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Public Health Perspectives On Sexual Health And Family Planning, Molly Mccarthy

Theses & Dissertations

Large bodies of evidence document the importance of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in the lives of individuals and among populations. Of particular interest are sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), due to their potential for long-term health consequences, and unintended pregnancy because of its association with social and economic outcomes for women and families.

This dissertation addressed three distinct but related areas of reproductive health and family planning: counseling for condom use following an STD test, counseling for contraception following a pregnancy test in a clinical setting, and the effect of abortion on having and achieving long-term plans. These topics are …

The Law Code Of Hammurabi: Transliterated And Literally Translated From Its Early Classical Arabic Language, Saad D. Abulhab

Publications and Research

This book, which includes new translations of the old Babylonian laws of Hammurabi, is the second book by the author examining, from a historical Arabic linguistic perspective, a major Akkadian document. The first book offered new translations of three tablets from a literary work, the Epic of Gilgamesh, written in a late Babylonian language. The pioneering methodology used by the author to decipher the ancient Mesopotamian texts in both documents involves the primary utilization of old etymological Arabic manuscripts written by hundreds of accomplished scholars more than a thousand years ago. Using this methodology does not only provide more accurate, …

Copula And Vine Modeling For Finance, L Dalla Valle

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

In Vitro Toxic Effects Of Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheets On Lung Cancer Cells, Ta Tabish, Mzi Pranjol, H Hayat, Aam Rahat, Et Al

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The intriguing properties of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) have paved the way for a number of potential biomedical applications such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, gene delivery and bio-sensing. Over the last decade, there have been escalating concerns regarding the possible toxic effects, behaviour and fate of rGO in living systems and environments. This paper reports on integrative chemical-biological interactions of rGO with lung cancer cells, i.e. A549 and SKMES-1, to determine its potential toxicological impacts on them, as a function of its concentration. Cell viability, early and late apoptosis and necrosis were measured to determine oxidative stress potential, and …

Formation Of One-Part-Mixing Geopolymers And Geopolymer Ceramics From Geopolymer Powder, Yun Ming Liew, Cheng Yong Heah, Long Yuan Li, Nur Ain Jaya, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, Soo Jin Tan, Kamarudin Hussin

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Horizontal Cybersurveillance Through Sentiment Analysis, Margaret Hu

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This Essay describes emerging big data technologies that facilitate horizontal cybersurveillance. Horizontal cybersurveillance makes possible what has been termed as “sentiment analysis.” Sentiment analysis can be described as opinion mining and social movement forecasting. Through sentiment analysis, mass cybersurveillance technologies can be deployed to detect potential terrorism and state conflict, predict protest and civil unrest, and gauge the mood of populations and subpopulations. Horizontal cybersurveillance through sentiment analysis has the likely result of chilling expressive and associational freedoms, while at the same time risking mass data seizures and searches. These programs, therefore, must be assessed as adversely impacting a combination …

First Low-Frequency Einstein@Home All-Sky Search For Continuous Gravitational Waves In Advanced Ligo Data, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, Teviet Creighton, Soma Mukherjee, Volker Quetschke, Malik Rakhmanov

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

We report results of a deep all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars in data from the first Advanced LIGO observing run. This search investigates the low frequency range of Advanced LIGO data, between 20 and 100 Hz, much of which was not explored in initial LIGO. The search was made possible by the computing power provided by the volunteers of the Einstein@Home project. We find no significant signal candidate and set the most stringent upper limits to date on the amplitude of gravitational wave signals from the target population, corresponding to a sensitivity depth of 48.7 …

Title Ix In The Technological Age-Challenging Rape Culture And Myths Through Fairer Use Of Electronic Communications, Drew Simshaw

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Transgender Bathroom Rights In The Time Of Trump, Catherine Jean Archibald

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

On May 13, 2016, the Obama Administration issued a guidance document entitled “Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students,” which interpreted federal law as requiring that transgender students be permitted to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity in schools receiving federal funding. Considerable litigation ensued. Less than a year later, on February 22, 2017, the Trump Administration rescinded this guidance document. The Trump Administration asserts that it should be up to individual states to decide what bathrooms transgender children may use in schools.

This article addresses where transgender bathroom rights stand now that Obama’s Dear Colleague Letter has been …

It's Not Complicated: Containing Criminal Law's Influence On The Title Ix Process, Margaret Drew

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

Title IX processes that address campus sexual assault are undergoing dramatic changes in structure as well as in policy review. After receipt of the Department of Education’s 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter, colleges and universities were impelled to review how their institutions were implementing Title IX. From website information through investigation and decision-making on alleged violations, the ways in which higher education addresses federally guided changes is a matter of national conversation. This article addresses change considering campus sexual assault allegations, and does not explicitly address other forms of Title IX complaints, such as athletic funding and opportunities. This essay limits …

On The Same Team: Locker Room Talk, Student Athletes, And A Call For A Restorative Justice Approach To Sexual Assault Education, Brian A. Pappas

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Title Ix's Field Of Unrealistic Dreams: If You Build It, Will They Come?, Becky L. Jacobs

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Eboni A. James

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Postmodern Social Control: Dividuals And Surveillance, Ernest M. Oleksy

The Downtown Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal Written and Peer-Reviewed by Mandel Honors College Students at Cleveland State University

As a society's foundational philosophy changes, so, too, will its forms of social control. By using the works of thinkers like Deleuze and Foucault as pivot points, the dynamic nature of social interactions and the agents to mediate those actions shall be investigated. This article includes findings from archival analysis written in a journalistic prose for simplicity of consumption.

Edward A. Ross: Social Development And Social Control, Ernest M. Oleksy

The Downtown Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal Written and Peer-Reviewed by Mandel Honors College Students at Cleveland State University

With a foundation in philosophy and history, core concepts of sociology and criminology that were initially posited over a century ago are still useful in understanding the workings of today's society. The contributions of Edward A. Ross have helped latter day researchers centralize their studies of polycentric topics by using social control as an omnipresent social fact. By comparing Ross's descriptions of 19th century society and the researcher's descriptions of 21^st century society, a continuous understanding of a heavily pluralistic discipline comes to life.

Inseparable: Perspective Of Senator Daniel Webster, Ernest M. Oleksy

The Downtown Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal Written and Peer-Reviewed by Mandel Honors College Students at Cleveland State University

Considering the hypersensitivity that their nation has towards race relations, it is often ineffable to contemporary Americans as to how anyone could have argued against abolition in the 19th century. However, by taking the perspective of Senator Daniel Webster speaking to an audience of disunionist-abolitionists, proslaveryites, and various shades of moderates, numerous points of contention will be brought to light as to why chattel slavery persisted so long in the U.S. Focal points of dialogue will include the Narrative of Frederick Douglass, the "positive good" claims of Senator John C. Calhoun, the disunionism of William Lloyd Garrison, and the defense …

Notes On Contributors

Transference

No abstract provided.

In Jerusalem By Tamim Al-Barghouti, Houssem Ben Lazreg

Transference

Translated from Arabic by Houssem Ben Lazreg

Transference Vol. 5, Fall 2017

Transference

No abstract provided.

Contributor's Notes

Fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

No abstract provided.

Identifying Impaired State For A Driver, Catherine Cardinal, Cliff Sze

Defensive Publications Series

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to improving driver safety by identifying impaired drivers. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict a driver’s impairment state based on driving data.

The Imp Of The Perverse, John Emil Vincent

Criticism

No abstract provided.

Are You My Internal Object?, Sharif Youssef

Criticism

No abstract provided.

An Impossible Ideal: Motherhood In Eighteenth-Century Britain, Jessica Hanselman Gray

Criticism

No abstract provided.

Contributors, Antipodes Editors

Antipodes

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Determining High-Level Topical Annotations For A Conversation, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to annotating a conversation with high-level topical annotations. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict topical annotations for a conversation based on audio data from the conversation.

Determining Projection Format For A Video, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to determining one or more projection formats for a video. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict a projection format for a segment of a video based on image data extracted from the video.

Recommending Items For Deletion Based On Item Quality And Usage, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to recommending items stored in a data storage system for deletion. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict a likelihood of deletion for an item based on item data and user interaction data for one or more items.

Using Customer Support Interaction Data To Estimate Customer Satisfaction, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to using customer support interaction data to estimate customer satisfaction. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict a customer satisfaction score based on customer interaction data.

Determining Priority Value Of Processes Based On Usage History, Neil Dhillon, Tanmay Wadhwa

Defensive Publications Series

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to determining optimal priority values for one or more processes in a computing system. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict an optimal priority value for a process based on system data and/or process data.