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Impact Of Resources And Structure On Scholarly Productivity In Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Andrew G Smith, Danny Castro, Caroline Andy, Angela S Czaja, Donald L Boyer, Erika L Abramson, Pnina Weiss, Richard B Mink

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM) fellowship structures vary widely among programs and have not been examined since 2006. The development of scholarly knowledge and skills is an important part of fellowship training. However, the optimal PCCM fellowship structure to enable fellows' scholarly productivity is unknown. Objective: We examined PCCM fellowship time structure and resources to better understand their association with scholarly productivity.

Methods: This is a secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data from PCCM fellowship program directors. We defined highly productive programs as those in which greater than 75% of fellows published papers from their scholarly projects in the …

Role And Use Of Race In Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Models Related To Health, Martin C Were, Ang Li, Bradley A Malin, Zhijun Yin, Joseph R Coco, Benjamin X Collins, Ellen Wright Clayton, Laurie L Novak, Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup, Abiodun O Oluyomi, Shilo Anders, Chao Yan

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The role and use of race within health-related artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models have sparked increasing attention and controversy. Despite the complexity and breadth of related issues, a robust and holistic framework to guide stakeholders in their examination and resolution remains lacking. This perspective provides a broad-based, systematic, and crosscutting landscape analysis of race-related challenges, structured around the AI and ML life cycle and framed through "points to consider" to support inquiry and decision-making.

Respiratory Failure In Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage And Intraventricular Hemorrhage Extension: A Retrospective Study, Min Cheol Chang, Michael Y Lee, Sang Gyu Kwak, Ah Young Lee

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background/Objectives: This study aimed to identify the risk factors for respiratory failure in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) accompanied by intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) extension.

Methods: We retrospectively included 208 patients with ICH accompanied by IVH extension. Respiratory failure was defined as carbon dioxide levels > 45 mmHg with a pH < 7.35 in arterial blood gas analysis (ABGA) or the application of a ventilator due to respiratory dysfunction. We measured the severity of IVH extension using the Graeb scale, and ICH volume was assessed for each patient.

Results: Of the 208 included patients, 83 had respiratory failure. There were no significant differences in age, sex ratio, or Graeb scale score between patients with and without respiratory failure (p > 0.05). However, ICH volume was significantly larger in patients with respiratory failure (42.0 ± 42.5 mL) than …

Teaching With The Electronic Literature Collection Volume 4, Rui Torres, Kathi Inman Berens, Maria C. Zamora, Lyle Skains, John Murray

English Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article surveys the four ELCs – Electronic Literature Collections (2006- 2022), reviews pedagogical approaches to teaching ELCs, and situates ELCs and electronic literature pedagogy into higher education’s course management systems. ELCs’ increasing accessibility serves its global audience and centers the ethical values of diversity, equality, and inclusion. The ELC4’s user experience design manifests these values. The article discusses the history of the Collections’ experience design. Volume Four (2022) expanded reader accessibility and linguistic diversity by including video playthroughs and collecting 132 works from 42 author nationalities in 31 languages. This article surveys those evolving design changes. It engages a …

Biotechnology Research Incubator For Teachers (Brite) Pilot Program: Advancing Technology Research Education For Secondary School Teachers, Zhongcheng Shi, Katherine A Harris, Alana D Newell, Michael Nguyen, Yuan Yao, Joel Sederstrom, Cynthia C Hallmark, Sherita Love, Fred A Pereira, Shixia Huang

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Introduction: Advanced technologies have transformed diagnostics and therapeutics, improving disease management. Secondary school educators play a vital role in fostering critical thinking, problem-solving, and inspiring students in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEMM) innovations. Comprehensive teacher training enhances education delivery and ensures long-term advancements in science education, empowering future generations.

Materials and methods: We launched the Biotechnology Research Incubator for Teachers (BRITE) pilot program to train secondary school teachers. This 3-week program immerses teachers in Advanced Technology Core facilities, providing hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies, such as protein array technology, next-generation sequencing, and flow cytometry. It also offers collaborative …

The Eleventh Annual Meeting Of The Southeastern Association Of Shared Resources (Seasr) Nashville, Tn, Usa June 12-14, 2024, Jenny C Schafer, Lyra M Griffiths, Tania E Mesa, Deidre Daria, Daniel Kraushaar, Kristen V Massey, Edith M Sampson, Laura Fox-Goharioon, Laxminarayanan Krishnan, Stacie Woolard, Aaron Pitre

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

No abstract provided.

Modulation Of Biomolecular Aggregate Morphology And Condensate Infectivity.Modulation Of Biomolecular Aggregate Morphology And Condensate Infectivity, Josephine C Ferreon, Kyoung-Jae Choi, My Diem Quan, Phoebe S Tsoi, Cristopher C Ferreon, Ulas Coskun, Shih-Chu Jeff Liao, Allan Chris M Ferreon

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by pathological aggregates exhibiting distinct morphologies, such as neurofibrillary tangles and dense circular Lewy body-like structures in Alzheimer's disease, and round hyaline gel-like inclusions and skein-like filaments in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. However, the mechanisms driving the formation of these diverse morphological structures remain poorly understood. Employing advanced microscopy, including fluorescence lifetime imaging, we investigated condensate aging and aggregation mechanisms of the prion-like domain of hnRNPA1 (A1PrD), a ribonucleoprotein implicated in both disorders. Using a simplified system across various salt and RNA conditions, we demonstrate that homotypic and heterotypic interactions between A1PrD and RNA significantly influence aggregate …

Unveiling The Intricacies Of Shariah Governance In Islamic Financial Institutions: A Hybrid Approach, Ozair Siddiqui, Muhammad Suleman Afzal

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics

The study aims to explore Shariah governance literature by deploying a hybrid approach that fuses structured literature review with bibliometric analysis. The hybrid approach highlights emerging trends, influential aspects, most occurring keywords, intellectual clusters, emerging themes, and avenues for future research. Existing literature features limited coverage and overlooks some essential dimensions of Shariah governance. We bridge these gaps through two contributions: (1) we underscore previously overlooked, yet important themes like Shariah audit, compliance, and reporting; and (2) we do not impose any restrictions for time or region in our sample. Additionally, we also expand the coverage of literature by considering …

Islamic Finance Performance During Crises: A Bibliometric Mapping And A Systematic Literature Review, Amel Farhat, Amal Hili, Ibtissem Gannoun

Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics

This study assesses the claim that Islamic finance, with its risk-sharing, low levels of indebtedness, and asset-backed characteristics, offers a viable alternative to conventional finance during crises. Through bibliometric mapping and a systematic literature review, we explore the performance of Islamic financial systems during various crises, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Using VOSviewer and RStudio, we analyze 555 articles from the Scopus database to identify prominent clusters in Islamic finance, particularly focusing on its resilience during crises. Our review provides theoretical evidence supporting the robustness of Islamic finance, highlighting its ethical features and its capability to safeguard investments during economic …

Flex-Spatialities: Interior Spaces, Play, And Fantasy, Camilo Lozano-Rivera

Interiority

This article examines how interior spaces in the digital age have evolved into flexible, adaptive environments shaped by technological mediation and shifting everyday practices. Focusing on smart homes and home offices, this article introduces the concept of flex-spatiality to describe how these spaces continually reconfigure in response to changes in needs and digital interfaces. Grounded in Gregory Bateson’s (1972) theory of play and fantasy, the study explores how interior spatiality operates on two levels: as a locus for expressing identities and as a structure for organising social interaction. Through Bateson’s distinction between metalinguistic and metacommunicative functions, flex-spatiality is framed as …

High-Gamma And Beta Bursts In The Left Supramarginal Gyrus Can Differentiate Verbal Memory States And Performance, Shennan Aibel Weiss, Nicolás Sawczuk, Daniel Y. Rubinstein, Michael R Sperling, Katrina Wendel-Mitoraj, Päivi Österman, René Dumay-Roscher, Charles B. Mikell, Sima Mofakham, Kelly Coulehan, Petar M. Djuric, Diego Fernandez Slezak, Juan Esteban Kamienkowski

Department of Neurology Faculty Papers

INTRODUCTION: The left supramarginal gyrus (LSMG) contributes to attentional allocation for memory encoding and may also reflect memory state and performance. Given the roles of high-gamma and beta bursts in cognition and memory, this proof-of-concept study investigated whether these signals within the LSMG could classify memory state and performance.

METHODS: Using secondary data from 103 epilepsy patients undergoing presurgical iEEG evaluation, we analyzed 141 delayed verbal free recall experiments. Intracranial EEG (iEEG) data, recorded solely from LSMG electrode contacts, were processed to create two-dimensional (2D) tensors of convolved high-gamma (HG), and beta (15-40 Hz) burst activity. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) …

High-Tech Industries' Global Resource Utilization And Transaction Cost Economics, Bei Johnson

Akron Law Review

No abstract provided.

Identity And Difference, Martin Heidegger

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York, Harper & Row, 1969

Call #: BD236 .H413 1969

Contains underlining and marginal lining.

PDF Information: 5 pages – 6 mb

Wpa Interview - E. H. Keller, Chas R. Fuller, E. H. Keller

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas, Fort Worth City Guide and History Draft Records

A transcript of a WPA interview by Chas R. Fuller with E. H. Keller. Keller came to Fort Worth from Galveston in 1873. Keller describes various buildings in Fort Worth at the time, including the fire hall at 2nd and Commerce. Keller also describes an incident where George Hill cut off water access to T&P Railroad for non payment. Keller also speaks about various business and events that happened in Fort Worth at the time, including Quanah Parker and Yellow Bear blowing out the gas at a hotel.

The Philosophy Of Hegel, Georg Wilhem Friedrich Hegel

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York, Modern Library [c1954]

Call #: B2908 .F7 1954

Contains marginalia, underlining and endpaper notes

PDF Information: 30 pages – 10 MB

Hegel’S Science Of Logic Vol 1, Georg Wilhem Friedrich Hegel

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

London, G. Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1929

Call #: B2942.E5 H5 1929 v.1

Contains underlining, marginal lining

PDF Information: 19 pages – 15 MB

The Philosophy Of Hegel, Georg Wilhem Friedrich Hegel

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York: Modern Library, 1953

Call #: B2908 .F7

PDF Information: 8 pages – 4mb

Two Animated Short Films: My Names And Inheritance, Hyungjin Lee

Journal of International Women's Studies

No abstract provided.

Strategies To Promote The Participation Of Mauritian Women In The Artificial Intelligence Sector, Toolsy Luchmun

Journal of International Women's Studies

This exploratory study investigates strategies to promote the participation of Mauritian women in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Using a mixed-method approach, the research evaluates the current state of AI in Mauritius, identifies challenges faced by women in pursuing AI careers, and proposes evidence-based strategies for fostering gender inclusion in the sector. Primary data were collected through surveys administered to Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) professionals, and quantitative analysis was conducted using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 27.0. Additionally, qualitative insights were derived from an open-ended question in the survey, allowing respondents to share their perspectives. Secondary data were gathered …

Gender, Marginalization, And Digital Technology In Islamic Learning: A Nigerian Perspective, Abdulgafar Olawale Fahm

Journal of International Women's Studies

The integration of digital technologies has significantly transformed the landscape of Islamic education in Nigeria, enhancing accessibility to religious knowledge while simultaneously reinforcing pre-existing socio-cultural disparities. Utilizing an intersectional analytical framework, this study critically explores how gender, socio-economic diversity, and Islamophobia collectively influence experiences within digital Islamic learning environments. Employing qualitative feminist methodologies, I conducted semi-structured interviews from November to December of 2024 with Islamic scholars, educators, students, and general digital platform users from Lagos, Ilorin, and Maiduguri. The findings indicate that intersecting factors such as gender roles, socio-economic conditions, geographical location, and Islamophobic attitudes distinctly shape patterns of digital …

Unknown Germany, Hanna Hafkesbrink

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 1948

Call#: D531 .H317

Contains underlining, marginal lining, endpaper notes and is inscribed by author

PDF Information: 30 pages – 2.3 MB

Envisioning Transgender Equity: Amplifying Global South Narratives Through Inclusive Archives And Education, Saloni Walia, Sukanya Mondal

Journal of International Women's Studies

In their 17 Sustainable Goals (SDGs) for 2030, the United Nations (n. d.) places the goal of “achieve[ing] Gender Equality and empower[ing] all women and girls” at the fifth spot as SDG 5. However, reports from 2016 reveal that the SDGs mainly focus on issues concerning heterosexual cisgender women and girls, with no reference to the LGBTQ community (United Nations, 2016). This oversight raises concerns about the inclusivity of SDG 3, which aims to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages” (United Nations, n.d.), but its application to people with diverse gender identities remains unclear. This …

The Political Writings Of James Harrington: Representative Selections, James Harrington

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York, Liberal Arts Press [1955]

Call #: JC 153 .H325

Contains underlining, marginal lining & endpaper notes

PDF Information: 26 pages – 2 MB

True Independence Or Fake Freedom: Deconstructing Media Representations Of Women In Chinese Otome Games, Xiaoyu Song

Journal of International Women's Studies

The rise of women gamers has driven demand for emotional virtual experiences, particularly in otome games with romantic narratives. Offering a hybrid methodology, this study analyzes character portrayals in three popular Chinese otome mobile games—Mr. Love: Queen’s Choice, Light and Night, and Tears of Themis—while also exploring the responses of women players through semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal that women protagonists in otome games are often young, dependent on men characters, and hold subordinate roles, thus underscoring the presence of traditional gender norms. This aligns with media studies scholarship that suggests media representations of women often …

From The Margins To The Center: A Discourse Analysis Of Vietnamese Feminism On Facebook Confession Pages, Phan Van Kien, Dao Quang Trung, Tran Bao Son, Nguyen Le Dinh Quy

Journal of International Women's Studies

This study investigates how feminist ideas are taking shape in contemporary Vietnam, focusing on how young women engage with social media—particularly university confession pages—as sites for emotional expression, identity negotiation, and resistance to traditional gender norms. In a society marked by rapid modernization, increased digital connectivity, and the enduring influence of Confucian values, online platforms have emerged as significant cultural spaces where new meanings of femininity, desire, and agency are constructed and contested. Using a qualitative approach, this study combines semi-structured interviews with discourse analysis to explore how university-aged women express themselves in digital spaces that are anonymous, performative, and …

A Queer Feminist Response To The Racist Reception Of Halle Bailey’S The Little Mermaid: Misogynoir And Anti-Fan Facebook Users In Vietnam, Trung M. Nguyen

Journal of International Women's Studies

This essay examines the ways anti-Blackness is manifested in Vietnam through Facebook anti-fans’ reactions to Disney’s The Little Mermaid (2023) starring Halle Bailey, a Black American actress, in the role of Ariel. Analyzing the racist and colorist remarks within Facebook users’ comments and posts about the movie and utilizing misogynoir as the main concept of critique, the author demonstrates the phenomenon of anti-Black misogyny in Vietnam and focuses on the “I’m not racist, but…” trope. Uncovering the queer history of Hans Christian Andersen’s work, this essay adopts a queer feminist lens to defend the filmmakers’ choice to depict Ariel as …

Editors' Introduction: Digital Feminisms, Women, And Gender Dynamics In Online Spaces, Alicia Haynes, Diana J. Fox, Kimberly Chabot Davis

Journal of International Women's Studies

No abstract provided.

On Understanding Violence Philosophically, And Other Essays, J. Glenn Gray

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York: Harper & Row, 1970

Call #: B3279.H49 G68

Contains marginalia, underlining and is inscribed by author.

PDF Information: 22 pages – 15mb

Stairway To Heaven, Fernando Quintana

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

The author in this narrated creative non fiction takes us on a journey of his hiking adventure of a stratovolcano while visiting the Mediterranaen island of Sicily.

Peirce And Pragmatism, W. B. Gallie

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, 1952

Call #: B945.P44 G3

Contains marginalia, underlining and marginal lining

PDF Information: 21 pages – 10.2mb