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Teaching Prevention Before Disease Management: A Sustained Curriculum Innovation In Pre-Licensure Nursing Education, Selam Stephanos, Jan M. Nick Phd

Loma Linda University Research Reports

Chronic noncommunicable diseases are the leading causes of death worldwide, yet many are preventable or reversible through lifestyle change (Dean et al., 2014). Although nurses are well-positioned to support health behavior change, pre-licensure nursing education remains largely didactic, disease-focused, and introduced late in the curriculum (Kemppainen et al., 2013; Shea et al., 2021). To align with national priorities, we redesigned a pre-licensure health promotion course around lifestyle medicine and experiential teaching strategies. This presentation describes the process and sustained implementation results.

In Brief, Case Western Reserve University School Of Law

In Brief

Table of Contents

• Message from the Dean
• The Country's Pioneering Health Law Center
• Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of our War Crimes Research Office
• Foundations of Practice: Beginning the Journey from Law Student to Lawyer
• CWRU Law School's Teams Win Two National Championships in 2026
• Scholarly Impact
• 2025-2026 Conferences and Lectures Roundup
• Alumni Spotlight
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam
• Campus Comeback
• Diploma Day

Ph-Compensated Hydrogen Peroxide Quantification Using A Dual-Modal Fiber-Optic Probe, Homayoon Soleimani Dinani, Bohong Zhang, Maryam Karimi, Rex E. Gerald, Shelley D. Minteer, Jie Huang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We report a dual-modal fiber-optic probe that integrates electrochemical quantification of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) with co-localized fluorescent pH sensing for pH-indexed interpretation of the H₂O₂ response. H₂O₂ is a reactive oxygen species involved in oxidative stress, inflammation, and cellular signaling, and local pH modulates both its production and electrochemical response. Many electrochemical H₂O₂ sensors exhibit pH-dependent sensitivity, creating ambiguity unless pH is measured and used for compensation, which is difficult in small, heterogeneous, or rapidly changing microenvironments. A three-electrode configuration—working (WE), counter (CE), and Ag/AgCl pseudo-reference (pRE) electrodes—is fabricated directly on the cylindrical surface of a 710-µm-diameter optical fiber using …

Here Come The Brides: Sylvia Sleigh, Lawrence Alloway, And Hetty Remington, Andrew D. Hottle

Art Inquiries

Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), a Welsh-born artist who lived and worked in England before settling in the United States, is known primarily for her uninhibited portraits of nude men, many of which were painted in New York City during the feminist art movement of the 1970s. Over the last half-century, Sleigh’s male nudes have been both admired and derided for disrupting the conventional paradigm of the male artist and unclothed female model. Among them are Philip Golub Reclining (1971; private collection) and The Turkish Bath (1973; David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago), which were inspired by canonical …

Memory In Fragments: The Lives Of Ancient Maya Sculptures By Megan E. O’Neil, Jeanette Nicewinter

Art Inquiries

No abstract provided.

On Canvas: The Origins And Implications Of A Common Phrase, Kerr Houston

Art Inquiries

Why do modern art historians and conservators describe paintings executed on cloth in Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries as works on canvas, when late medieval and early Renaissance sources never do the same? This article answers that question by tracing and analyzing the evolution of canvas as a term in the history of painting. Until the late 1400s, it will be argued, the term canvas and its regional variants connoted coarse woven fabrics made of hemp that were associated with rugged, utilitarian needs and rural poverty—but not with painting. By contrast, artists and related texts relied on …

A Bibliography Of Faculty Scholarship, Kathryn J. Dufour Law Library

Scholarly Articles

The purpose of this bibliography is to record in one place the substantial body of scholarship produced by the current faculty at the Catholic University, Columbus School of Law. From its humble beginnings under the tutelage of founding Dean William Callyhan Robinson, through its adolescent period when, like so many other American law schools, it was trying to define its pedagogical niche, to its eventual merger with the Columbus University Law School in 1954, the law school at Catholic University has always retained a scholarly and remarkably productive faculty. The sheer quantity of writing, the breadth of research and the …

Can Cirilo Change The World? Cirilo F. Bautista's Lyric Poems In Times Of Crisis, Kristal Joyce Ibarra

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

Contemporary crises continue to confront Filipinos. These include the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, systemic corruption within the Philippine government, the red-tagging of activists, the deterioration of institutional integrity and public confidence in the Philippine government, and the US war against Iran, together with its global repercussions such as rising oil prices and displacement. This paper proposes that individuals turn to literature, beyond the fields of science or policymaking, during times of crisis and distress. Specifically, the lyric poems of National Artist for Literature Cirilo F. Bautista, distinguished by their evident relevance, form, and capacity to influence readers both …

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure Report, Sacred Heart University

News, Magazines and Reports

"2026 Sacred Heart University Department of Public Safety Annual Campus Crime & Fire Report."

Editorial Foreword Ijsls Volume 6 Number 1, Sulistyowati Irianto

The Indonesian Journal of Socio-Legal Studies

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Quality Assurance Project Plan - Spokane River Pfas Study, Chad Pritchard

EWU PFAS Research Collection

Assessing the impacts of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination across multiple aquifers and multiple sources requires a detailed understanding of the hydrogeologic framework to quantifiably determine PFAS sources. The West Plains of eastern Washington is an ideal natural laboratory to study the fate and transport of PFAS because the general geohydrologic framework has been established and collaboration with several related PFAS projects will maximize the use of grant funds. This project will help the population, environment, and commercial entities of the West Plains by building a transport model, delineating PFAS contamination, and using unique PFAS distribution at different locations …

Representation Stability In The Intrinsic Hyperplane Arrangements Associated To Irreducible Representations Of The Symmetric Groups, Ian Flynn, Eric Ramos, Benjamin Young

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Some of the most classically relevant Hyperplane arrangements are the Braid Arrangements Bn and their associated compliment spaces Fn. In their recent work, Tsilevich, Vershik, and Yuzvinsky [TVY20] construct what they refer to as the intrinsic hyperplane arrangement within any irreducible representation of the symmetric group that generalize the classical braid arrangements. Through examples it is also shown that the associated compliment spaces to these intrinsic arrangements display behaviors far removed from Fn. In this work we study the intrinsic hyperplane arrangements of irreducible representations of the symmetric group from the perspective of representation stability. This work is both theoretical, …

A Profile Of Assisted Living Direct Care Workforce Training Requirements Across The United States, Erh-Chi Hsu, Paula Carder, Lindsey Smith, Zhiqing E. Zhou, Olga Yakusheva, Anna S. Beeber, Eric Jutkowitz, Kali Thomas

Institute on Aging Publications

Objectives

To characterize assisted living (AL) direct care worker (DCW) training requirements across the United States and how these regulations have changed over time. Specifically, we examine state-level profiles of training regulations, including duration, frequency, content, source of materials, evaluation, and changes in regulatory coverage.

Design

Cross-sectional and longitudinal descriptive study using state policy data and AL directories from 2019, 2021, and 2023.

Setting and Participants

All US states' AL training–related regulations; all ALs and AL beds governed by those regulations.

Methods

We used a mixed-methods approach with an explanatory sequential design (QUAN → qual), first conducting health services regulatory …

Rethinking Behavior - Fall 2026, Midwest Symposium For Leadership In Behavior Disorders

ReThinking Behavior Magazine

A magazine for professionals serving children and youth with behavioral needs.

Fall 2026, Volume 10, Issue 1

Weird Cops (Agency Police), Farhang Heydari

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

The police badge has migrated deep into the administrative state. Parks, schools, transit, housing, revenue, conservation, insurance, and gaming agencies now field tens of thousands of sworn “Agency Police”—often with full arrest powers despite missions far removed from general public safety. The footprint of these officers is significant and expanding, outpacing the growth of traditional law enforcement. Far from being limited to certain communities, Agency Police attract support across the political spectrum, from law-and-order policymakers to reformers. And yet, Agency Police are largely ignored in legal scholarship. The result is that a large slice of U.S. criminal enforcement is poorly …

Using Demographics And Psychographics To Advance The Great Commission: Lessons From The National Association Of Free Will Baptists, Edward E. Moody Jr.

Great Commission Research Journal

For decades, marketers have used demographics and psychographics to engage different segments of the population. Psychographics refers to the study of people’s activities, interests, opinions, values, attitudes, and lifestyles to better understand and predict behavior beyond what can be learned from demographic characteristics alone (Demby, 1974; Wells & Tigert, 1971). This paper examines whether these strategies can be effectively adapted to advance the Great Commission. The practices of the early church, particularly those of the Apostle Paul, reflect principles that are consistent with contemporary demographic and psychographic analysis. In this paper, the process of using an approach to help churches …

My Pilgrimage In The Growth Of The Church, Charles Van Engen

Great Commission Research Journal

I have lived a life invested in the growth of the church and forming leaders who would mobilize the church toward growth. I have sought to pay forward what others did for me. Born of missionary parents, I was raised in the state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. From 1973 to 1985, my wife, Jean, and I served the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico in Chiapas, Mexico, in leadership formation, training evangelists, pastors, and teachers of rapidly growing churches. In 1981, I received a Ph.D. in missiology under Johannes Verkuyl at the Free University of Amsterdam. I taught Mission Theology …

Outside The Church Walls: An Empirical Exploration Of Organizational Culture And Pastoral Leadership In Two Urban Churches, Althea P. Gordon-Scott, Joshua D. Henson, Bethany D. Peters, Katrina Hutchins

Great Commission Research Journal

A mini-ethnographic case study explored the interconnections of organizational culture and pastoral leadership with sustainable outreach in two very different churches that focus on ministry to people with life-controlling issues and economic need: a small, primarily Black church in the Great Lakes region and a large, primarily White and Hispanic church in the western United States. Despite their differences, the churches shared similar espoused values and leadership characteristics that facilitated their outreach initiatives. Themes derived from the data include altruistic foundations, the value of relationships, exemplary pastoral leadership, organizational challenges, agile organizational systems, and the centrality of God.

The Great Dechurching: Who’S Leaving, Why Are They Going, And What Will It Take To Bring Them Back? By Jim Davis And Michael Graham, David Thiessen

Great Commission Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Disability & Evangelism: The Good News Of The Fullness Of God’S Kingdom By Rochelle Scheuermann, Kenneth Nehrbass

Great Commission Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Caribbean Hearing Health Readiness: A Data-Guided Method For Doctor Of Audiology Study-Abroad And Service Learning, Chelsea Tynes, Antony Joseph

AuD Capstone Projects - Communication Sciences and Disorders

Access to audiology care is essential, as unmanaged hearing loss carries significant communicative, social, and health consequences. Across many Caribbean nations, access to audiologic care remains limited, with substantial variation in workforce, diagnostic services, hearing-health infrastructure, and system readiness. The Caribbean Audiology Research Project (CARP), established by the Hearing Loss Prevention Laboratory, characterized hearing-health capacity across eight Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and The Bahamas. Publicly available data on the audiology workforce, healthcare infrastructure, diagnostic and rehabilitative services, public-health programs, demographic indicators, and logistical factors were …

Considerations For Research About 2-K A Brief Informed By What Will It Take To Fulfill The Promise Of 2-K?, Sara Amadon, Cristina Medellin-Paz, Lindsey Bravo

Straus Institute for Thriving Children & Families

New York City’s expansion of publicly funded child care for two-year-olds (2-K) presents a unique opportunity to study how a large urban system can build a sustainable, equitable, and developmentally appropriate system for serving young children and their families. As one of the nation's first large-scale public investments in early care and education for two-year-olds, 2-K offers an unprecedented opportunity to conduct research to inform ongoing implementation and program expansion. The knowledge generated from research can support policymakers and practitioners in New York City and other communities seeking to expand access to early care and education.

Regulating Police Robots, Farhang Heydari, Max Isaacs, Barry Friedman

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Once considered a mere novelty, ground robots and aerial drones are quickly becoming a mainstream policing tool. Autonomous police robots, equipped with a panoply of cameras and sensors, have been sent into parks, schools, and train stations. Agencies across the country are piloting “Drone as First Responder” programs, which automatically dispatch drones in response to 911 calls. Police have used robots to disorient, immobilize, and use force against suspects.

Police robots may provide public safety benefits, but they may also carry real risks. The widespread adoption of highly mobile robots equipped with cameras, sensors, and analytics will only hasten the …

Mutation-Based Multi-Agent Test Case Update, Dawei Tian, Jiakun Liu, Yun Peng, Yichen Zhang, Jianlei Chi, Jun Sun, Xiaohong Su

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Modern software systems evolve rapidly under CI/CD practices, where tests are critical for quality. However, substantial code changes often render existing test cases obsolete, causing pipeline disruptions, reduced productivity, and compromised quality. Recent automatic test update approaches leverage LLMs to refine test cases via execution feedback and exact-matching context retrieval, prioritizing executability and line coverage but suffering three limitations: (1) neglecting test assertion adequacy, weakening fault detection; (2) relying on coarse line coverage instead of specific uncovered lines/branches; (3) using exact-matching retrieval, which fails for LLM hallucinated queries. To address these, we propose MuMuTestUp, a mutation-guided multi-agent framework with three …

Probguard: Proactive Runtime Monitoring For Llm Agent Safety Via Probabilistic Prediction, Haoyu Wang, Christopher M. Poskitt, Jiali Wei, Jun Sun

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Large Language Model (LLM) agents increasingly operate across domains such as robotics, virtual assistants, and web automation. However, their stochastic decision-making introduces safety risks that are difficult to anticipate during execution. Existing runtime monitoring frameworks, such as AgentSpec, primarily rely on reactive safety rules that detect violations only when unsafe behavior is imminent or has already occurred, limiting their ability to handle long-horizon dependencies. We present ProbGuard, a proactive runtime monitoring framework for LLM agents that anticipates safety violations through probabilistic risk prediction. ProbGuard abstracts agent executions into symbolic states and learns a Discrete-Time Markov Chain (DTMC) from execution traces …

Mg-Fuzz: Model-Guided Fuzzing For Unsafe Scenario Discovery In Autonomous Driving Systems, Yulong Lyu, Ruiqi Hong, Jiawan Wang, Jun Sun, Lei Bu

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

As autonomous driving systems (ADS) are increasingly deployed in real-world environments, discovering diverse unsafe driving scenarios remains a fundamental yet difficult problem. Existing scenario generation and testing approaches often rely on black-box exploration or externally-observed heuristic feedback, which struggle to effectively guide the search toward high-risk scenarios induced by complex decision-making behaviors. A key difficulty stems from the fact that unsafe behaviors in ADS often arise from internal decision-making logic, which can induce structured and discontinuous responses that are hard to effectively explore using purely black-box guidance. Consequently, current tools tend to repeatedly discover a narrow set of similar unsafe …

Chatgpt, Can You Generate Multiple-Choice Questions For An Undergraduate Computing Course? An Evaluation Of Its Effectiveness Using Classical Test Theory, Eng Lieh Ouh, Kar Way Tan, Siaw Ling Lo, Benjamin Gan, Yuhao Zhang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Educators are increasingly adopting large language models such as ChatGPT to generate multiple-choice questions (MCQs), yet empirical evidence on the quality of these items in computing education assessments remains limited. This study compares 30 ChatGPT-generated and 30 manually crafted items from an undergraduate software design course, and evaluates item difficulty, discrimination, and distractor quality using Classical Test Theory. We triangulated two evaluations using within-subjects and between-subjects designs. Our quantitative findings show that all three metrics in both evaluations point in the same direction. ChatGPT-generated items are easier, less discriminating, and exhibit poorer distractor quality than manually crafted items. Distractor quality …

Service Robots With Low Anthropomorphism In Restaurants: Consumer Reactions And Implications, Ferhat Eren, Volkan Genc

Journal of Global Hospitality and Tourism

This study investigates consumer responses to low-anthropomorphic service robots in restaurant front of-house roles using the AIDUA (Artificially Intelligent Device Use Acceptance). Data from 1,268  participants were analysed using PLS-SEM. The results revealed that social impact and  anthropomorphism significantly influenced both performance and effort expectancy, while hedonic  motivation influenced only performance expectancy. Performance expectancy strongly influenced  emotions, which in turn significantly influenced both the willingness to use service robots and objections  to their use. However, effort expectancy did not significantly influence emotions. The findings validate the  AIDUA model in this context and offer practical insights for robot design and implementation.

New Mexico Health Care Workforce Committee 2026 Annual Report, University Of New Mexico - Health Sciences Center

New Mexico Health Care Workforce Committee (2013-ongoing)

No abstract provided.

Electronic Resource Updates - 2026 Q3, Brigitte Galauner, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.