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Emotion Labor As A Catalyst For Language Teacher Identity Renewal And Well-Being: An Autoethnography, Yasser Aminifard

The Qualitative Report

In this autoethnographic study, I explore how my temporary engagement in emotion labor, triggered by teaching and assessment demands imposed by my university, prompted a renewal of my teaching style and enhanced my well-being. Personal journals supplemented by semi-structured interviews with the university’s vice-chancellor, whose expectations precipitated my emotion labor, served as the primary data sources. Drawing on Engeström’s (2015) activity theory, I analyze the contradictions within my university’s activity system that gave rise to my emotion labor, understood here as the management of the negative emotions and tensions arising from discrepancies between teachers’ professional beliefs and workplace demands (Benesch, …

Covid-19 Vaccination Coverage In Al-Qassim District, Iraq: Epidemiological Analysis (2021-2022), Murtadha K. Ibrahiem, Ghanim Aboud Jaber Al-Mola, Rafah Hady Lateef

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Background: Vaccines against COVID-19 have been instrumental in preventing the spread and severity of the disease in the world. In Iraq, coverage and distribution of vaccines across regions have differed.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the coverage of three types of COVID-19 vaccines in Al-Qasim District, Babil Governorate, Iraq, in the years 2021 and 2022.

Materials and Methods: In a retrospective observational study, local health authority vaccination data were utilized. The study population was approximately 310,000 residents of three sub-districts. Monthly data for 2021 and 2022 were included for the quantity of vaccine doses (first and …

Investigation Of Growth Differentiation Factor-15, And Lipid-Based Indices In Assessing Cardiovascular Risk In Overt And Subclinical Hypothyroidism, Arkan Hamed Hatroosh, Mohammed Abdulateef Mohammed Ali, Jalal Abid Ali

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Background: Hypothyroidism, both overt and subclinical, has emerged as a notable contributor to increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This association is mediated by multifactorial mechanisms, including significant dyslipidemia, heightened oxidative stress, and vascular endothelial dysfunction.

Materials and Methods: A case-control study was conducted at the Specialized Center for Diabetic Endocrinology, Baghdad/Russafa, between October 2024 and January 2025. The study included 130 participants: 35 patients with overt hypothyroidism, 35 with subclinical hypothyroidism, and 60 age-, sex-, and BMI-matched euthyroid controls. Blood samples were collected and processed for analysis of serum GDF-15, and lipid profiles. CRI-I, CRII-I, AIP, and AC were calculated. …

Analyze The Mechanistic Role Of Lox-1 In Cardiovascular Diseases: A Review, Mohammed Algebory, Zainab Ali Hussein, Amira Shamseldin Mohamed Khalafalla, Emaan Mohammed Zina

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major global health concern that leads to illness and death. One of the primary risk factors for CVD is dyslipidemia, which can cause an elevation of oxidized LDL. Recently, the lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor 1 (LOX-1 receptor), a transmembrane protein found in endothelial cells, platelets, cardiomyocytes, and other cells, has gained attention. LOX- 1 receptors are responsible for recognizing oxLDL, and overactivation can trigger pathways that cause tissue damage, including endothelial dysfunction and apoptosis, process under investigation involves the following: promotion of platelet activation and adhesion to endothelial cells; ADP-mediated aggregation; and the development …

Age-Dependent Associations Of Etanercept And Methotrexate In Stage Ii And Iii Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Saif M. Hassan, Zainab Ali Hussein

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (BC) is a complex disease that involves molecular and cellular alterations mediated by endogenous and exogenous factors.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the osteoblastic and osteoclastic activities at baseline and three months after therapy in RA patients treated with methotrexate (MTX) and Etanercept (ETN).

Methods: investigated the relationship between Etanercept 1 (ETN1) and Methotrexate levels in Rheumatoid arthritis patients positive for cancer antigen 15–3 (CA15-3). This study included 90 patients with stage II and III BC divided into two age groups (25–44 and 45–60 years) and 90 age-matched healthy controls. Serum concentrations of ETN1 and …

A Not-Quite-Assessment Of Assessing Autoethnography: Ekphrastic Compositions On Quality, Clarity, And (Un)Certainty In Autoethnography, Aaron Hoy

The Qualitative Report

Taking an ekphrastic approach, this essay responds to and reflects on my reading of Assessing Autoethnography: Notes on Analysis, Evaluation, and Craft by Andrew F. Herrmann and Tony E. Adams. It has three parts. First, I summarize the book’s central chapters and discuss their practical uses, especially as prompts for in-progress autoethnographies. Second, using clarity as a point of entry, I explore a tension I felt while reading the book—between the comforting utility of specific criteria and the marginalizing power of criteria themselves. Finally, I share a found poem composed in response to the book and reflect on the impermanent …

A Few Millimeters Of Bone: How Male Supremacists Leverage Scientific Sexism To Reinforce Misogynistic Ideologies, Robin O'Hanlon

Publications and Research

In recent years, male supremacist actors have reinforced their misogynistic worldviews by using narrative strategies centered on authoritative “common sense” and scientific “fact.” This paper presents a thematic narrative analysis of The Incel Wiki and the Wiki4Men, representing the first formal analysis of the wiki for the men’s rights organization A Voice for Men. The analysis indicates male supremacists use techniques including misappropriation of scientific information, manipulation of statistics, and leveraging pseudoscientific information to develop their narrative strategies of supremacy. The most consistent narrative strategies of scientific sexism on the wikis are male victimhood, denial of inequality between men and …

Using Fluid Absorption Modeling To Determine The Intrinsic Permeability Of Cement-Based Materials, Luiz Antonio De Siqueira Neto, O. Burkan Isgor, W. Jason Weiss

C3 Symposium 2025

Neutron radiography (NR) is used during unidirectional fluid absorption experiments to obtain moisture profiles through the height of mortar specimens. The moisture profiles are compared to the results of an established fluid absorption modeling technique, and linear interpolation is used to accurately determine the intrinsic permeability (Kl) of all samples.

You Are What You Eat: Using Trademark Law To Address Consumer Confusion In Food Labeling, Brooke Raniere

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

America is experiencing a health crisis. Our grocery store promulgates illusions of endless food choices; however, this abundance is sustained by only a handful of dominating food conglomerates. With the increased centralization of power in the food supply system, foods have generally become ultra-processed and unhealthier. Companies often use strategic marketing through packaging design, labeling, and food names to capture additional consumers through health claims that often do not reflect these foods' contents. As American citizens' average health continues to decline, large food conglomerates have increasingly pushed the boundaries of what they can claim, creating vast confusion and mislabeling in …

The First Sale Doctrine For The Digital Age, Ethan Thomas

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

For well over a century consumers have long enjoyed the ability to resell, gift, lend, or otherwise transfer their legally purchased copyrighted media. First established in common law and later codified into the Copyright Act of 1976 the first sale doctrine granted the right of transfer to consumers. In 2013, a district court held that the first sale doctrine does not let consumers transfer digital media through file sharing. Instead, a consumer must sell the object the media was downloaded onto. This decision effectively gutted the first sale doctrine’s application to digital media. Further reducing the reach of the first …

You Can’T Handle The Obvious: Lkq And Testing For Nonobviousness In Design Patents, Frank Easterlin

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

This Note traces the change from the rigid Rosen-Durling test for obviousness in design patents, to the Graham analysis in light of KSR v. Teleflex. The history of obviousness inquiries supported a more flexible approach and thus made Rosen-Durling unsupportable as anomalous. However, in abandoning a functional, if stiff, test for obviousness, the Federal Circuit both clarifies and clutters the law around obviousness. This Note follows that change, makes sense of what it can, and humorously criticizes the ambiguities and circularity of the court’s opinion. Ultimately, the new test opens up design patents to a wider array of attacks. This …

Paws Off My Image: Why Rights Of Publicity Should Be Expanded, Lauren Didelot

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

In our increasingly digital world, exposure to fame and fortune has become more accessible than ever, and many pet owners have taken advantage of this. The rise of “petfluencers” has called into question the extent of available rights of these celebrity animals’ owners to protect and maintain their pet’s commercial value, thus preventing instances of unfair enrichment from other’s exploitation of their beloved animals. This Note argues for the acceptance of an animal’s right of publicity. We begin with an exploration of the right of publicity itself and its current applications. Next, we will discuss the intellectual property rights currently …

You Wanted The Best? You Got The Best! If You Can Pay For It... Antitrust Considerations And Artist-Based Solutions For Lower Concert Ticket Prices, Jake Farbman

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

The live music industry has become increasingly inaccessible to fans as ticket prices continue to rise under the dominance of Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster. Since their controversial 2010 merger, the two companies have consolidated control over both the primary and secondary ticketing markets, fostering anticompetitive practices that allegedly include exclusive venue agreements, coercive bundling of promotion and ticketing services, and dynamic pricing schemes. These practices have drawn widespread scrutiny from lawmakers, regulators, artists, and consumers alike, culminating in the Department of Justice’s 2024 antitrust lawsuit seeking to break up the conglomerate.

This Article traces the historical development of the …

Dilemmas And Prospects Of Infectious Disease Prevention In Long-Term Care: A Qualitative Study, Po-Jen Kung, Ching-Min Chen, Nancy Reynolds

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Aim: To explore the experiences of long-term care workers in preventing emerging infectious diseases, the challenges they faced during the pandemic, and how they were addressed.

Design: This study used an exploratory qualitative research design.

Methods: The study involved various long-term care institutions across Taiwan. Twelve interviewees, including four nurses, four nursing assistants, and four managers, were recruited via purposive sampling. All interviewees worked in the sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, were actively involved in clinical care or institutional management, and were proficient in Mandarin. In-depth interviews were conducted face-to-face between July and August 2024, and data …

Pandemic Prevention Competencies Of Long-Term Care Institution Workers: A National Survey In Taiwan, Po-Jen Kung, Ching-Min Chen, Katherine Ornstein

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Aim: To assess the self-perceived pandemic prevention competencies of health and care workers in Taiwan’s long-term care institutions and identified key factors influencing these competencies.

Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted from June to July 2024 using stratified proportional sampling of health and care workers (nursing and nursing assistants) from various types of long-term care institutions (assisted living facilities, residential care homes and nursing homes). Participants were actively employed during the survey, involved in COVID-19 prevention efforts, and proficient in reading traditional Chinese. Data on pandemic prevention competencies were collected, using the Emerging Infectious Disease Prevention Competencies …

Developing And Validating An Emerging Infectious Disease Prevention Competencies Scale, Po-Jen Kung, Ching-Min Chen

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Aim: To develop an instrument and evaluate its psychometric properties for emerging infectious disease assessing prevention competencies among health and care workers in long-term care institutions.

Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive design utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods was employed.

Methods: The scale was developed according to scale development guidelines in two phases, namely the scale development phase and scale testing phase, with the staff of long-term care institutions as the study population and their workplaces as the sampling unit.

Results: The scale comprises 27 items across three dimensions: 14 items pertaining to professional role performance, 7 items addressing workplace resources, …

Health And Care Workers’ Roles In Infectious Disease Prevention In Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review, Po-Jen Kung, Ching-Min Chen, Yi-Yuan Cheng

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Aim: To describe how health and care workers contribute to the prevention of emerging infectious diseases in long-term care facilities.

Design: A scoping review.

Methods: A systematic search of literature dating from 2002 to 2022 was conducted in the following databases: EMBASE, Medline (Ovid), Cochrane Library, CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost), Web of Science, and AgeLine. Studies were selected if they focused on health and care workers in long-term care facilities, offered a perspective on the prevention of emerging infectious diseases or infection prevention and control, and were original qualitative or quantitative studies in English. Data were extracted, cross-checked …

2025 17th Annual Student Center For Science Engagement Research Symposium, Student Center For Science Engagement

Student Center for Science Engagement Research Symposium

Student presentations in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, & Psychology

A Method And A System For Predicting E-Commerce Consumer Return Risks And Behavior Analysis, Ishika Ahuja, Hema Lakshmi K M, Kireeti Kesavamurthy, Bhuvanjeet Singh Gandhi

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to a system and method for managing e-commerce return and refund risks by utilizing a comprehensive data aggregation module that collects information metrics from multiple e-commerce platforms using a unique identifier. The user's purchase profile is generated through a user profiling component leveraging Visa ID to link all active identification identifiers. A risk assessment engine computes various risk indicators based on historical purchasing behaviors, including sales-to-refund ratios and fraud signals. Furthermore, the system includes a dashboard interface that presents comparative metrics, allowing merchants to analyze consumer behavior against a broader consumer base. This structured approach facilitates …

Human-Computer Interaction: Tracing The Concept Of “Interactivity” In Digital Media Art, Simeng Miao

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

As a key concept in digital media art, “interactivity” involves both participation and automation. However, the dominant narrative—shaped by political hopes and technological optimism—has obscured the theoretical potential of the “interactivity” concept for explaining the predicaments of art. Interactive art succeeds where participatory theatre fails because computers avoid performer fatigue and disrupt habitual human patterns through randomness. This reshapes experience and supports experimental artistic environments. In this context, automation has been used to seek aesthetic expression beyond human experience, while “interpassivity” describes how artistic creation and enjoyment can be delegated to machines. Yet fully automated art often leads to breakdown …

An Agency Of The Posthuman Era: Re-Understanding Digital Arts As Things, Moxiao Wang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The discussion about arts and thinghood has been a long debate. In this highly digitalized age, while this discussion serves as a continuation of the theoretical exploration of classical aesthetics and formalism, it also generates many brand-new conceptualizations following the material turn and the beginning of the posthuman era. This phenomenon is rooted in the questioning of digital arts' thinghood as well as new interpretations of thinghood. When things have their unique agencies, how do digital things exhibit and operate their agency? What is the relationship between digital arts and things? This key question also relates to more cutting-edge discussions, …

The Student Movement Volume 110 Issue 2: Week Of Prayer, Politics, And Purpose, Kara Shepard, Megan Constantine, Corinna Bevier, Melanie Webb, Joey Carrion, Isa Demoraes, Timi Olatunde, Aiko J. Ayala Rios, Ayanda Dewa, Nicoleta Cojan, Madison Vath

The Student Movement V. 110 (2025-2026)

HUMANS

What the Constitution Means to Me, Kara Shepard

Where Passion Meets Purpose: Senior Natalie Reid Reflects on Her College Years, Megan Constantine

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Art Around the City, Corinna Bevier

The Saxophone Reimagined: Cerus Quartet at HPAC, Melanie Webb

The TV Shows That Taught Me Spanish, Corinna Bevier

NEWS

TikTok Survives: Trump Administration Announces Deal to Save the Platform, Joey Carrion

Students Experience "Real Life, real God" at Week of Prayer, Isa DeMoraes

IDEAS

Being Adventist in the 21st Century, Timi Olatunde

Question of the Week #2, Aiko J. Ayala Rios

The Great Spanish Surge, Ayanda Dewa

PULSE …

Controlling Private Economic Power: Lessons Learned From The Us Experience In The First Decades Of The 20th Century, Thierry Kirat, Frédéric Marty

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

Concerns related to Big Techs have led to a proliferation of legislative initiatives to complete competition rules with regulatory devices that would lead gatekeepers to be subject to obligations to preserve an equality of opportunities on the market. Within this context, this contribution revisits American decision-making practice from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century to show how regulatory-type interventions and the enforcement of competition rules have been activated to control the strategies of firms acting as gatekeepers. What we can learn from this experience is that a big firm having private regulatory power …

Ud Media Ethics Professor Wins National Honor For Teaching Excellence, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Chad Painter was honored for his engaging assignments and lessons for his media ethics class.

Panel 2 - Tax Sovereignty: Legitimate Authority And Boundaries, Geoffrey Loomer, Tsilly Dagan, Jennifer Farrell

A. Cockfield Memorial Symposium

Chair: Geoffrey Loomer (University of Victoria)

Tsilly Dagan (University of Oxford), Rethinking Tax Sovereignty: Between Power and Legitimate Authority

Jennifer Farrell (Western University), Tax implications of the new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation Rules

Commentators: Stephen Shay (Boston College); Cees Peters (Tilburg University)

Strategies For Selecting Legacy It Systems For Cloud Adoption In An Sme, Rize A.Salih Salih

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) information technology (IT) managers are concerned about the struggle to select suitable legacy systems for cloud adoption, which can lead to costly delays and poor legacy system alignment. Grounded in the technology acceptance model, this qualitative pragmatic inquiry explored strategies SME IT managers used to select legacy systems for cloud adoption. The participants were five SME IT managers from SMEs in the Southeast United States. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and by reviewing public documents. Through thematic analysis, four themes were identified: (a) cloud Strategy and planning, (b) cost, efficiency, and performance, (c) security, …

Catholic Jesuit Evangelisation In India: The Successes And Challenges Of Cultural Accommodation And Inculturation, Sajit U. Kabadi

eJournal of Catholic Education in Australasia

Since its inception as a Catholic religious order in 1540, the Society of Jesus continues to be the prominent instrument of Catholic Mission evangelization in the world. There is no bigger example of this than in the country of India. Given that India is a predominantly Hindu nation, Jesuit Catholic evangelization efforts is remarkably successful as well as revealing of complexity. These successful missionary efforts (in terms of number of conversions and Jesuit influence) have not been without its challenges, questions, controversies, and sacrifices of both the Jesuits and the local Indian people. This manuscript presents a historiography of Jesuit …

Wmu Maritime Affairs Conference 2025 : Transforming A Maritime Future : Digitalization And Decarbonization, World Maritime University

Books

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Prospective Associations Among Loneliness And Health For Servicemembers: Perceived Helplessness And Negative Coping Appraisal As Explanatory Mechanisms, Sarah N. Arpin, Cynthia D. Mohr, Todd Bodner, Leslie B. Hammer, James D. Lee

Psychology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Links between loneliness and health are robust, though evidence for associations with alcohol use is mixed. Previous research has supported perceived stress as a predictor of alcohol use and as a pathway through which loneliness impacts health over time. Yet findings are primarily limited to civilian samples, and less is known about how loneliness relates to stress and health among service members. The current study explores prospective associations among loneliness, stress, and health (i.e., sleep, alcohol misuse, and psychological distress) within a sample of mostly male service members. We examine two dimensions of perceived stress, perceived helplessness and negative coping …

Strategies To Improve The Financial Success For Minority And Small Business Owners, Kimberly D. Stone

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Although minority small business owners have a substantial influence on the U.S. economy, they often face significant financial obstacles. Minority small business owners are concerned with the history of unfair lending practices in the United States, as access to adequate capital is crucial to achieving business success. Grounded in Donaldson’s pecking order theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore effective financial strategies that some minority small business owners used to sustain their businesses. The project participants were six minority small business leaders who had more than 5 years of experience from various industries in South Florida. …