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We Are ... Marshall, July 5, 2023, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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Towards Enabling Haptic Communications Over 6g: Issues And Challenges, Muhammad Awais, Fasih Ullah Khan, Muhammad Zafar, Muhammad Mudassar, Muhammad Zaigham Zaheer, Khalid Mehmood Cheema, Muhammad Kamran, Woo Sung Jung

Computer Vision Faculty Publications

This research paper provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and potential solutions related to enabling haptic communication over the Tactile Internet in the context of 6G networks. The increasing demand for multimedia services and device proliferation has resulted in limited radio resources, posing challenges in their efficient allocation for Device-to-Device (D2D)-assisted haptic communications. Achieving ultra-low latency, security, and energy efficiency are crucial requirements for enabling haptic communication over TI. The paper explores various methodologies, technologies, and frameworks that can facilitate haptic communication, including backscatter communications (BsC), non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), and software-defined networks. Additionally, it discusses the potential of …

Adsorptive–Photocatalytic Performance For Antibiotic And Personal Care Product Using Cu0.5Mn0.5Fe2O4, Chanat Chokejaroenrat, Chainarong Sakulthaew, Athaphon Angkaew, Apiladda Pattanateeradetch, Wuttinun Raksajit, Kanokwan Teingtham, Piyaporn Phansak, Pawee Klongvessa, Daniel D. Snow, Clifford E. Harris, Steven Comfort

Nebraska Water Center: Faculty Publications

The amount of antibiotics and personal care products entering local sewage systems and ultimately natural waters is increasing and raising concerns about long-term human health effects. We developed an adsorptive photocatalyst, Cu_0.5Mn_0.5Fe₂O₄ nanoparticles, utilizing co-precipitation and calcination with melamine, and quantified its efficacy in removing paraben and oxytetracycline (OTC). During melamine calcination, Cu_0.5Mn_0.5Fe₂O₄ recrystallized, improving material crystallinity and purity for the adsorptive–photocatalytic reaction. Kinetic experiments showed that all four parabens and OTC were removed within 120 and 45 min. We found that contaminant adsorption and reaction …

The Impact Of Road Crossings On Karst Headwater Streams In Northwest Arkansas, Anthony M. Zenga

ATU Theses and Dissertations 2021 - Present

The karst region of NW Arkansas is home to many headwater endemic Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN). This includes many species of darters, such as Etheostoma cragini, E. microperca, and E. mihileze, as well as crayfish such as Faxonious meeki brevis and F. nana. NW Arkansas is rapidly urbanizing, increasing the need to construct structures like culverts, bridges, and fords. These man-made road crossings can cause stream habitat degradation and fragmentation, as well as impair overall stream connectivity. To evaluate the impact that road crossings have on aquatic SGCN species and their habitat, 30 headwater streams were sampled throughout …

Strong Ultrafast Demagnetization Due To The Intraband Transitions, G.P. Zhang

University Honors Program

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Male Army Rotc Cadets Fail To Meet Military Dietary Reference Intakes And Exhibit A High Prevalence Of Low Energy Availability And Poor Sleep Quality, Taylor Garron, Dylan J. Klein

Rita & Larry Salva School of Nursing and Health Professions Departmental Research

The purpose of this study was to assess the dietary habits, prevalence of low energy availability (EA), and sleep quality in a cohort of male army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets, and to investigate the relationship between EA and sleep quality as well as EA and various body composition variables that are important for tactical readiness. Thirteen male army ROTC cadets (22.2 ± 4.1 yrs; BMI: 26.1 ± 2.3) had their EA and body composition assessed using diet and exercise records alongside bioelectrical impedance analysis. Cadets also completed a validated sleep questionnaire. Sixty-two percent of participants presented with clinically …

Beyond Words: Exploring History Through The Lens Of Literary Theory And Research, Andrea Weaver

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

The narrative of this Master's portfolio reflects on the academic journey of Andrea Weaver. The three projects showcased in this portfolio reflect her experience during the Master of Arts in English with a Specialization in English Teaching program. It includes a rhetorical Ohio Suffragist unit plan created for high school sophomores, a seminar paper critically analyzing the film Interview with the Vampire (1994), and a digital presentation of artifacts and research about literary theorist Wolfgang Iser and his work in Reader Response Theory presented on the platform Microsoft Sway. The framework of New Historicism is threaded throughout each project, linking …

Usa V. Adam Santana

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Usa V. Noe Leinheiser

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Minutes 7-5-2023 | Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee, Annette Carter

Institutional Animal Care & Use Minutes

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Usa V. Ronald Hills

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Phenotype And Genotype Heterogeneity Of Pla2g6-Associated Neurodegeneration In A Cohort Of Pediatric And Adult Patients, Ali Zare Dehnavi, Maryam Bemanalizadeh, Seyyed Mohammad Kahani, Mahmoud Reza Ashrafi, Mohammad Rohani, Mehran Beiraghi Toosi, Morteza Heidari, Sareh Hosseinpour, Behnam Amini, Shaghayegh Zokaei, Zahra Rezaei, Hajar Aryan, Man Amanat, Hassan Vahidnezhad, Pouria Mohammadi, Masoud Garshasbi, Ali Reza Tavasoli

Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Phospholipase-associated neurodegeneration (PLAN) caused by mutations in the PLA2G6 gene is a rare neurodegenerative disorder that presents with four sub-groups. Infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) and PLA2G6-related dystonia-parkinsonism are the main two subtypes. In this cohort, we reviewed clinical, imaging, and genetic features of 25 adult and pediatric patients harboring variants in the PLA2G6.

METHODS: An extensive review of the patients' data was carried out. Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy Rating Scale (INAD-RS) was used for evaluating the severity and progression of INAD patients. Whole-exome sequencing was used to determine the disease's underlying etiology followed by co-segregation analysis using Sanger sequencing. In …

Gnsi Decision Brief: The National Guard's State Partnership Program In Strategic Competition, Tad Schnaufer

GNSI Decision Briefs

Both the National Security (NSS) and National Defense Strategies (NDS) make it clear that the US is "in the midst of a strategic competition" with Russia and China. Both documents highlight the strengths the US has in this competitive environment, notably its allies and partners. The NSS states, "The United States' unrivaled network of allies and partners protects and advances our interests around the world--and is the envy of our adversaries." The US employs a variety of methods to maintain this invaluable network. One expanding method is the National Guard's State Partnership Program (SPP). The SPP establishes formal relationships between …

The Buffering Effect Of Perceptions Of Teacher And Student Defending On The Impact Of Peer Victimization On Student Subjective Wellbeing, Diana J. Meter, Kevin J. Butler, Tyler L. Renshaw

Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications

Peer victimization is associated with unwanted outcomes including less school belongingness and lower academic ability and school achievement. This study expanded on previous research by investigating how a perception of defending by peers and teachers interacted with peer victimization to predict four aspects of student subjective wellbeing: school connectedness, joy of learning, educational purpose, and academic efficacy. Participants were 1058 (488 girls, 524 boys, 20 who reported "other," and 26 who did not report gender) U.S. adolescent 6th-9th graders, many who received free/reduced-price lunch, often from urban schools. Their mean age was 12.96 years (SD = 1.20); most identified as …

Nursing Faculty Care Expressions, Patterns, And Practices Related To Teaching Culture Care, Sandra J. Mixer

Dissertations

The purpose of this ethnonursing research study was to discover the care expressions, patterns, and practices of nursing faculty related to teaching culture care within the environmental context of urban and rural baccalaureate nursing programs in the Southeastern United States. The goal of the study was to discover faculty caring that facilitated teaching nursing students to provide culturally congruent and competent care. Four major themes with universal and diverse patterns which supported the themes were discovered. The themes were faculty care as embedded in Christian religious values, beliefs, and practices; faculty teaching culture care without an organizing conceptual framework; faculty …

Uab Libraries Leads $500,000 Fundraising Initiative For The Historical Collections Gallery, Staff

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Cultural Classroom Competencies: White Female Social Studies Teachers’ Preparedness And Support To Interact With, Engage, And Teach The Global Majority, Ashley Lamar

Doctor of Education in Secondary and Middle Grades Education Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine White female social studies teachers’ experiences of how they were prepared to engage, interact, and teach students of the global majority. Teachers who identified as White and female and teach any social studies discipline served as the five participants for this study. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and an online survey. The data were analyzed using the Atlas AI software to identity and record specific codes and themes within the data. Overall, the data showed that the participants were not highly prepared for the cultural diversity of the public school classrooms …

Gnsi Newsletter - July 5, 2023 // Issue 4, Global And National Security Institute

GNSI Newsletters

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Yes-Associated Protein-1 Overexpression In Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia; A Potential Diagnostic Marker And Therapeutic Target, Peter Julius, Stepfanie N. Siyumbwa, Fred Maate, Phyllis Moonga, Guobin Kang, Trevor Kaile, John T. T., Charles Wood

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Yes-associated protein-1 (YAP-1) is a Hippo system transcription factor, which serves as an oncogene in squamous cell carcinoma, and several solid tumors when the Hippo pathway is dysregulated. Yet, the activity of YAP-1 in ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) has not been determined. Here, we investigate the relationship between YAP-1 overexpression and OSSN. Using a cross-sectional study design, we recruited 227 OSSN patients from the University Teaching Hospitals in Lusaka, Zambia. Immunohistochemistry was used to assess YAP-1 protein overexpression in tumor tissue relative to surrounding benign squamous epithelium. OSSN patient samples (preinvasive, n = 62, 27% and invasive, n = …

Genotype By Environment Interaction And Heteroscedasticity Influence The Expression Of Parasite Resistance In Katahdin Sheep, Brian C. Arisman, Joan M. Burke, James L. M. Morgan, Ronald M. Lewis

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Increasingly, sheep producers are choosing breeds that express resistance to gastrointestinal parasites due to reduced efficacy of anthelminthic drugs. One such breed is Katahdin. Katahdins are raised in various climates and management systems in the United States, which can be combined into eco-management clusters to describe production environments more holistically. The objectives of this study were to determine if genotype by environment interaction (G × E) and heteroscedasticity existed across these eco-management clusters for traits indicative of parasite resistance. Body weights (BW), FAMACHA scores (FAM), and fecal egg counts (FEC) were collected at around 90 d in 3,527 Katahdin lambs …

Assessment Of 2019 George R. Farmer Jr. Law Library Strategy Map, Caroline L. Osborne

Law Library Annual Reports and Assessments

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Antimicrobial Resistance: A Growing Serious Threat For Global Public Health, Md Abdus Salam, Md Yusuf Al-Amin, Moushumi Tabassoom Salam, Jogendra Singh Pawar, Naseem Akhter, Ali A. Rabaan, Mohammed A. A Alqumber

Neurology Articles

Antibiotics are among the most important discoveries of the 20th century, having saved millions of lives from infectious diseases. Microbes have developed acquired antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to many drugs due to high selection pressure from increasing use and misuse of antibiotics over the years. The transmission and acquisition of AMR occur primarily via a human-human interface both within and outside of healthcare facilities. A huge number of interdependent factors related to healthcare and agriculture govern the development of AMR through various drug-resistance mechanisms. The emergence and spread of AMR from the unrestricted use of antimicrobials in livestock feed has been …

July 5 Roundtable Update, Jeffrey M. Wice

Elections, Census & Redistricting Updates

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Sidney Murray Heed, Oral History Interview, 2023, Kat Hacanyan

Oral Histories

In this interview Ypsi native Sidney Murray Heed shares her experiences at Ypsi Pride, detailing that she worked on the planning board remotely while attending a theatre program at Dell'Arte International performing arts school in California. Heed explains how she has felt most comfortable in the circus community since she didn't always feel comfortable in queer spaces as a queer woman who was attracted to men. Heed also goes on to explore more spaces she is comfortable in, her involvement in the Church, favorite pride memories, and plans for future involvement in Ypsi Pride.

California’S Failure To Protect Families: Statutory Reform To Better Serve Families Experiencing Domestic Violence, Cecilia Bobbitt

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

Los Angeles County is home to the largest child dependency system in the world. A significant portion of the families involved in this system have experienced domestic violence. Because the system is ineffective in responding to domestic violence, families experiencing domestic violence are especially vulnerable to the harms of the family regulation system. The harm that results is the separation of families, leading to irreparable harm and trauma which hurts, rather than helps, families.

This Article’s findings are based on qualitative legal and social science research, including deidentified data from a 2021 UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Families study regarding …

Allocating Deference In Shared Administrative Space, Juan Caballero

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

How do courts allocate deference when multiple agencies propose conflicting interpretations? While the Supreme Court has a clearly established Chevron-Mead paradigm for a single agency engaging in statutory interpretation, it has yet to articulate a method for applying deference in “shared administrative spaces,” legal jurisdictions wherein statutes task multiple agencies with implementing their provisions. The Court’s silence in this arena has allowed lower courts and scholars to develop competing and conflicting approaches to applying deference in shared administrative spaces.

This Article challenges the previously proposed rules for shared administrative spaces and proposes a new one. Courts should reframe Chevron “step …

The (Ir)Relevance Of Positivist Arguments For Originalism, Andrew Jordan

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

Some constitutional theorists have started looking to jurisprudential accounts of the nature of law for help in resolving disputes in constitutional theory. Most prominent is the “positive turn” defended by William Baude and Stephen Sachs. According to Baude and Sachs, ongoing debates in constitutional theory can be resolved by looking to positive law—that is, to the convergent social practices of legal officials. As a result, they claim that we can avoid the normative debates that have traditionally occupied constitutional theorists. Here, I argue that any attempt to settle substantive debates in constitutional theory via jurisprudential accounts of the nature of …

Too Close To Home?: The Constitutionality Of California’S S.B. 9, Stefan Ecklund

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

In 2022, Senate Bill 9 went into effect in California. This law allows owners of single-family-zoned parcels to split their lots in two and build at most two units on each parcel, regardless of local land use ordinances, but subject to detailed conditions. This law is one recent attempt to encourage housing development in a state where local opposition to denser housing has been blamed for the state’s current housing affordability problem. This Note will discuss S.B. 9 and the test courts apply to determine when a state law infringes too much on a charter city’s control over “municipal affairs” …

John Doe, Appellant / Cross-Appellee, Vs. State Of Utah, Office Of State Debt Collection, Appellee / Cross-Appellant : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

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Who's Publishing What: Chicken Soup For The Soul: Well That Was Funny, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

After attending the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, Juliann Wetz-Jones decided to try her hand at humor writing. The result: a piece in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Well THAT Was Funny.