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Doing Doctorates Differently: Whose House Is This? Building A Thesis Without Apologising, Claire Walsh

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Presented as part of a panel at Doing Doctorates Differently, this provocation returns to the question of doctoral difference from a changed position. No longer asking whether a strange thesis might be permitted, it asks instead whose philosophical and institutional architectures decide what counts as thinkable, rigorous, excessive or possible.Beginning with Deleuze's invitation to send a problem "through the ceiling," the paper lingers with the ceiling itself: why is it there, who built it and what happens when doctoral work begins to reach it? Through metaphors of rooms, houses, landlords, tenants and muddy boots, the talk considers how researchers inherit …

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 …

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 …

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 …

China Maritime Report #54: Chairman Xi's Navy, Ryan D. Martinson

CMSI China Maritime Reports

Main Findings

• Xi Jinping has played a critical role in the Chinese Navy’s rapid transformation into a large, technologically advanced sea service capable of conducting an expanding catalog of maritime operations, from the littorals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to the Atlantic Ocean.
• Since assuming power in November 2012, Xi Jinping has participated in at least 15 engagements with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He has inspected multiple PLAN units, including the Navy’s two nuclear submarine units; attended the commissioning of new naval vessels; visited the PLAN headquarters; and presided over two major fleet reviews.
• In 2014, …

Examination Of Gastrointestinal Visceral Sensitivity In The Maintenance Of Restrictive Eating Disorders, Kendall N. Poovey

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Aversive conditioning theories of restrictive eating disorders propose that gastrointestinal (GI) visceral sensitivity (i.e., hypervigilant monitoring and worry about GI sensations) is implicated in the maintenance of restrictive eating disorders (i.e., anorexia nervosa [AN], atypical anorexia nervosa [AAN], and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder [ARFID]). Specifically, a negative reinforcement process is posited in which disordered eating behaviors (e.g., restriction, purging) help to mitigate or avoid GI-related distress, and are thereby reinforced. However, this theorized process has yet to be tested. For the current study, participants from the University of South Florida and surrounding Tampa community who screened positive for a restrictive …

Forests, Lakes, And "Hidden" Housing, Kenneth M. Johnson, Mark J. Ducey, Barbara D. Cook, Kathryn L. Cottingham

Carsey Publications

Human settlement patterns have significant implications for the natural environment, including freshwater lakes. People are attracted to areas with abundant lakes. However, dense human settlement near lakes can have adverse impacts on lakes by reducing forest cover, increasing nutrient loads, decreasing aquatic vegetation, and introducing invasive species. In addition, dense human settlement near lakes increases the health risks associated with cyanobacteria (also known as “blue-green algae”) blooms.

In this brief, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers focuses on the interaction between human development and forest land near lakes across ten selected U.S. counties and on the limitations of remote satellite imagery …

Academic Senate - Minutes, 06/02/2026, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Staff Education To Improve Adolescent Behavioral Health Referrals Through Crafft Screening And Motivational Interviewing Training, Franca Achaleke

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Reshaping Academic Libraries As Dynamic Partners And Knowledge Hubs For Research Productivity And Professional Development For Academics, Abdullahi Olayinka Isiaka, Benjamin Adebisi Bamidele, Adelani Rotimi Ibitoye, Abdullahi Adebola Yusuf, Kaliat Oyindamola Abdulwahab, Ajeigbe Emmanuel Afolami, Ifelayo Esher Bamidele

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Academic libraries have long been regarded as repositories of knowledge, but their roles are rapidly evolving to meet the growing demands of research productivity and professional development among academics. This paper explores how libraries are transforming into dynamic partners and knowledge hubs to facilitate access to resources, tools, and services that enhance research output and academic growth among academics. This study adopted a survey design approach. The population of this study is all the 86 academic librarians from the nine university libraries in Kwara State. Total enumeration sampling technique was used and data were collected via questionnaire from the respondents. …

Multimodal Pediatric Resuscitation Training In Guam, Ashley Czworniak

Advocate GME

No abstract provided.

Perceptions And Experiences Of Female Call Of Duty Players, Joshua Swanson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Experiences Of El Duende Process Painting In Clinical Group Supervision, Leara Glinzak

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

A Strategy For Standardizing Stimulant And Benzodiazepine Management For Advanced Nursing Practice And Drug Safety, Michael Iheukwu Agugo

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Middle School Teachers' Perceptions Of Assistive Technology Implementation For Students With Learning Disabilities, Delphine N. Amorow Aalbilly

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Emotional Intelligence Of Veterans Within A Rapid Rehousing Program, Damon Omar Colbert

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Interexaminer Variability In Objective Structured Clinical Examinations At A Medical University, Rakesh Calton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Attachment Styles And Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Following Sexual Infidelity In Committed Relationships, Arnetta Yardbourgh

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Exploration Of Maryland African American Veterans’ Experiences Utilizing Information On Federal Benefits And Services, Shontrea Bazemore

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Law Enforcement Officers' Perception Of Human Trafficking And The Efficacy Of The Training They Receive, Christian Jones

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Perceptions Of Elementary Teachers Using Coteaching In Bermuda, Laveta Daphne Ebbin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Perceptions Of Public High School Dance Teachers About Implementing Virtual Teaching, Rosana Gonzalez Anaya

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Staff Education On Low Health Literacy In African American Males With Hypertension, Karan L. Staggers

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Motivation And Leadership Development Among Federal Nurse Leaders, Sarah Davis-Arnold

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Novice Counselors’ Stress And Burnout: Experiences, Perceptions, And Help-Seeking Behaviors, Jillian Towar

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Pristine Pools Llc V. Hartford Fire Insurance Co

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

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 …

James Atkinson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

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 …