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Characterizing The Unmet Hiv Prevention Needs And Hiv Risk Vulnerabilities Of Adolescent Girls And Young Women In Ethiopia, Project Soar

HIV and AIDS

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Ethiopia, as well as across Eastern and Southern Africa, experience a disproportionate level of new HIV infections. AGYW who are out of school face a particular set of vulnerabilities, especially those living away from parents. Unfortunately, data characterizing unmet HIV prevention needs and risk vulnerabilities among AGYW, especially out-of-school AGYW, are lacking given the challenges in reaching and studying this population. To address this gap, Project SOAR is conducting an integrated HIV biobehavioral survey focused on out-of-school AGYW in three high HIV prevalence settings of Ethiopia. Study findings will inform HIV prevention and …

Male Partners Of Adolescent Girls And Young Women: Relationship Characteristics And Hiv Risk—Findings From Dreams Implementation Science Research, Population Council

HIV and AIDS

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in South Africa, as in many countries, are particularly vulnerable to HIV for a variety of reasons, including economic disadvantage and unequal power dynamics in sexual relationships with their male partners—many of whom are older and engage in high-risk behaviors. In an effort to learn more about men’s relationships with AGYW and how HIV services can better engage them, the Population Council is conducting implementation science research in KwaZulu-Natal Province. This brief reports findings from a 2017 baseline survey with nearly 1,000 men. An endline survey is planned for mid-late 2018, and will focus …

Optimizing Implementation Of Universal Hiv Treatment Coverage For People Living With Hiv In Senegal, Project Soar

HIV and AIDS

Senegal plans a rapid scale up of HIV treatment for all people living with HIV (PLHIV), regardless of CD4 count or viral suppression. However, limited data exist on how to achieve sustained viral suppression among PLHIV in real world contexts where significant barriers to effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery, uptake, and adherence persist. This brief describes a universal coverage ART intervention Project SOAR is conducting among PLHIV who are not virally suppressed. The findings from this study will inform the rollout of Senegal’s national test and treat strategy.

Reducing Provider-Held Stigma And Improving Young Client Satisfaction In Strengthening Integrated Delivery Of And Access To Comprehensive Hiv And Sexual/Reproductive Health And Support Services For Msm In Lagos, Nigeria, Population Council

HIV and AIDS

Riding on the success of the one-stop shop community health center, in 2016 the Elton John AIDS Foundation engaged the Population Council to implement an integrated model providing comprehensive HIV and sexual and reproductive health and support services to men who have sex with men (MSM) in Lagos, Nigeria. The two-year project was designed to deploy a “hub and spoke” peer-led (or peer navigation) model to integrate comprehensive MSM-friendly HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in public health facilities in Lagos state. This brief summarizes findings from the study which sought to reach 9,500 MSM with HIV testing …

Hostos Community College Academic Bulletin 2016-2018, Hostos Community College

College Bulletins

This is the official college catalog for 2016-2018. It contains course descriptions as well as information on degree programs, college resources and services, financial aid, admissions, and the academic calendar.

A (Not So) Simple Question: Does Title Ix Encompass “Gender”?, 51 J. Marshall L. Rev. 225 (2018), J. Brad Reich

UIC Law Review

This article has five sections. Section I looks at critical, operational, definitions of “sex” and “gender.” As we shall see, the terms are not synonyms. That distinction is important as section II takes us back to Title IX’s original text. That language prohibited discrimination based on sex, but it remains silent on the issue of gender. Section III then examines how Title IX evolved in terms of depth, breadth, and scope. The most recent expansion brought campus sexual violence procedures under Title IX. That development may be particularly thought provoking as sexual violence, like gender, is not part of Title …

A Parent’S Final Sacrifice: Self-Incrimination In Failure To Protect Cases, 51 J. Marshall L. Rev. 377 (2018), Maggie Butzen

UIC Law Review

When criminal proceedings commence, the passive parent is forced to choose the lesser of two evils: testify and risk self-incrimination or guard their constitutional right and risk the person who abused them and their child going free.The passive parent exists at a crossroads: defendant, parent, and victim. The main purpose of this Comment is to analyze this crossroads under a Fifth Amendment lens and propose a workable solution to allow these passive parents a way to better navigate these “two evils.” To be clear: this Comment’s purpose is not to assert whether a passive parent should be held culpable for …

Safety In Post-Conviction Proceedings, 51 J. Marshall L. Rev. 773 (2018), Boaz Sangero

UIC Law Review

It is extremely difficult to correct an error after conviction.Given the Hidden Accidents Principle in criminal law, it is very hard to uncover mistakes and even harder to prove them. Time is one of the greatest enemies of reconstructing the truth. Evidence gets lost, potential witnesses forget, move away, or die. The legal rules, including the finality of verdicts rule, hinder the rectification of miscarriages of justice. Another factor is that once the indictment has been made, the police usually close their investigation. Even when the appellate court finds a defect in the original trial proceedings, it will most likely …

The Gender Gap In Economics Degrees: An Investigation Of The Role Model And Quantitative Requirement Hypotheses, Tisha L. N. Emerson, Kimmarie Mcgoldrick, John J. Siegfried

Economics Faculty Publications

Using a panel of 159 institutions over 10 years, we investigate the role model effect of women faculty and quantitative requirements on the female proportion of undergraduate economics majors. We find no evidence that female faculty attract female students. Calculus, however, does matter. A one semester calculus requirement is associated with more female majors at institutions offering business degrees and liberal arts colleges. A second semester calculus requirement deters women from majoring in economics at Ph.D.–granting universities, but is associated with more female majors at liberal arts colleges. Econometrics requirements are unrelated to the gender gap in economics majors.

The Public Trust In Public Art: Property Law’S Case Against Private Hoarding Of “Public” Art, Hope M. Babcock

Connecticut Law Review

No abstract provided.

Rec-Overing Body Heat: How Awarding Renewable Energy Credits To Crematoria Can Encourage The Development Of Renewable Electricity, Adriana K. Michalska

Connecticut Law Review

Despite the current political climate, enterprising developers have been driving the renewable energy market in the United States for decades now. But even though solar-, wind-, and hydro-power developments have been efficient alternatives to coal power plants and helped foster a cleaner environment, even the most agile renewable energy technologies can fail, hindered by their technical requirements. With wind and solar farms showing characteristics of being inefficient and unreliable, there is a pressing need for increased reliance on novel, even shocking, sources of energy. Because types of materials that can be combusted are abundant, if not unlimited, greater focus on …

Do Courts Engage In A Sufficiency Analysis When Making Daubert Rulings In Toxic Tort Cases?, Joseph Sanders, Michael D. Green

Connecticut Law Review

Courts and commentators continue to wrestle with how questions concerning the admissibility of expert testimony relate to questions of sufficiency of the evidence. In an earlier article, we explained that many courts determine the admissibility of an expert opinion based on whether the scientific evidence proffered by the expert supports a reasonable inference of causation. What’s more, we claimed that this is not a bad thing and better than using inappropriate Daubert factors to decide admissibility. A key distinction to appreciate is that between global sufficiency and local sufficiency. Just as courts may take a case from the jury if …

Obama’S Conversion On Same-Sex Marriage: The Social Foundations Of Individual Rights, Robert L. Tsai

Connecticut Law Review

This article explores how presidents who wish to seize a leadership role over the development of rights must tend to the social foundations of those rights. Broad cultural changes alone do not guarantee success, nor do they dictate the substance of constitutional ideas. Rather, presidential aides must actively recharacterize the social conditions in which rights are made, disseminated, and enforced. An administration must articulate a strategically plausible theory of a particular right, ensure there is cultural and institutional support for that right, and work to minimize blowback. Executive branch officials must seek to transform and popularize legal concepts while working …

Connecticut’S Food Waste Problem: Innovation, Anaerobic Digestion, And The Dormant Commerce Clause, Kara A. Zarchin

Connecticut Law Review

Connecticut has a food waste problem. Much of its food waste ends up in landfills where it rots and produces methane gas that contributes to global warming. This Note examines Connecticut’s efforts to address its food waste problem through a waste flow control law, Public Act 13-285. With this law, Connecticut became the first state to pass legislation to reduce food waste through state-mandated diversion. This Note frames its discussion of Public Act 13-285 in terms of federal initiatives to cut food waste and the growing national consensus on the important role for anaerobic digestion in reducing food waste. This …

What Is Race?: The New Constitutional Politics Of Affirmative Action, Mary Ziegler

Connecticut Law Review

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Fisher v. University of Texas II defied expectations, upholding an affirmative-action program and opening the door for universities to adopt similar policies. Using original historical research, this Article contends that Fisher II matters just as much because of the new challenges it reveals for proponents of affirmative action. Read together with the Court’s recent decision in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, the dissents in Fisher II lay bare profound dangers confronting proponents of affirmative action, regardless of the outcome in Fisher II. In addition to praising colorblindness, the Court has cast doubt …

Constitutional Rights As Bribes, Rosalind Dixon

Connecticut Law Review

Constitutions worldwide protect an increasingly long list of rights. Constitutional scholars point to a variety of top-down and bottom-up explanations for this pattern of rights expansion. This Article, however, identifies an additional, underexplored dynamic underpinning this pattern in certain countries: the pairing of constitutional rights with various forms of structural constitutional change as part of a trade between civil society and dominant political actors in their aspirations, or support, for constitutional change. This form of trade, the Article further suggests, has potential troubling consequences for democracy: it can pave the way for the consolidation of dominant-party or presidential rule in …

Are Congressional Resources Created Equal: An Evaluation, Matthew P. Neely

Borgeson Paper Archive

This paper examines the four major online databases for government documents. The databases include ProQuest Congressional, HeinOnline Congressional Documents, govinfo.gov, and Congress.gov. This paper evaluates the four databases by using standardized searches to compare the search results from the different databases given a standardized data set. This paper primarily compares the item type, frequency, order, and duplication of the results. Conclusions are drawn from this data and suggestions for future research are offered. Finally, concluding lessons and practical suggestions are offered.

In Brief

In Brief

Table of Contents:

• An Update from the Deans: Q & A
• Case Western Reserve School of Law professors lead Cuyahoga County's Bail Reform Task Force
• 2019 US News Rankings: Law School recognized as among the best in three specialties
• A million and counting: Case Western Reserve's law library's Scholarly Commons reaches one million downloads; resources available for alumni
• Hilary Leeds '03 promotes transparency in clinical trials (Featured Alumni)
• Ann Rowland '76, who helped topple a corrupt culture in Cuyahoga County government, retires as assistant U.S. attorney
• Rebecca Dallet '94 ascends to Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Austin Fragomen, '67 recounts founding the …

Law Students Represent Victims Of The Largest Social Security Disability Fraud Case In History, Case Western Reserve University School Of Law, Law-Medicine Center

Case Law-Med

• Welcome from our Law-Medicine Center leaders
• Cleveland: A top city for health care
• Cover Story: Seeking justice for victims of Social Security disabilities fraud
• Helping clients live their lives to the fullest
• Scott Schweikart: reporting on legal issues at the AMA
• Hilary Leeds: promoting clinical trials transparency
• National Jurist recognizes Alison Epperson as a “law student of the year”
• CWRU law student wins second place in national health law writing competition
• CWRU hosts the 41st annual Health Law Professors Conference
• The Law-Medicine Center’s 2017-18 events take on malpractice litigation, patient trust, opioid crisis, contraception and more
• Iowa Supreme Court adopts …

Medical Malpractice And Black-Box Medicine, W. Nicholson Price Ii

Book Chapters

The explosive proliferation of health data has combined with the rapid development of machine-learning algorithms to enable a new form of medicine: “black-box medicine.” In this phenomenon, algorithms troll through tremendous databases of health data to find patterns that can be used to guide care, whether by predicting unknown patient risks, selecting the right drug, suggesting a new use of an old drug, or triaging patients to preserve health resources. These decisions differ from previous data-based decisions because black-box medicine is, by its nature, opaque; that is, the bases for black-box decisions are unknown and unknowable.

Black-box medicine raises a …

Claw Morphometrics In Monitor Lizards: Variable Substrate And Habitat Use Correlate To Shape Diversity Within A Predator Guild, Domenic C. D'Amore, Simon Clulow, J. Sean Doody, David Rhind, Colin R. Mchenry

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

Numerous studies investigate morphology in the context of habitat, and lizards have received particular attention. Substrate usage is often reflected in the morphology of characters associated with locomotion, and, as a result, claws have become well-studied ecomorphological traits linking the two. The Kimberley predator guild of Western Australia consists of 10 sympatric varanid species. The purpose of this study was to quantify claw size and shape in the guild using geometric morphometrics, and determine whether these features correlated with substrate use and habitat. Each species was assigned a Habitat/substrate group based on the substrate their claws interact with in their …

Psychological Factors Related To Resilience And Vulnerability Among Youth With Hiv In An Integrated Care Setting, Tiffany Chenneville, Kemesha Gabbidon, Courtney Lynn, Carina Rodriguez

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

Approximately 22% of HIV diagnoses in 2015 occurred among youth aged 13–24. Much is known about the risk factors and psychopathology present in youth living with HIV (YLWH), however, relatively little is known about resiliency in this population. The current study sought to assess factors related to resilience and vulnerability among YLWH as well as the impact of psychosocial factors on these constructs using existing clinical data from an integrated care clinic serving YLWH in the southeastern United States. Data included findings from mental health screeners administered as part of the standard protocol of care for youth aged 13–24 including …

Note, Timing Judicial Review Of Agency Interpretations In Chevron's Shadow, Steven J. Lindsay

Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.

Doc 2018-08 Bachelor Of Science In Nursing, Full Proposal, University Of Dayton. School Of Education And Health Sciences, University Of Dayton. Department Of Health And Sport Science

Senate Documents

Legislative Authority; References: Constitution of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton, Article II. B. I; Academic Senate DOC 2014-04 Actions pertaining to degree programs and academic departments; School of Education and Health Sciences Congress Constitution, Article II, p. 2; University of Dayton Advising Guide, 2017 Edition

Proceedings Of The 41st Annual Canada-United States Law Institute Conference On The State Of Our Nations: The Canada-United States Relationship, Canada-United States Law Institute

Canada-United States Law Journal

The article informs on 41st Annual Canada-United States Law Institute Conference on "The State of Our Nations: The Canada-United States Relationship" that was held from March 30-31 2017.

Cybersecurity And Data Protection: A Study On China's New Cybersecurity Legal Regime And How It Affects Inbound Investment In China, Chen Ji

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Separating Controversy And Climate Change: How The Unites States Could Lead Climate Change And Energy Reform With The Growth Of Renewable Energy Sources Globally, Tiffany Weatherholtz

Emory International Law Review

Despite scientific consensus that climate change occurs and that the United States is a top emitter contributing to its effects, climate change remains a political debate in the United States. Because of the urgency in reducing the contribution to climate change and the continued interest in innovation for renewable energy sources by some states, this Comment proposes that those states should commit to an interstate agreement after analyzing the interstate organizations currently in place and each state's capacity for renewable energy. The United States should then use the interstate agreement to determine the United States' capacity to enter enforceable, binding …

The Study Of Non-Newtonian Nanofluid With Hall And Ion Slip Effects On Peristaltically Induced Motion In A Non-Uniform Channel, Sara I. Abdelsalam, M. M. Bhatti

Basic Science Engineering

In this study, we considered the unsteady peristaltic motion of a non-Newtonian nanofluid under the influence of a magnetic field and Hall currents. The simultaneous effects of ion slip and chemical reaction were also taken into consideration. The flow problem was suggested on the basis of the continuity, thermal energy, linear momentum, and nanoparticle concentration, which were further reduced with the help of Ohm's law. Mathematical modelling was executed using the lubrication approach. The resulting highly nonlinear partial differential equations were solved semi-analytically using the homotopy perturbation technique. The impacts of all the pertinent parameters were investigated mathematically and graphically. …

Impacts Of The Circumspection Of Women’S Rights Abroad On International Adoption, Jennifer Bowman

University of Baltimore Journal of International Law

International adoption has been lauded and derided by the public since its initial surge into popularity following the Second World War. While international adoptions are regulated by numerous legal instruments (international and domestic), problems of gender discrimination, exploitation, and human trafficking are widespread and systemic. This article examines the impacts of the circumspection of women’s rights generally and women’s reproductive rights on international adoption. Ultimately this article argues that foreign policy initiatives promoting women’s reproductive freedoms economic empowerment would mitigate the problematic features of international adoption and they would be an important step toward reducing adoption rates generally. This article …

The Identification And Segmentation Of Astrocytoma Prior To Critical Mass, By Means Of A Volumetric/Subregion Regression Analysis Of Normal And Neoplastic Brain Tissue, Lyn Higgins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

As the underlying cause of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is presently unclear, this research implements a new approach to identifying and segmenting plausible instances of GBM prior to critical mass. Grade-IV Astrocytoma, or GBM, is an aggressive and malignant cancer arising from star-shaped glial cells, or astrocytes, where the astrocytes, functionally, assist in the support and protection of neurons within the central nervous system and spinal cord. Subsequently, our motivation for researching the ability to recognize GBM is that the underlying cause of the mutation is presently unclear, leading to the operative that GBM is only detectable through a combination of …