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Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Of Hospitalized Patients Diagnosed With Covid-19, Tracy Nicole Grady

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Technology-Based Maternal Parenting Education And Perceptions Of Youth Resilience Among African American Mothers, Marstonya D. Butler

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Racial/Ethnic Differences In The Association Between Health Literacy And Quality Of Life Among Breast Cancer Survivors, Tenesia D. Carey

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Administrators' Perception Of Racial Disparities In Suspensions And Expulsions, Lonita S. Broome

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Utilisation Of Mobile Library Technologies And Library Service Delivery In Public And Private Universities In South West, Nigeria, Daniel T. O. Kolawole, Udauk U. Enang, Affiong E. Effiong

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study examined the differences between the utilisation of mobile library technologies and library service delivery in public and private universities in south west, Nigeria. In addition to stating the purpose of the study and the associated research questions and hypotheses, two models and one theory were used which include the technology acceptance model, service quality models and diffusion of innovation theory. The technology acceptance model suggests that the acceptance of any technology is based on the perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of the introduced technology. Diffusion of innovation theory suggests ways mobile technologies can be introduced and …

The Bg News January 24, 2024, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. January 24, 2024. Volume 103-Issue 14.

Power Grid Resiliency Enhancement Against Flood-Induced Hazards, Mohadese Movahednia

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Natural disasters, such as floods, may damage power system assets and lead to widespread and long outages. The impact of flood can be alleviated by preventive actions such as installing tiger dams around power substations before the flood. In this regard, it is imperative that critical substations are identified in terms of the connected load and imposed costs to the system. This study presents a resource allocation approach for protecting power substations against flood events a day ahead of the event. First, the required information for the model is extracted. Flood probability distribution functions are used to generate several flood …

Auslander-Reiten Triangles On A Bounded Derived Category Of Constructible Complexes, Vishnu Prasad Sivaprasad

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

In this dissertation, concepts from homological algebra are used to study the existence of Auslander-Reiten triangles.

Auslander-Reiten triangles are closely related to representable functors, and the main theorem characterizes the existence of representable functors in a specific bounded derived category of constructible complexes.

Under certain boundedness conditions, a specific bounded derived category is shown to have Auslander-Reiten triangles.

Who’S Afraid Of Anne Frank? Or Why White Supremacists Should Fear This Book, Laura S. Brown

Journal of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.

The Politics Of Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education: A Panel, Lonice Eversley, Richard Haynes, Asya Johnson, Dina Klein, Diana E. Lemon, Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Natalie P. Byfield

Journal of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.

Critical Race Theory, Neoliberalism, And The Illiberal University, Rodney D. Coates

Journal of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.

Crack-Ers (Crack Riddles Applying Cybersecurity Knowledge - Escape Room Scenario), Benjamin Acuff

Posters-at-the-Capitol

CRACK-ERS (Crack Riddles Applying Cybersecurity Knowledge - Escape Room Scenario) is a unique, beginner's level CTF game with riddle-based challenges on various cybersecurity topics. The game is driven by an adventure story-based escape room format. Existing literature indicates that traditional CTFs pose challenges for beginners with no cybersecurity background. The novelty of CRACK-ERS lies in its non-traditional design as an unplugged CTF with an adventure scenario-driven script, encouraging participants to solve cybersecurity-related riddles. CRACK-ERS targets beginner-level learners, fostering teamwork, explorative research, cybersecurity problem-solving, and riddle-cracking skills. Prior cybersecurity educational research notes limited instances of escape room-style CTF games and fewer …

Gamification As An Effective Method In Developing Leadership Skills And Competencies, Tianshi Hao, Ziyi Liu, Hanhui Bao, Siyuan Chen, Jesse Llamas, Michael Llamas

The Scholarship Without Borders Journal

Gamification, the incorporation of game design features into non-game environments, has been implemented in a variety of disciplines, including education, sustainability, language learning, and workplace transformation. According to research, workplace gamification enhances employee engagement and productivity. The gaming business has leveraged incentives and motivation to drive behavior and participation. This literature study assesses gamification's potential as a technique for leadership development and competency building. Leadership is characterized by a combination of personality characteristics, knowledge, abilities, and behaviors. Existing leadership competency analysis frameworks include emotional intelligence and taxonomies such as Gallup's "Strengths Finder." Through points, levels, and leaderboards, gamification has been …

Lingering Effects Of The Class Ceiling On Leadership Development, Mira Fadel, Zhi Yin, Siyuan Chen, Kexin Zhang, Tianshi Hao, Jesse Llamas, Michael Llamas

The Scholarship Without Borders Journal

This study examines the influence of social standing, affluence, and privilege on the formation of leaders. The review of literature synthesizes research including individuals from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and factors that may influence leadership development. Previous research indicates that family socioeconomic situations influence the learning of leadership knowledge, the building of a leadership attitude, and the practice of leadership skills during adolescence, hence influencing the likelihood of becoming an outstanding leader. High-status persons possess leadership-enhancing benefits, such as social capital and privileged knowledge. Nonetheless, relationships, social identity, and congruence also influence the efficacy of leaders. The study concludes that parental …

Building Pathways For Female Leaders’ Economic Empowerment, Mira Fadel, Hanhui Bao, Ailin Zhang, Tianshi Hao, Jesse Llamas, Michael Llamas

The Scholarship Without Borders Journal

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the obstacles women experience in leadership development and economic empowerment, mainly in non-Western countries, and to compare them to those in developed nations. The study reviewed current literature in order to identify the hurdles and facilitators for female leadership and economic empowerment. Research suggests unpaid work and gender harassment pose the greatest obstacles to women's leadership and economic development. Mentoring has been proven to promote women's leadership and economic empowerment in both western and non-western countries. The study also examined the function of the economic environment in the growth of women's leadership …

Xun Zi On Desiring To Be Good: Desire As The Necessary Condition For The Transformation Of Nature, Angel Ting

Comparative Philosophy

There are various discussions on the role of desires in the Xun-Zi and how the transformation of nature takes place. Some scholars hold that the heart-mind can override inborn human desires, a view that is analogous to externalism; others maintain the internalism view that desires are essentially motivating in the Xun-Zi. This paper aims to resolve this seeming conflict between externalism and internalism. By introducing David B. Wong's model of being an internalist about duty and an externalist about reason, I will show that desires in the Xun-Zi are necessarily motivating because of their direction of fit, and …

A Comparative Study Of Emotion In Indian And Western Philosophy, Prasasti Pandit, William Krieger

Comparative Philosophy

This paper aims to develop a comparative analysis of the place of emotion from Indian and Western philosophical perspectives. Both Eastern and Indian philosophy consider three mental states as being involved with the arousal of emotions, i.e., cognitive (epistemic), conative (desire), and affective. In Indian philosophy, there is no such single term or specific equivalent definition to the Western term ‘emotion.’ Further, there is no clear dichotomy (cognitive & non-cognitive) between reason and emotion in Indian culture. In Indian scriptures, there are various, at times intermingled conceptions of emotion. From a religious standpoint, emotion can be an expression of religious …

Golden Rule Ethics And Complementary Learning Process With The Other: From Confucius’ And Christian Approaches To Hatatas’ Approach, Fasil Merawi

Comparative Philosophy

Through the development of a comparative analysis that explores the conceptions of the Golden Rule that are expressed in the teachings of Confucius, Christianity and the Hatatas, the article shows that the combined insights that emerge from these three teachings have a contemporary significance in the attempt to develop a complementary learning process with the Other. Throughout its variations, the Golden Rule is grounded on the need to treat others as how we want to be treated. Such a moral vision occupies a central importance in Confucius’s ren, Christianity’s Gospel of Matthew and the commandments, and the Hatatas’ principle of …

A Madhyamaka Critique Of Jaegwon Kim's Supervenience Argument, Tyler J. Jungbauer

Comparative Philosophy

Jaegwon Kim’s supervenience argument objects to the possibility of emergent causation (both downward and same-level) based on both (1) the causal overdetermination of both (a) higher-level emergent events and (b) lower-level basal events, and (2) the causal closure principle of the physical domain. Kim argues that emergent causation entails epiphenomenalism. Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy skeptically critiques the primary (ultimate) existence of causal phenomena and instead suggests that all such phenomena may only be secondarily (conventionally) existent. Mādhyamikas acknowledge that, conventionally, emergent phenomena appear to cause both basal phenomena and other emergent phenomena. However, contra Kim, Mādhyamikas doubt that causal relations ultimately …

The Hand Of Thought: A Cross-Tradition Examination Of Kosho Uchiyama And Martin Heidegger, Gregory Burgin

Comparative Philosophy

This paper presents how the Sōtō Zen priest, Kōshō Uchiyama, and the mercurial and polarizing German philosopher, Martin Heidegger, approach what the former calls “opening the hand of thought” (omoi no te banashi). For Uchiyama, the metaphoric opening of our mental hand requires the meditative practice of zazen or “just sitting” (shikantaza) and is said to mean that we avoid the act of thinking. Conversely, Heidegger maintains that the “releasement” (Gelassenheit) of our conceptual grasp is the basis of a more essential and “meditative” mode of thinking and discourse (besinnliches Denken). While Uchiyama and Heidegger appear to be at odds, …

Vol 15 No 1 Information Page

Comparative Philosophy

No abstract provided.

Sustainable Futures-Integrating Indigenous Perspectives Into An Environmental Assessment Framework: An Analysis Of The Mauri Model, Anna Bettini

Journal of Environmental Sustainability

The twin concepts of sustainable development and sustainability have been key points in new policies. Nonetheless, only the Western scientific perspective is typically considered, excluding other voices and leading to a very narrow vision of “sustainability”. The following article investigates the benefits to including indigenous knowledge and principles, considering their values rather than limitations and presents two specific case studies using the Mauri Model Decision Making Framework, a tool applied for environmental assessment, seen as a more cultural-friendly sustainable approach.

“He’S In Jail Now And I Don’T Feel Bad”: Analyzing Sureties’ Decisions To Report Bail Violations, Rachel Schumann, Carolyn Yule

International Journal on Responsibility

The control, supervision, and rehabilitation of criminalized people often falls on the shoulders of non-state agents and organizations. Surety bail releases are a clear embodiment of this trend, as the courts call upon relatives, friends, and employers to supervise the pre-conviction activity of people accused of a crime. According to the law, sureties must report all bail violations to the police; the resulting diffusion of responsibility is said to increase the penal state’s power and control over criminal justice-involved individuals while minimizing reputational risks. Yet how sureties carry out this role in the community remains unexplored. Using data from 36 …

A Novel Ph-Sensitive Interferon-Β Oral Delivery System Using Electrospray/Spin For Application In Multiple Sclerosis - A Chemical Investigation, Kaity Daugherty

Student Research Symposium (SRS)

Nanofibers provide revolutionary means for drug delivery. pH-sensitive nanofibers will be fabricated, using electro spraying or electrospinning, and will be prepared using trimethyl-chitosan (TMC), poly(ethylene glycol)dimethacrylate (PEGDMA) and methacrylic acid (MAA) by free radical suspension polymerization, for the oral delivery of interferon-β (INF-β) as a method drug dosage form for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. The nanofibers will be subsequently compressed into a suitable dosage form. The prepared copolymeric nanofiber system will be characterized for its morphological and mucoadhesive properties. This research will support current scientific efforts to identify a “best-practice” method for preventing the regression of multiple sclerosis.

Attitude Control Testbed In Vacuum, Justin Hartland, Dylan Ballback, Ella Cheatham, Vishal Ramisetty, Jacob Salazar, Isaac Stitt, Ryan Taylor

Student Research Symposium (SRS)

The orbital industry is actively growing with a rapid increase in spacecraft injected into orbit each year. Many testbeds exist which make it possible to simulate various aspects of an orbital environment for the purpose of testing these spacecrafts. To simulate spacecraft rotation about three spatial axes in microgravity, many engineers use gyroscopes. However, the rings in these gyroscope systems inherently exert frictional forces on each other and do not account for gravity, which decreases their micro-gravity simulation accuracy. The objective of the Attitude Control Testbed in Vacuum (ACTIV) project is to design a gyroscope that uses electric motors housed …

Flume Experiment Evaluating Shear Stresses Under Turbulent Flowing Conditions, Angie N. Castillo, Jesse Ramos

Student Research Symposium (SRS)

Shear stresses are produced when a fluid is flowing along a solid boundary layer. Shear stress measurements can be used to evaluate sediment and soil erosion transportation in natural bodies of water, like rivers. With this information, engineers improve risk assessment evaluation on earthen water- retaining structures and mitigate the dangers of overtopping.

Inside the COAS Wave Lab water tank, a flume was built with a 5% slope, simulating a riverbed at an angle. At the 20ft marker, three shear stress sensors were installed in a working envelope. AC Drivers were used to control the flow from four pumps that …

Full Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, Editorial Board

Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal

The first issue in the fifth volume of the Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal.

A System To Provide Next-Gen Accessible Payment Cards And Method Thereof, Saikat Dutta, Amrendra Narayan Jha, Santosh Kumar Kvs, Nabadeep Haloi, Deepali Gupta

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to providing a system and method for next generation payment cards which may be conveniently accessed by all, especially the visually impaired customers. It discloses a technique of providing engraved patterns on front side of the payment card to differentiate between the front and back side of the card along with providing a sensory reaction to the user to differentiate between different types of payment cards as specific engraved patterns may be linked to a particular category of payment cards. Further, the back side of the payment card encompasses the 6 unique alphabetic characters which may …

Diagnostic Outcome Of Pro Bono Neurogenetic Diagnostic Service In Sri Lanka: A Wealth Creation, Lakmal Gonawala, Nalaka Wijekoon, Darshika Attanayake, Pyara Ratnayake, Darshana Sirisena, Harsha Gunasekara, Athula Dissanayake, Ajantha Keshavaraj, Chandra Mohan, W M. Steinbusch, Eric P. Hoffman, Ashwin Dalal, K. Ranil D. De Silva

Pharmacy Faculty Scholarship

The inherited disease community in Sri Lanka has been widely neglected. This article aimed to present accumulated knowledge in establishing a pro bono cost-effective national, island-wide, free-of-charge molecular diagnostic service, suggesting a model for other developing countries. The project provided 637 molecular diagnostic tests and reports free of charge to a nation with limited resources. We pioneered the implementation of mobile clinics and home visits, where the research team acted as barefoot doctors with the concept of the doctor and the researcher at the patient’s doorstep. Establishing pro bono, cost-effective molecular diagnostics is feasible in developing countries with limited resources …

The Indiana Statesman, January 23, 2024, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

ISU celebrates 99th Founders Day; ISU president search continues; High school students compete at State