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Jurisdiction Of The Land Use Regulation Commission Within Baxter State Park, Benjamin P. Townsend

Maine Law Review

Baxter State Park is a 200,000 acre preserve located in north-central Maine that contains, among other natural features, Maine's highest mountain, Katahdin. The park was created through the efforts of a former Governor of Maine, Percival Proctor Baxter, who bought the land himself and then donated it to the people of the State of Maine. His Deeds of Gift, which were accepted by the Maine Legislature, created a trust, under the terms of which the Park is to remain "forever wild." The park is supervised by the three-member Baxter State Park Authority, which is composed of the Attorney General, the …

Solicitation By Lawyers: Piercing The First Amendment Veil, Louise L. Hill

Maine Law Review

Historically, the legal profession has considered the solicitation of business inappropriate. The profession has articulated this condemnation of solicitation, which developed as a principle of good taste among a small and homogeneous group of practitioners, in the form of specific rules prohibiting its members from engaging in certain forms of conduct. In recent years, the United States Supreme Court has considered various rules that restrict the commercial speech of lawyers. Reviewing these proscriptive rules, the Court struck down categorical bans on lawyer advertising and targeted, direct mail solicitation as violative of the first amendment. Because the free flow of information …

Legislative Ethics: Improper Influence By A Lawmaker On An Administrative Agency, Mark W. Lawrence

Maine Law Review

Moral and ethical dilemmas are inherent in the legislative process. Representative democracy raises a fundamental ethical conflict for lawmakers: choosing between representing constituent views or following personal convictions. Recent moral crises of elected officials have demonstrated the complex, diverse, and problematic nature of political ethics, yet the belief that these guardians of the public trust must successfully distinguish among the subtle distinctions of political ethics remains an integral tenet of American political thought. One of the most perplexing moral dilemmas a legislator faces is deciding what degree of influence can be exerted on an administrative agency to obtain a result …

The Child Witness In Sexual Abuse Cases In Maine: Presentation, Impeachment, And Controversy, Kermit V. Lipez

Maine Law Review

In any sexual abuse trial, the entry of the child into the courtroom is a dramatic moment. The large door to the courtroom opens. A small child enters, accompanied by a victim advocate who walks with the child toward the witness stand. At the end of the public seats, the child is turned over to a court officer who escorts the child to the witness stand. In the typically high-ceilinged, expansive courtroom where we conduct our jury trials, the small child looks even smaller. Some children slouch in the witness chair, as if they were trying to hide. The jurors …

Displacement And Development: The Paradoxes Of India’S Tehri Dam, Jason Newton

The Geographical Bulletin

The town of Old Tehri, India has been inundated by a lake created by the construction of the Tehri Hydroelectric Dam, one of the Indian government’s newest modernization and development projects. This dam is beset by a paradox: it attempts to bring modernization and development to the far reaches of the territory, while creating displacement conflicts which can change a relatively few people’s lives for the potential benefit of millions of others. A new city designed for the displaced residents, New Tehri, has been presented by the government as a solution for the displaced people. However, by conducting fieldwork onsite …

Working In Pairs Increases Consistency Of Georgia Adopt-A-Stream's Habitat Assessment, Christopher H. Kodani, Robert Bourne, Cody Jones, Michael Kahle, Cecilia Nachtmann

Georgia Journal of Science

Habitat assessment is a skill that is important to stream ecologists of all levels, including volunteers of water quality monitoring programs such as Georgia Adopt-A-Stream (AAS). Some aspects of habitat assessment can be subjective because observers must use their best judgement in assessing some variables, therefore, it is worthwhile to examine the variation in volunteer stream monitor observations, the effect of training, and the reliability of habitat metrics calculated from the data collected. To gain some insight, we asked volunteers attending a workshop at AAS’s 2022 Confluence Conference to complete a Habitat Assessment Worksheet both before and after a short …

Configuration Management Strategy, Raghav Aggarwal, Anishek Agarwal

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure provides a system and method for implementing a configuration management strategy during product migration/system version upgrades. The method involves creating a new cluster level (admin controlled) configuration, named locked list, that contains other configuration key as the value. After creation of the list, this locked list is populated with the configuration keys that admin wants control. Then, the code base is checked-in where runtime configuration is set. A checker is added to skip whenever a config whose key matches with the locked list value. For example, checker does not perform anything and just return if a match …

Climate Changes And Their Psychological And Social Repercussions Among A Sample Of Residents Of Akkar Governorate, Layal Al Rifai

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

The study aimed to know the psychological and social repercussions of climate change among a sample of residents of Akkar Governorate in northern Lebanon in light of the variables of gender, economic status, and age group. The study adopted the descriptive analytical approach using the questionnaire as a tool for collecting data and information. The sample numbered 380 individuals, distributed according to the variables of gender, economic status, and age group, and they were chosen randomly. The sample members, residents of Akkar Governorate, feel a moderate degree of environmental anxiety and the psychological repercussions of environmental changes. The results showed …

Nature Fears Emptiness : An Analytical Reading Of Emotional Emptiness, Mariange Merhi

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

Nature does things well, but sometimes it takes crooked paths... In psychoanalysis, the role of the psychoanalyst, as of any other therapist, is not only to set clinical goals, to understand the psychic work of the patient and to accompany him in his self-discovery. Above all, it is supposed to manage the internal conflicts of the suffering subject. To do this, he seeks to shed light on his unconscious journey and detect the vagaries of his psychic functioning. He try to act on his commitment, motivation and adherence to the values of the society in which he lives, without hindering …

Reconnexion With Nature And Solidarity, Two Major Keys In The Fight Against Climate Cataclysm In C’Est Le Monde A L’Envers By Nicolas Vanier, Hanane Abou Nasser Eddine

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

This study invites us to reflect on our modern lives where the dramatic consequences of global warming are manifesting on a planetary scale: droughts and famines, massive migrations, oil shortages and soaring prices, economic crises and conflicts, etc. . In this novel, the author pushes us to question the absurdity of our production, our dependence on the economy and our mode of consumption. It nevertheless highlights the moral values which make us capable of reaching a livable future. The story takes place at a time when all the social, climate, ecological and migrant crises that were brewing for years suddenly …

Climate Change: An Alarm Raised By Marguerite Yourcenar In Souvenirs Pieux And Its Psychological Répercussions, Yvette Nasr

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

An alarming situation Although climate change is a natural element, it does not pass without impacting man in all his dimensions, man being part of the ecosystem. Food is becoming increasingly unhealthy according to FAO, which calls for sustainable diets that respect biodiversity, thus making it possible to optimize natural resources. (FAO, Biodiversity and sustainable diets, 2010) Socially, increasingly desertic, the climate contributes to leaving the land to go to the city. However, another much more subtle dimension of man is affected: the psychological one. Research areas Psychology shows the adverse effects of climate change on human behavior in terms …

Impact Of Global Warming On The Mental Health And Social Aspect Of Human Beings., Emilie Chammas Fiani

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

Climate change, generally involving slow and gradual changes in the environment, including rising temperatures, presents a considerable impact not only on the ecosystem, but also on society and the mental health of human beings, such as communication and human relationships as well as negative emotion, stress, anxiety and depression... Indeed, rising temperatures lead to serious social and psychological impacts, especially among people already suffering from mental problems, particularly psychosis, or suffering from dementia or even addiction, who risk falling into illness or even dying during intense heat waves. In addition, beyond depression or stress, the functioning of our brain and …

Climate And Catastrophe In "The Shipwrecked Of The Deluge" By Christian Labori, Mireille El Hajjar

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

Climate change is one of the most pressing and complex challenges humanity faces today. Over the decades, our planet has undergone significant climate transformations, largely attributed to human activity. Massive emissions of greenhouse gases, unchecked deforestation, and other anthropogenic practices have disrupted the delicate balance of our climate, resulting in disastrous consequences on a global scale. Signs of climate change are increasingly evident, with extreme weather events, rising sea levels, changes in precipitation patterns, and alterations to ecosystems. These impacts affect all regions of the globe, threatening food security, biodiversity, water resources, and human health. Thus, the need to take …

World Without End: The Alliance Of Science, Fiction, And Images In Warning Of Global Warming, Soumaya Al Jarrah

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

Our planet is currently experiencing a climate crisis due to global warming. Scientists have begun to sound the alarm about this phenomenon, which will have disastrous consequences at every level. Literature is also affected by this phenomenon. As a result, we are witnessing an influx of literary works of all kinds with the aim of warning people of the dangers of this phenomenon and explaining its causes and impacts. And comics are no exception. In a hugely successful comic book, not only in France but worldwide, comic book artist Christophe Blain teams up with engineer Jean-Marc Jancovici to create Le …

Intelligrader: A Framework For Automatic Short Answer Grading, Inconsistency Check And Feedback In Educational Context - Conception, Implementation And Evaluation, Paradesi Sree Lakshmi, Jay B. Simha, Rajeev Ranjan

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

Automatic Short Answer Grading (ASAG), an escalating realm in natural language understanding, constitutes a focal point of research within the broader field of learning analytics. Over time, many ASAG solutions have been proposed to address the difficulties in teaching. However, no work addressed three crucial aspects of evaluation together, i.e., i) automatic evaluation of brief subjective/descriptive answers written in English, ii) identifying the evaluation inconsistency, and iii) provision of providing feedback about inconsistent evaluation to the evaluator. The current work proposes IntelliGrader, a comprehensive ASAG system that addresses the above-mentioned issues. Automated grading is accomplished through a model answer-based approach. …

تغير فكر تخطيط الخدمات المجتمعية في ضوء المداخل الاقتصادية الحديثة The Change Of Community Services Planning Concept In Line With Modern Economic Approaches, Heba Mohamed Ammar

Journal of Engineering Research

الملخص

يتناول البحث دراسة المداخل الاقتصادية الحديثة "الاقتصاد التشاركي – الاقتصاد التعاوني – اقتصاد المنصات" وأثر هذه المداخل الاقتصادية الحديثة على تخطيط الخدمات المجتمعية كعنصر هام لتحقيق مبادئ الانتاج والاستهلاك المستدام ،ثم يستعرض البحث نماذج من التجارب العالمية لتغير الخدمات المجتمعية في ضوء المناهج الاقتصادية الحديثة، ويصل البحث إلى استنباط أهم التغيرات التي تطرأ على تخطيط الخدمات في مصر في ضوء تفعيل مبادئ وركائز الاقتصاد التشاركي، وتحديد اليات وسياسات تفعيل توفير الخدمات التشاركية في مصر في ضوء تطبيق المناهج الاقتصادية الحديثة

Abstract- The research explores the modern economic approaches "sharing economy - cooperative economy - platform economy" and the impact …

Enhancing Human Aging Proteins Detection Based On Bio-Structural Deep Clustering Network, Sondos M. Hammad, Mohamed Talaat Saidahmed, Elsayed A. Sallam, Reda Elbasiony

Journal of Engineering Research

Aging is a major risk factor for numerous chronic diseases and declines in physical and cognitive functions, making it a critical focus of research. Identifying biomarkers that signify biological aging is crucial for developing interventions that can potentially delay age-related diseases. Among these biomarkers, human aging proteins are of significant interest. However, laboratory experiments to discover aging proteins are complex, costly, and time-consuming. Often focusing on single proteins at a time. To address this challenge, we used a clustering algorithm to detect potential human aging proteins. This approach aims to aid biologists in their experimental efforts. Deep clustering, particularly simultaneous …

Evaluation Of Virtual Distance Learning And Teaching In The Architectural Design Studio Experience Of Professors And Students Of The College Of Architecture And Planning - Qassim University - Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia., Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alhrabi

Journal of Engineering Research

The paper deals with the evaluation of distance learning of the architectural design studio during the Corona pandemic, and the extent to which distance learning and teaching were achieved between the professor and the student. The paper aims to share and evaluate the experience of distance learning and teaching of the architectural design studio, in the College of Architecture and Planning at Qassim University. The research problem is that the Corona virus crisis generates many ideas for educational programs and media, but there is a deficiency in knowledge of many programs that achieve the continuity of the educational process remotely, …

Mouasla: Integrating Iot And Ai For An Intelligent Trans-Portation Payment System, Hany El-Ghaish Dr., Haitham Darweesh

Journal of Engineering Research

Smart payment systems have emerged as vital components of global public transportation, offering passengers a more efficient and convenient fare payment method. The Mouasla system addresses traditional payment limitations through IoT devices and AI-backed backend services. Features of Mouasla It employs RFID smart card and IoT features from the device to ensure all components such as a card reader function, driver functions, charging units function, and payment are combined with this system alongside a mobile application for quick access backend services. Each passenger dataset is analyzed by an AI-powered backend service to provide insight that can be used to improve …

Optimal Site Layout Planning For Construction Projects Over Waterways, Rana M. Azzam, Nashwa Mohamed Yossef Prof, Adel I. Eldosouky Prof

Journal of Engineering Research

Construction site layout planning is an important part of a project's success. An effective construction layout plan can enhance the performance of the construction process by improving productivity, ensuring safety, and reducing costs. Given the importance of bridges over a waterway and the lack of interest in previous research for planning a construction site over a waterway. This paper concentrates on the problems of site planning for such projects, including the problem of limited site space. The study indicated that constructing an offshore terminal is one of the primary requirements for projects with limited space being carried out on a …

Key Performance Indicators To Support Decision-Making And Improve Housing Projects According To Egypt Vision 2030, Abdullah Badawy Mohammed

Journal of Engineering Research

Housing projects lack control and assessment tools and rely on the practices of companies or agencies, which have negatively affected the performance of these projects according to the development plans. Hence, the study seeks to formulate and devise a list of key performance indicators (KPIs). These KPIs are to boost the performance of housing projects so that implementation is effective and achieves Egyptian state goals. Hence, the utmost usefulness will come from investments within housing programs to achieve the maximum economic and social returns. Accordingly, the concept and priority of the housing sector in development plans, besides influencing and governing …

A Parallel Methodology For Early Fake News Detection Based On Hybrid Features On Social Media, Asmaa Mohemed Elsaieed Dr

Journal of Engineering Research

The increased use of social media platforms has made it easier to publish and distribute news items, but it has also opened up new opportunities for distributing fake news. Fake news is information that has been written with the goal of misleading or deceiving readers. As a result, there is a need for efficient false news identification tools where the information can be gathered from the text of posts or from publicly available social data (such as user information or feedback on articles or the social network). The detection of fake news in its early stages is a major challenge. …

Enhancing Radiation Performance Of A 0.18 Μm Cmos 60 Ghz On-Chip Double-Slot Vivaldi Antenna, Elsayed Ibrahim Elsaidy Mr., Amr H. Hussein Prof.Dr., Mustafa M. Abd Elnaby Prof. Dr.

Journal of Engineering Research

This paper presents the design of a 60-GHz double-slot Vivaldi antenna (DSVA) using standard 0.18 µm CMOS technology. The antenna's two slots are uniformly excited in both amplitude and phase by a coplanar waveguide (CPW) power divider. A double-Y balun feeding structure is also used to transition from the CPW to the coplanar slot line (CPS). Two techniques are investigated to enhance the antenna's radiation characteristics. The first technique involves incorporating equal corrugations along the edges of the flare aperture, resulting in a significant gain enhancement of 0.9 dBi and an improvement in radiation efficiency by 7%. The second technique …

Linear Up-Conversion Mixer Based On Capacitive Cross Coupling And Source Follower Feedback For Mm-Wave Systems Using 130nm Cmos, Mina Kamal Youssef, Marwa Mansour Abdelfattah, Hala Abdelqader Mansour, Sherif Sayed Hekal

Journal of Engineering Research

This paper presents a linear, high-gain, and wideband up-conversion mixer suitable for millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) applications using 130 nm CMOS technology. The mixer is designed specifically for the K band, focusing on 24 GHz applications in 5G systems. The suggested up-conversion mixer comprises three stages: the input transconductance or intermediate frequency (IF) stage, the switching stage, and the output or radio frequency (RF) stage. The IF stage (transconductance stage) employs a complementary current reuse common gate technique through a dual capacitive cross-coupling (CCC) for improving the conversion gain (CG), and a source follower (SF) feedback to enhance the linearity. The IF …

Early Autism Detection Using Machine Learning Techniques: A Review, Shaimaa Fouad Sharabash, Hany Ali Elghaish

Journal of Engineering Research

Abstract- This article provides a comprehensive literature review on technology-based interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It emphasizes the challenges in early detection and treatment of ASD, highlighting the spectrum nature of the disorder. The review discusses traditional diagnostic strategies such as behavioural observations, developmental screening and medical testing and goes on to explore advanced machine learning and deep learning models, including SVM, k-nearest neighbours, decision tree and LSTM, for predicting ASD characteristics in toddlers and children. Additionally, recent techniques employing more than ten strategies for ASD detection are summarized and various datasets used in early detection are described. The …

A Mm-Wave Radio Frequency Power Amplifier Based On Transformers Coupling And 2nd Harmonic Termination Network Using 130 Nm Cmos Technology For 5g Applications, Mina Kamal Youssef, Marwa Mansour Abdelfattah, Hala Abdelqader Mansour, Abdelhaleem Abdelnaby Zekry, Sherif Sayed Hekal

Journal of Engineering Research

An efficient and linear power amplifier (PA) for millimeter wave applications using a 130nm CMOS process is presented in this paper. The proposed PA uses transformer coupling for output, inter-stage, and input matching and also utilizes inter-stage inductors to boost RF achievement. The Ansoft high-frequency structure simulator (HFSS) is used to analyze and design the coupling transformers and inter-stage matching inductors to achieve a high coupling coefficient and quality factor over the frequency range of 19 to 29 GHz. The 2^nd harmonic termination networks are connected at each stage of the proposed power amplifier to enhance the gain and …

Use Of Building Information Modeling (Bim) In The Management Of Construction Sector In Egypt, Asmaa Said Khalifa, Eman Attia, Hesham Awad

Journal of Engineering Research

Purpose – The application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology in Egypt is hindered by inadequacies or insufficient experience, as only a handful of companies and institutions are able to create three-dimensional models using this technology. Additionally, the majority of architectural education curricula do not fully incorporate BIM. The majority of Egyptian graduates in the fields of architecture, construction, and engineering lack the necessary knowledge or expertise to use BIM technology because universities in Egypt primarily focus on teaching CAD technology rather than BIM technology. This may be because BIM technology is still relatively new or because there aren't many …

The Impact Of Nudge On Tax Compliance: A Study Of Taxpayers In Lebanon, Abdallah Ficani, Sélim Mekdessi

Arab Economic and Business Journal

This study explores the complex area of tax compliance in Lebanon, using the principles of behavioral economics and nudges as intervention tools. The central problem is to understand how nudges can positively influence the tax behavior of Lebanese taxpayers and improve tax collection. This study tends to investigate how can nudges modify taxpayers' tax behavior in Lebanon. To achieve those objectives, questionnaires were administered to a randomly selected sample of 500 Lebanese taxpayers. The results show that nudges have a significant positive impact on tax compliance. The study underscores the need for continuous evaluation and adaptation of nudge strategies to …

Proposition 2: Authorizes Bonds For Public School And Community College Facilities, Angelica Perez, Courtney Yamagiwa

California Initiative Review (CIR)

No abstract provided.

Proposition 5: Allows Local Bonds For Affordable Housing And Public Infrastructure With 55% Voter Approval, Taylor Gonsalves, Logan Bambino

California Initiative Review (CIR)

No abstract provided.