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Topology, Wvu Mathematics Department

M.S. Advanced and Ph.D. Entrance Exams

No abstract provided.

Childhood Trauma: An Analysis Of Trauma Severity, Symptoms, And Contributing Factors Within A Child Advocacy Center, Hannah Coffey

Munn Scholars Awards

Child abuse and neglect occur at high rates across the United States, with about one out of every seven children having experienced maltreatment in the past year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018). Child maltreatment has been associated with a variety of negative outcomes such as developmental difficulties (Hildyard & Wolfe, 2002; Johnson et al., 2002), risky sexual behaviors (Harr et al., 2013; Haydon, Hussey, & Halpern, 2011; Maniglio, 2009; Thompson et al., 2016), criminal behavior (Edinburgh, Pape-Babolil, Harpin, & Saewyc, 2014; Higgins, Ricketts, Griffith, & Jirard, 2013; Makarios, 2007), long-term health problems (Maniglio, 2009; Trickett, Negriff, Ji, & …

Algebra, Wvu Mathematics Department

M.S. Advanced and Ph.D. Entrance Exams

No abstract provided.

Quantifying The Resilience Value Of Distributed Energy Resources, James M. Van Nostrand

Law Faculty Scholarship

Extreme weather events, which are occurring with increasing frequency as a result of climate change, threaten the reliability and resilience of the nation's electricity grid. Increased flooding due to intense rainfall, hurricane damage fueled in part by a warmer atmosphere and warmer, higher seas, and widespread wildfires caused by extended drought conditions constitute potential hazards for utility infrastructure and delivery of essential electricity service. As a possible adaptation strategy, increased deployment of distributed energy resources (DERs), which are small-scale generating resources located near-and connected to-a load being served with or without grid interconnection, can improve the resilience of the electric …

Forbidden Flower: How Allowing Medical Cannabis Flower In West Virginia Helps Heal Patients And The State Economy, Jordan Maddy

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Downgrading Superprecedents, R. George Wright

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Pain In The Ash: How Coal-Fired Power Plants Are Polluting Our Nation's Waters Without Consequences, Amanda P. Demmerle

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Upending Minority Rule: The Case For Ranked-Choice Voting In West Virginia, Matthew R. Massie

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Perverting Incentives When The Priceless Is Not Compensable: Victims’ Subjective Value In Negligence, Yehonatan Shiman

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Future Cannot Come Soon Enough: How Federal Regulation Of Telepsychiatry Is Necessary To Create Greater Access To Mental Health Services During A Time When Psychiatrists Are In Short Supply, Lisa V. Parciak

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Tenant’S Fate In The Mountain State: What State Ex Rel Morrisey V. Copper Beech Townhome Communities Means For Tenants As Consumers, Emily Ann Cramer

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Presidential Responses To Protest: Lessons Jefferson Davis Never Learned, Ashlee Paxton-Turner

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Smart Contracts And Consumers, Tatiana Cutts

West Virginia Law Review

“Smart contracts” are a way of using computers to make contracts unbreakable. Contracting parties do not need to trust one another to perform or rely upon intermediaries to enforce performance. Performance is guaranteed. This is supposed to be a victory for the ordinary person—a clever socio-economic application of cryptography that strips power from companies and governments and gives it to consumers. But it turns out that less trust does not mean more freedom, or better bargains. The law of contract supports valuable relationships both by enforcing duties and by allowing parties to escape the consequences of ill-formed contracts and oppressive …

A Liability Insurer's Breach Of The Duty To Defend And The Often Erroneous Consequence Of Extracontractual Liability, Douglas R. Richmond

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Hedge Your Bets: How The Legalization Of Sports Betting Could Be The Downfall Of Intercollegiate Sports, Haley M. Robb

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Criminal Law’S Folk Psychological Dilemma: Resolving Neuroscientific And Philosophical Challenges To The Voluntary Act Requirement, Branden D. Jung Esq.

West Virginia Law Review

Criminal law has adopted the folk psychological view of human agency. Under this view, voluntary action exists and mental states, such as intentions, goals, and desires, have a causal relationship with bodily movement. However, new advances in neuroscience have begun to challenge this model and have lent empirical support to the idea that mental states may not play a causal role in bodily movement. This has profound implications for the voluntary act element of actus reus because the requirement presupposes the folk psychological view of agency. Nevertheless, criminal law can avoid this dilemma through praxeology, the deductive study of human …

'Tomboy' Is Anachronistic. But The Concept Still Has Something To Teach Us, Lynne Stahl

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This article explores the tomboy trope in film and literature and the "taming" that characterizes it, framing both in relation to contemporary debates about gender and sexual identity as well as cultural anxieties around queer, trans, and nonbinary identity. Examining texts from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women to the 1980 film Little Darlings, the article argues that even while the term tomboy may be obsolete, tomboy narratives document processes of rebellion that hold continuing value.

The West Virginia Consumer Credit & Protection Act, Sandra M. Murphy Esq.

Center for Consumer Law and Education Events

No abstract provided.

Cfpb Proposed Rule-Making Highlights, Bruce M. Jacobs Esq.

Center for Consumer Law and Education Events

No abstract provided.

Project Foresight Annual Report, 2017-2018, Paul J. Speaker

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Project FORESIGHT is a business-guided self-evaluation of forensic science laboratories across the globe. The participating laboratories represent local, regional, state, and national agencies. Economics, accounting, finance, and forensic faculty provide assistance, guidance, and analysis. Laboratories participating in Project FORESIGHT have developed standardized definitions for metrics to evaluate work processes, linking financial information to work tasks, and functions. Laboratory managers can then assess resource allocations, efficiencies, and value of services—the mission of Project FORESIGHT is to measure, preserve what works, and change what does not.

The benchmark data for the 2017-2018 performance period includes laboratory submissions for a variety of fiscal …

On Race, Teacher Activism, And The Right To Work: Historicizing The "Red For Ed" Movement In The American South, Jon N. Hale

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

When The First And Second Amendments Collide: The Free Speech Implications Of West Virginia's Business Liability Protection Act Of 2018, Alex A. Tsiatsos

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Wvrhc Newsletter, Spring 2019, West Virginia & Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center Newsletters

Picturing West Virginia: Early Photography in the Mountain State, 1840-1915; MARAC Visits Morgantown

Algebra, Wvu Mathematics Department

M.S. Advanced and Ph.D. Entrance Exams

No abstract provided.

Will Conservative Justices Sound The Death Knell Of State Action? Be Careful For What You Wish, Anne M. Lofaso

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Shifts In Leukocyte Counts Drive The Differential Expression Of Transcriptional Stroke Biomarkers In Whole Blood, Grant C. O'Connell, Madison B. Treadway, Connie S. Tennant, Noelle Lucke-Wold, Paul D. Chantler, Taura L. Barr

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Our group recently identified a panel of ten genes whose RNA expression levels in whole blood have utility for detection of stroke. The purpose of this study was to determine the mechanisms by which these genes become differentially expressed during stroke pathology. First, we assessed the transcriptional distribution of the ten genes across the peripheral immune system by measuring their expression levels on isolated neutrophils, monocytes, B-lymphocytes, CD-4+ T-lymphocytes, CD-8+ T-lymphocytes, and NK-cells generated from the blood of healthy donors (n = 3). Then, we examined the relationship between the whole-blood expression levels of the ten genes and white blood …

Surgical Parameters For Minimally Invasive Trans- Eustachian Tube Csf Leak Repair: A Cadaveric Study And Literature Review, Erik C. Brown, Brandon Lucke-Wold, Justin S. Cetas, Aclan Dogan, Sachin Gupta, Timothy E. Hullar, Timothy L. Smith, Jeremy N. Ciporen

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Background Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea from a lateral skull base defect refractory to spontaneous healing and/or conservative management is most commonly managed via open surgery. Approach for repair is dictated by location of the defect, which may require surgical exploration. The final common pathway is the eustachian tube (ET). Endoscopic ET obliteration via endonasal and lateral approaches is under development. Whereas ET anatomy has been studied, surgical landmarks have not been previously described or quantified. We aimed to define surgical parameters of specific utility to endoscopic ET obliteration. Methods A literature review was performed of known ET anatomic parameters. Next, using …

Knowledge Commons In Ancient Greece, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This paper reviews a variety of published sources by specialists in ancient history and philosophy written for students of philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, commons and other, related social sciences. It discusses Plato's Academy, Aristotle's Lyceum, and other philosophical schools as real historically significant organizations, not merely ideas or symbols. It was expanded from one section of Chapter 3 of the author's book, The Commons: New Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizations, Voluntary Action and Philanthropy (1992).

First Description Of Subglacial Megalineations From The Late Paleozoic Ice Age In Southern Africa., Graham Dm Andrews, Andrew T. Mcgrady, Shannon M. Maynard

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

We identify late Paleozoic ice age (LPIA) subglacial megalineations from field and geospatial imagery of the Twyfelfontein area of northern Namibia, and present the results of a geomorphometric analysis of those data. Asymmetric 0.1–1.5 km-long megawhalebacks indicate a paleo-ice flow to the northwest. We infer that an ice stream draining the LPIA Kaokoveld ice sheet existed within the proto-Huab River valley and that was comparable to ice streams in modern Antarctica. Recognition of a paleo-ice stream in northern Namibia supports interpretations of glaciogenic sedimentary successions (Itararé Group) in southern Brazil that suggest the presence of major, terrestrial glacial outlet systems …

Cortactin Phosphorylation By Casein Kinase 2 Regulates Actin-Related Protein 2/3 Complex Activity, Invadopodia Function And Tumor Cell Invasion, Steven M. Markwell, Amanda G. Ammer, Erik T. Interval, Jessica L. Allen, Brenen W. Papenberg, River A. Hames, Johnathan E. Castaño, Dorothy A. Schafer, Scott A. Weed

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Malregulation of the actin cytoskeleton enhances tumor cell motility and invasion. The actin-binding protein cortactin facilitates branched actin network formation through activation of the actin-related protein (Arp) 2/3 complex. Increased cortactin expression due to gene amplification is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and other cancers, corresponding with elevated tumor progression and poor patient outcome. Arp2/3 complex activation is responsible for driving increased migration and extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation by governing invadopodia formation and activity. Although cortactin-mediated activation of Arp2/3 complex and invadopodia regulation has been well established, signaling pathways responsible for governing cortactin binding to Arp2/3 …