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Short-Term Effects Of Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields On Neurogenesis And Wnt Signaling In Amniotic Fluid Cells, Coşar Uzun, Ümit Karakaş, Mustafa Ertan Ay, Özlem İzci Ay, Didem Derici Yıldırım, Nurten Erdal, Mehmet Emin Erdal

Journal of Pediatric Genetics

Background: Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) at 50 Hz are prevalent in household electrical systems. Although various studies have examined the effects of ELF-EMF on cell proliferation and gene expression, its impact on amniotic fluid cells (AFCs) remains unclear. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the potential effects of ELF-EMFs on gene expression related to neurogenesis and the Wnt signaling pathway in AFCs. Methods: AFCs were isolated from amniotic fluid obtained via amniocentesis and divided into five groups: control, sham, and three groups exposed to different ELFEMF intensities (1 mT, 2 mT, 3 mT for 30 minutes/day for 7 days). …

Effects Of Intensive Physical Therapy And Two-Year Follow-Up Results In A Child With Kleefstra Syndrome: A Case Report, Doğan Porsnok, Akmer Mutlu

Journal of Pediatric Genetics

Background: Kleefstra syndrome (KS) is a rare genetic syndrome that develops due to haploinsufficiency of the euchromatic histone methyltransferase 1 gene and is mostly characterized by hypotonia, developmental delays and intellectual disorders. We aimed to report the potential effectiveness of a 12-week intensive physiotherapy (PT) program provided to a child with KS and to present the twoyear longitudinal follow-up results. Case Presentation: A 1-year-old male child diagnosed with KS was admitted. The age-specific individualized PT program was implemented for 12-week and the child was longitudinally followed-up. The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-Third-Edition (Bayley-III), PedsQL™ Family Impact Module (FIM), …

Clinical Complications And Management Strategies For Wolcott-Rallison Syndrome, Pavan K. Madasu, Durga Ashok Burande, Nivedhitha Ulaganathan, Thyageshwar Chandran

Journal of Pediatric Genetics

Wolcott-Rallison syndrome (WRS) is a rare genetic disorder, diagnosed with transient/permanent neo-natal insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Infants are primarily diagnosed with the onset of diabetes mellitus followed by a propensity for skeletal dysplasia, liver dysfunction, pancreatic hypoplasia, renal dysfunction, mental retardation, seizures, stenosis, and glycosuria. Unfortunately, regardless of the symptoms or poor prognosis, most of the infants could not survive beyond two years, and those who survived do not live a quality life before death. However, despite these clinical complications, clinical intervention at a right time can contribute to prolonged life expectancy. The transplantation of vital organs (liver, pancreas and …

Characterization Of Pediatric Patients With Rheumatological Diseases Admitted To A Single Tertiary Health Hospital’S Pediatric Intensive Care Unit In Latin America, Valeria Erazo-Martínez, Ingrid Ruiz-Ordoñez, Carolina Álvarez, Laura Serrano, Cristian C. Aragón, Gabriel J. Tobón, Sandra Concha, Rubén Lasso, Lyna Ramírez

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Objetives: Most autoimmune diseases (AIDs) during childhood debut with more severe and aggressive forms, with life-threatening conditions that increase the need for intensive care therapy. This study describes the clinical, laboratory, and health outcomes features of pediatric patients with AIDs admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study that included the clinical records of all pediatric patients with AIDs admitted to the PICU during 2011 and 2020 in Cali, Colombia. Results: Two-hundred and twenty-five PICU admissions from 136 patients were evaluated. Median age was 13 (11-15) years, and the median disease duration was …

Patient-Specific Factors Associated With Dexmedetomidine Dose Requirements In Critically Ill Children, Karryn R. Crisamore, Philip E. Empey, Jonathan H. Pelletier, Robert S.B. Clark, Christopher M. Horvat

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Objective: To evaluate patient-specific factors associated with dexmedetomidine dose requirements during continuous infusion. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of electronic health record-derived data spanning ten years for patients admitted with a primary respiratory diagnosis at a quaternary children’s hospital and who received a dexmedetomidine continuous infusion (N=346 patients) was conducted. Penalized regression was used to select demographic, clinical, and medication characteristics associated with median daily dexmedetomidine dose. Identified characteristics were included in multivariable linear regression models and sensitivity analyses. Results: Critically ill children had a median hourly dexmedetomidine dose of 0.5 mcg/kg/hr (range: 0.1 - 1.8), median daily dose of …

Beyond Vital Signs: Pediatric Sepsis Screening That Includes Organ Failure Assessment Detects Patients With Worse Outcomes, Jesseca A. Paulsen, Karen M. Wang, Isabella M. Masler, Jessica F. Hicks, Sherry N. Green, Jeremy M. Loberger

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Objective: Pediatric sepsis screening is recommended. The 2005 Goldstein criteria, the basis of our institutional sepsis screening tool (ISST), correlates poorly with clinically diagnosed sepsis. The study objective was to retrospectively evaluate the ISST sensitivity compared to the Pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (pSOFA). Methods: Single-center retrospective cohort study. The primary outcome was pSOFA score and ISST sensitivity for severe sepsis. Secondary outcomes included clinical outcome measures. Results: In this severe sepsis cohort (N=491), pSOFA and ISST sensitivity were 57.6% and 61.1%, respectively. In regression analysis for a positive pSOFA, positive blood culture (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.1-4.3, p=0.025), older …

Role Of Serum Ferritin And Prism-Iii In Predicting Mortality In Children With Acute Encephalitis Syndrome In Northern India, Nisha Toteja, Rohit Sasidharan, Sachin Kumar, Kamran Zaman, Vijay Kumar Singh, Vineet Jaiswal, Kanchan Srivastava, Harish Tiwari, Mahima Mittal

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of Serum Ferritin (SF) and PRISM-III (Paediatric Risk of Mortality) in predicting mortality in critically ill children aged six months to 15 years diagnosed with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted in the PICU of a tertiary teaching hospital in Northern India between July 2018 and June 2019. The primary outcome was to determine the association of admission SF levels with mortality. Secondary outcomes included estimating the prevalence of hyperferritinemia and comparing SF with PRISM-III scores …

Clinical Profile Of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome In Children [Mis-C] Associated With Sars-Cov-2 Admitted To Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Yashaswini K., A. V. Lalitha, Naresh Kanna Giri Subramanian, John Michael Raj A.

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Objectives: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a post SARS-CoV-2 immune dissonance seen in the pediatric population. The current study is an attempt to understand subtleties of diverse phenotypes, immunotherapeutics and short-term outcome parameters of MIS-C. Methodology: Children admitted to Pediatric intensive care unit [PICU] between 1 month – 18 years, satisfying MIS-C criteria were enrolled in this retrospective observational study. They were stratified into different phenotypes like shock, Kawasaki disease and non - specific phenotypes. Respiratory, vasoactive support and outcomes were analyzed using appropriate statistical methods. Results: Seventy-five children presented with MISC during the study period. The mean …

Trial Practice And Procedure, Joseph M. Colwell, Christopher B. Mcdaniel, John D. Flowers, Madi Mcmichael Moseley

Mercer Law Review

This Article addresses selected opinions and legislation of interest to the Georgia civil trial practitioner issued during the survey period of this publication.

Georgia's Best Friend, Harold D. Melton

Mercer Law Review

“Chief Justice Michael Boggs is one of my very best friends in life,” say people all over the great State of Georgia, including me. Rare is the man who has such a clear sense of purpose and who derives so much joy in being a true friend to the people around him. And by that, I refer to his tight-knit inner circle and the broader community at large: his wife, his immediate family, his extended family, his local community, his legal community, and also the people who make Georgia their home.

Torts, Kelly Cahill Timmons

Mercer Law Review

2024–2025 was a big year for tort law in Georgia, particularly on the legislative side. Governor Brian Kemp achieved his primary goal for the 2025 legislative session, working with the Georgia General Assembly to enact significant tort reform measures. These measures change Georgia law on the collateral source rule, the relevance of seatbelt evidence, and—most notably—in the area of negligent security. All of these changes benefit tort defendants. The Supreme Court of Georgia also made its mark on tort law during the Survey period, deciding several cases involving the liability of professionals and adopting rules that— more often than not—benefited …

Legal Ethics, Patrick Emery Longan

Mercer Law Review

This Survey covers the period from June 1, 2024–May 31, 2025. The Article discusses developments with respect to lawyer discipline, bar admission and reinstatement, malpractice, ineffective assistance of counsel, disqualification of counsel, judicial misconduct and recusal, attorney’s fees and liens, contempt and other sanctions, unauthorized practice of law, attorney-client privilege, prosecutorial misconduct, amendments to the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, advisory opinions, one miscellaneous matter, and potential reforms to the delivery of legal services.

Workers’ Compensation, H. Michael Bagley, J. Benson Ward

Mercer Law Review

This Survey period saw notable decisions from Georgia’s appellate courts addressing issues including a potential limiting effect on employees’ misrepresentations in the hiring process, the refusal of suitable light duty work, and application of the exclusive remedy provision to civil suits. There was no notable legislation, as the legislature was instead occupied with the “tort reform” bill, Senate Bill 68, which includes virtually no reference to workers’ compensation.

Parallel Journeys, Museum Of History And Holocaust Education

Museum of History and Holocaust Education Exhibits

Parallel Journeys presents the stories of twenty young adults who were witnesses, participants, and often victims of World War II and the Holocaust. Anne Frank is one of the most famous teenagers in history and her diary has captured the hearts of readers across the world. Anne's story and others told in Parallel Journeys draw visitors into many different experiences of World War II and the Holocaust and demonstrate the realities of this brutal conflict.

Artificial Intelligence And Consumer Trust, Privacy, And Protection On Digital Platforms, Alheri Gajere Adams

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Academic scholars have researched the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on privacy, trust, and data governance; however, substantial gaps remain—particularly regarding how AI influences consumer trust and privacy among Texas consumers subscribed to digital platforms. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to explore how Texas consumers experience and perceive online platforms for personal and private use regarding online data privacy and trust, underscoring the gap in prior research on how state-level consumer protection laws, such as the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), address concerns relative to data trust, privacy, and digital protection. The conceptual framework that guided …

Winter Commencement: December 19, 2025, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Winter Commencement program from December 19, 2025.

Family Functioning And Adolescent Outcomes In Wilderness Therapy: A Quanitative Analysis Of Change And Predictive Relationships, Elizabeth Santone

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study explored the impact of wilderness therapy on adolescent and family functioning using archival data from a licensed outdoor behavioral healthcare program. The purpose of this research was to examine both individual and systemic changes over the course of treatment and to explore whether improvements in family functioning were associated with youth outcomes. The final sample included 1,293 adolescents who completed the Youth Outcome Questionnaire (Y-OQ 2.01) at intake and discharge. A subset of 454 adolescents and their caregivers also completed the Family Assessment Device (FAD) at both time points. Paired-sample t-tests revealed statistically significant improvements in both adolescent …

Control Techniques And Design Of Load-Side Controls For The Mitigation Of Late-Time High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse, Connor A. Lehman, Rush Robinett, Wayne Weaver, David G. Wilson

Michigan Tech Publications

This paper introduces a novel control archetype designed to mitigate high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) (Formula presented.) disturbances on the power grid, as well as information on performance and specifications of different control laws for the controller archetype. This method of protection has been overlooked in the literature until now. A controlled voltage supply is placed on the load-side of a transformer, diverting unwanted power from the transformer core to prevent saturation. The controlled voltage source is modeled using four control laws: an integral controller (capacitor), Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR), an energy storage minimized feedforward control law, and a Hamiltonian feedback …

Late-Stage Capitalism And Consumerism In Higher Education: A Morphogenetic Analysis, Kallen Zhou

Publications

Facing widespread student disengagement and dissatisfaction, U.S. higher education is undergoing a paradigm shift, detaching from its civic and pedagogical origins. A key force driving this transformation is the rise of student consumerism. While existing literature documents market-driven actions adopted by higher education institutions (HEIs) and the consumer roles students play, it overlooks structural market forces. Specifically, little theorization exists on the relationship between late-stage capitalism and student consumerism. This paper addresses that gap through two steps: first, offering a historical analysis of the traditional university model, late-stage capitalism, academic capitalism, and the decline of the liberal arts; second, developing …

Ceen 2025 Impact Report, Niki Elliott Ph.D.

Annual Impact Reports

The 2025 year has been one of meaningful impact, shaped by dedicated partnerships, bold conversations, and an unwavering commitment to creating neuroinclusive spaces for learning and living. From our immersive trainings to our pioneering programs, we’ve seen the ripple effects of this work transform classrooms, communities, and systems that serve neurodiverse youth and families.

We have compiled a comprehensive look at our center’s collective reach and accomplishments.

Brief Of Lindsay And Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic As Amicus Curiae In Support Of Appellants, John A. Meiser, Meredith Holland Kessler

Court Briefs

Nos. 25-2575, 25-2662
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. President United States of America

On Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
No. 2:17-cv-04540-WB (Hon. Wendy Bettlestone)

From the Summary of the Argument

The agencies’ promulgation of the Religious and Moral Rules challenged in this case was neither arbitrary nor capricious. Widespread litigation against the agencies’ contraceptive mandate under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act— and multiple trips to the Supreme Court—made clear that the mandate violates the federally protected rights of organizations like the Little Sisters of the Poor. After years of failed efforts to alleviate that …

News You Can Use: What Mississippi's Maternal, Infant Health 'F' Means, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – When Mississippi received another "F" on the March of Dimes 2025 Report Card for maternal and infant health, it reinforced what many families already know: pregnancy and childbirth can be far more complicated than they appear.

Front Matter, Maya America Editors

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Includes Cover Art and Table of Contents

Maya Health In The Days Of Deportation Discussion And The Case Example Of Colectivo Vida Digna, Guatemala, David W. Barillas Chon

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Health inequalities and health racism have a long history in the Americas, as in Guatemala and the United States. Drawing upon testimonies and case examples from the Maya non-profit Colectivo Vida Digna [Guatemala]. Barillas-Chon reveals how some Maya in Guatemala have organized to overcome historic and current challenges and are now working with Maya who have returned from the US.

Women In Santa Eulalia, Guatemala Through The Concepts Of Rootedness, Community, And Migration., Helen Hobson

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

This essay explores the experiences of Maya Q’anjob’al women in the villages of Santa Eulalia in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Women from eleven communities participated in group interviews during the four months I spent conducting fieldwork in 2024, thus building upon my findings from 2022 and 2023. Questions focused on their daily lives, their connections to people and places, strategies for generating income, and the impact of migration on their lives and the community. Two broad themes emerged from the interviews. The first relates to their relationships to the land and community, and how this rootedness supports a wholistic (Indigenous) sense of …

State Of California Cannabis Reporting, University Of Mississippi – National Center For Cannabis Research And Education

California

No abstract provided.

Sleep Menus: A Personalized Approach To Enhancing Patient Rest And Improving Sleep Quality, Justin W. Dorman

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Manuscripts

Sleep disruptions among hospitalized patients can negatively impact healing, recovery, and patient satisfaction. Hospital noise remains a persistent barrier to restful sleep, yet previous hospital-based noise reduction strategies have shown limited sustained success. This quality improvement project aimed to enhance patient-perceived sleep quality by implementing a patient-centered Sleep Menu offering patients earplugs or sound machines. A pre-post design was employed, using the Richard-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ) to assess patients' sleep quality before and after the Sleep Menu intervention. Sixty patients were approached; 25 chose earplugs, and 7 selected the sound machine. Despite environmental decibel levels remaining above the WHO recommendations …

Organizational Return On Investment In Nursing: A Systematic Review, Olga Yakusheva, Kathryn Lee, Alissa V. Fial, Marianne E. Weiss

Individual Articles

Background: High-quality nursing care is crucial for healthcare quality and safety, yet there’s limited understanding of the business case for investing in nursing from an organizational perspective. This study seeks to address this evidence gap by identifying and synthesizing data on the organizational return on investment in nursing human capital, considering initial investment costs and the resulting impact on production costs and revenue.

Method: We conducted a systematic review using four databases (PubMed, CINAHL, EconLit, Web of Science) to find nursing human capital studies from January 1990 to June 2024. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they examined nurses …

The Nursing Human Capital Value Model, Olga Yakusheva, Kathryn A. Lee, Marianne Weiss

Individual Articles

Nursing's economic value is presently framed within the dominant “outcomes-over-cost” value framework. Within this context, organizations employing nurses often use nursing budget reductions as a cost-minimization strategy, with the intent of retaining high quality outcomes. However, persistent issues such as nurse understaffing, burnout, and turnover threaten healthcare systems' capacity to deliver the quality, equitable, affordable patient care that the public requires. In this paper, we propose a new conceptual model and definition of nursing's economic value. The model development is guided by the convergence of three classic economic frameworks:human capital theory, production theory, and value theory. Grounded in these theories, …

Introductory Note: Profound Guatemala, Alan Lebaron

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Words have historic and contemporary variations in meaning. People who write about the Maya employ words such as revitalization, resurgence, agency, resistance, authenticity, and cosmovision, for example. “Profound” is the theme for Maya America this issue, and we present three examples, two from the past and one from today. The 1st profound comes from Raúl Leiva’s poem Mundo Indigena, and the second from Guillermo Bonfil Batalla who applied the word to Mexico. Our third example of profound comes from Silvia Patricia López Juan, one of the authors in this issue of Maya America.