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Bridging Service And Seva For Living Built Heritage: Systems Thinking For Human Centered Design (Hcd) And Community Co Management Of Temple Festivals., Nitin R. Sinha, Shiva Ji

ServDes Conference Series

This paper examines the synthesis of Human-Centered Design (HCD), service design principles, community co-management, Seva (selfless service), and living built heritage, considering the significant role of temple festivals within a systems thinking framework. Hyderabad's Brahmotsavams, Bonalu, Rathotsavams, and Hanuman Jayanti are the life and vitals of this culture. As these significant events become increasingly complex, we are challenged to rethink how they are organized in a way that effectively combines classical seva with modern principles of service design and systems thinking. Through systems mapping, the research suggests a framework to organize better festivals, foster delight for attendees, and ultimately sustain …

Activating Community Through Transmedia Storytelling: A Service Design Case Study Of The Life As Theater Project, Shuxiao Zhong, Wanqiang Li, Fei Hu, Haihao Xu

ServDes Conference Series

In the context of declining sustainability in traditional placemaking practices, this study explores how transmedia storytelling, when integrated with service design logic, can function as a replicable and adaptive mechanism for community activation. Grounded in a media–platform–role framework, this research takes Alipay’s Life as Theater project as a case study to examine how narrative-driven tasks, distributed media touchpoints, and platform-mediated coordination work together to mobilize user participation. Through service design analysis, it identifies how digital platforms serve as both structural orchestrators and narrative translators, aligning user behaviors, merchant interactions, and platform logic into a coherent activation pathway. This study contributes …

Animal-Centered Service Design For Stray Animals In India, Faiza Khan, Shamit Shrivastav

ServDes Conference Series

According to the State of Pet Homelessness Index data of 2021, India has a high prevalence of stray animals, with around 80 million homeless cats and dogs. The living conditions of these animals are harsh and unsafe. Services for stray animals are managed by the animal welfare departments, non-profit organizations, and caretakers. The objective of this study is to investigate the efficacy of existing stray animal welfare services and understand the role of the stakeholders towards creating a safe and healthy environment for these animals. Semi-structured interviews of eighteen stakeholders and site immersions at five Mumbai-based NGOs were conducted. The …

Towards Decolonising Service Design – Ethical Collaborations Between Designers And Indigenous Communities In Vietnam And Australia, Francesco Mazzarella

ServDes Conference Series

This paper argues for decolonising dominant service design practice and discusses the need for designers to develop a certain cultural sensitivity to engage in ethical collaborations with Indigenous communities aimed at fostering social change and cultural sustainability. This is exemplified by ethnographic and participatory action research conducted in Vietnam and Australia adopting a range of co-creation methods to engage with diverse Indigenous communities. The paper proposes an anthropological approach for service designers to elicit diverse communities’ lived experiences and contribute to community empowerment. Going beyond the limitations of both top-down and bottom-up approaches to service design, this paper proposes a …

Ai Enabled Service Design Approach - Demystifying The Myths, Shivani Ganwani, Karthik Konar, Simran Patankar, Sylvan Lobo, Ravi Mahamuni

ServDes Conference Series

There has been a recent surge in Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption globally across industries. This has triggered widespread discussions about role of AI, particularly in design and creative fields. There are numerous opinions, findings and myths surrounding AI's role, capabilities, and limitations in general and in design too. This paper explores these prevalent myths and demystifies those by conducting a comprehensive literature review and offering insights from practical experiences. From our experience of using AI in different ways in varied service design projects, we argue about certain common myths about AI’s potential. We highlight where AI excels, where it falls …

Bat Observation During A Solar Eclipse In Georgia, Dalton C. Brantley, Graham B. Moore, Catherine H. Borer

Georgia Journal of Science

Eclipses are astronomical phenomena that occur infrequently enough, either spatially or temporally, that for most animals, experiencing an eclipse may only happen once in a lifetime. Thus, an eclipse can provide a unique combination of meteorological and environmental conditions, through which animal behavior can be evaluated. In this study we observed and documented bat behavior (order Chiroptera) in northwest Georgia during a partial solar eclipse in 2024. Using passive acoustic monitors at locations recognized as high quality bat habitat, we detected a single hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) 5 minutes before the solar eclipse peak. The bat was first …

Jurisdiction Of The International Court Of Justice In The Settlement Of International Disputes, Najm Aboud Faisal, Mohammed Amin Shaalan, Awad Rajab Al-Lemon

Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University Journal of Legal Studies

This study addresses the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and its role in the peaceful settlement of international disputes. It outlines the Court’s nature, organizational structure, and working mechanisms, highlighting its two main functions: advisory and contentious jurisdiction. The research emphasizes the advantages of the ICJ, such as the binding nature of its judgments and its contribution to international peace and security, as well as its limitations and criticisms, including the optional nature of its jurisdiction and its inability to prosecute individuals. It also examines the legal prerequisites …

Corrigendum To “Saudi Heart Association Position Statement On Troponin Use For Cardiovascular Risk Screening In Asymptomatic Populations.” [Journal Of The Saudi Heart Association, 2025;37:32–39. Https://Doi.Org/10.37616/2212-5043.1444]

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

No abstract provided.

Infective Endocarditis And Meningitis In A Healthy Newborn Without Underlying Heart Disease, Due To Streptococcus Agalactiae - A Case Report., Dalal Siddig Idris, Muath Mohammed Al Ghamdi, Maria Laura Bellovalls, Mohammed Fararjeh

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

Streptococcus Agalactiae endocarditis is a rare clinical entity in newborns with a normal structured heart. It is generally characterized by acute onset, the presence of large vegetations, rapid valvular destruction and frequent complications, particularly embolization. Mortality is high with medical therapy alone. We are reporting a rare case of infective endocarditis (IE) with mitral valve vegetation in a 9-day old healthy newborn following Streptococcus Agalactiae sepsis, complicated by meningitis and micro-abscesses. Mitral valve (MV) vegetation was removed surgically; the patient received intravenous antibiotics for six weeks. Transthoracic echocardiography after surgery showed severe MV regurgitation and severe pulmonary hypertension which was …

Top-Down Instruction Outweighs Emotional Salience: Nocturnal Sleep Physiology Indicates Selective Memory Consolidation, Laura B.F. Kurdziel, Carie Fiedler, Alex Gajewski, Caroline Pongratz

Psychology Faculty Publications

Introduction:

Sleep plays a crucial role in memory consolidation, not only stabilizing newly encoded information but also potentially supporting forgetting. Yet it remains unclear how sleep prioritizes what is retained or discarded when multiple salience cues, such as emotional valence and top-down instructional goals, compete for consolidation.

Methods:

In two studies, we examined how emotional content and intentional memory instruction interact to shape memory performance across a 12 h interval that included either nocturnal sleep or wakefulness. Participants completed a directed forgetting paradigm with neutral and negatively valenced words, followed by immediate recognition and delayed free recall.

Results:

In both …

Ada News - 10/6/2025, 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.

October 6 Elections, Census & Redistricting Update, Jeffrey M. Wice

Elections, Census & Redistricting Updates

No abstract provided.

Digging Deeper At Dayton: How Sba Faculty Champion Undergraduate Research, University Of Dayton

School of Business Administration Blog

t starts with a question (and a professor who says “yes”)

Alloplastic Implants For Rhinoplasty: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Of Clinical Outcomes And Complications, Rafeni Bunga Cikita, Beta Subakti Nataadmaja

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Alloplastic implants emphasize the importance of a comprehensive understanding of both clinical and histological aspects, which are attributed to enhancing patient satisfaction and surgical success rates. The study aims to assess the viability of different implant materials and their related risks over time. A systematic literature search was conducted across multiple databases, including PubMed, Cochrane, and EBSCOhost, to identify 79 records. After eliminating duplicates and applying specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, four new studies were included for evaluation, focusing on postoperative outcomes related to alloplastic implants in rhinoplasty. Late-onset inflammation in non-healthy capsules required removal and showed histological damage. One …

Understanding The Role Of Street Medicine In Harm Reduction: A Case Study Of Street Medicine St. Louis, Ari Gzesh, Jeremiah S Truel, Danielle R Adams, Luke Zabotka, Sara Malone, Nathanial S Nolan

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Homelessness results from, and exacerbates, various social determinants of health, including poverty, racism, and inadequate healthcare access, which are further compounded by physical and mental health challenges. The street medicine movement seeks to address these disparities by providing direct medical care and harm reduction services to unsheltered homeless in low-barrier settings. The development of trust is critical to providing this form of care. Few studies have sought to understand the factors influencing trust development in street medicine encounters.

METHODS: This case study of Street Medicine St. Louis aims to explore the factors that influence trust and how trust development …

Vmf: Disruptive Vibro® Technology For Continuous Biomanufacturing Processes, Jarno Robin

Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing VII (ICB VII)

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The Illusion Of Protection: Examining The Enigmatic Privileges Or Immunities Clause, Victoria Hagerott

Richmond Public Interest Law Review

For many years, the United States Supreme Court has protected unenu- merated rights, or rights not expressly stated in the United States Constitu- tion, under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.! However, the Court has revoked or limited protections for certain unenumerated rights under this Clause in recent years. Most notably, in June 2022, the Supreme Court held in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the Con- stitution does not confer the right to an abortion and thereby overtuming nearly fifty years of precedent that began with Roe v. Wade in 19732 To reach its holding in …

Perceived Political Party Divide During The Pandemic: A Framework Linking Attitude Strength Toward Covid-19 Vaccines To Affective Polarization, Hyungjin Gill, Heysung Lee, Soo Yun Kim, Xining Liao, Hernando Rojas

Communication Faculty Publications

This study examines how perceived political party divide may foster affective polarization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on nationally representative sample surveys of U.S. and South Korean adults, we investigate the relationship between attitude strength toward COVID-19 vaccines, perceived polarization, and affective polarization. Results suggest that individuals with stronger attitudes toward vaccines are more likely to perceive a greater ideological divide between political parties, which in turn, is associated with increased animosity toward the opposing party. Applying the mediation model to the South Korean sample yielded consistent findings, suggesting that the mechanism by which strong attitudes relate to negative emotions …

Corporate Taxation And Industrial Policy, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

Articles

The Trump administration recently announced two new ventures into industrial policy. First, it will impose a levy on chip exports to China by Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Under the agreement, Nvidia and AMD will pay the government 15 percent of their gross revenue from sales to China. The secretary of the Treasury has said the administration will consider expanding this type of deal to other industries. Second, the administration announced that it will take a 9.9 percent equity stake in Intel

Me, Myself, And The Influencer: Examining How Parasocial Interaction And Self-Congruence With Social Media Influencers Affects News Media Trust, Ben Wasike

Communication Faculty Publications

Social media influencers (SMIs) develop unique relationships with their followers, including high levels of trust and credibility. This study examined how these influencer–follower relationships affect news media trust with a focus on actual self-congruence, ideal self-congruence, parasocial interaction (PSI), and source and message credibility. Data showed that respectively, positive correlations exist between each of these variables and news media trust. However, ordinary least squares (OLS) regression only showed direct effects of actual self-congruence and PSI on trust, while message credibility had a negative effect. Structural equation modeling showed that actual self-congruence positively mediated the relationship between PSI and trust. Overall, …

Atg Conjugation-Dependent/Independent Mechanisms Underlie Lysosomal Stress-Induced Tfeb Regulation, Shiori Akayama, Takayuki Shima, Tatsuya Kaminishi, Mengying Cui, Jlenia Monfregola, Kohei Nishino, Andrea Ballabio, Hidetaka Kosako, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Shuhei Nakamura

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

TFEB, a master regulator of autophagy and lysosomal biogenesis, is activated by several cellular stresses including lysosomal damage, but its underlying mechanism is unclear. TFEB activation during lysosomal damage depends on the ATG conjugation system, which mediates lipidation of ATG8 proteins. Here, we newly identify ATG conjugation-independent TFEB regulation that precedes ATG conjugation-dependent regulation, designated Modes I and II, respectively. We reveal unique regulators of TFEB in each mode: APEX1 in Mode I and CCT7 and/or TRIP6 in Mode II. APEX1 interacts with TFEB independently of the ATG conjugation system, and is required for TFEB stability, while both CCT7 and …

Follow Me Into Math: Near-Peer Influencers Take The Stage, Aaron T. Wilson, Sergey Grigorian, Mayra Ortiz Galarza, Xiaohui Wang

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications

Young people like to be entertained, and to entertain others. What if students were to invest enough of their time and effort into learning topics from our mathematics courses to become experts in the eyes of their peers? In this study we positioned college students and high school students as mathematical performers on the stage in front of their nearpeers, for whom they became math influencers, developing and presenting MathShows. The paper shows readers how we positioned students on the stage, using a 7-step MathShow Design Process informed by a Neer-peer Mathematical Mentoring framework. Of import for educators, researchers and …

Du Bois And The Promotion Of Admissions Diversity: A Post-Grutter Analysis, Austin Burke

Richmond Public Interest Law Review

Today’s outlook on higher education for people of color is in question. Because of the downfall of affirmative action, higher educational facilities must look to factors other than race to increase or maintain diversity. W.E.B. Du Bois viewed education as a means to uplift Black people. In a time of uncertain missions of higher education, and a steadfast commitment to a con- tinuous uplift of the Black community, it is paramount to view all angles of solutions to the end of affirmative action. In analy=zing the shifting educa- tional philosophy of Du Bois against the modern struggle of maintaining di- …

10.06.2025 Ored Connect, Liz Williamson

ORED Newsletter

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Investigating Factors Influencing Organic Chemistry Learners' Explanation Sophistication And Representational Competence, Caroline J. Crowder

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The research presented in this dissertation has two themes: organic chemistry learners’ written explanations and representational competence. Chapters 3 and 4 explore how organic chemistry learners construct explanations of reaction mechanisms, specifically focusing on electrophile and nucleophile components. Chapter 5 investigates organic chemistry learners’ representational competence skills and the relationship between these skills and their performance in the course.

Understanding reaction mechanisms is critical for success in organic chemistry, yet learners often struggle to reason beyond explicit, surface-level features. Constructed-response prompts that ask learners to explain what is happening in a reaction mechanism and why it occurs can provide insight …

Exploring The Correlation Between Pupil Distance And Myopia Prevalence: An Observational Bioanthropology Study In Surabaya, Anggitha Hayuning Kinasih, Dwi Martha Nur Aditya, Y Adhimas Setyo Wicaksono

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Bioanthropology integrates biological and cultural perspectives, thereby enhancing our understanding of human health across populations. Myopia is a significant refractive error affecting potentially 2.5 billion people globally by the end of the decade. Bioanthropological theories suggest that pupil diameter and distance contribute to axial elongation and the progression of myopia. Nevertheless, current literature lacks empirical validation through rigorous hypothesis testing, highlighting a gap in comprehension. The research explores the relationship between pupil distance and the incidence of myopia via empirical assessments in Surabaya. An observational cross-sectional study was conducted, which involved pupil distance measurements and eye refraction assessments. Inclusion criteria …

Phytochemisty And Antioxidant Activity Of Ethanol, Ethyl Acetate, And N-Hexane Extracts Of Suruhan Leaves (Peperomia Pellucida), Ade Arsianti, Steven Gill, Diyah Kristanty

Indonesian Journal of Medical Chemistry and Bioinformatics

Background: Free radicals are natural byproducts of cellular metabolism, in which, their excessive accumulation can lead to oxidative stress, which plays a key role in the development of various chronic diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disorders, and neurodegenerative conditions. Antioxidants are compounds capable of scavenging free radicals and minimizing oxidative damage. Peperomia pellucida, commonly known as Suruhan leaves, is a tropical herb traditionally used in folk medicine that contain bioactive compounds correlated with a strong radical-scavenging activity, suggesting its potential as a natural antioxidant source. This study aims to conduct a phytochemical analysis and evaluate the antioxidant activity of ethanol, …

The Free Press Vol. 57, Issue 4, 10-06-2025, Julz Levesque, Caraline Squires

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New Avenues In Childhood Vasculitis, Marinka Twilt, Seza Ozen

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Childhood vasculitis encompasses a group of rare and heterogeneous diseases with systemic inflammation affecting various vessel sizes. This comprehensive review highlights recent advances in the pathogenesis, biomarkers, diagnosis, and treatment strategies for major pediatric vasculitides including IgA vasculitis, Kawasaki Disease, ANCA-associated vasculitis, Takayasu arteritis, and Polyarteritis Nodosa. Novel insights from genetic, immunologic, and imaging studies have paved the way for early diagnosis and individualized therapeutic approaches. Future directions emphasize the role of artificial intelligence, precision medicine, and international collaborative trials to optimize long-term outcomes and quality of life in affected children.

Early Childhood Special Education Teachers’ Perspectives Of Teaching Social-Emotional Skills During The Covid-19 Pandemic Virtual Learning Period, Dalena Lynette Lafferty

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

During the COVID-19 pandemic, early childhood special education teachers struggled to virtually teach social-emotional skills to their students when schools were closed, and all students were moved from face-to-face to virtual learning. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore early childhood special education teachers’ perspectives on teaching social-emotional skills to their students during the COVID-19 pandemic virtual learning period. Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory was used as the conceptual framework for this study. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 10 early childhood special education teachers from the United States who had experience with teaching social-emotional skills virtually during …