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2024-09-26 Faculty Welfare & Concerns Committee Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., Faculty Welfare & Concerns Committee.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Welfare & Concerns Committee meeting minutes from September 26, 2024.

Untargeted Metabolomic Biomarker Discovery For The Detection Of Ectopic Pregnancy, Ismail Mert, Robert A Quinn, Ray O Bahado-Singh, Stewart F Graham

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in the first trimester. Using an untargeted metabolomic approach, we sought to identify putative plasma biomarkers using tandem liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for the detection of tubal EP. This case-control study included the prospective recruitment of 50 tubal EP cases and 50 early intrauterine pregnancy controls. To avoid over-fitting, logistic regression models were developed in a randomly selected discovery group (30 cases vs. 30 controls) and validated in the test group (20 cases vs. 20 controls). In total, 585 mass spectral features were detected, of which 221 molecular features …

Using Syndromic Surveillance For Unintentional And Undetermined Intent Drowning Surveillance In A Large Metropolitan Area, Nicholas Peoples, Elizabeth A Camp, Ned Levine

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

INTRODUCTION: A drowning definition is available for use with National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) data. However, its accuracy in capturing drowning emergency department and urgent care visits at the regional level is unknown. We tested the ability of the syndromic surveillance (SS) definition in capturing unintentional and undetermined intent drowning (UUID) and describe UUID SS visit trends in a large metropolitan area.

METHODS: We applied the drowning definition to NSSP data from 2016 to 2022 for the 8-county metropolitan Houston region. We queried the dataset for UUID ICD-10-CM codes and manually reviewed the chief complaint (CC) and discharge diagnosis (DD) …

Molecular Testing Of Environmental Samples As A Potential Source To Estimate Parasite Infection, Ruben Cimino, Alejandro Krolewiecki, Natalia Montellano Duran, Jacob Edwin Valera Aspetty, Paola Andrea Vargas, Chiara Cássia Oliveira Amorim, Stefan Michael Geiger, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Juan David Ramirez, Luz Marina Llangarí-Arizo, Irene Guadalupe, Liliana E Villanueva-Lizama, Julio Vladimir Cruz-Chan, María Leticia Ojeda, Eva Mereles Aranda, Sandra Ocampos Benedetti, Maritza Dalí Camones Rivera, Eddyson Montalvo Sabino, Carlos Pineda, Eric J Wetzel, Philip J Cooper

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

We discuss the potential usefulness of molecular testing of soil, dust, and water samples to detect medically important parasites, and where such testing could be used to supplement stool sampling in humans. A wide variety of parasites including protozoa and helminths, many of which are zoonotic, have an important infection reservoir in the environment. In some cases, this environmental period is essential for further parasite development. We describe the progress in implementing methods for the molecular detection of these parasites in soil across eight collaborating centers in Latin America and represent a variety of potential applications in improving our understanding …

British Columbia Teachers’ Beliefs And Experiences On Implementing Social And Emotional Learning, Lori Larkin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a school-based educational intervention aimed at helping children and youth develop competencies to promote positive academic growth, behavior, and development. The success of the SEL intervention depends on several factors beyond the curriculum, including the role of teachers, the quality of the SEL implementation, and the classroom and school context. While research on the teachers’ role in successful SEL implementation has been conducted, less is known about how SEL is implemented in an impoverished and diverse school context in British Columbia in Northern Canada. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to explore …

Relationship Between Opioid Treatment And Nonpharmacological Chronic Pain Management Interventions And Perceived Effectiveness Of Managing Chronic Pain In African American Adults, Bona Eze

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Chronic pain impacts all areas of life for most Americans, but the issue is particularly salient among African Americans (AAs) as they face adverse pain outcomes. There is little understanding of pain management strategies used by AAs to inform pain management recommendations. The purpose of this study, guided by the COM-B model and biopsychosocial theory, was to determine if there were a relationships between opioid treatment and perceived effectiveness of managing chronic pain in AA adults who are 18 years and older as well as between nonpharmacological interventions (physical therapy, chiropractic care, talk therapy, self-management program, yoga, massage) and perceived …

Succession Planning In Small Businesses In Ohio, Sharon E. Williams

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Although small businesses are vital to job creation within their communities, over half fail within 5 years of opening. Small business owners needing succession plans are likelier to see their businesses fail. Grounded in the succession planning theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore succession planning strategies small business owners use to sustain their businesses beyond 5 years after owner succession. The participants were four small business owners in Cleveland, Ohio, who successfully sustained their businesses beyond 5 years after owner succession. Data was collected using semistructured interviews and a review of company succession planning …

Relationship Between Shortage Of Nursing Staff And Covid-19 Mortality And Infection In Rural And Urban Nursing Homes In The State Of Minnesota, Annam Asif Inayatullah

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic posed challenges for nursing homes in the United States, including those in Minnesota, due to shortages of nursing staff and the impact on resident care quality. This study aimed to assess the relationship between nursing staff shortages and COVID-19 mortality and infections among nursing home residents in Minnesota. The analysis used data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services public database, considering rural and urban locations. The independent variables were nursing staff shortages, and the dependent variables were COVID-19 total resident deaths and COVID-19 total resident infections in nursing homes in Minnesota. Following the Donabedian theory, …

Discovering Factors That Influence Young African American Males' (18-25) Satisfaction With And Trust In Northeast Ohio Police, Timothy David Finucan Jr

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Police officers have been known to use excessive force and abuse their powers during encounters with young African American males (ages 18 to 25), which may lead to lower perception levels of police. This study provides crucial information for criminal justice professionals about the psychological and demographic factors that influence young African American males’ perceptions of police. The purpose of this study was to analyze these factors that influence how young African American males perceive law enforcement after having an encounter with the police and how to make future encounters more pleasurable. The research question in this study was used …

胡適在台灣 : 殖民地、黨國體制、民主化時代的閱讀史, Yi Zeng

Lingnan Theses (MPhil & PhD)

自1920年代起，殖民地台灣的思想文化界開始勃興。台灣本土知識分子不得不思考位於日本與中國兩個大國間的自我定位。此時，胡適成為他們的尺度。日治時期台灣本土知識分子對胡適等文本的詮釋，揭示了台灣人在對抗日本帝國內地延長主義中，追求身分歸屬與文明價值的心靈框架。

1949年歷史巨變後，胡適於美國、台灣發表諸多鼓吹民主、人權、憲政的文字，卻常被認為其在政治上保持著「機會主義者」的身份。在國民黨黨國體制下，對「胡適文本」的理解存在多重面向，集中表現在出版、審查與閱讀三個方面。胡適作為中華民國在台灣的象徵，蔣中正政權一方面憂心共匪滲透、煽動輿論，面對民間批判胡適的聲音，令警備總部等國家機器發起政治獵巫，以保障胡適的名譽權利；而在形勢受控時，卻又放任民間輿論，任由批胡言論發酵散佈。在國民黨政權的操作下，胡適創作之《史達林策略下的中國》成為戰後台灣關於國民黨戰敗而失去大陸的歷史論述之重要根源。

1962年，胡適溘然長逝，胡適紀念館幾經周折而成立。胡適紀念館長期處於「主義」與「學術」之間的漩渦中，交織著戰後中央研究院內部同仁的緊張，以及東亞冷戰的紛爭局面。胡適逝世後，李敖等人「擁胡」的「全盤西化論」與胡秋原等人「批胡」的「超越前進論」，在台灣思想界展開中西文化論戰，隨後固守為兩種保守思潮的對抗。在內戰與冷戰邏輯交織的狀況下，以胡適為核心的「五四」、「保釣」等議題，呈現出統一運動與革新保臺的路線之爭，以及反帝反殖與自由民主之間的對立話語。隨之以張忠棟為典型的自由主義知識分子開始拓展胡適的自由主義意涵，「台灣意識」開始勃興。戰後圍繞胡適的思想爭論，逐漸由「中西之爭」演變為「中台之爭」。

透過21世紀台灣的「胡適再詮釋」，追求台灣文化的主體性、建立具有主體性的台灣文化等理念，亦即「台灣文化民族主義」（Taiwanese cultural nationalism），已成為不可阻擋的潮流，然而華人、漢族、客家文化等多重因素，將當代台灣推入新一輪的認同危機。

Efforts Toward The Synthesis And Biological Evaluation Of Ym/Fr Analogs, Siyue Liu

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Natural products FR900359 and YM254890, selective inhibitors of the Gq/11 protein signaling pathway, are crucial for therapeutic development, particularly in treating uveal melanoma. This dissertation focuses on efforts to understand the mechanisms behind this selective inhibition. A versatile synthetic approach to these natural product analogs and a potential method for evaluating their biological activity on the microelectrode array are presented. Chapter 1 provides an overview of Gq/11 proteins, detailing their roles in cellular signaling. Mutations lead to constitutively active oncogenic Gq/11 proteins, contributing to uveal melanoma. The building-block synthetic concept is introduced in the YM/FR synthesis, enabling relatively scalable and …

Globalquerque, New Mexico's Annual Celebration Of World Music &Culture, Latin American And Institute

LAII Events

Thursday, September 26, 2024 | 12:00 pm - 12:00 am

About:

¡Globalquerque! is committed to presenting and exploring our world through music and the arts, bringing people together to reflect on our similarities, celebrate our differences and consider and revel in what makes our experiences unique and what makes them shared.

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Notes:

LAII is co-sponsoring Caña Dulce y Caña Brava band performances.

This event is free and open to the public.

Tribal Vaccine Equity Conference Evaluation Results 2024, Camille R. Velarde, Kateri Chino

Posters and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Dean Melanie Leslie’S Office Hours, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

2024 Event Invitations

Join Dean Leslie and Professors Sam Weinstein, Matt Wansley and Jacob Noti-Victor for a discussion on IP and Innovation. Some of the topics discussed will be recent legal developments in the fields of antitrust, big tech, startups, venture capital and artificial intelligence, as well as any questions raised by student attendees.

Policies And Programs For Water-Wise Residential Landscaping In Utah, Charlotte Clark, Kendall Becker, Scott Hotaling

All Current Publications

Water-wise landscaping is the practice of using plants in a landscape that are adapted to local conditions and only need small amounts of water. Converting yards to water-wise landscaping conserves water and is a climate adaptation action residents can take to benefit Utah as temperatures rise and drought becomes more common. Many policies and programs in Utah help residents use water conscientiously and make changes. This fact sheet provides information regarding current and future water-wise landscaping policies and programs in Utah.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session ,September 26, 2024, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes (June 27, 2024 Meeting)
• Remarks by the Chair of the Board
• Remarks by the President
• Updates by the Faculty Senate President
• Updates by the Western Student Association President
• Updates by the Graduate Student Association President
• Western Michigan University Employee Graduates
• Bridging Classroom to Career: WMU Sales Program and Industry Collaboration
• Driving Student Success
• Public Comments Regarding Action Items

Action Items

• State Capital Outlay – Building Project Priority List
• Western Michigan University External Audit, 2024

Consent Item

1. Personnel Report
2. Curriculum Proposals
3. Special Liquor License Applications (October 25, 2024 and October 26, 2024 …

The Limits Of Generative Ai In Administrative Law Research, Susan Azyndar

Journal Articles

The author recounts an administrative law classroom experience using generative AI. She considers the complexities of administrative law, AI training, professional responsibility, and traditional resources.

The Water-Climate Nexus: Intersections Across Sectors, Thushara Gunda, Alida A. Cantor, Emily Grubert, Angela R. Harris, Yolanda J. Mcdonald

Geography Faculty Publications and Presentations

Water security and climate change are important priorities for communities and regions worldwide. The intersections between water and climate change extend across many environmental and human activities. This Primer is intended as an introduction, grounded in examples, for students and others considering the interactions between climate, water, and society. In this Primer, we summarize key intersections between water and climate across four sectors: environment; drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene; food and agriculture; and energy. We begin with an overview of the fundamental water dynamics within each of these four sectors, and then discuss how climate change is impacting water and …

September 26, 2024, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2020-

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

September 26, 2024, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Durations Of Antibiotic Treatment For Acute Otitis Media And Variability In Prescribed Durations Across Two Large Academic Health Systems, Sophie E Katz, Timothy C Jenkins, Amy B Stein, Gale Thomas, Nancy Koenig, Gary Lucas Starnes, Jason G Newland, Ritu Banerjee, Holly M Frost

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Acute otitis media (AOM) accounts for roughly 25% of antibiotics prescribed to children annually. Despite national guidelines that recommend short (5-7 days) durations of antibiotics for children 2 years and older with AOM, most receive long (10 day) courses. This study aims to evaluate antibiotic durations prescribed for children aged 2-17 years with uncomplicated AOM across two pediatric academic health systems, and to assess the variability in prescribed durations between and within each system.

METHODS: Electronic medical record data from 135 care locations at two health systems were retrospectively analyzed. Outpatient encounters for children aged 2-17 years with a …

Book Talk | Borderland Brutalities: Violence And Resistance Along The Us-Mexico Borderlands In Literature, Film, And Culture, Dr. Laura Elena Belmonte, Latin American And Iberian Institute

LAII Events

Thursday, September 26, 2024 | 12:00 pm - 02:00 pm

Frank Waters Room | Zimmerman Library | University of New Mexico

About:

Dr. Laura Elena Belmonte will be presenting her recently published book, “Borderland Brutalities: Violence and Resistance along the US-Mexico Borderlands in Literature, Film, and Culture.” In this work, Dr. Belmonte analyzes how border violence is perpetuated and sanctioned by private corporations as well as the US and Mexican governments and how this violence is represented through border literature and cultural production. Dr. Belmonte is an Assistant Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UNM and the Director of …

Post-Movement Beta Synchrony Inhibits Cortical Excitability, Edward Rhodes, William Gaetz, Jonathan Marsden, Stephen D. Hall

School of Health Professions

Background/Objectives: This study investigates the relationship between movement-related beta synchrony and primary motor cortex (M1) excitability, focusing on the time-dependent inhibition of movement. Voluntary movement induces beta frequency (13–30 Hz) event-related desynchronisation (B-ERD) in M1, followed by post-movement beta rebound (PMBR). Although PMBR is linked to cortical inhibition, its temporal relationship with motor cortical excitability is unclear. This study aims to determine whether PMBR acts as a marker for post-movement inhibition by assessing motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) during distinct phases of the beta synchrony profile. Methods: Twenty-five right-handed participants (mean age: 24 years) were recruited. EMG data were recorded from the …

Longitudinal Development Of Resting-State Functional Connectivity In Adolescents With And Without Internalizing Disorders, Eline F. Roelofs, Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, Anderson M. Winkler, Nic J.A. Van Der Wee, Robert R.J. M. Vermeiren

School of Medicine Publications

Longitudinal studies using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) focused on adolescent internalizing psychopathology are scarce and have mostly investigated standardized treatment effects on functional connectivity (FC) of the full amygdala. The role of amygdala subregions and large resting-state networks had yet to be elucidated, and treatment is in practice often personalized. Here, longitudinal FC development of amygdala subregions and whole-brain networks are investigated in a clinically representative sample. Treatment-naïve adolescents with clinical depression and comorbid anxiety who started care-as-usual (n = 23; INT) and healthy controls (n = 24; HC) participated in rs-fMRI scans and questionnaires at baseline (before …

At A Crossroads: The Crucial Role Of Pharmacists In Healthcare Teams To End The Hiv Epidemic, Jerika Lam, Jennifer M. Cocohoba

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

"Therapeutic advances in treatment and prevention have slowed the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic, yet the virus and complications related to it still claim an alarming 630,000 lives globally every year.^1,2 The United States’ goals for the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative include reducing new infections by 90% by the year 2030 and advancing health equity through key treatment and prevention initiatives.³ Multiple agencies, professions, and patient groups are working diligently to achieve the EHE goals. Pharmacists have long recognized that our profession is a key resource in ending the HIV epidemic. We demonstrate this in the …

Seasonal Dynamics In Land Surface Temperature In Response To Land Use Land Cover Changes Using Google Earth Engine, Lei Feng, Sajjad Hussain, Narcisa G. Pricope, Sana Arshad, Aqil Tariq, Li Feng, Muhammad Mubeen, Rana Waqar Aslam, Mohammed S. Fnais, Wenzhao Li, Hesham El-Askary

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

Changes in land use and land cover (LULC) are critical for evaluating global spatiotemporal trends, especially regarding climate change and urbanization. This study investigates the dynamics of Landsat surface temperature (LST) in response to LULC changes and their effects on the seasonal microclimate in Kasur District, Pakistan. Using the Google Earth Engine platform, we employed a random forest algorithm to detect LULC changes (cropland, forest, built-up, fallow, barren, and water) and analyze seasonal spectral indices from Landsat imagery for 1988, 2002, and 2022. Significant LULC changes were observed, including a 9.8% increase in built-up areas, a 4.2% decrease in cropland, …

Study Protocol For Writing To Heal: A Culturally Based Brief Expressive Writing Intervention For Chinese Immigrant Breast Cancer Survivors, Qian Lu, Di Lun, Lenna Dawkins-Moultin, Yisheng Li, Minxing Chen, James W Pennebaker, Carol Wang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: This study uses a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the health benefits of expressive writing that is culturally adapted for Chinese immigrant breast cancer survivors (BCSs) and to characterize how acculturation moderates the effects of expressive writing interventions.

METHODS: We will recruit Chinese immigrant BCSs (N = 240) diagnosed with stage 0-III breast cancer and within 5 years of completion of primary treatment. Recruitment will occur primarily through community-based organizations and cancer registries. Participants will be randomly assigned either to a control condition to write about neutral topics or to one of two intervention conditions, self-regulation or self-cultivation, …

Effect Of An In-Home Palivizumab Administration Program For Children With Medical Complexity, Tomika S Harris, Ivan G Magana Ceballos, Giuseppe N Colasurdo, Maria E Tellez, Tina Reddy, Wilfredo De Jesús-Rojas, Ricardo A Mosquera

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: In-home palivizumab administration programs (PH) have shown promise in reducing RSV-associated infections. These programs may be particularly beneficial for children with medical complexity (CMC) by limiting their exposure to healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) from non-RSV-related pathogens during transportation and visits to medical facilities.

Methods: In this prospective study, 41 children with CMC less than 2 years of age were randomized by their health insurance to receive PH or in the clinic (PC) during the RSV season (October 2018-April 2019). Patients were stratified by home ventilation. The primary outcome was the total number of face-to-face encounters. Secondary outcomes were unscheduled clinic …

Understanding The Drivers Of Industry 4.0 Technologies To Enhance Supply Chain Sustainability: Insights From The Agri-Food Industry, Guoqing Zhao, Xiaoning Chen, Paul Jones, Shaofeng Liu, Carmen Lopez, Leonardo Leoni, Denis Dennehy

Plymouth Business School

The sustainability of agri-food supply chains (AFSCs) is severely threatened by regional and global events (e.g., conflicts, natural and human-made disasters, climate crises). In response, the AFSC industry is seeking digital solutions using Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies to enhance resilience and efficiency. However, why I4.0 adoption remains stubbornly low in the agri-food industry remains poorly understood. To address this gap, this study draws on middle-range theory (MRT) and uses thematic analysis, the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process, total interpretive structural modelling, and fuzzy cross-impact matrix multiplication applied to classification to produce insights from nine case studies in China that have invested …

Atmospheric Geographies Of (Counter)Terrorism, Sara Fregonese, Paul Simpson, Damien Masson, Simon Runkel, Carrie Benjamin, Sam Berlin, Katha Ciax, Angeliki Drongiti

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

How are terror threats and counterterrorism measures experienced in everyday urban spaces? We argue that thinking atmospherically about the spaces of urban encounters with (counter)terrorism is important, firstly, to identify and question feelings and dispositions shaped by discourses, practices, and infrastructures of (counter)terrorism; secondly, to contribute spatial perspectives of felt experience to literatures on security and (counter)terrorism in geography and beyond; thirdly, to connect official understandings of (counter)terrorism with its everyday felt experiences and materialities. We highlight two conceptual and empirical arenas - the crowd and the question of difference - where atmospheric approaches to urban (counter)terrorism can be developed.