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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"HSIs"”.
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Gait biomechanics following unilateral hamstring fatigue
Hamstring strain injuries (HSIs) are one of the most common non-contact injuries across many sports, costing athletes time in training and competition. HSIs are most often sustained during very high-speed running, typically occuring in the long head of the biceps femoris (BFlh). Athletes with prior …
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California Community College Presidents’ Leadership: Serving Latinx Students at Hispanic Serving Institutions
… remains unclear is specifically how leaders at HSIs enact their leadership and direct their efforts to serve Latinx students. This dissertation addressed the gap in MSI scholarship to explicitly focus on the role of CCCPs at HSIs and their service to Latinx students. The study applied Eddy’s …
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AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC JOURNEY TO CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: HOW A WHITE FACULTY MEMBER AT A HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION MOVES FROM ALLY TO ACCOMPLICE BY LEARNING STUDENT STRUGGLES
… the need for Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Implications for this study include upward social mobility through education for Latinx students and challenging HSIs to invest in facilitating conscientização through professional development.</p>
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Examining the first-year experiences and perceptions of sense of belonging among Mexican American students enrolled in a Texas HBCU
… are becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). As HSIs continue to emerge across the country, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are also responding to demographic shifts, especially in Texas. Although their historic mission focuses on educating African Americans, some …
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Becoming a Recognized Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI): Institutional Culture & Title V
… new frame for analyzing institutional culture at HSIs situates the institution and its individual actors within the surrounding region and illustrates how external forces influence the various layers. This study contributes to a growing body of research on HSIs and adds to our understanding of …
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The Latina Graduate Experience at Hispanic Serving Institutions
… needed to persist and succeed and what HSIs are or should be doing to better to increase student outcomes and create a culturally engaging campus community.</p>
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Correlation of truck accidents with highway geometry
… Data from the Highway Safety Information System (HSIS) was used in this analysis. The HSIS is a new data base developed by FHWA which contains accident, roadway and traffic data from five States. Models for truck accidents on Interstates, 2 lane rural roads, and for over turning accidents on …
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Experiences of Tenured Hispanic Faculty in Community College Hispanic Serving Institutions
… community college Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in California where representation among students of color and<em> </em>FOC is greater. We also know little about how their experiences affect their sense of belonging.</p> <p>This qualitative study explored factors that challenged and …
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Modeling Habitat and Environmental Factors Affecting Mosquito Abundance in Chesapeake, Virginia
… agencies for the use of these models.</p> <p>The HSIs (Chapter II) were based on relationships of mosquitoes to digital surrogates of soil moisture and vegetation characteristics. These models grouped mosquitoes species derived from similarities in habitat requirements, life-cycle type, and vector …
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An Evaluation of School Zone Traffic Control Strategies
… by the Highway Safety Information System (HSIS) is analyzed for Ohio and North Carolina to gain a better understanding of the cause and nature of school zone crashes. Through multidisciplinary cooperation, school zone traffic control strategies should implement uniform procedures that …
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Selling a university : a content analysis of NCAA Division I colleges' featured YouTube videos using the Spirituality in Advertising Framework.
… institutions and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). The SAF core idea most frequently identified in the study's video was the "integration with others" (n=51) or to join with others and be a part of something (Marmor-Lavie, Stout, & Lee, 2009, p.9). Nevertheless, represented at varying …
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Black Students Matter: A Phenomenological Approach to Exploring Sense of Belonging Among Black Students Attending a Hispanic-Serving Institution
… designated Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) has risen, it has become necessary to examine how their sense of belonging has been fostered, particularly given the educational disparities and equity gaps in retention, persistence, and graduation rates. Furthermore, the focus on initiatives …
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A Pesar de Todo: A Phenomenological Study on Latinx Undergraduate Students Choosing Their Academic Majors
… aspirations at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Illinois. The intent behind focusing solely on the Latinx population is not to disregard or minimize the experiences of other racialized groups. On the contrary, this study acknowledges that, although similar, racialized groups experience …
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Juntos Luchamos: A Postcritical Ethnographic and Photovoice Study on Latinx Student Civic Engagement Practices at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
… administrators on how institutions, specifically HSIs, can better support the civic engagement efforts of their Latinx students that move an institution from Hispanic enrolling to Hispanic-serving.</p>
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The relationship of instructional approach to creativity in home-schooled children
… by the Home Schooling Instructional Survey (HSIS), a self-report questionnaire developed for this study and completed by the home-schooling parent. Creativity of home-schooled children was measured by the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking - Figural Form A (TTCT). Significant differences in …
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Harmful events in guardrail crashes
… from Highway Safety Information System (HSIS) databases were examined. Data analysis was done using two-way and three-way contingency crosstabulations. Statistical significance of the study results was checked using Chi-square tests.;Analysis of guardrail-related accidents showed that …
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Modifiable risk factors of hamstring strain injury : assessment, performance and training
Hamstring strain injuries (HSIs), which are typically sustained during high velocity movements (i.e., sprinting or high velocity running), commonly involves the bicep femoris long head (BFLH). To date, the Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) is the most effective training modality for reducing HSIs …
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Testimonios of Latino/A Students in Hispanic Serving Institutions: Lessons for Community Colleges
… are considered Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) through Title V of the United States educational code, serving this Latino/a population with equal opportunities could not be of greater importance (Higher Education Act, 1965). This study demonstrated in its student narratives the various …
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Assessment of the Efficacy of a Constructed Wetland to Reduce or Remove Wastewater Effluent Estrogenicity and Toxicity Using Biomarkers in Male Fathead Minnows (Pimephales Promelas Rafinesque, 1820)
… Vitellogenin, GSIs (gonado-somatic indices), HSIs (hepato-somatic indices) and secondary sexual characteristics were biomarkers used in P. promelas models to assess aqueous estrogenicity. Biological indicators used to assess general fish health included hematocrit and condition factors. The …
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An examination of perceived undergraduate student social support at a two-year institution in the United States southwest : a quantitative study.
… support that undergraduate students at two-year HSIs prefer in their college environments to ensure a sense of belonging and integration into the college setting.
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