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The Impact Of Wearable Technology On Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, And Stress Levels Among African American University Students, Thierry Lienou

Doctorate in Kinesiology

Wearable technology (WT) has gained attention as a tool for supporting student health by promoting physical activity and stress management. However, most existing studies have focused on predominantly White or more affluent student populations, leaving a gap in understanding the role of WT among African American university students who face distinct socioeconomic and institutional barriers. The present study examined associations between WT use, perceived stress, physical activity (PA), and sedentary behavior among African American university students. Participants (N = 75) reported general, daily, and long-term (≥1 year) WT use and completed the Perceived Stress Scale–10 (PSS-10) and the Physical Activity …

Slow Food Kicks Off The Semester With Mub Market, Rebecca Colby

Digital Edition

No abstract provided.

Ronald Crutcher, Cello, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Temporal Trends In The Epidemiology Of Hip Osteoarthritis In The Usa, 1990-2019: A Cross-Sectional Time-Series Study Using Gbd Data., Arsalaan Sayyed, Gabrielle Lucia Dykhouse, Taylor J Manes, Cameron Sabet, Minali Gautami Nemani, Ambrose Loc Ngo, Ayah A Ibrahim, Phillip C Mckegg, Jignesh N Patel

Ambulatory and Primary Care Articles

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate temporal trends in the epidemiology of hip osteoarthritis (OA) in the USA from 1990 to 2019, with stratification by sex and geographic region.

DESIGN: Cross-sectional time-series analysis using secondary data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.

SETTING: US population-based analysis, stratified by the four US Census Bureau regions: Northeast, Midwest, South and West.

PARTICIPANTS: De-identified, aggregate population-level data representing all adults in the USA from 1990 to 2019, drawn from the GBD database.

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Age-standardised rates per 100 000 population for years lived with disability (YLDs), prevalence and incidence of hip …

Take In Case Of Emergency: Reconciling Necessity Takings With The Original Meaning Of The Takings Clause, Tony Smith

Northwestern University Law Review

Does the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause permit the state to destroy property without compensation whenever it declares an emergency? The long-standing doctrine of necessity empowers the state to do exactly that.

Courts dating back to common law England have permitted governments to claim a privilege of necessity to avoid paying for private property they destroy in times of crisis. The privilege rests on the principle that the public good sometimes outweighs the harm the individual suffers. Today’s courts and academics stretch this principle to its limits, arguing necessity should be used as a vehicle for combating all manner of social …

Um Director Named To National Small Business Board, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Sharon Nichols, state director of the Mississippi Small Business Development Center Network, has been elected to the board of the national association representing Small Business Development Centers across the country.

Synergistic Effects Of Nano-Additives And Aggregate Type On The Mechanical And Hydraulic Performance Of Pervious Concrete Pavements, Rayan Khalid Rahman, Jamal I. Kakrasul

Polytechnic Journal

Increasing demands for sustainable urban infrastructure have made pervious concrete emerge as a promising pavement material due to its ability to combine load-bearing capacity with stormwater infiltration. This paper explores the synergetic effect of nanomaterials on the mechanical, hydraulic and durability characteristics of pervious concrete made with three different coarse aggregates: crushed limestone (CL), river aggregate (RA), and recycled concrete aggregate (RCA). Twelve concrete mixes were prepared using varying combinations of nano-modified mixes to investigate their influence on key properties, including dry density, void content, compressive strength, tensile strength, permeability and abrasion resistance. The results showed that river aggregate …

Fall Concert: Treble And Concert Choir; October 5, 2025, Mark Grizzard, Andrew Bruhn

School of Music Programs

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

Center for the Performing Arts

October 5, 2025

Sunday Evening

6:00 p.m.

Legendary Judge Leaves A Lasting Legacy, Jim Figliulo

Northwestern University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Memorial Remarks Of Samuel K. Skinner, Samuel K. Skinner

Northwestern University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Memorial Remarks Of Dan Webb, Dan Webb

Northwestern University Law Review

No abstract provided.

What On Earth Is A Burden On Interstate Commerce?, Andrew Jordan

Northwestern University Law Review

What is a burden on interstate commerce? That’s an important question under the Dormant Commerce Clause’s Pike balancing test. But it’s a question whose answer has proven elusive. This shouldn’t be a surprise. After all, states disagree about what counts as a burden or a benefit, and how much weight each has. And there aren’t any obvious constitutional principles we can point to for resolving those disagreements. Recently, some scholars have tried to ground dormant commerce doctrine in economic cost–benefit analysis. The supposed virtue of that approach is that it is neutral as to competing preferences. Thus, for the Court …

Promising The First Amendment: (De)Regulating Speech In Higher Education, Max M. Schanzenbach, Kimberly A. Yuracko

Northwestern University Law Review

The war between Hamas and Israel has caused havoc in higher education. Amid student unrest, alumni pressure, congressional hearings, civil rights investigations, and student lawsuits, universities stand at a crossroads. The current situation, in which most private universities unevenly regulate student speech under ambiguous student codes, is not sustainable politically or legally. A tsunami of litigation and regulatory actions has already begun. One increasingly favored response is for private universities to more vigorously enforce existing codes or expand their scope. An alternative is for private universities to deregulate student expression and commit by contract to the First Amendment. This Article …

Intubating Stylets In The Emergency Department: A Video Review Of First-Pass Success And Time, Raymond Che, Niaman Nazir, Ali Badar, Anchitha Honnur, Mark Newton, Abdel-Rahman Samour, Tala Samour, Dane Clutter

Student Publications

Introduction: Effective airway management is critical for optimal patient outcomes in the emergency department (ED). Additionally, airway management is significantly influenced by the clinician’s selection of equipment, specifically the choice of intubating stylet. Also of note, the duration of intubation (time to intubate) impacts overall success. The choice of intubation device may influence first-pass success and intubation times. In this study we evaluated equipment trends for first-pass success and intubation duration. We collected data by reviewing a video database of recorded airways. Three commonly used intubating stylets were reviewed: the hyperangulated stylet; bougie (Eschmann stylet); and malleable stylet.

Methods: In …

Causal Ai-Based Clinical And Radiomic Analysis For Optimizing Patient Selection In Combined Immunotherapy And Sabr In Early-Stage Nsclc: A Secondary Analysis Of The Phase Ii I-Sabr Trial, Maliazurina B Saad, Eman Showkatian, Vivek Verma, Qasem Al-Tashi, Muhammad Aminu, Xinyan Xu, Muhamed Qayati Mohamed, Morteza Salehjahromi, Sheeba J Sujit, Yuliya Kitsel, Steven H Lin, Zhongxing Liao, Saumil Gandhi, David Qian, David Jaffray, Caroline Chung, Natalie I Vokes, Jianjun Zhang, J Jack Lee, John V Heymach, Jia Wu, Joe Y Chang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: The recent phase II randomized stereotactic ablative radiotherapy with and without immunotherapy (I-SABR) trial has shown improved event-free survival (EFS) when adding immunotherapy to stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for early-stage inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, optimizing patient selection thereof is critical, because not every patient benefits from immunotherapy. Leveraging the powerful use of artificial intelligence, this secondary analysis of the I-SABR trial developed a modeling system (named "I-SABR-SELECT") based on clinical and radiomic factors to address which patients should receive additional immunotherapy.

Methods: The discovery/validation cohorts were from the I-SABR trial, with external validation from the single-arm …

A New Day: Sogns Of Wisdom, Love, And Hope: University Glee And Belle Voix; October 3, 2025, Tim Fredstrom, Andrew Bruhn

School of Music Programs

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

Center for the Performing Arts

October 5, 2026

Sunday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

University Glee And Belle Voix: A New Day: Songs Of Wisdom, Love, And Hope; October 5, 2025, Tim Fredstrom, Belle Voix

School of Music Programs

This if the fifteenth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Center for the Performing Arts

October 5, 2025

Sunday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Moving Beyond Traditional Legal Scholarship Impact Rankings, John Cannan

Faculty Publications

Legal academia is likely stuck with law faculty scholarly impact rankings—that is, using citation counts to judge a law faculty’s reputation and influence. But why can’t we produce better, more useful studies? Current rankings rely on outdated methods. Moreover, these rankings—touted by their creators as objective—suffer from long-standing flaws. They are also grounded in limited understandings of legal citations as sources of information. This paper calls on law librarians to advance legal citation research by adopting methodologies from other information sciences and developing legal citation taxonomies and theories.

Temporal Trends In The Epidemiology Of Hip Osteoarthritis In The Usa, 1990-2019: A Cross-Sectional Time-Series Study Using Gbd Data, Arsalaan Sayyed, Gabrielle Lucia Dykhouse, Taylor Manes, Cameron J. Sabet, Minali Gautami Nemani, Ambrose Loc Ngo, Ayah Ibrahim, Phillip C. Mckegg, Jignesh Patel

Student Publications

Objectives: To evaluate temporal trends in the epidemiology of hip osteoarthritis (OA) in the USA from 1990 to 2019, with stratification by sex and geographic region.

Design: Cross-sectional time-series analysis using secondary data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.

Setting: US population-based analysis, stratified by the four US Census Bureau regions: Northeast, Midwest, South and West.

Participants: De-identified, aggregate population-level data representing all adults in the USA from 1990 to 2019, drawn from the GBD database.

Primary and secondary outcome measures: Age-standardised rates per 100 000 population for years lived with disability (YLDs), prevalence and incidence of hip …

"In The Web Of My Hand" Song Lyrics, October 15, 1997, Bill Gessner

Bill Gessner Song Lyrics and Poems

Song lyrics for "In the Web if My Hand" by Bill Gessner. The lyric sheet provided for this song is four pages long, with two copies of the song on two pages and a two-page cord sheet. The song copies appeared to be typed in while the cord sheet looks handwritten. The lyrics sheet also indicates that one of the copies was created on October 17th, 1997, at 12:07, and the other copy along with the chord sheet was created on October 27th, 1997, around 18:56, 18:57, and 19:35. The words of the song expresses how one can use one's …

Bridging The Gap: Awareness Of Healthy Menstrual Practices Among Married And Single Women In Baghdad Teaching Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study, Ban Yousif Yaaqoob

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

Background: Menstruation is a natural biological process that significantly impacts women’s physical and emotional well-being. Despite its universality, misconceptions and unhealthy practices surrounding menstruation persist, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aimed to assess the knowledge and practices of married and single women regarding healthy menstrual habits in Baghdad, Iraq.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from December 20, 2022, to February 25, 2023, involving 100 women divided into two groups: 50 single females from the College of Health and Medical Techniques and 50 married employees from Baghdad Teaching Hospital. Data were collected through structured interviews and …

Enhancing Automated Lung Disease Detection From Chest Radiography: An Interpretable Deep Learning Approach With Integrated Preprocessing And Ensemble Modeling, Ahmed Mohammed Abdulkarem, Jamal Kamil K. Abbas, Qamar Ali Abdulridha

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

In this study, we tackled the problem of early pulmonary disease detection in chest radiography by developing and evaluating a sophisticated deep learning framework. Our goal was to improve diagnostic precision for conditions like cancer and pneumonia. To do this, we combined insights from current literature with a rigorous experimental protocol using a 5,000-image sample from the well-known NIH Chest X-ray dataset. A core component of our work was the implementation of a multi-stage preprocessing pipeline, featuring both lung segmentation and targeted contrast enhancement, designed to focus the model’s attention on relevant clinical features.

We assessed our models, which were …

Assessment Of Some Cardiac Markers (Ck-Mb, Myoglobin And Troponin) In Iraqi Type-2 Diabetic Patients With Metabolic Syndrome, Hayder Bassim Najeb

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

Cardiovascular diseases in the context of diabetes represent a main cause of morbidity and mortality with a two to three times higher risk of cardiovascular diseases in T2DM patients than in people without the condition (normoglycemia). The current study aimed to assess some Cardiac markers (CK-MB, myoglobin and troponin) in Iraqi type two diabetic patients with metabolic syndrome. The study was carried out on (60) patients with type-2 Diabetes mellitus who were divided into 2 groups: (30) subjects having metabolic syndromes and (30) subjects without metabolic syndromes. Venous blood samples were taken from patients who visited the Medical City Hospital-Baghdad …

The Impact Of Refractive Errors Instability On The Life Quality Of The Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, Farah Fareed Tarik, Rasha Taha Yassen

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

The present work aims to study the refractive error instability effects on life quality among type 2 diabetic patients and to understand the issues in people with refractive error. The cross-sectional study was conducted among patients of Ghazi Al-Hariri Hospital and Al-Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital from 1/11/2023 to 1/3/2024. A slit lamp, E chart, lensometer, OCT, trial case, and some tests were performed. One copy of the questionnaire was completed for each subject out of 100 diabetic patients. The present study included (48%) male and (52%) female who were diagnosed as type II diabetic patients. The results show that (89%) of …

Cecum Lymphoma After Renal Transplant (Case Report), Ahmed Saeed Hamad

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

Background: Renal transplantation is a life-saving procedure for patients with end-stage renal disease, but it raises a risk for lymphoma.

Case Presentation: A 52-year-old male presented with abdominal pain, vomiting, and abdominal distention 13 years after being transplanted. Imaging and histopathological examination revealed intestinal lymphoma.

Discussion: This case, because the patient was schronically cytologically immunosuppressed and simply presented with non-specific signs and symptoms with respect to the abdomen, serves to emphasize the importance of recognizing malignancies in immunocompromised patients.

Conclusion: The case was employed by the authors to primarily emphasize the requirement for early diagnosis and proper handling of intestinal …

Assessment Study Of The Amblyopia And Its Treatment By Physical Exercises In Baghdad Hospital, Wasen Abbas Jawad, Zina Tariq Ali, Ruaa Saad Abdualhussin

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

The study aimed to assess the effects of physical exercises on patients with amblyopia with age ranges from 2 to 45 years old. This is study involves forty (40) patients, nineteen(19) males and twenty one (21) females with age ranges from (2_45) years old. All patients in our study diagnosed by visual acuity (VA) test for both right and left eyes (without glasses and with glasses), then the patients submitted to study questionnaire (Date of amblyopia diagnosis), is there any previous treatment? What type of exercises (Patching, ocular motility and others) they have? The patients examined by Visual acuity (VA), …

The Reformation’S Legacy Continues Shaping Latin America, Isaias D'Oleo-Ochoa

CTS Student Publications and Creative Works

Five hundred years after Luther’s 95 theses, the Latin American society recognizes Protestantism as an important socio-cultural and religious movement that has significantly benefited the Hispanic culture. Fostering religious diversity and speech freedom was one of the major contributions that Protestantism brought to Latin America.

Artsksu Presents Professional Series: Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields Chamber Ensemble

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble was formed in 1967, drawing its membership from the principal players of the internationally acclaimed UK orchestra the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. The ensemble performs in multiple configurations from wind trios to string octets. This performance will feature strings and woodwinds, including the monumental Schubert Octet.

Enhancing 6g Network Security With Quantum Key Distribution: A Comprehensive Review, Bassma M. Kamil

Al-Esraa University College Journal for Engineering Sciences

With the considerable progress of sixth-generation (6G) networks further on the horizon, security has attracted much attention in the face of increasingly sophisticated threats, especially from quantum computing. Classical cryptographic schemes based on computational hardness are becoming more and more brittle, as they can easily be attacked with a quantum computer. Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) arises as a promising tool for information-theoretic security through quantum mechanics to obtain an unbreakable key by exchanging unknown bit sequences. In this paper, we provide an extensive survey on the integration of QKD both in the envisioned 6G architecture, including current implementations, technical feasibility, …

Protection The Nfv Net-Work Using The Random Forest Classification, Mustafa H. Taha, Ibtesam Jomaa Hawi, Wafaa Waheeb Abdullah Ali

Al-Esraa University College Journal for Engineering Sciences

A misuse attack is the most common and dangerous type of attack that could target NFV (Network Function Virtualization). In a misuse attack, the attacker attempts to consume the NVF environment’s resources by sending a large amount of traffic. To protect the NFV environment, an early and accurate misuse attack detection system has been proposed based on NFV and Random Forest Classifier. The proposed model starts with importing the dataset and analyzing it then pre-processing and feature selection using a PSO (particle swarm optimization) Test algorithm, classification is based on the most common and efficient machine learning technique, which is …