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Und Wellness Center, Gregor Cork

School of Aerospace 3D Models

3D model of the UND Wellness Center. The dataset it was made from was created in the later portion of the Fall 2021 school semester, right before the first major snow of the season (11/9/2021).

Arctic Broadband Connectivity And The Creative Economy: Access, Challenges, And Opportunities In Nunavut And Alaska, Timothy J. Pasch, Olaf Kuhlke

Communication Faculty Publications

This chapter explores digital creative entrepreneurship as it is impacted by data connectivity and communication infrastructure in remote communities of the North American Arctic. In addition to summarizing details related to access, data speeds and bandwidth in specific regions of the North, this chapter looks at values-based Arctic digital entrepreneurial curricular development, collaborative possibilities between Nunavut and Alaska, and cites opportunities and challenges for the Arctic’s Indigenous creative economy. Similarities and differences between the United States and Canadian Arctic in terms of opportunity and networking based on the digital connectivity and the cost of access are also explored. The chapter …

Fall/Winter 2021: Christmas Premiere Debuts On St. Norbert College Stage, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2019-2023

The St. Norbert College Chamber Choir premiered “All Shall Have the Singing Heart,” a new Christmas anthem by royal composer Paul Mealor commissioned to honor the Norbertines’ 900th anniversary, providing students with a unique, mission-aligned performance experience.

Fall/Winter 2021: The Woman Who Taught Santa Everything He Knows, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2019-2023

When you need a visit from Santa Claus, you call Susen Mesco ’79. From humble beginnings, training six would-be Kriss Kringles in her living room in how to properly don the red suit, Mesco now organizes, and sometimes participates in, more than 1,300 events every year just in the Denver area. Her career in the business of recruiting and developing Santas has been a whirlwind experience, and she wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Fall/Winter 2021: St. Norbert Abbey Opens Its Doors To Afghan Refugees, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2019-2023

The staff and Norbertines of St. Norbert Abbey welcomed eight refugees in November, providing them with clothes, food and warm beds. For the refugees, this is the end of their journey from Afghanistan and the start of their new lives in the United States.

Fall/Winter 2021: Were The Stars Out That Night? Christmas At Prémontré In The Year Of Our Lord 1121, Rev. Jim Neilson

St. Norbert College Magazine 2019-2023

Rev. Jim Neilson reflects on the first Norbertine Christmas at Prémontré in 1121, using imagination and contemplative practice to connect with the sensory, spiritual, and historical dimensions of the moment while celebrating the enduring significance of the order’s 900-year legacy.

Fall/Winter 2021: Seasonal Stories From Snc, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2019-2023

The holiday season is a time that evokes many memories. As we prepared this issue, we enjoyed paging through some past favorites from our stories of the season. We hope you’ll relish this nostalgic Christmas medley, too!

Stimuli-Responsive Temporary Adhesives: Enabling Debonding On Demand Through Strategic Molecular Design, Nicholas D. Blelloch, Hana J. Yarbrough, Katherine A. Mirica

Dartmouth Scholarship

Stimuli-responsive temporary adhesives constitute a rapidly developing class of materials defined by the modulation of adhesion upon exposure to an external stimulus or stimuli. Engineering these materials to shift between two characteristic properties, strong adhesion and facile debonding, can be achieved through design strategies that target molecular functionalities. This perspective reviews the recent design and development of these materials, with a focus on the different stimuli that may initiate debonding. These stimuli include UV light, thermal energy, chemical triggers, and other potential triggers, such as mechanical force, sublimation, electromagnetism. The conclusion discusses the fundamental value of systematic investigations of the …

A Comparison Of The Risk Of Fracture In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With And Without Receiving Chinese Herbal Medicine, Hou-Hsun Liao, Hanoch Livneh, Yu-Jung Chung, Ching-Hsing Lin, Ning-Sheng Lai, Hung-Rong Yen, Tzung-Yi Tsai

Counselor Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

Objective: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often suffer from bone complications due to persistent joint inflammation, especially incident fracture. Nowadays, Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) have provided safe and effective therapy for treating skeletal conditions, but it is unclear whether CHMs can prevent fracture onset among RA individuals. This study aimed to determine the association between the use of CHMs and the risk of fracture among them.

Methods: This retrospective, population-based study retrieved administrative health data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI) database to identify patients with newly diagnosed RA between 2000 and 2009. Of the 6178 incident …

State V. Alvarez Respondent's Brief Dckt. 49001

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Christmas On Campus Alive In Our Hearts, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

The 58th celebration of Christmas on Campus, a tradition close to the hearts of all at the University of Dayton. Take a look.

The Finals Countdown, Larry Burgess

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

It's finals week on campus and students are busy preparing and studying in the Roesch Library.

In Santa We Trust, Nicole L. Craw

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Ho, ho ho. Chuck Karnehm ’89 pens a children’s book about his life as a professional Santa Claus.

Early Relapse Identifies Mcl Patients With Inferior Survival After Intensive Or Less Intensive Frontline Therapy, David A. Bond, Mary-Kate Malecek, Brad S. Kahl, Et Al

Open Access Publications

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Behavioral Interventions To Decrease Disparity Among African American Women With Hypertension, Angela D. Hamby

Group: Samford University Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing

The purpose of the project is to use a community-based approach to deliver evidence-based behavioral intervention strategies framed by the Theory of Planned Behavior to help increase awareness of hypertension among African American women.

Water Droplet Condensation On Lubricant-Infused Surfaces In A Vacuum Chamber, Wonsang Lee, Jianxing Sun, Patricia Weisensee

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Independent Study

The infused lubricant on lubricant infused surfaces (LISs) creates the ideal properties for heat transfer condensation due to its chemically homogenous and atomically flat surface. The purpose of this independent study project was to continue the research on lubricant-infused surfaces to find the optimal oil film thickness for condensation. The optimal oil film thickness is determined by its water transfer rate, with reasonable thermal resistance and high droplet mobility to achieve high heat transfer performance. A lot of time was spent designing, building, and testing the vacuum chamber where this experiment will be conducted. The vacuum chamber will take in …

Ucc Agenda 12-12-21, Angela Brock

UCC Agendas/Minutes

No abstract provided.

Covid-19: Coping Strategies Predicting Mental Health Outcomes, Crystal Lim

Honors Theses

The rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths caused are increasing. Studies have been reporting the inclining rate of psychological distress during the pandemic, which calls for attention to how the pandemic has impacted mental health outcomes. Coping strategies are helpful when it comes to predicting mental health outcomes. However, limited studies looked at coping strategies predicting mental health outcomes longitudinally. The study hypothesized that psychological distress would decrease during mid-pandemic and adaptive coping strategies such as active coping, acceptance, positive reframing, instrumental support, emotional support, religion, humor, and planning decrease psychological distress while maladaptive included denial and venting, behavioral disengagements, …

Tooth Position Determination By Automatic Cutting And Marking Of Dental Panoramic X-Ray Film In Medical Image Processing, Yen-Cheng Huang, Chiung-An Chen, Tsung-Yi Chen, He-Sheng Chou, Wei-Chi Lin, Tzu-Chien Li, Jia-Jun Yuan, Szu-Yin Lin, Chun-Wei Li, Shih-Lun Chen, Yi-Cheng Mao, Patricia Angela R. Abu, Wei-Yuan Chiang, Wen-Shen Lo

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications

This paper presents a novel method for automatic segmentation of dental X-ray images into single tooth sections and for placing every segmented tooth onto a precise corresponding position table. Moreover, the proposed method automatically determines the tooth’s position in a panoramic X-ray film. The image-processing step incorporates a variety of image-enhancement techniques, including sharpening, histogram equalization, and flat-field correction. Moreover, image processing was implemented iteratively to achieve higher pixel value contrast between the teeth and cavity. The next image-enhancement step is aimed at detecting the teeth cavity and involves determining the segment and points separating the upper and lower jaw, …

Probing Secondary Coordination Sphere Interactions Within Porphyrin-Cored Polymer Nanoparticles, Brian F. Patenaude, Erik B. Berda, Samuel Pazincni

New Hampshire EPSCoR

A suite of zinc porphyrin-cored random coil polymers and polymeric nanoparticles with varying degrees of potential hydrogen bonding character and steric bulk were synthesized and characterized to study secondary coordination sphere interactions. The reaction of cyanide with N,N-dimethylformamide in the presence of porphyrin-cored polymeric nanoparticles was monitored via UV-Vis spectroscopy. It is shown that the zinc porphyrin-cored polymers and nanoparticles catalyzed the reaction of cyanide with N,N-dimethylformamide with the highest reaction rates occurring with polymeric nanoparticles with a greater number of potential hydrogen bond donors and greater steric bulk.

Dietary Power And Self-Determination Among Female Farmers In Burkina Faso: A Proposal For A Food Consumption Agency Metric, Zoe Tkaczyk

Geography Honors Projects

While food security is traditionally defined with four pillars, there are increasing calls for an additional two (agency and sustainability) so that we may more comprehensively conceptualize all dimensions of food security. However, the challenge is that it is difficult to effectively measure agency, a person’s control over their food system. Measuring women’s agency is especially critical in Africa South of the Sahara where women play prominent roles in farming and food preparation. This honors thesis explores the feasibility of creating a metric to measure agency within food systems and gender relations using data related to food security and dietary …

Patients With Covid-19 And Prone Positioning: An Integrative Review, Catherine Jordan

Master of Science in Nursing Final Projects

Aim: Describe nursing research that has studied prone positioning in patients with COVID-19 and the outcomes.

Background: Prone positioning has been a well-studied intervention in patients experiencing acute respiratory distress syndrome. The intervention has proven to provide beneficial physiological effects.

Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted using electronic databases. Key search terms were: Covid-19, Coronavirus, outcomes, and prone position. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were outlined and the articles examined for each. Whittemore and Knafl’s (2005) integrative approach was used to conduct this review.

Discussion: This review evaluated the different criteria physicians utilized in their decision to implement prone …

Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry During Covid-19, Robert Frierson, Steven B Lippmann

The University of Louisville Journal of Respiratory Infections

Consultation/liaison psychiatrists care for people with co-existing medical and psychologic difficulties. The coronavirus pandemic is stressful for patients and their psychiatric caregivers. Patients have lost support systems and harbor fears about exposing family to the virus. COVID-19 sometimes exacerbates previous psychiatric conditions, while diminishing intimacy with physicians. Everyone is oversaturated with COVID-19-related news focusing on rising concerns about the illness and about jobs, school, and housing insecurities.

The psychiatrist maintains a hospital presence despite fear of contracting the disease. Challenges include addressing staff morale, evidencing empathy despite telecommunication devices, and treating anxiety, depression, sleep phobias, post intubation flashbacks, COVID-19-induced cognitive …

Lipid A-Ara4n As An Alternate Pathway For (Colistin) Resistance In Klebsiella Pneumonia Isolates In Pakistan, Kiran I. Masood, Seema Umar, Zahra Hasan, Joveria Farooqi, Safina Abdul Razzak, Nazish Jabeen, Jason Rao Jason Rao, Sadia Shakoor, Rumina Hasan

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Objectives: This study aimed to explore mechanism of colistin resistance amongst Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates through plasmid mediated mcr-1 gene in Pakistan. Carbapenem and Colistin resistant K. pneumoniae isolates (n = 34) stored at - 80 °C as part of the Aga Khan University Clinical Laboratory strain bank were randomly selected and subjected to mcr-1 gene PCR. To investigate mechanisms of resistance, other than plasmid mediated mcr-1 gene, whole genome sequencing was performed on 8 clinical isolates, including 6 with colistin resistance (MIC > 4 μg/ml) and 2 with intermediate resistance to colistin (MIC > 2 μg/ml).
Results: RT-PCR conducted revealed absence of …

State V. Peevy Respondent's Brief Dckt. 48753

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

December 2021 Meeting Minutes, Angela Brock

UCC Agendas/Minutes

No abstract provided.

Community College Stigma And Its Effect On Illinois High School Seniors’ College Choice, Bradley S. Griffith

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore community college stigma and how it affects college choice for high school seniors in the state of Illinois. Community colleges nationwide are facing significant challenges such as enrollment decline, funding cutbacks, and declining birth rates. In order to effectively combat these challenges, community college leaders must be fully cognizant of any barriers preventing prospective students from attending the 2-year institutions. Community college stigma has recently gained national attention through various higher education publications but has been rarely researched in previous studies. This mixed methods study distributed surveys to 27 high schools varying …

Online Appendix: Who Are(N’T) Our Students?, Dianna Murphy, Hadis Ghaedi

ScholarsArchive Data

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The document is an appendix to the article "Who Are(n’t) Our Students?" by Dianna Murphy, Hadis Ghaedi published in RLJ Vol. 71, No. 3 . It provides high-resolution images which, due to their large size, are not legible in the print edition.

"All For The Family:" A Case Study On The Migration Of Philippine Educated Nurses To Ontario Through The Live-In Caregiver Program, Oluwabukola Oladunni Salami

Dissertations

Despite evidence that suggests that nurses migrate to Ontario through the Live-in Caregiver Program, no research has been conducted on this group of nurses in Ontario. This study addresses that gap utilizing the transnational feminist concept of "global care chains" in a single holistic case study design to explore the experience of nurses who migrate to Ontario through the Live-in Caregiver Program (2001-2011), and examine the diverse perspectives of stakeholders on issues of rights and obligations of these nurses. Fifteen live-in caregivers and nine policy stakeholders were interviewed, and an analysis undertaken of immigration and nursing policy documents. Findings indicate …