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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
The Role Of Clinical Supervision In Treating Clients With Antisocial Personality Disorder, Edward T. Dunbar Jr., Rebecca L. Koltz, Anna Elliott, Kara M. Hurt-Avila
The Role Of Clinical Supervision In Treating Clients With Antisocial Personality Disorder, Edward T. Dunbar Jr., Rebecca L. Koltz, Anna Elliott, Kara M. Hurt-Avila
Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision
Clinicians often have negative attitudes toward clients diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), which can sabotage treatment and lead to clinician burnout and job dissatisfaction. Researchers recommend clinicians receive regular clinical supervision; however, clinical supervision strategies and models related to working with ASPD are lacking. We identify supervisors’ primary task as exploring and improving clinicians’ attitudes toward clients having ASPD and examine this task within the discrimination model of clinical supervision. A case study is offered as an illustration for how to approach working with ASPD in supervision.
Place Based Education As A Tool For Rural Career Development, David J. Bright
Place Based Education As A Tool For Rural Career Development, David J. Bright
Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision
Rural career development is rarely studied despite a large portion of American students attending school in a rural area. Rural career development is affected by factors such as student attachment to place, access to professional role models, local economic development, school funding, and geographic proximity to professional industries and higher education. A Critical Pedagogy of Place (Gruenewald, 2003) empowers students to critical explore the spacial and social constructs of their local area.Given that school counselors are in a unique position as career development and social justice advocates, this article explores the use of a Critical Pedagogy of Place as an …
Aspects Contributing To Dissertation Chair Success: Consensus Among Counselor Educators, Maribeth F. Jorgensen, Kelly L. Wester
Aspects Contributing To Dissertation Chair Success: Consensus Among Counselor Educators, Maribeth F. Jorgensen, Kelly L. Wester
Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision
Students frequently attribute completion of their dissertation to having a successful dissertation chair. Yet, a successful dissertation chair has primarily been defined from the student viewpoint. Through the process of a Delphi study, a panel of dissertation chair experts in counselor education conceded on 37 items that contributed to their success. These items included a combination of instrumental and relational aspects of working with doctoral students on their dissertation. Implications for dissertation chairs to navigate self, others, and the structure are explored.
A Multipoint Qualitative Analysis Of Group Training: Counseling Student Perspectives And Self-Efficacy, Heather Thompson, Melodie Frick, Russ Curtis
A Multipoint Qualitative Analysis Of Group Training: Counseling Student Perspectives And Self-Efficacy, Heather Thompson, Melodie Frick, Russ Curtis
Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision
In this qualitative study, we explored 26 master’s level counseling students’ perceptions of their self-efficacy and group leadership development across three scaffolded group counseling experiences: (a) a first-semester membership in a counseling group led by a licensed counselor; (b) a third-semester membership, co-facilitation, and observation in a peer-led counseling group; and (c) a third semester co-facilitation of a counseling service group in a school or agency while participating in group supervision. Results revealed increased tolerance for ambiguity, appreciation for self-disclosure, an understanding of unique group facilitation skills, enhanced self-efficacy, and appreciation for observational learning coupled with supportive and constructive feedback.
Les Determinants De La Communication Publicitaire Dans Un Monde En Mutation : Comment Répondre Aux Exigences Du Développement Durable ?, Amina Saoussany
Les Determinants De La Communication Publicitaire Dans Un Monde En Mutation : Comment Répondre Aux Exigences Du Développement Durable ?, Amina Saoussany
BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior
Résumé : Cet article ambitionne d’étudier les déterminants de la communication publicitaire dans le cadre de la responsabilité sociétale des entreprises dans un monde en perpétuelle mutation. A travers l’analyse d’un corpus de publicités vertes internationales, nous allons appréhender comment les annonceurs intègrent l’environnement dans leurs publicités et comment ils l’exploitent à des fins commerciales pour se démarquer de leurs concurrents. Qu’est-ce qu’un argument écologique ? A quoi sert-il ? Qu’est ce qui détermine une communication marchande verte et éco-responsable ? Comment éviter le greenwashing ? Quelles sont les stratégies d’une communication transparente et éthique qui respecte les exigences d’un …
Identity Negotiation And Construction Among Saudi Learners Of English As A Second Language, Nouf Aljasir
Identity Negotiation And Construction Among Saudi Learners Of English As A Second Language, Nouf Aljasir
BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior
This qualitative longitudinal phenomenological study was conducted to investigate identity negotiation and construction in a second language (L2) learning environment. Data were collected from 35 Saudi learners of English in the United Kingdom over a one-year period using a background information questionnaire, three sets of in-depth interviews, which were carried out before, during, and after the study abroad (SA) program, and monthly reflective journals. Data analysis revealed several opportunities and challenges that the participants encountered during their SA period. The findings also showed that most learners succeeded in negotiating and constructing an intercultural identity, which allowed them to actively seek …
دور استطلاعات الرأي في العملية الانتخابية دراسة عن الانتخابات الإسرائيلية والتونسية 2019, Gamal Megahed
دور استطلاعات الرأي في العملية الانتخابية دراسة عن الانتخابات الإسرائيلية والتونسية 2019, Gamal Megahed
BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior
It has become very difficult to challenge, or to deny, the fact that opinion polls play a major role in the social and political process of any given society. Hence, great efforts have been exerted to understand the relation between opinion polls and elections in particular in various political systems.
At the forefront of the issues related to the impact of opinion polls comes the case of elections, in which polls play a significant role of ostentatious impact on the public opinion. The interest shown by local, Arab and international media in the elections held in Israel and Tunisia in …
Systems For Free Parking Assignment, Abeer M. Hakeem
Systems For Free Parking Assignment, Abeer M. Hakeem
Dissertations
Finding a free, curbside parking spaces in metropolitan areas, especially during rush hours, is difficult for drivers. The difficulty arises from not knowing where the available spaces may be at that time; and, even if the spaces are known, many vehicles may pursue the same spaces, causing serious parking contention and traffic congestion. This dissertation presents three cost-effective and easily deployable free parking assignment systems that optimize the travel time of the drivers.
The first contribution is the Free Parking System (FPS), a centralized solution that solves the curbside parking problem. Unlike existing solutions, FPS is cost-effective, as it does …
St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, August 30, 2020
St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, August 30, 2020
Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin
A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD
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St. Benedict Parish For The Deaf Church Bulletin, August 30, 2020
St. Benedict Parish For The Deaf Church Bulletin, August 30, 2020
Saint Benedict Parish for the Deaf Church Bulletin
A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in San Francisco, CA
Saint Benedict Parish for the Deaf Church Bulletin Finding Aid
St. Augustine Parish Sunday Bulletin, August 30, 2020
St. Augustine Parish Sunday Bulletin, August 30, 2020
Saint Augustine Parish Sunday Bulletin
A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Cleveland, OH
Saint Augustine Parish Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid
St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin, August 30, 2020
St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin, August 30, 2020
Saint Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin
A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Chicago, IL
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Children’S Home Society Evaluation: Brief Summary, Lauren Daniel, Jacquelyn Reiss, Amy Donley
Children’S Home Society Evaluation: Brief Summary, Lauren Daniel, Jacquelyn Reiss, Amy Donley
Institute for Social and Behavioral Science (ISBS)
The University of Central Florida’s Institute for Social and Behavioral Science (ISBS) was contracted by Children's Home Society of Florida (CHS) to perform an evaluation of therapy session case notes from CHS therapists.
Revisiting A Funding Model For University-Led Dental Clinics: The Case Of Complete Denture Fabrication, Rohana Ahmad, Nur Amalina Zul, Siti Anisah Mohtar, Marc Tennant, Tuti Ningseh Mohd-Dom
Revisiting A Funding Model For University-Led Dental Clinics: The Case Of Complete Denture Fabrication, Rohana Ahmad, Nur Amalina Zul, Siti Anisah Mohtar, Marc Tennant, Tuti Ningseh Mohd-Dom
Journal of Dentistry Indonesia
Objectives: University-led dental clinics are rarely seen as core to the national healthcare system. Thus, when publicly funded universities experience a decline in government support, dental clinic services operated by students are confronted by a potentially inadequate operating budget. Prompted by the need for strategic resource allocation, this study seeks to quantify the resources consumed in the construction of complete dentures by undergraduate students in an effort to identify opportunities for cost-cutting measures. Methods: Clinical cases were retrieved from the logbooks of graduating students of Class 2015, and patient records were reviewed to identify and quantify all clinical …
Effectiveness Of Lentinus Edodes Mushroom Extract On Eradication Of Enterococcus Faecalis Biofilm, Putri Lestari Anggiarini, Meiny F Amin, Juanita A Gunawan, Armelia Sari Widyarman
Effectiveness Of Lentinus Edodes Mushroom Extract On Eradication Of Enterococcus Faecalis Biofilm, Putri Lestari Anggiarini, Meiny F Amin, Juanita A Gunawan, Armelia Sari Widyarman
Journal of Dentistry Indonesia
Sodium hypochlorite is a commonly used irrigation solution in endodontic procedures, but it irritates tissues and has toxic effects. Lentinus edodes is a mushroom that has antibacterial properties. Enterococcus faecalis is an anaerobic bacterium that can cause root canal treatment failure. Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of L. edodes extract on the eradication of E. faecalis biofilms. Methods: Phytochemical tests of L. edodes were performed to analyze alkaloids, steroids, triterpenoids, phenolics, tannins, flavonoids, and glycosides from this extract qualitatively. E. faecalis ATCC 29212 was cultured in brain heart infusion broth for 24 h at 37°C …
Big Data And Openness: A Big Issue With Librarians, Oluwaseyi Wusu
Big Data And Openness: A Big Issue With Librarians, Oluwaseyi Wusu
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Big data refers to the explosion of available information and knowing how to handle it is a big challenge to librarians in this age. The massive sample size and high dimensionality of big data introduce unique challenges to librarians, including scalability, sharing, intellectual properties and storage bottleneck. This paper overviews the opportunities and challenges brought by big data to librarians and presents ways of making data available for everyone to use without limitations, with emphasis on the distinguished roles librarians need to play in the era of Big Data and Openness to scholarly communications and, also presents the precision and …
Synchrony: Music Of Sarah Weaver And Collaborations (2006–2019), Sarah Weaver
Synchrony: Music Of Sarah Weaver And Collaborations (2006–2019), Sarah Weaver
Journal of Network Music and Arts
Synchrony is a prominent lens in works by composer Sarah Weaver and collaborations from the years 2006 to 2019 for solo, chamber, large ensemble, and network music pieces. “Synchrony,” defined as perceptual alignment of distributed time and space components, has a practical motivation for transcending both latency and technology mediation in the network music medium. Synchrony also functions as a deep realm of artistic expression for both network and localized music. This essay outlines the technological context of performances, artistic strategies for synchrony, examples from the pieces, and new directions for the work going forward.
Low-Latency Networked Music Collaborations: Does “Good Enough” Do Enough Good?, Gareth Dylan Smith, Zack Moir, Paul Ferguson, Gill Davies
Low-Latency Networked Music Collaborations: Does “Good Enough” Do Enough Good?, Gareth Dylan Smith, Zack Moir, Paul Ferguson, Gill Davies
Journal of Network Music and Arts
LoLa is a cutting-edge technology that enables low latency, real-time collaborations across vast distances using high-bandwidth, low-jitter networks. It has the capacity to transform how music is made and experienced. It has been utilized on a relatively small scale to date, primarily for teaching and performances associated with music colleges and concert halls. In this article we discuss various ways in which LoLa technology is “good enough” by describing examples of recent networked music performances “anchored” at Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. We discuss the ways in which processes and outcomes were “good enough” for the sound engineer, participating musicians, and …
A Quantum-Classical Network For Beat-Making Performance, Scott Oshiro, Omar Costa Hamido
A Quantum-Classical Network For Beat-Making Performance, Scott Oshiro, Omar Costa Hamido
Journal of Network Music and Arts
In recent years, quantum computing has emerged as the next frontier in computational and information technologies. Even though it has found potential applications in solving complex problems in fields such as chemistry, machine learning, and cryptography, among other fields, there has been little research conducted on its applications for music and acoustic technologies. This paper will discuss the use of a quantum internet protocol in the context of networked music performance in which quantum computing could play a role in processing musical data via a cloud-based music software application. We also propose an example model for a beat-making performance network …
Purpose And Well-Being Through Administering Network Performances, Andrew Mcmillan, Fabio Morreale
Purpose And Well-Being Through Administering Network Performances, Andrew Mcmillan, Fabio Morreale
Journal of Network Music and Arts
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, music communities who found themselves in social and physical isolation have been trying to find alternative solutions to keep some form of connection. Network performance is one of these solutions, one that is specifically aimed at enhancing communities’ connectivity beyond one’s intimate surroundings. In order for network performances to properly work, there are numerous roles that need to be filled; these include performers, administrators, technicians, and event organizers. This paper presents new discussions aimed at understanding these evolving roles and the way in which they are intertwined. These discussions are based on the autobiographical reflections …
Networked Music Performance In Virtual Reality: Current Perspectives, Ben Loveridge
Networked Music Performance In Virtual Reality: Current Perspectives, Ben Loveridge
Journal of Network Music and Arts
The ability for musicians to interact face-to-face has been highly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical distancing and travel restrictions have forced teaching, rehearsals, and performances to be moved online. The use of videoconference platforms designed for conversation has also meant accepting their limitations when used in musical contexts. For example, in networked music performance (NMP), low-latency audio is usually transmitted alongside a separate video image. Since videoconference systems usually have a higher degree of in-built delay, the result is that performers often ignore the video image of each other in order to maintain a steady rhythm. If musicians usually …
Editorial, Sarah Weaver
Job Recruitment Variables And Employment Of Library Staff In Federal University Of Technology (Futo) And Imo State University (Imsu), Owerri, Libraries, Nigeria., Adaora Udo-Anyanwu, Pauline C. Ewulonu
Job Recruitment Variables And Employment Of Library Staff In Federal University Of Technology (Futo) And Imo State University (Imsu), Owerri, Libraries, Nigeria., Adaora Udo-Anyanwu, Pauline C. Ewulonu
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Abstract
This study investigated job recruitment variables and employment of library staff in Federal University of Technology and Imo State University, Owerri libraries. The study was guided by four research questions and three hypotheses. The survey design was adopted for the study. The population of this study comprised of 133 staff of the institutions. The rating scale was used to collect data for the study. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics comprising of mean and standard deviation. The null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test. The major findings were that qualification, experience, age, salary and …
Information Seeking Behaviour Of Graduate Students Of The University Of Professional Studies, Accra (Upsa), Kwesi Gyesi
Information Seeking Behaviour Of Graduate Students Of The University Of Professional Studies, Accra (Upsa), Kwesi Gyesi
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
A study of the information seeking behaviour of students is an important pre-requisite for a library to provide efficient information resources and services to meet their information needs. The aim of the study is to investigate the information needs, information sources, information seeking behaviours, library use, and challenges to information seeking behaviour of graduate students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA). The study employed the survey methodology to select 121 graduate students using stratified random sampling. The main data collection instrument was the questionnaire. The main information needs of students identified in the study include career information, self-development, …
Bibliometric Analysis Of Yam Production Literature On Sub-Saharan Africa Listed In Agora And Teeal Databases Between 2003 And 2017, Blessed Oluwadamilola Agbaje, Wole Michael Olatokun Prof.
Bibliometric Analysis Of Yam Production Literature On Sub-Saharan Africa Listed In Agora And Teeal Databases Between 2003 And 2017, Blessed Oluwadamilola Agbaje, Wole Michael Olatokun Prof.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
ABSTRACT
Objective - This paper reports the findings from a study designed to investigate the following traits on white guinea yam publications for fifteen years: information outlets, trend of scientific productivity, degree of author’s collaboration, prolific authors and their institutional affiliations, journal bibliographic coupling and co-citation analysis. The main aim of the paper is to examine patterns in yam research literature with a view to enhancing the development of yam production research by collating indexed information.
Methods - Scholarly citation data of yam production literature on Sub-Saharan Africa from AGORA and TEEAL databases between 2003 and 2017 were collected. Network …
Evaluating Medical Students' Satisfaction Towards Library Resources And Services Offered At Saudi Universities Using Six Sigma Approach, Ahmed Al Kuwaiti Phd
Evaluating Medical Students' Satisfaction Towards Library Resources And Services Offered At Saudi Universities Using Six Sigma Approach, Ahmed Al Kuwaiti Phd
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Higher education institutions (HEIs) are utilizing a user satisfaction survey to assess user satisfaction and reveal the strengths and weaknesses of their libraries. This feedback aids their policymakers to improve the quality of library resources and services offered. However, no studies have been conducted using a Six Sigma approach to assess the medical students’ satisfaction towards the library resources and services offered in the Saudi Arabian context. As an attempt, this study evaluated the medical students’ satisfaction towards the library resources and services offered at the selected Saudi universities using a Six Sigma approach. A total of 1000 medical students …
Exploring Inclusion In A Therapeutic Theater Production, Angelle Cook
Exploring Inclusion In A Therapeutic Theater Production, Angelle Cook
Expressive Therapies Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to investigate the lived experiences of participants in an inclusive therapeutic theater production. This study was approached through a post-intentional phenomenological lens, informed by critical dis/ability theory. Ten participants with various dis/abilities took part in semi-structured interviews and eight of the ten participated in a focus group. The researcher followed a post-reflexion plan during the data collection and analysis process to bridle her biases and assumptions. Data were analyzed using the phenomenological method of thematic analysis. An art-based research process was undertaken, and a script, using direct quotes from the participant’s interviews and the …
‘Our Family Picture Is A Little Hint Of Heaven’: Race, Religion And Selective Reproduction In Us ‘Embryo Adoption’, Risa Cromer
‘Our Family Picture Is A Little Hint Of Heaven’: Race, Religion And Selective Reproduction In Us ‘Embryo Adoption’, Risa Cromer
Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund
People use selective reproductive technologies (SRT) in various family-making practices to assist with decisions about which children should be born. The practice of ‘embryo adoption’, a form of embryo donation developed by white American evangelical Christians in the late 1990s, is a novel site for reconceptualizing SRT and examining how they function among users. Based on ethnographic research conducted between 2008 and 2018 on US ‘embryo adoption’, this study provides an anthropological analysis of media produced by and about one white evangelical couple's race-specific preferences for embryos from donors of colour. This article shows how racializing processes and religious beliefs …
Mindfulness: A Promising Practice To Reduce Accountant Stress, Abigail Anderson
Mindfulness: A Promising Practice To Reduce Accountant Stress, Abigail Anderson
Marriott Student Review
This article considers the practice of mindfulness as an approach to reduce stress within the lives of accountants. Mindfulness has existed for centuries as a Buddhist tradition and has only recently become popular in the Western world as a stress-reduction technique that can lead to improved mental and emotional well-being. This article also examines the prevalence of mindfulness within the Top 10 accounting firms in the United States and some results regarding employee performance. As more and more firms begin to utilize mindfulness as a low-cost method to better employee performance and well-being, university accounting programs should consider incorporating the …
A Place To Grow: Social Media And The Small Business, Lilli Vehikite
A Place To Grow: Social Media And The Small Business, Lilli Vehikite
Marriott Student Review
E-commerce has revolutionaized the way we shop-- yet many small businesses have yet to embrace the growth that can come through harnessing the power of social media.