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Reproducibility In Modeling Of Knee Joint Mechanics, Maryam Nazem

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Computational modeling of knee joint biomechanics can provide valuable insights into joint function, injury mechanisms, and patient outcomes, and can support surgical planning and informed clinical decision-making. However, achieving consistent and repeatable results, or reproducibility, is a significant challenge that affects the credibility of these models. This thesis addresses reproducibility through two studies related to the KneeHub Project, which is a multi-institutional collaboration designed to investigate reproducibility in finite-element modeling of the knee.

The first study involved model benchmarking, where predicted results of the calibrated models were compared with the experimental data to evaluate model reproducibility. While all models replicated …

Heart To Heart: Pediatric Cardiologists On Caring For Children With Congenital Heart Defects, Michael Smith, Jeffrey Shuler, Aseel Dabbagh

Pediatrics in Practice: A CME Podcast

In this episode, we sit down with leading pediatric cardiologists to explore the complexities and compassion behind caring for children with congenital heart defects (CHDs). From early diagnosis and surgical planning to long-term management and family support, our guests share their insights on what it takes to guide patients and families through every stage of the journey. They also discuss the latest advancements in pediatric cardiology and the importance of coordinated, multidisciplinary care. Whether you're a healthcare professional, a parent, or simply curious about the field, this conversation offers a meaningful look into the heart of pediatric cardiac care.

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Toxic Truths: Pediatric Poisonings And The Antidotes That Save Lives, Michael Smith, Michelle Dephillips

Pediatrics in Practice: A CME Podcast

In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Michelle DePhillips, a pediatric emergency medicine physician, to explore the critical topic of pediatric poisonings. From household items to medications, children are exposed to a wide range of toxic substances—and quick, informed action can make all the difference. Dr. DePhillips shares real-world cases, essential antidotes every pediatrician should know, and practical prevention strategies for families. Whether you're in primary care or the emergency department, this conversation offers valuable insights to help you respond confidently when minutes matter.

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Epidemiology Of Metabolic Syndrome In Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Population-Level Cohort Study From The United States, Aakash Desai, Himsikhar Khataniar, Jana G. Hashash, Priya Sehgal, Francis A. Farraye, Gursimran S. Kochhar

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological data on metabolic syndrome (MetS) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are limited.

METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the United States (US) Collaborative Network (TriNetX) to obtain data for patients with IBD between 2010 and 2023. The primary aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of MetS in ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). Prevalence was further characterized by age, sex, race, disease location, IBD medications, history of surgery, and IBD phenotype.

RESULTS: Among 100,890 patients with IBD, metabolic syndrome (MetS) affected 34.4% overall (UC 32.4%, CD 34.3%). Prevalence rose sharply …

Mpox Insights: From Structure To Human Cell Interaction, Md. S. Zaman, Robert C. Sizemore, Draven Rodriguez, Emilio Lopez, S. M. Golam Alam, Suleyman Tufa, Juan C Lopez Alvarenga, Nuraly S. Akimbekov, Mohammed S. Razzaque

School of Medicine Publications

Mpox, a zoonotic viral disease, has emerged as a global concern due to outbreaks in both endemic and non-endemic regions in 2022. Rodents, including African squirrels and Gambian pouched rats, are suspected key reservoirs, with human infections occurring through direct contact with infected animals or bushmeat consumption. Previously confined to rural Africa, mpox has spread via international travel and the exotic pet trade. Human-to-human transmission occurs mainly via respiratory droplets and direct contact with bodily fluids or lesions. The virus has a double-stranded DNA genome within a lipid envelope. Despite lower mutation rates in DNA viruses, mpox has developed mutations, …

Between Utterance And Action: The Shaping Of Social Accountability In India’S Coastal Commons, Nayana Udayashankar, Aarthi Sridhar

Journal of Law and Public Policy

Judicial orders, management plans, and zonation maps prepared in relation to environmental laws encode the jurisprudence on accountability. Laws such as India’s Coastal Regulation Zone Notification (CRZ Notification) 2019 serve as sources of discourse on use and access rights. Such laws are crucial in shaping developmental decisions and democratic practice along the coast. As an environmental law that contains detailed articulation on judicially mandated planning, mapping, and public access to regulatory information, the CRZ Notification 2019 offers a good case to understand the relation between legal discourse and citizens’ agency. Citizens of the state of Tamil Nadu representing its small-scale …

Examining Microbial Biomass And Soil Organic Carbon In Annual Vs. Perennial Agricultural Ecosystem Soils, Paige Kenyon, Jacob Rutz, Kelsey S. Bitting

RURALS: Review of Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Life Sciences

Soil systems have the ability to store large amounts of carbon for both short and long periods of time, much like other carbon pools such as oceans and forests. As increased amounts of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere via anthropogenic means, including the agricultural industry, scientists have been researching how to increase the amount of carbon cycled from the atmosphere and into soils as a climate change mitigation strategy. Soil systems have the capacity to sequester carbon in part due to fungal and bacterial community activity. Differences in soil microbial biomass levels between annual and perennial agricultural systems …

Rees-Jones Center For Foster Care Excellence Collection: Resources For Providers, Caregivers, Child Welfare Professionals And Others, Amy Six-Means, Erinne Conner

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

The Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence, a primary integrated care program for children who have experienced the child welfare system, regularly provides trainings on topics related to understanding and navigating the effects of trauma on children and families. Utilizing our collection on the Children Health Scholarly Collection, the experts at the Rees-Jones Center share recorded trainings and resources, using the platform in a unique way to make information easily accessible to those working with and caring for children and youth who have experienced trauma (e.g. caregivers, child welfare professionals, health care professionals). The Rees-Jones Center repository offers information on …

The Grad Duck Observes The Worldwide Commencement On The U.S.S. Midway In San Diego, Ca, Alexander Siedschlag

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

The Embry-Riddle Worldwide | College of Arts & Sciences Grad Duck is seen observing the Embry-Riddle Worldwide Commencement this past August 2025 on the deck of the U.S.S. Midway in San Diego, CA.

Evidence-Informed Decision Making At Monash Health, Cassandra Gorton

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

This presentation explores the development, implementation, and value of the Evidence Report Service at Monash Health Library – an initiative designed to reinforce evidence-informed decision-making across one of Australia’s largest public health services. The service provides timely, tailored evidence summaries in response to clinical, operational, and strategic queries from Monash Health employees, helping inform policy, practice, and service improvements. This presentation will outline the collaborative workflows that underpin the service, from question clarification and systematic searching to screening and report building. Following a systematic literature search, reports are produced by health librarians in a consistent, branded format that enhances readability …

Expanding Our Ir After Health System Combination: Nurses Lead The Way, Jennifer Deal, Karen Hanus

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

In 2022, Advocate Aurora Health in Wisconsin and Illinois combined with Atrium Health in North Carolina and Georgia with Wake Forest School of Medicine as our academic core. The combined organization called Advocate Health includes multiple legacy libraries with one library serving the Advocate Health Midwest region (legacy Advocate Aurora Health) and four libraries serving different markets and educational schools in the Advocate Health Southeast region. The Midwest region has an institutional repository (SHARE) that collects scholarly activity for all Midwest teammates. No libraries in the Southeast region had an institutional repository at the time of combination. Nursing as a …

Clearing The Hurdles: Strategies For Accessibility Remediation In A Digital Repository, Laura Riley, Lori Micho

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

In July 2024, a new accessibility law in Colorado took effect, which requires state and government agencies—including libraries—to make their digital content accessible to users with disabilities. Recognizing that digital accessibility is both a legal obligation and a fundamental part of equitable access to information, the Strauss Library at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus developed a step-by-step remediation plan to bring its institutional repository into compliance. The project began by rewriting outdated accessibility policies, then transitioned towards assessing collections, setting priorities, and developing workflows to remediate inaccessible files. This presentation will outline the strategic approach the library adopted …

Lessons Learned From Showcasing Repository Usage Statistics To Inform And Inspire, Hilary Davis, Avkash Chandra

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

After one year of going live with our repository, researchers are capitalizing on the repository's benefits to enhance the impact of their work. One key set of data that has driven more inspiration and inquiry from our internal stakeholders is the repository statistics. We know that data dashboards are a common leverage point in our organization, so we decided to bring the repository statistics into the internal environment in which our stakeholders are already investing their time and resources. Our challenge was to create a dashboard of repository usage statistics to inform, inspire, and motivate uploads to our digital repository. …

Working With Local Government Planning Staff: The Need-To-Know Basics, Kimberly K. Gerhart-Fritz

Civil Engineering Professional Development Seminar

Many civil engineers will need to interact with local government during their careers. Understanding WHAT local government planners do and WHY they do it can make that process much easier to navigate, for all involved.

Unwilling, Unable, Unsafe: A Policy To Meet Unusual Sharing Requests, Abigail Goben, Andrew Boyd

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

As funders require increased sharing, researchers are facing increased requests where they have concerns about sharing the data both in and beyond repositories. In order to anticipate these requests and establish a mechanism for response, the University of Illinois Chicago developed a data policy and framework to address sharing requests where a research is unwilling to share the data, unable to share the data, or they feel that the request makes them or their study subjects unsafe. This lightning talk will provide an overview of the considerations of the policy, the framework of the committee who will implement it, and …

The Case For Data Sharing: Generalist Repository Real-World User Stories, Lisa Curtin

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

The NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy presents a significant challenge for librarians tasked with guiding researchers through a complex data repository landscape. This session will provide attendees with both practical tools and illustrative examples to support open data sharing practices at their institutions. The first part of the session (5 minutes) will provide an overview of the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) toolkit. We will highlight key resources—such as the generalist repository comparison chart (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3946719) and a data submission checklist (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14278906)—which can be used to facilitate researcher consultations and clarify the process of complying with the NIH policy. …

Contributors

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Contributor bios of Regeneración v.2.

A Plática With Jimmy Santiago Baca, Nick Daniel Rivas

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

A Plática with Jimmy Santiago Baca, interview by Nick Daniel Rivas.

A Trauma-Informed Approach To Video Review In Medical Institutional Repositories, Amanda Greenwood

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

Since the 1970s, the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Medical Center Hour has hosted speakers who explore the relationship between medicine and society. When patrons request access to recordings that have not been digitized, staff must carefully review the footage to identify sensitive material such as PHI and apply redactions before making the video accessible. While this process ensures compliance with privacy and confidentiality requirements, it can surface deeper emotional and ethical concerns. Staff may be exposed to distressing content during review, and patrons may be confronted with emotionally challenging material with little preparation. This presentation discusses how trauma-informed …

Re-Membering Self, Rewriting Histories, Reclaiming Futures: Chicanafuturist Agency In V. Castro's The Haunting Of Alejandra, Julia Reade

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Re-membering Self, Rewriting Histories, Reclaiming Futures: Chicanafuturist Agency in V. Castro's The Haunting of Alejandra by Julia Reade.

A Research Note On The Impact Of Chicana Femtoring In Chicana And Chicano Studies, Elizabeth González Cárdenas

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

A Research Note on the Impact of Chicana Femtoring by Elizabeth González Cárdenas.

El Corazón Del Movimiento Continúa: Chicana/O Prison Art, Artivism, And A Call To Creation, Trisha Martinez, Gerald Lovato, Eric Christo Martinez

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

El Corazón del Movimiento Continúa: Chicana/o Prison Art, Artivism, and a Call to Creation by Trisha Martinez, Gerald Lovato, and Eric Christo Martinez.

Cultivating Collections: Growing The Ir Through Collaboration, Jennifer Langford

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

This presentation highlights the mutually beneficial partnership between the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Dr. Margaret A. Newman Center for Nursing Theory and the Health Science Historical Collections (HSHC), which includes the campus institutional repository (IR). What began as a one-off project has developed into a long-term, ongoing collaboration that enriches both units while expanding access to scholarly resources. Through this collaboration, two new collections were created within the IR. The first makes available archival resources that support nursing theory curriculum, research, and scholarship, ensuring that faculty, students, and researchers have digital access to unique and historically significant materials. …

Smarter Repositories—Leveraging Ai And Apis To Power Institutional Knowledge, Nicole Bentinganan

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

Institutional repositories (IRs) are vital tools for preserving and showcasing the intellectual output of healthcare organizations, yet they often struggle to keep pace with the volume and complexity of modern research. This presentation explores how a librarian-led initiative is reimagining the IR as a dynamic, accessible, and strategic resource. By integrating automated harvesting and metadata enhancement tools, the repository supports more efficient collection, organization, and discovery of institutional publications—without placing undue burden on library staff or researchers.

Journal V.2: Full Issue

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Complete volume 2 journal.

Tuscholarshare Update: Celebrating 5 Years Of Search Data Deposits, Will Dean, Travis Nace, Jenny Pierce

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

Temple University Libraries are celebrating the 5th anniversary of our institutional repository, TUScholarShare in 2025. In this presentation, we will give an overview of the first 5 years of the repository and provide an update from our first MIRL presentation in 2021 on the use of an institutional repository to share strategies for evidence synthesis projects. Evidence synthesis projects are an important research method based on transparency and depositing strategies reinforces that ethos. Librarians and information specialists working on these projects often look for existing searches as part of their workflow, and we have expanded the service over the years …

Outage As Opportunity: Local Backups For Long-Term Access, Sarah Weirich, Tara Wink, Amy Lubinski

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

In 2024, the Internet Archive (IA) experienced a DDoS attack and subsequent outage that disrupted access to its materials. The University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) was directly affected, as our institutional repository/digital collections platform, the UMB Digital Archive, relies on Internet Archive URLs for many of its digitized historical collections. Due to storage constraints, these collections were linked through IA URIs rather than hosted directly in the repository. Past digitization contracts with the Internet Archive provided only URIs to the scans, and HSHSL never received local copies, leaving us without any access to …

Global Sleep Secrets, Health Services

International Education Week

Travel the globe, no passport required! Learn how cultures around the world prioritize rest and relaxation, and pick up practical tips to improve your own sleep routine. Visit the Health Services table in Student Union on Thursday, November 20 to explore global sleep customs, grab a free sleep kit (while supplies last!), earn Bonus Bucks just for stopping by, recharge, relax, and rest--the world's way.

Exploring Repository Platforms In Academic Health Sciences Libraries: Current Trends And Next Steps, Xiao Zeng, Shuyi Liu

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

As open access continues to expand in the health sciences, institutional repositories (IRs) play a critical role in preserving, disseminating, and enhancing the discoverability of scholarly and clinical outputs. Yet, the repository platforms and infrastructures adopted by medical and health-related institutions remain underexplored. This lightning talk presents findings from 171 U.S. universities and medical schools—members of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries—focusing on the institutional repository platforms they employ (e.g., DSpace, Digital Commons, EPrints). The analysis highlights the distribution of IR platforms, institutional choices between open-source and hosted solutions, and the extent to which repositories support institution-wide versus health …

Welcome And Introduction, Steven Moore

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

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