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Cutting Edge Issues In Family And Matrimonial Law: An Annotated Bibliography, Nancy Levit

Faculty Works

This bibliography covers law review articles published, for the most part, after 2007. Articles for which the title is self-explanatory or that concern only a single case, state, or statute are cited, but not annotated. Property-related issues will appear in the fall 2011 bibliography.

The Importance Of Immutability In Employment Discrimination Law, Sharona Hoffman

Faculty Publications

This article argues that recent developments in employment discrimination law require a renewed focus on the concept of immutable characteristics. In 29 two new laws took effect: the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). This Article’s original contribution is an evaluation of the employment discrimination statutes as a corpus of law in light of these two additions.

The Article thoroughly explores the meaning of the term “immutable characteristic” in constitutional and employment discrimination jurisprudence. It postulates that immutability constitutes a unifying principle for all of the traits now covered by the employment …

Social Media: Revolutionizing The Business World, Emily Raush

Senior Honors Theses

Public communication avenues were greatly affected through the invention of the Internet; however, what has developed communication processes even further is the rise of social media. This thesis explains how the utilization of social media tools is revolutionizing the business world and also provides information to understand the direction in which social media is heading.

A Strategy To Articulate The Facility Management Knowledge Categories Within The Built Environment, Robert Doleman, David J. Brooks

Australian Security and Intelligence Conference

Security is applied in the built environment and this requires a close relationship with facility managers. Therefore, this study puts forward an approach to establish the facility management knowledge categories within the built environment. In part, the significance of the study stemmed from research undertaken into the compliance to Australian fire door maintenance within nursing homes, which demonstrated 87 percent noncompliance. This high level of non-compliance appeared to identify a lack of facility management knowledge, among other issues (Doleman & Brooks, 2011). The article uses a method to test the supposition of facility management knowledge construct in a three-phase Grounded …

Is There A Core Set Of Skills For Visual Analysis Across Different Imaging Technologies?, Craig Hm Donald

Australian Security and Intelligence Conference

This research examines the technological challenges posed by security imaging technologies for human visual analysis of images. Imaging technologies are increasing becoming part of an overall security strategy that incorporates a range of camera technologies, x-ray technologies, and other electromagnetic imaging such as millimetre wave and terahertz based systems. Still and video image types are increasingly becoming presented to viewers or screeners in forms that are only representative in nature and highly abstract, and the use of filters is increasing the complexity of interpretation. Despite a range of factors that are being looked at to enhance visual analysis, the contribution …

In Defense Of Individual Tax Privacy, Joshua D. Blank

Emory Law Journal

The debate over whether tax privacy--a set of statutory rules that prohibits the federal government from publicly releasing any taxpayer's tax return--promotes individual tax compliance is as old as the income tax itself. It dates back to the Civil War and resurfaces often, especially when the government seeks innovative ways to collect tax revenue more effectively.

The Neural Underpinnings Of Prosody In Autism, Inge-Marie Eigsti, Jillian Schuh, Einar Mencl, Robert T. Schultz, Rhea Paul

Communication Disorders Faculty Publications

This study examines the processing of prosodic cues to linguistic structure and to affect, drawing on fMRI and behavioral data from 16 high-functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and 11 typically developing controls. Stimuli were carefully matched on pitch, intensity, and duration, while varying systematically in conditions of affective prosody (angry versus neutral speech) and grammatical prosody (questions versus statement). To avoid conscious attention to prosody, which normalizes responses in young people with ASD, the implicit comprehension task directed attention to semantic aspects of the stimuli. Results showed that when perceiving prosodic cues, both affective and grammatical, activation of …

Communication Barriers: Are You One Of Them?, Tara Luedtke, Keleah Goldammer

Occupational Therapy Capstones

Problem: "Many hospital administrators and clinicians are not aware there are laws and regulations that support the provision of language access service, both for people who are deaf or hard of hearing and those with limited English proficiency" (Wilson-Stronks, 2010, p. 14). "It is estimated that about 20 million people (one in 15) in the United States speak and understand little or no English" (U.S. News & World Report, 2007, ~4).The language inconsistency within the healthcare system is hindering the care given to these clients. According to Jay Feldstein, corporate chief medical officer for the Ameri1Health Mercy Family of Companies, …

Estimation Of The Centre Of Mass From Motion Capture And Force Plate Recordings: A Study On The Elderly, Sebastien Cotton, Michele Vanoncini, Philippe Fraisse, Nacim Ramdani, Emel Demircan, Andrew P. Murray, Thierry Keller

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications

The estimation of the centre of mass position in humans is usually based on biomechanical models developed from anthropometric tables. This method can potentially introduce errors in studies involving elderly people, since the ageing process is typically associated with a modification of the distribution of the body mass. In this paper, an alternative technique is proposed, and evaluated with an experimental study on 9 elderly volunteers. The technique is based on a virtual chain, identified from experimental data and locating the subject's centre of mass. Its configuration defines the location of the centre of mass, and is a function of …

Publication List From D’Amour Library’S 9th Annual Faculty Authors’ Tea — Faculty Scholarship, 2010-2011, D'Amour Library

Faculty Publications - College of Arts and Sciences

9th Annual Faculty Authors' Tea

Communicator, Winter 2011, Wnec Alumni Association

Alumni Magazines

No abstract provided.

Millennials And The Adoption Of New Technologies In Libraries Through The Diffusion Of Innovations Process, Heidi Blackburn

Criss Library Faculty Publications

Purpose – Literature on the features of new technology in libraries of every type and size is readily available, but looking at the factors playing a part in the process (relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability and observability) will bring an understanding of how Millennials integrate technology into libraries. This paper seeks to discuss some of the issues involved.

Design/methodology/approach – This research focuses on Millennials and their adoption of new technologies in libraries through the process of diffusion and the stages of adoption as outlined by Everett Rogers: communication through certain channels; over time; and among members of a social …

2011-2012 Undergraduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

No abstract provided.

2011-2012 Undergraduate Course Descriptions, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

No abstract provided.

2011-2012 Graduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

No abstract provided.

Under Pressure: The Effects Of Competition On Performance, G. Ben Maxwell

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

The present study was conducted in order to assess sex differences in scores on word search puzzles in which participants are given information intended to incite competitive emotions. Forty participants—18 men and 22 women—were recruited from the Lindenwood Participant Pool. Participants were randomly assigned into four groups designed to prompt two different kinds of competitive emotions: one which put the participants against the other sex, and one which put them against all other participants. It was hypothesized that men would do better than women under all competitive conditions, and that the overall scores of participants would increase in all experimental …

Perceived Racial Expectations Of Children, Jessica R. Roesslein

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

This study concerns the presence of prejudice among children, especially concerning ambiguous everyday situations. Racism can be a source of a variety of health issues, and everyday acts of prejudice can be even more harmful that overt acts of racism. Therefore, this study aims to identify racial preferences among children, in the form of everyday ambiguous situations by having them identify what is occurring in a picture involving ambiguous interactions between white and black children on a playground. Identifying racism early in life could help combat the cumulative stress effects that racism has on the individual. By reducing this stress, …

Speak The Truth And Tell No Lies: An Update For The Employee Polygraph Protection Act, David Barnhorn, Joey E. Pegram

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

In Brief

In Brief

Table of Contents

• A Conversation with Dean Mitchell, the School of Law's 17th Dean
• The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate in the Affordable Care Act
• Do Forensic Scientists Have Confirmation Bias?
• Internet Domains, Trademarks, and Free Speech
• Employment Discrimination Law and the Concept of Immutability
• Getting What You Pay For
• Protecting Gideon v. Wainwright
• New Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (FUSION)
• Faculty Briefs
• Expand Your Network by Connecting with Students
• Commencement 2011
• Update from Student Bar Association President Jocelyn Hsaio
• Alumni Spotlight
• Working for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (Rassi)
• Class Notes
• in Memoriam

Using A Visual Programming Language To Bridge The Cognitive Gap Between A Novice's Mental Model And Program Code, Bryan J. Smith

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Conative And Affective Traits On The Development Of Occupational Expertise Of Civilian Department Of Defense Scientists And Engineers, Eric C. Sholes

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Applicability Of The Punctuated Equilibrium Model To Team Development In Science And Engineering Organizations, Keith W. Burleson

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Why Theology Matters, Larry L. Lichtenwalter

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

Compromising The Authority Of Scripture (The Associate Editor's Desk), E. Edward Zinke

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

What Is Faith? (The Associate Editor's Desk), E. Edward Zinke

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

Edra 42: Bibliography Of Books On Display, Kathleen Demsky

Bibliographies

edra 42 | Make No Little Plans | Chicago, IL

The Parables: The Transforming Leadership Tools Of The Master, Liv Fonnebo

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

No abstract provided.

Resolving Everyday Conflict [Review] / Sande, Ken And Kevin Johnson, Natal Gardino

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

No abstract provided.

Comparing The Effect Of Pastoral And Staff Leadership Training On The Growth Of The Southern African-American Churchturnaround Leadership In A Rural Church And In Schools [Dissertation Notice], Dwayne K. Pickett

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

No abstract provided.

Authentic Leadership And Its Relationship To Ministerial Effectiveness [Dissertation Notice], Timothy R. Puls

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

No abstract provided.