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When Public Participation Is Public Theatre: Misuse Of Public Comment Opportunities By Anti-Vaccine Activists, Dorit R. Reiss, Barbara S. Romzek Jan 2020

When Public Participation Is Public Theatre: Misuse Of Public Comment Opportunities By Anti-Vaccine Activists, Dorit R. Reiss, Barbara S. Romzek

Faculty Scholarship

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Bankruptcy Hardball, Jared A. Ellias, Robert J. Stark Jan 2020

Bankruptcy Hardball, Jared A. Ellias, Robert J. Stark

Faculty Scholarship

On the eve of the financial crisis, a series of Delaware court decisions resulted in a radical change in law: creditors would no longer have the kind of common law protections from opportunism that helped protect their bargains for the better part of two centuries. In this Article, we argue that Delaware’s shift materially altered the way large firms approach financial distress, which is now characterized by a level of chaos and rent-seeking unchecked by norms that formerly restrained managerial opportunism. We refer to the new status quo as “bankruptcy hardball.” It is now routine for distressed firms to engage …

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Validity And Reliability Of Methods To Determine Barbell Displacement In Heavy Back Squats: Implications For Velocity-Based Training, Brendyn B. Appleby, Harry Banyard, Prue Cormie, Stuart J. Cormack, Robert U. Newton Jan 2020

Validity And Reliability Of Methods To Determine Barbell Displacement In Heavy Back Squats: Implications For Velocity-Based Training, Brendyn B. Appleby, Harry Banyard, Prue Cormie, Stuart J. Cormack, Robert U. Newton

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of methods for determining barbell displacement during heavy back squats. Twelve well-trained rugby union players (mean ± SD 1 repetition maximum [1RM] 90° squat = 196.3 ± 29.2 kg) completed 2 sets of 2 repetitions at 70, 80, and 90% of 1RM squats. Barbell displacement was derived from 3 methods across 4 load categories (120–129, 140–149, 160–169, and 180–189 kg) including: a (a) linear position transducer (LPT) attached 65 cm left of barbell center, (b) 3D motion analysis tracking of markers attached to either end of a barbell, …

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Vegetable Diversity In Relation With Subclinical Atherosclerosis And 15-Year Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease Deaths In Older Adult Women, Lauren C. Blekkenhorst, Joshua R. Lewis, Catherine P. Bondonno, Marc Sim, Amanda Devine, Kun Zhu, Wai H. Lim, Richard J. Woodman, Lawrence J. Beilin, Peter L. Thompson, Richard L. Prince, Jonathan M. Hodgson Jan 2020

Vegetable Diversity In Relation With Subclinical Atherosclerosis And 15-Year Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease Deaths In Older Adult Women, Lauren C. Blekkenhorst, Joshua R. Lewis, Catherine P. Bondonno, Marc Sim, Amanda Devine, Kun Zhu, Wai H. Lim, Richard J. Woodman, Lawrence J. Beilin, Peter L. Thompson, Richard L. Prince, Jonathan M. Hodgson

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Increasing vegetable intake and diversity are recommended to maintain better health. Evidence for the health benefits of vegetable diversity, separate from total intake, is scarce. We aimed to investigate the associations of vegetable diversity with subclinical measures of atherosclerosis and atherosclerotic vascular disease (ASVD) mortality.

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Making It Personal: Developing Sustainability Leaders In Business, Aoife Brophy Haney, Jenny Pope, Zoe Arden Jan 2020

Making It Personal: Developing Sustainability Leaders In Business, Aoife Brophy Haney, Jenny Pope, Zoe Arden

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Sustainability challenges present organizations in many industries with the need to change. Leaders are critical to the process of becoming more sustainable, and yet leading change for sustainability requires new competencies. Learning at an individual level is central to developing new competencies; however, there has been limited focus to date in the literature on corporate sustainability on how leaders can learn to respond to sustainability challenges. In this article, we focus on how managers learn to become sustainability leaders in their organizations by exploring the phenomenon of experiential learning programmes. We do this by interviewing participants and organizers of four …

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Countering Deficit Thinking About Neurodiversity Among General Education Teacher Candidates: A Case Discussion Approach, Grinell Smith, Colette Rabin Jan 2020

Countering Deficit Thinking About Neurodiversity Among General Education Teacher Candidates: A Case Discussion Approach, Grinell Smith, Colette Rabin

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

We have observed that many of the multiple-subjects teacher credential candidates in our program often reveal deficit views of autistic children. This report provides an example of how we help credential candidates learn to reframe deficit thinking about neurodiversity via the examination, discussion, and dramatization of a collection of dilemma-based case stories designed to help our students unearth preconceptions and engage in shared inquiry. One strength of this approach is that it asks candidates to develop specific and realistic plans of action, to adopt a care ethic requiring them to think and act from the perspective of the child, to …

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A Sense Of Brutality: Philosophy After Narco-Culture, Carlos Alberto Sánchez Jan 2020

A Sense Of Brutality: Philosophy After Narco-Culture, Carlos Alberto Sánchez

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Contemporary popular culture is riddled with references to Mexican drug cartels, narcos, and drug trafficking. In the United States, documentary filmmakers, journalists, academics, and politicians have taken note of the increasing threats to our security coming from a subculture that appears to feed on murder and brutality while being fed by a romanticism about power and capital. Carlos Alberto Sánchez uses Mexican narco-culture as a point of departure for thinking about the nature and limits of violence, culture, and personhood. A Sense of Brutality argues that violent cultural modalities, of which narco-culture is but one, call into question our understanding …

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Mathematical Modelling For Multiproduct Epq Problem Featuring Delayed Differentiation, Expedited Rate, And Scrap, Singa Wang Chiu, Jia Ning Lin, Yunsen Wang, Hong Dar Lin Jan 2020

Mathematical Modelling For Multiproduct Epq Problem Featuring Delayed Differentiation, Expedited Rate, And Scrap, Singa Wang Chiu, Jia Ning Lin, Yunsen Wang, Hong Dar Lin

Department of Accounting and Finance Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The client requirements of present-day markets emphasize product quality, variety, and rapid response. To gain competitive advantages in marketplaces and meet customer needs, manufacturers today seek the most economical and fastest fabrication schemes and strategies to produce their various goods, especially when commonality exists within these multiple end products. Inspired by the above viewpoints, this study uses a mathematical modelling approach for solving a multiproduct economic production quantity (EPQ) problem featuring scrap, delayed differentiation, and expedited rate on the fabrication of the common part. We build a two-stage multiproduct fabrication scheme. Stage one uses an accelerated rate to produce all …

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Armor Holdings Inc.: An Application Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Fatima Alali, Silvia Romero Jan 2020

Armor Holdings Inc.: An Application Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Fatima Alali, Silvia Romero

Department of Accounting and Finance Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has gained significant popularity in recent years across borders due to the increased investigation and penalties under the law. The following case is a real-life case that highlights the main provisions of the FCPA. Using cases in teaching an auditing or ethics course is much needed to develop students’ professional judgment, critical and analytical thinking skills and communication skills. Presently, there are a few cases that address the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and its effect on financial reporting and auditor responsibilities about illegal acts. The Armor Holdings case is interesting and information is …

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Ethereum As A Hedge: The Intraday Analysis, A. Meshcheryakov, Stoyu Ivanov Jan 2020

Ethereum As A Hedge: The Intraday Analysis, A. Meshcheryakov, Stoyu Ivanov

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

In this study, we examine on intraday basis Ether-the token or cryptocurrency based on the Ethereum platform. Ether is the second largest crypto-currency, together with Bitcoin they dominate the cryptocurrency universe and account for almost 70% of combined market share. Similar to Bitcoin, Ethereum experienced rapid growth in price from a few cents per Ether after its introduction in 2015 reaching maximum of $1,432.88 on January 13, 2018. In this paper, we study whether Ethereum crypto-currency is a hedge, diversifier or a safe haven asset. We find that Ethereum crypto-currency is a hedge against the US stock and gold markets. …

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The Right Family, Noa Ben-Asher, Margot J. Pollans Jan 2020

The Right Family, Noa Ben-Asher, Margot J. Pollans

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The family plays a starring role in American law. Families, the law tells us, are special. They merit, among others, tax deductions, testimonial privileges, untaxed inheritance, parental presumptions, and, over the course of the twentieth century, the Supreme Court has expanded individual rights stemming from familial relationships. In this Article, we argue that family matters as much for when it is ignored as for when it is featured. We shed light on the use of the family in the law by contrasting policies in which the family is the key unit of analysis with others in which it is not. …

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Teaching With Feminist Judgments: A Global Conversation, Bridget J. Crawford, Kathryn M. Stanchi, Linda L. Berger, Gabrielle Appleby, Susan Frelich Appleton, Ross Astoria, Sharon Cowan, Rosalind Dixon, J. Troy Lavers, Andrea L. Mcardle, Elisabeth Mcdonald, Teri A. Mcmurtry-Chubb, Vanessa E. Munro, Pamela A. Wilkins Jan 2020

Teaching With Feminist Judgments: A Global Conversation, Bridget J. Crawford, Kathryn M. Stanchi, Linda L. Berger, Gabrielle Appleby, Susan Frelich Appleton, Ross Astoria, Sharon Cowan, Rosalind Dixon, J. Troy Lavers, Andrea L. Mcardle, Elisabeth Mcdonald, Teri A. Mcmurtry-Chubb, Vanessa E. Munro, Pamela A. Wilkins

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This conversational-style essay is an exchange among fourteen professors—representing thirteen universities across five countries—with experience teaching with feminist judgments. Feminist judgments are ‘shadow’ court decisions rewritten from a feminist perspective, using only the precedent in effect and the facts known at the time of the original decision. Scholars in Canada, England, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, India, and Mexico have published (or are currently producing) written collections of feminist judgments that demonstrate how feminist perspectives could have changed the legal reasoning or outcome (or both) in important legal cases. This essay begins to explore the vast pedagogical potential …

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The Public Trust Doctrine In The 21st Century, Nicholas A. Robinson Jan 2020

The Public Trust Doctrine In The 21st Century, Nicholas A. Robinson

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

In this Symposium's initial lecture, I will (a) provide a glimpse into life in Medieval England to explain the context from which Magna Carta arose, (b) describe the evolution of environmental rights from Magna Carta to the Forest Carter, (c) explore in a case study how “liberties of the forest” functioned for 800 years in England's Royal Forest of Dean, ultimately sustaining the ecological systems of Dean, (d) discuss the “liberties of the forest” in light of Elinor Ostom's common pool analyses, and (e) offer some views on the question just posed. I shall start by describing the English environment …

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Conceptual Cognitive Modeling For Fine-Grained Annotation Quality Assessment Of Object Detection Datasets, Lei Guo, Xinying Xu, Gang Xie, Jerry Gao Jan 2020

Conceptual Cognitive Modeling For Fine-Grained Annotation Quality Assessment Of Object Detection Datasets, Lei Guo, Xinying Xu, Gang Xie, Jerry Gao

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

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Ecg Biometric Authentication: A Comparative Analysis, Mohit Ingale, Renato Cordeiro, Siddartha Thentu, Younghee Park, Nima Karimian Jan 2020

Ecg Biometric Authentication: A Comparative Analysis, Mohit Ingale, Renato Cordeiro, Siddartha Thentu, Younghee Park, Nima Karimian

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Robust authentication and identification methods become an indispensable urgent task to protect the integrity of the devices and the sensitive data. Passwords have provided access control and authentication, but have shown their inherent vulnerabilities. The speed and convenience factor are what makes biometrics the ideal authentication solution as they could have a low probability of circumvention. To overcome the limitations of the traditional biometric systems, electrocardiogram (ECG) has received the most attention from the biometrics community due to the highly individualized nature of the ECG signals and the fact that they are ubiquitous and difficult to counterfeit. However, one of …

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The 2018 Camp Fire: Meteorological Analysis Using In Situ Observations And Numerical Simulations, Matthew J. Brewer, Craig B. Clements Jan 2020

The 2018 Camp Fire: Meteorological Analysis Using In Situ Observations And Numerical Simulations, Matthew J. Brewer, Craig B. Clements

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The November 2018 Camp Fire quickly became the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. In this case study, we investigate the contribution of meteorological conditions and, in particular, a downslope windstorm that occurred during the 2018 Camp Fire. Dry seasonal conditions prior to ignition led to 100-h fuel moisture contents in the region to reach record low levels. Meteorological observations were primarily made from a number of remote automatic weather stations and a mobile scanning Doppler lidar deployed to the fire on 8 November 2018. Additionally, gridded operational forecast models and high-resolution meteorological simulations were synthesized in the …

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An Ultra-Low-Power Area-Efficient Non-Coherent Binary Phase-Shift Keying Demodulator For Implantable Biomedical Microsystems, Milad Ghazi, Mohammad Hossein Maghami, Parviz Amiri, Sotoudeh Hamedi-Hagh Jan 2020

An Ultra-Low-Power Area-Efficient Non-Coherent Binary Phase-Shift Keying Demodulator For Implantable Biomedical Microsystems, Milad Ghazi, Mohammad Hossein Maghami, Parviz Amiri, Sotoudeh Hamedi-Hagh

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

A novel non-coherent, low-power, area-efficient binary phase-shift keying demodulator for wireless implantable biomedical microsystems is proposed. The received data and synchronized clock signal are detected using a delayed digitized format of the input signal. The proposed technique does not require any kind of oscillator circuit, and due to the synchronization of all circuit signals, the proposed demodulator can work in a wide range of biomedical data telemetry common frequencies in different process/temperature corners. The presented circuit has been designed and post-layout-simulated in a standard 0.18 µm CMOS technology and occupies 17 × 27 µm2 of active area. Post-layout simulation results …

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Research On Alcohol And Other Drug (Aod) Use Among Sexual Minority Women: A Global Scoping Review, Tonda L. Hughes, Cindy B. Veldhuis, Laurie A. Drabble, Sharon C. Wilsnack Jan 2020

Research On Alcohol And Other Drug (Aod) Use Among Sexual Minority Women: A Global Scoping Review, Tonda L. Hughes, Cindy B. Veldhuis, Laurie A. Drabble, Sharon C. Wilsnack

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Until the 1980s, the limited research on alcohol and other drug (AOD) use among sexual minority women (SMW) focused on alcohol and used samples recruited from gay bars, resulting in inflated estimates of hazardous drinking. Over the past several decades the number of AOD studies with SMW has increased dramatically. To characterize this literature, we conducted a scoping review to answer the following questions: What do we know, and what are the gaps in research about AOD use among SMW? We searched multiple electronic databases (Medline [PubMed], CINAHL, PsycInfo, and Web of Science) for peer-reviewed research articles about AOD use …

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Determination Of Demagnetizing Factors Using First-Order Reversal Curves And Ferromagnetic Resonance, K. S. Muster, R. Heindl Jan 2020

Determination Of Demagnetizing Factors Using First-Order Reversal Curves And Ferromagnetic Resonance, K. S. Muster, R. Heindl

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

We present a method to quantitatively analyze magnetizing or demagnetizing interactions in arrayed nano-magnets by combining first-order reversal curve (FORC) and ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurement data. We develop a function to predict the resulting FORC distribution given: (1) a Gaussian intrinsic distribution in terms of the internal field and (2) a mean interaction field proportional to the sample's magnetic moment. We then perform least-squares regression of our model on experimental FORC measurements of a nanowire array and of a thin film. Combining the obtained interaction field with an FMR fit result allows us to algebraically solve for the effective axial …

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The Relationship Between Workload, Performance And Fatigue In A Short-Haul Airline, Lucia Arsintescu, Ravi Chachad, Kevin B. Gregory, Jeffrey B. Mulligan, Erin E. Flynn-Evans Jan 2020

The Relationship Between Workload, Performance And Fatigue In A Short-Haul Airline, Lucia Arsintescu, Ravi Chachad, Kevin B. Gregory, Jeffrey B. Mulligan, Erin E. Flynn-Evans

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between pilot workload, performance, subjective fatigue, sleep duration, number of sectors and flight duration during short-haul operations. Ninety pilots completed a NASA Task Load Index, Psychomotor Vigilance Task and a Samn-Perelli fatigue scale on top-of-descent of each flight and wore an activity monitor throughout the study. Weak, but significant, correlations were revealed between workload and all factors. Subjective fatigue, number of sectors and lapses were significant predictors of workload. Pilots reported higher workload when fatigue increased, the number of sectors were higher, and objective performance was worse.

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Mitigating Fatigue On The Flight Deck: How Is Controlled Rest Used In Practice?, Cassie J. Hilditch, Lucia Arsintescu, Kevin B. Gregory, Erin E. Flynn-Evans Jan 2020

Mitigating Fatigue On The Flight Deck: How Is Controlled Rest Used In Practice?, Cassie J. Hilditch, Lucia Arsintescu, Kevin B. Gregory, Erin E. Flynn-Evans

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Controlled Rest (CR) refers to a short, unscheduled, voluntary nap opportunity taken by pilots on the flight deck as a countermeasure to unanticipated fatigue in flight. This study explores the profile of CR use in a long-haul commercial airline. Forty-four pilots wore actiwatches and filled in an application-based sleep/work diary for approximately 2 weeks resulting in complete records from 239 flights. Timing of sleep periods and flight schedules were analyzed relative to home-base time. Pearson correlations were used to assess the influence of pilot demographics on CR use. A mixed-effects logistic regression was used to analyze the impact of schedule …

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Students’ Exploring And Refining Their Equity Ethic Within The Access Network, Fidel Amezcua, Gina M. Quan, Chandra A. Turpen Jan 2020

Students’ Exploring And Refining Their Equity Ethic Within The Access Network, Fidel Amezcua, Gina M. Quan, Chandra A. Turpen

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The Access Network is an organization that supports vibrant interactions among students and faculty who advocate for equity work in the physical sciences. This paper uses McGee and Bentley’s framework of “equity ethic” (EE) to understand how Access student leaders adopt and refine a commitment to equity and social justice work within the physical sciences. In McGee and Bentley’s study of STEM students of color, they define EE as students’ sense of altruism and collectivism within and outside of their communities. Through interviews with student leaders, we model components of students’ EEs and how their EEs are influenced by their …

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Art 2012g, Clas Jan 2020

Art 2012g, Clas

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Hsl 3840, Chhs Jan 2020

Hsl 3840, Chhs

Executive Actions

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Art 3610g, Clas Jan 2020

Art 3610g, Clas

Executive Actions

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Art Painting Courses, Clas Jan 2020

Art Painting Courses, Clas

Executive Actions

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Cmg Electives, Lcbt Jan 2020

Cmg Electives, Lcbt

Executive Actions

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Eiu 4161g, Clas Jan 2020

Eiu 4161g, Clas

Executive Actions

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Hsl Abc Courses, Chhs Jan 2020

Hsl Abc Courses, Chhs

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Eiu 4160g, Clas Jan 2020

Eiu 4160g, Clas

Executive Actions

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