James Madison University

Agreement of physical activity metrics from ActivPAL and ActiGraph accelerometers worn concurrently among college students at a residential university

Objective To examine agreement between concurrently worn ActivPAL (AP) and ActiGraph (AG) accelerometers in college students.Methods Thirty-six students (age 21.6 ± 2.4 years) wore AP and AG accelerometers for 4–8 days. Agreement was assessed using paired t-tests, intraclass corr...

How Ghanaian funerals changed in order to retain their social and religious meaning: a mediatisation perspective

This study examines how Ghanaian funeral practices have adapted to retain their social and religious meaning in an era of modernisation and digitalisation of the media. Drawing on mediatisation theory, qualitative content analysis, and semi-structured interviews, the study reveal...

The Relationship Between Functional Movement and Physical Health-Related Quality of Life in Active Adults

Purpose: To examine the relationship between functional movement capacity, cardiovascular capacity, and body composition, and how they relate to health-related quality of life. Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study. In total, 123 adults completed the RAND Short...

Practice-Based, Online Modules for Expediting Teacher Skill Development

The time available for pre-service teacher education is increasingly limited. Teacher preparation programs must find innovative ways to develop teachers’ skills within contracted timeframes. One approach is to cover content with online modules. However, most modules teach about s...

Frequency-Specific Filtering Improves Speech Reception and Exam Grades in Low-Performing Female College Students

In low-performing female college students, frequency-specific filtering improved auditory processing in a controlled laboratory test and in class grades after recorded lectures. In a first test of efficacy, 76 listeners responded to a prerecorded command “Ready Charlie, go to [co...

An Accelerated Longitudinal Design Study Examining Emotional Engagement toward Learning Science from Grades 3 through 12

Abstract As educators, we often see the enthusiasm for learning science in schools starting out strong in primary years and then fading as student progress into middle and secondary school. The motivation of this study is to offer a picture of how students’ emotional engagement i...

Bacterial Contribution to Hydrogen Peroxide Decomposition in Lake Erie Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom Communities Is Dependent on Bloom Stage

Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) are expanding globally and often involve toxin-producing species such as Microcystis aeruginosa that pose ecological and public health risks. Some cyanobacteria, including some strains of M. aeruginosa, lack antioxidant enzymes such as...

Terrestrial paleoenvironments and paleoclimate during the Miocene climate optimum at Buluk, East Turkana, Kenya

Understanding the environmental and climatic context of Neogene fossil localities in eastern Africa is critical for determining potential drivers of evolution in our hominoid ancestors and their floral and faunal communities. In this study, we reconstructed paleoenvironments and...

Who Can Afford to Fail? Investigating Science Students' Perceptions of Failure Through the Lens of Their Identities

ABSTRACT Scientists agree that learning to cope with failures is an important skill for science students to develop, and students who participate in science research often have positive outcomes after coping with science failures. However, the experience of failure in undergradua...

Impact of calcined clays additions on phase assemblage and mechanical strength of autoclaved low-clinker fiber cement matrices

Calcined clays are promising constituents for use in low-clinker autoclaved fiber cement production. Previous studies on the use of calcined clays in autoclaved fiber cement matrices have shown that their behavior is complex and sometimes counterintuitive. This study investigates...

Nature as a Growth-Fostering Relationship: Integrating the Five Good Things and Ecological Systems Theory to Support Youth Wellbeing

Children and adolescents are navigating unprecedented levels of stress, disconnection, and ecological anxiety, including growing distress related to climate change and the rapid decline of meaningful contact with the natural world. Drawing from Relational–Cultural Theory and Bron...

The Places We Carry: Creative Counseling Through the Lens of Place and Belonging

Environmental disruption, displacement, and shifting cultural landscapes increasingly shape clients’ experiences of identity, belonging, and emotional distress. Although environmental psychology has articulated constructs such as sense of place, place attachment, and place identi...

Citizen science as a long-term environmental baseline: assessing impacts of a small dam removal in Montana, USA

Abstract. As dam removals increase in frequency across the U.S., most research has focused on the impact of larger dam removals, despite the removal of small dams being much more common. There are hundreds of small dams in Montana, and this research investigates impact on stream...

Searching for the elusive “A” horizon in buried paleosols

ABSTRACT Presence of an A horizon in paleosols is important for taxonomic classification, interpreting pedogenic processes, and reconstructing paleoenvironments. However, identifying the A horizon in buried contexts is challenging because of potential erosion during burial and po...

Ideological Polarization and Pedagogical Approaches for Teaching Legal Diversity Topics in Resource Management Courses

Public administration faculty teaching Human Resource Management find themselves forced to adapt to the impact of ideological polarization on their teaching. This includes incorporating important DEI issues. These issues include Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEO) and diversit...

The U.S. Federal Deficit and Market Equity Returns

ABSTRACT Since the U.S. dollar has been operating as a fiat currency, there has been a strong link between U.S. government deficits as a percentage of GDP and forward‐looking equity returns. As federal deficits get larger, the expected return to the market over the subsequent 10...