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An Assessment Of Emotional Attachment To Mobile Devices, Alex J. Holte

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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The Ups And Downs Of A Rather Agitated Life : (An Exploration Of M. Gonne), Mary O'Leary

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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Perceptions Of Archdiocese Of San Francisco Principals Regarding The Implementation Of "Partners In Faith: Parish, School And Family" (2000), Eileen Anne Emerson-Boles

Doctoral Dissertations

The Catholic Church consistently affirms the rights and responsibilities that parents, the Church, and its schools have in passing on the faith to children. While Church teaching holds that parents are the primary educators of their children, it also maintains an important role for parishes and schools in nurturing faith formation. The relationship among these three partners provided the focus for this study.

In 2000, the Council of Priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco published the "Partners in Faith: Parish, School and Family" report to address the relationships among parishes, schools and families in the Archdiocese’s parish schools. In …

Behavioral Health Among Asian American And Pacific Islanders: The Impact Of Acculturation And Receipt Of Behavioral Health Services On Depression And Anxiety, Mari E. Yamamoto

Clinical Psychology Dissertations

Behavioral health models improve access to mental health care by integrating psychology and medicine. While integrated care is supported among the general population, less research focuses on the model with Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). AAPIs are low treatment-seeking due to various barriers (e.g., limited English proficiency, stigma, insurance) and acculturation stressors. Using hierarchical linear modeling, this study examined longitudinal depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety (GAD-7) growth trajectories among AAPIs within a behavioral health model and the moderating impact of acculturation and frequency of behavioral health visits. The best fitting model was from a sample who (N = 354; …

Adaptive Functioning Deficits And Internalizing Problems In Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Hayley A. Dauterman

Clinical Psychology Dissertations

The current study assessed whether deficits in adaptive functioning skills mediated the association between diagnostic status and internalizing symptoms in young children with and without an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis. Participants included 70 children, 26 with ASD and 44 who were typically developing (TD), between the ages of 3:0 and 6:11 years. Parent reports of children’s adaptive functioning skills were collected for the following constructs: functional communication, social skills, self-help skills, and independence. Additionally, parent and teacher reports of children’s internalizing symptoms were obtained. Results indicated that diagnostic status significantly predicted parent reported internalizing symptoms such that the ASD …

Use Of Flexible Work Arrangements By Race And Ethnicity: Examining The Mediating Role Of Organizational Diversity Climate Perceptions, Imani S. Owens

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study investigated whether women of color faced additional challenges in using flexible work arrangements (FWAs) when workplaces lacked an affirming diversity climate. Researchers found that use of FWAs was associated with organizational climate, race was correlated with diversity climate perception, and diversity climate perceptions were associated with organizational outcomes such as job satisfaction and retention. Limited empirical evidence existed that demonstrated that race/ethnicity predicted use of FWAs or that diversity climate mediated this relationship. This quasi-experimental study examined the hypotheses that (a) race/ethnicity predicted diversity climate perceptions, (b) race/ethnicity predicted use of FWAs, and (c) diversity climate mediated the …

How The United States Coast Guard Might Conduct Expedited Border Crossings On The Great Lakes In Cooperation With Canadian Authorities And Law Enforcement. Specifically Addressing How Current Agreements And Policies May Be Utilized In Order To Expedite Border Crossings On The Great Lakes And Additional Measures Which Can Be Taken To Specifically Address The Matter Through Express Agreement, Timothy R. Bierer

War Crimes Memoranda

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Cross-Border Distress Calls, Investigation And Potential Compensation, Chadwick P. Cleveland

War Crimes Memoranda

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Prosecution Disclosure Obligations, Jeradon Z. Mura

War Crimes Memoranda

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International Standards For Forensic Digital Evidence, Amar Dzaferovic

War Crimes Memoranda

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Universal Definition Of Piracy & Improvements In International Coorporation And Prosecution, Brad Pyle

War Crimes Memoranda

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Legal Obligations Of States And Organizations Under The Rome Statute. Specifically Addressing The Legal Obligations Of States Parties, Non-States Parties, And The Security Council, And Analyzing What Options Exist To Aid The Icc In Its Enforcement Of These Obligiations., Jessica Joyce

War Crimes Memoranda

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The Standard That Should Be Used By The U.S. Coast Guard In Regard To Its Provision Of Boarding Vessels Arriving To The U.S. Coasts, Silvia Garcia Ausin

War Crimes Memoranda

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Say The Magic Word: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Contract Drafting Choices, Lori D. Johnson

Scholarly Works

Drafters of complex contracts often face a thorny dilemma – determining whether to retain “magic words” included in form documents, especially when considering the advice of current contract style scholars advocating for the removal of all traditional contract prose. But the drafter need not remove all terms that serve as elegant shorthand for more convoluted legal concepts, particularly where the inclusion of the term advances client interests. The application of rhetorical criticism – the analysis of methods of communicating ideas – to drafters’ use of the term “time is of the essence” sheds light on the dominant motivations of drafters …

Speaker Discrimination: The Next Frontier Of Free Speech, Michael Kagan

Scholarly Works

Citizens United v. FEC articulated a new pillar of free speech doctrine that is independent from the well-known controversies about corporate personhood and the role of money in elections. For the first time, the Supreme Court clearly said that discrimination on the basis of the identity of the speaker offends the First Amendment. Previously, the focus of free speech doctrine had been on the content and forum of speech, not on the identity of the speaker. This new doctrine has the potential to reshape free speech law far beyond the corporate speech and campaign finance contexts. This article explores the …

Cognitive Processes In Craving: From The Laboratory To The Real World., Jessica Skorka-Brown

School of Psychology Theses

Elaborated Intrusion (EI) Theory posits that craving involves mental imagery in the same sensory modalities as the craved substance or activity. Visual imagery predominates, therefore craving should selectively interfere with performance on visual task, and conversely visual tasks should interfere with craving. This thesis reports tests of this prediction, both in the laboratory and real-world settings, to provide a basis for designing practical tasks for interfering with cravings in a natural environment. Contrary to predictions, experiments 1 and 2 showed no effect of craving on visual or verbal task performance. There were, however, effects of task performance on craving in …

One Step Ahead: Investigating The Influence Of Prior Knowledge On The Perception Of Others’ Actions, Toby Nicholson

School of Psychology Theses

Historically, a dominant view has been that we understand others by directly matching their actions to our own motor system, emphasising the importance of bottom-up processes during social perception. However, more recent theories suggest that instead we actively anticipate others actions based upon intentions inferred outside of the motor system, from social cues such as language, eye gaze and object information. Across 13 experiments, the established representational momentum paradigm, as well as a cross-modal visuotactile paradigm were employed to test the hypothesis that people’s perceptual processes while observing the actions of others would be affected by such top-down cues about …

Aicpa Annual Report, 2014-2015; Perspectives, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

AICPA Annual Reports

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Diagnostic Performance Of Breast Mri In The Evaluation Of Contralateral Breast In Patients With Diagnosed Breast Cancer, Shaista Afzal Saeed, Imrana Masroor, Madiha Beg, Romana Idress

Department of Radiology

AIMS: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of contralateral breast in patients with diagnosed breast cancer. A secondary objective was to determine accuracy of breast MRI in diagnosing multi-focal and multicentric lesions in the ipsilateral breast.MATERIALS AND Methods: Using a non-probability convenience sampling technique, patients with histopathologically diagnosed breast cancer with MRI of breast performed to exclude additional lesions were included. MRI findings were correlated with histopathology. In addition, follow-up imaging with mammography and ultrasound was also assessed for establishing stability of negative findings and for …

Soft Interval-Valued Neutrosophic Rough Sets, Said Broumi, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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(T,I,F)-Neutrosophic Structures & I-Neutrosophic Structures (Revisited), Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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An Extended Topsis Method For Multiple Attribute Decision Making Based On Interval Neutrosophic Uncertain Linguistic Variables, Said Broumi, Jun Ye, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Review Of Recommender Systems Algorithms Utilized In Social Networks Based E-Learning Systems & Neutrosophic System, A. A. Salama, Mohamed Eisa, S.A. El-Hafeez, M. M. Lotfy

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Ideological Systems And Its Validation: A Neutrosophic Approach, Josue Nescolarde-Selva, Jose Luis Uso-Domenech

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Topological Structures Of Fuzzy Neutrosophic Rough Sets, C. Antony Crispin Sweety, I. Arockiarani

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Liminality And Neutrosophy, Bianca Teodorescu

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutralite Neutrosophique Et Expressivite Dans Le Style Journalistique, Alice Ionescu

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Taylor Series Approximation To Solve Neutrosophic Multiobjective Programming Problem, Ibrahim M. Hezam, Mohamed Abdel-Baset, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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An Introduction To The Intellectual Property Law Implications Of 3d Printing, Michael Rimock

Canadian Journal of Law and Technology

Put simply, 3D printing allows people to print physical objects that are scanned, downloaded, or created digitally. There are an astonishing number of uses, benefits, and advantages associated with 3D printing. However, as with any new technology with so much potential, 3D printing presents a number of threats and challenges to many who benefit from the way manufacturing currently operates. While 3D printers will likely have a tremendous economic and socio- cultural impact, the following will provide an overview of some of its implications relating to intellectual property law. I will begin by briefly discussing the history of 3D printing …