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Did You See It?, Bruce Hutchison Dds May 2026

Did You See It?, Bruce Hutchison Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.


An Interview With The Republican Candidate For Governor May 2026

An Interview With The Republican Candidate For Governor

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.


An Interview With The Democratic Candidate For Governor May 2026

An Interview With The Democratic Candidate For Governor

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.


Designing Your Transition Chapter, James R. Schroeder Dds May 2026

Designing Your Transition Chapter, James R. Schroeder Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.


Virginia Board Of Dentistry Update, Karen S. Mcandrew Dmd May 2026

Virginia Board Of Dentistry Update, Karen S. Mcandrew Dmd

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.


Letter To The Editor Yes, You Do Need To Sweat The Little Stuff, Henry M. Botuck Dds May 2026

Letter To The Editor Yes, You Do Need To Sweat The Little Stuff, Henry M. Botuck Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.


Message From The Editor, Richard F. Roadcap Dds May 2026

Message From The Editor, Richard F. Roadcap Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.


An Interview With Vda President, Dr. Benita Miller, Benita Miller Dds May 2026

An Interview With Vda President, Dr. Benita Miller, Benita Miller Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.


Va Dent J October, November And December 2017 May 2026

Va Dent J October, November And December 2017

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.


President’S Message, Benita Miller Dds May 2026

President’S Message, Benita Miller Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.


A Qualitative Analysis Of The Challenges And Prospects Of Communicating Scientific Information About Gmos To Farmers In Kenya, Joseph J. Olomy, Abraham K. Mulwo May 2026

A Qualitative Analysis Of The Challenges And Prospects Of Communicating Scientific Information About Gmos To Farmers In Kenya, Joseph J. Olomy, Abraham K. Mulwo

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The increasingly polarised public debate surrounding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) often lacks sufficient expert input, leading to heightened public fears and misconceptions. This prompts the questions as to how effectively scientific information on genetically modified foods (GMFs) is communicated to the general public. This study presents findings from interviews with eight crop scientists involved in GMF crop research in Kenya, with the objective of assessing the challenges and opportunities of communicating GMF research findings to the public, and especially to farmers. The participants were selected using a snowballing technique, where the initial participants were identified based on their active engagement …


A History Of Native Medical Auxiliaries, Tanzania:1920s To The 1960s, Irene Gabriel Ndosi, Ashura Jackson Ngoya May 2026

A History Of Native Medical Auxiliaries, Tanzania:1920s To The 1960s, Irene Gabriel Ndosi, Ashura Jackson Ngoya

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

This paper examines the role and evolution of Native Medical Auxiliaries (NMAs) in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, during British colonial rule between the 1920s and 1960s. It argues that NMAs were not merely subordinates within the colonial medical system but active agents who negotiated and blended Western medical practices with indigenous healing knowledge. Drawing on archival records and oral histories, the paper finds that NMAs filled critical gaps in healthcare delivery, particularly in rural areas, while simultaneously preserving local therapeutic traditions. By applying Local Agency Theory, the paper highlights the NMAs’ strategic engagement with colonial structures and their contribution to shaping hybrid …


Hunting, Craftsmanship, And Migration: The Ethnobiology Of The Raute Nomads Of Nepal, Ramesh Prasad Adhikary May 2026

Hunting, Craftsmanship, And Migration: The Ethnobiology Of The Raute Nomads Of Nepal, Ramesh Prasad Adhikary

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

This study explores the ethnobiology of the Raute nomads in Nepal, a dwindling hunter-gatherer group facing threats from modernisation, deforestation, and sedentarisation policies. Despite growing ethnobiological research on indigenous knowledge, there remains a scholarly gap in integrated analyses of how nomadic practices like hunting, craftsmanship, and migration interlink to promote sustainability, particularly in South Asian contexts. Drawing on six weeks of ethnographic fieldwork with a single Raute community (n=15 key informants via purposive sampling for interviews; 3 focus groups of 6-8 participants via convenience sampling), this research employs participant observation, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions to address this gap. …


The Numeral System Of The Bena Language: Structure And Socio-Cultural Functions, Faraja Mwendamseke May 2026

The Numeral System Of The Bena Language: Structure And Socio-Cultural Functions, Faraja Mwendamseke

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Numeral systems in Bantu languages reflect both linguistic structure and socio cultural functions. This paper explores the structure and socio-cultural functions of the Bena numeral system. The research employed a qualitative approach whereby the data were gathered through elicitation, and non-participant observation. The study was guided by the cognitive linguistics theory, which reveals how language shapes numerical cognition; testing linguistic relativity by showing how structural features like bases and classifiers influence thinking, memory, and arithmetic acquisition across cultures. The results show that numerals in Bena depict agreements with the noun class system, and follow additive structures in compound forms. The …


Say It In Kiswahili: The Impact Of English As The Medium Of Instruction On Students' Comprehension And Expression In Tertiary Education, Tamasha Kitalima May 2026

Say It In Kiswahili: The Impact Of English As The Medium Of Instruction On Students' Comprehension And Expression In Tertiary Education, Tamasha Kitalima

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The challenge of using and understanding English Language by Kiswahili L1 speaking learners is dominant in Tanzania. Having English as a foreign language (i.e. not largely spoken at social contexts) make it not accessible to many. Moreover, in Tanzania research shows that English being the medium of instructions to all subjects (except Kiswahili, Chinese, French, Arabic, and Historia ya Tanzania) from secondary schools to universities limit these learners from understanding academic content, expressing themselves in written and spoken forms, and succeeding in exams. The present study aimed to explore how the use of English as the language of instruction affects …


Christian Leadership On Hiv/Aids Advocacy In Southern Africa, Clemenciana Mukenge May 2026

Christian Leadership On Hiv/Aids Advocacy In Southern Africa, Clemenciana Mukenge

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Guided by the social capital theory, this study systematically reviews empirical evidence on Christian leaders’ advocacy roles in HIV prevention across Southern Africa. The objective was to assess how different forms of social capital shape the effectiveness of faith-based HIV advocacy across the region. The review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. A comprehensive search of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar was conducted between January and June 2025, covering peer-reviewed studies published in English from 2001 to 2021. The eligible studies employed qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods; and explicitly examined Christian leaders’ HIV/AIDS advocacy within …


Resilience In Place Names: German-Hehe War Memories And Cultural Identity In Iringa Toponyms, Claudio G. Kisake, Sophilini M. Yisega, Spemba E. Spemba May 2026

Resilience In Place Names: German-Hehe War Memories And Cultural Identity In Iringa Toponyms, Claudio G. Kisake, Sophilini M. Yisega, Spemba E. Spemba

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Toponyms, or place names, act as vital markers of historical memory, cultural identity and resilience. In Iringa, Tanzania, toponymy offers valuable insights into the enduring impacts associated with the German-Hehe War (1890–1898), and colonial encounters on indigenous communities. This study explores how place names—such as Kitanzini (‘a place with a noose for hanging people’), Ilundamatwe or Lundamatwe (‘a collection of slaughtered heads’), and Gangilonga (‘the speaking stone’)—convey narratives of Hehe war superiority, resistance, and survival. Using a qualitative approach, the research incorporates archival sources, oral histories, and linguistic analysis to investigate the stories behind naming and renaming, the role of …


To The True North In Us All, Tara St. Clair May 2026

To The True North In Us All, Tara St. Clair

Quill & Scope

No abstract provided.


Man's Conceit, Ahmed Al-Samak May 2026

Man's Conceit, Ahmed Al-Samak

Quill & Scope

No abstract provided.


Palliative Care And The Art Of Listening, Elisheva Eisenberg May 2026

Palliative Care And The Art Of Listening, Elisheva Eisenberg

Quill & Scope

No abstract provided.


For Whom The Bell Tolls, Christopher Liz May 2026

For Whom The Bell Tolls, Christopher Liz

Quill & Scope

This poem was written after reflecting on time spent working in hospitals and medical environments both stateside and while deployed. In these spaces, alarms are constant—bells, monitors, and vibrating alerts competing for attention. Over time, the noise becomes familiar, and clinicians often struggle with what is known as alarm fatigue, where the urgency of each signal begins to dull. In that quiet realization, I found myself asking a simple question: who are these alarms for? The poem explores that moment of awareness and the effort to reconnect the sound of the bell with the life behind it.


The Tortoise, Alexa Gail Colinco May 2026

The Tortoise, Alexa Gail Colinco

Quill & Scope

For my grandfather, Dr. Joel R. Colinco (1928-2017). The first physician in his family. A man who provided free medical care to all and who continues to do so through the Colinco Medical Mission Outreach. The 2009 Senior Poet Laureate of South Carolina. A deacon and choir director in the Philippines. A painter, tennis player, fisherman, crossword addict, gardener, and so much more. Eternally honored to be guided by his legacy and ethics. (Pang, we'll play Scrabble again in heaven, and I promise I'll spell neighbor correctly this time.)


Bearing, Christopher Liz May 2026

Bearing, Christopher Liz

Quill & Scope

“Bearing” reflects on a moment of moral conflict in a combat environment, where training, survival and duty to care collide. In high-risk settings, medical service members are taught repeatedly that even in chaos, they must remain grounded; the instinct to run toward danger is tempered by the responsibility to preserve life, including their own, as a vital part of the team’s ability to continue care. The poem explores the tension between action and restraint, and the enduring weight carried when outcomes are uncertain and choices are final. In medicine, these moments become part of the cross we carry—quiet, often unseen, …


Compass, P M. Curtin May 2026

Compass, P M. Curtin

Quill & Scope

Looking ahead, it can be difficult to enjoy the review of less-than-enjoyable subjects (thinking of you, biochemistry) for STEP. Being without family and friends for what feels like long periods of time, but can really just be 12 hours, in a literal or metaphorical dark basement, is necessary to learn but sometimes dreary. All of this “points to” the final joy (and future trials) of being in-person in the clinic.


Global Genome, Patricia Weinstein May 2026

Global Genome, Patricia Weinstein

Quill & Scope

No abstract provided.


2026 Program (Pdf), Dept Of Obsttrics And Gynecology May 2026

2026 Program (Pdf), Dept Of Obsttrics And Gynecology

Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident Research Day

Program with abstracts for the 38th Annual Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology Residents Research Day held May 8, 2026.


Transgender Representation In Fictional Media: A Content Analysis, Valerius A. Greenlaw May 2026

Transgender Representation In Fictional Media: A Content Analysis, Valerius A. Greenlaw

Honors Theses

Transgender (trans) representation in media continues to be an understudied subject. Most previous studies have focused on analyzing media without including transgender perspectives, making studies with trans participants scarce. In order to determine current perceptions of trans representation in fictional media, this cyber-ethnography collected discussion posts from r/asktransgender on Reddit to determine what trans people perceive as supportive and harmful representations. This study is guided by a novel theoretical integration of transgender theory and labeling theory. Trans theory and labeling theory suggest that the way characters are portrayed may reinforce or subvert current societal norms and impact the way trans …


Buildings And Grounds Photograph Collection Finding Aid May 2026

Buildings And Grounds Photograph Collection Finding Aid

Finding Aids

No abstract provided.


Progress-Aware Framework For Governing Llm-Driven Evolutionary Search, Minghao Yan, Zhankui He, Chi Wang, Ed Chi, Ben Coleman, Ziqi Chen, Zhouhang Xie, Shuo Chen, Noveen Sachdeva, Beidou Wang, Isabella Ye, Derek Cheng, Weili Wang, Wang-Cheng Kang, Fernando Pereira, Bo Peng May 2026

Progress-Aware Framework For Governing Llm-Driven Evolutionary Search, Minghao Yan, Zhankui He, Chi Wang, Ed Chi, Ben Coleman, Ziqi Chen, Zhouhang Xie, Shuo Chen, Noveen Sachdeva, Beidou Wang, Isabella Ye, Derek Cheng, Weili Wang, Wang-Cheng Kang, Fernando Pereira, Bo Peng

Defensive Publications Series

Evolutionary search processes that use large language models may exhibit instability and inefficiency, which can lead to stagnation, context pollution, and suboptimal collaboration in parallel runs. A progress-aware framework can be used to govern these searches. The framework may integrate components such as hierarchical context management for organizing the search into a structured idea pool, momentum-based backtracking for adaptively escaping local minima by tracking a progress metric, and self-adaptive collaborative evolution for dynamically managing knowledge transfer between parallel agents. Functioning as a data-driven control system, the framework can make adaptive decisions regarding, for example, pruning, backtracking, and collaboration. This approach …


System For Determining Subscription Efficiency By Correlating Application Usage Telemetry With Financial Notification Signals, Akash Verma, Vivek Yadav May 2026

System For Determining Subscription Efficiency By Correlating Application Usage Telemetry With Financial Notification Signals, Akash Verma, Vivek Yadav

Defensive Publications Series

Managing the costs of multiple streaming services, such as Video on Demand (VOD), Over-The-Top (OTT) media, or recurring digital memberships, can be difficult because billing cycles are often disconnected from how much a person actually uses the apps, leading to “zombie subscriptions,” or unused subscriptions that are hidden recurring payments for services that are rarely watched. The disclosed system acts as an automated financial dashboard that helps users save money and improve financial health by automatically comparing app usage (how many hours users spend watching) with financial data found in email receipts, app store records, or renewal notifications. By combining …