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Context And Form In Garden Classification, David Fenner

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

Correctly classifying a garden is important because it allows us to appreciate a garden for what it is, create maintenance agendas for gardens, compare gardens to others in appropriate ways, and meaningfully evaluate gardens. We may correctly classify a garden by first deciding on an appropriate taxonomic approach and, second, by fitting gardens into their appropriate taxa. The first is achieved through justifying the organizing schema by ensuring that it significantly meets the goals mentioned above, results in meaningful and satisfying garden appreciation, and is comprehensive in scope—the creation of this taxonomic approach necessarily includes reference to a garden’s context. …

Racial And Socioeconomic Disparities In Long Term Survival After Surgery And Radiation For Spinal Cord Hemangioblastoma, Abdul Karim Ghaith, Xinlan Yang, Joshua Weinberg, Shaan Bhandarkar, Taha Khalilullah, Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi, Khaled Zaitoun, Meghana Bhimreddy, Arjun K. Menta, Antony A. Fuleihan, Kamel Chebaro, Jawad Khalifeh, Andrew Grossbach, Nicholas Theodore, Daniel Lubelski

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Spinal cord hemangioblastomas are rare, benign, intradural tumors that, despite their nonmalignant histopathology, can lead to substantial neurological morbidity. While disparities in outcomes based on race and socioeconomic status have been well-documented in other spinal tumor populations, their role in spinal cord hemangioblastoma remains poorly understood. In this study, we utilize the National Cancer Database (NCDB) to evaluate the influence of race, socioeconomic factors, and healthcare access on survival outcomes in patients with spinal cord hemangioblastoma. Additionally, we explore the utility of machine learning-based survival models to improve individualized risk prediction and to identify key clinical and sociodemographic determinants of …

Association Of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists With Cancer Risk In Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, Thomas J George, Ramon C Sun, Sizun Jiang, Aik Choon Tan, Yi Guo, Jonathan D Licht, John M Allen, Kelvin P Lee, Jingchuan Guo, Jiang Bian

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objective: The real-world evidence on the association between glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) and cancer risk remains limited and mixed.

Methods: In 2013-2020 national Medicare claims data, we included cancer-naïve patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). We identified those who initiated GLP-1 RA, sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i), or dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor (DPP4i) and conducted 1:1 propensity score matching for confounding adjustment. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) of nine obesity-associated cancers (thyroid, pancreatic, bladder, colorectal, lung, kidney, breast, endometrial, and prostate cancer).

Results: In the matched GLP-1RA versus SGLT2i cohort (n = 21,362 …

Graduate Committee Agenda

Graduate Committee Agendas

No abstract provided.

Dissolution Mechanism Of Nonionic Polyether Surfactants In Supercritical Co2, Ning Xu, Yanling Wang, Baojun Bai, Shizhang Cui, Zan Gao, Yu Zhang, Di Li, Wenjing Shi, Wenhui Ding, Peixu Ma

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Polyoxyethylene ether is an efficient CO₂-philic compound with significant potential applications in CO₂ flooding, which requires CO₂-philic surfactants with high solubility in supercritical CO₂ (scCO₂). This study elucidates the molecular and atomic-level dissolution mechanism of the fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether (AEO) in scCO₂ by combining phase-behavior experiments and molecular dynamics simulations. The solubility of AEO in scCO₂ is measured using a semiconductor laser. AEO containing three polyoxyethylene (EO) groups exhibited the highest solubility in scCO₂.The solubility of AEO in scCO₂ decreased with an increase in the number …

Recent Progress And Scientific Challenges In Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing Of Metallic Multi-Material Structures, Sainand Jadhav, Sambhaji Kusekar, Akash Belure, Satyavan Digole, Abhijeet Mali, Muralimohan Cheepu, Manoj Mugale, Suhas Alkunte, Duckbong Kim

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Metallic multi-material structures are heterogeneous structures characterized by changing composition, microstructures, and site-specific characteristics, advantageous for numerous applications where multifunctionality is desired. Metallic multi-material structures are known as bimetallic structures (BSs), which are functionally graded materials (FGMs). In recent years, wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) advanced as a promising additive manufacturing process to realize the fabrication of these structures due to its high deposition rate, cost-effectiveness, and material utilization efficiency. This review presents a comprehensive overview of the recent progress, processing strategies, and scientific challenges in WAAM of multi-material structures. The paper begins with an introduction to multi-material structures, followed by …

Native Ticks As A Model For The Effectiveness Of Fire As A Tool For The Management Of Cattle Fever Ticks In South Texas, Lauren P. Maestas, Sarah E. Mays Maestas, Kathleen M. Yeater, Manuel Zavala, Reyes Garcia, John A. Goolsby

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications

The species of cattle fever ticks (CFT) present in North America, Rhipicephalus (=Boophilus) annulatus, and R. microplus, remain an important agricultural and economic burden. The use of acaricides to control CFT has been a common practice over the past half century. However, alternative strategies for control are needed to improve the options for sustainable pest control. Fire is a tool to manage vegetation, and some evidence supports its potential for use to control ticks. We evaluated the effectiveness of fire as a management tool for ticks in South Texas. Our site was a 28.2-ha property in Cameron …

Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp): Bres No. 26 – Cripple Dump, Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling And Investigation Plan (Fsp): Bres No. 91 – Robert Emmett Dumps, Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Bres No. 94 – Rialto Dump Reclamation Improvement (Ri) Field Sampling Plan (Fsp)., Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Chancellor's Column: A New, Exciting Year Is Underway At Umn Morris, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

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Determination Of Microplastic Compounds In Some Species Of Freshwater Snails In Brantas River, East Java, Indonesia, R Adharyan Islamy, Yuni Kilawati, Veryl Hasan, Fitri Sil Valen, Noorhidayah Mamat, Ahmad Syazni Kamarudin, Yunita Maimunah

Baghdad Science Journal

This research examines microplastic contamination patterns in three ecologically significant freshwater gastropods—Pomacea canaliculata, Filopaludina javanica, and Sulcospira testudinaria—in Indonesia's Brantas River system. Through systematic sampling at three downstream locations, we quantified and characterized microplastics within the digestive tracts of these molluscan species. The results demonstrate universal microplastic ingestion across all taxa, though with notable interspecific variation. The invasive P. canaliculata showed the highest contamination levels (4.5 microplastic particles per individual, average weight 15.2g), predominantly comprising textile fibers and plastic fragments. In contrast, F. javanica specimens (average 10.8g) contained primarily cosmetic microbeads and packaging films (2.7 particles/individual), …

Biodegradable Nanocomposites Thin Films For Recyclability Electronic Covering, Ban Jawad, Ammar Emad Al-Kawaz, Hanaa Jawad, Nabeel Hasan, Balqees Mohammed

Baghdad Science Journal

In this study, the nanocomposite thin films were prepared from polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) that reinforced with different proportions of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) via hand casting method . The current work aims to create the connection between improving surface characteristics for high efficiency electronic covering and biodegradability. The nature of bonding between the PVA and CNTs were studied by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Wettability properties were studied via contact angle analyzer. The two dimensions' morphology of nanocomposites was studied using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Biodegradable tests of nanocomposites were performed via burial in soil for seven days. According to the contact …

2025-08-21 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes (First Meeting Of The Adams Administration), Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from August 21, 2025. The first meeting of Dr. Adams' administration.

2025-08-21 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes (Last Meeting Of The Lennex Administration), Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from August 21, 2025. The last meeting of Dr. Lennex's administration.

2025-08-21 Faculty Senate Newsletter, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate newsletter from August 21, 2025.

Dclk1 Isoform (Dclk1-S) As A Critical Player In Promoting Inflammation, Tissue Remodeling, And Emt In Mouse Models Of Colitis., Kafayat Yusuf, Badal C. Roy, William L. Hauser, Mazin Al-Kasspooles, Sierra Sanchez, Thomas M. Attard, Dong Pei, Venkatesh Sampath, Shrikant Anant, Shahid Umar

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The Doublecortin-like kinase-1 (DCLK1) plays a chemosensory role in the gut. It's role in the context of inflammatory diseases including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), has not been thoroughly investigated. This study explored the role of the DCLK1 isoform (DCLK1-S) in promoting infectious/chemical colitis by utilizing high-throughput imaging mass cytometry (IMC).

METHODS: Transgenic mice were either infected with Citrobacter rodentium (CR) or received DSS and tissues/cells were processed via standard techniques. IMC workflow was adapted by Fluidigm (renamed Standard BioTools). Raw data was fed to Multiplexed Cell Dataset (MCD) Viewer for image generation and analyzed via histoCAT. Promoters …

Does Bubble Nucleation Occur Heterogeneously In Magmas Feeding Explosive Rhyolite Eruptions? Insights From The Rock Magnetic Properties Of Pumice, Kelly N. Mccartney, Julia E. Hammer, Thomas Shea, Stefanie Brachfeld, Thomas Giacheetti, Bruce F. Houghton

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Nanometer-scale titanomagnetite crystals have been detected in nominally aphyric rhyolite pumice, but whether they are numerous enough to impact bubble nucleation in explosive silicic volcanism was unresolved. This study examines sub-micron crystals using rock magnetic techniques, Rhyolite-MELTS modeling, and physical characterization. We analyzed pumice from four eruptions spanning wide ranges in intensity, storage depth, and bubble number density (1016 to 1013 m−3 liquid): 1060 CE Glass Mountain, 1912 CE Novarupta, 232 CE Taupo, and 0.45 Ma Pudahuel. Calculations assuming monospecific assemblages of 10 and 1,000 nm cubic particles yield titanomagnetite number densities of 1021 to 1013 m−3 dense rock equivalent, …

Phytochemical Analysis And Appraisal Of Antiproliferative Activity Of Magnolia Alejandrae, José E. Caballero-Chávez, Alma D. Paz-Gonzalez, Diana V. Navarrete-Carriola, Fabian E. Olazarán, María Miriam Estevez-Carmona, Benjamin Nogueda-Torres, Fernando Emiliano Jiménez-Mondragón, Melany X. Márquez-Aguilar, Carmen Michelle Pineda-Alcala, Debasish Bandyopadhyay

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: Magnolia alejandrae is a tree endemic to Tamaulipas, Mexico, distributed in the forests of the Sierra Madre Oriental. Objective: Our objective was to analyze the secondary metabolite profile of different parts of M. alejandrae and evaluate their antiproliferative activity in vitro. Methods: Different extracts of leaf, bark, and fruit were obtained using conventional and unconventional extraction methods with solvents of different polarity. The extracts were analyzed by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectra (UPLC-MS), and their antiproliferative activity against cancer cell lines was determined. Results: The primary yields of the extracts obtained from M. alejandrae ranged from 8.32% to 36.19%. Three …

Full-Stack Quantum Computing, Benjamin C A Morrison

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

Quantum computing is a promising tool for solving computational problems in several areas, including the simulation of physical and chemical systems. The design of practical quantum computing systems for these applications is a daunting task, requiring collaborative work by interdisciplinary teams considering different abstractions of the same systems. This dissertation presents work on the development of those abstractions, and on components that bridge multiple layers of abstraction. I first provide an introduction to quantum circuit model computation, error correction with stabilizer codes, and physics simulation algorithms. In joint work with the QSCOUT software team, I then describe the development of …

20250821: Intramural Sports, 1930-1981, College Of Education And Professional Development

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the College of Education and Professional Development at Marshall University from 1930-1981. Items were received likely sometime in the 1980s and were processed in 2025 and include notable materials outlining Marshall's Intramural Sports program. During this era, Intramurals may have been taught as part of the Physical Education Program housed with College of Ed. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.

Tense And Agreement Measures In Young African American English-Speaking Children, Kwaku Nyantakyi

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The Tense Marker Total (TMT) and the Tense and Agreement Productivity (TAP) score are two ways of measuring children’s tense and agreement systems, and studies have shown that both measures track developmental growth across different ages in General American English (GAE)-speaking children. This dissertation examined the feasibility and validity of using these measures for children learning African American English (AAE).

The data were cross-sectional archival language samples from 38 AAE-speaking children who ranged in age from three to five years (11 at 3 years, 12 at 4 years, 15 at 5 years). The language samples were coded and scored for …

August 21, 2025, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2020-

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Leveraging Sequences Missing From The Human Genome To Diagnose Cancer, Ilias Georgakopoulos-Soares, Christopher A Maher, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Cancer diagnosis using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has the potential to improve treatment and survival but has several technical limitations.

METHODS: In this study, we developed a prediction model based on neomers, DNA sequences 13-17 nucleotides in length that are predominantly absent from the genomes of healthy individuals and are created by tumor-associated mutations.

RESULTS: We show that neomer-based classifiers can accurately detect cancer, including early stages, and distinguish subtypes and features. Analysis of 2577 cancer genomes from 21 cancer types shows that neomers can distinguish tumor types with higher accuracy than state-of-the-art methods. Generation and analysis of 465 cfDNA …

Triage Of Road Injury Casualties - The Role Of Bystanders: A Scoping Review, George Stephen Russam, Jake Gluyas-Harris, Nicholas Aveyard, Tim Nutbeam

Peninsula Medical School

Background: Bystanders have the potential to be a critical component of the Road Injury Chain of Survival, particularly in the early phases of injury recognition, scene assessment, and emergency service activation. Their potential role in trauma triage remains underexplored. This scoping review aims to examine the existing evidence of the use of bystanders in triage—both laypersons and non-clinical professionals—during the prehospital phase of road injury and other trauma scenarios. Methods: A systematic search was undertaken across MEDLINE, CINAHL, and the Psychology & Behavioural Sciences Collection using the EBSCO Host platform, with supplementary hand searches via Google Scholar and reference screening. …

Fall Pop-Up Shop, Office Of Business Operations

Miscellaneous Campus Flyers

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025

From Studio To Statute: Navigating Creativity, Innovation, And Law In The Music Industry, Cardozo Entertainment Law Society, Cardozo Fame Center

2025–2026 Flyers

No abstract provided.

Human Interpretable Grammar Encodes Multicellular Systems Biology Models To Democratize Virtual Cell Laboratories, Jeanette A I Johnson, Daniel R Bergman, Heber L Rocha, David L Zhou, Eric Cramer, Yoseph W Dance, Zachary Nicholas, Tamara Lopez-Vidal, Atul Deshpande, Randy Heiland, Elmar Bucher, Fatemeh Shojaeian, Matthew Dunworth, André Forjaz, Michael Getz, Inês Godet, Furkan Kurtoglu, Melissa Lyman, John Metzcar, Jacob T Mitchell, Andrew Raddatz, Jacobo Solorzano, Aneequa Sundus, Yafei Wang, David G Denardo, Andrew J Ewald, Daniele M Gilkes, Luciane T Kagohara, Ashley L Kiemen, Elizabeth D Thompson, Denis Wirtz, Laura D Wood, Pei-Hsun Wu, Neeha Zaidi, Lei Zheng, Jacquelyn W Zimmerman, Jude M Phillip, Elizabeth M Jaffee, Joe W Gray, Lisa M Coussens, Young Hwan Chang, Laura M Heiser, Genevieve L Stein-O'Brien, Elana J Fertig, Paul Macklin

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Cells interact as dynamically evolving ecosystems. While recent single-cell and spatial multi-omics technologies quantify individual cell characteristics, predicting their evolution requires mathematical modeling. We propose a conceptual framework-a cell behavior hypothesis grammar-that uses natural language statements (cell rules) to create mathematical models. This enables systematic integration of biological knowledge and multi-omics data to generate in silico models, enabling virtual "thought experiments" that test and expand our understanding of multicellular systems and generate new testable hypotheses. This paper motivates and describes the grammar, offers a reference implementation, and demonstrates its use in developing both de novo mechanistic models and those informed …

Circzfr/Ythdf3 Axis Drives Lymph Node Metastasis In Cervical Cancer Via Fasn Translation, Mingyi Zhou, Yan Gao, Yong Zhang, Lian He, Bo Gao, Francois X Claret, Danbo Wang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Lymph node metastasis is a key driver of poor outcomes in cervical cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms of circular RNAs (circRNAs) driving cervical cancer lymph node metastasis remain unclear.

Methods: We identified circZFR, fatty acid synthase (FASN) and YTH N6-methyladenosine RNA binding protein F3 (YTHDF3) protein expression in the cervical cancer patients with long and short disease-free survival (DFS). Functional experiments were performed to investigate the function of circZFR, FASN and YTHDF3 on cell migration and invasion. MeRIP-qPCR, RNA pulldown, RNA Immunoprecipitation (RIP), and Co-Immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) assays were executed to investigate the mechanism of circZFR regulating FASN protein expression. …

Prefrontal Cortex Astrocytes Modulate Distinct Neuronal Populations To Control Anxiety-Like Behavior, Eunyoung Kim, Hairuo Du, Yanqi Tan, Brandon L Brown, Yaowen Chang, Jonathan V Sweedler

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Accumulating evidence has supported diverse regulatory functions of astrocytes in different neural circuits as well as various aspects of complex behaviors. However, little is known about how astrocytes regulate different neuronal subpopulations that are linked to specific behavioral aspects within a single brain region. Here, we show that astrocytes in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) encode anxiogenic environmental cues in freely behaving mice. Silencing mPFC astrocyte Ca