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    TerraPlan 2024-2025
    (2025-10) McRoberts, Alexander; Opoku-Boateng, Emmanuel; Ateffi, Shahrzad; Hoffman, Sarah; Williams, Randi; Garman, Rebecca; Sheikh, Insha; Barrows, Timothy; Cambell, Nzingha; Shultz, Cole; Mou, Mayisha Tahsin; Shutz, Alden; Bierbaum, Ariel
    TerraPlan is the student-run planning publication of the University of Maryland’s Master of Community Planning program. Created and edited by students in the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, TerraPlan highlights the creativity, research, and reflection of emerging planners across diverse topics such as sustainability, equity, environment, transportation, and urban design. The inaugural issue, themed “Our Nature,” explores the relationship between people, place, and environment through essays, projects, and visual works from undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students at UMD and partner institutions.
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    Celebrating a Milestone: 20 Years of Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources
    (Taylor & Francis, 2025-09-29) Gee, Charles William; Thompson, Hilary H.
    Since its founding in 2004, the Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS) has been the home for resource sharing professionals within the Reference & User Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. As STARS begins its third decade, two officers reflect on how the section has evolved and the ways in which it has supported the resource sharing community and contributed to its advancement over the past two decades. They also share where STARS is heading next and outline opportunities for resource sharing and other access services professionals to engage and collaborate.
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    ARCH408_S25_Final Presentation Boards
    (2025-08-30) Eisenbach, Ronit; Newman, Rayya; Tan, Christine
    This Presentation is the compilation of the Final Boards presented at the end of the PALS Takoma Langley Green Isle Project in Spring 2025. This includes the perspectives and results from the Prototype Team, Community Engagement Team, and Masterplan Team of the ARCH408 course.
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    Association between smoking cessation and risk for type 2 diabetes, stratified by post-cessation weight change: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    (Preventive Medicine, 2026-01) Yu, Yifan; Li, Yan; Nguyen, Thu T.; Yue, Dahai; Tchangalova, Nedelina; Flouton, Caitlin E.; Liu, Hongjie
    OBJECTIVE: While smoking cessation reduces health risks, its impact on type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains complex when considering post-cessation weight gain. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the association between smoking cessation and diabetes risk stratified by weight change and cessation duration. METHODS: We searched seven databases through April 14, 2025. Observational studies examining smoking cessation, weight changes, and T2DM were included. Random-effects models pooled hazard ratios (HRs) comparing recent and long-term quitters to continuous/never smokers, stratified by weight gain. RESULTS: Among eleven cohort studies, quitters with weight gain showed increased diabetes risk versus continuous smokers (HR = 1.71, 95 % CI: 1.12, 2.62), with recent quitters having greater risk (HR = 2.20, 95 % CI: 1.27, 3.82) but long-term quitters showing reduced risk (HR = 0.91, 95 % CI: 0.87, 0.95). Quitters without weight gain demonstrated no increased risk (recent: HR = 0.99, 95 % CI: 0.81, 1.02) and lower risk (long-term: HR = 0.84, 95 % CI: 0.81, 0.87). Compared to never-smokers, recent quitters had a higher T2DM risk regardless of weight status (with gain: HR = 1.61, 95 % CI: 1.03, 2.50; without gain: HR = 1.25, 95 % CI: 1.05, 1.48), while long-term quitters showed no significant difference. CONCLUSIONS: Smoking cessation temporarily increases T2DM risk, particularly with weight gain, but becomes protective long-term, emphasizing weight management.
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    Heather McMordie --- PressurePrinting_Blooms and Beats Block Party_May2025
    (2025-05-15) McMordie, Heather; Eisenbach, Ronit
    This report details the perspective and reflections of Artist Heather McMordie and her involvement with the Community Engagement Team in the UMD PALS 2025 Green Isles Project.