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Agenda (2-14-2025), Associated Students, Incorporated

Associated Students, Incorporated records

No abstract provided.

Minutes (2-14-2025), Associated Students, Incorporated

Associated Students, Incorporated records

No abstract provided.

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 15 Issue 5, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

The Bison, February, 14, 2025

The Bison Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Ucc Minutes Feb 14, 2025, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Undergraduate Currirculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Unh's Raymond Cook Named Nh Engineer Of The Year, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Victor E. Tiger Turns 25, February 14, 2025, Tisa Mason Ed.D.

Heart of a Tiger Columns

No abstract provided.

Super-Resolution Imaging Reveals Resistance To Mass Transfer In Functionalized Stationary Phases, Ricardo Monge Neria, Muhammad Zeeshan, Aman Kapoor, Tae Kyong John Kim, Nichole Hoven, Jeffrey Pigott, Burcu Gurkan, Christine Duval, Lydia Kisley

Faculty Scholarship

Chemical separations are costly in terms of energy, time, and money. Separation methods are optimized with inefficient trial-and-error approaches that lack insight into the molecular dynamics that lead to the success or failure of a separation and, hence, ways to improve the process. We perform super-resolution imaging of fluorescent analytes in five different commercial liquid chromatography materials. Unexpectedly, we observe that chemical functionalization can block more than 50% of the material’s porous interior, rendering it inaccessible to small-molecule analytes. Only in situ imaging unveils the inaccessibility when compared to the industry-accepted ex situ characterization methods. Selectively removing some of the …

Super-Resolution Imaging Reveals Resistance To Mass Transfer In Functionalized Stationary Phases, Ricardo Monge Neria, Muhammad Zeeshan, Aman Kapoor, Tae Kyong John Kim, Nichole Hoven, Jeffrey S. Pigott, Burcu Gurkan, Christine E. Duval, Lydia Kisley

Faculty Scholarship

Chemical separations are costly in terms of energy, time, and money. Separation methods are optimized with inefficient trial-and-error approaches that lack insight into the molecular dynamics that lead to the success or failure of a separation and, hence, ways to improve the process. We perform super-resolution imaging of fluorescent analytes in five different commercial liquid chromatography materials. Unexpectedly, we observe that chemical functionalization can block more than 50% of the material’s porous interior, rendering it inaccessible to small-molecule analytes. Only in situ imaging unveils the inaccessibility when compared to the industry-accepted ex situ characterization methods. Selectively removing some of the …

2025 Furman University Scholarship Reception Program, Madeline Eastergard, Kathie Sloan

Libraries Institutional Records

On February 14, 2025, the Libraries and the Office of the Provost hosted the Furman University Scholarship Reception. The reception showcased scholarly publications, creative works, and professional accomplishments of Furman faculty or staff from the 2024 calendar year. It highlighted Furman faculty and staff who completed a degree, received a grant from an external funding source totaling more than $1,000, and/or published books, book chapters, journal articles, exhibits, recordings, performances, films, or other works. The following Furman presenters provided four-minute speeches about their scholarly or creative works:

• Liz Bouzarth, Professor of Mathematics
• John Harris, Professor of Mathematics
• Kevin Hutson, Professor …

Gnsi Decision Brief: Critical Resources For National Security, Sarah Brown, Heather Ward

GNSI Decision Briefs

Natural resources consist of any raw material, whether biological, mineral, or environmental, that nature provides without human intervention, but which humans can utilize for their benefit (both material and immaterial).i These resources play a crucial role in a country’s economic prosperity and influence various aspects of domestic and military operations as these materials are used in manufacturing and infrastructure projects. Natural resources have always played a critical role in national security – from the grain basins of Egypt to feed the armies of Romeii to the oil-rich Dutch West Indies required for Imperial Japan’s Navy in the Pacific War.iii In …

Protestant Business Ethics Through A Matrix: The Bible, H. Richard Niebuhr, And Management-Labor Relations, Stewart W. Herman

Journal of Religion and Business Ethics

Organized labor has been largely absent from discussions of management-employee relations in Protestant business ethics, which lacks a magisterium that would encourage such discussion. Given the Protestant reliance on the Bible as the main moral source for Christian business ethics, any effort to incorporate labor into business ethics needs to link the Bible to how business organizations function and to the history of labor management relations. This article first grids out Protestant approaches for using the Bible, then explores ideas drawn and developed from H. Richard Niebuhr, a U.S. theologian active in the middle of the twentieth century. His ideas …

Dataset For Snow Cover Time Series Analysis For 200 Glaciers In Western North America (2013–2023), Rainey Aberle, Ellyn M. Enderlin

CryoGARS Glaciology Data

This dataset contains analyses of approximately weekly snow cover time series for 200 glaciers in western North America from 2013 to 2023. Snow cover was classified using the "glacier-snow-cover-mapping" package applied to Landsat 8/9 and Sentinel-2 imagery. Key analyses include climate cluster assignments, minimum snow cover statistics, uncertainty assessments of glacier accumulation area ratios snowline altitudes, and comparisons between remotely-sensed snow cover and modeled glacier snowlines and surface mass balance from PyGEM. The dataset includes geospatial files of study sites, time series of snow cover metrics, climate variables, and uncertainty estimates. All analysis code is openly available on Zenodo and …

Adapting Biological Mechanisms Into Machine Learning Structures And Gradient Propagation, Hao Yu

Theses and Dissertations

As neuromorphic computing gains traction, researchers look for learning schemes that are more suitable for brain-like structures. Although many algorithms have been discovered, such as surrogate gradient or Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity, those algorithms are either unsuitable for on-chip training or not biologically aligned. The goal of this thesis is to discover a learning algorithm which is biologically aligned and suitable for on-chip training. Through the discoveries of our two papers, we are able to introduce the concepts of synaptic clefts and neurotransmitters into a common spiking neuron network. We also designed an error propagation method aligning with biology. With …

Exploring The Perceived Importance Of Servant Leadership Core Characteristics By Direct Support Professionals Serving Individuals With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities In Massachusetts, Timothy Johnson

JWU Dissertations & Theses

This research examined servant leadership in academic literature indicating that its framework can be uniquely effective in human services, contributing to an enhanced employee experience, stronger retention, and improved service outcomes. In the human services sector for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), there is a workforce crisis of direct support professionals (DSPs) that is forecast to worsen by age-based projections (Lin et al., 2015; Pettingell et al., 2022). Turnover of DSPs in the IDD sector has remained high for a quarter century, a problem exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic with DSPs leaving the workforce (Desroches & Tyo, 2023; …

"Impact Of Nicotine Pouches On Oral Health: A Comprehensive Analysis”, Andrew Gallos, Kamran H. Awan

Annual Research Symposium

Poster presentation

Glycemic Variability And Migraine: New Insights From Glucose Monitoring, Christina A. Nelson, Kyle Reavely, Matthew Jennings, Brandon Burger, Jackson Nielsen, Amanda Page, Alexander Kim, David Sant, Kyle Bills

Annual Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Nutrient Deficiency In Persister Cell Formation- A Morphological Study, Ryan Newman, Emajoy Rains, Isaac Young, Victor M. Jimenez

Annual Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Aspartame: Is It Truly Safe For Human Consumption?, Zachary Bernstein, Kamran Awan

Annual Research Symposium

Poster Presentation

Sga 56 Senate 2025-02-14 Minutes, Niu Student Government Association Senate

Student Government Association Archives

No abstract provided.

Blue Notes, February 14, 2025 (Issue 2025-03), Illinois State University, Department Of Chemistry

Blue Notes

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Chemistry

Utilizing Food As An Art Medium In Eating Disorders Treatment, Keren Blumenthal Yanir

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

This research explored food as an art medium in an innovative art therapy intervention for adults with eating disorders (EDs) and what this nontraditional art material can evoke. Several interventions (e.g., food exposure, cooking, and some family-based therapy) incorporate food in ED treatment, but none use it as an art medium.

Six Israeli adults (one with bulimia nervosa, two with atypical anorexia, and three with anorexia nervosa) individually participated in three meetings, each with a 30-min experiential component and an interview. While wearing a GoPro camera, participants created spontaneous artwork using foods (e.g., vegetables, legumes, pasta, flour, candy). The researcher …

Deformation And Collectivity In Doubly Magic Pb 208, J. Henderson, J. Heery, M. Rocchini, M. Siciliano, N. Sensharma, A. D. Ayangeakaa, R. V.F. Janssens, T. M. Kowalewski, Abhishek, P. D. Stevenson, E. Yüksel, B. A. Brown, T. R. Rodriguez, L. M. Robledo, C. Y. Wu, S. Kisyov, C. Müller-Gatermann, V. Bildstein, L. Canete, C. M. Campbell, S. Carmichael, M. P. Carpenter, W. N. Catford, P. Copp, C. Cousins, M. Devlin, D. T. Doherty, P. E. Garrett

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Lead-208 is the heaviest known doubly magic nucleus and its structure is therefore of special interest. Despite this magicity, which acts to provide a strong restorative force toward sphericity, it is known to exhibit both strong octupole correlations and some of the strongest quadrupole collectivity observed in doubly magic systems. In this Letter, we employ state-of-the-art experimental equipment to conclusively demonstrate, through four Coulomb-excitation measurements, the presence of a large, negative, spectroscopic quadrupole moment for both the vibrational octupole 31- and quadrupole 21+ state, indicative of a preference for prolate deformation of the states. The observed quadrupole moment is discussed …

February 14, 2025 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Valentine's Day 2025 - U.S. Government Resources, Raquel Estrada

Library Display Posters

United States Government documents celebrating Valentine's Day. Poster contains fun facts from the U.S. Census Bureau & links to other U.S. Government Resources.

Rideshare Services For Transportation Assistance In Gynecologic Oncology: A Quality Improvement Study, Anna Jo Smith, Sam Pancoe, Mary Pat Lynch, Megan Wachlin, Kristina Powell, Stefanie N. Hinkle, Nathanael C. Koelper, Meredith Doherty, Justin E. Bekelman, Fiona Simpkins, Emily M. Ko

SKMC Student Presentations and Publications

OBJECTIVE: Transportation barriers can lead to delays in care and suboptimal treatment. Our objective was to assess the utilization of a novel transportation pilot intervention in gynecologic oncology.

METHODS: Since May 2022, we have provided donor-funded transportation to patients receiving gynecologic cancer treatment at 5 University of Pennsylvania practices. Patients are screened for transportation barriers at first visit and re-screened during care. Patients who screen positive are referred to the intervention, a HIPAA-compliant ride-sharing service. There are no income or insurance restrictions; distance was limited to 25 miles. We report descriptive statistics on ride completion, distance traveled, and cost.

RESULTS: …

Peer Support Program Evaluability Assessment, Lindsay Barclay, Daisy Muibu, Joseph K. Young, Susan Campbell, Michael Becker, Sarah Lynch, Ethan Ferguson, Willow Kreutzer

Reports, Projects, and Research

Federal Directive 1037.1 in 2013 established a peer support program for US immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Working closely with stakeholders from ICE and the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) between October 2023 and May 2024, our team at American University assessed whether a peer support program designed and implemented by ICE via this directive could be reliably and credibly evaluated. We determine that ICE's peer support program can be evaluated for two primary reasons: the program has a clearly defined logic model and theory of change making its goals testable and the …

Modeling Actinic Flux And Photolysis Frequencies In Dense Biomass Burning Plumes, Jan-Lukas Tirpitz, Santo Fedele Colosimo, Nathaniel Brockway, Robert Spurr, Matt Christi, Samuel Hall, Kirk Ullmann, Johnathan Hair, Taylor Shingler, Rodney Weber, Jack E. Dibb, Richard Moore, Elizabeth Wiggins, Vijay Natraj, Nicolas Theys, Jochen Stutz

Faculty Publications

Biomass burning (BB) affects air quality and climate by releasing large quantities of gaseous and particulate pollutants into the atmosphere. Photochemical processing during daylight transforms these emissions, influencing their overall environmental impact. Accurately quantifying the photochemical drivers, namely actinic flux and photolysis frequencies, is crucial to constraining this chemistry. However, the complex radiative transfer within BB plumes presents a significant challenge for both direct observations and numerical models.

This study introduces an expanded version of the 1D VLIDORT-QS radiative transfer (RT) model, named VLIDORT for photochemistry (VPC). VPC is designed for photochemical and remote sensing applications, particularly in BB plumes …

Assessing The Feasibility Of Using Salivary Micrornas As Biomarkers To Distinguish Between Chronic Stress And Childhood Trauma In African American Young Women In An Exploratory Pilot Study, Erica Holliday, Anisah Bagasra, Omar Bagasra, Pratima Pandey

Faculty Articles

Introduction: The current study assessed the impact of self-reported stress measures on microRNA (miRNA) profiles in saliva exosomes. Saliva is one of the most accessible and non-invasive bodily fluids and exosomal miRNAs in saliva could be useful in (1) measuring stress states and (2) distinguishing between individuals suffering from high levels of chronic stress vs. adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). miRNAs are small, noncoding RNAs that act as gene regulators. Several studies have shown differential expressions of certain miRNA in neurological diseases and in stress, post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) and anxiety. Detailed analyses of miRNA expressions and profiling of miRNAs among …

2025 High School Orchestra Festival Concert: February 14, 2025, School Of Music,

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

February 14, 2025

Friday Afternoon

2:30 p.m.