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Gavin Coco V. Josh Dear

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

Annette Sutton V. Plainfield Board Of Education

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Marcel Ingram V. George Dunbar

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Implementing A Depression Screening Protocol In Primary Care To Improve Utilization Rates: A Quality Improvement Project, Stella Lemel

DNP Projects

Significance and Background: Depression is a widespread and debilitating mental health condition that is often underdiagnosed and undertreated, especially in primary care settings. The importance of early detection and intervention for depression in preventing adverse outcomes and improving patient well-being is not consistently recognized. This DNP project addresses this gap by implementing a standardized depression screening protocol in primary care.

Purpose: This project aims to assess the achievability and efficiency of implementing a depression screening protocol in a primary care clinic to improve the identification and management of depression among patients.

Methods: Plan-Do-Study-Act. Plan: A depression screening protocol was developed …

Image De‑Photobombing Benchmark, Vatsa S. Patel, Kunal Agrawal, Samah Baraheem, Amira Yousif, Tam Nguyen

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Removing photobombing elements from images is a challenging task that requires sophisticated image inpainting techniques. Despite the availability of various methods, their effectiveness depends on the complexity of the image and the nature of the distracting element. To address this issue, we conducted a benchmark study to evaluate 10 state-of-the-art photobombing removal methods on a dataset of over 300 images. Our study focused on identifying the most effective image inpainting techniques for removing unwanted regions from images. We annotated the photobombed regions that require removal and evaluated the performance of each method using peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), structural similarity index …

Dnp Project Proposal: Toolkit For Transition Of Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder (Ya-Asd) To Primary Care, Dawn Boal

DNP Projects

Significance and Background: Young adults (YA) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) transitioning from pediatric to adult care may have more difficulty finding a primary care clinician trained to address their unique medical and mental health needs. Transition resources need to be developed to help these patients and their caregivers while they are still being cared for by their pediatrician.

Purpose: To develop an ASD resource toolkit with resources designed to help YA-ASD and their caregivers with the transition from pediatric care to adult primary care.

Methods: The Model for Healthcare Improvement guided this evidence-based quality improvement project. An evidence …

The Individualized Multidisciplinary Immediate Fall Response Program, Adenike Y. Awotundun

Dissertations

Falls are common in older residents in the United States. 800,000 falls occur yearly and one in three residents will fall again within a year (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], 2017). In Frey Village, approximately 25 falls occur monthly with 1.9% fall-injuries, annually. This project focused on the Individualized Multidisciplinary Immediate Fall Response Program (IMIFRP).

PICOT Question: In older adults in a long-term facility (P), does implementation of an individualized multidisciplinary immediate fall response program (I), improve fall care processes and reduce fall rates (O) within 2-months post-intervention (T), compared to 2-months preintervention (C)?

Discussing Menstrual Health In Family Medicine, Allison Casola, Alice Renaud, Ashwini Kamath Mulki

Department of Family & Community Medicine Faculty Papers

No abstract provided.

Music For Health Syllabus, Eric B. Miller

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.

Owen Weimer, Trombone, April 10, 2024 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Katherine Czarnik, Clarinet, April 10, 2024 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Amaan Dhannani, Euphonium & Tuba

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

Amaan Dhannani, Euphonium & Tuba

Hawks' Herald -- Apr. 10, 2024, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.

Qualitative Analysis Of Selected Hydrocarbon Produced In Kansas Using Ftir: An Oil-Oil Correlation Study, Oluwaseun Omoyemi, Henry Agbogun, James Titah

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Hydrocarbons have been produced in Kansas since the 1860s, however, the properties and characteristics of the produced oil are still poorly understood.

An oil-oil correlation analysis has been conducted on twelve hydrocarbon samples from three subbasins and from five producing intervals within the State of Kansas. Fourier Transform Infrared Radiation (FTIR) was used to characterize the organic functional groups present within the samples and Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) was used to assess the hydrocarbon fractions in the samples. The FTIR spectrum of all the samples exhibit similar peaks implying similar functionally groups were present in all the samples. The TLC …

Understanding Implications Of Restaurants In A Post-Pandemic World:​ A Tourism And Hospitality Case Study For La Tasca, Callyn Anderson, Marisol Banda, Katie Hale

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

The impact of COVID-19 has had implications for every single lifestyle and business (Sharma et al., 2022). Not only did it impact the economy, but the service industry took the brunt of it. The industries most affected by COVID-19 over the period January 2020 to January 2022 included “airlines, automobiles, energy equipment and services, hotels-restaurants-leisure, and specialty retail (Vidovic, 2022). When airlines and recreation parts of the industry did not return to pre- pandemic levels in November of 2021, the United States saw a reflection of the appeal for more local tourism (Linn et al., 2022). Local tourism, including restaurants, …

Fhsu Students’ Economic Perceptions & Expectations, Nate Egan, Samuel Schreyer

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Economic perceptions and expectations (P&E) held by college students influence many essential choices they make throughout college. Based on a survey administered in January 2024, our FHSU Student Confidence Index increased by nearly 6% from the previous year. Overall, most respondents remain optimistic about the competitiveness of their degree and ability to secure a job after graduation, more so than evident within 2023.

Evaluating Macro-Policy Attitudes About Abortion In The United States, Christopher Olds, Miriam Guadalupe Benavides-Ortega, Madison May Albers, Rocio Figueroa-Castro

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Prior research on public opinion demonstrates attitudes about major issues often shift/move together. In other words, public support for government involvement in domestic affairs across multiple policy areas can be indicative of the general policy sentiment or public mood at any given point in time. In exploring specific issue areas in isolation, researchers can assess whether change in opinion on an issue area is significantly linked to fluctuations in views about macroeconomic conditions. The current research project will contrast quarterly public support for government involvement in the issue area of abortion through vector autoregression time series techniques examining whether prior …

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (Ai) For Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Presentations, Christine Hober

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Objective: The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive pilot study was to determine best approaches for incorporating generative artificial intelligence (AI) into nursing research change project poster disseminations.

Methodology: Following structured course implementation of normally assigned research posters, process modifications for best practices using AI were implemented within infancy parameters.

Findings: Pending further project analysis. Preliminary study findings using aggregated Likert-type survey data analyzed via SPSS © Paired T-Test and open-ended comments using Thematic Analysis via Dedoose©.

Conclusion: This pilot project analyzed transformative applications of generative AI for in person and virtual classroom use of the art and science of nursing …

Successful Rocket Launch In Argonia, Seungyou Cho

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

The object of launching the PK-56 (The name of the kit) rocket is how to take off and land safely using the parachute deployment. To inspect the engineering process, I tried to get an L1 certification from Tripoli Rocketry Association who is judging whether the rocket was flying stable. This consisted of building the structure, deployment system, engine system, anddesigning process. The most important thing was to read the instructions thoroughly, and to build a safe rocket.

Since launching high-power rockets needs a comprehensive understanding of those processes, I tested with small rocket with a motor that impulses 1.26 N …

Exploring The Relationship Between College Students' Self-Reported Listening Habits With Apple Airpods Or Earbuds And Pure Tone Hearing Threshold Outcomes, Blake Roth, Maegan Koch, Aubree Warner, Annika Wallace, Romina Gehrts, Austin Drake

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

This study investigated the relationship between self-reported listening habits of college students and their auditory threshold screening outcomes. Survey data was collected in addition to the completion of basic audiometry screening procedures. Results indicated most participants listen to portable devices within safe ranges. While these results are encouraging, continued efforts should be made to educate users of portable listening devices on the negative effects of music-induced hearing loss.

Detecting The 2-Micron Plasmid In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Caitlin C. Allen, Eric T. Gillock

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

This research is a continuation of work started by a previous student, Camryn Greving. Camryn was screening for the presence of the 2-micron plasmid using PCR primers specific for the REP2 gene, devised by Nakayashiki et al. In this research, we confirmed the presence of the plasmid by using primers specific for the RAF1 gene, which were designed by Strope et al.

Impact Of Exercise On Burnout Of Nursing Students, Kelly Foudray

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Background: An important topic as a nurse educator is how to provide nursing students with adequate self-care strategies to help prevent feelings of burnout. Burnout is an issue not only that affects healthcare workers, but also those who are studying to work in the medical field, for example nursing students. Nursing students experience high levels of stress due to the significant workload throughout nursing school. Nursing students also go through a rigorous curriculum that is often inflexible. Many nursing programs have a competitive atmosphere among classmates, and they are also preparing for the NCLEX examination. All these factors can …

An Application Of Soren Kierkegaard's Three Stages Of Life To The Marginalised Transgender Persons In India, Ramakrishnan G

Theses and Dissertations

According to Soren Kierkegaard, “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced”. Human beings are completely free to make choices in their life and live in accordance to those. However, they have to be responsible as well as committed to their choices for an authentic existence. Transgender persons are also human beings though they identify themselves different from the gender binary.

This research has proposed to explore the existential struggles and faith of transgender persons in the modern society with reference to the application of three stages of life of Soren Kierkegaard to the …

The Race-Based Stress Reduction Intervention (Rise) Study On African American Women In Nyc And Chicago: Design And Methods For Complex Genomic Analysis, Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, Alexandria Jones-Patten, Laura Prescott, Stephanie Potts-Thompson, Cara Joyce, Bamidele Tayo, Karen Saban

Biostatistics Collaborative Core: Faculty Publications and Other Works

RiSE study aims to evaluate a race-based stress-reduction intervention as an effective strategy to improve coping and decrease stress-related symptoms, inflammatory burden, and modify DNA methylation of stress response-related genes in older AA women. This article will describe genomic analytic methods to be utilized in this longitudinal, randomized clinical trial of older adult AA women in Chicago and NYC that examines the effect of the RiSE intervention on DNAm pre- and post-intervention, and its overall influence on inflammatory burden. Salivary DNAm will be measured at baseline and 6 months following the intervention, using the Oragene-DNA kit. Measures of perceived stress, …

Donors Seek To Help Restore Integrity Of News Media, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A desire to improve the U.S. media environment while helping consumers better discern truth and accuracy in news reporting has led a former University of Mississippi faculty couple to make a $4 million gift to the UM School of Journalism and New Media.

Multicultural Gerotranscendence: A Theoretical Approach To Working With Older Adults, Whitney George, Danielle Schlittler

Adultspan Journal

With the growing number of the aging population, the call for counselors to understand the developmental processes of all clients is essential. The theories of gerotranscendence and multicultural counseling and therapy are central to the understanding of adult development in later life. The use of these two theories together provides a theoretical basis for counselors wishing to provide services to diverse older adults.

Exploring The Prevalence Of Mental Illness And Mental Health Issues Amongst Adults Diagnosed With Type One Diabetes During Their Adolescence: A Nursing Perspective, Sara J. Taylor

Honors Capstones

While every individual experiences and copes with their illness in different fashions, it is important to equip everyone with resources they need for any direct or potential complications. Type One Diabetes is a chronic illness that is always ever changing. Treatment and care for it is constant and can cause burnout, frustration, increased stress, and many other mental health issues for the patient. If left untreated and poorly managed, these feelings can develop into far more serious complications such as depression, PTSD, eating disorders, etc. While a cure for Type One Diabetes is not currently an option, providing preventative education …

Clemson University Board Of Trustees, Student Affairs Committee, 2024 April 4, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Implementing A Skin Care Bundle On Hypoperfusion Skin: A Quality Improvement Project, Emily O'Connor

DNP Projects

Significance and Background: Pressure injury rates have increased within the critical care population. Pressure injuries are known to increase pain, infection risk, length of stay leading to decreased quality of life. Thermal imaging cameras highlight areas of hypoperfusion, allowing staff to target these areas as high likelihood to progress to a pressure injury. Foam dressings have been shown to help decrease pressure injury acquisition. Prevention methods should utilize evidence-based skin care bundles and focus on known information and target areas. Combining knowledge from thermal cameras, foam dressings, turning every two hours and accurate use of documentation scale (Braden Scale), a …

Comparative Genomics Across Multiple Streptomyces Murinus Strains To Identify Antifungal Metabolites Using Streptomyces Murinus Strain Spc1 As The Reference Genome, Vamsi Korisapati, Dhivyan Kurani, Sathvi Gandra, Sheril Mathew, Rebecca Thomas, Niah Johnson, Braham Dhillon, Navdeep Gill

Bioinformatics

Streptomyces are filamentous, Gram-positive bacteria in the phylum Actinobacteria that are known to produce a diverse array of antimicrobial metabolites. A bacterial isolate, labeled Streptomyces murinus strain SPC1, recovered in Davie, FL, from ripe berries of foxtail palm (Wodyetia bifurcata) exhibited antimicrobial activity against fungal pathogens of palms (Dhillon and Chakrabarti 2023). Interestingly, the genome of Streptomyces strain SPC1 contains a complete secondary metabolite cluster for antifungal metabolite pentamycin (fungichromin) biosynthesis. Secondary metabolite clusters (SMCs) or biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) are groups of genes responsible for the production of bioactive compounds, such as antibacterial and
antifungal agents. In this study, …