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“I Have To Convince People I Am Worth Accommodating”: A Narrative Inquiry Of A Blind Student In Undergraduate Music Education, Erika J. Knapp, Julianna Lobiondo, Paulina Diaz

Visions of Research in Music Education

This narrative inquiry aimed to re-story the experiences of Paulina, a blind music education major, as she navigated her degree program at a large university. While scholars have begun to document the experiences of students who are blind or visually impaired in both PK-12 settings and during student teaching, no known study has explored the experience of a blind preservice student during their music education coursework. Utilizing critical disability studies as a lens, this narrative inquiry utilized the three commonplaces of temporality, sociality, and place to highlight Paulina’s experience. Data included interviews, memos from all three researchers, emails and texts, …

The "Heart And Soul" Of Music Education: Towards Sonic Egalitarianism In Classroom Practice, Doug S. Friesen, Laura J. Menard

Visions of Research in Music Education

As public high school teachers, we have independently come to the realization that we are both searching for ways that our music rooms can be spaces where everyone has a chance to sound (speak, sing, play an instrument), and students and teachers have the opportunity to hear others in the room. At the center of this realization stands the classroom piano: it could be an instrument of communal sonic enjoyment but, in our experiences, tends to be dominated by a few. What we are here calling sonic egalitarianism is about creating conditions whereby students have equal opportunities to sound out, …

Self-Compassion Among K-12 Music Educators, Jennifer Gee, Karen Koner

Visions of Research in Music Education

The purpose of this study was to explore self-compassion among K-12 music educators. Our sample consisted of 139 practicing K-12 music educators across the United States. Participants completed a modified version of the Self-Compassion Scale Long Form (Neff et al., 2021), which measured both positive (self-kindness, common humanity, mindfulness) and negative (self-judgment, isolation, over-identification) aspects of self-compassion (Neff, 2003). Through one-way ANOVAs, we found significant differences between teaching experience and participants' scores for mindfulness, overidentification, self-judgment, isolation, and their overall self-compassion scores. We also discovered significant differences between age, over-identification, self-judgment, grade level taught, common humanity, and isolation.

A Content Analysis Of Graduate Degrees In Music Education In Nasm Accredited Institutions, Karen Koner

Visions of Research in Music Education

The purpose of this study was to examine graduate degree programs in music education in NASM accredited institutions with the specific areas of degree and institution information, admissions, and curricula. For this content analysis, I collected data through the websites of NASM accredited institutions that offered graduate degrees in music education, including master’s degrees (N = 203) and doctoral degrees (n = 53). The institution and degree information for these graduate degree programs included types of degrees offered, format of degrees (e.g., summers only, distance learning), location where the programs were located, and Carnegie Classifications (American Council on Education, 2023). …

Fostering Music Teacher Identity Development Through Mentoring Dialogues, Angela M. Munroe

Visions of Research in Music Education

In a prior investigation I focused on the cooperating teacher’s perspective during mentoring dialogues, reflecting on their role as a mentor (Munroe, 2021). Other researchers have focused on what the student teacher learns from the conversation, but not specifically on teacher identity development (Fernandez & Erbilgin, 2009; Tsui et al., 2001). In this study I recorded mentoring dialogues between three pairs of student teachers and cooperating teachers. Using stimulated recall interviews (Ericsson & Simon, 1999), I asked the student teachers to reflect on their perceptions of the cooperating teacher’s mentoring role and their teacher identity. I determined cooperating teachers’ mentoring …

Editorial Volume 46: New Beginnings...Yet Again, Joseph Abramo

Visions of Research in Music Education

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Generation Of Coastal Area Dems Using Oblique Stereo Imagery From Non-Metric Cameras With Sfm Techniques, Mona Hajiesmaeeli, F. Antonio Medrano, Philippe Tissot

I-GUIDE Forum

This study focuses on the the development of a method to create Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) for forecasting coastal inundation, a critical tool in the face of rising sea levels and extreme weather events. The study utilizes oblique stereo imagery captured with non-metric cameras, focusing on the area adjacent to Horace Caldwell pier in Port Aransas, Texas. The methodology involves the strategic placement of two Amcrest Ultra4K non-metric cameras on an elevated structure at the pier entrance. These cameras, positioned 8 meters above the ground and 20 meters apart, capture images at varying nadir angles high oblique (65 degrees), oblique …

Accessibility For Employees: Workplace Disability Accommodations, Melissa Arnold

Just Ask: Accessibility & Disability at UND Conference

No abstract provided.

Building Blocks For Geospatial Software Education Using The I-Guide Platform, Rebecca C. Vandewalle, Alexander Michels, Zhiyuan Li, Nattapon Jaroenchai, Shaowen Wang

I-GUIDE Forum

By combining advanced cyberinfrastructure with geospatial analysis capabilities and resources in an accessible online environment, the I-GUIDE Platform has great potential for geospatial computing focused education. However, learning occurs in different settings and contexts, both formal and informal. For I-GUIDE Platform to be successful, it should have the flexibility to support a variety of educational needs. In this paper, we argue for an expanded set of front-end building blocks to support diverse education and research use-cases, building on existing cyberGIS capabilities and Jupyter backend. We draw from experience working with the CyberGISX platform as an education tool in different learning …

Tradeoffs Of Generalization, Kyra M. Abrams, Peter T. Darch

I-GUIDE Forum

Models used in geospatial data science are often built and optimized for a specific local context, such as a particular location at a point in time. However, upon publication, these models may be generalized beyond this context, reused in research simulating or predicting other times and places. Without sufficient information or documentation, bias embedded in these models can in turn result in bias in the reuser’s research outputs. Drawing on a long-term qualitative case study of aging dams researchers and developers of models used by these researchers, we find significant documentation gaps. We combine a literature-based genealogy with interviews with …

Inter-Provincial Spatial Coupling Of Paddy Fields In China Has Accelerated The Water Consumption, Wenguang Chen, Wencai Zhang, Ming Lei, Ruqian Zhang, Zhenting Zhao, Enyi Xie, Jing Zhao, Xiangbin Kong

I-GUIDE Forum

Rice trade has played a significant role in ensuring global rice consumption security. However, the spatial coupling of paddy fields based on rice trade can also transfer ecological environmental effects and threaten the sustainability of local systems. As the largest rice producer and consumer in the world, as well as one of the countries with the lowest per capita water resources, studying the inter-provincial rice flow in China and its water resource utilization efficiency is of great significance for ensuring national rice security and water resource security. Research has found that, China's rice consumption decreased by 11.97 Mt from 2000 …

Accreditation Update, Georgia Southern University

Accreditation Update

No abstract provided.

Data-Intensive Convergence Science For Analyzing Place-Based Spatial Accessibility, Alexander C. Michels, Shaowen Wang

I-GUIDE Forum

Place-based spatial accessibility is a critical tool for measuring the health, resilience, and sustainability of communities. Accessibility methods are employed by a wide range of fields to measure access to food, healthcare, infrastructure and other critical needs. While measures of access are relatively simple, they attempt to capture the complexities of human mobility and spatial decision-making to assess how well populations are served by the infrastructure, resources, and services at their disposal. This paper describes four key areas where data-intensive convergence science can revolutionize our understanding of place-based spatial accessibility by addressing issues of scale, spatial impedance, diversity, and accessibility. …

A Long-Recognized But Undescribed New Species Of Cyprinella (Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae) From North Carolina And South Carolina, United States, Bryn H. Tracy, Fred C. Rohde, Michael A. Perkins, Laura M. Lee, Kara B. Carlson, Madelyn Mccutcheon, Brena K. Jones, Heather K. Evans

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

Cyprinella leptocheilus sp. nov., Siouan Thinlip Chub, is described as a new species that is endemic to Sand Hills and upper Coastal Plain streams in North Carolina and South Carolina. Recognized as an undescribed species since the early 1970s, this fish was known in the literature and in museum electronic databases as Hybopsis n. sp., H. sp. cf. zanema, Cyprinella n. sp., and C. sp. cf. zanema. Unofficially, it had gone by the common name Thinlip Chub. It was thought to be closely related to the two other barbeled Cyprinella species: Thicklip Chub, …

A Global Comparison Of Communication Intervention Strategies For Justice-Involved Youth, Sophia Janeiro Martinez

OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal

Purpose: This paper explores the intricate relationship between communication disorders and delinquent youth behavior. It will explore the detrimental impact of zero-tolerance policies and their contribution to the school-to-prison pipeline. It will introduce issues, such as complex Miranda warning diction, and the benefits of including speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to aid in youth comprehension. Additionally, it will propose the integration of SLPs within the juvenile justice system to assist in communication between justice-involved youth (JIY) and justice professionals during conversations, questioning, and trials or hearings. Furthermore, this paper examines the roles of SLPs within juvenile justice systems abroad, including Canada, …

Sustainable Cities; A Case Study Analysis Of Chesapeake, Va, Blaizen B. Bloom

OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal

This paper is a case study analysis of the City of Chesapeake, VA. Its purpose is to examine the influence between the City's actions and its impact on the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, an analysis of future climate change impacts on the City of Chesapeake and the Chesapeake Bay in building an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable City.

Uniqueness Of Maximum Points Of A Sequence Of Functions Arising From An Adapted Algorithm For ‘The Secretary Problem’, Boning Wang, Giang Vu Thanh Nguyen

OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal

This paper is aimed at a sequence of functions that is extended from an adaptive algorithm of the classical ‘secretary problem’. It was proved in Nguyen et al. (2024) the uniqueness of maximizers of a function sequence that represents the expected score of an element in a ‘candidate’ sequence. This function sequence is indeed considered as a special case of an extended function sequence that corresponds to the case α = 0. More specifically, we are motivated to prove the uniqueness of maximizers for this extended function sequence in the case α = 1. Nevertheless, the corresponding proof is rather …

An Introduction To The Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation And Methods To Solve It, Vu Giang, Alex Gnech

OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal

The Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation is a linear elliptic PDE that describes quantum-mechanical systems. Its significance in the science of submicroscopic phenomena, particularly quantum mechanics, is as central as Newton’s laws of motion are to classical mechanics. This study uses various methods, including novel neural networks and finite difference schemes, to solve the one-dimensional two-body equation.

Asymptotic Expansion Of A Maier-Saupe Type Potential Near The Nematic-Isotropic Transition Point In Liquid Crystals, Ryan P. Oneill, Giangvuthanh Nguyen, Xiang Xu

OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal

In this paper we study a Maier-Saupe type bulk potential (Maier & Saupe, 1959) in the Landau-de Gennes free energy in the Q-tensor theory modeling nematic liquid crystal configurations. This potential was originally introduced in Katriel et al. (1986), which is considered as a natural enforcement of a physical constraint on the eigenvalues of symmetric, traceless Q-tensors. More specifically, we present a rigorous derivation of the asymptotic expansion of this singular potential near the nematic-isotropic transition point up to the 4-th order.

Improved Process For The Preparation Of 4-((6,7-Dimethoxyquinolin-4-Yl)Oxy)Aniline, Msn Laboratories Private Limited, R&D Center; Srinivasan Thirumalai Rajan; M. Ramakrishna; Chandrakanth Rao Sirigiri

Defensive Publications Series

Abstract:

Improved process for the preparation of 4-((6,7-dimethoxyquinolin-4-yl)oxy)aniline of formula-1, which is represented by the following structural formula:

which is key intermediate for the preparation of Cabozantinib, which is chemically known as N-(4-(6,7-dimethoxyquinolin-4-yloxy)phenyl)-N’-(4­fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide or its salts such as malate, fumarate or etc.

Shipping Container Retention System, Maersk A/S

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed is a shipping container retention system for retaining a shipping container relative to a deck of a vessel. The shipping container retention system comprises a deck socket for fixing to the deck of the vessel and a coupling piece for simultaneously coupling to a lower corner casting of the shipping container and to the deck socket to thereby retain the shipping container relative to the deck socket. The deck socket and the coupling piece are configured so that the coupling piece is couplable to the deck socket in a single orientation relative to the deck socket.

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Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

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We Have Always Lived In The Freak Show: Alienating The Perverse And Seeking Out The Alien In Shirley Jackson’S We Have Always Lived In The Castle, Gianna Vaynberg

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

We Have Always Lived in the Castle tells the story of two sisters, Merricat and Constance Blackwood, who have been brought up by a wealthy family, most of whose members are now deceased. The family always isolated itself from the village, as evidenced by their gated mansion. In Shirley Jackson's gothic novel, the villagers' greed, jealousy, and patriarchal social structures cause Merricat and Constance to be perceived as a threat to the villagers' egos, as the sisters challenge their ideologies with their matriarchal structure, one that keeps their riches in the hands of women who live comfortably secluded from the …

The Horrific Anxiety Of Resurrection: A Study Of Uncanny Mirroring In The Gothic, J.R. J. Rizzo

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

The overall theme of this paper surrounds the anxiety when coming face-to-face with the uncanny. More broadly, it seeks to unite the field of psychoanalysis and the horror genre in a symbiotic relationship. It is my belief, that within the heart of horror lies the mycelium of the uncanny. That is, where horrific themes and devices are, so too lives the uncanny.

How Anthracite Smothered Centralia, Pennsylvania, Chris Kovalcik

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

Underneath the long-abandoned streets of a remote Pennsylvania town, an inferno scorches the very earth. Centralia was once a booming mining community, but its history and legacy left it incinerated. A mine fire started in an old mining ditch would spread uncontrollably over the span of decades, causing the untimely end of the town. However, what really happened is not immediately clear, causing the story of Centralia to devolve into a confusing quagmire. Studying the intersection of governmental, social, and environmental historical evidence may unravel the mystery. This paper aims to elaborate on the history of Centralia and broader anthracite …

The Green Flag’S Green Revolution: Analyzing The Effectiveness Of And Influence Of Greenwashing Within The Sustainability Initiatives Of International Motorsports Organizations, Andrea Hebel

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

As the world has begun to sharpen its efforts to reduce the impact of climate change, global industries must reckon with how to alter their technology to fit both consumer demands and new regulations. Among these industries is motorsports. Formula 1, NASCAR, and Formula E, three of the world’s largest motorsports organizations, have each developed initiatives to meet these changing standards. This paper analyzes the effectiveness of these initiatives at reducing environmental impacts, including examining the degree to which greenwashing tactics detract from these efforts. It finds that while NASCAR’s efforts lack behind new industry standards, Formula E and Formula …

"Dollar Princesses" And "Husband Hunters": The Gilded Age Redefinition Of The American Heiress, Julia Baldowski

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

This thesis investigates the late 19th-century phenomenon of ``Dollar Princesses,'' affluent New York City socialites who strategically married into the British Aristocracy to secure their social status and power. This study focuses on figures such as Consuelo Vanderbilt, Jennie Jerome, and Minnie Stevens, examining how these women strategically utilized their marriages as platforms to advance their personal ambitions while navigating the rigid social hierarchies of the period. The analysis contends that these transatlantic unions were not merely transactions of wealth and status but were instrumental in challenging and redefining traditional social structures. By securing influence and asserting their identities within …

Reading Between The Lines: Censorship And The Political Role Of Public Libraries, Isabelle Agustin

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

Public libraries have been mainstays of American culture and community for hundreds of years. As government entities of education, they are political actors, but they have not been properly acknowledged as such, both by the general public and existing legislation. This becomes evident through the rise in censorship that has occurred in recent years. From these cases, it can be observed that there is a divergence between how public libraries function in actuality and the expectations that legislation has placed upon them. That dissonance has been the source of political tensions between parent groups, state legislators, and public libraries. Ultimately, …

Introduction

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

An Introduction to the 2024 issue of Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research.

Art As An Intervention For Healing And Empowerment, Erin Barrus

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Komal Patel, an occupational therapist and artist residing in New Jersey, USA, provided the cover art for the Fall 2024 issue of the Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT). “Emotions” is a piece made from acrylic on canvas that depicts the emotional complexities the human mind goes through during a person’s experience or stage of life. The inspiration comes from her personal journey of moving to the United States from India and the emotional turbulence, both negative and positive, she experienced. Art has become part of the healing story for herself and others. She shares how incorporating this intervention leads …