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Nitric Oxide Radiometer Development, Deron Scott, Phil Scott, Trent Newswander, Marty Mlynczak

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

SDL developed a small satellite payload to support the NICEcube mission concept capable of measuring vertical profiles of infrared radiance at 5.3 µm from nitric oxide (NO) in the atmospheric limb (100-250 km). These radiance measurements can be directly inverted to achieve vertical profiles of infrared cooling rates which are crucial to understanding the density response to the thermosphere in times of elevated geomagnetic activity. The payload was designed to fit on a 12U cube sat, function at low power and small mechanical envelope. Completed work includes building the telescope, integrating a representative detector, alignment, test planning, and initial testing. …

Intelligence Architectures And Machine Learning Applications In Contemporary Spine Care, Rahul Kumar, Conor Dougherty, Kyle Sporn, Akshay Khanna, Puja Ravi, Pranay Prabhakar, Nasif Zaman

SKMC Student Presentations and Publications

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies has initiated a paradigm shift in contemporary spine care. This narrative review synthesizes advances across imaging-based diagnostics, surgical planning, genomic risk stratification, and post-operative outcome prediction. We critically assess high-performing AI tools, such as convolutional neural networks for vertebral fracture detection, robotic guidance platforms like Mazor X and ExcelsiusGPS, and deep learning-based morphometric analysis systems. In parallel, we examine the emergence of ambient clinical intelligence and precision pharmacogenomics as enablers of personalized spine care. Notably, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and polygenic risk scores are enabling a shift from …

Exploring The Landscape Of Teacher Applications, Dan Goldhaber, Cyrus Grout, Constance A. Lindsay, Elton Mykerezi, Aaron Sojourner, Lauren Dachille

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

Despite widespread concern about teacher shortages, there is little evidence on when teaching positions are posted and how many people apply for them. Using detailed job-posting and application data on nearly 57,000 applicants from 19 traditional school districts and 24 charter organizations, we provide descriptive evidence on the timing of job postings, the supply of applicants, and the characteristics of applicants, emphasizing how each varies across organizations and between the district and charter sectors. We find that late hiring is less prevalent than prior single-district studies suggest—about 11% of openings are posted late—but varies widely across organizations. Applicant supply differs …

02. Equilibrium Thermodynamics Ii: Engines, Gerhard Müller

Equilibrium Statistical Physics

Part two of course materials for Statistical Physics I: PHY525, taught by Gerhard Müller at the University of Rhode Island. Documents will be updated periodically as more entries become presentable.

Updated with version 2 on 1/8/2026.

In Re: Tk Holdings Inc

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

Fatty Acid 2-Hydroxylase Facilitates Rotavirus Uncoating And Endosomal Escape, Enkai Li, Ruochen Zang, Takahiro Kawagishi, Wei Zhang, Kruthika Iyer, Gaopeng Hou, Qiru Zeng, Rita M Meganck, Susan R Ross, Xin Wang, Xiong Su, Siyuan Ding

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Despite the clinical significance of many nonenveloped viruses, the molecular mechanisms of their internalization and membrane penetration are not well understood. Rotaviruses (RVs) are nonenveloped double-stranded RNA viruses and the leading cause of severe dehydrating diarrhea in infants and young children. We identified fatty acid 2-hydroxylase (encoded by

Computationally Resolved Neuroprogenitor Cell Biomarkers Associate With Human Disorders, Gerarda Cappuccio, William T Choi, Fatih Semerci, Jill A Rosenfeld, Toni Claire Tacorda, Guantong Qi, Anthony W Zoghbi, Yi Zhong, Hu Chen, Pengfei Liu, Zhandong Liu, Mirjana Maletić-Savatić

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis, the process of generating new neurons, relies on a rare population of neural stem and progenitor cells (NPCs) within the dentate gyrus complex microenvironment. Discovering the specific genes that define these cells is vital yet challenging due to overlapping expression patterns, limiting detection of rare cell populations using traditional approaches. By employing the computational digital sorting algorithm (DSA) that deconvolves complex gene expression data based on pattern recognition, we identified 129 genes enriched in murine NPCs. We validated these genes against published single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data and discovered that 25 human orthologs were known to cause …

Performance Evaluation Of Machine Learning Applications Using Webassembly Across Different Programming Languages, Sallar Khan, Tania Malik, Khalid Hasanov

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

WebAssembly (WASM) has emerged as a promising compilation target for languages traditionally not executed on the web and enable the cross-platform deployment of high-performance applications. While its general use cases have been well studied, the performance implications of executing Machine Learning (ML) workloads via WASM across different programming languages and runtime environments remain relatively unexplored. This paper presents a systematic evaluation of two representative ML models, K-Means and Logistic Regression, implemented in Python, Rust, and C++ and compiled to WASM. These models are executed in two distinct environments: a web browser and the WebAssembly System Interface (WASI), and their execution …

Gerard Manley Hopkins, Sj: Master Architect Of The Company Of Poets, Timothy J. Wesley

College of Education Theses and Dissertations

It has been 107 years since the first collected Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ were published by the poet-scholar’s friend and confidant Robert Seymour Bridges. Literary commentators, historians, and theologians have sought to understand the great poet of the Jesuits since the posthumous release of the poetry to the wide world in 1918. Of the many angles on Hopkins’s life that have been analyzed and examined, we could name a few: his sublimated sexuality, his identity as a religious priest, the poet’s placement within The Victorian Period, a voice of apologetic theology within Modernity, a political eco-centric voice, and …

Trade Agreements Have Helped Prohibit Forced Labor, Desiree Leclercq

Scholarly Works

While policymakers today debate the future of trade policy, the real story lies in the proven wins quietly shaping economies and improving lives worldwide. This series showcases ten compelling wins in international trade that demonstrate the success of crossborder commerce and open trade policies.

Ferric Metal-Organic Frameworks (Mofs)-Based Electrospinning Fibers For Supercapacitors, Samar A. Salim, Hani Nasser Abdelhamid

Nanotechnology Research Centre

Ferric-based metal-organic frameworks (Fe-MOFs) were synthesized and incorporated into poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) using electrospinning to produce PMMA_Fe-MOF nanofibers. The materials were analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), attenuated total reflectance Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The electrospun materials were directly integrated into nickel foam (NF) electrodes for energy storage applications, e.g., supercapacitors. The electrochemical performance was assessed using cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge-discharge curves (GCDC), linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), and electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation (EPR). The PMMA_Fe-MOF electrodes exhibited outstanding capacitive performance, achieving specific capacitances of up to 1017.5 F/g at 1 A/g for the 2.5 % Fe-MOF …

Underwater Acoustic Integrated Sensing And Communication: A Spatio-Temporal Freshness For Intelligent Resource Prioritization, Ananya Hazarika, Mehdi Rahmati

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Underwater acoustic communication faces significant challenges including limited bandwidth, high propagation delays, severe multipath fading, and stringent energy constraints. While integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has shown promise in radio frequency systems, its adaptation to underwater environments remains challenging due to the unique acoustic channel characteristics and the inadequacy of traditional delay-based performance metrics that fail to capture the spatio-temporal value of information in dynamic underwater scenarios. This paper presents a comprehensive underwater ISAC framework centered on a novel Spatio-Temporal Information-Theoretic Freshness metric that fundamentally transforms resource allocation from delay minimization to value maximization. Unlike conventional approaches that treat all …

Cellulose Based Anti-Viral Anti-Microbial Spray Coating, Soma Shekar Dachavaram, John P. More, Peter A. Crooks, Jamie A. Hestekin

Patents Granted

A cellulose based anti-viral/anti-microbial coating.

Spartan Daily, September 9, 2025, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2025

Volume 165, Issue 7

Dissecting The Effect Of Mitochondrial Bcat Inhibition In Methylmalonic Acidemia, Madeline G Hemmingsen, Guo-Fang Zhang, Yunhan Ma, Hannah Marchuk, Kalyani R Patel, Tong Chen, Xinning Li, Mark Chapman, Sabrina Collias, Dolores H Lopez-Terrada, James Beasley, Ashlee R Stiles, Randy J Chandler, Charles P Venditti, Sarah P Young, Mercedes Barzi, Beatrice Bissig-Choisat, Doug Krafte, Christopher B Newgard, Karl-Dimiter Bissig

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) is a severe metabolic disorder affecting multiple organs because of a distal block in branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolism. Standard of care is limited to protein restriction and supportive care during metabolic decompensation. Severe cases require liver/kidney transplantation, and there is a clear need for better therapy. Here, we investigated the effects of a small molecule branched-chain amino acid transaminase (BCAT) inhibitor in human MMA hepatocytes and an MMA mouse model. Mitochondrial BCAT is the first step in BCAA catabolism, and reduction of flux through an early enzymatic step is successfully used in other amino acid metabolic …

Therapeutic Restoration Of Mitochondria-Endoplasmic Reticulum Cross Talk For Osteoarthritis, Mingzhuang Hou, Yifan Ma, Yaoge Deng, Yubin Wu, Yanrun Zhu, Yang Liu, Xiaoping Li, Lili Yu, Zirui He, Yifan Wang, Shiyan Dong, Xiaowei Xia, Jianfeng Yu, Chenqi Yu, Kang Kang, Yingjie Lu, Lili Sun, Betty Y S Kim, Yuan Yuan, Yijian Zhang, Wen Jiang, Xuesong Zhu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Osteoarthritis is a prevalent joint disease in the aging population. The hallmark of osteoarthritis is the degeneration of the joint cartilage, characterized by changes in chondrocytes including mitochondrial dysfunction. However, the precise mechanisms of how this affects chondrocyte homeostasis and whether such processes can be explored as therapeutic targets for osteoarthritis remain unclear. Here, we show that impaired mitochondrial function and disrupted cartilage matrix metabolism due to loss of mitofusin-2 (MFN2) expression in chondrocytes leads to the development of osteoarthritis. Sirtuin-3 (SIRT3), a key regulator of mitochondrial function, plays a critical role in modulating MFN2 to restore mitochondrial dynamics, reduce …

Integrative Techniques To Alleviate Abiotic Stress In Plants Using Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria And Fungi: Mechanisms, Interactions, And Applications, Muhammad Naseem, Amjad Iqbal, Muhammad Qadir, Anwar Hussain

All Works

No abstract provided.

Energy Efficiency Support For Software Defined Networks: A Serverless Computing Approach, Vasilios Kelefouras

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Automatic network management strategies have become paramount for meeting the needs of innovative real-time and data-intensive applications, such as those in the Internet of Things. However, the ever-growing and fluctuating demands for data and services in such applications require more than ever an efficient, scalable, and energy-aware network resource management. To address these challenges, this paper introduces a novel approach that leverages a modular architecture based on serverless functions within an energy-aware environment. By deploying SDN services as Functions as a Service (FaaS), the proposed approach enables dynamic, on-demand network function deployment, achieving significant cost and energy savings through fine-grained …

A Pilot Acceptability Trial Of A Prototype Robotic Assistive Device In An Acute Care Setting, Mimia Cynthia Logsdon, Irina Kondaurova, Payman Sharafianardakani, Mandi Walker, Heather Mitchell, Nancy Zhang, Branden Shay, Daniel O. Popa

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

BACKGROUND: If acceptable to users, technological innovations including robotic assistive devices have the potential to promote patient safety (fall prevention) and enhance nurse’s time management. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) explains how users accept new technology;¹ two primary constructs, Perceived Usefulness (PU) and Perceived Ease of Use (EU), predict Behavioral Intentions (BI) and eventual use of technology with Satisfaction (S) added later as an outcome variable.²

Purpose: Guided by TAM, conduct a pilot acceptability trial of a prototype robotic assistive device (ARNA).

METHODS: Using convenience sampling in US urban acute care setting, study participants included patients …

Prioritizing New Nurse Well-Being: Factors Affecting Patient Safety, Errors, And Turnover, Cory D. Church, Seungman Kim

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The well-being of new nurses influences individual health and organizational performance, including job satisfaction, turnover intent, and patient safety (NASEM, 2019). In the global healthcare landscape, addressing these concerns is essential for promoting leadership in organizational development. This study explores the relationship between the well-being of new nurses and organizational outcomes, focusing on leadership strategies that enhance well-being and improve healthcare system functionality.

Background and Significance: New nurses face significant challenges transitioning into professional practice. Transition shock, experienced by new nurses within their first 18 months of practice, leads to stress and burnout (Duchscher, 2018; Eckerson, 2018). Healthcare systems …

Enhancing Pediatric Stoma Nursing Care: Analyzing Youtube Videos For Pediatric Stoma Care Techniques, Aylin Akca Sumengen, Inci Kirtil, Damla Ozcevik Subasi, Gokce Naz Cakir, Gozde Turkmenoglu Kucukakca

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Stoma care requires a multidisciplinary team, but when the patient is a child, family-centered care is crucial [1, 2, 3]. Caregivers and patients without prior experience in ostomy care often share their experiences and seek answers to their questions on digital platforms like social media and YouTube [3, 4]. YouTube is considered a valuable resource for educating pediatric patients and parents. It provides interactive and visual education, which is more accessible than traditional written materials [4, 5, 6]. However, it's important to assess the reliability and validity of these videos through content analysis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study …

What Was I Made For?, Maythazin Minthu

Ovid

No abstract provided.

"Putting Your Business In The Street, Talking Out Loud": A Breaking Bad Creative Piece, Jacob Hahn

Ovid

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Indigenous Plants In Home And Health Clinic Gardens To Engender Urban Rewilding In The Urban And Peri-Urban Areas Of The North-West Province, South Africa, Nanamhla Gwedla, Sonja De Beer, Dikeledi Seshoka, Sarel S. Cilliers

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

There is a need to rethink the sustainability and resilience of cities, where there is often limited availability and access to urban green spaces (UGS). Urban rewilding is an opportune avenue to connect humans to nature. Thus, the aim of this study was to understand the potential for urban re-naturing through home and health clinic gardens (HCGs). This was done through vegetation surveys in the naga (natural area) micro-gardens of 16 HCGs and household surveys with 80 households with home gardens (HGs) in two districts of the North-West province, South Africa. The size of the naga across HCGs ranged from …

Performance Fatigability At Task Failure And Beyond: Distinct Patterns Of Recovery Following Constant Load Versus Intermittent Cycling Exercise, Zachary J. Mcclean, Keenan Macdougall, Matthew J. Jordan, Danilo Iannetta, Martin Macinnis, Saied J. Aboodarda

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 18(7): 971-983, 2025. The total work completed during an exercise session is often assumed to be the primary factor influencing the kinetics of post-exercise recovery. However, the duration of work and rest periods during high intensity interval training (HIIT) have been shown to impact the magnitude of physiological stress and could also impact post-exercise recovery. The aim of this study was to characterize the recovery time course of neuromuscular function following work-to-rest matched HIIT protocols with different work interval durations and conducted to task failure. Participants (n=12, n=6 females) completed a ramp incremental exercise test …

From Emerging Supporters To Seasoned Mentors: Teachers’ Well-Being And Responses To Student Wellness Needs Across Career Phases, Megan C. Sharkey, Elizabeth Levine-Brown, Christy Galletta Horner

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Educators report feeling overwhelmed by shifts in their working conditions and responsibilities since the pandemic, leading to significant levels of burnout and reduced professional satisfaction. Beyond traditional instructional roles, teachers are increasingly expected to serve as first responders to students’ wellness needs, manage complex behavioral issues, and provide ongoing emotional support. While teachers’ instructional practices, ability to manage classroom dynamics, and engagement in leadership roles evolve over time, findings here show that their well-being and approach to supporting students’ wellness needs shift across different career phases as well. This study examines, via a mixed methods approach, how K-12, full-time, U.S. …

Integrating Sustainability And Engineering In Partnership With Hanley Sustainability Institute, University Of Dayton

Blog: The Dayton Engineer

At the University of Dayton, students from all disciplines actively participate in sustainability initiatives on campus and in the community.

2025 September 8 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Profit Shifting And The States: A Short Primer, David Gamage

Faculty Publications

This essay argues that corporate profit shifting remains one of the most significant challenges for U.S. state tax systems. Multinational enterprises continue to shift billions in profits to offshore tax havens, eroding state tax bases, distorting market competition, and forcing a greater reliance on more regressive taxes. We contend that the dominant "water's-edge" combined reporting method used by most states is structurally inadequate to combat modern profit-shifting techniques, which primarily involve the manipulation of intangible assets. The recent transformation of federal tax law (from GILTI to NCTI) and the global adoption of the OECD's Pillar 2 minimum tax framework create …

Ada News - 09/08/2025, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.