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Technologies Of Territoriality: Indigeneity, Surveillance, And The State, Elspeth Iralu

American Studies ETDs

This dissertation examines the global spatial surveillance of Indigenous peoples, nations, and territories in the twenty-first century through a multi-site relational analysis of colonial surveillance and Indigenous cartography in the United States, India, and Palestine. Analyzing Indigenous graphic novels, video games, virtual reality, performance protests, and visual art, I demonstrate how air and the aerial perspective actively shape what happens on and below the ground. I argue that Indigenous experiences of and responses to colonial and counterinsurgent surveillance are not limited by the geographic and legal bounds of nation-states but are rather linked through global histories of militarization and colonialism. …

Jesse James' Hideout Or Civil War Midden?, Steven Meyer, Tim Evers, Ben Ebert

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Whether the infamous outlaw Jesse James (1847-1882) ever lived in Iron County Missouri during his post-Civil War crime spree is a highly debated issue shrouded in legend and myth. A plot of land called “The Hideout” in Southern Iron County is a prime source for these legends to be tested. Archaeologists Benjamin Ebert, Steven Meyer, and Tim Evers will attempt to answer the question “Could Jesse James have stayed at the Hideout?” Iron County is steeped in rich history dating back to the Civil War, and other historic landmarks add credence to the legends
and help push tourism and preservation …

Session 1: Innovation In Legal Services, Steven W. Bender, Michael Cherry, Matthew Spencer

SITIE Symposiums

This panel featured two “disrupters” who detailed their experiences innovating in the legal services space. The first panelist spoke about data-driven regulatory reform and the other spoke as an entrepreneur whose product introduces artificial intelligence (AI) into the legal recruiting process. Two additional panelists provided commentary regarding the second panelist’s presentation.

The panel provided insight on the topics of: (1) the legal regulatory process at large; (2) how a data-driven and feedback-oriented sandbox provides an alternative regulatory process; (3) the legal hiring and recruiting process and (4) how AI allows law firms to consider alternative hiring metrics when assessing candidates …

Office Files, 1923-1992, Office Of The President

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Stop Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program Ffy 2022-2025 Implementation Plan

Office of Criminal Justice Programs

No abstract provided.

A Raft To Coastal Resilience: Odu Researchers Collaborate To Help Rural Communities Combat Flooding Impacts, News @ Odu

News Items

No abstract provided.

Disrupting Dispossession: How The Right To Counsel In Landlord-Tenant Proceedings Is Reshaping Outcomes, Paula A. Franzese, Cecil J. Thomas

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Resilience Justice And Urban Water Planning, Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold, Resilience Justice Project Researchers

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Regional Decision-Making In Oregon’S Area Commissions On Transportation, Cole P. Grisham

Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs

Long after other areas of Oregon had already done so, the local agencies in the Portland region served by the Oregon Department of Transportation decided to form a regional Area Commission on Transportation. Why they decided to do so and what caused local agencies to delay forming one until long after other regions was not immediately clear. In this article, I examine the policy documents around the formation of the Region 1 ACT and how its policy history represents wider historical trends on regional transportation decision making nationally. To do so, I describe Oregon’s regional policy making structure followed by …

Regional Growth Concept To Promote Densification And Mixed Land-Use In The Suburbs Of The Portland Metropolitan Area, Sangwan Lee

Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs

This study attempts to address two questions. First, what factors influence the categorization of neighborhoods into regional and town centers under a regional planning framework (the 2040 Growth Concept) for the Portland Metropolitan region? Second, have the regional and town centers fulfilled their goals of fostering densification and diverse land use, as indicated in their strategic plans, or have they fallen short of these goals? The multinomial logit model was used to answer the first research question, and propensity score matching and a paired t-test were used to answer the second research question in this study. This paper found that …

Availability And Accessibility Of Electronic Information Resources In Academic Libraries As Predictors Of Academic Performance Of Students, Fausat Kehinde Adenariwo, Abdulakeem Sodeeq Sulyman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper argues for the availability and accessibility of EIRs in academic libraries as predictors of academic performance of students of tertiary institutions. It raises the problem that the growing influx of EIRs has revolutionised academic libraries' operations and led to radical changes in libraries' services by making information available to students in new ways to support scholarly publications and identifies e-journals, e-books, e-theses and dissertations, databases, CDs/VCDs/DVDs, etc., as EIRs that can be made available and accessible to boost students' academic performance. It outlines space economy, ease of access through numerous metadata, search engines, online catalogues (OPAC), and protocols, …

Wagon Tracks Volume 36, Issue 3 (May 2022)

Wagon Tracks

Contents

2 On the Cover: Santa Fe Traders at Bent's Fort by Kim Mackey

4 Insights from your President

5 Joanne’s Jottings

6-7 Trail News

8 Call for Papers

9-17 How We've Changed

18-23 Newcomer Women in Las Vegas and San Miguel County, New Mexico, 1846-1850 by Doyle Daves

24-27 Music on the Plains by Rex Rideout

28 Chapter Reports

29 Membership Form

32 Calendar

Benefit Of The But-For Bargain: Assessing Economic Tools For Data Privacy Litigation, Mike Kheyfets

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

A theory of harm frequently asserted in data breach class actions is that plaintiffs did not receive the “benefit of the bargain” with defendants. That is, plaintiffs claim that when they transferred sensitive information to defendants, they anticipated that the information would remain safe. When the data were exposed as part of a breach, that “bargain” was not upheld. For example, Anthem plaintiffs alleged that when purchasing health insurance, they suffered “loss of the benefit of the bargain with Defendants to provide adequate and reasonable data security” and instead received health insurance that was “less valuable than described in …

Using Hospital Bed Capacity Prediction During Covid-19 To Determine Feature Importance, Helene Barrera, Justin Ehly, Blake Freeman, Chris Papesh, Brad Blanchard

SMU Data Science Review

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing hospital capacity limitations in the United States, causing hospitals in certain regions to hit maximum capacity. The purpose of this study is to investigate key features of COVID-19 related admissions to help create a higher level of public understanding and help guide healthcare management professionals and governments when considering preventive measures. The introduction of preventative measures and new regulations during the pandemic have led to the generation of multiple types of models and feature selection methods in the field of Machine Learning that are increasingly complicated. This study focuses on the exploration of feature …

Identifying Locations Of Violent Injuries In Las Vegas To Implement The Cardiff Violence Prevention Model, Samuel Vonpaays Soh, Kristi L. Herman, Chris Papesh, Tim Musgrove, Ying Zhang

SMU Data Science Review

Public violence in the United States is a major health concern. Incidents involving violent crimes are often not reported to law enforcement. The Cardiff Model is a violence prevention program developed in the UK to identify and enable data sharing of violent injury locations between Emergency Rooms (ER) and local law enforcement to help identify areas for community improvements. The model is now in use in several major cities in the US to reduce violence. Las Vegas has seen an increase in public violence in recent years. As a result, researchers from the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) and University …

Issue 395: June 2-16, 2022, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.

Examining Elementary School Children’S Knowledge About Food And Nutrition In Southwestern Ontario, Canada, Paige Colley, Jamie A. Seabrook, Sarah J. Woodruff, Jason Gilliland

Geography & Environment Publications

Purpose: Knowledge is fundamental to helping children make nutritional choices that support lifelong healthy behaviours. This study (i) investigates elementary school children’s knowledge about food and nutrition and (ii) identifies sociodemographic factors influencing children’s reported knowledge. Methods: In 2017–2019, a survey was administered to 2443 students (grades 5–8) at 60 schools across southwestern Ontario, Canada, and a parent survey was used to validate self-reported sociodemographics. Multiple regression was used to analyse children’s knowledge scores and related sociodemographic factors. A total knowledge score was calculated by summing correct responses derived from 46 individual questions in the student …

Assessment Of Spatial And Temporal Trends Of Exposure To Ambient Fine Particulate Matter And Ozone In New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area, Subraham Singh

Dissertations and Theses

Background. Exposures to fine particulate matter (PM_2.5; particles with diameter less than 2.5 μm) and ozone (O₃) affect premature respiratory and cardiovascular mortality, morbidity and contribute to the development and progression of sub-clinical and clinical disease. Climate change affects air quality directly by modifying the thermodynamic properties of formation mechanisms and transport patterns, and indirectly, through increased emissions of PM_2.5 and O₃ precursors. The resultant changes in air quality influence human health outcomes through mechanisms of varying scale, timing, and complexity. PM_2.5 and O₃ levels have been declining due to the implementation …

Climate Change Reshuffles Northern Species Within Their Niches, Laura H. Antao, Benjamin Weigel, Giovanni Strona, Maria Hallfors, Elina Kaarlejarvi, Tad Dallas, Oystein H. Opedal, Janne Heliola, Heikki Henttonen, Otso Huitu, Erkki Korpimaki, Mikko Kuussaari, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Reima Leinonen, Andreas Lindén, Paivi Merila, Hannu Pietianinen, Juha Poyry, Maija Salemaa, Tiina Tonteri, Kristiina Vuorio, Otso Ovaskainen, Marjo Saastamoinen, Jarno Vanhatalo, Tomas Roslin, Anna-Liisa Laine

Faculty Publications

Climate change is a pervasive threat to biodiversity. While range shifts are a known consequence of climate warming contributing to regional community change, less is known about how species’ positions shift within their climatic niches. Furthermore, whether the relative importance of different climatic variables prompting such shifts varies with changing climate remains unclear. Here we analysed four decades of data for 1,478 species of birds, mammals, butterflies, moths, plants and phytoplankton along a 1,200 km high latitudinal gradient. The relative importance of climatic drivers varied non-uniformly with progressing climate change. While species turnover among decades was limited, the relative position …

The Mosaic Oat Genome Gives Insights Into A Uniquely Healthy Cereal Crop, Nadia Kamal, Nikos Tsardakas Renhuldt, Johan Bentzer, Heidrun Gundlach, Georg Haberer, Angéla Juhász, Thomas Lux, Utpal Bose, Jason A. Tye-Din, Daniel Lang, Nico Van Gessel, Ralf Reski, Yong Bi Fu, Peter Spégel, Alf Ceplitis, Axel Himmelbach, Amanda J. Waters, Wubishet A. Bekele, Michelle L. Colgrave, Mats Hansson, Nils Stein, Klaus F.X. Mayer, Eric N. Jellen, Peter J. Maughan, Nicholas A. Tinker, Martin Mascher, Olof Olsson, Manuel Spannagl, Nick Sirijovski

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Cultivated oat (Avena sativa L.) is an allohexaploid (AACCDD, 2n = 6x = 42) thought to have been domesticated more than 3,000 years ago while growing as a weed in wheat, emmer and barley fields in Anatolia1,2. Oat has a low carbon footprint, substantial health benefits and the potential to replace animal-based food products. However, the lack of a fully annotated reference genome has hampered efforts to deconvolute its complex evolutionary history and functional gene dynamics. Here we present a high-quality reference genome of A. sativa and close relatives of its diploid (Avena longiglumis, AA, 2n = 14) and tetraploid …

Investigation Of The Association Of Exposures To Fire-Related Hazards With Pulmonary Function Of Firefighters, David G. Goldfarb

Dissertations and Theses

Background. Firefighters are habitually exposed to hazardous toxicants which place them at an elevated risk for numerous adverse health outcomes. An example of this is the associations observed in other works between inhalation of combustion byproducts from urban structural fires and both acute and chronic pulmonary dysfunction. To-date, the characterization of firefighters’ exposures to dangerous chemicals in smoke from non-wildfire incidents, both directly through personal monitoring and indirectly from work-related records is scarce. Prior works investigating the association between routine firefighting and pulmonary function have relied on crude metrics such as years of service and numbers of responses to …

Simulating Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks For Edge-Ai, Ambar Prajapati

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This study presents the simulations for distributed wireless sensor networks (WSNs) of autonomous mobile nodes that communicate intelligently, with or without a central/root node, as is desired in Edge Artificial Intelligence (Edge-AI). We harness the high-resolution and multidimensional sensing characteristics of IEEE 802.15.4 standard and Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) to implement dynamic, asynchronous, event-driven, targeted communication in distributed WSNs in a simulator. We use the chosen Contiki-NG/Cooja to simulate two WSNs with and without a central node. The two WSN simulations are assessed on the network Quality of Service (QoS) parameters such as throughput, network lifetime, …

Peripheral Technologies To Geographic Information Science (Gis), Ashtan Rodgers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This thesis is a feasibility study that addresses the need for cross-training from GIS perspective into fields of planning, architecture, engineering, the earth sciences and beyond to create a more seamless transition for students into the work force. This study utilizes Python, AutoCAD, and Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) to develop a semester long course at the undergraduate level or an interdisciplinary cross-training workshop series. A survey is conducted to identify the knowledge and skills needed and then cross-referencing to a list with an inventory of current student and GIS employees’ proficiencies to reveal gaps. There is a great amount of …

Information: A Historical Companion Book Review, Lena Hernandez

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Ischool Student Research Journal, Vol.12, Iss.1, Student Reseach Journal

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Tracing Geochemical Sources And Health Risk Assessment Of Uranium In Groundwater Of Arid Zone Of India, P. Pandit, Atul Saini, Sabarathinam Chidambaram, Vinod Kumar, Banjarani Panda, A. L. Ramanathan, Netrananda Sahu, A. K. Singh, Rohit Mehra

Nebraska Water Center: Faculty Publications

Water quality degradation and metal contamination in groundwater are serious concerns in an arid region with scanty water resources. This study aimed at evaluating the source of uranium (U) and potential health risk assessment in groundwater of the arid region of western Rajasthan and northern Gujarat. The probable source of vanadium (V) and fluorine (F) was also identified. U and trace metal concentration, along with physicochemical characteristics were determined for 265 groundwater samples collected from groundwater of duricrusts and palaeochannels of western Rajasthan and northern Gujarat. The U concentration ranged between 0.6 and 260 μg L⁻¹ with a mean …

2022-2023 College Catalog, St Norbert College

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Four New Species Of Dictyostelids From Soil Systems In Northern Thailand, James C. Cavender, Eduardo M. Vadell, Allison L. Perrigo, John C. Landolt, Steven L. Stephenson, Pu Liu

Environmental & Plant Biology Open Access Publications

Dictyostelid cellular slime molds (dictyostelids) are ubiquitous microorganisms found in the uppermost layers of most soils. Reports on the species diversity of dictyostelids in Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, are few in number. A survey for dictyostelids performed in northern Thailand in 2008 recovered 15 distinctive forms, including several common species and a number of forms morphologically different from anything already described. Five of the latter were formally described as new to science in a previous paper. An additional five isolates appeared to be morphologically distinct, and this was supported by DNA sequence data and phylogenetic analysis. These isolates representing four …

Library Advisory Council 2021-2022 End Of Academic Year Report, Central Washington University

Library Advisory Council for CWU Libraries

Report from the Dean of Libraries to the Library Advisory Council.

2022 Central Washington University Commencement, Central Washington University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.