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May 5, 2022, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the May 5, 2022, meeting of the University Senate. 5 pages

Redevelopment's Effect On Property Values, Riley Mateychuk, Nolan Larson, Kaitlin Johnson

Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Showcase

Changes in property values in relation to new or redevelopment and how they shape the property values are necessary to investigate for a city that is economically on the rise. Infill vs greenfield development are key processes to understand in this study. For years the city of Grand Forks, ND has been trying to find a way to tackle the cost effectiveness of property value on infill vs. greenfield development. We set out to help inform them in their decision making process by creating a model looking at the property values over a span of 26 years. We want to …

Virtual Book Club: Impactful Library Programming At A Distance Through Co-Curricular Collaboration, Jessica Szempruch, Katrina I. Hinds

USF Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

This article presents the University of South Florida’s Virtual Book Club, created and continually improved during a time of social isolation (COVID-19 pandemic). Implementation steps taken are discussed, presenting practical considerations to others who may wish to replicate this program. Additionally, this article explores findings from a program evaluation survey. Through engagement with the club, students reported enhanced feelings of connection, as well as improved learning outcomes. Authors posit that meaningful cross-campus collaboration can lead to positive community outreach, facilitate deep engagement, and build community regardless of distance.

Ehd1 Is Required For Igf-1r-Mediated Oncogenic Signaling In Ewing Sarcoma, Sukanya Chakraborty, Bhopal C. Mohapatra, Sameer Mirza, Aaqib Bhat, Matthew D. Storck, Isidro Machado, Jose Antonio Lopez, Antonio Llombart Bosch, Donald W. Coulter, Gargi Ghosal, Vimla Band, Hamid Band

Child Health Research Institute Pediatric Research Forum

Background and Significance: Ewing Sarcoma (EWS) is the second most common malignant bone tumor of children and adolescents. Patients with metastatic or recurrent disease have very poor outcomes. The receptor tyrosine kinase(RTK) insulin-like-growth-factor-1-receptor (IGF-1R) is upregulated in 93% of EWS patients with anti-IGF-1R antibodies and kinase inhibitors in clinical studies. However, with only ~10% of patients achieving objective responses, delineation of novel pathways that facilitate IGF-1R-driven oncogenesis in EWS could provide avenues for more effective therapy. The RTK levels and compartmentalization at the cell surface determine their access to growth factors, thus dictating the downstream oncogenic signaling. Our lab has …

Racial Disparities In Caesarean Delivery Among Nulliparous Women That Delivered At Term: Cross-Sectional Decomposition Analysis Of Nebraska Birth Records, Rebecca Slotkowski, C. Hanson, K. Samson, A. Anderson Berry, D. Su

Child Health Research Institute Pediatric Research Forum

Background: Access to medically indicated caesarean sections is an essential strategy for reducing maternal and infant mortality rates worldwide. However, overuse of medically unnecessary caesarean sections is associated with excess maternal-child morbidity. Previous studies suggest higher rates of caesarean section among women who identify as racial/ethnic minorities.

Significance of Problem: Despite national efforts to prioritize the reduction of medically unnecessary caesarean sections, caesareans rates in the United States have remained stable over the last decade. Women who identify as racial or ethnic minorities experience disproportionally higher rates of caesarean, even when controlling for demographic, behavioral, medical, and institutional level factors. …

Eu Court Rules Against Compensating Banco Popular Investors, Jesús Aguado

Documents

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An Extended Literature Review Exploring How Relational Cultural Therapy And Emotion Recognition Impact The Therapeutic Alliance, Prairie Boschulte

Art Therapy Counseling Final Research Projects

This research explores existing literature involving the role of Relational Cultural Therapy and emotion recognition on the therapeutic alliance. This exploration is accomplished through an extended literature review focusing specifically on emotion recognition, RCT, and the therapeutic alliance, with an additional focus on art therapy. The themes discussed center around emotional expression and recognition, rupture and repair in the therapeutic relationship, and connection, disconnection, and mutual empathy through a relational-cultural lens. Themes and patterns were identified within this area of study and how this field of research has developed over time. This study found support for therapist emotion recognition abilities …

Exploring Challenges And Triumphs Within The Transgender Community Through Comics-Based Research, Carly Caldwell

Art Therapy Counseling Final Research Projects

Transgender people are marginalized and pathologized within our society, which leaves transgender individuals vulnerable to numerous negative outcomes. The minority stress model describes the factors experienced by marginalized communities contribute to adverse outcomes (Meyer, 2015). Health care professionals are often not properly equipped to serve the needs of transgender individuals due to marginalization and pathologization. Used to challenge harmful stereotypes, as a form of cultural resistance, and to incite social change comic books and zines have been used as forms of expression for individuals with marginalized identities. Through the creation of a comic book, I aimed to educate others, encourage …

The Cowl - V. 86 N. 19 - May 5, 2022

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 86 No. 19 - May 5, 2022. 32 pages.

Embr: A Creative Framework For Hand Embroidered Liquid Crystal Textile Displays, Shreyosi Endow, Mohammad Abu Nasir Rakib, Anvay Srivastava, Sara Rastegarpouyani, Cesar Torres

Association of Computing Machinery Open Access Agreement Publications-Archive

Conductive thread is a common material in e-textile toolkits that allows practitioners to create connections between electronic components sewn on fabric. When powered, conductive threads are used as resistive heaters to activate thermochromic dyes or pigments on textiles to create interactive, aesthetic, and ambient textile displays. In this work, we introduce Embr, a creative framework for supporting hand-embroidered liquid crystal textile displays (LCTDs). This framework includes a characterization of conductive embroidery stitches, an expanded repertoire of thermal formgiving techniques, and a thread modeling tool used to simulate mechanical, thermal, and electrical behaviors of LCTDs. Through exemplar artifacts, we annotate a …

Resource Use And Water Implications Of Material Consumption In Consumer Electronics, Hema Madaka

Theses

Rapid technological innovation has introduced a broad spectrum of materials in the consumer electronics sector. Consumption of these materials increases the demand for water and potentially discharge contaminants into the water resources across their life cycle, exacerbating freshwater scarcity and pollution. These water impacts have not yet been fully studied, as most literature on consumer electronics focuses on supply chain energy, carbon footprint, or end of life management. Evaluating water impacts requires data on material content, life cycle water consumption and emissions at spatial level, and availability of impact assessment models that connects life cycle data to water impacts. Data …

Personality Type Posters, Sabrina Awdi

Theses

Humans are highly visual creatures and have been responding to visual cues from the beginning of time for survival and information. Visual design is an important tool to use for to convey ideas through imagery instead of words or typed out information. Using design to help the person visually decipher and interpret information can serve as a solution in many aspects of life. I am using personality types to show introversion, extroversion, ambiversion, and empathy visually through the use of digital art (illustration) and graphic design. The goal is to evoke an emotional response from the viewer to be able …

Between, Abigail Benkovich

Theses

I’m finally finding safety through learning to set boundaries in my life, which has carried into my artwork as physical barriers, whether worn or observed. Through the protection of volume, space, netting, and sharp objects, I can reclaim control over my immediate surroundings and my body. My sculptures were constructed to protect the body. As I dove deeper into why that brings me comfort, I realized it’s a reaction to the current culture that objectifies women’s bodies. This is specifically significant to me as I grew up subjugated to purity culture within the Evangelistic Christian church, which often leaves young …

Fernandex V. Mag Realty Corp.

All Decisions

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102 East 116 Llc V. Icl, Inc.

All Decisions

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Probing Convergence In Orthogonal Conjugated Catalysis By T4 Lysozyme Utilizing Biophysical Characterization, William Turner

Master of Science in Chemical Sciences Theses

Conjugated polymers have become highly attractive as they afford unique material properties that make them promising for a wide range of applications, such as photovoltaics and drug delivery systems. However, these conjugated polymers require extensive synthetic steps involving hazardous organic solvents or metal-based catalysts yielding toxic waste streams. To remedy this, enzymes have emerged as a highly valuable alternative to synthesizing these polymers as they are able to be produced in environmentally benign conditions and have played a pivotal role in various biosynthetic strategies in recent years. Serving as model systems, lysozymes have been shown to polymerize 2-ethynylpyridine (2-EP) via …

Determining The Structure And Activity Of A Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Protein, Ivyp2, Katherine Letsinger

Master of Science in Chemical Sciences Theses

Various biophysical methods were employed to structurally characterize and assess the activity of an important resistance factor (Ivyp2) from the multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This opportunistic pathogen accounts for approximately 10% of all hospital-acquired infections in the United States and contains a number of virulence factors that aid in its ability to infect and colonize immunocompromised individuals and those with cystic fibrosis. One of these factors – inhibitor of vertebrate lysozyme, or Ivy – neutralizes the lytic activity of lysozyme, an antimicrobial enzyme part of the innate immune system that hydrolyzes the linkages between bacterial cell wall subunits. …

The Colby Echo (2022-05-05), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly; 1886-1897; and weekly during the academic year, 1898-present.

Volume 23, Issue 2 Masthead And Front Matter

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Making The Old New: The Recontextualization And Traditionalization Of Tree Spirits In Video Games, Alexandria Ziegler

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Folklorists study the active rituals between humans and deities, as well as the inactive participation between them in narrative. However, they do not study the active participation that comes in the form of video games between them, though with shifts in society, this new way of engaging through digital forms is widespread and accessible. In my research, I studied Russian and Japanese tree spirits in a variety of video games to understand this new form of engagement with ancient deities. These video games are Okami, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Black Book, and The Witcher 3: The …

Reflective Journaling Intervention To Impact Self-Awareness, Professional Health, And Overall Well-Being In Nurses, Brittany M. Langan, Katherine Keppen

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects: College of Nursing

Background. Burnout among nurses has been on the rise and was exacerbated with the pandemic. Reflective journaling after work may be a strategy to decrease feelings of burnout. Reflective journaling, as an intervention, has been shown to improve self-awareness, compassion fatigue, and burnout among nurses. The purpose of this study was to pilot a 4-week reflective journaling intervention in hospital-based nurses and describe participant professional quality of life, self-awareness, and overall well-being.

Theoretical Framework. The Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) was chosen as the theoretical framework because it identifies the belief that performing a particular behavior will lead to a …

The Impact Of Simulation-Based Mastery Learning For Central Venous Catheter Dressing Changes With Staff Nurses At A Nebraska Critical Access Hospital, Paige Pavlik, Michaela Haddock

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects: College of Nursing

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this pilot feasibility study was to assess if a simulation-based mastery learning (SBML) intervention on central venous catheter (CVC) dressing changes by staff nurses at Nemaha County Hospital could further develop staff nurses’ central line care skills by increasing their knowledge of a central line dressing change, improving their comfort level and learning self-efficacy with central line care, determining if there is a relationship between knowledge, learning self-efficacy and comfort in the clinical area, and assessing nurses’ satisfaction on the SBML intervention. The clinical research questions being explored are, “Will nurses in a Nebraska critical …

Open Lab Vs. Radiologic Students Final Practical Grades, Navdeep Kaur, Safraz Harun, Katie Tam, Robert O'Brien

Publications and Research

Open Lab provides the students of the Radiologic Technology & Medical Imaging Department the opportunity outside regular class time to practice communicating effectively in a health care setting, and grants the students the freedom to craft critical thinking skills in a radiologic environment. Our research aims to analyze the correlation between hourly time spent in Open Lab, and its contributing factor to a student's overall Radiographic Procedures grade. The amount of time spent in Open Lab can additionally contribute to a student's grasp of didactic concepts, and their integration into the clinical setting. Additional time spent in the laboratory can …

Family Medicine Pediatric Education Needs Assessment, Nadia Abraham M.D., Aleisha Nabower M.D.

Child Health Research Institute Pediatric Research Forum

Background

The majority of pediatric patients in Nebraska are cared for by Family Medicine physicians but there has been minimal analysis done to show whether current resident training is adequate to prepare these physicians. The previous unpublished study was presented at the Pediatric Academic Society meeting in 2006 which was conducted prior to residency work restrictions being enacted. These restrictions significantly changed many clinical experiences. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge and confidence of Family Medicine residents in the diagnosis and management of common pediatric clinical scenarios to determine if adjustments in curriculum are necessary.

Methods …

Novel M4 Pediatrics Chief Program Utilizing Near-Peer Teaching And Mentoring To Enhance Clerkship Curricula, Lindsey E. Beard Md, Nicholas R. Braukmann Md, Joslynn M. Hoburg Md, Emily A. Leyden Md, John W. Schmidt Md

Child Health Research Institute Pediatric Research Forum

Introduction: Near-peer teachers add many benefits to the academic, clinical performance, and enjoyment of near-peer learners in medical education. This enterprise describes and examines how the Creighton University School of Medicine M4 Pediatrics Chief Program fills a gap in medical education by offering an organized and formal methodology for near-peer teaching. The Creighton University M4 Pediatrics Chief Program utilizes select fourth year medical students to orient, teach basic clinical skills, mentor, and participate in curriculum development for the third year Pediatric clerkship students.

Methods: Third year students (n=43) in their Pediatrics clerkship from September 2020 to February 2021 …

Heterotaxy In A Newborn With Transposition Of The Great Arteries: A Case Study, Lucas Betts, Terence Zach

Child Health Research Institute Pediatric Research Forum

Heterotaxy is a rare congenital condition that involves abnormal arrangement of the thoracic and abdominal organs across the left-right axis and often includes complex cardiac malformations. A case of heterotaxy with concurrent transposition of the great arteries, situs inversus totalis, and coarctation of the aorta is presented in a newborn male who had an uncomplicated vaginal delivery at 39 weeks gestation. The infant was started on continuous positive airway pressure due to low oxygen saturations, and intravenous prostaglandin E1 was administered to maintain ductus patency. After 5 days, the infant underwent a successful arterial switch, ductus arteriosus ligation, atrial septal …

Vincristine Side Effects With Concomitant Fluconazole Use During Induction Chemotherapy In Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Caleb A. Cave, Reyna C. Ramirez, Robin High, James B. Ford, Chittalsinh M. Raulji, Jill C. Beck

Child Health Research Institute Pediatric Research Forum

As a mainstay of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), vincristine’s side effect profile is well known. Parallel administration of the antifungal fluconazole has been shown to interfere with the metabolism of vincristine, potentially resulting in increased side effects. We conducted a retrospective chart review to determine whether concomitant administration of vincristine and fluconazole during pediatric ALL therapy impacted side effects of vincristine, namely, hyponatremia and peripheral neuropathy. We also evaluated whether the incidence of opportunistic fungal infections was impacted by fluconazole prophylaxis. Medical charts of all pediatric ALL patients treated with induction chemotherapy at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center …

Impact Of The Filmarray® Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel On Clinical Practice In Pediatrics; A Multicentered Study, John Chatterton, Aleisha Nabower, Nathan Gollehon, Nathaniel Goodrich, Prabi Rajbhandari, Jaclyn Eisenberg, Kimberly Martin, Megan Woslager, Maheswari Ekambaran, Krow Ampofo, Elizabeth Lyden, Jessica Snowden

Child Health Research Institute Pediatric Research Forum

Background

The FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel (MEP) is a rapid multiplex assay that tests cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for 14 common central nervous system (CNS) pathogens, with results available in hours as opposed to days with the gold standard CSF culture. Current literature on the impact of MEP testing on length of stay (LOS) and antimicrobial use in pediatric patients is from only single site studies with variable results.

Hypothesis

MEP testing in pediatric patients would be associated with a decreased LOS, time on IV antibiotics, and time to narrowing antibiotics.

Design/Methods

We conducted a retrospective study of 5 sites. Inclusion criteria …

Oral Antibiotics And Early Discharge For Febrile Neutropenia In Pediatric Oncology, Alex Ciurej, Melissa Acquazzino

Child Health Research Institute Pediatric Research Forum

Background

Febrile neutropenia is defined as a temperature of ≥38.0°C with an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) <1500. This is a common reason for hospital admission in pediatric cancer patients given the myelosuppressive effects of many chemotherapeutic agents. In one study, nearly 20% of emergency department visits in pediatric cancer patients were due to fever, and periods of severe neutropenia (ANC < 500) present the highest risk of morbidity and mortality due to infection. For this reason, pediatric oncology patients with fever and severe neutropenia are admitted to the hospital for management. These hospital stays lead to risks of nosocomial infection, mounting healthcare costs, and lessened quality of life. We aim to observe the safety and impact on length of stay for early discharge (prior to count recovery) on oral antibiotics in the treatment of febrile neutropenia in pediatric oncology patients.

Methods

This retrospective case-control study compares 1) unplanned readmission rates within 96 hours and 2) length of stay in pediatric oncology patients with febrile neutropenia who were discharged home on oral levofloxacin before count recovery (cases) or stayed until evidence of count recovery (controls). Study patients had an oncologic diagnosis admitted with or developed febrile neutropenia at Children’s Hospital Omaha, without history of Trisomy 21, acute myeloid leukemia, bone marrow transplant, and without discharge home on IV antibiotics.

Results

Cases (n=32) were an average …

Two Patients With Klinefelter Syndrome Fortuitously Diagnosed By Non-Invasive Prenatal Test, Sarah Craven, Terence Zach

Child Health Research Institute Pediatric Research Forum

BACKGROUND

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) uses cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in maternal blood to screen for fetal aneuploidy. Maternal and fetal cfDNA are both present in maternal blood; however, fragmentation patterns are different. This allows the fetal fraction to be identified and screened for autosomal chromosome aneuploidy, specifically Trisomy 13, 18, and 21. Although not currently recommended for routine use, NIPT can also be used to screen for sex chromosome abnormalities. This practice is increasingly common, as allows parents to determine the baby’s sex earlier than ultrasound. Klinefelter syndrome (XXY karyotype) is one sex chromosome aneuploidy that NIPT may recognize. Currently, …