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Reconstructing Fire Progression From Uas Observations To Evaluate Bioaerosol Transport Sensitivity In Coupled Fire–Atmosphere Simulations, Isaac Forrest, Ali Tohidi, Angel Farguell, Aurélien Costes, Leda N. Kobziar, Phinehas Lampman, Eric Rowell, Adam Kochanski

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Bioaerosols released during wildland and prescribed fires may influence ecosystems, air quality, and microbial dispersal, yet their transport and deposition remain poorly understood. This study combined infrared uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) observations of a prescribed burn with the coupled fire–atmosphere model WRF-SFIRE and a Lagrangian particle model in order to evaluate how uncertainties in simulated fire behavior affect predicted bioaerosol (bacterial cell) transport and deposition. A reconstruction of the observed spatiotemporal evolution of the fire was derived from thermal UAS measurements acquired during the burn and incorporated into a WRF-SFIRE simulation, in which the modeled fire spread was constrained to …

Margaret "Peggy" O'Connell Interview About The Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, Margaret Ann O'Connell

Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge Oral Histories

An interview of Professor Margaret "Peggy" O'Connell on O'Connell's experience as an Eastern Washington University (EWU) biology professor who worked closely with Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge staff on studies about the refuge's wildlife and environment. O'Connell discusses her training prior to her work at EWU, her work with students and staff on the wildlife refuge, details about the unique features of Turnbull, and the Turnbull Laboratory for Ecological Sciences.

John Klint and Steven Bingo conducted the interview at the EWU JFK Memorial Library.

Probing The Disequilibrium Chemistry Of Two Late T-Dwarfs Using Planetary Intensity Code For Atmospheric Scattering, Crystal-Lynn Jacqueline Bartier

Theses and Dissertations

We have performed a detailed analysis of the atmospheric properties of two late-T type brown dwarfs, 2MASSI J0415195-093506 and 2MASS J05591914-140448. For each brown dwarfs, we combined the spectra of each brown dwarf from the ground at 1-2.5 µm, AKARI at 2.5-5 µm, and from the Spitzer Space Telescope at 5-15 µm. For this project, we are particularly interested in probing the extent of vertical mixing. For this analysis, we used the Planetary Intensity Code for Atmospheric Scattering (PICASO), which is a code that creates a radiative transfer model for a given set of atmospheric parameters. With PICASO we find …

The Relational Good Life: Entrepreneurship Education And Grounded Sumak Kawsay In Otavalo, Ecuador, Vanessa I. Lozano Hardman

Theses and Dissertations

Indigenous Kichwa communities in Ecuador’s Otavalo region have long participated in local and transnational markets, historically as mindalaes, specialized traders of the northern Andes. Yet in recent years, international development-oriented NGOs have framed entrepreneurship education as newly necessary for economic development. These approaches emphasize individualized narratives of vision, self-reliance, and growth, often characterizing Indigenous peoples as lacking entrepreneurial skills or the appropriate mindset. Drawing on ethnographic research with youth, mothers, and teachers at Saminay–El Legado, an agro- technical, intercultural bilingual secondary school (UECIB) in the parish of San José de Quichinche, this article examines how entrepreneurship education intersects with grounded …

Independent English Teaching In Brazil: A Case Study, Jade G. Gunca

Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative case study investigates the experiences and practices of successful independent English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Brazil who operate outside traditional schools and private language institutes. Rather than providing a broad descriptive profile, this study offers an in-depth examination of a small group of teachers. These educators frequently use social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook to showcase communicative, personalized, and flexible instruction in response to growing learner demand. Although English is widely taught in Brazilian schools, persistent structural constraints often limit students’ development of communicative proficiency, prompting some learners to seek instruction from independent …

The Griffin Principle: Defining And Deterring Election Contest Gamesmanship, Samuel Davis

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy

Through the lens of a protracted battle over a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2024, this Article considers the problem of election contest gamesmanship: the manipulation of the procedures states use to resolve post-election disputes in an effort to subvert the democratic results of an election. This Article illustrates how election contest gamesmanship problematizes basic assumptions of federal voting rights doctrines, exploiting the traditional deference afforded to the operation of state election administration procedures to evade federal judicial scrutiny and advance strictly partisan ends. The result is a unique and pernicious threat to the fair administration of …

Constitutional Litigation After Trump V. Casa, Howard M. Wasserman

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy

Trump v. CASA resolved a decade-old scholarly debate about whether federal courts can grant "universal" injunctions in constitutional cases—injunctions prohibiting the executive from enforcing the challenged law against all persons subject to the law, beyond the plaintiffs to the action. A 6-3 Court said federal courts could issue remedies necessary to accord "complete relief to the plaintiffs," without the power to protect non-parties.

The various opinions in CASA offer competing visions of litigation, adjudication, and judicial decisionmaking. The case plays and will continue to play an essential role in ongoing challenges to Trump Administration policies and regulations and all constitutional …

Journal Staff

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy

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The Ninth Amendment And Natural Rights/Social Compact Theory: A Defense Of Fundamental Unenumerated Constitutional Rights In The Wake Of Dobbs, Joseph R. Guerra

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy

In ruling that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does not protect a right to an abortion, the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization relied on reasoning that casts serious doubt on the continued validity of other unenumerated constitutional rights. According to Dobbs, unenumerated rights cannot be recognized unless they are deeply rooted in this Nation's history and traditions, and have long enjoyed legal protection. In ruling that a right to abortion failed this test, the Court asserted that its decision did not undermine other previously recognized unenumerated rights, such as rights to …

The Impact Of Normothermic Regional Perfusion Compared With Cold Storage On Warm Ischemia Time In Donation After Circulatory Death Organ Transplantation: A Scoping Review, Chris Turner

Student Works

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Background: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) has expanded the donor pool but introduces an inevitable period of warm ischemia that threatens graft viability. Preservation techniques such as normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) and static cold storage (SCS) aim to minimize this injury and improve transplant outcomes.

Objective: This scoping review identifies and synthesizes published evidence comparing NRP with SCS in DCD organ transplantation, focusing on their respective effects on warm ischemia time, graft function, and early post‑transplant outcomes.

Methods: Following the PRISMA‑ScR framework [23], searches were conducted in MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, and Scopus for English‑language studies involving DCD …

Frank Nellom V. Police And Fire Federal Credit Union

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Inclusion In Education: Supporting All Students, Sarah E. Cannon

Masters Projects

Inclusion has become a prominent topic in today’s education sector. However, it is far more than just a buzzword, it is federal law. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that students with disabilities be educated in their Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), “Each public agency must ensure that—To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are nondisabled,” (U.S. Department of Education, 2017, para 1).  In summary, public schools must provide opportunities for students with disabilities to be educated alongside their general education peers …

Centralizing &Streamlining Learning Commons Communications, Alyssa Darden, Samantha Kapp

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

The Learning Commons at Franklin University needed an innovative approach to communicating changes within our organization and to the broader university community. Migrating to a new LSP, changes in proctoring vendors, and other high‑impact changes are frequent within a department that includes library, testing, and academic support services. We faced many challenges while we figured out what worked (and what did not) and celebrated many wins along the way. We would like to share our experience and what worked to streamline our communications to stakeholders, adjuncts, faculty, staff, and students alike.

Beyond Detection: Drink Spiking And Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault Prevention, Response, And Systems Gaps On College Campuses And Beyond, Neve Palmeri

School of Business Student Scholarship

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Leadnursingforward.Org And A Focus On Nursing Retention: Advocating For Maryland’S Nursing Workforce, Kaynabess Freda, Lisa Seldomridge, Abigail Johnson

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Maryland’s Nursing Workforce Study identified critical shortages in registered nurses and nurse educators, emphasizing the urgent need for sustainable, equity-focused strategies to strengthen the workforce and academic pipeline (Global Data, 2022; Maryland Hospital Association, 2022; National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, 2020). To address these challenges, XXX was expanded as a statewide platform that advocates for healthier work environments through actionable, evidence-based resources. A team of academic content experts, GIS specialists, and marketers collaborated to design and implement new site features. The “Be a Maryland Nurse” page was developed to highlight statewide data and showcase successful retention strategies. …

Enhancing Nurse Preparedness And Safety In Home Health Through Simulation For Nursing Students, D'Ana Brooks, Christina Matousek, Kelli-Ann Mancini

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Background: Nurses working in the home health setting often work alone in isolated and uncontrolled environments, which increases their risk of experiencing violence or unsafe situations. Recent home health nurse experiences suggest that the severity of safety events has increased in violence and in some cases, led to death. In a recent survey by National Nurses United (2023), eight out of ten nurses reported experiencing workplace violence, including verbal abuse, physical threats, and being pinched or scratched.⁴ Nursing curriculum does not consistently focus on education for the home health setting or overall nurse safety, calling for a re-examination of …

Caring For Dying Patients: Implications For Wellbeing Of Registered Nurses, Danna Leigh Curcio

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Of the 4.7 million registered nurses working in the United States, 55% work in acute care hospitals, and one-quarter will leave the profession within five years (Smiley et al., 2023). To fill these vacancies novice nurses will be hired, caring for the sick and dying. This can be a challenge affecting wellbeing and creating diminished quality patient and family centered care (Akpinar et al., 2025). Domains, guidelines, and criteria were created addressing the emotional impact of caring for the dying while sustaining resilience, self-care, support, and adaptation (NCPQPC, 2018). Additionally, ten domains were developed (AACN, 2021), one aimed at commitment …

Mental Stress, Physical Activity And Reproductive Health: A Pilot Study On College-Aged Females In Stem, Ellie Nichols

Honors Theses

Introduction: Undergraduate students enrolled in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) programs face rigorous academic demands that place them under immense stress. Chronic exposure to stress elevates cortisol, a key hormone known to disrupt endocrine function, including the reproductive system; such disruptions may contribute to menstrual irregularities. Among mediators that help the body return to homeostasis, physical activity (PA) is widely recognized as an effective tool for managing stress. Previous literature has documented the relationship between stress and reproductive health, however limited research has examined how PA may buffer stress related reproductive disruptions within the undergraduate STEM student population. This …

Cv: Erica Dávila (Educational Leadership), Erica Dávila

Education Department Faculty Curricula Vitae

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2026-04-22 ‘Birds Connect Seattle’ Surveys Avian Life On Campus, Kean Mathis

The Spectator Online

No abstract provided.

The Parthenon, April 22, 2026, Baylee Parsons, Kaitlyn Fleming, Abby Ayes, Ella Hatfield, Davina Snyder, Scott Price, Trista Honaker, Tally Mamula

The Parthenon

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Energetic Characterization Of 3-D Printed Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Fuels For Hybrid Rocket Propulsion Applications, Stephen A. Whitmore, Ryan J. Thibaudeau, Ava T. Wilkey

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications

Hybrid rocket technologies are gaining recognition as eco-friendly alternatives to traditional propulsion systems. Utah State University’s Propulsion Research Laboratory has developed a High-Performance Green Hybrid Propulsion (HPGHP) technology, leveraging 3D-printed ABS fuel for reliable, low-energy ignition. Among tested materials, only ABS shows suitable electrical-breakdown properties for arc ignition. Unfortunately, due to the proprietary formulations in commercial ABS blends, and its limited use as a rocket-propellant, related composition and combustion data are limited. This study uses spectroscopic evaluation and bomb calorimetry to estimate material compositions, enthalpies of formation, and combustion energies for multiple commercially available 3-D print feed stock ABS types, …

Lessons Learned From A Sustained Mobile Prenatal Care Delivery Program: Results From A Mixed-Methods Evaluation To Understand Appointment Attendance And Patient Satisfaction., Stacey Cunnington, Candice Mims, Rebecca Barbeau, Sonia Booker, Mary Ann Abiado, Gain Robinson, Salina Tesfay, Cintia Ulloa-Hays, Donna Beach, Nimo Farah, Eleanor Porter, Rebecca Rudel, Jacey A Greece

Women’s Health Articles

No abstract provided.

Uc Resources Space And Budget Minutes 2026-04-22, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

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Enhancing Soybean Breeding Through Optimized Testing Networks And Sparse Designs, Arthur Martins Almeida Bernardeli

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

This dissertation addresses a central challenge in soybean breeding: how to make better selection decisions across diverse environments while working within the practical limits of field testing. Multi-environment testing is essential for evaluating breeding lines, but large testing networks are costly to maintain and difficult to interpret because genotype performance often changes across locations and years. At the same time, breeders must decide how to allocate limited field resources while still capturing the environmental and genetic variation needed for effective selection. Using yield, pedigree, genomic, and environmental data from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Soybean Breeding Program, this dissertation explores practical …

Transitional And Turbulent Dynamics In Viscoelastic Wall-Bounded Flows, Alexia Martinez Ibarra

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

The addition of small amounts of long-chain polymers to a turbulent flow has been reported to modify the flow phenomena when compared to Newtonian flows, resulting in a significant skin-friction reduction. Although polymer-induced drag reduction has been extensively studied through both experimental and numerical studies, a unified and predictive understanding of the phenomenon is still lacking. This dissertation focuses on better understanding of this phenomenon, particularly on the transitional regime, which remains largely unexplored but is of utmost importance for both practical and fundamental purposes.

Firstly, direct numerical simulations are performed to study the effect of polymers on the laminar-turbulent …

The New Era Of Pulmonary Hypertension: The Dawn Of Disease Modification & Therapeutic Modalities, Noyan Ramazani, Lacey Barnes, Alex Wong, Divyansh Sharma, Aditi Singh, Kachon Lei

Department of Internal Medicine Faculty Research

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can be defined as a mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) greater than 20 mm Hg at rest during right heart catheterization (RHC). The reported prevalence of PH throughout the globe has been estimated to impact approximately 1% of the total population, with a majority of those afflicted being women more than men. Numerous etiologies give rise to the pathophysiology of PH, including heart disease (i.e., left-sided heart failure), lung diseases, and other unclear causes related to chronic stages and complications surrounding long-standing pulmonary thromboembolisms, side effects of certain medications, and genetic and environmental factors. Untreated PH can …

Domain-Specific Fine-Tuning Of Neural Machine Translation For Georgian Religious Texts, Jacob Brent Fisher

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigates whether domain-specific fine-tuning of a large multilingual neural machine translation model improves translation quality for English-to-Georgian religious text, a low-resource pair underserved by existing systems. Using the 1.3-billion-parameter NLLB-200 model as a baseline, two LoRA-adapted variants were trained: General-FT, on 91,143 parallel segments of contemporary religious discourse drawn from the General Conference talks and other publications of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Scriptural-FT, on 33,229 segments from the scriptural canon of The Church. The three models were evaluated using automated metrics (BLEU, chrF, COMET) covering both domain-matched and cross-domain conditions, and on a …

2026-04-22 Villagerrr Explores Connection And Sincerity On Upcoming Album Carousel, Keagen Brooks-Torres

The Spectator Online

No abstract provided.

2026-04-22 Cowboys, Canned Tomatoes And Cherries Decorate Student-Made Zines, Julia Pilch

The Spectator Online

No abstract provided.