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Bridging Theory And Practice: The Role Of Experiential Learning In Shaping Practice Ready Law School Graduates, Cheryl Page

Ed.D. Capstone Reports

No abstract provided.

Why Do People Share Social Networking Site Passwords With Their Romantic Partners? The Antecedents And Explanations For Social Networking Site Password Sharing In Romantic Relationships, Megan Vendemia, Jennifer L. Bevan

Communication Faculty Articles and Research

Our study examined antecedents and explanations for sharing social networking site passwords with romantic partners. U.S. adults currently or recently in romantic relationships (N = 948) completed an online survey assessing relationship characteristics and reasons for password sharing. Results indicated that relationship satisfaction, relationship length, and social networking site jealousy predicted password sharing. Younger participants were also more inclined to share passwords with their romantic partners. Partner distrust/suspicion reasons were negatively related to relationship satisfaction; relationship strength/security reasons were positively related to social networking site jealousy. Our findings suggest that future digital privacy interventions should emphasize both the benefits …

Pneumonia Pathway’S Effectiveness In Decreasing Length Of Stay In An Acute Care, Marie Carline Hollant

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can be detrimental to patient outcomes. One major challenge affecting care for CAP is hospital length of stay (HLOS), which is associated with multiple factors, mainly comorbid conditions. One way to improve the efficiency of CAP hospital care is the implementation of pneumonia clinical pathways to ensure effectiveness in application of pneumonia treatment and care. This project evaluated the effectiveness of using pneumonia pathways by evaluating HLOS before and after the health care staff in the project site implemented pneumonia pathways. Use of the pneumonia pathways in the project site started in 2021, but there had not …

Pneumonia Pathway’S Effectiveness In Decreasing Length Of Stay In An Acute Care, Marie Carline Hollant

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can be detrimental to patient outcomes. One major challenge affecting care for CAP is hospital length of stay (HLOS), which is associated with multiple factors, mainly comorbid conditions. One way to improve the efficiency of CAP hospital care is the implementation of pneumonia clinical pathways to ensure effectiveness in application of pneumonia treatment and care. This project evaluated the effectiveness of using pneumonia pathways by evaluating HLOS before and after the health care staff in the project site implemented pneumonia pathways. Use of the pneumonia pathways in the project site started in 2021, but there had not …

Creation And Implementation Of A Nurse Practitioner Student Escape Room, Sara Arn, Msn, Crnp, Agpcnp-Bc

College of Nursing Posters

Introduction

Educational escape rooms have been gaining popularity in nursing institutions over the past few years. The current literature focuses on the creation, implementation, and benefit of escape rooms for undergraduate nursing students. This poster presentation describes the creation and implementation of an educational escape room targeted to the experiences and skills of advanced practice nursing students enrolled in nurse practitioner programs.

Early Detection And Categorization Of Cervical Cancer Cells Using Smoothing Cross Entropy-Based Multi-Deep Transfer Learning, Rania Ahmed, Nadia Dahmani, Ghada Dahy, Ashraf Darwish, Aboul Ella Hassanien

All Works

Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women worldwide. Prompt and accurate diagnosis is imperative for the treatment of cervical cancer through the utilization of pap smear slides, albeit it is a multifaceted and time-intensive process. An automatic diagnosis model based on deep learning models, particularly a convolutional neural network (CNN), can enhance cervical cancer's accuracy and rapid identification. This paper proposes a cross entropy-based multi-deep transfer learning model for the early detection and categorization of cervical cancer cells. The proposed model consists of four phases: the pre-processing phase, the feature extraction and fusion phase, the …

Neurodevelopmental Disorder Caused By Deletion Of Chaserr, A Lncrna Gene, Vijay S Ganesh, Kevin Riquin, Nicolas Chatron, Esther Yoon, Kay-Marie Lamar, Miriam C Aziz, Pauline Monin, Melanie C O'Leary, Julia K Goodrich, Kiran V Garimella, Eleina England, Ben Weisburd, François Aguet, Carlos A Bacino, David R Murdock, Hongzheng Dai, Jill A Rosenfeld, Lisa T Emrick, Shamika Ketkar, Yael Sarusi, Damien Sanlaville, Saima Kayani, Brian Broadbent, Alisée Pengam, Bertrand Isidor, Stéphane Bezieau, Benjamin Cogné, Daniel G Macarthur, Igor Ulitsky, Gemma L Carvill, Anne O'Donnell-Luria

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

No abstract provided.

The Colby Echo (2024-10-24), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly during the academic year, 1898-present.

Tossing Sand In The Regulatory Gears: Hurdles To Policy Progress In The Supreme Court, Nina A. Mendelson

Articles

In the last few years, the Supreme Court has been a source of seismic change. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Court overruled Roe v. Wade, which had protected the right to abortion for nearly fifty years. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Court abandoned so-called Chevron deference to particular categories of administrative agency interpretations, a doctrine viewed as bedrock for over forty years. Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, the 1935 ruling validating independent multi-member commissions such as the Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Federal Communications Commission, may soon join the others on the …

الذكاء الاصطناعي وأثره في خلق القيمة الرقمية: دراسة ميدانية في شركة المربع للحلول البرمجية, ياسمين ياسين حسين

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تبحث الدراسة في تأثير الذكاء الاصطناعي على خلق القيمة الرقمية ضمن الإطار التشغيلي لشركة المربع للحلول البرمجية في ظل الاقتصاد العالمي المتغير بسرعة، أصبحت أتمتة العمليات الروبوتية واحدة من أهم المفاهيم وأسرعها نموًا لقد أحدث الذكاء الاصطناعي تحولاً كبيراً في مشهد خلق القيمة الرقمية، وخاصة في شركات حلول البرمجيات مثل شركة المربع. ويتميز هذا التحول بدمج الذكاء الاصطناعي في نماذج الأعمال، مما يعزز الكفاءة التشغيلية ويشجع الابتكار. حيث اعتمدت الباحثة المنهج الوصفي الذي يُستخدم لدراسة الظواهر كما هي موجودة في الواقع، دون تدخل أو تغيير من قِبَل الباحث. ويهدف هذا المنهج إلى وصف الظاهرة بدقة، وتحليلها، وتفسيرها للوصول إلى استنتاجات …

Strategies To Overcome Burnout In Women In Behavioral Health Leadership, Pamela Atueyi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The global mental health landscape is currently facing a significant crisis, characterized by an unprecedented surge in patient demand and a concurrent shortage of therapists. This imbalance has led to overwhelmed mental health facilities, prolonged access and wait times for patients, and diminished quality of care. Several factors contribute to this crisis, including the increased prevalence of mental health issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing stigma surrounding mental health treatment, and systemic problems, such as the lack of training programs, leaders not feeling supported, and low retention rates. This study explored significant burnout levels among women behavioral health …

Pclaf-Dream Drives Alveolar Cell Plasticity For Lung Regeneration, Bongjun Kim, Yuanjian Huang, Kyung-Pil Ko, Shengzhe Zhang, Gengyi Zou, Jie Zhang, Moon Jong Kim, Danielle Little, Lisandra Vila Ellis, Margherita Paschini, Sohee Jun, Kwon-Sik Park, Jichao Chen, Carla Kim, Jae-Il Park

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Cell plasticity, changes in cell fate, is crucial for tissue regeneration. In the lung, failure of regeneration leads to diseases, including fibrosis. However, the mechanisms governing alveolar cell plasticity during lung repair remain elusive. We previously showed that PCLAF remodels the DREAM complex, shifting the balance from cell quiescence towards cell proliferation. Here, we find that PCLAF expression is specific to proliferating lung progenitor cells, along with the DREAM target genes transactivated by lung injury. Genetic ablation of Pclaf impairs AT1 cell repopulation from AT2 cells, leading to lung fibrosis. Mechanistically, the PCLAF-DREAM complex transactivates CLIC4, triggering TGF-β signaling activation, …

Mitochondrial Memory: Transgenerational Trauma, Functional Medicine, And Quantum Physics, Rosalynn A. Vega

Anthropology Faculty Publications

Building from Karen Barad’s “diffractive methodological approach” (2007, 71), this article combines Mariella Pandolfi’s notion of the female body as a transgenerational “physiological memoir” (1990, 255) with functional medicine perspectives on mitochondria and advances in quantum physics around “entanglement” to explore a new concept—“mitochondrial memory.” Recent findings in biological research depict a communicating collective of mitochondria distributed across different “human” organs and describe how this collective controls many aspects of human health through epigenetic mechanisms. Since exact copies of mitochondria are inherited through the maternal line, I draw from anthropological theory, functional medicine research, and recent discoveries in physics to …

Supporting Gender Identity In Early Childhood: Understanding The Lived Experiences Of Parenting A Gender Variant Child Under Age 6 Years, Deborah Lyn Hahn

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The specific problem addressed through this qualitative research study was the lack of understanding of the lived experiences of parents of gender variant preschool children and the resources those parents need to help create affirming environments for their young children. Butler’s queer theory/feminist poststructuralism was the theoretical foundation of this research study. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of parents of gender variant children under the age 6 years and to determine the supports and services these parents need to help them create and maintain safe and affirming environments for their children. Transcendental phenomenology was …

Pneumonia Pathway’S Effectiveness In Decreasing Length Of Stay In An Acute Care, Marie Carline Hollant

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can be detrimental to patient outcomes. One major challenge affecting care for CAP is hospital length of stay (HLOS), which is associated with multiple factors, mainly comorbid conditions. One way to improve the efficiency of CAP hospital care is the implementation of pneumonia clinical pathways to ensure effectiveness in application of pneumonia treatment and care. This project evaluated the effectiveness of using pneumonia pathways by evaluating HLOS before and after the health care staff in the project site implemented pneumonia pathways. Use of the pneumonia pathways in the project site started in 2021, but there had not …

Childhood Neglect Is Associated With Alterations In Neural Prediction Error Signaling And The Response To Novelty, Joseph Aloi, Kathleen I Crum, Karina S Blair, Ru Zhang, Johannah Bashford-Largo, Sahil Bajaj, Soonjo Hwang, Bruno B Averbeck, Nim Tottenham, Matthew Dobbertin, R James R Blair

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: One in eight children experience early life stress (ELS), which increases risk for psychopathology. ELS, particularly neglect, has been associated with reduced responsivity to reward. However, little work has investigated the computational specifics of this disrupted reward response - particularly with respect to the neural response to Reward Prediction Errors (RPE) - a critical signal for successful instrumental learning - and the extent to which they are augmented to novel stimuli. The goal of the current study was to investigate the associations of abuse and neglect, and neural representation of RPE to novel and non-novel stimuli.

Methods: One hundred …

Quaker Campus, October 24, 2024 (Vol. 23, Issue 5), Whittier College

Quaker Campus

No abstract provided.

Troubleshooting And Diagnostics Of Electronic Computing Devices Using The Object Model Creation Method, Gulmira Shuxratovna Abidova, Asad Xolboy O’Gli Shosalmanov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

This paper presents a major challenge in fault diagnosis for electronic computing equipment is developing an object model tailored to support diagnostic tasks. Effective fault localization requires establishing a link between the diagnostic process and the object model. This connection should enable direct observation of diagnostic points and organize all potential defect and fault sources to clearly show their impact on each diagnostic point and the relevant parameters. Achieving this necessitates comprehensive information about parameter values, expected variations, and the permissible relationships between network elements that generate these parameters. Therefore, building a robust model is essential to facilitate accurate fault …

Neural Network Models Of Adaptive Position-Trajectory Control Systems Of Moving Objects, Dildora Usmonovna Sevinova

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

This article is devoted to neural network models of adaptive position-trajectory control systems of moving objects. Neural network models of adaptive positional-trajectory control systems of moving objects have been developed on the basis of proportional-differential adjusters, which allow for quick calculation and determination of nonlinear characteristics of the system. Also, the kinematic scheme of the multi-link industrial robot is presented for describing the motion of the multi-link industrial robot according to the specified traction and positions, and for representing the input forces and training in the neural network. Mathematical models for calculating the linear and rotational movements of the manipulator …

Development Of Structures Of Intellectual Control Systems Of The Rectification Process, Shodievich Avazov Yusuf

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

Rectification processes, which are considered complex technological processes, and the development of structures of intelligent systems for controling the work of rectification devices and columns, which serve to organize them, were considered. The need to build intelligent control systems is based on the fact that the progress of the rectification process is affected by a large number of factors, including temperature, pressure, consumption, temperature difference, concentration of mixtures, properties of light and heavy volatile components. The structure of an intelligent control system based on the situational control method for rectification devices is proposed. The architecture of the proposed intelligent control …

Fuzzy Models And Optimization By Distillation Units In The Aspen Hysys Software Environment, Nodirbek Rustambekovich Yusupbekov, Farux Tulkunovich Adilov, Janibek Alibekovich Aytbaev

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

Developed fuzzy models and optimization of a deethanizer distillation column in the Aspen HYSYS software environment. This article presents the results of studies related to fuzzy modeling of distillation columns using the example of a typical deethanizer. A fuzzy computer model and optimization based on mathematical process modeling have been developed, which describes in detail technological processes using differential equations of energy transfer, material balance, hydraulics, and physicochemical kinetics inside the distillation column.

Montana Kaimin, October 24, 2024, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Mild Acidic Charcoal: Adsorption, Analysis, And Application, Rajendra Patil, Jagdish Chavan, Shivnath Patel, Anil Beldar

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The adsorption of glacial acetic acid over a charcoal support was investigated. The amount of adsorption was analyzed using a traditional titration method and the prepared adsorbed system was employed as a heterogeneous catalyst for organic reactions as a viable application. Different 14-aryl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes were synthesized using mild acidic charcoal as a catalyst and yields of 88%–94% were obtained. The advantages of this method include the easy preparation of a cheaper and environmentally safe catalyst system, a simple work-up procedure, and excellent catalytic efficacy.

Synthesis Of Isocyanate Containing Cryogels For Fast (Bio)Molecular Immobilization, Merve Bat Özmatara, Tuğçe Ni̇hal Gevrek

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Cryogels containing isocyanate reactive groups were synthesized via photopolymerization of 2-isocyanoethyl methacrylate (ICEMA) and poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (PEGMEMA) monomers. Changing ratio of monomers with respect to each other, series of cryogels with varying ratio of reactive isocyanate groups were successfully prepared. Characterization of the cryogels was carried out using fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and rheometry techniques. To demonstrate that molecules containing amine groups can be immobilized onto the synthesized cryogels through the reaction between isocyanate and amine groups, cryogels were conjugated with 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzylamine (TFBA) and fluorescein amine (FLA) molecules, and …

Photocatalytic Degradation Of Methylene Blue Using Cu2+-Modified Bimetallic Titanium-Based Metal Organic Framework (Mil-125) Photocatalyst With Enhanced Visible Light Activity, Gülsüm Özçeli̇k, Ferda Ci̇van Çavuşoğlu, Şahi̇ka Sena Bayazi̇t, Şeyma Özkara Aydinoğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Cu-modified TiO2 nanoparticles derived from MIL-125 was prepared by solvothermal method for photocatalytic degradation methylene blue under visible light illumination. 2 wt. % Cu2+ ions are integrated into the nodes of MIL-125 framework aiming to boost the photocatalytic performance as well as the physicochemical properties of bare sample. The results showed that incorporation of 2 wt. % Cu2+ ion into MOF framework had significant influences on the crystallographic structure, morphological and optical properties of photocatalytic samples, as well as catalytic activity for methylene blue degradation reaction. The high activity profile of Cu modified TiO2 nanoparticles derived from MIL-125 might be …

Review Of The Byzantine Republic: People And Power In New Rome, Cemre Yordamlı

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

No abstract provided.

October 24, 2024, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Selective Pericyte Recruitment To Ec-Lined Tubes, Vessel Assembly Enhancement Through Pericyte Timp-3 Induction, And Pericyte Tbx2 In Capillary Formation And Maturation, Ksenia Marilyn Yrigoin Kaluguina

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Capillaries, the smallest blood vascular networks, are formed by narrow and elongated endothelial cell (EC)-lined tubes with associated pericytes anchored to the abluminal tube surface. Our laboratory demonstrated that dynamic interactions between ECs and pericytes during capillary tube network assembly are required for basement membrane matrix deposition and maturation. We have also shown that key EC-derived factors promote pericyte recruitment, proliferation, and pericyte-induced basement membrane formation during capillary assembly. In the first section, we aim to identify if vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) respond to the same factors and have the same invasive ability as pericytes since they are both …

Identification Of Allele-Specific Kiv-2 Repeats And Impact On Lp(A) Measurements For Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Sairam Behera, Jonathan R Belyeu, Xiao Chen, Luis F Paulin, Ngoc Quynh H Nguyen, Emma Newman, Medhat Mahmoud, Vipin K Menon, Qibin Qi, Parag Joshi, Santica Marcovina, Massimiliano Rossi, Eric Roller, James Han, Vitor Onuchic, Christy L Avery, Christie M Ballantyne, Carlos J Rodriguez, Robert C Kaplan, Donna M Muzny, Ginger A Metcalf, Richard A Gibbs, Bing Yu, Eric Boerwinkle, Michael A Eberle, Fritz J Sedlazeck

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The abundance of Lp(a) protein holds significant implications for the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is directly impacted by the copy number (CN) of KIV-2, a 5.5 kbp sub-region. KIV-2 is highly polymorphic in the population and accurate analysis is challenging. In this study, we present the DRAGEN KIV-2 CN caller, which utilizes short reads. Data across 166 WGS show that the caller has high accuracy, compared to optical mapping and can further phase approximately 50% of the samples. We compared KIV-2 CN numbers to 24 previously postulated KIV-2 relevant SNVs, revealing that many are ineffective predictors of KIV-2 …

A Decentralized Digital Watermarking Framework For Secure And Auditable Video Data In Smart Vehicular Networks, Xinyun Liu, Ronghua Xu, Yu Chen

Michigan Tech Publications

Thanks to the rapid advancements in Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) and vehicular communication technologies, the concept of the Internet of Vehicles (IoVs) combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data promotes the vision of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). An ITS is critical in enhancing road safety, traffic efficiency, and the overall driving experience by enabling a comprehensive data exchange platform. However, the open and dynamic nature of IoV networks brings significant performance and security challenges to IoV data acquisition, storage, and usage. To comprehensively tackle these challenges, this paper proposes a Decentralized Digital Watermarking framework for smart Vehicular …