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The Role of Social Media in Vaccine Denialism: A Study of COVID-19 and Beyond
Get PDFMy presentation is about the impact social media plays when contributing to science denialism
Non-Overlapping Magisteria and the Courts
Get PDFNon-Overlapping Magisteria is a concept coined by Stephen J. Gould that models how scientific claims and religious claims are separated. The model was made to show how science and religion can exist separately and how following the model should reduce conflict between the two. Similar concepts can be found in the Constitution and judicial rulings. When looking to apply NOMA to the real world case law and legislation may be the best way to go about application
NOMA at Research Bases Religious Universities
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Teaching Since 2020: Inhabiting Professionalization, Autonomy, and Classroom Teaching
Get PDFThis study explores teacher professionalization Since 2020 by examining control over teachers’ work as constructed by classroom teachers. Using a conceptual framework combining the teacher disempowerment perspective, inhabited institutionalism, and professionalization, I focus on the question: Given the recent years of upheaval the profession of education has sustained, how are teachers inhabiting the role of professional teacher, particularly regarding control over their own work? This qualitative study utilizes semi-structured interviews with fourteen teacher participants in an Indiana public school district. This study finds that participants are constructing a new Since 2020 teaching reality. Participants converged on professional challenges including disruptive technology, consumerist mindsets, and increased parental/public involvement in an image-conscious, referendum-driven context. Participants experienced growing disempowerment in their teaching, often due to invisible structures of control and jurisdictional creep. Participants valued a balance of autonomy and authority but overall found teachers’ level of autonomy to be below what professionals should experience in society at large. These findings have implications including re-empowering teachers through inhabited institutionalist concepts, recharging collective action to better meet the challenges of Teaching Since 2020, and rethinking the definition of professionalization in the situationally constrained context of the Since 2020 environment
Implementing an Evidence-based Bundle Consisting of Tai Chi and Education to Reduce Fall Rates in Older Adults and Improve Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Staff in an Assisted Living Memory Care Facility: A Quality Improvement Project
No full textIncentive spirometry: Impacting sickle cell disease care by changing the spectrum through provider education
No full textA Comparison of Blood Cellular Indices Between ESRD and a Healthy Ambulatory Population
Get PDFEnd Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is the final stage of chronic kidney disease, with only 10–15% kidney function remaining. Using 2023 data from Loyola University Medical Center, we evaluated 12 blood cellular indices as prognostic markers in ESRD versus healthy controls. Mann-Whitney U Test and Spearman Correlations showed significant differences (p\u3c0.05) in most indices, excluding Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio. Despite cohort variability, these findings highlight the potential of cellular indices as ESRD prognostic tools. This study lays the groundwork for future longitudinal analysis to track disease progression
Development of Analytical Methods for Heavy Metal Detection in Soil
Get PDFAmong the various types of pollution, heavy metal pollution is a major area of concern as high concentrations of heavy metals can have detrimental effects on terrestrial and aquatic environments as well as human health.1 In the city of Chicago, the industrial corridors are a particular area of interest as they have been used for industrial purposes for over a century resulting in heavy metals being released into the environment.2 To explore this, soil samples can be analyzed using various methods to quantify the heavy metal concentrations–specifically for chromium, cadmium, and lead.
The various methods explored in this study are citric acid and EDTA wash, potassium nitrate and citric acid wash, dilute nitric acid digestion, and nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide reflux. Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (GFAAS) was used to quantify heavy metal concentrations and verify the most efficient method of analysis. By identifying the most effective procedure for heavy metal analysis in soil, this study can assist in more accurate environmental assessments and improved mitigation strategies to address pollution and its corresponding health impacts
How Science Denial and Christian Perceptions Shape Policy
Get PDFThis presentation will focus on the public perceptions of Christianity and how they differ from how Christians believe they are perceived, compared to a rising disregard for the scientific consensus. Over the 2025 Spring semester, we worked in a group of two students, in pursuit to understanding the undeniably related uptick in faith based executive orders and science denying policies. We were able to demonstrate the importance in societal acknowledgment of science and different ways of thinking because polarity cause misleading public policy. Through this project, we fortified our understanding of the complexity of science denial and religion