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Sjsu Erfa Annual Meeting Minutes, May 8, 2026, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association

SJSU ERFA Minutes

SJSU ERFA Annual Meeting Minutes

May 8, 2026

Sjsu Erfa Board Minutes, May 4, 2026, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association

SJSU ERFA Minutes

SJSU ERFA Executive Board Minutes

May 4, 2026

Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church V. Township Of Collier

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

In Re: Aaron Mazie

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

James Tice V. Stephanie Domitrovich

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Faculty Senate Executive Committee October 19, 2026, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• 3:00 Call to Order
• 3:05 University Business
• 3:20 Faculty Senate Business
• 3:35 Report
• Library Advisory Council Annual Report
• Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Annual Report
• Athletic Council Annual Report
• 4:00 Information
• EPC Report
• 4:15 Additional Business
• Adjourn: 4:30 pm

The Renewable Energy-Growth-Inequality-Emissions Nexus: A Novel Wealth-Based Inequality Indicator And A Reconsideration Of The Environmental Kuznets Curve, Alessio Cortili

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Climate change demands an urgent transition to renewable energy that balances economic growth and social equity. This study investigates the nexus between renewable energy consumption, economic growth, wealth inequality, and CO₂ emissions across 128 countries (2000-2021), addressing three critical gaps in the literature. First, it proposes a novel wealth-based inequality indicator (INEQ) that overcomes the limitations of the Gini coefficient by focusing on distributive fractures between specific population segments. Second, it employs a system of three simultaneous equations estimated via Three-Stage Least Squares (3SLS) to account for endogeneity and cross-equation correlations. Third, it analyses structural differences across four income groups …

Opinion: Proposed Section 107 Of The Canada Labour Code, Valerio De Stefano

Conference Papers

This opinion assesses the proposed amendment to section 107 against the standards developed by the ILO supervisory bodies and the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) under Article 8 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The proposed amendment appears incompatible with the limits developed by the ILO supervisory bodies on governmental termination of lawful strikes and compulsory arbitration and is difficult to reconcile with CESCR practice under Article 8. International standards permit restrictions on strike action in defined exceptional circumstances, but proposed section 107 would authorise the termination of an otherwise lawful …

Assessment Of Vegetation Dynamics On The Caspian Coast Using Remote Sensing, Shahnaz S. Amanova, Normurod Latipov, Afag Z. Hajiyeva, Firuza M. Jafarova, Ramil A. Sadigov

Baghdad Science Journal

The protection and sustainable expansion of vegetation cover is a key objective for maintaining ecological balance, particularly in rapidly urbanizing coastal regions. This study investigates the dynamics of vegetation on the Absheron Peninsula through the application of remote sensing and geospatial analysis. Multispectral imagery from Landsat 5 (2000), Landsat 8 (2014), and Landsat 9 (2025) was processed to calculate the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) using red and near-infrared spectral bands. NDVI maps were generated and analyzed to evaluate changes in vegetation density, spatial distribution, and ecological conditions over a 25-year period. The results revealed a reduction in areas with …

From Protest To Form: Translating Venezuelan Resistance Into Architectural Form, Estefany S. Gomes

Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year

Political unrest in Venezuela has continuously redefined the relationship between power and space. Protest reveals that collective action is inherently spatial. As movement consolidates into collective action, it reorganizes territory and redefines how space is used and occupied. What appears as an event can be understood as a constructed condition shaped by direction, pressure, and intensity. In this sense, protest operates as a temporary architecture formed through motion and presence.

This thesis investigates the spatial intelligence embedded in protest and explores how it can be translated into architectural form. Protests reorganize space through compression and release. They unfold through phases …

Assessing Awareness And Use Of Artificial Intelligence Tools Among Library Personnel In Public And Private Institutions In Ekiti State, Nigeria, Thomas Aanu Ojo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Artificial Intelligence is a technology integrated into libraries as a tool to help eliminate tedious and repetitive tasks. However, its awareness and use in libraries are still in the early stages. Therefore, this study investigated the awareness and use of AI tools among library personnel in public and private institutions in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study population comprised 107 library personnel in Ekiti State. The questionnaire was used to elicit data. Descriptive statistics of frequency count, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that the level of awareness of AI tools among library …

Safeguarding Childhood: A Comprehensive Review Of Child Abuse In Pakistan, Zohra Asad, Khadija Khaja

Journal for Social Work Scholar-Practitioners

Child abuse is a phenomenon that has affected children from every country, culture, or socio-economic class. Children who are abused or neglected may be more likely to repeat the cycle of violence by entering violent relationships as teens and adults, or with some abusing their children. This paper aims to explore child abuse in Pakistan, the incidence of child abuse, and ways to address it. This academic article seeks to investigate and examine the patterns of child abuse in Pakistan. This report offers insights into the prevalence, types, risk factors, and effects of child abuse in Pakistan by reviewing the …

Navigating The Challenges In Creating Text-Fabric Datasets, Tony Jurg, Saulo De Oliveira Cantanhêde

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

The established high-quality, annotated database of the Hebrew Bible created by the ETCBC enabled advanced linguistic analysis. The N1904-TF Conversion Project, started by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Andrews University, aimed to create a comparable Text-Fabric dataset for the Nestle 1904 Greek New Testament. A primary requirement was to implement constituency-based syntax trees, which involved transforming our source data’s word-group structure into a syntactic one. By incorporating both the original and translated data, the project facilitates the visualization of syntax trees in both formats. This article outlines the project’s methodology; including defining requirements, selecting data sources, assessing data provenance, evaluating …

Digital Analysis And The Greek New Testament: Contextualizing The Nestle 1904 Text-Fabric Conversion Project, Willem Th. Van Peursen, Oliver Glanz

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

This special issue of AUSS is devoted to a project that concerned the conversion of an existing syntactically analyzed version of the Greek New Testament (the MACULA version of Nestle’s 1904 edition; in short: N1904), into Text-Fabric (TF), which facilitates computational analysis as well as the integration of the syntactic data in other resources such as the Bible Online Learner (BibleOL). What started as just a conversion project developed into a more comprehensive project in which the annotations were enriched and the applicability of the new tool in research and education was tested. Moreover, from a data science perspective, it …

Treating The Trauma Beneath The Violence: A Reappraisal Of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrator Interventions, Huda S. Shaikh, Vanessa Cordoba

Journal for Social Work Scholar-Practitioners

Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a global public health emergency with little meaningful reduction in prevalence over the past two decades, despite extensive micro-level interventions targeting perpetrators through batterer intervention programs (BIPs) and legal accountability mechanisms (Arce et al., 2020; Babcock et al., 2004; Shetty, 2025; WHO, 2025). Using a macro social work and epistemological lens, this paper argues that the IPV field and judicial systems, particularly in the United States, have relied on an outdated and largely reactive paradigm that obscures the trauma histories of perpetrators, neglects intergenerational and neurobiological mechanisms, and perpetuates epistemic injustice toward both survivors and …

The Paradoxes Of Mental Health Disclosure In The Workplace: What Employee Voices Reveal About Courage And Organizational Culture, Steve G. Winkel D.B.A.

Annual DBA Scholars Conference

The lived experience of mental health disclosure is deeply paradoxical. Drawing on thematic analysis of qualitative data from 572 U.S. employees with diagnosed mental health conditions — 282 of whom disclosed to a manager or HR professional — this paper presents three central paradoxes: (1) disclosure normalizes experience but does not neutralize vulnerability; (2) the same conversation produces both safety and stigma; and (3) disclosure requires courage, revealing the inadequacy of existing organizational norms. A constructivist grounded theory approach guided the inquiry. Theoretical implications for stigma management theory (Goffman, 1963) and psychological safety research (Edmondson, 1999) and practical implications for …

Ai Across The Curriculum: Early Insights From Unr Students And Faculty, Elisabeth Linn, Elena S. Azadbakht, Rosalind Bucy

AI in the Classroom: A Virtual Summit

In July 2025, the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) joined librarians, educators, and administrators across 15-20 institutions to participate in an Ithaka S+R AI cohort. Ithaka S+R has worked with academic libraries, teaching and learning centers, and college administrators across more than 60 institutions, leading cohorts focused on teaching and learning with AI, integrating AI literacy into the curriculum, and more. This third cohort focused on defining, implementing, and scaling AI literacy initiatives across higher education. Through interviews with faculty and students, cohorts investigate needs surrounding AI literacy specific to their campus. This presentation will describe the preliminary results of …

Research & Debate—Moral Injury Is A Readiness Problem: The Case For A Chaplain-Led, Peer-Intervention Model, Matthew Ikenoyama U.S. Navy

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

Creating The Foundry—Organizational Learning And Technology Innovation Leadership In The United States Navy, David H. Lewis

Naval War College Review

Creating the “Foundry” envisioned by the Chief of Naval Operations is not going to be easy. But a sustained look at historical patterns and practitioner experience can help overcome the blockade against naval innovation.

What War Games Actually Teach—Threat Recognition, Not Prediction, Charles Edward Gehrke

Naval War College Review

Despite long-standing in-house and public interest in USN war gaming, new technologies and geopolitical realities have left the practice in waters of unknown depth and contours. Finding a way forward will require leaving behind the fog of unvarnished praise and criticism and answering the following question: What benefit do war games actually deliver?

The American Ethic: Happy 250th Anniversary!, Matt Walker

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

The American Ethic: Two hundred fifty years ago, In 1776, the American colonies faced a pivotal decision: whether to remain under British rule or to assert their independence. The Founding Fathers chose to separate from Great Britain and proceeded to clearly articulate both their justification for independence and the fundamental principles of liberty and justice upon which the new nation would be built. The Declaration of Independence, drafted primarily by Thomas Jefferson, was far more than a proclamation of political separation, it also presented the framework for a novel rights-based ethical system which made the extraordinary claim of universal individual …

Baseball’S Anti-Trust Exemption And Major League Baseball Labor Relations In The 20th Century, Shawn M. Smith

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

Baseball, being America's pastime and the most popular sport in the professional ranks from the 1870s onward for at least another century beyond that, gives us a lens wherethrough we may see so much about American culture, economics and society during this time period. This work looks at baseball’s unique economic position throughout the 20th century and how it changed over the course of time. Baseball had an exclusive arrangement unavailable to other industries in that it had an anti-trust exemption, which was based on the 1922 Supreme Court decision in  Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore v. National League. …

The Declaration Of Sentiments: A Womanist Perspective, Emmalee Layton

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

This paper examines the Declaration of Sentiments, an influential document in the creation of the early feminist movement, through a womanist lens. This paper aims to address whether the formulation of the Declaration of Sentiments had Black women’s liberation in mind, and how feminist movements must approach misogyny and racialization as co-constitutive in order to create liberatory strategies for Black women. This paper examines specific grievances that are outlined within the Declaration of Sentiments which are then put into historical context to signal whether the Declaration of Sentiments addresses the nuances of misogynoir and effectively strategizes for Black women’s liberation …

No New Lessons: The Impact Of World War 2 On The American Fire Service, Brady L. Hutchison

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

Large loss of life fires occurred with terrifying regularity in 1940s America. While overseas, the nation’s military waged a war on tyranny and oppression abroad, at home, the country faced an enemy every bit as deadly. Tradition in the fire service has held the notion that the 1940s saw so many deadly fires due to the nation being at war. The war, it is believed, drained fire departments of manpower, dramatically increased the call volume for departments, and led departments to cut or suspend fire inspections owing to lack of manpower. With that, the consensus is that fire codes in …

The Many Lives Of Benjamin Franklin: A Historiographical Examination Of America’S First Self-Made Man, Michael W. Cunningham

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

This paper explores how Benjamin Franklin's historiography has changed over time. It argues that Franklin has been reinterpreted throughout American history and that these reinterpretations say just as much about America as they do about Franklin. Instead of taking a chronological approach to Franklin's life, this study explores how historians have thought about Franklin over time, starting with eighteenth-century writers and ending with historians writing in the twenty-first century. The life of Franklin has been used to exemplify upward mobility, middle-class virtues, and republican success stories, but has more recently been the subject of revisionist scholarship focused on slavery and …

Les Réformes Récentes En Matière D’Expropriation, Antoine Moarbès

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

The Lebanese Holding Company, Michel Soumrani

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

L'Exercice De La Fonction Législative Au Liban : Approche Juridico‑Politique, Daoud Sayegh

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

المحكمة العليا الأميركية في النقاش القانوني المعاصر: مراجعة المحكمة القضائية بين نظرية جن هارت إيلي ونظرية روبرت بورك, شبلي الملاّط

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

La Constitution Américaine Et La Cour Suprême Des États-Unis : Un Envers Juridique De Robert Bork : John Hart Ely, Chibli Mallat

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.