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The Parthenon, September 24, 2025, Baylee Parsons, Kaitlyn Fleming, Ashton Pack, Nate Harrah, Caden Adkins, Scott Price, Lilli Ross, Wade Sullivan

The Parthenon

No abstract provided.

Lindenwood Digest, September 24, 2025, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

Physical Activity, Screen Time, Dietary Habits, And Health Outcomes Among Children And Adolescents In The Middle East And North Africa Region: A Narrative Review, Shaikha Eisa Alnaqbi, Rahab Sohail, Hadia M. Radwan, Maysm N. Mohamad, Falak Zeb, Haydar Hasan, Mona Hashim, Tareq Osaili, Sharifa Alblooshi, Ayesha S. Al Dhaheri, Lily Stojanovska, Leila Cheikh Ismail

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Background/objectives: Fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene and anthropometric measurements might be associated with breast cancer (BC) risk. This study aimed to assess the interactions between single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs9939609 of the FTO gene, anthropometric indices, and BC risk among pre- and post-menopause women with overweight/obesity in Pakistan. Methods: This retrospective case–control study conducted on a convenience sample of 200 women divided into two groups: a case group comprised of 100 women diagnosed with BC, and control group comprised of 100 (age and menopausal status matched healthy women). Physical activity was assessed using validated questionnaire. Data on body …

Effectiveness Of Individualised Homoeopathy In Hypertrophied Adenoids In Pediatric Population: A Single-Arm, Prospective Pilot Study, Shereena Ussi, Vinitha Edavattath Ramanan

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

Background: Adenoid hypertrophy is the most common cause of upper airway obstruction in children. Objective: The primary objective was to determine the reduction in hypertrophied adenoids in children after homoeopathic treatment, using nasal endoscopic assessment. The secondary objectives were to identify the changes in symptoms of hypertrophied adenoids in children after administration of homoeopathic medicines using “Four-point clinical rating scale for adenoidal symptoms (FPCR)” and to find out the utility of homoeopathic medicines in reducing the frequency of upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) in children with hypertrophied adenoids. Materials and methods: Thirty children between 3–14 years of age, with signs …

Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions About Lgbtq+ Inclusivity In The Classroom, Tanya Nordhaus

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem addressed through this study is that middle school teachers struggle to incorporate LGBTQ+ issues into their classrooms. As the middle school years are pivotal, teachers may need support to be inclusive of their LGBTQ+ students. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to investigate how middle school teachers incorporate LGBTQ+ issues in the classroom, as well as these teachers’ perceptions of their successes and challenges in doing so. The conceptual framework that grounded this study was queer pedagogy, which questions the normalization of heterosexuality and cisgenderism through pedagogical praxis. For this basic qualitative design, semistructured interviews were …

Associations Between Adhering To 24-Hour Movement Guidelines And Anxiety Among Adolescents Across Intersectional Identities: Kyrbs 2020-2022., Suryeon Ryu, Eun Young Lee, Zan Gao

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Identifying preventive measures for adolescent mental health is a global public health priority, as poor mental health heightens the risk of early death from related issues, including suicide. This study examined the associations between adherence to the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines and anxiety among a nationally representative sample of South Korean adolescents, using an intersectional identity framework.

METHODS: Data from the 2020-2022 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Surveys were analyzed. Adolescents aged 12-17 years were grouped based on adherence to guidelines: none, physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB), sleep, two guideline combinations, and all three. Anxiety was the mental health outcome. …

Cyberbullying Defensive Strategy In Social Media Sessions Via Machine Learning And Cyber Deception, Mohammad Shafiqul Islam

Masters Theses

Cyberbullying poses a significant challenge on social media, where traditional detection systems struggle with the nuanced and dynamic nature of online abuse. This thesis proposes an integrated framework that combines large language model (LLM)-based detection with generative decoy responses to enable real-time protection for victims on platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp. Using models such as Mistral 7B, GPT-3.5 Turbo, and Phi-3 Mini, prompt-based one-shot learning achieved 87% detection accuracy and a 5% F1-score improvement over zero-shot approaches, demonstrating robust identification of text-based bullying. A novel synthetic dataset of 98 multi-turn conversations, designed with diverse subtypes and evaluated for realism, addressed …

Evaluation Of Robotic Swabbing And Fluorescent Sensing To Monitor The Hygiene Of Food Contact Surfaces, Siavash Mahmoudi, Clark Griscom, Pouya Sohrabipour, Yang Tian, Chaitanya Palleria, Philip G. Crandall, Dongyi Wang

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Effective environmental monitoring is critical for preventing microbial and allergenic cross-contamination. However, manual swabbing methods, commonly used to verify hygienic conditions, are prone to inconsistent results because of variability in pressure, coverage, and techniques. Two novel solutions will be explored to address these challenges: a robotic swabbing system with tactile sensing control, and a fluorescence/absorbance spectrometer for non-contact, protein-based residue detection. The robotic system was evaluated against trained and untrained humans, measuring water pickup, surface coverage, and pressure consistency. Concurrently, the fluorescence system analyzed model poultry protein soil to correlate spectral patterns with contamination levels. The robotic system demonstrated statistically …

Spectrum, Volume 55, Issue 3, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: Book Talk with Dr. Gary Rose -- Hacking the Constitution -- California bans most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations -- Sacred Heart Prepares to Welcome Families -- TAP Takes Center Stage at Edinburgh Fringe Festival -- Playing for a Purpose: Pioneers’ Pediatric Cancer Night --

Effective Small Business Employee Job Retention Strategies, Cynthia Marie Harris

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Unsuccessful retention strategies for small businesses can significantly impact an organization's success. Small business leaders who struggle to retain employees beyond two years are at high risk of business uncertainty. Grounded in Freeman’s (1984) stakeholder theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry research project was to identify and explore practical strategies that small business leaders use to retain employees beyond 2 years. The research project comprised eight small business leaders who had an effective strategy to retain employees for more than two years. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and publicly available documents. Through thematic analysis, five key themes …

Effective Strategies For The Implementation Of Environmental Social And Governance Initiatives To Improve Brand Value, Charity Ndisengei

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Some business leaders lack effective strategies to develop and implement their organization’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives to improve the value of the organization’s brand. Business leaders, in particular, are concerned with balancing the improvement of brand value while addressing stakeholder expectations and navigating regulatory complexities. Grounded in institutional and legitimacy theories, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore effective strategies for the implementation of ESG initiatives to improve brand value. Participants included five senior leaders from the energy, nonprofit, technology, and consulting sectors who had implemented ESG initiatives. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and …

Ahp Priorities For Sustainable Healthcare Survey Data (2025), Clare Pettinger

Faculty of Health Datasets

1) Data from a survey sent to UK AHP professionals about priorities for sustainable healthcare 2) summary of above survey to show top 5 priorities

Spartan Daily, September 24, 2025, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2025

Volume 165, Issue 12

Nontarget Effects Of Abamectin On Cysts And Three Larval Stages Of Marine Microcrustacean Artemia Franciscana, Hashem Khandan Barani, Sahel Pakzad Toochaei, Narjes Sanchooli

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Abamectin (ABM) is a widely used pesticide in agriculture and aquaculture worldwide. However, limited information is available on the toxic impacts of ABM on nontarget marine organisms, necessitating further research to investigate the toxic impacts of ABM on marine life. Hence, this study examined the acute (0.5–2.5 μg/L for 24 and 48 h) and chronic (0.125–0.5 μg/L for 7 days) toxicity of ABM on the marine microcrustacean Artemia franciscana under different incubation conditions and at different stages of development. To simulate a more realistic environmental scenario, some of the exposure tests were conducted in the presence of food or with …

Cytotoxic And Genotoxic Effects Of Minor Temperature Changes And Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Plantago Major On Oncorhynchus Mykiss Gonadal Cells, Semra Çi̇çek, Sevda Işik

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Temperature changes and nanoparticle exposure have emerged as critical environmental stressors with potential cytotoxic and genotoxic effects on aquatic species. This study investigates the impact of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs), synthesized using Plantago major leaves, on Oncorhynchus mykiss gonadal (RTG-2) cells under different temperature conditions (23 °C, 24 °C, and 25 °C). RTG-2 cells were exposed to hexagonal ZnO NPs (≤100 nm) at concentrations of 6.25, 12.5, 25, 50, 75, and 100 μg/mL for 24 and 48 h. Cytotoxicity was assessed using the sulforhodamine B assay, and genotoxicity was evaluated via the comet assay. Results demonstrated that both temperature …

2025-09-24 Seattle U Community Grows As Cornish Merger Finalizes, Natalie Schorr, Natalie Schorr

The Spectator Online

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2025-09-24 Authors And Artists Abound At Seattle Hugo Awards, Tristan Scott

The Spectator Online

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2025-09-24 Little Shop Hops: Conor Byrne Pub Cooperative, Keagen Brooks-Torres

The Spectator Online

No abstract provided.

2025-09-24 Why Should I Care About Student Journalism?, Matthew Mai

The Spectator Online

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Novel Biological Prompting Technology: Automatic Directional Control By Eye-Tracking Sensor, Guannan Liu, Justin Wang, Hsiao Chun Wu, Gaojian Huang, Anil Kumar, Yiyan Wu, Shih Yu Chang, Yue Luo

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Biological prompting or human teleoperation have been appealing to many researchers lately. Hands-free and voice-free command or control of vehicles, aircraft, machines, robots, etc. would provide huge convenience to users and allow them for multi-tasking. In this work, we would like to dedicate to a new biological prompting function, namely automatic directional control using instantaneous eye gaze data. In this work, we would like to investigate how to apply advanced machine-learning models to design novel automatic gaze-direction identification techniques. We explore the difficulty, namely infliction with outliers and variations, in dealing with eye-tracking data and propose to transform the original …

Hypoxia Exposure Fine-Tunes Mitochondrial Function In Sea Turtle Cells, B. Gabriela Arango, David C. Ensminger, Dianna Xing, Céline A. Godard-Codding, José Pablo Vázquez-Medina

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Abstract: Sea turtles experience extreme fluctuations in oxygen levels derived from extended breath-hold diving, yet the cellular adjustments underlying hypoxia tolerance in these animals remain poorly understood. Here, we employed metabolite profiling, extracellular flux assays and microscopy analyses of the mitochondrial reticulum to investigate how primary cells derived from sea turtles and lizards cope with extended hypoxia exposure. Cells from both species proliferate in primary culture, stain positive for fibroblast markers, are metabolically active and stabilize HIF1-α when exposed to chemical or environmental hypoxia. In contrast to lizard cells, sea turtle cells exhibit a faster and more robust response to …

Why Explaining The Impact Of Excluding Preexisting Conditions From A Health Insurance Policy Is So Difficult: Experimental Evidence And Policy Implications, Ira M. Ellman, Ahmed E. Taha, Michael J. Saks, Mark A. Hall

NULR Online

No abstract provided.

A Train The Trainer Approach To Fostering Critical Thinking In Emergency Nursing, Jennifer Wilde, Emily Calabro

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose/Background: Emergency departments (EDs) globally present a challenging environment for new graduate nurses (residents), often impacting proficiency and retention. This pilot study evaluates the effectiveness of an ED Train the Trainer (T3) program in improving resident proficiency, confidence, and retention, as well as preceptor confidence. The program focused on critical thinking and task management skills using the Identify, Intervene, Assess, and Reassess (IIAR) model, addressing the gap between academic preparation and clinical practice.

Methods: A time-series design was employed. The T3 program incorporated various learning modalities, including face-to-face sessions, instructional videos, and hands-on skills practice. Preceptors learned to …

Healthy Aging And Pet Caretaking: Findings From The Health And Retirement Study, Beth A. Pratt, Erika Friedmann

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The global population of 1 billion people ≥ age 60 is expected to double by 2050, likely increasing the prevalence of age-related cognitive decline (Alzheimer’s Association, 2019). Examining biological, psychological, and social (biopsychosocial) factors and possible moderation by other critical factors, including neighborhood physical disorder (i.e., graffiti, litter, vandalism, safety) and cohesion (i.e., mutual trust/solidarity between neighbors), may inform development of targeted interventions to improve biopsychosocial and cognitive health. Human-animal interaction (HAI) has been found to improve health outcomes and may be a viable option to enhance biopsychosocial factors and delay cognitive decline in older adults (Gee et al., 2017). …

Development Of A Novel Kt Tool For Parents Of Children With Idd Seeking Emergency Care, Shannon Scott, Sarah Elliott, Hannah M. Brooks, Gwen Erdmann, Lisa Hartling

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Children with intellectual developmental disorders (IDD) are generally defined as those under 18 years old who have conditions that can adversely impact their physical, intellectual, and/or emotional development. Taking a child to an emergency department (ED) is often unexpected and stressful for the parents and child. Children with IDDs are among the highest users of emergency health care services in their age group (3), with complex and challenging ED experiences. Digital knowledge translation (KT) tools can effectively share experiences and health information while addressing the learning needs of parents.

The aim of this study is to report on the …

Vaccine Hesitancy In Rural Southeastern United States, Janet Brown, Leigh Ann Bray Dayton, Kimberly Rogers

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Minority populations in the United States (U.S.) have lower COVID-19 vaccination rates compared to the overall U.S. vaccination rates. COVID-19 vaccination rates in the United States are 81% for all races and ethnicities combined, while the vaccination rate for those identifying as Hispanic or Latino is 67%. This has not significantly improved from a 29% rate of vaccine hesitancy among those who identified as Hispanic in 2021. Community-engaged research has been found to be effective in identifying and understanding factors related to vaccine hesitancy and the broad reach of public libraries provides unique opportunities for outreach efforts to …

Defining Caring Behaviors In Online Nursing Education: A Faculty Perspective, Katy Fisher-Cunningham, Vanessa Wright, Sheryl Buckner

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The shift to online nursing education, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, has underscored new challenges in fostering caring interactions, a core component of effective nursing pedagogy. While research highlights the importance of perceived caring behaviors by faculty for positive student outcomes, tools for standardizing and assessing these behaviors in virtual settings remain limited. Findings point to the need for resources, training, and assessment tools specifically designed for online teaching. This study will explore nursing faculty perspectives on essential caring behaviors in online environments, aiming to bridge this gap and enhance the student experience in online nursing education.

Using a descriptive, …

Evaluation Of Peening Intensity With Nozzle-Mounted Sensor During Processing, Akinori Matsui, Shuji Hayashida, Yuji Kobayashi

15th International Conference on Shot Peening

In recent years, digital technologies have been increasingly applied in manufacturing, including visualization and anomaly detection in production equipment. In shot peening, Peening Intensity is a key process control indicator, but its measurement requires significant manual effort. This study aims to evaluate the possibility of using an AE-sensor-mounted nozzle to estimate Peening Intensity. We conducted experiments comparing sensor outputs with experimented Intensity under controlled conditions. A strong correlation (R² ≥ 0.95) was observed, suggesting that Peening Intensity can be estimated via AE sensing. This approach may contribute to labor-saving and automation in shot peening processes.

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Localized Masking To Prevent Changes In Residual Stress When Shot Peening, James R. Harrison, James Pineault, Tom Mills

15th International Conference on Shot Peening

When shot peening components, it is common practice to mask certain localized regions where peening roughness is not desirable. For example, surfaces that have been highly machined such as bearing races or areas of interference-fit may require masking to protect them from the cold working effects of shot peening. Oftentimes shot peening the grip sections of fatigue test coupons can prevent cracking and failures due to fretting fatigue in the grip area but could affect the outcome of the test if applied to the gauge section of the coupons. Thus, maintaining an “as machined” surface roughness is the most common …

The Use Of A Dynamic Imaging System To Characterize Particle Size And Shape For Shot Peening Media, Matthew Spink, Tod Canty, Langdon Feltner, Paul Mort

15th International Conference on Shot Peening

Shot peening is a cold working process that enhances the mechanical properties of components such as springs, axles, and gears. Shot media are projected at a high velocity against the material’s surface, creating a layer of compressive residual stress that improves fatigue and wear resistance of the material. The size and shape of the media affect the residual stress layer that is created. To ensure consistent quality, it is critical to characterize and control the particle size and shape distribution of the shot media, both as-manufactured and in the working mix. This paper presents how the use of a dynamic …