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Parental Status As A Modifying Factor In Covid-19 Vaccination Status: A Mixed Methods Approach, Mackenzie Carter Jan 2022

Parental Status As A Modifying Factor In Covid-19 Vaccination Status: A Mixed Methods Approach, Mackenzie Carter

All Master's Theses

Introduction: Vaccines are the best protection against COVID-19 and have been proven to be safe and effective. Parental efforts to protect their children by complying with or refusing pediatric vaccinations have previously been studied. However, the author found little research on how parental status affects the vaccination decisions for the parents. Using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods approach and the Health Belief Model, this study examines how parental status influences parental COVID-19 vaccination status. Methods: A local health department conducted a quantitative survey on COVID-19 vaccination attitudes and beliefs from September to October 2021. The COVID-19 vaccination status of parents of …

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Spatio-Temporal Movement Patterns Of Sub-Adult Adfluvial Bull Trout, Aimee Taylor Jan 2022

Spatio-Temporal Movement Patterns Of Sub-Adult Adfluvial Bull Trout, Aimee Taylor

All Master's Theses

Bull Trout in the Yakima River basin of Washington are primarily adfluvial, often using managed lakes as habitat. Kachess Lake, composed of Big and Little Kachess Lakes, is managed by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) for water storage. BOR plans to build a structure that can withdraw an additional 200,000 acre-feet of water in drought years, which would disconnect the two basins for multiple years. This study examined the spatio-temporal movement of sub-adult Bull Trout in Kachess Lake to understand distribution patterns and the effects of environmental variables. We sought to answer 1) does time (week of the year), diel …

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Hanford Nuclear Site Cultural Resource Gis Analysis: A Case Study Investigating Pre-Contact Travel Networks And Site And Artifact Locations, Luciana R. Chester Jan 2022

Hanford Nuclear Site Cultural Resource Gis Analysis: A Case Study Investigating Pre-Contact Travel Networks And Site And Artifact Locations, Luciana R. Chester

All Master's Theses

This thesis uses Global Information Systems (GIS) to investigate travel networks and site locations on the Hanford Nuclear Site. I construct a spatially referenced base map of historical travel routes, compare amounts of areas with and without archaeological survey, and analyze the location of archaeological sites. Government Land Office maps (GLO’s) mapped trails between1860’s and 1890’s. GIS analysis helps calculate relative frequencies and the densities of site and artifact types within 2 km buffers along the Columbia River corridor and trails. Collaboration between agencies and tribes facilitates consultation on all matters related to Hanford, and shared management of data covering …

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Student Handbook- 2022-2023, Student Activities Staff Jan 2022

Student Handbook- 2022-2023, Student Activities Staff

Student Handbooks

Sudent handbook

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Assessing Teachers’ Pedagogical Practices And Students’ Learning Outcomes In Science And Mathematics Across Primary And Secondary School Level: A Nationwide Study (2018-21), Sadia Muzaffar Bhutta, Nusrat Fatima Rizvi Jan 2022

Assessing Teachers’ Pedagogical Practices And Students’ Learning Outcomes In Science And Mathematics Across Primary And Secondary School Level: A Nationwide Study (2018-21), Sadia Muzaffar Bhutta, Nusrat Fatima Rizvi

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

No abstract provided.

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Barriers To Charitable Nonprofit Access And Advocacy Amid A Pandemic: A Case Study Of The Louisiana State Legislature, Stephanie M. Riegel, Steven W. Mumford Jan 2022

Barriers To Charitable Nonprofit Access And Advocacy Amid A Pandemic: A Case Study Of The Louisiana State Legislature, Stephanie M. Riegel, Steven W. Mumford

Political Science Faculty Publications

Research has long established nonprofit organizations’ vital role advocating for the needs of vulnerable populations before legislative policymakers. In the best of times, it is difficult for 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofits employing grassroots advocacy to mobilize vulnerable constituencies to compete with 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(6) advocacy and special interest groups. The latter organizations inherently have greater flexibility and resources to lobby lawmakers directly, permitting greater access to influencing the policy agenda. Through a multi-method case study of the 2020 regular session of the Louisiana State Legislature, this article demonstrates how the COVID-19 pandemic’s unique contextual conditions made legislative advocacy more difficult than …

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Subsidence In Coastal Cities Throughout The World Observed By Insar, Pei-Chin Wu, Meng (Matt) Wei, Steven D'Hondt Jan 2022

Subsidence In Coastal Cities Throughout The World Observed By Insar, Pei-Chin Wu, Meng (Matt) Wei, Steven D'Hondt

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

We measured subsidence rates in 99 coastal cities around the world between 2015 and 2020 using the PS Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar method and Sentinel-1 data. In most cities, part of the land is subsiding faster than sea level is rising. If subsidence continues at present rates, these cities will be challenged by flooding much sooner than projected by sea level rise models. The most rapid subsidence is occurring in South, Southeast, and East Asia. However, rapid subsidence is also happening in North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. Human activity—primarily groundwater extraction—is likely the main cause of this subsidence. Expanded …

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The Prosecutor In The Mirror: Conviction Integrity Units And Brady Claims, Lissa Griffin, Daisy Mason Jan 2022

The Prosecutor In The Mirror: Conviction Integrity Units And Brady Claims, Lissa Griffin, Daisy Mason

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

In Brady v. Maryland, the Supreme Court held that a prosecutor has a due process obligation to disclose exculpatory evidence that is material to guilt or punishment. The failure to fulfill this duty is particularly insidious because it bears directly on both whether an innocent defendant may have been convicted as well as on whether the adjudicatory process was fair. The failure to disclose exculpatory evidence has been characterized as “epidemic” and has been documented to have made a major, outsized contribution in cases that resulted in exonerations. It is not surprising, then, that conviction integrity units in prosecutor’s offices …

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Ua12/2/73 Alpha Omicron Pi, Wku Archives Jan 2022

Ua12/2/73 Alpha Omicron Pi, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Alpha Omicron Pi.

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Ua1c11/121 Susan Mason Photo Collection, Wku Archives Jan 2022

Ua1c11/121 Susan Mason Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs removed from a scrapbook probably belonging to Susan Mason.

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2021 Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative Annual Report, Aubrey Larsen Jan 2022

2021 Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative Annual Report, Aubrey Larsen

Extension Research

This report details the activities and accomplishments of the Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative in 2021.

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Utah College Sexual Behavior Survey: Initial Findings Report, Cris Meier, Julie Gast, Tyson Barrett, Melissa Ferguson, Demi Culianos, Lily Ward Jan 2022

Utah College Sexual Behavior Survey: Initial Findings Report, Cris Meier, Julie Gast, Tyson Barrett, Melissa Ferguson, Demi Culianos, Lily Ward

Extension Research

The purpose of the Utah College Sexual Behavior project was to establish the reliability and validity of the retrospective measures used in the survey and gain a better understanding of the sexual behaviors of Utah youth by asking Utah State University (USU) students about their sexual behaviors as youth.

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Effects Of Buried Wood On The Development Of Populus Tremuloides On Various Oil Sands Reclamation Soils, Kaitlyn E. Trepanier, Laura Manchola-Rojas, Bradley D. Pinno Jan 2022

Effects Of Buried Wood On The Development Of Populus Tremuloides On Various Oil Sands Reclamation Soils, Kaitlyn E. Trepanier, Laura Manchola-Rojas, Bradley D. Pinno

Aspen Bibliography

Buried wood is an important but understudied component of reclamation soils. We examined the impacts of buried wood amounts and species on the growth of the common reclamation tree species trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides). In a greenhouse study, aspen seedlings were planted into four soil types, upland derived fine forest floor-mineral mix (fFFMM), coarse forest floor-mineral mix (cFFMM), and lowland derived peat and peat-mineral mix (PMM), that were mixed with either aspen or pine wood shavings at four concentrations (0%, 10%, 20% and 50% of total volume). Height and diameter growth, chlorophyll concentration, and leaf and stem biomass were measured. …

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Why Do Family Members Reject Ai In Health Care? Competing Effects Of Emotions, Eun Hee Park, Karl Werder, Lan Cao, Balasubramaniam Ramesh Jan 2022

Why Do Family Members Reject Ai In Health Care? Competing Effects Of Emotions, Eun Hee Park, Karl Werder, Lan Cao, Balasubramaniam Ramesh

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

Artificial intelligence (AI) enables continuous monitoring of patients’ health, thus improving the quality of their health care. However, prior studies suggest that individuals resist such innovative technology. In contrast to prior studies that investigate individuals’ decisions for themselves, we focus on family members’ rejection of AI monitoring, as family members play a significant role in health care decisions. Our research investigates competing effects of emotions toward the rejection of AI monitoring for health care. Based on two scenario-based experiments, our study reveals that emotions play a decisive role in family members’ decision making on behalf of their parents. We find …

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The Use Of Disinformation As A Political Weapon, Rachael Arlet Jan 2022

The Use Of Disinformation As A Political Weapon, Rachael Arlet

Research Days Posters 2022

Disinformation is a powerful tool that has the ability to cause a lot of harm. It is especially harmful when it is used as a weapon by nations to inflict damage on other nations. Spreading disinformation is a way for governments to gain the trust of other countries, while simultaneously severing the trust between the targeted nation and other countries. During the time period of the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union were engaged in a battle of dominance which led to the spread of disinformation on both sides. One documented instance of disinformation from the United States …

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Developing Habits Of Mind Through Family Engineering At Home, Jubie Tan Jan 2022

Developing Habits Of Mind Through Family Engineering At Home, Jubie Tan

Research Days Posters 2022

Engineering in early education provides the foundation for the future of innovation. With the increased contact between family members during the COVID-19 pandemic, children may have experienced changes in their learning and engineering engagement. Our research explores young students’ reflections on their process of engaging in low-stakes engineering projects in their home. The participants were 22 families, ranging from second grade to sixth grade. After they attempted to solve an engineering challenge with family members in their home, all students reconvened in recorded Zoom meetings to answer various questions about the process and product of their engineering project. We individually …

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Student Transience In The Binghamton Community, Peter Schortemeyer Jan 2022

Student Transience In The Binghamton Community, Peter Schortemeyer

Research Days Posters 2022

Since the 20th century, Broome County and more specifically the Binghamton area has been losing its population and becoming more and more of a transient population. This paper looks to analyze the relationship between the transient population, more specifically transient students and their families, and the causes of them moving, primarily focusing on the economic and housing situations throughout the county. The research gained through using data published by government agencies as well as scientific journals in the past as well as interviews with people familiar to the situation in schools may help show a "cause and effect" relationship between …

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Gaba-A Delta Subunit Expression In The Hippocampus Of High And Low Licking/Grooming Rats, Matthew Heider Jan 2022

Gaba-A Delta Subunit Expression In The Hippocampus Of High And Low Licking/Grooming Rats, Matthew Heider

Research Days Posters 2022

Alcohol use disorder can in some cases been attributed to adverse early life environments such as those characterized by maternal neglect. In rodents we can investigate maternal care by looking at the frequency of licking/grooming behavior. High licking/grooming female offspring Long Evan rats were used in a study investigating the effect of maternal care in rats on the expression of the delta subunit of the GABA-A receptor in High licking/grooming (LG) and Low LG groups based on the relative frequencies of LG behaviors exhibited the first week postnatal. We expect to see that Low licking/grooming groups will have greater GABA-A …

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Prunella: An Experimental Musical, Leif Haley Jan 2022

Prunella: An Experimental Musical, Leif Haley

Research Days Posters 2022

“Prunella” is a musical theater adaptation of the story of Prunella—an Italian version of the Rapunzel fairy tale from around 1880. It is a two-act, three-principal (soprano, soprano, baritone) show existing somewhere between musical theater and chamber opera, for a small ensemble (strings, percussion, piano, some electronics). For this project I have assembled the script/libretto from nineteenth century source materials, and composed all incidental music and songs in an experimental style somewhere between theatric and operatic. The Prunella story is recognizably similar to that of Rapunzel, popularized by the Brothers Grimm, but the archetypal tale is far more ancient: over …

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Eugenics Impact On Society, Angela Phuong Jan 2022

Eugenics Impact On Society, Angela Phuong

Research Days Posters 2022

The ideas of eugenics infiltrated significant sectors of public activities like state fairs and sports culture by promoting the idea of a better society created by “eliminating” bad genes from the gene pool. Significantly, it also entered the legal code, most notably in the Buck v. Bell court case in 1927, which decided that it was fine to forcibly sterilize any “feeble-minded” women in order to prevent them from spreading their bad genes onto the next generation. Disinformation is an intentional act of spreading false information with the intent of causing harm. In the field of disinformation studies, scholars research …

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Disappearance Of High Incidence Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis And Parkinsonism Dementia In The Western Pacific: Clues To Their Etiology, Stephanie Barrett, Shruti Venkatesh Jan 2022

Disappearance Of High Incidence Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis And Parkinsonism Dementia In The Western Pacific: Clues To Their Etiology, Stephanie Barrett, Shruti Venkatesh

Research Days Posters 2022

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinsonism Dementia (PD) are two important neurodegenerative disorders that exhibited extremely high incidence rates within 3 foci of the Western Pacific: the Kii Peninsula of Japan, the Auyu and Jakai speaking people of Western New Guinea, and the Chamorros of Guam in the Mariana Islands. ALS is caused by a degradation of the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord leading to a progressive weakness and atrophy of skeletal muscles. Patients with PD exhibit slowness of motor activity, disturbances in gait and a loss of cognitive function. From the latter half of the 20th …

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Russian Intervention In Foreign Elections: Implications In The 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Election, Julian Roque Jan 2022

Russian Intervention In Foreign Elections: Implications In The 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Election, Julian Roque

Research Days Posters 2022

The early twenty-first century in the region of Eastern Europe was a historical moment which saw unprecedented political tension and strife in post-Soviet states. This phenomenon was particularly evident in the Ukrainian Presidential election of 2004 which can be characterized by a dichotomy of ideological polarity between traditionalist tyranny of Russia and contemporary democracy of the West. Though to understand this conflict further it is critical to understand the actors at play: Viktor Yuschenko who was heavily backed both ideologically and monetarily by the United States and Viktor Yanukovych who received extensive support from Russia and the Kremlin. This election …

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Voter Registration, Turnout, And Participation Among Movers And Transients, Logan Osborne Jan 2022

Voter Registration, Turnout, And Participation Among Movers And Transients, Logan Osborne

Research Days Posters 2022

How does voter registration affect the participation and turnout of movers and transient populations? The transient population can be defined as groups of people living in a geographic place that tend to only live there for a short time. These people are also called movers. To explore this question, I look at the data from the U.S. Census for transient communities such as the City of Binghamton, New York. I also have looked at the percentage of individuals who have moved homes and who are not registered to vote. I look at the history of voter registration policies and different …

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Mismatched Name: Exploring The Meaning When Chinese Parents Give Their Daughters Masculine Name, Zeqi Chen Jan 2022

Mismatched Name: Exploring The Meaning When Chinese Parents Give Their Daughters Masculine Name, Zeqi Chen

Research Days Posters 2022

Background: The strict logic of patrilineal inheritance and the clan system led to a patriarchal society from ancient China and a deep-rooted cultural preference for sons over daughters. Names, as figurative symbols of blood ties and hierarchical order, have become one of the main ways for parents to express their expectations for children. The inconsistency between male names and female gender is contrary to the general rule that parents express blessings in their children’s names. Research Question: This study interviewed women with male names in China to understand their interpretations of their names and the gender perceptions behind the names …

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Exercise And Diet Patterns As Factors In Forearm Trabecular And Cortical Bone Development In Pubertal Girls, Kailee Loiodice, Ye Lin, Alexander Ruhren Jan 2022

Exercise And Diet Patterns As Factors In Forearm Trabecular And Cortical Bone Development In Pubertal Girls, Kailee Loiodice, Ye Lin, Alexander Ruhren

Research Days Posters 2022

PURPOSE: As peak bone mineral accrual velocity occurs at menarche, optimization of circum-menarcheal exercise and diet may reduce future fracture risk. We evaluated a 3-year non-dominant upper extremity bone loading index, and key nutrients, as circum-menarcheal factors in development of post-menarcheal bone properties at the distal radius – a common fragility fracture site. METHODS: A previously published circum-menarcheal bone loading index was evaluated as a predictor of indices of theoretical bone compressive and torsional strength for 48 original BLI study participants with post-menarcheal radius peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) scans. Mean intakes of lactose, zinc, total fat, magnesium, protein, calcium …

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Examining The Relationship Between Asd Knowledge And Educator Experience In A Ny State Sample, Antonia Canosa, Kelly Buchanan, Raymond Romanczyk, Jennifer Gillis Mattson, Candace Mulcahy Jan 2022

Examining The Relationship Between Asd Knowledge And Educator Experience In A Ny State Sample, Antonia Canosa, Kelly Buchanan, Raymond Romanczyk, Jennifer Gillis Mattson, Candace Mulcahy

Research Days Posters 2022

Given the increase in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence rates (CDC, 2021), educators are more likely than ever to serve autistic students across educational environments. The literature suggests that educator knowledge of ASD may be poor and impact effectiveness in working with students (Gómez-Mari, 2021). This study will examine knowledge about ASD in a large sample of educators from New York state (N=400) using data from an online survey. Autism knowledge was measured using the ASK-Q, a measure validated and designed to reliably identify gaps in ASD knowledge across cultures and professions (Harrison, 2017). Regression analyses will be used to …

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High-Sugar Adapted Drosophila Melanogaster Display Differences In Feeding Behavior, Melina Brunelli Jan 2022

High-Sugar Adapted Drosophila Melanogaster Display Differences In Feeding Behavior, Melina Brunelli

Research Days Posters 2022

Overnutrition due to chronic high-sugar (HS) feeding has been shown to reduce lifespan and elicit type II diabetes-like pathophysiology phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster. We are using an experimental evolution approach in large, outbred Drosophila populations using a HS diet as the selective pressure. This has produced rapid phenotypic adaptation including a significant increase in survival for selected flies on the HS diet. One mechanism by which flies might reduce the effects of a HS diet would be to reduce consumption. Thus, we hypothesized that there would be differences in feeding behavior between control and adapted populations. Four control and four …

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Disinformation And Failed Bargaining, Marydalia Jimenez Jan 2022

Disinformation And Failed Bargaining, Marydalia Jimenez

Research Days Posters 2022

Incomplete information shifted the narrative of the Cold War’s outcome in many ways. This paper employs the theoretical tools and methods of Disinformation Studies to critique a model of failed bargaining proposed by political scientists Frieden, Lake, and Schultz. According to these scholars, failed bargaining is when two states resort to war rather than negotiate. While this is a convincing model, I argue that the dissemination of intentionally false or misleading narratives plays a critical role in fueling support for various types of militarized conflict. Failed bargaining is shown to be a more convincing model of the failure of diplomacy …

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Analyzing The Awareness Of The Resources Available To Protect Residents From Lead Exposure, Cianna Geni Jan 2022

Analyzing The Awareness Of The Resources Available To Protect Residents From Lead Exposure, Cianna Geni

Research Days Posters 2022

There are many people at risk of lead-based paint exposure in Broome County, especially low-income families since they tend to live in older homes. This research project examines the question: how aware are residents in low-income areas of the resources available to ensure they are not at risk of exposure to lead-based paint? To answer this question data has been gathered from programs connected to the Broome County Health Department that provide resources to reduce environmental health issues in homes. I anticipate that the results will show that awareness of the resources available have increased over time with the increase …

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The Psychological Theory Behind The Epistemology Of Disinformation, Sarah Gillen Jan 2022

The Psychological Theory Behind The Epistemology Of Disinformation, Sarah Gillen

Research Days Posters 2022

Distinguishing true from false information is both a psychological and epistemological process. Clare Wardle emphasizes the importance of identifying various types of what she refers to as information disorder referencing pollution occurring among online platforms principally news outlets. The categories of disinformation can include something as simple as clickbait or truly deceptive information that one might believe at first glance. The solutions to internet pollution are complex because it takes on many different forms. This causes fact-checking to be inefficient and time consuming, only flagging articles that are blatantly false excluding ones that are misleading. There is an intersection between …

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