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Mental Health Literacy Among Adolescents In Rural Communities, Chantel Amelia-Lyn-Marie Windy

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Having an understanding of mental health literacy in rural based adolescents is essential for creating change in levels of knowledge, beliefs about mental health, and help-seeking behaviors. The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) is a self-report measure of mental health literacy. This study used the MHLS to measure mental health literacy in rural students ages 14-17 and in Grades 9–12. Results from this study can help researchers understand the relationships between mental health literacy, age, gender, and stigma. A sample of 120 participants was used for this study. Participants' guardians were asked to complete a consent form, and participants completed …

One Church’S Apathy Toward Fulfilling The Great Commission, David Thomas Williamson

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Philippians 1:9-11 records Paul’s prayer containing four assessments believers can use to measure their progress toward spiritual maturity. These areas include a love that flows, a mind that knows, a character that shows, and a fruit that grows. The purpose of all these qualities is to demonstrate God’s glory. Where spiritual maturity is absent, apathy and complacency abound, and this dilemma must be overcome before a church can effectively pursue and sustain a viable focus on church revitalization. Because theological academia has not effectively focused on the partnership between spiritual maturity and church revitalization, this DMIN research project will address …

Systemic Barriers In Victims Of Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children (Csec), Caitlin Brooks

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC), also known as child sex trafficking is a topic trending amongst the media both nationally and internationally. Within the United States, numerous agencies such as law enforcement (LE), the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), the Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS), Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs), and others tend to become involved in child trafficking cases in some capacity. This qualitative study aims to fill a gap in research by investigating how the child-serving system creates its own barriers, leaving child victims without services. Two data collection methods were utilized to obtain which …

The Communication Culture Of Flourishing Churches, Ronald Drake Jenkins

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study provides qualitative phenomenological observations that analyze and describe communication styles in ten flourishing churches. Practicing Christians contribute significantly to our society and culture. The primary goal of this study was to investigate the communication cultural themes within healthy and flourishing churches. The parameters of this study were limited to ten churches found on the Outreach Magazine Top-100 largest and fastest growing churches in America. Each of these churches was visited one time during a Sunday morning service. During this process, this researcher was a participant observer, examining and flourishing themes in real-time while observing the ten churches. People …

Managing Cyber Defense As A Business Threat For Small And Medium Enterprises, Binh Quang Vo

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The U.S small and medium businesses (SMBs) are constantly attacked by cybercriminals. Alarmingly, the number of victimized SMBs is growing considerably every year. This results in the increasing loss of billions of dollars and risks to the national economy. The problem addressed was the rising number of cyberattacks critically harming SMBs resulting in revenue loss, damages to reputation, and business closure. The purpose of this research was to reveal the contemporary barriers and challenges that impact cybersecurity competencies of SMBs. This study used semi-structured interviews of participants who are currently working as cyber professionals in SMBs across industries. The goal …

Brief Of Law Professors As Amici Curiae In Support Of Plaintiff-Appellee, Evan J. Criddle

Briefs

No abstract provided.

The Chanticleer, 2023-04-06, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Cynthia Stepien V. Governor Of New Jersey

2023 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

The Indiana Statesman, April 6, 2023, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

Indiana State University radio wins national award; How ISU can help you with upcoming finals; Maryland releases report on clergy abuse; Victims in Texas church shooting reach $144m settlement

Winston Banks V. Howard Taylor

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Usa V. Rocmon Sanders

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

In Re: Petition Of Leslie Willis To Perpetuate Evidence

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Maurice Turner V. Administrator New Jersey State Prison

2023 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Critical Reflections In Stem Education, Jessica R. Stephenson Reaves, Anna Maria Arias

KSU Distinguished Course Repository

The purpose of this course is to foster abilities to teach, assess, and critically reflect on STEM learning that supports authentic engagement in interdisciplinary design and inquiry. Students will engage in making connections to STEM research literature with learning and teaching practice. Field placement in a K-5 learning environment is required for this course, which is typically fulfilled through a candidate’s full time teaching position. Other arrangements are permitted but not provided. This placement is the responsibility of the candidate.

Arkansas State University Secretaries Club Records, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Archival Collection Finding Aids

The Arkansas State University Secretaries Club was founded in 1960 to create a deeper relationship between the women employed on campus. Over time the club changed from a social club to a professional organization. The club changed its name to the Professional Women's Association and then to the ASU Administrative Services Association. This collection documents the club's activities

The Weekly Challenger, April 6, 2023, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The April 6, 2023, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

The Comment, April 6, 2023, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Roadmap For Development Of A Student-Run Agency, Bridget Lescelius

Ed.D. Capstone Reports

The intent of this capstone project is to create a functional roadmap for the development of a sustainable student-run advertising agency (SRA) in higher education. The project comprised of a literature review, examination of SRA work output, and interviews with faculty members from five higher education institutions. Common themes were culled from the existing data and the one-on-one interviews. These themes were further discussed and reviewed to create specific attributes that support the common themes and provide actionable tasks used to develop an SRA. The key elements for a sustainable SRA include faculty leadership, operational structure, and student involvement. The …

Membership Minutes 04/06/2023, Membership Committee

Membership Committee

No abstract provided.

Exploring Niche Alteration In Nonprofit Organizations, Duncan J. Mayer, Robert L. Fischer

Faculty Scholarship

The organizational niche is a concept integral to organizational ecology, reflecting an organization’s mission, expertise, capacity, and resource requirements. The choice of niche is crucial to the viability of the organization; however, the reasons organizations alter their niche are poorly understood. We hypothesize that nonprofit organizations alter their niche to reduce environmental pressure and gain access to resources. The results indicate that niche alteration predicts increases in total revenue with average increases in revenue from program services and contributions (depending on the measure). Additionally, nonprofits that are younger, larger, and have more concentrated revenue, are more likely to alter their …

Measuring The Effect Of A Poverty Simulation On Cultivating Empathy In Healthcare Professions Students, H. Alex Hoyen

Master of Science in Population Health Capstone Presentations

Introduction: Poverty is generally defined on a fiscal metric despite the fact that it disrupts every facet of a patient’s life. The United Nations (UN) recently published its campaign focused on Ending Poverty. In this publication, the UN describes poverty as “entailing more than the lack of income and productive resources to ensure sustainable livelihoods.” The manifestations include hunger, safe housing, transportation, education, and social discrimination. To fully appreciate the effects of conditions such as poverty requires a deeper understanding of the complex social environment that impoverished individuals are forced to navigate. Poverty simulations are one practice to provide a …

Ica Newsletter, Spring 2023, Iowa Communication Association.

ICA Newsletter

Contents:

--President's Note
--Call for Fall 2023 ICA Conference Panels
--New Conference Panel Option: Research in Progress Roundtables
--Congrats to Dr. Roberta Davilla Robbins!
--Call for Outstanding New Teacher Award
--Call for Outstanding Adjunct Teacher Award
--Call for Westphal Student Paper Competition
--Check Out These ICA Members who Presented at CSCA in St. Louis!
--More ICA Presentations at CSCA!
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--2023 Call for Submissions
--Outstanding State Journal Manuscript Winner
--A 'Emoji Says': Overcoming Communication Apprehension
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Family Language Policy: Perceptions And Attitudes Toward African American Language, Daryl Anthony Anderson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Bidialectal African American families are caught in a Family Language Policy (FLP) dilemma in which the goals of belonging in African American communities, and feeling free and relaxed with language, conflict with parents’ interactional, relational, and political goals of raising children who are accepted in the wider society as educated, respectful, and powerful. This study brings together research in FLP with research on race and language by looking at African American families and how they socialize their children into using AAL Researching the relationship between racial identity and language and the role of racism in FLP for African American parents …

2023-04-06 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from April 6, 2023.

Translation Of Immunomodulatory Therapy To Treat Chronic Heart Failure: Preclinical Studies To First In Human, H. David Humes, Keith D. Aaronson, Deborah A. Buffington, Hani N. Sabbah, Angela J. Westover, Lenar T. Yessayan, Balazs Szamosfalvi, Francis D. Pagani

Cardiology Articles

BACKGROUND: Inflammation has been associated with progression and complications of chronic heart failure (HF) but no effective therapy has yet been identified to treat this dysregulated immunologic state. The selective cytopheretic device (SCD) provides extracorporeal autologous cell processing to lessen the burden of inflammatory activity of circulating leukocytes of the innate immunologic system.

AIM: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the SCD as an extracorporeal immunomodulatory device on the immune dysregulated state of HF. HF.

METHODS AND RESULTS: SCD treatment in a canine model of systolic HF or HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) diminished …

The Polypharmacological Effects Of Cannabidiol, Jorge Castillo-Arellano, Ana Canseco-Alba, Stephen J. Cutler Ph.D., Francisco León Ph.D.

Faculty Publications

Cannabidiol (CBD) is a major phytocannabinoid present in Cannabis sativa (Linneo, 1753). This naturally occurring secondary metabolite does not induce intoxication or exhibit the characteristic profile of drugs of abuse from cannabis like Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆⁹-THC) does. In contrast to ∆⁹-THC, our knowledge of the neuro-molecular mechanisms of CBD is limited, and its pharmacology, which appears to be complex, has not yet been fully elucidated. The study of the pharmacological effects of CBD has grown exponentially in recent years, making it necessary to generate frequently updated reports on this important metabolite. In this article, a …

H&P 29th St. Assoc. Llc V. Yagci

All Decisions

ERAP Case.

Cold Gas Disks In Main-Sequence Galaxies At Cosmic Noon: Low Turbulence, Flat Rotation Curves, And Disk-Halo Degeneracy, Stacy S. Mcgaugh

Faculty Scholarship

We study the dynamics of cold molecular gas in two main-sequence galaxies at cosmic noon (zC-488879 at z ≃ 1.47 and zC-400569 at z ≃ 2.24) using new high-resolution ALMA observations of multiple 12CO transitions. For zC-400569 we also reanalyze high-quality Hα data from the SINS/zC-SINF survey. We find that (1) both galaxies have regularly rotating CO disks and their rotation curves are flat out to ∼8 kpc contrary to previous results pointing to outer declines in the rotation speed Vrot; (2) the intrinsic velocity dispersions are low (σCO ≲ 15 km s-1 for CO and σHα ≲ 37 km …

The Kenyon Collegian - April 6, 2023

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

Congressional Meddling In Presidential Elections: Still Unconstitutional After All These Years; A Comment On Sunstein, Gary S. Lawson, Jack M. Beermann

Faculty Scholarship

In a prior article, see Jack Beermann & Gary Lawson, The Electoral Count Mess: The Electoral Count Act of 1887 Is Unconstitutional, and Other Fun Facts (Plus a Few Random Academic Speculations) about Counting Electoral Votes, 16 FIU L. REV. 297 (2022), we argued that much of the 1877 Electoral Count Act unconstitutionally gave Congress a role in counting and certifying electoral votes. In 2022, Congress amended the statute to make it marginally more constitutional in some respects and significantly less constitutional in others. In response to a forthcoming article by Cass Sunstein defending the new Electoral Count …