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Penn State’S School Of Public Affairs Security-Related Academic Programs Amid The Novel Coronavirus Catastrophe, Alexander Siedschlag

Publications

Due to its large OL student population, Penn State’s School of Public Affairs had (unintended) applicable crisis contingency protocols in place prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. With the support of our college’s Center for Teaching Excellence, many traditional F2F residential courses had already been set up on our learning management system (LMS), Canvas. As a result, many of our school’s traditional students and faculty had a handle on using Canvas and remote learning technology. The center enhanced and focused its services to faculty as COVID-19 evolved (Center for Teaching Excellence, 2020). As the COVID-19 crisis hit Penn State during the …

Where Politics Meets Ritual: Changing Wedding Culture And The Mufti Marriage Debate In Turkey, Sevgi Adak

Faculty & Staff Publications

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Passions Read And Hearts Fed: Science Fiction Orients Library Science To The Anthropocene - A Review Of "I Met A Traveler In An Antique Land.", Wendy Highby, Katherine Shull, Emory Jay Trask

University Libraries Publications

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The Impact Of United States Of America College Education On The Japanese Students’ Keigo Toward Their Senpai, Manami Matsuoka

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The purpose of the study is to research whether studying abroad experiences in the United States of America affect keigo usage of Japanese college students toward senpai. 58 Japanese college students in Japan and the United States of America completed a 25-item survey. Honorifics usage of both Japanese college students in Japan and international Japanese students in the United States were tested. The Results revealed that study abroad experiences influenced/changed international Japanese students’ original communication style and keigo usage toward senpai.

Intercultural Communication Apprehension: A Multidimensional Perspective Of Communication Between International And Domestic Students, Christina Van Essen

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This research looks at different factors influencing international students’ level of intercultural communication apprehension (ICA), the difference in the level of international students’ (participants) ICA experienced towards domestic and international students, and lastly the influence of this ICA on the social connectedness participants experience while living in the United States. Findings show that participants’ comfort in using English, and their cultural sensitivity had a significant influence on ICA when all variables were considered. Findings also show that participants are more apprehensive in communicating with American students as compared to international students. The combination of ICA towards American and international students …

Home Now, Malik Hodari

Mighty Pen Project Anthology & Archive

A soldier begins to find his way home after returning from Vietnam.

Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L. Robbins, and in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, offers veterans and their family members a customized twelve-week writing class, free of charge. The program encourages, supports, and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of military experience so both writer and audience may benefit.

Modern Monetary Theory, Tristan Rabbitt

Economics Honors Papers

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Understanding Pharmaceutical Pricing In The United States, Ashley Howe

Economics Honors Papers

The issue of high drug prices in the United States is something that could go on forever due to the industry’s profit maximizing design. Given the current time with the COVID-19 pandemic, many changes will be made to what Americans have considered a “normal lifestyle” for the past century. This will involve policy changes across many industries to keep Americans safe throughout the duration of this disease, and through any other virus to come. Hopefully, significant changes will be made in the pharmaceutical industry. This industry is unlike any other industry in the world, as all major players: hospitals, insurance …

Making Disciplinary Research Audible, Andrew Smith, Meghan L. Cook, Matt Torrence

Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications

Academic libraries have long consulted with faculty and graduate students on ways to measure the impact of their published research, which now include altmetrics. Podcasting is becoming a more viable method of publicizing academic research to a broad audience. Because individual academic departments may lack the ability to produce podcasts, the library can serve as the most appropriate academic unit to undertake podcast production on behalf of researchers. The article identifies what library staff and equipment are required, describes the process needed to produce and market the published episodes, and offers preliminary assessments of the podcast impact.

Social Mindfulness: Prosocial The Active Way, Niels Van Doesum, Reinout De Vries, Arjan Blokland, Jessica Hill, Adam W. Stivers

Psychology Faculty Scholarship

Prosociality is a central topic in positive psychology. An important but under-studied distinction can be made between active and reactive expressions. We suggest that the novel construct of social mindfulness represents active rather than reactive prosociality. Across four studies (N = 2,594), including a multi-wave representative sample spanning six years, social mindfulness is found to correlate with personality traits associated with prosocial and/or antisocial behavior. We find positive associations with empathy, social value orientation, and general prosocial behavior, and negative associations with moral disengagement and narcissism. Importantly, social mindfulness emerges as an active rather than a reactive characteristic that is …

Research On The Influencing Factors Of Open Data Policy Implemen-Tation In China: Based On The Comprehensive Model Of Policy Implementation, Jian Tu

Journal of Scientific Information Research

Based on the review of relevant literature and the analysis of the present situation of open data policy of Chinese government.This paper introduces a comprehensive model of policy implementation to analyze the influencing factors in the implementation of open data policy of our government.From the point of view of policy implementation model，this paper explores the problems from three aspects:the treat ability of the problem，the regulatory ability of the policy itself and the problems other than the policy itself，and puts forward some corresponding suggestions.

University Coworking Space: กรณีศึกษา หน่วยงานสร้างนวัตกรรมของมหาวิทยาลัยไทย, ปริยฉัตร สุขเจริญ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ (1) ศึกษาความเป็นมาและจุดเริ่มต้นในการจัดพื้นที่ Coworking Space ของมหาวิทยาลัยในประเทศไทย (2) ศึกษาความเหมือนและความแตกต่างของ Coworking Space ของแต่ละมหาวิทยาลัย และ (3) ศึกษาบทบาทสำคัญของ Coworking Space ของมหาวิทยาลัยไทย ผ่านกรณีศึกษา 5 มหาวิทยาลัย คือ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่ มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น และมหาวิทยาลัยวลัยลักษณ์ โดยใช้วิธีการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ประกอบด้วย การเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลจากการศึกษาเอกสาร การสังเกตการณ์ใน Coworking Space ทั้ง 5 แห่ง และการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกผู้ให้ข้อมูลสำคัญ จำนวนทั้งสิ้น 31 ราย ได้แก่ 1) ผู้รับผิดชอบระดับกระทรวง 1 ราย 2) ผู้บริหาร Coworking Space 5 ราย 3) เจ้าหน้าที่ประจำ 5 ราย 4) บุคลากรในมหาวิทยาลัย 10 ราย และ 5) บุคคลภายนอกที่เข้าใช้บริการCoworking Space 10 ราย ผลการวิจัย มีดังนี้ (1) จุดเริ่มต้นของ Coworking Space ในมหาวิทยาลัยไทย ที่เปิดโอกาสให้คนนอกเข้ามาใช้บริการ มาจากความต้องการให้มี Coworking Space เป็นพื้นที่กลางเพื่อใช้ในการพบปะ พูดคุย แลกเปลี่ยนความคิดเห็นระหว่างผู้มาใช้บริการ รวมถึงการสร้างให้เกิดเครือข่ายความสัมพันธ์ใน Coworking Space และความต้องการเชื่อมประสานระหว่างภาคมหาวิทยาลัย หน่วยงานภาครัฐ และภาคเอกชน (2) Coworking Space ของแต่ละมหาวิทยาลัยมีทั้งความเหมือนและความต่าง จำแนกเป็น 3 ด้าน ได้แก่ งบประมาณ รูปแบบการบริหารจัดการ และรูปแบบการให้บริการ ด้านงบประมาณพบว่ามหาวิทยาลัยทั้ง 5 แห่ง ล้วนได้รับงบประมาณจากภายนอกทั้งจากภาครัฐและภาคเอกชนเหมือนกัน แต่มีรูปแบบการบริหารงบประมาณที่แตกต่างและเฉพาะตัว …

Policy And Procedure Recommendations For The Collection And Preservation Of Eyewitness Identification Evidence, Gary L. Wells, Margaret Bull Kovera, Amy Bradfield Douglass, Neil Brewer, Christian A. Meissner, John T. Wixted

Publications and Research

Objective: The Executive Committee of the American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41 of the American Psychological Association) appointed a subcommittee to update the influential 1998 scientific review paper on guidelines for eyewitness identification procedures. Method: This was a collaborative effort by six senior eyewitness researchers, who all participated in the writing process. Feedback from members of AP-LS and the legal communities was solicited over an 18-month period. Results: The results yielded nine recommendations for planning, designing, and conducting eyewitness identification procedures. Four of the recommendations were from the 1998 article and concerned the selection of lineup fillers, prelineup …

Lgbtq+ Civil Rights: Local Government Efforts In A Volatile Era, Nicole M. Elias

Publications and Research

LGBTQ+ issues at the local level pose some of the most pressing civil rights challenges in the current U.S.context. This analysis provides insight into what is taking place in major municipalities and how these efforts can be improved to bolster equity and civil rights for LGBTQ+ populations. At a time when identity, language, and public sector values are inherently intertwined and constantly changing, the following question is ripe for analysis: how are major U.S. municipalities addressing the civil rights needs of the LGBTQ+ population? To answer this question, an analysis of government websites from the top 10 U.S. cities by …

Popular Culture Informing Public Administration: Messages And Prospects For Social Equity, Sean Mccandless, Nicole M. Elias

Publications and Research

In the discipline of public administration, popular culture remains under-examined in scholarship and under-utilized in pedagogy. However, the field would benefit from greater integration of popular culture to expand understandings of governance, especially in that it provides important representations of and messaging about some of today's most pressing social equity issues. To contextualize popular culture in public administration, we use critical discourse analysis as a frame to demonstrate how popular culture can inform public administration, especially regarding social equity. We argue that popular culture should be more extensively covered in public administration, because it offers a lens for better understanding …

Strategies For Assisting Refugees: Repatriation Versus Resettlement, Hannah Cottrell

Honors Capstones

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Decriminalizing The Mentally Ill In America: An Examination Of The Overrepresentation Of Mentally Ill Citizens Behind Bars And A Proposal To Combat This Injustice, Geraghty Alch

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Educating For Whiteness: Applying Critical Race Theory’S Revisionist History In Library & Information Science Research, Suzanne Marie Stauffer

Faculty Publications

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You Don’T Say... Linguistic Features In Sarcasm Detection, Martina Ducret, Lauren Kruse, Carlos Martinez, Anna Feldman, Jing Peng

Department of Computer Science Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

We explore linguistic features that contribute to sarcasm detection. The linguistic features that we investigate are a combination of text and word complexity, stylistic and psychological features. We experiment with sarcastic tweets with and without context. The results of our experiments indicate that contextual information is crucial for sarcasm prediction. One important observation is that sarcastic tweets are typically incongruent with their context in terms of sentiment or emotional load.

Determining Shelving Accuracy Via Sampling In A Community College Library, John P. Delooper, Devika Gonsalves

Publications and Research

During the Fall 2017 semester, staff at the Hudson County Community College (HCCC), Library began to notice that many books listed as available in the catalog were often not being found on the shelves when patrons attempted to retrieve them. This situation puzzled library leadership because HCCC had recently conducted an inventory and removed all missing items from its holdings. To determine the cause of this discrepancy, HCCC staff decided to sample the library’s collection to determine if books were available at the expected locations. From this, the library found that a high percentage of its books were not present …

The Impact Of Imports From China On African Textile Exports:, Yong He

Journal of African Trade

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Agricultural Imports, Agriculture Productivity And Economic Growth In Sub-Saharan Africa:, Esther N. Mwangi, Fuzhong Chen, Daniel M. Njoroge

Journal of African Trade

No abstract provided.

Regional Integration And Growth Spillovers: Is Africa An Economic Space?:, Abdoulaye Seck, Founty Alassane Fall, Khadidiatou Aidara

Journal of African Trade

No abstract provided.

Fatigue Identification And Management In Flight Training Among Collegiate Aviation Pilots, Flavio Mendonca Ph.D., Julius Keller Ph.D., Michael Robertson Ph.D., Matt Romero

Publications

Objective: The purpose of this study was fivefold: to investigate the symptoms that would prompt collegiate aviation pilots perceive they are fatigued; to investigate the time of the day they are most fatigued; to investigate their academic and personal schedules; to investigate the methods collegiate aviation pilots utilize to ensure they are fit to fly; and to investigate whether they have received any academic and/or flight fatigue identification and management training.

Background: Fatigue is a pervasive safety hazard in aviation affecting several aspects of flight crew members’ ability to perform their job. Fatigue in aviation and its consequences has been …

Completing The Cycle: Creating A Data Management Services Program, Scott Bacon, Eric Resnis, Ariana Baker

Library Faculty Presentations

The implementation of Coastal Carolina University’s Data Management Services program is explored in this presentation. Our library continued to see growth in data management support requests from researchers, so we felt the need to programmatically develop data management services to serve those needs. We assembled a Data Management Services Working Group to examine what types of services were being offered at other M1 institutions. A research data management life cycle was then developed to serve as a standard framework. The services we currently offer were then integrated with those we knew our faculty wanted. We also explored services apart from …

College Student Engagement On Campus: Attending Collegiate Sports Events, Nur Islamiah Mohamad Fuad

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

While attending collegiate sports events is part of the college experience, especially in the United States, there is a decline in students’ attendance at collegiate sports events shown in the past years. The purpose of this study is to (1) investigate college students' experience in attending collegiate sports events, (2) identify college students’ motivations and constraints in attending collegiate sports events, and (3) recognize possible strategies to improve collegiate sports events attendance and engagement on college campuses. A qualitative research approach, focus group, was used to facilitate discussion and interaction with a group of students sharing their experiences and perspectives …

Factors Influencing Adoption And Adoption Intensity Of Precision Agriculture Technologies In South Dakota, Md Mahi Uddin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Precision agriculture can play an important role in preserving the environment and improving the economic conditions of agricultural producers. This thesis analyzes the determinants of adoption and adoption intensity of precision agriculture technologies in South Dakota. This analysis uses survey data collected from 199 farms distributed over 28 different counties in South Dakota, accounting for approximately 500,000 acres of tillable agricultural land, to (1) discover the factors impacting precision technology adoption; (2) compare and contrast several characteristics among adopters and non-adopters; and (3) develop probit, count, and negative binomial models to determine the significance of explanatory variables impacting precision technology …

The Relationship Between Developmental Opportunities, Burnout, And Turnover Intentions: An Exploration Of Potential Moderating Effects, Derek Gravholt

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Through the lens of the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) Model, potential moderating effects of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) needs were investigated for the relationships between developmental opportunities and both turnover intentions and burnout in a sample of healthcare employees. SDT needs include the need for competence, the need for relatedness, and the need for autonomy, which are all theorized to be important pieces of optimal psychological functioning. Results indicated that developmental opportunities were negatively related to both turnover intentions and burnout, and these effects were moderated by the employee’s sense of relatedness, such that those with low relatedness appreciated even more reduction …

Victory By The Weakest: Effects Of Negative Advertising In N>2 Candidate Campaigns, Jesse T. Richman

Political Science & Geography Faculty Publications

The truel, or three way duel, has distinct properties from duels: the weakest contestant often has a very good chance to win. This paper explores application of the logic of truels to election campaigns involving negative advertising. We show that negative campaigning that pits the leading candidates against each other can create circumstances in which the third (or worse) place candidate wins in one or more of the Nash equilibria of the game. We then study whether the simulated existence of an opportunity for Nash equilibrium victory by third place candidates predicts such outcomes in U.S. state-wide elections.

Challenges In Upgrading Emergency Power In Florida Nursing Homes Following Hurricane Irma, Nicole S. Hutton, Michael J. Allen

Political Science & Geography Faculty Publications

Maintaining and restoring electricity after a disaster helps to preserve the health and well-being of the elderly who are at increased risk of heat stress and may be dependent upon life-sustaining medical equipment. Mitigation policies altered in reaction to increased public interest without thorough consideration of industry-specific resources may contribute to delays in implementation and unrealized potential for emergency power coverage within individual facilities. The objectives of this research are twofold: (i) to examine the relationship between preexisting conditions of life-safety systems at facilities and date of implementation of emergency power regulation improvements and (ii) to assess the role of …