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Ft-Mir Spectra Of Fructose And Glutamine-Based Edible Polymer, Ghassan Faisal Mohsin

Baghdad Science Journal

The Maillard mechanism frequently gives numerous varieties of food a distinctive flavor and visually appealing hue. The Maillard reaction (MR) is additionally referred to as the non-enzymatic glycosylation, and MR contain a variety of chemical compounds, including precursors for the brown hue generated in the Maillard reaction and compounds that eventually form melanoidins, which are brown that develop into dark-colored hue nitrogenous polymer molecules. Melanoidin polymer was synthesized by integrating L-glutamine and D-fructose and then scorching the resulting mixture at 130 °C for 20 minutes. Additionally, dialysis was conducted to eliminate low molecular weight fractions. The utilization of Fourier Transform …

Diversifying Students’ Perception Of Foreign Cultures Through The Global Classroom In Psych Mental Health Nursing, Chidiebele Constance Obichi

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Lack of collaborative relationships, teamwork, and respectful communication foster unhealthy work environments. To further equip nursing students with transferable skills to help them maintain healthy work environments as they transition into practice and as part of our commitment to global education, we organized psych-mental health nursing students from our university in the Midwest and a foreign university to collaborate in providing health teaching to 20 community members through a Global Classroom project.

The project was a funded foreign partner collaboration to encourage students and faculty pursue international knowledge and become engaged global citizens. The specific aim was to enhance the …

“Promoting Civility And Anti-Bullying Behaviors In The Workplace” Initiatives Driven By The Nurse Residency Program, Leilanie Gacayan Apana

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

To alleviate the fear of “nurses eating their young” and impede disruptive behaviors, incivility, and bullying in the workplace, newly graduate nurse residents (NGNRs) learn strategies to promote a civil work environment upon hire into the Nurse Residency Program (NRP). Setting the expectation of acceptable workplace behaviors early in their nursing careers empowers NGNRs to advocate for and exhibit professional conduct fostering civility in the workplace. The necessity to provide NGNRs the resources to deflect detrimental attitudes in patient care areas was essential to ensure safe patient care and outcomes. During role transition discussions, NGNRs expressed insecurity, distress, and high …

Realist Review: A Tool For Interpreting The Impact Of Structural Stigma On Workplace Bullying-Associated Trauma, Laura Dzurec, Jennifer L. Embree, Monica Kennison, Matthew S. Howard

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Stigma is a mark of disgrace emerging from shared sets of negative attitudes and inaccurate beliefs. To be stigmatized is to be identified as ‘less-than,’ to be ‘disapproved of,’ to be the focus of often-uninformed criticism. Workplace bullying victims, those individuals targeted by bullies in their workplaces and inveigled/taken in by their bully counterparts’ subtly demeaning affronts, simultaneously become victims of stigma (Dzurec et al., 2014). Recent study data (Howard et al., under review) suggest that for victims, bullies’ affronting behaviors may, ultimately, override personal beliefs. Bullies’ stories come to own those victimized, acting surreptitiously and imperceptibly to direct and …

Leveraging Best Practice Initiatives To Develop An Innovative And Proactive Approach To Stress Management, Shannon Cronin Patel, John Hunt, Mary Law

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Background: A 2023 Premiere Inc. survey reported that greater than 40% of US healthcare professionals have experienced at least one episode of workplace violence during the past two years. Confounding issues position healthcare professionals at increased risk for experiencing daily stress inducing situations including but not limited to: staffing related deficiencies, increased incidences of workplace violence, and increased risk for secondary victim incidents that perpetuate wounded healers. Despite increases in stress inducing situations, current stress mitigating interventions remain reactive, antiquated, and fail to meet the emotional needs of healthcare professionals. Current stress and critical incident management models provide reactive support …

Raman Spectroscopic Monitoring Of Multiproduct Chemical Reaction Kinetics; The Case Of Ester Hydrolysis, Muhammed Kashif, Mark E. Keating, Hugh J. Byrne

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

Seeded MCR-ALS with optimized seeding weights enhances spectral unmixing by mitigating rank deficiency issues, yielding reliable concentration profiles, reducing residual errors and enhancing kinetic interpretation.

The Contemporary Tax Journal Volume 14, No. 2 – Winter 2026

The Contemporary Tax Journal

No abstract provided.

Shifting Focus: Youth Sports And Mental Health, Tara Boer

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Ultimately, athletes should be encouraged to develop their identity holistically. They are athletes, but they are first and foremost children of the King."

Posting about protecting mental health while participating in sports from In All Things, an online hub that offers insight into maintaining and faithful and orthodox Reformed Christian worldview while fearlessly engaging in every aspect of contemporary life – until all is made new.

Shifting Focus

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 02.23.26, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Communicator

The Latest News

• Notre Dame's mission to Mexico: Defending the most vulnerable Notre Dame Law School's Black Law Students Association Brings Community Together for Inaugural Black History Month Spirit Week

Student News

• Ángel Muñoz Carpintero
• Aashiyana Adhikari

Faculty Briefs

• Christian Burset
• Jimmy Gurulé
• Emily Bremer
• Derek Muller
• Paolo Carozza
• Diane Desierto
• Paul Miller
• Jeff Pojanowski
• Sadie Blanchard
• Christina Jones

Events

• Law & Technology Seminar: Amnon Reichman, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Cyber Law & Policy at the University of Haifa
• Law & Economics Workshop: Avishalom Tor The Coherent Arbitrariness of Punishment
• Faculty Colloquium - Haley Proctor …

Synergistic Effect Of Different Ions And Hexadecyltrimethylammonium Bromide On Wettability Alteration For Carbonate Rock, Rafal S. Abdullah, Hussein Q. Hussein, Rana R. Jali

Baghdad Science Journal

Naturally carbonate reservoirs have very low oil recovery efficiency owing to their wettability and tightness of matrix. However, adding surfactant to brine solution can enhance oil recovery by changing the wettability of the carbonate rock surface from oil-wet to water-wet. In the present study, the effects of different brines in the presence of surfactant hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), on the wettability of carbonate rock were investigated through different characteristics such as surface tension interfacial tension and contact angle. The best concentration of CTAB was investigated at 500 ppm in brine (NaCl) reduced surface tension and interfacial tensions to 42 mN/m and …

In Silico Study Of N-Pyrazoline Derivate Compounds As Anticancer Through Inhibition Of Pi3k And Pr Expression, Denny Satria, Syukur Berkat Waruwu, Eti Nurwening Sholikhah, Mustofa Mustofa, Pamungkas Bagus Satriyo, Tutik Dwi Wahyuningsih, Hesti L Wiraswati, Ema Damayanti

Baghdad Science Journal

Breast cancer treatment has many options directed at therapeutic targets, but some remain incurable, so new therapies are needed. Pyrazoline has shown various biological activities, one of which is anticancer effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to conduct an in silico analysis of Pyrazoline inhibition of PI3K and PR proteins using docking and MD simulation methods. Predictions of toxicity and pharmacokinetics, including absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity, were also conducted computationally. The analysis showed that the Pyrazoline compound had interactions with ligands of PI3K proteins and PR proteins. Pharmacokinetic predictions showed that the compound in the human intestine …

A Correlation Between Leptin Hormone And Other Biochemical Parameters In Iraqi Women With Hepatitis C Virus (Hcv) In Thi-Qar Governorate In Iraq, Hadeel Rashid Faraj, Alyaa Majid, Sarah A Sayer

Baghdad Science Journal

Background: chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major health problem. Females of childbearing age who are infected with hepatitis C are exposed to premature aging of the ovaries, which leads to an imbalance in the levels of sex hormones leptin hormone is associated with all stages of reproductive age. The aim of the present study is to observe levels the liver enzyme, Albumin, total bilirubin, estrogen, progesterone and leptin hormone. Also to evaluate the correlation between ( leptin hormone liver enzyme, Albumin, total bilirubin, estrogen and progesterone ).Methods: Serum liver enzyme, Albumin, total bilirubin, estrogen, progesterone and leptin …

Determination Of Mebeverine – Hcl Using 3, 5–Dinitrosalicylic Acid And Multiple Continuous Flow Cell That Works As A Solo Flow Cell With 4s×3 – 3d Analyzer, Elham N. Mezaal, Nagam S. Turkey

Baghdad Science Journal

A new method, simple and sensitive was utilized in determining mebeverine – HCl (MB-HCl) (3, 4-Dimethoxy benzoic acid ethyl 2, 4 methoxy4-phenyl-1-methyl ethyl amino-butyl ester) in pure and pharmaceutical formulations via utilization this multiple continuous flow cell. The method is dependent on genesis for complex of ion pair(4-((3, 4-dimethoxybenzoyl) oxy)-N-ethyl-N-(1-(4-methoxyphenyl) propan-2-yl) butan-1-aminium-2-hydroxy-3,5-dinitrobenzoate) among mebeverine–HCl (MB-HCl) and 3,5-Dinitrosalicylic acid (3,5-DNSA) in ammonium acetate middle to configure a whiteish yellow precipitate compound via utilizing multiple continuous flow cell that works as a solo flow cell with 4S×3 – 3D analyzer. Optimum parameters were studied to raise the sensitivity for improving the method. …

Role Of Developmental Plasticity In Tethered Flight Performance Of The Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera Dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Thabang P. Moropa, Steve B.S. Baleba, Christopher W. Weldon

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This study investigated the effect of nutrition on development of wings and adult body condition of Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), an exotic pest of Asian origin and a species of economic importance in South Africa. Six host fruit types were used to rear B. dorsalis: mango, guava, orange, grapefruit, papaya and apple. One day after emergence, adults were used for tethered flight assessments using computerised flight mills. Additional flies were assessed in terms of wing morphology using geometric morphometrics, flight muscle mass, and lipid content. There were significant differences in the larval and pupal developmental time as well as larval and …

Faculty Readiness And Ethical Perceptions Of Artificial Intelligence Integration In Higher Education Teaching And Assessment, Ayesha Afzal, Shahid Rafiq, Aisha Sami

Higher Learning Research Communications

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies presents both transformative opportunities and complex challenges for higher education, particularly in teaching and assessment. This study examines the readiness of faculty members in Pakistani universities to integrate AI tools into pedagogical and evaluative practices, alongside their ethical perceptions of AI use in academic contexts. Using a qualitative research design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 faculty members across diverse disciplines and institutions. Thematic analysis, guided by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework, and Rest’s Four-Component Model of ethical decision making, revealed four interrelated themes: (1) …

Short-Term Spark Or Long-Term Flame? Sustaining Academic Psychiatric Departments, Rohit Shankar, Richard Laugharne, Derek K. Tracy, Dinesh Bhugra

Peninsula Medical School

SummaryOver the past two decades, the number of academic psychiatrists in the UK has declined by more than a third, despite an expansion in medical schools and growth in most other medical academic specialties. Drawing on direct experience of establishing a new academic unit, we argue that the long-term sustainability of academic psychiatry departments is critical for service quality, innovation and talent development. This paper outlines the structural, cultural and strategic factors needed to create academic units that endure and flourish beyond individual careers, enabling better integration of research and clinical practice.

Strategies For Sustainable And Inclusive Outdoor Wayfinding In Healthcare Facilities: An Approach To Enhance User Experience At Kafr Alsheikh University Hospital, Egypt, Rania Abd Allateef Ghanam, Ahmed Salah El-Deep

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Outdoor wayfinding plays a critical role in shaping user experience in healthcare environments, where inadequate navigation can heighten stress and hinder timely access to care. Despite the presence of wayfinding systems in many hospitals, outdoor navigation remains underexamined and inconsistently addressed in design guidelines. This study fills this gap by investigating architectural strategies to enhance outdoor wayfinding and reduce user stress. The research focuses on Kafrelsheikh University Hospital in Egypt and applies a twophase methodology: (1) a comprehensive literature review to identify current principles, guidelines, and best practices in outdoor wayfinding, and (2) an on-site case study to assess existing …

The Impact Of Integrating Social Benefit Requirements For Urban Green Infrastructure And Place Identity Attributes To Enhance The Sense Of Place - Case Study Of Central Park, Madinaty, New Cairo City, Egypt, Ibrahim Magdi Mohammed, Rehab Abdelfatah Abdel Aziz Mahmoud

Mansoura Engineering Journal

This research develops an integrated model that links the social benefit requirements of Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) with the non-physical attributes of Place Identity (PI) to enhance the Sense of Place (SOP) in contemporary urban environments. The need for this integration arises from limitations in current planning frameworks, which often prioritize ecological performance while overlooking cultural, perceptual, and behavioral dimensions that shape user attachment and belonging. The study adopts an inductive and synthesis-based approach to identify key UGI indicators across environmental, social, economic, and spatial dimensions, alongside PI attributes related to places’ legibility, uniqueness, publicness and territoriality, place’s identification. To …

Enhancing Thermal Energy Storage Efficiency Using Optimized Concrete Materials: A Review, Ahmed Mohamed Abbass, Ahmed M. El-Khayatt, Khaled A. Eltawil

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The increasing global energy demand and the environmental impact of fossil fuels necessitate the development of sustainable energy solutions. Solar energy is a promising alternative, but its intermittency and inefficiency limit its widespread adoption. This study explores the role of advanced concrete-based thermal energy storage systems in addressing these challenges. Key aspects examined include packing density optimization, high-temperature performance, and hydrothermal durability of concrete. The research highlights the importance of granulometric optimization, binder selection, and hydration mechanisms in enhancing concrete properties. Additionally, the effects of heat exposure on concrete durability, permeability, and mechanical strength are analyzed, with a focus on …

Optimized Thermal Management Of Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Circular Fins And Forced Air-Cooling, Mohamed M. Donia, Ahmed A. Hegazi, Mohamed A. Aziz, Osama Abdelrehim

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The Battery Thermal Management System (BTMS) is vital for maintaining the optimal performance, safety, and longevity of electric vehicle batteries by keeping their temperature within a desired range. This study proposes an optimized cooling solution for BTMS based on both experimental and numerical investigations. Experimental tests were performed on a single battery cell under discharging rates of 1C, 2C, 3C, and 4C using an electronic load, with thermal performance evaluated under natural convection. Numerical models simulating both forced and natural convection were developed using ANSYS 19.3, and a combined Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) approach was …

Verification Of Offline Signature Based On A Hybrid Dense-Attention-Residual-Cnn Structure Optimized By Grey Wolf Algorithm, Zeyad T. Salim, Mahmoud M. Saafan, Eman M. El-Gendy

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Signature verification is a necessary vision task with prevalent use in securing realworld applications. Offline signature is a popular type that needs to efficacious approach to be checked due to the depending on the paper time and the written tool. The progress in intelligent algorithms participates in supporting simple way authentication-based signatures. In this research work, an offline signature verification (OSV) based on an optimized and costumed convolutional neural network(CNN) infrastructure is suggested. The CNN is costumed by integrating residual, dense, and attention mechanisms, then optimized by applying a grey wolf optimization(GWO) algorithm. The system is trained and tested with …

Membuat Undang-Undang Perubahan Sosial Di Negara Yang Sedang Membangun Undang-Undang Perkawinan Indonesia Yang Baru Diteliti Kembali, June S. Katz, Ronald S. Katz

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Abstract

Masalah Penegakan Hukum Dan Kesadaran Hukum, Dr. Soerjono Soekanto, S.H., M.A.

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Abstract

Profile Of An Emerging Pastoral Wellness Leader, Nisaa Robinson

College of Arts and Cultural Studies

This essay presents a leadership profile of the author through the lens of leadership emergence and a reflective analysis process utilizing Robert Clinton’s leadership development model presented in The Making of A Leader (2012), a later consolidated four-phase timeline, and a Leadership Profile Worksheet (Appendix A). Nisaa Robinson's life, leadership, and ministry service are presented and analyzed in terms of phases, sub-phases, process items, and boundary events.

A Scoping Review On Governing The Commercial Determinants Of Health: Mechanisms, Tools, And Collaborative Approaches, Alyssa S. Khan, Sierra Arnold, Imran Bari, Isabel G. Long, Nino Paichadze

Student Works

Purpose: The commercial determinants of health (CDoH) are the systems, practices, and pathways through which commercial actors drive health and equity. This review aimed to identify CDoH governance approaches, distinguishing between promoted and criticized approaches.

Design/Methodology/Approach: We conducted a systematic scoping review in PubMed and Google Scholar databases. Relevant grey literature was also identified through citation searching and reference list review. Our search strategy combined terms related to economic and commercial determinants of health, governance models, and health outcomes. English-language publications between January 2000 to December 2025 were included. Relevant data from included sources were extracted and then synthesized using …

Selenium-Thioredoxin Axis Contributes To Ferroptosis Resistance In Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Arslan Amer, Micah Olamide Idowu, Aqsa Ahsan, Alyssa A. Abbas, Tahiyat Alothaim, Xiaohu Tang

Michigan Tech Publications

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) shows substantial heterogeneity in cysteine dependence and ferroptosis sensitivity. We identify two PDAC subtypes distinguished by EMT status: mesenchymal-like cells are highly cysteine-dependent and rapidly undergo ferroptosis upon cystine deprivation or system xc⁻ inhibition, whereas epithelial-type cells are ferroptosis-resistant. Selenium supplementation protects cells from erastin-induced ferroptosis, and this protection persists even when intracellular glutathione (GSH) is depleted, supporting an additional GPX4-independent protective mechanism. Sepp1 knockdown does not alter sensitivity, indicating that selenium’s protective effect is independent of Sepp1. Instead, epithelial-type cells rely on both cytosolic and mitochondrial thioredoxin reductases (TrxR1 and TrxR2) to maintain ferroptosis …

Explainable Multi-Modal Deep Learning For Transparent Cancer Diagnosis: Integrating Radiology, Clinical Features, And Decision Visualization, Sital Dash, Laxmi Bewoor, Yashwant Dongre, Amol Bhosle, Kailas Patil, Shrikant Jadhav, Banani Mohapatra, Bhavnish Walia

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Introduction: Although artificial intelligence–based cancer diagnostic models have demonstrated strong predictive performance, their lack of transparency and reliance on single-modality data continue to limit clinical trust and adoption. Effectively integrating multi-modal data with interpret-able decision-making remains a key challenge. Methods: We propose an explainable multi-modal deep learning framework that integrates radiological imaging and structured clinical features using attention-based fusion. Image-level explanations are generated using Grad-CAM++, while SHAP is employed to quantify clinical feature contributions, enabling unified and cross-modal aligned interpretation rather than independent uni-modal explanations. The framework was evaluated on publicly available datasets, including CBIS-DDSM mammography, Duke Breast Cancer MRI, …

Joseph Cordero, Mark Naison, Steven Payne

Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

Source Credibility, User Commentary, And Social Media News Sharing In The United Arab Emirates, Azza Ahmed

All Works

In the digital age, social media (SM) platforms have changed how people access, verify, and share news. This study explores the effect of source credibility and user commentary on news-sharing behaviors among Arabs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Using media literacy theory, the research examines self-reported credibility-checking and how user commentary may impact news-sharing behavior. A survey of 324 respondents shows that while most use SM daily as a primary news source, nearly one-third do not share news. Therefore, the analysis includes an analytic subsample of 220 news sharers. Smartphones lead in news sharing, though usage patterns differ across …

Testing The Accuracy Of Commercial Wrist-Wearable Activity Trackers At Different Exercise Intensities, Jabeth Azpeitia Aranda, Murat Karabulut, Rebekah D. Schlatter, Guillermo Perez, Ulku Karabulut

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Consumer wrist-worn activity trackers are widely used to monitor physical activity and physiological responses during exercise, yet their accuracy across exercise intensities and physiological variables remains uncertain. PURPOSE: To evaluate the accuracy of wrist-wearable fitness trackers for heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation (SpO₂), energy expenditure (EE), and step count across exercise intensities. METHODS: Thirty (30) recreationally active adult males and females (n = 30; age = 22.8 ± 4.5 yr) completed four sessions consisting of informed consent, anthropometric and baseline measurements, and three treadmill exercise sessions. Exercise sessions included walking at 3 mph (0% incline), walking at 3 mph (12% …