Effects of Parent Intervention via Tele-Practice on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Rural Mississippi

Background The present study explored the use of parent intervention via tele-practice for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and how effective that intervention was in increasing the child’s language and communication skills and the parents’ strategy use in the rural state of Mississippi. Methods Two dyads of participants were used. Dyad 1 included a mother and her 4-year-old son with high-functioning ASD, and Dyad 2 included a mother and her 4-year-old daughter with severe ASD. Standardized tests were administered to gather data about the children’s diagnoses. The study included four phases across four months, including pre-test, intervention, post-test, and follow-up. Language samples were gathered each session and later analyzed for data on the children’s language levels and the frequency of the parents’ strategy usage using language and behavioral analyzing software. Results Dyad 1 child’s percent of utterances with errors decreased to zero while the scores on the other language measures remained consistent throughout the process. The Parent Fidelity of Intervention Implementation (FII) scores for the Dyad 1 parent increased during the intervention phase and then remained consistent. The parent’s strategy usage at the beginning of the study tended toward only a few strategies, but by the end, the mother used a wider range of strategies. The Dyad 2 child’s language scores increased through the intervention phase and the post-test phase. The FII scores for the Dyad 2 parent fluctuated throughout the study while gradually increasing. The parent\u27s strategy usage was unvaried at the beginning of the intervention but diversified by the end of the study. Implications/Conclusions The results indicate the effectiveness of the parent-led intervention via tele-practice among the two children with ASD. The results imply that the intervention may be better suited for the child with lower-language abilities. Future research may include a larger population to gather more data about the use of parent-led intervention for children with ASD

Anisotropic diffusivity of the prismatic surface of ice is model independent

In simulations reported by Gladich et al., the surface diffusion on the prismatic surface of ice was found to be anisotropic at low temperatures and isotropic at high temperatures in the NE6 model. Our research investigated whether this effect is a true property of ice, or an artifact of NE6 model, by using the TIP4P/2005 and the TIP5P-EW representations. It was found that anisotropy of surface diffusion on the Prismatic facet at low temperatures is model independent. An Arrhenius analysis was also preformed to find the activation energies of diffusion in both models

HUMAN CAPITAL FLIGHT: DETERMINANTS OF OUT-MIGRATION DECISIONS AMONG MISSISSIPPI’S COLLEGE GRADUATES

In today\u27s knowledge economy, the retention of skilled and college-educated workers is vital to the economic stability and long-term competitiveness of any region (Bernhard, 2007; Ehrke, 2014; He et al., 2016; Khaomin et al., 2022; Miller & Collins, 2022; Moretti, 2012; White et al., 2022; Winters, 2011). As the global economy evolves, Mississippi must continue accumulating and cultivating a workforce ready to meet the demands of today\u27s labor markets. However, with the out-migration of Mississippi\u27s college graduates post-graduation, the state continues to lose a valuable resource, its human capital (Miller & Collins, 2023; Miller & Collins, 2022; Mississippi Economic Council, 2022; White et al., 2022). The present study sought to examine the factors that influence the out-migration decisions of Mississippi\u27s college graduates. Using a descriptive, comparative research design, the researcher surveyed alums of The University of Southern Mississippi (n = 27). The results of the study revealed four key findings: (a) factors influencing Mississippi\u27s college graduates\u27 out-migration decisions are related to both economic and non-economic determinants; (b) specific personal characteristics (educational attainment, college major, child status, and migration history) play a role in influencing migration decisions; (c) quality work-life balance, obtaining a higher paying job, obtaining a job with opportunities for advancement and being closer to relatives are essential factors influencing migration decisions; and (d) participants indicated suitable housing and neighborhoods, affordable housing, job security, available job opportunities, and work-life balance as a significant community and life factors influencing migration decisions. With the out-migration of Mississippi\u27s college-educated workers, the state\u27s stock and distribution of human capital will continue to change. Retaining human capital affects the region\u27s long-term economic growth and attractiveness (Miller & Collins, 2023; Miller & Collins, 2022; Mississippi Economic Council, 2022; White et al., 2022). Why Mississippi\u27s college graduates choose to stay or leave the state after graduation has policy and economic implications. The ability to understand which factors are most influential in the migration decisions of Mississippi\u27s college graduates is necessary to preserve the long-term economic development and sustainability of the region

I Was Quiet, But I Was Not Blind : The Surprising Consistency of Fanny Price

Mansfield Park’s Fanny is not the heroine most readers expect to encounter in a Jane Austen novel. Unlike the heroines of Pride and Prejudice, or Emma, for example, she does not have to undergo any period of being wrong, and she does not have to change in order for her position to be accepted. In the midst of conversations about Fanny as a model of perfect conduct book activity, exemplary Christian morals, or Regency era femininity, readers and scholars often focus on whether or not Fanny exists as a perfect and consistent heroine, providing very strong and polarizing opinions on either side. This thesis claims that whether or not Fanny is an interesting protagonist or a disappointing character, her consistency in perfectly acceptable actions and decision cannot be ignored. Despite opinions and readings that suggest Fanny provides little to no value to the novel, as the protagonist, she drives the climactic action in the novel’s plot. This thesis considers the shift that occurs from Sir Thomas’s promise that Fanny would never be a Miss Bertram to his acceptance of her as his daughter-in-law and a Mrs. Bertram and aims to understand her role as a model of rational and consistent perceptivity. In contrast to the inconsistent and unobservant characters that surround her, Fanny’s consistent observations allow her to offer a new form of sensibility as a reactive, sensitive, and responsive heroine. Furthermore, this thesis reflects upon how readers and scholars respond to and understand Fanny in an attempt to show that Fanny can be an Austen heroine worthy of study when considered through a different lens by focusing on her ability to understand the actions and motives of those around her when no other character can

Mixed Signals At The Intersection The Effect Of Organizational Composition On Ratings Of Black Women\u27s Management Suitability

Historically, Black women‘s workplace experiences have been understudied, partially due to an implicit assumption that their experiences are subsumed by research on Black men and/or White women. This oversight is even more evident in the field of management. However, considerable attention has been given to the debate about whether Black women are at a double advantage (i.e., as supposed affirmative action ―two-for-one bargains‖) or at a double disadvantage due to their double marginalizing characteristics. Empirical research in the area has found support for each side, furthering the debate, but also advancing an overly simplistic explanation for a set of experiences that is certainly much more complicated. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the conditions under which Black women, when seeking managerial employment, are at a double advantage or disadvantage, using Critical Race Feminism, Cox‘s Interactional Model of Cultural Diversity (IMCD; 1994), and theories of social categorization as the theoretical foundation. A 2 (sex) x 2 (race) x 2 (demographic composition of the workplace) betweensubjects design was used to test the hypotheses that the Black female applicant would have a double disadvantage in a more demographically balanced organization and double advantage in an organization that is more White and male. Participants (N = 361) reviewed information about an organization (where demographic composition was manipulated) and three available management positions. They also reviewed a fictional professional networking profile of a job applicant where race and sex were manipulated iv through photos, and job qualifications and experience were held constant. Based on all of the information, they rated the applicant on his/her suitability for the jobs. Results of planned contrasts and ANOVAs showed partial support for the hypotheses. In the balanced organization, the Black female applicant was rated lower in suitability for entry-level management than the Black male and White female applicants. Likewise, she was rated higher than the Black male and White female applicants in the less diverse organization, when evaluated for upper-level management. Thus, the study clarifies the theories of double advantage and double disadvantage by identifying organizational composition as a moderator of the relationship between applicant race/sex and employment outcomes (i.e., management suitability ratings). The implications of these findings are discussed

Better Than a Discharge

“It’s the Cadillac of . . .” Chilli Palmer. Traditionally, discharge has been regarded as the “Cadillac” of success in bankruptcy. Getting a discharge is as good as it can get. When an individual debtor files for Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 and receives a discharge then, in the language of the South, the attorney for that individual has “done good.” Or, in more academic verbiage, the lawyer has achieved Chapter 7 and Chapter 13’s “end goal.” Similarly, if a business entity files for Chapter 11 and its plan is confirmed which triggers a discharge, the attorney for the business has “done good.” As Professor LoPucki more eloquently put it, “provisions of Chapter 11 treat confirmation as a systems goal.” But now when a business entity files for Chapter 11 to sell its business under § 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, then increasingly the attorney for the buyer has done better than good. The order that the buyer gets from buying the assets of a debtor’s business in bankruptcy can be better than the discharge a debtor gets from having its Chapter plan confirmed. This article will show the ways that, under various decisions of bankruptcy courts, district courts, and circuit courts, a § 363 sale order provides greater relief for a buyer of a business in bankruptcy than a discharge order can provide for any debtor who files for bankruptcy relief. And, we will examine the statutory and policy bases for these decisions. [..

Four Past-Presidents

Oral History interview with American School Food Service Association Past-Presidents (now the School Nutrition Association), Shirley Watkins Bowden, Dorothy Caldwell, Josephine Martin, and Mary Nix, regarding the founding of the National Food Service Management Institute (now the Institute of Child Nutrition), May 21, 2014, at the National Food Service Management Institute (now the ICN), The University of Mississippi.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/icn_ohistories/1127/thumbnail.jp

The Double Entry Journal

The Double Entry Journal is a note-taking technique for English Composition courses that encourages students to become active readers

Interactive musical visualization based on emotional and color theory

Influenced by synesthesia, the creators of such ‘visual musics’ as abstract art, color organs, abstract film, and most recently visualizers, have attempted to illustrate correspondences between the senses. This thesis attempts to develop a framework for music visualization founded on emotional analogues between visual art and music. The framework implements audio signal spectrum analysis, mood modeling, and color theory to produce pertinent data for use in visualizations. The research is manifest as a computer program that creates a simple visualizer. Built in Max/MSP/Jitter, a programming environment especially for musical and multimedia processing, it analyzes data and produces images in real-time. The program employs spectrum analysis to extract musical data such as loudness, brightness, and note attacks from the audio signals of AIFF song files. These musical features are used to calculate the Energy and Stress of the song, which determine the general mood of the music. The mood can fall into one of the four general categories of Exuberance, Contentment, Depression, and Anxious/Frantic. This method of automatic mood classification resulted in an eighty-five percent accuracy rate. Applying color expression theory yields a color palette that reflects the musical mood. The color palette and the musical features are then supplied to four different animation schemes to produce visuals. The visualizer generates shapes and forms in a three-dimensional environment and animates them in response to the real-time musical data. The visualizer allows user input to actively direct the creation of a variety of different visualizations. This personalization of the synesthetic effects of the visualizer invites the viewer to actively consider his or her own unique associations and facilitates understanding of the phenomenon of synesthesia and sensory fusion