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How Sociologist Paul F. Lazarsfeld Became An Influencer: 80 Years Of Opinion Leader Research, Amelie Duckwitz, Hermann Strasser

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

No abstract provided.

Surface Roughness And Microbial Adhesion On Four Provisional Prosthodontic Restorative Materials, Ola Al Hatem, Joe C Ontiveros, Donald M Belles, Maria D Gonzalez, Ransome Van Der Hoeven

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Casar Public Lecture: The Fierce Battle For The 2024 Us Presidency: Race, Gender, And The Power Of Identity Politics, The Prince Alwaleed Center For American Studies And Research Casar

Performances, Events, and Presentations

In light of the upcoming 2024 US Elections, we hosted this lecture on SUNDAY OCTOBER 27TH - 1-2 pm titled: "The Fierce Battle for the 2024 US Presidency: Race, Gender, and the Power of Identity Politics." Speakers: CASAR guest speaker Dr. Sherri McFarland - moderated by CASAR Assistant to Director and Adjunct Faculty Yasmeen El-Ghazaly. Dr. Sherri Lynn McFarland's academic and professional careers demonstrate her passionate desire to contribute to the economic, social, and political progress of African and Middle Eastern North African (MENA) countries and their diasporic communities. Her keen interest in the people of these regions led her …

Deficits In Motion And Form Perception In Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome, Mahesh Joshi, Asma Zahidi

School of Health Professions

Purpose: Visual deficits in infantile nystagmus syndrome (INS) could be a result of retinal blur from excessive eye movements and/or cortical changes from visual deprivation. We measured global motion and form sensitivity in INS to compare deficits between motion and form perception and to decipher the role of internal noise (local deficit such as eye movement) and sampling efficiency (global cortical deficit).Methods: A total of 30 participants (14.40 ± 4.83 years) with INS and 30 age-matched controls discriminated the direction of motion and orientation of physically equivalent translational random dot kinematograms (RDKs) and Glass patterns. Both stimuli consisted of 240 …

Pediatric Vs Adult Invasive Aspergillosis In Cancer And Hematopoietic Transplant Patients: Insights From A Matched Cohort At A Tertiary Cancer Center, Saliba Wehbe, Ramia Zakhour, Ray Hachem, Ying Jiang, Hiba Dagher, Roseen Salman, Anne-Marie Chaftari, Issam I Raad

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a life-threatening infection in immunocompromised patients, including those with hematologic malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplants. While adult IA has been well characterized, data on pediatric populations remain limited, and potential age-related differences are often overlooked in current management guidelines.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective matched cohort study at a tertiary cancer center, evaluating IA cases diagnosed over a 31-year period. Pediatric patients (≤18 years) with proven or probable IA were matched 1:3 with adult IA cases based on year of diagnosis, underlying disease, and history of hematopoietic cell transplantation. We compared demographics, clinical presentation, …

The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

No abstract provided.

Challenging Truth, Exploring Fluidity, And Reclaiming Bodily Autonomy Through Revisited Personal Narratives, Peyton Lane Sibert

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present

This dissertation explores and analyzes revisited personal narratives, which I define as layering perspectives or theorizing upon previously presented narratives. Specifically, I argue that revisited personal narratives are uniquely positioned to not only explore the intricacies of fluidity and truth within narrative but also deepen the insight into the perspectives of marginalized identities, thereby aiding in the deconstruction of cisheteronormativity and the reclaiming of autonomy—both bodily and narrative. Bodily autonomy refers to the freedom and ability to make choices about one’s own body and identity, including the right to not have one’s body violated, the right to access healthcare, the …

Lanthorn, Vol. 60, No. 06, October 27, 2025, Grand Valley State University

Volume 60, August 4, 2025 – April 20, 2026

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Evaluating Sustainability Research In Argentine Higher Education, María Belén Arias Valle, Frederic Marimon Dr.

Higher Learning Research Communications

This study analyzes the integration of sustainability into the research activities of Argentine higher education institutions (HEIs), both public and private. Through a quantitative approach, 132 HEIs were evaluated regarding the presence of sustainability research lines, the inclusion of this topic in strategic plans, and the existence of specialized institutes and academic publications. The results indicate that only 26% of HEIs have established research lines on sustainability, with greater participation from public universities. However, the overall commitment is uneven, with only 55% of institutions including sustainability in their strategic plans. The limited presence of observatories, specialized journals, and research centers …

Brewed Connections: Bringing Early Career Librarians Together Through Virtual Coffee Chats, Brandon Kennedy, Brianna Hales, Samantha Nunn, Sarah Villere, Alex Henigman

Library Staff Publications

Early Career Librarians (ECLs) thrive on collaboration, informal exchange, and community elements that have been challenged by remote and hybrid work. In response, an ECL task force developed and implemented a monthly Virtual Coffee Chat project aimed at fostering informal nationwide connections among ECLs and Library and Information Science (LIS) students interested or involved in health sciences. Hosts provided discussion prompts while also fostering an open forum to discuss challenges and current events such as: AI, systematic reviews, faculty conversations, organizational structures, and training challenges. This poster presents the design, launch, and impact of the ongoing Virtual Coffee Chat project. …

A Narrative Review Of Evidence, Safety, And Clinical Considerations In Taxane Chemotherapy For Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer, Jenny W. Zhang, Precious Ochuwa Imokhai, Danny Lee, Diana Hamdan, Trisha Mahajan, Satyam K. Singh, Amanda Brooks

Student Publications

The medical condition of pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) requires oncologists to determine the best way to protect both the mother and the fetus during cancer treatment. The safety profile of taxanes, including paclitaxel and docetaxel, in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy remains unclear despite well-established anthracycline-based regimens (e.g., doxorubicin). High-risk breast cancer subtypes such as triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) and human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER2)-positive disease require taxane chemotherapy as standard treatment in nonpregnant patients. Objective: This paper aims to gather available data about the safety, timing and fetal outcomes related to taxane chemotherapy during PABC, …

Cross-Model Watermarking Via Discriminative Samples For Secure Authentication, Juan Zhao, Yudao Sun, Zhihai Yang, Cai Xu, Hongji Chen, Fan Zhang, Jianxin Li

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Deep neural networks on cloud platforms face growing security threats, with AI services increasingly relying on heterogeneous models for the same task to meet diverse user needs. Existing methods fail to distinguish benign modifications from malicious attacks in cross-model scenarios. To address this challenge, we propose a non-intrusive cross-model watermarking method that generates discriminative samples as universal keys, enabling authentication without altering model parameters or architectures. Specifically, we introduce a margin enhancement loss to amplify confidence gaps between benign and malicious behaviors, ensuring high transferability across models. Both theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate the high efficacy of our proposed …

Evaluating Response Calculation Methods For Thin And Volume Analog Holographic Wavefront Sensors, Emma Branigan, Andrew Lambert, Andreas Zepp, Szymon Gladysz, Suzanne Martin, Matthew Sheehan, Kevin Murphy

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

The modal analog holographic wavefront sensor (AHWFS) is a low-cost and high-speed solution for wavefront sensing. It uses a phase biasing approach, where a pair of holograms are biased with a known phase delay/advance. The aberration magnitude is determined by measuring the diffracted beam intensities from the hologram pair. Both thin and volume phase transmission holograms can be used. Thin gratings produce multiple diffracted orders, while volume gratings direct light into a single order. Sensor response is measured using photodiodes or cameras, though thin holograms require a small region of interest for sensitivity to changing aberration magnitudes. This work compares …

Chan V. Encalada

All Decisions

In a nonpayment proceeding, the landlord's petition was dismissed. After a trial on tenant's counterclaims, the court found for the tenant, awarding a $20,000 rent abatement for breach of warranty of habitability due to conditions like damaged floors, mold, lack of heat/cooking gas, and pests. The tenant also proved harassment, receiving $1,000 in compensatory damages and $35,000 in punitive damages, citing the landlord's omission of essential services demonstrating intent or malice, including physical assaults. The court also ordered the landlord to correct all outstanding DHPD violations.

Ktrb-Mediated Alkaline Adaptation Drives Enterococcus Faecalis Persistence In The Gastrointestinal Tract Of Helicoverpa Zea, Patrick J. Hurd, Vivian Veto, Geneva Bell, Jerreme J. Jackson

Faculty Publications

Enterococcus faecalis is a commensal enteric bacterium capable of surviving in extreme and diverse environments. Here, we characterized the role of the gene ntpJ, which encodes the KtrB subunit of the KtrAB Na⁺/K⁺ symporter, during the adaptation of E. faecalis to alkaline stress and persistence in Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm). We assessed growth kinetics, biofilm formation, surface adhesion, and gastrointestinal persistence in vivo using an E. faecalis OG1RF mariner transposon mutant (ntpJ-Tn). The ntpJ-Tn mutant showed delayed entry into mid-log phase growth and biofilm formation under standard and alkaline-adjusted conditions relative to the wild-type strain, while adherence …

The Influence Of Chlorophyll-A And Sea Surface Temperature On Anchovy Catch Trends (2011-2024) In Kilwa, Tanzania, Renatus Shigi, Prosper L. Mfilinge

Tanzania Journal of Science

Anchovies exhibit varying trends in catch worldwide, with some regions experiencing declines in catch due to overfishing and environmental changes, while others remain stable or experience increases. Kilwa is among the most productive small pelagic fisheries along the Tanzanian coast. This study aimed to investigate the influence of Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) on anchovy catch trends in Kilwa. The study further examined the relationship between catch per unit effort (CPUE) and total anchovy catch, as well as its implications for fisheries management. The study was conducted at two sites: Kilwa Kivinje and Kilwa Masoko during both the …

Bioresponsive Hydrogel For On-Demand Nonhormonal Contraception, Giovanni M Pauletti, Pankaj Dwivedi, Ping Li, Aluet Borrego-Alvarez, Hidemi S Yamamoto, Julie Lewis, Sarah Alobaidi, Amel Ibrahim, Raina N Fichorova, Celia M Santi

2020-Current year OA Pubs

The utility of bioresponsive multifunctional hydrogel compositions for biomedical applications is rapidly increasing due to the diverse array of biological stimuli that can profoundly alter physicochemical gel properties that benefit therapeutic interventions. The purpose of this research is to explore a bioresponsive hydrogel as a drug-free bioengineering concept to fortify the natural physical contraceptive barriers at the cervicovaginal junction. The results of this research demonstrate that a hydrogel comprising 4% (

Fluridone Use In Furrow-Irrigated Rice: Palmer Amaranth Control And Crop Response, Maria Carolina Souza, Jason K. Norsworthy, Pamela Carvalho-Moore, Amar S. Godar, Samuel B. Fernandes, Trenton L. Roberts, Thomas R. Butts

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Rice cultivated under furrow irrigation faces weed management challenges due to the aerobic conditions that favor the emergence of terrestrial weeds such as Palmer amaranth. Fluridone was recently registered for use in rice production, offering an alternative site of action for Palmer amaranth control. Four site-years of field experiments were conducted in 2022 and 2023 in furrow-irrigated rice to assess Palmer amaranth control and crop tolerance to fluridone applied preemergence alone or with various postemergence treatments. The experiment was a randomized complete block design with a split-plot arrangement and four replications. The whole-plot factor was the postemergence treatment, while the …

Do Sustainability Reports Contain Financially Material Information?, Suzanne Haley, Matthew Shaffer, Richard Sloan

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Recent years have witnessed significant growth in corporate sustainability reporting. Yet existing research provides mixed evidence on the information content of these reports for investors. We examine the stock market reaction to the announcement of a sample of US corporate sustainability reports incorporating Sustainability Accounting Standards Board metrics that are intended to provide financially material information to investors. Using standard measures of information content, we cannot find compelling evidence that these reports provide a significant amount of new information to investors. Further analysis of a subset of common metrics indicates that they are either financially immaterial or preempted by traditional …

Intouch Week Of October 27, 2025, New York Medical College

InTouch

• Founder’s Dinner Honors Leadership and Inspires Generosity
• SOM Class of 2029 Officially Don Their White Coats for the First Time
• 32nd Annual Faculty Author Awards Highlights Faculty Excellence
• Mill Etienne, M.D. ’02, M.P.H., Awarded Prestigious AAMC Award for Humanism in Medicine
• NYMC Goes Orange for Physical Therapy Month
• Students Carve Out Creativity at the NYMC Pumpkin Carving Contest
• For Medical Students, the Pre-Matriculation Program Continues to Evolve
• NYMC/WMC Ophthalmology Alumni Gather for Inaugural Reception at AAO Conference in Orlando
• Fire Safety Training at BSB for Students, Faculty, and Staff
• TCDM Goes to the Dominican Republic on a Volunteer Mission Trip

Management Of Stone Disease In The Spina Bifida Patient, Meghan F. Davis, Kyle L. Yu, Arun K. Srinivasan

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW: This review provides a detailed overview of the specifics of presentation, diagnosis, and management of upper and lower urinary tract stone disease for individuals with spina bifida.

RECENT FINDINGS: Recent studies highlight the significant burden of stone disease for spina bifida patients. Individuals with spina bifida require lifelong urologic care. They are more likely to have stone disease and have complications from management. This is a particularly salient issue for patients who have undergone bladder augmentation. Given the frequency and severity of these issues, it is critical that urologists be familiar with the nuances of stone …

Chimes: October 27, 2025, Calvin University

Chimes

Calvin's strategic planning process by Ashley Hamons

Public Health and Recreational Therapy programs phase out by Sarah Sparling

John Calvin's use of deception:A look at the French Reformation by McKenna Wilkinson

Men's soccer navigating roller coaster stretch, has eyes on MIAA tournament by Zach Kern & Hendrik Beelen

The hidden beauty of Calvin's organs by Ella Vanden Berg

Why 'religion'? A history of the department's name by Joe Toly

Associations Of Early-Adulthood Adiposity With Breast Parenchymal Tissue Complexity Within Premenopausal Women, Sneha Das Gupta, Kayla Getz, Juanita Hernandez Lopez, Debbie L Bennett, Adetunji T Toriola, Aimilia Gastounioti

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Early-adulthood adiposity is associated with breast cancer risk. This study aims to evaluate the associations of early-adulthood adiposity with an emerging biomarker of breast cancer risk, breast parenchymal complexity, within premenopausal women.

METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed early-adulthood adiposity data and screening digital mammograms (DMs) of 326 premenopausal women (age in years; median: 48; range: 34-58) recruited at our institution. Adiposity measures were either assessed by trained personnel or self-reported by participants. DMs were analyzed using a well-validated computational imaging pipeline consisting of automated breast segmentation and radiomic feature extraction modules. The extracted radiomic features were fused into woman-specific breast …

Can Innovation Enhance Regional Government Performance In Indonesia?, Lindawati Lindawati, Sak Khie

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan

In Indonesia, innovation has become an essential priority for the government. The study analysed innovation's impact on regional governments' performance. The study focused on factors such as regional financial independence, local own-sourced revenue growth rate, the maturity level of e-government, and regional competitiveness. Secondary data from related ministries, covering all provincial, regency, and city governments in Indonesia, were used for the analysis. The study tested hypotheses using partial least squares and group difference tests. The results indicated that innovation positively impacted regional financial independence, e-government maturity level, and regional competitiveness but did not impact local own-sourced revenue growth rate. Innovative …

Threshold Levels Of Environmental Quality And Fiscal Decentralization On Economic Growth In Indonesia Before, During And After Covid-19 Pandemic, Malik Cahyadin, Mehilda Rosdaliva, Selfia Bintaringintyas, Yunastiti Puwaningsih, Yong Sze Wei

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan

Environmental quality can stimulate a certain level of economic growth. Besides, the fiscal decentralization will enhance economic growth by improving a better condition for a local government budget. In the COVID-19 pandemic, the government should work hard to address a higher level of economic growth. Therefore, the threshold levels of environmental quality and fiscal decentralization can be assessed to maintain economic growth in the long-run. This study estimates the threshold levels of environmental quality and fiscal decentralization on economic growth for 34 provinces in Indonesia before, during and after COVID-19 pandemic. The cross-section threshold regression was employed. The findings reveal …

Basic Dimensions And Community Welfare In The Boti Tribe In The Island Of Timora, Kamilaus Konstanse Oki

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan

The Boti tribe is the most unique indigenous traditional tribe on the island of Timor and even in the world. In the economic field, the Boti tribe fulfills economic needs independently through farming and refuses all kinds of government assistance, refuses technological production or modernization and formal education for the younger generation. However, the people of the Boti tribe feel very prosperous with their economic and socio-cultural life. The analytical tool used in this research is SmartPLS. The results show that the basic dimensions formed by the dimensions of satisfaction, meaning in life and security needs determine the very prosperous …

Indonesian Government In The Development Of The Global Electric Vehicle Industry Through Investment And Nickel Downstream, Annisa Millania Wildhani, Dyah Mutiarin

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan

This study aims to analyze the role of the Indonesian government in developing the global electric vehicle industry through the potential of nickel. This research focuses on investment and downstream case studies in Indonesia. The aim is to evaluate the strategic steps taken by the government in attracting investors and encouraging downstream activities for Indonesia's nickel potential in supporting economic growth. This research was conducted using qualitative research methods by presenting findings through online media, this research data comes from online news media. This data was obtained using the Ncapture feature on Nvivo 12 Plus. The results of the study …

Corporate Social Responsibility Optimization As Collaborative Funding Innovation To Support Sustainable Development, Lindawati Lindawati, Yudhanty Parama Sany, Sak Khie, Iwan Syahrul Anwar, Dewi Listiorini

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan

During the pandemic, development progress is hindered by budget constraints. Meanwhile, the business sector's contribution to development is minimal and charitable, with no significant impact. A program called "Kembang Jawara" has been introduced to optimize Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funding for development programs to address this issue. This study aimed to explore the innovation of funding called "Kembang Jawara" through a case study. The primary data was gathered through focused group discussions and interviews with the Regional Development Planning, Research and Development Agency of Subang Regency. The secondary data was sourced from proposals, work plans, reports, and policies related to …

What Drives Blue-Collar Workers Transition In The Labor Market Dynamics? Lesson Learned From Indonesia, Christiayu Natalia, Devanto Shasta Pratomo, Wildan Syafitri

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan

The recovery from the global pandemic, as well as improvements in automation technologies, have presented substantial challenges for blue-collar workers who specialized in manual work. Labor transition is considered a strategy to adapt and strengthen their resilience. This study utilizes Indonesian National Labor Force Survey / SAKERNAS data from August 2023 to examine the key factors influencing blue-collar worker transitions in Indonesia, including three primary outcomes: (1) remaining unemployed and inactive, (2) transitioning back to the blue-collar worker, and (3) transitioning to the white-collar worker. The study employs multilevel multinomial logistic regression to examine the influence of individual characteristics (e.g., …

Harnessing Collaboration For Tourism In Kuta, Bali: Dual Analysing Swot And Porters Diamond Model, I Made Chandra Mandira, I Gusti Ngurah Widya Hadi Saputra, Ni Putu Nina Eka Lestari, Anak Agung Ayu Ngurah Sri Rahayu Gorda, Anak Agung Ayu Ngurah Tini Rusmini Gorda, I Ketut Nuraga

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan

The purpose of this study is to analyse and identify the factors of utilizing collaboration and exploring the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of tourism in Kuta Beach, Bali, using a Penta helix approach that will be concluded using Porter's Diamond Model and the identification of collaborative strategies for tourism development. The research method uses a qualitative approach with RRA (rapid rural appraisal) techniques and SWOT analysis and uses Porter's Diamond Model in concluding, assisted by the N-Vivo Plus 12 application. The informants in this study totaled 16 people, with the criteria that 10 people were traditional leaders in Kuta …