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Snapshots Issue 21: Teacher Experience And Self-Efficacy In The Classroom, Catherine Underwood

Snapshots

The most recent OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey enables educators, policymakers and the wider community to compare Australian students with each other, as well as with their counterparts across the world. PISA measures the extent to which 15-year-old students near the end of compulsory education have acquired the knowledge and skills that young adults need to meet the challenges of the future. PISA also collects teacher questionnaire data to gain insights into teaching practices, learning activities and the school environment. Teacher self-efficacy refers to a teacher’s belief in their capability to help students learn and to influence …

Weaving An Alternative Food System: The Implications Of‬‭ Campesino‬‭ Community‬ Structures For Food Sovereignty In New England‬, Torrance Wagner

CISLA Senior Integrative Projects

This exploration seeks to detangle the diverse lines of thinking, reasoning, and acting that make up the concept of food sovereignty, and to do so with the intention of understanding what its most actionable principles are. The topic is inspired by the traditional community-scale agriculture of campesino communities throughout Latin America, but specifically in the Valles Centrales of Oaxaca, Mexico. The ultimate questions are if and how the collectivity that often exists in these cultures can be applied to local food systems in New England to support regional food sovereignty. The ideas presented are drawn from personal experience, theoretical academic …

Children As Legacy: Fostering A Viable, Interracial Future In Chesnutt’S The Marrow Of Tradition, Allison Marchand

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Charles W. Chesnutt believed The Marrow of Tradition (1901) would be his magnum opus. In a letter to Booker T. Washington, he described it as “by far the best thing I have done” and in another, described how he sent it to Theodore Roosevelt, hoping it might help the president understand the race problem (McElrath 159; 169). The novel details the events of and leading up to a race riot in the fictional Wellington, North Carolina. Inspired by the 1898 coup d’etat and massacre in Wilmington, North Carolina, Chesnutt wrote The Marrow of Tradition with “the hope that it might …

Design Of Silicon Grating Metasurfaces For Beam Deflecting In Solid-State Light Detecting And Ranging (Lidar), Matthew Baker

Honors Program Theses and Projects

My thesis begins with an overview of LiDAR (Light Detecting and Ranging) and theory for electromagnetic wave propagation. We establish problems that arise from the use of external beam steering components in LiDAR systems. As a possible solution, we introduce the concept of a metasurface with sub-wavelength dimensions. Grating metasurfaces utilize periodicity to change the phase gradient along a surface. Using a row of posts on a substrate, we can confine light towards one side of a structure, deflecting at angles towards a maximum angle determined by the structure’s geometry. These metasurfaces are small enough to be directly incorporated onto …

System Administration Practices And Experimentation, Nicholas Z. Young

Honors Program Theses and Projects

This undergraduate departmental honors capstone project experiments with and demonstrates System Administration practices that are used in enterprise environments. The skills and practices of System Administrators are crucial to maintain large-scale IT infrastructure. This project aimed to gain a deeper, practical understanding of the role of a System Administrator in an emulated environment. Through hands-on experimentation, this project addressed the responsibilities of a System Administrator, such as controlling user access, adding hardware, automating tasks, monitoring systems, overseeing and developing a backup strategy, maintaining local documentation, and security practices. This project demonstrated some of the complexities that lie in each of …

Genetic Correlations Between Enteric Methane And Traits Of Economic Importance In A Beef Finishing System, Clodagh V. Ryan, Thierry Pabiou, Deirdre C. Purfield

Department of Biological Sciences Publications

With the pressing global challenge of climate change, the potential to breed cattle that produce less lifetime methane offers a transformative solution that is both sustainable and impactful. The objective of this study was to determine the genetic correlations between enteric methane emissions and economically important traits included in the current Terminal Index used to breed animals for meat in Ireland. This Terminal Index is typical of terminal-type indexes used globally, constituting traits associated with calving performance, carcass merit, and efficiency traits such as feed intake and age at finish, as well as some ancillary traits such as docility. Methane …

Click. Wait. Denied: The Reality Of Registering For Required Courses, Alyson Kellett

Digital Edition

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Gardner-Webb Alumnus And Retired Navy Commander John E. Sutton Is Speaker For University’S Memorial Day Observance, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb will host its Memorial Day Observance on Friday, May 23, at 11 a.m. in Dover Chapel, and the public is welcome to attend. Each year, the University sets aside this time to remember the lives of those who have died in military service to their country. The national Memorial Day observance dates back to 1868 when Americans started gathering in their communities to decorate soldiers’ graves and pay tribute to their fallen heroes. The day was established as a federal holiday in 1971.

Pvamu Staff Council Meeting Agenda May 13th 2025, Prairie View A&M University

PV Staff Council Archival Documents

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Therapeutic Potential Of Plant Extract-Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles For Advanced Wound Healing: A Comprehensive Review, Samar A. Salim, Tasneem Abed, Esraa Abdelazim, Noura Eissa, Mahmoud Elsabahy, Elbadawy Kamoun

Nanotechnology Research Centre

No abstract provided.

Usa V. Eric Hayes

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Casa, Inc. V. Trump: Brief Of Amici Curiae Immigration Law Scholars Kristin Collins, Gerald Neuman, And Rachel Rosenbloom In Support Of Appellees, Kristin Collins

Appellate Briefs

USCA4 Appeal: 25-1153

Amici Kristin Collins, Gerald Neuman, and Rachel Rosenbloom are legal scholars with expertise in U.S. citizenship and immigration law. Amici have a professional interest in ensuring that the Court is properly informed with respect to the history and meaning of the birthright citizenship statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a), and its importance to this case.

2025 Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony Program, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Of California Chapter At Chapman University

Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony Programs

The 2025 Induction Ceremony for the Psi of Chapter California was held on May 13, 2025 at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University. In this ceremony, 35 outstanding students and one honorary member were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Please click here to view photos from the ceremony.

Lindenwood Showcase Celebrates A Year Of Success, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Computational Thinking, Informal Learning, And Makerspace, Redar Ismail

College of Computing and Digital Media Dissertations

The continuous advancement of technology has made it a crucial tool across various disciplines. As adaptation to this rapidly progressing field occurred, teaching and learning problem-solving skills are more essential than ever for empowering individuals to succeed across diverse fields. Studies have shown that engaging K-12 students in activities encouraging science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and computational thinking (CT) are critical for teaching them how to deal with complex problems (Rode, Barkhuus, & Ioannou, 2024; Shu & Huang, 2021). Makerspaces and making activities became popular among researchers and educators due to their potential to advance learning, enhance problem-solving skills, and …

Pilot/ Validation Of Protocol For An Alternative To Clinical, Morgan Sylvester

Honors Theses

All across the country, Clinical Microbiology laboratories are being consolidated into one location for an entire hospital network10. Though this helps reduce cost and staffing needs, it creates issues for the next generation of Medical Laboratory Scientists (MLS) trying to find clinical sites to complete clinical practicum rotations to complete the necessary certification processes. To combat this issue, it was proposed that MLS programs create alternative curriculums to offer in place of clinical rotations to reduce the amount of time students need in these rotations from three weeks to one week. This study investigated one alternative with the intent that …

Cutaneous Dysbiosis Characterizes The Post-Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Period., Adela R Cardones, Akintunde Emiola, Russell P Hall, Anthony D Sung, Jennifer Zhang, Amy J Petty, Charles Puza, Lauren M Bohannon, Amy T Bush, Meagan V Lew, Elizabeth Fleming, Yingai J Jin, Krista Rowe Nichols, Vaibhav Jain, Simon G Gregory, Keith M Sullivan, Nelson J Chao, Julia Oh

Faculty Research 2025

Gut dysbiosis is linked to mortality and the development of graft-versus-host disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), but the impact of cutaneous dysbiosis remains unexplored. We performed a pilot observational study, obtained retroauricular and forearm skin swabs from 12 adult patients before conditioning chemotherapy/radiation and at 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months after allogeneic HSCT, and performed shotgun metagenomic sequencing. The cutaneous microbiome among HSCT patients was enriched for gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas, fungi, and viruses. Enrichment with bacteriophages and Polyomavirus species was observed among patients who died within 1 year. We observed longitudinal …

Modeling Molten Lithium Carbonate As Pollutant Absorbing Agent, Lucian G. Forestieri

Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Coal burning generates gaseous pollutants that are toxic to local environments and human health, namely hydrochloric acid and sulfur dioxide ( HCl and SO₂). Current methods for capturing these pollutants are flue gas desulfurization, which utilize solid or water- dissolved carbonates. This method, however, is inefficient mainly due to the product salts blocking further reactions. Molten carbonates may be a more efficient alternative. Experimental work cannot observe these reaction mechanisms, and the small number of current computational models do not match experimental properties. This work aims to develop a computational model of gaseous HCl scattering off the surface …

Creating A Regenerative Organizational Culture, Sukanya Nagfernandes, Jennifer Mowery

Beyond the Project Horizon: Journal of the Center for Project Management Innovation

Abstract

The review article aims to explore the concept of creating a regenerative organizational culture through the application of transformational practices. The study investigates the potential benefits of integrating regenerative practices within an organization's cultural framework to foster adaptability, innovation, and sustainability. By examining the literature on regenerative culture and digital transformation, this study provides an overview of the key components and strategies necessary for building a regenerative organizational culture in the digital era and proposes an innovative approach to predicting regenerative cultural practices required within stages of a project’s life cycle.

Organizational culture works as a lifeline. It is …

Automation Mismatch: How Contractor Ai Adoption Challenges Institutional Procurement Norms At U.S. Customs And Border Protection (Cbp), Farhan Bin Amjad

Beyond the Project Horizon: Journal of the Center for Project Management Innovation

This letter explores a growing strain in the U.S. federal procurement: the automation mismatch between AI-powered proposal development by contractors and the regulation-bound evaluation systems at agencies like U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Tools like Vultron and Unanet AI have enabled federal contractors to increase proposal submission volume, yet institutional constraints such as data sensitivity, budget limitations, and cultural barriers have hindered equivalent modernization on the government side. This article leverages institutional theory and prior research to analyze this disparity, highlighting how legal and cultural factors limit AI integration in procurement. Detailed analysis of these regulatory and cultural influences …

Remotely Sensed High-Resolution Soil Moisture And Evapotranspiration: Bridging The Gap Between Science And Society, Jingyi Huang, Vinit Sehgal, Laura V. Alvarez, Luca Brocca, Shuohao Cai, Rui Cheng, Xinghua Cheng, Jinyang Du, Bassil El Masri, K. Arthur Endsley, Yilin Fang, Jie Hu, Mahesh Jampani, Md Golam Kibria, Gerbrand Koren, Lingcheng Li, Laibao Liu, Jiafu Mao, Hernan A. Moreno, Angela Rigden, Mingjie Shi, Xiaoying Shi, Yaoping Wang, Xi Zhang, Joshua B. Fisher

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

This paper reviews the current state of high-resolution remotely sensed soil moisture (SM) and evapotranspiration (ET) products and modeling, and the coupling relationship between SM and ET. SM downscaling approaches for satellite passive microwave products leverage advances in artificial intelligence and high-resolution remote sensing using visible, near-infrared, thermal-infrared, and synthetic aperture radar sensors. Remotely sensed ET continues to advance in spatiotemporal resolutions from MODIS to ECOSTRESS to Hydrosat and beyond. These advances enable a new understanding of bio-geo-physical controls and coupled feedback mechanisms between SM and ET reflecting the land cover and land use at field scale (3–30 m, daily). …

How Soil Fungal Communities Respond To Invasive Plant Species Treatments In Soil From Banksia Woodland, South-Western Australia, Aaron J. Brace, Katinka X. Ruthrof, Joseph B. Fontaine, Ben P. Miller, Anna J.M. Hopkins

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Context. Invasive plants are one of the most significant threats to woodlands globally. Methods of invasive plant control include manual removal and herbicide application. While the impacts of control methods on invasive and off-target native plant species are often explored, the impacts on below-ground organisms, such as fungi, are less well understood. Aims. We conducted a glasshouse trial to investigate the responses of soil fungal communities to herbicides and manual removal that are used to control common invasive plant species in Banksia woodland in south-western Australia. Methods. Broad spectrum (glyphosate and pelargonic acid) and grass-specific (fluazifop-p-butyl) herbicides were separately applied …

Core Grade 4: Rating Certainty Of Evidence—Risk Of Bias, Publication Bias, And Reasons For Rating Up Certainty, Gordon Guyatt, Ying Wang, Prashanti Eachempati, Alfonso Iorio, M. Hassan Murad, Monica Hultcrantz, Derek K. Chu, Ivan D. Florez, Lars G. Hemkens, Thomas Agoritsas, Liang Yao, Per Olav Vandvik, Victor M. Montori, Romina Brignardello-Petersen

Peninsula Dental School

This fourth article in a seven part series presents the Core GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach to addressing risk of bias, publication bias, and rating up certainty. In Core GRADE, randomised controlled trials begin as high certainty evidence and non-randomised studies of interventions (NRSI) as low certainty. To assess certainty of evidence for risk of bias, Core GRADE users first classify individual studies as low or high risk of bias. Decisions regarding rating down for risk of bias will depend on the weights of high and low risk of bias studies and similarities or differences between …

A Case Study Of Pavement Construction Materials For Wet-Freeze Regions: The Application Of Waste Glass Aggregate And High-Content Rubber Modified Asphalt, Kai Xin, Meng Wu, Dongzhao Jin, Zhanping You

Michigan Tech Publications

Pavement systems in wet-freeze regions are prone to cracking, rutting, and moisture damage, making it challenging to incorporate recycled materials into asphalt mixtures in a way that enhances sustainability while maintaining performance and constructability. This study investigates and demonstrates the combined benefits of using processed waste glass in a leveling course and high-content crumb rubber in a surface course, focusing on both laboratory and full-scale field assessments in a wet-freeze region of northern Michigan. A leveling course containing 10% waste glass aggregate and a surface course using 16% crumb rubber (by binder weight) modified asphalt were designed with low air …

Accumulation Of Nitrogen Species From Industrial Wastewater By Vetiver Grass (Chrysopogon Zizanioides), Arash Aliasghar, Zhiming Zhang, Rupali Datta, Christos Christodoulatos, Dibyendu Sarkar

Michigan Tech Publications

Industrial munition facilities are increasingly manufacturing insensitive high explosives (IHEs) to improve safety. The explosive residues in wastewater from these facilities are treated to meet regulatory standards. However, the resulting effluent contains elevated levels of mineralized nitrogen species. This study evaluated the potential of vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides), a non-invasive perennial species, to remove high concentrations of nitrate, nitrite, and ammonium from munition plant wastewater. Vetiver was grown hydroponically in synthetic wastewater containing high levels of nitrogen compounds simulating munitions plant effluents. Vetiver plants were treated with one nitrogen species at a time, with concentrations ranging from 165 to 24,700 …

Sullivan ’26 Earns Goldwater Scholarship, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

On The Use Of Nonlinear Electrophoresis For Separating Particles And Cells In Insulator-Based Electrokinetic Systems, Alaleh Vaghef-Koodehi

Theses

The increasing demand for efficient separation processes of micron-sized particles, including microorganisms, highlights the importance of developing low-cost, non-labor-intensive, and time-efficient techniques. Insulator-based electrokinetic (iEK) systems have proven to be a practical alternative to bench-scale methodologies such as centrifugation and membrane filtration. Several studies have reported the separation of microparticles by employing direct current (DC) voltages. However, all of them have overlooked the phenomenon of nonlinear electrophoresis (EPNL) and its role in the electrokinetic migration of particles. This study combines mathematical modeling and experiments to extend the capabilities of iEK systems. This dissertation has four aims: (1) to separate microparticles …

In Re: Boy Scouts Of America And Delaware Bsa Llc

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

Jessica Servais V. John Caccia

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Can Flywheel Training Serve As A Viable Intervention For Dynamic Strength Index Based Programs?, Jeffrey Ruiz

Doctorate in Kinesiology

The purpose of this case series was to examine the effects that flywheel training had on a person’s dynamic strength index in comparison to concurrent training (DSI). It has been shown that with strength training alone there can be an overall decrease in the DSI, due to an increase the IMTP peak force and no significant change in the CMJ performance (Comfort et al., 2018). Flywheel training’s effect on the DSI specifically have not been previously examined. It was hypothesized that a regimented flywheel training intervention will demonstrate an

improvement in the peak force for the countermovement jumps as well …