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Walling Out: Rules And Standards In The Beach Access Context, Timothy M. Mulvaney Dec 2020

Walling Out: Rules And Standards In The Beach Access Context, Timothy M. Mulvaney

Faculty Scholarship

The overwhelming majority of U.S. states facially allocate exclusionary rights and access privileges to beaches by categorically deciding whom to wall in and whom to wall out. In the conventional terms of the longstanding debate surrounding the design of legal directives, such “rules” are considered substantively determinant ex ante and, in application, analogically transparent across similarly situated cases. Only a small number of jurisdictions have adopted “standards” in the beach access context, which—again, on the conventional account—sacrifice both determinacy and transparency for the ability to accommodate ex post the complexities of individual cases. This Article contends that beach access policy …

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Secondary Content Area Teachers’ Perceptions Of The Impact Of Teaching Explicit Reading Strategies On Reading Comprehension And Student Academic Performance, Sandra Dance Weaver Dec 2020

Secondary Content Area Teachers’ Perceptions Of The Impact Of Teaching Explicit Reading Strategies On Reading Comprehension And Student Academic Performance, Sandra Dance Weaver

Education Doctoral

Many students are entering high school unable to read proficiently. Other students are graduating from high school with reading skills below proficiency and are unprepared to meet the literacy demands of college or the workplace. The negative outcomes for these students graduating from high school and entering society as young adults with reduced literacy skills include an increased dropout rate, affiliation with the criminal justice system, unemployment, and reduced income earning power. Federal and state education reforms and standards continue to be implemented in an effort to improve the literacy crisis and academic performance of students. Secondary content area teachers …

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The Black Man’S Experience As A Teacher In K-12: Examining The Insight, Education, And Challenges To Diversifying The Teaching Population, Natasha A. Oates Dec 2020

The Black Man’S Experience As A Teacher In K-12: Examining The Insight, Education, And Challenges To Diversifying The Teaching Population, Natasha A. Oates

Education Doctoral

The K-12 teaching profession is dominated by White females, with only 2% of Black male K-12 teachers in the job. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to examine the insight, education, and challenges Black males face to diversify the K-12 classroom. As the vital instrument of the study, using in-depth, semi-structured interviews, the researcher examined five New York State Black male K-12 educators to discover their perspectives and experiences regarding why Black male educators are underrepresented in the K-12 setting. Five formulated meanings emerged, representing the participants’ experience that included: (a) career motivation, (b) absence of diversity, (c) …

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Medical Marijuana In Public Schools: A Narrative Study Of Parents’ Experiences With Policy Implementation, Donise Robinson Dr. Dec 2020

Medical Marijuana In Public Schools: A Narrative Study Of Parents’ Experiences With Policy Implementation, Donise Robinson Dr.

Education Doctoral

Parents of children with conditions such as epilepsy, cancer, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can choose medical marijuana (MM) as a treatment plan for their children. The purpose of this narrative study is to describe parents’ experiences when implementing medical marijuana treatment plans in K-12 schools in New Jersey, Maryland, and Colorado. This study addressed the success and challenges parents faced with the chosen treatment plan. Many schools grapple with allowing the administration of MM to students because of the conflict between federal and state laws. This study identifies the experiences of parents of children prescribed MM as they …

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Alginate Microgels Created By Electrohydrodynamic Jetting, Bruna Mendonca, Kyung-Ho Roh Dec 2020

Alginate Microgels Created By Electrohydrodynamic Jetting, Bruna Mendonca, Kyung-Ho Roh

Perpetua: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at UAH

Developing a facile process that can produce small hydrogels of a well-defined shape with diameters in the order of 100 μm is of great interest in the field of biomedical applications including drug delivery, tissue engineering, and cell manufacturing. We attempted to employ electrohydrodynamic (EHD) jetting process to fabricate such microgels made of sodium alginate. To achieve the controlled sizes and shapes of the microgels in a reproducible manner, the solution parameters (sodium alginate concentration, calcium chloride concentration) as well as operational parameters of EHD jetting (flow rate, voltage, distance between the jetting nozzle to the substrate) have been studied …

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The Chinese In California: Archaeology And Railroads At The Turn Of The Century, Evelyn Hildebrand Dec 2020

The Chinese In California: Archaeology And Railroads At The Turn Of The Century, Evelyn Hildebrand

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Research on Chinese sites in California have focused on ethnicity, ethnic relations, and the material expression of ethnicity all of which are key issues in overseas Chinese archaeology. Chinatown sites produced data that helped define Chinese culture and experience in historical California. One railroad construction work camp site identified in 2016 located in the Cajon Pass in the late 1800’s offers the potential for insight into the lives of the workers. Chinese occupation in San Bernardino is not well understood, and the site may offer information on the culture, traditions, and integrations of the workers. Thousands of Chinese men left …

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Establishing The Public Library As An Out-Of-School Partner In Stem/Steam Education, Gwyneth Fernandez Dec 2020

Establishing The Public Library As An Out-Of-School Partner In Stem/Steam Education, Gwyneth Fernandez

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

The American public library is a unique community presence that positively influences the lives of families as an out-of-school partner in education. By examining the public library through a systems lens using Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Theory the impact of these institutions may be seen. A key characteristic of public library service is timely, relevant adaptations that meet the needs of the community served. In this project, a recent public library pilot program is evaluated. This program was created in response to the emerging trend in Science Technology Engineering Art and Math (STEAM) within schools and informal education opportunities. It was found …

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Understanding Why Individuals Use Club Drugs At Raves And Electronic Dance Music Events: A Peer Cluster Theory Approach, Brandi N. Burns Dec 2020

Understanding Why Individuals Use Club Drugs At Raves And Electronic Dance Music Events: A Peer Cluster Theory Approach, Brandi N. Burns

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Raves and Electronic Dance Music (EDM) events are part of a growing culture of entertainment for young people around the world. The dangers of these events include fatalities related to drug use, overheating, dehydration and lack of harm reduction services. This study explores drug use at rave events through a survey examining EDM attendee experiences. Using a binary logistic regression model, this investigation examines the relative importance of five factors: (1) peer group drug use and (2) peer influence on behavior, drawn from peer cluster theory, (3) presence of security features that may dissuade drug use controls for rational choices, …

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The Impact Of Negative Affect On Psychological Well-Being Through Affective Commitment, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, And Employee Burnout, Michelle Balesh Dec 2020

The Impact Of Negative Affect On Psychological Well-Being Through Affective Commitment, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, And Employee Burnout, Michelle Balesh

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Research focusing on organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) have highlighted how these behaviors support and aid the psychological and social environment within an organization. However, there is a gap within the literature that has not emphasized the negative consequences of engaging in OCBs. This study aims at examining the baleful consequences toward the individual, specifically, one’s psychological well-being. By examining one’s commitment to the organization, this study is interested if commitment will influence the likelihood of engaging in these discretionary behaviors. The aim of the present study is to understand the inimical effects of OCBs due to the investment of personal …

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Online Strategies For Small Businesses Affected By Covid-19: A Social Media And Social Commerce Approach, Julianne Itliong Dec 2020

Online Strategies For Small Businesses Affected By Covid-19: A Social Media And Social Commerce Approach, Julianne Itliong

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

The Covid-19 pandemic has altered the way many US citizens work, live, and interact with one another. Many rules and regulations have been put in place by government officials to slow the spread of the virus because of how contagious it is in social settings. Because of these rules and regulations, many small businesses were forced to temporarily close their doors to the public in order to comply with the rules of social distancing and the ban on large gatherings. For some businesses, this shift from physical sales to digital sales has always been a part of their business models, …

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Through The Funnel: A Critical Policy Analysis Of Educational Policy Relating To The School-To-Prison Pipeline., Jesse V. Hall Dec 2020

Through The Funnel: A Critical Policy Analysis Of Educational Policy Relating To The School-To-Prison Pipeline., Jesse V. Hall

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of the present study involved analyzing the policies of the Trump administration to determine the ways it impacted the school-to-prison pipeline. The focus of the study included the Departments of Education and Justice. The findings revealed educational policies and deregulatory practices that maintained and intensified the school-to-prison pipeline.

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Preparation And Characterization Of Silicon-Metal Fluoride Reactive Composites, Siva Kumar Valluri, Mirko Schoenitz, Edward Dreizin Dec 2020

Preparation And Characterization Of Silicon-Metal Fluoride Reactive Composites, Siva Kumar Valluri, Mirko Schoenitz, Edward Dreizin

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Fuel-rich composite powders combining elemental Si with the metal fluoride oxidizers BiF3 and CoF2 were prepared by arrested reactive milling. Reactivity of the composite powders was assessed using thermoanalytical measurements in both inert (Ar) and oxidizing (Ar/O2) environments. Powders were ignited using an electrically heated filament; particle combustion experiments were performed in room air using a CO2 laser as an ignition source. Both composites showed accelerated oxidation of Si when heated in oxidizing environments and ignited readily using the heated filament. Elemental Si, used as a reference, did not exhibit appreciable oxidation when heated under the same conditions and could …

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Backlogged Or Logjammed? An Analysis Of The Patterns That Surround The Rape Kit Backlog Across Jurisdictions, Elizabeth Dowd Dec 2020

Backlogged Or Logjammed? An Analysis Of The Patterns That Surround The Rape Kit Backlog Across Jurisdictions, Elizabeth Dowd

Political Science Undergraduate Honors Theses

Untested rape kits sit in crime labs, hospitals, evidence lockers, or storage facilities untouched. In the worst-case scenarios, rape kits have been thrown out of police storage before the statute of limitations had expired. A major public policy problem is developing as these kits stack up and create a backlog. The primary problem with the rape kit backlog is that all victims are not receiving justice. To solve the problem, the backlog of rape kits needs further exploration and analysis. If a pattern can be established about why the problem is occurring, then policies can be constructed and implemented to …

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Online Marketplaces' Responsibility For Harm From Counterfeit Cosmetics, Samantha J. Levin Dec 2020

Online Marketplaces' Responsibility For Harm From Counterfeit Cosmetics, Samantha J. Levin

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

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Innovation Warfare, Jeanne Suchodolski, Suzanne Harrison, Bowman Heiden Dec 2020

Innovation Warfare, Jeanne Suchodolski, Suzanne Harrison, Bowman Heiden

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

No abstract provided.

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Redefining The Trips Agreement To Accommodate En Masse Compulsory Licensing Of Vaccines & Other Pharmaceuticals For The Treatment Of Covid-19, Alexandra H. Farquhar Dec 2020

Redefining The Trips Agreement To Accommodate En Masse Compulsory Licensing Of Vaccines & Other Pharmaceuticals For The Treatment Of Covid-19, Alexandra H. Farquhar

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

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Too Dangerous To Exist: Holding Compromised Internet Platforms Strictly Liable Under The Doctrine Of Abnormally Dangerous Activities, Jordan Glassman Dec 2020

Too Dangerous To Exist: Holding Compromised Internet Platforms Strictly Liable Under The Doctrine Of Abnormally Dangerous Activities, Jordan Glassman

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

No abstract provided.

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Does Attending A More Elite School Lead To Better Labor Market Outcomes?: Evidence From The College Football Labor Market Using Screening Information, Kyle Brookman Dec 2020

Does Attending A More Elite School Lead To Better Labor Market Outcomes?: Evidence From The College Football Labor Market Using Screening Information, Kyle Brookman

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

College football prospects in the market for an athletic scholarship face similar career-altering choices as traditional academic students when selecting a college, however, the market they operate in is very different. They are actively recruited by university coaches and closely observed by a college sports scouting industry. Their choice of school is highly anticipated and publicized within college sport culture. College football is no doubt a lucrative industry, particularly for the elite university football programs, but one may want to know if the athletic scholars themselves gain in any career measurable way by attending a more elite university football program. …

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Observed Defects Of Swiss Cheese Based On The Microbiome Contribution To The Production Of Organic Acids, Vannessa D. Campfield Dec 2020

Observed Defects Of Swiss Cheese Based On The Microbiome Contribution To The Production Of Organic Acids, Vannessa D. Campfield

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

The United States Department of Agriculture downgrades on the order of 17% of all Swiss cheese produced in the United States due to defects. Many of these defects are related to improper eye formation, number, distribution, or size; leading to an industry loss of over $69 million per annum. The microbiome in Swiss-type cheeses plays a significant role in eye development due to production of organic acids and gaseous emissions contingent on bacterial abundance and phenotype. The relationship between bacteria and the organic acids they produce leading to Swiss cheese defects can be correlated using Next-generation sequencing and high-performance liquid …

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Impact Of Internet Connection On Gifted Students’ Perceptions Of Course Quality At An Online High School, Stacy Hawthorne Dec 2020

Impact Of Internet Connection On Gifted Students’ Perceptions Of Course Quality At An Online High School, Stacy Hawthorne

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Online learning is on the rise in K-12 education and, with the lockdowns and social distancing measures implemented as a result of COVID-19, has gained increased prominence. While the demand for online learning is on the rise, many U.S. students lack adequate Internet connectivity to have a successful online learning experience. Connectivity issues, particularly when they impact audio, can cause students to tune out or even drop out of online learning. This is problematic for online schools and course providers who often have no control over the speed of a student’s home Internet connection. Online schools also have to balance …

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Getting Online With Generation Z: Learning Approaches, Letha Marie Mellman Dec 2020

Getting Online With Generation Z: Learning Approaches, Letha Marie Mellman

Dissertations

This e-Delphi study explored learning approaches, as defined by Generation Z (Gen Z) learners, in online academic settings and nonacademic settings. It also considered differences between the two panels (38 participants in each panel, representing 39 states) of learners (Academic and Nonacademic) and compared current literature-supported best practices to the learning approaches generated by participants in this study. The Academic panel participants reached consensus on six of the 56 learning approaches: (a) completing course material; (b) rely on self; (c) projects that I can choose what to do and learn material by myself; (d) search Internet; (e) ask expert; and …

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Rural Cochlear Implant Services: Reflections From Parents And (Re)Habilitation Professionals, Natalie J. Austin Dec 2020

Rural Cochlear Implant Services: Reflections From Parents And (Re)Habilitation Professionals, Natalie J. Austin

Dissertations

Austin, Natalie J. Rural cochlear implant services: Reflections from parents and (re)habilitation professionals. Published Doctor of Philosophy dissertation, University of Northern Colorado, 2020. The idea of what “rural” means and the influence of this setting is very complex. The impact on the resources and services available to the family, school district, and community goes beyond geographic barriers. Despite there being known problems with service provision for children with hearing loss in rural areas, little is being done to improve the support offered to families and professionals working to meet the needs of children who have cochlear implants. The purpose of …

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Three In One: The Style, Structure, And Sound Of Thad Jones As A Jazz Trumpeter, Shawn Edward Williams Dec 2020

Three In One: The Style, Structure, And Sound Of Thad Jones As A Jazz Trumpeter, Shawn Edward Williams

Dissertations

Thad Jones’s role as a big-band composer, arranger and leader of the famed Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra formed the basis for his international reputation in the jazz world. However, it can be demonstrated that Jones’s improvisational style as a jazz trumpet soloist directly informed his composition and arranging style. Long before Jones became an active composer and arranger, he spent decades performing as a soloist with various small groups. Jones spent his formative years in Pontiac, Michigan playing with the Arcadia Club Band, a family band formed by his uncle, where he worked alongside his brother Hank Jones. Jones continued …

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Documenting A Personal And National History: Echoes Of The Urban-Rural Divide In The Works Of Helga Gamboa, Sonja Gelin Dec 2020

Documenting A Personal And National History: Echoes Of The Urban-Rural Divide In The Works Of Helga Gamboa, Sonja Gelin

Honors Theses

This paper analyzes a series of vessels created by artist Helga Gamboa from 2003-2008. Gamboa, an Angolan artist, based in the United Kingdom, uses her work to recount the experiences of rural women during the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002) and her own experience growing up in the capital during the final years of the Salazar-Caetano regime. Gamboa’s syncretic approach incorporates European tin-glazing and indigenous African hand-building techniques. Early Modern Portuguese and traditional Southern Angolan material culture also guide the artist. The resulting works document a lasting urban-rural divide among Angolan women, dating back to colonial policy, liberation struggles, and civil …

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Delivering Extinction, Tatum Cordy Dec 2020

Delivering Extinction, Tatum Cordy

Honors College Theses

Living during a human extinction is something no one is prepared for. No one thought humans would last this long. Even the sun dies eventually. A child’s drawing with a dripping smile. Sun rays heating soil into dust, melting metals, and large pine trees would light like matches. Smoke would rise into the air blocking out everything but the fires taking over the once livable landscape of Earth. Then, it would be over. The sun would explode. Simple and quick, painless for the few who wouldn’t try to resist their demise. Too bad humans were a few million years early. …

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Intellectual Property In The Digital Streaming Age: How Music Becomes A Lawsuit, Alexandra Tasev Dec 2020

Intellectual Property In The Digital Streaming Age: How Music Becomes A Lawsuit, Alexandra Tasev

Honors College Theses

A mix of both entertainment business and law, the purpose of this review is to address the question of “are current copyright laws and procedures too restrictive of new and smaller-name artists from entering the market?” Through a law review and analysis of the history of copyright law, this thesis outlines the issues new, smaller music artists face as a result of rapid digital evolution paired with a slow-moving legal system. Failing to amend the current standards for dealing with old copyright cases will cause further issues with the growing popularity of digital platforms like YouTube, Soundcloud, Spotify, and TikTok. …

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Depositors' Trust: Some Empirical Evidence From Indonesia, Halim Alamsyah, Moch. Doddy Ariefianto, Herman Saheruddin, Seto Wardono, Irwan Trinugroho Dec 2020

Depositors' Trust: Some Empirical Evidence From Indonesia, Halim Alamsyah, Moch. Doddy Ariefianto, Herman Saheruddin, Seto Wardono, Irwan Trinugroho

Documents

No abstract provided.

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Annual Report - 2020, Fundo Garantidor De Crèditos Dec 2020

Annual Report - 2020, Fundo Garantidor De Crèditos

Documents

No abstract provided.

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Efficient Scheduling Of Plantation Company Workers Using Genetic Algorithm, Wayan Firdaus Mahmudy, Andreas Pardede, Agus Wahyu Widodo, Muh Arif Rahman Dec 2020

Efficient Scheduling Of Plantation Company Workers Using Genetic Algorithm, Wayan Firdaus Mahmudy, Andreas Pardede, Agus Wahyu Widodo, Muh Arif Rahman

Knowledge Engineering and Data Science

Workers at large plantation companies have various activities. These activities include caring for plants, regularly applying fertilizers according to schedule, and crop harvesting activities. The density of worker activities must be balanced with efficient and fair work scheduling. A good schedule will minimize worker dissatisfaction while also maintaining their physical health. This study aims to optimize workers' schedules using a genetic algorithm. An efficient chromosome representation is designed to produce a good schedule in a reasonable amount of time. The mutation method is used in combination with reciprocal mutation and exchange mutation, while the type of crossover used is one …

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Identification And Characterization Of Candidate Staphylococcus Aureus Antigens For Inclusion In A Multivalent Bovine Mastitis Vaccine, Danielle Scarbrough Dec 2020

Identification And Characterization Of Candidate Staphylococcus Aureus Antigens For Inclusion In A Multivalent Bovine Mastitis Vaccine, Danielle Scarbrough

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Bovine mastitis, inflammation typically caused by bacterial infection, is the most prevalent disease affecting the global dairy industry. Staphylococcus aureus remains one of the most important pathogens implicated in the disease and can persist within herds at subclinical levels. A preventative S. aureus bovine mastitis vaccine would substantially lessen costs associated with treatment and restore revenue lost due to decreased milk production. One such experimental vaccine is the IsdA-CTA2/B + ClfA-CTA2/B vaccine, containing the S. aureus antigens IsdA and ClfA , each fused to the nontoxic A2/B subunits of cholera toxin, which serves as …

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