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Closing Racial-Ethnic Gaps In Poverty: How Government Programs Compare, Marybeth J. Mattingly, Jess Carson

Carsey Publications

In this data snapshot, authors Marybeth Mattingly and Jessica Carson explore the role of government programs in alleviating poverty for people with different racial-ethnic identities. Because poverty rates among non-Hispanic whites are significantly lower than among other groups, programs with disparate effects by race can either widen or decrease racial-ethnic gaps in the poverty rate. The authors find that SNAP and the EITC play particularly important roles for non-white populations; however, Social Security maintains low poverty rates among whites, and exacerbates the poverty gap between white and non-white populations. Policymakers who want to advance low income populations and promote racial-ethnic …

Patients With Refractory Out-Of-Cardiac Arrest And Sustained Ventricular Fibrillation As Candidates For Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Prospective Multi-Center Observational Study., Takahiro Nakashima, Teruo Noguchi, Yoshio Tahara, Kunihiro Nishimura, Soshiro Ogata, Satoshi Yasuda, Daisuke Onozuka, Naoto Morimura, Ken Nagao, David F. Gaieski, Yasufumi Asai, Hiroyuki Yokota, Satoshi Nara, Mamoru Hase, Takahiro Atsumi, Tetsuya Sakamoto

Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: We investigated whether patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and sustained ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VF/pVT) or conversion to pulseless electrical activity/asystole (PEA/asystole) benefit more from extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). Methods and Results: We analyzed data from the Study of Advanced Life Support for Ventricular Fibrillation with Extracorporeal Circulation in Japan, which was a prospective, multicenter, observational study with 22 institutions in the ECPR group and 17 institutions in the conventional CPR (CCPR) group. Patients were divided into 4 groups by cardiac rhythm and CPR group. The primary endpoint was favorable neurological outcome, defined as Cerebral Performance Category 1 …

Nasa Human Exploration Rover Challenge Lunar Environment Adaptation, Darren Patrick O'Donnell

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

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Preference Formation And Decision Making Within Multi-Stakeholder Products And Communities, Cassandra N. Martin

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

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Machine Learning Techniques For Hardware Trojan Detection With Ring Oscillator Network, Kyle Allen Worley

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

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2019 Eagle Football Season Tickets/Parking On Sale Now, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• 2019 Eagle Football Season Tickets/Parking on Sale Now

Series Preview - Eagle Baseball Takes On South Alabama In Weekend Series, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• SERIES PREVIEW - Eagle Baseball Takes On South Alabama in Weekend Series

Preview: Softball At South Alabama, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• PREVIEW: Softball at South Alabama

Eagle Insider, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Season tickets and/or parking for the 2019 football season are on sale now
• Coaches caravan
• Student-Athlete success
• Department/University updates

Hidden Amongst The Crowd: Experiences Of Students From Underrepresented Religions And Denominations, Rediet Negede Lewi, D'Havian Scott, Maria Schrupp

Celebrating Scholarship and Creativity Day (2018-)

This research addresses the lived experiences of students from underrepresented religions and denominations at a small Catholic college. There has been increased interest in promoting inclusive practices in higher education around race, ethnicity, gender. An article published in 2012 by Bowman and Smedley, outlines the dissatisfaction of college students from marginalized religions on campuses where they do not identify with the majority religion. This research seeks to expand the research to include religion, particularly at institutions with religious affiliation.Using ethnographic research methods, including participant observations and semi-structured interviews, this research explores student understandings, experiences and practices of religion as well …

Development Of Anthranilic Acid Based Thiourea Catalysts For The Nitroaldol Reaction, Augie Witkowski

Celebrating Scholarship and Creativity Day (2018-)

Organocatalysis is the use of low molecular weight organic molecules to accelerate chemical reactions. As seen by its rapid growth over the last couple decades, this type of catalysis is attractive to synthetic chemists due to the mild reaction conditions, low cost materials and green chemistry characteristics organocatalysis offers. Thiourea-based organocatalysts promote reactions using reversible and selective, hydrogen bonding, which can be used to activate the electrophile and nucleophile reactants. By modifying the structure, co-catalysts, and other conditions used with these catalysts the activity can be modified and improved for specific products.

Using these design principles, a set of thiourea …

Dark Chocolate- Lowering Hypertension And Costs, Marissa Tuccy, Hannah Glynn, Madison Stace, Amanda Graff, Stephanie; Brenk, Marin Jaszewski

Celebrating Scholarship and Creativity Day (2018-)

The goal of this quality improvement project was to promote better blood pressure control for residents in a long-term care facility (LTC) who have primary hypertension and potentially reduce the costs associated with their care. Data has shown that nationally, persons with hypertension as a comorbidity pay nearly $2,000 more in healthcare costs compared to their non-hypertensive counterparts (Kirkland, 2018). Chart audits revealed that 63% of residents on a single wing had a diagnosis of primary hypertension and had incidences of high blood pressure recordings. A survey of staff at the LTC faculty showed that 13 out of 15 staff …

Sythesis And Characterization Of A Model Multicopper Oxidase, Joshua Gavin

Celebrating Scholarship and Creativity Day (2018-)

Multicopper oxidases (MCO’s) possess an unusual trinuclear copper that catalyzes the reduction of oxygen to water. However, the mechanism of oxygen reduction is unclear. To elucidate the mechanism of oxygen reduction, this study focuses on the synthesis and characterization of a model of the copper active site. Research in biomimetic chemistry seeks to design models that replicate the structure of enzymes in a much smaller molecule. This model, because it is smaller, is easier to characterize, so intense study in models lend evidence toward the behavior of their respective enzymes. The model in this research study uses a novel copper …

Minutes, Days, Years, Lindsey Palmer

Theses

Minutes, Days, Years, is a body of photographic work presented in an installation format alongside a written companion book. In this work I seek to rebuild my mother’s memories which were lost to electro-convulsion therapy that she received in January 2012. The images are 42 cyanotypes on glass, made from personal archive photos from the years 2008-2011; the time period which her memory is most damaged, and the time I began learning photography. These images are placed atop a 60-inch by 14-foot paper backing, made of two images from the same time period. Minutes, Days, Years references photography as manipulatable …

Full Circle, Hang Zhang

Theses

This body of work “福壽”/“Full Circle” explores my grandparents’ experiences and aspirations, generational relationships in a traditional Chinese family, and my process of re-establishing a connection with my family. “福壽” is a group of multimedia works composed of photographs, videos, and sculpture. My grandparents’ experiences with the Cultural Revolution, coupled with my memories and desire to rekindle a connection with my family, inspired this project from a personal and cultural point of view. In this work, I aim to showcase for the viewer the history and current situation of the Chinese elderly while highlighting the importance for members of my …

Dream Life, Menghan Tsai

Theses

Dream Life, is a series of photographic work based on the contemporary Chinese phenomenon known as social media celebrity (SMC). In order to achieve an identical trendy “perfect” appearance, numerous young women undergo cosmetic surgery, apply on bold makeup, and use heavy Photoshop on their social media photos. I aim to criticize this practice and question how this distorted aesthetic standard for females is developed. By reconstructing the elements that the SMCs are showing, I want to show the absurdity of this “dream life”.

Exploring The Experiences Of Communication Partners Of People With Parkinson's Disease: A Qualitative Study, Jacqueline Bell

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore interactions between persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) and their communication partners. People with PD experience difficulties that can have a profound effect on their ability to communicate. This qualitative study explored the thoughts and feelings of primary communication partners of people with PD. The primary communication partners were interviewed using open-ended questions. The seven participants identified and detailed how declines in communication due to PD have resulted in changes in daily life, including; social participation, daily tasks, and psychosocial well-being. Commonalities that communication partners experienced will aid speech-language pathologists to …

April 25, 2019, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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She Kills Monsters

Theatre Programs

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A Bibliometric Analysis Of Theses At The School Of Nuclear And Allied Sciences, University Of Ghana, Legon, Albert Paa Kojo Ebi Bilson, Anankyela Anaba Alemna, Edwin Ellis Badu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of the study was to analyse the Master of Philosophy and the Doctor of Philosophy theses publications by postgraduate students at the School of Nuclear and Allied Science (SNAS), University of Ghana from (2008 - 2016) using the INIS database as the source of data. The study used the bibliometric method. The purposive sampling technique was used to retrieve four hundred and fourteen (414) theses records from a population of five hundred and thirty eight (538) theses records published in Ghana. The International Nuclear Information System (INIS) database and the search query language (country:Ghana AND recordtype:Thesis/Dissertation) were the …

Digital Preservation Strategies: A Case Study Of Two Academic Libraries In Indonesia, Yeni Budi Rachman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aims of this research are to describe digital preservation strategies conducted by two selected academic libraries in Jakarta and Bandung, Indonesia. This research uses the qualitative approach with data collection method through interview. The results indicate that respondent libraries have made efforts to implement digital preservation activities, in order to protect their digital data and collection. This study recommends that the lack of official policy according to digital preservation should be followed up by providing a preservation policy.

20190425_Oxford Medicine Eba Not Renewed, Robyn Gleasner

HSLIC Blog Post

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Research, Evidence-Based Practice And Quality Improvement, Tonya Traylor

DNP Final Reports

Background: The United States is in the midst of an opioid epidemic. In 2012 alone there were approximately 259 million prescriptions written by primary care providers for opioids painkillers. The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) now has new guidelines and recommendation due to the opioid analgesic epidemic. Education has been found to raise provider awareness and, subsequently, has decreased opioid use. Provider education helps with reinforcing the short-term use of opioids and adjunctive therapies and helps reinforce the idea of an individualized treatment plan for patients. Purpose: The purpose of this intervention is to increase provider education on opioid …

Team Uab Wins Silver In Citywide Corporate Challenge, Brooke Carbo

Browse All News

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Non-Destructive Evaluation Of Thermal Barrier Coatings Using Direct Heat Flux Method, Amadeusz Adam Nasuta

Master's Theses

Thermal barrier coatings are essential for reliable and efficient turbine engines. The coatings allow the engine to operate at higher temperatures and protect the super alloy components within the hot section. Turbine hot section components have complex geometries. Complex geometries can lead to inconsistent coatings. It is critical to determine which components have defective coatings because engine manufacturers warranty these parts and under life parts have large costs associated with them. Non-destructive detection of damage progression is useful for accurate part lifetime prediction and also in root cause analysis. The present thesis describes a new, non-destructive approach to test thermal …

Onshore Habitat Use As A Driver Of Diet, Contaminant Exposure, And Immune Function Of Southern Beaufort Sea Polar Bears (Ursus Maritimus), Jennifer Bourque

Master's Theses

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A Survey Of New England Sheep Producers, Arielle L. Halpern

Master's Theses

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Sensory Primary Cilium Is A Responsive Camp Microdomain In Renal Epithelia, Rinzhin T. Sherpa, Ashraf M. Mohieldin, Rajasekharreddy Pala, Dagmar Wachten, Rennolds S. Ostrom, Surya M. Nauli

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Primary cilia are hair-like cellular extensions that sense microenvironmental signals surrounding cells. The role of adenylyl cyclases in ciliary function has been of interest because the product of adenylyl cyclase activity, cAMP, is relevant to cilia-related diseases. In the present study, we show that vasopressin receptor type-2 (V2R) is localized to cilia in kidney epithelial cells. Pharmacologic inhibition of V2R with tolvaptan increases ciliary length and mechanosensory function. Genetic knockdown of V2R, however, does not have any effect on ciliary length, although the effect of tolvaptan on ciliary length is dampened. Our study reveals that tolvaptan may have a cilia-specific …

Hydrodynamic Performance Of A Pile-Supported Owc Breakwater: An Analytical Study, F He, H Zhang, J Zhao, S Zheng, G Iglesias

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

A pile-supported OWC breakwater is a novel marine structure in which an oscillating water column (OWC) is integrated into a pile-supported breakwater, with a dual function: generating carbon-free energy and providing shelter for port activities by limiting wave transmission. In this work we investigate the hydrodynamics of this novel structure by means of an analytical model based on linear wave theory and matched eigenfunction expansion method. A local increase in the back-wall draft is adopted as an effective strategy to enhance wave power extraction and reduce wave transmission. The effects of chamber breadth, wall draft and air chamber volume on …

Agricultural Informatization And Technical Efficiency In Maize Production In Zambia, Ge Mwalupaso, S Wang, S Rahman, E J-P Alavo, X Tian

Plymouth Business School

The cropland productivity gap between Africa and the rest of the world is widening. Fortunately, increasing farmers’ access to useful agricultural information reduces the costs of searching for information, thereby leading to higher agricultural productivity and sustainability. This study investigates the association between the adoption of mobile phones to collect agricultural information and farmers’ technical efficiency (TE) in Zambia. Different from previous studies, we focus on the actual use of mobile phones by farmers rather than mere ownership. Farmers were selected using a two-stage sampling procedure, and the Cobb-Douglas (CD) production function is adopted to estimate the association using two …