Disclosure Concerns: The Stigma of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Writing Centers

Despite widespread research regarding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in general education, little research exists connecting this medical phenomenon to writing center pedagogy. A 2008 report by the United States Government Accountability Office found that “the most commonly reported type of disability among US college students was mental, emotional, or psychiatric illness or depression (24%). The second most common was Attention Deficit Disorder (19%), with mobility impairment coming in third (15%)” (qtd. in Babcock 39). Thus, writing centers can expect to encounter writers with ADHD, but the diagnosis remains unexplored when it comes to tutoring situations and how we might best support writers with ADHD. We address this absence in the research by applying disability studies scholarship to an exploration of disclosure concerns and stigma.University Writing Cente

The Burj Khalifa

The Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest building and freestanding structure in the world. It stands at over 2,716 feet tall. This height is taller than two Eiffel towers stacked on top of each other. The Burj Khalifa also holds the world record for the elevator with the longest travel distance. Construction of the Burj Khalifa began in January of 2004 with the excavation of the job site. Roughly three years after the excavation process began, the concrete and steel foundation and structural system was complete. In May of 2007, the exterior cladding began to be added at a rate of about 20 to 30 panels per day and eventually improved to as many as 175 panels per day. Construction finally concluded in September of 2009. The intricate design was created by the Chicago firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrell. The inspiration for the design is derived from minarets and desert flowers, as well as Frank Lloyd Wright’s plans from 1956 for the Illinois Sky-City in Chicago. Even though the goal of the Burj Khalifa is to conjoin Islam and modernity, economically, Dubai is struggling. Thus this structure might be seen as unsustainable and irresponsible given Dubai’s political climate. Works Referenced Bedell, Geraldine. “Dubai\u27s Burj Khalifa | Architecture Review.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 10 Jan. 2010, www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/jan/10/burj-khalifa-dubai-skyscraper-architectur

Right to Serve, Right to Lead: Lives and Legacies of the USCT

This is a catalog for an exhibit that follows the evolution of African-American participation in the Civil War, from slaves, to contrabands, to soldiers of the United States Colored Troops (USCT), as well as the lives of black veterans beyond the war, and their ultimate military and social legacy. Using a variety of period items, it creates a narrative that stretches from the Antebellum Period to the current day. In doing so, the exhibit shows how black sacrifice on the battlefield redefined the war\u27s purpose throughout the divided nation, how Jim Crowe suppressed the memory of black participation after Reconstruction, and how the illustrious African-American military tradition left by the USCT endures to this day in their modern heirs

The Impact of Early Identification of Declining Patients: A Quality Improvement Study

This presentation focuses on the prevalence of failure to rescue in healthcare, that we have evidenced in the clinical setting. Proper identification of declining patient health plays a major role in early intervention, resulting in a positive patient outcome. Analyzing common themes in these issues provided a “bigger picture” of the need for proactive patient care.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2023/1034/thumbnail.jp

Concert recording 2016-10-26

[Track 1]. Come raggio di sol / Antonio Caldara -- [Track 2]. Wishing you were somehow here again from The phantom of the opera / Andrew Lloyd Webber -- [Track 3]. Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen / Johannes Brahms -- [Track 4]. You are not rich from La périchole / Jacques Offenbach -- [Track 5]. Una donna a quindici anni from Cosi fan tutte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 6]. Stranger in paradise from Kismet / George Forrest -- [Track 7]. Come paride vezzoso from L\u27elisir d\u27amore / Gaetano Donizetti Questo amor, vergogna mia from Edgar / Giacomo Puccini -- [Track 8]. Dein angesicht / Robert Schumann -- [Track 9]. Mai / Gabriel Faure -- [Track 10]. Ganymed / Franz Schubert -- [Track 11]. The sound of music from The sound of music / Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II -- [Track 12]. Après un rève / Faure -- [Track 13]. Steal me, sweet thief from The old main and the thief / Fian Carlo Menotti -- [Track 14]. Four encore songs / Florence Price -- [Track 15]. Morire / Puccini -- [Track 16]. Come scoglio from Cosi fan tutte / Mozart

In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety with Little-to-No Concomitant Benefits: Experimental Evidence from 84 Countries

The COVID-19 pandemic (and its aftermath) highlights a critical need to communicate health information effectively to the global public. Given that subtle differences in information framing can have meaningful effects on behavior, behavioral science research highlights a pressing question: Is it more effective to frame COVID-19 health messages in terms of potential losses (e.g., "If you do not practice these steps, you can endanger yourself and others") or potential gains (e.g., "If you practice these steps, you can protect yourself and others")? Collecting data in 48 languages from 15,929 participants in 84 countries, we experimentally tested the effects of message framing on COVID-19-related judgments, intentions, and feelings. Loss- (vs. gain-) framed messages increased self-reported anxiety among participants cross-nationally with little-to-no impact on policy attitudes, behavioral intentions, or information seeking relevant to pandemic risks. These results were consistent across 84 countries, three variations of the message framing wording, and 560 data processing and analytic choices. Thus, results provide an empirical answer to a global communication question and highlight the emotional toll of loss-framed messages. Critically, this work demonstrates the importance of considering unintended affective consequences when evaluating nudge-style interventions

The psychological science accelerator’s COVID-19 rapid-response dataset

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies to examine the effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral intentions and affective measures. The data collected (April to October 2020) included specific measures for each experimental study, a general questionnaire examining health prevention behaviors and COVID-19 experience, geographical and cultural context characterization, and demographic information for each participant. Each participant started the study with the same general questions and then was randomized to complete either one longer experiment or two shorter experiments. Data were provided by 73,223 participants with varying completion rates. Participants completed the survey from 111 geopolitical regions in 44 unique languages/dialects. The anonymized dataset described here is provided in both raw and processed formats to facilitate re-use and further analyses. The dataset offers secondary analytic opportunities to explore coping, framing, and self-determination across a diverse, global sample obtained at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which can be merged with other time-sampled or geographic data

A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Finding communication strategies that effectively motivate social distancing continues to be a global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-country, preregistered experiment (n = 25,718 from 89 countries) tested hypotheses concerning generalizable positive and negative outcomes of social distancing messages that promoted personal agency and reflective choices (i.e., an autonomy-supportive message) or were restrictive and shaming (i.e., a controlling message) compared with no message at all. Results partially supported experimental hypotheses in that the controlling message increased controlled motivation (a poorly internalized form of motivation relying on shame, guilt, and fear of social consequences) relative to no message. On the other hand, the autonomy-supportive message lowered feelings of defiance compared with the controlling message, but the controlling message did not differ from receiving no message at all. Unexpectedly, messages did not influence autonomous motivation (a highly internalized form of motivation relying on one’s core values) or behavioral intentions. Results supported hypothesized associations between people’s existing autonomous and controlled motivations and self-reported behavioral intentions to engage in social distancing. Controlled motivation was associated with more defiance and less long-term behavioral intention to engage in social distancing, whereas autonomous motivation was associated with less defiance and more short- and long-term intentions to social distance. Overall, this work highlights the potential harm of using shaming and pressuring language in public health communication, with implications for the current and future global health challenges

Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in √s = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

A search for weakly interacting massive particle dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks is presented. Final states containing third-generation quarks and miss- ing transverse momentum are considered. The analysis uses 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at √s = 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016. No significant excess of events above the estimated backgrounds is observed. The results are in- terpreted in the framework of simplified models of spin-0 dark-matter mediators. For colour- neutral spin-0 mediators produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a pair of dark-matter particles, mediator masses below 50 GeV are excluded assuming a dark-matter candidate mass of 1 GeV and unitary couplings. For scalar and pseudoscalar mediators produced in association with bottom quarks, the search sets limits on the production cross- section of 300 times the predicted rate for mediators with masses between 10 and 50 GeV and assuming a dark-matter mass of 1 GeV and unitary coupling. Constraints on colour- charged scalar simplified models are also presented. Assuming a dark-matter particle mass of 35 GeV, mediator particles with mass below 1.1 TeV are excluded for couplings yielding a dark-matter relic density consistent with measurements