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112-Shade Speaks Louder Than Words - An Analysis Of And Solution To Tree Canopy Inequity In Rochester, Ny, Kayla Andersen Apr 2024

112-Shade Speaks Louder Than Words - An Analysis Of And Solution To Tree Canopy Inequity In Rochester, Ny, Kayla Andersen

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Disproportionate and inequitable tree canopy cover and access to urban green space is a common issue in many cities of the United States, including Rochester, New York. Due to racially discriminatory practices in Rochester’s past, such as redlining and resource distribution (e.g. tree replacement), many communities in the city experience an urban heat island effect, where surface temperatures in urban neighborhoods reach dangerous temperatures in the absence of vegetational interference. Communities which are the most impacted include those of high poverty levels and races other than white, such as the neighborhood near Clifford and Joseph Avenues in the notorious “Crescent …

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093-Ecological Assessment Of Attention And Emotion, Madison Nuttle Apr 2024

093-Ecological Assessment Of Attention And Emotion, Madison Nuttle

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Attention bias (AB) is a characteristic seen in individuals with anxiety, in which they attend to threatening or negative stimuli more frequently than neutral stimuli (Bar-Haim et al., 2007). To our knowledge, prior research investigating AB in social situations have not conducted experiments in true real-world situations, making results difficult to generalize to the real world. The present study adapted methods from Kirchbaum et al. (1993) Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) model and assessed participant attentiveness to positive and negative stimuli in a stressful situation. The TSST consists of participants completing a brief speaking task in front of a panel. …

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089-Thermodynamic And Structural Studies Of The Interactions Between C-Myc G4 Dna And Minor Groove Binders As An Anticancer Approach, Courtney Fetzer Apr 2024

089-Thermodynamic And Structural Studies Of The Interactions Between C-Myc G4 Dna And Minor Groove Binders As An Anticancer Approach, Courtney Fetzer

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G-quadruplex (G4) DNA are non-canonical higher order structures formed from guanine rich sequences, consisting of stacked G-tetrads stabilized by non-Watson-Crick (Hoogsteen) base pairing. Early interests in G4 were spurred by the revelation that G4 is found in telomeric DNA sequences at the end of our chromosomes. These telomeric sequences were found to inhibit an enzyme overexpressed (>90%) in cancer cells, known as telomerase. Cancer cells require telomerase activity for survival and “immortality”, therefore stabilization of telomeric G4 can inhibit telomerase activity and prevent the survival of cancer cells. More recently, G4 has been shown to be overrepresented in the …

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088-Determinants Of Financial Literacy At Suny Geneseo, Alexis Kruzicki Apr 2024

088-Determinants Of Financial Literacy At Suny Geneseo, Alexis Kruzicki

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Through surveying the SUNY Geneseo student body, we plan to explore what determines the level of financial literacy among students at SUNY Geneseo. The survey contains questions that address students’ demographics, academic background, family support through college, personal finance experience, and a financial literacy quiz. The sample size is 403 respondents, which is 10% of the population at SUNY Geneseo. We have noticed many students struggling on campus with the basics of personal finance and want to address the growing concern of how this could affect their success through college and in the future. We are interested in how the …

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082-7-Year-Olds’ Aggression And Rough-And-Tumble Play With Siblings And Friends, Anna Shepard Apr 2024

082-7-Year-Olds’ Aggression And Rough-And-Tumble Play With Siblings And Friends, Anna Shepard

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Although physical rough-and-tumble play (RTP) has been widely studied in early childhood, there has been little research on RTP in middle childhood. During middle childhood, physical aggression declines, while verbal and relational aggression become increasingly common and significant. It is reasonable to assume that similar changes may occur in various forms of RTP. However, we know very little about the nature or prevalence of verbal or relational RTP in middle childhood, or about how RTP might be related to physical, verbal, and relational aggression in this age group. As part of a longitudinal study of sibling and friend relationships, we …

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080-Investigating Reduction Of The Ostrich Forelimb: Palaeognathae (Aves), Isabel Marzec Apr 2024

080-Investigating Reduction Of The Ostrich Forelimb: Palaeognathae (Aves), Isabel Marzec

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Palaeognathae is a group of flightless birds classified by the absence of the keeled sternum (breastbone) present in flighted birds. As they diverged from their flighted ancestors, palaeognaths developed cursorial traits such as greater body mass and elongated hindlimbs, and concomitant with this was the reduction of the forelimbs, which were no longer needed for flight. Among living paleognaths, most species exhibit extreme forelimb reduction, such as that seen in the ostrich (Struthio camelus). This study investigates the variation betweenS. camelusindividuals to provide clues as to which behaviors and environmental pressures may have contributed most to forelimb morphology. Differences in …

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075-Forest Dynamics Between Co-Occurring Native And Invasive Species, Jessie Seifert Apr 2024

075-Forest Dynamics Between Co-Occurring Native And Invasive Species, Jessie Seifert

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Invasive species can co-occur with native species, with varying effects on the community of native species. Invasive species may outcompete native species or have a facilitative effect. In our study, we focus on tree species of invaded forest communities. We applied a spatially-explicit, statistical model to analyze interspecific neighborhood competition in the Michigan Big Woods. This forest has a high density of invasive tree species and is being invaded by Japanese Barberry. We analyzed the interactions between invasive and native species using data from 2003, 2008, and 2014. We found that there was intraspecific competition among shagbark hickory, pignut hickory, …

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072using Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy To Characterize Targets Used For Nuclear Reaction Cross Section Measurements Performed With Laser-Accelerated Ions, Dylan Christopherson Apr 2024

072using Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy To Characterize Targets Used For Nuclear Reaction Cross Section Measurements Performed With Laser-Accelerated Ions, Dylan Christopherson

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A project is underway to develop a platform for measuring low energy nuclear reaction cross sections using light ion beams accelerated from the rear side of targets illuminated with an ultra-intense laser. These ions, accelerated via the target-normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) mechanism, strike a nuclear production target placed behind the laser-illuminated target. The reaction products are collected, and their activity is measured to determine the nuclear cross section. We report on a set of experiments designed to characterize the nuclear production targets. These targets consist of lithium deposited on a substrate and coated with a thin metal film in a …

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063-Patterns In The Quality Of Other-Sex Friendships: Associations With Adjustment, Devin Brazell Apr 2024

063-Patterns In The Quality Of Other-Sex Friendships: Associations With Adjustment, Devin Brazell

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Friendships that are high in positive features and low in negative features are considered the highest quality friendships. Adolescents who have high-quality friendships report fewer internalizing and externalizing problems than adolescents with low-quality friendships (Buhrmester, 1990). Most research focuses on one aspect of friendship quality at a time (e.g., positivity with behavior problems, negativity with behavior problems) instead of the overall quality of the friendship. Moreover, not all low quality friendships are alike, and they may be associated with adjustment in different ways. Same-sex friendships are typically higher in positivity than other-sex friendships (Hand & Furman, 2009), but little is …

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053-Sarcasm And Jocularity In Adolescent Sibling And Friend Interactions, Grant Edmondson Apr 2024

053-Sarcasm And Jocularity In Adolescent Sibling And Friend Interactions, Grant Edmondson

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As part of a longitudinal study of sibling and friend relationships, we analyzed the ways adolescents use jocularity and sarcasm in their interactions. Although verbal irony is pervasive in adolescents’ conversations, there has been little observational research on their use of verbal irony, with almost no attention to the influences of the interaction partner. Based on what we know about adolescents’ social and linguistic behaviors with siblings and friends, we expected that interaction partner would make a difference in how adolescents used verbal irony.Fifty-three adolescents (26 girls) were videotaped at home in separate 15-minute cooking sessions with a sibling and …

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041-Bluffs Along Southeastern Lake Ontario, New York, Emmagrace Humbert Apr 2024

041-Bluffs Along Southeastern Lake Ontario, New York, Emmagrace Humbert

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The Lake Ontario shoreline is under constant stress of waves, wind, and ice, leading to 1-2 feet (0.3-0.6 meters) of erosion annually. Erosion creates bluffs, which are loosely defined as broad, rounded cliffs on ocean and lake shorelines. Along Lake Ontario, bluffs often form where forces erode small glacial hills called drumlins. Bluffs attract many visitors but are susceptible to mass movements and thereby pose dangers. This project mapped erosional patterns along the southeastern shoreline of Lake Ontario with a focus on bluffs. In this GIS-based analysis, I downloaded a digital elevation model (DEM) at 10 meter resolution from the …

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038-The Emergence, Growth, And Demise Of Geiger Enterprises, A Multi-Independent Retail Gasoline Station Corporation Of The Buffalo Niagara Region, Mailey Geiger Apr 2024

038-The Emergence, Growth, And Demise Of Geiger Enterprises, A Multi-Independent Retail Gasoline Station Corporation Of The Buffalo Niagara Region, Mailey Geiger

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Historical examinations of gasoline stations have traditionally focused on their association with Big Oil, emphasizing branding, architecture, and the attrition of independent operators. The middle ground of multiple station independent ownership in regional or metropolitan settings remains largely unexplored. This research examines the emergence and growth of Geiger Enterprises, a 134-station 'empire' of independent discount retail gasoline stations in the Buffalo-Niagara region of New York State. Harold and Patricia Geiger's journey began in 1967 when they purchased their first station, eventually expanding through creative financing and sourcing cheap oil. Despite lacking branding and distinctive architecture, Geiger stations gained recognition through …

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037-Investigating Singly Substituted 2-Amino-1,3,4-Oxadiazoles As Antibiotic Drug Candidates, Elizabeth Klosko Apr 2024

037-Investigating Singly Substituted 2-Amino-1,3,4-Oxadiazoles As Antibiotic Drug Candidates, Elizabeth Klosko

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1,3,4-Oxadiazoles have shown promise as antibiotic agents, with many papers showing their efficacy against gram positive bacterial strains. However, synthetic methods for these compounds remain hazardous for the user and destructive towards the environment. Previous synthesis methods used ethanol and water as common solvents and various toxic oxidants like bromine, a highly corrosive substance. The solvents are both biodegradable and relatively safe solvents; however, the reaction needed to be heated. To make the synthesis of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles more green, we changed solvents to ethyl lactate and water, biodegradable solvents that do not need heating for the reaction to run. Additionally, we …

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036quality Of Social Engagement Between Siblings And Friends During Early And Middle Childhood, Alexa Johnson Apr 2024

036quality Of Social Engagement Between Siblings And Friends During Early And Middle Childhood, Alexa Johnson

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In a longitudinal study of 22 white, middle-class American children aged 4 and 7, we investigated social engagement with siblings and friends during various tasks. Analyzing videotaped interactions, we found age, gender, and task effects on both the amount and quality of engagement. While previous research indicated greater time spent with friends than siblings, our study revealed a nuanced view, considering positive, neutral, and negative engagement. At age 4, children showed more engagement with friends, a pattern consistent at age 7 across different tasks. Positive engagement dominated, with boys displaying more negative and neutral engagement at age 4, evening out …

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033-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Of Neurod4 Gene In Zebrafish, Juliana Flick Apr 2024

033-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Of Neurod4 Gene In Zebrafish, Juliana Flick

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Neurod4 is a protein coding gene, also known as neurogenic differentiation 4. This gene prevails within the nervous system, specifically expressed in the brain. Neurod4 helps control any extreme, rapid growth of the photoreceptors in Zebrafish retina. Zebrafish have a similar, yet not identical gene to humans, thus, research done with zebrafish can correlate to how Neurod4 impacts human retinal neuronal development. Zebrafish used in this study are transgenic organisms, containing the Tg (neurod4: GFP). Transgenes are sections of genetic material used for genome modification of specific organisms. Zebrafish were genetically manipulated to express Neurod4. It is assumed that the …

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032-Surveying School Support And Preparedness For The 2025 Earth Science Regents Exam, Danielle Stein Apr 2024

032-Surveying School Support And Preparedness For The 2025 Earth Science Regents Exam, Danielle Stein

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2025 will be the first year that the Earth Science Regents exam will be administered through the framework of the New York State P-12 Next Generation Science Learning Standards. The current exam places emphasis on memorization of concepts, and the revised exam is hoping for a shift to inquiry based learning. The idea is to increase active engagement in the classroom and improve scientific literacy. This study aims to find out if there are any inequities between rural, urban, and suburban schools and the support provided to them for the new Earth Science Regents Exam. Data was collected through the …

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028-Taxonomy And Preservation Of Lower Cambrian Trilobites, Carrara Formation, Southern Ca, Reydaliz Torres Lopez Apr 2024

028-Taxonomy And Preservation Of Lower Cambrian Trilobites, Carrara Formation, Southern Ca, Reydaliz Torres Lopez

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Trilobites are an extinct group of arthropods made up of three distinct body parts produced by calcite that disarticulate after molting. Trilobites lived in shallow, tropical, marine environments and left an excellent fossil record. The Cambrian is known as the age of trilobites, with the greatest diversity of trilobite forms. However, trilobites went extinct at the end of the Permian. The Carrara Formation (lower Cambrian) in Emigrant Pass, Mojave Desert, CA hosted a wide range of trilobite fossils. The area contains moderately deformed and metamorphosed siliciclastic and carbonate rocks from the lower Carrara. Trilobite samples were examined using a Zeiss …

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024-Averted Conflicts Between Siblings And Friends In Childhood And Adolescence, Adele Beltrani Apr 2024

024-Averted Conflicts Between Siblings And Friends In Childhood And Adolescence, Adele Beltrani

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As part of a longitudinal study, we examined sibling and friend-averted conflicts in semi-structured closed-field situations from early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. Observed conflicts are exchanges containing mutual opposition or provocation, whereas averted conflicts are oppositional physical or verbal behavior that the partner does not reciprocate. In extending this study to focus on averted conflicts, we expected that averted conflicts would be more frequent in sibling relationships than in friend relationships and decrease with an increase in age. Our data showed more averted conflicts for sibling pairs than friends at all three periods. Overall, there was an increase in …

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020-Investigating Spread Rates Of Aquatic Invasive Plant Species In North America, Morgan Ladue Apr 2024

020-Investigating Spread Rates Of Aquatic Invasive Plant Species In North America, Morgan Ladue

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Aquatic invasive species have detrimental effects on the ecosystems of the Northeastern United States and Canada. Characterizing the patterns of invasion for aquatic invasive species can be important for making local management decisions to control them. We focused onNajas minor(Brittle Waternymph),Hydrilla verticillata(Hydrilla), andNitellopsis obtusa(Starry Stonewort). To characterize their patterns of invasion, we first compiled occurrence records ofN. minor,H. verticillata, andN. obtusafrom the online databases GBIF, iDigBio, and iMapInvasives. We then used QGIS to estimate the ranges (in lake surface area), at different intervals of time, for each species since their arrival in North America. Finally, we calculated the spread rates …

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015-Qualitative Analysis Of Student Experiences In Novel Multi-Year Cure Curriculum, Maddy Hymowitz Apr 2024

015-Qualitative Analysis Of Student Experiences In Novel Multi-Year Cure Curriculum, Maddy Hymowitz

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A novel chemistry laboratory curriculum centered on course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) has been developed at the State University of New York College at Geneseo, a primarily undergraduate institution. CUREs are introduced in students’ first year laboratory experiences and are scaffolded in a multi-year sequence spanning a range of chemistry subdisciplines (general, organic, inorganic, capstone) throughout the 4-year curriculum. We present qualitative analysis of open-ended questions in post-course student survey responses, including reflections of the personal experiences of the student authors. Identified strengths (e.g. problem-solving, presentation skills and early experience with research) and weaknesses (e.g. failure to yield results and …

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014-Thin Film Deposition For Scintillator Detectors, Mitsuki Tabei, Zach Ehret Apr 2024

014-Thin Film Deposition For Scintillator Detectors, Mitsuki Tabei, Zach Ehret

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A plastic scintillator detector was developed for an experiment carried out at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) at the University of Rochester. Scintillators can be used as detectors of energetic charged ions; for this experiment at LLE, scintillators were used to detect protons and deuterons accelerated by laser light during the experiment. However, uncoated scintillators are sensitive to visible light as well as charged particles, and the residual laser light interferes with the measurement of the ions. The Thin Film Evaporator at SUNY Geneseo was used to coat the scintillators with a metal film thick enough to absorb the …

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012-Growth Of Synechococcus In Varying Nutrient Concentrations, Sarah Mertson, Nicole Gretzinger Apr 2024

012-Growth Of Synechococcus In Varying Nutrient Concentrations, Sarah Mertson, Nicole Gretzinger

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Fossil fuels are the largest contributors to global climate change, accounting for nearly 75% of total greenhouse gas emissions. A green energy solution can be found in autotrophs, which both sequester carbon in their growth and can be made into biodiesel.Chlorella vulgarishas been studied for lipid extraction and production, both of which were made more efficient through means of culturing the algae in different media and by evaluating the biodiesel produced via IR spectroscopies.Synechococcus,a genus of cyanobacteria that grows prolifically in Conesus Lake, may be an even better source of fuel thanC. vulgarisbecause it grows at a rate nearly twice …

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011-Emotion Regulation And Social Media Motives As Mediators Of Attachment And Problematic Social Media Use, Nieve Mahood, Anna Arehart, Kaela Dimanlig Apr 2024

011-Emotion Regulation And Social Media Motives As Mediators Of Attachment And Problematic Social Media Use, Nieve Mahood, Anna Arehart, Kaela Dimanlig

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Our study examined the role of insecure attachment on social media addiction and stalking behaviors, with emotional regulation strategies and motives for social media use as mediators. Results indicated that anxious attachment significantly predicted both social media addiction and stalking, whereas avoidant attachment did not. Anxious attachment also significantly predicted emotional dysregulation and deactivation, as well as three social media use motives (fear of missing out, escapism, and validation). Mediation analyses revealed that emotional dysregulation and two social media motives (escape, boost self-esteem) fully mediated the relationship between anxious attachment and social media addiction and partially mediated the relationship between …

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002-Biodiesel Production From Chlorella Vulgaris And Synechococcus, Sarah Mertson, Elizabeth Klosko, Daniel Bergman, Alex Wilkinson, Nicole Gretzinger, Colden Grossman, Annabel Rupp, Kjersti Mygland, Theodore Holving Apr 2024

002-Biodiesel Production From Chlorella Vulgaris And Synechococcus, Sarah Mertson, Elizabeth Klosko, Daniel Bergman, Alex Wilkinson, Nicole Gretzinger, Colden Grossman, Annabel Rupp, Kjersti Mygland, Theodore Holving

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Fossil fuels are the largest contributors to global climate change, accounting for nearly 75% of total greenhouse gas emissions. A green energy solution can be found in autotrophs, which both sequester carbon in their growth and can be made into biodiesel.Chlorella vulgarishas been studied for lipid extraction and production, both of which were made more efficient through means of culturing the algae in different media and by evaluating the biodiesel produced via IR spectroscopies.Synechococcus,a genus of cyanobacteria that grows prolifically in Conesus Lake, may be an even better source of fuel thanC. vulgarisbecause it grows at a rate nearly twice …

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Embracing Our Inner Weird Barbie, Kayla Mackney Apr 2024

Embracing Our Inner Weird Barbie, Kayla Mackney

KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference

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Justification And Roadmap For Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Literacy Courses In Higher Education, Sunil Hazari Apr 2024

Justification And Roadmap For Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Literacy Courses In Higher Education, Sunil Hazari

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

This paper presents a justification for the implementation of AI Literacy courses in higher education. Ethical concerns and biases surrounding AI technologies are explored, highlighting the importance of critical analysis and responsible use of AI. A conceptual framework is then proposed, focusing on awareness, skill development, and practical application of AI. This framework aims to foster comprehensive understanding and empower students to leverage AI's potential while mitigating risks. The paper provides sample course titles and learning objectives. The suggested course format covers AI concepts, ethical considerations, bias awareness, and practical prompt engineering skills. There is a need for integrating AI …

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Do School Finance Courses Teach What Aspiring Principals Need To Know, Steve Baule Apr 2024

Do School Finance Courses Teach What Aspiring Principals Need To Know, Steve Baule

Essays in Education

This study conducted a review of school finance syllabi in order to determine how the topics presented in midwestern school finance courses for aspiring school administrators align with the topics identified as important by a previous study of practicing school administrators. The study highlights discrepancies between what practicing educational administrators articulate as the most important topics early career principals need to master in comparison to the topics university syllabi include.

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Valorization Of The Polymeric Constituents In Plastic Wastes Through Thermo-Chemical Processes By Using Viable Metal Oxides Additives, Labeeb Ali Apr 2024

Valorization Of The Polymeric Constituents In Plastic Wastes Through Thermo-Chemical Processes By Using Viable Metal Oxides Additives, Labeeb Ali

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

The rapid accumulation of different types of plastic waste necessitates the development of effective and economically viable waste management operations. Such a process should ideally not only mitigate associated environmental burdens but also recycle and recover value-added products. Through incineration or pyrolysis, thermal processing has emerged as a mainstream approach to waste management of the ever-increasing loads of different categorized plastic wastes. Throughout the work of the thesis, we have utilized a multitude of complementary techniques spanning material characterizations, catalysis, kinetic modelling, and density functional theory (DFT) to comprehend the complex chemistry that underpins catalytic chemical recycling of plastic wastes. …

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Disparities In Housing Affordability By Income, Housing Tenure, And Race In Us Census-Designated Regions, Jeffery S. Bredthauer, Javed Iqbal, Christopher Decker Apr 2024

Disparities In Housing Affordability By Income, Housing Tenure, And Race In Us Census-Designated Regions, Jeffery S. Bredthauer, Javed Iqbal, Christopher Decker

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

This analysis demonstrates that there are significant regional disparities in housing affordability among US Census-designated regions, with the Northeast and West consistently bearing the highest costs. Over time, the burdens incurred by both owners and tenants have lessened, but renters' burdens have grown considerably. Furthermore, significant regional differences in severely cost-burdened households are highlighted. The Northeast has more severely cost-burdened households than the Midwest, South, or West. There are also significant ethnic differences: Asian Americans experience a slightly lower housing cost burden, while African Americans and Native Americans bear the greatest burden, followed by Hispanics. To address these problems, legislative …

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Workshop: Auditing Diversity In The Stacks, Melissa Gonzalez Apr 2024

Workshop: Auditing Diversity In The Stacks, Melissa Gonzalez

Digital Initiatives Symposium

Our university populations are more dynamic and increasingly diverse than ever before – students should see themselves reflected in their academic institution’s collections and should have resources available to help them navigate the complexities of the world today. The impetus is on librarians to find and provide materials to help our students in both their academic pursuits and personal enrichment. In this workshop, participants will gain an overall understanding of diversity audits for academic library collections and come away with concrete examples and strategies for implementation or adaptation at their own institutions. The primary focus will be on monographs, but …

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