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Building Better Research: Structured Activities To Support Student Projects, Alicia G. Vaandering

Faculty Learning Day 2026

Students often feel overwhelmed by large research assignments, struggling to break large papers, presentations, or other projects into manageable steps. This session explores practical ways to support the development of students’ research skills through scaffolded in-class activities and assignments. Participants will leave with adaptable ideas for designing and implementing sequenced tasks that reduce overwhelm while building critical research and information literacy skills.

Tips & Tricks For Fostering Online Engagement, Jacqueline Kociubuk, Karen Haskell, Arthur J. Spivack

Faculty Learning Day 2026

Creating engagement in online classroom spaces often requires new or unique tools, strategies, and practices. Join us as we share some of our student-tested methods for building online engagement in undergraduate and graduate courses across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

Harmonicthreads: A Formative Evaluation Of A Fabric-Based Digital Musical Instrument Toward Inclusive Music-Making, Ellie Nguyen, Franceli L. Cibrian

Engineering Faculty Articles and Research

Background:

Inclusive music-making requires instruments that support varied bodies, abilities, musical backgrounds, and forms of participation. Digital musical instruments provide diverse approaches to sound creation, and fabric-based interfaces offer an alternative interaction modality that may support participation for some users and contexts. Their tactile and deformable properties enable forms of interaction that differ from conventional rigid or screen-based controllers and may offer inclusive possibilities in particular settings.

Objective:

This paper presents HarmonicThreads as a formative interaction-design case of a fabric-based digital musical instrument. The prototype explores how tactile cues, fabric deformation, projected visual feedback, and assisted accompaniment can support low-barrier …

Hidden In Plain Sight: Uk Social Work Educator Views Of Preparedness To Work With Individuals And Families Affected By Abi., Caroline Bald, Alyson Norman, Akudo Amediegwu, Talis Spirit, Temi Ademakinwa, Mark A. Linden, Mark Holloway, Michael Clarke, Andrew Bateman

School of Psychology

Acquired brain injury (ABI) is the leading cause of adulthood injury-related death and disability worldwide. Despite ABI’s prevalence, little is known about the extent to which social workers are prepared for brain injury working and specifically pre-qualifying brain injury curricula. This study employed a nine-item survey regarding brain injury social work knowledge. The survey asked about curricula inclusion within social work pre-qualification via multiple education providers to understand the extent to which brain injury training is incorporated within UK courses. This included a series of open-ended questions. Data from 36 survey respondents identified that 1) there was an acknowledged gap …

Training For Social Prescribing Link Workers: A Scoping Review, S. Tierney, G. Hanley, H. Napierala, L. Burns, K. Husk

Peninsula Medical School

Background: Social prescribing involves connecting people to community-based resources to address non-medical determinants of health. Central to its delivery are link workers; their effectiveness depends, in part, on the availability and quality of training. Despite rapid expansion of the link worker role on an international scale, training provision for this workforce remains fragmented and poorly mapped. Aim: To identify and describe training programmes for link workers reported in the published and grey literature. Methods: We followed the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology on scoping reviews. Six electronic databases were searched alongside targeted grey literature searching. Sources were included if they described …

Visual Arts Teachers’ Perception Of Integrating Visual Arts To Help With Student Core Content Achievement, Amanda Munoz

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem addressed in this study was that local school districts in Texas do not offer a visual arts-integrated curriculum despite the known academic and social-emotional benefits for K–12 students. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of Texas K–12 visual arts teachers regarding arts integration to enhance core content learning. Grounded in Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory, the research questions focused on teachers' perceptions of arts integration and their recommendations for implementation. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 10 K–12 visual arts teachers in Texas who had at least 1 year of teaching experience. …

Strategies That Black American Female Business Owners Use To Secure Government Contracts, Darrilyn Marie Brittian

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Black American female business owners remain underrepresented in government contracting despite the availability of federal, state, and local procurement opportunities. Some Black American female business owners lack effective strategies to secure government contracts, which may limit business growth and profitability. Grounded in innovation and entrepreneurship theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to identify and explore the strategies Black American female entrepreneurs use to secure government contracts. The participants were six Black American female entrepreneurs who had successfully secured government contracts and possessed experience navigating government procurement processes. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and organizational documents. Through …

Strategies General Practitioners Use To Effectively Communicate Patient Cases To Medical Specialists In Saudi Arabia, Alshraefarana Alharthi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Effective communication between general practitioners (GPs) and medical specialists is essential for reducing healthcare costs and improving continuity of care. Healthcare leaders are concerned that ineffective communication between GPs and specialists may contribute to delays in care, fragmented services, and inefficient use of healthcare resources. Grounded in relational coordination theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore the effective communication strategies used by six GPs in Saudi Arabia when communicating patient cases to medical specialists to reduce healthcare costs and improve the quality of patient care. The participants were six GPs in Saudi Arabia. Data were collected …

Androgens Mediate Sexual Dimorphism In Pilarowski-Bjornsson Syndrome., Kimberley Jade Anderson, Eirny Tholl Thorolfsdottir, Ilana M. Nodelman, Sara Tholl Halldorsdottir, Stefania Benonisdottir, Malak A. Alghamdi, Naif A M Almontashiri, Brenda J. Barry, Matthias Begemann, Jacquelyn F. Britton, Sarah Burke, Benjamin Cogne, Ana S A Cohen, Carles De Diego Boguñá, Evan E. Eichler, Elizabeth C. Engle, Jill A. Fahrner, Laurence Faivre, Mélanie Fradin, Nico Fuhrmann, Christine W. Gao, Gunjan Garg, Dagmar Grečmalová, Mina Grippa, Jacqueline R. Harris, Kendra Hoekzema, Tova Hershkovitz, Sydney Hubbard, Katrien Janssens, Julie A. Jurgens, Stanislav Kmoch, Cordula Knopp, Meral Aktas Koptagel, Farah A. Ladha, Pablo Lapunzina, Tobias Lindau, Marije Meuwissen, Andreina Minicucci, Emily Neuhaus, Mathilde Nizon, Lenka Nosková, Kristen Park, Chirag Patel, Rolph Pfundt, Pankaj Prasun, Nils Rahner, Nathaniel H. Robin, Carey Ronspies, Jasmin Roohi, Jill Rosenfeld, Margarita Saenz, Carol J. Saunders, Zornitza Stark, Isabelle Thiffault, Sarah Thull, Danita Velasco, Clara Velmans, Jolijn Verseput, Antonio Vitobello, Tianyun Wang, Karin Weiss, Ingrid M. Wentzensen, Genay Pilarowski, Thor Eysteinsson, Madelyn Gillentine, Kári Stefánsson, Agnar Helgason, Gregory D. Bowman, Hans Tomas Bjornsson

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Sex-specific penetrance in autosomal-dominant Mendelian conditions is largely understudied. The neurodevelopmental disorder Pilarowski-Bjornsson syndrome (PILBOS) was initially described in females. Here, we describe the clinical and genetic characteristics of the largest PILBOS cohort to date, showing that both sexes can exhibit PILBOS features, although males are overrepresented. A mouse model carrying a human-derived Chd1 missense variant (Chd1^R616Q/+) displays female-restricted phenotypes, including growth deficiency, anxiety, and hypotonia. Orchiectomy unmasks a growth-deficiency phenotype in male Chd1^R616Q/+ mice, while testosterone rescues the phenotype in females, implicating androgens in phenotype modulation. In the gnomAD and UK Biobank databases, rare missense variants …

2026-09-03 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from September 3, 2026.

Current State And Needs Of Clinical Laboratories In Selected Countries In Africa, Merih Tesfazghi, Anne E Tebo, Roa Harb, Anthony O Okorodudu, Lee Schroeder, Jeannette Guarner, Christine Bales, Jack Ladenson, Allison Targowski, Kerry Cosby, Olajumoke Oladipo

2020-Current year OA Pubs

The Africa Working Group, under the auspices of the Global Laboratory Quality Initiative of the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM), conducted several educational workshops in Africa to promote laboratory quality in the region. The challenges faced in maintaining quality in clinical laboratories in low-resource countries may differ from region to region and country to country. To better understand current gaps and inform our engagement with partners in Africa, a needs assessment survey was distributed to 1427 ADLM members in Africa and further disseminated through local partners, resulting in 121 responses from participants across 8 countries in the region. …

September 3, 2026

The Breeze, 2020-

No abstract provided.

September 10, 2026

The Breeze, 2020-

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, September 3, 2026, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2026

Volume 167, Issue 07

Learning-Based Entanglement Generation For Quantum Routing, Tasdiqul Islam, Rasman Mubtasim Swargo, Md Arifuzzaman

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Entanglement generation in long-distance quantum networks is challenging because resources are limited and entanglement swapping is probabilistic. To maximize the rate of successful requests, existing quantum routing algorithms often rely on computationally expensive methods such as Integer Linear Programming (ILP) to determine which links to entangle and use for end-To-end entanglement generation. However, these approaches fail to meet the latency requirements of real-world quantum networks. In this study, we propose a Reinforcement Learning (RL)-based model that determines which links to entangle in each time slot, replacing the slow ILP-based link-selection phase used in prior algorithms. The proposed Deep Q-learning model …

General Education Subcommittee Minutes September 3, 2026, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Call to Order
• Approval of Minutes - April 2, 2026
• Course Approvals/Removals/Syllabi Approvals
• Additional Items
• CI Courses and Pre-requisites
• Retreat Follow-up on University Studies and Depth Designations
• Reduced-Credit Bachelor's Degree Policy Discussion
• Adjourn: 9:32 am

Educational Policies Committee Minutes September 3, 2026, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes - April 2, 2026
• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Program Proposals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• Center for Civic Excellence
• Other Business
• Three-year academic plans
• Reduced Credit Bachelor's Programs Policy
• Adjourn: 3:48 pm

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda September 3, 2026, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes
• R401 - Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Review
• Other Business
• Adjourn: 3:00 pm

Montana Kaimin, September 3, 2026, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Educational Policies Committee Agenda September 3, 2026, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes
• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• Center for Civic Excellence
• Other Business
• Adjourn: 4:00 pm

Healthcare System Barriers To Somali Refugees In Kenya, Zahra Sharif Hashim

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Access to health care is a fundamental right of every refugee, yet gaps in implementing Kenya's Refugees Acts of 2006 and 2021 continue to limit access for Somali refugees in Dadaab camp. Existing research has documented resource constraints, movement restrictions, and other barriers to refugee health care, but how policy implementation gaps shape access in Dadaab has not been well explored. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to understand barriers to health care access for Somali refugees resulting from gaps in implementing Kenya's refugee health policies. The narrative policy framework guided the study. Data from semistructured interviews with …

Youths' Responses To Street-Level Bureaucratic Failures In Lebialem, Division Cameroon, Forchenmbin Charles Abessoh

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Strategies Used By Small Information Technology Business Leaders For Retaining Employees And Business Sustainability, Ayodeji Rex Abitogun

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Failure to retain employees remains a significant concern for small information technology (IT) business leaders. Without clear, actionable strategies, these leaders may struggle to avoid the high costs associated with employee turnover, negatively affecting revenue. Grounded in situational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry project was to identify and explore effective strategies small IT business leaders in Nigeria use to retain IT employees for business sustainability. Participants included seven small IT business leaders in Nigeria who had used effective strategies to retain employees. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and publicly available documentation. Six themes emerged from …

Modernizing And Clarifying Family Laws: The New Jersey Law Revision Commission’S Examination Of Self-Representation, Domestic Violence, And Parental Rights, Barbara B. Rivera, Whitney G. Schlimbach, Candy Ley Velazquez, Kyle M. Ryan

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Recreational Cannabis In The Workplace: The Importance Of Implementing Clear Standards For Employers To Determine Whether Employees Are Impaired At Work, Jessica Shinski

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Social Interactions Between People Living With Dementia And Staff In Health And Social Care Settings: A Scoping Review, Stephanie Janka-Spurlock, Georgia Page, Gary Hodge, Helen Lloyd, Susie Pearce

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Dementia is an umbrella term for progressive conditions affecting memory, thinking, communication and other cognitive functions. These changes can make social interaction challenging, particularly in unfamiliar or overstimulating environments. Although social interactions between staff and people living with dementia are recognised as an aspect of care, existing literature across health and social care settings largely focuses on general care needs and experiences rather than social interaction specifically. Consequently, there is limited understanding of the types of social interactions that occur and the contextual factors influencing them. This scoping review aims to address this gap by mapping existing research on social …

Patient-Centered Summarization Framework For Ai Clinical Summarization: Mixed Methods Study, Maria Lizarazo Jimenez, Ana Gabriela Claros, Kieran Green, David Toro-Tobon, Felipe Larios, Sheena Asthana, Camila Wenczenovicz, Kerly Guevara Maldonado, Luis Vilatuna-Andrango, Ana Cristina Proano, Satya Sai Sri Bandi, Shubhangi Bagewadi, Megan E. Branda, Misk Al Zahidy, Saturnino Luz, Mirella Lapata, Juan P. Brito, Oscar J. Ponce-Ponte

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly demonstrating the potential to reach human-level performance in generating clinical summaries from patient-clinician conversations. LLMs are usually evaluated against clinical summaries that focus mainly on patients’ biology and not on their biography (eg, preferences, values, wishes, and concerns). To achieve patient-centered care, artificial intelligence clinical summarization must incorporate patient-centered domains, implemented through patient-centered summaries (PCSs). Objective: This study aimed to develop a framework to generate PCS that capture patients’ values, preferences, and wishes while ensuring clinical utility for clinicians, and assess if current open-source LLMs can achieve human-level performance in generating PCS. Methods: …

Stronger Together: Partnering With The Library To Support Student Learning, Access, & Research, Amanda Crego-Emley

Faculty Learning Day 2026

This session highlights how faculty and the library can collaborate to reduce access barriers and enhance student success. Learn about support available at the Research Help Desk, placing course materials on reserve to support textbook affordability and access, and seamlessly integrating library ebooks, articles, and research guides into your course Brightspace site. Leave with practical strategies for leveraging the URI Libraries to better support your students.

Usa V. Emerson Pavilus

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey