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Bilateral Pleuropulmonary Blastoma In An Infant., R Guanà, E Zambaiti, Maria Grazia Sacco Casamassima, S Garofalo, L Lonati, E Stanton, F Gennari

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

No abstract provided.

Findings From A Pilot Project Highlight Lessons To Ensure Safe Cleaning Practices And Pesticide Use In At-Home Childcare Centers, Elizabeth Friedman, Luke Gard, Sherri G. Homan

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Lead and pesticide exposure are leading environmental health concerns for children, and these exposures can result in long-term health consequences, including irreversible cognitive delay and endocrine dysfunction. A pilot program aimed to a) develop and disseminate educational materials and supplies and b) perform in-home childcare facility assessments to increase knowledge regarding lead and pesticide safety, provide education on the health impacts of elevated blood lead levels, and reduce exposure risks in these settings. The program was implemented in St. Louis, Missouri. From outreach and education efforts to interactive feedback, this article shares important lessons learned and highlights educational gaps that …

Associations Between Perceived Stress And Glycemic Measures: Gender And Age As Moderators, Ming-Hong Tsai, Charlene Enhui Goh, Michelle H. Lee, Francine Seah, Maybritte Lim, Eveline Febriana, Jiahui Fu, Julie K. Yip, Philip Presham, Sue-Anne Ee Shiow Toh

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Introduction Prediabetes presents an opportunity for early intervention. Growing evidence suggests that psychological stress may contribute to glucose dysregulation, but the findings are inconsistent. This study aimed to clarify the association between perceived stress and glycemic measures, by first testing gender as a moderator, and then examining age as a moderator within each gender group. Research design and methods We analyzed cross-sectional data from 470 diabetes-free adults in Singapore. Participants completed the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale, comprising two subscales: perceived helplessness and perceived self-efficacy. Glycemic measures included fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin, and 2-hour plasma glucose (2h-PG) following an oral …

Research Nexus : Volume 31 - 2025, Office Of Research And Graduate Studies

Office of Research and Graduate Studies

• Researcher Spotlight
• Research Milestones & News
• AKU Kenya Achieves Platinum Certification in Financial Grant Practice
• Research Townhall – Pakistan and United Kingdom
• Research Magazine: In case you missed it!
• Capacity Building Initiatives
• Global Webinar Explores Innovations in Research Administration
• Webinar Strengthens Understanding of Ethical Review in Research
• Community of Practice Explores NIH Other Support Requirements
• The Collective Spark: Our Academic Entities, Institutes and Centres at Work
• New Guidelines Advance Sustainable Cloud Computing for Research in LMICs

Efficient Integration Of External Knowledge To Llm-Based World Models Via Retrieval-Augmented Generation And Reinforcement Learning, Chang Yang, Xinrun Wang, Qinggang Zhang, Qi Jiang, Xiao Huang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

World models achieve remarkable success in predicting future states and planning in complex environments and Large Language Models (LLMs) serve as promising foundation to build general world models. However, their performances are usually constrained by the limited external knowledge to specific environments. Existing research attempts to enhance LLM-based world models through prompting or fine-tuning approaches, which are either requiring human knowledge or computationally extensive. Therefore, we introduce Retrieval-Augmented World Models (RAWM), a novel framework that leverages retrieval-augmented generation to efficiently integrate the external knowledge to LLM-based world models. Our main contributions are threefold: (i) We introduce a memory system and …

One Planner To Guide Them All! Learning Adaptive Conversational Planners For Goal-Oriented Dialogues, Huy Dao, Lizi Liao

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Goal-oriented dialogues, such as recommendation and negotiation, often require balancing multiple, conflicting objectives. Existing methods typically involve training separate models for specific combinations of objectives, leading to computational and scalability issues. In this work, we aim to develop a new dialogue policy method that can adapt to varying objective preferences at inference time without retraining. This raises several challenges in terms of both (1) optimization strategy and (2) knowledge utilization. To address these, we propose a novel learning framework, Preference Adaptive Dialogue Policy Planner (PADPP), for multi-objective goal-oriented dialogues. Specifically, to tackle the former, we introduce a novel policy optimization …

Local-Thinking Bias, Ed Dehaan, Charles M. C. Lee, Wei Ting Loh

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

Local-thinking bias, wherein agents overweight information that comes readily to mind, is a prominent finding in cognitive psychology. In this study, we investigate local-thinking bias in the context of sell-side analysts and measure each analyst’s “local” information as news stemming from their individual coverage portfolio. Tests examining multiple analysts forecasting on the same focal firm at the same time find that individual analysts overweight idiosyncratic local news and underweight news from economically linked firms that are not in their coverage portfolios. Market prices track the analyst bias from local news, leading to predictable and economically significant return reversal patterns in …

Improving Infant Continuity Of Care In An Academic Center Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project., Abiye Y. Okah, Morgen L. Govindan, Rachael D. Dameron, Kristi Williams

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

INTRODUCTION: Continuity of care (COC) with an identified provider is a key principle of the patient-centered medical home. COC may be impacted by other activities that providers practicing in an academic center must engage in. The disruption of care processes during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a decrease in COC for infants attending our academic center's primary care clinic. We implemented a quality improvement (QI) project to improve the rates of infant COC.

METHODS: In 2021, we implemented a QI project with the aim of increasing the percentage of 12-month-old infants who had seen the same provider for at least …

Editor's Notes

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

A Word From The Writing Team (November 2025), Pam Walter, Mfa, Laura Deloretta, Phd

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Beginning A New Department In An Established University, Susan Eliason, Diana Garcia Gomez, Lynn Mayo, Halle Singh

Bridgewater Review

Near Buzzards Bay, during a drizzly morning cycling conversation with Maggie Lowe, we talked about my work as chair for an entirely new department. I said, “You’re making me think I should write about how we moved through the liminal space from a major to a Department.” I often listen to colleagues describe the politics and challenges in academic departments, and since I had the rare opportunity to form something new, I wanted a positive, productive, and enjoyable place to finish out my career. Instead of inheriting a departmental culture, I was responsible for creating one in a 185-year-old public …

Remarks, Amassador Abubakar Jidda

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Defining “Cases” Or “Controversies”: A Fundamental Confusion In Article Iii Standing Doctrine And Its Consequences In Multi-Plaintiff Litigation, Dominic Signa

Fordham Law Review

The United States Supreme Court has addressed the absolute core requirements of standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution on several occasions. However, the Court has not clearly articulated what purpose standing serves relative to Article III’s limitations on the exercise of judicial power to only “cases” or “controversies,” and this has led to major downstream effects in the realm of multi plaintiff litigation. Specifically, the Court has not explained whether standing is meant to ensure (1) that all potential plaintiffs demonstrate that they are properly parties to the same case or controversy before a federal court or (2) …

Digitisation Of Exhibition Spaces:An Educational And Cultural Tool For The Connected Society, Eva Santín Álvarez, Jessica Blanco Marcos

Artículos científicos

The digitisation of exhibition spaces fundamentally transforms the perception of and access to cultural and artistic content, broadening the reach of exhibitions and redefining interactions among users, technology, and culture. The DEXED project proposes a standardised methodology for the digitisation of exhibitions, incorporating immersive technologies, including 360º tours, augmented reality, and interactive repositories. DEXED seeks to enhance both virtual and in-person experiences, offering a model that can be replicated across institutions. Social media further amplifies the visibility of cultural content and fosters active public engagement. By connecting technology, art, literature, and education within a dynamic digital ecosystem, DEXED reimagines exhibitions …

User Experience Measurement In Design-Based Research On Online Educational Platforms: Contextualization Of Real-World Environments Within Sustainable Development Goals For Computational Thinking, Rasikh Tariq, María Soledad Ramírez-Montoya, Tabbi Wilberforce Awotwe, V. Fernández-Castro, M. Martínez-Reyes

Artículos científicos

The importance of User Experience Measurement allows understanding how experiences can be optimized to meet functional and emotional needs, complemented with Design-Based Research to scale the redesign of educational platforms, four online educational platforms presented are powered by Artificial Intelligence and educational data mining to offer a tailored learning experience, combining computational thinking with Sustainable Development Goals. We present the analysis of responses of 1,573 users, which yield elements of improvement that will be implemented in the redesign. To measure User Experience of the platform, a nonexperimental quantitative analysis was carried out, using a Feedback survey based on a Likert-scale …

Implementation Of The Multicountry Who Covid-19 Pregnancy Cohort Study: Challenges And Lessons Learned During The Pandemic, Maria Costa, Renato Souza, Jose Cecatti, Sami Gottlieb, Marie Delnord, Soe Soe Thwin, Ndema Habib, Marleen Temmerman, Ingrid Gichere, Beth Maina

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa

Introduction A generic research protocol was developed for a prospective cohort study to allow systematic, harmonized data collection of the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination during pregnancy on maternal, obstetric, and neonatal outcomes across different settings. This article describes the study conception, development, implementation, challenges, and key lessons learned within study sites across the world.

Methods The protocol was implemented in 43 facilities in 10 countries during the pandemic, involving consecutive recruitment of over 16,000 pregnant or postpartum women. We evaluated selection of study sites, ethical approvals, staff recruitment and training, recruitment and follow-up, and incorporation of new elements …

Sally Walton's Will: Reuniting The Andrews Families Of Western Maine And Beyond, Kathrine C. Aydelott

Faculty Publications

This article demonstrates how the 1871 probate file of Sally (Andrews) (Andrews) (Clark) Walton of Paris, Maine, resolves decades of genealogical confusion among Andrews families of western Maine. Analysis of her will, codicils, and probate accountings reconstructs a fragmented sibling group and definitively distinguishes two men named Perez Andrews whose identities had long been conflated. The evidence firmly links Darius Andrews of Sumner, Perez Andrews of Buckfield and Penobscot County, and several previously untraced Andrews siblings to a single parental family headed by Ebenezer Andrews Jr. and Sarah (Elliot) Andrews. Moving beyond questions of descent, the article shows how probate …

Neonatal Unit Human Resources: Coverage For Six Cadres And Trends For Staff-To-Baby Ratios In 65 Neonatal Units Implementing With Nest360 In Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, And Tanzania, Rebecca Penzias, Eric Ohuma, Opeyemi Odedere, Olabisi Dosunmu, George Okello, Hannah Mwaniki, Robert Tillya, Vincent Ochieng, Ekran Rashid, William Macharia

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Background Implementing small and sick newborn care (SSNC) requires skilled health workers; however, there is a shortage, adversely impacting patient outcomes and health worker well-being. There are limited data and no current World Health Organization (WHO) standards for staff-to-baby ratios in neonatal units in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to inform policy, planning, and investment.

Methods In 65 neonatal units (36 in Malawi, 13 in Kenya, 7 in Tanzania, and 9 in Nigeria), a health facility assessment (HFA) for SSNC and government-led quality improvement (QI) processes were implemented. Staffing data were collated from baseline HFA (Sept 2019–March 2021) and mid-2023 …

Chimeric Contacts And Consent: The Ill-Reasoned Expansion Of Corporate Jurisdictional Exposure, James P. George

William & Mary Business Law Review

Two recent Supreme Court decisions have imposed aspects of general jurisdiction in a way that exposes corporations and possibly other legal actors to litigation in spuriously connected forums. One case—Ford Motor Company v. Montana—reached a fair result but with strained reasoning that will support unfair results. The second case—Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railroad Company—was wrong on the facts and the law, imposing general jurisdiction based on a vaguely worded corporate registration statute validated by a more than century-old precedent based on Pennoyer v. Neff’s limited territorial model.

Both decisions were the result of conceptual corners …

Embattled Sec Climate-Related Disclosure Regulation, Thomas M. Madden

William & Mary Business Law Review

This Article informs the reader as to the current state of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC or Commission) Release No. 33-11275, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (the Final Rules), approved and then stayed by the Commission in March of 2024 and now being challenged in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. It argues that the Final Rules are sound and should be upheld for seven articulated reasons, taking into account the arguments made by petitioners and amici curiae in the Eighth Circuit. Moreover, the Article argues that even with Chevron overturned, the Final Rules …

Say Neigh To Handshake Deals: An Economic And Ethical Argument For Written Warranties In The Sales Of Thoroughbred Racehorses, Kate Coulter

William & Mary Business Law Review

Horse racing is one of the largest, most lucrative industries in the United States, but state laws regulating the exchange of billions of dollars through the sales of Thoroughbred racehorses remain inconsistent. Moreover, ethical issues such as poor breeding practices tarnish the reputation of the sport, detracting viewers and consequently endangering the future livelihood of the racing industry. Litigation over birth defects in Thoroughbreds is common, prone to appeal, and expensive. But, this litigation could be mitigated through the use of written warranties in the sale of these highly valuable horses, pursuant to and supplementing the statute of frauds and …

Responsible Investing For A Sustainable Future, Eric Pedersen

Asian Management Insights

Investors should bear in mind that climate risks eventually translate into financial risks. An interview with Eric Pedersen, Head of Responsible Investments at Nordea Asset Management. Investors should bear in mind that climate risks eventually translate into financial risks.

The Changing Face Of Asian Cities, Shoeb Kagda

Asian Management Insights

Whether Asia can redefine urbanisation on its own terms will determine if its megacities turn out to be sustainable ones or urban jungles.

The Lead, Mid-Fall 2025, Lindenwood University

The Lead

The Lead is an electronic newsletter produced by the Lindenwood College of Education & Human Services.

Neighborhood Impacts Of Gentrification On Urban Communities, J Coley

The Lender Center for Social Justice

In many mid-sized U.S. cities, university and hospital expansion has spurred new development while displacing long-established Black communities. This study examines how Black homeowners and tenants in Buffalo’s Fruit Belt neighborhood navigate institutional gentrification driven by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Using interviews and story circles with 50 residents, the research reveals that most residents support neighborhood improvement but demand development without displacement. Participants report rising property taxes, rent hikes, and exclusion from planning processes that threaten community stability and wealth. Despite these challenges, residents organize through efforts like the Fruit Belt Community Land Trust to resist displacement and promote …

2025 November, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications & Marketing.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for November of 2025.

Fall 2025 Census Enrollment Indicators Campus Report Tables 1-3, Systems Intelligence And Data Analytics, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Enrollment Reports

No abstract provided.

Towards Automated And Explainable Insider Threat Response In Electronic Health Records: A Role-Aware Machine Learning Framework, Luca Lippi Ornstil

Master's Theses

Healthcare remains a prime target for cyberattacks, with insider misuse and credential compromise posing major risks to Electronic Health Records (EHRs). This thesis introduces a role-aware, explainable anomaly detection and response framework integrated with OpenEMR to address post-authentication threats. Four models—Local Outlier Factor (LOF), Isolation Forest, Autoencoder, and Graph Neural Network (GNN)—detect behavioral deviations across temporal, device, and role-based features, with LOF serving as the primary runtime detector. A configurable policy engine maps anomaly severity to proportional actions, from email alerts to read-only restrictions or account suspension, all reversible and auditable. Evaluation on real EHR logs shows the system’s operational …

Gerunds In Irish Sign Language: An Exploratory Analysis, Zaid Mohammed

Doctoral

In sign languages (SLs), e.g., American Sign Language (ASL), gerunds help express the meaning of ongoing actions and activities conveyed by verbs (Klima & Bellugi, 1979, p. 295). In spoken languages, a gerund is a form of the verb that functions as a noun and expresses the state of being or an ongoing action (Maekelberghe, 2020). Gerunds are complex constructions as they have nominal-verbal nature (Travis, 2005, p. 321) and morphological similarity with present participle or progressive aspect (Siegel, 1998). This research is motivated by the challenging nature of distinguishing gerund constructions at the morphological level, and research in sign …

Mind The Gap: Fixing India’S Demand-Supply Mismatch, Debjit Roy, Anupam Agrawal, Shubham

Asian Management Insights

Adopting advanced technology and a big-picture approach can deliver operational and financial gains.