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Transitioning Students From K-12 To Higher Education: Ada Accommodations And Academic Support Programs, Catherine Wharton

Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations

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Lee's Journey Through Uab Is Marked With "Discovery And Self-Exploration", Staff

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Can We Use Antipredator Behavior Theory To Predict Wildlife Responses To High-Speed Vehicles?, Ryan B. Lunn, Bradley Blackwell, Travis L. Devault, Esteban Fernández-Juricic

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Animals seem to rely on antipredator behavior to avoid vehicle collisions. There is an extensive body of antipredator behavior theory that have been used to predict the distance/time animals should escape from predators. These models have also been used to guide empirical research on escape behavior from vehicles. However, little is known as to whether antipredator behavior models are appropriate to apply to an approaching high-speed vehicle scenario. We addressed this gap by (a) providing an overview of the main hypotheses and predictions of different antipredator behavior models via a literature review, (b) exploring whether these models can generate quantitative …

Variability Of Care And Access To Transplantation For Children With Biliary Atresia Who Need A Liver Replacement, Jean De Ville De Goyet, Toni Illhardt, Christophe Chardot, Peace N Dike, Ulrich Baumann, Katherine Brandt, Barbara E Wildhaber, Mikko Pakarinen, Fabrizio Di Francesco, Ekkehard Sturm, Marianna Cornet, Caroline Lemoine, Eva Doreen Pfister, Ana M Calinescu, Maria Hukkinen, Sanjiv Harpavat, Fabio Tuzzolino, Riccardo Superina

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background & Aims: Biliary atresia (BA) is the commonest single etiology indication for liver replacement in children. As timely access to liver transplantation (LT) remains challenging for small BA children (with prolonged waiting time being associated with clinical deterioration leading to both preventable pre- and post-transplant morbidity and mortality), the care pathway of BA children in need of LT was analyzed—from diagnosis to LT—with particular attention to referral patterns, timing of referral, waiting list dynamics and need for medical assistance before LT. Methods: International multicentric retrospective study. Intent-to-transplant study analyzing BA children who had indication for LT early in life …

Medical Diagnosis Problems Based On Neutrosophic Sets And Their Hybrid Structures: A Survey, Said Broumi, Mamoni Dhar, Abdellah Bakhouyi, Assia Bakali, Mohamed Talea

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Intuitionistic Plithogenic Graph And It’S-Cut For Knowledge Processing Tasks, Prem Kumar Singh

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Single Valued Bipolar Pentapartitioned Neutrosophic Set And Its Application In Madm Strategy, Suman Das, Rakhal Das, Surapati Pramanik

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Ensemble Classifiers For Acute Leukemia Classification Using Microarray Gene Expression Data Under Uncertainty, Mona Gamal, Abdel Nasser H. Zaied, Ehab Rushdy

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Entropy Based Fluoride Contamination Indices For Community Health Risk Assessment From Groundwater Of Kangra County, North India, Chander Parkash, Simerjit Kaur, Rahul Dev, Manoj Bali

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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The Definite Neutrosophic Integrals And Its Applications, Yaser Ahmad Alhasan

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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I-Valued Neutrosophic Ahp:An Application To Assess Airline Service Quality After Covid-19 Pandemy, Kenan Tas, Aysegul Tas, Feride Bahar Isin

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Αgs Closed Sets In Neutrosophic Topological Spaces, V. Banu Priya, S. Chandrasekar, M. Suresh, S. Anbalagan

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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The Neutrosophic Integrals By Partial Fraction, Yaser Ahmad Alhasan

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Symmetric Neutrosophic Cross Entropy Based Fault Recognition Of Turbine, Chander Parkash

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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An Assessed Framework For Manufacturing Sustainability Based On Industry 4.0 Under Uncertainty, Khalid A. Eldrandaly, Mona Mohamed, Nissreen El-Saber, Mohamed Abdel-Basset

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Sets And Systems, Vol. 49, 2022, Florentin Smarandache, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Said Broumi

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation For Large B-Cell Lymphoma With Secondary Central Nervous System Involvement, Serkan Akin, Chitra Hosing, Issa Khouri, Sairah Ahmed, Amin Alousi, Nathan Fowler, Jacinth Joseph, Jonathan Truxillo, Jeremy L Ramdial, Farzaneh Maadani, Gabriela Rondon, May Daher, Jin S Im, Raphael Steiner, Jason Westin, Swaminathan P Iyer, Bouthaina Dabaja, Paolo Anderlini, Uday R Popat, Muzaffar H Qazilbash, Christopher R Flowers, Elizabeth Shpall, Richard E Champlin, Yago Nieto, Samer A Srour

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Secondary central nervous system large B-cell lymphoma (SCNSL) is rare, with a generally poor prognosis. There is limited data about the role of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in these high-risk patients. We explored in this study treatment outcomes and prognostic factors for patients with SCNSL who underwent ASCT. We included all consecutive patients who underwent ASCT at our institution. Primary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). One-hundred two patients were identified. Median age at transplant was 56 (range, 21-71) years. With a median follow-up of 56 (range, 1-256) months, the median PFS and OS were 40 …

Distinct Molecular And Immune Hallmarks Of Inflammatory Arthritis Induced By Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors For Cancer Therapy, Sang T Kim, Yanshuo Chu, Mercy Misoi, Maria E Suarez-Almazor, Jean H Tayar, Huifang Lu, Maryam Buni, Jordan Kramer, Emma Rodriguez, Zulekha Hussain, Sattva S Neelapu, Jennifer Wang, Amishi Y Shah, Nizar M Tannir, Matthew T Campbell, Don L Gibbons, Tina Cascone, Charles Lu, George R Blumenschein, Mehmet Altan, Bora Lim, Vincente Valero, Monica E Loghin, Janet Tu, Shannon N Westin, Aung Naing, Guillermo Garcia-Manero, Noha Abdel-Wahab, Hussein A Tawbi, Patrick Hwu, Isabella C Glitza Oliva, Michael A Davies, Sapna P Patel, Jun Zou, Andrew Futreal, Adi Diab, Linghua Wang, Roza Nurieva

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are associated with immune-related adverse events (irAEs), including arthritis (arthritis-irAE). Management of arthritis-irAE is challenging because immunomodulatory therapy for arthritis should not impede antitumor immunity. Understanding of the mechanisms of arthritis-irAE is critical to overcome this challenge, but the pathophysiology remains unknown. Here, we comprehensively analyze peripheral blood and/or synovial fluid samples from 20 patients with arthritis-irAE, and unmask a prominent Th1-CD8

Human Pancreatic Microenvironment Promotes Β-Cell Differentiation Via Non-Canonical Wnt5a/Jnk And Bmp Signaling, Jolanta Chmielowiec, Wojciech J Szlachcic, Diane Yang, Marissa A Scavuzzo, Katrina Wamble, Alejandro Sarrion-Perdigones, Omaima M Sabek, Koen J T Venken, Malgorzata Borowiak

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

In vitro derivation of pancreatic β-cells from human pluripotent stem cells holds promise as diabetes treatment. Despite recent progress, efforts to generate physiologically competent β-cells are still hindered by incomplete understanding of the microenvironment's role in β-cell development and maturation. Here, we analyze the human mesenchymal and endothelial primary cells from weeks 9-20 fetal pancreas and identify a time point-specific microenvironment that permits β-cell differentiation. Further, we uncover unique factors that guide in vitro development of endocrine progenitors, with WNT5A markedly improving human β-cell differentiation. WNT5A initially acts through the non-canonical (JNK/c-JUN) WNT signaling and cooperates with Gremlin1 to inhibit …

Racial And Ethnic Representation In Clinical Psychotherapy Research, Vivian Mcgaughey

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

Though there is an active mental health crisis among college students, there is low utilization of psychotherapy among minoritized racial and ethnic groups. This independent research examines peer-reviewed literature to help explain four possible reasons for the low utilization of psychotherapy within marginalized groups: discrimination, stigma, feelings of alienation, and lack of representation. These four reasons all have a direct impact on college students’ academics, success during and after college, and overall wellbeing. Thus, it is crucial to explore the reasoning behind the low utilization of mental health resources and possible changes that are necessary to fix this. Peer-reviewed literature …

Healthcare With A Focus In Neurological Disease Solutions, Andrea Hernandez

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

There is a need for patient-centered care that is easily accessible to all PD patients given the serious implications of falls. Our goal was to examine the feasibility of delivering specialized physical and occupational therapy directly to the patient’ s home using telemedicine. As a result of this internship, I have had the privilege of participating in several other projects, such as Dr. Afshari’s iteration of this program to the NIH in a career development award. I am pleased to begin a new project alongside Dr. Afshari to expand our understanding of freezing of gait experienced by patients with PD.

Depressive And Anxiety Symptoms And Their Association With Sleep Consistency In Female College Students, Lora Djambov

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

Sleep is a critical part of daily functioning. Recent work has highlighted the consistency of a person’s sleep schedule as an important factor in health (Phillips, 2017). College students often have inconsistent sleep patterns, including irregular increased napping (Adriansen et al., 2017), and increased wake time variability (Roane et al., 2015). These patterns adversely impact cognitive functioning, physical health, and mental health (Bei et al., 2016; Phillips et al., 2017; Murray et al., 2017), including higher levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Studies, however, have not examined sleep regularity and its association with these symptoms in college students (Fang et …

Generating Equity Within The Food System Through Institutional Purchasing, Rakayla T. Campbell

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

Our current food systems are largely profit driven and create negative environmental externalities such as pollution and excess waste (Barlett, 2017). Colleges and universities are unique in that they have a large potential to create a change in the food system through changes in their institutional purchasing habits. Higher education purchasing offers a unique opportunity to shift consumer demands to these sorts of products. In addition, this purchase poses a unique opportunity to support and uplift historically disenfranchised BIPOC producers. Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit institution in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, situated on the north side. …

Historic Notes And Documents: "Our Desired Haven": The Letters Of Corinna Brown Aldrich From Antebellum Key West, 1849-1850, James M. Denham

Florida Historical Quarterly

On January 8,1849, Dr. Edward S. Aldrich wrote his wife Corinna Brown Aldrich from Key West, Florida. His description of American's southernmost town spoke of its beauty and economic potential.

A St. Augustine Crime Passionnel, Vivien Miller

Florida Historical Quarterly

The crime passionnel is not formally recognized in North American law. Nevertheless, any reading of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century southern court records and pardon files reveal that, as acts of interpersonal violence, crimes of passion "generated by thwarted love, jealousy, [and] hatred that rise to the level of obsession" were not uncommon. One such crime was perptrated by Alexander Campbell. This was the unusual case of a middle-class white man who was convicted of first-degree murder in a Florida court in 1891 and sent to the convict lease system where he remained for a considerable length of time. This partiular Florida …

Whitening Miami: Race, Housing, And Government Policy In Twentieth-Century Dade County, Raymond A. Mohl

Florida Historical Quarterly

Throughout the twentieth century, government agencies played a powerful role in creating and sustaining racially separate and segregated housing in Dade County, Florida. This pattern of housing segregation initially was imposed early through official policies of "racial zoning," During the New Deal era of lhe 1930s, federal housing policies were implemented at the local level to maintain legally segregated housing and neighborhoods. Such policies included the appraisal system established by the federal Home Owners Loan Corporation, which helped to create the discriminatory lending system known as "redlining." In addition, under the New Deal's federally sponsored public housing program, local housing …

Public Goods From Private Data: An Effectiveness And Justification Dilemma For Digital Contact Tracing, Andrew Buzzell

The Journal of Sociotechnical Critique

Debate about the adoption of digital contact tracing (DCT) apps to control the spread of COVID-19 has focussed on risks to individual privacy. This emphasis reveals significant challenges to ethical deployment of DCT, but generates constraints which undermine justification to implement DCT. It would be a mistake to view this result solely as the successful operation of ethical foresight analysis, preventing deployment of potentially harmful technology. Privacy-centric analysis treats data as private property, frames the relationship between individuals and governments as adversarial, entrenches technology platforms as gatekeepers, and supports a conception of emergency public health authority as limited by individual …

The Impact Of Disability Inclusion Programs On Organizational Culture And Strategy, Bianca Kristal Sofia Contreras Lopez

Liberty University Research Week

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The Connection Between Body Modification And Personality, Taylor Shoemaker

Steeplechase: An ORCA Student Journal

Previous research has been inconsistent in its findings regarding the associations between body modifications (e.g., piercings, tattoos, augmentation, scarification, split tongue) and the Big Five personality traits (i.e., openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism). All traits have been found to be significantly correlated with body modification in at least one study, but their significance differed from study to study. The purpose of the current study was to examine the associations between body modification and each domain of personality concurrently to add to the literature surrounding differences between modified and unmodified individuals. To participate in this study, participants were asked …

Using Modern Portfolio Theory To Create Efficient Portfolios From The S&P Index, Dylan Rhoads

Steeplechase: An ORCA Student Journal

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) serves as a proxy for the U.S. equity market and is among the most widely cited financial instruments in the world. Its risk and return can be accepted as the market’s, leading it to be the benchmark for performance in many investment settings. Modern portfolio theory helps to quantify performance by explaining the relationship between risk and return. Every portfolio has its own return and risk level, with the optimal allocations falling on the “Efficient Frontier”, that is the line on a graph that connects the portfolios that have the maximum return …