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Toward Efficient Small Organic Molecule Electrooxidation: Catalyst Interface Engineering, Peiyun Zhou, Ligang Feng

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Electrooxidation of small organic molecules (e.g., methanol, urea, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural) represents a promising strategy to replace the kinetically sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in water electrolysis, thereby reducing hydrogen production energy consumption and simultaneously achieving co-production of value-added chemicals or degradation of environmental pollutants. However, single-component catalysts often struggle to achieve efficient coupling between organic molecules and OER-derived oxygen species. This review addresses this challenge by highlighting the pivotal role of catalyst interface engineering (including reconstruction), drawing on our series of studies and relevant important reports. By constructing heterointerfaces, electronic structures can be modulated and intermediate adsorption optimized, thereby enhancing the …

Management Of Non-Survivable Head Trauma: Opportunities For Improvement, Sanjana R. Salwi, Mackenzie D. Castellanos, Therese Murphy, Pious D. Patel, Sonia Ajmera, Alex P. Vaz, Connor A. Wathen, Niels D. Martin, Monisha A. Kumar, James M. Schuster, Dmitriy Petrov

Department of Neurosurgery Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Managing patients with non-survivable head trauma who do not meet brain death criteria presents significant ethical and clinical challenges. Decisions frequently fall to surrogates with limited guidance, particularly when organ donation status is unknown. This study assessed physician perspectives on communication, interventions, and institutional factors.

METHODS: We conducted a national survey of academic neurosurgery, trauma surgery, and neurocritical care programs. Items examined communication barriers, interventions by donor status, institutional support, and a dissonance measure for interventions viewed as inappropriate.

RESULTS: A total of 133 physicians responded. Top communication barriers were medical literacy, unclear patient values, and intrafamily conflict. Physicians …

The Efficient Market Hypothesis In Youth Entrepreneurship: Understanding, Application, And Contextual Factors — A Systematic Literature Review, Omari Khalifa Mbura Prof,, Binto M. Binto

Business Management Review

This systematic literature review explores how youth entrepreneurs understand and apply the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) in their decision-making, and examines the contextual factors influencing the decision-making nexus. Guided by a post-positivist framework, the review synthesises extant literature across youth entrepreneurship, finance, and digital strategy to map emerging themes and identify knowledge gaps. It covered a sample of 38 peer-reviewed articles, selected in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. Findings of the systematic literature review show that youth entrepreneurs' engagement with EMH is largely experiential and indirect, influenced by digital literacy, social learning, and the realities of rapidly changing market environments. …

Field-Induced Electrochemistry: Concept, Application, And Outlook, Jingyu Wu, Yingjie Ji, Shiyu Wang, Shuyun Yao, Xiaoxuan Wang, Kang Ji, Wanlong Bai, Chao Yi, Zhiyu Yang, Yi-Ming Yan

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Field-induced electrochemistry has attracted increasing attention as a complementary strategy for regulating electrode process kinetics beyond conventional composition and structure optimization. Externally applied fields and local fields arising from interfacial polarization, nonuniform charge or spin distribution, defects, heterostructures, spontaneous polarization, and high curvature surface geometries can influence adsorption, interfacial electron transfer, ion and mass transport, and gas–liquid transport. This review summarizes the conceptual development from field-induced chemistry to field-induced electrochemistry and discusses field effects from a multiscale kinetic perspective, including atomic and molecular processes, nanoscale interfacial regulation, and mesoscopic and macroscopic transport. Representative electric, magnetic, flow, strain, thermal, acoustic, and …

Interfacial Electron Redistribution In Cos2/Co3O4 Heterostructures Enabled By In-Situ Anion-Driven Topochemical Transformation Toward Efficient Oxygen Evolution, Yiyuan Ren, Yutong Zhang, Haoyi Zhang, Minrui Pan, Jing Li, Tingyu Lu, Dongmei Sun, Yawen Tang

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Designing efficient and durable electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is critical for advancing sustainable electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies such as rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery (ZAB). Herein, we fabricate a heterostructured OER catalyst composed of CoS₂ and Co₃O₄ nanosheets supported on nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers (hereafter denoted as CoS₂/Co₃O₄@CFs) through the anion engineering. Experimental results demonstrate that the in-situ selective sulfidation constructs abundant CoS₂/Co₃O₄ heterointerfaces, enabling the synergistic regulation of electronic structure and active-site distribution. The O-to-S anion substitution modulates the interfacial …

Syllabus: Leadership In Times Of Educational Crises, Michael A. Goodman

Michael A. Goodman, Leadership in Times of Educational Crises

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Syllabus: Community Engaged Research, Emese Ilyés

Emese Ilyés, From Story to Action: Research as Liberation Practice

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Assignment 2: Walking Interview, Emese Ilyés

Emese Ilyés, From Story to Action: Research as Liberation Practice

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Activity 1: Weekly Prompts And Prompting For Civic Engagement And Rhetoric In The Age Of Ai, Kelly "Vee" Kennedy

Kelly “Vee” Kennedy, Design and Syllabus for Civically Engaged Rhetoric in the Age of Generative AI

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Activity (Pre-Assignment) 2: Law, Policy, And Governance Exploration, Michael A. Goodman

Michael A. Goodman, Leadership in Times of Educational Crises

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4c) Module 4 Readings, Barry Stiefel

Barry Stiefel, Civic Heritage and the Power of Place

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6b) Module 6 Readings, 1, Barry Stiefel

Barry Stiefel, Civic Heritage and the Power of Place

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Assignment 2: Research Paper, Kylie E. Quave

Kylie Quave, First Year Writing: Food Archaeology for Civic Engagement

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Syllabus: First Year Writing, Kylie Quave

Kylie Quave, First Year Writing: Food Archaeology for Civic Engagement

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Predicting Oncogenic Mutants Of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor In Lung Cancer By Molecular Dynamics Simulation With Machine Learning, Victor O. Anyanwu, Justin Spiriti, Chung Wong

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Works

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a frequently mutated protein kinase found in patients suffering from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Although therapeutic drugs targeting EGFR are available, not all patients respond to these drugs, and it is not yet known whether some clinically detected mutations are actionable. Although the oncogenicity of some mutants is well established, many mutants found in patients are not yet classified or classified as Variants of Uncertain Significance. For newly discovered rare mutants, strong evidence supporting their classification into oncogenic or benign is often lacking. Under such situations, multiple pieces of evidence can still …

Bouldering The Academic Wall, Alicja Syska

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

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Quantum-Enhanced And Machine Learning Framework For High-Accuracy Fatigue Life Prediction And Structural Analysis Of Connecting Rod, P. H. J. Venkatesh, P. Seema Rani

Babylonian Journal of Mechanical Engineering

The connecting rod is a critical mechanical component that transmits reciprocating motion from the piston to rotational motion in the crankshaft. Although connecting rods are traditionally manufactured from aluminum alloys, titanium alloys, or alloy steels, the demand for higher power-to-weight ratios has motivated the exploration of alternative materials supported by advanced computational validation methods. This study proposes a multilayer optimization framework for identifying the most suitable material for the connecting rod of a 110 cc four-stroke petrol engine. The component was modelled in Pro/ENGINEER, and high-fidelity Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was performed in ANSYS to evaluate the von Mises stress, …

Activity Three And Assignment Three: Understanding Youth Political Activism, Liz Smith

Liz Smith, Research Methods: Studying Civic Engagement and Voting Behavior

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Assignment 2: Self-Assessment, Klara Naszkowska

Klara Naszkowska, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. Civic Engagement and Social Justice Emphasis

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Syllabus: Human Rights And Media, Olena Kolupayeva

Olena Kolupayeva, Human Rights and Media

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Syllabus: The Invisible 80%: Students, Policy, And Action, Shetal Vohra-Gupta

Shetal Vohra-Gupta, The Invisible 80%: Students, Policy, and Action

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Syllabus: Research Methods In Political Science - Studying Civic Engagement And Voting Behavior, Liz Smith

Liz Smith, Research Methods: Studying Civic Engagement and Voting Behavior

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2b) Module 2 Readings, 1, Barry Stiefel

Barry Stiefel, Civic Heritage and the Power of Place

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Assignment 2: Constructing An Evidence-Based Policy Problem Statement (Focusing On Voting Rights & Civic Engagement Focus), Shetal Vohra-Gupta

Shetal Vohra-Gupta, The Invisible 80%: Students, Policy, and Action

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Activity 1: Introduction To Theatre For Social Change, Stephanie Sertich

Stefanie Sertich, Introduction to Theatre: Building Community Through Performance and Arts Advocacy

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Activity 2: In- Class Activity: Authority And Reliability In The Age Of Ai And Deepfakes, Kelsy Martinez

Kelsy Martinez, Information, Power, and Perspectives

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Assignment 2: Noise Pollution, Health, And Environmental Justice, Carolina Prado

Carolina Prado, Environmental Justice

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Syllabus “Struggles That Connect Us: From South Africa To Palestine To The United States”—A 14-Day Study Abroad Course In Cape Town, South Africa, Nafisa Tanjeem

Nafisa Tanjeem, Struggles that Connect Us: From South Africa to Palestine to the United States” - A 14-Day Study Abroad Course in Cape Town, South Africa

This course challenges conventional approaches to global engagement and study abroad by integrating decolonial, anti-racist, and feminist lenses with experiential learning to explore how historical and contemporary systems of power, inequity, and resistance operate across borders. It invites students to think beyond national boundaries, evaluate how their own identities and positionalities shape their perspectives and actions, and engage ethically and critically with interconnected struggles.

Syllabus: Introduction To Gender, Sexuality, And Women’S Studies, Klara Naszkowska

Klara Naszkowska, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. Civic Engagement and Social Justice Emphasis

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Assignment 2: My Sociological Lens On Economic Inequality: A Visual Sociology Assignment, Nathan Riemer

Nathan Riemer, Sociology of Social Problems: Analyzing through Sociological Imagination and Transforming through Radical Imagination

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