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The Janus-Faced 1825 Civil Code: Legal Professionalism While Looking Backwards Into The Horrific Past And Glancing Forward Into The Future, Michael H. Rubin

Louisiana Law Review

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The Greater Burden: Mapping The Lines On The Servient Estate, Martha Thibaut

Louisiana Law Review

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The Nonprobate “Civil” War In Louisiana, Part I: Pods And Tods, Omg!, Ronald J. Scalise Jr.

Louisiana Law Review

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Limiting Liability For Negligently Inflicted Emotional Distress Absent Physical Harm In Louisiana: Moresi Revisited And Misapplied In Spencer V. Valero, James Étienne Viator, Aubrey Dawn Rector

Louisiana Law Review

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The Calm After The Storm: The Louisiana Electric Utility Storm Recovery Securitization Act And Its Effect On Future Storm Recovery, Nathan Jagot

Louisiana Law Review

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Bangladesh In Transition: Testing Democratization In South Asia And The Indo-Pacific, Rudabeh Shahid

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article argues that Bangladesh’s post-crisis transition following Sheikh Hasina’s 2024 exit as prime minister marks a pivotal moment for democratization with implications for South Asia’s stability and the Indo-Pacific strategic framework. Using Stanley J. Wiechnik’s democratization framework, the study examines the phases of liberalization, transition, and consolidation in Bangladesh’s polarized and factionalized society. Drawing on news reports and policy documents, it examines domestic instability and pressures of geopolitical competition between China and India. The findings provide actionable insights for policymakers and military practitioners, emphasizing the need for strategic engagement to support democratic consolidation and manage regional security interests.

Performance Of 123i-Ioflupane Spect Striatal Binding In Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Emily F. Maly, Frank P. Difilippo, Brittany Lapin, Yadi Li, Sarah Berman, Andrea C. Bozoki, Jori E. Fleisher, James E. Galvin, David J. Irwin, Carol F. Lippa, Irene Litvan, Debby W. Tsuang, Cyrus P. Zabetian, Angela S. Taylor, Lynn M. Bekris, Oscar L. Lopez, Douglas Galasko, James B. Leverenz

Department of Neurology Faculty Papers

INTRODUCTION: We aimed to determine whether ¹²³I-ioflupane single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) striatal binding ratio (SBR) correlated with parkinsonian motor symptoms in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and if SBR predicts worsening of parkinsonism over time.

METHODS: A retrospective cohort study of the U.S. Dementia with Lewy Bodies Consortium dataset including individuals with DLB with baseline ¹²³I-ioflupane SPECT analyzed with DaTQUANT and baseline and 24-month Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale–Part III (MDS-UPDRS-III). A subset had cerebrospinal fluid α-synuclein seed amplification assay (SAA) evaluation.

RESULTS: Baseline mean SBRs were significant predictors of baseline and 24-month MDS-UPDRS-III …

First-Generation Black And Latinx Students And Their Perceived Level Of Postsecondary Education Preparedness, Shawanna Burton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

First-generation Black and Latinx students report challenges of belonging and preparation in the transition to college. Limited research on these experiences hinders counselors’ support for these students. The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to explore first-generation Black and Latinx college students’ meaning of their high school experiences. A hermeneutic phenomenology conceptual framework was used to explore the lived experiences of first-generation Black and Latinx college students, focusing on how guidance from high school counselors influenced their sense of belonging, persistence, and degree attainment in postsecondary education. Data were collected from nine participants through semistructured interviews and analyzed using …

Postpartum Conversion Type 2 Diabetes In African American Women With Gestational Diabetes, Guerino Tondreau

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains a significant public health concern in the United States, with non-Hispanic Black women bearing a disproportionately high burden of the disease. Although this group has a lower overall prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), those who develop GDM face an increased risk of progressing to T2DM. The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to explore the relationship between GDM, physical activity, weight status, and T2DM development among non-Hispanic Black women. Secondary data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, collected from 2017 through March 2020, were analyzed. The health belief model served …

Service Learning And Association To Social Responsibility And The Process Of Cultural Competence In Nursing Practice, Helene Kay Hegge

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Service Learning and Association to Social Responsibility and the Process of Cultural Competence in Nursing Practice by Helene Hegge MSN, Walden University, 2011 BSN, Mount Marty University, 1986 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Nursing Walden University August 2025 Cultural competence and social responsibility are essential qualities of baccalaureate-prepared nurses. Cultural competence and social responsibility can occur in nursing students following their service learning (SL) experience and remain to influence practice as a professional nurse. The purpose of this basic qualitative study using 18 individual interviews of nurses who participated in …

War Fighting: The Case Of Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas Bruscino

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article argues that American military professionals must focus on war fighting in publishing about military history to bring their unique military perspectives to the study of war. Most writing on military publishing offers general encouragement without providing focus to military writers. This article uses the historical example of American professional military writing and teaching from the American Civil War to World War II about General Ulysses S. Grant to demonstrate the value of analyses focusing on war fighting, especially relative to popular and academic histories of Grant’s military leadership. This study’s conclusions will assist future US military writers and …

Book Reviews, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Creating A Classroom Environment For Prekindergarten Students To Develop Social-Emotional Competencies And Transition Out Of The Step Program., Ayeshah N. Major

Theses and Dissertations

This mixed-methods study examined how the integration of Conscious Discipline and SEL-focused children’s literature can support the development of social-emotional competency in prekindergarten students. The problem of practice is that some children enter school without the foundational social-emotional skills necessary for successful learning and positive peer interactions. The purpose of this study is to identify strategies that support social-emotional growth and create an environment that aids STEP students in transitioning to a traditional prekindergarten classroom. Data was collected using parent questionnaires, student assessments, classroom observations, student interviews, and student drawings. The findings revealed that children’s literature provided accessible and meaningful …

Retraction Of Activation Of Rac1 By Src-Dependent Phosphorylation Of Dock180y1811 Mediates Pdgfrα-Stimulated Glioma Tumorigenesis In Mice And Humans, Haizhong Feng, Bo Hu, Kun-Wei Liu, Yanxin Li, Xinghua Lu, Tao Cheng, Jia-Jean Yiin, Songjian Lu, Susan Keezer, Tim Fenton, Frank B Furnari, Ronald L Hamilton, Kristiina Vuori, Jann N Sarkaria, Motoo Nagane, Ryo Nishikawa, Webster K Cavenee, Shi-Yuan Cheng

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

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Elevated Nr2f1 Underlies The Persistence Of Invasive Disease After Treatment Of Braf-Mutant Melanoma, Manoela Tiago, Timothy J Purwin, Casey D Stefanski, Renaira Oliveira Da Silva, Mitchell E Fane, Yash Chhabra, Jelan I Haj, Jessica Lf Teh, Rama Kadamb, Weijia Cai, Sheera R Rosenbaum, Vivian Chua, Nir Hacohen, Michael A Davies, Jessie Villanueva, Inna Chervoneva, Ashani T Weeraratna, Dan A Erkes, Claudia Capparelli, Julio A Aguirre-Ghiso, Andrew E Aplin

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Despite the success of targeted inhibitors in cutaneous melanoma, therapeutic responses are limited by the aged tumor microenvironment and drug-tolerant residual cells. Given the similarities between drug tolerance and cellular dormancy, we studied the dormancy marker, nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group F member 1 (NR2F1), in response to BRAF-V600E inhibitors (BRAFi) plus MEK inhibitors (MEKi) in BRAF-mutant melanoma models. Transcriptomic analysis of melanoma patient samples treated with BRAFi + MEKi showed increased NR2F1. NR2F1 was highly expressed in the drug-tolerant invasive cell state of minimal residual disease in patient-derived and mouse-derived xenografts on BRAFi + MEKi. NR2F1 over-expression was sufficient …

33 Unresolved Questions In Nanoscience And Nanotechnology, Chad A Mirkin, Sarah Hurst Petrosko, Natalie Artzi, Koray Aydin, Austin Biaggne, C Jeffrey Brinker, Katherine E Bujold, Y Charles Cao, Rachel R Chan, Chaojian Chen, Peng-Cheng Chen, Xiaodong Chen, Olivier J G L Chevalier, Chung Hang Jonathan Choi, Richard M Crooks, Vinayak P Dravid, Jingshan S Du, Sasha B Ebrahimi, Hongyou Fan, Omar K Farha, C Adrian Figg, Tanner D Fink, Connor M Forsyth, Harald Fuchs, Franz M Geiger, Nathan C Gianneschi, Kyle J Gibson, David S Ginger, Sishi Guo, Justin S Hanes, Liangliang Hao, Jin Huang, Bryan M Hunter, Fengwei Huo, Jeongmin Hwang, Rongchao Jin, Shana O Kelley, Thomas J Kempa, Youngeun Kim, Sergej Kudruk, Sneha Kumari, Kaitlin M Landy, Ki-Bum Lee, Noel J Leon, Jun Li, Yuanwei Li, Zhiwei Li, Bin Liu, Guoliang Liu, Xiaogang Liu, Luis M Liz-Marzán, Jochen H Lorch, Taokun Luo, Robert J Macfarlane, Jill E Millstone, Milan Mrksich, Catherine J Murphy, Rajesh R Naik, Andre E Nel, Christopher Oetheimer, Jenny K Hedlund Orbeck, So-Jung Park, Benjamin E Partridge, Nicholas A Peppas, Michelle L Personick, Arindam Raj, Namrata Ramani, Michael B Ross, Stacey Barnaby Ross, Edward H Sargent, Tanushri Sengupta, George C Schatz, Dwight S Seferos, Tamar Seideman, Soyoung Eileen Seo, Bo Shen, Wooyoung Shim, Donghoon Shin, Ulrich Simon, Andrew J Sinegra, Peter T Smith, Alexander M Spokoyny, Peter J Stang, Alexander H Stegh, J Fraser Stoddart, Dayne F Swearer, Weihong Tan, Michelle H Teplensky, C Shad Thaxton, David R Walt, Mary X Wang, Zhe Wang, Wei David Wei, Paul S Weiss, Peter H Winegar, Younan Xia, Yi Xie, Xiaoyang Xu, Peidong Yang, Yiming Yang, Zihao Ye, Kuk Ro Yoon, Cuizheng Zhang, Hua Zhang, Ke Zhang, Liangfang Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Ye Zhang, Zijian Zheng, Wenjie Zhou, Shengshuang Zhu, Wei Zhu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Significant advances in science and engineering often emerge at the intersections of disciplines. Nanoscience and nanotechnology are inherently interdisciplinary, uniting researchers from chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, materials science, and engineering. This convergence has fostered novel ways of thinking and enabled the development of materials, tools, and technologies that have transformed both basic and applied research, as well as how we address critical societal challenges. In this Nano Focus, we pose and explore 33 questions whose answers could profoundly impact fields such as energy, electronics, the environment, optics, and medicine. These questions highlight the need for deeper foundational understanding, improved tools …

Be Your Own Brain Advocate: Why Older People Should Request Routine Cognitive Testing, Josey M. Batura, Elizabeth B. Fauth

All Current Publications

Your primary care physician can conduct regular screenings and track cognitive changes; however, patients may need to advocate for and request testing. If there is noticeable loss in cognitive function, you may benefit from a more accurate diagnosis and a treatment plan or care plan from a medical specialist. Detecting cognitive changes early is better than knowing too late.

Amino Acids And Cart Distinguish A-Β+ Ketosis-Prone Diabetes From Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes During Hyperglycemic Crises, Farook Jahoor, Jean W Hsu, Kelly R Keene, W Frank Peacock, Xiaofang Huang, Danielle Guffey, Jinyoung Byun, Rasmus Bennet, Ake Lernmark, Mustafa Tosur, Ashok Balasubramanyam

Children’s Nutrition Research Center Staff Publications

Context: When clinically stable, patients with A-β+ ketosis-prone diabetes (KPD) manifest unique markers of amino acid metabolism. Biomarkers differentiating KPD from type 1 (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) during hyperglycemic crises would accelerate diagnosis and management.

Objective: Compare serum metabolomics of KPD, T1D, and T2D patients during hyperglycemic crises, and utilize classification and regression tree (CART) modeling to distinguish these forms of diabetes.

Methods: At an urban hospital emergency center, adults with KPD, T1D, and T2D during hyperglycemic crises with or without diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), and healthy controls, underwent comparisons of serum metabolite and hormonal profiles and CART analyses. …

Sorting Nexin 3 Promotes Ischemic Retinopathy Through Rip1- And Rip3-Mediated Myeloid Cell Necroptosis And Mitochondrial Fission, Jiaojiao Wang, Chunhong Zhou, Kai Zhuang, Jiami Zou, Wanlu Qiu, Mei Jin, Weile Ye, Pinglian Yang, Zhihua Zheng, Qing Zhou, Zunnan Huang, Yuanxiang Wang, Peiqing Liu, Jing Lu, Yuqing Huo, Zhiping Liu

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Proliferative retinopathy is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in humans; however, the molecular mechanisms behind the immune cell–mediated retinal angiogenesis remain poorly elucidated. Here, using single-cell RNA sequencing in an oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) model, we identified an enrichment of sorting nexin (SNX)-related pathways, with SNX3, a member of the SNX family that is involved in endosomal sorting and trafficking, being significantly upregulated in the myeloid cell subpopulations of OIR retinas. Immunostaining showed that SNX3 expression is markedly increased in the retinal microglia/macrophages of mice with OIR, which is mainly located within and around the neovascular tufts. Myeloid cell-specific deficiency …

Artificial Intelligence In Head And Neck Cancer: Towards Precision Medicine, Jacob Hagen, Logan Hornung, William Barham, Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Adam Bess, Kevin Contrera, Devraj Basu, Vlad Sandulache, Guillaume Spielmann, Sagar Kansara

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Over the past 20 years, the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) have gained significant interest. While AI has been implemented to various degrees in several disciplines, its unique applications in head and neck cancer (HNC) remain underdeveloped. This narrative review examines the existing body of literature regarding the use of AI in HNC. Studies to date have demonstrated AI’s utility across multiple phases of the HNC treatment continuum. Despite its promise, integrating AI into clinical practice faces several challenges, including concerns about system integrity, generalizability, privacy, and bias. In this review, we address these challenges and offer insights into future …

Full Issue - Englishusa, V. 12, English Usa

EnglishUSA Journal

No abstract provided.

Counterstory Circles: Centering Student Voice And Identity In The Eal Classroom, Nichole Mcveigh

EnglishUSA Journal

No abstract provided.

Interview With Clay Harmon, Clay Harmon

EnglishUSA Journal

No abstract provided.

The Power Of Place: Innovative Esl Study Abroad Programming, Saori Doi

EnglishUSA Journal

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“Feels Like Being The Stepchild”: Surfacing The Boundaries And Borders In A Dual Language Program, Melody Zoch, Analía Wells

EnglishUSA Journal

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From Coexistence To Collaboration: Integrating Englishlanguage Learners Into Campus Internationalization, Yvonne Dunham Slobodenko

EnglishUSA Journal

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A Modified Socratic Seminar In An Eap Class, Constance Leonard

EnglishUSA Journal

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Advocacy Corner - Englishusa, V. 12, Advocacy And External Relations Committee, Englishusa

EnglishUSA Journal

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Editorial - Englishusa, V. 12, David Lind, Mandie Bauer

EnglishUSA Journal

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Sponsors And Upcoming Events - Englishusa, V. 12, English Usa

EnglishUSA Journal

No abstract provided.