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  • The Critical Role of Faculty as Buffering the Impact of Discrimination on College Student Aspirations

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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    While most like to consider college and university campuses safe from discrimination, research demonstrates this is unfortunately not true. We know students with minority group status experience discrimination on campus at an alarming rate. Years of research has demonstrated the negative effects of experiencing discrimination on students’ well-being, sense of belonging, and future aspirations. However, research has also shown positive impacts that faculty relationships can have on students’ motivation, academic achievement, persistence, and aspirations. Faculty serve as institutional agents within the university, so they have considerable influence over students’ satisfaction with their university experience and overall wellness. Thus, this study investigates the extent to which college students’ trust in faculty acts as a buffer against the negative impacts of discrimination. Results of this research indicate a strong relationship between experiencing discrimination and feelings of stress and decreased sense of belonging, and that increased stress and decreased belonging negatively affect students’ future aspirations. However, our findings demonstrate that trust in faculty mitigates the negative effects of discrimination and can reduce feelings of stress and increase feelings of belonging, thereby increasing students’ future aspirations. Our findings demonstrate the important role faculty play in creating an affirming climate for students on college campuses.
    Creator/Author:
    Mason, Lauren; Vason, Tyra; Faller, S. Elisabeth (Beth); Campbell, Kristen, and Chrobot-Mason, Donna
    Submitter:
    S. Elisabeth (Beth) Faller
    Date Uploaded:
    01/03/2024
    Date Modified:
    01/03/2024
    Date Created:
    2023-08-30
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Benjamin Dombar

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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Article from Modernnati.com about Benjmain Dombar, Cincinnati architect.
    Creator/Author:
    Meyer, Elizabeth A.
    Submitter:
    Elizabeth A. Meyer
    Date Uploaded:
    11/21/2023
    Date Modified:
    11/21/2023
    Date Created:
    20th century
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Examining the energy performance of older and historic building using municipal benchmarking data

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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Until recently, nationally representative survey data has been the primary source of information on the energy performance of buildings in the U.S., relative to their year of construction. The emergence of municipal energy benchmarking ordinances and public availability of benchmarking datasets now makes it possible to explore these relationships at the local level, and to link this data with information about a building’s historic designation status. This paper presents results from an initial statistical analysis examining the relationships between building energy use, year of construction, and historic designation status. First, municipal benchmarking data from six U.S. cities is used to examine local trends in the relationship between building age and energy performance. Second, an exploratory analysis of the energy performance of designated historic compared to non-historic buildings in New York City is presented. The methods described in this paper could be applied more widely to benchmarking datasets from other cities.
    Creator/Author:
    Webb, Amanda; M. David Burton, and Beckett, Lauren
    Submitter:
    Amanda Webb
    Date Uploaded:
    05/26/2022
    Date Modified:
    05/26/2022
    Date Created:
    2018-09-26
    License:
    Attribution 4.0 International

  • If Black Holes Are Superficial

    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Prior work on black hole (BH) thermodynamics suggests the entropy depends not on the volume, but rather the surface area of the event horizon. Such findings highlight the intriguing nature of BHs and give rise to the idea that information may be entirely encoded on the surface. We study the case of a superficial Schwarzschild BH, and calculate the net force (Fnet) exerted on the surface of its spherical shell from the self-gravitational pull. We demonstrate that the Fnet is exactly c^4/4G, 3.025•10^43 Newtons, a force that is constant and independent of the size and the mass of the BH, meaning all such Schwarzschild BHs share the same Fnet. Surprisingly, the Fnet matches Fmax, the limit of the maximum force conjecture. This establishes a new potential connection between the formation of BHs and the Fmax. We demonstrate that under the validity of this Fmax, the mass of the superficial BH is contained at precisely the Schwarzschild radius. Finally, we provide further evidence to reject the concept of a point mass singularity and we theorize on the creation of a BH given the findings.
    Creator/Author:
    Viaña, Javier and O'Grady, Katherine
    Submitter:
    Javier Viana
    Date Uploaded:
    12/13/2021
    Date Modified:
    12/13/2021
    Date Created:
    September 10, 2021
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Allocated Flow Diagramming: A Structured Process and Methods for Teaching Interactive Product Prototyping in Industrial Design

    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Interactive product prototyping has been widely taught in industrial design studio courses to prepare design students in dealing with dynamic interactions of using digital products. While it requires the integration of design and technology, the lack of systematic approaches of the studio curricula creates a great challenge for students who are not familiar with technology in creating interactive prototypes successfully. A theoretical framework is developed from the human-machine interaction model and the sequential flow of task analysis methods. Based on this framework, a human-machine interaction (HMI) flow diagram is proposed with which interaction elements, relationships, and flows are specified and categorized. The flow diagram is utilized to create a storyboard and an allocation flowchart subsequently. A structured design process based on these methods was applied to an interactive product design studio course in an undergraduate industrial design program. Students created working prototypes of interactive products, following the structured design process consisting of an HMI flow diagram, a storyboard, and an allocation flowchart. 104 students (87.4%) among 119 succeeded in translating their ideas to functioning circuits. 74 students (62.2%) successfully integrated electronics components into working physical prototypes while 30 students (25.2%) just made the circuits work. The structured design process makes a transition from initial ideation to programming smooth and incremental. This helps students without previous programming experience to understand the logic flow and to develop algorithms. The HMI flow diagram is useful for analysis, concept development, and the specification of interactions, and helps students to grasp the effect of interactive features on user experience.
    Creator/Author:
    Ghim, Yong-Gyun
    Submitter:
    Yong-Gyun Ghim
    Date Uploaded:
    12/05/2021
    Date Modified:
    12/05/2021
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • A Longitudinal Study of Older Adults’ Acceptance of Robot Companions and Their Effects on Well-being

    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Robotic animal-like companions for older adults are promising technologies that have shown to have health benefits, especially for individuals with dementia, and good adoption rates in some previous studies. Our project, Affordable Robotic Intelligence for Elderly Support, aims to design new capabilities for companionship and smart care, but at high affordability. In a 6-month longitudinal study of baseline acceptance and well-being, we assessed the impact of an Ageless Innovation Joy for All™ robotic pet on user acceptance and emotional well-being (depression, loneliness, positive emotions). Nineteen participants from independent and assisted living facilities completed three standardized in-person surveys, each 3 months apart, including the CES-D, measures of Loneliness, Emotions, Attitude towards Technology (ATI), and various measures of evaluation of and engagement with robotic technology. The measures showed modest to very good reliability and meaningful construct validity. Participants in this sample showed little depression or loneliness, and these levels did not further decrease over the six months. People welcomed the pet and expressed positive evaluations of it, and these sentiments were stable over time. Attitudes toward technology varied but were unrelated to well-being measures and to robot evaluations. Our current conclusion, on the basis of a small sample, is that the selected robotic pet companion is appreciated and seen as beneficial, and for adults who are already low in depression and loneliness, the robot companion helps maintain the adult’s emotional well-being but does not further increase it.
    Creator/Author:
    Rebola, Claudia and Malle, Bertram
    Submitter:
    Claudia Rebola
    Date Uploaded:
    12/02/2021
    Date Modified:
    12/02/2021
    Date Created:
    November 10, 2021
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • The Unspoken Arms Race: Neurowarfare

    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    An expanded version of "The Future of Conflict: Neurowarfare", both of which discuss emerging neurotechnology, neuroscience, and their implications for war, politics, medicine, ethics, and society.
    Creator/Author:
    Turner, Grant
    Submitter:
    Grant Turner
    Date Uploaded:
    10/15/2021
    Date Modified:
    10/15/2021
    Date Created:
    2021-10-02
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

  • The Future of Conflict: Neurowarfare

    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    A short discussion of emerging neurotechnology, neuroscience, and their implications for war, politics, medicine, ethics, and society.
    Creator/Author:
    Turner, Grant
    Submitter:
    Grant Turner
    Date Uploaded:
    10/14/2021
    Date Modified:
    10/14/2021
    Date Created:
    2021-10-12
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

  • Promised Land, Crusader State: The Eight Traditions of US Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    An overview of Walter A. McDougall's 1997 book "Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter with the World Since 1776" with some concluding thoughts.
    Creator/Author:
    Turner, Grant
    Submitter:
    Grant Turner
    Date Uploaded:
    10/10/2021
    Date Modified:
    10/10/2021
    Date Created:
    2021-10-08
    License:
    Attribution 4.0 International

  • Reviving Wright in Cincinnati

    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Revival of Wright in the University of Cincinnati's Faculty Center (demolished to make way for the new Linder Center)
    Creator/Author:
    Meyer, Elizabeth A. and Snadon, Patrick
    Submitter:
    Elizabeth A. Meyer
    Date Uploaded:
    09/22/2021
    Date Modified:
    09/22/2021
    Date Created:
    2018
    License:
    All rights reserved