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The Diamond, February 24, 2023, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Men's Track and Field Finishes First; Dordt Unveils New Housing and Dining Plans; The Hunt Returns for Year Two
• News: Honor Band Weekend; NC/DC Back in Black and Yellow; Women's Basketball Wins GPAC, Advance to Nationals; Culture Fair
• Feature: EU Energy Crisis; The Hoyt Special; Ag Students Move On To Nationals; The Table; Sushi to You: A New Culinary Venture in Sioux Center; Seeking Freedom in Faith and Fellowship
• Opinion: Let's Not Freak Out About ChatGPT - Yet; A New Muffin Makes Its Appearance; Movie Review: Your Place or Mine
• Sports: Baseball Swings …

An Analysis Of Factors Affecting Malaysia’S Youth Unemployment Rate, Neha Bhubhindar Singh, Yvonne Lee

International Journal of Management, Finance and Accounting

This study aims to identify if macroeconomics-related indicators consisting of gross domestic product (GDP), inflation, population and economic shocks are related in the Malaysia’s youth unemployment. The youth unemployment rate and its determinants’ data from an extended period of 1982 to 2020 were obtained from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). By employing the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) analysis, findings show that Gross Domestic Product and Population significantly affect Youth Unemployment in the long-run.  These findings indicate that the Malaysian government should develop youth-specific strategies to combat youth unemployment, with Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) quality and availability being …

Financial Reporting Quality And Control System: A Mixed Approach Assessment, Mansur Lubabah Kwanbo, Esther Ali Baba, Solomon Akanet, Muhammad Tanko

International Journal of Management, Finance and Accounting

Listed firms have been reported by regulators to be tangled in financial scandals that have made the quality of their financial reports doubtful due to inadequate control systems of risk assessment, monitoring, information and communication, control environment and control activity. This study examines the relationship between financial reporting quality and the internal control system of listed firms in Nigeria. The research relieda hybridixed approach that sourced primary and secondary data using a bilateral convergent paralleled mixed design. The research method adopted is the interpretive post-action multiple case study that employs reduction and multiple regression as its data analysis techniques. Comparatively, …

Re-Tribute: Reconsidering The Moral Psychology Of Culpability And Desert, Guyora Binder, Mathew Biondolillo

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Gardner-Webb Department Of Theatre Arts Presents Susan Glaspell Plays, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

The performers who will take the stage in Gardner-Webb University’s production of two plays by Susan Glaspell: “Trifles” and “Suppressed Desires” are some of the busiest students on campus. Their love for the theater drives them to add memorizing lines and four weeks of rehearsals to their already full schedules.

Defamation 2.0, Cortelyou C. Kenney

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

There is a literal prohibition in the media bar that media lawyers cannot represent plaintiffs in suits for defamation. The stated principle behind this rule—a rule that can result in excommunication from the premier media law organization if it is violated—is that playing both sides of the defamation game is disloyal to traditional media actors because any chance of victory could inadvertently distort the law of defamation to increase the risk of frivolous suits against media outlets or other innocent third parties. But has the maxim finally gone too far?

Fueled by a new model where media profits are driven …

Professor Pillsbury And The Boundaries Of Deserved Punishment, Kevin Lapp

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Stones In Sam Pillsbury's Bowl, Scott Wood

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fostering Responsible Innovation In Fintech, Willie Almack

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

The California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) was passed in 2020. This piece of legislation rebranded the state’s financial services regulator as the “Department of Financial Protection and Innovation” (DFPI) and authorized the creation of an “Office of Financial Technology Innovation” (OFTI) within the DFPI. The CCFPL grants the DFPI expanded supervision over “fintech” providers—firms that leverage software-based technologies to deliver financial services to consumers via nontraditional conduits. Recognizing that fintech presents both potential benefits and risks for consumers, the California legislature took measures to ensure that the new regulatory scheme does not stifle innovation. Using the DFPI as a …

"Judicial Frustration": A Local Judge's Bold Attempt To Solve The Homelessness Crisis From The Bench, Gregory A. Alonge

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

In May 2021, in the case of LA Alliance v. Los Angeles, Judge David O. Carter of the Central District of California granted a sweeping order enjoining the city and county of Los Angeles to offer shelter to all unhoused persons living in Skid Row. The 109-page order identified structural racism and government indifference as the unconstitutional causes of homelessness in the region, and condemned California’s housing-first approach to addressing the issue. Although the Ninth Circuit swiftly vacated the preliminary injunction on procedural grounds, Judge Carter’s order begs the question: would universal shelter offers actually ameliorate the homelessness crisis? …

Asprosin Promotes Feeding Through Sk Channel-Dependent Activation Of Agrp Neurons, Bing Feng, Hesong Liu, Ila Mishra, Clemens Duerrschmid, Peiyu Gao, Pingwen Xu, Chunmei Wang, Yanlin He

Division of Basic Science Faculty Publications

Asprosin, a recently identified adipokine, activates agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH) via binding to protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor δ (Ptprd) to increase food intake. However, the intracellular mechanisms responsible for asprosin/Ptprd-mediated activation of AgRPARH neurons remain unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the small-conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) channel is required for the stimulatory effects of asprosin/Ptprd on AgRPARH neurons. Specifically, we found that deficiency or elevation of circulating asprosin increased or decreased the SK current in AgRPARH neurons, respectively. AgRPARH-specific deletion of SK3 (an SK channel subtype highly expressed in AgRPARH neurons) blocked asprosin-induced …

Wayne Sayer, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation

Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings

In this interview, Wayne Sayer is the guest. Sayer speaks of his time in high school where, as a freshman, he saw a riot about to break out between the Mexican and White students. Sayer also explains that previous to that event, there was a lot of racial tension that was occurring in the school, such as fights. Sayer then answers the interviewer's questions regarding school activism, saying that he and other students wanted to confront a problem at that moment. For the question of whether he had any advisor or teacher that he remembered fondly, Sayer talked about his …

Sabrina Jefferson, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation

Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings

In this interview, Sabrina Jefferson is the guest and talks about her time in San Gorgonio High School. She went from 1979 to 1981 and has both bad and good experiences at the school. During one time in high school, members of the Ku Klux Klan showed up at the school. It was an attempt to start a KKK club at the high school, which led to riots for the entire week that it happened. Jefferson also talks about good memories, such as the time she campaigned to be the school vice president and running track. She also mentions how, …

Gilbert Green, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation

Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings

In this interview, Gilbert Green is the guest. He speaks on how he went to San Gorgonio High School from 1975 to 1978. Though he didn’t participate as much in the BSU, Green tells how his teacher Ms. Doby was in charge of it and taught the Black national anthem. The latter was related to baseball star Jackie Robinson. It stuck with Green for decades and at an HBCU baseball game in Seattle, he was on the big screen. He then goes on to talk about how American history is not taught with important events and information. Answering the interviewer’s …

Macbeth

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University's performance of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

Performed February 24-26 & March 3-5 2023 at the Mitchell Theatre.

Macbeth is a tragedy that delves into themes of ambition, power, and guilt. The play follows the rise and fall of Macbeth, a Scottish nobleman, who is driven by a prophecy from three witches and the manipulative encouragement of his wife, Lady Macbeth. After murdering King Duncan to seize the throne, Macbeth's reign is marked by paranoia and tyranny, leading to further bloodshed and his eventual downfall. The play explores the psychological effects of ambition and the moral …

February 24, 2023 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Ud In The News Feb. 17-24, University Of Dayton

News Releases

In a pair of Conversation pieces and stories in Newsweek, USA TODAY and Insider, UD faculty helped explain Lent, transporting hazardous materials, the 2024 presidential campaign and air travel.

Electron Energization By Inertial Alfvén Waves In Density Depleted Flux Tubes At Jupiter, P. A. Damiano, P. A. Delamere, E.-H. Kim, J. R. Johnson, C. S. Ng

Faculty Publications

Juno satellite observations have illustrated substantial examples of broadband electron energization up to 105–106 eV levels. In order to explain these observations, we use a hybrid gyrofluid kinetic-electron model in an untilted dipolar topology to illustrate energization to high levels in weak current conditions by inertial Alfvén waves close to the Jupiter ionosphere for ambient plasma densities and magnetic field perturbations inferred from Juno satellite observations. The key to the high energization is the extremely low densities evident in the observations which necessitates the acceleration of electrons to very high velocities in order to carry the field-aligned current.

Graph Analysis On Social Networks, Shen Lu

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

With the development of transportation network, social network, and communication network, there are many applications in streaming data. For example, traffic congestion happens between the origin and destination of daily trips. Traffic analysis can help plan the trips so that traffic congestion can be avoided. Social network and communication network represent the behaviors of the entire population. People build connections based on their hobbies, daily activities, photos, videos, simple messages, and even anonymous web surfing. All of these can be turned into commercial use, such as product marketing, business network building, and technology trending. Data science is about how to …

Beyond Regulation: Competition In The Pharmaceutical Industry And The Public Manufacturing Of Drugs, Jane Kaufman

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

High generic drug prices affect patient access to health care. This is not only detrimental to individual members of the public but is also a problem for the entire healthcare system. Market conditions in the pharmaceutical industry as well as anticompetitive behavior by pharmaceutical companies can directly produce high drug prices. This Note argues that the government should go beyond the regulation of the pharmaceutical industry to lower drug costs and instead become a market player, adding competition to the generic drug market. The public manufacturing of drugs is likely an effective policy solution for the federal government or state …

From Tuberculosis Bedside To Bench: Ube2b Splicing As A Potential Biomarker And Its Regulatory Mechanism, Mengyuan Lyu, Jian Zhou, Yanbing Zhou, Weelic Chong, Wei Xu, Hongli Lai, Lu Niu, Yang Hai, Xiaojun Yao, Sheng Gong, Qinglan Wang, Yi Chen, Yili Wang, Liyu Chen, Ganzi People's Hospital, Jiongjiong Zeng, Chengdi Wang, Binwu Ying

Student Papers, Posters & Projects

Alternative splicing (AS) is an important approach for pathogens and hosts to remodel transcriptome. However, tuberculosis (TB)-related AS has not been sufficiently explored. Here we presented the first landscape of TB-related AS by long-read sequencing, and screened four AS events (S100A8-intron1-retention intron, RPS20-exon1-alternaitve promoter, KIF13B-exon4-skipping exon (SE) and UBE2B-exon7-SE) as potential biomarkers in an in-house cohort-1. The validations in an in-house cohort-2 (2274 samples) and public datasets (1557 samples) indicated that the latter three AS events are potential promising biomarkers for TB diagnosis, but not for TB progression and prognosis. The excellent performance of classifiers further underscored the diagnostic value …

New Synthetic Opioids: Clinical Considerations And Dangers, Amber Edinoff, David Martinez Garza, Stephen Vining, Megan Vasterling, Eric Jackson, Kevin Murnane, Adam Kaye, Richard Fair, Yair Jose Lopez Torres, Ahmed Badr, Elyse Cornett, Alan Kaye

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

Since the early 2010s, synthetic opioids have significantly contributed to overall opioid-related overdose mortalities. For point of reference, of the 68,630 opioid-related deaths recorded in 2020, 56,516 involved synthetic opioids. During much of this period, fentanyl has been the most commonly used synthetic opioid. This time when fentanyl was the most popular opioid has been called the “third wave” of the opioid crisis, partly because it led to a sharp rise in deaths from overdoses. Other synthetic opioids, such as carfentanil, protonitazene, and isotonitazene, have also become more widely diverted for nonmedical used. Carfentanil is an even more potent fentanyl …

A Review Of Perceived Risk Role In Autonomous Vehicles Acceptance, Ho Jen Sim, Tan Booi Chen, Lau Teck Chai, Nasreen Khan Thandar Oo

International Journal of Management, Finance and Accounting

The purpose of this study is to critically review literature pertaining to the theoretical concept of perceived risk and its role in autonomous vehicle (AV) studies. A mapping on the placement of perceived risk to explain its position concerning AV acceptance either as a direct predictor or mediator as well as the number of dimensions used (i.e., single or multi-dimensions) in the context of AV, will be derived based on the critical review. Interestingly, a critical gap was discovered in which very little attention had been paid to the use of perceived risk as the multidimensional constructs that included financial …

Jennifer Weathersby-Williams, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation

Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings

In this interview, Jennifer Weathersby-Williams is the guest. She speaks about how her involvement in San Gorgonio High School’s clubs led to future success. Being in the school’s Black Student Union, Weathersby-Williams said how it helped her see the need to give back to her community. She continues to do this by volunteering as an income tax assistant. One notable figure, Mr. Wilber Brown, helped her succeed in college. Especially as a student with a large family who needed funds, she needed all the support she could get. She was able to get encouragement from Brown and her parents to …

Elaine Ford-Sterling, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation

Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings

In this interview, Elaine Ford-Sterling is the guest. She attended San Gorgonio High School from 1971 to 1973. Ford-Sterling recalls joining the Black Student Union in order to have a space where she feels comfortable. Then, she speaks of the Home of Neighborly Service, which was a sort of Black Student Union but out of school and in students’ neighborhoods. The riots are something she mentions were a thing she will never forget and were terrible. Eventually, there was unity between schools due to sports and petty rivalry. To end the interview, Ford-Sterling then talks about needing to swim across …

Theresa Guinn, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation

Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings

In this interview, San Bernardino native Theresa Guinn speaks with the interviewer. Guinn discusses how it was growing up and attending school during a time when segregation was prevalent. She mentions she hopes that politics, at the time the interview was recorded, will eventually level down and the country will become more understanding. Guinn goes on to speak about her career as a nurse and even about the time she was at the old San Bernardino County Hospital during the Whittier Earthquake. After that event, Guinn worked with nurses who had degrees in their field. The interview ends with her …

Phyllis Boles, Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation

Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings

In this interview, Phyllis Boles is the guest. Boles starts her discussion about her time in the Black Student Union. While in that organization, she learned structure, how to write information down, and other important skills that have made a powerful impact. Boles speaks about her volunteer experience in working for a safe house for victims of human trafficking. She also used to be a teacher in the private school sector. As someone who was in the military for about four years, Boles could see how diverse that field was. The interview ends with Boles talking about how the state …

Human Disturbances Dominated The Unprecedentedly High Frequency Of Yellow River Flood Over The Last Millennium, Shi Yong Yu, Wen Jia Li, Liang Zhou, Xuefeng Yu, Qiang Zhang, Zhixiong Shen

Marine Science

A warming climate may increase flood hazard through boosting the global hydrological cycle. However, human impact through modifications to the river and its catchment is not well quantified. Here, we show a 12,000-year-long record of Yellow River flood events by synthesizing sedimentary and documentary data of levee overtops and breaches. Our result reveals that flood events in the Yellow River basin became almost an order of magnitude more frequent during the last millennium than the middle Holocene and 81 ± 6% of the increased flood frequency can be ascribed to anthropogenic disturbances. Our findings not only shed light on the …

Associating Outcomes After Hip Arthroscopy With Patient Resilience, Patrick F Szukics, Peters Otlans, Matthew Meade, Jeffrey Lynch, John P. Salvo

Rothman Institute Papers

Background: Higher patient resilience has been shown to be associated with improved patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) at 6 months after hip arthroscopy.

Purpose: To examine the relationship between patient resilience and PROMs at minimum 2 years after hip arthroscopy.

Study design: Cross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods: Included were 89 patients (mean age, 36.9 years; mean follow-up, 4.6 years). Patient demographics, surgical details, and preoperative International Hip Outcome Tool-12 (iHOT-12) and visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores were collected retrospectively. Postoperative variables were collected via a survey and included the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), Patient Activation Measure-13 (PAM-13), Pain …

Kenyon Collegiate - February 24, 2023

Kenyon Collegiate

No abstract provided.