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The Effects Of Free Volume And Processing On The Development Of Gas Separation Membranes, Jacob Schekman

Dissertations

Structure, thermal, mechanical, gas transport, and free volume properties of thiol-ene based systems are investigated and discussed. In the pursuit of generating low energy-cost polymer membranes for gas separation, it became apparent that UV-curing of thiol-ene materials presented several routes toward achieving this goal. Network structure plays a vital role in determining the gas transport properties of membrane materials. UV photopolymerization techniques provide a means to rapidly vitrify network morphologies which can be tuned depending on choice of monomer. Thiol-ene monomers offer a broad range of precursor materials from which to choose for the design of functional membrane materials.

Chapter …

Understanding The Tick Cellular Immunity To Pathogen Infection, Abdulsalam Adegoke

Dissertations

The tick immune response consist of two main components: the cellular and humoral components. The cellular component consists of hemocytes that circulate in the hemolymph-filled body cavity. Tick hemocytes are functional analogs of the mammalian white blood cells and are involved in immune responses including phagocytosis. The Humoral component includes mainly soluble peptides that function as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and pattern recognition receptors. Although tick hemocytes partakes in the humoral responses, different tick tissues produce several humoral factors such as AMPs and lectins. We have a deep understanding of the different humoral effectors released across the tick tissues during tick-pathogen …

Einstein's Dream By Cindy Mctee: An Analysis And Transcription For Wind Ensemble, Kyle Aufderhar

Dissertations

Cindy McTee’s 2005 composition for strings, percussion, and computer music is an exploration in pluralism, combining newly composed music and computer-synthesized sounds with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Ives. McTee’s initial use of Bach’s music comprises the complete harmonization of the chorale “Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott.” In later sections of the work, McTee creates entire textures from the chorale’s soprano line, subjecting it to a variety of treatments including augmentation, diminution, inversion, retrograde, and retrograde inversion. In addition to the inclusion of his music, McTee reiterates the importance of Bach through composition that relies on …

2023-2024 The Class Of 2024 In Concert, Kenton Campbell, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Aneliya Novikova, Clair Ives, Clarece Lamarr, Amelia Dixon, Fabiola Parra, Yance Zheng, Angela Fiedler, Yu-Hsuan Feng, Jafet Diaz, Niloufar Mirzanabi Khani, Jon Cruz, Kari Jenks, Noah Suarez, Kyle Mechmet, Nataniel Farrar, Graydon Howard

Other Student Recitals

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Social Cognition And Team Cohesion In Collegiate Athletes, Jessica Pegg

Master's Theses

Thesis Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between social cognition and team cohesion in Division III collegiate athletes. Methods: A total of 103 athletes from SUNY Cortland participated. Two questionnaires were used: social cognition was assessed via the Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS), and team cohesion was assessed via the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ). The two questionnaires, along with demographics, were completed online. Analysis: Pearson’s bivariate correlations were analyzed to assess the relationships among TSIS total score, GEQ total score, and GEQ social cohesion for the total sample and separately by sports season and sports type. Linear …

Retrospective Study Investigating Naloxone Prescribing And Cost In Us Medicaid And Medicare Patients, Christopher D. Manko, Mohamed S. Ahmed, Lavinia R. Harrison, Srivastava A. Kodavatiganti, Noelia Lugo, Jason Osei Konadu, Farrin Khan, Carrie A. Massari, Tenisha K. Sealey, Maame Efua Addison, Celine N. Mbah, Kenneth L. Mccall, Joseph B. Fraiman, Brian J. Piper

Pharmacy Faculty Scholarship

Background Opioid overdoses in the USA have increased to unprecedented levels. Administration of the opioid antagonist naloxone can prevent overdoses. Objective This study was conducted to reveal the pharmacoepidemiologic patterns in naloxone prescribing to Medicaid patients from 2018 to 2021 as well as Medicare in 2019. Design Observational pharmacoepidemiologic study Setting US Medicare and Medicaid naloxone claims Intervention The Medicaid State Drug Utilisation Data File was utilised to extract information on the number of prescriptions and the amount prescribed of naloxone at a national and state level. The Medicare Provider Utilisation and Payment was also utilised to analyse prescription data …

Masks Program, Collin College

Theatre Programs

Program for Masks.

Data Management Plus: Organizing Data And Program Files For A University-Community Partnership, Melanie S. Brasher, Skye N. Leedahl

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Presentations

Poster presented at International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST) Annual Conference, Halifax, Canada. May 2024.

“It’S Literally Impossible To Be A Woman:” Female Depictions In The Films Of Greta Gerwig, Genevieve Graessle

Honors College

With Lady Bird (2017), Little Women (2019), and Barbie (2023), Greta Gerwig made history as the first director to have her first three directorial feature films nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. This trilogy of movies is extremely relevant since Barbie was the highest-grossing film of the 2023 box office. However, little scholarly analysis of Gerwig’s filmography exists. This project examines the particular depictions of female characters in these three films. In Gerwig’s corpus, women are not solely limited to the roles of innocent daughter, obedient wife, holy mother, or damaged prostitute; they can be presidents and painters, authors …

Addressing Equitable Access In A Safety-Net Hospital System: An Implementation Framework, Hillary Alycon

Dissertations: Doctor of Public Health

Acute care organizations face a significant challenge in effectively implementing health equity programs, particularly in rural areas where guidance is often lacking. Despite abundant literature focusing on health outcomes, there remains a noticeable dearth of published data on implementing health equity initiatives. In response to this gap, I present a comprehensive analysis that utilizes readily available, open-sourced data to address this critical issue.

A thorough assessment of the demographic characteristics of acute care facilities within the catchment regions was conducted based on data from reputable sources such as the US Census Bureau, the American Community Survey, and the County Health …

Streamlined Workflow For Qualitative Data Analysis With Whisper And Atlas.Ti, Bella Ratmelia, Bryan Leow, Danping Dong

Research Collection Library

Qualitative research, often reliant on interviews and focus groups, stands to benefit significantly from the latest advancements and innovations in AI. This workshop presents a practical and efficient research workflow with two powerful tools—Whisper and ATLAS.ti—to streamline the process of qualitative data analysis.

Whisper is an open-source machine learning model for speech recognition and transcription by OpenAI. With the ability to achieve human-level accuracy in speech recognition, it significantly reduces the time and effort required for transcribing, saving your time for more valuable work.

Moving beyond transcription, the workshop presents ATLAS.ti, a well-established qualitative data analysis tool. Learn how to …

Youth Alchemy: Non-Formal Learning Around Identity & Agency, Jayashri Sarkar

Dissertation Collection

The social and educational disruption during confluence of COVID isolation and Black Lives Matter protests was critical to learning and agency amongst Youth of Color. This phenomenological qualitative study centers around Youth of Color in Providence, Rhode Island as they contested formal education and sought to make meaning of these events. Drawing on Amartya Sen’s capability approach, a series of in-depth phenomenological interviews with participants to explore the meaning they gleaned from their engagement in Youth-led emancipatory educational initiatives, particularly in terms of their sense of identity and agency. Although existing literature documents Youth resistance, this study explores Youth reflections …

The Effectiveness Of Curriculum Assessment Literacy Training For Head Start Teachers On Teacher Fidelity Scores And Class Assessment Scores, Netice Rankin, Netice Danyell Rankin

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was threefold, first to assess teachers’ initial knowledge of The Curriculum Fidelity Assessment Tool among Head Start Teachers utilizing the self -assessment. Secondly, the purpose was to assess if an intensive curriculum assessment literacy training made a difference in teacher’s knowledge of the curriculum fidelity Use as measured by The Curriculum Fidelity Assessment Tool for Administrators as reported by ECD Coaches and PI at the pre-test and post-test level. Third, the purpose of this study was to assess if intensive assessment literacy training makes a difference in the variables of interest, namely, curriculum use, classroom …

Restorative Yoga To Increase Mindfulness And Reduce Anxiety And Burnout Of Inpatient Mental Health Workers: A Quality Improvement Project, Rachaele Warden

Doctor of Nursing Practice Papers

Background/Significance: Burnout syndrome negatively impacts healthcare systems via quality reduction of patient care and communication, increased medical errors, hospital-acquired infections, staffing shortages, and costly malpractice suits (De Hert, 2020). The characteristic exhaustion, cynicism, job detachment, feelings of inadequacy and incompetence that emerge from burnout further hinder individual mental health and wellbeing.

Purpose: The purpose of the restorative yoga intervention strives to reduce employee anxiety, burnout and enhance mindfulness-based practice strategies within a local inpatient mental health hospital.

Methods: Quality improvement project with evidence-based interventions.

Interventions: The project intends to hold one instructor-guided and one video-guided 25-minute restorative yoga weekly session …

Street View House Numbers Classifier, Connor Paul Lough

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

Fairness And Bias Of Machine Learning In Search And Ranking, Yuan Wang

Engineering Ph.D. Theses

Recent advancements in Information Retrieval (IR) and machine learning have significantly improved ranking and search system performance. However, these data-driven approaches often suffer from inherent biases present in training datasets, leading to unfair treatment of certain demographic groups and contributing to systematic discrimination based on race, gender, or geographic location. This research aims to address the fairness and bias issue in ranking and search systems by proposing innovative frameworks that mitigate data bias and ensure equitable representation and exposure across diverse groups.

We introduce two novel frameworks: the Meta-learning based Fair Ranking (MFR) model and the Meta Curriculum-based Fair Ranking …

A Survey Of Pet Caretakers On The Use And Perceptions Regarding Heartworm Prophylaxis For Prevention Of Canine Heartworm Disease, Stacie Williams, Charles T. Faulkner

Faculty Other Scholarly Content

Canine heartworm disease (CHWD) is caused by infection with the nematode parasite Dirofilaria immitis transmitted through the bite of a mosquito carrying the infective stage larva. The disease is insidious in its onset and almost 100% preventable with the use of highly effective pharmaceutical compounds that target the migrating larval stage acquired from the mosquito. However, use of canine heartworm prophylaxis among pet dog caretakers is not universally accepted and sometimes viewed with skepticism. Previous research conducted in the Cumberland Gap Region (CGR) indicated that 41.8% of dog owning individuals do not use prophylactic products. In this study, we surveyed …

Effects Of Personality Type On Cochlear Implant Use, Quality Of Life, And Perceived Auditory Experience, Nicholas Stanley, Gina Mejia, Wilder Roberts, Ashley Flagge

Data and Datasets

Prior audiologic research suggests that the personality traits of cochlear implant (CI) users likely influences their rehabilitation. Research has primarily focused on the “Big Five” personality domains (Agreeableness, Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Negative Emotionality, and Open-Mindedness) with limited information available on the underlying facets. The aim of this study was to better understand how personality domains and facets were related to CI user’s quality of life, barriers to CI use, and perceived hearing ability. Twenty-six adult CI users completed an online survey which included a demographic questions and a series of questionnaires: the Cochlear Implant Use Questionnaire (CIUQ), the Cochlear Implant Quality …

Gaeilge In Éirinn: Irish Language Ideologies And Attitudes In A Divided Island Nation, Skyler D. Newhall

Linguistics Honors Projects

Sociolinguistic research on Irish has predominantly examined language dynamics within either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, neglecting the connected experiences of language communities across both territories. Drawing on media and interview data, this paper investigates the significance of a shared 'language=identity' ideology. The results reveal that despite most Irish identifying individuals operating within this framework, diverse controversies regarding attitudes towards language legitimacy, speaker agency, and perceived 'usefulness' affect native and new speaker language use and motivation. These findings underscore the need for language reclamation and revitalization projects to address language ideologies and attitudes.

Whither The Wagner Act: On The Waning View Of Labor Law And Leviathan, Brandon R. Magner

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal

The National Labor Relations Act’s (NLRA) well-documented weaknesses in substance and enforcement, combined with legislators’ inability to adapt the Act to the modern economy, have understandably created many cynics in the field of labor law. For several decades, legal scholars have almost unanimously derided the NLRA and the agency which administers it, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), for failing to prevent rampant anti-union conduct by employers and the collapse of the union formation process through the Board’s election machinery. This “ossification” of the law, as it has come to be known, is considered to be a key contributor to …

Gymnosperms Demonstrate Patterns Of Fine-Root Trait Coordination Consistent With The Global Root Economics Space, Jessica R. Langguth, Marcin Zadworny, Karl Andraczek, Marvin Lo, Newton Tran, Kelsey Patrick, Joanna Mucha, Luke Mccormack, Kevin E. Mueller

Biological, Geological, and Environmental Faculty Publications

Gymnosperms encompass a diverse group of mostly woody plants with high ecological and economic value, yet little is known about the scope and organization of fine-root trait diversity among gymnosperms due to the undersampling of most gymnosperm families and the dominance of angiosperm groups in recent syntheses. New and existing data were compiled for morphological traits (root diameter, length, tissue density, specific root length [SRL] and specific root area [SRA]), the architectural trait branching ratio, root nitrogen content [N] and mycorrhizal colonization. We used phylogenetic least squares regression and principal component analysis to determine trait-trait relationships and coordination across 66 …

Unhurt, Wilda W. Morris

The Prairie Light Review

No abstract provided.

Connection, Oz Carrollo

The Prairie Light Review

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Post-Injury Rehabilitation: A Focus On Prehabilitation For Athletes, Kariya Jennings, Kyanne Crockarell, Rishi Gulati, Mallory Rae, Dakota Hill, Deborah Edmondson

Physical Therapy Student Research

No abstract provided.

The Cade Library Newsletter (Volume 5, Spring 2024), Quiana Wright

The Cade Report

This issue of the Cade Report features the following:

John B. Cade Library Designated PTRC, Dean's Corner: Spring Address, Champions for Equality, The Main Ingredient for Success, Faculty & Staff Spotlight, Editorial: Expanding Horizons at Cade Library, Grant Writing Essentials, the Student Library Advisory Council, Library News and additional library coverage.

Effect Of Dietary Isoacids Supplementation On Nutrient Digestibility Of Growing Pigs Fed Corn-Soybean Meal Diets, A.P. Benavides-Infante, M.T. Socha, L.A. Rodrigues, C.L. Levesque, J.Y. Perez-Palencia

Animal Science Research Report 2024

No abstract provided.

Influence Of Vegetative Diversity During The Stocker Phase On Carcass Characteristics And Economic Returns Of Beef Steers, Sydni Borders, Jameson Brennan, Christina Bakker, Keith Underwood, Kyle Grubbs, John Jaeger, Ken Olson, Amanda Blair

Animal Science Research Report 2024

No abstract provided.

Seventy-Five Years Of Global Health Lawmaking Under The World Health Organization: Evolving Foundations Of Global Health Law Through Global Health Governance, Benjamin Mason Meier, Alexandra Finch

O'Neill Institute Papers

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been shaped by global health law throughout its history. Drawing from the post-war establishment of global governance under the United Nations (UN), the modern foundations of global health law were laid by the WHO Constitution, which provided WHO with a range of normative authorities to realize its mandate as the UN’s directing and coordinating authority in global health. Yet WHO has faced political challenges in exercising these normative authorities to advance global health law, revealing the limitations of law as a foundation of global health governance. This article chronicles the 75-year evolution of global …

40 Years Of Koyaanisqatsi: The Greatest Experimental Film Ever Made, Brian Thomas

Honors Program: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

The 1983 experimental film Koyaanisqatsi remains a visionary artistic work 40 years after it was initially released, because it continues to resonate in contemporary society by vividly depicting the intersection of human life and technology, prompting viewers to contemplate "life out of balance" and its implications. The film makes us question where life is headed and the ways in which we "live technology" today.

Match Stability With A Costly And Flexible Number Of Positions, James Gilmore

Behavioral and Computational Economics (MS) Theses

One of the objectives of two-sided matching mechanisms is to pair two groups of agents such that there is no incentive for pair deviation. The outcome of a match can significantly impact participants. While much of the existing research in this field addresses the matching with fixed quotas, this is not always applicable. We introduce the concept of slot stability, recognizing the potential motivation for organizations to modify their quotas after the match. We propose an algorithm designed to create stable and slot stable matches by employing flexible, endogenous quotas to address this issue.