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Divided 11th Circuit Rejects Title Vii Challenge To Employer’S Denial Of Coverage For Gender-Affirming Surgery, Arthur S. Leonard

Other Publications

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Postscript: A Historical Interlude, George Conesa

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

Ravens fly in circles above our heads. Coyote peers from the hedge but dares not. Kachinas have not danced. The awelos tried but youth went their own way.

Bonding With Earth: Hyperbole, Metaphor, Or Fanciful Teleology?, George Conesa

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

At a mere glance, the notion that humans could (should strive for?) bond emotionally with an entire planet, Earth, sounds hyperbolic at best and psychologically unsound at worst. For although humans might be motivated to act in ways that pass for “bonding,” perhaps assisted by intentions and sentiments to care for a whole planet, the question remains: Which notion of Earth are they really investing all their emotions in? Important to psychologists would be to inquire whether incomplete, idealized, oversimplified, or fantastic notions of “Earth,” or bonding, turn out to be transference-love-like, platonic, overidealized forms of affect, which seldom develop …

Radiosensitization Of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma And Metastatic Disease In The Liver Using Microbubble Cavitation: Results From A Phase 2 Clinical Trial, Corinne E. Wessner, Tania Siu Xiao, Allison Chang, Jenny Liu, Weelic Chong, Ji-Bin Liu, Kristen Bradigan, Flemming Forsberg, Andrej Lyshchik, Patrick O'Kane, Scott W. Keith, Stephen R. Topper, Kevin Anton, John R. Eisenbrey

Department of Radiology Faculty Papers

Ultrasound triggered microbubble destruction (UTMD) has been shown to sensitize tumors to radiation. This study evaluated the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of using UTMD for radiosensitization in participants with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) and/or metastatic disease to the liver (MDL) receiving Yttrium-90 transarterial radioembolization (Y90-TARE). This was a prospective single-center IRB-approved clinical trial. Participants received four contrast ultrasound sessions: 1-2 weeks prior to Y90-TARE, 1-4 h post-treatment, and 1 week and 2 weeks post-Y90-TARE. The control group consisted of 1:1 nearest-neighbor propensity score matched historical controls participants that received Y90-TARE as part of standard-of-care. Safety was evaluated through general lab values, …

Re: Comment Letter For Bpsou Blacktail Creek Riparian Actions Revised Draft Final Uniform Federal Policy Quality Assurance Project Plan (Dated July 31, 2025), Emma Rott

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

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Self-Transcendent Experiences As Promoters Of Ecological Wellbeing? Exploration Of The Evidence And Hypotheses To Be Tested, Amy Isham

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

In recent years, much has been written on the role of different mental states and their potential to influence our way of thinking and, perhaps more importantly, the way we act. With the recent acceleration of environmental and mental health issues, alongside the limited effectiveness of existing interventions, an exploration of new approaches to deliver transformative change is required. We therefore explore the emerging potential of a type of mental state known as self-transcendent experiences (STEs) as a driver of ecological wellbeing. We focus on four types of STEs: those facilitated by experiences of flow, awe, and mindfulness, as well …

Searching For Meaning In A Chaotic World: An Analysis Of Tina Howe’S Birth And After Birth, Ali Qasim Radhee, Sabah Atallah Khalifa Ali

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This paper deals with Tina Howe’s play Birth and After Birth as an absurd work. The aim is to harbor on meaning out of the chaotic life of the characters in the play. Topics like motherhood, archetypes, domestic abuse and social bias are discussed in this paper. The implementations of these topics help in shedding light on the motives behind the characters’ actions and consequently reach out to a better understanding of their behaviors and those of the American people in general.

Howe’s work reflects the traditional life of a stereotypical American family during the 1970s, a life that is …

Symptoms Of Anxiety And Depression In Mothers Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Hawra Muhammad Khrebit, Iman Hasan Jadan

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current research aimed the anxiety and depression scale of (HADS, 1983). The scale consisted of (14) paragraphs, and the sample size of the research was (145) mothers of autistic children in Baghdad Governorate, both sides of Karkh and Rusafa

Modern Zombies As Subaltern In Max Brooks’S World War Z: An Oral History Of The Zombie War (2006), Hamza Alwan Jaber, Azhar Noori Fejer

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Max Brooks’s World War Z (2006) has made many contributions to the zombie genre, particularly in making it an international plague. With key situations occurring in the Middle East, which in the Christian tradition will be the location of the “End of Days,” the Apocalypse, the Armageddon at the Megiddo. While Brooks was not the first to assign infectious disease/plague/epidemiology as the cause of zombies, he emphasized that explanation for the 21st-century culture that has been rife with fears of disease and pandemics, from Ebola, Bird flu, etc. This study aims to show the image of the modern zombie as …

The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Through Chomsky And Bremmer’S Interviews: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Noora Jameel, Sarab Khalil

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is seen as one of the most serious and controversial issues in the world. In this paper, the researcher seeks to highlight some crucial points with regard to this conflict by adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the primary means of analysis. Since conflicts are usually accompanied by social wrongs, it is more appropriate to use Fairclough’s 2010 approach to CDA in order to get more logical results. However, the study aims to provide a critical analysis of two selected interview by two famous figures; Ian Bremmer and Noam Chomsky in order to highlight the following points: …

A Geographical Analysis Of The Reality Of School Health Services In The City Of Baghdad (An Applied Study Of Their Functional Efficiency), Sinaa Adnan Abdullah

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Physical health represents the most important thing that a person seeks to maintain, especially if it relates to an important segment of society, who are educated school-age children and adolescents. A specialized medical unit was allocated for them within the primary health care centers, which is the (School Health Unit). However, in the city of Baghdad, it witnessed a decline in health care. The level of its efficiency, especially in recent years, and according to the results of the applied field study conducted on the municipality of Doura, one of the municipalities of the city of Baghdad, as a case …

Setd2 Suppresses Tumorigenesis In A Krasg12c-Driven Lung Cancer Model, And Its Catalytic Activity Is Regulated By Histone Acetylation, Ricardo J Mack, Natasha M Flores, Geoffrey C Fox, Hanyang Dong, Metehan Cebeci, Simone Hausmann, Tourkian Chasan, Jill M Dowen, Brian D Strahl, Pawel K Mazur, Or Gozani

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Histone H3 trimethylation at lysine 36 (H3K36me3) is a key chromatin modification that regulates fundamental physiological and pathological processes. In humans, SETD2 is the only known enzyme that catalyzes H3K36me3 in somatic cells and is implicated in tumor suppression across multiple cancer types. While there is considerable crosstalk between the SETD2-H3K36me3 axis and other epigenetic modifications, much remains to be understood. Here, we show that Setd2 functions as a potent tumor suppressor in a KRASG12C-driven lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) mouse model, and that acetylation enhances SETD2 in vitro methylation of H3K36 on nucleosome substrates. In vivo, Setd2 ablation accelerates lethality in …

Bayesian Clustering Prior With Overlapping Indices For Effective Use Of Multisource External Data, Xuetao Lu, J Jack Lee

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The use of external data in clinical trials offers numerous advantages, such as reducing enrollment, increasing study power, and shortening trial duration. In Bayesian inference, information in external data can be transferred into an informative prior for future borrowing (i.e. prior synthesis). However, multisource external data often exhibits heterogeneity, which can cause information distortion during the prior synthesizing. Clustering helps identifying the heterogeneity, enhancing the congruence between synthesized prior and external data. Obtaining optimal clustering is challenging due to the trade-off between congruence with external data and robustness to future data. We introduce two overlapping indices: the overlapping clustering index …

Citizen Perception Of Institutional Communication: A Study With Plithogenic Hypotheses, Karla Melissa Ruiz Quezada, Juan Roberto Pereira Salcedo, Ronald Ricky Alcívar Cabada, Pedro Ma Nuel Garcia Arias M.C, Edison Luis Cruz Navarrete

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Enhanced Multi-Criteria Dna Sequence Analysis Using Neutrosophic Logic And Deep Learning: An Integrated Approach For Comparison And Classification, Romany M. Farag, Mahmoud Y. Shams, Dalia A. Aldawody, Hazem M. El-Bakry, Huda E. Khalid, Ahmed K. Essa, A. A. Salama

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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A Novel Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach For The Solution Of Cigarette Use Reduction Based On Generalized Neutrosophic Hypersoft Sets, Nguyen Thu Huong, Nguyen Tho Thong, Dao The Son, Dao Cao Son, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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A Neutrosophic Eco-Dynamical Framework For Rural Ecotourism Management Quality Under Urban Expansion Pressure, Hongxia Lei, Rongbing Zhai

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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A Neutrosophic D-Algebraic Framework For Modeling Psychological Education Modes Of College Students In The Big Data Era, Xia Yan

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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M-Polar Single-Valued Neutrosophic Sets For Evaluation Of University Sports Management Models And Sports Teaching Quality, Huali Huang

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Triple-Valued Neutrosophic Off For Public Digital Cultural Service Level Evaluation In Craft And Art Museums, Jiarong Jia

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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On The Lattice Structure Of Neutrosophic Open Sets For Risk Evaluation Of Supply Chain Finance In International Cross-Border E-Commerce, Shiguang Zhang, Man Li

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Lung Cancer Prediction Using An Enhanced Neutrosophic Set Combined With A Machine Learning Approach, Vakeel A. Khan, Asheesh Kumar Yadav, Mohammad Arshad, Nadeem Akhtar

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Sets And Systems, Vol. 88,2025, Florentin Smarandache, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Maikel. Leyva Vazquez

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Upper Peninsula Regional Economic Development Strategy, Iryna V. Lendel, Chloe Wieber, Gerrit Anderson, Sevrin Williams

Upjohn Institute Technical Reports

This comprehensive report describes the economy of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, outlining both persistent issues and emerging opportunities. The region faces several structural challenges, including a decline in prime-age workers and bachelor’s degree attainment that falls below state and national averages, while shortages in housing and healthcare further limit its ability to attract and retain residents. Despite those challenges, the U.P.’s universities, longstanding industries, abundant natural resources, and robust outdoor recreation economy provide strong foundations for future development. The report recommends strategies such as strengthening retention of the talent pipeline, expanding housing and healthcare capacity, fostering small and mid-sized firms in …

Beyond Objectivity: Interventionist Journalism And Professional Role Performance In Global South Media Landscape, Nagwa Fahmy, Hossam Elhamy

All Works

This study investigates journalistic interventionism within the diverse media landscape of the Global South. Journalism in these regions sometimes takes an interventionist approach. Understanding this approach necessitates moving beyond Western-centric paradigms that may overlook Global South media’s distinctive historical, political, economic, and sociocultural circumstances. The primary objective of this research is to understand the manifestation of the interventionist journalistic role performance across various Global South countries, examining its overall prominence and the influential factors that affect interventionist role deployment. The study examines interventionist journalism in 16 Global South nations using quantitative content analysis of 59,391 news items from 153 media …

Circadian Rhythm Of Melatonin Secretion And Associated Factors Of Patients In The Icu: A Prospective Cohort Study, Jingjing Li, Shining Cai, Xiao Liu, Jinghua Mei, Wenyan Pan, Joseph M. Latour, Ming Zhong, Yuxia Zhang

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Circadian rhythm of melatonin secretion disturbance is common in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and may contribute to poor patient prognoses. The aim of this study was to explore the melatonin secretion rhythm in critically ill patients and to identify factors influencing the melatonin secretion rhythm. This was a prospective cohort study conducted in the surgical ICU of a tertiary hospital in Shanghai, China, between February 2022 and December 2022. Patients were enrolled if they were conscious, > 18years, had an expected ICU stay longer than 24 h, and were postoperative. Patient observations started on the first day of …

Educational Case: Diabetic Nephropathy, Emily W. Gripp, Joanna Chan

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

Primary objective

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see https://www.academicpathologyjournal.org/pcme.

Objective UTK5.4: Diabetic Nephropathy. Describe the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy and the associated clinicopathologic features. Competency 2: Organ System Pathology; Topic: Kidney (UTK); Learning Goal 5: Glomerular Disorders.

Secondary objective

Objective CHEM1.5: Renal Disorders. Discuss the …

(De)Centralized Water Futures: Key Dimensions Of Infrastructure, Governance, And Operations, Alicia Dailey Cooperman, Jenny Linder Rempel, Ellis Adjei Adams, Alida Cantor, Manuela Muñoz Fuerte, Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey, Nicole J. Wilson, Cassandra L. Workman, Melissa Beresford, Leila M. Harris, Linda E. Méndez-Barrientos, Sameer H. Shah, Amber Wutich, Justin Stoler

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Water system centralization and decentralization have variously been promoted as key to achieving household water security and Sustainable Development Goal 6.1. We argue that the lack of specificity with which scholars and practitioners use the terms centralization and decentralization limits our understanding of different water system configurations and their impacts. In this Primer, we provide a framework for thinking about levels of (de)centralization across three linked system dimensions: infrastructure, governance, and operations and maintenance. We encourage those analyzing water systems to characterize (de)centralization with respect to these multiple dimensions, as well as the system's broader political-economic and hydro-climatic contexts. Emphasizing …

Digital Healthcare Interventions To Support Parents With Acutely Ill Children At Home: A Systematic Review., Matt Carey, Jane Peters, Anna Chick, Bernie Carter, Lucy Bray, Damian Roland, Sarah Neill

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background Short lived acute illness in children is common, yet their parents often feel uncertain about recognising signs symptoms of acute illness and knowing when to seek medical intervention. This has led to seeking unscheduled or delayed support. Digital and mobile technologies are being used to support individuals with healthcare needs, known as digital health interventions. Parents have access to digital health interventions that provide information regarding children’s health, yet there is limited exploration of how these are used to support decision-making when caring for acutely ill children. This systematic review was undertaken to explore digital interventions to support parents …

Migration Kinetics Of Cadmium And Lead From Ceramic Mugs, Andrew Turner

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Cadmium and Pb are heavy metals of high concern owing to their impacts on human health. In this study, the migration of Cd and Pb from both the interior and exterior (lip area) surfaces of new and second-hand ceramic mugs has been measured as a function of time over a 24-h period using 4 % acetic acid. Via regression analysis, data were fitted with a diffusion equation, yielding reaction rate constants and 24-h migratable concentrations. Migration was more significant from the external surfaces for both metals, and especially where the rim area was overglazed with decorative Cd sulphoselenide pigments. Here, …