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On Unknown Opportunities And Perils: Reflections On Carrier And Minniti’S “Biologics: The New Antitrust Frontier.”, Tom Cotter

Articles

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Surrogacy Professionalism, June Carbone, Christina O. Miller

Articles

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Of Loaded Weapons And Legal Alchemy, Great Cases And Bad (?) Law: Korematsu And Strict Scrutiny, 1944-2017, Scott Dewey

Articles

This article traces in detail how dicta in the wartime Japanese American internment cases of Korematsu v. United States and Hirabayashi v. United States was taken out of context and gradually transmuted, through a process of legal alchemy or "precedent laundering, " into holdings supporting the postwar strict scrutiny doctrine regarding equal protection under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The article addresses the complex, twisted prehistory ofKorematsu, which includes the troubled Japanese American immigrant experience leading up to the internment and the growing interwar geopolitical rivalry between Japan and the United States over domination of the Asia/Pacific region. This prehistory …

Feasibility And Acceptability Of Hiv Self-Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men In Nigeria, Population Council

HIV and AIDS

HIV self-testing (HIVST) provides an alternative to facility-based HIV testing services, particularly for key populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM), who face barriers to testing due to stigma, discrimination, and criminalization. This brief reports on a study in Nigeria that demonstrates high acceptability for HIVST among MSM. Lessons learned from this study indicate that the scale-up of HIVST in Nigeria must include provision of adequate pre- and post-test counseling information, as well as the availability of helpline support to improve linkage to care for those who test positive. Future research should explore how HIV retesting can …

Affective Tensions In Response, Nicole I. Caswell

Journal of Response to Writing

This article reports on a study focused on understanding the relationship between teachers’ emotional responses and the larger contextual factors that shape response practices. Drawing from response and emotion scholarship, this article proposes affective tensions as a way for understanding the tug and pull that teachers experience between what they feel they should do (mostly driven from a pedagogical perspective) and what they are expected to do (mostly driven by an institutional perspective) in a contextual moment. The case study of Kim, a community college instructor, offers an analysis of two affective tensions that emerged from her think-aloud protocol (TAP): …

Volume 4 Number 2 (2018)

Journal of Response to Writing

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The Role Of Dense Slurry In Achieving Zero Liquid Discharge, D.M. Timmons, Istvan Kovacsics

Coal Combustion and Gasification Products Journal Archive

The Coal Combustion Residual (CCR) and Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELGs) rules pose significant technical and economic challenges for ash management and for treatment and discharge of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater at coal-fired power plants. Beneficial use is always a priority for ash, but only about half is being reused on a national basis, and the rest is destined for disposal. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identified biological treatment as the baseline treatment technology for FGD wastewater in the ELGs. However, it is becoming evident that bioreactors exhibit high capital and operating costs, occupy significant space, and are sensitive to …

Old Water Becoming New Again: Reuse Of Treated Wastewater Effluent In Texas, Howard S. Slobodin, Hope C. Shelton

Texas A&M Journal of Property Law

The reuse of treated wastewater effluent for municipal supply is not a new idea in Texas, having been contemplated for at least sixty years. However, its importance has grown in recent decades as traditional surface water sources have become fully subscribed. Reuse is recognized as a significant source of future supply for Texas in the 2017 Texas State Water Plan.1 The law related to reuse is, however, still very much a developing subject. Recent administrative actions and judicial decisions have better defined the contours of the entitlements necessary to reuse effluent discharged to state-owned water courses.2 In the midst of …

Commodified Promises And Contract Theory, Brian Bix

Articles

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Factors That Affect Help-Seeking: Examining Racial Differences Between Whites, Asians, And African Americans, Sierra P. Saykeo, Eva Lawrence

Modern Psychological Studies

The purpose of this study was to identify factors that impact intentions to seek mental health services as well as to explore how they may vary based on race. A total of 172 participants were asked to fill out questions that measured variables related to help-seeking. Results indicated that Asians had significantly higher levels of self-stigma, lower levels of benefits of self-disclosure, and lower intentions to seek help than both Whites and African Americans. Multiple regression analyses showed that self-stigma was a significant predictor of intentions for all three groups, while benefits of self-disclosure was only significant for Whites and …

The Changing Fate Of Thailand's Elephants, But A Future Worth Fighting For: The Interplay Of Culture And Ecology For Conservation, Madeline Zimmerman

Library Map Prize

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Investigating A Needle-Based Epidural Procedure In Obstetric Anesthesia, Eva K. Lee, Haozheng Tian, Jinha Lee, Xin Wie

Public and Allied Health Faculty Publications

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Water Availability Influences Arthropod Water Demand, Hydration And Community Composition On Urban Trees, Kevin E. Mccluney, Thomas George, Steven D. Frank

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The drive for animals to regulate their water content can have significant consequences for food webs in xeric ecosystems. But the importance of animal water balance (gains vs losses) for mesic food webs has not been explored. Impervious surfaces in cities absorb and re-radiate solar radiation, raising local temperatures. Higher temperatures lead to greater rates of organismal water loss. Thus, urbanization of mesic regions may lead to greater likelihood of desiccation, with consequences for food webs. We tested the effects of animal water balance on a mesic urban food web by supplementing animal-available water (but not plant) within trees in …

Undergraduate Bulletin 2018-2019, Cuny John Jay College

College Bulletins

Covers academic year 2018-2019

Agricultural Intensification In The Midwest: Impacts On Regional Surface Humidity, Andrew Hill

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

An overwhelming majority of anthropogenic climate change studies have placed emphasis on biogeochemical agents, chiefly carbon dioxide emissions, which operate on a global scale. Fewer studies focus on biophysical factors such as land use/ land cover which operate on a regional or local scale. The impact from biophysical factors will continue to be reinforced with a growing human population and expanding resource demands. Of these factors, agricultural land use represents one of the largest, most extensive, and vital land use allocations.

The U.S. Midwest, dominated by rain-fed corn and soybean agriculture, is a key agricultural region which is lacking in …

Racial Identities On Social Media: Projecting Racial Identities On Facebook, Instagram, And Twitter, Nolan Brinkman

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Because social networks are an important aspect of the lived realities of those who participate in them, this study examined the way racial identity was signified, indicated, or displayed on social networks. A survey was distributed to 347 college students from a medium sized Midwestern university to assess ways in which participants depicted their racial identity on social media. The study looked at the use of photos, textual communication, concealment of racial identity, and interactions with race related content to assess how participants projected racial identity on social networks. Results suggested that racial identity is not intentionally projected on social …

To Pass Or Not To Pass? Constructing And Negotiating Biracial Identity, Anthony Peavy

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The purpose of this research is to show how biracial people narrate their identities and how people in society influence biracial individuals' constructions of their self. This is significant because this research obtains perspectives from individuals who simultaneously occupy a privileged and underprivileged identity. In highlighting the experiences of biracial people and their constructions of the self, this research answered questions surrounding how they perform their identities in social situations and how they negotiate passing privileges granted to some based on visual perceptions and/or skin tone.

This research was done using qualitative research methodologies, as these give more insights into …

Optimization Of A Water Gas Shift Reaction, Ali Albuloushi

Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two

The optimum flow rate of steam (H₂0) to the reactor for the purpose of producing hydrogen gas for sale is determined.

Rewriting Patriarchal Norms In Academia: Invitational Rhetoric In A Crowdsourced Survey, Rachel Molko

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis seeks to understand the how texts are constructed to forward feminist communicative objectives through a case study of Dr. Karen Kelsky’s "A Crowdsourced Survey of Sexual Harassment in the Academy." In this research, sexual harassment is understood as an act of power, sexual in nature, enacted by faculty or staff (employed or contracted in different capacities) in their relations with other faculty or staff, who are often lower ranking. By adopting invitational rhetoric as a theoretical framework, this thesis examines the way Dr. Karen Kelsky's crowdsourced survey creates the space to articulate and elevate often suppressed personal testimony …

Leviathan: Ontogeny Of Salvation, Faren L. Lejeune

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Wrought from clay and hardened by fire, the narrative sculptures which comprise this body of work are dualistic symbols of life’s brutality and nobility. The philosophical import of the opus is manifested through the convergence of material, process, and form—to instantiate truth and initiate analysis. In my interdisciplinary research, I have come to understand leviathan as an exceptional, universalizing symbol of life's duality and the locus of Man's potential for honorable distinction. I invoke the name in order to instigate reflection upon the concept of the world serpent as a symbolic representation of existential nuance.

Anything But Crazy: How American Musical Theatre Can Change Societal Stigmas Against Mental Illnesses, Benjamin Walton

Honors Undergraduate Theses

There is a societal stigma that villainizes or degrades anyone diagnosed or associated with any mental illness. While many different forms of media have attempted to destroy this stigma through psycho-centric narratives, I wanted to argue that musical theatre has the greatest potential as a live entertainment source to deconstruct and reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness. For my research, I theorized that musical theatre can most effectively change societal stigma about mental illness by communicating a clear understanding of the disease through music, and achieving popularity in the public eye longer than other live forms of theatre. I chose …

Challenges To The Conceptualization And Measurement Of Resilience In Hiv Research, Tiffany Peless

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the conceptualization and measurement of resilience in HIV research. Google Scholar, PsyciNFO, and PubMed were searched using tenns related to resilience and HIV to identify peer-reviewed research articles. Of the 156 articles identified, only 49 were included in the current analyses. Articles were excluded when they did not include a measure of resilience and/or were not relevant to resilience in the context of HIV. Applied thematic analysis was used to analyze the definitions and measurement of resilience in HIV

A Holistic Approach To Conquering Depression, Michael Deja

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the efficacy of an herbal approach for the treatment of depression. This study will include multiple different systems of traditional herbal medicine as well as modern scientific data to support their effectiveness. An analysis of different herbs and their bioactivity, chemical composition, as well as their historic uses will be used to support the herbal approach to treating depression. In all probability these herbal medicines should be effective in treating clinical depression, as they have been used for thousands of years to restore balance to both mind and body.

Paying For Environmental Services: Comparing Progress In Costa Rica And Florida, Haley A. Burnaman

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

With the world facing an uncertain environmental future, many governments are deploying alternative conservation strategies to mitigate the worst effects of environmental degradation. Particularly important to human survival is the conservation of land and water resources. Efficient use of land and water can provide people the resources they need for survival while reducing the loss of biodiversity, pollution, human health risks, and carbon emissions that could accelerate climate change. Traditional conservation strategies include buying and preserving land by public or private organizations, establishment of flora and fauna rehabilitation facilities, and the rationing of natural goods. With environmental crises becoming increasingly …

Theory To Practice: Analysis Of The Biopsychosocial Model In Hiv Research, Melissa Lunan-Simpson

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

The purpose of this study was to examine the use of the biopsychosocial (BPS) model in HIV research. Using qualitative methods, peer reviewed journal articles were identified by searching four databases-PubMed, Medline, ERIC, and PsychINFO-using the following key terms: “Biopsychosocial” and “HIV or AIDS.” There were 596 articles identified. After excluding duplicates and entries that did not report original research, 62 articles were coded using the following themes to identify the focus of the research and the populations studied: age, gender, mode of transmission, population of interest (people living with HIV versus people affected by HIV), type of study (prevention …

The Biologicalization Of Morality: Morality As Instinct, Kelly Lynn O'Neil

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

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The Newclear Family: The Broadening Recognition Of Non-Traditional Families And Where To Draw The Line, Ally Nicol

Journal of Inequality Inquiry

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On Treating Unlike Cases Alike, Frederick Schauer

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

Book Review Symposium: Settled versus Right: A Theory of Precedent

Judicial Supremacy: Palladium Of Liberty Or Academic Paradox, Nelson Lund

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

No abstract provided.

Usfsp Science Festival Volunteer 2018, Usf Libraries

All Assessment Data

No abstract provided.