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October 15, 2025 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Evidence And Learning Forum: Improving The Measurement Of Social And Gender Norms Change In The Practice Of Fgm, Esther Lwanga Walgwe, Chi-Chi Undie, Dennis Matanda, Stella Muthuri, Francis Obare

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

The November 2024 Evidence and Learning Forum: Improving Measurement of Social and Gender Norm Change in the Practice of FGM brought together over 80 participants representing program officers, socio-behavioral experts and scientists from 10 countries in East, West and North Africa. Hosted by the FGM Data Hub in partnership with UNICEF, UNFPA, and WHO, the two-day forum was geared toward sharing and examining tools and approaches, successful strategies, and challenges in measuring shifts in social and gender norms surrounding FGM.

The meeting objectives were to: 1) Review and assess the progress made in developing and using valid measures for evaluating …

The Bg News October 15, 2025, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. October 15, 2025. Volume 105-Issue 07.

Advances In Application Of Steam Explosion Technology In Edible Mushroom Industry, Jie Yang, Na Zheng, Chunmei Lai, Mingyi Liu, Shibo Li, Shanshan Wei, Pufu Lai, Zheng Xiao

Journal of Food Science and Biotechnology

Steam explosion technology,an emerging physical pretreatment method,is increasingly applied in the edible mushroom industry.This technology subjects materials to instantaneous explosion under high-temperature and high-pressure steam,significantly improving their physical structures and chemical composition.It exhibits unique strengths in modifying edible mushroom cultivation substrates,extracting active compounds,and utilizing by-products as resources. This provides a new technical path for the high-quality development of the edible mushroom industry.The author primarily summarizes the equipment,principles,and influencing factors of steam explosion technology,as well as its diverse roles in modifying cultivation substrates,extracting active substances from edible mushrooms,and achieving high-value utilization of edible mushroom by-products.The aim is to promote positive development …

Research Progress In Effects Of Electron Beam Irradiation On The Storage Andquality Of Grains, Xiuxia Chen, Bin Zhang

Journal of Food Science and Biotechnology

Conventional grain storage methods have a variety of drawbacks.Electron beam irradiation,as an emerging non-thermal processing technology,has attracted attention due to its high efficiency,environmental friendliness,and minimal impact on grain quality.The author elaborates on the principles of electron beam irradiation and its applications in the food industry,reviews its effects on harmful organisms,physicochemical properties,and sensory quality of grains during storage,and makes an outlook on its future application prospects,with the expectation of promoting the application and popularization of electron beam irradiation in food storage.

Establishment Of A Hplc Method For Simultaneous Determination Of 11 Phenolic Acids In Germinated Black Wheat, Qian Li, Xiaodong Li, Ziyi Yang, Yueyao Zhang, Rui Liu, Zhanglong Yu, Yuanlin Sun

Journal of Food Science and Biotechnology

[Objective ] In order to study the effects of germination on the mass fractions of phenolic acids in black wheat,a method was established for simultaneous determination of 11 phenolic acids (gallic acid,protocatechuic acid,4-hydroxybenzoic acid,chlorogenic acid,vanillic acid,caffeic acid,syringic acid,p-coumaric acid,ferulic acid,sinapic acid,and salicylic acid ) in germinated black wheat based on high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC ).[Method ] The mobile phase composed of methanol (containing acetic acid at a volume fraction of 1%) and water (containing acetic acid at a volume fraction of 1%) was used for gradient elution at a flow rate of 1 mL/min,a detection wavelength of 280 nm,and …

Dual-Nozzle 3d Printing And Drying Characteristics Of A Hawthorn Snack Based On Dual-Material Combination Gel, Aimiao Wang, Bo Wang, Yuchuan Wang, Jiguang Liu

Journal of Food Science and Biotechnology

[Objective ] This study aims at solving the problems such as long drying time,single product shape,and poor 3D printing capacity (easy blockage and weak bracing ability ) in conventional processing of hawthorn snack products.[Method ] The low-sugar hawthorn jam and high-sugar banana jam were used as gel components.The 3D printing was carried out with the optimization of dual-material combination gel formula and the optimization of dual-nozzle 3D printing process.Furthermore,the drying characteristics of 3D printing were analyzed and compared with those of conventional dried hawthorn products.[Result ] The combination of hawthorn jam with the sugar mass fraction of 26% and banana …

Effects Of Ultrasound-Assisted Enzymatic Extraction On The Physical And Chemical Properties Of Tortoise Shell Collagen, Xiong He, Rongxing Li, Shaotong Jiang, Jianfeng Lu, Lin Lin

Journal of Food Science and Biotechnology

[Objective ] The effects of different extraction methods on the yield,purity,structural characteristics,and physicochemical properties of tortoise shell collagen were investigated.[Method ] The ultrasound-assisted enzymatic method,acid method,and enzymatic method were used to extract collagen from tortoise shell powder.[Result ] The yield and purity of tortoise shell collagen extracted by ultrasound-assisted enzymatic method were 2.29% and 85.65%,respectively,significantly higher than those extracted by acid method (0.78% and 73.15%) and enzymatic method (1.77% and 75.63%).Ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy,infrared absorption spectroscopy,circular dichroism spectroscopy,and electrophoresis profiles showed that collagens extracted from tortoise shell by three methods were all type I collagen and retained intact triple helix structures.X-ray …

The Lumberjack, October 15, 2025

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University.

Tolerating Ambiguity: Counselor Educators' Perceptions Of Gatekeeping Administration, Matthew W. Bonner, Hsin-Ya Tang, Nathaniel Brown, Keenan Eldridge

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

In the counseling profession, gatekeeping is a legal, ethical, and accreditation mandate. Academic and clinical standards are straightforward about the significance of gatekeeping. However, there is a lack of clarity regarding counselor dispositions, policies, procedures, and processes for gatekeeping. This study explores the dispositional, interpersonal, and intrapersonal experiences of faculty in their engagement with the phenomenon of gatekeeping through the qualitative approach of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) with 12 (N = 12) diverse counselor educators. Findings indicate counselor educators’ significant experiences with vague dispositions, relationships, engagement of counselors-in-raining (CITs), supportive feedback, and faculty anxiety.

Insights On Ai-Supported Uncrewed And Autonomous Systems Education, Brent A. Terwilliger Ph. D, John Faraca

Publications

Artificial Intelligence (AI) related technology is reshaping the educational experience in programs focused on uncrewed and autonomous systems, aviation, robotics, and aerospace, with growing implications for workforce readiness and cross-sector innovation. Early survey data, capturing student, educator, and employer perspectives, reveals that AI-supported tools are notably changing student engagement, communication, and skills development. Initial indications underscores the importance of AI proficiency and technological familiarity in hiring and workforce development, particularly in technical and operational roles. Key areas of focus include the use of AI to strengthen outreach and interactivity; enrich instruction through intelligent simulations; inform curricular improvements using data analytics; …

College Of Liberal Arts Faculty Bylaws 2025-2026, College Of Liberal Arts Faculty, Rollins College

College of Liberal Arts Bylaws

No abstract provided.

U.S. Water Infrastructure: Diving Into Needs And Recent Policy Developments, Joseph Kane

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

As part of the Brookings Scholar Lecture Series, Brookings Mountain West presents a lecture titled, "U.S. Water Infrastructure: Diving Into Needs and Recent Policy Developments" by Brookings fellow in Brookings Metro, Joseph Kane. Whether providing drinking water, treating wastewater, or managing stormwater, water infrastructure in the United States spans a wide range of human-made and natural systems. In turn, the enormous scale and variety of these systems is leading to an array of challenges: aging and vulnerable infrastructure; fragmented governance and siloed planning across different geographies; a lack of financial, technical, and managerial capacity; difficulties adapting to new industrial and …

Miguel Robles Corcuera V. Attorney General United States Of America

2025 Decisions

Agency

Daily Eastern News: October 15, 2025, Eastern Illinois University

Daily Eastern News: 2025-2026

No abstract provided.

Using Behavioral Skills Training And In Situ Training To Teach Game-Related Social Skills, Sumeyye Erdem

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Social skills are important for individuals to be successful, therefore programs that seek to improve social skills of individuals with autism and other disabilities are important (e.g., Agran et al., 2016; Miltenberger et al., 2017). The context of playing games has been used to teach children specific skills and may be a valuable way to promote generalization of social skills (e.g., Amadi et al., 2022; Radley et al., 2014). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of behavioral skills training (BST) for teaching social skills to children and adolescents using a game format and assess whether these …

Large Language Models As Information Providers For Appropriate Antimicrobial Use: Computational Text Analysis And Expert-Rated Comparison Of Chatgpt, Claude And Gemini, Marcello Di Pumpo, Maria Rosaria Gualano, Danilo Buonsenso, Francesca Raffaelli, Daniele Donà, Vittorio Maio, Patrizia Laurenti, Walter Ricciardi, Leonardo Villani

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

OBJECTIVES: Antimicrobial resistance is a critical public health threat. Large language models (LLMs) show great capability for providing health information. This study evaluates the effectiveness of LLMs in providing information on antibiotic use and infection management.

METHODS: Using a mixed-method approach, responses to healthcare expert-designed scenarios from ChatGPT 3.5, ChatGPT 4.0, Claude 2.0 and Gemini 1.0, in both Italian and English, were analysed. Computational text analysis assessed readability, lexical diversity and sentiment, while content quality was assessed by three experts via DISCERN tool.

RESULTS: 16 scenarios were developed. A total of 101 outputs and 5454 Likert-scale (1-5) scores were obtained …

Student Senate Meeting Minutes October 15, 2025, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes for October 15, 2025.

The Power Of ‘Net Zero’: Seductive Dispossession On The Critical Minerals Frontier, Dayna Scott

Articles & Book Chapters

This article draws on insights gained from many years of community-engaged work alongside Neskantaga First Nation, a small remote Anishinaabe community in Treaty No.9, whose Indigenous homelands are being pressured by the global thirst for critical minerals. In line with recent writing on 'green extractivism', I detail how mining's new legitimacy in the boreal peatlands of the far north of Ontario, Canada, gained strength over the past decade from a pitch that associates it with battery metals for electric vehicles, and thus the transition to a 'net-zero' economy. The seduction obscures the social and ecological destruction that mining entails, and …

Forecasting Monthly Rainfall In The Pirmam Area, Kurdistan Region, Iraq: A Machine Learning Approach., Sakar Muhamad, Rawshan Ali

Polytechnic Journal

Agriculture, emergency preparedness, and water resource management all depend on accurate rainfall forecasts. This study investigates how well machine learning models predict monthly rainfall in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, specifically in the Pirmam area. Historical weather data was analyzed using a variety of models, such as Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO), Elastic Net (ELNET), and Ridge Regression. Statistical measures including Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE), Mean Bias Error (MBE), Normalized Root Mean Squared Error (nRMSE), Coefficient of Determination (R2), and Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) were …

Dendritic Atoh1a+ Cells Serve As Merkel Cell Precursors During Skin Development And Regeneration, Evan W Craig, Erik C Black, Samantha Z Fernandes, Ahlan S Ferdous, Camille E A Goo, Sheridan M Sargent, Elgene J A Quitevis, Avery Angell Swearer, Nathaniel G Yee, Jimann Shin, Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Jeffrey P Rasmussen

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Sensory cells often adopt specific morphologies that aid in the detection of external stimuli. Merkel cells encode gentle touch stimuli in vertebrate skin and adopt a reproducible shape characterized by spiky actin-rich microvilli that emanate from the cell surface. The mechanisms by which Merkel cells acquire this stereotyped morphology from keratinocyte progenitors are unknown. Here, we establish that dendritic Merkel cells (dMCs) express atonal homolog 1a (atoh1a), extend dynamic filopodial processes, and arise in transient waves during zebrafish skin development and regeneration. We find that dMCs share molecular similarities with both basal keratinocytes and Merkel cells, yet display mesenchymal-like behaviors, …

Rehabilitation For Chronic Neurological Disorders Including Acquired Brain Injury: Information For The Public, Ian Bernstein, Rachel Keetley, Emer Gilloway, Parashar Ramanuj, Jane Williams, Jenny Jim, Hamise Smith, Nassif Mansour, Rachel Farrell, Gabrielle Parker, Joanne Powell, Jacqueline Dean, Jill Kings, Teresa Clark, Lisa Bunn, Mark Holloway, Nicholas Behn, Geraldine Roxburgh, Sue Williams, Yvonne Pettigrew, Caroline Jones, Lisa Boardman, Jen Francis, Alice Navein, Hayley Shaw, Eric Slade, Joanna Perkin, Kelly Williams, Anja Fricke, Gareth Haman

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Building Swimming Skills In A Community Based Program For Black Youth: An Evaluation, Tyler Lennon Md, Mph, Ashley Hayes Mph, Leonardo Barrera Mph, Amy Hill Ms, Mph, Andy Miner, Michelle Macy Md, Ms

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

Black youth in the United States disproportionately experience fatal drowning at rates up to five times higher than their white peers. Eliminating these inequities requires new approaches that address historical and structural barriers of learning to swim. The objective of this study was to evaluate the three-week long swimming component of a community-based discovery program to empower Black youth in Evanston, IL. Participants were Black youth ages 8-10 years enrolled in summer 2023 and 2024. Swim skills were assessed by instructors using the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Water Competence (PSPWC). Caregiver surveys, collected post-intervention, also assessed perceived changes in swim …

An Innovative Approach Addressing Childhood Drowning: Making Use Of Collegiate Aquatic Facilities And Expertise, Gennette Cordova, Natasha Lloyd, Chezik Tsunoda

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

The silent epidemic of childhood drowning, and the racial disparities associated with it require scalable and innovative approaches that both break cycles of exclusion and circumvent our societal tendency to overlook drowning as a matter in need of urgent resolution. No More Under, a Seattle-based water safety organization whose mission is to eradicate childhood drowning, has launched the Swim Safely Series. The series is a national program uniquely poised to overcome the various barriers associated with racial and socioeconomic drowning disparities by tapping into underutilized collegiate aquatic spaces and merging water safety with mentorship and social intervention.

Jsu Events, Club And Organization Documents, Bethany Latham

Finding Aids

This collection is comprised of programs, schedules, booklets, leaflets, and other miscellaneous publications and materials that document events held on Jacksonville State University’s campus. These events are sponsored by JSU clubs and organizations, both faculty and student-related, along with JSU administration-hosted events, such as Faculty and Staff convocation. The materials were originally stored in the Alabama Gallery vertical file.

Topology Across Scales On Heterogeneous Cell Data, M. Torras-Pérez, Iris Yoon , '13, P. Weeratunga, L.-P. Ho, H. M. Byrne, U. Tillmann, H. A. Harrington

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Works

Multiplexed imaging allows multiple cell types to be simultaneously visualised in a single tissue sample, generating unprecedented amounts of spatially-resolved, biological data. In topological data analysis, persistent homology provides multiscale descriptors of “shape" suitable for the analysis of such spatial data. Here we propose a novel visualisation of persistent homology (PH) and fine-tune vectorisations thereof (exploring the effect of different weightings for persistence images, a prominent vectorisation of PH). These approaches offer new biological interpretations and promising avenues for improving the analysis of complex spatial biological data especially in multiple cell type data. To illustrate our methods, we apply them …

China’S Turn To Domestic-Led Growth: Replacing Consumption Taxes With Land Taxes?, Yilin Hou, Michael Kumhof, Lei Shao

Center for Policy Research

As part of its turn towards domestic-led growth China plans to stimulate consumption, including through a reduction in consumption taxes. We compare two model-based scenarios in which the revenue losses from lower consumption taxes are replaced by higher income taxes or higher land taxes. The model is carefully calibrated to recent Chinese data, including detailed fiscal data. We find that higher income taxes lead to significant losses in output and incomes, while higher land taxes lead to significant gains. These gains are increasing in the share of land in net wealth, a statistic for which better data would be invaluable.

Evaluation Of Hypolipidemic And Hypoglycemic Effects Of Dillenia Indica L. On Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats, Md Mahfuj Alam Siddiq

Student Scholarship

Context: Dillenia indica L. a tropical fruit-bearing plant native to South and Southeast Asia, has attracted scientific interest due to its rich phytochemical composition and potential therapeutic benefits in managing diabetes, lipid disorders, and oxidative stress. Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the potential antidiabetic and lipid-lowering properties of D. indica fruit and bark extracts in a rat model of alloxan-induced type 2 diabetes. Methods: Diabetes was induced in rats using an intraperitoneal injection of alloxan (160 mg/kg) after a 12-hour fast. The chloroform fractions of D. indica fruit and bark (200 mg/kg) were administered intraperitoneally, with …

Reckoning With Queer History: The Canadian “Lgbt Purge” Case And The Limits Of Forgiveness, Daniel Del Gobbo

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

The Canadian government has a long history of regulation, exploitation, and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2S+) people. One of the most painful chapters in this history is the “LGBT Purge,” a term that refers to the expulsion of LGBTQ2S+ service members and employees from the Canadian Armed Forces, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and Federal Public Service between 1955 and 1992. The LGBT Purge was the subject of a class action lawsuit filed in 2017 that resulted in a settlement agreement in 2018. On a parallel track to the settlement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a …

Disambiguating The Wrongs Of Racial Profiling In Policing And Championing Their Structural Remediation: A Reply, François Tanguay-Renaud

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

CANADIAN LAW JOURNALS have never been known for going out of their way to facilitate direct conversations between legal scholars working on cognate issues. However, if there is anything to the old liberal adage that the truth is more likely to emerge from the civil yet robust debating of competing ideas, the lack of opportunities for holders of rival views to respond, in real time, to each other’s arguments is deplorable. Therefore, I wish to commend the Osgoode Hall Law Journal for convening this timely scholarly exchange on the problematic phenomenon of racial profiling in Canadian policing and, more specifically, …