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Protecting Energy Privacy Across The Public/Private Divide, Matthew B. Kugler, Meredith Hurley

Florida Law Review

Energy-usage monitoring can expose much of what takes place inside people’s homes and offices. As the “smart home” revolution continues, this data will only become more revealing. Though this information is essential for the development of the smart electric grid, it is also useful to a variety of others: law enforcement, energy-efficiency experts, and marketers. At present, this data enjoys little Fourth Amendment or statutory protection. This was not previously a problem because the information was historically not overly sensitive. Now that utilities are collecting more than two thousand times as much information about households as they were before, however, …

The Algorithmic Divide And Equality In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence, Peter K. Yu

Florida Law Review

In the age of artificial intelligence, highly sophisticated algorithms have been deployed to provide analysis, detect patterns, optimize solutions, accelerate operations, facilitate self-learning, minimize human errors and biases, and foster improvements in technological products and services. Notwithstanding these tremendous benefits, algorithms and intelligent machines do not provide equal benefits to all. Just as the “digital divide” has separated those with access to the Internet, information technology, and digital content from those without, an emerging and ever-widening “algorithmic divide” now threatens to take away the many political, social, economic, cultural, educational, and career opportunities provided by machine learning and artificial intelligence. …

Police Funding, Stephen Rushin, Roger Michalski

Florida Law Review

A number of civil rights activists have called for the defunding or abolition of American police departments. These activists claim that the United States overinvests in police, leaving fewer scarce resources to support other government services. Activists also claim that overinvestment in policing contributes to higher rates of police misconduct and unnecessary criminalization, particularly in communities of color.

This Article considers these calls for the defunding of police. It ultimately cautions against widespread defunding of police and offers an alternative proposal. Part I brings together multiple national databases on local government expenditures to evaluate empirically how states and municipalities fund …

Against The "Safety Net", Matthew B. Lawrence

Florida Law Review

Then-Representative Jack Kemp and President Ronald Reagan originated the “safety net” conception of U.S. health and welfare laws in the late 1970s and early 1980s, defending proposed cuts to New Deal and Great Society programs by asserting that such cuts would not take away the “social safety net of programs” for those with “true need.” Legal scholars have adopted their metaphor widely and uncritically. This Article deconstructs the safety net metaphor and counsels against its use in understanding health and welfare laws. The metaphor is descriptively confusing because it means different things to different audiences. Some understand the safety net …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

THE CITY MAKERS, by Richard A. Martin, reviewed by Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.; THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE GULF COAST, 1803-1850, edited by Lucius F. Ellsworth, Ted Carageorge, William Coker, Earle Newton, reviewed by Harry P. Owens; SYNAGOGUE IN THE CENTRAL CITY: TEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREATER MIAMI, 1922-1972, by Charlton W. Tebeau, reviewed by John P. Reiger; JOHN GORRIE, M.D.: FATHER OF AIR CONDITIONING AND MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION, by Raymond B. Becker, reviewed by William M. Straight; THE PRE-COLOMBIAN MIND, by Francisco Guerra, reviewed by Jerald T. Milanich; SIXTEENTH CENTURY NORTH AMERICA: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE AS SEEN By THE EUROPEANS, …

Who Wrote "Barbour's Florida"?, Thomas S. Graham

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the years following the Civil War Americans in increasing numbers were becoming interested in Florida as a winter resort, a refuge for the infirm, and a frontier of opportunity. A brisk demand developed for accurate information about the state, which was romantically envisioned as the "Italy of America" or disparaged as a wilderness of swamp and everglades. To satisfy the market for knowledge about Florida a considerable quantity of newspaper stories, magazine articles, and tourist guide books were produced. Harriet Beecher Stowe, a pioneer in promoting Florida, sent out a series of articles from her winter retreat at Mandarin …

Florida History Research In Progress, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This indicates the amount and variety of Florida history research and writing currently underway and as reported to the Florida Historical Quarterly. Recently completed doctoral dissertations and masters theses are included.

Book Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Florida History In Periodicals, 1971, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This selected bibliography includes scholarly articles in the field of Florida history, archaeology, geography, and anthropology published in state, regional, and national periodicals in 1971. Articles, notes, and documents which have appeared in the Florida Historical Quarterly are not included in this listing since they appear in the annual index of each volume. The present listing also includes articles appearing in journals not published on schedule and which were not included in the list published in the July 1971 issue of the Quarterly.

Asian Musics In The American Classroom: Definition, Challenges, Pedagogical Imperatives, André De Quadros

Visions of Research in Music Education

Defining the Asian diaspora presents difficulties not only because of the changing nature of diaspora studies (Appadurai, 2003), but also because of the divergence between perception and the complex reality of Asia’s geographical nature. Furthermore, the lack of commonalities and the significant differences within the Asian diaspora need close examination. For example, the South Asian diaspora is vastly different to the Chinese and Japanese diasporas in the East, and to the West and North Asian diasporas. Several scholars, including Lowe (2003) do not consider Asian Americans as a distinct group and use concepts such as heterogeneity, hybridity, and multiplicity to …

The Effects Of Choral Music Teacher Experience And Background On Music Teaching Style, Alan Gumm

Visions of Research in Music Education

The study investigated the effects of choral music teacher experience and background on music teaching style. Relationships between background variables and the effect of music teaching style and background on music festival participation and ratings were also investigated. Secondary choral music teachers (N=473) from a random national sample completed a background survey and the self-rated Music Teaching Style Test. Results showed moderate effects of teacher experience and background on music teaching style and moderate effects of teacher background and music teaching style on choral music festival participation and ratings. Trends across experience levels indicated self-reflective, broadening, interdependent, and deepening stages …

Interdisciplinary Arts Education: An Examination Through Action Research, Renee S. Iofferdo

Visions of Research in Music Education

The purpose of this research was to study a second grade class during an interdisciplinary lesson that combined music and poetry. The research examined the nature of interdisciplinary studies to determine the degree of integration that occurred. Specifically, the study examined the objectives of two teachers, each of a different subject area, who worked together placing a strong emphasis on the process by which these objectives were met. Another purpose was to illustrate the effectiveness this type of teaching has on music education.

تحولات وتحملات السكن الريفي في سياق نزعة التمدن: المظاهر والميكانزمات والمآلات حالة الشاوية السفلى الساحلية, عبد المجيد هلال, هشام مدان

Dirassat

The changes in the southwestern part of the Chaouia plain, between Casablanca and Azemmour, form the backbone of this article. These changes which have known and still know this area which corresponds to the Oulja de la Chaouia are due to internal and external factors. This has engendered and increasingly engenders the appearance, consolidation and crystallization of territories, which are not yet truly urban, particularly in the coastal strip, but which are no longer totally rural, characterized by diversity and ubiquity. of its functions: agriculture, tourism, second home, industry. In this context, the urbanization of the rural territories of the …

التّنمية والعدالة المجاليّة في تونس: قراءة جغرافيّة-اقتصادية في مفهوم العدالة, عبد الكريم داود

Dirassat

This work poses the general problem of the relationship between development and justice, and deals particularly with the Tunisian example, with the relationship between development policies followed in Tunisia since independence, and the socio-spatial fractures that were among the major causes of the 2011 revolution. In a first part, this work focuses on the study of the place of the concept of justice in geographical approaches, as well as the relationship between space and society on the one hand, and justice on the other. Then, in the second part, the work exposes the foundations of spatial justice and fairness, and …

Contribution À L'Étude De La Marginalité Spatiale A Travers L’Analyse En Composantes Principales Cas De La Région Souss Massa, Mohamed Jadaoui, Lakbir Ouhajou, El Hassane Elmahdad, El Madani Mountasser

Dirassat

The study of socio-spatial disparities is one of the privileged areas of geographic research. It is based on a rich and evolving conceptual arsenal. In this sense, the notion of “marginality” is used to characterize a state of territorial “underdevelopment” that affects areas that are qualified as marginal, marginalized, peripheral, fragile, excluded, or even in crisis or delayed development, etc. These terms refer to paradigms such as the “centre/periphery” relationship. This article is therefore intended as a contribution to the debate on spatial marginality. This will be approached on the basis of the analysis of a set of indicators likely …

Foncier Urbain Et Gestion Publique : Un Outil D’Aménagement Ou Un Instrument De Fragmentation Spatiale ? Cas De La Ville De Sefrou (Maroc), Mohamed Ben Attou, Hassna Atik

Dirassat

The land issue in Sefrou is an emerging metropolitan as fez as it is largely known in terms of supply and demand. Often the Angle of the view is upside down. Often the viewing angle is top of Headed down. That is to say from withdrawals of Land of the metropolis on SES domination spaces Terms And Property Owners. Butconfirming the Eastern hegemony of the central places on the areas of domination. In this article, It Is party question of local land market pour understand the configuration of supply and Demand From a circumscribed manner of Understanding TO, via land, …

Dynamiques De La Population Et Dividende Démographique Au Maroc : Contexte, Interactions Et Réalisations, Brahim Kidou, Samba N’Diaye E

Dirassat

The article in question presents a comparative study of the demographic dividend in the light of the demographic change lived and the development system adopted in Morocco during the last five decades. The demographic transition in Morocco is at present in a very advanced phase following the impressive decline in the natural growth. This decline has had important repercussions on the population pyramid whose base has narrowed considerably. As well, the population, remaining still young, lives at the rhythm of the growth of categories in working age. In addition, the spatial movements of the Moroccan population are not made without …

Les Relations Ville-Port : Essai Bibliographique, Atmane Hnaka, El Mati Ouarmassi

Dirassat

This article is an essay of theoretical synthesis on the state of the art of research concerning port cities and city-port relations. Beyond a conceptual approach, the article deals with an analysis of the historical evolution of relations between ports and their cities through modeling work developed by economic and geographic researchers.

Research on city-port relations is more and more abundant, but it is generally focused on the phenomenon of dissociation between the port and its city and the morphological analysis of the mutations of the city-port interface: revitalization of waterfront. While the other forms of interaction between the port …

Dynamique Virtuelle Journalière Des Transports Maritimes Dans Le Détroit De Gibraltar Et Place De L’Afrique Dans L’Émergence Du Trafic Mondial, Mohamed Ben Attou

Dirassat

In order to integrate more rapidly into the globalized economy, the Strait of Gibraltar is a predominantly political economic device. With its port facilities Tanger-Med, Algeciras and Gibraltar, this device configures the global economy and maritime traffic in a context of vertical economic regulation where African platforms like Tangier Med, constitute a gateway for development but at the same time a puzzle in a chessboard. What place then for Africa world in the field of logistics and shipping? What regional integration can result from a race for the production of vertical capital wealth? These are the fundamental questions on which …

Full Issue, Number 54, Fall 2021

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Rural Teachers' Cultural And Epistemic Shifts In Stem Teaching And Learning, Colby Tofel-Grehl, Kristin A. Searle, Andrea Hawkman, Beth L. Macdonald, Mario I. Suárez

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

This article focuses on the ways in which integrated curriculum can improve STEM teaching and learning within rural spaces. Using a design-based research approach, this study focuses on rural teachers' experiences of professional learning and development training as they learn to engage computing and maker technologies in their elementary classrooms as tools for teaching students about difficult histories of immigration, migration, and forced relocation across the United States.

Use Of Strategies For The Relief Of Symptoms Of Insomnia, Marianne Homsey

Dissertations

Insomnia is a condition that leads to health problems and raises health care costs. The purposes of this Web-based, quantitative, descriptive, correlational study were to identify frequency of use and success of strategies to alleviate sleep problems, to determine if there is a relationship among strategies chosen, and to examine any patterns that emerged based on these preferences.

Religion In The News On An Ordinary Day: Methodology, Choices, And Bias, David H. Michels, Christopher Helland

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

In this article we explore the Religion on an Ordinary Day (RoD) methodology in detail. The RoD project collected news stories published on September 17 over the period of three years (2013, 2014, 2015) in Australia, Canada, Finland, and the United Kingdom. We consider our decisions regarding the variability of language, researcher bias, and intercoder reliability in data collection and coding and the implications of those decisions. We offer a case study that analyzes references to New Religious Movements in the news. We considered the intentional choices, unintentional choices in the forms of accidents and misunderstandings, as well as unconsidered …

Modeling Environmental Factors Related To Drought-Induced Tree Mortality Based On Lidar And Hyperspectral Imagery, Lauren Nicole Sharwood

Dissertations and Theses

Climate change is projected to bring more frequent and prolonged droughts, causing widespread forest die-off. Identifying tree mortality over large spatial extents in response to the most recent California drought will help forest managers and conservationists understand where there may be a greater likelihood of future die-offs. In order to find more at-risk areas, this study evaluated how interacting site-specific topographic, climate, substrate, and stand characteristics mediated tree mortality in the Central Sierra Nevada during the 2012-2016 drought. The author used lidar and hyperspectral imagery provided by the National Ecological Observatory Network to identify individual dead trees using the Random …

Intentional Design: Crafting A Mutually Beneficial Internship Program In A University Archives And Special Collections, Wendy Guerra, Claire Du Laney Dunker, Lori Schwartz

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

At the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Criss Library, archivists in Archives and Special Collections work with students at varied levels, from student employees to interns, and engagement through instruction. These interactions and employment opportunities manifest in various types of projects, ranging from long-term processing work to more individualized assignments based on the parameters of practicums and internships. In the past, most of this work was based on in-person experiences.

In early 2020, UNO archivists rushed to modify and create digital projects that would sustain them and their students during an unknown stretch of working from home. As the …

Examining The Effects Of Hydrology And Reclaimed Water Application On Nutrient Retention In Wetlaculture Mesocosms In Southwest Florida, Andrew Wilson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The substantial increase among agricultural and urban land use over the past century is widely regarded as the leading cause in a variety of negative environmental impacts, particularly regarding eutrophication of both salt and fresh surface waters. Usage of both synthetic and natural fertilizers on agricultural fields and residential lawns has increased significantly in order to achieve maximum crop yield and green lawns. The nitrogen and phosphorus in these fertilizers inevitably run off the landscape and into downstream surface waters. The geographic scale of this issue makes it a challenge to overcome, as targeting specific sources/polluters is nearly impossible. Landscape-scale …

Say Her Name: The Narrative Afterlives Of Breonna Taylor, Tyler S. Smith

Theses and Dissertations

Within the growing literature and media coverage of police misconduct and brutality, Black women and girls are functionally invisible. Since the Black Lives Matter movement began the names of only two women have stood out among the Black male victims we know by name: Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor. Here, I will explore through a Black feminist analytic framework, how the intersectionalities of gender and race contributed to a delay in awareness and accountability for the death of Breonna Taylor. This content analysis looked at the media coverage of Breonna Taylor for the one-year period (3/13/20-3/13/21) to uncover the reasons, …

A System Architecture For Water Distribution Networks, Noha Abdel-Mottaleb

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines structure-function relationships of water distribution networks (WDNs), with focus on improving the decision-making process for water utilities. WDNs are lifeline infrastructure systems, necessary for the functioning of cities. Yet water utilities around the world struggle with emerging challenges that include but are not limited to aging infrastructure components, limited budgets, increased interdependencies between infrastructure systems, increased rates of urbanization, and increasing extreme weather conditions. This is why enhancing the performance of WDNs is a priority for water utilities around the world. This research begins to delineate a system architecture for WDNs and evaluates the use of various …

Time And Tide: Sixteenth-Century Expressions Of Temporality In The Writings Of Richard Hakluyt, Jennifer Hope Tellman

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Richard Hakluyt the Younger (c. 1553-1616) was the most famous English promoter of overseas expansion of his age and in English history. His most renowned publication, Principal Navigations (1598-1600), a massive three-volume series, detailed English exploration, expansion, and trade history. With a focus on inciting the English to act in order to achieve their Providential Empire, Hakluyt’s works carry in them the expressions of time and temporality permeating the late-1500s. In a period of history where new learning, discoveries, and technologies began to transform life, time was called into question. Concerns about how the perception and acceleration of time and …

Mapping The Publics: The Production Of Spatial Knowledge And Public Interest, Paul Thomas Manson

Dissertations and Theses

Over the past decades, calls for comprehensively managing and planning ocean resources have emerged internationally and within the United States. Central to these calls is a drive to expand coastal and marine spatial planning with a particular focus on technologically mediated public involvement. These new public involvement technologies aim, more quickly and thoroughly, to solicit and analyze public values and existing uses of the coastal and marine environments. One particular technological innovation is the use of participatory geographic information systems (PGIS). These new tools allow for stakeholders, members of the public, and planning entities to collect, visualize, and interact with …