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The Impact Of Seasonal Hydrological Disturbances On The Presence And Formation Of Toxic Cyanobacteria Blooms In Coastal Louisiana, Courtney Nicole Hammond, Sibel Bargu, Caitlin R.R. Turner, Matthew Hiatt, John R. White

Faculty Publications

Estuaries in the Gulf, especially Lake Pontchartrain Estuary in southeastern Louisiana, USA, are experiencing significant changes due to climate change and coastal restoration efforts. Lake Pontchartrain Estuary receives nutrient-rich Mississippi River water through a controlled diversion called Bonnet Carré Spillway (BCS), which has been associated with toxic cyanobacterial blooms (cyanoHABs). This study examines the seasonal factors influencing cyanoHABs in the Lake Pontchartrain Estuary when the BCS is closed, addressing gaps in the understanding of HABs related to other physical drivers. Field samples collected in 2021, during the closure of the spillway, revealed significant evidence of seasonal variations in cyanoHAB formation. …

Identification And Characterization Of Novel Crispr-Cas Immune Effectors, Christian Fredrick Baca

Student Theses and Dissertations

Bacteria are under constant threat by the viruses that infect them called bacteriophages or phages for short. It is predicted that phages outnumber bacteria by an order of magnitude, producing a tremendous pressure for resistance mechanisms against this threat. One of the most abundant immune systems bacteria have evolved to combat this are CRISPR-Cas systems, which have been studied extensively due to their fascinating biology and usefulness in biotechnology and therapeutics. My thesis focuses on the discovery and characterization of three new CRISPR-Cas effector proteins that provide immunity in bacteria in response to phage challenge with highly diverse activities. CRISPR-Cas …

Trend Analysis: State Legislation Expanding The Scope And Use Of Exclusionary School Discipline (Esd), Center For Racial And Economic Justice

Center for Racial and Economic Justice

No abstract provided.

Comparisons Of The Effects Of White Noise And Classical Background Music On Student On-Task Engagement During Work Cycles In A Lower-Elementary Montessori Class, Lee Ellis

Doctor of Education (EdD)

This study compares the effects of classical and white noise background music, played during in-class work cycles for lower elementary students (grades 1-3) at a Montessori school in Pennsylvania. I aim to measure academic on-task engagement and overall classroom behavior. I will observe and record notes on their progress when there is no background sound, white noise, or classical music playing. Research has shown that introducing different sounds to the background of a classroom can positively affect student focus and retention of information (Levitin, 2006; Williams, 1961). Manipulation of sound or music played in the background can have a sizable …

Bs Engineering Management Systems, 2025-26, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The Tennessee Emergency Communications Board, Fiscal Year 2025, Tennessee. Emergency Communications Board., Tennessee. Department Of Commerce And Insurance

Annual Reports

Pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated (“Tenn. Code Ann.”) §§ 7-86-128(b)(3)1 and 7-86-315,2 the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board (“Board” or “TECB”)hereby submits its annual report to the Governor, Speakers of the General Assembly and the Senate and House Finance, Ways, and Means Committees. This annual report covers the Board’s activities from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

Bs Data Science & Data Analytics, Da Gis 2025-26, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

Data Analytics GIS Domain

Musical Chairs: Vertical Antitrust Should Prevail Over Congressional Payola Prohibitions To Protect Musicians, Maria Stevenson

The University of Chicago Business Law Review

The music industry is highly concentrated at multiple stages along the production chain between the Big Three music group conglomerates (Universal, Sony, and Warner) and the three largest streaming services (Spotify, Apple, and YouTube). The Big Three and the streaming services have extensive vertical arrangements, from the Big Three having ownership stakes in the largest streaming services to their contracts for the streaming services’ algorithms to prioritize Big Three artists. This resembles historical radio era payola arrangements. This double layer of market concentration and the arrangements between music production and distribution primarily harm musicians, who lack the bargaining power to …

Bs Data Science & Data Analytics, Da Health 2025-26, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

Data Analytics Health Domain

Market Signals And Price Setting: Unveiling Barometric Price Leader In The Hotel Sector, Sung W. Lee, Donna Quadri-Felitti, Ami Sharma, Seoki Lee

Journal of Hospitality Financial Management

This paper introduces the concept of barometric price leadership to the hotel sector, where a leading hotel sets prices that reflect demand and supply trends, guiding other hotels in the market to set their prices. While the significance of competitor-based pricing has been rec- ognized, the strategic influence of such price leaders on rivals' pricing has not been thor- oughly examined. This conceptual study delves into the existing literature to discuss the underpinnings and implications of such leadership, illustrating how prices portray vital mar- ket information. The study argues for the recognition and strategic importance of barometric price leaders in …

Bs Biological Science, Pre-Veterinary 2025-26, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

No More, No Less: A Constitutional Challenge To North Carolina's Noneconomic Damages Cap In Medical Malpractice Litigation, Pierce A. Shipway

Campbell Law Review

In 2011, the North Carolina General Assembly passed General Statute section 90-21.19, statutorily limiting the amount of noneconomic damages medical malpractice plaintiffs can receive, regardless of the jury’s determination. At the time, critics of the law cited constitutional issues with the statute, but now the North Carolina Court of Appeals has finally answered the question: Does the cap violate our sacred and inviolable right to a trial by jury? Although the North Carolina Court of Appeals says no, this Comment argues yes—by inserting itself into the jury box, the General Assembly unduly and unconstitutionally infringes on the ancient mode of …

The Youth Music Institute At The University Of Wisconsin, Summer 1969, Phillip Hash

Faculty Publications - Music

The purpose of this historical study was to examine the planning, implementation, participants, and activities associated with the Youth Music Institute (YMI) held at the University of Wisconsin from July 7 to August 1, 1969. Organizers hoped this event would bridge the communication gap between society, educational institutions, and youth through a collaborative learning environment involving students, music educators, guidance counselors, and professional recording artists. Participants used the term “youth music” to encompass multiple genres that captured the interest of young people, including various forms of rock, blues, soul, country western, jazz, and ethnic styles. The program consisted of lectures …

“…They’Re Still Blaming It On The Person Being Lazy”: Stigma In The Lives Of Precariously Housed And Unhoused People, Brenna Jones, Brian Pitman

Graduate Research - Criminal Justice Sciences

Housing is increasingly a market exploited by corporations and what Samuel Stein calls the Real Estate State. Consequently, the state continues to target those impacted by these policy choices with removal and further stigmatization to clear the way for profit-making, which is tied to the housing market. The process of removal is accomplished through various forms of stigmatization and dehumanization, first at the public and institutional level. These stigmas then trickle down to intra-community and self-stigmatization. In all, these stigmas serve to justify and maintain the evolving status quo of homelessness and precarious housing, deflecting the blame of this “crisis” …

Detection Of Hybrid Optical Anapoles In Dielectric Microspheres, Uttam Manna, Iker Gómez-Viloria, Robert Sevik, Isaac Tribaldo, Mahua Biswas, Gabriel Molina-Terriza, Jorge Olmos-Trigo

Faculty publications – Physics

Nonradiating optical anapoles are special configurations of charge-current distributions that do not radiate. It was theoretically predicted that, for microspheres, electric and magnetic dipolar coefficients can simultaneously vanish by engineering the incident light, leading to the excitation of nonradiating hybrid optical anapoles. In this work, the experimental detection of hybrid optical anapoles in dielectric microspheres (TiO₂) is reported using dual detection optical spectroscopy, developed to enable sequential measurement of forward and backward scattering under tightly-focused Gaussian beam (TFGB) illumination. The results show that the excitation of TiO₂ microspheres (diameter, d ≈1 µm) under TFGB illumination leads to …

Examining Equifinality And Multifinality Using Outcome-Partitioned Person-Centered Analyses: A Proof-Of-Concept With Youth Developmental Assets And Health, Luke Russell, Todd M. Jensen, Jonathon J. Beckmeyer, Chang Su-Russell

Faculty Publications - Family and Consumer Sciences

Early general systems theorists proposed a key difference between living systems and physical systems is the widespread presence of equifinality and multifinality among living organisms. That is, in living systems, there are often variable pathways to the same outcomes (equifinality), or the same starting conditions can lead to disparate outcomes (multifinality). Family scientists, however, frequently use methods (adapted from the physical sciences) that fail to reflect these characteristics within their statistical models. In this paper, we propose and provide a preliminary proof-of-concept of how an outcome-partitioned set of person-centered analyses might be used to develop alternative models that more comprehensively …

Gay Rodeos, Western Wear, And Unresolved Tensions In 21st-Century North America Cowboy Culture And Esthetics, Kelly L. Reddy-Best, Malena Silva

Faculty Publications - Family and Consumer Sciences

In the 1970s, activists founded the International Gay Rodeo Association in the North American Midwest, disrupting traditional heteronormative and hypermasculine norms within cowboy culture. In this research, we critically analyze the intersections of cowboy manifestations and twenty-first century LGBTQ+ communities in North American queer cowboy portrayals via the gay rodeo. Specifically, we examine how the gay rodeo creates space for LGBTQ+ style, fashion, and dress embodiments in relation to the longstanding, heteronormative Wild West hero of the late 1800s. We analyzed two types of primary sources: the 2014 film Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo and …

Carceral Consequences And Perverse Perks: Care And The Disciplinary Alternative School, Kaitlyn J. Selman

Faculty Publications - Criminal Justice Sciences

Drawing on in-depth interviews with current and former students, parents, teachers, and staff members connected with three alternative schools in one Kentucky, USA school district, this work contributes to the theorization of carceral care. Instead of reducing the alternative school, its processes, and its functions down into a dichotomized question of good or bad, productive or violent, we come to see the dialectical nature of carcerality and the logics of care. Specifically, the negative consequences that students are subjected to are justified and internalized by the (perverse) benefits of attendance, thus dissipating from the realm of critique. As such, I …

Optimizing Pelvic Health: Evaluating The Efficacy Of Prenatal Strength And Resistance Training Combined With Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises In Reducing Pelvic Organ Prolapse Risk, Samantha Requilman

Nursing | Senior Theses

While postnatal recovery is focused on the newborn, the mother’s health is equally important – particularly in preventing pelvic organ prolapse (POP), a condition that results in pelvic discomfort, incontinence, and a reduced quality of life. Although clinicians encourage pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME) throughout pregnancy, POP is still prevalent among women, especially those who deliver vaginally. There are limited research studies on the effectiveness of prenatal resistance training in the prevention of pelvic dysfunctions and this study aims to address the gaps in the literature. So the question to address this study is: Does combining prenatal resistance training with …

The Effect Of Length Of Nursing Shift On The Development Of Medical Errors, Andrew J. Hom

Nursing | Senior Theses

The relationship between extended nurse work hours and increased clinical errors is a growing concern in nursing and healthcare systems. This issue has only grown more pronounced since the pandemic, which exacerbated staffing shortages and placed unprecedented demands on the nursing workforce. Longer shifts often lead to fatigue, impaired decision-making, and decreased cognitive performance, creating challenges for both nurses and patients. To better frame the analysis, this thesis relied on The Swiss Cheese Model to better conceptualize risk management. This thesis examined the correlation between consecutive hours worked and the frequency of errors made by nurses while also exploring the …

The Role Of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners: Addressing The Shortage And Its Implications For Healthcare, Isabel Mary Mccarthy

Nursing | Senior Theses

Background: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) are registered nurses specifically trained to perform forensic examinations and provide medical and emotional support to sexual assault victims. Many nursing programs lack formal education on SANE practices, which can hinder students' preparedness to address such cases in their future careers.

Method: A mixed-methods, three-phase approach to evaluate the effectiveness of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training module within the Dominican University of California Nursing Program. 40- 60 nursing students will be separated into two separate community health classes with one given module in SANEs nursing and the other not. Both classes …

Gibney’S Guide: How To Be A Student Soldier, Blake Gibney

Honors Capstone Projects

This paper exemplifies originality through its unique synthesis of academic, physical, and leadership principles tailored specifically for ROTC cadets. By integrating insights from authoritative sources, such as SDSU's diverse academic offerings and U.S. Army training standards, this guide provides a creative framework that bridges the gap between scholarly excellence and military preparation. Its structured approach to addressing the challenges of student soldiers, combined with actionable strategies, reflects a high level of scholarship, showcasing research-driven recommendations and practical applications. The paper’s alignment with ROTCspecific values and its emphasis on personal discipline and professional growth further highlight its innovative perspective, making it …

Managing Thyroid Storm In A 40 Year Old Male Patient: A Case Report, Mark Barkat

Gulf Coast Division GME Research Day 2025

No abstract provided.

An Extremely Rare Case Of Group C Streptococcal Cavitary Pneumonia In Young Female, Arjun Kamath, Jorge Garza, Ethan Goldberg, Deekshita Valiveti, Abhay Vakil, Zuhair Ali

Gulf Coast Division GME Research Day 2025

No abstract provided.

Atypical Presentation Of Cd4+ Small/Medium T-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder, Rafael Do Valle, Reem Ayoub, Marshall Hall, Henry Lim, Christian Scheufele, Garrett Furth, Michael Carletti, Stepehen E. Weis

North Texas Research Forum 2025

Introduction: Primary cutaneous CD4+ small/medium T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (PCSM-LPD) is a rare cutaneous disorder that until 2016, was classified as a primary cutaneous lymphoma. PCSM-LPD histopathologically consists of a localized proliferation of small to medium-sized T lymphocytes. Clinically there is minimal to no systemic involvement. It typically presents as an asymptomatic, solitary red-purple nodule, papule, or plaque on the face. PCSM-LPD has an indolent course and an excellent prognosis. It is important to recognize PCSM-LPD as a distinct entity from primary cutaneous lymphoma to avoid treatments with side effects. Case Presentation: A 68-year-old female with a history of insulin-dependent type …

Effect Of A Durable Medical Equipment Template On A Family Medicine Clinic, Zara Soomro, Ali Al-Nahi, Neil Bhangoo, Yi Lei, John Nguyen, Sahar Elchehabi, Austin Driskill, Priyanka Reddy, Dylan Huynh, Jonathan Choi, Dante Paredes, Tasaduq H. Mir

North Texas Research Forum 2025

Background Patients rely on durable medical equipment (DME) to maintain their independence, however supplying and ordering DME for patients is challenging due to lack of a clear workflow, inadequate documentation, and differing coverage criteria, which has led to delays in patients receiving their DME. Current criteria to order DME include the following items: equipment description, quantity, length of need (estimate), diagnosis, recent height and weight, name, date of birth, home address, insurance company and member ID. The objective of this quality improvement project is to provide a clear and concise template for providers to use in ordering DME. Methods The …

Health Inequities In An Undocumented Immigrant Woman With Scleroderma: A Case Report Of Uninsured Care Challenges, Jorge Aboytes, Jose Loayzam, I Cantu

Gulf Coast Division GME Research Day 2025

No abstract provided.

Severe Hypokalemic Paralysis Following Rituximab Infusion In A Patient With Type I Rta, Ayham Alsaab, Yousuf Sherwani, Emily Devine, Sarah Faheem, Vikas Gullapalli, Mohan Sengodan

North Texas Research Forum 2025

Rituximab is a CD-20 monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of _. Rituximab is a steroid-sparing agent that can be used to control a variety of diseases. (find sources but I found several possible uses). As with any therapy, there are side effects. One potential side effect of Rituximab that has only been described a few times in the literature is hypokalemia. One such report is a case report from 2020 that describes symptomatic hypokalemia in an 18-year-old female with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome after her 6th rituximab infusion, with K dropping from 4.0 prior to infusion to 2.3 at the …

Enhancing End Of Life Care Through Recognition & Flagging Of Imminence To Increase Visits, Ali Ahmed, Guru Chinnaraj, Ana Goncalves, Ahad Ahmed, Ezekiel Ijaopo, Joseph Shega, Diana Tren

North Florida Division GME Research Day 2025

No abstract provided.

Would Exercise, Household Income, Nutritional Education, Or Transportation Play A Pivotal Role In Decreasing Prevalence Of Obesity In Hidalgo County, Chijoke Anyaehie

Gulf Coast Division GME Research Day 2025

No abstract provided.