status governs the ancestral privileges, powers, and responsibilities attached to each rank. The Article relies on two constitutional cases, one before “dignity” and the other after. In 1986, …

Empowering The People Of The Developing World

Vision and mission statements

No abstract provided.

External Cultural Patterns In The Diwan Sada Al-Ashjan By The Poet Hassan Alzahrani, Fahd Bin Farih Al-Rashidi

UB Journal for Humanities

This research addresses the talk of the external cultural patterns in the Diwan of “Echo of the Ashgans”, by the poet Hassan Zahrani. It aims to reveal the types of external cultural patterns of poetry, through an analytical descriptive approach that takes from cultural criticism a theoretical material to apply to poetic text, in order to achieve results. The research was divided into two research dealing with the first research on cultural criticism and cultural patterns, a theoretical part that sets out the concepts and terminology of the research, while the second examined the applied aspect of exhibiting external cultural …

Front Matter, Meredith Scheiner

Philomathean

No abstract provided.

Importance Of Nature In A Technological World, Cameron Cooley

Philomathean

No abstract provided.

The Athena Parthenos: A Historiographical Critique Of The History Of The Athena Parthenos, Aubrie Louis

Saint John’s Preparatory School Student Work

This paper analyzes how the Athena Parthenos disappeared and the historical limitations found when trying to learn about how it disappeared. To answer this question, this paper will use 4 theories created for the purpose of looking further into what happened to the Athena Parthenos and how they show the various limitations of our knowledge of history. This paper will look into people who saw the Athena Parthenos and replicas used to learn more about it today. This will stem from its known existence, from before the 1st century CE, into our modern world. Our results showed there is no …

The Indiana Statesman, December 4, 2025, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

Finals Week Schedule; The Pocket Galleries: one day only; Honors Students present research during Study Week

Women In Samurai Households From The Late Muromachi To Edo Periods Of Japan: An Examination Of Social Structure, Politics, And Economics, Brandy Sweigart

Research Awards

Japan and the samurai culture has fascinated many Western countries for generations, especially in modern media like video games and movies. However, the portrayal of the samurai household in these media are inaccurate to actual historical events—with this being especially true for women. Older historical research perpetuates these inaccuracies and stereotypes as well, painting women in a passive light. Samurai women in the Muromachi through Edo periods of Japan were not passive, however, directly influencing the social structures, politics, and economic structures of those medieval periods. Women in the conflict-ridden times of the Sengoku Period took it a step further—with …

Gnsi Decision Brief: Summary Report On Gnsi Research Initiative “Axis Of Resistance”, Arman Mahmoudian

GNSI Decision Briefs

Since May 2025, the Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) has run the Axis of Resistance Initiative, convening eight panels and multiple expert interviews on Iran’s proxy network (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen), anchored by a review of Iran’s national security strategy. These discussions underscored that Tehran’s reliance on proxies is not simply a tool for expanding influence: it also helps limit attribution for attacks and brings the conflict to Israel’s borders rather than Iranian territory. This decision brief distills those discussions into a current assessment of proxy capabilities and trajectories two years on from October 7, 2023.

Evaluating How New York City’S Recycling And Organic Waste Systems Reduce Resource Waste And Methane Emissions, Zihan Cao

Publications and Research

This study analyzes New York City’s waste management systems, with a focus on food waste diversion, composting, and renewable energy initiatives, to assess their role in methane emission reduction and resource efficiency. The analysis highlights the relative effectiveness of different waste management pathways and suggests that community-scale composting and decentralized anaerobic digestion are associated with substantial methane reductions relative to cost.

Learning To Play Drums: Rote Learning Versus Note Approach, Jacob R. Brumback

Masters Theses

The purpose of this qualitative historical study is to determine whether rote-learned drummers perform better than formally trained drummers. The issue is that some drummers may excel by watching and developing aural skills exclusively, while others perform well by only reading sheet music. The goal is to decide if drummers with strong aural skills or those who rely on note-reading performed better. The rationale explained how the applicability of rudiments, complex timing, creative fills, and improvisational soloing skills influences the performances of both rote-learned and note-approach drummers. Data collection methods for this research included oral history traditions and analyzing secondary …

Design With A Purpose: An Introductory Faith-Integrated Graphic Design Textbook For Christian Higher Education, Rosealine Lemette

Masters Theses

This thesis project addresses the absence of faith-informed graphic design curriculum available to Christian higher education programs creating a curricular gap that limits students’ ability to draw meaningful connections between their profession and Christian identity. The proposed solution in this project is an introductory graphic design textbook that combines foundational design theory, historical context, and hands-on skill building from a Christian worldview. This educational resource will guide students and faculty to view their profession as a divine calling, engaging in the creative process as an act of worship while developing an ethical and spiritually grounded design process. The comprehensive literature …

Mistake: A Toolkit For Combating Maladaptive Perfectionism In Creatives, Sean D. Silva

Masters Theses

This thesis examines the potential use of a tabletop game as an approach for creatives to address their maladaptive perfectionism. Through my research, perfectionism has been identified as a pervasive barrier to creative flow, emotional well-being, and artistic growth. Motivated by my observations of increasing mental health challenges among my students, I explore how adaptive, visually engaging, and interactive analog systems might help to foster resilience and reframe failure as a necessary part of the creative process. Through a review of existing literature on perfectionism and creativity, analysis of successful tabletop and digital interventions, and cognitive-behavioral strategies, this research will …

Ezer Kenegdo: Reviving The Stories Of Our Christian Matriarchs In The American Evangelical Church, Kayleigh Funk

Masters Theses

The silencing of women’s experiences throughout history has caused a general lack of familiarity with the contributions of Christian matriarchs in most modern church congregations. This absence of historical precedent has led to ongoing issues of identity and belonging in the body of Christ among the Christian women of today. The primary goal of this thesis is to bring attention to the erasure of women in the faith throughout history and shed new light on their individual narratives.

This study will assess how Scripture originally set up leadership dynamics, encouraged women into those roles, and allowed them to teach in …

Final Project Documentation - Costume Design, Ski Sciaraffa

Graduate Artistry Projects and Performances

Costume design process and reflection for NIU's production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist, directed by Alexander Gelman with student actors and designers.