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New Porous Nanomaterials For Battery And Supercapacitor, Yixian Pei

Doctoral Dissertations

Lithium-Sulfur batteries have a high energy storage capacity while their sulfur cathode suffers large volume change, polysulfides dissolution and shuttle effect, and capacity fading during long-term cycling. To help lock sulfur and mitigate these problems, we introduced halloysite, a natural clay material with a nanotube format, to disperse and confine sulfur nanoparticles as well as to suppress the dissolution and migration of polysulfides. Halloysite was made conductive by covering it with a glucose-derived carbon skin. Sulfur nanoparticles were then trapped in both the lumen and outside surface of individual nanotubes with a loading dosage up to 80 %. In this …

February 1, 2023 Greenmail, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

GreenMail (student newsletter through 2024)

No abstract provided.

Capture Als: The Comprehensive Analysis Platform To Understand, Remedy And Eliminate Als, Vincent Picher-Martel, Claire Magnussen, Mathieu Blais, Tania M. Bubela, Samir Das, Annie Dionne, Alan C. Evans, Angela Genge, Russell Greiner, Yasser Iturria-Medina

Office of the Provost

The absence of disease modifying treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is in large part a consequence of its complexity and heterogeneity. Deep clinical and biological phenotyping of people living with ALS would assist in the development of effective treatments and target specific biomarkers to monitor disease progression and inform on treatment efficacy. The objective of this paper is to present the Comprehensive Analysis Platform To Understand Remedy and Eliminate ALS (CAPTURE ALS), an open and translational platform for the scientific community currently in development. CAPTURE ALS is a Canadian-based platform designed to include participants' voices in its development and …

Pruritus In Chronic Liver Disease, Ranya Selim, Joseph Ahn

Gastroenterology Articles

Pruritus can be associated with chronic liver disease, particularly cholestatic liver disease. Although the pathophysiology is uncertain, there are a few proposed mechanisms and much is still being discovered. Workup involves an assessment to rule out a dermatologic, neurologic, psychogenic, or other underlying systemic disorder. First-line therapy is cholestyramine, which is generally well tolerated and effective. In those who fail cholestyramine, alternative drugs including rifampicin and μ-opioid receptor antagonists can be considered. If medical therapy is ineffective and pruritus is significant, alternative experimental therapies such as albumin dialysis, photopheresis, plasmapheresis, and biliary diversion can be considered.

Assessing Impacts Of Climate Change On Selected Foundation Species And Ecosystem Services In The South-Central Usa, R. James Ansley, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Kerry Griffis-Kyle, Bruce Hoagland, Amanda Emert, Todd Fagin, Scott R. Loss, Heather R. Mccarthy, Nicholas G. Smith, Elizabeth F. Waring

Faculty Publications

Climate change, interacting with and exacerbating anthropogenic modifications to the landscape, is altering ecosystem structure and function, biodiversity, and species distributions. Among the most visible short-term impacts are the altered ecological roles of foundation species—those species, native or non-native—that create locally stable environmental conditions and strongly influence ecosystem services. Understanding the future of these species is crucial for projecting impacts on ecosystem services at both local and regional scales. Here we present foundation species by ecoregion study cases across the US South-Central Region (Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas), including C4 grasses, mesquite, and northern bobwhite in the Southern Great …

Effect Of Hyaluronic Acid And Kappa-Carrageenan On Milk Properties: Rheology, Protein Stability, Foaming, Water-Holding, And Emulsification Properties, Prafulla Salunke, Suresh G. Sutariya

Dairy Science and Food Science Faculty Publications: 2022 to Present

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is now widely known for its ability to bind water and impart texture. The combined effects of HA and kappa-carrageenan (KC) have not yet been investigated, though. In this study, we looked at the synergistic effects of HA and KC (concentrations of 0.1 and 0.25%, and ratios of 85:15, 70:30, and 50:50 for each concentration) on the rheological properties, heat stability, protein phase separation, water-holding capacity, emulsification properties, and foaming properties of skim milk. When HA and KC were combined in various ratios with a skim milk sample, this resulted in lesser protein phase separation and a …

Variations In Signal-To-Noise Characteristics Of Tissue-Equivalent Attenuators For Mammographic Automatic Exposure Control System Performance Evaluation, Courtney K. Morrison, Erin B. Macdonald, Nicholas B. Bevins

Diagnostic Radiology Articles

PURPOSE: This work investigates the impact of tissue-equivalent attenuator choice on measured signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for automatic exposure control (AEC) performance evaluation in digital mammography. It also investigates how the SNR changes for each material when used to evaluate AEC performance across different mammography systems.

METHODS: AEC performance was evaluated for four mammography systems using seven attenuator sets at two thicknesses (4 and 8 cm). All systems were evaluated in 2D imaging mode, and one system was evaluated in digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) mode. The methodology followed the 2018 ACR digital mammography quality control (DMQC) manual. Each system-attenuator-thickness combination was …

Lifestyle Modifications And Nutritional And Therapeutic Interventions In Delaying The Progression Of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Review, Lean Alkhatib, Lorena A. Velez Diaz, Samyukta Varma, Arsh Chowdhary, Prachi Bapat, Hai Pan, Geetika Kukreja, Prasannalaxmi Palabindela, Sri Abirami Selvam, Kartik Kalra

Hematology/Oncology Articles

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a debilitating progressive illness that affects more than 10% of the world's population. In this literature review, we discussed the roles of nutritional interventions, lifestyle modifications, hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM) control, and medications in delaying the progression of CKD. Walking, weight loss, low-protein diet (LPD), adherence to the alternate Mediterranean (aMed) diet, and Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI)-2010 slow the progression of CKD. However, smoking and binge alcohol drinking increase the risk of CKD progression. In addition, hyperglycemia, altered lipid metabolism, low-grade inflammation, over-activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), and overhydration (OH) increase …

The Latest Interface: Using Data Privacy As A Sword And Shield In Antitrust Litigation, Sammi Chen

UC Law Journal

The new and growing intersection between data privacy and antitrust uses data privacy as both a sword and shield against antitrust liability. On one hand, large technology firms have begun using privacy as a business justification for alleged antitrust misconduct. On the other hand, private and government plaintiffs have raised privacy concerns in antitrust litigation. Although antitrust law and data privacy law are two distinct bodies of legal doctrines, there is literature suggesting their consolidation in certain contexts. The Hipster Antitrust movement and integrationist theory purport that data privacy should be included in an antitrust review when privacy is a …

Privacy Theater In The Bankruptcy Courts, Christopher G. Bradley

UC Law Journal

The intersection between privacy law and the big business of consumer data has become a major focus of policymakers, scholars, the business community, and consumer advocates, yet the legal regime governing the commercial use of data remains contested and often unclear. The difficulty becomes particularly acute when a company is financially distressed. A healthy firm might hesitate to exploit private data out of concern that doing so would cause reputational harm or liability, but these scruples matter less to financially distressed firms.

Bankruptcy law provides for the appointment of a “consumer privacy ombudsman” to make a recommendation on whether debtors …

The Agenda (February 2023): Newsletter For The Lincoln Lgbtq+ Resource Center, Lincoln Lgbtq+ Resource Center, Gonzaga University

Lincoln LGBTQ+ Resource Center Publications

The quarterly newsletter from the Lincoln LGBTQ+ Resource Center at Gonzaga.

The Nebraska Teacher Pipeline: Trends In Perceptions Of Preparedness Of Novice Teachers, Cassandra A. Destefano

Educational Leadership Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

The increased attrition in the teacher workforce has policy makers at state and national levels attempting to fill vacancies from a candidate pool that is drying up. Particularly of interest is the percentage of beginning teachers who are leaving the profession early in their careers. Researchers have examined elements of preparation or induction programs in relation to teacher effectiveness to understand needs of preservice and novice teachers. Elements such as required coursework, clinical experiences, mentoring programs, and professional development have been studied. Some studies have examined preparedness in relation to student achievement or supervisor appraisals of novice teachers. Researchers have …

Weathering The Storm: Veteran Elementary Principals Navigating Hyperstress Through The Covid-19 Pandemic, Matt Hilderbrand

Educational Leadership Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

School Districts across the nation are looking for the best principals to lead their schools. There is a need for highly effective school principals in public schools for the benefit of students, staff, and the general community. The role of the principal can offer extensive challenges and elevated levels of stress. School principals face this elevated pressure and stress on a continuous basis. Veteran principals, those who have led for a decade or more, have come to understand this stress. However, the consuming impact of the COVID-19 pandemic created hyperstressful conditions for elementary principals. Hyperstressful environments are classified as intense …

Prevalence Of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease In Overweight And Obese Children Seeking Ambulatory Healthcare In Nairobi, Kenya, Anne Njeri Mburu, Ahmed Laving, William Macharia, Joyce Sande

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Background While linked to obesity and associated with an increased cardiovascular morbidity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an often-asymptomatic cause of chronic liver disease in children. Early detection provides opportunity for interventions to curb progression. Childhood obesity is on the rise in low/middle-income countries, but cause-specific mortality data associated with liver disease are scanty. Establishing the prevalence of NAFLD in overweight and obese Kenyan children would guide in public health policies aimed at early screening and intervention.

Objectives To investigate prevalence of NAFLD in overweight and obese children aged 6–18 years using liver ultrasonography.

Methodology This was a cross-sectional …

Guest Editorial: Transition Towards Deep Decarbonisation Of Modern Energy Systems, Yujian Ye, Can Wan, Chenghong Gu, Dan Wu, Goran Strbac, Hongjian Sun, Peng Zhang, Rui Bo, Yi Tang, Zhongbei Tian

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Oria Stage Ii Expansion: Keep River Post-Development Aquatic Fauna And Targeted Sawfish Survey - 2022, Indopacific Environmental, Department Of Primary Industries And Regional Development, Western Australia

Irrigated Agricultural Development in the North

This report presents the results of the 2022 Keep River Aquatic Fauna and Targeted Sawfish Survey which represents the final post-development survey required as per the project conditions of the Goomig Irrigation Development. Unlike the 2021 survey, which was affected by pandemic related travel restrictions that prohibited some sites from being surveyed, all regular monitoring sites were able to be sampled in 2022. Field work was undertaken September 2022 and sampling and analyses undertaken during the current study aligned with standardised methodologies set forth in the Ord River Irrigation Area – Weaber Plain Development Project Aquatic Fauna Management Plan.

Evaluation Of Topical Microbicides For Their Acute Toxicities And Ability To Induce Proinflammatory Cytokines Tnf-A, Il-1b, Il-6 And Il-8 In Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells And Macrophages, Aladin A. Siddig, Olivier M. Tchimou, Mohammad N. Uddin, Kwame Yeboah

Faculty Research ​and Publications

Purpose: Topical Microbicides have been used as vaginal microbicides in clinical trials as anti-HIV-1 products. The objectives of this project were to evaluate selected popular topical microbicide drug products for their acute toxicities to colorectal epithelial cells and primary immune cells such as Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) and Macrophages and to further determine if these microbicide products could induce genital tract inflammation via extra production of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8.

Methodology: Toxicities of Nonoxynol-9, KY jelly, CAP, PRO2000 (4%), PRO2000 (0.5%), UC781(1%), UC781(0.1%) and VenaGelTM microbicides were determined by cellular viability of colorectal adenocarcinoma …

Effects Of Body Composition On Weight-Bearing Staging In Firefighters: Based On Linear, Pls Regression Model Analysis, Hongye Li

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Firefighters are often exposed to traumatic events such as high temperatures, heavy fumes, and toxic gases during rescue services. The challenges require firefighters to have a higher level of physical performance compared to a typical person. In urbanized settings, weight-bearing staging is a necessary skill for firefighters. Currently, research has found a positive correlation between firefighter body composition and occupational activity performance. This study aims to examine effects of body composition on the weight-bearing staging performance of firefighters, providing guidance for firefighters' daily training routines. Participants were 47 male firefighters in Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province (age: 25.2 ± 3.9; height: …

Diamond's Hidden Gems - Library Streaming Videos, Diamond Williams, Ucf Libraries

Libraries' Documents

UCF is no stranger to the value of academic videos, hosting a plethora of streaming platforms with free access to students.

In fact, videos are one of the best ways to provide a personalized learning experience. They increase motivation and can specifically impact students' ability to facilitate discussions and identify problems. Learning through film is memorable, comprehensive, affordable, accessible, and inclusive.

Beliefs And Knowledge Related To Human Papillomavirus (Hpv) Vaccine Among African Americans And African Immigrants Young Adults, Adebola Adegboyega, Omoadoni Roseline Obielodan, Amanda T. Wiggins, Mark Dignan, Lovoria B. Williams

UK CARES Faculty Publications

Background Despite the disparate human papillomavirus (HPV) infection rates among sexually active Black young adults, HPV vaccine uptake remains low among this population. This study aimed to explore HPV beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge among Black young adults and provide recommendations on ways to improve vaccine uptake.

Methods We used a mixed-method, convergent design to conduct five focus groups and administered a 40-item electronic survey that was developed with health belief model (HBM) constructs. We assessed HPV and vaccine knowledge, barriers, and attitudes toward vaccination. We analyzed quantitative data using descriptive statistics and bivariate methods. Focus group transcripts were analyzed using …

Higher Concentrations Of Microplastics In Runoff From Biosolid-Amended Croplands Than Manure-Amended Croplands, Nasrin Naderi Beni, Shahab Karimifard, John Gilley, Tiffany L. Messer, Amy Schmidt, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt

UK CARES Faculty Publications

Land-applied municipal biosolids, produced from municipal wastewater treatment sludge, contributes to microplastics contamination in agroecosystems. The impacts of biosolids on microplastic concentrations in agricultural soil have been previously investigated, however, the potential for microplastics transport from biosolid-amended croplands has not been previously quantified. In this study, manure and biosolids were applied to field plots, runoff was collected following natural precipitation events and the potential of bacterial biofilm to grow on different microplastic morphologies was investigated. Higher concentrations of microplastics were detected in runoff from plots with land-applied biosolid in comparison with manure-amended and control plots. Fibers and fragments were the …

Comparison Of Premature, Extremely Premature, And Older Adults With Coronary Artery Disease In Pakistan, Waqas Ullah, Rehan Malik, Faiza Bashir, Mustafa Khan, Saud Khan, Mahboob Alam, Zainab Samad, Miguel C. Achirica, Salim S. Virani, Bashir Hanif

Section of Cardiology

No abstract provided.

Nursing News & Views - Feburary 2023, Joanne Miller Rn

Nursing Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Fema Display, In Coordination With Disaster Awareness Week, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Weather/Natural Disasters

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Computational Pathology In 2030: A Delphi Study Forecasting The Role Of Ai In Pathology Within The Next Decade, M. Alvaro Berbís, David S. Mcclintock, Andrey Bychkov, Jeroen Van Der Laak, Liron Pantanowitz, Jochen K. Lennerz, Jerome Y. Cheng, Brett Delahunt, Lars Egevad, Catarina Eloy, Alton B. Farris, Filippo Fraggetta, Raimundo García Del Moral, Douglas J. Hartman, Markus D. Herrmann, Eva Hollemans, Kenneth A. Iczkowski, Aly Karsan, Mark Kriegsmann, Mohamed E. Salama, John H. Sinard, J. Mark Tuthill, Bethany Williams, César Casado-Sánchez, Víctor Sánchez-Turrión, Antonio Luna, José Aneiros-Fernández, Jeanne Shen

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Articles

BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly fuelling a fundamental transformation in the practice of pathology. However, clinical integration remains challenging, with no AI algorithms to date in routine adoption within typical anatomic pathology (AP) laboratories. This survey gathered current expert perspectives and expectations regarding the role of AI in AP from those with first-hand computational pathology and AI experience.

METHODS: Perspectives were solicited using the Delphi method from 24 subject matter experts between December 2020 and February 2021 regarding the anticipated role of AI in pathology by the year 2030. The study consisted of three consecutive rounds: 1) an open-ended, …

2023 February, Cleveland State University College Of Law

2020s

No abstract provided.

Where I Belong: Four Dancers On What They Bring Into Leadership Roles, Kate Mattingly

Communication & Theatre Arts Faculty Publications

The article discusses dancers on what they bring into leadership roles which include Kiyon Ross, the associate artistic director for Pacific Northwest Ballet, Clifton Brown, assistant director at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Helanius J. Wilkins, associate director of dance in the Department of Theatre & Dance at University of Colorado. Topics include Ross's first foray into choreography in 2005; Brown on how Dancers are being heard; and Wilkins on leadership role in dance.

A Seat At The Table: Why The Seat You've Been Entrusted With Is More Vital Than The Position You're Entitled To, Donna Pisani

Doctor of Ministry

My NPO (The lack of understanding and framework of Biblical leadership as entrustment rather than an entitlement that empowers both genders to lead together has created a lack of female representation in strategic influence and leadership roles) was birthed out of my experience as a female in ministry for four decades leading with men, coupled with the lack of resources available to an upcoming generation of leaders. Through extensive research and interviews, the most viable solution that emerged was a published book written to empower a new generation of female leaders—one that addresses the theology of women in leadership with …

Spiritual Care The Needs Of The Dying, Carmen Kampman

Doctor of Ministry

As an ordained minister within the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC), I regularly provide spiritual care to dying persons and their families. While writing this preface, four residents in the long-term care home where I serve died. There was a ministry season when I felt unequipped to provide spiritual care to dying persons and their families. So, motivated by a gap in my pastoral training and the fear of death I witnessed in my first hospice patient - and several others since then - an opportunity to change that began to emerge. Even Jesus needed people to be with him …

Negligent Commercial Transactions: Does New Mexico Face A Slippery Slope After Morris?, Annika Cleveland

New Mexico Law Review

In its July 2021 decision, Morris v. Giant Four Corners, the New Mexico Supreme Court held that the doctrine of negligent entrustment includes liability for someone who supplies gasoline to a person they knew or should have known was intoxicated. While the Morris court’s decision is novel in New Mexico, courts will likely interpret the inclusion narrowly, restricting the duty to circumstances where a commercial transaction enabled a DWI. By reviewing the decisions of other jurisdictions to include certain commercial transactions under negligent entrustment claims and the impact those decisions had on subsequent litigation, this article argues that Morris will …