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A Quantitative Study: The Association Between College Selection Methodology And Sense Of Belongingness Among First-Year, Full-Time Residential College Students, Tamara Reese

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

College selection methodology can be traced back to the 1920s when colleges had to rely on their to travel through word of mouth, catalogs, pictures, and brochures. Although virtual tours can be dated back to 1994, COVID-19 catapulted the popularity of traveling through virtual reality. While many studies have sought to measure the impact of visitation on student enrollment propensities, none have made a noteworthy effort to account for a potential endogenous link between the student's college choice methodology and a student's sense of belongingness at their college or university campus. The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental study is to …

Echocardiography And Heart Failure: An Echocardiographic Decision Aid For The Diagnosis And Management Of Cardiomyopathies., Ashley Pender, Jessica Lewis-Owona, Abdulmojeed Ekiyoyo, Marcus Stoddard

Division of Cardiology Faculty Papers

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review is to highlight the utility of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of cardiomyopathies.

RECENT FINDINGS: Echocardiographic parameters function synergistically to guide decision-making ranging from early detection of disease and screening to risk stratification of complex disease. The collective wealth of information available from 2D/3D assessment, Doppler, diastology and strain makes echocardiography an invaluable decision aid.

Chemogenetic Activation Of Microglial Gi Signaling Decreases Microglial Surveillance And Impairs Neuronal Synchronization, Shunyi Zhao, Lingxiao Wang, Dimitrios Kleidonas, Fangfang Qi, Yue Liang, Jiaying Zheng, Anthony D Umpierre, Long-Jun Wu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Microglia actively survey the brain and dynamically interact with neurons to maintain brain homeostasis. Microglial Gi protein-coupled receptors (Gi-GPCRs) play a critical role in microglia-neuron communications. However, the impact of temporally activating microglial Gi signaling on microglial dynamics and neuronal activity in the homeostatic brain remains largely unknown. In this study, we used Gi-based designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs (Gi-DREADD) to selectively and temporally modulate microglial Gi signaling pathway. By integrating this chemogenetic approach with in vivo two-photon imaging, we observed that exogenous activation of microglial Gi signaling transiently inhibited microglial process dynamics, reduced neuronal activity, and impaired …

Muscle-Specific Errγ Activation Mitigates Muscle Atrophy After Acl Injury, Aiping Lu, Katie J Sikes, Ping Guo, Matthieu Huard, Shelbi Green, Kelly Santangelo, Jacob Singer, Ashley Groesbeck, Scott Tashman, Vihang A Narkar, Johnny Huard

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury adversely affects skeletal muscle, leading to muscle atrophy and weakness, significantly impacting clinical outcomes. This study aimed to determine if estrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRγ) overexpression in skeletal muscle could mitigate muscle atrophy after ACL injury. An animal model with selective overexpression of ERRγ in skeletal muscle (ERR-gamma transgenic mice, TG) and WT control mice were used for this study. All the mice received a mechanical ACL rupture and were euthanized at 4- and 8-week post-injury. Muscle histology, atrophy, and function were evaluated and compared between the TG and WT mice. Muscle-specific ERRγ activation in TG …

Lontas: The Aesthetic Concept Of Mortar Music Of Farmer Community In Turi Village, Indonesia, Dea Lunny Primamona, Bambang Sunarto

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This research is focused on the phenomena of an aesthetic impression in kothékan lesung performed by a farmer community in Turi Village, Magetan District, Indonesia. This research aims to understand the kothékan lesung as an art system and understand the idiom lontas expressed verbally in their mortar music performance. This research uses an ethnomusicology approach which includes fieldwork and deskwork. The research is sequentially conducted with observation, interviews, recordings, measurements, and studying literature and documents. This article uses Sedyawati’s concept about the art system and Sethares’s concept about the science of sound to analysis data. The result shows that: (1) …

Simultaneous Detection Of Escherichia Coli And Agrobacterium Tumefaciens By Using Gold Nanoparticle Enhanced Polymerase Chain Reaction, Xinyi Zhao, Baljit Singh, Christine O’Connor, Hugh J. Byrne, Furong Tian

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

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Microplastics And Nanoplastics In Tea: Sources, Characteristics And Potential Impacts, Neamatollah Jaafarzadeh Haghighi Fard, Faezeh Jahedi, Andrew Turner

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Recent scientific studies have raised concerns about the presence and potential impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) in tea-based drinks. This review critically examines publications relating to MNPs in tea, with focus on the type of sample involved, methods and techniques employed to isolate and identify MNPs, and the main qualitative and quantitative findings. Sources of MNPs in tea include production water, plastic packaging and contaminated tea leaves but the most important source is teabags when steeped in boiling water. Here, more than 10⁹ MNPs have been reported to be released per plastic teabag. However, significant quantities of MNPs …

En-Crip-Ing Time: How To Care For&With A Sexci Chronic Job, George Simms, Mariana Marangoni

School of Art, Design and Architecture

This article seduces the rigid logics of computational imaginaries with crip intimacies, by performing cron jobs as chronic jobs and transforming system maintenance into acts of crip care beyond chrononormativity. Presented as a code repository, it offers a crip critical approach to computational time with a chaotic mix of crip time and cyberfeminist net-art.

Androgen Receptor Ubiquitination Links Kctd13 To Genitourinary Tract Defects, Ahmed Chahdi, Carolina Jorgez, Jill A Rosenfeld, Neetu Neetu, Abhishek Seth

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The potassium channel tetramerization domain containing 13 (KCTD13) protein is a substrate-specific adapter for cullin3-based E3 ubiquitin ligase. Patients with copy number variants at this locus exhibit genitourinary tract anomalies. In this study, we show that decreased androgen receptor (AR) protein level correlated with increased AR ubiquitination in the testis of Kctd13-deficient mice, suggesting that KCTD13 inhibits AR ubiquitination. KCTD13 increased CUL3-dependent AR ubiquitination but had no effect on CUL3 binding to AR, confirming the role of KCTD13 as an adaptor of CUL3 ligase. Recombinant KCTD13 directly binds to recombinant AR, and the BTB domain of KCTD13 is critical for …

A Natural Law Approach To Parental Rights, Richard A. Epstein

The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues

The modern interest in the twin cases of Meyer v. Nebraska, and Pierce v. Society of Sisters has sparked a renewed curiosity in the intellectual foundations and current applicability of those two cases. In this instance, I stress less the constitutional underpinnings of the cases in order to focus more on their natural law approach to the parent-child relationship. Based on Lockean principles, I conclude that the standard rules of abuse and neglect offer the sole justification for such intervention, where the state is put to a high standard of proof for intervention. This framework has had only an …

Parental Rights, Parental Choice, And State Public Education Mandates, Nicole Stelle Garnett

The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues

Pierce v. Society of Sisters and Meyer v. Nebraska were cases about parental rights in general, and parental choice in particular. Both centered on a challenge to a state’s legal effort to reduce or eliminate the educational choices available to parents—in the former, by requiring students to attend public schools, in the latter, by requiring instruction in all schools, public and private, be conducted in English. Pierce and Meyer also were about state efforts to forge a homogeneous American citizenry by limiting the educational choices available to parents. As Justice McReynolds observed in Meyer, “The desire of the Legislature …

The Centennial Of Meyer And Pierce: Parents’ Rights, Gender-Affirming Care, And Issues In Education, Ira C. Lupu

The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues

This paper was prepared for a Symposium, held in March 2024, marking the centennial of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Meyer v. Nebraska (1923) and Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925). At their inception, Meyer and Pierce reflected constitutional principles of economic freedom and parental control of their children’s education. Part I traces the path of ideas put in motion by Meyer and Pierce. These include the decline of their economic freedom component and the broader grounding of their doctrines of parental authority. Eventually, the chameleon-like legacy of Meyer and Pierce stretched to include First Amendment concerns of religious …

The Conservative Response To Transformative Disruption: Voice Or Exit 100 Years After Meyer And Pierce?, Neal Mccluskey

The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues

In 1923 and 1925, respectively, the U.S. Supreme Court rulings in Meyer v. Nebraska and Pierce v. Society of Sisters established limits on the ability of government to constrain what children’s education contains and where it occurs. The Court recognized the “right” of parents to exercise basic control over those things. One hundred years later, we are seeing a renewed emphasis on “parental rights,” both with booming growth of “school choice” programs that allow government-connected funding to follow children to educational options their parents select and efforts to constrain what public schools do. The position of conservatives on such parental …

Reduction Of Prostate Cancer Risk: Role Of Frequent Ejaculation-Associated Mechanisms., Mohamed Hassan, Thomas W. Flanagan, Abdulaziz M. Eshaq, Osama K. Altamimi, Hassan Altalag, Mohamed Alsharif, Nouf Alshammari, Tamadhir Alkhalidi, Abdelhadi Boulifa, Siraj M. El Jamal, Youssef Haikel, Mossad Megahed

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

Simple Summary: There is considerable evidence to suggest that frequent ejaculation reduces the risk of prostate cancer. The more frequently ejaculation occurs without risky sexual behavior, the lower the risk of prostate cancer. The mechanisms regulating the reduction in PCa risk associated with frequent ejaculations are attributed to the suppression of the sympathetic nervous system, resulting in a relief of tension and a slowing of the division of prostate epithelial cells. It is suggested that ejaculation frequency affects gene expression in prostate tissue and subsequently influences the susceptibility of the tissue to tumor formation, leading to a reduction in the …

Steering Conservation Biocontrol At The Frontlines: A Fuzzy Logic Approach Unleashing Potentials Of Climate-Smart Intercropping As A Component Within The Integrated Management Of Fall Armyworm In Africa, Komi Mensah Agboka, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Emily Kimathi, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, John Odindi, Onisimo Mutanga, Saliou Niassy

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

This study introduces a computational index that employs fuzzy sets theory to identify potential deployment sites for push-pull as a component in the integrated management of Fall Armyworm (FAW) in Africa. The index, validated through known push-pull testing sites and informed by insights from field data and practical observations, is primarily based on companion plants (Desmodium intortum and Brachiaria brizantha), livestock, and maize as covariates. The study developed a set of rules linking each selected covariate to the output as membership functions, which are later combined using an algebraic operator. It identifies extensive maize farms across Africa potentially suitable for …

Ai-Assisted Cultural And Creative Product Design Framework And Case Study, Daocai Han, Siow Kian Tan, Booi Chen Tan

International Journal of Management, Finance and Accounting

This paper presents an AI-assisted design framework for the development of cultural and creative products, using the Ya Chou Yue, a renowned artifact from the Shandong Museum, as a prototype for designing a cultural creative doll. The framework is structured around key steps: clarifying design objectives, creating a design plan, generating AI images, and revising the design plan. The final design outcome illustrates the practical application of AI in cultural product development. This study highlights both the advantages and limitations of AI technology in the design process, offering new approaches and methodologies for the cultural and creative industries. Furthermore, it …

Spatial Patterns Of Visitor Behavior: A Case Study Of The North Carolina Zoological Park, Maurice L. Mckenzie, Keith G. Oebbage

The Geographical Bulletin

This paper explains the spatial patterns of visitor behavior at the North Carolina Zoological Park (NCZP). The NCZP is one of the top ten tourist attractions in the state, but it is unclear what factors influence each individual's decision to visit the zoo. The research reported in this paper partially confirmed many of the theoretical expectations about visitor behavior. Based on the results of a visitor survey, the NCZP is a family attraction that caters to a largely well-educated and affluent audience. Most of those surveyed came from the nearby urban centers, while the rural counties immediately adjacent to the …

Native Texans' Perception Of Yankees, Byron D. Augustin, Dennis E. Fitzsimons

The Geographical Bulletin

Texas now ranks as the third most populous state in the United States. Over the past 40 years, much of the population growth can be attributed to migration from outside the state's boundaries. Not all native Texans look favorably on the new growth patterns. "Yankee" is a term which some native Texans tend to label any new resident who does not enter from Mexico. The purpose of this paper is to delineate those states which are perceived by native Texans to produce Yankees. A second goal is to provide insight into the perception that native Texans have regarding the word …

Volume 32-1 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Volume 32-1 Complete Issue

Shoreline Modification And Land Use Of Ford Lake, Michigan, Ashley M. Long, Gregory D. Ruhl

The Geographical Bulletin

Ford Lake in an 800-acre dammed reservoir on the Huron River some 35 miles west of Detroit. The 10-mile shoreline was investigated in the field as well as with the use of soil data and aerial photographs. The investigation of the shoreline reveals that shoreline erosion and mass wasting are related to high erodible soil types. The shoreline is being urbanized mainly with multifamily housing, causing a removal of the deciduous hardwood vegetation which has led to increased runoff. Shoreline owners have reinforced the shoreline to combat severe erosion. It is recommended that a reevalution be undertaken to provide development …

What Animals Do In Fall, Shan Martinez

Lorgnette: Quarterly Review of Children's and Young Adults' Books

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The Quiet Forest, Pam Blake

Lorgnette: Quarterly Review of Children's and Young Adults' Books

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The Dark!: Wild Life In The Mysterious World Of Caves, Shan Martinez

Lorgnette: Quarterly Review of Children's and Young Adults' Books

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Sleepy: Surprising Ways Animals Snooze, Leah D. Carruth

Lorgnette: Quarterly Review of Children's and Young Adults' Books

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Nate The Great And The Star-Spangled Parrot, Jennifer Engle

Lorgnette: Quarterly Review of Children's and Young Adults' Books

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How To Love A Kitten, Jewell Fine

Lorgnette: Quarterly Review of Children's and Young Adults' Books

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Go Forth And Tell: The Life Of Augusta Baker, Librarian And Master Storyteller, Laura Baker

Lorgnette: Quarterly Review of Children's and Young Adults' Books

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Explore Desert Habitats With Rosita, Shan Martinez

Lorgnette: Quarterly Review of Children's and Young Adults' Books

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Blue Whales: Nature’S Biggest Mammal, Shan Martinez

Lorgnette: Quarterly Review of Children's and Young Adults' Books

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Bionic Animals, Shan Martinez

Lorgnette: Quarterly Review of Children's and Young Adults' Books

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