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Exploring The Linkages Between Social Impact Grantmaking & Social Innovation: Insights For Grantmaking Practices, Jodi Lockhart

Masters Projects

The discussion and search for more advanced societal wellness and public health is centuries old, yet data suggests that public health and social care systems continue to struggle. In pursuit of mitigating this broad array of challenges, both government and private philanthropic funders have prolifically used grantmaking as a funding mechanism. Within this quest for positive social impact, many funders have expressed interest in the emerging field of social innovation. This study seeks to examine the use of social innovation in the strategic grantmaking practices of funders in Colorado, exploring how these organizations are integrating social innovation into their funding …

Ud Students Advance To The Final Round Of Olympic Case Study Competition, University Of Dayton. School Of Education And Health Sciences

School of Education and Health Sciences Blog Archive

A group of students in the global sport, culture and business class participated in the first international undergraduate-level case study competition hosted by the International Olympic Committee and advanced to the final round.

Mapping Out, Hector Escobar, Erik Ziedses Des Plantes

University Libraries Blog Archive

On Nov. 20, Roesch Library hosted its first GIS Day, a global event promoting the use and understanding of geographic information systems.

Coexisting Growing Teratoma Syndrome And Gliomatosis Peritonei Following Ovarian Immature Teratoma: A Case Report And Literature Review, Osman Türkmen, Serra Akar İnan, Serap Akbay, Mohammad İbrahi̇m Hali̇lzade, İnci̇ Hali̇lzade, Özlem Moraloğlu Teki̇n

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: Growing teratoma syndrome (GTS) is marked by the reduction in serum tumor markers, despite the growth of a benign mature teratomatous mass after chemotherapy treatment for germ cell tumors. Gliomatosis Peritonei (GP) is often seen with ovarian teratomas, involving the spread of mature glial tissue on the peritoneum. The coexistence of GP with GTS following treatment for ovarian immature teratoma (IMT) is particularly rare with about 20 cases reported thus far.Case: A 25-year-old patient underwent surgical removal of an adnexal mass. On paraffin pathology, she was deemed to have stage III A grade 3 ovarian IMT with parametrial involvement. …

Factors Associated With Morbidity Of Totally Implantable Venous Access Device In Patients With Breast Cancer, Burak İlhan, Berkay Kiliç

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: To investigate the possible morbidities associated with the implantation of a totally implantable venous access device (TIVAD) in breast cancer (BC) patients.Materials and methods: Clinical data and developed complications in 546 BC patients with TIVAD between 2017 and 2021 were analyzed retrospectively. Among these patients, 524 (96.0%) patients who underwent TIVAD implantation via the right subclavian vein (SCV) route were examined separately.Results: The mean patient age was 56.1±11.4 years, and the mean patient body mass index was 25.3±6.5. The incidence of early complications was 2.3% (12 cases), and late complications were 2.6% (14 cases). Among these complications, 10 (1.9%) …

Evaluation Of The Update On Screening For Retinopathy Of Prematurity In A Tertiary Care Center In Türkiye With Retrospective Cohort, Emi̇ne Kaya Güner, Duygu İnci̇ Bozbiyik

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: In Turkey, recommendations for screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) have been updated in 2021. Herein, we aimed to present detailed data on the infants included in the screening according to the new criteria and evaluate whether these changes benefit in detecting severe ROP.Materials and Methods: Our hospital's medical records of babies screened for ROP between July 2019 - July 2021 and August 2021 - August 2023 were retrospectively examined. Gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW), gender of the babies, whether there was a multiple pregnancy, ROP examination results, the most advanced ROP level and time, and ROP treatment …

Evaluation Of The Efficacy Of Transfer Energy Capacitive And Resistive Therapy In Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis, Özge Tezen, Emi̇ne Esra Bi̇li̇r, Öznur Uzun, Duygu Yaniktaş, Başak Şentürk, Evren Yaşar

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: The aim of present study was to investigate the treatment efficacy of transfer energy capacitive and resistive (TECAR) therapy, a modern application that has been increasingly used in recent years, compared to conventional physical therapy (CPT) applications in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, according to the evaluation of clinical findings of patients.Materials and methods: A total of 54 patients, aged between 40 and 75 years, were randomly divided into two groups. Both groups received CPT. Group 2 received TECAR therapy in addition to CPT, applied three times a week for two weeks, for a total of 6 sessions. All …

Achillea Millefolium Ameliorates Doxorubicin-Induced Renal Injury Via Inhibition Of Oxidative Stress And Inflammation In Rats, Mohammed Shaiea, Yi̇mi̇ng Dong, Saleh Alomisy, Hassan Al-Mahbashi, Guozhong Zhang, Chuan Wang

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: Doxorubicin (Dox) is a potent anticancer medication. Nevertheless, due to nephrotoxicity, its clinical application is restricted. Achillea millefolium (AM) is a traditional medicine used against several disturbances, including kidney disorders. Therefore, this work aims to investigate the preventative properties of AM extract (AME) and their mechanisms against nephrotoxicity caused by Dox in rats. Materials and methods: The rats were assigned randomly to six groups, including a control group, Dox group (5 mg/kg/week via i.p. for 4 weeks), two groups, AME (100 or 200 mg/kg, orally for 28 days), and the last two groups, Dox+ AME (100 or 200 mg/kg, …

The Difference Between Clinical Significance And Statistical Significance: An Important Distinction For Clinical Research, Sadi̇ Elasan

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

No abstract provided.

Civil Rights Clinic Files Brief In Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Against Mayor Eric Adams, Cardozo Civil Rights Clinic

Cardozo News 2024

The New York City Council and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams filed a joint lawsuit to invalidate New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ emergency executive orders that suspend parts of Local Law 42, which bans solitary confinement in city jails. Cardozo School of Law’s Civil Rights Clinic represents the #HALTsolitary Campaign & Jails Action Coalition. Clinic students Elisa Davila ’26 and Ciara Lavin ’26, along with Clinic Director Professor Betsy Ginsberg, are filing an amicus brief on their behalf. The organizations joined public defenders’ offices and the New York Civil Liberties Union as amici to the case.

Oral History Interview: Letitia Perry, Broadcast Journalist And News Anchor, Letitia Perry, Lauren Mccarty

Miami Valley Personalities: Their Stories, Their Words

Letitia Perry is a news reporter and anchor at WHIO-TV, Channel 7, in Dayton, Ohio. She started working at WHIO in 2001.

Oral History Interview: Ray Marcano, News Editor And Reporter, Ray Marcano, Cooper Clark

Miami Valley Personalities: Their Stories, Their Words

No abstract provided.

Trustee's Objection To Disclosure Statement

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

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What Factors Contribute To Racial Disparities In Asthma Prevalence In The United States?, Ali Jones, Marc A. Garcia

Population Health Research Brief Series

Asthma is strongly associated with the environmental factors in which one lives. Poor environmental factors, such as motor vehicle pollution and lack of emergency room access, lead to a higher prevalence of asthma among Black individuals than White individuals. This brief uses data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to highlight Black-White disparities in asthma from 2019-2021 and demonstrates how living in unhealthy conditions results in a higher burden of asthma in Black communities.

Workforce Profile Of Alternatively Certified Teachers In South Carolina For 2022–23, Brian Cartiff, Svetlana Dmitrieva, Angela Starrett

Reports

Alternatively certified teachers constitute a growing portion of public school educators in the US. This is a trend that is expected to continue, due to the declining enrollment in traditional teacher preparation programs across recent years.

As such, this report examines the profiles of alternatively certified teachers working in South Carolina public schools (those currently enrolled in alternative certification programs and those who have completed them). The analysis delves into the demographics and placements of these teachers and explores how their employment correlates with teacher attrition rates. Altogether, it offers preliminary insights into the roles of alternatively certified educators in …

Lifetime Stressor Exposure Is Related To Suicidality In Autistic Adults: A Multinational Study, Rachel L. Moseley, Darren Hedley, Julie M. Gamble-Turner, Mirko Uljarević, Simon M. Bury, Grant Shields, Julian N. Trollor, Mark A. Stokes, George M. Slavich

Psychological Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Despite very high rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) in autistic adults, the key psychosocial drivers of this phenomenon remain unknown. To investigate, we examined how lifetime stressor exposure and severity, which have been found to predict STB in non-autistic populations, related to STB in a multinational dataset of 226 autistic adults from the United Kingdom and Australia (67% female; M_age = 41.8, SD = 13.6, range = 19–73 years old). Results revealed that autistic men and women differ with respect to the count, severity, and type of stressors they experienced over the life course. Whereas autistic men …

African Women Custodians: Teaching, Toponymy And Tacit Reverie In Heritage Education, Tokie Laotan-Brown

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

This paper investigates the critical role of women in African cultures as guardians of cultural heritage. It explores their central function in transmitting traditional ecological knowledge and practices across generations through established pedagogical methods, toponymic knowledge systems (place-names within cultural landscapes), and the cultivation of tacit knowledge. The paper emphasizes the significance of women's contributions to environmental education, often overlooked or undervalued within Western scientific paradigms. This marginalization restricts access to resources and participation in decision-making processes. It argues for the integration of traditional knowledge systems, informed by women's expertise, into formal education and pedagogy. This inclusion serves to validate …

Lower Limb Prosthetics Impact On Social Participation, Kayla Jones, Zeida Gutierrez

Fall 2024 OTD Capstone Symposium

Amputations can cause a lack of motivation which will hinder occupational performance and participation after limb loss (Şimsek et al., 2020). The fit of an individual’s prosthetic is crucial to allow for an increase in participation (Diment et al., 2022). Occupational therapists treat the limb loss community but there is little evidence in the literature to support social participation with the use of a prosthetic limb. There is a need for new research to better understand how the use of a prosthetic can impact an individual’s social participation.

The Role Of Soft Skills In Dental Education: Challenges And Importance, Murali Venkata Rama Mohan Kodali, Unati Sai Kodali, Srikanth Gadicherla, Komal Smriti

Open Access archive

Soft skills encompass interpersonal abilities and values that enable individuals to adapt to diverse circumstances. In dentistry, a combination of soft and hard skills is crucial for successful practice and for achieving health care organization goals. However, dental schools face significant challenges in teaching and evaluating soft skills, including the subjective nature of assessment, variability in student engagement, and the lack of standardized curricula. The development of ethical and critical thinking skills is essential for students to balance competing interests in the profession while maintaining professionalism, such as dedication, accountability, competence, dependability, and respect for others. Health care professionals, including …

Kamala Harris As Durga: United States Presidential Elections And The Goddess In The Imagination Of Hindu Diaspora, Anisha Saxena

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

The Hindu diaspora in the United States has been one of the most educated and highest earning immigrant groups. They exert considerable influence in the arenas of culture, economy and recently politics. They are attempting to institutionalize Hinduism and “educate” Americans about the religion through creation of lobby groups and the use of social media. Motivated by these recent developments, the article examines the processes of creation, reimagination, and consumption of images of the South Asian goddess in the public sphere, and how these images are perceived by the Hindu diaspora.

The Effect Of School Closings On Juvenile Delinquency In Detroit, Denise Gray

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Education and delinquency are two social issues that can impact youth's social and educational success. From 2007 to 2018, 17,597 public schools closed in the United States, affecting three million students. This study focused on the influence of juvenile crime and students' educational experiences in urban communities where a disproportionate number of public schools closed. The problem was limited research on how school closing impacted juvenile delinquency. This qualitative study explored the influence of public school closure on juvenile delinquency through the lens of defense attorneys. Travis Hirschi's social control theory and Robert Agnew's strain theory were used as the …

African Immigrants’ Perceptions Of Employee Performance And Organizational Cultural Barriers In Fortune 500 Companies., Opeyemi Oluwakemi Adebayo

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The frequent underemployment of African immigrants and lower job earnings continues to be a problem in the United States. African immigrants in the United States struggle to effectively navigate the U.S. organizational culture system due to cultural barriers. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore perceptions of African immigrants regarding their employee performance and cultural barriers in terms of communication within Fortune 500 companies in Houston, Texas. Research questions involved how African immigrants navigated and adapted to cultural expectations within Fortune 500 companies and how adaptation influenced their perceptions of job satisfaction and performance. The study was …

Climate Change Affecting Waterfowl Migration, Destiny Fox

D.U.Quark

Climate Change is a major environmental factor in waterfowl migration patterns. Migratory waterfowl are species of birds that live in or around wetlands, mainly including lakes, streams, and marshes. Contaminated bodies of water at stopover sites during migratory seasons can lead to death among many species of waterfowl, as well as water borne diseases from snail eggs. Changing environmental factors can also lead to negative effects on the bird’s ability to forage properly. These environmental factors include the evaporation of several wetlands that have led to waterfowl foraging in local farmers’ land. Focusing more heavily on improving satellite tracking could …

Economic Analysis Of Hiv/Aids Treatment Costs And Policies In The U.S. And Canada, William Cramer '28

Best First-Year Seminar Writing

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The Effect Of Applied Mental Health Courses On College Student Anxiety And Perfectionism, Nathan Thomas Rhees

Theses and Dissertations

University students face a variety of mental health challenges, including increasingly high rates of anxiety. As demand for college counseling services among student populations rises, universities have an increasing need for effective and resource-efficient methods of intervention that support student mental health on their campuses. One area in need of research is that of using university classes themselves as a form of preventive intervention. If effective, this kind of preventive measure might be a particularly attractive method of reducing incidence of mental illness on campus and decreasing demand on university therapy resources. This study involves students at a private university …

Ai-Driven Anomaly Detection In Cybersecurity, Mohamed Almansoori

Theses

India has witnessed a huge level of digitization in the last two decades which has greatly impacted its economy and society. But the increasing use of technology has also intensified the number and level of threats to cyberspace in the country. Signature-based detection systems that have dominated the cybersecurity field for years have not been up to the challenge of modern attackers who use more complex and diverse attack methods. These challenges are well understood and this research focuses on improving the cybersecurity anomaly detection in India during the period between 2003 and 2022 using advanced AI and machine learning. …

Self-Perceived Well-Being Among Doctor Of Physical Therapy Students In The United States In 2022 Compared To 2021, David Kietrys, Ellen Zambo Anderson, James S. Parrott, Suchismita Ray

Journal of Wellness

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to explore well-being in a cohort of Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students in 2022, and compare factors related to well-being to a cohort of DPT students from 2021.

Methods: This cross-sectional observational study combined data from a self-administered survey of participants who had participated in a well-being survey in 2021 (and agreed to be contacted for follow-up one year later) with survey data from first year DPT students during the fall of 2022. The survey included the WHO-5 Well-being Index, the Perceived Stress Scale-10, the Brief Resiliency Scale, and an array of …

Arctic Communities In The Face Of Change: Resilience, Governance, And Well-Being, Abigail York, Andrey N. Petrov, Victoria N. Sharakhmatova, Tatiana Degai, Liza Mack, Vera Metcalf, Rodion Sulyandziga, Sean Asikłuk Topkok, Eduard Zdor

Faculty Publications

This chapter brings together insights from Indigenous scholars and experts from the North Pacific, focusing on the Bering Strait region, within a framework emphasizing multi-level governance derived from western academic literature. The chapter highlights a ground-up view of the complexities and challenges Indigenous communities face in this region. Narratives emphasize community experiences in a rapidly changing Arctic with a particular focus on the environment and economy. Yet, there is great diversity in the experiences as well as the threats, emphasizing the need to Indigenize concepts such as environment, economy, governance, and sustainable development. Highlighting local narratives, we explore both unique …

The Relationship Between Drug Induced Immunogenicity And Hypersensitivity Reactions And Skin Tests Related To Infliximab, Etanercept And Adalimumab In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis And Ankylosing Spondylitis, Alper Doğanci, Şebnem Ataman, Ali̇ Özdemi̇rel, Recep Seçki̇n, Ayşe Yalçin, Sevi̇m Bavbek

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background and aim: We aimed to investigate the relationship between serum anti-drug antibody (ADAb), hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) to anti-tumor necrosis factors (anti-TNFs) drugs and to detect the role of skin tests in the diagnosis of HSRs against anti-TNFs.Material and methods: 69 ankylosing spondilitis (AS) and 46 rheumatoid artritis (RA) patients using infliximab, adalimumab, and etanercept were enrolled. Disease activity scores for AS and RA patients were assessed. Serum levels of anti-TNFs and ADAb to these agents were measured with the ELISA.These blood samples were taken 24 hours before the next drug dose.The patients with anti-TNF-associated HSRs were evaluated with a …

The Impact Of Major Sporting Events In Kalamazoo On Consumer Behavior, Nicholas Biel

Honors Theses

Sporting events are a force in the growth and sustainability of a community’s economy. In a market like Kalamazoo, collegiate football games such as those at Western Michigan University and annual events like the Kalamazoo Marathon play a pivotal role in bolstering the economy. This research demonstrates the effects on consumer behavior at restaurants in Kalamazoo, Michigan that are caused by these major sporting events. By examining data from the platform Placer.ai, and conducting interviews with local restaurants, this research examines trends in consumer habits, movements, and engagement. Placer.ai is a platform that tracks location analytics using data collected anonymously …