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A Combinatory Approach To Understanding The Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence And Financial Labour Markets, Michael Samers, Yujia He

Geography Faculty Publications

This paper provides a critical conceptualization of the relationship between artificial intelligence and financial labour markets in the United States. In doing so, we ask first, what are the characteristics of ‘actually existing AI’ in the financial sector? Second, what are the various ways in which the relationship between AI and its effects on financial labour or employment over approximately the last decade are approached theoretically, conceptually, or methodologically? Third, what are the (spatial) consequences of AI for financial labour markets in the United States? In responding to these questions, we develop a combinatory approach that integrates a ‘financial ecologies’ …

The Intersection Of Kinesthetic Empathy And Observation In Concert Dance Performance, Kate Walker

Gaines Fellow Senior Theses

When watching concert dance, observers unconsciously process movement information by forming reflections of their own experiences, resulting in an emotional connection. The artist, however, also has a part in forming meaning around something they create. If meaning is formed in the creation of the work by the artist, and also through observation by an audience, where does meaning reside? The relationship shared between the artist and their audience is valuable, so something must connect these two groups. An artist’s job is to suggest meaning through their work, but once the piece is subject to observation, the process of kinesthetic empathy …

Navigating Religious Attitudes Towards Assisted Reproductive Technology, Gretchen Ruschman

Gaines Fellow Senior Theses

As global infertility rates increase, the growing utilization of assisted reproductive technology (ART), specifically in vitro fertilization (IVF), has introduced a range of ethical concerns. Religious beliefs play a crucial role in shaping societal norms and guiding individual ethical deliberation, which is also true in navigating the ethical framework surrounding ART. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge the role of religion in shaping perspectives on ART and explore the role of religion in ethical decision-making on an individual and a community scale. This study explored different religious perspectives on ethical issues surrounding the current state and potential future advancements of …

Star Fever, Joshua Miller

Gaines Fellow Senior Theses

Inspired by what drives someone to pursue fame STAR FEVER will explore this topic in the form of an apparel design collection for the fall-winter 2024 under the hypothetical JOSHUA MILLER brand. The project is structured to document the creative process of pulling inspiration from the quest for stardom in a way that’s easy to follow (Kieser et al, 2022). STAR FEVER consists of five sections: “Introduction,” “Theories of a Desire for Fame,” “Case Study – Lady Gaga,” “STAR FEVER,” and “Conclusion.” “Theories of a Desire for Fame” synthesizes research on fame, narcissism, and selfesteem instability to provide context for …

Personal Narratives As Mechanisms To Explore The Stem Undergraduate Research Experience, Isha Chauhan

Gaines Fellow Senior Theses

STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) has popularly been labeled as reliant on objective analysis, while, conversely, humanities are rooted in engaging human virtue and creating connections between people. A particularly interesting piece of the humanities is storytelling, which allows people of unique backgrounds to develop creative connections to their work. In this way, STEM and the humanities are united by personal experience and the ability to convey such. This connection can be demonstrated through the STEM undergraduate experience, which has been greatly underrepresented in the form of personal narratives. With the format of personal narratives being conducive to discussion …

A Closer Look At The Humanistic Aspects Of The Opioid Epidemic And Its Implications For Pharmaceutical Ethics And Law, Eriel Burns

Gaines Fellow Senior Theses

This paper elucidates the humanistic elements of this crisis, that is, the ethical challenges it poses and the role of culture in it. The opioid crisis disturbs several bioethics principles as indicated by the fact that it burgeoned out of the health care system as opposed to the illicit environments of the underground market. The book Dreamland by investigative journalist and storyteller, Sam Quinones encapsulates the complexity of the opioid epidemic through research and interviews with important figures related to the crisis such as physicians, people with opioid use disorder, and pharmaceutical sales representatives, among others. Quinones details that the …

Acceptability And Feasibility Of Screening With A Pediatric Care Provider-Led Social Determinants Of Health Identification Tool, Alison Eyre, Janice Cohen, Sarah Funnell, Lynsey James, Sheena Guglani, Hounaida Abi Haidar, Lindy Samson, Michelle Ward, Radha Jetty, Megan Harrison, John Lyons Dr., Leigh Fraser-Roberts, Susan Bennet, Douglas Archibald, Soha Khorsand, Tobey Audcent

Health Management and Policy Faculty Publications

Background Complex social determinants of health may not be easily recognized by health care providers and pose a unique challenge in the vulnerable pediatric population where patients may not be able to advocate for themselves. The goal of this study was to examine the acceptability and feasibility of health care providers using an integrated brief pediatric screening tool in primary care and hospital settings.

Methods The framework of the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) and Pediatric Intermed tools was used to inform the selection of items for the 9-item Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths-Pediatric Complexity Indicator (CANS-PCI). …

The Relationship Between Low Self-Control And Life Goals Over The Life Course, Margaryta Munday

Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences

The present study aimed to test the relationships between low self-control and five different measures of life goals (educational, career, personal, relationship, and health) as well as the relationship between low self-control and the amount of commitment and progress made towards each of these goals across developmental periods (18-25, 26-35, 36-45, 46-55, 56+ years old). It was expected that low self-control would be negatively associated with life goals across all domains as well as with both measures of commitment and progress towards each. No differences in these links were expected across developmental periods or by sex. Data were collected from …

Students Participating As Ambassadors For Research In Kentucky (Spark): A Health Equity Undergraduate Research Training Program, Ariel A. Arthur, Rebecca L. Delacerda Allen, Fidelis Y. Sesenu, Maxwell Groznik, Carrie B. Oser, Justin X. Moore, Jessica R. Thompson, Alexis N. James, Madeline Dunfee, Philip A. Kern, Nancy Schoenberg

Center for Health Equity Transformation Faculty Publications

The Students Participating as Ambassadors for Research in Kentucky (SPARK) program provides novel health equity research training and targeted mentorship for undergraduates, particularly those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral research and workforce. SPARK aims to address inadequate diversity in the medical and scientific research fields by providing comprehensive research mentorship and skill-building. Unlike most existing research training programs that are brief, focus on laboratory research, or are limited to graduate students and junior faculty, SPARK delivers a 16-month intensive behavioral and population health science training, equipping students with needed tools to conceptualize, plan, execute, and analyze their …

Human Trafficking In The United Arab Emirates: Analyzing The Challenges And Efforts Towards Eradication, Gianna M. Bilotta

Undergraduate Projects

This paper describes the human trafficking issue within the UAE (United Arab Emigrates).

Protocol For A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial Of Gentle Yoga In Older Patients Discharged From Phase Ii Cardiac Rehabilitation, Geunyeong Cha, Misook L. Chung, Nicholas R. Heebner, Ulf G. Bronas, Martha J. Biddle, Chin-Yen Lin, Junghee Kang, Jia-Rong Wu, Jessica H. Thompson, Ashmita Thapa, Debra K. Moser

UK CARES Faculty Publications

Background: Physical activity (PA) is essential following an acute cardiac event. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is commonly prescribed, and PA after CR is recommended. Because of age-related changes in functional ability and multi-comorbidity, many older cardiac patients struggle to continue performing PA at home after CR. Depressive symptoms and anxiety are prevalent in cardiac patients and associated with poor self-care, including lack of daily PA. Yoga has been demonstrated to improve psychological and physical health outcomes in cardiac patients, but it is unknown whether yoga, modified for older CR patients – Gentle Yoga – is beneficial in managing psycho- logical distress …

Estimating Socio-Economic Status For Alzheimer’S Disease Trials, D. M. Rentz, J. D. Grill, D. P. Molina-Henry, Gregory Jicha, Michael S. Rafii, A. Liu, Reisa A. Sperling, Paul Aisen, R. Raman

Neurology Faculty Publications

INTRODUCTION: Metrics of a participant’s socioeconomic status (SES) are not routinely collected or standardized in clinical trials. This omission limits the ability to evaluate the generalizability of trial results and restricts clinicians from confidently interpreting the efficacy of new treatments across important sub-populations. METHODS: We adapted an SES measure of social disparity; the Hollingshead Two Factor Index of Social Position, which combines education and occupation into a single metric. We modernized the 1965 occupations to reflect the 2017 careers tabulated by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. We currently use this adapted measure in Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium studies. RESULTS: …

Comparative Analysis Of Inpatient And Outpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty: Cost, Rehabilitation, And Complexity, Kam Maghazehe

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Background: Osteoarthritis in the hip joint leads to worn or damaged cartilage, resulting in bones scraping against each other. This scraping creates rough surfaces, causing significant pain and limiting mobility in daily activities. THA becomes necessary when other less invasive options fail to alleviate symptoms such as pain, stiffness, swelling, and reduced range of motion. Due to high out-of-pocket costs and the rapid spread of COVID-19, CMS took a substantial stride in healthcare policy by introducing the CMS-1736-FC ruling in December 2020. This ruling, effective from January 2021, facilitated the reclassification of eleven procedures, including Total Hip Arthroplasties (THAs), from …

Building Rural Resilience: A Rural And Farm Youth Safety And Well-Being Curriculum, Kelly Mcfarland

Theses and Dissertations--Community & Leadership Development

Mental health is a growing concern in today’s youth (CDC, 2023). The suicide rates in youth have been on a rise, increasing the need for mental health literacy (CDC, 2023). Mental health is often neglected in people’s lives, especially in rural areas (Boyd et al., 2008). This study answers four research questions: 1) Has the Building Rural Resilience: A Rural and Farm Youth Safety and Well-being Curriculum increased students' knowledge to recognize stress factors among rural communities and farmers? 2) Has the Building Rural Resilience: A Rural and Farm Youth Safety and Well-being Curriculum increased students' knowledge to recognize stress …

Cancer Survivorship Care In The United States At Facilities Accredited By The Commission On Cancer, Julia Stal, Kimberly A. Miller, Timothy W. Mullett, Judy C. Boughey, Amanda B. Francescatti, Elizabeth Funk, Heidi Nelson, David R. Freyer

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

IMPORTANCE Since 2021, American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) accreditation standards require providing a survivorship program for patients with adult-onset cancer treated with curative intent. Since more than 70% of all patients with cancer in the US are treated at CoC-accredited facilities, this presents an opportunity for a landscape analysis of survivorship care availability.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, types, and outcomes of cancer survivorship services at CoC-accredited facilities.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This survey study used an anonymous, online, cross-sectional survey conducted from May 4 to 25, 2023. Participants were CoC-accredited facilities in the US representing diverse …

2024 Student Life Achievement Award Winners

Student Life Achievement Award Winners

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What Are We Waiting For? A Collection Of Poems And Essays About Family, Love, Loss, Time, And Hope, Right/Write To Heal, Skye Adams, D W, N L, D G, Jillian Foley, Madison Burke, Erica King, Becky Wurwarg

Justice Policy

This anthology is a collaboration with the Opportunity Scholars project and the Right/Write to Heal Initiative. The collection tells the stories of women and their families who have been impacted by incarceration in Maine and New York, the pathways that brought them to justice system involvement, and what inspires them to remain hopeful. These stories of family, love, loss, time, and hope were written by residents at the Southern Maine Women’s Reentry Center and the Women’s Center at the Maine Correctional Center, and partners from New York who participated in a weekly creative writing project together. The authors and editors …

Dreams As Inspiration For Music Composition In American And European Musicians, Kai Parlett

Spectrum

No abstract provided.

Gestational Weight Gain And Epilepsy In The Offspring: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study, Jiawen Chen

Public Health Theses

AbstractBackground and aims: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders in childhood, but the etiology for the majority of the cases remains unknown. As a modifiable trait in pregnancy, gestational weight gain (GWG) has been shown to be a risk factor for multiple adverse birth outcomes. This study aims to investigate whether non-optimal GWG is associated with the risk of epilepsy in the offspring using a linked database in California. Methods: A population-based cohort study was conducted using the linked database from the Birth Certificate Record in California (2007-2015) for GWG, and the diagnostic records of epilepsy from …

Energy Assistance And Health: Policy Recommendations, Gabriella Crivelli

Public Health Theses

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) does not currently meet the demands of households across the country, and by one estimate, “funding would need to increase 10 to 20 times above 2021 levels in order to cover the energy costs of all eligible low-income families” (Castillo & Daniel, 2022, para. 2). Despite the inadequate coverage, more than 5.5 million households relied on LIHEAP funds to support the payment of heating costs in FY2022 (ACF Office of Community Services, n.d.). Financial barriers to energy access among low-income households is not an issue that should be analyzed as a financial circumstance …

“Because, Yo, My Brother Just Got Hurt”: Maryland Fails To Account For The Empirical Reality Underlying Unprovoked Flight From Police In Washington V. State, Ashley Metzbower

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ai-Aki: Ai-Consulted Inpatient Care For Acute Kidney Injury, William Jingyi Zhang

Public Health Theses

Acute kidney injury (AKI) increases the risk of death in hospitalized adults, and early medical chart review and involvement by a nephrologist may lead to improved patient outcomes. A Kidney Action Team—comprised of a pharmacist and a board-certified nephrologist or nephrology fellow—can serve as a remote consultation service to deliver recommendations for AKI patient diagnosis, initial work up, and care. We aimed to evaluate whether an AI-automated clinical decision support system for AKI could demonstrate predictive power comparable to that of human specialists, with regards to AKI evaluation and treatment. This study uses data from KAT-AKI (NCT04040296), a triple-masked, randomized …

Momentum Strategies On Country Etfs, Michael Chiao, Hunter M. Holzhauer, Xing Lu, Jun Wang, Yang (David) Yang

Pennsylvania Economic Review

Domestic investors may use iShares country ETFs to exploit the momentum profit across country portfolios. This paper examines the price momentum on 15 well-diversified iShares country ETFs for developed markets from April 1996 to September 2023. We find statistically and economically significant profits for some momentum strategies: long past winners and short past losers. The results are robust to excessive risks. Thus, investors may seek outperformance by implementing momentum strategies on iShares country ETFs.

Unveiling The Pathways: The Effects Of Mindfulness And Recreational Psychedelic Experiences On Well-Being; The Mediating Roles Of Non-Dual Awareness, Pro-Sociality, And Meaning In Life., Sebastian Ehmann

West Chester University Master’s Theses

Contemplative practices and psychedelic experiences have demonstrated significant benefits for psychological health and general human flourishing. Both practices share neuroscientific (i.e., cognitive flexibility), psychological (i.e., insight), and phenomenological (i.e., self-loss) overlap, but the combined effects remain underexplored. This study aimed to address this gap by examining the influence of drug-induced ego-dissolution and dispositional mindfulness on subjective well-being while testing the potential mediating role of compassion, meaning in life, and non-dual awareness (NDA; awareness without the typical subject-object dichotomy). The initial hypothesis posited that selfless experiences and mindfulness cultivate non-dual embodied cognition, leading to increased compassion and meaning and, in turn, …

The Effect Of The Learning To Breathe Mindfulness Program On Salivary Cortisol Stress Response, Diamond Williams

West Chester University Master’s Theses

College students are at risk of experiencing negative mental and physical health outcomes due to stress, inadequate coping skills and problems with emotion regulation. Mindfulness interventions could help with this because mindfulness has been shown to improve mental and physical health. The present study investigated the effects of a six-week mindfulness intervention (Learning to BREATHE) on the cortisol stress responses to a cognitive challenge task in college students. Salivary cortisol samples collected were analyzed to assess improvements from before to after the intervention in a group of introductory psychology students who participated in weekly in-person mindfulness training as compared to …

Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Changes And Patient Satisfaction Of Two Implants Retained Complete Mandibular Overdenture With All-Peek Versus All-Zirconia Telescopic Attachments, Mahmoud Abdelmoghny Elshabrawy Shawaly, Wael Sayed Ahmed, Abdallah Mohammed Ibrahim, Radwa Mohsen Kamal Emera

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objective: this clinical study aimed to evaluation of soft tissue changes of the peri -implant area and patient satisfaction for two implants assisted overdenture with all-PEEK versus all-zirconia telescopic attachment.

Materials and Methods: Ten patients who were complete edentulous and had a history of complaining about the instability and poor retention of their mandibular complete dentures were chosen. Each patient received a conventional denture for one month then two dental implants were drilled in the mandibular canine area. Implant overdentures were retained by using telescopic attachments. According to the telescopic attachment coping material type, the patients were grouped as: Group …

The Husseini Revolution And The Principle Of The Holy Quran, Tawfeeq Alghazali

NJF Islamic University Journal

This study is mainly concerned with the principle of the holy Quran and the Husseini revolution. The eternal Husseini revolution aims to call to Allah Almighty and abandon the worship of artificial gods, including human ones. Imam Hussein launched the slogan of reform, stating that he sought reform in his grandfather's nation and followed the path of his grandfather and father. He emphasized the importance of truth and patience in achieving reform. This reform involves transforming self and society, in thought, belief, behavior, and morals, and implementing the law and religion in all aspects of life. The goal of …

The Syntactic Buildings In The Sermon Of Al-Sayyidah Al-Zahra'. (Peace Be Upon Her), Haider Abdul Zahrah Al-Timimi

NJF Islamic University Journal

This study aims to clarify the sermon of al-Sayyida al-Zahra' and the nature of the stylistic structures in it, especially the patterns of text composition. The study pursues the distinctive characteristics in the sermon of al-Sayyidah al-Zahra by examining and inspecting the stylistic structures that dominate the sermon, and trying to discover them through induction and analysis, supporting this induction and analysis with multiple viewpoints that intertwine to lead to a set of methodological procedures according to a special view that tries to meet the requirements of stylistic analysis, as follows: : The methodology of the study required dividing it …

Memory Cart: Memory-Making Interventions For Nurses To Enhance The Meaningfulness Of End-Of-Life Care In The Icu, Grace Zimmerman

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

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Regional Discrimination As A Quasi-Form Of Racial Discrimination: Comparing The Protection Under Anglo-American, International And Chinese Laws, Martin Yc Kwan

American University International Law Review

This article seeks to explore the issue of regional discrimination from two perspectives. First, the article evaluates whether it is possible to remedy the absence of direct protection by fitting regional discrimination within the scope of current anti-racial discrimination laws. Second, it highlights China’s protection against regional discrimination and evaluates the Chinese laws’ scope and gaps in protection.