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An Appalachian Expression Of Rootedness: Exploring Rootedness In The Writings Of Simone Weil And Wendell Berry, Luke Bratton

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Occ's Memo In Support Of Claimant Motions For Stay Relief

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

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Multi-Modal Tensor Fusion For Alzheimer’S Disease Recognition, Mason Li, Tiffany Le, Jiajing Huang, Yuxin Wen

Engineering Faculty Articles and Research

Accurate and early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is critical for effective intervention, disease monitoring, and patient care. Traditional diagnostic approaches rely on a single modality, such as clinical assessments, neuroimaging, or genetic markers, which may fail to capture the complex, multifaceted nature of AD. Multimodal learning has therefore been explored to integrate complementary information across data sources. However, conventional fusion strategies, including early feature concatenation and late decision-level fusion, often model modalities independently and fail to capture high-order cross-modal interactions. To address these limitations, we propose a multimodal tensor fusion network (MTFN) that integrates heterogeneous data sources, including visual …

Engagement Patterns With #Naturalremedies On Tiktok: Formative Analysis, Apeksha Mewani, Corey H. Basch, Keanu Renne-Glover, Vincent Jones Ii, Cristiana Cordero, Adea Gutiqi

Publications and Research

This research letter provides formative evidence from a cross-sectional analysis of 118 TikTok videos under #NaturalRemedies, identifying content formats and expertise cues associated with higher engagement, while also demonstrating the feasibility of using engagement metrics and thematic coding to analyze health narratives on emerging platforms such as TikTok.

Bio 230 - Microbiology, Sarah Moroianu

Open Educational Resources

This open educational resource (OER) syllabus is designed for BIO 230: Microbiology at Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY), a single-semester introductory microbiology course for non-biology majors such as Nursing, Dietetics, Health Education, and Physical Education. The course reviews microbial structure, metabolism, genetics, and microbial ecology, with applied emphasis on infectious disease, antimicrobial drugs, host immune defenses, and microbial diseases. The syllabus aligns course content with the freely available OpenStax Microbiology textbook (Parker et al., CC BY 4.0) and reflects accessibility best practices consistent with CUNY guidelines.

Leveraging Feature Fusion And Convolutional Neural Networks For Concrete Crack Prediction, Amal Abdulbaqi Maryoosh, Saeid Pashazadeh, Pedram Salehpour

Baghdad Science Journal

Detection of cracks in concrete is crucial for the safety of bridges and the overall infrastructure. This paper presents a new hybrid method that combines handcrafted and deep features to significantly improve classification accuracy. Texture and semantic information are captured using Local Binary Patterns (LBP) and a pre-trained Xception model, respectively. These features are converted by the Bag of Visual Words (BoVW) method, combined, and the best features are selected by using the Apriori algorithm. The selected features are classified utilizing the light MobileNetV3, a large network. Our method is tested on four public datasets, namely CODEBRIM, DIMEC, Crack, BCD, …

Enhanced Botnet Detection Using A Modified Naïve Bayes Algorithm With Laplace Smoothing And Famd-Based Feature Agglomeration, Ahmed L. Alshami, Bashar M. Nema, Alaa H. Al-Hamami

Baghdad Science Journal

Botnets turned into a security problem that would put user privacy and security at risk. Progressive and flexible Machine Learning (ML) techniques are necessary for robust botnet revealing. In this study researchers presented an integration of the modified Naïve Bayes and M3L algorithms that uses Factor Analysis of Mixed Data (FAMD) for feature aggregation, and Laplace smoothing for adjustment to address the limitation of conventional Naïve Bayes classifiers for detecting botnet. The modified algorithm uses Laplace smoothing to address problems with zero-frequency data and improve the classifier's adaptability. FAMD was used to merge continuous and categorical features to improve the …

Recognition Of Arabic Derived Handwritten Letters Using A Vgg-Like Convolutional Neural Network, Mouhssine El Atillah

Baghdad Science Journal

Due to its complexity, the Arabic language and its extensions build a fertile field of research in the field of artificial intelligence in general and optical character recognition (OCR) specifically. There are several languages that use the Arabic alphabet in their manuscripts. These languages innovated new letters to pronounce sounds not found in the Arabic language. These letters are called 'Arabic-derived letters'. To enrich the Arabic language, we can use these letters to know the true pronunciation of intrusive words in the Arabic language. This article deals with the Arabic-derived letters (ADL) dataset. It is a new dataset that consists …

Evaluation Of Nurses' Leadership Self-Efficacy In Belize, Ruth Rosalee Reina Jones

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nursing leadership in Belize is lacking but crucial to the well-being of patients, families, and the healthcare team. The purpose of this non-experimental, descriptive, comparative study was to a) determine the difference in leadership self-efficacy for current nurse leaders with three years or less of leadership experience compared to current nurse leaders with more than three years of leadership experience in Belize, and b) examine the differences in leadership self-efficacy between nurses in a leadership position and nurses not in a leadership position in Belize. The theories supporting the study were Burns’ transformational leadership theory and leadership self-efficacy, based on …

Phase Patterning In Mother-Infant Interbrain Synchrony And Its Associations With Dyadic Behaviors During Free Play, Lindsey M. Riera-Gomez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present

Interbrain synchrony (IBS), or coordinated brain activation, between parents and infants is thought to support emerging social and cognitive development. Few studies have examined how neural coupling unfolds during the second year of life; a period marked by growing autonomy and complexity during play. Using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning, this study investigated mother-infant brain-to-brain synchrony during naturalistic free play interactions with a sample of 31 mother-infant dyads (12-24 months). Interbrain synchrony was examined in six cortical regions of interest (ROIs), with a focus on phase alignment. Rigorous behavioral coding captured maternal sensitivity, intrusiveness, child involvement, and dyadic relational qualities. …

Stuyvesant Square Apts Llc V. Vorick

All Decisions

The landlord commenced a holdover proceeding against the tenant, alleging illegal residential occupancy of a former medical office due to uncorrectable building code violations concerning courtyard dimensions affecting natural light requirements. The court granted the landlord a final judgment of possession, finding the unit could not be legalized. However, the court also awarded the tenant treble damages for rent overcharge, holding that a commercial unit used residentially can be rent-stabilized. It dismissed the tenant's harassment claim, distinguishing "dwelling" from a narrower "dwelling unit," but granted an order to correct violations. The tenant's request for attorneys' fees was denied as they …

Is Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption Persistently Overestimated?, Trey Malone, Chad Fiechter, Zanliang Meng, James Lowenberg‐Deboer, Bruce Erickson, Jay Akridge

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty Publications

Precision agriculture is sometimes assumed to diffuse steadily over time, and industry planning frequently extrapolates early adoption trends forward. This study evaluates the accuracy of such expectations by comparing agricultural input dealers' forecasts of future service offerings with the actual levels of offerings that dealerships eventually provided. Using 21 waves of the CropLife-Purdue Precision Agriculture Dealership Survey from 2000 to 2025, we examine expected and realized precision agriculture offerings across 26 technologies. We document systematic and persistent overestimation of adoption: for most technologies, expected diffusion exceeds realized outcomes, with forecast errors becoming especially pronounced as adoption flattened or declined in …

The Evolution Of Self-Awareness In Conscious Organisms, Robert A. Dielenberg

Journal of Conscious Evolution

Self-awareness in conscious organisms remains an enduring puzzle for philosophers and neuroscientists. This paper proposes a tripartite evolutionary model tracing its emergence through three sequential types: the sensory self (primitive egocentric, valence-tagged awareness of sensory states), the bodily self (external objectification of the body as a distinct entity, evidenced by mirror self-recognition in select species), and the cognitive self (internal objectification of the mind enabling recursive self-transformation). Adopting a monist framework, the model treats consciousness as the biological substrate of delayed neural apperception (the “Delayed Present”), within which selves emerge as increasingly sophisticated models. It distinguishes non-human metacognition—implicit, online regulation—from …

Mentoring Mentalities Made Manifest: Toward A Better Understanding Of Secondary Teacher Mentor Professional Learning, Practice, And Self-Efficacy, Maggie L. Wilson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Teacher shortages are becoming increasingly problematic nationwide. Teacher mentoring has been found to be an effective method of curbing teacher attrition, but little attention has been addressed to ensuring that teacher mentors are receiving the most relevant professional learning experiences to bolster their self-efficacy and mentoring practice. This qualitative study, drawing on research traditions such as grounded theory and case study, seeks to illuminate the mentor self-efficacy and practice of secondary teacher mentors and to understand the role their professional learning plays in how and how well they enact their mentor roles. Through qualitative interviews, including artifact-based interviews, this study …

An Analysis And Performer's Guide Of Boulder Canyon, Hoover Dam By Clark Hubbard, Tyler Hawk

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Clark Hubbard is currently the Assistant Director of the Vanderbilt Marching and Athletic Bands. He is active as an American percussionist, composer, artist, and educator. His compositions have been performed throughout the United States and overseas, including solo, chamber, percussion, and electronic compositions. This document aims to analyze Boulder Canyon, Hoover Dam, discussing how the fixed media influences musical decisions. This document is also a performer’s guide for the piece.

Percussion with fixed media has been composed for since the early to middle 1900s. Inspiration from the techniques and early pieces of fixed media composition can be found in …

The Impact Of The Two-Way Immersion Model On Hispanic Pre-Service And In-Service Teachers’ Understanding Of Curriculum Implementation In Early Childhood Field Placements, Omar J. Vigo

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

ABSTRACT

Dual language education, also known as Two-Way Immersion (TWI), is a teaching method that puts native English speakers and native speakers of another language in the same classroom. This helps both groups become bilingual and biliterate (Christian, 1996; Lindholm-Leary, 2001). The TWI approach highlights several benefits, including bilingualism and biliteracy, academic achievement, cross-cultural competence, cognitive improvements, and equity and accessibility (Lindholm-Leary, 2001). Research on the TWI model in adults is limited, although it has demonstrated effectiveness in supporting Hispanic teacher candidates, unlike studies conducted in primary education. This demonstrates that the TWI methodology benefits students (Van Booven, 2012). This …

Modulation Of Biomolecular Aggregate Morphology And Condensate Infectivity., Josephine C Ferreon, Kyoung-Jae Choi, My Diem Quan, Phoebe S Tsoi, Cristopher C Ferreon, Ulas Coskun, Shih-Chu Jeff Liao, Allan Chris M Ferreon

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Neurodegenerative diseases feature diverse pathological protein aggregates, including Lewy bodies in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and skein-like filaments in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The physical mechanisms underlying this morphological diversity remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that aggregation of the prion-like domain of hnRNPA1 (A1PrD), implicated in AD and ALS, is driven by solution composition and phase transition dynamics. Utilizing 3D timelapse and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, we show that solution conditions modulate phase separation, gelation, and fibrillation, resulting in distinct structures such as fibril, gel, and starburst morphologies. Homotypic and heterotypic interactions between A1PrD and RNA were observed to shift the …

K2p Channels As Key Regulators Of Cardiovascular And Pulmonary Vascular Function, Hala Y Abdelnasser, Xinchun Pi, Lavannya M Pandit, Bradley K Mcconnell

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Two-pore domain potassium (K2P) channels are the most recently identified family of potassium channels. They are regarded as the largest group of background “leak” channels, encoded by 15 mammalian KCNK genes, and divided into six subfamilies (TWIK, TREK, TASK, TALK, THIK, and TRESK). These channels have a role in stabilizing the resting membrane potential. Their widespread presence in the heart and vasculature supports cellular homeostasis by regulating cardiac rhythm, vascular tone, and protection against ischemic stress. The TASK, TWIK, and TREK subfamilies are the most abundantly expressed K2P channel subfamilies in the cardiovascular system, and dysregulation of specific members has …

Secure Machine Learning In Networking Systems, Wenwei Zhao

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

With the rapid integration of Machine Learning (ML) into networking systems, ensuring the security and trustworthiness of these intelligent frameworks has become a paramount concern. While ML offers unprecedented capabilities in spectrum management and collaborative learning, it also introduces novel vulnerabilities that can be exploited by sophisticated adversaries. This dissertation investigates and addresses critical security challenges across three key dimensions of ML-driven networking: adversarial spectrum sensing, the security of privacy-preserving unlearning processes, and efficient post-attack model recovery.

First, we address the threat of adversarial spectrum attacks in cognitive radio networks, where malicious nodes manipulate sensing reports to disrupt spectrum access. …

Examining The Bioethanol Yield Potential Of Varying Ratios Of Jicama (Pachyrhizus Erosus) And Footstool Palm (Saribus Rotundifolius) Stalk, Luke Gabriel R. Mara, Sasha Marie C. Haresco, Alyssa Shane M. Arro, Shalemar O. Baldoza, Raphael Carlos V. Bunga, Rica Michaela G. Dosal, Angela A. Garan, Keona Denise C. Marquez, Isabelo Raphael M. Siguenza, Kristoff Isaiah R. Soreta, Kian Stephen Torrijos, Marionne Lorraine R. Valdez, Sky Lance S. Valiente, June Ray O. Filler

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress Conference Proceedings

This study aimed to examine the bioethanol yield potential of varying ratios of Jicama (J) and Footstool Palm Stalk (FPS). The prototype used a mixed feedstock approach and was developed using the Separate Hydrolysis and Fermentation (SHF) method to extract and ferment sugars to produce ethanol. The study measured bioethanol yields by employing a posttest-only controlled group design consisting of a negative control group and three experimental groups. The results demonstrated that Experimental 3 exhibited the highest average initial sugar yield (3.71g), while the Negative Control showed the lowest average initial sugar (1.5g), showing the high sugar potential of Experimental …

Fitness Odyssey: The Development Of A Fitness Application For Gamifying Habit-Forming Activities That Improve The Physical Health Of Grade 12 Students, Denzyll Yuro B. Umali, Ruzzel Rey P. Barredo None, Karl Nikolai S. Parra, Frederik Louise Rosales, Myrla De Luna Torres

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress Conference Proceedings

The increasing prevalence of sedentary behavior among adolescents, inadvertently from the rapid integration of technology in day-to-day lives, raises concerns about the physical health of modern lifestyles. As teenagers and students spend more time on their phones, there is an urgent need to reframe digital tools as a solution for inactivity. This study aims to develop and evaluate Fitness Odyssey, a fitness application that gamifies physical activities, making them more engaging and rewarding for adolescents. The application tracks six primary exercises—walking, push-ups, sit-ups, squats, jumping jacks, and lunges—using a mobile phone’s accelerometer, developed with the Godot software engine. The research …

More Than A Brown Girl, Mia Rose Rios

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Camino A Los Solares De Mi Abuelo, Antonio Barajas

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Full Issue, Courageous Cuentos

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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“It Takes A Big Thrust To Destabilize An Entrenched Practice”: On Taruskin And The Western Traditions, Ronit Seter

Music & Musical Performance: An International Journal

This memorial essay begins with a brief appreciation of Richard Taruskin’s The Oxford History of Western Music and its critical reception (Susan McClary, Charles Rosen). It continues with comments on the early stages of his career, noting his strategic pincer movement, that is, a pivot from his early research on Russian operas—to his 1980 groundbreaking JAMS article on Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring on the one hand, and a source reading book (Weiss-Taruskin, 1984) on the other. Both became essential for launching his career, and for our field. I then delve into several of Taruskin’s core ideas—about current and past …

“Good For You!”: Remembering Richard Taruskin, Anna Dalos

Music & Musical Performance: An International Journal

Richard Taruskin was a major promoter of Eastern European music. His interest was also shaped by his personal contacts, particularly in Hungary, where he visited more frequently in his later years, presenting at conferences. He developed close relations with several representatives of Hungarian musicology, among them Katalin Komlós, László Somfai, László Vikárius, and Tibor Tallián. In addition to presenting conference keynote lectures, and later courses at the Doctoral School of the Liszt Academy of Music, Taruskin also participated in the advisory board of the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition, and became an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. …

Richard Taruskin And The Early Music Movement, Uri Golomb

Music & Musical Performance: An International Journal

Richard Taruskin’s writings on the Early Music Movement had a pivotal influence on debates surrounding the concept of historical authenticity in musical performance. Taruskin championed the thesis that historically-informed performance (HIP) is only tenuously connected to actual past practices, that “a specious veneer of historicism clothes a performance style that is completely of our own time, and is in fact the most modern style around” (as Taruskin wrote in a 1988 essay, reprinted in his seminal collection Text and Act). In arguing his case, he correctly diagnosed the practices and motivations of a major group of performers within the Early …

Farewell To A Beloved Buddy, David Josephson

Music & Musical Performance: An International Journal

“You never know when it’s the last time.” For sixty years, from a chance meeting when we were undergraduates at Columbia until his last days, the incomparable Richard Taruskin gave me the great gift of his friendship. I never knew why, still don’t, but I reveled in every moment we shared. After I decamped for Brown ten years later, and he eventually for Berkeley, our meetings grew fewer and a cherished correspondence (those from its last months excerpted here) filled the gaps. COVID-19 put finis to our reunions. “The last time” would come and go with all too little warning, …

A Decade Of Growing Our Own In South Carolina: Efficacy Studies On Project Create, Joe P. Sutton, Shirley C. Bausmith, Holly A. Pae, Michelle M. Bishop, Cathy M. Boshamer

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Project CREATE's chief mission is to reduce the number of non-certified special education teachers while simultaneously growing a highly qualified special education teacher work force in the State. Nationally recognized for grow your own (GYO) and alternative routes to certification (ARC) emphases, project leadership implemented an aggressive research agenda that has spanned CREATE's 10 years of operation to date. In this article, we summarize five peer-reviewed studies on the efficacy of CREATE, all focusing on aspects of outcome data from special education teachers who were program completers. These studies, emanating from different perspectives and research interests, provide a framework for …