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Cn Stretches Around 4.4 Microns Dominate The Ir Absorption Spectra Of Cyanopolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Vincent J. Esposito, Ryan C. Fortenberry, Christiaan Boersma, Alexandros Maragkoudakis, Louis J. Allamandola

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Anharmonic quantum chemical computations reveal a strong, narrow (width = 0.075 μm) band in the 4.3–4.5 μm region of the absorption spectra of the cyano-substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (CN-PAHs) cyanonaphthalene, cyanoanthracene, c yanophenanthrene, and c yanopyrene. This narro w windo w with intense IR lines implies that CN-PAHs of various shapes and sizes offer little variation in both wavelength and intensity in this region. Subsequently, this band can be used as a tracer for CN-PAHs. The distinct features making up the band are assigned to mixed vibrational states consisting of the CN stretch fundamental and various combination bands, including in-plane …

The Lived Experience Of Patients In Feeling Empathy From Nurses When Receiving Care Via Telehealth, Donna L. Cutting

Dissertations

With the increased use of telehealth, particularly telenursing, there is a lack of literature regarding the portrayal and deliverance of empathy and compassion from the nurse to the patient when physical separation exists, such as when the nurse and the patient are in different locations and "seeing" each other through use of technology.

The aim of this qualitative, phenomenological dissertation study was to describe the lived experience of patients feeling empathy or not from nurses when receiving care via telehealth. Watson's Human Caring Science was the nursing theory used to guide this study. The research question was: What is the …

Financing Energy Access On The Edge Of The World, Alex Pederson

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Data Normalization For Addressing The Challenges In The Analysis Of Single-Cell Transcriptomic Datasets, Raquel Cuevas-Diaz Duran, Haichao Wei, Jiaqian Wu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Normalization is a critical step in the analysis of single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets. Its main goal is to make gene counts comparable within and between cells. To do so, normalization methods must account for technical and biological variability. Numerous normalization methods have been developed addressing different sources of dispersion and making specific assumptions about the count data.

MAIN BODY: The selection of a normalization method has a direct impact on downstream analysis, for example differential gene expression and cluster identification. Thus, the objective of this review is to guide the reader in making an informed decision on the most …

Hormonal Basis Of Brain Fog In Cancer Treatment, Yuan Pan, Jian Hu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The cognitive side effects of cancer treatment are common, but no targeted therapy exists yet to treat or prevent such neurological sequelae. We explore the role of hormones as mediators between cancer therapy and cognitive impairment, discussing potential future directions.

Effects Of Urbanization On Eutrophication Parameters In Three Tidal Creeks, Ella Swantek

Honors Theses

Marshes and swashes are vital environments as a controlling barrier between land affected by various pollutants and the ocean. Eutrophication and the effects of this process can be detrimental for the areas experiencing it. I am interested in ways areas that have little contact with human interactions compare to areas that are heavily urbanized, and whether either of these locations is at a higher risk for eutrophication. Using spectrophotometry and fluorometry, I analyzed samples collected from the relatively undeveloped and restricted-access locations of Waities Island Beach and Dunn Sound monthly for dissolved nutrients, and chlorophyll. At the time of sampling, …

Lmpact Of Salmonella Enterica Effector Proteins On Plant Physiology And Immunity, Sara Qader

Honors Theses

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium are primarily recognized as pathogens associated with foodborne illnesses in humans. Salmonella also can colonize plant tissue effectively. The pathogen relies on type III secretion systems (T3SS) to infect mammals and plants successfully and counteract the immune response. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying Salmonella’s interactions with plants is essential for developing effective strategies to reduce its impact on human health and agriculture. Effector proteins, known for their role in modulating host-pathogen interactions, have been implicated in the virulence and pathogenicity of Salmonella. However, their specific functions and contributions to Salmonella’s interactions with plants remain largely unknown. …

Jtc 24: Taking An Unexpected Road, Jonathan Scott

University of Mississippi News

This story is part of the 2024 Journey to Commencement series, which celebrates the pinnacle of the academic year by highlighting University of Mississippi students and their outstanding academic and personal journeys from college student to college graduate.

Last Lecture Focuses On 'Everyday Life' In Early Modern Europe, Erin Garrett

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Covering topics from marriage contracts to demonic possession, University of Mississippi historian Jeffrey Watt explored aspects of daily life in Early Modern Europe in Friday (May 3) during the Mortar Board's Last Lecture.

Studying The History Of Histopathology In Preclinical Medical Education As A Guide For The Uniform Integration Of Radiology In Medical Education, Jeffrey Girardot, Navid Faraji

Student Scholarship

Radiology and pathology, though distinct fields within medical education, share a common foundation in their essential roles for accurate diagnosis and understanding of diseases. While pathology, particularly histopathology, has long been integrated into preclinical medical education in the United States, radiology education has traditionally been less emphasized. This paper examines the historical development of histopathology training in medical education and its central role, contrasting it with the comparatively peripheral position of radiology education. We explore the historical context of medical education in the United States, tracing the integration of histopathology following the Flexner Report of 1910. In contrast, radiology, emerging …

05.06.2024 Orsp Connect, Liz Williamson

ORED Newsletter

Library Faculty Win NIH Award, Uniform Guidance Updates,

تأثير رؤية 2030 في مسعى الرياض لتصبح مدينة ذكية: أولوية القوة الناعمة لاستراتيجية التحول الاجتماعي على القوة الصلبة للبنية التقنية المادية, Tahar Ledraa Prof., Sami Aldubaikhi

Emirates Journal for Engineering Research

تناقش الورقة عملية تحول الرياض لمدينة ذكية. يروج في الأدبيات التي تتعاطى مع المدن الذكية التعامل معها كغاية في حد ذاتها وليست وسيلة لغاية. في هذه الحالة يكون التركيز على العناصر المادية للمدينة كالمباني الذكية والبنية التحتية لتكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات (ICT) وتطوير إنترنت الأشياء (IoT). على النقيض من ذلك، تتعاطى هذه الدراسة مع المدينة الذكية باعتبارها وسيلة لغاية، بمعنى أنها أداة مساعدة لتحقيق التحول الاجتماعي والانتقال لاقتصاد المعرفة. فهي بهذا تعطي الأولوية للإنسان على العناصر المادية في المدينة. لهذا أهم شيء يتم التركيز عليه هو إعداد السياسات الاستراتيجية لإحداث هذا التحول الاجتماعي المنشود. بناء عليه قامت الرياض بتبني رؤية 2030 …

The Echo: May 6, 2024, Taylor University

2023-2024 (Volume 111)

No abstract provided.

School Social Workers Conducting Home Visits: Practice And Perceptions, Sadie K. Kinnarney

Social Work Doctoral Dissertations

School districts are serving populations of students being faced with more multiplex sets of individual, school, family, and community level risk factors (Berzin & O’Connor, 2010; Boske & Benavente-McEnery, 2010; Frey et al., 2012; Kelly et al., 2010). Many children are unable to respond effectively to the school setting due to the stress in their family’s lives and the stressors in their home environment (Openshaw, 2008). There is knowledge that social and environmental constraints can negatively affect a child’s role in an educational setting and a student’s capability to learn tends to be challenged if their emotional and physical needs …

Reducing The Burden Of Diabetes Mellitus: Is It Achievable?, Rafay Iqbal, Raheel Ahmad, Aisha Ambreen

Department of Family Medicine

Diabetes mellitus is rapidly on the rise globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Pakistan has emerged with the highest prevalence of diabetes by percentage according to recent estimates. Evidence is available for different strategies to reduce this burden. Screening high-risk individuals can reduce burden of undiagnosed diabetes and improve outcomes. Although prediabetes can progress to type 2 diabetes, it has the potential to regress to normoglycaemia as well. Interventions like lifestyle modifications and metformin in high-risk individuals can reduce the risk of progression to diabetes. Furthermore, there is a potential to reverse diabetes in some individuals in the early …

Intouch Week Of May 6, 2024, New York Medical College

InTouch

• NYMC Reflects on the Legacy of Medicine During the Holocaust for Yom Hashoah
• Students Pay Tribute to Their First Patients During Convocation of Thanks
• Physiology Research Symposium Spotlights Wide Array of Topics
• Drs. Kadish and Halperin Offer Thoughts on Demonstrations on Campuses
• Medical Students Join Lifesaving Organ Transplant Procurements
• Department Spotlight: Exploring the Responsibilities of the Department of Environmental Health and Safety
• Student Spotlight: Abby Cofsky Forges a New Career in Public Health Training and Communications

Contraception And Menstrual Management In Transmasculine And Gender-Diverse Individuals, Adrian Chiem, Maria Cristina Marcos, Beth I. Schwartz

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Papers

Purpose of Review This review outlines the current evidence on the contraceptive and menstrual management methods that are used for transmasculine or gender-diverse (TGD) individuals, as well as the gaps in the literature for this population.

Recent Findings Contraception and menstrual management continue to be an understudied area in the care of TGD individuals, with much of existing research extrapolated from cisgender populations. Emerging studies have looked at contraceptive and menstrual management choices and outcomes in adolescents and highlight the 52 mg LNG-IUD as an option that is efficacious for both indications, as well as high-dose progestin-only pills for menstrual …

State Of Utah, Plaintiff/Appellee V. Ted Leonard Salsman, Defendant/Appellant : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

On appeal from the Sixth Judicial District Court, Kane County, Honorable Mandy Larsen, District Court No. 221600005, Mr. Salsman is incarcerated

Sean Reyes (7969) Utah Attorney General Counsel for Appellee

Dylan T. Carlson (18675) Benjamin Miller (17720) Debra M. Nelson (9176) Wendy M. Brown (16208) Utah Indigent Appellate Defense Division Counsel for Ted Salsman

Psychosocial Factors Associated With Substance Use Vulnerability In Black Americans, Aanya Mehta

Honors Scholar Theses

In 2010, the World Health Organization developed the Conceptual Framework for the Social Determinants of Health as a response to epidemiologists’ and public health workers’ need to estimate the impact of social inequality. Within this framework, psychosocial factors are intermediary determinants of health that influence an individual’s interactions with their environment. This paper analyzes data and results from ten articles from the Family and Community Health Study (FACHS), which looks at the impacts of psychosocial, contextual, and family effects on health and developmental outcomes in Black American families. The findings across the ten articles provide strong evidence that there are …

Metaplastic Regeneration In The Mouse Stomach Requires A Reactive Oxygen Species Pathway, Zhi-Feng Miao, Jing-Xu Sun, Xuan-Zhang Huang, Shi Bai, Min-Jiao Pang, Jia-Yi Li, Han-Yu Chen, Qi-Yue Tong, Shi-Yu Ye, Xin-Yu Wang, Xiao-Hai Hu, Jing-Ying Li, Jin-Wei Zou, Wen Xu, Jun-Hao Yang, Xi Lu, Jason C Mills, Zhen-Ning Wang

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

In pyloric metaplasia, mature gastric chief cells reprogram via an evolutionarily conserved process termed paligenosis to re-enter the cell cycle and become spasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasia (SPEM) cells. Here, we use single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) following injury to the murine stomach to analyze mechanisms governing paligenosis at high resolution. Injury causes induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) with coordinated changes in mitochondrial activity and cellular metabolism, requiring the transcriptional mitochondrial regulator Ppargc1a (Pgc1α) and ROS regulator Nf2el2 (Nrf2). Loss of the ROS and mitochondrial control in Ppargc1a-/- mice causes the death of paligenotic cells through ferroptosis. Blocking the cystine transporter SLC7A11(xCT), which …

Open Resources For Biology Education (Orbe): A Resource Collection, Sanah Ahmed, Tiffany Adjei-Opong, Ashley B. Heim, Keenan Noyes, Kelly Schmid, Brian A. Couch, Mackenzie R. Stetzer, Lillian G. Senn, Erin Vinson, Michelle K. Smith, Kira Treibergs

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

In undergraduate life sciences education, open educational resources (OERs) increase accessibility and retention for students, reduce costs, and save instructors time and effort. Despite increasing awareness and utilization of these resources, OERs are not centrally located, and many undergraduate instructors describe challenges in locating relevant materials for use in their classes. To address this challenge, we have designed a resource collection (referred to as Open Resources for Biology Education, ORBE) with 89 unique resources that are primarily relevant to undergraduate life sciences education. To identify the resources in ORBE, we asked undergraduate life sciences instructors to list what OERs they …

Using Behavioral Skills Training Within The Pyramidal Training Model To Teach Caregivers A New Skill, Caitlyn Hutton

Thesis Projects

This experiment contains data on using behavioral skills training (BST) and the pyramidal model to teach caregivers a skill. Caregivers were composed of four registered behavior technicians (RBTs). Baseline sessions (Pre-BST) were completed before the introduction of the intervention. Caregivers A and C were taught first how to implement the DRI until mastery, then how to implement BST, and finally implemented BST with Caregivers B and D. Social validity questionnaires were given to all caregivers upon completing the experiment regarding the skills they learned. The results indicated that Caregivers A and C could teach caregivers B and D until mastery. …

Divergent Biophysical Responses Of Western United States Forests To Wildfire Driven By Eco-Climatic Gradients, Surendra Shrestha, Christopher A. Williams, Brendan M. Rogers, John Rogan, Dominik Kulakowski

Geography

Understanding vegetation recovery after fire is critical for predicting vegetation-mediated ecological dynamics in future climates. However, information characterizing vegetation recovery patterns after fire and their determinants over large geographical extents is limited. This study uses Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) leaf area index (LAI) and albedo to characterize patterns of post-fire biophysical dynamics across the western United States (US) and further examines the influence of topo-climatic variables on the recovery of LAI and albedo at two different time horizons, 10 and 20 years post-fire, using a random forest model. Recovery patterns were derived for all wildfires that occurred between 1986 …

Consumer Protection And Investment Crowdfunding: Comments At The Future Of Startup Finance: A Symposium On "Investment Crowdfunding", Todd Zywicki

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Mexican Money Laundering In The United States: Analysis And Proposals For Reform, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Charles Lewis, William R. Yaworsky

Anthropology Faculty Publications

This article explains some of the mechanisms through which corruption by high-level Mexican politicians and other organized crime members is facilitated in the United States through money laundering operations. The analysis is based on information contained in court records related to key money laundering cases, as well as in news articles and reports from law enforcement agencies. These materials highlight the interrelationships among U.S. drug use, cartel activities in Mexico, human rights abuses, Mexican political corruption, and money laundering in the United States. This work demonstrates the pervasive use of legitimate businesses and fronts in the United States as a …

Integrating Geriatric Content Into Traditional Undergraduate Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum, Gina B. Diaz

Dissertations

Geriatric content in baccalaureate nursing curriculum is essential. Nursing students need the knowledge, skills, and attitude in providing quality care to older adults. The goal of this project was to integrate geriatric content into the traditional undergraduate (TUG) baccalaureate nursing curriculum. This was completed by providing a 16-week didactic learning experience in the classroom and clinical experiences in the community setting and long-term care facility. Fourteen TUG baccalaureate nursing students from a private college participated in the project. Results indicate that the integration of geriatric content into baccalaureate nursing curriculum increases students' knowledge and skills and enhanced attitude towards older …

Water Banking As A Strategy For The Management And Conservation Of A Critical Resource: A Case Study From Tunisia's Medjerda River Basin (Mrb), Aymen Sawassi, Roula Khadra, Brian Crookston

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

The increasingly adverse impacts of climate change (e.g., rainfall patterns, droughts, and floods), coupled with the ever-increasing water demands, are often translated into a contingent liability for water users' communities. Additional complexities arise due to competing priorities, water rights, and transboundary water sources. Therefore, conventional water management practices should shift toward more comprehensive and responsive integrative approaches, even for systems with limited data. Furthermore, water managers must prioritize dynamic and interactive management techniques for existing systems. One such management technique is water banking, which is the focus of this study. Herein, a dynamic interactive water allocation model, which encompasses the …

The Brief (Edition #33, May 2024), William & Mary Law School

The Brief

No abstract provided.

Provider Perceptions Of Pediatric Obesity Management In The Primary Care Setting, Rina Edelson

Conference Presentation Abstracts

Background: Childhood obesity is a critical public health issue. The primary care setting provides an accessible avenue for management. However, primary care physicians report significant barriers to success in treating this condition.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare clinician perception of pediatric overweight and obesity management before and after implementation of a standardized treatment protocol based on the clinical practice guidelines released by the American Academy of Pediatrics in January 2023.

Design/Methods: This study was deemed exempt by the Institutional Review Board. A survey was created by the study team to assess 5 domains: disease knowledge, current …

Experiences Of Cisgender Mental Health Professionals Providing Services To Transgender Or Gender Nonconforming Individuals Who Voluntarily Engage In Sex Work, Rachel Renee Johnson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Understanding mental health needs and increasing awareness of services is critical for the wellbeing of populations served in mental health treatment, including minority subpopulations such as transgender or gender nonconforming sex workers. Further exploration of this topic is needed and the lack of it is a critical gap in multicultural mental health service provision. The purpose of this heuristic study was to explore the meaning of cisgender mental health professionals’ experiences while working with transgender or gender nonconforming sex workers, identifying themes for potential education, training, and supervision topics to increase cultural competency when providing services to the population. Six …