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Exploring The Experiences Of Women In Guyana's Male-Dominated Transport And Logistics Industry, Jennifer Prashad Mar 2025

Exploring The Experiences Of Women In Guyana's Male-Dominated Transport And Logistics Industry, Jennifer Prashad

JWU Dissertations & Theses

The pursuit of gender equality in the Caribbean and Latin America is a significant issue, as indicated by the 2022 Global Gender Disparity Report, which projects that, at its current pace, it will require 132 years to eliminate gender inequality globally. Given the historical male dominance in the transport and logistics sector, the purpose of this study was to explore Guyanese women's experiences in this male-dominated industry (Ng & Acker, 2020). Incorporated into this research was Eagly's (1978) Social Role Theory to analyze how societal roles and physical distinctions influence gender inequalities and the entrenched norms that shape women's roles. …


Gamifying Anatomy Outreach: An Underexplored Opportunity, Mikaela L. Stiver, Aamna Naveed, John Chilton, Siobhan M. Moyes Mar 2025

Gamifying Anatomy Outreach: An Underexplored Opportunity, Mikaela L. Stiver, Aamna Naveed, John Chilton, Siobhan M. Moyes

Peninsula Medical School

This article explores the underutilized potential of incorporating gamified approaches into anatomy outreach initiatives. While gamification and game-based learning approaches have been widely adopted in formal educational settings, there is a surprising lack of research on their application for community-based public engagement with anatomy. We emphasize the importance of involving community partners from the outset to co-design gamified outreach activities. A collaborative approach tailors the final products to the needs, preferences, and resources of the target audiences. By actively involving end users, co-design fosters a sense of ownership, relevance, and long-term sustainability for the educational resources. This article also presents …


Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging With An Met-Targeting Probe For Biopsy Site Selection In Patients With Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders, Jingbo Wang, Xuemin Shen, Qifan Ma, Lin Yang, Xiaoyu Zhou, Luting Wang, Junqi Cui, Chunye Zhang, Guojun Li, Neil Gross, Siyi Li, Ruimin Huang, Changyou Zhan, Zhen Cheng, Kun Wang, Jie Tian, Ying Yuan, Xiaofeng Tao Mar 2025

Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging With An Met-Targeting Probe For Biopsy Site Selection In Patients With Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders, Jingbo Wang, Xuemin Shen, Qifan Ma, Lin Yang, Xiaoyu Zhou, Luting Wang, Junqi Cui, Chunye Zhang, Guojun Li, Neil Gross, Siyi Li, Ruimin Huang, Changyou Zhan, Zhen Cheng, Kun Wang, Jie Tian, Ying Yuan, Xiaofeng Tao

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Accurate detection of malignant transformation in oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) is crucial for guiding effective treatment and improving patient management. This study evaluates the potential of MET-binding peptide-indocyanine green (cMBP-ICG), a mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor (MET)-targeted near-infrared fluorescence imaging (NIRFI) probe, for biopsy site selection in OPMDs. Preclinical results demonstrate the superior accuracy of NIRFI-assisted biopsy over conventional oral examination (COE)-based biopsy in detecting high-grade dysplasia (HGD) or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and reducing missed detection rates. In a clinical trial with 50 patients, NIRFI-assisted biopsy achieves significantly higher diagnostic accuracy compared to COE-based biopsy (91% vs. 72%, p = …


Did Raja Asterias Ever Occur In The Sea Of Marmara Or Were Previous Records Just Cases Of Misidentified Raja Clavata?, Hakan Kabasakal, Uğur Uzer, Fi̇rdes Saadet Karakulak Mar 2025

Did Raja Asterias Ever Occur In The Sea Of Marmara Or Were Previous Records Just Cases Of Misidentified Raja Clavata?, Hakan Kabasakal, Uğur Uzer, Fi̇rdes Saadet Karakulak

Turkish Journal of Zoology

The current inventories of elasmobranchs in the Sea of Marmara have some taxonomic problems that need to be solved. One problematic species in the elasmobranch fauna of the region is Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758, and atypically coloured specimens of this skate species may have been misidentified in the past as congeners or closely related species. The present results show that R. asterias may be a misidentified species of the family Rajidae due to confusion with the atypically coloured R. clavata. As taxonomy is central to the integration of data sources in the context of biodiversity research and management of any …


Integrative Taxonomy Reveals The Existence Of A New Species Of Fat-Tailed Scorpions, Androctonus (Buthidae), In Iran, Hossein Barahoei, Omid Mirshamsi, Masoumeh Amiri, Asma Moeinadini, Ehsan Rakhshani Mar 2025

Integrative Taxonomy Reveals The Existence Of A New Species Of Fat-Tailed Scorpions, Androctonus (Buthidae), In Iran, Hossein Barahoei, Omid Mirshamsi, Masoumeh Amiri, Asma Moeinadini, Ehsan Rakhshani

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Two species of Androctonus have been reported to date from Iran: Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) and A. sistanus Barahoei and Mirshamsi, 2022, which is distributed only in the southeast of Iran. Investigating and identifying the distribution range of dangerous species is critically important for scorpion management. A total of 105 specimens of Androctonus were collected from representative locations in Esfahan, Yazd, Kerman, Hormozgan, Hamadan, and Khuzestan provinces. These samples were studied morphologically, morphometrically, molecularly (COI gene sequencing), and through species distribution modeling (SDM) using the MaxEnt model. Four Androctonus species were identified through the morphological and molecular studies: A. crassicauda, …


How Does Honey Make Gold Nanoparticles? Optical Analysis Of The Effects Of Temperature And Composition, Lydia Alvarnaz, Davon Ferrara Phd Mar 2025

How Does Honey Make Gold Nanoparticles? Optical Analysis Of The Effects Of Temperature And Composition, Lydia Alvarnaz, Davon Ferrara Phd

SPARK Symposium Presentations

In recent years, with an increasing interest in green chemistry, there has been an effort to find and understand synthesis methods using biologically-produced reducing and capping agents to produce stable gold nanoparticles (GNPs). Previous research using honey has shown this substance is a viable reducing agent in the formation of nanoparticles but have not looked at the stability of the colloidal gold nanoparticles. In this work, gold nanoparticles were reduced from an aqueous solution of gold chloroauric acid and a solution of varying concentrations of honey and water. The formation of NPs was analyzed using UV-Visible transmission spectroscopy to confirm …


Diverse Ancestral Representation Improves Genetic Intolerance Metrics, Alexander L Han, Chloe F Sands, Dorota Matelska, Jessica C Butts, Vida Ravanmehr, Fengyuan Hu, Esmeralda Villavicencio Gonzalez, Nicholas Katsanis, Carlos D Bustamante, Quanli Wang, Slavé Petrovski, Dimitrios Vitsios, Ryan S Dhindsa Mar 2025

Diverse Ancestral Representation Improves Genetic Intolerance Metrics, Alexander L Han, Chloe F Sands, Dorota Matelska, Jessica C Butts, Vida Ravanmehr, Fengyuan Hu, Esmeralda Villavicencio Gonzalez, Nicholas Katsanis, Carlos D Bustamante, Quanli Wang, Slavé Petrovski, Dimitrios Vitsios, Ryan S Dhindsa

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

The unprecedented scale of genomic databases has revolutionized our ability to identify regions in the human genome intolerant to variation—regions often implicated in disease. However, these datasets remain constrained by limited ancestral diversity. Here, we analyze whole-exome sequencing data from 460,551 UK Biobank and 125,748 Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD) participants across multiple ancestries to test several key intolerance metrics, including the Residual Variance Intolerance Score (RVIS), Missense Tolerance Ratio (MTR), and Loss-of-Function Observed/Expected ratio (LOF O/E). We demonstrate that increasing ancestral representation, rather than sample size alone, critically drives their performance. Scores trained on variation observed in African and Admixed …


Identifying Common Patterns In The Time Of Day Of Mindfulness Meditation Associated With Long-Term Maintenance, Ryan Fowers, Aurel Coza, Yunro Chung, Hassan Ghasemzadeh, Sara Cloonan, Jennifer Huberty, Vincent Berardi, Chad Stecher Mar 2025

Identifying Common Patterns In The Time Of Day Of Mindfulness Meditation Associated With Long-Term Maintenance, Ryan Fowers, Aurel Coza, Yunro Chung, Hassan Ghasemzadeh, Sara Cloonan, Jennifer Huberty, Vincent Berardi, Chad Stecher

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

Forming a habit of practicing mindfulness meditation around the same time of day is one strategy that may support long-term maintenance and in turn improve physical and mental health. The purpose of this study was to identify common patterns in the time of day of meditation associated with long-term meditation app use to assess the importance of temporal consistency for maintaining meditation over time. App usage data were collected from a random sample of 15,000 users who had paid for an annual membership to a commercial meditation app in 2017. We constructed three measures of temporal consistency in the time …


Effect Of Different Cavity Designs And Cad/Cam Blocks On Fracture Resistance Of Maxillary Premolars With Mod Cavities, Hend Sayed Ahmed, Mohamed Fouad Haridy, Radwa Nagy Ahmed, Shimaa Elsayed Elhusseiny Mar 2025

Effect Of Different Cavity Designs And Cad/Cam Blocks On Fracture Resistance Of Maxillary Premolars With Mod Cavities, Hend Sayed Ahmed, Mohamed Fouad Haridy, Radwa Nagy Ahmed, Shimaa Elsayed Elhusseiny

Dentistry

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The Autophagy Protein Atg14 Safeguards Against Unscheduled Pyroptosis Activation To Enable Embryo Transport During Early Pregnancy, Pooja Popli, Arin K Oestreich, Vineet K Maurya, Marina N Rowen, Yong Zhang, Michael J Holtzman, Ramya Masand, John P Lydon, Shizuo Akira, Kelle Moley, Ramakrishna Kommagani Mar 2025

The Autophagy Protein Atg14 Safeguards Against Unscheduled Pyroptosis Activation To Enable Embryo Transport During Early Pregnancy, Pooja Popli, Arin K Oestreich, Vineet K Maurya, Marina N Rowen, Yong Zhang, Michael J Holtzman, Ramya Masand, John P Lydon, Shizuo Akira, Kelle Moley, Ramakrishna Kommagani

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Recurrent pregnancy loss, characterized by two or more failed clinical pregnancies, poses a significant challenge to reproductive health. In addition to embryo quality and endometrial function, proper oviduct function is also essential for successful pregnancy establishment. Therefore, structural abnormalities or inflammation resulting from infection in the oviduct may impede the transport of embryos to the endometrium, thereby increasing the risk of miscarriage. However, our understanding of the biological processes that preserve the oviductal cellular structure and functional integrity is limited. Here, we report that autophagy-related protein ATG14 plays a crucial role in maintaining the cellular integrity of the oviduct by …


First Record Of Nesting Ecology And Tumor-Forming Disease In Endangered Green Turtles (Chelonia Mydas) On Taiping Island, Taiwan, Tsung-Hsien Li, Po-Yu Wu, Ming-An Tsai Mar 2025

First Record Of Nesting Ecology And Tumor-Forming Disease In Endangered Green Turtles (Chelonia Mydas) On Taiping Island, Taiwan, Tsung-Hsien Li, Po-Yu Wu, Ming-An Tsai

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Taiping Island is an important sea turtle nesting site in Taiwan. However, information on the nesting ecology on Taiping Island is still limited. The present study was conducted between 26 April and 3 June 2023 with the objective of collecting primary data on the sea turtle species that nest on the island. A total of 20 individual nesting green turtles were identified. No other sea turtle species were recorded nesting during this period. Five percent of nesting sea turtles had external tumors. The mean curved carapace length of all nesting female turtles was 98.2 cm. A total of 28 clutches …


Kellogg Creek Student Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Program, Peyton Priestman, Amy Van Riessen Mar 2025

Kellogg Creek Student Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Program, Peyton Priestman, Amy Van Riessen

Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver

The Kellogg Creek Student Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Program is a community science initiative launched in 2024 by the North Clackamas Watersheds Council in partnership with North Clackamas School District classrooms. The program supports the Kellogg Creek Restoration and Community Enhancement Project, a multifaceted restoration project happening in Downtown Milwaukie that will remove Kellogg Dam and create a publicly accessible natural area within Milwaukie. The Kellogg Creek Student Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Program uses data collected by students to evaluate changes in the water and habitat quality in lower Kellogg Creek following the removal of Kellogg Dam using “before-after-control-impact” (BACI) experimental design. Students use …


Bringing Dei To Nature Education: A Community Based, Culturally Specific Approach, Hanna Dornhofer Mar 2025

Bringing Dei To Nature Education: A Community Based, Culturally Specific Approach, Hanna Dornhofer

Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver

Since 2022, Beaverton Black People’s Union (BBPU) and the Tualatin Hills Nature Center at Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (THPRD) have partnered to offer the annual Black & Green Fellowship, a paid four-day experience for Black high school students in the Beaverton area. The Fellowship empowers youth to take up space and gain comfort in nature by building a relationship with a park site and building community with each other. Sessions are led by professional facilitators and subject matter experts on topics associated with nature and mental health. We focus on increasing students’ understanding of the connection between nature …


“Burned At The Stake”: Unpacking Disinformation In The Story Of A Coach Allegedly “Terminated” For Expressing Anti-Transgender Women Athlete Beliefs, Ellen J. Staurowsky Mar 2025

“Burned At The Stake”: Unpacking Disinformation In The Story Of A Coach Allegedly “Terminated” For Expressing Anti-Transgender Women Athlete Beliefs, Ellen J. Staurowsky

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

On August 29, 2023, a video testimony entitled ‘Burned at the Stake’: One NCAA Coach’s Battle to Protect Women’s Sport was released. The film was part of a “female athlete storytelling series” developed and funded by the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) designed to support the IWF’s stated agenda to “fight to save women’s sports and counter the radical agenda that seeks to erase women” by allowing transgender girls and women on teams that match their identities. The central figure in the video is Kim Russell, then head women’s lacrosse coach at NCAA Division III Oberlin College, who claimed her right …


Lichen Diversity In Portland Metro Area, Nora Dunkirk Mar 2025

Lichen Diversity In Portland Metro Area, Nora Dunkirk

Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver

Lichens are keystone species ubiquitous around the world. Lichens are important air quality indicators across urban and natural ecosystems. The biodiversity of lichens can be great, but as species sensitive to air-pollution, the biodiversity in urban ecosystems does not always match the biodiversity of surrounding natural areas. For this work I used the citizen science tool iNaturalist to compile a list of the most frequently observed lichen species in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Region. Public tools like iNaturalist make lichen surveys accessible to more people. I present details about how to identify the five most frequently observed lichen species, and summary …


The Road Less Traveled: Analyzing The Career Paths Of Women Athletic Directors Utilizing Social Network Analysis, Mary C. Motley, Jonathan A. Jensen, Erianne Weight, Brad Bates Mar 2025

The Road Less Traveled: Analyzing The Career Paths Of Women Athletic Directors Utilizing Social Network Analysis, Mary C. Motley, Jonathan A. Jensen, Erianne Weight, Brad Bates

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

The purpose of this research is to analyze the career paths of current NCAA Division I women athletic directors (ADs), towards the goal of building and identifying networks within intercollegiate athletics. By using social network analysis (SNA), this research builds out a hiring network within intercollegiate athletics by analyzing the career changes of current Division I women ADs. The objectives of this study included exploring current women AD career paths, uncovering institutions deemed most influential in the network, and comparing the career paths of women and men ADs. Findings suggest that on average, women ADs have longer career paths than …


The Shorthorn: April 24, 1922 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: April 24, 1922

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

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The Shorthorn: April 10, 1922 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: April 10, 1922

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

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The Shorthorn: March 27, 1922 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: March 27, 1922

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

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The Shorthorn: February 13, 1922 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: February 13, 1922

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

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The Shorthorn: January 30, 1922 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: January 30, 1922

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

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The Shorthorn: December 12, 1921 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: December 12, 1921

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

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The Shorthorn: November 12, 1921 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: November 12, 1921

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

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The Shorthorn: November 05, 1921 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: November 05, 1921

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

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The Shorthorn: October 24, 1921 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: October 24, 1921

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

No abstract provided.


The Shorthorn: October 10, 1921 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: October 10, 1921

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

No abstract provided.


The Shorthorn: October 03, 1921 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: October 03, 1921

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

No abstract provided.


The Shorthorn: January 1920 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: January 1920

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1920s

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The Shorthorn: June, 1919 Mar 2025

The Shorthorn: June, 1919

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1910s

No abstract provided.


Northern Red-Legged Frog Use Of A New Under-Road Crossing And Adjacent Upland Habitat, Alyson W. Yates, Catherine De Rivera Mar 2025

Northern Red-Legged Frog Use Of A New Under-Road Crossing And Adjacent Upland Habitat, Alyson W. Yates, Catherine De Rivera

Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver

A population of northern red-legged frogs (Rana aurora) located in northwest Portland must make a perilous crossing over U.S. Hwy 30 to access their breeding habitat in the floodplain of the Willamette River. To address the significant frog mortality that has historically resulted from this seasonal crossing, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife managed the installation of an under-road crossing structure, completed in October 2024. To date, no studies have documented the effectiveness of crossing structures installed for R. aurora use, and few studies have examined their effectiveness for amphibians after installation. To meet these needs, our research will …