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Taking a Whole-School Read to the Next Level to Help Students Create Cross-Curricular Connections, Build Empathy, Grit and Resilience, and Strengthen the Overall School Community
No full textDesigning Diverse, Disability-Friendly Spaces: Crafting Accessible STudy and Computer Rooms for All
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Breaking News: Adding Campus Newspapers to Your IR
No full textBefore the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Mississippi decided to add nearly 100 years of its campus newspaper, The Daily Mississippian, to its institutional repository. In 2025, the project will be close to completion
Showcasing Excellence with Digital Commons
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Finding a Choreographic Relationship Between Music and Dance Performance
Get PDFThe choreographic project increase emerged from a choreographic curiosity about how the relationship between dance and music can influence each other within a contemporary dance performance. The choreographer was also interested in whether or not the audience can perceive the choreomusical relationship. The exploration of literature considered the aesthetic, educational, and accessibility differences between dance and music. This is followed by a detailed exploration of related terminology and ideas that choreographers can utilize. Lastly, the literature studied how the audience can perceive the choreomusical relationship presented in a dance performance. The choreographer, with the assistance of the dancers, generated movement and the structure of the dance within the rehearsal process by using the context provided by the literature. It was here that sections and musicality were explicitly defined by the choreographer and dancers. During the live performance of increase, an audience survey was conducted to gather data on whether the participants’ formal training in dance or music influenced their perception of the choreographic sections. The survey also aimed to understand if the audience felt the music and movement complemented each other. The responses demonstrate a correlation between formal training in dance and music and the perception of the choreomusical relationship in the performance of increase. Participants with longer formal training in both music and dance were the most sensitive to the details of the choreomusical connection. Those who have less training in either, or have no training at all, perceived the connection with a varying degree of detail
Cellular Telemetry for Real-Time River Flow Velocity Data from Fluvial Acoustic Tomography Loggers
Get PDFStreamflow is a critical element in understanding watershed processes and the effects of land use on those processes because it is the primary medium through which water, sediment, nutrients, organic material, thermal energy, and aquatic species move. Fluvial Acoustic Tomography (FAT) systems offer accurate direct measurements of river section-averaged flow velocity by measuring reciprocal acoustic travel times between at least two acoustic nodes positioned on opposite riverbanks. However, similar to many in-situ sensors used in estuarine and riverine environments, FAT loggers require manual data retrieval, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and limits real-time access and increases maintenance costs. This project presents a modular, software-driven telemetry package that enables each FAT logger to autonomously transmit data via a cellular network, eliminating the need for on-site data collection.
Each logger was equipped with a PiTalk 4G IoT Dongle, enabling a decentralized architecture that minimizes hardware requirements, reduces potential points of failure, and significantly enhances data availability in remote environments. This dongle incorporates a Quectel EG25-G modem, providing direct cellular connectivity via USB. Custom firmware developed for this project automates modem setup, manages cellular connections, and handles periodic data synchronization with cloud storage using Rclone. The system can be installed entirely offline via a USB drive. Once configured, each logger checks for network connectivity every five minutes and uploads new data every minute. In addition to this specific application, the telemetry system is developed such that integration with other environmental sensors is possible, making it a scalable solution for applications including flood monitoring, hydropower management, and other forms of hydrological monitoring
The Interplay Between Attribution Bias and Psychotic-like Experiences: The Role of Social Media
Get PDFPsychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are perceptions, thoughts, or beliefs that resemble symptoms of psychosis but are less severe and not necessarily related to a mental disorder. A plethora of research has found associations between PLEs and hostile attribution bias, the tendency to over-interpret situations as hostile, aggressive, or intentional. Some work suggests viewing certain types of content online may be linked to hostile attribution bias. Yet, limited research has examined hostile attribution bias and PLEs through the lens of social media. This study aimed to explore these relationships by modifying a measure of hostile attribution bias using social media vignettes. This study also aimed to investigate the strength of associations of paranoia and schizotypy with hostile attribution bias as measured by the modified AIHQ. It was hypothesized that higher hostile attribution bias on the social media vignettes would be associated with higher PLEs, and paranoia would have strong relations with hostile attribution bias. Participants (n=132) were recruited through Prolific. Results indicate that higher PLEs are correlated with higher hostile attribution bias on the social media vignettes, and paranoia demonstrated moderately strong relationships with hostile attribution bias while schizotypy revealed nonsignificant-to-small relationships with hostile attribution bias. This suggests that PLEs are associated with increased hostile attribution bias on social media and may be related to viewing specific types of content online. Future research should focus on examining validity and reliability of the modified measure in clinical and subclinical populations
When Opportunity Knocks, Do Dark Personality Traits Aid in Students’ Rationalization of Academic Misconduct?
Get PDFConcerns about academic misconduct are receiving increased attention within academia due to a proliferation of advanced technologies and reports of the high prevalence with which students engage in misconduct. Contextual factors (e.g., peer acceptance, opportunity) appear to be stronger predictors of students’ propensity for academic misconduct than individual factors (McCabe & Trevino, 1997). The Fraud Triangle Theory (i.e., pressure, opportunity, rationalization) has been adapted to this context and provides a useful theoretical model for considering contextual factors (Cressey, 1973; Wolfe & Hermanson, 2004). Research integrating this theory with the Dark Triad (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy) suggests that these traits may amplify the impact of contextual factors on academic misconduct (Harrison et al., 2018; Smith et al., 2021). To date, this research is limited in scope, and only a handful of studies have investigated this phenomenon in U.S. samples. The current study explored the relationships of the Dark Triad traits, neutralization, the Fraud Triangle Theory, and peer acceptance to academic misconduct via two partial mediation models, alternating the order of the predictors and mediators. The model with the Dark Triad traits as mediators, which had the best fit, showed that narcissism partially mediated the relationship between neutralization and academic misconduct. Although the model with the Dark Triad as predictors had poor fit, it supported a direct path from narcissism to academic misconduct. In both models, narcissism emerged as having a unique influence beyond Machiavellianism and psychopathy, while neutralization and the Fraud Triangle Theory had direct effects on academic misconduct
Ghana’s Shift from Non-Alignment to Alignment: A Comparative Case Study of Foreign Policy Under Geopolitical Pressures
No full textWith the geopolitical landscape experiencing significant dynamic shifts, the rise of global powers like China and Russia is putting pressure on non-aligned countries to adjust to the new realities. This thesis examines the evolving nature of Ghana’s foreign policy from non-alignment to alignment due to geopolitical pressures. Using a comparative case study of Ghana and Zambia, the thesis analyzes how economic dependency, military cooperation, and diplomatic behavior— especially with the United States—have influenced Ghana’s foreign policy trajectory between the Cold War and the post-2010 period. Through analysis of policy documents, defense agreements, and United Nations General Assembly voting records, the thesis finds that Ghana has moved from a historically non-aligned posture to an aligned position characterized by increased military and cooperation, leading to voting alignment with the United States. The comparison with Zambia proves that this shift reflects a broad pattern of pressure faced by other African states because of the dynamics in the geopolitical landscape