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National Alliance Of Sickle Cell Centers Consensus Recommendations On Sickle Cell Disease Health Maintenance: A Consensus Statement, Seethal A Jacob, Sana Saif-Ur-Rehman, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

IMPORTANCE: The most common inherited blood disorder in the world, sickle cell disease (SCD) is a known global health concern. While survival of children into adulthood has improved significantly over the last few decades in high-resource countries, substantial gaps in care standards and limited practice harmonization persist.

OBJECTIVE: To provide up-to-date recommendations for preventive care and treatment of all people living with SCD and its related comorbidities.

EVIDENCE REVIEW: As part of the National Alliance of Sickle Cell Centers (NASCC), 41 pediatric and adult sickle cell disease experts developed consensus standards and recommendations based on available evidence and expert consensus …

Exploring Di College Coaches’ Perceptions Of Holistic Coaching And The Factors Impacting Their Ability To Succeed In The Current College Sports Landscape, Deborah V. Hogan Phd

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

In the highly competitive Division I (DI) college sports system, coaches are expected to produce winning programs while developing their college athletes holistically. Recent changes in NCAA policies complicate the coach-athlete relationship, hindering coaches' ability to serve as effective holistic leaders. This study uses grounded theory to understand how DI coaches in high-profile sports perceive their roles as holistic leaders and manage external challenges to provide holistic college athlete experiences. Semi-structured interviews with 12 football and women’s basketball coaches revealed five main themes: 1) coaches are educators, 2) strategies for holistic coaching, 3) supporting Black college athletes, 4) college sports …

Ncaa Division I Senior Athletic Administrators' Perceptions Of And Experiences With Mental Performance Consultants And Their Services: A Qualitative Investigation, Morgan R. Eckenrod, Rebecca Zakrajsek, Johannes Raabe

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

At the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I (DI) level, senior athletic administrators (SAAs) play a critical role in hiring Mental Performance Consultants (MPCs). Researchers found that NCAA DI administrators generally believe MPCs are beneficial in helping student-athletes manage competition pressures and improve performance, the number of full-time MPCs in NCAA DI athletic departments is still limited. In this study, eleven NCAA DI SAAs with at least one full-time MPC in their athletic department that solely delivered mental performance services were interviewed about their perceptions of and experiences with MPCs and their services. Using reflexive thematic analysis procedures, three …

Investigating The Glass Cliff Phenomenon In Ncaa Division I Women’S Basketball, Nicholas Swim, Adam R Cocco, Meg Hancock, Nick Kopka

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

In 2022-2023, across all Division I women's college sports teams, women only held 42% of all head coaching positions. Women's college basketball represents one of the outlier sports, as almost 70% of their head coaches for NCAA Division I women's basketball teams were women. While women head coaches are well represented in women's college basketball, Gerretsen et al. (2023) suggest inconsistencies exist in past experience, tenure length, and gender perceptions in women's college basketball hiring practices. This study further aimed to investigate these inconsistencies utilizing role congruity theory and the glass cliff phenomenon. To investigate, the researchers collected data on …

Supporting The College Athlete Amidst The Onset Of Name, Image, And Likeness, Brennan K. Berg, Michael Hutchinson, Janelle E. Wells, David W. Walsh, Andre Simmond

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

Athletic administrators often assume a distinct stakeholder role that has the most immediate and frequent impact on college athletes’ well-being and retention. The implementation of name, image, and likeness (NIL) represents a historic transformation in college athletics. Utilizing a sport development framework, particularly the retention stage, to examine elite athlete development, how athletic administrators socially support college athletes in the new context of NIL and its impact on administrators’ work experiences were empirically assessed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 athletic administrators at nine universities. The themes of Implementation Challenges, Lack of Uniformity, Holistic Benefits to Athlete Well-Being, and Mostly …

Analysis Of Careers In And Through Intercollegiate Compliance, Michael A. Odio, Grace Wright, Thomas J. Aicher

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

This study examines job movements entering, exiting, and between NCAA compliance-related positions using a sample of 100 LinkedIn profiles. The analysis of the 441 job movements establishes job and organizational tenure figures and patterns in how people matriculate through certain positions. Theory related to career boundaries is used to interpret the job movements and draw conclusions about patterns related to educational backgrounds (e.g., master’s and law degrees), the role of internships and graduate assistantships, and more. The findings provide new insight on career dynamics in NCAA compliance and underscore the need to focus on studying subsectors in college sport to …

Exploring Sport Leaders’ Sensemaking And Enactment Of Inclusive Leadership, Elizabeth Taylor, Sean Dahlin, Janelle Wells, Erika Gray

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

While diversity, inclusion, and leadership shape individual behaviors and organizational culture, historically they have been researched as independent theoretical streams. Examining these lines has been fruitful to advance our understanding of diversity, inclusion, and leadership separately; however, we lack an understanding of how leaders understand and engage in inclusive leadership. Thus, this study explores how college sport leaders make sense of and enact inclusive leadership. Through 16 semi-structured interviews with senior-level athletic administrators we constructed four themes: fostering employees’ uniqueness, strengthening team belongingness, learning centered development, and actioning values-based care. This work both bolsters and extends Korkmaz and colleagues’ (2022) …

The Impact Of Geographic And Community Diversity On The Transitionary Experiences Of International College Athletes, Marek Taškár, Chris Corr, Nicole Sellars, Sarah Stokowski, Karina Jolly, Trevor Bopp

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

International college athletes migrating to the United States for athletic competition encounter unique challenges such as language barriers, cultural adjustment, and familial detachment. These obstacles can hinder international college athletes’ transition compared to those of domestic athletes. While supportive programming and personnel have been illustrated to ease the transition and foster acculturation among international college athletes, the impact of the geographic location of an institution may impact the acculturation process for international college athletes. Given the importance of acculturation to athletic and academic success, this study examined how cultural diversity within communities hosting NCAA member institutions affects international college athletes’ …

The Influence Of False Memories On Eyewitness Testimony, Shay Kossen

Honors College Theses

This paper examines the role that false memories play in eyewitness testimony. Though eyewitness testimonies are a direct source of evidence regarding a crime, they are often flawed due to the malleable and reconstructive nature of memory, leading to many wrongful convictions. This review synthesizes previous research on false memories and eyewitness testimony to analyze the factors that contribute to inaccuracies in eyewitness testimony. This paper examines the origination of false memories, highlighting key factors such as the misinformation effect, source misattribution, and retention intervals. Additionally, this review analyzes factors from previous research that increase susceptibility to false memories, the …

Moderators Of Peer Influence Effects For Adolescents’ Smoking And Vaping Norms And Outcomes In High And Middle-Income Settings, Jennifer M. Murray, Sharon C. Sánchez-Franco, Olga L. Sarmiento, Erik O. Kimbrough, Christopher Tate, Shannon C. Montgomery, Rajnish Kumar, Laura Dunne, Abhijit Ramalingam, Erin L. Krupka, Felipe Montes, Huiyu Zhou, Laurence Moore, Linda Bauld, Blanca Llorente, Frank Kee, Ruth F. Hunter

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

Background: Peer influence is central to adolescent smoking initiation, yet its impact varies depending on individual and contextual factors. Understanding which moderators (personality, contextual, cultural, and environmental traits) shape these processes can inform more effective prevention strategies. We investigated hypothesized moderators of peer influence for adolescent smoking/vaping norms and other smoking-related outcomes in high and low-middle-income countries (LMICs): Northern Ireland and Bogotá.

Methods: Across 12 schools (n = 1,344, age 12–13 years), participants completed novel behavioral economics experiments measuring social norms, and self-report surveys, before and after school-based prevention interventions (ASSIST and Dead Cool). We examined how peer influence …

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Texas A&M Law Review

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Subverting The System: Reducing Sex Offender Recidivism And Aiding Reentry Through The Use Of Specialty Courts, Jaymes Fairfax-Columbo, Emma Hamilton, Chelsea Jackson, Lia Knox-Hershey, David Dematteo

Texas A&M Law Review

Sex offender policy in the United States is predicated on accomplishing risk reduction and increasing public safety via punishment and incapacitation. Theoretically, accomplishing these goals should lessen the risk that sex offenders pose to society. However, an accumulated research base suggests that sex offender policies are ineffective in that they do not reduce recidivism rates, do not diminish children’s risk of sexual predation, and produce numerous detrimental collateral consequences. Further, current sex offender policies may actively undermine risk reduction by placing factors known to reduce risk level, such as stable housing, employment, and social support, out of the reach of …

Parenting Under Constraint: How Histories Of Abuse And Sexual Violence Shape Mothers' Caregiving In A Homeless Shelter, Kiera P. Irvin

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Background: Mothers experiencing homelessness often carry extensive trauma histories, yet little work examines how abuse and sexual violence shape day-to-day parenting inside communal shelter settings. This study explored how trauma histories intersect with shelter structures to influence caregiving and feelings surrounding parenting among homeless mothers.

Method: Using a qualitative design, four mothers (ages 30–51) residing in a large Midwestern homeless shelter completed approximately 30-minute, semi-structured interviews in a private room onsite. Data were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed with inductive reflexive thematic analysis in Dedoose.

Results: Three interrelated themes were identified. (1) Parenting Under Constraint, in which communal living, limited …

Exploring Perceptions Of High School Paraprofessionals Regarding Training On The Use Of Prompts When Implementing Transition Plans For High School Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Candace Galvez

Doctor of Education Program Dissertations

Paraprofessionals often assist teachers in providing instruction to students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and require training to help students achieve the goal of independence (Ledford et al., 2018). However, there is a lack of quality training among paraprofessionals when implementing evidence-based teaching practices (Jones & Zarcone, 2014). The problem explored is the lack of quality training paraprofessionals receive in the use of prompts when they implement transition plans for students with ASD (Brock, 2022). The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of high school paraprofessionals in New Jersey state-approved private schools related to …

Losing Focus In The Age Of Tik Tok: Clinical Evidence For Policy Action On Social Media Use, Megan Conefrey, Robert Griffin

SURE Journal: Science Undergraduate Research Experience Journal

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Unheard And Underserved: Exploring Support For Male Victims Of Partner Abuse, Michael Keenan, Colletta Dalikeni

SURE Journal: Science Undergraduate Research Experience Journal

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The Impact Of Chronic Pain On Income And Employment, Jordan Vaarsi, Amber Jolly, Karim S. Ladha

SURE Journal: Science Undergraduate Research Experience Journal

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From Recognition To Action: Advancing Nutrition Care In Irish Healthcare, Aoife Gillane, Sarah Donovan, Lisa Ryan

SURE Journal: Science Undergraduate Research Experience Journal

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From Conflict To Connection: Educators Leading The Shift Towards Restorative Practices (Rp) In Deis Primary Schools, Ellen Slattery, Clara Hoyne

SURE Journal: Science Undergraduate Research Experience Journal

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The Tax Adviser, Volume 2, Number 10, October 1971, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Tax Adviser

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Variations In Relationships Between Jump Height And Lower-Limb Joint Kinetics At The Intra- And Inter-Individual Levels In Single-Leg Countermovement Jumps, Shota Yamamoto, Hirotomo Kubota, Terumitsu Miyazaki

ISBS Proceedings Archive

The purpose of this study was to clarify the differences in the relationships between lower-limb joint kinetics (i.e., torque, power, and work) and jump height at the intra- and inter- individual levels in single-leg countermovement jumps (CMJs). Forty male collegiate athletes (age, 20.6 ± 1.7 years; mass, 67.5 ± 5.8 kg; height,172.0 ± 6.5 cm) performed 10 maximal effort single-leg CMJs. Whole-body motion and ground reaction force data were collected to calculate lower-limb joint kinetics. Multilevel correlation analysis (MLC) and hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) were used to examine the intra- and inter-individual relationships between lower-limb joint kinetics and jump height. …

Biomechanical Analysis Of Standing Long Jump For Different Focus Of Attention, Arata Kimura

ISBS Proceedings Archive

The purpose of this study was to examine the kinematics of the center of mass (COM) under varying attentional focus conditions during the standing long jump. Participants performed jumps under three focus conditions: control, internal focus, and external focus. The findings showed no statistically significant differences in jump distances across conditions. However, for most participants, the shortest jump distance was not observed under the external focus condition. The number of participants who showed the shortest jump distance in the external focus condition was 1 out of 14. These results suggest that external focus of attention can prevent poor jump performance …

Integrating System Dynamical Principles Of Motor Learning In A Biomechanic Training System In Rowing, Thomas Jaitner, Kevin Nolte

ISBS Proceedings Archive

Measurement and information technologies for the optimization of movement technique are well established in high performance sports. While measurement technologies and biomechanical aspects of sport performance are well investigated, the underlying models for technique training do not represent the state of research in motor learning and therefore have been criticized. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a biomechanic training device based on system-dynamics principles of motor learning in high-performance rowing. Eight elite rowers completed a three-week training experiment in which the intervention group had to replicate varying strength curves. All subjects in the intervention group …

Sex-Related Differences In Trail Running Biomechanics: A Field Study, Matteo Genitrini, Stephanie Moore, Hermann Schwameder

ISBS Proceedings Archive

Trail running is an emergent endurance discipline. The aim of this work was to compare male and female trail runners for biomechanics in a field study. This would contribute to design more sex-specific training protocols. Fourteen participants carried out a trail running test wearing a full body motion capture system. In uphill sections, male athletes showed longer stride length, resulting from more effective trunk kinematics and hip-trunk coordination. In downhill sections, female athletes showed a more efficient hip-knee coordination pattern, resulting in better safety. To improve performance and mitigate risk of falls, females may focus on reducing trunk range of …

Machine Learning And Deep Learning Applications In Sports Biomechanical Analysis: A Systematic Scoping Review Of Performance Enhancement And Injury Prevention Strategies, Wissem Dhahbi, Nidhal Jebabli, Manar Boujabli, Marouen Souaifi, Ismail Dergaa, Lamia Ben Ezzdine

ISBS Proceedings Archive

Aim: This scoping review systematically maps current trends in artificial intelligence applications for sports biomechanical analysis, examining performance enhancement and injury prevention utility, methodological approaches, implementation challenges, and ethical considerations. Methods: A comprehensive analysis synthesized evidence on AI methodologies applied to sports biomechanics across various contexts, including machine learning, neural networks, and deep learning approaches integrated with learning management systems. This review examined data collection modes, analytical approaches, and practical implementation in laboratory and field settings. Results: AI applications evolved from basic statistical modeling to sophisticated machine learning configurations, demonstrating superior performance in technique analysis (94% agreement with international judges), …

Changes In Walking Performance Under Dual Task Conditions Across Pregnancy – A Case Study, Nikola Chmura, Wanda Forczek-Karkosz

ISBS Proceedings Archive

In recent years there is a growing literature on the walking pattern during pregnancy in the context of preventing falls as pregnancy progresses (Błaszczyk et al. 2016). The study examines the impact of pregnancy on walking under dual-task conditions. A 27-year-old participant was assessed in her first and third trimester for gait parameters and cognitive function changes. Results showed slower walking speed, prolonged double support phase, and a wider base of support, especially when performing an additional task. The DIVA test revealed impaired attention and increased errors.Findings highlight the effect of cognitive load on stability in pregnant women, potentially increasing …

Bermuda Trust: Why And How, Julian S. Bush

Tax Adviser

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Tax Trends, Harry Z. Garian

Tax Adviser

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Working With The Irs: Western Region Irs-Cpa Liaison Meeting, Gordon T. Stine

Tax Adviser

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The Aesthetic Dimensions Of Syntactic Deviation In The Rhymed Poem Of Al-ʿAbbās Ibn Al-Aḥnaf – “The Beloved Was Angry, And Thus My Tears Were Stirred…”, Tami Daghleeb Al-Shamrani

UB Journal for Humanities

This study explores syntactic deviation (inziyāḥ tarkībī) in the poetry of al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Aḥnaf (d. 194 AH), focusing on his rāʾiyya poem that opens with: “The beloved grew angry, and my weeping stirred— By God, I am haunted by what I fear.”Syntactic deviation—defined as the intentional violation of strict grammatical norms—is examined as a linguistic and rhetorical phenomenon that departs from conventional structures. This particular poem was chosen for its rich deployment of stylistic devices and for showcasing the poet’s expressive power and sincere emotional tone.The study concentrates on two primary forms of deviation: inversion (taqdīm wa-taʾkhīr) and grammatical shift …