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The Relationship Between Religiosity and Attitudes Toward Women at a Conservative Christian College
Get PDFResearch suggests that religiosity influences attitudes toward women more strongly than does any other demographic. In many studies, it has also been indicated that men hold more conservative gender attitudes than do women. Many religious denominations have been represented in such research, but no previous studies have included Seventh-day Adventist participants. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between religiosity and attitudes toward women amongst students at a Seventh-day Adventist college in the Midwest. A total of 74 students, 88% of which were Seventh-day Adventist, participated by completing the Centrality of Religiosity Scale and the Attitudes Toward Women Scale. Resulting correlations found that religiosity and conservative attitudes toward women were significantly related, and that women reported significantly more equitable gender attitudes than did men. These results indicate the importance of understanding religion’s influences on personal attitudes. Directions for future research are discussed, and limitations to the study are identified
Inverse Analysis of Driven Pile Capacity in Sands
Get PDFMethods of estimating the capacity of driven piles from dynamic pile top data have been well established for many years. The STADYN program uses a finite element methodology that is different from those currently in use. In this paper this program is applied to a well documented pile scenario of concrete piles driven into predominantly cohesionless soils. The pile top force-time and velocity-time history is applied to the model and the results compared with both dynamic tests using conventional methods and static load test results. The results are mixed; the dynamic results compare well with CAPWAP but other factors suggest that more work needs to be done on the STADYN model
Examining the relationships between body motion gaming or mind-body practice and balance, cognition, and social engagement in community dwelling older adults
Get PDFAs the population ages, there exists a desire to stay active and in one’s own home. Institutionalization is required for some individuals, with the primary causes being falls, frailty, and cognitive decline. Body motion gaming systems and mind-body practices have been successfully utilized to address balance, cognition, and social engagement in different patient populations. This study was designed to investigate if similar benefits could be seen in healthy, community dwelling older adults. Eleven participants volunteered for the study. Pre, post, and one-month post assessments performed included the Berg Balance Scale, Functional Gait Assessment, 30-second Chair Stand Test, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and Satisfaction with Life Scale. Participants were assigned into either a body motion gaming group, in which they played Wii Sports, or a mind body practice group, that used YouTube guided Tai Chi and yoga videos. Groups met two times per week for six weeks. Focus groups were conducted with all participants to assess perceived benefits, meaningfulness of the engaged occupation, and importance of small group participation. Although there were minimal statistically significant changes to the groups, multiple individuals made strong gains, including moving from fall risk scores on pretests to above cutoff levels. This was similar with cognitive scores. Qualitatively, individuals recognized progress not only in themselves, but also in their peers. They enjoyed the activities as well as their groups and felt accountable to one another to be present. After the conclusion of the study, some individuals started their own gaming group and another began attending community Tai Chi classes. The individuals from this study regularly cited the importance of remaining active and being part of groups for quality of life. The body motion gaming and mind-body practice provided an opportunity for not only improving balance and cognition by trying new activities, but also social engagement by participating with peers
Differential privacy
No full textDifferential privacy seeks to enable the use and analysis of the datasets that contain sensitive personal information while simultaneously protecting privacy of individual entries in those datasets
Piles of pearlware: characterizing a 19th century marketplace through a ceramic assemblage
No full textThis study uses the size and function of historic ceramics from a colonial marketplace in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands to shed light on commercial activity within an established 19th century downtown, offering a unique glimpse of quotidian life
The decline of congressional power
No full textThis project seeks to understand the decline of Democracy in the United States, particularly with Congress. Congress continues to delegate its power to the presidency, which harms a system of checks and balances and poses a threat to democracy
Empathy, perceived similarity, and online aggression
No full textThe present study examines if empathy and perceived similarity relate to a lower likelihood to exhibit certain kinds of aggressive behavior online
Does scholarship status affect stress levels of collegiate athletes?
No full textThe purpose of the study is to measure stress levels among collegiate athletes with scholarship status and those without. We will be using an online anonymous survey to allow for an easy and efficient way to collect data from participants
How do students’ perceptions of parenting styles and relationships affect post-secondary academic success among undergraduate students attending the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga?
No full textPrimary objective of this study is to enhance knowledge by using the perspective of college students\u27 parents’ parenting styles and relationships during the adolescent years and how it has affected postsecondary success by using an anonymous survey
Brownian motion and single particle tracking
No full textWe present here the experimental setup using optical microscopy and the analysis of trajectories for colloidal particles undergoing random diffusion in two-dimensional systems. The results are compared with BD simulation