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Unh Faculty Senate Motion # Xxvi-M23 Faculty Senate Constitutional Amendment Re: Rule For Handling Nominations To The Faculty Senate Agenda Committee Coming From The Floor, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Motions

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Methylation Of Trna-Derived Fragments Regulates Gene-Silencing Activity In Bladder Cancer, Jeff Hansen

Browse All News

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Unh/Usnh Human Resources And Faculty Senate Joint Resolution On Shared Principles, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Motions

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Unh Faculty Senate Motion # Xxvi-M22 Resolution On Legislative Challenges To Academic And Professional Integrity, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Motions

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Unh Faculty Senate Motion # Xxvi-M24 Motion On Diversity, Equity. Inclusion And Access Faculty Activities, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Motions

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Impact Of The Policy Environment On Substance Use Among Sexual Minority Women, Laurie A. Drabble, Cat Munroe, Amy A. Mericle, Sarah Zollweg, Karen F. Trocki, Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Background: Sexual minority women (SMW) are at greater risk for heavy episodic drinking, frequent marijuana use, and tobacco use than heterosexual women. Because past research has suggested the political and social environment may influence disparities in substance use by sexual orientation, this study examined associations of the U.S. state-level policy environment on substance use by SMW.

Methods: A total of 732 SMW participants were recruited from two national online panels: a general population panel (n = 333) and a sexual minority-specific panel (n = 399). Past year substance use was defined by number of days of heavy episodic drinking (HED; …

Wake Tech And Gardner-Webb University Officials Announce New Transfer Partnership, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

In a special online ceremony, Wake Tech Community College and Gardner-Webb University signed multiple articulation agreements making it possible for Wake Tech students who earn one of 10 Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degrees to complete a Bachelor of Science degree online with Gardner-Webb.

Gardner-Webb Alumnus Received Friendship, Opportunities And Support To Manage Autism And Accomplish His Goals, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

With the education and opportunities he received at Gardner-Webb University, alumnus, Will Braunlich, ’20, does what he loves. He is the host of a movie review show that airs on the local cable TV in Simsbury, Conn., and on YouTube. He also recently started a job as a paraprofessional in the special education department at the local middle school.

Racial/Ethnic And Gender Differences In Smoking In Early Middle Adulthood, Junhee Woo, Elizabeth Lawrence, Stefanie Mollborn

Sociology Faculty Research

Research has documented important differences in smoking rates across race/ethnicity, gender, and age. Much of the research has either focused on smoking initiation among adolescents or cessation among adults, but little is known about racial/ethnic patterns in intermittent and daily smoking across young and early middle adulthood. We therefore use the life course perspective to identify how racial/ethnic and gender differences in smoking unfold across adulthood. Analyses investigate whether racial/ethnic and gender differences exist in the likelihood of daily smoking in early middle adulthood and whether these disparities persist after the inclusion of adolescent and early midlife sociodemographic characteristics and …

Student Recital - Casey Ferguson, Casey Ferguson

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

Student recital program.

Beirut's Burden, Joelle Osta

Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year

This is a proposal for a waste management facility to be built in the busy city of Beirut to educate the public and prevent further damage to the environment‭.‬

This facility collects‭, ‬transports‭, ‬processes‭, ‬recycles‭, ‬and monitors waste materials from both businesses and private residences‭. ‬There is a sorting and processing wing to separate waste into different categories‭. ‬

Proper incineration of certain types of waste will generate green energy and the gases emitted from the decomposition of trash in landfills can be used as a renewable energy source‭. ‬Through the use of extremely high temperatures‭, ‬trash is converted into …

Skins+Fabrications: Addressing Fashion And Clothing Waste, Renee Palmer

Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year

Articles of clothing; they are the second organ, the Second Skin. Their functions are to protect the body from the harsh external elements and create a sense of design with Fashion—the same as exterior facades on a building. However, where architecture and Fashion differ is sustainability.

The Global fashion industry contributes 10% of greenhouse emissions. From that 10%, about 13 million tonnes of clothing waste ends up in landfills or burned. Most of the waste comes from the Fast Fashion Industry, which sees cheap labor from underdeveloped countries to maximize profits. These companies will spend a good portion of their …

Reclaiming Identities | A Cultural Center For The Tachi Yokut Tribe, Emily Harrington

Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year

The purpose of this thesis project is to answer the question, “How can Contemporary Architecture address the identities of Indigenous people of North America?” Within this thesis project will be a comprehensive Cultural Center design that addresses a specific tribe’s needs in the case of physical needs, mental needs, and most importantly needs of identity. The specific tribe will be the Tachi Yokuts of the San Joaquin Valley, whom used to be the largest tribe in California before colonizer invasion. Since the identity of Indigenous populations in North America have been stripped and forcibly forgotten it is most important to …

Urban Arteries, Erin Machado

Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year

45% of Americans have no access to public transportation (25). The common Atlantan commuter alone will spend an average of 72 hours per year in traffic congestion (16). Both of these statistics include the workers, attendees, and residents of the Battery (home of Truist Park of the Atlanta Braves baseball team). While mass transit allows for the commuter to become freed of their dependence on individual vehicles; historical, racial, and economic stigmatization as well as basic design inefficiencies of mass transportation systems discredits their potent opportunity of becoming a consensus in design between economic, environmental, and social sustainability. When the …

A Quarry In The Urban Landscape: Building Down In Architecture, Derrick Kafunda

Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year

A quarry is an excavation or open pit mine that does not mine for minerals like copper, gold diamonds or any other precious gemstones but for materials that are mainly used in the building industry from the surface of the earth. As this process takes place the dust from this process is released in the atmosphere and when the process is complete the pit is usually not buried. What usually remains are the left-over debris and water from the rain which forms an artificial lake. If unattended, Pit Lakes, as they are called, become dumping grounds. This research will aim …

Case Study Assignment, Lauren B. Mullins

Open Educational Resources

This is an assignment for an undergraduate management class.

May 9, 2022 Faculty Senate Meeting – Final Agenda, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

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2020-2021 Faculty Senate Xxvi - May 9, 2022 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

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University Of Dayton To Celebrate 2020 Graduates With Special Weekend, University Of Dayton

News Releases

It’s been a long wait for the University of Dayton class of 2020, which had its on-campus commencement ceremony canceled two years ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it’s finally their turn.

The Effects Of Disturbance Intensity On Total Bacteria Concentration In The Water Within Artificial Streams, Seth C. Davis

Honors College Theses

Bacterial communities persist longer in sediment than in the water because sediments offer beneficial conditions for proliferation and formation of self-sustaining colonies. However, environmental- and human-caused sediment disturbance may resuspend bacteria in the water, thus increasing the potential for harmful bacterial to interact with humans and other organisms. I tested the hypothesis that the level of sediment disturbance affects the abundance and duration of bacterial resuspension in artificial stream microcosms. Three treatments were administered: control (no disturbance), low intensity disturbance, and high intensity disturbance (n=5). Water samples were collected before disturbance treatment (P), and at 0, 6, 24, 48, and …

Type Of Synthetic Microfiber Influences Ingestion By Freshwater Worms, Sarah A. Martinez

Honors College Theses

Plastics enter the environment from many sources, including clothing made from synthetic textiles, which shed a form of microplastics (microfibers) during their production, use and disposal. The impacts of microfibers on freshwater organisms are relatively unknown, therefore we tested the hypothesis that short- and long-term effects of microfibers on the aquatic worm, Lumbriculus variegatus, depend on the type of synthetic microfiber present. Microcosms containing L. variegatus, sediment and water were exposed to either no fibers (control) or one of three microfiber treatments (nylon, polyester or olefin) at the same concentration for 48 hours or 28 days. At the …

Covid-19 And The Foreign Exchange Market: An Analysis Of The Pandemic’S Effect On Exchange Rates, Izabella Salim

Honors College Theses

The pandemic created by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) impacted global economies and individual lives. Millions died as a direct result of the virus. Countries found themselves caught up in a whirlwind of information and disinformation that created uncertainty within households, businesses, political factions. This study explores interactions between COVID-19 cases, political responses, and exchange rates. Foreign exchange rates serve as a proxy for global economic response to the growing number of COVID cases and political reactions and responses to the pandemic. Governmental policies can be seen as a signal of a country’s ability to prepare against the virus and protect its …

Circulation Transfer Between Adjacent Target Bose-Einstein Condensates, Charles B. Henry

Honors College Theses

We propose an atomtronic rotation sensor design that consists of an array of Bose-Einstein Condensates (BECs) that are confined in a double-target-array potential. The rotation sensor's purpose is to measure the speed of the rotating frame, with respect to the “fixed stars", the sensor rests in. The atomtronic system is an ultracold gas of sodium atoms that have been compressed by laser light into a thin quasi-2D horizontal plane and further confined in the horizontal plane by a double-target-array potential. A target BEC is a combination of disk BEC that is surrounded by a ring BEC. A double-target BEC is …

Development Of 'Core Outcome Sets' For Meningioma In Clinical Studies (The Cosmic Project): Protocol For Two Systematic Literature Reviews, Edelphi Surveys And Online Consensus Meetings, Eortc Btg, Icom, Eano, Sno, Rano-Pro, Bnos, Sbns, Bims, Tbtc, International Brain Tumour Alliance, Brainstrust, And Brain Tumour Foundation Of Canada, Christopher P. Millward, Terri S. Armstrong, Heather Barrington, Sabrina Bell, Andrew R. Brodbelt, Helen Bulbeck, Anna Crofton, Linda Dirven, Theo Georgious, Paul L. Grundy, Abdurrahman I. Islim, Mohsen Javadpour, Sumirat M. Keshwara, Shelli D. Koszdin, Anthony G. Marson, Michael W. Mcdermott, Torstein R. Meling, Kathy Oliver, Puneet Plaha, Matthias Preusser, Thomas Santarius, Nisaharan Srikandarajah, Martin J.B. Taphoorn, Carole Turner, Colin Watts, Michael Weller, Paula R. Williamson, Gelareh Zadeh, Oliver Hanemann

Peninsula Medical School

INTRODUCTION: Meningioma is the most common primary intracranial tumour in adults. The majority are non-malignant, but a proportion behave more aggressively. Incidental/minimally symptomatic meningioma are often managed by serial imaging. Symptomatic meningioma, those that threaten neurovascular structures, or demonstrate radiological growth, are usually resected as first-line management strategy. For patients in poor clinical condition, or with inoperable, residual or recurrent disease, radiotherapy is often used as primary or adjuvant treatment. Effective pharmacotherapy treatments do not currently exist. There is heterogeneity in the outcomes measured and reported in meningioma clinical studies. Two 'Core Outcome Sets' (COS) will be developed: (COSMIC: Intervention) …

The Relationship Between Processing Speed And Verbal And Non-Verbal New Learning And Memory In Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, John Deluca, Amber Salter, Maria Pia Amato, Giampaolo Brichetto, Jeremy Chataway, Ulrik Dalgas, Rachel Farrell, Peter Feys, Massimo Filippi, Jennifer Freeman, Matilde Inglese, Cecilia Meza, Nancy B. Moore, Robert W. Motl, Maria Assunta Rocca, Brian M. Sandroff, Gary Cutter, Anthony Feinstein

School of Health Professions

Objective: Processing speed (PS) deficits are the most common cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis (MS), followed by learning and memory deficits, and are often an early cognitive problem. It has been argued that impaired PS is a primary consequence of MS, which in turn decreases learning. The current analysis examined the association between PS and learning in a large cohort of individuals with progressive MS. Methods: Baseline data from a randomized clinical trial on rehabilitation taking place at 11 centers across North America and Europe were analyzed. Participants included 275 individuals with clinically definite progressive MS (primary, secondary) consented into …

The Effect Of Using Building Information Modeling System At Design Phase To Create High-Efficiency Projects, Alaa Mosad Ibrahim, Alaa El-Eashy, Ahmed Al-Maadawi

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Coinciding with the advancement of building systems, traditional methods are no longer the best option for producing high-efficiency projects in less time. The main challenge that traditional methods face is developing a strategy for information flow between all project workers (stakeholders, owners, engineers, contractors, etc.) in a flexible manner, which has an impact on project efficiency. Modern building systems are regarded as one of the most essential practices for determining project efficiency. The Building Information Modeling system has been offered as a successful alternative in delivering successful projects through the continuous information flow between project disciplines at all stages of …

All-Sky Search For Gravitational Wave Emission From Scalar Boson Clouds Around Spinning Black Holes In Ligo O3 Data, Ligo Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, Kagra Collaboration, Tiffany Z. Summerscales

Faculty Publications

This paper describes the first all-sky search for long-duration, quasimonochromatic gravitational-wave signals emitted by ultralight scalar boson clouds around spinning black holes using data from the third observing run of Advanced LIGO. We analyze the frequency range from 20 to 610 Hz, over a small frequency derivative range around zero, and use multiple frequency resolutions to be robust towards possible signal frequency wanderings. Outliers from this search are followed up using two different methods, one more suitable for nearly monochromatic signals, and the other more robust towards frequency fluctuations. We do not find any evidence for such signals and set …

When The United States Says You Do Not Belong: Suicide-Related Thoughts And Behaviors Among Immigrant Young Adults Varying In Immigration Legal Status, Amanda Venta, Tessa Long, Alfonso Mercado, Luz M. Garcini, German Cadenas

Psychological Science Faculty Publications

Background: The number of immigrants in the United States and the risk of suicide among minoritized individuals have increased. Little research has examined the impact of immigration legal status on suicide-related thoughts and behaviors (SRTB), despite theoretical and empirical work suggesting that feelings of burdensomeness and failure to belong (prominent among immigrants) are risk factors.

Methods: We examined a diverse sample of foreign-born young adults (18–25; N = 366). Data collection utilized the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire Revised and items probing belongingness and immigration status (undocumented/Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), permanent, and citizen).

Results: DACA/undocumented status was associated with increased …

Age And Water-Quality Characteristics Of Groundwater Discharge To The South Loup River, Nebraska, 2019, Christopher M. Hobza, John E. Solder

United States Geological Survey: Water Reports and Publications

Streams in the Loup River Basin are sensitive to groundwater withdrawals because of the close hydrologic connection between groundwater and surface water. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Upper Loup and Lower Loup Natural Resources Districts, and the Nebraska Environmental Trust, studied the age and water-quality characteristics of groundwater near the South Loup River to assess the possible effects of a multiyear drought on streamflow.

Groundwater sampled in wells screened in Quaternary-age deposits displayed a wide range of mean ages (27 to 2,100 years), fraction modern, and susceptibility index values. Groundwater with higher concentrations of chloride and higher …