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The Mv Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak: Implications For Clinical Vigilance And Regional Health Security In The Gcc Countries, Seif Salem Al Abri, Ahmed S Al-Mandhari, Ziad A Memish

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Building The Mental Golden Dome: Arming The Joint Force For Defensive Cognitive Warfare, James Davitch

Joint Force Quarterly

Modern conflict increasingly hinges on mental strength, yet current military thinking lacks a clear defense for the mind. This article introduces a vital new concept: protecting military personnel from an adversary's attempts to distort their perceptions, disorient their judgment, and degrade their decision-making. Building on established research into behavioral psychology, the essay integrates this defense into existing military functions, proposing practical steps. It offers a precise explanation of this protective strategy, suggests pre-deployment exercises for joint personnel, and outlines ways to measure effectiveness even under pressure. A detailed, multi-year plan describes how to update joint doctrine, create training programs, and …

The Battle Of Science And The Public: How To Make Scientific Writing Friendly, Maggie Buyuk

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Maggie Buyuk is a Nursing major from Bolton, MA. She wanted to focus her essay on the scientific discourse community because she feels as though it is often unapproachable: “As a nursing major, I know that I want information to be easily accessible for both myself and my patients. Unfortunately, the scientific rhetoric is not publically friendly because of the jargon and format of the scientific paper standard.” Maggie believes that there is a middle ground where the scientific community and the public can meet in order to better understand each other. This essay is special to her because, as …

Molecular Characterization Of Coprinopsis Sp. Based On Its Rdna Analysis And Evaluation Of Its Antibacterial Activity, Maysaa Taqi Al-Khazali, Kawkab Abdullah Alsaadi, Zahraa Raheem Murshidy, Dhuha Ali Hussein, Sura Abd Ali Kadhim Mohammed

Al-Bahir

The present study, conducted in Karbala Governorate, central Iraq, aimed to identify and characterize large wild fungi belonging to the genus Coprinopsis. Field-collected specimens were found to be Coprinopsis sp. with affinity to Coprinopsis cinerea, based initially on detailed morphological and microscopic characteristics and further supported by molecular analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of ribosomal DNA through comparison with related sequences available in the GenBank database. BLAST analysis revealed minor nucleotide variations, and the obtained sequence was deposited in the NCBI GenBank database under accession number PX247457.1. These findings contribute to the limited records of Coprinopsis species …

Green Assisted Synthesis Of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: The Influence Of Plant Extract Type (Eucalyptus, Lemon, And Sidr), Ikram R. Abdal-Razaq, Farhad M. Othman, Alaa A. Abdul-Hamead

Journal of Applied Sciences and Nanotechnology

In recent years, a greener sustained approach has attracted significant attention, particularly that employs environmentally friendly nanomaterials by utilizing natural extracts. Despite the growing number of literature studies on the synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using different plants, comparisons between extracts to assess their effect on physical and chemical properties under identical preparation conditions are almost limited. Therefore, this study aims investigate an emerging field of nanotechnology focused on creating cost-effective, environmentally friendly zinc oxide nanoparticles using various leaf extracts (Eucalyptus, Lemon, and Sidr) as reducing and stabilizing agents, with zinc chloride as the precursor. The impact of the active …

Tensile Behaviour Of Polymer Blends Reinforced With Siwak, Flax Fibres And Natural Powders, Hassan A. Sharhan, Sadeer M. Majeed, Wafaa M. Salih

Journal of Applied Sciences and Nanotechnology

This research focuses on developing environmentally friendly hybrid nanocomposites based on a polymer blend of 25% PMMA and 75% bio-epoxy, reinforced with natural materials, including eggshell powder, cuttlefish bone, siwak, and flax fibres. Tensile testing results showed a significant enhancement in mechanical characteristics with increasing reinforcement percentage. The eggshell-reinforced blend with siwak fibres achieved the best mechanical performance at 3 wt.%, having a tensile strength of around 15 MPa and a Young's modulus of roughly 0.72 GPa, as opposed to the unreinforced blend, which measured roughly 6 MPa and 0.35 GPa, respectively. The elongation also increased from approximately 1.8% for …

Integration Of Freshness Monitoring And Active Packaging Technologies For Aquatic Products, Maria Ali, Abdul Waheed Ghanghro, Bheem Raj Serani, Mahrukh Zakir

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Aquatic products are nutritionally valuable but highly perishable, with quality loss driven by microbial spoilage, biochemical changes, including total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N), trimethylamine (TMA) and histamine, and physicochemical deterioration, including lipid oxidation, gas production and texture loss. Conventional packaging slows these processes but does not report real-time freshness. This review analyzes how active packaging (antimicrobial, antioxidant, enzyme-inhibiting, and oxygen-scavenging systems, including bio- and nanocomposites) can be combined with freshness monitoring technologies (colorimetric/pH indicators, gas sensors, biosensors, and digital tools such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and Internet of Things (IoT) systems) specifically for fish, shrimp, and mollusks. We first …

Adaptive Media Content Recommendation Based On Temporal Physiological States, Karl Joseph Weinmeister

Defensive Publications Series

This publication describes a media recommendation system that conditions content selection on a listener’s temporal physiological state rather than on external context alone. A biometric-sensing wearable device streams heart rate (HR), heart-rate variability (HRV), and inertial (e.g., accelerometer or gyroscope) data to a host media device, which buffers the multi-stream time series over a rolling look-back window. The buffered series is decomposed into a personalized seasonal component (circadian rhythms, baseline metabolic variation, historical resting-heart-rate zones, etc.) and a trend component that outputs the velocity and acceleration of the physiological state. A context classifier fuses biometric and motion signals to classify …

Gci-Vabc-R+ Continuous Acoustic-Inertial Bio-Purification Engine, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

Elevated levels of Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] represent an independent, genetically determined causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease and aortic stenosis, affecting approximately 20% of the global human population. Current therapeutic interventions face severe trade-offs: pharmacological antisense oligonucleotides (e.g., Pelacarsen) have demonstrated sub-threshold event reduction in large-scale outcomes trials (Lp(a)HORIZON) due to depth-of-lowering limits (~72–80%), whereas existing apheresis platforms non-selectively deplete all Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) particles via non-specific adsorption. This disclosure details the full bench-scale prototype specifications, fluid dynamics models, electrical schematics, and testing protocols for the GCI-VABC-R+ Research Engine.

The GCI-VABC-R+ integrates Dean-flow secondary inertial focusing, high-frequency Bulk Acoustic Waves (BAW), …

Caldwell Neuro-Clearance Super-Engine (Cncs-1.0) A Unified Multi-Physics Research Reactor For Non-Thermal Clearance Of Neuro-Toxic Aggregates In Synthetic Tissue Phantoms, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

Current neurodegenerative research lacks an integrated benchtop engine capable of simulating the mechanical, electrokinetic, and acoustic parameters required to clear proteinaceous aggregates (Tau tangles, Amyloid-$\beta$ oligomers, and $\alpha$-Synuclein fibrils) from dense extracellular matrices.

CNCS-1.0 fills this gap by coupling acoustic streaming, resonant microbubble shear, amplitude-modulated radiofrequency destabilization, and electrokinetic transport into a single, temperature-locked PEEK-1000 micro-vortex chamber. The system reduces simulated Interstitial Fluid Pressure (IFP) from $25\text{ mmHg}$ down to $\le 6\text{ mmHg}$ in tissue phantoms while driving unidirectional magnetophoretic and acoustic aggregate clearance—all without exceeding a $\Delta T$ of $+0.4^\circ\text{C}$ in the biological matrix.

People Orientation And Thing Orientation In Business Majors: Implications For Assessing The Impacts Of Cross-Functional Business Program Curricula, Todd J. Hostager, David A. Christopher, Kristy J. Lauver, Christopher Knowles

International Journal for Business Education

Background/Introduction/Purpose:  Prior research documented significant differences in people orientation and thing orientation (PTO) based on type of major and sex.  This study examines a set of measures for helping business programs to assess whether they are producing graduates equipped to consider both people and things when making decisions, regardless of their major or sex.

Methods/Design:  Students in a strategic management capstone course spent a single 75-minute session responding to a brief new venture pitch by identifying what types of additional information they would need to decide whether to invest in the business.  Three Likert-scaled options gauged the extent to participant …

High Tunnel Pollinators, Miranda L. Jones, Sheriden Hansen, Kelsey Graham, Robert Nelson Schaeffer, Brent Black

All Current Publications

High tunnels are used to extend the growing season. Unlike greenhouses, high tunnels are semi-permanent and not heated or cooled by a climate-control system. Instead, they use plastic sheeting to trap solar heat, allowing for season extension in temperate climates around spring and fall. Bee pollination can improve yields for several valuable crop species grown in high tunnels. Because high tunnels are largely enclosed, bees are typically released and managed within the structure. This fact sheet provides information on how to obtain and manage bee pollinators in high tunnels.

Dental Caries Among Adolescent Patients In Babylon Governorate Of Iraq, Zahraa Mohammed Hussein Wais, Dhuha M. Hasan, Omaima Lateef Salman, Israa Hussein Ali

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Background: Dental disease is widespread among various groups especially in children and adolescences. There were many risk factors lead to dental caries such as dental plaque, poor oral hygiene and increase consumption of carbohydrate.
Objectives: To measure the prevalence of dental caries in adolescents patient and this knowledge is the key for controlling and prevention of dental caries among adolescents.
Materials and Methods: In the present study, adolescent patients of both genders 69 male and 71 females include of approximately 140 adolescents in age between 12–16 years, adolescent patients were examined in dental clinics of University of Babylon, Dentistry College. …

The Diagnostic Role Of Membrane-Bound Cd27 In Non-Segmental Vitiligo: A Case–Control Study, Wijdan Habeeb Abdul Wahed Jarih Al-Maliki, Israa Kitab Hussein Al-Yasiri, Mohammed Kareem Al-Bakkaa

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Background: This study included 120 participants (60 patients with non-segmental vitiligo and 60 healthy controls). Previous positive evidence in vitiligo concerns serum soluble CD27 (sCD27), whereas flow cytometry directly quantifies membrane-bound CD27 on circulating lymphocytes.
Objectives: The study aimed to determine whether the percentage of CD27-positive events within gated peripheral-blood lymphocytes can discriminate patients from controls, and to compare expression by treatment status and available demographic characteristics.
Materials and Methods: A hospital-based case–control study was conducted from September 2025 to February 2026 at two dermatology clinics in Najaf, Iraq. Eligible clinic attendees and healthy volunteers were enrolled by non-probability …

Nutritional Genetics: Future Of Therapeutic Nutrition—A Mini-Review, Walaa Sabri Raheem

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

This review explores the evolving concepts of nutrition, therapeutic nutrition, and the burgeoning field of nutritional genomics. Nutrition is defined as the science explaining how nutrients and other food substances interact with an organism's growth, reproduction, health, and disease states, encompassing processes such as ingestion, absorption, biosynthesis, catabolism, and excretion. Therapeutic nutrition, or Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), is a clinical approach utilizing specific dietary regimens to manage medical conditions and their associated symptoms. Nutritional genomics, a multidisciplinary field, investigates the complex relationship between the human genome, nutrition, and health. It is divided into two primary branches: nutrigenomics, which examines the …

A Sero-Epidemiological Inquiry On The Relationship Between Human Cytomegalovirus (Hcmv) Antibodies And Spontaneous Miscarriage Among Iraqi Women: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study, Nedhal Mahmuod Khaleefah, Bushra Jabbar Al-Tmimi, Layth Jasim Mohammed, Isaac Karimi

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Background: Spontaneous abortion is common, multifactorial, and infectious agents, such as human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), may act as a factor associated with its occurrence, especially during the early stages of pregnancy.
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between HCMV seropositivity and spontaneous miscarriage and to explore connections with demographic and obstetric factors in Diyala, Iraq.
Materials and Methods: A hospital-based case-control study enrolled 100 women experiencing current spontaneous miscarriage alongside 100 healthy pregnant controls in February and September 2024. Immunoglobulin (Ig) titers against HCMV were assessed using ELISA. Associations were analysed using Chi-square tests and logistic regression at the …

Blood Eosinophil Count And Total Serum Ige As Diagnostic And Severity Biomarkers In Bronchial Asthma: A Case-Control Study From Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq, Ali Mahdi Talib, Orass Madhi Shaheed Al-Taei

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Background: Chronic Bronchial Asthma belongs to the spectrum of type 2-high inflammatory diseases of airways characterized by eosinophilic inflammation and sensitization through IgE. BEC (blood eosinophil count) and total serum IgE, reflecting two independent arms of Th2-driven inflammation.
Objectives: To determine the significance of BEC and total serum IgE as biomarkers for diagnosing and stratifying severity of adult bronchial asthma and their correlation with spirometric parameters and peripheral oxygen saturation.
Materials and Methods: A case-control study was conducted at Al-Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital during the period from October 2025 to March 2026. A total number of 120 subjects participated in the …

Hwi 20th Volume Milestone

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Human-Wildlife Interactions is entering a milestone volume in 2026.

Racial Discrimination And Its Effects On Health And Maternal Mortality, Vanessa Newsome-Slade

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.

No More 7 A.M. Classes, Juliana Brozio

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.

Eyes For The Dark, Stephanie Mullen

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.

Journey To The West, May Thiri Kyaw

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.

Living In Eden, Alex Cushing

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.

Lab Report, Colin Masterson

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.

Analyzing Cultural Alignment In Rwandan Sexual And Reproductive Health Education, Amit Gerstein

Journal of Critical Global Issues

Rwandan education cannot be understood outside the context of colonization. This study investigates the cultural alignment of Rwandan sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education. Using existing literature on indigenous sexuality and reflective practice from teaching in a Rwandan secondary school, this paper analyzes three SRH curricula to examine the extent to which they incorporate local knowledge versus Western scripts. The analysis focuses on four key areas: the definition of sex, contraception, consent, and female anatomy.

The findings reveal significant disconnects, where Western narratives regarding sex and sexuality appear to overwrite or displace indigenous sexual knowledge and practice. This study concludes …

Child Welfare History Of Prison Inmates Would Provide Meaningful Data For Foster Care Policy Research And Planning, Maggie Zehring

Student Scholarship

Child welfare intervention in the United States continues to operate distinctly different in each states and community without a full picture of the overall system’s efficacy. While federal and state agencies collect extensive information on children’s movement in and out of the foster care system and related adjudication, there lacks a nationwide understanding of how kids fare after exiting the system. This note argues that Departments of Correction (DOC) nationwide should collect child‑welfare history from incarcerated individuals as part of existing intake procedures and regularly communicate the data for the federal Children’s Bureau to aggregate for longitudinal analysis of foster …

Preclinical Efficacy Of A Gene Therapy For Chkb-Mediated Muscular Dystrophy, Mahtab Tavasoli, Mariam Alkandari, Gabriel Dorighello, Jennifer Devitt, Laura Hagerty, Jesse Damsker, Eric P. Hoffman, Christopher R. Mcmaster

Pharmacy Faculty Scholarship

Loss-of-function variants of the CHKB gene cause an autosomal recessive disease described as an early onset congenital megaconial (large peripheral mitochondria) muscular dystrophy. CHKB encodes choline kinase β, the first enzyme in the biochemical pathway for synthesis of the major membrane phospholipid phosphatidylcholine. Chkb-/- mice recapitulate the human disease with affected skeletal muscle displaying a decrease in strength, myofiber atrophy, megaconial mitochondria, fat accumulation within muscle cells, and an increase in muscle injury. Here, we assessed the therapeutic potential of an AAV therapy for the treatment of CHKB-mediated muscular dystrophy. Chkb-/- mice were injected once suborbitally with three different doses …

Efficacy Of Statins In Preventing Microvascular Complications In Type 2 Diabetes- A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Hare Krishna, Prithpal Singh Matreja, Shehzeen Afaq, Vk Singh, Ajay Kumar

Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology

Background: Microvascular complications—diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy—remain major contributors to morbidity in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Statins, widely used for cardiovascular risk reduction, have been proposed to exert additional microvascular protective effects via pleiotropic mechanisms, though evidence remains inconsistent.
Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines, including randomized controlled trials and observational studies evaluating statin efficacy in preventing microvascular complications. Data on demographics, biochemical parameters, and clinical outcomes were extracted. A random-effects model (RevMan 5.4.1) was used, with outcomes reported as odds ratios (OR) and mean differences (MD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Results: …

Bidirectional Eeg Neurofeedback Of Sensorimotor Beta Oscillations Reveals Asymmetric Modulation And Strategy-Dependent Learning, Krithika Anil, Stephen Hall, Jennifer Freeman, Jonathan Marsden, Giorgio Ganis

Peninsula Medical School

EEG-based neurofeedback (ENF) may be utilised as an intervention for improvement of motor performance in Parkinson's movement impairment. This exploratory study aimed to determine the ability of healthy participants to bidirectionally modulate sensorimotor beta power using ENF in real time and examine learning trends. The protocol trained participants to increase and decrease the amplitude of their individual beta power over C3 using a double-blind sham-controlled and within-subjects design. Fifteen healthy participants completed the study (mean age = 38.9, SD = 14.9, age range = 20–66; nine female and six male). Thirteen participants successfully decreased beta activity, three participants successfully increased …

September 2026 Graduate Council Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

No abstract provided.