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The Effects Of Chemotherapeutic Agents On Cognitive Function: A Literature Review, Corinne Menz

2021 Honors Symposium

Chemotherapy is commonly the first-line treatment for various types of cancers. However, adverse effects resulting from treatment can negatively impact the patient’s quality of life while receiving chemotherapy as well as once the therapy course has been completed. The most commonly experienced effect is chemotherapy related cognitive impairment (CRCI) and is often referred to as “chemobrain”. This review attempts to explore the potential causes of cognitive decline, effects of chemotherapy treatment, and subjective patient reports. Relevant research was compiled in order to understand CRCI and its implications for the care of cancer patients.

A Qualitative Case Study: Exploring The Application Of Physiological Measures In Prelinguistic Aac Intervention, Chloe Putnam

2021 Honors Symposium

Prelinguistic communication is defined as that which comes before linguistic development and consists of nonverbal means of communication, such as gestures, eye gaze, vocalizations, and expressions (Franco, Davis, & Davis, 2013). In typical development, prelinguistic communication is evident in infants during the beginning stages of communication, before language emerges. However, some individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) with communication limitations continue to use prelinguistic communication as a primary mode of communication later in life. The goal of completing this research is to explore the potential promise of the novel approach of applying physiological measures to AAC intervention for prelinguistic …

Defining Bimodal Bilingualism Within The Field Of Speech-Language Pathology, Jaycie Strunk

2021 Honors Symposium

BACKGROUND
• Speech-language pathologists work with a variety of individuals that each uniquely have their own journey in learning and using language for communication. Many times, professionals are working with those with hearing loss, who are diverse in their use of communication.
• 14.9% of children in between the ages of 6-19 years suffer from hearing loss (Niskar, 1998). This is a large group of individuals that speech-language pathologists serve, each with different goals and needs.
• According to the CDC, around 90% of children born with a congenital hearing loss are born to parents who are not deaf, which …

Facilitating Transition: Moving Beyond High School As A Member Of The Autism Spectrum Community, Cameron Sturgeon, Anna Krizman, Brittany Tran

2021 Honors Symposium

This research seeks to investigate the transition process of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) from high school to post graduation life from the perspective of the transitioning youths’ caregivers. Data has been collected through an online survey, providing qualitative research, of parents’ perception of their children’s transition processes. This research is an important insight on how to better help individuals with ASD gradually navigate new school and lifestyle changes. On this poster you will find an introduction, list of material, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, direction of future research, references, and acknowledgements.

Perspectives Of Caregivers On Early Onset Dementia: An Investigation Of The Role Of Attachment And Shifts In Identity, Claire Wood

2021 Honors Symposium

Early onset dementia (EOD), diagnosed earlier than 65, is an incurable, neurogenic disease that impacts every aspect of individual and family life as it progresses through three stages. The scope of caregiving broadens from initially helping with the instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and progressing to assistance with essential activities of daily living (ADL) as dementia deepens. The physical demands of caregiving and emotional demands of caring about a loved one who is losing themselves are challenges that impact quality of life. Understanding the role that identity preservation plays as dementia deepens becomes a quality-of-life priority for caregivers and …

Loss And Attainment Of Identity For Individuals Experiencing Early-Onset Dementia, Benjamin Wright

2021 Honors Symposium

Dementia is a progressive neurogenic disease impacting individuals younger than 65 years old who often are working, raising families, and contributing to society. Individuals experiencing early-onset dementia (EOD) gradually lose selfperception, and others including family may no longer perceive them as the people they once were. How can caregivers and therapists protect and preserve a sense of identity that will contribute to quality of life? Narrative research claims storytelling stitches together fragments of life and is a tool for understanding oneself and negotiating this with others. Understanding the impact of narrative shifts that reflect changing identity and personhood could facilitate …

Minority Stress And Alcohol Use In Sexual Minority Women's Daily Lives, Robin J. Lewis, Kelly A. Romano, Sarah J. Ehlke, Cathy Lau-Barraco, Cassidy M. Sandoval, Douglas J. Glenn, Kristin E. Heron

Psychology Faculty Publications

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Online Bus Speed Prediction With Spatiotemporal Interaction: A Laplace Approximation-Based Bayesian Approach, Haipeng Cui, Kun Xie, Bin Hu, Hangfei Lin

Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

This study proposes a novel Bayesian hierarchical approach for online bus speed prediction by explicitly accounting for the spatiotemporal interaction (STI) of speed observations. The use of Laplace approximation can expedite the estimation of Bayesian models and enable the implementation of online prediction. Large numbers of trials are carried out to identify significant predictors and the optimal length of the look-back time window to achieve the highest prediction accuracy. The spatiotemporal interacting patterns are also explored, and results show that the Type IV model assuming the structured spatial effect interacts with the structured temporal effect can best accommodate the bus …

Reflection And Transmission Of Electromagnetic Pulses At A Planar Dielectric Interface: Theory And Quantum Lattice Simulations, Abhay K. Ram, George Vahala, Linda Vahala, Min Soe

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

There is considerable interest in the application of quantum information science to advance computations in plasma physics. A particular point of curiosity is whether it is possible to take advantage of quantum computers to speed up numerical simulations relative to conventional computers. Many of the topics in fusion plasma physics are classical in nature. In order to implement them on quantum computers, it will require couching a classical problem in the language of quantum mechanics. Electromagnetic waves are routinely used in fusion experiments to heat a plasma or to generate currents in the plasma. The propagation of electromagnetic waves is …

Ranking Influential Nodes Of Fake News Spreading On Mobile Social Networks, Yunfei Xing, Xiwei Wang, Fang-Kwei Wang, Yang Shi, Wu He, Haowu Chang

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

Online fake news can generate a negative impact on both users and society. Due to the concerns with spread of fake news and misinformation, assessing the network influence of online users has become an important issue. This study quantifies the influence of nodes by proposing an algorithm based on information entropy theory. Dynamic process of influence of nodes is characterized on mobile social networks (MSNs). Weibo (i.e., the Chinese version of microblogging) users are chosen to build the real network and quantified influence of them is analyzed according to the model proposed in this paper. MATLAB is employed to simulate …

Image Source Identification Using Convolutional Neural Networks In Iot Environment, Yan Wang, Qindong Sun, Dongzhu Rong, Shancang Li, Li Da Xu

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

Digital image forensics is a key branch of digital forensics that based on forensic analysis of image authenticity and image content. The advances in new techniques, such as smart devices, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial images, and social networks, make forensic image analysis play an increasing role in a wide range of criminal case investigation. This work focuses on image source identification by analysing both the fingerprints of digital devices and images in IoT environment. A new convolutional neural network (CNN) method is proposed to identify the source devices that token an image in social IoT environment. The experimental results …

Labilization And Diversification Of Pyrogenic Dissolved Organic Matter By Microbes, Aleksandar I. Goranov, Andrew S. Wozniak, Kyle W. Bostick, Andrew R. Zimmerman, Siddhartha Mitra, Patrick G. Hatcher

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications

With the increased occurrence of forest fires around the world, interest in the chemistry of pyrogenic organic matter (pyOM) and its fate in the environment has increased. Upon leaching from soils by rain events, significant amounts of dissolved pyOM (pyDOM) enter the aquatic environment and interact with microbial communities that are essential for cycling organic matter within the different biogeochemical cycles. To evaluate the bio-reactivity of pyDOM, aqueous extracts of laboratory-produced chars were incubated with soil microbes and the molecular changes to the composition of pyDOM were probed using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry (Fourier transform – ion cyclotron resonance – …

Pay For Performance, Satisfaction And Retention In Longitudinal Crowdsourced Research, Elena M. Auer, Tara S. Behrend, Andrew B. Collmus, Richard N. Landers, Ahleah F. Miles

Psychology Faculty Publications

In the social and cognitive sciences, crowdsourcing provides up to half of all research participants. Despite this popularity, researchers typically do not conceptualize participants accurately, as gig-economy worker-participants. Applying theories of employee motivation and the psychological contract between employees and employers, we hypothesized that pay and pay raises would drive worker-participant satisfaction, performance, and retention in a longitudinal study. In an experiment hiring 359 Amazon Mechanical Turk Workers, we found that initial pay, relative increase of pay over time, and overall pay did not have substantial influence on subsequent performance. However, pay significantly predicted participants' perceived choice, justice perceptions, and …

Toward A More Perma(Nent) Conceptualization Of Worker Well-Being? A Cross-Cultural Study Of The Workplace Perma Profiler, William P. Jimenez, Xiaoxiao Hu, Rebecca Garden, Xiaofei Xie

Psychology Faculty Publications

We examined the factor structure of the recently developed worker well-being measure the Workplace PERMA Profiler and relationships between PERMA dimensions (i.e., positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning, accomplishment) and job performance (viz., task performance, organizational citizenship behaviors benefiting individuals and the organization at large). The measure exhibited metric (i.e., weak) invariance across samples of participants from the U.S. (N = 284) and China (N = 420). Additionally, for participants who responded to both the Workplace PERMA Profiler and the performance measures, there was a general pattern of positive PERMA–performance relationships across both …

Consensus Statement On Ethical & Safety Practices For Conducting Digital Monitoring Studies With People At Risk Of Suicide And Related Behaviors, Matthew K. Nock, Evan M. Kleiman, Melissa Abraham, Kate H. Bentley, David A. Brent, Ralph J. Buonopane, Franckie Castro-Ramirez, Christine B. Cha, Walter Dempsey, John Draper, Catherine R. Glenn, Jill Harkavy-Friedman, Michael R. Hollander, Jeffrey C. Huffman, Hye In S. Lee, Alexander J. Millner, David Mou, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Rosalind W. Picard, Heather M. Quay, Osiris Rankin, Shannon Sewards, John Torous, Joan Wheelis, Ursula Whiteside, Galia Siegel, Anna E. Ordóñez, Jane L. Pearson

Psychology Faculty Publications

OBJECTIVE: Digital monitoring technologies (e.g., smart-phones and wearable devices) provide unprecedented opportunities to study potentially harmful behaviors such as suicide, violence, and alcohol/substance use in real-time. The use of these new technologies has the potential to significantly advance the understanding, prediction, and prevention of these behaviors. However, such technologies also introduce myriad ethical and safety concerns, such as deciding when and how to intervene if a participant's responses indicate elevated risk during the study?

METHODS: We used a modified Delphi process to develop a consensus among a diverse panel of experts on the ethical and safety practices for conducting digital …

Becoming Citizens: Policy Feedback And The Transformation Of The Thai Rice Farmer, Jacob Ricks, Thanapan Laiprakobsub

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Over the past twenty years, Thailand’s rice farmers have become one of the country’s most important and active political constituencies, a sharp contrast from the previous decades wherein they were treated with neglect or even derision by the Thai political elite. These “political peasants” now actively advocate for and successfully receive extensive subsidies from both authoritarian and democratic governments. What has driven this change? In this essay, we draw on theories of the policy feedback loop wherein policies yield both material and cognitive benefits, which change the political behavior of populations. We argue that the Thaksin Shinawatra government’s (2001-2006) paddy …

The International Student Experience At U.S. Community Colleges At The Onset Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, Melissa Whatley, Heidi Fischer

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

This study’s purpose is to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international students who were studying at U.S. community colleges at the onset of this public health crisis. While previous work has explored the impact of the pandemic on international students generally, we argue that community college international students deserve focused attention due to their potentially marginalized status on their campuses. Using a mixed methods research approach, we analyze survey and interview data provided by community college international educators. Our results speak to two overarching themes: the supports provided to students at the onset of the pandemic (and …

Export Competitiveness Analysis Of Thailand Plastic Resins To Chinese Market, Petcharat Kananuruk

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The aim of the research was to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze Thailand’s competitiveness in exporting plastic resins to China and to develop a strategy which will help increase the nation's plastic resins export potential to China. Quantitative Analysis includes a comparative advantage analysis of Thailand's plastic resins exports to the Chinese market using the Revealed comparative advantage (RCA), as well as a Constant market share (CMS) analysis utilizing annual time series data from 2012 to 2020. The Qualitative analysis uses Porter’s diamond model, SWOT and TOWS analysis study to factors that affect the plastic resins industry's competitiveness and develop a …

A Case Study Of Brunch Time Co.Ltd On Marketing Analysis Toward Diamond Grain Product, Kodchakorn Trangkasan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Brunch time Company Limited has been in the granola products industry since 2012. The company value contributed to 167 million baht within three years, during 2014 to 2017. This paper mainly focuses on marketing analysis of Diamond Grains Granola products. It observes the decision in which Diamond Grains has made to launch ready-to-eat products in Thailand. SWOT analysis is used to analyze the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The results of the analysis explain how the company has come to this business decision. The study found that Diamond Grains has a strong and first brand in the Thai’s granola …

Impact Of New Coronavirus Pneumonia On Chinese Import And Export Trade, Hengyu Guo

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 is an epidemic caused by a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus that has led to a persistent outbreak that has become one of the terrible epidemics in human history. The epidemic has had a huge impact on the world economy and trade business. In the background of the COVID-19 pandemic, how to mitigate the negative effects of the epidemic and prevent the impact of similar diseases on import and export trade has become a major issue for the international community to address. Based on China's import trade，export trade data before the epidemic, China's import trade，export …

The Marketing Factors That Have An Influence On Momo-Paradise’S Customer Loyalty In Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Apiporn Buachart

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Momo-paradise, one of the most profitable shabu-shabu buffet types of restaurants in Thailand has gained brand love phenomenon even when the buffet prices have adjusted to increase since 2021. Therefore, this paper aims to study the effects of marketing factors that affect the retention of Momo-paradise’s loyal customers in the Bangkok area. The independent variables are categorized into two groups: namely marketing and demographic factors. The marketing factors include product quality, price perception, promotion, service quality, brand image, and physical environment. The demographic factors include age, gender, status, education level, income level, and occupation. The dependent variable is loyalty intention. …

A Market Strategy Analysis Of Luckin Coffee, Yuqing Huang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This paper takes Luckin Coffee as the research object. The relevant background of China's freshly ground coffee market was introduced, and it was determined that the market still has a huge space for development. Then, collect a lot of official information to summarize Luckin Coffee's marketing strategy. Through relevant analysis, this paper finds that the market environment of Luckin coffee company is relatively healthy, which is more conducive to its development. And because of Luckin's entry into the freshly ground coffee market, the entry barrier has also been raised. However, Luckin Coffee still faces fierce competition in the substitute industry, …

The Effect Of Population Aging On Household Consumption Level In China, Yifan Ma

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This paper mainly focuses on the aging population’s effect on Chinese household spending level by using consumption tendency ratio as a dependent variable in the model with three main researching perspectives from the whole country, comparison with three main different regions, comparison before and after outbreak of COVID-19. The main data resources are obtained from the National Breau of Statistics of China with a total of thirty-one provinces for a ten-year period from 2011 to 2020. Empirical study in this paper uses an ordinary least squares model to analyze data and get the following main conclusions. Other conditions remain unchanged, …

The Effect Of The Ongoing China-Us Trade War On Huawei, Evidence From 2021 Financial Report, Liping Zhang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In Jan of 2018, the U.S. had waged a trade war against China. Besides additional tariffs on Chinese products, in May of 2019, the USA is also tightening restrictions on the transfer of technology to China and the business activities of Huawei, namely the chip ban. For many companies, being sanctioned by the U.S. would be a devastating blow, a crisis that could potentially ruin the entire business. This paper has used the data from Huawei's 10-year annual report and attempted to find out Huawei's current situation after 4 years sanctions from the financial point of view. The author expects …

The Effects Of Oil Price On Thailand’S Set Index : Quantile Regression Case Study, Jutinan Ruangopas

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This paper attempts to explore the relationship between oil price and stock price using quantile regression for Thailand’s economic data to generate several models. The main findings are that Thailand’s oil price has a positive relationship with stock price. Increase in oil price result in increase of stock price. Additionally, short term interest rates, nominal exchange rate and CPI have a negative relationship with stock price. An increase in these variables cause stock prices to fall.

Analyzing Intra-Industry Trade Between Thailand And China: A Case Study On Agricultural Sector, Li Wang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In the process of regional strategic cooperation on a global scale, agricultural trade cooperation is very crucial in foreign trade, China and Thailand occupy an important position in the international market, and both sides maintain close trade relationship. China is Thailand's top partner in agricultural trade, and Thailand is China's second largest agricultural import trade partner in ASEAN. The two countries are similar in terms of basic national conditions, industrial trade structure and agricultural export markets. Agriculture, as one of the important foreign exchange-generating industries for both sides, plays an important role in their economies development, also expanding agricultural exports …

How Kerry Express Becomes Thailand’S No.1 Non-Governmental Parcel Delivery Company: A Case Study Of Kerry Express, Polyos Kulvichien

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The primary goal of this research is to evaluate how Kerry Express becomes Thailand’s No.1 non-governmental parcel delivery company. For investigation, the author studies the history of the parcel delivery industry in Thailand and Kerry Express’s success factors. Kerry entered to Thailand in 2006, but the firm just started to expand its parcel delivery business in 2014 after the market liberalization in 2013 and in fact the first private firm to offer parcel delivery service to the C2C segment in the country. Thailand's parcel delivery industry was formerly monopolized and dominated by Thailand Post for many decades; the organization was …

The Determinants Of Unemployment Rate: The Case Of Thailand, Wasamon Posrie

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aimed to analyze factors that affected the unemployment rate in Thailand during 2011 to 2021, including inflation rate, real GDP growth rate, real gross fixed capital formation, real exports of goods and services, the dummy variables of year quarters and the dummy variable of COVID-19 by utilizing ordinary least square (OLS) method on the quarterly time series data from Q1:2011 to Q3:2021 from BOT, MOC, and NESDC. The results revealed that the predictor variables significantly produced an effect on the unemployment rate up to 59.2%. Only three predictors produced significant effects on the unemployment rate: inflation rate and …

Thai Foreign Policy Amid The Us-China Competition Of Vaccine Diplomacy Between 2020 And 2021, Vajaris Hemmaphat

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research seeks to analyze Thai foreign policy’s posture toward the United States and China amid the competition of vaccine diplomacy in the Southeast Asia region between 2020 and 2021. This research focuses on the conduct of Thai foreign policy by applying ‘hedging strategy’ as a main theoretical framework in explaining how Thailand managed to diversify its COVID-19 vaccine portfolios, in order to have a clearer understanding of whether Bangkok can perform a well-crafted hedging strategy or Thai’s traditional diplomacy has lost ground in its default setting. This research has been done by examining official documents from the Thai government, …

Brain Drain Situation Of Thai Skilled Workers: Push-Pull Factors And Intentions To Return, Nawapat Choosuwan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Brain Drain occurs when a country loses human capital with specialized skills or with higher education due to worker emigration. In Thailand, the brain drain index has risen in recent years. As the problem of migration of Thai skilled workers remains and becomes worse, it is necessary to investigate the factors that contribute to brain drain of highly trained Thai professionals. The push and pull factors of international migration are used to investigate what motivates skilled people to leave their home country (push factor) and what motivates skilled workers to stay in the destination country (pull factor). Furthermore, the study …