Showing papers by "Rider University published in 2016"
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TL;DR: The results suggest that postural stability is affected by foot type under both static and dynamic conditions, and differences appear to be related to structural differences as opposed to differences in peripheral input.
Abstract: Context: The foot is the most distal segment in the lower extremity chain and represents a relatively small base of support on which the body maintains balance (particularly in single-leg stance) Although it seems reasonable that even minor biomechanical alterations in the support surface may influence postural-control strategies, the implications of a hypermobile or hypomobile foot on balance have received little attention to dateObjective: To determine if supinated and pronated foot types influence measures of static and dynamic balanceDesign: Participants were assigned to 1 of 3 groups depending on foot type, as defined by navicular-drop measures: pronated (>/=10 mm), neutral (5-9 mm), or supinated (
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TL;DR: An isoreticular series of luminescent metal-organic frameworks (LMOFs) designed and synthesized by incorporating a strongly emissive molecular fluorophore and functionally diverse colinkers into Zn-based structures exhibits impressive water stability, high porosity, and strong luminescence, making it an excellent candidate as a fluorescent chemical sensor and adsorbent for aqueous contaminants
Abstract: We have designed and synthesized an isoreticular series of luminescent metal–organic frameworks (LMOFs) by incorporating a strongly emissive molecular fluorophore and functionally diverse colinkers into Zn-based structures. The three-dimensional porous networks of LMOF-261, -262, and -263 represent a unique/new type of nets, classified as a 2-nodal, (4,4)-c net (mot-e type) with 4-fold, class IIIa interpenetration. All compounds crystallize in a body-centered tetragonal crystal system (space group I41/a). A systematic study has been implemented to analyze their interactions with heavy metals. LMOF-263 exhibits impressive water stability, high porosity, and strong luminescence, making it an excellent candidate as a fluorescent chemical sensor and adsorbent for aqueous contaminants. It is extremely responsive to toxic heavy metals at a parts per billion level (3.3 ppb Hg2+, 19.7 ppb Pb2+) and demonstrates high selectivity for heavy metals over light metals, with detection ratios of 167.4 and 209.5 for Hg2+/...
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TL;DR: The factor structure of the 16 Primary and Secondary subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth Edition was examined and it was concluded that the WISC-V provides strong measurement of general intelligence and clinical interpretation should be primarily at that level.
Abstract: The factor structure of the 16 Primary and Secondary subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth Edition (WISC-V; Wechsler, 2014a) standardization sample was examined with exploratory factor analytic methods (EFA) not included in the WISC-V Technical and Interpretive Manual (Wechsler, 2014b). Factor extraction criteria suggested 1 to 4 factors and results favored 4 first-order factors. When this structure was transformed with the Schmid and Leiman (1957) orthogonalization procedure, the hierarchical g-factor accounted for large portions of total and common variance while the 4 first-order factors accounted for small portions of total and common variance; rendering interpretation at the factor index level less appropriate. Although the publisher favored a 5-factor model where the Perceptual Reasoning factor was split into separate Visual Spatial and Fluid Reasoning dimensions, no evidence for 5 factors was found. It was concluded that the WISC-V provides strong measurement of general intelligence and clinical interpretation should be primarily, if not exclusively, at that level. (PsycINFO Database Record
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TL;DR: This paper used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort to estimate the effects of maternal depression, a condition that is fairly common and can be severe, on food insecurity.
Abstract: We use data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—Birth Cohort to estimate the effects of maternal depression, a condition that is fairly common and can be severe, on food insecurity, a hardship that has increased substantially in the U.S. Using various model specifications, we find convincing evidence that severe maternal depression increases the likelihood that young children experience food insecurity by 23–79%, with estimates depending on model specification and measures of depression and food insecurity. For household food insecurity, the corresponding estimates are 11–69%. We also find that maternal depression increases reliance on several types of public programs, suggesting that the programs play a buffering role.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined general election television ads from the 2008 U.S. presidential race, and based upon the evaluations of FactCheck.org, PolitiFact.com, and the Washington Post's Fact Checker, they found that the attack ads from candidates that were most likely to draw scrutiny from the fact-checkers.
Abstract: Which types of political ads are most likely to draw criticism from fact-checkers? Are fact-checkers consistent in their evaluations of political ads? Examining general election television ads from the 2008 U.S. presidential race, and based upon the evaluations of FactCheck.org, PolitiFact.com, and the Washington Post's Fact Checker, this study demonstrates it was the attack ads from candidates that were most likely to draw scrutiny from the fact-checkers. Most importantly, a high level of agreement between the fact-checkers indicates their success at selecting political claims that can be consistently evaluated. While political advertisers are increasingly using evidence to support their claims, what may be more critical in drawing evaluations from fact-checkers is the verifiability of a claim. The implications of consistent fact-checking on the public, political actors, journalism and democracy are discussed. With the revelation that fact-checking can be consistently practiced, localized efforts at fact...
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TL;DR: If the authors want to help children and adolescents become more creative, then they need to attend to the domains they use in the development of creativity, and different domains require different creativity-relevant skills, knowledge, attitudes, motivations, and personality traits.
Abstract: The skills, knowledge, attitudes, motivations, and personality traits that lead to creative thinking and creative behavior do not exist-and do not develop-in a vacuum. They are inextricably tied to content, to domains, in particular, and they therefore vary by domains. The more we learn about creativity, the more we discover how domain specific creativity is. This means we cannot nurture creativity, or any of the skills or attributes that contribute to creativity, without thinking about content. One cannot become physically fit by doing just one kind of exercise that trains a single set of muscles; all-around fitness requires diverse exercises that use and train many different sets of muscles. So it is with creativity. Different domains require different creativity-relevant skills, knowledge, attitudes, motivations, and personality traits. If we want to help children and adolescents become more creative, then we need to attend to the domains we use in the development of creativity.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the interactions among open access, institutional repositories, and copyright management, and investigated how institutional repositories are managing copyright and licensing issues that can interfere with open access.
Abstract: A number of factors are driving open access to full-text journals: constantly rising prices of journal and database subscriptions, granting agencies requirements for recipients to submit their research publications into open access repositories, and pressure on libraries to create Institutional Repositories (IR) to promote the institutions’ reputations. Research proves that open access promotes the dissemination and use of scholarly works and citations for authors. This article examines the interactions among open access, institutional repositories, and copyright management. The research described herein investigates how institutional repositories are managing copyright and licensing issues that can interfere with open access.
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TL;DR: In this article, a method for the detection and removal of disturbance events in tree-ring width data to assess their spatiotemporal occurrence in a network of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees from Scotland is presented.
Abstract: Nonclimatic disturbance events are an integral element in the history of forests. Although the identification of the occurrence and duration of such events may help to understand environmental history and landscape change, from a dendroclimatic perspective, disturbance can obscure the climate signal in tree rings. However, existing detrending methods are unable to remove disturbance trends without affecting the retention of long-term climate trends. Here, we address this issue by using a novel method for the detection and removal of disturbance events in tree-ring width data to assess their spatiotemporal occurrence in a network of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees from Scotland. Disturbance trends “superimposed” on the tree-ring record are removed before detrending and the climate signals in the precorrection and postcorrection chronologies are evaluated using regional climate data, proxy system model simulations, and maximum latewood density (MXD) data. Analysis of subregional chronologies from the...
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TL;DR: The extent to which new developments in 3D dosimetry using optical computed tomography (CT) can visualise MRT dose distributions is investigated, and what further developments are necessary are assessed before fully quantitative 3D measurements can be achieved.
Abstract: Synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) is an advanced form of radiotherapy for which it is extremely difficult to provide adequate quality assurance. This may delay or limit its clinical uptake, particularly in the paediatric patient populations for whom it could be especially suitable. This study investigates the extent to which new developments in 3D dosimetry using optical computed tomography (CT) can visualise MRT dose distributions, and assesses what further developments are necessary before fully quantitative 3D measurements can be achieved. Two experiments are reported. In the first cylindrical samples of the radiochromic polymer PRESAGE(®) were irradiated with different complex MRT geometries including multiport treatments of collimated 'pencil' beams, interlaced microplanar arrays and a multiport treatment using an anthropomorphic head phantom. Samples were scanned using transmission optical CT. In the second experiment, optical CT measurements of the biologically important peak-to-valley dose ratio (PVDR) were compared with expected values from Monte Carlo simulations. The depth-of-field (DOF) of the optical CT system was characterised using a knife-edge method and the possibility of spatial resolution improvement through deconvolution of a measured point spread function (PSF) was investigated. 3D datasets from the first experiment revealed excellent visualisation of the 50 μm beams and various discrepancies from the planned delivery dose were found. The optical CT PVDR measurements were found to be consistently 30% of the expected Monte Carlo values and deconvolution of the microbeam profiles was found to lead to increased noise. The reason for the underestimation of the PVDR by optical CT was attributed to lack of spatial resolution, supported by the results of the DOF characterisation. Solutions are suggested for the outstanding challenges and the data are shown already to be useful in identifying potential treatment anomalies.
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TL;DR: In this article, the improved performance of bankruptcy prediction models after including corporate governance variables has been evaluated, and the empirical results demonstrate better predictive power for financial bankruptcy than previous bankruptcy prediction model, particularly in the post-SOX period.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a repeated measures design was used to test improvisation achievement through solo improvisations of college non-music majors enrolled in a free improvisation class and found no statistical difference in improvisation achievements by time of solo recording; however, improvisation confidence improved over time.
Abstract: While improvisation in K-12 schools in the USA has gained some traction since the inception of the US National Standards in 1994, there is still a dearth of improvisation activities in schools because of the lack of music teacher preparation in improvisation. The purpose of this study was to determine if providing group free improvisation instruction and activities to collegiate non-music majors would help them become better and more confident improvisers. An additional purpose was to examine the relationship between improvisation achievement and selected variables. A repeated measures design was utilised to test improvisation achievement through solo improvisations of college non-music majors enrolled in a free improvisation class. There was no statistical difference in improvisation achievement by time of solo recording; however, improvisation confidence improved over time. Improvisation confidence was correlated with risk-taking personality as well as a pretest self-assessment of improvisation comfort....
TL;DR: For instance, this paper found that counselors have a high need for research skills at work, but training needs differ significantly by counselor type and recommend increasing emphasis on single-case design, survey design, and widely available data analysis tools.
Abstract: Counselors (N = 911) reported the research skills needed for practice and subsequent research training needs. Findings indicate that counselors have a high need for research skills at work, but training needs differ significantly by counselor type. Recommendations include increasing emphasis on single-case design, survey design, and widely available data analysis tools.
TL;DR: The Chemical Information Instruction (CII) at Rider University has evolved from face-to-face sessions into online modules to embed information literacy skills into an Organic Chemistry II course.
Abstract: The impetus to incorporate instruction on the efficient and responsible practice of chemical information literacy into the undergraduate chemistry curriculum has become exceptionally urgent. At Rider University, Chemical Information Instruction (CII) has accordingly evolved from face-to-face sessions into online modules to embed information literacy skills into an Organic Chemistry II course. Through multiple methods of evaluation and assessment of student learning, the e-tutorial grew from a series of seven modules narrated by the science librarian, hosted on the University Libraries intranet, and created with labor intensive e-learning authoring software, into a series of 14 modules complete with detailed storyboards, narrated by the Organic Chemistry professor, hosted freely on the Internet, and created with simpler user-friendly software. This article describes the technological development, feedback-driven revisions, and assessment of student learning outcomes of this virtual tutorial series, while a...
TL;DR: The authors investigates the social and political environs where vocal health resides, arguing that music teachers must be the first advocates for the enforcement of labour policies wherein the centrality of who they are, their real and metaphoric voices, is the subject of greater care.
Abstract: The voice is arguably one of the most important tools of the trade for music teachers. However, vocal health for music teachers is often relegated to the margins of policy discussion. This article investigates the social and political environs where vocal health resides, arguing that music teachers must be the first advocates for the enforcement of labour policies wherein the centrality of who they are, their real and metaphoric voices, is the subject of greater care. The purpose of this article is threefold: (1) to establish voice care as a ground-level policy issue that confronts music teachers daily; (2) to stimulate discussion of the impact of voice care as an agency-filled pathway in the professional lives of current and future teachers; and (3) to facilitate access to advocacy and policy ideas that will help educators and decision-makers to see vocal health as significant in the construction of professional autonomy.
TL;DR: The POGIL-PCL (Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory) project as mentioned in this paper has developed a series of workshops to introduce faculty to the process-oriented guided inquiry learning and to facilitate the development of new experiments.
Abstract: The POGIL-PCL (Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory) project has developed a series of workshops to introduce faculty to POGIL-PCL and to facilitate the development of new experiments. More than 60 faculty members from various institutions have attended these workshops. Workshop participants were surveyed in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the workshop and better understand why faculty choose to adopt POGIL-PCL. Of the participants who completed the survey, 77% had used POGIL-PCL experiments. The results of the survey show that personal influence is a major factor in all stages of the adoption process.
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that for any positive integer h, e ≥ 2 with ( h, e ) ≠ ( 2, 2 ) and p ≥ 5, there is a homogeneous ideal I in a polynomial ring over K such that the height of I is h, (2) the Hilbert-Samuel multiplicity of R / I is e, (3) the projective dimension of R/ I is at least p and (4) the ideal I is primary to a linear prime ( x 1, …, x h ).
TL;DR: It is suggested that EPO could increase T cell suppression in the TME by acting directly on macrophages by inhibiting iNOS by enzyme inhibition, genetic ablation, or blocking IFNγ signaling.
TL;DR: This paper developed information literacy skills in chemistry and biochemistry majors at a primarily undergraduate institution, a multi-year collaboration between chemistry faculty and librarians has resulted in the establishment of a semester-long capstone project for organic chemistry II.
Abstract: To develop information literacy skills in chemistry and biochemistry majors at a primarily undergraduate institution, a multiyear collaboration between chemistry faculty and librarians has resulted in the establishment of a semester-long capstone project for Organic Chemistry II. Information literacy skills were instilled via a progressive research report, supported by a comprehensive modular virtual tutorial catered toward Rider University students, on the efficient use of SciFinder and related tasks for searching and using the primary literature. Over a six-year period, both the research report and the tutorial modules have been cyclically evaluated, assessed, and revised in order to meet our student learning objectives. This article describes the assessment-driven evolution of the research report assignment between 2010 and 2015, as well as student perceptions and learning outcomes. The technological development, feedback-driven revisions, and assessment of student learning outcomes of the SciFinder tu...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present three exciting themes of syzygies, where major progress was made recently: Boij-Soderberg Theory, Stillman's Question, and Syzygians over Complete Intersections.
Abstract: We present three exciting themes of syzygies, where major progress was made recently: Boij-Soderberg Theory, Stillman's Question, and Syzygies over Complete Intersections.
TL;DR: The authors conducted a survey of high school students in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Florida regarding their views of war and wartime policy and found that students tend to adhere to traditional moral norms regarding the conditions for engaging in war, but have considerable divergences from internationally-held principles regarding how a war is waged.
TL;DR: In this article, a semi-analytical solution considering the vertical unsaturated flow is developed for groundwater flow in response to a slug test in an unconfined aquifer in Laplace space.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the financial characteristics of U.S. and European manufacturing firms with the MANOVA (Multivariate Analysis of Variance) method and financial ratios.
Abstract: Comparing the financial characteristics of firms in different countries and regions has been a popular research topic in finance. In this paper, we compare the financial characteristics of U.S. and European manufacturing firms with the MANOVA (Multivariate Analysis of Variance) method and financial ratios. Our findings indicate that the overall financial characteristics of U.S. and European manufacturing firms are significantly different. We find that U.S. manufacturing firms are more profitable and they have less liquidity and bankruptcy risks compared with European manufacturing firms. European manufacturing firms are more efficient in managing their fixed assets. However, U.S. manufacturing firms are more efficient in managing their accounts receivable and total assets. U.S. manufacturing firms are able to achieve significantly higher sales and total assets growth rates compared with European manufacturing firms.
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TL;DR: This paper investigated the effects of welfare reform in the U.S. in the 1990s on voting of low income women and found that welfare reform increased the likelihood of voting by about 4 percentage points, which translates to about a 10% increase relative to the baseline mean.
Abstract: Voting is an important form of civic participation in democratic societies but a fundamental right that many citizens do not exercise. This study investigates the effects of welfare reform in the U.S. in the 1990s on voting of low income women. Using the November Current Population Surveys with the added Voting and Registration Supplement for the years 1990 through 2004 and exploiting changes in welfare policy across states and over time, we estimate the causal effects of welfare reform on women's voting registration and voting participation during the period during which welfare reform unfolded. We find robust evidence that welfare reform increased the likelihood of voting by about 4 percentage points, which translates to about a 10% increase relative to the baseline mean. The effects were largely confined to Presidential elections, were stronger in Democratic than Republican states, were stronger in states with stronger work incentive policies, and appeared to operate through employment, education, and income.
TL;DR: The Brief Severity Index for NSSI (BSI-NSSI) as mentioned in this paper is a self-report measure of nonsuicidal self-injury, which is based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
Abstract: The aim of this study was to develop and provide validation evidence for a self-report measure of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), the Brief Severity Index for NSSI (BSI-NSSI). We developed items to tap the new diagnostic classification for NSSI in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed., DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association.[APA], 2013). We also designed the measure to distinguish among gradations of NSSI severity. Data were collected from a sample of 843 young adults, 72 of whom had performed NSSI in the past year. Using Rasch analysis, we reached initial support for the validity and reliability of the BSI-NSSI. Implications for counseling and research are discussed.
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TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the range of distinct possible designs for periodic frameworks with auxetic capabilities is infinite, for any given dimension of the periodic framework and for any dimension ε ≥ 2.
Abstract: We show that, for any given dimension $d\geq 2$, the range of distinct possible designs for periodic frameworks with auxetic capabilities is infinite. We rely on a purely geometric approach to auxetic trajectories developed within our general theory of deformations of periodic frameworks.
TL;DR: This study explores the perspectives of 12 LGB persons who sought counseling that involved religious/spiritual concerns and four themes in participant interviews are identified, including self-acceptance, goals of counseling, identification with counselor, and counseling environment and relationship.
Abstract: Although religious and spiritual issues have emerged as areas of focus in counseling, very few scholars have explored the meaning and experiences of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) clients who addressed their sexual and religious/spiritual identities in counseling. Using consensual qualitative research (CQR; Hill, 2012), the current study explores the perspectives of 12 LGB persons who sought counseling that involved religious/spiritual concerns. Four themes in participant interviews are identified, including (a) self-acceptance, (b) goals of counseling, (c) identification with counselor, and (d) counseling environment and relationship. Implications of findings for the counseling field are discussed.
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01 Oct 2016TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the largest normalized order statistic (LOR) will converge to one of the following three distributions if it has a nondegenerate distribution as
Abstract: Extreme value distributions arise in probability theory as limit distributions of maximum or minimum of n independent and identically distributed random variables with some normalizing constants For example if \(\text {X}_{1,} \text {X}_{2}, {\ldots }, \text {X}_\mathrm{{n}}\) are n independent and identically distributed random variables, then the largest normalized order statistic \(\text {X}_\mathrm{{n,n,}}\) will converge to one of the following three distributions if it has a nondegenerate distribution as \(\text {n}\rightarrow \infty \).
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TL;DR: This chapter proposes a conceptual model, the 121 e-Agent Framework, for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in academic libraries that will enable the participating U.S. academic libraries to reach out to their user communities through systematic customer group identification, differentiation, and interaction.
Abstract: This chapter proposes a conceptual model, the 121 e-Agent Framework, for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in academic libraries. Linked data and Semantic Web are the core components of this model. The implementation of the Framework will enable the participating U.S. academic libraries to reach out to their user communities through systematic customer group identification, differentiation, and interaction. The main contributions of the chapter are 1) applying Semantic Web technologies for CRM in academic libraries using the 121 e-Agent Framework, 2) defining the relevance challenges of CRM for academic libraries, 3) adding trust management to the linked data layer with a touch of tagging, categorizing, query log analysis, and social ranking as part of the underlying structure for distributed customer data filtering on the Web in CRM applications, and 4) making the approach extensible to address the challenges of CRM in other fields.