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Campus Assembly Minutes 04/22 & 04/24/2025, Campus Assembly

Campus Assembly

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Book Of Abstracts, Seton Hall University

Petersheim Academic Exposition

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Trump V. Casa, Inc.: Brief Of Scholars Of Constitutional Law And Immigration As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondents, Samuel Erman

Appellate Briefs

Amici are law professors whose research focuses on constitutional law and immigration. Amici have an interest in ensuring that the Fourteenth Amendment is interpreted in a manner consistent with its text and history, and accordingly have an interest in this case.

Lmu Concert Band Spring 2025 Performance, Benjamin Bruflat, Dma

Band Programs

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Western Student Association Structure And Governing Processes: Evaluating Success For Student Government Associations, Samuel Longlet

Honors Theses

The Western Student Association underwent several reforms between March of 2020 and April of 2025. These reforms included expanding its legislative branch both in terms of pure size and internal responsibility and restructuring its executive branch to focus more on building relationships with the administration of Western Michigan University.

The Western Student Association between 2020 and 2025 has become more successful in advocating, allocating, and being a shared governance partner, representing the three executive functions of a Student Government Association.

While the Western Student Association is more successful in 2025 than it was in 2020, the institutional weaknesses of an …

Reconnaissance Investigation Of Soil-Structure Harmonics And Building Collapse Patterns In The 2024 Noto And 2016 Kumamoto Japan Earthquakes, Nathan Cole Chesnut

Theses and Dissertations

This study used ambient vibration data collected during a reconnaissance mission to assess whether harmonics between structures and the underlying soil played a significant role in the pattern of buildings that collapsed in the magnitude 7.5 Noto Japan earthquake on January 1, 2024, and the magnitude 6.2 to 7.0 Kumamoto Japan earthquake series that occurred between April 14 and 16, 2016. Portable seismometers were used to measure the natural soil and structural frequencies of vibration under ambient loading at sites in Wajima, a city located on the Noto Peninsula, and in four locations in and around Kumamoto City. Soil frequency …

Evaluation Of Objective Methods For Analyzing Ipsilateral Motor Evoked Potentials In Stroke Survivors With Chronic Upper Extremity Motor Impairment, Xin Li, Jayme S. Knutson, Xiaofeng Wang, Ken Uchino, Ela B. Plow, David A. Cunningham

Faculty Scholarship

Objective. Ipsilateral motor evoked potentials (iMEPs) are believed to represent cortically evoked excitability of uncrossed brainstem-mediated pathways. In the event of extensive injury to (crossed) corticospinal pathways, which can occur following a stroke, uncrossed ipsilateral pathways may serve as an alternate resource to support the recovery of the paretic limb. However, iMEPs, even in neurally intact people, can be small, infrequent, and noisy, so discerning them in stroke survivors is very challenging. This study aimed to investigate the inter-rater reliability of iMEP features (presence/absence, amplitude, area, onset, and offset) to evaluate the reliability of existing methods for objectively analyzing iMEPs …

Incalculable Harm: Analyzing The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Immigration Detention In Canada, Efrat Arbel, Molly Joeck

All Faculty Publications

This paper reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigration detention in Canada. Drawing on research spanning 2020 to 2022, we analyze how the pandemic impacted rates of detention, conditions of detention, and other related issues. Data released by the Canada Border Services Agency shows that despite an initial decrease in absolute numbers, Canada detained people at a higher rate after the onset of the pandemic than it did prior. Canada also held people for longer periods of time and relied more heavily on jails than dedicated Immigration Holding Centres. Conditions of confinement deteriorated significantly across all detention …

Beast In The Cage: A Fine-Grained And Object-Oriented Permission System To Confine Javascript Operations On The Web, Rui Zhao

Interdisciplinary Informatics Faculty Publications

JavaScript plays a crucial role on web. However, the inclusion of unknown, vulnerable, and malicious scripts on websites and in browser extensions and the use of browsers' developer tools often lead to undesired web content manipulations and data acquisitions. To restrict JavaScript operations on web content and data, we introduce a fine-grained, mandatory access control-based, and object-oriented permission system to browsers. With our system, web developers can define policies for sensitive web elements on their web pages to allow or deny scripts' operations on web content and data within browsers. The system substantially thwarts many web threats and attacks, and …

Earth Day 2025 - Our Power, Our Planet, Tiffany Villarreal, Raquel Estrada, William Flores

Library Display Posters

Poster of library resources created for Earth Day 2025. This year we focused on resources for Earth Day 2025 topic: Our Power, Our Planet. Book and video covers are hyperlinked. Curated UTRGV theses and UTRGV authored publications are also showcased.

Rapid Flips Between Warm And Cold Extremes In A Warming World, Sijia Wu, Ming Luo, Gabriel Ngar-Cheung Lau, Wei Zhang, Lin Wang, Zhen Liu, Lijie Lin, Yijing Wang, Erjia Ge, Jianfeng Li, Yuanchao Fan, Yimin Chen, Weilin Liao, Xiaoyu Wang, Xiaocong Xu, Zhixin Qi, Ziwei Huang, Faith Ka Shun Chan, David Yongqin Chen, Xiaoping Liu, Tao Pei

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

Rapid temperature flips are sudden shifts from extreme warm to cold or vice versa–both challenge humans and ecosystems by leaving a very short time to mitigate two contrasting extremes, but are yet to be understood. Here, we provide a global assessment of rapid temperature flips from 1961 to 2100. Warm-to-cold flips favorably follow wetter and cloudier conditions, while cold-to-warm flips exhibit an opposite feature. Of the global areas defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, over 60% have experienced more frequent, intense, and rapid flips since 1961, and this trend will expand to most areas in the future. During …

Gardner-Webb Online Programs In Nursing, Business, Education And College Of Arts And Sciences Start On May 27, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Through Gardner-Webb University Online Undergraduate programs, earning a bachelor’s degree is affordable and flexible. With several start dates during the year, students can choose when to begin and determine how many hours to take.

The Rev. Dr. M. Lamont Littlejohn Jr. Elected First African American Chair Of Gardner-Webb Board Of Trustees, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

The Rev. Dr. M. Lamont Littlejohn Jr., pastor of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Shelby, N.C., is a trailblazer “Pro Deo et Humanitate” (for God and humanity). A three-time graduate of Gardner-Webb and the first African American chair of the University’s Board of Trustees, he approaches each situation with the same mindset.

Runnin’ Bulldogs Men’S Tennis Claims Program’S First Big South Tournament Championship, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Big South All-Conference standout and freshman newcomer Boyd Schreiber (https://gwusports.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/boyd-schreiber/10758) took down Trevor Gray 6-5, 6-1 at No. 6 singles to clinch the 2025 Big South Men’s Tennis Tournament Championship for Gardner-Webb over UNC Asheville on April 18 at the Lexington County Tennis Complex, the team’s first tournament championship in program history.

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Turkish Journal of Chemistry

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Vilsmeier–Haack Complex Formation By Fe3O4@Sio2@Cs@Pocl2–X/Dmf: An Efficient Catalyst For Conversion Of Epoxides To Β-Bromoformates, Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The in situ generation of the Vilsmeier–Haack complex was studied by combining Fe₃O₄@SiO₂@CS@POCl_2–x with N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), demonstrating remarkable efficiency and regioselectivity in transforming epoxides into β-bromoformates. The reported yields were notably high and were achieved under mild reaction conditions. Interestingly, the removal of DMF led to the synthesis of vic-dihalide compounds. The product of this transformation depended on the specific details of how the experiment was done, highlighting how sensitive the process is to different ways of conducting the experiment. The use of a magnetic core-shell catalyst, Fe₃O …

Spherical Spiky Zno/Au Nanostructures For Efficient Photoelectrochemical Watersplitting, Kouroush Sali̇mi̇

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Spiky zinc oxide (ZnO)/Au nanostructures with spherical shape-defined morphologies were synthesized using polydopamine as a starting template for photoelectrochemical H2 production under visible light-emitting diode (LED) illumination. This low-temperature processing technique not only facilitated the fabrication of ideal plasmon-sensitive heterostructures, but also enhanced the electron mobility of the photoanodes, reaching 5.7 mA/cm² [at 1.0 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)] under visible LED illumination (30 mW/cm2). This notable value was 28 times greater than that observed under dark conditions, primarily attributed to the close Schottky contact between the Au and ZnO spikes. The highest applied bias photon-to-current efficiency value …

Wo3/Α-Fe2O3/Bi2S3 Ternary Photoanode For Improved Oxygen Evolution Reaction In Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, Fati̇h Tezcan, Abrar Ahmad, Gülfeza Kardaş

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This study presents a ternary WO₃/α-Fe₂O₃/Bi₂S₃ photoanode system suitable for photoelectrochemical water-splitting applications. The WO₃/α-Fe₂O₃ heterojunction is obtained using a hydrothermal approach, while Bi₂S₃ is deposited onto WO₃/α-Fe₂O₃ via the successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method. The cycle count is adjusted to determine the optimal photocatalytic photoanode. X-ray diffraction analysis confirms different morphologies and phases for the photoelectrodes: WO₃ is deposited as plates with monoclinic phases, α-Fe₂O₃ as nanorods with hexagonal phases, …

Synthesis Of Low Ph Stable, Highly Photocatalytic Alginate Hydrogels For Methylene Blue Removal From Wastewater, Emi̇rcan Uysal, Hali̇de Nur Dursun, Emre Can Uysal, Sebahatti̇n Gürmen

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Chemical compounds in wastewater, including dye molecules, have been identified as significant concerns for environmental integrity and human health. In this study, adsorbent materials were synthesized from biodegradable polymers to remove methylene blue (MB) from wastewater. Calcium alginate hydrogels were produced and coated with chitosan to enhance their pH stability. Furthermore, the calcium alginate gels were doped with silver nanoparticles to improve their photocatalytic properties, promoting MB degradation and enabling gel reuse. The adsorption behavior of the gels was comprehensively examined under dark conditions, considering factors such as time, solid-to-liquid ratio, temperature, and pollutant concentration, all of which significantly impact …

Fabrication Of Au–Pd Bimetallic Dendrites And Their Catalytic Application For4-Nitrophenol Reduction, Jun Liu, Xuanyan Liu, Hongguang Liao

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Bimetal nanocatalysts hold significant application potential in catalytic reactions due to their compositions, morphologies, and electronic structures. In the present work, a series of AuPd alloy dendrites were successfully prepared using sodium formate, without surfactants or templates. A systematic investigation was then conducted to analyze the composition of the AuPd bimetallic dendrites and the effects of preparation conditions on their structure and catalytic performance. The AuPd alloy dendrites were characterized through various techniques, including scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray energy scattering spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results showed that the Au:Pd ratio in the AuPd …

Investigation Of The Interaction Conditions Of As2s5 And Cucl2 Compounds In Water And Ethylene Glycol Medium, Huseyn Imanov, Mahnur Jafarli

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The article presents the results of interaction conditions of CuCl2 and As2S5 in ethylene glycol and aquatic medium. Besides, results of the obtained samples' physicochemical properties are given by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential thermogravimetric (DTG), thermogravimetric (TG), elemental and scanning electron microscope (SEM) methods. It was found that when ethylene glycol and water are used as a solvent and CuCl2 and As2S5 as the initial components, Cu3AsS4 is obtained at a temperature of 323-353 K. According to the results of DTA analysis, it was found that the melting point of obtained samples was 964.4 K contrary to the reactions carried …

Synthesis Of Thiazole-Integrated Pyrrolotriazinones: Evaluations Of Cytotoxicity And Effects On Pi3k Levels In Cancer Cells, Eylem Kuzu, Ege Arzuk, Fuat Karakuş, Burak Kuzu, Hasan Genç

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The synthesis of novel heterocyclic compounds, particularly those targeting critical signaling pathways in cancer, represents a promising approach to drug development. In this study, we designed and synthesized a series of thiazole-integrated pyrrolotriazinone derivatives, aiming to combine the antiproliferative properties of thiazole with the PI3K inhibitory activity of pyrrolotriazinones. The PI3K pathway, which plays a critical role in regulating cell growth, proliferation, and survival, is frequently dysregulated in cancer, making it an attractive target for therapeutic intervention. The synthesized derivatives were evaluated for their cytotoxic activities against MCF-7, A549, and HepG2 cancer cell lines. Their effect on PI3K protein levels …

Ecofriendly Synthesis And Characterization Of Oxygen-Enriched G-C3n4 From Diverse Precursors For Efficient Organic Dye Decontamination, Muchammad Tamyiz

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Industrial wastewater from sectors such as textiles, printing, and pharmaceuticals contains harmful pollutants, including nonbiodegradable dyes, which pose significant challenges for environmental safety. Neutral red, a cationic dye commonly found in wastewater, obstructs photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems and carries potential toxicity. Traditional methods of dye removal often prove ineffective due to the chemical stability of these compounds. In this study, oxygen-doped graphitic carbon nitride (O-doped g-C3N4) was synthesized as an innovative photocatalyst for the degradation of neutral red dye under visible light. The material was synthesized through a sustainable process involving the calcination of urea, dicyandiamide, and oxalic acid, and …

A New Turn Off Fluorescent Nir Probe For Hypochlorous Acid And Its Applications, Ayten Ibrahimova, Ayşe Nur Önem, Mehmet Altun, Emi̇n Ahmet Yeşi̇l, Asli Baysal, Hasan Saygin, Ahu Soyocak, Mustafa Özyürek

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a potent nonradical oxidant involved in various physiological processes, particularly within the human immune system. In this study, we introduce a novel, rapid, and highly efficient fluorometric method for the detection of HOCl. The method utilizes a near-infrared (NIR)-based fluorescent probe, NIR-QBH, which is characterized by its high sensitivity and chemical stability. NIR-QBH, containing olefinic C=C bonds, exhibits strong NIR emission at 660 nm (λex = 618 nm). The detection mechanism relies on the oxidation of the C=C bond in the NIR-QBH structure by HOCl, resulting in the formation of non-fluorescent products. With a detection limit …

The Effect Of Group Racial Make-Up And Instructions On White Students' Agreement With Social And Academic Norms During Race Talk, Camryn O'Conner

Student Theses and Dissertations

Discussions surrounding racism and Whiteness, although challenging are indispensable for gaining insights into the intricacies of today’s racial dynamics (Maxwell & Chesler, 2022). The literature, particularly the works of Sue (2013), delineates specific academic and social norms prevalent in classroom settings, such as the Academic, Politeness, and Color-Blind Protocols, each playing a distinct role in shaping conversations about race. In the current study, we explored two primary factors that could impact White college students’ alignment with the Academic, Color-Blind, and Politeness Protocols: the racial composition of the hypothetical conversation group and the presence, or absence, of instruction during the conversation. …

Inhibition Of Mif With An Allosteric Inhibitor Triggers Cell Cycle Arrest In Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Georgios Pantouris, Leepakshi Khurana, Pathricia Tilstam, Alison Benner, Thomas Yoonsang Cho, Martin Lelaidier, Mathieu Perrée, Zoe Rosenbaum, Lin Leng, Francine Foss, Vineet Bhandari, Amit Verma, Richard Bucala, Elias J. Lolis

Pacific Faculty Work

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a key modulator of innate and adaptive immunity that has been extensively reported to promote tumor cell survival, proliferation, and metastasis. A recent study focusing on the microenvironment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) showed that pharmacological inhibition of MIF signaling, in vitro as well as in vivo, reduces AML cell survival. Such data highlights the crucial role of MIF in AML pathogenesis and support the efforts for developing selective MIF modulators. Here, we report the identification and crystallographic characterization of a MIF inhibitor (compound 1) with an allosteric binding motif. Single point screening of …

Program Development & Implementation Of Mindfulness Practices For Adults With Down Syndrome At Gigi’S Playhouse, Kelly Nydahl

OTD Capstone Projects

This doctoral capstone project was completed through partnership with GiGi’s Playhouse Nashville, a non-profit that offers free educational and therapeutic programming to individuals of all ages with Down syndrome. The focus of this project was to create and implement an entire semester worth of curriculum for two adult education classes, GiGi Prep and U. The goal of GiGi Prep was to enhance various career readiness skills, while GiGi U builds upon these skills to prepare an individual for real-world settings like independent living, college, and/or working a job. Topics such as communication skills, emotional regulation, money management, coping strategies, self-advocacy, …

Daily Living Curriculum For Adults With Disabilities, Paige E. Meyers

OTD Capstone Projects

This doctoral capstone project was completed in partnership with BrightStone, with the shared objective of increasing independence for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In alignment with BrightStone’s values to empower the quality of life for adults with IDD where their choices and their voices matter, this project addressed the growing need to support their adults at all stages of life. Key outcomes included a daily living curriculum, adaptations to involve students in meal preparation and cleanup, staff training on fall prevention and recovery, and a functional skills progress tracker for residential home use.

Usa V. Randal Wise

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Baseball And Rugby Teams Honored At One Main Awards, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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