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Differential Associations Among Psychological Flexibility Components, Depressive Symptoms And Sense Of Belonging In First Semester College Students., Ti Hsu, Cristina Nardini, Gabriel M. Velez, Elizabeth Raposa

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

Objective. The transition to college is associated with rising rates of depressive symptoms and decreased well-being. It is critical to identify protective psychological factors for this period. One possible protective factor is psychological flexibility, or the ability to pursue self-identified values despite distressing thoughts and emotions. This study examined associations among psychological flexibility components and well-being outcomes in first semester college students. Participants: The sample consisted of 238 diverse first-semester college students recruited from five universities. Method: Using structural equation modeling, we examined associations among three components of psychological flexibility and two dimensions of well-being (i.e., depressive symptoms and sense …

A New Interpolated Pseudodifferential Preconditioner For The Helmholtz Equation In Heterogeneous Media

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

This paper introduces a new pseudodifferential preconditioner for the Helmholtz equation in variable media with absorption. The pseudodifferential operator is associated with the multiplicative inverse to the symbol of the Helmholtz operator. This approach is well suited for the intermediate and high-frequency regimes. The main novel idea for the fast evaluation of the preconditioner is to interpolate its symbol, not as a function of the (high-dimensional) phase-space variables, but as a function of the wave speed itself. Since the wave speed is a real-valued function, this approach allows us to interpolate in a univariate setting even when the original problem …

Islands Of Algorithmic Integrity: Imagining A Democratic Digital Public Sphere, Aziz Z. Huq

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

This essay offers a new analytic lens for evaluating the design of digital platforms from the perspective of democratic values. It develops a model of desirable platform design, and them ask present legal interventions move is toward that aspiration. The aspirational model is not draws on an idea found in the scholarly literatures in political science and sociology about economic development . This is the notion that development policy should aim to seed “islands of integrity,” into patrimonial or nepotistic state structures as a way of building foundations for a more robust and hence public-regarding state apparatus. This literature explores …

The Constitution And The War On Dei, Sonja A. Starr, Genevieve Lakier

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

his Article examines how the second Trump Administration’s aggressive attacks on programs, policies, and speech loosely associated with diversity, equity, and inclusion [DEI] intersect with the constitutional guarantees of equal protection and freedom of speech. We argue first that there is little doctrinal support for the administration’s pervasive efforts to justify its war on DEI by invoking the Equal Protection Clause and parallel statutory law. Instead, the administration is stretching existing colorblindness doctrine beyond recognition, into a radical vision that we label “anti-antisubordination.” On this view, vindicating equality values does not only require restricting practices that treat individuals differently based …

Yes, The Founders Were Originalists, William Baude

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

Jonathan Gienapp’s Against Constitutional Originalism accuses originalism of a kind of self- defeat, arguing that the Founders weren’t really originalists. But like Jefferson Powell’s sim- ilar argument forty years ago, which encouraged a shift from original intent to original meaning, Gienapp’s work may only help along a similar shift, this time from original mean- ing to our original law.

Gienapp makes four main claims: that the Founders’ Constitution wasn’t conventional law; that the Founders couldn’t agree on how to read it; that much of their fundamental law was unwritten; and that no originalist theory can account for this. As we …

Bargaining In The Shadow Of The Efaa, Samuel Cole

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

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Monarchy, Tom Ginsburg

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

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A Meditation On The Thirteenth Amendment And Constitutional Redemption, Darrel A. H. Miller

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

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Defining Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex: Using Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder As A Framework For Proposing Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER) is a distinct neurobiological condition characterized by negative alterations in mental state in response to milk letdown during lactation. Symptoms vary by patient and can include feelings of sadness, anxiety or agitation. Importantly, the symptoms are brief, typically lasting no more than 5 minutes. Prevalence has been found between 6 and 27% of lactating women, but studies show heterogeneity, due in part to inconsistent definition. D-MER is not currently classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which presents a challenge for researchers of the …

Increasing Surgical Healthcare Utilization For Infants With Congenital Anomalies In Texas, Kathleen Hosek, Dailen Alonso, Timothy C Lee, Sundeep G Keswani, Alice King

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Introduction: Congenital anomalies (CAs) impact 3% of live births and account for disproportionately high healthcare costs. While many CAs require multidisciplinary care and surgical intervention, the overall financial impact of infants diagnosed with CA with surgical needs is unknown. We aim to evaluate and characterize the charges of care in infants with CA and surgical needs in Texas.

Methods: A database study using the Texas Inpatient Public Use Data File was performed to query infants (< 365 days) statewide from 1/2021 to 12/2021 for admissions with CA and involved organ system by ICD-10 codes. Encounters transferred to an outside hospital were excluded to avoid systematic double-counting. Descriptive statistics were performed.

Results: Of 376,215 total admissions, 81,666 had surgical needs with OR charges. While non-CA represent the majority of surgical admissions (63,895/81,666; 78.24%), CA-surgical admissions …

Exploring Pre-Kindergarten Teachers' Experiences With Engaging Black Boys In Literacy Instruction, Airreia Faith Pierce

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Recent studies convey the critical need for teachers to use culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) to engage Black boys in literacy instruction. The problem was that in the Sunshine School District (SSD: a pseudonym), pre-kindergarten (pre-K) teachers found it challenging to engage Black boys in literacy instruction. Framed by Ladson-Billings’s CRP, the purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore how pre-K teachers engaged Black boys in literacy instruction and how teachers’ instructional practices aligned with CRP. To collect data, a purposeful sample of 11 pre-K teachers from SSD participated in semistructured interviews. Thematic analysis, using open coding, was applied …

Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Of The Ascending Aorta: A Novel Approach To Evaluate Arterial Stiffness In Pediatric Patients With Repaired Conotruncal Anomalies Using Echocardiography, Daniel Forsha, Doaa Aly

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Children with repaired conotruncal abnormalities (CTA) are at risk of progressive aortic dilation and deteriorating aortic elasticity even after surgical correction. Strain imaging, using a 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE), has been used for arterial stiffness assessment, but pediatric data are still lacking. We investigated the feasibility, reproducibility, and clinical value of 2D-STE derived ascending aorta (AAo) stiffness in children with repaired CTA.

Methods: 22 pediatric patients with repaired CTA were included along with 25 age- and sex- matched healthy controls (mean age 10.2 ± 4.5 years). Conventional 2D echocardiographic and 2D-STE assessment of AAo mechanics was performed. M-mode …