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Persevering With Bandwagoning, Not Hedging: Why European Security Cooperation Still Conforms To Realism, Lorenzo Cladi

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Over the past few years, European security cooperation has been revived. The EU has launched several defence initiatives and some member states, such as France have launched their own collaborative initiatives. The renewed activism in European security cooperation followed several years of inactivity and warrants theoretical investigation. Hedging is a concept that has been employed to make sense of renewed activism in European security cooperation. By pursuing hedging, Europeans are preparing for a future in which the US might be unwilling or unable to get involved, and to assist with, European security affairs. Advancing a neorealist analysis, this article argues …

Ecological Consequences Of Historic Moorland ‘Improvement’, Francis M. Rowney, Ralph M. Fyfe, Philip Anderson, Robert Barnett, William Blake, Tim Daley, Katie Head, Alison Macleod, Ian Matthews, David N. Smith

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Can Micropolitan Areas Bridge The Urban/Rural Divide?, Sheila Foster, Clayton P. Gillette

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

There exists a well-known and significant divide between urban and rural areas in the United States. The divide has been documented along multiple dimensions – social, economic, and political – and is seen as a detrimental characteristic of our national identity and capacity for both economic development and civil political discourse. In this Article, we explore a subset of the urban/rural divide and propose a mechanism for reducing its economic and political effects within that limited realm. Specifically, we focus on the subset of rural areas that lie within what the Office of Management and Budget defines as micropolitan areas. …

Between Two Rivers: Environmental Justice And The Politics Of Ecological Improvement In Puget Sound, Grant M. Gutierrez

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

Environmental justice (EJ) has become a central framework for historically marginalized communities in the United States to identify unequal exposure to environmental harm. Yet, what once began as a radical social movement challenge to different forms of environmental racism has been taken-up by a wide swathe of civil society across diverse political, cultural, and ecological landscapes. In particular, river restoration efforts – and the many communities they implicate – are emerging as key sites of political-ecological interventions that are central to EJ. However, not all river restoration efforts employ EJ as a guiding framework. Through this dissertation, I ask: how …

Recent Developments In Oil And Gas Habendum Clause And Savings Clause Interpretation, Emily Richard

Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal

No abstract provided.

Consumers’ Subjective Well-Being In Brazil: Suggested Extensions For Researching A Market With Continental Dimensions, Igor De Jesus Lobato Pompeu Gammarano

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

This commentary starts by recognizing, in the lead article of this issue, the importance of studying empirically the relationships between marketplace activities and consumers' perceived subjective well-being in Brazil. The commentary then presents a number of ways in which future research studies of this type can be strengthened, in terms of geographical coverage, methods employed and analytical-interpretive tools used. The commentary also offers literature links to a variety of consumption modes, from minimalist to hedonic; pointing out that subjective well-being is influenced by these styles/modes of consumption.

Consumers' Perceptions Of The Role Of The Marketing System In Subjective Well-Being, Valcir Farias, Ramon Silva Leite

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

The term happiness is used colloquially to refer to subjective well-being. In the years when the performance of marketing systems in Brazil was reduced, there was a fall in happiness index, which demonstrates the importance of marketing systems in the subjective well-being of individuals and society. Most studies on the role played by the marketing system in subjective well-being are based on mature markets. Little has been studied on the subject in Latin American markets. This article describes the role of marketing systems in the subjective well-being of Brazilian consumers. In qualitative research through interviews with consumers from cities of …

A New Method For Cluster Life Cycle Stage Identification: Mapping The Evolution Of The Biomedical Competitiveness Cluster Of Wallonia., Conor Michael Harte

Theses

National governments and policy makers alike need data and expertise as they seek to develop accurate and relevant cluster policies and initiatives. It is argued that clusters also have life cycles similar to the way industries, products, and technologies have a life cycle, including a variety of stages (Ingstrup and Damgaard, 2013; Jia et al., 2015; Fornahl and Hassink, 2017; Ferrari et al., 2020). This research addresses three objectives: 1. Analyse the longitudinal development of a cluster to record, measure and analyse its evolution over a three-year period; 2. Create a new methodology to support cluster life cycle stage identification; …

Longitudinal Study Of ‘Retraining’ Non-Maths Specialist Teachers To Become Capable, Confident Teachers Of Mathematics, Naomi Sani, David Burghes

Plymouth Institute of Education

One of the key problems to be solved in mathematics education in England is that the demand for mathematics teachers is far in excess of the supply. Acknowledging that there are simply too few mathematics teachers, the UK government has invested significantly in retraining programmes. These programmes ‘retrain’ out-of-field teachers, that is, teachers of other subjects or from other phases, to teach secondary mathematics. The increased mathematical demand of the reformed GCSE courses coupled with the expectation that most post-16 students will engage with some mathematics (studying for A and AS levels, a Core Maths qualification or re-sitting GCSE) means …

The Social, Political, And Psychological Extensions Of Expatriation Through Views Of Place, Ioannis Galanopoulos Papavasileiou

All Works

The project Views from Expatria: Photographing Place and the Self in Transience investigates the intersection between photography, expatriation, and an expanded context of human migrations. Expatriates, transient skilled workers, within today’s ease of mobility for work can easily lose sight of “home.” Recurrent transits and travels away from home are associated with the everyday experience of expatriates. Although there are many benefits associated with working abroad, these do not come without challenges for the expatriated individual. My creative work Photographing Place and Self in transience and this article reveal the social, political, and psychological complexities associated with the global phenomenon …

Use Of Electronic Information Resources By Postgraduate Students Of Faculty Of Education In Imo State University, Owerri Library, Linda Ijeoma Uwandu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examined the use of electronic information resources by postgraduate students of Faculty of Education in Imo State University, Owerri Library. Four research questions guided the study. Survey research design was adopted in carrying out this study. The population of the study is 181 postgraduate students of Faculty of Education in Imo State University, Owerri. The sample for the study was 181 postgraduate students. Using census sampling technique, the entire population was adopted as sample for the study. Online questionnaire was used to collect data for this study and was rated using the four-point scale. A total of 135 …

Issue 403: September 22-October 6, 2022, The Local Voice

The Local Voice

No abstract provided.

2022.09.22 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Northeastern Illinois University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees - 2022

Meeting materials for the NEIU Board of Trustees

Debate As A Pedagogical Practice: A Case Study From Finland On Teaching International Law, Tuukka Tomperi, Outi Korhonen, Sampo Mielityinen

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of Clamouring For Legal Protection: What The Great Books Teach Us About People Fleeing From Persecution, Cori Alonso-Yoder

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Academic Freedom In A Hybrid Illiberal Regime: Risks, Threats And Resources For Resilience, András L. Pap

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Teaching Law Across Six Continents, David Oppenheimer, Panos Kapotas, Laura Carlson

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Monitoring Droughts Phenomenon Using Remote Sensing And Gis In Wasit/ Iraq, Yasir Abdulameer Nayyef Aldabbagha, Ali Ibrahim Zghair Al-Nasrawib

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Drought is considered the most vulnerable natural hazard that affects a large number of people. Drought has nonstructural effects that spread across a vast geographic area, endangering human lives. The Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) based on Landsat 8 imaging and the meteorological-based Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) were used to monitor the drought in Wasit governorate eastern Iraq for 2013 and 2018. To accurately assess the drought-affected area and provide appropriate drought-proofing, the Arc GIS Desktop 10.5 program was used to examine the spatial and temporal variance of drought across the study area. Using NDVI analysis in the study area, …

The Effect Of Morphoclimatic Processes On Archaeological Sites In The Warka Urban Area, Sajida Musa Al-Jawhar, Sarhan Naeem Al-Khafaji

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research dealt with analyzing the impact of morphoclimatic processes on the urban area of ​​Al-Warkaa city, which represents the most important archaeological cities in the southern Iraq region. The study aims to analyze the most important characteristics of natural geography and its role in the activity or weakness of morphoclimatic processes affecting archaeological sites, and the studies showed that the morphoclimatic processes on the Al-Warkaa historical region are most effective on the historical sites, which represented by chemical, biological and mechanical weathering processes and their different effects, Mechanical weathering is considered one of the most active types of weathering …

Daylam In The Sassanid Era, Hajer Adiel Muhammed, Abbas Khamees Abood

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The land of Daylam was the focus of the attention of the powers because of its prohibition on the one hand and because of the qualities of the Daylam people, and one of these powers was the Sassanid state, but the Daylams, because of their nature, refused to be submissive, but rather took comfort in the profession of fighting, as they used to go as infantry in the armies as mercenaries. The research was divided into three sections, as it came in the first topic (the country of Daylam until the era of Ardashir I), in the second topic (the …

The Historical Roots Of The Shoshone Tribe, Rawan Azzam Hamoodi, Maria Hassan Mughtaz

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research deals with the history of one of the Native American tribes that settled in the northwest of the American continent and represented part of the civilization and heritage of that region in which it arose around the seventeenth century, and it lived in an unstable environment as a result of the climatic conditions that surrounded it, but despite that it adapted in managing Its affairs, the Shoshoni tribe practiced the horse trade with the help of the Spanish colonists, and this means that it was bought by equestrian, and that trade helped it improve its living conditions and …

The Impact Of Erosion Operations On Land Roads In Dhi Qar Governorate, Abtial Hamid Hassan, Sarhan Naeem Alkhfagiu

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The Study dealt with the impact of erosion processes on the land roads in Dhi Qar Govemorate, as it showed that the roads suffer from many problems, including the erosion, cracks and subsidence, due to the natural factor represented in the natural characteristics of the area, including (geologicals structure, climatic characteristics, soil), and the land roads may suffer One of these problems is the result of water erosion processes, in which the climate and soil factor play a role in activating and exacerbating these processes The study showed that the properties of the soil of the region of riverine origin …

Book Review Of American Legal Education Abroad: Critical Histories, Theresa Kaiser

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

The Montclarion, September 22, 2022, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Intelligence Collection And The International Law Of The Sea, James Kraska

International Law Studies

This article explores the legal implications of intelligence collection operations at sea. It concludes that in terms of the international law of the sea, intelligence collection that occurs outside of the territorial sea is lawful. Furthermore, even intelligence collection by a foreign ship inside the territorial sea, while a violation of State sovereignty, may not violate the law of the sea, per se. Additionally, within the territorial sea, coastal States are limited in the measures they may take against foreign-flagged submarines and surface warships collecting intelligence since those activities do not constitute an armed attack or even the use of …

An Assessment Model Of The Healthcare Entrepreneurship Ecosystem To Foster Solutions For Underserved Communities, Abdalilah Saleh Owaishiz

Dissertations and Theses

There are significant disparities in access to healthcare treatment and this study investigates the healthcare entrepreneurship ecosystem and the challenges and considerations associated within. There is a lack of research on how to evaluate and assess the healthcare entrepreneurship ecosystem especially when applying multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. The Hierarchical Decision Model (HDM) has been utilized to identify several perspectives and factors grouped under them by the expert’s quantification. This research concentrates on underserved communities because that is where the biggest needs and impact can be made to support achieving health equity and universal health coverage. The findings of this research …

Efficacy Of A Smartphone-Based Care Support Programme In Improving Post-Traumatic Stress In Families With Childhood Cancer: Protocol Of A Randomised Controlled Trial, Jun Ma, Han-Zhu Qian, Yueyang Peng, Yali Xiang, Minghua Yang, Jessica Hahne, Can Gu

2020-Current year OA Pubs

INTRODUCTION: Diagnosis and treatment represent distressing experiences for the families of children with cancer. Psychosocial challenges are faced by these families in China because of limited health services and resources for psychosocial oncology care. Effective interventions tailored to the knowledge level and cultural values of this population are needed. The goal of this study is to evaluate a smartphone-based care support (SBCS) programme for the families of children with cancer in China.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A parallel randomised controlled trial will be conducted to examine the efficacy of an evidence-based and culturally tailored SBCS programme for the families of children …

Wastewater-Informed Public Health Intervention Playbook

Sustain Magazine

As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic quickly spread from country to country and continent to continent in 2020, governments and scientists needed a way to track COVID-19 through populations in order to position public health interventions in the most impactful locations. Having a decision-based risk framework may help to guide policy creation that could minimize or prevent possible outbreaks and surges of infection within communities. The University of Louisville in partnership with Louisville’s Department of Public Health and Wellness tested this strategy in 2021 and 2022. This Wastewater-Informed Public Health Intervention Playbook describes the decisions and actions of that academic and public …

Using Airborne And Desis Imaging Spectroscopy To Map Plant Diversity Across The Largest Contiguous Tract Of Tallgrass Prairie On Earth, Hamed Gholizadeh, Adam P. Dixon, Kimberly H. Plan, Nicholas A. Mcmillan, Rober G. Hamilton, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, John A. Gamon

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Grassland ecosystems are under threat globally, primarily due to land-use and land-cover changes that have adversely affected their biodiversity. Given the negative ecological impacts of biodiversity loss in grasslands, there is an urgent need for developing an operational biodiversity monitoring system that functions in these ecosystems. In this paper, we assessed the capability of airborne and spaceborne imaging spectroscopy (also known as hyperspectral imaging) to capture plant α-diversity in a large naturally-assembled grassland while considering the impact of common management practices, specifically prescribed fire. We collected a robust insitu plant diversity data set, including species composition and percent cover from …

Using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles To Map And Monitor Changes In Emergent Kelp Canopy After An Ecological Regime Shift, Vienna R. Saccomanno, Tom Bell, Camille Pawlak, Charlotte K. Stanley, Katherine C. Cavanaugh, Rietta Hohman, Kirk R. Klausmeyer, Kyle Cavanaugh, Abby Nickels, Waz Hewerdine, Corey Garza, Gary Fleener, Mary Gleason

Marine Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Kelp forests are complex underwater habitats that form the foundation of many nearshore marine environments and provide valuable services for coastal communities. Despite their ecological and economic importance, increasingly severe stressors have resulted in declines in kelp abundance in many regions over the past few decades, including the North Coast of California, USA. Given the significant and sustained loss of kelp in this region, management intervention is likely a necessary tool to reset the ecosystem and geospatial data on kelp dynamics are needed to strategically implement restoration projects. Because canopy-forming kelp forests are distinguishable in aerial imagery, remote sensing is …