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Undergraduate Nursing Students' Perceptions Of A Screen-Based Virtual Simulation And Self-Debriefing: A Qualitative Study., Fatima Zahra Mahou, Guillaume Decormeille, Asmae Khattabi

Health Sciences

The integration of virtual simulation and self-debriefing in nursing education offers promising approaches for enhancing students' competency in medication administration and dosage calculation. This study aims to explore undergraduate nursing students' perceptions and experiences with virtual simulation and self-debriefing, building on findings from a previously published RCT that demonstrated improved learning outcomes through these approaches. In the first phase (self-debriefing), 153 students answered five open-ended questions, followed by a focus group with six students in the second phase.The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis by two independent coders to ensure consistency and credibility. The study highlights the benefits of …

The Pittsburg Micropolitan Area Economic Profile, 2025, Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg Micropolitan Reports

The Pittsburg Micropolitan Area Economic Profile is created by the Business and Economic Research Center (BERC) at Pittsburg State University.

Is Nuclear Security An International Norm? A Constructivist Account Of How Nuclear Security Shapes State Behavior, Doan Linh Anh

International Journal of Nuclear Security

Since 9/11, nuclear terrorism has been acknowledged to pose a serious threat to global security. In response to this threat, the United Nations Security Council, International Atomic Energy Agency, and nuclear-advanced states such as the US have worked together to develop a global nuclear security regime based on United Nations resolutions, legal conventions, and informal initiatives. However, this regime has been continuously criticized for lacking international standards or, more precisely, an independent nuclear security convention. Although this assertion no doubt holds in comparison with international agreements such as the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, nuclear security has made …

The Media Framing Of India’S Nuclear Weapons Discourse, Sitakanta Mishra, Hely Desai

International Journal of Nuclear Security

The Indian media has had an immense role in framing public perceptions of nuclear weapons within the Indian subcontinent. Examining the largely nationalistic tone of news coverage helps analyze how the media has shaped India’s idea of its status as a nuclear weapon state. Examining the sociocultural discourse around the bomb, this paper analyzes the major influence that the Indian media has in information distribution and how that influence translates to the formation of the atomic attitudes of the masses. In situating the Indian media’s approach to nuclear weapons at large, this work studied the framing of domestic nuclear weapons …

Implementation Of International Nuclear Counterterrorism Legal Instruments: The Case For Nuclear Forensics, Jerry S. Davydov

International Journal of Nuclear Security

In the past three decades, the international community and national governments have made great strides in addressing the threat posed by non-state actors or terrorist groups acquiring and maliciously using nuclear or other radioactive material. Although many argue that accomplishments have adequately addressed nuclear security threats, major gaps still remain within the global nuclear security system. Predetonation nuclear forensic science, commonly referred to as nuclear forensics, like all forms of forensic science, supports the implementation of national laws and statutes and international legal instruments through investigative science. Nuclear forensics provides law enforcement and nuclear security investigators with a technical …

Effective Management Of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources In Uganda, Susan Nalumansi

International Journal of Nuclear Security

Sealed radioactive sources are used in a wide range of applications in Uganda, such as medicine, agriculture, geology, industry, and other fields. After a given useful period, the sealed sources can no longer perform their intended purpose and are thus regarded as disused. However, depending on the activity of the source, the disused sources are highly active and can cause significant damage to human health and the environment when mismanaged. A regulatory body was established with the mandate to regulate peaceful applications of ionizing radiation in Uganda. Given the vulnerability of sealed sources at the end of their life cycle …

Book Review Of "Human Factor In Nuclear Security: Establishing And Optimizing Security Culture", Arjun Banerjee

International Journal of Nuclear Security

In today’s interconnected world, where the specter of nuclear proliferation casts a long shadow over global security, fortifying nuclear safeguards has become an imperative of paramount importance. At the heart of this endeavor lies the intricate interplay of human behavior within nuclear organizations—a dynamic landscape meticulously explored in Igor Khripunov’s seminal work, Human Factor in Nuclear Security: Establishing and Optimizing Security Culture. This comprehensive analysis delves into the multifaceted realm of nuclear security culture (NSC), shedding light on its evolution, application, and ongoing challenges. By elucidating the pivotal role of the human factor in shaping security outcomes, Khripunov offers …

Book Review Of "Nuclear Deterrence In South Asia: New Technologies And Challenges To Sustainable Peace", Salman Ali Bettani

International Journal of Nuclear Security

Nuclear deterrence has been the most intriguing subject in the field of strategic studies with the specific orientation of various security complexes across the globe. The South Asian strategic context offers a diverse ground for deterrence discourse owing to certain geopolitical and geostrategic realities. The main actors on the fulcrum are India and Pakistan, affecting the balance with their ever-growing strategic weapons programs. In six chapters by eminent scholars and academicians (Rizwana Abbasi and Zafar Khan), Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia: New Technologies and Challenges to Sustainable Peace comprehensively encompasses these developments from the perspective of new technologies and their …

Engaging Clinicians In Grateful Patient Fundraising, Adam Haselhuhn

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this research is to analyze grateful patient fundraising programs. Specifically, this paper will outline the barriers that exist in engaging clinicians in grateful patient fundraising. In addition, a discussion will outline the strategies to successfully engage clinicians in grateful patient fundraising. Furthermore, this paper will explore how training impacts clinicians' comfort level and ability to successfully participate in grateful patient fundraising.

Developing And Modifying High Quality Instructional Materials For Biology, Lee Christians

Graduate Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Ceos' Political Ideology, Social Capital And Corporate Tax Avoidance, Shih-Tien Hsieh, Jeon Bon Kim, Zhihong Wang

School of Business

Building on institutional theory, we explore the interaction between social capital and CEO political ideology on corporate tax avoidance. Using CEOs' political donations to identify their political ideology, we find that firms led by Republican CEOs tend to have lower (higher) effective tax rates when located in communities with lower (higher) social capital, indicating a higher (lower) propensity for tax avoidance, compared to firms led by non-Republican CEOs. Our findings support the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) view that tax compliance behaviour is inherently a sociopolitical construct. Our results suggest that tax policymakers and other regulators should pay more attention …

The Mystery Of The “Free” Open Road, Guy Seidman, Aviv Gaon

Fordham Urban Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Addressing The Rural Firearm Suicide Crisis: The Impact Of Culture, Mental Health, And Approaching Change, Sasha Ghofrani, Erik E. Langenau

PCOM Capstone Projects

Background. Firearm suicide rates are a growing public health concern, disproportionately impacting rural U.S. communities. This literature review explores risk factors contributing to this crisis.

Methods. This narrative literature review synthesizes research on the primary risk factors for firearm suicide in rural U.S. communities.

Key Findings. Key findings identify four central challenges: (1) a deeply rooted firearm culture based on identity and heritage in rural communities, which often resists traditional safety messaging; (2) prevalent unsafe firearm storage practices that increase the risk of firearm suicide; (3) high rates of social isolation, which are linked to both unsafe …

Front Matter, University Of Michigan Law School

Michigan Journal of International Law

Front Matter for Volume 46, Issue 3 of Michigan Journal of International Law

An Ecofeminist Approach To Climate Risks, Angela Hefti

Michigan Journal of International Law

Climate change poses significant risks to the human right to life. However, international adjudicators have either neglected to examine right to life claims in the context of climate risks or dismissed them as prospective and speculative. International human rights bodies have long applied the standard of imminence to determine whether a threat to the right to life exists and the extent to which it constitutes a violation. In climate change cases, this standard has hardened, requiring a tight temporal connection between climate risks and a violation of the right to life. This article argues that failing to recognize the impact …

Transparency, Accountability, And Influence In The International Investment Law System, Jarrod Wong, Jason Yackee

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article offers the first interdisciplinary critique of transparency in international investment law (“IIL”) that draws on transparency-skeptical and accountability scholarship in political science and public administration. Not only has the expansive IIL literature overlooked these disciplines, but much of it fails to define the core concept of transparency. Building on contributions from the fields of administrative law, international relations, and system theory in classic political science, we provide a novel functionalist account of transparency that traces a line from transparency to accountability to influence in the IIL system.

We make three arguments. First, transparency involves access to data that …

Automating International Human Rights Adjudication, Veronika Fikfak, Laurence R. Helfer

Michigan Journal of International Law

International human rights courts and treaty bodies are increasingly turning to automated decision-making (“ADM”) technologies to expedite and enhance their review of individual complaints. These tribunals have yet to consider many of the legal, normative, and practical issues raised by the use of different types of automation technologies for these purposes. This article offers a comprehensive and balanced assessment of the benefits and challenges of introducing ADM into international human rights adjudication. We argue in favor of using ADM to digitize documents and for internal case management purposes and to make straightforward recommendations regarding registration, inadmissibility, and the calculation of …

Join The Military And Lose Your Kids: An Exploration Of The Adverse Effects Of Military Service In Child Custody Determinations, Cortland T. B. Boechler

Journal of Legislation

Servicemembers do not lose their fundamental rights when they join the military, but in practicality, many lose their parental rights the moment they enlist. Many servicemembers lose custody because judges often interpret service and duty relocations as incongruent to the best interest of the child. Presumably, many judges lack the understanding that military service brings familial stability. That being the case, Congress should add a provision in the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act requiring judges to consider all the benefits of military service in the "best interest of the child" analysis. This solution gives military parents a fighting chance to keep …

Why We Need A Merger Cap: An Antitrust Lesson From General Electric, Carl T. Bogus

Journal of Legislation

This Article makes a modest proposal from a radical perspective. The proposal is this: Once a firm reaches a certain size, it should be prohibited from growing larger through mergers or acquisitions. The radical perspective is that antitrust law should be concerned with corporate size. It was a century ago that Louis D. Brandeis coined the term “curse of bigness,” and his concern about the social and political consequences of corporate size has long since fallen out of favor. Today, the consensus view is that antitrust should be concerned exclusively with economics. Current doctrine allows corporations to merge, provided only …

Volume 51, Issue I - Full Combined Issue

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.

303 Creative, Exclusive Private Enforcement, And Blue-State Revenge, Howard M. Wasserman, Charles W. “Rocky” Rhodes

Journal of Legislation

Red states have made exclusive private enforcement schemes targeting locally unpopular but constitutionally protected conduct a cornerstone of culture-war legal strategy. Laws such the Texas Heartbeat Act (“S.B. 8”) in 2021 and anti-“WOKE” laws forego public enforcement in favor of private enforcement; this forces targeted federal rights-holders to vindicate their rights by raising the law’s constitutional invalidity as a defense to liability rather than through pre-enforcement offensive litigation against the government or government officials responsible for enforcing the law. This threatens rights-holders with a wave of costly and burdensome litigation and liability.

Blue states and liberal scholars and advocates have …

Annual Statistical Report Of The Tennessee Judiciary 2024-2025, Tennessee. Administrative Office Of The Courts.

Annual Statistical Reports

No abstract provided.

How Socially Comparing Emerging Research Institutions To Established Research Institutions Informs Proposed Amendments To The Bayh Dole Act, Clovia Hamilton

Marquette Intellectual Property & Innovation Law Review

Emerging research institutions have a problem with their lack of tech transfer, including start-up business formations. This study investigates that issue using social comparison theory as the framework for a novel experimental design. A group of 245 respondents, comprised of STEM faculty members and STEM administrators at emerging research institutions, completed a stated- choice survey based on the social comparison theory. The respondents were assessed on the level and extent that they compare their emerging research institution to well established research institutions with respect to research, technology commercialization, and academic entrepreneurship. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in America were …

Board Attributes, Firm Performance, And The Moderating Role Of National Culture: A Meta-Analysis, Matthew Farrell, Chris H. Willis, Nathapon Siangchokyoo, Ryan L. Klinger, Jamil Kreugel, Hami Usta, Timiry R. Tian, Ying Thaviphoke, Samuel Wilson

Business

The impact of board structures on firm performance remains a contentious governance topic with competing theoretical paradigms and inconclusive empirical support. Scholars propose that national culture could reconcile contradictory evidence; yet, argumentation is fragmented and direct tests are rare. We meta-analyzed 513 samples across 54 countries to examine relationships between board structures (i.e., board size, board independence, and CEO duality) and firm performance. We model national culture, using Hofstede's six cultural dimensions, as moderators to test whether these relationships align with agency or stewardship theory across different cultural settings.

Katie Beckett Program Update: A Joint Report To The Tennessee General Assembly [2025], Tenncare (Program), Tennessee. Department Of Disability And Aging

Katie Beckett Report to the General Assembly

This document contains the status of the Katie Beckett program, created in 2019 to assist Tennessee children with disabilities who are not eligible for Medicaid.

A Call For North Carolina To Allow Children To Express Their Wishes In Child Custody Proceedings, A Given Right Established In Binding Precedent, Katelynn Gallimore

Campbell Law Review

The purpose of this Comment is to advocate for amending North Carolina’s child custody statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. section 50-13, to require the court to consider a child’s preference as to their custody arrangements to further align with legal precedent. This Comment illustrates the importance of allowing a child to express their wishes to determine the custodial arrangement that is in the best interests of that child. This Comment uses statutes from other states as guidance for proposing reform to the North Carolina General Assembly to consider and propose new legislation. In addition, the right of a child to express …

Department Of Occupational Therapy At Drake University

OJOT Sponsor Profiles

No abstract provided.

A Structural Perspective On Bacterial Transcription, Joshua John Brewer

Student Theses and Dissertations

Transcription is a highly conserved process that lies at the very center of biology. As in the other two domains of the tree of life, bacterial transcription is a multistep process. In the first step, RNA polymerase (RNAP) contacts with the promoter DNA are established and then must be broken for the enzyme to transition into the elongation phase of RNA production; a process known as promoter escape. While single-molecule and biochemical observations report that promoter escape is a highly regulated and sometimes rate-limiting step in the transcription cycle, the structural details remain obscure. Promoter escape also serves as the …

Philosophical Foundation Of Culture-Space Economics: An Approach Of Holistics, Victor L. Tonn

Faculty and Staff - Articles & Papers

Comprehensive Universe『SELF』is developed with three sub-Universes: 『Self』W Universe, Ultra Universe I (comprising Tao-Chi Meontology) and Ultra Universe II (comprising Mind-Matter Ontology.) 『SELF』is the “grand system” in which all momentums of T-CoCreativity proceed from states of Non-T-Continuity into Non-T-Continuity.〖『Self』〗^W, the operational transformational copy of 『SELF』, is the system of “individual life, inter-generational continuum -- rationality-optimism, passion-affection, vision-determination and inter-generational duration.” Then, Type I and II Economies are developed respectively on the basis of Ultra Universe I and Ultra Universe II. Finally, systems of “human activism” (HA: HA-I, HA-II) in “transformational systric forms” connect the philosophical and economic systems.

2025 University Of Minnesota Morris Annual Security And Fire Safety Report, University Of Minnesota - Morris

Safety and Security Report

No abstract provided.