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Invoking The Protection Of Pupil Rights Amendment ("Ppra") To Safeguard Student Privacy Rights: My Three-Year Battle To Enforce The Ppra Against An Intractable New Jersey School District, Patricia Montana

MC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Overruling Texas V. Johnson?, Natti Perelman

MC Law Review

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Prevalence And Availability Of Specialty Dental Care Sites For Children Covered By Medicaid And Chip In The United States, Jonmichael Cope, Aaron David, Chase Otto, Inder Sehgal

Student Publications

Introduction: Access to dental care is a critical aspect of children's healthcare. For these reasons, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), administered by states, cover medically necessary services. Specialty providers can enroll and participate in state or state-contracted plans, but availability varies widely. Our research objective was to evaluate the availability of non-general dentist specialists in endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics/dentofacial orthopedics on the InsureKidsNow website for Medicaid/CHIP enrollees, on a state-by-state basis, and to compare these with pediatric dental availability.

Methods: This is an observational, cross-sectional descriptive study. InsureKidsNow.gov was searched to identify and compare available and …

Formalism, Finality, And The Judicial Role In Mississippi Post-Conviction Review, Joe Hemleben

MC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Investigating The Impact Of Outreach Programmes On Second Level Students In Formal And Informal Computer Science Education In Ireland, Karen Nolan

Doctoral

Computer Science (CS) education at second-level in Ireland has undergone significant development, including the introduction of the Leaving Certificate Computer Science (LCCS). However, the existing literature examined demonstrated that access to and participation in CS education is uneven, resulting in many students having limited exposure CS at second-level before making educational choices. At the same time, students who elect to study LCCS require appropriate support as they engage with programming and other aspects of a relatively new formal curriculum. This thesis investigates the function of school-based CS outreach in helping students at these various phases of their second-level CS education …

Modern Youth Or Moral Decadence: Discourses On South Korea’S “Youth Culture” In Magazines Of The Late 1960s And Early 1970s, Thibaut Diverchy

Asia Pacific Perspectives

The cultural phenomenon known as “youth culture” (ch’ŏngnyŏn munhwa) emerged in South Korean society at the turn of the 1970s. It encompasses Western fashion trends, music genres, leisure and nightlife. Labeled as a foreign and decadent trend by the authorities, this so-called counterculture was the target of repeated crackdowns. It is sometimes perceived as a force of protest or resistance, but it had more ambiguous relations to the regime. Popular entertainment magazines such as the Sunday Seoul or the Chugan Kyŏnghyang helped propagate youth culture and provided resources about new trends to young people, but also kept a certain distance …

Buddy Properties Llc V. Radomski

All Decisions

Court dismissed breach of lease/nuisance holdover alleging bad behavior by tenant's dog without prejudice because original lease lacked a conditional limitation clause. Court engaged in lengthy discussion of conditional limitation clauses and their interaction with RPAPL § 753(4)'s 30-day cure period, holding that absence of a conditional limitation clause in the parties' lease is fatal to a summary proceeding.

Diffusion-Informed Joint Segmentation Enhances Detection Of Thalamic Atrophy In Parkinson’S Disease, Gozde Kizilates-Evin, Ani Kicik, Emel Erdogdu, Dilek Betul Saridede, Sevim Cengiz, Basar Bilgic, Hasmet A. Hanagasi, Esin Ozturk-Isik, Tamer Demiralp, Ali Bayram

All Works

The thalamus is a critical subcortical hub that relays sensorimotor information and regulates higher-order cognitive processes. Accurate delineation of thalamic nuclei is essential for elucidating disease mechanisms and tracking clinical progression. In this study, we compared two segmentation approaches implemented in FreeSurfer: the conventional structural method and a joint framework that integrates diffusion tensor imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from 24 healthy controls (HC), 27 patients with cognitively normal Parkinson’s disease (PD-CN), and 33 Parkinson's disease patients with mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI) were analyzed. Segmentation methods were compared in HC to assess their effect on volume estimates. Group comparisons …

Toward Equitable Energy Futures: The Influence Of Digital Government And Financial Development On Clean Energy Justice, Martin Spraggon, Muhammad Hafeez, Sana Ullah, Chanyanan Somthawinpongsai, Zurul Aisya Osman, Sidra Sohail

All Works

Fossil fuel energy is the largest source of carbon emissions and the main driver of climate change and global warming. Therefore, the world is switching towards clean and green energy sources as an alternative to fossil fuel-based energy sources. Nevertheless, the equitable distribution of clean energy resources in urban and rural areas among every segment of society has become a concern for policymakers. Thus, urban-rural clean energy justice is an investigation topic that needs our attention. In this analysis, our main focus is on investigating the influence of financial development and digital government on clean energy justice using an advanced …

Trends In Antimicrobial Resistance Associated With Gastrointestinal Tract Infections In The Uae: A Comprehensive Retrospective Surveillance 13-Year (2010-2022) Study, Madikay Senghore, Jens Thomsen, Najiba M. Abdulrazzaq, Wei Chen, Eveline Kaambo, Stefan Weber, Fouzia Jabeen, Godfred Antony Menezes, Abiola Senok, Dean B. Everett, Carole Ayoub Moubareck

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Background This study analyzes longitudinal trends in AMR among key bacterial pathogens causing GI infections across the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to inform future treatment policies and public health interventions. Methods We conducted a 13-year, nationwide, longitudinal surveillance study (2010-2022) using data from 341 public and private healthcare facilities and 45 diagnostic laboratories across the UAE. Pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing followed WHO GLASS standards, supplemented by WHONET-integrated electronic medical records. Statistical analyses assessed trends in pathogen incidence, resistance patterns, geographic distribution, and associations with clinical outcomes. Findings Out of 15,593 laboratory-confirmed GI cases, the highest burden was observed …

Geometric And Operational Design Principles For Autonomous Haulage Systems In Open-Pit Mining: A Systematic Review, Justina Senam Lotsu, Samuel Frimpong, Muhammad Azeem Raza

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The rapid deployment of autonomous haulage systems (AHSs) in open-pit mining has significantly altered haul road geometric design requirements, as autonomous trucks operate under strict kinematic constraints related to turning radius, gradient, and braking performance. Since haulage accounts for 50–60% of total mining costs, optimizing haul road geometry is critical for improving operational efficiency, energy consumption, and safety. This study presents a systematic review of 50 highly relevant studies selected from 81 candidate publications published between 2003 and 2025 through structured database searches and citation chaining. The review synthesizes current developments in haul road layout optimization, turning radius accommodation, gradient …

Workload-Aware Performance Prediction And Data Movement For Data-Intensive Computing, Kevin Assogba

Theses

Data-intensive workloads in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence move massive volumes of data across deep memory and storage hierarchies, often spending more time moving data than computing on it. Their access patterns, data-sharing relationships, and computational graph properties are largely determined by descriptors known to the application before execution. However, general-purpose runtimes treat this structure as opaque, and the resulting gap between workload behavior and runtime decisions accounts for a substantial fraction of their execution time. Despite advances in performance modeling and data-movement systems, this structure remains underexploited. Schedulers, caches, and I/O paths provision resources conservatively, prediction models are rarely …

Sea-Level Rise And Regional Economic Adjustment On The U.S. Gulf Coast, Md A M Hasif, Juhee Lee, Robin A. Choudhury

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Sea-level rise (SLR) poses escalating risks to the U.S. Gulf Coast, where critical industries, infrastructure, and populations are concentrated in low-lying areas. This study estimates the short- and long-run economic effects of SLR using a panel autoregressive distributed lag-pooled mean group framework applied to county-level data from 26 coastal counties across five Gulf Coast states from 2005 to 2021. Over this period, mean sea level increased by approximately 11 cm on average across counties, with cumulative changes ranging from about 4 cm to over 24 cm and substantial cross-county variation, providing a meaningful empirical setting for identifying economic adjustment. We …

From Suitability To Invasion Risk: Integrating Correlative And Mechanistic Models For Predicting The Potential Distribution Of The Red Palm Weevil, Abdelmutalab G.A. Azrag, Komi Mensah Agboka, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Rehemah Gwokyalya, Seid A. Kemal, Hamadttu A.F. El-Shafie, Mohamed A. Bob, Samira A. Mohamed, Sunday Ekesi, Abdou Tenkouano

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The red Palm Weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is the most devastating pest of palm trees and is responsible for significant economic and biodiversity losses worldwide. The larvae bore deep into the trunk or crown for feeding, resulting in extensive tunneling and mortality of the trees. In this study, we developed a hybrid modeling framework for RPW that integrates ecological niche modeling (ENMs) with a temperature-driven risk index (RI). The ENM was developed from the RPW occurrence data, while the RI was driven from temperature-dependent life history traits of RPW. The two approaches were combined through a weighted additive method to …

Best Practices For Supporting Occupational Therapy Students With Disabilities During Clinical Education: Results From A Three-Round Delphi Study, Courtney Gohean, Katie Mclaughlin, Aster Harrison

Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty Papers

INTRODUCTION: Disabled occupational therapy students face systemic barriers in clinical education. Although legal mandates require reasonable accommodations, implementation is often inconsistent, and few standardized guidelines exist for fieldwork education. This study is aimed at establishing best practices for supporting occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students with disabilities during fieldwork.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A three-round Delphi study was conducted with a panel of 30 experts, including disabled occupational therapy students, disabled occupational therapy practitioners, academic fieldwork coordinators (AFWCs), fieldwork educators (FWEs), disability services staff, and researchers. In Round 1, participants answered open-ended questions about challenges, accommodations, and environmental supports. Responses …

Threshold Spatial Panel Regression With Fixed Effects, Xiaoyu Meng, Zhenlin Yang

Research Collection School Of Economics

We introduce general estimation and inference methods for threshold spatial panel regression with two-way fixed effects in a diminishing-threshold-effects framework. A valid objective function is obtained through a simple adjustment on the concentrated quasi loglikelihood with fixed effects being concentrated out, which leads to a consistent estimation of all common parameters. We show that the estimation of threshold parameter has a negligible effect on the asymptotic distribution of the main parameter estimators and thereby regular inference methods apply, though a bias correction may be necessary. The limiting distribution of the threshold parameter estimator is shown to be non-regular and infeasible, …

Coverage-Aware Gradient-Boosted Intrusion Detection For Smart-Meter Distributed Denial-Of-Service Resilience, Harsh Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) relies on continuous communication among smart meters, gateways, routers, and utility monitoring systems, increasing exposure to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) traffic. This study presents a system-level intrusion-detection methodology integrating coverage-aware sensor placement with leakage-controlled gradient-boosted classification. The contribution lies in combining monitoring visibility, training-only feature sanitization, duplicate and cross-partition overlap removal, false-positive-constrained threshold selection, repeated external testing, and a validated feature-budget mode. Seventeen CIC-DDoS2019 parquet files were analyzed. After removing conflicting labels, exact duplicate feature vectors, and 4,666 testing records overlapping the training partition, the final dataset contained 121,088 training records and 297,790 external testing records with …

Latinos In Massachusetts: Salvadorans, Phillip Granberry, Florita Coto Tristán, Daniel Gascón

Gastón Institute Publications

As part of The Gastón Institute’s 2026 Latinos in Massachusetts series, we present here a profile of Salvadorans living in Massachusetts in 2024. This report analyzes Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data from the 2024 American Community Survey (ACS), conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Our descriptive analysis uses both household- and individual-level data to estimate population size and percentages and to compare Salvadorans to Other Latinos and Non-Latinos in the state.

Democracy And Public Policy Network Expert Analysis On September 2026 Ohio Likely Voters Poll, Robert Alexander

Democracy and Public Policy Network Polls

No abstract provided.

Survey Of 1000 Ohio Likely Voters, September 2026 Tabs, Robert Alexander, Melissa K. Miller, David J. Jackson, Joshua Boston

Democracy and Public Policy Network Polls

No abstract provided.

Survey Of 1000 Ohio Likely Voters, September 2026 Toplines, Robert Alexander, Melissa K. Miller, David J. Jackson, Joshua Boston

Democracy and Public Policy Network Polls

No abstract provided.

Using Early And Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, And Treatment (Epsdt) To Improve Access To Obesity Pharmacotherapy: A Practical Guide For Clinicians Caring For Youth With Obesity Across United States Medicaid Programs:, Jaime M. Moore, Valerie M. O'Hara, Cassie Totman, Brooke Sweeney, Sarah Hampl, Alaina P. Vidmar

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Coverage of obesity pharmacotherapy for youth varies substantially across state Medicaid programs. This variability limits access to evidence-based treatment for pediatric obesity. The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit is a federally mandated Medicaid provision requiring coverage of medically necessary services for individuals under age 21, even when such services are not included in standard state Medicaid benefits. Despite its broad scope, EPSDT remains underutilized due to limited awareness and operational complexity.

METHODS: We developed a clinician-facing, practice-oriented framework to operationalize EPSDT for pediatric obesity treatment. This approach integrates (1) review of federal EPSDT policy and …

Single Immunoglobulin Interleukin1-Related Receptor-Twist1 Axis Regulates Barrier Function In Neonatal Intestine., Aparna Venkatraman, Wei Yu, Heather Menden, Sherry M. Mabry, Joshua Wheatley, Shahid Umar, Susana Chavez-Bueno, Venkatesh Sampath

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The genetic basis of impaired intestinal barrier function in preterm infants is poorly understood. Variants in single immunoglobulin interleukin1-related receptor, a negative regulator of Toll-like receptor signaling, have been identified in preterm infants with necrotizing enterocolitis. We hypothesized that single immunoglobulin interleukin1-related receptor variants associated with necrotizing enterocolitis impair gut barrier function to pathobionts. The aim of this study was to determine how single immunoglobulin interleukin1-related receptor genetic variants disrupt neonatal intestinal barrier integrity and promote susceptibility to Gram-negative bacteria implicated in sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis pathogenesis.

METHODS: Transgenic mice and preterm infant-derived enteroids expressing SIGIRR variants …

Non-Vigorous Physical Activity Associated With Reduced Hospitalization Risk With Or Without Diabetes Or Peripheral Artery Disease: Study Of Latinos., Sarah K. Alver, Carmen C. Cuthbertson, Kelly R. Evenson, Jennifer A. Schrack, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Natasha Z. Anita, Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Linda C. Gallo, Jordan A. Carlson, Matthew Allison, Martha L. Daviglus, Olga Garcia-Bedoya, Christina Cordero, Xiaonan Xue, Jianwen Cai, Kunihiro Matsushita, Robert C. Kaplan

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

PURPOSE: This study assessed whether greater physical activity (PA) and lesser sedentary behavior (SB) reduce hospitalization risk equally among those with and without prediabetes, diabetes, or peripheral artery disease (PAD).

METHODS: We studied PA, SB and hospitalizations in 12,734 adults from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, who were 52.2% female with mean (standard deviation) age 41.1 (14.9) yr at baseline. Participants reported 10,025 nonpregnancy-related hospitalizations (excluding emergency room only) over 13 yr. We modeled the association between accelerometer-measured activity (SB; light intensity physical activity [LPA]; moderate physical activity [MPA]; vigorous physical activity [VPA]) and hospitalization, using Andersen-Gill proportional …

Prediction Of Decline In Ovarian Function In Turner Syndrome., Roopa Kanakatti Shankar, Tazim Dowlut-Mcelroy

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

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• The role of hormonal markers in predicting reproductive lifespan in girls with Turner syndrome-a retrospective study. van der Coelen S, Sas T, Richter-Unruh A, Braat D, Fleischer K, Nadesapillai S, IntHout J, van der Velden J.J Endocr Soc. 2026 Jun 5;10(7):bvag122. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvag122. eCollection 2026 Jul.PMID: 42272567 Free PMC article.

Inosine-Triphosphate-Pyrophosphatase Activity As A Potential Predictor Of Methotrexate Remission In Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis., Sofia Sindici Forgiarini, Marianna Lucafò, Debora Curci, Davide Selvestrel, Valentina Moressa, Sofia Pagarin, Barbara Bellich, Martina Franzin, Alberto Tommasini, Mara L. Becker, Laura Ramsey, Susan D. Thompson, Carl D. Langefeld, Federica Corba, Edoardo Marrani, Gabriele Simonini, Gabriele Stocco, Giuliana Decorti, Andrea Taddio, Serena Pastore

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

OBJECTIVE: Methotrexate (MTX) is the first-line therapy for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), but up to 40% of patients do not respond to it. Low inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (ITPA) activity has been associated with reduced clinical remission. We investigated the role and underlying mechanisms of ITPA in vitro.

METHODS: ITPA enzymatic activity was measured by high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection in erythrocyte lysates from patients with JIA (enrolled in Trieste, Italy; Florence, Italy; and Kansas City, Missouri) receiving weekly MTX (10-15 mg/m²) for at least 12 months. Remission was evaluated by Wallace et al criteria. ITPA rs1127354, which …

Ovarian Cancer Tumor Immune Profiles Associated With Intrauterine Device And Oral Contraceptive Use., Jennifer M. Mongiovi, Ana Babic, Naoko Sasamoto, Mary K. Townsend, Allison F. Vitonis, Mollie Barnard, Jonathan Hecht, T Rinda Soong, Jose R. Conejo-Garcia, Lauren C. Peres, Joellen M. Schildkraut, Holly R. Harris, Jennifer A. Doherty, Francesmary Modugno, Brooke L. Fridley, Shelley S. Tworoger, Kathryn L. Terry

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Non-hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) create an inflammatory uterine environment while oral contraceptives (OC) suppress ovulation and have different associations with ovarian cancer risk. We have evaluated the associations of these two contraceptive exposures with ovarian tumor immune infiltration.

METHODS: This study assessed associations of IUD and OC use with tumor immune features via multiplex immunofluorescence in 24 ovarian tumor tissue microarrays from four case-control and two cohort studies. Multivariable-adjusted beta-binomial models estimated the odds of tumor T cell positivity by contraceptive history.

RESULTS: High-grade serous tumors had the highest percentage of tumor cells positive for total T cells (CD3+ …

Prediction Model For Children With Anaphylaxis Who May Not Require Emergency Department Care: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study., Timothy E. Dribin, David Schnadower, Hugh A. Sampson, Yin Zhang, Nanhua Zhang, Stephen B. Freedman, Mark I. Neuman, David C. Brousseau, Rakesh D. Mistry, Stephanie Boyd, Yonatan Wolnerman, Patrick S. Walsh, Craig Vander Wyst, Vandana Thapar, Jonathan Strutt, Geetanjali Srivastava, Nidhi V. Singh, Christopher J. Russo, Christian D. Pulcini, Thuy L. Ngo, Jo-Ann O. Nesiama, Matthew M. Moake, Ashley M. Metcalf, Tamar R. Lubell, Juhee Lee, Chari D. Larsen, Karen Y. Kwan, Curtis L. Knoles, Kajal Khanna, Julia F. Freeman, Justin R. Davis, Alicia Daggett, Joanna S. Cohen, Ari R. Cohen, Wee-Jhong Chua, Sri S. Chinta, Brittany Boswell, Kelly R. Bergmann, Paul L. Aronson, Kenneth A. Michelson

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: The 2023 US Anaphylaxis Practice Parameter indicated that some patients receiving epinephrine in the community might avoid emergency department (ED) visits; however, the criteria and safety of this approach remain unproven.

OBJECTIVE: To derive and validate a clinical prediction model for identifying children at risk of receiving epinephrine after arriving at the ED.

METHODS: We conducted a 31-center retrospective cohort study of children aged 6 months to less than 18 years who received 1 prehospital dose of epinephrine for allergic reactions between 2016 and 2019. The outcome was receipt of epinephrine after ED arrival. We used least absolute shrinkage …

The Rise And Fall Of Lateral Electrical Surface Stimulation (Less) Through The Lens Of Srs Archives., Ali Rezazadeh Shirazi, Jay I. Kumar, Katie Dold, George H. Thompson, Andrew G. King, Richard M. Schwend, John P. Lubicky, Jay Shapiro, Behrooz A. Akbarnia, History Committee Of The Scoliosis Research Society

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

PURPOSE: Lateral electrical surface stimulation (LESS), commercially known as the ScoliTron™, emerged in the late 1970s as a noninvasive alternative to bracing for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Early clinical reports generated considerable enthusiasm and adoption, but the technique was ultimately abandoned. This study examined the rise and fall of LESS through a combined analysis of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) archives and published literature, with the goal of understanding factors that influence the adoption, evaluation, and abandonment of innovation in scoliosis care.

METHODS: A structured historical review was conducted using archival materials from the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), including meeting abstracts, …

Posaconazole Target Attainment In Critically Ill Children: A 15-Year Single-Center Retrospective Analysis., Kathryn Pavia, Addison M. Pritchett Ms, Jennifer Goldman

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Posaconazole is a triazole antifungal agent used for prophylaxis and treatment of invasive fungal diseases. Posaconazole has high inter-individual variability in dose-exposure relationship and benefits from therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). Adult studies report particularly high rates of subtherapeutic exposure among intensive care unit (ICU) patients related to changes in physiology during critical illness. The rates of subtherapeutic posaconazole exposure among critically ill children in ICU's are unknown. This single-center retrospective analysis at a large freestanding children's hospital used TDM results from 2010 to 2025 obtained while patients were undergoing care in a pediatric ICU. Therapeutic targets were ≥ 1.0 mg/L …