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Promoting Esg Investing By Trustees: Risk Management And Structuring Solutions, Vincent Ooi, Alvin W. L. See

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The world is falling behind on its commitments to tackle some of the most pressing problems of this century: climate change, inequality, and other obstacles to building a sustainable future. In 2015, all Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (‘UNSDG’) and 169 targets spanning the spectrum of environmental, social and economic dimensions of development. At the mid-point to 2030, the UN Secretary-General reported that of the roughly 140 targets for which data is available, about 12 per cent are on track; more than half are moderately …

Climate-Related Shareholder Activism As Corporate Democracy: A Call To Reform “Acting In Concert” Rules, Dan W. Puchniak, Umakanth Varottil

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Climate change is an issue of global importance, which may turn out to be the issue of this century. Companies are at the core of both the problems and solutions for climate change. Given this reality, it is astounding that in virtually all jurisdictions in the world ‘acting in concert rules,’ which were designed decades ago to facilitate an efficient market for corporate control, effectively prevent shareholders who hold a majority of shares from democratically replacing boards of dirty companies. Our Article exposes this overlooked reality by undertaking the first in-depth comparative analysis of acting in concert rules with a …

The Future Of The International Financial System: The Emerging Cbdc Network And Its Impact On Regulation, Heng Wang, Simin Gao

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a digital form of fiat currency. CBDC has the potential to be a game challenger in the international financial system, bringing increased complexities arising from technology and regulatory considerations, as well as generating greater currency competition. As more states begin exploring CBDC, the interactions between actors may lead to the emergence of a new CBDC network. What shape would the emerging CBDC network take? What would its network effects be? What would be the impact of the CBDC network on the international financial system, or the global financial network? This article explores these questions …

The Geoeconomics Of Belt And Road Disputes: A Case Study On The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Mark Mclaughlin

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This article argues that the dovetailing economic, geopolitical, and security interests that underpin the Belt and Road Initiative demands a dispute resolution mechanism that focuses on broader interests and legal rights. Using the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a case study, it identifies the conditions in which Chinese investors could have initiated an investment arbitration but did not. This can be explained by the rights-based orientation of investment treaties failing to reflect the interests of multi-project initiatives. Instead, alternative methods of home state intervention, such as state-funded political risk insurance, are used to protect investors. In other words, the political …

Purchase, People, And Places: Murder And A Man Of The Cloth

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

Purchase, People, and Places: Murder and a Man of the Cloth

Bobbie Smith Bryant

Grant, Kaskel, And The Infamous General Order Number 11

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

Grant, Kaskel, and the Infamous General Order Number 11

Roy Hensel

Informing Academia: Predictors Of Decision Fatigue Among Nursing Students, Mohammed Munther Al-Hammouri, Jehad Rababah, Jorn Dormans

Health Professions Education

Objectives: The academic life of health professions students, especially nursing, is highly demanding and involves frequent and sequential critical decisions, leading to decision fatigue (DF) and declining decision-making quality. While decision fatigue has been studied in other fields, its implications in health professions, especially nursing, are relatively new. This study aimed to identify predictors of decision fatigue among nursing students, focusing on behavioral, psychological, and spiritual aspects.

Methods: The current study employed a cross-sectional design, recruiting nurses from three major referral hospitals in Jordan via online surveys using valid and reliable measures.

Results: The data from 446 …

Attitudes Toward And Readiness For Medical Artificial Intelligence Among Medical And Health Science Students, Jonas Preposi Cruz, Anara Sembekova, Dinara Omirzakova, Srinivasa Rao Bolla, Ejercito Mangawa Balay-Odao

Health Professions Education

Purpose: This study assessed general attitudes toward artificial intelligence and medical artificial intelligence readiness among medical and health sciences students and examined the factors that influence the medical artificial intelligence readiness of the students.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional quantitative online survey was conducted among medical and health sciences students. We employed the 'General Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence Scale' (GAAIS) to assess students' artificial intelligence attitudes and the 'Medical Artificial Intelligence Readiness of Students Scale for Medical Students' (MAIRS-MS) to measure student readiness for medical artificial intelligence.

Results: Nearly all students did not receive/ attend any experience of …

Investigating The Effects Of Debriefing In Obstetric Anesthesia Simulation Sessions On Non-Technical Skills, A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study, Meriem Bouchareb, Wafa Guellati, Hayet Makhlouf, Samia Felfli, Mahfoud Djebien

Health Professions Education

Purpose. The present study aims to investigate the utilization of simulation-based training in addressing obstetric emergencies, with the goal of enhancing the crisis management capabilities of anesthesia professionals through what is known as Crew Resource Management (CRM) techniques in obstetric settings. The primary objective of this paper is to assess the influence of this program, which is centered on emergency obstetric scenarios, on the non-technical proficiencies among upcoming anesthesiology practitioners.

Method. The research employs experimental setup involving both experimental and control groups. The independent variable involves the application of debriefing sessions on non-technical skills, administered solely to the …

Feasibility And Safety Of Early Post-Covid-19 High-Intensity Gait Training: A Pilot Study, Joakim Halvorsen, Christopher Henderson, Wendy Romney, Magnus Hågå, Tonje Barkenæs Eggen, Jan Egil Nordvik, Ingvild Rosseland, Jennifer Moore

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

Background: The feasibility and safety of rehabilitation interventions for individuals recovering from COVID-19 after the acute stage is not well understood. This pilot study aims to provide a preliminary investigation of the feasibility and safety of providing high-intensity gait training (HIT) with a targeted cardiovascular intensity of 70–85% of the age-predicted maximum heart rate (HRmax) for individuals undergoing rehabilitation post-COVID-19. Methods: Consecutive patients who were medically cleared for HIT were invited to participate in the study. Participants practiced walking in varied contexts (treadmill, overground, and stairs), aiming to spend as much time as possible within their target cardiovascular intensity zone …

Knowledge Translation Task Force For Core Measures Clinical Practice Guideline: A Short Report On The Process And Utilization, Marghuretta D. Bland, Jennifer Moore, Elizabeth Anderl, Megan Eikenberry, Arlene Mccarthy, Geneviève N. Olivier, Tracy Rice, Amelia Siles, Hallie Zeleznik, Wendy Romney

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

Background

As part of the 2018 Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG): A Core Set of Outcome Measures for Adults with Neurologic Conditions Undergoing Rehabilitation, a Knowledge Translation (KT) Task Force was convened. The purpose of this short report was to (1) demonstrate the potential impact of a CPG KT Task Force through a practical example of efforts to implement a CPG into neurologic physical therapy practice and (2) describe the process to convene a KT Task Force and develop products (KT Toolkit) to facilitate implementation of the CPG.

Methods

To describe the process used by the KT Task Force to develop …

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Turkish Journal of Physics

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Clinical Research Coordinator Orientation Manual With Accompanying New Employee Checklist For Managers, Kaitlin Moore, Jean Flanagan, Tarisa Mantia, Kristin Geile, Kelly Koogler, Sarah Fowler-Dixon

HRPO Publications

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Serum Interleukin-22 In Non-Segmental Vitiligo, Fatma Faisal El Dakrory, Maha Elsayed Mahmoud Elsayed, Yousra Ibrahim El-Tantawy Sadeq, Shereen Ezzalregal Alashry

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background: A depigmenting skin condition called vitiligo affects 0.5–2 percent of people globally. It seems to be caused by an interaction between neurological, immunological, and genetic factors. Vitiligo is mediated by cell-mediated reactions, as Th1/Th17 and Tc1 cells. It is thought that the Th17 cell's most specialized cytokine isIL-22. Aim: To explore the blood levels of IL-22 in non-segmental vitiligo and to investigate whether it can be a biomarker in monitoring disease activity and it’s correlation with disease severity. Patient and methods: This study included thirty healthy individuals and sixty non-segmental vitiligo cases (30 with stable vitiligo and 30 with …

Coload Effect On Cardiac Output Measurement Using Transthoracic Echocardiography In Preeclamptic Patients Undergoing Cesarean Delivery, Sherine Ali Elsayed Bakrey, Aya Hasan Masoud Abdelhady, Alaa El-Din Mazy Abdou Mazy, Maha Ahmed Abo-Zeid Salim

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background: During cesarean delivery (CD) for preeclamptic patients under spinal anaesthesia (SA), much intravenous fluids are avoided. Through transthoracic echocardiography, study conducted to assess the hypothesis that colloid plus crystalloid coload will maintain the cardiac output (CO) than crystalloid fluid alone. Methods: Thirty-four preeclamptic patients, scheduled for elective CD, under SA, were allocated according to the fluid coloading into two groups; Crystalloid group (group I); in which the patients received Ringer’s acetate or Crystalloid-colloid group (group II); in which the patients received 6% Hydroxyethyl starch and Ringer’s acetate. The primary outcome was CO while, left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVEDD), …

Audit Of Management Of Diabetic Ketoacidosis In Mansoura Specialized Medical Hospital, Walaa M Abd-El-Fatah, Omnia I State, Basma Z Elmorsy

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background: Egypt is listed among the world's top ten countries regarding the highest number of people with diabetes mellitus (DM). Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a medical emergency which is associated with significant mortality and morbidity in diabetic patients. It is also a common reason for hospitalization and thus is associated with significantly high costs. However, DKA is a potentially reversible condition provided that an emergency and immediate medical attention, appropriate diagnosis and therapy were provided.

Aim: auditing the adherence to protocol for the management of DKA in our Mansoura University Hospital (Specialized Medical Hospital) in Egypt from May 2021 to …

Pathogenic Role Of Angiopoietin-1 And -2 In Community-Acquired Pneumonia Among A Cohort Of Egyptian Children From Rural Areas Of Delta Region, Magdy Mohamed Ebrahim Zedan, Nashwa Khairat Abousamra, Engy Osman Ahmed, Asmaa Salah Ali Gebril

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background: Both an uncontrolled host response and the direct actions of pathogenic agents can be responsible for pneumonia-induced pulmonary hyperpermeability. Two well-known factors that contribute to angiogenesis and regulate inflammation and vascular leakage are angiopoietin-1 (Ang 1) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang 2). Aim: Assessment of Ang 1 and Ang 2 serum levels as indicators of the severity and phenotypes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Subjects and methods: From September 2023 to February 2024, a case-control study was carried out at Mansoura University Children Hospital (MUCH) to assess the serum levels of Ang-1 and Ang-2 as indicators of the severity and phenotypes of …

Exploring Large Language Models For Ontology Learning, Olga Perera, Jun Liu

Research & Publications

Ontology Learning aims to facilitate automatic or semi-automatic ontology development based on machine learning techniques in context of big data. Recent evolution of technology has introduced Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) capable of creating new data, extracting insights from the existing data, and generating coherent texts from various inputs. This ability supports analysis of text data, providing insights and annotations that reduce human effort. This study explores the emerging field of Generative AI, specifically, Large Language Models for ontology learning. We conducted a survey of the current state of Generative AI research with focus on applicability and efficacy for ontology development …

Factors Affecting Users’ Satisfaction With Telehealth Apps: Analysis Of User Reviews Using Bert, Abdullah Wahbeh, Tyler Howes, Omar F. El-Gayar, Raed Seetan, Mohammad Al-Ramahi

Research & Publications

Telehealth mobile apps and telehealth services are increasingly used by patients, particularly, post-COVID-19.This study examines factors related to users’ satisfaction with these apps and services by analyzing reviews from actual telehealth app users. A total of 53,209 reviews were collected from nine telehealth apps on the Google Play store. Using BERT embeddings, UMAP, and HDBSCAN, topics were generated and labeled to identify these factors. Results showed that telehealth app users expressed several factors related to satisfaction with telehealth apps, which could impact the acceptability and adoption of such apps. These include usability (ease of use), usefulness, convenience and efficiency, cost …

Health Benefits And Adverse Effects Of Kratom: A Social Media Text-Mining Approach, Abdullah Wahbeh, Mohammad Al-Ramahi, Omar F. El-Gayar, Tareq Nasralah, Ahmed Elnoshokaty

Research & Publications

Background: Kratom is a substance that alters one’s mental state and is used for pain relief, mood enhancement, and opioid withdrawal, despite potential health risks. In this study, we aim to analyze the social media discourse about kratom to provide more insights about kratom’s benefits and adverse effects. Also, we aim to demonstrate how algorithmic machine learning approaches, qualitative methods, and data visualization techniques can complement each other to discern diverse reactions to kratom’s effects, thereby complementing traditional quantitative and qualitative methods. Methods: Social media data were analyzed using the latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) algorithm, PyLDAVis, and t-distributed stochastic neighbor …

Two Decades Of Design Research On Lessons-Learned Systems: A Systematic Review And Future Research Agenda, Benjamin X. Hou, Omar F. El-Gayar

Research & Publications

Lessons learned systems (LLS) are knowledge management systems (KMS) that collect, verify, store, disseminate, and enable the reuse of experiential knowledge created during the execution of organizational activities. Despite this promise, many scholars have noted that many LLS fail to properly manage their intellectual capital. While behavioral and organizational factors contribute to the success or failure of any IT system, their design is also a critical consideration. Here, a systematic literature review is helpful for understanding the current state of knowledge on LLS design research though to the best of our knowledge, none exists as past reviews have focused on …

Critical Success Factors For Bi Systems Implementation And Delivery: A Systematic Literature Review, Badr Harfoush, Omar F. El-Gayar, Noura Mansoura

Research & Publications

Despite the widespread acquisition of business intelligence (BI) systems, their implementation has not always been successful. This study examines the critical success factors (CSFs) that impact the implementation of BI systems in organizations. The systematic literature review follows the guidelines of Kitchenham and Charter’s research that was published in 2007. A total of 93 articles published between 2011 and 2021 were analyzed for CSF related to BI systems implementation and delivery. The study identified 56 CSFs linked to organization empowerment & operations, 52 CSFs related to system implementation, and 28 CSFs associated with user enablement. The study found a paucity …

Factors Influencing Blockchain Implementation In Supply Chain Management: An Exploratory Pilot Study, Aravindh Sekar, Deb Tech, Patti Brooks, Cherie Noteboom

Research & Publications

This study presents findings from a pilot study investigating key factors influencing the successful implementation of blockchain technology in supply chain organizations. Based on data collected from five participants, the pilot study offers valuable insights into the complex dynamics surrounding blockchain implementation. Through semi-structured interviews and grounded theory analysis, the study identifies key factors such as user adoption and acceptance, data integrity and protection, organizational strategy, strategic leadership, training, change management, and a supportive ecosystem. The findings highlight the multifaceted nature of blockchain implementation challenges and underscore the importance of comprehensive strategies for fostering user acceptance, aligning organizational goals, and …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Interpretability Of Lda And Llm For Topic Modeling: The Case Of Healthcare Apps, Omar El-Gayar, Mohammad Al-Ramahi, Abdullah Wahbeh, Tareq Nasralah, Ahmed Elnoshokaty

Research & Publications

This study compares the interpretability of the topics resulting from three topic modeling techniques, namely, LDA, BERTopic, and RoBERTa. Using a case study of three healthcare apps (MyChart, Replika, and Teladoc), we collected 39,999, 52,255, and 27,462 reviews from each app, respectively. Topics were generated for each app using the three topic models and labels were assigned to the resulting topics. Comparative qualitative analysis showed that BERTopic, RoBERTa, and LDA have relatively similar performance in terms of the final list of resulting topics concerning human interpretability. The LDA topic model achieved the highest rate of assigning labels to topics, but …

Making Sense Of Abatement As A Tort Remedy, Anthony J. Sebok

Articles

Controversy over public nuisance in recent high profile cases invites the question of whether, and to what extent, it is limited by its roots in tort law. This article, which was prepared for the 2023 Clifford Symposium on “New Torts” focuses on causes of action in which the state seeks to enjoin the defendant by requiring that it abate the consequences of the invasion of a public right. In the most controversial of these public nuisance actions, such as lead paint and opioids, the wrongful conduct that is remedied by the injunctive relief has already ceased, and the state does …

Derivatives And Market (Il)Liquidity, Shiyang Huang, Bart Zhou Yueshen, Cheng Zhang

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We study how derivatives (with nonlinear payoffs) affect the underlying assets liquidity. In a rational expectations equilibrium, informed investors expect low conditional volatility and sell derivatives to the others. These derivative trades affect different investors utility differently, possibly amplifying liquidity risk. As investors delta hedge their derivative positions, price impact in the underlying drops, suggesting improved liquidity, because informed trading is diluted. In contrast, effects on price reversal are ambiguous, depending on investors relative delta hedging sensitivity, i.e., the gamma of the derivatives. The model cautions of potential disconnections between illiquidity measures and liquidity risk premium due to derivatives trading.

Why The Ethical Use Of Ai Matters For Your Career, Jack Mcguire, David De Cremer, Yorck Hesselbarth, Leander De Schutter

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In the contemporary digital era, innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI) are profoundly transforming the business landscape (De Cremer, 2020). The buzz surrounding ChatGPT, coupled with recent assertions about the sentience of Google’s LaMDA, a large language model, underscore the prominence of chatbot technology in these advancements (Adamopoulou & Moussiades, 2020; Ryu & Lee, 2018; Tiku, 2022). Customer-oriented chatbots, an emergent application of this tech, offer unparalleled efficiency and cost-effectiveness, operating ceaselessly and responding to client inquiries in real time (Salesforce, Research, 2019). Yet, amidst these advantages lies an ethical conundrum. Customers cherish genuine human interaction and can become quickly …

The Impact Of The Business School Research, Kai Peters, Howard Thomas

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Producing high-quality research has long been an important strategic objective for business schools. Faculty research has typically been evaluated by articles appearing in highly regarded academic journals and by citation counts. Increasingly, however, government funding bodies are seeking more than just appearances in 4* journals, they are looking for meaningful societal impact. To this end researchers, in various countries, must submit case studies to funding bodies outlining concrete examples of impact in addition to the original research articles. In the future, the financial reward for high-impact case studies will significantly supersede the reward for journal prestige and citation counts.

Thei Student Applied Research Presentations Sarp 2024, Research Office Thei

THEi Student Applied Research Presentations (SARP)

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Establishing A Quantitative Assessment Tool For Biophilia In Healthcare Facilities, Sara Moustafa Fouda, Mohanad Ali Fouda

Mansoura Engineering Journal

This study aims at developing a novel assessment tool that can quantitatively evaluate the level of biophilia integration in healthcare facilities. The developed assessment tool helps to address the difficulty of biophilia quantification in the built environment due to the broad nature of the biophilia concept. The methodological approach for the tool depends on employing biophilic design patterns as a basis for biophilia, where these patterns are correlated to a group of biophilia-related features of the WELL Building Standard. This correlation is attained through a list of Integrated Design Guidelines (IDGs) that is proposed to act as an intermediate ground …