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Engineering Faculty Publications (May 2025)

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Below is a list of College of Engineering Faculty that have published academic works in the past 30 days.

Congratulations to all recently published authors!

Note: Access to full text may be subject to library subscriptions. The below citations were pulled from Scopus.

  1. Abuhelwa, M., Chenggeer, F., Bandara, A., Liu, J., Willoughby, P., Carlson, A., Trout, K. E., Morey, A., Kinzel, E., Mustapha, A., & Almasri, M. (2025). Fiber optic SERS sensors for rapid detection and identification of Salmonella in turkey products. 13310. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3050869
  2. Ali Tousi, S. M., Farag, R., Demby’s, J., Omotara, G., Lory, J. A., & Desouza, G. N. (2025). A Zero-Shot Learning Approach for Ephemeral Gully Detection from Remote Sensing using Vision Language Models. 432–441. https://doi.org/10.1109/WACVW65960.2025.00054
  3. Alla, S., & Sichani, A. S. (2025). Cyberattacks on Large Language Models—Attack Detection and Architecture Adaptability. 143–148. https://doi.org/10.1109/SoutheastCon56624.2025.10971722
  4. Almalaysha, M., Allen, K., Muhsin, S. A., Taas, K. B., Carlson, A., Morey, A., Trout, K. E., Zhang, S., & Almasri, M. (2025). Impedance-based Biosensor for Rapid Detection and Identification of Salmonella in Turkey Products. 13312. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3050876
  5. Berardi, M., Tippit, E., Gao, Y., DeSouza, G. N., & Dietrich, M. (2025). Automated Analysis of Relative Fundamental Frequency in Continuous Speech: Development and Comparison of Three Processing Pipelines. Journal of Voice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.04.006
  6. Buffum, D., Broomell, S. B., Wagner, C., & Anderson, D. T. (2025). The Compositional Nature of Weights. 1175 LNNS, 171–182. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74000-8_15
  7. Cao, J., Feng, S., Dolatabad, A. A., Zhi, Y., Deng, B., Liu, C., Lyu, X., Christensen, C. S. Q., Pignatello, J. J., Ni, P., Lin, S., Wei, Z., & Xiao, F. (2025). PFAS removal from reverse osmosis and nanofiltration brine by granular activated carbon: Thermodynamic insights into salinity effects. Water Research, 282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123758
  8. Demiris, G., Harrison, S., Sefcik, J., Skubic, M., Richmond, T. S., & Hodgson, N. A. (2025). Feasibility and Acceptability of a Technology-Mediated Fall Risk Prevention Intervention for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journals of Gerontology – Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 80(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf043
  9. Driehuys, B., Zhang, S., Bechtel, A., Hahn, A. D., Collier, G., Niedbalski, P. J., Huang, Y.-C., Cleveland, Z. I., Willmering, M. M., Mugler, J. P., Mata, J., Shim, Y. M., Castro, M., Svenningsen, S., Friedlander, Y., Ho, T., Fain, S., Hoffman, E. A., Wild, J. M., … Mummy, D. (2025). Design and Implementation of a Multi-Center Trial of 129Xe Gas Exchange MRI and MRS to Evaluate Longitudinal Progression of COPD. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.29769
  10. Fan, C., Zhao, C., & Duan, Y. (2025). PVT: An Implicit Surface Reconstruction Framework via Point Voxel Geometric-Aware Transformer. 3013–3023. https://doi.org/10.1109/WACV61041.2025.00298
  11. Fayed, S., El-Zohairy, A., Salim, H., Mlybari, E. A., Bazuhair, R. W., & Ghalla, M. (2025). Shear Strength of Concrete Incorporating Recycled Optimized Concrete and Glass Waste Aggregates as Sustainable Construction Materials. Buildings, 15(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15091420
  12. Fu, L., Xia, Q., Tang, H., Chen, J., Tan, J., & Guo, Y. (2025). Robustness of gross primary production estimation from long-term reconstructed solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence varies with greenness on a global scale. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.19.014514
  13. Gettu, N., Hassanin Mohamed, A. I., Rath, P., & Buttlar, W. G. (2025). Mechanical Performance and Environmental Impact Analyses of Missouri Stone Mastic Asphalt Mixtures Incorporated with Recycled Materials. Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981251333337
  14. Giraldo-Londoño, O., Bettale, C., Martinez, K., Thaqi, M., & Wheeler, A. (2025). Low-Cost, High-Fidelity Skin and Intestine Surrogates for Surgical Training. Journal of Surgical Research, 311, 8–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2025.03.068
  15. Hong, K. J., Choi, Y.-J., Kim, J., Cho, M.-C., & Kim, J.-H. (2025). Pilot study on CpG methylation of the NRF2 promoter across different ages and sexes in healthy and lung cancer prediagnostic individuals. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 235, 86–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2025.04.036
  16. Ibrahim, B., Becker, M. M., Kunz, F., Jung, A., & Fischer, S. C. L. (2025). Influence of Form and Structural Features of Open-Cell Hybrid Foam on the Remanent Magnetic Scanning. Advanced Engineering Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202402034
  17. Jayathilake, M., Miller, M., Byfield, R., & Lin, J. (2025). A Self-calibrated, Wearable Vital Sign Monitoring Device Enabled by Edge Computing. IEEE Sensors Journal. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2025.3563830
  18. John, M., Santhanalakshmi, S., Amudha, J., & Zhou, J. (2025). Comparative analysis of image mosaicing techniques for aerial agriculture field imaging. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 58(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2025.2507744
  19. Kang, S., & Kim, J. (2025). Flexible X-ray shielding repairable patches via in-situ composite of polyurethane and bismuth iodide. Applied Materials Today, 44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2025.102772
  20. Kataya, A., Nascimento, J. R. S., Xu, C., Garneau, M. G., Koley, S., Kimberlin, A., Mukherjee, T., Mooney, B. P., Xu, D., Bates, P. D., Allen, D. K., Koo, A. J., & Thelen, J. J. (2025). Comparative Omics Reveals Unanticipated Metabolic Rearrangements in a High-Oil Mutant of Plastid Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase. Journal of Proteome Research. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.4c00947
  21. Kundu, R. K., & Anuarul Hoque, K. (2025). SecretVR: Differential Privacy Defense Against Membership Inference Privacy Attacks in Virtual Reality. 1266–1267. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW66409.2025.00279
  22. Kundu, R. K., & Hoque, K. A. (2025a). Advancing Cybersickness Prediction in Immersive Virtual Reality Using Pre-Trained Large Foundation Models. 1244–1245. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW66409.2025.00268
  23. Kundu, R. K., & Hoque, K. A. (2025b). RelaxVR: Cybersickness Reduction in Immersive Virtual Reality through Explainable AI and Large Language Models. IEEE Access. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3566958
  24. Leodarta, H., El-Ashwah, A. S., Rath, P., Abdelrahman, M., & Buttlar, W. G. (2025). Utilization of FTIR-ATR for material characterization and forensic analysis. Construction and Building Materials, 482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.141644
  25. Li, L., Zhou, T., Lu, Y., Chen, J., Lei, Y., Wu, Q., Arnold, J., Becich, M. J., Bisyuk, Y., Blecker, S., Chrischilles, E., Christakis, D. A., Geary, C. R., Jhaveri, R., Lenert, L., Liu, M., Mirhaji, P., Morizono, H., Mosa, A. S. M., … Chen, Y. (2025). Kidney Function Following COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents. JAMA Network Open, 8(4), e254129. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.4129
  26. Li, Y., Feng, Z., Yan, Y., Zhao, G., Fu, Y., & Singh, D. J. (2025). Low lattice thermal conductivity in spinel structures with s -electron lone pairs. Physical Review B, 111(19). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.195204
  27. Li, Y., Xu, Y., Yao, S., Lu, S., Gu, W., Mili, L., & Korkali, M. (2025). Global Sensitivity Analysis for Integrated Heat and Electricity Energy System. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 40(3), 2078–2090. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2024.3500214
  28. Mohadikar, P., & Duan, Y. (2025). OmniDiffusion: Reformulating 360 Monocular Depth Estimation Using Semantic and Surface Normal Conditioned Diffusion. 8068–8078. https://doi.org/10.1109/WACV61041.2025.00783
  29. Morel, A. E., Gafurov, D., Calyam, P., Wang, C., Thareja, K., Mandal, A., Lyons, E., Zink, M., Papadimitriou, G., & Deelman, E. (2023). Experiments on Network Services for Video Transmission using FABRIC Instrument Resources. IEEE INFOCOM 2023 – Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS57453.2023.10225817
  30. Morel, A. E., Murry, Z., Kostage, K., Qu, C., & Calyam, P. (2024). Enhancing Drone Video Analytics Security Management using an AERPAW Testbed. IEEE INFOCOM 2024 – IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS61880.2024.10620812
  31. Mutnbak, M., Alsharari, F., Elbelbisi, A., Elsisi, A., & Salim, H. (2025). Fatigue Response of Bridge Fingerplate Expansion Joints. 101–108. https://www.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105003301327&partnerID=40&md5=faf3c9fd8b2d84803a2454ef9b1ad2c0
  32. Muturi, T. W., & Adu-Gyamfi, Y. (2025). Enhanced Crack Segmentation Using Meta’s Segment Anything Model with Low-Cost Ground Truths and Multimodal Prompts. Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981251322484
  33. Newman, D., Davis, K., Korkali, M., Kezunovic, M., Xie, L., & Chen, X. (2025). Introduction to the Resilient Networks Minitrack. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 3121.
  34. Nuguri, S. S., Kambhampati, A., Glaser, N., Calyam, P., Li, S., Bates, C., Stevens, A., & Nuguri, S. (2025). Adaptive Virtual Reality Learning Environment with a Reinforcement Learning-Driven Pedagogical Agent. Proceedings – IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC. https://doi.org/10.1109/CCNC54725.2025.10975863
  35. O’Bryan, C. S., Rose, K. A., Ford, J., Ghoto, M. R., Lee, D., & Composto, R. J. (2025). Cross-Linking Density Controls the Interstitial Pore Size and Elasticity in Polyacrylamide Microgel Packings. Macromolecules, 58(8), 3937–3948. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c02784
  36. Owusu, S. Y., Amo-Boateng, M., & Soni, R. U. (2025). Machine learning predictions of drug release from isocyanate-derived aerogels. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5tb00289c
  37. Paul, T., Hassan, O., McCrae, C. S., Islam, S. K., & Mosa, A. S. M. (2025). An Explainable Fusion of ECG and SpO2-Based Models for Real-Time Sleep Apnea Detection. Bioengineering, 12(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering12040382
  38. Qureshi, A. I., Baskett, W. I., Bhatti, I. A., Ovbiagele, B., Siddiq, F., Ford, D. E., Gomez, C. R., Hanley, D. F., & Shyu, C.-R. (2025). Post 90-day outcomes of acute ischemic stroke patients following thrombectomy: Analysis of real-world data. Frontiers in Neurology, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2025.1543101
  39. Qureshi, A. I., Baskett, W., Martin, R. H., Lakhani, P., Bhatti, I. A., El Sabae, H., Al-Mufti, F., Gomes, J. A., Seifi, A., Rabinstein, A. A., Suarez, J. I., Steiner, T., Shyu, C.-R., & Anderson, C. S. (2025). Systolic Blood Pressure Reduction with Stability as a New Therapeutic Goal in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Results of the Pooled Analysis of ATACH 2 and INTERACT 2 Trials. Neurocritical Care. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-025-02277-2
  40. Rezende-Gonçalves, P., Antezak, A., Kato, T., Feng, K., Fortuna, F., Le Fèvre, P., Rosmus, M., Olszowska, N., Sobol, T., Singh, D. J., Baumbach, R. E., Santander-Syro, A. F., & Frantzeskakis, E. (2025). Metallic layered materials with magnetic frustration: An ARPES view of SmAuAl4Ge2 and TbAuAl4Ge2. Physical Review B, 111(20). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.205114
  41. Rivera, C., Bhusal, B., Chadha, R., Sistla, A. P., & Viswanathan, M. (2025). Checking δ-Satisfiability of Reals with Integrals. Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, 9(OOPSLA1). https://doi.org/10.1145/3720446
  42. Schulte, M. C., Boll, A. C., Conomos, N. L., Rezaei, F., Barcellona, A. T., Schrum, A. G., & Ulery, B. D. (2025). Adjuvant Templating Improves On-Target/Off-Target Antibody Ratio Better than Linker Addition for M2-Derived Peptide Amphiphile Micelle Vaccines. Vaccines, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13040422
  43. Seo, K., Na, H. S., Lee, W., Chen, C.-B., Kweon, S. J., Zhao, L., & Kumara, S. (2025). Clustering electricity consumption patterns using functional data analysis. Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2025.101742
  44. Setu, J. N., Le, J. M., Kundu, R. K., Giesbrecht, B., Höllerer, T., Hoque, K. A., Desai, K., & Quarles, J. (2025). Predicting and Explaining Cognitive Load, Attention, and Working Memory in Virtual Multitasking. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 31(5), 3014–3024. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2025.3549850
  45. Shojaei, S., Bohl, T., Palaniappan, K., & Bunyak, F. (2025). Adaptive Structure-Aware Connectivity-Preserving Loss for Improved Road Segmentation in Remote Sensing Images. 1120–1128. https://doi.org/10.1109/WACVW65960.2025.00134
  46. Singh, K. P., Jahnke, I., & Calyam, P. (2024). Entangled collaborations: Tensions in cross-disciplinary user experience studies in cyberinfrastructure projects. Behaviour and Information Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2024.2315325
  47. Steinbach, D., Zhu, Y., Philipps, J. C., Tu, W., Liu, X., Tian, X., Xie, T., Yan, Y., Gahl, J., Brockman, J. D., & Lou, J. (2025). Neutron-Radiation-Induced Strengthening and Toughening of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheet/Covalent Organic Framework Composites for Polymer Coatings in Radiative Environments. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 8(19), 10160–10167. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c02174
  48. Sun, Q., Wang, B., Sansom, B. J., Trauth, K., Brown, H., Zhu, W., Kunz, J., Barnhart, M. C., McMurray, S., Roberts, A. D., Shulse, C. D., Knerr, C. J., Steevens, J. A., & Deng, B. (2025). Evaluating episodic sediment deposition zones in freshwater mussel habitats across Missouri, USA. Journal of Ecohydraulics. https://doi.org/10.1080/24705357.2025.2462298
  49. Suresh, A., Suresh, D., Li, Z., Sansalone, J., Aluru, N., Upendran, A., & Kannan, R. (2025). Self-Assembled Multilayered Concentric Supraparticle Architecture. Advanced Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202502055
  50. Suresh, D., Mukherjee, S., Zambre, A., Ghoshdastidar, S., Yadavilli, S., Rekha, K. R., Upendran, A., & Kannan, R. (2025). Nanoparticle-Mediated Cosilencing of Drug Resistance and Compensatory Genes Enhances Lung Cancer Therapy. ACS Nano, 19(16), 15256–15271. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c12318
  51. Uddin, M., & Khanna, S. K. (2025). Sensitivity analysis for identifying key parameters affecting energy consumption in early-stage building design. Energy and Buildings, 342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115848
  52. Vandewalle, L., Nemegeer, D., Balazs, L., Barr, B., Barros, J., Bartos, P., Banthia, N., Brandt, A., Criswell, M., Denarié, F., Di Prisco, M., Falkner, H., Gettu, R., Gopalaratnam, V., Groth, P., Haüsler, V., Katsaragakis, F., Kooiman, A., Kovler, K., … Wubs, A. (2002). Design of steel fibre reinforced concrete using the σ-w method: Principles and applications. Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions, 35(249), 262–278. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02482132
  53. Vandewalle, L., Nemegeer, D., Balazs, L., Barr, B., Barros, J., Bartos, P., Banthia, N., Criswell, M., Denarié, F., Di Prisco, M., Falkner, H., Gettu, R., Gopalaratnam, V., Groth, P., Haüsler, V., Kooiman, A., Kovler, K., Massicotte, B., Mindess, S., … Walraven, J. (2002). Rilem TC 162-TDF: Test and design methods for steel fibre reinforced concrete—Bending test. Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions, 35(9), 579–582. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02483127
  54. Wang, S., Cao, Z., Wang, S., Wu, Q., Chen, J., Cai, Y., & Huang, G. (2025). Dissipative locally resonant metasurfaces for low-frequency Rayleigh wave mitigation. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2025.110233
  55. Warang, A., Deol, I., Fakher, S., Wu, L., Hong, L., Zhang, S., Yu, Q., & Sun, H. (2025). Non-Thermal Atmospheric Plasma Enhances Biological Effects of Fluoride on Oral Biofilms. Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 16(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb16040132
  56. Weaver, S. M., Lupo, A. R., Hunt, S., & Aloysius, N. (2025). Refining Drought Assessment: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Condition Monitoring Observer Reports in Missouri (2018–2024). Atmosphere, 16(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16040389
  57. Wei, L., Wang, X., Sun, M., Shin, W., Gillis, K. D., & Wu, L.-G. (2025). Sub-quantal release is not dominant during prolonged depolarization in adrenal chromaffin cells. Biophysical Reports, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpr.2025.100212
  58. Wu, X., Jin, C., Zhang, C., Li, P., Huang, J. J., Wu, J., Wu, J., & Hu, Z. (2025). Mixotrophic Chlorella pyrenoidosa biofilm with enhanced biomass production, microalgal activity, and nutrient removal from nutrient-rich wastewater. Journal of Environmental Sciences (China), 157, 366–377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2024.06.017
  59. Wu, Y., Qiu, C., Mao, C., Zhao, W., Mahjoubnia, A., Norouzi Esfahany, S., Webel, A., Chen, S.-Y., Jin, Y., & Lin, J. (2025). A Biocompatible, Magnetic-Responsive Shape Memory Silicone Composite for Active Flow Controlling Valve. Advanced Healthcare Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202405296
  60. Xu, R., & Wang, B. (2025). Assessing Deep Learning Techniques for Remote Gauging and Water Quality Monitoring Using Webcam Images. Hydrology, 12(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology12040065
  61. Young, B., Anderson, D. T., Keller, J., Petry, F., & Michael, C. J. (2025). SPARC: A Human-in-the-Loop Framework for Learning and Explaining Spatial Concepts. Information (Switzerland), 16(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/info16040252
  62. Zhang, Y., Cheng, X., Oruche, R., Sivarathri, S. S., & Calyam, P. (2025). ScholarFinder: Knowledge Embedding Based Recommendations Using a Deep Embedded Clustering Model. IEEE Transactions on Big Data. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBDATA.2025.3570035
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Howdy everyone!

Happy Summer! We hope everyone has a relaxing time away from school. Or, if you are taking a summer class, that it goes well! You can request any of the titles below by clicking on their hyperlinked titles. If you have any issues requesting, or if you have any book recommendations for future Reading Revelries, please contact Amanda May at asmay@umsystem.edu

Our picks for the Summer:

Beach Read [Book]

 

 Beach Read by Emily Henry 

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They’re polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block. Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. But as the summer stretches on, January discovers a gaping plot hole in the story she’s been telling herself about her own life, and begins to wonder what other things she might have gotten wrong, including her ideas about the man next door.

 

Bandit: A Daughter's Memoir [Book]

 

Bandit: A Daughter’s Memoir by Molly Brodak

In the summer of 1994, when Molly Brodak was thirteen years old, her father robbed eleven banks, until the police finally caught up with him while he was sitting at a bar drinking beer, a bag of stolen money plainly visible in the backseat of his parked car. Dubbed the “Mario Brothers Bandit” by the FBI, he served seven years in prison and was released, only to rob another bank several years later and end up back behind bars.

In her powerful, provocative debut memoir, Bandit, Molly Brodak recounts her childhood and attempts to make sense of her complicated relationship with her father, a man she only half knew. At some angles he was a normal father: there was a job at the GM factory, a house with a yard, birthday treats for Molly and her sister. But there were darker glimmers, too—another wife he never mentioned to her mother, late-night rages directed at the TV, the red Corvette that suddenly appeared in the driveway, a gift for her sister. Growing up with this larger-than-life, mercurial man, Brodak’s strategy was to “get small” and stay out of the way. In Bandit, she unearths and reckons with her childhood memories and the fracturing impact her father had on their family—and in the process attempts to make peace with the parts of herself that she inherited from this bewildering, beguiling man.

 

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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.

Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him….

 

Song of Achilles, TheThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Achilles, “the best of all the Greeks,” son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods’ wrath.

They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.

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Book Highlight: Test-Taking Strategies for the USMLE STEP 2 Exam: Proven Methods to Succeed

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This week we are highlighting Test-Taking Strategies for the USMLE STEP 2 Exam: Proven Methods to Succeed from our online collection.

This book aims to hel you build the test-taking skills you need to ace your coursework and UMSLE exams. This book walks you through the process of how to generally approach questions, how to approach specific types of questions (i.e., those with labs or images), and how to review questions and their answers.

Each chapter includes an explanation and/or exam-taking advice and sample questions, which are followed by a breakdown of the question/answer process.

This book is a great resource for anyone who is currently studying for their UMSLE exams.

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Barbero Gift Helps Fund Instant Access to Journal of Pediatrics

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Thanks to the generosity of the Department of Child Health for helping us provide instant access to Journal of Pediatrics articles back to 1932 with funds from the Barbero Gift Fund.

The Barbero Fund was establlished in 1998 in honor of Dr. Giulio Barbero. Dr. Barbero was internationally recognized for his research on cystic fibrosis and one of the founders of the Cystic Fibrosis Association. During his time as chair of the department of Child Health, he developed rural sateliite clinics to treat children with gastrointestinal disease and was instrumental getting the Ronald McDonald House in Columbia, Missouri.

If you are interested in donating to the Health Sciences Library, please visit https://mizzougivedirect.missouri.edu/fund.aspx?item_id=960.

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New MU Authored Trending Article in PubMed

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A recently trending article in PubMed was Screening for Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement co-authored by Dr. James Stevermer from the Department of Family and Community Medicine.

What is a PubMed trending article?

Trending articles is a marker of increased interest in a PubMed abstract. Trending articles are those with a significant increase in daily PubMed views in the past two days as compared to the previous baseline period, which is approximately a week.

You can see the full list of trending articles here.

Interested in tracking the impact of your articles after they are published? Email asklibrary@health.missouri.edu to learn how we can help.

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Overview of Recent University of Missouri Publications in Medicine and Related Fields: April 2025

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Overview of Recent University of Missouri Publications in Medicine and Related Fields

Each month we provide an overview of University of Missouri School of Medicine faculty-authored articles in medicine and related fields as well as a featured article with the highest journal impact factor.

This month’s featured articles were co-authored by Dr. Vovanti Jones of the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation:

The articles were published in JAMA (journal impact factor of 63.5 in 2023).

See the list of publications in medicine and related fields we retrieved for this month: https://library.muhealth.org/facpubmonthlyresult/?Month=April&Year=2025

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Peer Navigator Corner: MU Law Library

By Kimberly Moeller   Posted in Resources and Services
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Written by: Josiah Abbot

While you may be aware of the many books and resources available through Ellis Library, if you are looking to do any legal research, turn no further than our Law Library. For example, if you are a social work student looking at policy or a political science major researching law. Reference services are available from 10 am to 4 pm on weekdays, but the library is open to all students from 7:30 am to 5 pm on weekdays, with shorter hours on the weekend. Due to space constraints, non-law students cannot use the library for general study. However, you can access resources through the Reference Alcove after checking in at their front desk. This space offers access to Westlaw software, a powerful legal database. Within this database, you can find numerous documents ranging from case law to statutes to secondary law sources. You can email yourself several of these sources a day and the limit resets each day. Within the Alcove you will also find a “Reference Student,” similar to the Ellis Peer Navigators. If you are unsure of what you are looking for or where best to find it, they can help point you in the right direction. 

If you would rather research from home, you can still access some of the Law Library’s online databases. When you navigate to their webpage, click on the “Law Library” drop-down menu and then select student resources.

Under the “Legal Research” subsection you can find a link to their database list – any databases with an MU logo are open to any MU students, while the rest you would need to be in the Law Library to access.

One great resource they recommend is HeinOnline, a comprehensive source of treaties and international agreements that the United States is part of. It also has law and law-related periodicals. One reason students often choose HeinOnline is that its sources have a PDF structure, making it easy to transfer documents and cite your information.

Another useful resource available to all students is their databases on intellectual property. The “Intellectual Property Law Collection” will allow you to access cases relating to patent law. For more on patent issuances and treatises (these can be anything from the design of your Starbucks cup to NASA spaceships and Phantom of the Opera’s stage!), you can access a different database through VitalLaw (titled “Intellectual Property” within their database list). VitalLaw allows you to find Patent and Trademark Office documents for things like Pfizer rulings from the PTO.

If online databases are not your style and you prefer physical copies of resources, you can always take a look at print materials. Similarly to how you would search for books from Ellis, their books, periodicals, and journals can be found through the Libraries Discover layer. Once you’ve started a search, on the side panel under location, you can filter down to only resources from the Law Library. Journals can be reviewed onsite, and when you checkout books you can choose from any pickup location as you would normally be able to. 

Altogether, the Law Library is a great resource for students. If you are in a class and need to research a project that is closely related to law, accessing their resources could greatly benefit you. Even if you don’t have a project, they have a variety of specific resources that are interesting to check out.

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Peer Navigator Corner: Email Etiquette

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Written by: Annalise Miller

At some point during your academic and professional journey, you will likely find yourself emailing a professor, university staff member, or other dignitary person. You might be writing to ask for a letter of recommendation, to apply for a job, or to communicate about an assignment. When that time comes, it is crucial to have solid email etiquette under your belt. Think of it as the art of writing polite, clear, and effective emails. The “rules” of email etiquette may vary depending on the recipient, but having a strong foundation in email etiquette will set you up for success in any situation.

As a college student, communication with professors through email is something that will undoubtedly happen during your years at Mizzou. Make sure that all MU-related emails are coming from your University assigned email address. Before constructing your email, write a clear and concise subject line. This helps clarify what your message is about and will help busy professors prioritize your email. “POL-SC 4641 Discussion Post Grade,” “Absence Notification for ENG 1000 on 2/02/2025,” or “Feedback Request for BUS 2000” are all examples of good subject lines. Subject lines should avoid all caps, emojis, or ambiguity.

Similar to writing a letter, emails should begin with a greeting. Try to avoid informal greetings like “What’s up, Kim,” or “Heyyyyy.” You are emailing a professional, not someone you just met online. “Ms. Kimberly Moeller” or “Dear Dr. Jones” are generally safe options, especially if you are unsure how the person prefers to be addressed. While some professors are fine with being called by their first names, others prefer to be referred to as “Dr.” or “Professor.”

Now, what about the body of your email? Make sure the recipient knows who you are and why you are contacting them in short, direct paragraphs. Do not make your email unnecessarily long or full of extraneous detail. That said, an important part of conciseness is making sure that you do not leave out any relevant information. Say everything that you need to say without being excessively wordy. In terms of follow-ups, try to wait at least 24 hours. This gives the recipient time to respond to your email.

Finally, use a professional sign off to conclude your email. For example: “Best, Annalise Miller” or “Sincerely, Shane Stearman”. You can get creative with this step, as long as you keep it polite and direct. Be sure to thank your recipient before signing off of your email, as well.

Before hitting “send,” do a quick proofread of your email. In emails, use grammar and punctuation as you would in any other piece of professional writing. Make sure that you do not overuse exclamation points (no matter how excited you are to be here at Mizzou) and end your sentences with periods. Do not type anything that you would not want to read out loud, either. Regardless of how mad you may be at a professor for not yet posting your grade, save the rage for ranting to your roommate. By following proper email etiquette, you can ensure effective communication while demonstrating professionalism and respect.

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Example Email:
Subject: POLSC 2000 Grade Inquiry

Dear Professor Smith,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Annalise Miller, and I am a student in your POLSC 2000 class (Section 2, Fall 2025). I am reaching out to inquire about when the final grades for the course will be posted. I understand that grading can take some time, and I just wanted to check if there is an estimated date for when we might be able to view our grades.

Thank you for your time and for all your hard work throughout the semester. I appreciate any information you can provide.
Best regards,
Annalise Miller

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Peer Navigator Corner: Student Success Center

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Written by: Alyssa Westhoff

The Student Success Center provides a variety of services designed to support students’ educational and professional development, and is located in Lowry Mall directly across from the North entrance of Ellis Library. It . The center is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 7:15 p.m., and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Student Success Center is home to specialized services, including the Career Center, Center for Academic Excellence and Success, Community Engaged Learning, Discovery Center, Learning Center, and Transfer Center. Each serves a unique purpose designed specifically to help you succeed. The Career Center helps with resume building, cover letter writing, interview preparation, and professional headshots. The Center for Academic Excellence and Success offers career development, academic enrichment, and financial literacy support. The Community Engaged Learning Center provides opportunities for students to earn credit while engaging in hands-on learning that benefits others. The Discovery Center assists undecided students in exploring their interests and finding the right major. The Learning Center offers academic coaching, peer tutoring through Tiger Tutors, and 24/7 online tutoring in any subject. The Transfer Center is a peer-mentoring network that connects transfer students and helps them navigate campus life. 

All of these services are completely free and are available to all Mizzou students – including you! To schedule appointments or learn more, visit: https://success.missouri.edu/student-success-resources/. I have personally used the Career Center for resume help as well as Tiger Tutoring during my time at Mizzou and can attest to their value. Many students don’t realize the full range of services available, so be sure to take advantage of everything the Student Success Center has to offer!

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Peer Navigator Corner: Sensory & Seating Maps

By Kimberly Moeller   Posted in Ellis Library Resources and Services
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Written by: Sophie Lanzone

Some of you may already be aware of the different seating or spaces within the library, but if you aren’t familiar there are different maps on the library’s website that display what is on each floor, including where quiet spaces, study rooms, seating, and bathrooms are. For example, if you are someone who prefers to work in quiet or uncrowded spaces, the sensory map is the perfect resource to help you find the right places to study.

To find these maps, go to the library’s home page and click “Maps and Floorplans” on the very top. This will list the different libraries, with links to show you different maps for each library. Under the Ellis Library link you’ll find an option for “Ellis Library Sensory Maps.” This gives you the option of looking at quiet spaces, uncrowded spaces, and natural light. The first tab for quiet spaces shows a layout of each floor with highlighted areas that are designated quiet spaces or that tend to be quiet. The tabs across the top of the guide let you click on uncrowded spaces or natural light, and highlight different areas in the library based on these qualities.

Another map that I think is useful to people who prefer specific study accommodations is the seating map, which can be found the same way as the sensory map. Each floor it is color coordinated and highlights several types of seating and where they are located, including soft seating, high/stand-up seating, and regular seating.

If you have any other questions regarding these maps, including how to find them, stop by the Peer Navigator desk and ask for help!