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Decriminalize Drugs Now: A Dire Situation Becomes Much More Urgent, Miki Saito

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Property And Local Knowledge, Malcolm Lavoie

Catholic University Law Review

Property rights play an important but largely under-appreciated role in channeling local knowledge into decisions about physical resources. Property devolves decision-making authority to a dispersed pool of owners, who are likely to be aware of local conditions relevant to their resources. As a result, property owners are often in a position to make better-informed decisions about the use of the resource than other parties. The homeowner who preemptively repairs an old roof, the retailer who offers a new product for sale, and the farmer who decides to switch crops are all decision-makers who are empowered through property rights to act …

But We Didn’T Agree To That!: Why Class Proceedings Should Not Be Implied From Silent Or Ambiguous Arbitration Clauses After Lamps Plus, Inc. V. Varela, Andrea Demelo Laprade

Catholic University Law Review

The application of class arbitrability when a contract is silent on the matter remains a mystery. The Supreme Court has not clarified its stance on class arbitrability and preemptive effects of the Federal Arbitration Act on state law when applied to determine if class arbitrability is available. The purpose of this Paper is to address how the Lamps Plus v. Varela decision created more confusion about the question of class arbitrability. It argues that the failure to address the particulars of the availability of class arbitration will perpetuate litigation on this issue. This Paper suggests that the FAA’s purpose supports …

The Benefits Of Astaxanthin To Improve Pain Relief In Patients With Painful Diabetic Neuropathy: An Open-Label, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rizaldy Taslim Pinzon, Mary Rose Angelina Budi Harsana

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research

Treatment of diabetic neuropathy is still carried out by providing symptomatic therapy, which only improves ± 50% of the total symptoms felt by patients, but does not tackle the underlying causes of the disease. Astaxanthin is a potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-diabetic carotenoid that could be an additional treatment option. We aimed to measure the effectiveness of administering astaxanthin as an additional therapy to improve the impact of pain and discomfort experienced daily by diabetes mellitus patients with painful diabetic neuropathy. We conducted a randomized experimental study with an open label design of 36 patients who had been diagnosed with …

Text Contention Behind Sharia Supervisory Board Reports: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Ari Ermawati, M Nur A Birton, Irfan Tarmizi, Muhammad Muttaqin

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

Sharia Supervisory Board Reports (SSBRs) have an interest in convincing the public that entities supervised by a Sharia Supervisory Board (SSB) are sharia-compliant and reflective of Good Corporate Governance (GCG) practices. Failure in public convincing will be detrimental to Islamic banks’ reputation as well as the SSB’s image and credibility. This study aimed to critically assess how the SSB produces reports as texts to persuade the public using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). We analyzed four SSBRs from two Islamic Commercial Banks (ICBs) and two Islamic Business Units (IBUs) owned by other ICBs as well as interviews for data triangulation. We …

Regulating Data Exclusivity Of Ride-Hailing Service In Indonesian Competition Law, Annisa Rahma Diasti

Indonesia Law Review

The digital ride-hailing service platforms have advanced significantly due to technological development. It resulted in lower consumer costs and better-quality service. Thus, consumers opted for such platforms more than the conventional transportation, resulting in their exponential growth over the years such as Gojek and Grab in Indonesia. Their strong market position was achieved quickly, facilitated by innovation advantages such as indirect network effects and algorithm-based analysis of users’ past data. Ultimately, data has become a barrier for potential competitors to entering the market. Simultaneously, the incumbents or the dominant market holders likely to use a technology-based strategy by keeping access …

Neural Correlates Of Syntactic Comprehension: A Longitudinal Study, Shannon M. Sheppard, Erin L. Meier, Kevin T. Kim, Bonnie L. Breining, Lynsey M. Keator, Bohao Tang, Brian Caffo, Argye E. Hillis

Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Articles and Research

Broca’s area is frequently implicated in sentence comprehension but its specific role is debated. Most lesion studies have investigated deficits at the chronic stage. We aimed (1) to use acute imaging to predict which left hemisphere stroke patients will recover sentence comprehension; and (2) to better understand the role of Broca’s area in sentence comprehension by investigating acute deficits prior to functional reorganization. We assessed comprehension of canonical and noncanonical sentences in 15 patients with left hemisphere stroke at acute and chronic stages. LASSO regression was used to conduct lesion symptom mapping analyses. Patients with more severe word-level comprehension deficits …

The Differences Of Blood Type In Relation To Psoriasis And Its Onset: Cross Sectional Study, Nugrohoaji Dharmawan, Suci Widhiati, Triasari Oktavriana, Irene Jessica Pinarsinta Harahap

Journal of General - Procedural Dermatology and Venereology Indonesia

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease caused by inflammatory response and attacks 2% of population, with the prevalence influenced by age, geographical location, and genetic background. Until this day, there are several studies that discuss about the relationship between blood type with disease. However, discussion about the difference between blood type and the relationship with skin disease remains limited. The objective of this study is to know the relationship between blood type, psoriasis, and onset of psoriasis.
Methods: This study adopted cross-sectional design of analytic observational study. The subjects of this study were patients in Department of …

Formative Assessment In An Online Class Of Language Learning: Literature Review, Hernik Farisia

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Such published research provided the concept of formative assessment but the current practices of assessment for language learning digital based were weak. Therefore, this study intended to analyse and synthesize the results of relevant literature from any previous research to build a conceptual framework of using formative assessment and feedback in the digital age to promote a greater impact on reading achievement at elementary school. The literature selection was carried out using Publish or Perish (PoP) and screened by Convence.org program to records the eligible’ literature. A total of 8 articles were included in the analyses. The analyses of the …

Supervision For Advocacy: Supporting Self-Care, Kathleen J. Farkas, Jaroslaw Richard Romaniuk

Faculty Scholarship

The objective is to examine the intersection of advocacy for social change, the individual’s emotional costs of advocacy, and the use of trauma informed care in supervisory practice to encourage and support advocates and their work. Supervision models exist, but none address the needs of advocates who might become targets for scorn and persecution. The literature on trauma informed care provides a direction to improve the support and supervision of advocates, especially those who use their personal experiences as examples in their work. We reviewed data bases and relevant literature regarding supervision and the principles of trauma informed care. Periodical …

Resident Skills Assessment In Corneal Suturing: A Comprehensive Review Of Currently Proposed Educational Programs And Evaluation Tools, Lea Dormegny, Nicole Neumann, Anne Lejay, Arnaud Sauer, David Gaucher, Nabil Chakfe, Tristan Bourcier

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Abstract

Purpose This study aimed to perform a comprehensive review of publications proposing educational programs for resident skills assessment in corneal suturing.

Methods An extensive online article search in PubMed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PISMA) reporting guidelines was performed to identify prospective comparative studies or prospective before/after studies published up to March 2021 and reporting the assessment of ophthalmology residents' skills in corneal suturing during dedicated training sessions.

Results Three studies were identified for review. The first reported the efficiency of an electromagnetic tracking system placed on the surgeon's fingers coupled with a computer …

Legal Introspection Towards The Development Of Right To Privacy As Fundamental Right In India, Payal Thaorey

Indonesia Law Review

Privacy of the individual is an essential aspect of dignity. The ability of the individual to protect a zone of privacy enables the realization of the full value of life and liberty. Liberty has a broader meaning of which privacy is a subset. All liberties may not be exercised in privacy. Yet others can be fulfilled only within a private space. Privacy enables the individual to retain the autonomy of the body and mind. The autonomy of the individual is the ability to make decisions on vital matters of concern to life. The journey of right to privacy has been …

A Tribute To Our Colleague And Friend, Dr. Sheng Chieh “Amy” Leh, Young Suk Hwang, Eun-Ok Baek

Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice

No abstract provided.

Banco Central De La Republica Argentina - 2021 Financial Statements, Argentina: Banco Central De La Repãºblica

Documents

No abstract provided.

Race, Rallies, And Rhetoric: How Trump’S Political Discourse Contributed To The Capitol Riot, Heather Alaniz, Kimberly D. Dodson, Jared R. Dmello

Journal of Criminal Justice and Law

The January 6, 2021, Capitol riot in Washington D.C. reflects one of the worst moments for democracy in U.S. History. Estimates indicate 10% of the individuals arrested following the Capitol riot had connections to far right militias and other right-wing extremist groups. To investigate the events that led up to the Capitol riot, this study provides a descriptive analysis of Trump’s public rhetoric between 2015-2020 citing tweets, speeches, and news interviews where his words created an environment for violence among his supporters prior to and throughout his presidency.

Police Officer Political Identity And Their Opinions Of Public Protests, Lois V. Woods, Kimberly K. Blackmon

Journal of Criminal Justice and Law

Purpose: Controversy surrounding the BLM movement and the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, has been felt even within the ranks of policing. Participation of police officers in the Capitol riot seemed to be at odds with the duty and responsibility of those officers who sustained serious injuries that day. Method: Using data collected from active law enforcement officers, the current study examines how political identity may play a role in a police officer’s perceptions of law enforcement engagement in political protests. Results: The only significant difference found was police refraining from engaging in or participating with …

Governor's Office Of Diversity Business Enterprise (Go-Dbe) 2021 Annual Report, Tennessee. Department Of General Services.

GO-DBE Report

No abstract provided.

Beyond "Bad" Cops: Historicizing And Resisting Surveillance Culture In Universities, Amy J. Wan, Lindsey Albracht

Publications and Research

In this article, we define and examine surveillance culture within US college classrooms, a logical extension of pervasive carceral and capitalist logics that underlie the US educational system, in which individual success is tied to behavior monitoring, rule following, and sorting, particularly within marginalized student populations. Reflecting anxieties about the expansion of educational access, we argue for how crisis and change have historically contributed to the
urgency and opportunity to expand surveillance culture and consider why this has continued to happen as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. We offer suggestions and alternatives to surveillance culture that have helped us …

Stability Analysis Of Dc Microgrid With Constant Power Load, Sarah Ansari

Theses and Dissertations

Development towards sustainability has led to an increase in the integration of various distributed generation (DG) units like renewable sources of energy, energy storage systems (ESS). In order to counteract the challenges, caused due to integration of DG units into conventional power systems, the concept of DC microgrid (DCMG) has been introduced. DCMGs have power converters that are present on the source side and load side of the DCMGs. The power converters at the load side when tightly regulated behave as constant power loads (CPLs). There are stability issues pertaining to the inherent non-linear characteristic of the ideal CPLs because …

Health Care In Metropolitan Manila During The American Colonial Era: A History Of The Management Of Infectious Diseases And Its Effects On The Practice Of Chinese Medicine (English Translation), Peng Hui, Ziyang Huang, Franz David Ong Lim

Social Transformations Journal of the Global South

Since the American occupation of Manila, the health care system of the Philippines was transformed with its goal of “modernizing the Philippines.” Systematic Western prevention and control measures and institutions were established. This in turn affected the practice of Chinese medicine, which was present since the Spanish period. With the help of Dr. Tee Hankee and other doctors, local Chinese medicine gradually developed into a combination of Chinese and Western medicine through the developments of the Chinese General Hospital and the establishment of the Filipino Chinese Western Medicine Association. The melding of Chinese and Western medicine formed a distinctive Philippine …

Flexible Microfluidic Device With Nonplanar Interdigitated Microelectrodes, Saud Alssaidy

Theses

The lab-on-a-chip concept has improved significantly in recent years to meet global demand for various applications with the advent of new technologies. Much progress has been achieved, but many microfluidic devices still suffer from design limitations in terms of sensitivity and selectivity because they use rigid, fragile substrate materials and conventional electrodes, which do not provide high sensitivity or selectivity and suffer from signal-to-noise ratio issues. This work proposes a novel device architecture that uses flexible, transparent top and bottom layers integrated with (nonplanar interdigitated microelectrodes) to create a sandwich-like flexible substrate base. The top and bottom layers consist of …

Access To Credit And Physical Capital Stock: A Study Of Non-Farm Household Enterprises In Nigeria, Obed I. Ojonta, Jonathan E. Ogbuabor

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

This study investigated the influence of access to credit on the physical capital stock of non-farm household enterprises in Nigeria. The study used the binary logistic regression technique and Nigeria’s 2018-19 General Household Survey data (Wave 4). We find that the influence of access to credit on the physical capital stock of nonfarm household enterprises in Nigeria is positive and significant. This implies that access to credit enhances the capacity of these enterprises to procure physical capital stock. Our results also indicate that expenditure on raw materials, profit, and years of operations are other key drivers of physical capital stock …

"The Lutenist!": Anxieties, Ambiguities, And Deviations In Julian Bream’S Discography, Sidney Molina

Soundboard Scholar

The recent passing of English guitarist Julian Bream (1933–2020) has prompted a reevaluation of his artistic legacy by critics around the world. In this article, I propose a way of reading Bream’s discography in relation to that of his predecessor, Andrés Segovia, utilizing Harold Bloom’s theory of influence, a methodology that I first proposed in application to music in 2006. After dividing Bream’s fifty albums into phases inspired by Bloomian categories, I examine the works that Bream chose to record more than once, with a focus on those to which he returned three or more times.

Subjektifitas Bacaaan Sastra Dan Implikasinya Terhadap Pembelajaran Sastra, Adi Probo Laksono, Djoko Saryono, Anang Santoso

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The construction of agent subjectivity in learning, from a social point of view, is formed through learning. The subjectivity of literature lecturer readings is formed through structuration carried out by educational institutions. Therefore, this study aims to (1) describe the disposition of literary readings of literature lecturers and (2) describe the objectivity of the subjectivity of literature lecturers to literary readings. This research is a qualitative research with descriptive method. The data analysis in this research is based on Pierre Bourdieu's theory of cultural reproduction. The results of this study indicate that the socio-cultural background is the basis for the …

Development Of Virlenda-Based Blended Learning With Problem Based Learning Strategy For Problem-Solving Ability For Students, Achmad Noor Fatirul, Subandowo Subandowo

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This study aims to develop a Virlenda-based blended learning model. The products that will be produced develop learning tools with problem-based learning strategies, problem-based evaluation tools, supplements for lecturers and students and the Virlenda learning management system as a forum for carrying out the learning process. The results of the research are design experts with 85.8% validation percentage, material experts with 86.5 validation percentages, media experts with 87.7% validation percentages, 86.5% validation percentages for colleagues. In the small group trial the percentage of responses was 82.7%, for the medium group trial the percentage of responses was 89.6%, while in the …

Video Conference Application In Emergency Remote Learning: Experience, Preference, And Satisfaction, Dhimas Onny Permadi, Francisca Maria Ivone, Mirjam Anugerahwati

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The purpose of this study is to look at foreign language faculty members' and students' experiences, preferences, and satisfaction with video conference apps for emergency remote learning. This quantitative study collected data using a multiple-choice and Likert scale questionnaire. Data from the questionnaire were analysed using a single table analysis. The findings indicated that both Zoom, and Google Meet have a generally favourable opinion of video conference apps' instructional substance, efficacy, engagement, and idea-sharing. Nonetheless, Zoom was strongly favoured by most respondents due to its support for collaboration, teaching strategy, motivation, and material sharing. Despite that Google Meet had a …

Patterns Of Stress And Resilience Experienced By Junior High School Teachers, Fadilla Halim, Sintha Tresnadewi, Utami Widiati

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This descriptive qualitative study is to investigate the patterns of the sources of stress and the pivotal aspects to become resilient experienced by junior high school teachers. Six teachers of junior high school in Malang who have been teaching for more than 10 years are involved. The data shows that there are six major challenges faced by the teachers namely pandemic, class management, fatigue manifestation, work-related stress, time management and curriculum and school administrator. Meanwhile, the significant points of resilience administered by the teachers in the face of difficult times are having positive personality, contructive support system and institutional support.

Training Kit And Module On Plc Programming Competence For Students Of Electrical Engineering Education, Puput Wanarti Rusimamto, Munoto Munoto, Muchlas Samani, I G.P. Asto Buditjahjanto, Endryansyah Endryansyah, Subuh Isnur Haryudo

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This research aims to determine the validity and practicality of training kit and PLC learning module as an instructional media for PLC course for students of electrical engineering education at Universitas Negeri Surabaya. That was development research using Thiagarajan’s 4D models, this study only used the first three stages, not up to the disseminating stage, as the researcher only developed the training kit and module. The design of the training kit and module were developed and validated based on the look of the product, the quality of the media, and the suitability of the media for the curriculum and illustrations. …

The Degree Of Intercultural Sensitivity And Effectiveness Among Students Of The College Of Education In Kuwait, Ghazi Alrasheedi

Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies

The study aimed to identify the degree of intercultural sensitivity (IS) and intercultural effectiveness (IE) among students of the College of Education in Kuwait. The study sample consisted of 370 randomly selected students. A questionnaire consisting mainly of (IS) scale and (IE) scale was used to collect the data. Each of the scales comprises of five components. The results showed high scores of students’ responses in both the (IS) and (IE) components, which shows high levels of (IS) and (IE) towards those who are culturally different from them. The results also showed female superiority in some areas of the (IS) …

Foreword From Handling Editor – 10th Edition, Salfia Rahmawati

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

We are delighted to present the 10^th edition of AJCE, published in December 2021. We have selected eight of the best articles for this edition, consisted of Research Articles.