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Effect Of Dexmedetomidine Versus Magnesium Sulfate On Intraocular Pressure In Glaucoma Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Nourhan E. Elhadidi, Nevert A. Abdelghaffar, Nabil A. Mageed, Amany Tarbay

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background : Lowering the intraocular pressure (IOP) is regarded as a primary and initial treatment option for glaucoma. Dexmedetomidine and Magnesium sulfate are known to have intraocular pressure-lowering effects which improve visual fields in patients with primary open angle glaucoma and attenuate intraocular pressure spikes induced by tracheal intubation. Aim: To evaluate and compare the safety and efficacy of using Dexmedetomidine versus Magnesium Sulfate on intraocular pressure and the incidence of postoperative hyphema. Methods : This study included 100 patients both male and female with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status class ɪ and ɪɪ scheduled to undergo elective …

Efficacy Of Intradermal Injection Of Tranexamic Acid And Ascorbic Acid Versus Tranexamic Acid And Placebo In The Treatment Of Melasma: A Split-Face Comparative Trial, Wafaa H. A. Mahmoud, Bothaina M. Ghanem, Amal Wagdy

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background: Melasma is a common hyperpigmentation disorder affecting millions worldwide. This study was done to evaluate effectiveness of combined intradermal injections of Tranexamic acid (TxA) and ascorbic acid compared to TxA alone with placebo in managing facial melasma. Methods: This randomized controlled study included twenty patients diagnosed with epidermal melasma were divided into two groups. In Group A, one side of the face received 0.5 ml of TxA (50 mg) with 0.5 ml of normal saline; in Group B, the other side received 0.5 ml of TxA plus 0.5 ml of ascorbic acid. Treatment efficacy was assessed by measuring the …

Role Of Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Tensor Imaging In Differentiating Osteomyelitis From Osteoarthropathy In Diabetic Foot, Mona Mohamed Hamid Ibrahim Barakat, Saher Ebrahim Taman, Samer Abdelhamid Regal, Ahmed Galal Sadek

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) represents a major cause of preventable morbidity among adults with diabetes mellitus (DM). Diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO) frequently arises through contiguous spread of soft tissue infection to the underlying bone. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is an advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that enables quantitative evaluation of tissue microstructure. Aim: To assess the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance DTI in differentiating osteomyelitis from acute osteoarthropathy in patients with diabetic foot complications. Methods: This prospective study included 28 diabetic patients presenting with clinically suspected foot complications. According to the final diagnosis, patients were classified into two …

Evaluation Of The Stigmatizing Attitude Towards Mental Illness Among A Group Of Egyptian Nonpsychiatric Physicians, Mohamed Elhasanein Elshehedy, Mahmoud Ahmed Elwasify, Ibtihal Mohamed Aly Ibrahim, Roshdy Mohamed El Gamal

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background Stigmatizing attitudes toward persons had mental illness remain a major barrier to effective mental healthcare. While psychiatrists’ perspectives have been studied extensively, less attention has been paid to non-psychiatric physicians, whose attitudes significantly influence early detection and referral. Objective To evaluate stigmatizing attitudes toward mental illness among Egyptian nonpsychiatric physicians. Methods This cross-sectional research has been performed on a sample of non-psychiatric physicians in various Egyptian events and occasions, including the Mansoura University conference, the Ain Shams University conference, and the Alexandria University conference over the year 2023. Participants completed a socio-demographic questionnaire and the Mental Illness Clinicians’ Attitudes …

Urinary Transferrin As A Marker For Diagnosis And Progression Of Diabetic Nephropathy: Short-Term Follow Up, Ghada El-Said Ahmed Ibrahim, Ibrahim Mohammed Adel Ibrahim Bakr, Amany Ragab Youssef Ahmed, Rasha Mahmoud Abdel Fattah

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background: One of the most serious and devastating effects of diabetes mellitus is diabetic nephropathy, which in many cases progresses to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Microalbuminuria is currently the gold standard biomarker for DN diagnosis. Microalbuminuria has a poor predictive value, though. Patients occasionally experienced progressive renal failure without microalbuminuria. A plasma protein called transferrin has a different ionic charge from albumin but is otherwise similar in weight. Aim: Our objectives were to evaluate urinary transferrin as a more accurate and earlier marker for the diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease and to investigate its relationship to the excretion of urinary …

A Comparative Study On The Therapeutic Efficacy Of Manual Versus Automated Prepared Platelet Poor Plasma Gel For Atrophic Acne Scar Treatment: A Prospective Randomized Interventional Study, Yassmin Gamal Salem Dorgham, Fatma Faisal El Dakrory, Marwa Zohdy Ali Moubarak

Mansoura Medical Journal

Introduction Atrophic acne scars are challenging to treat, prompting interest in regenerative therapies like platelet-poor plasma (PPP) gel. The purpose of this study is to compare the therapeutic efficacy and safety of manually versus automatically prepared PPP gel for treating atrophic acne scars. Material and Methods In a prospective, randomized, single-blind study, 40 patients with atrophic acne scars were divided into two equal groups. Group 1 received manually prepared PPP gel, and Group 2 received automated PPP gel, both following subcision. Treatment outcomes were evaluated using dermoscopic imaging, Goodman and Baron qualitative grading system, and patient satisfaction scores over a …

Serum Resistin Levels In Patients With Acne Vulgaris And It's Correlation With Disease Severity, Marwa M. Lasheen, Magdy A. Elsohafy, Gehad M. El Mazny, Manar A. Hassan

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background: Acne is a condition characterized by inflammation of the pilosebaceous unit, and resistin—an inflammatory hormone may contribute to its pathogenesis, as studies show altered serum levels in acne patients. This work aimed to evaluate serum resistin levels in acne vulgaris patients and its association with disease severity. Methods: This Case control study involved 46 individuals had acne vulgaris, ranged in age from 18 to 35, free of systemic medication for the three months or topical treatment for the last month and 46 apparently healthy age and sex matched subjects. The patients were then split into two categories: Cases (n …

Predicting Federal Third-Party Funding Regulation, Victoria Sahani

Faculty Scholarship

Third-party funding is a global phenomenon, although regulatory enforcement is local. Regulatory approaches vary widely from country to country and within countries, especially in federal legal systems, such as Canada, Australia, and the United States. The United States federal government is learning about third-party funding with an eye toward potential future regulation. Congress has been investigating funding, as evidenced by testimony in congressional hearings, proposed federal legislation, and a nonpartisan study on third-party funding by the Government Accountability Office. In addition, after more than a decade of observation, the United States Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee recently formed a committee …

Response: Work And Home, Katharine B. Silbaugh

Faculty Scholarship

The idea of work, as it pertains to a place called home, as distinct from the market, has engaged and perplexed scholars for generations. Work in the home raises complicated issues that have accordingly drawn the focus of generations of scholars, from Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the material feminists of the late nineteenth century¹ to historians of labor such as Eileen Boris² and of law like Reva Siegel,³ from legal scholars like Fran Olson, Dorothy Roberts, and Robert Ellickson⁴ to social theorists like Friedrick Engels⁵ and architectural historians like Dolores Hayden,⁶ to name just …

Judicial Accountability, Anya Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

Judicial decisions are moving ever more authority over regulatory statutes away from agencies and to courts instead. One justification offered for this power transfer: agencies lack the accountability of courts. This Article takes up that claim, assessing the institutions’ relative capacities for accountability in their authoritative interpretations of regulatory statutes—agency regulations and court rulings. I take accountability to involve actors undertaking reasoned decisionmaking grounded in publicly recognized values and facts and justifying their decisions to others who can evaluate, influence, or override those judgments. Accountability thus involves a give and take: it gives an account of government reasoning to a …

[Introduction To] Unbecoming Persons, Ladelle Mcwhorter

Bookshelf

A damning genealogy of modern personhood and a bold vision for a new ethics rooted in belonging rather than individuality.
 
In the face of ecological crisis, economic injustice, and political violence, the moral demands of being a good person are almost too much to bear. In Unbecoming Persons, Ladelle McWhorter argues that this strain is by design. Our ideas about personhood, she shows, emerged to sustain centuries of colonialism, slavery, and environmental destruction. We must look elsewhere to find our way out.

This history raises a hard question: Should we be persons at all, or might we live a …

The Digital Loophole: Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Child Age Verification Methods On Social Media, Fatmaelzahraa Eltaher Ph.D, Rahul Gajula, Luis Miralles-Pechuán, Christina Thorpe, Susan Mckeever

Conference papers

Social media platforms are an integral part of daily life for nearly five billion people worldwide. However, the growing presence of underage users on these platforms raises significant concerns regarding children's exposure to harmful content and its impact on their mental health. This paper examines the effectiveness of age verification measures implemented on leading platforms Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and X. We evaluate the age verification processes required for account creation by simulating the registration steps for minors on these platforms. We also compare these methods to best practices in online age assurance in finance, betting and public transportation …

Synthesising Cross-Speaker Data For Low-Resource Pathological Speech Recognition With Peft, Kesego Mokgosi, Milad Dadgar, Cathy Ennis, Robert Ross

Conference papers

Dysarthric speech recognition is essential for enhancing communication and accessibility for individuals with speech impairments, yet its development is hindered by a scarcity of robust, speaker-specific datasets. This study explores low-resource dysarthric speech recognition through cross-speaker transfer using synthetic data and parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT). We integrate SpeechT5 text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis with x-vector speaker embeddings to generate speaker-specific dysarthric speech, enabling model adaptation while preserving pathological speech characteristics such as prosodic irregularities. Experiments on the TORGO dataset show that mixed cross-synthetic data with LoRA fine-tuning achieves a WER of 0.17, representing a 71.7% improvement over the standard model (0.60 WER) without …

Decision-Making Supports And Cognitive Decline, Rebekah Diller

Articles

For persons with a range of cognitive disabilities, supported decision-making, rooted in a human rights approach to disability, has emerged as a tool that permits them to make legally binding decisions and avoid guardianship. As supported decision-making policy has evolved in the United States, state statutes have primarily focused on formal agreements through which individuals can designate trusted supporters to assist in obtaining information, processing that information, and communicating a decision. This Article argues that supported decision-making has promise for preserving the autonomy of persons living with dementia, but that the model of a supported decisionmaking agreement embodied in the …

Doubting Thomas And Questioning Stare Decisis Under The Roberts Court, Wilfred U. Codrington Iii

Articles

The article critically examines the erosion of stare decisis under the Roberts Court, highlighting concerns about the Supreme Court's increasing willingness to overturn established precedents. While acknowledging the importance of stare decisis in maintaining stability and equality, the author argues that its practical value is being undermined by ideological polarization and a departure from traditional legal reasoning. The article questions the Court's recent approach to precedent, particularly in cases like Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, and critiques the conservative majority's aggressive use of judicial power.

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Summer Research Fellowship Project Descriptions 2025, Clark Science Center's Summer Research Fellows Program

SURF Abstracts (Women in Science)

A summary of research done by Smith College’s 2025 Summer Research Fellowship (SURF) Program participants. Ever since its 1967 start, SURF has been a cornerstone of Smith’s science education. Supervised by faculty mentor-advisors drawn from the Clark Science Center and connected to its eighteen science, mathematics, and engineering departments and programs and associated centers and units. At summer’s end, SURF participants were asked to summarize their research experiences for this publication.

Retention Rate Of The Human Performance Course In Flight Training, Ahmet Uğur Avcı, Erdinç Ercan

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

Pilots are obliged to accurately assess a situation that poses a risk to flight safety and take the necessary corrective action. The theoretical knowledge in flight training is essential to accomplish this. The objective of the study is to ascertain the retention rate of the human performance (HP) course and to determine the necessity of refresher training. Sixteen questions were prepared for pre- and post-tests about the atmosphere, hypoxia and hyperventilation, barotrauma, and spatial disorientation. After completion of the pre-test, participants were instructed to watch the online training video covering the same HP subjects, and finally, a post-test was administered …

The Influence Of Social Achievement Goals On Grit In Aviation Education, Austin T. Walden

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

Aviation students have multiple ways of persisting and persevering in their aviation education, and they do not learn in a vacuum. Their social goals may help explain why some aviation students show more grit than others in an aviation education environment. The study examined the relationship and predictive ability of social achievement goals (i.e., social development goal, social demonstration-approach goal, and social demonstration-avoid goal) to predict grit in an aviation education environment. The constructs of social achievement goals and grit have yet to be examined together in motivation research. This paper provides a new predictive model for using the two …

Towards The Wearable Cardiorespiratory Sensors For Aerospace Applications, Chandan Sheikder

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

In safety-critical aviation operations, adaptive Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) rely on accurate physiological monitoring to mitigate cognitive overload. While cardiorespiratory sensors are promising for real-time cognitive workload assessment, existing studies lack rigorous validation of consumer-grade devices in high-stress aviation contexts and fail to address measurement uncertainty propagation. This study evaluates the Zephyr BioHarness, a commercial wearable sensor, against clinical-grade equipment during arithmetic tasks simulating aviation cognitive demands. By integrating a neuro-fuzzy system with uncertainty propagation methods, we quantify the reliability of heart rate (HR) and breathing rate (BR) metrics for workload estimation. Results demonstrate moderate HR accuracy (RMSE: 4.85 bpm, CC: …

Empowering Precision Forecasting: Self-Supervised Lstm For Hourly Pressure And Temperature Prediction, Anand Shankar, Deepak K. Singh, Mantosh Kumar, Pankaj Kumar, Pradhan Parth Sarthi

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

The most important parts of any flight are landing and takeoff, and an aircraft's takeoff configuration must balance the regulated takeoff weight, runway length, and weather conditions to ensure a safe departure and arrival. In addition to runway length, wind, temperature, pressure, and visibility determine the total allowed takeoff weight and the economic viability of any trip. Thus, any meteorological office involved in flight planning and operation at any airport must accurately assess these factors, known as takeoff data. This research paper suggests multivariate self-supervised LSTM-based models to accurately predict the temperature and pressure (MSLP) of the takeoff data. The …

The Emotional Landscape Of Aviation Pilots: Analysis Of Online Professional Forums Using Natural Language Processing, Adrienne S. Renwick, Leo Gonzalez, Charles L. Silber, Alyson Mullen, Cass Dykeman, Adam Stewart, Jennifer C. Ross, James Geisler

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

This study investigated burnout related to emotions in three categories of pilots: commercial passenger, commercial cargo, and military. While pilot burnout has been previously studied, challenges in self-reporting limit understanding. This study extends previous research by analyzing pilots' anonymous online forum posts to gain insight into burnout-related emotions. Natural Language Processing was conducted with the RoBERTa-base-go_emotions model, which analyzed 1,130,530 online forum posts from commercial passengers, commercial cargo, and military pilots for 27 emotion categories and one absence of emotion category (i.e., neutral). An exploratory composite score reflecting burnout-related emotional expression omnibus burnout score was calculated using seven burnout-related emotions …

Analysis Of Health Promoting Lifestyle And Associated Factors On Collegiate Aviation Pilots, Bill Deng Pan, Flavio A. C. Mendonca

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

A health-promoting lifestyle is an important determinant of physical and mental health status. Collegiate aviation pilots face unique challenges in balancing a healthy lifestyle with academic and physical demands. The schedule and expectations required of collegiate aviation pilots can make it difficult to practice a health-promoting lifestyle. Enhancing comprehension of the lifestyles of these students can yield valuable insights into the challenges they encounter, and how institutions can enhance their support for them. An online survey using the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II questionnaire was utilized to investigate collegiate aviation pilots’ health promoting lifestyle and behaviors. Overall health promoting lifestyle and …

A Systemic Analysis Of Helicopter Instructional Accidents In The United States From 2010 To 2022, Gustavo Sanchez Cortes, Dimitrios Ziakkas, Mary E. Johnson

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

A high number of accidents during helicopter training in the United States (U.S.) highlights the need for research to investigate their causal and contributing factors. In this retrospective study, researchers analyzed helicopter instructional accidents reported in the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Case Analysis and Reporting Online (CAROL) database. The Systems Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP) and Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) methodologies were used to identify hazards and unsafe control actions in helicopter training, using autorotation maneuvers as a case study. Helicopter instructional flights in the U.S. accounted for 299 accidents between 2010 and 2022, with an average accident …

What Is It Like To Be A Female Pilot In The United States Air Force: A Gender Diversity Study, Max Atkinson, Mallory K. Casebolt

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

This research investigates the gender-based disparities faced by female pilots in the United States Air Force (USAF), providing a comprehensive analysis of their experiences compared to their male counterparts. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach quantitative and qualitative data explored the perceptions of treatment in areas such as policies, bias, representation, mentorship, and career advancement. The research highlights the industry statistic of female pilots, who make up only 6% of the pilot community, and examines systemic challenges, including gender bias, work-life balance issues, and career progression barriers.

Through surveys and open-ended, the study revealed that female pilots often perceive greater obstacles related …

Transgender & Disabled: Seeking To Understand The Experiences Of Transgender Disabled Students To Better Support Them In K-12 Settings, Max Brown

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This research supports the hypothesis that transgender disabled students experience different marginalization than disabled students and transgender students. Following this, this paper examines the legal protections for these students and makes recommendations for how they can best be supported in schools based on their specific needs and resiliency factors.

Dataset On Indoor And Outdoor Pm2.5 Concentrations At Two Residences Using Low-Cost Sensors In The Rio Grande Valley Region Of South Texas, Kabir Bahadur Shah, Sai Deepak Pinakana, Mkhitar A. Hobosyan, Armando Montes, Amit U. Raysoni

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is one of the criteria air pollutants associated with adverse respiratory and cardiovascular health effects. This dataset contains hourly and daily averaged measurements of PM2.5 concentrations (µg/m3) collected from two residential homes in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Region of South Texas, using PurpleAir-II-SD low-cost sensor. In addition, the dataset also includes temperature (ºC) and relative humidity (%) measured by the sensors. The data was collected for one month during the summer season from indoor (kitchen) and outdoor (front yard) environments at two locations: Home-1 in Weslaco City from June 16, 2024, to July 16, 2024, …

The Possible Protective Effect Of Coenzyme Q10 And Indole-3-Carbinol On Cyclosporine Induced Nephrotoxicity In Rats, Maha A. Ollaek, Gehan S. Georgy, Engy M. El Morsy, Eman M. Raafat

Trends in advanced sciences and technology

Background: Cyclosporine A (CsA) is a potent immunosuppressive drug, with nephrotoxicity being its most frequent adverse effect, primarily due to the involvement of free radicals in inflammatory and fibrotic pathways. Both coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), a fat-soluble vitamin-like molecule, and indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a natural compound, possess anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the potential protective effects of CoQ10 and/or I3C against CsA-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. Methods: Male albino rats were randomly assigned to five groups, with six rats in each group. Group (1) served as the normal control group and received corn oil orally by gavage for …

Repair And Regeneration Of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation To Injured Muscles Using Barium Chloride In A Rat Model, Esraa A. Aboelfadl, Hesham Haffez, Soheir S. Koraa, Ahmed E. Abdel Moneim, Ola H. El-Habit, Rasha S. Elbeltagy

Trends in advanced sciences and technology

The biological consequences of low dose ionizing radiation (LDIR) are strongly debated. While most studies confirm its detrimental effects, several studies suggest beneficial (hormetic) effects of LDIR as an anti-inflammatory agent on musculoskeletal injuries. The present study aimed to investigate the bio-stimulatory effects of LDIR (direct and indirect) in healing the musculoskeletal injuries induced by barium chloride (BaCl2). Thirty adult male Albino rats were used in this study and were divided into five groups as follows: control, BaCl2, g-rays (direct), g-rays (indirect), BaCl2 and g (direct), and BaCl2 and g (indirect) group. Muscle injury was induced using 50 ml of …

Adme Predicted Molecular Intervention Aiming At Assessment Of An Alternative Means Of Phyto-Based Pest Control Of Cotton Leaf Roller, Haritalodes Derogata Using Diluted Ethanolic Extract Of Nux Vomica, Arnob Chakrovorty, Avidipta Hazra, Banani Bhattacharjee, Debarsi Das, Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh, Asmita Samadder

Trends in advanced sciences and technology

The leaf roller moth, Haritalodes (=Sylepta) derogata (Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera) is a common pest of many economically important plant species including cotton (Gossypium spp.) and okra (Abelmoschus esculentus). This study was designed to investigate mainly the insecticidal/pesticidal efficacy of diluted ethanolic extract from seeds of native deciduous Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. (Nux Vom 2X - prepared by diluting raw extract or mother tincture 100 times in 91% ethanol by following homeopathic procedure) known to contain the main toxic ingredient, Strychnine and to elucidate the toxicity related cellular and physio-chemical effects inflicted by it on larva of H. derogata. Present …