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Health Outcomes Beyond Age 50 Years In Survivors Of Childhood Cancer: A Report From The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, Rusha Bhandari, Yan Chen, Eric J Chow, Rebecca M Howell, Lisa B Kenney, Kevin R Krull, Wendy Leisenring, Paul C Nathan, Joseph P Neglia, Kirsten K Ness, Kevin C Oeffinger, Claire Snyder, Lucie M Turcotte, F Lennie Wong, Yutaka Yasui, Gregory T Armstrong, Saro H Armenian

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Purpose: There are limited data on the risk for mortality and health outcomes among the increasing population of older (age >50 years) survivors of childhood cancer during this later stage in life when there is an expected increase in aging-related morbidities.

Methods: We assessed cause-specific mortality, incident new cancers, chronic health conditions (CHCs), frailty, and health status among survivors from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, conditional on surviving to 50 years. We calculated conditional survival rates, standardized mortality ratios (SMRs), and, for incident new cancers, cumulative burden, standardized incidence ratios (SIRs), and relative rates (RRs), compared with the general US …

Hippocampal Avoidance During Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation For Patients With Small Cell Lung Cancer: Randomized Phase Ii/Iii Trial Nrg-Cc003, Vinai Gondi, Stephanie L Pugh, Minesh P Mehta, Jeffrey S Wefel, Wolfgang A Tomé, Alexander Y Sun, John Grecula, Kristin J Redmond, Shannon Fogh, Laurie Gaspar, Andre Konski, Joseph Bovi, Clifford G Robinson, Benjamin Corn, Gregory M Videtic, Benjamin H Lok, Harold A Yoon, John H Heinzerling, Albert S Denittis, Ronald C Mcgarry, Kiran Devisetty, Vijayananda Kundapur, Abraham J Wu, Edward C Mccarron, Isabelle Thibault, Edmund L Simon, Andrew M Baschnagel, Samir Narayan, Jondavid Pollock, Rebecca Paulus, Lisa A Kachnic

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Purpose: Hippocampal avoidance (HA) during therapeutic whole-brain radiotherapy reduces the risk of neurocognitive function (NCF) toxicity in patients with brain metastasis. This trial hypothesized that HA during prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) leads to noninferior intracranial relapse (ICR) and reduction in NCF toxicity.

Methods: This randomized phase II/III trial enrolled patients with SCLC, no brain metastases, and response to chemotherapy. The primary end points were 12-month ICR (noninferiority design, randomized phase II) and 6-month Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised (HVLT-R) Delayed Recall (DR) failure (phase III). Secondary end points were failure in any NCF …

Post-Pandemic Restaurant Patronage: The Importance Of Neuroticism In Shaping In Person Dining Intentions., Matthew Gorton, Min Yan, Honglyu Lin, Dora Gaćeša Brlić, John White, Ružica Brečić, Ana Tkalac Verčič

Plymouth Business School

Purpose Even after the lifting of all government restrictions, introduced to combat the spread of Covid-19, many consumers remain fearful of in-person dining. This paper seeks to understand this reticence, and explain post-pandemic restaurant dining intentions. Design/methodology/approach The paper introduces and tests a conceptual framework for understanding in-person dining intentions in the post-Covid-19 era, utilizing structural equation modelling. To empirically validate the model, survey data collection (n = 436) occurred in China after the government lifted its “Zero-Covid” policy. Findings Neuroticism, as a personality trait, negatively affects restaurant trust and increases fear of Covid-19 (threat appraisal), which in turn reduces …

Core Outcome Set And Measures Of Chest Health In Children And Young People With Cerebral Palsy In The Community Setting: The Chesti Study Protocol, Chesti-Study Steering Group, Rachel Knight Lozano, Christopher Morris, Harriet Shannon, Kayleigh Bell, Hugh Malyon, Julia Melluish, Jos Latour, Morag Andrews, Sarah Crombie, Noula Gibson, Samantha Grace, Sian Goddard, Nicola Harman, Sarah Mc Goldrick Kolawole, Laura Lowndes, Paul Mcnamara, Madeline Pilbury, Rachel Rapson, Nicola Scivier, Diane Sellers, Caroline Weighton, Mark Williams, Luana Winston

School of Health Professions

Introduction Poor chest health is the leading cause of early mortality in children with cerebral palsy (CP). It is also the most common reason to seek healthcare, accruing significant costs and reducing quality-of-life for children and families. Clinical trials examining chest health interventions in CP are characterised by inconsistent outcome measures, limiting the capacity for evidence synthesis to inform clinical application. The study aims to develop a core outcome set (COS) and related measurement instruments to assess, monitor and evaluate chest health in children with CP, both in research and routine clinical practice. The COS will reflect the views of …

Optimization Of Rabbit Urine Liquid Organic Fertilizer And Reduced Npk Fertilizer Doses For Improving Growth And Physiology Of Shallot (Allium Ascalonicum L.), Etik Wukir Tini, Rifqi Raditya Kurniawan

Jurnal Kultivasi

Rabbit urine liquid organic fertilizer (LOF) can be used as an alternative fertilizer to reduce the use of inorganic fertilizers, especially for shallots, as a national food commodity. This study aims to determine the best concentration of rabbit urine LOF, the best dose of NPK fertilizer dose reduction, and a combination of rabbit urine LOF and NPK fertilizer dose reduction on the physiological characters of shallot plants. The observed variables consisted of net assimilation rate, crop growth rate, stomatal density, stomatal aperture, and chlorophyll content. The experimental results showed that a concentration of 200 mL L-1 of rabbit urine LOF …

The Effect Of Melatonin And 6-Benzylaminopurine Application On The Post-Harvest Quality Of Cut Roses (Rosa X Alba), Azizah Tiara Putri, Syariful Mubarok, Rahmat Budiarto

Jurnal Kultivasi

Roses are known as a high-value commodity frequently used in various important events. However, they are susceptible to postharvest quality deterioration, which can affect their vase life and appearance. In this study, roses with a blooming stage of approximately 25–50% were immersed in melatonin and 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) solutions at different concentrations. This research aims to analyze the effect of melatonin and BAP application on the freshness of cut roses. The parameters observed included flower vase life, flower wilting angle, increase in flower diameter, fresh weight, solution uptake, and chlorophyll content. The results showed that melatonin and BAP, applied individually or …

Approaches For Identifying Lncrna-Associated Proteins For Therapeutic Targets And Cancer Biomarker Discovery, Mohammad Shabir Hussain, Puneet Vij, Sudhir Kotnala, Shadab Ahmad, Subhash Chauhan, Manish Kumar Tripathi

School of Medicine Publications

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are increasingly recognized as key regulators of gene expression and cellular signaling in cancer. Their functions are primarily mediated through interactions with specific protein partners that modulate chromatin structure, epigenetic remodeling, transcription, and signal transduction. In this review, we explore reports and strategies for the proteomic characterization of lncRNA-associated proteins, particularly emphasizing high-throughput liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based techniques. Affinity-based methods such as RNA pull-down, ChIRP MS, RAP-MS, BioID-MS, and SILAC-MS enable sensitive and specific mapping of lncRNA and protein complexes. These approaches reveal cancer-specific proteomic signatures, post-translational modifications, and mechanistic insights into tumor biology. The use …

Optimising The Care Of The Trapped Patient Following A Motor Vehicle Collision: A Uk-Based Delphi Consensus Study, Tim Nutbeam, Rob Fenwick, Ian Marritt, Brian Lee, Luke Staveley-Wadham, Nigel Lang, Louise Johnson, Nicolas Mattock, Jane Ogilvie, Emily Foote, Francis Screech, Lara Lebeau-Humarau, Caroline Leech

Peninsula Medical School

Background Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are a leading cause of injury and death worldwide. Up to 40% ofcasualties may become trapped and entrapment is associated with delayed care and worse outcomes. There is littlenational or international consensus guiding the care of physically trapped patients who cannot self-extricate. Thisstudy aimed to develop multidisciplinary consensus-based principles to optimise clinical and operational care fortrapped patients following MVC.Methods A three-round Delphi study was conducted from January to March 2025, following the CREDES framework.A multi-professional steering group developed preliminary statements informed by literature review and expertconsultation. Subject matter experts (SMEs) with operational experience in extrication, …

European And African Ancestry-Specific Plasma Protein-Qtl And Metabolite-Qtl Analyses Identify Ancestry-Specific T2d Effector Proteins And Metabolites, Chengran Yang, Priyanka Gorijala, Jigyasha Timsina, Lihua Wang, Menghan Liu, Ciyang Wang, William Brock, Yueyao Wang, Fumihiko Urano, Yun Ju Sung, Carlos Cruchaga

2020-Current year OA Pubs

In this study, we generated and integrated plasma proteomics and metabolomics with the genotype datasets of over 2300 European (EUR) and 400 African (AFR) ancestries to identify ancestry-specific multi-omics quantitative trait loci (QTLs). In total, we mapped 954 AFR pQTLs, 2848 EUR pQTLs, 65 AFR mQTLs, and 490 EUR mQTLs. We further applied these QTLs to ancestry-stratified type-2 diabetes (T2D) risk to pinpoint key proteins and metabolites underlying the disease-associated genetic loci. Using INTACT that combined trait-imputation and colocalization results, we nominated 270 proteins and 72 metabolites from the EUR set; seven proteins and one metabolite from the AFR set …

Degradation Of Anthropogenic Debris In Stormwater Infrastructure Of The Lake Ontario Watershed, Evan Batte

Theses

The accumulation of anthropogenic debris (AD) in the Great Lakes is a growing issue with largely unknown consequences for ecological and human health. To better constrain estimates of debris loading into Lake Ontario and elucidate the fate of AD accumulating upstream, an incubation experiment of the most commonly identified littered products was conducted in different stormwater infrastructure within the Lake Ontario Watershed. Chip bags, cigarette filters, and shopping bags were placed into storm drains, stormwater retention ponds, and along riparian zones of tributaries in December of 2022 and July of 2023 to test the spatial (type of stormwater infrastructure [SWI]) …

Nestview-Transforming House Hunting With Ar, Chia-An Lee

Theses

NestView is an augmented reality (AR) based smart glasses system which aims to facilitate the process of finding rental homes for people. Conventional rental websites bombard users with two-dimensional data and have no sense of place, which is why they're both time-consuming and mentally taxing. NestView gives the user real-time mobile listings displayed in AR right in their physical space, providing an immersive, contextually aware rental experience. Informed by a user-centered design methodology, this study examines what frustrations the renters experience, and in what ways AR applications can meet those frustrations. The system comes with proximity-driven filtering, voice interactions, an …

Cognitive Reserve In The Deaf/Hard Of Hearing Community: An Exploration Of Contributing Factors, Olivia B. Allaby

Theses

Cognitive reserve (CR) refers to the individual differences in how people execute tasks, allowing some to cope with cognitive challenges more effectively than others. Additionally, previous studies have established a link between age-related hearing loss and cognitive decline. However, CR and cognitive aging have not been explored extensively in those who might identify as Deaf/hard of hearing (HH). There are four features potentially unique to this community that could shape one’s CR: use of hearing technology (e.g., hearing aid), bimodal bilingualism, and social connectedness and social support. One hundred fifty-nine Deaf/hard of hearing participants completed an online survey study assessing …

Opinion Re: Second Survivor Statements

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

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High Temperature In Potato: Plant Responses And Adaptive Cultivation Strategies To Increase Production, Siska Rahmayani Gultom, Jajang Sauman Hamdani, Kusumiyati

Jurnal Kultivasi

Climate change, with global temperatures rising by 1.09°C from 1850–1900 to 2011–2020, threatens potato production, a critical staple crop, by exceeding the optimal temperature range of 15–20°C. This review synthesizes over 45 peer-reviewed studies published between 2015 and 2025 from Google Scholar and ScienceDirect to evaluate the physiological, morphological, and tuber quality responses of potatoes to high temperatures and to identify adaptive cultivation strategies for sustainable production. High temperatures reduce photosynthetic efficiency through chlorophyll degradation and stomatal closure, increase respiration, and divert photosynthates to vegetative growth, leading to 18–32% yield losses globally by the 2050s. Heat-tolerant varieties, such as Atlantic …

Effect Of Potassium Fertilizer On The Nutrition And Physical Quality Of Job’S Tears (Coix Lacryma-Jobi L.) Seeds, Qinthara Nail Haysa, Yuyun Yuwariah, Fiky Yulianto Wicaksono

Jurnal Kultivasi

Job's tears is a cereal crop that has beneficial nutrients. Potassium is known to affect the growth and yield of cereal crops, but there has been limited study on whether potassium affects the nutrition and physical quality of Job’s tears seeds. This study aimed to analyze the effect of K fertilizer on the nutritional content and physical quality of Job's tears seeds. This research was conducted from January to May 2024 at Ciparanje Experimental Field, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Indonesia. This experiment used the Randomized Block Design (RBD) method with six treatments and four replications. Various doses of …

Integrating Artificial Intelligence And Immersive Technologies Into Maritime Education And Training, Zouheir Abd El Fattah Abd El Salam Badawy

Blue Economy

The global maritime sector, transporting approximately 90% of world trade, is entering a transformative era driven by rapid digitalization, environmental regulations, and emerging autonomous technologies. Maritime Education and Training (MET) institutions are under increasing pressure to adapt their curricula, teaching methodologies, and infrastructures to meet new operational and regulatory demands. This study investigates the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), and other immersive technologies in reshaping MET to align with future maritime workforce requirements. Using a mixed-methods approach comprising a systematic literature review, quantitative surveys of 180 maritime students across multiple regions such as Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Kingdom …

The Tax Adviser, Volume 9, Number 7, July 1978, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Tax Adviser

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Author Index, 12 Months Ended June 1978, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Tax Adviser

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Subject Index 12 Months Ended June 1978, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Tax Adviser

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Tax Trends, E. S. Linett

Tax Adviser

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Spotlight, Robert F. Manning

Tax Adviser

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Washington Report: Tax Division Comments On Single Level Of Appeal, Kenneth F. Thomas, Roger L. Miller, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Federal Tax Division

Tax Adviser

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Intrafamily “Sale” For Notes: Irs Vs. T.C., Gerald I. Carp

Tax Adviser

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Tax Treatment Of Start-Up Costs, W. E. Seago

Tax Adviser

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’76 Act Estate Tax Changes Affecting Closely Held Business Interests, Carl E. Wilkinson

Tax Adviser

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Tax Clinic, Dominic A. Tarantino

Tax Adviser

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Allocation And Apportionment Of Research And Development Expenditures Under Regs. Sec. 1.861-8, Leonard W. Rothschild Jr.

Tax Adviser

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An Inexpensive, Open, And Extensible Hardware-In-The-Loop Cubesat Test And Simulation Infrastructure, Andrew Greenberg, Glenn Lebrasseur, Max Eltzroth, Rose Edington, Anna Meneely, Maxwell Millar

Small Satellite Conference

We have developed an inexpensive, open source, and extensible hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test and simulation system to allow even small CubeSat teams to dramatically improve their testing infrastructure to increase reliability during flight.

Enhancements And Improvements Of The Radiation Probe - Compact Radiation Probe (Crp), Yihsuan Chou, Loren Chang, Yichung Chiu, Tzuwei Hung, Sinyu Tsui

Small Satellite Conference

As space missions venture beyond Earth's magnetic field, spacecraft face elevated risks from solar energetic particles (SEPs) and galactic cosmic rays (GCRs). Taiwan's first lunar payload—the Deep Space Radiation Probe (DSRP)—was developed to measure radiation dose, dose rate, and SEU rates during Earth–Moon transit. However, flight data revealed limitations in SEU detection and system operation. To address these issues and support CubeSat-class missions, the Compact Radiation Probe (CRP) was developed for the upcoming COSPAR-1 mission.

Occupational Therapy For Individuals With Low Vision Affecting Their Mental Health, De'aundria M. Gipson, Jaimee Fielder, Becky King

Summer 2025 OTD Capstone Symposium

Low vision is a prevalent public health issue among older adults, often leading to functional limitations, reduced participation in activities of daily living (ADLs), and increased risk of mental health challenges such as depression, anxiety, and social isolation. This capstone project explored the relationship between low vision and mental health by developing and evaluating a program to address both functional and psychosocial needs. Guided by the Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) model, the program was implemented at Envision Dallas and included a needs assessment, tailored strategies, and group activities targeting emotional well-being, independence, and social participation. Data from surveys, interviews, and observation indicated …