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The University of New Hampshire Law Review

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The University of New Hampshire Law Review

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Reconsidering The Foregone Conclusion Doctrine: Compelled Decryption And The Original Meaning Of Self-Incrimination, Norman Hobbie Jr.

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

The Self-Incrimination Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the government from compelling an individual “to be a witness against himself.” The Supreme Court of the United States has long interpreted “witness” as “one who gives testimony.” Undoubtedly, this interpretation prevents the government from compelling a witness to take the stand and testify to his own demise. This interpretation also extends to the act of producing documents, giving rise to the so-called “act of production” doctrine. Yet if a court deems the testimonial value of the act minimal—in other words, not “sufficiently testimonial”—the government can compel production under the “foregone conclusion” …

Law And Sampling Theory, Jack Thorlin

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

Law involves a fundamental tradeoff, a sampling problem. In science, sampling problems emerge when trying to understand something complicated by considering discrete, manageable subsets of it—samples. When doing that, scientists must compromise between accuracy and resource-expenditure. Perfect accuracy requires infinite resources, such as a perfect digital image with infinite file size. Perfection being unattainable, scientists must decide what level of accuracy is best for any given case. Every kind of law, from parking regulations to criminal to high constitutional theory, is subject to the same dynamic.

Law’s sampling problem is the tradeoff between accurate representation of a community’s moral preferences …

Patch Size Drives Colonization By Aquatic Insects, With Minor Priority Effects Of A Cohabitant, Reed C. Scott, Matthew R. Pintar, William J. Resetarits

Faculty and Student Publications

Patch size is one of the most important factors affecting the distribution and abundance of species, and recent research has shown that patch size is an important niche dimension affecting community structure in aquatic insects. Building on this result, we examined the impact of patch size in conjunction with presence of larval anurans on colonization by aquatic insects. Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope's gray treefrog) larvae are abundant and early colonists in fishless lentic habitats, and these larvae can fill multiple ecological roles. By establishing larvae in mesocosms prior to colonization, we were able to assess whether H. chrysoscelis larvae have priority …

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Hofstra Law Review

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In Vitro Fertilization, Fertility Frustrations, And The Lack Of Regulation, Delores V. Chichi

Hofstra Law Review

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2021-December-01-Etsu Health Partners With Healing Hands, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Healing Hands

From left, Dr. Amanda Stoltz and Dr. John Culp are among physicians from ETSU Health Family Medicine Bristol who have partnered with Helen Scott, director of Healing Hands Health Center, to provide health care to low-income and uninsured individuals in the region.

BRISTOL, Tenn. – ETSU Health’s Family Medicine Bristol clinic is providing even more health care to low-income and uninsured individuals through a partnership with Healing Hands Health Center.

Healing Hands, located at 245 Midway Medical Park, is a charitable medical and dental clinic that provides care to adults in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. East Tennessee …

2021-December-01-Etsu Professor Writes About Masculinity, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Masculinity – what it means and how it came to be – has for years been a point of discussion on college campuses. More recently, the conversation has spread to the general public. The New York Times posed the question in 2019: what is “toxic masculinity?”

East Tennessee State University’s Dr. Elwood Watson is addressing these and other important questions in “Talkin’ to You, Bro!: Liberate your mind from the confusing, ambiguous messages of contemporary masculinity,” a book released earlier this fall. 

The book offers a new outlook on manhood in current culture, Watson said, and aims to help men …

Craniofacial Morphology Does Not Support A Pre-Contact Carib “Invasion” Of The Northern Caribbean, Christina M. Giovas, Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Thomas P. Leppard, Mark Hubbe, William J. Pestle, Peter E. Siegel, L. Antonio Curet, José R. Oliver, Arie Boomert, Richard T. Callaghan

Department of Anthropology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

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Constructivism In Choral Music Education: Supplemental Activities For The Traditional Choral Ensemble, Allison Renee Fojo

Graduate Thesis Collection

Constructivism in music education can help teachers and students alike better their educational experience by working as a collaborative team. In the choral classroom, constructivist teaching establishes the teacher as the facilitator of learning rather than the “teacher as conductor.” Teachers help foster the musical-thinking of the ensemble. Students learn and retain information when teachers can support learners’ understanding of musical ideas and work within the student’s zone of proximal development. Through the use of teacher-guided questioning, cognitive apprenticeship, informal music-making, CMP, problem-solving, and Understanding by Design, students become active participants. Included are supplemental activities for the traditional choir classroom …

2021-December-01-Etsu Health Family Medicine Accepting New Patients, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – A heart for ministering to others paired with a love for science drove Dr. Allison Powers to obtain her medical degree and to pursue opportunities to serve others.

She is accepting new patients at ETSU Health Family Medicine Johnson City.

Powers offers the full scope of family medicine care for all stages of patients’ lives, including acute inpatient care, pediatrics, obstetrics and office procedures. 

“You will receive excellent care through ETSU Family Medicine Johnson City,” Powers said. 

“We are able to provide for many of your health needs in one medical home, while working with a …

A Potted History Of Fevers (The Just War Was Slow Weather), Mark Anthony Cayanan

English Faculty Publications

The poem is a part of a sequence that loosely revolves around the Agoo apparitions in the early 1990s.

Smart Metering Communication Protocols And Performance Under Cyber Security Vulnerabilities, Oscar A. Alvarez

Theses and Dissertations

The communication process is the key that characterizes the modern concept of smart grid, a new technology that introduced a “two-way communication” in energy measurement systems and can be best represented through the smart meters. Hence, the goal of smart metering communication is to ensure a secure and reliable transmission of information that can only be accessed by end users and energy supplying companies. With the goal of improving the information security in smart energy grids, the research presented in this work focused on studying different advanced metering infrastructure communication protocols and, it showcases a series of experiments performed on …

Synthesize And Characterization Of Aluminum- Tungsten Carbide Nanocomposite, Shuvendu Das

Theses and Dissertations

This research focuses on developing metal matrix composite reinforced by polymer-derived ceramic fibers. The force-spun AMT nanofibers were heat treated into tungsten carbide and then mixed with aluminum powder using cold pressing and sintering to produce the composites. The basic mechanical properties of this composite are investigated by density measurement, hardness and compression testing. SEM, EDS and XRD were used to test the morphology of tungsten carbide fibers. EDS identified a near-perfect W-C ratio in tungsten carbide fibers 1000 °C. Tungsten Carbide fibers were crushed using ball milling technique. Tungsten carbide nanofibers powder had a variety of particle size. Results …

Characterization Of Biomarkers For Alzheimer’S Disease And Hiv-1 Associated Neurocognitive Disorders, Armando Garces Iii

Theses and Dissertations

Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by progressive cognitive decline and the accumulation of amyloid beta and neurofibrillary tangles in regions of the brain. These protein deposits are known to generate multiple effects on the brain that lead to neurodegeneration. It has been established that (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) HIV-1 accelerates the aging process of people living with HIV-1. Moreover, there is significant clinical evidence indicating a potential link between the neurodegeneration developed by those with an HIV-1 infection and AD. HIV-1 viral infection causes cognitive impairment known as …

Development Of Metamaterial-Based Near-Zero Refractive Index Structures In The Optical Regime, Andres Ochoa

Theses and Dissertations

Multilayer combinations of plasmonic and dielectric materials can be designed as subwavelength structures to create a medium with unique parameters, but the development of optical metamaterials for the visible spectrum is hindered by the lack of plasmonic materials with suitable properties. A method to understand and design metamaterials for optical applications is examined as a solution for shifting the operating range from ultraviolet light to visible light. Special points of interest and corresponding parameters are identified to understand their effects on propagation. A hyperbolic near-zero refractive index metamaterial composed of alternating layers of metal and perovskite thin films is proposed …

"Nothing Sacred" And The Impact Of Catharsis, Religious Iconography And Satire In Film, Jaime Danielle Trevino

Theses and Dissertations

Writing, or art of any kind, can be cathartic, depending on the subject matter. The term catharsis here refers to the experience shared by the tragic hero and audience in a common emotional tension that gets released in a fictional process that provides clarity. I would assert that the author should be included in this aesthetic and intellectual process. Creative writing can also be cathartic work and can allow the author to release pity and fear and gain clarity. In Nothing Sacred, the thesis screenplay written and explored here, I aim to find if catharsis can exist in both …

Comparisons Of Concrete Slender Wall Software With Full-Scale Experiments, Gloriana M.L. Moua

Architectural Engineering

The 1980 slender wall testing was performed by the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) in efforts to analyze behavior of concrete slender walls when lateral and eccentric axial loads are applied. The testing was done with 12 tilt-up wall panels, 3 of each of the four thicknesses: 9 ½”, 7 ¼”, 5 ¾”, and 4 ¾”. What was discovered from testing was that a fixed limitation of height to thickness ratio was not a governing factor and that each case should be analyzed based off the strength and deflection of the wall. It was because of this testing …

Piles Redesigned: A Comparison Of Concrete And Timber, Riley N. Mullen

Architectural Engineering

This project redesigned a foundation with timber piles and assesses the environmental impacts.

Parametric Study Of New Diaphragm Design Methods, Emily Rose Taylor

Architectural Engineering

Large retail buildings and warehouses are typically a one-story concrete or masonry walled structure with a panelized wood roof. These buildings fall under the category of “RWFD”, or “Rigid Wall Flexible Diaphragm”. There are two preexisting methods that can be utilized in designing flexible diaphragms, but there is a third being introduced in the new ASCE 7-22 code. Given this code is unreleased, there really is no guidance to the user as far as which method is the most time efficient or cost effective. The purpose of this project is to analyze the same building using each design method in …

Makom Hillel: Slo Hillel Outdoor Event Space, Eli J. Greenberg

Architectural Engineering

This report details the design development for Makom Hillel, an outdoor event space dedicated to San Luis Obispo’s Hillel chapter. Hillel is an international organization working to connect Jewish students and community members with each other and their religion. The platform was designed as a service-learning senior project for the ARCE Department at Cal Poly SLO. The gravity and lateral systems were designed using the 2018 NDS, ASCE 7-16, and Simpson Strong Tie’s 2021 Wood Construction Connectors catalog. This project was conducted during Spring and Fall 2021 and supervised by Professor Brent Nuttall.

Investigation Into Excessive Deflections In A Concrete Flat Slab, Matthew Frydman

Architectural Engineering

This senior project was inspired by a project experience during a summer internship in Denver, Colorado at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. After a pipe froze and burst in the 13,000 sq. ft. basement of a two story building built in the 1990’s, an investigation was needed to determine the structural impacts of the event. A site visit was performed to collect data, and it quickly became clear that slab deflections and strength were top priorities. The slab was able to deflect in the basement due to a cardboard void form that was used to accommodate expansive soils. This project …

Chinese Timber Woven Arch Bridges, Owen M. Anderson, Kaleigh G. Kant

Architectural Engineering

This is a report on the study and analysis conducted on Chinese timber woven bridges. It explores historical and cultural values behind them as well as their structural behavior. Finally, the bridge design is described in a series of equations that would make for simple design and construction.

Growing Grounds Farm & Nursery - Serenity Shade Structure, Jack C. Radovan

Architectural Engineering

This project includes the design and construction of a shade structure over the serenity seating area at Growing Grounds Farm & Nursery. Growing Grounds is a part of TransitionsMental Health Association. It is a nonprofit wholesale nursery that provides horticulture, socialization opportunities, paid employment and soft job skills training for adults with severe and persistent mental illness. The shade structure will serve as place where staff and volunteers can gather and sit.

Residential Seismic Retrofit And San Francisco’S Path To Earthquake Resilience, Iryna Turchyn

Architectural Engineering

The following interdisciplinary project was expanded from a summer internship with Holmes engineering firm. The project will present the gravity and lateral structural design that was part of a seismic retrofit of a residential building in San Francisco. The paper will investigate the Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety (CAPSS) in the San Francisco Bay that drove the demand for the structural retrofit, while evaluating the economic, political, social, and environmental effects of the following project and the San Francisco action plan.

Agatha Christie: A Look Into Criminal Procedure And Gender, Carmella Monico

Theses/Capstones/Creative Projects

With 2020 being the 100^th year since Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was published, it seems fitting to celebrate such an accomplished author with a deeper look into the inner workings of her novels. While she wrote mystery novels that involved many detectives, the two most popular are Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. This paper will examine these two detectives in regard to the criminal procedure each uses to solve their respective cases. Would her detectives’ work hold up in court then or even today? Additionally, the difference in gender between Poirot and Marple …

Protocol: Teacher Professional Development For Disability Inclusion In Low- And Middle-Income Asia-Pacific Countries: An Evidence And Gap Map, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, David Jeffries, Anannya Chakraborty, Petra Lietz, Amit Kaushik, Budiarti Rahayu, David Armstrong, Kris Sundarsagar

Assessment and Reporting

According to prior research, teacher readiness and capability are key contributors for successful transition towards disability inclusive education, yet in-service teacher professional development for disability inclusion remains an under-researched area. The key objective of this evidence and gap map (EGM) is to locate evidence on interventions for disability inclusion focused teacher professional development (TPD) in low-to-middle-income-countries (LMICs) in the Asia-Pacific region. As such, it will illustrate different levels of evidence for TPD interventions as well as where there is no evidence (i.e., gaps). In other words, the EGM can make agencies aware where they might be operating in an area …

Psychosocial Risk Factors And Cardiovascular Disease And Death In A Population-Based Cohort From 21 Low-, Middle-, And High-Income Countries, Ailiana Santosa, Annika Rosengren, Chinthanie Ramasundarahettige, Sumathy Rangarajan, Jephat Chifamba, Scott A. Lear, Paul Poirier, Karen E. Yeates, Rita Yusuf, Romaina Iqbal

Community Health Sciences

Importance: Stress may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Most studies on stress and CVD have been conducted in high-income Western countries, but whether stress is associated with CVD in other settings has been less well studied.
Objective: To investigate the association of a composite measure of psychosocial stress and the development of CVD events and mortality in a large prospective study involving populations from 21 high-, middle-, and low-income countries across 5 continents.
Design, setting, and participants: This population-based cohort study used data from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology study, collected between January 2003 and March 2021. Participants …

Skeleton Weed In Western Australia: Management Guide, Department Of Primary Industries And Regional Development

Bulletins 4000 -

Skeleton weed is a declared plant which can reduce crop yields by competing for moisture and nutrients (mainly nitrogen).

This Management Guide has been designed to assist landholders and increase their capacity to manage and eradicate skeleton weed infestations on their properties and to prevent further spread within the State. Without the coordinated program aimed at controlling spread, skeleton weed would now be much more abundant and widely established throughout the cereal growing areas.