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Defining And Regulating Cryptocurrency: Fake Internet Money Or Legitimate Medium Of Exchange?, Susan Alkadri

Duke Law & Technology Review

Digitalization makes almost everything quicker, sleeker, and more efficient. Many argue cryptocurrency is the future of money and payment transfers. This paper explores how the unique nature of cryptocurrencies creates barriers to a strict application of traditional regulatory strategies. Indeed, state and federal regulators remain uncertain if and how they can regulate this cutting-edge technology. Cryptocurrency businesses face difficulty navigating the unclear regulatory landscape, and consumers frequently fall prey to misinformation. To reconcile these concerns, this paper asserts cryptocurrency functions as “currency” or “money” and should be treated as such for regulatory purposes. It also proposes each state implement a …

Instructional Materials For Stac 139 Course, Jesse Welsh

Instructional Psychology and Technology Graduate Student Projects

Every semester, nearly 150 undergraduate and graduate students enroll in STAC 139 courses at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. This course, initially aimed to inspire physical activity and wellness in BYU students interested in running, has evolved and matured in its objectives as new instructors have made alterations to the course in both structure, content, and execution as they have worked within loose-fitting parameters.

This evolution has brought with it a tension between the objectives of the STAC 139 instructors and the legacy elements of the course provided to them from the STAC organization. Recognizing this tension, the project …

Analysis Of State Unfunded Retirement Benefits In The United States, Darian Los

Honors Capstones

States have not been required to include underfunded pension liabilities on their financial statements until GASB No. 67 and No. 68 was issued in 2012. This means that citizens have not be getting all of information relating to the financial stability of the state. In this project, I gather pension liability data from the states Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports. The data gathered will be used by Truth In Accounting for analysis and reporting to the public. This information will allow citizens to determine the financial stability of their state and if plans are being underfunded, they can call for major …

Effecting Change In Their Community: The Pilsen Neighbors Community Council And Teresa Fraga, 1970-1990, Benjamin E. Skipor

Honors Capstones

The purpose of my research was to find how the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council (PNCC) and Teresa Fraga were able to affect change within the Pilsen neighborhood located in the near Southwest Side of Chicago. This paper outlines the issues that the PNCC worked to correct and the methods that they used. This research is primary source driven. Most documents were accessed through the Community Archives located at University of DePaul Library. Additional materials were found from the Chicago Tribune. The research resulted in an outline of the groups most successful methods: making the community aware and invested in solving …

Supporting Students With Adhd In The Classroom, Alexandria Patinka

Honors Capstones

Students with ADHD often face academic challenges (Rawe, 2014). Researchers have examined ways in which various levels of assistive technology (AT) devices to help mediate some of these challenges. A selection of AT options range from high-tech, mid-tech, to low-tech, and each level were examined for their effectiveness, ease of use, and affordability. Additionally, researchers used AT with an at-risk student with ADHD in order to examine the effectiveness when improving the student’s academic success. Researchers discuss and examine applications of AT in the classroom in order to provide educators with information on how to assist students who have ADHD …

Getting Started With Tippytalk Edu: An Evidence-Based Manual For Use Of Assistive Communication Mobile Application, Kylie E. Cousins

Honors Capstones

Individuals who are nonverbal do not have the freedom to communicate outside of the room they are in without the help of technology. Through apps like TippyTalk EDU, individuals with this need for communication freedom can send messages to anyone, anywhere. This app can be used inside or outside of the classroom to communicate needs and wants, as well as engage in meaningful communication. Through collaboration with creator of TippyTalk EDU Rob Laffan, his creative team, and NIU faculty advisor Toni Van Laarhoven, and NIU student Kylie Cousins, a comprehensive, evidence-based manual was created to instruct teachers, parents, and caregivers …

Synthesis, Characterization Of Poly Heterocyclic Compounds, And Effect On Cancer Cell (Hep-2) In Vitro., Olfat A. Nief, Ebtihal K. Abdullah, Hala M. G. Alzahawy, Marwa N. Jasim

Baghdad Science Journal

A synthesis series of new heterocyclic derivatives (A2-A7) (pyrrole, pyridazine, oxazine and imidazol) derived from 4-acetyl-2,5-dichloro-1-(3,5-dinitrophenyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylate(A1) have been synthesised. Synthesis of compound (A2) by the reaction of starting material (A1) with hydroxyl amine hydrochloride in the presence of pyridine. Compound (A2) was reacted with hydrazine hydrate in dry benzene to give (A3) derivative. The compound )A3( deals with sodium nitrite to give diazonium salt, and the reaction diazonium salt with ethyl acetoacetate to produce compound (A4). To a mixture of compound (A4) and hydroxyl amine with sttired to yield (A5).Compound (A6) was prepared by reaction compound (A4) with thiosemicarbazide in …

Surveying Research On The Teaching And Learning Of Conceptual Understanding Of Fraction Arithmetic, Sabreen Abedrabo

Honors Capstones

In the US, fractions are often taught in an incoherent way and fraction operations are taught without meaning. Reform efforts continue to try to improve this situation and many rich tools have been developed for teaching fraction computation with meaning. In particular, students need to be able to think of fractions as quantities and understand how operations like multiplication and division relate those quantities. To think about these operations coherently, students must be able to think of fractions themselves as units of which other fractions can be formed (e.g. 2/3 of 3/7). We will investigate which is known about student …

St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, December 9, 2018

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid

Performing Predictive Analytics Using Sap Predictive Analytics, Michael D. Redwinski

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Project Icarus, Amro A. Shanshal

Honors Capstones

Project Icarus is an autonomous surveillance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) prototype designed to aid first responders by providing rapid aerial assessment of locations affected by disaster. Additionally, Project Icarus is capable of restoring local Wi-Fi based communications during grid failure. Icarus has the capabilities to provide logistical assistance to emergency personnel by providing immediate aerial surveillance of ongoing dangerous situations. Furthermore, the Icarus platform operates on an umbilical system that provides a long-term aerial surveillance solution and can be easily modified to accommodate specific situations using its modular design. The low-cost system that does not require a drone pilot is …

Reducing Stress And Anxiety In Nursing Students Using Music Therapy, Teagan N. Duvall

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Relation Between Parents' Goals And Early Adolescents' Social Skills, Justin B. Arms

Honors Capstones

This project studied adolescent outcomes of different parent goals. Specifically, this project looks at whether parent centered goals and child centered goals are correlated with adolescent social skills. We broke down adolescent social skills into four different categories- assertion, cooperation, empathy, and self-control. Participants in the study were 78 7th graders and their primary caregiver (usually the child’s mother). Data was collected using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews conducted during home visits. The study failed to find significant correlations between parent centered goals and the outcome variables, as well as between child centered goals and the outcome variables. Because of this, …

Making Middle School Science Curriculum Lesson Plans More Culturally Relevant To Early Adolescent Ethnic Minorities, Ashley M. Grazutis

Honors Capstones

The changing needs of our students, such as an increased knowledge of social justice and equity issues, are gaining importance in teacher training programs as world views of social norms are broadened to address the changing demographics in schools. This is important as education needs to be relevant to all students so they can all become informed and engaged citizens. The purpose of this study was to analyze a sample of state recommended science lessons through the lens of cultural relevance (student voice, use of differentiation, language and literacy development opportunities, student access to information, connection/contextualization to students, degree of …

Motorized Assistive Walker For Improving Mobility In Cerebral Palsy Patients, Hnin Eaindray Lin

Honors Capstones

For this project, the CIS mobility team from the College of Engineering & Engineering Technology was approached by the family of a 13-year-old high school student named Kelly, who is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy symptoms and has severe mobility issues. She has involuntary muscle movements, especially in the lower extremities, and problems with posture, balance and depth perception, making it difficult for her to walk. Kelly is currently relying on a wheelchair, and the family has concerns that if she remains bound to her wheelchair, she will need to undergo more surgeries that could potentially lead to her losing the …

Wear Of Tools Used In Sheet Metal Stamping, Rafael David Ortega-Perea

Honors Capstones

Stamping is an operation that is widely used in the manufacturing industry to produce products in high volume and in a continuous cycle. This operation can be performed by pressing and drawing. The process of sheet metal stamping has four components listed as follow: punch, blank holder, sheet metal blank, and die cavity. The purpose of a punch is to press the sheet metal blank, with a downward force, to stretch the material into the die cavity. The die cavity is fixed while the sheet metal blank is held down by the blank holder to properly stamp the sheet to …

Integrate Behavioral Health In The Ed And Upstream, Katie Gilligan, Heidi Beazizo

Books, Presentations, Posters, Etc.

This interactive session will describe the changes being tested by 10 hospitals in the Integrating Behavioral Health in the ED and Upstream Learning Community, convened by IHI and Well Being Trust, to achieve meaningful improvements for patients with mental health and substance abuse conditions, their families, and ED staff. Participants will learn from experts and participating team members, share learning with other participants, and develop action plans for bringing this critical work to their organizations.

After this presentation you will be able to:

1. Describe a theory of change and set of core measures to improve patient outcomes, experience, and staff …

Creating Theatre: Historical Women's Stories For Here And Now, Abby M. Ferree

Honors Capstones

One of the most instinctual ideals of humanity is the necessity of sharing stories, past or fiction, to inform what we decide to do in the here and now. Storytelling is a part of all of us. It’s innate. As an actor, my role in storytelling is generally to be the sounding piece for the voices of others. I bring to life the story and the life of another person or character in order to bring new questions to light for my audience. However, as an actor, we rarely get to choose what stories are being told, and the gift …

Proposing An Analysis System To Monitoring Weightlifting Based On Training (Snatch And Clean And Jerk), Abdul Monem S. Rahma, Maisa'a Abid Ali K.

Baghdad Science Journal

Analysis system of sports players is very important for individuals in weightlifting. Assessment of player and strength is important for the performance of weightlifting. This paper proposes an analytical method for weightlifters with check-by-frame video. This analysis system can compute the major steps of seven positions in both snatch and clean and jerk methods in frame-video weightlifting monitoring of movements. Each user can compute the major steps of the seven positions of Hu moments among two frames in the video during training, and the Euclidian distance can be computed for the Hu moment values and lifting moment values in the …

A Chance To End Gerrymandering In Virginia, A. E. Dick Howard, Rebecca Green

Popular Media

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Efficiency Study Of Two Adsorbent Materials To Remove Eosin Y Dye From Aqueous Solutions, Ali K. Al-Muttairi, Sama A. Mustafa, Jasim M. Salman

Baghdad Science Journal

This study was done to find a cheap, available and ecofriendly materials that can remove eosin y dye from aqueous solutions by adsorption in this study, two adsorbent materials were used, the shells of fresh water clam (Cabicula fluminea) and walnut shells. To make a comparison between the two adsorbents, five experiments were conducted. First, the effects of the contact time, here the nut shell removed the dye quickly, while the C. flumina need more contact time to remove the dye. Second, the effects of adsorbent weight were examined. The nut shell was very promising and for all used adsorbent …

An Epidemiological, Diagnostic, And Therapeutic Study Of The Leishmania Tropica Parasite In Iraq’S Anbar Province, Suad Shallal Shahatha, Thaer Abdelqader Saleh

Baghdad Science Journal

This paper involved the registration of 1,936 cases of infection of the Leishmania tropica parasite observed at hospitals and health centers in Ramadi, Fallujah, Baghdadi, and Hit during 2017. The results revealed that the highest rates of infection were found in Ramadi and Fallujah. The 1-10 years age group recorded the highest rate at 35.5%. There was no significant difference (p ≥ 0.05) between the sexes. December and January saw the highest rate of infection, where the rate in rural townships was found to be 65.5%, higher than in urban regions which saw a rate of 34.4%. Facial lesions were …

New Spectrophotometric Estimation And Cloud Point Extraction Of Cefdinir, Mohammed Jasim M. Hassan, Omar Qusay Mizher

Baghdad Science Journal

A sensitive spectrophotometric method was developed for the estimation of cefdinir (CFD), a cephalosporin species. This study involves two methods, and the first method includes the preparing of azo dye by the reaction of CFD diazonium salt with 4-Tert-Butylphenol (4-TBP) and 2-Naphthol (2-NPT) in alkaline medium, which shows colored dyes measured at λmax 490 and 535 nm, respectively. Beer's law was obeyed along the concentration range of (3-100) μg.ml-1. The limits of detection were 0.246, 0.447 μg.ml-1 and molar absorptivities were 0.6129×104, 0.3361×104 L.mol-1cm-1 for (CFD-4-TBP) and (CFD-2-NPT), respectively. The second method includes preconcentration for cefdinir dyes by using cloud …

On Free Resolution Of Weyl Module And Zero Characteristic Resolution In The Case Of Partition (8,7,3), Haytham Razooki Hassan, Niran Sabah Jasim

Baghdad Science Journal

This treatise is an application of the characteristic-free resolution of ��(8,7,3)ℱ to the Lascoux resolution of ��(8,7,3)ℱ (characteristic zero resolution). From this, study, we gain the connection between the resolution of Weyl module K(8,7,3)ℱ in characteristic free mode and in the Lascoux mode

Detection Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa In Clinical Samples Using Pcr Targeting Eta And Gyrb Genes, Khulod Ibraheem Hassan, Saman Rafeeq Abdullah

Baghdad Science Journal

Pseudomonas aeruginosa has variety of virulence factors that contribute to its pathogenicity. Therefore, rapid detection with high accuracy and specificity is very important in the control of this pathogenic bacterium. To evaluate the accuracy and specificity of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assay, ETA and gyrB genes were targeted to detect pathogenic strains of P. aeruginosa. Seventy swab samples were taken from patients with infected wounds and burns in two hospitals in Erbil and Koya cities in Iraq. The isolates were traditionally identified using phenotypic methods, and DNA was extracted from the positive samples, to apply PCR using the species specific …

On Preradical Of Semimodules, Sarah H. A. Alsaebari, Asaad M. A. Alhossaini

Baghdad Science Journal

In this paper we study the notion of preradical on some subcategories of the category of semimodules and homomorphisms of semimodules. Since some of the known preradicals on modules fail to satisfy the conditions of preradicals, if the category of modules was extended to semimodules, it is necessary to investigate some subcategories of semimodules, like the category of subtractive semimodules with homomorphisms and the category of subtractive semimodules with ҽҟ-regular homomorphisms.

Some Results On The Average Inverse Shadowing Property And Strong Ergodicity, Iftichar Mudhar Talb Al-Shara'a, Sarah Khadr Khazem Al Sultani

Baghdad Science Journal

Let (Ӽ,ᶁ1)and (Ƴ,ᶁ2)be compact metric spaces, ʄ:(Ӽ,ᶁ1)→(Ӽ,ᶁ1)and: (Ƴ,ᶁ2)→(Ƴ,ᶁ2)be continuous maps. If ʄand ��have dense minimal points and the average inverse shadowing property, we have proved ʄ×��has an average inverse shadowing property, topological transitive and dense minimal points. Moreover, we have proved ʄis totally strongly ergodic and weakly mixing

A Comparative Study On The Electrical Characteristics Of Generating Plasma By Using Different Target Sources, Sarah K. Taha, Sabah N. Mazhir, Mohammed K. Khalaf

Baghdad Science Journal

In this research, the electrical characteristics of glow discharge plasma were studied. Glow discharge plasma generated in a home-made DC magnetron sputtering system, and a DC-power supply of high voltage as input to the discharge electrodes were both utilized. The distance between two electrodes is 4cm. The gas used to produce plasma is argon gas which flows inside the chamber at a rate of 40 sccm. The influence of work function for different target materials (gold, copper, and silver), - 5cm in diameter and around 1mm thickness - different working pressures, and different applied voltages on electrical characteristics (discharge current, …

Climate Change Adaptation Strategies And Approaches For Outdoor Recreation, Daniel O'Toole, Leslie A. Brandt, Maria K. Janowiak, Danielle Shannon, Patricia Leopold, Stephen D. Handler, Et Al.

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Climate change will alter opportunities and demand for outdoor recreation through altered winter weather conditions and season length, climate-driven changes in user preferences, and damage to recreational infrastructure, among other factors. To ensure that outdoor recreation remains sustainable in the face of these challenges, natural resource managers may need to adapt their recreation management. One of the major challenges of adapting recreation to climate change is translating broad concepts into specific, tangible actions. Using a combination of in-depth interviews of recreational managers and a review of peer-reviewed literature and government reports, we developed a synthesis of impacts, strategies, and approaches, …

Regional Strategies To Collaboratively Measure Affordability, Meredith Roberts Tomasi, Katie Dobler, Pamela Mariea-Nason

Books, Presentations, Posters, Etc.

Learn how Oregon and other states and regions are addressing health care quality and affordability with multi-payer regional data, cost reporting, and community stakeholder collaborations. This session will create a common understanding of terminology and share reports in use today. Participants will draft an affordability roadmap, deepen their knowledge of how to identify meaningful partnerships, and understand how any organization fits into the conversation.

After this presentation you will be able to:

1. 1. Discuss the terminology, data elements, and regional resources already working with quality and cost data across the country, and explain how Oregon uses regional data and multi-stakeholder …