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Why Gen Z Is More Anxious Than Ever? Turning To Social Chats For Answers, Yi Luo, Jin-A Choi, Bond Benton

College of Communication and Media Scholarship and Creative Works

As social media has evolved into a prominent part of Gen Z’s social interaction, this study attempted to enrich our current understanding of Gen Z’s mental health struggles through their conversations surrounding anxiety on social media. Highlights of the findings included the following. First, the overwhelming presence of fear (83%) illustrates that anxiety is an emotionally draining experience for many Gen Z users. The use of emotionally charged language to publicly share their struggles with anxiety reflect increasing self-awareness and a cultural shift toward normalizing mental health conversations. Second, the open, candid conversations on anxiety indicate that anxiety is experienced …

Accurate Crop Yield Prediction Via Temporal Convolutional Network And Variational Autoencoder, Lei Liu, Xiaoling Song

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

With the advancement of technology, smart agriculture assumes a pivotal role in enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of agricultural production. Nevertheless, accurately forecasting crop yields and understanding their determining factors often faces limitations inherent in conventional data processing techniques. To address this challenge, this study proposes a TCN-VAE framework, amalgamating temporal convolutional networks (TCNs) and variational autoencoders (VAEs), to tackle the crop yield prediction task in smart agricultural systems. The framework intricately models four principal categories of features—meteorological conditions, soil conditions, agricultural management, and environmental conditions—via TCN and compensates for missing data using VAE, thereby achieving a comprehensive analysis and …

Human Settlement Environment And Architectural Ecological Design Based On Artificial Intelligence Technology, Mingxing Xu, Xiongjun Tao

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The main purpose of this paper was to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improve the coordination between architectural design and the natural environment, so as to optimize resource utilization and reduce negative environmental impacts and improve the quality of human settlements. To do this, multiple types of data covering the environment, buildings, and user feedback were first collected and preprocessed. Based on these data, the long short-term memory model was used to predict future environmental changes, and the particle swarm optimization algorithm was used for multiobjective optimization of architectural design. The experimental results showed that the AI-driven design scheme …

Antiinflammatory Mechanisms Of Barley-Based Functional Foods Beyond Diabetes Management, Hafiz Ghulam Muhu Din Ahmed, Adnan Noor Shah, Muhammad Ahtasham Mushtaq, Xiaomeng Yang, Jiazhen Yang, Xia Li, Li’E Yang, Xiaoying Pu, Yawen Zeng

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This review article investigated the antiinflammatory properties of barley, emphasizing its benefits beyond diabetes management. Barley, historically valued for its nutritional and medicinal properties, is rich in bioactive compounds such as beta-glucans, phenolic acids, and flavonoids. These compounds are known for their significant antioxidant and antiinflammatory activities. This study highlights the multifaceted mechanisms through which barley reduces systemic inflammation, including the enhancement of gut microbiota composition, the production of beneficial short-chain fatty acids, and the modulation of immune responses. Beta-glucans in barley lower cholesterol, and regulate glucose levels, while phenolic acids and flavonoids inhibit proinflammatory enzymes and cytokines, thereby reducing …

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Turkish Journal of Physics

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Variational Monte Carlo Optimization Of Proton-Proton Scattering Potential Using The Phase Function Method, Shikha Awasthi, Anil Khachi, O.S.K.S. Sastri

Turkish Journal of Physics

The Riccati-type nonlinear differential equation, also known as the Phase Function equation, is used to construct local inverse potentials for the 1S0 - pp state by bypassing the well-known Schrödinger equation. The pp interaction is described using the Malfliet-Tjon potential model for the nuclear component combined with a screened Coulomb potential, with the phase equation solved via the fourth-order Runge-Kutta (RK-4) method. Based on our analysis, we confirm that the optimized interaction potential closely matches the well-known realistic Argonne V18 and Reid potentials for the 1S0 state, and the computed phase shifts and cross-sections show excellent agreement with experimental data. …

Plane Xanthoma, Connor A. Sheehan, Theresa N. Tran, Jason B. Lee, Jeffrey Y. Liu, Sylvia Hsu

Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers

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Thermal Design Overview, Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

Preface

• Introductions
• Work Based on "Small Satellite Thermal Modeling Guide, Initial Release, July 2022"
• Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RVSV)
• Purpose
• Introduce methods/concepts to develop and analyze a small satellite thermal model
• Understand why thermal modeling and thermal analysis are important
• Understand common pitfalls
• Learn about available resources

Selecting An Internal Carbon Price For Academic Institutions, Alexander R. Barron, Dimitra Prassa

Environmental Science and Policy: Faculty Publications

Many businesses have adopted internal carbon prices (ICPs) to help drive smarter business decisions, innovation, and emissions reductions. The objective of this white paper is to provide a framework that institutions, particularly those in higher education, can use as they think about selecting a price in the context of their own goals for an ICP.

Second Nature’s recent 2025 Carbon Markets and Offsets guidance recommends that: “colleges and universities develop a climate action strategy that includes some type of internal carbon pricing, either as a mechanism to inform climate-positive decision-making or as a mechanism for generating revenue estimates for decarbonization …

Fsec Meeting Minutes June 25, 2025, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes

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The Clean Water Act And Avoidance Creep, Jack H.L. Whiteley

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

In Sackett v. EPA, the Supreme Court set out a test for the Clean Water Act’s jurisdiction over wetlands. The Act, the Court held, protects only those wetlands that have a continuous surface connection to relatively permanent bodies of water like streams, rivers, and lakes. If the connection lies below the surface, or is at the surface but discontinuous, the wetlands are presumed to fall outside the Act’s protections. The ruling, which abruptly curtailed how each administration since the 1970s had understood the Clean Water Act’s jurisdiction, has generated persuasive criticism from environmental scholars. In this Essay, prepared for the …

Staff Education To Educate Healthcare Providers On Effective Communication And Support Strategies For Child Sexual Abuse Victims, Njideka Ajemba

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

With this project, I sought to enhance the quality of care provided to child sexual abuse (CSA) survivors by improving healthcare providers’ skills in trauma-informed communication and support strategies. The project was undertaken at a large, private behavioral health facility located in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, where an assessment of the practice environment revealed a critical gap in provider training. This gap often resulted in missed indicators of abuse, limited emotional support, and poor therapeutic outcomes for children affected by sexual abuse-related trauma. To address this, the project implemented a targeted educational intervention grounded in current evidence …

Restoring Hope: The Health Support Team Efforts In Maui, Chanel Aguilar

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

The 2023 Maui fires were one of the most fatal natural disasters the country has experienced in its history. Lāhainā and other surrounding areas were significantly impacted by the fires, resulting in millions of dollars in damage and causing significant harm to the people of Maui, both physically and emotionally. The current study evaluates the health support team (HST), a psychological disaster-recovery training curriculum, on three areas: its effectiveness in

increasing participants’ perceived competency and level of confidence, its association with post- traumatic growth, and participants’ feedback about the training. A mixed methods approach was

used to collect data, including …

Homework, Households, And Hurdles: The Unexpected Drivers Of Student Graduation Perceptions, Daniel Alhassan, Zahra Fatah, Priscilla Mansah Codjoe, Caroline Bena Kuno, Dorcas Ofori-Boateng

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Students’ perceptions of their likelihood to graduate are important determinants of their academic engagement, yet these perceptions remain understudied. This study, which is based on the 2021 Monitoring the Future survey of 8th- and 10th-grade students in the United States, uses machine learning algorithms to identify the most important factors that influence these perceptions. Among the tested models, random forest provided the best classification performance. Using permutation-based feature importance, we identified frequent participation in schoolwork, maternal education, paternal education, and homework completion as the most important predictors of students’ graduation perceptions. These results highlight the importance of targeted and well-coordinated …

A Rubric For Assessing Conformance To The Ten Rules For Credible Practice Of Modeling And Simulation In Healthcare, Alexandra Manchel, Ahmet Erdemir, Lealem Mulugeta, Joy Ku, Bruno Rego, Marc Horner, William Lytton, Jerry Myers, Rajanikanth Vadigepalli

Computational Medicine Center Faculty Papers

The power of computational modeling and simulation (M&S) is realized when the results are credible, and the workflow generates evidence that supports credibility for the context of use. The Committee on Credible Practice of Modeling & Simulation in Healthcare was established to help address the need for processes and procedures to support the credible use of M&S in healthcare and biomedical research. Our community efforts have led to the Ten Rules (TR) for Credible Practice of M&S in life sciences and healthcare. This framework is an outcome of a multidisciplinary investigation from a wide range of stakeholders beginning in 2012. …

Fostering Inclusive Teaching: Care-Centred Approaches In Business Schools Of The Visegrad Countries, Agnieszka Brzozowska

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

Purpose: This study aims to explore the experiences of business students in the Visegrad Group countries during the transition to online learning prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the social aspects of their educational experiences.

Design/methodology/approach: Utilizing qualitative research methods, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 40 students across four business schools in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. The interviews were analysed thematically to identify key insights regarding students' perceptions of online education and the importance of social interactions.

Findings: The findings reveal that students significantly missed interpersonal relationships during online learning, highlighting a strong …

Quantum Management: A Revolution In The Future Of Management Science And Business Practice, Bartosz Niedzielski

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

Purpose: The article aims to propose a nominal definition of quantum management and analyze the differences between the classical and quantum paradigms of management, with particular emphasis on their impact on organizational structure and decision-making processes.

Methodology: The article is based on a synthetic literature review concerning the application of quantum theory in management sciences, including publications from bibliometric databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, and Elsevier. The review focuses on the theoretical and practical differences between the classical and quantum approaches to management. Additionally, a comparative method is used to identify key differences between these two …

The Impact Of Loper Bright V. Raimondo: An Empirical Review Of The First Six Months, Robin Kundis Craig

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

One of the most impactful decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023–2024 term was Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overruled the forty-year-old administrative law doctrine of Chevron deference. This doctrine allowed federal agencies to interpret ambiguities in the statutes that they administer. Courts cited Chevron over 18,000 times in its forty-year existence, or roughly 450 times a year—more than once a day, on average. Small wonder, then, that in the first six months after the Supreme Court decided Loper Bright, courts cited it more than 400 times. This article provides an empirical review of what courts are doing with …

Water Flowing Down Wall Street, Vanessa Casado Pérez

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Water scarcity is a perennial problem with dire consequences for the United States and governments around the world. A lack of adequate water resources is a systematic cause of environmental harm, economic damage, and societal division. Climate change has exacerbated these problems making water even more valuable and essential. Financial actors have turned water into the new oil. These large financial actors profiteer from buying and selling water without any interest in its actual use as an input of production. Instead, they typically seek to hold these rights until dire situations, like droughts and fires, cause temporary, but large, spikes …

Memory Matters: The Journals Of Cecilia Maria O’Conway And Rosetta Landry White, Betty Ann Mcneil

Vincentian Studies

Betty Ann McNeil describes the journals of two of the very first Sisters of Charity, Cecilia Maria O’Conway and Rosetta (Rose) Landry White, who knew Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and her family. Cecilia was the first to join Elizabeth in Baltimore as a Sister of Charity in early December 1808 at age twenty-one. McNeil tells us, “Cecilia taught at St. Joseph’s School until missioned to Philadelphia (1814) and New York (1817)” before withdrawing from the Sisters of Charity in 1823. At age twenty-five, Rose joined Elizabeth in late June 1809 and served as mother of the Sisters of Charity after …

John Timon, The Vincentian: Filling Out The Biography Of The Founding Bishop Of Buffalo, John E. Rybolt

Vincentian Studies

John Rybolt traces the biographical information we have about John Timon and talks about the bishop's career and his lifelong devotion to the Vincentians, even when he was painfully separated from the Congregation because he was forced to join the episcopacy against his will. At the time, the Congregation's Rules stated that Vincentians could not stay within the community if they accepted church office, especially not without receiving the approval of the superior general. But Timon's appointment could hardly have been refused, since it came directly from the pope.

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Vincentian Studies

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Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

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Microstructural And Interfacial Analysis Of Yb2si2o7 Based Coatings Under Varied Steam Conditions, Daniel Scotson, Daniel Scotson, Esma Yilmaz, Ping Xiao

Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coatings VII

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Descriptive Sensory Analysis Of Gluten-Containing And Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies Available In The Marketplace, Eniola Ola, Victoria J. Hogan, Han-Seok Seo

Food Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Limited research has systematically compared the detailed sensory profiles of commercially available gluten-containing (C) and gluten-free (F) cookies using trained panelists. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive sensory lexicon for C and F chocolate chip cookies and identify key sensory attributes that differentiate them. Seven professionally trained panelists created a lexicon of 33 attributes spanning aroma, flavor, basic taste, texture, and residual property. Using this lexicon, a descriptive analysis was conducted on 12 C and 12 F cookie samples. Multivariate analysis of variance revealed significant differences between the two groups across the 33 sensory attributes (p < 0.05). A mixed model analysis showed that C cookies had higher intensities of chocolate-related and sweet aroma complex notes, while F cookies exhibited stronger nutty, artificial, and off-note flavors. In terms of texture, F cookies were higher in toothpack and powdery mouthcoat, while C cookies displayed more melt-in-mouth characteristics. Principal component analysis and agglomerative hierarchical clustering revealed three distinct clusters of test samples within both crispy and chewy cookie types, with some F cookies closely aligning with C profiles. These findings, along with the developed lexicon, provide a valuable foundation for enhancing the sensory appeal and quality of gluten-free chocolate chip cookies.

The Parthenon, June 25, 2025, Baylee Parsons, Kaitlyn Fleming, Ashton Pack, Nate Harrah, Soleil Woolard

The Parthenon

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Effectiveness Of Seca Skin Public Relations Marketing Through Live Streaming On Tiktok, Mochamad Alvansa, Margareta Manalu

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

This study examines the utilization of TikTok's live streaming feature as a public relations marketing strategy in the beauty industry. Using a qualitative descriptive method, the research is grounded in public relations marketing and live streaming theories. Through in-depth interviews, it explores how the beauty brand Seca Skin optimizes this feature to expand market reach, increase sales, and enhance consumer engagement. The findings reveal that Seca Skin successfully meets four key aspects of live-stream selling: Attractiveness, Trustworthiness, Expertise, and Purchase Convenience. These factors contribute to higher audience engagement, strengthened customer loyalty, and more effective purchasing decisions. Moreover, the study highlights …

Content Analysis Of @Fadiljaidi's Instagram As A Reference To Gen Z'S Followers Self-Existence, Syifa Alvernia Naufal, Margareta Manalu

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

Social media has become the primary platform for generation Z to express themselves and establish their existence in the digital space One of the most influential social media platforms for generation Z is Instagram. Among the many Instagram influencers in Indonesia, Fadil Jaidi stands out for capturing his followers attention through humorous and relatable content. This study aims to analyze how the Instagram content of @fadiljaidi serves as a reference for self-existence among generation Z followers. Using a descriptive qualitative method, data were collected through in-depth interviews with five informants from generation Z who actively follow the Instagram account @fadiljaidi. …

Our Lady Of Peace: John Joseph Lynch’S Pilgrimage To Niagara Falls, Amelia Gallagher

Vincentian Studies

This article relates how John Joseph Lynch established Niagara Falls as a pilgrimage site, which he envisioned as being the first such site in the United States. In the nineteenth century, Niagara was viewed as such a spectacular natural wonder that it frequently inspired religious devotion, a history that Lynch encouraged and continued. The evolution of nineteenth- and twentieth-century views of Niagara and of pilgrimage in general are discussed. Niagara's role in American history is also explored.