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Optimizing Palliative Medicine Referral Processes In Oncology Using Promis Patient‑Reported Outcomes, Marilyn Salmon, Theresa Zatirka, Samantha Tam

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

Mitigating The Impact Of Stigma On Substance Use Self-Reporting Through Trauma-Informed Care: A Literature Review, Jasmine Siffre

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

Early Intervention To Improve The Lives Of Patients On Dialysis, Rachel Smith, Rachel Ciroski

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

Defining Quality Of Life: The Lived Experience Of Adults With Pulmonary Hypertension And The Impact Of Activity-Inducted Respiratory Distress, Bethany Adams

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

Psychological Consequences And Behavioral Risk Factors In Unintentional Injuries Among Children And Adolescents In Ghana, Frank Agyapong, Maha Albdour, Hossein Yarandi, Anita Tweneboah

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

Holding Space For The Mess: Trusting God's Sovereignty In Children's Stories, Jennifer J. Den Boer

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Allowing messiness and teaching kids to cope with the messiness by providing love, grace, structure, and discipline around the messiness can help children learn to grow and thrive, helping them become who the Lord has called them to be."

Posting about emotional regulation skills and supports for children in In All Things, an online hub that offers insight into maintaining and faithful and orthodox Reformed Christian worldview while fearlessly engaging in every aspect of contemporary life – until all is made new.

Holding Space for Mess: Trusting God's Sovereignty in Children's Stories

Where Do We Go Now: An Examination Of The Role Of 3d Modeling In Cancer Research, Ella Claire Gregory, Hannah Noelle Cochran

ABE 4523/6523 Biomedical Materials

The development of three-dimensional tumor models has become an important area of cancer research. By incorporating biomaterials that can mimic the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the tumor environment. 3D models can provide a more physiologically relevant environment for studying tumor growth, cell interaction, metastasis, and drug response.

Health Insurance And Moud: Predicting Oud Treatment Success, Amy S. White, Jennifer I. Manuel

Publications and Research

Background

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic condition with low rates of treatment success; use of medication for OUD (MOUD) is inconsistent across treatment settings. The purpose of this study was to examine the independent and interactive associations of MOUD and health insurance status with successful treatment completion across residential and outpatient treatment settings.

Methods

We conducted multilevel random-effects logistic regression analyses of the 2022 Treatment Episode Dataset–Discharge (TEDS-D) to estimate associations among MOUD receipt, insurance status (Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, uninsured), and treatment completion. Models adjusted for demographic and clinical characteristics and stratified by treatment setting. The sample …

Trust-Aware Federated Learning For Privacy-Preserving Iot Intrusion Detection, Muhammad Asad, Santosh Kumar Banbhrani, Chen Wei

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) networks has increased the need for intrusion detection mechanisms that provide accurate threat detection while preserving privacy, resisting malicious clients, and limiting communication overhead. Existing Federated Learning (FL)-based intrusion detection systems (IDS) remain challenged by heterogeneous non-IID client data, exposure of model updates, adversarial client participation, and frequent model transmission. To address these limitations, this paper proposes FLZT-IDS (Federated Learning with Zero-Trust for Intrusion Detection in IoT). The framework employs gradient-deviation monitoring to mitigate the effects of heterogeneous client updates, while Graph Neural Networks (GNN) and an Attention-based BiLSTM capture relational and …

2026 October 9 - State Of The University Address, Office Of The President, East Tennessee State University

Office of the President Speeches

No abstract provided.

Envelope 2 Transcript, John Coffee

Transcripts

The collection letters range from 1803-1817 and are concerned with the daily activities of Brigadier General John Coffee and the Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry and Mounted Gunmen during the War of 1812. The document is an indexed transcription of all letters in envelope two of the physical archival collection.

Transcription Note

All grammatical and spelling errors appeared in the original text and were retained to preserve the text’s original content. A dash typically indicates places where John Coffee wrote dashes within the original letters, while a string of successive dashes indicates illegible characters (the amount of dashes roughly corresponds to …

Results Without Reasons, Margaret H. Lemos

Vanderbilt Law Review

Modern theories of precedent assume a connection between the outcome of a case and the reasons that support it. A case stands as precedent not (only) for its result but for its ratio decidendi, the rationale on which the decision is based. But what happens when there is no such rationale—when a multimember court issues a decision without majority agreement on the reasons? In the Supreme Court, such cases are governed by Marks v. United States, which instructs lower courts to find the Court’s holding in the position of the Justice(s) who “concurred in the judgments on the …

A Century Of Complexity: Reassessing Jurisdictional Veil Piercing In Light Of Modern Corporate Structures, Dominic Steve Brown

Vanderbilt Law Review

Modern corporate enterprises frequently operate through intricate networks of layered subsidiaries, yet courts continue to rely on a rigid and outdated presumption of corporate separateness rooted in a decision predating the current personal jurisdiction regime. In the context of jurisdictional veil piercing, this presumption of separateness has produced doctrinal confusion, inconsistent outcomes, and underenforcement against parent corporations that frequently control, and profit from, forum-based activities carried out by subsidiaries.

This Note argues that the prevailing approach, involving the importation of substantive corporate law doctrines into the jurisdictional analysis, contravenes both modern personal jurisdiction doctrine and contemporary corporate practice. Drawing on …

The Normative Canons Of Criminal Law, Brian G. Slocum

Vanderbilt Law Review

The rule of lenity is an ancient maxim directing that ambiguities in criminal statutes be interpreted in favor of defendants. Courts rarely rely on the rule of lenity, though, and its future is currently being debated. Justice Kavanaugh argues for its elimination, even as Justice Gorsuch argues for it to be strengthened. Most commentators agree with Justice Gorsuch, typically advocating that the rule of lenity be made more powerful. This Article argues for a different approach: The rule of lenity can be strengthened by limiting it to resolving linguistic ambiguity. 

This Article explains why the rule of lenity plays an …

Resources Shaping Science Teachers' Design And Implementation Of Scientific Argumentation Instruction: A Systematic Review, Nannan Fan, Eric A. Kirk, Minghui Zhu, Troy D. Sadler

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Scientific argumentation is a core scientific practice recognized by multiple national science standards, yet many science teachers experience challenges integrating it into their classrooms. This systematic review examined the resources identified by research as shaping teachers’ argumentation instruction and how these resources were reported to support teachers’ classroom practice. Guided by an adapted version of the Pedagogical Design Capacity Framework, we analyzed 79 empirical studies published between 1983 and 2025. Resources were categorized as personal, instructional, or contextual, and their specific supportive aspects were grouped according to their reported contributions. Personal resources included teachers’ beliefs, knowledge of argumentation, and pedagogical …

Community-Based Water Management Through Cultural Ecosystem Services: Traditional Wisdom And Modern Adaptation In Senjoyo Spring, Indonesia, Puji Winarti, Sri Haryani, Sri Wardani, Langlang Handayani

Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

Small-scale freshwater ecosystems play vital ecological and cultural roles. However, community-based water management (CBWM) often lacks a clear analytical approach to integrating cultural ecosystem services (CES) and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), limiting the practical understanding of culturally grounded governance. To address this gap, this qualitative study explores the interactions between CES and TEK, analyzes their roles within CBWM, and identifies their implications for sustainable water governance. The integration between cultural value and local ecological knowledge makes Senjoyo Spring an appropriate location for this study. Data were collected through interviews with 20 key informants, field observations, forum group discussions (FGDs), and …

Weird Cops (Agency Police), Farhang Heydari

Vanderbilt Law Review

The police badge has migrated deep into the administrative state. Parks, schools, transit, housing, revenue, conservation, insurance, and gaming agencies now field tens of thousands of sworn “Agency Police”—often with full arrest powers despite missions far removed from general public safety. The footprint of these officers is significant and expanding, outpacing the growth of traditional law enforcement. Far from being limited to certain communities, Agency Police attract support across the political spectrum, from law-and-order policymakers to reformers. And yet, Agency Police are largely ignored in legal scholarship. The result is that a large slice of U.S. criminal enforcement is poorly …

Community-Based Well Testing And Outreach To Mitigate Human Health Risk From Unsafe Drinking Water, W. Adam Sigler, Katharine Sutphen, Margaret J Eggers, Kaleena Miller, Michelle Grocke-Dewey

Journal of Extension

Twenty-two percent of groundwater wells tested nationwide have one or more contaminants above a health threshold, yet many private well owners are unaware of these risks because they have not tested their water. Researchers piloted a community well testing clinic for education/outreach and surveyed participants about outcomes. Two months later, 75% of participants with high or intermediate health risk water quality results had taken action or intended to, indicating that community private well testing clinics can be effective in mitigating human health risks from contaminated drinking water.

Educating Livestock Producers And Monitoring The Ecological Health Of Grazing Spaces, Morgan Mathisonslee, Matt R. Raven, Crista Derry

Journal of Extension

Addressing the climate catastrophe requires a systems approach with a focus on regenerating agricultural landscapes. To address these complex problems, we offered a monitoring training focused on a systems approach to livestock stewardship using the Savory Institute's Ecological Outcomes Verification protocol to monitor ecosystem health. The training encouraged producers to use systems-based management practices to promote ecological regeneration. We found that despite producers not adopting the monitoring protocol, there were increases in the ecological health of their farms. We suggest Extension professionals consider teaching similar ecological monitoring protocols to benefit producers and support claims about regenerative agriculture.

Waites Cemetery Correspondence To Alabama Historical Commission, May 1978, William Lindsey Mcdonald, Wiley T. Higgins Jr.

Correspondence

Correspondence from William Lindsey McDonald to Mr. W. Warner Floyd, Executive Director Alabama Historical Commission, concerning the nomination of the Waites Cemetery in Lauderdale County, Alabama as a historic site. The file also includes the original nomination from Lt. Col. Wiley T. Higgins, Jr., which McDonald's correspondence is a further explanation of.

Metabolic Disease Trends With Adhesive Capsulitis In South Texas High-Risk Majority Hispanic Populations, Mohammad Khalil, Yolanda Gutierrez, Blake Martin, Nicholas Bonazza, Robert Schenck, Aamir Ahmad

School of Medicine Publications

Background: Adhesive capsulitis, or frozen shoulder, is a condition characterized by pain and restricted motion in the shoulder joint. Diabetes is one of the core risk factors for the condition, and obesity has been demonstrated to decrease the age of onset in patients with adhesive capsulitis. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of diabetes and obesity in patients diagnosed with adhesive capsulitis in the Rio Grande Valley, a region with a high prevalence of metabolic disorders.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 836 cases of diagnosed adhesive capsulitis. Clinical data regarding shoulder involvement, diabetes status, and …

Adjuvant Pegylated Interferon-Alpha After Nucleos(T)Ide Analog Withdrawal Drives A Temporally Coordinated Expansion Of Regulatory B Cells And Contraction Of Hbv-Specific T Cells, On Behalf Of The Nuc-B Study Group, Sandra Phillips, Alice Burton, Helen Cooksley, Jessica Davies, Nicola Harris, Dhruti Devshi, Dimple Zope, Niyati Raj, Kornelija Suveizdyte, Emanuela Falaschetti, Hanna Box, Mariam Habib, Eleni Nastouli, Patrick F.L. Kennedy, Kaushik Agarwal, Jack Message, Mark Thursz, Shilpa Chokshi, Mala K. Maini

Peninsula Medical School

Background and Aims: – The NUC-B study showed that a 4-month course of pegylated interferon-alpha (PEG-IFNα) enhanced the outcome and reduced hepatic flares following nucleos(t)ide analog (NUC) withdrawal in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B. Here, we investigated differential T- and regulatory B-cell (BREG) changes before and during these interventions in a substudy of 41 representative patients. Approach and Results: – Antigen-specific T cells were primarily evaluated using quality-controlled IFN-γ ELISpot with 15 pools of genotype-matched HBV core/small-surface peptides, confirmed by multiparameter flow cytometry. B-cell responses were tested with multiparameter flow cytometry and intracellular IL-10 staining. Broader baseline IFN-γ-producing-HBV-specific T cells correlated …

The Effects Of Restorative Practices On Student Behavior And School Climate: A Case Study, Victoria Smith, M.A.T., Donna Governor, Ph.D, Carlise Womack-Wynne, Ed.D

Current Issues in Middle Level Education

Schools have been seeking alternatives to punitive discipline measures. As an alternative, restorative practices offer healing, community, and relationships. This case study examined a middle school that had been implementing restorative practices since the 2019–2020 school year, three full years at the time of study. A mixed-methods design was used in order to investigate whether the implementation of restorative practices had resulted in a decrease of student misbehaviors and an increase in staff perceptions of school climate. Staff were interviewed (n = 19) and surveyed (n = 44). A thematic analysis was conducted on the interview data, and …

“Learning To Ask The Deeper Questions Behind The Image That Most People Don’T See:” Teaching Critical Visual Literacy To History Teacher Candidates Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Heather Koopmans, Richard Hughes

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

Despite the ubiquitous role of images in teaching history, few teachers have formal training in how to help students critically read photographs, paintings, and other images. The essay centers on research on how Critical Visual Literacy, which focuses on how images reflect complex issues of power in society, can assist emerging teachers in helping students think historically and better engage visual evidence associated with curriculum mandates to broaden historical narratives

Using Scenario-Based Generative Ai In A Social Studies Methods Course, Timothy Lintner, Ellis Reeves

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly transforming the landscape of educator preparation. This shift is especially evident in social studies. As emerging technologies like AI reshape how social studies is taught and learned, it is essential to incorporate them into course design and student outcomes. Simply put, we must ensure that the next generation of social studies educators can effectively use AI to create real-world, scenario-based learning experiences that foster inquiry and encourage student action-taking. This article examines how AI-supported, scenario-based learning was strategically integrated into a secondary social studies methods course at the University of South Carolina Aiken. From concept …

‘There Is No Continuity’: Assessment Of Pre-Service Teachers' Ability To Analyse Historical Sources In Two Ghanaian Public Universities, Anitha Oforiwah Adu-Boahen

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

The paper examined student-teachers’ understanding of change and continuity in History. Using a convergent parallel mixed method approach, one hundred and thirty-five (135) student-teachers from two public universities examined images depicting classroom settings in Ghana’s educational system from different periods. Respondents were expected to show and explain the continuities and changes in the different periods in Ghanaian history. They were to focus on the disparities in ‘change’ and ‘continuities’ in classroom settings in the Ghanaian educational system over time. Again, student-teachers were expected to transform their knowledge of these changes into historical understanding by writing an interpretation from the sources. …

Using The Past To Better Understand The Present: Contextualizing Today’S History Wars, For Ourselves And For Our Students, Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

This essay considers our contemporary moment in the context of the long history of the so-called "history wars" in the United States. It identifies four historical moments with ties to the present, and makes use of primary documents to discuss each time period. It also considers the ways in which historical activists such as Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois advocated for honest history in the past, and the ways in which we might argue for nuanced historical thinking in the present. Teachers may find the documents of use for their own classrooms, and a brief appendix at …

The End Of Unmeasured Exploitation: How A.S.M., C.A.S., And S.I.A. Challenge Digital Attention Capitalism, Delante Clark

Graduate Scholarship and Creative Works

Digital attention capitalism generates value through the capture and monetization of human attention, yet it has historically lacked standardized mechanisms for measuring attention-related harm. This paper argues that the Attention Safeguard Models (A.S.M.), Cognitive Attentional Standards (C.A.S.), and Sociological Impact Assessment (S.I.A.) collectively challenge this system by introducing an integrated framework for classifying, measuring, and evaluating digital attention harm and its societal consequences. C.A.S. provides standardized measurement of digital attention harm, A.S.M. identifies and classifies patterns of attentional disruption and manipulation, and S.I.A. evaluates broader impacts on institutions, communities, civic engagement, education, social cohesion, and inequality. Together, these systems transform …

New And Notes

Appalachia

Maine’s Barnard Forest is protected. Commercial logging goes forward in part of the White Mountain National Forest. A look back at Christine Woodside’s editorship of Appalachia. A tribute to outgoing longtime poetry editor Parkman Howe.

Alpina

Appalachia

Reports of mountaineering in the greater ranges of Patagonia, Nepal, Tibet, Saudi Arabia, North America, and Madagascar include a wintertime solo of Cerro Torre, an 86-year-old’s summit of Manaslu, and a discussion of climbing permits on Everest. Nepal tourism officials list eight more high points as 8,000-meter peaks. Two men from France climb Jannu East. American Jim Morrison skis down Everest. Chinese climbers scale peaks in the area known as East of the Himalaya. Sentencing of three criminals. First ascents in Saudi Arabia. And more.