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Judges Behaving Badly - Clinics Fighting Back: The Struggle For Special Immigrant Juveniles In State Dependency Courts In The Age Of Trump, Bernard P. Perlmutter Jan 2018

Judges Behaving Badly - Clinics Fighting Back: The Struggle For Special Immigrant Juveniles In State Dependency Courts In The Age Of Trump, Bernard P. Perlmutter

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The Torture Of Children And Adolescents Living And Dying In Guatemala’S Institutions, Madeleine M. Plasencia Jan 2018

The Torture Of Children And Adolescents Living And Dying In Guatemala’S Institutions, Madeleine M. Plasencia

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In this article, Professor Madeleine Plasencia examines the legal context of treatment of disabled children in Guatemala living in institutionalized environments. The article explores evidence that children confined in orphanages and other public care facilities in Guatemala endure conditions that violate the provisions against torture and other cruel or degrading treatment or punishment provided under various international instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The article discusses the growing world-wide desperation from poverty and food scarcity that drives families to place their children with and without disabilities in state-supported institutions. The article argues that foreign funding and …


The Contribution Of Higher Education-Based Technology Start-Up Incubators To The Co-Production Of Knowledge, Innovation And Growth: Experiences From The Edge, Anthony Paul Buckley, Stephen Davis Jan 2018

The Contribution Of Higher Education-Based Technology Start-Up Incubators To The Co-Production Of Knowledge, Innovation And Growth: Experiences From The Edge, Anthony Paul Buckley, Stephen Davis

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Start-up incubators are one of a number of micropolicy interventions used by states to support their technology entrepreneurs. Since 2000, the number of incubators in the United States has almost trebled while that in Europe has more than doubled. This article outlines the challenges involved in attempting to evaluate the contribution of the higher education technology start-up incubator process. It advocates theory-based evaluation (TBE) methodology as a possible solution for effective evaluation (and policy learning) in complex research settings such as this, where a study is unable, for myriad reasons, to meet the stringent requirements of experimental research design. TBE …


Reiterating Asylum Archive: Documenting Direct Provision In Ireland, Vukasin Nedeljkovic Jan 2018

Reiterating Asylum Archive: Documenting Direct Provision In Ireland, Vukasin Nedeljkovic

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Originally a coping mechanism for an artist housed in a Direct Provision Centres while seeking asylum in Ireland, Asylum Archive has become much more than that. In 2018, it is now a collaborative archive, interactive and intermedial online document, and a scholarly research project. This iteration includes five new images of Railway Direct Provision Centre in Kiltimagh.


Libertarian Gun Control, Fredrick E. Vars, Ian Ayres Jan 2018

Libertarian Gun Control, Fredrick E. Vars, Ian Ayres

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Encore Professor: Crafting A New Story For Life After The Legal Academy Aals Contributions, Steven H. Hobbs Jan 2018

Encore Professor: Crafting A New Story For Life After The Legal Academy Aals Contributions, Steven H. Hobbs

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Transborder Speech, Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr. Jan 2018

Transborder Speech, Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr.

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In an increasingly globalized marketplace of ideas First Amendment theory and practice must recognize that the freedom of speech does not end at the water's edge The foreign or domestic origin of speech and speakers alike cannot serve as a constitutionally permissible basis for government censorship of speech because as Alexander Meiklejohn explained "to be afraid of ideas any idea is to be unfit for selfgovernment" Thus the locus of expressive activity should not prefigure the government's ability to engage in censorship Nevertheless under current First Amendment law and practice the accident of geography can and does serve as a …


Beyond Physicians: The Effect Of Licensing And Liability Laws On The Supply Of Nurse Practitioners And Physician Assistants, Benjamin Mcmichael Jan 2018

Beyond Physicians: The Effect Of Licensing And Liability Laws On The Supply Of Nurse Practitioners And Physician Assistants, Benjamin Mcmichael

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The increased use of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) represents an important option for increasing access to healthcare. I explore the effect of two types of laws on the supply of NPs and PAs: occupational licensing laws that limit the practices of NPs and PAs and caps on noneconomic damages. Relaxing licensing laws to allow NPs to practice with less physician oversight increases the supply of NPs in areas with few practicing physicians by 60 percent - though the size of this increases as the supply of physicians grows. I find similar, but weaker, evidence for granting PAs …


Economic Empowerment In The Alabama Black Belt: A Transactional Law Clinic Theory And Model, Casey E. Faucon Jan 2018

Economic Empowerment In The Alabama Black Belt: A Transactional Law Clinic Theory And Model, Casey E. Faucon

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Criminalizing Battered Mothers, Courtney K. Cross Jan 2018

Criminalizing Battered Mothers, Courtney K. Cross

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How a domestic violence survivor responds to the abuse she is experiencing depends on many factors. Some critical considerations include her access to resources, desire to stay in her relationship, and assessment of her own safety. Criminal and civil court systems place enormous pressure on survivors to separate from their abusive partners. Not only are survivors with children pressured to leave, they are punished when they stay. That punishment can come in any combination of diminished custody rights, limited parental rights, and incarceration. Yet a survivor who flees with her children is not immune to these same consequences: if she …


Law, Religion, And Racial Justice: A Comment On Derrick Bell's Last Article, Jean Stefancic Jan 2018

Law, Religion, And Racial Justice: A Comment On Derrick Bell's Last Article, Jean Stefancic

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This essay examines Derrick Bells reflections on religion and law and his exploration of how blind faith in either can incorporate racism I offer two examples from Alabamas legal history to show how this can happen I then posit that his rejection of a fundamentalist approach to both religion and law led to his adoption of racial realism as a way to live a life of meaning and worth


The Power Of So-Called Judges, Tara Leigh Grove Jan 2018

The Power Of So-Called Judges, Tara Leigh Grove

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Rodrigo And Ressentiment: I Don't Want It If You Are Going To Get It, Too - Why Classical Economic And Political Theory Fails To Explain The Obamacare Vote, But Legal Realism And Cls Can, Richard Delgado Jan 2018

Rodrigo And Ressentiment: I Don't Want It If You Are Going To Get It, Too - Why Classical Economic And Political Theory Fails To Explain The Obamacare Vote, But Legal Realism And Cls Can, Richard Delgado

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A U.S.-Mexican Law School For Deportees: A Response To Amy Kimpel, Richard Delgado Jan 2018

A U.S.-Mexican Law School For Deportees: A Response To Amy Kimpel, Richard Delgado

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Legal Realism And The Controversy Over Campus Speech Codes, Richard Delgado Jan 2018

Legal Realism And The Controversy Over Campus Speech Codes, Richard Delgado

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Duty To Protect: Enhancing The Federal Framework To Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning And Exposure To Environmental Harm, Allyson E. Gold, Emily A. Benfer, Emily Coffey, Mona Hanna-Attisha, Bruce Lanphear, Helen Y. Li, Norton, Ruth Ann;, David Rosner, Kate Walz Jan 2018

Duty To Protect: Enhancing The Federal Framework To Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning And Exposure To Environmental Harm, Allyson E. Gold, Emily A. Benfer, Emily Coffey, Mona Hanna-Attisha, Bruce Lanphear, Helen Y. Li, Norton, Ruth Ann;, David Rosner, Kate Walz

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Scientific evidence indisputably demonstrates that lead poisoning causes permanent neurological damage and numerous co-morbidities for children and adults. Exposure to lead hazards irreversibly harms individuals and, left unchecked, can devastate communities into the future. In recognition of these threats, the President's Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children (Task Force) was established by Executive Order in 1997. The original Task Force created the first coordinated federal response to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in the United States and set an ambitious ten-year timeline to achieve its goals of prevention, treatment, research, and progress management. However, the most …


Gorsuch V. The Administrative State Life After Scalia: Justice Gorsuch And Modern Textualism On The Supreme Court, Heather Elliott Jan 2018

Gorsuch V. The Administrative State Life After Scalia: Justice Gorsuch And Modern Textualism On The Supreme Court, Heather Elliott

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Community Economic Development And The Concept Of Justice Symposium: Community Economic Development Is Access To Justice, Steven H. Hobbs Jan 2018

Community Economic Development And The Concept Of Justice Symposium: Community Economic Development Is Access To Justice, Steven H. Hobbs

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Government Standing And The Fallacy Of Institutional Injury, Tara Leigh Grove Jan 2018

Government Standing And The Fallacy Of Institutional Injury, Tara Leigh Grove

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There is a new plaintiff in town In cases involving the Affordable Care Act the Defense of Marriage Act and partisan gerrymandering government institutions have gone to federal court to redress "institutional injuries" "” that is claims of harm to their official powers or duties Jurists and scholars are increasingly enthusiastic about these lawsuits arguing for example that the Senate should have standing to protect its power to ratify treaties that the House of Representatives may sue to preserve its role in the appropriations process and that the President may go to court to vindicate his Article II prerogatives This …


Graffiti, Speech, And Crime, Jenny E. Carroll Jan 2018

Graffiti, Speech, And Crime, Jenny E. Carroll

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Graffiti resides at the uncomfortable intersection of criminal law and free speech rhetoric It is not the shout of revolution to the gathered protesting masses or the political pamphlet flung from a 1920s window Graffiti is not the obscenerenderedpoliticaljacketed protest of war or a flag set aflame in the name of reclaiming patriotism It is an illicit scrawl It is damage and defiance rolled into one from the moment of its creation Graffiti is a crimebrbrUnlike more celebrated examples of free speech graffiti earns no safe harbor from the First Amendment When asked to choose between the tag that appears …


Florida V. Georgia: The Supreme Court Weighs In On The Struggle Over The Appalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, William L. Andreen Jan 2018

Florida V. Georgia: The Supreme Court Weighs In On The Struggle Over The Appalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, William L. Andreen

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The New Separability, Lili Levi Jan 2018

The New Separability, Lili Levi

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In Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands, the Supreme Court recently unveiled a new approach to separability. Because copyright law protects expression, not function, aesthetic features of useful articles are eligible for copyright protection only if they are separable from the functional work in which they are incorporated. But the Copyright Actdoes not define separability, and Star Athletica is the latest judicial effort to try to fill that void. Unfortunately, the new separability is open to a wide range of critiques. Relatively low-hanging fruit are the vagueness and indeterminacy of the new test, the Court's unsatisfactory attempts to avoid defining "function," …


A Study Of Hormonal Effects In Cervical Smear Samples Using Raman Spectroscopy, D. Traynor, P. Kearney, I. Ramos, C. M. Martin, J. J. O'Leary, Fiona Lyng Jan 2018

A Study Of Hormonal Effects In Cervical Smear Samples Using Raman Spectroscopy, D. Traynor, P. Kearney, I. Ramos, C. M. Martin, J. J. O'Leary, Fiona Lyng

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Raman spectroscopy is a powerful tool that has the potential to be used as a screening method for cervical cancer. It is a label-free, low-cost method providing a biochemical fingerprint of a given sample. The objective of this study was to address patient-to-patient variability contributed by hormonal effects due to the menstrual cycle, the use of hormone-based contraceptives (HC) and the onset of menopause, and to determine if these changes would affect the ability to successfully identify dyskaryotic cells. Raman spectra were recorded from unstained ThinPrep cervical samples (45 cytology negative and 15 high-grade dyskaryosis (high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, HSIL) …


Raman Spectroscopic Detection Of High-Grade Cervical Cytology: Using Morphologically Normal Appearing Cells, Shiyamala Duraipandian, Damien Traynor, Padraig Kearney, Cara M. Martin, John J. O'Leary, Fiona Lyng Jan 2018

Raman Spectroscopic Detection Of High-Grade Cervical Cytology: Using Morphologically Normal Appearing Cells, Shiyamala Duraipandian, Damien Traynor, Padraig Kearney, Cara M. Martin, John J. O'Leary, Fiona Lyng

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This study aims to detect high grade squamous intraepithelial cells (HSIL) by investigating HSIL associated biochemical changes in morphologically normal appearing intermediate and superficial cells using Raman spectroscopy. Raman spectra (n = 755) were measured from intermediate and superficial cells from negative cytology ThinPrep specimens (n = 18) and from morphologically normal appearing intermediate and superficial cells from HSIL cytology ThinPrep specimens (n = 17). The Raman data was subjected to multivariate algorithms including the standard principal component analysis (PCA)-linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) together with random subsets cross-validation for discriminating negative cytology from …


Beyond Norms: Using International Economic Tools To Deter Malicious State-Sponsored Cyber Activities, Kathleen Claussen Jan 2018

Beyond Norms: Using International Economic Tools To Deter Malicious State-Sponsored Cyber Activities, Kathleen Claussen

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In thinking about strategy and doctrine for cyberspace, one cannot ignore either the cyber domain's interaction with other domains or the applicability of existing legal tools to address cyberspace issues. This Comment focuses on the latter and argues that any discussion regarding deterrence and a playbook for consequences for cyber incidents by state actors ought necessarily to include a careful examination of existing plays, particularly where those incidents have an economic component as many do. Focusing on multilateral institutions, regional and bilateral trade and investment agreements, and unilateral tariff and non-tariff trade and investment tools, this Comment maintains that current …


The Role Of The Hydrolysis And Zirconium Concentration On The Structure And Anticorrosion Performances Of A Hybrid Silicate Sol-Gel Coating, Maikki Cullen, Mary O’Sullivan, Aditya Madhan Kumar, Ahmad A. Sorour, Brendan Duffy, Mohamed Oubaha Jan 2018

The Role Of The Hydrolysis And Zirconium Concentration On The Structure And Anticorrosion Performances Of A Hybrid Silicate Sol-Gel Coating, Maikki Cullen, Mary O’Sullivan, Aditya Madhan Kumar, Ahmad A. Sorour, Brendan Duffy, Mohamed Oubaha

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In sol-gel chemistry, hydrolysis is the key step in the formation of the reactive hydroxide groups that are responsible for the formation of inorganic networks via the occurrence of condensation reactions. Though previous studies have investigated the effect of the hydrolysis conditions on the structure of organically modified silicates (ormosils), no study, to our knowledge, has investigated this variable on the structure of hybrid materials prepared by combinations of an ormosil and a transition metal (TM). Here, we propose to investigate this effect in a hybrid material composed of 3-trimethoxysilylpropylmethacrylate and a zirconium complex. To also highlight the effects of …


Encapsulation Of Lead In Rice Phytoliths As A Possible Pollutant Source In Paddy Soils, Tu N. Nguyen, Minh N. Nguyen, Mary Mcnamara, Stefan Dultz, Andrew Meharg, Van T. Nguyen Jan 2018

Encapsulation Of Lead In Rice Phytoliths As A Possible Pollutant Source In Paddy Soils, Tu N. Nguyen, Minh N. Nguyen, Mary Mcnamara, Stefan Dultz, Andrew Meharg, Van T. Nguyen

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Due to its serious health risks, lead (Pb) in rice, specifically its uptake, translocation, and accumulation mechanisms and its toxic effects have been studied intensively in recent years. However, it remains unclear about the role of phytolith, a siliceous structure in rice plants, in the storage and release kinetics of Pb in rice. This study aims at elucidating a possible encapsulation of Pb in the phytolith structure (phytPb), and identifying whether or not phytPb provides a source of Pb in soil, when returned to the field with the rice straw or in a related processed product such as ash from …


A Novel Quantitative Electrochemical Method To Monitor Dna Double-Strand Breaks Caused By A Dna Cleavage Agent At A Dna Sensor, Anna Banasiak, John Cassidy, John Colleran Jan 2018

A Novel Quantitative Electrochemical Method To Monitor Dna Double-Strand Breaks Caused By A Dna Cleavage Agent At A Dna Sensor, Anna Banasiak, John Cassidy, John Colleran

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Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Vol. 117


Comparison Of Fungal Spores Concentrations Measured With Wideband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor And Hirst Methodology, S. Fernández-Rodríguez, R. Tormo-Molina, N. Lemonis, B. Clot, David O'Connor, John R. Sodeau Jan 2018

Comparison Of Fungal Spores Concentrations Measured With Wideband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor And Hirst Methodology, S. Fernández-Rodríguez, R. Tormo-Molina, N. Lemonis, B. Clot, David O'Connor, John R. Sodeau

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The aim of this work was to provide both a comparison of traditional and novel methodologies for airborne spores detection (i.e. the Hirst Burkard trap and WIBS-4) and the first quantitative study of airborne fungal concentrations in Payerne (Western Switzerland) as well as their relation to meteorological parameters. From the traditional method -Hirst trap and microscope analysis-, sixty-three propagule types (spores, sporangia and hyphae) were identified and the average spore concentrations measured over the full period amounted to 4145 ± 263.0 spores/m3. Maximum values were reached on July 19th and on August 6th. Twenty-six spore types reached average levels above …


The Janus-Faced Chromophore: A Donor-Acceptor Dyad With Dual Performance In Photon Up-Conversion, Natalia Kiseleva, Mikhail Filatov, Michael Oldenburg, Dimitry Busko, Marius Jakoby, Ian Howard, Bryce Richards, Mathias Senge, Sergey Borisov, Andrey Turshatov Jan 2018

The Janus-Faced Chromophore: A Donor-Acceptor Dyad With Dual Performance In Photon Up-Conversion, Natalia Kiseleva, Mikhail Filatov, Michael Oldenburg, Dimitry Busko, Marius Jakoby, Ian Howard, Bryce Richards, Mathias Senge, Sergey Borisov, Andrey Turshatov

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An electron donor-acceptor dyad based on BODIPY (acceptor) and anthracene (donor) plays either the role of sensitizer or emitter in triplet-triplet annihilation photon up-conversion (TTA-UC). This Janus-like behavior was achieved via altering the relative ordering of charge-transfer and local excited state energies in the dyad through the polarity of TTA-UC media.