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Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy In An Infant: A Case Report, Elisamia Ngowi, Zeenat Juneja, Jacqueline Gabone, Maria Bulimba, Mohamedraza Ebrahim, Yaser Abdallah

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Background: Acute necrotizing encephalopathy is a rare, severe neurological condition, characterized by symmetrical necrotic brain lesions affecting the thalamus, cerebral white matter, brain stem, and cerebellum. Diagnosis relies on characteristic clinical and radiological features.

Methodology: We describe a 10-month-old female infant presenting with multiple seizures following a brief febrile upper respiratory illness.

Findings: MRI of the brain showed bilateral symmetrical abnormal signal intensities involving both thalami and caudate nucleus, consistent with ANE. Management of ANE is symptom-related but high-dose steroids and IVIG have been used.

Conclusion: This case highlights the importance of recognizing ANE beyond its …

Blood Cries Out From The Ground: The Einsatzgruppen And The Holocaust In Ukraine, Lauren R. Letizia

Student Publications

After the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the Wehrmacht occupied much of the western Soviet regions. The Third Reich deployed special killing squads known as the Einsatzgruppen to protect its military and ideological interests. These units were responsible for murdering over two million Jews from 1941 to 1944, primarily through mass shootings. Ukraine was one of the most afflicted countries by this “Holocaust by Bullets.” Because of the efficient genocidal techniques of Einsatzgruppen units operating in the region, one in four Jews who perished in the Holocaust was Ukrainian. The scale on which these killings …

Patterned Plantar Stimulation During Gait, Christopher P. Engsberg

Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

It is well established that the soles of the feet are involved and aid in balance control. However, it is not well understood the exact role that the feet play in gait control. During walking, the center of pressure (CoP) takes a predictable and repeated path along the plantar surfaces, going from heel to toe. This CoP has been established to be vital for postural control during standing, the plantar surfaces may perform a similar role during walking by perceiving this CoP path. Most studies use vibro-tactile stimulation on the plantar surfaces during the entire gait cycle, including the swing …

Extending Text2alm With Xclingo, Joel Sare

Computer Science Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

This research project goal is to achieve explainable automatic text understanding and reasoning for simple English narratives focused on the use of action verbs. text2alm is a system developed at UNO in the scope of a master thesis by Craig Olson. It takes a narrative in English and processes it into a logic program under answer set semantics. This program is then processed with the state-of-the-art answer set solver clingo, which finds an answer set for the program that represents entities and events occurring within the narrative as well as encodes state of affairs at various points of the narrative …

Felicidad Aplataná: How Dominican Migrants Living In The Nordic Countries Make Sense Of Their Happiness, Ivanna Lajara

Dissertations

As globalization evolves and the number of migrants and cross-cultural interactions among world citizens increases, understanding various aspects of immigrants’ experiences, including their happiness and subjective well-being will become fundamental to organizations, governments, and societies. However, there are substantial cross-cultural differences in how people understand their happiness, make sense of experiences that influence happiness, and how large-scale social trends, such as globalization, relate to the individual migration perspectives (Uchida and Ogihara, 2012). Research affirms culture as a key factor influencing happiness (Ye et al., 2015) and living in a foreign country may not only impact one’s perspective on life, but …

Wooster Magazine: Spring 2023, Caitlin Paynich Stanowick

Wooster Magazine: 2021-2030

The spring 2023 issue of Wooster magazine features alumni influencing change in their communities around the world, including John Carwile ’81, career member of the U.S. Foreign Service; Rashmi Ekka ’08, international development consultant; Samira El-Adawy ’13, Special Olympics youth manager in the Middle East and North Africa; Ishtiaq Ghafoor ’00, a diplomat with the British Foreign Service; Sarah Haile ’03, a biostatistician at University of Zurich; Kurt Russell ’94, 2022 National Teacher of the Year; and Lauren Vargo ’13, climate change researcher in New Zealand. Also featured are students who have attended the annual Athens Democracy Forum for the …

Order, Structure, And Patterns In English Grammar: Utilizing A Classical Christian Methodology, Teresa Lynch

Master of Arts in Classical Studies

Order, structure, and patterns are found in English grammar; however, they are not taught as essentials under a modern pedagogical approach. The classical Christian methodology of education not only teaches the student to recognize these attributes, but also utilizes order, structure, and patterns in the teaching methods themselves. In a world in which education is clearly in decline, a reassessment of educational methods is necessary. This work considers three models of education: modern, classical, and classical Christian. Within each of these pedagogies, the methods used to recognize order, structure, and patterns are also identified. In addition, the results of a …

Propp, Parables, And Paideia: What The Stories Of Jesus Teach Us About Cultivating Culture, Rachelle Bowman

Master of Arts in Classical Studies

The parables of Jesus are well-known and oft-repeated. They are commonly taught to children in Sunday school, but Jesus used them to reveal truth to his adult audiences. This paper explores the importance of Jesus choosing to use stories to teach adults, whether these stories qualify as folklore, and also whether they can be analyzed as literature. After drawing conclusions on these matters, this paper analyzes several of the parables of Jesus according to Vladimir Propp’s Morphology of the Folktale and looks to see if Jesus told stories that fit within Propp’s proposed functions. Finally, this paper asks what can …

Intergenerational Power Gap And R&D Investment: Evidence From China, Yong Zhao, Xi Yang, Daqi Xin, Wencang Zhou, Shuaijun Zhang

Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Family firms face the dual challenge of succession and innovation. Based on the attention-based view, this study empirically investigates the effect of intergenerational power gap on corporate R&D investment, using a sample of Chinese listed family firms. We find that intergenerational power gap has a negative effect on corporate R&D investment, and this negative relationship is amplified in traditional industries and in firms with a low proportion of institutional ownership. Our findings have theoretical and practical implications for R&D investment in the family business succession process.

2023-April-01-A Name Says A Lot - This One Does Too, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Writing not long after the end of World War II, author David Sinclair Burleson noted that what was then East Tennessee State College (ETSC) had always aimed to assist the region while at the same time evolving with changing times.  

 

“While from its beginning in 1911 the school has sought to adapt itself to conditions in the area and thereby render its best service,” wrote the longtime ETSC professor and dean, “yet the administration has kept in mind that changing conditions make new demands and call for growth and development internally as well as externally.” 

 

Such a conviction has guided …

2023-April-01-Etsu Professor Awarded For Research On Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

East Tennessee State University assistant professor Dr. Kara Boynewicz has been awarded the American Physical Therapy Association’s Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Dissertation Award for her research of motor development and neurobehavior in infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Boynewicz studied hospitalized infants for the first two weeks of their life. Her research uses standardized outcome measures to determine the effects of prenatal opiate use on newborns to better understand early brain development for early identification of developmental delays.

“I was in shock when I won the award, as there are many P.T.-Ph.D. programs across the country who produce high-quality researchers,” …

2023-April-01-A Space To Be Authentically You, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Located in the D.P. Culp Student Center, the ETSU Pride Center is an open and welcoming space for all students, staff and faculty to find their sense of belonging on campus.

Jordan Bond comments on finding the Pride Center saying, “It is where I found the best friend group I’ve ever had.” 

The Pride Center is committed to providing a safe space for anyone to be themselves, learn about the LGBTQ+ community and access support resources.

Learn more about the Pride Center here.

2023-April-01-What Are The People Of Breathitt Left With?, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY — A pair of East Tennessee State University graduate film students, Patrick Cooley and Jake Higgs, have created and produced a new documentary exploring Breathitt County, Kentucky, after significant flooding occurred in summer 2022.

The film’s accolades are impressive.  

“When the Water Goes Down” has been accepted to Tennessee Film Nights; the Southern Studies Conference at Auburn University in Montgomery, Alabama; and the Story? -  International Student Documentary Festival in Cork City, Ireland. The documentary was written about and published in Appalachian Places.

“With the news vans packed up and onto the next natural disaster, what are …

Found Families: An Idea For Blending Whole-Class Novels And Student Choice In Middle School And High School English Classrooms, Abby De Groot

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

The ideas in this article spring from three important identities I carry in my heart: reader, teacher, and child in the family of God. I have spent my career as a teacher, both in K–12 schools and higher education, thinking about how to best teach literature in a way that produces not only literate and knowledgeable students but also students who see and value God’s truth in stories. I have not always succeeded at reaching these worthwhile goals, but I am grateful to still be discovering and articulating ways to do so.

2023-April-01-A Golden Opportunity For A Reunion, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – Graduates of East Tennessee State University’s class of 1973, as well as all former Golden 50s Club members, are encouraged to attend the Golden 50s Reunion on May 5 and 6. ETSU President Dr. Brian Noland will host the groups during the two-day spring weekend extravaganza. 

On Friday, May 5, registration at the James and Nellie Brinkley Center (formerly Millennium Center) ballroom begins at 9:30 a.m. The reunion groups will tour the campus and the Johnson City area to see changes that have taken place since these graduates left the university. 

During a special reunion brunch, …

2023-April-01-A Sincere Commitment To Our Mission, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Last week during the quarterly meeting of the ETSU Board of Trustees, our staff presented the results of the recent State of the University Survey. I was pleased — but not surprised —  to see that students, faculty, and staff overwhelmingly rated East Tennessee State University as a strong community with a positive and supportive atmosphere. Perhaps even more importantly, survey respondents were nearly unanimous in saying they believe ETSU is fulfilling its charge to improve the quality of life for people in the region and beyond.  

This steadfast commitment to our mission is one of the best …

2023-April-01-Former Attorney General Coming To Etsu, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – John Ashcroft, a former United States attorney general, is coming to Johnson City.  

He will be the keynote speaker at East Tennessee State University’s Pre-Law Society and Pi Sigma Alpha end-of-year banquet.  

John Ashcroft, a former United States attorney general

“It is a true honor to include a keynote address from former United States Attorney General, the Honorable John Ashcroft. We are excited to share our beautiful campus and community with Attorney General Ashcroft and to hear about his experience as a lawyer, public servant and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States,” said Michael …

2023-April-01-Hitting The Right Note, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – Most graduating students look forward to leaving the books, papers, projects and exams of college behind and jumping into their chosen careers, but East Tennessee State University senior Lydia Hamby plans a different path.

Hamby, who graduates Saturday, May 6, with a bachelor’s degree in human services and a minor in bluegrass music, came to ETSU as a junior right out of high school after earning an associate degree through dual enrollment from McDowell Technical Community College (MTCC) in Marion, North Carolina.

Hamby grew up in Marion in a family that loved music. Her sister began playing …

2023-April-01-She's Going To Africa. Then She Will Help Refugees., University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

An East Tennessee State University student will spend time in Tanzania this summer thanks to a prestigious scholarship.

ETSU’s Jessica Potter, a child psychology major and University Honors scholar, will study Swahili in the East African country from mid-June through early August. 

“We are so proud of Jessica and what she has accomplished,” said Dr. Christopher Keller, senior international officer at ETSU and dean of the Honors College. “Jessica has worked hard and is very deserving of this. The award is a perfect fit to help her realize her personal and professional goals in the non-profit and NGO (non-governmental …

2023-April-01-Day Of Giving Beyond Limits To Opportunities, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Learn more about Day of Giving
The first time Atlanta native Kendra Whitehurst visited East Tennessee State University was for a track meet in high school. She never dreamed she would be back.

“I had never heard about this school and had never thought about coming here, but a year later, I got a recruiting call from the track coach, and that was the beginning of my journey toward getting clarity about what I wanted,” Whitehurst said. “I’m from metro Atlanta, and I knew I wanted something different because I had been there so long and needed a new environment …

Are Sovereign Citizens More Amenable To The Arbitration Process?, Tyler Fierro

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) Blog

While it is impossible to know how many people in the United States identify as “Sovereign Citizens”, the number has boomed since the Covid-19 pandemic and the well-known ‘QAnon’ conspiracy theory. Although there is no centralized organization surrounding Sovereign Citizens nor common beliefs shared by all individuals, the basic conclusion is that the American Government established by the Founding Fathers, under a common law system, was secretly replaced during the U.S. Civil War. According to these conspiracy theorists the replacement government is premised on Admiralty law, or law of international commerce. Given this secret switch, Sovereign Citizens believe the Federal …

Virtual Patient/Family Communication In The Acute Care Setting, Kathleen Defigueiredo

Translational Projects (Open Access)

Patient and family-centered care strategies see patients and families as valuable healthcare team members. Such strategies thus treat these groups as essential clinical partners in providing safe, high-quality care. Participation, collaboration, and shared decision-making are central to this framework. Historically, hospitals have relied on physical presence at the bedside as a prerequisite to engaging families in the shared decision-making process. Visitor restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic removed the primary strategy for family participation: physical presence. Healthcare organizations rapidly deployed mobile devices to help minimize the exposure of healthcare providers and provide video visits for family members. This deployment was often …

Implementation Of Telemedicine To Reduce No-Show Rates, Peter Kizza

Translational Projects (Open Access)

Missed appointments, or no-shows, are defined as “patients who neither kept nor canceled scheduled appointments” (Dayal, 2019, p.27). Missed appointments cost the United States healthcare system more than $150 billion annually. They disrupt the continuity of healthcare services, add to patients' dissatisfaction due to delays in getting new appointments, and hinder the detection and treatment of disease. The rates of missed appointments vary between countries and healthcare systems. Studies conducted previously in primary care settings found that the rate of missed appointments ranged from 5%–55% in different series in the United States. One study suggested that missed appointments are likely …

Implementing Clinical Decision Support Aimed At Reducing Co-Prescribing Of Opioids And Benzodiazepines At Adventist Healthcare Maryland, Monica Coley

Translational Projects (Open Access)

Clinical Decision Support (CDS) leverages computerized toolsets to provide condition specific guidance that aids providers in clinical decision making processes (AHRQ, 2019; AMIA, n.d.; ONC, 2018). Research has shown that applying CDS, interruptive within the electronic health record (EHR) prescribing workflow, can assist providers with avoiding unsafe medication prescribing, such as 1) multiple opioids and 2) opioid-benzodiazepine combinations (Malte et al., 2018; Smith et al., 2019, Price-Haywood et al., 2020; Nelson et al., 2022). In an effort to decrease the co-prescribing rate for 1) multiple opioids and 2) opioid-benzodiazepine combinations, Adventist HealthCare Maryland (AHC) launched a performance improvement project in …

The Role Of Commensal Flagellin Specific Igg Antibodies In Host-Microbiota Relationship, Mary Elisa Wagner, Wayne Duck, James S. New, R Glenn King, Charles Elson, Qing Zhao

Expo Student Presentations

2023 Spring Expo Poster Presentation

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Representative Sara Jacobs And Senator Dick Durbin Take Aim At The Dod Law Of War Manual - And Miss, Brian L. Cox

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

In a letter recently sent to the Department of Defense General Counsel, two lawmakers—Representative Sara Jacobs and Senator Dick Durbin— present a number of suggested revisions to the DoD Law of War Manual. In Part I, this Article conducts a critical assessment of the substantive suggestions. By adopting an approach that emphasizes maintaining the delicate balance between humanitarian considerations and military necessity, the critical assessment concludes that the suggested revisions to the Manual are inadvisable.

Part II then considers the Jacobs-Durbin letter in the broader context of public discourse and separation of powers. This component of the inquiry determines that …

Gender, Violence, And The Death Penalty, Sandra L. Babcock, Nathalie Greenfield

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This article is the first in a series that will systematically explore how gender has affected the criminal proceedings of women currently on death row. For this inaugural article, we have undertaken the first—and, to our knowledge, only—comprehensive analysis of gender-based violence (“GBV”) in the lives of all women currently on death row, examining the prevalence of GBV and how it has shaped the lives and affected the criminal prosecutions of women facing execution. Our research reveals, for the first time, that almost every woman on death row in the United States has experienced GBV. Indeed, the great majority have …

Chinese Students’ Transcultural Strategies: Intentions To Navigate Identity Conflicts And Expand Their Identities Through Hong Kong Study Experiences, Saihua Xia, Winnie Cheng

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

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Full Issue 15(2) 2023

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

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Shifting Gears In A Pandemic: The Impact Of Online Academic Support For International And Domestic Students, Laura Jacobi

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

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