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Host, Microbiome, And Parasite: How Apicomplexan Microorganisms Interact With Gut Microbiota, Senia Bu, Andrew T. Ozga

Mako: NSU Undergraduate Student Journal

The gut microbiome, a complex ecosystem of microorganisms residing in the human gastrointestinal tract, plays a crucial role in maintaining overall health. It functions in immune system regulation, digestion, and protection against pathogens. Apicomplexan parasites, such as Toxoplasma gondii, Plasmodium spp., and Cryptosporidium spp., are major pathogens that can significantly disrupt the gut microbiota, leading to alterations in microbial composition and function. This review explores the bidirectional interactions between Apicomplexan parasites and the gut microbiome, focusing on how these parasites influence microbial diversity, immune responses, and host metabolism. It examines the mechanisms by which infection-induced inflammation, altered …

From Infection To Restoration: A Case Study On Dental Extraction In The Maxilla Anterior, Melanie Ramirez

Mako: NSU Undergraduate Student Journal

A dental implant is a restorative surgical procedure that serves as a solution to replace missing teeth that imitate the function, sensation, and appearance of natural teeth. The objective of this dental case study is to examine the diagnosis, treatment, and post-operation of a patient with a history of tooth loss and infection in the anterior maxilla. This case follows a 55-year-old patient, Jorge Marquez, name changed for confidentiality, who presented a severe tooth abscess on tooth #10 on the anterior maxilla which had previously undergone root canal treatment (Figure 1B). Radiographic evaluations illustrated the severity of the abscess the …

Agentic Workflow For Root-Cause Analysis And Fix Suggestions Based On Log Differencing, Shubham Khurana, Shreya Rana, Aastha Jain, Aneesha Jain

Defensive Publications Series

Integration testing in continuous integration/development environments produces large volumes of logs containing many errors and warnings, many of which are benign or unrelated. Identifying the specific error causing a test failure amidst this noise is a major challenge for developers seeking efficient and accurate debugging. This disclosure describes techniques that leverage large language models (LLMs) to automate and abstract root-cause analyses for test failures. A sequential, multi-step pipeline comprising artificial intelligence (AI) agents accepts as input a reference to a failing test run and produces a high-value, actionable output, e.g., a summary of the root cause and a suggested code …

Interactive Intelligent Agent For Gaming Assistance, Christopher James Tegethoff

Defensive Publications Series

This document describes techniques that enable a computing device (e.g., a personal computer, laptop, smartphone, smart watch, server system, etc.) to provide assistance and/or companionship to a player of a game application using an intelligent software agent (e.g., artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning model, etc.). Gaming environments may present challenges such as difficult learning curves, slow progression, complicated/unintuitive mechanics, and/or hostile social interactions. The intelligent agent may mitigate these challenges by acquiring game knowledge (e.g., via observing and learning from the player, “playing” the game on its own, training on tutorials and/or other instructional material, etc.) and offering in-game guidance …

Correlating Cross-Service Behavioral Signals To Identify Coordinated Inauthentic Activity, Mithun Kumar S R

Defensive Publications Series

Some systems for detecting fraudulent user-generated content (UGC) can be siloed and reactive, analyzing individual pieces of content or account metrics in isolation, which may leave them susceptible to coordinated campaigns spanning multiple services. A system and method are described that can construct a unified cross-service behavioral graph to address such challenges. This graph can ingest and correlate metadata from user activities across disparate services, for example, productivity, payment, and communication platforms, to identify precursor signals that may be indicative of fraudulent intent. By analyzing patterns such as co-reviewing, temporal pulsing, and suspicious cross-service coordination (e.g., template creation), the system …

Generating Financial Risk Tiers For Geo-Located Entities Using Monetary Claims From User-Generated Content And Transactional Signals, Mithun Kumar S R

Defensive Publications Series

Moderation systems for local business platforms may have difficulty identifying certain types of financial fraud, such as overcharging or fake deposit scams, because of challenges in validating monetary claims found in user-generated content (UGC). A disclosed method can address this potential limitation by synthesizing two different data streams. A system can use technologies, for example natural language processing and computer vision, to extract unstructured financial claims and pricing information from UGC, which may include content such as text reviews and photos of menus or receipts. The system can then correlate these claims with structured, verified transactional signals from integrated payment …

Battery Enclosure Panel And Associated Means Of Manufacture, Thomas J. Beck, Rahul Vilas Kulkarni, Xavier Varone

Defensive Publications Series

A battery enclosure panel may include a formable inner sheet having a generally planar outer surface and at least one recessed portion formed in the generally planar outer surface that defines a receiving area for a fire suppressant material, and an outer sheet at least partially joined to the generally planar outer surface of the inner formable sheet.

2025 Ursinus College Academic Convocation Program, Ursinus College

Academic Convocation Programs

This Ursinus College Academic Convocation program lists speakers and events for the opening of the 2025 academic year.

Ideas For Learning Newsletter: Late August ‘25, Iwasaki Library

IDEAS for Learning Newsletters

This IDEAS for Learning newsletter reached faculty of Emerson College on August 22nd, 2025. This is the second published issue of the two total issues that were published within the month of August. This is the 2nd issue of the 3rd volume. It includes top stories such as the Course Design Spa, remembering the three R’s when it comes to student concerns, meeting your school librarians, ITG workshops about Canvas, and a reminder about course reserves with a video tutorial on how to submit them. It also includes an interactive poll that asks faculty what Office of Academic Assessment topics …

Southern Adventist University Commencement Program Summer 2025, Southern Adventist University

Commencement Programs

Program for Southern Adventist University Summer 2025 graduation. The commencement service took place on August 22, 2025 at 10 am in Iles Physical Education Center.

When The Walls Talk Back: Black Women's Experience In The Graduate Classroom, Benesemon Simmons

Dissertations - ALL

Black women have historically experienced barriers in education and the traditional classroom space, facing visible and invisible walls that reinforce their silence, delegitimization, and harm. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine Black women’s experiences in the graduate classroom and use their voices to challenge the purpose and power of dominant structures—and talk back (hooks, 2014). Black Feminist Thought and Critical Race Theory were used as theoretical frameworks to better understand the unique experiences of Black women graduate students, help highlight their voices, and place their experiences and ideas at the center of analysis. To investigate this topic, …

Dataset For Landscape Changes And Declines In Aquila Chrysaetos (Golden Eagle) Territory Occupancy In Southwestern Idaho, Ashley L. Santiago, Jennyffer Cruz, Donna M. Delparte, Michael N. Kochert, Karen Steenhof, Joseph M. Weldon, Julie A. Heath

Biological Sciences Data

Rapid loss of native shrubs and expansion of invasive annual plants like cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) have altered North American shrub-steppe systems across extensive areas. Predators, like Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagles) that forage on shrub-reliant prey, may abandon historically occupied territories or increase their territory size to cope with degraded habitat. We used a multi-season Bayesian occupancy model that accounted for imperfect detection to investigate the associations between landscape cover, fire history, conspecific neighbor density, and occupancy of 36 A. chrysaetos territories in southwestern Idaho and the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, USA from 1986–2022. The …

Targeting Wnt-Driven Metabolic Adaptations In Cancer: Integrating Glycolysis, Glutaminolysis, Ido1-Mediated Immune Evasion, And Therapeutic Delivery Strategies, Eric Flores-Hernández, Grace Binder, Kuo-Ching Mei, Nydia Tejeda-Muñoz

Pharmacy Faculty Scholarship

The Wnt pathway is an evolutionarily conserved signaling cascade that regulates a wide range of fundamental cellular processes, including proliferation, differentiation, polarity, migration, metabolism, and survival. Due to its central regulatory roles, Wnt signaling is critically involved in the pathophysiology of numerous human diseases. Aberrant activation or insufficient inhibition of this pathway has been causally linked to cancer, degenerative disorders, metabolic syndromes, and developmental abnormalities. Wnt signaling drives cancer progression by reprogramming metabolism and promoting immune evasion. Wnt-driven tumors exhibit enhanced aerobic glycolysis (the Warburg effect), glutaminolysis, and macropinocytosis, which support rapid proliferation and help maintain redox homeostasis under nutrient-limited …

Maya Binyam, Raymond Carver Reading Series, February 12, 2025, Maya Binyam

Raymond Carver Reading Series

A video recording of Maya Binyam reading on February 12, 2025, as part of the Syracuse University Creative Writing Program's Raymond Carver Reading Series.

Hari Kunzru, Raymond Carver Reading Series, March 19, 2025, Hari Kunzro

Raymond Carver Reading Series

A video recording of Hari Kunzro reading on February 26, 2025, as part of the Syracuse University Creative Writing Program's Raymond Carver Reading Series.

Hayan Charara, Raymond Carver Reading Series, April 2, 2025, Hayan Charara

Raymond Carver Reading Series

A video recording of Hayan Charara reading on April 2, 2025, as part of the Syracuse University Creative Writing Program's Raymond Carver Reading Series.

Claire Messud, Raymond Carver Reading Series, April 23, 2025, Claire Messud

Raymond Carver Reading Series

A video recording of Claire Messud reading on April 2, 2025, as part of the Syracuse University Creative Writing Program's Raymond Carver Reading Series.

Natalie Shapero, Raymond Carver Reading Series, January 29, 2024, Natalie Shapero

Raymond Carver Reading Series

A video recording of Natalie Shapero reading on January 29, 2025, as part of the Syracuse University Creative Writing Program's Raymond Carver Reading Series.

A 6-Month, Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Of The Targeted Management (Team) Intervention Vs. Enhanced Treatment As Usual Among Ugandans At Risk For Stroke, Carla Conroy, Joy Yala, Christopher J. Burant, Shirley Moore, Martha Sajatovic

Faculty Scholarship

Background Among low and middle-income countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, the stroke burden is severe, with increasing trends in stroke incidence, prevalence, and mortality. Aims This 6-month, prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) compared a novel stroke risk reduction approach (TargetEd manAgeMent Intervention (TEAM)) vs. Enhanced Treatment as Usual (ETAU) in 247 Ugandans at risk for stroke. Methods Participants, enrolled across 3 Ugandan sites, were adults with high stroke risk. The primary outcome was a change in systolic blood pressure (SBP) from baseline to 6-month follow-up. Secondary outcomes included changes from baseline to 6 months on diastolic BP (DBP), serum lipids, …

2018-09-12 Leadership Council Minutes, Susie Salazar

Executive Council Minutes

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2018-11-06 Leadership Council Minutes, Susie Salazar

Executive Council Minutes

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2016-09-27 Executive Council Minutes, Susie Salazar

Executive Council Minutes

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2016-10-04 Executive Council Minutes, Susie Salazar

Executive Council Minutes

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2015-10-13 Executive Council Minutes, Susie Salazar

Executive Council Minutes

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2015-11-17 Leadership Council Minutes, Susie Salazar

Executive Council Minutes

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“Can You Hear Me?” Teacher Stories About State-Mandated Standardized Testing, Michele I. Shelton

Educational Studies Dissertations

This study strives to understand teacher perceptions as a meaningful examination of state-mandated standardized testing's impacts on students and its outcomes by asking:

How do teachers experience the impact of state-mandated standardized tests on the students as evidenced in their stories?

What are the benefits and disadvantages to the use of state-mandated standardized tests?

To what extent has state-mandated standardized tests created inequalities in the educational system?

This study utilized a Narrative Research approach with [descriptive] interpretive qualitative research. Questionnaires and interviews were analyzed using the Thematic Inductive Analysis approach. The theoretical framework was adopted from Robinson & Robinson: centering …

Widowhood, Health, And Depression: Intergenerational Relationships, Social Support, And Psychological Well-Being Among Korean Older Adults, Yooumi Lee

Dissertations - ALL

This dissertation focuses on Korean older adults and their experiences with widowhood and health issues in later life. Specifically, it examines the associations between stressful life events, such as recent widowhood and poor health, and depressive symptoms. It then further explores if intergenerational relationships and social support mediate the distressing consequences of these stressful life events. Using longitudinal data from 2006 to 2020 Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging, this study estimates residualized change Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression models predicting depression at Tw as a function of depression at Tw-1 and other covariates among individuals who are 60 or older …

Exploring The Mediating Role Of Autonomous Motivation Between Basic Psychological Needs And Burnout Among Counselors-In-Training, Meredith Si Snieckus

Dissertations - ALL

Burnout is a pressing concern among counselors-in-training (CITs), threatening not only their well-being but also the quality of services they provide. Guided by Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000; Ryan & Deci, 2017), this study investigated the relationships among basic psychological needs satisfaction (BPNS), autonomous motivation (AM), and burnout in a national sample of CITs enrolled in Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) accredited counseling programs. Specifically, it examined whether AM mediates the relationship between BPNS and the three dimensions of burnout, emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and diminished personal accomplishment (DPA), as conceptualized by …

Innovative Approaches To Estimating Sessile Oak Stem Volume: Comparing Additive Models And Ensemble Machine Learning, Maria J. Diamantopoulou, Abbas Şahi̇n, Ramazan Özçeli̇k

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Sessile oak is an important deciduous forest tree species across Türkiye and Europe. Estimating individual tree and stand volumes is essential for growth and yield models, as these predictions play a critical role in assessing forest management, economics, and fire risk. In pursuit of this goal, nonlinear seemingly unrelated regression (NSUR) was used for the simultaneous fitting of stem volume components, and compared to three ensemble machine learning techniques: gradient boosting regression (GBr), XGBoost regression (XGBr), and random forest regression (RFr). NSUR accounts for correlations between error terms across different equations, leading to more efficient parameter estimates than if each …

Jenn-Ching Luo V. Owen J Roberts School District

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania