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The Phenomenon Of Information Flow From Traditional And New Media About The Corona Pandemic From The Perspective Of Newly Graduated Media Professionals In Yemen, Mansour Al-Muntasir
The Phenomenon Of Information Flow From Traditional And New Media About The Corona Pandemic From The Perspective Of Newly Graduated Media Professionals In Yemen, Mansour Al-Muntasir
This study aims to explore the external limits of the Corona pandemic in all traditional and new media, which paid attention to this event in a way that the media had not seen before, relying on citizens' participation in the production of news in social media. This study also aims to find out how newly graduated journalists interact with the event on both professional and personal levels, especially with the spread of misinformation and fake news about the Corona virus. The researchers have adopted the qualitative method to obtain deep information from the sample selected by the study, as it …
The Role Of Radio And Television Programmes In Providing Drug Information From The Perspectives Of The Jordanian Public And Pharmaceutical Sector Employees, Obadah Sa’Ad, Omar Al Rashdan, Hanan Al-Shiekh
The Role Of Radio And Television Programmes In Providing Drug Information From The Perspectives Of The Jordanian Public And Pharmaceutical Sector Employees, Obadah Sa’Ad, Omar Al Rashdan, Hanan Al-Shiekh
This study aimed to identify the role of radio and television programmes in providing drug information to the Jordanian society. The study adopted the descriptive analytical approach, and two special questionnaires were developed for the study. The study sample consisted of (287) employees from the pharmaceutical sector (pharmacists, doctors), and (389) members of the Jordanian public who visited Hamzah and Al-Bashir Hospitals in Amman, Jordan. The results of the study concluded that the role of radio and television programmes in providing drug information to the Jordanian society from the viewpoint of the public came to a medium degree, and that …
The Reality Of Media Training In Jordanian Media Institutions From The View Point Of Journalists - A Field Study, Kamel Khurshid Murad, Saddam Al-Mashagbah
The Reality Of Media Training In Jordanian Media Institutions From The View Point Of Journalists - A Field Study, Kamel Khurshid Murad, Saddam Al-Mashagbah
The article aimed to identify the reality of media training in Jordanian media institutions from the point of view of journalists in Jordan. It adopted a descriptive approach using a questionnaire distributed to a simple random sample of (66) journalists in the Radio and Television Corporation, Petra Agency, daily newspapers, some electronic news websites, the Journalists Syndicate and some satellite channels. The results revealed that 43.9% of the media institutions have departments for training, and 51.5% are interested in holding training courses at a medium rate. The results also showed that 53.0% of the sample describe the percentage of learning …
The Impact Of Negative Online Rumors On The Attitudes Of The Palestinian Audience Towards The Liberation Of The Six Prisoners: A Content Analysis Of Facebook Pages, Suhair Al Rjoub, Saed Shaheen
The Impact Of Negative Online Rumors On The Attitudes Of The Palestinian Audience Towards The Liberation Of The Six Prisoners: A Content Analysis Of Facebook Pages, Suhair Al Rjoub, Saed Shaheen
This research aims to identify the topics covered by Facebook pages regarding the issue of the six prisoners’ liberation. It deals with the negative impact of rumors on the Palestinian public’s attitudes towards the issue of the six prisoners’ liberation on Facebook through analyzing the content of the pages. In this study, the research used the content analysis tool; the sample of the study included five pages that dealt with the issue of the six prisoners who liberated themselves through a tunnel under Gilboa prison. The research deployed the theory of social responsibility and relied on the “descriptive survey” to …
The Effectiveness Of Media Curricula In Sudanese Universities In Light Of The Challenges And Requirements Of The Labor Market In The Era Of Digital Media From Media Faculties’ Perspectives, Lamia Salah Al Deen Mohammad Ibrahim
The Effectiveness Of Media Curricula In Sudanese Universities In Light Of The Challenges And Requirements Of The Labor Market In The Era Of Digital Media From Media Faculties’ Perspectives, Lamia Salah Al Deen Mohammad Ibrahim
This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of the media curricula in Sudanese universities regarding the challenges and the requirements of the labor market in the era of digital media. The researcher used the descriptive analytical approach; an electronic questionnaire form was designed as a tool for data collection. It was distributed to a simple random sample consisting of (40) individuals, representing (45%) of the total study population represented by (95) professors. The study concludes with a number of findings, most importantly are: the degree of effectiveness of the media curricula in Sudanese universities in light of the challenges and …
The Effectiveness Of Interactive Video In Developing Animation Production Skills For Educational Technology Students At Middle East University, Fadi Abdulraheem Odah
The Effectiveness Of Interactive Video In Developing Animation Production Skills For Educational Technology Students At Middle East University, Fadi Abdulraheem Odah
This study deals with the effectiveness of interactive video in developing animation production skills among Educational Technology students at Middle East University. The researcher used semi-experimental mothod, where the research sample consisted of (40) students from Educational Technology students at the Faculty of Educational Siences, Middle East University. The sample consisted of two equal groups: a control group of (20) male and female students that were taught in the usual way at laboratories, and an experemental group of (20) students that were taught through interactive vide. The research tools consisted of an observation card to measure the performance. The results …
The Who’S Interest In Its Communication Messages On (Covid-19) Pandemic Via Facebook And Twitter Platforms, Rana Mezher Khalid, Layla Ahmad Jarrar
The Who’S Interest In Its Communication Messages On (Covid-19) Pandemic Via Facebook And Twitter Platforms, Rana Mezher Khalid, Layla Ahmad Jarrar
The study aims to identify the degree of interest of the World Health Organization (WHO) through social networks in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic on Facebook and Twitter platforms. The theory of media frameworks was implemented, and the content analysis was used as a tool for quantitative and qualitative analysis of the communicative messages of the organization. A deliberate sample was selected, which included all the messages of the World Health Organization during the period from the beginning of the disease until its declaration as a global pandemic, that is: during the period from 30/12/2019 – 11/3/2020, and this time …
Job Satisfaction Among Female Media Professionals In Palestine And The Obstacles They Face In Practicing Their Work, Mohammad Ahmad Injas, Izzat Mohammad Hijab
Job Satisfaction Among Female Media Professionals In Palestine And The Obstacles They Face In Practicing Their Work, Mohammad Ahmad Injas, Izzat Mohammad Hijab
The study aimed to identify the climates in which Palestinian female media work, identify the obstacles that female media face, and identify their degree of job satisfaction. The study used the descriptive survey method, and the study adopted a questionnaire as a tool for collecting data related to the topic of the research, which was distributed to a random sample of (180) female media professionals out of (206) female media workers, according to the Palestine Journalists Syndicate record for the year 2020. The results of the study showed that the media profession affects the familial and family stability of female …
How The Palestinian Cause Has Been Framed In The Jordanian Opinion Articles, Hani Ahmad Fayez Al-Badri
How The Palestinian Cause Has Been Framed In The Jordanian Opinion Articles, Hani Ahmad Fayez Al-Badri
This study aims to identify the presentation of the Palestinian cause in Jordanian opinion articles published on online news sites representing daily newspapers. In addition to monitoring the topics and issues that have been highlighted, and comparing the similarities and differences between the sample newspapers in discussing this cause. The study uses the media survey methodology and the comparative approach in order to obtain required data and information, and compare the analysis results of the opinion articles in both Alghad and Addustour newspapers. The study population is represented in the opinion articles published on online news sites that represent daily …
The Role Of Jordanian Mass Media In Facing The Rumors From Communication Practitioner’S Perspective: Survey Study, Rami Basem Yousef Haddad, Kamel Khurshid Murad
The Role Of Jordanian Mass Media In Facing The Rumors From Communication Practitioner’S Perspective: Survey Study, Rami Basem Yousef Haddad, Kamel Khurshid Murad
The study aimed to define role of the Jordanian media in facing rumors as seen by communicators, to identify the most common rumors and the motives behind them. The study adopted the survey method with a questionnaire as a tool for collecting data. The study The study aimed to define role of the Jordanian media in facing rumors as seen by communicators, to identify the most common rumors and the motives behind them. The study adopted the survey method with a questionnaire as a tool for collecting data. The study population consisted of 397 communicators working in official Jordanian media …
Political Participation In Jordan In Light Of The Royal Discussion Papers, Sahar Mohammad Al Tarawneh, Rema Lutfi Abu Hmidan
Political Participation In Jordan In Light Of The Royal Discussion Papers, Sahar Mohammad Al Tarawneh, Rema Lutfi Abu Hmidan
Effective political participation plays a key role in promoting good democratic governance and the rule of law in order to achieve transparency and the principle of accountability, which contribute mainly to the process of political, economic and social development. This study aims to define political participation and its application forms, and to identify democratic practices and the elements of political participation in Jordan in light of the political reform process and the royal discussion papers. The study also tackles the role of the means of communication and media as a major factor in this process and discusses the opportunities of …
Remote Agent-Based Observability Technique For Iot Application Telemetry Data Collection, Akram Sheriff, Rajiv Asati
Remote Agent-Based Observability Technique For Iot Application Telemetry Data Collection, Akram Sheriff, Rajiv Asati
Defensive Publications Series
Techniques are presented herein that support a remote observability capability (comprising remote visibility, monitoring, and troubleshooting) for Internet of things (IoT) devices that are connected behind an IoT gateway (by agnostic network connectivity) through a dynamically deployed Enterprise Agent that is able to monitor all of the underlying state changes (through a southbound interface in an operational technology (OT) protocol agnostic manner) in IoT devices and then relay the collected telemetry data to a cloud-based facility. Aspects of the presented techniques leverage an embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM)-based Java Card facility to collect telemetry data through a metrics, events, logs, …
Modular Tray For Data Center, N/A
Modular Tray For Data Center, N/A
Defensive Publications Series
This disclosure describes a modular, reconfigurable, data-center tray capable of holding a wide range of payloads. The tray includes a subframe that attaches to a main base frame (chassis) that serves as a universal primary platform. The subframe can be swapped out with any new subframe as long as the new subframe utilizes at least some of the interfaces in the primary frame. The subframe includes bays capable of hosting modules of varying functionality, e.g., input-output modules, GPU modules, power-supply modules, etc. The described tray enables the simultaneous development of multiple products for different use cases. The tray can be …
Combo Hood Breeze Function As Dryer Feature_Id-05698, Paolo Markovina
Combo Hood Breeze Function As Dryer Feature_Id-05698, Paolo Markovina
Defensive Publications Series
The invention disclosures a method of combo hood (the induction cooking hob integrated with down suction hood) inner cavity and filters drying after the cooking process for the scope to enable the air cleaning filters (grease and odors) regeneration for the next cooking cycle, without reduced filtering performances.
In particular, since that dry airflow prevents the molds and yeasts generation and growth, the concept predicts to ventilate and dry the appliance cavity, a built-in furniture, and a backwall close to appliance installation, for some time after cooking process ended, since that the same became wet through the cooking phase, when …
A Protein Kinase Coordinates Cycles Of Autophagy And Glutaminolysis In Invasive Hyphae Of The Fungus Magnaporthe Oryzae Within Rice Cells, Gang Li, Ziwen Gong, Nawaraj Dulal, Margarita Marroquin-Guzman, Raquel O. Rocha, Michael Richter, Richard A. Wilson
A Protein Kinase Coordinates Cycles Of Autophagy And Glutaminolysis In Invasive Hyphae Of The Fungus Magnaporthe Oryzae Within Rice Cells, Gang Li, Ziwen Gong, Nawaraj Dulal, Margarita Marroquin-Guzman, Raquel O. Rocha, Michael Richter, Richard A. Wilson
Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications
The blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae produces invasive hyphae in living rice cells during early infection, separated from the host cytoplasm by plantderived interfacial membranes. However, the mechanisms underpinning this intracellular biotrophic growth phase are poorly understood. Here, we show that the M. oryzae serine/threonine protein kinase Rim15 promotes biotrophic growth by coordinating cycles of autophagy and glutaminolysis in invasive hyphae. Alongside inducing autophagy, Rim15 phosphorylates NADdependent glutamate dehydrogenase, resulting in increased levels of α- ketoglutarate that reactivate target-of-rapamycin (TOR) kinase signaling, which inhibits autophagy. Deleting RIM15 attenuates invasive hyphal growth and triggers plant immunity; exogenous addition of α-ketoglutarate prevents these …
Longitudinal Prospective Relations Between Cannabis Use And Substance-Free Activities In A Diverse Community Sample Of Emerging Adult Heavy Drinkers, Andrew T. Voss
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
National drinking and drug use trends suggest emerging adulthood (ages 18-25) is the developmental apex of harmful co-use of alcohol and drugs, with notable recent increases in cannabis use among emerging adults. Many emerging adults naturally begin to reduce harmful alcohol or drug use into their late 20s and 30s, however, a significant subgroup report a developmentally persistent pattern of frequent alcohol and cannabis use. There is evidence that limited access to alternative substance-free reinforcement (SFR) is a risk factor for chronic alcohol and drug misuse, there is a need for longitudinal research that examines changes in patterns of SFR …
Identification Of T-Dna Structure And Insertion Site In Transgenic Crops Using Targeted Capture Sequencing, Eric Maina Magembe, Hui Li, Ali Taheri, Suping Zhou, Marc Ghislain
Identification Of T-Dna Structure And Insertion Site In Transgenic Crops Using Targeted Capture Sequencing, Eric Maina Magembe, Hui Li, Ali Taheri, Suping Zhou, Marc Ghislain
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research
The commercialization of GE crops requires a rigorous safety assessment, which includes a precise DNA level characterization of inserted T-DNA. In the past, several strategies have been developed for identifying T-DNA insertion sites including, Southern blot and different PCR-based methods. However, these methods are often challenging to scale up for screening of dozens of transgenic events and for crops with complex genomes, like potato. Here, we report using target capture sequencing (TCS) to characterize the T-DNA structure and insertion sites of 34 transgenic events in potato. This T-DNA is an 18 kb fragment between left and right borders and carries …
Minutes Staff Senate Meeting, July 12, 2023, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Staff Senate
Minutes Staff Senate Meeting, July 12, 2023, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Staff Senate
Staff Senate Meeting Minutes
No abstract provided.
Assessment Of The Dissemination Of Covid-19-Related Articles Across Social Media: Altmetrics Study., Haley Tornberg, Carine Moezinia, Chapman Wei, Simone A Bernstein, Chaplin Wei, Refka Al-Beyati, Theodore Quan, David J Diemert
Assessment Of The Dissemination Of Covid-19-Related Articles Across Social Media: Altmetrics Study., Haley Tornberg, Carine Moezinia, Chapman Wei, Simone A Bernstein, Chaplin Wei, Refka Al-Beyati, Theodore Quan, David J Diemert
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Departmental Research
BACKGROUND: The use of social media assists in the distribution of information about COVID-19 to the general public and health professionals. Alternative-level metrics (i.e., Altmetrics) is an alternative method to traditional bibliometrics that assess the extent of dissemination of a scientific article on social media platforms.
OBJECTIVE: Our study objective was to characterize and compare traditional bibliometrics (citation count) with newer metrics (Altmetric Attention Score [AAS]) of the top 100 Altmetric-scored articles on COVID-19.
METHODS: The top 100 articles with the highest AAS were identified using the Altmetric explorer in May 2020. AAS, journal name, and mentions from various social …
We Are ... Marshall, July 12, 2023, Office Of Marshall University Communications
We Are ... Marshall, July 12, 2023, Office Of Marshall University Communications
We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023
No abstract provided.
Lois Snelling Poems And Manuscripts, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro
Lois Snelling Poems And Manuscripts, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro
Archival Collection Finding Aids
Lois Snelling was a poet and author of numerous poems, four novels, and one biography. Several of her poems won awards from literary circles in Arkansas and Texas. This collection contains a select number of poems and manuscripts by Lois Snelling.
Seesaw: Detecting Isoform-Level Allelic Imbalance Accounting For Inferential Uncertainty., Euphy Y Wu, Noor P Singh, Kwangbom Choi, Mohsen Zakeri, Matthew J Vincent, Gary Churchill, Cheryl L Ackert-Bicknell, Rob Patro, Michael I Love
Seesaw: Detecting Isoform-Level Allelic Imbalance Accounting For Inferential Uncertainty., Euphy Y Wu, Noor P Singh, Kwangbom Choi, Mohsen Zakeri, Matthew J Vincent, Gary Churchill, Cheryl L Ackert-Bicknell, Rob Patro, Michael I Love
Faculty Research 2023
Detecting allelic imbalance at the isoform level requires accounting for inferential uncertainty, caused by multi-mapping of RNA-seq reads. Our proposed method, SEESAW, uses Salmon and Swish to offer analysis at various levels of resolution, including gene, isoform, and aggregating isoforms to groups by transcription start site. The aggregation strategies strengthen the signal for transcripts with high uncertainty. The SEESAW suite of methods is shown to have higher power than other allelic imbalance methods when there is isoform-level allelic imbalance. We also introduce a new test for detecting imbalance that varies across a covariate, such as time.
Implementing Trauma-Informed Care Curriculum In A Doctoral Nursing Program, Mary D. Brown
Implementing Trauma-Informed Care Curriculum In A Doctoral Nursing Program, Mary D. Brown
Dissertations
Purpose: Trauma is highly prevalent with 70% of individuals encountering at least one traumatic event during their lifetime and approximately 30% experiencing four or more events (Wheeler & Phillips, 2021). Despite the dramatic impact of trauma, there is minimal literature to assist nurses in caring for patients with a trauma history. The purpose of this project was to evaluate the implementation of a virtual, asynchronous trauma-informed care (TIC) educational program for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students at a midsized, Midwestern public university using knowledge, attitudes, and competency scores as outcome measures.
Methods: This program evaluation (PE) project was an …
Evaluation Of Simulation On Medication Errors In The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Carrie Clark
Evaluation Of Simulation On Medication Errors In The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Carrie Clark
Dissertations
Problem: Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, the most common medical error being medication error. Pediatric patients are at an increased risk of medication error due to medication dosage calculation and the use of frequent high hazardous drugs.
Methods: The quality improvement (QI) project implemented the use of descriptive observational design using retro and prospective data. The data was collected over a 4-week and 4-week period by gathering data via safety and environmental management survey (SEMS).
Results: The data gathered consisted of an increase in medication errors of 150%. The data collected yielded …
Screening For Food Insecurity In A Suburban Pediatric Urgent Care, Rachel Foutz
Screening For Food Insecurity In A Suburban Pediatric Urgent Care, Rachel Foutz
Dissertations
Problem: Screening for Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), including food insecurity (FI) should be done on a regular basis at a child’s pediatrician. Many children in the state of Missouri do not have a pediatrician or do not regularly see their pediatrician and are therefore never being screened for FI.
Methods: This observational descriptive quality improvement (QI) project utilized a prospective observational analysis to implement a voluntary FI screening tool in a pediatric only urgent care. The project sampled pediatric patients aged two days to 21 years of life. All participants were given local resources after completing the screening. The …
Prediabetic Screening Tool In Primary Care, Ashley Koon
Prediabetic Screening Tool In Primary Care, Ashley Koon
Dissertations
Prediabetic Screening Tool in Primary Care
Problem: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic health condition that affects millions of individuals each year. In addition, it is known as the seventh leading cause of death. While guidelines recommend using evidence-based screening tools, many primary care practices do not implement them. Therefore, potentially resulting in delayed identification and implementation of primary and secondary prevention strategies.
Methods: This quality improvement (QI) pilot project utilized a descriptive, observational study design. The American Diabetes Association Risk Tool (ADART) was administered to a convenience sample of patients aged 18 to 44 years old without a previous diagnosis …
Acute Agitation Intervention Tool For Reduction Of Polypharmacy, Brooks J. Propst
Acute Agitation Intervention Tool For Reduction Of Polypharmacy, Brooks J. Propst
Dissertations
Introduction: Patients with behavioral health diagnoses are among the highest risk for
aggression. For pediatric patients with behavioral health needs, urgent treatment is
needed for aggressive behavior, due to the potential unwanted outcomes. The purpose of this Quality Improvement (QI) pilot project was to implement an Acute Agitation Intervention Tool that uses the Broset Violence Checklist (BVC) to guide
pharmacological intervention for mild and moderate to severe agitation in pediatric
patients with behavioral health needs ages 8 to 18 to decrease the number of medications that patients are getting per agitation event over a 12-week period.
Methods: This QI included …
Pediatric Streptococcal Pharyngitis Testing And Treatment Practices, Amanda Welch
Pediatric Streptococcal Pharyngitis Testing And Treatment Practices, Amanda Welch
Dissertations
Objective: The purpose of this pilot quality improvement study was to implement SmartPhrases and assess its impact on adherence to the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) guideline for Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis testing and treatment in pediatric patients ages 1-16 years old. The aim was to use SmartPhrases to improve adherence with the IDSA guideline by 30% for GAS pharyngitis swabbing and 10% for appropriate antibiotic prescribing in three months.
Methods: A retrospective data analysis approach was used, in reviewing SmartPhrases data from the electronic health records (EHR) in a metropolitan Urgent Care. This data were collected from …
Encouraging Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake: A Healthcare Improvement Project, Lauren E. Woll
Encouraging Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake: A Healthcare Improvement Project, Lauren E. Woll
Dissertations
Abstract
Problem: Human papillomaviruses are the causative agents of >95% of cervical cancers, most oropharyngeal and anogenital cancers, yet the vaccination status of the population remains critically low despite Gardasil9 offering robust protection against HPV-related disease.
Methods: This quality improvement project utilized a descriptive, observational design to assess the effect of the HPV Encouragement Bundle, a two-step intervention to improve HPV vaccine uptake. Quantitative data was collected via retrospective chart review to assess the effect of the intervention on first-dose administration of Gardasil9 (series initiation), as well as overall Gardasil9 vaccine uptake.
Results: Following implementation, Gardasil9 first dose uptake increased …
Implementation Of An Educational Teach-Back Program For Patients With Hypertension, Lakesha Hill
Implementation Of An Educational Teach-Back Program For Patients With Hypertension, Lakesha Hill
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Implementation of an Educational Teach-back Program for Patients with Hypertension
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Problem: To improve health literacy and provide adequate health care to patients and their family, clear and effective dialogue is essential. The teach-back method is a technique utilized to confirm a patient’s level of understanding of care instructions done by relaying patient directions, and then confirming the patient understands by asking the patient to reiterate those directions. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to assess the effectiveness of using the teach-back method by health care professionals with their patients who have a diagnosis of hypertension or high …