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Addressing media literacy in K-12 classrooms
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Author
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Ramsey, L. Heather
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Date Created
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2024
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Subjects--Topical
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Media literacy, Education, Elementary, Education, Secondary
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Description
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A study of K-12 core content area teachers’ experiences teaching digital citizenship found that 80% (n=9) addressed topics of media literacy in their classrooms. The study looked at how teachers integrated media literacy topics into instruction, a...
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Alternative grading strategies for an anti-Black institution of higher learning
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Author
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Stevens, Lawrence, Paquette, Elisabeth
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Grading and marking (Students), Education, Higher, Anti-racism
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Description
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Racist grading practices and policies in higher education have existed to perpetuate white supremacy and privilege while at a disservice to minority students. Minority students in higher education often face discrimination for being of a lower soc...
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Beyond the PCA : a comprehensive review of dimension reduction techniques
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Author
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Kenjale, Tanmay
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Statistics, Dimension reduction (Statistics), Regression analysis
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Description
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Regression analysis is a key tool in modeling the relationship between predictor variables and the conditional mean of the response variable. However, as the number of predictors increases, existing estimation methods become challenging. Dimension...
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Bioflavonoid induced oxidative stress as reported by DHE
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Author
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Sielaty, Rachel Ashby
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Oxidative stress, Bioflavonoids
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Description
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a type of hydroxyl ions that are generated during normal metabolism in all cells of the body. Naturally occurring ROS are not known to cause damage at these normal, regulated levels. However, oxidative stress (OS)...
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Characterizing the acoustic signature of a quadrotor in hovering flight
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Author
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Harrison, Jacob
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Date Created
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2021
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Description
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Quadrotors are small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) that generate sound characterized by a unique acoustic signature. In this research, we aim to determine the acoustic signature of a quadrotor and differentiate it from ambient noise in audio sa...
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Title
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Civilizing paternalism : Mill, autonomy, and Indian assimilation policies
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Author
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Lee, Christina
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Indigenous peoples, North America, Assimilation (Sociology), Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873
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Description
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John Stuart Mill, a Western philosopher of the Enlightenment period, argues that paternalism is an infringement on an individual’s autonomy. Although Mill argues as such, Western powers have been observed to exercise paternalism by way of imperial...
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Classifying EEG data to detect and forecast mistakes
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Author
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Jover, Miguel, Lee, Minwoo, Poole, Ben
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Robots--Error detection and recovery, Convolutions (Mathematics)--Data processing, Time-series analysis--Computer programs
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Description
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To match the increasing demand for interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and science, many strive to find the most efficient and accurate method to interact with AI models. Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) allow for direct comm...
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Comparing volunteer data before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
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Author
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Stevens, Lawrence, Piatak, Jaclyn
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Volunteers
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Description
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The COVID-19 pandemic affected volunteer management and nonprofit organizations nationwide. In this study, I will examine volunteering before and after the pandemic to offer several solutions to manage the growing need for volunteers better. This ...
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Digital Humanities Institute 2022 : digital humanities and the environment
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Digital humanities, Education--Environmental aspects, Research--Environmental aspects
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Description
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The theme of this Institute is “Digital Humanities and the Environment.” From the natural environment to pedagogical environments, this year’s institute will meditate on DH’s impact with its surroundings. What are important considerations for ensu...
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Empowered insight : navigating an informed approach to news and information consumption
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Author
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Murugan, Meenu, Obied, Jana
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Date Created
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2024
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Subjects--Topical
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Media literacy, Information literacy
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Description
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Providing an overview of six fundamental subsections of media literacy, this poster offers a thorough introduction to media literacy. It highlights how crucial it is to consume news and information with discernment by encouraging critical thought ...
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Evaluating the impact of working in an online environment
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Author
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Richardson, Kara, Ambroise, Sharmily
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Communication
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Description
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Research has found that peer mentorship can play a valuable role in a student’s personal growth and development. At UNC Charlotte, the Communication Across the Curriculum program trains communication consultants to serve as peer mentors and provid...
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Game design as environmental activism
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Author
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Brtis, Chelsea
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Video games, Environmental protection, Mass media--Study and teaching, Digital humanities
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Description
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Video games, like all media, act as a lens into how we as a society perceive our world. Through games we can see the environment being treated as a resource of unlimited consumption, non- reactive to harm, and something to be conquered. Game Desig...
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Gentrification, housing costs, & healthcare accessibility
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Author
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Smithey, Morgan, Banks, Erin, Cao, Nhi
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, Public health, Housing policy
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Description
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Rapidly rising home values often accompany gentrification, leading to increased property taxes for homeowners (Ding & Hwang, 2020). Higher property taxes increase the risk of becoming cost-burdened, “in Mecklenburg County, 75% of homeowners earnin...
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Hedda Grab-Kernmayer in Theresienstadt
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Author
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Sheffield, Emily, Grymes, Jay
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Music, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Nazi concentration camps, Gender identity, History
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Description
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During the Holocaust, mezzo-soprano Hedda Grab-Kernmayer (1899-1990) was one of the most prominent musicians in the Nazi ghetto of Theresienstadt (Terezín). During the earliest days of the ghetto, she organized and starred in various unaccompanied...
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Hyper-theatricality : melodramatic polarities or tragicomic awareness
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Author
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Pizzato, Mark
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Date Created
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2024
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Subjects--Topical
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Media literacy, Melodrama
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Description
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Melodrama became the dominant mode in movies, with spectacular conflicts of good versus evil focusing on clear-cut heroes fighting monstrous villains. Such melodramatic framing continues to be the dominant mode in our mass/social/gaming media. But...
