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Attitudes Toward Pig Islet Xenotransplantation For Type 1 Diabetes: A Scoping Review, Daniel J Hurst, Daniel Rodger, Luz A Padilla, Fernando Ovalle

Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine Departmental Research

BACKGROUND: Over 8 million people globally have type 1 diabetes. Islet allotransplantation offers an alternative to insulin therapy but is constrained by donor availability. Genetically modified pig islet transplantation presents a potential solution, yet understanding stakeholder attitudes is crucial before clinical adoption.

METHODS: This scoping review followed Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and PRISMA guidelines. CINAHL, EMBASE, PubMed, PsychINFO, and SCOPUS were searched for studies examining attitudes toward pig islet xenotransplantation among patients, healthcare workers, and other stakeholders.

RESULTS: From 199 sources, 16 met eligibility criteria, spanning ten countries from 2003 to 2023. The 23,780 participants included 1,535 (6.5%) patients/family members, …

Piloted Autonomous Crisis Reconnaissance Robot 2.0 (Pacrr 2.0), Awawu Alimi, Urmika Ghosh, Marissa Kuo, Jonathan Santosa, Ethan Wyrick

Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Theses

PACRR 2.0 (Piloted Autonomous Crisis Reconnaissance Robot, version 2) builds upon the original low-cost, autonomous-capable quadruped platform by enhancing both mobility and environmental perception for first-responder applications such as search and rescue, gas leak detection, and mapping of confined or hazardous areas. In PACRR 2.0, we integrate an RGB-D camera with analytic inverse kinematics and frame-based motion planning to achieve precise foot placement and stable quasi-static gaits even on sloped or uneven terrain. An NVIDIA Jetson processor runs high-level control and mapping alongside a Raspberry Pi 4 to manage motor control. Through simulation, we demonstrate robust 3D map generation and …

The New Right-Wing Populist: The Blonde “Mother Of The Nation”, Christina Charie

Political Science Undergraduate Theses

The rise of right-wing populism in European politics has come along side an increased presence of female representation in political affairs. What aesthetic decisions are being made by far-right female populist politicians? How do moderate right and left-wing women politicians differ in their presentation styles from populist women? While right-wing politics have gained traction in Europe before, this time women are the face of many right-wing populist movement, even though much of the ideology is rooted in misogyny and the presence of strong, masculine figureheads. With women taking center stage within these right-wing movements that are historically masculine, understanding their …

Library Workshop On How To Build Effective Prompts In Ai Generators, Daniel G. Kipnis, Erin O'Neill

Libraries Scholarship

The STEM librarian and IT communications director at an public university created a hands-on workshop on prompt engineering. Covering ethical concerns and limitations, data privacy issues and prompt frameworks and techniques, the session concludes in a collaborative exercise where participants refine a basic prompt and compare Microsoft Copilot’s responses. This interactive approach helps attendees learn from peers while observing how small refinements impact AI-generated outputs.

Presentation: Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) conference (https://shsulibraryguides.org/genailibraries/schedule)

Career Center, University Of Mississippi. Career Center

University Website Migration from WordPress

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Decentralized Biobanking For Transparency, Accountability, And Engagement In Biospecimen Donation, Kennedy Sabharwal, Brian Hutler, M Eifler, Marielle Gross

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

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The Write Time For An Autoethnography: How Writing Project Has Shaped My Understanding Of Professional Learning In Community, Tracy Brosch

Dissertations

This study critically examines the cultural and societal phenomenon that comprises the National Writing Project (NWP), specifically reflecting on my experiences of re-designing Gateway Writing Project professional learning experiences as a leader in the organization. I reflect on my encounters, collaborations, and decisions as an Institute instructor and analyze them within the theoretical framework of Communities of Practice using autoethnography as my research methodology. This autoethnographic narrative documents my analysis and understanding of NWP’s framework of social practices, chronicling my journey from participant to advocate and from organizer to leader. Employing the autoethnographic method enabled me to illuminate my own …

Effectiveness Of Online Math Interventions On Middle School Student Math Achievement, Joshua Brandon Goodman

Student Theses and Dissertations

Tennessee middle school math students have come to a critical juncture in their mathematics education. State test scores have shown a decrease over several years due to an increase in the rigor of the content being taught, a shortage of teachers and teacher assistants, and other mitigating factors faced within public education. The need for alternative solutions to combat these issues came in the form of online math intervention programs. This study explored the effectiveness of two of those programs: Khan Academy and Study Island. A quantitative causal-comparative study was conducted to determine each program’s significance, as well as the …

Predictive Analysis Of Crash Severity And Modeling Of 85th Percentile Speed For Rural Highways Of Arkansas Using Artificial Intelligence (Ai), Sagun Basel

Student Theses and Dissertations

Crash severity is a significant aspect of transport safety as its contributing factors assist engineers and designers in designing safer roads. The focus of this project is to predict crash severity, analyze crash parameters, and modeling of the 85th percentile speed (V85) selected rural roads (i.e., Interstate-555, East Johnson Avenue Highway, and Red Wolf Blvd) in Arkansas, using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models. MATLAB® was used to predict the V85 and compare it with the actual V85 collected from field instrumentation. Besides the speed data, weather (e.g., rainfall), road geometry, light conditions, and traffic volume were used as input in …

Moyle V. United States: The (In)Decision Addressing The Public Health Crisis In America’S Emergency Rooms, Presley Dawson

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

Equal Rights And Protections In Human Subjects Research: A Call To Action, Leslie E. Wolf, Laura M. Beskow

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

From Roe To Risk: The Sobering Realities Of Reproductive Data Privacy In A Post-Roe America, Brynn Drury

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

“Do No Harm,” Unless God Says So? The Unholy Conflict Of Religious Objections In Health Care, Brandon Hernandez

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Not Here Or There: How Catholic Hospital Abortion Bans Interact With State Bans, Lori Freedman, Debra Stulberg, Elizabeth Reiner Platt

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Arbitrating With Indian Tribes: Separability, Tribal Sovereign Immunity, And Exhaustion Of Tribal Remedies, Paul F. Kirgis

New Mexico Law Review

Indian tribes have emerged as significant contributors to the national and regional economies, notably through industries such as gaming, natural resource extraction, technology, and consumer lending. This increasing commercial activity brings with it increasing commercial disputes. Both Indian tribes and their nonmember counterparts need a fair and reliable forum to ensure that agreements are performed, loans repaid, and avoidable harms compensated. But the complex legal landscape of tribal sovereignty and jurisdiction complicates dispute resolution involving tribes. Tribes’ status as sovereign entities raises challenging issues of federal and state court jurisdiction, tribal sovereign immunity, and exhaustion of tribal remedies. Arbitration offers …

What Law Schools Teach When They Don’T Teach About State Constitutions, Ellie Margolis, Leonore F. Carpenter

New Mexico Law Review

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Unfinished Business: Twenty-First Century Questions Posed By Ambiguities In The Upper Colorado River Basin Compact And The Law Of The River, Eric Kuhn, Katherine H. Tara, John Fleck

New Mexico Law Review

The Law of the River, particularly those components relating to Upper Colorado River water allocation, usage, and measurement, is rife with ambiguities and uncertainties. In the twenty-first century, facing a future with less water, these ambiguities pose serious problems. The ongoing process for the development of the Post-2026 Colorado River Operating Guidelines presents an ideal opportunity to address these issues. This Article gives a brief history of the Law of the River, with an eye toward the origins of the stream depletion theory, beneficial consumptive use, and tribal water allocations. The authors then explore potential approaches to addressing the challenges …

Walking The Line On Safety And Free Speech: Sidestepping First Amendment Challenges To Median Bans, Taylor J. Black

New Mexico Law Review

In 2021, the Tenth Circuit held a ban targeting pedestrians on street medians in Albuquerque, New Mexico unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Citing a crisis of pedestrian fatalities, Albuquerque has since promulgated a new pedestrian-safety ordinance with an adjusted median ban that prohibits pedestrians from sitting or standing on certain street medians. This ban not only fails to increase pedestrian safety but also arbitrarily blames the city’s poorest residents and poses a threat to First Amendment freedoms. Because the city cannot produce case-specific evidence to show that the ban is narrowly tailored to ameliorate a nonspeculative harm, the current ban …

Prisoners, Patients, And Privatization: Accountability For Corrections Contractors Under The New Mexico Civil Rights Act, Mayalyn Durham

New Mexico Law Review

New Mexico dedicates significant resources to incarceration—particularly with respect to prison medical care. Although New Mexico has mostly transitioned away from privately operated prisons, the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) continues to contract with various corporations to provide health services in state-owned prisons. Not surprisingly, the private contractors’ cost-saving measures often result in the provision of grossly inadequate healthcare that constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. Prisoner litigation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, however, is fraught with substantive and procedural barriers to recovery. The New Mexico Civil Rights Act (NMCRA or “the Act”) provides an avenue of …

A Theory Of Structural Guarantees: How The Constitution Combats Unequal Distributions Of Liberty, Michael S. Cecil

New Mexico Law Review

Structural inequality is a widely invoked but often undertheorized concept in constitutional discourse. A persistent question in constitutional theory is whether structure itself is a subject of justice—and how, if at all, institutional arrangements that produce unequal distributions of liberty might demand corresponding remedies. The strained efforts of courts and legislatures in addressing structural inequality through individual rights-based frameworks underscore the need for a more robust theoretical account. This Article contributes to that effort by advancing a theory of “structural guarantees” grounded in principles of justification from the social contract tradition. Rather than focusing on abstract features of the state …

Unchecked Contempt: The Necessity Of Maximum Sanctions For Criminal Contempt In New Mexico, Cam Rosenberg

New Mexico Law Review

Few areas of law are so completely entrusted to judge’s discretion, and therefore engender the risk of judicial abuse, as the contempt power. Despite this risk, New Mexico has significantly expanded the criminal contempt power over the last three years. Yet the results of this expansion—which typically play out in trial courts with little publicity and rare appellate review—have not been studied in any detail. This Comment examines how New Mexico trial courts used criminal contempt from January 1, 2023, to October 20, 2024, in light of the broad discretion granted to these courts. In this timeframe, a select few …

Preoperative Clinical Practice Guidelines For Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Marjorie Badong Yumul

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Walden University College of Nursing This is to certify that the doctoral study by Marjorie B. Yumul has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the review committee have been made. Review Committee Dr. Patricia Schweickert, Committee Chairperson, Nursing Faculty Dr. Diane Whitehead, Committee Member, Nursing Faculty Chief Academic Officer and Provost Sue Subocz, Ph.D. Walden University 2025 Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guideline Preoperative Clinical Practice Guidelines for Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery by Marjorie B. Yumul MS, University of the Philippines Manila, 2003 BS, La Concordia, …

Academic Village Finance Authority Board Of Directors Meeting - Open Session Book 06/12/2025, Uc Law Sf

2025 Board of Directors Agenda and Materials

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Academic Village Finance Authority Board Of Directors Meeting - Notice And Agenda 06/12/2025, Uc Law Sf

2025 Board of Directors Agenda and Materials

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Board Of Directors Quarterly Meeting - Open Session Book 06/12/2025, Uc Law Sf

2025 Board of Directors Agenda and Materials

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In Re: Enos Hershberger

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Chaka Kwanzaa V. Girard Tell

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Lindenwood Performance Science Team Uses Data To Spark Success, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Acute Effects Of Blood Flow Restriction During Low-Load Exercise And Recovery On Blood Flow And Performance, Shay B. Richards

Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: Use of blood flow restriction (BFR) during strength training with light loads has been used to induce similar muscular benefits as traditional strength training with heavy loads. Safe and effective recommendations for the use of BFR relies on an understanding of how different methods of BFR alter blood flow during rest and exercise. The purpose of this study was to compare blood flow during exercise and recovery between continuous BFR (CONT), intermittent BFR (INT), and no BFR (NBFR) as a control. Methods: 16 participants (8 male, 8 female) participated in this study on three different days, separated by at …

A Modular Simulation Environment And B-Spline Trajectory Generation Methods For Multi-Agent Uav Systems, Landon D. Shumway

Theses and Dissertations

Multi-agent UAV systems present a complex challenge requiring solutions to numerous subproblems. This research addresses two key issues: simulation testing and path planning. A modular simulation environment is developed, enabling users to run diverse mission scenarios with heterogeneous UAV teams and to implement custom dynamic models and guidance laws. Additionally, two novel B-spline trajectory generation methods are proposed. The first generates time-synchronized B-spline paths for UAVs with arbitrary initial and final states in 2D space, accommodating scenarios where agents must follow predetermined speed profiles. The second guidance method converts spline paths between MINVO, Bézier, and non-uniform B-spline representations, leveraging the …