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Virtual Trials: Necessity, Invention, And The Evolution Of The Courtroom, Susan A. Bandes, Neal Feigenson Dec 2020

Virtual Trials: Necessity, Invention, And The Evolution Of The Courtroom, Susan A. Bandes, Neal Feigenson

Buffalo Law Review

Faith in the legitimating power of the live hearing or trial performed at the place of justice is at least as old as the Iliad. In public courtrooms, litigants appear together, evidence is presented, and decisions are openly and formally pronounced. The bedrock belief in the importance of the courtroom is rooted in common law, constitutional guarantees, and venerated tradition, as well as in folk knowledge. Courtrooms are widely believed to imbue adjudication with “a mystique of authenticity and legitimacy.” The COVID-19 pandemic, however, by compelling legal systems throughout the world to turn from physical courtrooms to virtual ones, disrupts …

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Integration Of Remote Sensing Technologies Into Arctic Oil Spill Response, Jessica I. Garron Dec 2020

Integration Of Remote Sensing Technologies Into Arctic Oil Spill Response, Jessica I. Garron

Interdisciplinary Studies

Identifying the tools and pathways to successful integration of landscape level science into decision-making processes is vital for quality environmental stewardship. Remote sensing information can provide critical facts to decision makers that historically were only available via manned airplane flights and ground truthing expeditions. Remote locations like the Arctic are well suited for monitoring with remote sensing tools due to the lack of transportation infrastructure and communications bandwidth. Remote sensing tools can be valuable when monitoring specific Arctic targets like ocean going vessels, sea ice, coastal erosion, off-shore resource development infrastructure, and oil spills. This dissertation addresses how to mount …

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Creating Safety Policy And Procedures In An Active Shooter Event, Mechelle L. Nash Dec 2020

Creating Safety Policy And Procedures In An Active Shooter Event, Mechelle L. Nash

Communication

School and workplace active shootings are on the rise and seem to be the norm today and there is not a working policy in place to train for an active shooter event in our organization, Golden Valley Electric Association. The purpose of this project was to develop a workable policy and procedure for the employees and to enhance the safety culture within our organization. To achieve this goal, a training presentation was created using the ALICE Training Institute’s protocol to train the workforce. The ALICE acronym stands for A=Alert, L=Lockdown, I=Inform, C=Counter, E=Evacuate. Over the course of research for this …

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A Place-Based Study Of Alaskan Animals, Emma Heslop Dec 2020

A Place-Based Study Of Alaskan Animals, Emma Heslop

Education

In the spring of 2020, my second-grade class, located in Fairbanks, AK, dived into a place-based exploration of Alaskan animals. The aim of the project was to increase students’ connections and understanding of the state where they live (Alaska) and the animals that they share it with. Through a backwards design, inquiry-based instructional model, my students met state standards with an integrated-subject approach. With art, guest speakers, research, and field trips my students learned about the Animals that share Alaska with us, their environments, and their adaptations. Students used informational writing published on digital mediums to share their knowledge with …

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Automated Remote Security Scoring Engine (Arsse): Gamification Of Cyber Security Education, Arsh Chauhan Dec 2020

Automated Remote Security Scoring Engine (Arsse): Gamification Of Cyber Security Education, Arsh Chauhan

Computer Science

The goal of this project is to create an easy to use, extensible, and engaging method to compute scores interactively during a practical cyber security education. Gamification has been shown to be an effective teaching tool and has been used in the offensive cybersecurity education space (via Capture The Flag competitions and challenges such as hackthebox.eu) but there has not been an open-source effort to bring this idea to the defensive side (blue team) aspect of cybersecurity. The Automated Remote Security Scoring Engine (ARSSE, pronounced "Arsh") uses a combination of well maintained open-source tools and custom connectors to facilitate an …

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Measuring The Impact Of Cooperative Rewards On Ai, Dain Harmon Dec 2020

Measuring The Impact Of Cooperative Rewards On Ai, Dain Harmon

Computer Science

We consider the effects of varying individualistic and team rewards on learning for a Deep Q-Network AI in a multi-agent system, using a synthetic team game ‘Futlol’ designed for this purpose. Experimental results with this game using the OpenSpiel framework indicate that mixed reward structures result in lower win rates. It is unclear if this is due to faster learning on simpler reward structures or a flaw in the nature of the reward system.

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The Ranch(Er), Wendy Connelley Dec 2020

The Ranch(Er), Wendy Connelley

Art

THE RANCH(ER) is a thesis project to fulfill the requirements of an MFA degree in visual fine-arts. This project focused on exploring my connection between the land, the ranch and its tools, and generations of ancestors living and working a small family ranch. I give voice to the seldom-vocal rancher and the isolation, hardships, and tenderness of ranch life. I have chosen as subjects for this exhibition objects that are utilitarian and are items woven into the cultural fabric of ranchers and their families. They are icons of generational identity. Rather than creating purely traditional functional objects such as cups …

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Legacy Junk: Mfa Other Exhibition, Allison Juneau Dec 2020

Legacy Junk: Mfa Other Exhibition, Allison Juneau

Art

I recently purchased a tract of raw land with the intention of building a cabin, and wasn't terribly surprised to find the land came with some impressive piles of junk. I was frankly enamored of these objects, abandoned but not destroyed by the previous owner. They had a potentially useful quality that resonated with other aspects of the Fairbanks community; transfer sites, the airplane graveyard behind the airport, old couches and tables and wooden spools that littered the yards of countless homes. This rural detritus represents a confluence of natural and cultural forces that Alaskans experience every day. I wish …

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The Yup'ik Relationships Of Qiluliuryaraq (Processing Intestine), Ellen Carrlee Dec 2020

The Yup'ik Relationships Of Qiluliuryaraq (Processing Intestine), Ellen Carrlee

Anthropology

This project explores multiple Native cultural contexts that intersect in the use and understanding of intestine. Gut (tissues of internal organs including stomach, intestine, bladder and esophagus) as a raw material was historically used by many circumpolar cultures to make items like drums, raincoats, hats, windows, sails, containers, and hunting floats. These items are abundant in museum collections, but rarely seen today in cultural practice or the art market. Intestine is a natural material that was replaced by synthetic materials, but its dual physical properties of protection and permeability are the only features replicated by plastics. Examination of intestine as …

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I Hear What You're Saying: Evaluating The Couple Validation Training (Cvt), A Brief Behavioral Intervention, Jessica Mckay Dec 2020

I Hear What You're Saying: Evaluating The Couple Validation Training (Cvt), A Brief Behavioral Intervention, Jessica Mckay

Psychology

Couple distress has strong implications for individual, couple, and family functioning. Research has found couple relationship education to be an effective tool in alleviating couple distress, thus improving the quality of couple communication and problem-solving skills. Couple relationship education has been shown to be more cost-effective and less likely to provoke the typical fears couples face when considering couple therapy, increasing the likelihood of receiving needed help. This study used a brief, highly structured behavioral intervention to teach partners to identify and code effective and ineffective ways of communicating. The primary research question sought to determine whether learning a structured …

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Voice Of Guidance To Thousands Of Students, Linda Spargo Retires, Emily Howorth Dec 2020

Voice Of Guidance To Thousands Of Students, Linda Spargo Retires, Emily Howorth

University of Mississippi News

Fixture of the Lyceum served students and families, taught classes and supported university growth

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Implementing Mindfulness: The Effect On Student Behavior And Focus At The Elementary Level, Brianna Anderson Dec 2020

Implementing Mindfulness: The Effect On Student Behavior And Focus At The Elementary Level, Brianna Anderson

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

The practice of mindfulness is being used with increasing regularity in classrooms around the world. Mindfulness is the idea of being present in the moment without thinking about the past or wondering about the future. Teaching students about practicing mindfulness has several components including breathing, seeing, stretching, and listening. Provided is a literature review and research on the positive effects mindfulness has on a students’ ability to focus, self-regulate, and release anxiety and stress in a Title 1 elementary classroom. Analysis of the data showed a decrease in the frequency of off-task behaviors in four out of six students during …

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Um Graduate Raises Awareness And Funds For Cancer Prevention, Sarah Sapp Dec 2020

Um Graduate Raises Awareness And Funds For Cancer Prevention, Sarah Sapp

University of Mississippi News

Double alumnus promotes Real Men Wear Pink Campaign through state public health role

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Cost Savings Of Right To Shop Programs, Tennessee. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations. Dec 2020

Cost Savings Of Right To Shop Programs, Tennessee. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations.

Miscellaneous Reports

No abstract provided.

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Services Provided By Local Governments And The Sources Of Revenue To Fund Them, Final Installment Of Tacir's Study On Local Government Revenue And Services, Tennessee. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations. Dec 2020

Services Provided By Local Governments And The Sources Of Revenue To Fund Them, Final Installment Of Tacir's Study On Local Government Revenue And Services, Tennessee. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations.

Miscellaneous Reports

No abstract provided.

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Commercializing Cannabis: Confronting The Challenges And Uncertainty Of Trademark And Trade Secret Protection For Cannabis-Related Businesses, John Mixon Dec 2020

Commercializing Cannabis: Confronting The Challenges And Uncertainty Of Trademark And Trade Secret Protection For Cannabis-Related Businesses, John Mixon

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

Over the last couple of decades, society has become more accepting of recreational cannabis and an ever-growing number of states have passed pro-cannabis legislation. With this change, the cannabis industry has, to some extent, exploded into a booming enterprise in states that have legalized marijuana. Nonetheless, cannabis' status as a Schedule I banned substance under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 remains unchanged. As a result, businesses in the cannabis industry face the unique challenge of having to toe the line between "legally" operating under state law and violating federal law, which trumps state law. One particular situation in which …

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News Reporting On Trump's Covid-19 Treatments: Should Broadcasters Have To Disclose Their Being Potentially Dangerous?, Dr. Joel Timmer Dec 2020

News Reporting On Trump's Covid-19 Treatments: Should Broadcasters Have To Disclose Their Being Potentially Dangerous?, Dr. Joel Timmer

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, President Trump touted a number of treatments that many medical professionals considered dangerous. These treatments include hydroxychloroquine and disinfectants, which if misused could cause a patient’s death. This prompted Free Press to file an emergency petition with the FCC, arguing that broadcasters who report on Trump’s claims about these treatments without highlighting their dangers could be in violation of the Commission’s broadcast hoax rule. Free Press also requested the FCC require that broadcasters include disclaimers when reporting on such claims. This article examines whether the broadcast hoax rule has been …

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Agnew, Abc, And Richard Nixon's War On Television, Dale L. Cressman Phd Dec 2020

Agnew, Abc, And Richard Nixon's War On Television, Dale L. Cressman Phd

Faculty Publications

Less than a year into the presidency of Richard Nixon, Vice President Spiro Agnew launched a series of attacks on television journalists, accusing them of being biased and having too much power to determine what news millions of Americans watched on their televisions. Because the government licensed and regulated their stations, the networks considered Agnew's statements, and other White House criticisms, to be threats. As the smallest, most vulnerable network, ABC found itself at a confluence of relationships with the administration: It employed both Nixon's favorite and least favorite anchors, as well as a highly placed executive who lent sympathy …

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Spring/Summer 2020: In Case You Missed It/We Made It!, St. Norbert College Dec 2020

Spring/Summer 2020: In Case You Missed It/We Made It!, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2019-2023

A lot has happened at St. Norbert College this year. Here’s a roundup of the few of the stories we’ve shared via social media, websites or other publications since our last issue.

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Spring/Summer 2020: Recordings And Livestreams Deliver A St. Norbert Christmas, St. Norbert College Dec 2020

Spring/Summer 2020: Recordings And Livestreams Deliver A St. Norbert Christmas, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2019-2023

Each Christmas, the music department delivers eagerly anticipated Christmas programs. This year, our musicians will be masked up but still merry and bright!

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Spring/Summer 2020: Snc Students Who Violate The Honor Code Go Up Before The Judge!, Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus Dec 2020

Spring/Summer 2020: Snc Students Who Violate The Honor Code Go Up Before The Judge!, Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus

St. Norbert College Magazine 2019-2023

Judge Marc Hammer (Business Administration), serves on the faculty at St. Norbert. Fittingly, he also facilitates SNC’s honor code, alongside Gabe Licht (Business Administration).

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Spring/Summer 2020: Old St. Joe’S Celebrates Its 150th Anniversary This Christmas, St. Norbert College Dec 2020

Spring/Summer 2020: Old St. Joe’S Celebrates Its 150th Anniversary This Christmas, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2019-2023

St. Norbert College’s award-winning landmark, the spiritual center of the campus, was dedicated in 1870. The church was built on a site where ministry has been offered for nearly 350 years.

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Brain Α-Tocopherol Concentration Is Inversely Associated With Neurofibrillary Tangle Counts In Brain Regions Affected In Earlier Braak Stages: A Cross-Sectional Finding In The Oldest Old, J. Tanprasertsuk, T.M. Scott, M.A. Johnson, L.W. Poon, P.T. Nelson, A. Davey, J.L. Woodard, R. Vishwanathan, A.K. Barbey, K. Barger, X.-D. Wang, E.J. Johnson Dec 2020

Brain Α-Tocopherol Concentration Is Inversely Associated With Neurofibrillary Tangle Counts In Brain Regions Affected In Earlier Braak Stages: A Cross-Sectional Finding In The Oldest Old, J. Tanprasertsuk, T.M. Scott, M.A. Johnson, L.W. Poon, P.T. Nelson, A. Davey, J.L. Woodard, R. Vishwanathan, A.K. Barbey, K. Barger, X.-D. Wang, E.J. Johnson

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Objectives: Higher vitamin E status has been associated with lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, evidence of the association of vitamin E concentration in neural tissue with AD pathologies is limited. Design: The cross-sectional relationship between the human brain concentrations of α- and γ-tocopherol and the severity of AD pathologies – neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) and neuritic plaque (NP) – was investigated. Setting & Participants: Brains from 43 centenarians (≥ 98 years at death) enrolled in the Phase III of the Georgia Centenarian Study were collected at autopsy. Measurements: Brain α- and γ-tocopherol concentrations (previously reported) …

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Association Between Duration Of Residence And Prevalence Of Type 2 Diabetes Among Male South Asian Expatriate Workers In The United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study, Syed Mahboob Shah, Lindsay M. Jaacks, Fatima Al-Maskari, Juma Al-Kaabi, Faisal Aziz, Elpidoforos Soteriades, Tom Loney, Hamed Farooqi, Anjum Memon, Raghib Ali Dec 2020

Association Between Duration Of Residence And Prevalence Of Type 2 Diabetes Among Male South Asian Expatriate Workers In The United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study, Syed Mahboob Shah, Lindsay M. Jaacks, Fatima Al-Maskari, Juma Al-Kaabi, Faisal Aziz, Elpidoforos Soteriades, Tom Loney, Hamed Farooqi, Anjum Memon, Raghib Ali

Department of Family Medicine

Expatriates account for about 80% of the total population in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that prevalence of type 2 diabetes in male South Asian expatriates increases with increased length of residence in the UAE.
Design, settings and participants: This cross-sectional study recruited a representative sample (n=1375) of male South Asian expatriates aged ≥18 years in Al Ain, UAE. Sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyle data were obtained using a pilot-tested adapted version of the WHO STEPS instrument.
Main outcome measures: Duration of residence was used as a marker for acculturation. Type 2 diabetes was …

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Small Cell Wireless Facilities And Public Rights-Of-Way, Assessing The Effects Of Public Chapter 819, Acts Of 2018, Tennessee. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations. Dec 2020

Small Cell Wireless Facilities And Public Rights-Of-Way, Assessing The Effects Of Public Chapter 819, Acts Of 2018, Tennessee. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations.

Miscellaneous Reports

No abstract provided.

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Accountability And Literacy/Reading Interventions For Middles School Students, Britny Bucholz Dec 2020

Accountability And Literacy/Reading Interventions For Middles School Students, Britny Bucholz

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

We have found that the students who reach the expectations for the independent work, Student Application and independent reading are the individuals whose Lexile scores have increased the most. With that being said, we are also finding that many students are not taking personal ownership in their independent work. They were not meeting the expectations for Student Application and independent reading. In hopes to increase students Lexile scores, I would have like students to be held accountable for reaching the class expectations for Student Application and independent reading. To achieve this, I would have used a tiered system that would …

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Interprofessional Education (Ipe) And Interprofessional Education Collaborative (Ipec) Competencies Of Clinical And Healthcare Administration Undergraduate Students, Shelly Gompf Dec 2020

Interprofessional Education (Ipe) And Interprofessional Education Collaborative (Ipec) Competencies Of Clinical And Healthcare Administration Undergraduate Students, Shelly Gompf

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

The healthcare industry is dependent on the successful delivery of effective education to undergraduate healthcare students. Curriculum and instruction, experiences both inside and outside of the classroom, significantly contribute to students' successful development. A critical element for successful healthcare delivery is to continue building a sustainable culture for all healthcare workers that will increase skills for improved ethics and values, inter-disciplinary understanding of roles and responsibilities, interprofessional communication, and teamwork. One teaching approach that continues to produce positive results is interprofessional education (IPE). This teaching method, supported by the experiential learning theory, brings clinical stakeholders together to problem-solve and make …

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Student Success In Virtual Versus In-Person Learning During A Direct Instruction Math Intervention Course, Christina Lindmeier Dec 2020

Student Success In Virtual Versus In-Person Learning During A Direct Instruction Math Intervention Course, Christina Lindmeier

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

Public education has always been thought of as being completed in a brick and mortar setting with students in desks and teachers at the front of the classroom. Students interact with their peers and learn through lecture and hands-on activities. This general understanding was quickly changed in the spring of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Schools had to shift from in person learning to online learning with little to no planning time. As schools began to transition back in the fall of 2020, school boards had to make the choice of continuing all virtual learning, creating a hybrid learning …

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Together And Apart In An Online Classroom, Laura A. Heymann Dec 2020

Together And Apart In An Online Classroom, Laura A. Heymann

Popular Media

No abstract provided.

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An Interdisciplinary Analysis Of Health Equity As Evaluated Through The Covid-19 Response Concerning French-Speaking Refugees., Margaret Henning Dec 2020

An Interdisciplinary Analysis Of Health Equity As Evaluated Through The Covid-19 Response Concerning French-Speaking Refugees., Margaret Henning

Honors Theses

A collaborative approach is needed to understand the multifaceted medical bias and inequalities experienced by refugee camps of Francophone (French-speaking) nations. A combination of interest and passion for anthropology, medicine, and the French language presents a unique window of intersectionality to analyze this issue. Through a comprehensive review of literature published in both English and French languages, and connections with directors and leaders of refugee camps located in France and French-speaking African nations, we have elucidated a few examples of alarming medical bias experienced by both refugees and migrants. Although an exhaustive list of medical bias could be presented on …

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