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Biol 200-001, 003, 005, 007, 009, 011: Concepts In Biology, Michael Nelson

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 448-001: Neuropathophysiology, Darshan Desai

Biology Syllabi

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Chem 244a-101: Organic Chemistry Lab, Mustansar Hussain

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

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A Content Analysis Of The Journal Of Applied Sport Management From 2009 To 2024, Jeffrey Petersen, Marshall Magnusen

Journal of Applied Sport Management

The Journal of Applied Sport Management (JASM), originally launched as the Journal of Sport Administration and Supervision in 2009, has published a total of 231 peer-reviewed manuscripts during its first 16 years. While many other journals within this field have been studied to better understand research topics, types, and impact, JASM has yet to be examined. This content analysis study explored 19 variables related to the research topics, methods, authorship, and impact of these articles, and provided important insights from both descriptive and inferential statistics regarding existing trends and opportunities for development for both the journal as a …

From Coping Strategies To Fan Well-Being: Resource Dynamics Of Team Identification, Impulse Control, And Psychological Capital In Negative Experiences, Hyun-Woo Lee, Yelim Yoo, Kun Chang, Jun-Phil Uhm

Journal of Applied Sport Management

Guided by conservation of resources theory, the authors examine how team identification, impulse control difficulties, coping strategies, and psychological capital shape fans’ well-being in negative fan experiences. Survey from 300 sport fans were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results showed that identification promoted adaptive coping and reduced cutting off reflected failure, whereas impulse control difficulties increased denial and cutting off reflected failure. Denial unexpectedly enhanced psychological capital while reducing well-being, and venting functioned as a double-edged mediator across positive/negative pathways. Psychological capital was the strongest predictor of well-being, underscoring its role as a central resource linking coping to outcomes.

A Cause For Celebration: Jasm Indexed In Scopus, Marshall J. Magnusen, Lawrence W. Judge, Jun Kim

Journal of Applied Sport Management

The Journal of Applied Sport Management (JASM) achieved a major milestone in Fall 2025 with its acceptance for indexing in Scopus, marking a pivotal advancement in the journal’s visibility, credibility, and global reach. This accomplishment reflects years of collaborative effort among JASM’s editors, reviewers, authors, and the Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange (TRACE) team at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville. Since its founding in 2009 as the Journal of Sport Administration and Supervision and subsequent rebranding in 2013, JASM has evolved into a leading open-access platform for applied sport management scholarship. Under the leadership of Dr. Marshall Magnusen (2020–2025), the …

What Guides The Iscsc?, Lynn Rhodes

Comparative Civilizations Review

Clear and well-defined bylaws are the backbone of any nonprofit organization, ensuring transparency, accountability, and effective governance. For organizations like the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC), bylaws serve as a guiding framework that outlines decision-making processes, leadership roles, and the responsibilities of members.

Intellectual Risk-Taking And Emotional Intelligence In Educational Systems: A Comparative Study Of The Usa, Finland, Japan, And Singapore, Peter Hecht

Comparative Civilizations Review

This paper examines how intellectual risk-taking (IRT) and emotional intelligence (EI) are integrated into educational systems in the United States, Finland, Japan, and Singapore, arguing that these factors are essential for fostering creativity, resilience, and academic success. In modern pedagogy, IRT is defined as the willingness of students to engage in challenging academic tasks despite potential failure, thereby promoting innovative problem-solving and critical thinking (Beghetto 210; Dweck 6). Complementarily, EI — an individual’s capacity to recognize, understand, and manage emotions — plays a crucial role in classroom dynamics by enhancing self-regulation and interpersonal relationships (Goleman 43; Mayer et al. 197). …

The Fragrance Muse: Musk As A Symbolic Tapestry In Classical Persian Poetry, Akbar Shirini, Shen Xudong, Zhao Dan

Comparative Civilizations Review

This paper explores the symbolic representation of musk in classical Persian poetry, uncovering its role as a multifaceted emblem of Iranian cultural identity and human experience. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of primary texts from the Ganjoor archive and secondary sources, the study traces musk’s historical significance across China, Iran, and Islamic world. In China, musk is prized for its rarity, medicinal properties, and metaphysical roles; in Iran, it intertwines with mythology, Zoroastrian cosmology, and trade; in Islamic contexts, it holds commercial and therapeutic value, cherished by figures like Mohammad. Within Persian poetry, musk transcends its material origins, symbolizing blackness …

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Phenotypic Divergence Of Jag1- And Notch2-Associated Alagille Syndrome & Disease-Specific Notch2 Variant Classification Guidelines., Shannon M. Vandriel, Li-Ting Li, Huiyu She, Jian-She Wang, Kathleen M. Loomes, David A. Piccoli, Irena Jankowska, Piotr Czubkowski, Dorota Gliwicz-Miedzińska, Lorenzo D'Antiga, Emanuele Nicastro, Florence Lacaille, Dominique Debray, Étienne M. Sokal, Tanguy Demaret, Rima L. Fawaz, Silvia Nastasio, Kyung Mo Kim, Seak Hee Oh, Björn Fischler, Henrik Arnell, Catherine Larson-Nath, Winita Hardikar, Sahana Shankar, Shikha S. Sundaram, Alexander Chaidez, Pinar Bulut, Pier Luigi Calvo, Mureo Kasahara, Niviann Blondet, Eberhard Lurz, Anna-Maria Kavallar, Emmanuel M. Gonzales, Emmanuel Jacquemin, Jérôme Bouligand, Noelle H. Ebel, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Susan M. Siew, Michael O. Stormon, Saul J. Karpen, Rene Romero, M Kyle Jensen, Catalina Jaramillo, James E. Squires, Sarah M. Bedoyan, Deirdre A. Kelly, Jane Hartley, Henkjan J. Verkade, Way Seah Lee, Chatmanee Lertudomphonwanit, Ryan T. Fischer, Henry C. Lin, Nathalie Rock, Yael Mozer-Glassberg, Amin J. Roberts, Helen M. Evans, Wikrom Karnsakul, Gabriella Nebbia, Victorien M. Wolters, Pamela L. Valentino, Jesus Quintero Bernabeu, Amal A. Aqul, Cigdem Arikan, María Legarda Tamara, Cristina Molera Busoms, Thomas Damgaard Sandahl, Giuseppe Indolfi, Andréanne N. Zizzo, Aglaia Zellos, Ruben E. Quiros-Tejeira, Ermelinda Santos-Silva, Kathleen B. Schwarz, Jernej Brecelj, Maria Camila Sanchez, Maria Lorena Cavalieri, Christos Tzivinikos, Sabina Wiecek, John Eshun, Nanda Kerkar, Quais Mujawar, Zerrin Önal, Cristina Gonçalves, Jennifer Garcia, Seema Alam, Carolina Jimenez-Rivera, Luis Bujanda, Richard J. Thompson, Bettina E. Hansen, Nancy B. Spinner, Melissa A. Gilbert, Binita M. Kamath, Global Alagille Alliance (Gala) Study Group

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Alagille syndrome (ALGS) is a rare, autosomal dominant disorder with high phenotypic heterogeneity. Disease-causing variants are primarily identified in Jagged1 (JAG1), with fewer reported in NOTCH2. JAG1 variants cause disease through a mechanism of haploinsufficiency, but the mechanism for NOTCH2 variants is not completely understood, making classification of variants more challenging. Using a large, international patient cohort acquired through the Global ALagille Alliance (GALA) study, we sought to improve classification of NOTCH2 variants and study phenotypic differences between NOTCH2- and JAG1-related disease.

METHODS: Clinical and molecular data from 952 individuals with ALGS in GALA were analysed and …

E-Osce For Nurse Anesthetists: A Practical And Scalable Training Solution, Chih-Ping Yang, Wei-Hsiu Huang

Journal of Medical Education

Background: The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is an essential assessment tool for anesthesia specialist nurses in Taiwan. However, preparing for the OSCE is resource-intensive, requiring significant personnel, time, and financial investment. The COVID-19 pandemic further complicated traditional OSCE arrangements, highlighting the need for remote assessment alternatives. This study evaluates the eff ectiveness of an electronic OSCE (e-OSCE) system as a flexible, cost-effective, and scalable solution for anesthesia nurse training. Methods: This descriptive statistical analysis study involved 50 participants, including 25 certified anesthesia specialist nurses and 25 anesthesia nurse examinees. Participants used a semi-interactive web-based e-OSCE system incorporating self-recorded audio …

Design And Implementation Of An Interdisciplinary Course: “Communicable Disease Control And Prevention – Ethics And Laws”, Pei-Chun Chan, Chi-Tai Fang, Yu-Wei Hsieh

Journal of Medical Education

This interdisciplinary course, Communicable Disease Control and Prevention: Ethics and Laws, brings together medical, legal, and public health perspectives to examine the ethical and regulatory challenges of infectious disease governance. Through lectures, case analyses, debates, and simulated public hearings, students–primarily from law, public health, medicine and social science–engage with issues such as isolation, quarantine, vaccination responsibilities, communicable diseases-related stigma, and broader health inequalities. The curriculum emphasizes translating academic knowledge into public reasoning and advocacy, using diverse outputs including oral presentations, debates, and infographic-based policy proposals. By engaging with legal professionals, judges, and aff ected communities, students broaden their perspectives beyond …

Use Of Manga And Videos As Trigger Scenarios In Interprofessional Education For Undergraduate Medical And Nursing Students, Yukihiro Ike, Yoshiyuki Mitsui, Akiko Tanoue

Journal of Medical Education

Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) is being implemented in medical schools worldwide. Role-play, group discussion, and simulation have been among the educational methods reported, and the eff ects of each educational method have been examined. Objective: In IPE at the Faculty of Medicine and School of Nursing, we studied the use of manga and videos as trigger scenarios for group work. Methods: IPE involving manga and videos implemented in an online virtual setting. Participants filled out a questionnaire before and after IPE. Results: After IPE, students gave positive feedback about the use of manga and videos as teaching materials. Students seemed …

Using Large Language Models To Investigate The Origin Of Chronic Wasting Disease, G. Kent Webb

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

This use case reports on the impressive output, hallucinations, instability, and limitations of three Large Language Models (LLMs): ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok. The LLMs were prompted in an investigative sequence and responses checked. The collected information supports the common theory that chronic wasting disease (CWD) in North America originated in 1967 at a research facility in Fort Collins, Colorado, where deer were reported to have been exposed to sheep with a similar disease - scrapie. Findings include that: no sheep with scrapie were detected in the area around Fort Collins prior to 1967; domestic sheep reportedly exposed to scrapie were …

Categorial Declinations & Democracy, Brenner M. Fissell

Faculty Publications

The most contentious action taken by reform prosecutors has been the issuance of categorical declination policies. Opponents decry this as bureaucratic nullification of democratically enacted offenses, while the prosecutors themselves counter that they are responding to the will of their local electorate. Democracy claims, it appears, have taken center stage in this debate, and they are deployed by both sides. How should we think about democracy and categorical declinations? The most comprehensive scholarly work on this subject is a 2021 article by Professor Kerrel Murray. In this essay, I hope to continue the work begun by Murray, offering additional insights …

Against Activist Cooperation Agreements, Jennifer O'Hare

Faculty Publications

Shareholder activism is at record levels. In a typical campaign, the activist threatens to launch a proxy fight unless the board of directors agrees to take certain actions to increase shareholder value, such as selling off company assets or replacing the CEO. Increasingly, however, there are no proxy fights. Instead, the activist and the board, behind closed doors, quickly agree to settle. The activist withdraws the proxy fight threat, and, in return, the board appoints individuals designated by the activist to sit on the company board. This "Cooperation Agreement" allows the incumbent di- rectors to keep their positions and allows …

Evaluating Dental Ai Research Papers: Key Considerations For Editors And Reviewers, Sergio E. Uribe, Manal H. Hamdan, Nicola Alberto Valente, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Fahad Umer, Antonin Tichy, Ruben Pauwels, Falk Schwendicke

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Objective

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in dental research for diagnosis, treatment planning, and disease prediction. However, many dental AI studies lack methodological rigor, transparency, or reproducibility, and no dedicated peer-review guidance exists for this field.

Methods

Editors and reviewers from the ITU/WHO/WIPO AI for Health – Dentistrygroup participated in a structured survey and group discussions to identify key elements for reviewing AI dental research. A draft of the recommendations was circulated for feedback and consensus.

Results

The consensus from editors and reviewers identified four key indicators of high-quality AI dental research: (1) relevance to a real clinical …

Reason’S Constraint And Textual Authority In Imam Al-Shafi‘I’S Legal Methodology: A Critical Usulī Examination, Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Azzab Moussa

Faculty Peer-Reviewed Papers | بحوث هيئة التدريس المحكمة

This study addresses one of the most critical issues in contemporary intellectual discourse: the role and status of reason in legal inference (istidlāl) in the thought of Imam al-Shāfiʿī. It focuses particularly on the widespread claim that Imam al-Shāfiʿī formulated his legal methodology with a bias toward textual authority at the expense of rational deliberation. Critics have even alleged that Imam al-Shāfiʿī sought to confine reason within strict boundaries, as evidenced- according to them- by his emphasis on the Arabic language of the Qur’an, his reliance on the Sunnah and analogical reasoning (qiyās), and his rejection of juristic preference (istiḥsān). …

Democratizing Community Discourse Analysis In Computational Social Science, Md Towhidul Absar Chowdhury

Theses

Community resource inequities and undetected infrastructure vulnerabilities cost municipalities billions annually, with disproportionate impacts on marginalized communities. Current computational approaches to community needs assessment suffer from two critical limitations: they rely on aggregate-level analysis that obscures granular community expressions, and they implement sophisticated computational tools that remain inaccessible to stakeholders without technical expertise. This creates what we term the Community-Computational Gap—a persistent divide where domain experts with vital contextual knowledge cannot access the analytical tools they need, while computational experts develop models without sufficient community context. This dissertation addresses these challenges through a novel methodological framework for fine-grained utterance-level classification …

Exploring The Role Of Use In Sustainable Innovation And Technology Transitions, Christopher Agyapong Siaw

Plymouth Business School

Use plays a crucial role in technology innovation, diffusion and transitions. This is especially so with the increasing innovation in IoTs, AI, robotics and platform-based technologies among other technologies that enable seamless interaction between innovators and users. Yet relatively little is known about the role of use in technology innovation and transitions. This developmental paper seeks to explore the role of use in sustainable innovation and technology transitions. It is expected that this will have significant theoretical and managerial implications for addressing the dark-side of innovation in contexts where the noxious consequences of innovation for society and the environment involve …

Comprehensive Review Of In Vitro Approaches For Environmental Heavy Metal Exposure, Manas Warke, Madeline English, Camila Padilla, Lexie Gasco, Wendy Leisner, Rupali Datta, Smitha Rao

Michigan Tech Publications

Heavy metals are ubiquitous environmental pollutants, contaminating air, soil, and water via the erosion of natural deposits, as well as originating from anthropogenic sources, such as agriculture, industries, transportation, and landfills. The increasing utilization of heavy metals over the years, combined with the persistent nature of metals in the environment poses a direct threat to human and environment health. Although regulatory limits have been established for toxic metals, assessing the associated health risks using real-life exposure scenarios remains challenging. In this review, we summarize the development and use of in vitro models based two- and three-dimensional cell culture systems, focusing …

Folliculin Deletion In The Mouse Kidney Results In Cystogenesis Of The Loops Of Henle Via Aberrant Tfeb Activation, Ola Shalaby, Tomoko Ohmori, Koichiro Miike, Shunsuke Tanigawa, Luh Ade Wilan Krisna, Alessia Calcagnì, Andrea Ballabio, Yoshiaki Kubota, Laura S Schmidt, W Marston Linehan, Takaaki Ito, Masaya Baba, Ryuichi Nishinakamura

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

The mammalian kidney contains numerous nephrons connected to the collecting ducts, and each nephron consists of a glomerulus, a proximal tubule, the loop of Henle (LoH), and a distal tubule. Folliculin (FLCN) is a causative gene for Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, which is characterized by a variety of manifestations, including renal cysts and cancer. Although deletion of Flcn in the mouse collecting duct and distal nephron leads to cyst formation, its precise role in the entire nephron remains unclear. Herein, nephron-specific Flcn knockout mice exhibited cystogenesis along the entire nephron segments, most prominent in the LoH, preceded by an irregularly shaped lumen …

Diagnostic Yield Of Exome Sequencing For Pregnancies With And Without Fetal Anomalies And For Stillbirth, Roni Zemet, Christian M Parobek, April D Adams, Mohamad Ali Maktabi, Lena Shay, Linyan Meng, Pengfei Liu, Hongzheng Dai, Fan Xia, Christine Eng, Ignatia B Van Den Veyver, Liesbeth Vossaert

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

Objective: Exome sequencing (ES) benefits the genetic work-up for fetuses with structural anomalies, but data on its utility for fetuses without anomalies and stillbirths is more limited. We report our experience with prenatal ES for all three indications.

Method: We retrospectively reviewed results from 344 trio-ES performed for fetuses with structural anomalies (N = 262), stillbirths (N = 39), and fetuses without anomalies (N = 43), many of which had a relevant family history. We classified pathogenic variants (P), likely pathogenic variants (LP), or variants of uncertain significance (VUS) favoring pathogenicity in a gene consistent with the fetal phenotype as …

Does Fintech Matter For Rigidity And Risk Aversion Among Incumbent Firms?, Kwaku Alex Gyan, Peter Galvin, Peter Adjei-Bamfo

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Incumbent firms tend to seek less growth opportunities and are more risk-averse based on their core rigidities – premised on a behaviour of prioritising efficiency associated with improving existing processes. Recently, some firms have adopted FinTech to reduce core rigidity and advance their agility towards risk-taking. However, available research has not fully deconstructed FinTech's effect on the rigidity-risk relationship. We examine this observation among incumbent traditional financial services firms in Australia using both logit regression and fixed effect ordinary least squares. Our findings indicate that FinTech's impact on rigidity could be directional and counterproductive. While predictive FinTech (i.e., algorithmic routines …

Quantitative Imaging Of Individual Bacterial Cells: E. Coli And B. Subtilis Via Terahertz Scattering-Type Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy, Haneol Lee, Youngil Moon, Donghyun Lee, Jinwoo Kim, Gyuseok Lee, Haewook Han

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Significance: Terahertz (THz) waves have gained significant attention as an imaging technology due to their ability to provide physical and chemical information in a label-free, noninvasive, and nonionizing manner. Notably, their low energy enables nondestructive inspection of internal structures without damaging samples, making them well-suited for biomedical applications. However, the use of THz imaging has been constrained by limited spatial resolution due to the diffraction limit. Aim: This study introduces an approach using THz scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy, an advanced technique capable of overcoming these limitations and enabling single-cell scale measurements to image and distinguish individual bacterial cells, specifically …

Physics-Based Machine Learning Framework For Predicting Structure-Property Relationships In Ded-Fabricated Low-Alloy Steels †, Atiqur Rahman, Md Hazrat Ali, Asad Waqar Malik, Muhammad Arif Mahmood, Frank Liou

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Directed Energy Deposition (DED) process has demonstrated high efficiency in manufacturing steel parts with complex geometries and superior capabilities. Understanding the complex interplays of alloy compositions, cooling rates, grain sizes, thermal histories, and mechanical properties remains a significant challenge during DED processing. Interpretable and data-driven modeling has proven effective in tackling this challenge, as machine learning (ML) algorithms continue to advance in capturing complex property structural relationships. However, accurately predicting the prime mechanical properties, including ultimate tensile strength (UTS), yield strength (YS), and hardness value (HV), remains a challenging task due to the complex and non-linear relationships among process …

From Apomediation To Aimediation: Generative Ai And The Reconfiguration Of Informational Authority In Health Communication, Luis M Romero-Rodríguez, Bárbara Mercedes Castillo Abdul Hadi

Artículos científicos

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Editorial: Building The Future Of Education Together: Innovation, Complexity, Sustainability, Interdisciplinary Research And Open Science, María Soledad Ramírez‑Montoya, M.A. Montoya, Diana Hernández-Montoya, Genaro Zavala-Enríquez, Antonio Martínez-Arboleda

Artículos científicos

On the eve of building the future of education, the need arises to seek unexplored paths toward an educational future built from the collective and for the collective. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), through its international commission, issued a report in which it invites us to reimagine the future of education, stating that education is a fundamental pillar for forging a common and shared future, connecting humanity in the face of global challenges such as climate change and disinformation (UNESCO, 2021a). UNESCO mobilized a major conference “Transforming Knowledge for a Just and Sustainable Future” on the …

Towards Sustainable Indoor Lighting Design: Ensuring Energy Efficiency, Health And Human Wellbeing—A Review, Lara Vélez González, Alejandra Santamaría Melenchón, David Baeza Moyano, Roberto Alonso González-Lezcano

Artículos científicos

The design of lighting systems, has, in recent years, transcended the basic function of providing visibility, becoming a key com-ponent of promoting the health and well-being of occupants by integrating biological, psychological, and energy aspects. Thegrowing understanding of the effects of light on the circadian cycle has posed a fundamental challenge in luminaire design. Thetwo before-mentioned review is, to analyze how light, both artificial and natural, affects the well-being and health of occupantsin various indoor environments, such as classrooms, hospitals and offices, Indoor lighting research has advanced significantly,recognizing both visual and non-visual effects on human health. These efforts focus on …