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Faculty Relationships: A Key Factor In Fostering Students' Sense Of Belonging In A Doctor Of Physical Therapy Program, Gina Gang, Jenni Rae Rubio, Michael Antich, Anayansi Balmaceda, Alexandra Candamil, Lacey Fogata, Corey Salce, Roger Vermont Zelaya, Noha Daher

Health Professions Education

Background: Sense of belonging is critical for student success in higher education. Limited research exists investigating factors perceived by Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students contributing to belonging during on-campus curricula.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore belonging among second-year DPT students and identify influencing factors and strategies to enhance on-campus belonging.

Methods: The study used a convergent parallel design, integrating quantitative cross-sectional survey data with qualitative thematic analysis. Second-year DPT students in one residential program completed the University Belonging Questionnaire (UBQ) and answered open-ended questions. The primary outcomes were degree of student belonging, factors influencing belonging, …

Social Network Sites: Use, Perception Of Addiction And Health Risks Among Nursing Students In Meknes Morocco, Rachida Archou, Meriem Ouadrhiri, Rajae Lamsyah, Maryem Rhanoui, Mustapha Boucetta, Mounia Mikram, Kamelia Amazian, Rachid Aalouane

Health Professions Education

Objectif : Le nombre d'utilisateurs des réseaux sociaux est en constante augmentation et les jeunes représentent la catégorie la plus attirée par ces sites. Cependant, une utilisation incontrôlée des réseaux sociaux peut entraîner de graves problèmes de santé physique et psychologique. Par conséquent, cette étude vise à déterminer la dépendance perçue aux réseaux sociaux et son impact sur la santé des étudiants infirmiers marocains.

Méthodes : Il s'agit d'une étude transversale. Les données ont été collectées auprès de 300 étudiants infirmiers marocains à l'aide d'un questionnaire auto-administré et pré-testé. Le questionnaire est divisé en trois sections : a) données démographiques, …

Exploring Approaches To Teaching Communication Practices For Shared Decision-Making In Medical Education: A Scoping Review, Sarah A. E. Aboushawareb, Saki Sultana, Peter Nugus, Tracie Barnett, Amalia M. . Issa, Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant

Health Professions Education

Objective

Health professional education researchers have documented increased training on shared decision-making (SDM) skills in undergraduate as well as continuing professional development (CPD). In this review, we seek to understand the current methods and approaches to teaching SDM for healthcare providers and trainees.

Methods

This scoping review involved the systematic search of 4 databases: MEDLINE, ERIC, PsycINFO, and Scopus for qualitative and quantitative studies literature covering the topic of teaching SDM in medical education.

Results

We identified 20 records that met our search criteria and were included in this study. We found that SDM training provided in medical education included …

Learning Styles Preferences Among Medical Students: Professional Year, Gender, Residence And Educational System Based Comparative Analysis, Rizwan Faisal, Noor Ul Saba Khattak, Maria Saeed, Fazl E Amin, Muhammad Waqar Ahmad Khan

Health Professions Education

Background:

Learning style is an approach students start to adopt to new information. It can be assessed by various models. Among them, the VARK (visual-V, aural-A, read/write-R, kinesthetic-K) model is more appropriate, concise, and reliable. Visual learners grasp information best through images and diagrams; auditory learners excel by listening to spoken content; reading/writing learners prefer writing and text-based materials; and kinesthetic learners understand concepts through hands-on activities. Understanding students’ preferences of learning styles grants higher academic efficiency and helps the faculty to use suitable teaching methods for enhancing the student’s grasping ability.

Objective:

To compare preferred learning styles by using …

Uncovering The Perceptions Of Grades In Dentistry Students: How Are Grades Impacting Learning & Clinical Development?, Jenna J. Yuen, Andrew Horne, Tyler S. Beveridge, Sarah Mclean

Health Professions Education

Purpose. Educators have noted that grades may have negative impacts on students’ clinical performance; however, dental students’ perceptions of grading practices remains unknown. This study aims to: (i) identify the most prevalent grade perceptions and the underlying driving factors, and (ii) explore how students perceive the impact of grades on their learning and clinical development.

Methods. To address our aims, we used a mixed-methods research approach with a population of dentistry students at our institution. We distributed online surveys (Winter 2021; n=68), and conducted virtual semi-structured interviews (Fall 2021; n=6) and a focus group (Fall …

Chatgpt Use In Active Learning Among Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study., Asma Bouriami, Kamal Takhdat, Sana Barkatou, Abdelmounaim Manoussi, Jaouad Chouikh, Samia Boussaa, Ahmed Rhassane El Adib

Health Professions Education

Purpose: Active pedagogy offers interesting potential for teaching and learning, especially when combined with artificial intelligence tools. The aim of this study is to investigate students' knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and experiences regarding the use of ChatGPT within active learning methodologies.

Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional survey was conducted using a questionnaire with 913 nursing students from four public higher nursing institutes.

Results: Overall, the majority of participants have a low to medium level of knowledge, even though 79.4% of them use ChatGPT. In fact, Participants use ChatGPT mainly for problem-based learning, and project-based learning. In addition, men students are 1.55 more …

Effect Of The Development Of Social Networks On Expansion Of Social Entrepreneurship: Moderating Role Of Digital Technology Infrastructure And Social Norms, Mahdi Maskani, Reza Mohammadkazemi, Fargol Saberi Qomi

AMTP Proceedings 2025

In today's era, social networks, which are an effective tool in promoting ideas and innovations, have met with global acceptance and popularity. The communication that is formed between people in society through them can be the basis for ideas and opportunities for social entrepreneurship and voluntary social activities, and it is expected that this global platform will be the basis for the expansion of social entrepreneurship. The study aimed to examine the effect of the development of social networks on the expansion of social entrepreneurship by explaining the moderating role of digital technology infrastructure and social norms. The findings revealed …

Exploring The Role Of Online Discussion Forums In Endorsing Egyptian Undergraduates’ Efl Learning, Wesam Khairy Morsi

English Language and Literature

eLearning Management systems (eLMS) are software applications used in universities worldwide to implement specific educational goals. eLearning platforms have several features that support traditional Face to Face (FTF) teaching and provide valuable opportunities for independent, self-paced learning. One of these features is the Online Discussion Forums (ODFs). This research paper investigates the role of ODFs in endorsing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning by examining students' perceptions of its accessibility, peer/instructor interaction, assessment criteria, and discussion topics. The paper also investigates the influence of gender on students' perceptions of the role of ODFs. This is a non-experimental research design, …

A Scientometric Study On Research Trends And Characteristics Of Tooth Intentional Replantation, Yan Zhou, Simin Deng, Wenhua Xu, Wei Liu, Yibo Guo, Mingyi Zhu

Journal of Dental Sciences

Background/purpose: Intentional replantation is regarded as a final strategy to preserve natural teeth affected by inaccessible endodontic and periodontal disease. The purpose of this study was to analyze the scientometric characteristics and research trends of tooth intentional replantation.

Materials and methods: All the papers on intentional replantation were comprehensively retrieved from the Scopus database. The years of publication were divided into before 2017 and after 2017 in the analysis of research trends.

Results: There were 356 papers on intentional replantation, with total citations of 5562 and the h index of 42. The trend of bone substitutes, boron …

Culture Of Disease: A Historiographical Review Of The Black Death, Jack Bamford

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay ………………………………2

II. Document Selection ………………………. 22

III. Textbook Critique…………………………...32

IV. Original Textbook Entry…………………... 36

Wave Power Extraction From A U-Shaped Oscillating Water Column Consisting Of A Flexible Bottom-Standing Front Wall, Siming Zheng, Haojie Zheng, Simone Michele, Guixun Zhu, Yeaw Chu Lee, Deborah Greaves

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

In this paper, the concept of a U-shaped oscillating water column (UOWC) device consisting of a flexible bottom-standing front wall is proposed. The deflection of the flexible wall could bring benefits for wave power absorption. To evaluate the hydrodynamic performance and predict the wave power absorption of the flexible UOWC, a theoretical model based on the linear potential flow theory and the Galerkin approximation method is developed. For some examined flexible UOWCs, three peaks of the frequency response of the maximum wave power capture efficiency are observed, in which two are related to the resonant frequencies of the oscillating water …

Mesoscale Modeling For Predicting Effective Properties And Damage Behavior Of Geopolymer Concrete, Feiyu Shi, Shanshan Cheng, Longyuan Li

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Geopolymer concrete is a sustainable construction material and is considered as a promising alternative to traditional Portland cement concrete. However, there is still not much research on the effective properties and damage behavior of geopolymer concrete with consideration of its heterogeneous characteristics by means of mesoscale models combined with the regularized microplane damage model. Here, in this research, an easy and simpler approach for generating concrete mesoscale models and characterizing the angular characteristics of aggregate particles is presented. After the proposed mesoscale modeling was validated by numerical, experimental and theoretical models, it was employed further to predict the effective properties …

Developing An Artificial Intelligence Framework For Identifying Fusion Blood-Based Biomarkers In Alzheimer's Disease, Ali H. Al-Nuaimi, Mohammed Kamal Nsaif, Shaymaa Al-Juboori

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is an irreversible neurological disorder, a major cause of disability among the elderly, with no effective therapeutic options currently available. It is an asymp-tomatic disease in the prodromal stages and begins many years before clinical appearances. Early diagnosis of AD allows patients to obtain appropriate healthcare assistance, accelerating the development of new medications. A biomarker that evaluates the alterations in the brain cells produced by AD in its preliminary periods might be significant for its early identification. Blood-based biomarkers (BBBMs) facilitate the early detection of AD. The BBBMs detection procedure is cost-efficient and minimally invasive. The aim …

Surfing Towards Shared Futures - Comparative Insights From Australia's World Surfing Reserves: Part Of The Series: Transformative Ocean Governance In Australia’S World Surfing Reserves - A Community-Centred Perspective, Kizzy Beaumont

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Executive summaryThis comparative report brings together insights from the Noosa, Gold Coast, and Manly-Freshwater World Surfing Reserves (WSRs), showing how locally led stewardship delivers cultural, environmental, and economic value for coastal communities. Using a Transformative Ocean Governance lens, the analysis synthesises participant perspectives from focus groups and interviews alongside a desk-based review of official materials. Across the three sites there is clear commitment to surf culture, environmental care, and participation, with practical innovations already visible in education, etiquette, and community engagement.The sites follow different but complementary governance paths. Noosa demonstrates how independent stewardship can sit alongside council activity and deliver …

Stronger Shores: A Natural Capital Asset And Risk Register For The Northeast England Coastline Part Three: Application Of The Natural Capital Asset And Risk Register To Appraise Options And Assess Benefits Within Flood And Coastal Erosion Risk Management. A Report Has Been Compiled By Staff At The Marine Institute, School Of Biological And Marine Science, University Of Plymouth., Matthew Ashley, Helen Agosti, Tom Mullier, Tom Mullier, Riley Bibaud, Sian Rees

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

The Part Three report identifies the role and opportunity for application of the Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register evidence, provided in Reports Part One and Two, in appraisal of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) options within Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM). Interventions applying NbS aim to increase extent and condition of specific habitat assets (ecosystem assets), therefore, considerable environmental benefits, as well as relevant cross-policy objectives are met when NbS are considered as an option. As such, the linked contribution to ecosystem services and associated benefits to people, and where possible economic value, needs to also be documented when …

Comparing The Sensitivity And Specificity Of Novel Motor Assessments For Traumatic Brain Injury, Paula K. Johnson, Ariana M. Hedges-Muncy, Erin D. Bigler, Lorie Richards, Steven Knight Charles

Faculty Publications

Background: Portable technology that records movements with high accuracy provides potential for sensitive clinical movement tests for individuals who experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Objective: (1)To present impairments assessed using markerless motion capture (MMC) and (2) to compare the sensitivity and specificity of the MMCmediated tests to each other and to common clinical tests. Design: Screening study, using as criterion standard the ability to classify participant with TBI versus control participant. Setting: Research laboratory. Participants: The study included 30 individuals with TBI and 101 control participants. Entry criteria included most recent head injury < 5 years old, no history of movement issues prior to injury, no movement-affecting medications, and sufficient cognitive ability to follow instructions. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: Performance on MMC-mediated tests and existing clinical analogs. MMC-mediated tests included finger oscillation, simple reaction time, and visually guided movement tasks. For comparison, participants also completed the following clinical tests: Halstead–Reitan finger tapping, simple reaction time test, and Beery Visuomotor Integration test. Impairments were identified as test scores of participants with TBI that fell outside of the 95% interval of control participants’ test scores. Random forest analysis was used to calculate the sensitivity and specificity of MMC and clinical tests according to their ability to correctly classify participants with TBI and control participants. Results: MMC-mediated tests revealed impairments in more participants with TBI than clinical tests in all three TBI groups (mild, repeated, and moderate to severe). Similarly, MMC-mediated tests revealed a higher percentage of scores as impairments than clinical tests in all three groups with TBI. Furthermore, MMC-mediated tests proved more sensitive and more specific than clinical tests (70% versus 50% and 98% versus 93%, respectively). Conclusion: MMC-mediated tests are sensitive and specific (compared to traditional clinical tests) and have potential to fill a gap in clinical care of TBI.

The Development Of A Rag-Based Artificial Intelligence Research Assistant (Aira), Hamid Vakilzadeh, David A. Wood

Faculty Publications

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Customer Service Operations: A Gatekeeper Framework, Maqbool Dada, Brett A. Hathaway, Evgeny Kagan

Faculty Publications

Customer service has evolved beyond in-person visits and phone calls to include live chat, AI chatbots and social media, among other contact options. Service providers typically refer to these contact modalities as “channels”. Within each channel, customer service agents are tasked with managing and resolving a stream of inbound service requests. Each request involves milestones where the agent must decide whether to keep assisting the customer or to transfer them to a more skilled – and often costlier – provider. To understand how this request resolution process should be managed, we develop a model in which each channel is represented …

Actuator Disk Model For Aeropropulsive Coupling Effects In Vortex Particle Method, Eduardo Alvarez, Vineet Ahuja, Vinod Lakshminarayan, Aaron Perry, Ryan Anderson, Andrew Ning

Faculty Publications

Blown lift and distributed electric propulsion aircraft pose strong aeropropulsive coupling effects that cannot be ignored during the early stages of design. In this study, we develop an advanced actuator disk model (ADM) for aeropropulsive coupling effects of ducted fans with the vortex particle method (VPM). The advanced ADM consists of (1) an actuator disk at the rotor plane, (2) a surface vortex sheet modeling the mixing and convection of blade tip vorticity along walls, and (3) a powered wake at the exhaust. With these three components, a propulsion jet with an arbitrary velocity profile is formed and interactions with …

Browsing Within An Academic Library, Holt Zaugg, Jillian Bunderson

Faculty Publications

Purpose – Browsing library resources is a method long used by researchers to expand their understanding of ill-defined projects and to have serendipitous research discoveries. This study sought to understand the browsing activities of students in an academic library. Design/methodology/approach – The study used two methods. First, a link to an online survey was posted on posters throughout the library inviting students to share their browsing experience. Second, library security officers (student employees) were asked to count the number of people browsing within the stacks as they conducted their hourly walk-throughs of the library. Browsing was broadly defined as anyone …

Creating And Implementing An Inclusive Metadata Policy, Nicole Lewis, Jeremy Myntti

Faculty Publications

The BYU Library developed an Inclusive Metadata Policy for metadata creators to use when creating and remediating descriptions to be more inclusive. Accompanying the policy is a companion document with recommendations and examples, including links to many external resources. In addition to working with stakeholders in the library to develop the policy, we consulted with the University’s Office of Belonging. This presentation will describe the process we used to create the library policy and recommendations document and share information about how the policy has been implemented.

Artificial Intelligence In Educational Research And Scholarship: Seven Framings, Eamon Costello, Giselle Ferreira, Stefan Hrastinski, Jason K. Mcdonald, Ahmed Tlili, George Veletsianos, Victoria I. Marin, Henk Huijser, Sharon Altena

Faculty Publications

In a recent interview (Bender et al., 2025), Professor Emily M. Bender discussed the limitations of technical solutions in addressing harmful Artificial Intelligence (AI) bias. She described a particular point we may reach at which technical solutions stop working, and when we should then widen the lens to ask about the problem framing itself. This is a crucial step in any inquiry that is of concern to both novice and experienced researchers alike: moving from problem-solving to problematisation. This commentary aims to provide educational researchers with a glimpse into the wide array of research problems and problematisation of AI in …

Origami Folding Pattern Development For Gossamer 18 Structures, Larry L. Howell, Ivy Running, Carolina Wright, Robert J. Lang, Spencer Magleby

Faculty Publications

Gossamer structures for satellites are large, thin deployable structures that are attractive for space applications because they can be stowed compactly for transportation and deployed to have large functional surface areas. Reflectarray antennas, in particular, are candidates for gossamer structures because they can be realized on thin membranes. However, the efficiency of reflectarray antennas decreases with any deviations from a flat plane, including those induced by plastically deformed creases. Rolling membranes can prevent some plastic deformation, but requires relative slipping between layers that are rolled together. In this work, we describe, analyze, and demonstrate two rolled configurations for deployable gossamer …

Mill Power Consumption And Fuel Particle Size Distribution While Co-Milling Bituminous Coal With Steam-Exploded Woody Biomass In A Conventional Bowl Mill, Brian Schoof, Rajarshi Roy, Regan Kuttler, Parker Latour, Scott Montgomery, Jacob Tuttle, Gwendolyn Bennett Bennett, Brian D. Iverson, Andrew Fry

Faculty Publications

The mill behavior of a 312 Combustion Engineering Raymond Bowl Mill was studied with five blends of Utah bituminous coal and steam-exploded woody biomass, ranging from 100 % coal to 100 % biomass. Mill power consumption increased with biomass content, peaking at 187 % of the power required for 100 % coal before the mill faulted at 100 % biomass. After repositioning the rollers, power consumption for 100 % biomass decreased by 13 % compared to 100 % coal. SEM images revealed that milled biomass particles were non-spherical, indicating some fibrous structure remained post steam-explosion. The particle size distribution (PSD) …

Drop Dynamics During Condensation On Superhydrophobic Surfaces In Vapor Shear Flow, Shaur Humayun, R. Daniel Maynes, Julie Crockett, Brian D. Iverson

Faculty Publications

Accurate models for predicting drop dynamics, such as maximum drop departure sizes, are crucial for estimating heat transfer rates during condensation on superhydrophobic (SH) surfaces. Previous studies have focused on examining the heat transfer rates for SH surfaces under the influence of gravity or vapor flowing over the surface. This study investigates the impact of surface solid fraction and texture scale on drop mobility in a condensing environment with a humid air flow. Experiments recorded condensation with varying surface feature sizes from micro- to nano scale under different flow rates. Video analysis detected the drop-size distribution and maximum drop departure …

Internally Stowed, Radially Deployed Radiator Panels For Passive Cubesat Thermal Control, Josh R. Cannon, Kyle N. Havey, Noah S. Housley, Rydge B. Mulford, Brian D. Iverson

Faculty Publications

CubeSats experience significant thermal loads due to solar irradiation and the dissipation from electrical components. The high heat dissipation per unit volume can lead to mission failure if not properly managed. Deployable radiators that are externally stowed and passively actuated in response to changes in CubeSat temperature have been explored as a viable solution. This work describes a radially deployed fin array that is stowed within the CubeSat body when the required heat dissipation is low and passively deploys when the required heat dissipation is high. Internal stowage improves thermal transport to the deployable fins and minimizes heat loss when …

Flyphonedb2: A Computational Framework For Analyzing Cell-Cell Communication In Drosophila Scrna-Seq Data Integrating Alphafold-Multimer Predictions, Mujeeb Qadiri, Ying Liu, Ah-Ram Kim, Myeonghoon Han, Eric Zhou, Austin Veal, Tzu-Chiao Lu, Hongjie Li, Yanhui Hu, Norbert Perrimon

Center on Aging Staff Publications

Cell-cell communication (CCC) plays a critical role in the physiological regulation of organisms and has been implicated in numerous diseases. Previously, we introduced FlyPhoneDB, a tool designed to explore CCC in Drosophila single-cell RNA-sequencing datasets. The core algorithm of FlyPhoneDB infers tissue-specific signaling events between cell types by calculating cell-cell interaction scores based on curated ligand-receptor (L-R) expression across major signaling pathways. However, the utility of FlyPhoneDB was limited by the relatively small number of available L-R pairs.

Here, we present FlyPhoneDB2, a major upgrade featuring a significantly expanded knowledgebase that includes a greater number of L-R pairs, incorporating annotations …

Advancing Medical Applications Of Cancer Nanotechnology: Highlighting Two Decades Of The Nci's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory Service To The Research Community, Rachael M Crist, Yechezkel Barenholz, Ahuva Cern, Kate N Clark, Pieter R Cullis, Cheryl Dean, Neil Desai, Mauro Ferrari, Matthieu Germain, Carmen A Giacomantonio, Emma Grabarnik, Piotr Grodzinski, Atara Hod, Barry E Kennedy, Ruvanthi N Kularatne, Glen S Kwon, Emmanuel Loeb, Erin B Noftall, Len Pagliaro, Morteza Rasoulianboroujeni, Alexander Roth, Darren Rowles, Kulbir Singh, Nicole F Steinmetz, Zhanna Yehtina, Yao Zhang, Daniel Zilbersheid, Jeffrey D Clogston, Stephan T Stern, Marina A Dobrovolskaia

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Staff Publications

The Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL) is a US federally funded resource providing characterization and expertise to the cancer nanomedicine research community. Founded as a formal partnership among the US National Cancer Institute (NCI), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the NCL has spent two decades developing a one-of-a-kind service with broad multidisciplinary expertise to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving drug development field. To mark the 20th anniversary of the lab's founding, the NCL hosted a symposium to highlight the achievements of the cancer nanomedicine field, showcase novel, …

Exosomes And Encapsulated Exomirs In Breast Cancer: Theragnostic Applications And Clinical Implications, Muhammad Imran Sajid, Shafia Bukhari, Hamid Ilyas, Rubina Malik, Minahil Fatima, Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, Surya M. Nauli, Khawaja Husnain Haider

Pharmacy Faculty Books and Book Chapters

Exosomes, released by cells, are small vesicles that have emerged as critical theranostic tools in breast cancer due to their unique ability to transport diverse biomolecules such as proteins, lipids, and RNAs, including microRNAs (ExomiRs). These vesicles are critical in modulating the tumor microenvironment, driving processes like cancer proliferation, invasion, metastasis, and drug resistance. Exosomal microRNAs such as ExomiR-21, ExomiR-1246, and ExomiR-155, with their profound influence on the gene expressions in the recipient cells, are the unsung heroes in tumor progression and immune modulation. This chapter delves into exosome's dual diagnostic and therapeutic potential in breast cancer. It highlights their …

Cervical Cancer Prevention Behaviors In Young Black Women, Angela J Johnson, Monica J Johnson, Juinell B Williams, Emma Muscari, Laura Palmo, Michelle Ruiz, Brianna Bush, Lisa C Campbell

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: In the United States, Black women have the second highest incidence of cervical cancer (CC) due to high incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV), slow HPV clearance rates, and low receipt of preventive pap smears and vaccines.

Objective: A Black Feminist Thought framework was used to examine how the media portrayal of Black women, racial identity, and familial factors impact CC prevention behaviors among young Black women.

Design: Black women enrolled at a large southeastern university consented and participated in an online mixed-methods survey examining facilitators and barriers to CC prevention behaviors. Quantitative items were analyzed via descriptive statistics, and …