Hudson Valley Community College is a public community college in Troy, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY). Although about eighty percent of the students are from the Capital District, the remainder are from other parts of New York, other states and from some 30 countries around the world.The college is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and is overseen by a 10-member Board of Trustees. The school has an enrollment of 9,300 students.
Hermeneutics aims to decipher meaning through interpretation that extends beyond the text itself, treating the world itself as text. Every encounter can be hermeneutical and hermeneutic rationality can be applied to the study of various cultural phenomena. However, traditional ontologies focus on the primary categorization of beings, that is, objects, or on forces (hyperobjects). A new ontological model, spectral ontology, places a particular importance on nonbeings, spectricities, that serve to establish the fundamental ontology of relationality. This ontology creates a need to extend hermeneutics beyond that which exists into the nonrelational, that is, nonexistent. This paper aims to reveal the necessity of this shift and the implications of it for the study of the humanities.
This critical interpretive synthesis (CIS) examines how trauma-informed care can be embedded in pediatric emergency nursing in Ghana to reduce pediatric medical traumatic stress in resource-limited settings. CIS is a qualitative synthesis methodology that integrates diverse literature through iterative interpretation to generate new conceptual understandings beyond what any single study provides. The review maps evidence on the psychological impact of pediatric acute care, identifies major knowledge and implementation gaps among nurses in low- and middle-income countries, and distills core trauma-informed principles into concrete, low-cost communication and care strategies feasible in overcrowded Ghanaian emergency departments. Particular attention is given to developmentally appropriate explanations, non-pharmacological pain and anxiety management, psychological first aid, and family involvement, alongside organizational barriers and opportunities for task-shifting and quality improvement. It should be noted that some intervention-level recommendations, including narrative therapy and psychological first aid, are primarily derived from non-Ghanaian contexts and require culturally adapted validation before generalization. Drawing on evidence spanning qualitative, observational, and review study designs, the synthesis concludes with three prioritized recommendations: (1) embedding trauma-informed communication training within existing pre-service and in-service nursing education; (2) integrating brief, validated psychological screening into emergency discharge workflows; and (3) building sustained multi-system collaboration between emergency departments, community health workers, and traditional support networks.
Abstract DNA nanostructures can be tailored to perform a wide variety of functions, with continued interest in biological applications. Some aspects of DNA nanostructure assembly can hinder the ability of nanostructures to be useful in physiological environments. Typical assembly methods employ magnesium ions to stabilize the structure, which leave the structure susceptible to damage by nucleases in body fluids. Further, DNA nanostructure assembly typically involves a thermal annealing protocol in which DNA strands are heated in a specific buffer to a high temperature and cooled slowly at specific rates, preventing convenient encapsulation of temperature-sensitive guest molecules. In this work, we demonstrate the assembly of a wide variety of DNA nanostructures and 3D crystals in a hydrated ionic liquid (choline dihydrogen phosphate, CDHP) instead of magnesium at constant moderate temperatures, thus avoiding thermal annealing. CDHP-assembled structures show enhanced biostability against a variety of nucleases. Molecular dynamics simulations show that choline ions stabilize DNA nanostructures by a direct and close-range interaction in contrast to the predominantly water-mediated interactions of Mg 2+ , leading to enhanced nuclease resistance in CDHP-containing environments. CDHP-assembled structures do not affect the viability of HepG2 cells and show higher cell internalization. Overall, this work develops a potential method to construct more biostable DNA nanostructures and 3D crystals in a simple one-tube process. Assembly of DNA nanostructures under isothermal conditions is desirable for scaffolding biomolecules and to reduce the need for thermal annealing instruments, allowing nanostructure preparation in low-resource settings.
Skills and knowledge gaps frequently exist between forensic educational programs and practical forensic laboratory needs. An educational outreach project involving three post-secondary academic institutions and a large multidisciplinary forensic laboratory was created to provide lectures to students, enable mentorship with forensic scientists, and provide an interactive experience within the forensic laboratory. Mentorship mixer exercises encouraged meaningful interactions between students and scientists, creating opportunities for practical discussion on employment requirements, optimal class selections based on students’ interests and forensic science requirements, and better understanding of the daily tasks and duties of operational forensic scientists. Feedback from students, professors, and forensic mentors have resulted in program improvements which will inform the educational outreach initiative going forward, including broader community outreach.
How often do students get to delve deeper into the lives of the scientists that are typically mentioned in a general chemistry class? Most of the time, the scientist's name is mentioned, and then their scientific contribution becomes the main topic of discussion. A Scientist Report writing assignment has been used in a General Chemistry I course to allow each student to become more familiar with one of the scientists typically mentioned during the semester. Students choose a scientist and write a paper about the scientist's life and scientific contributions, as well as other relevant historical aspects. There are a variety of sources that can be used to find the necessary information. Therefore, students encounter different search engines and research databases. The papers meet eligibility requirements for a campus-wide library research award presented each year at Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC). In this paper, the assignment layout is discussed as well as the scientists available to be chosen by students.
