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Tectonics: Supporting Information For Deformation Rates And Patterns Of The Emerging Banda Ranges Revealed By Uplifted Coral Terraces In Timor-Leste, Ron Harris, Nicole Cox, Megan Flexhaug, Dorothy Merritts, Chua-Chou Shen, Frederico Santos

ScholarsArchive Data

The supplementary information provided consist primarily of figures detailing coral terrace profiles and terrace inner margin elevation to MIS highstand correlations.

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• any known imperfections or anomalies in the data.

Evolving Roles And Realities In Canadian Academic Law Libraries, Yemisi Dina, Sharon Wang, Sooin Kim, Alexia Loumankis

Librarian Publications & Presentations

Canadian academic law libraries are undergoing profound transformation, shaped by shifting university funding models, restructured institutional reporting lines, and the accelerating move toward digital legal information. This plenary session will explore how law libraries across Canada are responding to these pressures while continuing to support legal education, research, and access to justice.

Lesson 1. Makhózula Etáŋhaŋ Wiyútapi Ke: Tomato Journey From Tiny Seed To My Plate, Rachel Pastrana, Madhav P. Nepal

iLEARN Teaching Resources

In this engaging kindergarten food systems lesson, students become “Plant Parents” as they follow the remarkable journey of a tomato from a tiny seed to food on their plate. Through storytelling, observation, movement, and hands-on plant care, students explore how sunlight, water, and soil work together to support plant growth. Using the Lakota concepts of Makhózula (Abundant Land), Wopila (Gratitude), and Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ (We Are All Related), students learn that food is a gift made possible by the cooperation of people, plants, animals, and natural resources. Students observe and care for tomato seedlings, participate in outdoor exploration activities, and create …

Lesson 2. The Soil Doctors: Healthy Vs. Thirsty Soil Detectives, Rachel Pastrana, Madhav P. Nepal

iLEARN Teaching Resources

In this lesson, Kindergarten students in Norris, South Dakota, become "Soil Detectives" to investigate the health of Maka (the Earth). By using their hands to touch, squeeze, and compare local schoolyard soil, students learn to identify Maka Wasté (Healthy Soil) and Maka Puza (Thirsty Soil). This lesson utilizes communal storytelling and Lakota terminology to ground scientific inquiry in local Indigenous knowledge and South Dakota land history. Students apply Regenerative Agriculture principles by providing a "cure" protecting the soil with a natural blanket—and conclude with a Wóglaka (Reflection Circle) to share their experiences as young stewards of the land.

Measures Of Linguistic Complexity And Vocabulary Diversity As Indicators Of Oral Language Production Growth Of 4th Grade Spanish-Speaking Els, Carla T. Zayas-Santiago

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

As fourth-grade students transition from learning to read to reading to learn, their ability to use language for academic purposes becomes increasingly important, particularly for Spanish-speaking English Learners (ELs). However, students often have limited opportunities to produce extended oral language during instruction. Students’ oral language production reflects both structural aspects of language use, captured through measures of linguistic complexity, and lexical aspects of language use, captured through measures of vocabulary diversity. Although prior studies have examined transcript-derived measures of oral language production, limited research has examined how these measures predict English proficiency, capture growth over time, and respond to different …

The Commons Of The Mind: Modeling Repeat-Player Behavior In Intellectual Property Infringement Disputes, Eliot Bridges Warner

University Honors Theses

This thesis investigates the applicability of Marc Galanter's 1974 model of repeat-player (RP) and one-shotter (OS) civil litigation to the domain of intellectual property (IP) infringement disputes. While Galanter's framework predicts that repeat players will enjoy structural advantages over one-shotters, this paper argues that IP deviates from that model in consequential ways. Unique features of IP infringement litigation, including the duty to enforce, the risk of invalidation at trial, the inverse relationship between firm size and infringement stakes, and compounding advantages accruing to large firms, produce a hierarchy of strategic advantage that is more steeply resource-dependent than Galanter anticipates.

Drawing …

Making Ai Accessible: Concrete Strategies For Teaching Undergraduates In The Academic Library, Gretchen Dreimiller, Emily Morgan, Calinda Strayhorn

Teaching & Learning with AI

No abstract provided.

Beyond Borders: Educator Identity Development Through Sustained Intercultural Engagement In Rotary Youth Exchange, Lisa L. Waechter-Cass

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

This qualitative study employed collaborative narrative inquiry, informed by autoethnographic reflection, to examine how sustained intercultural engagement through Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) shaped my evolving educator identity, self-efficacy, and enactment of globally responsive teaching within a rural elementary classroom. Guided by McAdams’ Narrative Identity Theory and supported by Bandura’s Self-Efficacy Theory, the study explored how long-term intercultural relationships and reflective dialogue influenced my understanding of teaching, learning, belonging, and global citizenship.

Data sources included reflexive journals, semi-structured interviews with former Rotary Youth Exchange students with whom I developed enduring family relationships through hosting experiences, and personal and educational artifacts …

Smart-Biosense: Surface-Wave Molecular Aptamer-Based Recognition For Selective Whole-Cell Bacterial Detection, Eashan Selvarajah, Vikram Jangid

Interdisciplinary Design Senior Theses

One of the largest causes of food waste in the United States is recall or disposal of produce due to bacterial infection, with a prevalent cause being the pathogen Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium. Current detection methods are inadequate for many use cases due to cost and speed of detection. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a novel method of detecting the presence of S. Typhimurium quickly using a combination of aptamers and love-surface acoustic wave sensors. Our experiments demonstrate repeatable changes in sensor response during exposure to S. Typhimurium under test conditions. Our data shows a measurable difference in …

Targeting Inequities: Addressing Lung Cancer Care Challenges In Africa Through Drug Access, Radiotherapy, And Surgical Innovations, Elvis Obomanu, Chidiebube Ugwu, Muluken Megiso, Tarfa Verinumbe, Colton Jones, Verna Vanderpuye, Nazik Hammad

Division of Internal Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations

Lung cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality in Africa, with survival rates starkly lagging behind global benchmarks because of systemic inequities in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment access. Despite representing only 6% of global smokers, the continent faces a disproportionate burden driven by environmental and occupational carcinogens, aggressive tobacco marketing, and fragmented health care infrastructure. Key challenges include prohibitive delays in accessing targeted therapies like epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors and immunotherapies, a dire shortage of radiotherapy infrastructure-0.12 megavoltage units per million people versus the International Atomic Energy Agency's recommended five megavoltage units per million, and a …

Impact Of Maternal Covid-19 Infection Versus Vaccination On Mucosal Immunity In Breastmilk, Mymy Nguyen, Rupsa C. Boelig, Julie Jones, Wathsala Wijayalath, Gregory D. Gromowski, Zubair H. Aghai, Elke S. Bergmann-Leitner

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Papers

Background/Objectives: In the first months of their life, infants rely on maternal antibodies for immune protection. Breastmilk is a major source of these defenses, supplying secretory IgA, IgG, and IgM that help guard mucosal surfaces against pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2. Most studies on breastmilk immunity in the context of COVID-19 have emphasized circulating monomeric IgA, rather than the multimeric secretory IgA (sIgA) that is active at mucosal barriers. This study assessed in-depth the contribution of breastmilk antibody subtypes to SARS-CoV-2 neutralization capacity and how these profiles differ following maternal COVID-19 infection versus vaccination during pregnancy or postpartum.

Methods: …

Bus 104 - S&P 500 Company Profile Assignment, Remi Alapo

Open Educational Resources

The S&P 500 Company Profile Presentation serves as the midterm assignment for BUS 104 by asking students to apply core business concepts to the analysis of a real, publicly traded company. Each student selects one company from the S&P 500 index and develops a professional presentation that examines the company’s history, industry position, products or services, management structure, financial profile, marketing approach, workforce, competitive environment, and ethical or social responsibility practices. The assignment helps students connect course themes such as economics, ownership, management, leadership, human resources, marketing, accounting, finance, technology, and business strategy to an actual company operating in today’s …

Bus 104 – Local Business Visit Assignment, Remi Alapo

Open Educational Resources

The Local Business Visit Assignment gives students the opportunity to connect classroom learning to real-world business practice by observing and analyzing how a local business operates. Through the visit, students examine key business concepts such as ownership, management, customer service, marketing, workplace organization, and community impact. The assignment encourages students to think critically about how business decisions are made and how course concepts apply in everyday settings. By engaging directly with a business in their community, students develop a deeper understanding of entrepreneurship, business operations, and the practical realities of running a successful organization.

Bus 104: Business Start-Up / New Business Idea Presentation, Remi Alapo

Open Educational Resources

The Business Start-Up / New Business Idea Presentation serves as the culminating assignment for BUS 104 by asking students to apply core business concepts to the development of an original business idea. Working in pairs, students design and present a professional start-up proposal that integrates major course topics such as entrepreneurship, ownership, management, organizational structure, human resources, marketing, ethics, and financial management. The assignment emphasizes critical thinking, collaboration, research, and oral communication while helping students connect classroom learning to real-world business planning. Through this project, students demonstrate their ability to analyze business opportunities, make strategic decisions, and present a clear …

Ai In Precision Medicine: Redefining Blindness Treatment Via Retinal Stem Cell Differentiation, Calissa Leong, Tiffany Nguyen

Interdisciplinary Design Senior Theses

Age Macular Degeneration (AMD) is currently the leading cause of blindness, driven by the degradation of Retinal Pigment Epithelial (RPE) cells. Stem-cell based therapies, particularly those involving induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), typically consists of differentiating stem cells into RPE cells in vitro and transplanting them into the subretinal space. Our goal is to improve the accuracy of differentiation into RPE cells to better promote retinal regeneration. Traditional methods to alleviate symptoms of AMD is through therapeutic medications to slow disease progression, though stem cell therapy has emerged as a promising alternative. However, despite its potential, stem cell therapy presents …

Microaxial Flow Device-Associated Electromagnetic Interference During Left Atrial Electroanatomic Mapping: A Case Report, Amit Koduri, Ellen Condoure, Ramesh Hariharan

Journal of Shock and Hemodynamics

Microaxial flow devices (MFDs) provide hemodynamic support in patients with severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction but may introduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) during electroanatomic mapping, limiting the accuracy of magnetic-based localization systems. Although catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in advanced heart failure is increasingly recognized as beneficial, limited data exist on mapping feasibility in patients supported by contemporary MFDs. Even less is known regarding left atrial flutter ablation in this setting.

We present a case illustrating the technical challenges and procedural feasibility of left atrial flutter ablation in a patient with advanced heart failure supported by an Impella 5.5 (Abiomed). Magnetic-based …

Wira Assoc. V. Tapper

All Decisions

In this nonpayment proceeding, the court granted tenant's motion for summary judgment on the affirmative defense that landlord was barred from collecting rent pursuant to MDL §§301 and 302. Tenant established, without opposition, that the Department of Buildings had issued at least twelve open violations for occupancy contrary to the building's certificate of occupancy. Pursuant to Chazon, LLC v Maugeneset, 19 NY3d 410 (2012), such violations are prima facie evidence of noncompliance, and the absence of compliance precludes landlord from maintaining a nonpayment proceeding.

Matter Of Mirav Realty, Llc V. Nys Dhcr

All Decisions

In this Article 78 proceeding, the court upheld DHCR's determination finding a rent overcharge. DHCR found that the absence of a preferential rent rider meant that the rent charged constituted the legal regulated rent and that landlord could not obtain rent increases absent a valid executed lease. DHCR denied credit for individual apartment improvements predating the base date and imposed treble damages. The court found DHCR's determination rational and not arbitrary or capricious, and denied the petition.

Sequencing Of Chenopodium A-Genome Diploids To Identify Potential Mechanisms Of Speciation: A Preliminary Study, Riley Roser

Theses and Dissertations

The genus Chenopodium is of increasing significance, mainly due to allotetraploid quinoa (C. quinoa Willd.,2x = 4x =36, AABB genome) becoming globally recognized for its high nutritional value and tolerance for stress. Diploid A-genome relatives of quinoa in the Western Hemisphere have shown speciation patterns congruent to adaptive radiation, particularly in the North American continent, where a number inhabit ecological niches while others form mixed populations where they are sympatric. Characterization of the genetic mechanism(s) underlying this rapid speciation, could clarify their potential usefulness for improving quinoa . Previous whole-genome assemblies of AA diploids C. watsonii A. Watson and C. …

Long Term Evaluation Of The Safety And Efficacy Of Local Cooling Anesthesia During Intravitreal Injections: The Cool-2 Trial, Arshad M. Khanani, Samir N. Patel, Charles C. Wykoff, Gun-Ho Kim, Ajay E. Kuriyan

Wills Eye Hospital Papers

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a medical device providing cooling anesthesia to the eye as local anesthesia for intravitreal (IVT) injections.

SUBJECTS/METHODS: As a multicenter, open label, dose escalation clinical trial, subjects receiving at least 3 IVT injections in the study eye were recruited to participate. All patients received subconjunctival lidocaine as their anesthesia for previous IVT injections. Subjects receiving IVT injections were assigned (non-randomized) to four groups in which the cooling device was applied to the conjunctiva at the location of the intravitreal injection: Group 1: -10˚C for 20 seconds; Group 2: -15˚C for 10 seconds; …

Re: Comment Letter For The Draft Final Butte Mine Waste Repository Operations And Maintenance (O&M) Plan (Dated May 8, 2026), Emma Rott

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

From The Inside Out: Navigating Positionality And Power In Research With Indigenous Young Learners, Gui Ying Annie Yang-Heim

Faculty Publications - College of Education

This Case Study examines how Indigenous and non-Indigenous students interact with reading through oral reading and comprehension, drawing on a doctoral research project carried out in a culturally diverse Australian classroom. The research focuses on children’s voices, cultural knowledge, and ethical relationships through an exploratory case study methodology that is culturally responsive. Based on Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital and Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics, the study combines Indigenous Dreamtime stories with standardized assessments to provide a more comprehensive understanding of Indigenous children’s reading performance. The researcher’s dual role as insider and outsider, irregular attendance due to the transient nature of the …

Photo And Video Highlights From Spring Reunion Weekend 2026, Jeremy Gasowski, David Vogt

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

The Welfare System To Prison Pipeline In America: How Media, Policy, And Surveillance Extend The Reach Of Mass Incarceration Through Child Welfare Practices, Delaney A. Painter

Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal

Scholarship across youth social policy, child welfare, media studies, and criminology has documented media driven moral panic, racial disproportionality in child welfare involvement, and foster-care-to-prison pathways as related but individual, distinct phenomena. Similarly, critical frameworks by Alexander and Ritchie trace how mass incarceration unfolds across marginalized communities, yet often begin analysis at points of formal criminal legal contact.

This paper builds on an integrated framework that identifies child welfare as a distinct and underrecognized branch of mass incarceration operating at an earlier stage of the life course. Drawing on interdisciplinary literature, this analysis demonstrates how fear based media narratives shape …

Forced Dependency: The Subjugation Of Women Through Medicine In Ancient Greece And Rome, Evelyn J. Polovich

Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal

In the ancient Mediterranean men were in charge of every facet of life, including women’s medicine. They forced women out of the oversight of gynecology and reformed it into a method of control that they could assert in order to force women into a position of submission. This paper aims to bring the ways in which ancient medicine was influenced by cultural ideas and worked to subjugate women and allow men to gain further control over their autonomy. This research was inspired by the works of ancient physicians like Hippocrates, Soranus, and Galen, as well as contemporary sources that critique …

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Board Of Governors Meeting, June 10, 2026, Marshall University Board Of Governors

Board of Governors Minutes

No abstract provided.

Schedagent: Dynamic Cpu Scheduler Selection Via Reward-Driven Behavioral Cloning, Rawan Bekheet

Computer Science and Engineering Master's Theses

Modern Linux systems ship with a single default CPU scheduler that remains active regardless of how workloads change over time. Although the sched ext framework permits loading alternative scheduling policies at runtime, existing approaches to selecting among them rely on manual configuration rather than automatic adaptation to workload characteristics. We present an automated scheduler selection system that monitors workload behavior and dynamically switches between scheduling policies. Using discrete-event simulations of four Linux scheduling policies, we formulate scheduler selection as a sequential decision problem with a composite reward signal covering latency, fairness, throughput, and CPU utilization, and apply a two-phase behavioral …

Research And Innovation Update, June 10, 2026, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Innovation

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

No abstract provided.

Employing Ac And Dc Electrolysis To Modulate Electroenzymatic Pathways For Efficient And Stereoselective H-D Exchange, Wassim El Housseini, Rokas Gerulskis, Nibedita Behera, Huaijun Guan, Rohit G. Jadhav, Zachary A. Nguyen, Egor Baiarashov, Michael A. Pence, Vamshi Krishna Kamaja, Trevor Larkin, Long Luo, Shelley D. Minteer

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

Stereoselective hydrogen isotope exchange (HIE) at chiral centers is an increasingly important strategy for preparing labeled molecules, yet its practical implementation depends on reliable control of nicotinamide cofactor regeneration. Here we introduce a redox-programmable electroenzymatic platform for stereoselective HIE based on electrode-controlled manipulation of the nicotinamide cofactor state. A wired ferredoxin–NADP⁺ reductase (FNR) electrode enables reversible electrochemical interconversion of NADP⁺ and its deuterated reduced form (NADPD) directly from D2O. Coupling this cofactor cycling with enantioselective alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) establishes a reversible alcohol–ketone redox manifold that drives efficient and stereoselective H-D exchange at chiral alcohols. Stereochemical outcomes are programmed …

Whole-Genome Variant Detection In Long-Read Sequencing Data From Ultra-Low Input Patient Samples, Lucas Finot, Kevin Zhu, Julianna R Chang, Aaron M Horning, William J Rowell, Philip Li, Sarah B Kingan, Michael P Snyder, Graham Scott Erwin

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Long-read sequencing provides a more complete view of the genome than short-read sequencing, with improved detection of structural variants, tandem repeats, and small variants (single nucleotide variants and insertions and deletions) in difficult-to-map regions. One limitation of long-read sequencing has been high input DNA requirements, with several micrograms required per sample. Here, we evaluate two methods of amplification-based long-read, whole-genome sequencing: ultra-low input HiFi (ULI-HiFi) sequencing and droplet multiple displacement amplification (dMDA) sequencing. When benchmarked against the Genome in a Bottle reference set (NA24385), we observe high precision and recall of single nucleotide variants (SNVs) with ULI-HiFi compared to the …