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College Council Meeting Minutes (April 22, 2025), Dmacc

College Council

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Effects Of Nitro-Substitution On The Spectroscopic And Self-Assembly Properties Of Bodipy Dyes, Caroline Gwaro, Caroline Ndung’U, Petia Bobadova-Parvanova, Dylan Goliber, Quynh Do, Ashley R. Walker, Evan Murders, Daniel Lamaster, Frank R. Fronczek, Jayne Garno, Maria Da Graça H. Vicente

Faculty Publications

A series of boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes were nitrated in high yields using nitronium tetrafluoroborate at positions 2, 3, and 2,6 of the BODIPY core. This method allows for the regioselective nitration of the pyrrolic positions under milder conditions than previously reported methods. The photophysical properties and electronic transitions of these BODIPYs were investigated by using UV-vis spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and density-functional theory (DFT) calculations. The introduction of one nitro group dramatically increases the dipole moment of the molecule, induces marked blue shifts in the absorption and emission bands, decreases the molar absorptivity, and increases the Stokes shifts of the …

From 180 To 30: A Case For Shortening The Asylum Ead Clock, Faith Hegstad

Immigration Law Blog

This article explores the challenges posed by the mandatory 180-day wait for work authorization for asylum applicants in the United States, and evaluates the potential solutions offered by the Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act and the ASPIRE Act. Although these proposed bills have expired, this article posits that Congress should pass future bills modeled after either the ASPIRE Act, the House version of the Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act, or both.

Vincent Valadez, Double Bass, April 22, 2025 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

April 22, 2025 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Minutes, Faculty Research And Development Committee Meeting, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, Faculty Research And Development Committee

Faculty Research and Development Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Language Choice And Russian Course Enrollment Among University Students, Emma Calderwood

Theses and Dissertations

University Russian enrollments have been steadily declining in the United States since 2009 (MLA, 2023). No research has been done to examine student motivation for studying Russian since long before the 2022 increase in conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This study surveys two groups of students at the university level: students enrolled in BYU 101-level language classes, and students enrolled in Russian classes at six universities in the United States. The findings report that the most common reasons students choose to take university Russian classes is because they have a general interest in the language, they want to travel to …

Biallelic Fgf4 Variants Linked To Thoracic Dystrophy And Respiratory Insufficiency, Laura M. Watts, Esther Kinning, Donald R. Latner, Marla Johnston, Jessica Patrick-Esteve, Gregory M. Cooper, Stephen R.F. Twigg, Alistair T. Pagnamenta, Jenny C. Taylor

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

The thoracic dystrophies are inherited skeletal conditions where abnormal embryonic development of the thoracic skeleton results in a narrow chest, pulmonary hypoplasia, and respiratory insufficiency, which can be severe or lethal. The majority of thoracic dystrophies are due to biallelic alterations in genes needed for normal ciliary function. However, despite the identification of over 20 genes as causal for the thoracic dystrophy phenotype, around 20% of patients remain without a molecular diagnosis. We present two unrelated families with a clinical diagnosis of thoracic dystrophy with associated respiratory insufficiency without a molecular diagnosis on previous genetic testing. Both harbor rare biallelic …

Re: Bpsou Superfund Stormwater Operation And Maintenance (O&M) Request For Maintenance – Kelley Stormwater Channels, Josh Bryson

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

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Combinatorial Rigidity And Flexibility Of Simplicial 2-Complexes With Few Vertices, Serge A. Lawrence, Abdulkarim M. Magomedov, Olga I. Chelyapina, Valentina M. Rudenko

Theory & Applications of Graphs

We study the problem of reconstruction of a simplicial 2-complex from its 1- skeleton together with the prescribed quantities of 2-simplices at each 1-simplex, under the restriction that these quantities are bounded above by 2. It is a known fact that a 2-complex is uniquely reconstructible, or “combinatorially rigid”, if it has 5 or fewer vertices. In this paper “combinatorially flexible” 2-complexes (that is, non-uniquely reconstructible from their 1-skeletons) with 6 vertices are characterized in terms of necessary 2-subcomplexes.

Uta Datathon 2025 Challenges (Archive), Rubab Shahzad, Srinivasa Sai Abhijit Challapalli, Ghanbarian Behzad, Mei Yang, Clivin Geju, Zecil Yogeshkumar Jain, Jay Mahavirkumar Shah, Sai Nikhitha Chandana

2025 Datathon Challenges-Archive

Timed and Model Challenges from the UTA Datathon 2025

Using Visual Discharge Instructions: How Comics Can Improve Healthcare And Outcomes For Limited English Proficient Patients, Alexandra R. Streeter

Honors Thesis

The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate how graphic medicine could be a useful tool for communicating medical discharge instructions to populations with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). It is divided into three parts. First, it provides an overview of the biggest struggles LEP patients encounter in healthcare, which often occur around discharge instructions and medication changes. Second, the paper explores what graphic medicine is and how it has been used in healthcare. The last part of this paper consists of original graphic medicine artwork that addresses key issues for LEP populations during discharge with the goal of offering a …

Supporting Teachers In Social Emotional Learning, Olivia Radley

Masters Projects

The development of social emotional skills in children is crucial, yet many teachers lack the necessary training and support to effectively implement social emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom. SEL focuses on essential competencies such as self-regulation, relationship-building, and responsible decision-making that are vital not only for classroom success, but for long-term wellbeing. While teachers have always played a significant role in fostering children’s social and emotional development, research explores the gap in teacher training and preparation for social emotional learning implementation. Effective SEL instruction depends on intentional strategies such as strong classroom management, meaningful relationships with students and families, …

The New Latin America Liaison: How The United States Is Taking Control Of Oil In Venezuela, Graham R. Widenhoefer, Delaney King, Ian Cyrus Mortazavi, Sebastian Barrett, Ava Heckmann, Will Moncayo

SPARK Symposium Presentations

Abstract

7 Venezuela provides one of the world’s largest oil supplies, yet accounts for a relatively small 8 proportion of the global supply. Despite the low output, Venezuela and its oil may exhibit greater price 9 risk premiums, which will help us answer the questions: “Why would a country with such low output and 10 a limited production share cause global markets to react so strongly? What domino effect does this cast 11 onto other economic sectors?” 12 Our goal for this study is to assess whether U.S. intervention has generated measurable effects on 13 equity returns and the oil …

Minutes, Curriculum Committee Meeting, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Two-Stage Least Squares Estimation In A Spatial Lag Model Under A Complete Bipartite Network, Badi H. Baltagi, Long Liu

Center for Policy Research

This paper considers a spatial lag model with a complete bipartite network weighting matrix which is important in network theory. We show that two-stage least squares is equivalent to ordinary least squares and both estimators are inconsistent for the cross-section data case. This result has also been derived for the spatial lag model with an equal weight matrix by Kelejian and Prucha (2002). We also show that the fixed effects two-stage least squares estimator is consistent in case we have panel data and the spatial lag model includes time fixed effects. This is different from the result for an equal …

Lessons From Walker V. State: Institutional Reform Litigation And The Right To Dignity In Montana, Hannah Good

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Investiture Remarks, Anthony D. Johnstone

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Design And Optimization Of Lattice-Integrated Plif Cages Using Additive Manufacturing And Finite Element Modeling, Olivia Draughn

Honors Theses

The customization, characterization, and development of biomedical implants through additive manufacturing (AM) and finite element methods (FEM) becomes imperative to the success of surgical operations and long-term patient satisfaction. To combat stiffness mismatches and prevent stress shielding between implant and bone tissue, lattice structures can be implemented within bone implant design to reduce the effective Young’s modulus (EYM) of the implant and to promote osteointegration within bone tissue. Lattice structures are highly customizable, three dimensionally repeated patterned unit cells that can be manipulated to mimic the porous nature of bone tissues to increase implant-bone interface longevity. The study presents the …

Conversational Prayer, Anna Bennett

The Main Thing Devotional

“Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.” Psalm 62:8, ESV.

Bridging Gaps In Maternal Health For Refugee And Immigrant Women, Dema Jaber, Sheila Badwan, Abida Bibi, Maryam Durani

All Other Contributions

No abstract provided.

Olympia Hs Concert Band And Isu Symphonic Band: April 22, 2025, James Spencer, T.J. Mack, Colby Powers, Alexis Piña

School of Music Programs

Center for the Preforming Arts

April 22, 2025

Tuesday Evening

7:00 p.m.

High-Throughput Nmr Approach For In-Membrane Protein Ligand Screening, Libin Ye, Xudong Wang

USF Patents

This disclosure relates to the identification of interactions between ligands and in-membrane proteins using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Also provided are methods for high-throughput identification of in-membrane ligand-membrane protein interactions.

Hypergraph Search For Real-Time Multi-Robot Task Allocation In A Smart Factory, Zixiang Nie, Kwang-Cheng Chen

USF Patents

Task assignment for multi-robot systems (MRSs) in a smart factory (Industry 4.0) is described. Aspects are directed to a hypergraph based MRS and production model facilitating the cooperation among robots and serving frequent reconfiguration desired in Industry 4.0. Aspects are directed to a time complexity friendly search algorithm for real-time application using a hypergraph model to get task assignment(s). Parameters are provided for a tradeoff between solution optimality and time complexity. In an implementation, an example system can include a MRS including robots, wherein the MRS is configured to perform a manufacturing task, and a computing device configure to perform …

Publicly Verifiable And Resilient Symmetric Authentication And Privacy Systems And Related Methods, Attila Altay Yavuz

USF Patents

A method for publicly verifiable symmetric cryptography is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining an initial encrypted key and a homomorphic public key; obtaining a first message and an initial signature; calculating an initial hashed value of the first message; setting a cryptographic function of the initial hashed value of the first message and an initial private key; generating an evaluated value based on the cryptographic function, the homomorphic public key, the initial encrypted key, and the initial hashed value of the first message; and transmitting, at the verifier, a verification result based on a hashed value of the initial signature …

Improving Admissions Planning In A Specialized Adult Foster Care Program, Jessie Sullivan

Doctoral Dissertations & Projects

Background: Specialized adult foster care (AFC) programs have the unique ability to facilitate and coordinate continuity of care with an interdisciplinary approach internally and with community provider collaboration. The lack of communication in the transition of care admissions process leads to negative patient safety outcomes.

Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to identify barriers to improve communication, continuity of care, reduce negative health outcomes, and provide a culture of safety.

Methods: The Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) guided this quality improvement project. Assessment of quality measures and outcomes included the administration of pre- and post-implementation …

Impact Of Age On Biology, Presentation And Outcomes In Marginal Zone Lymphoma: Results From A Multicenter Cohort Study, Pallawi Torka, Natalie S. Grover, Timothy J. Voorhees, Reem Karmali, Kaitlin Annunzio, Marcus P. Watkins, Andrea Anampa-Guzmán, Heather Reves, Montreh Tavakkoli, Beth Christian, Colin Thomas, Stefan K. Barta, Praveen Ramakrishnan Geethakumari, Nancy L. Bartlett, Geoffrey Shouse, Adam J. Olszewski, Narendranath Epperla

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Given the paucity of age-specific data about biology, presentation, and treatment outcomes in adults with MZL, we sought to evaluate differences between younger (≤ 70 years) and older (> 70 years) patients with MZL in a large retrospective cohort treated in the contemporary era (2010 onwards). The primary objective was progression-free survival (PFS), while secondary objectives included the evaluation of overall survival (OS) and the cumulative incidence of transformation between the 2 groups. A total of 598 patients were included in the analysis and among these 32% were > 70 years of age. There were no age-based differences in the prevalence …

Resting, Lenore Montanaro

The Alembic

No abstract provided.

Snowy Silence, Ava Sampanato

The Alembic

No abstract provided.

Hands, Greg Moglia

The Alembic

No abstract provided.