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When Blatant Stereotype Threat Manipulations Fail: Participant Skepticism, Perceptions Of Experimenter Bias, And Anticipation Of Performance Used For Evaluation, Allison Seitchik, Emily J. Hangen

Psychology Faculty Publications

Past research has found a lack of stereotype threat effects with various explanations. Across four studies, we investigated participant skepticism toward blatant stereotype threat (vs. control) materials by measuring women’s personal beliefs and perceptions of the experimenter’s beliefs about gender differences existing on an upcoming math test. The results supported personal skepticism: participants perceived the experimenter as holding stereotyped beliefs on the task to a greater degree than the participants did themselves, regardless of stereotype threat materials. Although participants’ beliefs and their perceptions of the experimenter’s beliefs did not explain performance, anticipation of their data being used to test for …

Proactllm: Proactive Conversational Information Seeking With Large Language Models, Shubham Chatterjee, Xi Wang, Shuo Zhang, Sajad Ebrahimi, Zhaochun Ren, Debasis Ganguly, Gareth Jones, Emine Arrousse, Hamed Zamani

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed information access by enabling human-like text understanding and generation. This workshop explores the next step for conversational AI: building proactive information-seeking assistants that go beyond reactive question answering. We aim to investigate how LLMs can anticipate user needs, model complex context, support mixed-initiative interactions, integrate retrieval and external tools, personalize responses, adapt through feedback, and ensure fairness, transparency, and cognitive grounding. Bringing together experts from NLP, IR, HCI, and cognitive science, the workshop will serve as a timely forum for advancing intelligent, proactive dialogue systems. It will also foster interdisciplinary collaboration.

All The World’S A Stage (And It Needs Lawyers), Cardozo Entertainment Law Society, Cardozo Fame Center, Cardozo Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society, Jams, Doug Nevin, Emily Erstling, Len Egert, Emily Lawson, Waxman Legal, Dan Haley

2025–2026 Flyers

No abstract provided.

Getting To Know Tax Law: A Conversation With Professors And Practitioners, Tax Law Society, Luís C. Calderón Gómez, Young Ran (Christine) Kim, Edward A. Zelinsky, Michael Madigan

2025–2026 Flyers

No abstract provided.

Cardozo Entertainment Law Conference, Cardozo Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society, Cardozo Entertainment Law Society, Cardozo Fame Center

2025–2026 Flyers

No abstract provided.

Epithelial Collective Response To Immune Cells, Matrix Proteins, And Mechanical Cues, Hannah Maria Zmuda

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Epithelial cells form complex and dynamic tissue structures within the human body. During these processes, cells must come in contact with a variety of dissimilar cell types, extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, and mechanical changes not aligned with homeostasis. In this thesis, we explore how changes to the surrounding environment can impact mechanoresponse of epithelial cells. We developed an in vitro system by using elastically tunable polyacrylamide substrates with collagen coating to understand how mechanics can affect collective cell migration. In the first aim, we added macrophages chemically polarized as M0, M1, or M2-like macrophages co-cultured with epithelial cells. We found …

Unh Scholarship Programs For First-Gen Students Terminated After Federal Grant Denials, Olivia Braun

Digital Edition

No abstract provided.

David Carmichael V. Kenneth Hollibaugh

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Pg Publishing Co Inc V. Nlrb

2025 Decisions

Agency

Assessing The Role Of Social Media As A Complementary Source In Pharmacovigilance: Insights From Faers, X (Formerly Twitter), And Askapatient Data Across Multiple Drug Classes, Nwanneka Okere

Dissertations

Background: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) pose significant public health challenges yet remain substantially underreported in traditional pharmacovigilance systems. Social media platforms and patient-reported outcome forums have emerged as potential complementary sources for capturing real-time patient experiences with medications, but their integration with established surveillance systems remains underexplored.

Purpose: This study examined ADR reporting patterns across FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), X (formerly Twitter), and Askapatient to evaluate whether patient-generated digital data can complement traditional pharmacovigilance systems for enhanced drug safety monitoring.

Methods: An explanatory sequential mixed-methods design analyzed 107,753 reports representing 289,740 individual ADR occurrences for …

Week Of November 10, 2025, Student Life

College, School and Department Newsletters, Magazines, and Journals

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Intouch Week Of November 10, 2025, New York Medical College

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• Roger Chirurgi, M.D., Appointed to Lead Department of Emergency Medicine
• NYMC Students Run with Purpose at the NYC Marathon
• NYMC and Touro Medical Volunteers Go the Distance at NYC Marathon
• Dr. Carrie Muh Brings Hope and Healing to a Kenyan Hospital
• Scientists, Medical Professionals, and Students Unite at the Meeting of the Minds Symposium
• Harnessing the Power of CRISPR Screening at the Neighborhood Science Seminar
• Meet the TCDM Student Infection Prevention Committee
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How Ftc Data Security Cases Inform The Development Of Legally Accountable Software, Jeff Kosseff, Ellis Fenske, Christopher Brown, Daniel S. Roche

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

Over the past two decades, the Federal Trade Commission has brought dozens of enforcement actions against companies for failing to adequately secure customers’ personal information. The actions typically result in a consent decree, in which the company agrees to improve its data security practices and provide the FTC with oversight of those improvements. When the FTC first brought data security cases, its orders generally required the companies to adopt “reasonable” data security programs. But a 2018 Eleventh Circuit opinion, LabMD v. FTC, requires the orders to contain far more specific data security requirements. In this Article, we conduct an in-depth …

The Effect Of Leaf Composition And Structure On Decomposition Rates In Primula Sp. And Allium Schoenoparsum, Tatum P. Fortney, Darlene Panvini, Kidist Aklile, Matty Mackay, Solomon Kap

Science University Research Symposium (SURS)

Decomposition is the process by which dead organic matter is broken down by bacteria and fungi. Leaves are a prominent form of organic matter that decomposes and enriches soil by returning nutrients. In this experiment, chive and primrose leaves were investigated. Chive leaves are thinner and softer, while primrose leaves are thicker and more dense, supporting our hypothesis that Chive leaf litter will decompose faster than primrose leaf litter because chives have a lower lignin content and are structurally narrower, making them easier to decompose. For this experiment, we placed around 4 grams of both species into a series of …

Metadata Analysis On The Relationship Between Sleep, Depression, And Cognition In Older Adults, Sara Miller, Kristie Stephens, Grayson Harris, Vincent Flegeance

Science University Research Symposium (SURS)

Metadata Analysis on the relationship between sleep, depression, and cognition in older adults

Abstract

Previous research has revealed that both sleep and depression play significant roles in influencing memory. Adequate sleep facilitates memory consolidation during rest, ultimately enhancing cognitive performance. In contrast, elevated levels of depression are associated not only with physical symptoms, but also with declines in cognitive functioning. The present study aims to determine whether the cognitive benefits of sufficient sleep duration outweigh the detrimental effects of depression on memory. We hypothesize that sleep duration will have a stronger influence on memory consolidation in older adults than depression. …

Evaluating The Effects Of Water Quality And Anthropogenic Disturbance On Salamander Species Diversity, Abundance And Health In Warner Parks, Tatum P. Fortney, Chase Kinsey

Science University Research Symposium (SURS)

Salamanders utilize cutaneous respiration, making them vulnerable to pollution, shifts in water chemistry, and habitat degradation. Increased anthropogenic habitat use may be a detriment to local salamander populations and pollution increases with land use. Understanding how water quality influences salamander abundance, diversity and physiological condition is crucial for amphibian conservation and for assessing freshwater ecosystem health, as they serve as a key bioindicator species. The objective of this study was to examine how variation in water quality parameters influences salamander species abundance, diversity and locomotor performance across stream sites within Warner Parks in Nashville, Tennessee. Field sampling was conducted weekly …

Pd-1 Blockade Induced Bone Loss Occurs In A T-Cell Dependent Manner And May Be Mediated By Ifnγ-Driven Osteoclast Activation, Elena Amonette, Paige M. Hill

Science University Research Symposium (SURS)

PD-1 Blockade Induced Bone Loss Occurs in a T-Cell Dependent Manner and May Be Mediated by IFNγ-Driven Osteoclast Activation

^†Elena Amonette¹, ^†Paige Hill¹, Gwenyth J. Joseph², Rachelle W. Johnson^2,3

¹Belmont University, Nashville, TN; ²Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

^†These authors contributed equally to this work

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are becoming increasingly prevalent in the treatment of various cancers due to their ability to reduce tumor mediated T cell death and lengthen the anti-tumor response. One such therapy that is increasingly utilized …

2025 November 10 - University Council Agenda And Minutes, University Council, East Tennessee State University

University Council Agendas and Minutes

The University Council met on November 10, 2025, under the leadership of Dr. Kimberly McCorkle, who called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. The council approved the minutes from its October meeting and endorsed several consent agenda items, including the University Chemical Hygiene Plan and updates to enterprise information systems and resource‑planning backups. Governance groups provided reports highlighting faculty policy development, Staff Senate participation in the Season of Sharing initiative, athletics updates—including the volleyball team’s Southern Conference Championship—and reminders regarding mandatory cybersecurity training. The council received a comprehensive strategic planning update from Dr. Mike Hoff, who reviewed ETSU’s evolving …

Unh Faculty Senate Motion # Xxx-M3 Motion To Approve The Rolling 5-Year Academic Calendar, Ay 2028-2029 Through 2029-2030, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Motions

No abstract provided.

Bonita - Euthynnus Alletteratus Neurocranium, Daniella M. Acosta Reyes, Matthew Mcmanus, Morgan Michalek, David W. Kerstetter

All Scans: Kerstetter Fisheries and Avian Ecology 3D Scan Series

No abstract provided.

Synthesis And Characterization Of Eco-Engineered Hollow Fe2o3/Carbon Nanocomposite Spheres: Evaluating Structural, Optical, Antibacterial, And Lead Adsorption Properties, Islam Gomaa, Nikita Yushin, Mekki Bayachou, Vojislav Stani´, Inga Zinicovscaia

Chemistry Faculty Publications

This work presents a facile mechano-thermal route for the synthesis of carbon-decorated, hollow, mesoporous alpha-Fe2O3 microspheres. Comprehensive characterization (XRD, XPS, FT-IR, SEM/EDX, TGA, zeta-potential) confirmed the formation of phase-pure hematite with nanoscale crystallites (similar to 19 nm), substantial residual surface carbon (similar to 40 wt%) consistent with Fe-O-C linkages, and a positive surface charge (+15.9 mV). The hierarchical hollow/mesoporous architecture enables fast ion transport and provides extensive interior binding sites, resulting in rapid Pb(II) uptake that reaches 92% removal in approximate to 15 min at pH 5.0. The adsorption follows a Langmuir isotherm (q(max) approximate to 70.6 mg/g) and pseudo-second-order …

Two Um Students Named Finalists For Nation's Top Academic Honors, Marisa C. Atkinson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi students are finalists for the nation's most prestigious academic honors: the Rhodes Scholarship and the Marshall Scholarship.

Framework And Methodology For Risk-Based Bridge And Tunnel Asset Management: Risk-Based Asset Ranking And Corridor Prioritization, David Y. Yang, Arash Khosravifar, Diane Moug, Avinash Unnikrishnan

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

This report presents the results of Phase II of the project, "Framework and Methodology for Risk-based Bridge and Tunnel Asset Management". The research was carried out at Portland State University in collaboration with engineers and officials at the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Using the framework and methodology developed in Phase I of the project, the primary goal of Phase II is to showcase the practical application in risk-based asset management. In particular, the report includes the following two case studies: Case Study I — Weighted hazard scenarios for seismic risk assessment of Oregon Highway …

Contrasting Effects Of Impervious Cover On Riparian Plant And Soil Bacterial Communities In A Rapidly Urbanising Himalayan City, Karma Jamtsho, Mark A. Lund, David Blake, Eddie Van Etten

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Rapid urbanisation—particularly the expansion of impervious surfaces—is reshaping riparian landscapes worldwide. These areas are frequently targeted for development due to their favourable topography, abundant water resources, and aesthetic appeal. However, the impact of increasing impervious cover on soil bacterial communities in biodiverse urban riparian zones remains poorly understood, especially in developing countries, raising concerns about potential declines in essential ecosystem functions. In this study, we investigated the effects of impervious cover, quantified as the Percentage of Total Impervious Area (PTIA), on the taxonomic and functional diversity of riparian soil bacteria in Thimphu City, Bhutan. Using plot-based taxonomic profiling and metagenomic …

Efficient Multimodal Streaming Recommendation Via Expandable Side Mixture-Of-Experts, Yunke Qu, Liang Qu, Tong Chen, Quoc Viet Hung Nguyen, Hongzhi Yin

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Streaming recommender systems (SRSs) are widely deployed in real-world applications, where user interests shift and new items arrive over time. As a result, effectively capturing users' latest preferences is challenging, as interactions reflecting recent interests are limited and new items often lack sufficient feedback. A common solution is to enrich item representations using multimodal encoders (e.g., BERT or ViT) to extract visual and textual features. However, these encoders are pretrained on general-purpose tasks: they are not tailored to user preference modeling, and they overlook the fact that user tastes toward modality-specific features such as visual styles and textual tones can …

Editorial: Bridging Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, And Metabolic Dysfunction In Brain Disorders, Ansab Akhtar

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

We present this Special Issue of Brain Sciences, titled "Role of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Metabolic Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Pharmacological Targets and Therapeutic Interventions", which brings together research and review articles that explore the molecular crosstalk between neuroinflammatory, oxidative stress, and metabolic pathways underlying both neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders [...].

Detecting Generative-Ai-Enabled Polymorphic Malware: A Semantic-Behavior Approach, Allyson M. Morris

Cybersecurity Undergraduate Research Showcase

AI drastically reduces the effort required to produce malware that mutates both its code and behavior, thereby creating polymorphic and nondeterministic variants in which traditional signatures and many heuristic defenses fail. In this paper, I survey recent developments in AI-assisted malware generation, explain why conventional defenses are insufficient, and propose a layered detection architecture emphasizing semantic behavior, streaming anomaly detection, and defensive generative augmentation. I also outline why this approach generalizes to previously unseen AI-mutated samples, provide an evaluation plan with meaningful metrics, and describe a feasible MVP roadmap for practical deployment. Recent disclosures and threat intelligence further highlight the …

A Comprehensive Evaluation Of Next-Generation Firewall Effectiveness Against Encrypted And Evasive Threats In Enterprise Networks, John Costanzo, Favour Anene

Cybersecurity Undergraduate Research Showcase

Encrypted traffic is becoming a pillar of security and privacy in enterprise networks. According to Google Transparency Report, over 95 percent of internet traffic is encrypted with the use of Hypertext Transfer Protocol secure (HTTPS), Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 and Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC). Although encryption safeguards confidentiality and integrity, it has also introduced new blind spots to the conventional security solutions. Encrypted channels are used to hide command-and-control (C2) traffic, issue malware and extract sensitive data without their notice.

To make the issue even harder, the opponents have sophisticated avoidance methods including traffic fragmentation, tunneling, and polymorphic …

Investigating The Security Vulnerabilities Of Ip Cameras: Classifications And Trends From Public Cve Data, Sam Oliver

Cybersecurity Undergraduate Research Showcase

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are increasingly targeted by cyber attacks due to weak authentication, insecure communication protocols, outdated firmware, and many other vulnerabilities. Internet Protocol (IP) cameras, a subset of these IoT devices, are particularly vulnerable and often transmit sensitive information. This paper analyzes vulnerability data from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) to classify security vulnerabilities affecting IP cameras. Using this dataset, the paper examines the types and frequencies of these vulnerabilities, including authentication bypass, web interface exploits, and default and weak credentials. We additionally examine trends over time and across categories. This research aims to identify the primary …

Love, Sex, & Aging: Gendered Perspective On Relationship Desires And Satisfaction In Older Adulthood, William Henninger, Melinda Heinz, Nathan Taylor

Faculty Publications

This research explores gender differences in long- and short-term relationships and sexual satisfaction among older adults. Socioemotional Selectivity Theory posits that as people age, they prioritize immediate emotional satisfaction due to perceptions of limited time. This shift influences older adults’ romantic relationships, increasing the likelihood of seeking meaningful connections and reducing the prevalence of negative emotions. With healthy relationships linked to physical, psychological, and financial benefits, research is needed to further understand older adult romantic relationships. Older adults (n = 155) from the Seniors Together in Aging Research (STAR) completed a survey assessing relationship preferences and current and predicted sexual …