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A False Sense Of Security — Organizations Need A Paradigm Shift On Protecting Themselves Against Apts, Srinivasulu R. Vuggumudi, Yong Wang, Jun Liu, Cherie Noteboom, Kaushik Ragothaman

Research & Publications

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are among the most complex cyberattacks and are generally executed by cyber-attackers linked to nation-states. An organization may have security strategies to prevent APTs. However, a false sense of security may exist when the focus is on implementing security strategies but not on the effectiveness of implemented security strategies. This research aims to find out 1) if organizations are in a false sense of security while preventing APT attacks, 2) what factors influence the false sense of security, and 3) whether organizational culture influence factors contributing to the false sense of security. A theoretical model is …

"The Right To Be Forgotten" And Its Unintended Consequences To Intelligence Gathering, Charlene C. Goldfield

Florida Journal of International Law

Social media has dramatically changed how we interact and communicate with one another. The reliance on social media has also sparked many international debates revolving around privacy. We have seen the enactment of the comprehensive privacy law in the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the United States—both enacted in 2018. In the GDPR, Article 17, known as the "Right to Be Forgotten" (RTBF) principle, allows, for data subjects to request that their information be removed from online service providers like social media companies. In recent years, cases from the …

Defending Taiwan: Collective Self-Defense Of A Contested State, Ryan M. Fisher

Florida Journal of International Law

China's bold threats of war against Taiwan draw increasing attention to the unsettled nature of Taiwan's status in international law. Although Taiwan exhibits many, if not all, of the characteristics of recognized states, it has failed to gain widespread state recognition in the international community. Without statehood, the security of Taiwan faces considerable risk because its right to self-defense under international law is contested. Highlighting this legal ambiguity, the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) declares that Taiwan must be reunited with Mainland China—even if it requires the use of force. This Article develops the historical and legal relationship between Taiwan …

The Dragon On Our Doorstep: China's Nicaraguan Canal, Its Geopolitical And Economic Impacts, And Potential U.S. Rebuttals Utilizing The Monroe Doctrine, Erich D. Grome

Florida Journal of International Law

The first section of this comment details the varied backgrounds of these issues, including the history of Nicaragua and its canal ambitions from the Columbian era to the present day, the Monroe Doctrine and the U.S. interventions in Latin America, the rise of Chinese neocolonialism in the Western Hemisphere, and U.S. interests in preventing Chinese expansionism and reengaging Latin America in a proactive, mutually-beneficial manner.

The second part of this comment details proposed solutions to the issues identified in the first part, outlining short-term and long-term objectives and the means to accomplish such.

Remotely Piloted Aircrafts (Rpas) In Targeted Killing Operations: The United States Is No Lone Wolf, Eveylon Corrie Westbrook Mack

Florida Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

New Deal Public Works In The Florida Panhandle, 1933-1940, Robert Krause

Florida Historical Quarterly

The 1930s represented a time of profound change in the South as it did across the nation. An examination of New Deal agencies and their public works in the Florida Panhandle highlights the dynamic character of federal projects and their impact upon human and natural landscapes. Federal aid in the form of public works projects in the sixteen western panhandle counties created a visibly-new world for residents. 1 The construction of roads and towns in previously-raw coastal timberlands led to a transformation of place and the emergence of not only new commercial and recreational spaces, but the development of a …

Sulfuric Acid Speleogenesis And Surface Landform Evolution Along The Vienna Basin Transfer Fault: Plavecký Karst, Slovakia, Pavel Bella, Helena Hercman, Šimon Kdýr, Petr Mikysek, Petr Pruner, Juraj Littva, Jozef Minár, Michal Gradzinski, Wojciech Wróblewski, Marek Velšmid, Pavel Bosak

International Journal of Speleology

Hypogene caves in the Plavecký hradný vrch Hill (Western Slovakia, Central Europe) were formed by waters ascending along faults in fractured Triassic carbonates related to the horst-graben structure at the contact of the Malé Karpaty Mountains and the NE part of the Vienna Basin. The Plavecká jaskyňa and Pec caves mostly contain horizontal passages and chambers with flat corrosion bedrock floors, fissure discharge feeders, wall water-table notches, replacement pockets, as well as a few other speleogens associated with sulfuric acid speleogenesis. The low-temperature sulfuric acid development phases of the Plavecká Jaskyňa are also indicated by the presence of sulfate minerals …

Intake Of Fruits, Vegetables, And Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Among A Sample Of Children In Rural Northern Ontario, Canada, Brenton L.G. Button, Louise W. Mceachern, Gina Martin, Jason A. Gilliland

Geography & Environment Publications

There is evidence to suggest that dietary intake of children differs by rural/urban place of residence: rural children may have a higher intake of foods high in fat and sugar than those living in urban environments. The aim of this study was to examine the intake of fruits and vegetables (FV) and the frequency of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption, among a sample of rural children in Northern Ontario, Canada, in two different seasons. Sociodemographic factors and children’s FV and SSB intake were measured using two repeated cross-sectional surveys, and seasonal information was based on the month of data collection. Logistic …

Securities Law—First Circuit Adopts Irrevocable Liability As Both Necessary And Sufficient Condition For Domestic Securities Test—Sec V. Morrone, 997 F.3d 52 (1st Cir. 2021), Shiri Pagliuso

Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

No abstract provided.

Pediatric Mtbi: Perceptions Of Michigan General Education Teachers, Kayleigh Smith, Delaney Eckstein, Alyson Peters, Tanveer Mangat

Masters Theses

Background: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), also known as concussion, is the most common head injury in the pediatric population. The purpose of this study was to develop evidence about teachers’ knowledge of mTBI, their experiences with mTBI, and return-to-learn protocols.

Methods: A mixed-methods survey was emailed to 567 Michigan Public School superintendents. Employing snowball sampling, superintendents were requested to distribute the electronic survey within their school districts.

Results: Fifty-three participants responded to the survey and met the inclusion criteria (N=53). Respondents were not confident with recognizing signs and symptoms of mTBI, but knowledgeable, particularly with recognizing physical symptoms more …

When The Lion Learns To Write: A Counterstory About A Doctoral Student's Qualitative Research Project, Martín Alberto Gonzalez

Chicano/Latino Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

This essay utilizes critical race theory composite counterstorytelling to tell a story about Alberto, a first-generation Xicano doctoral student who is presenting his dissertation research proposal to his qualitative research class. Through Alberto’s character, I discuss my complicated process of designing and conducting a research study. Specifically, I reflect on why I decided to study the experiences of Mexican, Mexican American, and Xicanx students in higher education, why I used critical race theory, Latinx/a/o critical race theory, and critical race spatial analysis as theoretical frameworks, why I utilized critical collaborative ethnography as my research approach, and why I chose counterstorytelling …

Reforming Local Property For An Era Of National Decline, Daniel B. Rosenbaum

Buffalo Law Review

Following a century of rapid growth, the global human population is predicted to crest and then decline in the coming generations. Some industrialized countries are already grappling with the economic and societal consequences of population loss. Others, including the United States, have only started to realize that decline might arrive on their doorsteps far sooner than originally anticipated, a prospect for which policymakers and legal scholars are presently unprepared.

Global and national demographic change threaten to cause far-reaching dislocations, and local municipalities, too, will be asked to reckon with the aftermath. Yet local governance in the United States has long …

Pengaruh Pembiayaan Dalam Era Presiden Jokowi Dan Sby Pada Tahun 2010-2019 Terhadap Pemerataan Peningkatan Pembangunan Jalan Di Indonesia, Dhini Rizky Prasedyawati, Nining Indroyono Soesilo

Jurnal Kebijakan Ekonomi

This study aims to find quantitative empirical evidence on the Effect of Financing in the Era of Presidents Jokowi and SBY from 2010 to 2019 on the Equitable Improvement of Road Construction in Indonesia. The analysis was carried out using panel data regression and common effect method, with the unit of observation being 11 provinces in Indonesia over a period of 10 years, during from 2010 to 2019. The dependent variable in this study is the length of the national road, while the independent variables are the APBN, Foreign Loans, Population, GRDP, the leadership dummy and the regional dummy. After …

Local And State Climate Initiatives In Louisiana Since 2005: Content And Thematic Analyses, Jessie F. Parrott

LSU Master's Theses

Louisiana is uniquely exposed to severe weather because of its geography and climate. Louisiana’s extreme weather is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, which will worsen in the future. The risks its population and environment are exposed to has generated several policies and planning documents, nine of which are analyzed in this thesis. Three plans are from the state level, three are from the parish level, and three are from the urban (New Orleans) level. These planning documents pose various adaptation and mitigation actions to ameliorate and address multiple climate issues. These actions utilize specific mitigation strategies. The content and thematic …

Reference Database Of Teeth Images From The Family Bovidae, Juliet K. Brophy, Gregory J. Matthews

Mathematics and Statistics: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Researchers typically rely on fossils from the Family Bovidae to generate African paleoenvironmental reconstructions due to their strict ecological tendencies. Bovids have dominated the southern African fauna for the past four million years and, therefore, dominate the fossil faunal assemblages, especially isolated teeth. Traditionally, researchers reference modern and fossil comparative collections to identify teeth. However, researchers are limited by the specific type and number of bovids at each institution. B.O.V.I.D. (Bovidae Occlusal Visual IDentification) is a repository of images of the occlusal surface of bovid teeth. The dataset currently includes extant bovids from 7 tribes and 20 species (~3900). B.O.V.I.D. …

Climate Change And Weather Extremes In The Eastern Mediterranean And Middle East, G. Zittis, M. Almazroui, P. Alpert, P. Ciais, W. Cramer, Y. Dahdal, M. Fnais, D. Francis, P. Hadjinicolaou, F. Howari, A. Jrrar, D. G. Kaskaoutis, M. Kulmala, G. Lazoglou, N. Mihalopoulos, X. Lin, Y. Rudich, J. Sciare, G. Stenchikov, E. Xoplaki, J. Lelieveld

All Works

Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives have addressed the impacts of climate change in parts of the EMME, here we present an updated assessment, covering a wide range of timescales, phenomena and future pathways. Our assessment is based on a revised analysis of recent observations and projections and an extensive overview of the recent scientific literature on the causes and effects of regional climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions in the EMME are growing rapidly, surpassing those of the European Union, hence contributing significantly …

Black Educology Mixtape Vol. 1, Black Educology Producers

Black Educology Mixtape "Journal"

No abstract provided.

“What Do You Suggest That I Do Next?”: The Rival Geographies Of Ellen Irene Diggs, Constance Holden

Black Educology Mixtape "Journal"

This biographical essay tells the story of Dr. Ellen Irene Diggs (1906–1998), a Black woman anthropologist who specialized in African diasporic cultural and historical studies. Best known for her work with the heralded scholar W. E. B. Du Bois, Dr. Diggs was a writer, traveler, and educator who imagined an inclusive, expansive, and representative historical canon that captured the breadth and depth of Black politics and cultures. This essay argues that in so doing, Dr. Diggs charted a “rival geography” that challenged the dominant narratives of the academy. Building on the work of Stephanie Camp in her examination of rival …

The Message Design Of Raiders Of The Lost Ark On The Atari 2600 & A Fan’S Map, Quick Start, And Strategy Guide, Miguel Ramlatchan, William I. Ramlatchan

Distance Learning Faculty & Staff Books

The message design and human performance technology in video games, especially early video games have always been fascinating to me. From an instructional design perspective, the capabilities of the technology of the classic game consoles required a careful balance of achievable objectives, cognitive task analysis, guided problem solving, and message design. Raiders on the Atari is an excellent example of this balance. It is an epic adventure game, spanning 13+ distinct areas, with an inventory of items, where those hard to find items had to be used by the player to solve problems during their quest (and who would have …

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Does Well-Being Moderate The Association Of Harm Avoidance With Cognitive Decline, Christopher Reed

LSU Master's Theses

The Dual-Factor Model of mental health highlights the need to consider both constructs associated with psychopathology and subjective well-being in relation to clinical outcomes. Harm avoidance, which is associated with behavioral inhibition, has been negatively associated with cognitive change. While subjective well-being has been positively associated with cognition. The current study aimed to examine both constructs in a single model to examine well-being as a moderator of the association of harm avoidance with cognitive decline. A sample of 728 older adults from the Rush University Memory and Aging Project was used. Participants completed batteries of questionnaires and neuropsychological tests at …

Sticky Floors And Glass Ceilings: Gender Wage Gap In Egypt, Mona Said, Mahdi Majbouri, Ghada Barsoum

Faculty Journal Articles

The fact that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has the lowest labor force participation rate for women in the world has been extensively studied, but discrimination in pay against working women has received considerably less attention. Using recently available datasets, this study examines the distribution of wages (inequality) across men and women employed in the public versus the private sector in Egypt. The analysis shows that because working women tend to be more educated than working men, the gender wage gap would have been larger if women had the same endowments. Quantile regressions and recentered influence functions …

Hybrid U-Net: Semantic Segmentation Of High-Resolution Satellite Images To Detect War Destruction, Shima Nabiee, Matthew Harding, Jonathan Hersh, Nader Bagherzadeh

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

Destruction caused by violent conflicts play a big role in understanding the dynamics and consequences of conflicts, which is now the focus of a large body of ongoing literature in economics and political science. However, existing data on conflict largely come from news or eyewitness reports, which makes it incomplete, potentially unreliable, and biased for ongoing conflicts. Using satellite images and deep learning techniques, we can automatically extract objective information on violent events. To automate this process, we created a dataset of high-resolution satellite images of Syria and manually annotated the destroyed areas pixel-wise. Then, we used this dataset to …

Dean Michael P. Scharf, Gerald B. Tjoflat

Special Collections

A discussion with Judge Tjoflat regarding his relationships with older judges, other prominent influencers, and his time as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

National Food Security, Immigration Reform, And The Importance Of Worker Engagement In Agricultural Guestworker Debates, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern

Food Studies - All Scholarship

This article looks at the United States’ federal H-2A Temporary Agricultural Visa Program and reforms proposed by the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. In this policy analysis, we draw on media content analysis and qualitative interviews to compare the viewpoints of farmers, workers, grower and worker advocacy groups, intermediary agents, and politicians. We find that perspectives on the program are dependent upon actors’ level of direct interaction with workers. Moderate-sized farmers and regionally based worker advocacy groups tend to be the most concerned with day-to-day program operations and fair working conditions. In contrast, national-level advocacy groups, intermediary agents, and politicians are …

The Effect Of Natural Disturbances On Forest Biodiversity: An Ecological Synthesis, Mari-Liis Viljur, Scott R. Abella, Martin Adamek, Janderson Batista Rodrigues Alencar, Nicholas A. Barber, Burkhard Beudert, Brahim Chergui, Chang-Yong Choi, Daniel F. R. Cleary, Thomas Seth Davis, Yanus A. Dechnik-Vazquez, William M. Downing, Andrés Fuentes-Ramirez, Kamal J. K. Gandhi, Catherine Gehring, Kostadin B. Georgiev, Mark Gimbutas, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Anastasiya Y. Gorbunova, Cathryn H. Greenberg, Kristoffer Hylander, Erik S. Jules, Daniil I. Korobushkin, Kajar Köster, Valerie Kurth, Joseph Drew Lanham, Maria Lazarina, Alexandro B. Leverkus, David Lindenmayer, Daniel Magnabosco Marra, Pablo Martín-Pinto, Jorge A. Meave, Marco Moretti, Hyun-Young Nam, Martin K. Obrist, Theodora Petanidou, Pere Pons, Simon G. Potts, Irina B. Rapoport, Paul R. Rhoades, Clark Richter, Ruslan A. Saifutdinov, Nathan J. Sanders, Xavier Santos, Zachary Steel, Julia Tavella, Clara Wendenburg, Beat Wermelinger, Andrey S. Zaitsev, Simon Thorn

Life Sciences Faculty Research

Disturbances alter biodiversity via their specific characteristics, including severity and extent in the landscape, which act at different temporal and spatial scales. Biodiversity response to disturbance also depends on the community characteristics and habitat requirements of species. Untangling the mechanistic interplay of these factors has guided disturbance ecology for decades, generating mixed scientific evidence of biodiversity responses to disturbance. Understanding the impact of natural disturbances on biodiversity is increasingly important due to human-induced changes in natural disturbance regimes. In many areas, major natural forest disturbances, such as wildfires, windstorms, and insect outbreaks, are becoming more frequent, intense, severe, and widespread …

Seasonal Climatic Niche And Migration Movements Of Double-Crested Cormorants, D. Tommy King, Guiming Wang, Fred L. Cunningham

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Avian migrants are challenged by seasonal adverse climatic conditions and energetic costs of long-distance flying. Migratory birds may track or switch seasonal climatic niche between the breeding and non-breeding grounds. Satellite tracking enables avian ecologists to investigate seasonal climatic niche and circannual movement patterns of migratory birds. The Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum, hereafter cormorant) wintering in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) migrates to the Northern Great Plains and Great Lakes and is of economic importance because of its impacts on aquaculture. We tested the climatic niche switching hypothesis that cormorants would switch climatic niche between summer and winter …

Advancing Gpr Interpretations By The Use Of Multi-Agent Systems And Intelligent Data Analysis For Water Distribution Health Asset Assessment, David Ayala-Cabrera, Gemma Stanton, Sotudeh Hoseini-Ghafari, Joaquín Izquierdo

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The provision of reliable, safe, affordable and continuously supplied drinking water is essential in the development of cities. To ensure sustainability, efficient use of water resources, and health assessment of such critical infrastructures as water distribution networks (WDNs), the improvement of monitoring/verification systems with the collection of reliable data at a reasonable cost is an impending priority. This paper seeks to facilitate the health assessment of WDNs assets, using the ground penetrating radar (GPR) as a reliable and powerful non-destructive method for capturing information (radargrams) from the subsoil, and through improved interpretation of those images. This paper uses a multi-agent-based …

Study On The Relationship Between Air Quality And Mortality Due To Respiratory Diseases At Global Level, Margarita Espinós Torredemer, Karina Gibert Oliveras, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The aim of this study is to bring new knowledge and verify some assumptions about how different environmental and socio-economic conditions affect mortality worldwide. From the three main causes of mortality, only one mortality due to join effects of household and ambient air pollution is analysed in this work. The study is carried out for a selection of 165 countries. Open data from several sources (the United Nations, The World Bank, Science Direct and Expansión datos macro) is combined bringing together information about geography, demography, socio-economy, environment (including conditions, emissions and natural resources), energy, education, standard of living, health and …

The Constitution Of Cádiz In Florida, M.C. Mirow

Florida Journal of International Law

This study seeks to make a contribution to our understanding of the application and the history of the Constitution in the colonial world of St. Augustine, Florida, immediately after its promulgation in Spain.