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A Video To Empower And Engage Youth In Santa Cruz County, Marisol Cisneros

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

A video to empower and engage youth in Santa Cruz County

United Way of Santa Cruz (UWSCC) is a non-profit organization that provides programs to improve the well-being of the community, such as the Community Assessment Project (CAP), Jóvenes Sanos, 2-1-1 Santa Cruz, United 4 Youth, and the Youth Action Network (YAN). These programs assist with economic development, health, public safety and support the youth community. The macro-level problem is that too many youth are unmotivated or alienated from their community. The micro-level problem that will be addressed by this project is adults in Santa Cruz County undervalue youth engagement …

Shared Safety Community Forum: Engaging Community On Shared Safety, Sophia Kilroy

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

United Way of Santa Cruz County (UWSCC) is a non-profit working with a coalition of organizations in Santa Cruz County pooling efforts, fundraising, and support. UWSCC staffs the Youth Action Network, which serves youth and families, and facilitates the Community Education and Engagement Workgroup which serves survivors of crime and offenders. The social problem is that there are too few justice policies in the United States that align with the views of victims of crime. The agency problem is, too many survivors of crime in Santa Cruz County are not provided the proper services. The purpose of this project was …

The Introduction Of An Emergency Mitigation Module, Marvin Feliciano

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

The Monterey County Office of Emergency Services (MCOES) serves all community members who reside in Monterey County, CA. While they do not provide active emergency services, they do provide mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery services when an emergency will take or has taken place. Although not a particularly active facility, they receive a sizable amount of community support and outreach. However, when it comes to the rural communities, which make up a majority of the county’s population, the MCOES has a difficult time connecting to a majority of its members. With the creation of an Emergency Mitigation Module that will …

Medical Cannabis And The Age Of Majority, Katharine B. Silbaugh

Faculty Scholarship

This Essay considers whether commercial cannabis retailers are adequately constrained in the sale of cannabis to 18- to 21-year-olds. It examines the intersection of the medical cannabis market, recreational cannabis market, and underlying status law regulating late adolescents aged 18 to 21. Because the age of majority licenses full medical decision-making, an 18-year-old can access medical cannabis but not recreational cannabis or alcohol. This Essay proceeds on the assumption that medical cannabis is a construct that has eased the process of achieving a legalized commercial cannabis market. The ambiguity around medical claims is comfortable in the libertarian soil of cannabis …

Marijuana Legalization And The Role Of The Massachusetts Legislature, Sean J. Kealy

Faculty Scholarship

The public is often frustrated when Congress or their state legislature is not responsive to their policy priorities. This was especially true during the effort to legalize marijuana in Massachusetts. The legislature consistently refused to take up the issue despite public support. Legalization advocates ultimately bypassed the legislature by turning to the ballot-initiative process on three occasions: first to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, then to legalize medical marijuana, and most recently to legalize recreational marijuana. After the electorate legalized recreational marijuana, the legislature further frustrated advocates, first by delaying implementation of key parts of the law and …

The Legal Value Of Fiscal Sponsorship: A Proposal Of New Law, Emma Geering

UC Law Journal

With social conscientiousness as a core value, American society has utilized nonprofit organizations to motivate social change. But as resources are finite and expertise in the complex legal, operational, and organizational nature of charitable organizations is limited, startup or small and local nonprofit organizations are having a harder time getting off the ground. Fiscal sponsorship—a term of art used to describe the relationship between social entrepreneurs and a tax-exempt organization—provides a functional framework to charitable projects that cannot or choose to not obtain tax-exempt status. Fiscal sponsorship provides a business mechanism to advance the nonprofit sector, as it facilitates collaboration, …

Making Regulation Robust In The Innovation Era, Cristie Ford

All Faculty Publications

The next few years in regulatory history will be pivotal.

On one hand, we are witnessing renewed interest in robust state action in the economy and society. Battered by a poorly managed global pandemic and the undeniable persistence of racism and discrimination; terrified about the consequences of climate change; having suffered through years of political tumult and populist anger following a disastrous financial crisis; and having recognized once again that there is more to a person’s value than their economic productivity – it seems clear that over recent decades, public policy swung too far away from the humane, collective, and …

The Pacific Sentinel: May/June, Mini Issue, Portland State University. Student Publications Board

The Pacific Sentinel

Editor: Vivian Veidt

Articles in this issue include:

• Letter From the Editor
• Vaccine Hesitancy
• Campus Policing and the Call for Abolition
• Goodbye Afghanistan Palestine
• Where Memes and Cinema Collide

Raps Sheet, May 2021, Retirement Association Of Portland State

RAPS Sheet: Monthly Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Sentiment Analysis Of Covid-19 Pandemic On The Stock Market, Prajwal Eachempati, Praveen Ranjan Srivastava, Prabin Kumar Panigrahi

American Business Review

COVID-19 is a dreadful infectious disease, morphed into an economic crisis causing extensive and longstanding ramifications across global markets. Investors continue to hear about COVID-19 and its impact in one corner of the globe or the other for a long time. Though the effects of COVID19 started in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, global markets did not respond actively till W.H.O officially declared on March 11, 2020, that the COVID19 outbreak is a global pandemic. These multi-channel events have eroded investor sentiment, tanking the global stock markets. This article uses a machine learning approach to Twitter to analyze and follow …

Nationalism, Populism, Religion, And The Quest To Reframe Fundamental Rights, Susanna Mancini, Michel Rosenfeld

Cardozo Law Review

The article examines how nationalism and populism have increasingly utilized religion to challenge the principles of institutional secularism, which is foundational to liberal constitutional democracies. It argues that these forces exploit the interplay between religion and secularism to undermine pluralism and promote exclusionary agendas. The analysis highlights the tension between institutional secularism, which seeks to separate state and religion, and the contemporary repoliticization of religion, which threatens the pluralistic ethos essential to liberal constitutionalism.

Moral Disapproval, Perceived Addiction, God-Image And Externalization: A Moderation Analysis, Christopher L. Ostrander

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Research has indicated a positive correlation among religious individuals who view pornography and report experiencing increased moral incongruence and perceived addiction as a result of their use. Research also shows how one views God (loving, distant, and cruel), known as God-image, can attenuate or exacerbate psychological distress associated with pornography use and or religious/spiritual struggles. Recently a small number of studies have shown externalization, the tendency to blame others, as an effective coping mechanism in the reduction of sexual shame. Based on Grubbs, Perry, et al., (2019) theoretical model, pornography problems due to moral incongruence (PPMI), this study aimed to …

A Prototype Of D.I.Y. Landslide Alarm, Dexter Blair E. Andres, John Franky Nathaniel V. Batisla-Ong,, Eugine Ais

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

Landslides can be described as a movement of soil, debris or rock down a slope caused by earthquake, rainfall or rapid snow melts. Many years back, it was considered as a potential hazard that can kill dozens of lives when not properly addressed. In the Philippines, many areas around certain regions are located in the possible hazardous places of a landslide. In order to address this problem, the researchers have created a device that can alert people regarding an upcoming landslide event. A wide array of literature has also created this kind of device and many of them are very …

Examining First Responders’ Mental Health, Taylor Richmond

20th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (2021)

Terror Management Theory describes the existential angst that humans feel with the understanding that death is truly inevitable and it assists in explaining why humans develop and maintain religious beliefs, how numerous religious orientations address universal existential concerns, and what the social costs and benefits are (Vail et.al, 2010). The purpose of our research was to understand the role of religion (or various coping mechanisms) in terror management processes and managing existential concerns in a community sample (mTurk) and in a sample of participants who regularly face mortality concerns (first responders).

We collected two samples. Participants were randomly assigned to …

Covid-19 And Challenges To The Traditional Understanding Of Individual Medical Autonomy, Callon A. Green

Honors Theses

Throughout history, vaccines have provided the human population with the ability to combat dangerous illnesses and avoid preventable suffering. Despite the benefits vaccines provide to the public health of the United States, anti-vaccination sentiment and resistance to vaccine uptake are still prevalent in the modern day. As the COVID-19 pandemic has developed into a major public health crisis that can be controlled through vaccination, the issues underlying vaccine resistance are becoming more critical to return to normal life. Using COVID-19 as a case study, it is evident that the individual choice to deny vaccination can have consequences on the health …

Analyzing The Correlation Of The University Of Mississippi Football Program's Success And Financials With That Of The University And Local Businesses In Oxford, Mississippi, Courtney C. Schaeffer

Honors Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to look at Ole Miss athletic events, specifically football games, and the success and profit of local businesses in Oxford, Mississippi and the University of Mississippi. There are several existing studies analyzed in this paper that indicate a correlation between college football programs and the University and city revenues at several other colleges and universities across the country. A historical analysis of the University of Mississippi Athletic Department’s revenues and expenses, football attendance numbers, and University enrollment trends throughout the years 2015 to 2019 indicates how important football is to the University and its …

An Ethical Assessment Of Philippine Laws On National Security Through Deontological Ethics, David Joseph O. Velasco

DLSU Senior High School Research Congress

As a democratic country, the Philippines value the natural rights enshrined in the Constitution. Filipinos, particularly those who were involved in the preservation of democracy, were up in arms when the Republic Act 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act and formerly, the repealed Republic Act 9372 or the Human Security Act were passed. Filipinos fear that both infringe on basic human rights, such as that of right to life, liberty, and property. For this reason, there is a need to encourage research that will assess these laws concerning the national security of the country, in an ethical manner, in order to …

Proceedings - Wright State University Boonshoft School Of Medicine Thirteenth Annual Medical Student Research Symposium, Office Of Research Affairs, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Medical Student Research Symposium Proceedings

The student abstract booklet is a compilation of abstracts from students' oral and poster presentations at Wright State University's Thirteenth Annual Boonshoft School of Medicine Medical Student Research Symposium held on April 29, 2021.

Ashes To Ashes—The Coronavirus, Ebola, And The Erosion Of Liberty And Property Interests In The Fight Against Communicable Diseases, Casey C. Dereus

Louisiana Law Review

The article examines how national and state governments in the U.S. are exercising their authority to stop the spread of communicable diseases like COVID-19 and Ebola and their impacts on the rights of physical liberty and property rights of Americans.

Context Is Key, Limits Are Crucial: Understanding The Scope Of Implied Rights Of Action For Rescission Of Investment Contracts Under The Investment Company Act Of 1940, Luke St. Germain

Louisiana Law Review

The article discusses the scope of the implied rights of action covering the rescission of investment contracts under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ICA) in the U.S. to prevent fraud and mismanagement.

Reexamining “Defining Patient Experience”: The Human Experience In Healthcare, Jason A. Wolf, Victoria Niederhauser, Dianne Marshburn, Sherri L. Lavela

Patient Experience Journal

In 2014, the authors came together with the explicit purpose of understanding how people were defining patient experience.¹ Our broad review and analysis of the literature led us to a few critical points. One, as our review showed, there was an absence of a commonly used definition around patient experience in healthcare. Two, while consistency in the use of one definition was not revealed, there was great alignment around central components seen as critical to patient experience. Three, we highlighted the recurrence of key concepts from the literature that are also found in the definition offered by The Beryl …

The Impact Of Nurse Stress, Job Distress, Job Satisfaction, And Mood On Patient Outcomes, Madelynne Wright, Abbey Collins

Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.

Fitbit Data And The Fourth Amendment: Why The Collection Of Data From A Fitbit Constitutes A Search And Should Require A Warrant In Light Of Carpenter V. United States, Alxis Rodis

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

Judging History: How Judicial Discretion In Applying Originalist Methodology Affects The Outcome Of Post-Heller Second Amendment Cases, Mark Anthony Frassetto

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This Article aims to assess how the federal appellate courts have applied the originalist methodology in Second Amendment cases in the decade since Heller. It reviews how courts’ varying approaches to historical analysis—specifically, how courts have addressed what historical period to look to, how prevalent a historical tradition must be, and whether to address history at a high or low level of generality—can drastically affect the outcome of cases. As Justice Scalia acknowledged in McDonald, “Historical analysis can be difficult; it sometimes requires resolving threshold questions, and making nuanced judgments about which evidence to consult and how to …

The Protection Of Free Choice And The Right To Passivity: Applying The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination To Physical Examinations And Documents' Submission, Rinat Kitai-Sangero

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This Article addresses the question of whether the privilege against selfincrimination should cover physical examinations as well as the obligation to submit documents. This question requires a serious examination of the justifications underlying the privilege against self-incrimination and is of particular relevance in the current age of technological progress that expands the powers assigned to law enforcement agencies to access knowledge and thoughts stored in individuals’ minds. After addressing the comparative law regarding the applicability of the privilege against selfincrimination to physical examinations and to the obligation to submit documents and discussing key justifications for the privilege against self-incrimination, dividing …

The Mother Of Invention, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

I stopped by Maggie Cahill’s front lawn on Stonemill Road last week to hear her describe how she edited a full-length memoir and worked with the author to prepare it for submission to a publisher.

Gravely Disabled: The Vestigial Prong Of 5150 Designations, Diane Y. Byun

Journal of Law and Health

Effective July 1, 1972, California’s Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (“LPS Act”) set the precedent for modern mental health commitment procedures in the U.S. named after its authors, State Assemblyman Frank Lanterman and State Senators Nicholas C. Petris and Alan Short, the LPS Act sought to “end the inappropriate, indefinite, and involuntary commitment of persons with mental health disorder”; to “provide prompt evaluation and treatment of persons with mental health disorders or impaired by chronic alcoholism”; and to “guarantee and protect public safety.” Despite citing to these articles of intent, the LPS Act violates its own legislative intent through its inclusion of “gravely …

Committee Organization In The Virginia General Assembly, Genevieve Markee

Honors Theses

Political scientists have developed several theories to explain how the United States Congress organizes its committees. According to the informational theory, members of Congress view committees as the most efficient way to divide the labor associated with processing a broad range of bills. Since it would be impossible for each individual member to have expertise in every policy area, information-gathering responsibility is distributed among the different Members through the committee system. Committees provide information about policy outcomes and produce legislation preferred by a majority of Members. According to the partisan model, on the other hand, committees are organized primarily to …

Whole-Community Response Planning For Pennsylvania’S Ongoing Opioid Emergency, Alexander Siedschlag

Publications

The Penn State Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE), in collaboration with Penn State Homeland Security Programs and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), held a tabletop exercise that addressed first-responder and whole-community response and resilience to the ongoing opioid crisis. The exercise, which took place Sept. 24, 2019, at PEMA headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa., also was supported by the Governor’s Office for Homeland Security and the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Bureau of Public Health Preparedness. The Dickinson School of Law and Immaculata University were academic contributors. This article summarizes the main outcome in the current COVID-19 context.

Spectrum, Volume 46, Issue 10, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Reopening of Sacred Heart University’s Discovery Science Center and Planetarium -- FedEx Shooter and Gun Control -- Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions -- Registering for Fall 2021 -- Not in Kansas Anymore Colloquium -- Best Buddies Friendship Walk