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The Art Of Concession In General Lotto Games, Rahul Chandan, Keith Paarporn, Dan Kovenock, Mahnoosh Alizadeh, Jason R. Marden

ESI Working Papers

Success in adversarial environments often requires investment into additional resources in order to improve one’s competitive position. But, can intentionally decreasing one’s own competitiveness ever provide strategic benefits in such settings? In this paper, we focus on characterizing the role of “concessions” as a component of strategic decision making. Specifically, we investigate whether a player can gain an advantage by either conceding budgetary resources or conceding valuable prizes to an opponent. While one might na¨ıvely assume that the player cannot, our work demonstrates that – perhaps surprisingly – concessions do offer strategic benefits when made correctly. In the context of …

Masthead

Touro Law Review

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My Friend, Charles Reich, Hon. Guido Calabresi

Touro Law Review

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Charles Reich: Due Process In The Eye Of The Receiver, Harold Hongju Koh

Touro Law Review

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Keeping Up: Walking With Justice Douglas, Charles A. Reich

Touro Law Review

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Charles Reich And The Legal History Of Privacy, Sarah A. Seo

Touro Law Review

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Masthead

Touro Law Review

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Touro Law Review

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Foreword To The Symposium: Jewish Law In Comparative Context, Samuel J. Levine

Touro Law Review

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Inducing Acts In Rabbinic Law, Amy Birkan

Touro Law Review

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Jewish Law And The Concept Of Negligence, Steven F. Friedell

Touro Law Review

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Partnership, Democracy, And Self-Rule In Jewish Law, Daniel J.H. Greenwood

Touro Law Review

Liberal political theory has long relied on a metaphor of contract: autonomous adults coming together to agree, by unanimous consent, on the basic structure of a just society. But contract is a strange metaphor with which to explain society. Contract law is based on a morality of strangers acting at arms-length. In contrast, decent societies and the governments they set for themselves must be based on a commitment of mutual responsibility. What makes us fellow citizens—fellows of any variety—is accepting that we are all in this together. Jewish legal and midrashic traditions can be a useful corrective to the atomistic …

Let The Earth Teach You Torah: Sustainability In Jewish Law, Itzchak E. Kornfeld

Touro Law Review

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Witness For The Self: Miranda V. Arizona’S Political Theology, Graham James Mcaleer

Touro Law Review

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Was Yosef On The Spectrum? Understanding Joseph Through Torah, Midrash, And Classical Jewish Sources: A Review, John Elder Robison

Touro Law Review

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Review Of Samuel J. Levine’S Was Yosef On The Spectrum? Understanding Joseph Through Torah, Midrash, And Classical Jewish Sources: Urim Publications, Jerusalem, New York, Nathan Weissler

Touro Law Review

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No Standing And No Recourse: The Threat To Employee Data Under Current U.S. Cybersecurity Regulation, Georgia D. Reid

Touro Law Review

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Comic Books, The First Amendment, And The “Best Test” For Right Of Publicity Issues, Rachel Silverstein

Touro Law Review

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Few Body Effects In The Electron And Positron Impact Ionization Of Atoms, R. I. Campeanu, Colm T. Whelan

Physics Faculty Publications

Triple differential cross sections (TDCS) are presented for the electron and positron impact ionization of inert gas atoms in a range of energy sharing geometries where a number of significant few body effects compete to define the shape of the TDCS. Using both positrons and electrons as projectiles has opened up the possibility of performing complementary studies which could effectively isolate competing interactions that cannot be separately detected in an experiment with a single projectile. Results will be presented in kinematics where the electron impact ionization appears to be well understood and using the same kinematics positron cross sections will …

Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering Off Helium Nuclei With Positron Beams, Sara Fucini, Mohammad Hattawy, Matteo Rinaldi, Segio Scopetta

Physics Faculty Publications

Positron initiated deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) off ⁴He and ³He nuclei is described. The way the so-called d-term could be obtained from the real part of the relevant Compton form factor is summarized, and the importance and novelty of this measurement is discussed. The measurements addressed for ³He targets could be very useful even in a standard unpolarized target setup, measuring beam spin and beam charge asymmetries only. The unpolarized beam charge asymmetries for DVCS off ³He and ⁴He are also estimated, at JLab kinematics and, for ⁴He, also at a configuration typical …

A Proposed Beam-Beam Test Facility Combine, E. Nissen, Geoffrey Krafft, Jean Delayen

Physics Faculty Publications

The COmpact Machine for Beam-beam Interactions in Non-Equilibrium systems (COMBINE) is a proposed, dedicated, beam-beam test facility. The base design would make use of a pair of identical octagonal rings (2.5 meters per side) one rotated 180 degrees from the other, meeting at their common interaction point. These would be fed by an electron gun producing up to 125 keV electrons. The low energy will allow for beam-beam tune shifts commensurate with existing colliders, some linac-ring type systems, and will also allow for an exploration of the predicted effects of gear-changing, which would be performed using a variable pathlength scheme. …

Latina Female Superintendents Securing Positions In Small Rural School Districts, Irma Castillo, Velma D. Menchaca, Veronica Lopez-Estrada

Organization and School Leadership Faculty Publications

Underrepresentation of women in the position of school superintendent has been identified as an equity issue in the field of education. National demographics show that approximately 73% of school superintendents are male as compared to only 27% female. Of these female superintendents, Latina and nonwhite female superintendents make up a small percentage of this group (Kominiak, 2016) and scarce in the literature. This research study revealed that Latina superintendents were attracted to small rural districts with a familial environment with high levels of parental and community involvement. They shared the perspective that small rural communities seemed to be more receptive …

Psychometric Properties Of The Contextual Body Image Questionnaire For Athletes: A Replication And Extension Study In Female Collegiate Athletes, Tiffany Stewart, Lisa S. Kilpela, Nicole Wesley, K. Baule, Carolyn Becker

Psychology Faculty Research

Background

Although the link between body dissatisfaction and eating disorder (ED) pathology is well-established in general female samples, less is known about contextual body image (CBI) among female athletes. CBI refers to female athletes’ body image concerns in two contexts: sport and daily life. The Contextual Body Image Questionnaire for Athletes (CBIQA) measures four dimensions of body image (Appearance, Thin-Fat Self-Evaluation, Thin-Fat Others’ Evaluation, and Muscularity) in both contexts. In a sample of female collegiate athletes, this study sought to A) investigate the psychometric properties of the CBIQA, B) examine the cross-sectional relation of CBI with ED pathology and negative …

The Legacy Of Hope Summit: A Consensus-Based Initiative And Report On Eating Disorders In The U.S. And Recommendations For The Path Forward, D. Blackwell, Carolyn Black Becker, O. Bermudez, M. E. Berrett, G. E. Brooks, D. W. Bunnell, D. Cabrera, C. Costin, N. Hemendinger, C. Johnson, K. L. Klump, C. A. Levinson, M. Lutter, M. Maine, C. J. Mcadams, B. H. Mcgilley, S. B. Murray, E. Myers, J. D. Ouellette, C. M. Peat, K. Saffran, S. Setliff

Psychology Faculty Research

Background: Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to reach a cross-disciplinary consensus on issues fundamental to the field of eating disorders in the United States (U.S.). In January 2020, 25 prominent clinicians, academicians, researchers, persons with lived experience, and thought leaders in the U.S. eating disorders community gathered at the Legacy of Hope Summit to try again. This paper articulates the points on which they reached a consensus. It also: (1) outlines strategies for implementing those recommendations; (2) identifies likely obstacles to their implementation; and (3) charts a course for successfully navigating and overcoming those challenges.

Methods: Iterative and consensual …

Development And Psychometric Examinations Of A Simplified Chinese Mandarin Translation And Adaptation Of The Adjustment Scales For Children And Adolescents, Gary L. Canivez, Yi Ding, Paul A. Mcdermott

Archives of Assessment Psychology

An absence of empirically validated scales limits the assessment of youth psychopathology in Chinese schools. The present study reports on the development and initial assessment of psychometric properties of a simplified Chinese Mandarin translation and adaptation of the Adjustment Scales for Children and Adolescents, a teacher-report behavior rating scale with a representative U.S. standardization sample. Comparisons of a large sample (n = 554) of Chinese elementary school students (Grade 1-6) with an age and grade matched sample (n = 709) from the ASCA standardization data found similar base rates of positive behaviors, rare problem behaviors, and common problem behaviors, suggesting …

Addressing Nursing Retention: A Web-Based Approach Focusing On Joy In Work, Faye Christen

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

AbstractThe nursing workforce is in a crisis caused by critical imbalances which is evident through the nursing shortage, alarming rates of clinician burnout, and poor patient outcomes; this is expected to produce one million vacant positions within the next five years (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020). Turnover rates and burnout continue to increase nation-wide while the workforce remains disengaged (Dempsey & Assi, 2018). This project addressed nursing retention by promoting engagement, interconnectedness, and shared governance in a varied group of healthcare professionals working in the COVID-19 vaccine clinic at LAC+USC Medical Center. A virtual medium was created to implement …

Patient-To-Nurse Sexual Harassment, Erin Frances Micale

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

Patient to nurse sexual harassment is an issue that can have significant effects on nurses physical and mental health, occupational function, and patient outcomes. It is an under-researched and often unaddressed issue, leaving many nurses unsure of what sexual harassment by a patient is and how to respond to it. This paper reviews the literature related to patient to nurse sexual harassment and the development and effectiveness of a webinar on recognizing, preventing, intervening, and coping with patient to nurse sexual harassment. The webinar is a two-hour educational program that covers topics related to what sexual harassment is, risk assessment …

Evaluation Of A Nursing-Led Telephonic Self-Management Program For Patients With Copd On Health Care Utilization, Esther Pavlovsky

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

In 2010, it was estimated that the U.S. spent approximately $50 billion to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Nurse-driven interventions are essential in value-based care. The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project is to reduce the number of preventable COPD-related admissions and emergency department (ER) visits by implementing a telephonic nurse-led evidence-based COPD self-management program. A 50-patient pilot has been initiated. A pre-and-post test will be used to evaluate the effect on preventable hospitalizations and ER visits. If the outcomes of the program are unfavorable, a root cause analysis will be conducted to obtain nursing feedback on perceived …

Decreasing 30-Day Readmission Rates In Patients With Heart Failure, Nancy Rizzuto

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

Abstract: Heart Failure is one of the leading causes of hospital readmissions. Heart Failure affects approximately 6.2 million adults in the United States and costs the nation an estimated $30.7 billion each year (Farmarkis, 2017). Prevalence is projected to increase 25% by 2030 (Savarese, 2017). Approximately 50% of patients who are discharged are readmitted within 6 months and 24% within 30 days (Desai & Stevenson, 2012). About half the population with heart failure dies within 5 years of diagnosis (CDC, 2016). Despite advances in the treatment of heart failure, patient optimization remains a challenge for health care providers. The initiation …

Reducing Early Hospital Readmission Rates After Bariatric Surgery, Payal Sharma

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

The prevalence of 30-day readmission after bariatric surgery is 0.6% to 11.3%, with a single hospital readmission nearly tripling the average 180-day cost of the surgery. Given that nearly 50% of early readmissions are preventable, close postoperative follow-up may allow for early identification of high-risk patients and preventative interventions.

This 7-month quality improvement project augmented clinical follow up post-bariatric surgery by incorporating a 7-10 day post-discharge call by an RD following a routine 1-3 day post-discharge call by an APP. Impact on readmission rate was examined. 166 participants included men and women ≥18 years of age, status post primary bariatric …