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Blue Carbon For Blue Nations: Ecosystem-Based Adaptation For Sids Under The Global Goal On Adaptation - Lessons From Belize, Hanqi Gao

COP30

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Water Management System To Mitigate Flood Hazard And Facing Water Scarcity In Sinai Peninsula, Abdalla Ashraf Farouk

COP30

Water scarcity is a global problem that threatens our life on Earth. Unfortunately, this problem becomes more serious over time. Moreover, climate change makes this problem more serious than before. According to the Fifth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), around 80% of the global population will experience water scarcity by 2050, and around 1.8 billion people will be living in regions suffering from water scarcity. This threat to human beings becomes closer to us than ever before due to the increase in population and the immense negative impact of climate change. Especially in arid and …

Influence Of Exercise Opportunities On Bone Health In Laying Hens, Jaden Costner, Alexis Clark, Ahmed Ali

Publications

Laying hens are often housed in environments that restrict movement, which may contribute to bone fragility and decreased welfare. These confined environments, such as conventional cage systems, limit exercise and result in poor skeletal development. This study investigates the impact of exercise opportunities on bone health in laying hens by comparing the tibiotarsi and humeri bone characteristics in enriched and unenriched housing environments. A total of 200 hens were housed in pens (20 birds/pen) from 0 to 40 weeks of age. Five pens, which served as the experimental group, were equipped with multi-tier perches and ledges, providing exercise opportunities. In …

High School Students’ Navigation Processes In An Internet Reading Task: A Descriptive Video Analysis, Hyeju Han, Kole Norberg, Byeong-Young Cho, Scott H. Fraundorf

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Most research on internet reading has identified skilled readers based on well-established theories of print reading. Nevertheless, an emerging body of work suggests that higher competency in print reading does not fully account for competency in internet reading comprehension. The authors conducted a descriptive video analysis of high school readers’ online navigation behaviors to identify characteristics that could account for differences in their internet reading outcomes. In particular, they focused on students with high grade point averages but diverging internet reading outcomes. The authors found that the participating students with lower outcomes tended to adopt a linear path of navigation …

Editorial Review Board Vol. 64 Issue 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract provided.

Town Of Pawleys Island, Ally Murphy

Goal 15: Life on Land

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New Graduate Nurse Retention: The Effect Of Financial Literacy On New Graduate Nurse Intent To Stay, Jenna Elizabeth Hluwood

Dissertations

New graduate nurses (NGNs) undergo a range of life changes during their transition from an academic environment to clinical practice. To decrease NGN role strain, burnout and attrition, nurse educators and managers must do their part to limit the effects of transition shock. Therefore, Judy Duchscher’s (2009) theory of transition shock was the theoretical framework for this study. An essential component of transition shock is the responsibility of financial management. With no literature available to detail the financial literacy of NGNs, original research in this area of study was needed. The purpose of this quantitative exploratory study was to determine …

Exploring Moral Distress In Hospital-Based Nurse Case Managers: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Mary Margaret Leas

Dissertations

Moral distress is a well-known phenomenon among hospital-based bedside nurses that is damaging and dangerous to patients, nurses, the healthcare system, and society. There is a gap in the literature related to the experience of moral distress (MD) among hospital-based nurse case managers. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to understand the experience of MD for the hospital-based nurse case manager and identify triggering events and consequences of MD. The following research questions guided this study:

Q1 What is the experience of MD among hospital-based nurse case managers?

Q1a What do they identify as causes or precursors of …

Teaching Strategies Clinical Educators Use To Develop Undergraduate Students’ Clinical Reasoning Skills, Lisa González

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to describe the teaching strategies nurse educators used to develop students' clinical judgment in the clinical education setting. A significant gap in clinical education has persisted for years with a need for evidence to guide teaching and learning that emphasizes clinical judgment. Concerns regarding underdeveloped clinical judgment skills in new graduate nurses have led to initiatives and research aimed to increase clinical judgment emphasis in nursing education. The following research questions guided this study:

Q1 What teaching strategies do clinical nurse educators use to develop students’ clinical reasoning and clinical judgment skills in the …

Report On The First Year Of Operation Of Kentucky’S First Utility Wind Turbine, Lawrence E. Holloway, Sophia A. Hahn, Aron Patrick

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

This report examines the first year’s operational data from Kentucky’s first utility wind turbine, the 37 m hub-height 90-kilowatt NPS100C-27, operated by the PPL Corporation Research and Development at their Renewable Integration Research Facility in Mercer County, Kentucky. During that year, the turbine was available 95% of the time, spinning 85% of the time, and generating power 78% of the time, and had a net capacity factor of 11%. This report analyzes the turbine performance and uses the collected wind data to project the performance of an example turbine more typical of larger commercial turbines recently installed elsewhere in the …

Quantifying Irreversible Climate Losses: Methods And Metrics For Non-Economic Loss And Damage, Mahmoud Elfeky

COP30

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Schools As Hubs For Cultivating Climate Literacy And Action In Egypt, Kenzy Al Ruwaini

COP30

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Strengthening Climate Empowerment In Pharmacy Education And Practice: A Literature Review, Hend Ahmed

COP30

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A Regional Strategy For Building Climate-Health Capacity In North Africa, Donia Khaled Badr Mohamed

COP30

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Designing Climate - Resilient Water Management Systems, Takudzwa Cheta

COP30

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Climate Related Loss And Damages Tariff Support Program: Using Trade Concessions As A Mechanism For Climate Justice, Paolo Magnata

COP30

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Student Loan Default: Does Race/Ethnicity Or Socioeconomic Status Play A Larger Role In Student Loan Default In Texas Public 4-Year Institutions?, Traci Armes

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated whether Black students were more likely to default on federal student loans compared to Pell Grant-eligible students who completed their degree programs at public four-year institutions in Texas. The study examined Black, White, Asian, and Hispanic Pelleligible and non-Pell-eligible students to determine whether socioeconomic status or race/ethnicity played a more significant role in determining default rates. The analysis was limited to four-year public institutions in Texas to control for the excessive default rates prevalent in two-year and proprietary institutions. The study was also limited to students who had completed their degree programs. Historically Black Colleges and Universities …

Building Sustainable Spaces And Strengthening The Economy, Samantha Samargedlis

Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

No abstract provided.

Deltaic Engineering-Induced Accumulation Hides Erosion In Response To Fluvial Sediment Decline In The Yangtze Submarine Shoal, Haifei Yang, Lu Wang, Kehui Xu, Wenxiang Zhang, Benwei Shi, Shilun Yang, Ya Ping Wang

Faculty Publications

Worldwide river deltas are impacted by human activities and climatic change, but it has been challenging to quantify their contributions due to nonlinear natural processes and a lack of long-term geomorphological data. Time-series bathymetric data were collected at submarine Hengsha Shoal in the Yangtze Delta during 11 repeat surveys over 60 yr. Our results show that the minimum riverine sediment supply to maintain the shoal's morphology was 229–258 Mt yr⁻¹. Without human impacts, it would have been experiencing net erosion since the operation of the Three Gorges Dam in 2003. However, this shoal has been growing in certain …

Subtropical Marine Cloud Brightening Suppresses The El Niño–Southern Oscillation, C. Xing, S. Stevenson, J. Fasullo, C. Harrison, C. Chen, J. Wan, J. Coupe, C. Pfleger

Faculty Publications

Stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) and marine cloud brightening (MCB) are two proposed methods of compensating for greenhouse gas-induced warming by reflecting incoming solar radiation. However, their effects on the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a critical mode of climate variability, are poorly understood. Here we use ensembles of climate model simulations to show that deploying MCB in the subtropical eastern Pacific dramatically reduces ENSO amplitude by approximately 61%, while SAI has a negligible impact. MCB increases cloud albedo, which cools the subtropical eastern Pacific and triggers a loss of moist static energy. This cooling promotes atmospheric subsidence, dries the tropical Pacific, …

Effects Of Phenolic Compounds From Sorghum Bran, Grape Seed And Green Tea On Dough Rheology And Bread Quality In Reduced-Salt Formulations, Jinrong Wang, Gengjun Chen, Yonghui Li, Zijian Wu

Dairy Science and Food Science Faculty Publications: 2022 to Present

This study investigated the effects of phenolic compounds (0.5 %–1.5 %) extracted from sumac sorghum bran (SBE), grape seed (GSE), green tea (GTE) on the quality of reduced-salt bread (0.8 % salt). To understand the mechanisms underlying these effects, the influence of SBE, GSE, and GTE on dough mixing properties, extensional properties and gluten surface hydrophobicity were characterized. SDS-PAGE analysis was employed to examine protein cross-linking and interactions between phenolics and gluten. The results showed that phenolics primarily interacted with gluten through hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions. Specifically, these compounds exhibited preferential binding to high-molecular- weight proteins in glutenin macropolymers …

Factors Informing Referral Of Adult Patients To Palliative Care Services In A Tertiary Facility In Kenya: Physicians' Perspective, Donnah A. Opiyo

Master of Medicine in Family Medicine

Background The growing burden of chronic diseases underscores the urgent need for palliative care integration into healthcare systems worldwide. Despite its benefits, palliative care remains underutilized due to various barriers, including health system limitations, institutional challenges, infrastructure gaps, and individual provider factors. However, limited research has explored the specific factors influencing physicians' decisions to refer patients to palliative care. This study sought to fill that gap by examining the key determinants shaping referral practices in a tertiary facility in Kenya.

Design and Methods This exploratory qualitative study examined 22 physician specialists from five departments at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. …

High Flying Adored: How Ceo Narcissism Influences Firms’ Responses To Above-Aspiration Performance With Risky Organizational Change, Korcan Kavusan, Daniel Mack, Matthew P. Mount, Gokhan Ertug

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Research Summary: Research on performance feedback presents conflicting views on how above-aspiration performance influences organizational change. Some studies argue that it constrains change due to a lack of organizational motivation, while others suggest that it enables change by expanding managerial discretion. Reconciling these perspectives, we suggest that managers’ narcissistic tendencies can fundamentally alter how a firm responds to above-aspiration performance. We theorize and find evidence that high-narcissism CEOs respond to above-aspiration performance with more acquisitions—attention-generating actions that align with their self-enhancement motives, while under similar conditions low-narcissism CEOs avoid acquisitions, due to their uncertainty and risk. Our findings highlight the …

Centering Community Voice In Strategic Design: The Build Health Challenge Model, Melissa Monbouquette, Jessica Mulcahy

The Foundation Review

It is commonplace today for philanthropies to require grantee partners to have a community engagement strategy to ensure that the institution reflects the community that it serves. It is also incumbent on foundations to embrace the same intent. Alongside participatory practices, listening is an opportunity to level the power dynamics inherent to philanthropic practice.

The BUILD Health Challenge® (BUILD) is an innovative funder collaborative designed to support local cross-sector action to address the root cause of health inequities. Established in 2015, BUILD supports participants from across the U.S. to engage in partnerships including residents, community-based organizations, health departments, and health …

Child Cruelty By Design: Big Tech's Defiance Of California's Child Online Safety Mandates, Children's Advocacy Institute, University Of San Diego School Of Law

CAI Special Reports

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Evaluation Of A Nurse Practitioner-Led Preoptimization Care Management Program’S Impact On Patient Satisfaction For Total Hip And Knee Arthroplasty, Bryttany Chambers

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

This evaluation project aimed to assess whether the nurse practitioner-led preoptimization care management program can increase patient satisfaction by improving the quality metrics, such as same-day ambulation post-surgery, discharge to home, and compliance in preoperative education. The evaluation retroactively reviewed 46 charts of primary total knee and hip arthroplasty patients, male (38%) and female (62%), aged 43 to 84. Using Fisher’s exact test to examine the Net Promoter Scores (NPS) for six months of the PCM program, there was no significant increase in patient satisfaction scores, despite PCM patients averaging 89% compared to non-PCM patients at 83%, based on an …

Educating Nurse Practitioners On Music-Based Interventions: An Evidence-Based Project, La’Keshia Henderson

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Background: Arts-based interventions (ABIs) harness the transformative power of art to enhance processes or situations, particularly those related to physiological, emotional, and psychological well-being. There are three types of arts-based interventions: visual, literary, and performing arts. Among these, music therapy, a form of performing arts intervention, has gained recognition as an effective approach for addressing mental health challenges. Music therapy has shown promise in reducing anxiety symptoms, offering a non-invasive and accessible form of support within ABI strategies. Purpose: This project assessed changes in nurse practitioners' knowledge, attitudes, and practices, as well as their intentions to utilize music-based interventions in …

Not All Political Ties Are The Same: Firms' Ties To The Government And Pollution, Wen Helena Li, Ilya R. P. Cuypers, Gokhan Ertug, Hari Bapuji, Wei Liu

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Complementing research on the implications of political ties for firms’ strategic decisions and financial performance, recent studies are increasingly focusing on the environmental consequences of firms’ political connections. We contribute to this stream of work by integrating insights from the literature on political ties and the multifaceted nature of governments to explore how the level of government influences the pollution implications of firms’ political ties. Specifically, we theorize and demonstrate that, in China, firms' achieved political ties with high levels of the government reduce pollution, while such ties with low levels of the government increase it. Furthermore, we examine how …

Developing A Novel Patient-Centered Definition Of Severe Maternal Morbidity, Adina R. Kern-Goldberger

Faculty Scholarship

Background: Defining, preventing, and evaluating severe maternal morbidity (SMM) has become an important component of obstetric care delivery, but existing frameworks for SMM do not account for how patients perceive and experience morbidity. Objective: This study evaluated patient values and perceptions related to maternal pregnancy complications with the goal of devising a patient-centered maternal morbidity composite. Study Design: This 2-part sequential qualitative to quantitative mixed-methods study first involved semi-structured interviews of postpartum patients recruited from an urban, academic hospital prior to discharge from the delivery admission with purposive sampling by race and mode of delivery. Qualitative data around patient-perceived adverse …

The Effect Of Wise Leadership On Sustainable Performance, Haneen Raid Rasheed, Hadeel Kadhm Saeed

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The research aims to know the impact of wise leadership in its dimensions (Intellectual shrewdness, Spurring action, Moral conduct, and Cultivating humility) in achieving sustainable performance (economic performance, social performance, and environmental performance). The researcher chose the Midland Oil Company as a field for applying the research. The researcher distributed a questionnaire to a purposive sample of (126) managers working within the Midland Oil Company, which included (department managers and division officials). The number of questionnaires valid for analysis was (121) out of (126) distributed questionnaires. The researcher relied on the questionnaire as a primary source for collecting information from …