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Advances In Immunoassay Methods For Quinolones, Wu Mengjiao, Li Ning, Hu Mei, Xu Yan, Wang Jie, Xiang Feng

Food and Machinery

Quinolones (QNs ) are highly favored for their broad -spectrum antibacterial effects.However,the overuse of QNs in animal feed can lead to their residues entering the food chain,thus posing potential hazards to the environment and human health.This paper summarizes the main immunoassay techniques for quinolone residues,analyzes their advantages and application prospects,and discusses the challenges and future development directions of immunoassay techniques.

Research Progress On Quality Enhancement Of Rice Bread, Guo Tian, Huo Jian, Cheng Hao, Yi Cuiping

Food and Machinery

Owing to the low allergenicity and high digestibility,rice bread has become an important alternative product to traditional wheat bread.However,the molecular characteristics of rice make it challenging for rice to form a continuous viscoelastic network akin to gluten.Consequently,the gas retention efficiency of rice dough is substantially diminished,resulting in quality degradation problems in rice bread,such as inadequate flavor,textural hardening,crumbling,and easy staling.To this end,both domestic and international scholars have examined the variations in the moisture content,texture,color,and flavor of rice bread.Meanwhile,various strategies for quality enhancement are summarized,including the selection and pretreatment of raw materials,exogenous improvement,sourdough fermentation technology,frozen dough techniques,and innovative baking technology.Finally,an experimental reference …

Research Progress On The Protective Effect And Mechanism Of Inulin Against Liver Injury, Yun Hang, Guo Yifan, Wang Peiwen, Xu Yanrui

Food and Machinery

Liver injury is caused by one or more factors acting on the liver,damaging liver cells and resulting in pathological changes in the liver,as well as elevated serum transaminases.In severe cases,it may lead to liver failure and hepatic encephalopathy.Inulin is a common dietary fiber with various biological activities,including anti -inflammatory,antioxidant,anti -cancer properties,and the regulation of gut microbiota.These biological activities are closely related to the protection of liver health.This article reviews the protective effects of inulin against various types of liver injury,summarizes the mechanisms underlying its protective effects on the liver,and looks forward to future research directions.

Research Status And Progress On Sensor Monitoring And Quality Control Technology For Intelligent Rubber Roller Huller, Zhou Shihao, Cheng Min, Xu Xuemeng, Cao Xianzhou

Food and Machinery

As the key equipment in rice processing,the technological performance of the rubber roller huller significantly impacts the quality,energy consumption,efficiency,and other performance indicators of rice processing.With the in -depth development of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,characterized by intelligence,the development of intelligent hullers has become an inevitable trend in the advancement of rice processing machinery.This paper explains the basic connotation,technical characteristics,and research scope of intelligent hullers,reviews the research progress on hulling theory,perception monitoring technology,and quality regulation technology,analyzes the existing issues in the intelligent upgrading of hullers,and looks forward to future development directions.

Ijrtp Volume 13(Ii) Table Of Contents, Kevin A. Griffin, Razaq Raj, Carlos Fernandes, Darius Liutikas, Imam Wahyudi Karimullah, Sonny Elfiyanto

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Table of Contents for IJRTP Volume 13(ii)

Mapping Of Religious Tourism And Pilgrimage Market: Study Of Selected Religious Locations In Goa, Parth Ravindra Rahalkar, Subhash Kizhakanveatil Bhaskaran Pillai, Indrawati Indrawati

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This paper seeks to answers two basic research questions, firstly, how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted people with respect to religious tourism and pilgrimage, and secondly how the untapped potential for religious tourism and pilgrimage can be utilised in the future. Nine religious sites in Goa, India were selected purposively so a route map can be developed which becomes easy for making a one-day trip from North to South Goa and vice versa. These sites were assessed to identify the status of the five destination attributes. From each of these nine locations, four respondents were identified purposively [a resident, a visitor, …

Dark Tourism And ‘Partial Religiosity’: Ontological-Aesthetic Pilgrimage In Camiguin Island, Philippines, Jan Gresil Kahambing

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This paper theorizes the contrast between dark tourism and what is referred to as ‘partial religiosity’ in the context of travel to selected tourist destinations on Camiguin Island, Philippines. Also called ‘thanatourism’, dark tourism is about visiting places that challenge the value derived from the association with death either from tragedies of naturally occurring catastrophes (such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or typhoons) or disasters produced by humans (such as genocides and violations of human rights). Focus is on three spots that sufficiently fit the description of dark tourist sites in Camiguin in the sense of naturally-caused disasters, namely: the Sunken …

The Museum Of The City: A Case Study Of Self-Guided Site Visits For Built Environment Education, Elaine Edmonds

Irish Journal of Academic Practice

This case study examines the development and implementation of a self-guided, museum style site visit project for built environment students, created in response to the logistical and pedagogical limitations exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), the project Museum of the City integrates narrative-based microlectures, multimodal media, and optional reflective activities to support student engagement and accessibility. Over four years of integration into a final-year planning module, the approach has demonstrated sustained student participation, adaptability across delivery modes, and pedagogical value in contextualizing theoretical content. This case study outlines the rationale, design process, …

Police Reform Advocacy And The Emergence Of The Seattle Black Panthers, Hayden Young

Lawrence University Honors Projects

This honors project examines the factors which led to the emergence of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP) in 1968, with a focus on one of the BPP’s signature issues — police reform. Negative perceptions of the Seattle PD, especially among the city’s rapidly growing population of Black residents, led Mayor Allan Pomeroy to form a citizen’s committee titled “the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Police Practices” (MACPP) in 1955. The MACPP recommended the formation of a civilian-led police oversight board in its 1956 final report, and civil rights groups such as the Urban League, ACLU, and NAACP …

Neural Oscillations Enable Concurrent Visual Perception And Visual Working Memory Processing, Khayla Santiago

Lawrence University Honors Projects

Successful goal-directed behavior requires balancing task-relevant information stored in working memory and the continuous processing of incoming sensory input, yet the neural mechanisms underlying this coordination remain unclear. This study examines how neural oscillations support concurrent visual perception and visual working memory. Using electroencephalography (EEG), we recorded brain activity while participants performed a dual task paradigm requiring them to simultaneously maintain one orientation in their memory while monitoring another orientation on the screen. After variable time intervals (50 different SOAs between 500-1500ms), participants compared a probe against either the memorized or visually monitored orientation. Analysis of response times and accuracy …

Simple Yet Effective, Effective Yet Inclusive: A Skincare Line, Ayesha Wali Rahimoon

Lawrence University Honors Projects

This honors project addresses the lack of inclusive skincare formulations by developing a scientifically grounded skincare line with an antioxidant-rich serum, moisturizer, and cleanser tailored to support diverse skin types, particularly melanin-rich skin. The serum combines strawberry extract powder, Manuka honey, niacinamide, green tea extract, and humectants to promote hydration, antioxidant protection, and skin barrier reinforcement. Formulated with a stable pH of 5.0–5.5 and an effective preservative system, the product was tested through non-animal, biologically relevant models.

A UV protection assay using HEK293 cells demonstrated that the serum significantly reduces oxidative damage, increasing post-exposure cell viability to 80%, compared to …

Predicting The Photophysics Of Bdpa-Based Radicals Using Density Functional Theory, Samantha Kristine Piwoni

Lawrence University Honors Projects

Through this project, computational tools were refined to be more rigorous and robust for the primarily synthetic SazLab at Lawrence University. The primary research of the SazLab involves synthesizing and characterizing luminescent radicals based on two stable radical systems: TTM and BDPA. The BDPA system is of particular interest because the effects on luminescence of its nonalternant symmetry are less understood compared to the alternant symmetry of TTM. Quantum mechanical calculations, particularly Density Functional Theory, were utilized to help target syntheses and gain insight into the photophysics of luminescence. A prior student researcher with the SazLab had successfully synthesized 2-pyBDPA, …

“Why Us, Though?” Gendered Resilience In Climate-Displaced Bangladesh Narrated By Child Brides, Marzuka Amal Binthe Akber

Lawrence University Honors Projects

This thesis explores the resilience strategies narrated by women and girls displaced by climate change and subjected to child marriage in Bangladesh. Centering their voices and lived experiences, it highlights the intricate, often invisible methods through which these women navigate the intersectional precarity of environmental displacement, gender norms, and socio-economic marginalization. Through qualitative fieldwork conducted in riverine islands (chars), urban informal settlements, and government resettlement sites, the study foregrounds community practices like adda (social storytelling), mutual caregiving, informal healthcare, bodily negotiations, and strategic silence. Challenging dominant narratives of passive victimhood, it reveals resilience as relational, iterative, and context-specific acts rooted …

Hormonal Modulation Of Perineuronal Net Density In The Female Peromyscus Californicus Hippocampus And Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Nazlee Harunani

Lawrence University Honors Projects

Perineuronal nets (PNNs) are specialized extracellular matrix structures that regulate synaptic plasticity and stabilize neural circuits, particularly during the closure of critical periods, a time when the brain is highly plastic and susceptible to environmental influence. Emerging evidence suggests that PNNs may be sensitive to hormonal fluctuations associated with critical periods such as puberty and pregnancy, yet their role in the female brain, particularly in relation to other well-characterized hormonally-mediated events, remains underexplored. This project investigated whether PNN expression in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex varied following vaginal opening, or across different stages of the estrous cycle in Peromyscus …

In Re: Caleb Mcgillvary

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Michael Gorrio V. Francis

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Marie Lamb V. Cvs Pharmacy Llc

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Tonnesha Kidd V. Lourdes Medical Center At Burlington

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Structural Racism And Mass Shooting Events In Mountain West Cities, 2015-2019, Mohit Pande, Nicole Diaz Del Valle, Olivia K. Cheche, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Criminal Justice

This fact sheet presents data on the link between social and demographic metrics of principal cities in four Mountain West metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs): Phoenix, AZ; Tucson, AZ; Denver, CO; and Las Vegas, NV. This fact sheet also reports the number of people affected by mass shooting events (MSEs) as originally reported in “Association Between Markers of Structural Racism and Mass Shooting Events in Major US Cities,” published by The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Surgery. The original article derives data from 865 MSEs across 51 MSAs in the United States.

Harlem’S Avenues For Agency: An Exploration Of Black Female Agency In Angelina Weld Grimké And Zora Neale Hurston’S Short Stories, Jessica Ellen Hartenbower

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores themes of Black female agency in selected short stories by Angelina Weld Grimké and Zora Neale Hurston. Pushing back against the belief that the Harlem Renaissaince was a movement solely for male artists, Grimké and Hurston write short stories that center Black women and their experiences. Through the avenues of bodily autonomy, the using or silencing of voice, the opportunity and ability to make choices, issues of justice, retribution, and vengeance, the holding of authority, and being empowered or disempowered, I examine the female characters’ exercising of their agency to varying degrees. I also discuss how religious …

Interactive Read-Alouds Of Translingual Texts As A Catalyst For Literacy Engagement Among Emergent Bilingual Elementary Students: A Case Study, Anna Handy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

While the population of emergent bilingual students continues to increase in U.S. schools, the teaching force remains predominantly White and monolingual, with many educators underprepared in how to support emergent bilingual students’ literacy development or sustain their diverse linguistic practices. This is reflected in longstanding gaps in performance between monolingual and multilingual students on standardized assessments of reading. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore one possible approach to increase emergent bilingual students’ engagement during and response to literacy instruction: interactive read-alouds of children’s books that incorporate translanguaging. This study sought to describe and interpret how emergent …

A Ritual Of Institutions: The State Industrial School In Golden, Colorado And The Shaping Of American Youth, Cyndal Groskopf

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigates the Colorado State Industrial School as a ritualistic institution that influenced boys aged 7 to 19 through Americanization practices between 1881 and 1930. By employing primary documentation, drone imagery, and LiDAR technology, the study examines how cultural and physical activities, along with personal statements, described and maintained the ritualized nature among these incarcerated youth. The findings reveal how institutional routines and activities reinforced narratives of American identity, particularly in relation to themes of personal identity, conformity, and agency. These rituals played a crucial role in institutionalizing cultural ideals and shaping the identities of marginalized youth. The research …

Movement As Metamorphosis: An Examination Of Transformative Learning In Dance, Whitney Egstad

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Using the arts-based methodology of Educational Criticism and Connoisseurship (Uhrmacher, Moroye, & Flinders, 2017) to examine the curriculum and pedagogy of a Colorado-based dance studio, this qualitative dissertation explores how transformative learning (TL) unfolds within the context of adult dance education. Grounded in Mezirow’s (1991) theory of transformative learning, the study investigates how dance becomes a medium for personal transformation, identity reconstruction, and emotional healing. Data collection included six hours of interviews with instructors and students and twelve hours of class observations, focusing on how adult learners experience curriculum not just as technical instruction, but as an embodied, relational journey …

Desire, Disobedience, And Drag: My Lesbian Fangirling Of Emily Dickinson, Aaron Copland, And Alena Smith, Nina Schifano

Lawrence University Honors Projects

Taking an interdisciplinary approach that sits at the intersection of musicology, literary studies, and queer studies, I undergo a queer reading of Emily Dickinson’s writings and subsequent interpretations of her works. I begin my analysis with a queering of genre, using archival evidence to consider the complex ways gendered genre norms affected how Dickinson wrote, how her works were edited and published, and how people have since read her. I then undertake a genre-queer reading of some of the writings that she sent to Susan Dickinson, her sister-in-law and lifelong love. I turn next to Aaron Copland’s 1950 setting for …

Dual Enrollment At The University Of Alaska, 2018-2024, Dayna Jean Defeo, Carolyn Tix, Trang C. Tran

CAEPR Reports

This paper details trends in dual enrollment participation and student outcomes at the University of Alaska.

Vandy Earns Top Prize In Auwcl National Health Law Writing Competition, James Owsley Boyd

Keep Up With the Latest News from the Law School (blog)

Nicholle Vandy, a rising 3L from Knox, Ind., has become the first Indiana University Maurer School of Law student to earn top honors at the American University Washington College of Law National Health Writing Competition.

Vandy’s paper, “True Man, Captive Mother: Abortion as a Fundamental Self-Defense Right,” was named the winning entry of the 10th annual competition, which encourages law students from across the country to write scholarly papers on current topics of interest relevant to health, food, and/or drug law.

An Auto-Criticism Exploration Of An International Transracial Adoption, Jessica M. Morganfield

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative dissertation explores the lived experience of international transracial adoption through the combined methodologies of auto-criticism and journaling. Using a first-person, insider-led approach, this study addresses four central research questions: (1) What experiences emerge when an adult adoptee reflects on their childhood as an international transracial adoptee? (2) How do identity development, cultural socialization, and experiences of racial and adoptive microaggressions intersect and influence an individual? (3) How does auto-criticism uniquely describe the international transracial adoptee experience? and (4) How might journaling serve as a research tool for data collection and analysis?

Daily journaling over a 30-day period functioned …

Optimizing Option Market Clearing, Juan Andrés Malaver Alvarado

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Modern options markets clear each strike in isolation, leaving cross-strike arbitrage unexploited. This thesis applies a payoff-dominant clearing mechanism to realized trades—roughly 2 000 Cboe VIX option executions from June–November 2016—after classifying each trade’s side and bundling by expiration. Three optimization formulations are tested: a fractional linear program (LP), a mixed-integer LP, and a pure integer program. On a 10-core laptop every bundle solves in < 0.5 s. The LP captures the greatest surplus, yet the integer models recover nearly as much while filling whole contracts and holding only modest margin. Results reveal persistent, albeit small, inefficiencies in executed trades and demonstrate that an integral cross-strike auction could operate in real time. The accompanying C/Gurobi code is modular and readily extendable to early-exercise options. Trade-level evidence thus supports redesigning exchange clearing to consider the complete option book.

Reading Interventions In The Modern Era: Reconceptualizing The Utility Of Video Games, Senaida Mehmedovic

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Youth in the United States continue to have difficulty developing reading skills, with only 31% of fourth graders reading at a “proficient level” (NAEP Reading: National Average Scores, 2024). Youth struggling to develop reading skills often have reading anxiety (Chow et al., 2021; Martinez, 2019; Ramirez et al., 2019), which impacts their reading skill development even more (Mohammadpur & Ghafournia, 2015); the interwoven and cyclical relationship between reading anxiety and reading comprehension requires interventions to address these needs concurrently (Francis et al., 2019; Francis et al., 2021; Grills et al., 2012). The increased avoidance and paired aversion of reading-related tasks …

Effective Business Strategies And Regulatory Compliance Within Fintechs: A Qualitative Pragmatic Inquiry Study, Tranae N. Johnson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Ineffective strategies to adapt to evolving regulatory changes can negatively impact financial technology (fintech) leaders’ capabilities. Fintech leaders who struggle to adapt to evolving regulatory changes are at risk of business instability. Grounded in stakeholder theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry project was to explore and identify effective business strategies used by fintech leaders to adapt to evolving regulatory changes. The participants were eight fintech leaders who effectively used strategies to adapt to evolving regulatory changes. Data were collected using semistructured interviews, public websites, and documents, current and archival. Using thematic analysis, five key themes were identified: (a) …