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Baseball Eclipsed: No Longer America’S Pastime, Travis Shumate

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

This paper will discuss the reasons for the decline in Major League Baseball (MLB) attendance levels and what might be done to stop this decline. It will also introduce an idea that the decline in attendance might not be as much of an issue as fans might perceive it to be. Along with being a super fan of a team, marketing and promotion play a big role in game-to-game attendance. Various ways that marketing is used and might be used better to gain interest for baseball are talked about in this paper. The argument made is that baseball has lost …

Idh1 Pr132h Ctdna And D-2-Hydroxyglutarate As Csf Biomarkers In Patients With Idh-Mutant Gliomas, Yoko Fujita, Luis Nunez-Rubiano, Antonio Dono, Allison Bellman, Mauli Shah, Juan C Rodriguez, Vasanta Putluri, Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal, Nagireddy Putluri, Roy F Riascos, Jay-Jiguang Zhu, Yoshua Esquenazi, Leomar Y Ballester

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

INTRODUCTION: We aimed to evaluate IDH1 p.R132H mutation and 2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as biomarkers for patients with IDH-mutant gliomas.

METHODS: CSF was collected from patients with infiltrating glioma, and 2HG levels were measured by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. IDH1 p.R132H mutant allele frequency (MAF) in CSF-ctDNA was measured by digital droplet PCR (ddPCR). Tumor volume was measured from standard-of-care magnetic resonance images.

RESULTS: The study included 48 patients, 6 with IDH-mutant and 42 with IDH-wildtype gliomas, and 57 samples, 9 from the patients with IDH-mutant and 48 from the patients with IDH-wildtype gliomas. ctDNA was detected in 7 …

Intermediary Role Of Lung Alveolar Type 1 Cells In Epithelial Repair Upon Sendai Virus Infection, Belinda J Hernandez, Margo P Cain, Anne M Lynch, Jose R Flores, Michael J Tuvim, Burton F Dickey, Jichao Chen

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The lung epithelium forms the first barrier against respiratory pathogens and noxious chemicals; however, little is known about how more than 90% of this barrier, made of AT1 (alveolar type 1) cells, responds to injury. Using the Sendai virus to model natural infection in mice, we find evidence that AT1 cells have an intermediary role by persisting in areas depleted of AT2 cells, upregulating IFN responsive genes, and receding from invading airway cells. Sendai virus infection mobilizes airway cells to form alveolar SOX2+ (Sry-box 2+) clusters without differentiating into AT1 or AT2 cells. Large AT2 cell-depleted areas remain covered by …

Cisplatin And Gemcitabine Exert Opposite Effects On Immunotherapy With Pd-1 Antibody In K-Ras-Driven Cancer, Christophe Glorieux, Xiaojun Xia, Xin You, Zining Wang, Yi Han, Jing Yang, Gauthier Noppe, Christophe De Meester, Jianhua Ling, Annie Robert, Hui Zhang, Sheng-Ping Li, Huamin Wang, Paul J Chiao, Li Zhang, Xiaobing Li, Peng Huang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

INTRODUCTION: Immunochemotherapy using PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies in combination with chemotherapeutic agents has become a mainstream treatment for cancer patients, but it remains unclear which drug combinations would produce best therapeutic outcome.

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate two common chemotherapeutic drugs, gemcitabine and cisplatin, for their impacts on the therapeutic efficacy of PD-1 antibody in K-ras-driven cancers known to overexpress PD-L1.

METHODS: Both in vitro assays and syngeneic mouse tumor models were used in this study. Biochemical and molecular assays were used to determine the effects of drugs on T cell functions in cell culture models and in …

September 2022 Faculty Senate Packet, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Packets

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How Should The Statute Of Frauds Apply To Reliance-Based Contracts?, Gregory Scott Crespi

SMU Law Review Forum

The “sufficient writing” requirements of the Statute of Frauds were formulated with bargain-based contracts in mind. It is often difficult if not impossible for persons to meet those requirements for reliance-based contracts, since this would require them to produce a writing signed by the promisor that not only sufficiently evidenced the promise, but also provided sufficient evidence of the other elements of such reliance-based contracts: the foreseeability of their subsequent reliance upon the promise, the fact of their reliance, and that failure to enforce the promise would be unjust.

There are several ways that courts can avoid the harsh results …

Bronchial Artery Revascularization In Lung Transplantation: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis., Danial Ahmad, Thomas J O'Malley, Andrew M Jordan, Elizabeth J Maynes, Abhiraj Saxena, Kyle W Prochno, Taufiek K Rajab, Howard T Massey, Richard C Daly, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

Background: Bronchial artery revascularization (BAR) during lung transplantation has been hypothesized to improve early tracheal healing and delay the onset of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). We aimed to assess the outcomes of BAR after lung transplantation.

Methods: Electronic search in Ovid Medline, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CCTR) databases was performed to identify all relevant studies published about lung transplantation with BAR. Studies discussing lung transplantation utilizing BAR were included while those without outcome data such as BOS and survival were excluded. Cohort-level data were extracted and pooled for analysis. …

A Narrative Inquiry On The Entrepreneurial Experiences Of Female Military Spouses With Advanced Degrees, Rosette Mupas-Obedoza

All Theses And Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the entrepreneurial experiences of female military spouses with advanced degrees. This study documented how these entrepreneurial experiences may have helped the military spouse population overcome underemployment while their servicemember spouse was still on active duty. Through purposeful sampling, five female military spouse entrepreneurs with advanced degrees were selected to participate in the study. Virtual interviews were conducted to provide a detailed account of their entrepreneurial experiences including how and why they got started in entrepreneurship, challenges and opportunities in entrepreneurship, funding programs and educational services supporting every stage of their entrepreneurship, and …

Black-Capped Chickadee X Carolina Chickadee Hybridization In The Hopewell Sourlands, Central New Jersey, Hannah Bonsey Suthers, C. Sharyn Magee

North American Bird Bander

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Daily And Annual Weight Changes In Inca Doves, Allan J. Mueller

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Site Fidelity In Seven Passerines In Southern California, Walter H. Sakai

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Errata For Nabb Volume 47 Numbers 1 & 2, North American Bird Bander

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An Upside-Down Primary In A Sharp-Shinned Hawk, Daniel E. Erickson

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Unexpected Directional Movement Of A Spring Migrant Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Allen T. Chartier

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Two Unusual American Robin Re-Encounters From Michigan, Allen T. Chartier

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An Old Orange-Crowned Warbler, Rebecca D. Bracken, Scott A. Rush

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Nabb Publication Committee Update, Andy Thiede

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Atlantic Flyway Review Spring 2019 Compiled By Aaron Given, Aaron Given

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Atlantic Flyway Review Fall 2019 Compiled By Aaron Given, Aaron Given

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Atlantic Flyway Review Spring 2020 Compiled By Aaron Given, Aaron Given

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Atlantic Flyway Review Fall 2020 Compiled By Aaron Given, Aaron Given

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New Wbba President, North American Bird Bander

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Peter Pyle’S New Book, North American Bird Bander

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Wbba Helps Host Banding Webinars, Steve Albert

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Next May At Bear Divide, North American Bird Bander

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Is The Term 'Bird Banding' Obsolete? And What Should We Do About It, Steven Albert, C. John Ralph, Adam Hannuksela

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Occupational Stress In Psychiatric Nurses And The Impact Of Self-Care Activities, Jacqueline Lowe

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Background

The nursing profession is an extremely stressful occupation. Psychiatric nurses face many of the general stressors that are inherent within the profession as well as unique challenges in taking care of psychiatric patients. Prolonged exposure to stress can impact the quality of the nurses' lives as well as the quality of patient care. Engagement in self-care activities can promote the well-being of psychiatric nurses.

Purpose

To investigate the level of occupational stress in psychiatric nurses and offer them a guided six-week program on self-care activities. This intervention was measured for any change in the level of occupational stress that …

Medicaid Expansion Expectations, Deborah Farringer

Law Faculty Scholarship

Although financial stability in rural hospitals has been a relatively long-standing national problem, in the last decade, hospital closures and the incidence of highly distressed hospitals in rural areas have disproportionately impacted certain states. States that have not expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, which implemented a program to extend additional federal support to cover adults living below 138% of the federal poverty line (referred to herein as “Medicaid Expansion”), are bearing the brunt of this crisis. Although the reason for hospital closures is multi-faceted and complex, health policy experts have consistently identified the lack of Medicaid …