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Rethinking Wireless Microphone Fidelity: Evidence, Outcomes, and Implications
No full textThis paper challenges long-standing assumptions about tradeo↵s between duplexing and microphone fidelity in consumer wireless audio systems. Through controlled experiments and comparative evaluations on modern consumer hardware, we demonstrate that (1) measurable improvements in recorded microphone fidelity are achievable in real-world scenarios previously considered infeasible, (2) objective metrics show statistically significant gains under the tested configurations, and (3) these gains enable practical workflows for field production and archival capture. For reasons of responsible disclosure and ongoing intellectual property protection, implementation details are withheld; instead we report experimental design at a high level, evaluation methodology, numeric results, and implications for practitioners and standards bodies. The findings have immediate relevance for filmmakers, sound recordists, and standards developers, and suggest pathways for improving realtime audio capture on ubiquitous consumer devices without requiring specialized hardware
Leader state emotions in organizations
No full textAs the affective revolution continues to shape the way in which scholars understand applied psychology and organizations, we build upon the central tenets of this movement and explore the nexus of leadership and state emotions. By integrating previous conceptualizations, which have extensively studied the intersection of discrete emotions, we present an integrative framework of leader state emotions that outlines how emotional triggers, leader emotional regulation, and follower reactions relate to one another. Using this framework as a guide, we take stock of the extant research on leader emotions by evaluating research in the last 30 years that has studied the intersection of emotions (ranging from anger to happiness) and leadership (ranging from managers to CEOs). Our synopsis of 101 articles provides insights into ongoing trends (such as frequent application of emotions as social information), relatively stable findings (such as role expectations surrounding emotional expressions for male and female leaders), as well as potential directions for future research (such as employing AI tools to study emotions). To wit, in this integrative review, we provide a consensus-creating contribution by bringing together a rich body of research on this topic, thereby expanding the frontier for future theory-building and theory-testing on leadership and emotions
Photograph of La Loncheria
No full textPhotograph of La Loncheria (Weslaco, TX)https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/spanglishrgv/1068/thumbnail.jp
Photograph of Kali\u27s Hardware Ferreteria Sign
No full textPhotograph of Kali\u27s Hardware Ferreteria Sign (San Juan, TX)https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/spanglishrgv/1078/thumbnail.jp
The Rider (2025-10-13)
No full textVol. 11, No. 7https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/rider/1282/thumbnail.jp
The Rider (2025-10-27)
No full textVol. 11, No. 9https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/rider/1284/thumbnail.jp
Stand for Support, Shatter the Silence: Administrative Approaches to Eradicate Bullying in Higher Education
No full textBullying in higher education has become a widespread and complex issue that affects staff, faculty, and students worldwide, causing a detrimental impact on both psychological health and academic achievement. This paper provides a comprehensive examination of the phenomenon, encompassing all its manifestations, underlying causes, and significant consequences. The study, which draws on academic literature, outlines the various forms of bullying, including cyberbullying, mobbing, microaggressions, and social exclusion, and highlights the adverse effects these behaviors have on both individuals and academic communities. The research emphasizes how critical it is to comprehend the power relationships that exist in higher education settings and to put in place practical solutions for addressing and eradicating bullying behavior. It focuses on how political factors, power disparities, organizational culture, and a lack of policies interact to create an atmosphere that encourages bullying. It also clarifies the financial and reputational costs associated with bullying for both individuals and organizations, highlighting the necessity of early intervention. With its insightful analysis and practical recommendations for addressing this pervasive issue and fostering an environment of respect and professionalism within academic communities, this comprehensive review contributes to the ongoing conversation on bullying in higher education
Commentary: They called her ‘Babe’
No full textBefore she was known as “Babe,” she was Mildred Ella Didrikson – born in Port Arthur, Texas, in 1911 and raised in Beaumont.
The daughter of Norwegian immigrants, her father was a carpenter, her mother a homemaker. They didn’t have much. The family home sat in the working-class part of town, with a yard just big enough for kids to run in.
Mildred was a wild one: fast, strong, fearless. The neighborhood boys used to laugh when she insisted on joining their games. But before long, they weren’t laughing because she could out-throw them, out-hit them, and outrun them.
Her hero was Babe Ruth. She swung a bat with the same swagger, so the boys nicknamed her “Babe.” The name stuck.
In high school, she excelled in basketball, then track and field – then anything with a ball, a bat, or timed by a stopwatch.
By 1932 she was in Los Angeles, representing the U.S. in the Olympics. She entered three events: hurdles, javelin, and high jump. She won two gold medals and a silver, setting world records with each of her gold medals in javelin and hurdles. She qualified for 8 events, but unlike male athletes, women were restricted to competing in only three.
Nonetheless, Texas had produced an athlete the world had never seen before – one who could, seemingly, do it all.
But Babe wasn’t done. Believe it or not, she next picked up golf and immediately excelled at this “gentleman’s game,” though she had never played before she was 22.
She hit the ball farther than most men and with greater accuracy. She was the first woman to play in a PGA tour event. This was in Los Angeles in 1938. She didn’t come close to winning, but she did meet her future husband, George Zaharias, a wrestler.
Realizing that she wouldn’t be able to compete at the highest levels of the PGA right away, she played in women’s amateur tournaments for many years and dominated the field. She won 17 gold championships in a row, including the British Women’s Amateur Golf Tournament. The galleries that followed her around ran out of superlatives to describe her play.
Babe co-founded the LPGA, the Ladies Professional Golf Association, in 1949. In her LPGA career she won 41 tournaments and ten major championships.
She was not just the best female golfer in the world – she was one of the best golfers, period. The Associated Press voted her Woman Athlete of the Half-Century.
And then came 1953. Babe was diagnosed with colon cancer. Surgery followed, and the prognosis was grim. Reporters wrote her off. Doctors whispered she would never compete again.
But the “Wonder Girl from Beaumont” wasn’t ready to quit.
In 1954, she entered the U.S. Women’s Open – pale, thin, scarred from surgery. She played anyway. And she didn’t just win, she won by twelve strokes, which was the greatest margin in the tournament’s history. Adding to this astonishing victory is that she did it while wearing a colostomy pouch.
Two years later, at just 45, Babe Didrikson Zaharias was gone. But in her short life, she had become a legend: The girl from Beaumont who was told “girls can’t do that” … and who went right on doing it anyway.
So the next time you see a young Texan girl running faster than the boys, throwing harder, hitting farther, tell her about Babe and how she would be proud of her
Isolation and molecular identification of pathogens causing sea turtle egg fusariosis in key nesting beaches in Costa Rica
No full textThe global rise of fungal pathogens presents an emerging threat to biodiversity, with significant risks to species such as endangered sea turtles. The fungal disease known as sea turtle egg fusariosis (STEF) is associated with high embryo mortality rates and represents a substantial conservation challenge. This disease is caused by two fungal species, namely Fusarium falciforme (Ff) and Fusarium keratoplasticum (Fk), and their identification is essential for guiding future efforts to address potential fungal infections, particularly on important nesting beaches such as those in Costa Rica. In this study, we conducted fungal isolations from sea turtle eggshells and nest sand at four key nesting beaches along the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Costa Rica to evaluate the presence of STEF-causing species. For accurate identification, we employed a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) approach, analyzing three genetic loci. We obtained 147 axenic cultures, of which 32% belonged to the STEF-causing species Ff (n = 32) and Fk (n = 15). Fusarium falciforme was found across all study locations on both coasts of Costa Rica, whereas Fk was only detected at one beach on the Caribbean coast. This study represents the first survey to accurately identify STEF-causing species in Costa Rica, revealing a widespread presence on the main nesting beaches. Currently, STEF is not severely affecting sea turtles in Costa Rica; however, various factors, such as changes in the nesting beach environment and sand composition, could increase the incidence and severity of the disease, posing a threatening risk to embryonic development. Therefore, a better understanding of the presence and distribution of these pathogens is critical for preventing the development of this emerging disease
Photograph of La Playita Snack Van
No full textPhotograph of La Playita Snack Van 2 (Edinburg, TX).https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/spanglishrgv/1010/thumbnail.jp