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Campuses Or Courtrooms? Government Involvement In U.S. And U.K. University Sexual Misconduct Response, Courtney H. Robinson

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

Freedom And Whisky: The Renewed Case For Scottish Independence In A Post-Brexit Europe, Emily P. Johnson

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

Conflict Resolution Procedures Within The Courtroom: Between The Adversarial And Inquisitorial Traditions, Amos Gabrieli, Michal Alberstein

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

Modern courts have evolved around two central legal traditions—the adversarial and the inquisitorial. The two traditions have historically reflected different approaches towards consent and authority or towards conflict resolution and strict application of the law. Yet with the blurring of boundaries between the two legal traditions, and alongside various reforms in adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems, new practices of judicial conflict resolution within the courtroom have developed. This Article will compare the two legal traditions and examine the assimilation of ideologies and procedures typical to conflict resolution processes into the work of judges, as they strive to end civil legal …

Comparing Iraq And Usa Health Systems: 2009-2019, Hazim Abdul Rahman Alhiti, Jinan Salman Abid

Maaen Journal for Medical Sciences

Background: The Iraqi health system has had various obstacles while

the United States health system is within the top world health systems.

Aim: To compare the health systems of Iraq and the United States

between 2009-2019.

Method: This retrospective observational study. It covered five-yearly

demographic health data. Indeed, the author gathered the data for the

Iraqi ministry of health's Annual Health Reports and WHO documents

(2009-2019) on the internet on 21/9/2020 and gathered the data for the

health-united states (2009-2019). The authors applied Microsoft Excel

software 2010 for analysis.

Results: The childbearing age women in Iraq were 7,716,120 (23.8 %) …

The Impact Of Job Satisfaction On Retention And Motivation For Leadership Advancement Of The U. S. Citizenship And Immigration Services (Uscis) Millennial Supervisors, Kelvin Medlock

Dissertations

Purpose: This explanatory mixed-methods study aimed to identify the job satisfaction level of millennial supervisors at the five service centers of the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Additionally, it identified the impact that job satisfaction levels have on their job retention and motivation for leadership advancement.

Methodology: An explanatory sequential design data collection method was used to identify and describe the level of job satisfaction of USCIS millennial supervisors. This Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) was completed by the participants and was followed by an open-ended interview designed to collect in-depth data on job satisfaction factors’ impact on retention …

Implementation Of A Community Health Worker (Chw) Training Program To Improve Birth Outcomes, Emiko Maruri, Trinette Radasa, Jo Loomis

DNP Qualifying Manuscripts

Background

Those who have ever been affected by an adverse childhood experience (ACE) have a greater likelihood of having poor birth outcomes. These include low infant birth weight, preterm delivery and can even lead to pregnancy loss.

Problem

Latina women have been identified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as those most affected by ACEs. The direct relationship is that Latinas therefore have poor birth outcomes.

Context

For this project, The Save the Children organization in partnership with the University of San Francisco Doctorate of Nursing Practice students and Community Health Workers (CHWs) of the Central Valley of California …

Smart Classroom Designs V. 0.1, Gordon Carlson Ph.D.

Informatics Faculty Publications

Funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (United States federal government), this document is the first version of a portion of the project report for the Smart Classroom project completed in December 2022. This document outlines materials, costs, and potential considerations for developing and executing versions of the smart classroom developed through this grant. Focusing on technical considerations, it compliments other documents in the grant report that focus on pedagogy and conceptual design.

Vol.50 N.23 December 29th 2022, Voice Media Ventures

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Role Modeling As A Computing Educator In Higher Education: A Focus On Care, Emotions And Professional Competencies, Virginia Grande, Paivi Kinnunen, Anne Kahtrin Peters, Matthew Barr, Asa Cajander, Mats Daniels, Amari N. Lewis, Mihaela Sabin, Matilde Sanchez-Pena, Neena Thota

Applied Engineering and Sciences Scholarship

This paper provides insights into role modeling by educators in computing that is beyond the technical, theoretical and rational perspectives which have historically been described as dominant in computing. Surveying 199 educators in higher education, we have built on frameworks of role modeling, care, emotions, and professional competencies as a lens to see different ways of engaging in computing.

Our quantitative and qualitative findings show how educators model ways of caring (for oneself, other humans and living species, technology, and the planet), emotions, professional competencies and other types of role modeling. Examples of contexts within computing and reasons why an …

Growth Factor Binding Peptides In Poly (Ethylene Glycol) Diacrylate (Pegda)-Based Hydrogels For An Improved Healing Response Of Human Dermal Fibroblasts, Abigail J. Clevenger, Andrea C. Jimenez-Vergara, Erin H. Tsai, Gabriel De Barros Righes, Ana M. Díaz-Lasprilla, Gustavo E. Ramirez-Caballero, Dany J. Munoz-Pinto

Engineering Faculty Research

Growth factors (GF) are critical cytokines in wound healing. However, the direct delivery of these biochemical cues into a wound site significantly increases the cost of wound dressings and can lead to a strong immunological response due to the introduction of a foreign source of GFs. To overcome this challenge, we designed a poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogel with the potential capacity to sequester autologous GFs directly from the wound site. We demonstrated that synthetic peptide sequences covalently tethered to PEGDA hydrogels physically retained human transforming growth factor beta 1 (hTGFβ1) and human vascular endothelial growth factor (hVEGF) at 3.2 …

Putting The Coronavirus To Work: Developing A Global Engineering Program During A Pandemic, Cynthia S. Chalupa

Journal of International Engineering Education

In the aftermath of COVID-19 shutdowns at campuses across the U.S. in the spring of 2020, student enrollments have fallen and budgets have been severely constrained. To counteract the current and long-term repercussions of the pandemic on institutions of higher education, administrators have called for innovative program development and strategic transformation. In the past, many engineering and world languages departments may have considered the task of creating a collaborative degree program insurmountable or undesirable despite existing models that are successful (e.g. University of Rhode Island’s IEP program). In the era of COVID-19, however, innovative programs combining language with disciplines outside …

Memories Of War: An Oral History Of The United States Army Special Forces Actions In The Gulf War, Justin Mcintosh

History Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

This thesis uses memories of former members of 5th Special Forces Group as the lens to explore the impacts and context of US Army Special Forces operations and activities during the Persian Gulf War. The Persian Gulf War was the defeat of the Iraqi military in Kuwait at the hands of a technologically superior United States force. Historians have focused Persian Gulf War scholarship on three key aspects: the interpersonal relationship between the United States military commanders and political leaders, the rapid deployment of military forces to the Middle East, and the use of airpower to strike at enemy centers …

Short Term Energy Consumption Forecasting Using Neural Basis Expansion Analysis For Interpretable Time Series, Abdul Khalique Shaikh, Amril Nazir, Imran Khan, Abdul Salam Shah

All Works

Smart grids and smart homes are getting people's attention in the modern era of smart cities. The advancements of smart technologies and smart grids have created challenges related to energy efficiency and production according to the future demand of clients. Machine learning, specifically neural network-based methods, remained successful in energy consumption prediction, but still, there are gaps due to uncertainty in the data and limitations of the algorithms. Research published in the literature has used small datasets and profiles of primarily single users; therefore, models have difficulties when applied to large datasets with profiles of different customers. Thus, a smart …

Introduction, Anne Grauer

Anthropology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Paleopathology is a relatively new field that seeks to understand disease in the past. This chapter presents a brief history of the discipline and highlights the varied approaches adopted by contributors aligned with medical fields, anthropology and archaeology, and the biochemical sciences, to name a few. Advancements in methods and techniques, the contributions of technology, and the role that social theory plays in the development of hypotheses are discussed along with the importance of acknowledging and ameliorating critical ethical issues inherent to the field.

Elucidating The Effect Of Iron Acquisition Systems In Klebsiella Pneumoniae On Susceptibility To The Novel Siderophore-Cephalosporin Cefiderocol, Lana Daoud, Farah Al-Marzooq, Carole Ayoub Moubareck, Akela Ghazawi, Timothy Collyns

All Works

BACKGROUND: Cefiderocol (CFDC) is a novel siderophore-cephalosporin, effective against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. As it has a siderophore side chain, it can utilize iron acquisition systems for penetration of the bacterial outer membrane. We aimed to elucidate the role of siderophores and iron uptake receptors in defining Klebsiella pneumoniae susceptibility to CFDC. METHODS: Initially, 103 K. pneumoniae strains were characterized for susceptibility to different antibiotics including CFDC. CFDC minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) were determined in iron-depleted and iron-enriched conditions. Iron uptake genes including siderophores, their receptors, ferric citrate (fecA) and iron uptake (kfu) receptors were detected by PCR in all the …

The Impact Of Mutation Of Myelodysplasia-Related Genes In De Novo Acute Myeloid Leukemia Carrying Npm1 Mutation, Yi Wang, Andres E Quesada, Zhuang Zuo, L Jeffrey Medeiros, C Cameron Yin, Shaoying Li, Jie Xu, Gautam Borthakur, Yisheng Li, Chao Yang, Yasmin Abaza, Juehua Gao, Xinyan Lu, M James You, Yizhuo Zhang, Pei Lin

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: The impact of gene mutations typically associated with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with NPM1 mutation is unclear. Methods: Using a cohort of 107 patients with NPM1-mutated AML treated with risk-adapted therapy, we compared survival outcomes of patients without MDS-related gene mutations (group A) with those carrying concurrent FLT3-ITD (group B) or with MDS-related gene mutations (group C). Minimal measurable disease (MMD) status assessed by multiparameter flow cytometry (MFC), polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and/or next-generation sequencing (NGS) were reviewed. Results: Among the 69 patients treated intensively, group C showed significantly inferior progression-free survival (PFS, p < 0.0001) but not overall survival (OS, p = 0.055) compared to group A. Though groups A and C had a similar MMD rate, group C patients had a higher relapse rate (p = 0.016). Relapse correlated with MMD status at the end of cycle 2 induction (p = 0.023). Survival of group C patients was similar to that of group B. Conclusion: MDS-related gene mutations are associated with an inferior survival in NPM1-mutated AML.

Development Of A Web-Based Diabetes Prevention Program (Dpp) For Chinese Americans: A Formative Evaluation Approach, Ming-Chin Yeh, Wincy Lau, Zoey Gong, Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky, Ho-Jui Tung, Lin Zhu, Grace X. Ma, Judith Wylie-Rosett

Health Policy & Community Health: Faculty Publications

Increasing evidence demonstrates that an online Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) can delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. However, little has been done for Chinese Americans. This study, using Community-Based Participatory Research and Intervention Mapping approaches, describes a formative research process in the development of a culturally and linguistically tailored online DPP program among Chinese Americans with prediabetes living in New York City. Using a triangulation approach, data were collected to inform the development of an online DPP curriculum through (1) a literature review, (2) three focus groups (n = 24), and (3) a community advisory board meeting among 10 …

Autonomous Decision-Making In Interdependent Computing Systems Based On Artificial Intelligence, Georgios Fragkos

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

With the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the notion of autonomy, in terms of acting and thinking based on personal experience and judgment, has paved the way towards an autonomous decision-making future. This future can address the complex domain of the interdependent computing systems, whose main challenge is that they interact with each other with unpredictable and often unstable outcomes. It is crucial to envision and design this AI-driven autonomy for the reciprocal computing systems which cover a variety of use-cases ranging from the Internet of Things (IoT) to cybersecurity. This can be achieved by cloning the human decision-making process, …

Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 151), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Knowledge Management In Organizations: Gateway To Sustainable Competitive Performance, Roseline Bawack

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The important role of knowledge management as a strategic resource in a competitive business environment cannot be overemphasized. Today’s business is plagued with turbulence and stringent competition in the world market resulting in paradigmatic paralysis, and significant organizational changes that necessitate salient and innovative operational processes. For survival, organizations must monitor trends and adapt to both the external and internal environments, make changes in the form of innovation, improve operational processes, increase flexibility and adopt sustainable knowledge-creation activities. This study is qualitative. An in-depth review of literature was conducted across multiple online research databases, supported by accrued knowledge obtained from …

The Study Of The Factors Affecting Stadium Attendance Of Yankees' Fans, Aydogan Soyguden, Robert C. Schneider

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

The purpose of this study is to investigate factors affecting Yankees' fans' attendance. The study population randomly selected (n=707) supporters of the Yankees Baseball Team participating at the Yankee Stadium in the 2017 seasons of American Major League Baseball. Materials and Methods: The Stadium Attendance and Non-Attendance Reason Scale (SANARS) created by Soyguden in 2013 contained 30 questions to determine reasons affecting Yankee fans' attendance. The reasons affecting (SANARS) scale were used. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, factor analysis, and a one-way ANOVA were the statistical methods used to analyze the data. Results: In general, stadium attendance of the supports …

Resolving Sizing Issues In Exporting Large Objects, Lei Liu

Defensive Publications Series

A computing device (e.g., a smartphone, a smartwatch, smartglasses, smart headphones (including earbuds), a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a vehicle head unit, etc.) may execute an application programming interface (API) that outputs pairing information per a universal or general standard. For example, the API may process communication parameters uniquely specified by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to identify key attributes and features. The API may insert the identified key attributes and features into a custom specification having a common format. In this way, the API may generalize, abstract, or otherwise standardize communication parameters specifications that were originally uniquely defined. …

Social Media Addiction- Risk Of Addiction In India Measured Through Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale(Bsmas), Shivani Arora, Manoj Kumar, Kaashvi Piplani

Management Dynamics

Background: Social Media usage is on the rise since its inception in the early 2000s. Though some aspects of Behavioral Addictions like Online gaming have been recognized as addictions, excessive social media usage requires more studies to validate the same. The study considers the General Pathological Internet Use aspect of the Cognitive Behavioural Model theory in its approach to deciphering Social Media Addiction.

Objective: This study aims to determine what percentage of the population studied is at a high risk of developing Social Media Addiction and analyzes the factors prevalent to Indian users, The shorter version of the Bergen Social …

The House Of Seminar Needs Overhaul: The General Education Seminar In Theory And Practice, Matthew J. Park

Early College Folio

Matthew Park's intellectual and institutional history of the General Education Seminars at Bard College at Simon’s Rock. This historical analysis, which the author revolves around a discussion of the genealogy and philosophy of Seminar more broadly, serves as a multidisciplinary lens through which teachers and students of Seminar across the Bard Early Colleges may center current and future discussions of the course(s).

Over-Policing And Under-Protecting In American Cities, Margaret Hession

Honors Program Theses and Projects

In recent years there have been numerous protests all over the United States focused on the over-policing of African Americans by law enforcement. Those involved are protesting against a term known as over-policing, the blatant brutality and senseless murders, that have taken place for decades but have been made ever more visible by our modern media channels. “Over-policing allows police to use excessive force and brutalize disenfranchised neighborhoods and target people of color indiscriminately. Ironically, as politicians take a “tough on crime” stance, violence has actually gone down, but police budgets and presence have increased. The American criminal justice system …

Review: Purposeful Memoir As A Quest For A Thriving Future: Inspiration For Writers And Seekers By Jennifer Browdy, Julia Carey Arendell

Early College Folio

Book Review: Jennifer Browdy’s Purposeful Memoir as a Guest for a Thriving Future: Inspiration for Writers and Thinkers (Green Fire Press, 2021), a guidebook for writers seeking to heal through the study of the self. Browdy is Professor of Comparative Literature and Media Arts at Bard College at Simon's Rock.

Socio-Cultural Status Of Albinism In Africa: Challenging Myths, Concepts, And Stereotypes, Raita Steyn

Journal of Global Awareness

This article analyses the socio-cultural status of Albinism in Africa and the role unchallenged stereotypes, irrational concepts, and unfounded beliefs play in the lives of persons with albinism. Following some beliefs, persons with albinism” do not die but vanish” to later “return as ghosts to haunt the living.” The author discusses this paradox about persons with albinism identified as hunted victims and simultaneously haunting perpetrators. The research examines the concept of albinism being a curse from dead ancestors or theodicy and its association with supernatural powers. By a comparative and diachronic approach, the study challenges unsubstantiated stereotypes. This study aims …

Why Do Nations Fail In Developing Industries And Sustaining Productive Gdp? A Contrarian Perspective, Jay Nathan

Journal of Global Awareness

Few nations develop and sustain industries for quality and productive gross domestic product (GDP). Understandably, nations differ in their political, economic, natural resources, and technological strengths. Extracting natural resources and exporting them to industrially developed nations and corporations will not contribute to creating new wealth domestically, especially for nations at the bottom of the global industrial pyramid. Additionally, paying attention to the GDP breakdown of industries, and identifying value-adding industries for the future sustainable growth of a nation, is relevant. Instead of the status quo, following GDP growth for its own sake, the contrarian approach is to make strategic choices …

Review: Savoir-Faire: A History Of Food In France By Maryann Tebben, Beth Forrest

Early College Folio

Review: Savoir-Faire: A History of Food in France (Reaktion Books, 2020) by Maryann Tebben. Tebben, faculty at Bard College at Simon's Rock, also serves as the Head of the Center of Food Studies.

Food Packaging Design Based On Network Public Welfare Communication, Huang Qiu-Chen

Food and Machinery

On the basis of analyzing the development of the concept of public welfare packaging, taking the commercial practices of public welfare packaging as examples, the advantages, current situation and problems of food packaging participating in public welfare were analyzed. The design idea of food packaging based on network public welfare communication was put forward. Food public welfare packaging should follow the design principles of commonweal, simplicity, interactivity and communication, and promote the continuous innovation by integrating new media, new materials, new technologies and new contexts, in order to improve public welfare packaging to better serve the enterprise's public welfare communication, …