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Cybersecurity Integration In Research Stage Connected Devices Within Healthcare Environments, Klemens Koszarek

Master's Theses (2009 -)

The rapid growth of connected devices in healthcare environments has significantly expanded the cybersecurity threat landscape, extending the potential risks beyond traditional hospital networks. Regulatory guidance from the FDA and risk management frameworks such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) provide an approach for managing cybersecurity risk in connected systems. However, these principles are not always applied during early stages of device development. As a result, security consideration may be deferred until later stages of development, allowing for vulnerabilities to persist in systems as they move toward clinical or commercial deployment. This study presents a structured method for integrating …

The Influence Of The Timing Of Definitive Restoration Placement After Root Canal Completion: A 22-Year Retrospective Study, Shikha Gupta

Master's Theses (2009 -)

Objective: To evaluate how the time interval between root canal obturation and the placement of a definitive restoration impacts the incidence of tooth failure, defined as non-surgical retreatment, apical surgery, or extraction. Methods: This 22-year-retrospective cohort study utilized electronic health records from the Marquette University School of Dentistry (MUSoD) axiUm database, analyzing 11,002 teeth treated between 2004 and 2026. Inclusion criteria required patients to be at least 18 years of age, categorized as established patients of record, with all non-surgical root canal treatments (NSRCT) meeting the 2020 AAE quality standards. The interval between obturation and restoration was categorized into seven …

The Effect Of Temperature On The Α To Ε Phase Transition Of A Low Carbon Steel, Nicole Schilder

Master's Theses (2009 -)

The shock-induced α → ε → α phase transition in iron-based alloys is critical for understanding material behavior under high strain rate loading, such as in impacts or explosions. However, the influence of elevated temperatures on this transition remains underexplored in low carbon steels. This thesis uses plate impact experiments with a light gas gun to investigate the effects of preheating up to 200°C on the Hugoniot, spall strength, and phase transition of a low carbon steel. Shock-recovery experiments with momentum trapping rings were used to preserve samples for post-shot analysis including optical microscopy, microhardness, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and electron …

Testing A New Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument For Pediatric Nursing, Elizabeth Anne Flasch

Dissertations (1934 -)

A descriptive multi-site correlational study design was used to test a modified instrument to determine its ability to assess students consistently across settings using a group of prelicensure pediatric students enrolled in two different pediatric clinical environments. Two participant groups were intentionally recruited including clinical instructors teaching in pediatric clinical environments and their corresponding students practicing in pediatric simulation and traditional clinical environments. Inter-rater reliability of the instrument was achieved. Prelicensure nursing students were deemed competent in the care of children across settings. No statistically significant correlations were found between environments. There was a relationship between student perception of confidence …

Building On Common Ground: Autistic Adults' And Parents Of Young Autistic Children's Perspectives Of Early Behavioral Intervention Practices, Sophia R. D'Agostino, Naima Bhana-Lopez, Trenton J. Landon, Alyssa Roylance, Avery Briggs

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to examine the perspectives of autistic adults and parents of autistic children regarding applied behavior analysis (ABA)-based early intervention, their beliefs about best practices in early intervention, and their recommendations for improving service delivery. A mixed-methods design was used to compare quantitative survey data from 70 participants (33 autistic adults, 37 parents) with qualitative interview responses (12 autistic adults, 12 parents), exploring perceptions of ABA and early intervention implementation. Quantitative analyses revealed significant group differences in perceptions of ABA’s benefits and side effects: parents rated ABA-based interventions more positively overall, whereas autistic adults expressed …

Levine V. Xu-Kehrli

All Decisions

The Appellate Term affirmed a Small Claims judgment granting the tenant a full return of her security deposit and limiting the landlord's counterclaim for property damage. The court found the landlord failed to provide an itemized statement detailing the basis for retaining the deposit within 14 days of the tenant's vacatur, as mandated by General Obligations Law § 7-108 [1-a][e] for unregulated tenancies. The decision emphasized that substantial justice was accomplished, relying heavily on the trial court's assessment of witness credibility regarding the property damage claims.

875 River View Realty Llc V. Marzullo

All Decisions

The Appellate Term affirmed the Civil Court's order granting the landlord's motion to strike the tenant's jury demand in a holdover proceeding. The court found that the original lease, under which the tenant sought succession rights, contained an enforceable jury waiver provision that bound the tenant. The court also held that the landlord's motion to strike the jury demand was not untimely, nor did the tenant demonstrate prejudice due to any delay.

Pejudo Realty Corp. V. Bryk

All Decisions

The Appellate Term reversed the Civil Court's sua sponte dismissal of the landlord's nonpayment petition, reinstating it and remanding for further proceedings. The lower court had dismissed the petition due to alleged defects, even though tenants failed to appear and landlord was not given notice or an opportunity to be heard. The Appellate Term held that sua sponte dismissal, while not appealable as of right, is an extraordinary remedy only justified in rare circumstances. No such circumstances existed here, as tenants had not sought dismissal, and the landlord was denied due process. The Court did not rule on the merits.

Julmis V. Oliya

All Decisions

In this holdover proceeding, the tenant moved to amend their answer and for discovery. The court dismissed the landlord's petition, finding the landlord failed to serve a proper predicate notice. The landlord had appended a truncated version of the Real Property Law § 231-c Good Cause Eviction Law (GCEL) form to the predicate notice, which the court deemed insufficient as it did not contain enough relevant portions to be considered a non-prejudicial defect. Consequently, the tenant's motion was granted, and the proceeding was dismissed.

Phil Sayers Named As Next Lindenwood Women’S Basketball Head Coach, Truman Griessel

Lindenlink (2012- )

No abstract provided.

Uniqueness And Nonlinear Stability Of Positive Entire Solutions In Parabolic-Parabolic Chemotaxis Models With Logistic Source On Bounded Heterogeneous Environments, Tahir Bachar Issa

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

This paper studies the asymptotic behavior of solutions of the parabolic-parabolic chemotaxis model with logistic-type sources in heterogeneous bounded domains: (formula present) We find parameter regions in which the system has a unique positive entire solution, which is globally asymptotically stable. More precisely, under suitable assumptions on the model’s parameters, the system has a unique positive entire solution (u∗(t, x), v∗(t, x)) such that for any u0 ∈ C⁰(Ω̅), v0 ∈ W^1,∞(Ω̅) with u0, v0 ≥ 0 and u0 ≢ 0, the global classical solution (u(t, x; t0, u0, v0), v(t, x; t0, u0, v0)) of …

Comparing English-Speaking Third Through Sixth Grade Students' Performances On Spoken And Written Cloze Morphological Awareness Tasks, Victoria Henbest, Kenn Apel

Victoria S. Henbest Publications

Purpose: Morphological awareness, the ability to consciously think about morphemes, plays an important role in literacy achievement. Historically, when measuring morphological awareness, researchers primarily have administered tasks in the spoken rather than written modality and few have investigated the influence of modality on task performance. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine whether performance on cloze morphological awareness tasks would be different for English-speaking third through sixth grade students depending on whether the task was administered in the spoken or written modality. We also analyzed whether performance on a written version explained unique variance on measures of …

Cougar Insider Vol. 1 Iss. 6, University Of Minnesota Morris. Chancellor's Office

Cougar Insider

A Message from Heidi Davis, Internship Coordinator -- Van Wey Named Fulbright Finalist -- Community Engagement Awards Celebrate Partnerships -- Purpose-Driven Business Motivates Ponce in Nike Internship -- Upcoming Events -- 2026 Commencement

West African Drumming And Dance Ensemble: April 15, 2026, Nana Hemaa Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum

School of Music Programs

This is the one hundred and fifty-ninth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

April 15, 2026

Wednesday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Newsletter 2026.04.15, Fcrh Honors Program

What's Going On, Honors? (2025-26)

No abstract provided.

Cold Crops, Warm Returns, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Lawson, Steven, Gabriella Luongo

Bronx Jewish History Project

Summarized by Gabriella Luongo

Steven Lawson, born in 1945, was raised in the Bronx, New York, in a working-class Jewish family. He grew up on Morris Avenue in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood and describes his childhood as vibrant, safe, and deeply shaped by urban community life. His daily world included local public schools, neighborhood parks, and weekend dances at community centers such as the YM/YWHA, along with frequent trips to nearby movie theaters. He recalls being immersed in the popular music of the time, especially doo-wop and early rock and roll, which reflected the social and emotional atmosphere of his …

Hidinet-T: A Transformer Modeling For High-Dimensional Survival Analysis, Aashish Dhanani

Computer Science Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

The Parthenon, April 15, 2026, Baylee Parsons, Kaitlyn Fleming, Abby Ayes, Ella Hatfield, Davina Snyder, Scott Price, Trista Honaker, Tally Mamula

The Parthenon

No abstract provided.

Anesthetic Management In Patients With Impella Devices: A Retrospective Review And Clinical Guide, Harrison Yang, Divakara Gouda, Kent B. Berg, Katherine Green, Suvan Sundaresh, Basavana Goudra

Department of Anesthesiology Faculty Papers

Background: The Impella family of percutaneous a left ventricular assist devices are increasingly used for hemodynamic support in patients with cardiogenic shock or advanced heart failure. However, guidance on anesthetic management for patients with Impella support undergoing noncardiac procedures remains sparse. This study reviews perioperative practices and outcomes to inform clinical management.

Methods: Following institutional review board approval, a retrospective analysis was performed of adult patients receiving an Impella device (2.5, CP, 5.0, or 5.5) at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA, between December 2017 and October 2024. Patients, who subsequently underwent procedures involving anesthesia care were included. Demographics, procedure …

Structure-Property Relationships In Chalcones With Extended Π-Conjugation: Ict Perturbation And Far-Red Fluorescence, Yi Pang, Christopher J. Ziegler, Wei-Yuan Chen, Paityn Houglan

University Research

4-Dimethylamino-2′-hydroxychalcone (DHC) derivatives are known to exhibit distinctive photophysical properties for various applications, including highly fluorescent crystals and molecular imaging. In a continuous effort to establish the structure–property correlation of this class of materials, a series of methoxy-substituted chalcone derivatives with extended π-conjugation have been synthesized to understand the effect of methoxy substituents on the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) along the backbone. These derivatives displayed low fluorescence in protic solvents (e.g. ϕfl ≈ 0.003–0.009 in H2O), but high fluorescence in a polar aprotic solvent (ϕfl ≈ 0.2–0.35 in DMSO), with emission maxima up to 658 nm. Fluorescence lifetime measurements revealed …

An Investigation Into The Student And Faculty Knowledge, Perception, And Usage Of Chatgpt, Isabella Burns

Honors Theses

Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT) has become a significant topic in academia. Professors and university officials have been contemplating an all-out ban on utilizing such tools for undergraduate academic work. Sullivan et al (2023) noted “…student behaviors led some universities to ban the use of ChatGPT…” (p. 32). Instead of teaching students how to leverage ChatGPT as a powerful resource to enhance the learning process, universities have deemed use of ChatGPT unacceptable, equating its use with serious academic dishonesty offenses consistent with plagiarism (Hawdon et al., 2025). Directly copying from ChatGPT can constitute plagiarism and poses a significant issue for college-level studies, …

Exploring Undergraduate Student’S Perceptions Of Agriculture, Cayden J. Barton

Honors Theses

Americans today, both young and old, face issues with agricultural knowledge regarding the food and fiber industry and production agriculture as a whole (Frick et al., 1995). In a society where consumers are separated from production agriculture, public interaction with agriculture is less prevalent and the importance of agriculture is undervalued. A person’s knowledge of agriculture, or agricultural literacy affects the way that they perceive agricultural commodities and the agricultural industry (Specht, McKim, & Rutherford, 2014). Without adequate knowledge of the agricultural industry consumers cannot make well informed decisions about food safety or processing methods. In addition to consumers, government …

Empowering Futures: Inspiring Young Girls In Stem Through Comics, Angel M. Griggs

Honors Theses

Women have historically been underrepresented in STEM fields. In my analysis, I explored how children’s literature representing historical women role models empower young girls to possibly pursue STEM careers. I applied Vekiri’s et. al (2024) research on attracting girls to STEM through interactive video games displaying STEM role models to comic books. In this project, I review academic literature, historical sources, and research articles to develop an educational comic book about historical women in STEM to help support the idea that creative activities and resources displaying role models can be influential to young children, specifically young girls. I focused on …

Promoting Mental Wellness And A Calm Learning Environment In A 2nd Grade Classroom, Grace Tone

Capstone Projects

Promoting mental wellness and implementing cognitive behavioral strategies brings awareness to staff and students and helps to promote a calm learning environment. School-based occupational therapists support students to participate in school occupations that they may be struggling with and provide them with cognitive behavioral strategies to regulate their emotions. The ACOTE concentration area for this capstone included education to staff members on the impact of mental wellness on student participation in school occupations and education on the Calm Moment Cards program from Every Moment Counts. The second ACOTE concentration area for this capstone was program development for sustainability of the …

Socially Constructing ‘Climate Change’ In Fishing Communities Of Sarangani, Philippines, Samantha Geraldine G. De Los Santos, Ma. Larissa Lelu P. Gata

Journal of Public Affairs and Development

The intensifying impacts of climate change have become more evident in recent years. While policies and programs have been implemented in the Philippines for decades, questions remain about how climate change is understood and experienced by fishing communities, the country’s poorest sector. By applying the Ecological-Symbolic Approach, this paper inquired into the fisherfolk’s social definition of climate change. A Qualitatively Driven Sequential Explanatory (QualDSE) mixed-methods design guided the study in developing an informed, substantiated, and context-based definition of climate change. This definition was also analyzed vis-a-vis the widely held definitions in national climate policy.

The terminology “climate change” remains unknown …

The Impact Of Sex Education On College Student’S Perceptions Of Sexual Taboos, Noel Gamon

Honors Theses

The purpose of this research is to explore how college students' differing levels of sex education are associated with their views about sexual behavior, particularly behaviors defined as taboo. In comparison to 25 years ago, adolescents are less likely to receive important sex education today; and are unlikely to receive valuable information until after their first sexual experience. Conventionally, the benefits of a sex education program are linked with its ability to lower STI rates, unplanned pregnancies, unwanted behavior, etc. Sexual taboos are sexual practices excluded from the hegemonic heterosexual monogamous relationship model. Presently, society acknowledges a wider range of …

G1p3 Dysregulates Interferon-Stimulated Gene Expression In Er (+) Breast Cancer Cells, Karina Santana

Honors Theses

Even with advances in diagnosis and treatment, breast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women, with nearly 90% of fatalities linked to drug resistance driven by metastasis and recurrence. G1P3, an anti-apoptotic mitochondrial protein, is upregulated in breast cancer and has been associated with increased metastatic potential and poor prognosis. Recent findings show that G1P3 enhances interactions between Rab5-containing endosomes (RCEs) and mitochondria, and emerging evidence suggests that mitochondria play a critical role in initiating interferon (IFN) responses. Based on this, we hypothesized that G1P3-mediated interactions between RCEs and mitochondria promote interferon-stimulated gene (ISG) expression in …

A Comparative Study Of Plans For Residential Building Construction In The United States And Mexico: Analysis Of Processes, Systems, And Materials, Juan Hernandez

Honors Theses

Residential building construction is an essential part of a country’s economy and development. Finding ways to improve aspects of residential building construction can greatly impact the performance and sustainability of residential buildings. This study analyzes the plans for residential building construction in the United States and Mexico. The processes, systems, and materials in each country were investigated to form comparisons between the two countries. Journals and articles containing data on residential building construction in each country were used to gather information on each area of study. Factors such as climate, economy, and politics were also considered as they have direct …

Behind The Scenes: An Examination Of The Realities, Misconceptions, And Practices Of Graphic Design, Abby Harris

Honors Theses

Graphic design is an often-misunderstood field of work, generally understood through its outcomes, such as logos, posters, and digital interfaces. However, the extensive creative and strategic processes behind these projects remain largely unseen and unappreciated. While it is not a STEM or medical discipline, graphic design is still a rigorous field in its own right. However, people generally consider a degree in graphic design as easy or a waste of time because they view the arts as hobbies. The public only ever sees the finished visuals, not the labor, thinking, and countless hours of revision behind them. The growing wave …