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The Impact Of Lobbying On Us And Uk Foreign Policy, Alexandra D. Smith

Faculty Curated Undergraduate Works

This paper seeks to understand the relationship between lobbying and the development and implementation of foreign policy by the United States and the United Kingdom. By examining legislation, various websites, articles, and insights gained from my personal internship experience this paper will explore how lobbying contributes to the development of policy and legislation. Additionally, case studies on foreign economic policy and foreign lobbying are used to examine the impact of lobbying. Given the central role of lobbying in policy development, it is important to understand not only what lobbying is but also how it works and what its implications are. …

Small Business Marketing And Advertising In Rural Communities: A Case Study Of Southern Illinois Restaurants, Steven J. Kosco

Research Papers

A large majority of United States businesses are small businesses. Many of these small businesses operate in the country’s rural communities, where local owners face unique challenges to keep their businesses running. The unique challenges faced include differences in population size, access to wealth amongst rural community residents, and lack of internet accessibility for rural residents that affects interaction with digital advertising efforts, among others. Given these unique challenges, it is important to understand the successful practices that small businesses utilize.

The research included case studies and in-depth interviews with five restaurant businesses and a Chamber of Commerce member in …

Large-Scale Multi-Omics Analyses In Hispanic/Latino Populations Identify Genes For Cardiometabolic Traits, Lauren E Petty, Hung-Hsin Chen, Elizabeth G Frankel, Wanying Zhu, Carolina G Downie, Mariaelisa Graff, Phillip Lin, Priya Sharma, Xinruo Zhang, Alyssa C Scartozzi, Rashedeh Roshani, Joshua M Landman, Michael Boehnke, Donald W Bowden, John C Chambers, Anubha Mahajan, Mark I Mccarthy, Maggie C Y Ng, Xueling Sim, Cassandra N Spracklen, Weihua Zhang, Michael Preuss, Erwin P Bottinger, Girish N Nadkarni, Ruth J F Loos, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Jingyi Tan, Eli Ipp, Pauline Genter, Leslie S Emery, Tin Louie, Tamar Sofer, Adrienne M Stilp, Kent D Taylor, Anny H Xiang, Thomas A Buchanan, Kathryn Roll, Chuan Gao, Nicholette D Palmer, Jill M Norris, Lynne E Wagenknecht, Darryl Nousome, Rohit Varma, Roberta Mckean-Cowdin, Xiuqing Guo, Yang Hai, Willa Hsueh, Kevin Sandow, Esteban J Parra, Miguel Cruz, Adan Valladares-Salgado, Niels Wacher-Rodarte, Jerome I Rotter, Mark O Goodarzi, Stephen S Rich, Alain Bertoni, Leslie J Raffel, Jerry L Nadler, Fouad R Kandeel, Ravindranath Duggirala, John Blangero, Donna M Lehman, Ralph A Defronzo, Farook Thameem, Yujie Wang, Sheila Gahagan, Estela Blanco, Raquel Burrows, Alicia Huerta-Chagoya, Jose C Florez, Teresa Tusie-Luna, Clicerio González-Villalpando, Lorena Orozco, Christopher A Haiman, Craig L Hanis, Rebecca Rohde, Eric A Whitsel, Alexander P Reiner, Charles Kooperberg, Yun Li, Qing Duan, Miryoung Lee, Paulina Correa-Burrows, Susan K Fried, Kari E North, Joseph B Mccormick, Susan P Fisher-Hoch, Eric R Gamazon, Andrew P Morris, Josep M Mercader, Heather M Highland, Jennifer E Below

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Here, we present a multi-omics study of type 2 diabetes and quantitative blood lipid and lipoprotein traits conducted to date in Hispanic/Latino populations (nmax = 63,184). We conduct a meta-analysis of 16 type 2 diabetes and 19 lipid trait GWAS, identifying 20 genome-wide significant loci for type 2 diabetes, including one novel locus and novel signals at two known loci, based on fine-mapping. We also identify sixty-one genome-wide significant loci across the lipid/lipoprotein traits, including nine novel loci, and novel signals at 19 known loci through fine-mapping. Next, we analyze genetically regulated expression, perform Mendelian randomization, and analyze association with …

Urban Heat Islands Across Major U.S. Cities: ​The Relationship Between Surface Temperature & Socioeconomic Status, Sarah Irish, Eliza Hammari, Megan Green

FHSS Mentored Research Conference

The urban heat island (UHI) effect is a geospatial phenomenon prevalent across major U.S. cities which has significant implications for public health, energy consumption, and environmental quality. To better understand the impacts of UHI on various communities, we analyzed the correlation between surface heat temperatures and median household income across five large cities and three urban climates (arid, humid, and tropical) in the U.S.. We gathered data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other sources to create maps using ArcGIS Pro. Based on the maps and statistical analysis, UHI intensity is correlated with socioeconomic status. Further research is recommended to …

Brief Of Amicus Curiae The Fred T. Korematsu Center For Law And Equality, The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund, The Center For Civil Rights And Critical Justice, And 82 Additional Nonprofit And Grassroots Organizations And Race And Law Centers In Support Of Plaintiffs-Appellees, Robert Chang, Jonathan Hacker, Bethany Li, Anthony Wang, Jessica Levin, Center For Civil Rights And Critical Justice, Fred T. Korematsu Center For Law And Equality, American Asian Legal Defense And Education Fund, O’Melveny & Myers Llp

Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice Advocacy

No abstract provided.

Brief Of Amici Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center For Law And Equality, Service Employees International Union, American Federation Of Teachers, American Association Of University Professors, Center For Civil Rights And Critical Justice, Race And Law Centers, And Civil Rights And Advocacy Organizations In Support Of Plaintiff, Center For Civil Rights And Critical Justice, Fred T. Korematsu Center For Law And Equality, Charlotte Garden, Jeremiah Chin, Jessica Levin, Jim Davy, Robert Chang

Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice Advocacy

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Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis Of Body Mass Index Identifies Novel African Ancestry-Specific Risk Allele, Xinruo Zhang, Jennifer A Brody, Mariaelisa Graff, Heather M Highland, Nathalie Chami, Hanfei Xu, Zhe Wang, Kendra R Ferrier, Geetha Chittoor, Navya Shilpa Josyula, Mariah Meyer, Shreyash Gupta, Xihao Li, Zilin Li, Matthew A Allison, Diane M Becker, Lawrence F Bielak, Joshua C Bis, Meher Preethi Boorgula, Donald W Bowden, Jai G Broome, Erin J Buth, Christopher S Carlson, Kyong-Mi Chang, Sameer Chavan, Yen-Feng Chiu, Lee-Ming Chuang, Matthew P Conomos, Dawn L Demeo, Mengmeng Du, Ravindranath Duggirala, Celeste Eng, Alison E Fohner, Barry I Freedman, Melanie E Garrett, Xiuqing Guo, Chris Haiman, Benjamin D Heavner, Bertha Hidalgo, James E Hixson, Yuk-Lam Ho, Brian D Hobbs, Donglei Hu, Qin Hui, Chii-Min Hwu, Rebecca D Jackson, Deepti Jain, Rita R Kalyani, Sharon L R Kardia, Tanika N Kelly, Ethan M Lange, Michael Lenoir, Changwei Li, Loic Le Marchand, Merry-Lynn N Mcdonald, Caitlin P Mchugh, Alanna C Morrison, Take Naseri, Jeffrey O'Connell, Christopher J O'Donnell, Nicholette D Palmer, James S Pankow, James A Perry, Ulrike Peters, Michael H Preuss, D C Rao, Elizabeth A Regan, Sefuiva M Reupena, Dan M Roden, Jose Rodriguez-Santana, Colleen M Sitlani, Jennifer A Smith, Hemant K Tiwari, Ramachandran S Vasan, Zeyuan Wang, Daniel E Weeks, Jennifer Wessel, Kerri L Wiggins, Lynne R Wilkens, Peter W F Wilson, Lisa R Yanek, Zachary T Yoneda, Wei Zhao, Sebastian Zöllner, Donna K Arnett, Allison E Ashley-Koch, Kathleen C Barnes, John Blangero, Eric Boerwinkle, Esteban G Burchard, April P Carson, Daniel I Chasman, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Joanne E Curran, Myriam Fornage, Victor R Gordeuk, Jiang He, Susan R Heckbert, Lifang Hou, Marguerite R Irvin, Charles Kooperberg, Ryan L Minster, Braxton D Mitchell, Mehdi Nouraie, Bruce M Psaty, Laura M Raffield, Alexander P Reiner, Stephen S Rich, Jerome I Rotter, M Benjamin Shoemaker, Nicholas L Smith, Kent D Taylor, Marilyn J Telen, Scott T Weiss, Yingze Zhang, Nancy Heard-Costa, Yan V Sun, Xihong Lin, L Adrienne Cupples, Leslie A Lange, Ching-Ti Liu, Ruth J F Loos, Kari E North, Anne E Justice

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Obesity is a major public health crisis associated with high mortality rates. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) investigating body mass index (BMI) have largely relied on imputed data from European individuals. This study leveraged whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data from 88,873 participants from the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program, of which 51% were of non-European population groups. We discovered 18 BMI-associated signals (P <  5 × 10

Vasoactive Selection For Pediatric Septic Shock-Where To Begin?, Scott L. Weiss

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

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The Experiences Of Veterans Seeking Peer-To-Peer Support For Mental Health Services After Covid-19, Edwin Brown

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This qualitative study explored the experiences of U.S. military veterans seeking peer-to-peer support for mental health services after COVID-19. The study investigated how veterans perceive the role of peer-to-peer support in addressing mental health challenges, particularly in the context of social isolation, anxiety, and other COVID-19 related stressors. Using semi-structured interviews, data were collected from veterans who sought peer-to-peer support services after COVID-19. A total of 14 veterans participated in this study, providing insights into their experiences accessing and utilizing peer-to-peer support mental health services after COVID-19. Thematic analysis identified key themes, including the importance of shared lived experiences, the …

Fulltime Faculty Perspectives On Engagement In Distributed Leadership At A Technical College, Jacinda Halene Lay

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem that was addressed in this basic qualitative study was that fulltime college faculty was not sufficiently engaged in distributed leadership at a technical college in a western state. The purpose of this study was to explore fulltime college faculty members’ perspective about their engagement in distributed leadership at a technical college in a western state. The research questions explored how fulltime faculty described their engagement in, and knowledge of, faculty leadership, at a technical college, and recommendations for increasing engagement. Using Spillane’s leader plus paradigm as the conceptual framework, semistructured interviews of 14 purposively sampled fulltime college faculty …

Staff Education To Enhance Nurses' Knowledge Of Pressure Injury Prevention, Jacqueline Evette Foster

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Summary Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) have a significant negative impact on patient safety and the quality of care. This doctor of nursing practice (DNP) staff education project focused on improving staff nurses’ knowledge in preventing pressure injuries. Recognizing the high incidence of pressure injuries at the project site, this staff education project addressed the critical need to reduce pressure injuries for at-risk patients by providing ongoing education and training to enhance pressure injury management, reduce hospital costs and length of hospitalization, and improve patient care quality. The practice-focused question guiding this staff education project was the following: To what degree …

The Role Of Knowledge Of Vaping And E-Cigarette Use Among Young Adults Aged 18-25 Years, Martha Tarluwah Kollison

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Vaping is a growing public health concern in the United States among young adults. Despite the belief that vaping is safer compared to traditional smoking, e-cigarettes have become a major public health problem among young adults between the age of 18-25 in the United States. In this qualitative study, the perceptions of the risks of vaping by young adults in Indiana, their lived experiences, and factors contributing to vaping behavior were explored. Based on the Health Belief Model (HBM), the effect of knowledge on perceived risks and reported vaping behavior among the respondents was explored. Ten participants, seven males, and …

Enhancing Frequency Event Detection In Power Systems Using Two Optimization Methods With Variable Weighted Metrics, Hussain A. Alghamdi, Midrar A. Adham, Umar Farooq, Robert B. Bass

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

This research presents a novel technique that refines the performance of a frequency event detection algorithm with four adjustable parameters based on signal processing and statistical methods. The algorithm parameters were optimized using two well-established optimization techniques: Grey Wolf Optimization and Particle Swarm Optimization. Unlike conventional approaches that apply equally weighted metrics within the objective function, this work implements variable weighted metrics that prioritize specificity, thereby strengthening detection accuracy by minimizing false-positive events. Realistic small- and large-scale frequency datasets were processed and analyzed, incorporating various events, quasi-events, and non-events obtained from a phasor measurement unit in the Western Interconnection. An …

International Students And Cultural Adaptation: African Students' Experiences At Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Monalisa Lamptey

Research Papers

The increasing enrollment of international students in U.S. tertiary education institutions highlights the necessity for a deeper understanding of cultural adaptation experiences. This study aims to investigate the challenges and strategies African international students encounter while adapting to the cultural dynamics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Using qualitative interviewing, this study explores how African students navigate cultural differences and respond to the social and academic demands of a new environment. The findings of this study revealed how faculty relationships and other resources from the university and surrounding community play a vital role in African international student’s adaptation process. This research …

The Role Of Cholinergic Ventral Pallidum Cells In Effortful Motivation, Elizabeth A. Bien

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

Maladaptive reward-seeking behavior can be driven by one of several different components including excessive craving elicited by cues that predict rewards, failing to effortfully pursue rewards when it is beneficial to do so, and compulsively seeking rewards when it is no longer advantageous to do so. This thesis includes experiments focusing on these three different components of reward-seeking behavior to better understand how reward-seeking can become maladaptive. First, we wanted to examine the role that sex plays in the acquisition and compulsiveness of sign-tracking behavior in the Long Evans rat, a strain that is commonly used as the background for …

Big Five Personality Traits And Emotional Eating In Young Adults, Madisyn Andrade, Patrick J. Cooper

Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations

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Sga 56 Senate 2025-04-11 Minutes, Niu Student Government Association Senate

Student Government Association Archives

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Sga 56 Senate 2025-04-11 Agenda, Niu Student Government Association Senate

Student Government Association Archives

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Funding Opportunities For Non-Profit Organizations Led By Black Women, Laquasha A. Dixon

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study addressed significant disparities in funding awarded to non-profit organizations (NPOs) in the United States, led by Black women. Racial bias and the lack of knowledge about alternative funding sources were key factors contributing to this funding gap, which limited the capabilities of these organizations. The research question guiding this study was: In addition to government grants and program sponsorships, what other funding sources are available to NPOs led by Black women? The conceptual framework employed as a foundation for the research was the concept of creating a diverse funding portfolio for sustainability. The purpose of the project was …

Examining School Counselors’ Lived Experiences Of Relational Aggression In African American Girls, Crystal Holt

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Since the early 1990s, there have been examinations of the predictors of Relational Aggression (RA) in girls, but many questions remain unanswered that contribute to the lived experiences of school counselors addressing RA. RA is best defined as behavior that is deliberate and unfriendly, with the intent to cause harm to others through verbal, social, and emotional control. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of school counselors addressing RA in African American girls. A hermeneutic phenomenological lens was used to examine the individual perceptions of eight school counselors. Semistructured interviews were used to gather the …

Relating Average Teacher Salary, Student-Teacher Ratios, And Percent Of Title I Schools To Teacher Retention Rates In Georgia School Districts, Deann Webb

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem that was addressed through this study was high teacher turnover in Georgia school districts. Guided by the job demands-resources theory, the purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to investigate average teacher salary, student-teacher ratios, and the percentage of Title I schools in terms of teacher retention rates in Georgia school districts. Archival data were collected from 180 public school districts in Georgia and obtained from the Georgia Department of Education and the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement. Multiple regression and Chi-square analyses were used to examine the relationships among variables. Chi-square analysis was used due to concerns …

Higher Education Leaders’ Perspectives About Communication Challenges During Crises, Carey-Ann Marie Balkwill

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem was that while impact and problems of crisis communication have been identified in the literature, little is known about the perspectives of leaders in higher education when facing communication issues in times of crisis. Guided by crisis communication theory and leadership theory, the purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore higher education leadership team members’ perspectives of communication challenges in times of crisis. Four research questions guided the study on the perspectives of higher education leadership team members about (a) how their own leadership and communication changed during a crisis, (b) how internal communications evolved during …

Buddy The Elf And Pbis: When Good Intentions Are Misunderstood, Hank M. Bohanon

Education: School of Education Faculty Publications and Other Works

One of my favorite holiday movies is The Elf (link) with Will Ferrell. Buddy (the elf) had great intentions but was often misunderstood. Without knowing that he was raised by elves at the North Pole, people misinterpreted his attacking a “fake” Santa Claus and pouring syrup on spaghetti as a sign of instability.

Like Buddy’s behavior, people can take parts of schoolwide models (link) out of context. Without understanding the entire framework, staff may misconstrue the intent behind interventions. This lack of knowledge leads to frustrations and misunderstandings. Implementers often start with good intentions, but their …

Climate Data Imputation And Quality Improvement Using Satellite Data, Kadhim Hayawi, Sakib Shahriar, Hakim Hacid

All Works

Combating climate change has emerged as a global concern recently, and meteorological data remain an important measure for analyzing and predicting climate trends. However, ground weather stations and sensors can be impacted by faults due to accidents and unreliability, often resulting in, for example, missing data and lowering the overall quality of the data. This paper explores the impact of using satellite data as an input feature for machine learning algorithms. In particular, temperature, pressure, wind speed, and global horizontal radiation data are imputed using various machine learning algorithms to overcome potential data quality issues resulting from the ground stations. …

Pláticas On Perseverance, Presence, And Praxis: The Occupassion Of Latina Superintendents, Laura E. Solis

LMU Theses and Dissertations

This study was a qualitative examination of social justice praxis and its intersections with race, gender, and other facets of the identities of eight Latina former superintendents, referred to as the mujeres. A trio of theoretical frameworks that included Chicana feminist epistemology (Delgado Bernal, 1998), Community cultural wealth, or CCW, (Yosso, 2005) and applied critical leadership, or ACL, (Santamaría & Santamaría, 2012; Santamaría, 2014) were used to analyze how personal identity informed their approaches to advance social justice in their school districts. I engaged the methodological approach of pláticas [meaningful conversations] (Fierros & Delgado Bernal, 2016) to elicit reflection on …

The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

The Inkwell

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Analyzing Qualitative Data Regarding Correctional Staff, Simone Martin-Howard

Open Educational Resources

This assignment, created by Simone Martin-Howard, Director of the MPA Public Policy and Administration Program and Associate Professor at John Jay College, asks students to analyze transcripts of qualitative interviews with correctional staff (officers and captains) at Rikers Island Jail. Students are guided through the process of first coding the texts of the transcripts, then analyzing the coded transcripts for emergent themes. Students ultimately present their findings in an oral presentation.

Global And Regional Disparities In Access To Specialist Sarcoma Services, Tomas Zamora, Eduardo Botello, Thomas Jenkins, Charlotte Jeys, Minna Laitinen, Ajay Puri, Lee Jeys, Boom Consensus Meeting Participants, Santiago Abad Repiso, Hesham Abdelbary, Alejandro Abiad Mejia, Ahmed Abood, Juan C Abril Martin, Adesegun Abudu, Ayman Abu Elhamd, Marthelena Acosta, Keisuke Ae, Manish Agarwal, Vivek Ajit Singh, Toru Akiyama, Ibrahim Alshaygy, Jose I Albergo, John Alexander, Patricio A Alfaro, Bugra Alpan, Jose Amaya-Valero, Megan Anderson, Dimosthenis Andreou, Lucas Annabell, Christopher Anthony, Ahmed Aoude, William Aston, Libe Asua Mentxaka, Christine Azzopardi, Thomas Baad-Hansen, Ismail T Badr, Francisco Baixauli-Garcia, Gavin Baker, Tessa Balach, Giacomo G Baldi, Janie Barry, Georges Basile, Stefano Bastoni, Mohammad H Basuki, Henrik Bauer, Lee Bayliss, Ricardo G Becker, Angad Bedi, Joseph Benevenia, Francisco Bengoa, Peter Bergh, Marko Bergovec, Nicholas Bernthal, Odion Binitie, David Boddie, Michele Boffano, Patricia Bonilla Huertas, Anna B Borgognoni, Rajesh Botchu, Richard A Boyle, Jos Bramer, Rahat Brar, Harriet Branford-White, Demien Broekhuis, Samuel E Broida, Tymoteusz Budny, Zachary D Burke, Jorge Cabrolier, Jose A Calvo-Haro, Jorge R Calvo-Tapies, Domenico A Campanacci, Rodrigo Cardoso, Richard Carey Smith, Pedro I Carvallo, Nicolas Casales Fresenga, Jose M Casanova, Oscar Ceballos, Juan L Cebrian Parra, Laura K Certain, Sara Chancon Cartaya, Chung M Chan, Yoon Joo Cho, Peter Choong, Yang-Guk Chung, David Ciechanowicz, David Clever, Sebastian Colina, Luis Consuegra, Cory Couch, Gillian Cribb, Carlos Cuervo, Laurence A Cusick, Solomon Dadia, Tanios Dagher, Dietmar Dammerer, Mark Davies, Nerys Davies, Luis P De La Rosa Martino, Francisco J De Santos De La Fuente, Marieke De Vaal, Claudia Deckers, Javier Delgado Obando, Shaneel Deo, Niklas Deventer, Claudia Di Bella, Gregory Domson, Davide M Donati, Desiree M Dorleijn, Jacques Du Toit, Debra Dunne, Rodolfo Duran Ciarrochi, Walid Ebeid, Elina Ekman, Ahmed M El Ghoneimy, Makoto Endo, Levent Eralp, Mahmoud Etaiwi, Scott Evans, Robin Evrard, Will Eward, Alberto Farese, Peter C Ferguson, Pedro F Ferreira Cardoso, Fabrice Fiorenza, Michael Flint, Hector Flores, Joao Freitas, Bruno Fuchs, Tomohiro Fujiwara, Philipp T Funovics, Marcos Galli Serra, Zakareya Gamie, Carlos Garces-Zarzalejo, Aaron Gazendam, Carsten Gebert, Jasper G Gerbers, Craig Gerrand, Ghaith Abou-Nouar, Michelle Ghert, Kanishka M Ghosh, Max Gibbons, Luis C Gomez-Mier, Jesus Gomez-Vallejo, Anne Gomez-Mascard, Marcos R Gonzalez, Fausto Gonzalez-Lizan, Georg Gosheger, Stuart Goudie, Krista Goulding, Stavros D Goumenos, Anthony Griffin, Ashish Gulia, Sanjay Gupta, Amit Gupta, Maurice Guzman, Mohammed Haitham, Jendrik Hardes, Francisco Hardoy, Yusuf Hasan, Georg Hauer, Helard Havard, Rex Haydon, John Healey, Nerea Hernandez Gonzalez, Adriana Hernandez-Lopez, Asle Hesla, Matthew Hess, Chindanai Hongsaprabhas, Francis Hornicek, Keith Hosking, Matthew T Houdek, Eleanor Houghton, Oluwaseyi K Idowu, Joseph Ippolito, Marc Isler, Shintaro Iwata, Jake Jagiello, Neil Jenkins, Tom Jeys, Luke Johnson, Andy Johnston, Min Wook Joo, Paul C Jutte, Kadri Kaldas, Amar Kamat, Sudhir Kannan, Bilal Kapanci, Zeeshan Khan, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Yehuda Kollender, Sebastian Koob, Daniel Kotrych, Vineet Kurisunkal, Richard Kyte, Jose M Lamo De Espinosa, Alexander L Lazarides, Louis-Romee Le Nail, Pawel Legosz, Burkhard Lehner, Andreas Leithner, Maryse Lejoly, Valerae O Lewis, Peng Lin, Francisco Linares, Santiago A Lozano-Calderon, Ashish Mahendra, Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Fermin J Mandia Mancebo, Sara Martos Torrejon, Christian Marx, Eric Mascard, Jean-Camille Mattei, Louise Mccullough, Sam Mcmahon, Manuel R Medellin Rincon, Benjamin Miller, Shinji Miwa, Gustavo Molina Uribe, Bryan Moon, Thomas Hilton, Diego J Moriel Garcesco, Carol Morris, Guy Morris, Steward Morrison, Sophie Mottard, Marcio Moura, Linde Muster, Robert Nakayama, Prashant Narhari, Ana Navas, Prakash Nayak, Johannes Neugebauer, Erik T Newman, Jyrki Nieminen, Emmy Nyqvist, Lukas Nystrom, Sarah O'Reilly-Harbidge, Gary O'Toole, Vania Oliveira, André Olivier, Mohamed Omar, Eduardo J Ortiz-Cruz, Harzem Ozger, Korhan Ozkan, Elisa Pala, Emanuela Palmerini, Grant Pang, Panayiotis Papagelopoulos, Giovanni Paraliticci, Michael C Parry, Sam Patton, David Peake, Ana Peiro Ibanez, Israel Perez Munoz, Ganapathy R Perianayagam, Michael M Petersen, Joris Ploegmakers, Robin Pollock, Gerard Powell, Juan Pretell, Jan Puetzler, Faisal Qamar, Anand Raja, Raja B Rajasekaran, Dipak Ramkumar, R L Randall, Kenneth Rankin, Kevin A Raskin, Kumaran Rassppan, Lauris Repsa, Mickael Ropars, Peter Rose, Pietro Ruggieri, Wael Sadek, German Salcedo, Aasim Saleemi, Andrea Sambri, Hartej Sar, Roberto Scanferla, Thomas Schubert, Jan Schwarze, Guido Scoccianti, Ashley Scrimshire, Tetsuya Sekita, Ahmad Shehadeh, Ahmed Shoaib, Bhim Shreemal, Felix Shumelinsky, Geoffrey Siegel, Claudio Silveri, Robert Silverwood, Friedl Sinnaeve, Jerome Sison, Andrea Slade, Maria A Smolle, Franz Snyman, Scott Sommerville, Sahil Sood, Andre Spiguel, Hugo St-Yves, Eric L Staals, Silvia Stacchiotti, Nikolas Stavropoulos, Peter Steadman, Jonathan D Stevenson, Mikaela Sullivan, Gwen Sys, Bartlomiej Szostakowski, Angela Tamburini, Yuta Taniguchi, Thomas Temple, Christoph Theil, Joachim Thorkildsen, Meagan Tibbo, Roger Tillman, Yu Toda, Kaspar Tootsi, Ferran Torner-Rubies, Frank Traub, Ioannis Trikoupis, Panagiotis Tsagkozis, Kim Tsoi, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Veli-Matti Vainio, Antonio Valcarcel, Juan Valencia, Annelies Van Beeck, Michiel Van De Sande, Thomas Van Den Berghe, Ingrid Van Der Geest, Lizz Van Der Heijden, Robert Van Der Wal, Kirsten Van Langevelde, Gualter Vaz, Roberto Velez Villa, Floortje Verspoor, Koenraad Verstraete, Julia Visgauss, Oleg Vyrva, Hazem Wafa, Sebastian Walter, Wan F Wan Ismail, Edward Wang, Patrick Q Wang, David Warnock, Joel Werier, Wolfram Weschenfelder, Kwok-Chuen Wong, Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, Jay Wunder, Indica Wysinghe, Norio Yamamoto, Zhaoming Ye, Seung-Jae Yoon, Suraya Zainul Abidin, Pierluca Zecchetto, Liuzhe Zhang, Juan P Zumarraga, Miguel A Clara-Altamirano

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Aims: Cancer care guidelines have been developed in many subspecialities, usually in advanced health systems. However, there are notable global disparities in healthcare access, which can impact sarcoma care. Unfortunately, there is a lack of global data on this subject. Our aim was to describe access to sarcoma care based on a comprehensive global survey among orthopaedic oncologists, and assess for global as well as regional differences.

Methods: A 25-question survey was emailed to the attendees of the 2024 Birmingham Orthopaedic Oncology Meeting and included questions about the respondents' training and practice, access to sarcoma centres, and specific items for …

Do Patients Want Their Spirituality Addressed During Their Hospital Journey; A Cross-Sectional Study At A Tertiary Care Center In Lebanon, Mohammad Assaf, Ali Ahmad, Hanine Atwi, Joseph Habib, Magda Haj, Reham Yehia, Amal C Rahi, Marianne Majdalani

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Spirituality (including religiosity) is a powerful concept in Middle Eastern populations for members of all religious affiliations. This study aims to assess the desire of cancer and critically ill adult inpatients to be asked about their spiritual history, the impact their religious and spiritual beliefs have on their medical decisions, and if such beliefs help them cope with their illnesses.

Methods: A questionnaire consisting of demographics and spirituality questions was developed and administered to 100 patients in a cross-sectional study. We performed psychometric analysis of the questionnaire through reliability and validity testing including construct validity using PCA with a …

Spelling Bee (2025) | Poster, Jacksonville State University

Department of Theatre & Film Performance Archive

Performed 11-14 April 2025; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, with a book written by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman and additional material by Jay Reiss. The play was directed by Michael Long, assistant director was Megan Brightwell, stage manager was Skylee Vaughn, assistant stage managers were Sabrina Dombrowski, Sa'Mitra Hill, and Tea Wilson. This item is contained within the Theatre & Film Production Archive.