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Volume 13, Number 1, 2023, Volume 13, Number 1, 2023

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

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Tributes, Nikki B. Carsi Cruz

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

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Ilang Retrospektibo At Pagpapalawig Sa Kaisipang Reyes Hinggil Sa Aralín At Pagtuturo Ng Kulturang Popular Ngayon, Louie Jon A. Sánchez

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

Layon ng sanaysay na ito na maghain ng retrospektibo o, wika nga ni Soledad S. Reyes, “balik-tanaw” sa dalawa niyang sanaysay na matatagpuang pampinid sa Pagbasa ng Panitikan at Kulturang Popular: Piling Sanaysay, 1976–1996 (1997) at sa pinatnugutan niyang teksbuk na Katha (1992) para sa Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila noong dekada 1990. Ang mga ito ay mahalagang pagtatala at pagninilay ng pangunahing iskolar ng kulturang popular sa Filipinas hinggil sa kaniyang mga kaisipan sa aralín at pagtuturo ng kulturang popular. Sa mga akda ring nabanggit, pinahahalagahan niya ang animasyon ng saliksik hinggil sa kulturang popular sa pedagohiya o pagkasangkapan sa …

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda (11/25/2025), Csusb Faculty Senate

CSUSB Faculty Senate records

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Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes (11/25/2025), Csusb Faculty Senate

CSUSB Faculty Senate records

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We Are Not Okay: Narratives Of Black Women Educators Working With Predominantly White Staff, Lindsay Charlotta Bussey

LMU Theses and Dissertations

Black women educators (BWEs) who worked in schools with a predominantly White staff endured environments that discouraged them from being themselves, oppressed their natural skill set, and limited their effectiveness. BWEs were not typically recognized for their pedagogical strengths and talents but rather only as racial minority representation in the school. This dissertation study’s two central research questions asked (a) how BWEs perceived the challenges and socio-emotional effects of working in school spaces with predominantly White staff and (b) what conditions were needed to be created for BWEs to heal and feel safe. This research utilized qualitative methods and focused …

Indigenous Invisibility: Gaps In Education About Indigenous Peoples Among Environmental Decision-Makers, Brittany D. Hunt, Ryan E. Emanuel, David E. Wilkins, Shelly H. Wilkins

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

Millions of Indigenous people belong to hundreds of Tribal nations and self-determined communities throughout the United States. Many of these groups continue to steward lands and waters that have shaped their distinct cultural and political identities since time immemorial. Increasingly, environmental professionals acknowledge the need to respect, understand, and defer to Indigenous knowledge about Earth's stewardship, but substantial barriers prevent full realization of these goals. One deep-seated barrier is a widespread deficiency in basic education about Indigenous peoples. Education on Indigenous peoples in schools is often fraught with two problems: erasure and stereotypes. Thus, students who pursue environmental careers often …

Fpga-Based Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Controller For Quadrotor Uav Stabilization And Trajectory Tracking, Hocine Khati, Mohamed Amine Nehmar, Arezki Fekik, Mohand Achour Touat, Hand Talem, Rabah Mellah

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This study presents the implementation of a fuzzy logic–based control system on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) for a quadrotor autonomous aerial vehicle (UAV). The objective is to design and integrate six Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy controllers to regulate roll, pitch, and yaw angles, along with longitudinal, latitudinal, and altitude movements, thereby stabilizing the UAV and enabling it to follow a desired trajectory. Due to the computational complexity of the six controllers, achieving the desired performance requires considerable processing time, which can adversely affect the quadrotor’s mission. Owing to their high processing power and operating frequency, FPGAs enable the control algorithm to …

Preservice Teachers’ Preconception Of Student Voice In Their Teacher Education, Joan Belfon

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A 2022 Jamaican education report highlighted that student-centered pedagogy is crucial to educational outcomes. A problem exists in that there is limited research on how student voice practices within student-centered pedagogy are incorporated into teacher training. Before preservice teachers’ praxis can be transformed, greater understanding of their preconceptions about student voice is essential. Guided by conceptual change theory, the purpose of this generic qualitative study was to explore the preconceptions of preservice teachers in rural central Jamaica about student voice in their teacher education. Eight preservice teachers preparing for the secondary level in three Jamaican higher education institutions were purposefully …

Clinical Practice Guideline To Improve Medication Adherence In Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd), Leroy Anagho

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic and debilitating psychiatric condition characterized by intrusive memories, avoidance behaviors, hyperarousal, and alterations in mood and cognition following exposure to traumatic events. Although evidence-based pharmacotherapy is a cornerstone of PTSD treatment, medication nonadherence remains a pervasive barrier to effective symptom management and functional recovery. The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was to develop an evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) aimed at improving medication adherence in adults diagnosed with PTSD in outpatient psychiatric settings. Guided by the Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Model and appraised through the AGREE II instrument, current …

Exploring The Experiences Of Bahamian Men Diagnosed With Hypertension And Medication Adherence, Bianca Edwards

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Hypertension (HTN) is associated with significant health complications, including stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and kidney disease. Despite advances in the treatment and management of HTN, a lack of medication adherence contributes to the persistence of HTN-related morbidity and mortality affecting men in The Bahamas. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive phenomenological study, guided by Pender’s health promotion model and Bandura’s social cognitive theory, was to explore the lived experiences of Bahamian men diagnosed with hypertension regarding their adherence to prescribed medications. Using Giorgi’s descriptive phenomenological method, in-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted with 11 participants. Data were analyzed through repeated …

Dating In The Digital Age: The Effects Of Parental Rejection, Rejection Sensitivity, And Self-Esteem Among Gender-Diverse Gen Z, Crystal Currie

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Gen Z, the first digital-native cohort, faces unique challenges in forming romantic relationships, including heightened dating anxiety. While there is extensive research with previous generations on dating anxiety, self-esteem, and early rejection, no study has examined parental rejection, self-esteem, and dating anxiety collectively, particularly in consideration of gender diverse individuals and digital dating platform use. The purpose of this correlational study was to examine (a) predictors of dating anxiety and (b) whether parental rejection during childhood and rejection sensitivity influenced dating anxiety, as well as the role of self-esteem in mediating those predictor variables. The conceptual framework was the interpersonal …

Organizational Leaders’ Effective Strategies For Using Employee Training To Mitigate Threats To Cybersecurity Compliance, Oluwaseye Adekunle Fadare

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Organizational leaders increasingly face challenges associated with employee noncompliance with cybersecurity controls, which expose business leaders to reputational and financial risks. Addressing this business problem is critical for cybersecurity leaders and business executives who aim to strengthen digital resilience and sustain profitability. The purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore effective strategies organizational leaders use to enhance employee cybersecurity compliance through training. The project was grounded in the protection motivation theory and total quality management frameworks, which provide insight into the behavioral and continuous improvement dimensions of cybersecurity management. Six cybersecurity leaders from Nigeria participated in semistructured interviews. …

Development Of An Evidence-Based Guideline For Nurse-Led Interventions To Improve Medication Adherence In Patients With Severe Mental Illness, Grace Uche Kalu

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

I conducted this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project to address medication nonadherence among adults with severe mental illness (SMI) in a psychiatric care setting by developing an evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) for nurse-led interventions. The identified practice gap was the absence of a standardized, evidence-informed framework to guide nurses in enhancing pharmacotherapy adherence, which is a critical issue linked to relapse, rehospitalization, and diminished quality of life in this population. This project was guided by the following practice question: Will an evidence-based guideline on nurse-led interventions to improve medication adherence in patients with SMI be approved by a …

Spartan Daily, November 25, 2025, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2025

Volume 165, Issue 39

Comparative Analysis Of 2d And 3d Gait Metrics From Video Using Deep Learning Techniques, Akhilesh Singh Kushwaha

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present

This thesis presents a comparative evaluation of two deep learning-based methods for extracting 2D and 3D gait metrics from monocular video: a 2D-to-3D lifting approach combining AlphaPose for keypoint detection with MotionBERT for temporal 3D reconstruction, and a direct 3D estimation method using MeTRAbs. Videos of two healthy adults walking across a ProtoKinetics Zeno™ Walkway were captured laterally at 4K/60 fps using an iPhone 16. Ground-truth spatiotemporal gait parameters were obtained from the pressure-sensitive mat, enabling quantitative validation via Mean Absolute Error (MAE) and Pearson correlation. MeTRAbs consistently outperformed the lifting pipeline, achieving MAE below 2% for temporal metrics (e.g., …

Digital Beginnings: Exploring The Impact Of Screen Exposure On Internalizing Behaviors During Toddlerhood, Nicole Sotolongo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present

The present study examines the relationship between screen exposure behaviors and toddler internalizing behaviors, with sleep behaviors being observed as a moderator. The study emphasizes the need for continued research to adapt to the ever-changing nature of the daily use of screens during toddlerhood and early childhood. Fifty-seven mothers of two-year-old children participated in one-on-one parent-report only, interviewer-based quantitative interviews discussing their child’s internalizing and sleep behaviors. Participants were also asked to fill out a questionnaire about their child’s screen exposure behaviors. It was hypothesized that (1) higher levels of screen exposure behaviors will result in increased internalizing behaviors, (2) …

Re: Conditional Approval Letter For The Final Butte Mine Waste Repository Geotechnical Investigation Work Plan (Dated November 14, 2025), Emma Rott

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

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Turkish Journal of Zoology

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Nasa Sts-119: Should We Launch? Actividad De Estudio De Caso Con Alumnos Internacionales En El Erasmus Bip 2025 “Creativity In A Digital World” En [Ponencia] Iii Congreso Internacional De Innovación Docente En Estudios Universitarios (Cideu 2025), Rafael Conde Melguizo, Sandra Garrido‑Romero, Fernando Blázquez Piñeiro

Congresos y Conferencias

Estudio de caso donde los estudiantes analizan la toma de decisiones en un entorno de alto riesgo, como es el despegue de una misión de la NASA. Se trabaja la cuestión esencial de quién debe tomar la decisión final: managers, ingenieros o astronautas.

Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab Induce Hyper-Progression In Renal Medullary Carcinoma: Results Of A Phase Ii Trial And Preclinical Evidence, Melinda Soeung, Xinmiao Yan, Ciro Zanca, Jing Qian, Menuka Karki, Fei Duan, Hania Khan, Li Zhang, David H Peng, Mariah Williams, Rong He, Ziheng Chen, Luigi Perelli, Jianfeng Chen, Rebecca S Tidwell, Pankaj K Chauhan, Courtney N Le, Truong N A Lam, Nirjar Bhattacharya, Rutvi Shah, I-Lin Ho, Jason P Gay, Caroline C Carrillo, Ningping Feng, Kang Le, Guang Gao, Teresa L Perry, Faika Mseeh, Yongying Jiang, Quanyun A Xu, Niki Marie Zacharias, Rahul A Sheth, Tharakeswara K Bathala, Priya Rao, Najat C Daw, Durga N Tripathi, Cheryl L Walker, Mohammad M Mohammad, Jianhua Zhang, Guangchun Han, Yanshuo Chu, Ruiping Wang, Minghao Dang, Enyu Dai, Fuduan Peng, Yunhe Liu, Akshaya Jadhav, Wenhua Lang, Claudio A Arrechedera, Leticia Campos Clemente, Edwin R Parra, Hsinyi Lu, Cara L Haymaker, Ignacio I Wistuba, Andrew Futreal, Andrea Viale, Michael J Soth, Philip Jones, Joseph R Marszalek, Timothy Heffernan, Giulio F Draetta, Nizar M Tannir, Jianjun Gao, Linghua Wang, Giannicola Genovese, Pavlos Msaouel

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Therapeutic options for patients with renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) are limited. Here we report the results of a phase II clinical trial (NCT03274258) of anti-PD1 nivolumab plus anti-CTLA4 ipilimumab in patients with RMC, with objective response rate as primary outcome. Enrollment was halted for futility at a prespecified interim analysis as all 10 treated patients experienced rapid disease progression. 5/10 met radiological criteria for hyperprogression and median progression-free survival (secondary outcome) was 1.38 months (95% confidence interval: 1.28, 1.60). In a post-hoc single-cell RNA sequencing analysis, data from patients with RMC before and after nivolumab plus ipilimumab treatment indicated that …

Turning Patients' Open-Ended Narratives Of Chronic Pain Into Quantitative Measures: Natural Language Processing Study, Raquel Norel, Jennifer Gewandter, Zhengwu Zhang, Anika Tahsin, Chadi G Abdallah, John Markman, Zhiyao Duan, Guillermo Cecchi, Paul Geha

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Subjective report of pain remains the gold standard for assessing symptoms in patients with chronic pain and their response to analgesics. This subjectivity underscores the importance of understanding patients' personal narratives, as they offer an accurate representation of the illness experience.

Objective: In this pilot study involving 20 patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP), we applied emerging tools from natural language processing (NLP) to derive quantitative measures that captured patients' pain narratives.

Methods: Patients' narratives were collected during recorded semistructured interviews in which they spoke about their lives in general and their experiences with CLBP. Given that NLP …

Towards A Holistic Model: Transition Pedagogy In High School Enabling Programs. A Practice Report, Johanna Elizabeth Nieuwoudt, Angela Jones

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

The release of the Australian Universities Accord Final Report in 2024 and call for contextually relevant pathways to higher education continues the widening participation agenda that was introduced more than 50 years ago in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Enabling education continues to contribute to targets with the evolution of high school enabling programs. It is imperative, as the Accord suggests, that these programs support successful transition. Such programs thus require a pedagogical model for transition. This practice report adds to emerging research on high school enabling programs by exploring how an enabling transition pedagogy (ETP), an adaptation …

Changing Perspectives In California: A Transformative Culture Exchange For Stockholm University And Sonoma State University Criminology Students, Bryan Burton, Sofie Hellmer, Vida Wåhlmark, Hope Ortiz, Diana Grant

csuglobalaction

From June 13 to 20, 2024, Sonoma State University (SSU) hosted 16 criminology students from Stockholm University (SU) for an educational and cultural exchange. Five SSU undergraduate “student ambassadors” participated, representing California and SSU while assisting the Swedish students. Surveys indicated the exchange was a meaningful academic and cultural experience for all participants. The Swedish students deepened their understanding of the U.S. criminal justice system through presentations by criminologists and discussions with practitioners on issues such as policing and prison reform. They also gained broader perspectives on California and the United States through interactions with SSU ambassadors and visits to …

Grp-0176 A Comparative Analysis Of Traditional Virtual Machines And Micro Virtual Machines, Tasnim Akter Onisha

C-Day Computing Showcase

Virtualization technologies form the backbone of modern cloud and serverless platforms, but the balance between performance efficiency and strong isolation remains a key research challenge. Using a comparative literature based methodology, benchmark data from empirical studies are synthesized and normalized across four metrics: startup latency, memory footprint, isolation strength, and scalability. The findings show that traditional VMs such as KVM and Xen provide robust, formally verified isolation but incur higher boot times and memory usage, whereas Micro VMs like Firecracker and Kata Containers achieve lower latency (often < 125 ms) and smaller memory footprints (5–30 MB) while preserving VM-level isolation. Overall, Micro VMs deliver near container responsiveness with VM-grade security, making them suited for serverless and edge environments. As a future direction, this study highlights the need for scalable, formally verified Micro VM architectures for next-generation cloud systems.

Grp-0160 Quantum Anonymous Notification Protocol, Nitin Jha, Prateek Paudel

C-Day Computing Showcase

The scalability of current quantum networks is limited due to noisy quantum components and high implementation costs, thereby limiting the security advantages that quantum networks provide over their classical counterparts. Quantum Augmented Networks (QuANets) address this by integrating quantum components in classical network infrastructure to improve robustness and end-to-end security. To enable such integration, Quantum Anonymous Notification (QAN) is a method to anonymously inform a receiver of an incoming quantum communication. Therefore, several quantum primitives will serve as core tools, namely, quantum voting, quantum anonymous protocols, quantum secret sharing, etc. However, all current quantum protocols can be compromised in the …

Ur-1202 Generative Ai & Cybersecurity​, Emmanuel Okafor, David Nguyen, Alex Lu

C-Day Computing Showcase

Generative AI both strengthens and threatens cybersecurity. This project develops six reproducible, Google-Colab modules that demonstrate real attack paths — direct and indirect prompt injection, deepfake phishing, phishing-URL classification, insecure code/hallucination risks, and a malware reconstruction (Honor) challenge — and evaluates practical defenses including prompt wrapping, input sanitization, output redaction, and LLM-based guard chains. Using open-weights models and transparent data handling, we provide runnable notebooks, a public Google Site, and an IEEE-style paper to support education and defense-in-depth design.

Ur-1167 Owlexchange, Laura Chaplin, Caitlin Johnson, Alexin D'Haiti, Jamaul Gordon, Leonardo Barranco

C-Day Computing Showcase

OwlExchange is a secure, role-based campus marketplace designed to help Kennesaw State University students buy, sell, exchange, and donate items in a trusted digital environment. The platform replaces unorganized and unsafe exchanges occurring across group chats and social media by providing a centralized system with authenticated user accounts, item listings, and transparent communication. Built with a Flask (Python) MVC architecture, Auth0 for secure identity management, and MySQL for persistent storage, OwlExchange supports modular dashboards for buyers, sellers, and administrators, enabling item management, interest requests, and platform oversight. By promoting reuse and donation of textbooks, furniture, electronics, and other student items, …

Grp-0275 Graph Attention Network Based Downlink Channel Prediction Using In Frequency Division Duplexed Nextgen Networks, Jui Mhatre

C-Day Computing Showcase

In Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) 5G networks, downlink channel state information (CSI) must be estimated at the user equipment (UE) and fed back to the base station, a process that requires frequent CSI-RS transmission and uplink feedback, resulting in high overhead and energy consumption. This research proposes a novel base-station–centric framework that predicts the downlink channel matrix directly at the gNB, eliminating the need for continuous CSI-RS–based estimation at the UE. By leveraging uplink channel observations, geometric environment features, and learned mappings between uplink and downlink channel relationships, our model reconstructs the downlink MIMO channel with high fidelity. The system …

Gc-0270 Oncoboost - Hydration Monitoring Application, Blossom Madubike, Aafra Alam, Damola Ojo

C-Day Computing Showcase

Dehydration is a common and preventable complication for oncology patients, especially those undergoing chemotherapy and radiation. Side effects such as nausea, fatigue, and loss of appetite make it difficult for patients to maintain adequate fluid intake, contributing to avoidable discomfort and potential treatment disruptions. This capstone project presents Onco-Boost, a mobile hydration monitoring application designed to help adult oncology patients track daily fluid intake, recognize their intake patterns, and stay engaged in daily self-care between clinic visits. Built with React Native and Expo, and backed by Firebase for authentication and cloud data storage. Onco-Boost translates clinical hydration guidance and research …