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China’S Future Military Capabilities, Roger Cliff

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

The 2022 National Defense Strategy of the United States of America identifies China as the “pacing challenge” for the US military. This monograph examines the process by which China’s military capabilities are developed, the capabilities China’s military is seeking to acquire in the future, and the resulting implications for the US military. To date, all the extant studies have merely described the capabilities the People’s Liberation Army is currently acquiring. This monograph goes further by drawing on the Chinese military’s publications to identify and discuss the capabilities the People’s Liberation Army seeks to acquire in the future. The monograph finds …

Displacement And Replacement: The Political History Of David Duke, Patrick Buchanan, And Racial Resentment, Dylan Weir

Journal of Hate Studies

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, David Duke and Patrick Buchanan drew on long-running discourses about White replacement and displacement in their political campaigns. Duke, former leader of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, used White displacement fears to earn elected office in the Louisiana state legislature. He then ran for governor, senator, and president, but was thwarted in these campaigns partly thanks to Black voters. Duke’s presidential ambitions were also undercut by the journalist and television personality Patrick Buchanan, who coopted Duke’s message to seize his base. Despite trying several times, however, Buchanan was also unable to …

European Approaches To Stopping Islamophobia Are Inadequate: Lessons For Canadians Combating Anti-Muslim Racism And Hatred, Hassina Alizai

Journal of Hate Studies

The United Kingdom, France, and Spain have in common a large and growing Muslim population. The influx of immigrants and refugees has left many European states fearful of Muslim migrants because they perceive potential increases in terrorism and job insecurity, which would have significant social and economic policy implications. European governments have sought to strengthen security measures and immigration laws, often with consequences that disproportionately and negatively affect Muslims. At the same time, European governments have increased their efforts to address Islamophobia and improve Muslim integration, partly in response to the growth in the reporting of anti-Muslim hate crimes. Each …

Reading As A Social Practice: Using Retrospective Miscue Analysis To Understand Kichwa-Spanish Bilinguals’ Meaning Construction, Sandra Leonor Cabrera Moreno

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

Meaning construction is a complex concept that encapsulates language and thought as a whole system in which sense and meaning have a unique relationship highly marked by the social and cultural environment of the reader. Hence, Kichwa-Spanish bilinguals’ reading practices in the Southern Andes of Ecuador cannot be discussed as two separate processes but as an integrated structure embedded in a speech community. This perspective of the bilingual mind is founded on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory of learning in which language is a psychological tool that shapes and is shaped by our modes of thinking. This unification is a complex process …

Fs Agenda 2023-04-26, Northern Illinois University

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Decolonial Queer Poetic, Aparajita Dutta

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Queer bodies, produced by poetry, conjure dissident bodies who exist as citizens within the scope of the nation. In this analysis, I take into consideration Indian queer poetry, from both India and the diaspora, because bodies produced through this poetry reveal intersectional identities of queerness like race, and caste, that will help us understand how non-normative bodies exist along with other forms of marginalized identities like caste and race. In absence of academic scholarship on Indian queer poetry’s connection to the construction of nationhood, I aim to survey Indian queer poetry from mainland India and the Northern American diaspora, and …

Hica Toxin-Based Counterselection Marker For Allelic Exchange Mutations In Fusobacterium Nucleatum, Bibek Gc, Peng Zhou, Chenggang Wu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The study of fusobacterial virulence factors has dramatically benefited from the creation of various genetic tools for DNA manipulation, including galK-based counterselection for in-frame deletion mutagenesis in Fusobacterium nucleatum, which was recently developed. However, this method requires a host lacking the galK gene, which is an inherent limitation. To circumvent this limitation, we explored the possibility of using the hicA gene that encodes a toxin consisting of a HicAB toxin-antitoxin module in Fusobacterium periodonticum as a new counterselective marker. Interestingly, the full-length hicA gene is not toxic in F. nucleatum, but a truncated hicA gene version lacking the first …

Cloning A Profibrotic Stem Cell Variant In Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Justin Li, Tinne C J Mertens, Harry Karmouty-Quintana, Christopher P Crum, Mark L Metersky, David A Schwartz, Peter J A Davies, Clifford Stephan, Soma S K Jyothula, Ajay Sheshadri, Erik Eddie Suarez, Howard J Huang, John F Engelhardt, Burton F Dickey, Kalpaj R Parekh, Frank D Mckeon, Wa Xian

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, irreversible, and rapidly fatal interstitial lung disease marked by the replacement of lung alveoli with dense fibrotic matrices. Although the mechanisms initiating IPF remain unclear, rare and common alleles of genes expressed in lung epithelia, combined with aging, contribute to the risk for this condition. Consistently, single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) studies have identified lung basal cell heterogeneity in IPF that might be pathogenic. We used single-cell cloning technologies to generate "libraries" of basal stem cells from the distal lungs of 16 patients with IPF and 10 controls. We identified a major stem cell …

صيغ الترجيح عند المفسرين العلامة الطبرسي أنموذجاً, أ.د. خالد شاكر محمود, الباحثة/ هدى كاطع نحو كاطع نحو

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

الحمد لله رب العالمين، والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد، وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيراً، وبعد. فأن القران الكريم دستور الإسلام الخالد، ومعجزته الباقية، والمورد الذي نتردد عليه فلا نستغني عنه أبداً. فقد أمرنا الله سبحانه وتعالى أن نُقبل على القران الكريم ؛ تلاوةً، وتدبراً، وعملاً، وأن نجعله منهاجاً لحياتنا، وغذاءاً لأرواحنا لنحصل على الحياة الهنيئة في ظلال هديه، ونظفر بسعادة الدنيا والآخرة. ، فكان من اشرف العلوم وأرفعها قدراً بالاتفاق هو علم التفسير، ولما كان علم التفسير أفضل العلوم، ألف كثير من العلماء في التفسير، مع اختلاف طرائقهم في التصنيف، وأفاد متأخرهم من متقدمهم.ومن هؤلاء العلماء الأفذاذ عالم اشتهر …

You Can Lead A Horse To Water, Paul B. Freeman, Od

Optometric Clinical Practice

Letter from the Editor

Performance Of Technological Startups: The Interaction Of R&D And Founding Team Human Capital, Qian Ye, Weijun Zheng

Journal of Business & Entrepreneurship

This study examines the impacts of R&D on new-born startups’ revenue during the 0-3 age period, as well as investigating the moderating role of founding team human capital in the R&D-revenue relationship. The sample is from a longitudinal panel data from the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS), including a total of 1369 technology-based startups established in year 2004 and a total of 286 founding teams. Consistent with findings of previous research, results of this study suggest that startups who engage in R&D investments and activities in gestation/initial stage of business development have significant higher likelihood of obtaining high revenue in the …

The Ecological Meaning Of The Presence Of God In Elizabeth Ann Seton’S Reflections And Translations Based On Elizabeth Bayley Seton: Collected Writings Volumes 3a & 3b, Sung-Hae Kim S.C.

Vincentian Studies

In her third interpretation of Elizabeth Seton’s spirituality within the framework of ecological theology, Sun Hae Kim examines volumes 3a and 3b of Elizabeth’s writings. These volumes cover Elizabeth’s entire life. The presence of God was “the mystery that not only sustained her throughout her life but also united her vision of the entire universe of natural creation and humanity into one.” Kim also puts Elizabeth’s views of creation, humanity, suffering, and death within the context of three ecological theologians: Hildegard of Bingen, Sallie McFague, and Elizabeth A. Johnson. According to Elizabeth, God’s presence “consecrates every part of the universe”; …

Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Hiv Prevalence In Women Of Reproductive Age In Zambia, Nnamdi Omenuko, Yordanos Tafesse

Appalachian Student Research Forum

HIV/AIDS is considered the deadliest epidemic in the 21st century and has proved to be of major public health importance. Per the 2000 Zambia census, the people affected by HIV/AIDS constituted 15% of the total population, amounting to one million, of which 60% were women. Previous studies have identified sexual contact, significant exposure to infected body fluids or tissues, mother to child transmission during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding as leading ways of transmission. The purpose of this study was to determine the socioeconomic factors that affect the prevalence of HIV in Zambian women. This research will help to provide more …

Rethinking Length And Form In Fiction: Workshopping Short Stories, Novels, Novellas, Flash, And Hybrid, Kevin Clouther

Journal of Creative Writing Studies

This essay challenges dominant workshop practices and details efforts to diversify workshops with particular attention to what is workshopped and how workshops can become inclusive of not only short stories but also various lengths and forms of fiction: novels, novellas, flash, and hybrid. This essay addresses face-to-face as well as online workshops.

Crossing The Boundaries: Integrating Poetry Writing With Translation Practice, Xia Fang

Journal of Creative Writing Studies

How is poetry translation essentially different from poetry writing? Poetry writing pertains primarily to the acquisition of a main skills set, for instance the mastery of poetic forms and of literary devices. At the writing level, how does translation correlate with poetry writing? On the one hand, poetry translation predominantly grapples with losses and gains due to incongruities and constraints rooted in poetic forms. Either choosing to comply with or digressing from a certain poetic form remains a constant issue that poetry translation incontrovertibly addresses; the outcome of such often involving rewriting. On the other hand, the practice of poetry …

Little Rock's Unique Political Opportunities For Black Arkansans 1865 - 1905, Isaac J. Cross

ATU Scholars Symposium

From 1865 to 1905, black Arkansans experienced significant growth in political life, economic opportunities, social development, and legal protections. One of the most extraordinary and distinctive areas of change for black Arkansans was their increased involvement in political life, specifically office holding. After the Civil War, black Arkansans expanded their political opportunities in local elections, state positions, and federal appointments. However, this evolution did not provide equal opportunities to all black Arkansans. Urban areas of Arkansas experienced the most gains, for they contained significant pockets of middle-class black Arkansans able to take advantage of political opportunities. Cities in post-Civil War …

جَدَلِيَّةُ الأَنَا وَالآَخَرِ فِي دِيوانِ (تَراتِيلُ فَوقَ خَارِطَةِ العِشقِ) لِلشَّاعرِ (حَافظ الشَّمري), م.د. سهام حسن خضر

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

لَقَد شَكَّلَت ثُنائِيَّةُ الأَنَا وَالآخَرِ فِي الثَّقافَةِ النَّقدِيَةِ المُعاصِرَةِ تَصوُّرًا جَدِيدًا عَن طَرِيقَةِ فَهمِ وَتَحلِيلِ النُّصُوصِ الشِّعرِيَّةِ - خَاصَّةً -، وَمِ، ثَمَّ انبَرَى كَثِيرٌ مِن النُّقَّادِ لِلبَحثِ فِي خَلفِيَّاتِ تِلكَ النُّصُوصِ تَبَعًا لِمُستَوياتِ تِلكَ الثُّنائيَّةِ المُجلِيَّةِ عَن فَحوَاهَا مِن خِلالِهَا.

وَمِن هُنَا تَأتَى لِي إعمالُ بَعضِ التَّجَلِّياتِ الفَنيَّةِ المُفصِحَةِ عَن مَقاصِدِ أكثَرِ نَماذجِ دِيوانِ الشّاعرِ/ حَافظ الشَّمري لِلتَّحليلِ فِي ضَوءِ تِلكَ الثُنائيَّةِ؛ لِتحدِيدِ مَناطِ القَصدِ مِنهَا عَلَى نَحوِ مَا يَتَّفِقُ مَعَ مُرادِ الشَاعرِ بِدُونِ تَوثُّبٍ عَلَى النَصِّ أَو لَيٍّ لِأعناقِ الدَّلالاتِ فِيهِ.

الألغاز في شعر ابن الجيَّاب الأندلسي دراسة في ضوء جمالية التلقي, أ.م.د. حيدر رضا كريم العُميري

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

إنَّ طبيعة المرء يحاول إخفاء ما يقوله أو يكتبه، ولا يفهمه في بعض الأحيان إلا من كان موجهًا إليه الخطاب مباشرة، ومن ثمَّ يشكل النص الملغز أسلوبًا حواريًا ذا قيمة فنية، ولعلَّ عزوف الباحثين من دراسة الألغاز الشعرية، يعود إلى فهمهم إليها بأنها تزويق بديعي، غير أن لغتها الشعرية ومضامينها المعنوية تدلُّ على أسلوب التلاعب بالحروف أو الألفاظ ما تكشف عن قدرة الشاعر وتمكنه من أدواته الفنية، ولعلَّ تطبيق منهج نظرية جمالية التلقي على فنٍّ من فنون البلاغة العربية إنما يعطي إشارات عن تحديد المعنى؛ لأنَّ جمالية التلقي لا تنظر إلى النصوص إلا بوصفها بنيات لتوليد المعاني، وإدماج القارئ بالنص؛ …

التشكيل الاستعاري في كتاب "الفتح الرباني والفيض الرحماني", أ.م.د. إسراء مؤيد رشيد التميمي

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

تبوأت الاستعارة منزلة كبيرة في حقل الدراسات البلاغية لما تؤديه من فعالية في تشكيل الخطابات وهيكلة انسجتها وتحقيق جماليتها فهي ليست مجرد وسيلة لغوية يستخدمها الأدباء ، وإنما هي جزء أساسي من الأسلوب الذي يستخدمه الأديب للتعبير عن كثير من مكنوناته بأسلوب بليغ جميل مؤثر وهذاماوجدناه في خطابات الشيخ الكيلاني الوعظية حيث أسهمت الاستعارة وبشكل فاعل في التعبير عن كل ما أراد الشيخ طرحه في مجال الوعظ و الإرشاد حيث شكلت خطاباته الوعظية بأسلوب الاستعارة لوحات فنية ناطقة غرضها التأثير في المتلقي بياناً و وعظاً وإرشاداً وتذكيراً لذلك رأيت من المفيد أن أُسلط الضوء على بعض من هذه الخطابات بالشرح …

Campus Assembly Minutes 04/25 & 04/27/2023, Campus Assembly

Campus Assembly

No abstract provided.

Reinaldo Cortez-Amador V. Attorney General United States Of America

2023 Decisions

Agency

Liberty Insurance Underwriters Inc V. Cocrystal Pharma Inc

2023 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

Daniel Spuck V. Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

A Phenomenological Take On Mirror Self-Face Perception In Schizophrenia, Giovanni Pennisi

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Studies concerning social deficits in schizophrenia has often been restrained to exploring facial recognition. Various investigations have shown that those diagnosed with schizophrenia have difficulties in perceiving the identities and emotions of those around them merely through observing their facial features. A few others have also taken into account the issue of self-face recognition in individuals with schizophrenia, finding that their capacity to associate photos or videos of their own face to themselves is hindered due to the illness. However, to my knowledge, only a few studies have so far delved into the intricacies of how individuals with schizophrenia or …

Opportunistic Retrospective Assessment Of Huac, Bone Density, Sft And Breast Density On Ct Images And Relationship With Severity Of Covid-19, Mahmut Subasi, Mustafa Duger, Cengiz Erol, Irmak Durur-Subasi

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Aim. To evaluate mean Hounsfield unit calculation (HUAC), bone density, subcutaneous fat thickness (SFT), breast density (constitutional imaging biomarkers) and age in symptomatic patients with COVID-19, to assess their correlation with pneumonia severity. Materials and Methods. Between 11 March and 30 May 2020, 272 consecutive symptomatic female patients with COVID-19 who underwent chest CT imaging at baseline were reviewed. HUAC, bone density, SFT and breast density were evaluated retrospectively and statistically compared in cases with negative/positive PCR test results, with/without pneumonia and with mild/moderate-severe pneumonia. Univariate/multivariate logistic regression analyses were applied for estimation of moderate/severe pneumonia. Results. The parameters of …

Musical Excellence And Faith: A Study Of Service-Learning As Pedagogy For Instrumental Ensembles At Northwest University, Naomi Lynn Fanshier

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Despite several studies indicating its importance, there is a lack of information regarding service-learning as a pedagogical tool for instrumental ensembles. Existing studies suggest service-learning creates culturally sensitive music teachers who are apt to create inclusive classrooms with a mind to diversity. Incorporating service-learning techniques into instrumental ensemble courses could be a helpful tool in combining faith and musical excellence. This hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative study explores student experience and director observations concerning service-learning use to increase musical excellence and faith integration into performance-based instrumental ensemble courses at one Christian university. It is essential to consider both student and instructor experiences. …

Strategies For Creating And Building College Band Programs Within Institutions Under A 5000-Student Population, Joshua Benjamin Buckrucker

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Higher education institutions regularly cultivate recruitment and retention plans to attract potential students to their programs. Small college band programs are identified as institutions under a 5,000-student enrollment and often develop recruiting strategies that employ a smaller applicant pool. This qualitative study observes small college recruitment practices and justifies successful and non-successful techniques within small college band programs. The research within this project examined insights into college admissions practices, administration roles in student recruitment and retention, and the role of the music faculty in recruiting and retaining current students. Furthermore, this study evaluates the effects of college exposure, marketing, communication, …

Deploying Secular Historian's Rules As An Apologetic Method To Persuade Secular Naturalists/Humanists That Demons Exist, Mark P. Ragsdale

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Secular Humanists/Naturalists presuppose a priori that the existence and activity of non-material, incorporeal, spirit beings are not possible. Like a First Order Skeptic argues that one cannot be sure of anything beyond perception, the Secularist accepts existence of all that is material while rejecting any spiritual realm. The dissertation qualitatively ties together themes arguing that the same standards secularists apply to vetting any commonly accepted historical event whatever also inductively supports the existence and activity of demons.

Natural Christology: The Necessity Of Christ By Analysis Of Natural Religion, Jared Anthony Smith

Masters Theses

The hero’s journey [or the monomyth] and the perennial philosophy are two conceptions of human experience that popularize a single old idea: a common human plight recurs across time through humanity’s socio-cultural variety. The monomyth highlights this through narrative modes; the perennial philosophy does this through religious modes. Both distillations have garnered a Christian counterattack, being thought to dangerously depart from the gospel in their essence as they nonetheless borrow its language and timbre. Yet, their incorporation of the gospel ventures beyond appropriation. Supposing these secular notions esteem the recurrent human journey with any alacrity, a careful apologetic discerns and …

The Effectiveness Of Using A Community-Based Yoga Program To Increase Feelings Of Inclusion In Adults With Intellectual Disabilities, Cynthia Schmidt

Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate - Innovations in OT Symposium: Transforming Possibilities into Practice

No abstract provided.