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El Salvador-- A Peace Worse Than War: Violence, Gender And A Failed Legal Response, Karen Musalo

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Cooperative Subfederalism, Dave Owen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Predicting Violent Behavior: What Can Neuroscience Add?, David L. Faigman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Federal Laboratories Of Democracy, Dave Owen, Hannah J. Wiseman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Contextualizing The Corporate Rights Movement In Transactional Clinics, Alina S. Ball

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

From Bits To Atoms: Does The Open Source Software Model Translate To Open Source Hardware, Dana Beldiman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Commentary: Vaccine Medical Exemptions Are A Delegated Public Health Authority, Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Richard J. Pan

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Mourning King: The Civil Rights Movement And The Fight For Economic Justice, Reuel Schiller

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

A Persistência Das Desigualdades Raciais No Sistema De Justiça Criminal Dos Eua, George Bisharat

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

May Your Drug Price Be Evergreen, Robin Feldman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Grantmaking Advice For Mega-Donors: A Second Opinion, Stephen Schwarz

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Safeguarding Development: Risk Reduction In Us Government Foreign Aid And Investment Facilitation Beyond The Current Patchwork, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Artificial Intelligence: The Importance Of Trust & Distrust, Robin Feldman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Bankruptcy Claims Trading, Jared A. Ellias

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Developing Lawyers: The East Bay Community Law Center’S Impact On Law Students’ Professional Identity Formation, Gail E. Silverstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Sanctuary Networks As Integrative Enforcement, Ming Hsu Chen

Faculty Scholarship

intended focus is on the widespread response—in cities, churches, campuses, and corporations that together comprise “sanctuary networks”1—to the Trump Administration’s Executive Order 13768 Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States2 as an instance of the changing relationship between federal, local, and private organizations in the regulation of immigration. After briefly covering the legal background of the Trump Interior E.O., the focus of the Article shifts to the institutional dynamics arising in communities. These institutional dynamics exemplify the beginnings of a reimagi cement policy with a more integrative flavor.

Leveraging Social Science Expertise In Immigration Policy, Ming Hsu Chen

Faculty Scholarship

The longstanding uncertainty about how policymakers should grapple with social science demonstrating racism persists in the modern administrative state. This Essay examines the uses and misuses of social science and expertise in immigration policymaking. More specifically, it highlights three immigration policies that dismiss social scientific findings and expertise as part of presidential and agency decision- making: border control, crime control, and extreme vetting of refugees to prevent terrorism. The Essay claims that these rejections of expertise undermine both substantive and procedural protections for immigrants and undermine important functions of the administrative state as a curb on irrationality in policymaking. It …

Foreword To The West Virginia Law Review Appalachian Justice Symposium, Jennifer D. Oliva

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Working To Improve Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination Uptake In Michigan, Courtney Cole, Angela Mcfall

Michigan Journal of Public Health

Increased cases of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers and low HPV vaccine uptake are public health concerns that directly affect young adults and adolescents around the country. The HPV vaccine is recommended to prevent HPV associated cancers. Increased awareness and health education interventions are needed to promote the importance of the HPV vaccine and to achieve an HPV vaccine completion rate of 80% as outlined by the Healthy People 2020 goal. The Michigan Cancer Consortium HPV vaccine Priority Workgroup is working to improve vaccine uptake in Michigan through statewide projects that promote health education resources and address barriers associated with …

Collaborative Efforts To Improve Cancer Survivor Quality Of Life, Audra K. Putt, Mph, Cph

Michigan Journal of Public Health

This "Notes from the Field" piece provides information on the work of MCC's cancer control priorities and the results of collaborative efforts to address them. The MCC's Survivorship Workgroup was tasked with developing a project to support the Cancer Plan for Michigan’s Quality of Life Goal.

Increasing Colorectal Cancer (Crc) Screening In Michigan, Sharde' Burton Mph

Michigan Journal of Public Health

These "Notes from the Field" serve as a report on the early detection priority of the Michigan Cancer Consortium (MCC). This article describes the colorectal cancer work-group's priorities and the results of collaborative efforts to address them.

Expressway To Cancer Clinical Trials: Reducing Administrative Barriers To Enrollment, Audra Putt, Mph, Cph

Michigan Journal of Public Health

This "Notes from the Field" piece provides information on the work of MCC's cancer control priorities and the results of collaborative efforts to address them. The MCC's Clinical Trials Workgroup was tasked with developing a project to support the Cancer Plan for Michigan’s Diagnosis and Treatment Goal in 2016.

Evaluating The Needs Of Cancer Survivors Through Focus Groups And Surveillance Data, Maria George Mph, Taylor Seaton Ms, Diana Haggerty M.S., Debbie Webster Bsn, Rn, Lmsw

Michigan Journal of Public Health

Introduction

As cancer prevention and treatment advances, cancer survival rates continue to increase. The growing population of cancer survivors have unique needs that must be addressed to improve quality of life throughout the cancer-care continuum.

Methods

Using data compiled from the Michigan cancer registry, the Michigan Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (MiBRFS), and focus groups, several areas of need amongst cancer survivors were identified. The cancer registry provides information on incidence and survival rates to help understand the burden of cancer; this Quantitative data from the Michigan cancer registry and MiBRFS can supplement the qualitative data gained from the focus groups. …

Analysis Of Doctoral Thesis Citation Patterns: A Case Study Of The Sam Jonah Library, Ghana., Imoro Osman, Anankyela Anaba Alemna, Mariyama Abdulai Kumah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

No abstract provided.

Institutional Budget And Impact Of Internally Generated Revenue On Funding Of Academic Library In A Developing Economy, Tolulope Tosin Ogunjimi, Mujidat Adeola Bello, Olanike Oladunni Olaniyi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Provision of funds for the academic libraries has been one of the challenges to adequate availability of information resources. Most institutions rely on institutional revenues to be made available to the libraries at appropriate and available period.

The study showcased among others; determined the percentage of institutional budget of internally generated revenue for funding of the academic libraries, gathered information on products and services that generate income into academic libraries, exposed ways through which academic libraries could generate funds for self-dependence.

The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire and study employed descriptive design to investigate the percentage of …

Read Or Perish: Reading Habits Among Students And Its Effect On Academic Performance: A Case Study Of Eastbank Senior High School - Accra., Samuel Kwame Ameyaw, Sylvester Kwabena Anto

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper was to examine reading habit among students and its effect on academic performance: using Eastbank Senior High School in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana as a case study.

A questionnaire was employed for data gathering. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze the collected data. The findings of the study revealed that 45.19% of the respondents recognized the importance of reading in their studies. The study revealed further that reading habits have affected the majority of students in their learning. The findings reported that the lack of conducive home environment hinders their reading …

Self-Knowledge, Business-Information Preference And Use As Determinants Of Sales Performance Of Managers In Petroleum Marketing Companies In Oyo State, Nigeria, Odion Evans Kakulu Mr, David O. Okhakhu Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: Preliminary investigation into the management of petroleum marketing companies in Oyo State revealed that the sales performance of managers in petroleum industry is drastically poor and the industry is facing a lot of challenges in the Nigerian environment. Consequently, the study investigates the level of self-knowledge, business information preference and use as determinants of sales performance of managers in petroleum marketing companies in Oyo state, Nigeria.

Methodology: The study adopted the descriptive research design to determine the direction and degree of relationship between variables. The target population for the study was the managers in petroleum marketing companies. Total enumeration …

Library And Information (Lis) Research Topics In Indonesia From 2006 To 2017, Nove E. Variant Anna, Endang Fitriyah Mannan, Dyah Puspitasari Srirahayu, Fitri Mutia

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Library and information research (LIS) has grown significantly asmore and more library and information science programs were established. The oldest LIS program in Indonesia is the Library and Information Department at the University of Indonesia (DIP UI) which was established in 1942. Since then, LIS at University of Indonesia has become a barometer for many other LIS programs in Indonesia. Other reputable LIS programs are Library & Information Science (JIIP) at Padjadjaran University, Department of Information and Library (DIIP) at Universitas Airlangga, and Library and Information Science at Diponegoro University, which are all located in big capital cities in Java …

Impact Of Library And Information Science Master's Degree (Mlis) On The Graduates: A Case Study, Asefeh Asemi, Elham Aghajan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objective: The study aimed to examine the effect of MLIS degree on graduates in Iran from different dimensions. The study examined the effects of MLIS on scientific progress, the development of subject expertise, employment, individual characteristics, skills and capabilities, and scientific activities of Iran's graduates.

Method: The study was a descriptive-survey and researcher-made questionnaire is used for data collection. The population included all graduates MLIS in Iran that their information was available in, "Iranian Library and Information Studies Alumni Database". 212 persons are selected randomly out of 547. Data has been analyzed by SPSS software on both levels of descriptive …

Bibliometric Study Of Indian Open Access Social Science Literature, Deep Kumar Kirtania

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study is to trace out the growth and development of social science literature in open access environment published from India. Total 1195 open access papers published and indexed in Scopus database in ten years have considered for the present study. Research publication from 2008 to 2017 have been analyzed based on literature growth, authorship pattern, activity index, prolific authors and institutions, publication type, channel and citation count have examined to provide a clear picture of Indian social science research. The study shows the dominance of shared authorship and sixty percentages of total articles have been cited. …