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Policies To Eliminate Racial Disparities In Education: A Literature Review, Ann Curry-Stevens, Analucia Lopezrevoredo, Dana Peters

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

In response to an increasing need to understand the reach of the literature and the research undertaken on initiatives to eliminate racial disparities, a literature review was initiated in 2012 for the Eliminating Racial Disparities Collaborative within the All Hands Raised initiative to improve academic outcomes for students in Multnomah County. This was an expansive undertaking – and at the end, we have drawn upon about 160 different articles, some of which were meta-analyses of an array of publications in a particular field.

The first section in this report is a summary document that details each policy-based recommendation in this …

Ending The Commercial Siesta: The Shortcomings Of European Union Directive 2011/7 On Combating Late Payments In Commercial Transactions, Cara Bilotta

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

India's Challenge: Preserving Privacy Rights While Implementing An Effective National Identification System, Caroline E. Mckenna

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Granting An Automatic Authorization For Military Response: Protecting National Critical Infrastructure From Cyberattack, Gabriel K. Park

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Danger At 700,000 Feet: Why The United States Needs To Develop A Kinetic Anti-Satellite Missile Technology Test-Ban Treaty, Jesse Oppenheim

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The Liberal Discourse And The "New Wars" Of/On Children, Noelle Quenivet

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The Dressmaker's Dilemma: Sexual Abuse, Corporate Accountability, And The Convention For The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Migrant Women In Jordan's Qualified Industrial Zones, Nura Skaden

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Inadequacy Of Trips & The Compulsory License: Why Broad Compulsory Licensing Is Not A Viable Solution To The Access Medicine Problem, Dina Halajian

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Company Directors And Csr, Aa El-Masry, N Kamal

Plymouth Business School

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The Assessment Of Feedback: A Learning Development Process, Natalie Semley, Rong Huang

Plymouth Business School

The aim of the project is to explore student perceptions of the feedback process within the School of Tourism and Hospitality (SoTH) at Plymouth University. The purpose is to be responsive to the requirements of students, as individuals, and understand their needs. But at the same time, the project aims to enhance academic practice, as ‘how students experience and make sense of learning activities and academic practices’ (Hilsdon 2010:2) will be better understood, and can be better prepared for. Therefore, the nexus between feedback and Learning Development is explored. The rationale for this project was borne from the proposition that …

Embedding Student Research Publication Opportunities: Strategies For Widening Engagement With Undergraduate Research Journals, H Walkington, A Edwards-Jones, K Gresty

Professional Services

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Network Position: A Key Component In The Characterization Of Social Personality Types, Alexander D.M. Wilson, S Krause, Niels J. Dingemanse, J Krause

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Vocation, Friendship And Resilience: A Study Exploring Nursing Student And Staff Views On Retention And Attrition., Graham R. Williamson, Val Health, Tracey Proctor-Childs

School of Nursing and Midwifery

INTRODUCTION: There is international concern about retention of student nurses on undergraduate programmes. United Kingdom Higher Education Institutions are monitored on their attrition statistics and can be penalised financially, so they have an incentive to help students remain on their programmes beyond their moral duty to ensure students receive the best possible educational experience. AIMS: to understand students' and staff concerns about programmes and placements as part of developing our retention strategies. DESIGN: This study reports qualitative data on retention and attrition collected as part of an action research study. SETTING: One University School of Nursing and Midwifery in the …

"Until The Trial Is Complete You Can't Really Say Whether It Helped You Or Not, Can You?": Exploring Cancer Patients' Perceptions Of Taking Part In A Trial Of Acupressure Wristbands, John G. Hughes, Wanda Russell, Matthew Breckons, Janet Richardson, Mari Lloyd-Williams, Alex Molassiotis

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Event-Driven Visual Attention For The Humanoid Robot Icub, F Rea, G Metta, C Bartolozzi

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Fast reaction to sudden and potentially interesting stimuli is a crucial feature for safe and reliable interaction with the environment. Here we present a biologically inspired attention system developed for the humanoid robot iCub. It is based on input from unconventional event-driven vision sensors and an efficient computational method. The resulting system shows low-latency and fast determination of the location of the focus of attention. The performance is benchmarked against an instance of the state of the art in robotics artificial attention system used in robotics. Results show that the proposed system is two orders of magnitude faster that the …

Biol 4903: Senior Capstone, Steelman Library, Jerm J. Day-Storms Dr.

Syllabus Repository

No abstract provided.

Theatre Appreciation, Steelman Library, Michael A. Salsbury

Syllabus Repository

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Rebels, Negligent Support, And State Accountability: Holding States Accountable For The Human Rights Violations Of Non-State Actors, Graham Cronogue

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

This Note discusses a crucial problem in the law of state accountability for human rights abuses. Specifically, it analyzes the difficulty of attaching liability when a state "negligently supports" a group that it should reasonably expect to commit human rights abuses. This note shows that the current legal framework governing attribution stems from a myopic focus on non-state actors "acting" like arms of the state. Indeed, the current tests require that the state have an extraordinarily high level of control over the non-state actors before liability can attach. This requirement not only creates perverse incentives for states to acquire less …

Being Able To Prosecute Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi: Applying Article 17(3) Of The Rome Statute To Libya, M. Christopher Pitts

Emory International Law Review

The Arab Spring was a series of revolutions and demonstrations occurring in several nations throughout the Middle East and North Africa. One such revolution was the Libyan Civil War, which ended the forty-year reign of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. While the revolution certainly affected the lives of Libyans, it also left its mark on international criminal law. On February 26, 2011, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1970, which referred the situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court's Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) for an investigation into any international crimes committed by Muammar Gaddafi and his regime since February …

International Law, Dignity, Democracy, And The Arab Spring, Jordan J. Paust

Cornell International Law Journal

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Amending The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Should The Bribery Act 2010 By A Guideline?, Michael Peterson

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.

Progressive Realization Without The Icescr: The Viability Of South Africa's Socioeconomic Rights Framework, And Its Success In The Right To Access Health Care, Isabel Rose Masanque

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Sailing Close To The Wind: Human Rights Council Fact-Finding In Situations Of Armed Conflict -- The Case Of Syria, Thilo Marauhn

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Common Materials Turned Deadly: How Much Does America Have To Monitor To Prevent Further Acts Of Terrorism?, Dori Persky

American University National Security Law Brief

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, California Western International Law Journal

California Western International Law Journal

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In Deepwater: Cuba, Offshore Drilling, And Political Brinkmanship, C. Adam Lanier

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The Emerging Restrictions On Sovereign Immunity: Peremptory Norms Of International Law, The U.N. Charter, And The Application Of Modern Communications Theory, Winston P. Nagan, Joshua L. Root

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The Rule Of Law, Constitutional Reform, And The Death Penalty In The Gambia, Andrew Novak

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.

Myths About Women’S Careers In Law, Patricia M. Wald

University of Baltimore Journal of International Law

Judge Wald discusses several "myths" about women's careers in the law that she has encountered in hers, including the presence of hearty pioneers who despite obstacles and a cold climate pursued satisfying legal careers decades before the "women's movement" of the 1970's; the current status of women in the profession and the impediments to their further advancement, the enduring problems they confront in maintaining the "delicate balance" between marriage, motherhood and careers and the institutional reticence to accommodate their dual role, the need for vigilance to keep the gains they have already made from slipping away, whether men and women …

The Berne Convention's Flexible Fixation Requirement: A Problematic Provision For User-Generated Content, Elizabeth White

Chicago Journal of International Law

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works sets forth an international standard for copyright protection. However, the fixation provision directs signatories to prescribe works subject to a fixation requirement for copyright protection however they choose. This provision of the Convention and the corresponding legislation that has been generated are of particular relevance to the debate over the protection of user-generated content (UGC). UGC, which has become popular on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, raises an important question for the fixation standard. Specifically, it is not clear whether or not UGC is fixed, and therefore …