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Dwellings Occupant Behaviour And Electric Heating Consumption: Sensitivity Analysis And Potential Savings, Youssef Elkhayat Jan 2025

Dwellings Occupant Behaviour And Electric Heating Consumption: Sensitivity Analysis And Potential Savings, Youssef Elkhayat

Journal of Engineering Research

A building's heating consumption is affected by a lot of things, including the weather, the building's envelope, and the heating system. Furthermore, a crucial component impacting dwelling electrical consumption is the behaviour of occupants. Analysing the impact of occupant behaviour on electric heating consumption in dwellings located in temperate oceanic climates is the focus of this study. By surveying the existing literature on the topics of building energy simulation and occupant behaviour, this study was able to determine the strengths and weaknesses of earlier investigations, as well as the research technique. A case study of a semi-detached house in Galway, …

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Comparison Of Virtual Vs. Traditional Cycling Exercise On Perceived Duration And Exercise Enjoyment: A Pilot Study, Kyle W. Reason, Lauren G. Killen, T. Scott Lyons, Jean A. Helm Allen, Matt Green Jan 2025

Comparison Of Virtual Vs. Traditional Cycling Exercise On Perceived Duration And Exercise Enjoyment: A Pilot Study, Kyle W. Reason, Lauren G. Killen, T. Scott Lyons, Jean A. Helm Allen, Matt Green

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 18(2): 147-157, 2025. Participating in regular physical activity has been shown to increases one’s quality of life. Individuals may choose not to participate in regular physical activity because of a perceived lack of time and enjoyment. With the potential of these barriers to decrease exercise adherence, the purpose of this study was to compare perceived exercise duration and enjoyment between a virtually interactive stationary bike and a clamped workload on a standard non-interactive stationary bike. Thirteen active participants completed a VO2 peak test and four counterbalanced trials (two 20-min, two 40-min) with one trial …

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Special Review: Peterson's New Eastern Field Guide, Kenn Kaufman Jan 2025

Special Review: Peterson's New Eastern Field Guide, Kenn Kaufman

Continental Birdlife

No abstract provided.

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Climate Activism Favors Pro-Environmental Consumption, Marco A. Marini, Samuel Nocito Jan 2025

Climate Activism Favors Pro-Environmental Consumption, Marco A. Marini, Samuel Nocito

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

We investigate whether climate activism favors pro-environmental consumption by examining the impact of Fridays for Future (FFF) protests in Italy on second-hand automobile sales in rally-affected areas. Leveraging data on 10 million automobile transactions occurring before and after FFF mobilizations, we exploit rainfall on the day of the event as an exogenous source of attendance variation. Our findings reveal a reduction in both the total number of cars purchased and their average CO2 emissions, with an uptick in the market share of low-emission vehicles and a corresponding decrease in the market share of high-emission counterparts. We test for two potential …

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Thought And Exemplary Islamic Nationalism Of The Early Days Of Independence Indonesia: Learning From Ki Bagus Hadikusumo, Dikdik Baehaqi Arif, Sapriya Sapriya, Dasim Budimansyah, Syaifullah Syaifullah Jan 2025

Thought And Exemplary Islamic Nationalism Of The Early Days Of Independence Indonesia: Learning From Ki Bagus Hadikusumo, Dikdik Baehaqi Arif, Sapriya Sapriya, Dasim Budimansyah, Syaifullah Syaifullah

Jurnal Civics: Media Kajian Kewarganegaraan

Indonesian nationalism is characterised by a blend of religious and national identities that coexist and reinforce each other. This paper presents a profile of the background of Ki Bagus Hadikusumo's thoughts, life, and nationalism during the early days of Indonesian independence. Ki Bagus Hadikusumo is one of Indonesia's national heroes who can be classified as an Islamic nationalist during the formulation of the Indonesian state. This figure, active in the Muhammadiyah Islamic movement organisation, has significantly contributed to the formulation and establishment of Pancasila as the basis of the state. The life background thought, and Muhammadiyah as the organisation of …

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Consensus Regarding The Constitutionality Of A Presidential Self-Pardon, Michael Conklin Jan 2025

Consensus Regarding The Constitutionality Of A Presidential Self-Pardon, Michael Conklin

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

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Examining The Creative Process Of Visual Artists: A Phenomenological Study, Filiberto Vargas Jan 2025

Examining The Creative Process Of Visual Artists: A Phenomenological Study, Filiberto Vargas

Dissertations

Creativity fuels problem solving and innovation, driving both economic growth and individual success. Yet, many schools and organizations fail to nurture it. Today, there is a decline in creativity scores among U.S. students. This is concerning since many of these students will be the future leaders of organizations and communities. For this reason, this dissertation explores the creative process of visual artists to better understand how creativity can be cultivated. Visual artists' perspectives and sense-and-meaning-making processes offer a unique view of innovation and creativity. However, there is limited research on the creative processes of contemporary visual artists from culturally diverse …

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High Hopes: Legal And Ethical Issues With Post-Trial Access To Psychedelic Drugs, Callie Terris, Emma Tumilty Jan 2025

High Hopes: Legal And Ethical Issues With Post-Trial Access To Psychedelic Drugs, Callie Terris, Emma Tumilty

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

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Reproductive Care — “Right” Here And “Wrong” There, Sonia Suter Jan 2025

Reproductive Care — “Right” Here And “Wrong” There, Sonia Suter

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

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Lethal Injection Secrecy Laws: A Cruel And Unusual Solution For The Preservation Of Capital Punishment, Sami Semiatin Jan 2025

Lethal Injection Secrecy Laws: A Cruel And Unusual Solution For The Preservation Of Capital Punishment, Sami Semiatin

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

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Strategic Business Communication: A Competency-Based Approach To Writing, Speaking, And Research., Rose Helens-Hart Jan 2025

Strategic Business Communication: A Competency-Based Approach To Writing, Speaking, And Research., Rose Helens-Hart

All Open Educational Resources

This text is for the Honors section of BCOM301 at Fort Hays State University. Business Communication: A Competency-Based Approach to Writing, Speaking, and Research is a practical, engaging book designed to help undergraduate students and business professionals develop competence and build confidence in their business writing, research, and presentation skills. Readers will learn about the five core competencies of business communication: professional, clear, concise, evidence-driven, and persuasive. They also will learn strategies for applying each of these competencies across a range of real-world business documents. This text is a remixing of the following four OER textbooks and original content authored …

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"It's Definitely New And Different...It's Really Engaging": Understanding The Power Of Storytelling Towards Secure Password Creation, Rizu Paudel, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen Jan 2025

"It's Definitely New And Different...It's Really Engaging": Understanding The Power Of Storytelling Towards Secure Password Creation, Rizu Paudel, Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen

Computer Science Student Research

There is a dearth in existing literature to attain systematic understanding of leveraging digital storytelling in security designs. As we begin to address this gap, we focused on user authentication where the existing password composition policies and password meters often fail to help users around creating a strong and memorable password. To this end, we conducted a lab study with 19 participants, where we updated our initial designs in an iterative manner based on their feedback. We then conducted a between-subject online study with 104 participants over Amazon Mechanical Turk to evaluate our designs. We found that all of our …

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Ud In The News Jan. 4-10, University Of Dayton Jan 2025

Ud In The News Jan. 4-10, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Academic Minute featured UD faculty all week. Treavor Bogard (teacher education) was among Inside Higher Ed's 'Higher ed pros share why they do the work.' NPR, The Associated Press and The Washington Post also sought faculty expertise.

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Performance Evaluation Of Free Space Optical Communication In Dar Es Salaam: Impact Of Scintillation And Modulation Schemes, Mustafa H. Mohsini Jan 2025

Performance Evaluation Of Free Space Optical Communication In Dar Es Salaam: Impact Of Scintillation And Modulation Schemes, Mustafa H. Mohsini

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Free space optical communication (FSO) holds significant relevance in the modern communication system as it offers high and unlimited data rates, enhanced security, rapid deployment, and low cost for installation. However, the performance of FSO transmission is greatly affected by harsh atmospheric conditions such as wind, temperature, and humidity, which induce scintillation. With the rapid growth of internet users and Dar es Salaam being a business city in Tanzania, higher and unlimited bandwidth for communication is highly demanded. This study primarily aims to evaluate the performance of FSO transmission in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, by investigating the impact of atmospheric …

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Assessment Of Adaptation And Diffusion Of Biogas Technology A Case Study Of Dar Es Salaam City, Tanzania, Doreen L. Tarimo Jan 2025

Assessment Of Adaptation And Diffusion Of Biogas Technology A Case Study Of Dar Es Salaam City, Tanzania, Doreen L. Tarimo

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

This study investigated the adaptation and diffusion of biogas technology in Dar es Salaam, driven by the increasing need for sustainable energy solutions. The study’s is rooted in addressing urban energy challenges and providing an eco-friendly waste management alternative. Various factors, including socioeconomic variables, technical efficiencies, and community-level acceptability, were examined to assess the technology’s adaptability and diffusion. Data collection methods and techniques included lab analysis using American public health association (APHA) standard methods, interviews, questionnaire administration the data analysis was undertaken using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) with a sample size comprising 100 household heads from Mburahati, …

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Growing Awareness To Reduce Labor Abuse: An Experimental Test Of A Migrant Domestic Workers' Rights-Awareness Campaign, Margaret Boittin, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Biz Herman, Sarah Rich-Zendel, Soosun You Jan 2025

Growing Awareness To Reduce Labor Abuse: An Experimental Test Of A Migrant Domestic Workers' Rights-Awareness Campaign, Margaret Boittin, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Biz Herman, Sarah Rich-Zendel, Soosun You

All Papers

Migrant domestic workers (MDWs) are highly vulnerable to labor abuse. Using a survey and randomized controlled trial conducted in Hong Kong, this study investigates MDWs’ labor experiences and the potential of rights-awareness campaigns in mitigating labor abuse. The campaigns increased public awareness of MDWs’ rights and reduced the social acceptability of MDWs’ mistreatment. To the extent that improving knowledge about MDWs’ rights and decreasing acceptance of mistreatment affects the behaviors of employers and others who may have leverage to help MDWs, rights-awareness campaigns can help reduce labor abuse. However, the campaigns had limited impact on MDWs themselves, who demonstrated high …

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Intrusion Detection For Wireless Sensor Network Using Particle Swarm Optimization Based Explainable Ensemble Machine Learning Approach, Shaikh Afnan Birahim, Avijit Paul, Fahmida Rahman, Yamina Islam, Tonmoy Roy, Mohammad Asif Hasan, Fariha Haque, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury Jan 2025

Intrusion Detection For Wireless Sensor Network Using Particle Swarm Optimization Based Explainable Ensemble Machine Learning Approach, Shaikh Afnan Birahim, Avijit Paul, Fahmida Rahman, Yamina Islam, Tonmoy Roy, Mohammad Asif Hasan, Fariha Haque, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) play a pivotal role in various domains, including monitoring, security, and data transmission. However, their susceptibility to intrusions poses a significant challenge. This paper proposes a novel Intrusion Detection System (IDS) leveraging Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and an ensemble machine learning approach combining Random Forest (RF), Decision Tree (DT), and K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) models to enhance the accuracy and reliability of intrusion detection in WSNs. The system addresses key challenges such as the imbalanced nature of datasets and the evolving complexity of network attacks. By incorporating Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique Tomek (SMOTE-Tomek) techniques to balance the …

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Guarding Against Informants In Wrongful Conviction Cases. “The Trust Of The Innocent Is The Liar’S Most Useful Tool.”, Marc Consalo Jan 2025

Guarding Against Informants In Wrongful Conviction Cases. “The Trust Of The Innocent Is The Liar’S Most Useful Tool.”, Marc Consalo

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

By some estimates, tens of thousands of individuals are currently wrongfully convicted and serving time in the United States’ prison system for crimes they did not commit. Further concerning is that one of the most common reasons for these unjust outcomes rests with the use of jailhouse informants who often lie in exchange for time off their own sentences. While many other reasons exist for this epidemic, curtailing corrupt jailhouse snitches in order to reduce the harm they commit against innocent citizens is within our grasp. This Article purports to offer several solutions to reduce and in some cases eliminate …

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Robert Lee King Jr. Jan 2025

Robert Lee King Jr.

African American Funeral Programs

Robert_Lee_King_Jr.pdf - Funeral program for Robert Lee King Jr.

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Strategies To Implement Performance Management Systems In Jamaica Sufficient To Increase Employee Engagement, Nardiah Natesha Wellington Jan 2025

Strategies To Implement Performance Management Systems In Jamaica Sufficient To Increase Employee Engagement, Nardiah Natesha Wellington

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Performance management system (PMS) implementation presents significant challenges for small business owners in Jamaica, often due to resource constraints and limited expertise. Effective PMS practices, however, are critical for fostering employee engagement, which enhances productivity, retention, and organizational sustainability. Grounded in the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore strategies Jamaican small business owners use to implement PMS successfully. The participants included eight small business owners operating for at least 3 years. Data collection included semistructured interviews and reviews of publicly available organizational documents. Through thematic analysis, I identified four key themes: (a) …

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Sentiment Analysis Of #Meanspo Tweets: Humans Vs. Automatic Classifications, Fayika Farhat Nova, Aniruddha S. Shinde, Rachel Pfafman, Annalise Harrison, Caralyn Logan Delaney, Jessica Pater Jan 2025

Sentiment Analysis Of #Meanspo Tweets: Humans Vs. Automatic Classifications, Fayika Farhat Nova, Aniruddha S. Shinde, Rachel Pfafman, Annalise Harrison, Caralyn Logan Delaney, Jessica Pater

Health Services and Informatics Research

With the increasing adoption of automatic text classifications driven by AI, there is a growing need to explore their safe and accurate applications, particularly in sensitive online communities. Sentiment analysis of X (formerly known as Twitter) data is widely used by researchers to automatically categorize textual data, providing valuable insights into the content of specific online communities. In this study, we investigate the effectiveness of automatic sentiment classification models (TextBlob and Vader) by analyzing n=6930 #meanspo tagged tweets from 2020 to 2022 from X. This community is known for promoting harmful eating disorder related content, often in a harsh and …

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Young Adults In Minnesota With Medicaid And Nonurgent Emergency Department Visits, Reynell Y. Turner Jan 2025

Young Adults In Minnesota With Medicaid And Nonurgent Emergency Department Visits, Reynell Y. Turner

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many people entering the emergency department for non-urgent care may not comprehend that this facility is intended for situations requiring immediate attention. The purpose of the qualitative study examined and explored the behaviors and feelings of Medicaid beneficiaries aged 18 to 39 in rural Minnesota that influenced their decisions to visit the emergency department (ED) for non-urgent conditions. The aim was to also acquire insights regarding their feelings toward visiting urgent care as an alternate care option. The theoretical foundation and framework for the study was Kurt Lewin's Field Theory and Behavior Equation. The qualitative research study included semi-structured interviews …

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Perceptions Of Law Enforcement Spouses Regarding Officer Safety And Danger, Heidi Marie Rose Jan 2025

Perceptions Of Law Enforcement Spouses Regarding Officer Safety And Danger, Heidi Marie Rose

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Policing is a stressful and dangerous occupation that is imperative to a functioning society, and stress should be limited to ensure a healthy mind and body. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of law enforcement spouses regarding officer safety and danger, which was lacking in the research. Law enforcement spouses have a significant impact over the stress levels of their loved ones. The work–life balance and work–family conflict theories were the theoretical framework used to relate to the study and support the research. The generic qualitative design was used with semistructured interviews to gather research data …

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Transcleral Chemotherapeutic Delivery By Fibrin Sealant In The Treatment Of Retinoblastoma, Christopher Himes Jan 2025

Transcleral Chemotherapeutic Delivery By Fibrin Sealant In The Treatment Of Retinoblastoma, Christopher Himes

Master's Theses

Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular cancer in children, accounting for roughly 9,000 new cases each year—claiming the lives of up to 70% of cases in certain regions of the world. While modern retinoblastoma treatments in developed countries have significantly reduced mortality rates, post-treatment consequences such as vision loss, off-site organ dysfunction, and secondary metastases remain unmet clinical needs. Past studies have confirmed transscleral delivery as an efficacious means to achieve high intraocular drug concentrations possibly superior to the standard systemic regimen of vincristine, etoposide, and carboplatin (VEC) for tumor suppression. This led to several studies exploring the use of …

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Teacher Candidates’ Perspectives On The Integration Of Digital Tools In Teacher Training Programs: A Case Study Of Using Seesaw, Gui Ying Annie Yang-Heim, Xi Lin Jan 2025

Teacher Candidates’ Perspectives On The Integration Of Digital Tools In Teacher Training Programs: A Case Study Of Using Seesaw, Gui Ying Annie Yang-Heim, Xi Lin

Faculty Publications - College of Education

Digital tools are crucial in modern education for improving teaching practices and student engagement. While technology enhances learning, many teacher candidates still struggle to effectively integrate it into their teaching (Habibi et al., 2023). For instance, Seesaw is a widely used digital platform in K-12 classrooms but seldom explored in higher education. This study explores teacher candidates' views on integrating Seesaw into their learning processes, revealing benefits and challenges. The study is guided by Puentedura's (2010, 2014) SAMR model as a framework to evaluate and discuss the findings of integrating Seesaw in a literacy methods course. The study's insights aim …

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Languaging The Infrathin Of The Everyday Un/Clear, Claire Walsh, Edward Reardon Jan 2025

Languaging The Infrathin Of The Everyday Un/Clear, Claire Walsh, Edward Reardon

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

This paper plays within the moments felt as subject(ivity) formed within actual events, moments Whitehead describes as actual occasions. Moments pulled away from creative becoming, the Deleuze/Guattari conceptualisation of affect, their immanently relational nonbeing, to attune, or retune, into conformations acceptable to what Moten and Harney speak into as logistical capitalism and its assemblage of the ‘proper way to do things’.It is a thinking within the comprehensibility of logistical capitalism aiming “...to straighten us out, untangle [unravel] us...in the constant measure and regulation of flesh and earth,” conversing with Manning’s concept of the clear – the violent colonial destruction of …

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Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Revised Final Multi- Pathway Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Plan (Dated January 13, 2025), Molly Roby Jan 2025

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Revised Final Multi- Pathway Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Plan (Dated January 13, 2025), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

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Superstable Lipid Vacuoles Endow Cartilage With Its Shape And Biomechanics, Raul Ramos, Kim T Pham, Richard C Prince, Leith B Leiser-Miller, Maneeshi S Prasad, Xiaojie Wang, Rachel C Nordberg, Benjamin J Bielajew, Jerry C Hu, Kosuke Yamaga, Ji Won Oh, Tao Peng, Rupsa Datta, Aksana Astrowskaja, Axel A Almet, John T Burns, Yuchen Liu, Christian Fernando Guerrero-Juarez, Bryant Q Tran, Yi-Lin Chu, Anh M Nguyen, Tsai-Ching Hsi, Norman T-L Lim, Sandra Schoeniger, Ruiqi Liu, Yun-Ling Pai, Chella K Vadivel, Sandy Ingleby, Andrew E Mckechnie, Frank Van Breukelen, Kyle L Hoehn, John J Rasweiler, Michinori Kohara, William J Loughry, Scott H Weldy, Raymond Cosper, Chao-Chun Yang, Sung-Jan Lin, Kimberly L Cooper, Sharlene E Santana, Jeffrey E Bradley, Michael A Kiebish, Michelle Digman, David E James, Amy E Merrill, Qing Nie, Thomas F Schilling, Aliaksandr A Astrowski, Eric O Potma, Martín I García-Castro, Kyriacos A Athanasiou, Richard R Behringer, Maksim V Plikus Jan 2025

Superstable Lipid Vacuoles Endow Cartilage With Its Shape And Biomechanics, Raul Ramos, Kim T Pham, Richard C Prince, Leith B Leiser-Miller, Maneeshi S Prasad, Xiaojie Wang, Rachel C Nordberg, Benjamin J Bielajew, Jerry C Hu, Kosuke Yamaga, Ji Won Oh, Tao Peng, Rupsa Datta, Aksana Astrowskaja, Axel A Almet, John T Burns, Yuchen Liu, Christian Fernando Guerrero-Juarez, Bryant Q Tran, Yi-Lin Chu, Anh M Nguyen, Tsai-Ching Hsi, Norman T-L Lim, Sandra Schoeniger, Ruiqi Liu, Yun-Ling Pai, Chella K Vadivel, Sandy Ingleby, Andrew E Mckechnie, Frank Van Breukelen, Kyle L Hoehn, John J Rasweiler, Michinori Kohara, William J Loughry, Scott H Weldy, Raymond Cosper, Chao-Chun Yang, Sung-Jan Lin, Kimberly L Cooper, Sharlene E Santana, Jeffrey E Bradley, Michael A Kiebish, Michelle Digman, David E James, Amy E Merrill, Qing Nie, Thomas F Schilling, Aliaksandr A Astrowski, Eric O Potma, Martín I García-Castro, Kyriacos A Athanasiou, Richard R Behringer, Maksim V Plikus

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Conventionally, the size, shape, and biomechanics of cartilages are determined by their voluminous extracellular matrix. By contrast, we found that multiple murine cartilages consist of lipid-filled cells called lipochondrocytes. Despite resembling adipocytes, lipochondrocytes were molecularly distinct and produced lipids exclusively through de novo lipogenesis. Consequently, lipochondrocytes grew uniform lipid droplets that resisted systemic lipid surges and did not enlarge upon obesity. Lipochondrocytes also lacked lipid mobilization factors, which enabled exceptional vacuole stability and protected cartilage from shrinking upon starvation. Lipid droplets modulated lipocartilage biomechanics by decreasing the tissue's stiffness, strength, and resilience. Lipochondrocytes were found in multiple mammals, including humans, …

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Young Adults In Minnesota With Medicaid And Nonurgent Emergency Department Visits, Reynell Y. Turner Jan 2025

Young Adults In Minnesota With Medicaid And Nonurgent Emergency Department Visits, Reynell Y. Turner

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many people entering the emergency department for non-urgent care may not comprehend that this facility is intended for situations requiring immediate attention. The purpose of the qualitative study examined and explored the behaviors and feelings of Medicaid beneficiaries aged 18 to 39 in rural Minnesota that influenced their decisions to visit the emergency department (ED) for non-urgent conditions. The aim was to also acquire insights regarding their feelings toward visiting urgent care as an alternate care option. The theoretical foundation and framework for the study was Kurt Lewin's Field Theory and Behavior Equation. The qualitative research study included semi-structured interviews …

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Strategies To Implement Performance Management Systems In Jamaica Sufficient To Increase Employee Engagement, Nardiah Natesha Wellington Jan 2025

Strategies To Implement Performance Management Systems In Jamaica Sufficient To Increase Employee Engagement, Nardiah Natesha Wellington

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Performance management system (PMS) implementation presents significant challenges for small business owners in Jamaica, often due to resource constraints and limited expertise. Effective PMS practices, however, are critical for fostering employee engagement, which enhances productivity, retention, and organizational sustainability. Grounded in the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore strategies Jamaican small business owners use to implement PMS successfully. The participants included eight small business owners operating for at least 3 years. Data collection included semistructured interviews and reviews of publicly available organizational documents. Through thematic analysis, I identified four key themes: (a) …

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