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The Brescia Internationally Validated European Guidelines On Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery, Horacio Asbun

All Publications

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Mrs. Jimmie Lee Canty

African American Funeral Programs

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Collaus Taylor

African American Funeral Programs

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Interaction Of Liquid Phase Diisopropyl Methyl Phosphonate (Dimp) With Material Surrogates For Components Of Soil And Combustion Products Of Metal Fuels, Khushi Sunil Patel

Theses

Combustion products of three different Al-based materials, Al-CaCO₃, Al-SiO₂, and Al-Fe₂O₃ , have been produced to understand their interaction with liquid diisopropyl methyl phosphonate (DIMP), a surrogate for chemical weapon agents. The purpose of this is to see which materials were more effective at DIMP adsorption and decomposition at different temperatures. Prepared materials were characterized using electron microscopy, x-ray powder diffraction, and nitrogen adsorption. Prepared powders were submerged in DIMP and heated in a thermal analyzer, tracking the mass changes as a function of temperature. Surfaces of the recovered materials were studied using …

Gamified Gait Rehabilitation Via Real-Time Biofeedback And Adaptive Hip-Exoskeleton Control, Mariya Huzaifa Tohfafarosh

Theses

Gait impairments arise from systemic diseases, age-related degeneration, musculoskeletal dysfunctions, or neurological conditions. While traditional rehabilitation can be effective, they often face challenges such as high costs, inaccessibility, and low patient engagement. To address these challenges, my work introduces a virtual reality-based rehabilitation (VRBR) system, integrating real-time motion and electromyographic (EMG) muscle activation feedback with a gamified virtual environment for enhanced adaptability and engagement. The system includes a custom-designed hip-exoskeleton that provides adaptive spring-like assistance or resistance, supporting both mobility-impaired users and strength training. Assistance levels can be tuned to match the user's progress. Additionally, a custom pressure insole was …

Kevin Bobo's Boboland: A Performer's Guide, Tyler D. Whitehead

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Kevin Bobo is an active American percussionist, educator, and performer that continues to leave a lasting influence in the percussion community. His works for chamber percussion ensemble and solo marimba continue to push the limitations for percussionists in terms of technical ability, new compositional methods and techniques for expanded timbral effects. Bobo’s compositions such as Boboland, a marimba solo with percussion quartet, present technical and musical challenges that are generally unaligned with traditional performance practices in percussion and especially the marimba. This document aims to provide detailed guidance and instruction for the performance of Boboland and will cover all aspects …

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 …

Challenges In Managing Recurrent Small Bowel Obstruction In A Patient With Concurrent Hepatic Dysfunction And Alcohol Use Disorder: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Kaan Sevgi, Logan Enman, Francisco Lucero, Sinan Nazif Aran

Student Publications

This case report describes a 63-year-old Black man with recurrent small bowel obstruction (SBO), persistent abdominal pain, and hepatic dysfunction, set against a complex background of idiopathic peripheral neuropathy, chronic hepatomegaly, an indeterminate adrenal mass, and long-term alcohol use. Imaging revealed dilated bowel loops with partial obstruction, while laboratory findings showed elevated liver enzymes indicative of hepatic impairment. His clinical course highlighted the multifactorial nature of SBO, likely influenced by anatomical disruptions, hepatic pathology, and systemic metabolic factors, including potential adrenal involvement. The case emphasizes the importance of a multidisciplinary approach integrating gastroenterology, hepatology, and endocrinology to manage such intricate …

The Risk Of Marginal Inclusion In The Fortune 500: A Quasi-Replication Of Lewis & Carlos (2023), W. Chad Carlos, Yasir Dewan, Ben W. Lewis, Brian P. Reschke, S. Isaac St. Clair

Faculty Publications

Conventional wisdom suggests that being included in an exclusive ranking leads to positive external evaluations. However, Lewis and Carlos (2023) found that firms situated near the threshold for inclusion on the 100 Best Corporate Citizen ranking were devalued by investors. To assess the generalizability of this surprising finding, we quasi-replicate and extend this finding by applying the same regression discontinuity design to the Fortune 500 ranking. We find corroborating evidence: firms near the bottom of the Fortune 500 receive lower external evaluations, not only from investors but also from industry peers. Our findings therefore quasi-replicate and extend Lewis and Carlos’ …

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 …

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Vision and mission statements

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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.

Health Care In Women’S Carceral Spaces, Kate Gouveia Pereira

Culture, Society, and Praxis

Canada has had a long history of mistreating incarcerated women in their jails. The carceral system was built to fit around the needs of men, neglecting to consider the various health issues that only women face. For many years. federally imprisoned women were held in one deteriorated prison, the Prison for Women (P4W), and were held in abhorrent conditions and experienced many acts of violence. Despite the opening of five more prisons and funding for various programs for women, incarcerated women continue to experience violence and health crises, leaving imprisoned women extremely vulnerable to mental and physical distress. In particular, …

The Activists’ Choice: Ballot Initiatives As A Step Towards Pro-Choice Efforts, Levi C. Mahler

Culture, Society, and Praxis

Following the overturn of Roe V. Wade, many U.S. state legislatures failed to implement abortion rights that satisfy the general population. When the public disapproves of legislative law, some U.S. states allow citizens and activists the right to pursue a ballot initiative. With enough voter signatures, these ballots can turn into new laws. However, with ballot initiatives being a multi-step, lengthy process, what ultimately pushes activists to pursue this path? My research analyzes this novel intersection of political science and sociology fields to contribute to the current lack of literature on activists' decisions to pursue ballot measures for abortion rights. …

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 …

Scaffolding Subversion: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers To Sustain Justice-Oriented Action, Christopher Weiler, Kathleen Brinegar, Kristie Smith, Jessica Demink-Carthew

i.e.: inquiry in education

Dominant sociopolitical ideologies influence educational policy and threaten school-based equity. As teacher educators called to support the development of pre-service teachers (PSTs) who advance justice in their practice, we are compelled to consider our work against the contemporary sociopolitical context. Through collaborative critical discussions, we sought to explore what PSTs need to sustain their engagement in justice-oriented action beyond their teacher preparation program. The ideas and practices that emerged as essential to us as teacher educators in this era were the following: (a) Understanding and Sustaining Self, (b) Bridging Self and Community, (c) Cultivating Equitable Communication, and (d) Subverting Oppression, …

Academician Insights On The Implementation Of The School First Place Quota, Aysima Lale Aktaş, Adem Bayar

i.e.: inquiry in education

This study aimed to reveal the perspectives of academics on the competencies of students who are placed in universities through a first-place quota system. The study has been organized within the framework of a qualitative research approach with a phenomenological design. The data collected through a semi-structured interview form were analyzed through a descriptive analysis technique. The participants responded to the concept of competency as competence, knowledge, qualification, effort, development, process, performance, and experience. The participants expressed their views on the results of the university’s first-place quota implementation as language skills, lack of practice, lack of self-confidence, inability to express …

The Relationship Between The Perception Management Approaches Of School Administrators And Social Capital In School, Mehtap Şi̇mşek Gürkan, Sabri Çeli̇k

i.e.: inquiry in education

The Relationship between the Perception Management Approaches of School Administrators and Social Capital in School

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the level of relationship between school administrators' perception management approaches and social capital within schools, based on the perceptions of teachers in Turkey. In our study, we applied a descriptive correlational survey model and obtained opinions from 450 teachers working across different districts. Results indicate that perception management strategies implemented by school administrators based on honesty and persuasion have a positive impact on the social capital of the school. Our findings …

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 …

Practices Of Maintaining Academic Research Quality In Higher Education Institutions (Heis): Quests And Upheavals, Firdissa J. Aga Dr.

i.e.: inquiry in education

Maintaining academic research quality in HEIs has become a crucial demand of the day due to the need for advancing knowledge, standing answerable to the public, safeguarding institutional credibility, and pacing with the changing academic environments. This study, therefore, investigated the practices of maintaining academic research quality at three HEIs in Ethiopia. A blend of both qualitative and quantitative approaches was used to collect data using a questionnaire and interview guide questions.

The results revealed that the major practices across the three universities include: prioritizing the quantity of research outputs (reports/publications), focusing on researching quality (during the process), ensuring theoretical/conceptual …

Editorial: Let's Light The Lamp Of Awakening Together And Make The World Better

i.e.: inquiry in education

This editorial focuses on the significance of education by discussing philosophical ideas and sheds light on what education means. It explores the research ideas of different educators.

Spatiotemporal Variation Of Violet-Feeding Large Fritillaries (Euptoieta, Speyeria) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) In Central And Northern Wisconsin, Ann B. Swengel, Scott R. Swengel

The Great Lakes Entomologist

We analyzed the relative abundance of the large fritillaries Euptoieta claudia (Cramer) (immigrant), Speyeria cybele (Fabricius) and S. atlantis (Edwards) (generalists), S. aphrodite (Fabricius) (grassland species), and S. idalia (Drury) (prairie specialist) in transect surveys at grasslands and pine barrens during 1990-2006 for variation and correlation over time (measured both as chronological year and as years since last management treatment) among six subregions in central and northern Wisconsin. Population trends (correlations of abundance with chronological year) were few and not significantly skewed toward either negative or positive trends. Spatial synchrony between pairs of subregions was significantly different among species, and …

Latah Formation: History And Case Studies, Kylee M. Woodworth

2025 Symposium

The Latah Formation is a series of discontinuous sedimentary interbeds between the flows of the Columbia River Flood Basalts outcropping across northern Idaho and eastern Washington. Ages ranging between the Middle to Upper Miocene, the sediments represent varied fluvio-lacustrine environments. The deposits are predominantly composed of claystones and shales as alternating, laminated couplets, many containing a variety of fossils. Though the sediments may appear similar across localities, they come from different source rocks, ranging from ashes from Yellowstone hotspot to metamorphic rock from nearby hills. These ancient lacustrine and fluvial environments allowed for great preservation of fossils, often in great …

Fleas Of The Norway Rat In The Superior, Wisconsin, Harbor Area (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae, Hystrichopsyllidae), Darol L. Kaufmann, Norman D. Radtke

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The occurrence of the fleas of the Norway rat, Rattus noruegicus (Berkenhout) was monitored in Superior, Wisconsin, for 12 months. A total of 441 fleas was recovered from 300 rat hosts. Nosopsyllus fasciatus (Bosc), the northern rat flea, was the most abundant species found (94.1%) while Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes pseudagyrtes Baker (5.4%) and Megabothris asio asio (Baker) (0.5%) were also present. The flea index was highest (4.8) in July and lowest (0.2) in February and March. Forty-four percent of the rats examined were infested.

Insights Into Fatty Liver, Pancreatic Fat, And The Development Of Diabetes In India, Harpreet Kour

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

No abstract provided.

Addressing Sarcopenia As A Growing Public Health Concern, Shihari L Kulkarni

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

No abstract provided.

A Rare Case Of Plummer Vinson Syndrome With Hypothyroidism, Akshay Kumar, Kale Ajay P, Chandrashekhar V. Shettar, Himanshu Binji

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

Plummer Vinson Syndrome (PVS) is a rare illness. PVS is most frequently observed in women between the ages of 40. Exact pathogenesis of PVS is still not know but it is interconnected with iron deficiency Anaemia. One of the important features of PVS is Dysphagia which is because of Post Cricoid web. Hypothyroidism is the term for a condition in which the body produces less thyroid hormone. It is believed that thyroid hormone is necessary for bone marrow to undergo proper erythropoiesis. Thyroid hormone increases the production of erythropoietin and directly stimulates the proliferation of erythrocyte precursors. Additionally, it has …

Healing In Relation: Honoring Post-Graduate Grief As An Opportunity For Relational Scholarship, Tanya J. Behrisch, Anna Rumjahn, Chris Yakimov

Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education

This paper is a three-way conversation about grief that follows a graduate program. We explore our experiences with post-graduate grief in community, attending to each other’s sense of loss following separation from supervisors, theses, and graduate programs. In committing to slow scholarship, processes—such as navigating feelings and living—have been valued over producing a manuscript quickly. Slowness, including long gaps between meetings, enabled us to follow the diverse contours of quiet alchemical processes such as grieving, opening up to emptiness, self-acceptance, being enough, and letting go. After years of compression and dialogic friction with her mentor, Tanya confronts feelings akin to …

Tubercular Abscess Of Anterior Chest Wall: A Case Report, Himanshu Binji, Kale Ajay P, Akshay Kumar

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

Diagnosing musculoskeletal tuberculosis is challenging for healthcare providers and requires a high degree of suspicion. The diagnosis is strongly suggested by a combination of gradual symptom onset, clinical signs, histological or cytological characteristics, and relevant radiographic evidence. Timely diagnosis and treatment are essential to avoid significant damage to bones and joints. Tuberculosis affecting the ribs, presenting as chest swelling, is an exceptionally rare condition, with only a limited number of cases documented in medical literature. We report a case of a 65-year-old male with tuberculous involvement of the costochondral junction, presenting as a swelling in the anterior chest wall which …

Enhancing Childhood Development With Vedic Manas Yoga: A School-Based Intervention Study, Acharya Balkrishna, Upasana Agarwal, Arvind Rana, Devika Balagopalan, Ajit Sharma, Shubhangi Shrivastava, Vedpriya Arya

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

In today’s world, with rapid technological growth and rising mental health concerns among youth, there’s an urgent need to reconnect with holistic practices that promote overall well-being. Vedic Manas Yoga offers a comprehensive approach through activities like Sun gazing, Yajna, breathing exercises, meditation, yogic practices, sound frequencies, laughter, and brain exercises to stimulate the brain and pineal gland. However, there’s limited research on replicating these benefits in school environments. This study explores the effects of integrating Vedic Manas Yoga into a school curriculum for children aged 5 to 11.

The study involved 169 participants, with a majority of 77.5% female …