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Foreword: Continuity In The Presidency: Gaps And Solutions, Matthew Diller Dec 2017

Foreword: Continuity In The Presidency: Gaps And Solutions, Matthew Diller

Fordham Law Review

This symposium issue featuring a report and articles on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment and the presidential succession system is perfectly timed. Its release comes in the final month of the year that marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment’s ratification and at a moment of unprecedented public discussion of the Amendment. Yet, in Fordham Law School’s unique history with the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, auspicious timing is not unusual.

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The Bipartisan Bayh Amendment: Republican Contributions To The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, Joel K. Goldstein Dec 2017

The Bipartisan Bayh Amendment: Republican Contributions To The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, Joel K. Goldstein

Fordham Law Review

It is appropriate that Senator Birch Bayh has been widely recognized as the author and person most responsible for the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. His work was indispensable, and he was helped by other Democrats and nonpartisan actors including the American Bar Association and John D. Feerick, among others. Yet the Amendment was also the product of bipartisan cooperation. Important provisions were based on work done during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Eisenhower and his Attorney General, Herbert Brownell, played important roles in supporting Bayh’s proposal as did other Republicans in and out of Congress. Republicans like Representative Richard …

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"A Dr. Strangelove Situation": Nuclear Anxiety, Presidential Fallibility, And The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, Rebecca C. Lubot Dec 2017

"A Dr. Strangelove Situation": Nuclear Anxiety, Presidential Fallibility, And The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, Rebecca C. Lubot

Fordham Law Review

This Article is a revisionist history of the ratification of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, which establishes procedures for remedying a vice presidential vacancy and for addressing presidential inability. During the Cold War, questions of presidential succession and the transfer of power in the case of inability were on the public’s mind and, in 1963, these questions became more urgent in the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Traditional legal histories of the Amendment argue that President John F. Kennedy’s assassination was both the proximate and prime factor in the development of the Amendment, but they do not account for the pervasive …

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American Equal Protection And Global Convergence, Holning Lau, Hillary Li Dec 2017

American Equal Protection And Global Convergence, Holning Lau, Hillary Li

Fordham Law Review

Commentators have noted that equal protection doctrine is in a state of transformation. The nature of that transformation, however, is poorly understood. This Article offers a clearer view of the change underway. This Article is the first to reveal and synthesize three major trajectories along which the U.S. Supreme Court has begun to move. First, the Court has begun to blur the line that it previously drew between facial discrimination and disparate impact. Second, the Court has begun to collapse its previously established tiered standards for reviewing discrimination. These two trajectories combine to produce a third trajectory of change: by …

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Back To The Drawing Board: Revisiting The Supreme Court's Stance On Partisan Gerrymandering, Robert Colton Dec 2017

Back To The Drawing Board: Revisiting The Supreme Court's Stance On Partisan Gerrymandering, Robert Colton

Fordham Law Review

In the United States, state legislatures have drawn voting districts to achieve desired election results for hundreds of years. Dating back to the James Madison presidency, various legislatures and iterations of the U.S. Supreme Court have wrestled with the legal and constitutional issues that stem from the practice known as “gerrymandering.” While courts and legislatures have, at times, been successful in eliminating some of the more sinister uses of the tactic, such as racially motivated district-line drawing, gerrymandering inspired by partisan motives remains. Continual improvements in technology coupled with an increasingly divided political culture mean that partisan gerrymandering is at …

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A Survey Of Quality Of Oils Used In Thai Pig Farms, Alongkot Boonsoongnern, Prapassorn Boonsoongnern, Pichai Jirawattanapong, Nattavut Rattanavanichroj, Pariwat Poolperm Dec 2017

A Survey Of Quality Of Oils Used In Thai Pig Farms, Alongkot Boonsoongnern, Prapassorn Boonsoongnern, Pichai Jirawattanapong, Nattavut Rattanavanichroj, Pariwat Poolperm

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Oil is commonly added into pig diets to increase energy in animal feed formulation. Fifty-eight oil samples: 1) crude coconut oil (n=11), 2) crude palm oil (n=6), 3) refined palm oil (n=6), 4) crude soybean oil (n=4), 5) refined soybean oil (n=5), 6) crude rice bran oil (n=6), 7) crude chicken oil (n=6), 8) crude lard (n=5) and 9) used oil (n=9) from pig farms, feed mills and traders in Thailand were collected and analyzed for quality by measurement of pH, percentage of total polar compounds (% TPC), peroxide value (PV), free fatty acid (FFA), iodine value (IV), percentage of …

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Investigation Into Antimicrobial Resistance, Enterotoxin And Cassette Chromosome Gene Of Staphylococcus Aureus Isolates From Humans, Cows And Goats In Taiwan, Chi-Shih Chu, Han Hsiang Huang, Shou-Heng Chiang, Chi-Chung Chou, Jyh-Mirn Lai, Wen-Ling Shih, Chih-Hsuan Changchien, Heng-Ching Lin, Shih-Te Chuang, Yao-Chi Su Dec 2017

Investigation Into Antimicrobial Resistance, Enterotoxin And Cassette Chromosome Gene Of Staphylococcus Aureus Isolates From Humans, Cows And Goats In Taiwan, Chi-Shih Chu, Han Hsiang Huang, Shou-Heng Chiang, Chi-Chung Chou, Jyh-Mirn Lai, Wen-Ling Shih, Chih-Hsuan Changchien, Heng-Ching Lin, Shih-Te Chuang, Yao-Chi Su

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MDR S. aureus) is predominately present in humans and animals. Staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) is one of the representative toxins produced by S. aureus. The drug resistance patterns, presence of eighteen SE genes and staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCCmec) in S. aureus strains isolated from human cellulitis, septicemia, mastitis and farmed ruminant mastitis were investigated and analyzed. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) accounted for 51.35% (76/148) and 48.65% (72/148), respectively. Both MSSA and MRSA carried sea (15%), seb (30.8%) and sek (27.5%) genes. Eighty percent of the MRSA strains (52/65) belonged to SCCmec types I, …

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Effects Of Monosodium Glutamate On Heart Beat And The Embryonic Development Of Zebrafish, Naowarat Suthamnatpong, Aranya Ponpornpisit Dec 2017

Effects Of Monosodium Glutamate On Heart Beat And The Embryonic Development Of Zebrafish, Naowarat Suthamnatpong, Aranya Ponpornpisit

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The effect of monosodium glutamate (MSG) on zebrafish, Danio rerio, embryo was investigated at different concentrations of ten-fold dilution of ten times lesser than the median lethal concentration (LC50). Zebrafish embryos in the MSG treated groups (40,000 ppm and 80,000 ppm) reached highest mortality rate at 100 % within 48 hpf and 96 hpf which is significantly different (p<0.05) from negative control group. According to the Probit analysis, the LC50 of MSG on zebrafish embryo at 48 hpf and 96 hpf were 15,200 ppm and 10,300 ppm, respectively. Under the observation, effects based on the toxicity endpoint composed of lethal, sublethal and malformation effects appeared within 144 hpf. Exposure to MSG at 1,500 ppm and 150 ppm significantly produced sublethal effects and malformation development to zebrafish embryo. MSG induced cardiotoxic effects in zebrafish embryo was observed at 15, 150 and 1,500 ppm. Our results demonstrate that zebra fish embryo is a good model for the detection of toxic potential of chemical substances. Also, our data suggest the need to reconsider the safety of MSG and elucidate its mechanism of adverse reaction in further studies.

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Seroprevalence And Molecular Detection Of Lawsonia Intracellularis From Asymptomatic Horses In Korea, Yeonsu Oh, Md Mukter Hossain, Ho-Seong Cho Dec 2017

Seroprevalence And Molecular Detection Of Lawsonia Intracellularis From Asymptomatic Horses In Korea, Yeonsu Oh, Md Mukter Hossain, Ho-Seong Cho

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The study was performed to investigate the prevalence pattern of Lawsonia intracellularis in horses in Korea via serology and molecular detection. Total of 138 horse sera and 112 fecal samples, in pairs with sera, were collected from five provinces across the country. The sera were analyzed using blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (bELISA) to detect L. intracellularis-specific antibodies and the fecal samples were evaluated by the real-time PCR assay to detect DNA of L. intracellularis. Results showed that 94% of the horses had antibodies and the younger the age, the higher the seropositivity; “<2 years” (92%), “2-5 years” (96%), “6-10 years” (94%), and “>10 years” (93%). DNA of L. intracellularis …

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Ecg Quiz, Chollada Buranakarl, Saikaew Sutayatram, Chutamas Benjanirut Dec 2017

Ecg Quiz, Chollada Buranakarl, Saikaew Sutayatram, Chutamas Benjanirut

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

A 14-year-old neutered female mixed breed dog weighing 12 kg was admitted at the in-patient unit of The Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Chulalongkorn University in October 2017 with clinical signs of depressed, anorexia, weakness and continuous vomiting. However, no sign of abdominal pain was found. History taking showed that the dog had gait disorientation due to central nervous system disorder. The dog also had murmur heart sound graded IV/VI without sign of cardiac disease since June 2017. The echocardiogram was performed which the results showed that the dog had moderate degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD) with mild tricuspid regurgitation. The …

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An Ecological Systems Approach To Understanding Intimate Partner Violence Outcomes, Alison Marisa Pickover Dec 2017

An Ecological Systems Approach To Understanding Intimate Partner Violence Outcomes, Alison Marisa Pickover

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The present study examined the influence of person-level, event-level, geographic, and social factors on the maintenance of mental health conditions in women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). The influence of these factors on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) was conceptualized used an ecological systems framework. Main effects of 13 empirically-supported predictor variables and interactive effects of race and racial-ethnic make-up of the neighborhood, race and crime, and crime and social support, were examined. Geographic information systems (GIS) technology was used to map neighborhood factors (e.g., racial-ethnic composition, employment rate, median income) and crime. Crime …

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Functional Biomarkers For Detecting Glaucoma Progression, Srinivas Rajaraman Dec 2017

Functional Biomarkers For Detecting Glaucoma Progression, Srinivas Rajaraman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is an optic neuropathy characterized by progressive loss of retinal structure and visual function of the eye and may eventually lead to blindness. Standard Automated Perimetry (SAP) is a standard clinical procedure used to assess and quantify the sensitivity (in decibels) of various locations in the retina in response to light stimuli presented at the respective retinal locations. Therefore, to detect POAG and to assess efficacy of treatment procedures, it is necessary to assess progressive loss of visual sensitivity at all retinal locations simultaneously. In this work, we present a new approach to detect glaucomatous …

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The 13th Data Release Of The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data From The Sdss-Iv Survey Mapping Nearby Galaxies At Apache Point Observatory, Franco D. Albareti, Carlos Allende Prieto, Andres Almeida, Friedrich Anders, Scott Anderson, Brett H. Andrews, Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca, Maria Argudo-Fernández, Eric Armengaud Dec 2017

The 13th Data Release Of The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data From The Sdss-Iv Survey Mapping Nearby Galaxies At Apache Point Observatory, Franco D. Albareti, Carlos Allende Prieto, Andres Almeida, Friedrich Anders, Scott Anderson, Brett H. Andrews, Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca, Maria Argudo-Fernández, Eric Armengaud

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

The fourth generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV) began observations in 2014 July. It pursues three core programs: the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2), Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA), and the Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS). As well as its core program, eBOSS contains two major subprograms: the Time Domain Spectroscopic Survey (TDSS) and the SPectroscopic IDentification of ERosita Sources (SPIDERS). This paper describes the first data release from SDSS-IV, Data Release 13 (DR13). DR13 makes publicly available the first 1390 spatially resolved integral field unit observations of nearby galaxies from MaNGA. It …

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Search For High-Energy Neutrinos From Binary Neutron Star Merger Gw170817 With Antares Icecube And The Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, M. Ardid, J. J. Aubert, Teviet Creighton, Mario C. Diaz, Soma Mukherjee, Volker Quetschke, Malik Rakhmanov Dec 2017

Search For High-Energy Neutrinos From Binary Neutron Star Merger Gw170817 With Antares Icecube And The Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, M. Ardid, J. J. Aubert, Teviet Creighton, Mario C. Diaz, Soma Mukherjee, Volker Quetschke, Malik Rakhmanov

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observatories recently discovered gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. A short gamma-ray burst (GRB) that followed the merger of this binary was also recorded by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM), and the Anti-Coincidence Shield for the Spectrometer for the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL), indicating particle acceleration by the source. The precise location of the event was determined by optical detections of emission following the merger. We searched for high-energy neutrinos from the merger in the GeV-EeV energy range using the Antares, IceCube, and Pierre Auger Observatories. No neutrinos directionally coincident …

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Ph Effect On The Formation Of Thm And Haa Disinfection Byproducts And Potential Control Strategies For Food Processing, Yen-Con Hung, Brian W. Waters, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy, Ching-Hua Huang Dec 2017

Ph Effect On The Formation Of Thm And Haa Disinfection Byproducts And Potential Control Strategies For Food Processing, Yen-Con Hung, Brian W. Waters, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy, Ching-Hua Huang

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Chlorine-based sanitizers have seen wide spread use in food sanitation. The reaction of chlorine species with organic matter is a concern for two reasons. Available chlorine can be “used up” by organic compounds resulting in a lower amount of chlorine available for disinfection. Another concern is that some forms of chlorine can react with some organic compounds to form toxic halogenated disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Many studies have been conducted to evaluate the role of hypochlorous acid (HOCl) and hypochlorite ion (OCl−) in the production of DBPs with a particular interest in the production of trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs). …

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Setbp1 Mutations As A Biomarker For Myelodysplasia /Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Overlap Syndrome, Katherine Linder, C Iragavarapu, Delong Liu Dec 2017

Setbp1 Mutations As A Biomarker For Myelodysplasia /Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Overlap Syndrome, Katherine Linder, C Iragavarapu, Delong Liu

NYMC Faculty Publications

Myelodysplasia (MDS) /myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) overlap syndrome has been described since the 2001 WHO classification as disorders that have both proliferative and dysplastic changes simultaneously. Specific disorders include chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), BCR-ABL negative atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (aCML) and unclassifiable MDS/MPN (MPN/MDS-U). Recurrent gene mutations in these conditions have been described. Among them, SETBP1 mutations have been identified in up to 32% of aCML, 24% of JMML, 18% of CMML and 10% of MDS/MPN-U patients. The mutation hotspot lies in the amino acid residues 858-871 in the SETBP1 protein. SETBP1 mutations in MDS/MPN overlap syndrome …

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Temporal Trends And Outcomes Of Acute Myocardial Infarction In Patients With Cancer, N Pothineni, N Shah, Yogita Rochlani, M Saad, S Kovelamudi, K Marmagkiolis, S Bhatti, M Cilingiroglu, Wilbert Aronow, A Hakeem Dec 2017

Temporal Trends And Outcomes Of Acute Myocardial Infarction In Patients With Cancer, N Pothineni, N Shah, Yogita Rochlani, M Saad, S Kovelamudi, K Marmagkiolis, S Bhatti, M Cilingiroglu, Wilbert Aronow, A Hakeem

NYMC Faculty Publications

Background: Data on outcomes of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in patients with cancer are scarce. We investigated the nationwide trends in admissions for STEMI, utilization of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and in-hospital outcomes in patients with the three most common cancer diagnoses (lung, breast, and colon) compared to patients without cancer. Methods: We conducted an administrative database study using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS). All in-patient hospitalizations for STEMI from 2001 to 2011 were identified. Patients with concomitant diagnosis of lung, breast or colon cancer were identified using appropriate International classification of diagnosis (ICD 9-CM) codes. Primary outcome was utilization …

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Uab Awarded $250,000 Grant To Uncover Root Causes Of Lupus, Staff Dec 2017

Uab Awarded $250,000 Grant To Uncover Root Causes Of Lupus, Staff

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Comparative Effectiveness And Safety Of Empagliflozin On Cardiovascular Mortality And Morbidity In Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, Wilbert S. Aronow, Tatyana Shamliyan Dec 2017

Comparative Effectiveness And Safety Of Empagliflozin On Cardiovascular Mortality And Morbidity In Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, Wilbert S. Aronow, Tatyana Shamliyan

NYMC Faculty Publications

Background: Based on a single placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial, empagliflozin is licensed to reduce cardiovascular death in diabetes and comorbid cardiovascular disease. Methods: We examined the comparative effectiveness of empagliflozin on mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in type 2 diabetes. We conducted random-effects direct frequentist meta-analyses of aggregate data and appraised the quality of evidence using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology. Our search in PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, clinicaltrials.gov, and PharmaPendium up to May 2017 identified 11 meta-analyses, multiple publications, and unpublished data from 29 randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Results: Empagliflozin reduces all-cause mortality [relative …

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Harmonizing Lipidomics: Nist Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise For Lipidomics Using Srm 1950-Metabolites In Frozen Human Plasma, J Bowden, C Ulmer, C Jones, J Koelmel, L Abdullah, Houli Jiang, Michal Schwartzman, Amaury Cazenave-Gassiot, Antonio Checa, Michelle Cinel, Romain Colas, Serge Cremers, Edward Dennis, James Evans, Alexander Fauland, Jun Han, Houli Jiang, Michal Schwartzman Dec 2017

Harmonizing Lipidomics: Nist Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise For Lipidomics Using Srm 1950-Metabolites In Frozen Human Plasma, J Bowden, C Ulmer, C Jones, J Koelmel, L Abdullah, Houli Jiang, Michal Schwartzman, Amaury Cazenave-Gassiot, Antonio Checa, Michelle Cinel, Romain Colas, Serge Cremers, Edward Dennis, James Evans, Alexander Fauland, Jun Han, Houli Jiang, Michal Schwartzman

NYMC Faculty Publications

As the lipidomics field continues to advance, self-evaluation within the community is critical. Here, we performed an interlaboratory comparison exercise for lipidomics using Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1950-Metabolites in Frozen Human Plasma, a commercially available reference material. The interlaboratory study comprised 31 diverse laboratories, with each laboratory using a different lipidomics workflow. A total of 1,527 unique lipids were measured across all laboratories and consensus location estimates and associated uncertainties were determined for 339 of these lipids measured at the sum composition level by five or more participating laboratories. These evaluated lipids detected in SRM 1950 serve as community-wide benchmarks …

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Ixekizumab Efficacy And Safety With And Without Concomitant Conventional Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (Cdmards) In Biologic Dmard (Bdmard)-Naive Patients With Active Psoriatic Arthritis (Psa): Results From Spirit-P1, Laura Coates, M Kishimoto, Alice Gottlieb, C Shuler, C Lin, C Lee, P Mease Dec 2017

Ixekizumab Efficacy And Safety With And Without Concomitant Conventional Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (Cdmards) In Biologic Dmard (Bdmard)-Naive Patients With Active Psoriatic Arthritis (Psa): Results From Spirit-P1, Laura Coates, M Kishimoto, Alice Gottlieb, C Shuler, C Lin, C Lee, P Mease

NYMC Faculty Publications

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ixekizumab alone or with concomitant conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (cDMARDs) versus placebo in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) as part of a SPIRIT-P1 subgroup analysis (NCT01695239). Methods: Patients were stratified by cDMARD use (concomitant cDMARDs use (including methotrexate) or none (past or naive use)) and randomly assigned to treatment groups (ixekizumab 80 mg every 4 weeks (IXEQ4W) or every 2 weeks (IXEQ2W) or placebo). Efficacy was evaluated versus placebo at week 24 by the American College of Rheumatology criteria (ACR20/50/70), modified total Sharp score and Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI). Safety …

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4-H Agricultural Economics, Joshua Dallin Dec 2017

4-H Agricultural Economics, Joshua Dallin

All Current Publications

4-H gives youth an opportunity to explore different career paths, learn and practice new skills, and experience what a career in agricultural economics might be like.

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The Leadership Puzzle, Putting The Pieces Together, Cindy Nelson Dec 2017

The Leadership Puzzle, Putting The Pieces Together, Cindy Nelson

All Current Publications

This curriculum relates leadership to putting together a puzzle, including the five steps of leadership, understanding the value of each person in the leadership process/puzzle, learning the four corners of leadership: communication, commitment, cooperation, and character.

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Secadera/Marchitez De Las Plantulas, Michael Johnson, Claudia Nischwitz Dec 2017

Secadera/Marchitez De Las Plantulas, Michael Johnson, Claudia Nischwitz

All Current Publications

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Routes To Drug Design Via Bioisosterism Of Carboxyl And Sulfonamide Groups, Alya A. Arabi Dec 2017

Routes To Drug Design Via Bioisosterism Of Carboxyl And Sulfonamide Groups, Alya A. Arabi

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© 2017 2017 Future Science Ltd. Aim: The similarity in the biological function of the bioisosteric pair, carboxyl and sulfonamide functional groups, is studied using the quantitative tool, average electron density of the bioisosteric moiety in drug molecules and the qualitative tool, electrostatic potential. Results/methodology: Five different capping groups (methyl, phenyl, chlorine, hydrogen and amine) were considered to investigate the effect of the environment on the properties of the bioisosteres. The molecules were considered in their neutral and anionic forms to account for the change in pH depending on the medium of the drug-receptor interactions. Conclusion: The new developed approach, …

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Mechanistic Studies Of The Iron And Molybdenum Nitrogenases, Derek Harris Dec 2017

Mechanistic Studies Of The Iron And Molybdenum Nitrogenases, Derek Harris

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

As a basic building block in many biological molecules the element nitrogen (N) is essential for life. Dinitrogen (N2) is abundant in Earth’s atmosphere, but this form is biologically unavailable. To be biologically available N2 must undergo an energy demanding reduction reaction to the fixed form, ammonia (NH3). The industrial Haber-Bosch process, which accounts for approximately 50% of the worlds fixed nitrogen, uses energy from fossil fuels to achieve high pressures and temperatures to facilitate the reaction. The energy used by Haber-Bosch accounts for approximately 2% of the world’s annual supply. The remainder of fixed nitrogen is produced biologically by …

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Roadblocks To The Implementation Of Problem-Oriented Policing In Montevideo, Federico Del Castillo Dec 2017

Roadblocks To The Implementation Of Problem-Oriented Policing In Montevideo, Federico Del Castillo

Student Theses

In the broad context of Uruguay’s police reform, the Ministry of Interior is implementing a pilot Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) program in Montevideo since late 2012. This research examined the obstacles confronted by the program throughout its implementation. Using a grounded theory approach, qualitative data was collected through 20 semi-structured interviews with members of the Uruguay National Police (UNP) of different ranks. Findings were analyzed based on the following categories: a) contextual factors; b) theoretical and practical inaccuracies; c) characteristics, skills and actions of project managers; d) resistance and motivational issues; e) resources; f) external support and cooperation. Consistent with research …

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Examination Of The Dark Triad And Its Association With Antisocial Behavior And Cheating In Undergraduates, Rebecca Cheiffetz Dec 2017

Examination Of The Dark Triad And Its Association With Antisocial Behavior And Cheating In Undergraduates, Rebecca Cheiffetz

Student Theses

The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of the distinct factors of psychopathy, domains of narcissism, and Machiavellianism to antisocial behaviors in undergraduates. The Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised, Pathological Narcissism Inventory, and Mach-IV were administered to assess the dark triad traits. The Comprehensive Misconduct Inventory was administered to assess self-report scores of antisocial behavior, and an anagram-cheating task was administered as a behavioral measure of academic cheating. The results reflect data collected from an ethnically diverse sample of 100 participants aged 18-38 years old (M = 20.95, SD = 3.79). Significant correlations were observed between both factors …

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Ethics And Bias In Machine Learning: A Technical Study Of What Makes Us “Good”, Ashley Nicole Shadowen Dec 2017

Ethics And Bias In Machine Learning: A Technical Study Of What Makes Us “Good”, Ashley Nicole Shadowen

Student Theses

The topic of machine ethics is growing in recognition and energy, but bias in machine learning algorithms outpaces it to date. Bias is a complicated term with good and bad connotations in the field of algorithmic prediction making. Especially in circumstances with legal and ethical consequences, we must study the results of these machines to ensure fairness. This paper attempts to address ethics at the algorithmic level of autonomous machines. There is no one solution to solving machine bias, it depends on the context of the given system and the most reasonable way to avoid biased decisions while maintaining the …

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911 Dispatchers: Their Role As Evidence Collectors, Brittany P. Kassis Dec 2017

911 Dispatchers: Their Role As Evidence Collectors, Brittany P. Kassis

Student Theses

911 dispatchers are often the first point of contact after an individual is in an accident, needs emergency assistance, or witnesses a crime. In an emergency involving a crime, a dispatcher can play an important role in assisting the investigative process and collecting evidence, such as an eyewitness’ description of the suspect. While trained in how to gather situational and locational information from a caller so that relevant first responders can be notified, dispatchers may not be trained on how the specific language they use with a caller can impact the caller’s memory for the event. Thus, if dispatchers are …

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