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Launching The Conversation: Exploring What We Call Home, The Lender Center For Social Justice

The Lender Center for Social Justice

A pamphlet describing redlining, housing injustice, environmental injustice, and poverty in the Syracuse area.

The C-Terminal Regions Of Trak Proteins Contain Miro-Independent Mitochondrial Localization Domains, Lili Mitchell, Kathryn E. Reda, Hijab Fatima, Claudia E. Vasquez, Omar A. Quintero-Carmona

Biology Faculty Publications

Current models suggest that MIRO GTPases anchor cytoskeletal motors to the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM). However, our previous findings indicate that the unconventional myosin, MYO19, interacts with MIRO weakly and that a MIRO-independent MOM-localizing domain interacts more tightly with the MOM. To test the hypothesis that other MIRO interactors may also have MIRO-independent MOM binding, we examined interactions between TRAK proteins (microtubule motor-mitochondria adaptor proteins) and the MOM via quantitative fluorescence microscopy and steady-state kinetic approaches. Using GFP-TRAK truncations expressed in MIRO1-2 double knockout mouse embryonic fibroblasts, we identified a MIRO-independent mitochondrial-binding domain in the C-terminus of TRAK1 and TRAK2, …

Early Look At Maine Primary Races: Platner Leads Mills, Collins Far Ahead Of Unknown Gop Challengers 10/23/2025, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Graham Platner leads Maine Governor Janet Mills in the race for the 2026 Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, fueled by a wide lead among self-described socialists and progressives along with young people. On the Republican side, incumbent Senator Susan Collins holds a commanding lead over her challengers, who are unknown to most likely Republican primary voters. In Maine's 2nd Congressional District, former Governor Paul LePage holds a narrow lead over incumbent Democrat Jared Golden in the 2026 House of Representatives contest. Maine Auditor Matthew Dunlap, who is challenging Golden for the Democratic nomination, is more popular than Golden among likely …

Mold Exposure And Cognitive Health During Menopausal Transitions: A Quantitative Analysis Using Secondary Data, Holly Jeannette Burns

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Mold exposure and menopausal transition have been independently linked to cognitive decline, yet their interaction among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations has not been well examined. This quantitative study is an exploration of how menopausal transition influences the relationship between mold exposure and cognitive health outcomes among women aged 40 to 60 living in low-income housing in the United States. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory was used to guide the cross-sectional design using secondary data from the 2005–2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES; N = 149). Weighted logistic regression and Hayes’ PROCESS (Models 2 and 4) were used to test associations …

Community, Autonomy, Irony: Lessons From Historic Rosenwald Schools, Ronald B. Matus

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Growing evidence suggests the Rosenwald schools of the American South, which anchored thousands of Black communities for a half century before desegregation, boosted academic outcomes for generations of Black students and helped fuel the civil rights movement. The research literature, however, is thin on what specifically made these schools successful. My research attempts to narrow the gaps by asking the Rosenwald alums themselves. Through semi-structured interviews, 10 alums in Florida identify defining features of their schools, including seamless community connections; a culture of high expectations for academic achievement and character development; and especially caring and committed teachers. The alums’ insights …

“The Best Laid Plans”: Evaluating How Housing Expectations Impact Prison Reentry, Vittoria A. Gonzalez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study assesses the expectations of housing stability pre-release and evaluates how closely these expectations align with actual housing outcomes. Additionally, this study examines how the alignment between pre-release housing expectations influences recidivism. The aim is to understand how individuals’ perceptions of their housing plans prior to release affect their reentry experiences and to offer insights that may inform policy and program design. Using data collected pre- and post- release within a prison reentry program from 115 individuals, results indicate that higher overall housing concern is associated with slightly higher odds of recidivism, and mismatches between expected and actualized housing …

Hawk's Herald -- October 23, 2025, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

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Profound Opioid And Medetomidine Withdrawal: A Case Series And Narrative Review Of Available Literature, Phil Durney, Elise Paquin, Gamal Ftizpatrick, Drew Lockstein, Tareva Warrick-Stone, Do, Maeve Montesi, Sejal Patel, Jamal Rashid, Oluwarotimi Vaughan-Ogunlusi, Kelly Goodsell, Jennifer L. Kahoud, Christopher Martin, Keira Chism, Paul Goebel, Karen Alexander, Dennis Goodstein, Kory S. London

Division of Internal Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations

Medetomidine, a potent central acting α2 agonist, has emerged as a fentanyl adulterant in the non-medical opioid supply. Its use has been linked to a novel withdrawal syndrome that is often resistant to conventional treatment protocols. Four cases are presented exemplifying extreme, but increasingly common forms of this withdrawal syndrome. A literature review is provided demonstrating both the paucity of available literature as well as potential avenues for treatment and future research. As adulterants continue to proliferate in the illicit drug supply, clinicians should anticipate atypical withdrawal phenotypes and consider early intervention.

Max Williams Left His Mark On Ole Miss And Mississippi, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – At one point, Max Williams knew how many outhouses were in Mississippi and across the South. It was all in the name of helping local, state and federal governments allocate public funds to help social needs, planning and development.

Kindness In Action: Leveraging Qualitative Data To Assess And Enhance A Library's Physical And Digital Space, Jennie Tobler-Gaston, Lori Schwartz

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library has a history of conducting kindness audits that evaluate our physical space. The “Kindness Audit” has been an internal effort to reflect on how welcoming, accessible, and responsive our library environment is to all who use it. In Fall 2024, a working group reimagined this effort with a broadened lens: incorporating the physical space, the welcoming atmosphere, and the usability of the library website.

This presentation outlines the process and purpose of this updated audit. We designed and distributed a qualitative observation paper survey for our physical …

New Registered Nurse Experiences During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Comparing Nurse Apprenticeship To Traditional Graduates, Scott S. Christensen, Sue Chase-Cantarini, Marla Dejong, Hui Li, Tracey L. Nixon, Xiaoming Sheng

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Nurse apprentice/externship programs enhance the nursing workforce by preparing new nurses for smooth transitions to practice. This study assessed new nurses’ experiences over time and compared those who participated as apprentices against those who did not. Research outcomes demonstrated the value of apprenticeships in preparing nurses for COVID-19 workplace environments.

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2025.10.23- Finance, Buildings And Grounds Committee Meeting Minutes, Northeastern Illinois University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees - 2025

Meeting materials for the NEIU Board Trustees

Fuel Adulteration Detection Using Open-Ended Coaxial Line And Circular Waveguide Techniques, Abdulrahman Alofi, Ahmed Shamseldin, Sharif Iqbal M. Sheikh, Hussein Attia

Faculty Publications

Fuel adulteration, the practice of blending lower-quality substances like kerosene with gasoline, poses significant challenges for ensuring fuel quality and safety. This study investigates two electromagnetic-based methods for detecting such adulteration: the open-ended coaxial line method and the circular waveguide method. The results reveal that the open-ended coaxial line technique is particularly effective in detecting kerosene contamination, identifying levels as low as 10% by measuring changes in the dielectric constant of the gasoline-kerosene mixture. Operating in the frequency range of 0.25–1.25 GHz, this method captures subtle changes in permittivity. In contrast, the circular waveguide method evaluates contamination by monitoring shifts …

The Grizzly, October 23, 2025, Renee Washart, Julia Picklo, Nathaniel Nerone, Erin Ewing, Caitlin Cunnane, Kate Adams

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Opportunities in Motion • Spooky Spectacles and Enchanting Art • In the Blood: A Visceral Scarlet Letter Stage Adaptation • The MAA Fortnightly Question • Greetings From Ireland • The Best and Worst of C-Store (In My Humble Opinion) • An Injured Athlete's Experience: Emma Reinert • Bears' Players of the Week • Field Hockey Fights to Keep Season Alive

Spectator 2025-10-23, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

The Current - Volume 36 Issue 4, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

New Graduate Nurse Transition To Practice During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Directed Content Analysis, Ramona S. Baucham, Kathy Baker, Carol Howe, Michelle Kimzey

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This study is one of the first to describe how new graduate nurses transitioned to practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although other studies have expounded upon the experiences of transition to practice for new graduate nurses, few have been conducted during times as far-reaching as a global pandemic.

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Becoming A Champion For Your Healthy Work Environment: An Evidence Based Design Approach, Debbie Gregory, Jaynelle F. Stichler, Terri Zborowsky

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Florence Nightingale recognized the role of the built environment to support healthy work environments. Nurses today must reclaim the built environment as a part of our nursing domain and be informed about the ways in which the physical environment affects well-being. Evidence-based design can help you advocate for your HWE.

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Blood Wedding Program

Theatre and Performance Studies Programs

Blood Wedding Program

Ambient Air Pollution And The Sex Ratio At Birth: A Systematic Review And Narrative Synthesis., Ursula Gazeley, Hallie Eilerts-Spinelli, Jasmin Abdel Ghany, Ana Bonell, Joshua Wilde

Publications, Reports and Presentations

Ambient air pollution is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as stillbirth, miscarriage, and preterm birth. However, its effects on the viability, implantation, and survival of conceptuses-largely unobserved before the clinical detection of pregnancy-remain poorly understood. Shifts in the sex ratio at birth (SRB) provide a sensitive, population-level indicator of sex-biased conception and pregnancy loss. This systematic review examined whether maternal exposure to ambient air pollution before conception and during pregnancy is associated with deviations in the SRB. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and Global Health from inception to 12 February 2025 for observational studies assessing both ambient air pollution exposure …

Building From Within: Hr And Leadership As Strategic Resources In Micro And Small Business Growth Across Generations And Partnerships, Angelia Mathews Payne

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Micro and small businesses (MSBs) with 1-19 employees represent 99.9% of all U.S. private sector businesses and contribute nearly $4 trillion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), yet academic research on their internal growth strategies remains limited. This study examines how human resources (HR) and leadership function as strategic resources for growth across successive generations and partnerships in MSBs, addressing a critical gap in understanding how these internal capabilities create competitive advantages in resource-constrained environments.

Grounded in Resource-Based View (RBV) theory, this research investigated how HR and leadership capabilities meet the criteria for strategic resources—being valuable, rare, inimitable, and non-substitutable …

2025.10.23 - Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, And Technology Committee Meeting Minutes, Northeastern Illinois University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees - 2025

Meeting materials for the NEIU Board Trustees

Relationship Between Parent Demographics And Attitudes About Their Child’S Diabetes In Nigerian Parents Who Live In The United States, Vivian Obioma Nwankwo

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Relationship Between Parent Demographics and Attitudes About Their Child’s Diabetes in Nigerian Parents who Live in the United States by Vivian Obioma Eluwa Nwankwo MA, Walden University, 2018 BA, University of Nigeria, 1992 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Human and Social Services Walden University August 2025

The Victims’ Experience: Emotional Spiritual Abuse In The Christian Community, Arianna Branae Dotson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In recent years, greater attention has been paid to the effects of sexual abuse within Christianity. There was a need for greater understanding of the psychological aspect of spiritual abuse within familial dynamics. The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the phenomenon of emotional spiritual abuse that victims experience within Christian families. Using a theoretical foundation based on Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory and Bowen's family systems theory, this study focused on relationships within victims’ microsystem, mesosystem, and exosystem. It also explored the concept of emotional triangles in times of conflict. The data source consisted of one-on-one participant interviews …

Subjective Excessive Daytime Sleepiness And Frailty Progression In Veterans Over 50 With Insomnia, Mona Amirmazaheri

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Frailty is common in aging veterans and linked to adverse outcomes. This retrospective cohort study of 6,824 veterans with insomnia examined whether excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep treatments, and PTSD affected frailty progression over four years. Frailty was measured using a validated index, with models adjusted for demographics and comorbidities, including chronic coronary insufficiency. Manuscript 1 showed that a higher Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) score (range 0-24) was independently associated with a higher frailty index (FI) (p < .001). A clinical threshold of ≥11 indicated EDS and greater odds of frailty worsening compared to scores <11 (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.16, 95% CI [1.02, 1.32], p = .021). There was no significant interaction between ESS and time, suggesting that sEDS reflects persistently elevated frailty levels rather than accelerated decline. Manuscript 2 showed that nonpharmacologic sleep interventions were protective, while pharmacotherapy was associated with increased frailty risk. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia was associated with lower odds of frailty worsening (aOR = 0.31, 95% CI [0.19, 0.53], p < .001), and continuous positive airway pressure therapy also reduced risk (aOR = 0.55, 95% CI [0.39, 0.76], p < .001). In contrast, sleep medications were associated with increased odds of frailty progression (aOR = 1.16, 95% CI [1.02, 1.32], p = .021). Manuscript 3 showed that PTSD was not associated with baseline frailty levels but showed a significant time interaction (B = 0.001, p = .008), indicating modest acceleration of frailty progression among affected veterans. Findings support positive social change through early sEDS screening and trauma-informed, nonpharmacologic sleep care to reduce frailty in veterans.

Sensitive Cloud Point Extraction Method For Determination Of Salbutamol Sulfate In Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms, Ghadah Fadhil

Baghdad Science Journal

The cloud point extraction (CPE) methodology was utilized to produce a simple, highly sensitive, and environmentally friendly method for preconcentrating and evaluating salbutamol sulfate (SAL) in pharmaceutical dosage forms. Triton X-114 was used as a surfactant to recover the product result from the diazotization coupling between SAL and diazotized 2, 4-dichloroaniline (DCA) by the cloud point extraction process. The product was extracted with non-ionic surfactant micelles and then spectrophotometrically detected at a wavelength of 445 nm. Under ideal conditions, the calibration curve’s linearity (r = 0.9947) ranged from 0.1 to 5.0 μg. mL^–1 of SAL. The results showed …

Synthesis, Characterization, And Studying The Biological Activity, Thermal, And Physical Properties With The Evaluation Of Pharmaceutical Release Of New Derivatives From Polyvinylpyrrolidone, Zahraa Mokhtar, Sana Hitur Awad

Baghdad Science Journal

In this research drug polymers, have been prepared by substituting drugs to polymers backbone, which raised interest as a result of the benefits systems possesses, which includes the gradual release of the application of the drug, ease of application, delivery of the drugs in certain (specific) local, prolong the period of drug douse, reduce the potential and common side effects, and decrease the toxicity. This work included ring opening of PVP with ethylene glycol then substitution with different drugs (Salbutamol and Ribavirin, Phenylephrine, Theophylline, Sulfamethoxazole). All prepared drug polymers were identified by FT-IR,¹H-NMR, and UV. Spectroscopes, thermal analysis …

Preparation, Characterization, And Studying The Biological Activity Of Schiff Base Metal Complexes Derived From Cephalexin With 3-Methoxy-4-Hydroxy Benzaldehyde, Jenan F. Hassan, Sahar S. Hassan

Baghdad Science Journal

The Schiff base reaction between Cephalexin (CFX). (7R)-3-Methyl-7- (α- D -phenylglycylamino) -3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid (C₁₆H₁₇O₄N₃S) and vanillin C₈H₈O3 [ 3-methoxy -4-mydroxybenzaldehyde] was carried out resulting in ligand C₂₆H₂₇N₃O₆S (L). In turn, reacted with the next metal ions (Cobalt (II), Nickel (II), Copper (II), Zinc (II), and Cadmium (II)), forming stable complexes with unique geometries such as (Octahedral for Ni⁺², Cu⁺², Zn⁺²&Cd⁺², Tetrahedral for Co⁺²). The complexes were identified using …

The Cowl - V. 89 N. 5 - October 23, 2025

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 89 No. 5 - October 23, 2025. 20 pages.

Advances In Metantennas: Classification And Future Prospects, Md Ashif Islam Oni, Yang Yang, Shuvashis Dey

APC Fund Awardees

Metamaterials are three-dimensional engineered structures that manipulate electromagnetic waves in bulk, while Metasurfaces are their two-dimensional counterparts, enabling wave control with reduced thickness and simpler fabrication. These technologies have revolutionized antenna design, enabling the development of advanced metasurface antennas (metantennas) with unprecedented electromagnetic wave control. This article comprehensively reviews the classification, advancements, and prospects of metantennas, emphasizing applications in 5G and beyond. Metantennas, which use metasurfaces as primary radiating apertures, achieve significant improvements in key performance metrics. The review categorizes electromagnetic metasurfaces by operation, generation, and function, and analyzes various metantenna types with their design principles, advantages, challenges, and applications. …