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Clinical Outcomes Of Bloodstop Ix Application In Crico-Tracheal Resection And Anastomosis For Laryngotracheal Stenosis, Mohamed Yasser Elnaggar, Hisham Atef Ebada, Hossam Elsisi, Ali Tawfik

Mansoura Medical Journal

Objectives: To assess the surgical outcomes among laryngotracheal stenosis patients who underwent tracheal/crico-tracheal resection anastomosis for with application of BloodSTOP iX on the anastomotic line as well as the operative field.

Methods: Fourteen patients participated in this prospective study. The stenotic airway segment was resected circumferentially using primary end-to-end anastomosis. The authors of this article used the same standardized surgical techniques described in the literature and used by them previously. All patients had suprahyoid release, and trachea-hyoid de-tensioning stitches were inserted to reduce the anastomotic tension. To promote healing, BloodSTOP iX was administered across the anastomosis line and surgical outcomes …

Fetal Foot Length As A Predictor Of Gestational Age, Ruman Bashir Abdi Kadie, Hossam El-Dyn El-Sayed Gouda, Mohamad Ahmad El-Sayed Mohamad Emam, Alhussein Ahmed Mohamed

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background: Accurate estimation of gestational age (GA) is essential for obstetric care. Conventional ultrasound (US) biometric parameters may be limited in certain clinical situations. Fetal foot length (FFL) has been proposed as an alternative measurement, but its role requires further evaluation.

Aim of study: To examine the association between fetal foot length and ultrasound-based gestational age, and to explore its relationship with other fetal biometric parameters in uncomplicated singleton pregnancies.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 200 pregnant women who underwent two-dimensional transabdominal ultrasound. Standard fetal biometric parameters—including biparietal diameter (BPD), head circumference (HC), abdominal circumference (AC), and femur length …

Quality-Of-Life Outcomes Of Tympanoplasty/Mastoidectomy Operations, Peter Shokr Meglaa, Ahmed Hemdan Eldeeb, Hisham Atef Abada, Yousef Kamel Shabana

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) impairs quality of life (QoL) via otorrhea, hearing loss, and psychosocial effects, with surgery (tympanoplasty/mastoidectomy) as mainstay treatment despite limited patient-centered outcome data. This study aimed to evaluate QoL changes post-tympanoplasty/mastoidectomy in CSOM using validated tools.

Methods: This prospective study included 50 adults with CSOM at Mansoura University Hospitals. Pre/postoperative assessments included Chronic Otitis Media Outcome Test-15 (COMOT-15), Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36), Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening (HHIE-S), Tinnitus Evaluation Questionnaire (TEQ), Situational Vertigo Questionnaire (SVQ), pure tone audiometry (PTA), and air-bone gap (ABG).

Results: PTA improved from 48.5±10.2 to 28.3±8.4 dB …

Spontaneous Vertebral Osteomyelitis Mimicking Spinal Tumor: A Rare Cause Of Complete Paraplegia And Rehabilitation Challenges, Yu-Ting Su, Hung-Hsi Lin, Ying-Chun Chen

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Spontaneous vertebral osteomyelitis (SVO) is a rare but severe spinal infection that often presents with non-specific back pain, leading to misdiagnosis as a neoplastic disease. A 53-year-old female presented with progressive lower back pain, rapidly developing sudden complete paraplegia and neurogenic bowel/bladder. Initial MRI revealed T4–T6 vertebral lesions mimicking a spinal tumor. Emergent surgery and cultures confirmed Escherichia coli vertebral osteomyelitis.

Following decompression and targeted antibiotic therapy, a cautious, phase-specific rehabilitation program was initiated. Given the persistent infection and spinal instability, all weight-bearing activities were deferred until infection control and structural stability were confirmed following a spinal fixation surgery. The …

Music Interventions For Critically Ill Patients: Evaluating Effects Of Music On Psychoemotional Symptoms In Critically Ill Patients Receiving Respiratory Support, Allyson Crighton

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Critically ill adults receiving respiratory support in intensive care units (ICUs) frequently experience psychoemotional disturbances such as agitation, anxiety, and delirium, which contribute to prolonged ventilation, increased sedative use, and adverse patient outcomes. While pharmacologic management remains standard practice, associated risks including oversedation and delirium highlight the need for safe, complementary interventions. Emerging evidence suggests that music-based interventions may offer a non-invasive, cost-effective strategy to reduce psychological or emotional distress in this vulnerable population. This integrative literature review examined the effects of music interventions, including passive music listening and structured music therapy, on agitation and related psychoemotional outcomes in critically …

Parenting Stress And Its Association With Parental Technoference: An Integrative Literature Review, Emily S. Machuca

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Introduction: Today, digital devices are a part of daily life, but can serve as a distraction that interrupts important relationships, a process referred to as technoference. In the context of parenting, device use during child interactions may reduce parental attentiveness and engagement, with potential implications for child development and behavior. Parenting stress may influence how and why parents engage with digital devices in the presence of their children. However, the association between parenting stress and parental technoference remains unclear in the current literature. This integrative literature review aimed to synthesize existing evidence examining the relationship between parenting stress and parental …

How The Supreme Court’S Inconsistent Approach To Granting Emergency Relief Will Exacerbate, Rather Than Mitigate The Disruption Its Emergency Stay Policy Is Supposed To Address, Harvey L. Reiter

Cardozo Law Review de•novo

The federal government has used the Supreme Court’s emergency or “shadow” docket to great effect this past year, securing stay after stay of lower court rulings that had blocked many of the President’s executive orders. But the Court’s rulings have come, almost invariably, without any explanation of its reasoning. And its opaque and uneven rulings have also come at a potential cost to the Court’s credibility. This Article illustrates the uneven nature of the Court’s rulings by contrasting two lines of cases: (1) the Court’s stays of lower court rulings restoring to their positions FTC, NLRB, EEOC, and MSPB members …

Hallucinated Legal Presentations In Civil Trial Courts, Jeffrey Parness

Cardozo Law Review de•novo

Increasingly, hallucinated legal presentations are being discovered and sanctioned in U.S. federal and state civil trial courts. Such presentations encompass papers that are signed, filed, submitted, or advocated, which contain nonexistent legal sources, whether case precedents, statutes, court rules, administrative regulations, or otherwise. These presentations may be discovered by judges, presenting lawyers, opposing lawyers, unrepresented parties, or witnesses.

Ai Data Center Dynamic Load Effects On Current Transformer Saturation, Sergio A. Hernandez

Electrical Engineering Theses

AI data centers can produce rapid changes in electrical demand that may influence current transformer performance during faults. This study evaluates the effect of an AI data center transient on CT saturation during single line-to-ground faults using a 400 V, 60 Hz grid connected inverter model in MATLAB/Simulink. The normal condition transient produced a maximum RMS current rate of approximately 211 A/ms, which was used along with the maximum power condition to define fault inception cases. A MATLAB time-domain CT model then swept the fault current DC offset coefficient to determine the minimum offset required for CT saturation. The calculated …

Navigating Academic Accommodations For Students With Chronic Illnesses In Higher Education: A Scoping Review, Lauren M. Sutton

Social Work Theses

College is a very important and exciting chapter in students’ lives, one that will prepare them for a career and the rest of their lives. For one student population though, this also comes with additional unknowns, obstacles, and institutional barriers. This student population is students with disabilities. For a student with a disability pursuing a degree in higher education, there are institutional barriers that can be addressed by receiving academic accommodations, reducing or removing institutional barriers that disproportionately affect these students. The barriers faced by a student with a disability vary greatly by student, their disability, their major or program, …

Experimental Thermal Characterization And Comparison Of Direct Liquid Cooling And Air Cooling For A High-Density Gpu Server Thermal Test Vehicle, Oluwagbolahan Esan

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses

As the power density of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) servers escalates, air cooling is approaching fundamental scaling limits set by air's low convective heat transfer coefficient and rising parasitic fan power. This thesis presents an experimental comparison of direct-to-chip liquid cooling and air cooling for a high-density GPU server, using a Thermal Test Vehicle (TTV) that emulates the device layout and power-density regime of an 8-GPU SXM5-class baseboard (eight emulated GPU blocks and four NVLink Switch modules). The liquid configuration was tested at 8.8 kW (8.0 kW GPU, 800 W switch) across three Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) …

Teachers, Dispositions, And Classroom Management: Social Origins, Professional Development, And The Datafication Of School Discipline, Paul L. Poggemeyer

Theses and Dissertations--Sociology

How do teachers’ social backgrounds and professional orientations shape the disciplinary and relational dimensions of their work? This dissertation takes up that question across three related but self-contained studies in the sociology of education, set in Central School District, a public school district in the southeastern United States. Each study examines a different facet of how teachers establish authority, manage behavior, and exercise care: the social origins of their orientations toward classroom management, the experience of becoming professionally competent in the early career, and the use of digital tools that increasingly govern how school discipline is recorded. Drawing broadly on …

Philsongs: A Study Of Campfire Music Performed At Scouting America’S Philmont Scout Ranch (2014 To 2021), Ellyn Rager

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This dissertation focuses on Philmont Scout Ranch, a national Scouting America high adventure base in New Mexico and the largest youth camp in the world, arguing that music at Philmont serves as a cultural force that fosters an intensive communal bond among staff and campers by blending participatory and presentational music-making practices, while producing and reinforcing memories of Philmont through interpretive performances that negotiate the place’s historical narratives. Using surveys, interviews, and Thomas Turino’s framework of participatory and presentational music-making to interpret the author’s 100 hours of field recordings, this study examines aspects of Philmont’s musical habits between 2014 and …

The Relationships Among Maternal Stress, Disordered Eating, Depressive Symptoms, And Infertility In Women Throughout The Postpartum Period, Christina Shoshilos

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The perinatal period is a critical time of psychological, physiological, and social transition that can increase vulnerability to mental health challenges, particularly during the first year postpartum. This study examined the relationships among maternal stress, depressive symptoms, and disordered eating behaviors in postpartum women, with additional focus on differences by postpartum stage (0 to 6 months vs. 6 to 12 months) and infertility history. Participants (N = 248) were cisgender women who had given birth within the past 12 months and completed validated self-report measures of maternal stress, depressive symptoms, and disordered eating behaviors. A multiple regression analysis revealed …

Exploring The Feasibility And Acceptability Of The Calm Kitty Curriculum For Promoting Emotional Regulation In Preschoolers, Tabitha A. Irizarry

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

This exploratory mixed-methods study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and perceived usefulness of the Calm Kitty Curriculum, a classroom-based emotional regulation program for preschool-aged children ages 3–5, delivered through a teacher-facing orientation. Emotional regulation in early childhood is an important foundation for school readiness, social competence, and later academic outcomes. Because children from historically marginalized communities are disproportionately affected by emotional dysregulation and exclusionary disciplinary practices, accessible and developmentally appropriate classroom-based supports are needed. This study represented an initial phase of curriculum development and focused on implementation readiness rather than child-level effectiveness. A secondary data analysis was conducted using previously collected, …

Pediatricians’ Approach To Addressing Developmental, Behavioral, And Social-Emotional Concerns In Children, Jessica Baer

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

This study examined factors influencing pediatric primary care providers’ adherence to recommended guidelines for developmental, behavioral, and psychosocial screening, surveillance, and referral practices. Although early identification is emphasized in pediatric care, implementation remains inconsistent. A cross-sectional survey was administered to pediatric primary care providers in the United States with at least one year of independent practice experience. Variables examined included provider and practice demographics, training, confidence, caseload, and perceived barriers. Descriptive statistics and group comparisons were used to evaluate patterns in screening and referral practices. Results indicated variability in adherence across domains, with greater consistency in developmental and behavioral practices …

Effects Of Fermented Soybean Products On The Human Gut Microbiome, Microbial Metabolism, And Host Physiology, Shannon Moncier

Biology Dissertations

Fermented soybean products (FSPs) contain soybean-derived substrates, fermentation-associated microorganisms, and bioactive compounds that may interact with the human gut microbiome and host physiology. However, despite the growing interest in FSPs, longitudinal human studies specifically evaluating traditional Korean-FSPs (K-FSPs), particularly among United States-based populations, remain limited. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of three K-FSPs, including Cheonggukjang, Gochujang, and Doenjang, on host physiological responses, gut microbial community structure, predicted microbial functional potential, and fecal butyrate responses in healthy adults. Three independent dietary intervention cohorts were conducted using FSP formulations produced either by traditional artisan methods (Product A) …

Neuromodulation Of Pain-Related Network Dynamics: Effects Of Electroconvulsive Stimulation On Local Field Potential Activity In A Formalin Pain Model, Diana A. Ibarra

Psychology Theses

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an established neuromodulatory intervention used to treat severe psychiatric conditions and is known to briefly affect memory function. Given that chronic pain affects millions and often leads to opioid dependence, ECT has been investigated to treat chronic pain. This study examined how electroconvulsive stimulation (ECS), the experimental equivalent of ECT used in animal models, alters or reduces pain-related brain neural activity associated with maladaptive pain-related memory circuit representations. The hypothesis is that ECS will disrupt or reduce neural activity associated with pain-related memory circuits, potentially revealing neural mechanisms that link pain and memory circuits through …

Anti-Sars-Cov-2 Nucleoprotein Iga Is Associated With Worse Disease Severity In Critically Ill Covid-19 Pneumonia Patients, David Brett-Major, Dylan S. George, Eric D. Morrell, Carmen Mikacenic, Julie Carstens, Laura E. Evans, Mark M. Wurfel, Pavan K. Bhatraju, M. Jana Broadhurst

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

While humoral responses to vaccination and infection have largely focused on IgG, there is an evolving literature on ways in which IgA may drive neutrophil activity in lung injury secondary to viral infections, including COVID-19. We evaluated 238 immune-naïve, critically ill patients in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing a laboratory-developed, multiplexed antibody testing, clinical history, medical record, and machine learning, we pursued relationships between systemic IgA and disease severity. Individuals with elevated anti-N IgA had 4-fold odds of more severe disease. This work emphasizes the importance of continued work to understand how different elements of the immune …

Understanding How Erosion And Unit Thickness Alter The Deformation Of Fold-Thrust Belts, Kaitlyn E. Gallis, Caroline M. Burberry

Nebraska Academy of Sciences: Programs and Proceedings

When a collision of two tectonic plates occurs, fold thrust belts develop, which are widely recognized as the most common mode in which the crust accommodates shortening. Most analog models do not consider erosion when documenting fold thrust belt formation. The lack of experiments on this topic means there are limited consistent studies on the relationship between erosion and deformation. Preliminary experiments suggest that the typical forward breaking thrust sequence is altered by eroding the hinterland, something this experiment series aims to prove or disprove. The new contribution of this work is a systematic evaluation of the variation in initial …

Examining The Effectiveness Of Icu Diaries In Reducing Post–Intensive Care Syndrome (Pics) Psychological Symptoms: A Rapid Review Of United States–Based Studies, Lananh Tran

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Background: The growing recognition of Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) has prompted investigation into interventions, such as ICU diaries, to mitigate the long-term psychological effects of PICS. Intensive care unit (ICU) diaries – journals written by clinicians and loved ones during an ICU admission – are a tool that can help patients reconstruct the events of their critical care experience. Entries in the diary may include clinical updates, explanation of treatments, and encouraging words from loved ones or staff. Previous research in European countries found ICU diaries may be effective in reducing psychological effects post ICU admission.

Research question: The aim …

Effects Of Large Woody Debris On Salmonid Spawning Habitat And Activity, Matt Knoedelseder

IdeaFest 2026

I am studying the effects of large woody debris (LWD) placement in a salmon-bearing stream in Southern Humboldt. My hypothesis is that the placement of LWD will improve salmon spawning activity by 1) recruiting and sorting appropriate gravel substrate and 2) increasing dissolved oxygen concentrations within the substrate. I predict that streams with LWD treatments will exhibit higher salmonid with abundance and density.

Rewards That Resonate- How Incentivized Online Reviews Shape Customer Loyalty And Review Outcomes, Sameeha Khizindar

Marketing Dissertations

In today’s competitive marketplace, online reviews have become a central feature of consumer decision-making and business strategy. Research consistently documents that online reviews have a positive impact on outcomes such as review volume and product sales, underscoring their critical role in shaping firm performance. However, the majority of consumers do not voluntarily write reviews, posing a challenge for companies that rely on user-generated content. To address this issue, companies often offer incentives to motivate customers to write reviews. Despite their widespread use, research on their impact remains limited. This dissertation is comprised of two essays that examine the impact of …

Mechanisms Of Vascular Acetylcholine Reactivity In Cardiac Hypertrophy: The Role Of Calcium Channels And Endothelial Pi3k/Akt/Enos Signaling In Rats, Rebwar Tahir Mohammed, Ismail Mustafa Maulood

Polytechnic Journal

Cardiac hypertrophy alters vascular function and promotes myocardial damage via oxidative stress and inflammation, with calcium channels and the PI3K/AKT/eNOS signalling pathway being pivotal in vascular reactivity. Nonetheless, their precise role in acetylcholine (ACh)-mediated vascular responses during hypertrophy remains little elucidated. The study aims to investigate calcium channel functions and endothelial PI3K/AKT/eNOS signalling in modulating vascular reactivity in a rat model of cardiac hypertrophy. Aortic rings from control and ISO-treated rats were mounted in organ baths. Cumulative ACh dose–response curves (DRC) were obtained at baseline and after preincubation with Nω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) blocker, PI3K …

Identifying Relevant Covariates In Rna-Seq Analysis By Pseudo-Variable Augmentation, Yet Nguyen, Dan Nettleton

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) technology allows for the identification of differentially expressed genes, which are genes whose mean transcript abundance levels vary across conditions. In practice, RNA-seq datasets often include covariates that are of primary interest in addition to a set of covariates that are subject to selection. Some of these covariates may be relevant to gene expression levels, while others may be irrelevant. Ignoring relevant covariates or attempting to adjust for the effect of irrelevant covariates can compromise the identification of differentially expressed genes. To address this issue, we propose a variable selection method that uses pseudo-variables to control the expected …

Utilizing Machine Learning Techniques For Computer-Aided Covid-19 Screening Based On Clinical Data, Honglun Xu, Andrews T. Anum, Michael Pokojovy, Sreenath Chalil Madathil, Yuxin Wen, Md Fashiar Rahman, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Scott Moen, Eric Walser

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of rapid clinical decision-making to facilitate the efficient usage of healthcare resources. Over the past decade, machine learning (ML) has caused a tectonic shift in healthcare, empowering data-driven prediction and decision-making. Recent research demonstrates how ML was used to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper puts forth new computer-aided COVID-19 disease screening techniques using six classes of ML algorithms (including penalized logistic regression, random forest, artificial neural networks, and support vector machines) and evaluates their performance when applied to a real-world clinical dataset containing patients’ demographic information and vital indices (such as …

Monstrous Women In Greek Mythology: Victims Of The Patriarchy, Savannah Watson, Savannah Watson

Integrated Studies

This paper is an exploration into the women of Greek mythology and how they are viewed through the eyes of the patriarchy within the original texts. The focus of the paper will be on the mythological women who are considered monsters, both in a physical and characteristic sense. The women-monster hybrids will include gorgons, nymphs, sirens, furies, harpies, and specific mythological women like Medusa, Medea, Circe, Lamia, Scylla will also be discussed. By learning about who these monstrous women are and finding out why they behave in the way they had to, the analysis will reveal how the real monster …

An Optimization-Driven Approach For Accurate Prediction Of Diabetes Mellitus, H El Bouhissi, Sb Xu, John H Wang

Department of Information Management and Business Analytics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Diabetes mellitus is a progressive metabolic disorder requiring timely identification to prevent severe complications and reduce healthcare burdens. This paper proposes an optimization-driven deep learning framework for accurate diabetes prediction, integrating Long Short-Term Memory selection and hyperparameter tuning. The framework is conceptualized as a decision-support system embedded within electronic health records and clinical workflows, supporting physicians, nurses, case workflow integration, governance, and privacy-are addressed to ensure alignment with real-world organizational contexts. The results demonstrate both technical feasibility and practical relevance, linking predictive analytics capability with human-AI collaboration, adoption factors, and operational decision-making in healthcare organizations.

Pubh 2200g : Health Citizenship, Public Health

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Cds 2000 : Introduction To Communication Disorders And Sciences, Cds

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