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Noah Gets Help: A Parent's Perspective on Special Education, Seen through the Eyes of a Special Education Teacher
No full textUsing a narrative methodology, this dissertation documents the experiences of teachers who provide special education services and who also have a child who either has received or is currently receiving special education services to build and foster more responsive school communities. These educators have a unique perspective related to serving two roles on the Individualized Education Program (IEP) committee––parent and special education teacher––and their understanding of the special education system enables them to advocate more effectively for their child. Sharing this knowledge with families who are trying to navigate the special education system for the first time will help them make the best academic decisions for their child. Using the narrative inquiry approach allowed for the documentation of this process through storytelling. Data were collected through interviews of parents who have also gone through the special education process, a community learning exchange, and the collection of documents relevant to the research participants’ journeys through special education. Findings included themes on community, building connections through trust, and teacher empathy. Schools need leaders who build schools as communities and value the lifeworlds of students and families. Recommendations include the strategic hiring of school leaders who value community and lifeworlds, purposeful teacher professional development based on empathy, and incorporating more cultural events into school calendars.Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psycholog
Underdiagnosed Peripheral Vascular Disease Diagnosis Literature Review [paper]
No full textPeripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects many people in the United States and remains significantly underdiagnosed, with most cases presenting asymptomatically This systematic review examines whether routine ankle-branchial index (ABI) screening in at-risk adults increases early PAD detection and cardiovascular events compared to symptom-bases screening alone. A comprehensive literature search was conducted across CINAHL Ultimate, MEDLINE Complete, and Nursing & Allied Health Collection databases for articles published within the last five years. Data extraction was performed using a PRISMA flow diagram. Five cohort studies were included in the final analysis and evaluated using Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt’s rapid critical appraisal tool for validity and risk of bias. The RE-AIM framework guided the synthesis and organization of the findings. Three major themes emerged including massive underdiagnosis of PAD, significant cardiovascular risk in asymptomatic patients and substantial health disparities disproportionately affecting black patients, females and low-income populations. ABI screening identified previously undiagnosed PAD cases than symptom-based approaches had previously missed. Evidence strongly supports that routine ABI screening in high-risk populations increases early PAD detection compared to symptom-based approaches. Recommendations include implementing systematic ABI screening protocols in primary care settings, prioritizing screening in underserved populations, and standardizing four-vessel ABI measurement techniques. Early identification has significant potential to prevent cardiovascular events improve patient outcomes.Nursin
A Designer's Final Collection
No full textThis capstone project presents a complete professional package designed to help me enter the communication design field. The main component is a finished web portfolio that clearly shows my growth and skills in various disciplines like Branding, Publication design, Packaging, and Art Direction. This collection features the best work from my program, demonstrating my ability to think critically and create strong visuals. The overall project, which includes a professional resume and social media strategy, establishes a designer who is fully prepared and versatile enough to contribute to any creative environment immediately.Art and Desig
Evangelical Christians' Attitudes Toward Abortion Based on the Circumstances Surrounding a Woman's Pregnancy
Get PDFNo abstract prepared.Sociolog
Socioemotional Delays in Children Enrolled in the ECI Program of a Large Metropolitan City Before, During, and After COVID-19 Pandemic
Get PDFNo abstract prepared.Family and Consumer Science
Safety for All: A Review of Law Enforcement Strategies for Improving Cultural Competence in Agencies
Get PDFAmerican law enforcement has taken great strides toward improving community trust and bonds. Still, contemporary researchers across many disciplines continue to bring new issues and areas of improvement to light in hopes of achieving a more transformative change. A key element of improvement that has been repeatedly raised is cultural competence. Maintaining cultural competence in law enforcement tasks means having an understanding of the diverse populations that are interacted with on a daily basis and using this knowledge to provide services that are suitable to those populations (Hickey, 2016). The present project includes a literature review of law enforcement's history of incompetence in six cultural domains as well as a review of the methods that have been proposed for law enforcement leaders to improve cultural competence in prior literature. Additionally, the researcher discusses the effectiveness of these methods and gives suggestions for future researchers and law enforcement managers and supervisors.Criminal Justice and Criminolog
Cell Encapsultation in NorHA and Peg Hydrogels for 3D Cell Culture
No full textHydrogels are water-swollen polymer networks that depend on a crosslinking mechanism to form a net-like structure. Hydrogels are biomaterials that are currently being used for applications such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, and wound healing. They are also being researched for their ability to mimic the extracellular matrix (ECM) of cells due to their 3D nature. The tunability of hydrogels depends on the materials that make up the gels and what properties they have to offer. For example, the stiffness of the hydrogel may be most looked at in tissue engineering applications while degradability may be most looked at for drug delivery systems. This thesis contains studies from two different hydrogels, one of the hydrogels as of now is only used in our collaborative group at The University of Texas at Austin, while the other has been used in both our group at Texas State University and the collaborative group. Both hydrogels were evaluated for 3D cell encapsulation to set the stage for applications in tissue engineering and cancer cell culture models. Our collaborative group at the University of Texas at Austin has studied the development of norbornene-modified hyaluronic acid (NorHA) hydrogels that contain an outside crosslinker that activates with a photo initiator under ultraviolet light. Our group at Texas State University has studied the development of dynamic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels crosslinked with reversible thiol-Michael covalent bonds. The properties offered by the PEG hydrogels has been directed for drug delivery, however, in this thesis we explored how the properties of the PEG hydrogels may be potentially applied as 3D cancer models. This thesis has two sections. One section focuses on the studies of NorHA hydrogels and nascent glycan deposition in regard to cell encapsulation, while the other section focuses on the studies of PEG hydrogels and 3D culturing.Chemistry and Biochemistr
Navigating ADA title II: Enhancing web accessibility in library publishing
No full textThis presentation will provide an overview of the updated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II rule and its implications for library publishing, as well as report on work of a Texas Digital Library (TDL) working group charged with developing resources for journal managers and editorial teams using the TDL’s Open Access Journal Hosting Service. It will consider the fundamental necessity of web accessibility to Open Access publishing, as well as demonstrate the power of collaboration to support meaningful improvement for users with disabilities.
In April 2024, the U.S. Attorney General signed a final rule addressing the accessibility of digital experiences under Title II of the ADA. The new rule requires state and local governments to ensure that web interfaces and content comply with WCAG 2.1 Level AA guidelines. For most public higher education institutions, the deadline for compliance is April 2026.
The updated rule has implications both for platforms that libraries use to host Open Access journals -- like the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform used by TDL -- but also the content produced and published on those sites.
In response, the TDL OJS Users Group convened a working group in January 2025 to address compliance of the 90+ Open Access journal sites hosted by TDL. Choosing to focus its efforts on the content published on these sites (e.g. articles, images, and recordings), it charged the group with creating and disseminating a web accessibility toolkit for managers and editors of TDL-hosted journals.University Librarie
Predicting Fraud vs Non-Fraud in Publicly Traded U.S. Companies Using Machine Learning Techniques
No full textNo abstract prepared.Finance and Economic
Attitudes Towards Undocumented Immigrants: Influences of Political Ideology, Media Bias Exposure, Race/Ethnicity, and Ethnocultural Empathy
No full textThis study examined the relationships among political ideology, media bias exposure, ethnocultural empathy, and attitudes toward immigrants, with a focus on the mediating role of ethnocultural empathy. A sample of 402 undergraduate psychology students at a large public university in Texas completed measures assessing political conservatism, media consumption habits, ethnocultural empathy, and attitudes toward immigrants. Correlational analyses supported hypotheses that political ideology predicted media bias exposure, which in turn was negatively associated with ethnocultural empathy. Racial/ethnic minority participants reported higher ethnocultural empathy compared to White participants, and greater empathy was associated with more positive immigration attitudes. Mediation analyses revealed that ethnocultural empathy mediated the relationships between media bias exposure and immigration attitudes, and between racial/ethnic identity and immigration attitudes. These findings underscore the central role of empathy in shaping attitudes toward immigrants and suggest that empathy-based interventions and balanced media consumption may help mitigate prejudice in politically polarized environments.Psycholog