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Refining The Dangerousness Standard In Felon Disarmament, Jamie G. Mcwilliam

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

No abstract provided.

A 2024 Guide To Assessing: Resiliency And Resistance In Iran, Robert Burrell, David Diorio

GNSI Publications

This essay applies a data-driven and human-centric methodology to examine resiliency and resistance aspects in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It applies a four-phase process to analyze state resiliency, assess resistance to governance, identify various resistance movements, and provide possible options for an external actor to influence Iran's stability or to support resistance to the Islamic Republic. The methodologies utilized in this essay were previously published by Small Wars and Insurgencies and Expeditions with the Marine Corps University Press. In analyzing Iran, the data finds the Islamic Republic is a fragile regime governing a state with multiple and deep societal …

Method Of Product Placement In Computer Games. Qualitative Research Amongst Polish Players, Magdalena Hofman-Kohlmeyer

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

Nowadays, new technologies enable practitioners to create brand experience in the virtual world of computer games. Marketers use product placement to reach potential and current customers. In the meantime, computer games have become an attractive medium because they attract an increasingly wider audience of different genders and various age groups. Therefore, an important issue is to know and systematize current methods of brand placement in computer games. For the purpose, the author carried out 20 in-depth interviews with players of chosen computer games, Second Life, Euro Truck Simulator 2 and The Sims. According to the analysis, it can be distinguished …

The Role Of Augmented Reality In Improving Brand Attitude Through Perceived Enjoyment, Widyastuti Widyastuti

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

Augmented Reality is a technology that is commonly used by businesses to market their products. The technology allows customers to test products online in order to deliver a more enjoyable purchasing experience. The study is aimed at investigating the impact of vividness and perceived informativeness, as a characteristic of AR, on brand attitude through perceived enjoyment. There are 204 respondents chosen using purposive sampling technique. They are women who used Augmented Reality when purchasing cosmetics online. The study used a path analysis with the assistance of Amos software. According to the findings, perceived enjoyment can strengthen the influence of vividness …

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Up For The Challenge? A Phenomenology Of Secondary English Teachers' Text Selection Experiences, Selene S. Mcalister

Dissertations

This study sought to describe secondary English teachers’ experiences with text selection. Its first aim was to determine how secondary English teachers perceive the use of young adult literature (YAL) with adolescent students. The study also details factors that influenced teachers’ text selections. Finally, the study describes how teachers’ perceptions of administrative support influenced their self-efficacy.

The study was conducted using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), a qualitative research method that employs in-depth, semi-structured interviews to develop descriptions of participants’ experiences. Participants included six secondary English teachers from a school district in the southeast United States. Teachers completed a survey about …

What’S Faith Got To Do With It? Young Earth Creationism And The Promise Of Certainty, William Vance Trollinger, Susan L. Trollinger

Intersections of Science and Faith

Contrary to what one might imagine, the proponents of Biblical creationism do not appeal to religious faith. Instead, they proclaim Genesis 1 as a historically and scientifically true description of creation by the only "eyewitness" (God), a description that they say is clearly substantiated by genuine, empirical science (as opposed to what they claim is the false, biased science of evolutionists). That is to say, young Earth creationists possess the certainty of truth.

Critical Theories, Justice, And The Rule Of Law, Adam J. Macleod

Scholarly Articles

An increasing number of legal scholars and activists now identify law as an impediment to justice that must be deconstructed. The deconstructionists tear down the resources we need to sustain the rule of law. And as they deconstruct law, they also deconstruct justice itself. Against deconstructionism, the classical tradition of jurisprudence that gave us our fundamental law affirms that we can know justice and that we can achieve justice through the establishment of law.

That classical tradition made possible the conviction that law is not a mere product of power, as the deconstructionists assert. And that conviction made the rule …

The First Amendment, Discrimination, And Public Accommodations At Common Law, Adam J. Macleod

Scholarly Articles

Many recent cases of constitutional conflict have pitted First Amendment liberties of speech, religious exercise, and association against nondiscrimination rules and policies, especially laws governing public accommodations and public forums. To resolve these cases and to understand how civil rights fit together, courts and scholars need a logical and satisfying account of the foundations of public accommodations law. But the law seems to be confused and legal scholars are of different minds. Some assert that proprietors who open their premises and services to the public have no right at common law to exclude or refuse service to anyone. Others find …

Group Ownership And The Ends Of Legal Fictions, Adam J. Macleod

Scholarly Articles

The march of the progressive societies was, as we all know, from status to contract. And now? And now that forlorn old title is wont to introduce us to ever new species and new genera of persons, to vivacious controversy, to teeming life; and there are many to tell us that the line of advance is no longer from status to contract, but through contract to something that contract cannot explain, and for which our best, if an inadequate, name is the personality of the organized group.

A Case For Clarity: Indication Of Collateral, Veryl Victoria Miles

Scholarly Articles

This article reviews different critiques of scholars and practitioners on the correctness of the Seventh and First Circuit Court of Appeals opinions in First Midwest Bank v. Reinbold, 938 F. 3d. 866, 100 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (7th Cir. 2019) cert. denied, 140 S. Ct. 1125, 206 L. Ed. 2d 189 (2020) and Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Andalusian Global Designate Activity Co. 914 F. 3d 694 (1st Cir. 2019), cert. denied, 140 S. Ct. 47, 205 L. Ed. 2d 29 (2019). These two decisions address the question as to whether an incorporation by reference …

The Chinese Doctrine Of Fundamental Principles Of International Law: Comparison Of Soviet, Euro-American, And Chinese Theories Of International Law, Naoto Mochizuki, Keisuke Minai

American University International Law Review

A number of states in the former communist bloc, such as Russia, have adopted the doctrine of the fundamental principles of international law, which originated from the former Soviet Union. What is the concept of the fundamental principles of international law in China? This study elucidates the uniqueness of the fundamental principles in China by comparing doctrines of international law in the Soviet Union and Western countries with reference to descriptions in contemporary international law textbooks in China.

Where Custom Dictates: A Comparison Of The Integration Of Customary Law In Nigeria And South Africa As Applicable To Custody And Family Law Dispute, Madelyn Cameron

Emory International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Minority Indigenous Language Rights Laws: A Comparative Study, Caroline Baltay

Emory International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Prosecutorial Independence Lost: How Prosecutorial Bureaucracy Is Politicized In South Korea, Neil Chisholm

Emory International Law Review

How is prosecutorial independence lost? How does a prosecution system’s design affect its political independence? This Article analyzes the inner workings of South Korea’s Prosecutors’ Office, which adheres to the Continental European style of prosecutorial organization and independence that emphasizes mechanisms of bureaucratic accountability for prosecutors. Based on interviews with prosecutors, police, judges, lawyers, scholars, and activists, it shows how independence is lost in three key areas of prosecutorial activity: personnel policy, investigations, and charging decisions. This article argues that aspects of the Continental tradition make prosecutors vulnerable to politicization.

Personnel policy has selected prosecutors meritocratically at young ages, trained …

When The Ant Gets Too Big: Understanding China’S Financial Regulation Through The Suspension Of Ant Group’S Ipo, Cherie Zhang

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

The suspension of Ant Group’s IPO in 2020 sent shockwaves through China’s financial landscape. Amid speculation that founder Jack Ma’s criticism towards the Chinese government triggered the suspension, this note argues for a nuanced understanding rooted in legal and economic factors unique to the Chinese financial regulatory system. By analyzing Ant’s case, this note contributes to contextualizing China’s evolving banking, securities, and FinTech regulation, while providing lessons for both regulators and fintech companies in fast-growing markets.

Confronting Ai-Induced Power Disparity And Emotional Disruption: Expansive Duties Of Broker-Dealers And Investment Advisers, Shuping Li, Wei Shen

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

The increasing use of AI models in investment services has raised concerns about ineffective responses, power disparity, and investor harm caused by emotional disruption. Generative AI-driven investment service providers often fail to address consumer issues quickly, guiding customers through superfluous and meaningless verbiage or professional terminology in infinite loops without providing an option to talk with a human customer service staff. Customers who are “stuck” in ineffective or inaccurate responses from AI agents may waste time for investors, make poor investment or trading decisions, and the platform may profit from investor rational decision-making owing to investors’ emotional disruption.

This article …

Updating The Caroline Doctrine: A Relic In An Age Of Hypersonic Weapons, David S. Jonas, Tyler Breeden

American University International Law Review

The United States dropped “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, bringing an end to World War II and killing between 110,000 and 210,000 people. Japan surely needed much more than rock and roll to help them—especially since Japan had no nuclear weapons of their own to deter the United States from attacking with nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons technology has evolved considerably in the years since 1945, when only the United States possessed nuclear weapons. Nine states now have or are suspected of having them, and at least one other state appears to …

Destruction And Discrimination: How France Violated The Fundamental Rights Of Irregular Migrant Children In Mayotte, Molly E. Smith

American University International Law Review

Articles 2 and 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) guarantee freedom from status-based discrimination in any state action involving children and require states to properly consider children’s best interests. Despite France’s position as a UNCRC state party, its government denied access to housing and conducted improper detention and expulsion procedures based on the irregular migratory status of children in its small overseas department of Mayotte. This Comment argues that France therefore violated international human rights law under UNCRC Articles 2 and 3. Furthermore, this Comment recommends three possible action steps, particularly that France …

Genocide By Way Of Birth: Why Denial Of Abortions Makes Poland Complicit In Russia's Genocide In Ukraine, Summer N. Wright

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Without Strong Watchdog Institutions: Corruption Is A Cancer, Mohamed 'Arafa

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Equality And Human Rights: Confronting Racial Discrimination Introduction, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón

American University International Law Review

Introduction of this special issue of the American University International Law Review and the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and acknowledgments.

Exploring Service Quality Among Us Hajj Pilgrims In Compliance With Vision 2030 Objectives, Majid Abdulmalik Alshaibi

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024

Saudi Arabia is progressing with Vision 2030, an ambitious blueprint for economic variation, global connection, and improved quality of life. The Hajj pilgrimage is addressed by the Doyof Al Rahman Program (DARP), one of the vision's programs aiming to enhance the Hajj experience. The Hajj pilgrimage is one of the world's largest annual massive gatherings and it has already received increased attention from researchers combining elements of pilgrimage and tourism. This dissertation aims to explore Hajj service quality and pilgrims' satisfaction. To attain this objective, a narrative and systematic literature review was conducted to develop a framework with standardized …

Github Uncovered: Revealing The Social Fabric Of Software Development Communities, Abduljaleel Al Rubaye

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024

The proliferation of open-source software development platforms has given rise to various online social communities where developers can seamlessly collaborate, showcase their projects, and exchange knowledge and ideas. GitHub stands out as a preeminent platform within this ecosystem. It offers developers a space to host and disseminate their code, participate in collaborative ventures, and engage in meaningful dialogues with fellow community members. This dissertation embarks on a comprehensive exploration of various facets of software development communities on GitHub, with a specific focus on innovation diffusion, repository popularity dynamics, code quality enhancement, and user commenting behaviors. This dissertation introduces a popularity-based …

Data-Centric Ai: Taming Ai-Ready Feature Space From Decision-Making To Generative-Ai Perspectives, Dongjie Wang

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024

Unlike humans, AI systems are brittle and not robust. They often struggle when faced with novel situations, and are highly sensitive to small perturbations, which can lead to catastrophically poor performance. These systems comprise two main components: the model and the data. In recent decades, research has primarily focused on models, emphasizing advanced structures or algorithms to enhance AI performance. However, the data-centric aspect consumes most of the time and resources of human experts and greatly influences AI systems. Furthermore, the gains from the model-centric part are reaching a plateau. Thus, I shifted my research focus toward data-centric AI in …

A Comprehensive And Comparative Examination Of Healthcare Data Breaches: Assessing Security, Privacy, And Performance, Mohammed Al Kinoon

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024

The healthcare sector is pivotal, offering life-saving services and enhancing well-being and community life quality, especially with the transition from paper-based to digital electronic health records (EHR). While improving efficiency and patient safety, this digital shift has also made healthcare a prime target for cybercriminals. The sector's sensitive data, including personal identification information, treatment records, and SSNs, are valuable for illegal financial gains. The resultant data breaches, increased by interconnected systems, cyber threats, and insider vulnerabilities, present ongoing and complex challenges. In this dissertation, we tackle a multi-faceted examination of these challenges. We conducted a detailed analysis of healthcare data …

Hierarchical Heterogeneous Catalysts For Hydrogenation Reactions, Azina Rahmani

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024

Noble metal catalysts are widely used for their remarkable activity and stability. However, their sustainability is challenged by their scarcity, both in terms of Earth-abundance and production sources. To ensure their sustainable use and long-term availability, it is essential to design new catalytic systems that minimize noble metal usage, maximize reactivity, and allow easy recovery and reuse. One promising approach involves using supported noble metal nanocatalysts (NCs) that enables low loadings of active materials, prevents NCs agglomeration during catalysis, and enhances separability of the catalysts from products. Nickel foams, as NCs support, stand out for their contiguous macroporous 3-D structure …

Doubly Rotating Coordinates: Wave Functions In Magnetic Resonance Problems, Sunghyun Kim

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024

The nuclear spin response to a rotating field H has been theoretically investigated from the 1930s to the 1950s. Building upon Majorana's probability theory, the behavior of spin 1/2 is well-illustrated in the joint review by Rabi, Ramsey, andSchwinger, and their spin wave function ψ is succinctly restated by Gottfried: ψ(t) = e^-iI_zωt/ℏe^{-i[I_z(ω₀-ω)+I_xω₁]t/ℏ}ψ(0).

However, the complexity involved in evaluating the wave function ψ in terms of probability amplitudes C_m attributed to the noncommutative nature of spin operators [I_x, I …

An Exploration Of Administrative Implementation Of Academically Challenging Curriculum To Enhance Learning (Accel- Fl Statute 1002.3105) In Florida Elementary Schools, Patricia L. Cummings

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024

This study investigated the content of 14 Florida district's Student Progression Plans and supportive district documentation to gain a better understanding of each district's implementation of Florida statute 1002.3105, ACCEL; explored the knowledge, attitudes, and experiences of principals of K-5 schools in two large counties in Florida in enacting ACCEL; and utilized the study's findings to create a guide for administrators. The first phase of the study analyzed the 14 largest Florida public school districts utilizing a content analysis and checklists on best practice in acceleration policy from Lupkowski-Shoplik et al. (2018) to examine each district's implementation. The second phase …

A Stress Perspective Of Leader-Follower Relationship Ambivalence, Ghada Baz

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024

Ambivalence is the experience of both positive and negative evaluations regarding an object such as a person or an event. Although interest in leadership ambivalence has been growing among researchers, there is still little understanding of what distinguishes it from poor leadership. The goal of this dissertation was to contribute to the leadership ambivalence literature by examining ambivalence in the leader-member exchange (LMX) relationship through the lens of occupational stress. Specifically, I used the job demands-resources model as a theoretical foundation and presented leadership ambivalence as a unique job demand that is associated with emotional exhaustion as a symptom of …