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Activation Of Pro-Regenerative Gene Programs In The Mature Central Nervous System, Elizabeth Carlisle Batsel

Dissertations (1934 -)

Spinal cord injury (SCI) affects millions of people worldwide. Damage to the spinal cord disrupts the long-distance axon tracts of central nervous system (CNS) neurons. These axons fail to regenerate, leading to permanent dysfunction. Past work has shown that CNS neurons lose the capacity to elongate their axons as they mature. Conversely, after injury, embryonic and peripheral nervous system (PNS) neurons can elongate axons towards target cells, driven by the growth cone at the growing tip of the axon. Previous research has identified transcription factor (TF) families, such as the SoxC family, that contribute to embryonic and peripheral neurons’ high …

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The Appellate Term reversed a money judgment and reinstated a tenant's rent overcharge defenses and counterclaims, remanding for reconsideration. While the appeal regarding possession was dismissed as moot due to the tenant's eviction, the monetary claims persisted. The court held that recent legislative amendments (L. 2024, Ch. 95 § 4) mandating a "totality of the circumstances" standard for fraudulent deregulation claims apply to pending cases. This new standard, more favorable to tenants, requires the lower court to determine if the landlord knowingly engaged in a fraudulent scheme to remove the apartment from rent stabilization.

Optimizing The Bleaching Conditions For Mechanically Extracted And Solvent-Extracted Hempseed Oil, Preston C. Wilson, Md Sanaul Huda, Roque Evangelista, Clairmont L. Clementson, Sean Liu, Bingcan Chen, Ewumbua Monono

APC Fund Awardees

Hemp (Cannabis sativa) seed oil is recognized as a valuable oil due to its beneficial fatty acid profile, which includes a favorable balance of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids, making it highly desirable for edible and bioproduct applications. Crude hempseed oil contains high concentrations of chlorophyll, carotenoids, and other amphiphilic compounds that can negatively affect its appearance, stability, and downstream processing. Therefore, bleaching is a crucial step in removing these pigments after the degumming and neutralization processes. To optimize the bleaching process, a Box–Behnken response surface methodology was employed, focusing on three factors: time (15, 30, 45 min), temperature (100, …

Molecular Taxonomy Of The Guitarfish Genus Acroteriobatus (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae), Mia J. Groeneveld, Juliana D. Klein, Michaela Van Staden, Rhett H. Bennett, Matthew L. Dicken, David A. Ebert, Bruce Q. Mann, Kashmika Perumal, Ralph G.A. Watson, Aletta E.Bester Van Der Merwe

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Guitarfish species (genus Acroteriobatus) display restricted distributions in undermanaged regions of intense fishing pressure. The importance of accurate specimen identification is well established, especially in the context of conservation management. However, guitarfishes remain poorly understood, which is exacerbated by taxonomic uncertainty due to morphological similarity. We therefore aimed (1) to identify molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs) within Acroteriobatus by analysing sampled specimens as well as publicly available sequence data for the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and nicotinamide adenine dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) genes, and (2) to augment and review the representation of these sequences on public databases. A …

Once Upon An Early Writing Experience: Connecting Memory With Literacy Instruction In Pre-Service Teacher Education, Jue Wang, Jingru Lu

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

Through a narrative-based case study design, this research connects pre-service teachers’ early writing memories with their studies in writing instruction to explore how multi-layered and multi-faceted writing experiences across time and space influence teaching beliefs and practices. This article invites audiences to vicariously experience these pedagogical encounters, reflect on journeys to becoming writing teachers, and shed light onto the implications of teaching early writing. Comic artifacts and interview data were collected from nine pre-service teachers who learned to teach early writing/language arts in a four-year public university in the Inland Northwest. Based on the participants’ comics and narratives, four themes …

Transforming Nurse Leaders: The Power Of Flexible Schedules In Healthcare, Emily Calabro, Rodica Pop

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Purpose: This pilot feasibility study investigated the impact of flexible work schedules on the mental, psychological, and physical health of healthcare workers within a large hospital system, aiming to identify innovative leadership strategies for workforce planning and development.

Background: Traditional work schedules often negatively impact productivity, well-being, and job satisfaction, contributing to challenges in recruiting and retaining nurses. This study explored the feasibility and benefits of flexible work schedules as a leadership initiative to improve workforce well-being and retention.

Methods: A quasi-experimental, mixed-methods, time-series design was implemented across a 12-hospital system with the partnership of 4-Day Global. Eligible leadership teams …

An Interdisciplinary Tabletop Simulation For Disaster Preparedness In Nursing Education, Lori Ann Minton, Gabri Warren, Lauren Rollins Lwanga

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary tabletop simulation on student learning outcomes and American Association of Colleges of Nursing core competences related to disaster preparedness.

Nurses deliver a variety of services in the community and acute care settings and have historically been highly active in volunteerism. Disaster preparedness education can prepare future nurses to meet the needs of their communities during these emergency situations. There are opportunities to provide disaster preparedness education to nursing students using the AACN competencies and domains related to disaster response through simulation.

This IRB reviewed mixed methods study …

Building Research Capacity: Challenges And Lessons Of An Undergraduate Nursing Research Program, Elizabeth Ann Anderson, Leeanne B. Sherwin

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Background: The future of nursing scholarship relies on developing research capacity throughout the professional education trajectory. Nurse educators find motivating undergraduate nursing students to engage in the research process a challenge.¹ Understanding of the nursing research process and its link to optimal clinical practice is not well understood by undergraduate nursing students.² Global health challenges and issues impacting nursing education, such as faculty retirements and decreasing numbers of nurses pursuing research-focused doctoral degrees, necessitate introducing nursing students to the research process early, creatively, and consistently throughout their educational journey.³

Purpose: Describe the challenges and lessons …

Comparing The Impact Of Mentorship On Confidence Among Newly Graduated Registered Nurses, Margaret Matthews

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Newly licensed nurses require professional confidence to deliver quality patient care within today’s complex healthcare settings. While nursing programs provide a foundational knowledge base, many newly graduated nurses report challenges in clinical judgment and translating learned knowledge into practice, contributing to a lack of professional confidence. Extended mentorship during the transition to practice may offer a solution to address this gap.

This study aimed to measure the impact of mentorship on the confidence levels of newly graduated Registered Nurses (RNs) during their first six months of practice. A cohort of nine newly licensed RNs completed a standard twelve-week orientation program. …

Knowledge Of Menopause And Sources Of Information In Women And Men In The United States, Roxanne Ropponen

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Problem: When it comes to health management, knowledge is power. Unfortunately, menopause education is gravely lacking in the U.S., despite the fact that menopause symptoms have a significant effect on women’s lives, including their relationships with men. Most people obtain health information from online sources or family and friends, both of which can vary from highly accurate to extremely inaccurate. Nurses, the patient educators of the health care team, are in a position to provide evidence-based menopause education. In order to create and implement such education there must be an established understanding of the population's current knowledge and sources of …

Investigating The Mechanisms By Which Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis Contributes To The Autoimmune Response In Multiple Sclerosis, Abigail Houtrouw

Honors Theses

This literature review explores the multifaceted relationship between gut microbiome (GM) dysbiosis and multiple sclerosis (MS), highlighting key themes that advance understanding of disease pathogenesis and therapeutic potential for treatments targeting the gut. The review underscores the immune system dysregulation in MS, emphasizing the roles of T cells, B cells, and microglia in neuroinflammation and demyelination. Historically, MS pathogenesis was thought to be driven mainly by T-cell dysregulation, but current research highlights the additional roles of B-cells and microglia, the resident immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS). Additionally, this literature review identifies GM alterations and dysbiosis as critical …

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Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

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Excessive Data Collection In An Ecosystem As An Exploitative And Exclusionary Abuse: A Critical Analysis Of The Cci’S Order Against Whatsapp’S Privacy Policy And Its Impact On The Digital Advertising Market, Reuben Philip Abraham Mr.

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

The interface between privacy and competition law has been a complicated topic in the past decade. The Facebook case by the German competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt (BK) was the first landmark case to investigate an exploitative abuse in this interface. The WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy update prompted the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to initiate a suo moto investigation against WhatsApp/Meta regarding the anti-competitive effects of imposing a ‘take-it or leave-it’ agreement on consumers.

In the WhatsApp case, the CCI has pushed the boundaries further in this interface by investigating exclusionary abuses regarding excessive data collection in an ecosystem. This …

December 2025 Faculty Senate Packet, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Packets

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Confidential, Attestable, And Efficient Inter-Cvm Communication With Arm Cca, Sina Abdollahi, Amir Al Sadi, Marios Kogias, Hamed Haddadi, David Kotz

Other Faculty Materials

Confidential Virtual Machines (CVMs) are increasingly adopted to protect sensitive workloads from privileged adversaries such as the hypervisor. While they provide strong isolation guarantees, existing CVM architectures lack first-class mechanisms for inter-CVM data sharing due to their disjoint memory model, making inter-CVM data exchange a performance bottleneck in compartmentalized or collaborative multi-CVM systems. Under this model, a CVM's accessible memory is either shared with the hypervisor or protected from both the hypervisor and all other CVMs. This design simplifies reasoning about memory ownership; however, it fundamentally precludes plaintext data sharing between CVMs because all inter-CVM communication must pass through hypervisor-accessible …

Undergraduate Stem Student Reflections On The Academic Support Ecosystem At A Rural Minority Serving Institution: The Importance Of Relationship, Stephany Runninghawk Johnson, Jessica L. Black, Karolynn Tom

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

This paper presents a research project with a group of STEM majoring undergraduates attending a Hispanic Serving Institution participating in the CRESCENT program intended to support undergraduates through their basic math and science courses. The research questions addressed in this paper include: What part of CRESCENT were students utilizing the most and how were they helpful? How did CRESCENT support students through COVID? What can we learn from this data to make future programs more responsive and relevant to STEM majoring students? We found that during COVID students were missing in person contact, had heightened responsibilities and distractions at home, …

Epigenome-Wide Association Study Of Nuclear Dna Methylation In Relation To Mitochondrial Heteroplasmy, Meng Lai, Kyeezu Kim, Yinan Zheng, Christina A Castellani, Scott M Ratliff, Mengyao Wang, Xue Liu, Jeffrey Haessler, Tianxiao Huan, Kwadwo Bonsu, Charles Newcomb, Kyler Mckessy, Lawrence F Bielak, Wei Zhao, Roby Joehanes, Jiantao Ma, Xiuqing Guo, Joann E Manson, Megan L Grove, Jan Bressler, Kent D Taylor, Tuuli Lappalainen, Silva Kasela, Thomas W Blackwell, Nicole J Lake, Jessica D Faul, Kendra R Ferrier, Stephen C Ekker, Lifang Hou, Charles Kooperberg, Alexander P Reiner, Kai Zhang, Patricia A Peyser, Myriam Fornage, Eric Boerwinkle, Laura M Raffield, April P Carson, Stephen S Rich, Yongmei Liu, Daniel Levy, Jerome I Rotter, Jennifer A Smith, Dan E Arking, Chunyu Liu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

We analyze 10,986 participants (mean age 77; 63% women; 54% non-White) across seven U.S. cohorts to study the relationship between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) heteroplasmy and nuclear DNA methylation. We identify 597 CpGs associated with heteroplasmy burden, generally showing lower methylation. These CpGs are enriched in dynamically regulated island shores and depleted in CpG islands, indicating involvement in context-specific rather than constitutive gene regulation. In HEK293T cells, we introduce a truncating mtDNA mutation (MT-COX3, mt.9979) and observe a positive correlation between variant allele fraction and methylation at cg04569152, supporting a direct mtDNA-nDNA epigenetic link. Many heteroplasmy-associated CpGs overlap with known methylation-trait …

Internal Control Strategies To Reduce Occupational Fraud In Small Business, Karen Walauskas

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small businesses can be at a heightened risk of occupational fraud if their internal control strategies are not effective. This risk is a major concern for small business owners, who might face financial and operational challenges as a result. Grounded in Cressey’s fraud triangle framework, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore effective internal control strategies to reduce the risk of occupational fraud from occurring. Participants were six small business owners in New England who had developed effective internal controls. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and employee handbooks. Through thematic analysis, four themes emerged, including …

Access To Care Barriers To Sacral Neuromodulation Implantation In Adults With Overactive Bladder From Georgia, Tamara Lynn Wojciechowski

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is a safe and physically well-tolerated third-line treatment using an implantable device for the management of overactive bladder syndrome (OAB). Other first- and second-line treatments for OAB are frequently ineffective and often poorly tolerated. SNM implantation appears to be underutilized compared to other third-line treatments even though SNM has been rated more effective in OAB symptom mitigation with fewer side effects. Thus, the purpose of this quantitative correlational cross-sectional study was to explore whether health services factors are barriers to utilizing SNM implantation as the third-line treatment for OAB in adults. Andersen’s behavioral model of health services …

Strategies Property Management Leaders Use To Strengthen Employee Engagement In The Workplace, Angela Hartleigh

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Lack of employee engagement presents a significant risk and cost across the property management industry. Property management business leaders are concerned with this challenge because employee engagement directly affects performance efficiency and employee turnover costs. Grounded in the self-determination theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore strategies property management leaders use to strengthen employee engagement in the workplace. The participants were six purposefully selected property management business leaders in the United States. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and a review of public industry documents. Through thematic analysis, six themes were identified: (a) communication, (b) mentorship, …

Examining The Association Between User Fee Exemptions And Maternal Healthcare Utilization In Northern Ghana, Martina Hilton-Ansah

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Abstract In Ghana, the user fee exemption policy, implemented in 2008, provides free maternal health services, which are a key component of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Grounded in the Health Access Livelihood Framework, the purpose of this study was to determine the association between the user fee exemption policy and the utilization of antenatal care, facility-based delivery, and postnatal care in Northern Ghana, while controlling for sociodemographic factors. A quantitative approach was employed using secondary data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys, encompassing women of reproductive age (15–49 years; N = 6,948). Logistic regression was used to …

Digital Health Literacy And Health Information-Seeking Behavior Among Black Mothers With Hypertensive Disorders During The Perinatal Period, Robyn Ford Kebede

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Abstract The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore how Black mothers navigated digital health platforms during the perinatal period while managing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs). Guided by the social ecological model and the transactional model of eHealth literacy, the study examined how individual, interpersonal, and structural factors influenced digital health engagement and decision-making. Guiding questions focused on how mothers perceived the credibility and trustworthiness of online health information, how healthcare providers shaped and influenced digital health literacy and information-seeking behaviors, and how community and family support affected digital engagement. Data were collected through semi structured interviews …

Spartan Daily, December 2, 2025, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2025

Volume 165, Issue 40

Addressing The Ethnic Achievement Gap Through Culturally Relevant Teaching, Arienne Bowman

Masters Projects

Schools are meant to provide all students with equal opportunities to achieve academic success in the classroom yet as the student bodies of American schools becomes increasingly diverse, students of color are achieving academic success at lower rates than their peers. This in part may be due to the growing cultural disparity between teachers and students as the majority of teachers are white. By implementing culturally relevant teaching (CRT) teachers will be more prepared to address this cultural disparity and better equipped to create classroom spaces and lessons that better meet the needs of a diverse body of learners. CRT …

Bridging Modalities: Enhancing Multimodal Sentiment Analysis For Social Media Networks, Misbah Ul Hoque

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) serve as rich sources of textual and visual information, making multimodal sentiment analysis essential for understanding complex human emotions. This dissertation aims to advance multimodal sentiment analysis by improving the semantic alignment and fusion of textual and visual features, thereby enabling more accurate and context-aware sentiment interpretation of social media content.

To address challenges in multimodal integration, this work proposes two complementary MSA approaches. The first approach introduces a similarity-based multi-layer attention neural network (SiMANN) that enhances modality integration through cosine-based similarity fusion and modality-specific attention to emphasize salient features in text and …

The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

The Inkwell

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Individualized Perioperative Blood Pressure Management In Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery: The Improve-Multi Randomized Clinical Trial, Bernd Saugel, Agnes S Meidert, Frank M Brunkhorst, Robert Bischoff, Joseph Esser, Minca Mattis, Pauline Naue, Katharina Vogel, Alina Bergholz, Moritz Flick, Alina Kröker, Dominik X Müller, Kristen K Thomsen, Christina Vokuhl, Mirja Wegge, Sebastian Bratke, Martin Graeßner, Bettina Jungwirth, Sebastian Schmid, Carla D Grundmann, Jan M Wischermann, Patrick Kellner, Moritz Steinhaus, Linda Grüßer, Sina M Coldewey, Kai Zacharowski, Patrick Meybohm, Marit Habicher, Alexander Zarbock, Amelie Zitzmann, Svenja Letz, Claudia Neumann, Jan Larmann, Thomas Renné, Linda Krause, Eik Vettorazzi, Antonia Zapf, Annemarie Carlstedt, Daniel I Sessler, Karim Kouz

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Importance: Intraoperative hypotension is associated with organ injury. However, it remains unknown if targeted blood pressure management during surgery can improve clinical outcomes.

Objective: To evaluate whether individualized vs routine perioperative blood pressure management during major abdominal surgery improves clinical outcomes in patients considered at high risk of postoperative complications.

Design, setting, and participants: This randomized single-blind clinical trial enrolled patients 45 years or older undergoing elective major abdominal surgery with general anesthesia expected to last 90 minutes or longer who had at least 1 additional high-risk criterion between February 26, 2023, and April 25, 2024, at 15 German university …

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Patient-Reported Experience Measures For Person-Centred Care: A Survey For The Development And Psychometric Testing Of A Targeted Measure, The Epcc-14, Ryan Statton, Lena Rosenlund, James Close, Anna Dencker, Helen Lloyd

School of Psychology

Objectives This study aims to develop a robust, targeted measure of patient experiences of person-centred care (PCC), informed by the lived experiences of patients with chronic illness using the psychometric theory of Rasch measurement. Design The Rasch measurement model was used to analyse the psychometric functioning of 57 candidate items and select appropriate items for a targeted measure. Setting Participants were recruited from Prolific.com, having experience of both chronic or long-term illness and first-hand experience of primary or secondary care in the UK healthcare setting and completed a survey containing PCC items and descriptors of healthcare experience. Participants Data from …

Talking Sudep: Gaps, Confidence And Training Needs Among Spanish Epilepsy Professionals, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Objective: Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) is a major cause of epilepsy-related mortality, yetdiscussions about SUDEP in clinical settings remain inconsistent. This study aimed to assess the perspectives,practices, and barriers related to SUDEP counselling for epilepsy professionals in Spain.Methods: A cross-sectional online survey of 17 Likert style questions was disseminated via the Spanish EpilepsySociety between September 2023 and February 2024 to epilepsy professionals in Spain using a nondiscriminatory exponential snowballing technique leading to non-probability sampling. The survey was a validated instrument previously employed in similar international studies. Questions revolved around SUDEPcommunication and counselling. Descriptive and comparative analyses were conducted.Results: …