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The Rise of Gaymers: The Creation of Queer Identity in Narrative Spaces
No full textThis creative thesis will explore the role of digital avatar creation in the development of the personal identity of video game players, particularly as it relates to the manifestation of gender identities and sexual orientations. Virtual spaces lend themselves to the deconstruction and reconstruction of the self, and video games establish this process through the creation of their environments, narratives, and characters. Therefore, players are given the opportunity to explore different aspects of the self through their interaction with the game world. As popular attitudes and concrete restrictions limit or considerably alter the ability for players to explore queer identities, this project will assess the way players establish themselves in a virtual space and build their identities through play. Not only will this illuminate an often overlooked aspect of the audience’s experience with interactive media, it will also explore the inseverable bond between a text and its reader, and how the creation of self is represented in traditional and contemporary media. The accumulation of this research is the development of a work of interactive fiction entitled Gender Roll. This is a text-based game, designed in the open-source Twine engine, which was originally created by Chris Klimas. This work beckons the player to interrogate their relationship with gendered expectations and the way they form their own identity within a virtual space
Aladdin Sanchez
No full textWatch the story of Aladdin Sanchez, another justice impacted individual who is pursuing college in prison.https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/digital-exhibits/1000/thumbnail.jp
Demystifying the Effect of High-Performance Work Systems on Job Involvement Based on Dual-Path Mediation Model
Get PDFThis study investigates the links between high-performance work systems (HPWS) and job involvement (JI) via organizational justice (OJ) and employee well-being (EW) as mediators. The proposed social exchange theory-based research framework is used to demystify the role of HPWS on job involvement. The proposed framework is validated with ten five-star hotels in India through structural equation modelling. The model reliability and robustness of constructs are tested with confirmatory factor analysis. The findings indicate that organizations must pay close attention to the perceptions of organizational justice and employee wellbeing to foster greater job involvement in their workforce. The positive relationship between HPWS and job involvement was found to be partially mediated by organizational justice and employee wellbeing. Further, HPWS showed a positive relationship with job involvement that was both direct and significant. The present research contributes to the existing body of literature by examining organizational justice and employee wellbeing as mediating variables between HPWS and job involvement in the Indian hotel industry
Environmental, Social, Governance Performance and Negative Performance Feedback: Firm Moderators in a Cross-country Context
Get PDFIn this study, we have examined two specific research questions. First, whether firms around the world with negative performance feedback would resort to more environmental, social, governance [ESG] performance or otherwise. Second, we examine whether firms’ ESG controversies and stakeholder orientation in a cross-country context, with distinctive legal system and ethical behaviour, would motivate them to undertake more ESG performance in such negative performance feedback conditions. Our primary findings show that negative performance feedback of a firm impacts its ESG performance in a strongly negative manner. Furthermore, we prove that both high stakeholder orientation and high ESG controversies significant negatively moderate firms’ ESG inclinations. This holds true irrespective of country-specific legal system and ethical behaviour contexts
Effect of B. Burgdorferi on the Expression of miRNAs in Breast Cancer and Normal Mammary Epithelial Cells
No full textBreast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women worldwide. Recent studies demonstrated that inflammation due to infections with microorganisms could also result in developing breast cancer. Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease has been shown to be present in various types of breast cancer with poor prognosis. Our research group previously published that infection of breast cancer cells B. burgdorferi results in increased in vitro migration and invasion with changes in tissue remodeling factors suggesting that B. burgdorferi could influence breast cancer tumorigenesis. To able to find markers for monitoring the genome-wide genetic changes caused by B. burgdorferi we have evaluated the microRNA expression profiles of two triple-negative breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and HCC1806) one nontumorigenic cell line (MCF10A) before and after infection. Using a cancer-specific microRNA panel four miRNA (miRNAs 206, 214-3p, 16-5p, and 20b-5p) as potential markers for Borrelia induced changes. Additionally, miRNA 146a was added to the selection because of previous studies on B. burgdorferi-infected cells. The changes in that five-miRNA expression were confirmed by quantitative Real-Time PCR methods in all three cell lines. Statistical analyses determined that miRNAs 206 and 214 were the most significantly upregulated markers. For a better understanding of the cellular impact of those differentially expressed miRNAs, DIANA Tools software (mirPATH v.3) was used to evaluate the related pathways and the affected genes. Analyses showed that the cell cycle, cellular checkpoints, DNA damage and repair, and cancer related signaling pathways and proto-oncogenes are the most affected by B. burgdorferi infection. Hence, we identified potential miRNAs which could be further evaluated as biomarkers for tumorigenesis caused by pathogens in breast cancer cells
A Healthcare Business Micro-Credential Curriculum for Residents and Fellows
No full textFor residents and fellows, a micro-credential healthcare business program must be designed to bridge the knowledge and skill gaps that medical school graduates encounter. A micro-credential should assist students in applying their clinical knowledge to the provision of healthcare while also thoroughly understanding the financial limitations of the industry. The study question is straightforward: Can a micro-credential be created that allows physicians to use their newly learned abilities to bridge the gap between medical obligations and administrative responsibilities and to take on new management tasks? Employing semi-structured key informant interviews as the qualitative research method, the researcher explored participants\u27 opinions and attitudes about how physicians were prepared to enter the field of medicine and demonstrate their understanding of healthcare business. According to the research conducted, physicians who had completed medical school wished that business education in the healthcare industry had started in their third year of medical school and lasted until the end of their residency. Physicians who took part in the study sought to learn about the fundamentals of healthcare business knowledge and how to effectively use it in combination with their professions in healthcare to assure and sustain the formation of a physician-managed workforce. The ultimate objective is to become self-aware organizational leaders while actively taking part in business decisions related to healthcare (in addition to their core goal of providing high-quality medical treatment). Future research of the understanding of business fundamentals and why they are far divorced from medical school is necessary
Corporate Cash Holdings and Firm Performance in India: An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Audit Quality and Firm Growth
Get PDFThis paper examines the effects of audit quality and firm growth on the relationship between corporate cash holdings and firm performance by using a sample of about 2500 unique non-financial Indian firms from 2000 to 2017, consisting of 51,388 firm-year observations. The results obtained by controlling for potential endogeneity using the dynamic panel generalised method of moment (GMM) approach show that cash holdings have an inverse U-shaped (concave) relationship with firm performance, which is stronger for firms with higher audit quality than firms with lower audit quality. Our findings also show that firm growth affects the cash holdings and firm performance relationship and the moderating effect of audit quality. Our study highlights the need for corporate managers to consider firm performance, audit quality and firm growth levels in policy decisions on cash holdings
The Paycheck Protection Program: Minority vs. Non-Minority Bank Response
Get PDFWe are the first to empirically analyze whether the Guidance on Accessing Capital for Minority, Underserved, Veteran and Women-Owned Business Concerns (Guidance) program was successful. The program was implemented to promote the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans provided by Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) in the second round compared to the first round of PPP. Using both loan-level data from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and balance-sheet-level data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), we obtain compelling empirical evidence indicating that MDIs issued relatively more PPP loans (scaled by institution assets) than non-MDIs in the second round. This finding is evidence that the goal of dedicated access for MDIs under the Guidance program was successful. It also enhances the understanding of the PPP lending program and the impact of the Federal Reserve PPP Liquidity Facility (PPPLF) in terms of the role played by MDIs
How to Help Solve the Reviewer Problem in Academic Publishing
Get PDFWe are delighted to introduce Volume 26 of the ABR, and this editorial is about a problem that journal editors in all academic disciplines face.
The situation is a familiar one to Academic Journal Editors. You have a deluge of submissions, and authors vigorously follow up on the status of their submissions while reviewers are reluctant to accept the review request. To the credit of ABR reviewers, they get the review done once they accept the assignment. Our last year’s editorial (Upadhyaya and Roy, 2022) thanked those reviewers. We thought we should explore the “finding reviewer” problem in our 2023 Editorial, given that the problem is so pervasive in academic publishing
Hearts of Purple: A Summer Camp for Military Children
No full textMilitary children and families face obstacles unique to only members of the service community. They spend indefinite amounts of time apart, and sometimes go without contacting one another or knowing if the other is okay. That kind of stress and anxiety would be tough to work through for anyone, let alone for a child who didn’t choose this life. This creative study addresses the challenges in psychological wellbeing that these communities face by designing a summer camp for military children rooted in therapy and wellness. The camp, intended to relieve the stress of service, form a sense of community between children facing similar circumstances, and emphasize healthy coping, is built on a 370-acre plot in the Catskill Mountains of New York, with beachfront access and some of the most beautiful views in the region. Research was collected on the socio-emotional effects of service on the family unit and design elements that benefit the wellbeing of the user. This project aims to prove how a summer camp can be designed with architectural features that will specifically benefit military children and their families while fostering an environment that lends to resilient coping and togetherness. The goal of the design is to bring a community of service children together with hopes that they return to their families and their communities with a stronger sense of self and the ability to remain resilient through their unique struggles