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Evaluating Diagnostic Capability Of Computed Tomography And Role Of Bronchoscopy In Admitted Cases With Pulmonary Diseases, Khawaja B. Waheed, Zubair Ahmed, Asif Mahmood, Jumana H. Masoudi, Ahmed O. Z. Alanazi, Aldana M. Almubireek, Zoha Bilal, Rood A. Alshehri, Mays H. Mahasneh, Zechariah Jebakumar Arulanantham

Saudi Medical Journal

Objective: To evaluate capability of CT scan in diagnosing pulmonary diseases, identifying malignancy, and role of bronchoscopy in confirming or changing imaging diagnosis.

Method: A retrospective record-based cross-sectional study was performed evaluating data of all consecutive adult patients who had CT and bronchoscopies performed in a period of 2 years (between Jan. 2023 to Jan. 2025). Demographic, clinical symptoms, CT chest and bronchoscopy findings were recorded. Final diagnoses were based on clinical (improvement with time or resolution of symptoms with specific antimicrobial drugs), laboratory (bronchoalveolar lavage and biopsy, blood or sputum cultures) and imaging guided biopsies (where performed). Patients without …

A Retrospective Review Of Antimicrobial Usage And Indications At End-Of-Life For Oncology Patients In A Tertiary Cancer Center In Saudi Arabia, Nabil A. Almouaalamy, Lama A. Banjar, Hattan A. Hassani, Ahmed A. Alqerafi, Abdulrahman I. Ezzi, Bader K. Alaslab, Abdulaziz K. Allhybi, Abdulaziz N. Aljohani, Nora N. Almouaalamy, Hassan A. Almarhabi

Saudi Medical Journal

Objectives: To investigate antimicrobial usage patterns, indications, and outcomes in end-of-life (EOL) oncology patients at Princess Noorah Oncology Center (PNOC), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The use of antimicrobials in oncology patients in EOL care has raised concerns about their appropriateness and the increasing issue of antimicrobial resistance.

Methods: The study is a retrospective chart review of cancer patients treated at the PNOC from January 1, 2017, to January 31, 2022. The inclusion criteria included cancer patients ≥18 years who died during their admission. The exclusion criteria included subjects who did not meet the inclusion criteria.

Results: Among …

Healthcare Practitioners’ Satisfaction With Ministry Of Health Electronic Programs In Primary Healthcare Centers In Abha: A Comprehensive Analysis, Bander A. Alasmari, Majed M. Alsaleh, Abdullah Saeed, Mohammed Y. Aseri, Meteb A. Albraik, Nawal M. Assiri, Khaled A. Alasiri, Maryam A. Alrashadi, Mohammed Y. Alqasem, Faisal A. Faya, Mozoun D. Alahmari

Saudi Medical Journal

Objective: This study assessed the satisfaction of health care providers with MOH electronic programs in Abha primary care centers and identified key drivers of user satisfaction.

Methods: Cross sectional survey of 152 physicians 48.7, nurses 27.0, allied health staff 21.1 and lab technicians 3.3 from May to July 2025. Participants had to be using MOH electronic systems daily. Descriptive stats and Spearman correlations examine links between satisfaction and system features.

Results: Among 152 respondents 98.7 used at least one MOH program daily.Raqim was most used 89.5. Overall, 11.2 were very satisfied, 44.1 satisfied, 28.3 neutral, and 16.4 dissatisfied. Significant drivers …

Biomarkers Of Multiorgan Failure In Covid-19: A Predictive Framework For Disease Severity And Clinical Outcomes, Wesam A. Nasif, Mohammed H. Mukhtar, Mohammad Althubiti, Abeer Shaker El Moursy Ali

Saudi Medical Journal

Objective: To investigate the predictive value of inflammatory, liver, renal, and cardiac biomarkers in relation to the progression of multiorgan failure (MOF) in COVID-19 patients. A primary goal was to identify which of these markers served as the most discriminative predictors of disease severity.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was carried out between December 2020 and February 2023 to collect data from 1,803 COVID-19 patients from data records in different hospitals in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The ROC curve analysis evaluated the diagnostic and predictive performance of selected biomarkers.

Results: Inflammatory markers such as CRP and D-dimer were evaluated, but ferritin …

Role Of Artificial Intelligence In Infectious Diseases And Antimicrobial Resistance: A Comprehensive Review On Diagnostic, Treatment, And Prevention Aspects, Naveed Ahmed, Mansoor Alghamdi

Saudi Medical Journal

Artificial intelligence (AI) plays a significant role in managing infectious diseases by enhancing diagnosis, treatment, and preventive measures. AI-assisted tools have predictive analysis ability for incoming outbreaks, including the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AI-assisted tools facilitate the treatment methods by tailoring personalized medicine according to the specific disease history of the patient, immune response, and genetics. Advanced vaccine development by various AI-assisted in silico tools is becoming easy, leading to faster vaccine discovery and more efficient vaccine design with a more immunogenic response. Despite huge benefits, a few limitations are also encountered, including biases in algorithms, data privacy, and …

Artificial Intelligence In Radiology: Hidden Fragilities And The Path To Resilience, Mustafa S. Alhasan

Saudi Medical Journal

Radiology artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing however its adoption faces fragile foundations that threaten sustainability. Despite bold promises of efficiency and accuracy, current deployment is undermined by weaknesses in economics, evidence, infrastructure, human factors, regulation, security, and environmental impact. Nearly 90% of radiology AI studies report process metrics rather than patient outcomes, while hidden costs elevate ownership to 400% to 500% of subscription fees. Technical fragilities include 25% or greater performance loss with routine protocol or scanner shifts, compounded by vendor consolidation that has eliminated 63% of companies since 2020, creating migration costs averaging 180,000 dollars per exit. Human factor …

Master Any Language 100x Faster, Yoshihiko Ariizumi

Learning, Teaching, & Researching Optimization

Learn any language 100x faster with this booklet of high-speed acquisition techniques!

Regulating Reader(S): Book People V. Wong, Compelled Speech, And Sexually Explicit Library Materials In The Fifth Circuit, Gray Wood

Texas A&M Law Review

This Note analyzes the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent holding in Book People, Inc. v. Wong, which struck down Texas Education Code Chapter 35. Passed under the 88th Texas Legislature’s READER Act in 2023, Chapter 35 instituted a mandatory rating system that required Texas book vendors to review the books they sold to district schools and open-enrollment charter schools for sexually explicit material. Book vendors banded together to oppose the law, arguing that it constituted compelled speech, a legal doctrine that has come to the forefront of First Amendment fights since the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in 303 …

Paying The Price For Beauty Abroad: Khoula Hospital’S Experience With Complications Following Aesthetic Procedures Performed Overseas, 2013–2023, Khalifa Al Alawi, Areej Al-Mamari, Maysa Al-Maawali, Ashima Alkabi, Al-Batul Al-Mufargi, Juhaina Al Tobi, Hoor Al-Khanjari, Yasmine Al Balushi, Rawan Al Mandhari, Rafal Aljadder, Sultan Al Shaqsi

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the types and outcomes of complications arising from aesthetic surgeries performed abroad and subsequently managed at Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman. Methods: This retrospective study included patients who presented with post-aesthetic surgical complications after undergoing procedures outside Oman from January 2013 to December 2023. Data were extracted from Khoula Hospital’s electronic health records, focusing on demographics, procedures performed, types of complications and outcomes, including admissions and surgical interventions. Results: A total of 191 patients with 488 recorded encounters were included. The most common procedures done overseas were abdominoplasty (50.8%), lipectomy (29.3%) and …

Selective Reversal Of Cu-Amyloid Aggregation Monitored In Real Time By Fluorescence Anisotropy: Ni-Bme-Dach Vs Edta Benchmarks, Alyssa N. Schroeder, Eleanor K. Adams, Dane C. Frost, Erica Lopez, Jennie R. Giacomini, Marilyn R. Mackiewicz

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

Metal dyshomeostasis, particularly involving Cu2+, is increasingly recognized as a key contributor to amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregation and neurotoxicity in Alzheimer’s disease, motivating the development of chelators capable of selectively disrupting pathogenic metal-Aβ interactions without perturbing essential biological metals. Here, we employ steady-state fluorescence anisotropy as a real-time probe of TAMRA-Aβ1–42 rotational mobility to quantify metal-induced aggregation and its reversibility by two chelators with distinct selectivities: EDTA, a broad-spectrum benchmark, and Ni-bme-dach, a sulfur-rich metallodithiolate with high Cu affinity. Cu2+ induces the most significant increases in anisotropy, consistent with rapid formation of large nanoscale aggregates, while Fe3+ produces moderate aggregation and …

Impaired Arginine, Citrulline And Glutamine Metabolism In Type 2 Diabetes: Insights From A Stable Isotope Study, Mustafa Tosur, Raven A Wierzchowska-Mcnew, Nicolaas E P Deutz, Mariëlle P K J Engelen

Children’s Nutrition Research Center Staff Publications

Context: Arginine (Arg) is an important amino acid in T2D as a potent insulin secretagogue and precursor for nitric oxide (NO). Citrulline (Cit), the substrate for de novo Arg synthesis, is mostly produced from glutamine (Gln).

Objective: We aimed to investigate their metabolism in T2D using novel stable isotope tracer approach.

Methods: We studied 42 individuals (21 with T2D, 21 controls). After overnight fasting, blood samples were collected following pulse administration of stable amino acid tracers. Plasma concentrations and isotopic enrichments were measured by LC-MS/MS, and compartmental analyses were performed to calculate their whole-body production (WBP) rates and kinetics.

Results: …

The Effects Of Altitude On Air Source Heat Pump Performance In The Andes, Ajay Dalal, Walter Daniel Leon-Salas, William Hutzel, Pedro Flores Larico, Miguel Angel Vizcardo Cornejo, Mauricio Postigo Malaga, Miguel Angel Ocharan Pichu

Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Student Poster Symposium

The global push for decarbonization has highlighted the need for sustainable heating solutions, particularly in geographically challenging and remote locations such as the Peruvian Andes, where traditional heating methods are inefficient and pollute the environment. Air source heat pumps are a viable solution but come with their own challenges, including cost, access to electricity, and performance degradation at high altitudes. A project is underway to install and evaluate an air-source heat pump at a research station located at an altitude of 4,128 m in Sumbay, Peru. The primary goal of this research is to evaluate and expand existing models that …

Adaptive Focus Agent For Video-Based Software Learning, Shengyang Luo, Yingjie Chen

Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Student Poster Symposium

Not every learner has a powerful computer or a dual-monitor setup. Some follow software tutorials with only a laptop, or even a phone, squinting to catch tiny cursor movements and clicks meant for larger screens. These moments slow their progress, break their flow, and make advanced digital skills feel farther away than they should be. Our work aims to explore how an AI-assisted dynamic zoom system can help. By automatically detecting interaction moments and enlarging the relevant region in tutorial videos, we aim to make subtle actions clearer, support confident learning across device conditions, and bring expert-level instruction closer to …

Decision In Art. 78 Proceeding - Jiminez, Geral (2023-04-13)

Decisions in Art. 78 Proceedings

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A Crown In Death: An (Expanded) Dramaturgical Approach To The Trojan Women Of Euripides, Stephanie Lester

Montview Journal of Research & Scholarship

In the action-packed, visually-oriented market for modern media, some may assume a 2,400-year-old Greek tragedy to be slightly past its expiration date, especially if it features little to no action onstage like in Euripides’ The Trojan Women. However, it is important to remember that literature is lost when the world fails to cherish it, so if a text survives that long, it may be worth another cursory glance. In this case, that glance involved a full dramaturgical study featuring qualitative script analysis of multiple translations of The Trojan Women with related texts to explore context, themes, common literary devices, and …

Drowning By Numbers, Erica Crowell

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Zane Grey On A Carousel In Indian Territory, Diana Hume George

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Girl, Fighting, Laurie Lynn Drummond

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Lessons From The Unlikely, Erin Newport

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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The Right Thing, Beth Kephart

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Postpartum, Nancy Linnon

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Hypoplastic Heart, Ron Grant

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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The Last Train To Clarksville: A Journey Through Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Cornelia Reynolds

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Burden Of Oath, Linda Peeno

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Notes From A Difficult Case, Ruthann Robson

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Fragments Of The Human Condition: A Collection Of Short Stories, Daniel R. Mangru

MFA in Creative Writing | Master's Theses

Fragments of the Human Condition: A Collection of Short Stories is a culminating thesis by Daniel R. Mangru that explores the intricate complexities of the human experience through the mundane details of ordinary lives.

Drawing inspiration from the works of Raymond Carver and Rod Serling, this collection of short stories, which includes A Cow on Mars and A Boy and his Donut, offers fragments of an answer to the fundamental question: "What was it like to be human?"

The thesis examines universal themes such as resilience, intimacy, compassion, loneliness, structure, and independence, demonstrating how these aspects of the human …

Rachel At Work: Enclosed, A Mother’S Report, Jane Bernstein

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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I Held Their Coats: A Case Study Of Two Jokes, Frank Soos

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Shunned

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Lab-Grown Meat: Greener Than Livestock, Alex Ramirez

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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