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The Attorney’S Guidebook To Handling Un And Oas Visas: Understanding The Us’ Obligation In Igo Visa Issuance, Nicolas Garon

Lincoln Memorial University Law Review Archive

The UN Headquarters Agreement, signed in 1947 between the United States and the United Nations, outlines many obligations for the U.S. as the host nation. Notably, it requires the U.S. Government to facilitate entry into the UN’s Headquarters District, which spans a 25-mile radius from Columbus Circle in New York. Consequently, the C-2 visa was created specifically to permit transit into the UN Headquarters District for qualified duties, without granting access to the rest of the United States.However, there is a significant lack of information and secondary resources on C-2 visas, as well as other visas and procedures for accessing …

The Road To Equity- Have Women Made Adequate Progress?, Renalia Dubose B.S, M.S., Ed. S., J.D.

Lincoln Memorial University Law Review Archive

The United States Department of Education, via The Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994, implemented national standards for measuring student achievement throughout the United States. For the first time, the federal government examined data regarding the progress of all students. The determination of adequate progress caused a national reckoning as the No Child Left Behind movement put the spotlight on data associated with a group of children who were previously hidden from public view, underachieving and underserved students. For the first time, the federal government gave clarity to a previously vague term, adequate progress. Women's rights advocacy has been at …

“The Winner Takes It All:” The Public Use Doctrine’S Disparate Impact On Impoverished Communities In Natural Gas Production, Alana Siock

Lincoln Memorial University Law Review Archive

The interpretation of the public use doctrine in Takings jurisprudence has evolved on both the federal and state level, and this evolution has had a disparate impact on impoverished communities. This note proposes that the persistent poverty and economic decline plaguing northeastern Pennsylvania on the microcosmic level are a product of distributive injustice, which is exacerbated and perpetuated by the expansion of the Takings Clause’s public use doctrine. This note links these exacerbations to the continuance of the boom-and-bust economies set up in regions like northeastern Pennsylvania, finding that the Takings Clause, which was enshrined in the U.S. Constitution as …

Reducing The Incidence Of Frequent Hospital Readmissions In Veterans Population, Dasari Reddy

Student Scholarly Projects

Practice Problem: Veterans hospital readmission problems are challenging, specifically in the heart failure department, which severely impacts the patient's health, mortality, family, and quality of life. Frequent readmissions increase the usage cost, hospital budget, and loss of time from providers to other veterans, and failure to meet the key guidelines of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid for improvement.

PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was, in veterans with heart failure and one or more frequent hospital readmissions discharged in the last 30 days(P), does the appointment of a dedicated discharge nurse practitioner as a coordinator(I), compared to …

Metabolism And Thermogenesis In The Hibernating Arctic Ground Squirrel, Moriah M. Hunstiger

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Arctic Ground Squirrels (AGS) tolerate up to eight months of fasting, inactivity, and large fluctuations in body mass. AGS utilize their fat stores Fat stores, which account for 25-50% of the total body mass, as a fuel source through the hibernation season to maintain a heterothermic body temperature pattern. Body temperature covers a 42°C range, requiring tight regulation to ensure survival. There are two main groupings of heat production that contribute or may contribute to temperature regulation: shivering and non-shivering thermogenesis (NST). The latter includes uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) and sarcolipin (SLN) uncoupling of the sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA). …

Exploring The Covid-19 Infodemic In Alaska, Emily Maxwell

Interdisciplinary Studies

The onset of the COVID-19 global health crisis coincided with an unprecedented rise in health misinformation and false narratives related to the disease. This simultaneous spread of accurate and inaccurate information, referred to as an infodemic, has had observable impacts on the trajectory of the pandemic and the future of public health. While health misinformation has been a factor in previous outbreaks, the increased prominence of social media as an information platform allowed misinformation to spread more widely and rapidly than ever before. This investigation aims to assess the impacts of COVID-19 misinformation in Alaska using a mixed methods approach. …

Archetypal Energies And Global Mental Health, Carroy U. Ferguson

Psychology Faculty Publication Series

As a keynote speaker at the Global Mental Health Conference 2024, held at Sophia University, Costa Mesa, CA, in-person and virtually, August 16-18, 2024, my topic was "Archetypal Energies As A Framework for Self-Empowerment and Well Being". The theme of this 2024 global conference was: Enlightened Minds, Compassionate Hearts, and Embodied Wisdom. To supplement my keynote address, I wrote this blog article titled "Archetypal Energies and Global Mental Health".

Alaska Basketball: Leadership On The Court And Success Beyond The Game, Kelly Jo Mccormick

Indigenous Studies

The importance of extra-curricular basketball programs in Alaska provokes diametrically opposed viewpoints. Some parents and school officials believe basketball advances students’ overall educational experiences, while others believe it detracts from them. In response, the parents and officials do provide programs but enact eligibility requirements and policies to regulate who can participate and how they do. Should students settle by simply doing just enough to remain eligible for a high school basketball season, or should the goal be to aim for a higher return on the investment of participating in high school sports? As coaches, teachers, parents and boosters, is lowering …

A Phenomenological Exploration Of Providers’ Telehealth Experiences With Rural Alaska Native And American Indian Beneficiaries In Interior Alaska, Kimi Yatsushiro

Psychology

People of Alaska Native and American Indian heritage living in rural areas of Interior Alaska experience significant barriers to accessing healthcare, including availability and accessibility of mental health services and varying levels of acceptance by communities. Telehealth has been used to enhance health access in underserved areas. Little is known about how mental health providers use and experience telehealth while working with tribal health beneficiaries in rural Alaska. This dissertation sought to explore the phenomenological experiences of mental health providers using a Community Based Participatory Research approach. Eight in-depth interviews were conducted with providers at Tanana Chiefs Conference about their …

A Phenomenological Exploration Of Behavioral Health Aides’ Perceptions Of Telebehavioral Health Services With Rural Alaska Native And American Indian Beneficiaries In Interior Alaska, Omar B. Gomez Sadalgo

Psychology

Alaska Native Persons (ANPs) living rurally and remotely in Alaska face substantial barriers in addressing behavioral healthcare. Improved technologically driven communications and interventions via telebehavioral health services enhance service delivery alternatives and accessibility. This transcendental phenomenological study aimed to explore the perceptions of Alaska’s tribal health workers utilizing what they term video teleconference (VTC) with AN rural beneficiaries as part of their role and involvement in the Behavioral Health Aide (BHA) Program. In the past decade, the program has trained, certified, and deployed multiple providers across tribal health organizations to help mitigate high mental health rates. The largest tribal health …

@Egan Newsletter 2024 Convocation Edition, Egan Library University Of Alaska Southeast

Egan Library News

No abstract provided.

Master Of Social Work Portfolio, Bradley Herman

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

Welcome to the grand capstone, the top of the heap, Where my journey in social work isn’t just a small leap. It's a compendium, a collection, oh, what a view, Of all that I’ve learned and all that I do. It’s a culminating circus of knowledge so vast, From the first class I took to the very last. Ethics, practice, and justice, oh my, All woven together under one big sky.

Intradermal Vaccination With A Phytoglycogen Nanoparticle And Sting Agonist Induces Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte-Mediated Antitumor Immunity, Juan F. Hernandez-Franco, Imran M. Jan, Bennett D. Elzey, Harm Hogenesch

Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund

A critical aspect of cancer vaccine development is the formulation with effective adjuvants. This study evaluated whether combining a cationic plant-derived nanoparticle adjuvant (Nano-11) with the clinically tested STING agonist ADU-S100 (MIW815) could stimulate anticancer immunity by intradermal vaccination. Nano-11 combined with ADU-S100 (NanoST) synergistically activated antigen-presenting cells, facilitating protein antigen cross-presentation in vitro and in vivo. Intradermal vaccination using ovalbumin (OVA) as a tumor antigen and combined with Nano-11 or NanoST prevented the development of murine B16-OVA melanoma and E.G7-OVA lymphoma tumors. The antitumor immunity was abolished by CD8+ T cell depletion but not by CD4+ T cell depletion. …

The Effect Of Permafrost Thaw On Merucry- And Methane-Cycling Microbes And Their Potential Interactions, Rebecca Olson

Biological Sciences

In this study, I investigated potential interactions between methane and mercury cycles in boreal forest soils. Additionally, I examined the changes in these cycles relative to shifts in soil moisture along an environmental soil moisture gradient. This investigation is pertinent due to the escalating rate of permafrost thaw driven by climate change in Arctic and subarctic ecosystems. Permafrost thaw leads to increased soil moisture, fostering favorable conditions for anaerobic microbial processes such as mercury methylation, methanogenesis, and anaerobic methanotrophy. Microbial mercury methylation creates monomethylmercury, a neurotoxin that accumulates in aquatic food webs. Methane cycling results in the production of greenhouse …

Body Condition Of Pacific Common Eiders Breeding Along The Beaufort Sea Coast Of Alaska, Elyssa M. Watford

Biological Sciences

Pacific common eiders (Somateria mollissima v-nigrum; common eiders) are capital breeding seaducks that fast throughout their ~26 day incubation period. The incubation fast includes three metabolic phases: (I) a transition from feeding to using energy stored during the pre-breeding season, (II) the use of stored lipids for energy, and (III) the use of stored protein for energy as lipid reserves near depletion. With limited energy reserves for incubation, common eiders are more vulnerable to factors that increase the metabolic demands of reproduction, such as climate change or disturbance. We assessed the following metrics of body condition: mass, packed-cell volume, β-hydroxybutyrate, …

Up For The Challenge: Advancing Social Justice, Dominique P. Mcmurray

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

MSW Portfolio: A Comprehensive Showcase of Academic Work and Achievements

This paper demonstrates the professional development during the Master of Social Work program at the University of Montana. It illustrates the mastery of 5 elements of integrated practice, 9 competencies outlined by the Council on Social Work Education, and one University of Montana-specific competency.

Msw Portfolio, Tasha Clark

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

Three Years Of Advanced Integrative Practice, Tyra Rose Klein

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

MSW Portfolio: Narratives and Appendix

Msw Portfolio, Olivia Calvi

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

Role Overload And Perceived Stress In U.S. Police Officers: A Replication Study, Michelle A. Hanna Collins

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

The current study sought to replicate a prior study (Duxbury & Halinski, 2018), conducted with Canadian police officers, to further explore the generalizability of their theoretical model of work- and family-role overload as sources of stress for male and female police officers in the United States. The Canadian study supported the proposed relationships between work-role overload, including four antecedents (Competing Demands, Outside Work of One’s Mandate, Non-supportive Culture, Employed Hours Worked), family-role overload (Dependent Care Hours), and police officer stress. A total of 357 United States law enforcement officers participated in the present study. A multivariate analysis was conducted utilizing …

Effect Of Macroalgae Diet On Growth Rate And Nutrition Of The Pinto Abalone, Haliotis Kamtschatkana, James Crimp

Marine Biology

Developing methods for the cultivation of the pinto abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana, has seen increased attention, both by groups using restoration aquaculture to reestablish endangered populations in Washington and British Columbia, and in the State of Alaska, where pinto abalone are viewed as a promising new species for commercial mariculture. To enhance the viability of cultivating H. kamtschatkana for commercial and restoration purposes, more information is needed on the optimal macroalgal diet that maximizes abalone growth and nutrition. This study compares the suitability of two commonly cultivated species of macroalgae as feed: Saccharina Iatissima, a kelp with relatively low protein content, …

A Systematic Characterization Of Southeast Alaska’S Oceanography, Dana Bloch

Oceanography

Continued anthropogenic warming of the world’s surface oceans will lead to increased thermal stratification and decreased vertical nutrient supply, resulting in an expected decline in the rate of photosynthetic carbon production. Decreased primary productivity will alter the marine food web, and may impact subsistence, commercial, and recreational fisheries in Southeast Alaska (SEAK), which are important sources of food and income for local communities. Historic oceanographic data in SEAK are spatiotemporally sparse, and consistent measurements are necessary to understand present patterns and predict long term change. We analyzed the physical, chemical, and biological oceanography of SEAK from 2022-2024, initiating what is …

Msw Professional Portfolio, Nicholas Caron

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

This paper demonstrates my experience gained through the Online MSW program at the University of Montana.

Professional Portfolio: A Social Work Journey Through The 10 Competencies, Tessa Rae Nelson

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

The Professional Portfolio demonstrates Tessa Nelson's work through the 10 competencies of social work. This portfolio emphasizes what the student has learned and how it has impacted their social work practice.

Msw Portfolio, Kandice C. Mitchell

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

Social Work Portfolio for Masters Program

Msw Portfolio From The Lens Of A Clinical Social Worker, Madeliene Hamilton

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

My portfolio is an in-depth exploration at the journey that has led me here to my MSW with a comprehensive outline of my practicum and work experiences alongside coursework. My hope to anyone who reads this is that you can see my passion for this work and truly understand how each competency was learned and practice.

Msw Portfolio Narrative, Katherine P. Blaedow

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

The Council on Social Work Education and University of Montana School of Social Work require the mastery of ten competencies before graduates are awarded their Master of Social Work degree. In this paper, I share my experiences in mastering these ten competencies and reflect on my graduate degree experience.

Msw Portfolio, Briar Gaither

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

A look at my personal journey through the MSW program, what I experienced and learned, and what I gained. Features my many papers and projects from the program

Staying Curious, Stephanie Voisine

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Impact Of Mental Health Screening On Anxiety And Depression Scores Among Female Collegiate Ice Hockey Players., Christina Seber

Doctorate in Kinesiology

Background: Mental health and well-being are essential to being able to perform one’s best in career, academics, relationships, and sport (Egan, 2019). In young adults ages 18- to 25- years old, there is a growing prevalence in the types, severity, and percentage of mental illness. This is the age group of traditional college students and student-athletes, and it is highly recognized (Neal et al., 2013).

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between anxiety and depression levels with mental health screenings. What contribution do mental health screenings make towards decreasing levels of anxiety and depression?

Methods: …