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Parental Effects In Fall Webworm, Emma Sellers, Mykaela Tanino-Springsteen, Mayra Vidal, Dhaval Vyas, Gina Wimp, Mariana Abarca, Mattheau Comerford, Shannon Murphy

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The environment or experiences of a parent generation can impact the fitness of the next generation, a phenomenon known as parental effects. While a high-quality diet can directly benefit an individual and a low-quality diet can reduce fitness, a parental effect occurs only when there is a transgenerational response to these stimuli that manifests in the individual’s offspring. In dietary generalists, a parental effect could play an important role for offspring performance if the species experiences considerable variation in quality across host plants; positive parental effects may result from host matching between parents and offspring on high-quality host plants, whereas …

1890 State Normal College Essays And Orations Of Graduates, State Normal College

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Microglial Swell1 Deficiency Drives Male-Specific Seizure Vulnerability But Paradoxical Neuroprotection Through Impaired Phagocytosis, Abhijeet S Barath, Aastha Dheer, Laura Montier, Mekenzie M Peshoff, Emily Dale, Flavia Goche, Thanh Thanh Le Nguyen, Mastura Akter, Fangfang Qi, Dimitrios Kleidonas, Lauren Harris, Sarah A Jewanee, Anthony D Umpierre, Dale B Bosco, Koichiro Haruwaka, Rajan Sah, Long-Jun Wu, Rongzhuo Hua, Tejaswani Datla

The Brown Foundation: Institute of Molecular Medicine

The discovery of genes encoding the volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC) has enabled detailed exploration of its cell type-specific roles in the brain. LRRC8A (SWELL1) is the essential VRAC subunit. We observed seizure-induced, subunit-specific changes in microglial VRAC expression and investigated its function using conditional KO (cKO) of LRRC8A in microglia. SWELL1 cKO mice exhibited a male-specific increase in kainate-induced seizure severity, yet showed paradoxical neuroprotection against seizure-associated neuronal loss. Mechanistically, SWELL1 deletion led to a cell-autonomous reduction in microglial density and decreased release of VRAC-permeable neuroactive metabolites, including taurine, GABA, and glutamate in culture. Additionally, impaired phagocytic kinetics and reduced …

Full Issue, Iajbs Ateneo De Manila University

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

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The Effect Of Aquatic Pollution On (Green) Microbial Communities In The Greater Rochester Area, Francesca Molee

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Retention ponds are built in urban and suburban areas to catch the polluted runoff that would otherwise go into highly-valued freshwater ecosystems like the Great Lakes. They therefore make ideal model ecosystems to consider the effect of chemical, common pollution on aquatic communities. To understand the impact this aquatic pollution on both microbial community composition alongside green microbial physiological stress response, water column and sediment microbial communities were sampled from three retention ponds, and three non-retention, created ponds. The first part of this study focused on the microbial community composition. Using 16s amplicon sequencing on and subsequent analysis using Qiime2, …

[Review Of] The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete For Wealth, Power And People, Steven Pfaff

Sociology Faculty Articles and Research

A review of Paul Seabright's The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People.

Comparative Study Of Green Synthesis To Prepare Tio2 Nanoparticles From Plant Shard Leaves Extract By Using Microwave Irradiation And Microjet Plasma, Zainab Fakhri Merzah, Zainab J Shanan, Tayser Sumer Gaaz

Baghdad Science Journal

Plant extracts have been widely investigated as a safer alternative for the green synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles. This study presents a green synthesis approach using shard leaf extract assisted by microwave irradiation and microjet plasma for the preparation of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO₂ NPs). The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV–Vis), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and zeta potential (ZP) analysis. XRD results confirmed the formation of the anatase phase of TiO₂ without detectable brookite or rutile peaks, indicating high phase purity. The crystal structure was …

Synthesis And Characterization Of Zinc Oxide (Zno) Nanoparticles: From Chemical To Green Synthesis, Kawa S. Sulaiman, Ayoub S. Karim

Baghdad Science Journal

The present research focuses on the synthesis and comparative analysis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) produced through two distinct methodologies: a traditional sol-gel procedure and a sustainable green synthesis route. The green synthesis approach utilized Laurus Nobilis leaf extract as a natural reducing and stabilizing agent, offering an eco-friendly alternative to conventional chemical synthesis. To evaluate the structural, optical, and morphological properties of the resulting nanoparticles, both sets of samples were characterized using UV-Vis spectroscopy, XRD, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), FTIR, and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM). The XRD patterns confirmed the successful formation of a hexagonal wurtzite …

Rna G-Quadruplexes Function As A Tunable Switch Of Fus Phase Separation, Jenny L. Carey, Miyuki Hayashi, Emily A. Welebob, Laura R. Ganser, Huan Wang, Kerry Buckhaults, Jacquelyn A. Depierro, Zheng Shi, James Shorter, Sua Myong, Aaron R. Haeusler, Lin Guo

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

Fused in sarcoma (FUS) undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) to support essential cellular functions, but aberrant phase transitions promote toxic aggregation in neurodegenerative disease. Short RNA oligonucleotides can reverse this behavior, yet the structural determinants that govern RNA activity remain poorly defined. Here, we identify RNA G-quadruplexes (rG4s) as tunable structural motifs that potently modulate FUS LLPS. rG4 activity depends on its concentration and is modulated by rG4 length and stability: increasing repeat number switches rG4s from inhibitor to nucleator of FUS assembly, whereas chemical modifications that stabilize rG4 enhance inhibitory function and render these activities resilient to ionic perturbation. …

Usa V. Kendre Cain

2026 Decisions

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A Compass For The Forest: Curriculum Opportunities In A Post-Liaison World, Meghan Otoupalik, Erica Defrain

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

This poster highlights a project that reimagines what library instruction, faculty partnerships, and student impact looks like following the transition away from a liaison librarian model. Looking at the academic institution’s general education program’s learning outcomes that all undergraduates must complete, we found Information Literacy (IL) was already built into this multi-disciplinary program. The library was given access to the university’s repository of participating course documents and syllabi allowing us to analyze how the learning outcomes are being met, and even more insights into how IL is being taught across campus. We began a pilot program for the first of …

Second Amended Plan

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

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Toolkit For Multistate Disease Progression Simulation And Treatment Decision-Making Aid, Can Xie, Ruosha Li, Wael Saber, Jorge E Cortes, Nicholas J Short, Xuelin Huang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: The optimal timing of a treatment within therapy lines can maximize its benefit while minimizing risks and side effects. Because patients differ in clinical and biological characteristics, personalized treatment planning can support physicians' decision-making. However, multistate disease progression complicates the comparison of treatment strategies, motivating the development of a user-friendly web tool for multistate disease progression simulation and treatment decision support. Microsimulation is a natural approach for comparing prespecified treatment-timing strategies, where it generates disease trajectories for a large number of virtual patients matched to an individual patient's observed data. In our framework, microsimulation is performed using a multistate …

1893 State Normal College Essays And Orations Of Graduates, State Normal College

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1894 State Normal College Commencement Week Activities Program

To What Extent Could Quantum Computing Pose A Threat To Global Modern Data Security?, Aniket Maheshwari

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

Quantum computing has emerged as a transformative technology with the potential to fundamentally disrupt modern cryptographic systems that underpin global data security. This paper examines the extent to which quantum computing could pose a threat to modern global data security by synthesising existing technical, institutional, and policy-oriented literature. Drawing on a narrative review of scholarly research, industry reports, and government frameworks, the analysis focuses on the implications of quantum algorithms such as Shor’s and Grover’s, which challenge the mathematical foundations of widely used cryptographic schemes. The findings suggest that while quantum computing presents a credible long-term threat to asymmetric encryption …

An Ai Perspective On Counseling Supervision, Emily A. Brinck, James L. Soldner, Hung Jen Kuo, Scott A. Sabella, Trenton J. Landon, Charles P. Bernacchio, Elizabeth A. Boland

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications

The increased use of technology-assisted distance counseling practices is one result of COVID’s impact on behavioral health, including in counselor education and the delivery of supervision. First, technology-assisted distance supervision needed for “real time” communication grew. Furthermore, there is an emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that have the potential to contribute to aspects of supervision; however, current evidence remains emerging, context-dependent, and at times mixed, warranting cautious interpretation of their effectiveness. The article offers an overview of using AI in clinical supervision, examines the benefits and potential concerns of AI from different perspectives, and considers the significance of using …

The Road To Gerontocracy, Juan David Bohorquez Pacateque, Alonso Morales Sánchez Mejorada, Paul Alexander Villegas Muñoz

Journal of New Finance

The purpose of this article is to develop a reform proposal for current pension systems based on a robust political economy approach. The research is documentary, conducting critical analysis of texts and evidence collection from various pension schemes from a public choice perspective to elaborate a comparative institutional analysis. Pension schemes, being influenced by political processes, are susceptible to adopting institutions that are inefficient, so a politically and economically robust reform is proposed. In conclusion, taking into account that pension systems can be co-opted by the political process, it is not sufficient to propose financially sustainable schemes but also ones …

Enhancing Sleep Quality Through Sleep Hygiene Education Among Adults In A Faith-Based Community, Denielle Earle-Thompson

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

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Adults between 18 and 64 years of age require at least seven hours of sleep per night; however, many adults do not meet this recommendation, contributing to increased risks for chronic disease, impaired functioning, mood disturbances, and reduced quality of life. Poor sleep quality has been associated with weakened immunity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, anxiety, depression, and decreased daytime performance. Obtaining adequate, good-quality sleep is essential for maintaining overall health and well-being. In faith-based communities, combining health education with spiritual support may provide a holistic approach that addresses both physical and emotional contributors to poor sleep.

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The purpose …

Single Mothers: What Utahns Need To Know, Brie Sparks, Susan R. Madsen

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

Single mothers represent a significant and growing share of families in Utah and across the United States, yet they face distinct structural, economic, and social challenges that impact both family well-being and broader community outcomes. While single mothers play a critical role as primary caregivers and contributors to the workforce, data show that they are disproportionately affected by poverty, barriers to education, employment instability, and mental health challenges. At the same time, research has found that when systems, policies, and communities effectively support parents raising children alone, outcomes improve for families as well as for the long-term strength of the …

Modeling And Performance Analysis Of Two-Dimensional Vcsel Using Finite Element Simulation, Rand Mahdi Khudair, Shaimaa S. Mahdi

Baghdad Science Journal

Vertical cavity surface emission lasers (VCSELs) are considered to be an integral component of short-range optical communication. Compact structure, low threshold current, and high modulation capability are the reasons why these communication systems are used. efficiency. This study presents a two-dimensional numerical simulation of a VCSEL structure at a wavelength of 850 nm using the finite element method (FEM) via Laser MOD software to investigate the effect of using two different quantum well materials (QW) GaAs, and AlGaAs on the optical performance of the device. All of the above were done within the same cavity and DBR structure to provide …

Effect Of Cupc Film Thickness Prepared By Thermal Evaporation On The Performance Of An Optical Detector, Zainab Hazim Abdul Raheem, Sameer Khudhur Yaseen, Mohammed K. Khalaf

Baghdad Science Journal

Copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) is a semiconductor that is chemically very stable, highly optically absorbing of visible light, and possesses good charge transport properties, so it is a promising material for optoelectronic devices and photodetectors. In this study, CuPc thin films with thickness range 146.4–632.4 nm were grown on ultrasonically cleaned glass substrates by thermal evaporation at a pressure of 2.2 × 10^-5 torr. Structure, morphology, and optical properties were analyzed to study the effect of thickness on photoconductive response. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the films were polycrystalline monoclinic with preferred (312) orientation. AFM images showed increase in grain …

Studying The Physisorption And Reaction Between In9Sno15 Pyramid Nanocluster With Water Molecule Via Transition State Theory, Nisreen A. Fejer, Asmaa H. Mohammed, Mohammed T. Hussein

Baghdad Science Journal

This study investigates two binary semiconductors, Sn₁₀O₁₅ and In₁₀O₁₅, to form a ternary In₉SnO₁₅, a potential indium tin oxide (ITO) pyramid nanocluster for a humidity sensor, using density functional theory and transition-state theory. B3LYP hybrid functional was applied with the 6-311G** basis set for light elements (H, O) and (SDD) basis set for heavy elements (In, Sn). Steady-state geometrical structures were obtained using a complementary program, Gaussian View 05, and the corresponding electronic properties. HOMO and LUMO were calculated via the Gaussian 09W software program …

Coefficient Bounds For A New Subclass Of Meromorphic Multivalent Functions With Higher Derivatives Obtained From Bessel Function, Ali Musaddak Delphi

Baghdad Science Journal

The goal of this paper is to introduce a new subclass of meromorphic multivalent functions with higher derivatives inside a punctured open unit disk U*, by generalizing the Bessel function. The method used to derive the new findings on this topic is stated in section two of this paper. The product theorem between two functions and neighborhood properties was obtained using the recently discovered coefficient bounds for the new subclass. In addition, this paper attempted to address an important research gap in the subject of geometric function theory, which is the computational tools for coefficient bounds through the use …

Evaluation Of Home Loan Candidates Using Energy And Laplacian Energy In Hesitancy Fuzzy Zagreb Matrices, A. Abinaya, G. Deepa

Baghdad Science Journal

A hesitancy fuzzy graph is a type of generalized fuzzy graphs that reflects reluctance or uncertainty in interactions by assigning a variety of potential membership values rather than a single value to each vertex and edge. It offers an adaptable framework for simulating intricate systems with ambiguous, reluctant, or imperfect input. Topological measurements that capture and characterize a graph's structural features are called Zagreb indices, and they are obtained from vertex degrees. Although Zagreb indices and graph energies have been studied for intuitionistic fuzzy graphs, fuzzy graphs, and classical graphs, no work has been done to apply these ideas to …

Numerical Study Of The Effect Of Embedded Radiation On Fluid Flow And Heat Transfer In A Porous Medium, Shaymaa M. Younus, Iman Al-Obaidi

Baghdad Science Journal

This takes a look at ambitions to investigate the two-dimensional flow pattern of fluids in a conductive medium constrained between two parallel horizontal plates under the influence of embedded radiation. The mathematical model is based entirely on the flow equations, including the continuity, momentum, energy, and diffusion equations. The machine is solved numerically the usage of the specific finite difference approach (ADE) to investigate the conduct of drift, temperature, and mass transfer below radiative outcomes. The study specializes in the impact of key dimensionless parameters, including the Reynolds number, Darcy number, Grashof number, Péclet number, radiation parameter, mixed radiation, and …

Editorial: Plant Responses To Abiotic Stress: Unraveling Complex Mechanisms Through Genomics And Physiology, Mizanur Rahman, Takashi Asaeda, Md Harun Rashid

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

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The Courier, Summer 2026, Tennessee. Historical Commission.

Tennessee Historical Commission

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Academic Year 2026–27 Annual Estimate Of The Strategic Security Environment, Us Army War College

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

The Academic Year 2026–27 Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment provides a framework for those aspiring to tackle the Department of War’s most pressing challenges. This year’s authors highlight trending challenges and identify potential tension points across 10 sections organized under the broad themes of 1) Regional Challenges and Opportunities and 2) Institutional Challenges. This assessment represents the collective expertise of the US Army War College. The narrative is supplemented by a tailored list of 105 command-sponsored questions from 47 different Army and Joint organizations from across the Department of War. Combined, the distinct yet complementary narrative and question …

Strategic Analysis Of The Robotic Surgery Market, Matthew Mavandi, Elif B. Dilden

Student Publications

Robotic-assisted surgery represents a rapidly growing segment of the US medical device market. This editorial applies Porter’s Five Forces, political, economic, social, and technological (PEST) analysis, and value, rarity, inimitability, and organization (VRIO) analysis, along with qualitative interpretation, to examine the competitive structure of the robotic surgery market. High development costs, extensive healthcare regulation, and limited technological supply have slowed competitive entry, but growing demand has intensified competitive pressure. The market appears to favor established firms because of high switching costs, existing long-term hospital relationships, and surgical familiarity with established robotic platforms. Existing firms may be positioned for continued growth …