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Ani172.1 Stop Motion Animation Example 1, Sae University College

Exemplars

Example of the ANI172 stop motion animation project along with associated pre-production materials.

Furthering Development Of Smart Fabrics To Improve The Accessibility Of Music Therapy, Ellie Nguyen, Daisy Z. Fernandez-Reyes, Franceli L. Cibrian

Engineering Faculty Articles and Research

In this paper, we present the design and development of HarmonicThreads, a smart, cost-effective fabric augmented by generative machine learning algorithms to create music in real time according to the user's interaction. In this manner, we hypothesize that individuals with sensory differences could take advantage of the fabric's flexibility, the music will adapt according to users' interaction, and the affordable hardware we propose will make it more accessible. We follow a design thinking methodology using data from a multidisciplinary team in Mexico and the United States. Then we will close this paper by discussing challenges in developing accessible smart fabrics …

Serena Bratten Junior Recital, Arkansas State University Department Of Music

Performance Programs

No abstract provided.

Irrigation Increases On-Farm Soybean Yields In Water-Limited Environments Without A Trade-Off In Seed Protein Concentration, Walter D. Carciochi, Patricio Grassini, Seth Naeve, James E. Specht, Mitiku Mamo, Ron Seymour, Aaron Nygren, Nathan Mueller, Sarah Sivits, Christopher A. Proctor, Jenny Rees, Todd Whitney, N. Cafaro La Menza

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Context or problem: A trade-off between seed protein concentration (SPC) and yield has been reported for soybean. Therefore, assessing management practices that can nullify this trade-off is relevant to avoid further declines in SPC in the future as yield continues to increase. While the positive effect of irrigation on yield is well documented, only a few studies have assessed the impact of irrigation on SPC, showing conflicting results.

Objective or research question: The objective was to determine if the trade-off between seed yield and SPC persists when irrigation is applied and how management, soil, and weather factors influence the trade-off. …

Private Patrolling At The Boundaries Of Public Duty, Kathleen M. Naccarato

Northwestern University Law Review

In the shadow of contemporary debates over police functions, funding, and accountability, a new form of preventative policing has proliferated. Improvement districts, most commonly associated with downtown revitalization efforts, increasingly served a new purpose—crime control. Communities dissatisfied with public police services have found that they may leverage improvement district tax revenues to hire off-duty police officers to patrol their neighborhoods. This trend has not been without controversy. Critics have contended that these semiprivate, semipublic police patrols create a two-tier system of public safety, allowing wealthy residents to privately purchase powers that belong to the public as a whole.

This Note …

Molecular Characterization Of Clostridium Perfringens Isolates From A Tertiary Children's Hospital In Guangzhou, China, Establishing An Association Between Bacterial Colonization And Food Allergies In Infants., Kun-Yi Huang, Bing-Shao Liang, Xiao-Yan Zhang, Huan Chen, Ni Ma, Jiao-Li Lan, Ding-You Li, Zhen-Wen Zhou, Min Yang

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA) is one of the most common types of food allergy in infants. Faecal pathogen cultures showed that the positive rate of Clostridium perfringens was more than 30%, which was significantly higher than that for other bacteria. Therefore, it is speculated that Clostridium perfringens colonization may be one of the pathogenetic factors for CMPA in infants. We conducted a real-world evidence study. Infants aged 0-6 months with diarrhoea and mucoid and/or bloody stools were recruited from a large tertiary hospital in China. Faecal pathogen cultures for the detection of Clostridium perfringens were confirmed by flight …

Trends And Challenges In The Utilization Of Web-Based Information Repositories For The Academicians Of University Libraries In Tamil Nadu, Vasanth R, Catherin Beula C, Balasubramanian P

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A Web-Based Information repository is a technology used to collect and organize multimedia information such as images, text, audio, video, software, and scientific data. It improves knowledge management and provides high-speed access to the database. The researcher made an initiative to analyze the trends in information services accessed from the university library website and to analyze the satisfaction of the respondents with Web-Based Information Repositories available in the sample unit. The target population of this study is research scholars in various departments of Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. The questionnaire method has been used for the collection of data required. A …

How Exemplary Female Executive Leaders In Higher Education Use Five Principles Of Grit—Courage, Conscientiousness, Long-Term Goals, Resilience, And Excellence Versus Perfection—To Accomplish Extraordinary Results In Their Organizations, Julie Pettitt

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify and describe how exemplary female leaders who hold executive roles in higher education use five principles associated with grit (courage, conscientiousness, long-term goals, resilience, and excellence versus perfection) to accomplish extraordinary results in their organizations. It challenges the notion that academic credentials and intelligence alone drive leadership success, emphasizing the role of grit in extraordinary leadership. This study delves into the barriers women encounter in reaching executive roles, their strategies for overcoming challenges, and how they leverage gritty qualities to facilitate and sustain transformative change. Methodology: A phenomenological design was …

The Impact Of Modern Dietary Practices On Cancer Risk And Progression: A Systematic Review, Stephanie Nagy, Stephanie N. Petrosky, Michelle Demory Beckler, Marc M. Kesselman

HPD Articles

Cancer is a leading cause of mortality around the world, despite continued advancements in the management of cancer. Recent research efforts have shifted to evaluating the role that modifiable risk factors play in cancer risk and development, as diet and nutrition have been found to play a significant role in the onset and progression of cancer. As a result, there has been an increasing focus on the impact of dietary modifications on preventing the onset, progression, and reoccurrence of cancer. In this systematic review, data were collected on three common diets, the Mediterranean diet (MD), ketogenic diet (KD), and plant-based …

Wallow In Words, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

“Who wouldn’t want this honor because Erma is the G.O.A.T.,” one writer wrote in a pitch to be selected for A Hotel Room of One's Own: The Erma Bombeck | Anna Lefler Humorist-in-Residence Program.

Classification Of Chronic Pain Using Fmri Data: Unveiling Brain Activity Patterns For Diagnosis, Rejula V, Anitha J, Belfin Robinson

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Millions of people throughout the world suffer from the complicated and crippling condition of chronic pain. It can be brought on by several underlying disorders or injuries and is defined by chronic pain that lasts for a period exceeding three months. To better understand the brain processes behind pain and create prediction models for pain-related outcomes, machine learning is a potent technology that may be applied in Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) chronic pain research. Data (fMRI and T1-weighted images) from 76 participants has been included (30 chronic pain and 46 healthy controls). The raw data were preprocessed using fMRIprep …

Metabolomic Phenotype Of Hepatic Steatosis And Fibrosis In Mexican Children Living With Obesity, Nayely Garibay-Nieto, Karen Pedraza-Escudero, Isabel Omaña-Guzmán, María José Garcés-Hernández, Eréndira Villanueva-Ortega, Mariana Flores-Torres, José Luis Pérez-Hernández, Mireya León-Hernández, Estibalitz Laresgoiti-Servitje, Berenice Palacios-González, Juan Carlos López-Alvarenga, Mauricio Lisker-Melman, Felipe Vadillo-Ortega

2020-Current year OA Pubs

No abstract provided.

Metabolomic Phenotype Of Hepatic Steatosis And Fibrosis In Mexican Children Living With Obesity, Nayely Garibay-Nieto, Karen Pedraza-Escudero, Isabel Omaña-Guzmán, María José Garcés-Hernández, Eréndira Villanueva-Ortega, Mariana Flores-Torres, José Luis Pérez-Hernández, Mireya León-Hernández, Estibalitz Laresgoiti-Servitje, Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga

School of Medicine Publications

Background and Objectives: Metabolic-dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease or MASLD is the main cause of chronic liver diseases in children, and it is estimated to affect 35% of children living with obesity. This study aimed to identify metabolic phenotypes associated with two advanced stages of MASLD (hepatic steatosis and hepatic steatosis plus fibrosis) in Mexican children with obesity.

Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional analysis derived from a randomized clinical trial conducted in children and adolescents with obesity aged 8 to 16 years. Anthropometric and biochemical data were measured, and targeted metabolomic analyses were carried out using mass spectrometry. …

The Gut Microbiome As A Biomarker And Therapeutic Target In Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Betul Gok Yavuz, Saumil Datar, Shadi Chamseddine, Yehia I Mohamed, Michael Lapelusa, Sunyoung S Lee, Zishuo Ian Hu, Eugene J Koay, Hop S Tran Cao, Prasun Kumar Jalal, Carrie Daniel-Macdougall, Manal Hassan, Dan G Duda, Hesham M Amin, Ahmed O Kaseb

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The microbiome is pivotal in maintaining health and influencing disease by modulating essential inflammatory and immune responses. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), ranking as the third most common cause of cancer-related fatalities globally, is influenced by the gut microbiome through bidirectional interactions between the gut and liver, as evidenced in both mouse models and human studies. Consequently, biomarkers based on gut microbiota represent promising non-invasive tools for the early detection of HCC. There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that the composition of the gut microbiota may play a role in the efficacy of immunotherapy in different types of cancer; thus, …

Integrin Signaling Is Critical For Myeloid-Mediated Support Of T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Aram Lyu, Ryan S Humphrey, Seo Hee Nam, Tyler A Durham, Zicheng Hu, Dhivya Arasappan, Terzah M Horton, Lauren I R Ehrlich

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

We previously found that T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) requires support from tumor-associated myeloid cells, which activate Insulin Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor (IGF1R) signaling in leukemic blasts. However, IGF1 is not sufficient to sustain T-ALL in vitro, implicating additional myeloid-mediated signals in leukemia progression. Here, we find that T-ALL cells require close contact with myeloid cells to survive. Transcriptional profiling and in vitro assays demonstrate that integrin-mediated cell adhesion activates downstream focal adhesion kinase (FAK)/ proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (PYK2), which are required for myeloid-mediated T-ALL support, partly through activation of IGF1R. Blocking integrin ligands or inhibiting FAK/PYK2 signaling …

Stabilizing Peri-Stent Restenosis Using A Novel Therapeutic Carrier, Maria P Blasco Conesa, Frank W Blixt, Pedram Peesh, Romeesa Khan, Janelle Korf, Juneyoung Lee, Gayathri Jagadeesan, Alexander Andersohn, Tushar K Das, Chunfeng Tan, Claudia Di Gesu, Gabriela Delevati Colpo, Jose Félix Moruno-Manchón, Louise D Mccullough, Robert Bryan, Bhanu P Ganesh

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Stroke is the most common cause of long-term disability and places a high economic burden on the global healthcare system. Functional outcomes from stroke are largely determined by the extent of ischemic injury, however, there is growing recognition that systemic inflammatory responses also contribute to outcomes. Mast cells (MCs) rapidly respond to injury and release histamine (HA), a pro-inflammatory neurotransmitter that enhances inflammation. The gut serves as a major reservoir of HA. We hypothesized that cromolyn, a mast cell stabilizer that prevents the release of inflammatory mediators, would decrease peripheral and central inflammation, reduce MC trafficking to the brain, and …

The Neuroimmune Regulation And Potential Therapeutic Strategies Of Optic Pathway Glioma, Khushboo Irshad, Yu-Kai Huang, Paul Rodriguez, Jung Lo, Benjamin E Aghoghovwia, Yuan Pan, Kun-Che Chang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Optic pathway glioma (OPG) is one of the causes of pediatric visual impairment. Unfortunately, there is as yet no cure for such a disease. Understanding the underlying mechanisms and the potential therapeutic strategies may help to delay the progression of OPG and rescue the visual morbidities. Here, we provide an overview of preclinical OPG studies and the regulatory pathways controlling OPG pathophysiology. We next discuss the role of microenvironmental cells (neurons, T cells, and tumor-associated microglia and macrophages) in OPG development. Last, we provide insight into potential therapeutic strategies for treating OPG and promoting axon regeneration.

Contact With Caregivers Is Associated With Composition Of The Infant Gastrointestinal Microbiome In The First 6 Months Of Life, Kyle S. Wiley, Andrew M. Gregg, Molly M. Fox, Venu Lagishetty, Curt A. Sandman, Jonathan P. Jacobs, Laura M. Glynn

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

Objectives

Little is known about how physical contact at birth and early caregiving environments influence the colonization of the infant gastrointestinal microbiome. We investigated how infant contact with caregivers at birth and within the first 2 weeks of life relates to the composition of the gastrointestinal microbiome in a sample of U.S. infants (n = 60).

Methods

Skin-to-skin and physical contact with caregivers at birth and early caregiving environments were surveyed at 2 weeks postpartum. Stool samples were collected from infants at 2 weeks, 2, 6, and 12 months of age and underwent 16S rRNA sequencing as a proxy …

Conserving Nature's Chorus: Local And Landscape Features Promoting Frog Species Richness In Farm Dams, Martino E. Malerba, Jodi J L Rowley, Peter I. Macreadie, James Frazer, Nicholas J. Wright, Nayyar Zaidi, Asef Nazari, Dhananjay Thiruvady, Don A. Driscoll

Climate Science Research Articles

Habitat loss is a key factor in the ongoing freshwater biodiversity crisis. A promising way to help tackle the rapid decline in freshwater biodiversity is to improve the potential for artificial wetlands to provide habitat for aquatic wildlife. Farm dams (also known as agricultural ponds) are among the most abundant waterbodies in agricultural landscapes and can act as “oases” against droughts for many species. Despite their prominent role in agriculture, predictive models to evaluate their ecological potential are yet to emerge. Here we use a continental-scale data set of 104,013 audio recordings from citizen scientists to identify and locate 107 …

Geospatial Data Integration Middleware For Exploratory Analytics Addressing Regional Natural Resource Grand Challenges In The Us Mountain West, Shannon Albeke, Nicholas Case, Samantha Ewers, Jeffrey Hamerlinck, William Kirkpatrick, Jerod Merkle, Luke Todd

I-GUIDE Forum

This paper describes CyberGIS-based research and development aimed at improving geospatial data integration and visual analytics to better understand the impact of regional climate change on water availability in the U.S. Rocky Mountains. Two Web computing applications are presented. DEVISE - Derived Environmental Variability Indices Spatial Extractor, streamlines utilization of environmental data for better-informed wildlife decisions by biologists and game managers. The WY-Adapt platform aims to enhance predictive understanding of climate change impacts on water availability through two modules: “Current Conditions” and “Future Scenarios”. It integrates high-resolution models of the biophysical environment and human interactions, providing a robust framework for …

Plains-Wanderer, Yaffah N. Ferber

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

The short story Plains-wanderer, is a historical fiction based upon the real-life experiences of a Jewish Polish tailor living in Europe during the era of World War II.

Experimental Investigation On Spray Characteristics Of Waste Cooking Oil Biodiesel/Diesel Blends At Different Injection Parameters, Medhat Elkelawy, A. E. El-Shenawy, Hagar Alm Eldin Mohamad, Salma Khalaf Abd Al Monem

Journal of Engineering Research

Biodiesel is a promising alternative solution for the energy crisis, as it is renewable, biodegradable, non - toxic and it has a fully competitive edge with petrol diesel in most technical aspects. Because of the increasing global request for diesel fuel consumption, consumption of non-renewable fossil fuels, exhaust emissions, all these led to search about alternative fuels. Biodiesel is one of the potential alternatives for depleting fossil fuels. Biodiesel fuel is an eco-friendly and renewable source of energy. Biodiesel fuel is an eco-friendly and renewable source of energy. Biodiesel is one of the best solutions and alternatives available to all …

Investigation Of Operational Conditions For The Removal Of Methylene Blue By Fenton Reaction, Aya Tolpa, Mohamed Elsamadony, Hafez Afifi, Mohamed Gar Alalm

Journal of Engineering Research

Fenton reaction has been concerned by many researchersdue to easy operation and effective degradation of bioresistantorganics. This study aims to investigate the effect ofthe operational conditions on the effectiveness of Fenton’sprocess for the decolorization of methylene blue.The influenceof methylene blue, pH, dose of H2O2 , ferrous sulfateconcentration from the wastewater were studied. Experimentshave shown that highly affect by the value of pH, Laboratoryexperiment conducted in the lab proved that pH should bebetween 3 - 4 to give the best results, It also proved that theincreasing of the dose of both hydrogen peroxide and ferroussulfate enhanced the removal efficiency of MB.

The Student Movement Volume 108 Issue 4: Heritage And Harvest: No Leaf Unturned In Our History, Savannah Tyler, Nehemiah Sitler, Nick Bishop, Amelia Stefanescu, Madison Vath, Katrina Johnson, Andrew Francis, Erin Beers, Ruben Colón, Sumin Lee, Rodney Bell Ii, Katherine Pierre, Anna Rybachek, Chris Ngugi

The Student Movement v. 108 (2023-2024)

HUMANS

Autumn Has Awakened, Interviewed by Savannah Tyler

Do You Even Ball? Who is Pastor Shane Anderson, really, Nehemiah Sitler

Genesis Fellowship: Nurturing Faith and Diversity on Campus, Nick Bishop

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Musical Gift at the Alumni Weekend, Amelia Stefanescu

Artist Highlight: Hispanic Heritage Month Edition, Madison Vath

AU Architecture Program Part II, Katrina Johnson

"She and Her Cat": A Sea of Words, Amelia Stefanescu

NEWS

Cardinals Basketball Crash Lands on Alumni Weekend, Andrew Francis

Sparks Fly for Student Missionaries in Bolivia, Nehemiah Sitler

IDEAS

Are Adventists Forfeiting Their Future?, Erin Beers

Honduras: Discovery of America Day, Ruben …

Minutes 10-6-2023 | Committee Management Committee, Megan Phillips

Committee Management Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Investigating Rare Genetic Variants Of Unknown Significance In Ldha, Animesh Dali, Brennan Jensen, Olivia Lockette, Duyen Nguyen

Annual Student Research Poster Session

The exponential expansion and advancement of genetic sequencing has revealed the molecular basis of many genetic diseases. However, many genetic mutations are still classified as variants of unknown significance (VUS). Our lab focused on eleven missense variants in Lactate Dehydrogenase A (LDHA), an enzyme vital in anaerobic respiration. The intent with our research is to produce data on the kinetic functionality of wild type LDHA and compare this to its mutants of unknown significance. This data, supplemented with the structural information of the mutants can help reduce the ambiguity in the diagnosis of genetic disorders involving the LDHA enzyme. Currently, …

Effects Of Large Mammal Exclusion On Seedling Communities Depend On Plant Species Traits And Landscape Protection In Human-Modified Costa Rican Forests, Nohemi Huanca-Nuñez, University Of Connecticut, University Of The Sunshine Coast, Sabrina E. Russo

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

1. Large terrestrial herbivorous mammals (LTH-mammals) influence plant community structure by affecting seedling establishment in mature tropical forests. Many of these LTH-mammals frequent secondary forests, but their effects on seedling establishment in them are understudied, hindering our understanding of how LTH-mammals influence forest regeneration in human-modified landscapes.
2. We tested the hypothesis that the strength of LTH-mammals' effects on seedling establishment depends on landscape protection, forest successional stage and plant species' traits using a manipulative field experiment in six 1-ha sites with varying successional age and landscape protection. In each site, we established 40 seedling plot-pairs, with one plot excluding LTH-mammals and …

Gnsi Decision Brief: Who Will Rebuild Ukraine's Public Health And Disease Research Laboratories?, Kelli L. Barr, Eric Bortz, Anton Gerilovych, Oleksii Solodiankin

GNSI Decision Briefs

Amid the devastating war in Ukraine, a parallel battle rages on – that against infectious diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic starkly underlined the vital importance of global health surveillance for emerging and re-emerging human and animal pathogens. This challenge has become even more acute in war-torn regions like Ukraine, where healthcare infrastructure is under siege. For viruses with pandemic potential, such as the influenza virus, worldwide surveillance initiatives are essential in tracking the virus’s movement and spread among both animals and humans. Such monitoring serves dual purposes. Firstly, it guides the formulation of the yearly vaccine, ensuring it remains effective against …

Isang Rebista Ng Mga Empirikal Na Pag-Aaralsa Pinagkumparang Bisa Ng Ingles At Wikang Pilipino Bilang Midyum Ng Pagtuturo (A Review Of Empirical Studies On The Relative Efficacy Of English Versus Filipino Languages As Medium Of Instruction), Dr. Gregorio Del Pilar

Mabini Review

Special Feature Manuscript

Nussbaum: The Importance Of Storytelling And Engendering Compassion For Today’S Political Life, Kristoffer Bolaños,

Mabini Review

Nussbaum’s Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions addresses the importance of compassion in social and political practices, in the face of a rather emotionless (and hence, fragmented and reductionistic) Western political mindset. But rather than crude emotion driven by waywardness and directionless thinking, the compassion she suggests is likened to a reasonable political psychology, which is a sort of empowerment for individuals—it opens avenues for understanding the vulnerabilities even of the most marginalized sectors of the society, therefore, rather than hating them for being the way they are, we can be sympathetic about, say, the external economic and institutional …