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Celebrating Professor Rita Mcgrath: Winner Of The Ck Prahalad Outstanding Scholar / Practitioner Award, Strategic Management Society, Us 2022: A Conversation With Howard Thomas, Rita Mcgrath, Howard Thomas

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This article highlights Rita McGrath’s extraordinary career and contributions to management thinking, particularly at the intersection of strategy and innovation. Raised in a science-oriented family, McGrath’s academic journey began with a PhD at Wharton and continued at Columbia Business School. She pioneered concepts like “Discovery-Driven Planning” and the idea of “transient competitive advantage,” reshaping how organisations navigate uncertainty and innovation. Her works, including The End of Competitive Advantage and Seeing Around Corners, blend rigorous research with practical insights. A tireless advocate for diversity in academia, McGrath’s achievements bridge academic excellence and real-world impact, serving as an inspiration for future leaders.

Breaking The Chains: Lessons Learned From Anti-Slave Labor Laws And Their Applicability To Proposed Expansions To The Uflpa, Kaitlin Danielle Chang

William & Mary Business Law Review

With global trade growing every day and more products being imported from foreign countries, responsible sourcing of products is more important now than ever. Irresponsible importation of goods can lead to countries like the United States supporting human rights abuses abroad by allowing goods made with forced labor into their domestic markets. The Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (UFLPA) has empowered the United States’ Customs and Border Protection to hinder the flow of goods made with Uyghur forced labor into the United States, but it has not been completely successful in preventing these goods from being sold in the United …

Storm-Driven Tree Exposure And Geomorphic Change: Predicting The Distribution Of Preserved Late Pleistocene Tree Stumps On The Outer Alabama Continental Shelf, Kelli L. Moran, Kehui Xu, Jeffrey Obelcz, Kristine L. Delong, Kendall Fontenot, Carl A. Reese, Grant L. Harley, Douglas Jones, Alicia Caporaso

Faculty Publications

The Alabama Underwater or Drowned Forest is a well-preserved Late Pleistocene (dated to 72–56 ± 8 ka, 2σ) terrestrial landform on the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf that provides geomorphic and ecosystem information rarely preserved during the glacial intervals. Stumps of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.) trees were exposed in ∼18 m of water following Hurricane Ivan in 2004. This research investigates geomorphic changes to the Mississippi-Alabama-Florida (MAFLA) sand sheet, which presents as shore-oblique Holocene sand ridges, and the exposure and burial of tree stumps following the passage of Hurricane Sally in 2020 using repeat sidescan and bathymetric …

Local Ceos And Voluntary Disclosure: Evidence From Non-Gaap Earnings, Jiwoo Seo, Adam Esplin, Yun Ke, Kari Olsen

Hunt Institute Working Paper Series

In the U.S. CEO labor market, firms are more likely to hire local CEOs than non-local CEOs. We explore the consequences of this hiring practice on voluntary disclosure of firm financial information in the non-GAAP earnings setting. Using a sample of S&P 1500 firms from 2003 to 2020, we show that firms led by local CEOs are less likely to provide non-GAAP earnings than those led by non-local CEOs. This result holds across a battery of robustness tests, including a placebo test, adopting different matching procedures, an instrumental variable approach, various regression specifications, and alternative samples using CEO turnover events. …

The Heterogeneous Effects Of Cannabis Dispensaries On Crime: The Importance Of Foot Traffic, Thomas Lebesmuehlbacher, Justin Roush, Rhet A. Smith

Hunt Institute Working Paper Series

This paper pairs exact dispensary locations with city block level crime data to study the impact of medical cannabis dispensaries on crime in the state of Florida from 2016-2019. Leveraging a Florida state law that requires broadly uniform security provisions across dispensaries, we capture important dispensary heterogeneity by incorporating customer volume and local non-dispensary foot traffic with smartphone geopositional data. We use not-yet-operational dispensary locations as a control group and a geo-spatial difference-in-differences framework and find reductions in larceny, vehicle burglary, and motor vehicle theft following the opening of high-volume dispensaries. We fail to find evidence of similar deterrent effects …

Network Harms, Andy Z. Wang

University of Chicago Law Review

When it comes to data, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. There may be millions of people with the same birthday. But how many also have a dog, drive a red car, and have two kids? The more that data is aggregated, the more identifying, and thus sensitive, it becomes. In recognition of this principle, the law has developed safe harbors for firms that take steps to prevent aggregation of the data they sell. A firm might, for instance, anonymize its data by removing identifying information. But as the science academy has shown, a wide array …

Identifying Ordinal Categories For The Water Insecurity Experiences Scales, Edward A. Frongillo Jr., Hilary J. Bethancourt, Joshua D. Miller, Sera L. Young, The Household Water Insecurity Experiences Scales (Hwise)-Research Coordination Network (Rcn)

Faculty Publications

The Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) and Individual Water Insecurity Experiences (IWISE) Scales are globally suitable tools for comparably measuring water insecurity experiences among households and adults, respectively. The potential range for HWISE and IWISE scores is 0–36. When the WISE Scales were first published, scores of 12 and higher were considered indicative of water insecurity, but additional cut-points are needed to provide more nuanced insights. We therefore sought to develop a practical set of cut-points for the WISE Scales using HWISE data from 13 sites across 12 countries (n = 3,293) and nationally representative samples of IWISE data …

Fusobacterium Nucleatum Abundance Is Associated With Cachexia In Colorectal Cancer Patients: The Colocare Study, Mmadili N Ilozumba, Adetunji T Toriola, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Cachexia accounts for about 20% of all cancer-related deaths and indicates poor prognosis. The impact of Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn), a microbial risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC), on the development of cachexia in CRC has not been established.

METHODS: We evaluated the association between Fn abundance in pre-surgical stool samples and onset of cachexia at 6 months post-surgery in n = 87 patients with stages I-III CRC in the ColoCare Study.

RESULTS: High fecal Fn abundance compared to negative/low fecal Fn abundance was associated with 4-fold increased risk of cachexia onset at 6 months post-surgery (OR = 4.82, 95% …

A Cross-Systems Primer For Synthetic Microbial Communities, Elijah C Mehlferber, Gontran Arnault, Bishnu Joshi, Laila P Partida-Martinez, Kathryn A Patras, Marie Simonin, Britt Koskella

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The design and use of synthetic communities, or SynComs, is one of the most promising strategies for disentangling the complex interactions within microbial communities, and between these communities and their hosts. Compared to natural communities, these simplified consortia provide the opportunity to study ecological interactions at tractable scales, as well as facilitating reproducibility and fostering interdisciplinary science. However, the effective implementation of the SynCom approach requires several important considerations regarding the development and application of these model systems. There are also emerging ethical considerations when both designing and deploying SynComs in clinical, agricultural or environmental settings. Here we outline current …

Place Attachment And Lived Values In Western Australian Communities, A. Kelly, P. Tschakert, C. Lawrence, P. Horwitz, C. Bourgault, N. Ellis

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Substantial research exists on attachments people have to places and the phenomena and objects they value. However, insights on how values vary between different locations and across demographics and how place attachment differs between rural and urban areas are more limited. These understandings are needed to design meaningful adaptation strategies for people and communities at risk from climate change. This study examines attachment to place and things people value in eight communities in Western Australia, using a survey with 403 participants. Results showed that residents across the rural communities shared similar values, but that the values of urban communities were …

Thriving Beyond Adversity: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study Using A Strength-Based Approach Depicts Indigenous Adolescents With Less Adverse Childhood Experiences (Aces) Had Fewer Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Ndds), Md Irteja Islam, Bernadette Yan Yue Lam, Tuguy Esgin, Alexandra Martiniuk

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Improving social and emotional well-being (SEWB) among Indigenous adolescents is crucial. Since neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are common in Indigenous people and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are important contributors to negative health outcomes throughout the lifespan, we investigated whether limited ACE exposure is associated with reduced risk of NDDs in Australian Indigenous teens using the data from multiple waves (Wave 1 to Wave 9, and Wave 11) of the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC). We also examined the role of other protective factors, such as Indigenous cultural identity and school connectedness, against NDDs. A strengths-based approach using mixed-effects logistic regression …

Assessing The Relationship Between Residential Segregation And Access To Mental Health Services In Omaha, Ne, Solomon Twum Ampofo

Geography and Geology Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

Assessing the Relationship Between Residential Segregation and Access to Mental Health Services in Omaha, Ne

Equitable healthcare access is a key determinant of a population’s overall health. Despite numerous U.S. policies aimed at improving accessibility, the legacy of racial segregation has skewed these efforts, perpetuating disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes in many cities, including Omaha, Nebraska. These inequities are particularly evident in mental health, where racial minorities, especially Black Americans, face disproportionately high rates of mental illness. Since mental health problems exacerbate chronic disease risks, enhancing mental healthcare access in underserved minority neighborhoods is essential for improving both …

La Ciudad Como Ecosistema Marino. Investigando Sistemas Metabólicos Urbanos Marinos Para Definir El Marco Conceptual De Un Urbanismo Hidráulico Post- Antropocéntrico., En Edumeet Ecotopías Iv International Conference Of Architecture And Transdisciplinarity 2024 27-28 Nov 2024, Elisa Fernández Ramos, Andrés Jaque Ovejero, Eva Hurtado Torán, Joerg Baumeister

Capítulos de libros

La línea de costa es ficticia. El mar se extiende desde las fosas abisales hasta la cima de las montañas, englobando todo lo que ocurre entre medias, y posiblemente este concepto de borde erróneamente preconcebido es la base de muchos retos a los que nos enfrentamos. La línea que delimita de manera figurada el fin de las ciudades y suele coincidir con esta línea de costa, también es ficticia; la ciudad no solo forma parte del ecosistema marino, sino que se extiende sobre él. La urbanización de los océanos está creando un urbanismo marino cada vez más "viscoso", con un …

Geosciences Affiliated Publications: Snapshot Of The Research Publications 2018-2023, Danna Jaimes-Fajardo, Jeremy J. Smith, Lutishoor Salisbury

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

This report provides a snapshot of the research publications for authors affiliated with the Geosciences department at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, for the period 2018-2023. It includes publications by material type; co-author characteristics; ranking of journals according to journal citation reports.

Urban Residents’ Perceptions Of Rural People And Places: Data From Texas, Gene L. Theodori, Michael W-P Fortunato, Fern K. Willits

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

In this study, we used data drawn from a 2021 online survey to assess urban Texas residents’ perceptions of rural people and places. We also evaluated how respondents’ views of rurality vary depending upon their direct personal experiences in rural Texas, their participation in selected rural Texas-focused activities, and their sociodemographic characteristics. Descriptive statistics revealed that urban Texans tend to agree with positive depictions of rurality and disagree with negative images. Multiple regression analysis showed that direct personal experiences in rural Texas, participation in rural Texas-focused activities, and certain sociodemographic characteristics were associated with pro-rural perceptions. These findings are compared …

Is The Population Of The Critically Endangered White-Bellied Heron Declining In Namdapha Tiger Reserve, India?, Rohan K. Menzies, Kulbhushansingh R. Surya Wanshi, Rohit Naniwadekar

Open Access archive

The Critically Endangered white-bellied heron Ardea insignis is a large-bodied, range-restricted, piscivorous bird of the Himalayan mountains. With fewer than 60 individuals remaining globally, regular monitoring is required for this rare species. We present the results of surveys during 2017 and 2023-2024 in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The encounter rate of white-bellied herons in 2017 was 0.55 individuals per km of river, but we did not detect the bird during intensive surveys in the same location during 2023-2024. The surveyed area within the Reserve was once a stronghold for the species, but its population appears to be declining. …

Smuggling Of Person By Sea In Southeast Asia : From Regional Perspective, Sovisal Srey

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between The International Climate Regulation And Marine Insurance, Yuen Tung To

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Underwater Noise In Chilean Jurisdictional Waters : Critical Assessment Of National Legislation : Imo Instruments And International Regulations Implementation, Gonzalo Antonio Jiménez Briones

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Antiracist Medicine In Colorblind Courts, Govind Persad

Michigan Law Review

This Article considers how health professionals’ efforts to combat racial health inequities interact with legal restrictions constraining their ability to consider race. In light of the Roberts Court’s recent invalidation of two university admissions programs, intensifying a “colorblind” judicial shift, the collision between antiracist medicine and colorblind law is a pressing concern. This Article anticipates the implications of this collision and explores how health professionals and systems can design programs that survive judicial examination.

In Part I, the Article examines the frameworks that will apply if antiracist medicine faces legal challenges. These include the Equal Protection Clause and federal statutes …

What Drives Gut Microbial Diversity And Community Structure Among Closely-Related Host Species?, Rylee Jensen

All NMU Master's Theses

The gut microbiome (GMB) of mammals hosts an important community of microbes that perform countless micro-ecosystem services for the host and are influenced by numerous factors including host physiology, environment, and phylogeny. Phylogeny may have a unique effect on GMB diversity and community structure (i.e., a GMB profile) via phylosymbiosis, a theory in which the evolution of hosts matches the evolution of their associated microbiota. Elucidating phylosymbiosis in mammals is difficult because multiple intrinsic and extrinsic factors collectively drive individual GMB variation. Thus, there is a need to simultaneously analyze the role of physiology, environment, and phylogeny on shaping host …

Power Shift: Steering The Energy Sector Towards A Net Zero Future, Tengku Muhammad Taufik

Asian Management Insights

Tengku Muhammad Taufik, President and Group CEO of PETRONAS, discusses how the global energy company navigates an increasingly volatile energy market while advancing its commitment to a Net Zero future. Balancing traditional operations with the demands of an accelerated energy transition, PETRONAS focuses on delivering energy to its stakeholders while meeting sustainability expectations. The company adopts frontier technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) as key enablers in its strategy to achieve a sustainable and resilient energy future.

From Data To Application: Harnessing Big Spatial Data And Spatially Explicit Machine Learning Model For Landslide Susceptibility Prediction And Mapping, Min Naing Khant, Mei Yi Victoria Grace Ann, Tin Seong Kam

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Recent advancements in information and communication technology have significantly enhanced access to extensive geospatial data, presenting a valuable opportunity to leverage big spatial data for improved modeling and predictive capabilities in natural disaster risk assessment. This paper explores the integration of a comprehensive dataset comprising historical landslide events and various geo-environmental variables within a spatially explicit machine learning framework. The study empirically demonstrates that incorporating big spatial data allows a more nuanced understanding of local variations and spatial dependencies. Ultimately, this empirical assessment produces more accurate landslide risk predictions than traditional baseline models. Using Italy’s expansive Valtellina Valley as a …

The Anchor: November 2024, Issue Two, Hope College

The Anchor: 2024

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Editor's Review Of "Muddy Thinking... An Immersive Account Of Urban Reclamation", Mallika Sardeshpande

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

No abstract provided.

Seals And Society: Considerations For Urban Waterway Navigation By Harbor Seals (Phoca Vitulina) And Gray Seals (Halichoerus Grypus) In New York City, Kristy L. Biolsi, Kevin L. Woo, Bjoern Kils

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

As marine mammals navigate their environment, they may likely encounter areas that are both sparsely and heavily populated with human activity. For the latter, marine mammals are increasingly entering urban populated areas where the marine landscape has been significantly transformed both physically and ecologically. At select locations in New York City (NYC), Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) frequent the NYC waterways during the winter months. Due to the public interest in these species, and the growing human population with its consequent development of shared habitats, it is critical that we understand the …

Reflecting On Local Ecological Stewardship, Care, And Action Across Two Decades Of Research, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika S. Svendsen, Michelle L. Johnson, Natalia C. Piland, Dexter H. Locke, Nancy F. Sonti, J. Morgan Grove, Michele Romolini, Heather L. Mcmillen, Rachel Dacks, Bryce B. Dubois, Jesse S. Sayles, Tischa A. Muñoz-Erickson, Laura Landau, Lorien Jasny, Krista Heinlen, Maria Arroyave, Camille Mccarthy, David Bloniarz, Brian A. Goldberg, Gerald P. Bauer, Travis Warziniack, Sophie Plitt, Julio Onofre, Nicole Heise Vigil, Arantxa Zamora-Rendon, Alejandra M. García Castro, Nicole A. Harmelin García, Bryan Flores

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

In this perspective, we draw from 20 years of implementing the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP) to show how civic actors provide capacity and local knowledge needed for effective decision-making and implementation in the face of multiple interconnected stressors, including climate change and inequality. Urban areas are striving to achieve sustainability and resilience goals while advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. There is broad recognition that systematic change cannot be achieved via single sector solutions. Rather, just and equitable sustainability and resilience outcomes will be achieved through multi-sector, trans-disciplinary efforts led by diverse and inclusive partnerships. Processes of collaboration …

Why Be A Treekeeper? Connecting Involvement To Volunteer Characteristics And Motivations, Jess Vogt, Annalise Nordgren, Camila Cortez, Al De Reu

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

Definitions of involvement in the volunteer literature vary from the simple binary metric (volunteering or not) to frequency (how often) to metrics that use additive or statistical indices to capture concepts like duration, commitment, and satisfaction. In this paper, we examine the connections between several dimensions of volunteer involvement and the characteristics and motivations of volunteers. Who participates in volunteer urban forest stewardship? What motivates individuals to sign-up and then to continue volunteering? Does volunteers’ involvement vary with demographic factors or their motivations? We examine these questions using the results of an online survey of TreeKeepers, volunteer participants in an …

A Scoping Review Of Geriatric Emergency Medicine Research Transparency In Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Reporting, Anita N Chary, Michelle Suh, Edgardo Ordoñez, Lauren Cameron-Comasco, Surriya Ahmad, Alexander Zirulnik, Angela Hardi, Alden Landry, Vivian Ramont, Tracey Obi, Emily H Weaver, Christopher R Carpenter

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Introduction: The intersection of ageism and racism is underexplored in geriatric emergency medicine (GEM) research.

Methods: We performed a scoping review of research published between January 2016 and December 2021. We included original emergency department-based research focused on falls, delirium/dementia, medication safety, and elder abuse. We excluded manuscripts that did not include (1) original research data pertaining to the four core topics, (2) older adults, (3) subjects from the United States, and (4) for which full text publication could not be obtained. The primary objective was to qualitatively describe reporting about older adults' social identities in GEM research. Secondary objectives …

Impact Of Gut Microbiota And Its Metabolites On Immunometabolism In Colorectal Cancer, Madison Flory, Paloma Bravo, Asfaqul Alam

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is highly prevalent, accounting for approximately one-tenth of cancer cases and deaths globally. It stands as the second most deadly and third most common cancer type. Although the gut microbiota has been implicated in CRC carcinogenesis for the last several decades, it remains one of the least understood risk factors for CRC development, as the gut microbiota is highly diverse and variable. Many studies have uncovered unique microbial signatures in CRC patients compared with healthy matched controls, with variations dependent on patient age, disease stage, and location. In addition, mechanistic studies revealed that tumor-associated bacteria produce diverse …