Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

A Skin‐Inspired High‐κ Self‐Healing Polymer for Low‐Voltage Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

ABSTRACT Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), known as a type of artificial muscles, are promising soft actuators with many applications including robotics and wearables due to their conformability, fast response, and large actuation. However, their usage remains constrained by...

Locoregional and systemic adoptive cellular therapies for pediatric brain tumors: a systematic review of CAR‑T, TCR‑engineered T cells, and NK cell strategies

Adoptive cellular therapies may expand treatment options for pediatric brain tumors by focusing activity on tumor antigens and limiting off-tumor effects. We systematically reviewed preclinical and clinical evidence for CAR T cells, TCR-engineered T cells, and NK or γδ T-cell pla...

Multiracial Identity Contestation and Race Concept Reflection

This paper explores how Multiracial identity contestation may foster greater social conceptions of race through race concept reflection (i.e., thinking frequently about racial categories). Across two correlational studies, Multiracial participants (total N = 1,159) completed a cr...

From propofol to cipepofol (Cypsedo®), a new intravenous general anesthetic approved for adults undergoing surgery

Propofol ( 1 ) remains the gold standard intravenous general anesthetic despite such drawbacks as injection pain, respiratory depression, and cardiovascular instability. The newly FDA-approved cipepofol (Cypsedo ® , 2 ) is a chiral analog incorporating a cyclopropyl ring to enhan...

Failing to Maintain Contact With Probation: Discovering the Reasons Why

A common requirement for individuals on probation is to remain in contact with their probation officer (PO). Failure to do these actions may result in a violation that could lead to a revocation. Further, not knowing one’s whereabouts on probation could create public safety conce...

Role of Mechanotransduction in Cancer: A Complex Problem Involving Gene Mutations and Altered Levels of Connection Components

Background: External and internal forces and tissue energy influence the structure and function of mammalian tissues during life in a gravitational field. Changing force (stress) and energy equilibria provide a dynamic means to regulate cell and tissue growth during development a...

Implant-Supported and Conventional Dentures: A Meta-Analysis in Older Adults

Statement of problem Edentulism is highly prevalent among older adults, with approximately 30% of adults aged ≥60 years affected by complete tooth loss in at least one dental arch. Conventional complete dentures (CCDs) often provide suboptimal retention and stability, negatively...

Impaired but now diagnosable: Combining analytic frameworks for incorporating symptom weighting in the classification of full‐threshold and subthreshold posttraumatic stress disorder

Abstract Individuals with subthreshold posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often experience significant impairment yet face barriers to care (e.g., insurance denials and exclusion from clinical trials) due to strict Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM )–b...

Doctrinal Alignment Between American Democratic Socialism and Marxist Communism: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Policy Positions and Their Anticipated Political, Economic, and Social Consequences

Public debate increasingly equates American democratic socialism with Marxist communism, yet this equation is rarely subjected to systematic, evidence-based measurement. This dissertation examines the degree to which the documented policy positions of the Democratic Socialists of...

Interactions between parental monitoring and gender in relation to hidden school dropout and suicidal behavior in adolescence

Adolescent hidden dropout and suicidal behaviors pose major public health concerns, with family dynamics playing a critical role in youth adjustment. This study examined associations between parental supervision, gender, hidden dropout, and suicidal behaviors among 769 adolescent...

Fostering the collaborative diagnosis of cross-domain skills in video-based simulations: An analysis of collaborative diagnostic activities

Abstract Teachers’ ability to assess pupils’ knowledge and skills is a crucial component of their daily responsibilities, as accurate diagnoses influence both the support provided to pupils and their learning outcomes. Traditionally, diagnosing pupils’ skills is an individual tas...

Suicide Risk and Help-Seeking Behavior Among United States Collegiate Student-Athletes

Objective. This study examined suicidal ideation, preferred help-seeking sources, and knowledge of prevention strategies among collegiate athletes, and whether training influences stigma or knowledge. Methods. Collegiate athletes (N = 78), aged 18+ and participating in NCAA DI, D...

Hospice Care in the Era of AI : Hospices' Views on Data‐Driven Tools to Support Live Discharge Decisions

BACKGROUND: Live discharge occurs for 20% of hospice enrollees, resulting in loss of support and disruptive care transitions, with higher risk for patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Little is understood about how data-driven clinical decision support...

Opportunities for Pediatricians to Address Racism and Bias to Reduce Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk: Policy Statement

Pediatricians play an essential role in breastfeeding care and are uniquely positioned to help reduce racial disparities in breastfeeding. Evidence-based solutions include partnerships between pediatricians and community health workers, implementation of culturally centered hospi...

A defense destined to be sacred? Conflicting narratives and the contentious beginnings of Iran–Iraq war literature in Iran

The Iran–Iraq War (1980-1988) has been a major theme in Persian fiction published in Iran since 1980. Within Iran, the literature of this war is often framed as the “literature of the Sacred Defense,” in reference to the Iranian regime’s narrative of the war as a “battle between...

Dynamics, function, and regulation of mammary stem cells in development and disease

Understanding the heterogeneity of mammary epithelial cells and their contributions to postnatal development and regeneration is of great importance. Recent advances have defined the intrinsic complexity of the mammary epithelium, its stromal interactions, and the ontogeny of adu...

The Establishment of Communist Governments: A Comparative-Historical and Quantitative Analysis of Onset Mechanisms Across the Former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Global South

This dissertation asks how communist governments were established across roughly thirty polities between 1917 and 1979, and why some of the resulting party-states endured for decades while others collapsed within a generation. Its organizing premise is that “communist takeover” i...

The Establishment of Communist Governments: A Comparative-Historical and Quantitative Analysis of Onset Mechanisms Across the Former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Global South

This dissertation asks how communist governments were established across roughly thirty polities between 1917 and 1979, and why some of the resulting party-states endured for decades while others collapsed within a generation. Its organizing premise is that “communist takeover” i...

Sovereignty, Silence, and the Cycle of Violence: International Response, Intervention Failure, and Impunity Dynamics Across 16 Genocidal Regimes

For seventy-eight years the international community has repeated the promise of “never again,” yet genocide has recurred with grim regularity. This dissertation asks why the architecture of international accountability has expanded across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries...