Ai-Powered Logistics For Small Nonprofits: A No-Code, Sub-$10 System For Real-Time Distribution Across 41 Locations, Rishi D. Chundury

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

Small nonprofits often struggle to coordinate multi-site distribution campaigns with limited staff, tight budgets, and little access to technology. This article describes how Eye on July Corp., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Omaha, Nebraska, built an AI-powered system to manage the distribution of 20,000 free safety glasses across 41 community locations for July 4th. The system was built without any coding using three commercially available tools, where Airtable stores the data, Make.com runs the automation, and Anthropic's Claude API provides the intelligence, all at a total cost of under $10. The platform collects stock counts from partner locations, analyzes inventory to …

Building Adaptive Capacity In Community Engaged Nonprofits, Lena Hatchett, Kenneth E. Steinkruger, Laundette P. Jones

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

Nonprofit organizations face ongoing challenges related to uncertain funding, staff burnout, and increasing community needs. This article describes adaptive capacity as a proactive form of resilience that can help nonprofits prepare for unexpected challenges before they occur.  Drawing on examples from a small community-engaged nonprofit, the current article presented activities and tools for strengthening adaptive capacity through both longer-term capacity-building practices and everyday organizational decisions.  We used the McKinsey 7S framework to organize adaptive capacity opportunities across strategy, structure, systems, shared values, skills, style, and staff.  The examples suggest that, despite unanticipated challenges, community-engaged nonprofits may strengthen resilience by adopting …

From Access To Accountability: Closing The Nonprofit Data Gap In Fintech Lending, Oluwatomisin Olubakinde

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

Financial technology is often treated as a promising path toward financial inclusion. Mobile banking, alternative credit scoring, and AI-assisted underwriting have expanded access to financial products, but access alone does not guarantee fair outcomes. This piece frames fintech accountability as a nonprofit data accessibility issue. Nonprofits working in financial inclusion cannot fully evaluate fintech referrals or partnerships when the data behind approval decisions, pricing patterns, denial reasons, and appeal pathways remain inaccessible. Drawing on research in fintech lending and algorithmic fairness, the paper shows how data inputs, model design, and approval thresholds shape who benefits from fintech and who may …

Who Counts As A Nonprofit Founder?, Fredrik O. Andersson

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

Who counts as a founder in nonprofit organizational emergence? Although founders are widely treated as central actors in nonprofit entrepreneurship, prior research rarely specifies how founder status is defined or attributed. This conceptual ambiguity is particularly problematic given that nonprofit creation is typically a multi-actor process involving fluid participation over time. Drawing on survey data from 56 individuals engaged in the early stages of nonprofit formation, this study examines how participants themselves demarcate founder status. The findings reveal a consistent distinction between general participation and founder attribution: while an average of over six individuals were involved in the start-up process, …

Cotton/Soybean Insect Newsletter, July 30, 2026, Jeremy K. Greene

Clemson University Cotton/Soybean Insect Newsletter

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The Impact Of Risk Management Strategies On Financial Forecasting In Small Businesses, Lakisha Hatcher

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many small businesses are prone to fail because of ineffective or non-existing financial risk management practices. This problem is important to small business owners because ineffective risk management can hinder financial forecasting, decision-making, and long-term operational sustainment. The purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry is to explore effective financial risk management strategies used by small business owners to identify and mitigate risk to improve financial risk management activities. The conceptual framework was enterprise risk management. The participants consisted of seven service-based small business owners located in Central Maryland who successfully implemented financial risk management practices. Data were collected through semistructured …

Artificial Intelligence And Autonomous Systems Adoption Strategies For Employees’ Jobs And Self-Worth In Nigerian Banks, Nnamdi Cyriacus Onyebuchi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

As the Nigerian commercial banking sector navigates rapid financial technology disruption and rising regulatory compliance demands, many institutions have accelerated the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems. Banking executives need to understand these concerns as a primary indicator of employees’ readiness to adapt to AI-enabled workplace changes, sustain their self-worth, and navigate evolving job roles. The purpose of this qualitative exploratory multiple-case study was to explore the understanding of the AI and autonomous systems adoption strategies bank executives may employ to enhance employees’ jobs and self-worth in Nigerian banks. Anchored in sociotechnical systems and stakeholder theories, purposive sampling …

Ipep Partnerships That Remove Barriers To Student Enrollment By Providing Free Health Assessments, Jean Ann Davison

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The health and well-being of children are critical factors in their academic success and overall development. In our state, a significant percentage of families face barriers to accessing essential healthcare services, particularly among uninsured families, low-income populations, and migrants. North Carolina law mandates that children receive a health assessment, including hearing and vision screening, along with required immunizations, within twelve months before entering public school, or they may face expulsion. Many children, especially those from underserved communities, struggle to meet this requirement, jeopardizing their education and health. Recognizing these challenges, our School of Nursing Mobile Health Clinic worked with community …

Factors Influencing Pediatric Palliative Care Utilization: A 12-Year Retrospective Study In Taiwan, Tzu-Ying Yang, Wei-Wen Wu, Frank Leigh Lu, Shao-Yi Cheng, Tsung-Hsien Yu, Kristin Berg

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background and objective: Pediatric palliative care (PPC) improves the quality of life for children with life-limiting conditions and their families by addressing physical, psychological, and spiritual needs. Despite increasing recognition of its benefits, PPC remains underutilized, particularly in Asian contexts where early integration and service accessibility are still limited. This study aimed to examine trends and factors influencing PPC utilization among deceased children in a tertiary children’s hospital in Taiwan from 2012 to 2023, to provide evidence on predictors for more equitable access to PPC.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted using medical records of children aged 1–18 years who …

“It’S Not Just Cost”: Barriers To Mammography Screening Access Among Low-Income Women In The United States—A Scoping Review, Julia Messerman, Callia Nickels, Nigel C. James

Health Studies Faculty Publications

Despite the recognized importance of early detection, disparities in mammography access persist among low-income women in the United States. While financial barriers are often emphasized, less is known about how multiple barriers interact to shape access to screening. We conducted a scoping review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines to synthesize evidence on barriers to mammography access among low-income women in the United States. A systematic search of PubMed, CINAHL, and Google Scholar identified peer-reviewed studies published between 2010 and 2025, of which 47 met inclusion criteria. Extracted barriers were categorized into …

The Need To Please: People-Pleasing Tendencies In Prelicensure Nursing Students, Alexa Grace Carnahan, Mary Kathryn Gaffney, Christian Blötner

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: People-pleasing (PP) is a behavioral tendency characterized by an excessive desire to be liked, avoid conflict, or meet others' needs, often at the expense of one's own well-being. PP is linked with societal expectations of female-dominated professions like nursing, leading to normalization of self-sacrifice (Kaylor et al., 2025). PP is under-explored in prelicensure nursing students despite evidence linking similar behavioral patterns to negative outcomes including diminished resilience and burnout (Zhou et al., 2022); and emotional exhaustion, anxiety, and low self-worth (Georgescu & Bodislav, 2025). High performance expectations in prelicensure education likely reinforce PP behaviors (Li et al., 2025). The …

Digital Pressure Sensing Technology For Dysphagia Rehabilitation: A Nursing-Led Pilot Study, Nai Ching Chen, Yu-Ru Lin, Yi Chou, Huei-Yu Chen, Chia-Shu Lin, Jui-Yu Weng, Jinn-Rung Kuo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Advances in artificial intelligence and sensor-based health monitoring are transforming dysphagia care from early screening to personalized rehabilitation (Wong et al., 2025; Alter et al., 2025). This study evaluated the feasibility of the Digital Swallowing Pressure Ball (DSPB), a nursing-led innovation integrating real-time pressure sensing, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmission, and cloud analytics to enhance individualized swallowing rehabilitation. The DSPB addresses limitations of conventional Chin Tuck Against Resistance (CTAR) exercises, which lack quantifiable feedback and remote monitoring (Archer et al., 2020).

Methods: A four-week pilot study was conducted with 11 participants with dysphagia after stroke or traumatic brain injury. …

Sleep Quality And Depressive Symptoms Among Fathers In Early Parenthood, Marianne Lin-Lewry, Shu-Yu Kuo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Fathers often experience sleep disturbance during the first year of parenting, which is closely linked to adverse physical and psychological well-being. While maternal sleep and mood disturbances have been widely studied, fathers remain an understudied population. This study aimed to investigate the association between sleep quality and depressive symptoms among fathers within one year after childbirth.

Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among 120 fathers whose partners had given birth within the previous 12 months. The Taiwanese version of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) assessed sleep quality, and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) measured depressive symptoms. Demographic …

Factors Influencing Geriatric Nursing Performance Among Korean Hospital Nurses, Yeon-Ju Kang, Eunji Seo, Jiyeon Ha, Minkyung Kang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The global aging population has increased the demand for competent geriatric nursing care in acute hospital settings (Espinel-Jara et al., 2025, OCED, 2025). This study aimed to identify factors influencing geriatric nursing performance among Korean hospital nurses, focusing on nursing professionalism and work intensity, which would inform strategies for improving care quality.

Methods: A descriptive correlational study was conducted with 144 nurses from medical and surgical wards, intensive care units, and emergency units in three general hospitals in South Korea. Participants had at least six months of clinical experience and provided direct care to patients aged 65 years or …

A Path Forward: Improving Care For Victims Of Violence Across Romania, Janice Ceccucci, Nancy Harris

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: In 2016, the Country entered the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty addressing violence against women. This treaty is monitored and assessed by GREVIO (2022). During the initial assessment, a lack of reporting, education, and access to healthcare services was noted, as well as limited services for child violence and forced marriage. The purpose of this project was to aid in the improvement of education on sexual violence and improve healthcare services for victims of sexual violence across the Country.

Method: Medical-Legal centers were visited in both rural and urban areas across the Country (N = 14). Centers were evaluated …

Leading Through The Tempest: A Framework For Climate Equity, Preparedness, And Global Resilience, Candace Dumas

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The TEMPEST Framework- Transdisciplinary Equity & Medicine for Preparedness, Environment, Systems and Transformation was developed in response to gaps identified in 10 international frameworks assessing health consequences of severe weather events. Prior models demonstrate strong integration of direct, indirect, mental, and equity-related health impacts (Boyal et al., 2018; Birnbaum et al., 2015) but remain limited by contextual specificity, data gaps, and lack of empirical validation (Hunter et al., 2016; Smith et al., 2022; Gonah et al., 2025). TEMPEST is an innovative and evidence-informed model advancing the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Operational Framework for Climate-Resilient Health Systems (CRHS) (World Health …

Discovering Innovative Didactic Evaluation Through An “Escape Womb”, Cheryl A. Corbett, Shelly Jensen Reed, Cori Reynolds

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Nursing education continues to evolve in response to the increasing complexity of healthcare practice. Competency-based education (CBE) has emerged as a leading framework aligning curriculum, learning experiences, and assessments to ensure graduates are prepared for professional practice. However, best practices for evaluating competency in nursing students are not established, and student perspectives are underrepresented. Understanding these perspectives is vital to inform effective evaluation strategies and advance CBE implementation in nursing education.

Purpose: This study explored undergraduate nursing students’ experiences participating in a maternal-newborn escape room designed as a comprehensive course evaluation activity.

Methods: A convenience sample of 115 undergraduate …

Vision Transformers And Convolutional Neural Networks For Land Use Scene Classification, Arun D. Kulkarni

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Land use scene classification (LUSC) from remote sensing imagery plays a critical role in environmental monitoring, urban planning, and sustainable resource management. In recent years, deep learning methods have significantly advanced the state-of-the-art, with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) dominating the field because of their strong ability to capture local spatial features. However, the emergence of Vision Transformers (ViTs) has introduced a new paradigm that models long-range dependencies through self attention mechanisms, potentially enabling improved global context understanding. This study presents a comparative assessment of Vision Transformers and CNN-based architectures for remote sensing land use scene classification. Representative CNN models, such …

Climate Change And Desert Ecosystem Resilience: A Systematic Review Of Impacts, Adaptation Strategies, And Sustainability Pathways, Ghada Abd Elsattar Mohammed Oraby, Garmat Zahra

Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi

Desert ecosystems are among the most climate-sensitive environments on Earth, where rising temperatures, altered precipitation regimes, and increasing aridity threaten ecosystem stability, biodiversity, and ecological functioning. Despite covering more than one-third of the global land surface, a comprehensive understanding of how climate change affects desert ecosystem resilience and the effectiveness of adaptation strategies remains limited. This study conducted a systematic review following the PRISMA framework to evaluate the impacts of climate change on desert ecosystem resilience and to identify effective adaptation and restoration pathways. A total of 16 high-quality studies were selected from 403 records retrieved from the Scopus database. …

Trends And Directions Of Sustainable Halal Tourism Development: A Systematic Literature Review With Special Reference To Malaysia, Anna Mariana Zebua, Bayu Wijayanto, Dedi Hermon, Febriandi Febriandi, Rosmadi Fauzi

Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi

As an emerging sector in the global tourism industry, halal tourism is projected to inspire behavioral changes and policy strategies rooted in sustainability principles, particularly within faith-based communities and from the perspective of tourism geography in Malaysia. This study aims to identify research trends, analyze key sustainability determinants, and determine the direction of sustainable halal tourism development in Malaysia through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) following PRISMA guidelines, screening 20 articles from Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science (2020–2025). Findings reveal that halal tourism development is shaped by national policy integration, uniform certification systems, and strong institutional coordination. Sustainability …

Evaluation Of Tsunami Preparedness And Appraisal Of Disaster Mitigation Education In Kebumen Regency, Indonesia: An Application Of Marker-Based Augmented Reality Approach, Muhammad Guruh Bintang Wicaksana, Erni Suharini, Andi Irwan Benardi, Edi Kurniawan, Puji Lestari, Atta-Ur Rahman

Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi: Kajian, Teori, dan Praktek dalam Bidang Pendidikan dan Ilmu Geografi

This study addresses the critical gap in tsunami disaster mitigation education and the lack of interactive, contextually field-based disaster education media. It develops and evaluates a tsunami preparedness medium using a Marker-Based Augmented Reality (MBAR) approach, specifically tailored to the tsunami risk profile of Karangbolong Village, Kebumen Regency, Indonesia. Methodologically, the study integrates three frameworks: a disaster literacy model (knowledge, skills, attitudes), a disaster literacy continuum (basic to critical), and the UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready 12-indicator framework, combining them into a single instructional product developed through the Multimedia Development Life Cycle (MDLC). This integration of all three frameworks into one locally …

Quintez Talley V. Keri Moore

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Factors Facilitating Adoption Of Pharmacogenetic Testing By Prescribers Of Antidepressants In Four Us Health Systems: A Multi-Site Cross-Sectional Pgx Implementation Science Study., Alice B. Popejoy, Deborah Cragun, Megan C. Roberts, Lisa M. Bendz, Sarah Gonzales, Susanne B. Haga, R Ryanne Wu, Natasha J. Petry, Laura Ramsey, Ryley Uber, Kaniz Momin, Nina R. Sperber

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Background: Pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing could identify actionable drug-gene interactions, reducing the risks of inappropriate prescribing of certain medications in some patients. An area of growing public health concern is rising global rates of depression and antidepressant use over the last two decades. Prior research has elucidated perspectives of healthcare providers who prescribe antidepressants regarding the clinical utility of genetic information, including PGx testing, but there is a gap in understanding how individual perspectives and systemic contextual factors may combine to influence PGx testing adoption. Objective: The objective of this study was to elucidate combinations of individual and contextual …

Dosimetric Impact Of Eclipse’S Entrance Avoidance Tool On Salivary Gland Sparing In Head And Neck Vmat Plans, Shannon Diederichs

Masters Projects

Medical dosimetry is constantly evolving as new techniques emerge to improve plan quality. The Eclipse treatment planning system (TPS) is equipped with the entrance and exit dose avoidance tool commonly used to prevent beam interaction with implanted metals or steer the beam away from anatomical regions. Current literature shows this tool has not been thoroughly investigated for more fundamental applications such as routine organ at risk (OAR) sparing. Xerostomia remains a lasting side effect for head-and-neck cancer (HNC) patients after the salivary glands receive substantial radiation. This study takes a more detailed look at the tool’s effectiveness when applied to …

Should We Flee? The Mortality And Economic Impacts Of Hurricane Evacuation Orders, Lucas Kaplan

Center for Policy Research

I estimate the mortality and county-level regional economic impacts of hurricane evacuation orders using a novel instrumental variables framework. Relative to similarly affected but non-evacuated areas, evacuated counties experience fewer deaths but lower personal income, employment, and business establishments into the second year following the storm, likely stemming from delayed returns in wealthier neighborhoods. I then develop a threshold decision rule that balances the mortality benefits against these persistent economic costs and apply this framework to orders issued from 2016–2022. Incorporating these persistent economic costs alters policy evaluation: the largest orders generate net benefits that dwarf their costs, but the …

The Student Performer's Guide To Creating A Consortium, Jaycee Swan

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Among advanced musicians who advocate for increasing diversity in classically oriented repertoire, music commissioning is a common practice. Funding a composer to write original music, however, seems out of reach for student musicians or those without the financial means and know-how. A more affordable and therefore accessible alternative to the stand-alone commission is the consortium-based commission for new music. In this lecture portion of a “lecture-recital with written document,” I (a) document my experience in spearheading a new music consortium and, from that experience, (b) present a guide for facilitating a new music consortium.

The project was the impetus for …

The Study Of Hydrophobic Biomolecules With Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry And Atomic Force Microscopy, Brandy L. Perkins

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Abstract

Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS) can be used to obtain localization and chemical information of hydrophobic biomolecules on tissue samples.  A technique has been developed to modify a standard MALDI matrix that improves the selectivity for hydrophobic biomolecules on the tissue sample. The modification involves the use of a Group of Uniform Materials Based on Organic Salts (GUMBOS). GUMBOS are ionic liquids (IL) that are bulky organic ions with a counter ion that can be changed for tuning.  They are more stable than traditional matrices under vacuum.  Unlike traditional IL’s, the GUMBOS melting point ranges …

Maleficia's Magic: Witchcraft, Race, And The Legacy Of Afro-Mexican Women And Identity In Colonial New Spain, Siobhan K. Arechavala

Honors Theses

This thesis examines the disproportionate prosecution of mulatta and Black women by the Mexican Inquisition in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and argues that this pattern was not incidental to Spanish colonialism but central to it. Drawing primarily on inquisitorial trial records from the Huntington Library’s Mexican Inquisition Papers and the Archivo General de la Nación’s Ramo Inquisición, alongside period treatises and secondary scholarship on witchcraft, caste, and Afro-Mexican history, the study traces how limpieza de sangre, Christian demonology, and colonial racial hierarchy combined to position African-descended women as embodiments of the disorder colonial elites feared most. The first chapter …

Improving Intake Efficiency In Inpatient Behavioral Health Facilities To Reduce Delays In Care, Lakisha Brown

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Delays in inpatient psychiatric admissions represent a significant and persistent challenge within U.S. behavioral health systems, contributing to emergency department boarding, reduced quality of care, increasing risk, resource strain, and inefficiencies. The purpose of this integrative review was to examine evidence-based operational strategies that improve intake efficiency and reduce admission delays in inpatient behavioral health facilities. The Lean Healthcare Framework was used, which emphasizes eliminating waste, improving workflow efficiency, and enhancing value. The review question focused on what operational and systems-management evidence-based strategies are most effective in improving intake efficiency. The Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice appraisal tool was used to …

Rethinking The Legal Status Quo In Cyberspace To Legally Attribute State Responsibility, And Enhance Accountability And Deterrence, Dan Efrony

International Law Studies

The absence of formal legal attributions of State responsibility for malicious cyber operations reflects a strategic choice by influential States—foremost the United States and the United Kingdom—rather than doctrinal certainty. So long as States avoid creating legal rules for attribution, they entrench cyberspace as a legal gray zone and expose the limits of collective attribution as a governance mechanism. This article identifies probative and institutional impediments in the secondary rules of attribution: the effective control test is difficult to satisfy for proxy cyber operations, the lack of an authoritative standard of proof enables plausible deniability, and, absent consent, States remain …