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9016, Katie Novotny

The Prairie Light Review

No abstract provided.

Theater As National Memorial: How Angels In America Remembers, Alice Endo

Theatre and Dance Honors Projects

Applying a framework of audience experience and scenographic analysis, this paper explores the connections between public memorials and performance. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. uses scenography to present itself as a “linking object,” gaining its meaning through audience projection. Millennium Approaches—part one of Tony Kushner’s two-part epic Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes—produced at Macalester College in 2021, also functions as a public memorial. Its scenography situates the play in a heightened, and specifically American, space and time. It becomes a receptacle for audience memory, reconstructs that memory, and ultimately reconstructs ideas of …

Neoliberal Economic Policies: Implications Of Structural Adjustment Programs (Saps) And Free Trade On Small-Scale Farmers And Agricultural Production In Latin American Developing Nations, Alaynah Mowjee

Anthropology Undergraduate Senior Theses

No abstract provided.

Embattled Learning: Education And Emancipation In The Post-Civil War Upper South, Lucas Somers

Dissertations

This dissertation examines the establishment of schools for and by formerly enslaved African Americans in Kentucky and Tennessee in the decade after the Civil War, analyzing the different individuals and organizations that supported or opposed those efforts. Members of Black communities strove to secure an education for children and adults while doing everything in their power to maintain control of those schools. Widespread poverty, racism, and uncertain political status necessitated that African Americans accept help from outsiders, especially from teachers and agents sent by the federal government and northern benevolent associations. The central argument is that the ultimate failure to …

A Foraminiferal Perspective On Holocene Environments Of The Eastern Tropical Pacific, Maria Angelica Zamora-Duran

Theses and Dissertations

Climate change is the primary threat facing coral reef ecosystems. How marginal reef systems responded to past climatic variability provides clues to their prospects for persisting through contemporary climate change. Reefs along the Pacific coast of Panamá are dominated by branching corals of the genus Pocillopora. These reefs experience a natural gradient of nutrients, pH, and temperature because of stronger seasonal upwelling in the Gulf of Panamá (GoP) than in the Gulf of Chiriquí (GoC). The shallow reefs within both of the gulfs of Panamá They are also strongly affected by climatic variability due to the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). …

Reframing Reproductive Rights: Pope Francis’ Genius Of Women As A Paradigm Of Conversation Between Filipina Women And Church Leadership, Alfonso P. Suico Jr

Jesuit School of Theology Dissertations

2022 marks the tenth anniversary since the Philippine Reproductive Health Law was passed. Even as the Catholic bishops opposed the law, the surrounding debates raised questions on reproductive rights, especially for women. The Church’s teachings on sexuality and reproduction are based on the goods of marriage, albeit with a physicalist framing. While these teachings disenfranchise women, recent popes, including Pope Francis, recognize their giftedness and inherent genius. This dissertation proposes how the genius of women, a concept affirmed by Catholic teaching, can become a paradigm of conversation on women’s rights, including matters related to reproduction. Given the complexity of the …

Ubuntu Ethics: A Frame For An Ethical Analysis Of Environmental Migration Of Unaccompanied Minors Through The Mediterranean Sea, Deogratias K. Fikiri

Jesuit School of Theology Dissertations

This thesis demonstrates how the African ethics of Ubuntu and African liberation theology can be a response to the environmental-migration crisis that the Sub-Saharan African region faces today. It explains the relevance of the appreciation of the African cultural heritage to the restoration of the human dignity of the African, especially the migrants, and the recognition of the obligation of the human beings to protect the integrity of all creation. It shows the connection between the root causes of the environmental crisis and migration. These interconnected root causes need a holistic understanding of creation that Ubuntu ethics provides mainly in …

The Not So Minor Character In The Book Of Judith Judith’S Maid In The Spotlight, Lisa Hui

Jesuit School of Theology Dissertations

A ranking commander who is beheaded when struck by the hand of a woman makes the story of Judith fascinating to many. However, all major biblical commentaries and studies of the Book of Judith focus predominantly on the two protagonists, Judith and Holofernes. The other figures traditionally categorised as “minor characters” are viewed as serving simply as background or literary props, and hence have been purposely ignored in the past. Recently, scholarship has seen a growing interest in the studies of minor figures in the Bible. Yet research on the minor characters in Judith is still very much wanting. Sharing …

A Novel Approach To Operating Room Readiness For Airborne Precautions Using Simulation-Based Clinical Systems Testing, Nichole M. Doyle, Todd A. Glenski, Chris Kennedy, Rachael L. Pedigo, Alyssa Stoner

Research at Children's Mercy Month 2022

Introduction:

COVID-19 resulted in major challenges to our global health systems. We had to develop clinical protocols to care for COVID-19 patients with a very short window for design and deployment. We hypothesized that in situ simulation-based clinical system test (SbCST) could help identify latent safety threats (LSTs) in the newly developed protocols for COVID-19 patients in the operating room. The primary outcome was the number of LSTs identified. The secondary outcome was the perceptions of staff related to the process collected via post-training survey data.

Methods:

This observation study took place in the CMH OR and was approved by …

Cle Working Paper No. 2/2022--Mexican Salsa And Mexican Farm Workers: How International Agricultural Development Marginalizes Farm Labour, Celia White

Centre for Law and the Environment

International food systems have become ever-more complex through systems of globalization, industrialization and technologization, and have been significantly influenced by, and entrenched in concepts of international development. One small meal can have countless intersections with international laws, domestic laws, environments and people. A simple salsa recipe, for example, containing merely tomatoes, lime juice, garlic, onions, and cilantro, contains in its history a complex story of power, privilege, poverty and possibility. Where did these ingredients come from? Who grew them? Where are those people from? What rights do they have? Innumerable personal stories are hidden within the seemingly innocuous act of …

2022 Manifest Program, Columbia College Chicago

Manifest Urban Arts Festival Programs

A program for the Manifest Urban-Arts Festival held by Columbia College Chicago on May 13, 2022.

Effectiveness Of Physical Therapy And/Or Music Therapy On Enhancing Motor Skills In Children With Asd: A Systematic Review, Julia Reagan, Lauren Zoller, Michelle Brown

DPT Capstones

Objective: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a diagnosis that encompasses severa ldevelopmental disorders which present with neurological impairments, developmental delays, and correlates to increased motor dysfunction. Research to date has shown success with the use of music therapy and physical therapy treatment in the ASD population. However, further investigation needs to be conducted to determine which of these treatment options is most effective. The purpose of this systematic review is to explore if music therapy alone, physical therapy alone, or a combination of music therapy and physical therapy elicits the greatest benefit to enhance gross motor skills in children with …

Convergence: Eos News And Updates, May 2022, Unh Institute For The Study Of Earth, Oceans And Space

Convergence: EOS News and Updates

No abstract provided.

Comparing Composite Severe Weather Indices Of Thunderstorm Activity On Sea-Breeze And Non-Sea-Breeze Days In The Mobile, Alabama Area, Elizabeth Seiler

Poster Presentations

Poster for the Honors Thesis project.

Sea breezes (SB) occur frequently from May through October along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coast. One reason why SBs interest forecasters is their ability to spawn summertime thunderstorms, which can cause flash flooding, lightning, and hail. However, forecasting the exact timing and location of SB-driven convection can be challenging. This thesis will focus on Mobile and Baldwin Counties in southwest Alabama, which experience two types of phenomena – SBs along the Gulf of Mexico Coast and bay breezes on either side of Mobile Bay. Over the past years, multiple undergraduate students have analyzed …

The Effects Of Demographic And Church Related Factors On Burnout Among Ministers And Church Leaders., Senta Eastern

Dissertations (2016-Present)

Church leaders met with increasing workload demands, meeting high expectations and being able to manage their time are subject to elevated and prolonged levels of stress leading to burnout. The burnout phenomenology evolved from observations made of helping professionals working with chronic drug users while becoming increasingly fatigued and experiencing a daily loss of motivation. In a similar fashion, ministers’ emotional, physical, cognitive, and even spiritual reserves may be depleted when faced with elaborate demands. Meanwhile, few studies have been conducted to examine job satisfaction and implications for burnout within ministry. The purpose of this study was to examine the …

Investigating Polynominal-Fit Extrapolation For Iterative Gain Updating In A Controller, Malachi Landis

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of The Project Manager To Develop Stakeholder Management, Abeni El-Amin Ph.D.

Management Faculty Publications

In this research paper, this summation on strategic concepts and managing the strategic process derives from objectives guiding an organization to utilize high-level execution relative to rivals.

Real Time Monitoring Of Stress Using Rate Varitability And Pulse Travel Time, Patrick Julian Smith

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

Creating Rural Community Outreach Materials Related To Covid-19 And Disability, University Of Montana Rural Institute

Health and Wellness

RTC:Rural researchers led by Andrew Myers present best practices in rural COVID-19 outreach based on feedback from regional rural disability leaders.

Approximate Bayesian Conditional Copulas, Clara Grazian, Valle L Dalla, Brunero Liseo

More Faculty of Science and Engineering Research

No abstract provided.

Lack Of Access To Insulin Among People With Type 1 Diabetes In The Us, Hannah Randall

Ballard Brief

Insulin is a life-preserving medicine for individuals with type 1 diabetes. Insulin is especially inaccessible in the United States compared to other high-income nations due to patents and production monopolies, insufficient insurance coverage and other barriers to healthcare, and increased use of insulin analogs. As a result. individuals affected by this face a series of challenges, from turning to insulin rationing, and high rates of diabetic ketoacidosis. to a high mental toll. While this remains a complex issue. policy measures may be an effective way to make insulin more accessible for more Americans. Education on the need for better access …

Exact Likelihood Inference For Two Exponential Populations Under Joint Type-Ii Hybrid Censoring Scheme, A. R. Shafay

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

When Type-II hybrid censoring is used on two samples in a combined manner, the exact inference for two exponential populations is developed in this paper. The two unknown exponential mean parameters’ conditional maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimators are determined. The maximum likelihood estimators’ conditional moment generating functions and conditional exact distributions are then calculated. For the unknown parameters, the exact, approximate, and Bayes credible confidence intervals are also constructed. In addition, a Monte Carlo simulation study is carried out to evaluate the performance of the two estimation methods and also the three confidence intervals. Finally, using a real data set, …

Nadarajah Haghighi Generalised Power Weibull: Properties And Applications, Anuwoje Ida L. Abonongo, Albert Luguterah, Suleman Nasiru

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

This study developed the Nadarajah Haghighi generalised power Weibull (NHGPW) distribution by compounding the Nadarajah Haghighi and the generalised power Weibull distribution. Various statistical properties of this new distribution are derived for the new distribution. Estimators of the parameters of the developed distribution are also derived using the maximum likelihood estimation. The hazard rate function of the NHGPW distribution has been shown to be monotonically increasing, monotonically decreasing, constant, bathtub, upside down bathtub (unimodal), modified bathtub or modified unimodal. Its probability density function also exhibits various shapes such as decreasing-increasing, decreasing, increasing, increasing-decreasing, decreasing-increasing- decreasing, increasing-decreasing-increasing, positively skewed among others. …

Some Properties Of Whole Edge Domination In Graphs, Ammar Alsinai, Ahmed A. Omran, Thaer Abdul Ameer Ibrahim, Hakeem A. Othman

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Throughout this paper we initiate a new definition of edge domination in graphs that is called whole edge domination. Some bounds and results for edge whole domination number are established. Moreover, calculate this number of some certain graphs. Also, the effect of deletion, addition, and contraction of an edge on the domination of this definition has been determined.

Corn Disease Detection Based On Deep Neural Network For Substantiating The Crop Yield, C. Ashwini, V. Sellam

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

This work provides an extensive review of corn leaves disease prediction. Plant diseases are considered a significant threat to economic loss and production in worldwide agriculture. The monitoring and prediction of conditions play a substantial role in agricultural-based disease prediction. The disease over the plants shows a significant negative impact on crop cultivation. Thus, an automated system is essential for predicting crop diseases, aiming to help the farmers predict disease over the corn leaves. The target of the automated system is to predict the spread of the disease and damages in the plants. The advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) pave …

Enterprise Risk Management And Firms’ Value Nexus: A Case Of Saudi Emerging Market, Mahfod Aldoseri

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

The application of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) practices in the companies could have a pleasant effect on the performance of firms in terms of reducing managerial and operational risks, which would also contribute positively to the firms’ value. Therefore, the present study investigates the role of applying ERM on Saudi firms’ value in Energy, Materials, and Capital Goods companies. For this purpose, data is collected from 41 companies during 2017-2020 in Energy, Materials, and Capital Goods, which are listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange. The data is collected from the annual financial reports of the companies, posted on the Saudi …

The Eccentric Zagreb Indices For The Subdivision Of Some Graphs And Their Applications, Hanan Ahmed, Ammar Alsinai, Aysha Khan, Hakeem A. Othman

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Subdivision is one of the most important aspects of graph theory as it enables us to calculate the properties of some complicated graphs using some of the easier graphs. To understand the different properties of chemicals, laboratory tests must be performed, and this is extremely expensive. To overcome this problem, many topological indices in theoretical chemistry have been introduced and defined. In this paper, we calculate the eccentric Zagreb indices for the subdivision graphs of some graphs. Also, these indices were examined in their predictability of the boiling point of the chemical compounds.

The Stability Or Instability Of Co-Even Domination In Graphs, Shurooq A. Imran, Ammar Alsinai, Ahmed Omran, Aysha Khan, Hakeem A. Othman

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

The effect of deleting a vertex or (deleting or adding) an edge on co-even domination number on a graph that owns this number is discussed in this paper. Firstly, after deleting a vertex, the changes in this number were studied, which is the stability (unchanging) of the number or instability (changing) whether it was an increase or decrease. Secondly, the same study was done into how this number was affected when an edge was removed or added.

Computational Approaches To Facilitate Automated Interchange Between Music And Art, Rao Hamza Ali

Computational and Data Sciences (PhD) Dissertations

Recently, there has been a tremendous increase in generating and synthesizing music and art using various computational techniques. An area that is still under-researched, however, is how one medium can be converted into the other, while maintaining the overall aesthetics. Over the last few centuries, artists, composers, and scholars, have attempted to use substitute one form of art for the other: by proposing techniques where music notes are synonymous to colors, by inventing instruments that combine the aesthetics of music and visual art, and by incorporating the two media in live performances. A widely accepted computational approach, for the conversion, …

3h-1,2-Dithiole-3-Thione Suppresses Lps-Induced Proinflammatory Responses In Macrophages: Potential Involvement Of Antioxidant Induction, Nf-Κb, And Nrf2, Hong Zhu, An Bui, Arben Santo, Y R. Li

Osteopathic Medicine, Jerry M. Wallace School of

Previously, we reported that 3H-1,2-dithiole-3-thione (D3T), an Nrf2 activator, acted as a potential chemoprotectant against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mortality in mice. In view of the critical involvement of macrophages in the pathogenesis of LPS-induced endotoxemia, in the present study, we investigated the protective effects of D3T on LPS-induced proinflammatory responses in cultured murine RAW 264.7 macrophage cell line and primary peritoneal macrophages and the potential involvement of antioxidant induction, NF-κB, and Nrf2. We showed that treatment with D3T resulted in increased levels of a series of antioxidants in RAW 264.7 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. These included the reduced form of …