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How The First Paragraph Of Violence And The Word Killed The Law As Literature Movement, Brett G. Scharffs

Touro Law Review

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Remembrance, Group Gripes, And Legal Frictions: Rule Of Law Or Awful Lore?, Aviam Soifer

Touro Law Review

The rise of groups that honor and seek to advance their particular imagined or real pasts has seemed increasingly dangerous in the years since Bob Cover’s death in 1986. This essay briefly examines the challenges such groups pose to Bob’s hope, and even his faith, that law and legal procedure could be bridges to more just worlds. It may not be ours to finish consideration of how to distinguish the Rule of Law from Awful Lore—both composed of exactly the same letters—but we should continue that task, with remembrance, even within our troubled world.

Revisiting A Jurisprudence Of Obligation, Ariel Evan Mayse, Kenneth A. Bamberger

Touro Law Review

Through his landmark exploration of obligation as the conceptual touchstone of what he describes as the “Jewish jurisprudence of the social order,” Robert Cover offered an alternate language for legal regimes grounded in a rhetoric of individual rights. The present essay revisits Cover’s account of the socially embedded nature of law and juridical process, taking seriously both its claims, as well as the cautions of its critics. The essay thus neither abandons the concept of rights as key to jurisprudence nor seeks to present a naïve or romantic characterization of Jewish legal thought, and proceeds wary of the pitfalls inherent …

Rights And Duties In Jewish Law, Itamar Rosensweig, Shua Mermelstein

Touro Law Review

In this Article, we argue that rights play a central role in Jewish law. In Section I, we reconstruct Robert Cover’s thesis distinguishing the West’s jurisprudence of rights from Judaism’s jurisprudence of obligation. In Section II, we present Rabbi Lichtenstein’s theory that rights play no central role in Jewish law. We show that the theories of Rabbi Lichtenstein and Robert Cover have given rise to the idea that there are no rights in Jewish law, only obligations. In Section III we develop two types of arguments in support of our position that rights are central to Jewish law. Our first …

Perceptions Of English Language Arts Teachers Related To Low Student Performance On The Parcc Assessment, Melissa Smith

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractThe problem explored in this study was the low achievement of third grade students on the English Language Arts (ELA) Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Assessment (PARCC). The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore teacher perceptions about third grade students in one charter school who were consistently scoring low on the PARCC assessment in ELA. The conceptual framework for this study was Vygotsky's Social Constructivist Theory. Vygotsky's Social Constructivist theory suggests that when learners are engaged in the process of learning, they are able to learn from the person who is presenting the …

Teacher Perceptions Of The Use Of Cognitively Guided Instruction In Mathematics Classrooms, Irin Sultana

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Elementary teachers in California were tasked to use cognitively guided instruction (CGI) strategies in mathematics classrooms, but it was uncertain if they had the self-efficacy, confidence, resources, and support to do so consistently. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to investigate K-5 teachers’ perceptions about their self-efficacy and confidence in using CGI strategies in the mathematics classroom and what resources or support they felt needed to implement CGI strategies successfully. Bandura’s social cognitive theory, which emphasizes four sources of self-efficacy, was used for the framework analysis. Research questions supported teachers’ self-efficacy and confidence through research questions- What challenges …

Assessing Risk For Right Heart Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation, Mary-Ann Lombardi Cyr

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

The lives of more than six million people in the United States are negatively impacted by the diagnosis of Advanced Heart Failure. Financial burden, repeated hospitalizations, and declining quality of life account for poor outcomes. Implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has offered the promise of improved financial, clinical, and functional outcomes for those awaiting or ineligible for heart transplantation. Right Heart Failure (RHF), however, threatens positive outcomes as it remains the leading cause of mortality and morbidity following LVAD placement. Despite extensive research, there is no comprehensive tool for RHF risk assessment and stratification for this population. …

Creating A Welcoming, Inclusive, And Affirming Primary Care Environment For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex And Asexual Patients, Samantha Korbey

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

The LGBTQIA+ community has long faced disparities in healthcare which have had significant consequences including increased cancer risk factors and poorer health outcomes when compared to the cisgender, heterosexual community. Interventions are needed to increase the knowledge and cultural competency of providers, to create welcoming and safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ patients, and to encourage disclosure of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).

The purpose of this DNP project was to adapt, implement, and evaluate an evidence-based model for creating an affirming, inclusive, culturally competent, and safe primary care environment for LGBTQIA+ patients within a family practice center. This quality improvement …

A Standardized Transition To Practice Program For Novice Advanced Practice Registered Nurse(S) In A Federally Qualified Health Center Setting, Taína R. Lopez-Cartagena

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

Novice Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in Federally Qualified Health Centers are expected to assimilate to the autonomous clinician role rapidly and meet the threshold of clinical expertise required for their new role. Mentorship is widely demonstrated in the literature as an important resource during onboarding and transition. Mentorship and social support facilitate appropriate novice Advanced Practice Registered Nurse role transition and attainment. This project employs a literature review, surveys and interviews of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and the implementation of a transition-to-practice program in a federally qualified health center. Results of this project indicate that a structured transition-to-practice program can …

Enhancing The Assessment Of Suicidal Ideation In The Long-Term Care Environment: A Quality Improvement Project, Carissa Ann Tufano

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

Abstract Despite high rates of depression and risk factors for suicide, there is a knowledge deficit and lack of protocol surrounding the assessment of suicidal ideation in the long-term care setting. Although studies examining suicide in the long-term care setting are lacking, the prevalence of suicidal ideation is high. This DNP quality improvement project addressed this problem by creating a suicide assessment and management inservice for frontline clinical staff at a skilled nursing facility in Connecticut. The inservice integrated use of an adapted suicide assessment algorithm and a suicide screening tool, the P4 Screener. A SAMHSA toolkit was utilized as …

Electrically Driven Reprogrammable Phase-Change Metasurface Reaching 80% Efficiency, Sajjad Abdollahramezani, Omid Hemmatyar, Mohammad Taghinejad, Hossein Taghinejad, Alex Krasnok, Ali A. Eftekhar, Christian Teichrib, Sanchit Deshmukh, Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Eric Pop, Matthias Wuttig, Andrea Alù, Wenshan Cai, Ali Adibi

Advanced Science Research Center

Phase-change materials (PCMs) offer a compelling platform for active metaoptics, owing to their large index contrast and fast yet stable phase transition attributes. Despite recent advances in phase-change metasurfaces, a fully integrable solution that combines pronounced tuning measures, i.e., efficiency, dynamic range, speed, and power consumption, is still elusive. Here, we demonstrate an in situ electrically driven tunable metasurface by harnessing the full potential of a PCM alloy, Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ (GST), to realize non-volatile, reversible, multilevel, fast, and remarkable optical modulation in the near-infrared spectral range. Such a reprogrammable platform presents a record eleven-fold change in …

Cryo-Em Structure Of Transmembrane Aaa+ Protease Ftsh In The Adp State, Wu Liu, Martien Schoonen, Tong Wang, Sean Mcsweeney, Qun Liu

Advanced Science Research Center

AAA+ proteases regulate numerous physiological and cellular processes through tightly regulated proteolytic cleavage of protein substrates driven by ATP hydrolysis. FtsH is the only known family of membrane-anchored AAA+ proteases essential for membrane protein quality control. Although a spiral staircase rotation mechanism for substrate translocation across the FtsH pore has been proposed, the detailed conformational changes among various states have not been clear due to absence of FtsH structures in these states. We report here the cryo-EM structure for Thermotoga maritima FtsH (TmFtsH) in a fully ADP-bound symmetric state. Comparisons of the ADP-state structure with its apo-state and a substrate-engaged …

Association Between Hispanic Parents’ Attitudes And Knowledge Regarding Obesity And Their Children’S Body Mass Index, Renee Starr, Eva Miller, Roy K. Chen, Ralph Carlson, Veronica I. Umeasiegbu, Bruce J. Reed

School of Rehabilitation Services & Counseling Faculty Publications

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 13.7 million children experience obesity nationally and Hispanic children display the highest occurrences of obesity for all racial/ethnic groups (Hales et al., 2020). Because parents have a significant influence on their children’s overall health, we were interested in examining whether parents’ attitudes and knowledge about obesity impacted their child’s body mass index (BMI) for their age. We surveyed 210 adult Hispanic parents whose children were receiving general healthcare services at a pediatric medical clinic located near the U.S.-Mexico border. A multiple regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the estimation …

A Study Of The Language Shifts In The Book Of Daniel : A Comparative Narrative Analysis Of Daniel 1 And 2, 7 And 8, Laura K. Morrow

Dissertations

Problem

The problem this dissertation seeks to address is the use of bilingualism in the book of Daniel. Previously, scholars have utilized diachronic methods to explain the phenomenon of bilingualism in Daniel and have concluded that it is the product of compositional redaction. However, such studies have not produced a consensus in scholarship. In the last 40 years, several studies have emerged that conclude the use of bilingualism in the book of Daniel may best be explained as a rhetorical device. In contrast to the diachronic methodologies of prior studies, these examinations utilized methodologies that addressed rhetorical elements. Chapter One …

Examining The Relationship Between Child Maltreatment, Executive Functioning, And Trauma Appraisal, Myshira Oliver

Dissertations

Problem

A current problem is that although child maltreatment has been demonstrated to be negatively associated with both executive functioning and trauma appraisal (leading to feelings of shame, self-blame, etc.), there is not an established model within the literature that explains the relationship between child maltreatment, executive functioning, and trauma appraisal. The purpose of this study was to develop a model that displayed the relationship between child maltreatment, executive functioning, and trauma appraisal. Additionally, this study sought to discover differences in trauma appraisal and executive functioning based on the type of child maltreatment experienced.

Method

This study employed a quantitative, …

"You Must Prophesy Again": The Mission Of God's People In Revelation 10-14, Adenilton Tavares De Aguiar

Dissertations

The primary task of this study was to delineate the theology of mission in the book of Revelation, with a focus on chaps. 10–14 and special attention to the people of God as participants in the mission of God. The historical survey demonstrated that the theology of mission conveyed by the book of Revelation is a topic broadly neglected in recent scholarship and, hence, requires an in-depth treatment. The object of research was addressed from a biblical-theological perspective by means of an exegetical analysis of relevant passages and key terms that were identified on the basis of a semantic field …

القدس وضواحيها خلال العصور الحجرية / Prehistoric Sites In Jerusalem And Its Environs, Hamoudi Khalaily, Omry Barzilai, Ofer Marder

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Until recently, there was little information concerning prehistoric occupation in Jerusalem and its environs in the Judean Mountains. Information was scanty, not because there were no such sites, but rather due to the policy pursued by archaeologists, who focused on biblical sites mentioned in the holy scriptures and in ancient documents. This situation prevailed until the 1930s, when a comprehensive survey of prehistoric sites was undertaken by French archaeologist Rene Neville. In addition, many prehistoric sites were uncovered in the early 1990s, following intensive development works and construction throughout modern Jerusalem. This paper reviews the main sites, uncovered or re-excavated, …

القدس وضواحيها خلال العصرين النيؤوليثي الفخاري المتأخر والخالكوليتي / Jerusalem And Its Vicinity In The Late Pottery Neolithic And Chalcolithic Periods, Ianir Milevski, Ronit Lupu

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

The Late Pottery Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods in the vicinity of Jerusalem and the Judean Hills were almost unknown until the last two decades. As of then, following several salvage excavations and research undertaken in the area, much information has been gathered and summarized. It is noteworthy that until recently, the Late Pottery Neolithic and the Chalcolithic cultures, spanning the Wadi Rabah culture and the Ghassulian Chalcolithic, were known only from small-scale excavations, such as in the northern regions of the country (including the Jordan Valley), the Besor basin and some pre-Ghassulian remains at Teleilat Ghassul in Jordan. This paper …

القدس: مبنى من فترة الهيكل الأولى والكاردو الشرقي الروماني في ساحة الحائط الغربي / The First Temple Period Building And The Roman Eastern Cardo In The Western Wall Plaza Excavations, Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah, Alexander Onn

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

In 2005–2010, large-scale archaeological excavations were conducted in the northwestern part of the Western Wall Plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem. The excavation area (1.5 dunams) lies some 100 m west of the Temple Mount, at the foot of a high bedrock cliff that extends from north to south, today separating the Jewish Quarter from the Western Wall Plaza. Today, the Western Wall Heritage Center stands on site, and the archaeological remains are preserved in its basement. The excavation area is located on the axis of el-Wad (Ha-Gai) Street, which passed here until 1967. The street, connecting the Damascus …

الرواق المعمد الملكي في جبل الهيكل: مقترح إعادة تصور مخطط الإعمار / Herod’S Royal Portico On The Temple Mount: A Reconstruction, Orit Peleg-Barkat

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

One of King Herod’s most ambitious projects was the Stoa Basileios, built on the southern flank of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and described in detail by Flavius JosephusA (J 15.411−416). This Royal Portico—Herod’s often unrecognized contribution to the Temple Mount complex—exhibited, more than any of his other projects, his fondness of architectural innovation and his great power. The construction of the Royal Portico involved the expansion of the Temple Mount beyond the natural topography of Mount Moriah by means of earthen fills and vaults supported by massive enclosure walls. Herod invested considerable effort in the decoration of the Royal …

العصر الحديدي والفترتين الفارسية والهيلينية المبكرة في القدس: منظر من المنحدر الغربي / New Evidence On Iron Age, Persian And Early Hellenistic-Period Jerusalem: A View From The Western Slope, Yiftah Shalev, Yuval Gadot

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

This paper presents new finds unearthed during the renewed excavations at the site of the Giv‘ati Parking Lot in the City of David, Jerusalem. The finds span the late Iron Age and the Early Hellenistic period, shedding new light on the nature and location of the city during these periods. The finds testify to the importance of the western slope of the City of David ridge in the urban development. The allocation of water from the Giḥon Spring to the Siloam Pool reduced the importance of the inhospitable eastern slope. As a result, the western slope was altered for public …

القدس: مشروع بناء ضخم في فترة المفوضين الرومان / Monumental Building Project In Jerusalem In The Time Of The Roman Governors, Nahshon Szanton, Moran Hagbi, Joe Uziel, Donald T. Ariel

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

For over a century and a half, segments of Jerusalem’s Early Roman-period street network have been uncovered in excavations in the city, particularly the street that wended its way from the southernmost gate of the city, near Siloam Pool, to the Temple Mount. The importance of this street is evident from its dimensions, as well as from the quality of its construction, which undoubtedly required expansive workforce and skilled laborers and craftsmen. Based on archaeological and historical data, the establishment of the street has variously been attributed to the Herodian period, the reign of Herod the Great, or the days …

انعكاس صورة القدس من الفترات القديمة في عملات البلاد المقدسة / The Reflection Of Jerusalem In The Ancient Coins Of The Land Of Israel, Yoav Farhi

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Many of the coins minted in the Land of Israel in ancient times bear various depictions related to Jerusalem, directly or indirectly, including names and symbols. These coins were minted mainly in Jerusalem and in Judea, beginning in the Persian period and up until the Crusader period. This study presents coins that were either minted in Jerusalem, or coins whose minting place is still in doubt—all exhibiting a strong connection to Jerusalem. The coins were minted by Jews, pagans, Christians and Muslims; they are a primary source of information and as such, reflect contemporary, firsthand knowledge. The coins are presented …

قنطرة ويلسون: أسئلة وتساؤلات بعد عامين من التنقيب / Wilson's Arch: Innovations And Questions After Two Years Of Excavation, Joe Uziel, Tehilla Lieberman, Avi Solomon

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Since its discovery and documentation in the nineteenth century, Wilson’s Arch—the final arch along a stone-built bridge known as the “Great Causeway”—has been a focal point of discussion concerning Jerusalem’s urban development and the access to the most central feature in the city’s landscape, the Temple Mount. This paper presents the results of three years of excavation beneath the arch, where eight strata were exposed, ranging in date from the Hasmonean until the Ottoman period. These finds are discussed in light of two main issues: the construction date of Wilson’s Arch; and the second-century CE small theater-like structure and its …

مخطط مدينة إيليا كاپيتولينا (القدس): شوارع الأعمدة، أقواس النصر والبوابات / The Urban Plan Of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem): Colonnaded Streets, Monumental Arches And City Gates, Walid Atrash, Gabi Mazor

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Jerusalem always posed a challenge to scholars, being a sacred city to the three monotheistic religions, who were active here since the dawn of time. Although excavations conducted in the city were either restricted or limited by endless obstacles, they still yielded meaningful data concerning its various historical chapters. Epigraphic evidence, as well as data accumulated from the growing number of archaeological excavations, were thoroughly investigated to unveil the nature of the Roman polis, Aelia Capitolina, which was founded by Hadrian on the ruins of Jerusalem. This paper analyzes the accumulated archaeological data pertaining to the layout of the Roman …

خاتم حج مسيحي مزين في مشهد القيامة / A Christian Pilgrimage Ring With A Resurrection Scene, Yana Tchekhanovets

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

This paper presents a Byzantine–Early Islamic-period ring adorned with a Resurrection scene, which was recently discovered in salvage excavations the Giv’ati Parking Lot, Jerusalem. This ring is the first of its kind to be retrieved from a well-dated stratified archaeological context. It enables us to confirm the traditional dating of similar rings kept in museum collections and discuss their possible function in early Christian pilgrimage.

الراهب المُكبَّل من خربة المصانع / The Monk Of The Rings In Light Of The New Excavations From Khirbat El-Maṣani‘, Ramat Shelomo, Jerusalem, Zubair ‘Adawi

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Khirbat el-Maṣani‘ is located about 4 km northwest of Jerusalem, along a secondary road that led from Lod to Jerusalem via en-Nabi Samwil. The site includes the remains of a Byzantine-period triple-apsed church, which was part of a monastery or a pilgrims’ hostel. Abel had suggested that the church be identified as the New Church of Saint Zachary, built by Priest Sabinus. The site was surveyed several times in the past, including during the extensive Jerusalem Survey, and a limited excavation was conducted at the site by Gabi Mazor, exposing the facade of two of the apses. In 2017, a …

أرضيات فسيفساء، أواني وأثاث ليتورجي وأجزاء معمارية من دير بيزنطي في وادي قدرون/ وادي النار، القدس / Mosaic Floors, Liturgical Vessels And Furniture, And Architectural Sculpture From The Byzantine Monastery In Naḥal Qidron, Jerusalem, Lihi Habas

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Excavations in the Naḥal Qidron monastery recovered several colorful mosaics. A mosaic floor exhibing geometric interlaces populated by animals was uncovered in the church hall, and a mosaic floor depicting geometric and vegetal patterns was found in the vestibule. The monastery courtyard was paved with a crude white mosaic floor. These mosaics find parallels throughout the Holy Land, dating from the Byzantine and Umayyad periods, in both secular and religious contexts. However, their pronounced connection with other mosaics in the vicinity of Jerusalem suggests that at least one mosaic workshop operated in the Jerusalem area. The Naḥal Qidron mosaics are …

النموذج الافتراضي للمباني الأموية عند سفح الحرم القدسي الشريف: التفسير الأثري والتاريخي / The Virtual Model Of The Umayyad Buildings At The Foot Of The Temple Mount And Its Surroundings: Archaeological And Historical Interpretation, Yuval Baruch

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

This paper reviews the main architectural and artistic findings discovered in excavations conducted in the Umayyad buildings at the foot of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. These buildings were reconstructed to house this unique architectural system. The buildings were built atop the remains of ancient monuments, most likely from the Byzantine period, as is especially evident in Building II. The buildings’ plans adhere to several architectural principles: a closed architectural system, including four or five buildings separated by a system of streets; all buildings relate to the Temple Mount and are connected to it via the restored Temple Mount gates …

سوق مفتوح من الفترة العباسية في مدينة القدس / An Open Market Within Abbasid-Period Jerusalem, Yana Tchekhanovets, Doron Ben-Ami

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

The archaeological record pertaining to the Abbasid period in the south of Jerusalem has considerably increased in recent years with archaeological research gradually focusing on this period. The large-scale salvage excavations in the Giv‘ati Parking Lot, south of Ḥaram el-Sharif, exposed extensive Abbasid-period remains that shed new light on the function of this area at the time, filling in the gap left by the paucity of historical sources.