The Confessional

This paper is an examination of the production of the thesis film The Confessional. Each of the key areas of the production are examined, including the writing, directing, production design, cinematography, editing, sound, and technology. In each of these areas, many choices came together to form the final version of the film. The paper also includes an analysis of the success of these decisions, based on research and audience feedback

Psychological Ownership: Exploring Motivational Conditions, Consumer Engagement, and the Moderating Effect of Consumer-Brand Disidentification

Psychological ownership is a cognitive-affective state experienced by individuals who feel a sense of ownership over a target of possession–material or non-material–but often do not have an actual ownership relationship with the target of possession. Psychological ownership literature categorizes four motives that are at the root of the experience of psychological ownership: (a) effectance, (b) self-identity, (c) having a place, and (d) stimulation. Analyzed in the context of social media, different engagement behaviors (creating content, liking, commenting, or observing) are associated with distinct psychological ownership motives. In addition, consumer brand engagement is positively related with psychological ownership. An alternative consumer-related concept, brand disidentification, moderated the relationship between engagement behaviors and ownership motives, depending upon the type of engagement activity performed. Ultimately, psychological ownership exhibited a positive influence on consumer intentions (attitudes towards and enjoyment of using a brand). Theoretical and managerial implications are proposed based on the findings to advance current knowledge of psychological ownership motives, consumer engagement, consumer-brand disidentification, and psychological ownership

Mfour crystallographic fourier summation program

This program was written as a substitute for MIFRl. There are four notable differences: i) no symmetry manipulations are performed; ii) no sorting is made with regard to sine-cosine codes; iii) summation is done completely in each direction before proceeding; iv) program is for the IBM 7074 (20K)

The Proof is in the Power: Social Community Integration in Electronic Health Records for Elevated Patient Empowerment

With national health expenditures currently comprising nearly one fifth of the U.S. economy, recent regulations aimed at lowering costs attempt to incentivize physicians to help promote patient empowerment by encouraging increased engagement in their Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT) platform (i.e. online health portal). Patient portals are an area of emerging technology in which the need to improve value to the patient is present. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently discussed their intentions to improve the patient experience and, therefore, help patients feel more empowered. It is assumed that those who are empowered are associated with cost-effective use of healthcare resources, lower healthcare dependence, and increasingly sensible behaviors that amplify health outcomes. One underlying concept in the empowerment literature is that the phenomenon is tied to an increased sense of community. Through the lens of Kanter’s theory of empowerment and therefore expanding into the network theory of social capital, this work suggests that the integration of an online sharing community within a patient’s CEHRT platform could lead to a higher level of patient empowerment. This empowerment could, in turn, lead patients to become even more involved in the online community and, therefore, encourage greater empowerment of other patients forming a hypothetical empowerment loop. It is proposed that the relationship between increased social capital and patient empowerment is moderated by the use of reputation signals to increase member role clarity

The Louisiana Children’s Museum: A Time of Transition

This report details an internship with the Louisiana Children’s Museum’s development office, which started in February 2014; transitioned from internship to employment in May 2014; and concluded in June 2014 after the Museum’s fundraising event, Circus Magic Night. In this paper, I will provide an overview of the Museum’s history, programs, and organizational structure, as well as describe my internship experience and contributions over a period of five months and 480 hours. Additionally, I will analyze LCM’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; discuss relevant best practices; and finally, offer recommendations that propose solutions to some of the challenges I observed as the development/special events intern and as the new special events coordinator

Simulation and Performance Evaluation of Algorithms for Unmanned Aircraft Conflict Detection and Resolution

The problem of aircraft conflict detection and resolution (CDR) in uncertainty is addressed in this thesis. The main goal in CDR is to provide safety for the aircraft while minimizing their fuel consumption and flight delays. In reality, a high degree of uncertainty can exist in certain aircraft-aircraft encounters especially in cases where aircraft do not have the capabilities to communicate with each other. Through the use of a probabilistic approach and a multiple model (MM) trajectory information processing framework, this uncertainty can be effectively handled. For conflict detection, a randomized Monte Carlo (MC) algorithm is used to accurately detect conflicts, and, if a conflict is detected, a conflict resolution algorithm is run that utilizes a sequential list Viterbi algorithm. This thesis presents the MM CDR method and a comprehensive MC simulation and performance evaluation study that demonstrates its capabilities and efficiency