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Translating a Culture: How Subtitles in Popular TV Shows Friends and La que se avecina (The One that Looms) Maintain National Culture Within Translations
Get PDFThis study aims to determine the best ways for comedy-based TV shows to be translated so their cultural significance can be maintained while also becoming a piece of media that is enjoyed across linguistic barriers. Data was gathered from the TV shows Friends and La que se avecina and analyzed through comparison with one another. Analysis reveals both shows use unique techniques as a result of the specific challenges subtitle translators faced for the shows, but in general, focusing on one aspect of the translation over another would prevent the audience from enjoying the show. Friends\u27s translations rely on the foreign audience having an understanding of the show so that it does not have to omit many of the jokes. La que se avecina focuses on maintaining the integrity of the original script but omits many swear words in an attempt to appeal to a foreign audience that might be offended. These findings show that there is a balance that must be found between good translation and maintaining the culture of the original show
Collaborative Alignment Theory in Career Development: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study of Small College and University Career Centers
Get PDFThe American higher education system is in a time of profound change (Levine & Van Pelt, 2021). Pressures such as shifting student demographics (Grawe, 2021), evolving technologies (Crawford, 2021; McCarthy, 2007), and increasing financial strains on institutional operating models (Marcy, 2020) are just a few of the stresses reshaping the landscape. Postsecondary leaders also face heightened scrutiny from prospective students and their families regarding the value of a college degree (National Association of Colleges and Employers, 2022). While improving job prospects remains the primary reason most student enroll in higher education (Gallup & Strada, 2017), the long-term economic return on a four-year undergraduate degree is increasingly being questioned (Barrett & Helens-Hart, 2022; Gallup & Lumina Foundation, 2023).
This phenomenological-oriented, constructivist grounded theory study explores how these pressures and broader societal trends are influencing the career development and readiness of undergraduate students at small, four-year, highly residential colleges and universities. Specifically, it examines the organizational alignment of career services divisions within institutional reporting structures and the role of career development professionals in preparing students for the workforce. The findings culminated in the development of the Collaborative Alignment Theory in Career Development (CATiCD), providing insights into how institutional leaders can strategically align resources and engage stakeholders to enhance student career outcomes
The Effect of Virtual Standardized Patient Integrated Health Coach Training on Professional Confidence Gain in Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Nurses
Get PDFPoor health behaviors cost the United States billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives every year. The Veterans Affairs primary care delivery model uses health coaching as a catalyst to improve health behaviors in veterans. Health coaching is a complex skill that requires specialized training, repetitive practice, and professional confidence. Albert Bandura believed most people acquire skills and develop the confidence to use those skills through social learning. He posited that professional confidence played a critical role in skill acquisition, and people with low professional confidence were less likely to attempt to perform a skill. Bandura’s Theory of Self-Efficacy presents four sources of professional confidence and served as the framework for this study. Primary care nurses in the Veterans Affairs are trained in health coaching using facilitator-led instruction and role play. Modern training methodologies, like virtual standardized patient trainers, incorporate training characteristics aligned with Bandura’s determinants of professional confidence and may be more efficient and effective methods for training primary care nurses in health coaching. This quasi-experimental study explored the training effectiveness of virtual standardized patient-integrated health coach training by comparing the pretraining, post-training, and three-month follow-up training professional confidence levels for their use of health coaching skills as self-reported by primary care nurses at fourteen Veterans Affairs medical centers. Self-assessment survey tools were used to capture the three datasets before and after completing a three-hour virtual-standardized-patient-health coach training program called Virtual Interview Skills Training System. The data from a convenience sample of thirty-one registered nurse participants were analyzed using a repeated-measures, non-parametric analysis of professional confidence gain with a Wilcoxon Signed-Rank matched-pair test to compare the three datasets and a Kruskal-Wallis H analysis of the differences between pretraining, post-training, and three-month follow-up scores were compared by demographic and experiential groups. The results showed a statistically significant gain in the professional confidence of the participants after completing the virtual standardized patient-integrated health coach training. This professional confidence gain was sustained in the three-month follow-up assessment. The demographic and experiential characteristics of the participants showed no association with the gain in professional confidence. This study was conducted to inform the health coach training program of the National Center of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Veterans Affairs on the efficacy of virtual-standardized-patient-integrated health coaching training
Improving Mental Health Support for Nursing Students Through Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training of Clinical Faculty
Get PDFThis project aimed to implement a process improvement program at the Louisville campus of Galen College of Nursing to improve the mental health support for nursing students through the training of Clinical Instructors (CIs) in using adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and the ALGEE actions described within that program
A Comparison of the Prevalence of Salmonella, Specifically S. Enteritidis, in Captive Born Versus Wild Caught Reptiles
Get PDFSalmonella contamination and transmission is a concern in public health in the United States and around the world. It is usually transmitted to humans through contaminated poultry products, but it has also been known to be transmitted through contact with reptiles. Because reptiles are becoming more popular as pets and are known carriers for Salmonella, studies have been done to test how prevalent Salmonella is in reptiles. This study focused on testing the feces of twenty-two reptiles for Salmonella, in general, and a specific serotype of Salmonella, S. Enteritidis. This study also compared the positivity rate of reptiles born in the wild versus captive bred reptiles to determine if reptiles being born in captivity is a factor for reptiles being Salmonella carriers in this population
A Developmental Exploration of the Role of Catp-6 gene in Model Organism C. elegans relating to Parkinson’s Disease
Get PDFParkinson’s disease (PD) is considered a common and complex neurogenerative disease characterized by the complete loss of dopaminergic neurons located in the substantia nigra pars compacta. With the incomplete understanding of this neurological disorder, Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), a microscopic nematode, could serve as a model organism of study due to specific gene analogs, relating to PD, present in both C. elegans and humans. The gene of interest for this project is catp-6 in C. elegans an ortholog of the human ATP132A gene. Mutations in the ATP132A gene correlate with an abnormal form of early onset PD called Kufor-Rakeb Syndrome, characterized by motor function loss. This project aims to utilize C. elegans catp-6 knockout mutants to conduct studies focused on developmental explorations, and ultimately gender-related behavioral differences, with potential implications in PD