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Development And Initial Validation Of The Observation-Mimicking-Participation-Independent (Ompi) Workplace-Based Assessment Model For Occupational Therapy Fieldwork, Keiko Takeuchi, Hirotaka Onishi

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: Workplace-based assessment (WBA) is essential for evaluating clinical competence in occupational therapy and allied health education; however, many existing assessment approaches lack an explicit developmental structure aligned with progressive learning during fieldwork. Competency-based education frameworks emphasize staged skill acquisition, yet operationalized developmental assessment models remain limited. To address this gap, this project aimed to develop the Observation–Mimicking–Participation–Independent (OMPI) model as a theoretically grounded developmental WBA framework and to conduct an initial evaluation of its reliability and educational utility in occupational therapy fieldwork education. Methods: The OMPI model was constructed to reflect staged progression in clinical learning, moving from structured …

Comparative Analysis Of Knowledge, Usage, Perceptions, And Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Among Doctor Of Physical Therapy Students And Faculty Over Two Years, Qing Zhang, Heather David, Brandy Schwarz, Kristen Johnson

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: AI chatbots (AIC) are increasingly integrated into healthcare education, yet research on DPT faculty and student perceptions remains limited. This study compared knowledge, usage, perceptions, and attitudes (KUPA) toward AIC between DPT faculty and students and examined how these changed from 2023 to 2024. Method: A repeated cross-sectional survey was administered to two consecutive first-year DPT student cohorts and core and associate faculty at one DPT program. A 20-item survey was used, incorporating items adapted from validated instruments and researcher-developed questions, using a five-point Likert scale. Results: Participation rates were 41.5% (n=62) in Year 1 and 39.1% (n=69) in …

Compression Therapy In A Patient With Lymphedema Bilateral Lower Extremities And Heart Failure: A Case Report, René Thomas

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Introduction: Patients with heart failure may develop secondary lower extremity lymphedema, yet evidence to guide compression therapy in this population is limited. This case highlights clinical decision-making in applying compression within a medically complex scenario.

Case Presentation: A 75-year-old female with chronic heart failure and multiple comorbidities presented with severe bilateral lower extremity lymphedema and reduced mobility. Interventions included compression therapy, manual lymphatic drainage, breathing exercises, and skin care education, delivered by a physical therapist with advanced cardiopulmonary and lymphedema training. Edema reduction was achieved; however, therapy was discontinued due to signs of cardiac decompensation requiring medical management.

Conclusion:This …

Beyond Walking: Exploring Functional Use Of Exoskeletons In The Home Environment, Sue D. Dahl-Popolizio, Adam M. Story, Thomas Hartman, Lacee Andrews, Jennifer Radziak, Angela Zhu, Joelly Lobato De Faria Otd, Ms, Otr/L

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: This pilot study was completed to determine whether individuals with paraplegia can perform activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in their homes using a personal exoskeleton. The physiological effects of using an exoskeleton for these tasks were investigated as well. Methods: In this mixed-methods observational study, participants with paraplegia were observed using an exoskeleton to complete ADLs and IADLs in their homes. Performance and satisfaction with performance were measured before and after home exoskeleton use with the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM). The level of importance of completing ADLs and IADLs to the …

Beyond Tuition: Understanding The Financial Impact Of Full-Time Clinical Education On Doctor Of Physical Therapy Students, Michelle L. Donahue

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: The physical therapy literature has explored the cost and affordability of a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) education; however, academic and clinical educators may lack a nuanced understanding of the costs students incur to complete their full-time Clinical Education (CE) experiences. This study explored expenses beyond course credits during a full-time CE experience. As this was the first exploratory study on this topic, the aim was to gather information from a diverse sample of participants about the costs associated with a CE experience and the perceived financial burden. Method: A survey was developed and administered to collect quantitative and …

Planetary Defense As The Ethico-Legal Gateway For International Space Security, Evie Kendal

Space and Defense

Following the news in late 2024 that there was a city-killer asteroid on a possible collision course with Earth, many members of the public were shocked to learn there was no reliable global plan for managing such asteroidal and cometary impact hazards. While calculations of Asteroid 2024 YR4’s trajectory were further refined to exclude the previously reported 2-3% chance of collision in 2032, this event highlighted a major security threat: the lack of a globally coordinated, appropriately resourced, and politically supported planetary defense strategy (Gibney, 2025). In so doing, it also provided an opportunity for security experts to consider the …

National Security Law, Ogra Cadet, Geoffrey Goodale, Laurence R. Hull, Renee Latour, Barbara Linney, Jonathan Meyer, Guy C. Quinlan, Minji "Mj" Shin, Christopher Vallandingham, Bonnie C. Weinstein

The Year in Review

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International Animal Law, Tala Dibenedetto, Edie Bowles, Paula Cardoso, Daina Bray, Rajesh K. Reddy, Regina Paulose

The Year in Review

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International Human Rights, Daniel L. Appelman, John Regis Coogan, Cyreka Jacobs, Cailen Labarge, Corinne E. Lewis, Kerry Mclean, Hind Merabet, Linda S. Murnane, Thomas A. O'Keefe, Sara Sandford, Wendy Taube, James Taylor, Constance Z. Wagner

The Year in Review

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Middle East, Kelly Blount, Harry Baumgarten, Nicolas Bremer, Gaurav Redhal, Seyed Mohsen Rowhani, Howard L. Stovall, Catherine Van Kampen

The Year in Review

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Women's Interest Network, Julie King, Christine Korper, Abiola Afolayan, Marie Elena Angulo, Michela Cocchi, Angela M. Gallerizzo, Dolly Hernandez, Margaret Kamm, Dana Katz, Kendra Muller, Sierra Paola, Vanessa Romero Rocha, Aina Serret, Sandhya Taneja, Catherine Van Kampen

The Year in Review

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International Litigation, Jonathan I. Blackman, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Theodore J. Folkman, Phillip B. Dye Jr., Matthew D. Slater, Mark Mcdonald, Ari Mackinnon, Igor V. Timofeyev, Joseph R. Profaizer

The Year in Review

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International Criminal Law, International Courts, And Judicial Affairs, Manish N. Bhatt, Giovanni Chiarini, Katherine Maddox Davis, Beth Farmer, Timothy Franklin, Cyreka C. Jacobs, Stéphane De Navacelle, Sara L. Ochs, Alexander S. Vesselinovitch, Melissa Ginsberg, Marc Weitz, Julie Zorrilla

The Year in Review

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International Contracts, Deana Davis, Izak Rosenfeld, Alison Strongwater, Martin E. Aquilina, Vicky Li, Willem Den Hertog

The Year in Review

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Mexico, Kelsey Quigley, Josè Luis Lizárraga, John Walsh, Danielle Morris, Maria Camila Hoyos, David Ross, Lauren Mandell, Noah Guiney, Carlo Cannizzo, Enrique García, Vanessa Romero

The Year in Review

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The Impact Of Social Expectations And Gender Norms On Women Leaders' Marital And Partner Relationships And Their Influence On Workplace Outcomes, Hedi Kovacs-Resnik

Economic and Business Review

Leadership sustainability among women remains insufficiently explained in leadership research, as dominant models prioritise workplace factors, neglecting the role of private-life demands. This research explored how social expectations and gender norms influence women's private lives and how the emotional impact spills over into their leadership style and performance, thereby influencing their career progression. Using a qualitative design and thematic analysis of 18 interviews with women in leadership roles, the research examined what it means to lead while also navigating family and relationships.
The findings revealed that the boundaries between women's private and professional lives are almost nonexistent. Professional success often …

When Loyalty Intentions Fail: Evidence On The Intention–Behaviour Gap And Customer Retention In Mobile Telecommunications, Danilo Tomšič

Economic and Business Review

This paper quantifies and explains the consumer intention–behaviour gap in mobile telecommunications and shows how it matters for competitive resource allocation. Using a two-wave longitudinal survey of 4887 consumers, I compare stated switching intentions at time t with self-reported provider choice at t + 1 and identify a 15.4% divergence comprising two forms: nonswitching intenders (consumers who intended to switch but did not) and switching nonintenders (consumers who did not intend to switch but did). Binary logistic models reveal temporal asymmetry in determinants. Among nonswitching intenders, higher baseline loyalty (satisfaction, repeat-choice commitment, and recommendation intention) lowers the likelihood of remaining …

System And Method For Statistical Modeling And Automated Lifecycle Refresh Detection Of Digital Media Assets, Manisha Arora, Yassine Idrissi, Bruno Caforio

Defensive Publications Series

A data-driven, statistically rigorous analytical framework is disclosed for determining performance decay and optimizing the replacement timing of digital media assets (such as images and videos) in digital media campaigns. The system ingests campaign-level and asset-level metrics on a daily basis and extracts high-dimensional visual and semantic embedding vectors from the media assets using a deep neural network feature extractor. A visual taxonomy is constructed by clustering similar assets into visual archetypes using K-Means clustering, allowing for aggregate fatigue analysis within specific thematic content clusters. The statistical decay engine fits a non-linear saturation model (e.g., a Hill function S-curve) to …

Adaptive Homeostasis: A Strategy For Preserving Stability And Generative Capacity Under Uncertainty, Volodymyr Kotegov

Defensive Publications Series

This document offers a practical framework of priorities and working tools for people confronting a shrinking planning horizon, the declining value of conventional educational and professional pathways, rising psychophysical exhaustion, and a loss of coherent direction.

The strategy addresses two related tasks. The first is to protect psychological and physical health, secure basic material stability, and maintain the capacity for clear thinking. The second is to sustain generative capacity—the ability to produce non-trivial observations, hypotheses, and life trajectories. Generativity is treated first and foremost as a present-day resource. It supports a sense of meaning, adaptability, and psychological resilience. Secondarily, it …

Key Strategies Enabling The Contribution Of Social Infrastructure In Climate-Proofing Cities: An Explorative Case Study Of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Sara Elgamal, Alaa El.Eashy, Sherif Sheta

HBRC Journal

Social infrastructure, as the physical medium for social life in cities, is increasingly being acknowledged for its ability to offer climate-proofing benefits both in times of climate stability and climate disturbances. However, more evidence is needed on how social infrastructure can be deliberately shaped to contribute to climate-proofing cities. Our study addresses this gap through exploring the key strategies which ensure the effective engagement of social infrastructure (SI) in climate proofing cities (CPC). An explorative case study of Rotterdam city is performed, as the city is well recognized as a pioneer in climate resilience through spatial planning. Data sources for …

Integrative Dna Barcoding In Ficus Cultivars In Taif Highlands, Saudi Arabia: Complementary Roles Of Rbcl And Trnh-Psba Markers, Amal A. Alyamani

University of Bisha Journal for Basic and Applied Sciences

The common fig (Ficus carica L.) is a commercially significant fruit crop in Saudi Arabia, with particular importance in the Al-Taif highland region. In this study, three DNA barcodes (rbcL, ITS, and trnH-psbA) were evaluated on eleven fig cultivars collected from various geographically distinct sites within the Al-Taif highlands. A combination of three plant DNA barcoding markers, rbcL, ITS, and trnH-psbA, alongside selected morphological traits of mature leaves and fruits, was used to assess the genetic and phenotypic diversity among Fig varieties. The integrative approach aimed to achieve reliable cultivar discrimination and enhance understanding of the genetic structure and …

Adaptive Uav Network Defense Against Cyber Threats Using Gt-Tgc-Drl Hybrid Framework, Ahmed I. Taloba, Meshari S. Alshammroki

University of Bisha Journal for Basic and Applied Sciences

The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs) communication networks are becoming easy targets of cyber-attacks such as denial of service, spoofing and intrusion, compromising on the mission-critical operations. The existing methods for cybersecurity using conventional machine learning or pure deep learning cannot reflect the complexity of spatial and temporal dependencies and cannot be adaptive against new cyber-attacks in UAV networks. In order to surmount these constraints, we present a new Graph Transformer-Temporal Graph Convolutional-Deep Reinforcement Learning (GT-TGC-DRL) architecture to adaptive UAV cyber defense. The methodology models UAV network traffic in terms of graph structures, with nodes used to model UAVs and edges …

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Cascade Of Care Among Saudi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Of National Health Survey Data And Alignment With International Glycemic Control Targets, Ahmed A. Almohammadi, Hassan Almohammadi

University of Bisha Journal for Basic and Applied Sciences

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus represents one of the most consequential noncommunicable diseases globally, yet substantial gaps in diagnosis, treatment, and glycemic control persist across all income settings. Saudi Arabia carries one of the highest diabetes burdens in the Eastern Mediterranean Region amid ongoing epidemiological transition.
Objectives: To characterize the type 2 diabetes mellitus cascade of care — prevalence, awareness, treatment, and glycemic control — among Saudi adults and evaluate alignment with International Diabetes Federation and WHO glycemic control benchmarks.
Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study analyzed secondary data from the Saudi Health Interview Survey 2019 (SHIS-2019; n = 10,735 adults …

Industry Perspectives On Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Utilization For Dam Inspection And Maintenance, Abdulaziz Alzahrani, Mohammed Sulaiman

University of Bisha Journal for Basic and Applied Sciences

Effective inspection and maintenance of dams are essential for infrastructure longevity, water resource management, and public safety. Historically, dam maintenance relied heavily on visual inspections, which were limited in scope and accuracy, especially in detecting internal structural issues such as seepage and foundational degradation. This paper presents an industry-oriented evaluation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as a transformative tool in modern dam inspection and maintenance. The study explores UAVs' capacity to enhance efficiency, safety, and precision in identifying structural anomalies, erosion, and environmental degradation. Survey data collected from contractors in the Saudi water sector provides insight into current adoption levels, …

Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, And Control Of Hypertension Among Saudi Adults: A Secondary Analysis Of National Health Survey Data Aligned With Who Global Hearts Initiative Targets, Ahmed A. Almohammadi

University of Bisha Journal for Basic and Applied Sciences

Background: Hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and premature mortality globally. Despite its high prevalence in Saudi Arabia, the national hypertension care cascade—spanning awareness, treatment, and blood pressure control—remains insufficiently characterized across demographic and geographic strata.
Objectives: To characterize the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among Saudi adults, analyze temporal trends from 2013 to 2022, evaluate demographic and geographic variation, and assess alignment with WHO Global Hearts Initiative targets.
Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study analyzed secondary data from the Saudi Health Interview Surveys (2013, 2018), WHO Global Health Observatory estimates, and Ministry of Health …

Stat 216.51: Introduction To Statistics, Blake P. Miller

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2026-2030

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Inti Numéro 101-102

INTI: Revista de literatura hispánica

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Becoming Instead Of Achieving, Amisha Singh Dds, Edd

Metro Denver Dental Society Articulator Magazine

MDDS, CO-Editor, Dr. Amisha Singh reflects on how service and achievement can become tied to identity in dentistry. She explores the pressure to be productive, useful and needed as well as the importance of finding worth beyond accomplishments.

Art, Advocacy & A Path Forward, J. R. Franco Dds

Metro Denver Dental Society Articulator Magazine

MDDS President J.R. Franco reflects on the personal experiences, family history and art that shaped his views on justice, patient advocacy and the role of dentists as healers. He connects evidence-based, prevention-focused care with the responsibility of dental professionals to advocate for patients and meaningful change through organized dentistry.

Thomas Tredway Library 2025-2026 Annual Report, Thomas Tredway Library, Augustana College

Annual Reports

The 2025-2026 annual report from the Thomas Tredway Library, Augustana College.