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Kennesaw State University
Recent research
- Health & Medicine
Midventral skin glands secrete odors that mediate social contexts and are commonly found in rodents in the Cricetidae family rather than those in the Muridae family. African spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) are rodents in the family Muridae known for their remarkable regenerative ab...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a fatal disorder that destroys memory and cognitive skills in the elderly population. Most treatments for AD are effective in the early stage, leading to an increasing demand for early AD diagnosis. AD diagnosis increasingly relies on multimodal data s...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Objective To assess whether subdividing small (SGA, <10th), appropriate (AGA, 10th–90th), and large (LGA, >90th percentile) for gestational age (GA) birthweight classifications improves mortality risk estimation among preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units (NIC...
- BiologyOpen access
Cotton leaf disease classification using deep learning models for smart agriculture
Agriculture is a leading economical sector that contributes significantly to the livelihoods and the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Pakistan. With cotton as a key crop, its production must be sustainable, and this becomes a challenge posed by environmental changes, pest in...
- AI & Computing
Abstract Maintaining robust competition in transportation construction bidding is challenging for State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) as they navigate fluctuating input prices, complex project scopes, and variable market conditions. Existing approaches to forecasting bidde...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Playing surface, match outcomes, and formation usage patterns in Major League Soccer
Playing surface is a routine contextual factor in professional football, yet its association with tactical behavior and match outcomes remains unclear. The aim of this retrospective observational study was to examine whether playing surface is associated with starting formation,...
- Climate & Environment
Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian state has committed atrocity crimes against Ukrainian children. The Kremlin has mobilized international legal discourse to justify its policies of forcible transfer of Ukrainian children while contesting accountability mec...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
ABSTRACT Inspired by recently discovered metal‐free carbonic anhydrases (CAs) and other natural enzymes that achieve efficient catalysis without metal cofactors, we herein report a sequence‐defined supramolecular peptoid platform that mimics metal‐free CAs and exhibits hydrolytic...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Abstract Four inquiry-style activities involving the synthesis and analysis of cobalt acetylacetonate were developed, implemented, and evaluated in an upper-level, undergraduate inorganic chemistry laboratory course. Throughout the two-week laboratory experiment, students are dir...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Abstract In geotechnical engineering, the angle of repose (AoR) is widely adopted as an indicator of soil stability and particle interaction. However, AoR can arise from different combinations of inter-particle sliding and rolling friction, each representing different mechanical...
- Society & Economics
Cross-platformization: How U.S. right-leaning media curate their posts on Twitter and Truth Social
This study examines how seven right-leaning media organizations utilize cross-platformization strategies to reach audiences across multiple platforms; in this case, Twitter and Truth Social. Focusing on both content volume and story packaging, we collect right-leaning media organ...
- Society & Economics
The Role of Family Problems in Self-Harm: A 5-Year Retrospective Chart Review
Family problems are the most cited reason for self-harm behaviors in low- and middle-income countries. However, self-harm is often treated as an individual clinical problem rather than one framed by ecological and psychosocial contexts. This study examined the association between...
- Engineering & Technology
A novel SOSMC-based COA-COOT approach for a multi-joint lower extremity exoskeleton system
Robotic exoskeletons offer significant potential for enhancing human capabilities and supporting medical rehabilitation. However, their control remains challenging due to nonlinear dynamics, parameter uncertainties, and external disturbances. To address these issues, this study p...
- Society & Economics
Merging Divergent and Convergent Thinking for Nursing Pedagogy Transformation: A Rapid Review
Background: Nursing education has long relied on rigid, protocol-driven teaching methods rooted in dominant historical models that emphasize memorization over meaningful understanding. These approaches no longer meet the demands of today's health care environment, where nurses mu...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Crisis governance, legitimacy, and consumer ethics in service systems
Purpose This paper aims to examine how crisis-related service restrictions shape ethical consumer responses, challenging the assumption that restrictive governance inherently promotes responsibility. It develops a dual-process model explaining how legitimacy and autonomy percepti...
- Society & Economics
Conceptual frameworks and policies about homeschooling often assume that families homeschool either all or none of their children because the decision to homeschool is based on the belief that homeschooling is the normative means to educate one’s children. Thus, the practice of s...