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Differences In Graft Rupture And Subsequent Meniscal Tears Following Adolescent Acl Reconstruction Using Quadriceps Tendon Versus Hamstrings Autograft: A Retrospective Study With Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up., Morgan E. Swanson, Christopher Defrancesco, Kevin M. Landrum, David Kell, Richa Gandhi, Sulagna Sarkar, Theodore J. Ganley, Kathleen J. Maguire

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (ACLR) using quadriceps tendon (QT) autograft is associated with lower rates of graft rupture and favorable functional outcomes compared with hamstring (HS) autograft in adolescents. The ACL-deficient knee is at increased risk of injury to secondary stabilizers of the knee, including the menisci, although studies have not reported differences in rates of subsequent meniscal tear between HS and QT groups.

PURPOSE: The goal of this study was to compare rates of graft rupture and subsequent meniscal tear after adolescent ACLR using HS or QT autograft.

STUDY DESIGN: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.

METHODS: …

Clinical Validation Of Perfusion Imaging With Pulmonary Function Test Data Using Voronoi-Based Discretization, Jorge Cisneros, Caleb J. Herrera, Yi-Kuan Liu, Lisa V. Du, Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy, Richard Castillo, Girish Nair, Edward Castillo

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Objective.Accurate lung function assessment is essential for diagnosing and managing diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, pulmonary emboli, and lung cancer. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) provides valuable 3D functional imaging of ventilation and perfusion, but is limited by low spatial resolution, availability, additional radiation, and cost. Alternative methods, including CT-based perfusion (CT-P) and deep learning models, require large datasets to validate results that are often scarce. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) offer rapid and noninvasive global lung function measures and are clinically widely used. While ventilation correlates well with PFTs, perfusion imaging presents challenges due to complex blood flow and …

Association Between Functional Status And Cardiac Function In Chronic Heart Failure: Insights From The C-Mic Ii Trial., Marat Fudim, Tamara Kovacevic-Preradovic, Marija Zdravkovic, Sasko Jovev, Nermir Granov, Tanja Popov, Igor Rudez, Petar Vukovic, Velibor Ristic, Annette Holtdirk, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Faouzi Kallel, Miodrag Peric, Javed Butler, Stefan D. Anker, Dragana Kosevic, J. Eduardo Rame

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

INTRODUCTION: Relationship between changes in cardiac function, functional capacity, and patient-reported health status in heart failure (HF) remains incompletely defined, which may help inform endpoint selection and clarify how distinct clinical domains reflect treatment response.

METHODS: This post hoc analysis of the randomized cardiac microcurrent (C-MIC) II trial, which evaluated the efficacy and safety of C-MIC therapy in patients with chronic HF with reduced ejection fraction on optimal guideline-directed medical therapy, included 65 ambulatory patients with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy, New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III-IV symptoms, and baseline left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 25-35%. Correlations between changes in Kansas …

Pd-L1 Positivity Predicts A Unique Hyperaggressive Tumor Group Within Meng C Meningiomas, Vijay Nitturi, Shervin Hosseingholi Nouri, Collin English, Hsiang-Chih Lu, Elizabeth Ledbetter, Diego Rojas, Sean Lau, Malcolm Mcdonald, Jacob J Mandel, Abdul Basit Khan, Arif O Harmanci, Akdes S Harmanci, Tiemo Klisch, Akash J Patel

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

Molecular profiling has identified 3 groups of meningiomas, with MenG C tumors exhibiting the vast majority of recurrences. Efforts to find effective treatments for recurrent meningiomas have remained elusive. Higher WHO-grade meningiomas have exhibited greater Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression through various methods, but the prognostic value of PD-L1 expression has not been described in the context of molecular profiling. Additionally, trials investigating PD-1/PD-L1-targeted immunotherapies have produced disappointing results. Here, we find that PD-L1 positivity, while prevalent in MenG C tumors, does not predict recurrence in the benign MenG A and B tumors. PD-L1 positivity also occurs independently of …

Single-Layer Spherical (Sls) Vs Single-Layer (Sl) Woven Endobridge (Web) Device In The Treatment Of Narrow-Neck Intracranial Aneurysms: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis, Hamza Adel Salim, Vivek Yedavalli, Fathi Milhem, Nimer Adeeb, Basel Musmar, Muhammed Amir Essibayi, Motaz Daraghma, Mahmoud Dibas, Nicole M. Cancelliere, Jose Danilo Bengzon Diestro, Oktay Algin, Sherief Ghozy, Sovann V. Lay, Adrien Guenego, Leonardo Renieri, Joseph Carnevale, Guillaume Saliou, Panagiotis Mastorakos, Kareem El Naamani, Eimad Shotar, Markus Möhlenbruch, Michael Kral, Charlotte Chung, Mohamed M. Salem, Ivan Lylyk, Paul M. Foreman, Hamza Shaikh, Vedran Župančić, Muhammad U. Hafeez, Joshua Catapano, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammet Arslan, Onur Ergun, James D. Rabinov, Julian Maingard, Clemens M. Schirmer, Mariangela Piano, Anna L. Kühn, Caterina Michelozzi, Robert M. Starke, Ameer Hassan, Mark Ogilvie, Anh Nguyen, Jesse Jones, Waleed Brinjikji, Marie T. Nawka, Marios Psychogios, Christian Ulfert, Bryan Pukenas, Jan-Karl Burkhardt, Thien Huynh, Juan Carlos Martinez-Gutierrez, Sunil A. Sheth, Diana Slawski, Rabih Tawk, Benjamin Pulli, Boris Lubicz, Pietro Panni, Ajit S. Puri, Guglielmo Pero, Eytan Raz, Christoph J. Griessenauer, Hamed Asadi, Adnan Siddiqui, Elad I. Levy, Neil Haranhalli, David Altschul, Andrew F. Ducruet, Felipe C. Albuquerque, Robert W. Regenhardt, Christopher J. Stapleton, Peter Kan, Vladimir Kalousek, Pedro Lylyk, Srikanth Boddu, Jared Knopman, Stavropoula I. Tjoumakaris, Hugo H. Cuellar-Saenz, Pascal M. Jabbour, Frédéric Clarençon, Nicola Limbucci, Vitor Mendes Pereira, Aman B. Patel, Max Wintermark, Adam A. Dmytriw

Department of Neurosurgery Faculty Papers

Data on the use of Woven EndoBridge (WEB) devices in the treatment of narrow-neck intracranial aneurysms (NNA) are limited. We compared the efficacy and safety of single-layer (SL) and single-layer spherical (SLS) WEB devices in treating NNA. We conducted a multicenter retrospective analysis of adult patients with NNA (neck ≤ 4 mm and width-to-neck ratio ≥ 2) treated with SL or SLS WEB devices between January 2011 and December 2022. Patients with fusiform or blister aneurysms, adjunctive treatments, or devices other than SL or SLS were excluded. Propensity score matching was used to adjust for confounding variables. Outcomes included procedural …

Navigating Homelessness And Housing Accessibility: An Ethnography Of Guests At Operation Nightwatch, Chase Kawika Patton

Dissertations and Theses

In 2025, over 7,000 individuals in Portland, Oregon experiencing unsheltered homelessness are without access to shelter or transitional housing. In this resource gap Operation Nightwatch (ON) provides material support for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in the University District neighborhood of downtown Portland. This study focused on the experiences of chronically homeless guests of Nightwatch as they navigated homelessness and housing access. The study relied on semi-structured interviews with staff and guests and on-site participant observation to determine the availability of support to access housing in a system governed by Coordinated Access and the Housing First model. Primary research took place …

Ten Years Real-World Experience With Sacubitril/Valsartan In Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, Gianluigi Savarese, Christian Basile, Alexandre Mebazaa, Antoni Bayes-Genis, Seok Min Kang, Byung-Su Yoo, Carlos Eid, Biykem Bozkurt, Javed Butler

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Introduction: Sacubitril/valsartan (Sac/Val) represents a cornerstone of heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) management. This systematic review provides a comprehensive overview of real-world evidence (RWE) regarding the implementation, clinical effectiveness, and safety of Sac/Val in patients with HFrEF.

Methods: A systematic literature search of PubMed was conducted through March 2024 following PRISMA guidelines.

Results: The review included 45 manuscripts from 30 different studies, primarily from Europe (44%) and the US (30%). RWE confirmed that Sac/Val was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular mortality (10%-16%), HF hospitalization (10%-38%), and all-cause mortality (10%-25%). Sac/Val was significantly associated with cardiac …

Circulating Ketone Bodies And Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes And Mortality: Insights From The Uk Biobank, Parag Anilkumar Chevli, Saeid Mirzai, Richard Kazibwe, Jeff Kingsley, Alexis C Wood, Joseph Yeboah, Leandro Slipczuk, Anurag Mehta, Harpreet S Bhatia, Ambarish Pandey, Michael D Shapiro

Children’s Nutrition Research Center Staff Publications

Background: Ketone bodies (KB) are endogenous energy sources synthesized by the liver in response to metabolic stress. Their associations with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), heart failure (HF), and mortality and their potential beneficial or harmful effects have yet to be determined. This study aimed to examine the association between KB and incident cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in a large general population cohort free from ASCVD and HF at baseline.

Methods: This analysis included 90 987 participants (mean age 56.4 ± 8.1 years; 54.7% women) from the UK Biobank without prevalent ASCVD or HF. KB were measured by nuclear magnetic resonance …

Tubulin Transforms Tau And Α-Synuclein Condensates From Pathological To Physiological, Lathan Lucas, Phoebe S Tsoi, My Diem Quan, Kyoung-Jae Choi, Josephine C Ferreon, Allan Chris M Ferreon

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Proteins undergo phase separation to form membraneless condensates that spatially organize biomolecular interactions. These condensates can support cellular physiology or instigate pathological protein aggregation. Tau and α-synuclein (αSyn) are neuronal proteins that form heterotypic Tau:αSyn condensates associated with physiological and pathological processes. Tau and αSyn regulate microtubules, but also misfold and co-deposit in aggregates linked to neurodegenerative disease, highlighting the ambivalent impact of Tau:αSyn condensation in health and disease. Here, we show that Tubulin modulates Tau:αSyn condensates by promoting microtubule interactions and inhibiting homotypic and heterotypic pathological oligomers. In the absence of Tubulin, Tau-driven condensation accelerates formation of pathogenic Tau:αSyn …

Pharmacologic And Oncohistone Inhibition Of Setd2 Converge On Genomic Instability, Alyssa T Paparella, Ashley G Boice, In Young Park, Rajkishor Nishad, Durga Tripathi, Seth A Nelson, Edward W Pietryk, H Josh Jang, Ian J Frew, W Kimryn Rathmell, Frank M Mason, Cristian Coarfa, Ruhee Dere, Cheryl Lyn Walker

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background/objectives: SETD2 is a dual-function methyltransferase important for methylation of histone H3 at lysine 36 and α-tubulin in spindle microtubules. Genetic inactivation of SETD2 during oncogenesis drives loss of H3K36me3, genomic instability, and cancer progression. This study asked if disruption of genomic stability was a canonical feature of SETD2 inactivation via different pathways.

Methods: We evaluated the impact of EPZ-719, a pharmacologic SETD2 inhibitor, and an H3.3K36M mutant histone ("oncohistone") that binds and sequesters SETD2, on methylation activity and genomic stability in human cell lines. SETD2 activity was measured using in vitro methylation assays, H3K36me3 loss confirmed by Western analysis, …

Youmatter: A Nursing Workforce Study, Stacy L. Pryor

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The sustainability and health of the nursing profession are immediate and pressing concerns. Despite decades of research, nurses continue to struggle with high levels of stress and burnout, raising concerns about patient safety and error risk. One in 10 patients is estimated to experience an adverse patient event, with half being preventable, underscoring the need to understand the factors that affect stress among nurses and the subsequent risk of adverse patient events. This dissertation has the following aims: 1) to evaluate whether cognitive failure risk that could lead to an adverse patient event was associated with subjective measures of stress, …

The Bidirectional Effects Of Engaging In Hazard Perception And Work-Related Phone Calls, Hannah V. Pannell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This research investigates the bidirectional effects of conducting work-related phone negotiations during a driving task. With the prevalence of multitasking in today's fast-paced environments, understanding the effects of dual-task interference is critical for enhancing road safety and workplace efficiency. Experiment 1 established a foundational understanding that multitasking negatively affects both driving ability and negotiation outcomes. Experiment 2 employed an accomplice script to standardize negotiation quality, revealing that while dual-tasking again impaired driving performance, focused negotiators earned more points on the integrative items and overall. Analyses of negotiation behaviors further indicate differences in the use of distributive behaviors. Together, these experiments …

Movement And Momentum, V. 45, Carissa Dicindio

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

No abstract provided.

Boundless Community: A Developing Disability Arts Movement, Sarah K. Benson, Khaldoun Hijazin, Alaa Qattam, Suha Khuffash

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

Over several years, individual organizations in Jordan have been focused on increasing the participation of individuals with disabilities in the arts. Increasing inclusion can provide a powerful tool to create visibility, amplify marginalized voices and disrupt normative narratives. However, these isolated efforts had a limited impact until a cohesive effort borne by a burgeoning community of practice led to the first Amman Arts and Disability Summit. Bringing together youth, artists and gallery owners, the movement leaders are using models of social learning and communities of practice to create a more inclusive arts community. The movement stands on the precipice of …

Sparks Of Creative Agency In Arts Education: Flashpoints Of Social Injustice To Imagine Otherwise, Sarah Travis, Kendall Crabbe

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

This paper examines how experiences of social injustice can become sparks of creative agency in arts education and thus can lead collective forces towards social justice. Drawing from critical social theoretical perspectives on arts equity, creative agency, and transformational resistance, the authors engage flashpoint methodology to highlight pivotal moments documenting experiences from their respective research studies of youth arts education programs. These pivotal experiential moments—flashpoints—reveal insights into how disruptive and disorienting experiences of social injustice can spark creative agency and facilitate collective movement toward social justice.

Artist Statements As Colectiva: Informed By Lived Experiences And Anzaldúan Theories, Christen Sperry García, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Alexis Marie Ramos

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

As visual artists, our ability to explain process and convey meaning in our work is very important. Our BFA and MFA studio art programs trained us to write clear, concise, and universal artist statements. We were encouraged to highlight the concepts behind our visual work and discouraged from including our personal narratives or employing Chicane or Latine bodies of knowledge. In response, we apply theories and methodologies by Gloria Anzaldúa to our artist statements. First, we offer a framework of testimonio, Borderlands theory, and autohistoria-teoría. Using the methodology of nepantlando, a creative doing of existing in-between worlds, we …

The Impact Of Artificial Intelligence Applications On Contract Theory: A Comparative Study, Dr. Kazem Hammadi Yousif Al-Halfi

Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University Journal of Legal Studies

This research aims to study the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications, particularly smart contracts and smart agents, on the traditional rules of contract theory in civil law. The study analyzes and compares the extent to which the legislation and judiciary in Iraqi and Egyptian law (belonging to the Latin Civil Law family), French law (the historical origin), and English law (belonging to the Common Law family) accommodate the challenges posed by AI to the essential elements of a contract, primarily consent, object, and cause, in addition to the problem of legal liability arising from the errors of these applications. …

Pengadilan Agama Di Indonesia, H. Ichtijanto S.A., S.H.

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Abstract

Impact Of Recycled Aggregate On Bond Behavior Between Concrete And Steel Bars: A Systematic Review, Nada Sahmi, Eyad Sayhood, Nisreen Mohammed

Engineering and Technology Journal

The use of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) in structural applications has considerably increased in order to minimize the environmental effects of concrete buildings. Bond is a crucial characteristic of reinforced concrete that relates to the adhesion between the reinforcing steel and the surrounding concrete. This systematic review presents a comprehensive examination of the bond characteristics of steel bars and recycled coarse aggregate concrete RAC In addition, several components influencing both the load-slip curve and the failure mechanisms of RAC specimens were presented and discussed. Furthermore, prediction equations for bond strength and models of the bond-slip relationship between RAC and steel …

Documents On German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945, From The Archives Of The German Foreign Ministry., AuswäRtiges Amt Germany

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-< 1983>

Call #: JX691 .A45

Contains underlining and marginal lining

PDF information: 31 Pages - 12MB

Between Peaks And Traditions: Indigenous Andean Women Mountaineers, Hybrid Identities, And Decolonial Resistance Through Sport, Ilina Arsova, Lars Dzikus

Journal of Global South Sport Studies

This paper explores the hybrid identities of Indigenous Bolivian women mountaineers, focusing on how they embrace and resist elements of both Indigenous and Western traditions through sports. Challenging dominant Western narratives of mountaineering (Rak, 2021), these women engage in climbing as an act of cultural preservation (Haynes, 2013; Rak, 2021) and gender advocacy (U.N. Women, 2021). Informed by Indigenous feminism (Caravajal, 2019; Green, 2020) and social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1979), the study explores the intersections of gender, culture, and mountain sports in the South American Andes. Through an interpretivist lens, this study uses narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, …

Evaluating The Interpolation Techniques For Completing The Soil Data And Mapping Jazan City, Saudi Arabia, Using Gis, Ehab Sabi, Mahmoud Abdelrahim Abdelgiom

Yanbu Journal of Engineering and Science

The goal of the study is to determine which of the chosen interpolation techniques is optimal for forecasting soil characteristics in unmeasured areas for infrastructure and building projects. The study also incorporates geotechnical data from 23 regional boreholes with the UNESCO soil classification system developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The mapping and accuracy of different interpolation techniques were assessed using ArcGIS 10.4. Additionally, Spline, Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW), Kriging, Natural Neighbor, and Radial Basis Functions are used to assess the precision and efficacy of several interpolation techniques. The investigation's conclusions showed that the ``natural neighbor'' strategy was …

Civil Liability In Airbnb Transactions And The Legal Gaps In Consumer Protection In Vietnam, Tuan Ngoc Tran

International Journal on Consumer Law and Practice

The rapid growth of the collaborative or sharing economy has posed numerous challenges to traditional legal systems, particularly in relation to short-term accommodation. As a decentralized, intermediary platform, Airbnb raises complex legal issues concerning the allocation of civil liability, enforceability of contracts, and mechanisms for consumer protection. In the context of Vietnamese law, where there is a lack of clear regulatory frameworks to govern digital platforms, consumers risk having their rights infringed without effective legal remedies. The article focuses on three core issues: the legal classification of hosts on Airbnb, the enforceability of clickwrap contracts, and the cross-border enforceability of …

Tools For Inclusive Practices In Higher Education Content Courses: A Faculty's Search For Solutions, Deborah Pfeifer, Sharon Graham

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Making sure the needs of both native speakers and English Language Learners (ELLs) are being met in university content courses can be a balancing act, especially during times when traditional campus resources may not be available due to budget constraints. This project explores preferences faculty have for fulfillment of unmet needs.

Section Iii -- College Of Liberal Arts Policies And Procedures (Updated 03/02/2026), All Faculty

Faculty Handbooks

No abstract provided.

Founding Mothers: How Women Shaped The American Revolution, Rosemarie Zagarri

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series

This talk discusses the legal and political status of women prior to the American Revolution, followed by a discussion of their activities and mobilization in support of the American Revolution. Particular attention is paid to specific women such as Phillis Wheatley, Esther DeBerdt Reed, and the women of New Jersey who were allowed to vote under the NJ Constitution of 1776.

Korean Words In The Oed: Race, Gender, And The Modern English Speaker, Elaine W. Chun

Faculty Publications

This article examines representations of the Modern English Speaker of Korean (MESK) in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), as lexicographers listened to and documented the language of this figure over the past century. I show that, until the early twenty-first century, the most salient type of MESK was the Koreanist, a white, masculine expert on and translator of Korean, the language of a racial other. By contrast, more recent Korean entries, influenced by the global spread of hallyu, have invoked the Korea Fan, a figure that potentially unsettles longstanding ideologies of language, race, and gender. I …

Influence Of Pulse Width On Energy Deposition And Temperature In Nanosecond-Pulsed Discharges, Christopher B. Reuter, Joshua B. Sinrud, Tanvir I. Farouk, Nicholas S. Dewey, Dmitri Kaganovich

Faculty Publications

Nanosecond-pulsed discharges are a promising method to enhance combustion but can generate significant levels of electromagnetic interference (EMI). Modifying the discharge pulse width is an unexplored option to reduce EMI, but few studies have examined how changing the pulse width affects discharge parameters such as energy and temperature. This study addresses this issue by systematically investigating how the pulse width affects the energy per pulse, breakdown time, rotational temperature, and vibrational temperature in air across different frequencies, flow velocities, and gap distances in a plasma-assisted flow tube. It is observed that the pulse width has a substantial impact on the …

Rising Sun: The Musical Legacy Of Clarence "Tom" Ashley, The Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University

The Reece Museum Exhibition Publications

Clarence “Tom” Ashley (September 29, 1895 - June 2, 1967) was a musician from Mountain City, Tennessee. Ashley began making music at medicine shows and local fiddlers’ conventions as early as 1911. Notably, Ashley participated in the Mountain City Fiddlers Convention in May 1925, an event that is considered to have helped launch the modern country music industry by catching the attention of recording executives in the years leading up to the historic Bristol Sessions (1927-1928) and Johnson City Sessions (1928-1929). Ashley was recorded during the historic 1929 Johnson City Sessions as both a solo artist and as a member …

Adolph Michelin V. Warden Moshannon Valley Correctional Center

2026 Decisions

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