CSUN Electronic Theses & Dissertationshttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.2/2852024-03-28T20:29:46Z2024-03-28T20:29:46ZSupporting Students Sense of Wellbeing Through Participation in Service Learning with the CSUN Food Pantry: A Phenomenological StudyBowen, Christelhttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2251342023-04-28T17:53:57Z2023-04-28T00:00:00ZSupporting Students Sense of Wellbeing Through Participation in Service Learning with the CSUN Food Pantry: A Phenomenological Study
Bowen, Christel
The purpose of this phenomenological study is to understand if participating in service-learning with the CSUN Food Pantry supports student's sense of wellbeing. The CSUN Food Pantry, a program of California State University Northridge, provides free food, toiletries, and other necessities to the CSUN community. A qualitative research design was used to determine the importance of participating in service-learning on student's overall sense of wellbeing and to create a textual and structural description of the sense of wellbeing as experienced by the former service-learners. Additionally, a composite description of the sense of wellbeing was created. Results showed students sense of belonging was described as "being among like-minded individuals" and that the service provided purpose to come to college beyond degree attainment. Service-learning is considered a high impact practice in education that not only contributes to academic performance but also provides real world application of class learning, increased moral reasoning, and development of civic responsibility and commitment to social justice (Brownell & Swaner, 2009). Within the CSUN Food Pantry setting, service-learning can also contribute to the student's overall sense of wellbeing and sense of belonging to the campus community.
2023-04-28T00:00:00ZPredictors of and barriers to engagement with the five primary esports genresAnderson, Parkerhttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2249572023-03-17T20:58:34Z2023-03-17T00:00:00ZPredictors of and barriers to engagement with the five primary esports genres
Anderson, Parker
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, traditional sports (tsports) were postponed until further notice. However, electronic sports (esports) resumed events with little interruption by shifting to a fully online format, resulting in a surge in viewership for esports events. With this increase in viewership, understanding the motivations that may convert tsports fans to esports viewers would be valuable to the growing esports industry. Study 1, conducted in June 2020, examined the motivational factors that predict engagement in esports events for sports-based video games (SBVGs) that were aimed towards satisfying tsports fans while tsports were postponed. Tsport consumption motivations for aesthetics and novelty positively predicted the likelihood that participants would watch a SBVG event as a replacement of their favorite tsports regardless of whether they were a current fan of esports. Study 2, conducted in January 2021, disaggregated esports into its five primary genres (fighting games, first-person shooters, real-time strategy games, multiplayer online battle arenas, and SBVGs) and investigated the motivational factors for tsports consumption that predict interest in consumption across the five genres. Motivations for acquisition of knowledge, attractiveness of the players, enjoyment of aggression, and novelty positively predicted the likelihood of consumption across multiple genres. However, participants who were motivated to consume tsports because of the physical abilities of the players were less inclined towards consuming esports. With respect to participants who had not previously watched esports, those who were motivated to consume tsports for social interaction were less likely to become esports consumers. These findings present novel insights for the esports industry that could expand the appeal of their products to future consumers and further accommodate the needs of existing consumers.
2023-03-17T00:00:00ZMulti-user search-able attribute-based encryption for outsourced big data for Create, Update, Read and Delete OperationsAstudillo, Kylehttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2249542023-03-09T21:33:43Z2023-03-09T00:00:00ZMulti-user search-able attribute-based encryption for outsourced big data for Create, Update, Read and Delete Operations
Astudillo, Kyle
Large amounts of data is generated every day as well as the need to ingest, process, store, and maintain all that data. The scale of data is so large that normal file access and processing present different challenges. Data owners can attempt to store and share data on premise but then lose out on savings from the cloud. Data owners can store all their data on the cloud to save money but then run into a myriad of security challenges. Attribute based encryption is the key to tackling these challenges. A method leveraging key policy attribute-based encryption (KP-ABE) to allow multiple users to ingest data into a system encrypted then have other users search over its contents to receive files while using KP-ABE as a distributed authorization method will be presented, tested against AES, and system metrics will be presented. The solution presented will allow users to use a representational state transfer application programming interface to interact with the system while not having to deal with auxiliary files or encryption libraries to upload documents into the cloud and be encrypted at rest.
2023-03-09T00:00:00ZOral health prevention among children with ASD in Santa ClaritaDeltoro Macias, Yazminhttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2249502023-03-07T22:55:39Z2023-03-07T00:00:00ZOral health prevention among children with ASD in Santa Clarita
Deltoro Macias, Yazmin
Nearly 1 in 5 children in the United States (U.S.) have special needs. The most common chronic disease among children in the U.S. is tooth decay, and it's entirely preventable. Untreated tooth decay leads to infection and pain, consequently leading to more complex, and expensive dental treatments. Children with untreated tooth decay will have a difficult time when they eat, sleep, speak, learn, and more. Tooth decay is affecting almost one billion children globally, making it a prevalent public health concern. The California Public Health Department report stated, that the children missed almost a million days of school each year due to tooth decay. Half of those days missed due to tooth decay were from kindergartners, and 70% from third-graders. In the City of Santa Clarita, the incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has increased by 370% in 12 years. One of the most commonly cited unmet healthcare needs for children with special needs is dental care. Children with ASD are more vulnerable to oral diseases than typically-developing individuals. This is due to their increased barriers to dental care services, medications, and dietary habits that increase risk. The current project includes prior research and interventions done on oral health prevention education amongst children with ASD. Also, a proposed intervention and strategy to be conducted by UCLA School of Dentistry, Oral Health Collaborative Consortium is covered. This proposal is evidence-based and founded on theory, utilizing constructs from the Health Belief Model. Essential to this project are the key constructs of perceived susceptibility, severity, the benefits to prevent tooth decay, and the factors that influence action (barriers, cues to action, and self-efficacy). This program will help increase the quality of life, and decrease tooth decay prevalence in our vulnerable population, children with ASD.
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