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Teachers' Perceptions Of Education Policies To Reduce Racial And Gender Achievement Gaps, Lisa Mondett Davis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Teachers possess valuable knowledge about classroom experiences that remains untapped in educational policymaking, particularly concerning persistent achievement gaps for Black female students, which have resulted in less effective student academic growth outcomes when compared to White female peers. Although prior research has indicated the implementation of targeted education policies, few studies have explored how excluding educators’ insights about these policies have caused the achievement gap to widen based on race and gender comparisons. Grounded in Black feminist theory, the purpose of this qualitative intrinsic case study was to explore Black female teachers’ perspectives of how education policies influence the achievement …

The Extreme Poverty Alleviation Impact Of The Conditional Cash Transfer Program In Nigeria, Oluseun Omolara Olagunju

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Despite several social investment programmes (SIPs) to reduce poverty, Nigeria had a high poverty rate, particularly in remote rural areas. The SIPs included conditional cash transfers (CCTs) to eligible households under certain conditions, such as extreme poverty in remote rural areas without access to water, electricity, shelter, basic health care, and education. While a few studies conducted on the effectiveness of CCTs have shown that Nigeria invested significant resources in poverty alleviation without the desired results due to factors like poor implementation and corruption, none reflects the perspective of CCT beneficiaries. The purpose of this study was to fill this …

Higher Education Leaders’ Perspectives Regarding Faculty Attrition, Alexandria Angel Draper

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Perceptions of higher education leaders (HELs) regarding faculty attrition and effective strategies to help manage challenges associated with voluntary and involuntary resignations were unknown. Guided by Bush’s educational management theory, the purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore HELs’ perceptions regarding faculty attrition. Research questions investigated perceptions of HELs regarding faculty attrition and how they perceived faculty attrition in their institutions. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 12 HELs, including academic deans, vice provosts, department chairpersons, program directors, and board of regents members. Thematic analysis was conducted using open and axial coding of the interview data. Themes included provision …

The Experience Of Spirituality And Self-Image In Sexually Abused Women, Nereyda Sullins

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

I explored the role of spirituality and self-image in the healing processes of adult women who have experienced sexual abuse. Using trauma theory as a guiding framework, I sought to understand how survivors engage with spirituality to reconstruct their identities and navigate their recovery. I aimed to contribute to the growing body of literature on trauma recovery by offering insights into the ways survivors integrate spiritual practices and self-perceptions to foster resilience. A qualitative phenomenological approach was used to capture the lived experiences of 12 women who had experienced sexual abuse and engaged with spirituality as a coping mechanism. Thematic …

The Moderating Effect Of Political Ideology On The Relationship Between Locus Of Control And Covid-19-Related Anxiety And Stress, Sarah Boomhower

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic created a mental health crisis within the United States. Previous research examining locus of control and mental health issues during the pandemic revealed that individuals with an external locus of control exhibited increased mental health symptoms. Research also found that political attitudes played a role regarding COVID-19 with liberal-leaning individuals and Democrats reporting higher levels of emotional distress during the pandemic. The purpose of this quantitative, nonexperimental, correlational study was to determine the extent to which political ideology moderates the relationship between locus of control and COVID-19-related anxiety and stress. Locus of control was the theoretical foundation …

Effects Of Healthcare Administrators And Icu Nurses’ Perspectives Of Leader Bullying On Work And Physical Six Sigma/Lean Training, Agha Raza

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Despite the U.S. government-funded initiatives, public responsiveness, and antibullying legislation to improve healthcare, leadership bullying behavior remains a serious concern in hospital intensive care units (ICUs). The ICU nursing involves high stress levels and hospital work conditions, which lead to bullying behaviors. When ICU nurse leaders do not participate in work and physical Six Sigma/Lean training, they may develop different perceptions of leaders’ bullying behavior compared to those whose leaders participate in this training. The purpose of this nonexperimental quantitative cross-sectional survey study was to discover any significant relationships between the type of Six Sigma/Lean training (descendant, ascendant, and horizontal) …

Complaints Against Police Officers, Allegation Dispositions, And Suspension Length In New York City, Nathan Michael Hunter

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Extant literature on police officer misconduct has shown that it was possible to identify problem officers in a proactive manner. Yet serious misconduct incidents continued to occur that strain the relationship between the public and police, including the government serving both entities. The New York Police Department was the largest city police force in the United States, with approximately 33,475 full-time sworn officers, and in 2023, New York City (NYC) paid $298 million in settlements related to claims against police officers. Considering this, further research into police officer misconduct was warranted to fill a gap in the literature that can …

Behavioral Health Leadership’S Role In Enhancing Family Reunification Success In Residential Care., Porscha Profitt

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This qualitative case study examined the role of behavioral health leadership (BHL) in facilitating effective family reunification within residential treatment settings, focusing on Organization X in Northern California. The study addressed the persistent issue of high recidivism rates among youth with intellectual and co-occurring mental health disorders following discharge from therapeutic foster care. Using the Baldrige Excellence Framework as a guiding model, the research explored how BHLs assess reunification success, engage families, and navigate systemic and individual challenges that hinder sustainable transitions to home environments. Data collection involved semi-structured interviews with administrators and supplemented by organizational documents and reports. Thematic …

Experiences Of Low-Risk, Low-Need Participants In A Gender-Neutral And Inclusive Domestic And Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Program, Kenneth W. Robison

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Traditional batterer intervention programs often prioritize male-perpetrator-female-victim models, thereby overlooking diverse relationship contexts and marginalized populations. Understanding participants’ experiences is essential for researchers, policymakers, counselor educators, and practitioners to develop alternatives to one-size-fits-all gender- specific strategies, which aligns with the call for more robust evidence-based practices. The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative study, guided by van Manen’s framework, was to explore the lived experiences of low-risk, low-need participants who completed a gender-neutral and inclusive domestic and intimate partner violence intervention program. The research answered what essential themes emerged from the participants’ lived experiences. Data were collected from (n=8) participants …

Law School News: From The State House To The Court House 4-22-2025, Andrew Clark, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

Law School News: Rwu Law Ranked #11 Nationally For Most Graduates In Public Interest Law Careers 4-15-2025, Helga Melgar

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

Preparation Of Novel Adsorbents Via Functionalized Mcm-41 Prepared From Plant Residues, Raghad Saad Hatem, Hayder Hamied Mihsen, Alaa Frak Hussain

Baghdad Science Journal

In this study, mesoporous silica MCM-41 was functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) to obtain MCM-41@APTES, which contains primary amine groups. In the next step, 5-bromosalicylaldehyde was refluxed with MCM-41@APTES in toluene to obtain the Schiff base-functionalized mesoporous silica material, MCM-41@APTES-BSAL. MCM-41@APTES and MCM-41@APTES-BSAL were characterized via FT-IR, FESEM-EDX, TEM, N2-adsorption-desorption, XRD, and TGA/DTA. The XRD and TEM investigations showed that MCM-41@APTES and MCM-41@APTES-BSAL were generated with extremely ordered hexagonal arrangements. The findings from the N2-adsorption–desorption analysis revealed that the average pore diameters, total pore volumes, and specific surface areas were 7.530 nm, 0.292 cm³g^-1, and 155.19 m …

Direct Parieto-Occipital Connectivity Of The Amygdala Via The Parahippocampal Segment Of The Cingulum Bundle, Arash Kamali, Kamand Khalaj, Atif Ali, Farbod Khalaj, Diana Kokash, Andres R Gonzalez, Michael A Jacobs, Alireza Akhbardeh, Paul E Schulz, Khader M Hasan

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background

The amygdala is a key structure involved in memory, emotional processing, and sensory integration. While the cortical connectivity of the amygdala with the frontal and temporal lobes has been extensively studied, its direct connections with the parieto-occipital cortices remain underexplored. This study aims to delineate the direct connectivity between the amygdala and the parietal and occipital cortices via the parahippocampal segment of the cingulum bundle.

Methods

High-resolution diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) tractography was performed on 30 healthy adult brains. Fiber tracking was conducted using three regions of interest (ROIs) placed in the parietal, occipital, and medial temporal lobes. A fractional …

Criminalising Rough Sleeping In England And Wales: Way Forward Or Backward? Possible Solutions To Homelessness, Goodtime Okara

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Several nations across the globe have adopted the enforcement-based approach to address rough sleeping, which exacerbates the challenges faced by rough sleepers. This paper critically examines the ‘criminalisation’ of rough sleeping in England and Wales, arguing that the criminal law responses–including the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime, and Policing Act 2014 and the previously proposed measures in the Criminal Justice Bill 2024–in England and Wales are inappropriate to address the complex reasoning underpinning homelessness and rough sleeping. It comprehensively explores the housing policies in both nations, the causes of rough sleeping, the implications of criminalising rough sleeping, and the nexus between human …

Role Of Systemic Therapy In Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma: Where Do We Stand And Where Are We Heading?, Deepa Raghavan, Viktoriya Gibatova, Nikhil Vojjala, Nagaishwarya Moka, Aihua Edward Yen

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The effectiveness of immunotherapy and targeted therapy has been well established in metastatic renal cell cancer (mRCC). These therapies demonstrated higher overall response rates and led to prolonged survival. In contrast, in localized RCC, conventional treatment is either partial or complete nephrectomy. While surgery is a curative option in early stages, high recurrence rates remain a concern, with survival rates ranging from 53% to 85%, depending on the initial stage at the time of diagnosis. Given favorable outcomes with systemic therapies in the metastatic setting, there has also been an increased interest in utilizing these therapies for the localized stage …

Radiation Dosimetry Of [11c]Tz1964b As Determined By Whole-Body Pet Imaging Of Nonhuman Primates, Baijayanta Maiti, Noah L Goldman, Mahdjoub Hamdi, Jason Lenox-Krug, Morvarid Karimi, Stephen M Moerlein, Richard Laforest, Tianyu Huang, Zhude Tu, Joel S Perlmutter, Scott A Norris

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10A) is a postsynaptic, membrane bound cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase that is highly enriched in the striatal medium spiny neurons and regulates dopaminergic neurotransmission. The objective of this study is to determine the absorbed radiation dosimetry of a novel radiotracer for PDE10A: 3-(Methoxy-

RESULTS: Highest retention was observed in the liver with total time-integrated activity of ~ 0.23 h. Absorbed organ dosimetry was highest in the liver (53.3 μGy/MBq), making it the critical organ. Gallbladder (35.9 μGy/MBq) and spleen (35.4 μGy/MBq) were the next highest organs for absorbed radiation dose. Effective doses were estimated to be 5.02 and …

Autophagy Is Required For The Therapeutic Effects Of The Nad+ Precursor Nicotinamide In Obesity-Related Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, Mahmoud Abdellatif, Moydul Islam, Abhinav Diwan, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

No abstract provided.

A Role For Δ Subunit-Containing Gabaa Receptors On Parvalbumin-Positive Neurons In Maintaining Electrocortical Signatures Of Sleep States, Peter M Lambert, Sofia V Salvatore, Xinguo Lu, Hong-Jin Shu, Ann Benz, Nicholas Rensing, Carla M Yuede, Michael Wong, Charles F Zorumski, Steven Mennerick

2020-Current year OA Pubs

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Cervical Cancer Screening Overuse Among Women With And Without Disability In The U.S. From 2007 To 2016, Preeti Zanwar, Chan Shen, Matthew Smith

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

INTRODUCTION: Persons with disability, a recognized health disparity population with complex care needs, may be at risk for cervical cancer screening overuse. However, limited studies have examined cervical cancer screening overuse among women with and without disability using large nationally representative survey data. Among women with and without disability, the authors aimed to provide national estimates of cervical cancer screening overuse and the proportion of cervical cancer screening overuse among younger, middle-age, and older women.

METHODS: The authors first utilized the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines to conceptualize and define cervical cancer screening overuse for women with and without …

Immunotherapy With Nebulized Pattern Recognition Receptor Agonists Restores Severe Immune Paralysis And Improves Outcomes In Mice With Influenza-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis, Jezreel Pantaleón García, Sebastian Wurster, Nathaniel D Albert, Uddalak Bharadwaj, Keerthi Bhoda, Vikram K Kulkarni, Mbaya Ntita, Paris Rodríguez Carstens, Madeleine Burch-Eapen, Daniela Covarrubias López, Jania Foncerrada Lizaola, Katherine E Larsen, Lauren M Matula, Seyed J Moghaddam, Yongxing Wang, Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis, Scott E Evans

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (IAPA) is a potentially deadly superinfection in patients with influenza pneumonia, especially those with severe disease, underlying immunosuppression, corticosteroid therapy, or requiring intensive care support. Given the high mortality of IAPA, adjunct immunomodulatory strategies remain a critical unmet need. Previously, the desensitization of pattern recognition pathways has been described as a hallmark of IAPA pathogenesis and a predictor of mortality in IAPA patients. Therefore, we studied the impact of nebulized Toll-like receptor 2/6/9 agonists Pam2 CSK4 (Pam2) and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) on infection outcomes and pulmonary immunopathology in a corticosteroid-immunosuppressed murine IAPA model. Mice with IAPA receiving …

Clinical And Fundamental Research Progressions On Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes Therapy In Cancer, Jiandong Hu, Mengli Jin, Weihong Feng, Barbara Nassif-Rausseo, Alexandre Reuben, Chunhua Ma, Gregory Lizee, Fenge Li

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Malignant tumors represent a significant threat to human health. Among the various therapeutic strategies available, cancer immunotherapy-encompassing adoptive cell transfer (ACT) and immune checkpoint blockade therapy-has emerged as a particularly promising approach following surgical resection, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and molecular targeted therapies. This form of treatment elicits substantial antigen-specific immune responses, enhances or restores anti-tumor immunity, thereby facilitating the control and destruction of tumor cells, and yielding durable responses across a range of cancers, which can lead to the eradication of tumor lesions and the prevention of recurrence. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), a subset of ACT, are characterized by their heterogeneity and …

The Need For Training That Supports Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders For General Educators, Stacey Warren

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Research shows that general education teachers experience the most success serving special education students in the general education setting when they are well prepared to support these students’ unique needs. The problem addressed in this study was that middle school general education teachers were unprepared to include students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) in the general education classroom in one local Southeastern U. S. school district. Guided by Knowles’s adult learning theory, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the training middle school general education teachers received to support students with EBD in the classroom and …

Cyberterrorism And International Laws: Need For Cyber Inclusion, Carla A. Lechette-Danberry

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Cyberterrorists use cyberspace to communicate their threats and conduct their actions to intimidate their political, religious, or ideological control. The literature reviewed on cyberterrorism and international law has been limited and continues to develop as cyberterrorists develop their skills and capabilities to conduct cyberattacks. A gap exists in the literature on how nation-states respond to a cyberattack, cyber warfare, or cyberterrorism under international laws and policies. The problem is that international laws are being outpaced by the development of new technology, which cybercriminals and cyberterrorists can circumvent in order to escape punishment for a cyberattack. The purpose of this basic …

Synthesis And Characterization Of New Petroleum Demulsifies From Poly Acryl Amide With Poly Vinyl Alcohol And Studying Photolysis, Zaynab Hussein Fadel, Sura K. Ibrahim, Sana Hitur Awad, Faris Hamood Mohammed

Baghdad Science Journal

One of the most important problems associated with oil production is the formation of stable (water-in-oil) emulsions, and these emulsions greatly affect the process of treating the oil and ridding it of water.The creation of these emulsions throughout the oil production process is an expensive state, and the low water level of crude oil emulsions enhances performance while lowering the risk of equipment and pipeline deterioration. One technique to lower the water content is to break down crude oil emulsions chemically by demulsification. The water droplets quickly collide because the emulsifier renders the thin film separating the water droplets and …

Developing The Mycancergene Digital Health Portal To Improve Patients' Understanding Of Germline Cancer Genetic Test Results: Development, User, And Usability Testing Study, Phillip Trieu, Dominique Fetzer, Briana Mcleod, Kathryn Schweickert, Lauren Gutstein, Brian Egleston, Susan Domchek, Linda Fleisher, Lynne Wagner, Kuang-Yi Wen, Cara Cacioppo, Jessica E. Ebrahimzadeh, Dana Falcone, Claire Langer, Elisabeth Wood, Kelsey Karpink, Shelby Posen, Enida Selmani, Angela R. Bradbury

Department of Medical Oncology Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: The use of multigene panels has significantly increased the likelihood that genetic testing will leave patients with uncertainties regarding test interpretation, implications, and recommendations, which will change over time. Effective longitudinal care models are needed to provide patients with updated information and to obtain patient and family history updates.

OBJECTIVE: To bridge this gap, we aimed to develop a patient- and genetic provider-informed digital genetic health portal (GHP), MyCancerGene, to improve longitudinal patient understanding of and responses to genetic testing.

METHODS: We used a 5-step process to develop MyCancerGene. To better understand their interest in and willingness to use …

2025 North Haverhill Fair 4-H Animal Packet, Extension

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.

Visualization Of Coastal Carbonate Lithosomes: Color-Intensity Patterns And Georadar Imaging Of A Semi-Lithified Strandplain, Eleuthera Island, The Bahamas, Ilya Buynevich, Michael Savarese, H. Allen Curran

Geosciences: Faculty Publications

Quaternary carbonate strandplains serve as archives of land–sea interaction, including the impacts of storms and tsunamis. Incipient lithification, especially of compound beach/dune ridges within the action zone of salt spray, presents challenges to geological research, which is often limited to exposures. This study combines aerial image analysis with geophysical datasets to assess the morphostratigraphy and internal structure of the Freedom Beach Strandplain along southern Eleuthera Island, The Bahamas. Color-intensity analysis of field photographs and satellite images revealed general patterns that can be used to distinguish between areas with different grayscale parameters (sand-covered surfaces, lithified ridges, vegetation, etc.). Cross-shore (dip-section) high-resolution …

Setting Sail For Resilience And Ocean Sustainability, Alun Morgan, Charlotte Braungardt

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

This paper makes a valuable contribution to the emerging field of marine social sciences by focusing on the potential contribution of learning theory and praxes in promoting Ocean Literacy, Marine Identity and Marine Citizenship. These are advocated as important social dimensions of the changes and outcomes required to promote sustainability and resilience of marine environments and, by extension, terrestrial environments, across a range of scales from local through to planetary. This is because the factors that compromise marine resilience are largely anthropogenic, and negative outcomes of human disassociation from the ocean. From another perspective, the paper is equally concerned with …

Novel Test Point Algorithm For Register-Based Read Only Memory, Krunal Siddhapathak, Ankit Garg

Defensive Publications Series

This publication describes a test point algorithm that uses custom test points to detect faults at a given node in a register-based read-only memory (ROM). Test points to detect faults are inserted at higher combinational depth levels to reduce the overall number of test points used. In some implementations, a combinational depth is calculated, test point nodes are identified, and duplicates are sorted and removed. A flop-based ROM implementation may include address‑decoding logic to obtain specific register content. A flop-based ROM implementation may include an OR tree structure to generate the final ROM output.

Mastering Technology Audit Quality Assurance: A Framework For Auditors, Ramkumar Bharathan

Defensive Publications Series

Ramkumar's document presents a comprehensive framework (COBIT, NIST, FFIEC CAT, FFIEC IT Handbook) for establishing, implementing, and maturing a robust Technology Quality Assurance Review (QAR) program within internal audit, emphasizing its strategic imperative in today's complex digital landscape. Driven by escalating technology risks (cybersecurity, cloud, AI), evolving regulatory demands (FFIEC, COBIT, NIST CSF, GLBA, SOX, NYDFS, State Privacy Laws), and the need for reliable assurance, the framework details a systematic approach grounded in IIA Global Internal Audit Standards (specifically the QAIP) and integrated with key governance and control frameworks like COBIT and NIST CSF. It outlines core QAR principles, a …