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07.01.06. Grey-Headed Swamphen, Porphyrio Poliocephalus, Bill Pranty, Ann Hodgson, Florida Ornithological Society

07.01. <em>Rallidae</em> - Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

The Grey-headed Swamphen, native to the Old World, was not found in Florida during the first Breeding Bird Atlas project, but it was well established by the end of the second atlas project.

07.01.07. Black Rail, Laterallus Jamaicensis, Kevin S. Kalasz, H. Levy, Ann Hodgson, Florida Ornithological Society

07.01. <em>Rallidae</em> - Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

The Black Rail is likely the most secretive bird species in North America. Their cryptic behavior and densely vegetated habitats make them challenging to detect and nearly impossible to see.

From Perspectival Myopia To Professional Transformation: An Autoethnographic Retrospection Of A High School Principal From Nepal, Shankar Dhakal, Geoffrey W. Lummis, Andrew Jones

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This paper presents a re-storied account of my (lead author) decade-long (2007–2017) professional journey as a high school principal in diverse educational settings in Nepal. Using an autoethnographic approach, I have theorized my leadership transformation approaches through professional storytelling, employing critical reflexivity to trace intimate leadership experiences where authoritarian approaches to leadership, disparities, and inequalities in schools run rampant. My perspectival myopia, professional vulnerabilities, and the discrepancies between my leadership ideals and behaviors resulted in issues such as perceptions of disengagement, underperformance, and dissatisfaction on the receiving end, prompting me to contemplate professional transformation. While outlining several significant steps and …

Embodying Policy Work: An Exploration Of Contexts, Actions And Meanings Towards New Possibilities For Physical Education Teacher Education (Pete), Victoria Evans, David Aldous, Dawn Penney

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This theoretical paper presents a heuristic framework that is directed towards transformative thinking and practices in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE). The research focus and direction, embodying policy work, applies and extends Bernstein’s concepts of the pedagogic and corporeal device to offer new directions for inquiry and explore the considerations these raise for PETE professionals and their practices. The paper affirms the importance of policy work in PETE, while recognising a need for more nuanced and critical understandings of the complex interrelationships between contexts and actions, and the potential meanings generated and ascribed to different forms of policy work and …

Nation, Nature And Childhood In Five Curricula: Towards Earthly Education, Zsuzsa Millei, Katarzyna Gawlicz, Lucy Hopkins, Camilla Eline Andersen, Danielle Ekman Ladru

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This article explores the relations between nation, nature and childhood in five early childhood education curricula in the Nordic, post-socialist and settler-colonial states with the focus on the role education plays in the face of the climate crisis. The authors identify three interconnecting themes in which nation, nature and childhood are entangled in these curricula: 1) national nature as an object of learning; 2) nature and home/birth land and Country; and 3) stewardship for national nature. Exploring these themes from the perspective of alternative pedagogies developed to address the child–nature relations during the Anthropocene, the authors argue that these notions …

Deep Learning And Computer Vision-Based Modeling For A Real-Time Traffic Congestion Monitoring Framework, Neil Dustin Benedict A. Agner, Angelo B. Dela Cruz, Aster Benedict A. Mangabat, Raphael B. Alampay, Patricia Angela R. Abu

Ateneo Laboratory for Intelligent Visual Environments

As intelligent traffic systems evolve to manage complex urban mobility, conventional congestion estimation techniques, such as the time-windowed Volume-to-Capacity (V/C) ratio, fail to capture capture the real-time traffic situation. Because these methods rely on vehicles crossing a specific point, they often fail to register stopped cars, creating a ‘zero flow’ paradox where complete gridlock is incorrectly categorized as an empty, free-flowing road. To address these limitations, this study proposes an end-to-end computer vision framework utilizing the Real-Time DEtection TRansformer (RT-DETR) model to quantify vehicle volume and immediately classify a roadway’s Level of Service (LOS) through spatial density. In processing video …

Near Infrared Fluorophore Specific For Annexin A2 Identifies Peripheral Nerve Injury In A Rodent Transection Model, Marie C Spezia, Christopher J Dy, Brooke Farrell, Ayan Iftikhar, Stephen Demartini, Ron Perez, Samuel Achilefu, David M Brogan

2020-Current year OA Pubs

INTRODUCTION: Peripheral nerve injuries (PNI) pose a major challenge in the intraoperative assessment of nerve viability. Wallerian degeneration (WD) is the degenerative process of axonal breakdown distal to the site of injury, with limited proximal extension, and progresses through spatiotemporally consistent stages facilitated by Schwann cell reprogramming and macrophage infiltration. We evaluated LS-301, a near-infrared (NIR) fluorophore previously used in human oncology trials, that targets phosphorylated annexin A2 (pANXA2), which is upregulated and redistributed to Schwann cell surfaces after nerve injury.

METHODS: Utilizing a sciatic nerve transection model in rats, LS-301 was compared with the untargeted control dye Cypate-3 using …

Immunoembolization In Liver-Predominant Metastatic Uveal Melanoma: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis, Renee Morecroft, Jordan Phillipps, Amrat Kumar, Jacob Strelnikov, George Nassief, Naganathan Mani, Jennifer Gould, Tanner Johanns, George Ansstas

2020-Current year OA Pubs

INTRODUCTION: Approximately 50% of patients with uveal melanoma develop metastatic disease, most commonly involving the liver, and prognosis remains poor. Immunoembolization (IE) is an established liver-directed therapy for patients with liver-dominant metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM), though comparative data with other regional therapies remain limited. We present a single-center retrospective analysis of IE in hepatic mUM and compare outcomes with those reported in the Phase 3 FOCUS trial evaluating melphalan via percutaneous hepatic perfusion.

METHODS: All patients with liver-dominant mUM treated with IE between 2010 and 2023 at our institution were included. Clinical records were reviewed for demographics, tumor characteristics, treatment …

Hiv-2 Infection As A Comparative Lens For Functional Hiv-1 Remission, Sabastine Eugene Arthur, John Atanniba, Prince Adom Nartey, Yeena Abla Tay, Dzidzor Aku Attoh, Christopher Zaab-Yen Abana, Evelyn Yayra Bonney, George Boateng Kyei

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Four decades into the HIV pandemic, HIV-2 infection remains an underutilized comparative resource for HIV-1 cure research. HIV-2 is associated with lower plasma viral loads, slower CD4

Modulation Of Ccr2/Ccl2 Molecular Axis In The Expansion And Rupture Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, Ryan Wahidi, Santiago Elizondo-Benedetto, Ryan Catlett, Bera Koklu, Mohamed A Zayed

2020-Current year OA Pubs

The CCR2/CCL2 molecular axis is a critical mediator of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) pathogenesis. It has been demonstrated to drive chronic inflammation, extracellular matrix degradation, and vascular remodeling through the recruitment and activation of monocytes/macrophages and other immune cell types. Pre-clinical studies demonstrate that CCR2 inhibition reduces AAA formation, expansion, and progression in animal models. Emerging imaging techniques have validated CCR2 as a biomarker for AAA instability in humans. Although clinical trials targeting CCR2 are currently limited in number, ongoing translational studies highlight that CCR2 blockade is a promising therapeutic strategy to mitigate AAA expansion and the risk of rupture. …

Modulating Efferocytosis In The Intestinal Epithelial Cells During Colorectal Cancer, Laura Boeckaerts, Tania Løve Aaes, Evi Scheirlinckx, Sze Men Choi, Yunus Incik, Amanda Gonçalves, Tino Hochepied, Lars Vereecke, Kodi S Ravichandran

2020-Current year OA Pubs

INTRODUCTION: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the thirdmost common cancer and a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with over 1.9 million cases diagnosed in 2022. Due to poor response to classical cancer treatments, CRC is associated with low survival rates. This creates an urgent need for better understanding of CRC pathology. Cell death occurs continuously in solid tumors, and is also induced acutely, during chemotherapy. Dead cells are cleared by phagocytes via 'efferocytosis', an anti-inflammatory process that can lead to immune escape and reduced therapeutic efficacy. We hypothesized that efferocytosis might contribute to tumor development and that manipulating this process …

Longitudinal Associations And Interactions Of Adolescent Religious Deidentification And Parental Sanctification On Parent-Adolescent Relationships, Justin Hendricks, Sam A. Hardy, Michael A. Goodman, Emily De Schweintiz Taylor

Faculty Publications

In many religious families, shared religious identity is a strong source of intergenerational solidarity. However, when adolescents deidentify from their family faith, normative parent-adolescent conflict, which heightens in mid-adolescence and normally subsides in late-adolescence, may intensify and damage parent-adolescent social cohesion. Many religious parents view parenting relationships as sanctified, which typically leads to adaptive parenting, but in the context of deidentification may lead to greater distress. To understand how adolescent religious deidentification influences parentadolescent relationships, we examined the longitudinal associations and interactions of adolescent children’s religious deidentification and parental sanctification on parent-child religious conflict and parental warmth (N = 1,391 …

Developmental Themes Associated With Religious Activity After Early Return From A Latter-Day Saint Mission, Samuel E. Hancock, Sam A. Hardy, Michael Goodman, Camron Angell, Jenae M. Nelson

Faculty Publications

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, qualified young men are expected (and young women are given the option) to complete extended missionary service during the transition to adulthood. Some youth end their missionary service short of the anticipated duration, which is associated with markedly lower rates of religious activity post-return. This study is a qualitative inquiry into the developmental themes associated with early returned missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who chose to remain active (be consistently involved with the church), sampling from areas with high rates of Latter-day Saint activity, where stigmatization …

Eligibility For Anti-Amyloid Treatment In A Multiethnic Community-Based Study, Lydia Trudel, Joseph Therriault, Arthur C Macedo, Karin L Meeker, Meredith N Braskie, Arthur W Toga, Serge Gauthier, Paolo Vitali, Suzanne E Schindler, Sid E O'Bryant, Pedro Rosa-Neto

2020-Current year OA Pubs

INTRODUCTION: The approval of anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), including lecanemab and donanemab, represents a significant advance in disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) for early Alzheimer's disease (AD). While appropriate use recommendations (AURs) have been established to guide clinical decision-making, the proportion of individuals with cognitive impairment in real-world, multiethnic populations meeting eligibility criteria remains unknown, as do potential differences in treatment-related risks across ethnic groups.

METHODS: We included 513 cognitively impaired individuals from the Health and Aging Brain Study-Health Disparities study, a multiethnic community-based cohort. Eligibility for lecanemab and donanemab was determined using published AUR criteria. Counts of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities were …

Trends In Dermatologic Biologic Prescribing: A Medicare Part D Public Use File Analysis From 2018 To 2023., Cathleen V D'Angelo, Patricia Wilberger, Chase Merritt, Joshua Burshtein, Dawn Merritt

Ambulatory and Primary Care Articles

No abstract provided.

Ex Vivo Assessment Of Keratinocytic Carcinomas Using A Fast Mid-Infrared Probe., Maria G Vazquez De Vasquez, Rebecca C Bradley, Charles L Hitchcock, Angela S Casey, Austin Cusick, James V Coe, Ronald Siegle

Ambulatory and Primary Care Articles

A fast mid-infrared spectral probe was used to record infrared (IR) spectra of fresh skin tissue removed from patients with biopsy-proven keratinocytic cancer (KC) during Mohs surgery. A 150-patient library of IR spectral data was obtained to see if KC on the epidermal side (outside) of tissue samples can be differentiated from adjacent nonmalignant tissue and normal skin. A linear support vector machine model minimized overtraining predicting the contributions to decisions at each step in the spectrum. Training with an equal cost for KC and nontumor cases samples demonstrated a KC sensitivity of 93% ± 5% and specificity 82% ± …

Seasonal And Geographic Trends In Photodynamic Therapy And Cryosurgery Use In The United States: A Cross-Sectional Study From 2015-2022., Dawn Merritt, Jon Lyons, Mouna Mikati, Christian Geils, Todd Schlesinger

Ambulatory and Primary Care Articles

BACKGROUND: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an effective field treatment for actinic keratoses (AKs). It is an ideal option for patients who prefer a minimally invasive procedure conveniently administered in their physician's office. Anecdotal clinician insights suggest that it may not be used at the same rate year-round.

OBJECTIVE: This study investigates whether PDT and cryosurgery usage is affected by season and geographic location in the United States.

METHODS: The data source is an aggregate of closed and open United States medical procedural claims (

RESULTS: PDT utilization is affected by season and geographic location. Procedural claims peak during cooler months …

Hey, Siri: How Companionate Ai Usage Affects Social Satisfaction And Personal Intelligence, Ryan E. Moran, Marley Ireland

Honors Theses and Capstones

Artificial intelligence is a field that is growing and changing faster than humanity can keep up. While part of the population is benefiting from its unmatched diagnostic power, increased productivity in school and in work, and even its surgical and therapeutic contributions, others are filing lawsuits based on claims that an AI chatbot was a key factor in the mental health crisis of someone they loved. Research has found that reliance on these AI-generated conversational agents can lead to social withdrawal, unrealistic relationship expectations, addictive tendencies, and, in the worst cases, increased or encouraged suicidal ideations, especially in vulnerable populations. …

Review Of Hayek's Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots Of The Populist Right, Michael Kirby

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

The Paradox Of Matriliny: Cultural Authority And The Political Marginalization Of Women In Meghalaya, Kasturi Bharadwaj

Journal of International Women's Studies

The global discourse on gender equality gained momentum after the 1975 United Nations World Conference on Women. It continued through a series of international initiatives and culminated in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which emphasized women’s rights and their participation in political, social, and economic life. Despite these normative commitments at the international level, women’s political participation and representation within administrative and decision-making structures continue to be uneven, limited, and structurally constrained across many societies. In this context, the study investigates the political participation and representation of women in Meghalaya, a tribal state in Northeast India characterized by …

Mary Cole Nibarger Wts Collection - Accession 1855, Mary Cole Parks Nibarger

Manuscript Collection

The Mary Cole Nibarger Collection consists of materials documenting Mrs. Mary Cole Parks Nibarger’s (1930-2021) teaching experience at the Winthrop Training School. Mrs. Nibarger was a 1951 Winthrop College graduate and was employed with the Winthrop Training School from September 1955 until its close in 1965. She served in many capacities including Supervisor of Mathematics and Freshman Class Sponsor. The collection reflects her commitment to education and dedication to the Winthrop Training School.

The collection includes yearbooks, class reunion correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items. The yearbooks document the students of WTS in the years 1956-1958, 1960, and 1962-1965. …

07.02.01. Limpkin, Aramus Guarauna, D. C. Bryan, Ann Hodgson, Florida Ornithological Society

07.02. <em>Aramidae</em> - Limpkin

The Limpkin is an iconic Florida wading bird known for its specialized foraging on the native Florida apple snail.

07.01.05. Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio Martinica, Bill Pranty, Ann Hodgson, Florida Ornithological Society

07.01. <em>Rallidae</em> - Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

A colorful and acrobatic rail, the Purple Gallinule breeds from Arkansas and South Carolina south through the Greater Antilles and Middle America to northern Argentina and Bolivia.

Very Early Interceptive Management Of Class Iii Malocclusion In Primary Dentition Using A Prefabricated Functional Education Appliance: Preliminary Clinical Observations, Thi Ngoc Anh Do, Thi Huong Le, I-Ta Lee, Tong-Hsien Chow, Pao-Chang Chiang, Thi Thuy Tien Vo

Journal of Dental Sciences

Background/purpose: Class III malocclusion with anterior crossbite in primary dentition may progress and complicate future orthodontic treatment. This short communication presents preliminary clinical observations of very early interception using a prefabricated functional education appliance.

Materials and methods: Three children aged 4 to 6 years with dental, functional, or mild skeletal class III malocclusion were treated using a prefabricated removable functional education appliance worn at night, with regular follow-up.

Results: In the dental class III case, anterior crossbite was corrected within 9 months and remained stable at the 2-year follow-up. In the functional class III case, anterior crossbite and mandibular shift …

Artificial Intelligence In Dentistry: A Cross-Domain Bibliometric Analysis Of Technologies, Functional Applications, And Dental Specialties, Yinghui Yang, Cheng-Chia Yu, Min Yee Ng

Journal of Dental Sciences

Background/purpose: Artificial intelligence is increasingly applied in dentistry across diagnosis, prediction, treatment planning, education, and patient communication. This study aimed to provide a structured cross-domain overview of dental AI research by integrating AI technologies, functional applications, and dental specialties within one bibliometric framework.

Materials and methods: AI-related dental publications from 2016 to 2026 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection. Original and review articles were screened and classified by AI technology, functional application, and dental specialty. Bibliometric mapping, collaboration analysis, keyword co-occurrence, and heatmap-based cross-domain visualization were performed.

Results: A total of 920 publications were included. Publication …

Oral Health Knowledge Across Cultural Boundaries: A Physiology And Hygiene Textbook From The Tamsui Middle School During The Japanese Colonial Period, Hung-Lun Pan, Feng-Chou Cheng, Chun-Pin Chiang

Journal of Dental Sciences

No abstract provided.

A Scientometric Study On Research Trends And Characteristics Of Lymph Node Metastasis In Oral Cancer, Linjian Huang, Xiaocui Tong, Wei Liu, Xinyu Zhang

Journal of Dental Sciences

Background/purpose: Cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) is the most critical prognostic factor in oral cancer (OC) patients. The purpose of this study was to analyze the scientometric characteristics and research trends of LNM in OC.

Materials and methods: All the papers on LNM in OC were comprehensively retrieved from the Scopus database. The years of publication were divided into before 2016 and after 2016 in the analysis of research trends.

Results: There were 946 papers on LNM in OC, with total citations of 21,154 and the h index of 70. The trend of clinical aspect including lymph …

Roles And Functions Of The Dental Division At The National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Feng-Chou Cheng, Yu-Jie Shen, Shu-Yu Liu, Chun-Pin Chiang

Journal of Dental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Ruptured Silicone Cheek Implant Mimicking Odontogenic Infection: A Diagnostic Pitfall, Kimiko Ohgi, Tomoko Shiraishi, Toyohiro Kagawa, Yasunori Yoshinaga

Journal of Dental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Recurrent Maxillary Medication-Related Osteonecrosis Of The Jaw With Maxillary Sinusitis In An Edentulous Patient: A Possible Bidirectional Relationship, Wun-Ting Lin, Yu-Nung Lee, Yu-Fen Yen, Ken-Chung Chen

Journal of Dental Sciences

No abstract provided.