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The Gay Science: Power On The Body, Population, And Psyche, Nicola Augustyn

CMC Senior Theses

Michel Foucault is a philosopher of power who left behind a legacy of ideas that continue to inspire scholars today. His conceptualization of power is not limited to the figures of kings, monarchs, or the sovereign state. Rather, he regards power as a productive force that shapes subjectivity, manufactures knowledge, and engenders the truth in a particular historical context. In this thesis, I aim to provide a comprehensive account of Foucault’s analysis of power, starting with his refutation of the “repressive hypothesis” that challenges the predominant view of centralized top-down power. Then, I present Foucault’s proposal for redefining power as …

Mysteries Of The Gothic, Addison Duvall

CMC Senior Theses

By examining the histories of the Notre-Dame and Chartres cathedrals, I will consider three academic schools of thought regarding the high Gothic Cathedrals: the balanced and rational feat of engineering, the communal and social rituals that bond humans to this space, and the iconographic manifestation of the supernatural. Functionalist engineering paradoxically lays at the heart of these cathedrals' capacity to open the human consciousness to the sacred by using recurrent symbolic patterns from nature, music and mathematics to create divine ratios that transport us. Integrated into these larger architectural designs the repeating visual patterns exalting both biblical and supernatural icons …

Stressors And Hormone Levels: Predictors Of Covid-19 Health Outcomes In Latine Adults, Wendy Rodriguez

CMC Senior Theses

The Coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19) has been shown by multiple studies to have disproportionate impacts on some individuals, especially minority populations. These may be attributed to differences in biological (sex), gender, social or cultural factors. In this study, we aim to identify and investigate the gender and social predictors that may be involved in the pathogenesis of the virus and its health outcomes. To achieve this, a literature review expands on relevant topics that better contextualize COVID-19’s complex nature. The potential role of hormones, estrogen, and testosterone is considered across different sexes and genders as protective agents against COVID-19. This …

Evaluation Of An Environmental Public Health Mini-Grant Project, Anne-Marie P. Coy

Applied Practice Experience (APE) Capstones

This program evaluation was conducted on behalf of a statewide environmental public health Agency’s mini-grant project. The purpose was to assess the grant project’s contribution to the Agency’s overall goals and to identify areas for improvement.

Abortion Localism And Preemption In A Post-Roe Era, Kaitlin Ainsworth Caruso

Lewis & Clark Law Review

In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated federal constitutional protections for abortion. Practically, a person’s access to abortion has long depended on where they live and where they can travel; that disparity is far worse now. In light of Dobbs, some states decisively changed their laws, often decimating abortion access. In other states, however, the law remains unclear; advocates are furiously lobbying and litigating to redefine their states’ standards. Amid this upheaval, one element of the new abortion landscape is underappreciated: how localities impact abortion access.

For decades, local governments have influenced access to abortion …

Abortion Rights As (Inter)National Human Rights: Dobbs And The Noncompliance Of U.S. Abortion Policies Under International Human Rights Law, Sydney Chong Ju Padgett

Lewis & Clark Law Review

The current state of reproductive rights in the United States following Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization constitutes yet another chapter in the saga of the United States’ hypocrisy in failing to uphold international human rights at the domestic level. International human rights law unequivocally provides that safe and legal abortion access is a fundamental human right. Yet, applying treaty body guidance to the cruel and irrational legislation enacted in Dobbs’ wake, it is clear: the United States has wholly and dangerously failed to comply with its international commitments to protect and uphold the fundamental rights at stake in regulating …

Toward Principled Background Principles In Takings Law, Rebecca Hansen, Lior Jacob Strahilevitz

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Blunders made by lawyers, judges, and scholars have caused the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid to be deeply misunderstood. In Cedar Point, the Court re-wrote takings law by treating temporary and part-time entries onto private property as per se takings. Prior to Cedar Point these sorts of government-authorized physical entries would have been evaluated under a balancing framework that almost invariably enabled the government to prevail. As it happens, there were two well-established rules of black letter law that California’s lawyers and amici mistakenly failed to invoke in defending the Cedar Point union organizer access …

Expecting Corporate Prosociality, Hajin Kim

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Teaching people that corporations must exclusively maximize profits can reduce “win-wins”—what is both profitable and good for society. If everyone believes that corporations must maximize profits only, nobody will protest when corporate pursuits of profits harm society—the firms were fulfilling their duty and meeting investor and consumer expectations. But what if people instead believed that corporations should consider their social impacts, even sometimes at the expense of profits? Consumers, employees, and investors might be more willing to object to corporate harms by changing their purchasing, job choice, and investing behaviors or by petitioning corporate leaders for redress. Those objections would …

Distributing Deterrence Fairly: A New Rationale For Decoupling Tort Liability, H. Javier Kordi

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Tort law faces a dilemma: how to adhere to a principle of make-whole compensation without entrenching social inequities. High-earning people receive greater compensation awards, resulting in an unequal distribution of deterrence. The deterrence disparity arises because injurers would rationally direct risky activity towards poorer victims to reduce liability costs; it persists even if race and gender classifications are barred from compensation. This Article offers a novel solution to the dilemma. It develops a decoupled liability regime under which injurers pay damages and are subject to standards of care that are invariant across individual victims, thus equalizing the distribution of deterrence. …

Labor Mobility And The Problems Of Modern Policing, Jonathan S. Masur, Aurélie Ouss, John Rappaport

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

We document and discuss the implications of a striking feature of modern American policing: the stasis of police labor forces. Using an original employment dataset assembled through public records requests, we show that, after the first few years on a job, officers rarely change employers, and intermediate officer ranks are filled almost exclusively through promotion rather than lateral hiring. Policing is like a sports league, if you removed trades and free agency and left only the draft in place.

We identify both nonlegal and legal causes of this phenomenon—ranging from geographic monopolies to statutory and collectively bargained rules about pensions, …

Simplicity And Complexity In Law And In Markets, Saul Levmore

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Richard Epstein’s Simple Rules for a Complex World1 is true to its title and to the author’s demonstrated genius over a long career. It is a libertarian-oriented enterprise in that it requires the reader to share in the belief that government programs are often wasteful and subject to unattractive interest group pressures and corrupt bureaucracies. More generally, Simple Rules is framed against a background in which the reader must share the libertarian view that individuals can and should be trusted to look after themselves and to make their own choices. Epstein likes “simple” rules; these include strict liability, a flat …

Strategic Subdelegation, Brian D. Feinstein, Jennifer Nou

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Appointed leaders of administrative agencies routinely record subdelegations of governmental authority to civil servants. That appointees willingly cede authority in this way presents a puzzle, at least at first glance: Why do these appointees assign their power to civil servants insulated by merit protection laws, that is, to employees over whom they have limited control? This article develops and tests a theory to explain this behavior. Using original data on appointee-to-civil servant delegations and a measure of the ideological distance between these two groups of actors, we show that appointees are more willing to vest power in civil servants when …

Cross-Border Influencers: Democracy And Externalities, Saul Levmore

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

The United States does not allow foreigners to influence U.S. elections by giving money to political parties or candidates, but many other countries do allow cross-border influencing. Indeed, the variety of policies among countries is remarkable. Some countries, like the United States, that forbid financial contributions from outside the country, do permit cross-border contributions across domestic borders, such as those of states and cities. Meanwhile, Canadians cannot contribute to the campaigns of U.S. political candidates, and cannot even (lawfully) influence the American political process by purchasing campaign t-shirts or bumper stickers. This prohibition is in place even though, like constituents …

Energy Conservation In The Design Of Sports Facilities: A Case Study Of The Conservation Of Photovoltaic Energy Used In Lighting The Stadium Field, Nader Ibrahem Ismael

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The research aims to study the principles and ideas of energy conservation in the design of sports facilities using simulation programs and evaluation systems, which is used to improve the environmental performance of the building to reduce energy sources. As well as the experimental study aims to Using the simulation program (DIA LUX) to calculate the lighting masts height and angle of the headlights for the football stadium for Leading the best spread of lighting on the stadium field and thus achieving the idea of energy consumption efficiency

Alcohol Misuse And Gun Violence: An Evidence-Based Approach For State Policy, Silvia Villarreal, Amy Bornhorst, Richard Bonnie, Kami Chavis, Ari Davis, Shannon Frattaroli, Kelly Roskam, Jeffrey Swanson, Joshua Horwitz

Faculty Publications

During the COVID-19 pandemic, excessive drinking increased by 21% and alcohol-related deaths increased approximately 25%.6 At the same time, gun sales increased by 40%, gun homicides by 35%, and gun suicides had the largest one-year increase ever recorded.

These alarming trends urge us to think about alcohol misuse as a risk factor for gun violence. To better understand this connection, the Consortium, in partnership with the Center for Gun Violence Solutions, developed this report to highlight the available research to inform policy. As detailed in this report, alcohol misuse is associated with a risk of dangerous firearm behaviors, interpersonal firearm …

Leveraging Data, Models And Farming Innovation To Prevent, Prepare For And Manage Pest Incursions: Delivering A Pest Risk Service For Low-Income Countries, Bryony Taylor, Henri Edouard Zefack Tonnang, Tim Beale, William Holland, Mary Lucy Oronje, Elfatih Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, David Onyango, Cambria Finegold, Jessica Zhu, Stefania Pozzi, Sean T. Murphy

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Globally, pests (invertebrates, vertebrates, pathogens, weeds) can cause estimated annual losses of between 20% and 40%, but higher losses are disproportionately experienced by many low-income countries, as agriculture is the mainstay of the majority of the people and of national economies. Pests pose a major barrier to these countries’ ability to meet the aims of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG2, “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.” However, solutions, in the form of pest risk alert systems, coupled with major advances in technology, are now providing opportunities to overcome this barrier in …

Chemosensory System Of Tsetse Flies (Diptera: Glossinidae), M. N. Getahun, R. W. Macharia, S. G. Nyanjom, G. F. Obiero, S. Diallo, P. O. Mireji, D. Masiga

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Tsetse flies are exclusively hematophagous and vectors of trypanosomes, which cause human and animal African trypanosomiasis. They are widely distributed in Africa, with 33 extant taxa and 22 species in three sub-genera. Despite a low reproductive rate, tsetse can maintain populations large enough to cause the restriction of the economic use of large areas of tropical Africa through the transmission of trypanosomiases. This success is largely due to their ability to navigate in their environments, using olfactory signals, which elicit critical behavioural phenotypes, such as attraction to hosts for blood meals, larviposition and resting sites, as well as avoidance of …

Comparison Between Jet Injector And Traditional Needle Syringe During Infiltration Anesthesia In Pediatric Patients, Heba O. Elbadry, Salwa M. Awad, Hossam E. Hammouda

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objective

To evaluate the pain level during infiltration anesthesia with needle free jet injectors in pediatric patients.

Method

38 cooperative healthy child aged 4–7 years were selected to be anesthetized with both methods of injection, the needles jet injector and the conventional infiltration technique. The selected group was divided randomly into two groups of 19 child each, control group I (conventional needle) and study group II (jet injector). The pain levels were measured according to Wong-Baker Faces Pain (Rating) scale (WBFPS), to determine the level of acceptance of each method. The measuring of the pain level was done after administration …

Validity Of Tanaka-Johnston Analysis For Egyptians, Ibrahim M. Abd-Elgawad, Marwa S. Shamaa, Ahmed M. Fouda

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objective

This study aimed to assess whether Tanaka-Johnston mixed dentition analysis using digital models is applicable to Egyptians.

Materials and methods

Ninety patients were included in this study with ages ranging from 12 to 25 years old. Impressions were taken from all patients using alginate impression material and casts were poured immediately using a dental plaster with quality dimensional accuracy and surface detail reproduction. The casts were trimmed and polished to obtain high-quality study models. Three-dimensional (3D) digital models were reconstructed using a laser scanner. Measurements of teeth widths by both manual and digital techniques were compared for intra-operator reliability …

Effect Of Different Surface Pretreatment Agents On Microtensile Bond Strength And Micromorphological Analysis Of Mdpb-Containing Self-Etch Adhesive/Dentin Interface, Lina N. Ahmed, Fardous F. El-Senduny, Hamdi H. Hamdan, Salah H. Mahmoud

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objectives

To evaluate the effect of different surface pretreatment agents on µTBS and micromorphology of MDPB-containing adhesive/dentin interface.

Materials/methods

In all, 56 human molars were divided according to the used pretreatment material (chlorohexidine, riboflavin, papain, and untreated control group) and then divided according to the aging time (immediate: 24 h and delayed: after 6 months). Teeth were restored using the MDPB-containing bond followed by the resin composite. µTBS test was done followed by failure mode analysis. Another 16 molars following the previous study design were used to evaluate the micromorphology of restoration/tooth interface.

Results

Two-way ANOVA test showed that the …

Comparison Of Centering Ability And Fatigue Resistance Of Three Nickel-Titanium Rotary Instruments: An In-Vitro Study, Yousra A. S. Moustafa, Medhat T. El Faramawy, Tariq Y. Abdelrahman

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objective

To evaluate canal centering ability by using different irrigants and cyclic fatigue resistance.

Materials and methods

Sixty-three teeth were randomly classified into three main groups according to the type of files: group 1 (n=21) M-Pro Files. Group 2 (n=21) 2Shape files. Group 3 (n=21) ProTaper Universal files (PTU). Each group was subdivided into 3 subgroups according to the type of irrigation used (Saline, NaOCl, MTAD). A total of 42 rotary files (M-pro, 2Shape, PTU) were classified into 3 main groups. Each group (n=14), then each group was subdivided into 2 subgroups (n=7). Data were analyzed using Shapiro-Wilk test. Data …

Evaluation The Adhesive Remnant Index Of Two Different Adhesive Systems Using Two Different Curing Times, Mohammad Riad Al Salem, Nehal Fouad Albelasy, Essam Elsaeid Al-Wakeel, Yasser Lotfy Abdelnaby

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objectives: To evaluate the adhesive remnant index (ARI) of orthodontic brackets bonded with two adhesive systems using two different light curing times.

Materials and methods: Fifty-six extracted premolars were divided into two groups (n= 28) depending on the type of adhesive system used; Total-Etch (TE) Transbond XT and Self-Etch (SE) Transbond Plus. Each group was subdivided into two subgroups (n= 14) based on the curing time; 20 seconds and 3 seconds. The ARI was evaluated in each subgroup. The significance level was set at P≤ 0.050.

Results: The ARI showed that there was a statistically significant difference in ARI between …

Effect Of Water Storage On Repair Bond Strength Of Resin-Based Composite To Different Restorative Materials, Dina A. Omar, Huda Abed El-Haliem, Noha El-Wassefy, Salah H. Mahmoud

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objective: To investigate the effect of water storage on repair bond strength (RBS) of resin composite to five restorative materials using either a silane and a bonding agent or a universal bond. Materials and Methods: Five materials which are amalgam, direct composite, indirect composite, hybrid ceramic, and feldspathic ceramic were used in this study. Twenty- eight cube-shaped specimens from each material were fabricated, all specimens were sandblasted (Al2O3; 50 µm) and then classified into two equal groups (n=14) according to the surface treatment method (total-etch bond and silane coupling agent or universal bond). Each group was further divided into 2 …

Universal Versus Glass Ionomer –Based Adhesive: Effect On Shear Bond Strength And Micro-Morphological Analysis Of Resin Modified Glass Ionomer Restorative Material /Dentin Interface, Gehad Mohamed Kassem, Huda Abed El -Haliem Mohammed, Ashraf Ibrahim Ali

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objectives: : To evaluate universal versus glass ionomer –based adhesive, effect on shear bond strength and micro-morphological analysis of resin modified glass ionomer restorative material /dentin interface.

Materials and methods: 120 sound human molars were selected for our study. Subsequently, teeth were prepared by removing the occlusal enamel and exposing mid dentin. The roots of teeth were fixed to the base of a tube filled with acrylic resin. Teeth were divided into two groups according to type of RMGI (n=60) and then each group was subdivided into three subgroups according to adhesive use (n=20). Cylindrical tubes were built by the …

Application Of Mcnamara Analysis To Evaluate The Skeletal And Dentoalveolar Effects Of The Hybrid Aesthetic Functional Appliance On Class Ii Division 1 Malocclusion, Sohaila Adnan Ahmed Zehairy, Mohammad Hasan Abdellatief, Ahmed Maher Fouda

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objective: This study aimed to assess the skeletal and dento-alveolar changes associated with using the new hybrid aesthetic functional appliance in the correction of class II division 1 malocclusion. Materials and Methods: Sixteen patients aged (8-12y) who had skeletal class II division 1 caused by mandibular deficiency were chosen and treated with the hybrid aesthetic function appliance. Before and after treatment, lateral cephalometric radiographs, photographs and study casts were taken. The duration of treatment was about 9-12 months. Results: The hybrid aesthetic functional appliance improved the mandibular forward position (P = 0.005) and increased the mandibular effective length (P = …

Direct Versus Indirect Pick Up Of The Locator Retentive Caps For Two Implant Supported Mandibular Over Denture: (A Cross Over Study), Christine Raouf Micheal Ibrahim, Amany Awad Elsayed Awad, Ahmed Ali Abdelrahman Habib

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Aim: This study aimed to compare and calibrate the clinical retention of direct versus indirect pick of locator attachment retentive caps used to retain mandibular overdentures connected to two implants installed in the canine regions. Material and Methods: Ten patients received two implants in the canine areas of the mandible. According to the pick-up technique of the retentive caps and the color of the retentive inserts of locator attachments; the mandibular overdentures were classified into four groups as follows: Group I: Overdentures with locator retentive caps and blue inserts were picked up by indirect method. Group II: Overdentures with locator …

Evaluation Of Extrusion Arch In Management Of Anterior Open Bite In Mixed Dentition Patients, Mai Ebrahem Abdelmonem, Nehal Fouad Albelasy, Yasser Lotfy Abdelnaby, Maher Abd El Salam Fouda

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objectives: To evaluate the dentoalveolar and skeletal changes of anterior open bite (AOB) treatment using extrusion arch in the mixed dentition.

Materials and methods: The study included 12 patients (7 females and 5 males) in the mixed dentition stage with an age range from 8 to 11 years with dentoalveolar anterior open bite ≤ 0 mm with normal facial pattern SN-GoGn (31.54°) and insufficient incisor display. After leveling & alignment for the upper incisors, a sectional heavy wire of 0.017 x 0.025'' stainless steel was kept in the upper incisors' brackets. The extrusion arch was placed as an auxiliary arch …

Remineralization And Aesthetic Effect Of Three Agents On Artificial White Spot Lesions: An In Vitro Study, Hadeer Wael, Salwa Hegazy, Rasha Ibrahim

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objective: To evaluate the remineralization potential of three different dentifrices. Materials and Methods: Premolars (n=80) were randomly allocated into four groups (n=20), Group A, Casein Phosphopeptide- Amorphous Calcium Phosphate; Group B, Nano Silver Fluoride; Group C Sodium fluoride; and Group D Artificial Saliva. Specimens were subjected to a pH cycling regime for 21 days. DIAGNOdent recorded the mineral profile, and Spectrophotometer evaluated the aesthetic effect. The data were analyzed using (ANOVA) and Turkey's post hoc multiple comparison tests at a significance level of p

Bond Strength Of Zirconia Ceramics To Dentin Using Two Resin Cements: Influence Of Dentin Conditioning, Ahmed Mohamed Abd El-Khbeer, Ahmed Attia Abo El-Naga, Sayed Mohamed Ghorab

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Objective: To assess the impact of different dentin conditioning methods and two resin cements on the bond strength of zirconia ceramics to dentin.

Materials and Methods: A total of 64 zirconia discs fabricated using CAD/CAM technology of dimensions (8mm diameter ×3mm thickness) and 64 molars mounted in plastic rings with acrylic resin were prepared by exposing flat coronal dentin surfaces. They were divided into 4 main groups (n=16) according to dentin surface treatment; Dentin as cut, treated with EDTA, Polyacrylic Acid (PAA), and self-etch adhesive. Each main group was subdivided into 2 subgroups (n=8) according to the luting cement used: …

Patient Satisfaction With Single Implant Mandibular Overdenture Retained With Locator Attachment, Mohammed A. Elmoslhy, Noha H. El-Shaheed, Aisha Z. H. Mostafa, Moustafa A. Elsyad

Mansoura Journal of Dentistry

Purpose: To compare patient satisfaction with single implant mandibular overdenture retained by locator attachment to conventional dentures.

Materials and methods: 8 participants with completely edentulous arches were included in this prospective clinical study. First, conventional complete dentures were constructed for all participants and then a mandibular single midline implant was surgically placed to retain mandibular overdenture (MOD). They received instructions regarding wearing the conventional dentures for three months before implant insertion, then the locator attachment pick-up was done and the participants were asked to wear the mandibular overdenture for the next 3 months. A visual analogue scale (VAS) was utilized …