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Towards Ai-Based At-Home Phsiotherapy For The Elderly: Comparing Movenet With Vitpose In Human Pose Estimation, Dominik Batić, Srinivas Kachavarapu, Fayçal Nait Irahal, Dagmar Meyer, Carsten Meyer

ISBS Proceedings Archive

The current tendency to shorten hospital stays requires patients to do rehabilitation exercises independently at home after knee and hip replacement surgeries. To help address the lack of supervision, we are developing a digital system that uses Human Pose Estimation (HPE) to analyse patient motion and provide feedback. In this work, we focus on two system aspects: (1) A tablet-based mobile application with an elderly-friendly interface and (2) a quantitative comparison of a widely used real-time HPE algorithm (MoveNet) with one of the top performers on the COCO benchmark (ViTPose). We provide experimental results for two-dimensional (2D) HPE on public …

Investigation Of Supervised Machine Learning For Imu-Based Swimming Activity Recognition, Saeed Aram, Isobel M. Thompson, Dominic A. Hudson, Joseph Banks

ISBS Proceedings Archive

This study investigates how IMU sensor data types, feature extraction, window sizes, and supervised machine learning models affect swimming activity recognition accuracy. Using a single IMU on lower back, the system classified strokes, turns, and starts under realistic conditions. Three classifiers of Support Vector Machine (SVM), Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), and Quadratic Discriminant Analysis (QDA) were evaluated. Five types of statistical feature sets were extracted from window sizes ranging from 1 to 6 seconds with 0.01 second sliding step. The best classifier is SVM, achieving overall accuracy of 0.97 with high accuracy for surface swimming stroke. However, shorter windows had …

The Effect Of The Eyes-Closed Condition On Muscle Activation, Ground Reaction Force, And 3d Kinematics In Countermovement Jumps, Nada Juma Aldous, Paul Grimshaw

ISBS Proceedings Archive

This study investigates the effects of the eyes-closed condition on lower limb muscle activation, ground reaction force, and three-dimensional kinematics during repeated countermovement jumps in healthy young male adults. Data were collected in a controlled laboratory setting using a force platform, 3D motion capture, and wireless electromyography. The results offer insight into the interplay between sensory re-weighting and motor control under altered visual conditions. While key performance parameters remain largely consistent between eyes-open and eyes-closed trials, subtle differences in joint kinematics suggest compensatory adaptations may occur. These findings contribute to a better understanding of sensory integration in dynamic motor tasks …

Advanced Nanocomposite Materials For Protective Fencing Suits: Enhancing Biomechanical Performance And Sustainability, Ala Husam Subhi Alardah, Mennatalla Sheikhmohamed Saifeldin Kuna, Marwa Al-Ani, Dr. Mostafa Hussein Ramadan Sliem, Dr. Noora Al-Qahtani

ISBS Proceedings Archive

Fencing requires proper protective attire that ensures safety and allows for unrestricted movement by balancing flexibility, durability, and puncture resistance. This study investigates the potential of electrospun nanofiber composites, composed of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and enhanced with reduced graphene oxide (rGO), as a sustainable alternative to traditional fencing suit materials. Characterization techniques such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and dielectric spectroscopy confirmed the uniform incorporation of rGO within the porous nanofiber structure, which enhances the distribution of mechanical loads and energy absorption. The dielectric characteristics of the composite suggest its suitability for applications in adaptive stiffness …

Velocity-Based Training Intervention: Effects On Lower Limb Performance In Female Floorball Athletes, Basil Achermann, Naire Regazzi, Rahel Heynen, Julia Suter, Silvio Lorenzetti

ISBS Proceedings Archive

This study investigated the effects of a six-week velocity-based training (VBT) program in female floorball players. The intervention, focused on back squats and trap bar deadlifts. Key performance metrics included movement velocity of RT exercises, sprint speed, jump performance, stop-and-go (SAG) performance, and load-velocity profiles (LVP). Seventeen participants completed 12 training sessions divided into strength (Sessions 1–6) and power (Sessions 7–12) blocks. Significant improvements were observed in VBT metrics, with squat estimated 1RM increasing by 15.3% (from 1.60 to 1.85) and deadlift estimated 1RM by 5.9% (from 1.76 to 1.87), while mean concentric velocity rose by 7.5% in the squat …

Tax Clinic, Walter C. Frank

Tax Adviser

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Bermuda Trust: Why And How, Julian S. Bush

Tax Adviser

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Tax Trends, Harry Z. Garian

Tax Adviser

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Working With The Irs: Western Region Irs-Cpa Liaison Meeting, Gordon T. Stine

Tax Adviser

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Tax Clinic, Mario P. Borini

Tax Adviser

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Scientific Characterization Of Historic Mortars Dating From The 15th-Century Of A Historical Building In Algeria: A Case Study, M. E. Belgacem, N. Rabahi-Touloum, R. Neves, Y. Ouldkhaoua

Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies

This research investigates the historic mortars (Aggregate/Binder (A/B) ratio) of a historical patrimony building, dating from the 15th century, in Algeria, for restoration purposes. It is well known that thorough characterization is essential for successful restoration. To this end, several techniques, including Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), optical microscope were used to characterize the historic mortars. A mechanical test was used to characterize the compressive strength of a historic mortar. For a comprehensive characterization, A/B ratios were estimated using both Digital Image Analyses (DIA) and chemical analyses. The results obtained provided clear information on …

Encapsulation Of Corrosion Inhibitors: Methods, Preparation, And Emerging Applications, Mahdi M. Hanoon, Baha. S. Mahdi

AUIQ Technical Engineering Science

Corrosion remains a critical global challenge, imposing substantial economic, safety, and environmental burdens across infrastructure, transportation, marine, and energy sectors. Traditional corrosion inhibitors, while effective, suffer from rapid depletion, uncontrolled release, environmental risks, and limited long-term stability. Encapsulation of corrosion inhibitors has emerged as a transformative strategy, enabling controlled and stimuli-responsive release, improved stability, and self-healing capabilities. This mini review provides a comprehensive overview of encapsulation technologies, including polymeric microcapsules, inorganic carriers, hybrid systems, and advanced nanoengineering approaches. Preparation methods, ranging from physical and chemical routes to emerging microfluidic and electrospinning techniques, are critically examined. Furthermore, the article highlights state-of-the-art …

Volume 12 Issue 2 (Nov 1912)

The Soul Winner

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The Strength Of Weak Ties In Shaping Attitudes Toward Interfaith Marriage: Muslim Migrants In Western Europe, Tolga Tezcan

SSGS Faculty Publications and Presentations

This study examines the “strength of weak ties” argument in the formation of interfaith marriage attitudes. Based on the EURISLAM survey data collected from Muslim migrants residing in six Western European countries, the analyses suggest that both strong and weak ties with natives are positively associated with the likelihood of interfaith marriage approval. However, strong and weak ties are not equally influential when they interact with each other. The results reveal a paradox: the positive effect of strong ties becomes more pronounced only when accompanied by weak ties. In the absence of weak ties, an increase in strong ties is …

Nebline, November/December 2025

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Contents

Nebraska Extension celebrates 25 years of nutrition school enrichment kits

Recipe of the month: Fruit & yogurt parfait

Celebrating the season with American persimmon by Rachel Anderson

Love gardening? Become a master gardener by Mary Jane Frogge

Extension master gardener volunteer spotlight: Carol Rustad

Garden guide: Things to do this month by Mary Jane Frogge

Choosing child care: What parents should know by Jaci Foged

Commercial/noncommercial pesticide license

Little black bugs, big bite by Kait Chapman [about pirate bugs]

What you need to know about having a well drilled by Becky Schuerman

2026 nebraska custom rates survey by Glennis …

Comparison Of Human Versus Genai Generated Measurements Of Personal Beauty Values, Fumiko Kano Glückstad, Kohei Kanno, Hiromi Kobayashi, Rie Nakamura

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

It is a challenging task to develop a scale to measure psychological constructs in a non-native language. In this study, we compared reliability and validity of a scale to measure five dimensions of Personal Beauty Values (PBV) generated by ChatGPT4 with a human-generated PBV scale. The original human-generated PBV scale in English consists of 14 items divided into five dimensions. The limitation of this scale developed by non-native English speakers is a restricted number of items, which will potentially limit the applicability of the scale to other cultural contexts. To complement this weakness, we generated additional items of the five …

The Relationship Between Sex Guilt And Sex Anxiety On Sexual Function In Sexually Active Adult Women, Mia Audina Olivia, Ahmad Naufalul Umam

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

Sexuality is a deeply ingrained aspect of human identity and experience, and its importance can vary greatly from person to person and across different cultures and contexts. There is a widely accepted perspective in sexual behavior research that western women have more flexible sexual norms and thus function better than women from eastern cultural background. Meanwhile, research in eastern countries often only focused on health matters and bounded to abstinence-centred moral value. This study addresses this gap by investigating the intricate relationship between sex guilt, sex anxiety, and sexual function among sexually active adult women in Indonesia. A sample of …

#Willsmith: Text Analyses Of X Posts About The Oscar Slap, Merrisa Lin, Nairán Ramírez-Esparza

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

Social media users share their thoughts on social events, offering insights into the sociocultural climate. Since language reflects related culture, analyzing social media discussions in different languages provides a window into the sociocultural context. In this exploratory study, we examined English and Spanish posts related to the Oscar Slap, which sparked race and gender discussions. We analyzed X posts with #willsmith hashtag in English (N = 28,717) and in Spanish (N = 4,251). The Meaning Extraction Method automated text analyses revealed three similar themes across language cultures, a theme specific to English posts, and two themes unique to Spanish posts. …

Home Based Elder Care (Hbec) In India: Exploring Culturally Competent Models, Urmi Nanda Biswas

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

The chapter deliberates on elder care models within the sociocultural context of India, aligning with traditional values and family structure. The chapter is based on mini-case studies of 47 healthcare organizations that offer various types of care services to the aging population and extends to discuss a few of the upcoming models. Key informant interviews were conducted across different types of organisations studied involving the CEO/manager / proprietors, paramedical staff, and the seniors availing the services of the organisation. Apart from this focused group discussions of seniors in rural communities were also conducted. Structures of the organizations, along with the …

Factors Influencing Flourishing In Autoimmune Patients: A Systematic Review, Amherstia Pasca Rina, Endang R. Surjaningrum

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

This scoping literature review aimed to identify factors that influence flourishing and to synthesize gaps in previous studies that flourishing is not only influenced by the internal factor but how the social conditions individuals live in can also affect flourishing. Autoimmune diseases are incurable and associated with mental health conditions that can exacerbate the intensity of recurrence, so it is necessary to take protective measures, namely flourishing as a form of behavioral management of chronic diseases. The prevalence of autoimmune patients who are declared flourishing is relatively small, but flourishing is actually a psychological concept that is needed by everyone …

Understanding Ai Literacy: Implications For Practice​, Devon Olson, Janet Anderson, Sara Westall

Librarian Publications

Presentation from the 2025 Mountain Plains Library Association Tri-Conference, held in Grand Forks, ND. This presentation provides an overview of basic AI concepts and frameworks for AI literacy, discussing the impact of different patron and learner demographics on learner needs, competencies, and instructional strategies.

Insecticide Resistance Profile In Nashville Culex Spp. Mosquito Populations, Ellie Sebaugh, Zachary Bement, Abelardo Moncayo, Darlene Panvini

Science University Research Symposium (SURS)

Mosquitoes may develop resistance to insecticides used by control programs, potentially increasing population density and the risk of mosquito-borne diseases. Culex spp. mosquitos are the primary vector of West Nile Virus (WNV), the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the United States and a reportable disease in Tennessee. Resistance profiles were constructed for two insecticides, permethrin and malathion, in a Culex spp. population from Nashville, Tennessee. Adult female mosquitoes were live-captured using gravid traps and tested using the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) bioassay protocol to assess resistance or susceptibility. Three inhibitors were also included to identify metabolic …

Foundations For Platform Liability, Kathryn E. Spier, Rory Van Loo

Notre Dame Law Review

From spreading misinformation to selling deadly products, bad actors use technology platforms to their advantage while causing devastating harms to privacy, health, and even democracy. Despite their central role in enabling these bad actors, the platforms almost entirely escape liability. This legal immunity is purportedly grounded in economics. From the beginning, courts and legislatures feared that liability would chill innovation, growth, and user access. They also speculated that platforms have sufficient market incentives to voluntarily police bad actors, making liability unnecessary.

Whereas many scholars have argued that platform immunity is blind to justice, this Article shows that it is also …

Give Young Adults The Vote, Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos

Notre Dame Law Review

Joshua Kleinfeld and Stephen Sachs make a significant contribution to the literature on children’s disenfranchisement by describing and defending parental proxy voting: empowering parents to vote on their children’s behalf. The authors’ democratic critique of the status quo is particularly persuasive. Children’s exclusion from the franchise indeed distorts public policies by omitting children’s preferences from the set that policymakers consider. However, Kleinfeld and Sachs’s proposal wouldn’t do enough to correct this distortion. This is because contemporary parents diverge politically from their children, holding, on average, substantially more conservative views. The proxy votes that parents cast for their children would thus …

Imaging In Sports Medicine: Frequency Of Abnormal Findings And The Value Of Point-Of-Care Ultrasound, James Wilcox,, Haia Ramzi Qanadilo,

Family Medicine Collaborative Works

Many musculoskeletal imaging modalities are considered the cornerstone of sports medicine, though the diagnostic yield is different across each modality. Radiographs often detect abnormalities in fewer than half of cases, with the MURA dataset reporting only 39% of abnormal extremity films (Rajpurkar et al., 2018). In contrast, musculoskeletal ultrasound has been shown to identify pathology in up to 83% of examinations (Chiavaras et al., 2008). Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) further enhances rapid bedside diagnosis, with emergency department studies showing pathology in approximately 79% of cases (Situ-LaCasse et al., 2018). This review aimed to describe the frequency of abnormal findings across imaging …

Gaia Dr3 Photometric And Kinematics Studies Of Two Open Star Clusters: King 13 And Teutsch 1, N. T. Alsslegy, A. A. Haroon

The Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Science

This research examines two largely unstudied open clusters: King 13 and Teutsch 1. It analyses their photometric and kinematic properties. The study utilizes the optical wavelength data from Gaia DR3. We found 521 and 414 candidates for their respective clusters as highly probable astrometric members. Fitting King’s profile within RDPs, we estimate both core and limiting radii. For each cluster, we create color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) and analyses them by fitting them with appropriate isochrones that have specific metallicities (0.0193 and 0.0196) and different ages (0.818 ± 0.043 and 0.539 ± 0.038; age by Gyr), thus, the heliocentric distances are 3.00 …

Transition Metal Nitrides As High-Performance, Cost-Effective Alternatives To Noble Metals In Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing, Wafa Said Al-Haraidh, Moustafa Ahmed

The Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Science

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors using noble metals like gold face critical limitations in cost, thermal stability, and spectral tunability, despite their strong plasmonic response. This study demonstrates that refractory metal nitrides-titanium nitride (TiN) and zirconium nitride (ZrN) achieve competitive sensing performance, while addressing these drawbacks. Employing the transfer matrix method in a Kretschmann prism coupling configuration, we systematically evaluate TiN and ZrN against gold across key metrics, such as surface plasmon quality factor, penetration depth, and propagation length. Results reveal that metal nitride-based SPR sensors achieve sensitivity up to 155.3 deg/RIU and detection accuracy of 0.077 deg^–1, …

Scheduled Ambulation Twice Per Shift To Reduce Hospital-Acquired Delirium, Rylee Collins Rn

Nurse Residency

In older adult inpatients ages 65 and older on a medical-surgical telemetry unit, does scheduled ambulation twice per shift with staff assistance, compared to as-needed ambulation, reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired delirium during hospitalization?

Introduction To The Criminal Justice System, Courtney A. Crittenden

Open Textbooks

Introduction to the Criminal Justice System is an open educational resource that explores the history, concepts, and foundational knowledge of the contemporary criminal justice system in the United States. The text includes examinations of current events and includes coverage of some controversial topics that may be commonly excluded from introductory texts. Institutional memory, best practices in public safety, and statistical data are incorporated in ways intended to provide an unbiased viewpoint of the current status of the criminal legal system today in order to provide students with a clear picture of the system.

Flea News 96 (November 2025), R. L. Bossard

Flea News

Flea News is a twice-yearly newsletter about fleas (Siphonaptera). Before including in publications any of the citations given here, please review for accuracy and correct formatting. Many of our sources are abstracting journals and current literature sources, and editors have not necessarily checked citations.

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Obituary: Lane Douglas Foil (June 16, 1949 - June 22, 2025)

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