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November 28, 2023, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

Job Satisfaction, Sarah Stepanek, Megan Paul

Umbrella Summaries

What is job satisfaction?

Job satisfaction is generally thought of as the degree to which an individual likes or dislikes their job (Spector, 1997). Along with organizational commitment, it is one of the most commonly studied job attitudes and is used as a way to gauge how employees feel about their jobs and as a reflection of how well the organization is functioning. Job satisfaction is commonly considered as either “a global feeling about the job or as a related constellation of attitudes about various aspects or facets of the job” (Spector, 1997, p. 2). Thus, job satisfaction is …

Biochar And Microbial Soil Amendment Effects On Post-Mined Soil For Pinus Echinata Restoration In A Changing Climate, Casey Iwamoto, Courtney Siegert, Joshua J. Granger, Krishna P. Poudel, Adam Polinko, Zachary Freedman

FWRC Publications

In the face of climate uncertainty, there is a need to understand how the success of current restoration efforts may be impacted in the future. Combinations of biochar and microbial soil amendments were used in a greenhouse study to quantify potential benefits for soil health, water quality, and tree growth parameters in post-mined soil. This dataset represents a comprehensive 6-month greenhouse experiment for shortleaf pine restoration with consideration to climate change under dry, average, and wet moisture regimes. Soil amendments were applied to one year old seedlings replicated across moisture treatments including: biochar, microbial, mixture of biochar and microbial, unamended …

Evidence-Supported Interventions For Reducing Secondary Stroke Risk In Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review, Alyssa M. Edwards, Christopher J. Burant, Shirley M. Moore, Carol Blixen, Maratha Sajatovic

Faculty Scholarship

The study set out to perform a systematic literature review of evidence-based interventions that target the reduction of secondary stroke risk in Africa. The review analyzed longitudinal intervention studies conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on adult participants who had suffered a prior stroke. It encompassed publications and peer-reviewed papers sourced from reputable databases, including PubMed, Ovid, Cochrane, and Web of Science. Three randomized clinical trial (RCT) studies were included with sample sizes ranging from 16 to 400 participants, mean age ranged between 50 and 66 years, with 64.5% male participants. All studies applied multidisciplinary team interventions of enhanced patient follow-up …

Maternal Age Extremes And Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes In Low-Resourced Settings, Paul Nyongesa, Osayame Ekhaguere, Irene Marete, Constance Tenge, Milsort Kemoi, Carla Bann, Sherri Bucher, Archana Patel, Patricia Hibberd, Farnaz Naqvi, Sarah Saleem, Robert Goldenberg, Shivaprasad Goudar, Richard Derman, Nancy Krebs, Ana Garces, Elwyn Chomba, Waldemar Carlo, Musaku Mwenechanya, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Melissa Bauserman, Marion Koso-Thomas, Janet Moore, Elizabeth Mcclure, Edward Liechty, Fabian Esamai

Global Health Articles

INTRODUCTION: Adolescent (years) and advanced maternal age (>35 years) pregnancies carry adverse risks and warrant a critical review in low- and middle-income countries where the burden of adverse pregnancy outcomes is highest.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and adverse pregnancy (maternal, perinatal, and neonatal) outcomes associated with extremes of maternal age across six countries.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed a historical cohort analysis on prospectively collected data from a population-based cohort study conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Pakistan, and Zambia between 2010 and 2020. We included pregnant women and their neonates. We describe the …

Economic Aspects Of Cash Access Problems, Arkadiusz Manikowski

European Management Studies

Purpose: The aim of the article is to examine if difficulty of access to cash may influence the financial exclusion in Poland. Design/methodology/approach: The analysis was performed using microdata collected in the survey on payment habits of Polish consumers and spatial data on ATMs locations. Estimated distance to points where cash can be withdrawn together with feature of respondents of the state of possession of a payment account helps to identify relationships between access to cash and financial exclusion. To prove significance of the relationship, a statistical test is used. Findings: The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the existence of a …

2023-November-28-Alumnus Utilizes Pharmacy Informatics Training In New Role, Bill Gatton College Of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

The nearly 1,000 alumni at ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy serve all over the country in a variety of career specialties that continue to expand beyond traditional roles in community pharmacies.
 
One alumnus from the Class of 2023 has taken a unique role in pharmacy informatics, which focuses on utilizing medication-related data and knowledge within healthcare systems to help deliver optimal medication-related patient care and health outcomes. Dr. Jonathan Holan recently moved to Verona, Wisconsin, near Madison for a new position as a Clinical Project Manager at a company called Epic.
 
“My role is a clear departure from the conventional …

Unstable Homes Exacerbated By Unstable Courts: How Ohio's Split-Child-Custody Jurisdiction Harms Ohio's Children And Families, Philip Shipman

Et Cetera

Raising a child is very difficult. Add to the difficulty in raising a child the specter of a child custody suit, and you have a recipe that can end in disaster.

In Ohio, child custody is not fair. It is not just. It is determined by judges, whose jurisdiction is determined by whether the child’s parents were married to each other. Under this jurisdictional scheme, Ohio’s children are failed. This failure stems from Ohio courts making their own rules without care to fairness and equality. Within most of Ohio’s eighty-eight counties, juvenile and domestic relations courts can, and do, set …

Vaccination Status, Views, And Opinions On The Covid-19 Vaccine, Zuri Dale

COVID Research

The Spring 2023 Tigers Care Vaccination Status and Views/Opinion Survey sought to capture perspectives on COVID-19 vaccination within the Texas Southern University community during spring festivities, engaging 126 respondents. Findings revealed that 86.29% were fully vaccinated, predominantly with the Pfizer vaccine. Among respondents, 78% had received a booster, and 42% expressed willingness to get a new booster in 2023.

Hesitancy was reported by 40% of participants, driven by concerns about long-term effects and vaccine safety. Factors like medical consultations and research helped change minds among hesitant individuals. A small segment (9.68%) remained unvaccinated, largely citing personal choice or distrust in …

Joint Senate Meeting Minutes 11-28-23, Unk Student Government

Joint Senate Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Probability Distribution Fitting For Censored Data: A Practical Guide For Survival Analysis Of Nbi Data For Concrete Bridge Decks In Oregon, Asmaa Almeshaileh

Dissertations and Theses

Many sophisticated statistical models and analyses have been proposed to analyze datasets derived from the national bridge inventory (NBI). These objectives range from creating an understanding of the factors that drive the deterioration of bridge members to providing agencies with quantitative information for their maintenance and repair decisions. As these models become increasingly sophisticated and difficult to comprehend and implement, practicing engineers and owners are less likely to use them. Often, however, grouping data intuitively, for example, per a select structure type or condition rating and analyzing them using prescriptive statistics such as distribution fitting, does not only lie in …

Motivation To Collaborate: A Qualitative Exploration Of The Perspectives Of Service Providers On An Alternative First Response Program, Desiree' J. Duboise

Dissertations and Theses

Alternative first response programs have existed in the United States for decades, and the formation of these programs has increased across the country in light of public calls for non-police responses to emergency. Portland Street Response (PSR) is an alternative first response program located in Portland, Oregon. The program assists individuals experiencing mental health crises by providing unarmed response in non-violent situations that ordinarily would be responded to by armed police officers. In order for such programs to thrive, collaboration with other organizations is crucial. Service-providing organizations are uniquely prepared to collaborate with a program such as PSR due to …

Revisiting “Refugee” In A Changing Climate: How Migrants Impacted By Climate Change And The Transboundary Movement Of Hazardous Waste Fit Into Existing Refugee Policy, Bailey Mcnamara

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Towards Digital Health Transformation: The Urgency Of Electronic Student Health Reports (Case Study In Sd Negeri Cipedak 03, South Jakarta And Puskesmas Jagakarsa), Retnowati Retnowati, Kemal N. Siregar, Dion Zein Nurizin, Arief Azhari Ilyas

Jurnal Biostatistik, Kependudukan, dan Informatika Kesehatan

The community health center (Puskesmas) routinely collects student health examination data in health report books, causing storage, monitoring, and analysis difficulties. This has led to suboptimal health interventions involving parents, schools, and Puskesmas. This research analyzes user needs in developing an electronic-based student health report. This qualitative descriptive study employs the Framework for the Application of System Thinking (FAST) approach. The research was conducted at the Puskesmas Jagakarsa and SD Negeri Cipedak 03, South Jakarta. The study findings indicate utilizing student health report books is not optimal. Based on the needs analysis, there is a necessity to develop an electronic-based …

Analisis Spasial Autokorelasi Tuberkulosis Di Pulau Jawa Tahun 2021, Nayaka Nayottama Pamadi, Kemal N. Siregar, Martya Rahmaniati, Atmiroseva Atmiroseva

Jurnal Biostatistik, Kependudukan, dan Informatika Kesehatan

Tuberkulosis (TB) adalah salah satu penyakit menular yang masih menjadi masalah kesehatan masyarakat di Indonesia. Terlebih, adanya pandemi COVID-19 berimbas kepada berkurangnya progress dan penanganan TB di tahun 2021, maka dari itu dilakukan penelitian untuk mengetahui situasi TB dan melihat hubungan spasial pada kasus TB dengan faktor-faktor risikonya di salah satu wilayah dengan jumlah kasus tertinggi di Indonesia; Pulau Jawa, di tingkat kabupaten/kota. Faktor risiko dibagi menjadi dua kelompok, yaitu faktor geografis seperti rata-rata ketinggian, suhu tahunan, dan kelembaban tahunan; serta faktor sosiodemografi yang mencakup kepadatan penduduk/densitas, jumlah fasilitas kesehatan, dan rata-rata usia diagnosis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya pola mengelompok …

Conflict Between State Economic Developmentpolicy And Federal Communications Policyregarding Ng9-1-1 And Psaps, James E. Holloway

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Not Just “Another Brick In The Wall” - The Dangers Of Categorically Banning Contract And Tort Disputes Stemming From A Minister’S Employment Relationship, Steven Schinella Jr.

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Bird Diversity In Aketajawe Lolobata National Park, Andy Kurniawan, Nurdiana Abbas, Aqshan Shadikin Nurdin, Firlawanti Lestari Baguna, Fadila Tamnge

Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea

Research on richness and bird species diversity are important for conservation efforts in National Park. Currently, the Aketajawe Lolobata National Park (ALNP) is a habitat patch among industrial areas on Halmahera Island, so that it is important to carry out periodic bird inventories in the national park. Therefore, the need to study the current bird diversity and the status of bird species as a basis for future monitoring and implementation of appropriate conservation measures are important. Bird diversity research needs to be carried out because. Observation plots are placed at primary and secondary forest in Akejawi resort. The research was …

Dan Sharp, Dan Sharp

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Dan Sharp is the child nutrition director in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Adaptive Learning And Virtual Reality Based Conceptual Framework For Dental Training, Meriam Sherif, Nahla Barakat, Abeer Hamdy

Software Engineering

Recently, there has been increasing interest in utilizing virtual reality (VR) technology in dental education and student training. VR based training can provide students with sufficient training and hands-on experience before entering the clinical setting, which in turn helps avoid risks ranging from small errors to severe consequences. However, previous research in this area is limited and none of the previous work proposed a complete, scalable framework for dental students’ education and training. This paper proposes an improved virtual environment for dental training, through an adaptive learning approach, integrated with the VR environment, which is – to the best of …

Origins Of Great Traditions, Joseph J. Reidy

KSU Distinguished Course Repository

This course is a systematic examination of five centers of civilization in Afro-Eurasia during their defining moments. The course focuses on the historical contexts that gave rise to China’s classical philosophies, India’s transcendental world-view, the Judaeo-Christian-Islamic synthesis, African mythoreligious systems of thought, and Latin-European culture in the West. The course’s content emphasizes cross-cultural influences and connections.

November 28, 2023 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Hnrnpa1 Sumoylation Promotes Cold Hypersensitivity In Chronic Inflammatory Pain By Stabilizing Trpa1 Mrna, Qiao Zhang, Weiji Weng, Xiaokun Gu, Jinhua Xiang, Yang Yang, Michael X Zhu, Weidong Gu, Zhenzhou He, Yong Li

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

TRPA1 is pivotal in cold hypersensitivity, but its regulatory mechanisms in inflammatory cold hyperalgesia remain poorly understood. We show here that the upregulation of SUMO1-conjugated protein levels in a complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced inflammatory pain model enhances TRPA1 mRNA stability, ultimately leading to increased expression levels. We further demonstrate that hnRNPA1 binds to TRPA1 mRNA, and its SUMOylation, upregulated in CFA-induced inflammatory pain, contributes to stabilizing TRPA1 mRNA by accumulating hnRNPA1 in the cytoplasm. Moreover, we find that wild-type hnRNPA1 viral infection in dorsal root ganglia neurons, and not infection with the SUMOylation-deficient hnRNPA1 mutant, can rescue the reduced ability …

Jd And Me: Exploring Hybrid Representation Of Pro Se Defendants In Capital Murder Cases, Andrew Wick

Et Cetera

The United States Constitution grants those facing the loss of life and liberty the right to due process and a fair trial under the law. What can be done to ensure criminal defendants facing the death penalty feel as though their desired argument and defense will be presented while still having the appearance of a fair trial? This Article compares a person the law says is qualified to waive counsel and represent themselves and a person qualified to be appointed to represent those facing the death penalty, what is required to waive counsel, the involvement of the trial court and …

Applicability Of Real-Time Ppp Technique In Polar Regions As An Accurate And Efficient Real-Time Positioning System, Reha Meti̇n Alkan, Serdar Erol, Bi̇lal Mutlu

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The polar regions, which include the Arctic and Antarctic areas, attract the attention of people every day, and issues that are closely related to the future of humanity make these regions even more important. Accurate and reliable positioning in polar regions is very critical for scientific research projects and also for commercial, touristic, and other human activities. In this study, the usability and the accuracy performance of the real-time precise point positioning (RT-PPP) technique in high-latitude polar regions with harsh environmental and extreme atmospheric conditions were investigated. Within that framework, the GNSS dataset of six IGS multi-GNSS stations located at …

Promoting Effective Cybersecurity Policy Compliance In Small Businesses, Adelaja Oyesanya Odujinrin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Embracing Uncertainty: A Narrative Case Study On Teacher-Learner Relationships Through Restorative Justice Practices In Education, Zachary Schafer, Guy Trainin

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Theses and Other Student Research

Restorative justice practices in educational settings recognising trauma and extreme life circumstances have become increasingly relevant since the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing impacts of climate change. This narrative inquiry uses Clandinin and Connelly’s suggestions for data collection and narrative structure to describe the interactions between one teacher and one learner over the course of two years in a programme created as an alternative to school suspension. Using a dual framework combining a variety of perspectives from restorative justice practices and Chen’s model of uncertainty management in science education, the researchers iteratively and thematically analysed the teacher-learner interactions. The storied …

Behavioral Science Interventions Could Increase Snap Comprehension And Awareness Among Military Families, Colleen Heflin, Hannah Patnaik, Leonard M. Lopoo, Siobhan O'Keefe

Population Health Research Brief Series

Food insecurity is more common among military families than the general population, and the transition from active service to civilian life is a time of heightened risk. The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) is designed to support food security among low-income families. Many eligible military and veteran families do not enroll in SNAP due to a lack of information, stigma, and administrative barriers. This brief highlights findings from a survey experiment conducted in 2022 and 2023 to assess how small changes to SNAP informational flyers, such as simplifying information provided about SNAP, highlighting that other veterans use SNAP, and emphasizing …

Sex-Associated Differences In Frequencies And Prognostic Impact Of Recurrent Genetic Alterations In Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Alliance, Amlcg), Michael Ozga, Geoffrey L Uy, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Clinical outcome of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is associated with demographic and genetic features. Although the associations of acquired genetic alterations with patients' sex have been recently analyzed, their impact on outcome of female and male patients has not yet been comprehensively assessed. We performed mutational profiling, cytogenetic and outcome analyses in 1726 adults with AML (749 female and 977 male) treated on frontline Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology protocols. A validation cohort comprised 465 women and 489 men treated on frontline protocols of the German AML Cooperative Group. Compared with men, women more often had normal …

Relationship Between The Covid-19 Pandemic And Structural Inequalities Within The Pediatric Trauma Population, Christina Georgeades, Martin S Keller, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted social, political, and economic life across the world, shining a light on the vulnerability of many communities. The objective of this study was to assess injury patterns before and after implementation of stay-at-home orders (SHOs) between White children and children of color and across varying levels of vulnerability based upon children's home residence.

METHODS: A multi-institutional retrospective study was conducted evaluating patients < 18 years with traumatic injuries. A "Control" cohort from an averaged March-September 2016-2019 time period was compared to patients injured after SHO initiation-September 2020 ("COVID" cohort). Interactions between race/ethnicity or social vulnerability index (SVI), a marker of neighborhood vulnerability and socioeconomic status, and the COVID-19 timeframe with regard to the outcomes of interest were assessed using likelihood ratio Chi-square tests. Differences in injury intent, type, and mechanism were then stratified and explored by race/ethnicity and SVI separately.

RESULTS: A total of 47,385 patients met study inclusion. Significant interactions existed between race/ethnicity and the COVID-19 SHO period for intent (p < 0.001) and mechanism of injury (p < 0.001). There was also significant interaction between SVI and the COVID-19 SHO period for mechanism of injury (p = 0.01). Children of color experienced a significant increase in intentional (COVID 16.4% vs. Control 13.7%, p = 0.03) and firearm (COVID 9.0% vs. Control 5.2%, p < 0.001) injuries, but no change was seen among White children. Children from the most vulnerable neighborhoods suffered an increase in firearm injuries (COVID 11.1% vs. Control 6.1%, p = 0.001) with children from the least vulnerable neighborhoods having no change. All-terrain vehicle (ATV) and bicycle crashes increased for children of color (COVID 2.0% vs. Control 1.1%, p = 0.04 for ATV; COVID 6.7% vs. Control 4.8%, p = 0.02 for bicycle) and White children (COVID 9.6% vs. Control 6.2%, p < 0.001 for ATV; COVID 8.8% vs. Control 5.8%, p < 0.001 for bicycle).

CONCLUSIONS: In contrast to White children and children from neighborhoods of …