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Fighting For Their Livelihood: Ufc Fighters Can Improve Conditions Without A Union, Evan Mattel

Florida Entertainment and Sports Law Review

This Article explores the compensation structure and current benefits afforded to UFC fighters, emphasizing the unique challenges and disparities faced in the absence of a collective bargaining agreement. Despite the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC’s) popularity and revenue, fighter pay still remains a contentious issue as many of the bonuses received by fighters are based on their experience, popularity, and fight performance. This leaves little room for consistent earnings and easy mobility within the organization’s rankings. This Article analyzes the current pay model and investigates the potential impacts of attempting to unionize fighters. By evaluating the current landscape of the UFC …

Bargaining And Ballplayers: The Practical Implications Of Minor League Baseball's Cba And What It Means For The Ncaa, Bobby Bramhall

Florida Entertainment and Sports Law Review

A commentary on the work place struggles of MiLB and how Collective Bargaining Agreement changed that. With this change how will it affect another athletic league, like the NCAA.

The House Built By Fire: How Litigation Has Sparked Impending Changes To Ncaa, Maddie Salamone

Florida Entertainment and Sports Law Review

A commentary on the NCAA’s Amateurism model and how it has recently come under fire as many lawsuits have forced the NCAA to change its rules and regulations.

Durability And Defamation: How Defamation Law Continues To Adapt In The 21st Century, Austin C. Vining

Florida Entertainment and Sports Law Review

A commentary on the history of defamation and how defamation law has adapted over time.

Career Spotlight: Shannon Straughan, Esq., Shannon Straughan

Florida Entertainment and Sports Law Review

An interview with Shannon Straughan. She is an accomplished attorney specializing in intellectual property law, commercial contracts, and brand protection. With a deep passion for sports and wellness, Shannon leverages years of legal expertise to empower content creators, athletes, and businesses to achieve sustainable growth and protect their assets in a competitive landscape. Shannon offers comprehensive outside general counsel services tailored to content creators, athletes, and businesses seeking proactive legal support. She provides strategic advice to help clients navigate the complexities of their industries. Whether drafting agreements, resolving disputes, or guiding brand development, she delivers personalized solutions that empower clients …

Mark Wollaeger, Kurt Koenigsberger

James Joyce Literary Supplement

No abstract provided.

Radio Empire, Alex Fabrizio

James Joyce Literary Supplement

No abstract provided.

Comparative Analysis Of Loss Of Control Definitions, Owen D. Poborsky

Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering

“Loss of control” (LOC) is a broad term in aviation used to describe an event or series of events that resulted in an accident or incident of an aircraft. Many definitions of LOC exist for aircraft while maneuvering on the ground and in the air. The purpose of this study is to synthesize the numerous LOC definitions found in the literature and from government and rulemaking organizations to better understand the importance of airspeed awareness as it relates to LOC events at low altitudes. Furthermore, emphasis shall be placed specifically on flight training within general aviation, as significant LOC statistical …

Research Over Regulation: What Must Be Done To Mandate Warning Labels On Social Media, John L. Markel

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

Recently, outcry for social media regulation has risen after leaks, whistleblowers, and new research suggest that youth social media use has negative impacts on mental health. These claimed negative impacts can range from a variety of symptoms and diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, body image issues, envy, sleep loss, addiction, and even ADHD. Of course, technology companies adamantly deny such accusations and instead point to the benefits social media has for the youth and our society overall. Additionally, they make clear that this research is far from conclusive. This situation is simply a modernization of the previous situation …

Gai-Enabled Real Estate Fraud Schemes: Risks, Prevention And Regulations, Li Lin

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

This Note focuses on how GAI can be used in real estate fraud schemes and how governments and other entities are fighting that trend. The first section of this Note discusses the contemporary development and application of GAI in fraud. The second section examines common types of GAI-enabled real estate fraud schemes and particularly their impact on the Florida real estate market. The third section explores how GAI can combat GAI-enabled fraud such as deepfake impersonation and phishing attacks and reviews the legislation and programs many states have adopted to address these issues. The fourth section digs deeper and discusses …

When Deepfakes Make Celebrities A Dime A Dozen Can The Right Of Publicity Save Their Worth?, Danielle A. Arnwine

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

Recent advancements in deepfake technology exemplify Oscar Wilde’s counter to the traditional view of the relationship between reality and art in a way never before seen. The proliferation and sophistication of artificial intelligence and digital art create previously inconceivable opportunities for celebrity revenue streams and foster a fundamental shift in how society interacts with media online and the importance of truth. Such achievements, while impressive when considered on their own merits, illuminate known deficiencies in legal frameworks. With the potential for unique catastrophic consequences for individual victims and national security, deepfake technology cannot evolve uncontrolled within a black box as …

Developing Lawyering Skills In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence: A Framework For Legal Education, Julie L. Kimbrough

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

This Article explores the emergence of generative artificial intelligence technology in legal education and law practice. It first offers historical perspective by examining the development of online legal research systems and other existing law practice technology tools that leverage artificial intelligence. This Article then proposes a framework for legal education based on twenty-first-century competencies that advance human interaction with legal technology tools. Next, this Article recommends that law schools incorporate these competencies into learning outcomes along with a holistic approach to teaching technology-driven lawyering skills as a strategy to narrow the learning gap between legal education and law practice. It …

The Current 'Ban-Demic': School Book Bans In The U.S., Barbara Perez, Jane Caputi

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

This essay examines the alarming rise of U.S book. Our stance is grounded in our experiences as educators and academics in Florida, the state with the highest number of book bans and legislation that has significantly impacted education. Book bans infringe on freedom of expression, right to access information, = students’ right to education, and real harm to targeted communities (i.e., LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities), as the bans contribute to the ongoing marginalization and stigmatization of these communities. Diverse representation is key in literature and education. Banning popular culture texts from the classroom stifles critical thinking, social dialogue, and, ultimately, …

Versatile Imidazole Scaffold With Potent Activity Against Multiple Apicomplexan Parasites, Monique Khim, Jemma Montgomery, Mariana Laureano De Souza, Melvin Delvillar, Lyssa J. Weible, Mayuri Prabakaran, Matthew A. Hulverson, Tyler Eck, Rammohan Y. Bheemanabonia, P. Holland Alday, David P. Rotella, J. Stone Doggett, Bart L. Staker, Kayode K. Ojo, Purnima Bhanot

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Malaria, toxoplasmosis, and cryptosporidiosis are caused by apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium spp., Toxoplasma gondii, and Cryptosporidium parvum, respectively, and pose major health challenges. Their therapies are inadequate, ineffective or threatened by drug resistance. The development of novel drugs against them requires innovative and resource-efficient strategies. We exploited the kinome conservation of these parasites to determine the cellular targets and effects of two Plasmodium falciparum inhibitors in T. gondii and C. parvum. The imidazoles, (R)-RY-1-165 and (R)-RY-1-185, were developed to target the cGMP dependent protein kinase of P. falciparum (PfPKG), orthologs of which are present in T. gondii and C. parvum. Using …

Pod 20th Anniversary Publication 2025, Project Open Door

Publications + Documents + Videos

RISD Project Open Door (POD) is celebrating 20 years and its commitment to supporting access to art education.

In early June community members gathered at Woods-Gerry to view work by current POD students and alums in an exhibition that featured paintings, sculptures, photographs and other works.

Professor Emeritus Paul Sproll, founder of the program, spoke at the June event about POD’s inception in 2005. “This show reflects the strong community behind Project Open Door,” he said. “Thank you RISD, thank you students, thank you alums and thank you supporters. This work is important, and I hope it will continue for …

Who Gets To Be A Child And When? The Pervasive Yet Contextually Shaped Nature Of Racialized Adultification Across Perceivers And Contexts, Kevin M. Summers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Racialized adultification is a pervasive bias in which individuals tend to judge Black children as older and more adult-like than White children of the same age. This racial bias is discussed across many scientific domains in addition to popular media, yet there is relatively little empirical work documenting its existence, consequences, and boundary conditions. In the current work, I aim to develop an empirical foundation that advances scientific understanding of racialized adultification and in turn contributes to a growing model that elucidates the conditions under which individuals are disproportionately likely to express this pernicious bias. In the current work, I …

Employee Engagement Strategies For Purchasing Managers, Winona L. Sewell Hall

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The lack of employee engagement negatively impacts organizations through revenue loss, poor productivity, and toxic cultures. Purchasing managers are concerned with decreased employee engagement as it negatively impacts productivity and revenue. Grounded in situational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore strategies purchasing managers use to increase engagement and productivity. The participants were six managers who have been successful in implementing strategies to increase employee engagement. Data were collected using semistructured interviews. Through thematic analysis, three key themes were identified: (a) communication, (b) leadership styles, and (c) culture. A key recommendation is for purchasing managers …

The Spring 2025 Issue, Destiny Dehart, Laura K. Clark Hunt, Crystal Walker, Austin Bello, Lauren Nimon-Viola, Sarah Gonzalez

Fonds and Feathers

This issue, edited by Destiny DeHart, features “Advances in Storytelling” by Assistant Professor Laura K. Clark Hunt, Ph.D., “Evolving Storytelling in Libraries: Project Techne” by Crystal Walker, “Who’s Rewriting History” by Austin Bello, “Soldiers in Disguise: Women’s Stories from the Civil War” by Lauren Viola, “Once Upon a Map: Storytelling in Libraries with ARCGIS Storymaps” by Sara Gonzalez, “Mold in the Archives: How Bias Influences Stories” by Destiny DeHart, and interview with managing reference archivist Devin McGeehan Muchmore of the GLBT Historical Society. In addition, upcoming conferences are listed. A list of students who will graduate in December 2024 with …

Enhancing Multi-Step Stock Price Forecasting With Social Media Sentiment And Engagement Metrics, Damilare Olaniyan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigates whether social media sentiment can improve the accuracy of stock price prediction beyond traditional historical data. While financial markets have long relied on structured numerical indicators, the growing influence of public discourse on platforms like Twitter has introduced new opportunities for extracting market-relevant signals from unstructured text. The study focuses on four major technology firms and combines sentiment features derived from Twitter with historical stock prices in a hybrid machine learning framework. Engagement-weighted sentiment, linguistic complexity, and polarity intensity were extracted using natural language processing techniques and incorporated into classification and regression models. Results show that including …

Photochemistry Of Quinones And Combustion-Derived Particles, Desiree J. Sarmiento

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Quinones are ubiquitous species that can be produced from the photochemical aging of combustion-derived particles (CDPs). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a major component of CDPs and are precursors to quinones and other oxidized products (OPAHs). My work first expanded on the PAH and OPAH photochemistry research of Dr. John Haynes, who showed that anthracene (ANT) oxidizes into 1,4-naphthoquinone (1,4-NAPQ), 1,4-anthraquinone (1,4-ANTQ), and 9,10-anthraquinone (9,10-ANTQ), and of Dr. Heather Runberg, who demonstrated the ability of ANT and these quinones to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). Then at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), I was given the opportunity to investigate …

Intersectional Resistance: German Working-Class Adaptation To Nazi Control, Nyhan O’Sullivan

Lawrence University Honors Projects

Prior to the Nazi seizure of power, the working class in Germany held political power at the local and national level. Once the Nazi state obtained control, they took decisive action and dismantle workers institutions and control the working class. The working class was forced to adapt to these rapidly changing circumstances and push back against the Nazi state in ways dictated largely by the conditions in which workers found themselves. Workers with vastly different experiences, from forced laborers to enthusiastic fascist volunteers experiences the Nazi states contempt for workers and resisted. By examining this resistance and the effects it …

Synthesis Of Anti-Schistosomal Heterocyclic Compounds Targeting Thioredoxin Glutathione Reductase, Alexander Stewart

Lawrence University Honors Projects

chistosomiasis is a deadly and debilitating parasitic disease caused by Schistosoma mansoni which affects 200+ million people annually who come into contact with contaminated water. Currently only one drug (Praziquantel) has been used to treat this disease for almost 50 years, and fear of resistance is growing, thus a new drug and new target is needed. Inhibition of the organism-specific redox defense protein Thioredoxin Glutathione Reductase (TGR) has lead to the death of the worm in vitro, indicating that it would be a good druggable target. Fragment based analysis and x-ray crystallography have returned the outline of a lead compound …

Evolutionary Conservation Of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein In Clarthrin-Mediated Endocytosis, Jonah Friedmann

Lawrence University Honors Projects

Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is a cellular process for internalizing extracellular materials and recycling parts of the plasma membrane into intracellular vesicles. When a threshold of membrane-bound receptors is met at the cell surface, endocytic proteins organize into a conformation that can invaginate the membrane and separate a vesicle into the cytosol. Our current model for understanding CME has been derived from studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Previous research has led to a model for how Las17, a homolog of Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome Protein (WASP), contributes to CME. WASP proteins are critical actin nucleators involved in multiple processes. In S. cerevisiae, Las17 …

Status Of Persistent Organic Pollutant Of Brominated Flame Retardant Hbcd In Daily Diet And Its Potential Health Risks, Zhao Zirui, Ji Hainan, Zhao Chan, Shen Guolin, Zhang Mengling

Food and Machinery

Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD ) is a brominated flame retardant widely used in flame retardant for various industrial and consumer products.Due to its high biotoxicity,bioaccumulation,pollution persistence,and long -range transport capacity,HBCD has been included in the Stockholm Convention list of persistent organic pollutants (POPs ) and is being phased out globally.In this paper,the contamination of HBCD,additive brominated flame retardants,in daily diet and the characteristics of HBCD absorption and metabolism in the body are briefly described.Then,the evaluation of HBCD exposure toxicity by bioinformatics,in vitro primary cell models,and cell line models are reviewed.Subsequently,the effects of HBCD intervention on the toxicology of zebrafish models,mouse models,and rat …

Research Progress On Deep Eutectic Solvents In Extraction Of Polysaccharides From Edible Mushrooms, Pei Longying, Liu Wei, Wang Sidan, Wang Xiaoyu, Zhou Yuting, Xie Chaoying

Food and Machinery

Polysaccharides in edible mushrooms possess biological activities such as immunomodulation,antioxidant effects,anticancer properties,and regulation of intestinal microbiota.Deep eutectic solvent (DES ) extraction has gained attention as a novel method for polysaccharide extraction.This article outlines the composition,synthesis methods,and important properties of DES,summarizes and discusses research on polysaccharide extraction from edible mushrooms using DES in China and abroad,and further explores the limitations of the DES extraction method.

The Museum Of The City: A Case Study Of Self-Guided Site Visits For Built Environment Education, Elaine Edmonds

Irish Journal of Academic Practice

This case study examines the development and implementation of a self-guided, museum style site visit project for built environment students, created in response to the logistical and pedagogical limitations exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), the project Museum of the City integrates narrative-based microlectures, multimodal media, and optional reflective activities to support student engagement and accessibility. Over four years of integration into a final-year planning module, the approach has demonstrated sustained student participation, adaptability across delivery modes, and pedagogical value in contextualizing theoretical content. This case study outlines the rationale, design process, …

Neural Oscillations Enable Concurrent Visual Perception And Visual Working Memory Processing, Khayla Santiago

Lawrence University Honors Projects

Successful goal-directed behavior requires balancing task-relevant information stored in working memory and the continuous processing of incoming sensory input, yet the neural mechanisms underlying this coordination remain unclear. This study examines how neural oscillations support concurrent visual perception and visual working memory. Using electroencephalography (EEG), we recorded brain activity while participants performed a dual task paradigm requiring them to simultaneously maintain one orientation in their memory while monitoring another orientation on the screen. After variable time intervals (50 different SOAs between 500-1500ms), participants compared a probe against either the memorized or visually monitored orientation. Analysis of response times and accuracy …

Simple Yet Effective, Effective Yet Inclusive: A Skincare Line, Ayesha Wali Rahimoon

Lawrence University Honors Projects

This honors project addresses the lack of inclusive skincare formulations by developing a scientifically grounded skincare line with an antioxidant-rich serum, moisturizer, and cleanser tailored to support diverse skin types, particularly melanin-rich skin. The serum combines strawberry extract powder, Manuka honey, niacinamide, green tea extract, and humectants to promote hydration, antioxidant protection, and skin barrier reinforcement. Formulated with a stable pH of 5.0–5.5 and an effective preservative system, the product was tested through non-animal, biologically relevant models.

A UV protection assay using HEK293 cells demonstrated that the serum significantly reduces oxidative damage, increasing post-exposure cell viability to 80%, compared to …

Marie Lamb V. Cvs Pharmacy Llc

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Harlem’S Avenues For Agency: An Exploration Of Black Female Agency In Angelina Weld Grimké And Zora Neale Hurston’S Short Stories, Jessica Ellen Hartenbower

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores themes of Black female agency in selected short stories by Angelina Weld Grimké and Zora Neale Hurston. Pushing back against the belief that the Harlem Renaissaince was a movement solely for male artists, Grimké and Hurston write short stories that center Black women and their experiences. Through the avenues of bodily autonomy, the using or silencing of voice, the opportunity and ability to make choices, issues of justice, retribution, and vengeance, the holding of authority, and being empowered or disempowered, I examine the female characters’ exercising of their agency to varying degrees. I also discuss how religious …