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UNLV 2018: ANNUAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCE

The International Journal of Arts and Sciences Academic Conference will be held at the UNLV Student Union, 4505 South Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada, from 12 to 16 March 2018. See map.

10:30am PDT

HOW A LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITY SPRANG UP IN PARADISE Room 207Joseph Bonnici

10:45am PDT

HOW CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS MAKE MEANING OF SUPPORT SYSTEMS: THROUGH STORIES Room 207Morgan Bradford • Nicholas Dix • Melissa Lafferty • Rowen Thomas

11:00am PDT

THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN IMPACTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER: FROM VULNERABILITY TO RESILIENCE Room 207Caroline Mcdonald-Harker

11:15am PDT

EXAMINING PHYSICS EDUCATION IN TAIWAN Room 207Hui-Yiing Chang • Clausell Mathis

11:30am PDT

IMPLEMENTING A REMEDIAL ENGLISH PROGRAM AT A JAPANESE UNIVERSITY Room 207Brad Colpitts • Jon Watkins

11:45am PDT

MATH BLASPHEMY: DO WE STILL NEED TO KNOW OUR TIMES TABLES? DOES EVERYONE REALLY NEED ALGEBRA? Room 207Jeffrey Kenausis

12:00pm PDT

TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT METACOGNITION: EFFECTS ON STUDENTS' USE OF METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES Room 207Jody Langdon • Diana Sturges • Matthew Syno

12:15pm PDT

USING A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH FOR CREATING A LEARNING CLIMATE FOR DIVERSE STUDENTS IN LARGE CLASSROOMS Room 207Rajiv Narula

12:30pm PDT

REFRESHMENTS Room 207

1:15pm PDT

COMPARING STUDY OF NEW TEACHERS’ PREPARATION PROGRAMS IN THE USA AND SAUDI ARABIA [Poster Presentation] Room 207Mohammed Almahfud DOES SAUDI SOCIETY AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AFFECT THE IMPROVEMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN SAUDI ARABIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? [Poster Presentation] Room 207Mesfer Ahmad Alwadai IMPLEMENTING A NEGOTIATED SYLLABUS IN THE CLASSROOM [Poster Presentation] Room 207Adekunle Alex Oke LAP SPLICE OF FRP BARS TO ACTIVATED HWANG-TOH CONCRETE [Poster Presentation] Room 207Kim Seung Hun • Jeong Jae Won • Kim Young-In LEXICAL AND TEXTUAL SELECTION IN HUGO CHÁVEZ'S PERSUASIVE SPEECH [Poster Presentation] Room 207Teresa Fernandez-Ulloa NORTH AMERICA WEATHER PREDICTION WITH MULTISCALE ENTROPY APPROACH [Poster Presentation] Room 207Sami Khedhiri PREDICTING OVERALL COURSE GRADES: A PATH ANALYSIS OF MOTIVATION AND COURSE-RELATED DEMOGRAPHICS [Poster Presentation] Room 207Shainaz Landge • Jody Langdon • Christopher Niemiec • Jessica Orvis • Diana Sturges PROVISION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE BY AFRICAN TRADITIONAL HEALERS: POPULARITY OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE [Poster Presentation] Room 207Mercy Tshilidzi Mashamba SELF-EFFICACY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SATISFACTION WITH LIFE AND HAPPINESS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS [Poster Presentation] Room 207Manilall Dhurup • Yolande Van Zyl TEAM TEACHING IN PHYSICAL THERAPY EDUCATION [Poster Presentation] Room 207Andrea Bowens • Nick Washmuth THE ITALIAN FUTURIST ORIGINS OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S MODERNISM [Poster Presentation] Room 207Bradley Bowers USING PUBLIC OPINION POLING TO ENHANCE STUDENT AWARENESS AND LEARNING [Poster Presentation] Room 207Faron Ellis • Kelly Oikawa

1:45pm PDT

IDENTIFYING DIVERSITY: BRIDGING CULTURES VIA CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION Room 207Anjana Tiwari

2:00pm PDT

MONEY, MARRIAGE, AND THE MALE PERSPECTIVE IN JANE AUSTEN Room 207Lauren Rohrs

2:15pm PDT

THEMES IN THE COMIC 'PEANUTS' IN YEAR 2012 Room 207Napat Chinawong

2:30pm PDT

POW! ZAP! BAM! INTERCULTURAL COMIC STRIPS CREATED BY STEM STUDENTS Room 207Joseph Williams

2:45pm PDT

BALANCING TEACHING TECHNIQUES TO INCORPORATE DIVERSE LEARNING STYLES Room 207Tamador Mohamed • Ghadah Saleh T. Al Thunayyan • Anjana Tiwari • Raees Unnisa

3:00pm PDT

EXPLORING FACTORS AFFECTING ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES AT THE DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Room 207Noxolo Tshutsha, Muhammad Hoque

3:15pm PDT

THE SASS TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES, JOINT MANAGEMENT AND RISK OF CONFLICTS Room 207Menani Mohamed Redha

3:30pm PDT

NAVIGATING THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF BIRACIAL/MULTIRACIAL STUDENT TRANSITIONS IN THE COLLEGE SETTING Room 207José Luis Chávez

3:45pm PDT

INVESTIGATING THE KWAZULU-NATAL EMPLOYEES' PERCEPTIONS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HR SHARED SERVICES AT ESKOM Room 207Nontobeko Portia Mahlalela, Luvuyo Lumkile Lalendle, Muhammad Hoque

4:00pm PDT

PERCEIVED RISKS AFFECTING CUSTOMERS' ADOPTION ON MOBILE BANKING SERVICES AMONG INTERNATIONAL BANK USERS IN MALAYSIA Room 207Janiffa Saidon, Rosidah Musa, Zamani Ismail

4:15pm PDT

DOES ISLAND TOURISM EXPERIENTIAL VALUE AFFECT DIFFERENTLY USER'S ACTUAL ISLAND IMAGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES BETWEEN GENDER? Room 207Zamani Ismail, Janiffa Saidon, Rosidah Musa

4:30pm PDT

INTENTION TO PAY IN FULL AND ACTUALLY PAY FULL, BEHAVIOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENDERS Room 207Rosidah Musa, Janiffa Saidon, Zamani Ismail

4:45pm PDT

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDREN WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND TEACHERS' RATINGS OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE Room 207Adel George Tannous

10:45am PDT

A STUDY ON BLENDED LEARNING LINKING HOME AND CLASSROOM LEARNING USING TABLET PCS Room 207Hironori Sasaki

11:00am PDT

EXAM STUDY METHODS FOR THE ONLINE STUDENT; HERE IS WHAT REALLY WORKS! Room 207Jennifer Claire

11:15am PDT

CONTEXTUALIZING SCHOOL CHALLENGES AND LEADERS' CONCEPTUALIZATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION Room 207Kim Fong Poon-Mcbrayer

11:30am PDT

PERSON-ENVIRONMENT FIT, FLOURISHING AND INTENTION TO LEAVE IN UNIVERSITIES OF TECHNOLOGY Room 207Elsabe Diedericks • Christine Janse Van Rensburg • Sebastiaan Rothmann

11:45am PDT

ENHANCEMENT OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: MULTINATIONALS IN FOCUS Room 207Imoh Imoh-Ita

12:00pm PDT

FUZZY CONTROL APPLICATION IN E-NETS Room 207Amer Tahseen Salameh Abu Jassar

12:15pm PDT

MEDIA'S MANIPULATIONS OF STEREOTYPES: BEING A FOREIGN FEMALE IN A PATRIARCHAL WORLD Room 207Reeta Bandyopadhyay • Joe Jansen

12:30pm PDT

REFRESHMENTS Room 207

1:15pm PDT

HOMOSEXUALITY TODAY: FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ADOLESCENTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES OF SOUTH AFRICA Room 207Makondelele Makatu

1:30pm PDT

PERCEPTION OF CATHOLICS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FERNANDO: A SURVEY ON THE RE-IMPOSITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES Room 207Emmanuel M. Bagtas • Joel C. Calaguas • Precious Bernadette Estrada • Arnel T. Sicat

1:45pm PDT

THE CONTRIBUTION OF DESIGN TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF HANDICRAFT INDUSTRIES Room 207Mammo Muchie • Oluwayemisi Adebola Oyekunle • Zeleke Worku

2:00pm PDT

WOMEN'S WRITING IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE LITERATURE Room 207Liala Khronopulo

2:15pm PDT

ALIGNING FARM PRODUCE MARKETING WITH MARKET PLANNING: PRELIMINARY RESULTS Room 207E'Licia L. Chaverest • Duncan M. Chembezi • Enefiok Ekanem • Mary Mafuyai-Ekanem

2:30pm PDT

EVIDENCE THAT THE ACQUIRER'S ANNOUNCEMENT RETURN IS A U-SHAPED FUNCTION OF THE CASH PORTION OF THE PAYMENT IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (M&AS), CETERIS PARIBUS Room 207Tarcisio Da Graça

3:00pm PDT

DIVERSITY IN AFRICA: A CAUSE FOR DISUNITY Room 207Lufuno Kone • Takalani Mashau • Nancy Mutshaeni

3:15pm PDT

CONTEXT BASED LINGUISTIC INTERPRETATION OF LITERATURE Room 207P. Lakshmi Narasa Dasu

3:30pm PDT

CAPTURING THE VIEWPOINTS OF CULTURE ADVOCATES FROM THE LENS OF THE NON-LOCALS Room 207Michelle Ong

3:45pm PDT

MAN OF VANISHING HUMANITY WITH REFERENCE TO ANDESRI'S POEM "MAN" Room 207Gajula Kumar

4:00pm PDT

LEUCINE'S ROLE IN E. COLI PARAQUAT TOXICITY AND ITS RELEVANCE TO HUMAN CELLS Room 207Babu V. Bassa • Olen R. Brown

4:15pm PDT

CHARACTERS' LIVES INFLUENCED BY SOCIAL ETIQUETTE IN JANE AUSTEN'S SELECTED NOVELS Room 207Aleksandra Tryniecka

4:30pm PDT

DIGITAL RESOURCES FOR STEM LEARNING Room 207Daniel Churchill

4:45pm PDT

A NEW DILUTION EQUATION AND A COMPLETE SOLUTION TO THE BIOMEDICAL DILEMMA [Poster Presentation] Room 207Babu V. Bassa

5:00pm PDT

VR ACROSS DISCIPLINES: PREPARING K-12 TEACHERS FOR 360° INSTRUCTION IN STEM EDUCATION Room 207Bojan Lazarevic

5:15pm PDT

TEACHERS' PERCEPTION OF BULLYING BEHAVIOUR AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OSUN STATE. Room 207Serifat Adefunke Ehindero