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What Future For The Human And Social Sciences?, Mariem Mesbahi

SOROUD: The journal of Literacy Criticism

Devalued or marginalized by some minds, the humanities and social sciences (HSS) nevertheless remain for others, more lucid ones, a science whose rigor is of a different order and rather qualify them as "noble" and no longer as "soft." Thus, through their fields of investigation, when one examines their domains, their functions and their methods, their scientific and cognitive legitimacy is recognized in the face of attempts to exclude them from the scientific field. As for their perspectives, the idea, still in vogue, that these sciences aspire to understand the mind, reasoning, emotions and social interactions is being surpassed given …

How Do Women Maintain Access To Land In The Context Of Multiple Land Users In Contemporary Rural Tanzania?, Rose George Mbezi, Rosemarie Mwaipopo

Tanzania Journal of Sociology

Rural Tanzania is increasingly experiencing a growing heterogeneity of land users, driven by demographic shifts, socio-economic changes, and policy transformations, all of which influence women's ability to maintain secure access to land. Customary practices such as marriage, inheritance, and communal property access are now being practiced alongside statutory frameworks, including land policies and the transformation of communal land into private property, often influenced by economic investments and land acquisitions. Although legislative frameworks have been established to facilitate land access for both men and women, they remain insufficient, as women continue to face challenges in sustaining access to land amidst the …

Africa's Global Influence, Faez Al-Haq - Abidemi Salami

Masters Theses

This thesis believes in the design and production of an interactive kids' coloring book on Africa's extensive influence on world cultures, history, economies, and artistic heritage. In a bid to reverse centuries of misrepresentation and large-scale miseducation regarding Africa within early childhood textbooks, this work aims to design an interactive, kid-friendly guide that informs young readers about the central role Africa plays in today's world. Informed by thorough literature review and referencing case studies of successful education and culture intervention, the proposal positions Africa's global reach, spanning from its precolonial trading networks, philosophic structures, diaspora contributions, art heritage, and cultural …

Black Girl Magic Is Real, Bethany M. Duff

Masters Theses

This thesis began with an inquiry into the state of representation of Black women authors within the fantasy fiction genre. The artist statement delves into the development of a fantasy story with a Black young woman protagonist written by a Black woman. The story serves as a vehicle for the author to continue the authorial legacy begun by Black women authors decades before. The critical research paper operates as a literature review of five books within the fantasy fiction genre, written by Black women. It discusses the themes of: the connection between race and the narrative, race and the magic …

The Christmas Sisters, A Screenplay, Marybeth Lee Berry

Masters Theses

The Christmas Sisters is a screenplay about the Snow sisters and their father and how love, faith, and family can accomplish to save a beloved tree farm. A Hallmark staple, The Christmas Sisters offers all the comforts of a good Christmas movie but through the lens of a family and sisterly dynamic. By getting to know Holly, Eve, Joy, and Noelle, the true spirit of Christmas shines through, showing the audience that the miracle of the holiday season is found in each other.

The Case For A Moratorium On Deep-Sea Mining: The International Seabed Authority, Indigenous Rights, And Marine Ecosystems In The Eastern Pacific, Afrah A. Qoqandi

UC Law Environmental Journal

The rising interest in deep-sea commercial exploitation has sparked a powerful debate over the environmental and social justice implications of mining the ocean’s depths for valuable minerals. Deep-sea mining targets polymetallic nodules found on the seabed, containing metals critical for green technologies like electric vehicles and solar cells. The Clarion-Clipperton Zone (“CCZ”) in the eastern Pacific is estimated to hold more nickel, manganese, and cobalt than all terrestrial resources combined. As one of the last largely untouched ecosystems, deep-sea mining in the CCZ raises significant concerns about the irreversible harm to its biodiversity and the disruption to Indigenous communities reliant …

2026-01-14 Winter’S A Drag—Come Watch Drag!, Keagen Brooks-Torres

The Spectator Online

No abstract provided.

Developing Campus Accurate Access Control System Using Network Facilities And Internet Services, Najmadin Wahid Boskany

Baghdad Science Journal

With the fast innovation and transformation that happen in our lives, security systems play an essential role in guaranteeing our safety and have become important part of protecting assets, houses, and campuses. The potential for theft and intrusions is increasing every day, making efficient access control for visitors coming in and out of facilities more critical. This paper focuses on developing an accurate access control system for special campus entrance doors with sensitive missions. The proposed system controls the entry of individuals to the campus by permitting authorized persons to enter while denying unauthenticated persons and notifying security guards via …

Brain Tumor Segmentation Based On Convolutional Neural Network And Integration Of Deep And Shallow Features, Rula Sami Aleesa

Baghdad Science Journal

Segmentation of Brain tumors refers to one of the most challenging problems in analyzing a medical image. To establish accurate brain tumor region delineation, brain tumor segmentation is used. Feature extraction refers to one of the basic steps in the processing of an image that aids classification. Various features’ kinds are extracted from MRI images. The traditional classifiers of Machine learning need hand-crafted features that are time-consuming and susceptible to errors made by humans. Against this, Deep learning is too powerful in terms of feature extraction and has already been extensively applied for the aims of classification. The presented technique …

Crop-Type Mapping Using A Machine-Learning Strategic Approach And A Combination Of Vegetation Indices, Indarto Indarto, Mahrus Irsyam, Fahmi Arif Kurnianto, Wheny Khristianto, Nurud Diniyah

Baghdad Science Journal

Mapping and identifying crop types are essential for predicting crop potential in agricultural fields. The crop-type map can be obtained using remote sensing data. The study area consists of two districts, namely Pasrujambe and Candipuro Districts, located in Lumajang Regency. Sentinel-2 images with 10% cloud cover recorded 12 days were used as input data. The images were processed using the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform with eight scenarios of vegetation indices combination. Moreover, the most common classification algorithm widely used to produce crop-type maps, Random Forest (RF), was applied to generate crop-type classification maps from Sentinel-2 data. The training and …

Bhc Hosts Two Events To Promote Brain Health Across The Community, University Of Dayton. School Of Education And Health Sciences

School of Education and Health Sciences Blog Archive

At its most basic, a collective is a group of individuals who work together toward a common goal. The term usuallyexplains a group that doesn’t have a strict hierarchy (more on that later), but that makes decisions, you guessed it,collectively. So, when the Brain Health Collective (BHC) gets together, that’s exactly what they do. They bring in experts (those with lived experience, professionals, families, and friends of individuals who have experienced brain injuries) who all bring their wisdom, experience, and networks to better serve our community.

A055: Aerobic Exercise Improves Sarcopenia And Gut-Muscle Axis In Abx-Treated Samp8 Mice, Sisi Yao, Wenfeng Liu

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Sarcopenia, characterized by reduced skeletal muscle mass and function, is a common geriatric condition that impairs mobility and quality of life. Its causes include neuroendocrine dysregulation, chronic inflammation, malnutrition, and gut microbiota imbalance. The gut microbiota influences muscle metabolism and function via the gut-muscle axis, and aerobic exercise has been shown to improve both gut microbiota composition and muscle function. This study explores whether aerobic exercise can alleviate sarcopenia induced by gut microbiota dysbiosis through the gut-muscle axis, offering a basis for exercise interventions. The study employed the senescence-accelerated mouse strain P8 (SAMP8) model. Gut microbiota dysbiosis was induced via …

A084: Effects Of Aerobic Exercise On Fatigue Characteristics Of Cums Depression Model Rats, Hongyu Gong, Yumei Han, Jiheng Yuan, Jing Miao

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

In this study, solitary nursing and chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) were used to establish a depressed rat model. The influence of aerobic exercise on the fatigue of depressed animals provides experimental reference for the practice of exercise therapy for depression. The purpose of this study was to establish a CUMS depressed rat model. The aerobic exercise intervention was carried out on the depressed rats on a rotating treadmill. Method: Behavioral tests, such as body weight and sugar, and water preference, were conducted to verify the establishment of the depression model and the antidepressant effect of aerobic exercise. Biochemical fatigue, …

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American Indian Law Journal

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A025: Analysis Of The Promotional Effects Of Ethnic Traditional Sports Five Animal Exercise On Adolescents, Ming Tang

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

It is the closing year of the National Fitness Plan (2021-2025) issued by the State Council. Schools are placing more emphasis on ethnic traditional sports, and the benefits of Five-Animal exercise on adolescents' health are gradually being recognized. The aim of this study was to investigate the facilitating effects of Five Animal exercise on body composition, cardiorespiratory function, physical fitness, and the psychology of adolescents. This study was conducted on a sample of 50 healthy adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years old and them into an experimental group (N = 25) and a control group (N =25). The Five …

A068: Research Progress On The Mechanisms Of Exercise Preconditioning In Promoting Neurological Repair After Stroke, Siyu Li, Biwen Peng

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Stroke is a neurological disorder characterized by acute focal damage to the central nervous system due to vascular causes stands as a leading cause of disability and mortality worldwide. Two pivotal strategies to mitigate the global burden of stroke include the prevention of both initial and recurrent strokes, as well as the effective treatment of acute stroke patients to minimize fatalities and disabilities. Exercise, often regarded for its safety, cost-effectiveness, ease of implementation, and efficacy as a non-pharmacological intervention, has garnered widespread attention and is considered a crucial component in reducing stroke risk and aiding in stroke recovery. However, pre-stroke …

Methods For Radiation-Sparing Navigation In Endovascular And Spine Surgery, William Ross Warner

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

Modern surgical navigation systems improve procedural accuracy, limit complications, and can reduce reliance on intraoperative ionizing radiation, yet their adoption remains uneven across surgical domains. Informed by clinical immersion, this thesis identifies and addresses two unmet needs revealed through contrasting image-guidance practices in endovascular and spine surgery, where existing guidance techniques are costly, intermittent, or fundamentally limited. Specifically, these needs include (1) the absence of radiation-sparing navigation techniques for endovascular procedures, which rely heavily on 2D x-ray angiography, and (2) the need for dynamic registration methods in open spine surgery, where navigation accuracy can degrade after initial registration and intraoperative …

Rethinking The Refugee: From Migrant Hierarchies To Migration As A Human Right, Roni Amit

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Algorithmic Editors: Section 230, Big Tech, And The Need For Clarity, Richard Gruters

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Vigilante Violence, The Rise Of The New Right, And The Persistence Of The Texas Farmworkers, 1975–1980, Brent M. S. Campney, Tim Bowman

History Faculty Publications

This study charts the ineffective vigilante violence perpetrated by growers in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to suppress farmworker activism from the mid-to-late 1970s and their abrupt shift in tactics with a 1980 strike in Hereford, Texas, toward the adoption of strictly nonviolent and tediously legalistic new methods associated with the neoconservative backlash. It does so in two major sections. In the first, grower violence is chronicled in detail that underscores both its rage and ineffectiveness. The second section shows how the New Right usurped the longstanding usage of physical violence against ethnic Mexicans in Texas, prompting conservatives to …

Autograft Enlargement After The Ross Procedure In Pediatric Patients: Somatic Growth Or Pathologic Dilatation?, Ioannis Zoupas, Alexander C Mills, Scott D Olson, Damien J Lapar

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Purpose of ReviewPulmonary autograft autotransplantation represents a popular surgical approach for pediatric patients requiring aortic valve replacement due to the potential for autograft enlargement to accommodate somatic growth. Nevertheless, autograft dilatation and the subsequent need for reintervention are quite common. Published data suggest that autograft enlargement may result from pathological passive remodeling rather than active somatic growth and vice versa. The present review serves to comprehensively evaluate available evidence related to the fate of the pulmonary autograft after the Ross procedure as it relates to the etiology, risk factors and patterns of autograft failure.ResultsStudies present conflicting results supporting both pathological …

Diet-Responsive Genetic Determinants Of Intestinal Colonization In The Yeast Candida Albicans, Musfirat Shubaita, Mazen Oneissi, Elena Lindemann-Pérez, Cecilia Fadhel Alvarez, Anne-Marie Krachler, Diana M Proctor, J Christian Pérez

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Dietary components influence microbial composition in the digestive tract. Although often viewed as energy sources, dietary components are likely to shape microbial determinants of intestinal colonization beyond metabolism. Here, we report that a dietary long-chain fatty acid enhances the yeast Candida albicans colonization of the murine gut partly by eliciting modifications to the fungal cell surface. Mice fed an oleic acid-rich diet were readily colonized by C. albicans and exhibited higher fungal load in feces compared with rodents fed an isocaloric control diet. Surprisingly, β-oxidation, a catabolic process to break down fatty acids for energy production, was dispensable for C. …

A Neutrosophic Homological-Gröbner Framework For Ai-Driven Media Education Evaluation, Mona Gharib, Hafiz Muhammad Athar Farid, José M. Merigó, Muhammad Riaz

Sustainable Machine Intelligence Journal

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with media technologies has transformed teaching in Journalism and Communication, introducing new challenges for quality evaluation. Traditional assessment methods fail to capture the uncertainty, inconsistency, and incompleteness inherent in modern educational data. This paper proposes a Neutrosophic Homological–Gröbner Framework, which unifies three perspectives: neutrosophic sets to encode uncertain evidence, homological algebra to analyze structural coherence, and Gröbner bases to systematically simplify interdependent evaluation rules.

Within this framework, diverse evidence is encoded into neutrosophic triplets, daggregate into course-level indicators, and organized into neutrosophic chain complexes, where Betti indices reveal coherence and fragmentation. Educational policies are …

An Enhanced Optimization Algorithm For Estimating Pem Fuel Cells Parameters: Performance Comparison And Real-World Applicability, Ibrahim Alrashdi, Karam M. Sallam

Sustainable Machine Intelligence Journal

Accurate modeling is critical for the efficient design, control, and optimization of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. This problem is regarded as a multi-modal, multi-variate, non-linear optimization problem, and several methods in the literature have been presented to tackle it. However, those methods still suffer from either being stuck into local optima or a slow convergence rate. To solve this problem more accurately in terms of final results and convergence speed, this study proposes a hybrid optimization algorithm based on enhancing the recently proposed crested porcupine optimizer (CPO) using two new optimization methods, namely ranking-based optimization and exploration-exploitation …

Deep Learning In Precision Agriculture: A Systematic Review Of Methods, Datasets, And Applications, Mariam Ahmed

Sustainable Machine Intelligence Journal

With the growing demand for food and water for the world population. Deep learning is one of the most powerful approaches for smart agriculture, offering the capacity for accurate and fast data manipulation and decision-making. To this end, this study contributes to the body of knowledge as follows. We present a comprehensive review of deep learning methods commonly applied in precision agriculture, categorized into three main categories: discriminative, generative, and hybrid models. Given the data-driven nature of DL, we provided a structured overview and tabulation of available datasets in precision agriculture, by categorizing them according to modality to guide dataset …

Small Courageous Minds, Desirae Bach

Masters Theses

This thesis examines the barriers, agreements, and disagreements between mental health and Christianity, specifically as it relates to helping Christian children with anxiety. The following investigation explores how God defines and reacts to anxiety in the Bible and how anxiety is explained through scientific research. By explaining both scientific and biblical views of anxiety, the Christian community can grasp a better understanding of how to help children with anxiety. The research also builds a foundational investigation on how anxiety affects children and possible solutions for relieving anxiety in children. Educating children at a young age about mental health and offering …

Basil Oil As An Environmentally Friendly Corrosion Inhibitor For Aisi 1010 Mild Steel Pipes In The Cooling Towers, Mohammed Ali Kadhim, Nagam Obaid Kariem, Rasha Al-Saedi

Baghdad Science Journal

One of the most significant industrial problems is the corrosion of construction metals such as mild steel in pipes and storage tanks of cooling towers. Several preventive measures are used to minimize corrosion. One of them uses various corrosion inhibitors, some of which are organic and others inorganic. Most inorganic corrosion inhibitors are environmentally unfriendly materials. These inhibitors, mixed with cooling tower water, are discharged into rivers or seawater. Many of them are toxic and affect biological life through their ingestion by humans and animals or through their entry into the soil. Basil plant oil is suggested as a new …

Truncated Exponentiated Ailamujia Exponential Distribution: Properties And Applications, Samer Abdulqader Salih, Dabya Mahmood Ali, Hind Khaled Kolaib, Alaa Abdulrahman Khalaf

Baghdad Science Journal

Probability distribution has shown its practicality in almost every area of human effort. This paper introduces a novel family of distributions called the [0, 1] Truncated Exponentiated Ailamujia-G family. The [0, 1] Truncated Exponentiated Ailamujia Exponential ([0, 1]TEAE) distribution, which is a sub-model of the recently created family, is completely constructed. The [0, 1]TEAE distribution is created by merging the [0, 1] Truncated and Exponentiated Ailamujia distributions. the mathematical features of the [0, 1]TEAE distribution, including moments, skewness, kurtosis, incomplete moments, renyi entropy, quantile function, and probability-weighted moments, are extensively examined. The quantiles for the chosen parameter values are clearly …

Influence Of Rotation And An Inclined Magnetic Field For The Peristaltic Flow Of Viscoplastic Fluid Through A Porous Medium, Khalid Khaleefah Jassim, Mohammed Salim Ramadhan

Baghdad Science Journal

This research deals with the influencing of rotation and an inclined magnetic field on the analysis of blended convection heat transfer within a viscoelastic fluid that flows peristaltically through an inclined tapered asymmetric channel, that traversing in a porous media. The foundational equations of continuity, momentum, and energy were established in Cartesian coordinates. Furthermore, a range of dimensionless numbers, including Reynolds number, Brandt number, and Froude number, were introduced to regulate the governing equations in their imensionless forms. The governing equations were further simplified under the presumption of long wave lengths and small Reynolds numbers. The perturbation method was utilized …

A Proposed Cryptographic Algorithm Based On Three-Pass Protocol And The Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Rifaat Z. Khalaf, Hamza B. Habib

Baghdad Science Journal

The internet lately has become an integral part of people’s lifestyles. It impacts various aspects of their daily lives, including education, communication, etc. Hence, the need for efficient and fast cryptography algorithms has increased. In this paper, a new cryptographic algorithm is proposed using the authenticated Three-Pass Protocol (TPP) and the Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC). In the proposed algorithm, the ECC is used to encrypt and decrypt data (a text of size 128 bits), and the TPP is used for transmitting this data without sharing the keys. In the standard ECC, the receiver publishes the elliptic curve (EC) equation, the …