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2025 November 14 - Board Of Trustees Public Notice, Board Of Trustees, East Tennessee State University

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Real-World Evidence For Herbal Medicine Benefit In 9728 Type 2 Diabetes Patients-Peridonotitis Risk And Ambulatory Care Utilization., Wen-Wei Lin, Chieh-Tsung Yen, Hanoch Livneh, Hua-Lung Huang, Ming-Chi Lu, Wei-Jen Chen, Tzung-Yi Tsai

Leadership, Learning and Counseling Faculty Publications and Presentations

Recent evidence manifests that individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are increasingly affected by oral disorders. Although medicinal herbs have shown promise in managing T2D, their benefit in managing periodontitis risk and subsequent healthcare utilization remains uncertain.

Quality Improvement Project: Impact Of An Onboarding Program On Novice Nursing Clinical Adjunct Faculty Self-Efficacy, Tonie Metheny

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Many nursing colleges rely on adjunct faculty to deliver the clinical curriculum (i.e., skills lab, clinical instruction, simulation, etc). Without a structured approach to orienting novice adjunct clinical nursing faculty to their roles and responsibilities, educational outcomes may be negatively impacted. Nursing literature documents the impact of a structured orientation program on novice self-efficacy. The purpose of this quality improvement project is to evaluate the impact of an orientation program on novice nursing adjunct clinical faculty self-efficacy with the Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (ACNE) core competencies. Self-efficacy was assessed using the Academic Clinical Nurse Educator Skills Acquisition Tool (ACNESAT). The …

A Magnesium Alloy With High Corrosion Resistance, Hardness And Elastic Modulus Enabled By Elemental Synergy, Alexander Helmer, Manoj V. Mugale, Tushar Borkar, Rajeev K. Gupta

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

A magnesium alloy containing Ca, Ti, Zn, and In was synthesized via high-energy ball milling of elemental powders followed by spark plasma sintering. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy revealed a homogeneous matrix with dispersed Mg-rich phases and intermetallics. Potentiodynamic polarization tests revealed low corrosion current density (9.6 f 2.1 mu A/cm2), a noble corrosion potential (-1197 f 4 mVSCE), and a clear passive region, indicating excellent corrosion resistance. Nanoindentation tests showed high hardness (2.61 f 0.21 GPa) and elastic modulus (55.35 f 5.47 GPa), exceeding those of commercial Mg alloys.

Early Visual Predictors Of Progression To Alzheimer’S Disease And Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Abril Baez

Master's Theses

We examined whether specific visual cognitive skills predict progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), or dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The Benson Complex Figure Task (BCFT) was used to measure visual perception and construction (copy), and visual memory (recall). National Alzheimer Coordination Center longitudinal dataset included participants who remained stable (MCI-stable; n =2630), progressed to AD (MCI-AD; n =798), or progressed to DLB (MCI-DLB; n =59). Baseline BCFT scores were entered into logistic regression models predicting diagnostic outcome. Impaired copy performance was significantly associated with MCI-DLB (B = 0.79, OR = 2.21, BCa CI [0.26, 1.36], …

Fetal Microchimerism Of The Eye Lens, Jamie Moubarak

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Fetal microchimerism (FMc) is the presence of a small fetal cell population in the mother, sometimes exhibiting stem cell–like properties. FMc has been observed within many placental mammal organs, except the eye. We used Yspecific PCR on genomic mouse DNA to test the hypothesis that fetal microchimerism can also be found in the lens. Of the parous females tested, we detected an Ssty2-specific amplicon in 83% (5/6) of samples and an Sry-specific amplicon in 2/4 samples. 100% (5/5) of non-age-matched parous females were positive for both primers. These results provide evidence that cells of fetal or placental origin …

Modeling And Optimizing Real-Time Telescope Interaction For Multi-Wavelength Observation Of Gamma-Ray Bursts, Ye Htet, Marion Sudvarg, Honghao Yang, Jeremy Buhler, Roger Chamberlain, James Buckley

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Multi-wavelength observation of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) requires real-time interaction among multiple telescopes. A gamma-ray telescope detects and localizes a GRB in the sky and must then communicate with an optical telescope to direct the latter toward the GRB as quickly as possible. We previously developed software for ADAPT, a suborbital gamma-ray telescope, to localize GRBs in real time, on a timescale shorter than that of the GRB itself. This work therefore studies progressive localization, in which ADAPT computes a series of increasingly accurate location estimates during a GRB to enable a partner instrument to more rapidly find it. We describe …

Connected-Component Labeling Using Hls For High-Energy Particle Physics Instruments, Nick Song, Marion Sudvarg, Roger Chamberlain

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Many instruments used in high-energy particle physics observations, e.g., gamma-ray telescopes, use FPGAs for front-end signal processing of raw sensor data. The use of high-level synthesis (HLS) to express the signal processing algorithms has the potential to significantly reduce development time for new instruments of this type. We describe our experience with one of the computational stages in the signal processing pipeline, island detection, exploring its implementation across multiple configurations: 1D versus 2D islands, and 4-way versus 8-way connected-component labeling (CCL) in the 2D configuration. We report resource usage and performance for both configurations of 2D island detection, including the …

Alirocumab In Dexamethasone-Induced Metabolic Syndrome: Therapeutic Benefits And Potential Hepatic Risks Through Rxr-Α / P-Akt Modulation, Miad A. Aljuhani, Mohamed S. Abdel-Bakky

Saudi Toxicology Journal

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) elevates the risk of developing cardi-ovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes., driven by insulin resistance (IR), inflammation, and metabolic dysregulation. The PI3K/AKT pathway shows a key part in glucose and lipid metabolism. Alirocumab, a PCSK9 inhibitor, lowers LDL-C and improves IR but may cause hepatotoxicity. Aims: This study examines ali-rocumab’s effects on dexamethasone-induced MetS in rats, focusing on its metabolic benefits and potential liver toxicity. Methods: Over 30 days, 40 male Albino rats were distributed into control, Alirocumab, Dexamethasone, and Dexa-methasone+Alirocumab groups, with the latter receiving Dexamethasone to induce metabolic syndrome followed by Alirocumab administration. Results: …

Oxford Couple Boosts Support For Student-Athletes, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – An Oxford couple, both University of Mississippi alumni, recently increased their support of Ole Miss athletics programs. In return, the university's Department of Athletics is naming the Rebels' women's basketball locker room in their honor.

Environmental, Social, And Governance (Esg) Research: A Systematic Review Of Recent Trends (2020–2024), Jiyeon Kim Ph.D., Wooyoung Yang

Faculty Publications

The 2020–2024 period marks a pivotal era in sustainable development, characterized by significant regulatory developments, including the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the International Sustainability Standards Board standards, and the introduction of mandatory ESG reporting requirements worldwide. This review examines how recent policy changes have reshaped the linkages between ESG and sustainability. Following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines, we conducted a systematic review examining empirical studies of ESG–sustainability performance relationships published between 2020 and 2024. Studies examined the quantitative relationships between ESG sustainability performance and publicly traded corporations. Quality assessment employed the adapted Newcastle–Ottawa Scale with sustainability-specific criteria. From 2847 …

Applied Research In Field Crop Pathology For Indiana, 2024, Darcy E. P. Telenko, Sujoung Shim

Purdue University Press Books

Applied Research in Field Crop Pathology for Indiana, 2024 serves as a summary of the applied field crop pathology research trials conducted in 2024 under the direction of the Purdue Field Crop Pathology program in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue University. In Indiana, there are more than 57,600 farms, 16,000 crop producers, and 900 certified crop advisers, Extension educators, and crop-protection industry representatives who manage more than 11.4 million crop-production acres with a total value of $6.3 billion annually. There are more than twenty diseases affecting corn, soybeans, and wheat that may decrease crop production and …

The Effect Of Childhood Psychological Abuse On Depressive Symptoms In Adolescents Exposed To Campus Suicide: The Chain Mediating Role Of Psychological Trauma And Anxiety Symptoms, Tingting Tan, Jiawei Zhao, Mengxuan Wu, Xinyue Zhang, Xinchun Liu, Lili Zhang, Jie Wu

Communication Sciences & Disorders Faculty Publications

Exposure to campus suicide poses a significant threat to adolescent mental health. While childhood psychological abuse (CPA) is a known vulnerability factor for depression, the mechanisms linking this early adversity to depressive symptoms (DS) following acute trauma remain unclear. This study aimed to test a chain mediation model where CPA contributes to DS through the sequential effects of psychological trauma (PT) and anxiety symptoms (AS). In a cross-sectional study of 1603 adolescents exposed to a campus suicide event, participants completed self-report measures for CPA, PT, AS, and DS. Chain mediation analysis revealed a significant direct effect of CPA on DS. …

The Transitional Human Being: Literary, Journalistic, And Cinematographic Representations Of The Twentieth- And The Twenty-First-Centuries Italy, Ron Kubati

Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures

This book analyzes the crisis of the idea of human being based on timeless notions, in the Euroamerican context, as seen primarily through literature and cinema. It focuses on Italy, which has been and remains a crossroads for diverse cultural and political currents—open to Mediterranean cultural influences while remaining within a typically Western cultural context. The “new man,” defined by Corrado Alvaro during his trip in Russia in 1934 as “transitional,” implies a human being with a fundamental need for change. Instead of the “new man,” Italo Calvino in the 1960 preface to his I nostri antenati wrote about the …

Turfgrass Weed Control For Professionals, 2024, Aaron J. Patton, Matthew T. Elmore

Purdue University Press Books

Turfgrass is used on everything from athletic fields, golf courses, and parks, to lawns, sod farms, and roadsides. Unfortunately, information on weed management for professionals maintaining these areas has often been inaccurate or out of date, and applicators are frequently unaware of the most effective methods for controlling weeds in turf. Written by experts in the field and featuring insights from contributors from sixteen states across the US, the 2024 edition of Turfgrass Weed Control for Professionals was developed to provide science-based information for those working in the field. It contains information about turfgrass management, weed biology and management, more …

Collaborative Opportunities Between Academic Librarians And Esl Faculty To Support International Students, Rachel E. Trnka

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Session for the Sunshine TESOL Conference

This session will explore ways academic librarians and ESL faculty can collaborate to support not only the research skills of international students but also out of classroom learning opportunities for students. As an academic librarian working on a TEFL certificate, I hope to highlight the value of librarians learning about teaching and outreach techniques targeted to English language learners and faculty learning about unique challenges international students face using American academic libraries and conducting research.

Senior Recital: Guilfoyle, Saxophone; November 15, 2025, Thomas Guilfoyle, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-eighth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Cremer, Euphonium; November 15, 2025, Zander Cremer, Charlie Machamer

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-seventh program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

1:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Powers, Voice; November 15, 2025, Laila Powers, John Klimczak, Spencer Armistead

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-ninth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

4:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Davis, Flute; November 15, 2025, Chelsea Davis, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

This is the sixty-third program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Evening

8:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Guilfoyle, Saxophone; November 15, 2025, Thomas Guilfoyle, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-eighth program of the 2025-2026 season.

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Richards, Euphonium; November 15, 2025, Alison Richards, Charlie Machamer

School of Music Programs

This is the sixtieth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

5:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Rench, Soprano; November 15, 2025, Abigail Rench, Pepe Guillen-Prados

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-sixth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

12:30 p.m.

Effects Of Residual Pah Exposure From Firefighters’ Skin And Turnout Gear On Biospecimen Microrna Expression, Jooyeon Hwang, Jenny R Gipson, Chao Xu, Timothy Vanwagoner, Xin Xu, Robert J Agnew, Willard M Freeman

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Firefighters are routinely exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during fire suppression activities, molecular biomarkers reflecting such exposure remain underexplored. Thus, we explored an integrated exposure assessment framework linking PAH contamination on turnout gear and skin to changes in microRNA (miRNA) expression in skin and blood biospecimens. Our goals are to evaluate the relationship between fire-related PAH exposure and miRNA expression profiles in firefighters, and to identify candidate miRNA biomarkers of occupational exposure. This prospective study enrolled 25 firefighters. PAHs on turnout gear and skin were quantified post-fire using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Concurrently, skin tape strips and blood were collected …

2025 Sports Law Society Turkey Bowl, Sports Law Society

Student Organizations

Saturday, November 15, 2025

Social Physiology Of Cherry Tomato And Bell Pepper: Friend Or Foe Across Growth Stages And Environments, Aye Nyein Ko, Shikha Verma, Ofer Guy, Milena Maria Tomaz De Oliveira, Omer Falik, Shimon Rachmilevitch

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

We investigated aboveground and belowground plant responses to neighbors with varying degrees of relatedness from the early vegetative to fruiting stages. Cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) were grown individually (C and B, respectively) and paired based on high (CC and BB) and low (CB) degrees of relatedness, in rhizoslides, pots, and a greenhouse. In the CB pairing, cherry tomato consistently exhibited enhanced net CO₂ assimilation, stomatal conductance, chlorophyll content, height, stem diameter, dry weight, and increased root thickening. In bell pepper, these traits were impaired and showed …

Multisite Assembly Of Gateway Induced Clones (Magic): A Flexible Cloning Toolbox For Use In Vertebrate Model Systems, William B Gillespie, Yuwen Zhang, Oscar E Ruiz, Juan Cerda, Joshua Ortiz-Guzman, Michelle Sherman, Williamson D Turner, Gabrielle Largoza, Lili E Mosser, Esther Fujimoto, Chi-Bin Chien, Kristen M Kwan, Benjamin R Arenkiel, W Patrick Devine, Joshua D Wythe

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

Here, we present MultiSite Assembly of Gateway Induced Clones (MAGIC), which leverages Gateway-based recombinatorial cloning technology for rapid, modular assembly of plasmids to facilitate transgenesis in cells and vertebrate animal models. The MAGIC collection of plasmids spans a range of in vitro and in vivo uses, from tools for optically and chemically tunable gene expression, to simultaneous expression of microRNAs and fluorescent reporters, to a suite of distinct subcellular compartmental fluorescent reporters, to Cre and Dre recombinase-dependent gene expression. MAGIC system components are compatible with existing MultiSite Gateway Tol2 systems currently used in zebrafish and mammalian lentiviral and adenoviral Destination …

Short- And Mid-Term Outcomes Of The Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator In Pediatric And Adolescent Patients: A Single-Center Experience., Nikola Dragisic, Emily R. Backes, Lindsey Malloy-Walton, Edo Bedzra, William Gibson, Philip M. Chang

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Experience with the Aurora extravascular (EV) implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) remains limited among pediatric centers in contrast to its broader implantation in adults. We evaluated our single-center experience with the EV ICD as part of our standard ICD options for treatment of malignant ventricular arrhythmias in pediatric subjects. Following approval for EV ICD implantation at our center, five consecutive adolescent patients underwent implantation over a 7-month period. Patient characteristics, qualification for EV ICD placement, nuances in EV ICD implantation in each patient, and post-implant follow-up were reviewed. A total of six out of eight consecutive ICD candidates …

Imaging Features Of High-Grade Astrocytoma With Piloid Features: A Single Center Case Series, Heba Al Qudah, Jackson D Hamilton, Maria A Gubbiotti, Ahmed Msherghi, Hamza A Salim, Sahar Alizada, Ho-Ling Liu, Vinodh A Kumar, Max Wintermark, Rami W Eldaya

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

High-grade astrocytoma with piloid features (HGAP) is a recently described IDH-wildtype tumor with limited literature describing its imaging features. We present our institution's experience and the largest imaging-focused cohort of HGAP reported to date, offering a comprehensive analysis of MRI features of seventeen intracranial and one spinal HGAP, while introducing novel imaging features that have not been previously described. These include focal areas of diffusion restriction, surrounding spiculated, finger-like enhancement and increased perfusion metrics. Additionally, we highlight imaging features of HGAP arising in patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1, such as intraventricular tumor spread, unusual temporal lobe location and multifocal presentation.

Advancements In Understanding Spasticity: A Neuromusculoskeletal Modeling Perspective, Mohammad S Shourijeh, Argyrios Stampas, Shuo-Hsiu Chang, Radha Korupolu, Gerard E Francisco

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Spasticity, a complex consequence of upper motor neuron lesions, poses challenges for clinical assessment due to its neural and mechanical origins. Traditional scales like the Modified Ashworth and Tardieu Scales provide subjective, context-limited insights, often missing spasticity's dynamic nature. Neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) modeling offers objective, quantitative insights by integrating patient-specific muscle-tendon properties, reflex dynamics, and multi-joint biomechanics. This scoping review examines advancements in spasticity modeling, comparing mechanical, neurological, and integrated approaches, and their applications in conditions like cerebral palsy and stroke. We highlight barriers to clinical translation, including computational demands and regulatory challenges, and propose future directions, such as real-time simulation …