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National Security Or National Origin? The Implications Of Florida's Alien Land Law Under The Federal Fair Housing Act, Emily Behzadi Cardenas

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

So You Want To Be A Leader? Examining Pathways To Special Collections Administration, Sarah Horowitz, Colleen W. Barrett

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

This article seeks to understand the current state of the field of special collections library administration in the United States. Using a dataset gathered through publicly available information about special collections directors from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Independent Research Libraries Association (IRLA), and the Oberlin Group institutional members, the authors explore the educational backgrounds of directors, the types of positions they held prior to taking on their current roles, and the effect of gender on leadership advancement. This article also discusses the similarities and differences between institution types as well as promotions within institutions and across types of …

Beyond Borders : A Comprehensive Exploration Of Tumpat, Kelantan's Culture-Infused Economic Landscape, Sui Chai Yap, Kah Choon Ng

Journal of Urban Culture Research

The culture-based economy holds a crucial role in rural Southeast Asian regions, yet it remains relatively unexplored. This study delves into traditional food products, handicrafts, and cultural goods, examining their factors and significance in Tumpat, Kelantan. Employing semi-structured interviews with local entrepreneurs and inductive content analysis, the research identifies two main categories: factors influencing business initiation and the significance of a clustered pattern in culture-based enterprises. Business location in Tumpat is notably influenced by familial land heritage, resource accessibility, transportation convenience, and labor availability. Businesses adopt a clustered pattern to reduce production costs, share information, and enhance market reach. Beyond …

Japan For Example – National Character As The Driving Force Of National Progress In Thai Conservative Writings About Japan, David M. Malitz

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Japan has been considered a role-model for the successful pursuit of ‘progress’ or national development in Siam/Thailand since the late 19th century. As this article shows, the Japanese exemplar played a significant role in Siamese/Thai political discourse, with three of the kingdom’s most important conservative thinkers – King Vajiravudh, Luang Wichit Wathakan, and Mom Ratchawong Kukrit Pramoj – writing in detail about Japanese history and interpreting Japanese battlefield and economic successes as the outcome of the national character of the Japanese. In contrast, the role of political institutions and institutional change in shaping human decisions and actions has been largely …

“Dream Boy” And “Hotmale”, Joey Andrew Lucido Santos, Pavadee Saisuwan

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Gender and sexuality have gradually become the focus of more semiotic landscape research, however, studies relating specifically to sex tourism spaces are limited and with those in the Thai context even more so. Therefore, this paper examines the discursive construction of Phatphong 2, one of the famous destinations for sex tourism in Bangkok among male homosexuals, as queer space. Drawing on code preference and inscription (Scollon and Scollon 2003) and visual social semiotics (Kress and Van Leeuwen 1996), we analyze the linguistic and semiotic resources in sexed signs. Findings reveal that Englishization, particularly the terms “boy” and “Bangkok” in shop …

2.7.23 - Nys Irc - Manhattan Public Hearing (Assembly), Piper Benedict

Redistricting Resources

No abstract provided.

What The Judge Ate For Breakfast: Reasonable Consumer Challenges In Misleading Food Labeling Claims, Jessica Guarino, Nabilah Nathani, A. Bryan Endres

Loyola Consumer Law Review

Food, being an established aspect of global human culture and history, occupies a unique role in contemporary society. Given the massive market available for packaged and processed food, companies have taken deceptive marketing to new heights, resulting in a flurry of consumer litigation. The dominant test for -evaluating the scope of these cases is the reasonable consumer standard, an amorphous assessment which requires a probability that a majority of the general public or targeted consumers would be misled by said deceptive marketing. By analyzing state and federal consumer protection statutes, landmark cases, and elements of human and cultural psychology, the …

Healthwashing: Corporate Communication Strategies In A Legal Gray Zone, Felix Delerm, Anna Galmiche, Melanie Levy

Loyola Consumer Law Review

In an age of rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases, transnational companies of the tobacco, alcohol, and food industries wash their risk-creating commercial activities and unhealthy products and incidentally mislead consumers. This paper examines industries' quest for legitimacy through elaborate communication strategies. It conceptualizes the practice of healthwashing as a new form of a commercial determinant of health, revealing the inherent tension between commercial and public health objectives. Healthwashing consists of deceptive, multi-level communication strategies, including labeling and advertising, that trick consumers into believing they support companies whose practices align with their values. The paper is the first to present an …

Annual Report Of The Town Of Lyme, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2022., Lyme Town Representatives

Lyme, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Behemoth, Kathleen Walker

CutBank

No abstract provided.

The Road To Autonomy, Nicole Mcconlogue

Faculty Scholarship

Scholars, activists, and advocates have long identified the “transportation gap” as a significant factor contributing to race- and class-based economic and other disparities. Carlessness correlates closely with race and poverty; meanwhile, widespread disinvestment in public transit results in low-income Black and Brown people suffering a disproportionate lack of access to opportunity and choice in almost every conceivable area of life.

State and local governments most often propose one of three solutions to correct the transportation gap: 1) renewing their investment in public transit; 2) increasing access to shared transit; and 3) making adaptations to the built environment. This Article demonstrates …

Growing Culturally Relevant Food At The Urban Farm: An Examination Of Sovereign Foodways, Place-Making Practices, And Autonomous Identity-Shaping, Dahlia Bess Zail

Pitzer Senior Theses

This paper examines channels of culturally relevant food production on the urban farm. It further investigates the connection between this production and the shaping of sovereign foodways, as well as how urban farm models provide space and resources for place-making practices and autonomous identity-shaping. This thesis shifts away from the notion of access to culturally relevant food and instead focuses on the multi-fold context that any food item takes on through its production, distribution, and consumption. This allows for a nuanced understanding of the role that culturally relevant food can play in immigrant foodways. Through case-studies at three urban farms …

Diversity, Equity, & Exclusion: Examining Jewish Identity & Antisemitism As Missing Pieces Of Dei And Ethnic Studies Education, Katie Meitchik

Pitzer Senior Theses

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a theory and practice that focuses on systemic structures, inequities, and social change by examining concepts such as race, gender, class, sexuality, ethnicity, ability, and religion. Incorporating DEI initiatives into learning spaces can lead to a deeper sense of self, stronger coalition building, increased civic engagement, and a sense of healing, resistance, and belonging. Although a nationwide criteria for using DEI practices in education has not yet been implemented as a key component to public school teaching, there are programs emerging with the intent to utilize the theory. This has led to a movement …

Counties As Catalysts For Change_ Exploring The Economic Costs Of Child Maltreatment Through Its Connection To Incarceration, Kayla Solomon

Scripps Senior Theses

This study posits the question, what is the relationship between child maltreatment and adult incarceration at the county-level, and how can we utilize an understanding of it to inform child welfare strategies? Child maltreatment is a public health crisis and an obstacle to the United States Economy. Inspired by my high school capstone project on the connection between the foster care and criminal justice systems, I entered this project hoping to add to the myriad of literature that influences child welfare policy throughout California and the broader United States. This project serves to culminate my college career and exemplifies my …

Paul R. Williams At Work In Photographs: Tarrying With Cites/Sights/Sites Of Trouble, Denise M. Johnson

CGU Theses & Dissertations

Ariella Azoulay and W. J. T. Mitchell have called for a new users’ manual for photographs, urging that theory finally wrest itself from the authoritative singular gaze of the patriarchal imperial photographer so that the plurality inherent within the ontology of viewing photographs be engaged. Azoulay cogently argues that the photographer is not the only person to act when a photographic event takes place. By turning critical analysis to the photographic subject and advising viewers to both watch and listen to photographs rather than gaze, a space of appearance is activated in which the photographic subject engages in dialogue with …

Geology, Uranium, And Apartheid: South Africa’S Nuclear Program And The International Politics Of The Cold War, Andy Rightmire

Honors Theses

This paper examines the history of mining and uranium and its importance in South Africa’s nuclear history. It begins with the development of minable mineral deposits in South Africa through geologic processes and ends with the South African signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The paper explores the intermittent period between creating the Atomic Energy Board and developing South Africa’s energy program through assistance from the United States and France. As the apartheid government brought sanctions to South Africa, the government began considering nuclear weapons through a different lens to project power. South Africa slid towards isolation under sanctions from …

Merchants Of Blood And Gunpowder: The English Arms Trade In West Africa, Jaime K. Schneider

Honors Theses

The period between 1500 and 1650 saw the development of a transoceanic trade network, multiple European colonial empires in the Americas, and rapid developments in firearms technology. Combined, these factors laid the groundwork for two interrelated phenomena, the transatlantic slave trade, and the emergence of a global trade in arms. Examining the documents of the Royal African Company and assembling a broad selection of secondary sources, this paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing debate over the role of slavery in the development of modern capitalism. This paper argues that the transatlantic slave trade was vital for the development of …

Map, Census, Museum: Imagining The Malaysian Nation-State And The Malay Identity, Jackson Rockett

Honors Theses

Using historian Benedict Anderson's framework from his seminal text Imagined Communities of examining nation-building and identity construction through colonial artifacts, this thesis turns to maps, censuses, and museums to better understand the colonial and post-colonial imagining of the country that is now known as Malaysia. Reconciling with regional histories that predate the nation-state and defy the contemporary boundaries of territoriality, this thesis largely seeks to elucidate the contestation between colonially-imposed ideas of spatiality, categorization, and the reproduction of history with the modern Malaysian nation-state and the conflation of ethnicity with nationalism from which much of this contestation is derived from.

Thanks, It's Second-Hand: Shifting Values Of Second-Hand Clothing In Mexico City, Sofia Arleo

Honors Theses

This thesis is an analysis of the relationship between people and clothing in Mexico City. Using ethnographic snapshots, local histories and scholarly research on used clothing, this thesis looks at how the economic and emotional value attached to second-hand clothing is determined by place, story and social identity. This thesis questions how clothing changes value as it travels between the United States, open air markets that have existed since the Aztec empire and curated second-hand and vintage stores in Roma Norte, one the city’s most affluent neighborhoods. Second-hand clothing is unique in that it has an added narrative from its …

Complexities Of Community Consultation In Chile's Lithium Industry, Isabella R. Whelan

Honors Theses

Echoed by November’s COP27 in Egypt, the climate crisis has become an increasingly pressing and global issue, with the need to move away from fossil fuels more urgent than ever. In attempts to decarbonize the global economy, many countries and companies have turned to electrification –particularly within the transportation sector, one of today’s largest contributors of greenhouse gasses. A crucial component of energy storage and batteries is lithium, now considered a “critical mineral.” Demand for lithium has skyrocketed in recent years and is only expected to continue growing. More than fifty percent of the world’s lithium supply is found within …

Vfr Into Imc Through The Lens Of Behavioral Economics, Stephen O'Mahony, Felicity Deane, Kieran Tranter

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

Decision-making can be the difference between life and death in all types of aviation, but in general aviation (GA), where most of the flying is conducted as single-pilot operations, the decision-making of one individual becomes fundamentally important. It is critical to consider, first, why pilots make bad decisions that can ultimately lead to weather-related aviation accidents or incidents; and second, whether a better understanding of weather-related decision-making can inform regulations that will improve decision-making and consequently reduce the frequency of pilot-error accidents.

Behavioral economics (BE) aims to better understand individual decision-making to model decision-making pathways. As individual decision-making is central …

Delayed Flights And Delayed Rights: It Is Time For The United States To Follow The European Union’S Lead And Enact More Regulations To Protect Airline Passengers, Hannah Foote

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

Since Congress passed the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, travelers have benefitted from airline deregulation through discounted prices and greater access to air travel, but these benefits have largely been offset by the reality that many airline passengers are unsatisfied with the airline industry’s customer service, or lack thereof. This Comment argues that the United States should follow the European Union’s lead and, in accordance with Regulation EC 261, require airlines to compensate passengers when their flights are delayed or canceled. The concentrated aviation industry has created a market that does not adequately protect airline passengers, and the courts have …

Columbus State University Honors College: Senior Theses, Fall 2023/Spring 2024/Summer 2024, Campbell Eubanks, Sabrina Fisher, Zachary Griffith, Rakaiya Martin, Bailey Melton, Arianna Pveda, Elise Snow, Don'ya Truesdale, Eli Woods

Senior Theses from the Honors College

This is a collection of senior theses written by honors students at Columbus State University during the Fall 2023, Spring 2024, and Summer 2024 semesters.

Titles:

- "What does it Mean to be Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence? " , by Campbell Eubanks

- "An Attempt to Resolve the Age of the Sub-Mineral Bluff Unconformity: Extracting Zircon from the Marble Hill Hornblende Schist" , by Sabrina Fisher

- "An Investigation into Splicing Variation and Expression Patterns of Insulin-Like-Peptide (ILP4) Within the Drosophila Genus" , by Zachary Griffith

- "An Exploratory Study of the Effects of Bis-Substituted …

Volume 35 - From Subsidiarity To Peace On Earth: Another Approach To Synodality, The Ecumencial Association Of Nigerian Theologians

Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology

Volume 35 of The Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology is available for purchase by contacting Dr. Peter Osuji at Duquesne University. After two years, issues are made freely available through the Duquesne Scholarship Collection.

Editorial (p.5)

Ecumenical and Interfaith Environmentalism in Nigeria: Path to Environmental Sustainability and Peaceful Society, Chidiebere Obiodu (p.6)

Fratelli Tutti: Islamic And Christian Religious Education In Nigeria, Patricia E. Idoko (p.35)

The Christian Association of Nigeria, Violence and Insecurity: Responses from the Christian Council of Nigeria, Vincent A. Olusakin & Clifford Meesua Sibani (p.53)

The Living Faith of the Dead and the Dead Faith of the Living: …

Where You Are: Location Data In The Synthetic City, Conor Mcgarrigle

Conference Papers

In 2012 Google's Eric Schmidt, in the infamous creepy line interview, claimed that Google (we) “know where you are, know where you've been and can more or less guess what you're thinking”. Schmidt, no stranger to saying the quiet part aloud, tellingly connected locational knowledge with intent and prediction, and in doing so placed location at the heart of Google's data-extractivist model. This paper argues that as the size and complexity of AI models increases cities are key sites of both training data extraction and model deployment, with technology companies competing to build models that offer machinic understandings of cities …

A Psychometric Study Of Thai Farmer's Risk Perception On Agricultural Risks, Cato Lacroix

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Agricultural risks, such as pests and disease, crop price, debt, and floods and/or droughts, pose a threat to farmers as their livelihood relies on their crop yields. The purpose of this research is to evaluate cash crop and high-value crop farmers’ risk perception towards agricultural risks, as well as their ability to cope and deal with these risks in Ayutthaya and Chanthaburi Province, Thailand. To determine the perceptions on agricultural risk, the psychometric paradigm was used which is among the first study in Thailand to do so. This study hypothesized that different crop types, farming regions, and socio-economic factors, may …

นโยบายต่างประเทศของจีน ในสมัยประธานาธิบดีสี จิ้นผิง ต่อกรณีพิพาททะเลจีนใต้, ศิวลักษณ์ ไล้เลิศ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การศึกษางานนี้ต้องการชี้ให้เห็นนโยบายต่างประเทศของจีนในสมัยประธานาธิบดีสี จิ้นผิง ที่ดำเนินการต่อกรณีพิพาททะเลจีนใต้ ว่าสหรัฐอเมริกาเป็นปัจจัยหลักหรือไม่ ที่ทำให้จีนเลือกดำเนินนโยบายต่างประเทศต่อกรณีพิพาททะเลจีนใต้ดังเช่นที่ผ่านมา โดยเลือกพิจารณาเหตุการณ์ตั้งแต่ นายสี จิ้นผิง เข้ารับตำแหน่งประธานาธิบดีของจีนจนถึงปัจจุบัน นโยบายต่างประเทศจีนต่อกรณีพิพาททะเลจีนใต้ ในสมัยประธานาธิบดีสี จิ้นผิง พบว่าบทบาทของสหรัฐในฐานะเป็นประเทศภายนอกภูมิภาค ที่ไม่ได้มีความเกี่ยวกับข้องกับข้อพิพาททะเลจีนใต้โดยตรง แต่สหรัฐเลือกที่จะเข้ามามีส่วนร่วมในภูมิภาค ทั้งทางด้านความร่วมมือทางการทูต ทางทหาร เป็นต้น เป็นสาเหตุหลักที่ทำให้จีนมีปฏิกิริยาที่ตอบโต้ในข้อพิพาททะเลจีนใต้ก้าวร้าวมากขึ้น และจีนมองว่าสหรัฐเป็นปัจจัยหลักที่จะเข้ามาแทรกแซงการขยายอำนาจในภูมิภาคเอเชียแปซิฟิกของจีน และลดความเชื่อมั่นในของประเทศในภูมิภาคเอเชียแปซิฟิกที่มีต่อจีน จีนจึงเลือกที่จะเพิ่มกำลังทหารในทะเลจีนใต้ แสดงความเป็นมหาอำนาจในพื้นที่ทะเลจีนใต้โดยการสร้างเกาะเทียม และฝึกซ้อมรบต่างๆ เพื่อแสดงศักยภาพในภูมิภาค และเพื่อลดทอนอำนาจของสหรัฐอเมริกาในภูมิภาคเอเชียแปซิฟิกด้วย เพื่อจุดประสงค์สุดท้ายแล้วของจีนคือก้าวขึ้นมาเป็นมหาอำนาจคนใหม่ ดังนั้น ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างประเทศที่ประเทศมหาอำนาจจะแสวงหาโอกาสที่จะให้ได้มาซึ่งการมีอำนาจเหนือคู่แข่งของตน และรัฐมีเป้าหมายสูงสุดอยู่ที่การครองความเป็นเจ้า ความเป็นมหาอำนาจ (hegemony) หรือผู้ที่แข็งแกร่งที่สุด เพื่อให้เป็นอิสระจากรัฐอื่น และความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างประเทศมหาอำนาจจึงถูกกำหนดให้เป็นรูปแบบของการแข่งขันด้านความมั่นคงอยู่ตลอด รัฐจึงต้องขยายอำนาจทางการทหาร เศรษฐกิจและภูมิศาสตร์เพื่อเพิ่มความมั่นคงของรัฐ จึงสามารถที่จะอธิบายเหตุผลที่จีนเลือกดำเนินนโยบายต่างประเทศดังกล่าวได้ด้วยทฤษฎี offensive realism เพื่ออธิบายการแสดงออกของชาติมหาอำนาจและรัฐอื่นๆ ในระบบการเมืองระหว่างประเทศ

การประเมินผลผลิตกาแฟด้วยเทคนิคอากาศยานไร้คนขับ, สาวิตรี จันทร์สิงห์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วัตถุประสงค์ของงานวิจัยนี้ เพื่อศึกษาปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการให้ผลผลิตกาแฟและเพื่อพัฒนาแบบจำลอง การประเมินผลผลิตกาแฟพันธุ์อาราบิกาจากข้อมูลที่ได้จากอากาศยานไร้คนขับ ในพื้นที่บ้านสันเจริญ อำเภอท่าวังผา จังหวัดน่าน โดยใช้แปลงตัวอย่าง 4 แปลง และมีช่วงระยะเวลาการเก็บเกี่ยวผลผลิตระหว่างปี 2021-2022 ผู้วิจัยใช้ปัจจัย ค่าความสูง ขนาดทรงพุ่ม เส้นรอบวงลำต้น และปัจจัยดัชนีความพืชพรรณความเขียวของพืชในช่วงคลื่นที่ตามองเห็น (VARI) ด้วยเทคนิคการวิเคราะห์แบบจำลองสมการทางคณิตศาสตร์และการประเมินความน่าเชื่อถือทางสถิติด้วยค่าสัมประสิทธิ์การตัดสินใจ (R2) และค่ารากที่สองของค่าความคลาดเคลื่อนกำลังสองเฉลี่ย (RMSE) ผลการวิจัย พบว่า สมการการประมาณค่าผลผลิตกาแฟของทั้ง 4 แปลง จากความสูง ขนาดทรงพุ่ม เส้นรอบวงลำต้น และ VARI สามารถอธิบายความผันแปรของผลผลิตได้ร้อยละ 74-88 และทุกตัวแปรมีผลต่อการคาดการณ์ผลผลิตกาแฟเฉลี่ยรายต้น อย่างมีนัยสำคัญที่ 95% ซึ่งปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการคาดการณ์ปริมาณผลผลิตมากที่สุดคือเส้นรอบวงลำต้น (0.582) รองลงมาคือดัชนีพืชพรรณ VARI (0.411) ขนาดทรงพุ่ม (0.406) และความสูง (-0.401) เมื่อวิเคราะห์การประเมินจำนวนผลผลิตเฉลี่ยรายต้นของทุกแปลงจะมีค่า RMSE เท่ากับ 2.12 กิโลกรัมต่อต้น นอกจากนี้ผู้วิจัยได้นำสมการการคาดการณ์ผลผลิตเฉลี่ยรายต้นที่ได้ไปทดสอบกับแปลงตรวจสอบ พบว่ามีค่า RMSE เท่ากับ 2.37 กิโลกรัมเฉลี่ยต่อต้น การวิจัยนี้สามารถนำไปเป็นตัวอย่างของการใช้ข้อมูลจากอากาศยานไร้คนขับไปวางแผนผลผลิตเกษตรกรรมต่อไป

Climate Adaptation Nexus Of Manjing’S Smallholder Tea Agroforestry And Livelihood Diversification Through Prospective Ecological Utilization On Highlands In The Greater Mekong Subregion In China, Yang Hongyan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

A holistic approach that integrates environmental and cultural aspects within the community livelihood framework is crucial for ensuring the sustainability of agroforestry to tackle climate variability. Engaging the livelihoods of smallholder ancient tea agroforestry in the Jingmai Mountain region in the Mekong River Sub-region of Yunnan Province of China, the study aimed to determine the nexus of smallholder ancient tea agroforestry and livelihood diversification through prospective utilization under the context of climate change. Desk studies, field observations, questionnaires, and in-depth interviews were employed for data collection. 239 smallholders and 10 key informants were interviewed. Descriptive statistics analysis, regression analysis, narrative …

Abiotic Stress Mitigation: A Case Study From 21 Trials Using A Natural Organic Matter Based Biostimulant Across Multiple Geographies, Rachel L. Sleighter, Terry Hanson, David Holden, Kristen M. Richards

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Crop productivity and yields can be greatly diminished by abiotic stress events including drought, extreme temperatures, excess moisture, and saline irrigation water. Multiple stressors occurring simultaneously can further exacerbate the strain on plants. Various types of biostimulants have been shown to mitigate abiotic stress and here, the results of 21 trials on corn, wheat, soybean, and various high-value crops are discussed in the context of the abiotic stress that either occurred naturally or was experimentally induced. Treatments in these trials included stressed and non-stressed plants, as well as either an untreated control or grower standard fertilizer applications alone and in …