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Book Review: We're All Traditionalists Now (Most Of The Time), Richard H. Fallon, Jr., The Changing Constitution: Constitutional Law In The Trump-Era Supreme Court, Michael Gentithes Feb 2026

Book Review: We're All Traditionalists Now (Most Of The Time), Richard H. Fallon, Jr., The Changing Constitution: Constitutional Law In The Trump-Era Supreme Court, Michael Gentithes

ConLawNOW

This review highlights the scope and importance of Richard Fallon’s book, The Changing Constitution: Constitutional Law in the Trump-Era Supreme Court. Fallon, a giant of constitutional work, provides a comprehensive, accessible, and vitally important catalogue of the Court’s methodological changes in his posthumously published book. The book argues that while textualism and originalism “have achieved unparalleled prominence,” the Court is also “not consistently originalist” and often relies on a version of traditionalism, similar to but importantly distinct from originalism, that marks an important and undertheorized change. And in yet other areas, the Court eschews either originalism or traditionalism for …


Why I Ride, Jana Richman Feb 2026

Why I Ride, Jana Richman

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

No abstract provided.


Mixed-Blood Stew, Jewell Parker Rhodes Feb 2026

Mixed-Blood Stew, Jewell Parker Rhodes

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

No abstract provided.


Sa’M Pèdi, Madison Smartt Bell Feb 2026

Sa’M Pèdi, Madison Smartt Bell

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

No abstract provided.


Leaving Babylon: A Walk Through The Jewish Divorce Ceremony, Judyth Har-Even Feb 2026

Leaving Babylon: A Walk Through The Jewish Divorce Ceremony, Judyth Har-Even

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

No abstract provided.


Language At Play, Diane Ackerman Feb 2026

Language At Play, Diane Ackerman

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

No abstract provided.


Killing Wolves, Sherry Simpson Feb 2026

Killing Wolves, Sherry Simpson

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

No abstract provided.


Prayer Dogs, Terry Tempest Williams Feb 2026

Prayer Dogs, Terry Tempest Williams

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

No abstract provided.


An Album Quilt, John Mcphee Feb 2026

An Album Quilt, John Mcphee

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of An Instructional Program Based On The Transformational- Generative Theory On Improving Writing Skills Among Eleventh-Grade Female Students In Jordan, Nijmeh Abdallah, Abdelkareem Saleem Alhaddad Feb 2026

The Impact Of An Instructional Program Based On The Transformational- Generative Theory On Improving Writing Skills Among Eleventh-Grade Female Students In Jordan, Nijmeh Abdallah, Abdelkareem Saleem Alhaddad

Journal of Child Science

Objective: To investigate the impact of an instructional program based on the Transformational-Generative (TG) Theory on improving the writing skills of eleventh-grade female students in Jordan. This may lead to designing an instructional program to improve the writing skills of secondary school students. Methods: The study sample consisted of 76 female students, purposefully selected from a school affiliated with the Directorate of Education in the University District. Through random assignment, the experimental group (11/A), comprising 39 students, was taught using the program based on the TG Theory. In contrast, the control group (11/B), consisting of 37 students, received instruction through …


Ophelia’S Out-Of-World Pet Care, Esther Tsin Feb 2026

Ophelia’S Out-Of-World Pet Care, Esther Tsin

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

Ophelia's encounters with strange creatures as a vetinerian


Aquatic Interrelations In Malika Mokeddem’S Novel N’Zid (2001), Laura C. Klein Feb 2026

Aquatic Interrelations In Malika Mokeddem’S Novel N’Zid (2001), Laura C. Klein

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

This article offers an ecological analysis of Malika Mokeddem's novel N'Zid (2001), moving beyond postcolonial and anthropocentric interpretations. It centers on the protagonist Nora's individuation, arguing this process is intrinsically linked to her evolving relationship with the aquatic environment from which she emerges. The article aims to situate N'Zid within an ecological perspective, particularly relevant in the Anthropocene, an era compelling a reassessment of humanity's place. Echoing Bruno Latour, addressing inter-relationality is essential as the stable physical framework of the Moderns becomes unstable. This view necessitates rethinking environmental issues and encourages a scientific interpretation of the novel, drawing on neurosciences, …


Volume 5 - Water (Full) Feb 2026

Volume 5 - Water (Full)

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

No abstract provided.


Wildearth Guardians V. U.S. Dept. Of Agric. Animal And Plant Health Inspection Serv. Wildlife Services, Luke A. Zagar Feb 2026

Wildearth Guardians V. U.S. Dept. Of Agric. Animal And Plant Health Inspection Serv. Wildlife Services, Luke A. Zagar

Public Land & Resources Law Review

WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Dept. of Agric. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv. Wildlife Services considers whether Predator Damage Management (“PDM”) programs in Wilderness Areas violate the Wilderness Act and whether the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services (“Wildlife Services”) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) in issuing its Final Environmental Assessment (“EA”) and Finding of No Significant Impact (“FONSI”). The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed its prior holding in Forest Guardians v. Naimal & Plant Health Inspection Serv., finding that “the Wilderness Act does not prohibit Wildlife Service …


Dairy And Food Science Student Newsletter, February 10, 2026, Department Of Dairy And Food Science Feb 2026

Dairy And Food Science Student Newsletter, February 10, 2026, Department Of Dairy And Food Science

Dairy and Food Science Student Newsletter

No abstract provided.


A Comprehensive Review Of Food Waste Management In Attaining Sdg 12.3 Goals: Insights From Asian Countries, Ping Hu, Lotifa Tamanna Toma, Ashraful Alam, Md. Tanvir Ahmmed, Md. Jahidul Islam, Kazi Farhana, Marjia Sultana, Miraj Ahmed Bhuiyan Feb 2026

A Comprehensive Review Of Food Waste Management In Attaining Sdg 12.3 Goals: Insights From Asian Countries, Ping Hu, Lotifa Tamanna Toma, Ashraful Alam, Md. Tanvir Ahmmed, Md. Jahidul Islam, Kazi Farhana, Marjia Sultana, Miraj Ahmed Bhuiyan

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Food waste is one of the most important world-wide challenges whose environmental, economic and social impacts have far-reaching effects that include contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, resources depletion as well as the rising levels of food insecurity. These problems are further intensified in Asia due to high rate of urbanization, population growth, changing dietary habits, and lack of waste management facilities. These conditions complicate the fact that countries are increasingly struggling to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3, which is to ensure that by 2030, half of the world has dropped per-capita food waste, and food losses …


Full Issue: Winter 2026 Feb 2026

Full Issue: Winter 2026

DePaul Magazine

In DePaul Magazine's winter 2026 issue, learn how Mission: Forward, the most ambitious philanthropic campaign in the university’s history, is empowering purpose-driven education to solve society’s biggest problems. Also, read about the Dialogue Collaborative, a campus-wide initiative that creates space for reflection, rearticulates purpose, and builds capacity for respectful engagement across roles and disciplines; meet a finance student who launched a bottled agua fresca startup; and more.


Chemical Control Strategies For Poa Annua In Managed Turfgrass Systems, James D. Mccurdy, Rebecca G. Bowling, Aaron J. Patton, Edicarlos B. De Castro, James T. Brosnan, David E. Ervin, Shawn D. Askew, Clebson G. Goncalves, Matthew T. Elmore, J. Scott Mcelroy, Multiple Additional Authors Feb 2026

Chemical Control Strategies For Poa Annua In Managed Turfgrass Systems, James D. Mccurdy, Rebecca G. Bowling, Aaron J. Patton, Edicarlos B. De Castro, James T. Brosnan, David E. Ervin, Shawn D. Askew, Clebson G. Goncalves, Matthew T. Elmore, J. Scott Mcelroy, Multiple Additional Authors

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Poa annua L. is a widespread and persistent weed in managed turfgrass systems, exhibiting both annual and short-lived perennial growth habits. Effective management requires an integrated approach, with chemical herbicides remaining a primary tool. This review outlines the current landscape of chemical control strategies, including pre-emergence and post-emergence herbicide options, plant growth regulators, and emerging chemistries. Herbicide resistance in Poa annua continues to pose a significant challenge, with confirmed cases spanning multiple modes of action. Consequently, sustainable management depends on rotating herbicide classes, using mixtures and sequences of treatments, and integrating nonchemical tactics.


Structural And Mechanical Properties Facilitate Shock Wave Damping By Helmet-Like Orbital Hoods In Snapping Shrimp, Mia Kazel, Rebekah E. Cammack, Alexandra C.N. Kingston, Ahmed A. Alshareef, Tarek Shazly, Daniel Isaac Speiser Feb 2026

Structural And Mechanical Properties Facilitate Shock Wave Damping By Helmet-Like Orbital Hoods In Snapping Shrimp, Mia Kazel, Rebekah E. Cammack, Alexandra C.N. Kingston, Ahmed A. Alshareef, Tarek Shazly, Daniel Isaac Speiser

Faculty Publications

Snapping shrimp damp the shock waves they produce and use as weapons with a helmet-like structure termed the orbital hood. Here, we ask how structural and material properties contribute to shock wave damping by orbital hoods in Alpheus heterochaelis. Using tensile mechanical testing, we find orbital hoods are approximately half as stiff as carapace and have twice the capacity for viscous energy dissipation. Microstructural features probably contribute to tissue-specific mechanical properties: the endocuticles of orbital hoods have almost twice as many lamellae as those of carapaces despite being half as thick, suggesting a mechanism for enhanced material mobility underlying …


Pawter In The Water: Rhyming Stories About Water Safety, Angie Baker, Calli Brennan, Joe Baker Feb 2026

Pawter In The Water: Rhyming Stories About Water Safety, Angie Baker, Calli Brennan, Joe Baker

Fiction and Poetry

Pawter in the Water is a powerful water safety movement created to help protect children around water.  Drowning is preventable, yet it remains the leading cause of death for children ages 1-4 and the second cause of accidental death for children ages 5-14. Pawter is a curious puppy who learns and teaches 5 simple, life saving rules through playful adventures, rhyming, and repetition.  Using positive, empowering messaging, Pawter helps children build awareness before they ever enter the water, giving them tools they can remember and use in real life situations. Designed for young children and the adults who care for …


Spatial Control Of Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Phosphorylation Modulates Cardiac Thick Filament Mechanosensing, Caterina Squarci, Daniel Koch, Paul Anaya, Kenneth S. Campbell, Thomas Kampourakis Feb 2026

Spatial Control Of Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Phosphorylation Modulates Cardiac Thick Filament Mechanosensing, Caterina Squarci, Daniel Koch, Paul Anaya, Kenneth S. Campbell, Thomas Kampourakis

Physiology Faculty Publications

The heart can adapt its performance in response to changing metabolic demands of the rest of the body. A central mechanism intrinsic to the heart is to modulate the function of the cardiac contractile proteins via posttranslational modifications. Although phosphorylation of the cardiac myosin motor-associated regulatory light chain (RLC) by cardiac myosin light chain kinase (cMLCK) has been recognized as a key signaling pathway to increase myocardial contractile function, little is known about its molecular mechanism of action. Here, we show that phosphorylation of RLC is not a stochastic process but a spatially tightly controlled mechanism in the cardiac sarcomere. …


2026 Multimedia Pilot Feedback, Alison Coleman Feb 2026

2026 Multimedia Pilot Feedback, Alison Coleman

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.


A Framework For Assessing The Trustworthiness Of Scientific Research Findings, Brian A Nosek, David B Allison, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marcia Mcnutt, A Beau Nielsen, Susan M Wolf Feb 2026

A Framework For Assessing The Trustworthiness Of Scientific Research Findings, Brian A Nosek, David B Allison, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marcia Mcnutt, A Beau Nielsen, Susan M Wolf

Children’s Nutrition Research Center Staff Publications

Vigorous debate has erupted over the trustworthiness of scientific research findings in a number of domains. The question "what makes research findings trustworthy?" elicits different answers depending on whether the emphasis is on research integrity and ethics, research methods, transparency, inclusion, assessment and peer review, or scholarly communication. Each provides partial insight. We offer a systems approach that focuses on whether the research is accountable, evaluable, well-formulated, has been evaluated, controls for bias, reduces error, and whether the claims are warranted by the evidence. We tie each of these components to measurable indicators of trustworthiness for evaluating the research itself, …


Are Animals “It”? Restoring Animals In Our Language, Gaizel Arguelles Adan Feb 2026

Are Animals “It”? Restoring Animals In Our Language, Gaizel Arguelles Adan

Landas

This essay examines how language marginalizes animals by reducing them to “it,” obscuring their cognition, agency, communication, empathy, and giftedness. Such linguistic marginalization intersects with metaphors and colloquialisms that demean both women and animals and is reinforced by anthropocentric philosophical and theological traditions. While Thomistic thought has often emphasized human superiority, Thomas Aquinas also presents animals as participants in God’s community of creation who reveal divine goodness and glory. Drawing on animal reciprocity and feminist animal care, particularly entangled empathy, this essay proposes an ethic that recognizes animals in their wholeness and uniqueness. Naming becomes a countercultural practice that resists …


Ministry Of “Listening Deeply” In An Inculturated Church In North Vietnam, Jojo M. Fung Feb 2026

Ministry Of “Listening Deeply” In An Inculturated Church In North Vietnam, Jojo M. Fung

Landas

This synodal process foregrounds the relevance of “listening deeply” as a ministerial praxis which is grounded in a mystagogy with a theology of God’s corporealization in creation/cosmos through the incarnation, and a spirituality of interiority discerning God’s communication ad extra and ad intra facilitated by the everyday exercise of Cosmic One-ing. This ecclesial praxis is relevant in the synodal process of communal discernment. Church leaders need formation in this ministerial practice to become truly inculturated communities that integrate their faith with the local living traditions of the faithful. At the same time, the faithful also incorporate the other living traditions …


The Tagalog Verb, Rich In Nuance: Samples From The Vocabulario De Lengua Tagala (Sb 1613), Part I, Emmanuel C. Marfori Feb 2026

The Tagalog Verb, Rich In Nuance: Samples From The Vocabulario De Lengua Tagala (Sb 1613), Part I, Emmanuel C. Marfori

Landas

This study examines the Vocabvlario de Lengva Tagala (SB 1613) of Tomás Pinpin and Domingo Loag, highlighting its significance for missionary language learning and the study of Tagalog culture. Focusing on thirty Spanish verbs and their 884 Tagalog equivalents, it analyzes active and passive forms and their connections with body parts, space, time, instruments, purposes, and social interactions. These verbs offer glimpses into daily life in southern Luzon, including food production, crafts, health, commerce, travel, conflict, hospitality, beliefs, healing, and communal activities. The analysis demonstrates the vocabulary’s linguistic richness and complexity while revealing cultural traces of both Tagalog communities and …


Full Issue, Volume 38, Issue 2 Feb 2026

Full Issue, Volume 38, Issue 2

Landas

No abstract provided.


Depaul Digest Feb 2026

Depaul Digest

DePaul Magazine

Melissa Ockerman, a school counseling professor, publishes guidance on how institutions can address the youth mental health crisis through de-escalating conflicts and cultivating social-emotional well-being. Noé de la Sancha, associate professor of environmental science, studies urban rat populations to better understand the impact of human-driven habitat change and loss on mammals. Plus, news briefs on exciting developments at DePaul University’s 10 colleges and schools, from a new Department of Neuroscience to robotics engineering in a new CyberLabs facility, and DePaul Connect, a community connecting alumni and students for network and mentor opportunities.


Molecular Determinant Of Low-Voltage Dependence Of Human Nav1.7 Inactivation Revealed By Efficacy-Based Nav1.7 Selective Inhibitor, Fang Zhao, Chuchu Xi, Jie Li, Kerui Ren, Qinglian Tang, Huaduan Liang, Shilong Yang, Michael X Zhu, Zhengyu Cao Feb 2026

Molecular Determinant Of Low-Voltage Dependence Of Human Nav1.7 Inactivation Revealed By Efficacy-Based Nav1.7 Selective Inhibitor, Fang Zhao, Chuchu Xi, Jie Li, Kerui Ren, Qinglian Tang, Huaduan Liang, Shilong Yang, Michael X Zhu, Zhengyu Cao

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Nav1.7 is a voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) subtype predominantly expressed in sensory neurons, amplifying threshold currents. Here, we identify that Uvarigranol D (UGD) suppresses human (h) Nav1.7 with a much greater maximal inhibition than other VGSC subtypes, despite having similar apparent affinities. We demonstrate that Thr1398 determines the greater inhibitory efficacy of UGD, the leftward shift in voltage-dependence and faster inactivation kinetics of hNav1.7. UGD binds to the inactivated state, with Gln360, Ile394, Lys1395, Phe1737, and Tyr1744 being critically involved. Moreover, while UGD suppresses action potentials in both rat dorsal root ganglion neurons and human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes, …


Development And Evaluation Of Lipid Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Dna Vaccines For Avian Influenza In Chickens, Sushmita Kumari Feb 2026

Development And Evaluation Of Lipid Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Dna Vaccines For Avian Influenza In Chickens, Sushmita Kumari

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

Avian influenza virus (AIV) remains a major challenge for global poultry health, food production, and agricultural economies. Both low-pathogenic (LPAIV) and highly pathogenic (HPAIV) strains continue to circulate and evolve, creating an ongoing need for vaccines that can be updated quickly and provide broad protection. Although DNA vaccines offer a safe and flexible approach to rapidly incorporate new antigens, their use in poultry has been limited by poor delivery efficiency and the vulnerability of naked DNA to degradation. Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), which have proven highly effective for mRNA delivery, offer a promising solution, yet their potential for DNA delivery in …