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The Mobile Shopping Engagement: Surveys’ Review And Empirical Study, Eftychia Gkiolnta, Vaggelis Saprikis, Maro Vlachopoulou

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

Mobile shopping (m-shopping) has become extremely signifi cant for both marketing and retail selling. Despite the fact that m-shopping has evolved into a popular alternative approach for purchasing products and services worldwide, the research regarding the extent of its adoption is still on a mediocre level and in certain countries, such as Greece, is rather limited. It is highly important to analyze and fully comprehend several factors that infl uence the acceptance of mobile technologies by consumers in order to motivate and support sellers’ mobile strategy. The objective of this research is to approach the factors that affect m-shopping with …

Sherlock Holmes Meets Rube Goldberg: Fixing The Entry-Into-Force Provisions Of The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, David A. Koplow

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is widely heralded as the most important international legal instrument for arresting the nuclear arms race and impeding further nuclear proliferation. Concluded in 1996, the treaty has been signed by 183 countries and ratified by 166. But it has not yet entered into force, because of its unique requirement that it not become operational for any state until it has been ratified by all forty-four countries designated in its Annex 2. Thirty-six of those Annex 2 states have ratified, but there is little prospect that all of the other eight (including the United …

Student Loan Debt: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study Of The Impact Of Indebtedness On The Lived Experience Of Educators, Heath Ryan Sanders

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to increase the contextual knowledge of the impact of student loan debt on educators by examining their experiences of student loan debt during repayment, the perception of indebtedness, the altered meaning of education, and essence of student loan debt. Semi-structured, 30-60 minute, in-depth interviews were utilized to collect data with the study employing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to analyze the experience of repaying student loan debt. The criterion sample consisted of educators employed within full-time instruction of students at primary, secondary, or post-secondary institutions with over $30,000 in student loan debt who had actively repaid …

Respectability & The Quest For Citizenship, Angela M. Banks

Brooklyn Law Review

Within the United States there is a long history of immigration and citizenship law and policy being shaped by the idea that certain immigrant populations are a threat to American society. Such ideas justified the Alien and Sedition Acts, the Chinese Exclusion Act, the enactment of new deportation grounds in 1917, and the adoption of national origin quotas in 1924. The repeal or revision of these laws has required discrediting the immigrant threat narratives justifying them. Immigrants have done this by demonstrating their respectability—their commitment and adherence to mainstream American values, norms, and practices. Scholars in the humanities and the …

The "Blurred Lines" Of Copyright Law: Setting A New Standard For Copyright Infringement In Music, Joseph M. Santiago

Brooklyn Law Review

In 2014, rock legends Led Zeppelin were sued by a relatively obscure band, named Spirit, for copyright infringement over the use of their iconic 1971 song “Stairway to Heaven.” Just a year before, musicians Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams found themselves in the same position over their hit song “Blurred Lines.” Both cases, tried in the Ninth Circuit through the same signature “extrinsic/intrinsic” infringement analysis, had different outcomes—Led Zeppelin was victorious, while Thicke and Williams lost. These differing outcomes help to accentuate the problem with applying the typical copyright infringement tests—ones used for any type of artistic medium—to music. Music …

Secrecy For The Sake Of It: The Defend Trade Secrets Act, Lauren Rayner Davis

Brooklyn Law Review

With foreign economic espionage and national security concerns thrust to the forefront of the discussion, Congress nearly unanimously passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act after a concerted effort by the executive branch, federal law enforcement, and intellectual property scholars. While this landmark legislation provides the long sought-after grounds of original federal jurisdiction for trade secret misappropriation claims, the statute also offers litigants a powerful remedy—the ex parte seizure provision. This unprecedented provision in trade secrets law allows a plaintiff, with no notice to the defendant, to file an application with the court requesting that U.S. Marshals seize and hold the …

Strictly Speaking: Courts Should Not Adopt Strict Scrutiny For Firearm Regulations, Andrew Kimball

Brooklyn Law Review

A militia right or an individual right? In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court of the United States declared that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to a firearm outside the context of a militia. While pronouncing the individual right to a gun as fundamental, the Court declined to define an appropriate standard of review to assess firearm regulations. Thus, the Heller decision opened the floodgates for legal challenges to firearm regulations across the nation. Absent direction from the Supreme Court, many lower courts reacted by applying intermediate scrutiny, but in Kolbe v. Hogan the Fourth Circuit …

Circuit Rift Sends Sound Waves: An Interpretation Of The Copyright Act's Scope Of Protection For Digital Sampling Of Sound Recordings, Elyssa E. Abuhoff

Brooklyn Law Review

Digital sampling of sound recordings itself has become an art—an art that has given rise to hit songs that have out-charted the songs they sampled. Yet there is a debate within the music industry and legal field over whether there is a de minimis exception for the unauthorized use of sound recordings. In the summer of 2016, in VMG Salsoul, LLC v. Ciccone, the Ninth Circuit departed from the Sixth Circuit’s unpopular 2006 decision in Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films by holding that the Copyright Act allows for a de minimis exception for the unauthorized use of sound recordings. …

Viral Marketing – The Case Of Turkey, Hanna Lewicka

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

Turkish advertisements in the form of a case study to determine which factors seem to play the most important role in terms of viral marketing message perception in Turkey. As a country in which the increasing role of digital media and the internet is beginning to dominate interpersonal communication, the use of viral approach in marketing is also growing. The examples of most viral videos in Turkey from the previous years confi rm that the most important factor which determines the success of a viral message is its content, which should be at the same time attention-catching and entertaining. Nevertheless, …

Does Thinking Style Affect The Impacts Of Satisfaction And Reputation On Repurchase Intention? A Cross-National Comparison, Oznur Ozkan Tektas, Canan Eryigit, Ozge Tayfur Ekmekci

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

The purpose of this study is to test whether the influence of satisfaction and reputation on repurchase intention varies among analytic and holistic thinkers. We employed an individual level approach to measure cross-cultural differences regarding thinking style and other variables. We made a cross-cultural comparison via analyzing the effects of satisfaction and firm reputation on repurchase intention, using data from the USA and Turkey that reflect analytic and holistic thinking cultures, respectively. Also, we conducted intra-cultural analyses in which the USA data and Turkish data were analyzed separately. Findings from these analyses revealed that holistic and analytic thinking styles create …

The Impact Of Parental Involvement On Student Success: School And Family Partnership From The Perspective Of Students, Tyler Bailey

Doctor of Education in Teacher Leadership Dissertations

THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON STUDENT SUCCESS: SCHOOL AND FAMILY PARTNERSHIP FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENTS

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Tyler M. Bailey Kennesaw State University, 2017

In this study, the impact of school-family relationships on student success were examined through the narratives of three fifth-grade students, their teachers, and the school’s curriculum coach. The study used these stories to understand better how student success was altered by parental involvement in the students’ academic, social, and emotional life.

The participants were selected from the same school located in a major southeastern city. The students and teachers were in the same class (within …

The Dynamics Of Plasma Membrane, Metabolism And Respiration (Pm-M-R) In Penicillium Ochrochloron Cbs 123824 In Response To Different Nutrient Limitations—A Multi-Level Approach To Study Organic Acid Excretion In Filamentous Fungi, P Vrabl, Cw Schinagl, Dj Artmann, A Krüger, Et Al

School of Biomedical Sciences

Filamentous fungi are important cell factories. In contrast, we do not understand well even basic physiological behavior in these organisms. This includes the widespread phenomenon of organic acid excretion. One strong hurdle to fully exploit the metabolic capacity of these organisms is the enormous, highly environment sensitive phenotypic plasticity. In this work we explored organic acid excretion in Penicillium ochrochloron from a new point of view by simultaneously investigating three essential metabolic levels: the plasma membrane H+-ATPase (PM); energy metabolism, in particular adenine and pyridine nucleotides (M); and respiration, in particular the alternative oxidase (R). This was done in strictly …

The Impact Of Smart City Initiatives On Cities’ Local Economic Development, Wesam Musa

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The problem explored in this mixed-method action research is that challenges to sustainable economic development and basic community services increase, as populations in cities and towns increase. A city is a human settlement with well-defined demarcation points. A city’s infrastructure consists of complex systems, such as sewage treatment plants, water treatment plants, police stations, fire departments, utility services, schools, libraries, business, houses, etc. A smart city, on the other hand, is an urban vision that fosters citizens’ engagement and technological integration of the city’s infrastructure. The purpose of this mixed-method action research was to identify the characteristics of a smart …

Video Review; Routine Data Sharing Practices Place Video-Streaming Providers In The Crosshairs Of The Video Privacy Protection Act, Jeremiah P. Ledwidge

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

The Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (VPPA) creates a private cause of action for any consumer whose personally identifiable information has been disclosed by a video tape service provider to a third party. The rapid growth of media companies that provide free internet-based video-streaming services, and the technologically-advanced advertising methods employed to fund this business model, have created uncertainty regarding the specific consumer segments the VPPA is designed to protect. The extensive role that third-party providers play in the collection, analysis, and segmentation of user data in the personalized advertising process raises justifiable privacy concerns for consumers. Recent VPPA …

Deep Experimental Profiling Of Microrna Diversity, Deployment, And Evolution Across The Drosophila Genus, Jaaven Mohammed, Alex S. Flynt, Alexandra M. Panzarino, Md Mosharrof Hossain Mondal, Matthew Decruz, Adam Siepel, Eric C. Lai

Faculty Publications

To assess miRNA evolution across the Drosophila genus, we analyzed several billion small RNA reads across 12 fruit fly species. These data permit comprehensive curation of species- and clade-specific variation in miRNA identity, abundance, and processing. Among well-conserved miRNAs, we observed unexpected cases of clade-specific variation in 5′ end precision, occasional antisense loci, and putatively noncanonical loci. We also used strict criteria to identify a large set (649) of novel, evolutionarily restricted miRNAs. Within the bulk collection of species-restricted miRNAs, two notable subpopulations are splicing-derived mirtrons and testes-restricted, recently evolved, clustered (TRC) canonical miRNAs. We quantified miRNA birth and death …

The Fourth Circuit Travel Ban Argument: Framing The Challengers’ Case For The Supreme Court, Peter Margulies

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Some Milk Enzymes As Biomarkers In Detection Of Bovine Subclinical Mastitis, A Abdelkhalek, A El-Gamal, Shaimaa A

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

The present study was carried out on One hundred and fifity , one day old chicks to evaluate the immunogenicity of multivalent pilus vaccine containing pili from the three common pathogenic serotypes of E. coli (O1, O2 and O78). Nienty vaccinated birds at 14 days & 28 days of age by 0.5ml s/c of pilus vaccine at base of neck and 60 unvaccinated were divided to 4 subgroups (30 vaccinated & 20 unvaccinated) were used for challenge two weeks after second dose . Each group was challenged each with one type of E.coli strains O1 , O2 and O78. Blood …

Effects Of Calcium Salt Of Fatty Acids On Growth Performance And Biochemical Parameters In Broiler Chicken, Rawda Gado, G. El-Sayed, Mahmoud Elsebaai

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

The aim of this study is to determine if calcium salts of fatty acids (CSFA) can replace soybean oil in broilers diet. So 60 sex mixed Cobb chicks 10 day old divided into 3 groups, each included 20 chicks, and subdivided into 2 subgroups each included 10 chicks. All fed the same starter diet up to 10 days of age then fed grower and finisher diet with different dietary fat sources. Groups were: G1: basal diet with CSFA (Poly fat®) (PF), G2: basal diet with soybean oil (SO), G3: basal diet with Poly fat® + soybean oil 50:50 (PF:SO) at …

Optimizing Fabrication And Modeling Of Quantum Dot Superlattice For Fets And Nonvolatile Memories, Pial Mirdha

Doctoral Dissertations

Quantum Dot Superlattice (QDSL) are novel structures which can be applied to transistors and memory devices to produce unique current voltage characteristics. QDSL are made of Silicon and Germanium with an inner intrinsic layer surrounded by their respective oxides and in the single digit nanometer range. When used in transistors they have shown to induce 3 to 4 states for Multi-Valued Logic (MVL). When applied to memory they have been demonstrated to retain 2 bits of charge which instantly double the memory density. For commercial application they must produce consistent and repeatable current voltage characteristics, the current QDSL structures consist …

Exploiting Latin American Microfinance Deregulation: One Borrower At A Time, Karlamaria Cabral

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

Microfinance seeks to eradicate poverty through the economic growth and development that results when seed capital is given to microenterprises. In 2015, Latin America’s microfinance loan portfolio totaled $40 billion USD and included more than twenty-two million borrowers. Due to the current state of microfinance in the region—abusive lending practices and betraying the original goal and purpose of eradicating poverty—this Note advocates for a regional regulatory body, such as the Latin American Microfinance Association, that would develop and assist Latin American countries to implement model legal frameworks that increase client protection, create licensing requirements, establish interest rate caps, and recognize …

Something's Gotta Give: Origin-Based E-Commerce Sales Tax, Juliana Frenkel

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

How to tax interstate online purchases is a frequently debated and contentious topic in the business and tax arena. There are numerous parties affected when a transaction occurs and each affected party would like a taxation policy that benefits its own economic interests, without regard for others. Neither the legislative nor the judicial branch has successfully resolved this e-commerce taxation issue. With the growing need for tax revenue, it is prudent for Congress to finally resolve this circuit split and agree on a unifying Online Sales Tax Law. As opposed to the vast majority of proposals pending in Congress, this …

Sovereign Debt Restructuring And English Governing Law, Steven L. Schwarcz

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

The problem of sovereign indebtedness is becoming a worldwide crisis because nations, unlike individuals and corporations, lack access to bankruptcy laws to restructure unsustainable debt. Decades of international efforts to solve this problem through contracting and attempted treaty-making have failed to provide an adequate debt-restructuring framework. A significant amount of outstanding sovereign debt is governed, however, by English law. This Article argues that the U.K. Parliament has the extraordinary power to help solve the problem of unsustainable country debt by changing English law to facilitate fair and consensual debt restructuring. This Article also proposes modifications to English law that Parliament …

What About Small Businesses? The Gdpr And Its Consequences For Small U.S.-Based Companies, Craig Mcallister

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

Fast-approaching changes to European data privacy law will have consequences around the globe. Historically, despite having dramatically different approaches to data privacy and data protection, the European Union and the United States developed a framework to ensure that the highspeed freeway that is transatlantic data transfer moved uninterrupted. That framework was overturned in the wake of revelations regarding U.S. surveillance practices, and amidst skepticism that the United States did not adequately protect personal data. Further, the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a sweeping overhaul of the legal data protection landscape that will take effect in May …

Promesa And The Bankruptcy Clause: A Reminder About Uniformity, Stephen J. Lubben

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

The Bankruptcy Clause—Article I, Section 8, Clause 4—provides that “The Congress shall have power . . . [t]o establish . . . uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States . . . .”[1] But Congress has just enacted a bankruptcy law that applies to a single American territory. In early May 2017, Puerto Rico and one affiliated entity filed a petition under this new law. In late May, the Employees Retirement System commenced a case, along with the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority. Other Puerto Rican sub-entities are expected to follow. I use this short …

Decision-Making And The Shaky Property Foundations Of Municipal Bankruptcy Law, Juliet M. Moringiello

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

Municipal bankruptcies are unpredictable. There are several reasons for this statement— municipal bankruptcies are rare, involvement of the state itself in the process varies according to the governing state law, and chapter 9, the Bankruptcy Code chapter governing the municipal bankruptcy process, has many gaps. Congress constructed the modern chapter 9 on a foundation of corporate bankruptcy law, a foundation whose roots—corporate finance—are significantly different from the rules governing municipal finance. In this Article, Professor Moringiello aims a spotlight on the property roots of private bankruptcy law and compares them to the promissory and statutory roots of municipal finance law …

Towards A Jurisprudence Of Public Law Bankruptcy Judging, Edward J. Janger

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law

In this essay Professor Janger considers the role of bankruptcy judges in Chapter 9 cases in light of the scholarly literature on public law judging. He explores the extent to which bankruptcy judges engaged in the fiscal restructuring of a municipality use tools, and face constraints, similar to those utilized by federal district court judges in structural reform cases, where constitutional norms are at issue.

Effects Of Dietary Protein And Threonine Levels On Growth Performance And Immunocompetence In Broiler Chickens, M Hassan, O Orma, T Mohamed, A Orma

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

The present work was conducted to study the effects of feeding low crude protein diets (LCP-diets) with supplementation of threonine (Thr) on growth performance and immunocompetence in broiler chickens. One day old 264 Cobb chicks were divided into 6 equal groups (each of 4 replicates and each replicate was of 11 chicks). The 1st group is considered the control one and fed normal basal control starter, grower and finisher diets containing the recommended levels of CP, threonine, methionine, lysine, tryptophan, valine, arginine and metabolizable energy as specified for Cobb500 broiler performance. The 2nd experimental group was fed ideal protein diets …

Genotoxicity Of Bispyribac Sodium In Albino Rats, Fathy Sleem, Mahmoud Elalfy, Mohamed Abou-Mosallam

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Genotoxicity of pesticides constitute great concern that affect population health, commercial formulation of such pesticides may increase the genotoxicity of certain pesticides, the genotoxic effect of bispyribac sodium had been studied in albino rats given orally 65.88, 32.94 and 16.47 mg / kg of bispyribac sodium twice per week for 3 months and the results indicated that significant increase in chromosomal aberration (break, fragment, gap, ring and chromosomal association) in respect to control which was dose dependent also significant increase in DNA quantity, also there was significant increase in micronuclei level in respect to control and decrease in mitotic activity …

Heavy Metal Residues In Some Manzala Lake Fishes, Samir Abd-Elghany, Rana Abu El-Naase, Khalid Sallam

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

This study aimed to determine the content of heavy metals as lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic in edible muscles of three common freshwater fishes like Nile tilapia, Flathead grey mullet and African catfish. A total of 300 freshly caught fish samples (100 each) of different weights collected from Manzala Lake, Egypt during both summer and winter seasons of 2012 have been analyzed using air acetylene flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The obtained results revealed that the presence of lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic in all (100%) examined samples by means of 0.704 µg/g, 0.635 µg/g and 0.64 µg/g for Pb, 0.045 …

Infinity In Culture, Dessie Mcfarland

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.