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Acculturation Strategy Of The First-Generation Immigrants: A Study On The Muslim Parents In The United States, Eshrat Rahman

Theses and Dissertations

This study aims to investigate the acculturation strategy of the first-generation immigrant Muslim parents in the US. This study is guided by segmented assimilation theory and data for the study was collected by employing qualitative research method. I conducted in-depth interview with twelve first-generation Muslim immigrant parents in the McLean County, Illinois to collect data for the study. The participants responded to a number of open-ended questions relating their cultural and Muslim identity, practice of their Islamic faith in your family and outside and raising their children in a different cultural environment. The finding of this study shows that the …

Asset Pricing Bubbles In Agricultural Commodities, Samuel Riffle

Theses and Dissertations

Recent asset pricing bubble bursts in some markets beg the question of whether bubbles exist in others. Determining whether they exist has been investigated for years, with various approaches. This paper combines the Engle-Granger technique with a GSADF test to test for bubbles in corn and soybean futures prices. I attempt to find measures for the market fundamentals of the futures, employing PPIs and costs of production for each commodity. My findings provide some evidence for the existence of bubbles, though the results are not definitive. Overall, the findings imply a possibility for bubbles but also apossibility of true increases …

Consensus Pharmacophore Strategy For Identifying Novel Sars-Cov-2 Mpro Inhibitors From Large Chemical Libraries, Angel J Ruiz-Moreno, Raziel Cedillo-González, Luis Cordova-Bahena, Zhiqiang An, José L Medina-Franco, Marco A Velasco-Velázquez

The Brown Foundation: Institute of Molecular Medicine

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) main Protease (Mpro) is an enzyme that cleaves viral polyproteins translated from the viral genome and is critical for viral replication. Mpro is a target for anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug development, and multiple Mpro crystals complexed with competitive inhibitors have been reported. In this study, we aimed to develop an Mpro consensus pharmacophore as a tool to expand the search for inhibitors. We generated a consensus model by aligning and summarizing pharmacophoric points from 152 bioactive conformers of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors. Validation against a library of conformers from a subset of ligands showed that …

Hazardous Explosive Eruptions Of A Recharging Multi-Cyclic Island Arc Caldera, Jonas Preine, Jens Karstens, Christian Hübscher, Tim Druitt, Steffen Kutterolf, Paraskevi Nomikou, Michael Manga, Ralf Gertisser, Katharina Pank, Sarah Beethe, Carole Berthod, Gareth Crutchley, Iona Mcintosh, Thomas Ronge, Masako Tominaga, Acacia Clark, Susan Debari, Raymond Johnston, Zenon Mateo, Ally Peccia, Christopher Jones, Günther Kletetschka, Abigail Metcalfe, Alexis Bernard, Hehe Chen, Shun Chiyonobu, Tatiana Fernandez-Perez, Kumar Batuk Joshi, Olga Koukousioura, Molly Mccanta, Antony Morris, Paraskevi Polymenakou, Adam Woodhouse, Yuzuru Yamamoto, Kuo Lung Wang, Hao Yang Lee, Xiaohui Li, Dimitrios Papanikolaou

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Caldera-forming eruptions of silicic volcanic systems are among the most devastating events on Earth. By contrast, post-collapse volcanic activity initiating new caldera cycles is generally considered less hazardous. Formed after Santorini’s latest caldera-forming eruption of ~1600 bce, the Kameni Volcano in the southern Aegean Sea enables the eruptive evolution of a recharging multi-cyclic caldera to be reconstructed. Kameni’s eruptive record has been documented by onshore products and historical descriptions of mainly effusive eruptions dating back to 197 bce. Here we combine high-resolution seismic reflection data with cored lithologies from International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 398 at four sites to determine …

Investigating Channel Narrowing And Nonnative Vegetation Encroachment In Three Dryland Rivers, Casey Pennock, Benjamin Miller, Phaedra Budy

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Water development and the proliferation of invasive riparian vegetation has led to widespread habitat loss and simplification of rivers in the western United States, contributing to the imperilment of native fishes. Here, we quantify channel narrowing and vegetation encroachment, which are conspicuous indicators of riverine habitat degradation, along approximately 400 km of three dryland tributaries of the upper Colorado River. To accomplish this, we conducted a comparative analysis of aerial photographs from historical (1930s) and contemporary (2010s or 2020s) time periods and utilized Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data and Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) to determine contemporary canopy cover of …

Mothers With Disabilities As Health Navigators: Narratives Of Pregnancy, Postpartum Depression, And Parenting, Agnes Amoakwa

Theses and Dissertations

Scholars have focused on factors that affect pregnancy decisions, linking it to internal factors such as physical attachment and love towards children and feasibility of external factors, among others, while others have focused on experience with health professionals and accessibility of healthcare facilities and equipment during access to maternal care. While these studies are important, fewer focus has been placed on how women with disabilities navigate the postpartum phase of motherhood and the support needed to navigate through this experience. I employed the communicated narrative sense-making theory to explore the meanings of stories shared by mothers with disabilities about their …

From Eighty Acres And A Mule To Two Thousand Acres And Twenty-Four Row Planters: Anxieties Of Growth In The Agriculture Sector From Family Farms, Riley Marie Francis

Theses and Dissertations

This study investigates the evolution of the family farm between the 1940s until the 2020s, and how the family farm may continue to evolve in future generations. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the changing reality of agriculture and how farmers think about themselves. In the early days of the United States republic, farms were a means of providing a family or localized community with food and resources. These farms participated in an economic exchange that was an early form of capitalism, characterized by meeting needs but not accruing egregious excess. Today’s agricultural system is …

Perspectives On Approaching Pain Management In Patients With Dementia, Lisa Attrill, Pat Schofield

School of Nursing and Midwifery

This paper presents a review of the latest literature and guidance regarding the assessment and management of pain in older adults with dementia. The size and nature of the problem will be presented, in terms of the increasing aging population across the globe and potential for a significant increase in adults with dementia, along with the reduction in younger counterparts who will be available to provide care in the future. We will present the latest recommendations regarding how to assess pain and which tools are recommended for use underpinned by the strongest evidence. Finally, we will present the findings of …

Increased Nitrate Intake From Beetroot Juice Over 4 Weeks Affects Nitrate Metabolism, But Not Vascular Function Or Blood Pressure In Older Adults With Hypertension, Rebeka Fejes, Martin Lutnik, Stefan Weisshaar, Nina Pilat, Karl-Heinz Wagner, Hans-Peter Stüger, Jonathan M. Peake, Richard J. Woodman, Kevin D. Croft, Catherine P. Bondonno, Jonathan M. Hodgson, Michael Wolzt, Oliver Neubauer

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

The decline in vascular function and increase in blood pressure with aging contribute to an increased cardiovascular disease risk. In this randomized placebo-controlled crossover study, we evaluated whether previously reported cardiovascular benefits of plant-derived inorganic nitrate via nitric oxide (NO) translate into improved vascular function and blood pressure-lowering in 15 men and women (age range: 56-71 years) with treated hypertension. We investigated the effects of a single ∼400 mg-dose at 3 hours post-ingestion (3H POST) and the daily consumption of 2 × ∼400 mg of nitrate through nitrate-rich compared with nitrate-depleted (placebo) beetroot juice over 4 weeks (4WK POST). Measurements …

Natural Resources In The Arctic: The Equal Distribution Of Uneven Resrouces, Ganeswar Matcha, Sudarsanan Sivakumar

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

This paper analyses the governance machine in place at the Arctic and examines the application of the principles of “common heritage of mankind” at the Arctic. This paper also offers some tentative propositions aimed at protecting Out Bound investment rights and how the World Trade Organization or other countries, like the U.S., can intercede in the Arctic investment sphere and attempt to regulate along with the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea.

What Time Is It? It Is 8-And-A-1/2 Time. A Rare Case About Right Medial Pontine Stroke, Right Ino, Right Facial Colliculus Ischemic Stroke Consistent With Eight-And-A-Half Syndrome., Jessica Marcela Daza, Eunbee Cho, Celia Patricia Daza, Shakirat Ganiyu, Francisco Gomez

Research Symposium

Eight-and-a-half syndrome (EHS) is a rare neuro-ophthalmologic condition characterized by conjugated horizontal gaze palsy, internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO), and ipsilateral fascicular seventh cranial nerve palsy. Clinical features are attributed to the involvement of the lower pontine, including the abducens nucleus, ipsilateral medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF), and adjacent facial colliculus. Etiology includes vascular diseases such as pontine infarction or ischemia, demyelinating conditions at the level of the pons, and rarely space-occupying lesions.

Too Yellow: An Idiopathic Case Of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Shreel Patel, Kashif Ali, Donnel Dockery-Joseph, Eunbee Cho, Sriharsha Koneru, Taha Al Hassan, Aramide Tijani, Elimar Gonzalez Morales

Research Symposium

Background: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is caused by autoantibodies that react with self red blood cells and cause them to be destroyed. Warm AIHA, due to antibodies that are active at body temperature, is the most common type of the AIHA. It is mostly caused by the underlying disease like infections, autoimmune disorders, lymphoproliferative disorders, immunodeficiency or physiologic state like pregnancy. Rarely it happens that there is no underlying cause. Therefore, here we present a case of idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia without any underlying cause.

Case Discussion: A 77 year old lady with known history of the diabetes mellitus type 2, …

Sport, Community Peace, Physical Fitness Centers., Reem Al-Ahmad, Hazem Al-Nahar

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

This study aimed to investigate the role of sport in achieving community peace from the perspective of physical fitness center subscribers in Jerash Governorate, based on the variables of gender, age, educational level, and monthly income. The study sample consisted of 467 male and female subscribers. To achieve the aims of the study, the researchers used a questionnaire. The results showed that the role of sport in achieving community peace was perceived as high, with the dimension of social justice ranking first, followed by the dimension of plurality, and then the dimension of collective work. The dimension of freedom of …

The Causes Of Burnout Among Individual And Group Athletes From The Trainers' Perspective, Lina Hussein, Qusai Al-Yasen

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

This study aimed to identify the causes of burnout among individual and group athletes from the trainers' perspective. The sample consisted of 16 trainers and coaches from national teams for both individual and team sports: 15 coaches and 1 trainer. A questionnaire was used as the data collection tool, consisting of 37 items distributed across five axes: pressures of the sports training process, pressures of sports competition, pressure from the sports coach, and external pressures (athlete's lifestyle and environmental factors). The results showed that the causes of burnout in individual athletes, from the coaches' perspective, were rated at an average …

The Reality Of Psychological Preparation Among Jordanian National Teams For Individual Sports During The Coronavirus Outbreak, Ayed Zureigat, Osama Abdel Fattah

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

This study aimed to identify the reality of psychological preparation among players of the Jordanian national teams for individual sports during the Coronavirus outbreak. Additionally, it sought to assess the levels of depression and anxiety among these players during the same period. To achieve this, a descriptive method was employed with a sample consisting of 54 participants. To minimize face-to-face interaction, an electronic questionnaire was created using Google Forms, containing 28 items addressing depression, anxiety, and psychological methods used with players. Of these items, 12 were related to depression and anxiety, while 16 were focused on psychological methods. To analyze …

A Comparative Study Of The Quality Of Life Of Elderly Attendees At Hussein Sports City Based On Demographic Variables, Qusai Al-Yassin, Rosol Atiyat

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

This study aimed to determine the quality of life of elderly visitors at Hussein Sports City and to compare it according to various demographic variables. The study sample consisted of men and women aged 60 years and older who attended the Hussein City for Youth in the Amman Governorate, totaling 42 individuals. The World Health Organization's quality of life measure, WHOQOL-BREF (1998), was used for the assessment. The findings indicated that the quality of life for elderly men was higher than that for women, and elderly individuals living outside the capital reported a higher quality of life compared to those …

Developmental Differences In Reported Speech And Internal State Language In Preschoolers’ Personal Narratives, Megan E. Welliver, Alice J. Davidson, Alexandra Mccrary

Faculty Publications

The present study explored developmental differences in preschoolers’ use of reported speech and internal state language in personal narratives. Three-, four-, and five-year-olds attending a laboratory preschool shared 204 stories about ‘a time when you were happy/sad’. Stories were audio-recorded, transcribed, and coded for reported speech (direct, indirect, narrativized) and internal state language (cognitive states, total emotion terms, unique emotion terms). Personal narratives told by five-year-olds included more cognitive states and more narrativized speech than those told by three- and four-year-olds, even when accounting for children’s vocabulary skills, and that reported speech (narrativized, direct) were positively correlated with cognitive state …

Emotional Support Animals And Mental Health, Kyla E. Barnett, Kaia Miller

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Depression and anxiety disorders are a significant problem in adults and teenagers. These disorders continue to increase in prevalence year by year. One way to combat this is the use of emotional support animals (ESA’s), which have become increasingly popular. This study investigates the relationship between the use of emotional support animals and mental well-being of students with mental health disorders. This study is designed to illustrate the increase in sense of well-being in patients with mental health disorders who utilize ESA’s. This study applies both a qualitative and quantitative study design, the qualitative design of this study is phenomenological. …

Understanding Resilience: Exploring The Experience Of Complex Trauma And Post-Traumatic Growth Among Survivors Of Violence, Ziwei Qi

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

This research investigates survivors' experiences of gender-based violence (GBV) through qualitative interviews. Using semi-structured interviews, the study explores survivors' emotional landscapes, coping mechanisms, support systems, resilience, reflections, growth strategies, and feedback. Emphasizing safe, inclusive, and trauma-informed spaces, seven interviews were conducted, lasting 60 to 75 minutes each, prioritizing participant comfort. Through this qualitative inquiry, the study aims to enhance understanding of GBV survivors' experiences and inform the development of support interventions.

A Pragmatic Approach To Investigating The Digital Existence Of Food Bank Users, Yaprak Dalat Ward Dr., James Ward Dr., Li-Jen Lester Dr.

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

This study investigated the digital existence of the food bank users in a university town in Texas, and subsequently, aligned with the research's pragmatic focus, the researchers designed a training model for these food bank users. Two research questions guided the study: 1) What are the digital existence levels of the food bank users; and 2) what training model would best serve these food bank users? Data were collected by means of a survey from 230 individual food bank users representing households. Additional data included observations and conversations with food bank staff, and documents and materials from the site which …

Childhood Obesity In Relation To Screen Time, Megan Vance, Jade Schroer, Alyvia Zeigler

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Objective: analyze the correlation of the rate of increased childhood obesity on the increased rate of screen time

Design: Non-Experimental, Longitudinal Correlation

Setting: Midwestern homes

Participation: Midwestern homes in Kansas

Results/conclusions: Pending results and data collection

Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda And Minutes, March 24, 2024

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on, March 24, 2024.

Data Supporting Research On Personalized Learning Paths, Sean Mochocki, Mark Reith

Faculty Publications

Personalized Learning Paths (PLPs) are a key application of Artificial Intelligence in E-Learning. In contrast to regular Learning Paths, they return a unique sequence of learning materials identified as meeting the individual needs of the students. In the literature, PLPs are often created from knowledge graphs, which assist with ordering topics and their associated learning materials. Knowledge graphs are typically directed and acyclic, to capture prerequisite relationships between topics, though they can also have bidirectional edges when these prerequisite relationships are not necessary. This data package provides a primarily un-directed knowledge graph, with associated repository of open-source learning materials that …

Efficient Removal Of Chemical Organic Demand And Total Organic Carbon From Leachate Using Heterogeneous Fenton Catalyst Based On Activated Carbon, Amar Idir, Mounir Ziati, Mohamed Bouzid

Emirates Journal for Engineering Research

Organic components contained in leachates resulting from decomposition of waste are difficult to degrade. Leachate volume and its composition vary depending on biogeochemistry of site type of deposited residues, and the age of sanitary landfill. The present study aims to develop efficient heterogeneous Fenton oxidation of organic matter, expressed in terms of chemical organic demand (COD) and total organic carbon (TOC) of leachate using the newly synthesized iron-modified activated carbon. The characterization of catalyst revealed that the Fe(II) was successfully introduced onto the original activated carbon (AC) and diversified the material’s surface morphology and elemental compounds. The heterogeneous Fenton oxidation …

A Cohomological Perspective To Nonlocal Operators, Nicholas White

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Nonlocal models have experienced a large period of growth in recent years. In particular, nonlocal models centered around a finite horizon have been the subject of many novel results. In this work we consider three nonlocal operators defined via a finite horizon: a weighted averaging operator in one dimension, an averaging differential operator, and the truncated Riesz fractional gradient. We primarily explore the kernel of each of these operators when we restrict to open sets. We discuss how the topological structure of the domain can give insight into the behavior of these operators, and more specifically the structure of their …

Margin In Life And Stress Of Community College Adult Learners, Joseph Ryan

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones

Nontraditional adult learners (NALs) account for near 40% of all students enrolled in postsecondary institutions in the United States. NALs differ from traditional college students in that they are more likely to be over the age of 23, have dependents, be a single parent, or be employed full-time in conjunction with college enrollment. During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the years following, community colleges suffered substantial enrollment declines raising concerns for both state policymakers and higher education administrators.

This study sought to understand the relationship of perceived stress and perceived margin to meet new challenges of NALs enrolled …

The Shock Cone Instabilities And Quasi-Periodic Oscillations Around The Hartle–Thorne Black Hole, Orhan Donmez, Fatih Dogan

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

To explain the observed X-ray data in a black hole–accreting matter system and understand the physical mechanisms behind QPOs, we have numerically modeled the dynamical and oscillation properties of the shock cone formed around both slowly and rapidly rotating Hartle–Thorne black holes, resulting from the mechanism of Bondi–Hoyle–Lyttleton (BHL). According to the numerical simulations, an increase in the quadrupole parameter leads to a decrease in the shock cone opening angle around the black hole. A larger quadrupole parameter results in more matter falling into the black hole within the cone. The combination of the quadrupole parameter and black hole rotation …

Creating Accessible Instruction Materials, Rachel E. Trnka

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Webinar for the Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC)

Have you attended multiple webinars and trainings on accessibility and feel a little overwhelmed with information and resources? Join me as we focus on specific strategies for making your library instruction materials accessible. Rather than offering generalized information about web accessibility, this presentation will address accessibility issues related to specific types of instructional materials, including presentation slides, LibGuides, and videos. In this session, we’ll discuss

• Interpreting common accessibility standards and vocabulary
• Creating an inventory to help plan your approach to updating materials
• Specific tools to help you evaluate and improve the accessibility …

Advancing Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Diagnosis Through High-Speed Video Microscopy Analysis, Frances M Quiñones

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an inherited disorder that impairs motile cilia, essential for respiratory health, with a reported prevalence of 1 in 16,309 within Hispanic populations. Despite 70% of Puerto Rican patients having the RSPH4A [c.921+3_921+6del (intronic)] founder mutation, the characterization of the ciliary dysfunction remains unidentified due to the unavailability of advanced diagnostic modalities like High-Speed Video Microscopy Analysis (HSVA). Our study implemented HSVA for the first time on the island as a tool to better diagnose and characterize the RSPH4A [c.921+3_921+6del (intronic)] founder mutation in Puerto Rican patients. By applying HSVA, we analyzed the ciliary beat frequency …

Digital Safe Spaces: Nonbinary Community Building On Tiktok, Xan Daggett

Theses and Dissertations

Queer and trans individuals have long relied on the Internet for community building and support; however, with the introduction of more than 700 anti-trans bills since the beginning of 2023 (Trans Legislation Tracker, 2024), conservatives’ consistent mocking and dehumanization of gender nonconforming people (ADL, 2023; Berg-Brousseau, 2022), and a record increase in violence specifically against nonbinary individuals (Astor, 2023), trans and nonbinary people are turning to online spaces more than ever as they endure this hostile social and political climate. While nonbinary people make up over 60% of trans adults in the U.S. (Kirzinger et al., 2023), there is very …