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February 2025 Academic Affairs Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Academic Affairs Committee

Academic Affairs Committee Minutes

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Navigating Sovereignty And Global Economic Norms: Balancing Imf And World Bank Adjustment Policies With Developmental Realities, Michael Dudzinski

San Diego International Law Journal

The Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) administered by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank aim to foster economic stability, growth, and poverty reduction in developing countries. However, the varied outcomes of these programs underscore the challenges of applying standardized economic reforms across diverse geopolitical landscapes. This analysis calls for a paradigm shift towards more tailored, context-sensitive approaches that recognize the unique circumstances of each recipient country. By prioritizing flexibility and local engagement, SAPs can better support sustainable development and economic stability, aligning international financial policies with the complex realities of global economic diversity.

Preserving Diversity In The Wake Of Students For Fair Admissions, Inc.: Historical Lessons From The United States And India, Tyler Dunne

San Diego International Law Journal

Following the ban on considering race in higher education admissions under Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, concerns have emerged over maintaining racial diversity in college classrooms. This analysis offers a comparative perspective, exploring the history and methodologies of affirmative action in the United States and India to identify effective strategies for promoting diversity in U.S. universities. Recommended approaches include top percent programs, socioeconomic-based affirmative action, test-optional or test-blind policies, race-based recruiting, removing legacy preferences, and holistic student reviews. By implementing these strategies, universities can still work toward their diversity goals despite the …

Generative Ai And Disinformation: Analyzing China’S Strategy Amidst U.S. Investment And Export Controls, Liana Edgar

San Diego International Law Journal

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has ushered in a new era of technological, economic, and legal transformation. As economies expand and technology continues to evolve, AI has ignited a competition for technological supremacy, commonly known as the “AI Race.” China and the United States have taken center stage, amplifying their longstanding technological rivalry within the realm of AI. This analysis delves into China’s regulatory approach to generative AI, its strategic positioning in the ongoing AI race, and its influence operations, specifically the dissemination of disinformation. It also examines U.S. strategies for controlling AI technological advancement in China …

The Power Of Disconnecting: The Moderating Effect Of Decompression On Safety Culture And Organizational Commitment In Nurses, Mackenzie Zimmerman

Industrial-Organizational Psychology Dissertations

This dissertation examines the role of decompression in moderating and mediating the relationship between safety culture and affective organizational commitment among nurses in a pediatric healthcare organization. Data from 908 nurses were analyzed to test two primary hypotheses. The first hypothesis proposed that safety culture would positively predict organizational commitment, and the results supported this, showing that stronger safety cultures were associated with greater organizational commitment (b = 0.55, p < .001). The second hypothesis suggested that decompression would moderate the relationship between safety culture and organizational commitment. However, decompression did not significantly moderate this relationship across the overall sample (b = 0.03, p = .258). Post hoc mediation analysis, however, revealed that decompression acted as a significant mediator (b = 0.071, p = .05), highlighting that decompression enhances the effect of safety culture on organizational commitment. These findings underscore the importance of fostering a strong safety culture and implementing decompression strategies, such as mindfulness practices and structured breaks, to improve nurse well-being and retention. Implications for healthcare organizations aiming to enhance workforce resilience and commitment are discussed, alongside suggestions for future research exploring departmental variations in decompression's effectiveness.

Academic Standards Subcommittee Minutes February 20, 2025, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• COMMITTEE BUSINESS
• ITEM 1: English Language Proficiency requirement proposed changes
• ITEM 2: University requirements and Second Credentials for Certificates
• Proposed: First Certificate Policy
• Proposed: Additional Certificate(s) Policy
• Motion: Nate Trauntvein, Second: Mateja Savoie-Roskos. Approved
• ITEM 3
• Motion withdrawn
• ITEM 4: ARA and Refund Policy review
• Academic Record Adjustment and Tuition Reversal Request
• Academic Record Adjustment/ Tuition Reversal Request
• The committee did not have time to fully discuss and vote on this proposal
• ACTION ITEMS

The University Of Tennessee (Ut) For The Year Ended June 30, 2024, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury.

Financial and Compliance Audit Reports

No abstract provided.

Introduction To Drones, Shawn Barstow, Justin Wyatt Clawson, Shalyn Drake, Eric Galloway, Michael Pate

All Current Publications

Unmanned aircraft have advanced so much that they are completing tasks and integrating into all aspects of our lives. They deliver, survey, collect data, and complete assigned tasks with more efficiency and lower cost than many currently used techniques. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completely supports UAS in the National Airspace System (NAS) and continually updates information in this new and exciting field. This fact sheet will help you identify how you can legally fly drones and become an integral part of aviation’s vast and ever-progressing world.

Legal Residency Status And Its Relationship With Health Indicators Among Syrian Refugees In Lebanon: A Nested Cross-Sectional Study, Marie-Elizabeth Ragi, Hala Ghattas Ph.D., Berthe Abi Zeid, Hazar Shamas, Noura Joseph El Salibi, Sawsan Abdulrahim, Jocelyn Dejong, Stephen J. Mccall, The Caep Study Group

Faculty Publications

Background Failure to possess or renew legal residency permits increases the burden on a vulnerable refugee population. It risks detention or deportation, and hinders access to basic services including healthcare. This study aimed to examine the association between legal residency status and health of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon.

Methods Data were from two independent nested cross-sectional studies collected in 2022 through telephone surveys. In the first study, all Syrian refugees aged 50 years or older from households that received humanitarian assistance were invited to participate. The second included all adult Syrian refugees residing in a suburb of Beirut. The …

Spectator 2025-02-20, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Brown Bag Meeting With Dr. Markéta Křížová, Dr. Markéta Křížová Křížová, Latin American And Iberian Institute

LAII Events

Thursday, February 20, 2025 | 12:00 pm

Latin American and Iberian Institute (801 Yale Blvd NE)

801 Yale Blvd NE (campus building #165)

About:

We are pleased to welcome Markéta Křížová, Professor of Ibero-American Studies and former Vice-Dean of International Relations at Charles University in Prague, who will be visiting the LAII on February 13-21, 2025. Her research focuses on Early Modern intellectual history, European overseas expansion, colonial history, and cultural encounters. Prof. Křížová is the co-author of the EU-funded project Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations, which explores these themes in collaboration with the Centro de …

Understanding The Relationship Between Pm2.5 And Aerosol Optical Depth, Haihui Zhu

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the leading global environmental determinant of health, with millions of attributable deaths annually. However, large gaps exist in ground-based PM2.5 monitoring. Satellite remote sensing offers information to fill these gaps worldwide when augmented with information from a chemical transport model. More specifically, this satellite-derived PM2.5 is obtained from satellite retrieved aerosol optical depth (AOD) by applying the modeled PM2.5 to AOD relationship (η). Uncertainties, however, exist in the estimation of PM2.5, particularly from the modeled η. This dissertation focuses on understanding the spatial distribution of η and model developments for improved simulation of it. …

Umn Morris Welcomes Distinguished Visiting Professor Moriba Jah, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

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Korth Learns Paws-Abilities Of Entrepreneurship, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

No abstract provided.

Write On: Skills Assessments In Clerkship Hiring, Cecilia A. Silver

NULR Online

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Ancient Mitogenomes Reveal Population Interactions With High Maternal Genetic Diversity In The Central Plains Of China During The Late Neolithic Period, Xiyan Wu, Linyi Nie, Canshuo Zhong, Lin Wang, Rongpeng Jin, Jinteng Liang, Pengxiang Liu, Fan Yang, Ke Chen, Tao Han, Baoxu Ding, Yonggan Fu

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

The Central Plains of China is one of the earliest domestication hubs for broomcorn and foxtail millet. This region nurtured rich archaeological cultures and experienced extensive interactions with neighboring populations during the Neolithic period. However, limited genomic research has hindered a clear understanding of the maternal genetic structure and population expansion history in this era. Here, we report 12 complete mitochondrial genomes from individuals of the Yanzhai site population from Henan province of China during the Longshan Culture period, revealing a high level of maternal genetic diversity. The close genetic distance between these individuals and those of ancient populations from …

Cmsi Note #12: Finally, A Pla Navy Missile Gap?, Ian Easton

CMSI Notes

This month a PRC government-owned defense magazine published a special report on one of the U.S. Navy’s newer missiles, calling it a “huge threat” and predicting it will “massively change” the future of naval warfare. The missile? The AIM-174B, an air launched variant of the Navy’s Standard Missile 6 (SM-6). What is it about this weapon that warranted a special report by PRC experts?

CMSI’s Perspectives and Key Takeaways:

• A PRC government-owned defense magazine has called the U.S. Navy’s AIM-174B missile a “huge threat” and game-changer for the future of naval warfare.
• The PRC source says the American missile could …

The Pulse - February 20, 2025, Unm Hsc Marketing & Communications

The Pulse

Weekly newsletter of the UNM Health Sciences Center.

Evidence-Based Teaching Interventions For Emergent Multilingual Students In High School Science Classrooms: A Literature Review, Uma Ganesan

Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

As student populations in the United States grow increasingly linguistically and culturally diverse, asset-oriented pedagogical approaches become essential for leveraging the linguistic talents of multilingual students in science education. This literature review explores evidence-based instructional interventions supporting emergent multilingual learners in deeply engaging with scientific practices and communication in high school science classrooms. The review examined nine peer-reviewed studies published between 2012 and 2023, focusing on instructional strategies for multilingual learners in secondary science education. Findings reveal promising interventions such as the 5E instructional model, think-pair-share discussions, translanguaging techniques, and culturally responsive pedagogy. These approaches, grounded in sociocultural theory and …

Comparing Intubation Techniques Of Klippel-Feil Syndrome Patients In The Last 10 Years: A Systematic Review, Mitchell Fisher, Andrew Simonsen, Christopher Stewart, Salma Alkhatib, Abbigail Niewchas, Alex Otto, Randall Hansen, Kent Mcintire, Suporn Sukpraprut-Braaten

Student Publications

Context: Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is a rare congenital abnormality characterized by cervical vertebral fusion. Patients typically present with a triad of short neck, low posterior hairline, and limited cervical range of motion. The location and quantity of vertebral fusions in KFS makes airway management challenging in the field of anesthesia. Anesthesiologists select intubation methods based on perceived difficulty, making this paper essential to the field.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze first-attempt intubation success rates of KFS patients by intubation technique and stratified by location and quantity of cervical fusions and a Mallampati score if reported.

Methods: …

Marine Heatwave Conditions In Western Australia Marine Waters - 20 February 2025, Department Of Primary Industries And Regional Development, Western Australia

Marine Heatwave Notification Reports

Marine heatwave (MHW) conditions across all Bioregions of Western Australia have eased over the last two weeks. MHW status no longer applies to the majority of the North Coast and West Coast Bioregions. MHW conditions in the Gascoyne and South Coast Bioregion have eased to Category 1 - Moderate.

Antibiotic-Induced Loss Of Gut Microbiome Metabolic Output Correlates With Clinical Responses To Car T-Cell Therapy, Rishika Prasad, Abdur Rehman, Lubna Rehman, Faezeh Darbaniyan, Viktoria Blumenberg, Uria Mor, Sabine Schmidt, Tomo Hayase, Chia-Chi Chang, Lauren Mcdaniel, Ivonne Flores, Paolo Strati, Ranjit Nair, Dai Chihara, Luis E Fayad, Sairah Ahmed, Swaminathan P Iyer, Michael Wang, Preetesh Jain, Loretta J Nastoupil, Jason Westin, Reetakshi Arora, Joel Turner, Fareed Khawaja, Ranran Wu, Jennifer B Dennison, Meghan Menges, Melanie Hidalgo-Vargas, Kayla Reid, Marco L Davila, Peter Dreger, Felix Korell, Anita Schmitt, Mark R Tanner, Richard E Champlin, Christopher R Flowers, Elizabeth J Shpall, Samir Hanash, Sattva S Neelapu, Michael Schmitt, Marion Subklewe, Johannes Francois-Fahrmann, C K Stein-Thoeringer, Eran Elinav, Michael D Jain, Eiko Hayase, Robert R Jenq, Neeraj Y Saini

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Antibiotic (ABX)–induced microbiome dysbiosis is widespread in oncology, adversely affecting outcomes and side effects of various cancer treatments, including immune checkpoint inhibitors and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies. In this study, we observed that prior exposure to broad-spectrum ABXs with extended anaerobic coverage such as piperacillin-tazobactam and meropenem was associated with worse anti-CD19 CAR-T therapy survival outcomes in patients with large B-cell lymphoma (N = 422) than other ABX classes. In a discovery subset of these patients (n = 67), we found that the use of these ABXs was in turn associated with substantial dysbiosis of gut microbiome function, …

Aif3 Splicing Variant Elicits Mitochondrial Malfunction Via The Concurrent Dysregulation Of Electron Transport Chain And Glutathione-Redox Homeostasis, Mi Zhou, Shuiqiao Liu, Yanan Wang, Bo Zhang, Ming Zhu, Veena Rajaram, Weibo Luo, Yingfei Wang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Genetic mutations in apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) have a strong association with mitochondrial disorders; however, little is known about the aberrant splicing variants in affected patients and how these variants contribute to mitochondrial dysfunction and brain development defects. We identified pathologic AIF3/AIF3-like splicing variants in postmortem brain tissues of pediatric individuals with mitochondrial disorders. Mutations in AIFM1 exon-2/3 increase splicing risks. AIF3-splicing disrupts mitochondrial complexes, membrane potential, and respiration, causing brain development defects. Mechanistically, AIF is a mammalian NAD(P)H dehydrogenase and possesses glutathione reductase activity controlling respiratory chain functions and glutathione regeneration. Conversely, AIF3, lacking these activities, disassembles mitochondrial complexes, increases …

A Protocol To Purify Human Mediator Complex From Freestyle 293-F Cells

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The Mediator, a multi-subunit protein complex in all eukaryotes, comprises the core mediator (cMED) and the CDK8 kinase module (CKM). As a molecular bridge between transcription factors (TFs) and RNA polymerase II (Pol II), the Mediator plays a critical role in regulating Pol II-dependent transcription. Considering its large size and complex composition, conducting in vitro studies on the Mediator complex is challenging, especially when isolating the intact and homogeneous complex from human cells. Here, we present a method to purify the intact CKM-cMED complex from FreeStyle 293-F cells (293-F cells), which offers advantages for performing large-scale protein purification. To isolate …

Membrane Lipids Augment Cell Envelope Stress Signaling Via The Madrs System To Defend Against Antimicrobial Peptides And Antibiotics In Enterococcus Faecalis, Ayesha Khan, An Q Dinh, Lorena Diaz, Philip C Thornton, Rutan Zhang, Libin Xu, Danielle A Garsin, Yousif Shamoo, Cesar A Arias

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Enterococci have evolved resistance mechanisms to protect their cell envelopes against bacteriocins and host cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) produced in the gastrointestinal environment. Activation of the membrane stress response has also been tied to resistance to the lipopeptide antibiotic daptomycin. However, the actual effectors mediating resistance have not been elucidated. Here, we show that the MadRS (formerly YxdJK) membrane antimicrobial peptide defense system controls a network of genes, including a previously uncharacterized 3-gene operon (madEFG) that protects the Enterococcus faecalis cell envelope from antimicrobial peptides. Constitutive activation of the system confers protection against CAMPs and daptomycin in the absence of …

Coupled Lake-Atmosphere-Land Physics Uncertainties In A Great Lakes Regional Climate Model, William J. Pringle, Chenfu Huang, Pengfei Xue, Jiali Wang, Khachik Sargsyan, Miraj Kayastha, Et. Al.

Michigan Tech Publications

This study develops a surrogate-based method to assess the uncertainty within a convective permitting integrated modeling system of the Great Lakes region, arising from interacting physics parameterizations across the lake, atmosphere, and land surface. Perturbed physics ensembles of the model during the 2018 summer are used to train a neural network surrogate model to predict lake surface temperature (LST) and near-surface air temperature (T2m). Average physics uncertainties are determined to be 1.5°C for LST and T2m over land, and 1.9°C for T2m over lake, but these have significant spatiotemporal variations. We find that atmospheric physics parameterizations alone are the dominant …

Training Staff To Improve Medication Adherence Among Outpatient Mental Health Patients, Josephine Nada Bondje

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Medication adherence is a practice issue in the treatment of patients suffering severe mental illness. A suburban outpatient clinic in the Eastern United States did not have standardized staff education regarding medication adherence strategies for treating psychiatric patients diagnosed with major depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. The purpose of this project was to enhance the staff’s knowledge regarding methods for helping patients achieve medication adherence. The clinical question that guided the project was: Will staff education regarding medication adherence strategies related to mental health conditions in an outpatient clinic increase the knowledge of the staff? Data were collected from …

Leadership Strategies To Address Employee Turnover In Therapeutic Foster Care Within The Southeastern United States, Angelique Allen

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study addresses the problem of low staff recruitment and retention rates in therapeutic foster care, resulting in staff burnout and reduced program performance and affecting the program’s targeted population and their communities. A case study allowed for a holistic view of the problem through the unique perspectives of behavioral health leaders within the program selected, which is based in the southeast United States and serves children within the foster care system. The study is grounded using the Baldrige excellence framework. Data were obtained through semi-structured interview with three of the program’s behavioral health leaders. The data were analyzed using …

Solutions To Retaining Leaders In Behavioral Health Organizations, Kelly Murphy

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Retaining qualified behavioral health leaders is critical to the success of the behavioral health organization. Continually exploring solutions and strategies helps the organization to assess and improve its effectiveness in meeting its mission, vision, and values. This study focused on the development and execution of the strategic plan as a tool for the organization to successfully meet its goals. The problem addressed in this study is the leadership turnover rate and how this change impacts progress toward achieving the mission, vision, and values of the organization. The Baldrige Excellence Framework was used in this study to evaluate processes of hiring, …

2025-02-20 First Day Complete Response To Faculty Questions, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

A response to questions brought forth at the February 6, 2025 Faculty Senate meeting regarding First Day Complete textbook program.