Drexel University

An analysis of the combined effects of advanced information technologies and enterprise risk management on organizational performance

Purpose This study aims to investigate the combined effects of advanced information technologies that include data analytics, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and the Internet of Things (IoT) and enterprise risk management (ERM) on organizational performance, with a specific fo...

Expanding frameworks: Integrating vulnerability, exposure, and critical infrastructure to assess pluvial flood risks in New York City

Extreme precipitation events are increasing their frequency and intensity across the United States, posing growing risks to urban communities through pluvial flooding. Effective adaptation against pluvial flooding through structural and nonstructural measures requires understandi...

Evaluation of Advanced Delivery Methods to Transport Bio-Functional Components in Cracked Concrete

The effective delivery of bio-functional agents into cracked concrete remains a critical challenge for achieving reliable microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICCP)-based self-healing. This study investigates a hydrogel-assisted delivery approach using sodium alg...

Prenatal exposure to wildfire fine particulate matter and fetal growth outcomes in the United States: Findings from the ECHO Cohort

Background: Increasing exposure to wildfire fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) may pose unique risks to fetal development. We assessed associations between prenatal wildfire PM 2.5 exposure and fetal growth outcomes, including birth weight at term, birth weight for gestational age...

Rethinking police and social outreach collaboration: early insights from project SCOPE

Purpose This study examines the early implementation of Project SCOPE, an “untethered” police–social outreach co-response program within the transit police in Philadelphia. Unlike traditional models that embed outreach workers with police, SCOPE deploys social service teams indep...

Pharmacy Utilization Patterns and Polypharmacy as Predictors of High-Cost Workers’ Compensation Claims: An Updated Cohort Study of Occupational Ankle Sprains

Objective: Evaluate pharmacy utilization patterns as independent predictors of high-cost workers’ compensation claims (≥$50,000) for occupational ankle sprains. Methods: Pharmacy Benefit Management data were integrated into a 9-year cohort of 18,991 claims. Logistic regression mo...

The Longitudinal Association between Gendered Racism and Disease Activity among Black Women Living with Lupus

Gendered racism, rooted in the interlocking injustices of racism and sexism, is a contributor to poor mental health; its association with physical health outcomes, however, is not well understood. This study investigates whether gendered racism is associated with disease activity...

New pectoral fin material from the Late Devonian of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada and diversity of the radius in finned tetrapodomorphs

The paired fins of stem tetrapods (tetrapodomorphs) have been studied extensively to understand both the phylogenetic framework of early tetrapods and the functional context of the fin-to-limb transition. Attention has predominantly been focused on a few exemplar taxa with well-p...

Laser powder directed energy deposition fabrication and tensile sandwich evaluation of Ti64-C103-GRCop-42 functionally graded materials

Functionally graded materials (FGMs) provide an avenue to combine two alloys with different primary benefits such as Ti–6Al–4 V (Ti64) and GRCop-42, which expands the bounds of engineering design possibilities. However, direct grading between Ti64 and GRCop-42 via laser powder di...

Low-Dimensional Ionotronics

Abstract Ionotronics encompasses a broad range of phenomena and devices based either on the electron-controlled manipulation of ions in electrolytic media or on the use of ionic behavior to control electronic functionality. Although the term itself is relatively recent, the scien...

Interface as a design choice: How the implementation of interfaces influences coordination and performance in modular systems

Abstract Research Summary Modular systems play a central role in technological innovation. Such systems emerge when interdependencies among modules in a complex system are isolated through interfaces. While early seminal work highlighted the importance of interface design, subseq...

Colchicine for cardiovascular secondary prevention: evidence from recent trials and meta-analyses

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Residual inflammatory risk remains an important driver of recurrent vascular events despite contemporary lipid-lowering and antithrombotic therapies. Low-dose colchicine is the first widely available anti-inflammatory therapy to be incorporated into contemporar...

Impact of the Food4Moms produce prescription program on readiness for healthy eating, fruit and vegetable intake, and food security

Abstract Produce prescription programs (PRx) targeting different populations and conditions have been found to be effective. However, few have focused on pregnant women. The objectives of this study were to assess the impact of the Food4Moms (F4M) PRx on 1) healthy eating stages...

Antidepressant Prescribing Trends for Adults With and Without Autism in the United Kingdom From 1997 to 2023: A Population‐Based Cohort Study Using Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum

Antidepressant prescribing and autism diagnoses have increased in recent years. We aimed to describe and compare trends in antidepressant prescribing, indications, doses and durations in autistic and non-autistic males and females in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1997 to 2023. Usi...

Changes in Perihyoid Muscle Strength Associated with Fixed and Progressive Resistance Exercise in Healthy Adults

The supra- and infrahyoid muscles, collectively referred to as the perihyoid musculature, contribute to hyolaryngeal excursion and pharyngoesophageal segment opening during swallowing. This study investigated whether fixed- and progressive-resistance chin tuck against resistance...

Policy Window as a Trapdoor: Rethinking the Multiple Streams Framework through the Defunding of U.S. Public Media

This article analyses the 2025 defunding of U.S. public media as a critical case to revisit Kingdon’s multiple streams framework (MSF). While MSF offers a useful heuristic for understanding policy change through the convergence of problem, policy, and political streams, its expla...

Role of small intestinal bacteria overgrowth in irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety: a retrospective Electronic Health Record (EHR)- based cohort study using triNetX

Abstract Aims : The goal of this study is to examine the relationship between small bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with their subsequent risk of developing generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Methodology : Data for this retrospective study was obta...

Vinyl Functionalization of Ti3C2T x MXene Enables Grafting of Sulfonated Polyelectrolytes for High Salt Rejection in Forward Osmosis Desalination

MXene membranes are promising for aqueous separations but are fundamentally limited by swelling-induced loss of selectivity and structural instability. Here, we report, for the first time, vinyl functionalization of Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets, which enables subsequent grafting of a...

Characterization of Anticholinergic Medication Use and Its Associations With Everyday Memory Problems and Cognitive Decline in Autistic Adults With Higher Support Needs

ABSTRACT Among older adults in the general population, medications with anticholinergic (AC) effects are associated with declines in cognitive functioning and with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Autistic people have high rates of co‐occurring medical conditions and polypharmac...

Recent advances in etiology and treatment of von Hippel-Lindau Disease (VHLD)

Abstract Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHLD) is a rare autosomal dominant disease, occuring in ~ 1 in 35,000 individuals. Overall, individuals with inherited mutations in the VHL tumor suppressor gene are predisposed to a variety of cancer, including high frequencies of clear cell r...