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Through The Lens Of Expanded Scope Of Practice: Training Requirements For Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception Across The United States, Taylor Clark, Ioana Sandru, Samantha Kunkel, Sarah Lynch

Pharmacy Faculty Scholarship

Thirty-one U.S. states and the District of Columbia currently authorize pharmacists to prescribe hormonal contraception. Expansion of pharmacist scope of practice into areas such as contraceptive prescribing represents an extension beyond traditional baseline licensure authority. As a result, jurisdictions frequently require additional training to address competency, patient safety, and liability considerations. Because regulation of pharmacy practice occurs at the state level, training requirements vary across jurisdictions. State boards of pharmacy websites and publicly available regulatory materials were reviewed to identify training requirements for pharmacists authorized to prescribe hormonal contraception. Relevant statutes, regulations, and prescribing protocols were examined. Identified requirements were …

First Course Portfolio For Plpt 803 Fundamentals Of Scientific Discovery, Hernan Garcia-Ruiz

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

PLPT 803 Fundamentals of Scientific discovery is a new curse in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I designed and developed this course from the ground up. Initially, it was offered as a special topic (PLPT 892-014) for four years. PLPT 803 was approved by the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources curriculum committee in September of 2025. PLPT 803 is unique within the University of Nebraska system and will be offered for the first time in the fall of 2027. The course is designed for students to learn fundamental scientific skills such as scrutinize, …

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American Indian Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Tribal Nations As Lords Of The Fee: A Common Law Argument For Tribal Discretion In Spending Federal Forfeiture Funds, Kent A. Anderson

American Indian Law Journal

Federal criminal forfeiture is a powerful tool meeting at the nexus of criminal law and property law. Courts justify its use based on its English common law history. After seizing and selling assets, the federal government doles out payments from its Assets Forfeiture Fund to cooperating law enforcement agencies through equitable sharing agreements that bind recipients to use funds for law enforcement purposes. Tribal Nations have compelling legal and policy arguments for their entitlement to greater access to and discretion over forfeiture funds obtained through seizures in Indian country. These legal arguments are grounded in: (1) federal criminal forfeiture’s failure …

September 2024 – August 2025 Case Law On American Indians, Thomas P. Schlosser

American Indian Law Journal

No abstract provided.

New Applications Of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Parameters Characterize Age-Related Changes In Exercise Performance During Adolescence, Katerina Kourpas, Takeshi Tsuda

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Age-related changes in exercise performance during adolescence are complex because of progressive physical and functional changes, in which multiple factors are involved.

METHODS: Peak and submaximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters were studied in healthy children and adolescents.

RESULTS: TTotal 303 subjects were divided into six groups by ages and sex: ≤11 years old (yo) (28/22 for males/females), 12–15 yo (61/98), and ≥16 yo (52/42). Rest and peak heart rate (HR) were comparable in all groups. Absolute peak values of oxygen consumption (˙ VO2), work rate (WR), and oxygen pulse (OP) were higher in older age groups in both …

The Power Of Secondary Patents: Measuring The Effect Of Key Secondary Patent Types On Granted Protection Period And Generic Entry Time, Robin Feldman, Ramy Alsaffar, Tanziuzzaman Sakib, Gideon Schor, Vaughn Goehrig, Beatrice Goddu

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Meaning Of Ai And Its Implications For Antitrust Law, Giovanna Massarotto

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Doing Doctorates Differently: Creating A Multi-Dimensional Doctoral Object, Claire Walsh

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Creating a 'multi-dimensional doctoral object' was a creative research activity developed for Doing Doctorates Differently. The piece explored how doctoral thought might be encountered as a material, spatial and dimensional object rather than only as written argument. Working with fragments from five years of doctoral notes, the activity considered how a thesis accumulates, tears, folds, exceeds, and re-forms through the pressures of study.The work asks what happens when a doctorate is not treated as a linear document moving toward completion, but as a multi-dimensional object in formation: part archive, part method, part conceptual experiment. Through acts of cutting, arranging, layering …

3100 Brighton 2nd Street Owner Llc V Iavarone

All Decisions

In this nonpayment proceeding, the tenant's rent-stabilized apartment showed an unexplained DHCR rent increase of more than 200% between tenancies about 15 years ago. The court grants the tenant's motion for discovery, holding that although such lookback discovery would once have required a colorable claim of fraud, recent changes in the law make this rent history information discoverable and relevant.

Stanley Avenue Preservation Llc V Barcliff

All Decisions

In this nonpayment proceeding involving a RAD/PACT-converted building, the court grants the tenant partial summary judgment. NYCHA records showed the tenant's lease began November 1, 2024, so arrears predating that date are dismissed without prejudice and severed for a separate plenary action against the former tenant of record - the tenant's now-deceased mother.

Windermere Owners, Llc V. Tarantino

All Decisions

In this rent-stabilized holdover for failure to sign a renewal lease, the court grants respondent's motion to dismiss because the lease offer was improper: the landlord did not truly offer the option of choosing a one- or two-year term, the proposed lease was on a form not approved by DHCR, and the landlord instructed respondent to return the lease within 10 days (contrary to the RSC). The court rejects respondent's argument that she is not obligated to sign a lease as a rent-stabilized SRO tenant, and denies her motion to consolidate for failure to identify common issues of law and …

A Large Language Model-Based Analysis Of Vulnerability Discovery In Windows Software, Puya Pakshad, Samson Quaye, Jamal Al-Karaki, Marwan Omar, Maurice E. Dawson

All Works

Source code security auditing is essential before software release in order to identify programming faults that may lead to vulnerabilities and functional failures. In this paper, we present a structured security assessment of the Windows App SDK by integrating multiple static analysis tools with a context-aware and disagreement-aware Large Language Model (LLM) interpretation layer. Although static analyzers are effective in reporting potential weaknesses, their raw outputs often contain redundant alerts, limited contextual explanation, and inconsistent severity assignments. To address these limitations, the proposed LLM-based interpretation layer normalizes and de-duplicates alerts, filters context-limited or nonactionable warnings, and refines severity prioritization under …

Social Influencers Reduce Infection Burden And Modify Epidemic Lag In Group-Structured Populations, Aja Sutton, Adam Z. Reynolds, Matthew A. Turner, James Holland Jones

Publications, Reports and Presentations

The impact of online social influence on social learning, health behaviour and population health is a new, rapidly developing area of study. Previous research focused specifically on digital influencers suggests they may be able to affect group-level diffusion of health-protective behaviours such that they modify epidemic outcomes. However, formal models have yet to test the intuitive hypothesis that the effect of digital influencers is sufficient to generate tangible real-world effects on epidemics. We develop an agent-based model that incorporates digital influencers into an epidemic scenario to test hypotheses about how competing influence messages affect the diffusion of health-protective behaviours throughout …

Mimica, Sean Lai, Gurprasaad Hora, Stephanie Campos

Computer Science and Engineering Senior Theses

Language barriers remain a significant obstacle to natural human communication, limiting access to healthcare, business, travel, and daily social interaction for billions of people worldwide. Existing translation solutions such as smartphone applications and earpiece devices address the functional problem of converting words between languages but fail to preserve the speaker’s voice identity, require hands-on interaction, or depend on proprietary device ecosystems. These limitations disrupt the natural flow of conversation and reduce the human quality of cross-lingual communication.

Mimica is a real-time wearable translation necklace designed to address these shortcomings. Built around an ESP32-S3 microcontroller with an integrated microphone and speaker, …

Life-Stage Specific Predatory Efficiency Of 2 Generalist Predators Of Bemisia Tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), Itohan Aigbedion-Atalor, Abdelmutalab G. Azrag, Alvin M. Simmons, Jason M. Schmidt

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is an economically damaging invasive pest to global vegetable production. Current management strategies rely heavily on insecticides, but increasing levels of resistance raise sustainability concerns. Therefore, strengthening integrated pest management (IPM) programs requires enhancing biocontrol through improved predator-pest interactions. Despite the well-established relevance of functional response modulation by multiple environmental factors, limited research has explored how plant traits and prey life stages interact to influence the efficiency of generalist predators in vegetable systems. To address this gap, we evaluated the functional responses of 2 adult generalist predators, Hippodamia convergens (Guérin-Méneville) and Geocoris punctipes (Say), against 3 nymphal …

Renoprotective Effects Of Eta Receptor Blockade And Aminophylline In Neonatal Rat Model Of Hypoxic Kidney Injury, Neha Kapasi-Gregor, Preetha Prazad, Gospodin Stefanov, Seema Brijal

Advocate GME

No abstract provided.

Multimodal Pediatric Resuscitation Training In Guam, Ashley Czworniak

Advocate GME

No abstract provided.

The Basketball Player Performance Analysis And Game Strategy Of Optimization, Khalid Juma Obaid Ghabish Yaqoub

Theses

NBA games generate a lot of data, thanks to tracking technologies like SportVU and Second Spectrum. This thesis will used this data to help understand player performance, team strategies, and game outcomes. We use advanced statistics and machine learning techniques to analyze player performance, like how efficiently they shoot (eFG%), their overall impact on the game (PER), and how much of the team's offense they use (USG%). We can also visualize shot charts to see where players tend to shoot from. Looking at team-level data, we can analyze offensive and defensive ratings, how well teams pass the ball, and how …

James Atkinson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

A Cross-Sectional Analysis Of The Vaginal Microenvironment In Rheumatoid Arthritis, Marlyd E Mejia, Savannah Bowman, Jessica Lee, Ali El-Halwagi, Keshia Ferguson, Maryjo Maliekel, Yixuan Zhou, Camille Serchejian, Clare M Robertson, Mallory B Ballard, Lee B Lu, Sobia Khan, Olubunmi O Oladunjoye, Shixia Huang, Sandeep K Agarwal, Kathryn A Patras

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The human microbiota is implicated in the development and progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Given the increased RA burden in women and well-known correlations between the vaginal microbiota and local inflammation, we seek to understand the vaginal microenvironment in the context of RA pathology. Self-collected vaginal swabs and questionnaires on dietary, menstrual, and health information were obtained from 36 RA and 50 demographically-matched control women, 18–63 years of age. Medication regimen, along with disease activity and severity, was captured for the RA cohort. Vaginal swabs were subjected to long-read 16S rRNA gene sequencing, multiplex cytokine analyses, and quantification of rheumatoid …

Ai Insurance Chatbots And Phygital Service Engagement: The Triadic Impact Of Trust-Anxiety-Complexity- On Aging Consumers, Rajat Subhra Chatterjee, Bindu Singh, Ranjan Chaudhuri, Sheshadri Chatterjee, Demetris Vrontis, Pantea Foroudi

Plymouth Business School

This study examines elderly consumers’ perceptions of the design of AI insurance chatbot services in a phygital context. Drawing on the extended reality technology (ERT) framework and the stimulus–organism–response (SOR) model, it explores the cognitive–affective dynamics shaping chatbot adoption in a sensitive service setting. Data were collected from 396 elderly consumers of major insurance companies in Malaysia and analysed using structural equation modelling to assess mediating and moderating effects. Findings show that perceived trust critically mediates the relationship between cognitive factors and chatbot adoption. Technology anxiety and perceived complexity strongly moderate the trust–usage relationship, confirming a triadic interaction. The study …

Context, Cell Phones & Critical Action: A Multi-Method Approach To Documenting Facilitators Of Online Youth Activism, Mariah Kornbluh, Ellen Middaugh, Sherry Bell, Gabi Garcia

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Young people are increasingly forming and expressing civic identities in digital spaces. Yet, digital media literacy interventions have had limited success translating these competencies into sociopolitical action and, in some cases, may even constrain youth online civic engagement. This sequential mixed-methods study examines factors shaping youth online critical action using panel survey data (n = 704), followed by qualitative re-analysis of interviews (n = 23) with youth aged 15–24 to further unpack patterns identified in the survey findings. Guided by critical consciousness and neo-ecological frameworks, quantitative findings indicate that exposure to digital media education, particularly instruction focused on researching and …

Body Mass Index, Clinical Outcomes, And Mortality In Heart Failure: A Mendelian Randomization Study, Nicholas Sunderland, Douglas L Mann, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Excess adiposity, most commonly indexed through body mass index (BMI), is strongly associated with the development of heart failure (HF). Weight loss therapies improve outcomes in patients with obesity and HF with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), but their effects in HF with reduced LVEF remain unclear.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this work is to determine whether higher BMI is associated with adverse clinical outcomes in patients with HF and whether there is effect modification by LVEF subgroup.

METHODS: Two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) was used, with genome-wide significant loci associated with BMI as instrumental variables and outcome data …

Diabetes Mellitus Exacerbates Covid-19 Severity And Prolongs Recovery: A Clinical Study From Southern Iraq, Hussein Ali Hussein Al-Hchaimi, Mohammad Ali Hassan Jassim, Mustafa Abbass, Shahab Abdulla, Ralela Makline

AUIQ Complementary Biological System

Diabetes mellitus (DM) constitutes one of the most consequential comorbidities shaping the clinical trajectory of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), operating through intersecting mechanisms of chronic inflammation, endothelial injury, and immunosuppression that collectively amplify viral pathogenicity. This study investigated the impact of diabetes type on COVID-19 symptom severity, hospitalization duration, and recovery time among patients in Nasiriyah City, southern Iraq — a region substantially underrepresented in the global DM–COVID-19 literature. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted across healthcare facilities in Nasiriyah City from 2023 to 2024. A total of 150 hospitalized adult patients carrying confirmed diagnoses of both COVID-19 and type …

Enhancing Occupational Comfort And Energy Performance In Administrative Buildings Through Thermochromic Glazing And Upvc Curtain Wall Systems, Sherihan Adel, Esraa E. Abu-Elenain

HBRC Journal

This study investigates the influence of curtain wall façade systems—defined as non-structural glazed enclosures—on workplace comfort and energy performance in administrative buildings in Cairo, Egypt. The research addresses the limited understanding of how façade orientation and the integration of sustainable materials affect building performance in hot-arid climates. The focus is on the role of Unplasticized Polyvinyl Chloride (UPVC) frames and thermochromic glazing in enhancing thermal, visual, and acoustic comfort. A mixed-methods approach was applied, combining 600 occupant questionnaires from six office buildings with performance simulations using DesignBuilder (v6.1.0.006). The findings showed that west- and southwest-facing façades provided poor daylighting and …

Transforming School Climate And Culture Through Restorative Practices, Dr. Tiffany Richardson, Andrea Smith-Ward

Southeast Conference on School Climate

Across the nation, schools are striving to strengthen climate, culture, and student behavior amid increasing social-emotional needs and complex classroom challenges. Many campuses rely on traditional, punitive disciplinary systems that address the symptoms of misbehavior but not the underlying causes. Restorative Practices offer a powerful, research-based alternative—one that builds relationships, fosters accountability, and creates school environments where students feel valued, connected, and supported. This session, led by Dr. Tiffany Richardson, an award-winning principal and recognized leader in restorative implementation, will demonstrate how Restorative Practices can transform the culture of an entire school community.

Drawing from more than two decades of …

A Semantic Study Of Aerial And Terrestrial Spaces In The Aviation Narratives Of J. Kessel And A. De Saint-Exupéry, Nadia Bouqallal

Bouhout

This article offers a semantic analysis of aerial and terrestrial spaces in the aviation narratives of Joseph Kessel and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It shows that these two spaces function as opposing poles that shape the heroes’ actions, values, and inner quests. Aerial space is associated with emptiness, altitude, evasion, freedom, elevation, and purification, whereas terrestrial space is linked to fullness, depth, suffocation, malaise, heaviness, and materiality. The study also notes that some terrestrial spaces, especially the desert and wild regions, may acquire positive values when they reconnect the hero with purity, simplicity, and a form of spiritual freedom. The article …

Reflections On The Poetic Narrative, Abdeslam El Ouzzani

Bouhout

This article reflects on the notion of poetic narrative and on the relationship between prosaic language and poetic language in modern literary discourse. It questions the conventional separation between narrative and poetry and argues that poetic narrative is not simply a novel decorated with poetic effects, but a form in which narrative structure, symbolic language, and poetic procedures interact organically. Drawing in particular on Abdelkebir Khatibi’s Amour bilingue, the article examines how poeticity operates at macrostructural and microstructural levels through fragmentation, the destabilization of linear narration, shifts in voice, and the tension between identity and alterity. It presents poetic narrative …

Some Aspects Of Topic Shifting In Moroccan Arabic, Lhoussine Oumazane

Bouhout

This paper examines conversational topic shifting in Moroccan Arabic, focusing on the markers and devices speakers use to move from one topic to another within the same interaction. After reviewing relevant literature and methodology, it distinguishes several forms of topic shift, including genuine topic shifts, sub-topic shifts, and topic recycling. The analysis identifies markers such as pauses, genuine topic-shift utterances, attention-getting devices, and topic-recycling markers, and discusses their discourse functions. The study shows that topic-shift markers do not perform a single function only, but help structure conversation, introduce new referents, manage interaction, and delimit useful units for discourse analysis.