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Biology Department Publications: 2024, Sam Lindgren

Biology Department Bibliographies

This document is a non-comprehensive list of publications made by graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and faculty members in the Biology Department in 2024. It indexes those publications available through PubMed, and serves as an archival record of the Department's robust scholarly contributions.

On Innovation And The Coexistence Of Stablecoins And Central Bank Digital Currencies, Yuliya Guseva, Sangita Gazi, Douglas S. Eakeley

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Ai Use In Programming Courses On Critical Thinking Skills, Christian Jay St Francis Clarke, Abdullah Konak

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

Proficiency in computer programming extends far beyond memorizing syntax; it depends on the cultivation of critical thinking. Computer programming requires multiple interconnected competencies, including systematic problem analysis, algorithmic reasoning, mastery of programming languages, debugging capabilities, a comprehensive understanding of software development methodologies, rigorous testing practices, and systematic troubleshooting approaches. These skills are also essential for cybersecurity experts; cybersecurity programs require several programming courses to enhance students’ technical and critical thinking skills. Generative AI (GenAI) technologies have fundamentally changed the process of developing applications and approaches to teaching coding. The growing use of GenAI technologies by students in writing computer code …

Their Voices, Their Work: The Challenges And Experiences Of Resettled Female Refugees In West Michigan, Cristhel Vanessa Morlidge

Masters Projects

Resettled female refugees often hope to improve their life in the country and community that they settle in. However, they can instead face multiple challenges due to their gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and language. The objective of this qualitative study is to identify the unique experiences and challenges of female refugees as they enter the formal workforce in the United States. Participants in this research are from two different countries in Africa, and all currently reside in West Michigan. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and a small-focus group to learn about their experiences through their own words. While generalizations …

A Love Song For Teachers: A Guide To Enhance Teacher Wellbeing And Self-Efficacy Through Strategies For Stress Reduction Within School Systems, David Eugene Lyons

Masters Projects

Over the last decade, more and more teachers are leaving the profession, even mid-career [National Education Association (2022), National Center for Education Statistics (2022), Schools that Lead (2024)]. They attribute this to demoralization and emotional exhaustion. Across the nation, as more and more school systems add more top-down regulations, teachers feel they have lost their autonomy and their creativity. While research has focused individually on the effects of emotional labor, on social-emotional intelligence and relationship management of teachers, and on teacher wellbeing and self-efficacy, there is a gap in the research of how these three elements interrelate. The confluence …

Mapping Mosquito Habitats With Girl Scouts: A Citizen Science Approach Using The “Mosquito Mission: Scout & Report!” Worksheet, Claire A. Klein

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Mosquitoes, though small, impact millions around the world by being significant vectors of diseases. The search for effective mosquito control efforts is ongoing, however, there is a gap in community involvement with a focus on recognizing and reducing potential breeding areas. Public engagement is a cornerstone of effective mosquito control. This honors thesis investigates the implementation of the Mosquito Mappers program with an original Girl Scout worksheet, “Mosquito Mission: Scout & Report!” This worksheet, which utilizes NASA’s GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper app, enables the Girl Scouts to contribute to real-time environmental monitoring. By guiding Girl Scouts through an inquiry-based …

Iconicity As An Organizing Principle Of The Lexicon, Erin E. Campbell, Zed Sevcikova Sehyr, Elana Pontecorvo, Ariel Cohen-Goldberg, Karen Emmorey, Naomi Caselli

Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Articles and Research

The view that words are arbitrary is a foundational assumption about language, used to set human languages apart from nonhuman communication. We present here a study of the alignment between the semantic and phonological structure (systematicity) of American Sign Language (ASL), and for comparison, two spoken languages—English and Spanish. Across all three languages, words that are semantically related are more likely to be phonologically related, highlighting systematic alignment between word form and word meaning. Critically, there is a significant effect of iconicity (a perceived physical resemblance between word form and word meaning) on this alignment: words are most likely to …

The Daily Gamecock: April 2025, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

2025

No abstract provided.

Re: Approval Letter For The Draft Final Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site Phase Iii Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Dated February 27, 2025), Emma Rott

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (April 14, 2025), Dmacc

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

This file contains the minutes from the Des Moines Area Community College Board meeting held on April 14, 2025.

Parenting With Peace: A Childhood Anxiety Education Program, Grace Arnold, Angela Blackwell, Teri Jetter, Msot

Spring 2025 OTD Capstone Symposium

The Parenting with Peace education program offers a comprehensive education program to parents of children with Anxiety. The program delves into the topics of self-regulation, emotional regulation, etc. The program offers parents information on each topic, information on how parenting impacts the topic, and at-home interventions that parents can engage in to help support their child. The program can help parents address the goal of improving competency about childhood anxiety symptoms and self-regulation techniques, improving their ability to engage in the occupation of caregiver.

Impact Of Hidden Populations Through Faculty Identification And Intervention In Higher Education, Jimmie K. Wetmore

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

College students who have endured trauma through experiences in the foster care system, homelessness, justice system involvement, poverty, violence, and/or abuse are at greater risk of not completing college and returning to the circumstances that perpetrated their initial traumas. These students are known as “hidden populations.” Mentorship and resources can help these students to break the social and economic cycles that have placed them in a high-risk category. Higher education faculty are in a unique position to help bridge the gap that exists for these students. The problem can be impacted by more faculty being aware of the population and …

Student Academic Policies Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2025-04-14, University Of Dayton. Student Academic Policies Committee

All Committee Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Student Academic Policies Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

An Analysis Of The Encryption Algorithms Proposed For The Mqtt Protocol On Resource Constrained Iot Devices, John Joseph Keenan

Theses and Dissertations

As more IoT devices are used to gather data and automate devices throughout the world, more security solutions are needed to keep these devices and the data they transmit secure. Many of these devices use the MQTT protocol, which does not encrypt the transferred data by default. The TLS/SSL protocols are the standard proposed solution for encrypting this traffic, but many resource constrained IoT devices do not have enough resources to run these protocols efficiently. Because of this, many other encryption algorithms have been proposed or designed for resource constrained IoT devices running the MQTT protocol, but very limited research …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 04.14.25, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Communicator

The Latest News

• Notre Dame Law School's Inaugural Death Penalty Abolition Week brings together exonerees, advocates, and faith leaders
• Two Notre Dame Law students recognized in prestigious Judicial Opinion Writing Competition ND
• Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Clinic represents prisoner denied Ramadan accommodations in federal appeal
• Notre Dame Law School holds fourth annual interfaith dinner in observance of Easter, Ramadan, Passover, and Ridván
• Educational opportunities for all: NDLS clinic defends St. Isidore Catholic School's freedom to serve

Faculty Briefs

• Nicole Garnett's article in City Journal about the launch of a database exposing religious discrimination in government funding was featured …

The Determinants Of Fdi Inflows In The Indonesian Manufacturing Sector: Some Evidence From Spatial Dependency Measurements, Dadang Ramdhan

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

The determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow in the manufacturing sector of Indonesian provinces are the focus of this study. This study demonstrates that spatial dependency in Indonesian FDI location decisions is primarily influenced by cultural heterogeneity and geographic distances, as determined by the Spatial Durbin Model. This finding suggests that the inflow of FDI into a host province is influenced by FDI inflow and other factors in neighboring provinces that are geographically adjacent to the host province and have a similar level of cultural heterogeneity. The primary determinants of these factors are the infrastructure in neighboring provinces and …

De-Mystifying Digital Currencies, Steven L. Schwarcz

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

Some Perspectives On The Regulation Of Stablecoins, Carlos Cantú, Jon Frost, Thomas M. Noone

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

The Eu Approach To Digital Currencies, Dirk Zetzsche, Julia Sinnig

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

Centralization In Decentralized Finance: Systemic Risk In The Crypto Ecosystem And Crypto's Future As A Regulated Industry, Douglas W. Arner, Tanvi Ratna, Sijuade Animashaun, Jatin Bedi, Naveen Mishra

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

Vacuum Erectile Devices For Erectile Dysfunction: Recommendations From The 5th International Consultation On Sexual Medicine, Run Wang, Francisco E Martins, David Ralph, Georgios Hatzichristodoulou, Daniar Osmonov, Justin Parker, Sung Hun Sean Park, Ignacio Moncada, Carlo Bettocchi, Ricardo Munarriz, Tobias Köhler

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Introduction: Vacuum erectile device (VED) is 1 of the main approved therapies for erectile dysfunction (ED). The introduction of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) for ED significantly changed the roles of VED in contemporary sexual medicine.

Objective: To provide updated clinical evidence to inform health care providers on best practices with VED.

Methods: A consensus panel was held with leading sexual medicine experts during the 5th International Consultation on Sexual Medicine (ICSM). Relevant peer-reviewed literature was reviewed with focus on research from the last 10 years, but not limited to the last 10 years. The expert panel generated consensus statements …

Predicting Better Colostrum For Healthier Calves, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

From Errors To Excellence: A New Paradigm For Safety In Construction, Ryan Maraffi

ASEM Capstones

2025 ASEM 620 Capstone Project

Nyls Broadens Harris Keenan & Goldfarb Advocacy Program With Student Ambassadors, Jennifer Bancamper

NYLS Community News

No abstract provided.

Determinants Of Neuronal Viability Following Spreading Depolarization, Michael C. Bennett

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

Spreading depolarizations (SDs) are massive, slowly propagating waves that cause near-complete neuroglial depolarization and are energetically demanding for the brain. Past studies have established SDs as key contributors to secondary injury in tissue that lacks the metabolic supply to meet the energetic burden of repolarization after SD. Efforts to identify the mechanisms that cause deleterious consequences following SD have been ongoing, with significant results showing that blocking excitotoxic levels of Ca²⁺ from entering neurons through NMDA receptors prevents detrimental outcomes. While these studies have advanced the field, other mechanisms may also contribute to the metabolic burden of SD. This …

Re: Approval Letter For The Draft Final Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) For Microbial Analysis And Biotreatability Study (Dated February 27, 2025), Emma Rott

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Culture Trap: Male Educators Of Color And The Academic Role Deficit, Javin Cotton

School of Education Capstone Projects

The purpose of this capstone project is to investigate the systemic barriers that limit the academic career advancement of male educators of color within the educational system, specifically highlighting School District 88. This study specifically addresses the disproportionate placement of Black and Latino male educators into disciplinary roles rather than academic leadership positions. Utilizing Implementation Science principles, the project outlines a multi-faceted intervention plan designed to dismantle implicit biases, enhance mentorship opportunities, and establish structured pathways for professional growth. By promoting equity- driven hiring practices, mentorship programs, and policy reforms, this capstone seeks to increase the representation of male educators …

Systemic Failures Of The Criminal Justice System, Isabella Lucero

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

America’s history as a nation that was founded on the unjust treatment of the people of color has forever shaped the way our justice system has evolved. From slavery to “Black Codes” to Jim Crow Laws, the system has never been set up for equal administration of justice. The purpose of this essay is to evaluate how the Criminal Justice System disadvantages and targets individuals at all stages of justice involvement, with a particular focus on individuals from communities of color.

Exploring The Impact Of Leadership Styles On Teacher Self-Efficacy: A Comparative Case Study Of Rural And Suburban High Schools, Stephanie Hill

Dissertations

This qualitative study examines how high school teachers in rural and suburban settings perceive their school leaders’ leadership styles, and how they influence teachers’ self-efficacy. Grounded in established leadership theories and research on teacher efficacy, this investigation aims to provide a nuanced, context-sensitive understanding of leadership dynamics within diverse educational environments. The study employs a comparative case study design, sampling from two high schools—Suburban Academy and Rural Tech High School. Data collection methods include semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire, offering multiple perspectives on leadership practices and their effects on teachers’ confidence and instructional decision-making. Ultimately, the results will contribute to …

Nonlinear Monetary Policy Reaction Function And Macroeconomic Fundamentals In India, Masud Hasan Adil, Vishal Sharma, Sana Fatima

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

The hybrid Taylor rule of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the subject of the current study, which investigates nonlinearities in an open economy that includes a fiscal variable. The analysis employs a nonlinear cointegration approach and identifies policy preference asymmetries. The RBI prioritizes price stability due to the preference for inflation avoidance over recession. Fiscal variable plays a significant role in estimating the Taylor rule, which suggests that it is necessary to align fiscal and monetary policy in order to maintain the inflation within the designated range. Lastly, the nonlinear Taylor rule findings not only aid in comprehending …