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Investigation Of The Hdl Molecular Architecture Before And After Exercise Training., Prasun Kumar Dev

Theses and Dissertations

The functional characteristics of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles are influenced by their structure, including their molecular composition (e.g. HDL lipidome and proteome). However, the effects of exercise training on HDL molecular composition and its relationship with HDL-related traits are largely unknown. In this ancillary study, we investigated the HDL lipidome and proteome of 154 adults before and after 20 weeks of exercise training in the HERITAGE Family Study. The HDL-sized plasma fraction was isolated utilizing FPLC-SEC, followed by untargeted lipidomic and proteomic analysis using LC/MS. We identified 341 known lipid species while 409 HDL associated proteins. Clinical and functional related …

Essays On Platform Operations: Applications In Service Operations And Sustainability, Timothy Campbell Clarkson

Theses and Dissertations

Online platforms inhabit every corner of daily life, from social media, to medicine, to retail, and everything in between. Platform owners are met with a litany of challenges as they seek to maximize the platform's value and implement novel strategies to foster widespread adoption. This dissertation focuses on empirically assessing the impact of online platforms in both sustainability and service operations contexts. In the first chapter, we examine the impact of introducing an agricultural advisory platform on smallholder farmer potato production in a single district in Rural India. We find positive impacts to overall production, and we explore the mechanism …

Hallucinations In Large Foundation Models: Characterization, Quantification, Detection, Avoidance, And Mitigation, Vipula Rawte

Theses and Dissertations

Deception is an inherent aspect of social interactions, with research indicating that most people engage in deceptive behavior at least once or twice daily . In parallel, advances in artificial intelligence have led to machines exhibiting deceptive tendencies. These deceptions can be categorized into two types: unintended and intentional. Unintended deceptions - often referred to as hallucinations - occur when generative AI systems produce plausible and convincing narratives yet are factually inaccurate. This phenomenon primarily results from the systems' architectural design, extensive parametric memory, and reliance on statistical assumptions. In this thesis, we provide a comprehensive discussion on the characterization, …

A Novel Geometric Modeling Kernel For Automated Fiber Placement, Rowen Burney

Theses and Dissertations

Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) is a key manufacturing technique for producing high-performance composite structures, yet existing geometric modeling frameworks lack the specialized functionality required for efficient toolpath planning and laminate optimization. This work presents Knots, a Geometric Modeling Kernel (GMK) developed specifically to address these limitations by providing a unified geometric foundation tailored for AFP. Unlike general-purpose Computer Aided Design (CAD) libraries, Knots is optimized for AFP, offering specialized geometric operations that streamline the transition from design to manufacturing. It directly manages the loading and computation of geometric data, ensuring structured laminate generation while supporting automation and scripting for improved …

Translating Theory Into Practice: Mediating Academic Advising Reform At Scale Through Improvement Science, Joshua Black

Theses and Dissertations

Improving student outcomes at community colleges is a difficult, multifaceted problem. While no single approach can be a panacea for such a challenging problem of practice, Guided Pathways (GP) research suggests a scalable reform model that may ultimately help to improve the underlying systems and structures colleges have designed to support their students, and in turn, may help colleges to achieve the goal of improved student outcomes more consistently. Because of the breadth of the GP model’s recommendations for reform, however, implementation is complex. To be effective, each of the reforms must be localized, adopted, and brought to scale within …

Frequency-Based Rapid Structural Damage Detection Using Embedded Edge Computing On Resource-Constrained Devices, Ryan Yount

Theses and Dissertations

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is essential for ensuring reliability and longevity of useful structures. Traditional SHM approaches rely on manual or remote data transmission and external processing, which introduce latency and can depend on stable communication links. This work aims to advance SHM by integrating edge-computing techniques for rapid damage detection to enable faster and more autonomous structural assessments in resource-constrained environments. The research spans three key contributions including 1) frequency-based damage detection of civil structures using a sensor package with the addition of an edge processor, 2) additions to the computational efficiency of the edge-computing sensor package in a …

Unveiling Belonging: Women Entrepreneurs’ Belonging Strategies To Navigate The Embedding Process, Saskia Stoker, Ana Cruz-Garcia, Ingrid Wakkee

Dept. of Marketing & International Business Publications

Purpose

Opportunity-driven women entrepreneurs encounter gendered challenges in leveraging social networks essential for business development. This research builds on Stead (2017), exploring how women navigate these challenges and foster belonging within these networks. Utilising a post-structural feminist lens, we aim to understand the strategies employed by women entrepreneurs to maintain embeddedness in social networks. Our findings contribute to an understanding of the complex interplay between gender, belonging strategies and embeddedness in entrepreneurship.

Design/methodology/approach

This study draws on in-depth interviews (31) with opportunity-driven women entrepreneurs. Thematic analyses were conducted to capture the women’s understandings of belonging and embedding in social networks …

The Glory Of The Islands: The Narrative Of Islands Behind The Design Of ‘Nagara Rimba Nusa’, Rebecca Victoria Simatupang, Rr. Diah Asih Purwaningrum

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

In the pursuit of creating its new capital city, the Indonesian government conducted a design competition to find alternatives that best represented the fusion between traditional and modern Indonesia. The winning design titled ‘Nagara Rimba Nusa’ employed the narrative of glorious islands as the basis of its design concepts, evoking nostalgic memories of ‘Nusantara’ in the era of the Majapahit Kingdom. This narrative became effective in capturing public attention, followed by the President of Indonesia’s decision to formalize Nusantara as the new name of the capital city. This paper delves into the design of Nagara Rimba Nusa and analyses how …

Archiving The Lumad Schools Of Mindanao, Ryan Cezar Alcarde, Michelle Mikiko Pagaran, Victoria Nolasco

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

During the Duterte administration, Indigenous communities in Mindanao, striving to protect their ancestral lands from destructive logging, mining, and agro-industrial plantations, were subjected to attacks by military and paramilitary groups. This resulted in the enforced shutdown of 215 Lumad schools, whose ecocritical pedagogy molded Indigenous children into land protectors and environmental stewards. In response, the Mindanao Climate Justice Resource Facility (MCJRF) and former Lumad school volunteer teachers and students, Indigenous leaders, and supporters launched the “Lumad School Memory Project” in 2023. This research and archiving initiative aims to document the rich educational practices of the forcibly closed Lumad schools, ensuring …

Delirium And Derangement: Futurities Of Climatic And Islandic Relationality In Philippine Artistic Practice, Isa Lacuna

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

The Philippines as locus of both specific experience and shared sympathy with regard to climate change allows for an investigation of the complex factors that describe a realm of experience unique to this present age: catastrophic weather in both its scorching and diluvian iterations. In this paper, I argue that the atmospheric delusions in the artistic practices of Mark Orozco Justiniani’s Arkipelago and the Vargas Museum’s Fever Dream point to a more expansive relationality with climate that forces us to re-evaluate precisely what ecocritical scholars have called the derangements of everyday modern life. The experience of exceptional heat and rain, …

Preliminaries And Editor's Introduction, Dinah Tapia Roma

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

No abstract provided.

An Examination Of Karl Barth’S Critique Of Natural Theology: The Epistemological Shift Post-Salvation, Luke D. Pelkey

Selected Honors Theses

This thesis reexamines Karl Barth’s rejection of natural theology, specifically if his Christocentric framework allows for a limited, post-salvific engagement with natural revelation. While Barth is adamant in his denial of the source of knowledge of God being found solely through reason, logic, or nature, this thesis argues that Barth does not reject the possibility of natural revelation but rejects its accessibility. But, due to the effects of salvation on not just the soul but the whole of one’s being, the mind is also renewed, allowing for the noetic effects of sin to be overcome. Drawing from Church Dogmatics I/1, …

Visiting The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Circa 2000, Uab Archives

Images of the Month from UAB Archives

Image ID: UAB campus publication

UAB receives approval of a bachelor's degree in African American Studies, 2000

Importance Of Postreduction Ct Scans In Posterior And Transverse Posterior Wall Acetabular Fracture-Dislocations, Samantha R Gardner, Douglas R Haase, Nikhil Gattu, Stephen J Warner, Milton L Chip Routt, Patrick Kellam, Jonathan G Eastman

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objectives: To report the frequency of patients with pre-reduction and postreduction computed tomography (CT) scans associated with acetabular fracture-dislocations and the change in position of associated intra-articular fragments occurring with joint reduction.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Setting: Regional Level 1 trauma center.

Patient selection criteria: Patients who sustained Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Osteosynthesefragen/Orthopedic Trauma Association 62A1 and 62B1 posterior wall or transverse posterior wall acetabular fracture-dislocations with pre-reduction and postreduction CT imaging from February 2020 to July 2023.

Outcome measures and comparisons: Intra-articular fragments were identified, and change in position (fossa to cranial, intra-articular to extra-articular, etc.) was noted from pre-reduction to …

Uric Acid Stroke Cerebroprotection Transcended Sex, Age, And Comorbidities In A Multicenter Preclinical Trial, Rakesh B Patel, Mariia Kumskova, Hanish Kodali, Ivan Budnik, Vitalii Kuznetsov, Aditi Jain, Abhishek Jha, Daniel Thedens, Nirav Dhanesha, Brijesh Sutariya, Karisma A Nagarkatti, Jessica Lamb, Pradip Kamat, Yanrong Shi, Brooklyn Avery, Takahiko Imai, Xuyan Jin, Anjali Chauhan, Ligia S B Boisserand, Mohammad B Khan, Krishnan Dhandapani, Basavaraju G Sanganahalli, Lauren H Sansing, David C Hess, Raymond C Koehler, Louise D Mccullough, Jaroslaw Aronowski, Cenk Ayata, Márcio A Diniz, Patrick D Lyden, Anna M Planas, Angel Chamorro, Anil K Chauhan, Enrique C Leira, Span Investigators

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Past failures in translating stroke cerebroprotection provoked calls for a more rigorous methodological approach, leading to the stroke preclinical assessment network SPAN (Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network), where uric acid (UA) treatment exceeded a prespecified efficacy boundary for the primary functional outcome. Still, successful translation to humans requires confirmation of the effect of UA across key biological variables relevant to patients with stroke.

Methods: We measured the effects of intravenous UA treatment (16 mg/kg) versus intravenous saline in groups of animals enrolled in the SPAN network with diverse comorbidities, sex, and age. The masked study drug or placebo was administered …

Opportunities In Stroke Care At Safety Net Hospitals: A Socioecological Perspective, Anjail Sharrief, Joshua Wollen, Maha Almohamad, M Carter Denny, Erica Jones, Aardhra M Venkatachalam, Digvijaya Navalkele, Shivika Chandra, Mariam Ahmed, Robert Pratt, Bradley D Shy, John Mcmenamy, Chigozirim Izeogu, Lesli E Skolarus, Nneka L Ifejika, Nicole R Gonzales

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Safety net hospitals (SNHs) provide care to patients regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay, serving populations at the highest risk for poor stroke outcomes. These include historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups, and individuals disproportionately affected by adverse social drivers of health, including lower socioeconomic status, housing instability, and limited access to preventive care. Improving stroke care at SNHs presents a critical opportunity to strengthen care delivery for individuals with the greatest need. However, such efforts require a clear understanding of the barriers across all levels of the healthcare system. In this Perspective, the authors adopt a …

Fungal Infections In People Who Use Drugs, Jose Portugal Gonzales, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Illicit drug use in the United States continues to rise, alongside an increasing number of severe infections associated with drug use. Surveillance studies report that 28%–34% of candidemia cases are linked to intravenous drug use, with Candida albicans being the most commonly isolated species, followed by Candida parapsilosis and Candida glabrata. Marijuana use is associated with lung infections caused by Aspergillus and the Mucorales, showing a 3.5-fold increased risk of mold infections and a 2.2-fold increased risk for other fungal infections. Intravenous drug use also presents a recognized risk factor for Aspergillus and Mucorales infections. Additionally, substances like …

Acute Pain Trajectories In Elderly Patients With Fragility Hip Fractures, Paul Potnuru, Christina Goehl, Katherine S Becker, Alejandro Juul, Madison Aycock, Johanna Blair De Haan, Sudipta Sen, Michelle Ge, Stephen J Warner, Nadia Hernandez

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Pain management for hospitalized elderly patients with fragility hip fractures (FHF) remains challenging. This study aims to distinguish acute pain trajectories in FHF patients that can inform personalized analgesia management.

Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study of patients aged 65 and older with FHF at a Level I trauma center. The primary outcome was daily average pain assessed for five days post-injury using the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI). We used group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM) to distinguish acute pain trajectories. Then, factors and secondary outcomes (opioid use and hospital length of stay [LOS]) associated with more severe pain trajectories …

Thrombotic Complications Associated With Right Atrial Lines In Neonates And Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. Is Calcium Chloride A Culprit?, Vy A Tran, Evelyn M Griffin, Jehan D Elliott, Rebecca L Scholl, Robert B Hill, Kelbie Kerr, Hala Khan, Jonathan Bates, Xu Zhang, Sepideh Saroukhani, Jorge Salazar, Olga I Pawelek

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objectives: To determine if a change from calcium chloride to calcium gluconate infusion resulted in a decreased incidence of atrial thrombi and thrombotic events in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery.

Design: A single-center, retrospective cohort analysis.

Setting: A single center in Houston, TX.

Participants: 135 neonates undergoing cardiac surgery who had either a central venous catheter or tunneled atrial catheter placed and received infusions of either calcium chloride or calcium gluconate in the perioperative period.

Interventions: Patients either received a calcium chloride or calcium gluconate infusion in the perioperative period.

Measurements and main results: The study cohort consisted of 93 procedures …

The Placenta Regulates Intrauterine Fetal Growth Via Exosomal Pparγ, Xiaofang Luo, Biao Huang, Ping Xu, Hao Wang, Baozhen Zhang, Li Lin, Jiujiang Liao, Mingyu Hu, Xiyao Liu, Jiayu Huang, Yong Fu, Mark D Kilby, Rodney E Kellems, Xiujun Fan, Yang Xia, Philip N Baker, Hongbo Qi, Chao Tong

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Abnormal adipogenesis is a major contributor to fetal growth restriction (FGR) and its associated complications. However, the underlying etiology remains unclear. Here, it is reported that the placentas of women with pregnancies complicated with FGR exhibit peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) inactivation. In mice, trophoblast-specific ablation of murine PPARγ reproduces the phenotype of human fetuses with FGR and defective adipogenesis. Coculture of trophoblasts with preadipocytes significantly improves preadipocyte commitment and differentiation and increases the transcription of a series of adipogenic genes via intercellular transfer of exosomal PPARγ proteins. Moreover, nanoparticle-mediated placenta-specific delivery of rosiglitazone (RGZ) significantly rescues adipogenesis defects in …

Calcium-Sensing Receptor As A Novel Target For The Treatment Of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Kasope Wolffs, Renjiao Li, Bethan Mansfield, Daniel A Pass, Richard T Bruce, Ping Huang, Rachel Paes De Araújo, Bahareh Sadat Haddadi, Luis A J Mur, Jordanna Dally, Ryan Moseley, Rupert Ecker, Harry Karmouty-Quintana, Keir E Lewis, A John Simpson, Jeremy P T Ward, Christopher J Corrigan, Renata Z Jurkowska, Benjamin D Hope-Gill, Daniela Riccardi, Polina L Yarova

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease with a poor prognosis and no curative therapies. Fibroblast activation by transforming growth factor β1 (TGFβ1) and disrupted metabolic pathways, including the arginine-polyamine pathway, play crucial roles in IPF development. Polyamines are agonists of the calcium/cation-sensing receptor (CaSR), activation of which is detrimental for asthma and pulmonary hypertension, but its role in IPF is unknown. To address this question, we evaluated polyamine abundance using metabolomic analysis of IPF patient saliva. Furthermore, we examined CaSR functional expression in human lung fibroblasts (HLFs), assessed the anti-fibrotic effects of a CaSR antagonist, NPS2143, in TGFβ1-activated normal …

Cell-Free Dna Results Indicating Mosaic Monosomy X Of Likely Maternal Origin: Impact On Genetic Counseling Practices And Patient Experiences, Audrey Mcbride, Ashley Cannon, Siddharth Prakash, Aaron W Roberts, Angela Seasely, Anna C E Hurst, Laura Hendon

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objective: To investigate the current genetic counseling practices involving a cfDNA result indicating mosaic monosomy X of likely maternal origin, and to better understand the perspectives of patients who have received this result.

Method: A total of 60 prenatal genetic counselors completed surveys about their experiences with this result, cfDNA consenting practices, and management practices. In addition, qualitative interviews were conducted with 5 patients to gain insight into their experiences with result disclosure and follow-up care.

Results: 95% of genetic counselors reported feeling prepared to counsel on these results. However, responses to current practices varied. Of the genetic counselors surveyed, …

Evaluating The Costs Of Alternative Malting Grains For Market Adaptation: A Case Study On Rice Malt Production In The U.S, Bernardo P. Guimaraes, Lawton L. Nalley, Scott Robert Lafontaine

Food Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Climate change, import restrictions, and global conflicts are significantly impacting brewing raw material supply and costs. To shield the malting and brewing industries from these disruptions, alternative crops to barley must be explored. Rice presents a promising option, yielding twice as much per hectare as barley and showing greater climate resilience. Monte Carlo simulations estimated the economic and agronomic impact of using rice for malting. While rice malt is more expensive to produce, it remains an attractive gluten-free alternative. Beer brewed from 100% rice malt costs 33% more than barley-based beer but reduces acreage requirements by 50-67%. Using rice malt …

Safety Outcomes Of Antiplatelet Therapy During Endovascular Treatment Of Tandem Lesions In Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients, Mudassir Farooqui, Afshin A Divani, Milagros Galecio-Castillo, Ameer E Hassan, Mouhammad A Jumaa, Marc Ribo, Michael Abraham, Nils Petersen, Johanna Fifi, Waldo R Guerrero, Amer M Malik, James E Siegler, Thanh N Nguyen, Sunil A Sheth, Albert J Yoo, Guillermo Linares, Nazli Janjua, Darko Quispe-Orozco, Asad Ikram, Wondewossen G Tekle, Syed F Zaidi, Cynthia B Zevallos, Federica Rizzo, Tiffany Barkley, Reade De Leacy, Jane Khalife, Mohamad Abdalkader, Sergio Salazar-Marioni, Jazba Soomro, Weston Gordon, Aaron Rodriguez-Calienes, Juan Vivanco-Suarez, Charoskhon Turabova, Maxim Mokin, Dileep R Yavagal, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Risk of hemorrhage remains with antiplatelet medications required with carotid stenting during endovascular therapy (EVT) for tandem lesion (TLs). We evaluated the safety of antiplatelet regimens in EVT of TLs. This multicenter study included anterior circulation TL patients from 2015 to 2020, stratified by periprocedural EVT antiplatelet strategy: (1) no antiplatelets, (2) single oral, (3) dual oral, and (4) intravenous IV (in combination with single or dual oral). Primary outcome was symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH). Secondary outcomes were any hemorrhage, favorable functional status (mRS 0-2) at 90 days, successful reperfusion (mTICI score ≥ 2b), in-stent thrombosis, and mortality at 90 …

Prediction Of Hepatitis C Virus Perinatal Transmission In Pregnant Individuals With Hepatitis C Virus Infection, Grecio J Sandoval, George R Saade, Brenna L Hughes, Rebecca G Clifton, Uma M Reddy, Anna Bartholomew, Ashley Salazar, Edward K Chien, Alan T N Tita, John M Thorp, Torri D Metz, Ronald J Wapner, Vishakha Sabharwal, Hyagriv N Simhan, Geeta K Swamy, Kent D Heyborne, Baha M Sibai, William A Grobman, Yasser Y El-Sayed, Brian M Casey, Samuel Parry, George A Macones, Mona Prasad

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Our objective was to develop a prediction model for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection perinatal transmission to improve triage for neonatal follow-up. This was a secondary analysis of HCV antibody-positive participants who were enrolled in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network multicenter observational study of HCV infection in pregnancy. Among 432 participants, the perinatal transmission rate was 6.0% (95% CI, 4.0-8.7%). The prediction model was developed and included two factors: maternal HCV RNA titer greater than 10 6 international units/mL and having had any antepartum bleeding. Using this model, the …

Pulmonary Disease Caused By Mycobacterium Marseillense In Colombia, Darío Sebastián López-Delgado, Gabriel Alonso Rodríguez-Caicedo, Diego Fernando Taramuel-Gómez, Peter Houck, Martha Isabel Murcia-Aranguren, Roberto C Arduino, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Whole-Body Hypothermia For Neonatal Encephalopathy In Preterm Infants 33 To 35 Weeks' Gestation: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Roger G Faix, Abbot R Laptook, Seetha Shankaran, Barry Eggleston, Dhuly Chowdhury, Roy J Heyne, Abhik Das, Claudia Pedroza, Jon E Tyson, Courtney Wusthoff, Sonia L Bonifacio, Pablo J Sánchez, Bradley A Yoder, Matthew M Laughon, Diana M Vasil, Krisa P Van Meurs, Margaret M Crawford, Rosemary D Higgins, Brenda B Poindexter, Tarah T Colaizy, Shannon E G Hamrick, Lina F Chalak, Robin K Ohls, Michele E Hartley-Mcandrew, Kevin Dysart, Carl T D'Angio, Ronnie Guillet, Stephen D Kicklighter, Waldemar A Carlo, Gregory M Sokol, Sara B Demauro, Anna Maria Hibbs, C Michael Cotten, Stephanie L Merhar, Roopali V Bapat, Heidi M Harmon, Elizabeth Sewell, Sarah Winter, Girija Natarajan, Ricardo Mosquera, Susan R Hintz, Nathalie L Maitre, Kristen L Benninger, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Abbey C Hines, Andrea F Duncan, Deanne E Wilson-Costello, Andrea Trembath, William F Malcolm, Michele C Walsh

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Importance: Hypothermia begun less than 6 hours after birth reduces death or disability in infants with encephalopathy due to hypoxia-ischemia at 36 or more weeks' gestation. Trials of hypothermia for infants younger than 36 weeks' gestation are lacking.

Objective: To assess the probability that hypothermia at less than 6 hours after birth decreases death or disability in infants 33 to 35 weeks' gestation with moderate or severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Design, setting, and participants: This randomized clinical trial was conducted between July 2015 and December 2022 for infants 33 to 35 weeks' gestation with moderate or severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy at less …

Changes In Patent Ductus Arteriosus Management And Outcomes In Infants Born At 26-28 Weeks' Gestation, Dinushan C Kaluarachchi, Matthew A Rysavy, Barbara T Do, Valerie Y Chock, Matthew M Laughon, Carl H Backes, Tarah T Colaizy, Edward F Bell, Patrick J Mcnamara

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objective: To investigate the association between the secular decrease in treatment of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and trends in neonatal mortality and morbidity in infants born at 26 0/7-28 6/7 weeks' gestation.

Study design: A retrospective cohort study including infants born between 2012 and 2021 in continually participating hospitals in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. The primary composite outcome was defined as surgical necrotizing enterocolitis, grade 2-3 bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), severe intraventricular hemorrhage, or death. Relationships of temporal trends in PDA treatment with the primary composite outcome and its components were analyzed using …

Nichd Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Score In Term Infants With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Secondary Analysis Of A Randomized Clinical Trial, Seetha Shankaran, Abbot R Laptook, Carolina Guimaraes, Johnathan Murnick, Scott A Mcdonald, Abhik Das, Carolyn M Petrie Huitema, Athina Pappas, Rosemary D Higgins, Susan R Hintz, Kristin M Zaterka-Baxter, Krisa P Van Meurs, Gregory M Sokol, Lina F Chalak, Tarah T Colaizy, Uday Devaskar, Jon E Tyson, Anne Marie Reynolds, Sara B Demauro, Pablo J Sánchez, Matthew M Laughon, Waldemar A Carlo, Kristi Watterberg, Karen M Puopolo, Anna Maria Hibbs, Shannon E G Hamrick, C Michael Cotten, John Barks, Brenda B Poindexter, William E Truog, Carl T D'Angio

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Importance: The neonatal brain injury score on magnetic resonance imaging following moderate or severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy developed by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network has been revised to separate watershed and basal ganglia or thalamic injury and their associated outcomes.

Objective: To evaluate the association of the injury score with outcomes of death or moderate or severe disability among all infants, and with neurodevelopment among survivors in a trial of deeper and longer cooling.

Design, setting, and participants: In this secondary analysis of a multicenter randomized clinical trial, brain imaging was obtained from infants …

A Survey On Unauthorized Uav Threats To Smart Farming, Peng Chen, Shihao Yan, Helge Janicke, Arash Mahboubi, Hang Thanh Bui, Hamed Aboutorab, Michael Bewong, Rafiqul Islam

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

The integration of Internet of Things (IoT) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in smart farming has revolutionized agricultural practices by enhancing monitoring, automation, and decision-making to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability. However, the widespread use of these technologies has also introduced new security challenges, particularly the risk of interference from unauthorized UAVs. This survey provides an analysis of the threats posed by unauthorized UAVs to smart farms, highlighting potential vulnerabilities such as data interception, communication jamming, and physical damage. This paper first explores recent advancements in IoT and UAV technologies, which are integral to the functioning of smart farms. Then, …