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"Patiently Waiting": How Do Non-Driving Disabled Adults Get Around In Rural America, Rtc: Rural, Krys Standley, Andrew Myers

Independent Living and Community Participation

Poster presentation exploring interviews with rural people with disabilities who rely solely on rides from others or public transportation.

Calceolaria Nivalis Subsp. Lanatifolia, A New Subspecies Of Calceolariaceae From Northern Peru, Pamela Puppo

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

A new subspecies of Calceolaria nivalis, C. nivalis subsp. lanatifolia is described and illustrated. The new subspecies was collected in Uchumarca district, department of La Libertad, Peru, between 2300–3850 m elevation. Calceolaria nivalis subsp. lanatifolia is characterized by the lanate indumentum in the lower surface of the leaves, villous petioles, peduncles, and pedicels, and sepals with a strigose margin internally.

Traditional Cultural Artmaking Practices And Their Impact On Wellness, Rochelle Le Heux, Isabel Maddahi, Christina Mccue, Lala Minassian, Martha Orozco, Devika Parmar, Vivian Rodriguez, Ruth Sze, Shannon Thomas

LMU Theses and Dissertations

This study explores the impact that traditional artmaking can have on the wellness of individuals who continue to practice their traditional crafts. Limited research has explored how culturally adapted art therapy practices and culturally relevant materials can promote wellness and alleviate emotional and acculturation challenges for multicultural populations. This research included a case study approach that invited five participants who regularly engaged in a traditional artmaking practice to continue their practice for four consecutive weeks and reflect on their sense of wellness after each traditional artmaking engagement. Over the four weeks, participants completed an initial survey to assess their baseline …

Towards Prediction Of A User's Identity From Missing Biometric Data From Iot Devices And Understanding Associated Risks, Chi-Wei Lien, Natsu Yamamoto, Sudip Vhaduri

Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship

With the emergence of the internet of things (IoT), smart sensing devices such as smartwatches and smartphones are rich with various sensors helping us with different services, including unlocking cars and validating financial transactions. But, often these services are delivered based on a user’s sensitive personal information, including demographic identity, and various sensitive data, such as heart rate. Therefore, it is important to understand how missing biometric samples can be fatal to predict a user’s identity and raise threats to the user’s IoT-connected cyber-physical space. This project will utilize machine learning and data fusion techniques on smartwatch/smartphone data to predict …

Impact Of The Pandemic On Computer Science Education, Dwight Miller, Guy Trainin

Research and Evaluation in Education, Technology, Art, and Design

This poster examines the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on computer science education in Nebraska. Data collected by Code.org on student and teacher engagement in CS education in Nebraska public and private schools helps paint a picture of the changing landscape.We reveal a significant decrease in rural student participation since the 2019-20 school year, a minimal increase in the number of teachers teaching with Code.org, and a significant drop in participation of girls at the secondary level. By uncovering these trends in engagement, we hope to inform and inspire educators and administrators to take action.

Partitioning The Apparent Temperature Sensitivity Into Withinand Across-Taxa Responses: Revisiting The Difference Between Autotrophic And Heterotrophic Protists, Bingzhang Chen, David J.S. Montagnes, Qing Wang, Hongbin Liu, Susanne Menden-Deuer

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

Conventional analyses suggest that the metabolism of heterotrophs is thermally more sensitive than that of autotrophs, implying that warming leads to pronounced trophodynamic imbalances. However, these analyses inappropriately combine within-and acrosstaxa trends. Our new analysis separates these, revealing that 92% of the difference in the apparent thermal sensitivity between autotrophic and heterotrophic protists does indeed arise from within-taxa responses. Fitness differences among taxa adapted to different temperature regimes only partially compensate for the positive biochemical relationship between temperature and growth rate within taxa, supporting the hotter-is-partially-better hypothesis. Our work highlights the importance of separating within-and across-taxa responses when comparing temperature …

Admissions Magazine Spring 2023, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Admissions Magazine

Altitude: Soaring Above and Beyond A 100,000-Foot Journey to the Upper Atmosphere.

• Business is our Business
• Education of a Higher Altitude: At Embry-Riddle, Daring to Think Big Isn't Just in Our Curriculum - It's a Way of Life
• Eagles Get Down to Business with Boeing
• Going for a Spin
• Detecting Emotion
• Shifting Gears
• Sparking Change
• Helping Athletes With STEM
• Above and Beyond
• Turtle Tech Power
• Lose the Illusion
• Training Tommorrow's Cyber Warriors
• Design Build Fly
• Beyond the Stars and the Classroom
• Luck of the Eagles
• Student Becomes Teacher in Zambia
• Florida Campus
• Fusion on the Horizon
• Road Trip, anyone?
• Awarding …

Managing Programmatic Trade-Offs For Centers Of Teaching And Learning: Applying A Segmentation, Targeting, And Positioning Approach To Pedagogical Offerings, Christopher Vicente Hsin-Hung S. Chen, Ian G. Althouse, Caitlin P. Declercq, Mark L. Phillipson

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The demands of current instructional realities for moving to completely online formats have led to dramatic changes in the ways that centers for teaching and learning serve their communities. Pedagogical programs have been adapted, invented, and reimagined for online modalities. In this article, we share an approach borrowed from marketing—segmentation, targeting, and positioning (STP)—and describe three cases showing the application of STP in our center’s work with instructors. This approach has helped us clarify and target our pedagogical priorities, allowing us to make appropriate trade-offs to produce more focused educational development programming that better meets our audience’s needs, constraints, and …

Facing Wicked Problems During A Pandemic And Beyond: A Case Study In Using Design Thinking For Ctl Development And Growth, Jenna Pack Sheffield, Devon Moore

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

In this article, the authors share the challenges we faced as we launched a center for teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, and we describe how we used design thinking as a strategy for working through these challenges. The article presents an overview of the design thinking process, a case study of our application of the process, and recommendations for how educational developers can leverage design thinking as a strategy for solving problems related to limited resources and low faculty engagement.

The Value Of Process In Racial Equity Work: Reflections From A Faculty Learning Community, Emily R. Shamash, Julie Berrett-Abebe, Latasha Smith, Stephanie Storms, Michael Regan, Jocelyn Novella, Laurie L. Grupp, Emily Smith, Alyson Martin

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This article explores how one higher education faculty learning community engaged in reflective practices in pursuit of their commitment to the inclusion of anti-racist content and pedagogy across their multidisciplinary curriculums. As a key initial step in engaging in this collaborative, cross-disciplinary work, they set out to consider collective definitions of key terms that are deemed critical to anti-racist pedagogy. This group engaged in a collaborative exploratory process to explore definitions and understanding of the following terms: whiteness, racism, race, racial equity, racial injustice/inequity, white supremacy, and anti-racism and document the reflective process by which the determination took place. Themes …

Infusion Rather Than Isolation: Integrating Principles Of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization, And Indigenization In Toolkits For Remote Instruction During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Robin Attas, Lauren Anstey, Lindsey Brant, Karalyn Mcrae

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

In the spring of 2020, our Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) developed the Transforming Teaching and Teaching Assistant Toolkits, consisting of in-house and curated open-access resources on various aspects of remote teaching, along with accompanying webinars. We deliberately infused principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and decolonization and Indigenization across all aspects of the resources for several reasons: our CTL’s commitment to these principles as institutional priorities that are the responsibility of all staff, numerous theorists’ advocacy to adopt inclusive pedagogies across the curriculum rather than tokenistic “add-and-stir” gestures, and a desire to counter the inequities in education …

Practical Guidelines For Development Of A University-Wide Faculty Mentorship Program Using A Multimodal Mentoring Network Model, Matthew G. Schwartz

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Formal faculty mentorship programs are a practical and effective pathway to enable faculty success in teaching, scholarship, and service and to enhance faculty satisfaction. Although informal mentoring relationships benefit some faculty, formal faculty mentorship programs ensure equitable access to mentorship for female faculty and faculty from diverse, underrepresented backgrounds. Formal faculty mentorship programs can utilize a variety of structures, each with their benefits and drawbacks. This article recommends a multimodal mentoring network model to harness the benefits of traditional dyadic mentoring, multiple-mentor mentorship, peer and near-peer mentorship, and topic- and affinity-based group mentorship and to confer the flexibility, adaptability, and …

A Mixed Methods Study Of Faculty Experiences In A Course Design Institute, Carie N. Cardamone, Heather Dwyer

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Remote teaching created a unique opportunity to study the experiences of faculty participating in a course design institute. Hundreds enrolled in our online institute, where technologies (e.g., Zoom, Canvas, Google Docs) facilitated interactions among participants and preserved their ideas and perspectives throughout the program. Using a grounded theory analysis approach attentive to the participants’ words, the authors uncovered participants’ experiences and their perspectives on the structures that shaped those experiences. The data ultimately revealed five themes (pedagogical knowledge, student perspective, community and connection, technology, and emotion) that relate to changes in participant attitudes, perceptions, and/or pedagogical approaches. Drawing on these …

Learning Communities Promote Pedagogical Metacognition In Higher Education Faculty, Audrey J. Tocco, Lauren A. Mehrhoff, Haley M. Osborn, Lyda F. Mccartin, Molly M. Jameson

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Pedagogical metacognition, or the reflective and reflexive actions associated with teaching practice, strengthens the planning, monitoring, evaluation, and adjustment of teaching in higher education faculty. Learning communities are optimal environments to foster this active teaching reflection. This study incorporated pedagogical metacognition into a faculty learning community curriculum and explored its impacts on higher education instructors’ reflective and reflexive practices. Faculty participants completed monthly metacognitive reflections for one academic year, each corresponding to a research-based principle of learning. Qualitative analysis indicated that faculty learning community participants recognized their lack of pedagogical training, successfully reflected on their teaching strategies, identified areas for …

Purpose, Place, And People: How The Pandemic Helped Foster Open And Inclusive Course Design, Benjamin K. Haywood, Diane E. Boyd, John A. Mcarthur

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

In the spring of 2020, many institutions of higher education rapidly adopted new models of course delivery to support the ongoing need for instructional flexibility in response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This article discusses how the transition to a flexible instructional model at Furman University created space for faculty to consider the value of intentional learning environment design to meet students where they are both literally and figuratively. Reporting on a course planning framework focused on the alignment of learning outcomes, learning space, and considerations of student engagement and accessibility, this article reviews data from a faculty survey on pedagogical …

Managing For Agility In Constant Change: Hr Strategies For Teaching Center Leaders, Carolyn Hoessler, Donna E. Ellis, Bob Bayles

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Centers for teaching and learning (CTLs) exist in dynamic contexts and need to be agile, with skilled, adaptable teams to prepare for and respond to changes. In this article, we provide CTL leaders with relevant and eminently practical strategies from the human resources (HR) literature, offering guidance in the four areas of organizational structure, direction-setting, capacity-building, and accountability. For each area, we address pivotal challenges with practical approaches grounded in existing research and theory to provide options for CTL leaders in their quest to have well-functioning, agile units. Examples focus on helping existing centers to adapt and refocus, as needed, …

Component Testing And Characterization Of An Innovative Pressurized Sand Damper For The Response Modification Of Structures, Konstantinos Kalfas

Civil and Environmental Engineering Theses and Dissertations

This study is partly motivated by the need to develop sustainable energy dissipation devices that do not suffer from oil leakage due to failure of their end seals and from displacement limitations; and partly from the need to develop a robust damper that consists only of traditional civil engineering materials (sand and steel) in association with the use of post-tensioned steel rods with which practitioner civil engineers are familiar. Past failures of fluid dampers are both disruptive and costly, therefore not in-line with the current design paradigm of sustainable engineering, where the design and construction of structural systems shall meet …

Native American Studies 2023 Apr Self-Study & Documents, Unm Academic Program Review

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Native American Studies APR self-study report and review team report for Spring 2023, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission

University College 2023 Apr Self-Study & Documents, Unm Academic Program Review

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM University College APR self-study report and review team report for Spring 2023, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

University College Apr Spring 2023 Self-Study Report & Documents, Unm Academic Program Review

UNM Academic Program Review

University College APR self-study report, review team report, response report, and initial action plan for Spring 2022, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission. UC includes the following: Liberal Arts & Integrative Studies, ROTC, Academic Communities, and Pre-Health Professions.

Native American Studies Apr 2023 Self-Study Report & Documents, Unm Academic Program Review

UNM Academic Program Review

Native American Studies APR self-study report, review team report, response report, and initial action plan for Spring 2022, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Nanoscience And Microsystems Engineering 2023 Apr Self-Study & Documents, Unm Academic Program Review

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering APR self-study report and review team report for Spring 2023, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Biochemistry Apr 2023 Self-Study Report & Documents, Unm Academic Program Review

UNM Academic Program Review

Biochemistry APR self-study report, review team report, response report, and initial action plan for Spring 2023, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Biochemistry 2023 Apr Self-Study & Documents, Unm Academic Program Review

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Biochemistry APR self-study report and review team report for Spring 2023, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commision

Spring Dance Concert (April 20-22, 2023), Lindenwood University

Student Dance Programs & Brochures

Program for the Spring Dance Concert.

Shale Investment Dashboard In Ohio Q1 And Q2 2022, Andrew R. Thomas, Mark Henning, Samuel Owusu-Agyemang, Seeberg Shelbie

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

This report presents findings from an investigation into shale-related investment in Ohio, looking at up, mid and downstream activities. The investment estimates are for January through June of 2022. The report also includes an estimate of cumulative investment in shale in Ohio from 2012 through June 2022. Prior biannual investments are included in previously posted reports that are available from Cleveland State University.

Out And About, Spring 2023, Queer Coalition

Queer Coalition

Newsletter of Queer Coalition, Illinois State University's sponsored LGBTQIA+ faculty, staff, and graduate student affinity group. Also available as a dynamic Foleon site: https://dig.illinoisstate.edu/isuqueercoalition/out-and-about/spring-2023/

Colorectal Cancer Screening Barriers And Facilitators Among Jordanians: A Cross-Sectional Study, Khaled Jadallah, Moawiah Khatatbeh, Tagleb Mazahreh, Aroob Sweidan, Razan Ghareeb, Aya Tawalbeh, Ansam Masaadeh, Bara Alzubi, Yousef Khader

Internal Medicine Articles

The factors affecting the adherence of Jordanians to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening remain underexplored. We examined the inhibitory and facilitating factors that influence the uptake of CRC screening among Jordanians. We conducted questionnaire interviews between April 2020 and June 2021 with 861 Jordanians aged 50-75. We analyzed the differences between proportions using the chi-square test. Binary logistic regression was conducted to determine factors associated with awareness of CRC and its screening. Of all participants, 41.7 % were aware of the necessity of screening for CRC, and 27.2 % were aware of at least one of the tests for CRC screening. …

Root Cause Analysis, Victor Warr, Tom Sant, Carly Riehl, Rahib Bashir

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

No abstract provided.

Identification Of Acute Pathological Heart Rate Variability Variance Using Wearable Technology And Novel Predictive Software: A Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration Between St Luke’S Rehabilitation And Eastern Washington University, Trevor Mordhorst, Sanmeet Kaur, Dan Tappan, Dillon Dalton, Otto Bucholz, Katrina Taylor, Garth Babcock, Alicia Hegie, Frank Jackson

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

No abstract provided.