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Evaluation Of Carbon Sequestration In Seagrass Meadows Of Kenting: A Comparative Study With Penghu And Dongsha Island, Zih-Wei Tang, Huei-Fen Chen, Jordi Mahardika Puntu, Ping-Yu Chang, Li Lo, Jian-Jhih Chen, Wen-Chen Chou, Lan-Feng Fan, Ying-Ju Chang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This study investigates the controlling factors of carbon sequestration (CS) in seagrass bed sediments across three distinct environments in Taiwan: the Kenting (KT) coastal area, the Penghu (PH) open inner bay, and the Dongsha (DS) Atoll lagoon. Actual measurements of the substrate depth beneath the sediment and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) scans of the beach reveal that the coral reef bedrock in KT slopes landward. A field survey of the seagrass area in KT was conducted, and three cross-sectional profiles were analyzed to determine their topography, yielding a median sediment thickness of 88.2cm. Based on these measurements, the sediment volume was …

Calculation Of Aquifer Transmissivity From Borehole Resistance Measurements And Pumping Test Results, Fen-Rong Yang, Chien-Wei Huang, Tien-Kuen Huang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Transmissivity is a crucial hydrogeological parameter for evaluating groundwater resources. This parameter is conventionally evaluated using pumping tests; however, these tests are costly and can be conducted at few sites. Many researchers have used ground resistance and pumping test data to estimate various hydrogeological parameters. In this study, borehole resistance survey and pumping test data collected by the Taiwan Groundwater Monitoring Network were used to establish the relationship between transmissivity and formation factor for aquifers in the Zhuoshui River alluvial fan. This relationship was then used to estimate the water output of the aforementioned aquifers in a cost-effective manner from …

The Nauru Declaration: A Milestone For Judicial Wellness, Rangajeeva Wimalasena, Lynne C. Leitch, Carly Schrever, Jeremy Fogel

Judicature International

No abstract provided.

Ole Rna Is A Component Of A Large Particle That Promotes Bacterial Growth Under Diverse Stresses, Seth Eugene Lyon

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Prior to the 1980s, RNA macromolecules were largely viewed as a transient carrier of the genetic code used for protein synthesis, with little chemical versatility beyond Watson-Crick-Franklin base-pairing. The discovery of catalytic RNAs in 1982, however, upended this view and established that RNA was a chemically capable biopolymer. Since then, several classes of RNA with functions independent from protein synthesis have been discovered in all domains of life. Excluding those that have functions relevant to protein translation, noncoding RNAs that are large (> 200 nt) and have a conserved, complex structure are rare in bacteria. However, as more bacteria were …

The Dangers Of The Current “Global Deregulatory Drive” In Financial Regulation: Written Testimony Submitted To The Uk House Of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee, Arthur E. Wilmarth Jr.

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This written testimony was submitted to the UK House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee in response to the Committee’s “Call for Evidence” regarding the growth of private credit markets since the global financial crisis of 2007-09 (https://committees.parliament.uk/work/9235/growth-of-private-markets-in-the-uk-following-reforms-introduced-after-2008). This written testimony was tendered in conjunction with the author’s oral testimony before the Committee on July 23, 2025, and addresses the following points:

1. As past deregulatory episodes have shown, the current “global deregulatory drive” to loosen financial regulation is likely to endanger global financial markets by encouraging excessive risk-taking by large banks and further expansion of “shadow banking” …

2025-2026 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Course Catalogs, 1895-2024

An annual catalog of courses and course descriptions offered at the University of Montana.

It's My Data And I'Ll Protect It If I Want To: A Proposal To Standardize Biometric Data Privacy Laws Between The United States And European Union, Haley Rubin

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

No abstract provided.

Nationally Determined Contributions Post-Global Stocktake: The Making Of Prescribed Qualified Unilateral Acts In International Law, Petra Minnerop

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

No abstract provided.

About This Time Of Year!, Denise Maihofer Cde

AADEJ - The Communicator

The Executive Director expresses enthusiasm for the judges reviewing Gies Journalism Award entries and winners of various awards (ICD, AADEJ-ADEA Gies, Distinguished Dental Editor), who will soon be notified. She provides details for the upcoming Annual Meeting and Conference in San Diego on September 9-10, highlighting the lineup of speakers, meals, and a joint reception with ICD and AADEJ where all awards will be presented, a break from the traditional lunch presentation. She also mentions a separate lunch speaker from the Maritime Museum of San Diego. Mrs. Maihofer announces a webinar on August 7 with Dr. Arnell Wright titled "Under …

How To Start Your Podcast: The Industrial Expert Shares His Secrets, Kevin Henry

AADEJ - The Communicator

Mr. Henry of DrBicuspid.com details the foundational steps for launching a podcast within the dental space, covering the three phases of recording, editing, and distribution. The author stresses the importance of understanding audience needs regarding show length and content consistency to build loyalty. Additionally, the article highlights the role of artificial intelligence in content promotion and the necessity of persistence during the early stages of audience growth.

Health Is Wealth: Strengthening Plaintiffs’ Ability To Confer Standing In Health Information Data Breach Cases, Kayla M. O'Brien

Emory Law Journal

Individuals’ health information is increasingly at risk of data breaches as healthcare providers adopt health information technologies and individuals use digital devices and applications to log their health data. The frequency of data breaches involving health information has escalated year after year, and, as a result, more individuals are seeking recourse in federal court. To proceed in federal court, however, these individuals must have Article III standing, and meeting the injury-in-fact requirement to confer standing has been a difficult hurdle for plaintiffs in data breach cases to overcome. Federal courts have narrowly interpreted what constitutes a concrete harm stemming from …

Technological Readiness Versus Disruption: A Framework For Assessing Distinct Artificial Intelligence Policy Strategies, Orly Lobel

Emory Law Journal

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is here and rapidly advancing. As the 2024 Thrower Symposium of the Emory Law Journal demonstrated, developments in the integration of AI to all aspects of life raise fundamental challenges for legal scholars and policymakers about the desirability and legitimacy of algorithmic decision-making, the societal impact of automation, and the liability, ownership, and regulatory puzzles created by substituting human actions with AI systems. This Article provides a framework for analyzing the readiness and desirability of contemporary technological innovation while continuing to address the effects and impact of technological shifts on the labor market, social welfare, and democracy. …

Civil Society And The Crisis Of Privacy Law, Ari Ezra Waldman

Emory Law Journal

Based on interviews with key players, public reports, and previously undisclosed primary sources, this Article tells the inside story of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) and the role of privacy nonprofit organizations in crafting it. It uses ADPPA’s drafting as a case study about larger questions of expertise, the lawmaking process, and the role of law in setting the context of advocacy. The Article’s descriptive argument is that background law and the dynamics of privacy policymaking in the United States Congress channeled and constrained the choices made by privacy civil society organizations while negotiating and drafting key …

A Deep Look At Copyright’S Volitional Conduct Doctrine And Generative Artificial Intelligence, Aleksander J. Goranin

Emory Law Journal

This Article examines copyright’s volitional conduct doctrine, as applied to generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. It traces the doctrine’s origins and evolution through key court decisions, analyzing its underlying rationale as a response to the harshness of the RAM copy rule and its elaboration as a proximate causation doctrine. The Article then evaluates how classic volitional conduct analogies to copy shops and photocopies may fit generative AI systems. Ultimately, the Article proposes a jury instruction to guide application of the volitional conduct doctrine in generative AI cases. The Article argues that the doctrine serves an important role in copyright law, …

The Globalization Of Copyright Exceptions For Ai Training, Matthew Sag, Peter K. Yu

Emory Law Journal

Generative AI, machine learning, and other computational uses of copyrighted works pose profound conceptual questions for copyright law. This Article surveys multiple countries with different legal traditions and local conditions to explore how they have responded to these questions in relation to the use of copyrighted works for AI training without express permission from the relevant rightsholders. Our survey suggests an emerging international equilibrium in which jurisdictions from around the world have found ways to reconcile copyright law and AI training. In this equilibrium, countries recognize that text and data mining, computational data analysis, and AI training can be socially …

Our Progressively Brutal Constitution: A Legal Expressivist Account Of The Excessive Force Doctrine, Danielle C. Jefferis

Emory Law Journal

The Constitution forbids some forms of physical violence. However, the scope of its protection depends on the legal status of the person subjected to the violence. The Fourth Amendment protects a person outside the criminal legal system from a state actor’s “objectively unreasonable” force. A pre-trial detainee has a similar, though weaker, right under the Due Process Clause. But after conviction, a person’s right of protection from state violence has nearly vanished: the Eighth Amendment prohibits only force applied “maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm.” Rather than meaningfully limiting state violence, this doctrine constructs a constitutional …

Playing Politics: Social Media, Censorship, And Speech Gamification, Khaled A. Beydoun

Emory Law Journal

Forty percent of Americans self-censor their speech online. While staggering, the hidden phenomenon beneath this figure reveals a more dystopic outlook for the future of free speech. The powerful predictive technologies driving social media platforms, which the Supreme Court dubbed “the most important spaces for the exchange of views,” control the terms of modern speech and the scope of political discourse. The Supreme Court’s laissez-faire posture toward online speech moderation has only empowered digital dominion over modern expression and citizenship to the detriment of free speech principles.

As such, the primary threat to free speech today is not the state …

A Haven For Polluters: Examining Cercla Successor Liability Under State Law, Hannah R. Behar

Emory Law Journal

This Comment explores how businesses exploit variability in state corporate law to evade liability for hazardous waste pollution. In particular, it examines the tension between the successor liability doctrine and environmental accountability under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). While CERCLA purports to hold polluters responsible for site cleanup under a broad liability scheme, some states have effectively—through limiting statutes and rigid judicial interpretation—allowed businesses to retain control of environmental assets while casting off associated liabilities. This trend is particularly concerning because most jurisdictions apply state law, as opposed to a uniform federal rule, when considering …

Addressing Municipal Road Aid Funding In Kentucky During The Era Of Electric Vehicles, Jacob Bruce, Tyler Chapman, Blake Girdler

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

The rapid rise of electric vehicles (EVs) poses a growing threat to Kentucky’s Municipal Road Aid Fund, which relies heavily on fuel tax revenues. As EV adoption increases and fuel consumption declines, the existing funding model becomes increasingly unsustainable, jeopardizing road maintenance, infrastructure development, and municipal services across the state. Commissioned by the Kentucky League of Cities, this study investigates viable policy solutions to ensure long-term fiscal stability for municipal road funding in an electrifying transportation landscape. Drawing from comparative analyses of peer and neighboring states, the report evaluates alternative funding mechanisms such as road usage charges, EV-specific registration fees, …

Strategic Alignment Of Lexington Public Library And Art Community, Jonnisa Ferguson, Samantha Metzger-Elder

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Amidst the evolving economic, political, religious, social, and technological landscape of the United States, one enduring element across communities has been the presence and importance of public libraries. Despite the decreasing number of genuinely public spaces in America, public libraries remain accessible and welcoming to all (Howard, 2019). Modern public libraries unite people and are "rewriting common assumptions of what people think a library does" (Carlson, 2024). Going far beyond books, libraries are serving as a "trusted public common for social innovation and civic engagement," partnering with community organizations to address daily living issues (i.e., food insecurities and professional development), …

Lfucg: Assessing Homeownership Initiatives Through Document Analysis, Matthew D. Hallock, Dakota Hensley, Jordan G. Salem

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

The Lexington, Kentucky Vice Mayor’s Office is exploring ways to expand access to homeownership as a means to facilitate wealth creation for its citizens. This paper outlines literature highlighting the issues surrounding the shortage of housing and past discriminatory policies which negatively affected Lexington. Specific criteria were used to identify cities that resemble Lexington to see what housing programs those cities have implemented and to see what can be reasonably applied to Lexington. Descriptions and themes of the identified programs are provided to provide the Lexington Vice Mayor’s Office with policy options to increase avenues to first-time homeownership.

Ensuring A Future For The Past: Balancing Heritage Tourism And Historic Preservation, Kyra Frew Sexauer

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Savannah’s historic city plan, Charleston’s colonial architecture, and New Orleans’ Creole and Cajun culture and cuisine all have a commonality: they tangibly and intangibly connect the past to the present. Each city has a distinct and recognizable landscape, shaped by its built environment, history, and culture, which is listed as a National Historic Landmark District (NHLD) – the most prestigious recognition a historic district can receive in the United States. Heritage tourists are drawn to these places by their history, culture, and authenticity. In 2022, a combined 42,320,000 million tourists poured into the streets of Savannah, Charleston, and New Orleans. …

A Comparative Study Of State-Level Fast Programs To Identify Best Practices For Kentucky, Alana Morgan

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

This capstone project examines best practices among state-level innovation programs participating in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program, with a specific focus on the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation (KSEF). As a key player in Kentucky’s innovation ecosystem, KSEF supports small businesses and entrepreneurs in pursuing federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding. This study evaluates KSEF’s current program effectiveness and identifies strategies from similar states that could strengthen Kentucky’s outcomes in securing federal innovation funding.

Using a qualitative comparative research design, this study analyzes interviews with program …

Collaborative Efforts To Combat Racism: Academics And Criminal Defense Lawyers In The Pursuit Of Racial Justice In California, Alvarez, Karina, Cameron-Wedding, Dr. Rita

Santa Clara Law Review

Lawyers and academics frequently cooperate to shape public policy and outcomes in specific cases, including in the area of racial justice. However, too frequently, lawyers and academics operate in silos—working towards the same goal of racial justice, but in different arenas. Lawyers are bound to their clients, foremost, and to advocacy before the court—often so much so that they might lose sight of broader challenges, achievements, and theories in racial justice. By contrast, academics spend their lives in the abstract, leaving them at risk of losing sight of the on-the-ground impact of their expert theoretical advances. This article aims to …

Esg In Space: Creating An Effective Space Governance System By Using Terrestrial Esg Principles To Properly Regulate Private Space Actors, Hu, Phillip S.

Santa Clara Law Review

As the privatization of space accelerates, concerns arise about the potential for unregulated exploitation of celestial resources by private companies. From setting up extraterrestrial colonies to exploiting asteroids, private space companies have long aimed to tap into the riches of the cosmos. Our current legal framework is not prepared for the huge influx of new private space actors, all while new regulation has trailed the fast-paced space industry and its advances. For an effective space governance system to be created, a new regulatory framework that helps regulate private space actors must be created.

This Note argues for the application of …

“I Know More About What We Can’T Do Than What We Can”: Division I Women’S Sports Athletes’ Perceptions Of Name, Image, And Likeness, Jalyn Jimerson, Courtney Jones, Quinn Lukens, Marina Miller, Sarah Stokowski, Michael Godfrey, Trevor Bopp, Chris Corr

The COSMA Journal

This study investigated women’s sport athletes’ perceptions of their ability to profit off name, image, and likeness (NIL) as current participants in collegiate athletics. Researchers conducted comprehensive semi-structured interviews with eight women’s sport athletes representing four NCAA Division I member institutions. Participants explained how institutionally organized programmatic educational initiatives primarily codified impermissible forms of NIL compensation while often omitting information about permissible NIL opportunities. Furthermore, participants considered themselves minimally involved in the NIL space, feeling on the low to average side of NIL engagement compared to their athlete-peers competing in men’s sports. The findings of this study are informative for …

The Reclassification Of Sport Management, Robyn Lubisco, Kerry Fischer, Genevieve F.E. Birren, Kathleen Burke

The COSMA Journal

Institutions of higher education use Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes to categorize and track academic programs. Developed by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), CIP codes are used for various purposes, including data collection, analysis, and reporting (NCES, 2010). Academic administrators can use CIP data to initiate or revise academic curriculum, develop market research for new programs, and reallocate programs. Institutions can establish benchmarks in the form of teaching, research, qualifications, and funding (Knudson, 2016). A survey distributed in November 2022 to members of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) revealed less than one percent of …

A Social Learning Analysis Study: Social Presence In Online Discussions’ Network Interactions, Hoda Harati, Chih-Hsiung Tu, Cherng-Jyh Yen, Yingying Liu, Nesma Raghab Nasr, Jennifer Werner

Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)

The significance of social presence is pivotal for online students’ participation in online discussion boards. Yet, it remained ambiguous how students evolved their social presence in their network interaction development. This research delved into the extent to which social presence moderated trends over time in several facets of students' prominence within social learning analysis of online discussions. The social network analysis (SNA) employed revealed that students’ prominence, including betweenness centrality, closeness centrality, eigenvector centrality, and PageRank, showed no notable growth over the duration of a 7-week online course. Moreover, the consistent trend observed in betweenness, eigenvector, and PageRank, coupled with …

Reducing Transactional Distance In A Hybrid-Flexible Learning Environment In Higher Education: Interaction And Engagement Despite Asynchronous Communication, Natalie C. Nussli, Kevin Oh

Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)

This study explores the implementation of an asynchronous video-based guest lecture in an undergraduate teacher education program in Switzerland. It describes how the guest lecture was delivered to foster an interactive and engaging environment for learners and to mimic two-way communication. The study applies the tenets of the Theory of Transactional Distance in examining the student-teacher interaction in a hybrid-flexible learning environment to promote quality dialogue, participation, critical reflection, and to foster a caring relationship. It describes the instructional process and the use of video splicing to mimic interaction between the students, who were physically present on campus, and the …

Students’ Perceptions Of Higher Education Assessment Practices In The Context Of Artificial Intelligence In Ghana, Michael Owusu Tabiri, Opoku Gyabaah, Ivy Jones-Mensah, Patience Calys-Tagoe

Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)

This study aims to investigate the experiences of university students on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for assessment in higher education in Ghana. A quantitative survey approach was employed, using an online questionnaire administered to target participants across five public universities. The findings from a final sample size of 509 indicate varying levels of exposure to AI-based tools for assessment, learning, and research. It was found that the majority of the respondents have occasionally (n=218, 42.8%) been assessed using AI-based tools, while very few have very often (n=35, 6.9%) used AI-based tools for assessment as students. It was also …