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Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. Vs. Korn/Ferry International, New York Supreme Court Jan 2018

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. Vs. Korn/Ferry International, New York Supreme Court

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

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Property And The Construction Of The Information Economy: A Neo-Polanyian Ontology, Julie E. Cohen Jan 2018

Property And The Construction Of The Information Economy: A Neo-Polanyian Ontology, Julie E. Cohen

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This chapter considers the changing roles and forms of information property within the political economy of informational capitalism. I begin with an overview of the principal methods used in law and in media and communications studies, respectively, to study information property, considering both what each disciplinary cluster traditionally has emphasized and newer, hybrid directions. Next, I develop a three-part framework for analyzing information property as a set of emergent institutional formations that both work to produce and are themselves produced by other evolving political-economic arrangements. The framework considers patterns of change in existing legal institutions for intellectual property, the ongoing …

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Commerce, Religion, And The Rule Of Law, Nathan B. Oman Jan 2018

Commerce, Religion, And The Rule Of Law, Nathan B. Oman

Faculty Publications

The rule of law and religion can act as commercial substitutes. Both can create the trust required for material prosperity. The rule of law simplifies social interactions, turning people into formal legal agents and generating a map of society that the state can observe and control, thus credibly committing to the enforcement of the legal rights demanded by impersonal markets. Religion, in contrast, embraces complex social identities. Within these communities, economic actors can monitor and sanction misbehavior. Both approaches have benefits and problems. The rule of law allows for trade among strangers, fostering peaceful pluralism. However, law breeds what Montesquieu …

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The Habeas Corpus Protection Of Joseph Smith From Missouri Arrest Requisitions, A. Keith Thompson Jan 2018

The Habeas Corpus Protection Of Joseph Smith From Missouri Arrest Requisitions, A. Keith Thompson

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

This is the first of two articles discussing Missouri’s requisitions to extradite Joseph Smith to face criminal charges and the Prophet’s recourse to English habeas corpus practice to defend himself. In this article, the author presents research rejecting the suggestion that the habeas corpus powers of the Nauvoo City Council were irregular and explains why the idea that the Nauvoo Municipal Court lacked jurisdiction to consider interstate habeas corpus matters is anachronistic. In the second article, the author analyzes the conduct of Missouri Governor Thomas Reynolds in relation to the requisitions for Joseph Smith’s extradition. Even by the standards of …

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In Memoriam: Boyd H. Hill, Jr. Jan 2018

In Memoriam: Boyd H. Hill, Jr.

Quidditas

Professor Boyd Howard Hill, Jr., died at the age of 87 on July 2nd, 2018, at his home in Longmont, Colorado. Boyd was a medieval historian at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1964-2001. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and published important articles and books on pre-modern anatomy, physiology, comparative history, diplomatics, and Ottonian Germany. He was also the general editor of a text for courses in western civilization. On a personal note for the authors of this article, Boyd was an influential mentor, guiding us first …

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Full Issue Jan 2018

Full Issue

Quidditas

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Orson Scott Card’S “Artifact Or Artifice”: Where It Stands After Twenty-Five Years, Jeff Lindsay Jan 2018

Orson Scott Card’S “Artifact Or Artifice”: Where It Stands After Twenty-Five Years, Jeff Lindsay

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

When Orson Scott Card wrote “The Book of Mormon: Artifact or Artifice?” in 1993, he applied keen skills as an author of fiction to help readers understand how to detect the many hidden assumptions an author brings into a text. Subtle details such as the choice of what to explain or what not to explain to readers can quickly reveal the era and environment of the author. The value of Card’s analysis is reconsidered in light of extensive Book of Mormon studies since 1993 and has been found, for the most part, to have withstood the test of time well, …

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Religious Targets: Where 2016 Presidential Candidates Used Religious Rhetoric, Rachel Day, Adam Johnson Jan 2018

Religious Targets: Where 2016 Presidential Candidates Used Religious Rhetoric, Rachel Day, Adam Johnson

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

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Destination-Based Income Taxation: Neither Principled Nor Practical, Amanda Parsons, Paul Oosterhuis Jan 2018

Destination-Based Income Taxation: Neither Principled Nor Practical, Amanda Parsons, Paul Oosterhuis

Publications

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Data Collection, Ehrs, And Poverty Determinations, Craig Konnoth Jan 2018

Data Collection, Ehrs, And Poverty Determinations, Craig Konnoth

Publications

Collecting and deploying poverty-related data is an important starting point for leveraging data regarding social determinants of health in precision medicine. However, we must rethink how we collect and deploy such data. Current modes of collection yield imprecise data that is unsuited for research. Better data can be collected by cross-referencing other sources such as employers and public benefit programs, and by incentivizing and encouraging patients and providers to provide more accurate information. Data thus collected can be used to provide appropriate individual-level clinical and non-clinical care, and to systematically determine what share of social resources healthcare should consume.

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French Wallpaper Decors: Papiers Peints In Homes Of The American South, Christine Speare Jan 2018

French Wallpaper Decors: Papiers Peints In Homes Of The American South, Christine Speare

MA Theses

French wood-block printed wallpaper is a very unique mural art form, yet often neglected. With this historical lack of attention, few academics have devoted themselves to the study of the topic, especially in the United States; and yet, wallpaper can reveal so much about past styles, settings, and collectors. Due to the historical changes in fashion, natural aging, weather, war, and neglect, a considerably limited number of collections continue to hang in situ in the American South in relation to the abundant examples found in the Northeast that have been better documented. Yet, the South’s historic affinity for all that …

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A Genealogical Turn: Possibilities For Mormon Studies And Genealogical Scholarship, Amy Harris Jan 2018

A Genealogical Turn: Possibilities For Mormon Studies And Genealogical Scholarship, Amy Harris

Mormon Studies Review

There is a growing scholarly field, crucial to Mormon studies, that scholars of Mormonism have yet to engage with: the history of genealogical practices. Mormon studies contains a robust and mature literature on the history of temple theology and the importance of kin to Mormon teachings.1 The connections between this flourishing scholarship and genealogical practices are largely missing, however. Scholarly history of genealogy is currently enjoying a rebirth—a renaissance that comes at a fortuitous time for Mormon studies.

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Multicultural World In The Poetry Of Shota Rustaveli And The Issue Of Paradigm Shift In The Multicultural World Context, Nino Pirtskhalava Jan 2018

Multicultural World In The Poetry Of Shota Rustaveli And The Issue Of Paradigm Shift In The Multicultural World Context, Nino Pirtskhalava

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The paper scrutinizes the thematic diversity of the seminal piece of the medieval Georgian poetry by Shota Rustaveli. The rich set of spiritual some emotional values of the poetry is placed within the broadest context of the Oriental and Occidental traditions of classical poetry and world outlooks. The important point is made about moving themes and poetic instruments from Orient to West. Linkages of the epical poems of Western poetry and the Orient are argued to demonstrate the thematic convergences in creativity of Western and Oriental genius poets of the classical period. Representation of richest variety of values and eternal …

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Towards A Comparative Index Of Seaport Climate Vulnerability: Developing Indicators From Open-Data, Robert Duncan Mcintosh Jan 2018

Towards A Comparative Index Of Seaport Climate Vulnerability: Developing Indicators From Open-Data, Robert Duncan Mcintosh

Open Access Dissertations

This work was motivated in part by Austin Becker’s 2013 dissertation, Building Seaport Resilience for Climate Change Adaptation: Stakeholder Perceptions of the Problems, Impacts, and Strategies, which surveyed global port authorities’ perceptions and plans for climate change adaptation and found a disconnect between perceptions of climate impacts and a lack of policies to address them. That work called for the development of a nationwide risk and vulnerability index for ports as a next step in the climate adaptation process for seaports. Climate change adaptation was found to be in the early planning phase for most ports globally, and assessing …

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Market Pbl: A Cross-Curricular Exploration Of Technological Innovation In Pre-Modern Civilizations, Elizabeth Muire, M. Melendy Jacobie, Kay Newsome, Lisa Stuckey, Blake Keeling Jan 2018

Market Pbl: A Cross-Curricular Exploration Of Technological Innovation In Pre-Modern Civilizations, Elizabeth Muire, M. Melendy Jacobie, Kay Newsome, Lisa Stuckey, Blake Keeling

Understanding by Design: Complete Collection

This project-based learning unit incorporates knowledge from history, English, math and science courses. Students explore how geography and available resources, coupled with technological advancements, shape a civilization’s industry and therefore the quality of life of the inhabitants. Students design a product that could be made from the natural resources of their civilization and attempt to sell their product in a simulated market.

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Osi2018 Summary Report On The 1st Summit Meeting Of The Global Open Scholarship Initiative, March 12-14, 2018, The Open Scholarship Initiative, Glenn Hampson Jan 2018

Osi2018 Summary Report On The 1st Summit Meeting Of The Global Open Scholarship Initiative, March 12-14, 2018, The Open Scholarship Initiative, Glenn Hampson

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

When the roadmap for OSI was first being developed in 2015, our original intent was to hold a series of 10 annual meetings beginning in 2016. After the first two meetings, however, it became apparent that the next step in this process should be to pause and have just the summit group meet to formally discuss and plan out what comes next instead of having this complex conversation online (which we had been doing since mid-2017) or amongst a group of several hundred participants. This decision was also necessitated by the lack of a large enough budget to put together …

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The African Open Science Platform: The Future Of Science And Science For The Future, African Academy Of Sciences, Academy Of Science Of South Africa, Committee On Data For Science And Technology, International Council For Science, National Research And Education Networks, Research Data Alliance, South African Department Of Science & Technology, National Research Foundation, Square Kilometre Array, Unesco Jan 2018

The African Open Science Platform: The Future Of Science And Science For The Future, African Academy Of Sciences, Academy Of Science Of South Africa, Committee On Data For Science And Technology, International Council For Science, National Research And Education Networks, Research Data Alliance, South African Department Of Science & Technology, National Research Foundation, Square Kilometre Array, Unesco

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

This document presents a draft strategy and makes the scientific case for the African Open Science Platform (AOSP). It is based on an expert group meeting held in Pretoria on 27-28 March 2018. Its purpose is to act as a framework for detailed, work on the creation of the Platform and as a basis for discussion at a stakeholder meeting to be held on 3-4 September 2018, which will lead to a definitive strategy for implementation from 2019. Expert group members at the March meeting were drawn from the following organisations: African Academy of Sciences (AAS), Academy of Science of …

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The Revanchist Explorer, Osvaldo Veloz Jan 2018

The Revanchist Explorer, Osvaldo Veloz

Undergraduate Student Research Awards

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Here Comes The Monkey! : Best Practices For Using Student Test Scores As Part Of The Teacher Evaluation Process Based On An Analysis Of Legislation And Litigation In Early-Adopting Race To The Top States, Julie Dausey Oziemkowski Jan 2018

Here Comes The Monkey! : Best Practices For Using Student Test Scores As Part Of The Teacher Evaluation Process Based On An Analysis Of Legislation And Litigation In Early-Adopting Race To The Top States, Julie Dausey Oziemkowski

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Numerous lawsuits have been filed against school officials since the first Race to the Top (RTTT) monies were awarded in 2011, requiring school districts in participating states to incorporate student scores on standardized tests into their teacher evaluation processes. This study researched the history of standardized testing in the United States from Horace Mann to Common Core, the timeline of education reform in the United States, changes to state statutes in response to the federal Race to the Top program, and litigation filed in early-adopting RTTT states in response to the student growth component. It concludes with findings that provide …

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High School Students' Experiences With Social Studies Inquiry And Technology In Two History Classrooms, Aaron Phillips Jan 2018

High School Students' Experiences With Social Studies Inquiry And Technology In Two History Classrooms, Aaron Phillips

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation was a case study of student perceptions in two history classrooms in a large suburban high school. In each classroom examined for this study the teacher was committed to using social studies inquiry and mobile technology in their instruction. Students were also expected to complete assignments and conduct inquiry with mobile technology. The purpose of this study was to examine the voice and experiences of high school students, and how high school students construct meaning through inquiry and mobile technology in the social studies classroom. 109 students participated in observations, focus groups, personal interviews and submitted completed examples …

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Exploring African American Students’ Perceptions Of Belonging At An Urban Community College In The Western United States, Sylinda Nicole Gordon Musaindapo Jan 2018

Exploring African American Students’ Perceptions Of Belonging At An Urban Community College In The Western United States, Sylinda Nicole Gordon Musaindapo

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

African American students’ perceptions of belonging impact their experiences on community college campuses and in their local communities. This research study explores the impact of gentrification on a group of resilient African American college students in an urban community college located in the western region of the United States. Participants used negative experiences with onlyness and otherness as opportunities to build community for other African Americans.

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Cohens On The Move: Jewish Residential Dynamics In Cincinnati, Ohio, 1940-2000, Carmi J. Neiger Jan 2018

Cohens On The Move: Jewish Residential Dynamics In Cincinnati, Ohio, 1940-2000, Carmi J. Neiger

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

In the 1960s and 1970s, as many large US cities experienced rapid racial and ethnic demographic shifts, the intra-urban residential settlement and migration patterns of American Jews came to the attention of sociologists and urbanists. Although the interest in this population has waned in favor of more recent immigrant groups, patterns of Jewish residential dynamics continue to evolve, reflecting changes over time in both Jewish religious and ethnic identity and assimilation into mainstream American society. The lack of Census data identifying households by religious affiliation requires an alternative approach to the study of this group. In the first section of …

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Is The Relationship Between College Drinking Behaviors And Social Anxiety Mediated By Alcohol Expectancies And Traumatic Life Experiences?, Cortney Lin Kingsmill Jan 2018

Is The Relationship Between College Drinking Behaviors And Social Anxiety Mediated By Alcohol Expectancies And Traumatic Life Experiences?, Cortney Lin Kingsmill

Masters Theses

The relationship between alcohol consumption and social anxiety is difficult to understand, as there have been mixed findings in the research. In general, a positive correlation has been found between the two, with a focus on the mediating effect of alcohol outcome expectancies. Both positive expectancies and trauma have been correlated positively with social anxiety and drinking behavior. This paper reviews the literature and examines the relationship between social anxiety and alcohol consumption. A mediated model between these two variables with the mediators being alcohol expectancies and traumatic experiences was proposed, but this model did not fit the date. Specifically, …

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"The Lives Of The Wicked" : Love, Death, And The Hero In Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, Amy Erickson Jan 2018

"The Lives Of The Wicked" : Love, Death, And The Hero In Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, Amy Erickson

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This thesis discusses Stephen Sondheim's 1979 musical adaptation of the novel that originated the story of Sweeney Todd in 1846, The String of Pearls. Sondheim's musical has been lastingly popular with its American audience despite the story's British roots, due in large part to the American innovation of the tale. Sondheim's Americanization emphasizes several themes, already staples of American culture as evidenced by trends in popular cultural artifacts such as Batman, which speak to American audiences and allow them to connect with the British story of Sweeney Todd. In Sondheim's transformation, the villainous Sweeney Todd becomes a complex lover, along …

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Investigating Age-Related Macular Degeneration : A Chemistry Plus Biology Approach, Jennifer C. Tournear Jan 2018

Investigating Age-Related Macular Degeneration : A Chemistry Plus Biology Approach, Jennifer C. Tournear

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a retinal disease that can cause severe vision loss. It is responsible for the majority of blindness in developed countries in the elderly population. The disease is characteristically multifactorial where oxidative stress, inflammation and retinal lipofuscin (cellular waste product) accumulation have been indicated in disease progression. The retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) attaches to the Bruch's membrane (BM) and the symbiotic relationship between these two layers of the retina is essential for the visual cycle to function normally. Retinal lipofuscin is believed to contribute to drusen (characteristic deposits in the AMD BM) that negatively impact the …

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Investigating The Link Between A Middle-Level Geography Professional Learning Community And Classroom Practice, Hazel Ellie Reitz Jan 2018

Investigating The Link Between A Middle-Level Geography Professional Learning Community And Classroom Practice, Hazel Ellie Reitz

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This phenomenological case study examined the link between teacher practice within the classroom and a newly implemented middle school social studies Professional Learning Community (PLC). More specifically, the use of mandates, theories, and activities were investigated through a series of teacher interviews, classroom observations, post-observation discussions, and PLC observations. The participants included in this study were from one seventh grade geography PLC, consisting of ten members, three of which agreed to be further interviewed and observed. Member checking, peer reviews, and a reflexive journal were used to ensure the trustworthiness of the data, and open and selective coding were used …

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Upper Miocene History Of The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Inferred From Sequence Stratigraphy, Clay Mineralogy, And Paleoecology Of The Andrill 1b Core, Ty M. Engler Jan 2018

Upper Miocene History Of The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Inferred From Sequence Stratigraphy, Clay Mineralogy, And Paleoecology Of The Andrill 1b Core, Ty M. Engler

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The Upper Miocene succession (Motif 3, ~758-1073 meters below sea floor) of the ANDRILL 1B core was recovered from below the McMurdo Ice Shelf, in the flexural moat around the volcanic Ross Island, Antarctica. Clay mineral assemblages and microfossils of the succession have the potential to be used as paleoenvironmental and provenance indicators, which when placed in a glacial sequence stratigraphic framework, may be used to help constrain past dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) under warm paleoclimatic conditions. Smectite and illite clay mineral assemblages dominate Motif 3 and chlorite (+kaolinite) is a minor component. High relative smectite …

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Middle School Teachers' Use Of Ipads To Support Disciplinary Literacy Practice In The Social Studies Classroom, Lisa Janezic Jan 2018

Middle School Teachers' Use Of Ipads To Support Disciplinary Literacy Practice In The Social Studies Classroom, Lisa Janezic

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This case study examined how middle school teachers combined technological, pedagogical, and content area knowledge together with a 1:1 iPad initiative to implement a disciplinary literacy approach to teaching social studies. Six teachers in a far northwest suburb of Chicago took part in text-based verbal protocol and standard interviews, allowed classroom observations, and completed self-report surveys as part of the data collection process. Data revealed that although the teachers did not recognize the term disciplinary literacy, they did incorporate these principles and practices into their classroom instruction. Although teachers identified content as more important in lesson planning over technology and …

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Modulation Of Oxidative Stress In The Retinal Pigment Epithelium By Endogenous Pigmentation And Accessible Therapeutics, Sally M. Yacout Jan 2018

Modulation Of Oxidative Stress In The Retinal Pigment Epithelium By Endogenous Pigmentation And Accessible Therapeutics, Sally M. Yacout

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Age-related changes to endogenous pigments in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) are thought to significantly contribute to the etiology and progression of retinal diseases, such as Age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The research in this dissertation studies the modulation of oxidative stress by melanin and the efficacy of accessible therapeutics in attenuating damage to the RPE. Structural and functional characteristics of RPE melanin were studied, including age-related changes in donor melanin. Young melanin provides significant protection to photo-stressed RPE cells, while aged human donor melanin is capable of pro-oxidant behavior in cells. Structural characterization of aged human donor melanin suggests oxidative …

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Sink Or Sell: Using Real Estate Purchase Options To Facilitate Coastal Retreat, Richard T. Henderson Jan 2018

Sink Or Sell: Using Real Estate Purchase Options To Facilitate Coastal Retreat, Richard T. Henderson

Vanderbilt Law Review

Despite the political contention surrounding climate change, scientists almost universally agree that sea levels are rising and will continue to do so. In light of this inevitability, commentators and policymakers have begun to recognize that retreat-the withdrawal of people and development from coastal areas will become necessary, at least in certain areas. Even so, many still question the viability of retreat given the exorbitant economic, political, and legal costs it generally faces. In particular, hardline opposition to retreat runs strong among many coastal landowners. This Note introduces a device for implementing retreat with the potential to overcome these obstacles: real …

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