A Teacher, A Tutor, A Friend: Chatgpt And The High School Experience, Saisha Gupta, Vivek Mehta, Rebecca Kam, Caroline Ehmann, Alma Orgad, Emily Kuang, Alejandro Castro Barrantes, Matthew Posada, Samay Shah, Nikhita Prasad, Tara Pai, Eileen Ho, Shirley Xi, Tianyi Zhou, Elaina Li, Stephanie Wan, Shreya Paranjape, Zoe Dearling, Siqi (Grace) Peng, Aanya Kaveti, Gwendolyn Lowrance, Angela Ziyi Xie, Mira Xu, Adhiti Hariram, Alexa Muse

The Qualitative Report

Given the increasing emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in education, high school students' perspectives on ChatGPT are underrepresented in current research literature. As high school student researchers in an English Language Arts course, we approached this gap in literature by asking the question: In what ways do pressures within high school communities influence students’ perspectives on justifying or rejecting the use of ChatGPT? We interviewed 24 secondary students and conducted a thematic and discourse analysis, coding the interviews through the lenses of social goods (Gee, 2014), Figured Worlds (Holland et al., 1998), and positioning theory (Holland et al., 1998; Ingram …

Front Matter, Social Transformations Journal Of The Global South

Social Transformations Journal of the Global South

No abstract provided.

Diversifying Acts Of Citizenship In The Global South Digital Landscape, Jose Jowel Canuday

Social Transformations Journal of the Global South

Excerpt: The digital spaces of the Global South are one of the vibrant arenas wherein public interest discourse is actively shaped, rights are asserted, and socioeconomic imbalances are exposed in ways that bypass, at times contest, and on other occasions affirm institutions of power. As a discursive space, invariable articulations of citizenship emerged in these cybernetic zones diversely regarded as insurgent, critical, decolonial, and a range of other positions.

The Fandomization Of Citizenship: A Multimodal Analysis Of Vico Sotto On Tiktok, Karen Lee V. Panela

Social Transformations Journal of the Global South

This article examines how political engagement in the Philippines is increasingly articulated through affective, participatory, and fan-like practices by analyzing supporter-generated TikTok videos of Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto. Situating the case within conditions of hybrid politics, where reformist governance intersects with platform-mediated visibility and celebrity aesthetics, the study advances the concept of “fandomization of citizenship” to describe how civic orientation is performed through admiration, narrativity, and affective alignment with political leadership. Using multimodal critical discourse analysis, the article shows how supporters foreground ordinariness, accessibility, and relational intimacy through visual, textual, and sonic cues, often backgrounding policy achievements in favor …

Negotiating Depletion And Endurance: Hiya, Tino, And Bait As Vernacular Grammars Of Political Scandal In The Philippines, Karl Patrick R. Mendoza

Social Transformations Journal of the Global South

Political scandals in the Philippines often provoke intense outrage yet rarely lead to decisive accountability. Leaders are condemned but continue to endure, a paradox commonly attributed to weak institutions or entrenched elites. This research note advances a different explanation by foregrounding hiya (shame), tino (uprightness), and bait (goodness) as vernacular grammars through which publics interpret misconduct. Rather than fixed cultural traits, these idioms operate as interactive processes of depletion and endurance that shape how scandals resonate emotionally, register as morally legible, and align with familiar narratives. Hiya and tino collapse once violated, marking leaders as shameless or irresponsible, while bait …

Estelle Marie M. Ladrido, Magandang Gabi Bayan: Nation, Journalism Discourse, And Television News In The Philippines, Quezon City: Ateneo De Manila University Press, 2017. 288 Pp., Ena Marie O. Dizon

Social Transformations Journal of the Global South

Excerpt: Estelle Marie M. Ladrido’s Magandang Gabi Bayan offers a critical interrogation of the deep ties between news and nation in the Philippine context, foregrounding how television journalism functions as both a technology of power and a site of struggle. The book begins with the premise that news does not merely report on the nation but actively constructs and sustains a discourse of nationhood. Ladrido questions the naturalized belief in the centrality of news to national life, instead probing how such centrality is produced and maintained through journalistic practices, professional norms, and the mediacentric role of the press. By treating …

Politics, Trauma, Cinema: Archiving And Communicating Accountability, Jose Jowel Canuday

Social Transformations Journal of the Global South

Excerpt: Contributions to this issue take state-driven experiences of violence to account in two discursive grounds of communicating accountability, rights violations documentation and social realist cinema. These explorations offer distinctive thinking on how traumatic episodes in sociopolitical history are recorded, archived, and circulated for public interest examination, discourse, and action in a Global South context.

A Meso-Structure Reading Of Duterte’S Drug War As A Human Rights And Communicative Crisis, Augustus Ceasar D. Latosa

Social Transformations Journal of the Global South

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte launched the drug war in 2016 to address alleged rising criminality. His directive to kill those who resisted arrest became a symbolic articulation of a policy that led to the deaths of alleged drug offenders, particularly among marginalized urban poor communities. While the drug war has been extensively examined in relation to public policy and governance, few studies have approached it through the lens of communication, particularly crisis communication. Using the culture-centered approach (CCA) as its theoretical anchor, this paper investigated how human rights non-government organizations (NGOs) as meso-structural actors made sense of Duterte’s “war …

Maternal Melodrama, Domesticity And Female Liberation In Dekada ‘70, Laurence Marvin S. Castillo

Social Transformations Journal of the Global South

The critically-acclaimed Dekada ‘70 represents one of the most prominent efforts in post-EDSA commercial cinema to narrate the experiences of revolutionary involvement in the context of the Martial Law era. The film is remarkable as an example of mainstream Philippine cinema’s mobilization of popular generic conventions to depict a politically charged narrative that touches upon the question of socio-political and personal liberation. In this essay, I revisit the film to examine how it deploys the subgenre of maternal melodrama in exploring gender and domestic relations as the springboard for the politico-subjective transformation of its middle-class protagonist under the violent milieu …

Cinema As Praxis: An Integrated Theoretical Framework For Philippine Social Advocacy Cinema, Herwin Benedictos Cabasal

Social Transformations Journal of the Global South

This theoretical paper examines social advocacy cinema in the Philippines as a form of counter-hegemonic cultural practice. Drawing on Third Cinema Theory (Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino), critical theory (Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer), and participatory communication for social change (Paulo Freire and Thomas Tufte), this paper proposes Cinema as Praxis as an integrated theoretical framework for understanding how politically driven advocacy films operate through the convergence of cultural and political production, ideological representation and critique, and participatory communication. It argues that social advocacy cinema functions through interconnected dimensions: (1) production as praxis, in which collective and grassroots filmmaking constitutes …

Anthony Le Duc, Buddhist Environmental Humanism: Doing Good For Self And Others, London: Ethics Press, 2025, 259 Pp., Roderick Evans M. Bartolome

Social Transformations Journal of the Global South

Excerpt: Anthony Le Duc’s Buddhist Environmental Humanism: Doing Good for Self and Others is a significant addition to the current discussions on religion and ecology. Written by a Catholic priest and scholar deeply involved in interreligious dialogue and environmental ethics, the book provides a carefully constructed framework for how Buddhist principles can address ecological challenges. Le Duc currently serves as Executive Director of the Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication in Bangkok and is the Editor-in-Chief for the Religion and Social Communication journal of the research center. His institutional role and his location in Thailand give him a …

Development Of A Novel Biomarker Platform For Profiling Key Protein-Protein Interactions To Predict The Efficacy Of Bh3-Mimetic Drugs, Andrew J Kinloch, Faiyaz Rahman, Bahriye Karakas, Muhammad Shahid, Bora Lim, Stephanie J Bouley, James A Walker, Erinna F Lee, Walter D Fairlie, Kevin R Kelly, Michael H Cardone

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

One of the hallmarks of cancer cells is their failure to respond to the cellular mechanism of apoptosis. The B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) family of proteins regulate apoptosis. Their ability to do so can be measured using several methods that in turn anticipate the fate of the cancer cell in response to apoptosis-inducing treatment. These assays ultimately identify the readiness of the cancer cell to undergo apoptosis, which is referred to as the mitochondrial priming state. These metrics, however, have been challenging to implement in the clinic.

Genetic Factors Of Campylobacter Jejuni Required For Its Interactions With Free-Living Amoeba, Deepti Pranay Samarth, Asim Z. Abbasi, Young Min Kwon

Poultry Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Acanthamoeba, a free-living amoeba ubiquitous in environmental water, has been considered as the environmental reservoir of certain bacterial pathogens, including Campylobacter jejuni, an intracellular human pathogen causing self-limiting gastroenteritis. Acanthamoeba-C. jejuni interaction mechanisms may help clarify how the otherwise fastidious bacterium C. jejuni survives in environmental waters. In this study, we constructed single deletion mutants of C. jejuni strain 81-176 for the 10 selected genes (motAB, ciaB, kpsE, virB11, cheY, flaAB, cstII, docB, sodB, and cadF) previously shown to be important for the interaction (invasion and intracellular survival) of C. jejuni with mammalian hosts. We used a modified gentamicin protection …

Multicenter Evaluation Of A New Strip-Based Blood Glucose System For Point-Of-Care Testing In Critical And Non-Critical Care Settings, Michael Goodman, Sven Bercker, Nancy Breitenbeck, Cristina Canada-Vilalta, Daisy D Canepa, William A Clarke, Christopher W Farnsworth, Edward O Ganser, Nienke Geerts, Barbara Goldsmith, Gary Headden, Debra Hoppensteadt, Birgit Klapperich, Ryan Matika, Gabrielle Miles, Sagori Mukhopadhyay, James H Nichols, Rebecca M O'Dell, Zubaid Rafique, Andre Schuetzenmeister, Robbert Slingerland, Ann F Stankiewicz, Jonathan R Swanson, Nam K Tran, Alan H B Wu, Brad S Karon

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Evaluation of the performance of Cobas® Pulse (Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany), a new blood glucose (BG) monitoring system (BGMS; referred to here as BGMSA) intended for point-of-care testing using samples from patients in diverse clinical settings by intended point-of-care test operators.

Methods: Arterial, capillary, venous, or heel stick whole blood (WB) samples from patients in non-critical and critical care settings were collected and analyzed using BGMSA and the Nova StatStrip® BGMS (Nova Biomedical, Waltham, MA; referred to here as BGMSB), and a hexokinase comparator (Cobas 6000 Analyzer Series; Roche Diagnostics GmbH). The blood glucose measurement accuracy was assessed …

Anti-Viral Cd8 Central Memory Veto Cells As A New Platform For Car T Cell Therapy, Wei-Hsin Liu, Anat Globerson Levin, Assaf Lask, Galit Horn, Tova Waks, Bar Nathansohn Levi, Irit Milman Krentsis, Einav Shoshan, Xiaohua Su, Maksim Mamonkin, Richard E Champlin, Yair Reisner, Esther Bachar Lustig

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Central memory CD8 T cells exhibit marked veto activity enhancing engraftment in several mouse models of T cell-depleted bone marrow (TDBM) allografting. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) can be prevented by stimulation of mouse or human memory CD8 T cells against their cognate antigens under cytokine deprivation, in the early phase of culture followed by further expansion with IL21, IL15, and IL7. Thus, human anti-viral CD8 central memory veto T cells generated from CMV and EBV-positive donors are currently evaluated in a clinical trial at MD Anderson Cancer Centre (MDACC). Results in 15 patients indicate a low risk of GVHD. Considering that …

College Students’ Activism: The Usage Of Social Media Ads, Gabriela Perez-Amaya

Culture, Society, and Praxis

In a world where social media is at its optimal peak, social movements can use the ceaseless platform to mobilize, spread awareness, and promote activism. With climate change and environmental damages being a crucial societal issue, the Environmental Justice Movement must advance their mobilization towards the next collective of civilization. For this study, I focus on college students, and how social media ads influence internet activism within them. In doing so, I highlight characteristics like an individual’s perception and their social networks, mixed with advert engagement factors like vividness, content of post, and call to action.

A Qualitative Research On The Technology School Administration Interaction, Abdullah Balıkçı

i.e.: inquiry in education

Technology-school administration interaction is increasing day by day. In the light of new developments, technology-school administration interaction needs to be understood. The aim of this research is to understand the interaction between technology and school administration. 21 school administrators participated in the research conducted with qualitative research method. The general benefits of technology on school administration are stated in the relevant literature. However, I think that technology has different effects on school administration. Therefore, it offers a different perspective to the literature. According to the research, two themes emerged. These are: Technology-school administration interaction and areas where school administrators benefit …

The Architectonic Frames: Dialogic Leadership, Surveillance And The Problem Of Invisible Pedagogies, Jeremy Dennis

i.e.: inquiry in education

Scholars and practitioners seldom consider pedagogy as a starting point in their appreciations of the role of leadership in education. However, the rise of invisible pedagogies may warrant a revaluation of this practice. Invisible pedagogies are enabled by cloud-based learning management platforms and their data-driven algorithms and protocols, which incentivize opaque practices and the monetization of dialogism in the form of surveillance textualism or shadow texts. As such, some scholars predict that the future growth of invisible pedagogies is inevitable. Even though dialogic leadership is positioned to calibrate the trajectory of invisible pedagogies and explicate surveillance textualism, it is …

Biology And Larval Morphology Of Agrilus Subcinctus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), With Comparisons To The Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus Planipennis, Toby R. Petrice, Robert A. Haack, John S. Strazanac, Jonathan P. Lelito

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), is an exotic invasive pest of ash (Fraxinus spp.) trees that was first discovered in North America in 2002. There has been concern that surveyors could confuse immature stages of EAB with A. subcinctus Gory, an ash borer native to North America. We conducted studies in 2006-2009 in southern Michigan to determine biological and morphological characters for distinguishing immature A. subcinctus and EAB life stages. Agrilus subcinctus adults were captured on yellow sticky cards from late May through mid-August, with peak flight occurring in June. Agrilus subcinctus egg laying began in …

Practicality Of Hypotension Prediction Index (Hpi) In Anaesthesia Management Of Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Patients: A Case Series, Viral G Trivedi, Rajnish Nama, Keyur N. Prajapati, Manisha Modi

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

Liver transplant surgeries are challenging task for anaesthesiologists due to prolonged surgical time, major fluid shift, excessive blood loss, and significant hemodynamic disturbances. Well aimed hemodynamic monitoring is the cornerstone for safely navigating such cases. Presently cardiac output monitoring with minimally invasive technique using the FloTrac platform is being used as the standard monitoring system at our centre. Recently, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA has introduced hypotension prediction index (HPI) in the HemoSphere monitoring system. In this article, we are sharing our experience of using this artificial intelligence-based tool in perioperative hemodynamic monitoring of five cases of deceased donor liver transplant …

Etiological Diversity And Enhanced Diagnostic Accuracy In Cutaneous Fungal Infections: Insights From A Tertiary Care Hospital Laboratory, Shilpi Gupta, Nitya Vyas, Aarushi Nagori

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

Background: Cutaneous mycoses is a public health problem globally with significant rates in developing countries. These infections are predominantly caused by dermatophytes and non-dermatophyte fungi, with distinct clinical manifestations, epidemiological patterns, diagnostic intricacies, and treatment modalities.

Objective: The study aimed to determine the spectrum of fungal agents causing cutaneous infections in our region and adoption of comprehensive diagnostic approach for accurate identification of the causative agents of cutaneous fungal infections.

Methods: This observational study was conducted on 145 cutaneous samples received in Mycology laboratory of Mahatma Gandhi medical college and hospital from patients clinically suspected of dermatophytosis in the duration …

Enrichment Of Foods By Increasing Folate Content Using Lactic Acid Bacteria By Fermentation, Saipriya S. Kambalapalli, Ramesh Paranjape, Basavaraj Hungund

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

Aim of the study: This study was conducted to enrich folate content of fermented foods by fermentation using Lactic Acid Bacteria.

Methodology: Isolation of Lactobacillus from four different samples (rice batter 1, rice batter 2, curd and wheat) was done. Biochemical tests were performed to confirm Lactobacillus. Screening was performed to determine the ability of Lactobacillus for production of folate. Folate was quantified using UV-Visible Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu 1900). Finger millet (Ragi) malt and Pearl millet (Bajra) malt were fermented with Lactobacillus isolated from curd, Rice batter 1 and Lactobacillus plantarum (std) for 96 hrs. Readings for increased folate content …

Isolation And Characterization Of Exosome From Cancer Stem Cells-Derived From Glioblastoma Cell Line, Afira Beig, Manjula Kambi, Vijay M. Kumbar, Kajol T Kammar, Krutika Lolsure, Dimple Saikia, Surya Pratap Singh

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

Background: Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a stubborn subpopulation that fuel therapy resistance, tumor recurrence, and metastasis. In glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) — one of the deadliest brain tumors — CSCs make treatment especially challenging. Here, we set out to isolate, characterize, and compare exosomes released by CSCs and non-CSCs in the U87 glioblastoma cell line.

Methods: We grew U87 cells in serum-free, growth-factor-rich conditions to encourage tumor sphere formation, isolating CSCs. Flow cytometry confirmed CSC identity with strong CD133 positivity. To test chemo-resistance, we measured temozolomide (TMZ) IC₅₀ values using an MTT assay. We isolated exosomes from CSCs and …

Effect Of Vitamin D3 And Omega 3 Fatty Acids Against Multidrug Resistant Clinical Pathogens, Shreya Naik, Suneel Dodamani, Sheetal Harakuni, Masoodahmed Tahashildar

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

Many common drugs are becoming a major threat to global health since they are no longer effective against germs that are resistant to antibiotics. This study focuses on the antibacterial properties of vitamin D3 and omega-3 fatty acids, especially docosahexaenoic acid, against these drug-resistant pathogens. Laboratory tests including Minimum Bactericidal Concentration and Minimum inhibitory Concentration were performed to assess their effectiveness. Vitamin D3 showed strong antimicrobial benefits by boosting the immune system and promoting the production of natural defense proteins like catheclicidins, which can stop the growth of harmful bacteria. Additionally, DHA was found to be effective, causing bacterial mortality …

The Power Of Storytelling: Creatively Facilitating Conceptual Change In The Classroom, Mackenzie S. Rose, Marcus Johnson

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Conceptual knowledge encompasses understanding the interrelationships among multiple pieces of information. Misconceptions of these interrelationships illustrate the need for effective educational strategies to facilitate conceptual change, with the goal of facilitating changes in learner understanding to appropriate, accurate, and complete concepts. Strategies, such as refutation texts, have proven effective in addressing science misconceptions, yet there is a prominent gap in research on conceptual change in nonscience subjects and the use of storytelling to facilitate such change. Storytelling, presented in a range of educational subjects, invites learners to engage in social discourses and problem-solving exercises. Prompted by classroom storytelling practices, creativity, …

Address By His Excellency President General Mohammad Zia-Ul-Haq, Address By His Highness The Aga Khan On The Occasion Of The Aga Khan University Charter Presentation Ceremony

Charter of the University

No abstract provided.

Social-Emotional Learning Curricula's Impact On Elementary School Students, Ethan J. Sindelir

Graduate Teacher Education

Abstract

Most elementary educators might have argued that they always taught social-emotional learning (SEL) in general education classrooms. However, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted this crucial aspect of education, with students missing out on valuable opportunities to develop their social skills at school. In response, several schools adopted more explicit social-emotional learning curricula. While this pedagogical approach has become more prevalent in recent years, educational leaders need to understand the impact that this approach has on their students.

This paper reviewed 15 literature articles to guide educational leaders, primarily in the elementary domain, seeking to understand how SEL curricula impact students. …

Talent Management Practices In Manufacturing Companies In Poland, The United States, Germany And Japan – A Comparative Analysis, Adam Samborski

European Management Studies

Purpose: The research objective is to determine whether there are distinctions in the assessment of talent management (TM) practices between companies from Poland (PL), the United States (US), Germany (DE) and Japan (JP), and then to identify homogeneous groups. TM practices were defined as developing talent-oriented attitudes among managers (ITM), building a culture of high performance in the company (BH-PC) and retaining the best employees in the workplace (RT).

Design/methodology/approach: Information on the assessment of TM practices was obtained from the ‘World Management Survey – Manufacturing’ (WMS) database. The studies used the Kruskal-Wallis test (KWt) and the Multiple …

A Century Of Innovation: The Ada And The Forsyth Institute Partnership, Manish Chopra Dmd

Metro Denver Dental Society Articulator Magazine

This article details the new partnership between the Forsyth Institute, a century-old leader in dental and craniofacial research, and the American Dental Association to create the ADA Forsyth Institute (AFI). This global research powerhouse is pioneering breakthroughs in oral microbiology, fluoride research, saliva diagnostics and AI-driven smart fillings. The partnership represents a strategic alliance aimed at elevating dental science, education and professional standards.

Effective Strategies For Developing And Implementing Metrics For Successful Social Marketing Campaign Performance, Annette M. Wolf

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Ineffective use of marketing metrics by social marketers poses a risk of inconsistent and subjective interpretations of campaign success. Social marketing managers and stakeholders are concerned because unreliable metrics hinder their ability to evaluate performance, justify funding, and replicate effective strategies. The purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry, grounded in general systems theory and foundational social marketing literature, was to explore effective strategies that social marketing campaign managers use to implement metrics sufficient to measure successful campaigns. The participants were ten experienced members of the Social Marketing Association of North America, with effective strategies to implement marketing metrics to measure …