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Jessie Jia '25 Studies Class Conflicts, Identity Of Migrants In America, Jeffery Woodard

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Diet Culture On Tiktok: A Descriptive Content Analysis, Emily Munro, Gabriella Wells, Rigel Paciente, Nicole Wickens, Daniel Ta, Joelie Mandzufas, Karen Lombardi, Alix Woolard

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Objective: To investigate how dieting is portrayed on TikTok and the potential implications for public health considering the effect of diet culture on eating disorders amongst young people. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive content analysis of 250 videos from the five most popular diet-related hashtags. A codebook was developed to analyse the content of the videos and collect the engagement for each video (likes, comments and shares). Setting: TikTok website. Participants: There were no participants in this study. Results: More than half of the videos portrayed 'body checking', a potentially harmful practice for body image. Of the videos that represented body …

Re: Comment Letter For Draft Bpsou 2023 Groundwater Data Summary Report (Dated May 31, 2024), Emma Rott

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

The Elephant In The Dark Room: A Response To Fair Notice, The Rule Of Law And Reforming Qualified Immunity, Teressa E. Ravenell

Faculty Publications

In response to Professor Chapman’s Fair Notice, the Rule of Law, and Reforming Qualified Immunity, this article examines the viability of Chapman’s proposal to reform qualified immunity by focusing on the “fair notice” rationale. Chapman argues that government officials should not be shielded from liability in cases where they acted in bad faith, violated criminal laws, or engaged in conduct malum in se. This article explores whether such a proposal could meaningfully alter qualified immunity litigation and concludes that significant procedural and historical barriers make this reform unlikely to succeed.

Toward Standardized Brain Tumor Tissue Processing Protocols In Neuro-Oncology: A Perspective For Gliomas And Beyond, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Michael Mcdermott

All Publications

Implementation of standardized protocols in neurooncology during the surgical resection of brain tumors is needed to advance the clinical treatment paradigms that use tissue for diagnosis, prognosis, bio-banking, and treatment. Currently recommendations on intraoperative tissue procurement only exist for diffuse gliomas but management of other brain tumor subtypes can also benefit from these protocols. Fresh tissue from surgical resection can now be used for intraoperative diagnostics and functional precision medicine assays. A multidisciplinary neuro-oncology perspective is critical to develop the best avenues for practical standardization. This perspective from the multidisciplinary Oncology Tissue Advisory Board (OTAB) discusses current advances, future directions, …

Food Security - What It Is And Why It Matters, Makell Corry, Palak Gupta

All Current Publications

Insufficient access to safe and nutritious foods can severely impact physical, mental, and social well-being. Without proper nutrition, focus levels, energy, and immune system support can decline, leading to long-term health challenges. This fact sheet addresses the pillars of food security and reviews government programs that help address insufficient food. It also offers recommendations of ways to volunteer to address the problem in your community.

Reducing Food Waste At Home, Makell Corry, Palak Gupta, Jose Brandao

All Current Publications

As food is discarded, resources such as money and water are wasted by producing food that will not be eaten and then transporting it to landfills. There are many solutions for reducing food loss. This fact sheet reviews ways you can build successful habits to address food waste.

Recent Climate Change In Utah, 1870-2023, Scott Hotaling, Kendall Becker

All Current Publications

Climate change is impacting Utah. Forty-five years of temperature data show that Utah is steadily warming, which, in turn, is driving declines in winter snowpack, shifting the timing and amount of available water, increasing fire risk, and causing ecological change. This fact sheet addresses changes in Utah's temperature, precipitation and snowpack, streamflow, wildfire, and ecology.

Pibly Residential Programs, Inc. V. Rodriguez

All Decisions

The court dismissed the landlord's holdover petition because the notice of termination was defective. The notice failed to identify the former subtenant, who was the mother of the named respondent and the alleged licensor, rendering the notice vague and imprecise. The court found that this failure to identify "essential actors" and provide a clear, consistent basis for the proceeding made the notice unreasonable in light of the circumstances and prevented the tenant from preparing a proper defense. The proceeding was dismissed without prejudice, allowing the landlord to recommence the case with a new, proper predicate notice.

Cs Melrose Site D, Llc V. Rodriguez

All Decisions

Handwritten Opinion. The landlord initiated a holdover proceeding against the tenant, claiming the tenant failed to provide access for repairs. The tenant moved to dismiss, arguing the notice to cure was vague and insufficient to put the tenant on notice of the specific violations. The court agreed, finding that the notice lacked specific details about the dates, times, and factual circumstances of the alleged access denials. As a result, the court dismissed the case.

Semiautomated Generation Of Species-Specific Training Data From Large, Unlabeled Acoustic Datasets For Deep Supervised Birdsong Isolation, Justin Sasek, Brendan Allison, Andrea Contina, David Knobles, Preston Wilson, Timothy Keitt

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications

Background

Bioacoustic monitoring is an effective and minimally invasive method to study wildlife ecology. However, even the state-of-the-art techniques for analyzing birdsongs decrease in accuracy in the presence of extraneous signals such as anthropogenic noise and vocalizations of non-target species. Deep supervised source separation (DSSS) algorithms have been shown to effectively separate mixtures of animal vocalizations. However, in practice, recording sites also have site-specific variations and unique background audio that need to be removed, warranting the need for site-specific data.

Methods

Here, we test the potential of training DSSS models on site-specific bird vocalizations and background audio. We used a …

Historical Redlining, Contemporary Gentrification, And Severe Maternal Morbidity In California, 2005-2018, Xing Gao, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Amani M. Nuru-Jeter, Jonathan M. Snowden, Suzan L. Carmichael, Mahasin S. Mujahid

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Importance Historically redlined neighborhoods may experience disinvestment, influencing their likelihood of gentrification, a process of neighborhood (re-)development that unequally distributes harms and benefits by race and class. Understanding the combined outcomes of redlining and gentrification informs how the mutually constitutive systems of structural racism and racial capitalism affect pregnancy outcomes. Objective To examine if historical redlining and contemporary gentrification is associated with increased severe maternal morbidity (SMM) odds. Design, Setting, and Participants This cross-sectional study used data from a statewide population-based sample of all live hospital births at 20 weeks’ gestation or more between 2005 and 2018 in California. Analysis …

Strategic Stabilization Of Arousal Boosts Sustained Attention, Jan Willem De Gee, Zakir Mridha, Marisa Hudson, Yanchen Shi, Hannah Ramsaywak, Spencer Smith, Nishad Karediya, Matthew Thompson, Kit Jaspe, Hong Jiang, Wenhao Zhang, Matthew J Mcginley

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

Arousal and motivation interact to profoundly influence behavior. For example, experience tells us that we have some capacity to control our arousal when appropriately motivated, such as staying awake while driving a motor vehicle. However, little is known about how arousal and motivation jointly influence decision computations, including if and how animals, such as rodents, adapt their arousal state to their needs. Here, we developed and show results from an auditory, feature-based, sustained-attention task with intermittently shifting task utility. We use pupil size to estimate arousal across a wide range of states and apply tailored signal detection theoretic, hazard function …

Analyzing Crime Patterns Through Artificial Intelligence, Rashid Khalid Mohamed Abdalla Alhammadi

Theses

This paper examines how crime patterns affect predictive policing in Denver, Colorado. Modern crimes like cybercrime and identity theft have challenged traditional crime research methods, necessitating data-driven ones. In this context, the study examines how machine learning and AI can identify and forecast crime trends across neighborhoods, timeframes, and other aspects. The research sought to understand crime's dynamics and socioeconomic effects. The study collected data using a mixed-method approach based on questions about crime kinds, rates, and sociodemographic characteristics. A large chunk of the data came from public databases and targeted neighborhood surveys. Regression analysis, decision trees, and neural network …

Chimes: September 23, 2024, Calvin College

Chimes

Student mourns as sustainability cohort admits final class by Elisabeth Stevens

Three Grand Rapids churches submit letters of disaffiliation to the CRCNA by Grace Buller

Calvin's student population grows for second consecutive year by Ethan Meyers and Graham Kort

Rangeela 2025 pushed a week later than usual by Natasha Jayaputra

Calvin to bring facilities back in-house by Ian Tjoelker

Meet the Interim Tennis Coaches by Dillion Baumchen

Childbirth, Later-Life Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, And Health-Related Quality Of Life In Postmenopausal Women, Zailing Xing

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Introduction: The associations between childbirth and future maternal cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality have been inconclusive. Limited studies have focused on the association between childbirth and HRQoL. Objective: We aimed to examine the long-term effects of parity and age at childbirth on women's CVD and mortality based on propensity score matching. Methods: This study used data from the Women’s Health Initiative study (1993-2022). We used propensity score matching to produce matched samples, then employed multilevel Cox proportional hazard models for hazard ratios (HRs) to estimate the associations of parity and age at childbirth with CVD and mortality. We used mixed-effects …

The Centrosomal Protein Fgfr1op Controls Myosin Function In Murine Intestinal Epithelial Cells, Tihana Trsan, Vincent Peng, Takahiro E Ohara, Wandy L Beatty, Raki Sudan, Praveen Krishnamoorthy, Patrick Fernandes Rodrigues, Jose L Fachi, Gary Grajales-Reyes, Natalia Jaeger, James A J Fitzpatrick, Marina Cella, Susan Gilfillan, Marco Colonna, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Recent advances in human genetics have shed light on the genetic factors contributing to inflammatory diseases, particularly Crohn's disease (CD), a prominent form of inflammatory bowel disease. Certain risk genes associated with CD directly influence cytokine biology and cell-specific communication networks. Current CD therapies primarily rely on anti-inflammatory drugs, which are inconsistently effective and lack strategies for promoting epithelial restoration and mucosal balance. To understand CD's underlying mechanisms, we investigated the link between CD and the FGFR1OP gene, which encodes a centrosome protein. FGFR1OP deletion in mouse intestinal epithelial cells disrupted crypt architecture, resulting in crypt loss, inflammation, and fatality. …

The Composite Projection Configuration That Contains 8 Projection Configurations Which Are Collectively Configured In An Octagonal Configuration., Punarjeewa Abeysekera

Defensive Publications Series

This paper describes a composite projection configuration that contains 8 projection configurations which are collectively configured in an octagonal configuration. The composite projection configuration consists of 8 identical projection configurations. Each projection configuration will contain a video projecting display, a convex lens stack and an angled beam splitter. The composite projection configuration, by collectively utilizing the 8 identical projection configurations, will have the capability to project 8 projections onto the field of view of the user. And the composite projection configuration, by collectively utilizing the 8 projections, will have the capability to combine the 8 projections into a one single …

Spherical Radius Hanger

Defensive Publications Series

A surface wellhead assembly having an inner tubular insertable into an outer tubular, is described. A tubing hanger is provided on an outer surface of the tubing head housing for sealing between the hanger and housing. The contact sealing of tubing hanger has a shepherd.

When the inner tubular member is landed, a portion of the shepherd radius adjacent to the outer taper seal of tubing housing tapers radially inward into sealing contact when the tubing hanger or tubing housing is not perfect perpendicular.

Enduring Heroism In The Face Of Inequality And Injustice: Who Steps Up And Why?, Carol D. Ryff

Heroism Science

Enduring heroism defined as persistent efforts to confront inequality and injustice is the focus of this article. Six exemplars are considered: Harriet Tubman, Crazy Horse, Jane Addams, Mohandas Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X. Similarities and differences in their pursuits are considered and linked to the larger literature on heroism. They are also contrasted with enduring anti-heroes to elevate roles of virtue and benevolence in long-term efforts to correct societal ills. What motivates enduring heroism is a central question. A hypothesis put forth is that distinct dimensions of eudaimonic well-being – especially, purpose in life, autonomy, environmental mastery, and personal growth …

Lucindy Wiggins

African American Funeral Programs

Mrs_Lucindy_Wiggins.pdf - Death Notice for Lucindy Wiggins.

Mr. Egell Wilcox

African American Funeral Programs

Mr_Egell_Wilcox.pdf - Death notice for Egell Wilcox

Cassandra Ra'na Mathis Wilcox

African American Funeral Programs

Cassandra_Ra'na_Mathis_Wilcox.pdf - Funeral program for Cassandra Ra'na Mathis Wilcox

Sgt. Theodore Garfield White

African American Funeral Programs

Sgt_Theodore_Garfield_RemainsReturned.pdf notice of Sgt. Theodore remains being returned to Statesboro by the United States Army

Synthesis And Characterization Of Uio-66-Nh2 (Zr) Metal–Organic Frameworks: Chitosan And Its Aminated Derivatives To Remove Toxic Cr (Vi) From Industrial Wastewater, Bassma M. Ali, Zainab Ali, Elen Emad, Ragaa Ahmed, Ayat Khasawneh, Khalideh Al Bkoor Alrawashdeh, Rebhi A. Damseh, Jalal A. Al-Tabbal, Kamel K. Al-Zboon, Petros Samaras, Yasser Dessouky, Kareem Tonbol

Blue Economy

This study used adsorbent hydrogel beads on chitosan coated with the commercially prepared metal-organic framework (MOF) and its aminated derivative to chromium (VI) ions from their aqueous solutions. Higher removal (%) and higher adsorption capacity values were recorded using chitosan and its aminated derivatives, UiO-66-NH₂ (Zr) (0.5 % CS) adsorbent (87 % and 95 mgg^-1), respectively, compared with those using CS adsorbent (86% and 93 mg/g using 1% CS); contact time was 180 min, with maximum removal (%) reaching 87% and maximum adsorption capacity of 95 mgg^-1. The pH of the studied medium was in …

Scientific Programs In The Arab Media - Reality And Gap, Najm Abed Khalaf Aleessawi

Middle East Journal of Communication Studies

The article aimed to reveal the level of Arab media coverage of specialized scientific topics and to know the actual need for such programs, especially with the tremendous developments in various fields of life. The descriptive analytical approach was adopted, and a questionnaire tool was used, which was distributed to (205) Arab academics and researchers who were selected by a simple random sampling method. The study found that coverage of scientific programs in the Arab media at the local level is not at the required level. Social media platforms are the most widely used media means for accessing scientific programs …

Community-Led Climate Preparedness And Resilience In Boston: New Evidence From Communities Of Color, Katsyris Rivera-Kientz, Rosalyn Negron, Lorena Estrada-Martínez, Nyingilanyeofori Hannah Brown, Chidimma Ozor Commer, Mahesh Admankar, Jessica Lillquist, Nicholas Johnson, Racheal Inegbedion, Paul Watanabe

Sustainable Solutions Lab

Communities of color have been historically excluded and marginalized in the ongoing conversations about climate preparedness and resilience at local, national, and global levels. Using focus groups composed of Boston communities of color (Asian American, Black, Latino, and Native American), this study aimed to understand their perspectives on climate change, providing in-depth knowledge of its impact and their views on preparedness and resilience. Research shows that these communities have long been concerned about climate change and emphasize the urgent need to improve climate preparedness. A multi-pronged approach is crucial: listening to communities of color to leverage local knowledge and leadership, …

University Ranks Among 'Great Colleges To Work For' For 15th Year, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is again one of the nation's "Great Colleges to Work For," according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Hispanic Heritage Percussion Recital, Arkansas State University Department Of Music

Performance Programs

No abstract provided.

Tree Diversity Across The Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area In Relation To Climate And Social Vulnerability, Adrienne B. Keller, Leslie A. Brandt, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Joseph F. Knight, Sarah E. Hobbie

Michigan Tech Publications

Urban tree canopy cover is often unequally distributed across cities such that more socially vulnerable neighborhoods often have lower tree canopy cover than less socially vulnerable neighborhoods. However, how the diversity and composition of the urban canopy affect the nature of social-ecological benefits (and burdens), including the urban forest's vulnerability to climate change, remains underexamined. Here, we synthesize tree inventories developed by multiple organizations and present a species-specific, geolocated database of more than 600,000 urban trees across the 7-county Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) metropolitan area in the Upper Midwest of the United States. We find that tree diversity across the MSP …