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The Evolving Relationship between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China
No full textThis dissertation is a qualitative study of the developing relationship between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China. The primary timeframe of this research occurs between 2008 and 2020. During this time, Malaysia and China established closer relationships – both from an economic and security perspective. Nevertheless, Malaysia adheres to a “hedging” behavior, as it demonstrates neutrality and diplomatic behavior with respect to China. The study was conducted based upon broad research of the available, published digital literature. Both current academic and available regional news sources were examined. In addition, numerous Malaysian and Chinese academic sources were interviewed for their expertise and knowledge. These conversations served to validate the written source research. During the primary timeframe of the study, Malaysia demonstrated hedging behavior towards China. As detailed in the first Case Study, China established a physical presence in Kuantan, Malaysia – both at the Kuantan Port and the Malaysia China Kuantan Industrial Park. In the second Case study, the East Coast Rail Link showed that China could provide the financing and technological expertise to provide the needed economic connectivity between the East and West Coasts of Peninsular Malaysia. In the third Case Study, the corruption of PM Najib was revealed, and the accompanied Chinese domestic influence upon Malaysia disclosed. The impact of this research is to highlight China’s influence upon Malaysian domestic politics, as well as, China’s significant investments in Malaysia’s economic future. Malaysia hedges in order to promote non-alignment with respect to the great powers present in the SE Asia region. Malaysia does not seek any military confrontation with China. Rather, it wants to secure the financial benefits which China offers
Recollections of Paul Cardoza
No full textPaul Cardoza, who has worked at Salve Regina since 1975 in various roles including athletic director and faculty member and most recently, in semi-retirement, as the administrator of Salve Choices, a free bicycle borrowing program, discusses his time at Salve, the sisters he worked with and for, and his students
Recollections of Salve Regina: A conversation with Kathleen Walgreen and Sister Therese Antone
No full textInterview with Kathleen Walgreen, Salve Regina parent and member of the Board of Trustees, and Sister Therese Antone, Chancellor and former President of the University. Among the topics discussed include the meaning of mercy on the campus, Salve Regina traditions, the significance and history of Salve Regina\u27s mission, the legacy of Sister Leona Misto, and other memories
Bright Lights Swiss Chard Hydroponic Grow Guide
Get PDFThis is a guide for growing Bright Lights variety of Swiss chard in the Hydroponic Lab. It states how the plant was grown from propagation, which system the plant was grown in, the plants optimal conditions (PPM, pH), time frame until fully grown, and average size of leaf.https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/hydroponic_center/1005/thumbnail.jp
Evaluation of a Leadership Focused Graduate Nurse Development Program
No full textIntroduction: Nurses are leaving the profession in their first years of nursing, contributing to a global staffing crisis. The American Nurses Association (ANA) recognizes the impact of this crisis and refers to it as “unsustainable (ANA, 2021). Opportunity exists to enhance first-year experience and reverse the trend of nurses vacating the profession within their first years.Purpose: To determine whether a graduate nurse (GN) development residency program focused on leadership and professional growth improves GN experience, confidence, and retention compared with a more traditional skill-based GN program .Methods: A select cohort of GNs was asked to participate in the evaluation of the residency program by completing the Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey (2006) after approximately three months in their new role, and again at approximately the 12-month mark. Results were compared in aggregate. Participants attended residency classes, developed evidence-based project proposals, participated in peer discussion groups, and met 1:1 with dedicated educator mentors throughout their first year. Retention rates for the sample GN cohort were compared with retention rates of cohorts from prior years.Results: Survey results changed very little between three and 12 months. Overall role confidence scores decreased overtime. Retention increased from 44.4% for the 2021 August GN cohort to 92.3% for the August 2022 sample cohort.Conclusion: First-year retention is improved with a leadership-focused GN residency program, though self-evaluated confidence remains consistent. Further research is needed to ascertain whether performance reflects stagnant confidence levels, and impact on two-to-three-year retention rates
More than Masks and Mandates: The Student Mental Health Crises through COVID-19
Get PDFThis paper addresses the impact of global events on student mental health. This paper focuses on student anxiety in the United States of America and specifically the COVID-19 pandemic. It reviews three different policy options, addresses the pros and cons of each, offers recommendations for those policies as well as recommendations for new policies. The policies addressed are student absence policies, President Biden’s Mental Health Strategy, and the Mental Health Matters Act.https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/glo100/1005/thumbnail.jp
That Cloudy Place Where Stars Are Born: How the K’Iche’ Maya Construct Meaning From Death Rituals
No full textDeath and the related beliefs and customs associated with death have become removed from the daily lives of many modern societies. Today, people die in hospitals, their bodies prepared for cremation or burial by paid professionals, leaving those close to the deceased physically and emotionally separated from family and community. This disconnection among certain members of society has, in part, led to a growing fear and anxiety around death. Humanity must seek better approaches to coping with this. One such approach is to understand and appreciate how Indigenous peoples reckon with death.This research seeks to document Indigenous beliefs, rituals, and customs related to death as practiced by some K’iche’ Mayan communities near Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala, with a particular focus on examining syncretic practices that bring meaning to those at the time of bereavement. The study adopted an ethnographic qualitative approach based on fieldwork in Guatemala, including participant observation, interviews with Aj Q’ijab’, and secondary materials. The findings are examined from a decolonial perspective, acknowledging the influences of the Spanish invaders and the Catholic Church. Based on the findings, K’iche’ funerary practices vary widely but have common elements that provide comfort, care, and, crucially, meaning to both the deceased and the bereaved. Based on this research, further examination of Indigenous funerary practices will provide a source of valuable information that can contribute to a counternarrative to the idea that death rituals are better off left to the modern funeral industry
European Beech (Fagus Sylvatica) Observations
Get PDFThe location of tree #604 is by the walkway to the library, and right across the street from the Salve Regina Mercy Center. I observed this tree from September 24, 2021 until December 9, 2021. This tree is a European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree.https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/bio140_arboretum/1034/thumbnail.jp
Evaluation of a Leadership Focused Graduate Nurse Development Program
No full textIntroduction: Nurses are leaving the profession in their first years of nursing, contributing to a global staffing crisis. The American Nurses Association (ANA) recognizes the impact of this crisis and refers to it as “unsustainable (ANA, 2021). Opportunity exists to enhance first-year experience and reverse the trend of nurses vacating the profession within their first years. Purpose: To determine whether a graduate nurse (GN) development residency program focused on leadership and professional growth improves GN experience, confidence, and retention compared with a more traditional skill-based GN program Methods: A select cohort of GNs was asked to participate in the evaluation of the residency program by completing the Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey (2006) after approximately three months in their new role, and again at approximately the 12 month mark. Results were compared in aggregate. Participants attended residency classes, developed evidence-based project proposals, participated in peer discussion groups, and met 1:1 with dedicated educator mentors throughout their first year. Retention rates for the sample GN cohort were compared with retention rates of cohorts from prior years. Results: Survey results changed very little between three and 12 months. Overall role confidence scores decreased overtime. Retention increased from 44.4% for the 2021 August GN cohort to 92.3% for the August 2022 sample cohort. Conclusion: First-year retention is improved with a leadership-focused GN residency program, though self-evaluated confidence remains consistent. Further research is needed to ascertain whether performance reflects stagnant confidence levels, and impact on two to three year retention rates
Apping Back to Life: Mobile Phone Mediations in Refugee-Constructed Narratives of Forced Displacement
No full textAccording to the United Nations, we are currently witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record. As of October 2022, the UNHCR website lists sixteen refugee-related emergencies at the global level. Specifically, the UNHCR and the United Nations Refugee Agency estimate that forced displacement has surpassed 89.3 million—a number that has doubled over the last ten years. In the cacophony of complications and challenges arising from this global crisis, a debate is unfolding regarding the growing presence of technology and technological artifacts among forcibly displaced populations. At the center of the discourse surrounding the refugee crisis is a troubling binary between helping refugees and protecting the host country’s citizens and resources, increasingly leaving displaced populations in an existential no man’s land—alive but not able to live in meaningful ways, e.g., socially, culturally, politically, or spiritually. Information and communication technologies are reshaping this ontological crisis. Through a postphenomenological lens, this study examines smartphone mediations in refugee-constructed narratives to consider how human-smartphone interactions materialize in two areas of forced displacement: in flight and in transitory spaces. Across refugee narratives this study examines mobile phone mediations as they amplify, reduce, invite, or inhibit different aspects of the refugee experience as they relate to communication and liaising, navigation and localization, archiving, and mental and emotional well-being. Anchored in the refugee voice, I argue that smartphones are transforming refugees’ ability to perceive and act in ways that protect and reinforce what it means to be human in places outside of normative citizenship and community, thereby transforming the refugee experience from a condition of merely existing to living in humanly meaningful ways