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Remedies In The Officer Removal Cases, Samuel L. Bray

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

When an officer challenges her removal by the president, what relief is available? This Article shows that the appropriate remedy will typically be a declaratory judgment. The interim relief question is harder. The suggestion here is that if an officer sues immediately to challenge her removal, there should be a presumption that the federal courts will prevent her removal during the pendency of the litigation. Otherwise, the presumption should be against interim relief. This approach is grounded in the principles of equity, and it prevents “flipping” back and forth in who occupies the office during the litigation.

Stubhub For Courts? Technology, Markets, And New Solutions To Court Congestion, Ronen Avraham, William H. J. Hubbard

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

Rescheduling of court hearings is ubiquitous but virtually ignored by academic scholarship. This is so, despite its contributions to court congestion, a perennial problem for courts that has been the subject of repeated, and repeatedly unsuccessful, efforts at reform. In this Article, we aim to show that rescheduling merits scholarly attention, and by diagnosing why and how it contributes to court congestion and delay, we both explain why most efforts at reducing delay fail and identify new possibilities for speeding up dockets. We draw inspiration from online platforms such as StubHub and SpareFare, technologies that have facilitated rescheduling through easy-to-use …

Turbo Fladry Fencing To Mitigate Short-Term Agricultural Damage Caused By Wild Pigs, Michael P. Glow, Jesse A. Tussing, Johnathan G. Walls, Robert B. Hyle, Joseph M. Halseth, Nathan P. Snow, Kurt C. Vercauteren

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are a destructive invasive species that damage agricultural crops in many regions of the world. Lethal techniques to reduce populations are most often used to mitigate damage, but additional techniques are also needed in conjunction with lethal tools to protect resources in some settings (e.g., where lethal control is not practical or possible to achieve population elimination). While additional tools such as deterrents or temporary fencing may provide short-term relief, few effective options are currently available because habituation by wild pigs often reduces long-term effectiveness. Turbo fladry, a type of electric fence, is an …

When Emotions Flare: Solar Rhythms, Emotions And Cycles Of Political Revolution, Andreas Hernandez, Carolina Zilli Vieira, Alexandra Smith, Rebecca Olson

Geography and Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Revolutions are among the most transformative events in human history. Analyzing 395 revolutionary episodes from 1900 to 2014, we find that major waves cluster around solar maxima - periods of intensified geomagnetic activity. Drawing on biomedical research linking geomagnetic disturbances to cardiovascular and stress regulation, and thus to emotional states, we propose that solar cycles modulate the affective ecologies within which revolutions arise. Solar activity may accelerate, shape, and amplify revolutionary cycles by heightening emotional climates and tipping fragile systems toward mass mobilization. This reframes revolutions as planetary events - entanglements of political conflict, embodied emotion, and cosmic …

University Of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Discovery Research Annual Report 2025, Michael Haderle, Kandace Donaldson, Brianna Mortensen, Christina V. Rodriguez, Jill Rothenberg, Bryan Schroeder

Research Annual Reports

Annual research report from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.

Forestfuzzy, Forestneutrosophic, Forestplithogenic, And Forestrough Set, Takaaki Fujita, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Concepts such as Fuzzy Sets [30, 72], Neutrosophic Sets [53, 55], Rough Sets [37], and Plithogenic Sets [59] have been extensively studied to address uncertainty, with diverse applications across various fields. Recently, TreeFuzzy, TreeNeutrosophic, TreePlithogenic, and TreeRough Sets have been defined [15]. This work examines their extensions: ForestFuzzy, ForestNeutrosophic, ForestPlithogenic, and ForestRough Sets.

Neutrosophic Treesoft Expert Set And Forestsoft Set, Takaaki Fujita, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Concepts such as Fuzzy Sets [28,57],Neutrosophic Sets [42,44], and Plithogenic Sets [48] have been extensively studied to address uncertainty, finding diverse applications across various fields. The Soft Set provides a framework that associates each parameter with subsets of a universal set, enabling flexible approximations [31]. The TreeSoft Set extends the Soft Set by introducing hierarchical, tree-structured parameters, allowing for multi-level data representation [53]. In this paper, we revisit the concept of the Neutrosophic TreeSoft Set, which has been discussed in other studies [8, 34]. Additionally, we propose and examine the Neutrosophic TreeSoft Expert Set by incorporating the framework of the …

Artificial Intelligence, Society 5.0 And Smart City Adaptation Initiatives For Businesses: An Integrated Approach, Inês A.M. Gil, Fernando A.F. Ferreira, Neuza C.M.Q.F. Ferreira, Florentin Smarandache, Momtaj Khanam, Tugrul Daim

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

The unprecedented migration of populations to urban areas has created major challenges for municipalities and service providers. To address these issues, decision-makers must embrace smart city and Society 5.0 paradigms, both of which focus on adaptability and sustainable development. Artificial intelligence (AI) plays a pivotal role by expanding service capacity, enabling automation, and processing vast data to align urban development with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper develops a multi-criteria analysis system designed to support decision-making in complex socio-technological contexts. Using cognitive mapping and the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) technique within a neutrosophic environment, the study …

Beyond Dialectics, Paradoxes, And Binary Logic, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Philosophy, long defined by its pursuit of truth, has historically been a battleground for dichotomies: truth vs. falsehood, materialism vs. idealism, reason vs. emotion. These oppositions often provide a framework for understanding philosophical discourse, but they fail to capture the full nuances of reality. To challenge these binary oppositions, I introduced the neutrosophic perspective in philosophy, rooted in Mathematics, and Many-Valued Logics.1 By emphasizing the interrelation of affirmation, negation, and neutrality, neutrosophy allows for the reconciliation of seemingly irreconcilable viewpoints, providing a new lens through which to reinterpret age-old philosophical questions.

Adapting Installation Instructions In Rapidly Evolving Software Ecosystems, Haoyu Gao, Christoph Treude, Mansooreh Zahedi

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

files play an important role in providing installation-related instructions to software users and are widely used in open source software systems on platforms such as GitHub. Software projects evolve rapidly alongside their dependencies in dynamic software ecosystems, requiring frequent updates to installation instructions. These instructions are crucial for users to start with a software project. Despite their significance, there is a lack of systematic understanding regarding the documentation efforts invested in README files and the triggers behind them. To fill the research gap, we conducted a qualitative study, investigating 400 GitHub repositories with 1,163 README commits that focused on updates …

Fedart: A Neural Model Integrating Federated Learning And Adaptive Resonance Theory, Shubham Pateria, Budhitama Subagdja, Ah-Hwee Tan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Federated Learning (FL) has emerged as a promising paradigm for collaborative model training across distributed clients while preserving data privacy. However, prevailing FL approaches aggregate the clients’ local models into a global model through multi-round iterative parameter averaging. This leads to the undesirable bias of the aggregated model towards certain clients in the presence of heterogeneous data distributions among the clients. Moreover, such approaches are restricted to supervised classification tasks and do not support unsupervised clustering. To address these limitations, we propose a novel one-shot FL approach called Federated Adaptive Resonance Theory (FedART) which leverages self-organizing Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART) …

Do Environmental Risks Explain The Sovereign Sukuk Yields In Malaysia?, Roslina Mohamad Shafi, Norhasimah Shaharuddin, Norsaliza Abu Bakar, Amirul Afif Muhamat, Mosab I. Tabash

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

Given the increasing risks posed by environmental degradation, severe climate change, and recent pandemics, the establishment of a sustainable economy has become a priority for numerous nations. From this perspective, it is crucial to emphasize sustainable finance since it has the potential to serve as a vehicle for accomplishing a green economic agenda. Sovereign sukuk held a prominent position in the sukuk market, both domestically and internationally, but its influence was particularly significant inside the domestic sphere. The study seeks to examine the link between environmental risks and the yield performance of sovereign sukuk. Sukuk performed less favourably compared to …

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Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology

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Characteristics And Clinical Outcomes Of Young Patients With St-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction A Retrospective Study, Cheung Pak Nung Rocco, Chi Yan Raymond Fung

Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology

Background ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) carries high mortality and poor outcomes without timely treatment. Its occurrence in young patients is especially concerning due to social impact. Objectives This study examined the characteristics and outcomes of young STEMI patients in Hong Kong to identify areas for public health improvement. Methods We retrospectively reviewed STEMI patients admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital from January 2019 to January 2023 who underwent coronary angiography and reperfusion therapy. Patients were grouped as young (years) or older (≥50 years). Results Out of 818 patients treated with PCI, 102 (12.5%) were under 50 years old. Compared to …

Anthropogenic Microfibres And Other Microplastics In The Sediments And Soils Of A Small, Moorland Reservoir (Burrator, Southwest England), Alexandra Sutton, Andrew Turner

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Little is known about the sources, transport and fate of anthropogenic microfibres (AMFs) and other microplastics (MPs) in dammed reservoirs. The aim of this study was to determine the concentrations, characteristics and pathways of anthropogenic particles in sediments and soils from a small, upland reservoir (Burrator, southwest England) and its influent and effluent river. Surface and subsurface (5 cm) sediments and soils were collected and characterised for organic matter and key geochemical (Ca, Fe and Rb) and anthropogenic (Pb and Zn) elements. AMFs and MPs were isolated from samples by flotation in ZnCl₂ and analysed microscopically; a selection was …

Late Effects Of Transsphenoidal/ Trans-Nasal Endoscopic Resection Of Pituitary Macro-Adenoma And Gamma Knife Radiosurgery On Tumour Outcome, Rasha Alshakarchy, Yasir Hamandi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

AbstractObjectives: evaluate late outcomes after transsphenoidal endoscopic resection and post stereotactic gamma knife radiosurgery on pituitary macroadenomas in terms of clinical features and radiological response.Methods: This study was conducted at Ghazi Al-Hariri hospital for surgical specialties and Saad Al-Witry neuroscience teaching hospital in the period extended from January 2020 to January 2023. The study included a total number of 113 cases. Results: Total tumour volume reduction to a normal gland size was achieved in 42 cases out of the total patient number (37%) (All of which were of the transsphenoidal group), small tumour residual was found in 37 cases (33%) …

Approximating The First-Order Effects Of Afcfta Tariff Reductions On Co2 Emissions, Jaime De Melo, Jean-Marc Solleder

Journal of African Trade

This paper explores how AfCFTA tariff reductions affect CO₂ emissions. Using sector-level data, we find that more protected sectors are also more carbon intensive, so liberalization risks favoring “dirtier” activities. However, for EAC and ECOWAS, tariff cuts on liberalized goods reduce average carbon intensity. A full liberalization scenario suggests intra-African trade could rise by 32% while emissions grow by 24%, implying a modest decline in emission intensity. AfCFTA thus expands trade but requires complementary green policies.

The Criminal System Under Racial Capitalism, Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal

Faculty Publications

In 2021, major segments of the business lobby converged around a consensus for criminal system reform. As the United States experienced historic levels of labor market tightness, business groups argued for removing “barriers” to employment that system-involved people face. Just a few months later, the orientation of business to the criminal system was decidedly more mixed. By March 2022, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country’s most powerful business lobby, had stepped to the forefront of the national moral panic around retail theft, launching a vigorous campaign to defend and even strengthen criminal punishment across the country.

Anchoring its analysis …

Queers, Closets, And Corporate Governance, Darren Rosenblum

Faculty Publications

The past few years have seen several corporate diversity initiatives that include Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) people. In 2020, Nasdaq, the world’s second-largest stock exchange, and California, the largest state, both adopted rules to encourage board diversity for underrepresented groups, including LGBTQ+ people. Since that time, the Los Angeles Superior Court struck down California’s law, the Fifth Circuit invalidated Nasdaq’s rule, and the Trump administration initiated a slew of anti-Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and anti-LGBTQ+ measures. In the context of this sharp ideological turn, this Article attempts to step back and tackle a larger question: how can …

Dividing Trademark Use, Jeremy N. Sheff

Faculty Publications

The trademark law of the United States places special emphasis on whether and how a trademark is used in commerce. But over the long history of the Lanham Act—including some less-than-careful drafting by Congress and some aggressive acts of interpretation by the federal courts—the concept of “use” has become complicated and in many ways confused. Two recent Supreme Court cases—Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC and Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc.—reflect and in some ways exacerbate that confusion. But the opinions in these cases also expose an interesting property of “use” in trademark law …

Family Regulation's Consent Problem, Anna Arons

Faculty Publications

The home is the most protected space in constitutional law. But family regulation investigators conduct millions of home searches a year. Under pressure, parents nearly always consent to these state agents’ entry into the most private areas of their lives.

This Article identifies the coercive forces—not least the threat of family separation—that drive parents to consent to home searches. Drawing on primary sources and case law examining consent in criminal cases, it shows that common family regulation investigation tactics render consent involuntary and the ensuing searches unconstitutional. And yet, it argues, the Constitution is not enough. Though constitutional litigation could …

Status, Conduct, Belief, And Message: The Wedding Vendor Cases, Mark L. Movsesian

Faculty Publications

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I’d like to speak today about one of the more neuralgic episodes in the United States’s ongoing culture wars: the wedding vendor cases. These are cases in which small business owners decline, from religious conviction, to provide services for same-sex weddings. A baker declines to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple because, as a Christian, he opposes same-sex marriage and doesn’t want to participate in sinful behavior. A Christian web designer declines to create websites for same-sex weddings, since doing so would express her support for such weddings, which she doesn’t want to do. Other examples involve …

Student Protests And “Fighting Words”: Critical Race Theory And The Evolution Of Hate Speech Codes On College Campuses, Mark C. Niles

Faculty Publications

Devastating Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians and military personnel in October 2023, and the Israeli military response to those attacks in Gaza, have given rise to protests around the world, notably on college campuses in the United States. These protests (on more than fifty campuses in all parts of the country) have in turn generated multiple allegations of antisemitic statements and conduct by protestors. Many high-profile university donors and board members, portions of the media, and some elected officials responded to these allegations by identifying perceived deficiencies in campus administrative responses to these complaints and to calls for more robust …

Ban Cookie Banners: A Case Study In Tech Regulation, Kate Klonick

Faculty Publications

Few experiences on the modern internet are as universally reviled as the cookie banner. They clutter websites with pop-ups, interrupt user flow, make information harder to access, and demand repetitive, meaningless clicks. What was once heralded as a tool to advance individual autonomy and privacy has, in practice, become a daily annoyance that breeds cynicism with the very concept of consent itself. Cookie banners do not empower; they weary. They do not inform; they obscure. They do not prevent surveillance; they normalize it.

The tragedy of the cookie banner is that it embodies the best intentions but worst solutionism of …

Securities Arbitration Case Law Update 2024–2025 (July 2025), Elissa Germaine, Anthony Rivera

Faculty Publications

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This article summarizes recent cases regarding the constitutionality of FINRA and leading arbitration cases that are of particular relevance to securities arbitration practitioners.

An Immanent Postfoundational Methodology For Researching The Violent Trans-Sections Of Ableism, Classism And Sexism, Elizabeth Done, Cara Baer

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

This paper charts the unfolding of a small-scale qualitative study, presented at institutional ethical approval stage as drawing on posthumanist theorising and seeking to (re)configure the concept of intersectionality, and focusing on the lived experience of postgraduate students of lower socio-economic status with disabilities. The self-selected sample comprised six women, three of whom volunteered accounts of sexual violence that complicated their experiences of dis-ability and class, and highlighted the complexity of their lived experience of intersectionality. We describe a research process in which interviewing became intra-viewing, lived experience came to be understood through Deleuzian and Deleuzo-guattarian concepts and intersectionality became …

Artificial Intelligence And Seeing The Invisible In Arts - From The Wane Of Axiality And Symmetry To The Wax Of Invisibility And Emptiness, M. Samir Abou El-Seoud

Computer Science

Function has been always an important driver in architectural design. It is the request to generate form directly from purpose and utility. In 1896, Louis Sullivan projected that ‘form follows function’ and that the beauty of a building derives directly from its function and not from references of the built heritage. The assumption was that beauty would naturally derive from design once functional requirements are met. Thus, fitness for purpose equals beauty. In 1908, Adolf Loos even went so far as to ask for the total abandonment of decoration. In 1947, Mies van der Rohe made his paradigm shift, function …

Archiving Erasure: Trans Absence In The Bennett Hammer Lgbt Collection, Isaac Suarez Flint

2026 Award Winners

No abstract provided.

Creativity As Activism: Girl Zines And The Redefining Of Modern Feminism, Alina Barney

2026 Award Winners

No abstract provided.

'Spatial Solutions: Examining The Intersections Of Design, Policy, And The Housing Affordability Crisis In New Mexico', Maya E. Jio

2026 Award Winners

No abstract provided.