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Finding Home: A Man's Best Friend In A Foreign Land, Xinsen Lee

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

"Finding Home: A Man's Best Friend in a Foreign Land" narrates Coby's journey as he relocates to a foreign city for a dream job. Despite facing cultural and personal challenges, Coby finds solace in a dog named C, who becomes his constant companion. Through caring for C and mingling with the community and in local festivals, Coby discovers the true essence of belonging, community, and home, transforming his initial struggles into valuable life lessons. The story serves as a testament to resilience, the significance of relationships, and the quest to redefine the concept of home.

Comparative Outcomes Of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement In Elderly Patients With Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis: A Systematic Review, Omar Hamodat, Saif Almuzainy, Salma Nizar

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

Objectives: Aortic stenosis is the most common valvular heart disease globally; while transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has proven to be a competitive alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and revolutionized treatment, its safety and efficacy has yet to be comprehensively assessed against SAVR for certain subsets of aortic stenosis patients; therefore, this study aims to systematically analyze all the available clinical evidence from randomized clinical trials on TAVR versus SAVR among intermediate and low-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis.

Methodology: We performed a systematic review of the randomized controlled trials (RCT), studies comparing TAVR and …

Kk 44 Full Issue, Kritika Kultura

Kritika Kultura

No abstract provided.

The Beacon, October 11, 2024, Beacon Staff

The Beacon, 2024-2025

The joys that come with the fall season; Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month; Talent Showcased at music concert; NW students' favorite fall classics; Coldplay signs off with new album; It's more than just a meeting space; Former NW student athlete comes back to coach; Students are able to embrace fall fun; Students recall amazing SSP experiences; Hispanic Heritage Month; Things to consider as a first-time voter; Chopsticks: 1, Forks: 0; Gennis invented by Mark DeYounge; Raider volleyball gains career highs; Quarterback switch at Doane football game; Preparing students for success; A Homecoming full of running events;

Variation In Paternity Leave Policy In Slovenia And Hungary, Kendra Nguyen

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

This paper investigates the variation in paternity leave policy in Slovenia and Hungary in order to gain insight into the drivers and obstacles to policies that support gender equality and women’s rights. Contributing to gender equality and women’s rights, paternity leave policies have been found to support both child care and maternal employment. In European countries such as Spain and Germany, such policies have decreased the gender wage gap within households and shifted opinions on gender roles regarding who is responsible for care work. Given the positive impact of paternity leave, it is of interest why Slovenia has a more …

The Bison, October, 11, 2024

The Bison Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Reducing Restraint Use And Workplace Violence With The Broset Violence Checklist, Alexandria Anderson

Dissertations

Problem: Psychiatric mental health nurses have an increased rate of workplace violence due to the acuity of patients they care for. When aggressive behavior cannot be resolved verbally, physical methods such as restraints may be utilized. Restraint use can result in unwanted consequences for both the patient and the nurse. Predicting risk of violence can be useful at reducing violence and restraint use through early risk identification.

Methods: The Broset Violence Checklist (BVC) was implemented as a way to predict aggression risk in an in-patient psychiatric unit within a mid-western hospital. This study utilized a pre- and post-intervention approach to …

Changes In The Bioactivity Of Einkorn Wheat During The Maturation Period And Theireffect On The Properties Of Einkorn Bread, Mehmet Fati̇h Erkölenci̇k, Burcu Kahraman, Görkem Özülkü, Eray Tulukçu, Hamza Göktaş, Osman Sağdiç, Muhammet Arici

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Immature cereals may contain higher levels of nutrients than mature cereals. Immature and mature einkorn wheats werecompared in terms of physicochemical, technological, rheological, and nutritional qualities and their performances for making breadwere revealed. The values for thousand grain weight, hectoliter weight, sedimentation value and falling number of immature andmature einkorn wheat samples were 23.25–32.29 (g), 72.32–79.11 (kg/hL), 15.02–18.07 (mL) and 312–341 (sec), respectively (p ≤ 0.05).Immature einkorn wholegrain flour (IEWF) contains more than twofold mineral substance than mature einkorn wholegrain flour(MEWF). The total phenolic content and antioxidant properties of IEWF were found to be higher than those of MEWF. The …

Genetic Knock-In Of Eif2ak3 Variants Reveals Differences In Perk Activity In Mouse Liver And Pancreas Under Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Shivesh Ghura, Noah R. Beratan, Xinglong Shi, Elena Alvarez-Periel, Sarah E. Bond Newton, Cagla Akay-Espinoza, Kelly L. Jordan-Sciutto

Farber Institute for Neuroscience Staff Papers and Presentations

Common single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 3 (EIF2AK3) slightly increase the risk of disorders in the periphery and the central nervous system. EIF2AK3 encodes protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK), a key regulator of ER stress. Three exonic EIF2AK3 SNVs form the PERK-B haplotype, which is present in 28% of the global population. Importantly, the precise impact of these SNVs on PERK activity remains elusive. In this study, we demonstrate that PERK-B SNVs do not alter PERK expression or basal activity in vitro and in the novel triple knock-in mice expressing the exonic …

"If Someone Had Stopped The First World Racist, There Would Be No Racism Today": Empowering African American Muslim Elementary Students Through A Critical Literacy(Critlit) Project, Faten Baroudi

Theses and Dissertations

The Critical Literacy (CritLit) project promotes using critical texts to engage readers in examining their lived experiences and understanding of social justice issues. This study used a qualitative participatory approach with a narrative design to research the students’ engagement in a book club using critical texts. Participants were fourth- and fifth-grade African American students who participated in a 4-week project at a weekend Islamic school in Philadelphia. I organized my study into four sessions. Three book club sessions were audio-recorded and observed. Field notes were taken; pre and post-interviews were conducted; student/teacher reflections were collected with students’ notes and handouts; …

Are You Registered? Addressing Structural And Social Determinants Of Health Using Vot+Er, Tricia La Fratta, Terry Frederick, Deborah Simpson, Esmeralda Santana, Victoria Gillet, Kjersti Knox, Nicole Salvo, Lawrence Moore, Kristin Ouweneel, Jacob Bidwell

Aurora GME

No abstract provided.

Bank Term Funding Program, Federal Reserve System: Board Of Governors

Documents

No abstract provided.

Cover And Contents

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

No abstract provided.

Adverse Childhood Experiences And Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring Implications For Young Adults’ Romantic Outlook, Tyler B. Jamison, Hans Saint-Eloi Cadely

Human Development and Family Science Faculty Publications

In the present study, we used data from a community sample of 442 American young adults ages 18 to 35 to explore the associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), intimate partner violence (IPV), and young adults’ romantic outlook (i.e., general attitude toward romantic involvement), which includes perceived average relationship quality, desire for relationships, and dismissal of relationships. Guided by a life course perspective, we examined whether ACEs and IPV work together to predict romantic outlook among young adults. We also explored whether education level moderated the effects of ACEs and IPV on romantic outlook during young adulthood. Our findings suggest …

Assessing Paths To Greenlandic Independence: Reconciling Inuit Cultural Autonomy With Danish Rule, Leo Freedman

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union

This analytical paper seeks to understand what political, economic, and sociocultural barriers inhibit Greenlandic independence from Denmark. The concept of independence must be conceptualized from an Inuit perspective in order to analyze what sacrifices Greenland’s largest ethnic group is willing to make to achieve an independent state. The resource extraction industry offers one path towards independence by reducing dependency on Danish and EU funding. However, this paper argues that Inuit cultural values, especially an inherent connection with the physical and spiritual health of the natural environment, is of higher value than the economic benefits of investing in the resource extraction …

The Student Movement Volume 109 Issue 4: 'Twas The Night (Market) Before Fall Break, John Roosenberg, Alyssa Caruthers, Esther Martin, Savannah Tyler, Aiko J. Ayala Rios, Addison Randall, Ember Clark, Rod Olofernes, Amelia Stefanescu, Melissa Moore, Melanie Webb, Charisse Lapuebla, Timi Olatunde, Lexie Dunham, Anna Rybachek

The Student Movement V. 109 (2024-2025)

HUMANS

AULA Brings Students Closer to Home, John Roosenberg

New Basketball Coach Jared Rusher on Returning to Andrews, Alyssa Caruthers

Dorm Pets, Esther Martin

Cardinals Enter Stage Left: An Intro to the Andrews University Theatre Wing, Interviewed by Savannah Tyler

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Mozart's New Banger: Classical Music in Today's World, Aiko J. Ayala Rios

An Intro to the Music Department and How You Can Get Involved, Addison Randall

Nationalism and Warfare: A Review of Edward Hall's 'Henry V', Ember Clark

NEWS

Leadership Conference Inspires Andrews' Leaders, Rod Olofernes

Fairy Lights, Pancit, and Guaraná: Night Market at AU: Amelia Stefanescu …

The Diamond, October 10, 2024, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Dordt Swim Team Makes History; Embracing God's Will - Dr. Shinde's Move to America; Hurricanes Devastate the South
• News: Sioux Center Middle School Experiences Unexpected Growth this Fall; "Crunch Time" - A Closer Look at Current Events' The Dordt Gaming Guild Gets Plugged In
• Feature: Tunnels to Towers - Students Run 5K in Honor of 9/11; "Lost Sight" by Michelle Hofer; Sunday Lunches in Southview; Missions Upside Down Project - Rekindling the Call; Ray Badudu Steps in as Campus Worship Director; The Face Behind the Register, Marlene Tullar; Karaoke Curfew; A Tree for Tomorrow; CORE …

Long Covid Among Undocumented Latino Immigrant Populations In The Emergency Department., Karen P. Reyes, Zubaid Rafique, Brian Chinnock, Vijaya Arun Kumar, Michael Gottlieb, Kristin L. Rising, Robert M. Rodriguez

Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Papers

Although many investigators have examined post–COVID-19 condition (long COVID) and its effects in the general population, to our knowledge, no studies have investigated its effect on one of the largest underserved US populations: undocumented Latino immigrants.¹ This group comprises 7% of the US population and has high rates of uninsurance, limited access to primary care, and language barriers when seeking health care.^2-4 Anti-immigrant political rhetoric and immigrants’ fear of discovery of their undocumented status when accessing health care make evaluation of this population more challenging.⁵ We leveraged emergency departments (EDs) as the primary health care …

Volume Cxliv, Number 3, October 11, 2024, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Improving Volunteers' Safety During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Dr. Laquetta Postell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The onset of COVID-19 presented multiple challenges to both governmental and nongovernmental organizations. The selected study site is a nonprofit organization located in a major Southern US City. This organization shelters homeless men. The organization depended on volunteers' assistance in offering short-term and long-term solutions to provide clothing, cleaning, and shelter for homeless men. The organization was facing new challenges due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, the complexities of the social, political, and economic challenges for volunteers during the pandemic were well explored. The nonprofit organization’s challenges were examined and recommendations to help the organization …

South Sudanese Females Refugees' Access And Enrolment Into U. S. Post-Secondary Education., Kual Ayai

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

South Sudanese Females Refugees’ Access and Enrolment into U.S. Post-Secondary Education There are considerable challenges experienced by female South Sudanese refugees to access post-secondary education in the United States. Although these challenges are many, but little was known about their experiences to access and enrol into US post-secondary education. There has been a significant lack of research on how South Sudanese female refugees overcome these challenges to access and enrol in US secondary education. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges experienced by South Sudanese female refugees to access and enrol …

2024-10-11 Agenda Book, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Agenda book for the Board of Regents meeting of October 11, 2024, which includes the Board meeting minutes for August 9, 2024.

Physical, Cognitive, Emotional, And Social Health Outcomes Of Children In The First 6 Months After Childhood Critical Illness: A Prospective Single-Center Study, Pei-Fen Poh, Jan Hau Lee, Rehena Sultana, Joseph C. Manning, Matthew C. Carey, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Objectives: To describe physical, cognitive, emotional, and social health outcomes of children and their trajectory in the first 6 months after PICU discharge.Design: Prospective, longitudinal observational cohort study.Setting: PICU in a tertiary pediatric hospital in Singapore from January 2021 to June 2022.Patients: One hundred thirty-five children (1 mo to 18 yr), admitted for greater than or equal to 48 hours with at least one organ dysfunction and received PICU therapy.Interventions: None.Measurements and Main Results: Serial self/parent proxy-reported assessments were obtained at: PICU admission, PICU discharge, and 1, 3, and 6 months after PICU discharge. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory …

Mates: A Deep Learning-Based Model For Locus-Specific Quantification Of Transposable Elements In Single Cell, Kailu Song, Erxi Wu, Xiaopeng Zhu, Tao P Wu, Jun Ding

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Transposable elements (TEs) are crucial for genetic diversity and gene regulation. Current single-cell quantification methods often align multi-mapping reads to either 'best-mapped' or 'random-mapped' locations and categorize them at the subfamily levels, overlooking the biological necessity for accurate, locus-specific TE quantification. Moreover, these existing methods are primarily designed for and focused on transcriptomics data, which restricts their adaptability to single-cell data of other modalities. To address these challenges, here we introduce MATES, a deep-learning approach that accurately allocates multi-mapping reads to specific loci of TEs, utilizing context from adjacent read alignments flanking the TE locus. When applied to diverse single-cell …

Rps19 And Rpl5, The Most Commonly Mutated Genes In Diamond Blackfan Anemia, Impact Dna Double-Strand Break Repair, Christopher L Williams, Elena B Kabotyanski, Na Zhao, Nimrat Chatterjee, Kyle M Miller, Yu-Hsiu Wang, Alison A Bertuch

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA) is caused by germline heterozygous loss-of-function pathogenic variants (PVs) in ribosomal protein (RP) genes, most commonly RPS19 and RPL5. In addition to red cell aplasia, individuals with DBA are at increased risk of various cancers. Importantly, the mechanism(s) underlying cancer predisposition are poorly understood. We found that DBA patient-derived lymphoblastoid cells had persistent γ-H2AX foci following ionizing radiation (IR) treatment, suggesting DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair defects. RPS19- and RPL5-knocked down (KD) CD34+ cells had delayed repair of IR-induced DSBs, further implicating these RPs in DSB repair. Assessing the impact of RPS19- and RPL5-KD on …

A Complex Eprescribing Antimicrobial Stewardship-Based (Epams+) Intervention For Hospitals: Mixed-Methods Feasibility Trial Results, Rona Sharp, Holly Ennis, Andrew Heed, Robin Williams, Kathrin Cresswell, Omara Dogar, Sarah Pontefract, Jamie Coleman, Richard Lilford, Neil Watson, Ann Slee, Antony Chuter, Jillian Beggs, Sarah Slight, James Mason, David W Bates, Aziz Sheikh

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Antibiotic resistant infections cause over 700,000 deaths worldwide annually. As antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) helps minimise the emergence of antibiotic resistance resulting from inappropriate use of antibiotics in healthcare, we developed ePAMS+ (ePrescribing-based Anti-Microbial Stewardship), an ePrescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system decision-support tool complemented by educational, behavioural and organisational elements.

Methods: We conducted a non-randomised before-and-after feasibility trial, implementing ePAMS+ in two English hospitals using the Cerner Millennium EPMA system. Wards of several specialties were included. Patient participants were blinded to whether ePAMS+ was in use; prescribers were not. A mixed-methods evaluation aimed to establish: acceptability and usability of …

Ksu Symphony Orchestra

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

Nathaniel F. Parker, Conductor

featuring

Emily Kitchens, Narrator

Raphael Jiménez, Guest Conductor

A Feasibility Study Of A Music Enrichment Program On Relative Reinforcing Value Of Food And Home Environmental Enrichment Among Families Of Low Socioeconomic Status., Kai Ling Kong, Amy R. Smith, Brenda Salley, Deanna Hanson-Abromeit, Hideko Engel, Catherine Serwatka

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence suggests that low socioeconomic status (SES) home environments may play a role by promoting excess energy intake through a lack of access to non-food reinforcers. Because of the deleterious effects of SES-related disparities on child health and development, feasible and culturally acceptable interventions are urgently needed. Community-based music enrichment programs may be an ideal intervention strategy.

METHODS: In collaboration with a local non-profit organization and music studio, we conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of a music enrichment program versus a play date control in a group of 9-24-month-old healthy infants (N = …

Factors Affecting The Quality Of Reporting Dispensing Errors Among Pharmacists, Kelley Latrece Lavallais

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Medication dispensing errors, which are the inconsistency between the dispensing of medication to the patient against the prescribed medication, continue to be a public health challenge. Many studies have been conducted to examine their causes, including burnout, illegible handwriting, workload, and interruptions. There have also been studies on the types of medication dispensing errors. This study focused on the reporting of errors. The purpose of this quantitative study involving secondary data analysis was to examine the factors affecting the quality of reporting dispensing errors among pharmacists and the seriousness of the adverse events. The social-ecological model served as the theoretical …

Empowering Change Through Raizal Perspectives On Prison Education In San Andrés Island, Sigifredo Castell Britton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Raizal ex-offenders on San Andrés Island, Colombia, encounter significant challenges when reintegrating into their community, often compounded by ineffective prison education programs and the unique sociocultural dynamics of the Raizal community. While previous researchers have identified barriers to successful reintegration, a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of Raizal ex-offenders and the perspectives of community leaders is needed. This phenomenological study, guided by culturally responsive pedagogy and social disorganization theory, was conducted to explore these experiences and perspectives. Through semistructured interviews with 10 Raizal ex-offenders and 10 community leaders, data were collected to examine the effectiveness of current prison education …