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The Effectiveness Of Augmented Reality Technology (Metaverse) On Mathematics Achievement Among Students With Learning Difficulties, Somaia Al-Nawaiseh

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of using augmented reality (Metaverse) technology on the academic achievement in mathematics among fifth-grade students with learning difficulties in the Southern Al-Mazar district. An experimental approach was employed, utilizing an application based on augmented reality to teach a mathematics unit, along with an achievement test to evaluate the treatment's effects. A purposive sample of 60 male and female students with learning difficulties was used. After implementing the measurement tools during the academic year 2022/2023, where validity and reliability were verified through appropriate methods, statistically significant differences were observed between the means of the …

ʽAmqa: Faunal Remains From The Late Fatimid–Early Crusader Periods, Nimrod Marom

Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel

This report analyzes faunal remains found in a building complex at ‘Amqa, primarily from the late Fatimid–early Crusader periods (eleventh–twelfth centuries CE). The assemblage consists mainly of cattle, sheep and goats, with a smaller number of camel, wild boar, equid, chicken and tortoise remains. Cattle bones, particularly from young individuals, are most prevalent, suggesting a focus on cattle rearing. Butchery marks indicate the use of tools for carcass processing, and bone fragmentation patterns suggest both intentional breakage and natural weathering. Comparisons with other sites from the same period highlight the unique predominance of cattle in ‘Amqa, possibly due to the …

Quality Criteria In Narrative And Script Writing For Children’S Television (Ages 0–6), Valerio Fuenzalida

Communication Research Trends

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Grief And Bereavement In Young Adult College Students: A Review Of The Literature And Implications For Practice And Research, Chan L. Thai, Julia F. Moore

Communication Research Trends

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Unbeatable? Debates And Divides In Gender And Video Game Research, Carolyn Cunningham

Communication Research Trends

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Nonverbal Communication, Paul A. Soukup S.J.

Communication Research Trends

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Parasocial Interactions And Relationships With Media Characters–An Inventory Of 60 Years Of Research, Nicole Liebers, Holger Schramm

Communication Research Trends

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Exploring Active Learning Theories, Practices, And Contexts, Shannon Vanhorn, Susan M. Ward, Kimberly M. Weismann, Heather Crandall, Jonna Reule, Robert Leonard

Communication Research Trends

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More To The Hobbit Than Meets The Eye: Deconstructing Femininity In Bilbo Baggins, Pieter Conradie

Mythopoeic Society Seminar Proceedings

Femininity in JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit has long been read as virtually non-existent. Although Tolkien’s 1937 text remains a compelling story, this absence often means that female readers struggle to find themselves represented in the text. New strains of scholarship, however, claim that by her appearance, interests, behaviour and positioning in a patriarchal society, Bilbo Baggins appears to be more of a woman than a man. In this presentation I take up these emerging arguments, showing how gender relations in The Hobbit deconstruct. In Bilbo and Bilbo’s parents, traditional gender roles are reversed, but ultimately merged. The outcome is a …

Towards An Ethos Of Discussing In-Corporeal Gender In Fantasy Literature: Part I—A 'Feminine' Eldil And A 'Masculine' Vala, Luke Shelton

Mythopoeic Society Seminar Proceedings

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people engaged with others on social media in ways that they had not before. During this time, many new interpretive communities arose. In one of these conversations, the way that fans interpreted Tolkien’s description of the physical characteristics of the Valar resonated with a passage in C.S. Lewis’s Perelandra (the second book of his Space Trilogy) where the narrator describes the physical manifestation of Perelandra and Malacandra. In this paper I perform a close read of the two passages, to examine the textual meaning, to see what interpretive room there is in …

Noda News January 2025

New Orleans Dental Association News

New Orleans Dental Association (NODA) News includes regular columns with regional news impacting the New Orleans membership including: columns from the President and Executive Director, feature articles relating to the field of dentistry, association events and upcoming activities, component news, continuing education opportunities, and classifieds.

Where Ada Forsyth Is Today, Emily Tran B.S., Kristi Soileau Dds, Med, Mshce, Facd, Ficd

New Orleans Dental Association News

This article informs readers that the ADA Forsyth Institute has launched the AFI Certified program to evaluate professional dental products and received a $6.2M grant for AI-driven smart materials in dental fillings. These innovations aim to improve dental care by offering personalized, durable treatments and advancing research in oral health through AI and virtual simulations.

Studying The Impact Of Weather Changes On Bird Breeding., Perle Suana, Yangyang Tao

Posters-at-the-Capitol

Climate change start to impact our daily life recently. The shifting climate introduces frequent and unpredictable temperature fluctuations. For species like birds, particularly those that reproduce through eggs, maintaining stable temperatures during incubation is crucial for reproductive success. Despite the significance of temperature stability, limited research has delved into understanding the thresholds of temperature tolerance during incubation. In this investigation, we will apply the data science tools to analyze the local temperature dataset over the past decade and the birds incubation dataset. Our aim was to explore potential correlations between extreme temperature swings coinciding with the breeding season and instances …

Imagining Better: Requiring Trust And Imagination In Formal Engineering Education, Sneha Rathi, Jacqueline Handley

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

Teachers and students bear the brunt of enacting K–12 engineering while having little input into engineering practices or values. In this reflective essay, a high school engineering teacher and an engineering education researcher reflect on a class bridging engineering and social justice. We describe the development of politicized trust with each other and students while partnering around shared commitments at a predominately Black school (e.g., Vakil et al., 2016). We also explore challenges in decentering conceptions of engineering derived from depoliticized, exclusionary practice. We demonstrate an urgent need to center educators and students from marginalized identities in formal engineering education.

The Dim Prospects Of A Child Find: Journal Entries Of An Academic, Engineer, And Mother Navigating Special Education Services, Idalis Villanueva Alarcon

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

This provocation is a journaling exercise to uncover the author’s experiences of navigating child find, a process to identify specific learning disability needs for my oldest child. While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act provides provisions to protect and support children with special needs, private schools do not operate equally. When considering how these inequities in the educational system overlap with precollege engineering education, there is a large gap the literature, positioning a dire need to move disability studies into the precollege engineering education space. The critical authoethnographic journal sheds light on the inequities and educational gaps that are present …

From The Ashes: Research And Revival, Lee Bezehertny, Raini Evergarden, Daisy Grimes

Steeplechase: An ORCA Student Journal

Research is just as vital to an artist’s practice as it is to any other field of study; however, research for an artist is not limited to textbooks and journals. An artist’s research mainly consists of on field practice, and due to this, many artists do not have the time to experiment with materials as their energy is expended in the active making process. This is where public conferences become vital in the artists practice because they provide an accessible space to share research and make connections with other artists. One of the most prolific conferences in the realm of …

The English And The Welsh: Tolkien’S Rewriting Of History In The Legendarium, Alexander Retakh

Journal of Tolkien Research

Early legendarium is often called a "mythology for England," while Tolkien's later tales have been described as mythologies for Britain (by Dimitra Fimi) or Englishness (by Thomas Honegger). Later legendarium still contains fictional versions of English-like peoples, the Hobbits and the Rohirrim. Their construction leads to a re-construction of elements of English history in the subcreation, that often produces fictional analogs not only of the English but of the Welsh. How Tolkien described contacts between the English and their closest neighbors reveals his idea of Englishness (his own national identity) and its place in the narrative.

This article traces appearances …

Exploring The Experiences Of Autistic Girls Within Mainstream Primary Education In England, Olivia Jones

Plymouth Interdisciplinary Education Open Journal

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that causes social difficulties such as making and maintaining friendships and sensory difficulties that cause distress triggered by light, sound or smell stimuli that significantly impact daily life. Roughly 1 in every 100 children are diagnosed with ASD (NHS Inform, 2023). However, females are notably less likely to receive a formal diagnosis than males, which leads to higher rates of poor mental health and lack of self-acceptance. Females with ASD are likely not to receive their diagnosis or support for their difficulties until late teens or early adulthood. Those diagnosed with ASD …

Naming Names: Phenomenology And Pseudonyms, Rebecca Woods

Plymouth Interdisciplinary Education Open Journal

This short opinion piece uses my experiences of formulating pseudonyms during my doctoral project as a way of examining this task. Names are our public labels and as such they are part of self-perception and are catalysts for responses to others. Pseudonyms are not empty; they are cultural artefacts in academia which form connections with participants. The issues addressed with regard to re-naming are research context, ontology, method, navigating sensitivities, contextual determination, concluding with a review of congruence and robustness. The task of generating pseudonyms has the potential for being an exciting way of encapsulating how researchers consider participants and …

Investigating Nanomaterials For Improved Barrier Properties In Food Packaging, Alice Njolke Mafe, Great Iruoghene Edo, Patrick Othuke Akpoghelie, Ebuka Chukwuma Umelo, Endurance Fegor Isoje, Ufuoma Augustina Igbuku, Arthur Efeoghene Athan Essaghah

Al-Mustaqbal Journal of Sustainability in Engineering Sciences

This review examines the potential of nanomaterials in revolutionizing food packaging, focusing on their role in enhancing barrier properties and extending the shelf life of packaged foods. Traditional packaging materials often fall short in effectively protecting against oxygen, moisture, and UV light, resulting in diminished food quality and shorter shelf life. Nanomaterials, including nanoclays, metal oxide nanoparticles (e.g., ZnO, TiO₂), carbon-based nanomaterials (e.g., graphene, carbon nanotubes), and biodegradable options like cellulose nanocrystals, have emerged as promising solutions. These materials offer exceptional gas and moisture barrier properties, antimicrobial effects, and UV protection capabilities. The review provides an in-depth exploration of various …

Comparative Analysis Of The Environmental Impact Of Biopolymer-Based And Conventional Plastic Packaging In Food Engineering Applications, Alice Njolke Mafe, Great Iruoghene Edo, Patrick Othuke Akpoghelie, Ogunyemi Ayobami Joshua, Endurance Fegor Isoje, Ufuoma Augustina Igbuku, Arthur Efeoghene Athan Essaghah

Al-Mustaqbal Journal of Sustainability in Engineering Sciences

The paper presents a comparative analysis of the environmental impacts of biopolymer-based packaging versus conventional plastic packaging in food engineering applications. It begins by highlighting the critical role of packaging in food preservation and safety, while addressing the environmental challenges posed by traditional plastic packaging, including pollution, waste accumulation, and the generation of microplastics. The review compares conventional plastics like PET and HDPE with biopolymers such as PLA and PHA, discussing the environmental advantages of biopolymers in terms of carbon footprint reduction, renewable resource utilization, and enhanced biodegradability. A life cycle assessment is employed to evaluate the resource usage, emissions, …

Exploring The Role Of Cyclin D1 In Regulating Thermogenic Program In Brown Adipose Tissue, Chengrui Qiu

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Scholarship

Adipose tissue plays a multifaceted role in regulating metabolic health and contributing to the pathophysiology of various diseases. Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT), a vital organ that senses different environment cues such as cold stress and diet and then undergoes non-shivering thermogenesis in mammalian animals, enhancing energy expenditure to combat obesity. In our recent published study, we found that the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling pathway exhibits doubleedge effects in regulating thermogenic function, with opposite role in BAT and white adipose tissue (WAT). To further investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the dual role of mTORC1 in thermogenic regulation, …

Intouch Week Of January 13, 2025, New York Medical College

InTouch

• NYMC Administers First Novel Inhaled mRNA Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis in the U.S.
• NYMC Students Set Their Resolutions for 2025
• Research Highlights Deadly Combination of COVID-19 and Chronic Liver Disease
• Dr.P.H. Program Now Includes Fully Remote Option
• Dr. Xiu-Min Li's Advances in Medicinal Herbal Research
• Holocaust Remembrance Day and Black History Month: The Segregated U.S. Military and the Liberation of a Concentration Camp
• Faculty Spotlight: From Pupil to Professor: Alumni Lighting the Way at NYMC

Antibacterial And Antifungal Activities Of Linear And Cyclic Peptides Containing Arginine, Tryptophan, And Diphenylalanine, David Salehi, Eman H. M. Mohammed, Naiera M. Helmy, Keykavous Parang

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Background. We have previously reported peptides composed of sequential arginine (R) residues paired with tryptophan (W) or 3,3-diphenyl-L-alanine residues (Dip), such as cyclic peptides [R4W4] and [R4(Dip)3], as antibacterial agents. Results. Herein, we report antibacterial and antifungal activities of five linear peptides, namely ((DipR)4(WR)), ((DipR)3(WR)2), ((DipR)2(WR)3), ((DipR)(WR)4), and (DipR)4R, and five cyclic peptides [(DipR)4(WR)], [(DipR)3(WR)2], [(DipR)2(WR)3], [(DipR)(WR)4], and [DipR]5, containing alternate positively charged R and hydrophobic W and Dip residues against fungal, Gram-positive, and Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of all peptides were determined by the micro-broth dilution method against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, …

The Rhythms Of Our Bones, Thomas Henry Bowling

Online Theses and Dissertations

Grief is universal. It permeates all things. This collection is organized into four sections, each concerned with such universality, such permeability, and how the “small,” personal griefs of human relationships echo and form dialogues with the larger, more global griefs of war and violence. Ultimately, at the core of this collection, lies an investigation of family, masculinity, and how all griefs are absorbed and passed down by the generations that have preceded us.

Expendable To Essential: Conceptualizing The Rhetorical Othering Of Frontline Workers, Sarah Sexton

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

As my article discusses, Over the course of the pandemic, there has been a social shift in the way certain workers are represented within American society. Everyday workers such as grocery store clerks, baristas, and retail managers were deemed “essential workers” as COVID-19 created a global healthcare crisis. Although these workers were declared as essential to the wellbeing of American society during the pandemic, there is evident dissent between the collective experience of frontline employees and those outside of this community. The rhetoric produced by members of the essential community, including myself, alongside statistical findings reflect an ongoing instance of …

Mechanisms Of Familial And Uv-Induced Melanoma, Jeri D. Hughes

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

Melanoma is the most common form of skin cancer in the United States. Melanoma is a disease where cancerous cells derive from melanocytes. Common melanoma susceptibility genes induce dysregulation in the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN),and AKT expression. Melanoma can be induced through prolonged UV-radiation or familial diagnosis. This article aims to discuss the mechanisms of both familial and UV-induced melanomagenesis

Supporting Wildlife Restoration In Eastern States Via State Wildlife Action Plans, L. Mark Elbroch, John Vucetich, Christa Rose, Jeremy T. Bruskotter

Michigan Tech Publications

The biodiversity crisis is driven by extinction at two scales: the global extinction of species and the local extirpation of populations (i.e., range contraction). Local extirpations are especially acute in the eastern United States, which has lost a substantial portion of its native mammalian fauna. Species restoration in the U.S., therefore, should be utilised more to revitalise and restore degraded systems. State wildlife agencies can elevate discussions about species restoration and facilitate internal capacity to conduct restoration projects by including locally extirpated species in State Wildlife Action Plans, which are currently under revision, and will guide state conservation programs for …

Students & Regional Organizations' Sustainability Collaborations Celebrated, Sustainability Institute

Sustainability Institute Blog

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Cat Trax Bike Share Program Grows; Awarded Funding From Unh’S Parent Committee, Sustainability Institute

Sustainability Institute Blog

No abstract provided.