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In These Challenging Times: Why Practice Analytics Are Your New Best Friend, Patrick Houlihan Dds Sep 2025

In These Challenging Times: Why Practice Analytics Are Your New Best Friend, Patrick Houlihan Dds

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

This article argues that financial success is crucial for a thriving dental practice in today's competitive market, despite dentists often lacking sufficient business management training. It introduces practice analytics as a fundamental tool to optimize operations and maximize profitability, enabling dentists to scrutinize outputs, evaluate performance, and implement necessary changes to achieve their goals. Key metrics to track include the number of active patients, monthly collection numbers, the doctor-to-hygiene collection ratio (ideal 65% doctor, 35% hygiene), collection per active patient per year, profit, and various overhead expenses (staff, facility, lab, supply, administrative). The author emphasizes that regular tracking of these …


Precise Mapping Of A Snake Venom Phospholipase A2 Interaction With A Human Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor, Ying Jia, Christine Vega, Anthony Hinojosa, Jocelyn Perales Sep 2025

Precise Mapping Of A Snake Venom Phospholipase A2 Interaction With A Human Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor, Ying Jia, Christine Vega, Anthony Hinojosa, Jocelyn Perales

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications

The identification of selective molecules that interact with specific human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subtypes is essential for elucidating their structure and function. Animal venoms, particularly snake venoms, offer a diverse repertoire of bioactive molecules that may selectively bind to human nAChR subtypes. In this study, we cloned transcripts encoding human nAChR subunits and successfully expressed their extracellular domains (ECDs) in yeast cells. We further examined the interactions between nAChR subunits and snake venom toxins, identifying that snake Asp49-phospholipase A2 (Asp49-1) strongly interacts with the human β2 and β4 subunits while exhibiting weaker interactions with α subunits. To delineate the …


Multi-Generational Biases Perceived By Women To Senior Leadership Positions In Non-Profit Higher Education, Regina Watkins, Deanna R. Davis Sep 2025

Multi-Generational Biases Perceived By Women To Senior Leadership Positions In Non-Profit Higher Education, Regina Watkins, Deanna R. Davis

Journal of Research Initiatives

Women remain underrepresented in senior leadership in both public and private industry and in non-profit postsecondary education. One reason that has been identified for the gender disparity in senior leadership positions is second-generation or implicit biases. The problem addressed in this study was the existence and persistence of second-generation biases that contribute to the lack of active senior women mentors, potentially inhibiting junior women from Generation X and millennials from achieving senior leadership status in non-profit higher education. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study was to gain a deeper understanding of the significance of perceptions of second-generation biases, …


Boundless Possibilities: Reimagining Blackness In Wilson Kwamogi Okello’S On Blackness, Liveliness, And What It Means To Be Human, Duane Ebesu Sep 2025

Boundless Possibilities: Reimagining Blackness In Wilson Kwamogi Okello’S On Blackness, Liveliness, And What It Means To Be Human, Duane Ebesu

Journal of Research Initiatives

Wilson Kwamogi Okello's *On Blackness, Liveliness, and What It Means to Be Human* theorizes the inheritances of systemic anti-Blackness while affirming Blackness as a site of creativity, vitality, and world-making. Okello examines how Western humanism and the coloniality of knowledge have excluded and restricted Black life both socially and within educational systems and epistemology. The volume is composed of three parts and critiques the regulative logics of higher education, the aesthetics and relationality of Black life, and the pervasive reach of carceral systems. At its core, Okello proposes a reconceptualization of Blackness in terms of "liveliness," viewing it as a …


A Case Study Of Public Policy, Neighbourhood Change, And Transit Equity Outcomes, Stacy-Ann Baker Sep 2025

A Case Study Of Public Policy, Neighbourhood Change, And Transit Equity Outcomes, Stacy-Ann Baker

Tennessee State University Alumni Theses and Dissertations

Despite intentions or understatement, public policy has influenced neighbourhood change, such as gentrification. However, its impact tends to be muted, ignored, or underappreciated. Transit equity policy and research have also lacked a robust social justice framework that considers spatial justice. Additionally, there have been several knowledge gaps, limitations, and mixed results regarding impacts, notably concerning buses, bus rapid transit (BRT), accessibility, and communities of concern. Unlike other studies, this dissertation proposal employs the social-ecological system framework (SESF), the public transportation sustainability list (PTSIL), and sustainability impact assessment (SIA) guidance from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in a …


Low-Temperature Performance Evaluation Of Additive Modified Asphalt Mixtures, Adeniran Oluwatobiloba Coker Sep 2025

Low-Temperature Performance Evaluation Of Additive Modified Asphalt Mixtures, Adeniran Oluwatobiloba Coker

Master's Theses and Capstones

The incorporation of additives in asphalt mixtures is an innovative method of improving the performance of asphalt pavement and promoting economic and environmental sustainability in asphalt pavement construction and maintenance. However, the long-term performance of various additive-modified mixtures under different climatic and traffic conditions, as well as the aging effect of additives, is still being studied. The various types of additives and processes for incorporating additives into asphalt mixtures significantly impact the performance of asphalt pavements modified with additives. This study focused on the low-temperature cracking performance of various additives, including rubber, plastic, and aramid fibers, incorporated into asphalt mixtures …


Effects Of Gibberellic Acid (Ga3) And Cluster Thinning On Fruit Quality, Cluster Quality And Yield In Seedless Table Grape Cultivars, Radhika Rani Sep 2025

Effects Of Gibberellic Acid (Ga3) And Cluster Thinning On Fruit Quality, Cluster Quality And Yield In Seedless Table Grape Cultivars, Radhika Rani

Master's Theses and Capstones

Seedless table grape production in cool-climate regions like the Northeastern U.S. is limited by cold temperatures, short growing season, and relatively few adapted cultivars. American species (Vitis labrusca) or interspecific hybrids offer more disease and cold resistance as compared to European species (V. vinifera), however, small berry size, lower yields, and low fruit quality have been some of the limitations for these cultivars. This study evaluated the effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) and cluster thinning under different training systems to improve cluster and berry quality in seedless table grape cultivars. The first experiment focused on ‘Concord Seedless’, examining the effects …


The Catholic Terror: A History Of The Baptism Of Enslaved Populations In The Colonial Protestant Atlantic, Benjamin Taylor Sep 2025

The Catholic Terror: A History Of The Baptism Of Enslaved Populations In The Colonial Protestant Atlantic, Benjamin Taylor

Master's Theses and Capstones

In the mid-eighteenth century, the number of enslaved people baptized into the Protestant church increased in the British Atlantic. Many historians have argued that the increase occurred by highlighting scriptural debates between slave owners and missionaries. Many slave owners believed that being Christian was synonymous with being free, but missionaries staunchly opposed this view. To change slave owners’ minds, missionaries argued that Protestantism made enslaved people “better behaved.” However, I believe that the reason slave owners became more willing to baptize enslaved people had more to do with external factors. The British were surrounded by many antagonistic Native tribes and …


Graduate And Professional Studies Catalog 2025-2026, Saint Mary's College Of California Sep 2025

Graduate And Professional Studies Catalog 2025-2026, Saint Mary's College Of California

Graduate and Professional Studies Catalog

No abstract provided.


Nrsg 245.01: Adult Nursing Ii Clinical, Izak A. Godoy Sep 2025

Nrsg 245.01: Adult Nursing Ii Clinical, Izak A. Godoy

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Nrsg 261.01: Adult Nursing Iii Clinical, Izak A. Godoy Sep 2025

Nrsg 261.01: Adult Nursing Iii Clinical, Izak A. Godoy

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Enst 563.01: Introduction To Environmental Law, Stephen R. Brown Sep 2025

Enst 563.01: Introduction To Environmental Law, Stephen R. Brown

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Nrsm 500.01: Conservation Social Science Methods, Laurie A. Yung Sep 2025

Nrsm 500.01: Conservation Social Science Methods, Laurie A. Yung

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Ptrm 582.01: Concepts In Wilderness And Protected Area Management, William L. Rice Sep 2025

Ptrm 582.01: Concepts In Wilderness And Protected Area Management, William L. Rice

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Bgen 516.V61: Applied Business Statistics, Olivia B. Newton Sep 2025

Bgen 516.V61: Applied Business Statistics, Olivia B. Newton

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Bmis 364.01; Linux Network Administration & Security, Patricia A. Perry Sep 2025

Bmis 364.01; Linux Network Administration & Security, Patricia A. Perry

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Bmis 372.01: Information Infrastructures - Enterprise Systems & Emerging Technologies, Patricia A. Perry Sep 2025

Bmis 372.01: Information Infrastructures - Enterprise Systems & Emerging Technologies, Patricia A. Perry

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Pt 524.01: Clinical Medicine Ii, Susan A. Ostertag Sep 2025

Pt 524.01: Clinical Medicine Ii, Susan A. Ostertag

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Pt 626.01: Clinical Medicine Iv, Sarah A. Menhennett Sep 2025

Pt 626.01: Clinical Medicine Iv, Sarah A. Menhennett

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


M 191.01: Stem Algebra Prep, Bergen J. Dolan Sep 2025

M 191.01: Stem Algebra Prep, Bergen J. Dolan

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Writ 101.23: College Writing I, David M. Barrett Sep 2025

Writ 101.23: College Writing I, David M. Barrett

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Writ 101.26: College Writing I, Barry E. Maxwell Sep 2025

Writ 101.26: College Writing I, Barry E. Maxwell

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Writ 101.53: College Writing I Plus, Jessica M. Doughtery-Mcmichael Sep 2025

Writ 101.53: College Writing I Plus, Jessica M. Doughtery-Mcmichael

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Anty 406x.01: Contemporary Issues Of Indigenous Peoples, S. Neyooxet Greymorning, Kevin T. Inglesby Sep 2025

Anty 406x.01: Contemporary Issues Of Indigenous Peoples, S. Neyooxet Greymorning, Kevin T. Inglesby

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Crwr 312a.01: Intermediate Nonfiction Workshop, Robert S. Stubblefield Sep 2025

Crwr 312a.01: Intermediate Nonfiction Workshop, Robert S. Stubblefield

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Crwr 510.02: Fiction Workshop, Julia D. Ohman Sep 2025

Crwr 510.02: Fiction Workshop, Julia D. Ohman

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Ecns 511.01: Microeconomic Theory, Derek K. Kellenberg Sep 2025

Ecns 511.01: Microeconomic Theory, Derek K. Kellenberg

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Hsta 501.01: Readings In Early American History, Claire H. Arcenas Sep 2025

Hsta 501.01: Readings In Early American History, Claire H. Arcenas

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Irsh 382.01: Rockin' Rebels - Irish Music From Traditional To Punk, Erin C. Wecker Sep 2025

Irsh 382.01: Rockin' Rebels - Irish Music From Traditional To Punk, Erin C. Wecker

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.


Phl 317e.01: Law And Morality, Soazig Le Bihan Sep 2025

Phl 317e.01: Law And Morality, Soazig Le Bihan

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

No abstract provided.