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Tort Law And Practice, Carol M. Suzuki, Lawrence C. Levine, Ibrahim J. Gassama, Joan E. Vogel, Dominick Vetri

Faculty Book Display Case

The sixth edition continues to provide a rich context for the study of tort law fundamentals and policies. This innovative, student-friendly casebook thoroughly develops the core torts principles, and enhances student learning through the use of cases, notes, questions, and problems, as well as element summaries and flow charts.

The materials provide frequent opportunities to consider the application of tort law in the context of social justice issues related to race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. For example, the book treats important but often overlooked issues of fairness in tort damages based on minority status and gender, especially in cases involving …

Shock Wave Propagation Behavior At Corners And Crosscuts In Five Small-Scale Tunnel Scenarios, David Pierre Doucet

Masters Theses

"Shock wave propagation in tunnels and other enclosed environments is substantially more complicated than in an open-air or even a surface detonation. There is still much to learn about how shock wave properties change as a wave propagates in an enclosed space, such as a mine tunnel, inside of a building, or city street. The geometry of the enclosure will have a large role in the propagation of the shock wave. This means that many different tunnel designs must be studied. This work tested five different designs using a modular small-scale model. The scenarios tested were Straight-line, Single Turn, Around …

Games For Organizational Training: Gamer Motivation Profile And Organizational Training Climate Effect Of Trainee Preference For Gamified Training, Brooke-Nicole Woods Ruffin

Masters Theses

“Gamified training is often utilized in organizations as a way to revamp their training and gain the attention of their employees. However, this training is expensive, and research is needed to help ensure that this training delivery is successful. In this study, first an individual’s gamer motivation profile is compared with learning outcomes that share the same elements. This was completed to determine if the elements that they looked for in playing video games were in alignment with those same elements in training In addition, it was explored whether the preference for participating in video games based on an individual’s …

Micro-Analysis Of Contaminants In Suspended Load And Bank Deposits From The Mineral Fork Creek Watershed In Potosi, Missouri, 2019-2020, William Joseph Miller

Masters Theses

”There are rising concerns pertaining to water contamination produced by toxic heavy metal contaminants such as lead and zinc. For this study, lead, zinc, and barite are three identified contaminants currently threatening Missouri water supplies. A microanalysis of the amounts of lead, zinc, and barite in the water of Mineral Fork Creek was conducted, involving both field and laboratory work. The purpose of the study was to determine the levels of lead, zinc, and barite contaminants, contributing to Big River, by Mineral Fork Creek, in Potosi Missouri, Washington County.

This research study uses a quantitative micro-analysis approach to determine the …

Optical Fiber Based Integrity Test Of Civil Engineering Materials: Numerical Analysis, Ruoyu Zhong

Masters Theses

“Major advancement in Civil Engineering cannot be accomplished without the help of sensors. Among different types of sensors, fiber-optic sensor is known for its light weight, high accuracy, resolution, immunity to electromagnetic interference, and resistance to harsh environment. This research mainly focuses on fiber-optic sensor application on concrete structures as temperature sensor. Thermal Integrity Profiling (TIP) is a non-destructive integrity testing method which makes use of the hydration heat from the concrete curing process to detect defects within a drilled shaft. Any defect of concrete could result in a temperature anomaly in a drilled shaft. The accuracy of the current …

Additive Manufacturing Of Linear Shaped Charges To Address Run Up And Run Down Phenomena, Jason Ho

Masters Theses

”A shaped charge is an explosive device used to focus detonation energy in a desired direction. Additive Manufacturing (AM) can allow greater design freedom and geometric complexity for the liner portion of the shaped charge.

In this work, the following hypotheses were tested: 1) Adjusting the initial apex angle of a linear shaped charge liner reduces the amount of run up that occurs, and 2) implementing a backstop at the end of a linear shaped charge liner reduces the amount of run down that occurs.

Linear shaped charge liners with a continuously changing apex angle were created with additive manufacturing. …

Potential Roles Of Extracellular Vesicles In The Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, And Treatment Of Autoimmune Diseases., Jing Tian, Giacomo Casella, Yuan Zhang, Abdolmohamad Rostami, Xing Li

Department of Neurology Faculty Papers

Since extracellular vesicles (EVs) were discovered in 1983 in sheep reticulocytes samples, they have gradually attracted scientific attention and become a topic of great interest in the life sciences field. EVs are small membrane particles, released by virtually every cell that carries a variety of functional molecules. Their main function is to deliver messages to the surrounding area in both physiological and pathological conditions. Initially, they were thought to be either cell debris, signs of cell death, or unspecific structures. However, accumulating evidence support a theory that EVs are a universal mechanism of communication. Thanks to their biological characteristics and …

Observer-Based Event-Triggered And Set-Theoretic Neuro-Adaptive Controls For Constrained Uncertain Systems, Abdul Ghafoor

Doctoral Dissertations

"In this study, several new observer-based event-triggered and set-theoretic control schemes are presented to advance the state of the art in neuro-adaptive controls. In the first part, six new event-triggered neuro-adaptive control (ETNAC) schemes are presented for uncertain linear systems. These comprehensive designs offer flexibility to choose a design depending upon system performance requirements. Stability proofs for each scheme are presented and their performance is analyzed using benchmark examples. In the second part, the scope of the ETNAC is extended to uncertain nonlinear systems. It is applied to a case of precision formation flight of the microsatellites at the Sun-Earth/Moon …

Combustion And Emission Characteristics Of Ic Engines Fueled By Hydrogen And Hydrogen/Diesel Mixtures And Multi-Objective Optimization Of Operating Parameters, Abdulhakim Issa Jabbr

Doctoral Dissertations

“The present study considers combustion of hydrogen in IC engines. In general, the work focuses on simulating the engine performance and emissions at different operation parameters, and using optimization techniques. Task I work deals with the engine performance and emissions of a single cylinder spark-ignition (SI) engine fueled by hydrogen. The engine was simulated at different equivalence ratios, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and ignition timing. The results indicate that NOx emissions, engine power, and efficiency are reduced by increasing EGR level, and increased with increasing equivalence ratio and advanced ignition timing. The best operating conditions for hydrogen engines were obtained …

Fully Differential Study Of Higher-Order Contributions To The Few-Body Dynamics Of Simple Atomic Systems, Madhav Dhital

Doctoral Dissertations

”Advancing our understanding of the few-body dynamics in simple atomic systems is one of the most important goals of atomic scattering research. In perturbation theory, this goal entails accurately describing the relative contributions from first versus higher-order mechanisms. One higher-order mechanism that is particularly important for target ionization by a charged-particle impact is known as post-collision interaction (PCI). There, the projectile and the ejected electron interact with each other at least twice. In the first interaction, the projectile transfers sufficient energy for the electron to be lifted to the continuum. The second interaction occurs in the outgoing part of the …

A Century In Uniform: Military Women In American Films, Introduction, Stacy Fowler, Deborah A. Deacon

Faculty Articles

From silents of the early American motion picture era through 21st century films, this book offers a decade-by-decade examination of portrayals of women in the military. The full range of genres is explored, along with films created by today's military women about their experiences.

Laws regarding women in the service are analyzed, along with discussion of the challenges they have faced in the push for full participation and of the changing societal attitudes through the years.

Arthur C. Y. Yao (1906-2004): A Pioneer Chinese Professor At St. Mary's University School Of Law, Robert H. Hu

Faculty Articles

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There Oughta Be A Law: What Corporate Social Responsibility Can Trach Us About Consumer Contract Formation, Colin P. Marks

Faculty Articles

The Restatement of Consumer Contracts has been a controversial project since its inception. Some have argued that the project is unnecessary as there is no separate law of consumer contracts. Others have argued that the project is more appropriate for a Principles of Law project than for a Restatement. Substantively, the project has also drawn criticism from both consumer and business advocates. Consumer advocates have argued that some of the sections, in particular section 2 which addresses standard terms, favor businesses and subject consumers to terms and conditions that they never truly assented to.9 Business advocates have argued, among other …

Public Rights After Oil States Energy, Adam J. Macleod

Faculty Articles

The concept of public rights plays an important role in the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of the United States. But as the decision in Oil States last Term revealed, the Court has often used the term to refer to three different concepts with different jurisprudential implications. Using insights drawn from historical and analytical jurisprudence, this Article distinguishes the three concepts and examines how each of them is at work in patent law. A precise reading of Oil States also bears lessons for other areas of law that implicate both private rights and duties and the administration of public regulatory …

Vedanta Resources Plc And Another V. Lungowe And Others, Tara Van Ho

Faculty Articles

In Vedanta v. Lungowe, the United Kingdom Supreme Court determined that civil claims for negligence brought by Zambian claimants against an English parent company (Vedanta) and its Zambian subsidiary (Konkola Copper Mines plc (KCM)) for damages experienced in Zambia can proceed in English courts. While framed as a domestic tort law case, the decision is significant for international efforts aimed at holding businesses accountable for their "negative impacts" on human rights.' Writing for a unanimous Court, Lord Briggs's judgment hinged narrowly on the right of victims to access substantial justice. More broadly, Lord Briggs suggested that parent companies that hold …

Migration Through The Mirror: Mexican Women’S Perspectives Of What It Means For Them When Mexicans Move North: A Binational Conversation (Book), Roberto Rosas

Faculty Articles

The content of the themes discussed during the binational conversation, “Mexican Women, their empowerment and contribution to the United States,” led to the publication of this book by the members of the Center for Mexicans in Globalization and St. Mary’s University School of Law. The binational conversation is an important exercise regarding the analysis of the theme of migration.  The goal is to highlight the fundamental role of each woman who participated, whose involvement regarding the diverse themes and the sharing of personal experiences contributes to the enrichment of the subject.

Fighting Back To Protect Student Voting Rights, Joaquin Gonzales

Faculty Articles

Many people bemoan the relatively low voter-turnout rates in the United States, particularly among younger generations. However, student voters face a wide variety of obstacles that can deter them from democratic participation. Some of the oft-discussed obstacles include jurisdictions not accepting student ID cards for the purposes of voting and making it difficult for students to register to vote at their university addresses. An additional problem that deserves further attention is the lack of on-campus voting opportunities for college and university students, and the intentional efforts in some jurisdictions to further limit those opportunities. This essay examines the problem through …

This Goes Out To The Underdogs: Identifying Students With Disabiliites At The Secondary Level, Bessie Mazur

Brehm Scholars Research

The Response to Intervention (RTI) process was put in place to help schools respond to the shrinking reading abilities of our nation’s graduates, and to help identify which struggling readers truly had a learning disability, and which needed some interventions to strengthen reading skills. Teachers were called upon to use research that was scientifically based and had proven results in helping ensure all students were reading at grade level by the end of 3rd grade. RTI, when operating correctly, is a multitiered system of supports (MTSS), that has procedures in place to identify which students are at-risk of failing; implements …

Effective Arteriovenous Fistula Alternative For Hemodialysis Access, Jacentha Buggs Md, Adam Tanious Md, Victor Camba Ms, Christopher Albertson, Ebonie Rogers, Dylan Lahiff, Talha Rashid, John Leone Md, Heidi Pearson Md, James Huang, Ambuj Kumar Md, Mph, Victor Bowers Md

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Asylum Under Attack: Is It Time For A Constitutional Right?, Steve Meili

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Categorizing Chevron, Kristin Hickman

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Narrowing Chevron’S Domain, Kristin Hickman, Aaron L. Nielson

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นวัตกรรมกระบวนการสำหรับการวิเคราะห์โอกาสทางเทคโนโลยีและเชิงพาณิชย์ : กรณีศึกษาเทคโนโลยีการยืดอายุผลไม้สดในประเทศไทย, จักรกฤษณ์ ถาวร

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยีเป็นสิ่งสำคัญสำหรับขับเคลื่อนอุตสาหกรรมและสร้างความได้เปรียบในการแข่งขัน มีการใช้ประโยชน์จากข้อมูลขนาดใหญ่ในยุคเศรษฐกิจข้อมูลอย่างกว้างขวาง อย่างไรก็ตามข้อมูลวิชาการ เช่น บทความตีพิพม์และสิทธิบัตรยังไม่ถูกนำมาใช้ประโยชน์อย่างเป็นรูปธรรมเพื่อสร้างโอกาสทางเทคโนโลยีและเชิงพาณิชย์ ดังนั้นงานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ออกแบบต้นแบบกระบวนการวิเคราะห์โอกาสทางเทคโนโลยีและเชิงพาณิชย์ 2) ทดสอบกระบวนการกับกรณีศึกษาและการทดสอบการยอมรับ 3) ศึกษาปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับกระบวนการในการสร้างความร่วมมือในการวิจัยระหว่างมหาวิทยาลัยและบริษัทภาคอุตสาหกรรม และ 4) ศึกษาการนำกระบวนการสู่การทำธุรกิจนวัตกรรมเชิงพาณิชย์ ต้นแบบกระบวนการมี 4 ขั้นตอนหลัก คือ การระบุประเด็นหรือหัวข้อ การรวบรวมข้อมูล การวิเคราะห์ข้อมูล (องค์ความรู้และเครือข่ายการวิจัย) และการนำเสนอข้อมูล จากการนำบทความวิชาการและสิทธิบัตรจากกรณีศึกษาเทคโนโลยีการยืดอายุผลไม้สดไปทดสอบกระบวนการ พบว่า ผู้เล่นหลักของเทคโนโลยีนี้คือมหาวิทยาลัย โดยมีประเทศชั้นนำ คือ จีน สหรัฐอเมริกา และสเปน สำหรับในประเทศไทยพบว่าระบบเศรษฐกิจองค์รวมให้การสนับสนุนด้านการวิจัย การพัฒนาศักยภาพบุคลากร และการสร้างความร่วมมือกับผู้เชี่ยวชาญ ซึ่งผลการวิเคราะห์นี้สามารถนำไปใช้วางแผนกลยุทธ์ความร่วมมือกับผู้นำทางเทคโนโลยีได้ต่อไป นอกจากนี้ได้นำกรณีศึกษาไวรัสโคโรนาจากบทความวิชาการทดสอบกระบวนการนี้เพิ่มเติม ผลทดสอบการยอมรับกระบวนการจากการสัมภาษณ์ พบว่า เห็นด้วยในประโยชน์และผลลัพธ์จากการใช้กระบวนการเพื่อช่วยให้ทราบประเด็นการวิเคราะห์และขั้นตอนอย่างเป็นระบบ หลังจากนั้นได้ทดสอบปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อความร่วมมือในงานวิจัยระหว่างมหาวิทยาลัยและบริษัทภาคอุตสาหกรรม พบว่า ปัจจัยการสื่อสาร การสนับสนุนจากภาครัฐ และการถ่ายทอดความรู้ส่งผลต่อความร่วมมือมากที่สุด ความเป็นไปได้ในการนำกระบวนการสู่การทำธุรกิจ คือ การจัดตั้งบริษัทที่ปรึกษาโดยให้บริการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูล ให้คำปรึกษา และนำเสนอผลลัพธ์ด้วยการใช้งานกระบวนการ ภายใต้ชื่อกระบวนการ "Strategic Technology Intelligence" (STI) นอกจากนี้การให้บริการของธุรกิจครอบคลุมการฝึกอบรมให้ความรู้กระบวนการ STI และวิธีการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูล ตลอดจนบริการจับคู่ธุรกิจระหว่างมหาวิทยาลัยและบริษัทเอกชนเพื่อโอกาสต่อยอดการพัฒนางานวิจัย ผลตอบแทนการลงทุนประเมินในประเด็นมูลค่าปัจจุบันสุทธิ อัตราผลตอบแทนภายใน และระยะเวลาคืนทุนพบว่ามีความคุ้มค่าและเป็นไปได้ในการนำไปใช้จริงเชิงพาณิชย์

Clinical Outcomes Of Implantoplasty In The Treatment Of Peri-Implantitis: A Systematic Review, Jonghann Chai

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Peri-implantitis is a biological complication that possibly occur following the placement of titanium dental implants. Treatments include both non-surgical and surgical modalities. During surgical procedure, several techniques have been introduced to decontaminate the infected implant surface. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of the implantoplasty technique in the treatment of peri-implantitis, by investigating the changes in the clinical and radiographic parameters of peri-implant tissues after treatment and assessing both the short and long-term implant survival following the implantoplasty. A systematic review was conducted by searching electronic online (PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE) databases, published between January 2000 …

Development Of Graft Copolymers Of Ultrafine Fully Vulcanized Powdered Natural Rubber With Styrene Or Acrylonitrile Monomers, Niratchaporn Rimdusit

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Ultrafine fully vulcanized powdered natural rubber (UFPNRs) were prepared by electron beam irradiation of graft copolymers, i.e. DPNR-graft-polystyrene (DPNR-g-PS) and DPNR-graft-polyacrylonitrile (DPNR-g-PAN), followed by spray drying process. The graft copolymers were prepared by grafting with styrene or acrylonitrile monomer onto deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR) via emulsion polymerization. The effects of monomer contents and radiation doses on thermal properties, chemical structure, swelling behaviors, and morphology of UFPNRs, i.e. UFPNR-GST and UFPNR-GAN were investigated. The results found that the highest grafting efficiency of the DPNR-g-PS and the DPNR-g-PAN were obtained at 15 phr of styrene or acrylonitrile content which provided the highest …

Development Of Efficient Waste Management System For Guwahati City, Prantar Jyoti Talukdar

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

As on today, in view of the exponential increase of population, fast urbanisation, technical advancements etc., globally, the waste management is becoming a subject of great concern. Apart from dealing with waste only, any waste management system has to encompass many other variants, including - environments, pollution, public health & hygiene, local eco-system etc. So, it is difficult to frame a common global policy or a country’s specific policy to meet all the requirements of the local service providers and customers. Preferentially, any waste management system need to be developed as per the requirements of the local endeavours. In this …

The Potential Of Gold Mine Development Project : A Case Study Of Chifunde District In Mozambique, Sara Mario Mabecuane

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research presents the results of the gold exploration activities developed in the district of Chifunde, Province of Tete in Mozambique. The works showed that in the study area there are two types of deposits which are primary and secondary deposits. There was clear evidence that they have undergone high-grade metamorphism of greenschist due to the grenade occurrences in hornblende in the form of porphyroblast which indicated a high probability of gold occurrence inside amphibolic schist. The results of the SGS laboratory revealed that all samples collected in the area contained gold ranging from 1 to 2,500 ppb, whereas in …

An Integrated Smoking Cessation Service Model At Primary Care Setting On Smoking Status, Kamollabhu Thanomsat

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research was a quasi-experimental study, two groups, post-test only. The study aimed to investigate the effect of an integrated smoking cessation service model (ISCSM) in community smokers on the smoking status between the experimental and control groups. The participants were 144 smokers allocated by match-paired into two groups, experimental and control groups, seventy-two each group. The ISCSM comprised two sessions: 1) smoking cessation service design and training smoking cessation capacity for the Village Health Volunteers and 2) integrated smoking cessation service delivery. The study participants in the experimental group were provided the integrated smoking cessation service, whereas the control …

Development Of Reimbursement Policy For Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment In Thailand, Parnnaphat Luksameesate

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Purpose : Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of joint disease. The treatments are included oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), Symptomatic Slow-Acting Drugs for Osteoarthritis (SYSADOA), intra-articular steroid injection, and surgery. Each of treatments was a difference in benefit and risk. In addition to variation of reimbursement policy among three health insurance schemes in Thailand. The objective of this study was 1.) to conduct an economic evaluation of knee OA treatments in Thailand 2.) to investigate Thai patients’ preferences and their willingness-to-pay (WTPs) for knee OA treatments. Methods : A cost-utility analysis was conducted to compare among treatment options …

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