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Four Faculty Share The Stories Behind Their Development Grants, Matt Windsor

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Live Healthsmart Alabama Mobile Market Coming To Railroad Park, Staff

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The Effects Of Instructional Methodology And Learning Style On Problem Solving In Baccalaureate Nursing Students Enrolled In An Introductory Pharmacology Course, Karen B. Hill

Dissertations

The primary purpose of this quantitative study was threefold: (1) to compare the effectiveness of two instructional methods of teaching on transferring problem solving; (2) to identify the effect a student's learning style has on problem solving; and (3) determine whether an interaction exists between each of two instructional methods and the student's learning style that effects the problem solving ability of beginning nursing students enrolled in a nursing pharmacology course in a four-year baccalaureate (B.S.N.) nursing program. The content area was pharmacology for nurses, taught at the sophomore level in a 4-year program. A convenience sample consisted of 48 …

Acculturation, Self-Efficacy And Breastfeeding Behaviors In A Sample Of Hispanic Women, Ivonne F. Hernandez

Dissertations

Breastfeeding confers immunological, physiological and psychological benefits for the infant and mother as well as social and economic benefits to the nation. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Healthy People 2020 has established national objectives for the initiation and duration of breastfeeding at 82% initiation, 61% at six months and 34% at one year. In addition, they have set goals for exclusive breastfeeding at 3 months to be 46% and 25% at 6 months of infant's age. Currently breastfeeding initiation is at the highest recorded level of 76.9%, yet significant disparities exist (CDC, 2012). The purpose …

Breastfeeding Education In University Nursing Programs, Penny R. Marzalik

Dissertations

Past goals, future goals, and current statistics regarding breastfeeding rates in the United States support the need for university programs to address the topic of breastfeeding education. Currently, exclusive breastfeeding rates are 46.3% initiation and 17.2% continuation at 6 months of age, well below the goals of 75% initiation and 50% continuation. Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals, and research has shown that their care influences women's breastfeeding experience. The literature informs us that although nurses most often have positive attitudes towards breastfeeding, they lack knowledge about breastfeeding support.

The purpose of this study was to describe …

Cardozo Hosts Leading International Scholars And Advocates For “The Parthenon Marbles Case And The Universal Museum Myth: Policies And Politics”, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2022

On April 28th, the law school hosted a day-long symposium on the legal, ethical, and political dynamics surrounding one of the major cultural property disputes in the art world. Leading scholars, government ministers and cultural advocates discussed the arguments over the rightful ownership of the Parthenon Marbles, which were taken from Greece by England during the British Colonial period. Professor David Rudenstine’s decades-long research concluded that the statues should be returned to Greece, and his analysis provided the framework for much of the symposium.

Professor Laura Cunningham Retires After 30 Years Of Teaching, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2022

Cunningham, a nationally recognized expert in partnership tax law, is a California native who attended U.C. Davis and Hastings College of Law. After earning her J.D., she practiced at Janin, Morgan & Brenner in San Francisco, with a focus on tax and estate planning. She moved to New York in 1987 and earned her LL.M. from NYU School of Law.

Into The Depths: Climate Change Part 4, Felicia Bedford

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Aerobic Exercise As A Pioneer Treatment For Post-Concussion Patients, Neha Bhandari

D.U.Quark

Concussions are highly prevalent injuries in both youth and adult sports and can severely impact daily functions by impairing mental and physical health. Existing treatments, such as resting, have been found to be ineffective in promoting a faster recovery. They often lead to a decline in mental health, which can exacerbate ongoing symptoms. However, aerobic exercise is an emerging field that has the potential to make concussion recovery more effective. This literature review will explore the effectiveness of aerobic exercise on faster recovery rates, return to play, and its impact at the cellular level for concussion patients. In addition, it …

Analysis Of Rule-Based And Shallow Statistical Models For Covid-19 Cough Detection For A Preliminary Diagnosis, Arshia Arif, Eisa Alanazi, Ayesha Zeb, Waqar Shahid Qureshi

Conference papers

Coronavirus pandemic that has spread all over the world, is one of its kind in the recent past, that has mobilized researchers in areas such as (not limited to) pre-screening solutions, contact tracing, vaccine developments, and crowd estimation. Pre-screening using symptoms identification, cough classification, and contact tracing mobile applications gained significant popularity during the initial outbreak of the pandemic. Audio recordings of coughing individuals are one of the sources that can help in the pre-screening of COVID-19 patients. This research focuses on quantitative analysis of covid cough classification using audio recordings of coughing individuals. For analysis, we used three different …

A Survey Of The Presentation Of Pharmacogenomic Testing For Psychotropic Medications In Rural Areas, Laken Hancock

Honors Theses

The purpose of this research is to assess the knowledge and opinions of the general public in rural areas in regard to genetic testing and pharmacogenomics. 40 people from self-identified rural areas participated in this study by completing an online Qualtrics questionnaire and an in-person or online semi-structured qualitative interview. The Qualtrics questionnaire measured demographic information, as well as depression, anxiety, stress, positive affect, and negative affect using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) measures. The semi-structured qualitative interview included questions pertaining to the decision support tool (DST) presented to participants, …

Discovery Of Truffles (Tuber Species) In North Mississippi Pecan Orchards, Scout Hodges

Honors Theses

This thesis describes a study conducted in the years 2019-2022, which aimed to discover a new species of truffle in the state of Mississippi. Tuber lyonii, more commonly referred to as the “pecan truffle,” is an ectomycorrhizal fungus found on the roots of pecan trees in much of the southeastern region of the United States. Though there are many truffles native to the United States, the pecan truffle is one of the few that has been found to have high culinary value. Given the plethora of pecan orchards in the state of Mississippi, I decided to search for evidence …

Grabbing Consumers By The Ears: Exploring The Role Of Branded Podcasts In An Integrated Marketing Communications Strategy, Lilly Hamm

Honors Theses

Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) is a framework for understanding how brands can meet consumer needs. Practitioners of IMC use an array of communication channels like marketing, advertising, sales, and public relations to build a consistent brand narrative, but they also recognize that strong marketing potential rests in the hands of the consumer. With the rapid advancement in new technology, IMC professionals are constantly looking for new ways to reach their targeted audience.

By 2016 and 2017, IMC practitioners began to notice the lack of ad clutter in the podcasting platform, leading them to flock to this channel to promote their …

What’S Religion Got To Do With It?: Differing Religiosity Domains’ Association With College Students’ Sexual Consent During First-Time Intercourse, Kaylee Richmond

Dissertations

Within the U.S., 36% of women and 17% of men report experiencing sexual assault (Smith et al., 2017). The absence of sexual consent is often regarded as a defining component of sexual assault (Beres, 2014); thus, a potential area to examine to decrease rates of perpetration and victimization. To date, there has been a lack of research on contextual factors that are likely related to sexual consent, with a general focus on external consent (i.e., verbal/behavioral indicators; Muehlenhard et al., 2016). The present study examined the role of a contextual factor, religiosity, on sexual consent processes during the context of …

Designing A Self-Regulating And Portable Heating Device For A Microfluidic Based Biosensor, Riya Mahajan

Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship

Paper-based biosensors are powerful microfluidic analytical devices that are potentially useful for a wide range of applications, ranging from medical diagnostics to agricultural and environmental monitoring. Molecular diagnostics have limitations because they need to send samples back to a centralized laboratory, which increases the cost and turnaround time of the test. This project aims to create a simple-to-use, low-cost, and portable heating system that would facilitate the creation of a field-deployable paper-based analytical device that can incubate the sample at elevated temperatures for conducting isothermal molecular assays. Our design aims to miniaturize a commercial water bath and will be fabricated …

Antagonizing Serotonin 2a (5-Ht2a) Receptors Does Not Attenuate Methamphetamine-Induced Expression Of Conditioned Place Preference In Female And Male Rats, Nicole C. Reyna

Psychology ETDs

Despite the need, there are currently no FDA-approved pharmacological treatments for methamphetamine use disorders. Cue-induced craving during drug withdrawal remains a significant contributor to high relapse rates. Thus, understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of cue-induced drug-seeking behavior is critical. Previous research indicates that the selective 5-HT_2A antagonist M100907 attenuates the acquisition of methamphetamine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) in male and female adult rats. The present study examines the effects of M100907 on expression of methamphetamine-induced drug-seeking behavior using a biased CPP design in adult male and female Long Evans rats (PND 95-112). During conditioning, rats were administered either saline or …

Network Specialization: A Topological Mechanism For The Emergence Of Cluster Synchronization, Ethan Walker

Theses and Dissertations

Real-world networks are dynamic in that both the state of the network components and the structure of the network (topology) change over time. Most studies regarding network evolution consider either one or the other of these types of network processes. Here we consider the interplay of the two, specifically, we consider how changes in network structure effect the dynamics of the network components. To model the growth of a network we use the specialization model known to produce many of the well-known features observed in real-world networks. We show that specialization results in a nontrivial equitable partition of the network …

Student Recital - Andrew Yi, Andrew Yi

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

Student recital program.

Effective Professional Development, Muhammad Hassan, Penny Vlastaras, Robert Frey

Educational Leadership OER Repository

“research confirms that teachers are the single most important factor in raising student achievement.”

A Few Ways To Indicate How Many, Erica Goodoff

Word for Word 2022

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Cost-Effective Use Of The Protein S Algorithm In Thrombophilia Testing, Marian A. Rollins-Raval, John V. Mitsios, Richard A. Marlar

Pathology Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: One of the most complex risk factors for the laboratory assessment of thrombophilia is Protein S (PS). The testing algorithm for PS employs the plasma-based assays of free PS antigen, total PS antigen, and PS activity creating a complex diagnostic scheme that can lead to misdiagnosis if incorrectly used, and a potential waste of resources and money.

CONTENT: This paper compares the recently published evidence-based algorithm from the International Society for Hemostasis and Thrombosis (ISTH) with several commonly performed nonevidence-based testing schemes, to demonstrate the efficiency of the evidence-based algorithm for diagnostic efficiency with improved patient care and increased …

05-04-2022 Swosu’S Brewer Joins Weatherford Museum Board, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

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Recommendations For Change In Infection Prevention Programs And Practice, Robert Garcia, Sue Barnes, Roy Boukidjian, Linda K. Goss, Maureen Spencer, Edward J. Septimus, Marc-Oliver Wright, Shannon Munro, Sara M. Reese, Mohamad G. Fakih, Charles E. Edmiston, Martin Levesque

Clinical Quality and Safety Articles

Fifty years of evolution in infection prevention and control programs have involved significant accomplishments related to clinical practices, methodologies, and technology. However, regulatory mandates, and resource and research limitations, coupled with emerging infection threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic, present considerable challenges for infection preventionists. This article provides guidance and recommendations in 14 key areas. These interventions should be considered for implementation by United States health care facilities in the near future.

Mechanical Properties Of Nanoparticles In The Drug Delivery Kinetics, Kaivon Assani, Amy Neidhard-Doll, Tarun Goswami

Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering Faculty Publications

Nanoparticle formulation is a recently developed drug delivery technology with enhanced targeting potential. Nanoparticles encapsulate the drug of choice and delivers it to the target via a targeting molecules (ex. antigen) located on the nanoparticle surface. Nanoparticles can even be targeted to deeply penetrating tissue and can be modeled to deliver drugs through the blood brain barrier. These advancements are providing better disease targeting such as to cancer and Alzheimer’s. Various polymers can be manufactured into nanoparticles. The polymers examined in this paper are polycaprolactone (PCL), poly(lactic acid) (PLA), poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA), and poly(glycolic acid) (PGA). The purpose of this …

Ot Entrepreneurship: Perceived Challenges & Resources, Gunnar Daniel Olson

Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations

The focus of my capstone is OT entrepreneurship and management with substantive focus areas including research skills, administration, and education. Ultimately, the dual purpose of this capstone was to investigate the experience of OT entrepreneurship and management through scholarly research and experiential learning and facilitate knowledge transfer through education and future research publication. The former purpose was be met through 1) the design and implementation of a mixed-methods research study investigating the perspectives and lived experiences of current and former OT entrepreneurs and 2) experiences and projects completed at Piller Child Development in Arizona focused on gaining exposure and experience …

Sb111-21/22-Resolution Amending Article V Section 2(11) And Section 5(3) Of The Asum Bylaws Regarding Third-Party Endorsements, Nicholas Ververis, Emma Kiefer

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB111-21/22-Resolution Amending Article V Section 2(11) and Section 5(3) of the ASUM Bylaws Regarding Third-Party Endorsements. This resolution passed during the May 4, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Sb110-21/22-Resolution Amending The Bylaws To Require Ally Training For Executives And Senators, O'Shay Birdinground, Emma Kiefer

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB110-21/22-Resolution Amending the Bylaws to Require Ally Training for Executives and Senators. This resolution passed unanimously during the May 4, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Sb109-21/22-Resolution Urging The University Of Montana To Institute A Naloxone Policy, Emma Kiefer

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB109-21/22-Resolution Urging the University of Montana to Institute a Naloxone Policy. This resolution passed unanimously during the May 4, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Sb103-21/22-Resolution Encouraging The Native American Studies Department To Add More Indigenous Language Courses, O'Shay Birdinground

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB103-21/22-Resolution Encouraging the Native American Studies Department to Add More Indigenous Language Courses. This resolution passed unanimously during the May 4, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Sb103_21-22_Resolution Encouraging The Native American Studies Department To Add More Indigenous Language Courses, O'Shay Birdinground

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB103_21-22_Resolution Encouraging the Native American Studies Department to Add More Indigenous Language Courses. This resolution passed unanimously during the May 4, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).