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Prioritising Safe Care For Noncommunicable Diseases: A Call To Action On World Patient Safety Day 2026, Subhash Kaushik

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

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A Retrospective Descriptive Profile Of Cancer Patients Seeking Homoeopathic Care In A Semi-Rural South African Setting, Radmila Razlog

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

Background: Patient profiling renders valuable information about the population's healthcare-seeking behaviours, critical for effective patient management. Khula Natural Health Centre (KNHC) in South Africa provides healthcare to rural communities, within the scope of Homoeopathy. Objective: The study aimed to create a preliminary cancer patient profile of KNHC from April 2017 to August 2024. Method: This retrospective study adopted a descriptive, exploratory design. Anonymised patient data was extracted from the KNHC database. Data that met the inclusion criteria were descriptively analysed to summarise and describe the dataset. Results: Forty-six participants' data, presenting a range of cancers, consulted at KNHC for homoeopathic …

World Homoeopathy Day 2026: Homoeopathy For Sustainable Health, Candy Benny, Sonu Kumar, Divya Taneja, Pankhuri Misra, Renu Mittal, Subhash Kaushik

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

The World Homoeopathy Day (WHD) 2026 – a two-day interactive forum to commemorate the 271^st birth anniversary of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, founder of Homoeopathy, was held on 10^th – 11^th April 2026 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India. The event was organised by CCRH, NCH, and NIH under the aegis of the Ministry of Ayush. Centered on the theme of ``Homoeopathy for Sustainable Health'', the event emphasised the role of Homoeopathy in promoting and ensuring sustainable health. The event witnessed participation from approximately 1,800 delegates comprising policy makers, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students. There were a …

Emergency Departments And The Return Of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Closing The Preparedness Gap, Eve A. Spear, Steven J. Spear

URGENT Matters

No abstract provided.

Minutes, Global Initiatives Committee Meeting, Monday, September 01, 2026, Rollins College Global Initiatives Committee

The Center for Global Initiatives

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda September 21, 2026, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

3:00 pm Call to Order

Approval of Minutes - August 24, 2026

3:05 University Business

3:20 Faculty Senate Business

3:35 Report

Honors Program Annual Report

3:45 Information

EPC Report - September 3, 2026

4:00 Additional Business

Faculty Authored Course Materials Policy

Adjourn: 4:30 pm

Comparative Analysis Of Bacterial Recbcd And Sbcc-Sbcd Systems And The Yeast Mre11-Rad50 Complex During Dna Replication, Tannos Seyedjavadi

Dissertations and Theses

Accurate completion of DNA replication when forks converge is essential for genome stability. In Escherichia coli, several proteins have been identified including RecG, ExoI, RecBCD, and SbcCD, that contribute to completing replication, and loss of these factors causes genetic instability. Eukaryotes encode proteins with homology to several E. coli completion enzymes. Mre11–Rad50 complex is structurally and functionally conserved with bacterial SbcCD, and Rrm3 shares homologous motifs with bacterial RecBCD. These proteins are often described as being involved in homologous double strand break repair. Whether they are also conserved and play a similar role as their E. coli counterparts in …

Cultivating A Culture Of Feedback: Strengthening Picu Nurses Through Peer-To-Peer Feedback, Alex Ramirez, Reese Reddick, Sydney Usselman

2025

No abstract provided.

More Than Words: Enhancing Caregiver Confidence ​Through Health-Literacy-Informed Discharge Teaching, Madelyn Biad, Rachel Jones, Temi Kalejaiye, Aylana Lindsey, Jennifer Nguyen, Jenny Nguyen, Samantha Wigder

2025

No abstract provided.

Patching The Practice Gap: Standardizing Pediatric Transdermal Medication Administration, Grace Mcreynolds, Jennifer Diaz-Miranda, Raven Davis, Cierra Berry, Womietu Arise, Samantha Onyekwere, Jennifer Lugo, Hasina Barlett

2025

No abstract provided.

Sub-Saharan African Women’S Experiences Of Social Support During Childbirth In Finland, Emma Kwegyir-Afful, Anita Wikberg

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Over 50% of the estimated 90 million international migrants in Europe are women, many of whom are of childbearing age (Fair et al., 2020). Poorer pregnancy and birth outcomes are common among ethnic minority women (Soltani et al., 2020). In Finland Sub-Saharan African women (SSAW) are more likely to undergo caesarean section than Finnish women (Bastola et al., 2020).

Social support which is both informational (providing information for problem-solving) and emotional (offering care and/or trust) is key social determinant of health. It can be acquired through informal networks such as friends, family, and ethnic communities or through formal networks …

The Rider (2026-09-21), Daniela Chapa-Reyes

The Rider Archives

Vol. 12, No. 5

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 09.21.26, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Communicator

The Latest News

• Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms New Trial for Notre Dame Exoneration Justice Clinic Client Jason Hubbell
• Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic, Bellwether International, and Lantos Foundation publish report reviewing campaign that contributed to release of prisoner of conscience

Student News

• 3L Dan Mohr
• J.S.D. candidate Pavithra Rajendran

Faculty Briefs

• Derek Muller
• Nicole Stelle Garnett and John A. Meiser
• Jeffrey Pojanowski
• Roger Alford
• Mary Ellen O'Connell
• Rick Garnett
• Andrew Torrance
• Dennis Wieboldt

Events

• Law & Economics Workshop: Stephan Wernicke, Humboldt University of Berlin Delaware in the European Union? EU Inc. – A New European Corporate Legal …

The Psychosocial Experience Of Black Pentecostal Pastors In Western America Post-Pandemic, Isaiah Kelley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted religious institutions, altering how Black pastors provided spiritual leadership, community support, and social connection. Limited research has examined how these disruptions affected the social identity and psychosocial well-being of African American Pentecostal pastors. This qualitative phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of 11 African American Pentecostal pastors in the western United States following COVID-19 church closures. Guided by social identity theory, semi-structured interviews examined changes in participants’ social identity. Data were analyzed using Moustakas’s phenomenological approach: first- and second-cycle coding, member checking, reflective journals, and thematic analysis. Four themes emerged: psychological and emotional burden, social isolation …

Teachers’ Perceptions Of The Challenges Related To Science Vocabulary Instruction In Wyoming Elementary Schools, Alexis Barney

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Science vocabulary supports conceptual understanding, engagement in scientific discourse, and achievement across content areas. The problem addressed in this study was Wyoming’s low literacy and science performance, as indicated by standardized and national test scores, highlighting the critical need for improved vocabulary instruction to close gaps in content-specific terminology that hindered elementary students’ understanding and achievement. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore Wyoming elementary science teachers’ perceptions of challenges, instructional strategies, and recommendations for improving science vocabulary instruction. Guided by Vygotsky’s (1978) constructivist theory and the concept of the zone of proximal development, the study included …

J&S 49 Prince Llc V. Parra

All Decisions

Respondent superintendent moves for summary judgment dismissing this RPAPL §713(11) holdover on the ground that petitioner's notice of petition materially departed from the mandatory form prescribed by AO/163/19 and 22 NYCRR §208.42(b): the "Language Help" multilingual section contained corrupted characters, organizational boxes were omitted, and prescribed emphasis and visual spacing were eliminated. Court holds that "mandatory" means the prescribed form must be used—it is not suggested language from which a petitioner may construct a substitute—and applies the First Department's strict compliance standard from Riverside Syndicate, Inc. v. Saltzman, 49 AD3d 402 [1st Dept 2008]. The departures impair the form's access-to-justice …

Quality Improvement Project: Electronic Consent's Influence On Consent Error Rates, Alexis Fogle

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Surgical consent errors increase the risk of inaccurate documentation, compromise patient safety, and disrupt procedure times. Evidence indicates that adopting electronic consent can optimize workflow, support accurate and complete documentation, improve readability, and enhance record reliability. This project evaluated whether initiating electronic consent, compared with handwriting surgical consent forms, reduced the number of improper surgical consent forms completed over six weeks. Roy’s Adaptation Model guided the change process, and the Theory of the Person as an Adaptation System provided the theoretical basis. The Plan-Do-Study-Act model supported evidence-based implementation of the electronic consent intervention. The quality improvement project was conducted on …

Implementing An Evidence-Based Practice Training Program To Impact Nursing Skills Competency And Self-Efficacy In A Long-Term Care Facility, Angela Mcknight

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Long-term care facilities require nursing staff who can competently perform clinical skills; however, the project site relied primarily on written in-service education and attendance verification without direct validation of psychomotor performance. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to evaluate competency-based nursing education in a long-term care facility. The aim was to strengthen demonstrated urinary catheterization competency and evaluate changes in perceived professional nursing competence and general self-efficacy among licensed nurses. A quasi-experimental, one-group pretest-posttest design included 12 registered and licensed practical nurses. Plan-Do-Study-Act guided implementation, Lewin’s Change Theory guided organizational change, and Social Cognitive Theory supported the educational …

Quality Improvement Project: Implementing A Standardized Psychiatric Handoff Tool To Impact Nurse-To-Nurse Communication In An Acute Care Psychiatric Setting, Andrea Ranglin-Johnson

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Evidence supports that inconsistent nurse-to-nurse handoff communication may contribute to omitted information, workflow inefficiencies, and patient safety concerns in acute psychiatric settings. The practice problem was the absence of a standardized psychiatric handoff process, which contributed to inconsistent shift report communication. This quality improvement project examined whether the PSYCH (Patient Profile, Situation, Your Clinical Assessment, Care Plan/ Critical Information, and Hindrance for Discharge) standardized handoff tool impacted nurses' perceptions of nurse-to-nurse communication over six weeks. Lewin's Change Theory guided implementation, while the Donabedian Structure-Process-Outcome Model provided the theoretical framework. The Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle supported implementation. A pre- and post-implementation design was …

Quality Improvement Project: Empowering Change: Evidence-Based Strategies To Improve Ai Use In Pedagogy, Amanda Boyle

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to integrate into healthcare and higher education; however, Health Science faculty at the project site lacked formal training to operate or teach AI responsibly. This Doctor of Nursing Practice quality improvement project evaluated whether computer-based AI literacy education improved Health Science faculty members’ self-reported AI literacy. It was predicted that faculty AI literacy scores would improve after completing the intervention. Kotter’s change model and Benner’s novice-to-expert framework informed implementation of change and faculty professional development. The Plan–Do–Study–Act model supported evaluation. In a one-group, quasi-experimental preintervention–postintervention study design at a North Texas two-year college, 19 eligible Health …

A Quality Improvement Project: Impacting Communication Perceptions Among Nursing Staff And Providers Regarding Perioperative Medication Management Impacting Anesthesia Care, Demetria Jefferson

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Medication-related surgical cancellations disrupt patient care, increase healthcare costs, and contribute to inefficient use of perioperative resources. Evidence supports standardized education and communication to improve perioperative medication safety. This quality improvement project aimed to improve staff self-efficacy in communicating medication instructions and reduce surgical cancellations associated with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, and phentermine. Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory and Lewin’s Change Model guided the project. A quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design included perioperative staff who provided medication instructions across two settings within an academic health sciences center. Using the Plan-Do-Study-Act framework, interventions included standardized staff education, patient …

Training Faculty For Skills Evaluation: A Quality Improvement Project, Shelley Leezer

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

There is an identified gap between nursing knowledge learned in academic settings and application of clinical skills in practice settings. Literature contributes this gap to poor knowledge retention, lack of constructive feedback, and inability to apply knowledge to clinical practice. The purpose of this project was to address skill mastery and retention in nursing students within a university. The project aim was to improve faculty feedback and evaluation to best support skill mastery in the skills laboratory. Lewin’s Change Management Model and Dr. Patricia Benner’s Novice-to-Expert Theory guided project design and progress. This pre- and post-intervention study followed a PDSA …

Quality Improvement Project Stress First Aid: Equipping Nurse Leaders, Bethany Russell

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Stress among nurses can negatively affect well-being, workforce stability, and the quality of patient care, highlighting the need for nurse leaders to effectively recognize and respond to stress within their teams. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to evaluate whether education on the 7 Cs of Stress First Aid (SFA) improved leadership self-efficacy among nurse leaders at an urban acute-care hospital. Watson’s Theory of Human Caring provided the theoretical foundation, while Lewin’s Change Theory guided implementation of the practice change. A one-group pretest-posttest design was used, with the Plan-Do-Study-Act framework supporting project implementation. Participating nurse leaders completed an …

Integrating Interprofessional Education To Strengthen Team-Based Mental Health Care, Adebisi Tijani

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Fragmented interprofessional collaboration in outpatient mental health settings compromises care coordination and patient engagement. This quality improvement (QI) project implemented a structured interprofessional education (IPE) workshop series to improve team collaboration and reduce patient no-show rates in an outpatient mental health clinic. Guided by Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory and Lewin's Change Management Model, the project used a pre-post, single-group design with 12 licensed mental health professionals. The team measured collaboration with the Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale-II (AITCS-II) and collected aggregate patient no-show rates from the electronic health record. The intervention consisted of four monthly, one-hour workshops covering role …

Participant Recruitment And Retention In Studies Investigating Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain: A Methodological Systematic Review, Jasmine Darley, Bradley Halliday, Jill Shawe, Joanne Hosking, Zoe Hoare, Jennifer Freeman

School of Nursing and Midwifery

BackgroundRecruiting and retaining participants for clinical trials is a common and well-documented challenge, with particular complexity in perinatal populations which are historically underrepresented in health research. Recruitment and retention are known to be shaped by context-specific factors, yet no systematic review has examined these processes within the clinical domain of pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PPGP), a common and potentially debilitating condition affecting around one in five women in the UK.ObjectiveThis methodological systematic review aimed to summarise participant recruitment and retention in clinical trials investigating PPGP across four objectives: (1) to identify methods of recruitment and retention; (2) to assess the …

Cmsi Translations #36: The First Joint Underwater Patrol: Starting With The China-Russia "Joint Sea-2025" Exercise, Guan Hai

CMSI Translations

In August of this year (2025), deep within the waters of the Northwestern Pacific, an underwater patrol was reshaping the strategic landscape of the Asia-Pacific. The Russian submarine Volkhov and the Chinese Navy’s submarine Changcheng 210 came together in a joint formation for the first time, traversing the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea to complete a joint underwater patrol spanning more than 2,000 nautical miles.

The joint underwater patrol conducted by Chinese and Russian submarine formations represents a new form of joint maritime patrol for the two navies, following their joint surface ship patrols. This move not …

Chimes: September 21, 2026, Calvin University

Chimes

Calvin ends legacy, mosaic and first-generation awards by Jorie Cho

An overview of Calvin’s new AI policy by Ellery Johnson

Update: DHS policy blocked by judge, current immigration policy to remain in place by Ian Tjoelker

Pickleball club is an instant hit among Calvin students by Evangeline Anga

New solar array to deliver renewable energy to campus by Lucas Phelps

Calvin becomes a Coca-Cola campus and other changes to dining services by Alec DeYoung

The Future Of Transit, Adam Cohen

Mineta Transportation Institute

Public transit agencies are adapting to a post-pandemic operating environment characterized by hybrid work, more dispersed travel demand, workforce constraints, and persistent fiscal pressures. This perspective paper examines how transit agencies, such as the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), can strengthen ridership while improving the financial sustainability and long-term resilience of its transit system. The analysis synthesizes peer-reviewed research, government and industry reports, publicly available data, transit agency case studies, and expert interviews with thought leaders. The findings indicate that reliability, travel time, frequency, and customer experience remain fundamental drivers of transit use, but that traditional peak-oriented service planning …

Construction Of Innovation Culture With Chinese Characteristics For The New Era: Historical Evolution, Realistic Challenges And Optimization Pathways, Yixiao Pan, Li Zhang, Jiani Zhang, Xiaoming Sheng

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The ability of scientific and technological innovation represents a nation’s core competitiveness, and the construction of an innovation culture serves as the fundamental guarantee for consolidating and enhancing innovation capabilities. The innovation culture with Chinese characteristics has gradually taken shape in the long-term practice of China’s scientific and technological development, going through stages such as germination and foundation-laying, gradual formation, strategic deepening, and high-quality development. It features distinct characteristics such as a people-centered approach, self-reliance and self-improvement, openness and collaboration, as well as creation and sharing, which significantly differ from Western innovation cultures. Currently, international scientific and technological competition is …

Rationale, Key Issues, And Pathways For China’S Polar Fisheries Development, Yichong Dong, Chuwei Wang, Jingmei Li

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Polar fisheries are a strategic issue that requires forward-looking planning for China’s efforts to build a strong maritime country and participate in global ocean governance. This study examines the roles of polar fisheries in relation to climate change, the greater food approach, safeguarding maritime rights and interests, and the transformation of marine fisheries, and explains the rationale for China’s polar fisheries development. It argues that China still faces weaknesses in key areas, including scientific evidence generation, equipment and technological support, whole-industry-chain coordination, and the design of institutional solutions. Accordingly, the study proposes pathways for polar fisheries development, including building a …