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A Media Ecology Review, Lance Strate

Communication Research Trends

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Religion And Film Part I: History And Criticism, Terry Lindvall

Communication Research Trends

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Third-Person Effect, Joan L. Conners

Communication Research Trends

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Religion And Film Part Ii: Theology And Pedagogy, Terry Lindvall

Communication Research Trends

No abstract provided.

Cyberethics: Social Ethics Teaching In Educational Technology Programs, Sebastian Mahfood, Ralph Olliges, Angela Astuto, Betsy Suits

Communication Research Trends

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Eng 4742-001 Studies In Genre, Michael Mcclelland

Fall 2024

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Precision Metagenomics In Elder Care: Renovating Infection Diagnostics And Antimicrobial Stewardship, Rob E. Carpenter

Human Resource Development Faculty Publications and Presentations

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains a critical challenge in elder care, where frequent infections, polypharmacy, and immunosenescence contribute to poor outcomes. Traditional diagnostic methods, including culture-based and polymerase chain reaction assays, often fail to provide timely, comprehensive microbial identification, leading to prolonged empirical antibiotic use and worsening resistance trends. Precision metagenomics, a clinically refined application of next-generation sequencing, represents a transformative advancement in infection diagnostics and antimicrobial stewardship. By enabling culture-independent, high-resolution pathogen detection directly from clinical samples, precision metagenomics provides real-time identification of bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic pathogens, along with their antimicrobial resistance profiles. This approach facilitates early intervention, …

Commonwealth Times 2025-02-26

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

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The Ability Of Chatgpt To Aid In The Rapid Development Of Inoculation Message Treatments: A Case Study And Recommendations, Alicia Mason, Josh Compton, Griffin Cooper

Faculty Submissions

One of the most widely known types of AI technologies in recent years is ChatGPT. ChatGPT is a state-of-the-art language model that has revolutionized natural language processing by generating human-like text with context and coherence, enabling new possibilities for human-AI interaction (Brown et al., 2020). This case study reports on a 10-week conversational AI training initiative to assess whether ChatGPT4 can (a) identify the structural elements and features of conventional inoculation messages (i.e., forewarnings and preemptive refutations); (b) augment inoculation message design features (i.e., linguistic signatures, language, and length); (c) adapt messages for specific audiences (i.e., younger populations, experts); and …

Development Of A Self-Management Tool For Individuals With Seizure Clusters: Trial Design And Methodological Report, Molly Mcvoy, Eytan Hirsch, Luisa Londono, Kari Colón-Zimmermann, Jin Seok Cho, Evelyn K. Shih, Martha Sajatovic

Faculty Scholarship

Background: Despite advances in anti-seizure medications (ASMs) for people with epilepsy (PWE), adverse outcomes, negative health events (NHEs), and breakthrough seizures remain common. Rescue medication (RM) can better manage repetitive seizures, but barriers to RM use persist. Self-management for PWE and a history of NHEs (SMART) is an evidence-based epilepsy self-management program aimed at reducing barriers and maximizing facilitators to self-care in high-risk PWE. Methods: This 2-phase, ongoing clinical trial adapts SMART to integrate RM support for PWE with repetitive seizures. Phase 1, now completed, used input from an advisory board (AB) of PWE, caregivers, and clinicians to adapt the …

‘Always A Teacher’: Mindy Jae Brown Drawn To Career In Education From A Young Age, Office Of University Communications, Makella Knowles

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Mindy Jae Brown had the makings of a teacher from a young age. From playing “teacher” while she was growing up, to interning at an elementary school during her senior year of high school, teaching has been a strong theme in Brown’s life. Now in her second year at Gardner-Webb as a senior elementary education major, Brown is gearing up to begin her student teaching next year. While she didn’t settle on being a teacher until her junior year of high school, she says her mom “always saw me as a teacher” and “everything else was just a phase.”

Spring 2025 Chisme Symposium: Chisme And Dialogue With Dr. Julio Quintero, Neomi De Anda, Julio A. Quintero

Chisme Symposium

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2025 February 26 - Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes, Undergraduate Curriculum Council, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes

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Hear’Em Out! 10th-Grade Student Interest In And Experiences Of Stem At An International High School In Honduras, Blake B. Swanson

Doctorate in Education

Our world’s needs are rapidly shifting due to technology and innovation. Yet is education changing to appropriately prepare students? Are students even interested in pursuing an education oriented around science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)? Dominant theorists in this arena have been Jacqueline Eccles and Allan Wigfield with Situated Expectancy Value Theory (SEVT) and Robert Lent and Steven Brown with Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT). Nonetheless, Central America remains an understudied region generally and even more so regarding these explanatory theories about student interest. This study sought to investigate this question at the high school level by conducting interviews and …

Comprehensive Notes Of Y-Serve Participants, Yoshihiko Ariizumi

Learning, Teaching, & Researching Optimization

This is a 80 page comprehensive list of students' notes who participated in the Y-Serve programs. Through this material you can peek into the internal picture of students' experiences. It is beautifully revealing.

Design And Validation Of A Cross-Cultural Virtual Exchange Experience Among Bilingual Medical Students, John R. Vaile, Cierrah Doran, Arlene R. Maheu, Valentina Jaramillo, Daniela A. Perez-Chadid, Tomas Fernandez, Carissa Walkosak, Dinah Roll Velez, Sara Carolina Bedoya Osorio, Courtney Seebadri-White, Susan Truong, Dimitrios Papanagnou, Andres Fernandez, Rosemary Frasso

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Exposure to cross-cultural medical education is essential for professionals aiming to work in global health or serve diverse communities. However, traditional in-person exchange programs can be complex, costly, and restricted, particularly during times when travel is limited, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic. These challenges prompted us to explore novel approaches to support cross-cultural exchange programs. We designed, piloted, and evaluated a cross-cultural virtual exchange experience using case-based learning (CBL). Our study involved 14 bilingual medical students from the United States and Colombia who participated in four virtual CBL sessions. Following each session, participants engaged in guided discussions to reflect …

2025 Executive In Residence Vimbai Masiyiwa '17, Bryant Alumni

Campus Events

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Increasing Risk Of Postlung Transplant Hospitalizations For Infection: An Analysis Of Recent Trends, Shi Nan Feng, Armaan F. Akbar, Alice L. Zhou, Andrew Kalra, Sean Agbor-Enoh, Christian A. Merlo, Errol L. Bush

SKMC Student Presentations and Publications

BACKGROUND: Despite advancements in lung transplantation (LT), infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality following LT. We examined trends in hospitalizations for infection in the first year after LT.

METHODS: We identified adult LT recipients in the United States (March 1, 2018-March 9, 2023) using the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network database. We categorized transplants into 3 eras to account for the Composite Allocation Score allocation policy change and coronavirus disease 2019: March 2018 to March 2020, March 2020 to March 2022, and March 2022 to March 9, 2023. One-year post-LT survival was compared using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis …

Humans In Africa’S Wet Tropical Forests 150 Thousand Years Ago, Eslem Ben Arous, James A. Blinkhorn, Sarah Elliott, Christopher A. Kiathipes, Charles D. N'Zi, Mark D. Bateman, Mathieu Duval, Patrick Roberts, Robert Patalano, Alexander F. Blackwood, Khady Niang, Eugénie Affoua Kouamé, Edith Lebato, Emily Hallett, Jacopo N. Cerasoni, Erin Scott, Jana Ilgner, Maria Jesús Alonso Escarza, Francois Yodé Guédé, Eleanor M.L. Scerri

Biological and Biomedical Sciences Department Faculty Journal Articles

Humans emerged across Africa shortly before 300 thousand years ago (ka)1,2,3. Although this pan-African evolutionary process implicates diverse environments in the human story, the role of tropical forests remains poorly understood. Here we report a clear association between late Middle Pleistocene material culture and a wet tropical forest in southern Côte d’Ivoire, a region of present-day rainforest. Twinned optically stimulated luminescence and electron spin resonance dating methods constrain the onset of human occupations at Bété I to around 150 ka, linking them with Homo sapiens. Plant wax biomarker, stable isotope, phytolith and pollen …

Human-Ai Collaboration In Writing: A Multidimensional Framework For Creative And Intellectual Authorship, James Hutson

Faculty Scholarship

The integration of AI technologies into the writing process has significantly altered traditional notions of authorship, creativity, and intellectual labor. Historically, writing was seen as a human-driven cognitive and creative exercise, but with the rise of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude, the line between human and AI contributions has become increasingly ambiguous. This paper addresses the limitations of the current sliding scale model, which views AI involvement as ranging from “none” to “complete”. In its place, we propose a new multidimensional framework that more accurately reflects the complexity of human-AI collaboration in writing. The model includes axes …

Cultural Inclusion: Experiences Of Somali Parents In The Pbis System, Destiny R. Stampley

Doctorate in Education

In an effort to support student achievement and decrease disruptive behaviors, many schools have implemented the Positive Behavior and Supports and Intervention (PBIS) framework. Two critical aspects of this framework are cultural inclusion and family engagement, which are used to promote equitable and responsive practices and policies. However, research on the effectiveness of PBIS in diverse schools focuses primarily on what schools do and fails to examine the perspective and experiences of parents. This is especially true for the Somali diaspora in Minnesota, the state with the largest Somali population in the United States. This qualitative study examined the experiences …

Of Cordial Ladies And Independent Women: An Analysis Of The Ceramic Assemblage Of The 19th Century Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Mikayla Roderick

Graduate Masters Theses

This thesis explores the transformation of Susan Austin’s (1807-1885) household in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from a private family home into a boardinghouse, challenging traditional distinctions between domestic and economic spaces. Using feminist and queer theoretical frameworks, it examines how Austin’s decisions blurred public and private boundaries, creating an intimate boardinghouse. Through ceramic analysis of two occupational phases and a documentary examination of the household members over time, this study identifies shifts in material culture that reflect changing household practices, social relationships, and status negotiation. Austin intentionally created an environment where commercial spaces took on a domestic appearance, integrating elements of familiarity …

A Review Of Gut Failure As A Cause And Consequence Of Critical Illness, Danielle E. Soranno, Craig M. Coopersmith, Jessica F. Brinkworth, Faith N. F. Factora, Julia H. Muntean, Monty G. Mythen, Jacob Raphael, Andrew D. Shaw, Vidula Vachharajani, Jeannette S. Messer

Department of Anesthesiology Faculty Papers

In critical illness, all elements of gut function are perturbed. Dysbiosis develops as the gut microbial community loses taxonomic diversity and new virulence factors appear. Intestinal permeability increases, allowing for translocation of bacteria and/or bacterial products. Epithelial function is altered at a cellular level and homeostasis of the epithelial monolayer is compromised by increased intestinal epithelial cell death and decreased proliferation. Gut immunity is impaired with simultaneous activation of maladaptive pro- and anti-inflammatory signals leading to both tissue damage and susceptibility to infections. Additionally, splanchnic vasoconstriction leads to decreased blood flow with local ischemic changes. Together, these interrelated elements of …

2025-02-26 Students Support Seattle Children’S Hospital With Pie-A-President Event, Dylan Berman

The Spectator Online

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Education Module To Improve Staff Medication Administration Practice, Linda Ikegwuoha

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Executive Summary: Staff Education Project Education Module to Improve Staff Medication Administration Practice by Linda C. Ikegwuoha BSN, Austin Community College, 2021 ADN, Austin Community College, 2019 Executive Summary Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice Walden University May 2025

Intersect Between Brain Mechanisms Of Conditioned Threat, Active Avoidance, And Reward, Muhammad Badarnee, Zhenfu Wen, Mira Z Hammoud, Paul Glimcher, Christopher K Cain, Mohammed R Milad

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Active avoidance is a core behavior for human coping, and its excess is common across psychiatric diseases. The decision to actively avoid a threat is influenced by cost and reward. Yet, threat, avoidance, and reward have been studied in silos. We discuss behavioral and brain circuits of active avoidance and the interactions with fear and threat. In addition, we present a neural toggle switch model enabling fear-to-anxiety transition and approaching reward vs. avoiding harm decision. To fully comprehend how threat, active avoidance, and reward intersect, it is paramount to develop one shared experimental approach across phenomena and behaviors, which will …

Inhibition Of Il-6 Trans-Signaling Promotes Post-Stroke Functional Recovery In A Sex And Dose-Dependent Manner, Cassandra Hall, Dustin T Nguyen, Kate Mendoza, Chunfeng Tan, Anjali Chauhan

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Introduction: Elevated circulating IL-6 levels are associated with poorer outcomes after stroke, and increased serum IL-6 levels are linked to a higher risk of stroke. IL-6 binds to soluble IL-6 receptors (sIL-6R) and subsequently to ubiquitously expressed gp130, initiating proinflammatory trans-signaling. This study tested the hypothesis that inhibiting IL-6 trans-signaling by administering soluble (s) gp130 improves long-term functional outcomes in young mice after stroke.

Methods: Recombinant mouse gp130Fc chimera (sgp130) was administered one hour after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) followed by twice-weekly administration for 2 weeks in mice (8-15 weeks old). Behavioral assessments were done on days 7 and …

Constraining Biases In The Measurements Of Aerosol-Radiation Interactions: A First Principles Approach, Joshin Kumar

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Aerosol-radiation interactions remain a critical yet uncertain component of Earth’s climate system. Carbonaceous aerosols, particularly black carbon (BC) and brown carbon (BrC), are significant contributors to radiative forcing due to their strong light-absorbing characteristics. However, systematic measurement biases and incomplete representations of aerosol properties across multiple scales can hinder our understanding of their interaction with solar radiation and climatic impacts. This dissertation addresses these gaps through a multipronged investigation that integrates measurement corrections, atomic-scale simulations, particle-scale optical modeling, and large-scale radiative forcing evaluations. Firstly, filter-based instruments commonly used for aerosol light absorption measurements, such as the Particle Soot Absorption Photometer, …

The Physics And Chemistry Of Phase Separation Of Prion-Like Low-Complexity Protein Domains, Mina Farag

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Biomolecular condensates are membraneless cellular compartments that arise via macromolecular phase separation. Condensates are involved in a variety of cellular functions, including trafficking, autophagy, ribosomal biogenesis, endocytosis, transcription, proteostasis, and stress response. In addition, condensates are associated with diverse pathologies, especially neurodegenerative and oncogenic processes. Given their physiological importance, much work has been done to characterize condensates via physical, chemical, and biological methods. It is now well-recognized that intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are significant drivers of condensate formation. In particular, prion-like low-complexity domains (PLCDs), a subset of IDPs that share similar sequence compositions with yeast prion proteins, are often involved …