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Prostitutes, Power, And Policy: Reevaluating The Origins Of The Chinese Exclusion Act, Rosemary Huang

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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The Dispute Of The Desert Dwellers: Federal Land In Nevada, Christina Mcmanus

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Bullets And The Ballot, Valor And The Vote, Dylan Ryu

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Here, There, And Everywhere: Observations On International Ramifications Of Us Immigration Policies Of The 20th Century, Caitlin Gronowski

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Surviving A Recession: The Tale Of San Francisco’S Chinatown In The 1973-75 Recession, Ethan Chung

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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“Scu Missed The 60s”: Multicultural Activism At Santa Clara University, Jacklyn Alonzo Heredia

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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Historical Perspectives Vol. 29 2024

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

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So You're Thinking About Moving To Europe, Jean Lavigne

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

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Eng 1001g-003 College Composition I Critical Reading & Source Based Writing, Jamie Golladay

Fall 2024

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Interview With Phyllis Yes, Bailie Jansons

Gordon and Dorothy Carlson Commemoration

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Effect Of Cariprazine On Outcomes In Older-Aged And Younger-Aged Patients With Bipolar I Disorder: A Post-Hoc Analysis, Martha Sajatovic

Faculty Scholarship

Objectives: To evaluate cariprazine in adults with older- and younger-age bipolar I disorder (OABD-I and YABD-I) and compare treatment effects between them. Design and setting: Pooled post-hoc analysis of studies in depressive or acute manic/mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder. Participants: 475/1383 patients (34.3%) in 3 depression trials and 238/1037 patients (23.0%) in 3 manic/mixed trials were OABD-I. Interventions: Depression: placebo, cariprazine 1.5 mg/day, 3.0 mg/day, pooled 1.5-3.0 mg/day. Manic/mixed: placebo, cariprazine 3.0-6.0 mg/day, and 9.0-12.0 mg/day. Measurements: Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), Clinical Global Impression of Severity (CGI-S), and Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS). Results: In bipolar I …

Effects Of Sex, Mating Status, And Genetic Background On Circadian Behavior In Drosophila, Oghenerukevwe Akpoghiran, Alexandra K. Strich, Kyunghee Koh

Farber Institute for Neuroscience Faculty Papers

Circadian rhythms play a crucial role in regulating behavior, physiology, and health. Sexual dimorphism, a widespread phenomenon across species, influences circadian behaviors. Additionally, post-mating physiological changes in females are known to modulate various behaviors, yet their effects on circadian rhythms remain underexplored. Here, using Drosophila melanogaster, a powerful model for studying circadian mechanisms, we systematically assessed the impact of sex and mating status on circadian behavior. We measured circadian period length and rhythm strength in virgin and mated males and females, including females mated to males lacking Sex Peptide (SP), a key mediator of post-mating changes. Across four wild-type and …

Mental Rotation: Psychometric Analysis Of The Online Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations And Relationships Between Mental Rotation Skill And Engineering Undergraduate Success, Savanna Dautle

Theses and Dissertations

“Literature shows that spatial skills, and in particular, mental rotation skills, are predictors of success in STEM. Students who have strong spatial visualization skills are more likely to demonstrate better academic performance and higher graduation rates in STEM. Several instruments are used to measure mental rotation skills, most of which are paper-based… To measure the range of skills typically seen in undergraduate engineering students, the PSVT:R has been historically preferred for its use of a variety of 3-dimensional shapes, which are appropriately challenging to visualize, and for its established reliability and validity [using classical test theory]. An [online] version of …

The Growing Rift Between Holocaust Scholars Over Israel/Palestine, Shira Klein

History Faculty Articles and Research

"A chasm has formed between Holocaust scholars concerning Israel/Palestine, deepening immeasurably since 7 October 2023. Unlike previous controversies in the field, the divide is not just historical or methodological; it revolves around academics’ role in the world today, particularly the public stand they choose to take on Palestine/Israel and Zionism. Two main camps have formed. Put reductively, one camp defends Israel, while the other defends Palestinians, although differences between individual scholars within each camp make for more of a spectrum than a clear-cut divide. How, despite a diversity of ideas and foci within each camp, did two academic-political antipodes solidify …

Cogenerative Dialogues: Let’S Talk Computational Thinking, Linda Noble, Malgorzata Powietrzynska, Gabrielle Figueroa

Open Educational Resources

As Associate Adjunct Professors we (Linda and Malgorzata) have been co-teaching with graduate students for over 10 years at Brooklyn College’s School of Education. Recently, as part of CUNY’s Computing Integrated Teacher Education (CITE) initiative, we embarked on integrating computational thinking (CT) into our SEED 7507 course (Sociocultural and Developmental Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Diverse Classrooms). The course aimed at exploring theories of social and emotional learning, interpersonal interaction, culture, race, gender, role of language and literacy with implications for teaching and learning practices, planning and assessment. Incorporating CT involved new terminology, tools, and ways of teaching. Consequently, …

The Role Of Embodiment In Art Therapy, Mia De Bethune, Mia T. De Bethune

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

This phenomenological and arts-based study engaged art therapists in dialogue about experiences of embodiment and touch. Dialogue was centered on lived experience of their bodies during art making with clients and themselves. Attention was given to in vivo experiences of self-touch and art materials. Data were collected through focus groups with a purposive sample of art therapists

(N = 14) in-person and online. Groups included experientials with self-touch, body sensing, and body mapping. Data were collected from multiple sources including video, interview transcripts, and art work created in the groups. As participants shared their experiences of embodiment through the …

Director Of Gwu Bands Dr. Sarah Fabian Seeks To Engage And Inspire Music Students, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Through her enthusiasm and engaging personality, Dr. Sarah Fabian, director of Gardner-Webb University Bands and assistant professor of music, has tremendously grown the music program. From recruitment e!orts at the local high schools to connecting with directors, Fabian has increased interest and participation in the marching band.

"Our Blood Is Not Cheap": A Photovoice Project On Being Arab In A Racialized United States, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, Suhad Tabahi, Itedal Shalabi

School of Social Work Faculty Publications

The Arab American community has faced a history of racialization dating back to the late 19th century. The events of 9/11 and the heightened rhetoric of hate during the Trump presidency encouraged anti-Muslim sentiment and increased racial profiling and harassment. This community-based participatory research (CBPR) project uses Photovoice as a methodology to better understand the lived experiences and narratives of Arab Americans in the post-Trump1 era and as a tool for advocacy. The findings from the photo sharing sessions underscore the continued challenge of identity and representation, (in)visibility, and pushing back against anti-Arab/Muslim racism. The findings also highlight religion as …

Small Variant Benchmark From A Complete Assembly Of X And Y Chromosomes, Justin Wagner, Nathan D Olson, Jennifer Mcdaniel, Lindsay Harris, Brendan J Pinto, David Jáspez, Adrián Muñoz-Barrera, Luis A Rubio-Rodríguez, José M Lorenzo-Salazar, Carlos Flores, Sayed Mohammad Ebrahim Sahraeian, Giuseppe Narzisi, Marta Byrska-Bishop, Uday S Evani, Chunlin Xiao, Juniper A Lake, Peter Fontana, Craig Greenberg, Donald Freed, Mohammed Faizal Eeman Mootor, Paul C Boutros, Lisa Murray, Kishwar Shafin, Andrew Carroll, Fritz J Sedlazeck, Melissa Wilson, Justin M Zook

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The sex chromosomes contain complex, important genes impacting medical phenotypes, but differ from the autosomes in their ploidy and large repetitive regions. To enable technology developers along with research and clinical laboratories to evaluate variant detection on male sex chromosomes X and Y, we create a small variant benchmark set with 111,725 variants for the Genome in a Bottle HG002 reference material. We develop an active evaluation approach to demonstrate the benchmark set reliably identifies errors in challenging genomic regions and across short and long read callsets. We show how complete assemblies can expand benchmarks to difficult regions, but highlight …

Alumni Updates - Winter 2025, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Archive

This Winter 2025 Alumni Updates highlights recent professional achievements of Cardozo Law graduates, including promotions to partner and counsel, executive appointments, prestigious awards, notable publications, and creative accomplishments across law, government, business, and the arts.

Patient-Derived Xenografts Of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Enable Deconvolution And Prediction Of Chemotherapy Responses, Jonathan T Lei, Lacey E Dobrolecki, Chen Huang, Ramakrishnan R Srinivasan, Suhas V Vasaikar, Alaina N Lewis, Christina Sallas, Na Zhao, Jin Cao, John D Landua, Chang In Moon, Yuxing Liao, Susan G Hilsenbeck, C Kent Osborne, Mothaffar F Rimawi, Matthew J Ellis, Varduhi Petrosyan, Bo Wen, Kai Li, Alexander B Saltzman, Antrix Jain, Anna Malovannaya, Gerburg M Wulf, Elisabetta Marangoni, Shunqiang Li, Daniel C Kraushaar, Tao Wang, Senthil Damodaran, Xiaofeng Zheng, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Gloria V Echeverria, Meenakshi Anurag, Xi Chen, Bryan E Welm, Alana L Welm, Bing Zhang, Michael T Lewis

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Combination chemotherapy remains essential for clinical management of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Consequently, responses to multiple single agents cannot be delineated at the single patient level, even though some patients might not require all drugs in the combination. Herein, we conduct multi-omic analyses of orthotopic TNBC patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) treated with single agent carboplatin, docetaxel, or the combination. Combination responses were usually no better than the best single agent, with enhanced response in only ~13% of PDX, and apparent antagonism in a comparable percentage. Single-omic comparisons showed largely non-overlapping results between genes associated with single agent and combination treatments that …

Do Schools Have The Capacity To Provide Free Meals To Every Student?, Michah W. Rothbart, Jeehee Han, Zac Reeves

Center for Policy Research

Over 20 million students nationally attend schools that offer universal free meals (UFM). Advocates argue that UFM increases school meal participation, decreases stigma, and reduces administrative costs for schools. Similarly, Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC) distributes breakfast to students after the bell, which increases participation and potentially decreases stigma. However, student participation remains far from universal. This brief summarizes the findings from a study using data from New York City (NYC) public schools between 2011-2014 to analyze the effectiveness of UFM and BIC at increasing student school breakfast and lunch participation in capacity-constrained schools. The authors find that both UFM …

Measures Of Joint Kinematic Reliability During Repeated Softball Pitching, Erin Pletcher, Mita Lovalakar, Takashi Nagai, Chris Connaboy

Department of Exercise Science Faculty Papers

Background/Objectives: Three-dimensional motion analysis is often used to evaluate improvements or decrements in movement patterns in athletes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of joint flexion/extension angles of the pitching elbow and bilateral knees and hips in softball pitchers. Methods: Fourteen softball pitchers (17.9 ± 2.3 years) were tested in one session consisting of four sets of five consecutive fastballs and a second session of two sets of five fastballs. The magnitude of systematic bias and within-subject variation was calculated between pitches. An iterative intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) process was used to determine intra- and inter-session …

Ypfs Lessons Learned Oral History Project: An Interview With Masaaki Shirakawa, Masaaki Shirakawa, Mercedes A. Cardona, Benjamin Hoffner

Documents

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Schlichting Hist 103 Syllabus, Kara M. Schlichting

Open Educational Resources

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Influence Of Psychological Evaluators’ Demographics, Perceptions Of Bias, And Juvenile Defendants’ Race On Competency Decisions, Elizabeth Zaito

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Recent large-scale studies and reviews have revealed inconsistent findings regarding the role of evaluator characteristics, bias, and characteristics of juveniles in judging competency to stand trial as adults in juvenile cases using Dusky standards. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of psychological evaluators’ education and experience, cognitive bias, and race of juveniles on decisions involving competency to stand trial. The attribution theory was used as the theoretical framework to explain how internal years of education and experience as well as beliefs about bias can influence decision-making. Data were collected from 84 forensic and clinical professionals and …

Prdm16 Enhances Osteoblastogenic Runx2 Via Canonical Wnt10b/Β-Catenin Pathway In Testosterone-Treated Hypogonadal Men, Siresha Bathina, Mia Prado, Virginia Fuenmayor Lopez, Georgia Colleluori, Lina Aguirre, Rui Chen, Dennis T Villareal, Reina Armamento-Villareal

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

We previously reported that PRDM16 mediated the improvement in body composition in testosterone (T)-treated hypogonadal men by shifting adipogenesis to myogenesis. Previous preclinical studies suggest that Prdm16 regulates Runx2, an important osteoblastic transcription factor, expression and activity. However, the changes in PRDM16, and other genes/proteins involved in osteoblastogenesis with T therapy in hypogonadal men are unexplored. We investigated the role of PRDM16 in RUNX2 activation by measuring changes in gene expression in peripheral blood monocytes (PBMCs) and proteins in the serum of hypogonadal men after T therapy for 6 months. Likewise, we evaluated changes in the WNT10b—β-CATENIN signaling …

Evaluating Racial Disparities In Cancer Patient-Provider Communication About Cannabis In A State Without A Legal Cannabis Marketplace, Amelia V. Wedel, Kyle J. Walters, Rachel L. Tomko, Alana M. Rojewski, Erin A. Mcclure

Psychology

Purpose

Cancer survivors in a state with no legal access to cannabis may be hesitant to discuss their cannabis use with providers, particularly in light of legal consequences which disproportionately affect certain racial groups. This study examined potential racial disparities in the relationship of cannabis use status with patient-provider discussions of and attitudes toward cannabis in a state where there is no legal cannabis marketplace.

Methods

Survivors of cancer (N = 1003, Mage = 62.36; 13% Black/African-American; 41% male) completed a cross-sectional survey. Weight-adjusted regressions examined racial differences in the relationship between cannabis use status with (a) comfort …

Thirty Productive Years And A Very Promising Future: The Annual Letter Of The Center For Social Development, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

In the 2025 annual letter of the Center for Social Development (CSD), Founding Director Michael Sherrraden discusses the integration of the Washington University Social Policy Institute with CSD, summarizes developments at the center, introduces the new team of experts, shines a light on some of the accomplishments during the past year, and offers a vision for the future.

Enhancing In Vitro Digestibility And Volatile Profile Of Sorghum Proteins Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Drying, Nafisa Sadaf, Arda Tuhanioglu, Safoura Ahmadzadeh, Ali Ubeyitogullari

Food Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

The goal of this research was to use supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) drying as a novel approach to generate sorghum protein concentrates with enhanced functional characteristics. Sorghum protein concentrates were extracted from white whole-grain sorghum flour and dried in two ways: freeze-drying and SC-CO2 drying. The dried proteins were characterized for their volatile compound content, in vitro digestibility, and amino acid composition. A more porous structure was observed for the SC-CO2-dried sorghum proteins compared with their freeze-dried counterparts. In the SC-CO2-dried samples, the levels of alcohols, esters, and organic acids were significantly lower than those in the freeze-dried ones, whereas …