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Reflections On The Life Of Father Alexsandr Men, Mark R. Elliott

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Declaration Adopted At The Fourth World Conference On Dialogue Among Religions And Civilizations: Migration And The Challenge Of Integration Through Dialogue Among Religions And Cultures (November 3rd – 5th 2016 – Bitola, The Republic Of Macedonia)

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Vital Role Of Religion In The Calamitous World Of Today, Jovan Kovačić

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Fourth World Conference On Dialogue Among Religions And Civilizations In Macedonia 2016, Paul B. Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Review Of Kuburić'S "The Self-Image Of Adolescents In The Protestant Family", Radmila Radonjić

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Kazakhstan: Is Sharing Faith A State Security Issue?, Felix Corley

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Shining Light On Hidden Preferences: The Role Of Religious Institutions In The 1989 Romanian Revolution, Justin Clardie

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

"A spectre is haunting Eastern Europe: the spectre of what in the West is called 'dissent.'" This is how Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright, dissident, and President, began his influential 1978 essay, "The Power of the Powerless." Havel's statement of dissent in Eastern Europe was certainly true in his country of Czechoslovakia, as well as in countries such as Poland and Hungary. The presence of sustained and organized dissent was largely absent, however, in Romania. Even in countries with the presence of popular and consistent dissent, the collapse of the communist regime was still shocking in both scope and speed. …

Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam: The Jesuits In Albania, Ines A. Murzaku

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

When Pope Francis addressed students, teachers, and parents of the Jesuit schools of Italy and Albania in 2013, he discussed the core and the value of a Jesuit-Catholic education, which in essence follows St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises and the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus. The Jesuits in all multifarious activities and apostolates put Jesus in the center, thereby making him the prototype. It was Jesus who had trodden a novel way for the Society of Jesus to follow and that meant to live a meaningful life, live well, and live joyfully among the people they were serving. …

The Twentieth Century Reform Of The Liturgy: Outcomes And Prospects, John F. Baldovin S.J.

Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers

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I want to situate my reflections on the outcomes of the 20^th century liturgical reform and our prospects for the future. This is how I propose to proceed. I will very briefly review the late twentieth century liturgical reforms and revisions of a number of churches. Then I will turn to reactions to the reforms of the past fifty years, some assessment of their success and failure, and finally prospects for the future, employing an analogy with curricular reform, specifically in theological education. In terms of assessment I will have to limit myself to the Roman Catholic experience …

Vitamin D Receptor Gene Bsm1 Polymorphism And Risk Of Breast Cancer, Sana Raza, Roshan Jahan, Anupam Dhasmana, Madan Lal Brahma Bhatt, Mohtashim Lohani, Jamal M. Arif

School of Medicine Publications

Breast cancer is a leading cause of death among women, around the world. It is a multifactorial disease involving genetic and environmental factors. Vitamin D is known to modulate biological processes like immune response, bone metabolism, cell growth regulation. The protective actions of vitamin D in cancer development are only sparsely understood, however, evidence shows that vitamin D participates in cell growth regulation, apoptosis and cell differentiation. It has also been implicated in the suppression of cancer cell invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis. The cellular effects of Vitamin D are mediated via Vitamin D receptor (VDR), which is a member of …

Masthead & Table Of Contents, Vol. 95, No. 3

Nebraska Law Review

No abstract provided.

Promise And Peril: Doctrinally Permissible Options For Calibrating Procedure Through Contract, H. Allen Blair

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Gains from Customized Procedure ... A. A Brief Primer on the Economic Theory of Procedure in Dispute Resolution ... B. The Current Default Rules of Procedure ... C. The Potential Benefits of Procedural Customization through Contract ... 1. Curbing Post-Dispute Opportunism ... 2. Reinforcing Substantive Obligations ... 3. Mitigating Risk ... 4. Reducing the Direct Costs of Litigation

III. The Limited Empirical Evidence

IV. The Doctrinally Permissible Options for Calibrating Procedure Through Contract ... A. Procedure as Public Law: Historic Skepticism of Private Procedural Ordering ... B. Mere Contract Law No More: Autonomy and Private Procedural …

Driving Courts Crazy: A Look At How Labor And Employment Laws Do Not Coincide With Ride Platforms In The Sharing Economy, Alyssa M. Stokes

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Background ... A. The “Sharing” Economy ... B. Who Is an Employee? ... 1. Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors ... 2. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ... 3. California Wage and Hour Laws

III. Litigation for Ride Platforms in the Sharing Economy … A. Trouble for Uber Begins in Berwick v. Uber Technologies, Inc. ... 1. Facts ... 2. California Labor Commission Finds Uber Driver Is Employee ... B. California District Court Weighs in: O’Connor v. Uber Technologies, Inc. ... 1. Facts ... 2. The California District Court Weighs in on Uber’s Alleged Misclassification ... …

Deference And Fiction: Reforming Chevron’S Legal Fictions After King V. Burwell, Kurt Eggert

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Tumultuous Passage of the Affordable Care Act

III. King v. Burwell and the Challenge to the ACA

IV. Chevron and “Step Zero” ... A. The Chevron Doctrine ... B. Chevron Step Zero

V. The Application of Chevron in King v. Burwell ... A. Chevron and the Lead-Up to King v. Burwell ... B. King v. Burwell and Chevron Step Zero ... C. King v. Burwell and Skidmore Deference

VI. How Chevron’s Fictions Lead to Chevron’s Confusion ... A. The Fictional Basis of Chevron ... B. Chevron’s Stare Decisis Muddle and the Need for …

Masthead & Table Of Contents, Vol. 95, No. 4

Nebraska Law Review

No abstract provided.

Indian Children And The Federal-Tribal Trust Relationship, Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Wenona T. Singel

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Indian Children and the Founding Generation ... A. The Treaty and International Law Basis of the Federal-Tribal Trust Relationship ... B. Federal Military and Diplomatic Actions ... 1. Colonial Era ... 2. Revolutionary War ... 3. Post-Revolutionary War Era ... 4. The Northwest Indian War ... 5. The Treaty of Greenville and the Founding Generation ... C. Federal Treaty and Statutory Law ... 1. Education and Schools ... 2. Land Rights ... 3. Other Provisions for Indian Orphans

III. Indian Children in the Coercive Period ... A. Interference in Internal Tribal Matters ... B. The Perversion of …

The Catch-22 Of Females Reporting Sexual Assault In The Military: A Cause For Holistic International Intervention, Kelsey E. B. Knoer

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Women in the Military ... A. General Background ... B. The Sexual Assault Problem: A Cross-Cultural Glance

III. The Underlying Issues: Hostile and Benevolent Sexism Across Cultures ... A. Ambivalent Sexism and Sexual Agency ... B. Gender Roles and Non-Conformance

IV. Applicable Law ... A. No Relief on the Home Front ... 1. The Uniform Code of Military Justice ... 2. Civilian Law ... 3. Testing the Boundaries of International Law

V. Suggestions for Reform: A Holistic Approach ... A. Setting an Example ... B. Going Deeper than the Law

VI. Conclusion

Newbs Lose, Experts Win: Video Games In The Supreme Court, Angela J. Campbell

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Advantage of a Supreme Court Expert ... A. California’s Counsel ... B. Entertainment Merchant Association’s (EMA) Counsel

III. Background on the Video Game Cases ... A. Cases Prior to Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Ass’n ... B. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Ass’n ... 1. Before the District Court ... 2. Before the Ninth Circuit ... 3. Supreme Court

IV. Comparison of Expert and Non-Expert Representation in Brown ... A. Merits Briefs ... 1. Statement of Facts ... a. California’s Statement of Facts ... b. EMA’s Statement of Facts ... c. A More Effective Statement of Facts ... …

Indexes To Volume 95

Nebraska Law Review

No abstract provided.

State, Local, And Regional Issues In Cybersecurity: Symposium Introduction, Justin (Gus) Hurwitz

Nebraska Law Review

Cybersecurity is one of the more difficult and urgent issues of the day. It is an issue that touches almost every aspect of modern life. Recent years have seen major cybersecurity incidents affect national security, our political process, major government institutions, companies of every size throughout our economy, critical infrastructure, banking, consumer electronics, and, of course, consumers themselves. Examples of each of these feature so prominently in the news that they barely need citation: OPM, Sony, Target, concerns about the 2016 election, disclosure of NSA hacking tools, attacks on the banking sector’s SWIFT network, ransomware attacks against hospitals, DDoS attacks …

Beyond The Network: A Holistic Perspective On State Cybersecurity Governance, Michael Garcia, David Forscey, Timothy Blute

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Governance: The New Frontier of Information Assurance

III. State Cybersecurity Governance Extends Beyond the Network

IV. Centralizing Security Governance to Defend State Networks

V. Governance Beyond Network Defense ... A. Disruption Response ... B. Law Enforcement ... C. Cybersecurity Centers

VI. Conclusion

Appendix: States and Indicators

Masthead & Table Of Contents, Vol. 96, No. 2

Nebraska Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Sec’S Data Dilemma: Addressing A Modern Problem By Encouraging Innovation, Responsibility, And Fairness, Gregg Moran

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Modern Threats to Sensitive Data

III. The FTC’s Approach to Data Security

IV. The SEC’s Approach to Data Security ... A. The Safeguards Rule ... 1. Development of the Safeguards Rule ... 2. Safeguards Rule Enforcement Actions ... a. NEXT Financial Group ... b. LPL Financial Corp ... c. J. P. Turner & Co. and Stephen Bauman ... d. Commonwealth Equity Services ... e. GunnAllen Financial ... f. R. T. Jones Capital Equities Management ... g. Craig Scott Capital ... h. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney ... B. Other Statutes and Regulations ... 1. Statutes and Regulations the …

Cybersecurity Stovepiping, David Thaw

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. The Concept of Stovepiping

III. Stovepiping in Cybersecurity ... A. Policy Making, Complexity, and Change ... B. Complex Passwords: A Case Study ... 1. Fundamentals of Password Complexity ... 2. “Guessability”—the False Assumption ... a. Password Guessing via Authentication (Login) Interfaces ... b. Password Guessing via Unprotected/Unsanitized Service ... c. Offline Password Attacks ... 3. “Defense in Depth”—Measuring Marginal Benefit

IV. Implications of the Stovepiping Disjuncture ... A. Addressing the Same Question … B. Overcoming Policy Entrenchment ... C. Risk-Analytic Framework for Cybersecurity

V. Conclusion

The Modern Penny Dreadful: Public Prosecution And The Need For Litigation Privacy In A Digital Age, Jennifer A. Brobst

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. Cybercrime and the Social Impact of Loss of Privacy

III. Balancing Constitutional Rights of Transparency with the Need for Anonymity in the Courtroom … A. Anonymous Juries ... B. Jane Doe Motions and Disclosure of Litigant and Witness Identities

IV. Limitations on the Right of Public Access to Court Proceedings ... A. Bans on Recording Devices in Court ... B. Closing the Courtroom

V. Public Records and Privacy-Related Exemptions

VI. Not So Private Rights of Action ... A. Statutory Remedies ... B. Defamation ... C. Invasion of Privacy ... D. Employee Harassment

VII. Conclusion

What’S Next For E-Government? Innovations In E-Government Through A Cybersecurity Lens, Emefa Agawu

Nebraska Law Review

I. Introduction

II. What Is E-Government?

III. Trends in E-Government Innovation ... A. Increasing Access to Content ... B. Digitize Service Loop ... C. Expand or Create New Government Functions

IV. State and Local Governments in a Changing Threat Landscape ... A. CIA Framework ... B. Applying the CIA Framework ... 1. Trend 1. Increasing Access to Information ... 2. Trend 2. Digitizing Government Service Loop … 3. Trend 3. Expanding or Creating Government Functions

V. Innovations in E-Government: Case Studies ... A. New Jersey: Open Data Initiative ... B. Boston: Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics

VI. Conclusion

The Little Big Genome: The Organization Of Mitochondrial Dna, Iraselia Garcia, Edith Jones, Manuel Ramos, Wendy Innis-Whitehouse, Robert Gilkerson

School of Medicine Publications

The small (16,569 base pair) human mitochondrial genome plays a significant role in cell metabolism and homeostasis. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) contributes to the generation of complexes which are essential to oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). As such, mtDNA is directly integrated into mitochondrial biogenesis and signaling and regulates mitochondrial metabolism in concert with nuclear-encoded mitochondrial factors. Mitochondria are a highly dynamic, pleiomorphic network that undergoes fission and fusion events. Within this network, mtDNAs are packaged into structures called nucleoids which are actively distributed in discrete foci within the network. This sensitive organelle is frequently disrupted by insults such as oxidants and inflammatory …

High-Impact Practices In Anthropology: Creating A Bridge Between Liberal Arts And Neoliberal Values, Susan Kirkpatrick Smith, Brandon D. Lundy, Cheyenne Dahlmann

Faculty Articles

Neoliberal values are dramatically affecting higher education in the United States, with a focus on running these institutions as businesses and molding students into productive workers. This shift toward training and away from traditional liberal arts education at U.S. universities and colleges has occurred even as studies demonstrate that the ability to adapt in a rapidly evolving marketplace promotes long-term professional success. While neoliberalism and traditional liberal arts education are often seen as antithetical, we show how one anthropology program has combined these values into pedagogical practice through a select subset of high impact practices to improve academic outcomes for …

A Grid-Based Approach To Localization For Robotics Applications, Larry Carlton Reaves

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

From robotic probes on Mars to self driving cars here on Earth, the process of moving around the planet begins with localization. Before an autonomous vehicle can decide where to go, it must first determine where it is and what obstacles may be nearby. By using various sensors, an autonomous platform can gather the data it needs to identify its position and orientation within its surroundings. This position and orientation is known as the pose of the robot. In this report, we will review a particle filter based algorithm for localizing an autonomous mining robot in a known 2D map. …

Observation Of D^{0}→Ρ^{0}Γ And Search For Cp Violation In Radiative Charm Decays, T. Nanut Et Al., D. Joffee, Ratnappuli L. Kulasiri

Faculty Articles

We report the first observation of the radiative charm decay D0→ρ0γ and the first search for CP violation in decays D0→ρ0γ, ϕγ, and ¯K*0(892)γ, using a data sample of 943 fb−1 collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e− collider. The branching fraction is measured to be B(D0→ρ0γ)=(1.77±0.30±0.07)×10−5, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The obtained CP asymmetries ACP(D0→ρ0γ)=+0.056±0.152±0.006, ACP(D0→ϕγ)=−0.094±0.066±0.001, and ACP(D0→¯K*0γ)=−0.003±0.020±0.000 are consistent with no CP violation. We also present an improved measurement of the branching fractions B(D0→ϕγ)=(2.76±0.19±0.10)×10−5 and B(D0→¯K*0γ)=(4.66±0.21±0.21)×10−4.