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Souvenir Program For "Promises, Promises"

Purvine Theater Program Collection

A souvenir program for Casa Mañana Musicals production of "Promises, Promises" at the Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas from June 4 to 16, 1973.

Souvenir Program For "Cabaret"

Purvine Theater Program Collection

A souvenir program for Casa Mañana Musicals production of "Cabaret" at the Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas from July 2 to 14, 1973.

Souvenir Program For "Mame"

Purvine Theater Program Collection

A souvenir program for Casa Mañana Musicals production of "Mame" at the Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas from June 18 to 30, 1973.

Program For "Dedication Concert: 'The Mighty Wurlitzer'"

Purvine Theater Program Collection

A program for a Casa Mañana "Dedication Concert" for the "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ donated by local philanthropists Mr. and Mrs. F. Howard Walsh on September 25, 1972.

Souvenir Program For "Carousel"

Purvine Theater Program Collection

A souvenir program for Casa Mañana Musicals production of "Carousel" at the Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas from June 5 to 17, 1972.

Permission Granted? Navigating Ai Use In Graduate Speech-Language Pathology Education, Megann Mcgill, Ana Rivera Rodriguez, Alayna Townsend, Kelly Roy, Christine Fiestas

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI (GenAI), is transforming higher education and raising important questions about its role in graduate professional training. Speech-language pathology (SLP) programs face the dual challenge of preparing students to engage with AI technologies that are increasingly present in clinical and academic environments while also safeguarding academic integrity, ethical practice, and skill development. This tutorial paper describes the development and delivery of a one-hour, synchronous virtual AI training created for graduate students in a hybrid online Master of Science in SLP program at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. The …

Hybrid Renewable Energy System Connected To The Grid With Demand Response Optimization: Case Study Of Iraq And Baghdad, Omayma M. Abdulmajeed, Ghassan A. Bilal, Mohammed A. Fayad, Ikhlas M. Abdel-Qader

Engineering and Technology Journal

Due to the electricity shortage in the power system, it is essential to provide solutions considering optimal economics and environmental protection. Utilizing renewable energy resources (RERs) for production within existing grid infrastructure contributes to a more efficient and eco-friendly power system. The literature has mainly focused on designing individual configurations, often on a single unit, and has often excluded network flexibility and operational strategies such as the DR model. This study details the techno-economic evaluation of a grid-connected hybrid renewable energy system and real-world load demands across two scenarios at the regional and city levels, conducted under Baghdad city's climatic …

Wildwood Park Area Correspondence To Mary Alyson Prude, 8.7.1993, William L. Mcdonald

Correspondence

Correspondence from William L. McDonald to Mary Alyson Prude concerning the history of Wildwood Park and the surround vicinity in Florence, Alabama.

The pdf is faded and difficult to read, so it has been transcribed below.

August 7, 1993

Miss Mary Alyson Prude

426 Robinhood Drive

Florence, Alabama 35630

Dear Mary Alyson:

Please forgive an old man who finds it more and more difficult to hear. And I feel terrible for not recognizing you until after we had talked over the telephone. It then hit me: You are Joel and Jayne's beautiful young daughter. I am so sorry. Your entire …

Marginalized Parental Experiences In Relation To Inclusive School Practices For Studnets With Significant Cognitive Disabilites: A Qualitative Transcendental Phenomenology Study, Taylor Lee Krueger

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to understand lived experiences in advocacy for inclusive school practices for parents with students with significant cognitive disabilities at rural primary schools in a southeastern state. The theory guiding this study was Bandura’s social cognitive theory as the interconnected components of the theory are used to understand parental experiences. The central research question was, “What are the lived experiences advocating for inclusive education practices of parents of students with significant cognitive disabilities at K-5 schools in a rural southeastern state?” A literature review was conducted to understand current research related to inclusive …

Building A Defense Economy: World War Ii, Federal Investment, And Georgia’S Economic Transformation, 1940-1965, William Heath Taylor

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation examines how World War II transformed Georgia’s economy from a predominately rural, agricultural economy into a more diversified economy increasingly tied to federal investment, military activity, industrial production, transportation, and commerce. It argues that wartime mobilization accelerated this transformation by directing federal funds into military installations, defense industries, infrastructure, and public services while drawing workers into expanding centers of employment. Using federal records, census data, military publications, corporate reports, newspapers, and oral histories, the study examines Fort Benning, Robins Field, Camp Toccoa, Bell Aircraft, the Brunswick Shipyards, Delta Air Lines, and The Coca-Cola Company. These cases show how …

A Qualitative Content Analysis Of The Personal Branding Practices Of Forbes 30 Under 30 Honorees, Hannah Naylor Regitz

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This qualitative study examines the personal branding practices of 10 honorees from the Forbes 2025 North American 30 Under 30 list. Through a thematic content analysis of Instagram, the honorees’ posts, captions, and the conversation climate of their comments from October 2025 were analyzed to determine patterns and similarities in their personal branding practices. Grounded in cultivation theory, this study explored how repeated exposure to curated content of these high-achieving young professionals shapes their personal brand perception. Additionally, it explored their interaction with commenters and the types of comments they engaged with. The analysis revealed seven themes that were present …

Delaware Riverkeeper Network V. Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board

2026 Decisions

Agency

Lisa Debar V. Firstenergy Corp

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Voices Unheard: Multilingual Students Reshaping Rural Stem Education, Erin Brooke Elliott-Elrod

College of Education

The multilingual student population in the United States averages 10.6% nationally. Growth has been most pronounced in the rural Southeast, where schools face demographic shifts with limited linguistic support. At one rural Deep South school named Ridgeway High School (a pseudonym), multilingual student enrollment grew from approximately 5% in 1998 to over 50% by 2024 (A. Harrison, personal communication, January 24, 2026). Yet, not one EL-designated student achieved proficiency in English Language Arts, and school-wide math proficiency stands at 9.15% (Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE), 2024). STEM disciplines compound these barriers, as access to content and discipline-specific discourse depend …

Spartan Daily, October 14, 2026, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2026

Volume 167, Issue 23

Daily Eastern News: October 14, 2026, Eastern Illinois University

Daily Eastern News: 2026-2027

No abstract provided.

Oral Insulin Nanoparticles In Animal Models Of Diabetes: A Systematic Review Of Recent Studies, Dhea Rahmania, Shaum Shiyan, Yulianto Kusnadi, Subandrate Subandrate, Juliana Palungan, Ayeshah Augusta Rosdah

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research

Oral insulin has long been explored as a potential alternative to injectable insulin therapy. However, the development remains challenging due to enzymatic degradation in the gastrointestinal tract and limited intestinal absorption. Nanoparticle-based delivery systems have also been proposed as a strategy to protect insulin and improve uptake after oral administration. Therefore, this systematic review aimed to summarize recent preclinical studies investigating oral insulin nanoparticles in diabetic animal models and examine the reported pharmacological outcomes. Relevant studies were identified through database searches in PubMed, SpringerLink, and ScienceDirect using predefined keywords related to oral insulin, nanoparticles, diabetes, and animal models. Articles published …

Evidence Synthesis Of The Ethical And Legal Challenges Of Generative Artificial Intelligence In The Provision Of Patient Health Information, Krithika Anil, Inocencio Maramba, David Cook, Daniel Cyrus, Zhamayne Fakharuzi, Amir Hossein Namdar, Timothy West, Sandeep Shirgill

Peninsula Medical School

Large language model (LLM)-based generative AI offers the promise of responsive health information for patients and carers but presents ethical and legal challenges when used outside clinical oversight. This review maps these considerations for patients accessing information on long-term conditions in non-clinical settings. Following PRISMA guidelines, we searched databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, and Web of Science) between April and May 2025. The review synthesises 24 cross-sectional studies regarding patient-facing LLMs, excluding clinician-support tools. Results indicate that LLMs perform well on general topics but struggle with specialised information, often generating complex responses with unreliable citations. Ethical concerns highlight inaccuracy, insufficient empathy, …

Assessing The Overheating Resilience Of A Novel Earth Walled (Cobbauge) Building Across Different Climate Zones In Europe Using A Calibrated Building Performance Simulation Model, Halat Alnaqshabandy, Matthew Fox, Steve Goodhew

School of Art, Design and Architecture

CobBauge is a dual-layer earthen construction material, optimized to meet Part-L of the Building Regulations in England and Wales. A classroom constructed with CobBauge demonstrated high resilience to overheating during two heatwaves in Plymouth, highlighting its potential as a sustainable and ultra-low-carbon material. This study assesses its overheating resilience using a simulation model, calibrated to achieve 7.30% CV(RMSE) and 1.34°C RMSE against measured indoor temperatures. Plymouth's future climate and nine European locations representing different Köppen climate classifications were incorporated into the model to analyse the building's thermal performance and its compliance with CIBSE TM52 criteria. Results showed no overheating risk …

Upjohn Regional Economic Outlook, Vol. 1, No. 2, July 2026, Iryna V. Lendel, Chloe Wieber, Sevrin Williams, Gerrit Anderson, Lee Adams, Emily Petz

Reports

No abstract provided.

Ideas Into Policy: An Intellectual History Of The United States Navy’S Equal Opportunity Program, Claire J. Dabrowski

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation examines the intellectual history of the United States Navy’s Equal Opportunity Program, arguing that its origins extended far beyond the racial unrest of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Rather than viewing the program solely as an administrative response to crisis, this study demonstrates that it represented the culmination of more than a century of evolving ideas concerning citizenship, military service, constitutional equality, democratic governance, and military professionalism. Employing the methods of intellectual and institutional history, the dissertation traces these ideas from the Civil War through the reforms of Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., …

Middle School Teachers' Lived Experiences Using Culturally Responsive Pedagogy To Promote Equity: A Transcendental Phenomenological Study, Doris A. Dapaah

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this qualitative, transcendental phenomenological study was to describe the lived experiences of using culturally responsive pedagogy to promote equity among students of color for middle school teachers in an inner-city school district in New York. The theory guiding this study was culturally responsive pedagogy, as it emphasized recognizing learners’ diverse backgrounds and experiences to promote academic achievement for all students in schools with diverse populations. The central research question was: What were the lived experiences of middle school teachers as they engaged in using culturally responsive pedagogy in their classrooms? The study included 10 middle school teachers …

Building Students’ Self-Efficacy Through Cross-Age Mentorship Focused On Stem Growth Mindset: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study, Heidi J. Reid

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the self-efficacious experiences through a cross-age mentorship program between sixth-grade and Kindergarten students for parents at Seven Maples Elementary School in the Southeastern United States. The theory guiding this study is Albert Bandura’s self-efficacy theory, which describes how building confidence influences a person’s self-efficacy. This study employed a hermeneutic phenomenological methodology and gathered data through interviews, physical artifacts, and focus groups with parents whose students participated in the Kindergarten Buddy Program, a cross-age mentor program between sixth-grade and kindergarten students. The interviews, physical artifacts, and focus group responses were recorded and …

Examining How The Frequency Of Artificial Intelligence Use In The Workplace Relates To Employee Self-Efficacy And Job Satisfaction, Dalton R. Vail

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Artificial intelligence is a prominent topic in society. Its adoption in the healthcare sector has occurred rapidly. Nonetheless, much existing research focuses on clinical healthcare professionals, thereby overlooking those in non-clinical roles. Non-clinical roles make up a small portion of the healthcare industry, but they account for a large share of burnout in the field. This quantitative study aimed to explore the relationships among artificial intelligence, job satisfaction, and self-efficacy. It posited that these variables are interconnected concerning artificial intelligence in a non-clinical context. Furthermore, the study sought to determine whether job satisfaction and self-efficacy are influenced by how often …

The Army Spreads Its Wings: Army Aviation And Its Influence On War, Christopher J. Braund

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Today’s United States Army operates some of the world's most advanced helicopters, conducting some of the most dangerous aerial insertions and close air support missions. Every Army infantry division has a helicopter brigade, with capabilities ranging from command-and-control to attack, scout, and lift assets. Yet, that is a relatively new concept. Developed in the 1960s, the air mobility doctrine emerged from the Eisenhower Administration’s New Look defense policy, giving the Army direction on how to use helicopters within its overall land warfare capability. This dissertation looks at how that occurred. It fills a major gap in the historiography of Army …

A Qualitative Case Study Of Law Enforcement Supervisors’ Perspectives On Agency Efforts To Identify And Prevent Extremism Among Active-Duty Officers, Enoch D. Irvine

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The presence of political extremism among active-duty law enforcement represents a very real threat to the safety of citizens and the integrity of the policing profession. The purpose of this study was to have law enforcement supervisors describe what their agencies are doing to identify and prevent political extremism among active-duty officers in Utah. Law enforcement supervisors from three specifically chosen case-study agencies were invited to participate via a combination of semi-structured in-person interviews and an online survey. The findings of this study demonstrate the challenges law enforcement supervisors face in addressing extremism among officers while thoroughly highlighting the lack …

An Intelligent Sdn-Enabled Framework For Real-Time Ipv6 Ip Spoofing Detection And Prevention, Navaneethan C. Arjuman, Ahmad Fikri Sharudin, Zar Chi Hlaing, Supriyanto Praptodiyono

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

With the increase in the adoption of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the issue of Internet Protocol (IP) spoofing has remained a significant risk that damages the integrity of networks. Although some countermeasures, like Secure Neighbor Discovery (SEND) and Router Advertisement (RA) Guard, are available, these solutions are complex to deploy, consume high resources, and can be bypassed by advanced attacks. This paper provides a critical review of the available IPv6 spoofing prevention methods and proposes an enhanced multi-layered framework that uses improved ingress and egress filtering, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based anomaly detection, and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) to automatically mitigate threats …

Mask-Resilient Multi-Biometric Authentication For Healthcare, Caleb Yeo, Siew-Chin Chong, Kian-Ming Lim, Lee-Ying Chong

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

The fast integration of digital healthcare platforms, including telemedicine and electronic health records, has created a significant need for secure, contactless authentication methods. Traditional login methods such as passwords and PINs are increasingly insufficient for ensuring the security of sensitive patient data. This paper presents a robust, lightweight Healthcare Authentication System that five biometric modules to address major challenges in facial recognition: spoofing attacks, liveness detection, and facial occlusion due to mask-wearing. The system leverages RetinaFace for face detection, a MobileNetV2 model for mask classification, a lightweight CNN for blink-based liveness verification, and MiniFASNet for spoof detection. For identity matching, …

Structured Data Preprocessing Techniques For A Multilingual Healthcare Dataset In Machine Learning Applications, Md. Abu Nishan, Choo-Yee Ting, Chih-Yang Pee, Helmi Zakariah, Thanh-Trung Nguyen

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

Data preprocessing is a foundational stage in any machine learning (ML) workflow, especially when dealing with complex, multilingual, and real-world healthcare datasets. The quality, consistency, and structure of input data strongly influence the accuracy, fairness, and interpretability of predictive models. This paper presents a comprehensive and structured preprocessing framework designed for a large multilingual healthcare dataset containing 19,536 patient records with 67 features encompassing demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic information. The framework systematically addresses data heterogeneity, linguistic diversity, and structural inconsistencies through multiple stages of cleaning and transformation. The preprocessing process includes translation of Malay text into English to ensure linguistic …

Comparative Analysis Of Time Series Forecasting Models For Stock Price Prediction: Arima, Lstm, And Prophet, Muhammad Syahid Pebriadi, Tino Kemal Fattah, Putriana Salman, Rizky Amelia

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

Stock price forecasting with a uniform approach is a challenging process due to nonlinearity, regime changes, and seasonality. The following paper would like to address the practical problem of selecting an appropriate model through comparing three widely used models such as Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and Prophet based on how they are applied to different attributes of data and forecast-related tasks. The structured direct comparison will be our proposal, as to be able to identify the strengths and shortcomings in abiding by each model. Each of the model is methodologically trained and tested on …