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Aswc Meeting Minutes 2025-10-06, Devin Tovar

ASWC Meeting Minutes

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In Vitro Screening Of Antibacterial Efficacy Of Moringa Oleifera And Thymus Vulgaris Methanolic Extracts Against Different Escherichia Coli Strains And Their In Vivo Effects Against E. Coli-Induced Infection In Broiler Chickens, Majid Ali, Naila Chand, Sarzamin Khan, Rifat Ullah Khan, Babar Maqbool, Shabana Naz, Ala Abudabos, Abdul Hafeez, Ibrahim A. Alhidary

Food and Animal Sciences Faculty Research

This study evaluated the antibacterial efficacy and growth-promoting potential of Moringa oleifera and Thymus vulgaris methanolic extracts in broiler chickens challenged with Escherichia coli O78. In vitro antibacterial screening using agar well diffusion and disc diffusion assays revealed that ciprofloxacin exhibited the strongest inhibitory effect, followed by tetracycline and enrofloxacin, whereas among plant extracts, T. vulgaris was more effective than M. oleifera. The optimal combination (M100T150; 100 mg M. oleifera + 150 mg T. vulgaris) produced the largest inhibition zones against E. coli strains. For the in vivo trial, 540 Ross-308 broiler chicks were distributed into six treatment groups in …

Urban Heat Islands In Mountain West Cities, 2024, Mia Tschan, Krish Sharma, Olivia K. Cheche, William E. Brown Jr.

Environment

This fact sheet presents data on Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) in six cities across five Mountain West states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data are derived from the 2024 Climate Central report, “Urban Heat Hot Spots in 65 Cities,” which includes data on how UHIs boost temperatures in 65 major cities across the United States. This fact sheet focuses on UHIs in six Mountain West cities: Albuquerque, NM; Denver, CO; Las Vegas, NV; Phoenix, AZ; Salt Lake City, UT; and Tucson, AZ.

Top-Down Instruction Outweighs Emotional Salience: Nocturnal Sleep Physiology Indicates Selective Memory Consolidation, Laura B.F. Kurdziel, Carie Fiedler, Alex Gajewski, Caroline Pongratz

Psychology Faculty Publications

Introduction:

Sleep plays a crucial role in memory consolidation, not only stabilizing newly encoded information but also potentially supporting forgetting. Yet it remains unclear how sleep prioritizes what is retained or discarded when multiple salience cues, such as emotional valence and top-down instructional goals, compete for consolidation.

Methods:

In two studies, we examined how emotional content and intentional memory instruction interact to shape memory performance across a 12 h interval that included either nocturnal sleep or wakefulness. Participants completed a directed forgetting paradigm with neutral and negatively valenced words, followed by immediate recognition and delayed free recall.

Results:

In both …

Strain-Specific Variability In Viral Kinetics, Cytokine Response, And Cellular Damage In Air-Liquid Cultures Of Human Nasal Organoids After Infection With Sars-Cov-2, Gina M Aloisio, Trevor J Mcbride, Letisha Aideyan, Emily M Schultz, Ashley M Murray, Anubama Rajan, Erin G Nicholson, David Henke, Laura Ferlic-Stark, Amal Kambal, Hannah L Johnson, Elina A Mosa, Fabio Stossi, Sarah E Blutt, Pedro A Piedra, Vasanthi Avadhanula

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

SARS-CoV-2 variants have demonstrated distinct epidemiological patterns and clinical presentations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding variant-specific differences at the respiratory epithelium is crucial for understanding their pathogenesis. Here, we utilized human nasal organoid air-liquid interface (HNO-ALI) cell cultures to compare the viral replication kinetics, innate immune response, and epithelial damage of six different strains of SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.2, WA, Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Omicron). All variants replicated efficiently in HNO-ALIs, but with distinct replication kinetic patterns. The Delta variant exhibited delayed replication kinetics, achieving a steady state at 6 days post-infection compared to 3 days for other variants. Cytokine analysis revealed …

Novo Nordisk Inc V. Secretary Us Dept & Health And Human Services

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Andrew Perrong V. Matthew Bradford

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Ada News - 10/6/2025, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Week Of October 6, 2025, Student Life

College, School and Department Newsletters, Magazines, and Journals

Your weekly hub for events, resources and updates.

Primary Education In Nigeria: A Case Study Of The Global Mandate On Inclusive Education, Olusola John Ogundola

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines how inclusive education, mandated by Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), is implemented in primary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. Using a qualitative case study, I explored administrators’ and teachers’ experiences within contexts shaped by colonial legacies, systemic ableism, and resource constraints. Data sources included policy documents, lesson notes, researcher journals, and interviews. Guided by postcolonial and decolonial theory, Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit), and Critical Disability Studies (CDS), the study identified five themes: (1) colonial residues in language and schooling; (2) deficit framings of disability; (3) systemic …

October 6 Elections, Census & Redistricting Update, Jeffrey M. Wice

Elections, Census & Redistricting Updates

No abstract provided.

Mmu: 10/06/25-10/12/25, Student Bar Association

Monday Morning Update

This Week @ NDLS

Mass Times

Commons Daily Menu

Saint of the Week

General Announcements

Digging Deeper At Dayton: How Sba Faculty Champion Undergraduate Research, University Of Dayton

School of Business Administration Blog

t starts with a question (and a professor who says “yes”)

Alloplastic Implants For Rhinoplasty: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Of Clinical Outcomes And Complications, Rafeni Bunga Cikita, Beta Subakti Nataadmaja

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Alloplastic implants emphasize the importance of a comprehensive understanding of both clinical and histological aspects, which are attributed to enhancing patient satisfaction and surgical success rates. The study aims to assess the viability of different implant materials and their related risks over time. A systematic literature search was conducted across multiple databases, including PubMed, Cochrane, and EBSCOhost, to identify 79 records. After eliminating duplicates and applying specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, four new studies were included for evaluation, focusing on postoperative outcomes related to alloplastic implants in rhinoplasty. Late-onset inflammation in non-healthy capsules required removal and showed histological damage. One …

Recruit Those Who Seek To Serve Others, Not Control Them, Annie Bright

Faculty Articles

ICE and law enforcement should recruit for service, not control. We need to take a hard look at law enforcement recruitment, not just at the federal level, but locally. Recruitment should invite those who seek to serve.

The College Transition And Experience: Swift Changes For African American First-Generation Students In Higher Education, Keyantta Houston

Ed.D. Capstone Reports

There is limited research available that focuses specifically on the lived experiences of African American, female, traditional first-generation college students (FGCS) who have attended rural Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). Therefore, researchers need to conduct further studies to better understand the barriers faced by this population and how African American first-generation college students at PWIs navigate, experience, and cope with their college transition. A few barriers that African American first-generation college students that will be discussed throughout this research includes academic unpreparedness, campus climate, institution type, mental health, parental transition/education status, potential lack of guidance and knowledge of institutionally offered student …

Corporate Taxation And Industrial Policy, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

Articles

The Trump administration recently announced two new ventures into industrial policy. First, it will impose a levy on chip exports to China by Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Under the agreement, Nvidia and AMD will pay the government 15 percent of their gross revenue from sales to China. The secretary of the Treasury has said the administration will consider expanding this type of deal to other industries. Second, the administration announced that it will take a 9.9 percent equity stake in Intel

School Leaders And Strategies To Address Teacher Shortages In A Rural School District, Phaniki Antwanette Jenkins

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem addressed was that education administrators struggle to reduce teacher shortages in rural public school districts in the Southeastern United States. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this basic qualitative study was three-fold: to understand what experiences education administrators had concerning teacher shortages, what practices they used to address shortages, and what strategies they deemed most helpful. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 10 state-certified administrators with at least 3 years’ experience in their role in one rural public school district in the Southeastern United States. Open and axial coding were used to support thematic analysis. Administrative experiences …

Strategies Managers Use To Retain Financial Advisors New To The Industry, Andraes Anthony Alexander

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

High employee turnover can negatively affect a business. Some financial advisor managers are concerned about the retention of financial advisors who are new to the industry, as addressing this issue is vital for organizational efficiency, given the high costs of employee replacement. Grounded in social exchange theory, the purpose of this qualitative, pragmatic inquiry project was to explore the strategies financial advisor managers use to improve the retention of financial advisors who are new to the industry. The participants comprised eight financial advisor managers with successful retention strategies. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and by reviewing organizational websites and …

The Role Of Higher Education Attainment In Mitigating Police Misconduct, Marty Allen Hatfield

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Police misconduct continues to undermine public trust and strain community–law enforcement relationships in the United States. The potential role of higher education in reducing misconduct among officers remains underexamined. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine whether higher educational attainment is associated with reduced rates of documented misconduct in a large urban police department. Grounded in the social learning and organizational justice theories, the research addressed how postsecondary education influences ethical decision-making and conduct. The overarching research question concerned whether education level predicted misconduct frequency, controlling for gender, rank, and years of service. Archival personnel and disciplinary …

University Band & Wind Symphony

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

University Band | “Journeys”

Wind Symphony | "Shades of Blue"

David Roush, Conductor

Aav Harvesting Using An Asymmetric Pore Hollow Fiber Membrane In Tff Mode: High Product Yield Through Stable Cake Layer Formation, April Wheeler, Ranil Wickramasinghe, Rony Horax, Xianghong Qian, Xiaolei Hao, Hironobu Shirataki

Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing VII (ICB VII)

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A Combination Of Machine Learning And Cfd Simulations To Enable Control And Scaling Of Continuous Bioprocesses, Christian Witz, Lukas Gsenger, Michael Wagner, Philipp Eibl, Johannes Khinast

Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing VII (ICB VII)

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Justice In A Sacrifice Zone; Early Land Use Battles And Environmental Injustice In Salt Lake City's Westside, Shiv Pandya

Richmond Public Interest Law Review

“Are we so buried under railroads and coal yards that we have no further rights?” — A Westside Resident, 1918 In 1918, residents of Salt Lake City’s Westside,” home to much of the city’s low-income, immigrant, and minority populations, protested the poten- tial codification of their community into an industrial zone where unchecked development would threaten their health and wellbeing.® Their “smoldering indignation . . . burst into flame” as they sought to make their voices heard, distributing a thousand leaflets to fellow Westsiders that called for a mass gathering in front of the city’s zoning committee.* Their efforts, while …

I Am A Person Too: The State's Failure To Secure Transgender Rights And Personhood, Trevor L.M. Reynolds

Richmond Public Interest Law Review

The winds of change appeared to blow on June 15, 2020, when the Su- preme Court decided Bostock v. Clayton County. The Bostock decision—in which the Court held that discrimination based upon an employee’s gender identity violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act—has been heralded as a revolutionary triumph for the LGBTQ+ community. And yet, while the Bos- tock decision dictated that employers cannot terminate people based on their gender identity, it failed in the most important regard: establishing gender identity as a protected constitutional class. The Court, however, is not unique in its failure to secure transgender rights; …

The Illusion Of Protection: Examining The Enigmatic Privileges Or Immunities Clause, Victoria Hagerott

Richmond Public Interest Law Review

For many years, the United States Supreme Court has protected unenu- merated rights, or rights not expressly stated in the United States Constitu- tion, under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.! However, the Court has revoked or limited protections for certain unenumerated rights under this Clause in recent years. Most notably, in June 2022, the Supreme Court held in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the Con- stitution does not confer the right to an abortion and thereby overtuming nearly fifty years of precedent that began with Roe v. Wade in 19732 To reach its holding in …

Perceived Political Party Divide During The Pandemic: A Framework Linking Attitude Strength Toward Covid-19 Vaccines To Affective Polarization, Hyungjin Gill, Heysung Lee, Soo Yun Kim, Xining Liao, Hernando Rojas

Communication Faculty Publications

This study examines how perceived political party divide may foster affective polarization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on nationally representative sample surveys of U.S. and South Korean adults, we investigate the relationship between attitude strength toward COVID-19 vaccines, perceived polarization, and affective polarization. Results suggest that individuals with stronger attitudes toward vaccines are more likely to perceive a greater ideological divide between political parties, which in turn, is associated with increased animosity toward the opposing party. Applying the mediation model to the South Korean sample yielded consistent findings, suggesting that the mechanism by which strong attitudes relate to negative emotions …

Let Your Arrow Fly, Ava Merriman

University Libraries Blog Archive

Ava Merriman ’25 zeroes in on UD’s archery history.

Genetic Underpinnings Of The Heterogeneous Impact Of Obesity On Lipid Levels And Cardiovascular Disease, Daeeun Kim, Heather M Highland, Roelof A J Smit, Micah R Hysong, Victoria L Buchanan, Kristin L Young, Chi Zhao, Cassandra N Spracklen, Tuomas O Kilpeläinen, Boya Guo, Burcu F Darst, Yanwei Cai, Zhe Wang, Jessica Lundin, Sonja I Berndt, Joann E Manson, Eirini Marouli, Leslie Lange, Ethan Lange, Myriam Fornage, Christopher R Gignoux, Christopher A Haiman, Stephen S Rich, Steven Buyske, Ruth J F Loos, Charles Kooperberg, Ulrike Peters, Christy L Avery, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Mariaelisa Graff, Laura M Raffield, Kari E North

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Obesity is thought to increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk partly through dyslipidemia. Yet, obesity's effects on dyslipidemia are not uniform. Understanding the shared genetic basis between obesity and lipid traits can provide insight into this heterogeneity and its implications for CVD risk.

Methods: We examined local genetic correlations between three lipid measures [high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), and triglycerides (TG)] and body mass index (BMI) using genome-wide association study summary statistics from European ancestry UK Biobank participants. We identified genomic loci with opposing genetic effects on obesity and dyslipidemia risk (protective BMI-lipid loci) and those with …

Me, Myself, And The Influencer: Examining How Parasocial Interaction And Self-Congruence With Social Media Influencers Affects News Media Trust, Ben Wasike

Communication Faculty Publications

Social media influencers (SMIs) develop unique relationships with their followers, including high levels of trust and credibility. This study examined how these influencer–follower relationships affect news media trust with a focus on actual self-congruence, ideal self-congruence, parasocial interaction (PSI), and source and message credibility. Data showed that respectively, positive correlations exist between each of these variables and news media trust. However, ordinary least squares (OLS) regression only showed direct effects of actual self-congruence and PSI on trust, while message credibility had a negative effect. Structural equation modeling showed that actual self-congruence positively mediated the relationship between PSI and trust. Overall, …