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Emotional intelligence and Army ROTC cadet success at a leading aviation/aerospace university
No full textThis study aimed to investigate the impact of emotional intelligence on Army ROTC cadet success at a leading aviation/aerospace university. Employing a quantitative approach, 54 cadets were examined using the Skills for Career and Life Effectiveness® emotional intelligence assessment and various Army ROTC data. The goal was to identify emotional intelligence skills associated with cadet success across three key areas: descriptive statistics, differentiation between top 20% and bottom 20% of the group based on Order Merit Scores, and distinction between cadets opting for active duty versus the reserve component. Statistical analysis revealed significant emotional intelligence skills in all areas, particularly self-esteem, drive strength, and decision making. These findings highlight the critical importance of emotional intelligence in determining class standing, career preferences, and performance during Cadet Summer Training. However, the study acknowledged limitations due to the small sample size and the impact of COVID-19 on earlier training. Further research is recommended, including expanding the sample size, conducting multiple emotional intelligence assessments at various stages of the cadet’s career, and accounting for the effects of COVID-19. Addressing these limitations will supply a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between emotional intelligence and cadet success, aiding in the selection, training, and development of military and aerospace professionals. Such research will also further enhance recruitment and retention efforts in these fields
Preliminary findings regarding student learning from lecture and homework
No full textLectures and homework both provide opportunities for students to learn mathematics. Researchers have focused on learning from lectures (e.g., Krupnik et al., 2018; Lew et al., 2016; Lew & Zazkis, 2019) and from homework (e.g., Dorko, 2021; 2020a, 2020b; 2019; Ellis et al., 2015; Glass & Sue, 2008; Kanwal, 2020; Krause & Putnam, 2016; Lithner, 2003; Rupnow et al., 2021). However, these studies have focused on each milieu individually. Dorko and Cook (R&R, 2022) propose attending to learning across the two settings is critical for improving student learning in both settings. To that end, our study addresses the questions (1) What did two developmental mathematics students learn in lecture and what did they learn from homework? and (2) How can we explain why they learn particular things in a particular context?Mathematic
Closing critical gaps to enable a circular plastics economy
No full textThe request of a preliminary design of a plastic pyoil separation unit has been requested, downstream from a pyrolysis unit, converting plastic into usable oil, called pyoil. This design is focused on removing trace impurities from the pyoil stream and separating it into four separate cuts: py gas, naphtha, gas oil, and heavy resid. The py gas is used as a downstream fuel and is a vapor. The naphtha and gas oil (also called the light cut and medium cut, respectively) is used downstream in a steam cracker to produce valuable ethylene. The process that has been designed contains a series of adsorption columns, standing 36 ft tall and 6.5 ft in diameter, using PuriCycle H and HP catalysts (adsorbents) to remove trace elements. After these elements are removed, the feed enters a 42 stage, 95 ft tall, 5.5 ft diameter single multi-cut distillation column, charged with the separation into the four aforementioned streams. Once the separation has been performed, the products are cooled and pumped into storage tanks. The medium cut is also used to pre-heat the feed stream to save energy costs.Economics play a large part in the feasibility of a preliminary design, and capital costs and variable and fixed operating costs have been calculated. Preliminary design estimates vary from -20% to +40%, and the calculated values reflect this. Capital costs are estimated at 340,000 annually, and variable operating costs are $2,087,000 annually.For general safety, situations where power is lost, pressure increases, and controller failure have been evaluated. For power loss, the control valves have the appropriate orientation, there are pressure relief systems in place on vulnerable equipment, and there are alarms in place for controller failures in order to prevent extreme situations within the process.In order to close the quantity, quality, and affordability gaps, it is recommended to create collection centers in the community, where citizens can recycle their plastic and get paid. In addition, the installation of a drum separator is highly recommended. The improvements would serve to increase the amount of recyclables collected, reduce the cost of sorting the recyclables, and raise the quality of the recyclables so they could be used in the pyrolysis plant
Exploring earthquake response through the lens of the protective action decision model
No full textSince the publication of the first version of PADM in 2004, scholars have been trying to understand the influential factors that impact people's response to disasters by testing the model. The third version of PADM, which includes social and environmental contexts, suggests that geolocation, physical, and social contexts influence people's disaster response. However, the ways in which these factors influence disaster response have not been fully explored, and PADM studies have yielded inconclusive results. Therefore, two overarching research questions were proposed to address this literature gap: Do people's disaster responses differ geographically during an earthquake? Why do people respond to earthquakes in specific ways in different geographical areas? To address these overarching research questions, household survey and interview data were collected after the 2018 Hualien earthquake in Taiwan. The Getis-Ord Gi* method was used to answer the first overarching research question. The findings suggest that geographical location, one of the environmental context factors, affects people's disaster responses (affective risk perception, cognitive risk perception, and protective action decision). The emotion of fear and nervousness, the perception of household losses, and the physical reaction of freeze and flight are clustered in some communities during the earthquake. Next, in-depth interviews were conducted among these communities to explore the possible root causes of the clusters and address the second overarching research question. Thematic analysis shows that environmental contexts, social contexts, optimistic bias, earthquake experiences, responsibility belief, hazard adjustment efforts, earthquake education, environmental cues, and cognitive risk perceptions resulted in these clusters. Based on the findings, this dissertation proposes an earthquake-oriented PADM to explain the unique nature of seismic hazards, which differ from other environmental threats in their quick onset, uncertainty in terms of location, timing, and magnitude, and geographical differences. This study offers emergency managers an opportunity to gain insight into people's earthquake responses. The findings can be utilized by emergency management professionals to help mitigate earthquake risks and promote appropriate protective actions to prevent injuries and fatalities during earthquakes
Exploring the presence of marginalized populations in OER texts dealing with matters of EDI
No full textThe purpose of this research is to build on the growing body of literature that seeks to identify how often OER material used in higher education references historically marginalized groups in matters pertaining to EDI with an emphasis given to the contexts in which they are mentioned. The guiding research question of the study posits that EDI discussions within OER unintentionally place added emphasis on certain marginalized population groups while others are routinely overlooked.Educational LeadershipLibrar
Ordinary within the extraordinary: The ideology and architectural form of Boley, an “All-Black Town” in the prairie
No full textThis paper examines the architectural form of Boley, Oklahoma, an all-Black town founded in 1908. Through an analysis of its unified linear main street, the paper explores the relationship between the town's cultural significance and its architectural spaces. Boley's unique street layout, designed to foster community and freedom, stands in stark contrast to the centralized courthouse squares found in other towns of the era. By comparing these architectural forms and their underlying ideologies, the paper challenges dominant narratives of American expansion and offers a new perspective on the history of the state.Architectur
How CEO regulatory focus shapes corporate strategic R&D investment decisions
No full textRegulatory focus theory establishes that goal pursuit can occur through a prevention focus or promotion focus orientation. The current study expands on the application of regulatory focus theory by examining the influence of a CEO’s promotion versus prevention focus orientation in explaining their research and development (R&D) investments and accounting for the conditioning effect of competitive intensity and attainment discrepancies. Using USA manufacturing data from 2009 to 2018, our findings indicate that CEOs who are promotion-focused prioritize R&D investments, whereas CEOs who are prevention-focused minimize investments in R&D. Our findings also offer evidence about the moderating influence competitive intensity and net attainment discrepancy (NAD) in the relationship between promotion focus and R& D investments. Similarly, a positive moderating influence of net attainment discrepancy on the relationship between NAD and R&D investment suggests that CEOs with a high prevention focus and favorable NAD will prioritize R&D investment. Also, our findings show evidence of a positive moderating influence between competitive intensity on the link between prevention focus orientation and R&D investments, suggesting that CEOS operating in intensely competitive market environments are likely to prioritize R&D activities while concentrating on efficient use of resources. The current study offers several insights regarding which regulatory focus needs to be prioritized under different competition and attainment discrepancy. Keywords: regulatory focus theory, promotion focus, prevention focus, competitive intensity, net attainment discrepancy, R&D investments, manufacturing
Preventive dental behaviors among U.S. college students: Application of the Health Belief Model
No full textObjectives: Evaluate college students’ preventive dental behaviors based on the Health Belief Model (HBM), identify key constructs of HBM to promote preventive dental behaviors, and determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on college students’ preventive dental behaviors. Methods: The data for this cross-sectional study were collected from 550 college students (ages 18 to 25; 69.8% female) through an online survey. Participants were recruited through a random sampling process. Descriptive statistics were used in the analysis of quantitative data. A multivariate analysis of variance was applied to examine the relationship between HBM and preventive dental behaviors. In addition, chi-square was used to determine the prevalence of preventive dental behaviors associated with dental knowledge. Results: Perceived barriers and self-efficacy were significant predictors of preventive dental behaviors (p < 0.001). Also, a significantly higher proportion of students with sufficient dental knowledge met the recommendations for tooth brushing and dental checkups compared to those with deficient or moderate dental knowledge (p < 0.05). Although most of the participants reported no influence of COVID-19 on their preventive dental behaviors, a considerable number of the students still reported the influences of COVID-19 (tooth brushing: 20.9%; tooth flossing: 10.6%; dental checkups: 18.8%). Conclusions: The Health Belief Model could be an effective framework to promote preventive dental behaviors for college students, particularly, using perceived barriers and self-efficacy.Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psycholog
Uncrumpled: A scheme for bounding the pinch points on a variety of projected surfaces
No full textLet X be a smooth surface and let phi be a finitely ramified map from X to P^N with N at least 4, which is birational onto its image Y = phi(X), and with Y non-degenerate in P^N. In this paper, we produce a lower bound for the length of the pinch scheme of a general linear projection of Y to P^3. We then prove that the lower bound is realized if and only if Y is a rational normal scroll.We describe an alternative way of viewing this problem, along with a review of the work done on some adjacent problems. We also include a small collection of examples where we compute the number of pinch points contained in a general linear projection to P^3 as evidence for the main theorem. Finally, we conclude with a strengthening of the main result and we describe several future problems stemming from this result