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THE IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION ON CHINA'S REALESTATE MARKET PRICES
No full textThe real estate industry is not only the pillar industry of China's economy, but also the development of the real estate market has an important impact on the life of Chinese people and the stability of the financial market. Since the housing market reform in 1998, China's urban real estate market has developed rapidly. However, in the process of the rapid development of China's urban real estate market, the price of China's urban real estate has also experienced a huge rise, which is far more than the rise of the per capita income level of Chinese residents, thus exerting an important impact on the housing demand of Chinese residents. At the same time, China's population structure has changed dramatically in terms of age, urban and rural residence, and employment. Population is the main support for the demand of the urban real estate market. The drastic change of population structure undoubtedly plays an important role in the rapid rise of the price of the urban real estate market in China. To clarify the influence of population structure change on China's urban real estate market price, this dissertation explores the influence of population structure on China's urban real estate market price from three aspects of population age, population urban-rural location and population employment by using econometric methods on the basis of constructing a local equilibrium model to analyze the influence of population structure on urban real estate market price.Based on the realistic background of the development of China's real estate market and the change of population structure, this dissertation first constructs a partial equilibrium model of the real estate market after combing the existing relevant literature, and theoretically analyzes the impact of the change of population structure on the real estate market price from the three aspects of population urban-rural, population age and population employment. Second, this paper deeply combs the historical process of the development of China's real estate market and analyzes data on the changes in the urban-rural location, age and employment of China's population in the past decades. The correlation between China's population structure and real estate market price is preliminarily analyzed by drawing scatter plot. Finally, on the basis of the above theoretical analysis and preliminary data analysis, this paper uses the econometric regression analysis method to further analyze the impact of demographic structure change on the price of China's real estate market from the three aspects of population urban-rural location, population age and population employment. The following three main conclusions are obtained: First, in terms of the urban-rural population structure, the increases of the proportion and number of urban residents have a positive impact on the price of China's urban real estate, and vice versa means that the increases of the proportion and number of rural residents have a negative impact on the price of China's real estate. Second, in terms of population age structure, the increases in the proportion and quantity of the population aged 0-14 have a negative impact on the price of China's real estate market, while the increases in the proportion and quantity of the population aged 15-64 and the increases in the proportion and quantity of the population aged 65 and above have a positive impact on the price of China's real estate. Thirdly, in terms of population employment structure, the increases of the proportion and number of employed population in primary industries has a negative impact on the price of China's real estate market, while the increase of the proportion and number of employed population in the secondary and tertiary industries has a positive impact on the price of China's real estate.Global Financ
Leveling Up Information Literacy: Library Instruction & Tabletop RPGs in Conversation
No full textInstructional roles and responsibilities require librarians to adopt and refine effective classroom practices. Many of these tactics are also intrinsic to tabletop role-playing games (RPGs), where players adopt personas with specialized skillsets to determine appropriate scopes of investigation, persist against challenges, and resolve quests together (Bowman, 2010). RPGs are a creative activity where the players are also the audience – even the game moderator (GM) is a spectator who doesn’t know how events will unfold or when new knowledge may be produced.
Teaching librarians, like GMs, prepare students to embark on quests for knowledge, providing tools and strategies, and pivoting their gameplan when necessary in response to student inquiry and demonstration of knowledge practices. The performative nature of RPGs, as well as the abundance of best-practice advice available to GMs, can actually be a site of praxis for teaching librarians, offering a critical lens through which to demonstrate the dynamic nature of exploratory research and leverage improvisational thinking (Youakim, 2019).
This poster will highlight relationships found between one-shot instruction and tabletop role-playing games, based on a qualitative content analysis of professional literature and community-generated content (blogs, videos, podcasts, etc.) from the past ten years. Focusing on concepts of identity, agency, communication, and reflection, the presenters will offer a “character sheet” of collected tips and best practices for enhancing one-shot library instruction. Foundational knowledge covering RPG definitions, critical discourses from RPG player-critics, and performance theory will be included, as will novel ideas for incorporating an RPG ethos into the library classroom.Temple University. LibrariesPoster presented at the 2025 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference & Exhibition, which took place June 26-30, in Philadelphia, PA
MUSIC THERAPY PRACTICES FOR INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL (IST) PATIENTS IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS: CONTENT ANALYSIS
No full textThe statistical trends in forensic psychiatry populations have changed tremendously over the decades, yet music therapy practices with the Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) population remain relatively unexplored. Limited research has been conducted on the role of music therapy in competency restoration for IST patients. This study aimed to examine current music therapy practices with IST patients by exploring music therapists’ perspectives on patient needs and goals, the use of music in competency restoration, and the specific methods and techniques employed within forensic psychiatric hospitals in the United States. A qualitative approach was utilized through interviews with music therapists working with IST-committed patients. Data were gathered on various aspects of clinical music therapy practices, including treatment rationale, assessment, methods, technique, and therapeutic approaches. The qualitative data were transcribed, categorized, coded, and analyzed using deductive content analysis to identify patterns and themes. The findings revealed the most frequently used music experiences, music therapy techniques, and a broader range of patient-centered goals than previously documented in the literature. This study provides valuable insights into the evolving role of music therapy in forensic psychiatric settings and highlights its potential contributions to competency restoration for IST patients in the United States.Music Therap
LIKE THIS AND LIKE THAT: BLACK MIDDLE-CLASS COLLEGIANS IN WHITE SPACES
No full textStructural inequality allows the stratification of access and success for college students from racialized and minoritized backgrounds. College success patterns for Black college students at historically white institutions tend to be lower than those of white students (Improving College Access and Completion, 2015). Scholars have attributed lower college completion rates among this subgroup to precollege factors such as academic preparation, along with social and cultural capital (Nora, 2004). This qualitative study explored Black middle-class students’ perceptions of campus climate in a historically white institution, using the thriving quotient (Schreiner, 2010) as an operationalized definition of campus climate. Data about middle-class Black students’ perceived ability to thrive academically, interpersonally, and personally were collected through document and video analysis, campus observations, and participant interviews. Findings reveal that although Black middle-class undergraduates demonstrated holistic thriving across the three domains of the thriving quotient, the thriving quotient is insufficient to explain the success experiences of Black middle-class college students. Family context emerged as a pivotal component for Black middle-class student outcomes. Historically white institutions can use the findings from this study to expand conversations and practices that promote equity and improve campus climate.Policy, Organizational and Leadership Studie
Co-Operation, Perception, and Understanding in an L2 Classroom for the Visually Impaired
No full textIn this study, I adopt Goodwin’s (2018) theory of co-operative action to investigate the multi-modality of an EFL classroom where both the learners and their teacher are blind. I focus on evidence for both the role of the nonvisual senses, in particular, sound and touch, and the achievement of understanding during classroom tasks. I conducted this study over a 12-week period in a high school EFL class at a school for the visually impaired in Japan. The participants were six totally blind students and their teacher. The students were enrolled in a first-year high school EFL class for both blind and low-vision students. I collected three types of qualitative data: Video recordings of classroom activities, interviews, and participant observations. I analyzed the video recordings using multi-modal interaction analysis while using the other two sources of data to triangulate my observations. The results indicate that sounds have a deictic quality that allows blind L2 learners and their teacher to refer to the same thing at the same time. In addition, the touching of virtually identical materials written in Braille provides the intersubjective ground that makes most classroom interactions possible. Finally, the use of prostheses as an extension of touch into the experience of classroom tasks facilitates the achievement of understanding; rocking behavior, a historically stigmatized behavior of people who are blind, may also have a systematic character that aids in understanding. These findings suggest that senses other than vision play a role in not only the multimodal aspects of this particular context, but also in L2 classroom contexts in general.Teaching & Learnin
Nuance, Encounter and Restorative Justice: How the Black Horsemen of Philadelphia reshape mythic narratives and reclaim spatial agency
No full textIf woven together, the three stories I have told within the three dissertation articles produce a historical, cultural and personal product for the Black horse riding community and for the city of Philadelphia. Throughout the research process, I documented and also helped create community. As a neighborhood non-profit, the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club (FSURC) builds social capital daily. I was able to assist club members during speaking engagements at educational institutions, community gatherings and fundraisers. The core of environmental justice work rests within the community it creates. The eventual culmination of these three articles tell the story of on-the-ground activism in conjunction with academic analysis. My positionality as researcher sometimes helped, and other times hindered the organizational process as I learned how to facilitate less and listen more. In the end, my role became that of a storyteller: which is an organizational tactic on its own. The formalization of the FSURC as an institution was further established, and new stories (such as the “ride out” to the Laurel Hill East Cemetery) were created based on research findings. The stories contained within the three articles matter on their own, and as a collection. In academia, stories can clarify the ways in which the personal and theoretical coexist.Geograph
PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS PREDICTING COMMUNITY MOBILITY OF YOUNG AUTISTIC ADULTS
No full textCommunity mobility refers to an individual’s ability to leave their home and navigate their surroundings to access essential services, employment, education, and social opportunities within the community. It is particularly critical for autistic young adults (AYA), as it directly influences their ability to engage and participate in their communities. Lack of mobility affects multiple aspects of life, including quality of life, loneliness, health, education, employment, and social activities. AYA encounter numerous personal and environmental barriers to community mobility.
AYA, professionals and caregivers of AYA report that personal and environmental factors influence community mobility. However, prior research in this area has focused on beliefs and opinions with limited empirical examination. In previous research, AYA, professionals and caregivers of AYA beliefs and opinions about factors influencing community mobility were explored through qualitative approaches, focusing on personal experiences and perspectives. While these insights are valuable, this study expands on previous findings by systematically testing these beliefs across different dimensions of community mobility. By using structured data collection and statistical analyses, the study aims to validate the identified factors, identify patterns, and provide evidence-based understanding of the factors that influence mobility.
Autism research has historically shown that beliefs and opinions, while valuable to inform, are not always accurate and require further evidence-based validation. Moving forward additional robust, empirical studies that systematically examine which personal or environmental factors are associated with dimensions of community mobility will provide much needed additional insight into AYA community mobility. Using an evidence-based approach informed by the ICF framework, this study analyzes self-reported data from AYA to identify associations between environmental, and community mobility data from AYA. By applying data collection and analyses methods, this study advances understanding of the factors that shape community mobility beyond personal beliefs and opinions.
This study advances how community mobility is examined by adopting a more comprehensive definition to create a deeper understanding of this critical factor in the lives of AYA. Specifically, this study examines community mobility through four dimensions: frequency, sufficiency, satisfaction, and ease, and investigates how personal and environmental factors are associated with these dimensions.
This quantitative study used a cross-sectional design. A total of 162 AYA completed a survey assessing dimensions of community mobility and personal and environmental factors. Statistical analyses addressed the proposed research questions and included correlations, chi-square tests, one-way ANOVA, and regression analyses to examine bivariate and multivariate associations between personal and environmental variables across the four dimensions of community mobility.
The results reveal distinct patterns across different dimensions of community mobility, with some dimensions showing stronger associations with specific personal or environmental factors. Findings indicate that multiple personal and environmental factors are differentially associated with various dimensions of community mobility. The dimension of ease was most frequently associated with personal factors, while frequency of mobility showed the most associations with environmental factors such as walkability and crime rates. Employment, social support, and autism-related stigma emerged as the most frequently associated factors across multiple dimensions of community mobility. These findings suggest that each dimension of community mobility is distinct and should be considered when measuring community mobility. The results provide a foundation for person- and environmental-centered strategies aimed at enhancing mobility and improving the quality of life for AYA.Public Healt
INVESTIGATIONS OF BACTERIVORY AND MICROPLASTICS IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
No full textAnthropogenic-driven change is widely considered the largest threat to global ecosystem health and function, with consequences that are of particular significance to aquatic ecosystems. Specifically, the global increase in microplastic production, accumulation, and deposition are now recognized as a serious pollution hazard, much of which makes its way into aquatic systems. Microplastics, traditionally defined as plastic within the range of 5 mm to 0.1 µm, have been shown to interact with local organisms, both large and small, with differing results. Some of the latest findings revealed protists colonize, ingest, and egest microplastics in both in situ and laboratory conditions. In this dissertation, the consequences of both direct and indirect microplastic exposure with mixotrophic protists, those that are both photosynthetic and phagotrophic are assessed. Current literature indicates microplastic distribution in the oceans to be ubiquitous, reaching from coastal communities to the deepest depths of the Mariana Trench. However, their distribution is not homogenous, with current studies showing elevated levels of microplastics near coastal regions compared to offshore stations. Relatively few studies have investigated microplastics in the Southern Ocean, but surveys indicate the presence of plastic pollution in several oceanic areas surrounding the continent. This dissertation expands on those investigations by enumerating the total microplastic pollution during two seasons at a single oceanic station off the Western Antarctic Peninsula, plus for the first time, identifying the types of plastic polymers within three size fractions (0.22 – 20 µm, 20 – 100 µm, and > 100 µm) across several depths. Another anthropogenically driven change is the global rise of temperature. Within the Southern Ocean, the effects of elevated temperatures are associated with reduced ice formation, longer growing seasons, and potentially a novel thermocline not characteristic of the Antarctic maritime, indicative of altered light regimes and nutrient availability. Current projections suggest a regional response shifting in the microbial community from larger protists (i.e., diatoms) to smaller pico- and nanoplankton (i.e., cryptophytes and/or mixed flagellates), a trend that’s starting to occur in the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region. Many of these smaller flagellates are mixotrophic, which is the ability to utilize both photosynthesis and phagocytosis. Lastly, I reveal the impact of mixotrophic nanoplankton throughout the WAP region by assessing their distribution, activity (utilizing a novel approach to estimate their role as a bacterivore and their ever-elusive role as a primary producer), and the percent of the mixotrophic carbon demand input from either bacterivory or primary production in situ. The results of this study will aid in the understanding of the balance between phagotrophy and phototrophy in Antarctic mixotrophs, how microplastics may impact the mixotrophic community, and help to parameterize predictive models of microbial communities response to increasing microplastic pollution.Biolog
FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF CONSCIOUS CIRCULAR BREATHING (CCB) TO REDUCE DENTAL ANXIETY
No full textResearch indicates that around 19% of individuals experience moderate to high dental anxiety. Dental anxiety is multifaceted and subjective to the patient; thus, there is no monotherapy for management. Current management of dental anxiety includes pharmacological intervention and cognitive behavioral techniques. This study aims to explore the feasibility and acceptability of Conscious circular breathing (CCB) technique in reducing dental anxiety in dental patients. This study recruited 15 patients from Temple University Dental School clinics, aged 18- 65, who exhibit moderate dental anxiety. Eligible participants provided informed consent and completed the following set of questionnaires at baseline and post-intervention: Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES). Participants also completed the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire to determine the acceptability of CCB. The CCB protocol consisted of six sessions over the course of two weeks. Participants attended three live sessions in the first week, where they learned the CCB technique using a guided pre-recorded practice video. For the following week, participants were instructed to practice the CCB up to three times on their own time. Participants also completed a brief survey following each CCB session (up to 6 total) to assess stress and anxiety levels. 12 participants successfully completed the 2-week CCB intervention.
A Student T-Test was conducted to assess differences in anxiety, stress, and spiritual experience before and after the Conscious circular breathing intervention. There were no statistically significant differences for STAI (t = 0.08, p = 0.967), or DSES (t = 1.58, p = 0.224) when comparing the baseline to the immediate post-intervention survey results. However, a significant reduction in perceived stress was observed (t = -2.24, p = 0.043), suggesting the intervention effectively reduced stress levels. In addition, there was a statistical difference for MDAS (t = 1.88, p = 0.020), suggesting an overall sustained decrease in dental anxiety. The intervention received moderate to high acceptability with a mean CSQ score of 22.13 (SD = 9.91), indicating positive participant satisfaction. Findings indicate that Conscious Circular Breathing may be a feasible and acceptable intervention for individuals with moderate dental anxiety, as participants reported high satisfaction and significantly reduced perceived stress levels and dental anxiety over time. Future studies with larger sample sizes and longer follow-ups are needed to explore its potential as an adjunctive anxiety management tool in dental settings.Oral Biolog
Disidentifying with America: Ideas of Development in Post-2000 Asian Immigrant Narratives
No full textMy dissertation examines post-2000 Asian American narratives of development that foreground immigrant and refugee trajectories shaped by the legacies of U.S. colonialism and militarism. These texts highlight how Asian immigrants’ development negotiates popular national discourses like the “savior narrative,” “rescue narrative,” or the U.S. immigration myth. Such national discourses have problematically reduced Asian immigrants’ telos of development as a process of assimilation and achieving upward mobility by leaving behind their homelands, which are considered “underdeveloped” countries that cannot provide professional and economic opportunities, to the United States, a “developed” country with promises of upward mobility. Erased in such narratives is the United States’ history of imperial violence and political intervention in the immigrants’ home countries that heavily shaped the displacement of the diasporas. Furthermore, the racialization of Asian refugees and diasporas as indebted further obscures the imperial violence that the United States exercised in Asia during the Cold War.
My dissertation proposes that post-2000 immigrant narratives demonstrate the ways in which the national developmental discourses complicate Asian American telos of development, from pursuing national identification to envisioning national disidentification. Through analyses of Carlos Bulosan’s America Is in the Heart (1943) and John Okada’s No-No Boy (1957), Elaine Castillo’s America is Not the Heart (2018), Aimee Phan’s We Should Never Meet (2004), and Grace Cho’s Tastes Like War (2021), I highlight how contemporary Asian immigrant narratives shift away from figuring development as national identification with America. I argue that post-2000 immigrant narratives contend with national narratives, questioning and challenging the dominant assumptions that U.S. immigration is a rational and desirable teleology.
In weaving formal analysis into my close reading of Asian immigrant narratives, my dissertation emphasizes that these texts are literary works that are not just mimetic reflections of writers’ ethnic or familial memories and histories. It demonstrates how these immigrant narratives rework the genre conventions of bildungsroman or memoir to subvert interpretive frameworks that narrowly envision immigrant development as assimilation. These works question traditional assumptions about Asian immigrant development—symbolic identification with America or ethnic assimilation—and normative development.Englis