Undergraduate Honors Program, Malone University, 2025, Honors Thesis

Bonding between a mother and infant is instrumental in creating a healthy attachment for the dyad. In the case of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), dyad bonding can be more difficult because of the infant's withdrawal symptoms, maternal opioid use disorder (OUD), and external factors that can influence maternal OUD and NAS diagnoses. Hospitalization directly following birth is a vital period for implementing nursing interventions that can promote bonding for the dyad early on, creating a foundation for continuation once the dyad is discharged. While several nursing interventions can assist the infant with withdrawal symptoms, the effects these interventions have on dyad bonding are not taken into consideration. This literature review will discuss the most effective nursing interventions that will support the mother and infant in dyad bonding in the context of NAS. This review will also explore the nurse's essential role in helping facilitate environments specific to healthcare settings that are conducive of dyad bonding for the mother and infant. Through understanding the influences of OUD and NAS diagnoses, the importance of dyad bonding in a mother-infant relationship, and the nurse's role in all this, healing connections can be initiated.

Committee: Holly Kibler (Committee Chair); Kathyrn Huisinga (Other); Bryson Davis (Committee Member); Jennifer Hallock (Committee Member) Subjects: Health Care; Nursing

Bachelor of Arts, Wittenberg University, 2021, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Nucleophilic acyl substitution (NAS), specifically as it proceeds through the associative pathway, is a fundamental chemical reaction that is found as a component in many biochemical pathways. A defining feature of nucleophilic acyl substitution is the formation of a tetrahedral intermediate, which functions to stabilize the reaction complex and lower the overall energy of reaction. This formation of an energetically favorable tetrahedral intermediate is a key aspect in the discussion of NAS as an important mechanistic component of biochemical and organic reactions. However, there is evidence to suggest that given the correct reaction conditions the dissociative pathway of nucleophilic acyl substitution, in which no tetrahedral intermediate is formed, is energetically favored over the associative pathway. The potential for the dissociative pathway's favorability provides great incentive to explore this pathway by way of computational chemistry, and also grants the opportunity to model the energetics and geometry of the reaction and explore changes to them under varying conditions. In order to do so, ab initio calculations were utilized at every level of analysis within this research to determine the energy of the acyl system under different conditions modeled within the Wittenberg computing cluster (WARP2). By using these calculations, model systems were created for the NAS system in which correct transition state geometries and energetics were identified, and these data provide potential avenues for further development of the dissociative pathway model in the future.

Committee: Justin Houseknecht (Advisor); Margaret Goodman (Committee Member); Michael Anes (Committee Member) Subjects: Biochemistry; Chemistry; Molecular Biology

PHD, Kent State University, 2018, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration

The United States Supreme Court's decision in the case Wisconsin v. Yoder et al. (1972) created a special provision for Amish and Old Order Mennonite families by allowing their children to end formal schooling at age 14. The assumption was that these Anabaptist families were preparing children adequately to live “full lives” in their communities without a high school education. Most of these children attend small private Amish schools, but some public school districts, like those at the center of this study, have successfully attracted a significant number of Amish students to their schools. Through philosophically-oriented qualitative research, this study explores how educators in these public schools view their aims and influence in educating young people who are not destined for formal education beyond the 8th grade, or work that requires a high school diploma. The author identifies a peculiar agreement between families and educators in which Amish families extend a measure of trust and flexibility within their own values, and the educators deliver substantial accommodations in school access and curriculum to keep the schools open with a sizeable number of Amish students. The study examines the actions and agreements that maintain this settlement and the ways educators make peace with compromise in an effort to serve all students.

Committee: Natasha Levinson (Advisor); Tricia Niesz (Committee Member); Pytash Kristine (Committee Member) Subjects: Cultural Anthropology; Early Childhood Education; Education; Education Philosophy; Education Policy; Educational Sociology; Educational Theory; Middle School Education; Multicultural Education; Philosophy; Religious Congregations; Secondary Education; Social Research; Sociology; Teacher Education; Teaching; Vocational Education

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2013, Fenn College of Engineering

VDL Mode 2 is the principal data communication technology for aeronautical communications implemented in the NextGen project for the National Airspace System (NAS), with potentially worldwide service. Aeronautical communications have strict transmission delay standards for safety considerations. Meeting the strict standards significantly drops the capacity of the number of aircraft that can communicate using the Very High Frequency (VHF) Data Radio (VDR). In this thesis, three methods of increasing the capacity while maintaining the strict standards are evaluated: transmit power control, load regulation and ground station placement. A simulation model using OPNET software is used for testing. Load regulation shows some improvement, while transmit power control is not beneficial. The best results are obtained from optimal ground station placement, with over 300 percent capacity improvement in certain scenarios.

Committee: Vijaya Konangi Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Fuqin Xiong Ph.D. (Committee Member); Nigamanth Sridhar Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Aerospace Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Engineering; Technical Communication

Master of Technical and Scientific Communication, Miami University, 2003, Technical and Scientific Communication

In January of 2000, I accepted a full-time position with Dell Inc. (formerly known as Dell Computer Corporation) located in Austin, Texas. This report describes the first 18-months of my tenure at Dell and focuses on a major project I completed during this time. I began this project in January 2001 and completed it in March 2001. The other chapters in this report provide a description of Dell Inc., an overview of my internship and my major and minor writing projects, an analysis of the problem-solving model, and some examples of the technical writing assignments that I developed at Dell.

Committee: Jean Lutz (Advisor) Subjects: Computer Science