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Oceanic Wahhabism, Nicholas P. Roberts

Student Scholarship

At some point around 1810, a leading Wahhabi theologian in the capital of the First Saudi State fielded an intriguing question: Although Wahhabi leaders preached the ideals of enmity and violence toward non-Wahhabi peoples, could Wahhabi merchants travel to non-Wahhabi lands, do business with non-Wahhabi persons, and reside among them while pursuing commercial agend as? The theologian answered yes. I argue that this question and its answer reveal a lived reality in Najd that historians have yet to fully uncover. The theologian’s answer reveals how Arabia’s interior where Wah habismemerged was enmeshed alongside Arabia’s coasts within the broader Afro-Asian Indian …

Light In The Darkest Places: Analyzing News Coverage Of A U.S. Immigrant Detention Center, Stephanie M. Madison, Mikel W. Cole, Susan Cridland-Hughes

Publications

Immigrants remain one of the most disempowered groups within the United States. Drawing on critical media literacy research that focuses on power dynamics and positioning, this article addresses ways the news media reports on immigrants and immigrant detention centers. We conducted a critical content analysis of 180 articles on one specific location, Stewart Detention Center (SDC), to demonstrate variability in newspaper reporting on several levels, including frequency, geographic location, and context. Our first research question explored changes in reporting over time, and our second research question considered differences in reporting by geographic level. Our third research question examined differences in …

Managing Beyond Water: Utilizing Community Well-Being Interviews In The Upper Yakima River Basin, Usa, For Climate Change Adaptation, Rebecca Gustine, Alexander Theophilus, Courtney G. Flint, Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, Emma Epperson, Claudia Mendez Wright, Jennifer C. Adam

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Student Research

In contemporary, natural resources dependent and specialized communities, community well-being is connected to the environment. Understanding the local connections between community well-being and the environment can provide a more complete understanding of how to manage social-ecological systems and promote community resilience. Herein, we combine semi-structured community well-being interviews with hydrologic modeling using the variable infiltration capacity (VIC) model to suggest climate adaptation pathways for a diverse set of community interests. We found that community well-being across the Yakima River Basin was connected to water, snow, and the environment through recreation opportunities, aesthetics, livelihoods, and having clean water and air. Additionally, …

The Clinical Phenotype Of Motor Neurone Disease In A Kenyan Hospital – Based Population, Effie Nailah Kamadi

Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine

Introduction: Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a rare, disabling and incurable illness marked by relentless degeneration of motor neurons with loss of voluntary motor function and eventual death. In the West, patient demographics and clinical characteristics are well documented. Available African research is mostly for North, West and South Africa with a knowledge gap existing on the East African illness. This study characterized MND phenotype in a Kenyan population.

Objectives: To describe the clinical phenotype and outcomes of MND in a Kenyan hospital-based population.

Methods: The medical charts of all adult MND patients assessed at AKUHN between …

How Can Foreign Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers Succeed In India?, Debjit Roy, Shubham

Asian Management Insights

Seven steps to achieve market entry based on lessons from recent market exits. New entrants need to tailor their trucks for India's geography, infrastructure, and conditions to improve acceptability and market share. Boost demand by building an export-driven business model in India to counter the threat from inadequate and stagnant domestic demand. Align service offerings with customer expectations to gain greater vehicle acceptability.

The Guardian The Month Of March 2025, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the Month of March 2025. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Ipulse: March 2025, Lynn University

Student Newspapers

Issues:

• March 2025 - Volume 4
• March 2025 - Volume 5
• March 2025 - Volume 6
• March 2025 - Volume 7

It Takes A Village: Using Photovoice To Inform Community Interventions For Youth Mental Health, Ayesha Anwer, Autumn Kieber-Emmons Md, Mph, Nicole M. Burgess

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Mainstreaming Parafamily, Elizabeth F. Emens

Faculty Scholarship

In Parafamily, Chen and Mulligan have managed to cover vast terrain, to catalogue important developments in law, to canvass insights from generations of thinkers, and to propose an ambitious yet pragmatic approach to the laws that govern human relationships, directly and indirectly. They do all this in a relatively short article composed of unusually readable prose. Quite a feat.

The focus of the piece is Chen and Mulligan’s contribution to the field of legal scholarship dedicated to relationships that go beyond the traditional nuclear family. As their title reveals, the authors contribute a new term and concept to this …

Navigating Job Security In Turbulent Times: Challenges In The Entertainment, Airline, And Auto Industries, Joshua M. Javits

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Law, Music, Statutory Interpretation, And Schubert, Norman P. Ho

Hofstra Law Review

The law and humanities field has been dominated by law and literature. Legal scholars have, for example, analogized judges to literary authors and have tried to show how the study of literature and law can enrich both subjects. Law and music, however, has received relatively less attention. This Article argues, on its most macroscopic level, that the relationship between law and music is very close, just like the close relationship between law and literature. Previous scholarly literature in the law and music field has spoken about the affinities between law and music, but mostly on a general level and with …

Are Environmentally Sensitive Firms More Likely To Release Corporate Environmental Disclosures? Evidence From Environmental Risk Management, Chune Young Chung, Incheol Kim, Rong Yang

Finance Faculty Publications

This study examines the environmental risk management practices of US firms operating in environmentally sensitive industries. Using two proxy variables for ex ante environmental policy risk—firm-level toxic chemical emissions and climate-related keywords in annual financial statements—we demonstrate that firms facing high ex ante environmental policy risk tend to increase the frequency and length of their voluntary sustainability reports. Additionally, we find that proactive sustainability disclosures significantly mitigate firm-level systematic risk (beta) and associated litigation risk. This risk reduction is more pronounced among firms with substantial green innovations and stronger corporate governance practices. Overall, this study highlights the causes and consequences …

Ukrainian Internally Displaced Persons And Their Journey Of Christian Hope, Pamela A. Tuason

Loyola Papers

This paper examines eighteen narratives of Ukrainian internally displaced persons (IDPs) during the ongoing war and interprets them through the lens of Christian hope as articulated by Jürgen Moltmann. Using Paul Ricoeur’s threefold mimetic theory—prefiguration, configuration, and refiguration—the study analyzes how personal stories reveal theological meanings embedded in experiences of suffering, trauma, and displacement. The narratives highlight the role of history in displacement, the capacity of traumatized persons to reinterpret suffering through hope, and the longing to regain home. The study also proposes a model for the theological study of migrant narratives, contributing to migration theology and to discussions on …

Sparks And Developmental Outcomes In Out-Of-School Time Programs: Emipirical Evidence And Theory Development, Alexandra Skrocki, Gary D. Ellis, Andrea Ettekal, Darlene Locke

Journal of Youth Development

We examined relations among select components of the 4-H Thriving Model, focusing on youth sparks and four presumed determinants: program quality, developmental relationships, situational engagement, and dosage. Based on our results and results of previous studies, we propose a formal theory of youth program sparks. Three hundred fifty-six Texas 4-H youth from a variety of 4-H programs state-wide completed a questionnaire measuring sparks, program quality, developmental relationships, situational engagement, and 4-H program dosage. We measured two indicators of thriving: growth mindset and hopeful purpose. Sixty-eight percent of study participants reported being female, 28% reported being male, 1% reported being nonbinary/third …

"Does My Candy Cross Your Mind, Anytime?": The Whimsical, Mundane, Afrofuturist Place-Making Of Philadelphia's Singing Candy Lady, Jennifer Williams

African American Studies Faculty Works

Lynette D. Morrison, the Singing Candy Lady (SCL), is a beloved folk icon in Philadelphia, especially among Black working-class residents. She roams the city with her yellow box of popular candies, singing, joking, and encouraging folks to buy her candy. Her presence and personality inspire a sense of place for those who reside in dispossession. However, when identifying the needs of the ‘hood, figures such as the SCL may seem trivial when compared to other more “serious” efforts and actors. Responding to artist Martine Syms’ call for Mundane Afrofuturists, I recognize the SCL’s role as a whimsical mundane Afrofuturist place-maker. …

Competitive Advantage Of Short Food Supply Chains For Organic Vegetables In India: A Multi-Stakeholder, Mixed Method Study Of Farmers, Consumers And Intermediaries, Bhoovarahan Thirumalai Nambakkam

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Competitive advantage of Short Food Supply Chains for organic vegetables in India – a multi-stakeholder, mixed method study of farmers, consumers and intermediaries.

Short food supply chains (SFSC) are characterized by one (or zero) intermediaries (structural proximity), short distance (geographic proximity), trusted relationships (relationship proximity) and alignment of values (values proximity) between consumers and farmers.

This multi-method case study investigates proximity of SFSCs as a driver for increased willingness to pay (WTP) by consumers for organic vegetables in a global south developing country - India. The study analyzed revealed preference (published prices of a conventional chain and SFSCs), stated preference …

Analysis On Factors For The Success Of China's Industrial Parks -- "Crown Model" And Its Empirical Research, Ming Qiu

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Since the reform and opening-up policy, China has systematically promoted the development and construction of economic and technological development zones, high-tech industrial development zones, and various types of industry-focused functional parks by drawing on successful international models and integrating them with China’s context. This has been carried out from the central government to local governments to foster the clustering of regional industries, facilitate industrial upgrading, drive large-scale employment, increase GDP, generate continuous tax revenue, and accelerate urbanization. These efforts have been pivotal in transforming local economies and enhancing China’s competitive advantage in the global market. The author, with 20 years …

Knowledge Judgment, Managerial Decision-Making, And Firm Performance: From The Perspective Of Entrepreneurial Spirit Reconfiguration In Second-Generation Family Businesses, Xinhua Li

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Since the reform and opening up, Chinese family businesses, as the main body of the private economy, have played a significant role in the development of the national economy. As the first - generation entrepreneurs are entering their later years, inter - generational succession has become an important issue. This doctoral thesis focuses on the dynamic reshaping process of the entrepreneurial spirit of the second - generation entrepreneurs in family businesses and explores how it affects the improvement of corporate performance. Based on the cutting - edge theories of Austrian economics, this study constructs a research framework of "knowledge judgment …

Prioritization Of Research On Drought Assessment In A Changing Climate, Joel Lisonbee, Britt Parker, Erica Fleischman, Trent W. Ford, Kyle R. Bocinsky, Gretel Follingstad, Abby Frazier, Zachary H. Hoylman, Amy R. Hudson, John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Natalie A. Umphlett, Elliot Wickham, Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, Royce Fontenot, Brian Fuchs, John Hammond, Jeffrey E. Herrick, Mike Hobbins, Andrew Hoell, Jacob Jones, Erin Lane, Zachary Leasor, Yongqiang Liu, Jason A. Otkin, Dennis Todey, Roger Pulwarty

Geography

Drought is a period of abnormally dry weather that leads to hydrological imbalance. Drought assessments determine the characteristics, severity, and impacts of a drought. Climate change adds conceptual and quantitative challenges to traditional drought assessments. This paper highlights the challenges of assessing drought in a climate made non-stationary by human activities or natural variability. To address these challenges, we then identify 10 key research priorities for advancing drought science and improving assessments in a changing climate. The priorities focus on improving drought indicators to account for non-stationarity, evaluating drought impacts and their trends, addressing regional differences in non-stationarity, determining the …

Forest Carbon Modeling Improved Through Hierarchical Assimilation Of Pool-Based Measurements, Yu Zhou, Christopher A. Williams

Geography

Accurate assessment of forest carbon dynamics is a critical element of appraising forest-based Natural Climate Solutions. National forest inventory and analysis (FIA) data provide valuable pool-based estimates of carbon stocks, but have been underutilized to inform carbon cycle modeling for forest carbon dynamics with stand development. This study introduces a hierarchical data assimilation (HDA) framework to optimize modeling parameters by incrementally assimilating measured carbon pool data into the model. We found that most carbon stocks could be reproduced by constrained parameters after each HDA step. Using aboveground live biomass (AGB) alone in HDA was able to reproduce the AGB trajectories …

The Influence Of Historical Climate Cycles On The Diversification And Demography Of Species From The Neotropical Lizard Group Anolis Chrysolepis, Tony Gamble

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Historical shifts in climate have significantly influenced the establishment of ecosystems and the evolution of species. Phylogeographical studies integrated with niche modelling can provide insights into divergence events and demography. This study explores the evolutionary history, demographic patterns, and spatiotemporal dynamics of seven South American lizard species of the Anolis chrysolepis species group, which has been proposed to be strongly impacted by Pleistocene climatic fluctuations under the Refugia Hypothesis. We utilized mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences to delineate lineages, estimate divergence times, and examine demographic dynamics. Ecological niche models were employed to assess historical range shifts and identify climatic stability …

Green Human Resource Management (Ghrm) And Sustainability: A Mini Review, Kevser B. Meric Atakan

Journal of Global Business Insights

This mini review explores the evolving role of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) in advancing sustainability within organizational structures. As environmental concerns become increasingly central to global business agendas, organizations are compelled to expand their focus beyond profitability to incorporate ecological responsibility. Within this shift, GHRM emerges as a strategic approach that integrates environmental considerations into core human resource functions. The review synthesizes current literature to evaluate how HR practices such as recruitment, training, performance evaluation, and incentive systems are being adapted to support environmental goals. Evidence from qualitative analyses suggests that organizations are gradually embedding sustainability into their internal …

Religion And Economic Development: Past, Present, And Future, Sascha O. Becker, Amma Panin, Steven J. Pfaff, Jared Rubin

ESI Working Papers

This chapter examines the role of religion in economic development, both historically and today. Religion's influence varies globally, with high religiosity in countries like Pakistan and low rates in China. Despite declines in some Western countries, religion remains influential worldwide, with projected growth in Muslim populations due to higher fertility rates. Religion continues to shape societal norms and institutions, such as education and politics, even after its direct influence fades. The chapter explores how religious institutions and norms have impacted economic outcomes, focusing on both persistence and decline. It also examines cultural transmission, institutional entrenchment, networks, and religious competition as …

Social Media In Advancing Equity And Collaboration In Rheumatology: The Cordiality Review, Ihsane Hmamouchi, Nelly Ziade, Adewale Adebajo, Latika Gupta, Puja Mehta, Angela Migowa, Elena Nikiphorou, Noelle A. Rolle, Didem Saygin, Namrata Singh

Pathology, East Africa

Social media has transformed communication in academia and medicine, offering stakeholders innovative avenues for knowledge exchange and collaboration. The CORDIALITY review (soCial media fOR aDvancing equIty And coLlaboration In rheumaTologY) examines the impact of social media on education and information dissemination, patient education and empowerment, networking and mentorship, and research collaboration within rheumatology, when effectively used. In this narrative review, we consider the opportunities as well as the challenges related to each of these facets of social media use. With a focus on inequities faced globally, we give particular consideration to disparities by gender as they relate to the rheumatology …

Difference-Makers For Collecting Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Data In Oncology Settings, Mandi L Pratt-Chapman, Edward J Miech, Megan A Mullins, Shine Chang, Gwendolyn P Quinn, Shail Maingi, Matthew B Schabath, Charles Kamen

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Purpose: The purpose of this analysis was to identify key difference-making conditions that distinguish oncology institutions that collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data across a sample of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) members.

Methods: From October to November 2020, an anonymous 54-item web-based survey was distributed to ASCO members. Coincidence analysis was used to identify difference-making conditions for the collection of SOGI data.

Results: ASCO members' responses to just three items consistently distinguished practices that reported collecting both SO and GI data (n = 25) from those who did not (n = 20): (1)."Do you ask your …

Patients Residing In Rural Areas Transferred For Mechanical Thrombectomy Undergo Decreased Catheter-Based Treatment, Amanda L Jagolino-Cole, Deepa Dongarwar, Sushanth Aroor, Sunil A Sheth, Anjail Sharrief, Kori S Zachrison, Dileep Yavagal, Kaiz S Asif

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Nearly one fifth of the US population resides in rural areas. Although endovascular therapy can substantially improve clinical outcomes in patients treated with large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke, the penetration and outcomes of this therapy in rural US populations remain incompletely characterized.

Methods: From the nationwide Get With The Guidelines Stroke registry, incorporating select social determinants of health (SDOH) by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation registry (2016-2019), we identified patients with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack who were transferred from their presenting hospitals to other hospitals with the intention of thrombectomy evaluation, for patients …

Navigating Student Success: Insights From Student Success Librarians, Mallory Jallas, Chad M. Kahl, Jennifer Sharkey, Chris Worland

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

This chapter reports findings and offers themes from focus groups with student success librarians. The research group addressed a gap in the literature by investigating how student success librarians contribute to campus-wide student success efforts, how these efforts have changed over time, partnerships and collaboration with campus units, and assessment of these efforts. This chapter presents critical takeaways for current and prospective student success librarians, library leaders, student affairs personnel, and broader audiences in academic librarianship. From the focus groups, vital considerations of job scope, administrative support, assessment, and labor emerged. Many currently in student success librarian positions will find …

Temporal And Spatial Variations Of Urinary Phthalate Metabolites For Adults In China (2005–2020): A Synthesis Of Biomonitoring Data, Yanxia Zhang, Xinkai Wang, Clive E. Sabel, Huan He, Marianne Thomsen, Ming Zhong, Zhikun Chen, Weixi Wang, Biao Huang

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Chinese people are experiencing phthalate exposure risks. However, temporal and regional phthalate internal exposure variations amongst Chinese have not been established. To address this gap, we integrated our 69 adult participants' bio-monitored urinary phthalate metabolite (UPM) concentration data by high-performance liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry in Xi'an and Nanjing and the data from 35 literature (total sample size: 18768). Then, we analyzed China's temporal and spatial variations of adult UPM levels from 2005 to 2020 based on multi statistical methods. The results showed that the sum of eight UPM concentrations (i.e., monomethyl phthalate (MMP), mono-ethyl phthalate (MEP), mono-n-butyl phthalate (MNBP), …

Drivers Of Vegetation Structure Differ Between Proposed Natural Reference Conditions For Temperate Europe, Elena A. Pearce, Charles W. Davison, Florence Mazier, Signe Normand, Ralph Fyfe, Maria Antonia Serge, Paolo Scussolini, Jens Christian Svenning

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Aim: Pre-degradation baseline conditions (references) provide crucial context for restoration actions. Here, we compare vegetation structure and its driving processes across the main pre-agricultural references discussed for temperate Europe: the Last Interglacial and the early-mid Holocene—before and after the arrival of Homo sapiens, respectively. Location: Temperate Europe. Time Period: The first ~4000–6000 years, excluding the initial early-successional phases, of the Last Interglacial (PAAZ III) and Holocene (8700–5700 BP). Major Taxa Studied: Plants. Methods: We use large datasets of pollen-based vegetation reconstructions (REVEALS) to compare open vegetation, light woodland and closed forest between the two periods. We use Random Forest modelling …

Stimulating Environmental And Health Protection Through Utilizing Statistical Methods For Climate Resilience And Policy Integration, Sanaa Kaddoura, Rafiq Hijazi, Nadia Dahmani, Reem Nassar

All Works

Climate change, a critical global challenge, is evident in rising global temperatures, shifting precipitation trends, and extreme weather events, including floods, heatwaves, and rising sea levels. The impacts of climate change not only endanger physical health but also affect mental well-being, particularly among populations experiencing frequent or severe climate-related events. Understanding individual perceptions of climate risks and adaptive capacities is crucial for developing strategies that promote health resilience and environmental protection. This paper examines how risk perceptions, direct experiences with extreme weather, and perceived adaptive capacities influence climate change protection measures and support for relevant policies. Data were gathered from …