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Finding Aid For The Vernon Aubrey Hallum Papers, 1962-2011, Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives

V. Aubrey Hallum Papers

Finding aid for the Vernon Aubrey Hallum Papers, 1962-2011.

Optimizing Care For Heart Failure Patients With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Quality Improvement Project On Guideline Directed Medical Therapy Adherence, Leonie Campbell-Williams

DNP Projects

Significance and Background: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) remains a major cause of hospital readmissions, increasing both healthcare utilization and patient morbidity. Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) has been proven to reduce mortality and hospitalizations; however, adherence to these evidence-based guidelines remains inconsistent (Yancy et al., 2022).

Purpose: This quality improvement project aimed to evaluate whether enhancing GDMT adherence in an outpatient heart failure clinic could reduce emergency room (ER) admissions among patients with HFrEF.

Methods: A structured intervention was implemented at a local healthcare system Cardiology Clinic, focusing on optimizing adherence to GDMT in 60 patients with HFrEF. …

The Lumberjack, April 09, 2025

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University.

Out Of The Darkness Walk Shines A Light On Mental Health, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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O-2 - Vice President 2025-04-09, Erin Wahl

Officer

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O-1 - President 2025-04-09, Robin Hastings

Officer

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O-3 - Past President 2025-04-09, Amadee Ricketts

Officer

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Co-03 - Awards 2025-04-09, Ellen Fockler

Committees

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Co-04 - Communications 2025-04-09, Shay Beezley

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Co-06 - Membership 2025-04-09, Nathan Sonnenschein

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Co-09 - Past Presidents Adv Council 2025-04-09, Amadee Ricketts

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Co-07 - Nominating 2025-04-09, Brenda Hemmelman

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Co-10 - Advocacy 2025-04-09, Val Nye

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Es Executive Secretary 2025-04-09 - Profit Loss 2025 Q1, Sherrie Mortensen

Staff Reports

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Wm Webmaster 2025-04-09, Kirk Baird

Staff Reports

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Sa - Server Admin 2025-04-09, Roy Degler

Staff Reports

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Prevalence Of Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Among Indian Populations: A Systematic Review, Sudipta Ghosh

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most prevalent enzyme deficiency of human erythrocytes affecting more than 500 million people globally. G6PD deficiency is the most common hemolytic X-linked genetic disease, which shows a higher prevalence rate in the malarial endemic population. This review paper aims to examine the overall frequency of G6PD deficiency in the Indian population using systemic review, with a special emphasis on the differential prevalence rate across the populations. PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct databases were searched to examine the scientific studies focusing on the prevalence of G6PD deficiency amongst the Indian populations. A total …

Lindenwood Digest, April 9, 2025, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

Economic Considerations For The Transition To Organic Farming: Insights From The 2023 Conference, Asa B. Stone, Katja Koehler-Cole, Ronald Christian Stephenson

Cornhusker Economics

Introduction

The Transition to Organic Farming Conference, led by Katja Koehler-Cole and sponsored by the Nebraska Extension and the USDA-TOPP (Transition to Organic Partnership Program), aimed to equip farmers with the essential knowledge for effective agronomic management. Focusing on overcoming challenges related to soil fertility and weed control, the conference served as a platform for both education and community building. It provided crucial insights into the economic considerations faced by farmers transitioning to organic practices, underscoring the economic complexities and benefits associated with this transition. The conference highlighted the need for comprehensive support systems to aid farmers in making informed …

Core Climate & Health Competencies For Physicians Across The Continuum In An Ever Warming World, Deborah Simpson, Anne Getzin, Aaron Levy, Syndey Warner, Marie Cabiya, Kjersti Knox, Climate And Health Medical Education Task Force Of The Advocate Health Environmental Action Council

Aurora GME

Background: Climate change impacts on patients’ health and sustainability is a topic emerging in medical education. >50% medical schools have some climate related curriculum but inclusion in GME-CPD programs is limited. Several groups (eg, Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education) have published core competencies on climate and health across professions to guide action but are often extensive and without “where to start” guidance. For example, GCCHE’s document contains 4 competency domains, 25 concepts and 2-8 learning objectives for each concept!

Objective: To identify minimum competencies for all physicians across the continuum of medical education who provide direct care to …

Supercomputing The Brain: A Computational Pipeline For Lateralization Analysis, David B. Grigg, Laetner Fischbeck, Adam Fox, Madeline Peterson, Jared Nielsen

FHSS Mentored Research Conference

Lateralization refers to the organization of cognitive processes between the right and left hemispheres of the brain. While lateralization varies by sex, handedness, and neurodivergence, consistent analysis across large datasets is a computational challenge. To address this, we developed a high-performance computational pipeline that converts raw fMRI data into standardized information for large-scale statistical analysis.

Investigation Of The Cyanothece Nitrogenase Cluster In Synechocystis: A Blueprint For Engineering Nitrogen-Fixing Photoautotrophs, Deng Liu, Anindita Bandyopadhyay, Michelle Liberton, Himadri B Pakrasi, Maitrayee Bhattacharyya-Pakrasi

2020-Current year OA Pubs

The nitrogenase gene cluster of unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacteria, such as

Gramd1b Is A Regulator Of Lipid Homeostasis, Autophagic Flux And Phosphorylated Tau, Diana Acosta Ingram, Jacob Marsh, Celeste M Karch, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Lipid dyshomeostasis and tau pathology are present in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the relationship between lipid dyshomeostasis and tau pathology remains unclear. We report that GRAM Domain Containing 1B (GRAMD1B), a nonvesicular cholesterol transporter, is increased in excitatory neurons of human neural organoids (HNOs) with the MAPT R406W mutation. Human FTLD, AD cases, and PS19 tau mice also have increased GRAMD1B expression. We show that overexpression of GRAMD1B increases levels of free cholesterol, lipid droplets, and impairs autophagy flux. Modulating GRAMD1B in iPSC-derived neurons also alters key autophagy-related components such as PI3K, phospho-AKT, and p62, …

Photo Essay: Japan’S Demographic Changes And Opportunities: A Tale Of Two Cities, Ryoko Yamamoto

Asia Pacific Perspectives

Japan is in the midst of a population implosion. Schools struggle to fill classrooms, and vacant houses are a common sight in smaller towns. While the demographic shift makes it difficult to sustain traditional ways of life, it also brings opportunities for new possibilities. This essay highlights the challenges and opportunities of demographic change through the stories of two communities: Tsushima City in Aichi Prefecture and Ikuno Ward in Osaka City. In Tsushima, residents have embraced a more inclusive approach to their autumn festival, inviting women and non-residents to perform roles previously reserved for male residents. In Ikuno, a closed …

Developmentalism, Christianity, And Population Decline In East Asia, Elizabeth Lacouture

Asia Pacific Perspectives

In 2024, Taiwan and South Korea had the lowest fertility rates in the world. Instead of solving this demographic conundrum, this paper examines the ways in which women, family and fertility have been described, measured, and discussed across time and space in East Asia and introduces the role of US Christian ideology in propagating population control. US Christian missionaries and networks forged in China and Korea in the nineteenth century built a foundation for the social sciences of the family in early twentieth century China that developed into US modernization theory-led demography in the Republic of China on Taiwan and …

Book Review: Gietel-Basten, Stuart. The “Population Problem” In Pacific Asia., Yang Jixi

Asia Pacific Perspectives

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Ai-Based Accessibility Widget (Aibaw) Shortcomings For Blind Web Users, Joshua A. Rovira

LSU Master's Theses

With legal, ethical, and financial motivations to make their websites more accessible, many businesses and sites have begun to employ the use of artificial intelligence (AI) based widgets to automatically make necessary modifications to their sites' pages and subdomains. In this work, we conduct a qualitative case study to determine the efficacy of these AI tools as they pertain specifically to blind users. We analyze pages from twelve websites using accessiBe's AI accessibility widget and provide a taxonomy of their violations against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 level AA compliance. We found each website to bear numerous violations …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

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Unraveling The Narrative: How External Messaging Shapes The Academic Identities Of Neurodiverse Women Of Color, Timarie A. Franco

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study examines how neurodiverse Women of Color understand and experience academic self-concept (ASC) within higher education systems shaped by whiteness, ableism, and gendered expectations. Traditional ASC measures rely on internalized perceptions of ability and often exclude the influence of external messaging and systemic oppression—especially for students with intersecting marginalized identities. Grounded in Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit), this study centers the voices of nine undergraduate collaborators at a large public university who identify as Women of Color and experience neurodivergence. Using narrative interviews and arts-based methods, collaborators explored how academic, social, and cultural experiences informed their sense of …

Precarious Pedagogy: A Critical Autoethnography Of Adjunct Labor, Erin V. Howell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The following autoethnographic study explores the experiences and use of adjunct faculty within the neoliberal higher education landscape. Adjunct faculty comprise most of the contemporary professoriate, accounting for nearly 75 percent of higher education instructors. Precarious labor practices, lack of job security, and limited institutional support often characterize adjunct employment. The use of adjunct labor and the vulnerability of their positions are impacted by structural inequities perpetuated by academic capitalism. By privileging the experiences of adjunct faculty, this study contributes to an ongoing conversation about labor practices and inequities in higher education. This dissertation examines the ways in which adjuncts …