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The Power Of Homeownership: The Case For Iowa Heartland Habitat For Humanity, Esha Jayswal, Joseph Ugrin, Disa Cornish, Brent Buhr, Ali Parrish

Faculty Publications

This research examines the impact of financially assisted homeownership for Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity home recipients as measured in life satisfaction. We develop and assess a model with homeownership as the independent variable and financial well-being, current health, and psychological well-being as mediating variables that impact life satisfaction. We utilize data from 184 Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity homeowners and applicants to test the model. The findings show that homeownership through Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity is related to life satisfaction. That relationship is partially mediated by financial well-being, current health, and psychological well-being, where the mediating variables amplify …

Effects Of Microplastic Biofilms On An Anthropogenically Impacted Suburban Lake, Paris M. Velasquez

Masters Theses

Plastics have been observed in every location on the planet, and their prevalence in the environment is due in part to their strong resistance to degradation. Inland lakes are susceptible to plastic pollution by highway runoff, which contains plastic fragments of brake pads, car tires, litter, and road paint. These plastics eventually enter freshwater environments and degrade into microplastics (

Nevada’S Housing Policy Landscape: Data, Analysis, And Policy Solutions, Brookings Mountain West, Lied Center For Real Estate

Brookings Mountain West Special Events

From rising rents to high interest rates to limited supply, housing policy is a central issue in the 2024 elections. Brookings Mountain West, in partnership with UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate, hosted a community forum examining the local, state, and federal impacts of Nevada’s housing challenges. New research presented at the forum offer insights into the demographic and economic dynamics of individuals and families navigating Nevada's turbulent housing market, assess trends in home ownership, and evaluate barriers preventing Nevadans from accessing the housing market.

The Relationship Between The Neighborhood Environment, Health Behaviors And Health Outcomes Among Urban Hispanics In New York City, Manuel C. Co Jr.

Dissertations

Hispanics account for more than half of the total United States (US) population growth between 2000 and 2010. To gain a comprehensive understanding of a predominantly Hispanic urban community in Northern Manhattan, the aims of this cross-sectional observational study were: (1) to characterize the actual and perceived neighborhood food environment in Northern Manhattan, (2) to understand the relationship between the actual and perceived neighborhood food environment, sociodemographic characteristics and the likelihood of consuming five or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day, and (3) to describe the contribution of participants' sociodemographic characteristics and health behavior to their health outcomes.

Attitudes, Subjective Norms, And Perceived Behavioral Control Of Perianesthesia Nurses' Intentions To Engage In Mindful Self-Care, Brenda K. Sanya

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intentions to engage in mindful self-care among nurses working in the peri-anesthesia setting. The study utilized cross-sectional design and was guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior.

The Rider (2024-09-23), Natalie Lapsley

The Rider Archives

Vol.10 No.5

Examining Daily-Self Weighing As A Stand-Alone Intervention For Obesity Management, Ashley Parish

All ETDs from UAB

Obesity is an epidemic that has substantial implications for both individuals with the disease as well as the healthcare system in the United States. Individuals with obesity are at increased risk for developing associated co-morbid conditions such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and some forms of cancer, which can affect quality of life and lead to mortality. There are many health behavior interventions which target weight loss, maintenance of weight loss, or weight gain prevention in those with obesity; however, interventions have unique barriers that can vary based on personal, environmental, and social factors. Primary care (PC) settings, which …

The C-Terminal 4cxxc-Type Zinc Finger Domain Of Cdca7 Recognizes Hemimethylated Dna And Modulates Activities Of Chromatin Remodeling Enzyme Hells, Akeo Shinkai, Hideharu Hashimoto, Chikako Shimura, Hiroaki Fujimoto, Kei Fukuda, Naoki Horikoshi, Masaki Okano, Hitoshi Niwa, Erik W Debler, Hitoshi Kurumizaka, Yoichi Shinkai

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

The chromatin-remodeling enzyme helicase lymphoid-specific (HELLS) interacts with cell division cycle-associated 7 (CDCA7) on nucleosomes and is involved in the regulation of DNA methylation in higher organisms. Mutations in these genes cause immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, and facial anomalies (ICF) syndrome, which also results in DNA hypomethylation of satellite repeat regions. We investigated the functional domains of human CDCA7 in HELLS using several mutant CDCA7 proteins. The central region is critical for binding to HELLS, activation of ATPase, and nucleosome sliding activities of HELLS-CDCA7. The N-terminal region tends to inhibit ATPase activity. The C-terminal 4CXXC-type zinc finger domain contributes to CpG …

Thrombectomy For Stroke With Large Infarct On Noncontrast Ct: The Tesla Randomized Clinical Trial, Writing Committee For The Tesla Investigators, Albert J Yoo, Osama O Zaidat, Sunil A Sheth, Ansaar T Rai, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Curtis A Given, Syed F Zaidi, Ramesh Grandhi, Hugo Cuellar, Maxim Mokin, Jeffrey M Katz, Amer Alshekhlee, Muhammad A Taqi, Sameer A Ansari, Adnan H Siddiqui, Nobl Barazangi, Joey D English, Alberto Maud, Jawad Kirmani, Rishi Gupta, Dileep R Yavagal, Jason Tarpley, Dhruvil J Pandya, Marshall C Cress, Sushrut Dharmadhikari, Kaiz S Asif, Tareq Kass-Hout, Ajit S Puri, Nazli Janjua, Aniel Q Majjhoo, Aamir Badruddin, Randall C Edgell, Rakesh Khatri, Larry Morgan, Anmar Razak, Alicia Zha, Priyank Khandelwal, Nils Mueller-Kronast, Dennis J Rivet, Thomas Wolfe, Brian Snelling, Ali Sultan-Qurraie, Shao-Pow Lin, Rajkamal Khangura, Alejandro M Spiotta, Parita Bhuva, Sergio Salazar-Marioni, Eugene Lin, Abdul R Tarabishy, Edgar A Samaniego, Murali K Kolikonda, Mouhammad A Jumaa, Vivek K Reddy, Pankaj Sharma, Olvert A Berkhemer, Pieter-Jan Van Doormaal, Adriaan C G M Van Es, Wim H Van Zwam, Bart J Emmer, Ludo F Beenen, Charles B L M Majoie, Nancy Buderer, Michelle A Detry, Anna Bosse, Todd L Graves, Christina Saunders, Lucas Elijovich, Ashutosh Jadhav, Mary Patterson, Hannah Slight, Kristine Below, Sami Al Kasab, Tesla Investigators

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Importance: Recent large infarct thrombectomy trials used heterogeneous imaging modalities and time windows for patient selection. Noncontrast computed tomographic (CT) scan is the most common stroke imaging approach. It remains uncertain whether thrombectomy is effective for patients with large infarcts identified using noncontrast CT alone within 24 hours of stroke onset.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of thrombectomy in patients with a large infarct on a noncontrast CT scan within 24 hours of onset.

Design, setting, and participants: Open-label, blinded-end point, bayesian-adaptive randomized trial with interim analyses for early stopping (futility or success) or population enrichment, which was conducted at …

Dek::Aff2 Fusion-Associated Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Case Series With Literature Review On An Emerging And Challenging Entity, Sara E Amin, James S Lewis, Julia A Bridge, Jen-Fan Hang, Udit Naik, Justin A Bishop, Karan Saluja

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Purpose: DEK::AFF2 fusion-associated squamous cell carcinoma (DEK::AFF2 SCC), also reported in the literature as low-grade papillary sinonasal (Schneiderian) carcinoma (LGPSC), is a rare, primarily bland-appearing, but locally aggressive neoplasm. Morphologically, these tumors can closely resemble sinonasal papilloma (SP), especially on small or limited biopsy, often leading to misdiagnosis. DEK::AFF2 SCC is devoid of the underlying mutually exclusive EGFR or KRAS driver mutations of SP, suggesting it may represent a distinct unique entity.

Methods: In this study, we conducted a retrospective search of "unusual" SP reported either as atypical, dysplastic, or suspicious for malignant transformation at our institution in the last …

Austronesian Maritime Migrations: Past And Present - A.B. Lapian Memorial Lecture 2024, James J. Fox

Antropologi Indonesia

This lecture is given in honour of A.B. Lapian whom I had the good fortunate to know. He was a notable scholar whose knowledge of the maritime world of Nusantara was exemplary. As an historian, he had a clear understanding of the broad contours of regional maritime history but equally, he had a concern for the illuminating details of that history. He had a special interest in the Bajau as a maritime population and in their crucial historical role in the trepang trade. I was fortunate to have participated in the International Seminar Professor Lapian organized on the Bajau in …

Jessie Jia '25 Studies Class Conflicts, Identity Of Migrants In America, Jeffery Woodard

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Diet Culture On Tiktok: A Descriptive Content Analysis, Emily Munro, Gabriella Wells, Rigel Paciente, Nicole Wickens, Daniel Ta, Joelie Mandzufas, Karen Lombardi, Alix Woolard

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Objective: To investigate how dieting is portrayed on TikTok and the potential implications for public health considering the effect of diet culture on eating disorders amongst young people. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive content analysis of 250 videos from the five most popular diet-related hashtags. A codebook was developed to analyse the content of the videos and collect the engagement for each video (likes, comments and shares). Setting: TikTok website. Participants: There were no participants in this study. Results: More than half of the videos portrayed 'body checking', a potentially harmful practice for body image. Of the videos that represented body …

Historical Redlining, Contemporary Gentrification, And Severe Maternal Morbidity In California, 2005-2018, Xing Gao, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Amani M. Nuru-Jeter, Jonathan M. Snowden, Suzan L. Carmichael, Mahasin S. Mujahid

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Importance Historically redlined neighborhoods may experience disinvestment, influencing their likelihood of gentrification, a process of neighborhood (re-)development that unequally distributes harms and benefits by race and class. Understanding the combined outcomes of redlining and gentrification informs how the mutually constitutive systems of structural racism and racial capitalism affect pregnancy outcomes. Objective To examine if historical redlining and contemporary gentrification is associated with increased severe maternal morbidity (SMM) odds. Design, Setting, and Participants This cross-sectional study used data from a statewide population-based sample of all live hospital births at 20 weeks’ gestation or more between 2005 and 2018 in California. Analysis …

Strategic Stabilization Of Arousal Boosts Sustained Attention, Jan Willem De Gee, Zakir Mridha, Marisa Hudson, Yanchen Shi, Hannah Ramsaywak, Spencer Smith, Nishad Karediya, Matthew Thompson, Kit Jaspe, Hong Jiang, Wenhao Zhang, Matthew J Mcginley

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

Arousal and motivation interact to profoundly influence behavior. For example, experience tells us that we have some capacity to control our arousal when appropriately motivated, such as staying awake while driving a motor vehicle. However, little is known about how arousal and motivation jointly influence decision computations, including if and how animals, such as rodents, adapt their arousal state to their needs. Here, we developed and show results from an auditory, feature-based, sustained-attention task with intermittently shifting task utility. We use pupil size to estimate arousal across a wide range of states and apply tailored signal detection theoretic, hazard function …

Chimes: September 23, 2024, Calvin College

Chimes

Student mourns as sustainability cohort admits final class by Elisabeth Stevens

Three Grand Rapids churches submit letters of disaffiliation to the CRCNA by Grace Buller

Calvin's student population grows for second consecutive year by Ethan Meyers and Graham Kort

Rangeela 2025 pushed a week later than usual by Natasha Jayaputra

Calvin to bring facilities back in-house by Ian Tjoelker

Meet the Interim Tennis Coaches by Dillion Baumchen

Community-Led Climate Preparedness And Resilience In Boston: New Evidence From Communities Of Color, Katsyris Rivera-Kientz, Rosalyn Negron, Lorena Estrada-Martínez, Nyingilanyeofori Hannah Brown, Chidimma Ozor Commer, Mahesh Admankar, Jessica Lillquist, Nicholas Johnson, Racheal Inegbedion, Paul Watanabe

Sustainable Solutions Lab

Communities of color have been historically excluded and marginalized in the ongoing conversations about climate preparedness and resilience at local, national, and global levels. Using focus groups composed of Boston communities of color (Asian American, Black, Latino, and Native American), this study aimed to understand their perspectives on climate change, providing in-depth knowledge of its impact and their views on preparedness and resilience. Research shows that these communities have long been concerned about climate change and emphasize the urgent need to improve climate preparedness. A multi-pronged approach is crucial: listening to communities of color to leverage local knowledge and leadership, …

Comparing The Health Information Practices Of Sapphic People By Age Group And Generation, Vanessa Lynn Kitzie

Faculty Publications

This qualitative research examines how sapphic people (i.e., umbrella term inclusive of lesbian, bisexual, and pansexual trans femmes, mascs, nonbinary people, and ciswomen) in South Carolina navigate informational barriers within healthcare systems. An information practices lens that examines how sapphic people create, seek, use, and share information to achieve desired healthcare outcomes describes such navigation. The research focuses on how intersectional identities, with a particular emphasis on age and considerations of race/ethnicity, geography, and gender, mediate these practices and their outcomes. The research uses participant data from semi-structured interviews and focus groups with 34 sapphic people about their health information …

Melanism In Polymorphic Terrestrial Snakes: A Meta-Analysis And Systematic Review, Ryan A. Martin

Faculty Scholarship

Background and Aim: Colour polymorphic populations constitute excellent model systems for testing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses, as alternate colourations are associated with differences in various biological, behavioural and life-history traits. Melanism is the most common and most obvious form of polymorphism. In reptiles in general (and snakes in particular), thermal melanism has been a popular hypothesis used to explain the appearance of black individuals. It suggests that a trade-off exists between superior thermoregulation and reduced protection through the loss of crypsis. Surprisingly, despite the growing body of literature available, to date, there are only two qualitative reviews on the evolutionary …

A Comparison Of Manual And Automatic Force-Onset Identification Methodologies And Their Effect On Force-Time Characteristics In The Isometric Midthigh Pull, Stuart N. Guppy, Claire J. Brady, Yosuke Kotani, Shannon Connolly, Paul Comfort, Jason P. Lake, G. Gregory Haff

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The aim of this study was to assess the agreement of three different automated methods of identifying force-onset (40 N, 5 SDs, and 3 SDs) with manual identification, during the isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP). Fourteen resistance-trained participants with > 6 months experience training with the power clean volunteered to take part. After three familiarisation sessions, the participants performed five maximal IMTPs separated by 1 min of rest. Fixed bias was found between 40 N and manual identification for time at force-onset. No proportional bias was present between manual identification and any automated threshold. Fixed bias between manual identification and automated was …

Educating With Ai, Grace Seo, David Wicks

AI and the Future of Work

This conference track explores the integration of AI within teaching and learning, with a focus on practical approaches that leverage AI technologies to optimize teaching practices and enhance students’ learning experience. The topics include the essential AI literacies in educational contexts, collaborative learning with AI, and the use of AI for enhanced learning assessments.

Artificial Intelligence, Copyright Registration, And The Rule Of Doubt, Thomas B. James

Texas A&M Law Review

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology has detonated an explosive burst of seemingly creative expression. Stories, images, music, and even entire books are now being generated very quickly. This development is a major headache for copyright registrars because the copyrightability of works created in this way is uncertain. The almost limitless variability in the extent of human involvement in the creation of a work using an AI tool compounds the uncertainty. In some cases, copyrightability is easy to determine, such as where an author only claims rights in the selection and arrangement of AI-generated output rather than the output itself. But in …

Financial Toxicity In Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Regional Nodal Irradiation: Variation By Cancer Subtype, Grace L Smith, Benjamin D Smith, Chi-Fang Wu, Simona F Shaitelman, Mariana Chavez-Macgregor, Rashmi Murthy, Kelsey Kaiser, Kimberly S Ku, Julia J Shi, Sanjay S Shete, Ying-Shiuan Chen, Robert J Volk, Sharon H Giordano, Ya-Chen T Shih, Karen E Hoffman

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: We evaluated sociodemographic and clinical predictors of financial toxicity (FT) among patients with breast cancer with higher risk clinical factors warranting regional nodal irradiation (RNI).

METHODS: Among 183 participants in a clinical trial of conventional vs. hypofractionated treatment with RNI, 125 (68 %) completed a pilot survey of FT measured using the validated Economic Strain and Resilience in Cancer (ENRICh) instrument, scored from 0 (minimal) to 10 (severe) FT. Associations with predictors were evaluated using Pearson correlation coefficients and Kruskal Wallis, Mann-Whitney U, and Jonckheere-Terpstra tests. Predictors of severe FT (ENRICh≥5) were tested using multivariable logistic regression with odds …

Examining Management And Employees' Perceptions Of Occupational Heat Exposure And The Effectiveness Of A Heat Stress Prevention Intervention On Safety And Well-Being Among Natural Gas Construction Workers: A Qualitative Field-Based Study, Muinat Abolore Idris, Christine Markham, Kristina D Mena, William B Perkison

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Numerous risk factors have been identified as significantly influencing outdoor workers' risk for heat stress and heat-related conditions, impacting their health, well-being, and productivity. However, the specific effects of these factors on construction workers' safety, health, and well-being remain under-researched. With climate change increasing temperatures, assessing heat stress among construction workers is imperative.

OBJECTIVE: To identify the barriers and facilitators influencing the safety of natural gas construction workers and evaluate an implemented heat stress intervention.

METHODS: In the summer of 2023, two semi-structured interviews and six focus groups were conducted with twenty-one stakeholders at a Texas natural gas construction …

Group Dynamics, Gender, And Field : An Ethnographic Study Of The Yo-Yoing Sport Subculture In Hong Kong, Ho Wang Kwong

Lingnan Theses (MPhil & PhD)

This research explores the yo-yoing sport subculture in Hong Kong, tracing its evolution from a popular pastime to a recognized sport with a global competition structure led by the International Yo-Yo Federation. By situating yo-yoing within lifestyle sports literature, this study offers a sociological understanding of yo-yo players’ experiences and challenges in Hong Kong. Yo-yoing is an interesting case to study because of its prevailing label as a toy hobby, thus players are generally positive to mainstreaming which differs from many lifestyle sports participants’ reluctant attitude. The central question of this study is: How does a subculture gain legitimation as …

Back Matter, Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.

Thank You To The 2019 Reviewers Of The Mississippi Kite, Nicholas A. Winstead

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.

Cattle Egret Foraging Behind White-Tailed Deer, Steve Peterson

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.

Confirmation Of Mississippi Barn Owls Breeding In October, Natasha Murphy, Scott A. Rush

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.