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Unveiling Injustice: The Case For Ending Guantanamo Bay And Extrajudicial Detention, Aasiyah Wasif May 2025

Unveiling Injustice: The Case For Ending Guantanamo Bay And Extrajudicial Detention, Aasiyah Wasif

Northwestern Law Journal des Refusés

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Living In Paradise? Cameroonian Women In The American Diaspora, Joseph Takougang May 2025

Living In Paradise? Cameroonian Women In The American Diaspora, Joseph Takougang

Journal of African Policy Studies

For decades after independence, African migration was a phenomenon that could be attributed to a patriarchal culture that encouraged male domination. Later, that traditional mindset was reinforced by a colonial system that often marginalized the role of women in many African societies. Indeed, because young men were more likely to be educated than their female counterparts under the colonial system, they were advantaged after independence to attend institutions of higher learning abroad when it became necessary to train young Africans to occupy important government and other decision-making positions in the newly independent states. Recently, however, women have become important players, …

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Socioeconomic Status Of Parents And Provision Of Education In The Context Of The Covid-19 Pandemic In Cameroon: The Case Of The Southwest Region, Sophie Edume Etomes, Fonkeng Epah George May 2025

Socioeconomic Status Of Parents And Provision Of Education In The Context Of The Covid-19 Pandemic In Cameroon: The Case Of The Southwest Region, Sophie Edume Etomes, Fonkeng Epah George

Journal of African Policy Studies

This study examines the effect of the socioeconomic status of parents on the provision of education during the COVID-19 lockdown in Cameroon. Three major objectives guided this study, which examines the effects of parents’ educational level and level of income on the provision of education and how the emergency response strategy adopted by the government affected the provision of quality education for all. A case study research design was used, and the Southwest Region was chosen as the study site. Forty parents from rural and urban areas within the region were selected while twelve divisional delegates were sampled for the …

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The Women’S Emancipation Struggle In Senegal During The 1980s And 1990s: The Case Of The “Yewwu-Yewwi” Movement, Aliou Ly May 2025

The Women’S Emancipation Struggle In Senegal During The 1980s And 1990s: The Case Of The “Yewwu-Yewwi” Movement, Aliou Ly

Journal of African Policy Studies

Senegalese women’s socio-cultural and economic status has always been shaped by local customs, religion, and gender structures. During the colonial period, against the backdrop of the opportunity to have a Western education, economic changes and extremely rapid urbanization encouraged Senegalese women to join the political arena in supporting various male political leaders. This trend continued during the post-colonial period, leading to the election of female parliamentarians and women holding high governmental positions in the 1960s and 1970s. The 1980s saw the creation of more vocal and visible women’s organizations such as the Yewwu-Yewwi “Pour la Liberation des Femmes” movement of …

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Africa And Us Foreign Direct Investments In The 21st Century: The Contours Of Global Engagement, Moses K. Tesi May 2025

Africa And Us Foreign Direct Investments In The 21st Century: The Contours Of Global Engagement, Moses K. Tesi

Journal of African Policy Studies

The focus of this article is to analyze the state of US private investments in Africa, the nature, pattern, and trend of such investments, and various ideas about factors that have either inhibited or accelerated the growth of investment flows to countries in the region. US private investments in Africa were inconsequential from the 1960s to 1990s, but in the 2000s, significant efforts were made by the US government to encourage, promote, and support private US firms to invest in Africa, and efforts were also made by African governments to increase US private investments on the continent. My research shows …

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The Rural Development Politics Under Prime Minister K.A. Busia Of Ghana, 1969-1972, Kwame Adum-Kyeremeh May 2025

The Rural Development Politics Under Prime Minister K.A. Busia Of Ghana, 1969-1972, Kwame Adum-Kyeremeh

Journal of African Policy Studies

This article discusses rural development under the Second Republican government of Ghana. While not directly engaging with the claims of Busia’s unrivalled rural development agenda, this article provides some perspectives as to why the assertions of unqualified success remain popular. Drawing on newspapers and published sources, it discusses the Busia government’s rural development programme and accomplishments, and finds that plans to develop rural Ghana date to several years before the Busia government. By adopting rural development as its flagship programme, Busia directed the government and citizens’ attention towards rapid rural development in the early 1970s. Widespread media publicity has helped …

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Women And The Policy Process: Minimum Marriageable Age Policy Adoption In Nigeria, Ene Ekpebe May 2025

Women And The Policy Process: Minimum Marriageable Age Policy Adoption In Nigeria, Ene Ekpebe

Journal of African Policy Studies

Nigeria has the eleventh highest incidence of early marriage – marriage before the age of 18 – in the world. This is problematic because early marriage has been shown to have significant health and socioeconomic disadvantages for girls. In 2003, the Child Rights Act (CRA) was adopted by the federal government of Nigeria. One of its provisions was a prohibition of early marriage. As of 2022, 25 of Nigeria’s 36 states had adopted the CRA. However, only 23 have adopted its minimum marriageable age provision without exception. This paper discusses the factors affecting the adoption of the CRA’s minimum marriageable …

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It’S All About The Ruff: Utilizing Therapy Dogs To Address Trauma In Domestic Violence Settings, John R. Chapin, Grace A. Coleman, Michael Brayack May 2025

It’S All About The Ruff: Utilizing Therapy Dogs To Address Trauma In Domestic Violence Settings, John R. Chapin, Grace A. Coleman, Michael Brayack

People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice

Within the context of victims and violence, this study serves multiple purposes: (1) to explore the impact of pet ownership on children and adolescents within the context of bullying and school violence; (2) to document the impact of therapy animals on domestic violence victims; (3) to document the impact of working canines in courts on domestic violence victims. Findings from three surveys (1,648 children and adolescents in school; 12 child counseling clients; 41 adult domestic violence counseling clients; and 69 domestic violence victims in court) contribute to a growing literature documenting the psychological benefits of interacting with pets and animals …

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Support Agent Powered By Artificial Intelligence, Kishore Garg, Piyush, Madhumita Chakraborty May 2025

Support Agent Powered By Artificial Intelligence, Kishore Garg, Piyush, Madhumita Chakraborty

Defensive Publications Series

For cloud service providers or social media services that receive support requests from users or creators, case triaging and routing require human agents to sift manually via multiple tools and forms. This can introduce errors and result in an unacceptably high total resolution time (TRT). This disclosure describes an artificial intelligence (AI) agent that automates the handling of support requests (cases) raised by content creators or users of large services such as video sharing, social media, or other cloud-based services. By automatically performing authorization checks, routing cases, and remediating issues raised by users or creators, the AI agent can reduce …

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Fin-Fluencers- Questionable Legitimacy And Legislative Outlook, Sujata Roy Dr, Sri Hari Mangalam May 2025

Fin-Fluencers- Questionable Legitimacy And Legislative Outlook, Sujata Roy Dr, Sri Hari Mangalam

National Law School Business Law Review

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Are Smart Contracts Really Smart? Decrypting The Issues Of Their Legality, Enforcement And Interpretation, Ravindra Kumar Singh Dr May 2025

Are Smart Contracts Really Smart? Decrypting The Issues Of Their Legality, Enforcement And Interpretation, Ravindra Kumar Singh Dr

National Law School Business Law Review

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A Historical-Discourse Policy Analysis Of Arkansas' Educational Policies: A Post-Marxist, Gramscian Perspective, Matti Izora Ibrahim May 2025

A Historical-Discourse Policy Analysis Of Arkansas' Educational Policies: A Post-Marxist, Gramscian Perspective, Matti Izora Ibrahim

ATU Theses and Dissertations 2021 - Present

ABSTRACT A HISTORICAL-DISCOURSE POLICY ANALYSIS OF ARKANSAS’ EDUCATIONAL POLICIES: A POST-MARXIST, GRAMSCIAN PERSPECTIVE Matti Izora Ibrahim Few studies have explored the macro-level factors that influence education. This research examines how political forces shaping K-12 education in Arkansas connect to broader global political trends. Grounded in a post-Marxist, Gramscian framework, the research employs a Discourse-Historical Approach (Wodak, 2001) to examine the rhetorical construction of the language in Arkansas Act 327 (2023), commonly known as the LEARNS Act, and Executive Order EO 23-05, the executive order which preceded it. Accordingly, this research examines whether these policies reflect broader global political patterns by …

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Automated Retinal Vessel Analysis: A Novel Model For Blood Vessel Detection, Segmentation, And Clinical Characteristic Quantification, Aws A. Abdulsahib, Moamin A. Mahmoud, Sally A. Al-Hasnawi, Ahmed Zeyad Almhanna, Jamal Kamil K. Abbas May 2025

Automated Retinal Vessel Analysis: A Novel Model For Blood Vessel Detection, Segmentation, And Clinical Characteristic Quantification, Aws A. Abdulsahib, Moamin A. Mahmoud, Sally A. Al-Hasnawi, Ahmed Zeyad Almhanna, Jamal Kamil K. Abbas

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

This research enlightens into a fully automated model for segmenting blood vessels and extracting clinical features from retinal fundus images, which is vital for diagnosing ophthalmologic and cardiovascular diseases. The model utilises contrast enhancement, noise reduction, edge detection, and a method for reconnecting blood vessel branches. It extracts properties like tortuosity, girth, and length of blood vessels. The model's performance surpasses existing approaches, achieving high accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative prediction values on DRIVE and HRF datasets. This innovation offers the potential to reduce specialists' workload, enhance diagnostic accuracy, and streamline the analysis of complex fundus images, ultimately …

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How Gender, Verbal Assertiveness, And Relationship Status Correlate To The Ascription Of Responsibility In Sexual, Catherine Carvalho May 2025

How Gender, Verbal Assertiveness, And Relationship Status Correlate To The Ascription Of Responsibility In Sexual, Catherine Carvalho

Honors Theses

Acquiesced sex is “consenting to and engaging in undesired sexual activity” (Benoit & Ronis, 2022, p. 577). Research has found that perceptions of acquiesced sex are related to demographic variables, such as gender, and conditions, such as the relationship status of actors in a vignette. The present study considers whether variables such as gender and verbal assertiveness of the research participant affects ascription of responsibility for acquiesced heterosexual sex across two conditions (stranger and dating couple). Data were collected through an online survey administered to undergraduate and graduate University of New Haven students. Results indicate that participants' gender, general assertiveness, …

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Minutes 5-9-2025 | Enrollment Management Committee, Tristen Taylor May 2025

Minutes 5-9-2025 | Enrollment Management Committee, Tristen Taylor

Enrollment Management Committee Minutes

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The Digital Dilemma: How Social Media Is Affecting Our Emotional Well-Being, Jasim Aymen Khaleefah, Ban Yousif Yaaqoob May 2025

The Digital Dilemma: How Social Media Is Affecting Our Emotional Well-Being, Jasim Aymen Khaleefah, Ban Yousif Yaaqoob

Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences

Internet and Social media have become an essential part of our daily routine, allowing us to connect and be close with others, share information, and engage in various activities. Nevertheless, the extensive use of social media has raised many questions about its influence on our health and emotional well-being. The purpose of this review is to provide an in-depth analysis of the literature on how social media distresses our emotional well-being. Current review was conducted by investigating existing literature, the works was obtained through searches on academic databases, including PubMed, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar. The literature found that social networking …

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Coilin And Sumoylation Influence Parp1 Dynamics And The Dna Damage Response, Michael Hebert, Sara K. Tucker, Blaise C. Seale, David T. Brown May 2025

Coilin And Sumoylation Influence Parp1 Dynamics And The Dna Damage Response, Michael Hebert, Sara K. Tucker, Blaise C. Seale, David T. Brown

Cell and Molecular Biology Publications

Coilin is a nucleoplasmic protein that is enriched in some cell types in the Cajal Body (CB). CBs take part in the biogenesis of many different types of ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) such as small nuclear RNPs. Coilin is known as the CB marker protein and is required for CB formation. The function of nucleoplasmic coilin is less understood, and has been shown to impact protein modification by SUMO, the small ubiquitin-like modifier. Additionally, coilin is recruited to sites of DNA damage caused by UVA exposure or expression of herpes simplex viral protein. PARP1, a DNA damage response protein, has been shown …

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2025 Spring Commencement Program: Winona State University, Winona State University May 2025

2025 Spring Commencement Program: Winona State University, Winona State University

WSU Commencement Programs

This is the Winona State University Spring 2025 commencement program. Commencement was on Friday, May 9, 2025.

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Full Issue, Palara Guest Editors May 2025

Full Issue, Palara Guest Editors

PALARA: Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association

No abstract provided.

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Trust-Related Health Beliefs In Medical Systems Among Black Americans Since Covid-19, Monique Johnson Dixon May 2025

Trust-Related Health Beliefs In Medical Systems Among Black Americans Since Covid-19, Monique Johnson Dixon

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

COVID-19 highlighted the longstanding systemic and structural racism that produced poor health outcomes in Black communities. Black minorities in the United States were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with less access to health resources, low vaccine rates, and mistrust of healthcare providers and organizations. This interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) explored trust-related health beliefs with medical systems among Black Americans since COVID-19. The study explored the trust-related health beliefs through the six constructs of the health belief model—perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived barriers, perceived benefits, cues to action, and self-efficacy. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews of six participants who …

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The Nexus Of Sports Fandom And Sports Wagering: A Scoping Review, Brandon Mastromartino, Michael L. Naraine, Henry Wear May 2025

The Nexus Of Sports Fandom And Sports Wagering: A Scoping Review, Brandon Mastromartino, Michael L. Naraine, Henry Wear

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

This scoping review examines the intersection of sports fandom and sports betting, with a particular focus on the marketing considerations involved in this relationship. Sports fandom, driven by strong emotional investments and team identification, plays a critical role in shaping betting behaviors. As this relationship becomes increasingly complex, it is essential to explore the underlying motivations and behaviors of sports fans who engage in betting, the ethical implications of marketing practices targeting this group, and the methodologies used to study this intersection. To address these relationships, this review examines four key areas: motivations for sports fans to engage in betting, …

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The Effects Of Flood Irrigation Vs. Pivot Irrigation On Groundwater Recharge, Tea Rainey May 2025

The Effects Of Flood Irrigation Vs. Pivot Irrigation On Groundwater Recharge, Tea Rainey

Graduate Theses & Non-Theses

Groundwater can be an important resource for river flow support, and this is especially true with the Big Hole River in southwestern Montana which is mainly fed by groundwater late in the summer season. Maintaining the source of groundwater is an important focus both for the Big Hole River Watershed Committee as well as local ranchers. Agriculture uses large quantities of water, and as technology advances many ranchers are turning to the use of pivot lines for irrigation. Historically, flood irrigation was used when surface water was available. Surface water sources include tributary streams as well as diversions from the …

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Militarism, Racism, And Environmental Destruction In Hawai’I: The Lasting Impact Of Colonialism, Belen González May 2025

Militarism, Racism, And Environmental Destruction In Hawai’I: The Lasting Impact Of Colonialism, Belen González

Student Theses 2015-Present

This thesis explores the enduring consequences of U.S. militarism, colonialism, racism, and environmental destruction in Hawai‘i, demonstrating how historical injustices shape present-day struggles. Using the Marshall Islands as a comparative case study, this research connects the legacies of military occupation and ecological degradation to contemporary issues such as climate-driven disasters and systemic inequality. Chapter 1 examines the role of the U.S. military in Hawai‘i, detailing how occupation, weapons testing, and resource extraction have led to environmental devastation and public health crises. Chapter 2 traces the history of U.S. control, from illegal annexation to the restructuring of Hawai‘i’s economy and governance …

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Impaired Dnajb2 Response To Heat Shock In Fibroblasts From A Neuropathy Patient With Dnajb2/Hsj1 Mutation: Cystamine As A Potential Therapeutic Intervention, Raj K. Pradhan, Nikolas G. Kinney, Brigid K. Jensen, Hristelina Ilieva May 2025

Impaired Dnajb2 Response To Heat Shock In Fibroblasts From A Neuropathy Patient With Dnajb2/Hsj1 Mutation: Cystamine As A Potential Therapeutic Intervention, Raj K. Pradhan, Nikolas G. Kinney, Brigid K. Jensen, Hristelina Ilieva

Farber Institute for Neuroscience Faculty Papers

Background and Objectives: Neuropathy is a debilitating disorder characterized by peripheral nerve dysfunction and damage to sensory, motor, and autonomic neurons and their axons. While homozygous mutations in DNAJB2/HSJ1 have been linked to early-onset neuropathy, a heterozygous DNAJB2 c.823+6C>T was discovered in an adult patient with severe sensory–motor polyneuropathy. This mutation is predicted to affect both isoforms of the protein. DNAJB2 (HSP40), a key member of the heat shock protein family, plays a critical role in cellular protection and stress, including response to heat shock. DNAJB2 traffics unfolded proteins to another heat shock protein, HSP70, and activates its ATPase …

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Uses And Perceptions Of Student Leadership Roles In A Secondary Choral Program, Jenna M. Rickerhauser May 2025

Uses And Perceptions Of Student Leadership Roles In A Secondary Choral Program, Jenna M. Rickerhauser

Masters of Education in Teaching and Learning

This study examined student leadership structure in a high school choral program, including data from a junior high director in the district. It aimed to evaluate the role and influence of a designated student leader in a secondary choral program through perceptions from student leaders, student members, and directors. Collected data included surveys, focus groups, individual interviews, field notes, and observation notes. The researcher analyzed the data using the constant comparative method. The resulting data fit into four level 2 codes: program structure, roles of student leaders, influence/impact on the choir, and personal impact of leadership on student leaders. The …

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Student Honors And Awards Program 2025, Communications And Marketing May 2025

Student Honors And Awards Program 2025, Communications And Marketing

UMM Honors and Awards Ceremony

Recognizing students who demonstrate academic excellence and enrich campus life

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Beyond The Glitz And Glam: Unveiling The Physical And Psychological Toll Of Performative Perfection In Competitive Cheer And Dance, Audrey E. Marovich May 2025

Beyond The Glitz And Glam: Unveiling The Physical And Psychological Toll Of Performative Perfection In Competitive Cheer And Dance, Audrey E. Marovich

Honors Theses

This study examines the factors that affect athlete burnout in current and former dancers and cheerleaders. A total of 108 participants completed an electronic survey where they provided information about their experiences with either cheerleading or dance and filled out a modified athlete burnout scale to get an average burnout score based on their responses. When looking at the variables that make up the culture of cheer and dance, a variety of relationships were found relating to burnout. Highly competitive experiences where athletes spend many hours per week participating and get very few breaks are correlated with high levels of …

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Foreword, Hon. Nancy G. Abudu May 2025

Foreword, Hon. Nancy G. Abudu

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

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A Culturally-Informed Integration Of Dance/Movement Therapy And Yogic Practice For South Asian Immigrants: A Community Engagement Project, Shreya V. Dabeer May 2025

A Culturally-Informed Integration Of Dance/Movement Therapy And Yogic Practice For South Asian Immigrants: A Community Engagement Project, Shreya V. Dabeer

Expressive Therapies Theses

This capstone thesis project explored the effectiveness of integrating dance/movement therapy (DMT) and yoga as a culturally informed group therapeutic intervention to ameliorate acculturative stress among South Asian immigrants domiciling in the U.S. Existing research has shown that stigmatization of mental illness and traditional therapeutic approaches among South Asian communities is highly prevalent. The Western medical model poses barriers for immigrant populations who prefer holistic and naturalistic healing methods that align with cultural practices and values. Creative practice can potentially be an alternative methodology in combination with these cultural beliefs, especially through movement to access a somatic form of healing. …

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Bayou Soul, Breanna Bercegeay May 2025

Bayou Soul, Breanna Bercegeay

Graduate Theses in Studio Art

No abstract provided.

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