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Ud President To Chair Two Higher Ed Advocacy Orgs, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton now has a leading voice on issues that affect independent nonprofit colleges and universities and their students through two respected organizations that advocate for private education.

‘Hand In Hand’ Supports Students In Unplanned Pregnancies, University Of Dayton

News Releases

For more than 30 years, Campus Ministry has supported students in unplanned pregnancies — offering them emotional support, connecting them with social services in the community, assisting them with academic accommodations and more.

Student Outcomes From An Interprofessional Health Promotions Project, Patricia Darbishire, Marija Stefanoska, Elizabeth A. Richards, Vicki Simpson

School of Nursing Faculty Publications

Teams of three students from different health-care disciplines, including pharmacy, nursing, applied exercise and health, and nutrition science researched, designed and delivered health promotion education projects to community-based populations. The Interprofessional Health Promotions Project was designed to expose students to the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies (2016) through a collaborative, interprofessional team-based experience. Students learned about, from, and with each other, while gaining and applying new healthcare knowledge. The students’ learning outcomes were derived from and mapped to the IPEC competencies. Students described successes, challenges, new knowledge learned, and perceived benefits to their audiences. The authors used a mixed …

Model-Based Orbital-Scale Precipitation Δ¹⁸O Variations And Distinct Mechanisms In Asian Monsoon And Arid Regions, Xiaodong Liu, Xiaoxun Xie, Zhengtang Guo, Zhi-Yong Yin, Guangshan Chen

Environmental and Ocean Sciences: Faculty Scholarship

The past Asian precipitation δ¹⁸O (δ¹⁸Op) records from stalagmites and other deposits have shown significant orbital-scale variations, but their climatic implications and regional differences are still not fully understood. This study, as the first attempt of a 300-kyr transient stable isotope-enabled simulation, investigated the characteristics and mechanisms of the orbital-scale δ¹⁸Op variations in three representative regions of Asia: arid Central Asia (CA), monsoonal South Asia (SA), and monsoonal East Asia (EA). The modeling results showed that the variations in the CA, SA, and EA annual δ¹⁸Op exhibited significant but asynchronous 23-kyr precession cycles. Further analyses revealed that although the precession-induced …

Transforming Business Education: It’S About Time: A Systems Perspective On Incorporating Climate Change, Sustainability, And The Care For Our Common Future, Edward J. Garrity

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

In this paper we define the nature of the climate change problem and we analyze the task of getting human society to act quickly enough and appropriately to solve this global crisis. We show how our current citizen mental models keep us locked into fossil fuels and prevent us from acting. We demonstrate how simple system dynamics models provide the necessary insight, expand the boundaries of our mental models, and give us the understanding to redesign how our business and governing systems work. We suggest transforming business education using these insights as the key to appropriate climate change action and …

Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 134), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

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“High Spending, Poor Productivity Gains!” Assessing Public Health System (In)Efficiency And Hospital Performance In The State Of Kuwait: Would More Private Delivery Improve Healthcare?, Aljawhara Alsabah

NYMC Student Theses and Dissertations

The healthcare sector in the State of Kuwait has been nurtured for many decades by the government, where the majority of health services in the country are controlled by the Ministry of Health (MoH). Although healthcare services in public sector hospitals are at highly subsidized rates, causing private sector involvement in healthcare to be considerably low, the growing demands for private delivery of care burgeoned participation of private hospitals in Kuwait, and improving hospital efficiency and productivity is more critical and timelier than ever. This dissertation aims to analyze public health system efficiency and hospital performance in the State of …

The Tang Dynasty : Quatrains : Empty Mountains And Mirror Ponds : High Tang, Charles Egan

How to Read Chinese Poetry Podcast

Although Tang poets all used wujue to record concentrated poetic experience, and pursued the same fundamental aesthetic goals for the form, differing styles of poems can be discerned. Using representative poems by Wang Wei, Wang Zhihuan, and Li Bai, this episode presents two basic styles of Tang wujue, differentiated primarily by the choice of themes and the type of language employed.

Global Variation In Nonstructural Carbohydrate Stores In Response To Climate, Meghan Blumstein, Jess T. Gersony, Jordi Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Sala

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Woody plant species store nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) for many functions.While known to buffer against fluctuations in photosynthetic supply, such as at night, NSC stores are also thought to buffer against environmental extremes, such as drought or freezing temperatures by serving as either back-up energy reserves orosmolytes. However, a clear picture of how NSCs are shaped by climate is still lack-ing. Here, we update and leverage a unique global database of seasonal NSC storage measurements to examine whether maximum total NSC stores and the amount of soluble sugars are associated with clinal patterns in low temperatures or aridity, indicating they may …

Exploring Effects Of Continuous Glucose Monitoring For Patients With Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus, Gerard Christian Nolan

Group: Samford University Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing

The purpose of this project is to evaluate effectiveness of glucose control in patients with T2DM using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).

Women Of The Scriptures In The Relief Society Magazine: An Analysis Of The Role Of Language In Maintaining Gender Norms, Kayla Bach

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This paper explores the language used to discuss women from the scriptures in the Relief Society Magazine, an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1914 to 1970. More specifically, this paper analyzes the usage of language in relation to the establishment and maintenance of gender norms, particularly those relating to women. This analysis reveals that the following core themes are frequently present throughout discussions of scriptural women in the magazine: the nature of womanhood, motherhood, wifehood, women’s roles in religion, the interaction between patriarchy and equality, and gender-neutral spiritual traits. By exploring these …

Historical Study On The Development Of The Weaving Motif Of Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Nursyahri Ramadhan, Tri Karyono, Zakarias Sukarya Soeteja

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study aims to trace the early history of the Bimanese to identify the weaving and its 10 motifs defined in the Bima Land Customary Law as part of the Bima ethnic characteristics. The study used a qualitative approach with data triangulation (observations, interviews, and documentation). The research result showed that the activity of spinning yarn was known by the Bimanese before the expedition of Sang Bima to the land of the rising sun (Satonda Island, a volcanic area on Sumbawa Island), which became the ancestors of the Bimanese. They used weaving to make clothes, using similar procedures of Javanese …

Building Community Resilience Education & Training Series - Fall 2022, Molly Donovan

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.

Mitchell V. Jackson

All Decisions

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Acmh Inc. V. Alvarez

All Decisions

No abstract provided.

Sanz Adar Llc V. Dillard

All Decisions

ERAP Case.

Neonicotinoid Pesticide And Nitrate Mixture Removal And Persistence In Floating Treatment Wetlands, Julia K. Lindgren, Tiffany L. Messer, Daniel N. Miller, Daniel D. Snow, Thomas G. Franti

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Mesocosm and microcosm experiments were conducted to explore the applicability of floating treatment wetlands (FTWs), an ecologically based management technology, to remove neonicotinoid insecticides and nitrate from surface water. The mesocosm experiment evaluated three treatments in triplicate over a 21-d period. Floating treatment wetland mesocosms completely removed nitrate-N over the course of the experiment even when neonicotinoid insecticides were present. At the completion of the experiment, 79.6% of imidacloprid and degradation byproducts and 68.3% of thiamethoxam and degradation byproducts were accounted for in the water column. Approximately 3% of imidacloprid and degradation byproducts and 5.0% of thiamethoxam and degradation byproducts …

The Impact Of Utilizing Non-Permanent Workspaces As A Formative Assessment Tool On Students’ Outcomes And Attitudes Towards Mathematics In A Middle School Math Classroom, Robert Minkkinen

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

The present study investigated the effectiveness of utilizing non-permanent workspaces as formative assessment tools for middle school mathematics students in regards to their academic performance and feelings or attitudes towards mathematics. The researcher took two sections of eight grade basic algebra students, and implemented the practice of utilizing non-permanent workspaces as formative assessment tools with one section, and similar formative assessment strategies with the other section of students, but without the non-permanent workspaces. The participants from both sections took a pretest and post-test to determine the academic effectiveness of implementing the non-permanent workspaces. The participants from both sections also completed …

Food Insecurity Between Two Southern Louisiana Universities: Prevalence And Qualitative Analysis Of Stakeholders' Attitudes, Elizabeth Moore

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Emerging research has demonstrated high food insecurity rates among college students in the United States (US). The goal of this dissertation is to expand upon the literature evaluating food insecurity on college campuses to improve relief efforts. A literature review and mixed methods were used to measure and compare food insecurity prevalence rates and institutional perceptions of this issue among two Louisiana colleges, Louisiana State University (LSU) and McNeese State University (MSU).

Students who were more likely to be food insecure were from low income households, nonwhite, first generation college students, and/or had past reliance on federal assistance. Food insecure …

Edge Assignment And Data Valuation In Federated Learning, Thuy T. Do

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

Federated Learning (FL) is a recent Machine Learning method for training with private data separately stored in local machines without gathering them into one place for central learning. It was born to address the following challenges when applying Machine Learning in practice: (1) Communication cost: Most real-world data that can be useful for training are locally collected; to bring them all to one place for central learning can be expensive, especially in real-time learning applications when time is of the essence, for example, predicting the next word when texting on a smartphone; and (2) Privacy protection: Many applications must protect …

Teacher Mindfulness Competencies In The K-12 School Setting, Jessica Frances Janze

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

Mental health symptomology in childhood and adolescence can lead to long-term negative health outcomes. Mindfulness has demonstrated lasting effects on increasing resiliency and preventing mental health relapse. Mindfulness programs for youth have begun the adaptation process into school settings. Little is known regarding best-practice for mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) in this novel environment. The current study examines the effect of mindfulness levels and teachers’ foundational competencies on K-12 teachers’ mindfulness competencies. Group level and individual teacher data are presented and provide a preliminary basis for further investigation. Suggestions for future research in this area are discussed.

Three Essays On Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, And Corporate Social Responsibility, Hong Zhou

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation includes three related essays investigating corporate governance structures, specifically, how firms leverage corporate social responsibility (CSR) related initiatives (providing CSR-linked compensation and establishing a sustainability committee) and the relevant corporate outcomes. This dissertation also examines the relationship between executive compensation and one dimension of CSR, diversity, in boardrooms. The first essay examines the relationship between CSR-linked executive compensation and corporate risk. Results from OLS and firm fixed effects regressions show that CSR-linked compensation reduces both total and idiosyncratic risks. Results also indicate that CSR-linked compensation reduces risk only when risk is well above the optimal level and has …

“Viewed With Suspicion, Considered Idle And Mocked-Working Caregiving Fathers And Fatherhood Forfeits”, Jasmine Kelland, Duncan Lewis, Virginia Fisher

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Existing academic literature consistently points to a changing role for modern fathers in which they take an egalitarian role in the caregiving responsibilities for their children. Despite this, fathers are observed to continue to dominate the realms of full-time working, aligning to more traditional breadwinning mentalities than such trends might suggest, raising questions around inequality. Fathers at work have previously been found to encounter challenges within the workplace when they alter, or consider altering their work patterns due to caregiving responsibilities. Employing a sample of working parents and managers, this paper explores how caregiving fathers are perceived within organizations and …

Effect Of Alloying Elements On The Compressive Mechanical Properties Of Biomedical Titanium Alloys: A Systematic Review, Syed Faraz Jawed, Chirag Dhirajlal Rabadia, Muhammad Ahmed Khan, Saad Jawaid Khan

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Due to problems such as the stress-shielding effect, strength-ductility trade-off dilemma, and use of rare-earth, expensive elements with high melting points in Ti alloys, the need for the design of new Ti alloys for biomedical applications has emerged. This article reports the effect of various alloying elements on the compressive mechanical performance of Ti alloys for biomedical applications for the first time as a systematic review following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines on this subject. The search strategy in this systematic review used Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed databases and searched the articles …

Friends And Family Remember Lindenwood Student Valiante Waltz, Eva Laurens

Lindenlink (2012- )

No abstract provided.

Renovation And New Changes For The Evans Rec Center, Eva Laurens

Lindenlink (2012- )

No abstract provided.

Digital Asset Valuation, Wulf A. Kaal, Samuel R. Evans, Hayley A. Howe

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Existing valuation metrics for legacy assets only limitedly apply in the context of digital assets. The valuation infrastructure in the current legal, accounting, technology, and back-office framework, in combination with the immaturity of the digital asset market, create an environment of digital asset valuation uncertainty. This article evaluates the existing asset valuation methods and their limited application to digital assets before contrasting new and evolving digital asset valuation trends.

Why Not Both Nature And Nurture: Using Behavioral Genetic Markers As Sentencing Factors, Seely Kaufmann

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

On the evening of July 1, 2013, Amos Wells was upset that his pregnant girlfriend, Chanice Reed, would not answer his calls. He then drove to where she, her mother Annette, and ten-year-old brother Eddie, lived. After arguing with Chanice and yelling at the top of his voice in a “bone-chilling scream,” Wells retrieved a handgun from his Chevrolet Tahoe parked in front of the house, and shot Chanice in the front yard as she screamed, “No, no, no.” Her mother then tried to bat the gun away before he shot her too. Further shots were heard before Wells finally …

Preservation Of Indonesian In The Border Area Of Aruk, Indonesia And Sarawak, Malaysia, Elva Sulastriana, Herlina Herlina, Try Hariadi

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

West Kalimantan is one of the provinces in Indonesia which has three border areas with Malaysia. Community interactions between countries that have been going on for centuries undeniably lead to language contact which results in people choosing local language so that communication can run effectively. The purpose of this study was to determine the variety of language used around the area, language attitudes, and the preservation of Indonesian in the border area of Aruk, Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysia. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in which the data were obtained through observation, questionnaires, and interviews with a total of 150 …

Increased Anxiety From Fear Of Omicron In China As Compared To North America And Western Europe: A Cross-Sectional Kendall's Tau-B Analysis Using The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Questionnaire, Dan Shan, Chang Liu, Shaoyang Li, Yuandian Zheng

Student Publications

Background: Policies dealing with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic vary across the globe, the different governmental responses then affect the public perception of COVID-19. Many unofficial Chinese media outlets frequently spread misinformation about COVID-19 and exaggerated reports of rare sequelae of Omicron for monetization and attention seeking, leading to panics in the Chinese public. In comparison the attitudes toward Omicron in other countries around the world, especially in North America and Western Europe have shifted to a more relaxed stance.

Objective: This article primarily aims to investigate the association between Chinese people’s attitudes toward the potential after-effects of Omicron …