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Theatre Education At The University Of Montana: Providing Innovative Solutions To A Complex Problem, Natalie Renk

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

This paper is part of a larger project that aims to provide solutions to assimilate the University of Montana’s theatre education program with those across the United States by providing budget conscious innovations. The focus of this paper will be the creation of two methods courses: THTR 438: Content for Secondary Theatre Education and THTR 439: Skills for Theatre Education, this paper discussing the former. The latter was designed by my research partner, Ren Shepherd. This course would offer comprehensive coverage of theatre practitioners, both historical and modern theatrical texts, hands on design and budgeting experience, as well as teaching …

“It Is The Greatest Shame In The World”: Tomás Cerdán De Tallada’S Pioneering Analysis And Critiques Of Jails In The Spanish Golden Age, Riley Emerson Carney

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

During the 16^th century, prisons as we know them did not exist in Spain nor in most of Western Europe. Jails, as a temporary place to hold criminals before their trial, did exist but were quickly filling up with a wave of new criminals and debtors. This system of jails was poorly organized and poorly understood until Tomás Cerdán de Tallada wrote his treatise Visita de la carcel, which was the first in Spain to analyze the system of jails as a whole, and one of the first to offer criticisms of the system. Core to Cerdán’s understanding …

‘Who’S Your Daddy?’: Ddradseq Parentage In Broodstock-Offspring Pairs Of Diadema Antillarum In A Population Restoration Initiative, Bianca R. Rosendahl

Undergraduate Scholarship and Creative Works

In the early 1980s Diadema antillarum, or the long-spined urchin, was hit by a catastrophic mass mortality event across the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, inclusive of the Florida Keys. The cause of this die-off event was likely triggered by a pathogen or environmental stressor that decimated native populations by up to 98%. The species has not yet fully recovered and is struggling with recruitment success which is why it may benefit from an ex-situ recovery program. In this study, I used single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to identify genetic variation and analyze parentage in a captive population of …

Bridging The Digital Divide In Biomedical Healthcare: Policy Solutions For Equity In Access, Literacy, And Infrastructure, Brooke E. Turner, Emmy L. Colon Alamo

Undergraduate Scholarship and Creative Works

This paper explores the intersection of digital inequity and biomedical healthcare access in the United States, positioning the digital divide as a structural determinant of health. As telehealth and digital platforms become central to care delivery, communities lacking broadband infrastructure, digital literacy, and affordable internet access face compounded barriers to equitable healthcare. The study introduces five critical dimensions—access, availability, adequacy, acceptability, and affordability—as a framework for addressing these disparities. It proposes the Rhizomatic Digital Ecosystem Framework to guide national and local interventions, emphasizing the need for public investment in broadband expansion, digital education, and affordability programs. By treating digital access …

Bank Of America Foundation Fellowship 2015–2024, Bank Of America Foundation, Notre Dame Law School

Student, Faculty, and Staff Awards

The Bank of American Foundation Fellowship, launched in 2015, covers the cost of salary and benefits for two graduating class members to work for two years at a city agency or nonprofit organization of their choice. The fellows’ work must advance community sustainability and provide legal services to low-income or underrepresented populations.

Chronically Online: Apportioning Liability In Social Media Litigation Based On User Engagement, Rebecca Vangelos

Fordham Law Review

The average American teenager spends nearly five hours on social media every day. This result is by design: social media platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok deploy persuasive technologies—including infinite scroll, personalized content recommendation feeds, and dark patterns—to capture and retain teen attention. These intentional design features exploit adolescent vulnerabilities to foster social media dependency. Accordingly, a growing body of scientific evidence links the extensive use of social media to the teen mental health crisis in the United States.

Despite these negative effects, social media companies have largely evaded accountability for the harm they have caused to teens. Recent lawsuits …

Writing Back To Empire: Anticolonial Petitioning And Decolonisation In Postwar British West Africa, 1945–1960, Bright Alozie

Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article reexamines petition writing as a strategic form of anticolonial resistance and negotiation in British West Africa between 1945 and 1960. Focusing on Nigeria and the Gold Coast (now Ghana), it argues that petitions – often regarded as apolitical or ineffective – were in fact deeply political texts through which colonised individuals asserted rights, challenged imperial authority, and participated in shaping decolonisation discourse. Drawing on new archival petitions, colonial correspondence, and administrative records, the study analyzes how a wide range of African actors – including trade unions, veterans, women’s organisations, and youth groups – appropriated colonial bureaucratic norms to …

Afrissippi, Peter Muvunyi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines how Guelel Kumba, a Senegalese Fulani griot, chef, and musician currently residing in Oxford, Mississippi, incorporates West African cuisine and music into his daily life in the South. This profile study asks: How does Kumba's performances and cooking translate Fulani heritage into Mississippi's blues and soul-food scenes? The research employed observation, secondary sources, purposeful semi-structured interviews, and a documentary.

Kumba views tradition as an arsenal, preserving its essential rhythms and flavors while reworking family recipes and tunes to suit local tastes. Customers can eat, listen, and interact their way into shared history at his food truck and …

The Mathematical Struggle: A Peer’S Review Of Mathematics Education, Joshua Brobst

All Student Scholarship

This paper explores the perceived bias against the mathematics (math) discipline. Specifically, it will explore the concept of math anxiety (MA) and why the broad idea of the apparent negativity towards math is so pervasive. The paper does so through two different avenues; the first approach being a literature review of the data and arguments from psychology and math education journals that have been previously published. The second method provided is one performed specifically for this thesis in which data from a University of Southern Maine (USM) MAT 100 course was collected from student responses submitted at the end of …

Immature (Data) Privacy, Yutang Hsiao

Buffalo Law Review

Sharenting, a combination of the words “sharing” and “parenting,” is a double-edged sword. It can cut both ways because even though it benefits parents by being a source of support and fostering community, it harms children in various significant and nuanced ways. While the world blames parents for sharing too much of their children’s data on social media, other actors also play a role and should share the blame. In this Article, I argue that the most fundamental question sharenting raises is in what ways children’s privacy is violated, and who commits the violation. Social media, as one of the …

The Role Of Communication In Environmental Awareness According To Circular Economy Stakeholders, Alejandro Carbonell-Alcocer, Juan Romero-Luis, Manuel Gertrudix

Artículos científicos

In order to make the transition from a linear to a circular economy, unprecedented measures are required from all social actors. Communication plays a fundamental role in this transition. The use of social marketing as an alternative to traditional communication models can promote the paradigm shift in order to increase communicative effectiveness. Understanding the perception of circular economy drivers is crucial for communication efforts aimed at persuading citizens to change their habits. To this end, this study analyzes drivers’ perceptions of communication processes aimed at environmental awareness and sensitization. Using grounded theory, a qualitative methodology, 44 interviews were conducted with …

Physiological Flow-Clutch States Identification Within The Eduflow Scale In Educational Steam Real-World Scenarios, David Antonio Rosas Espín, Natalia Padilla-Zea, Jean Heutte, Daniel Burgos

Artículos científicos

This paper focuses on the physiological identification of Clutch-Flow states in real-world educational scenarios. By using the Eduflow scale and Polar H10 wearable devices, we develop two STEAM face-to-face project-base teaching-learning experiences with students in 5th and 6th grade of primary education. Based on Heart Rate Variation (HRV) recorded for 18 one-hour sessions and their comparison to responses obtained in 181 EduFlow questionaries filled in by students after each session, a Kubios-based analysis was performed, obtaining a total of 127 reports about HVR. The main findings of this study reveal multiple and meaningful correlations between physiological data and the flow …

La Obtención De Piedra De Barrilla Frente Al Cambio Climático: Las Hipótesis De Investigación “La Gasca-Lillo” Del Proyecto Texco2 Desarrollado En Huéscar Y Castril, David Antonio Rosas Espín, José María Montalvo Puentes

Artículos científicos

La obtención de piedra de barrilla, utilizada en la fabricación de vidrio, jabón y textiles, constituyó una agroindustria fundamental en España hasta el siglo XIX. En Castril, Puebla de Don Fadrique y Los Vélez, fue indispensable para fabricar sus afamadas piezas de vidrio. Como los pormenores de la elaboración de sosa de barrilla se desconocen, este trabajo plantea diecisiete hipótesis para su reproducción experimental. Pretendemos recuperar este saber tradicional, así como evaluar su potencial como sumidero virtual de CO2, contribuyendo a la lucha contra el cambio climático y promoviendo el desarrollo sostenible en las comarcas históricas productoras de barrilla.

Annual Report Of Undergraduate Research Fellows From August 2024 To May 2025, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs. Morehead State University.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Reports and Publications

Annual Report of Undergraduate Research Fellows from August 2024 to May 2025.

Sharksrx Newsletter Winter 2025, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Sharks Rx

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The Effectiveness Of The Hague Convention In Addressing International Child Abduction, Areej A. Dakelallah Althubiti

Theses and Dissertations

Parental child abduction is a growing concern fueled by immigration, cross-cultural marriages, evolving family dynamics, and gaps in the implementation and enforcement of developed international frameworks. This study examines the effectiveness of and challenges to the enforcement of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (HCCA), which was developed to address this problem. Specifically, the goal of this research is to assess the effect the HCCA has had on parental kidnapping, analyze its effectiveness in resolving international custody disputes, and identify the legal and practical obstacles that inhibit implementation. While the prevalence of parental kidnapping continues …

Evaluation Of Genetic Testing For Thoracic Aortic Disease, Adrian Ricardo Acuna Higaki

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

AimsThoracic aortic disease (TAD), including aneurysms and dissections, present a significant global health challenge due to its typically asymptomatic nature until the onset of critical complications that come with high morbidity and mortality. Effective risk stratification is crucial for early identification and management of patients and their families who are at heightened risk of disease progression. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of current genetic testing guidelines for patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms. Methods The study evaluated genetic tests for TAD from 2012 to 2023 in patients aged 18 and older with a thoracic aorta diameter greater than 4 …

Provider-Patient Alliance And Trauma Among Pregnant Patients With Opioid Use Disorder, Molly Doernberg

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The goal of this project was to compare the provider-patient relationship among pregnant patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) who did or did not have a history of moderate to severe trauma. The hypothesis was that patients with a trauma history would self-report worse relationships with their providers. This was an exploratory analysis of data from 169 patients enrolled in the Support Models for Addiction Related Treatment (SMART) trial. Trauma history, defined as probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), was determined by a score ≥31 on the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5). The provider-patient relationship, collected at 26±4 weeks of pregnancy, …

Yale Medicine Magazine December 2025, Issue 175, Yale University. School Of Medicine

Yale Medicine Magazine - alumni bulletin and magazine

This is the December 2025 issue of Yale Medicine Magazine, issue 175. Prepared in cooperation with the alumni and development offices at the School of Medicine. Earlier volumes are called Yale School of Medicine alumni bulletins, dating from v.1 (1953) through v.13 (1965) and Yale Medicine: alumni bulletin of the School of Medicine, v.1 (1965) through v. 52, no.1. (Autumn 2017).

From Clinic To Court: Feminist Organizing And The Fight For Birth Control In Griswold V. Connecticut, Lynn Q. Lee

Kaplan Senior Essay Prize for Use of Library Special Collections

In 1961, Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut (PPLC) Director Estelle Griswold and Yale School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Chair Dr. Charles Lee Buxton were arrested. Charged with opening an illegal birth control clinic in New Haven, the two embarked on a four-year battle to overturn Connecticut’s decades-old anti-birth control law. The resulting Supreme Court case, Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), was the culmination of decades of advocacy, coalition building, and cultural conflict over reproductive rights in one of the nation’s most restrictive states.

Griswold v. Connecticut established the constitutional right to marital privacy, creating the protection needed for …

The Crumbley Precedent: When Florida Parents Should Face Involuntary Manslaughter Charges In School Shootings, Sophie Hayman

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

English 111 Syllabus, Jackie Weber

Open Educational Resources

This is the first part of a course sequence in English Composition that fulfills the Pathways Required Common Core: English Composition. Upon successful completion of ENG 111, you will proceed to ENG 121. In this course, we will work together to bring your writing to the level of college academic standards. Our work will focus on organization, grammar, and mechanics, as well as strategies for developing and presenting complex ideas. We will engage in academic topics and practice writing in different rhetorical modes.

Sci Peer Mentoring & Community Engagement: A Review, Caitlyn Menard

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Each year, about 250,000 to 500,000 individuals sustain a spinal cord injury (SCI), resulting in decreased social participation and diminished societal engagement. This diminished quality of life hinders a person’s ability to fulfill societal roles (Beauchamp et al., 2016). Sustaining an SCI leads to a loss of performance skills and restricts the ability to participate in meaningful activities as one could prior to the injury (Beauchamp et al., 2016). The current standard of care indicates that individuals with an SCI engage in rehabilitation services and receive training from skilled clinicians and peers living with an SCI. Community-dwelling individuals with SCI …

Alterations In Whole Muscle Quality And Physiological Cross-Sectional Area Measured With Quantitative Mri Following Acl Injury, Meredith K. Owen, Lauren Richardson, Darren L. Johnson, Moriel H. Vandsburger, Thorsten Feiweier, Katherine L. Thompson, Christopher S. Fry, Peter A. Hardy, Brian W. Noehren

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

Background: Emerging evidence suggests that there are morphological and physiological changes to the vastus lateralis after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. However, it is unclear whether these alterations are limited to just the vastus lateralis or are more representative of widespread changes across the thigh musculature and/or if these changes precede reconstruction. The purpose of this study was to determine T1ρ relaxation time, a measure of extracellular matrix organization in muscle, and physiological cross-sectional area (PCSA) for muscles of the quadriceps and hamstrings of the ACL-deficient and contralateral limbs soon after ACL injury.

Methods: T1ρ and diffusion …

Effects Of An Active Ankle Exoskeleton On The Walking Biomechanics Of Healthy Men, Sridevi Nagaraja, Jose E. Rubio, Junfei Tong, Aravind Sundaramurthy, Anup Pant, Meredith K. Owen, Michael A. Samaan, Brian W. Noehren, Jaques Reifman

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

Active lower-body exoskeleton devices can decrease the energy requirement of the human body by providing mechanical assistance to lower-body muscles. However, they also alter gait kinematics and kinetics, and it is not well understood whether such alterations are detrimental or beneficial to the human body. In this pilot study, we investigated the impact of walking with an ankle exoskeleton device on the biomechanics of men while carrying a heavy load. We collected computed tomography images and motion-capture data for five young, healthy men who walked 5 km (∼60 min) with a 22.7-kg load, with and without an active ankle exoskeleton …

Adventist Human Subject Researchers' Association Research Conference: June 25-28, 2025, Andrews University

Human Subject Research Archive

Program Book

A Cause For Confusion: The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act, Jake S. Blumstein, Jonathan M. Bornstein, Luis A. Duran

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Impact Of The Ftc Ban On Non-Compete Clauses: Implications For Alternative Employee Restrictive Covenants, Zoë Clarke

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Nova Law Review Full Issue Volume 49, Issue 2

Nova Law Review

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Nova Law Review Full Issue Volume 49, Issue 3

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.