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Respecting Legislators And Rejecting Baselines: Rebalancing Casey, Paul C. Quast

Notre Dame Law Review

Part I of this Note describes the background cases leading to the Supreme Court’s decision in Casey and the resulting undue burden standard. This Part also explains the limited circumstances in which the undue burden standard gives more definitive guidelines for judicial decisionmaking. Part II works through several federal district and appellate court cases to identify some of the underlying baseline presumptions and normative value judgments influencing judicial decisions in this area of the law. These baselines are often dispositive in determining whether a restriction on abortion is due or undue, cutting against the goodwill attempts by legislatures to make …

Fluorescence-Controlled Er:Yag Laser For Caries Removal In Permanent Mandibular Molars, Douglas Nartker, Suzie Oh, Shefat Rabbi, Jonathan Schneider

Dental Medicine Student Research Posters

Poster presentation of research proposal addressing the question: Do fluorescence-controlled Er:YAG lasers more effectively remove dentinal carious hard tissue on permanent mandibular molars than conventional rotary burs?

A Systematic Review Of Effective Youth Prevention Education: Implications For Internet Safety Education., Lisa M. Jones, Kimberly J. Mitchell, Wendy A. Walsh

Crimes Against Children Research Center

ABSTRACT: Over the past two decades, a wide array of internet safety education materials and programs have developed to increase positive youth behavior and safety online. Although it is a new area of prevention, programs should incorporate practices that prior prevention evaluation studies tell us work best. To inform internet safety education, 31 youth prevention education meta-analyses across a wide range of youth prevention (substance abuse, risky sex behavior, delinquency, etc.) were coded to identify prevention program characteristics shown by research to be most effective. The review identified that active, skill-based lessons, focused on research based causal and risk factors, …

A Content Analysis Of Youth Internet Safety Programs: Are Effective Prevention Strategies Being Used?, Lisa M. Jones, Kimberly J. Mitchell, Wendy A. Walsh

Crimes Against Children Research Center

ABSTRACT: Almost half of youth in the U.S. report receiving internet safety education (ISE) in their schools. Unfortunately, we know little about what educational messages make a difference in problems such as cyberbullying, sexting, or online predators. To consider directions for improving effectiveness, a content analysis was conducted on materials from four ISE programs. Results indicate that ISE programs are mostly not incorporating proven educational strategies. Common ISE messages have proliferated without a clear rationale for why they would be effective. It is recommended that program developers and other stakeholders reconsider ISE messages, improve educational strategies, and participate in evaluation. …

Doorways To Divinity And Function In The Form: Icons And Ecclesiastical Enforcement, Ana Schnellmann

Student Scholarship

It is always fascinating to explore the development of cultures and cultural art and to see how one evolves from and into the next. In classical antiquity, the veneration of the cult statue was common; the cult statue occupied a niche in the temple to which only priests and guests of the priests had direct access. The statues were not simply symbolic· they were instead holy objects, manifesting a direct path the the cult deity they depicted. The image itself, in other words, was the authority; the image itself had power. The forms and authority of the cult deities and …

Expertise Value Added In The Real Estate Market, Sebastien Gay, Allen T. Zhang

Kreisman Working Paper Series in Housing Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Course Catalog 2014-15, Wellesley College

The Wellesley College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Limits On Surveillance: Associational Freedom In The Age Of Data Hoarding, Deven R. Desai

Notre Dame Law Review

Protecting associational freedom is a core, independent yet unappreciated part of the Fourth Amendment. New surveillance techniques threaten that freedom. Surveillance is no longer primarily forward looking. Today, changing technology allows law enforcement and intelligence services to obtain the same, if not more, information about all of us by looking backward. This shift massively expands the government’s ability to examine, investigate, and deter exercise of the freedom of association.

Forward-looking surveillance has limits that don’t apply to backward-looking surveillance. Some limits are practical such as the cost to place a person in a car to follow a suspect. Some are …

Continental-Scale Isotope Hydrology, Scott Jasechko

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Providing sustainable sources of fresh water for a growing population of 7 billion people is one of the grand challenges of the 21st century. This dissertation outlines several applications of isotope hydrology to address four previously unknown questions involving surface- and ground-water resources at regional- to continental-spatial scales over contemporary- to millennial-temporal scales. The four chapters in this dissertation investigate (1) the rate of plant transpiration, (2) the seasonality of groundwater recharge, (3) the climate of the last ice age, and (4) the chemistry of Ugandan waters. (1) Chapter one presents a new global compilation of lake water isotopic data, …

The Day Of The Cyber Wolf, Ryan K. Buch

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Terrorism has become a concern for public safety and security and can take on many appearances. However, in recent years the dilemma that presents the most substantial endangerment to public security comes from the threat of leaderless terrorists, also known as "lone wolves." Due to the rapid advancement in technology over the past few decades, societies, specifically the United States, have become dependent upon it economically and socially. Terrorist organizations, as well as the lone wolf terrorist, understand that their enemies rely on technology in order to function and have recently redirected their efforts towards cyberspace. As a result, cyber-terrorism …

Private Police In The Public Safety Domain: Purpose And Practice, Carl Dwain Terry

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Abstract: The study presents a qualitative exploration and description, through content analysis, of the shift to the combined (private and public) police forces approach in the pursuit of public peace and security. The aim of which is to reveal private police alternatives and viewpoints to maintaining peace and security not yet practiced by unapprised jurisdictions. The effort contextualizes the topic in a framework which explores and attempts to resolve the issue of the veracity of the shift by examining the current state and conditions prompting the shift and future trends relative to its continuance. Formations of private police operations in …

2015-2016 Burley And Dark Tobacco Production Guide, Robert C. Pearce, William A. Bailey, Lowell P. Bush, Jonathan D. Green, Anne M. Jack, Robert D. Miller, William M. Snell, Lee H. Townsend, Mark A. Purschwitz, Larry D. Swetnam, John H. Wilhoit, Eric Walker, Steve Bost, Neil Rhodes, David Reed, Chuck Johnson, Loren Fisher, Matthew Vann, Scot Whitley, Mina Mila

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Burley and dark tobacco growers in the U.S. make hundreds of decisions every growing season that impact the yield and quality of the crops that they produce. These decisions may include choosing appropriate varieties, planning effective pest control measures or perhaps deciding the best time to top or harvest a crop. Increasingly, tobacco growers are being required by the industry to record and justify their management decisions and actions. The most comprehensive example of this is the U.S. Tobacco Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) program that was initiated during the 2013 growing season and expanded in 2014. Under …

Tempo Magazine, Fall 2014, Office Of Student Life

Tempo Magazine

Tempo Magazine is Coastal Carolina University's student-produced feature magazine. TEMPO #32. Editor: Pat Siebel. Faculty advisor: Colin Burch and Scott Mann.

The Library: Big Data's Boomtown, Rachel Jane Wittmann, Lauren Reinhalter

Publications

Since 2012, nearly every sector has developed a fascination with the seemingly new discovery of Big Data and its unprecedented capabilities to fuel analytic breakthroughs. It is clear that the use of Big Data as an information resource will continue to become more prevalent as it is employed in academic research and data-driven decision making, and even emerges as a vehicle for government transparency. This article reviews the emergence and potentials of Big Data, describes the policies fueling the current data surge, and discusses the impact on libraries. As libraries evolve to provide more data services, there is an opportunity …

Staff Guidebook, December 2014, Lindenwood University

Employee Handbooks

Information and guidelines for Lindenwood University staff.

Dance Usm! Program [2014], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2014-2015 Season

Directed by Maria Tzianabos

Friends Of The Libraries Newsletter, December 2014, Cheryl Copper (Editor)

Friends of the Libraries Newsletters

December 2014 Newsletter of the Friends of the Old Dominion University Libraries

College Students’ Perceptions Of Barriers To Seeking Health Care, Harika Medavarapu

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Access to health care is important to obtain health equity and improve quality of life (Healthy People, 2012). Various factors such as religion, education, family income, geographic location, and travel constraints act as barriers to access health care (Celeya et al., 2010). On the other hand, the health behaviors of medical students vary from general population of same age (Clair, Wilson, & Clore, 2004). Consequently, the perceived barriers may also vary based on the majors of students. Therefore, the main purpose of this research was to identify the difference in perceived barriers between students with health-based majors and non-health based …

Dewitt Wallace Library And Media Services Update On Actions Taken Since 2010 External Review, Teresa A. Fishel

DeWitt Wallace Library Reports

No abstract provided.

A Snapshot Of Synthetic Substances: Nursing Implications For Patients Suspected Of Psychoactive Drug Use, Tracy L. Brewer, Margie Collins

Nursing Faculty Publications

Learning Objectives:

• Define what are synthetic substances and their mechanism of action.
• Specifically focusing on synthetic cannabinoids
• Interpret psychological and physiological clinical presentation of patients after use of synthetic substances.

Vol. 6 No. 1, Fall 2014; Table Of Contents & Masthead, Northern Illinois University Law Review Online Supplement, Northern Illinois University Law Review Online Supplement

Northern Illinois Law Review Supplement

No abstract provided.

The Vonage Trilogy: A Case Study In "Patent Bullying", Ted Sichelman

Notre Dame Law Review

This Article presents an in-depth case study of a series of infringement suits filed by “patent bullies.” Unlike the oft-discussed “patent trolls”—which typically sell no products or services and perform no R&D—patent bullies are large, established operating companies that threaten or institute costly patent infringement actions of dubious merit against smaller companies, usually in order to suppress competition or garner licensing fees. In an ideal world of high-quality patents and optimal patent licensing and litigation, infringement suits by aggressive incumbents would have a cleansing, almost Darwinian effect. Yet, defects and distortions in patent examination, licensing, and litigation—the very problems that …

What Dreams May Come: A Musical Revue Media Release, Susan Werner

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

What Dreams May Come: A Musical Revue media release

December 2014

Marie Antoinette Media Release, Susan Werner

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Marie Antoinette media release

December 2014

Haunting Gaps : Gender, Modernity, Film And The Ghosts Of Yotsuya Kaidan = 隔界冤纏 : 性別、現代性、電影與《四谷怪談》中的鬼, Elisabeth Scherer

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

Notes On Contributors = 客席編輯與作者簡介

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

Thai Horror Film : Ghosts, Archives Of History/Ies, "Real Life," And Collective Trauma = 泰國恐怖電影 : 鬼、歷史檔案、「現實生活」與集體創傷, Katarzyna Ancuta

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

Eco-Friendly Or Eco-Frenzy? A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Companies’ Environmental Decisions, Sandria S. Stephenson, Natalie Rodriquez

Faculty Articles

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and analyze the incremental costs of businesses becoming “green.” It answers the overarching question: are businesses becoming eco-friendly or eco-frenzy? For the purposes of this paper, eco-friendly is defined as companies that strive to be environmentally conscious. Conversely, companies that are eco-frenzy become environmentally conscious for the wrong reasons, such as gaining an environmental reputation. With the increase in popularity of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the legal requirements related to environmental laws, more businesses have been incorporating the ideas of sustainability into their strategic positioning. At the start of the 21st …

Commonwealth Times 2014-12-01

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Getting To Know Fred, Dr. Emily Sanchez Salcedo

Center for Business Research and Development

Family responsibilities discrimination (FReD) is a novel concept in the Philippine workplace. It is novel not because it is a new occurrence but because societal awareness is a fairly recent phenomenon following its unprecedented surge in popularity in the United States that began with the publication of the book, “Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About It” in 2000 by Professor Joan C. Williams.