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Ischemic Cranial Nerve III Palsy: Diagnosis, Management, and Follow-up
Full text linkBackground: Acquired cranial nerve III palsies (CN3P) can be ischemic in nature due to underlying vasculopathy, trauma, or by compressive damage due to aneurysm or tumor. In most cases, neuroimaging is completed to rule out a life-threatening etiology. This case outlines an acute oculomotor palsy due to ischemic microvascular disease with the appropriate diagnostic testing, treatment, and follow-up course.
Case Report: A 67-year-old African American female presented with complaints of a drooping left eyelid and intermittent diagonal diplopia. She had a known diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Entering visual acuity was 20/25-1 in the right eye (OD) and 20/40-1 left eye (OS). No afferent pupillary defect was noted OD or OS, however, a sluggish response to light was noted OS. Entrance testing was unremarkable OD. CVF were restricted superiorly OS due to an incomplete ptosis and EOMs were restricted in all gazes except abduction with the eye in a down-and-out position. The patient was sent to the emergency room to rule out a pupil involving CN3P. All testing was unremarkable and a final diagnosis of an ischemic CN3P was made.
Conclusion: Prompt diagnosis and neuroimaging is essential in the management of acute CN3P. Clinicians must pay close attention to the pupils as it may reveal the etiology. In this case, the pupil response warranted immediate referral to rule out potential life-threatening etiology. Fortunately, the etiology was determined to be ischemia to the oculomotor nerve from her uncontrolled systemic vasculopathies. Such patients should be monitored regularly until resolution
Human-Centered Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Anomaly Detection in Quality Inspection: A Collaborative Approach to Bridge the Gap Between Humans and AI
Full text linkIn the quality inspection industry, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to advance to produce safer and faster autonomous systems that can perceive, learn, decide, and act independently. As observed by the researcher interacting with the local energy company over a one-year period, these AI systems’ performance is limited by the machine’s current inability to explain its decisions and actions to human users. Especially in energy companies, eXplainable-AI (XAI) is critical to achieve speed, reliability, and trustworthiness with human inspection workers. Placing humans alongside AI will establish a sense of trust that augments the individual’s capabilities at the workplace. To achieve such an XAI system centered around humans, it is necessary to design and develop more explainable AI models. Incorporating these XAI systems centered around human workers in the inspection industry brings a significant shift in conducting visual inspections. Adding this explainability factor to the AI intelligent inspection systems makes the decision-making process more sustainable and trustworthy by bringing a collaborative approach. Currently, there is a lack of trust between the inspection workers and AI, creating uncertainty among inspection workers about the use of the existing AI models. To address this gap, the purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore and understand the need for human-centered XAI systems to detect anomalies in quality inspection in energy industries
The Positives of the Pandemic
Full text linkMy narrative is about challenges of the pandemic and how they turned into positives
The Longest Spring Break of my Life: COVID\u27s Impact on Emotional Wellness
Full text linkIn this narrative, I recall my experience with COVID and its subsequent financial and emotional impact on life of the world during this pandemic
My COVID-19 Pandemic Experience
Full text linkThis story is about being a first year optometry student during a pandemic
Latinas Abriendo Caminos: Stories of Latina Women to the Doctoral Degree
Full text linkResearch Focus. Most of the current research focusing on Latinas succeeding academically has been conducted at the undergraduate and master’s level. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the experience of Latinas in their doctoral program and what leads them to complete a doctoral degree. Latinas currently have low completion rates in doctoral degrees compared to all other ethnicities in the U.S. Thus, the goal of this research study was to identify factors that contribute to these Latinas succeeding academically.
Research Methods.
I used both Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Latino Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) to address the issue of race, gender, and racism in the doctoral education setting. To understand what lead them to complete a doctoral degree, the stories of nine Latinas participants lived experiences in completed their doctoral degree in the last years five years was documented through their testimonios. Through their testimonios, I explored in hopes of finding common themes that can suggest how these experiences influenced these, Latinas. Through these stories I explored the phenomena for insight and perspective which can explain the reasons for the differences in doctoral degree attainment rates. Snowball sampling was used to identify participants since, among other things, it is essential to select participants interested in the topic and willing to share their information-rich experiences so the researcher can gain in-depth information and address the research questions. The sample size for the study was determined by saturation (Mason, 2010, p. 16; Morse, 2015, 587). I conducted interviews via Zoom, Facetime, or another digital meeting platform due to constraints imposed by the response to the novel Corona Virus (COVID-19).
Research Results/Findings. Four themes emerged from my analysis: experiencing support system, motivating factors, barriers, and lack of understanding from other people. First, the women all described things that happened in their lives, which could have been a deterrence to degree completion or what I describe as barriers. But when the Latinas described these events, they always proceeded to tell me how they faced these hurdles. I also looked for/at motivational factors. They reported the importance of a support system comprised of husbands, friends, co-workers, parents, and family. Lastly, the women described the importance of understanding of what being in a Ph.D. program entails. The Latinas in this research questioned, “How many people do not understand what that space looks like unless they have been through this process?”. The stories of these women were not identical. However, they all talked about how they stayed focused and motivated, their support system and barriers, and how through these supportive environments and internal decision-making, they successfully achieved their doctoral degree. The stories of my study participants have not just given me a discovery of factors and variables that contributed to these Latinas completing a doctoral degree, but the dynamic nature of the interaction with the individual.
Conclusions From Research. In conclusion, when listening to my participants stories and comparing it to mine, I have learned that we no longer see traditional cultural (including gender) obligations as duties we need to fulfill. I also believe Latinx cultural expectations are embedded with my study participants and myself. As CRT mentions that since racism is socially embedded in our society it becomes invisible and “normal”. I truly believe my study participants and I no longer see cultural obligations and gender roles as barriers, but as embedded in everyday normal activities. I make this conclusion because for example, to keep my study participants answers genuine, I did not ask leading questions, for example, “did you feel discriminated because you are a Latina or do you believe cultural expectations made it harder for you to finish your doctoral degree”. I believe that positive reinforcement from a young age that anything is possible, still understanding and not necessarily adopting Latinx cultural obligations, not allowing gender to determine the path for succeeding and wanting to make a change for other Latinx; are the reasons for my study participants’ success in completing a doctoral degree
The Greatest Relationship
Full text linkMy story is about my journey of learning to enjoy my own company and love myself
