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Film Review Of K-Pop Demon Hunters, Emily Stier Adler, Emily Farmer

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

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Low Intensity Vibration With Zoledronate Reduces Musculoskeletal Weakness And Adiposity In Estrogen Deprived Female Mice, Gabriel M Pagnotti, Trupti Trivedi, Laura E Wright, Sutha K John, Sreemala Murthy, Monte S Willis, Sukanya Suresh, Aji F Touray, William R Thompson, Clinton T Rubin, Khalid S Mohammad, Theresa A Guise

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Aromatase inhibitors are widely used in the treatment of hormone-sensitive breast cancer, but their suppression of estrogen production accelerates bone loss, increases fracture risk, and negatively impacts muscle and fat metabolism. Here, we demonstrate that daily low intensity vibration, serving as a non-drug mimetic for exercise, protects musculoskeletal health in skeletally immature, female mice under complete estrogen deprivation. Subsequent improvements in vertebral bone density are paralleled by greater and leaner skeletal muscle mass and function alongside reduced fat accretion and circulating metabolites. In mature, estrogen deprived mice, vibration enhances weekly bisphosphonate treatment, improving bone density, cortical thickness, and mechanical resistance …

Qsox1: A Mysterious Golgi-Localized Disulfide Bond Catalyst And An Emerging Cancer Regulator

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Quiescin sulfhydryl oxidase 1 (QSOX1) is a disulfide bond-forming enzyme with both disulfide isomerase and oxidoreductase activities. It plays an important role in protein folding, stability, and secretion. Growing evidence demonstrates that QSOX1 is upregulated in multiple cancer types and influences key behaviors of cancer cells, including proliferation, migration, invasion, and metastasis. Elevated QSOX1 expression is also associated with tumor malignancy and disease relapse. However, the molecular mechanisms by which QSOX1 drives cancer progression remain incompletely understood. In this review, we summarize current knowledge of QSOX1 expression and regulation in cancer, discuss its functional roles, and highlight key unanswered questions …

Studi Asosiasiantara Masa Kosong (Days Open) Terhadap Produksi Susu Dan Kerugian Ekonomi Pada Peternakan Sapi Perah Di Kabupaten Garut (Association Study Of Days Open On Milk Production And Its Implication On Economic Losses Of Dairy Cattle In Garut Regen, Rangga Setiawan, Kundrat Hidajat, Dwi Cipto Budinuryanto

Jurnal Ilmu Ternak Universitas Padjadjaran

Masa kosong merupakan indikator utama kebehasilan usaha sapi perah yang sangat terkait pada pendapatan peternak. Tingkat pendapatan yang berhubungan dengan masa kosong dapat berasal dari jumlah

perkawinan yang menghasilkan kebuntingan, kesehatan serta produksi susu. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui asosiasi masa kosong terhadap produksi susu yang efek selanjutnya terhadap pendapatan yang diperoleh peternak. Metode yang digunakan berupa survey pada 49 ekor sapi perah yang berada pada fase laktasi kedua. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa masa kosong berasosiasi dengan produksi susu dengan nilai R2 = 14%, dimana masa kosong yang memberikan produksi susu paling rendah yaitu pada masa kosong 6,63 bulan …

Power, Privilege, And Perceptions: A Critical Case Study Of Ffa And Gsa Members’ High School Experiences In A Southern Rural High School, Eric Moser, Stacy Vincent, Rebekah Epps

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

There is an urgent need to address the rampant homophobic and transphobic systems and rhetoric in the United States. School cultures reflect the systemic privileging of heterosexual and cisgender identities, which places queer students at an increased risk of victimization and harassment. Rural schools have been found to uphold heteronormative and cisnormative cultures more than suburban and urban schools, which increases safety concerns for rural queer students. Rural schools commonly offer school-based agricultural education (SBAE) and FFA programs, which have been found to struggle in their inclusion of racial minority students. To combat hostile school cultures, many schools offer a …

"What Are They Going To Do? Fire Me?" The Paradoxical Empowerment Of Nonbinary Teachers In Rural South Carolina, Chris Cyan Divens, Jonathan M. Coker

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

Nonbinary teachers are seldom the focus of teacher studies, particularly in challenging places such as the rural Southeastern United States. Through a critical ethnographic case study, we explored the stories of two nonbinary teachers who grew up and worked in rural South Carolina. We examined their cultural contexts, including legislative factors, school policies, and school cultures, and we highlighted how these systems created a hostile environment for queer and trans* individuals. Our participants shared how their lived experiences as queer and gender-diverse individuals provided them with an insider perspective about rural South Carolina culture and its limitations. We also found …

Sissies At The Cafeteria Table: Toward A Queer Black-Town Sense Of Place, Education And Life, Ezekiel Joubert Iii

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

Contemporary research has shown rural communities to be places with diverse identities and ideologies, disrupting much of the mainstream images of rural spaces as isolated, White, monocultural, and conservative. However, the persistent tendency to imagine racial inequality and queer life as urban contributes to the invisibility of intersectional struggle. Drawing from Critical Pedagogy, Black geographies, Black Queer Studies, and Mobility Studies, this study examines the collective educational experience and storytelling of Black rural queers in a Metro-Rural community in the Upper Midwest. Using an autogeographic approach, building from auto-ethnography and archival praxis reveal how the spatial structures that reproduce educational …

Queer Methods And Rural Education: Studying The Foxfire Program, Brooke Boling

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

During the summer of 2023, I conducted a study in rural Rabun County, Georgia, with a cohort of high school students as they worked to create a magazine focused on Appalachian culture. The magazine, known as Foxfire, has been published since 1966 by rural high school students who were led by writing teachers. In its heyday, the Foxfire Magazine was seen as a bastion of critical education, as its teachers and founder implemented Deweyan pedagogy and asked students to critically reflect on issues of rural Southern Appalachian culture in their writing. The Foxfire Magazine was wildly successful, resulting in a …

Reading About Gender Identity In A Rural Community: Discourse Around Young Adult Literature And Social Justice, Ashley S. Boyd, Rachael R. Wolney

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

This study explores how a rural adult book club engaged with gender identity through young adult literature (YAL), focusing on Mason Deaver’s I Wish You All the Best. Facilitated by two teacher educators, the club brought together local residents and a guest speaker from a regional support organization to discuss gender, pronouns, and the experiences of nonbinary youth. Using critical discourse analysis and thematic coding, the authors examine how participants, cisgender adults, navigated unfamiliar concepts, reflected on their own beliefs, and considered implications for their personal and professional lives. Findings highlight the power of YAL to serve as a …

Beyond The City Limits: Representations Of Rurality And Lgbtqia+ Youth In Young Adult Literature, Michelle L. Page

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

Narratives of flight from rural to urban areas predominate in research related to LGBTQIA+ communities. Thus, rural LGBTQIA+ young people rarely see representations of themselves or their environments, especially positive portrayals. Such representations are important in that they are productive of identities, not just reflective of them. This study examines a collection of young adult literature with LGBTQIA characters and rural settings, analyzing the portrayals of place (rurality) and identity (LGBTQIA+). In this paper I will demonstrate how current LGBTQIA+ young adult literature reinforces dominant narratives that privilege urbanity and I assert that counternarratives to the rural flight story are …

Rural Geographies, Queer Youth And Metronormativity, Fenton Litwiller

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

In 1995 Weston articulated an oft recited story where queers move from persecutory rural geographies to the more accepting city. While Weston interrogated this spatial binary and demonstrated failed promise of the metropolis to deliver, particularly across intersections of gender, the urban flight narrative persists. Jack Halberstam (2005) used the term ‘metronormativity’ to illustrate the power of this narrative that influences a research focus on urban queers. This study contributes insights on how queer youth who live in remote Canadian geographies navigate and express gender and sexuality. Eight participants (12 – 24) attended an informal educational space, a genderplay workshop, …

Queer Of Color Critique And The Politics Of Epistemic Agency: Rural Educators Desettling Curricular Expectations, C.A. Langerud, Madelaine Adelman, Daniel D. Liou

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

The purpose of this research is to use queer of color critique (QOCC) as an analytical framework to explore rural K-12 educators’ epistemic agency. The research focuses on educators’ engagement with a national initiative by an advocacy organization to distribute LGBTQ+ and racially diverse books to K-12 schools. The analysis centers on the educators’ praxis of epistemic agency against settled expectations associated with including queer and trans People of Color’s (QTPOC’s) stories in their schools. Our findings on educators’ epistemic agency center on three areas of knowledge and activity. First, educators demonstrate their ability to be aware of their local …

Rotating Along The Borderlands: Contextualizing Border Rurality Among Queer Transfronterizxs College Students, Carlos A. Fitch

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

Queer Transfronterizx students at rural higher education institutions experience an array of systemic and racialized inequities related to Queerphobia, residential nativism, and immigration challenges. Through a Critical Race Feminista Methodology (CRFM), seven Queer Transfronterizx college students engaged in testimonios and a Queer plática to shed light into the navigation of their rural higher education contexts and lived experiences. The findings note the collaborators’ experience of (1) endangered educational oases, (2) the dual identity isolation pertaining to Queer and Latinx belongings, (3) transborder hypervigilance emerged from border- crossings practices, and (4) a rural border flexibility that provides Queer privileges. Recommendations for …

A Trans Youth’S Encounters With Queerness In Puerto Rico, Gabriel T. Acevedo

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

This article explores the lived experiences of Pedro, a transgender youth from rural Puerto Rico, to examine how queer and trans identities are negotiated within contexts shaped by colonialism, Catholic traditions, machismo, and rural community life. Drawing on queer theory, Latinx studies, rural education research, and narrative inquiry, the study highlights Pedro’s voice through interviews, self-narratives, and reflections, positioning youth as knowledge creators rather than passive subjects. Findings reveal three interconnected themes: (1) the importance of educational relationships in fostering belonging and dialogue, (2) the disruption of normative expectations around adolescence, queerness, and urban migration, and (3) the expression of …

"They're Skilled Workers Now" By Judi Daniel

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Article titled "They're Skilled Workers Now" by Judi Daniel. The article starts with the story of Evaristo Sandoval, a Mexican-American worker.

Report Of The Social Action Department Of The Texas Catholic Conference To The Catholic Bishops Of Texas

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Report of the Social Action Department of the Texas Catholic Conference to the Catholic Bishops of Texas regarding poverty and socio-economic difficulties in the Rio Grande Valley area and suggested Church programs.

Librado De La Cruz Statement

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Statement of Librado de la Cruz, who was arrested for participating in the La Casita Farms strike on Wednesday, December 28, 1966.

Affidavit Of John Hugh Muir

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Affidavit of John Hugh Muir, former student of Columbia University in New York. In the document he states the events that took place on Friday, May 26, 1967during the La Casita Farms Strike.

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee Events Of The Year 1968

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Correspondence listing the details of events taken during the year of 1968 involving the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee.

Potensi Pengembangan Usaha Sapi Potong Berbasis Sumber Daya Lokal Di Kabupaten Sumedang Jawa Barat (Development Potency Of Beef Cattle Farming Based On Local Resources At Kabupaten Sumedang West Java), M. Fatah Wiyatna, A. M. Fuah, K. Mudikdjo

Jurnal Ilmu Ternak Universitas Padjadjaran

Penelitian ini dilaksanakan selama 12 bulan dari bulan Mei 2008 sampai April 2009 dengan tujuan untuk mengidentifikasi dan menganalisis potensi alami, termasuk didalamnya sumber daya manusia dan sistem produksi ternak. Metoda dalam penelitian ini adalah survey. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tiga lokasi, yaitu Buahdua, Wado, dan Congeang berpotensi untuk pengembangan ternak potong dengan jumlah efektif berturut-turut 7.989,1 AU, 6.221,9 AU dan

5.904,0 AU. Ada dua wilayah yang diamati yaitu, Ujungjaya dengan kapasitas tampung 3.738,26

AU dan Cisitu dengan kapasitas tampung 4.645,7 U. Sapi potong dipelihara dengan dua cara yaitu digembalakan untuk wilayah Ujungjaya dan dikandangkan untuk wilayah Cisitu. Setiap wilayah …

Nilai Energi Metabolis Dan Kecernaan Ransum Mengandung Imbuhan Pakan Berbasis Ekstrak Limbah Udang Pada Ayam Broiler (Metabolizable Energy And Digestibility Value Of Ration Containing Feed Supplement Based On Waste Extract Shrimp On Broilers), Abun, Deny Saefulhadjar, Kiki Haetami

Jurnal Ilmu Ternak Universitas Padjadjaran

Penelitian telah dilakukan di Laboratorium Nutrisi Ternak Unggas, Non Ruminansia dan

Industri Makanan Ternak, Fakultas Peternakan Universitas Padjadjaran, Jatinangor-

Sumedang. Tujuan penelitian untuk menguji kualitas ekstrak limbah udang yang diolah melalui bioproses dengan bakteri Bacillus licheniformis dan kapang Aspergillus niger. Ekstrak produk bioproses disuplementasi dengan Sodium Hidro Sulfat (NaHSO4), kemudian ditambahkan binder (tapioka) sehingga menjadi imbuhan pakan. Guna menguji kualitas imbuhan pakan, ditambahkan ke dalam ransum ayam broiler dan diukur nilai energi metabolis serta kecernaannya. Percobaan dilakukan secara eksperimen di laboratorium dengan rancangan acak lengkap, terdiri atas 8 perlakuan ransum dan diulang 4 kali. Peubah yang diamati adalah energi …

Evaluation Of Occupational Health And Safety Knowledge, Attitudes, And Practices Of Workers At North Refineries Company, Wesam Awad Hassn, Zeena N. Abdulrahman

AUIQ Complementary Biological System

Safety is crucial in the oil and gas refinery industry for production and distribution. Companies must ensure a workplace free from common injuries and protected against serious incidents. This paper evaluates employees’ knowledge, attitudes, practices, and workplace environment at North Refineries Company (Baiji). A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from September 10, 2024, to September 20, 2025, involving 480 employees (378 workers and 102 managers). Data were collected through face-to-face interviews and analysed using SPSS version 24. North Refineries Company (Baiji). workers scored 72.49 % on general knowledge and 96.83% on attitudes, but only 53.97% on safe behaviour. Division managers …

Barriers, Attitudes, And Solutions For Brain Health Research Training In Lmics: A Trainee Cross-Sectional Study In Uganda, Mark Kaddumukasa, Carla M. Conroy, Christopher J. Burant, Shirley Moore

Faculty Scholarship

Background: Neurological disorders remain a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, with limited expertise and credible research data to guide interventions and disease prevention. Training the next generation of clinical researchers requires a focused and concerted effort to stem the growing neurological disease burden. The US National Institute of Health (NIH) research training funded through the Fogarty International Center (FIC) Global Brain Disorders Research program gave trainees an opportunity to participate in mentored neurology research and training for 1–2.5 years. We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among mentees of 2 FIC research programs to assess the training experience and inform program refinement. …

Our Bodies Are Wild And Shimmering, Marcus O’Donnell Prof

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

The installation plays with the covering and uncovering of the saint’s body and the collision of the erotic and ecstatic in Christian iconography. Saints have always been active images –used to vividly imagine sacred narratives, to awaken emotions of love and devotion. However, the role of beauty, the body and the sensuous in this process is complex. In the history of art, we witness a desire to tread what Maya Corry calls the “line between licit and illicit loveliness,” which she acknowledges “was often so thin as to be indistinguishable”. Corry also shows that the will to embrace and navigate …

Defining And Evaluating Performative Activism: A Mixed Methods Approach, Caitlyn Renee Upton Massaro

Theses and Dissertations

Activism, specifically Performative Activism (PA), has been difficult to study due to its wide variation and individual complexity. Study 1, a qualitative exploration of PA, involved interviews with 9 individuals, who were highly variable on the ADDRESSING Framework, regarding their experiences with and opinions on PA. Study 1 used Reflexive Thematic Analysis to identify 6 behavioral markers of PA which were used to create a definition of Performative Activism based on the voices and opinions of diverse people in activist spaces. Study 2 was an ABA (test-retest) design using fictional scenarios to train participants to identify PA. Participants were 54 …

Gendered Paths To Cancer Knowledge And Screening Behavior Among Black Adults: Results From A Community-Partnered Study, Carolyn M. Tucker, Guillermo M. Wippold, Kirsten G. Klein, Logan Marcum, Ji-Hyun Lee, Gonghao Liu, Staja Q. Booker, Elliott Leighton, Danielle E. Jake-Schoffman, Adrian S. Taylor, Ron Rawls, Kenyarda T. Feathers, Kevin A. Thorpe, Gwendolyn Saffo, Deborah Johnson

Faculty Publications

Background

Efforts are needed to promote cancer knowledge and the uptake of cancer screening behaviors among Black Americans. Such efforts must be customized for the unique differences in facilitators/barriers among Black men and women. The present study leverages the potential of the UF Health Cancer Institute Community-Partnered Cancer Disparities Research Collaborative (CDRC) to identify the psychosocial and structural factors associated with cancer knowledge and screening behaviors among Black American men and women.

Method

411 Black Americans participated in this cross-sectional study; 75.9% identified as cisgender women and 24.1% as cisgender men.

Results

Older age, higher education and income level were …

Wonderlands, The Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University

The Reece Museum Exhibition Publications

Wonderlands explores the intersection of tourism, religion, and folklore with natural beauty, preservation, and decay in southern Appalachia. The title of the series draws inspiration from novelist Charles Baxter’s collection of essays about fiction writing, Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature, in which he describes settings that reflect a heightened psychological atmosphere in specific literary works. “Wonderlands are caused by, or are expressive of, emotional instability, estrangement, fantasy, and solitude,” Baxter writes.

The exhibition focuses on settings that evoke characteristics of wonderlands in counties of western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and southeastern Virginia. Roadside attractions, religious iconography, relics, …

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes January 20, 2026, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Call to Order
• University Business
• Faculty Senate Business
• Reports
• School of Graduate Studies
• Professional Responsibilities and Procedures Committee
• Office of Research
• Old Business
• New Business
• Information
• Adjourn: 4:30 PM

Unraveling The Impact Of Heat Stress On Gut Microbiota In Broiler Chickens: A Bibliometric And Literature Review, Mohammed A. Almatary, Jamal Sabir, Sherif Edris, Ahmed Bahiedin

The Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Science

As climate change intensifies, heat stress poses a significant challenge to sustainable poultry production, threatening global food security and animal welfare. Broiler chickens, genetically selected for rapid growth and efficient feed conversion, are particularly susceptible to heat stress, which disrupts their physiological balance and impairs intestinal health. Although the role of gut microbiota in food metabolism and immune function is well-established, the impact of heat stress on microbial dynamics in broilers remains inadequately understood. This review synthesizes bibliometric and literature analyses to explore the current state of research on heat stress and gut microbiota in poultry. Data were systematically gathered …

Our Man In Vietnam Gallery Guide, Sara Pezzoni, Darryl Ward, University Of Texas At Arlington

2026 - Our Man in Vietnam

Gallery guide for an exhibition from the Bob Schieffer Vietnam War Collection, 2026. Curated by Sara Pezzoni, exhibit and gallery guide design by Darryl Ward and Sara Pezzoni.