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The Cost Of Helping Hand: Lost Revenue On Overnight Hand Call, Tia Taylor

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Operating Room Waste Reduction In Watts And Water: Savings Beyond The Shift To Reusable Textiles, Taylor R. Sweeney

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Comparative Assessment Of Agmd And Vmd Systems Configured With Flat Sheet And Hollow Fibre Membranes: An Energy And Exergy, Thermo-Economic, And Environmental Analysis, Hamed Kariman, Mehdi Khiadani

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Membrane Distillation (MD) systems, particularly Air Gap Membrane Distillation (AGMD) and Vacuum Membrane Distillation (VMD) in Flat Sheet (FS) and Hollow Fibre (HF) configurations, demonstrate strong potential for freshwater production, Yet, there remains a lack of comparative studies evaluating their energy, exergy, economic and environmental performance under similar conditions. This study presents a comparative analysis of four MD systems under similar operating conditions: FS-AGMD, HF-AGMD, FS-VMD and HF-VMD, and considers their respective costs and operation in Western Australia. The analysis was performed for single-stage and multi-stage configurations of up to ten modules, both with and without Heat Recovery (HR), to …

The Hemostatic Properties Of Green Plasma, David J. Sun

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Social Procurement As A Catalyst For Dei In Construction: Some Takeaways For Hrm?, Jennifer Waterhouse, Robyn Keast, Judy Lundy, Martin Loosemore

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Purpose: Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives aim to foster workplaces where all employees feel valued and can add value. Increasingly, the success of these initiatives is influenced by environments and interactions beyond organisational boundaries, including recent backlash. Despite this, most DEI research remains focused on intra-organisational aspects and human resource management (HRM) activities. The purpose of this paper is to introduce social procurement as a novel and promising framework for advancing DEI in theory and practice through a collaborative, inter-organisational approach that has the potential to overcome institutional barriers and mitigate backlash. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected through 15 in-depth …

Esg News-Based Public Sentiment, Media Attention And Stock Price Crash Risk, Kesara Hewage, Subhash Abhayawansa, Mardy Chiah

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Purpose: This study aims to examine whether media-driven public perception of a firm’s environmental, social and governance performance (i.e. ESG news sentiment) and its media attention are associated with subsequent stock price crash risk. Using public sentiment formed from ESG news alone – separate from firms’ self-reported ESG performance – study investigates whether media-based ESG information provides incremental informational content about crash risk beyond disclosure-based ESG metrics.

Design/methodology/approach: The authors analyse more than 34, 000 semi-annual firm-level observations for US-listed firms from 2011 to 2021, using Refinitiv MarketPsych ESG sentiment and media attention data. They conduct cross-sectional and channel tests …

Firms’ Darq Readiness And Marketing Implications: A Systematic Literature Review, Ali N. Tehrani, K. Roy, Richard Gruner

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Purpose – This study aims to systematically review literature across diverse disciplines, including marketing, management and information systems, to synthesise insights on firms’ readiness to adopt and implement DARQ technologies and their marketing implications. DARQ technologies are emerging and cutting-edge technologies, including Distributed Ledger Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Extended Reality and Quantum Computing (hence, DARQ). Design/methodology/approach – Through a systematic review of over 2, 500 papers across three databases, this study distilled a focused sample of 88 papers. It comprehensively explores the reported dimensions, antecedents, outcomes and marketing implications of firms’ readiness for DARQ technologies. Findings – This study identified three …

Navigating Urgency And Innovation: How Pandemic-Era Leadership Frames The Evolving Role Of Ai In Educational Leadership, Patricia Virella, Alexandra J. Lamb

Department of Educational Leadership Scholarship and Creative Works

Purpose: This paper examines how pandemic-era leadership lessons inform the current implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools, focusing on adaptive strategies, distributed leadership, and equity-focused decision-making among US school principals during crisis-driven technological change.

Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach was employed, drawing on semi-structured interviews with fifty public school principals conducted between 2020 and 2022. Data were coded and analyzed iteratively using distributed leadership theory to identify key themes related to technology integration, professional development and leadership practices in rapidly changing environments.

Findings: Adaptive, distributed leadership and proactive planning for digital equity were vital for effective crisis response and technology …

Public Procurement’S Role In Shaping Supply Markets: A Taxonomy Of Local Contracting Authorities’ Approaches Using The Awareness-Motivation-Capability Framework, Steven Borobia, Frederik G.S. Vos, Louise Knight, Esmee Peters, Fons Wijnhoven, Niels Uenk

Business Faculty Publications and Presentations

Purpose: Public procurement is increasingly recognised as a tool for governing and shaping supply markets. Yet we still know little about how local authorities engage in market shaping through contracting practices, especially in newly decentralized markets. This study investigates the role of awareness, motivation and capabilities (AMC) in how municipalities influence (or fail to influence) social care markets, and how these dynamics manifest in contracting practice. Design/methodology/approach We combine secondary data with semi-structured interviews conducted with procurement professionals across municipalities, regional consortia, and expert organizations. The case context is Dutch social services procurement, which transitioned to a decentralised market in …

Diverging Impacts Of Organizational Dei Practices: The Role Of Objective And Subjective Group Status, Julia Oberlin, Claudia Toma, Tessa L. Dover

Psychology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Purpose – While DEI practices aim to enhance the outcomes of disadvantaged groups, their impact remains uncertain, with disparities often persisting. This paper examines whether the accumulation of DEI practices helps reduce psychological and work disparities between employees, considering both their objective (e.g. gender and race) and subjective (or perceived) (dis)advantage.

Design/methodology/approach – Study 1 surveyed 602 employees to assess the impact of perceiving their organization as having many orfew DEI practices on theirsense ofinclusion and job satisfaction. Study 2 used an experimental design (N 5 739) to extend the findings of Study 1 by manipulating the number of DEI …

Assessment Of The Best Practices Of Pose Estimation And Machine Learning Use For Clinical Gait Analysis, Micah B. Stull

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Does The Court Follow The Election Returns?, Thomas Keck

Political Science - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Bridging The Gap: Assessing Barriers To Patch Testing Across Diverse Skin Tones, Ritesh V. Soule

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

A Novel Acoustic Emission Technology For Assessing Osseointegration In Bone-Anchored Implants, Ethan Snyder

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Mixed-Reality Visualization In Revision Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Comparative Study, William C. Smoot

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Routine But Rarely Needed: Blood Type And Antibody Screen Testing In Pediatric Surgical Patients, Avery N. Sinnathamby

Summer Research Program Abstracts

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Investigating Patient Reported Outcomes (Pros) Of Long Covid, Luke A. Sims

Summer Research Program Abstracts

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Fall 2026 Environmental Sciences Seminar Series, Rebecca Fuda, Rebecca Fuda

NRESS Seminars

White-tailed deer in New Hampshire historically persisted at relatively low densities due to the state’s severe winters that limited populations. However, in 2025 white-tailed deer harvest in the state was the highest on record, marking a remarkable population recovery from a historic low in the early 1980s. Management of deer in New Hampshire must adapt as the state faces new challenges due to increasing suburbanization, milder winters, growing deer densities, and the looming threat of chronic wasting disease.

Non-Medical Determinants Of Health In Thoracic Aortic Disease: A Montalcino Aortic Consortium Study, Alberta S. Simmons

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Centering Community Voices: Protocol For Qualitative Inquiry In A Produce Prescription And Chatbot Intervention, Yesmeena Mahmoud Shmaitelly

Summer Research Program Abstracts

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Trust Matters: Rethinking Professionalism In Academic Medicine, Leah Delfinado, Deborah Simpson, Suzette Caudle, Jacob Bidwell

Advocate GME

Background: Professionalism concerns are often dismissed as subjective, although unprofessional behavior can harm learning, teamwork, patient safety and experience, and professional development. End-of-residency professionalism ratings have been associated with more patient complaints in early practice. Reframing professionalism as trustworthiness shifts attention from traits to observable behaviors.

Objective: To develop and evaluate a framework that reframes professionalism as trust, determine whether diverse stakeholders agree on behaviors that undermine professional trust, and identify practical remediation strategies.

Methods: Medical education stakeholders across multiple regions—including learners, faculty, education leaders, coordinators, managers, and staff—submitted brief, de-identified examples of observed or experienced unprofessional behavior. Behaviors were …

Understanding Patient Reported Outcome Measures And Perceptions In Trauma, Jerome D. Scott

Summer Research Program Abstracts

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Interpreting The Trispectrum As The Cross-Spectrum Of The Wigner-Ville Distribution, Aviva Abosch

All Publications

The fourth-order time-invariant spectrum, or trispectrum, has a simple derivation as the cross-spectrum among frequency bands in the Wigner-Ville distribution (WVD). Viewed this way, the trispectrum gains intuitive meaning as a measure of the linear dependence of power across frequencies, which yields some insight into its structure and interpretation. We highlight, in particular, a two-dimensional subdomain as useful for identifying modulated oscillations when the modulating envelope is non-negative or lowpass. Spectral characteristics of the carrier and modulating signals are revealed along separate axes of a two-dimensional representation of this domain. The application of this framework, combined with a previously described …

Associations Between Trpm4 Gene Variants And Intracranial Pressure Dynamics Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Emily H. Saweris

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Beyond Shelter: Exploring The Potential Impacts Of Rental Assistance On Self-Reliance And Well-Being For Venezuelan Migrants In Colombia, Lindsay Stark, Juan Pablo Franco, Arturo Harker Roa, Neema Mosha, Deanna Barch, Ned Meerdink, Ilana Seff

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Urban refugees in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often face housing insecurity, undermining their ability to achieve self-reliance and well-being. Few studies have evaluated the impact of housing interventions in these contexts. This study offers preliminary evidence on the effectiveness of a 9-month rental assistance program targeting female-headed Venezuelan migrant households in Colombia. Using pre-post data from 517 participants, we assessed changes over time in household-level self-reliance, domains of self-reliance, subjective well-being and perceived agency. We also employed ordinary least squares regression and fixed-effects models to estimate changes in self-reliance and the relationship between self-reliance, psychosocial and housing outcomes. Our …

Assessing The Potential Risk Factors For Major Surgical Complications In Operative Fixation Of Patients With Pelvic Ring Disruptions, Benjamin Roberts

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Concurrent Gastroschisis And Biliary Atresia: Surgical And Supportive Management, Joseph M. Pydyn

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Fall 2026 Environmental Sciences Seminar Series, Emily Stanley, Emily Stanley

NRESS Seminars

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Effects Of Tunicamycin In Trophoblast Stem Cell Differentiation, Kay Chi Pua

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Runaway Coral-Algal Dysbiosis May Be Responsible For Rapid Coral Tissue Loss, Ashley M. Rossin, Kelsey M. Beavers, Carly E. Karrick, Jeanne Bloomberg, Sonora Meiling, Gaby E. Carpenter, Benjamin H. Farmer, Brittney Green, Emily Van Buren, Alex Veglia, Amy Apprill, Marilyn Brandt, Adrienne M.S. Correa, Ian C. Enochs, Stephen R. Midway, Erinn M. Muller, Laura Mydlarz, Tyler B. Smith, Michael S. Studivan, Daniel M. Holstein

Faculty Publications

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) affects at least 22 Western Atlantic coral species and presents as focal or multifocal lesions, which swiftly expand across the colony, resulting in rapid tissue loss and mortality. Previous histopathological examinations have noted necrosis, body wall breakage, gastrodermal separation, exocytosis, and vacuolization of the symbiont as pathological signs; however, the same signs are present to some degree in otherwise apparently healthy coral tissues processed for histology. Here, we quantify the degree of symbiont vacuolization, symbiont size change, exocytosis, and gastrodermal separation in apparently healthy and diseased coral tissues of eight coral species in association …