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Use Of Finerenone For Chronic Kidney Disease In Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study At A Large Health System, Robert D. Beckett

Parkview Pharmacy Department

Presented at the Midyear Clinical Meeting.

While most patients met individual KDIGO finerenone initiation criteria, fewer than one-third met all guideline recommended parameters. Guideline directed K+ monitoring following initiation was underperformed, highlighting a need for improved follow up Procedures.

Evaluation And Reduction Of Pediatric Precaution Alert Volume Across A Large Community Health System, Sarah Ferrell Pharmd

Parkview Pharmacy Department

Presented at the Midyear Clinical Meeting.

This evaluation found the potential to remove 15,174 alerts per year. Based off a physician spending a median of 8 seconds processing an alert, a reduction of 15,174 alerts per year saves about 34 hours of physician work-time per year.

Stool Rules: Evaluation Of Fidaxomicin Use Before And After Formulary Addition And Implementation Of Use Criteria, Anna Koeva Pharmd

Pharmacy Residency

Presented at the Midyear Clinical Meeting.

This evaluation found that appropriate use of fidaxomicin improved after addition to formulary with use restrictions, along with a decrease in 30-day CDI recurrence.

Naloxone Addition To The Nursing Admission Order Set: A Retrospective Review, Sydney Pelnick Pharmd

Pharmacy Residency

Presented at the Midyear Clinical Meeting

Nurse access to naloxone improved after implementation of standing order. Post-implementation outcomes demonstrated more appropriate use of naloxone. An increase in opioid utilization within 12 hours of naloxone supports a greater use for intended purpose.

Catch Flights, Not Rsv: Real-World Evaluation Of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Rsv) Vaccine Use In Maternal And Older Adult Populations, Afamefuna Nzekwe

Pharmacy Residency

Present at the Midyear Clinical Meeting.

This evaluation found that most vaccinated patients met criteria. About 1/3 of newborns received RSV protection, but post-birth nirsevimab use could not be confirmed for non-Parkview patients.

Evaluating A Clinical Pharmacist's Role In An Internal Medicine Graduate Medical Education Primary Care Residency Clinic, Le Thien Truc Pham Pharmd

Pharmacy Residency

Presented at the Midyear Clinical Meeting

Approximately 98% of all survey participants were satisfied with the clinical pharmacy services. Diabetes management was found to be the most valuable pharmacy service.

Etl/Elt Pipeline – Dataflow, Huzaifa Bin Tariq, Sameed Khatri, Hazim Ghulam Farooq, Ammar Lokhandwala, Kunal Kumar

BSCS Final Year Projects

Today’s organizations deal with huge amounts of data every day, and they need efficient systems to move, clean, and organize that data for analysis. But in many cases, the data pipelines in place are rigid and overloaded with manual coding and scripting. This not only makes the process slow and tedious but also leaves room for inefficiencies and delays. Our project introduces a Hybrid ETL/ELT Data Processing Pipeline that provides manual control with intelligent recommendations. The system analyzes metadata such as data size, structure, and transformation complexity to recommend the best strategy (ETL or ELT), while users retain full control …

Masthead, Volume 75 Issue 3 (2025)

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

True Threats And The Neuroscience Of Fear, Paul E. Mcgreal

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Expressive Power Of Protecting Intimate Privacy: A Comparative Study Of Legal And Platform Measures, Danielle Keats Citron, Jonathon W. Penney, Alexis Shore Ingber

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Agencies, Appropriations, And Abortions: The Use Of Federal Funds In The Post-Dobbs World, Nathaniel Gray Sommers

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Deepfakes, Deep Skepticism, And The Privacy Dividends Of A Default Of Distrust, Marc Jonathan Blitz

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Tribute To Professor Kevin C. Mcmunigal, Michael Scharf

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Waive Goodbye To Corporate Accountability? Reforming The Federal Arbitration Act To Protect Consumers With Small-Value Claims, Matthew Matolka

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Under The Influence: Duties, Deception, Disclosures, And Due Diligence Of Social Media Influencers, Arianna Kiaei

Washington and Lee Law Review

The encroachment of social media into the daily lives of society reflects a major shift in consumer behavior. As social media moves from providing platforms of narrow connectivity among friends and family to social connection beyond one’s personal network, novel channels are being formed for consumers to absorb and share information. It opens opportunity for corporations to market their products beyond traditional methods and establishes the “influencer” sharing personal thoughts and recommendations on such products.

Social media’s immense purchasing power has a direct effect on the decision-making processes of individuals and the profit margins of corporations, and thus, the capacity …

Parent Social Media Use And Gaming On Mobile Phones, Technoference In Family Time, And Parenting Stress., Brandon Mcdaniel, Alison K. Ventura, Michelle Drouin

Health Services and Informatics Research

Possible effects of parent phone use on parent–child interactions and child behavior are of concern, warranting research to understand parent phone use. In this survey study of 183 families with a young child (M = 2.89 years), we examined parents’ phone use for texting/calling, social media (SM) use, mobile gaming (MG), and perceptions of cutting into family time; we also examined differences between mothers and fathers and associations with parenting stress. Mothers engaged in greater SM use but less MG compared to fathers; 61% of mothers and 38% of fathers used SM 31+ min per day, while 23% of …

University And Law School Personnel, South Dakota Law Review

South Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Information About The Law School, South Dakota Law Review

South Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

State Recalcitrance Strategies For Resisting The Federal Government, Travis L. Letellier

South Dakota Law Review

States resist federal encroachments on their sovereignty. This recalcitrance has been buoyed by the renewed federalism jurisprudence of the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts. Research into state sovereignty typically arranges recalcitrance actions by the policy issue under discussion. This article takes a novel approach and instead evaluates state recalcitrance according to common strategies employed by political actors across the political spectrum. State recalcitrance strategies are categorized into four menu options: (1) Ignore It Exists, (2) Sanctuary Jurisdictions, (3) Pick a Fight, and (4) Political Posturing. The article recognizes these strategies are not mutually exclusive and concludes that the proposed menu of …

Parent & Family Newsletter, March 2025, Illinois State University, Parent And Family Services

Parent & Family Newsletter

Parent and Family Newsletter

Abortion On The Ballot: How Direct Democracy Shapes Abortion Policy Post-Dobbs, Serena E. Klebba

Honors Theses

Since the return of abortion policy to the states following Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), sixteen states have considered ballot measures addressing core questions of abortion access. Distinct from pre-2022 initiatives, these recent measures present binary choices on issues such as viability-based access, six-week bans, and the existence or repudiation of a right to abortion in state constitutions. Although existing scholarship generally frames initiatives and referendums as mechanisms that enhance congruence between public opinion and policy outcomes, this focus overlooks the broader effects of direct democratic processes on voters. I hypothesize that there is something unique in the …

The Anatomy Of A Reconstruction: From Fourier Space To Image Recovery In Computed Tomography, Charlotte P. Maurer

Honors Theses

This thesis develops the mathematical foundations of computed tomography (CT) reconstruction through the lens of harmonic analysis. Beginning with the Schwartz class, we introduce the Fourier transform and its role in expressing the Radon transform and its inversion via a fractional Laplacian. After constructing the Radon transform in general dimension R^d, we specialize to the cases d = 2 and d = 3, demonstrating explicit inversion formulas and the associated instability in lower dimensions. For its computational advantages, we study filtered back-projection using classical low-pass filters (Ram-Lak, Shepp–Logan, Cosine, Gaussian) and formulate a discrete reconstruction algorithm grounded in …

Predicting Human Steering From Optic Flow Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks, Katie E. Bernard

Honors Theses

Human driving is a complex visuomotor task and the specific visual clues that guide it remain under investigation. While prior research has emphasized gaze-based strategies such as the Tangent Point and Future Path hypotheses, recent evidence highlights the potential role of optic flow, the visual motion pattern perceived during self-movement, as critical to steering ability. This thesis explores whether raw optic flow alone can support accurate predictions of human steering behavior. We trained a convolutional neural network to map optic flow vector fields to steering angles in a virtual reality driving simulation. The dataset, collected by Giguere et al., included …

The International Transracial Adoption Effect: Measuring The Well-Being Of Korean Adoptees Vs. Non-Adopted Korean Americans, Grace H. Jones

Honors Theses

In this study, I examine the differences in well-being and long-term outcomes between adopted and non-adopted Korean Americans. The vast majority of adopted Korean Americans are placed with white, heterosexual couples, positioning them in a unique position in American society. While they are raised in white families and often disconnected from Korean culture, they are still perceived and treated as Asian by society. Scholars refer to this tension as the transracial adoptee paradox. This study explores how that paradox affects both economic and non-economic outcomes. The analysis finds that adopted Koreans tend to earn higher incomes than their non-adopted peers, …

Microbial Degradation Of Kelp-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter In The Context Of Carbon Sequestration, Sophia N. Riazi-Sekowski

Honors Theses

Kelp, or brown algae, is an emerging form of ocean-based biological carbon dioxide removal, converting dissolved CO2 into organic molecules via photosynthesis. The export of detritus and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from coastal beds to beyond the continental shelf contributes to carbon sequestration, especially through the microbial production of refractory DOC (RDOC). The influence of microbial degradation on kelp-derived DOC is not yet well understood, contributing to inconsistency in carbon sequestration estimates. This study utilizes dark bottle incubations of both blades and holdfasts from two farmed kelp species in the Gulf of Maine — Saccharina latissima and Saccharina angustissima — …

See The Trees, Then The Forest: Tensions And Alignments In Parent-Teacher Relationships Within Maine’S Special Education System, Leila H. Low

Honors Theses

To examine relationships between parents and teachers within the special education system, the present research utilizes Bronfenbrenner’s (1977) ecological systems theory to understand how these relationships are influenced by interconnected systems, ranging from immediate school-level interactions to wider institutional and cultural contexts. Research has found that despite efforts to keep parents involved in the education process, barriers to full support of special education students often exist, such as the capacity of school systems and disagreements between parties (Leiter & Wyngaarden Krauss, 2004). Regardless of policies promoting parental inclusion, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), inequities in geography, …

Optimizing Radial Interfaces For Eye-Movement Authentication On Smartphones, Trey V. Tuscai

Honors Theses

Radial authentication interfaces offer privacy-preserving, calibration-free eye-movement authentication. While their effectiveness has been demonstrated on large displays, their performance on smartphones remains underexplored. This study investigates seven radial interface configurations on the iPhone 13, varying the number of radial indicators and password lengths to examine trade-offs between accuracy, security, and entry time. Through a controlled eye-tracking experiment with 27 participants, we evaluate each configuration’s performance and collect user prioritizations of the three factors. Our findings reveal that shorter passwords with fewer indicators improve speed and accuracy but reduce security, while longer configurations enhance security at the cost of usability. Based …

The Value Of A Vote: Vote Pivotality Information And Its Impact On Voter Willingness To Accept, Nicholas J. Sickinger

Honors Theses

A variety of factors influence the decision to participate in a democratic election or not. This paper explores one of these factors: an individual’s perceived pivotality. I explore how people assess the value of their vote when they are informed about the likelihood that their vote will be pivotal. To do so, I conduct an online voting experiment where subjects participate in three different stylized elections: a marginal election, a landslide election, and an uninformed election (where the voter distribution is unclear to participants). I elicit participants’ vote valuations and compare them across election conditions and demographic groups using both …

Deconstructing The Greenium: Exploring Mispricing In The Green Bond Market, Koto Yamada

Honors Theses

This paper investigates the sources and conditions under which the greenium – a yield discount observed for green bonds relative to comparable conventional bonds – appears in global fixed income markets. Using a dataset of over 26,000 bonds issued between 2012 and 2024 across 37 countries and 5,400 firms, I find that the existence of the greenium is highly context-dependent, shaped by factors such as issuer reputation, institutional trust, and green capital allocation across sectors. Repeat green issuers receive yield discounts of up to 57 basis points, particularly in the EU and Nordic countries, where strong climate policies and disclosure …

“Off To Greek Camp”: A History And Examination Of Greek America And Its Adaptation Of American Summer Camp Culture, Julia J. Walsh

Honors Theses

Camps are one of the most distinct institutions of American childhood, offering children a place to socialize and explore their identities. Since the late 19th century, camps have been used to inspire religious, social, and ethnic identity. Extensive research has been done into some kinds of summer camps, this thesis attempts to add to this literature through analysis of Greek Orthodox Summer Camp programs run under the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (The Metropolis of Boston Camp and Ionian Village). This dissertation examines the role of the modern religious summer camp in building and maintaining Greek American and Greek Orthodox …