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A Numerical Approach To Time-Space Fractional Stochastic Diffusion Equation, Archana Mourya, Kalyanrao Takale, Shrikisan Gaikwad

Baghdad Science Journal

The primary objective of this paper is to propose a Crank-Nicolson scheme tailored to analyze a time-space fractional stochastic diffusion equation subject to additive noise. Using the Caputo definition for time fractional derivatives and the shifted Grunwald-Letnikov definition for space fractional derivatives, a fractional order Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme is devised to obtain a numerical solution. Considerable attention has been paid to examining the stability and convergence properties of this fractional order Crank-Nicolson method. To validate the effectiveness of the developed method, a comprehensive investigation using a test problem is conducted to assess its accuracy. The study harnesses the power …

Optimizing Webrtc Video Conferencing Platform Assisted By Sdn Approach, Sanabil A. Mahmood, Naktal Moaid Edan, Monjikheralla Monjikheralla

Baghdad Science Journal

To support the best path among several paths, the network must choose the path with the best path to support Quality of Service (QoS), especially for real-time interactive video applications, such as distance learning and video conferencing. As long as the chosen routing protocol path is fixed by network topologies such as integrated services (ISs), which may not provide the highest possible performance. In addition, software-defined networking (SDN) intelligence with web-based real-time communications (WebRTC) can determine the most efficient data packet routing, which reduces latency and improves real-time communications. The main objective of this paper is to build and implement …

Understanding Cancer Survivorship Care Needs Using Amazon Reviews: Content Analysis, Algorithm Development, And Validation Study, Liwei Wang, Qiuhao Lu, Rui Li, Taylor B. Harrison, Heling Jia, Ming Huang, Heidi Dowst, Rui Zhang, Hoda Badr, Jungwei W. Fan, Hongfang Liu

Department of Medical Oncology Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Complementary therapies are being increasingly used by cancer survivors. As a channel for customers to share their feelings, outcomes, and perceived knowledge about the products purchased from e-commerce platforms, Amazon consumer reviews are a valuable real-world data source for understanding cancer survivorship care needs.

OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aimed to highlight the potential of using Amazon consumer reviews as a novel source for identifying cancer survivorship care needs, particularly related to symptom self-management. Specifically, we present a publicly available, manually annotated corpus derived from Amazon reviews of health-related products and develop baseline natural language processing models using deep …

Thermal Performance Variations Of Office Spaces In Educational Buildings Resulting From Façade Orientation: An Egyptian Case Stud, Hesham Safwat, Ahmad Elshamy, Rania Rushdy Moussa, Iman El-Mahallawi El-Mahallawi, Engy Elshazly, Mahmoud Mahmoudalghrieb

Mechanical Engineering

This paper investigates the thermal performance of an office floor within the Faculty of Engineering at the British University in Egypt (BUE), located in Cairo, a city characterized by a hot arid climate. The study focuses on understanding the building’s thermal behavior by comparing two identical office rooms: Room 212 (north-facing) and Room 201 (south facing). Utilizing dynamic thermal simulations with TRNSYS 18 for a full year, the research specifically analyzes the impact of these opposite orientations on indoor space temperature, total cooling loads, the monthly heat absorbed by various building surfaces, and the heat absorbed per unit area for …

Rust '72 Champions Liberal Arts As Essential For Business Leaders, Chris Francis

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Minutes, Faculty Research And Development Committee Meeting, Tuesday, September 23, 2025, Faculty Research And Development Committee

Faculty Research and Development Committee Minutes

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Groundwater Spatial Variability Within An Atoll Island: Assessing Shallow Aquifer Heterogeneity With Geophysical And Physicochemical Measurements, Nidia Tobon, Gerd Masselink, Tim O'Hare, Richard Bates, Ferdinand K. J. Oberle, Curt D. Storlazzi, Daniel Conley

Faculty of Science and Engineering Datasets

This study examines the spatial variability of shallow groundwater on Dhigelaabadhoo Island using Electromagnetic Induction surveys, groundwater monitoring, and sediment analyses. The research reveals how variations in island morphology—such as differences in elevation, reef flat width, and sediment composition—affect the spatial distribution of groundwater lenses and the overall aquifer dynamics. Dataset description: the dataset consists of five zip files. Each contains raw data for each sensor used in the study and a readme.txt file describing the data.

Humanization Of Cd47 Enables Development Of Functional Human Neutrophils Via Postirradiation Remodeling Of The Bone Marrow, Esen Sefik, Liang Shan, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Murine and human immune systems differ significantly, particularly within the myeloid lineage. Humanized mice, generated by transplanting human hematopoietic stem, progenitor cells into genetically modified mice, are invaluable to study human immune development and function in vivo. However, a major limitation of current models is suboptimal myelopoiesis, particularly lack of functional human neutrophils, hampering the modeling of human immune responses and chronic diseases. Here, we describe a humanized mouse model, named MaGIC for genes replaced, in the

Adsl Deficiency Is A Secondary Mitochondrial Disease Affecting Organelle Homeostasis And Erk2/Akt Signaling In A Linear Genotype-Phenotype Relation, Matteo Bordi, Beatrice Testa, Claudia Compagnucci, Fiorella Colasuonno, Francesca Cipressa, Elisabetta Betterini, Andrea Mancini, Claudia Carsetti, Illari Salvatori, Caterina Ferraina, Ming Yang, Rossella De Cegli, Eugenio Del Prete, Chiara Veroni, Salvatore Rizza, Sofia Mauri, Elena Ziviani, Marina Macchiaiolo, Davide Vecchio, Filippo Maria Panfili, Teresa Rizza, Gerrit Weber, Rosalba Carrozzo, Alberto Ferri, Silvia Campello, Andrea Ballabio, Christian Frezza, Gianluca Cestra, Marco Tartaglia, Andrea Bartuli, Francesco Cecconi

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency (ADSLd) is a rare autosomal recessive purine metabolism disorder with several clinical manifestations. While toxic substrate accumulation is a known hallmark, no additional molecular mechanisms have been established. Here, we show that ADSLd is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, including increased fragmentation, impaired respiration, and reduced ATP production. The severity of mitochondrial impairment correlates with ADSLd pathology, especially in mitochondria-dependent tissues. We also identify defects in mitochondrial dynamics and transport linked to ERK2 and AKT suppression. Notably, overexpressing constitutively active ERK2 or supplementing purine intermediates partially rescues the mitochondrial phenotype. These findings suggest an alternative disease mechanism and …

Overcoming Variable Illumination In Photovoltaic Snow Monitoring: A Real-Time Robust Drone-Based Deep Learning Approach, Amna Mazen, Ashraf Saleem, Kamyab Yazdipaz, Ana Dyreson

Michigan Tech Publications

Snow accumulation on photovoltaic (PV) panels can cause significant energy losses in cold climates. While drone-based monitoring offers a scalable solution, real-world challenges like varying illumination can hinder accurate snow detection. We previously developed a YOLO-based drone system for snow coverage detection using a Fixed Thresholding segmentation method to discriminate snow from the solar panel; however, it struggled in challenging lighting conditions. This work addresses those limitations by presenting a reliable drone-based system to accurately estimate the Snow Coverage Percentage (SCP) over PV panels. The system combines a lightweight YOLOv11n-seg deep learning model for panel detection with an adaptive image …

Robust Fault Detection And Classification In Power Systems Via Physics-Informed And Data-Driven Learning, Biswash Basnet, Varsha Sen

Graduate Student Scholarship

Electrical faults in power transmission systems can severely affect grid stability, equipment safety, and operational reliability. Traditional protection schemes, particularly distance relays, depend on apparent impedance computation that changes with error, creating a risk of misclassification. The results from relay overreach, underreach, or complete maloperation due to CT/PT saturation lead to developing problems in high impedance situations. These limitations highlight the need for adaptive, data-driven alternatives. This paper proposes an intelligent fault detection and classification model based on supervised machine learning techniques that overcome these challenges. The system’s robustness was validated under different training sizes and Gaussian noise levels, demonstrating …

Rna/Dna-Binding Protein Tdp43 Regulates Dna Mismatch Repair Genes With Implications For Genome Stability, Vincent E Provasek, Albino Bacolla, Suganya Rangaswamy, Manohar Kodavati, Joy Mitra, Issa O Yusuf, Vikas H Malojirao, Velmarini Vasquez, Gavin W Britz, Guo-Min Li, Zuoshang Xu, Sankar Mitra, Ralph M Garruto, John A Tainer, Muralidhar L Hegde

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

TDP43 is an RNA/DNA-binding protein increasingly recognized for its role in neurodegenerative conditions, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). As characterized by its aberrant nuclear export and cytoplasmic aggregation, TDP43 proteinopathy is a hallmark feature in over 95% of ALS/FTD cases, leading to detrimental cytosolic aggregates and a reduction in nuclear functionality in neurons. Building on our prior work linking TDP43 proteinopathy to the accumulation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in neurons, the present investigation uncovers a novel regulatory relationship between TDP43 and DNA mismatch repair (MMR) gene expression. Here, we show that TDP43 depletion or overexpression …

Next-Gen Tools In Cancer Neuroscience, Vera Thiel, Debpali Sur, Caroline C Picoli, Tamara Mcerlain, Katalina Couto, David J Simon, Yuan Pan, Karen Olivia Dixon, Rajan P Kulkarni, Sebastien Talbot, Alexander Birbrair

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The emerging field of cancer neuroscience is rapidly evolving, driven by novel technologies and tools. These include advances in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics; genetic mouse models paired with automated high-throughput; and innovative optical electrophysiological approaches, optogenetics, chemogenetics, engineered viruses, and new methods for visualizing neuronal activity. Collectively, these technologies are revolutionizing how we investigate, manipulate, and characterize distinct components that contribute to the nervous system-cancer interface. In the present review, we discuss the key technologies that are closing the gap between oncology and neuroscience, highlighting the innovations that are propelling the cancer neuroscience field forward.

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All Decisions

In this nonpayment proceeding, the tenant moved to dismiss the petition, arguing the landlord's predicate rent demand was defective for failing to credit earmarked Human Resources Administration (HRA) payments. The Civil Court, Bronx County, granted the tenant's motion, finding the rent demand did not provide an "approximate good faith sum" of rent due. The court held that the 17% overstatement of arrears was not a de minimis error. Consequently, the rent demand, a condition precedent to a nonpayment action, was deemed defective and non-amendable, leading to the dismissal of the proceeding without prejudice. The landlord's cross-motion to amend the petition …

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Linden Duo; September 23, 2025, Kimberly Mccoul Risinger, Angelo L. Favis

School of Music Programs

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

Kemp Recital Hall

September 23, 2025

Tuesday Evening

7:30 p.m.

A Community-Engaged Approach To Enhancing Participation In Genomic Research In Rare And Understudied Cancer Populations, Saira Khan, Bailey Martin-Giacalone, Kayla Wallace, Briana Wilson, Christine Marx, Erin Linnenbringer, Jessica Mozersky, Melinda Bachini, Nancy Chollet, Dionne Stalling, Li Ding, Ryan C Fields, Graham A Colditz, Bettina F Drake

2020-Current year OA Pubs

UNLABELLED: Few studies provide insights on how to incorporate community members' perspectives of genomic research during the early phases of study development. Engaging with community members early and consistently throughout the research lifecycle could help identify and mitigate barriers to genomic research participation, particularly among groups with rare and understudied cancers.

METHODS: The Washington University Participant Engagement and Cancer Genome Sequencing (WU-PE-CGS) study formed a Participant Engagement Advisory Board (PEAB) consisting of patients, patient advocates, and patient advocacy organizations who represented the three understudied cancer populations: cholangiocarcinoma, early-onset colorectal cancer in Black Americans, and multiple myeloma in Black Americans. PEAB …

Gata2 Mutation Is Associated With Immune Dysfunction And Increased Mycobacterium Haemophilum Susceptibility In Immunocompromised Individuals, Ananya Gupta, Shail B. Mehta, Abhimanyu, Bruce A. Rosa, John Martin, Mushtaq Ahmed, Shyamala Thirunavukkarasu, Farheen Fatma, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Makedonka Mitreva, Thomas C. Bailey, David B. Clifford, Shabaana A. Khader

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Infections with nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) are on the rise. Here, we investigated an uncommon NTM infection, by M. haemophilum (Mh, n = 4), from a shared geographic location in the United States. All patients had underlying immunosuppressive conditions or treatments. We identified that all these individuals had a nonsynonymous mutation in GATA2 gene, which was absent in healthy controls (HCs, n = 4) from the same geographic area (Missouri, USA). Whole blood from these individuals had attenuated cytokine responses to Mh stimulation for IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, MIP-1α and MIP-1β, but not to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) or another NTM, M. abscessus. Impaired …

Linden Duo Recital: Risinger, Flute And Favis, Guitar; September 23, 2025, Kimberly Mccoul Risinger

School of Music Programs

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

Kemp Recital Hall

September 23, 2025

Tuesday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Stable Cas9 Expression Regulates Cell Growth By Facilitating Mtorc2 Activation, Le Yu, Yi Jin, Jianfeng Chen, Zhichuan Zhu, Siyuan Su, Emily M Wilkerson, Joanna Gongora, Erica W Cloer, Michael B Major, Pengda Liu

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), widely used for gene editing, relies on bacterial endonucleases like Cas9 to study gene functions and develop therapies. However, its potential effects on mammalian cellular behavior remain unclear. Here, we systematically profiled effects of stable Cas9 expression on growth of 32 cell lines spanning 9 cancer types and non-cancerous cells, finding growth alterations in a subset. To investigate mechanisms, we established the SpCas9 interactome in DU145 and MDA-MB-231 cells, both showing Cas9-enhanced growth, and identified ribosomal proteins as the top shared interactors. RNA-seq analysis revealed that Cas9 expression in DU145 cells activated PI3K …

Hybrid Path Planner For Centralized Multi-Robotic Long-Vehicle Based On Adaptive Dimensionality And Grey Wolf Algorithm, Noor Kadhim Ayoob, Ali Hadi Hasan

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

The present robot planning methods pay no attention to the impact of the robot's size and the space it occupies in the environment on path planning. This paper presents a centralized hybrid method to plan optimal paths for multiple robotic long vehicles (RLVs) competing with each other to reach one common goal, taking into account the space that must be available to the RLV at each step to avoid narrow spaces that are too small to pass through. The environment analysis for each RLV is improved by assigning constant weight to the obstacles and calculating two new parameters: safety (SF) …

A Humanistic Approach To Graduate Student Research Consultations, Tyler Manolovitz

Journal of Graduate Librarianship

This paper examines the benefits of a humanistic approach to research consultations with graduate students due to their unique research needs and lived experiences. Graduate students undertake complex, long-term research projects that require sophisticated information literacy skills and specialized support. Beyond these technical needs, graduate students often experience library anxiety and academic pressure stemming from their varied backgrounds, demanding lives, and a wide range of research knowledge and experience. Personalized, one-on-one research consultations offer an ideal platform to address both the technical and emotional needs of graduate students. By infusing research consultations with humanistic principles, including empathy, authenticity, emotional intelligence, …

Nurses Do It, Why Can't We? Social Media Use In The Prelicensure Clinical Setting, Christine Ann Sloan, Jane A. Tiedt, Joan M. Owens

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Nomophobia is defined as the fear of being detached from mobile phone use. The use of smart phones during clinical education is highly regulated by healthcare facilities and nursing schools alike. A meta-analysis of smart phone use among nursing students indicates the prevalence of nomophobia at 22% in a sample of 2780 nursing students (Osorio-Molina et.al, 2021). Nursing student use of cell phones in the clinical setting is associated with increased levels of procrastination, hypervigilance and “buck-passing” which can affect both their clinical and academic performance (Marquez-Hernandez et al, 2020).

In the fall of 2022, nursing faculty received an …

Symptoms Of Pain And Fatigue Among Adults With Gaucher Disease Type 1, Shauna L. Mangum, Stephen H. A. Hernandez, Elizabeth L. Dickson, Wendy Packman, Beth B. Tigges

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

People with rare disease have lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than the general population (Megari, 2013). Gaucher disease type 1 (GD1) is a rare, autosomal recessive, lysosomal storage disorder, caused by a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme, glucocerebrosidase, that affects multiple bodily systems and is classified by the absence of neurodegenerative disease (Mistry et al., 2015; Stirnemann et al., 2017). An estimated 125,000 people have GD1 worldwide with about 6,000 people in the U.S. Pain and fatigue are the most commonly reported symptoms (Hayes et al., 1998), but both have been understudied (Drelichman et al., 2016; Zion et al., …

Linking Ethical Leadership To Nurses’ Internal Whistleblowing Through Psychological Safety, Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem, Nadiah A. Baghdadi, Heba Emad El-Gazar, Mohamed Ali Zoromba

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Cultivating internal whistleblowing among nurses is of paramount importance to nurse leaders. Yet, the literature on how nurse leaders can foster this phenomenon among nurses is limited. Additionally, the underlying mechanisms linking leadership behaviors to internal whistleblowing intentions remain underexplored.

Aim: This study aimed to examine how ethical leadership is linked to internal whistleblowing intentions among nurses through the mediating effect of psychological safety.

Research design: A multicenter cross-sectional research design was used for this study.

Participants and research context: This study involved 201 nurses working in three tertiary governmental hospitals across three cities in Egypt. Data were collected …

Situating Nursing Education Within Cognitive And Sociocultural Perspectives For Meaningful Learning, Krista Searles

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Nurse educators are subject matter experts in nursing science and practice, but designing meaningful instruction and assessment that meets the unique needs of a diverse group of learners requires additional knowledge from education and learning science, including educational theory and an understanding of the underlying nature of knowledge, learning, and transfer. While learning theorists have disagreed on the definitions of these foundational concepts over the last century, it is clear that “the assumptions we make about how people learn fundamentally drive the ways we design to support that learning” (Danish & Gresalfi, 2018, p 39). Whether pedagogies and assessment strategies …

Using Simulation To Assess Knowledge And Attitudes Of Healthcare Providers Regarding Cpr, Nausheen Barkat Ali Noorani

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge and attitudes of doctors, nurses and nursing technicians regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before and after simulation-based learning (SBL).

Background: The Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a vital component of the chain of survival for people who undergo cardiac arrest. The global incidences of cardiac arrest have increased over the past years (Lim et al., 2020). Subsequently, the incidences of cardiac arrest in the lower middle-income countries are higher with alarmingly poorer survival rates (Ahmed et al., 2021). This imposes greater responsibility on the healthcare system to respond to the cardiac arrest …

Ai Is Everywhere And Our Patients Are Turning To It For Answers, Vincenta Leigh, Beena Nair, Barbara Mcgee, Hoyle Leigh, Nathan Futoran, Nikhil Nair, Philip Insel

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is available to everyone, including our patients and clinicians, and offer us, at our fingertips, differential diagnosis, risk prediction, clinical decision support. How consistent and useful is AI in mental health, somatic and stress related questions? We developed 10 realistic scenarios/questions incorporating depression, anxiety, stress issues, and somatic concerns of patients. We submitted them as clinicians or patients to two AI platforms, Google Gemini and Microsoft’s Chat GPT. The responses were very different, and the references supporting their answers, were variable, sometimes nonexistent. The response to patient racial differences with the same symptoms was notably different. An …

The Impact Of Music Experience Sessions On Participants With Agitation Related To Dementia, Amy Redd, Kimberly Taylor, Kate Jones

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Problem Statement: As dementia progresses, a person can experience behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). There are numerous ways BPSD can affect people with dementia (PWD), caregivers, and society, causing a negative impact on quality of life, stress, caregiver burnout, and economic stability for society (Lorusso & Bosch, 2018; Maseda et al., 2018).

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to determine if the intervention would decrease episodes of BPSD without using pharmacological interventions.

Methods: The intervention was performed for an eight-week time frame were facilitated with participants with a known history of dementia.

Analysis: The Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory …

Spatial Habits Advance Personal Excellence: Examining School Environments And Student Well-Being, Megan L. Jester, Dawn Loraas, Cian L. Brown, Madelynn Henderson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Schools are increasingly becoming the primary access point for health services for students, as families turn to schools to identify and address growing whole health needs. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, over 70% of children received mental health services solely through their schools (Kaskoun & McCabe, 2022). The built environment is a social and structural determinant (World Health Organization, 2010) influencing educational outcomes (Ikegbusi et al., 2022) including the readiness to learn (Colvin, 2024). Still, many schools lack the design necessary to support mental and physical health. There is limited nurse-driven research on how physical attributes impact students during critical transition …

The Lingering Effects Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Nurses, Linda H. Yoder, Jacqueline M. Gordon, Noah Zanville

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is the experience of positive psychological change after struggling with major life crises, often resulting in a re-evaluation of priorities, greater appreciation for life, and spiritual/existential growth. The purpose of this national study was to measure PTG levels among nurses caring for patients during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Design: The survey study consisted of 2,077 U.S. based Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) members and nurses from 23 hospitals in HCA Healthcare. The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-Expanded (PTGI-X) and a demographic data collection sheet were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics and reliability testing were performed, as well …