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Accounting For The Unaccountable: Does The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act Deter Chinese Companies?, Grant Newman

Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vols. 28:2 onward (2019-present)

The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA” or “the Act”) threatens to prohibit trading in Chinese companies listed in the United States if the Public Certified Accounting Board (“PCAOB”) is unable to oversee their respective Chinese auditors. By assessing the limits of protection the HFCAA offers U.S. investors, this Note argues that the statute’s more fundamental objective is to deter Chinese companies from listing in the United States. Hence, this Note asks whether the HFCAA deters or will deter Chinese companies from listing or remaining listed in the United States. To answer this, this Note examines data collected by the …

International Human Rights And Chinese-American Trade Relations After The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Matthew Cline

Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vols. 28:2 onward (2019-present)

No abstract provided.

Shalom: Health, Healing, And Wholeness In Biblical Perspective, Boubakar Sanou

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

Health, healing, and wholeness occupy a central place within the biblical narrative, embodying God’s intent for the flourishing of the entirety of his creation. Grounded in the concept of shalom, Scripture articulates a holistic understanding of wellbeing that encompasses spiritual, physical, emotional, moral, and relational dimensions. These dimensions are interconnected, each influencing and shaping the others. In the context of an increasingly fragmented world, the biblical concept of shalom offers a firm framework for addressing the multifaceted challenges of health, healing, and wholeness. By embracing the holistic vision of health, healing, and wholeness, Christians are called to participate in God’s …

Ecclesiological Meaning In Jesus’ Sabbath Healings, Sven Östring

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

The earthly life and ministry of Jesus Christ was the full incarnation of his divine identity and mission. However, certain events and situations became windows that allowed his relationship with his Father and his divine mission to be revealed with clarity to those around him. In particular, Jesus saw in the Sabbath a unique and regular opportunity to reveal both his identity and his mission. Likewise, his opponents understood, with almost surprising accuracy and clarity, what he was communicating about himself from his religiously non-conforming actions on Sabbath. However, this was not just a minor ethical scuffle between a well-studied …

Biblical And Theological Principles For Ministry To The Deaf And Other Isolated Groups, Joseph Jacobson

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

Deaf people are one of the largest unreached groups in the world (Lowenstein 2019, para. 2). To reach this group with the gospel, it is vital to build a solid biblical foundation for ministry to deaf individuals. The knowledge of God and the importance of faith, hope, and trust in God are often limited among deaf communities despite technological advancements (Broesterhuizen 2005:307). It is essential to show the different groups of deaf communities scattered around the world that Jesus loves them and that “the Bible is at heart a text that is positive for all marginalized people, whether poor, or …

Zero-Shot Cross-Lingual Pos Tagging For Filipino, Jimson Paulo Layacan, Isaiah Edri W. Flores, Katrina Bernice M. Tan, Ma. Regina Justina Estuar, Jann Railey E. Montalan, Marlene M. De Leon

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications

Supervised learning approaches in NLP, exemplified by POS tagging, rely heavily on the presence of large amounts of annotated data. However, acquiring such data often requires significant amount of resources and incurs high costs. In this work, we explore zero-shot cross-lingual transfer learning to address data scarcity issues in Filipino POS tagging, particularly focusing on optimizing source language selection. Our zero-shot approach demonstrates superior performance compared to previous studies, with top-performing fine-tuned PLMs achieving F1 scores as high as 79.10%. The analysis reveals moderate correlations between cross-lingual transfer performance and specific linguistic distances–featural, inventory, and syntactic–suggesting that source languages with …

Narratological Considerations In Translating Maria Magsano’S Duksay Kapalaran, Benigno C. Montemayor Jr.

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

Translation requires a thorough understanding of the source text, so that it can be aptly conveyed into the target text regardless of the source and target languages. In view of translating Maria Magsano’s Pangasinan novel Duksay Kapalaran into English using foreignizing strategies, which privilege the culture, society, and history embedded in the source text over the cultural values attending the target language, the author first performs a careful reading of the novel. What is brought to the fore are the novel’s nuances and relevant attributes, specifically orality and didacticism, which Ma. Crisanta Nelmida asserts are the dominant features of the …

Translations Of Two Works By Shakespeare, Michael M. Coroza

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

No abstract provided.

Predicting Graduate University Admission In Azerbaijan Using Multiple Regression, Günel Alasgarova

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Each year, Azerbaijani universities strive to attract the best candidates for graduate degrees within the academic hierarchy. Since 2005, one-third of undergraduates have been applying for master’s programs. The admission decisions primarily depend on the State Examination Center exam scores. This quantitative research mainly discusses the predictors of graduate university admission based on numerous factors using multiple linear regression. This study statistically measured four independent variables to predict university graduate admission scores in 2021 (GAS21). Significant differences were found between the average graduate admission scores of 2021 and those of 2020 (GAS20) and the percentage of students who scored >86%. …

Our Troubling Failures In Solving Crimes: Rethinking Legal Limits On Crime Investigation, Paul H. Robinson, Jeffrey Seaman, Muhammad Sarahne

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Off The Record: Transparency Challenges In Judicial Misconduct And Discipline, Sarah M.R. Cravens

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Tools Do Not Create: Human Authorship In The Use Of Generative Artificial Intelligence, Michael D. Murray

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

Artistic tools, from brushes to complex algorithms, don’t create art; human artists do. The advent of generative AI tools like Midjourney, DALL-E, and Stable Diffusion has blurred this understanding, causing observers to believe these tools are the authors of the artworks they produce, even so far as to imagine that the artworks are “created” by the AI in the copyright sense of the word. Not so.

The U.S. Copyright Office recently issued guidance on the copyrightability of works produced using generative AI tools. The Office has accepted the narrative that AI tools perform the steps of authorship, conceiving of the …

A New Frontier In Online Dispute Resolution: Combining Ai And Mindfulness, Noopur Amin

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in dispute resolution has gained attention due to its potential to streamline the resolution process and reduce costs. The purpose of this paper is to explore the integration of AI with alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes and propose an online dispute resolution (ODR) model that combines elements of mindfulness and different forms of AI. The paper begins by providing an overview of the history of ODR and introducing Lodder and Zeleznikow's three-step ODR model. It then explores the role of AI in dispute resolution and provides a brief history of AI generally. The comparison …

Leadership In Philippians: A Postcolonial View, Rick M. Kress

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.

Higher-Derivative Quantum Field Theory And Its Implications For Hawking Radiation And Nonlocality, Gordon Kanan

Physics Dissertations - Archive

One of the fundamental equations of quantum field theory is the Klein-Gordon equation which can be constructed using irreducible representations of the Poincar ́e group and describes the dynamics of spin-0 matter. The higher derivative Klein- Gordon equations are also constructed using irreducible representations of the Poincar ́e group and are, thus, invariant under operations of this group. These higher derivative Klein-Gordon equations can be placed into two series depending on the power of the derivative, one for odd powers of the derivative and one for even powers, whose solu- tions yield timelike and spacelike fields. Applying these higher derivative …

Effects Of Mindfulness Training On Prosocial Responses In Intergroup Relations: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial, Denise Yiran Zheng

Theses and Dissertations

Based on social identity theory and intergroup emotions theory, individuals feel for and act toward others based on their group-based social identities. Recent research shows that mindfulness can enhance prosocial responses toward others across group divides. The current research examined the effects of mindfulness training on prosocial behavior in intergroup relations where such behavior is difficult (e.g., with marginalized or devalued social groups). The study also examined potential mechanisms, namely state empathic concern and appraisal, that may explain how mindfulness increases prosocial behavior toward outgroups. This study compared the effects of a 2-week mindfulness training to a matched coping training …

Bs Middle Level Education, Teaching, Learning, And Foundations

Program Revisions/Additions

No abstract provided.

Ba English, English

Program Revisions/Additions

No abstract provided.

Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language, English

Program Revisions/Additions

No abstract provided.

The Incoherence Of Orientalists, Sarah Zaid Alafifi

Theses and Dissertations

Orientalism, the Western practice of fetishizing cultures, extends beyond mere misrepresentation of the “other;” it epitomizes the underlying structures of colonialism and imperialism, infiltrating everyday life and eroding the moral fabric of Islamic society.

This thesis analyzes colonial control through the exercise of political power and the production of knowledge, investigating key events related to Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign and the narratives of resistance that emerged in opposition to it.

Through the lens of this 18th-century expedition, the study examines how Western knowledge systematically contributed to the dismantling of Islamic systems of knowledge. Select phrases from Colonial-era printed proclamations are extracted …

The Cultural Adaptation Of An Eating Disorders Assessment Tool For South Asian American Women, Neha J. Goel

Theses and Dissertations

South Asians (SAs) are less likely to be screened, referred, and treated for eating disorders (EDs), although they experience these serious health conditions at rates similar to those of their White counterparts. Available ED assessment tools do not adequately capture cultural nuances in the presentation of eating psychopathology in SAs. Thus, the current study culturally adapted the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) to enhance its validity, applicability, and cultural relevance for SA women living in the US. During the cultural adaptation phase, the principal investigator consulted with participant experts (N=24) and research experts (n=4) to create the …

South Carolina District Pilot International Records - Accession 785, Pilot Club International, South Carolina Chapter

Manuscript Collection

This collection consists of records from the South Carolina District Pilot International Club. The collection includes records from SCDPIC annual conventions as well as records regarding the district administrative council and fall council. Included are minutes, governor reports, treasurer reports, secretary reports, convention agendas, rules for the conventions, as well as programs and itinerary’s for convention proceedings. Also included are congratulatory letters to Jean V. Reames who received her commission to be Governor for the SCDIPC in 1990. The purpose of the Pilot International Club is to promote character development in civic organizations by aiding local Pilot Clubs, and executing …

Leveraging Large Language Models For Enhancing Well-Being In The Digital Age, Xiaobo Guo

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

The 21st century has seen dramatic shifts in human interactions with information, peers, and the environment, primarily driven by the proliferation of online platforms and social media. These advancements offer more access to information and global connectivity, but also present challenges such as information overload, misinformation, online harms, and biased reporting that can negatively impact user well-being. This thesis examines the role of Large Language Models (LLMs) — advanced forms of artificial intelligence that understand and generate human-like text — in enhancing well-being in the digital age. The study begins by exploring the potential of LLMs to detect early signs …

“You Said Burnout? Whew, Chile!” A Multigenerational Collaborative Autoethnography On The Complexities Of Burnout And Care Among Black Women Researching Substance Use, Natalie Malone, Kaylee A. Palomino, Valerie P.A. Verty, Mona K.M. Goggins, Jasmine K. Jester, Brittany Miller-Roenigk, Paris Wheeler, Jardin Dogan-Dixon, Mekaila Keeling, Kendall A. Mccleod, India Mccray, Zoe A. Sigola, Jovonna D. Atkinson, Candice N. Hargons, Danelle Stevens-Watkins

Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology Faculty Publications

Background: Researchers and participants who are members of minoritized populations experience negative psychosocial and wellness outcomes like burnout. Burnout may manifest uniquely for Black women in academia conducting research with Black women participants navigating similar sociocultural contexts. Objectives: This article qualitatively interprets our experiences as 15 Black women scholar-practitioners at a midwestern university conducting community-engaged research. We discuss our experiences of care and burnout while working to reduce opioid use disparities among Black women community members as we simultaneously navigate multilevel challenges in academia. Design: We employ collaborative autoethnography, an autobiographical writing method, using a Black feminist framework and intersectionality …

Lost Saint John’S, Part 4: First Chapel And The Exhibition Hall, Peggy L. Roske

Archives History Lessons

Many features of the Saint John's campus have come and gone over the years. The "Lost Saint John's" series explores them, more or less chronologically.

Part 4 relates the history of the first Chapel across Lake Sagatagan, and the Exhibition Hall.

Commencement Program, 2024, Cuny John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

Commencement Programs are handed out at each graduation. They include information on honorary degrees, awards and prizes and candidates for degree. However, they cannot be considered an official record of conferring of degrees.

Identifying Barriers: Analysis Of Federal Law Enforcement Social Media And Recruitment Efforts, Reena Desai, Edgar Greer, Meghan Waldron

Doctor of Education Capstones

The Federal Bureau of Investigation Richmond Field Office seeks to diversify their applicant pool. In an effort to provide information on how to meet this need, our doctoral team analyzed the social media sites of six federal law enforcement agencies to include: the Federal Bureau of Investigation- Headquarters, Federal Bureau of Investigation-Richmond Field Office, Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the United States Marshal Service. By examining a 60-day window of images and their associated text on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram accounts, we wanted to gain a stronger understanding of …

Examining The Efficacy Of Unitive Justice Education In The Secondary School Setting, Chris C. Booz, La Toya K. Draper, Lottie M. Spurlock

Doctor of Education Capstones

This research study examined the efficacy of the Unitive Justice Education (UJEd) program on school-wide practices in Hopewell City Public Schools (HCPS). The UJEd program developed by the Alliance for Unitive Justice (AUJ) serves as a unifying alternative to conventional disciplinary approaches. An abundance of research shows exclusionary punitive systems have created inequitable experiences for students, particularly children from historically marginalized groups (Alexander, 2020; Kendi, 2019; Morris, 2018). Through a critical theory lens (Freire, 2017) coupled with a mixed methods approach, the researchers analyzed the HCPS discipline data and staff perceptions. Implementing the UJEd program in HCPS secondary schools holds …

A Path Toward Healing: Parent And Caregiver Perspectives On The Work Of Restorative Practices Richmond At Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, Jean Samuel, Silvanus Thrower, Jill Flynn, Brandi Daniels

Doctor of Education Capstones

To address how key stakeholders experience restorative practices (RP), Restorative Practices Richmond (RPR) submitted a request for assistance (RFA) to Virginia Commonwealth University. This single case study responds to the RFA by examining how parents, caregivers, and community partners perceive school discipline and restorative practices and how this understanding supports RPR’s work to support restorative practices at Martin Luther King Middle School (MLK MS). Through a social justice lens, this capstone explores the challenges and needs of parents, caregivers, and community partners engaging with restorative practices. The findings that emerged included the following: parents and caregivers lack sufficient knowledge about …

Leveraging Leadership To Retain Early Career Teachers In Stafford County Public Schools, Christopher Gannon, Caroline Canning, Andrew Hoyt, Lauren Johnson, Thomas Mcauley

Doctor of Education Capstones

Stafford County Public Schools requested an evaluation of their current support of Early Career Teachers (ECTs) with one to three years experience, and its potential impact on retention efforts. They stamped this request with urgency, noting the COVID-19 pandemic and teacher pay as two driving factors, specifically, impacting retention of teachers within their first three years. Our Capstone team sought a deeper understanding of the following issues in three research questions: 1) types of support across their division and within their school buildings, 2) the impact of current practices of support, and 3) division-wide considerations for enhancing current systems of …