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Downregulation Of Biofilm Formation Genes In Some Pathogenic Bacteria By Extracts From Two Algal Genera, Nishtiman S Hasan, Janan J Toma, Abdulilah S Ismaeil, Suzan A Shareef, Muhsin J Abdulwahid May 2025

Downregulation Of Biofilm Formation Genes In Some Pathogenic Bacteria By Extracts From Two Algal Genera, Nishtiman S Hasan, Janan J Toma, Abdulilah S Ismaeil, Suzan A Shareef, Muhsin J Abdulwahid

Baghdad Science Journal

Most infectious diseases are primarily caused by the growth of microorganisms called biofilms. The formation of bacterial biofilms enables microorganisms to inhabit biotic and abiotic surfaces which increases their resistance to antimicrobials. To control this issue, there is a critical need for novel approaches and compounds can suppress the expression or regulation of virulence genes. A potential method for disarming rather than eliminating bacterial pathogens is antivirulence therapy based on the blockage of biofilm pathways. In current study, the action of water, diethyl ether and acetone extraction on two types of algae namely Scenedesmus quadricauda and Chlorosarcinopsis eremi in their …


Amplification Of D18s51, D8s1179, And Fes Loci Of Dna Samples Isolated From Guitar String Stored At Room Temperature, Abdul Hadi Furqoni, Anindita Riesti Retno Arimurti, Meri Meri, Ni Luh Ayu Megasari, Indah Nuraini Masjkur, Qurrota A’Yunil Huda, Intan Sari Nuraini, Luluk Hermawati May 2025

Amplification Of D18s51, D8s1179, And Fes Loci Of Dna Samples Isolated From Guitar String Stored At Room Temperature, Abdul Hadi Furqoni, Anindita Riesti Retno Arimurti, Meri Meri, Ni Luh Ayu Megasari, Indah Nuraini Masjkur, Qurrota A’Yunil Huda, Intan Sari Nuraini, Luluk Hermawati

Baghdad Science Journal

The act of criminality is an unlawful behavior that constitutes a criminal offense. Criminals use various ways to hide evidence at the crime scene. Forensic experts often find DNA on items found at the crime scene, one of the types of evidence is a guitar. Guitar is one of the musical instruments often played by humans that can be used as a comparison. Methods: This study used 18 guitar string samples that had been used for five minutes and incubated at room temperature. The 18 samples were then divided into three groups, in which each group consisted of six samples …


Antimicrobial And Antibiofilm Activity Of Local Wheat Bran Extract And Bacteriocin Combination Against Gastrointestinal Pathogens, Omer Natheer Abbas, Majid Rasheed Majeed May 2025

Antimicrobial And Antibiofilm Activity Of Local Wheat Bran Extract And Bacteriocin Combination Against Gastrointestinal Pathogens, Omer Natheer Abbas, Majid Rasheed Majeed

Baghdad Science Journal

Gastrointestinal microbial infections have increased especially between children and represent a community burden. The present experiment was designed to examine the combined impact of local wheat bran bioactive compounds and Bacteriocin over locally isolated pathogens including S. aureus, E. coli and C. albicans and evaluate their antimicrobial and antibiofilm eligibility. Local wheat Ibaa99 bran extract consists of phenolic compounds, phytic acid and inulin, Bacteriocin was purified from Lacticaseibacillus paracasei that was identified as a new strain (namely MOIQ35) by the 16S rRNA gene using the PCR technique and after its registration with The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The …


Reasonable Suspicion And Racial Profiling In The Enforcement Of Immigration Laws In Arizona, George L. Wajackoyah May 2025

Reasonable Suspicion And Racial Profiling In The Enforcement Of Immigration Laws In Arizona, George L. Wajackoyah

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The delegation of immigration enforcement authority to local law enforcement under Section 287(g) raised concerns about increased racial profiling, fueling fear and distrust in immigrant communities. Understanding these effects aided in evaluating the broader impact of immigration policies on public safety and community relations. Grounded in critical race theory, this study explored how Section 287(g) enabled racial profiling by giving local law enforcement broad discretionary authority over immigration enforcement. A qualitative research design was employed using thematic analysis of interview data from 26 immigrants and law enforcement officers. Manual coding and NVivo software were utilized to conduct the analysis. The …


Burnout, Life Satisfaction, And Meaning-Focused Coping In Correctional Mental Health Providers, Danielle Janet Tsamouris May 2025

Burnout, Life Satisfaction, And Meaning-Focused Coping In Correctional Mental Health Providers, Danielle Janet Tsamouris

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Studies have found that burnout among correctional mental health providers is related to unique stressors that impact their physical, psychological, and emotional health, including the perceived and actual threat of violence. Using the transactional theory of stress and coping, the purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the influence of burnout and meaning-focused coping strategies on life satisfaction in correctional mental health providers. Online survey data from 102 master’s-holding correctional mental health professionals were recruited by SurveyMonkey who also administered the survey. Results from a standard multiple regression analysis suggested that meaning-focused coping strategies significantly and positively influenced life …


A Grounded Theory Approach To Intergenerational Adverse Childhood Experiences, Jessica Schweigert May 2025

A Grounded Theory Approach To Intergenerational Adverse Childhood Experiences, Jessica Schweigert

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Extensive research has been conducted on the relationship of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and negative long term physical and mental health outcomes, intervention strategies after exposure in childhood, as well preventative education measures to limit ACE exposure; however, limited research has been conducted on how the exposure to ACEs could influence parental behaviors, practices, the overall experience for parents, and the intergenerational continuity of these experiences for their children. The purpose of this qualitative grounded theory study was to explore how the adverse childhood experiences of parents could have influenced their parental behaviors and practices, parenting style and approach, and …


The Impact Of Functional Disabilities On The Quality Of Life Of Older U.S. Adults, Bernadette Lavender May 2025

The Impact Of Functional Disabilities On The Quality Of Life Of Older U.S. Adults, Bernadette Lavender

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Among older U.S. adults, functional disabilities are critical determinants of quality of life (QoL), influencing mobility, social engagement, and independence. Despite growing evidence of these impacts, limited research examines how healthcare access, social support, and socioeconomic factors moderate this relationship. This quantitative study explored the effects of functional disabilities on QoL, operationalized through self-reported health, while examining the moderating roles of key social determinants. Using a cross-sectional design, secondary data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) were analyzed. The sample included 42,405 participants aged 60 years and above from all 50 states. Multiple regression analyses and ANOVA were employed …


Early Childhood Teachers’ Perspectives On The Challenges Of Closing The African American Achievement Gap, Cherie Mcelroy-Burch May 2025

Early Childhood Teachers’ Perspectives On The Challenges Of Closing The African American Achievement Gap, Cherie Mcelroy-Burch

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

There is a persistent academic achievement gap between African American students and their White peers in Grades 1–3. Federal and state governments have made numerous efforts, implemented policy changes, and allocated more resources to struggling school districts, yet the disparity in academic achievement persists. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore early childhood teachers’ perspectives on the challenges of closing the achievement gap between African American students and their White peers in Grades 1–3. The conceptual framework for this study was based on Coll and Lamberty’s model of developmental competencies in minority children. The research question for …


Food Insecurity, Myplate Utilization, And Hba1c In United States Adults With Prediabetes, Lindley R. Sharp May 2025

Food Insecurity, Myplate Utilization, And Hba1c In United States Adults With Prediabetes, Lindley R. Sharp

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The rising prevalence of prediabetes in the United States presents a significant public health challenge, particularly due to its progression into Type 2 diabetes. Despite national dietary guidelines, disparities in dietary adherence persist, especially among food-insecure adults. This quantitative study examined the impact of food insecurity and MyPlate utilization on HbA1C levels in prediabetic U.S. adults, while accounting for structural and intermediary determinants of health. Guided by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health framework, this cross-sectional study utilized secondary data from the 2015–March 2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey including a sample size of 1,417 noninstitutionalized male and …


Mediating Models Of Depression, Anxiety, And Ptsd In Adults With Early Versus Late Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnoses, Kaycee Malaki Dobson May 2025

Mediating Models Of Depression, Anxiety, And Ptsd In Adults With Early Versus Late Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnoses, Kaycee Malaki Dobson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Adults are being diagnosed with autism at greater rates than in the past two decades. This research study examined whether the age of autism diagnosis impacts the severity of comorbid mental health disorders in adults formally diagnosed with autism. The Empathizing-Systemizing theory, which posits that autistic individuals systemize at greater rates, was applied to understand the link between age of autism diagnosis and two common comorbid disorders, depression (measured by the PHQ-9) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD; measured by the PCL-5). Mediation analyses were used to explore these relationships on a convenience sample of 232 adults with autism. No significant …


Surgical Technology Faculty Perceptions Of Using High-Fidelity Simulation In Teaching, Felicia Consoweller Mcghee May 2025

Surgical Technology Faculty Perceptions Of Using High-Fidelity Simulation In Teaching, Felicia Consoweller Mcghee

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Surgical technology education is critical in equipping individuals for healthcare careers; however, educators in the field have recognized that a gap in practice exists regarding clinical preparedness between surgical technologists and other healthcare professionals. This study’s research explored faculty perspectives on implementing high-fidelity simulation (HFS) in surgical technology curricula, highlighting the importance of this issue for educators and program directors who seek to enhance the training of future surgical technologists. This basic qualitative study, guided by the technology acceptance model (TAM), examined how researchers and faculty using TAM perceived HFS and its effects on student learning and readiness. Two key …


Staff Education On Psychoeducational Interventions For Older Patients With Mood Disorder, Vera Ngenwie Nkweti May 2025

Staff Education On Psychoeducational Interventions For Older Patients With Mood Disorder, Vera Ngenwie Nkweti

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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A Quality Improvement Initiative To Implement An Educational And Behavioral Intervention To Address Childhood Obesity And Depression, Hillary Oluwatosin Ayokunle May 2025

A Quality Improvement Initiative To Implement An Educational And Behavioral Intervention To Address Childhood Obesity And Depression, Hillary Oluwatosin Ayokunle

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Summary The doctoral project was a quality improvement initiative aimed at addressing the co-occurrence of obesity and depression in children aged 9-18 years. The practice problem is critical within the context of nursing practice, as both childhood obesity and depression are significant public health concerns that impact physical and mental well-being. The practice-focused question guiding the project explored whether the implementation of an educational program centered on nutrition, physical activity, and mental health leads to improvements in body mass index (BMI) and reductions in depressive symptoms, as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). The purpose of the doctoral project …


Estimating The Future Frequency Of Bonnet Carré Spillway Openings, Kayla Thomas May 2025

Estimating The Future Frequency Of Bonnet Carré Spillway Openings, Kayla Thomas

LSU Master's Theses

In the 2010s, the Bonnet Carré Spillway (BCS) in southeastern Louisiana, U.S.A., experienced an unprecedented uptick in openings to mitigate the possibility of flooding, including a record double-opening in 2019. Both the environmental consequences of BCS openings associated with nutrients that run from the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain and the synoptic-scale meteorological conditions that necessitate these openings are poorly understood. With the unexpectedly frequent openings in recent years and the ever-present threat of climate change, it is vital to consider the future shift of synoptic-scale climate patterns and how it can relate to BCS openings. Understanding the potential for …


Understanding The Delivery Of Music Learning In Nsw Public Schools: Primary Teachers' Survey - New South Wales, Rebecca Taylor, Daniel Edwards May 2025

Understanding The Delivery Of Music Learning In Nsw Public Schools: Primary Teachers' Survey - New South Wales, Rebecca Taylor, Daniel Edwards

School and system improvement

The Music Education: Right from the Start Primary Teachers’ Survey New South Wales was conducted to understand the delivery of music education in NSW Department of Education (the department) public primary schools and to provide baseline data for policy and program development. This broad-ranging survey of teachers and representatives from 706 New South Wales public primary schools. The results highlight the status of music education in NSW public primary schools, demonstrating teachers' need for better resources, improved preparation in Initial Teacher Education (ITE), increased access to quality professional learning, and integration of music into the broader curriculum.


A Fundamentally New Direction In Embolization Using Reactive Chemistry In A Swine Model, Erik Cressman, Danielle Stolley, Shubhneet Warar, Natalie W Fowlkes, David Fuentes May 2025

A Fundamentally New Direction In Embolization Using Reactive Chemistry In A Swine Model, Erik Cressman, Danielle Stolley, Shubhneet Warar, Natalie W Fowlkes, David Fuentes

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Liver cancer carries a poor prognosis and incidence continues to increase. The main therapy for unresectable disease > 3 cm in diameter is Transarterial Chemoembolization. Unfortunately, overall survival for these patients has improved little in the past two decades. To address this, we propose a new approach using a chemical reaction in situ. We report here our results in a pilot study using a swine model. Domestic swine (n = 3) were treated in the liver with dichloroacetic anhydride in ethiodized oil. CT imaging was followed 24 h after the procedure by necropsy, histopathology, and mass spectrometry imaging. Animals tolerated the …


Planetary Health And Indigenous Sovereignty: Exploring The Theory Of Change Of The Healthy Environments And Lives (Heal) Network In Western Australia, Lucie O'Sullivan, Theoni Whyman, Mara West, Noel Nannup, Jaime Yallup Farrant, Naomi Joy Godden, Emma Leigh Synnott, Raewyn Mutch, Anita J. Campbell, Kylie Wrigley, Brad Farrant May 2025

Planetary Health And Indigenous Sovereignty: Exploring The Theory Of Change Of The Healthy Environments And Lives (Heal) Network In Western Australia, Lucie O'Sullivan, Theoni Whyman, Mara West, Noel Nannup, Jaime Yallup Farrant, Naomi Joy Godden, Emma Leigh Synnott, Raewyn Mutch, Anita J. Campbell, Kylie Wrigley, Brad Farrant

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This paper outlines the theory of change which underpins the Western Australian (WA) hub of the Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) network. HEAL is an Australian national research initiative that aims to address the health impacts of climate and environmental change. The WA hub's theory of change is focused on improving the health and well-being of the planet and people, including children, through centring Indigenous sovereignty, voices and ways of knowing and being in research, policy development and service provision. The WA hub also recognises it is essential for place-based, community-led solutions, which strengthens responses to climate and environmental change, …


Setting Up Students For Success: Analysis Of Effectiveness Of Mathematics Placement, Jeff Carvell, Jason Ho, David Klanderman, Sarah Klanderman May 2025

Setting Up Students For Success: Analysis Of Effectiveness Of Mathematics Placement, Jeff Carvell, Jason Ho, David Klanderman, Sarah Klanderman

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

How do we e!ectively and equitably place students into math classes in a way that provides them the best chance of success? As many higher education institutions veer away from placement based on standardized testing, many departments are seeking placement alternatives that will properly support students. Additionally, math placement determines not only a student’s mathematics courses but also influences their progress in related fields, including physics, chemistry, engineering, and more. This paper will describe three di!erent existing placement systems at each of our liberal arts institutions as well as the a!ordances and constraints of each approach. Further, we analyze data …


Development And Evaluation Of A Simple Human Body Link Model Considering The Degrees-Of-Freedom Of Shoulders, Mizuki Takeda, Yuki Saito, Kaiji Sato May 2025

Development And Evaluation Of A Simple Human Body Link Model Considering The Degrees-Of-Freedom Of Shoulders, Mizuki Takeda, Yuki Saito, Kaiji Sato

Progress in Scale Modeling, an International Journal

Modeling of the human body is widely utilized in the field of human–robot interaction, warranting the development of a simple model to measure and recognize the human body movements. To this end, a two-dimensional (2D) human body link model in the sagittal plane has been used to represent the human body with rotating joints and links connecting these joints. The joint positions can be determined by using the coordinates of a limited number of points on the links and estimated using a few sensor outputs when the links are of constant length. However, models with constant link lengths may result …


The Clean Water Act: Murky Waters Ahead Post-Sackett, Claire Kurnick May 2025

The Clean Water Act: Murky Waters Ahead Post-Sackett, Claire Kurnick

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tax Revolutions: Dollars, Rights, And Social Change, Doron Narotzki May 2025

Tax Revolutions: Dollars, Rights, And Social Change, Doron Narotzki

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tax Trends, Nicholas J. Fiore May 2025

Tax Trends, Nicholas J. Fiore

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.


Tax Clinic, Michael S. Wolff May 2025

Tax Clinic, Michael S. Wolff

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.


The Tax Adviser, Volume 16, Number 12, December 1985, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants May 2025

The Tax Adviser, Volume 16, Number 12, December 1985, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.


Taxation Of Scholarships And Fellowships: Continuing Controversy And Confusion, Allan H. Savage May 2025

Taxation Of Scholarships And Fellowships: Continuing Controversy And Confusion, Allan H. Savage

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.


Federal Income Tax Considerations For Community Associations, Meyer M. Saltzman May 2025

Federal Income Tax Considerations For Community Associations, Meyer M. Saltzman

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.


Tax Trends, Nicholas J. Fiore May 2025

Tax Trends, Nicholas J. Fiore

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.


Estate Planning Considerations For Nonresident Aliens, A. Finley Schuldenfrei, Elwood V. Stark Jr., Judith Hankin Cline May 2025

Estate Planning Considerations For Nonresident Aliens, A. Finley Schuldenfrei, Elwood V. Stark Jr., Judith Hankin Cline

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.


Wild Women, Wild West: Queer Women’S Sexuality And Gender Presentations On The Western Frontier, Michaela White May 2025

Wild Women, Wild West: Queer Women’S Sexuality And Gender Presentations On The Western Frontier, Michaela White

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Mining Medical Data Toward A More Equitable Health System For The Public, Julian Powell May 2025

Mining Medical Data Toward A More Equitable Health System For The Public, Julian Powell

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

The aim of this study is to identify predictors of different sleep disorders which are less studied within the field. With sleep disorders affecting the overall well being of millions of individuals worldwide this is an important examination of potential factors which can lead to the development of such disorders. A relational database was constructed using MySql and Python in order to perform multiple different statistical analyses on data provided by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) dataset. Correlations and predictions between described sleep disorders and different physiological factors described within the dataset were found to establish conclusions …