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Aging By Design, Bruce Vermeer

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"While we may be tempted to see aging as a loss, let us receive it as a gift that refines our faith, strengthens our witness, and deepens our longing to dwell forever with the Lord."

Posting about a ­­­­­­­­healthy perspective on getting older from In All Things, an online hub that offers insight into maintaining and faithful and orthodox Reformed Christian worldview while fearlessly engaging in every aspect of contemporary life – until all is made new.

Aging by Design

October 17, 2025 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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Alaska Earthquake Center Quarterly Review April-June 2025, Heather Mcfarlin, Beth Grassi, Austin Holland, Stephen Holtkamp, Nate Murphy, Elisabeth Nadin, Carolyn Parcheta, Michael West

Alaska Earthquake Center Reports

This series of technical quarterly reports from the Alaska Earthquake Center (AEC) includes detailed summaries and updates on Alaska seismicity, the AEC seismic network and stations, fieldwork, our online presence, public outreach, and lists publications and presentations by AEC staff. Multiple AEC staff members contributed to this report.

Community College Students’ Perceptions Of Access And Barriers To Mental Health Supports, Kevin Paul Kuntz

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem investigated in this project study was that community college students are graduating at lower rates than the national average, despite the on-campus mental health services in place in the Midwestern United States. Grounded in Tronto’s framework of institutional ethic of care, the purpose of this study was to explore students’ perceptions of their access to and barriers to receiving mental health support in community colleges. For this basic qualitative design, 10 students who attended at least one semester at one community college were interviewed. The semistructured interviews were coded and thematically analyzed with the following themes emerging: Students …

Secondary Posttraumatic Stress Education Within Graudate Counseling Programs, Brandi S. Colesanti Phd

Counseling and Psychology Dissertations

Secondary posttraumatic stress is a known occupational hazard for mental health counselors. Affecting approximately 49.5% of practicing counselors, it is a normal reaction to indirectly experiencing graphic stories (Lanier & Carney, 2024). Due to underdeveloped coping skills and limited experience working with traumatized individuals, counselors in training are especially vulnerable to its impact. Extant literature contains studies exploring the effects of secondary posttraumatic stress on graduate students, made and recommendations for self-care, resilience strategies, and therapeutic interventions to be integrated into graduate counseling curriculum to mitigate symptoms. Although studies demonstrated the effectiveness of these recommendations on symptom mitigation, no formal …

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda October 20, 2025, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• 3:00 Call to Order
• Approval of Minutes September 22, 2025
• 3:05 University Business
• 3:20 Faculty Senate Business
• 3:35 Information
• EPC Report - October 2, 2025
• 3:40 Report
• Athletics Council Annual Report
• Library Advisory Council Annual Report
• Academic Freedom and Tenure Annual Report
• 4:05 Old Business
• 4:10 New Business
• Adjourn: 4:30 pm

Interventions To Minimize Unnecessary Antibiotic Use For Acute Otitis Media: A Meta-Analysis., Theresa L. Morin, Amy B. Stein, Rana El Feghaly, Amanda Nedved, Sophie E. Katz, Amy Keith, Heather E. Laferriere, Timothy C. Jenkins, Holly M. Frost

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Backgrounds/Objectives: Acute otitis media (AOM) is the leading reason antibiotics are prescribed to children. Despite guidelines advocating for watchful waiting and shorter antibiotic durations, overprescribing remains a concern. This meta-analysis aims to quantify potential reduction in antibiotic days of therapy (DOT) for AOM if prescribers adhered to guidelines. Methods: Cochrane databases were sourced for studies on ear infections, diagnostic accuracy, antibiotic duration, and watchful waiting. Randomized clinical trials, observational studies, and quality improvement reports of children aged 6 months-17 years with uncomplicated AOM published between 2000 and 2024 from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Of 4187 studies, 425 met selection …

Viral Oncogenes Drive Biphenotypic Lymphoproliferative Malignancy In Transgenic Mice, Daniel A Rauch, John Harding, Ancy Joseph, Lee Ratner

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the cause of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and viral oncogenic proteins, Tax and Hbz, are critical drivers of malignancy. Expression of both CD2 and CD20 has been described in a subset of ATLL cases. Transgenic mice were engineered to monitor lymphoma and leukemia after expression of Hbz and doxycycline-inducible Tax in activated T cells under the regulation of the human granzyme B (GZMB) promoter. These mice spontaneously developed lymphoproliferative disease characterized by the expansion and transformation of Cd2 + Cd20 + cells resulting in lymphoma and / or leukemia with involvement of …

Ole Miss Student Joins National Presidential Fellows Program, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – With plans to eventually give back to Mississippi, Ole Miss senior and "nonstop" political science major Edward Hunter will channel his inner Alexander Hamilton, "reading every treatise on the shelf," as part of his new academic honor.

Expressions Of Compassion Fatigue By Emergency Department Nurses Caring For Patients With Substance Use Disorders, Elizabeth B. Dowdell

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Compassion fatigue occurs in unhealthy and violent environments. This qualitative study interviewed 53 emergency department nurses at a Level I trauma center. The ED nurses expressed frustration with addicted patients, negative responses, and decreased job satisfaction. Creating a healthy work environment includes fostering self-awareness and strategies to avoid compassion fatigue.

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Interprofessional Allyship In Healthcare, Eileen Thrower, Charlotte Swint

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The AACN Healthy Work Environment Standards include essential evidence-based guidelines for improving nursing and patient outcomes. However, the centering of dominant groups limits the implementation of these standards. This presentation examines strategies for interprofessional healthcare teams to become authentic allies with nondominant groups and to create healthy work environments.

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New Nurse Graduates’ Translation Of Evidence For A Sustained Healthy Work Environment, Rosario Tarriman Suico, Kenn M. Kirksey

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This program discusses how novice nurses engaged in evidence-based clinical inquiry and appropriately translated evidence into practice to deliver high-quality care, optimize and sustain a healthy work environment, and promote positive patient outcomes.

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International Consensuses And Guidelines On Diagnosing And Managing Coats Disease By The Academia Retina Internationalis (Ari), The Asia-Pacific Vitreo-Retina Society (Apvrs), And The Academy Of The Asia-Pacific Professors Of Ophthalmology (Aappo)), Meenakshi Mahesh, Nishant V. Radke, Rupesh Agrawal, Chandrakumar Balaratnasingam, Jyotirmay Biswas, Vishali Gupta, Mary Ho, Min Kim, Vinod Kumar, Shunji Kusaka, Wai Ching Lam, Vincent Y. W. Lee, Hai Lu, Francis L. Munier, Duangnate Rojanaporn, Chi Wai Tsang, Wei-Chi Wu, Yoshihiro Yonekawa, Peiquan Zhao, Mahesh P. Shanmugam, Dennis S. C. Lam

Wills Eye Hospital Papers

PURPOSE: Coats disease is a rare, retinal vascular disorder characterized by telangiectasias, aneurysmal dilations, and progressive exudative retinal detachment. Limited understanding of the disease warranted the need to identify controversial issues through an extensive literature search and a debate and discussion among international panels of experts.

METHODS: Extensive literature search was done on multiple aspects of the disease-classification patterns, disease, Coats-plus, and Coats-like response. Other key factors included the etiology, possible genetic patterns, relationship with other vascular disorders, the role of inflammatory factors and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the pathogenesis, diagnostic features, and complications. Considering the varying treatment …

Complicating Understandings Of Low-Income Students’ Financial Stress And Well-Being In Order To Inform Institutional Support, Khalilah R. Lauderdale, Ralitsa Todorova, Zoë B. Corwin

Journal of Student Financial Aid

This paper seeks to enhance understanding of how low-income students navigate financial stress by integrating the asset-based concept of financial well-being and including a focus on the institutional context. Data collected from 378 interviews with students from low-income backgrounds illustrate complex ways that students experience financial stress and financial well-being. By centering students’ perspectives in analysis while also accounting for programmatic and institutional contexts, the authors aim to push theory and practice toward a more nuanced understanding of how to best support students from low-income backgrounds as they navigate affording college and fostering financial well-being.

Executive And Audit Committee Minutes, Clemson Board Of Trustees, 2025 October 17, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

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Compensation Committee Minutes, Clemson University Board Of Trustees, 2025 October 17, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

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Clemson University Board Of Trustees Minutes, 2025 October 17, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

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Clemson University Board Of Trustees Minutes, 2025 October 17, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

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Transit-Oriented Development And Affordable Housing: Lessons From Portland, Nathan Mcneil

PSU Transportation Seminars

The seminar will cover surveys of residents at recently built Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) focused on affordable housing sites. This study builds off of an ongoing partnership between Portland State University and the Portland Metro regional government to understand the travel choices of people who move to recently constructed Metro supported TODs. Since 2018, Metro has focused their TOD investment on affordable housing; this survey, conducted in 2024, offers a lens into how TOD works for these low-income Portlanders, how their travel differs from prior TOD residents, and what opportunities exist to improve the TOD - affordable housing combination.

The Relationship Between Income And Race With The Utilization Of Oral Health Services Among Older Adults, Mishael Smith

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Oral health disparities continue to present a significant public health challenge for older adults in the United States, particularly among racial minority and low-income populations. Despite national discussions around healthcare equity, there remains limited empirical insight into how race and income influence dental service utilization among Medicare beneficiaries. In this quantitative, cross-sectional study, the extent to which these demographic factors predicted oral healthcare utilization, using nationally representative data from the 2021 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, was assessed. Guided by the social determinants of health framework, chi-square tests, binary logistic regression, and negative binomial regression were performed to analyze the data. …

The Terminator Is Back... And This Time, She's Singing!, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

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Undergraduate Research Beyond The Classroom: Assessing Student Choices In A Scholarship Badge Program, Kristen Migliano

Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations

This study examines undergraduate students’ preferences in completing tasks designed to demonstrate proficiency in research and scholarship. Using university-wide data collected from students participating in the Academic Enhancement and Scholarship badging program, the analysis identifies which activities students most frequently choose and how these preferences align with the learning objectives of these academic skill-building opportunities. Tasks completed by students contribute toward earning a digital badge that recognizes engagement in scholarly learning experiences. Findings offer insights into how students approach skill development, information literacy, research, and which activities they perceive as most meaningful. The study also recommends how institutions can better …

Creating A Healthy Work Environment During The Covid-19 Pandemic For Hearing-Impaired Healthcare Professionals, Ellen G. Soyombo, Carla Braboy, Kimberly S. Navarro, Laryza Rodriguez, Jessica M. Smith, Rosario Tarriman Suico, Kenn M. Kirksey

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Pandemic-mandated masks have resulted in communication challenges among hearing-impaired healthcare personnel who rely upon visual cues and lip-reading. This session provides an evidence-based approach for mitigating these issues among hearing-impaired colleagues and ensure a healthy work environment for staff and patients.

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Regorafenib Pulmonary Toxicity: A Case Of Cavitary Lung Disease And Ards Treated With Infliximab, Michael Dong, Mackenzie Kramer, Tanmay Gandhi, Gautam George

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Faculty Papers

Regorafenib-induced pneumonitis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are rare and poorly characterized toxicities. We describe a 43-year-old male with metastatic colorectal cancer who developed hypoxic respiratory failure after two cycles of regorafenib. Imaging revealed cavitary lung lesions and diffuse ground glass opacities. Despite antibiotics and high-dose corticosteroids, his condition deteriorated, requiring ICU admission and mechanical ventilation. Bronchoalveolar lavage revealed bacterial pathogens, and he was treated for pneumonia. After multidisciplinary discussion, he was assessed to have regorafenib-induced pneumonitis as a major driver of his respiratory failure, and after limited steroid response, infliximab was administered with marked respiratory improvement. However, he …

Mitigating Nurse Burnout In Alabama’S Largest Hospital To Improve Staff Retention And Well-Being, Dorathy Udosen Ubiam

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nurse burnout has emerged as a critical issue, impacting staff retention, job satisfaction, and the quality of patient care. The focus of this integrative review was to evaluate available literature to determine strategies that can be implemented to mitigate nurse burnout and improve nurse well-being in a large urban hospital. This integrative review is based on 20 articles published within the past 5 years related to comprehensive strategies aimed at mitigating burnout, enhancing nurse well-being, and improving retention rates. The integrative review was guided by Maslach’s Burnout Inventory. The key constructs of this theory include assessing the prevalence of nursing …

Exploring The Black Woman Experience Related To Sexual Practice, Sexual Identity, And Sexual Expression: A Qualitative Study, Ashley V. Rodriguez

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study revealed the complex interplay between personal identities and social constructs, focusing on Black-identifying women and their lived experiences with sex, sexuality, and sexual expression. Over centuries, societal influences depicted Black women as hypersexual, simultaneously exposing them to criticism, shame, and judgment for their sexual expression and meaning-making related to sex and sexuality. Consequently, Black women remain a high-risk demographic for unsafe sexual practices and sexually transmitted infections. Using intersectionality theory and Black feminist theory, this study explored how Black-identifying women give meaning to sex, sexuality, and sexual expression as they shape the Black feminine experience. I sought to …

Strategies For Standardizing Nurses’ Pay To Mitigate Equal Pay Regulatory Fines, Pamela Davis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Business leaders face pressure from community and government officials to standardize employee wages. Fines and litigation risks can be substantial for employers who fail to comply with equal pay regulations. Grounded in the wage devaluation theory and the equity theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies healthcare leaders use to standardize wages and ensure compliance with equal pay regulations. Participants were four senior healthcare human resource leaders of private nonprofit hospital systems in the United States who have been successful in standardizing wages and in being compliant with equal pay regulations. Data were collected …

Secondary World Language Teachers’ Perspectives On Gamification-Based Assessments, Taryn Thompson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem that was addressed through this study was that there was a gap in the literature about secondary world language teachers using gamification-based assessments and the influence on student learning. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore teachers’ perspectives on the benefits and challenges of gamification-based assessments. The study was grounded in the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, digital game-based language learning, and Krashen’s second language acquisition theory. To secure a sample of 12 participants for this study, purposeful and snowball sampling were employed, wherein potential secondary world language teachers were solicited through …

Leadership Behaviors And Practices That Enhance Middle Managers’ Leadership Skills To Be Highly Engaged, Mr. Meredith Rudolph Payne

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Middle managers, who serve as conduits between the senior leadership and frontline employees, may lack the leadership behaviors and practices necessary to maintain high engagement levels. Financial services company leaders need to understand what causes middle managers to be highly engaged and motivated to provide them with the leadership skills necessary for better organizational alignment. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study was to explore and describe the lived experience and leadership behaviors and practices that middle managers use to enable them to be highly engaged in financial services companies in the United States. …

Association Between Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Obesity, And Diagnosis Of Covid-19 In Puerto Rico, Julian Rene Rivera Rodriguez

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The population of Puerto Rico has been heavily affected by chronic diseases; however, data remains limited on the influence of diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, and obesity on the probability of COVID-19 diagnosis. The purpose of this quantitative study was to evaluate the association between non-communicable diseases that included DM, obesity, hypertension, and COVID-19 diagnosis, controlling for age and sex and person exposure in Puerto Rico. The sample consisted of 1,463 participants who underwent a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for COVID-19 from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021. Results from adjusted multivariable logistic regression analyses established that obesity OR …