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Cordmilk: Umbilical Cord Milking Versus Early Cord Clamping On Short-And Long-Term Outcomes In Neonates Who Are Non-Vigorous At Birth-Study Protocol Of A Multi-Center, Cluster-Randomized, Crossover-Controlled Trial, S. Yogeshkumar, Sunil S. Vernekar, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Kiran Talekar, Benjamin E Leiby, Rebecca Hartman, Yvonne Vaucher, Nitin Chouthai, Meenakshi Girish, Manish Jain, Shuchi Jain, Seema Parvekar, Vinita Jain, Alka Patankar, Milind Suryawanshi, Manish Tiwari, Manjushri Waikar, Nidhi Nashine, Deepali Ambike, Mahesh Asalkar, Rajesh Kulkarni, Sandhya Haribhaktha, Hemraj Narkhede, Sudha Chaudhari, Milind Kamble, Deepti Shrirame, Balchandra Falke, Seema Mehta, Asha Verma, Sunil Gothwal, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Richard Derman, Anup Katheria, Zubair H. Aghai

Department of Radiology Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Facilitating placental transfusion-the transfer of blood from the placenta to the newborn-via delayed cord clamping (DCC) or umbilical cord milking (UCM) at birth has been shown to improve iron stores in healthy term infants and may positively impact long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes. Infants who are non-vigorous at birth and at risk of developing hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) are particularly likely to benefit from placental transfusion. This process may offer neuroprotection by enhancing cardiopulmonary transition, supporting cardiac preload, improving systemic and cerebral perfusion, delivering stem cells and neurotrophic factors, and preventing iron deficiency. While DCC is not currently recommended for non-vigorous term …

The World Doesn’T Look Just One Way, Kim Spencer

Occasional Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Mesopause-Region Gravity Wave Activity Due To Tropical Convection As Observed By Awe, Jeffrey M. Forbes, Xiaoli Zhang, Jiarong Zhang, Stephen D. Eckermann, Yucheng Zhao, Pierre-Dominique Pautet, Jun Ma, Ludger Scherliess, Michael J. Taylor

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

Mesopause-region (∼ 87 km) gravity waves (GWs) generated by tropical convection are investigated within the four longitude sectors encompassing Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Intertropical Convergence Zone, and South America during the Dec 2023– Feb 2024 Southern Hemisphere monsoon season. Variances (Q_v) in the OH Q-line emission measured by the Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) capture GW activity, and precipitation rates (PR) from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission identify regions of convective activity. The zonal component of GWs comprising the Q_v between 10°S-10°N primarily propagate eastward. The Q_v distributions are latitudinally-shifted and more confined in …

Transformative Learning In Nursing Education: Student Experiences In Kenya, Bethany Ann Murray

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of prelicensure, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students following a two-week education abroad experience in Kenya. This study is framed by the work of Mezirow, whose theory of transformative education states that individuals experience transformative changes throughout their lives as a process of shifting attitudes, assumptions and expectations to become more inclusive and open to change. These changes are developmentally expected and necessary for adult growth and maturation (Mezirow, 2008). Data were obtained through written narrations at one month following the program. Analysis was done using narrative inquiry methods. …

Interactive Learning And Dosage Calculation Performance, Robin Beacom, Tricia A. Templet, Cynthia Watson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Purpose: This study explores the impact of web-based interactive learning within the context of dosage calculation testing, using an online interactive learning and testing platform. Incorporating web-based learning into nursing education is a concept that has been introduced previously and has gained significant attention as a promising approach to enhance learning and engagement while improving student competency among undergraduate nursing students. Dosage calculation is a fundamental skill in nursing practice with a critical impact on patient care and outcomes. The magnitude of accurate calculation necessitates a robust and effective method of teaching and assessing competence. The use of an interactive …

Accelerate: Growing Frontline Nurse Leaders Through A Year Long Innovative Leadership Cohort, Julie Stephenie Stefanick, Melissa Gonzalez, Clara Brown

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Accelerate Program is a year-long, frontline leadership development initiative, aimed at creating a pipeline of future nurse leaders designed and implemented at a large academic medical center. Focus centers on supporting the career advancement and succession planning of informal nurse leaders, enhance and develop nursing leadership competencies, provide innovative leadership development opportunities as well as promoting interprofessional learning and collaboration to achieve effective, impactful outcomes. The first cohort consisted of nurse clinicians from inpatient, procedural, emergency department and ambulatory settings.

Curriculum design was guided by The American Organization for Nursing Leadership leader core competencies and was presented by experts from …

Re: Comment Letter For Diggings East 95 % Remedial Design Package Submittal (Dated August 29, 2025), The Silver Bow Creek Conservation Area (Sbcca) – 95 Percent Programmatic Technical Specifications Submittal (Dated August 19, 2025), The Draft Final Sbcca Construction Quality Assurance Plan (Dated August 20, 2025) And The Butte Priority Soils Sbcca Operations And Maintenance (O&M) Plan (Dated August 14, 2025), Emma Rott

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Edwin F. Parry, Myrna J. Layton

Faculty Publications

Edwin Francis Parry (June 11, 1860 – September 16, 1935) was a Utah typesetter, printer and writer who also loved music. He sang, played the organ and piano, wrote song lyrics and composed many songs and hymns.

Machine Learning Model For Detecting Masked Hypertension In Young Adults, Brendyn Miller, Samuel Coeyman, Annemarie Wentzel, Carina M.C. Mels, William J. Richardson

Chemical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading global cause of mortality, with hypertension (HT) being a significant contributor, responsible for 56% of CVD-related deaths. Masked hypertension (MHT), a condition where patients exhibit normotensive blood pressure (BP) in clinical settings but elevated BP in out-of-clinic measurements, poses an elevated risk for cardiovascular complications and often goes undiagnosed. Current diagnostic methods, such as ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) and home BP monitoring (HBPM), have limitations in feasibility and accessibility. Methods This study aimed to address these challenges by leveraging machine learning (ML) models to predict MHT based on clinical data from a single …

Conflicting Bases For Judging Action And Actors: The Role Of Individual Differences, Brittney Louramore

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present

This study examined how political orientation, locus of control, and action identification predict moral reasoning across six dilemmas contrasting consistency and compensation. Participants (N ≈ 245) completed measures of ideological beliefs, perceived control, and action construal. Reliability analyses indicated modest internal consistency for Action Identification (α = .53) and low reliability for Locus of Control (α = .32). The six moral scenarios showed very low reliability (α = .11), indicating they captured diverse judgment domains. Binary logistic regressions revealed that political orientation, particularly its social dimension—was the strongest and most context-dependent predictor of moral choice. Economic …

Unraveling Assumed Similarities: North Korean Defector Students’ Navigation Of Social Capital And Habitus In South Korean Education, Ini Kim, Younkyung Hong

Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

This study examines North Korean defector students’ experiences navigating social and cultural norms and expectations within South Korea’s educational systems and institutions. North Korean defectors often strive to acquire and perform cultural capital and establish valid habitus in the new context, which can lead to feelings of alienation, exclusion, and discrimination. Drawing on Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital and habitus, we analyze how these norms and hierarchies are maintained and reproduced, particularly within the context of assumed cultural and linguistic homogeneity between North and South Korea. We employ critical discourse analysis (CDA), recognizing discourse as a social and socially influenced …

Isu Philharmonia String Orchestra: November 17, 2025, Samuel Chen

School of Music Programs

This is the seventy-third program of the 2025-2026 season.

Center for the Performing Arts

November 17, 2025

Monday Evening

8:00 p.m.

Trajectory Analysis Incorporating Non-Response Weights Via A Non-Parametric Feature-Based Approach And A Bayesian Finite Mixture Model Approach, Samia Sultana

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

While conducting longitudinal population-based research, the most insight concerning a phenomenon can be achieved by analyzing the changing patterns of outcomes over time, rather than depending on overall measures that may mask significant within- and between-individual variation. Trajectory analyses address this need by grouping individuals into sub-populations with similar temporal patterns. In population surveys, dropout and wave non-response can distort estimated trajectories and their prevalence. Non-response weights, defined as the inverse probabilities of response, adjust the representation of under-represented individuals and mitigate the impact of over-represented ones, so restoring the population representativeness of the resultant patterns. Nonetheless, conventional trajectory analysis …

Development And Validation Of A Narrative-Based Personal Epistemology Scale: A Rasch-Guttman Scenario Approach, Luke Walden

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Quantitative measurement of personal epistemology has faced persistent challenges, with previous instruments often demonstrating poor psychometric functioning and instability across studies. This study introduces and provides an argument for the validity of the Epistemic Reasoning Measure (ERM), a novel scenario-based instrument utilizing the Rasch Guttman Scenario (RGS) methodology to assess absolutism and multiplism across a well-structured (biology) and an ill-structured (history) domain. A pilot sample of 350 undergraduate students and a second wave of 357 undergraduate students completed the four variants of the ERM (absolutism and multiplism for both biology and history). The psychometric properties of the scales were evaluated …

Evaluating Semantic Representations In Multimodal Word Grounding, Saima Shaukat, Amir Aly, Thomas Wennekers, Angelo Cangelosi

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Word grounding tasks aim to associate individual words withcorresponding elements in visual scenes, enabling machines to link language with perception for effective human–machine interaction. However,existing grounding models struggle to generalize to synonyms or unseenlexical variants, limiting their performance in open-domain scenarios. Inthis paper, we present a Bayesian multimodal grounding model that incorporates word embeddings as priors within a probabilistic generativeprocess to improve robustness under lexical variation. We compare theeffects of static FastText and contextual BERT embeddings on grounding accuracy by conditioning word–visual associations on their semanticrepresentations. Experiments use CLEVR-generated 3D scenes pairedwith structured compositional descriptions to test the grounding of …

Water-Based Logic: The Water Heritage Of Greater Nanning And Its Role In Urban Authenticity, Tiansheng Li

Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

Water heritage plays a pivotal role in establishing Greater Nanning as a central city in the upper Pearl River basin of southern China. However, this heritage has largely been overlooked due to an urban narrative dominated by land-centrism. This article explores methods to create a comprehensive understanding of the water heritage of Greater Nanning and discusses how it can be integrated into the concept of urban authenticity. It argues that both tangible and intangible water heritages are essential elements to safeguard urban authenticity and promote sustainable cultural development. This study adopts an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, combining quantitative analysis with …

Chimes: November 17, 2025, Calvin University

Chimes

Budget cuts slash programs and faculty: Students react with grief and frustration by Sarah Sparling, Ian Tjoelker & McKenna Wilkinson

Bringing the Cretaceous to Calvin: Dice Museum reveals fossil and student artwork by Ellery Johnson

Recap: 200 students attend administration town hall by Sarah Sparling

Celebrating Calvin's Asian American and international populations by Jorie Cho

Calvin's D1 hockey on hot streak as they climb to #4 in national rankings by Hendrik Beelen & Zach Kern

Spotted turtles find their home on campus by Maya Oeverman

Student Senate allocates four thousand dollars to accessibility and sustainability projects by Ashley Hamons

Exploring Human Perception And Cognition In Expressing And Understanding Mechanical Designs, Yan-Ting Chen

Theses

Effective communication of mechanical designs through technical drawings requires geometric accuracy, efficiency, and an understanding of human perception and cognition. Although advances in computer-aided design (CAD) software have improved drawing precision and automation, current tools often overlook the spatial reasoning processes that users employ to interpret these representations. This study seeks to improve the accuracy and efficiency of human-computer interaction in CAD environments by examining how individuals perceive and interpret three-dimensional mechanical components within the context of technical drawings. A key focus is the identification of canonical and optimal views that align with intuitive human understanding. Through a series of …

Comparing Diagnostic Tools For Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Across Community And Clinical Cohorts, Luca Monzo, Olivier Huttin, Biykem Bozkurt, Kévin Duarte, Cecilia Linde, Lars H Lund, Camilla Hage, Erwan Donal, Martin Magnusson, Peter Nilsson, Margret Leosdottir, Erwan Bozec, Guillaume Baudry, Faiez Zannad, Nicolas Girerd

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Diagnosing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remains challenging, particularly in older adults. While the Heart Failure Association (HFA)-PEFF and H2FPEF Scores offer structured diagnostic approaches, their clinical utility is still debated. This study aims to compare the diagnostic accuracy of HFpEF Scores versus inclusion criteria used in sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) trials, age-adjusted N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) thresholds and the universal definition of heart failure (HF).

Methods: Diagnostic tools were assessed using sex-weighted and age-weighted propensity score adjustment in individuals aged 60-80 years from two established HFpEF cohorts (MEtabolic Road to DIAstolic Heart Failure (MEDIA), …

When Shame Leads To Silence: Leadership Style Moderates Shame, Silence, And Job Satisfaction, Andrew M. Lyman

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT Shame is a fundamental self-conscious emotion that shapes behavior and communication in the workplace. This study examined how shame interacts with leadership styles to influence employee silence and job satisfaction. Survey data were collected from 1,500 professionals across diverse industries, and statistical analyses were conducted to test nine hypotheses. Three hypotheses were assessed through direct linear regression while six moderation hypotheses were evaluated using moderated multiple linear regression models to capture leadership style as a contextual influence.

Findings indicated that shame significantly predicted higher levels of silence and lower levels of job satisfaction. Silence was also negatively associated with …

Ptbp1 Variants Displaying Altered Nucleocytoplasmic Distribution Are Responsible For A Neurodevelopmental Disorder With Skeletal Dysplasia, Aymeric Masson, Catherine Gooch, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein 1 (PTBP1) is a heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein primarily known for its alternative splicing activity. It shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm via partially overlapping N-terminal nuclear localization (NLS) and export (NES) signals. Despite its fundamental role in cell growth and differentiation, its involvement in human disease remains poorly understood. We identified 27 individuals from 25 families harboring de novo or inherited pathogenic variants - predominantly start-loss (89%) and, to a lesser extent, missense (11%) - affecting NES/NLS motifs. Affected individuals presented with a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder and variable skeletal dysplasia with disproportionate short stature with short limbs. …

High-Sensitivity Plasma Proteomics Reveals Disease-Specific Signatures And Predictive Biomarkers Of Alzheimer's Disease Phenotypes In A Large Mixed-Dementia Cohort, Katherine Gong, Jigyasha Timsina, Muhammad Ali, Yike Chen, Menghan Liu, Ciyang Wang, Cyril Pottier, Geoffrey K Feld, Gyujin Heo, Tammie L S Benzinger, Cyrus A Raji, Beau Ances, Brian A Gordon, Julie K Wisch, Suzanne E Schindler, John C Morris, David M Holtzman, Laura Ibanez, Carlos Cruchaga

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Novel plasma assays enabled accurate blood-based biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases with minimally invasive options for clinical use. Large-scale studies encompassing multiple neurodegenerative diseases using novel multiplex platforms are essential to uncover disease-specific biomarkers and pathways. We generated and analyzed plasma biomarker data using the NULISAseq™ CNS Panel from 3,232 participants with Alzheimer disease (AD), Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Parkinson disease (PD) and cognitively unimpaired individuals, from the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center. We identified proteins associated with disease status and AD-related phenotypes (Clinical Dementia Rating®, CSF Aβ42/Aβ40, Amyloid-PET, and Tau-PET). These proteins …

Facilitating Bedroom Recording Practices, Christopher William Bulgren, Jason C. Fick

Journal of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction

An increase in access to recording technology has expanded opportunities for teachers and students. One approach, bedroom recording, involves the use of low-budget hardware and software in common, untreated spaces, often in one’s home. Bedroom recording practices significantly impact the sense of place and workflow in the industry for both professionals and amateur music makers. As an art form that thrives on mobility, bedroom recording is a natural pathway for music students to achieve low-cost, self-guided recordings. The purpose of this study was to explore best practices and student interactions related to a bedroom recording project. Participants were 17 Music …

The Tax Adviser, Volume 6, Number 8, August 1975, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

Tax Trends, E. S. Linett

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

Washington Report: Tax Division’S 1975 Recommendations For Amendments To The Internal Revenue Code, Joel M. Forster, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Federal Tax Division

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

Toward Certifying Tax Specialists In Law And Accounting, Barry C. Broden, Jerome S. Horvitz

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

Pension Reform Act Of 1974: Participation Requirements (Part Ii), R. Michael Sanchez, Douglas M. Cain, James F. Wood

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

Tax Benefit Rule In Corporate Liquidations, Mark Epstein

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

Tax Trends, E. S. Linett

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.