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Listening-Based Pedagogies: Story-Listening and Other Educational Approaches Attuned to a Critical + Indigenous + Clown Framework
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This transparadigmatic study is driven by the guiding curiosity 'what could a listening-based pedagogy entail?' alongside other research questions derived from it. The universe in which this project lives proposes a recognition of more-than-human voices and agency, wondering with(in) phenomena...
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Fall 2023
Simulation-based training is widely adopted amongst surgical specialties that have a minimally invasive approach such as laparoscopic surgery and predominantly open surgical specialties such as cardiac surgery remain in an apprenticeship model. The growing complexity of cases, scrutinized...
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Exploring The Relationship Between Thai Science Teachers’ Metacognition And Their Perceptions Of Metacognitively Oriented Learning Environments
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Thailand reports low levels of students' science achievement. Many studies suggest that developing students’ metacognition, which is knowledge, control, and awareness of one’s own thinking and learning processes, could enhance students’ science learning. To develop learning environments that...
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Bridging the gap between pest control and conservation through effective management of Columbian ground squirrels Urocitellus columbianus in a national park
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Infrastructure development can displace wildlife and lead to human-wildlife conflict, which typically requires non-lethal solutions when it occurs in protected areas. The Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus) is a small burrowing mammal that is prevalent in the mountain parks near...
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Fall 2023
The COVID-19 epidemic forced schools all around the globe to switch quickly to online learning. Teachers had to swiftly find, modify, adopt, and adapt digital educational approaches that suited students' demands. It has presented unforeseen difficulties for EFL (English as a Foreign Language)...
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Fall 2023
This dissertation explores portable, wearable biomedical devices, focusing on bioimpedance and low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) for pre-diagnosis, detection, and treatment. It includes five studies, three on bioimpedance and two on LIPUS. First, in the bioimpedance area, this dissertation...
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Fall 2023
Older adults who lack a secure sense of social belonging may experience loneliness, isolation, and feelings of being ostracized in their communities. However, little attention has been paid to the experiences of immigrant Muslim older (IMO) women and their sense of belongingness in the...
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Guanine-Nucleotide Binding Proteins, Tyrosine Kinases, and Associated Regulators in the Integrated Control of Basal and GnRH-Dependent Goldfish Pituitary Hormone Secretion
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In vertebrates, the pituitary gland is a major regulator of physiological processes through the production and release of chemical signal messengers called hormones. In turn, central control of pituitary cell functions is exerted through neurohormones secreted from hypothalamic neurons. The...
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Chronic Fatigue Mechanisms in Autoimmune Diseases: Lessons from Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Systemic Sclerosis
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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease affecting the body's connective tissues, resulting in progressive fibrosis and vasculopathy. In some cases, individuals with SSc may also develop primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), another autoimmune disease characterized by damage to their...
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Reunification Experiences and Health Needs of Mexican Women who Stayed Behind and their Returning Migrant Partners: An Intersectional Critical Ethnographic Study
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Return migration is a reality that many Mexican nationals face. Existing evidence suggests return migrants encounter multiple social, political, economic, and health challenges in their re-integration to home societies; however, less is known about the reunification experiences and health needs...