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Cultural Variations In Depressive Symptoms Among Young East Asian Canadian And White Counterparts, Claire Song, Farinaz Havaei, Susan Dahinten, Saima Hirani

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: This study investigates the cultural variations in depressive symptom expression between Young East Asian Canadian adults (YEAC) and their White counterparts, assessing the validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) across these diverse groups. Given the critical role of nurses in early detection and management of depression, understanding these cultural nuances is vital for developing effective, inclusive healthcare strategies.

Background: Depression is a leading cause of disability globally, with significant implications for public health, especially among young adults1. This group faces unique stressors—academic pressures, social challenges, and the transition to adulthood—that increase their vulnerability to depression. Nurses often rely …

Signs And Symptoms Of Cyber Victimization And Risky Online Behaviors: An Integrative Review, J'Andra L. Antisdel

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this integrative review is to describe latent or covert signals of cyber victimization and risky online behaviors in teens, given the increasing prevalence and severity of these issues. With the rapid growth of internet and social media use among teens, exposure to cyber victimization has become a significant concern, with estimates indicating that up to 61% of teens have experienced some form of cyber victimization.1 The reciprocal relationship between risky online behaviors and cyber victimization further complicates this issue, as these behaviors can both result from and contribute to victimization.2–6 This review was guided by Whittemore and …

The Métis And The Manifest Destiny Of The Canadian Northwest, Donald Holler

The Ozark Historical Review

As the United States, hoping to pursue “Manifest Destiny,” attempted to expand until North America truly was the “American” continent, the newly formed Dominion of Canada, ever fearful of its expanding neighbor to the south, tried to cobble together a trans-continental nation and forge its own unique identity and destiny. These two competing impulses came to a head in the long neglected Métis Red River Rebellion of 1869–1870 which sealed the future of the North American continent.

An Assessment Of Transformations In American And Canadian Women Homesteaders In The Mid-Nineteenth To Early Twentieth Century Wests, Rachel Albinson

The Ozark Historical Review

Every woman’s western experience was not the same, regardless of whether they were from the United States or Canada. Therefore, the various physical, social and psychological transformations of each woman who made the journey west cannot be grouped into one generalization. Yet a great deal can be said for the amount of women who did and did not experience such significant changes during the rough journey westward, changes that are determined by the differences in each woman’s attitude and behavior prior to and after their arrival in the western regions of North America.

Erotic Dream And Governmental Nightmare: Use And Censorship Of Pillow Books In Edo Culture And The Influence Of The "Floating World", Emily Chase

The Ozark Historical Review

The “floating world” of Yoshiwara 吉原, the pleasure district of Edo, capital city of Japan during the Edo period (1600–1868), was a fantasy itself, one that fired the imaginations of the many artists who took it as their subject. Like the licensed red-light district of the capital, which contained both theater and many brothels, the art of the “floating world” was often erotic in nature. This eroticism ranged from the subtly arousing to the pornographic. It is the latter, known as shunga 春画(translated literally as “spring pictures”, but commonly called pillow books in the west) which is especially intriguing. These …

Escape From The "Floating World": Kabuki Theater In Conflict With The Bakufu Government Of Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868), Suzanne Schenewerk

The Ozark Historical Review

Ukiyo 浮世, the “floating world” of the Tokugawa 徳川 era (1600–1868) in Japan, holds a particular fascination that endures to this day. For townfolk and samurai alike, this realm of beauty and entertainment represented an escape from the ordinary, a place where pleasure took priority above all other concerns. However, for the entertainers themselves, this demi-monde was not a temporary refuge from the mundane – quite the opposite. Their occupations conferred them to a strange and, in many ways, unenviable position in society, as caste structure and governmental restrictions isolated performers of the period physically and socially.

Creating The Thomas Mcrae Sanitorium For Negros: Race, Contagion, And Space In Jim Crow Arkansas, Shauna Gibbons

The Ozark Historical Review

The Thomas McRae Memorial Sanatorium for Negroes, located in Alexander, Arkansas, opened its doors in 1931 as the only resource for the entire state’s population of consumptive African Americans. It was touted as one of the best of its kind under the supervision of Dr Hugh A. Browne. But its “kind” was a facility intended for individuals whom whites in the medical and political establishment viewed not only as second class citizens but as biologically and medically different.

Can Play Support Language Development In The Education Of Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder?: An Hlm Meta-Analytic Investigation, Gregory V. Boerio Edd, Karen H. Larwin

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

The purpose of the current investigation is to analyze existing research examining the impact of play therapy on the development of language skills in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). As rates of ASD diagnoses continue to increase, families and educators are faced with making critical decisions regarding the selection and implementation of evidence-based practices or therapies, including play-based interventions, to support the developing child as early as 18 months of age. The following study investigates whether play-based interventions should be considered as effective means of increasing language development in young children with ASD. The study examines specific moderators …

The Sacrifice Gap: Examining The Influence Of Family Expectations And Institutional Barriers Impacting Women's Leadership In Higher Education, Tara K. Shollenberger

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

Despite constituting the majority of mid-level academic professionals and outpacing men in educational attainment, women remain significantly underrepresented in senior leadership roles across higher education. This mixed-methods (n=20) study explores the “sacrifice gap”-the disproportionate personal, professional, and economic costs women bear to reach leadership positions-by centering the lived experiences of women leaders navigating the intersection of family expectations, institutional barriers, and identity-based discrimination. Quantitative survey data from women in higher education leadership reveal that caregiving roles such as motherhood, partnership, and household management are perceived as moderate but persistent hindrances to career advancement, with these roles functioning as interconnected, systemic …

Framework Integration In Academia: Moving From Theory To Practice, Lori B. Doyle, Kara S. Bratton, Timothy Young, Catherine Webb, Cari A. Chittick, Heather L. Vezner, Rebecca A. Stanton, Tanya M. Tarbutton

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

Character education has been a point of focus and research in K-12 education dating back to the 1990s. The work of integrating a character-forward framework in higher education is now considered a beneficial and impactful practice. One university has successfully completed the initial work of integrating a servant leadership framework in the School of Education using an approach in line with the community of practice model. The authors of this paper work together and have each played a key role in not only the early stages but the ongoing phases associated with maintaining and improving. This theory-to-practice article begins with …

A System, Method, And Computer Program Product For Dynamically Adjusting Currencies Using Machine-Learning Models, Libby A. Kurien, Joshua Quiroz

Defensive Publications Series

This paper proposes a novel approach of using real time sentiment analysis based on retrieval augmented generation (RAG) for foreign exchange (forex) pricing. It argues that large language models (LLMs) can capture the semantic and emotional aspects of news articles and social media posts that affect the forex market dynamics. Traditional forex trading relies heavily on technical and fundamental analysis. However, the advent of big data and sophisticated text analysis techniques using LLMs have opened up new avenues for analyzing market sentiments in real time that can be extended to Forex. LLMs when used in combination with RAG, an architectural …

Self-Learning, Iterative Agent For Root Cause Analysis Of Service Failures, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

A learning agent designed to automate the root cause analysis (RCA) of failures within complex distributed systems. The agent can be configured to perform iterative generation and investigation of hypotheses. When a service failure alert is triggered, the agent may ingest data from various sources, including live monitoring data and historical incident records. Based on this information, the agent may be configured to formulate a ranked list of potential hypotheses for the cause of the failure. The agent then may be configured to systematically investigate each hypothesis by gathering and analyzing evidence from relevant data sources until a root cause …

Tariff Forecasting To Inform Dynamic Pricing And Advertising Bidding For Online Retail, Kshitij Gaikar, Pushkar Mittal

Defensive Publications Series

A system is described for addressing challenges related to international trade tariffs in e-commerce. The system is configured to ingest global tariff schedules, including published future changes, and can use an artificial intelligence (AI) model to map retailer product stock-keeping units (SKUs) to Harmonized System (HS) codes to assist in determining applicable tariffs. The system may then calculate current and anticipated landed costs. This analysis can be used to generate pricing and advertising bid recommendations for retailers and to provide proactive alerts to consumers about potential upcoming tariff-driven price adjustments. Such features may support price and advertising efficiency for retailers …

Decomposition Of Website Interactions Into Executable Semantic Functions, Emrick Donadei, Kalyan Desineni, Alan Pham, Kaushik Sethuraman

Defensive Publications Series

Automated agents can experience inefficiency and brittleness when performing tasks on websites, as some user interface (UI) automation methods can be slow or fragile, and public APIs may be incomplete or unavailable. This disclosure describes a method for decomposing website interactions into executable semantic functions through an offline process. The method can involve tracing a user task to collect interaction data, such as UI events, network traffic, and JavaScript execution details. A large language model can analyze this trace to identify logic and components associated with the task. From this analysis, a self-contained, executable function can be generated. This process …

Ada-Application Of Decision Analysis For Developing A Healthcare System To Predict Fetal Health, Melfi Alrasheedi, Theyazn.H.H Aldhyani

Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics

A fatal health condition involves an unborn baby that persists throughout the embryonic stage until delivery. The fetus grows and develops during each trimester of pregnancy. Obstetricians may detect fetal anomalies and select medical interventions based on cardiotocogram (CTG) data. However, the obstetrician's visual assessment of CTG data can sometimes be subjective or inaccurate. Therefore, automated analysis using machine learning approaches for CTG data is essential. This research employs decision analysis techniques, including decision trees (DT), gradient boosting (GB), and type-2 fuzzy neural networks (FNN), for prenatal analysis and prediction. The system was tested using a standard dataset consisting of …

Retracted: Hotspot Issue Handling And Reliable Data Forwarding Technique For Ocean Underwater Sensor Networks, Omar Adil Mahdi, Yusor Rafid Bahar Al-Mayouf, Sameer Sami Hassan Al-Obaidi, Bourair Al-Attar, Hamed Balogun, Suleman Khan

Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics

Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs) have emerged as a promising technology for a wide range of ocean monitoring applications. The UWSNs suffer from unique challenges of the underwater environment, such as dynamic and sparse network topology, which can easily lead to a partitioned network. This results in hotspot formation and the absence of the routing path from the source to the destination. Therefore, to optimize the network lifetime and limit the possibility of hotspot formation along the data transmission path, the need to plan a traffic-aware protocol is raised. In this research, we propose a traffic-aware routing protocol called PG-RES, …

Student Newsletter Fall 2025, University Of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries

Library Publications

No abstract provided.

Issue 471: September 4-18, 2025, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.

The Indiana Statesman, September 4, 2025, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

Family Weekend: Q&A with Katelynn Duby; Volunteer Opportunity: Reading Boot Camp; Vigo County Public Library hosting book sale

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda September 4, 2025, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes - April 3, 2025
• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews
• Other Business
• Adjourn: 3:00 pm

September 4, 2025, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2020-

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Timothy Booth V. Philadelphia Police Department

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Physical Function And Pain As Predictors Of Movement Behaviors In Adults With Arthritis, Scott Jamieson, Sarah Wilcox Phd, Chih-Hsiang Yang Ph.D., Ye Sil Kim Phd, Christine Pellegrini Ph.D.

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Book Review: Marshall’S Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews And Air Power In The World Wars, Evan H. Gardner

Parameters Bookshelf – Online Book Reviews

Author: Kathy Wilson

Reviewed by Colonel Evan H. Gardner (US Air Force), faculty instructor, Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations, US Army War College

Marshall’s Great Captain is a biography of General Frank M. Andrews, one of the founders of the US Army Air Force. The author reveals the story of Andrews’s contribution to the creation of the Air Force and argues that he deserves more recognition. Her argument is accomplished through a detailed look at various aspects of Andrews’ life. This book is for anyone wanting to learn more about a relatively unknown legend of the Air Force.

Dairy And Food Science Student Newsletter, September 4, 2025, Department Of Dairy And Food Science

Dairy and Food Science Student Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Educational Policies Committee Minutes September 4, 2025, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes - April 3, 2025
• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• Other Business
• Strategic Curriculum Meetings
• Office of the Registrar
• Adjourn: 4:30 pm

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes September 4, 2025, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes - March 6, 2025
• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews
• Other
• Other Business
• Other Potential Business
• Adjourn: 2:36 pm

Policy Briefing | Responding To Homelessness And Severe Mental Illness In Nyc’S Subways And Other Public Spaces, Center For New York City And State Law

Center for New York City Law

Thursday, September 4

PANELISTS:

Omar Fattal, M.D., System Chief of Behavioral Health, NYC Health + Hospitals

Jeremy Feigelson, Senior Advisor, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Ozioma Offor, RN, NYC Department of Homeless Services

Brian Stettin, J.D., Senior Advisor for Severe Mental Illness, Office of the Mayor

Cassandra White-Hemphill, Deputy Commissioner, NYC Department of Homeless Services

Welcome Back Gathering, Wilf Impact Center For Public Interest Law

WILF Impact Center for Public Interest Law | Event Posters

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2025

Magnolia Tapichalacaensis (Magnoliaceae), A New Species From The Andean Foothills Of Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador, Álvaro J. Pérez, Edison Rea, Jennifer Martínez, Fanny Hidalgo, Franco Mendoza, Ramiro Mendoza, Nelson Jaramillo Díaz, Fredy Archila, Kevin S. Burgess, Rosana Zenil-Ferguson, J. Antonio Vázquez-García

Biology Faculty Publications

The number of new species of Ecuadorian Magnolia Linnaeus (1753: 535) continues to increase as exploration of the Andes progresses. Currently, 24 species of Magnolia are recorded for Ecuador (Vázquez-García et al. 2012, 2013, 2015a, 2015b, 2016, 2017, 2018, Arroyo et al. 2013a, 2013b, 2019, Pérez et al. 2016, 2023), which belong to M. sect. Splendentes Dandy in Vázquez (1994: 4) and Talauma Baillon (1866: 3) (Wang et al. 2020), the former consisting of six species, including the new species described here, and the latter 19 species. There are 17 endemic species in Ecuador, three of which also occur in …