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Career Long Scholarly Contributions To Educating Teachers For Multilingual Classrooms And Exploring Multilingualism, Yidan Shao, Patricia M. Velasco

Journal of Multilingual Education Research

No abstract provided.

¿Y Ahora Qué? Interest Convergence And Hope Through Provision, Promotion, And Partnerships In Two-Way Dual Language Programs, Mitch Ingram, Charise Pimentel

Journal of Multilingual Education Research

As Two-Way Dual Language Programs continue in their nascent stages in the United States, some teachers, administrators, and researchers have reported issues of interest convergence. In this article, two researchers work alongside a bilingual pre-service teacher to highlight three such examples: the business of learning a language, Latin@ Spanish-speaking students used as resources, and the gentrification of bilingual education. Beyond the diagnosis of such dilemmas, we offer a preliminary framework and some promising tenets of hope to overcome any such asymmetries that can exist when interested families from different social locations agree to collaborate in the journey of dual language …

Sociocultural Predictors Of Children’S Papiamento And Dutch Reading Literacy In The Dutch Caribbean, Melissa Van Der Elst-Koeiman, Eliane Segers, Ronald Severing, Ludo Verhoeven

Journal of Multilingual Education Research

This study examined how Papiamento and Dutch attitude and home literacy environment of 168 children in fourth grade of the post-colonial Dutch Caribbean, predicted L1 and L2 reading literacy in sixth grade. Overall, children had higher scores for reading literacy in L1 Papiamento as compared with L2 Dutch. They showed more positive attitudes towards their mother tongue, regarding language use, reading, and media use. Furthermore, literacy activities at home were more frequent in L1 than in L2, although they reported having more books at home in L2 than in L1. Finally, L1 home literacy activities were negatively related to L1 …

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Journal of Multilingual Education Research

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Life Long Perspectives On The Multilingual Experience, Annie Shaba

Journal of Multilingual Education Research

Multilingualism Across the Life Span is a text that explores the subject of language diversity and multilingualism across an individual’s lifespan and their community. Edited by Unn Røyneland and Robert Blackwood, the book features co-authored chapters that look into the complexities of linguistic diversity, multilingualism as a lived reality, and the non-linear trajectories of language development. The book is divided into three parts: methodological and theoretical developments in bilingual acquisition, language practices and policies in the family, and bilingual aging, communication, and cognitive impairments. It offers insights from research conducted in various parts of the world and is relevant for …

Navigating Taiwan's Bilingual 2030 Policy: Unveiling Teachers' Glocalization Efforts And Agency, Ching-Ching Lin, Ming-Hsuan Wu

Journal of Multilingual Education Research

As a strategic initiative aimed to enhance English communication skills and bolster the global competitiveness of the general population, Taiwan’s Bilingual 2030 Policy takes place at the intersection of neoliberalism, globalization, and the global spread of the English language. The neoliberal framing of Taiwan’s language education policy has exerted powerful influences on teacher education, teacher hiring practices, curricular design, assessment, and other school practices. While the neoliberalist influences are prevalent among countries in the Global South, responses and resistance may take many forms embedded in specific sociocultural contexts. The reflection discussed here examines the challenges faced by teachers in Taiwan …

Jmer Volume 13

Journal of Multilingual Education Research

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Investigating The Role Of Semi-Public Open Spaces Of Housing Clusters As A Booster Of Social Interaction In Abu Dhabi Neighbourhoods, Mohammad Shuayyat

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

This thesis explores the relationship between urban housing cluster configurations, open space design, and social interaction in the context of Emirati neighborhoods, focusing on the Al Salamat area in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. It aims to investigate how different residential housing cluster types—such as cul-de-sacs, perimeter blocks, linear blocks, and closed-loop configurations—shape the usability and social function of semi-public open spaces. The study integrates theoretical insights from urban planning literature with empirical findings through spatial analysis (using Depth map X), field observations, and semi-structured interviews with residents.
The research adopts a mixed-method case study approach. It begins with a …

Legal And Ethical Challenges In Home Healthcare Administration, Chidubem Xerona Nnajiofor, Isheka Francis

Liberty University Research Week

Health administrators in home healthcare face numerous legal and ethical issues that need careful management. The home healthcare industry delivers essential patient care services in residential settings while health administrators confront critical legal and ethical challenges. This research proposal seeks to explore the legal and ethical issues facing health administrators in the home healthcare industry, focusing on five primary areas: Health administrators in home healthcare must address legal and ethical challenges including eligibility criteria compliance, elder abuse and neglect cases, labor law adherence and worker rights protection as well as ethical patient care decisions along with healthcare worker overwork and …

Prm1 Influences Mating And Virulence In Cryptococcus Neoformans, Polycarp Amosun

Liberty University Research Week

Cryptococcus neoformans, an opportunistic pathogen, relies on homeostasis, environmental stability, and adaptability for its growth and survival. C. neoformans primarily infects immunocompromised individuals, increasing the propensity of invading the central nervous system. The most affected are individuals with HIV/AIDs. Recently, the World Health Organization classified C. neoformans as a Critical Priority fungal pathogen due to its widespread presence and high mortality rate. The ability to adapt to changes in environmental pH is one of the key factors contributing to C. neoformans pathogenicity. The gene CNAG_05866 was recently identified by researchers at Duke University via a mutagenesis screen to identify genes …

A Dual Approach To Carbamate Pesticides: Extraction And Determination In Camel Milk And Date Palm Fruit In The Uae, And Photocatalytic Degradation In Water, Rana Fawzi Morsi

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

The growing global population has led to an increasing demand for food production, necessitating the widespread use of pesticides to enhance crop yield, improve quality, and protect against pests. Among the various types of pesticides, carbamates are extensively used due to their effectiveness in controlling pests. However, their residues in food products pose serious human health risks, including neurotoxicity, genetic mutations, cancer development, and immunosuppression. Therefore, the reliable detection and quantification of carbamate residues in food are paramount to ensuring food safety and regulatory compliance.

This dissertation focuses on developing and validating analytical techniques for extracting and detecting carbamate residues …

A Quantitative Study Teaching De-Escalation With Virtual Reality Simulation To Associate Nursing Students Measuring Effectiveness, Learning, And Confidence, Michele Marbet

Liberty University Research Week

Workplace violence against nurses is a critical global public health issue, with one in four nurses reportedly experiencing physical assault by patients. This quantitative quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest study aimed to assess the effectiveness of virtual reality simulation as a teaching strategy for de-escalation education in associate nursing students (N = 29) perception in learning and confidence. The study utilized the Simulation Effectiveness Tool-Modified (SET-M) instrument to measure outcomes guided by Kolb's experiential learning theory and the NLN Jeffries simulation theory. The learning variable demonstrated significant improvement as confirmed by paired t-test analysis (p < .01). For the effectiveness and confidence variables, which violated assumptions of normality, a comprehensive statistical approach was implemented. Analysis included parametric testing via paired t-tests, supplemented by nonparametric methods (Wilcoxon Signed-ranks test and Sign test) to ensure statistical rigor. The cumulative results across all three statistical tests consistently demonstrated significant improvements (p < .001). Effect size calculations revealed medium to large significance for all variables measured by Cohen’s d. The conclusive findings of this research to reject all three null hypotheses suggest that virtual reality simulation is an effective teaching strategy for developing de-escalation skills, enhancing both learning and confidence among associate nursing students. Future studies are needed to further validate and expand upon the findings of the current research, potentially leading to more widespread adoption of virtual reality simulation in nursing education for teaching de-escalation. Keywords: Nursing education associate degree, de-escalation, virtual reality simulation, work-place violence

Genesis Flood And Tsunami Run-Up: A Study Of Zero Water Depth, Oluwafemi Samuel Dada, John Baumgardner, Mark Horstemeyer

Liberty University Research Week

This research uses the Crank-Nicolson implicit scheme in two-dimensional finite-difference codes to overcome the numerical dispersion associated with tsunami wave propagation as the water depth approaches zero at the shoreland in order to accurately measure the distance of water moving over dry land. Accurately capturing the motion of water from the deep ocean to the coastal area faces numerical dispersion resulting from modeling tsunami behavior at the shoreline, which leads to an inaccurate solution thus causing unrealistic results. This study is developing a finite difference code that uses an implicit method, like the Crank-Nicolson method, to address the numerical issues …

Modeling Ectopic Pregnancy In Murids, Thomas Hall

Liberty University Research Week

Tubal ectopic pregnancy is a condition where a conceived embryo implants in the f allopian tube leading to the uterus, rather than in the uterus itself (1). As the baby grows, the tension it puts on the wall of the fallopian tube will cause it to tear, resulting in maternal hemorrhaging and death (2). Thus, tubal ectopic pregnancies are universally terminated either by surgical removal of the fallopian tube with the baby, or by chemically inducing miscarriage (3). Tubal ectopic pregnancy rarely occurs in animals, so researchers have no high-fidelity model for testing new interventions (4). Our hypothesis is that …

Development Of An Analytical Chemistry Method To Assess The Postmortem Interval, Lydia Buxa

Liberty University Research Week

Recently, there has been a push within the forensic science community to develop more quantitative methods to better estimate the time since death or postmortem index (PMI) in decomposing remains found on crime scenes. When quantification is necessary, scientists often use gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS), as it can simultaneously separate complex mixtures to identify and quantify the compounds present. Previous research has indicated that byproducts from putrefactive processes in liver and brain tissue could be detected and quantified using GC/MS methods.1, 2 During human decomposition, bacteria decarboxylate various amino acids present in the body, including ornithine and lysine. The products …

The Coffee Connection: Anti-Diabetic Potential Of Coffee-Derived Compounds And Their Underlying Cellular And Microbial Mechanisms, Emily Bayliss

Liberty University Research Week

Type II Diabetes (T2D) is characterized by chronically elevated fasting blood glucose resulting from insulin resistance. Epidemiologically, there is an inverse relationship between habitual coffee consumption and risk of T2D (1-3). While this relationship warrants further study, compounds naturally occurring in coffee may possess anti-diabetic potential. Matairesinol (MA), a coffee-derived polyphenol, has been shown to be effective in mitigating weight gain and fat mass accrual which are associated with T2D (4). Enterolactone (ENL), the metabolite of MA, has demonstrated the ability to act on L6 myotubes increasing basal glucose uptake while hindering triacylglycerol uptake in HEPA1-6 cells as well as …

Curcumin Promotes The Inhibition Irs-1 S1101 Phosphorylation While Restoring Insulin Signaling And Phosphorylation Of Pras 40 And Rps6., Rachael De Klerk, Davis Raz, John Zelenka

Liberty University Research Week

The search for natural compounds that elicit medicinal effects has increased over the years as synthetic compounds often carry adverse side effects. p300, an acetyltransferase protein recently found to negatively impact the insulin signaling pathway when overexpressed, has often been targeted in research using a synthetic compound called C646. However, curcumin, a natural compound, has been shown to also inhibit p300. Curcumin has been theorized as a potential treatment for diabetes, however the connection between its ability to inhibit the excessive expression of p300 seen when consuming a high fat diet and its ability to restore insulin signaling has never …

The Development Of Year One Students' Reading Ability In A Curriculum Using Monster Phonics Scheme In The Uae, Sara Berrandjia

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

This study explores the impact of the Monster Phonics program on the reading development of Year 1 students in Al Ain, UAE. Reading proficiency is a fundamental skill in early education, and phonics instruction plays a crucial role in literacy acquisition. Monster Phonics, a color-coded synthetic phonics program, has been increasingly adopted in classrooms, yet its effectiveness in multilingual settings remains underexplored. This research aims to investigate how students' reading ability develops in the context of a curriculum using the Monster Phonics scheme. A mixed-methods approach was employed, combining quantitative assessments pre- and post-tests on grapheme recognition, word reading, and …

Vaccine-Based Immunotherapy Delays Murine Tumor Growth And Prevents Metastasis, Andrew Brola, Cade Wycoff, Sarah Light, Seth Neumeyer, Tatfiq Ahmed Fahmi, William Wycoff

Liberty University Research Week

Cancer persists as a leading cause of death globally, and metastatic disease contributes to a large proportion of cancer deaths. Tumor-specific vaccines may be viable immunotherapeutic options for eliminating malignant cells. Since endogenous retrovirus reactivation has been demonstrably linked to tumor metastasis, we propose a novel method to exploit these viral particles in murine tumor models. Methods: Two experiments were conducted. The first experiment included thirty C57BL/6 mice inoculated with MC38 tumor cells. When tumors were palpable, five mice were vaccinated with MC38 infected cells (infect-10), 4T1 cells, BT-20 cells, or 4T1 supernatant (MMTV), while ten mice served as unvaccinated …

Improving The Work-Life Balance Of The High School Marching Band Director: A Case Study, William Holmes

Liberty University Research Week

Although many studies have been conducted on high school marching bands, research has yet to be completed on the impact of the number of after-school marching band rehearsals. High school band directors frequently rehearse after school to raise student proficiency and perform at a high level for football games, community events, and marching band competitions. Directors who demonstrate high rehearsal efficacy can reduce the number of marching band practices to avoid negatively impacting the lives of the adults and students involved while maintaining student achievement. This qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological case study investigated the effects of reducing the frequency of secondary …

Effect Of The Cystic Fibrosis Drug Elexacaftor On The Murine Lower Esophageal Sphincter May Explain The Gerd Symptoms Of Patients, Xena Sawyer

Liberty University Research Week

Background: Cystic fibrosis is a life-limiting genetic disorder that primarily affects the lungs and digestive system. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by over 2000 different mutations in the CFTR anion channel. Trikafta is a lifesaving, highly effective triple drug combination consisting of two trafficking correctors (Elexacaftor and Tezacaftor) and the channel potentiator Ivacaftor. However, these drugs produce significant side effects, including gastroesophageal reflux disease, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, and nausea. Elexacaftor has significant off-target effects on various potassium channels which could explain some of these adverse events. Therefore, we sought to characterize the enteric motility effects of Elexacaftor using a …

Food Is Medicine - A Preliminary Analysis Of Cardiovascular Disease Programming In Rural Populations, Aariyana Britton

Liberty University Research Week

As the saying goes, “you are what you eat.” Unhealthy diets are a major part in disease onset and prevalence in the United States. Although there is clear knowledge of what is considered a “healthy diet”, most of the population does not consume this on a regular basis. This study investigates the impact of food choices on individuals diagnosed with hypertension and other cardiovascular disorders. Research determines how vital are healthy food choices in combating preventable diseases? (i.e, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease) What we consume as humans play a key role in several bodily functions such as energy expenditure, growth, …

Je Dis ..., Lolonyo Edoh Kodjo Djamessi

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

Je dis … est une collection de cinq poèmes qui aspire inspirer le lecteur au positivisme et l’espoir. Cette collection inclus : Ce jour-là, L’autoroute de la vie, Vingt vers, Sois unique, La foi et le travail. Vingt vers particulièrement, est une expression d’affection au Ghana, le pays natal de l’auteur métaphoriquement représenté comme un amant.

Le Corps : Prise De La Parole Du Corps Qui Devient Sujet Dans L’Écriture Sidéenne De À L’Ami Qui Ne M’A Pas Sauvé La Vie D’Hervé Guibert Et De Dans Ma Chambre De Guillaume Dustan., Sasha Aisha Craig

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

C’est à travers les ouvrages À l’ami qui ne m’a pas sauvé (1990) d’Hervé Guibert et Dans ma chambre de Guillaume Dustan que nous essayons de comprendre le monde de ceux qui ont été stigmatisé comme des fléaux de la société. Dans les années quatre-vingt-dix, les recherches avancent pour aider ceux qui sont atteints du SIDA mais seulement quelques-uns réussissent à se faire soigner. Guibert et Dustan nous font revivre leurs moments de désuétude où la société les rejettent. Cette recherche met en avant l’écriture sidéenne qui se veut souvent « crue » et parle par l’intermédiaire du corps qui …

Bleu Pour Toujours (Blue Forever), Macha Petre

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

Since this short story is written in French, the abstract below is available in both English and French.

Bleu pour toujours (« Blue Forever ») is a short story blending poetry and science fiction. In the near future, war, pollution, and human activity have devastated our world. The blue sky exists only in history books or old photographs. Amid this gray, monotonous despair, an unnamed, ageless, and genderless character escapes one evening and makes unsettling discoveries. Something is stirring. Upon waking, they find everyone has vanished, and the laws of the universe have been upended. In place of the sky …

Translation And Migration, Utopia And Dystopia: Representations Of The Labor Of Cultural Mediation In Fictional Eastern Europe And The Real Us-Mexico Border, James L. Richie Iv

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

With the publication of Moira Inghilleri’s book, Translation and Migration (2017), the linguistic act of translation and the social phenomenon of migration have been linked in the world of interdisciplinary studies, yet this linkage may obscure the relevance of works in which only one phenomenon (translation or migration) is presented. A case study in which a work exploring migration can be contrasted with a work exploring the function of translation may reveal in one another the social forces that condition both practices. In Lucas Pope’s independently created video game Papers Please (2014), the player embodies a border patrol agent in …

Update, Steven Burton

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

An original short story that explores the intersection of technology, healthcare, morality, and familial relationships in another world.

Le Bénin Francophone: Une Étude Sur L’Angle Sociolinguistique, David Achodo

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

Cette communication porte sur le paysage sociolinguistique d’un pays d’Afrique occidental–la République du Bénin (l’ancien Dahomey)–mettant en évidence l’interface complexe entre le français et les langues béninoises. Le prestige du français, en tant que langue privilégiée employée pour la communication interethnique dans de divers domaines du pays, rend son acquisition essentielle. Mais, en dehors des autres langues étrangères présentes parmi les membres éduqués de la population béninoise, les langues locales entrent en jeu avec le français, produisant ainsi trois variétés distinctes du français : le français standard, le français d’Afrique et le français snobé. Chacune de ces variétés possède des …

El Sonido Del Exotismo: Retratos De España En Carmen, Grace Quasebarth

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

Este artículo examinará la “orientalización” de la identidad nacional de España, que resulta de la creación de estereotipos tanto creados en el extranjero como apropiados por la misma España durante el siglo XIX. Específicamente, voy a examinar la influencia de la ópera francesa Carmen de Georges Bizet (1875) en la creación de la imagen nacional española actual en la “Canción del torero” de dicha la producción de Ana Zamora para el Teatro de la Zarzuela de la zarzuela por el mismo nombre (1887) en 2014. Como obra plenamente romántica, hace hincapié en las características de ese movimiento cultura; por ejemplo, …

The Jacksons' Debate, Marcus Vinicius Neves

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

The Jacksons’ Debate” explores ethical dilemmas through an alien civilization considering human consumption. This philosophical sci-fi story examines sentience, moral responsibility, and societal progress from a unique perspective. Blending dark humor with social commentary, it challenges readers to reflect on human behavior and ethical decision-making in the face of necessity and scientific advancement.