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Editorial: A Decade Of Apasti – Advancing Regional Prosperity Through Science, Technology And Innovation, Basilios Tsikouras

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

A decade after its establishment, APASTI has emerged as a key regional mechanism for promoting science, technology and innovation as drivers of sustainable development, resilience, and shared prosperity in Southeast Asia. This editorial highlights the contributions of APASTI to policy alignment, knowledge exchange, research visibility, and collaborative network-building across ASEAN, while also acknowledging ongoing constraints related to governance, capacity, funding disparities, and uneven regional integration. It introduces a special issue of 14 papers published in AJSTD that collectively evaluate the implementation and impact of APASTI across diverse sectors, including geohazards, energy, materials, health, infrastructure, transport, and information systems. By positioning …

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment With Rapid Visual Screening Of Hospital Buildings In Maguindanao Province, Philippines, Ebrahim B. Kayog, Kristine S. Companion, Kenny B. Cantila, Elizabeth Edan M. Albiento

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

Hospitals are expected to maintain operations during and after earthquakes, yet many facilities in the Philippines remain structurally and non-structurally vulnerable. This study evaluates the seismic vulnerability of selected public hospitals in Maguindanao Province, located near the Cotabato Trench and the Western Mindanao Fault, using the FEMA P-154 (3rd ed.) Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) Level-1 procedure. Four government hospitals, comprising 53 buildings constructed between 1980 and 2025, were assessed through a systematic visual inspection and review of available secondary records. Basic structural hazard scores were adjusted using FEMA score modifiers (performance modification factors) to compute Final Level-1 scores (Sₗ₁) and …

Influence Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Uav) Payloads And Flight Speeds On Pesticide Droplet Deposition: Indoor Testing Rig Study, Siti Amni Ismail, Azmi Yahya, Ahmad Suhaizi Mat Su, Anas Mohd Mustafah, Norhayu Asib

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

This study aims to determine droplet deposition resulting from dynamic change in payloads and flight speeds of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) during operation. The study was conducted at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia. The Advansia A1 hexacopter was first set to fly at combinations of 3 payloads (3.3, 6.6, and 9.9 kg) with 3 flight speeds (3, 5 and 7 m/s) to collect individual rotor RPM, which will later be used to set the rotors’ speed during indoor testing experiment. During the experiment, actual pesticide (Alosa EC) was used at 0.5% concentration in the spray deposition test. The droplet deposition …

Macro-Ergonomic And Organizational Behavior Mapping For Organic Waste Management Using Hofstede Culture In Semarang, Indonesia : Pca & Sem Analysis Using Smart Pls, Ratih Setyaningrum, Sahana Pramukti, Ravindran Balasubramani

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

Waste management has a very close and complex relationship with community behavior and culture . This relationship is two-way: community culture influences how waste is managed, and conversely, waste management practices can shape or change culture. This study to assess the organizational behavior related to organic waste management. Employing a quantitative methodology, data were gathered using the Hofstede Values Survey Module 13 (VSM 13) - closed questionnaire, with 109 Semarang city Community participants responding via a Google Form. The collected data were analyzed utilizing Hofstede's prescribed formula. The next stage is PCA (Principal Component Analysis) and SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) …

Safety And Sustainability In The Domestic Ferry Sector : A Pci Framework For Esg-Aligned Maritime Governance, Mirza Zeeshan Baig

World Maritime University Ph.D. Dissertations

The domestic ferry sector is a significant component of maritime transportation. It strengthens social ties, supports economic growth and connects communities. Despites its importance, this industry faces ongoing challenges. These include fragmented governance, operational adequacies, safety risks and environmental concerns. The study deals with these issues by combining a systems-based approach with governance and change management theories. It examines the interplay between human, technical and organizational aspects. The study integrates the rule-based and rights-based maritime governance along with the Lewin’s three stage change management model (Unfreeze, Change, and Refreeze).

At the core of the study is the development of a …

การเข้าถึงบริการด้านสุขภาพและความต้องการในวาระท้ายของผู้ต้องขังสูงวัยในเรือนจำ, ปริญญา หวันเหล็ม, ภาวิกา ศรีรัตนบัลล์

Journal of Social Sciences

บทความฉบับนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาสภาวะของบริการด้านสุขภาพ และการเข้าถึงของระบบราชทัณฑ์ไทยในการดูแลแบบประคับประคองและการดูแลในวาระท้าย โดยอาศัยแนวคิดสิทธิมนุษยชน สิทธิผู้ต้องขัง แนวคิดการดูแลแบบประคับประคอง และกรอบข้อบังคับระดับสากลและข้อกฎหมายระดับประเทศ ทั้งนี้ ยังมุ่งศึกษาแนวทางการให้บริการด้านสุขภาพในมิติของการดูแลในระยะท้าย ความต้องการของผู้ต้องขังสูงวัยในเรือนจำ และรูปแบบการจัดการกับการตายในเรือนจำ ผ่านกลไกของราชทัณฑ์ไทยที่มีทีมสหวิชาชีพต่าง ๆ เข้ามาให้บริการผู้ต้องขังในระยะท้าย การศึกษาครั้งนี้อาศัยการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ และมีข้อค้นพบประการสำคัญว่า สภาพความเป็นอยู่ของผู้ต้องขังป่วยต้องเผชิญความยากลำบากในเรือนจำ ซึ่งส่งผลให้เกิดความเสี่ยงต่อความเจ็บป่วยได้ง่าย สภาพแวดล้อมของเรือนจำไม่สอดรับกับวัยสูงอายุ อย่างไรก็ตาม ผู้ต้องขังสูงวัยในวาระท้ายของชีวิตได้รับบริการทางการแพทย์ที่มีมาตรฐานสากลเทียบเท่าการรักษาในโรงพยาบาลภายนอก ด้วยทีมสหวิชาชีพที่มีความเชี่ยวชาญ ทั้งยังมีบริการระบบการให้เยี่ยมออนไลน์สำหรับผู้ต้องขังในวาระท้ายในเรือนจำ และความต้องการในวาระสุดท้ายของชีวิตผู้ต้องขังในเรือนจำ คือ การได้ “กลับบ้าน” ที่นับเป็นข้อค้นพบสำคัญ และเป็นความหวังสุดท้ายก่อนสิ้นลมหายใจ

Implementing Noninvasive Capnography Monitoring To Enhance Early Recognition Of Postoperative Respiratory Decline In High-Risk Patients: A Quality Improvement Project, Trevor A. Messenger

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Abstract

Implementing Noninvasive Capnography Monitoring to Enhance Early Recognition of Postoperative Respiratory Decline in High-Risk Patients: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Trevor Messenger

Background: Those suffering from chronic respiratory disease, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), obesity, and other serious comorbidities are at an increased risk of respiratory decline after receiving general anesthesia. Respiratory decline leads to adverse outcomes, including increased hospital length of stay, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, morbidity, and mortality.

Purpose: To improve the safety of postoperative patients at risk for OSA, and to reduce adverse events and airway interventions by enhancing the monitoring capabilities of bedside clinicians with waveform …

All-Terrain Vehicle Injuries Among Youth: A Multidimensional Analysis Of Injury Patterns In West Virginia And Safety Laws Across High-Fatality States, Sabrina Chyann Beal

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) pose significant injury risks, particularly among youth. These powerful machines are widely used across recreational and rural settings. West Virginia consistently ranks among the top five states for ATV-related deaths and injuries. Safety equipment and requirements are often not followed nor enforced, causing children and adolescents to be the most vulnerable group because they tend to not wear safety equipment such as helmets, ride on roadways, carry passengers, and operate oversized ATVS. This study examined ATV injury patterns from the WVU Medicine Trauma Registry and ATV laws across the five states with the highest reported fatalities. This …

Understanding Implementation Of Engineering Practices In Primary Grades Through Practitioner Literature, Marcie L. Raol

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This document analysis of elementary science education practitioner literature, namely Science Activities and Science and Children, between the years of 2009-2022 was completed to gain an understanding of the ways in which engineering practices have been implemented in primary grade classrooms over time. The Next Generation of Science Standards (NGSS) were released in 2013 and provided national standards that integrated engineering into the structure of science education. One justification for this inclusion was to help students solve major societal and environmental challenges of the future. The research divided the years into three time periods in order to provide a …

Code Blue Narrator Documentation: An Evidence Based Quality Improvement Initiative, Stefanie A. Benvenuto

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Background: The code documenter plays a crucial role in ensuring accurate, real-time documentation during Code Blue events, which is critical for patient care and compliance with established guidelines and protocols. However, nurses have reported discomfort with the Code Narrator tool in EPIC, which has hindered effective documentation during these high-pressure situations.

Purpose: The lack of comfort in using the Code Narrator tool has led to inconsistent and inaccurate documentation during Code Blue events, potentially impacting the effectiveness of the response and patient outcomes, such as the achievement of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).

Intervention: An educational competency …

Kierkegaard And Socrates: Understanding The Role Of Socratic Irony In Kierkegaard’S Authorship, Leif Gajkowski

Student Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Quiet Please! Ethical Considerations On New York City’S War On Noise, Jazlyn Moreno

Student Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Creation Of An Andean Body: Early Andean State Reliance On A Gendered Division Of Labor, Emma Showalter

Student Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Experimental Characterization And Computational Modeling Of Rate-Dependent Phase Changes In Aromatic Donor-Acceptor Columnar Assemblies, Takao Ido

Student Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Magmatic Evolution Of Benchmark Butte, Central Cascades, Or, Thea L. Pederson

Student Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Can You Hear The Music? Reexamining The Gender Gap In Physics, Camille Johnson

Dean James E. McLeod Freshman Writing Prize

Examining the gender gap in physics through looking at physics’ reliance on “physical intuition” and how it impacts women in physics. Among STEM disciplines, physics stands out for its persistent and striking gender imbalance. While gender disparities exist across all science fields, physics consistently reports some of the lowest levels of female participation. According to a 2017-2021 study by the American Physical Society, only 23% of bachelor’s degrees were awarded to women, in stark contrast to 42% in math, 52% in chemistry, and 64% in biological sciences. This sharp divide highlights how physics remains uniquely gendered, even within the broader …

If Father Was Mother: Gendering Leadership In The Film Conclave, Theseus Kreicbergs

Dean James E. McLeod Freshman Writing Prize

An exploration of Roman Catholic gender roles and their related real-life discourses via the 2024 film Conclave, based on the novel by Robert Harris

Translanguaging: Leveraging Theoretical Shifts Toward Social Change, Sara E. Vogel, Ofelia Garcia

Publications and Research

Translanguaging posits that all people make meaning, communicate, and learn by orchestrating heterogeneous features from a unitary repertoire in ways that defy named languages and other socially constructed language categorizations. In this chapter, we share insights about translanguaging theory for applied linguistics by revisiting themes we surfaced in an encyclopedia article we authored a half-decade ago, specifically reconsidering our 2017 tenets in light of scholarship that has (a) deepened translanguaging's relationships to dismantling social and political hierarchies; (b) emphasized how translanguaging has been used to highlight the heterogeneity of all language-in-use, and not just the practices of those people recognized …

Tsai Today (2025), Southern Methodist University, Dedman School Of Law, Tsai Center For Law, Science And Innovation

Tsai Today

No abstract provided.

Opportunities For Inter-Cultural Awareness In The Education Of Dental Hygienists, Elizabeth J. Sandell, Lynnette Engeswick

Elementary and Literacy Education Department Publications

Professional standards require that dental hygienists deliver culturally appropriate services and demonstrate respect for patients whose cultural beliefs and values may conflict with normative clinical recommendations. The present study provided a snapshot of undergraduate students in one dental hygiene education program about the students' Intercultural competence (ICC): "the capability to understand and adapt behavior to cultural differences and commonality accurately." Rather than a longitudinal study of a student cohort, investigators sought to understand if program outcomes were congruent with the stated visions and missions of the university, co llege, and department. The participants completed an Informed Consent before taking the …

The Economics Of Healthcare Fraud, Jetson Leder-Luis, Anup Malani

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

Healthcare fraud imposes a sizable cost on U.S. public healthcare budgets and distorts health care provision. We examine the economics of health care fraud and enforcement using theory and data and connect to a growing literature on the topic. We first offer a new economic definition of health care fraud that captures and connects the wide range of activities prosecuted as fraud. We define fraud as any divergence between the care an insurer says a patient qualifies for, the care a provider provides, and the care a provider bills for. Our definition clarifies the economic consequences of different categories of …

Can Ai Hold Office Hours?, Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Amy R. Motomura, Jason Reinecke, Jonathan S. Masur

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

Rapid improvements in AI tools offer transformative opportunities in legal education, including the possibility of students using AI tools to answer questions that students might otherwise ask during office hours. But a critical challenge is the accuracy of these tools’ responses. Both general-purpose and law-specific AI models have been shown to “hallucinate” incorrect responses to a range of legal questions. Here, we evaluate the current capabilities of AI models when given the more constrained task of answering questions about a specific legal text. We provided three AI tools—OpenAI’s GPT-4o, Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Google’s NotebookLM—with the text of Masur …

Structural Logics Of Presidential Immunity, Aziz Z. Huq

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

In Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court wrought two new presidential immunities from criminal prosecution. Supplemented by a pair of penumbral evidentiary rules, these inhibit criminal indictment or conviction of the president, and indeed many subordinate officials, across many imaginable fact-patterns. The Court justified this result on consequentialist, not originalist or precedential, grounds. But its analysis of immunity’s effects was radically incomplete. It focused narrowly on the person of the president, eschewing any attempt to situate or relate that individual’s incentives and behavior to the wider institutional contexts of the executive branch at large or the partisan-political environment of …

The Society Cases, Adam A. Davidson

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.

Remedies In The Officer Removal Cases, Samuel L. Bray

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

When an officer challenges her removal by the president, what relief is available? This Article shows that the appropriate remedy will typically be a declaratory judgment. The interim relief question is harder. The suggestion here is that if an officer sues immediately to challenge her removal, there should be a presumption that the federal courts will prevent her removal during the pendency of the litigation. Otherwise, the presumption should be against interim relief. This approach is grounded in the principles of equity, and it prevents “flipping” back and forth in who occupies the office during the litigation.

Highest Risk Density Region For The Communication Of The Impact Of A Treatment Covariate On The Time-To-Event Distribution, Giacomo Biganzoli, Giuseppe Marano Phd, Patrizia Boracchi Phd

COBRA Preprint Series

Analysis of time-to-event (TTE) data is central to clinical research, yet conventional summary measures like the hazard ratio (HR) and restricted mean survival time (RMST) present significant challenges. The HR is often misinterpreted, and its validity depends on the frequently violated proportional hazards assumption, while the RMST is highly sensitive to the choice of time horizon. This paper introduces two novel, assumption-free estimands to address these limitations: the Highest Risk Density Region (HRDR) and the Highest Net Risk Difference Region (HNRDR).

The HRDR identifies the narrowest time interval containing a pre-specified probability mass of events, directly answering the clinical question: …

Fear Of Balancing, William Baude

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

As a new Supreme Court majority settles into a new era of constitutional adjudication, the Justices will confront important methodological questions. How are they to go about interpreting the Constitution? In the Second Amendment case of United States v. Rahimi,1 many of the Justices wrote separately to debate broader methodological questions about constitutional interpretation. They expressed a shared desire to turn away from judicial “balancing” of interests in adjudicating constitutional rights in favor of founding-era understandings. That is a healthy instinct, but founding-era understandings may in truth lead to balancing, so maintaining an originalist approach and an opposition to balancing …

Fault And Cyberattack Diagnosis And Handling Via Large Language Models And State Prediction For Manufacturing And Quantum Systems, Jihan Abou Halloun

Wayne State University Dissertations

In the digitalization era and Smart Manufacturing, companies are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) across multiple sectors, including process engineering optimization, process control and fault detection, to enhance efficiency and engineering decision making. Although AI and ML are widely used in anomaly detection and handling, there are still areas where it has been less explored. One of the major areas where AI’s potential in manufacturing needs to be characterized is with respect to the applications of large language models (LLMs) in manufacturing troubleshooting for fault/attack handling. A second major area where the potential of …

Development And Application Of Enhanced Sampling Techniques For Investigating Protein Interactions And Drug Discovery, Timothy Hasse

Wayne State University Dissertations

Understanding the dynamics of protein–protein and protein–ligand interactions is critical for elucidating biological function and guiding drug discovery. However, many such processes involve rare events and high energy barriers that are difficult to capture with conventional molecular dynamics (MD). Enhanced sampling techniques extend the reach of MD, enabling access to biologically relevant transitions and thermodynamic properties. In the first project, Gaussian accelerated MD (GaMD) was used to study the MEIG1–PACRG complex, a key regulator of sperm flagellar assembly. Simulations of wildtype and mutant MEIG1 (W50A, Y68A) revealed mutation-specific disruptions to the binding interface and identified druggable pockets, particularly on PACRG. …

Gettysburg College Journal Of The Civil War Era 2025

The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era

No abstract provided.