Digital Humanitarianism: An Interview with Fleur Johns

In this interview, Fleur Johns elucidates the central themes of her recent book #Help: Digital Humanitarianism and the Remaking of International Order. Situating her research alongside well-established critical analyses of digital platforms and algorithms, Johns elaborates on the distinctive characteristics of digital humanitarianism, how these can be studied through digital interfaces, and the politics of Big Tech’s involvement in this transformation of humanitarianism. Most importantly, the interview sheds light on Johns’s infra-disciplinary theoretical-methodological approach that seeks to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries, resulting in her unique fusion of critical data/algorithm studies, international legal scholarship, and social theory. Based on this, Johns explains how digital humanitarianism constitutes a partial rupture to Foucauldian concerns with biopolitics, instead giving rise to what she calls sensopolitics – an imperative to “make perceive and let pass” enacted through digital interfaces

AI in Radiology: Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Patient Care

Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration in healthcare, particularly within radiology, has grown rapidly, with 400 out of 520 FDA-approved AI algorithms explicitly designed for radiological applications as of 2023. AI has shown significant potential for enhancing healthcare delivery and improving patient outcomes (AHA, 2023); however, understanding the barriers, facilitators, and implications of AI implementation in radiology remains fragmented across existing studies. This study investigates AI\u27s impact on radiology in three critical areas: diagnostic accuracy, interpretation times, and clinical workflow efficiency. We synthesize key findings regarding AI\u27s contributions to radiology practices through a comprehensive literature review of 29 articles published between 2015 and 2024, sourced from databases including PubMed, EBSCOhost, and Google Scholar

West Virginia Activist Archive Poster - Carter Taylor Seaton

A poster showcasing author, sculptor, and arts advocate Carter Taylor Seaton.https://mds.marshall.edu/wvactivists_socialchange/1005/thumbnail.jp

Navigating loyalty: exploring perceptions in family-owned businesses

Family businesses are crucial to the global economy, contributing significantly to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employing a diverse workforce. Like any other business, familyowned businesses are not immune to employee turnover. Employee perception of business stability is a key indicator of the business\u27s health and resilience. This study aims to examine the relationship between employee perceptions of family business stability, business community involvement and turnover intentions using a quantitative survey. The survey was developed using validated scales and received approval (IRB #2206773) from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Marshall University prior to administering to family business employees via social media posts, emails, in-person visits to family businesses, and panels using the surveysoftware Qualtrics. The business owner’s involvement in the community is the independent variable, while employees’ perceptions of business stability will act as a mediator. Turnover intentions will be the dependent variable, with the employees’ level of community embeddedness serving as the moderator. Data will be analyzed using the PROCESS macro in SPS

Participant 014: Reiki Practitioner with nine months of experience (White; Female; California, USA)

This is an interview about Reiki and its connection with overall well-being with a Reiki Practitioner holding nine months of experience (White; Female; California, USA). She was interviewed on July 25, 2025. The participant agreed to the terms outlined in the verbal informed consent form before this interview. Some of the broad conversations during this interview were about her use of Reiki and other healing modalities; Reiki\u27s place in her life in the face of work stress in regulatory affairs; Reiki\u27s ability to bring in new relationships and let outdated ones fall away; and early childhood experiences seeing Spirit and embracing this gift later in life. Lindsey Harper was the interviewer and the primary investigator for this project. Please download this document to read the full de-identified interview.https://mds.marshall.edu/reikiconversations/1015/thumbnail.jp

Analysis of the influence of telomere length variation on flowering time and plant fitness in Arabidopsis

Telomeres are conserved structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that promote genome stability. In most eukaryotes, the DNA found within these protective end caps consists of short, G-rich nucleotide repeats. Cells with critically short telomeres face a variety of potential adverse outcomes such as end-to-end chromosome fusion, apoptosis, etc. The length of telomeric DNA varies substantially between different plant species and even between genotypes of the same species. A previous study using T-DNA mutants of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana with long or short telomeres suggested that telomere length may be an adaptive trait. Specifically, for reproductive fitness, the shortest telomere mutant outperformed all genotypes in control conditions, however, under high heat stress the longest telomere mutant experienced a significant increase in seed production compared to short telomere mutants. But there is still a large knowledge gap regarding how or if stress responses between naturally occurring genotypes within a population are impacted by telomere length status. The current study tested the hypothesis that natural telomere length variation can differentially impact Arabidopsis fitness depending on substrate quality (poor or control). Six A. thaliana genotypes with long or short telomeres were grown in control soil or in sand supplemented with ½ (moderate stress) or 1/10 Hoagland (more severe stress) solution. We then measured several plant life history traits and vegetative (biomass) and reproductive (total seeds produced) fitness parameters. As expected, plants responded to stress in a treatment-dependent manner, with significant decreases in chlorophyll leaf content, vegetative and reproductive fitness under moderate and more severe stress compared to control conditions. Our results revealed that telomere length influenced vegetative fitness and reproductive fitness parameters under control and stress treatments. Specifically, long telomere genotypes had higher vegetative fitness (biomass, number of inflorescence bolts) and total fruit production compared to short telomere genotypes. In contrast, short telomere genotypes produced a greater number of leaves, but only in control conditions, and higher number of seeds per fruit, on average, than the long telomere genotypes. These results suggest that telomere length can influence plant fitness responses and potential trade-offs for adapting life-history strategies to maximize survival and reproduction, specifically under substrate stress. Overall, our results may provide important insights into whether telomere length is a plant trait that can be manipulated to achieve higher crop yields in poor growth conditions

A redescription of \u3ci\u3eLeiurus libycus\u3c/i\u3e (Birula, 1908), stat. n. (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Buthus quinquestriatus libycus was described by Birula (1908) from the Libyan Desert, based on a subadult male specimen. This taxon was later synonymized with Leiurus quinquestriatus (Ehrenberg, 1828) by Vachon (1949). In this study, we re-evaluate this taxon and recognize it as Leiurus libycus (Birula, 1908), stat. n., providing a redescription based on the holotype. The type locality of this species is clarified as western Egypt (between Alexandria and Fayum). We synonymize Leiurus aegyptiacus Lourenço & El-Hennawy, 2021 with L. libycus, stat. n., syn. n

Rhetoric of Freedom: The Black Church and Jamal Bryant’s Sermon “Am I Ever Going to Get Out of This?”

Homiletics is a branch of rhetoric and religion that is defined as the art of preaching. All too common in fields of academia, including Homiletics, is a lack of inclusivity of African Americans. This paper will extend research that integrates and further centralizes African American homiletics, focusing on the notion of freedom in Dr. Jamal Bryant’s sermon “Am I Ever Going to Get Out of This?