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Elam, Rowan County Genealogical Society.

Rowan County Genealogy Collection

Genealogy of the Elam family in Rowan County, Kentucky.

Encountering Artificial Intelligence: Ethical And Anthropological Explorations., Noreen L. Herzfeld, Matthew J. Gaudet, Paul Scherz, Jordan J. Wales

School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Books

What does it mean to consider the world of AI through a Christian lens? Rapid developments in AI continue to reshape society, raising new ethical questions and challenging our understanding of the human person. Encountering Artificial Intelligence draws on Pope Francis's discussion of a culture of encounter and broader themes in Catholic social thought in order to examine how current AI applications affect human relationships in various social spheres and offers concrete recommendations for better implementation. The document also explores questions regarding personhood, consciousness, and the kinds of relationships humans might have with even the most advanced AI. Through these …

Environmental Law: Wolf Law, Jesse Honig, David Takacs

The Judges' Book

No abstract provided.

How Viable Is Viability? Artificial Womb Technology And The Threat To Abortion Access, James E. Brown

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

The viability standard plays an important role in abortion access around much of the United States. In fact, before the Dobbs decision, the viability standard was the constitutional gatekeeper to abortion access and was uniform across the entire nation. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has removed the constitutional right to abortion altogether. Nevertheless, I will provide an argument as to why Dobbs does not signal the end of viability-based abortion around the U.S. I will prove the importance of the viability standard even in a post-Dobbs society, highlighting its operation within various state laws, such as Michigan’s Prop. 3, as well …

A Little Cuckoo: A Book About Finding Your Place, Elizabeth Berkowitz

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The research collected in this study aims to support students, teachers, and families in understanding that friendships take many forms and that neurodivergent students don’t always make friends in the same way as their peers.

Complicated Grief: An Arts-Based Trauma-Informed Approach, Jessica J. Porter

Community Engagement Student Work

Traumatic loss due to violent death, a death that results from the intentional use of physical force or power, can result in mental health struggles and stigma. Complicated grief, due to traumatic loss, can be felt at both the individual and the community level. A comprehensive community project proposal was presented to a panel of reviewers in the grief, loss, and bereavement community. This proposal was developed to bring awareness to complicated grief, reduce the stigma around suicide and violent death, as well as provide opportunities to grieve safely and healthily. Through artistic expression and a sense of belonging, these …

Balloon Boy, Willow Faust

Intertidal

No abstract provided.

How The Supreme Court Ghosted The Phosita: Amgen And Legal Constructs In Patent Law, Timothy R. Holbrook

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

This essay is an invited response to The Ghost in the Patent System: An Empirical Study of Patent Law’s Elusive “Skilled Artisan,” by Professors Laura Pedraza-Fariña and Ryan Whalen. In their piece, Pedraza-Fariña and Ryan Whalen offer an empirical study and use it to argue for a new conception of the Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art (PHOSITA), patent law’s nod to the “reasonable person” construct.

As Professors Pedraza-Fariña and Whalen suggest, the PHOSITA should be understood as a crucial concept in patent law, warranting more scholarly attention. Pedraza-Fariña and Whalen provide that attention. They assert, based on an …

Delivering And Evaluating Climate Services: The North Central Climate And Drought Webinar Series, T. Haigh, D. Kluck, D. Todey, L. Nowatzke

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Monitoring Animal Feeding Operations Using Satellite Image Analysis (2024), Barira Rashid

Three-Minute Thesis Research Posters

Monitoring Animal Feeding Operations Using Satellite Image Analysis

The 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) is a research communication competition that challenges students to communicate the significance of their projects without the use of props or industry jargon in just three minutes. The winner of the 3MT competition moves on to the Council of Southern Graduate School’s Regional Conference in March 2025.

Examining Environmental Communication Through The Facebook Page Of An Environmental Organization In South Carolina, Breanna Harris, Ahmet Aksoy

Communication Studies Faculty Works

Environmental communication is centered around the communication practices that inform our audiences about environmental affairs. The study looks at the communication approaches delivered by an environmental organi=ation in South Carolina. Posts over the course of eight months were viewed and categori=ed through the Rademaekers and Johnson-Sheehan (2014) framework used to reframe climate change science in public communication. A qualitative textual analysis revealed these practices are sufficient to communicate with audiences on environmental matters in South Carolina. Our results also found the addition of the frame of civic engagement amongst its audiences. These findings inform us on social media's role in …

January 2024, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

No abstract provided.

Town Of Orford, New Hampshire Annual Report For The Year Ending December 13, 2023., Orford Town Representatives

Orford, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Sacred Heart University Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 1, Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Legal Education And The Rule Of Law, James Huffman

California Western Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Nineteenth Amendment And Dobbs, Paula A. Monopoli

Faculty Scholarship

There was a surge in legal scholarship around the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution—the Woman Suffrage Amendment—leading up to its centennial in August 2020. But this scholarly interest around the Nineteenth peaked two years before the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022. This paper revisits the Nineteenth Amendment in light of the Court’s decision in Dobbs. It argues that the Nineteenth should be understood as a ban on sex discrimination that extends beyond the right to vote. The Amendment expands the scope of women’s citizenship as a matter of …

A Holistic Approach To Exploring The Root Factors Of Work Zone Accidents, Bahaa Chammout, Muaz O. Ahmed, Islam H. El-Adaway, William Lieser

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Work zones are crucial for infrastructure maintenance and improvement. However, ongoing projects within work zones sometimes can place workers and drivers in dangerous situations. Despite safety regulations, work zone accidents persist with notable severity and frequency. Previous research has explored work zone accident causation, but it has not provided a comprehensive understanding of the factors that impact work zone safety. This paper addresses this research gap by following a multistep methodology. First, a systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted to identify a comprehensive list of 37 factors impacting work zone safety. Second, social network analysis (SNA) was employed to analyze …

Boozie, Mario Martín Establés

Máster en Diseño de Producto

En el mundo actual, los padres se enfrentan cada vez más al desafío de equilibrar el trabajo, las responsabilidades del hogar y la crianza de los hijos, todo dentro de un contexto de estrés y falta de tiempo. Las largas jornadas laborales y el ritmo acelerado de la vida moderna suelen dejar poco espacio para interacciones significativas entre padres e hijos. En este escenario, las nuevas tecnologías se han convertido en un recurso fácil para mantener a los niños entretenidos. Dispositivos como tabletas, teléfonos, videojuegos y aplicaciones educativas ofrecen a los niños acceso a un mundo digital muy enriquecedor, que …

Annum Arcanum (2024)

Annum Arcanum, 2024-

Annum Arcanum is "an atelier and annual anthology archiving arcane works." The organization of the same name was founded at VCU in the fall of 2023, and published its first collection in the spring of 2024. From the Letter from our Founder in vol. 0: "First, we seek to create spaces specifically catered to the showcasing of works that are experimental, niche, or otherwise outside of the mainstream in other words, the arcane...Beyond that, we strive to be a resource for students to develop their skills as artists."

Building Disability Sensitivity: How Person-Centered Supports Can Help People With Disabilities Reach Their Full Potential As Individuals And Within Their Communities, Helena Liedtke

Community Engagement Student Work

Background: People with disabilities face disproportionate barriers when it comes to social and community participation. Barriers are present across all areas and stages of life and encompass attitudinal, communication, environmental, policy, programmatic, and social barriers. Objective: This research has two major goals: 1) to build perspective taking skills by improving disability sensitivity evoking an attitudinal shift and 2) to introduce the Charting the LifeCourse (CtLC) framework exploring person-centered strategies and community support opportunities (allyship) in achieving life goals. Methods: For the purpose of this exploratory-descriptive mixed-methods research approach, an in-person workshop titled “Building Disability Sensitivity: Moving from Reflection to Action” …

Fisheries Research Report No. 346: West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource Synopsis 2024, Emily A. Fisher, David Fairclough

Fisheries Research Reports

The West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource (WCDSR) comprises over 100 species that inhabit inshore (20-250 m deep) and offshore ( > 250 m deep) waters of the West Coast Bioregion (WCB; north of Kalbarri to east of Augusta).

The WCB is predominantly a temperate oceanic zone with these waters influenced by the Leeuwin Current that transports warm, low-nutrient water southward along the western edge of the continental shelf.

To monitor and assess the WCDSR, indicator species have been selected using a risk-based approach that considers their inherent vulnerability to fishing, level of targeting and catch taken by fishers, and the amount …

Millennium School: An Experiment In Transpersonal Education For Early Adolescents, Jenny Wade

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies Advance Publication Archive

This article describes the design, curriculum, culture, and values of an experiment in transpersonal education for young adolescents, the Millennium middle school in San Francisco, CA. The overarching design of the school was to help children exiting the latency period of child development, who exhibit the rudiments of Wade’s Authentic consciousness or Maslow’s Self-actualization motive stage, consolidate that level rather than losing it, as the vast majority do, because of social pressures that make earlier stages of development more adaptable in most contemporary societies. Early adolescence is a time when peer pressure, individuation from the family, and puberty are strong …

Bridgewater College Catalog, Session 2024-25, Bridgewater College

Bridgewater College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Trees And The Love Of God, David M. Belnap, Nalini M. Nadkarni

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Trees play real and metaphorical roles in the beliefs and holy scriptures of many world religions, and believers and non-believers throughout the world are uplifted spiritually by trees. In the Book of Mormon, a tree with delicious, sweet fruit appeared in two visions and one parable. Respectively, the tree represents the love of God as seen through the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ and symbolizes spiritual growth as one experimentally nourishes faith from a seed. Trees and fruit in the world around us can remind us of important lessons from these teachings and help keep us focused on the …

Island Blue Spaces: A Deeper Exploration, Nicole Kras

Publications and Research

Preliminary research has shown that blue spaces provide many benefits to health and well-being. In response to the call for a deeper investigation into this area of inquiry, the current study seeks input from those (N=37) who live on islands in the Northeast region of the United States. Previous findings about the significance of having access to nature, identifying it as a favorite part and most influential reason for living on an island, were rearmed. Distinctions between island and mainland life were highlighted, emphasizing the importance of community. This study also brought to light participants’ grave concerns about issues such …

Sjsu Erfa News, Winter 2024, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association

Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association (ERFA) Newsletter

Volume 38, No. 2

Crozier Family Papers, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

Manuscript Archive

The Crozier Family Papers provide a detailed record of family history, education, crafting, and community involvement over generations. It documents Caryl's life and career through educational materials, correspondence, journals, craft and sewing projects, 4-H achievements, recipes, homemaking activities, and social group participation. The collection includes material related to family heirlooms like clothing, quilts, and crafted items, as well as files related to Caryl and her husband Edward, covering travel journals, correspondence, home and craft projects, wedding and honeymoon details, and writings. Extensive genealogical records focus on the Croziers, Kinkners, Ericksons, Joneses, and other family members, with biographical information, correspondences, genealogical …

James K. "Tex" Lewis Papers, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

University Archives

James K. “Tex” Lewis was a professor of Animal and Range Sciences at South Dakota State University from 1950 to 1985. The collection comprises his work in teaching and research in range management and range livestock nutrition. It includes studies and projects conducted primarily at the Cottonwood Range Field Station, Antelope Range Field Station, and the Badlands region of South Dakota. The materials cover various topics such as cattle weights, clip plot data analysis, soil moisture samples, and utilization studies. They also demonstrate collaborative efforts with prominent organizations.

Chairs, Mocong Yuan

Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal

No abstract provided.

Mr. Buttercakes, Avery Holmes

Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal

John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction