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Tutorial: Legality And Ethics Of Web Scraping, Vlad Krotov, Leigh Johnson, Leiser Silva

Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity

Automatic retrieval of data from the Web (often referred to as Web Scraping) for industry and academic research projects is becoming a common practice. A variety of tools and technologies have been developed to facilitate Web Scraping. Unfortunately, the legality and ethics of using these tools for collecting data are often overlooked. Failure to pay due attention to these aspects of Web Scraping can result in serious ethical controversies and lawsuits. This paper reviews legal literature together with the literature on ethics and privacy to identify broad areas of concern together with a list of specific questions that need to …

Beyond Mechanical Markets: Asset Price Swings, Risk, And The Role Of The State (Book Review), Adrian Ravier

Journal of New Finance

In its opening section, Frydman and Goldberg’s book lays out important methodological contributions questioning the hypothesis of rational expectations, constructed on the basis of the writings of Knight, Keynes and Hayek. But in the second part, it does not propose a convincing model that would help avoid the formation of new financial bubbles. While accepting to some extent that the government entity has no greater knowledge than economic agents, it ignores the perverse public-sector incentives that James M. Buchanan and the School of Public Choice have explored in recent decades. Furthermore, although the repeated reference to Hayek is encouraging, the …

Didactical Possibilities Of Mobile Applications In Individualization And Informatization Of Education, Khurram Tangirov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

This paper identifies some didactic opportunities based on the analysis of the experience of using mobile devices as a teaching tool and their use in individualization and informatization of education described in the scientific, pedagogical, methodological and technical literature. The conditions of informatization of society are considered in which: active and constantly expanding use of the intellectual potential of society, concentrated in the printed fund, in scientific, industrial and other activities of its members; integration of information technology with scientific, industrial, initiating the development of all spheres of social production, intellectualization of labor activity; a high level of informatization services, …

Technologies Of Preparing Child For School: Historical And Critical Review Of The Problem, Shukhrat Khudoyberdiev

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

In this article, the author analyzes the positions of prominent figures in pedagogy on the need to prepare a child for school, as well as the technology of this process. The sayings of outstanding teachers about children, the development and expansion of their worldview about primary school are considered.

Integration Of Information Technologies In The Educational Process Of General And Special Schools, H. Akramova

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

This article highlights the features of information integration of information technologies in the educational process of education and special schools based on scientific approaches. It should be noted that at present, special correctional schools are beginning to actively use the computer in the study of individual subjects. The main directions of development and use of information technologies in special education are defined, and the requirements for software products that can be used in working with children with disabilities are highlighted: help in establishing full contact with the child and creating internal motivation for the cognitive process; the possibility of supporting …

Anthropocentric Study Of Phraseological Units With An Adjective Component, Abdugafur Mamatov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

This article analyzes the activity of phraseological formation of adjective (qualitative) lexemes from the point of view of anthrocentrism in terms of language and its phenomena. Anthropocentrism was formed as a direction that aimed to approach language and its phenomena from the perspective of the human factor. The emergence of anthropocentric orientation is associated with a deeper study of man in science, the process of describing linguistic activity in conjunction with the personality factor. Anthropocentric study of language means to show the mentality of a particular people, its national identity.

Functional Responsibilities Of Administrations Of Educational Institutions, Akmal Kubaev

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

The article analyses the role and place of communication culture in the performance of the functional duties of the head of an academic lyceum, technical school, vocational school and vocational college.

Ensuring Information Security As An Ideological Problem, Jurabek Norbekov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

Information security is the protection of the human from destructive ideas that separate it from its own beliefs, sacred ideals, beliefs by directly affecting it. Thus, the need to ensure information and psychological security, first of all, directly related to man and society, man and state, person and his inviolability, nation and national values, including customs, traditions, historical and cultural heritage, succession of generations, the future of the nation the spiritual influence on the values associated with it stems from the presence of destructive ideas and aggressive ideologies. In this regard the article has been conducted to analyze the issue …

Formation Of Creative Relationship Through Students Using The Creativity Of Eastern Thinkers, Dilfuza Sodikova

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

This article highlights the importance of using the work of oriental thinkers in shaping the thinking of creative relationships among students. By highlighting to students the great figures and the exemplary lives of writers and poets who lived and worked in our time, we highlighted the importance of developing students' independent thinking skills. The pedagogical and psychological influence of the works of our ancestors motivates young people to make new discoveries and inventions in science and, most importantly, to act as an active member of society.

Using Hearing Aids In Determining The Level Of Speech Development In Children With Hearing Impairment, G. Temurova

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

In hearing impairment, the level of speech development is not the same and depends on the following factors: the degree of hearing impairment; time of occurrence of the auditory analyzer defect; the pedagogical conditions in which the child was after the dysfunction of the auditory analyzer; individual characteristics of the child himself. The creation of a hearing-verbal environment involves verbal communication with the child of all family members. Stable visual attention and memory contributes to the compensation of the auditory defect and the development of speech. Children with severe hearing loss due to the state of speech at an early …

Civic Consciousness As An Important Element In The Formation Of Civil Society, Umid Norbekov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

Civic consciousness can be understood as a process associated with the formation of a set of ideas about citizenship, the prospects for the development of society. With this regard the article deals with the issues of the regulatory functions in the civil society, its foundations and elements in the formation of civil society. A strong political relationship between the state and the citizen is an essential condition for an established civil society. The quality and scope of these relationships depend on the civic consciousness that is embedded in the person, and ultimately the civic consciousness that is formed in the …

Phraseologism: Essence, Classification, The Methods Of Translation, Sharif Berdiev

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

The article investigates the essence of the concept of phraseological units and discusses the classification of phraseological units and provides techniques for their translation from English into Uzbek. The article discusses the essence of the concept of “phraseologism” and investigates the classification of phraseological units. It also provides several techniques to translate them from English into Uzbek languages. Particular attention is paid to the difference between phraseological unit synonyms and phraseological variants that verbalize this concept in the studied languages, and the relationship between language and culture, national understanding of mentality, the essence of language, the need for in-depth and …

An Efficient Deep-Learning-Based Detection And Classification System For Cyber-Attacks In Iot Communication Networks, Qasem Abu Al-Haija, Saleh Zein-Sabatto

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research

With the rapid expansion of intelligent resource-constrained devices and high-speed communication technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT) has earned wide recognition as the primary standard for low-power lossy networks (LLNs). Nevertheless, IoT infrastructures are vulnerable to cyber-attacks due to the constraints in computation, storage, and communication capacity of the endpoint devices. From one side, the majority of newly developed cyber-attacks are formed by slightly mutating formerly established cyber-attacks to produce a new attack that tends to be treated as normal traffic through the IoT network. From the other side, the influence of coupling the deep learning techniques with the cybersecurity …

Chevron Abroad, Kent Barnett, Lindsey Vinson

Notre Dame Law Review

This Article presents our comparative findings of how courts in five other countries review agency statutory interpretation. These comparisons permit us to understand and participate better in current debates about the increasingly controversial Chevron doctrine in American law, whereby courts defer to reasonable agency interpretations of statutes that an agency administers. Those debates concern, among other things, Chevron’s purported inevitability, functioning, and normative propriety. Our inquiry into judicial review in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia provides useful and unexpected findings. Chevron, contrary to some scholars’ views, is not inevitable because only one of these countries …

Approved Programs, December 15, 2020, Programs Committee

Programs Committee (PC)

No abstract provided.

Operationalized Management Information Systems In Iraq's Dma, Mark Steyn, Arie Claassens

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The perception of management information systems (MIS) often conjures up images of highly-technical tools requiring arcane development practices and data preparation rituals, but a simple solution providing easy access to the relevant data delivers a bigger impact than a highly technical tool gathering dust. The Iraq National Mine Action Authority has implemented an MIS application for use in the office and field to improve decision-making processes’ speed and quality.

Improving Security In The Drc Through Weapons And Ammunition Management, Beamie-Moses Seiwoh, Aurelie Fabry, Edison Pineda, Grégoire De Nantes

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The resurgence of armed conflict since 1996 has displaced thousands across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and resulted in proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW), which remains a serious concern. The diversion of SA/LW and ammunition from state-owned stockpiles is linked to poor or insufficient weapons and ammunition management (WAM) capacity, practices, and procedures, and has been identified as a major cause of illicit arms and ammunition proliferation in the DRC. The trafficking, accumulation, and misuse of SA/LW and related ammunition pose a systemic and pervasive threat to peacebuilding and hampers long-term socioeconomic development. …

On-The-Ground Information Management Tools In Northeast Syria, Suleiman Nyamwaya, Joel Ndegwa

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Beginning in early 2017, clearance activities in northeast Syria have been carried out primarily by NGOs. Initially, clearance was focused on agricultural land, but other critical infrastructure such as education, shelter, and electricity followed suit over time. Toward the end of 2017, iMMAP began providing coordination support to humanitarian mine action actors through the application of the Information Management System for Mine Action.

The Mine Free Sarajevo Project, Marija Trlin, Elise Becker, Nataša Uršič

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Mine Free Sarajevo is a US-funded project aiming to clear more than six million square meters of mine-suspected and mine-contaminated land in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and surrounding municipalities. The project utilizes land release methodology, a cost-effective and safe way to release large areas by combining technical and non-technical survey methods. Upon completion of the project, the Sarajevo region will finally become mine-free and safe for the local population. This will enable social and economic growth and the development of many infrastructure projects that have been on hold for years.

The Journal Of Conventional Weapons Destruction, Issue 24.2 (2020), Cisr Jmu

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

• Editorial: HMA and COVID-19: A Donor's Perspective
• Editorial: Time To Focus on Real Minefield Data
• Mine Action Information Management in Iraq and Northeast Syria
• IMAS 10.60 Update: Investigation and Reporting of Accidents and Incidents
• The Mine Free Sarajevo Project
• SALW in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the DRC
• Gender and Diversity in Mine Action
• Victim Assistance in Ukraine
• Landmines in the American Civil War
• Risk Education in Colombia
• R&D: The Odyssey2025 Project

Assessing Ukraine's Victim Assistance Capacities, Kateryna Mashchenko, Tetiana Shymanchuk, Oleh Stoiev, Nick Vovk

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Six years into the protracted crisis, explosive ordnance (EO) contamination continues to affect Ukrainian communities. Consequent to the conflict between the government of Ukraine and the so-called de facto authorities in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, EO affects an estimated 7,000 square kilometers of land in government-controlled areas (GCAs). Even without complete data from the non-government-controlled areas (NGCAs), Ukraine ranks among the five most affected places in the world for EO casualties. But for EO victims the path forward remains fraught with difficulties. According to the International Mine Action Standards, victim assistance (VA) requires a long-term commitment, a responsibility that …

Explosive Ordnance Victims And Risk Education: Lessons Learned From Colombia 2012-2019, Salomé Valencia, Angela Desantis, Matt Wilson, Sebastián Tovar Jaramillo, Angela Patricia Cortés Sánchez, Ana Jaquelin Jaimes Alfonso

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

In Colombia, the use of anti-personnel mines is the result of more than sixty years of armed conflict. The Office of the High Commissioner for Peace - Descontamina Colombia (OACP-DC), the current national mine action authority in Colombia, recorded 11,828 explosive ordnance (EO) victims between 1985 and 2019. Furthermore, Colombia is one of nine countries where new anti-personnel mines are still being emplaced by non-state armed groups, which presents a challenge for the mine action sector. The aim of explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) is to reduce the risk of accidents by raising awareness and promoting safe behavior among EO-affected …

2020 December 15 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University

Medical Student Education Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

2020-12-15_Michiganoverview_Covidsymptoms, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Syndromic Surveillance System Data

The Syndromic Surveillance System Data report was obtained from Michigan's COVID-19 dashboard, from under the link "​Coronavirus Symptoms": https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus. Data was compiled by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The information was updated daily.

Syndromic Surveillance System data is obtained from approximately 183 facilities participating in syndromic surveillance (132 Emergency Departments (ED), 51 Urgent Cares) across the State of Michigan. The reporting is based on individuals who present at EDs and may not be representative of the overall population. The coronavirus-like symptoms query searches visit free-text (chief complaint, triage notes, and clinical impression) for fever or …

Spring Update: Dear Faculty, Rupendra Paliwal

University Briefings & Virtual Events

A message is forthcoming from the Coronavirus Planning Team regarding the plans for our return for the spring semester. We are planning a phased-in move-in process that will heavily emphasize mandatory testing.

Law Enforcement’S Use Of Facial Recognition Software In United States Cities, Samantha Jean Wunschel

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Facial recognition software is something we use every day, whether it’s a suggested tag on our Facebook post or a faster way to unlock our phones. As technology becomes increasingly pervasive in our lives, law enforcement has adapted to utilize the new tools available in accessory to their investigations and the legal process.

Students Continue Outreach Virtually During The Pandemic, Office Of Volunteer Programs & Service Learning

University Briefings & Virtual Events

Sacred Heart University students have been able to carry on their engagement in community service during the pandemic, thanks to the efforts of staff in the Office of Volunteer Programs & Service Learning (VPSL).

Coronavirus Update 12-15-20, The Coronavirus Planning Team

University Briefings & Virtual Events

We want to share our plan for our return for the spring semester. This plan builds on our successes from the fall semester and incorporates lessons learned.

Digital German-Jewish Futures: Experiential Learning, Activism, And Entertainment., Kerry Wallach

German Studies Faculty Publications

The future of the German-Jewish past is, in a word, digital, and not only in the sense of digital humanities or digital history. Future generations of scholars, students, and the general public will engage with the past online in the same ways—and for many of the same reasons—that they engage with everything else. There needs to be something redeeming, enjoyable, or at least memorable about studying history for people to feel that it is worthwhile. For many, the act of learning about the past serves as a kind of virtual travel, even an escape, to another time and place. Learning …

Universal Design For Learning In Inclusive Education Policy In South Africa, Judith A. Mckenzie, Elizabeth M. Dalton

Communicative Disorders Faculty Publications

Background: South Africa has undertaken the implementation of inclusive education as a vehicle for achieving enhanced educational outcomes and equity. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an instructional design framework that takes into account the wide range of variations in skills and abilities that exist across all learners, and provides a research-based set of principles and guidelines for inclusive curriculum development and delivery.

Objectives: To locate UDL within the specific inclusive education policy context of South Africa and consider how this approach can support policy implementation. We have argued that UDL could serve as a strategy to link policy imperatives …