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Responding To Disruptive Behavior In Elementary Special Education, Gregory Merritt

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

The research questions addressed in this study were: How effective is a systematic approach to student reflection in reducing disruptive behavior in Federal Setting IV elementary special education? What impact does systematic student reflection have on engagement and behavior? How do staff describe their experiences implementing systematic student reflection? Topics explored in the review of the literature include how regulation develops in young children, the concept of emotional behavioral disorders and how they impact education, the differing approaches to discipline used in education, and several methods of classroom management and discipline being utilized in general and special education. The study …

Surviving An Artipelago: Art Educator Retention, Alicia Peters

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

Art Education fosters students' creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Still, the field needs help retaining Art Educators. This mixed-methods study explores the factors influencing the retention of Elementary Art Educators within a school or district. It uses an Art Educator Retention Theoretical Framework, through research focused on four aspects of retention: the role of administration, systemic isolation, sense of belonging, and teacher disposition. The methodology used surveys of 72 Art Educators and seven interviews. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis supported by Claude AI and the framework revealing that supportive administrators who value the arts, provide resources, and …

Assessment And Management Of Vitamin Status In Children With Ckd Stages 2-5, On Dialysis And Post-Transplantation: Clinical Practice Points From The Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce., Caroline E. Anderson, Jetta Tuokkola, Leila Qizalbash, Matthew Harmer, Christina L. Nelms, Stella Stabouli, Barry Toole, Nonnie Polderman, An Desloovere, Jose Renken-Terhaerdt, Molly R Wong Vega, Evelien Snauwaert, Johan Vande Walle, Dieter Haffner, Fabio Paglialonga, Rukshana Shroff, Vanessa Shaw, Larry A. Greenbaum, Bradley A. Warady

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at risk for vitamin deficiency or excess. Vitamin status can be affected by diet, supplements, kidney function, medications, and dialysis. Little is known about vitamin requirements in CKD, leading to practice variation.The Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce (PRNT), an international team of pediatric kidney dietitians and pediatric nephrologists, was established to develop evidence-based clinical practice points (CPPs) to address challenges and to serve as a resource for nutritional care. Questions were formulated using PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparator, Outcomes), and literature searches undertaken to explore clinical practice from assessment to management of vitamin status in …

How An Mda Policy Becomes State Law, Daniel Miller Dds, Tom Steinbis

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

The MDA Committee on Government and Insurance Affairs is addressing concerns raised by dentists regarding the use of virtual credit cards (VCCs) by insurance companies, which have led to financial challenges such as transaction fees and delayed payments. The MDA has initiated a structured legislative process to resolve the issue, involving data collection, policy review, and drafting a bill in collaboration with legal experts and insurance companies. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Sharon MacDonell, aims to ensure that dental practitioners have alternative payment options that guarantee full reimbursement. The MDA continues to advocate for the bill through the legislative process, …

Pedestrian-Motorist Self-Reported Behavioral Intentions Toward Using Alternative And Standard Safety Infrastructure, Emma Sunshine Hood

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The increasing trend in pedestrian-motorist incidents on American roadways warrants a novel solution for improving roadway safety. Alternative crosswalk designs have piqued communities both in the United States and abroad. Designs range from slight changes in colors to extravagant illusions of the roadway falling beneath users. These crosswalk designs are not novel, literature on their efficacy as safety infrastructure is modest with mixed results. The purpose of the study was to expand the current literature on alternative crosswalk designs. The author hypothesized that the differences in behavioral intentions at alternative and standard safety infrastructure would be greater for younger male …

A Dendrochronological Analysis Of Longleaf And Associated Pines From The Blackwater Ecological Preserve In Southeastern Virginia, Sarah Durham

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

The field of dendrochronology utilizes annual tree ring growth data to create chronologies, which function as proxies to measure the effect of climate on radial growth. In the southeastern United States, dendrochronological studies involving the effect of climate on the growth of Pinus species exist, but significant gaps persist. For this study, I: 1) created chronologies of earlywood, latewood, and total ring-width growth for longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.), loblolly pine (P. taeda L.), and pond pine (P. serotina Michx.) and 2) conducted a climate analysis on each species to determine how climatic factors affected radial …

A Graceful Pedagogy: An Approach To Academic Advising Diffracted Through Love For Equitable Support Of Students Identifying As Black And Male At Two-Year Community Colleges, Ian Kelso Bodkin

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

This study explores the concept of “a graceful pedagogy” as a framework for academic advising within two-year community colleges, with a focus on supporting students who identify as Black and male. Guided by an approach rooted in diffractive methodology and inspired by bell hooks’ principles of love and engaged pedagogy, the research examines how advisors can create meaningful, equitable, and supportive relationships that account for the unique realities faced by these students. Through consciousness-raising sessions, the study captures the complexities of advising as an emotional, relational, and transformative practice. Participants engaged in intra-active dialogues of diffraction uncovering the entanglements of …

Measuring Clas12 D(E, E′Π±) Cross Sections For E4nu, Caleb Fogler

Physics Theses & Dissertations

Neutrino experiments need neutrino event generators such as GENIE to simulate neutrino-nucleus (νA) interactions in order to measure neutrino oscillations. We need eA data to validate GENIE. GENIE d(e, e′ ) cross sections do not match data in the pion production region. Further analysis of this region can help constrain GENIE models. The goal of this project was to compare 4.244 GeV CLAS12 d(e, e′π±) cross sections to GENIE predictions. We analyzed data from the Fall 2019 run period of Run Group B (RG-B). We applied particle identification, fiducial, and vertex …

The Importance Of Probes In Assessing Periodontal Health, Khrystyna Vyprynyuk, Catherine Monchik

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Book Review: When Narcissism Comes To Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional And Spiritual Abuse By Chuck Degroat, Timothy Clothier

Great Commission Research Journal

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Disciple Making: From Doubter To Disciple, Brad Ransom

Great Commission Research Journal

The theme of our 2024 Great Commission Research Network conference was “Disciple Making: from Doubter to Disciple.” Disciple making is the mission and call of the Church and therefore must be a priority for church leaders. Every church needs a clearly developed and defined discipleship strategy or pathway that leads every person in its sphere of influence to a relationship with Jesus and growth in their faith. The problem is that many churches do not have such a plan.

Book Review: Mind The Gap By Clint Grider, Jeff Isaccs

Great Commission Research Journal

No abstract provided.

About The Great Commission Research Network Fall 2024, David R. Dunaetz

Great Commission Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Using Statistics In Church-Based Research, David R. Dunaetz

Great Commission Research Journal

Although the proper use of statistics is challenging for most people, including researchers, aggregated numeric data is often the strongest evidence that a researcher can present to support an idea. This is because statistics is such a powerful tool for detecting trends that can be observed in complex contexts such as churches. Church researchers need to understand two classes of statistics: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics describe the different variables that are measured in a study and include the mean, the standard deviation, and confidence intervals. They also include correlations showing how these variables are related to each …

Book Review: Calling Out The Called: Discipling Those Called To Ministry Leadership By Scott Pace And Shane Pruitt, Desmond W. Wallace

Great Commission Research Journal

No abstract provided.

American Society For Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Best Practice Statements On The Sharing Of Endoscopic Images And Videos On Social Media, Walter Chan, Rashmi Advani, Mohammad Bilal, Aline Charabaty, Karl Kwok, Janese Laster, Alexander Perelman, Shazia Siddique, Judy Trieu, Mfoniso Umoren, Austin Chiang

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers

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Palliative Care And Advance Care Planning Intervention Fidelity Monitoring: Methods And Lessons Learned From Pcori-Funded Large-Scale, Pragmatic Clinical Trials, Manisha Verma, Corita Grudzen, Seiko Izumi, Neil Wenger, Areej El-Jawahri, Deborah Ejem, Rebecca Aslakson

Einstein Health Papers

Over the past decade, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funded multiple large-scale, comparative effectiveness clinical trials evaluating palliative care and advance care planning interventions. These are complex multicomponent interventions that need robust but flexible fidelity monitoring. Fidelity is necessary to maintain both internal and external validity within palliative care intervention research and to ultimately evaluate the real-world impact of high-quality interventions. Different trials not only took varying approaches to fidelity monitoring but also uncovered both unique and common challenges and facilitators. This article summarizes 8 of these trials and highlights approaches, adaptations, barriers, and facilitators for intervention fidelity monitoring. …

Harvesting Tacit Knowledge For Composites Workforce Development, John Summerscales

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Explicit knowledge can often be shared through textbooks, technical papers, instruction manuals, guides, and videos. It is normally objective, logical and technical. However, tacit (implicit) knowledge is any information or skills that arise from personal and professional experiences. It is often subjective, cognitive and experiential. When an individual leaves an organisation, they can take intellectual property with them that could compromise future operations, unless that knowledge is harvested. This brief review considers how transient knowledge might be retained in an organisation.

An Investigation Of Ransomware Incidents In The Maritime Industry: Exploring The Key Risk Factors, Ömer Söner, Gizem Kayisoglu, Pelin Bolat, Kimberly Tam

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Ransomware is a subset of malicious cyberattacks that aim to hold an organization’s data or critical infrastructure at ransom, compromising or blocking access. If the attack is public or made public after the initial attack, it can also severely jeopardize an organization’s reputation. Given the direct and immediate impact ransomware attacks can have and the lack of in-depth sharing, additional research is needed to analyze ransomware incidents in order to understand the underlying causes of incidents in addition to the detection and prevention methods. In this paper, 22 public ransomware incidents within the marine industry have been investigated to determine …

Reproducibility And Repeatability Of Intervoxel Incoherent Motion Mri Acquisition Methods In Liver, Juan A. Vasquez, Marissa Brown, Mary Woolsey, Mohammad Abdul-Ghani, Venkata Katabathina, Shengwen Deng, John Blangero, Geoffrey D. Clarke

School of Medicine Publications

Background: Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion weighted MRI (DWI) has potential for evaluating hepatic fibrosis but image acquisition technique influence on diffusion parameter estimation bears investigation.

Purpose: To minimize variability and maximize repeatably in abdominal DWI in terms of IVIM parameter estimates.

Study type: Prospective test-retest and image quality comparison.

Subjects: Healthy volunteers (3F/7M, 29.9 ± 12.9 years) and Family Study subjects (18F/12M, 51.7 ± 16.7 years), without and with liver steatosis.

Field strength/sequence: Abdominal single-shot echo-planar imaging (EPI) and simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) DWI sequences with respiratory triggering (RT), breath-holding (BH), and navigator echo (NE) at 3 Tesla.

Assessment: SMS-BH, …

Larp1 Haploinsufficiency Is Associated With An Autosomal Dominant Neurodevelopmental Disorder, James Chettle, Raymond J. Louie, Olivia Larner, Robert Best, Kevin Chen, Josephine Morris, Zinaida Dedeic, Roberta Sierra, Lori Berry, Kent Carter

School of Medicine Publications

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) that affects approximately 4% of males and 1% of females in the United States. While causes of ASD are multi-factorial, single rare genetic variants contribute to around 20% of cases. Here we report a case series of seven unrelated probands (6 males, 1 female) with ASD or another variable NDD phenotype attributed to de novo heterozygous loss of function or missense variants in the gene LARP1. LARP1 encodes an RNA binding protein that post-transcriptionally regulates the stability and translation of thousands of mRNAs, including those regulating cellular metabolism and metabolic plasticity. …

The Internist's Post V.1 N.8, The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley. School Of Medicine, Edgar Dorsey Trevino, Diana Othon Martinez, Ramon Elizondo Romo, Carlos Alejos Aguero, Elizabeth Mills-Reyes, Roque Mifuji, Martha Solis, Cesar Gutierrez

School of Medicine Publications

No abstract provided.

Topological Cluster Statistic (Tcs): Toward Structural Connectivity–Guided Fmri Cluster Enhancement, Sina Mansour L., Caio Seguin, Anderson M. Winkler, Stephanie Noble, Andrew Zalesky

School of Medicine Publications

Abstract

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies most commonly use cluster-based inference to detect local changes in brain activity. Insufficient statistical power and disproportionate false-positive rates reportedly hinder optimal inference. We propose a structural connectivity–guided clustering framework, called topological cluster statistic (TCS), that enhances sensitivity by leveraging white matter anatomical connectivity information. TCS harnesses multimodal information from diffusion tractography and functional imaging to improve task fMRI activation inference. Compared to conventional approaches, TCS consistently improves power over a wide range of effects. This improvement results in a 10%–50% increase in local sensitivity with the greatest gains for medium-sized effects. TCS …

Extraordinary Variance In Meta-Analysis Of Venom Toxicity Of 160 Most Lethal Ophidians And Guidelines For Estimating Human Lethal Dose Range, Brian P. Hanley, Gustavo Gross

School of Medicine Publications

Background: This is the first meta-analysis to characterize intra-ophidian-species variation in whole venom. Being the largest possible meta-analysis at this time, it encompasses all known records of animal lethality studies over the past 100 years. These results were not artifacts of resistant test-animal species and showed orders of magnitude beyond the 1.6 logs (40-fold change) range of lethal dose documented in the literature between amphibians, lizards, and mice.

Methods: A total of 1003 lethal dose study results for 160 of the most lethal venomous ophidian species in the world were analyzed.

Results: LDLo was not different from LD50 across studies, …

Venom Immunization: Igg/Ige Titers, Safety, Risk, And Methods Of The Viprbitem Cohort, Brian P. Hanley, Gustavo Gross

School of Medicine Publications

Background: This is the first study to examine a cohort that engages in the practice of immunization with snake venoms. In this practice, either fresh wet venom or venom reconstituted from freeze-dried form is used in vaccination protocols to produce hyper-immunity to venom.

Methods: This is a retrospective community-initiated collaborative research (CICR) project that collated the records of venom immunization. Records of schedules, formulations, photographs, medical records, and diaries were collated from existing practitioners and evaluated by inspection and interviews. One accidental bite was observed over 3 days, with vital signs, and photographic records of swelling taken to verify reality …

Religious Ideology Affecting The Political Behavior Of The Taliban Movement In The Administration Of The Afghan State, 1994-2021, Shaikha Harban

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

The study provides an overview of the emergence of the Taliban movement and its ideology, the background of the Taliban's rise to power in Afghanistan, and the factors influencing the Taliban's management of the Afghan state. The internal environment, including the challenges facing Afghan society, along with external challenges posed by the international community, affected the political behavior of the movement. This movement possesses a strong organizational capacity, which has enabled it to persist in its operations and combat in Afghanistan. This influence is reflected in how the movement managed both its internal and external affairs, allowing it to build …

The Impact Of The Flipped Learning Strategy On Enhancing Academic Achievement And Increasing Motivation Among Students At King Abdullah Ii Ibn Al Hussein School – Ajloun Governorate, Feras Aliwa

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

This study aims to examine the impact of the flipped learning strategy on developing achievement and increasing motivation among vocational secondary first-grade students in management and occupational safety at King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein Secondary Comprehensive School for Boys in Ajloun Governorate. To achieve the objectives of the research, a quasi-experimental approach was used as it was deemed suitable for the study. The sample consisted of 50 vocational secondary first-grade students selected through purposive sampling. Two divisions were then chosen randomly from among five divisions and were divided into two groups. The experimental group consisted of 25 students who studied …

The Contradiction Of Self-Perception And Defense Mechanisms In A Sample Of Infertile Women, Aseel Al-Shami, Rami Tashtoush

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

The study aimed to identify the relationship between self-discrepancy and defense mechanisms in a sample of infertile women and the correlation between them. The study sample consisted of 205 infertile women, chosen using a convenience sampling method. The results indicated a high degree of self-discrepancy among these women, as well as a medium degree of defense mechanisms use. Furthermore, the study found a statistically significant relationship between self-discrepancy and defense mechanisms among infertile women. The study recommends the necessity of providing counseling programs for infertile women to reduce self-discrepancy and decrease the use of defense mechanisms.

A Proposed Educational Model For The Implementation Of Electronic Management By Public School Principals In The Capital (Amman), Aseel Al-Jabr, Adnan Al-Adayleh, Bashar Al-Saleem

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

The study aims to present a proposed educational model for implementing electronic management by the principals of public schools in the capital governorate, Amman. The study sample consists of 316 principals (both males and females) selected using the stratified random sampling method from the study population. The descriptive-analytical approach is utilized. The results of the study show that the level of principals' implementation of electronic management in public schools, in the current situation, is at a medium level, with an arithmetic mean of 2.81. However, statistically significant differences are attributed to the effect of gender, favoring females, educational qualification, favoring …

The Degree Of Achievement Of The Arab Reading Challenge Project For Students’ Reading Comprehension Skills From The Viewpoint Of Arabic Language Teachers In The Bani Obaid District Directorate, Eman Al-Matlaq

Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series

The purpose of the study is to investigate the degree to which the Arab Reading Challenge project achieved the reading comprehension skills of students from the perspective of Arabic language teachers in the Bani Obaid District Directorate. The study followed the descriptive survey method through a questionnaire that consisted of (30) items and distributed to a sample of (200) male and female teachers. The results showed that the arithmetic averages ranged between (3.19-3.29) with a medium degree of appreciation, where the level of literal comprehension came in the first rank, while the level of gastronomic comprehension came in the last …