Development Of Ion-Loaded Polyethylene Glycol-Based Biomaterials For The Controlled Mineral Occlusion And Antibacterial Sealing In Dentinal Tubules, Tai-Wei Feng, Ming-Fa Hsieh, Shiuh-Tzung Liu, Chun-Pin Lin

Journal of Dental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Cancer-Associated Fibroblast-Derived Interleukin-6 As A Key Driver Of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition And Metastasis In Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Soon Chul Heo, Jihye Ryu, Bo Ram Keum, Moon-Kyoung Bae, Hyung Joon Kim

Journal of Dental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Effects Of L-Ascorbic Acid As An Additive For Improving The Physical Properties And Setting Behavior Of Fabricated Calcium Silicate Cement, Yun-Jeong Park, Hyeon Seo, Yo-Han Song, Weon-Young Choi, Yeong-Joon Park

Journal of Dental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Zirconia Nanopowders As Functional Fillers In Dental Adhesives On Bonding Durability And Wear Resistance To Zirconia Substrates, Ting-Hsun Lan, Chin-Yun Pan, Yu-Feng Chen, Chia-I Tiffany Yin

Journal of Dental Sciences

No abstract provided.

From Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells To Functional Cholinergic Neurons: An Optimized Neurogenic Differentiation Protocol For New Approach Methodologies, Pritsana Sawutdeechaikul, Thanaporn Pimpakan, Toan Van Phan, Vinicius Rosa, Joao Nuno Ferreira

Journal of Dental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Belle Époque French Fashion: Understanding French Clothing Labels In Historical American Media, Meg E. Smith

Scholars Week

A period of French prosperity know as the Belle Epoque followed the Franco-Prussain War from 1871-1914. Within this time, Parisian Fashion would blossom and flourish with couturiers, fashion designers, rising in fame and influence within textile and clothing markets. Credit to this prosperity can be given to the second industrial revolution, the end of a long depression, and a dominating industry of luxury market goods production in tandem with a sharp increase in foreign trade. Foreign media, such as American newspapers, would display the array of reactions to the success of Parisian styles. Retail progression and the commercialization of leisure …

Department Portfolio Web App*, Phillip Suvacarov, Tommy Aitchison

Campus Research Month

Southern Adventist University’s School of Computing produces numerous course projects, capstones, and research papers each year, yet there is no centralized, public showcase for this work. Our system provides a structured submission workflow for current and former students, faculty approval to ensure academic quality, and moderated commenting and likes to encourage constructive engagement. We outline the content model, role-based access control, and review queue, and describe search, tagging, and media support (including PDFs, images, and code links). By making student work visible beyond the classroom, the portfolio supports recruitment, alumni relations, and employer outreach while strengthening the School’s scholarly community.

Redesigning A Fitness App Interface For Physiological Constrained Users*, Joseph E. Manzanillo

Campus Research Month

As fitness tracking converges with medical monitoring, inclusive design becomes a matter of health equity. This research utilizes a Polar Beat redesign to address exclusionary "sporty" aesthetics that can exclude 300 million colorblind users. Based in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), the study implements WCAG AA standards and color-blind-verified filters to mitigate data loss during Situational Induced Impairment (SIID), when high-intensity exercise compromises cognitive and visual processing. By optimizing user journeys for Paralympic and geriatric archetypes, this work demonstrates that accessibility is the essential bridge transitioning mobile fitness apps into viable, inclusive instruments for clinical medical use.

Which Is The Most Effective Study Break: Movement, Media, Or Rest?*, Emily R. Grant, Kalla Carballo, Aislin Robinson

Campus Research Month

College students frequently incorporate breaks of various types into their study sessions; however, limited research has examined how different types of breaks affect memory retention. The proposed study will examine how exercising, spending time on social media, or participating in quiet rest affect delayed recall among undergraduate college students. The study predicts that students who participate in an exercise break will show improved memory retention, while students who are exposed to social media will experience reduced memory retention. The study also hypothesizes that students who are assigned to the quiet rest condition will demonstrate no significant change in retention. Undergraduate …

Gci Universal Conditioning Train, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

The GCI Universal Conditioning Train is a hypothetical, skid-mounted pretreatment platform intended to make difficult liquid streams easier, safer, and cheaper to process downstream. The concept is not presented as a proven refinery replacement, a direct fuel-maker, or a patented commercial product. It is an online invention proposal being passed on for real-world build and test evaluation by qualified engineers.

The system is designed to condition dirty liquid streams such as used oil, oily wastewater, sewage-adjacent waste, grease-laden water, and industrial sludge. Its purpose is to improve separability, reduce fouling, release trapped water and solids, and lower the burden on …

Gci #278 — Helium-Sparing Multi-Stage Vortex Cryocooling Stack With Modular Geometry And Arachne Thermal Interface, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes a prototype-viable, nitrogen-class cryocooling system designed to reduce helium consumption and improve thermal stability for high-temperature superconducting (HTS) loads. The system combines staged Ranque–Hilsch vortex separation, spiral/tangential inlet geometry, modular flange construction, and a microfluidic Arachne-style thermal spreader. All geometry is defined using dimensionless design heuristics to enable rapid prototyping and tuning. The system is physically plausible and buildable using standard cryogenic hardware and CNC machining. Final temperature performance must be verified experimentally.

Adaptive Content Pacing And Media Playlist Resolution To Match Dynamic Time Constraints, Thiyagaraj Krishna

Defensive Publications Series

Digital media platforms can create fixed-duration playlists that may be misaligned with a user's variable, real-world time constraints, such as a commute, potentially resulting in abrupt content interruptions or periods of silence. This disclosure describes systems and methods for dynamically synchronizing media playback with a time-bound activity. A system can generate an initial media queue to approximate a time budget and can monitor for discrepancies between the remaining content duration and the activity's remaining time. Based on the magnitude of a detected discrepancy, the system can apply a tiered re-calibration mechanism. For example, such a mechanism may include restructuring the …

Covariate Adjustment For Variance Reduction In Online Controlled Experiments, Roy Katz

Defensive Publications Series

Online controlled experiments often struggle to measure small treatment effects in metrics characterized by high variance and long-tailed distributions. Conventional approaches of increasing sample size to mitigate statistical noise can require impractically large user populations or extended experiment durations.  This disclosure describes a system that utilizes pre-experiment data as a covariate within a regression adjustment model to reduce variance in outcome metrics. The system incorporates a data processing pipeline to collect baseline user activity, a power analysis toolkit for prospective efficiency calculations, and an automated bias detection module to monitor group imbalances. By accounting for pre-existing behavioral patterns, the technology …

Ion Exchange Filter Monitoring, Thomas G. Hoffman

Defensive Publications Series

In some examples, a system includes a fluid line, an ion exchange filter configured to remove at least one contaminant from a fluid in the fluid line, an ultraviolet source, and an ultraviolet detector.  The ultraviolet source is configured to direct ultraviolet light toward the fluid.  The ultraviolet detector includes an ultraviolet transparent window and an ultraviolet sensor configured to detect the ultraviolet light transmitted through the fluid and across the ultraviolet transparent window.  The ultraviolet source and the ultraviolet detector are downstream of the filter.  The system further includes processing circuitry configured to receive a signal from the ultraviolet …

Not Just Static: Evolutionary Throughlines In The Female Voice, Maria Hand '26

Honor Scholar Theses

Vocal communication is essential for many forms of human interaction and discourse. As such, the human voice has been the subject of extensive scientific research in a variety of contexts, including that of potentially evolved characteristics. Researchers have long studied the various changes that occur in direct relation to hormonal shifts across the ovulatory cycle, but one particularly interesting facet of this research is the voice. There are numerous acoustic parameters that are highly socially salient, and thus an ideal means with which to study potential ovulatory cycle related changes. Studies of this subject additionally provide further insight into the …

2026 April 6 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Parallel Proceedings Between International Commercial Litigation And Arbitration: Existing Tools And Comparative Perspective, Joanna Ma

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

This Article examines parallel proceedings in international commercial disputes, focusing on situations in which the same parties and substantially the same issues are simultaneously before a national court and an arbitral tribunal. It surveys the principal tools that jurisdictions have developed to address this problem, including the priority-in-time rule, the prioritization of arbitral tribunals, tolerance of parallel proceedings, anti-suit injunctions, and anti-arbitration injunctions. After evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, the Article argues that prioritizing arbitral tribunals provides the most coherent and workable framework for managing such conflicts. In particular, the model of granting full priority to arbitral …

The Impact Of Principal Preparation Program Components On Self-Efficacy Development In Aspiring School Leaders, Michelle Price

Theses and Dissertations

Leaders with high self-efficacy demonstrate greater persistence when facing adversity, implement organizational change more readily, and establish higher goals for themselves and their organizations. This qualitative study examines which components of principal preparation programs most strongly contribute to self-efficacy development among aspiring school leaders in Utah, specifically in instructional leadership and management for learning. Through semi-structured interviews with 19 recent graduates from three Utah universities, the research explores how program components influence candidates' confidence to lead schools effectively. Grounded in Bandura's self-efficacy theory, the findings reveal that while cohort-based models and faculty characteristics provide foundational support for overall efficacy development, …

The Impact Of Ai Visual Marketing On Customer Engagement And Purchase Intention In The Luxury Fashion Industry, Joumana Elkady, Rana Alfahed, Youssef Mohamed, Doaa Ayoub

Business Administration

ABSTRACT

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become prominent in Visual Marketing with rapid integration into Digital Marketing practices. AI-driven visuals, such as Augmented Reality, Virtual Influencers, and Generated Imagery, have all influenced Consumer Behaviour, specifically Customer Engagement and Purchase Intention of Luxury Fashion Customers, by enhancing product visualization, evoking emotional reactions, and reducing purchase uncertainty. Although the impact of AI-generated visuals is primarily notable in online environments, it also offers an enhanced experience within offline settings. AI-generated visuals enable immersive and personalized experiences that transform traditional marketing practices. Correspondingly, potential concerns like over automation, data privacy breaches, and perceived authenticity loss …

Wired Youth: How Technology Shapes Adolescent Minds And Behavior, Kimario Davis '26

Honor Scholar Theses

Social media and digital technology are a huge part of adolescent life, and people worry a lot about how they affect mental health, behavior, and brain development. It’s easy to think technology is either “good” or “bad,” but the reality is more complicated. This thesis looks at social media’s evolution from early platforms controlled by users to today’s algorithm driven, highly visual environments and how these spaces interact with the developing adolescent brain, which is especially sensitive to social feedback and reward. These features make online interactions feel more intense and harder to step away from. At the same time, …

Are You There Judy?: A Critical Content Analysis Of Judy Blume's Representation Of Female Puberty, Audrey E. Gilbert

Undergraduate Theses

This study uses a critical content analysis methodology to examine four Judy Blume novels (Johnson et al). Using a lens of gynocriticsm (Showalter) and mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors (Bishop), power and representation of female puberty are analyzed in Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Deenie, Forever, and Just As Long As We’re Together to understand how Judy Blume pushes the bounds of content in young adult literature through depictions of thelarche, menarche, and sexarche. Through the critical content analysis, the role of group interactions and individual experiences are shown as the conductors for power, …

Innovations And Applications Of Virtual Private Networks And Sustainable Security In Society 5.0 Libraries, Stella Chinnaya Nduka Dr., Adeyinka Tella Prof, Petros Dlamini Dr

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

In order to improve digital resilience, privacy, and access equity in contemporary library environments, this study investigates the role of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in fostering sustainable cybersecurity within the framework of Society 5.0 libraries. It does this by looking at the latest developments, applications, difficulties, moral dilemmas, and tactical methods associated with VPN deployment. Using peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, white papers, and policy documents published between 2010 and 2024, a methodical approach to literature review was used. The literature that bridges the fields of cybersecurity, library science, and Society 5.0 concepts was the main focus of the review. …

Harriet Hosmer: Femininity And Stone, Savannah V. Parrish

Undergraduate Theses

Harriet Hosmer was an American woman sculptor who studied in Rome, Italy, from 1853 to 1900. Hosmer led her own cohort of women artists and inspired other artists in Rome. Hosmer’s sculptures and the controversies surrounding them exemplify her experiences as a career woman of her time. Hosmer made sculptures of women who defied the will of men, both mythical and historical. Hosmer’s sculptures show how she felt restricted in the world, particularly in the field of sculpture as a woman and how like the figures of her sculptures she found freedom in stone, where she could tell the stories …

Research Nexus : Volume 36 – 2026, Office Of Research And Graduate Studies

Office of Research and Graduate Studies

• Researcher Spotlight
• Research Milestones & News
• Capacity Building Initiatives
• NIH Updates and Other Resources
• Explore New Funding Opportunities

Steering Without Holding The Wheel? The Conseil D’État’S Quiet Grip On Arcom's Mission To Safeguard Political Pluralism On French Television, Deborah Thebault

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Limits Of Administrative Law In A Time Of Revolution, William Funk

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Spatial Future Ahead! Augmented Reality And Anticipated Life Consequences, Sergio Barta, Reto Felix, Chris Hinsch, Mahdokht Kalantari, Nina Krey, Philipp A. Rauschnabel

Marketing Faculty Publications

Purpose: This study explores how initial exposure to immersive spatial computing experiences using AR headsets generates lasting inspiration and shapes consumers expected long-term life consequences (i.e., enhancement of reality, perceived substitutability and social impact).

Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a time-lagged research design based on 148 first-time users of spatial computing devices (AR headsets). Respondents were interviewed once shortly after being exposed to AR and a few days later. Data is analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).

Findings: Users' immediate “inspired-by” experiences predict increased “inspired-to” intentions days later. Such inspiration translates into anticipated consequences such as virtually customizing …

The Eu As Trendsetter? Administrating The Full Effect Of Eu Law Through National Legal Orders, Johanna Chamberlain, Jane Reichel

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Regulating Speech Bias, Steven I. Friedland

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Do We Trust Big Oil: Evaluating Antitrust Concerns In Oil And Gas Mergers & Acquisitions, Isabella Rovere

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.