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The Diamond, September 26, 2025, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Announcement of Future Construction Brings Mixed Emotions to Campus Community; Dordt Students React to Charlie Kirk's Assassination; Everything and Anything: A Look at the World of Dordt Fizz
• News: An Inside Look at the Atrium: Dining System Changes and Updates; Changes in Academic Calendar Lead to Reduced Finals Week; Gaming Guild Hosts Gaming Guild Olympics Throughout School Year; Retro & Roast Pop-Up; A Turning Point for Revival: Memorial Services Held for Charlie Kirk Across Nation and in Community; Adding Some Pizzazz to Performance Arts Center; Phishing for Trouble
• Feature: Faith, Family, and Farming: Another Fall …

The Beacon, September 26, 2025, Beacon Staff

The Beacon, 2025-2026

Club Spotlight: Raider Baking Club; North fireplace becomes place of worship; New album marks return of the red-head; “Downton Abbey Finale” overall success; Art and science combine at “Camera Obscura”; Preparation for 2025 music showcase; Surprise animal sightings around campus; Opportunities for college employment; Why the Apocrypha matters; Stop romanticizing all-nighters; NW Cross Country season looks promising; NW Golf places high as the season begins; Alumni Serves as interim e-sports director; The Black Hills: home of humility; The Emmy’s celebrate Hollywood stars

'What The World Would Be': How Creating A Shared World Through Collaborative Roleplaying Helps Us To Deal With Real-World Challenges, Pablo Muslera

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

This article is in two parts: a creative prose artefact, and a critical exegesis situating the artefact in a wider context. It illustrates how roleplaying games explore community and identity, through a creative / critical lens. A prose dramatisation of a cooperative TTRPG (table top roleplaying game) session, played online over Discord and online gaming platform Roll20, juxtaposes the collaboratively imagined world, and the reality from which it is an escape. Themes of gender identity, isolation, precarious work and fluctuating health are explored within the timeframe of the Covid outbreak in Adelaide mid-2020, with the roleplaying session serving as a …

Using Supply Chain Management Strategies To Create Competitive Advantages, Marlon Mitchell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, small and medium businesses (SMBs) can use effective supply chain management (SCM) to strengthen competitiveness. Supply chain stakeholders and SMB owners are concerned with maintaining resilient and innovative supply chains to sustain growth. Grounded in game theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to identify and explore effective strategies that small business leaders use to identify and implement supply chain innovation. Data were collected through Walden University and peer-reviewed studies. Through thematic analysis, nine themes were identified: supplier diversification, inventory management, cost evaluation, visibility systems, technology and automation, improved communication, risk management, changes …

Opportunities And Barriers To Engaging Caregivers In Firearm Suicide Prevention: Findings From Focus Groups With Caregivers Of Veterans., Katherine Macwilliams, John Marmion, Dee Blascyk, Sharon Urbina, Rachel Moyers, Gala True

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

Background: Firearms are involved in more than 70% of U.S. Veteran suicides. Caregivers, defined as family members or concerned significant others, can play an important role in firearm suicide prevention through initiating conversations about secure firearm storage with Veterans. Our objective was to explore caregivers' experiences with lethal means safety (LMS) conversations and identify perceived barriers to caregivers discussing LMS with healthcare providers and with Veterans. Methods: We conducted focus groups with 32 caregivers with experience caring for a Veteran at risk for suicide. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: We identified three primary themes: 1) caregivers recognize …

The Perceptions And Receptiveness To Responsible Gambling By College Men Who Sports Bet: A Focus Group Study, Chance V. Dow, Matthew D. Andersland, Emily A. Velandia, Rory A. Pfund, James P. Whelan

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Responsible Gambling (RG) includes prevention messages aimed at mitigating harms. Research examining the experiences of college students who sports bet is lacking, hindering efforts to tailor messaging to college students. This qualitative study explored how college men who sports bet perceive and respond to existing RG messages, gathering their feedback on the characteristics of messages they find effective. Online focus groups were conducted with college men who sports bet (N = 12) using a semi-structured interview guide. The discussions were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using an open coding Thematic Analysis approach. Codes were independently identified and analyzed resulting in …

September 26, 2025 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Sga 57 Senate 2025-09-26 Agenda, Niu Student Government Association Senate

Student Government Association Archives

No abstract provided.

The Level Of Awareness Of County Services In Maryland Offered By A Local Care Team To Youth With Developmental Disabilities And Mental Illness, Wanna Nedgie Dare

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Mental and developmental health challenges remained a significant concern in one Maryland county. The Maryland Governor’s Office for Children (GOC) funds and supports the Local Care Team (LCT). Participation remains low, indicating a lack of community awareness. The purpose of this study was to explore the awareness of LCT services and strategies to improve outreach, interagency coordination, and communication to increase service use. The research question was: What is the Level of Awareness of County Services in Maryland Offered by a Local Care Team to Youth with Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness? Guided by the person-centered care (PCC) model, evidence …

The Power Of The Mind: Managing Dental Phobia Through Hypnotherapy, Casper Jonker, Ness Avery, Jim Carey

Peninsula Dental School

Treatment of dental disease is documented since ancient times. According to some sources, there is evidence that civilisations including the Egyptians, Greeks, and early Chinese were already practising dentistry. Teeth were extracted, primitive restorations placed and ways were even found to construct basic forms of dental prostheses.1 Interestingly, a team of experts determined that as far back as 9,000 years ago, people were able to remove ‘rotting' dental tissue and there is evidence of drilling on an area near an abscess. Since these early days of dentistry, it has evolved tremendously in all facets of the profession.

Engineering, Innovation, And God’S Creation, Fred Haan

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Took place at YPPH Annual Retreat 2025 Coram Deo In the Presence of God Reflections on Biblical Christian Worldview at Pelita Harapan University on 9/26/2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne Daily Deep Dive, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

No abstract provided.

Dermatology Match Disparities: Analyzing Osteopathic Vs. Allopathic Student Outcomes Post-Acgme/Aoa Single Accreditation System (2020-2024)., Leo Wan, Karandeep Bawa, Aileen Park, Haaris Kadri, Austin Cusick, Shannon C Trotter

Medical Education Articles

CONTEXT: Dermatology remains one of the most competitive medical specialties, with successful candidates often demonstrating outstanding academic performance, extensive research experience, and strong letters of recommendation. The integration of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) into a single accreditation system in 2020 was intended to streamline residency training, but it has raised concerns about how Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) applicants will perform in dermatology residency match.

OBJECTIVES: This study examines the differences in DO and MD match rates following the single graduate medical education (GME) accreditation system, focusing on the match …

Metaphor Use In Indonesian Scholars' Talk About Migration, Heri Yusup

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Despite the growing body of research on the use of metaphors to discuss personal experiences during complex and challenging situations (such as during the COVID-19 pandemic or related to life-threatening illnesses), metaphor analysis is rarely employed to examine how certain individuals use metaphors to talk about their migration experiences. Extensive studies on metaphorical framing of migration have been conducted. However, private discourse is rarely the subject of these studies. Furthermore, metaphor research incorporating conceptual metaphor theory as its theoretical framework seldom underscores the intersection of metaphorical conceptualization and identity construction. Therefore, this dissertation examines the conceptual metaphors used by individuals …

Fit For Whose Future? A Critical Omission Of People With Intellectual Disability In The 2025 Nhs 10 Year Health Plan For England, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

The NHS 2025 Health Plan aims for radical reform but overlookspeople with intellectual disability. This editorial highlights criticalomissions in policy, services, research and rights protections.Without intentional inclusion, digital and community shifts riskdeepening inequality. True progress demands co-producedstrategies to ensure equitable care for this vulnerable population.

Identifying The Big Questions In Paleontology: A Community-Driven Project, Tracy Aze

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Paleontology provides insights into the history of the planet, from the origins of life billions of years ago to the biotic changes of the Recent. The scope of paleontological research is as vast as it is varied, and the field is constantly evolving. In an effort to identify “Big Questions” in paleontology, experts from around the world came together to build a list of priority questions the field can address in the years ahead. The 89 questions presented herein (grouped within 11 themes) represent contributions from nearly 200 international scientists. These questions touch on common themes including biodiversity drivers and …

Dworf Gene Therapy Improves Cardiac Calcium Handling And Mitochondrial Function, Omar Brito-Estrada, Yasuhide Kuwabara, Aaron M Gibson, Keira R Hassel, Michael L Kamradt, Joseph P Verry, N Scott Blair, Michael J Bround, Jiuzhou Huo, Jeffery D Molkentin, Catherine A Makarewich

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Calcium (Ca2+) dysregulation is a hallmark of heart failure, impairing excitation-contraction coupling and contributing to pathological remodeling. The sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase isoform 2a (SERCA2a) mediates Ca2+ reuptake into the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) during diastole, but its activity declines in failing hearts. DWORF (dwarf open reading frame), a newly identified cardiac microprotein, enhances SERCA2a activity and improves cardiomyocyte Ca2+ cycling and contractility. SR Ca2+ release also influences mitochondrial metabolism and ATP production. Here, we investigated whether DWORF overexpression improves SR Ca2+ handling, augments mitochondrial Ca2+ signaling, and protects against heart failure progression.

Methods: Transgenic and adeno-associated virus approaches were …

Genetic Susceptibility To Oral And Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases Based On Dental And Heart Score Studies, Mariana Bezamat, Dylan J Baxter, Nandita Mukhopadhyay, Anum Saeed, Lei Liu, Lisa De Las Fuentes, Betsy Foxman, John R Shaffer, Daniel W Mcneil, Steven E Reis, Mary L Marazita

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Periodontal disease and dental caries are two oral conditions that have been associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, it is unclear if one of the key mechanisms involved in this association could be a shared genetic susceptibility. The goal of this study was to explore whether there is an intersection of genetic loci among individuals with comprehensive oral examinations and subclinical ASCVD screenings. We leveraged data from oral and medical examinations obtained from the Dental and Heart Strategies Concentrating on Risk Evaluation (Dental/Heart SCORE) projects. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) were performed independently in 552 participants (aged 45-75 years). The …

Successful Strategies For Disseminating Research And Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Projects, Susan Gennaro, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The 15-year gap between the discovery of new knowledge and the implementation of that knowledge in practice is too long and causes unnecessary patient harm. In this presentation, strategies to disseminate research through presentations, publications, social and public media, and health policy will be discussed. Strategies to develop in-depth dissemination plans will be highlighted, including ways to scale evidence to make a positive impact in real-world clinical practice settings.

Tips And Tricks For Publication Success, Susan Gennaro, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This presentation offers practical strategies for successful manuscript publication in healthcare journals. Topics include manuscript planning, writing pitfalls, peer review navigation, and ethical considerations. Emphasis is placed on aligning submissions with journal scope, responding to reviewer feedback, and leveraging media for broader dissemination. Designed to support clinicians and researchers in advancing scholarly impact.

Bibliotherapy For Enhancing The Mental Well-Being Of Informal Caregivers Of People With Dementia, Shanshan Wang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This project is designed to investigate the potential of bibliotherapy as a self-help intervention for informal caregivers of individuals with dementia. A series of studies were carried out to examine its feasibility and efficacy in improving mental health and enhancing caregiving appraisal among informal caregivers of people with dementia, emphasizing its potential for broad implementation following successful clinical trials.

Health Consequences Of Climate Change In The 21st Century: The Role Of The Nursing Profession, Patrice K. Nicholas

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Health consequences of climate change are occurring due to increasing carbon dioxide levels, rising temperatures, extreme weather, and rising sea levels contributing to complex public health issues. Significant adverse health sequelae include asthma, cardiovascular disease, respiratory allergies, heat-related illness, vector-borne diseases, and mental health impacts. The nursing profession has a critical role addressing the health impacts of climate change in a climate-changing world.

Unhealthy Weight Management Behavior And Social Media In Emerging Adults: A Systematic Review, Chaehyeon Kang, Hyeonkyeong Lee, Hyeyeon Lee, Gahui Hwang, Jisu Lee, Hyemi Sun, Zainab Auwalu Ibrahim

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Social media plays a crucial role in shaping body image perceptions and health behaviors, particularly during emerging adulthood—a critical period when individuals establish lifelong health habits. Unhealthy weight management behaviors (UWMB) are gaining attention as they stem from a complex interplay of structural (e.g., social norms) and personal (e.g., body image) factors. Emerging adults are particularly vulnerable to social pressures and media influences, leading to a high prevalence of UWMB in this population. Given social media’s role in shaping body image norms and health behaviors, understanding its influence on UWMB is crucial. As a preliminary step toward investigating this …

Improvement Of Lithium-Metal Electrode All-Solid-State Batteries Performance By Shot Peening And Magnetron Sputtering, Atsuro Okumura, Manabu Kodama

15th International Conference on Shot Peening

To enable fast charging in lithium-metal anode all-solid-state batteries, suppressing lithium dendrite formation at the solid electrolyte (SE) interface is critical. Increasing fracture toughness via shot peening (SP) and improving interfacial contact with Au sputtering can inhibit dendrite growth. However, conventional sputtering may reduce toughness due to localized thermal damage. This study investigated magnetron sputtering as a low-damage, plasma-based Au deposition method. SEs with and without SP were fabricated and coated via normal and magnetron sputtering. Critical current density (CCD) and fracture toughness were evaluated. Without SP, CCD improvement was limited regardless of sputtering method due to poor bonding. With …

Investigation Of Topography Changes Of Blasted Surfaces: An Experimental Perspective Using Fiducial Markers, Stefanie Stoeckel, Sophie Groeger

15th International Conference on Shot Peening

Abrasive blasting is a process that intentionally modifies surface topography to meet specific functional requirements. The blast media is accelerated and interacts directly with the surface through impact. It is evident that the number of impacts and the overlap increase with time. This study aims to investigate these alterations to surface topography through repeated examinations of the same location. A methodology has been developed that employs the use of fiducial markers, which are protected during blasting by a custom 3D-printed cover. This method was used to observe changes in the topography of smooth and rough initial surfaces that had been …

Anisotropic Residual Stress Measurements In Additively Manufactured 316 Stainless Steel Parts, Rajeshree Varma, Donovan Stumpf, Paul R. Mort

15th International Conference on Shot Peening

Additive manufacturing (AM) using laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) is increasingly used to produce complex parts for industries like aerospace and medical devices. The intrinsic characteristics of AM – layer-wise deposition and rapid thermal cycling – generate significant, anisotropic, residual stresses that can compromise part quality and performance. Recent studies highlight how these stresses are strongly influenced by process parameters and build orientation. X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques, including sin²ψ and advanced two-dimensional approaches, have become the preferred methods for non-destructive, directionally resolved measurement of residual stress in AM metals. This review surveys advancements in XRD residual stress methods with a …

From Strain To Stress: Stress Map Testing Of Almen Strips, Donovan Stumpf, Rajeshree Varma, Paul R. Mort

15th International Conference on Shot Peening

Almen strips have long been used to evaluate shot peening intensity, with arc height serving as a proxy for compressive residual stress. Stress mapping tests (SMT) in this work involve the controlled flattening of an Almen test strip onto a spatial pressure sensor, acting as an inferential measurement for the net bending moment caused by the relaxation of the peened strip. This work explores how stress mapping tests add insight into the stress state of Almen strips, potentially offering a fast and practical alternative to residual stress depth profiling. SMT data analysis provides a framework for relating Almen gauge height …

Fourier Analyses Of Optical Profilometry As An Inferential Measurement For Impact Coverage., Langdon Feltner, Paul Mort

15th International Conference on Shot Peening

A critical consideration in peening process design is achieving sufficient impact coverage. Conventional methods for assessing coverage rely on manual inspection, which is time-consuming and poorly suited for automated control. In this work, we investigate the use of frequency-domain analysis to quantify surface modification in peened samples using optical profilometry (OP) data. Three-dimensional surface maps of Almen strips were acquired using a high-resolution OP system and analyzed via fast Fourier transform (FFT) to compute spatial power spectral densities (PSDs). PSD maps and radially averaged profiles reveal consistent amplification of harmonic components similar to the nominal particle size, with increasing intensity …

Artificial Intelligence, Age, And Dynamic Ticket Pricing: A Mixed-Methods Study In Professional Sports, Joshua Greer, Nicholas Zoroya

Global Sport Business Journal

Abstract

This study investigates how age moderates fan perceptions of artificial intelligence (AI) and dynamic ticket pricing (DTP) in professional sports. Using a mixed-method design, data was collected from a self-administered online survey (N = 57) and triangulated with secondary sources, including industry reports and academic literature. Survey participants were divided into four generational cohorts and responses were analyzed across three constructs: perceived fairness, accessibility, and willingness to pay. A one-way ANOVA revealed a statistically significant difference in willingness to pay across age groups, F(3, 53) = 3.41, p = .015, with the most pronounced disparity between the youngest and …