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Assessing Pharmacy Students' Knowledge And Awareness Regarding The Rational Utilization Of Antibiotics And The Issue Of Antimicrobial Resistance In Iraq, Hasanain Kamil Hasan, Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Ali A. R. Aldallal, Hayder Ridha Salman, Montadher Mohammad Majeed, Mohammad Jabbar Hassan, Alaa Shukry Mtasher, Ahmed Majid Ibrahim

Al-Mustaqbal Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences

Introduction: The Non rational use and overall volume of antibiotic consumption in the community is one of the foremost causes of antimicrobial resistance. In developing countries like Iraq, pharmacists often dispense ‘prescription-only’ drugs, like antibiotics, to patients who do not have a prescription. The objectives of this study are to estimate the prevalence of irrational use of antibiotics bought from pharmacies and other medication outlets in some areas in Iraq, as well as to investigate the factors related with such usage.

Method: The cross-sectional face to face survey was conducted in AL Mustaqbal University, were 267 students at College of …

Development Of A Multi-Target Pharmacophore-Based Virtual Screening Agent Against Covid-19, Nashwa A. Ibrahim, Ahmed M. Gouda, Hany A. M. El-Sherief

Al-Mustaqbal Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences

The worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic compelled scientists to develop new, highly effective therapeutic approaches to fight it. Multitarget drugs have been proven to be effective in managing complex disorders. But designing multitarget drugs is a great challenge. In this study, to prevent a lack of efficacy due to viral mutation escape, a multi-target agent against the COVID-19 virus was discovered. As crucial targets, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), COVID-19 main protease (Mpro), and SARS-CoV-2 Nsp15 were selected. A pharmacophore model was developed using the native ligands of the chosen targets. This model was used to screen the ZINC Drug …

Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Induces Anatomical Changes In The Mouse Somatosensory Cortex., Zahra Saad Siddiqui

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

Atypical tactile responses are implicated in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Our lab reported diminished tactile sensitivity in young adolescent mice with a history of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Here, I employed immunohistochemistry to investigate the anatomical correlates of altered tactile sensitivity observed in mice with PAE. Using our 3-day binge paradigm, I examined changes in the distribution pattern of pre- (thalamocortical afferents) and postsynaptic (pyramidal neurons) partners involved in processing tactile information in the SSC of Postnatal day (P) 7 mice. In rodents, tactile information is relayed somatotopically to the SSC via TC afferents expressing vesicular glutamate transporter 2 …

Business Process Anomaly Detection And Root Cause Analysis Using Blstm-Vae With Attention, Yasser Ismail, Eman El-Aziz, Radwa Fathalla, Mohamed Shaheen

Faculty Publications

Detecting anomalous executions in business process data is crucial for safeguarding the efficiency and success of an organization. Unsupervised approaches are commonly used for business process anomaly detection because of the scarcity of labeled anomaly data. However, these approaches often encounter a notable decline in performance because they lack prior knowledge about the anomalies. Additionally, most of them do not perform root cause analysis on the detected anomalies. This study proposes a variational autoencoder-based approach to overcome the performance limitations of existing unsupervised methods and determine the root causes of the detected anomalies. The learning of the variational autoencoder from …

Vol.51 N.45 May 30th 2024, Voice Media Ventures

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - May 30, 2024, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the May 30, 2024 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine’s newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include

• Class of 2026 to receive white coats June 14
• Family Medicine OB fellowship starts partnership with Andalusia Health
• Whiddon COM alumnus joins USA Health
• Five teens complete Project Inspire mentorship program at USA Health
• Whiddon College of Medicine part of NIH grant to propel clinical and translational science forward

Reconfigurable Modular Soft Robots With Modulating Stiffness And Versatile Task Capabilities, Joshua Knospler, Wei Xue, Mitja Trkov

Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Departmental Research

Soft robots have revolutionized machine interactions with humans and the environment to enable safe operations. The fixed morphology of these soft robots dictates their mechanical performance, including strength and stiffness, which limits their task range and applications. Proposed here are modular, reconfigurable soft robots with the capabilities of changing their morphology and adjusting their stiffness to perform versatile object handling and planar or spatial operational tasks. The reconfiguration and tunable interconnectivity between the elemental soft, pneumatically driven actuation units is made possible through integrated permanent magnets with coils. The proposed concept of attaching/detaching actuators enables these robots to be easily …

Teacher Salary Raises And Turnover: Evidence From The First Year Of The Arkansas Learns Act, Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Josh Mcgee, Taylor Wilson, Miranda Vernon

Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications

Attracting and retaining high-quality teachers is a pressing policy concern. Increasing teacher salaries and creating more attractive compensation packages are often proposed as a potential solution. Signed into law in March 2023, the LEARNS Act increased Arkansas's minimum teacher salary from $36,000 to $50,000, guaranteed all teachers a minimum raise of $2,000, and added flexibility allowing school districts to deviate from seniority-based traditional salary schedules. To study school districts’ adjustments to the new legislation, we collected information about districts' teacher compensation policies one year before and the first year of implementation. We also integrated this data with teachers' administrative records …

Latest Living Blues Features Hubby Jenkins, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

Blog Posts

Living Blues #290 (May/June 2024) features 38-year-old Hubby Jenkins on the cover. Jenkins is one of the best of the recent wave of young African American musicians doing a deep dive into pre-war blues, string band, and other roots music, and developing their own sound based on these acoustic styles.

Impacts Of Dam Construction On Hydro-Geomorphic Alteration In The Rio Coca, Richard Allen Lytle Iii

Geography Undergraduate Senior Theses

Researchers have quantified the hydrologic, sedimentologic, and geomorphic effects of dams extensively in the past century. Many of these studies have focused on dams in the United States and Europe, yet the rising dam construction in low latitude areas necessitates further research into the effects of these dams on the rivers they harness. This investigation aims to discover how the hydrologic, sedimentologic, and geomorphic effects of dams differ in low latitudes, specifically in high elevation areas. We use the Coca Codo Sinclair Dam on the Río Coca in Napo, Ecuador, as our study site. We employ a multipronged methodology using …

Anonymous Student Missionary 1 Living Memoirs Interview, Anonymous

Student Missionary Stories

An anonymous alumnus of Southern Adventist University shared about their time as an English teacher at the SDA Language School Bangkok in Thailand. They talked about their experience impacting their career path and relationship with people.

Thailand is a country located in the tropics of Southeast Asia. The primary languages in Thailand include Thai, Malay, Mon, and Khmer and the primary religions in this area are Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. Thailand is known for its beaches, wildlife, and facinating cultural history.

Keyes, E. Jane , Keyes, Charles F. and Hafner, James A.. "Thailand". Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Sep. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/place/Thailand. Accessed …

Reconciling Section 230 And The First Amendment: Should Social Media Companies Be Held Liable For The Consequences Of Their Recommendation Algorithms?, Haley Bernstein

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.

The Missguided Project: Bringing Awareness To The Stigmas And Miseducation Surrounding Women’S Health Through Art And Creative Research, Gwyneth Cunningham, Hayley Newton, Zeen Ari, Claire Portele, Kerlous Aziz, Madelyn Kearns

[Archive] Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)

MissGuided is a project that discusses miseducation, shame, and stigma within women's healthcare settings, and the transformative potential of storytelling and artmaking in these contexts. Women encounter systemic miseducation, leading to shame and stigma surrounding their health experiences. However, through the power of community-driven narratives and creative expression, these barriers can be dismantled. Facilitating communal dinner parties as a form of conceptual art making, we aim to explore the diverse experiences in healthcare through conversation. The accumulation of the research, dinner parties, and wellcores will be delivered through a collective cookbook which includes recipes, testimonials, and art. By sharing personal …

Reimagining Student–Faculty Relationships: Strengthening Social Justice Efforts Through Dialogue, Emi Kanamoto, Maya J. Craig, Mackenzie E. Gerringer, Josephine Lewis, Anna Lynch, Alexander Michaels, Hannah M. Smith, Suann Yang, Jasmine Yeoh, Meridith Marko Harrigan

Communications and Language Studies Faculty Journal Articles

Community efforts in diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging benefit from dialogue between faculty and students for long-term efficacy. Drawing from a dialogue-based approach to organizational communication, this practice brief aims to promote student–faculty collaborative action to improve campus diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging efforts. To this end, this article presents (a) dialogic departmental committees comprised of students and faculty members in two academic disciplines, (b) the endeavors informed by research on community change, and (c) lessons learned from our initiatives for future efforts.

Early Marriage Of Girls In The Context Of The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Literature Review, Shah Md Atiqul Haq, Mufti Nadimul Quamar Ahmed, Shamim Al Aziz Lalin, Arnika Tabassum Arno, Khandaker Jafor Ahmed

Sociology and Anthropology Student Research

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching consequences worldwide and has also led to significant changes in people's lifestyles, resulting in an increase in social problems, such as early marriages for girls in different contexts. This study aimed to examine the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and early marriage among girls. Our analysis of 36 studies published between 2020 and 2023 shows that the pandemic has accelerated the number of early marriages for girls in several ways. In many countries, early marriages often result from social disintegration, loss of social support, inability to pay for basic needs, prolonged school closures, economic …

Issue 444: May 30-June 13, 2024, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.

Mechanical Scanning Sonar Projections With A Monocular Camera, Xenia Dela Cueva

Computer Science Senior Theses

This paper presents a method for processing data for a mechanical scanning sonar to use with a monocular camera. As the field of underwater robotics expands, it becomes increasingly important to develop techniques for determining the robot's pose using cost-effective sensors such as sonars and cameras. Traditional visual odometry and visual SLAM methods face limitations in underwater environments due to unique challenges posed by light interaction with water. Therefore, integrating additional sensors like the mechanical scanning sonar is essential. This research focuses on determining the extrinsic transformation between the sonar and the monocular camera. By leveraging existing knowledge of sensor …

Detecting Coral Reef Presence Using Icesat-2 Data And Machine Learning Methods, Gabrielle Trudeau, Lowell Kim

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

As ocean temperatures and sea levels continue to increase and weather storms become more severe and frequent, benthic habitats such as coral reefs become more vulnerable to deadly conditions such as mass bleaching events and infectious diseases. With these ever-changing conditions, it becomes imperative that monitoring efforts are made to ensure longevity of the world’s coral reefs. Current coral reef monitoring techniques require significant manpower to collect in-situ data, such as fixed site surveys using photography and visual counts. The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), while initially intended for collecting data regarding changes in the cryosphere, utilizes a …

Cardozo Welcomes More Than 200 Alumni For Homecoming & Reunion, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

More than 200 Cardozo alumni, from the first graduating class of 1979 to the class of 2024, were welcomed back to to the school for this year’s Homecoming & Reunion celebration, held on May 23.

Biallelic Variants In Csmd1 Are Implicated In A Neurodevelopmental Disorder With Intellectual Disability And Variable Cortical Malformations., Elizabeth A Werren, Emily R Peirent, Henna Jantti, Alba Guxholli, Kinshuk Raj Srivastava, Naama Orenstein, Vinodh Narayanan, Wojciech Wiszniewski, Mateusz Dawidziuk, Pawel Gawlinski, Muhammad Umair, Amjad Khan, Shahid Niaz Khan, David Geneviève, Daphné Lehalle, K L I Van Gassen, Jacques C Giltay, Renske Oegema, Richard H Van Jaarsveld, Rafiullah Rafiullah, Gudrun A Rappold, Rachel Rabin, John G Pappas, Marsha M Wheeler, Michael J Bamshad, Yao-Chang Tsan, Matthew B Johnson, Catherine E Keegan, Anshika Srivastava, Stephanie L Bielas

Faculty Research 2024

CSMD1 (Cub and Sushi Multiple Domains 1) is a well-recognized regulator of the complement cascade, an important component of the innate immune response. CSMD1 is highly expressed in the central nervous system (CNS) where emergent functions of the complement pathway modulate neural development and synaptic activity. While a genetic risk factor for neuropsychiatric disorders, the role of CSMD1 in neurodevelopmental disorders is unclear. Through international variant sharing, we identified inherited biallelic CSMD1 variants in eight individuals from six families of diverse ancestry who present with global developmental delay, intellectual disability, microcephaly, and polymicrogyria. We modeled CSMD1 loss-of-function (LOF) pathogenesis in …

2024 May 30 - Tennessee Weekly Drought Summary, Tennessee Climate Office, East Tennessee State University

Tennessee Climate Office Weekly Drought Summaries

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Gap Between Self-Assessed And Actual Language Proficiency: A Comparative Analysis Of Japanese And Romance Language Learners, Megan Scarlet Keys

Theses and Dissertations

This study explores self-assessment accuracy among Japanese second language (L2) learners compared to learners of Romance languages. This research aims to investigate the extent of accuracy in self-assessment among Japanese learners and compare it with their counterparts studying Romance languages. Additionally, the study explores the variables influencing the accuracy of self-assessment in this context. The participants in this study comprised 144 undergraduate students enrolled in Japanese, French, Spanish, or Portuguese courses at Brigham Young University. Most participants possessed practical experience using their L2 in the target cultural context, complementing their academic coursework. The Language Ability Self-Evaluation Resource (LASER) was utilized …

All Things Marian: Musical Reflections On Mary In The Eucharist, University Of Dayton. International Marian Research Institute, Michele Foley, Richard E. Lenar

Podcast: All Things Marian

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Rev. Paul Paré Papers Finding Aid, Anna Faherty, Karen Richard

Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

Localised And Tree Total Crop Loads Influence Trunk Growth, Return Fruit Set, Yield, And Fruit Quality In Apples, Alessio Scalisi, Tim Plozza, Priyanka Reddy, Madeleine Peavey, Lexie Mcclymont, Simone Rochfort, Dario Stefanelli, Ian Goodwin

Horticulture Research Articles

Localised fruit thinning strategies must be investigated to improve precision crop load management in narrow-canopy, multileader apple trees. This study aimed to determine the effects of within-leader and tree total crop load on leaders’ and trunk’s growth, fruit set, yield, and fruit quality in ‘Ruby Matilda’ apples (marketed as Pink Lady®) over three years. Different crop loads were imposed on two leaders (primary and secondary) of bi-axis trees. Leader and trunk relative growth rate, return fruit set, yield, and fruit quality parameters at harvest were measured. High within-leader crop loads led to a significant increase in yield and reductions in …

3rd Sbs International Conference 2025: Innovation And Disruption: Business Success Through Ai, School Of Business Studies (Sbs)

Conference Proceedings

From the time that Clayton Christensen (1997) highlighted the concept of disruption due to innovation, and its impact on businesses and economies, practitioners and researchers have diverted their attention to the evil it casts and the opportunities it presents. Innovations and improvements in technologies have more often than not resulted in disruption of business models prevalent at that time. The three industrial revolutions have marked definitive shifts in performance and perspectives, and now the world awaits the outcome of the industrial revolution 4.0. Disruptions do not come only from revolutions. This is evident from the very recent incidence of the …

Episodic Satellite-Derived Depth Change From A Single Model Based On “Stacking” Multi-Temporal Images, Kim Lowell, Yuri Rzhanov

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

The output of the combination of “complete coverage” remote sensing imagery and geographically sparser high-quality bathymetric data – usually LiDAR – to produce wall-to-wall bathymetric maps is known as “satellite-derived bathymetry” or simply SDB. Considerable effort continues to be made to improve SDB techniques and define where they produce the most accurate maps. Most efforts are focused on producing SDB at a single time. Research on estimating “satellite-derived depth change” (SDDC) is much more limited. Where it has been studied, the general approach is to produce and apply separate models for t1 and t2 using time-appropriate imagery and LiDAR data. …

A Different Alignment Problem: Ai, The Rule Of Law, And Outdated Legal Institutions And Practices, Kevin Frazier

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.

Temporal Json Keyword Search, Curtis Dyreson, Amani Shatnawi, Sourav S. Bhowmick, Vishal Sharma

Computer Science Faculty and Staff Publications

JSON keyword search searches the current versions of documents in a collection. However, JSON documents change over time due to edits. Some applications, such as data forensics and auditing, need to search past versions of documents and for changes to documents. This paper introduces a system called Temporal JSON Keyword Search (Tjks) for search in a collection of JSON documents that vary over time. Tjks lets users control which temporal slice, or part of the history, can be searched using a temporal search semantics; we support both of the major temporal semantics: sequenced and nonsequenced search. This paper …

Pltl Develops Scholars For Majors In The Built-Environment​, Shpat Halili, Calvin O. Walters Jr.

Publications and Research

The National Science Foundation S-STEM program at NYC College of Technology (City Tech), Developing an Ecosystem of STEM success for Built Environment Scholars (Award Number 2150432), focuses on supporting and developing scholars in the majors relating to the Built Environment. The proposed project includes the expansion of Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) at City Tech. The PLTL model creates a supportive learning environment and supplements the faculty-centered classroom with student-led and student-oriented workshops. At City Tech, existing workshops provide curricular support in statics and mathematics. The PLTL program benefits promising first-year STEM students, and the S-STEM program utilizes the PLTL model …