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Perceived Stress, Social Media Usage, And Sleep Quality In United States Adults, Justine P. Scott

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the intricate connections among perceived stress, sleep quality, and social media usage metrics, challenging prior assumptions by highlighting social media as a noteworthy stress coping mechanism. The research aimed to understand the relationship between sleep quality, perceived stress, and the frequency and quality of social media use, guided by the biopsychosocial model as the theoretical framework.The study involved adults aged 20-65. A questionnaire incorporated four validated instruments to assess these variables: the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Internet Addiction Diagnostic Questionnaire (IADQ), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Social Media Quality Measure (SMQM). …

Students With Intensive Needs In An Inclusive Education System: A Literature Review, Mohammad Idrees Naeemy, Hiroki Yoneda

Journal of ICSAR

Educating students with various types and degrees of disabilities in regular classrooms remains challenging. Despite the global agenda and push for inclusive education, students with disabilities, particularly those with multiple and severe disabilities, are still being educated in segregated environments. In this qualitative study of peer-reviewed research literature, we aim to understand students with intensive needs (SINs), their current situation in inclusive education systems in developed and developing countries, and the best approaches to how they are being or should be educated in inclusive education systems. The results indicate that students who experience severe challenges in their physical, intellectual, developmental, …

Ar Improves Understanding Of Germination Materials For Intellectual Disability Students In Special School 5th Grade, Hendriano Meggy, Imas Diana Aprilia

Journal of ICSAR

This study aims to explore the use of AR technology to enhance the understanding of students with mild intellectual disabilities in the topic of germination processes in 5th Grade Special School Nusak Jagoi Babang. The research adopts an experimental method with a One Group Pretest-Posttest Design model. The research sample consists of 7 students from 5th Grade Special School. The study begins by conducting a pretest on the subjects before implementing the treatment, which involves the use of AR technology. After the subjects receive the treatment, a posttest is conducted to measure their learning improvement. The results of the study …

“Parenting” As The Enhancer Of Subjective-Educative Experiences: Case Study On Parental Process Of Children With Intellectual Disability, Sopingi Sopingi

Journal of ICSAR

From adults’ learning perspectives, parenting children with intellectual disabilities is considered a social reality interestingly researched, particularly related to the challenges and experiences during the parenting process encountered by parents who lack knowledge and understanding of intellectual disabilities. This research aims to (1) describe the configuration of parenting challenges in-depth and (2) explore the subjective-educative experiences derived from the challenges. This research was conducted using a qualitative approach with a phenomenological method. The data was derived from in-depth interviews with parents of children with moderate intellectual disability. The data were analyzed following the stages of the phenomenological method consisting of …

Effect Of Audio Tactile Vocabulary (Atv) Media On Reading Difficulties Of Children With Specific Learning Disorder In Inclusive Elementary School, Ni Made Marlin Minarsih, I Ketut Mahendra

Journal of ICSAR

This research aims to know the effect of Audio Tactile Vocabulary (ATV) media on vocabulary reading ability in children with reading difficulties and with specific learning disorders in inclusive elementary schools—research using a quasi-experimental with quantitative approach. The design is One Group Pretest-Posttest Design—data collection techniques based on interviews, observation, and performance assessment. Data analysis used descriptive statistics. The test results show that the scope of substitution has decreased from 21 wrong vocabulary words to 8 vocabulary words in the scope of omission, and there has been a decrease from 47 wrong vocabulary words to 15 vocabulary words. In the …

Competencies Elements For Vocational Teachers Of Learners With Special Educational Needs: A Systematic Literature Review Analysis, Mohd Farizan Bin Mohd Saad @ Zakaria, Chia Jong Huey, Nornazira Binti Suhairom, Muhammad Sukri Bin Saud, Salmalina Binti Salleh

Journal of ICSAR

A nationally aligned education is expected to help impaired pupils attain their full potential. In recent years, there has been an increase in global awareness and recognition of vocational education and training for disabled learners. This includes regulatory changes in special needs education, creating specific curriculum curricula for fast-paced businesses, incorporating technology into lessons, constructing new vocational special needs education facilities, and reorganizing existing facilities to match current demands. These vocational education programs necessitate the creation of new vocational special needs education teaching positions. Teachers contribute to the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2012-2025 goal and vision by developing talent in special …

Kinetic Sand Media To Improve Pre-Writing In Children With Spastic Type Of Cerebral Palsy, Mega Iswari, Setia Budi, Gaby Arnes, Iga Setia Utami, Retno Triswandari, Apriani Wulandari

Journal of ICSAR

This study is based on the problems found in SLB 1 Padang Panjang. There is a child with spastic type of cerebral palsy (CP) had low pre-writing ability, this was indicated by the child's difficulty in moving his muscles, so that the child experienced difficulties in the academic field in his writing ability. The purpose of this study is to improve children's pre-writing skills by using kinetic sand for spastic types of cerebral palsy. The method used is single subject research (SSR) with an ABA design. The test uses a pre-writing ability test, which is to assign children to make …

Sexual And Reproductive Health Education: A Case Study At Pembina Pekanbaru Special School, Arif Prawira, Imas Diana Aprilia

Journal of ICSAR

The easy access to inappropriate content through digital media presents a particular challenge in education, particularly in special education. This research aims to get a better understanding of sexual and reproductive health education at the Pembina Pekanbaru Special School, Indonesia. The method of this research uses a qualitative method, and the data is collected through interviews with 4 teachers and 2 parents of students. The results indicate that sexual and reproductive health education at the school is still limited to aspects of the content of human anatomy and physiology. However, other aspects such as sexual and reproductive health are not …

The Effect Of "Kis" (Social Interaction Communication) Application On The Augmentative Alternative Communication To Improve Communication For Down Syndrome Students, Tita Sundari, Imas Diana Aprilia

Journal of ICSAR

This research develops AAC for students with Down syndrome using the "KIS" application media. The purpose of making this media is to help students with Down syndrome who have difficulty communicating. The application is designed using symbols to learn to understand and express themselves using predetermined symbols. This study used an experimental, single-subject research (SSR) approach with an A-B-A design. the subject in this study was one of the Down syndrome students with communication barriers. The target behavior of the research is communication skills. Data collection techniques are obtained by observation, and action tests. The data analysis used is a …

Universal Design Learning: Rehabilitation And Inclusive Education In Multidisciplinary Perspective For Inclusive Development, Dewi Anggraini, Yohanes Subasno

Journal of ICSAR

Every person has the right to access educational services, considering that education is one of the most important elements of life in society. More specifically, education can be understood as one of the capitals used by individuals to change the order of their lives in the arena of life in various aspects. The paper aims to show the relevance of rehabilitation for persons with disabilities and inclusive education as a way to achieve inclusive development in the future through Universal Design Learning (UDL). UDL ensures the system of education should focus on the right to quality education for every child, …

The Effect Of Aided Language Stimulation (Als) Strategy In Improving Expressive Language Of Children With Cerebral Palsy, Mega Sri Warahmah, Imas Diana Aprilia

Journal of ICSAR

Cerebral Palsy children have difficulty in terms of language skills and expressing their desires. The barrier is called the expressive language barrier. Expressive language barriers are characterized by speech delays that do not even develop, so they have difficulty interacting and communicating with their environment. Based on the explanation, it is important to research the use of an aided language stimulation strategy. The purpose of this study was to see the effect of the aided language stimulation strategy on increasing the expressive language of children with cerebral palsy. This study uses a quantitative approach with a single-subject research type with …

Training System For Sne Teachers At Elementary, Middle, And High Schools: A Qualitative Analysis Of The Case Studies Content, Jieping Ou, Masayoshi Tsuge, Keiko Kumagai, Ami Sambai, Shoko Miyamoto, Shinji Okazaki, Fumiyuki Noro, Michio Kojima, Hiroki Yoneda

Journal of ICSAR

Conventional lecture-style training ends up being biased toward teaching basic theoretical knowledge, and some issues have been identified. Therefore, it is necessary to construct an effective training system that could be used by in-service teachers in actual teaching practice. This case study relates to the issues encountered in creating individualized teaching plans (ITP) and teaching practices for students with special education needs enrolled in regular schools. This study analyzed 10 cases by using the qualitative data analysis software MAXQDA. Consequently, a more positive and accurate study of the students’ conditions was conducted, and diverse opinions were elicited, including exchanges of …

The Voice: A Case Study On Parental Perspectives In Empowering Learners With Special Educational Needs Through Performing Arts Education, Suhaila Mohamad

Journal of ICSAR

This case study explores parental perspectives on empowering learners with Special Educational Needs (SEN) through performing arts education. It investigates the advantages of performing arts education for learners with SEN and offers recommendations for improvement. It also focuses on understanding parental views on the role of performing arts education in empowering learners with SEN and the benefits derived from such programs. This case study employs a mixed-methods research design, combining quantitative and qualitative approaches through surveys and interviews. The survey method involves administering structured questionnaires to gather numerical data, while interviews provide in-depth insights into parents' perspectives. Triangulation is employed …

Developing An Instrument For Measuring The Implementation Of Inclusive Education In Universities, Mega Iswari, Setia Budi, Gaby Arnes, Retno Triswandari, Johandri Taufan, Zulmiyetri Zulmiyetri, Nurhastuti Nurhastuti, Safaruddin Safaruddin, Iga Setia Utami, Grahita Kusumastuti

Journal of ICSAR

This research aims to develop an instrument to measure the implementation of inclusive education in universities. The research was developed using a mixed-methods approach, which combines the Theoretical Framework and Needs Assessment. The first stage of the research involved literature review to investigate the relevant instrument and references that support the development of an instrument for measuring inclusive education in universities. The second stage was a needs assessment conducted at universities in Padang. The subjects of the research were 47 university students from four universities in Padang. The data were analyzed using focus group discussion. The study of the index …

Fairification Of Geospatial Data, Attiksh Ansool Panda, Olatunde D. Akanbi, Vibha S. Mandayam, Erika I. Barcelos, Roger H. French

Student Scholarship

FAIRification (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) of geospatial and temporal data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) is crucial for the continuance of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER) whose aim is to aid in the development of eco-friendly fertilizers. The USGS data contains key information about water quality and contaminants, which are important metrics for our geospatial project since our work aims to track the contaminants' flow and work towards their reduction and subsequent elimination. FAIR principles refer to - Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability. This is important …

Controlling Adversarial Pheromone-Based Infections Via Quarantine Strategies In Foraging Robot Swarms, Ryan Luna, Qi Lu

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Virtual pheromone trails that facilitate efficient and adaptable coordination among foraging robot swarms are vulnerable to threats that exploit stigmergic communication. This study investigates the impact of a fake resource attack on the performance of a pheromone-based foraging algorithm and demonstrates the effectiveness of a “quarantine strategy” in mitigating the attack. The study simulates the fake resources and examines the swarm's behavior as robots are attracted to these fake resource locations. To prevent access to fake resources, circular quarantine regions are deployed, and a distance-based merging algorithm is implemented to reduce storage require-ments. The experiments are conducted with varying numbers …

Sense Of Program Community And Imposterism In Online Business Graduate Programs, Heather Leigh Rippetoe

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Building off seminal works on community including McMillan and Chavis, Lave and Wenger, Graves, and Wenger et al, the Institutional, Program, and Professional (IPP) community framework for online allows students, faculty, administrators, and alumni the opportunity to consider how to support community beyond online courses into programs, the institution, and the early career (profession). At the same time, as this way of thinking about community in online learning is emerging, academia is increasingly acknowledging the presence of imposterism, also known as imposter feelings, Imposter Phenomenon, or Imposter Syndrome for students, scholars, and early professionals. Researchers are increasingly considering imposter feelings …

A Comparative Analysis Of Shap, Lime, Anchors, And Dice For Interpreting A Dense Neural Network In Credit Card Fraud Detection, Bujar Raufi, Ciaran Finnegan, Luca Longo

Conference papers

Financial institutions heavily rely on advanced Machine Learning algorithms to screen transactions. However, they face increasing pressure from regulators and the public to ensure AI accountability and transparency, particularly in credit card fraud detection. While ML technology has effectively detected fraudulent activity, the opacity of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) can make it challenging to explain decisions. This has prompted a recent push for more explainable fraud prevention tools. Although vendors claim to improve detection rates, integrating explanation data is still early. Data scientists recognize the potential of Explainable AI (XAI) techniques in fraud prevention, but comparative research on their effectiveness …

Radiation Therapy With Or Without Cisplatin For Local Recurrences Of Endometrial Cancer: Results From An Nrg Oncology/Gog Prospective Randomized Multicenter Clinical Trial, Ann H Klopp, Danielle Enserro, Matthew Powell, Marcus Randall, Julian C Schink, Robert S Mannel, Laura Holman, David Bender, Christina L Kushnir, Floor Backes, Susan L Zweizig, Steven Waggoner, Kristin A Bradley, Lana Desouza Lawrence, Parviz Hanjani, Christopher J Darus, William Small, Higinia R Cardenes, Jonathan M Feddock, David S Miller

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Purpose: Pelvic recurrence is a frequent pattern of relapse for women with endometrial cancer. A randomized trial compared progression-free survival (PFS) after treatment with radiation therapy alone as compared with concurrent chemotherapy.

Materials and methods: Between February 2008 and August 2020, 165 patients were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive either radiation treatment alone or a combination of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The primary objective of this study was to determine whether chemoradiation therapy was more effective than radiation therapy alone at improving PFS.

Results: The majority of patients had low-grade (1 or 2) endometrioid histology (82%) and recurrences confined to …

Adults With Avoidant Attachment Styles And Their Online Dating Experien, Amber Mae Nelson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Adult attachment style can influence how individuals communicate with each other and how they deal with conflict, both of which may influence the formation and maintenance of romantic relationships. Research suggested, that attachment style influenced the level of relationship security individuals experience and the level of intimacy in which they are comfortable engaging. The convenience and popularity of online dating may present unique struggles and benefits for adults with avoidant attachment styles; exploring their online dating experiences may provide insight into the benefits and pitfalls as avoidant individuals pursue romantic relationships. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore …

Student Stress In Animal Science, Jayden Lynn Lawrence

Theses and Dissertations

Anecdotally, college students have high levels of stress when compared to the rest of the population. There have been many studies that support this idea in programs outside of animal science, but with the shift in animal science from students that have prior livestock experience to those that do not, it is important to acknowledge how this shift impacts the student population. By evaluating courses in animal science, and how they impact student stress it is possible to determine if the present-day curriculum causes any additional stress on students that have less prior experience. In the United States, a majority …

Parent-Child Interaction And Developing Resilience In Young Children, Seungok Yum

Theses and Dissertations

Early childhood is an especially important period to develop resilience due to social, academic, and emotional benefits for later development. Previous studies pointed out the importance of parent-child interactions, by showing that parental warmth and support can enhance resilience in children by increasing children’s self-esteem and self-regulation. In contrast, hostile parent-child interactions were revealed as risk factors to hinder developing resilience by increasing children’s internalizing symptoms and behavioral difficulties. This study included 85 young children aged 4 to 5 years and 85 parents recruited from the community. Parents completed the Parent Behavior Inventory (PBI) to provide details about two parent-child …

Trec Ikat 2023: A Test Collection For Evaluating Conversational And Interactive Knowledge Assistants, Mohammad Aliannejadi, Zahra Abbasiantaeb, Shubham Chatterjee, Jeffrey Dalton, Leif Azzopardi

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Conversational information seeking has evolved rapidly in the last few years with the development of Large Language Models (LLMs), providing the basis for interpreting and responding in a naturalistic manner to user requests. The extended TREC Interactive Knowledge Assistance Track (iKAT) collection aims to enable researchers to test and evaluate their Conversational Search Agent (CSA). The collection contains a set of 36 personalized dialogues over 20 different topics each coupled with a Personal Text Knowledge Base (PTKB) that defines the bespoke user personas. A total of 344 turns with approximately 26,000 passages are provided as assessments on relevance, as well …

Doing Personal Laps: Llm-Augmented Dialogue Construction For Personalized Multi-Session Conversational Search, Hideaki Joko, Shubham Chatterjee, Andrew Ramsay, Arjen P. De Vries, Jeff Dalton, Faegheh Hasibi

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

The future of conversational agents will provide users with personalized information responses. However, a significant challenge in developing models is the lack of large-scale dialogue datasets that span multiple sessions and reflect real-world user preferences. Previous approaches rely on experts in a wizard-of-oz setup that is difficult to scale, particularly for personalized tasks. Our method, LAPS, addresses this by using large language models (LLMs) to guide a single human worker in generating personalized dialogues. This method has proven to speed up the creation process and improve quality. LAPS can collect large-scale, human-written, multi-session, and multi-domain conversations, including extracting user preferences. …

Moved: Affective Blooms In Online Japanese Literary Media, Laurel Ann Taylor

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation implements affective modes of thick and messy reading practices toward the understanding and analysis of unglamorous literatures originating in Japanese online literary production. The period of study begins with the cellphone novel in the early 2000s and follows the flows of online literary production through the mid-2010s as changes in socio-historical circumstances and technological developments impacted and transformed these literatures. Within this dissertation I contend that we must take into account more quotidian motives for reading—escape, self-soothing, commercial enterprise—especially as they pertain to pop literatures such as cellphone novels, Twitter novels, and Twitter poetry. At the same time, …

Development And Operationalizing Of The Learning Experience Design Process To Create Integrated Stem Interventions, Vanessa Begat

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Globally, the demand for people prepared to enter Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers is increasing. To help fill this demand, many formal and informal STEM educational interventions have been implemented in the K-12 domain. However, due to the lack of a clearly defined framework for documenting the nature and scope of the intervention (National Research Council, 2014), the interventions vary greatly in their success, sustainability, and replicability. This research is grounded in Educational Design Research and uses the principle of Learning Experience Design (LXD) to develop a framework for thoughtfully designing and documenting a STEM intervention. This framework …

Phase Ib Study Of Unesbulin (Ptc596) Plus Dacarbazine For The Treatment Of Locally Recurrent, Unresectable Or Metastatic, Relapsed Or Refractory Leiomyosarcoma, Brian A Van Tine, Matthew A Ingham, Steven Attia, Christian F Meyer, John D Baird, Esther Brooks-Asplund, Dhiren D'Silva, Ronald Kong, Anthony Mwatha, Kylie O'Keefe, Marla Weetall, Robert Spiegel, Gary K Schwartz

2020-Current year OA Pubs

PURPOSE: This multicenter, single-arm, open-label, phase Ib study was designed to determine the recommended phase II dose (RP2D) and to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of unesbulin plus dacarbazine (DTIC) in patients with advanced leiomyosarcoma (LMS).

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Adult subjects with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic, relapsed or refractory LMS were treated with escalating doses of unesbulin orally twice per week in combination with DTIC 1,000 mg/m

RESULTS: Unesbulin 300 mg administered orally twice per week in combination with DTIC 1,000 mg/m

CONCLUSION: Unesbulin 300 mg twice per week plus DTIC 1,000 mg/m

A Medievalist Myth-Making Crisis: Tolkien's Tychonic Cosmology, Kristine Larsen

Journal of Tolkien Research

During and after writing The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien became embroiled in a self-motivated crisis in world-building, endeavoring to ‘modernize’ his mythological cosmology to more accurately reflect the Earth as it exists as a planet orbiting the Sun in space. While Tolkien was ultimately never able to complete a ‘Copernican Revolution’ in his Secondary World, his efforts continued over twenty years through numerous drafts posthumously published in Morgoth’s Ring and The Nature of Middle-earth. This paper applies a particular vignette from our real-world cosmological crises – revisions of Tycho Brahe’s hybrid geo-heliocentric model by Jesuit astronomers …

On Emily Dickinson, Katelyn Confer

2024 Symposium

The following paper will explore the relationship between Emily Dickinson’s poetry, the circumstances of her life, and the historical context in which she lived to glean an understanding of how her mental health influenced her work. Selected poems by Dickinson will be reviewed and analyzed, along with a brief overview of nineteenth century attitudes towards female mental health with a particular emphasis on the medical diagnosis of female hysteria.

Atmospheres Of Ableism: A Phenomenological Exploration Of Everyday Encounters, Kelly Parke

2024 Symposium

Campbell and Nario-Redmond explain that ableism entails explicit and implicit biases that manifest at every level of social life. At the same time, Taussig describes ableism as "the atmosphere we breathe." Disability Studies scholarship has done much to identify how ableism operates in the everyday lives of disabled and non-disabled people alike; however, little work has been done to articulate it in terms of the atmospheric quality that Taussig discusses.

Building on Taussig's assessment of ableism in conjunction with Casey's similar articulation of the atmosphere of emotion, this paper addresses the findings of an online qualitative survey distributed to adults …