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Validity Of The Polar Verity Sense In Measuring Heart Rate During A Hand Grip Assessment With Blood Flow Restriction, Jeff Guzman, James W. Navalta, Marcus M. Lawrence, Nathaniel Bodell, Jeffrey Cowley, Setareh Zarei, Rodolfo I. Mejia, Catalina M. Kerwin, Kynlee Sperry, Juni Timmins, Cannon Jones, Sam Brinkerhoff, Danilo Dullas, Clifford Sanders, Yahtziri Martinez, Tevin Perez, Alana Tucker, Amelia Wolfe, Merrill Funk

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Blood flow restriction (BFR) training has acquired significant attention in rehabilitation and performance sciences. Polar is a popular heart rate (HR) device manufacturer, Polar Electro OY. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of HR from the Polar Verity Sense biceps band vs the Polar H10 chest strap during a hand grip assessment with blood flow restriction. METHODS: Twenty-three adults (9 females, 14 males, Identified otherwise n = 0; age=24.74±8.19 years, height = 172 cm (SD =9) Mass = 79kg (SD= 18.5) were recruited via convenience sampling. Participants were asked to do a warm-up including 5-min …

When Modernism Meets Cultural Identity: Luis Barragán’S Peotic Modernism And Marina Tabassum’S South Asian Vernacular Approach, Esther Shukrani, Ehsan Sheikholharam Ma

Symposium of Student Scholars

Modernism emerged as a universal language of geometry, light, and order. What Le Corbusier described as a “fundamentally new aesthetic” that rejected the architecture of past epochs to express “the spirit of an age.” Rooted in abstraction and universality, modernism sought to define a language freed from ornament and guided by progress. Yet when it encounters culture, faith, and climate, modernism transforms. This research asks what happens to modernism when it becomes regional, examining how Luis Barragán and Marina Tabassum reinterpret modernist ideals through light, material, and spirituality. Using a comparative analytical approach, the study looks at Barragán’s work through …

Transit Hubs As Mixed-Use Areas: Architectural Solutions For 24/7 Vibrant Streets, Amber Henry, Ehsan Sheikholharam Ma

Symposium of Student Scholars

Monday morning, again. Walking into the cold, isolated transit hub reflects your internal emotion of dragging your feet back to work. All to do it again the next day. The routine of walking past architectural marvels like Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the Marquis Hotel just to walk into a cold and distant transit hub displays two drastic priorities of the architectural fabric in Atlanta. The largest transit hub for MARTA within Atlanta is Five Points, which contains all four train lines currently in use today. According to Downtown Atlanta’s Master Plan published in 2017, “In 2015, close to 1.2 million people …

Two Visions Of An Architectural Revolution: Archigram And Italian Futurism, Christopher Amaya, Ehsan Sheikholharam Ma

Symposium of Student Scholars

The idea of a revolution in architecture is prevalent in both Archigram and Italian Futurism. Although Archigram was a group of architects that formed after World War II and Italian Futurism was a movement that pushed Italy closer to fascism before World War I, both reveal how architecture can promote new ways of living and new ways of seeing the world. The fundamental ideas behind their values differ in how they approach sociopolitical issues that appear eclectic throughout time. On one hand, Italian Futurism pushed a new age of propaganda that celebrated industrial progress which introduced a new architectural language—one …

Is Hockey Still Canada’S Game? How Usa Teams Have Won Every Stanley Cup Since 1994, Aaron Montgomery, Long Doan, Joe Demaio, Michael Frankel

Symposium of Student Scholars

The last Canadian team to win Lord Stanley’s cup in the National Hockey League was the Montreal Canadiens in 1993. Since then, each championship has been claimed by a team geographically located in the United States. Is this streak unusual? Perhaps it is particularly unusual in light of the fact that Hockey is known as Canada’s game. Is Hockey in its modern incarnation still Canada’s game? Given the long history of the NHL should we expect such a streak to occur at some point in time? Are we too fixated on the geographic location of the teams in question? Perhaps …

Structure As Civic Space: The Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge In Dialogue With Frei Otto And Shigeru Ban, Allison L. Ware, Ehsan Sheikholharam Ma

Symposium of Student Scholars

What if a bridge could be more than just a means of crossing from one point to another? What if it could become a place of gathering, reflection, and connection between people and their city? The Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge in Tehran, Iran, challenges conventional ideas of infrastructure by transforming a simple crossing into a dynamic public space that celebrates structure, culture, and community. Completed by Leila Araghian and Alireza Behzadi of Diba Tensile Architecture, the Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2016. The bridge represents a shift in how infrastructure can serve urban life, not …

Avant-Garde Architectural Influences In Japanese Cinema: The Influences Of Kenzo Tange And Archigram, Aissatou L. Balde, Ehsan Sheikholharam Ma

Symposium of Student Scholars

Kenzo Tange and Metabolists created a blueprint for utopian and organic urban futures in postwar Japan, inspiring the fictional worlds of Japanese cinema and animation, from Akira’s cyber-punk cityscapes to Howl’s Moving Castle’s urban mobility. These futuristic cities have a lot in common with Archigram in their “Walking City” concept. While Metabolists focused on cities that could grow and change like living organisms, Archigram took it further by designing robot-like megastructures that could walk across the planet. Neither group built most of their ideas, but both used imaginative designs to rethink how cities could work in a fast-changing world. These …

Light And Labor: From Monumental Beauty To Communal Craft, Jesus A. Anaya-Ruiz, Ehsan Sheikholharam Ma

Symposium of Student Scholars

What makes a building meaningful? The beauty of it or the craftsmen that put it together? This paper will dive into Louis Khan’s Kimbell Art Museum (1972) in Forth Worth, Texas, and Zhang Pengju’s West Wusutu Village Community Center (2019) in Hohhot, China, projects that have different approaches to how architecture engages people and defines space.

Louis Kahn’s design is praised for its ability to exhibit art, he uses daylight as his primary material to define space and emotion. Through the use of cycloid vaults and reflected light he enhances the occupants’ experience gently, expressing architecture through beauty, proportion and …

Resisting Globalization: Gando Primary School And Majara Residence Beyond Critical Regionalism, Gerdon Chavez, Ehsan Sheikholharam Ma

Symposium of Student Scholars

What happens to countries that do not have the economic power to initiate or keep up with globalization? In moments of revolution, architecture often plays a pivotal role in shaping and boosting the economy for cities. However, this is more often portrayed or studied in wealthy countries like Germany, Russia, and the United States. Countries that do not have economic power, especially developing nations, begin to mix culture with modern architecture. The Gando Primary School, a project located in Gando, Burkina Faso is a school that was built cooperatively by the village community funded by members who lived away from …

The Evolution And Impact Of The Token Black Friend Trope In American Media, Sophie E. Rice, Kurt Milberger

Symposium of Student Scholars

Abstract

This research explores the history of the token Black friend trope in American media and how these misrepresentations continue to influence popular culture and negatively impact Black Americans. Historically, the token Black friend stereotype singles out Black characters to fill gaps in the plot through comedy, intelligence, or self-sacrifice, all while being excluded from the white protagonist’s larger narrative. The prevalence of this trope is apparent through several contemporary and classic examples, which are used to evaluate the effects of the token Black friend trope on American culture. To deconstruct these misrepresentations, this essay supplements these examples with scholarship …

Village Of Hope: Moving Away From The Conception Of Temporary To Permanent Shelter In Haiti, Korine Dorval, Ehsan Sheikholharam Ma

Symposium of Student Scholars

Around the world, 1.6 million people lose their homes every week. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center estimates that 1 million people were internally displaced in Haiti as of the end of 2024.

In Haiti, displacement repeats in a cycle driven by gang violence and natural disasters. Today, as the situation grows worse, the solution is still centered on refugee camps. Architecture seems to intervene only in emergency relief without addressing long-term stability.

This design research examines how architecture can contribute to reducing gang violence by facilitating the transition from temporary to permanent shelter in Haiti. This paper challenges assumptions about …

Architecture Of Hope: Empowering The Youth Through Safe And Creative Spaces In Mexico, Arturo Resendiz, Eshan Sheikholharam Mashhadi

Symposium of Student Scholars

Abstract:

Architecture of Hope: Empowering the Youth Through Safe and Creative Spaces in Mexico

Architecture, to me, began as a medium of expressing creativity—an extension of my upbringing and my father’s work in construction. Over time, I developed a new understanding of what it means to be an architect. I have come to realize that architecture is nothing more than an empty vessel; dormant until it is experienced. I believe we are here to use it as an instrument of connectivity—one that shapes relationships, strengthens community, and inspires hope.

In many parts of the world, youth face environments defined by …

Sacred Sounds And Profane Places, Denaesia Robinson, Ehsan Sheikholharam Ma

Symposium of Student Scholars

Life is comprised of many moments big and small and each of these moments help to shape people into who they are and who they will become. These moments constitute self or Home for individuals. The idea of homelessness is the plight many humans face during their lifetime. This feeling of being lost leads many on a journey of discovery where people seek themselves or a feeling of belonging (Home). Those who suffer from the metaphysical sense of homelessness go on journeys looking for the sacred and sometimes they find it in the profane.

In history we learn about how …

Sharpening The Past: Analysis Of Pre-Contact Stone Tools From The Cummings Site, Bartow County, Georgia, Kelsi J. Merkel, Terry Powis

Symposium of Student Scholars

This archaeological study presents a technological and morphological analysis of formal lithic tools recovered from excavation at the Cummings site (9BR710) in Bartow County, Georgia. The Cummings site is located about three kilometers northwest of the Etowah Indian Mounds in Bartow County, Georgia, and is nestled about 500 meters from the Etowah River. Radiocarbon dating and analysis of ceramic material recovered from the site indicates prime occupations during the Early-Middle Woodland (1000 BC - AD 500) and Middle Mississippian (1250 - 1375) periods, but typological analysis on lithic tools has yet to be done. For my research, a total of …

Reinforcement Learning Driven Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Dental Caries Prevention Policies Under Uncertainty, Pritam Deb, Christina Scherrer Phd, Lin Li Phd

Symposium of Student Scholars

Dental caries remains one of the most common chronic diseases in American children and young adults. Dental sealants can prevent up to 80% of cavities, yet there is little guidance on when to apply or reseal them. Existing economic evaluations typically compare static strategies or sweep through fixed predictive-model thresholds using finite-horizon markov models or discrete-event simulation, but they do not adapt large-scale data-driven decisions for finding high-risk individuals from a large population. We propose a two-stage framework that integrates machine-learning (ML) risk prediction, microsimulation, and model-based reinforcement learning (RL) to identify cost-effective, state-dependent sealant policies. In stage one, we …

Earnestine V. Bonner

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Earnestine Bonner. Service was held in 2011

Jeffery Dean Asberry

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Jeffrey Asberry

Rosetta Wilkins Card

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Rosetta Card. Service was held in Winston, Georgia

Ach Health Hotline: Summary 2025

CompassPoint

Each summer, camp health and leadership teams encounter a wide range of challenges that reflect the complexities of creating safe, supportive environments for young people. Camps experience moments of uncertainty—health concerns, behavioral issues, environmental emergencies, and emotional struggles. The Alliance for Camp Health (ACH) Health Hotline is a vital resource supporting camps by offering real-time guidance, reassurance, and problem-solving.

This summer’s hotline calls tell the stories of how health staff navigated physical health challenges, from directors seeking clarity regarding care protocols to communities facing natural disasters, heat waves, and unexpected illnesses. Each caller received support, encouragement, and guidance to improve …

Seizures In Camp Settings, Sandra Shapiro, Taylor Gilman, Tamar Sternfield, Jolie Skivington

CompassPoint

Managing seizures in the summer camp environment presents unique challenges, requiring not only medical attention but also empathy and understanding from both peers and caregivers. Approximately 0.5–5% of children and adolescents will experience at least one afebrile seizure by adolescence and there is a 3.6% risk of experiencing at least one seizure in an 80-year-lifespan (Murphy et al., 1995 as cited in Wilfong, 2025). Recognizing how to support a child with seizures during the camp season is essential to promoting their safety and well-being while also ensuring they have a positive and inclusive camp experience.

Camp Staff Self-Care: What Are We Encouraging, What Are We Observing?, Megan Owens, Alexandra Skrocki, Melissa Van Scoy

CompassPoint

Self-care is widely discussed within nursing literature, most often referencing a patient’s ability to care for themselves or address their own needs when dealing with chronic illnesses and diseases (Kickbusch, 1989; McCormack, 2003). Social movements related to women’s empowerment, health and wellness, and the COVID-19 pandemic expanded this research toward understanding how self-care practices combat stress and negative emotions among employees in helping professions (Martinez et al., 2021). Summer camp work may be considered a helping profession given the level of care and responsibility attributed to camp staff.

Understanding Lyme Iaci: Implications For Camp Nurses, Mary Tobin

CompassPoint

Lyme Infection-Associated Chronic Illness (Lyme IACI) is a term adopted by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to describe persistent, often debilitating symptoms that follow Lyme disease infection. Affecting an estimated 10–20% of individuals treated for Lyme disease, Lyme IACI includes fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, cognitive dysfunction, and sleep disturbances that can last months or even years despite standard antibiotic therapy (NASEM, 2025). Unlike acute Lyme disease, Lyme IACI is not well understood and lacks validated diagnostic tools or biomarkers, making it a challenge to diagnose or treat for clinicians and caregivers—especially those working with children in …

Health Center Staff I: Where We Are Now And Considerations For The Future, Tracey Gaslin, Beth Schultz, Ann Laske, Alexandra Skrocki

CompassPoint

Having appropriate and qualified healthcare staff aligns with safe, well-coordinated services. When a camp identifies what health services they wish to provide (e.g., screening, medication management, delegation, documentation, communicable disease planning), they are better able to determine who has the appropriate education and credentials to provide those services. Additional variables to consider when making decisions about camp healthcare staff include the camp’s distance from higher-level care, risks associated with camp activities, and populations being served.

Nursing At Summer Camp: Piloting A Novel Clinical Rotation Experience For Undergraduates In Pediatrics, Vanessa Lugo

CompassPoint

Nursing schools have traditionally relied on inpatient settings as the primary venue for clinical placement for undergraduate courses. However, the availability of clinical placement sites has diminished in recent years for reasons that include faculty retirements, problems with administrative support and coordination in large hospital systems, and intensified competition among health-profession schools for a limited pool of rotation sites (Chesney et al., 2021; American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2022). Clinical placement sites became especially sparse during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many facilities prohibited on-site student instruction (Kaveh et al., 2022; Ridgway et al., 2022). Nursing schools in rural areas …

Research Note: Research Literacy

CompassPoint

Camp healthcare providers must rely on current, rapidly changing, and discipline-specific scientific evidence to care for individuals, families, and communities. Healthcare providers for camps face challenges in finding and using research evidence to inform their practice in the moment of need, in part because of the unique characteristics of their care settings. In fall of 2023, the Alliance for Camp Health (ACH) Research Committee conducted a study to determine the most frequent barriers to research utilization reported by camp healthcare providers and administrators. The study identified barriers that the researchers then classified into four categories: personal characteristics of the providers, …

Part I: Building Stronger Camp Communities Through Motivation As A Connected Process, Kelley Freridge

CompassPoint

Every summer, millions of children, youth, and young adult staff members gather in camp communities seeking adventures, community, and growth. They arrive carrying stories of who they are and who they might become. While some camp professionals have explored the existing research on motivation, many still struggle with this question: how do we move beyond temporary, programmatic reward-driven compliance or temporary entertainment-centered enthusiasm to spark genuine, sustained engagement that transforms both individuals and the community?

Enhancing Gynecologic Oncology Nurse Navigation Through Structured Mentorship With Advanced Practice Providers, Melinda G. Harris, Sylvia L. Brown, Cynae A. Johnson

Ambulatory Celebrate Improvements Fair 2026

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Adaptive Refuge: Reimagining Biophilic Settlements For Sudanese Refugees In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Neeya Yahaya, Robin Pottock

Symposium of Student Scholars

Every day, thousands of people are forced to flee their homes escaping war, disaster, and instability. What begins as a temporary refuge often becomes a lifetime condition. In Ethiopia, over 4.6 million refugees live within this state of protracted displacement, with more than one-fourth arriving from Sudan after the 2023 conflict. Most remain in remote, rural camps along border regions far from the educational, economic, and social opportunities of the city. These spatial and social divides reinforce dependency, limit access to livelihood, and erode personal dignity. Yet proximity to urban infrastructure could offer a pathway toward belonging, participation, and long-term …

Prism (Proxy Recognition And Inclusion Scoring Method), Destiny Raburnel, Crystal Tubbs, Md Abdullah Al Hafiz Khan

Symposium of Student Scholars

AI-driven automated hiring tools are reshaping how companies find talent, but they often reproduce the hidden biases embedded in their training data. Our project, PRISM (Proxy Recognition and Inclusion Scoring Method), investigates how subtle demographic signals, specifically first names associated with gender and race, influence AI resume screening even when candidates have identical qualifications. We built a controlled dataset of resumes that are identical in every way except for the applicant's first name, with each resume using a racially neutral surname to isolate how first names alone affect scoring. We tested these resumes against job postings in technology, healthcare, and …

Advancing Radiation Shielding For Human Space Exploration, Bryan Trejo, Lea Scott, Eduardo Farfan

Symposium of Student Scholars

Beyond the safety of the Earth's magnetic field, out into the treacherous reaches of space, lies a harsh environment of radiation. This study examines radiation shielding strategies for crewed spacecraft operating in various environments, including Mars transit and deep space. Within these environments, ionizing radiation remains a critical challenge to long-duration, crewed space travel. Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR), high-energy protons and heavy nuclei originating outside our solar system, as well as Solar Particle Events (SPE), highly energetic protons ejected continuously during the 11-year solar cycle, are all analyzed in their unique interactions with spacecraft material and biological tissues. Shielding to …