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The Use Of Therapeutic Communication To De-Escalate Aggression And Violence In Clients Living In A Homeless Shelter, Tionna S. Felder

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Individuals working at homeless shelters have the daunting task of managing violent/aggressive behaviors with the population they serve. This project focused on educating homeless shelter staff on the use of therapeutic communication to decrease the escalation of aggression and violence when caring for their guests. The DNP Project Leader taught 23 homeless shelter staff members, and the project included three 2-hour educational sessions. The first class focused on understanding what regions in the brain are responsible for aggressive, violent, and emotional behaviors; the second class focused on what the literature says about aggressive behavior in homelessness; and the last class …

On “Self” Care, Suzanne A. Kim

Connecticut Law Review

The dominant answer to popular calls for self care in everyday discourse is a thriving eleven billion dollar industry. The self care economy encompasses workplace wellness programs, consumer goods and services, and entrepreneurship. This infrastructure revolves around commercial consumers and providers and advances through conceptions of health and well-being centered on individuals.

Despite their prevalence, the concept and provision of self care have gone underexamined in legal critiques of societal underinvestment in care. This Article fills this gap by exploring the social construction of the dominant contemporary conception of self care in the United States, one that continues to be …

Scènes À Faire: Cliché As Legislative Fact, Sarah Louise Bishop

Connecticut Law Review

In the last ten years, federal courts have quietly begun to apply copyright’s scènes à faire doctrine to dismiss infringement claims before party discovery has occurred. This move theoretically should not be possible, because applying the doctrine requires evidence of the conventions and tropes of the artistic genres at issue—something unlikely to be reflected in the parties’ pleadings.

This Article identifies this trend and explores the workarounds district courts use to achieve these dismissals without a factual record before them. The most common methods courts use are inconsistent with both the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence and risk …

Epidermal Stem Cells Control Periderm Mechanics And Injury Repair Via Matrix-Driven Specialization Of Intercellular Junctions, Mengze He

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Epidermal stem cells interact with the extracellular matrix (ECM) to regulate their differentiation and maintain skin architecture. Yet, it remains unclear whether these interactions extend beyond cell fate determination to influence broader skin functions. Here, we demonstrate that the protective, mechanically shielding properties of the periderm -the superficial epidermal cells (SECs) of the embryonic bilayered skin - are orchestrated by interactions between the underlying undifferentiated basal epidermal stem cells (BECs) and the ECM. Using the developing zebrafish fin fold, we identify that BECs form distinct collagen- versus laminin- enriched basement membranes, enabling the SECs above the BEC-laminin areas to close …

Engaging Ethics In Technology And Artificial Intelligence, Elizabeth Edenberg

Open Educational Resources

This project seeks to help students apply philosophical questions about the ethics of technology and artificial intelligence to contemporary debates about AI’s impact on society and students’ own lives. It includes a set of in-class active learning exercises and reflection assignments, along with instructions for moderating class discussion of these topics. This is designed to pair with three units in a course on the ethics of technology: privacy, consent, and algorithmic fairness. Each exercise aims to help students connect the philosophical theories studied in class to their own lived experiences with technology.

Structural Studies Of Cellular Prion Protein And Amyloid-B Oligomers, Lauren Klein

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with significant societal impacts. AD is the only top ten leading cause of death that cannot be prevented, cured, slowed, or even diagnosed before symptoms are present. AD, similar to other neurodegenerative diseases, has been linked to protein aggregation as the key factor in the disease pathology. However, the mechanism by which AD proliferates is poorly understood. Recent advancements in techniques and methods in structural biology, including nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron microscopy (EM), have opened a new era of studies into protein aggregates implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, including AD. Therefore, this …

Generative Artificial Intelligence: Legal Ethics Issues, Kincaid Brown

Law Librarian Scholarship

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is transforming nearly every sector of society including the practice of law. Legal professionals are increasingly using AI tools for research, drafting, contract review, and even predicting judicial outcomes with as many as one third of respondents to a survey using GenAI daily. But with this rapid adoption come questions that go beyond efficiency and instead point to the core of legal ethics including issues such as competence, confidentiality, and professional judgment.

Genre Audiences, Lcgft And User Warrant: An Exploratory Study, Deborah Tomaras, Allison Bailund, Joshua Bergmann, Abby Dover, Steven W. Holloway, C. Rockwell Strader

Law Librarian Scholarship

The Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT) vocabulary is among the most prominent genre vocabularies used in library cataloging. To investigate how the current application of LCGFT affects users’ genre access, we gathered data from library patrons, library staff, and parties involved in genre creation and use. The results demonstrate that patrons actively seek out genre materials in libraries, often via library catalogs, and that LCGFT has room for growth and expansion that might enhance patrons’ search experience.

Practice Patterns In Pediatric And Adult Dysphagia: Implications For Clinical Training, Jane Grothaus, Kaitlyn Hill, Marlee Nebesniak, Anastasia Raymer

Speech-Language Pathology Faculty Publications

Objective: Most speech language pathologists (SLPs) receive training to work with patients with swallowing disorders in graduate school, focusing primarily on adult dysphagia. Although SLPs share common foundational knowledge and skills for adult and pediatric dysphagia populations, there are considerable differences in these two specialized areas of practice. We aimed to query SLPs’ practice patterns for dysphagia assessment and management for adults and pediatric populations to consider differences and guide training efforts.

Methods: We distributed two comprehensive anonymous surveys to explore practice patterns of SLPs who provide assessment and management of dysphagia for adult or pediatric populations. The 118 respondents, …

An Observational Study Of Discourse Tasks And Running Speech Sampling In The Assessment Of Paediatric Voice Quality, Victoria Reynolds, Kristin Scavo-Smith, Kate Oteng-Bediako, Sophie Scanlon

Speech-Language Pathology Faculty Publications

Introduction

Running speech sampling is an essential component of a paediatric voice evaluation, in that it should provide the examiner with a representative vocal sample of the child's everyday voice use outside of the clinic setting. Current speech sampling practices, consisting of reading tasks, informal conversation sampling and the voice question ('Tell me about your voice problem'), may not elicit consistent samples or samples of sufficient length to allow the examiner to make a reliable and valid judgement about vocal quality. The aim of this study is to compare the voice quality of children produced in response to existing running …

2025 Annual Report, Tennessee. Division Of Forestry And Tennessee. Department Of Agriculture

Forestry Annual Reports

This annual report presents an overview of Tennessee Forestry Commission programs and management.

Critical Curriculum Design: Teaching Law In An Age Of Rising Authoritarianism, Rachel López

Minnesota Law Review Headnotes, Vols. 107 onward (2022-present)

No abstract provided.

Machine Gun Funk: The Unusual Analysis Of "Dangerous And Unusual", Gregory S. Parks, Vivian Bolen

Minnesota Law Review Headnotes, Vols. 107 onward (2022-present)

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Town Of Madison, New Hampshire 2024, Madison Town Representatives

Madison, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Hillsborough, Nh 2024 Annual Report, Hillsborough Town Representatives

Hillsborough, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Reports Of The Officers Of The Town Of Sandwich, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2024, Sandwich Town Representatives

Sandwich, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Grantham, Nh 2024 Annual Town Report, Grantham Town Representatives

Grantham, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Richmond, New Hampshire 2024 Annual Report, Richmond Town Representatives

Richmond, NH Annual Reports

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174th Annual Report, Town Of Croydon, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2024, Croydon Town Representatives

Croydon, NH Annual Reports

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2024 Annual Report Of The Officers, Town Of Orange, New Hampshire, Orange Town Representatives

Orange, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Report Of The Town Council, Departments, Boards, Committees, And Commissions Of The Town Of Hooksett, New Hampshire Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2024, Hooksett Town Representatives

Hooksett, NH Annual Reports

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One Hundred Forty-Eighth Annual Report, Town Of Easton, New Hampshire, Year Ending December 31, 2024, Easton Town Representatives

Easton, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Report Of The Select Board And Other Town Officers For The Year Ending December 2024, Goshen Town Representatives

Goshen, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Danbury, New Hampshire 2024 Annual Town Report, Danbury Town Representatives

Danbury, NH Annual Reports

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Deering, New Hampshire 2024 Annual Report, Deering Town Representatives

Deering, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Report For The Town Of Hollis, New Hampshire For The Year Two Thousand Twenty Four, Annual Reports Of The Officers And Committees Of The Town Of Hollis, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 2024, With Reports Of The Hollis School District And The Hollis Brookline Cooperative School District, Hollis Town Representatives

Hollis, NH Annual Reports

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Annual Reports Of The Town Of Temple, New Hampshire 2024, Temple Town Representatives

Temple, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of New London, New Hampshire Annual Reports Of The Town Officers, Boards, And Other Agencies For Year Ending December 31, 2024, New London Town Representatives

New London, NH Annual Reports

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Town Of Chichester Annual Report For The Year Ending December 31, 2024, Chichester Town Representatives

Chichester, NH Annual Reports

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2024 Annual Report, Town Of Sandown, Nh, Sandown Town Representatives

Sandown, NH Annual Reports

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