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Understanding Transatlantic Cultural Mobility: For A Cross-Reading Of Fitón In Calderón De La Barca’S El Laurel De Apolo And Alonso De Ercilla’S La Araucana, Carmela Mattza

Faculty Publications

This essay focuses on the intertextual origins and depiction of Fitón in Calderón de la Barca’s play El laurel de Apolo. After contrasting Calderón’s depiction of Fitón with those in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Alonso de Ercilla’s La Araucana, I demonstrate the special signif icance Calderón’s variations on the classical myth of Fitón acquires when considered within the context of the intersection of Early Modern Spanish literature, history, arts, and politics. Here, I argue that Calderón’s recasting of Fitón serves as propaganda, the origins of which can be found in the four Titian paintings commissioned by María de Hungría in 1548. …

A Comparison Of Primary Stability Of Aggressive Thread Design Implant Using Two Different Technique In Different Bone Density: An In Vitro Biomechanical Study, Chandarong Huy

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Objective: To investigate the correlation of aggressive thread implant in different bone qualities by two systems. Materials and Methods: A single space edentulism of tooth 11 maxillary models was prepared and inserted with artificial polyurethane bone type 1-4 for the preparation site. In total, 24 implants were divided into 4 groups according to the bone types. BLX implants with 4.5mm in diameter and 12 mm in length which are considered aggressive thread implants were used in this study. All implants were digitally planned, and the preparations were performed using computer-assisted guided surgery. After implant insertion, the primary stability was measured …

Neuroprotective Effects And Metabolomic Studies Of Oxyresveratrol In Rotenone-Induced Neuroblastoma Sh-Sy5y Cytotoxicity For A Preventive Approach To Parkinson’S Disease, Nureesun Mahamud

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a long-term degenerative brain disorder. In 2022, WHO reported that PD prevalence has doubled over the last 25 years, causing disability and death more quickly than any other neurological disease. Although PD is still not curable, several studies showed some bioactive substances are linked with a lower risk of developing PD. Oxyresveratrol, a polyphenolic compound found in various plants, is the bioactive component previously reported the pharmacological activities such as antioxidant and neuroprotective effects. However, the specific molecular mechanisms and pathways involved in its effects are currently limited. This study aimed to examine the neuroprotective mechanisms …

Development And Evalution Of Technology For Rehabilitation Process Of Stroke Patients, Utpal Chandra Das

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Rehabilitation after a stroke is crucial for patients to regain their functional abilities. Conventional rehabilitation methods can be time-consuming, inaccurate, and challenging to measure progress. This study proposes novel artificial intelligence(AI) based upper limb and lower limb rehabilitation approach for stroke patients. The proposed system comprises AI models: fuzzy logic rule-based and Convolutional Neural Network(CNN) Machine Learning(ML) models. The rule-based model incorporates the Fugal Meyar Method Assessment(FMA) to measure the angle of the patient’s upper and lower limbs during exercise using a camera(Sensor). The proposed robust hybrid fuzzy logic-based AI model continuously measures the desired angle, counts the repetition of …

Nail Cortisol For Welfare Assessment In Shelter And Owned Cats, Minh Pham Quoc Anh

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Shelter cats are vulnerable to stress due to the challenging circumstances they face, including confinement, unfamiliar environments, people, and animals. This vulnerability often leads to welfare issues, emphasizing the importance of assessing and improving their well-being. Measuring cortisol levels, a stress hormone, from nails has emerged as a non-invasive method to evaluate the stress response in humans and other animals. This study aimed to apply nail cortisol for welfare assessment in cats by measuring and comparing nail cortisol concentrations (NCCs) of owned cats and shelter cats living in different conditions. Nails of 31 owned cats (OC), 29 shelter cats living …

Canine Pd-L1 Mrna And Protein Expression In Normal Tissues And Common Cancers, Fuengfa Damjamnong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), an immune check points molecule, is expressed differently in various tissues and plays an important role in common cancers. The objectives of this study are to investigate the expression of canine PD-L1 mRNA and protein in normal tissues and common cancers and to determine the correlation of PD-L1 expression with histologic grading of the malignant mammary gland tumor (MGT). In the normal tissue, the highest PD-L1 mRNA expression was observed in lymph node (P<0.01). In the cancer tissues, the highest PD-L1 mRNA expression was observed in lymphoma, but not significant (P=0.224). The PD-L1 mRNA expression was higher in benign tumors compared to malignant MGT (P=0.093) but not significant. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed in formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue of normal and MGT tissue using newly developed anti-canine PD-L1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) (clone 5D2). Immunostaining was detected on epithelial cells, transitional cell, parenchymal cells, alveolar macrophages and immune cells. The immunostaining score of malignant MGTs was higher than benign MGT (P<0.05). The immunostaining score was not significantly different among histological sub-types and histological grades. The lack of correlation between PD-L1 mRNA and protein expression in canine malignant MGTs was observed. In conclusion, this anti-canine PD-L1 mAb could be used as predictive biomarker for canine MGT. This study has fulfilled and expanded a knowledge of the PD-L1 checkpoint molecule in dogs and highlights a potential of PD-L1 antibodies using for immunotherapy in canine MGTs, similar to their application in human tumors.

Customer Drinks Purchasing Behavior During Covid-19 Pandemic Analysis, Krittayot Bherngjitt

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many changes to the lifestyle of people all over the world. The lockdown forced people to stay at home for many months. This has led to the changes in purchasing behavior as well such as the increase in delivery order. This research, which has received sales data of drinks during the pandemic from a large beverage company, seeks to analyze the changes in customer behavior during the pandemic by using machine learning to perform clustering and observe the changes in the purchases of each product type. We will use clustering to group customers based on …

Dirhenium Compounds Containing The Diphosphine Ligands Ph2pch2pph2, Ph2pch(Cn)Pph2, Or Ph2pch(Ch3)Pph2: A Comparative Study, Hannah C. Arthur

Undergraduate Honors Theses

When M₂L₁₀ complexes containing two rhenium(III) atoms in a quadruple bond react with an excess of the diphosphine ligand Ph₂PCH₂PPh₂, the bond order decreases, and the rhenium is reduced to rhenium(II). When two diphosphine ligands are bonded to the dirhenium center, they can adopt a trans-trans, trans-cis, or cis-cis configuration. NMR spectra of compounds that adopt the cis-cis arrangement show unusually large downfield shifts for one of the bridgehead methylene hydrogens (P-CH₂-P). To understand the unusual chemical shift, the hydrogens first have to be assigned. The strategy for …

2022 Nebraska Water Leaders Academy Final Report, Mark E. Burbach, Robert Matthew Joeckel, Brooke Mott, Gina S. Matkin

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

Fifteen participants completed the 2022 Water Leaders Academy bringing the total number of graduates to 168 since the inception of the program in 2011. Assessments of participants’ transformational leadership skills, champion of innovation skills, water knowledge, engagement with water issues, civic capacity, entrepreneurial leadership behaviors, and boundary spanning skills increased significantly over the course of the year, according to both the participants and their raters. Feedback from the participants was highly positive and constructive. Academy planners are addressing participant concerns. Results of the program assessment indicate that the curriculum is meeting Academy objectives. Therefore, only minor changes are planned for …

Neurophysiological And Psychological Characteristics Of Individuals With History Of Lateral Ankle Sprain, Katherine Bain

Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences

Lateral ankle sprain (LAS) is among the most common lower limb musculoskeletal injuries impacting both the general and sport populations. Even more problematic is that approximately 70% of individuals who sustain an LAS develop residual deficits. Of that subgroup, roughly 40% develop chronic ankle instability (CAI). Chronic ankle instability is a clinical diagnosis defined by the presence of ongoing impairments following the initial LAS which may include perceived instability, pain, mechanical instability, and episodes of giving way during physical activity. Not all who sustain multiple ankle sprains or experience residual deficits fit the clinical diagnosis criteria for CAI; yet may …

Content Validation Of A Patient-Reported Outcome Measure For Pediatric Clients With Hand And Upper Extremity Impairment, Jenny M. Dorich

Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences

Occupational therapists and physical therapists practicing in hand therapy have adopted routine use of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for evaluating treatment outcomes. However, the PROMs currently used in pediatric hand care are limited in clinical utility for the pediatric population. Thus, a need exists for developing a PROM that is tailored to the pediatric hand therapy population. The overarching purpose of this dissertation is to establish the content validity of a novel PROM for children with hand and upper extremity impairment – the Upper Extremity Life Impact Measure-Youth (UE LIM-Y).

This three-part dissertation applies published standards for PROM development …

The Experience Of Meditation, And Its Effects On Attention, For Adults With Stroke Or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Three-Part Dissertation With Qualitative And Quantitative Evidence, Cheryl Carrico

Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences

Impairment of attention is common after stroke; is a defining characteristic of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); and has been shown to correlate significantly with difficulties in daily life for individuals with these conditions. More research is needed to establish effective interventions addressing impaired attention in such cases. Meditation is not a standard-of-care intervention for this purpose but may have therapeutic potential. Meditation has been broadly defined as an activity which has self-regulation of attention as its main aim. In other words, it can be considered a training of attention. To shed light on the therapeutic potential of meditation, including …

The Utilization Of Physical Literacy To Understand Physical Activity In Individuals With A History Of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Rachel Renee Kleis

Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences

Injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is common in physically active populations. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is commonly performed after injury in order to restore joint stability and knee function and return patients to desired levels of physical activity. However, not everyone will return to their pre-injury levels of sport after surgery and recent evidence reveals that individuals with a history of ACLR are less likely to meet the recommended physical activity guidelines. Specifically, previous literature has reported that individuals with a history of ACLR take fewer daily steps and participate in less moderate-to-vigorous physical activity compared to …

Increasing Social Inclusion For Children With Disabilities In Faith-Based Settings: A Four-Part Dissertation, Valerie Miller

Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences

The aim of this dissertation is to increase the body of research in occupational therapy about how to increase the social inclusion of children with disabilities in faith-based settings. Even since the advent of important legislation like the Americans with Disabilities Act, which paved the way for community participation for individuals with disabilities, individuals with disabilities continue to face barriers to participating in society. Decreased inclusion for individuals with disabilities is seen throughout all sectors of society. One area of regular societal participation for many Americans is in faith-based settings such as churches, synagogues and temples. It has been reported …

Telehealth Readiness In Older Adults In Kentucky, Kristen Weidner

Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences

During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth became an increasingly widespread service delivery model. Not all populations, however, accessed telehealth services equally. Older adults were less likely to use telehealth during the pandemic, continuing a historical trend. These usage patterns persist despite evidence that telehealth could be a helpful service delivery option for this population. Researchers have explored how theoretical frameworks explain older adults’ decisions to use technology, but there is yet to be a measure of older adults’ readiness for telehealth technology. A validated, theory-backed tool of older adults’ perceptions about telehealth, prior to the health care encounter, could help clinicians …

The Effectiveness Of Handwriting Intervention On Handwriting And Spelling Outcomes Delivered Via Telehealth, Laura Bray

Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences

Across the United States, there has been a push to improve the literacy of our population, especially in the school systems. This has resulted in emphasizing reading skill development; however, literacy encompasses more than just reading. Literacy is the internal processes needed to create and understand contextualized visual, written, and verbal information. According to the Common Core State Standards, foundational literacy skills include reading, but also writing, listening, and speaking abilities. Handwriting is an area of literacy that is often forgotten, but has significant positive correlations to writing composition, spelling, and early reading skills. In fact, the Simple View of …

Implementation Of Physical Activity In Kentucky Public Schools: From Theory To Policy, Nancy Kearns

Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences

Physical activity in schools improves academic performance and fitness measures in children. However, state policy supporting implementation of physical activity remains poor. Identifying specific barriers to implementing physical activity minutes in Kentucky public schools is pivotal in preserving the cognitive and physical health of our children. This is of particular interest as physical activity minutes remain low despite the positive effects of exercise on cognition. The purpose of this dissertation is to provide policymakers and school administrators a method of identifying current policies, attitudes and infrastructure that inhibit the implementation of physical activity minutes in public schools. Thus, the findings, …

20/20, Rucy Cui

Yalobusha Review

Winner of the 2021 Barry Hannah Prize in Fiction, judged by Raven Leilani

Elegy With Forceps, Amanda Gaines

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

Can We Make Our Robot Play Soccer? Influence Of Collaborating With Preservice Teachers And Fifth Graders On Undergraduate Engineering Students' Learning During A Robotic Design Process (Work In Progress), Krishnanand Kaipa, Jennifer Kidd, Julia Noginova, Francisco Cima, Stacie Ringleb, Orlando Ayala, Pilar Pazos, Kristie Gutierrez, Min Jung Lee

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications

This work-in-progress paper describes engineering students’ experiences in an NSF-funded project that partnered undergraduate engineering students with pre-service teachers to plan and deliver robotics lessons to fifth graders at a local school. This project aims to address an apparent gap between what is taught in academia and industry’s expectations of engineers to integrate perspectives from outside their field to solve modern societal problems requiring a multidisciplinary approach. Working in small teams over Zoom, participating engineering, education, and fifth grade students designed, built, and coded bio-inspired COVID companion robots. The goal for the engineering students was to build new interprofessional skills, …

Centrality And Transverse-Momentum Dependence Of Higher-Order Flow Harmonics Of Identified Hadrons In Au+Au Collisions At √𝑠𝑁⁢𝑁=200 Gev, Star Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

We present high-precision measurements of elliptic, triangular, and quadrangular flow 𝑣2, 𝑣3, and 𝑣4, respectively, at midrapidity for identified hadrons 𝜋, 𝑝, 𝐾, 𝜑, 𝐾𝑠, Λ as a function of centrality and transverse momentum in Au+Au collisions at the center-of-mass energy √𝑠𝑁⁢𝑁=200 GeV. We observe similar 𝑣𝑛 trends between light and strange mesons which indicates that the heavier strange quarks flow as strongly as the lighter up and down quarks. The number-of-constituent-quark scaling for 𝑣2, 𝑣3, and 𝑣4 is found to hold within statistical uncertainty for 0–10%, 10–40%, and 40–80% collision centrality intervals. The results are compared to several viscous …

Azimuthal Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries Of Inclusive Jets And Identified Hadrons Within Jets From Polarized 𝑝⁢𝑝 Collisions At √𝑠 =200  Gev, Star Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

The STAR Collaboration reports measurements of the transverse single-spin asymmetries, 𝐴𝑁, for inclusive jets and identified “hadrons within jets” production at midrapidity from transversely polarized 𝑝⁢𝑝 collisions at √𝑠 =200  GeV, based on data recorded in 2012 and 2015. The inclusive jet asymmetry measurements include 𝐴𝑁 for inclusive jets and 𝐴𝑁 for jets containing a charged pion carrying a momentum fraction 𝑧 >0.3 of the jet momentum. The identified hadron within jet asymmetry measurements include the Collins effect for charged pions, kaons, and protons, and the Collins-like effect for charged pions. The measured asymmetries are determined for several distinct kinematic …

Evidence For Nonlinear Gluon Effects In Qcd And Their Mass Number Dependence At Star, Star Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

The STAR Collaboration reports measurements of back-to-back azimuthal correlations of di-𝜋0s produced at forward pseudorapidities (2.6 < 𝜂 < 4.0) in 𝑝 +𝑝, 𝑝+Al, and 𝑝+Au collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 200 GeV. We observe a clear suppression of the correlated yields of back-to-back 𝜋0 pairs in 𝑝+Al and 𝑝+Au collisions compared to the 𝑝 +𝑝 data. The observed suppression of back-to-back pairs as a function of transverse momentum suggests nonlinear gluon dynamics arising at high parton densities. The larger suppression found in 𝑝+Au relative to 𝑝+Al collisions exhibits a dependence of the saturation scale 𝑄2/𝑠 on the mass number 𝐴. A linear scaling of the suppression with 𝐴1/3 is observed with a slope of −0.09 ±0.01.

Foreword, Michelle E. Mazzola

Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity

No abstract provided.

Reparations And The International Law Origin Story, John Linarelli

Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity

No abstract provided.

Dispensing Reparations For Marijuana Convictions, Michelle Mazzola

Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity

No abstract provided.

Creditable Civic Engagement? Aligning Work On Civic Activity With Faculty Incentives, Kenneth W. Moffett, Laurie L. Rice

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Political scientists frequently study and engage in civic engagement work and the institutions that employ them state that they value these endeavors. Yet, there is a disconnect between valuing and doing this work relative to aligning it with faculty incentives. We discuss our experiences with civic engagement work and how we made it fit into how we are evaluated. We use our experience to motivate recommendations to fellow faculty, institutions, and administrators with respect to how they can do and encourage this work going forward.

A Micro-Typology Of Contact Effects In Four Tibeto-Burman Languages, Kristine Hildebrandt, Oliver Bond, Dubi Nanda Dhakal

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

When minority languages with similar typological profiles are in long-term contact with a genealogically unrelated socioeconomically dominant language, the perfect context is provided for investigating which observed contact effects are demonstrably allied to sociolinguistic dynamics rather than purely structural ones. This paper investigates the factors determining the different extent of contact effects in four Tibeto-Burman languages (Gurung, Gyalsumdo, Nar-Phu, and Manange) spoken in a geo-politically defined and multilingual region of Nepal. Using corpus data and sociolinguistic interviews collected in the field, we demonstrate that a range of social, economic and geo-spatial factors contribute to asymmetries where contact effects are observed …

The Effect Of Dysfunctional Organizational Culture On Burnout In Academic Libraries, Lora Del Rio, Juliet Kerico Gray, Lis Pankl

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

This chapter explores the high incidence of dysfunctional organizational cultures among academic libraries and how these cultures accelerate burnout among librarians, particularly newer librarians. Our data show that there are a variety of factors that lead to dysfunctional organizational cultures in libraries, including generational conflict, salary inequities, lack of representation of women and people of color in leadership positions, and poor leadership. In combating dysfunction and burnout, we recognize the idea that individuals are responsible for managing their burnout through various means of self-care or saying “no.” However, in this book chapter, we assert that it is both the organization’s …

Review Of Copula For Bivariate Distributions Of Zero-Inflated Count Time Series Data, Dimuthu Fernando, Mohammed Alqawba, Manar Samad, Norou Diawara

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

The class of bivariate integer-valued time series models, described via copula theory, is gaining popularity in the literature because of applications in health sciences, engineering, financial management and more. Each time series follows a Markov chain with the serial dependence captured using copula-based distribution functions from the Poisson and the zero-inflated Poisson margins. The copula theory is again used to capture the dependence between the two series.

However, the efficiency and adaptability of the copula are being challenged because of the discrete nature of data and also in the case of zero-inflation of count time series. Likelihood-based inference is used …