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Not A Student, Not An Athlete, A Person, Amanda L. Paule-Koba, Todd A. Gilson

School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies Faculty Publications

College athletics can place immense demands on athletes in terms of time commitment, physical conditioning, and pressure to perform. However, one important but less visible dimension affected by participation is one’s identity. College athletes hold multiple identities (Sturm et al., 2011) and these identities are further refined through their experiences (Chang et al., 2018). However, much less is known about athletes’ cognitive awareness of others’ perceptions and how those opinions influence athletes’ sense of self. In the present work, 52 Division I collegiate basketball players took part in a qualitative survey focused on understanding their athletic experience based on interactions …

Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 65, No. 3

Restoration Quarterly

PDF of the cover of Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 65, No. 3.

This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service.

Ua64/2 The Challenge: Magazine For The Center For Gifted Studies (No. 54, Summer 2023), Elizabeth Joyce Editor, Western Kentucky University

Gifted Studies Publications

Magazine created by and about the WKU Center for Gifted Studies.

Developing A Quality Control System For Biotechnological Device Inspection Improvement, Harsimran Hothi, Fatemeh Davoudi Kakhki

General Engineering

Incoming quality control (IQC) is integral to quality management system of manufacturing industries. IQC plays a significant role in ensuring delivery of high standard products to the target customers and, in turn, affects the company’s reputation and their competitiveness in the industry. Presenting a case from a biotechnology company, the purpose of this research is to develop a quality control system for inspection improvement of a biotechnological device. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the IQC Department encountered inconsistencies with output rate when providing inspected parts to the Manufacturing Department: an issue that could be mitigated with a documented process that addresses …

Empirical Study Of Machine Learning For Intelligent Bearing Fault Diagnosis, Armin Moghadam, Fatemeh Davoudi Kakhki

General Engineering

Bearing failure highly impacts performance and production of manufacturing systems, causes safety incidents, and results in casualties and property loss. According to the current literature, bearing faults cause 30-40% of all failures in induction motors. Therefore, identification of bearing faults, at early stages, is crucial to ensure seamless and reliable operation of induction motors in industrial and manufacturing operations. Faults occur in four components of bearing: inner race, outer race, ball, and cage. Regardless of the component in which fault occurs, it causes changes in vibration signals. Therefore, comparing normal signals with faulty ones is helpful in detecting localized faults …

Ensemble Of Handcrafted Features Of Environment Sound Classification Using A Deep Convolutional Neural Network To Enhance Accuracy And Reduce Computational Complexity, Ibrahim Abdulrahman Aljubayri

Theses and Dissertations

Environmental sound classification (ESC) is an area of active research in signal and image processing that has made significant strides over the past several years. The goal of ESC is to classify environmental sounds by extracting and analyzing handcrafted and deep features from various acoustic events. The task is complex because environmental sounds are typically unstructured, nonstationary, and overlapping. Multiple deep learning (DL) approaches have successfully tackled the ESC problem and outperformed conventional classifiers like k-nearest neighbors (kNN) or support vector machine (SVM). However, most DL approaches have high computational costs, making them unsuitable for use in embedded systems applications. …

Recognizing And Reporting Of Child Maltreatment In A Pediatric Primary Care Setting., Jennifer L. Dumey

Doctor of Nursing Practice Papers

Child abuse and neglect, together known as child maltreatment, is a global problem with grim lifelong consequences (WHO, n.d.). Education and confidence in reporting child maltreatment are imperative for medical providers who are responsible for the evaluation of children during routine visits with pediatric providers. Research continues to link child maltreatment with adverse health outcomes that span throughout a person's lifetime. For this reason, medical providers must be provided with continued education on early recognition and reporting of concerns for child maltreatment.

The purpose of this project is to increase provider knowledge on the identification and reporting of child maltreatment. …

Boundary Setting As A Non-Binary Librarian And Facilitator, Amy Gilgan

Gleeson Library Faculty and Staff Research and Scholarship

In this chapter, I will reflect on the challenges of naming my trans* identity in library spaces and facilitating discussions on gender identity as a genderqueer person. I examine the why, when and how I share my gender identity alongside my racial identity. My library instruction is influenced by my work as an intergroup dialogue facilitator and mediator. Intergroup dialogue pedagogy invites both the facilitators and participants to examine the ways in which their social identity development impacts how they see themselves and others. According to Jackson and Hardiman’s Social Identity Development Model, there is a stage of resistance in …

Facilitation Skills For Critical Library Instruction (Book Chapter), Amy Gilgan

Gleeson Library Faculty and Staff Research and Scholarship

Critical library instruction draws from Freirean pedagogy in which students engage in dialogic learning. As such, librarians who strive to bring critical pedagogy into libraries must build their capacity to facilitate dialogue. Drawing from both intergroup dialogue pedagogy and multi-partial mediation, this chapter will outline tools for facilitating dialogue in library instruction. Intergroup dialogue is a scaffolded four stage model in which participants build community norms and communication skills, engage with social identity, apply communication skills to conversations about power, and strategize next steps for building solidarity. In contrast to neutrality, multi-partial mediation names and attempts to address power dynamics …

There Are No Unconstitutional Conditions On Free Exercise, Michael A. Helfand

Notre Dame Law Review Reflection

Maybe no passage about the unconstitutional conditions doctrine is quite as memorable as the judgment rendered by Adam Cox and Adam Samaha: “You can easily question the judgment of anyone who writes a paper, even an essay, with ‘unconstitutional conditions’ in the title. The topic is very 1980s and scholars lost their enthusiasm for it not long after the Go-Go’s broke up.”

And yet, recent court decisions—and the government response to them—have thrust the doctrine back onto the scholarly agenda. At the center of this renewed interest is a series of recent Supreme Court cases prohibiting exclusion of religion and …

Religious Liberty For Religious Child-Welfare Organizations: Promises And Perils, Asma T. Uddin

Notre Dame Law Review Reflection

In the 2015 case Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court held that states cannot deny same-sex couples access to marriage and its accompanying benefits. Some religious communities with traditional beliefs about marriage and sexuality responded to the ruling with strong concerns about its potential impact on their religious exercise.

One area of concern involved religious child-welfare organizations that work with the state to provide these services. In all states, there are two options for prospective parents seeking to adopt children. In the private system, birth parents voluntarily place their child up for adoption through a private organization. In …

Tuning Oxo Formation Energies Using Spectator Ligands In The Mil-100 Metal Organic Framework, Victoria E. Lee, Stephen P. Vicchio, Rachel B. Getman

Chemistry Summer Research Program

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Low-Energy X-Rays And Uv Radiation On Fibroblast Cells, Michelle Gorodisky, Congyue Peng, Arianna Csiszer, Delphine Dean

Chemistry Summer Research Program

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Leaders Of Tomorrow: The Need To Study Leadership In Adolescence, Jennifer L. Tackett, Kathleen W. Reardon, Nathanael J. Fast, Lars Johnson

Psychology Faculty Publications

Leadership traits and behaviors are observed early in human development, and although an improved understanding of youth leadership would usefully inform many real-world contexts (e.g., education, parenting, policy), most empirical work on leadership has been limited to adult populations. The purpose of the current article is to add a developmental perspective to leadership research that has so far been absent. Here, we (a) highlight adolescence as a critical developmental period for leadership emergence and development, (b) argue that leadership among youths is poorly understood and critically understudied, (c) provide exemplars of synergy between research on leadership and adolescent development that …

New Ways To Impact Primary Palliative Care Practices Using Online Continuing Education, Charlene Barke, Sarah Mollman, Amy Skoglund, Brandi Pravecek, Mari Perrenoud, Carol Stewart

College of Nursing Faculty Publications

Background: Healthcare professionals trained in palliative care (PC) improve satisfaction and decrease healthcare overutilization for patients with serious illness and their families. A continuing education (CE) series on primary PC aligned to the National Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality PC was developed by local, interdisciplinary experts for a target audience of rural, primary care healthcare professionals. The modules were accessed on an online learning management system platform.
Objective: The study objectives were to assess differences in participants’ knowledge, competence, performance, and ability to improve patient care as well as commitment to change practice after taking each of the CE modules. …

Compact Flexible Heart Rate Monitor Simulations, Jack Ellingson, Dean Arakaki

Electrical Engineering

Cardiovascular disease is a global health concern; heart rate monitors can help assess cardiac health. Sensors must be effective and non-invasive. This project develops and characterizes flexible substrate antennas for heart beat detection through reflection coefficient measurements. Antenna substrate printing and sensor applications are through external collaborations. The project includes curved ground plane and substrate HFSS models to determine reflection coefficient responses to chest expansions.

Design And Analysis Of 3d Cassegrain Antenna Using Hfss, Andrew Wu, Dean Arakaki

Electrical Engineering

Parabolic antennas offer high gain and narrow beamwidth by employing a reflector to collimate radio waves. Dual reflectors reduce antenna system size over single reflectors and increase design optimization options. This paper introduces a detailed HFSS-based Cassegrain dual reflector design procedure for antenna design engineers. A stripline power splitter excites a 4x4 patch feed array. The parameterized model illustrates performance tradeoffs to meet system operating requirements.

2023-2024 Catalog, Governors State University

Catalogs

The 2023-2024 Governors State University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog is a comprehensive listing of current information regarding:
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The Decentralization Problem Of Low Power Lenses And Treatment Methods, Mundher Sameen Shuker

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

In a study where all patients (50) were chosen, the causes of the eccentricity issue with low energy lenses (0.25D to 1.0D) and treatment options were examined. who wore visual techniques teaching clinic at the College of Health and Medical Technologies-Bagdad. For the period from (1-9-2021 up to 1-5-2022). The causes of deviation in the center of the lenses were studied determined the treatment methods, it appeared that they occurred in the process of smoothing and centering. Process of the lenses was determined by using Newton's rings examination kit and the diameter of the lens after centrifuging and edges with …

Anesthesia Complication In Induction, Maintenance And Recovery Of Subtotal Thyroidectomy In Baghdad City/Iraq, Adel Amen Hama

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

Thyroidectomy is a common surgical procedure that has several potential complications or sequels including hemorrhage, vocal cord palsy, and laryngeal edema. Aim of study: To study the incidence of complication that occurs during induction, maintenance and recovery from subtotal thyroidectomy surgery. The current study began on November the 1st, 2021 till April the 17th, 2022 in Baghdad Teaching Hospital at the General and ENT surgical departments; it included 50 patients (45 females, and 5 males). Pre-operative Medical history and physical examination was practiced and recorded, all surgeries was performed under general anasthesia with endotracheal intubation, with continuous monitoring during and …

Detection Of Imipenem Resistant Hypervirulent Klebsiella Pneumonia In Uti Patients, Ismael Waadullah Ismael, Suhaib Khalid Ibrahim, Maitham Sabah Sadiq

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

Klebsiella pneumonia is a very deleterious microbes that is essentially take gram dye staining & considered gram negative when stained by gram staining method and appear microscopically as bar or rod in shape which have very mucoid large specific colonies on blood agar medium due to potential ability to produce large glycocalyx and muco- polysaccharides that link together to secrete large biofilm and slime layer which in turn increase invasive ability of microbes to host and become resistant to several effective drugs , increase these ability being widely observed in highly evolutionary strains that have multi-virulent factors like muco-polysaccharide capsule …

The Difference Between Two Minus Lens And Push –Up Methods In Calculation Accommoduction (The Best Method In Calculation Accommoduction), Mohamen Samir, Hassan Al-Mawy, Hassain Salim

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

Several studies are exploring the possibility that people who are already nearsighted, have unusually high levels of aberration or show greater adaptive delays. The main aim of this project is to calculate accommodation & its effect on hypermetropic & myopic subjects Were had been 80 cases in a normal state but of her cases, 34 were myopic and hypermetropic when examination found differences between the amount of accommodation in hypermetropic and myopic. In myopic, the patients were very comfortable because have a high degree of accommodation, but in hypermetropic the patients had a low amount of accommodation because it has …

The Effect Of Heat On Eye In Bakery Workers, Mundher Sameen Shuker, Mohaiman Sameer, Saja Mohson Odeh, Jaffer Saad Karim

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

The impact of heat on the eye can lead to potential risks to ocular structures and visual function. Prolonged or intense heat exposure can lead to various ocular manifestations. Dry Eye Syndrome is a common consequence, attributed to increased tear evaporation and resulting in symptoms such as redness, irritation, and blurred vision. The aims of study to evaluate the effect of heat on the eyes of workers and people who use thermal bakeries while working on them during the day and to know the surrounding factors in the workplace and their effect on the eyes. This study was conducted at …

Utilization Of Modified Early Warning Scores (Mews) To Decrease In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests (Ihca), Ashley Bryan

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Background: Less than 25% of patients survive to discharge after an in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). The American Heart Association (AHA) aimed to increase the survival to discharge after IHCA to 35%, according to the AHA Get with the Guidelines (GWTG). Pre-implementation of MEWS-based rapid response rounding the facility had a 24% survival to discharge rate after IHCA.

Purpose: The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project aimed to improve the survival to discharge percentage after IHCA by implementing MEWS-based rapid response rounding on all patients with a MEWS of four or greater.

Methods: The quality improvement project consisted of having rapid …

Student Engagement And The Impact Of Successful Completion In A Virtual Alternative Program, Nicole Almiria Davis

Dissertations

The focus of this study was to examine the correlation between student engagement and successful completion of online alternative courses during the summer session from June 2022 through July 2022. The research questions focused on the difference in engagement levels between students who completed the course and those who did not complete the course. The study was motivated by the growing importance of alternative online programming in education. This study also aimed to fill gaps in existing research that failed to directly connect student engagement to the success of online programs. The findings provide valuable insights for school leaders, teachers, …

Blank Page, Rob Hardy

Emerald City

No abstract provided.

Kg-Hub-Building And Exchanging Biological Knowledge Graphs., J Harry Caufield, Tim Putman, Kevin Schaper, Deepak R Unni, Harshad Hegde, Tiffany J Callahan, Luca Cappelletti, Sierra A T Moxon, Vida Ravanmehr, Seth Carbon, Lauren E Chan, Katherina Cortes, Kent A Shefchek, Glass Elsarboukh, Jim Balhoff, Tommaso Fontana, Nicolas Matentzoglu, Richard M Bruskiewich, Anne E Thessen, Nomi L Harris, Monica C Munoz-Torres, Melissa A Haendel, Peter N Robinson, Marcin P Joachimiak, Christopher J Mungall, Justin T Reese

Faculty Research 2023

MOTIVATION: Knowledge graphs (KGs) are a powerful approach for integrating heterogeneous data and making inferences in biology and many other domains, but a coherent solution for constructing, exchanging, and facilitating the downstream use of KGs is lacking.

RESULTS: Here we present KG-Hub, a platform that enables standardized construction, exchange, and reuse of KGs. Features include a simple, modular extract-transform-load pattern for producing graphs compliant with Biolink Model (a high-level data model for standardizing biological data), easy integration of any OBO (Open Biological and Biomedical Ontologies) ontology, cached downloads of upstream data sources, versioned and automatically updated builds with stable URLs, …

Grape For Fast And Scalable Graph Processing And Random-Walk-Based Embedding, Luca Cappelletti, Tommaso Fontana, Elena Casiraghi, Vida Ravanmehr, Tiffany J. Callahan, Carlos Cano, Marcin P. Joachimiak, Christopher J. Mungall, Peter N Robinson, Justin Reese, Giorgio Valentini

Faculty Research 2023

Graph representation learning methods opened new avenues for addressing complex, real-world problems represented by graphs. However, many graphs used in these applications comprise millions of nodes and billions of edges and are beyond the capabilities of current methods and software implementations. We present GRAPE (Graph Representation Learning, Prediction and Evaluation), a software resource for graph processing and embedding that is able to scale with big graphs by using specialized and smart data structures, algorithms, and a fast parallel implementation of random-walk-based methods. Compared with state-of-the-art software resources, GRAPE shows an improvement of orders of magnitude in empirical space and time …

An Investigation On The Role Of Positive Psychological Constructs On Educational Outcomes In Business Schools, Eileen Kwesiga, Katharina Spraul, Baniyelme D. Zoogah

Management Department Faculty Journal Articles

Business schools are increasingly interested in empowering students to be more competent and driven for social changes through service learning. However, studies examining the role of positive traits and cross-cultural differences of service-learning education are limited. As a result, we leveraged positive psychology reasoning to explore the relationship between positive behavior as indicated by compassion, ethical leadership, perceived supervisory support and service-learning benefits for students (N = 272; n = 59 teams) in the United States of America (U.S.) and Germany. We used hierarchical linear modeling (2-Level model) to find main effects of relational compassion, ethical leadership, perceived supervisory support, …

New Mexico Teachers’ Perceptions Of Students Who Stutter, Kyla Evelyn Cook

Speech and Hearing Sciences ETDs

Although stuttering may have a negative impact on quality of life, social support can mediate this impact and result in better outcomes. Teachers can be an important support for children. However, studies have shown that teachers have similar biases and knowledge compared to the public, and therefore may hold harmful beliefs about their students who stutter. This online survey is part of the assessment phase that aims to investigate the local attitudes and beliefs of K-12 school teachers in New Mexico. The data showed that New Mexico teachers have similar knowledge and biases as teachers globally. Results indicate New Mexico …