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"We Had Time For Ourselves" – Israeli Homeschooling Graduates Talk About Their Learning And Activities In Homeschooling, Avishag Edri, Deborah Court

The Qualitative Report

This study focuses on the homeschooling experiences of Israeli homeschool graduates. The phenomenon of homeschooling has been evolving in recent years as more and more parents choose to educate their children at home. In the world, and also in Israel, many studies have been conducted on homeschooling, but in Israel no research has been conducted on homeschooling graduates. Homeschooling is a relatively new phenomenon in Israel and only in recent years has a significant group of graduates been formed. This qualitative, phenomenological study focused on Israeli homeschooling graduates who had reached the age of eighteen and studied most of their …

No Longer Beholden – Moving On From Elaborate Chart Notes, Jeffrey H. Millstein

Journal of Wellness

Despite recent changes in Medicare billing documentation guidelines, physician chart notes remain far lengthier and more detailed than is required. This is worrisome, as documentation burden is a major contributor to physician burnout. Elements of medical culture which have contributed to the elaborate chart note standard may be used to transform notes, reduce charting burden and improve physician well-being.

Chronic Pain Through Covid, P. Schofield

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Objectives: To identify good practice in the community management of chronic pain, and to understand the perspective of a group of healthcare service users towards the management of chronic pain using technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Forty-five people, recruited via social media and Pain Association Scotland, participated in three focus groups hosted over Zoom. Focus groups were conducted using semi-structured questions to guide the conversation. Data were analysed using Ritchie & Spencer’s Framework Analysis. Results: The participants shared observations of their experiences of remotely supported chronic pain services and insights into the potential for future chronic pain care provision. …

Investment Games, James Fallow Tierney

Duke Law Journal

Popular zero-commission stock trading apps like Robinhood innovate in user-experience design, featuring “gamification” practices—flashy graphics, leaderboards, and the like—that make it attractive, easy, and fun to trade stocks. Regulators are increasingly scrutinizing gamification and other digital engagement practices, with efforts underway at the SEC to adopt rules in broker-dealer and investment-advisor regulation. This attention reflects considerable skepticism about gamification in securities markets. At best, these practices encourage motivation and engagement, and democratize access to financial markets. But at worst, these practices encourage people to trade habitually and unreflectively, and more than they might want. This can lead to undesirable market-wide …

State Institutions And Democratic Opportunity, Miriam Seifter

Duke Law Journal

The burgeoning commentary on democratic decline in the United States focuses disproportionately on the national level. And seeing a national problem, reformers understandably seek to bolster democracy through large-scale federal solutions. Although their efforts hold popular appeal, they face strong institutional headwinds. As scholars have extensively documented, the Senate, the Electoral College, and the Supreme Court today are skewed against majority rule. Despair grows.

This Article urges legal scholars and reformers to turn their gaze to state-level institutions. State institutions, the Article shows, offer democratic opportunity that federal institutions do not. By design, they more readily give popular majorities a …

The Bg News October 19, 2022, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. October 19, 2022. Volume 102-Issue 8.

A Ros-Enabled Floating Hackathon: Coordinating Multiple Marine Robots, Roland Arsenault, Laura Lindzey

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

The 2022 NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute cruise featured 3 different marine robots from 3 different institutions operating in parallel from the Exploration Vessel Nautilus. Our goal was to demonstrate technologies that will increase the amount of scientific data collected per unit of (expensive!) ship time. We highlight 3 missions that demonstrated robot/robot and robot/human collaboration, as well as some of the factors that make marine robotics challenging. This talk focuses on two of these robots that run ROS and discusses how ROS enabled faster development and simplified collaboration between institutions.

Hdac6 Inhibition Reverses Cisplatin-Induced Mechanical Hypersensitivity Via Tonic Delta Opioid Receptor Signaling, Jixiang Zhang, Jazzmine M Junigan, Ronnie Trinh, Annemieke Kavelaars, Cobi J Heijnen, Peter M Grace

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Peripheral neuropathic pain induced by the chemotherapeutic cisplatin can persist for months to years after treatment. Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitors have therapeutic potential for cisplatin-induced neuropathic pain since they persistently reverse mechanical hypersensitivity and spontaneous pain in rodent models. Here, we investigated the mechanisms underlying reversal of mechanical hypersensitivity in male and female mice by a 2 week treatment with an HDAC6 inhibitor, administered 3 d after the last dose of cisplatin. Mechanical hypersensitivity in animals of both sexes treated with the HDAC6 inhibitor was temporarily reinstated by a single injection of the neutral opioid receptor antagonist 6β-naltrexol or …

Therapeutic Efficacy Of The Humanized Jaa-F11 Anti-Thomsen-Friedenreich Antibody Constructs H2al2a And H3l3 In Human Breast And Lung Cancer Xenograft Models, Diala Ghazal, Fatma Zalzala, John C Fisk, Swetha Tati, Loukia G Karacosta, Susan Morey, James R Olson, Sally Quataert, Grace K Dy, Kate Rittenhouse-Olson

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (TF-Ag-α) is found on ~85% of human carcinomas but is cryptic on normal tissue. The humanized highly specific hJAA-F11-H2aL2a and -H3L3 antibodies target TF-Ag-α without binding to TF-Ag-beta (found on surface glycolipids of some normal cells). The relative affinity of H3L3 is 17 times that of H2aL2a, which would seem to favor superior efficacy, however, increased affinity can result in less tumor penetration. To assess the potential therapeutic efficacy of these antibodies, four human cancer- mouse xenograft models were treated with H2aL2a and H3L3. The tumor xenograft models used were human non-small cell lung cancer, H520, and …

A Qualitative Inquiry Into The Socio-Economic Implications Of Land Grabs Among The Nuer People In The Gambella Region Of Ethiopia, Mehari Fisseha, Godswill Makombe, Vusilizwe Thebe

The Qualitative Report

The paper analyses the socio-economic implications of land grabbing among the Nuer people in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. To achieve its goals, the study is underpinned by two interrelated questions. The first question is: what are the socio-economic implications of land grabs in the Gambella Region of Ethiopia? The second question reads: what are the contestations and perceptions of the Nuer peoples in terms of gains and losses from the land grabs? The study was carried out among a Nilo-Saharan group known as the Nuer which traces its roots from Sudan within the qualitative research methodology. Findings from the …

Mapping The Universe Of Eph Receptor And Ephrin Ligand Transcripts In Epithelial And Fiber Cells Of The Eye Lens, Michael P Vu, Catherine Cheng

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The eye lens is a transparent, ellipsoid organ in the anterior chamber of the eye that is required for fine focusing of light onto the retina to transmit a clear image. Cataracts, defined as any opacity in the lens, remains the leading cause of blindness in the world. Recent studies in humans and mice indicate that Eph-ephrin bidirectional signaling is important for maintaining lens transparency. Specifically, mutations and polymorphisms in the EphA2 receptor and the ephrin-A5 ligand have been linked to congenital and age-related cataracts. It is unclear what other variants of Ephs and ephrins are expressed in the lens …

Sugammadex To Facilitate Neurologic Assessment In Severely Brain-Injured Patients: A Retrospective Analysis And Practical Guidance., Sara J Hyland, Punit A Pandya, Cameron J Mei, David C Yehsakul

Neuroscience Articles

Background Widely used in anesthetic management, sugammadex is increasingly employed in the reversal of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) in the emergency department and critical care arena, where little evaluative data currently exists. This study explored the utility and safety of using sugammadex to facilitate neurologic assessments in critically ill, NMBA-exposed patients. Methods We pursued a retrospective case series and single-arm cohort analysis of all brain-injured patients receiving sugammadex to facilitate neurologic evaluation during one year at a high-volume Level 1 trauma center. The primary outcome was the qualitative impact of sugammadex administration on neurosurgeon decision-making. Secondary outcomes included the change …

Understanding Community Safety And Policing In San José, California: A Qualitative And Communal Analysis, Michael Dao, Soma De Bourbon, Melissa Mcclure Fuller, William Armaline, Miranda Worthen

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

In Summer 2020, persistent public protest about racial injustice and police violence spurred conversations and action across the United States and the world about what community safety means and the various ways it can be achieved–particularly for diverse community members whose lives may be threatened under the status quo. In San José, California, this led in part to a community engaged research study on reimagining community safety–The People's Budget of San José. The project intended to inform justice policy reform in the city according to the perspectives and needs of residents. Through this community-academic partnership, 14 focus group discussions were …

Oregon State Rank Assessment For Red Tree Vole (Arborimus Longicaudus), Eleanor P. Gaines

Institute for Natural Resources Publications

Oregon state conservation status assessment for Red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) using NatureServe methodology, 2022.

Loss Of Activity-Induced Mitochondrial Atp Production Underlies The Synaptic Defects In A Drosophila Model Of Als, Nicholas E Karagas, Richa Gupta, Elham Rastegari, Kai Li Tan, Ho Hang Leung, Hugo J Bellen, Kartik Venkatachalam, Ching-On Wong

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Mutations in the gene encoding vesicle-associated membrane protein B (VAPB) cause a familial form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Expression of an ALS-related variant of vapb (vapb^P58S) in Drosophila motor neurons results in morphologic changes at the larval neuromuscular junction (NMJ) characterized by the appearance of fewer, but larger, presynaptic boutons. Although diminished microtubule stability is known to underlie these morphologic changes, a mechanism for the loss of presynaptic microtubules has been lacking. By studying flies of both sexes, we demonstrate the suppression of vapb^P58S-induced changes in NMJ morphology by either a loss of endoplasmic …

Highlights Of The 2021 Brano Heart Failure Forum, Rajko Radovancevic, Bojan Vrtovec, Igor D. Gregoric

The VAD Journal

Since 2007, the Branislav “Brano” Radovancevic Heart Failure Forum has been held annually to provide a venue for experts to present and discuss “Innovations and New Treatment Strategies in Heart Failure.” Clinicians and researchers gather yearly in a different Eastern European city to discuss the latest in heart failure diagnostics and therapeutics. The forum was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then resumed in September of 2021 in Graz, Austria. It was attended by over 75 faculty from 13 countries. Due to the ongoing pandemic, 13 presentations were given virtually. Throughout the forum, 17 separate sessions focused …

Of Genus And Species, Amber Blaeser-Wardzala

Exile

No abstract provided.

التحريض وعلاقته بنمط الشخصية الانتهازية لدى طلبة الجامعة, أ.م.د.عدنان علي حمزه النداوي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

يعد التحريض بين أهم وأبرزّ الخصائص الشخصية لدى الانسان، إلا أنه لم يتم التطرق له من قبل الباحثين محلياً وعربياً على الأقل ، وما يمكن أن تتلمس الإشارة اليه لدى البعض من الباحثين النفسيين عالمياً ، والذي قد يرد بمفاهيم مناظرة أو مقاربه له من قبيل الحث على الكراهية لدى أيزنك 1975،ويشير الباحثين في ميدان الصحة النفسية ومنهم كر تشمر 2001، من مركز ستوكهولم النفسي بأن هناك عدداً من أنماط الشخصية يعنيها من يفعل التحريض فيما فعله ويجني تبعاته. وعد أرك فروم الانتهازية الوجه الرئيسي المعبر عن الشعور بالضعف واللاجدوى نتيجة مواقف الحياة المحيطة.

إن طبيعة الانتهازية هي مثالاً …

صورة التشبيه والأثر النفسي عند الشعراء العميان في العصر العباسي الأول – تشبيهات الطبيعة إنموذجاً, الأستاذ الدكتور مثنى نعيم حمادي, الباحث صفاء صالح عبد الحميد

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

إنَّ فكرة الربط بين الأثر النفسي والبلاغة العربية لم تكن لقيطة في تراثنا الأدبي، فثمة وشائج وثيقة بين النص والحالة السيكولوجيَّة، وهي ظاهرة على امتداد العصور العربية، وما أشَّره النقّاد القدامى من دوافع القول ولحظات الإبداع، تحيلنا إلى وعي بدائي بانت ملامحه ومنطلقاته في العصور الأولى للنقد العربي القديم، الذي لم يخلُ من وقفات عند الأثر النفسي للعمل الأدبي الذي لا يخلو من قيم شعوريَّة تحرِّك مبدعه ليعبِّر من خلاله عن فكرة معينة تجيش في نفسه وترهق باله أحياناً.

فالرؤية الفنية للعمل الأدبي لا يمكن لها أيضاً أن تقف متخاذلةً عند الحدود الخارجية للنص تخشى الولوج في أغوار المبدع النفسية، …

The Effect Of Peer Tutoring Technique On Iraqi Efl College Students’ Performance In Reading Comprehension, Shamma Mustafa Hameed (Ph.D.).

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

يعد الفهم القرائي من المهارات الأساسية في تعلم اللغة و الصعبة الاتقان في الوقت ذاته . وإتقان مهارة الفهم القرائي في اللغة الإنجليزية هي من أولويات متعلمي اللغة الانكليزية كلغة الأجنبية ولذلك هدف البحث الحالي إلى معرفة تأثير استخدام تدريس الإقران كأسلوب تعليمي على أداء متعلمي اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة أجنبية في الفهم القرائي.

افترضت الدراسة الحالية عدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية بين متوسط درجات الأداء للمجموعة التجريبية الذين يدرسون مهارة الفهم القرائي باستخدام تقنية تعليم الأقران عن المجموعة الضابطة التي تدرس بالطريقة التقليدية. تتألف عينة هذه الدراسة من طلاب المرحلة الثانية / قسم اللغة الإنجليزية / كلية الآداب خلال …

التحليل المكاني لمرض انفلونزا الطيور في محافظة ديالى وآثاره الاقتصادية, أ م.د ضياء الدين حسين عسكر

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

مرض انفلونزا الطيور مرض ساري يصيب جميع أنواع الطيور ، سبب المرض هو حُمّة (Orthomyxo virus) وهي حٌمّة تحتوي على حامض نووي رايبي (Ribonucleic acid-RNA). ويعد من الأمراض المشتركة بن الإنسان والحيوان، إذ يصيب اعمار مختلفة في الإنسان مؤدياً إلى مضاعفات مرضية شديدة الخطورة خاصة بين الأطفال وكبار السن لا سيما الذين يعانون من أمراض قلبية أو رئوية مزمنة أو مرض نقص المناعة وأمراض السكري.

إن الثورة الوبائية للمرض حدثت في عام 1997 وهي مستمرة لحد الآن ، ومنطقة الدراسة تعرضت بشكل مباشر أو غير مباشر لهذهِ الموجات الفايروسية ، وقد أدت إلى حدوث هلاكات بأعداد كبيرة من الطيور ، …

The Ecology And Evolution Of Species Rarity In Oaks (Quercus Spp.), Yingtong Wu

Dissertations

Rare species are susceptible to extinction due to ecological and genetic factors. Understanding the distribution, ecology, and evolution of rare species can provide useful information for effective conservation. To investigate species rarity, this dissertation focuses on a species-rich and ecologically diverse genus, Quercus (oaks). In Chapter 1, I aimed to understand how interactions between hosts and soil microbes contribute to habitat restriction in oak species. I performed a soil inoculum experiment on two pairs of sister oak species that show habitat divergence. I found that host-specific soil microbes contribute to habitat divergence and exclusion among sister species of oaks, but …

Spartan Daily, October 18, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 24

Pharmacological Inhibition Of Class Iii Alcohol Dehydrogenase 5: Turning Remote Ischemic Conditioning Effective In A Diabetic Stroke Model, Syed Kashif Zaidi, Nasrul Hoda, Shams Tabrez, Mohammad Imran Khan

Neurology Articles

The restoration of cerebral blood flow (CBF) to achieve brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO2 ) is the primary treatment for ischemic stroke, a significant cause of adult mortality and disability worldwide. Nitric oxide (NO) and its bioactive s-nitrosylated (SNO) reservoirs, such as s-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), induce hypoxic vasodilation to enhance CBF during ischemia. The endogenous pool of SNOs/GSNO is enhanced via the activation of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS/NOS3) and by the suppression of class III alcohol dehydrogenase 5 (ADH5), also known as GSNO reductase (GSNOR). Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC), which augments NOS3 activity and SNO, is an emerging therapy in acute stroke. …

Computational Simulations Of The Effects Of Gravity On Lymphatic Transport, Huabing Li, Huajian Wei, Timothy P. Padera, James W. Baish, Lance L. Munn

Faculty Journal Articles

Physical forces, including mechanical stretch, fluid pressure, and shear forces alter lymphatic vessel contractions and lymph flow. Gravitational forces can affect these forces, resulting in altered lymphatic transport, but the mechanisms involved have not been studied in detail. Here, we combine a lattice Boltzmann-based fluid dynamics computational model with known lymphatic mechanobiological mechanisms to investigate the movement of fluid through a lymphatic vessel under the effects of gravity that may either oppose or assist flow. Regularly spaced, mechanical bi-leaflet valves in the vessel enforce net positive flow as the vessel walls contract autonomously in response to calcium and nitric oxide …

Profiles Of Participation In School Bullying: Association With Student Well-Being, Isak Kim

Counseling Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to examine the bullying participation profiles inrelation to the demographic variables (sex, grade, and ethnicity), and to further inves-tigate the associations between the profiles and student well-being indicators. A finalsample for analyses consisted of 725 elementary school children (fourth to sixthgrades). Four latent profiles were identified through the latent profile analysis: bul-lying passive bystanding (8.00%), victimized active defending (8.41%), uninvolvedpassive bystanding (21.24%), and uninvolved active defending (62.35%). Significantgroup differences were found in key variables representing student well-being, thatis, school connectedness and life satisfaction, across the four latent profiles. Childrenin the uninvolved active defending were …

The Perceptions Of High School Art Teachers On Their Experiences With Digital Art, Chris Akins

Doctor of Education in Instructional Technology Dissertations

This phenomenographic study was conducted to investigate the perceptions of high school visual arts teachers on their experiences with digital art. It was conducted in the context of a growing creative industry in Georgia including professions that rely on technology to utilize and create digital art. The perceptions of seven high school visual arts teachers with varying experiences from two districts in Georgia were gathered using in-depth semi-structured interviews. The data collected from these interviews were interpreted to generate an outcome space that represented the voices of this group of participants. The outcome space of this study was arranged in …

Nanoparticles And Nanogel Drug Compositions For Treatment Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Vijaykumar Bhadabhai Sutariya, Priyanka Sureshbhai Bhatt, Vipul B. Amin, Srinivas M. Tipparaju

USF Patents

Disclosed are nanoparticles and nanogel drug compositions and the use thereof for treating age-related macular degeneration.

A Virtue-Ethical Approach To Cultured Meat, Carlo Alvaro

Publications and Research

The proposed benefits of cultured meat fail to track our moral intuitions because they are focused on the practical aspect of cultured meat production and consumption. A virtue-oriented approach can show cultured meat in a different light.

Independent - Oct. 18, 2022, Monty Stites

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.