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Eagle Executive Magazine, Georgia Southern University

College of Business: News & Publications

• From the Desk of Dean Amason
• College News
• Department News
• Feature: Research That Matters
• Big News
• Graduate Programs
• Alumni News
• Development News

The Folklore Of Unfairness, Luke Herrine

Articles

The Federal Trade Commission Act's ban on "unfair ... acts and practices" would, on its face, seem to give the FTC an awesome power to define proper treatment of consumers in changing conditions. But even in a world of widespread corporate surveillance, ongoing racial discrimination, impenetrably complex financial products, pyramid schemes, and more, the unfairness authority is used rarely, mostly in egregious cases of wrongdoing. Why? The standard explanation is that the more expansive notion of unfairness was tried in the 1970s, and it failed spectacularly. The FTC of this era was staffed by bureaucrats convinced of their own moral …

The Law Of Emerging Adults, Clare Ryan

Articles

Law tends to divide people into two groups based on age: children and adults. The age of majority provides a bright line between two quite different legal regimes. Minority is characterized by dependency, parental control, incapacity, and diminished responsibility. Adulthood is characterized by autonomy, capacity, and financial and legal responsibility. Over the course of the twentieth century, evolving understandings of adolescence in law and culture produced a staged process of increasing liberty and responsibility up to the age of majority. After eighteen, however, the presumption of adulthood remains strong. Today, a combination of psychological and social factors has extended the …

Circuit Criminal Trial And Evidence Practice Pointers, William H. Filmore, Tobie J. Smith, J. Patrick Lamb

Articles

No abstract provided.

The Access-To-Care Epidemic, Benjamin Mcmichael

Articles

Among the many challenges it has created, the COVID19 pandemic has exacerbated the United States' access-to-care problem. While millions of individuals have confronted this problem for years in the context of chronic disease management, mental illness, and other diseases and injuries, many Americans are facing serious access-to-care issues for the first time during the pandemic. Recognizing the acuity of this problem, states adopted temporary policies to combat it. One of the most important policy solutions has been the relaxation of state scope-of-practice laws that inhibit the ability of many healthcare providers, such as nurse practitioners, to deliver healthcare. These temporary …

Revised Draft Final Butte Reclaimed Areas Maintenance And Monitoring (M&M) Plan In Accordance With Butte Reclamation Evaluation System (Bres), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Draft Final Solid Media Management Program Plan, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Unfriendly Fire: How The Tobacco Industry Is Destroying The Future Of Our Children, Andrew Bush, Thomas Ferkol, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Tobacco has long been known to be one of the greatest causes of morbidity and mortality in the adults, but the effects on the foetus and young children, which are lifelong, have been less well appreciated. Developing from this are electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapes, promulgated as being less harmful than tobacco. Nicotine itself is toxic to the foetus, with permanent effects on lung structure and function. Most vapes contain nicotine, but they also contain many other compounds which are inhaled and for which there are no toxicity studies. They also contain known toxic substances, whose use is banned …

Undergraduate Catalog, Georgia Southern University

Undergraduate & Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Improved Gastrointestinal Profile With Diroximel Fumarate Is Associated With A Positive Impact On Quality Of Life Compared With Dimethyl Fumarate: Results From The Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase Iii Evolve-Ms-2 Study, Annette Wundes, Sibyl Wray, Ralf Gold, Barry A Singer, Elzbieta Jasinska, Tjalf Ziemssen, Jerome De Seze, Pavle Repovic, Hailu Chen, Jerome Hanna, Jordan Messer, Catherine Miller, Robert T Naismith

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Diroximel fumarate (DRF) is a novel oral fumarate approved for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). DRF demonstrated significantly improved gastrointestinal (GI) tolerability

METHODS: A

RESULTS: In total, 504 patients (DRF,

CONCLUSIONS: The improved GI tolerability with DRF translated into clinically meaningful benefits to QoL, as patients experienced less impact on daily life and work and required less concomitant symptomatic medication use.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: [ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03093324].

Development Of A Digital Toolkit To Improve Quality Of Life Of Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Jerik Leung, Laura Kloos, Alfred H Kim, Elizabeth A Baker

2020-Current year OA Pubs

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this manuscript is to detail development and initial usability testing of an e-toolkit designed to provide skills and knowledge around self-management behaviors for individuals living with systemic lupus erythematosus.

METHODS: Researchers worked with a steering committee of patients and providers to (1) develop a clickable prototype of an e-toolkit and (2) conduct alpha (individuals not affiliated with an academic clinic as patient or provider) and beta (individual patients with systemic lupus erythematosus as well as members of the clinic healthcare team and individuals who work in patient advocacy organizations) usability testing through semistructured interviews.

RESULTS: During …

Electrospun Fiber Scaffolds For Engineering Glial Cell Behavior To Promote Neural Regeneration, Devan L. Puhl, Jessica L. Funnell, Derek W. Nelson, Manoj K. Gottipati, Ryan J. Gilbert

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Electrospinning is a fabrication technique used to produce nano-or micro-diameter fibers to generate biocompatible, biodegradable scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Electro spun fiber scaffolds are advantageous for neural regeneration because they mimic the structure of the nervous system extracellular matrix and provide contact guidance for regenerating axons. Glia are non-neuronal regulatory cells that maintain homeostasis in the healthy nervous system and regulate regeneration in the injured nervous system. Electro spun fiber scaffolds offer a wide range of characteristics, such as fiber alignment, diameter, surface nano topography, and surface chemistry that can be engineered to achieve a desired glial cell response …

2021 Fall Commencement, Georgia Southern University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

2021 Spring Commencement, Georgia Southern University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Awareness Of Blockchain Usage, Structure, & Generation Of Platform’S Energy Consumption: Working Towards A Greener Blockchain, Loreen Marie Powell, Michalina Hendon, Andrew Mangle, Hayden Wimmer

Computing: Faculty Publications

Blockchain is a disruptive information technology innovation with energy consumption. As more organizations look to implement or embrace blockchain innovations, research must focus on making the blockchain greener. This research explores the current innovative blockchain usage, structure, generations, and energy consumption. An energy consumption comparison for consensus protocols is provided along with a list of recommendations for implementing green blockchains. This paper provides a significant impact upon previous literature and aids organizations considering implementing a green blockchain.

Investigating The Development Of Perceptions And Behavioural Intentions Towards People Living With Hiv (Plhiv) Among Pre-Clinical Medical Students In The University Of Malaya, Calvin Christopher Willims Fernandez

Student Works (2020-2029)

Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, there has been a high prevalence of stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV (PLHIV). They manifest in people’s attitudes and behaviour, and in various contexts including education, employment and healthcare. For the latter specifically, stigma-driven behaviours by healthcare practitioners have resulted in poorer health outcomes for PLHIV, where they are humiliated, isolated and in some cases, even refused treatment. This subsequently leads to an increase in mental health issues and other damaging health behaviours among PLHIV. Numerous studies have explored the manifestation of these stigmatizing attitudes and behaviours …

A Qualitative Study On The Perception Of Undergraduate Nursing Students On Online Learning During The Covid-19 Pandemic At A Public University In Malaysia, Muhammad Hibatullah Romli

Student Works (2020-2029)

The COVID-19 pandemic and Movement Control Order have restricted learning activities in traditional face-to-face classrooms. Subsequently, these learning activities have shifted to full online learning, and these activities are conducted in the student’s own environment namely dorm room and home. The present researcher conducted a meta-synthesis, and the result shows that full online learning is receiving resistance, however, it begin to gain better reception. Past studies show that online learning is a potential approach in allowing active and dynamic learning experience especially on the acquisition of theoretical knowledge, despite having limitations to developing technical skills. Therefore, the present study aimed …

Prevalence Of Neurophobia And Its Related Perceptions On Neurology Among Junior Doctors In Malaysia, Nor Azam Ismail

Student Works (2020-2029)

The phenomenon of neurophobia, which is described as the fear of neurological subjects, is not well studied among Malaysian doctors. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of neurophobia among Malaysian junior doctors, to determine the perceived level of interest, knowledge, confidence and phobia in Neurology, to assess the association and prediction between different demographic backgrounds of the junior doctors, reasons for Neurology being perceived as a difficult subject, and perceived usefulness of different methods of learning neurology on their perceived difficulty of neurology. The study employed an online, questionnaire-based data collection method distributed among junior doctors …

Social And Emotional Competence And Its Association With Cyberbullying Among Adolescents, Sivabalan Thava Viknaraj

Student Works (2020-2029)

Cyberbullying is a growing menace especially in countries like Malaysia which highly focuses on digital industry development. Adolescents are at greater risk since their higher usage of internet mainly on the grounds of social networking. The aim of this study is to describe cyberbullying through various factors and the relationship with social and emotional competence (SEC) using the General Aggression Model as a theoretical framework. The study, conducted through June 2019 to November 2019, adopted a cross sectional study design, among 889 adolescents aged 13 and 14 years old of national secondary schools in Penang, Malaysia. Two-stage random sampling was …

Process And Impact Evaluations Preschool Oral Healthcare Programme (Pohp) In Selangor, Muhammad Farid Nurdin

Student Works (2020-2029)

Preschools provide an efficient setting to promote the oral health of young children as children attend preschools on daily basis, the structures and system at preschools are established, and vital facilities for conducive oral health environment such as clean water supply and sanitation are already in place. Because of these promising potentials, the Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia has introduced the Preschool Oral Healthcare Programme (POHP) in 1984. This programme aims to improve the oral health status of children aged 5 to 6 years who attend preschools. To date, there has been no evaluation conducted on the POHP in terms …