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The Role Of Designers In Promoting Healthy Masculinity With An Approach To Stopping Violence Against Women And Girls, Fatemeh Abolbashari

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

While awareness about violence against women and girls is growing, there is still a lack of evidence about what changes behavior to prevent it from happening. As a graphic designer, I wanted to find the root problem of this issue and work towards a solution. Through my research and questioning, I concluded that this problem begins with men’s thoughts on hierarchy, language, and behavior, and supported by a prevalence of toxic masculinity in men’s culture.

Where does this violence come from? What has society done to raise this kind of man? Violence against women and girls is being couched in …

Granite State College Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2021, Granite State College

Granite State College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate And Graduate Course Descriptions, 2020 Summer, Wright State University

Course Descriptions

Wright State University undergraduate and graduate course descriptions from Spring 2020.

Implementation Of A Novel Remote Physician Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Coverage Process During The Coronavirus Pandemic, Alex Price, Lauren E Henke, Borna Maraghechi, Taeho Kim, Matthew B Spraker, Geoffrey D Hugo, Clifford G Robinson, Nels C Knutson

Open Access Publications

Purpose: During the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) pandemic, alternative methods of care are needed to reduce the relative risk of transmission in departments. Also needed is the ability to provide vital radiation oncological care if radiation oncologists (RO) are reallocated to other departments. We implemented a novel remote RO stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) coverage practice, requiring it to be reliable, of high audio and visual quality, timely, and the same level of specialty care as our current in-person treatment coverage practice.

Methods and Materials: All observed failure modes were recorded during implementation over the first 15 sequential fractions. The …

Connecting Meaningful Moments: Exploring Empathy Through Storytelling, Samantha Maida

Theses

As individuals transition through life, it is growing more and more difficult for everyone to live in the same world when perceptions of situations are skewed. Each individuals’ perception is colored by their life’s experiences which give rise to a distorted view of the world, creating biases, and affirming that our perception is a product of our past that is pushing forward into our future. The more technology promotes isolation and damages in-person communication, the more individuals are growing less aware of those around them, and how their experiences, and life events affect the way they view and respond to …

Unwrap Citation, Altmetric, And Mendeley Status Of Highly Cited Articles In The Top-Tier Library And Information Science Journals, Yingqi Tang, Hungwei Tseng, Charlcie Vann

Research, Publications & Creative Work

Citation count is a quantitative method of measuring the impact of a research work. A higher citation count may indicate that the research work receives more attention among peers which could mean that the research contributes value to that discipline of literature. Citation count sums the number of times that an article is referenced by other authors. Tracking citations is important; however, the citation impact only tells a part of the story from academic researchers who conduct and publish research works. The impact of the publication on leisure readers and non-publishing readers are ignored. Furthermore, it is difficult to set …

Core-Designated Courses, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

No abstract provided.

Majors And Minors, Saint Mary's College Of California

Academic Catalog

No abstract provided.

Pagtalunton Sa Bulakenyo Cinema: Diskurso At Perspektiba Ng Mga Piling Direktor Mula Sa Bulacan, David R. Corpuz

Malay Journal

Dulot ng demokratisasyong ginawa ng digital technology sa produksiyon ng pelikula ang pagyabong ng independent cinema sa Pilipinas. Kasama rito ang mataas na pagkilala’t pagpapahalaga sa mga pelikulang panrehiyon na sumasalamin sa mga kuwento at danas ng pamumuhay sa probinsiya o sa labas ng Metro Manila. Ang mga pelikulang ito ay ayon sa perspektiba ng mga direktor na nagmula sa probinsiyang kanilang kinakatawan. Subalit sa gitna ng mga diskurso tungkol sa masiglang kultura ng paggawa ng pelikula sa iba’t ibang panig ng bansa, kapansin-pansing hindi masyadong napag-uusapan ang mga likha ng mga Bulakenyong direktor sa pelikulang panrehiyon. Nais maipaliwanag ng …

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2020-06-26, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

Levitation — An Innovative Tea Brand, Hangyi Zhou

Theses - ALL

Currently, Americans are suffering from stress; therefore, consumers have a high interest and demand in beverages that provide relaxation and stress relief. As a naturally relaxing drink, tea is becoming popular in the United States. However, people have associated tea with relaxation by experiencing the various steps of the brewing and drinking process. In this article, market research and a content analysis were conducted to evaluate the existing tea products in the U.S. market. The result reveals a vital market gap: there is no ready-to-drink tea product for tea drinkers to relieve stress, even though tea is the best positioned …

Digital Stories Students Tell: An Exploration Of Doctoral Sla Students’ Beliefs About Storytelling And Educational Technology, Patrick Mannion

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Educational technology (ET) plays a major role in second/foreign (L2) language teaching and learning. Some factors influencing the ways in which teachers employ ET in L2 education are the teachers’ personal beliefs about how teachers and students should use ET to learn target languages. To develop a better understanding of influences on L2 teachers’ ET-related subjective positions, a need exists to explore the ET-related perceptions and beliefs of current and future teacher educators who are, or will be, responsible for the design and implementation of curricula and learning activities in teacher education programs. In these teacher education programs, future teachers …

An Analytical Approach To Information And Communication Technologies, Sahir Hismiogullari

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The twentieth century was a century of scientific and technological development. Especially the fact of information and communication technologies, beyond being a technological leap, has led to different levels of development and changes / transformations. Therefore, developments, possibilities, changes and problems emerging in the Internet and other digital contexts have attracted the attention of communication scientists, sociologists, historians and philosophers, and have become a field of research that leads to interdisciplinary studies. Along with the mass media developed for the last two centuries (from the spread of newspapers to the invention of the internet), every social development or transformation is …

Sanguinus Oedipus In A Habitat Of Brotherly Love, Haley Atkinson

The Pegasus Review: UCF Undergraduate Research Journal

This observational study analyzes the social dynamic and agonistic behavior between the two youngest males in a captive troupe of cotton-top tamarins, Sanguinus oedipus, found at the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens located in Sanford, Florida. The troupe consists of a breeding pair, two sets of twins, and a set of triplets– totaling nine individuals. The study focuses on the second-youngest and youngest males in the troupe and how they interact with each other. S. oedipus possess certain social and communication behaviors. The main behaviors observed in this study are vocalizations and movements indicating aggression between the two …

June 18-19, 2020, Ohio University Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ohio University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes document the activities of Ohio University's Board of Trustees.

Cultural Heritage And User Interface Design, Narges Tavakoli

LSU Master's Theses

This study centers around localizing the user interface and experience design of digital products considering the culture of the audience and their visual heritage. Even though it seems the internet has made the distance between developing and advanced countries less than before, there are still fundamental differences between people’s beliefs and expectations. As a graphic designer who is based in The United States and is from Iran, I noticed the digital products (web, mobile applications) produced in Iran disregard the Iranian’s specific needs and emulate western patterns. So, I researched the dissimilarities between the two countries by using Greet Hofstede’s …

Real-Time Simulation On Virtual Dressing Based On Virtual Human Body Model, Chuanyu Xue, Hongwei Dong, Mingmin Zhang, Zhigeng Pan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In this paper we put forward a real-time method of virtual dressing using a single Kinect device. Virtual dressing using a low-cost device has very important application, but classic 3D human body dressing algorithms cannot work in real time. We need to generate 3D human body model before virtual dressing using Kinect. In this paper, we use a method which is based on body's basic information to build human body model, and the method is optimized to enhance the local simulation results.This paper presents a tracking ellipsoid modeland applies GPU parallel computing to decrease the amount of calculation …

Worlds And Words: Interrogating Type And Map As Systems Of Power And Embodied Meaning-Making, Jane Turner, Manuela Taboada

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

This paper responds to the call to move away from the centre and to design from many centres. We need to address cultural colonisation and systemisation; to counter misdirection and deceit in order to reveal – not merely the ‘centre’ but the ‘systems of the underside’: structures and systems that arise in the past and which continue to “cloud our eyes” in graphic design communication. Inspired by the works of Walter Mignolo, Arturo Escobar and Boaventura de Souza Santos, which expose the ‘systems of the underside’ and the notion of ‘ecologies of knowledge’ in order to disentangle (and free) or …

Envisioning A Pluriversal Design Education, Lesley-Ann Noel

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

Vestiges of the curricula at the Bauhaus and the Hochschule, Ulm, the former designed in the 1920s, and the latter created in the 1950s, can still be seen in design curricula around the world. These curricula focused on the craft of design and were very tied to large industrial economies. More traditional design curricula born out of the Bauhaus and Ulm, focused on graphic and product or industrial design. The design community has placed several calls to re-imagine a future design education. This contribution shares several sketches of design curricula driven by pluriversal issues, epistemologies and ontologies, and not created …

(De)Institution Design: Decolonizing Design Discourse In Uruguay, Lucia Trias Cornú

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

Design is a relatively new discipline in Uruguay. The dominant discourse, linked to Industrial Design-ID, has its beginnings in the foundation of the Centre of Industrial Design-CDI in 1987. This research is an invitation to look further into how ID has played a role in Uruguay -as a global-south country- related to economic and social structures introduced with the implementation of neoliberal production policies. In line with current global-south design discourses, the research aims to understand the role of institutions in the formation of design discourse(s) in Uruguay by approaching the CDI’s foundation from a decolonial worldview. Following the idea …

Bridging Design Prototypes & Autonomous Design, Gloria Gomez

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

The bridging design prototype (BDP) approach is a human-centred design method for individual designers and small organisations. BDPs are fully functional rapid prototypes that user communities accept to incorporate in real activities; while designers use them for learning about the community, the context, and the practice. Experimentation should not require the presence of designers. By functional, it means all features should operate. But, BDPs are not necessarily minimum viable products, as the digital or tangible materials with which they are built could have a limited lifespan. Informed by autonomous design, this reflection involved a meta-analysis of a project carried out …

Embracing Many Worlds: The Wixárika Calendar, María Rogal

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

Fifteen years ago, I began a design collaboration with Sarah Corona Berkin, a professor at the Universidad de Guadalajara, and a group of Wixáritari teachers and community leaders in San Miguel Huaixtita, Jalisco, México. My students at the University of Florida and I worked with Corona Berkin in the classroom and with the Wixáritari in San Miguel Huaixtita, to create a new cultural artifact—a calendar—with and for the community. This project started me on a path working with Indigenous groups in various parts of México to bring western design concepts into conversation with Indigenous epistemologies. In subsequent collaborative projects, in …

June 3, 2020 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Progressive Image Denoising Algorithm, Haiyang Li, Weiguo Cao, Shirui Li, Kelu Tao, Li Hua

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Currently almost all denoising algorithms are implemented by processing original noisy image itself simply, which could not enhance the performance further by combining original noisy image with the denoised image. To solve the problem, a framework of progressive image denoising method was proposed. The framework is based on the block matching and 3D collaborative filtering (BM3D) algorithm, which has the most remarkable denoising effect. It includes three layers and two fusions. Each layer is implemented by BM3D and denoises the fused image generated from the previous layers. Adequate statistical results show that under the same noise condition, our proposed …

Community Engagement: Leveraging Library Online Tools To Support Local Historical Organizations, Jennifer L. Murray

Library Presentations & Publications

Among Floridians, Jacksonville is known as the “First Coast.” It is a reference to the fact that Northeast Florida has some of the oldest European settlements in North America. The numerous local historical organizations are forever challenged to preserve and share the rich history of “all that is Jacksonville–including early settlers, 19th- and 20th-century urban planning and architecture, civil rights and Black history, city governance, and our national parks heritage.” They often do not have the resources needed, but local academic libraries are rich in resources and tools that can benefit organizations outside the library and help bring more awareness …

Through Astronaut Eyes: Photographing Early Human Spaceflight, Jennifer K. Levasseur

Purdue University Press Book Previews

Featuring over seventy images from the heroic age of space exploration, Through Astronaut Eyes presents the story of how human daring along with technological ingenuity allowed people to see the Earth and stars as they never had before.

Photographs from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs tell powerful and compelling stories that continue to have cultural resonance to this day, not just for what they revealed about the spaceflight experience, but also as products of a larger visual rhetoric of exploration. The photographs tell us as much about space and the astronauts who took them as their reception within an …

Comparing And Implementing Digital Evidence Applications To Reduce Cyber Crime Losses, Colleen Lim

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

A massive problem within the United States is the financial loss that occurs through cybercrime. Before a cybercrime investigation can be solved, there needs to be enough gathered evidence. One way to obtain evidence is through processing the individual’s digital files from any electronic device or source, this is called digital evidence. Digital evidence can be obtained through the use of multiple software such as Forensic Toolkit (FTK), Magnet, or Autopsy. Although each software is used for the same goal, to obtain valuable information that can be used as evidence to support an existing case, there are unique features that …

Design Thinking Intervention In Healthcare, Mohammed Ali Alshehri

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

The healthcare industry is currently experiencing numerous challenges. Lack of skilled and innovative practitioners in healthcare organizations disrupts operational functions, administration, and service delivery. Dentistry is full of complex problems. There is currently a significant gap between the desired solutions dental providers offer to solve these problems and the actual outcomes. So, dental providers must rethink their approach to solving healthcare problems. One of the desirable approaches is design thinking.

Application of design thinking in business and healthcare has demonstrated improved results. In this research, the objective was to investigate the application of design thinking in dentistry and its effects …

Tools For Analyzing R Code The Tidy Way, Lucy D'Agostino Mcgowan, Sean Kross, Jeffrey Leek

The R Journal

With the current emphasis on reproducibility and replicability, there is an increasing need to examine how data analyses are conducted. In order to analyze the between researcher variability in data analysis choices as well as the aspects within the data analysis pipeline that contribute to the variability in results, we have created two R packages: matahari and tidycode. These packages build on methods created for natural language processing; rather than allowing for the processing of natural language, we focus on R code as the substrate of interest. The matahari package facilitates the logging of everything that is typed in the …

The Reflection Of Effective Interactive Graphic Design, George Nader Naguib Morcos

BAU Journal - Creative Sustainable Development

Graphic design has a rich history as a creative practice, which connects different design elements to build effective message. It combines typography and visual elements like Illustrations or photos to create a visual message, graphic design is considered as an important branch in the modern communication technology. Graphic design nowadays has becoming more advanced and moves from the static phase to the dynamic phase which includes unlimited technologies like virtual reality, 3D motion and interactivity, which becomes one of the important factors that affects the successes of the visual communication or the message that has to be sent via the …