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Brief Of Amici Curiae Scholars For The Advancement Of Children’S Constitutional Rights In Support Of Respondents: St. Mary Catholic Parish V. Roy, Catherine Smith, Tanya Washington, Robin Walker Sterling, Suzette Malveaux, Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, Sara S. Hildebrand, Abigail L. Fleming, Jeremiah Chin

Scholarly Articles

This Court should consider those most directly impacted by the decision in this case: the intended beneficiaries of Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program (“UPK”), Colorado’s children. To paraphrase Shakespeare, though they be but little, they are constitutional rights-bearers and are thus entitled to be free from state-funded discrimination.

Amici are scholars of children and the law, education law, family law, and anti-discrimination law. Amici draw this Court’s attention to the significant harms children in the LGBT community would bear should Colorado be compelled to allow state-funded religious schools to discriminate against preschoolers. Exempting religious schools from the State’s equal-opportunity and antidiscrimination …

Oregon State Rank Assessment For Koehler's Rockcress (Boechera Koehleri), Lindsey K. Wise, Gabriel Campbell

Institute for Natural Resources Publications

Oregon state conservation status assessment for Koehler's rockcress (Boechera koehleri) using NatureServe methodology, 2026.

Introduction To The Oral History Project Of The World Trading System: The Story Of John H. Jackson And His Unique Role, Jennifer A. Hillman

The Oral History Project of the World Trading System

Georgetown Law has been fortunate to have so many pathbreaking professors teaching, researching, and writing here. For those in the international trade arena, none stands taller than Professor John H. Jackson, who came to Georgetown in 1998 after a storied teaching career at the University of Michigan and immediately set to work with his singular ability to bring together scholars, students, government officials, and practitioners to examine the trade challenges of the day from every angle—always looking to develop innovative ideas and practical solutions.

Immediately upon arrival at Georgetown, Professor Jackson created the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL)—one of …

The Role Of Seed Mix Characteristics And Soil Amendments During Post-Agricultural Prairie Restoration, Valerie N. Thurston, Michaela J. Woods, Madelaine Gregory, Mary C. Lloyd, Ryan W. Mcewan

Biology Faculty Publications

Introduction: Prairie restoration on degraded lands may be influenced by seed mix characteristics, including species richness and legume establishment. Soil amendments may facilitate restoration; however, the practical usefulness of techniques such as applications of whole soil and leaf mulch remains relatively unclear.

Objectives: We assessed whether increasing species richness and legume content in seed mixes enhances prairie restoration success and examined how soil amendments interact with seed mix composition to influence cover, species richness, diversity, and legume establishment.

Methods: We conducted a field experiment on a 12-ha post-agricultural site in Ohio, U.S.A. Twenty 50 × 50 m plots received one …

Order Form For Unsung Americans Sung By W.C. Handy, W. C. Handy

Documents

Order form for Unsung Americans Sung by W.C. Handy. The pamphlet provides a brief overview of the 236-page musical book and the reviews it had received from critics.

Largest Generations In The Mountain West States, 2024, Anirudh Polagani, Kian Parikh, Mohit Pande, Sean Curry, Kristian Thymianos, Olivia K. Cheche, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Demography

This fact sheet presents population data by generation and by state, identifying which generation represents the largest share of the population in Mountain West states. The data are derived from the Brookings Institution report, "Baby boomers are turning 80: A closer look at the generation that reshaped America," by William Frey. This fact sheet compares the 2024 population of each generation, from Pre-Baby Boom to Gen Alpha, to identify the largest generation in each of the five Mountain West states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.

Annotated Broadway Daily News Clipping Featuring Handy, Danton Walker

Documents

Annotated excerpt from the Broadway Daily News that discusses William C. Handy and his home in Yonkers, New York.

Collier Library Archives Adds Music To Collection, Laura Jane Jenkins, Greg Biggers

Documents

News article about the edition of fifteen original pieces of sheet music signed by W.C. Handy music to the archives at Collier Library through Alice Nolen's donation of the Nolen Collection in memory of Mrs. Gerdes Brown Nolen.

Chamber Committee Begins Work On Handy Shrine, Wilma Hardin

Documents

Article from The Florence Picture discussing the development of a Handy Shrine in commemoration of W.C. Handy. The article includes a photograph of Handy's childhood home, the site of the new museum, and a brief discussion of his rise to fame alongside a photograph of Handy with Welton Reynolds.

"W.C. Handy Plays A Prominent Part At Ascap's Festival Of American Music", American Society Of Composers

Documents

American Society of Composers (ASCAP) program discussing W.C. Handy's prominent part at their Festival of American Music. The program includes a selection of arrangements featured as well as excerpts from The New York Sun, New York Hearld Tribune, and The New York Times discussing Handy's musical talent.

The Handy News, The Music House Of Handy

Documents

The Handy News is a compilation of articles about W.C. Handy featured in various newspapers throughout the United States "published every now and then by the Music House of Handy." This particular edition contains articles from 1955 and 1956, on topics ranging from the "Plan World Interracial Jazz Fest" to "Worker Reporter Interviews the Father of the Blues."

Understanding Primary Level Learner Progression In Scotland: Insights From Scottish Online Formative Assessments (Sofa) Data From The Highland Local Authority, Alexander Towne, Sladana Krstic

Assessment and Reporting

This report presents findings from more than 30,000 Scottish Online Formative Assessment (SOFA) assessments completed across one Scottish local authority during the 2024-2025 academic year. It demonstrates how SOFA can be used to monitor learning progression across numeracy, reading and writing, identify attainment gaps between learner groups, and provide detailed diagnostic evidence to support classroom practice, school improvement and local authority panning. Although based on a single local authority, the study illustrates how curriculum-aligned formative assessment can complement national assessment evidence by providing richer insight into learner development.

Augustinian Insights For Social Media Marketing, Jill Risner, Elisabeth Rain Kincaid

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Social media use is growing around the world. There are currently 5.41 billion people using social media globally with about 63% of the world’s population actively using at least one platform. Social media platforms are popular among marketers as well, spending $247.3 billion on social media advertising globally in 2025, and comprising 30% of all digital advertising spending.

Perfect Storm Impeding Strategic Leadership Decision-Making At Uc Berkeley, John Kraft, Arthur Kraft, Hank Adler

Business Faculty Articles and Research

Exogenous events have disrupted higher education and impacted the decision-making skills of university presidents. While all university presidents are affected, the problem is most acute at the thirty-six AAU members of the power four conferences. The exogenous events were the precipitous cancellation of federal research grants, the on again and off again restrictions on both new and current foreign students studying at US universities, the proposed 15% limit on indirect costs, the tax on university endowments, the changes in student loan programs, the annual $20.5 million NIL revenue sharing settlement for Division I (DI) athletes, and their share of the …

Temperature Predictions With Zncuins/Zns Quantum Dots, Reu/Fri Program Physics And Astronomy, Amber Banks

Student Works

For hundreds of years, humans have built thermometers based on the principles of thermal expansion and contraction. In the modern world, there is a need to scale down our thermometers to monitor cellular reactions, both within the human body and within artificial organ chips. Lewis et al. (2020) introduces a nanoscale thermometer based on the thermal expansion of CdTe quantum dots. When ex panded, these dots exhibit systematic changes in photoluminescence (PL) which are recognized by a neural network as an increase in temperature. Our research builds upon the framework of Lewis et al. (2020), testing its feasibility with ZnCuInS/ZnS …

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 08.24.26, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Communicator

The Latest News

• Notre Dame Law School Welcomes New Faculty Members for 2026–27 Academic Year
• ND Law Professor Jimmy Gurulé Leads Trainings for Mexican Foreign Affairs Officials and Advances the Program for the Defense of Mexican Nationals

Faculty Briefs

• Rick Garnett
• Roger Alford
• Msr. John Paul Kimes
• Mary Ellen O'Connell
• Judy Fox
• Vinny Versagli

[Almuni Notes]

• Dennis Wieboldt '26 J.S.

• Faculty and Staff Kick Off Luncheon
• Western Legal Exceptionalism and the Test of Comparative Law Talk by Matteo Niccolini, Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law, University of Verona, Italy
• Faculty Meeting

• The University of Notre Dame is …

You Are Beloved, Anna Bennett

The Main Thing Devotional

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are,” 1 John 3:1, NIV.

Seventeenth Century Poetry And Music: A Syllabus (English 721), Carrie Hintz

Open Educational Resources

A syllabus for my fall English 721 class (Seventeenth Century Literature: Poetry and Music).

Machine Learning For Functional Outcome Prediction After Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery: A Systematic Review And Diagnostic Test Accuracy Meta-Analysis, Shiva Nischal, Shaan Patel, Musa China, Kush Kale, Yi Hein Chai, Santosh Guru, William Muirhead, Patrick Grover

Department of Neurosurgery Faculty Papers

PURPOSE: Machine learning (ML) models have been increasingly applied to predict postoperative facial nerve dysfunction and hearing preservation after vestibular schwannoma (VS) surgery. However, reported performance varies substantially, and the overall diagnostic accuracy and clinical reliability of these models remain uncertain. We conducted a systematic review and diagnostic test accuracy meta-analysis to characterise the current state and methodological readiness of ML-based prediction of these outcomes.

METHODS: PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL were searched from inception to February 2026. Studies evaluating ML-based prediction of facial nerve function or hearing preservation following VS surgery were included. Diagnostic performance metrics were pooled using random-effects …

Mackay Props. Llc V. Hernandez

All Decisions

Court grants tenant's pro se OSC for stay of execution of warrant of eviction based on HRA one-shot-deal approval covering substantial arrears. Court orders entire proceeding stayed until landlord corrects HPD violations including Class C immediately hazardous violations, citing Park West Management Corp v Mitchell warranty of habitability mandate. Landlord further enjoined from starting a new nonpayment proceeding during the stay.

20260824: Marshall Artists Series, April 14, 2025 - April 26, 2026, Marshall Artists Series

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the Artists Series at Marshall University from 2025-2026. Items were received in 2026 and include seven movie sized posters outlining the shows that were done as part of MAS from April 14, 2025 through April 26, 2026. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.

Tony Yew V. Attorney General New Jersey

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Hydrogels For Local Drug Delivery In Biofilm-Associated Periprosthetic Joint Infection: Current Progress And Future Directions, Karolina Kraus, Pawel Mikziński, Bindu Subhadra, Emil Paluch

Faculty Publications - Biological Sciences

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains one of the most serious complications of arthroplasty, largely due to the formation of microbial biofilms on implant surfaces. Biofilm-associated infections exhibit increased tolerance to antimicrobial therapy and host immune responses, making eradication difficult and often requiring repeated surgical interventions. Consequently, there is a growing need for effective local therapeutic strategies capable of delivering high concentrations of antimicrobial agents directly to the site of infection while minimizing systemic toxicity. Hydrogels have emerged as promising drug delivery platforms for the management of biofilm-associated PJI. Their biocompatibility, injectability, high water content, and tunable physicochemical properties enable controlled …

The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

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Business Educational Skills For Successful Aviation Fire Officers, Leo Sedlmeyer

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Purpose: This paper explored the business educational skills aviation fire officers use to manage airport fire departments.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The methodology was a qualitative phenomenological study design. The participants began with 10 aviation fire officers from airports throughout the USA who were at least 28 years old, in a leadership role, and had at least 10 years of experience as aviation fire officers (Buttenschon, 2016). Saturation was reached at seven during the interview phase. The limitations of this study were gaining participants' trust and obtaining comprehensive information from them.

Findings: Six themes emerged from this study, with the top three identified: …

New Frontiers In Diagnosing Equine Lameness, Hyrum Hoopes, Karl Hoopes

All Current Publications

Lameness is one of the most common and expensive health problems seen in horses. Modern technology allows veterinarians to look beneath the surface. Tools such as artificial intelligence (AI), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), digital radiography (X-rays), nuclear scintigraphy, ultrasound, and positron emission tomography (PET) give clearer, more detailed pictures of what’s happening inside the horse’s leg. Each technology offers different advantages, from identifying uneven movement to revealing hidden damage within bones, joints, or soft tissues. When combined with veterinary visual evaluation, they help pinpoint the cause of lameness faster and more accurately than ever before.

Islamic Business Ethics, Muslim Feminism, And The Rhetorical Construction Of Entrepreneurial Legitimacy: Evidence From Emirati Women, Hayfaa A. Tlaiss, Valerie Priscilla Goby

All Works

Despite the United Arab Emirates’ state-led promotion of women’s entrepreneurship as central to national transformation, Emirati women entrepreneurs continue to face patriarchal norms that frame entrepreneurship as a masculine domain, rendering their entrepreneurial legitimacy both precarious and contested. Based on in-depth interviews, this study examines how women entrepreneurs construct entrepreneurial legitimacy within a patriarchal Muslim context, marked by a tension between empowerment rhetoric and gendered constraints. Drawing on Suddaby and Greenwood’s (2005) framework of rhetorical legitimation together with Islamic business ethics and Muslim feminism, we demonstrate how Emirati women entrepreneurs mobilise state-led empowerment and national transformation discourses to construct entrepreneurial …

Trade Measures—Relationships And Implications, Peijie Wang, Zhiyuan Liu

Plymouth Business School

Various value-added trade measures have been developed to address the concern in the growing volume of trade in intermediates that are double counted when crossing international borders more than once. This paper raises a query and makes an inquiry into the query. How trade figures in these measures would look like if comparisons are made in net terms and in the context of trading with the rest of the world, given that some double counted elements offset themselves in a series of crossing border processes in opposite traffic? Examined among them in this study are domestic value added in gross …

Quality Reveals What Quantity Conceals: Deceptive Equity Patterns In Urban Green Space Distribution, Zheng Xian, Yoshiharu Suzuki, Kun Liu, Clive E. Sabel, Naoki Nakaya, Atsushi Hozawa, Tomoki Nakaya

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Equitable provision of urban green space depends on how green space exposure is measured, yet aggregate, quantity-focused metrics can mask disparities in quality. We introduce the concept of deceptive equity, in which apparent distributional fairness conceals substantive inequality, and test it across 344 postcode areas in Sendai, Japan. Across three dimensions — ecological (NDVI), perceptual (Green View Index) and service provision (accessible park count) — we paired a quantity indicator with a quality indicator. A quantity–quality divergence emerged in every dimension: wherever a quality indicator showed a significant socioeconomic gradient it favoured affluent areas, whereas the corresponding quantity indicators were …

Wildfires And Adolescent Mental Health: A Call To Action, Troy Allan

All Current Publications

Although wildfires affect people across the lifespan, adolescents warrant focused attention because wildfires can disrupt several systems that are especially important during this developmental period, including family relationships, peer networks, schools, routines, housing stability, and a developing sense of safety and identity. This fact sheet provides an overview of current research and a practical response pathway for professionals and families.