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Full Issue - Excelsior 17/2, Excelsior Journal

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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The Impact Of Mental Health Support On Academic Achievement, David Ersig, Tyrone Bynoe

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

Mental health concerns are becoming more pressing in American culture. There is an increasing call for mental health issues to be prioritized in policy discussions involving need, strategy, and funding. Addressing the cultural stigma and various barriers surrounding treatment and support for mental health issues are concerns that have infiltrated our school system; these concerns have exerted increased pressure on educators to provide effective and efficient mental health support mechanisms. There is growing recognition and observation that improving students’ mental health will help to remove barriers or hinderances to learning and achievement. With the increased pressure schools already face regarding …

Letter From The Editors - Excelsior 17/2, Quinn Austermann, Joelle Fingerhut, Stephanie Purington

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Message From The President - Excelsior 17/2, Rene S. Parmar

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Table Of Contents - Excelsior 17/2, Execlsior Journal

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Body Language In Social Interactions: Patterns Of Nonverbal Behavior, Caleb Roten, Ivelina Naydenova

Journal of Counseling and Psychology

A two-part study was conducted on the qualitative and quantitative aspects of nonverbal behavior to investigate the factors that influence physical movement. The qualitative aspects of nonverbal behavior were investigated by testing the effects of academic anxiety on the amount of body language mirroring produced by a population of collegiate honors students. The honors students were induced with varying levels of academic anxiety based on groups, and were recorded to determine the quality of their movements in relation to stress level. To test the quantitative aspects, a broad range of participants was collected and assessed on their demographic variables, emotional …

Linking Lassi Scores To Step 1 Outcomes: A Focus On At-Risk Students, Abigail M. Schuch, Raghav Rajesh, Marissa Zhu Phd

Medical Student Research Symposium

PURPOSE

This study examined differences in Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) scores between at-risk and non-at-risk medical students and their relationship with USMLE Step 1 outcomes, offering insights into cognitive and emotional factors affecting Step 1 performance.

AUTHORS

Abigail Schuch, Raghav Rajesh, Dr. Marissa Zhu PhD

METHODS

A total of 298 medical students completed the 60-item LASSI questionnaire. Based on academic performance indicators, students were categorized as at-risk (N = 39) or non-at-risk (N = 259). Welch’s t-tests compared LASSI subscales between groups and individual items, while logistic regression, adjusted for MCAT scores, GPA, and End-of-Segment scores, assessed the …

Tiktok Skincare Trends And Their Clinical Evidence, Derya Turk, Rajaa Shoukfeh, Dilara Turk, Taylor Adlam, Geoffrey Potts Md

Medical Student Research Symposium

Background: TikTok is a popular social media platform with bite-sized videos. Many educational skincare videos are shared by healthcare professionals, with 13% being board-certified dermatologists.1 Only 2.5% of the most viewed skincare videos are created by board-certified dermatologists.1 The majority of videos are posted by non-experts sharing personal anecdotes or advertising products. This raises concern as around 40% of people use social media for information on dermatologic conditions.2 The misinformation shared by non-medical professionals can be potentially harmful. Recent TikTok skincare trends include slugging, skin cycling, glycolic acid as a deodorant, collagen supplementation, gua sha, and face tape. Given TikTok’s …

Estate Planning: Lifetime Gifts—A Quantitative Approach, Roger A. Pies, Daniel S. Goldberg

Tax Adviser

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The Tax Adviser, Volume 11, Number 1, January 1980, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Tax Adviser

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Tax Clinic, William T. Diss

Tax Adviser

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Tax Planning For Gifts Of Life Insurance, Leo C. Hodges

Tax Adviser

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Educational And Legal Implications Of Determining The Age Of Marriage In Light Of Sharia And Law, Samira Zaiim

Al Jinan الجنان

There is no doubt that research to determine the age of marriage and the eligibility of suitors is one of the most important issues in our society, especially in recent times which have seen a significant increase in underage marriage, in order to face any exploitation that these underage girls could suffer from, whether at the hands of their parents or by others, because this has harmful effects on all levels: health, psychological, social, etc.

The latest amendment made by the Supreme Islamic Sharia Council in Lebanon on the age of marriage raised awareness among Lebanese society to take precautionary …

A Non-Invasive Mental Health Risk Predictor Using Machine Learning Models Utilising Music Listening Habits

Communications of the IIMA

Globally, there has been a rise in mental health issues such as insomnia, anxiety, and depression. However, the stigma that is associated with such a diagnosis makes individuals not want to seek help. Recent research has explored the relationship between music listening habits and mental health status, offering promising insights into the potential of leveraging this data for predictive modelling. This research proposes a non-invasive approach that integrates features extracted from music listening patterns including demographic and lifestyle data to build machine learning models that detect mental health conditions such as insomnia, depression and anxiety levels The results show that …

درجة إسهام الملل الأكاديمي في التنبؤ بالتوتر النفسي لدى المراهقين بسلطنة عمان. The Degree To Which Academic Boredom Contributes To Predicting Psychological Stress Among Adolescents In The Sultanate Of Oman, مصلح مسلم المجالي, ندى عبد الله بيت فاضل

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Education and Psychology

هدفت الدراسة إلى معرفة مدى مساهمة الملل الأكاديمي في التنبؤ بالتوتر النفسي لدى المراهقين في سلطنة عمان. تم استخدام المنهج الوصفي التحليلي على عينة مكونة من 522 طالبا (106 ذكور، 416 إناث). وأظهرت النتائج ارتفاع مستويات الملل الأكاديمي على مستوى المقياس العام وأبعاده الفرعية (طرائق التدريس، المحتوى التعليمي، طرائق التقويم). في حين كان التوتر النفسي متوسطاً في المجالين المعرفي والنفسي، ومنخفضاً في المجال الفسيولوجي. كما وجدت علاقة ارتباطية موجبة عند مستوى الدلالة (0,05) بين الملل الأكاديمي والتوتر النفسي. وظهرت فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية بين الجنسين لصالح الإناث في أبعاد المحتوى التعليمي وأساليب التقويم للملل الأكاديمي، ولم تظهر في أساليب التدريس. …

جودة الحياة لدى أمهات الأطفال ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد وفق بعض المتغيرات. Quality Of Life Among Mothers Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder According To Some Variables, غانا حسن

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Education and Psychology

هدف البحث إلى تعرف جودة الحياة لدى أمهات الأطفال ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد وفق بعض المتغيرات (درجة الاضطراب، ترتيب الطفل، المؤهل العلمي للأم)، في بعض المراكز في مدينة دمشق، وقد شملت عينة البحث (40) أماً من أمهات الأطفال ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد، ولتحقيق هدف البحث تم استخدام مقياس جودة الحياة: إعداد منظمة الصحة العالمية، أما نتائج البحث فقد كانت على النحو التالي: مستوى الجودة لدى أمهات أطفال اضطراب طيف التوحد كان متوسطاً، ووجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية بين متوسطات درجات أفراد عينة البحث على المقياس تبعاً لمتغير درجة الاضطراب لصالح أمهات أطفال اضطراب طيف التوحد ذوي الدرجة البسيطة، ووجود فروق …

فاعلية برنامج إرشادي مستند للنظرية المعرفية السلوكية في خفض الأفكار اللاعقلانية لدى الزوجات المرتبطات بذوي الاضطراب النفسي في القدس. The Effectiveness Of A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Counseling Program In Reducing Irrational Thoughts Among Wives Of Individuals With Psychological Disorders In Jerusalem, معزوز جابر علاونة, منال جمال شقيرات

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Education and Psychology

هدفت الدراسة إلى تعرف فاعلية برنامج إرشادي مستند للنظرية المعرفية السلوكية، في خفض الأفكار اللاعقلانية لدى الزوجات المرتبطات بذوي الاضطراب النفسي في مدينة القدس، ولتحقيق هدف الدراسة استُخدم المنهج شبه التجريبي بمجموعة واحدة وقياس قبلي وبعدي، إذ تكونت عينة الدراسة من (14) زوجة من الزوجات المرتبطات بذوي الاضطراب النفسي.

أظهرت النتائج وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في القياسين القبلي والبعدي على مقياس الدراسة لصالح القياس البعدي، ما يفيد بفاعلية البرنامج الإرشادي في خفض الأفكار اللاعقلانية لدى عينة الدراسة، كما أظهرت النتائج أنه لا توجد فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى دلالة (α<.05) بين متوسطات استجابة أفراد العينة في نتيجة القياسين البعدي والتتبعي لمقياس الأفكار اللاعقلانية، تعزى إلى استمرارية فاعلية البرنامج الإرشادي، ما يشير إلى استمرارية فعالية البرنامج الإرشادي بعد انتهاء تطبيقه.

وفي ضوء نتائج الدّراسة توصي الدراسة بالتركيز على …

Post-9/11 Navy Service Members’ Barriers To Using Military Educational Benefits, Karen D. Cross

Dissertations

There are studies explaining how many service members are using military educational benefits or the challenges service members incur after they have enrolled in school and are attending classes. There are also studies that report how many service members use military educational benefits. However, studies exploring why some service members, or some Post-9/11 service members in particular, do not use military educational benefits has been limited. The purpose of this study was to discover why many service members in the United States Navy do not or did not take advantage of military educational benefits. This study also sought to find …

Microplastics In The Mississippi, Jozey Goodall

Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Showcase

This poster explores the presence and impact of microplastics in the Mississippi River through the analysis of two research studies. The first study examined surface water samples to measure microplastic concentration and to assess how land use and geography influence their distribution along the river. The second study looks in on identifying microplastics in the digestive systems of fish collected from different locations along the river. Both studies have shown that microplastics are widespread throughout the river, with higher levels found downstream and in highly populated areas. The research highlights the ways in which microplastics enter freshwater environments, from urban …

The Hoynes Code, Notre Dame Law School

Hoynes Code

A COMPILATION OF FACULTY RESOLUTIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS GOVERNING NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL

This code governs legal education at the University of Notre Dame in all programs and in all locations. Requirements for the LL.M. and J.S.D. degrees are included in the appendices.

Respiratory Recovery Via Endogenous And Electrical Stimulation-Induced Mechanisms Following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Taylor C. Holmes

Dissertations (1934 -)

Breathing is a complex neuromuscular behavior vital for the maintenance of life. Cervical spinal cord injury (cSCI) disrupts descending respiratory motor drive and can lead to profound breathing impairments. While a limited, endogenous recovery of respiratory function has been well described following cSCI, this work has predominantly utilized single sex investigations. Given that relatively few treatment options exist to address this respiratory insufficiency, a more complete characterization of respiratory recovery post-cSCI is necessary for the development and evaluation of rehabilitative protocols. Diaphragm pacing (DP) is an emerging clinical intervention that utilizes electrical stimulation of the diaphragm muscle to combat the …

Weizeng Liu V. The Grier School

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Illuminating Trauma & Resilience In Educational Spaces: Expanding Narratives To Promote Historical And Critical Civic Empathy At Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Chakakuan Johnson, Linda Nance, Byron Witherspoon

Dissertations

Abstract

The 1957 desegregation crisis at Little Rock Central High School marked a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement and continues to symbolize the broader struggle for racial equality. This dissertation examines equity in educational spaces through a four-truth lens that was first articulated by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and explores forensic, personal, social, and healing truth. Using Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site (CHSC) and park interpretation as the focal point, our qualitative research study used reflexive thematic analysis to examine oral interviews, onsite observations, and various documents and artifacts, and to illuminate …

Impact Of Telehealth On Outcomes In Daily Practice, Shannon Stuebs

Theses and Dissertations

While telepsychology has existed in various forms for years and has been researched since the 1960s (Abrams, 2020), it was not until the COVID-19 pandemic that telepsychology started to be widely used. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, one study found that psychologists conducted only around 7% of their work via telepsychology, a number that jumped to over 85% in response to COVID-19 (Pierce, Perrin, Tyler, et al., 2020). While there has been a significant increase in the research exploring the efficacy of telehealth since the start of the pandemic (Lin et al., 2022), further research regarding long-term impacts and specific …

Flipping The Curriculum For Resident Didactics: In-Training And Certifying Examination Scores In An Internal Medicine Residency, Luke Mccoy, Ronald J. Markert, Elysha Thoms, Olivia Noall, Kathryn Burtson

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

Purpose The flipped classroom (FC) model is increasingly used in undergraduate medical education, where it has been associated with improved knowledge acquisition. However, its impact on graduate medical education (GME) remains underexplored. We hypothesized that implementing a flipped didactics curriculum in our internal medicine residency program would improve performance on the Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE) and the American Board of Internal Medicine Certifying Examination (IM-CE). Methods In 2017, we transitioned from a traditional lecture-based (LB) curriculum to a flipped model. Noon conferences were replaced with problem-based learning (PBL) sessions three days per week, with additional active learning formats used …

The Use Of Concurrent Progressive Magnitude Schedules To Scale Reinforcer Efficacy, Morgan Scully

Doctoral Dissertations - College of Arts and Sciences

Effective reinforcement-based treatment requires the identification of stimuli that function as potent reinforcers. In practice, reinforcer efficacy is commonly measured via stimulus preference assessments. These data are typically summarized as a percentage of trials with selection and, although they identify hierarchies of reinforcing quality, they do not clearly provide a quantitative description of the relative reinforcing effects of the stimuli assessed. Quantitative methods for scaling reinforcer efficacy may offer more precision but are less common in practice. Drawing from the preference assessment and quantitative analysis of behavior literature bases, we designed and evaluated the use of a concurrent progressive-magnitude schedule …

Isaiah Walker V. Septa

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Mitigation Behaviors Of Homeowners And Renters In The Wildland Urban Interface, Aishwarya Borate, Omar Pérez Figueroa, Douglas Houston, Christopher Ihinegbu, Ariane Jong-Levinger, Jochen E. Schubert, Brett F. Sanders

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Residential development within the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has greatly expanded in the United States since the 1990s, amplifying wildfire risk by placing people and structures in greater proximity to flammable vegetation. Household wildfire mitigation actions can vary substantially by cost, knowledge required, and perceived effectiveness, but few studies have examined them separately and how their adoption varies by housing tenure in the context of wildfires. To address this gap, we surveyed residents living in WUI areas within Southern California near recent burn scars in the Santa Ana and San Bernardino Mountain ranges. Drawing on the Protection Motivation Theory and the …

Message From The President To The Pacific Community,, Christopher Callahan

Presidential Communications

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Pulsed Field Ablation Of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation With Continuous Electrocardiographic Monitoring Follow-Up: Advantage Af Phase 2., Vivek Y Reddy, Edward P Gerstenfeld, Boris Schmidt, Jason G Andrade, Devi Nair, Andrea Natale, Walid Saliba, Philipp Sommer, Andreas Metzner, Atul Verma, Troy Hounshell, Anish Amin, Philip Gentlesk, Stanislav Weiner, Frank A Cuoco, Jamie Kim, Mohit K Turagam, Gery Tomassoni, Chinmay Patel, Ziad Issa, Michael Shehata, Allison M Anderson, Thomas J Stoltz, Jonathan D Raybuck, Torri Schwartz, Brad S Sutton, Moussa Mansour

Heart and Vascular Articles

BACKGROUND: There are sparse high-quality safety and effectiveness data for pulsed field ablation (PFA) of persistent atrial fibrillation (PerAF), in which lesions beyond pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) are often placed. In addition, no large trials have used insertable cardiac monitors for continuous rhythm monitoring after ablation in patients with PerAF or after PFA in any atrial fibrillation population. In Phase 2 of the ADVANTAGE AF study (A Prospective Single Arm Open Label Study of the FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System in Subjects With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation), patients with PerAF underwent PFA for PVI and posterior wall ablation (PWA) and, in …