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December 3, 2024, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

Sb19-24/25: Revising Section 28 Of The Asum Fiscal Policy, Natalie Schoen

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB19-24/25: Revising Section 28 of the ASUM Fiscal Policy. This resolution passed 2/3 majority 15Y-4N-2A on a roll call vote (RCV) during the December 3, 2025 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Review Of Jessica Begon, Disability Through The Lens Of Justice In Ethics, 135.2 (2025): 337-342., Kevin Timpe

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Review of Jessica Begon, Disability Through the Lens of Justice in Ethics, 135.2 (2025): 337-342.

A Mixed Methods Study Of Undergraduate Psychology Students At An Evangelical University: The Integration Of Psychology And Christianity, Claire Voshell

Senior Honors Theses

The integration of psychology and spirituality has gained attention in both religious and secular communities over the last decade, and there has been an increased emphasis on Christian integration in the last few years. Current literature is primarily focused on frameworks and theories for integration. This thesis examines the existing literature on current methods of teaching integration and its applications within social work, church ministry, counseling, and education. By completing the Psychology-Faith Integration scale and a brief semi-structured interview, participants detailed how they understood and experienced the integration of psychology and Christianity throughout their undergraduate psychology programs. Scores on the …

2024 December, 3; Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes No. 7 December 3, 2024

2023 December, 5; Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes No. 7 December 3, 2024

David C'De Baca Interview By Teresa Rodriguez Sotelo For Unm Oral History Class, Fall 2024., Teresa Rodriguez Sotelo

Oral Histories HIST 300, Fall 2024

David C'de Baca Interview for Oral History Class at UNM during Fall 2024. David talks about his research and motivation for studying history.

“Mexico Has Spilt American Blood Upon American Soil!” The Role Of The Mexico-U.S. Border In The Promotion Of American Nationalism, 1821-1920, Jon M. Williams Phd

Sociology ETDs

International borders not only serve as the edge of a nation-state's sovereign territory, but they also aid in informing popular conceptions of its national identity. This study examines how the Mexico - U.S. border served as a spark for episodes of American nationalism from 1821-1920. In examining three historical periods whereby the border was forming, disrupted, or challenged, I demonstrate how borders serve as sources, both symbolically and physically for the expressions of American nationalism. I utilize inductive qualitative discourse analysis of American actors embedded along the border, in Mexico, or serving as political leaders, to sample some of the …

Jack O’Lantern Pumpkin Response To Carfentrazone, Glufosinate, And Glyphosate Applied To The Distal Portion Of The Vine, Stephen L. Meyers, Celia Corado, Jeanine Arana Cordonero, Carlos Lopez, Lidysce Mata, Emmanuel G. Cooper, Josue Cerrito

Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Faculty Publications

Chemical weed control in pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) often relies on herbicide applications made at planting, which results in weed escapes later in the growing season. The use of postemergence herbicides in row middles is useful, especially in no-till pumpkin production, but there are limited effective options. We conducted field research in 2023 at Wanatah and Lafayette, IN, USA, to evaluate ‘Bayhorse Gold’ pumpkin response to carfentrazone, glufosinate, and glyphosate applied to 10% of the vine tip 5 weeks after planting. A non-treated control was included for comparison. Pooled across both locations at 1, 2, and 4 weeks after …

Target-Driven Exploration: Intrinsic Rewards For Sparse Reward Problems, Chengyu Li

Electrical and Systems Engineering Undergraduate Student Research

Sparse reward environments present a significant challenge in reinforcement learning (RL) due to the limited feedback from extrinsic rewards. This research proposes a target-driven exploration framework that leverages intrinsic rewards derived from self-supervised feature extraction to guide agents toward meaningful states. The framework employs three feature extraction methods—Raw Pixels, Random Fixed Features, and Variational Autoencoders (VAEs)—to represent state embeddings and compute intrinsic motivation. Evaluations on benchmark environments, such as SpaceInvaders, demonstrate improved exploration efficiency and learning capabilities. The results highlight the framework's ability to utilize intrinsic rewards effectively, enabling agents to navigate and learn in complex, sparse reward settings. Future …

Utilizing Extractive Transportation Infrastructures For Subsistence Livelihoods: Experience Of Evenki Communities In Eastern Siberia, Vera Kuklina, Viktoriya Filippova, Natalia Krasnoshtanova, Antonina Savvinova, Viktor Bogdanov, Mariia Kuklina

Faculty Publications

The availability of natural resources drives the exploration and transformation of remote regions in the Arctic and beyond. Extractive infrastructure is one of the major sources of industrial development and environmental impact on landscapes. For Indigenous people, these landscapes are homely environments full of sentient beings, and for other local communities, they provide a wide variety of subsistence and hunting resources. While extractive infrastructure violence is the evident issue for many Indigenous communities, there are more complicated situations where extractive infrastructure is adopted and utilized for the subsistence and support of other human and more-than-human relations in local and Indigenous …

China Maritime Report No. 43: Shadow Force, A Look Inside The Pla Navy Reserve, Tiffany Tat

CMSI China Maritime Reports

Main Findings

• The PLA Navy Reserve is an important and understudied element of PRC maritime power that could augment the active-duty force and improve its ability to undertake global operations and wage a protracted war.
• The PLAN Reserve appears to be transitioning from a substandard backup force to an increasingly well-trained complement to the active-duty force.
• In the past, the PLAN Reserve suffered from low morale and lackluster participation. Training scandals occurred in which navy reservists did not muster up when recalled for training. It is unclear to what extent these problems persist today.
• The overhaul of the PLAN’s reserve …

Staying Safe Over The Holidays, New York Law School

NYLS Community News

No abstract provided.

Solar Module Material And Support Testing, Darbi Dorr

Honors Theses

Sunseeker Solar Car Project manufactures and uses solar modules with a specific material composition to power their car. The current composition consists of many expired materials that are also too expensive to repurchase. In order to find new materials, they need to meet the material requirements while also being affordable for the team. A material analysis was done, and new materials were chosen based on specific properties like transmissibility, UV wavelength range, volume resistivity, adhesion strength, and the thickness. Power losses were then measured using an IV tracer at a set irradiance. This was done before and after encapsulating solar …

Ethics Of Ai In The Classroom, Kyle Kos

Honors Theses

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving and is increasingly being used in classrooms. Several different forms of artificial intelligence have gained popularity within the past, one form of AI with widespread use in the classroom is Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT). This paper explores how the recent surge of popularity of ChatGPT has caused concerns of ethical use in the classroom. Additionally, this paper explores the capabilities and strategies for students to use AI, specifically in nursing.

ChatGPT can offer extraordinary resources to students through capabilities such as essay writing and editing, generation of answers to questions instantly from a vast …

Evolving Treatment Strategies For Systemic Lupus Erythematosus In Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review, Alan D. Kaye, Joseph P. Tassin, William C. Upshaw, Chandni R. Patel, Alison M. Hawkins, Caroline R. Burroughs, Kristin Nicole Bembenick, Chizoba N. Mosieri, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Adam M. Kaye, Sahar Shekoohi, Giustino Varrassi

School of Dentistry Faculty Publications

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that more commonly affects African American people, although it is seen in people of all racial backgrounds. This condition is characterized by a dysregulated immune response resulting in widespread inflammation. Clinical manifestations caused by this inflammation include arthritis, anemia, cutaneous rashes, pleuritis, and nephritis. Treatment for SLE aims to reduce disease activity and maintain a state of low inflammation. In this regard, numerous treatments are used, such as hydroxychloroquine, glucocorticoids, and non-glucocorticoid immunosuppressants such as methotrexate. Related to these drugs resulting in significant adverse effects and being ineffective in controlling SLE symptoms …

Differential Infiltration Of Key Immune T-Cell Populations Across Malignancies Varying By Immunogenic Potential And The Likelihood Of Response To Immunotherapy., Islam Eljilany, Sam Coleman, Aik Choon Tan, Martin D. Mccarter, John Carpten, Howard Colman, Abdul Rafeh Naqash, Igor Puzanov, Susanne Arnold, Michelle L. Churchman, Daniel Spakowicz, Bodour Salhia, Julian Marin, Shridar Ganesan, Aakrosh Ratan, Craig Shriver, Patrick Hwu, William S. Dalton, George J. Weiner, Jose R. Conejo-Garcia, Paulo Rodriguez, Ahmad A. Tarhini

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

Background: Solid tumors vary by the immunogenic potential of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and the likelihood of response to immunotherapy. The emerging literature has identified key immune cell populations that significantly impact immune activation or suppression within the TME. This study investigated candidate T-cell populations and their differential infiltration within different tumor types as estimated from mRNA co-expression levels of the corresponding cellular markers.

Methods: We analyzed the mRNA co-expression levels of cellular biomarkers that define stem-like tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), tissue-resident memory T-cells (TRM), early dysfunctional T-cells, late dysfunctional T-cells, activated-potentially anti-tumor (APA) T-cells and Butyrophilin 3A (BTN3A) isoforms, utilizing …

信仰とは何か？, Yoshihiko Ariizumi

Spiritual Proficiency

この記事で、信仰を人類の成長にとって普遍的に当てはまる概念として定義して、その応用の可能性を示唆しました。

信仰によって学びを飛躍させる, Yoshihiko Ariizumi

Spiritual Proficiency

この記事には、数十人の方たちに面接して、また、グループでのディスカッションを重ねた結果として、学習を信仰の力によって飛躍的に加速する方法について探求してみました。

Bad To The [Jaw]Bone: How Courts Should Approach First Amendment Jawboning Challenges, Christopher Frey

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Academic Senate - Agenda, 12/3/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Deployable Assembly Structure And Harnessing For A Langmuir Probe (Dash-Lp), Sean Cowell

Honors Theses

The nanosatellite being designed by the Western Aerospace Launch Initiative (WALI) will demonstrate the technology of single-polarity electrospray thrusters. Essential to the mission is the collection of information from the ionospheric plasma surrounding the CubeSat in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Due to the plasma sheath generated by the spacecraft, a 1.75 m boom is required to extend the Langmuir probe (LP) outside of the region of disturbed plasma. This project, Deployable Assembly Structure and Harnessing for a Langmuir Probe (DASH-LP), developed components that accompany the boom deployment system. In particular, a cable stowage system to store the RG403 shielded triaxial …

Strategies For Successful Cybersecurity Implementation In New Jersey Public Schools, Michael Christopher Waranowicz

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Public school districts are frequently targeted by cybercriminals to gain access to a wealth of under-protected sensitive data. As a result, information technology (IT) leaders in public school districts must implement measures to maintain the security and confidentiality of sensitive data collected and stored by their schools. This qualitative multiple case study, grounded in the technology threat avoidance theory, explored the strategies used by K-12 IT leaders to implement secure IT infrastructure in New Jersey public school districts. The research population includes K-12 public school IT leaders in New Jersey who have experience implementing security controls to protect the data …

Neuroprotective Care And Painful Procedures, Jelda Frank

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

An inconsistent application of neuroprotective care provided by clinical staff, based on my observations, to minimize the negative effects of painful procedures that can negatively impact the neurodevelopment of neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), was the identified practice problem for my Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) staff education project. Implementation of evidence-based neuroprotective and neuropromotive strategies aim to optimize outcomes for premature infants and minimize risk of potential negative effects to the neonate’s short and long term neurodevelopment. The DNP project practice-focused question addressed whether a presentation of an evidence-based educational program for NICU clinical staff would …

Student Academic Policies Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2024-12-03, University Of Dayton. Student Academic Policies Committee

All Committee Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Student Academic Policies Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

The Broken Token Problem: Why Crypto Classification Remains Elusive, Lev E. Breydo

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Indefinite Isolation: Rethinking The Relationship Between The Fourteenth Amendment And Prolonged Solitary Confinement, Katherine Farmer

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Right To Record: First Amendment Victory Or The End Of Privacy?, Elizabeth Lesso

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Rocky But Positive Path Forward: How The Implementation Of Nil Deals In Collegiate Sports Has Begun To Chip Away At The Existing And Burdensome Gender Equity Gap, Claire Fennelly

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Artist Talks To Celebrate Works Of Wilderness, Feminism At Iwu Gallery Reception, Julia Perez

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.