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Multi-Track Diplomacy & The Abraham Accords: A Blueprint For Broader Middle Eastern Peace Between Israel And The Arab World Based Upon Shared Economic Interests, Security, And Grassroots Peacebuilding, Eliott Dosetareh

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

No abstract provided.

Twenty-Third Annual International Advocate For Peace Award, Honoring Dr. Richard N. Haass, Richard N. Haass, Melanie Leslie, Andrea K. Schneider, Zachary Knoop, Daniel Kim

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

On March 27, 2024, the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution presented the twenty-third annual International Advocate for Peace Award to Dr. Richard N. Haass. The following is a transcript of the event's speeches.

Negotiating In The Fast Lane: Developing An Integrative Bargaining Scheme For Formula One Licensing Agreements With Street Circuit Venues, Nicholas Wynne

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

No abstract provided.

What Mediation Romantics Can Learn From The Model T (Or Maybe The Chevrolet Trax), Nancy A. Welsh

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

When mediation was reintroduced to the U.S. in the 1970s, it was infused with a democracy-and-self-determination-enhancing, social justice ethos. As the process has been very successfully institutionalized, however, these ambitions have been scaled backalthough, at least arguably, certain "mediative elements" have actually been adopted (or coopted) by other procedural innovations. Perhaps it is time for those of us frustrated with the evolution of mediation to reconcile ourselves to the reality and value of a "basic" model of mediation designed for the sole purpose of getting parties from dispute to settlement-in much the same way that the basic model of a …

Squatters Squabbles: The Use Of Mediation To Provide Beneficial Solutions To Adverse Possession Claims In New Jersey, Bayla Zohn

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

In our society, law is a complex and ever-evolving field, constantly adapting to fit our needs. Yet, there are certain legal matters we would expect to have clear and obvious resolutions. Property ownership should be simple and unambiguous, governed by "established legal rules and precepts." Examine a deed, survey the stated legal owner of the tract of land, and your answer should be uncomplicated. Yet, there are a multitude of complex laws that allow individuals to obtain legal ownership of land in a seemingly illicit fashion.

Viewbook: Division Of Student Development, University Of Dayton. Student Development

Student Development Documents

This publication provides an overview of the mission, vision, values, and goals of the University of Dayton Division of Student Development; it also provides descriptions of the work of all the departments in the division.

The New American Conspiracism: The Conspiracy Mentality And The Consequences For American Democracy, Jennifer M. Seech Seramur

Wayne State University Dissertations

This research is at the forefront of a developing field of inquiry into the psychological impacts of an American media environment plagued with mis- and disinformation. Many have suggested that we have entered a "post-truth" era and this phenomenon will have disastrous consequences for the stability of American democracy. However, few have empirically tested these notions. This research seeks to fill part of this gap in knowledge by analyzing a survey with over 8,000 participants to bring empirical evidence to bear on these assertions. Through an assessment of the effects of a conspiracy mentality (or one’s proclivity to endorse and …

Literature Unbound: Black Carceral Consciousness From 1965 – 1975, Allan L. Ford

Wayne State University Dissertations

Genre has the capacity to help readers my closely understand certain writings; however, strict reliance on genre alone can cloud or betray the author's intentions. This is especially true when the author is imprisoned. From autobiographic writings by Huey Newton and Rubin Carter, to the collected letters and essays of Angela Davis, George Jackson, and Eldridge Cleaver, to certain works of poetry by Ericka Huggins and Etheridge Knight, a certain expression of humanity is alive in their words. I use a method of analysis for these works called Black carceral consciousness to perform close readings of these works in an …

"I’Ll Be The Oversight": Lessons From The (First) Trump Era, Claire Leavitt

Government: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Inflation Expectations And Political Polarization: Evidence From The Cooperative Election Study, Ethan Struby, Christina Farhart

Department of Economics Working Paper Series

Using a unique, nationally representative survey from the 2022 midterm elections, we investigate the partisan divide in beliefs about inflation and monetary policy. We find that party identity is predictive of inflation forecasts even after conditioning on beliefs about both past inflation and the Federal Reserve’s long-run inflation target. Partisan forecast differences are driven by respondents who express low generalized trust in others and have a high degree of political knowledge; high-trust and low- knowledge partisans make similar forecasts all else equal. This finding is consistent with the literature in political psychology that examines the endorsement of conspiracy theories and …

Evaluation Of Mitigation Translocation As A Management Tool To Reduce Conflicts Between Humans And American Kestrels, Brian E. Washburn

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Raptor‐aircraft collisions (bird strikes) pose a serious safety risk to civil aircraft. Even smaller raptors, such as American kestrels (Falco sparverius), can be problematic within airport environments. Given widespread declines in kestrel populations, public interest, logistical and financial constraints, and other factors, managing kestrels at airports presents some unique challenges. I conducted a study to determine which biological (e.g., age and sex of the bird) and logistical factors (e.g., month and translocation distance) might influence the return of American kestrels live‐captured and translocated from 42 civil airports and military airbases within the contiguous USA during 2016–2021. American kestrels …

Proceedings Of The Ninth Annual Indiana Stem Education Conference: Resourcing Stem Education, William S. Walker Iii, Lynn A. Bryan, S. Selcen Guzey

Indiana STEM Education Conference

The Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Indiana STEM Education Conference are edited by the Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM (CATALYST, https://www.education.purdue.edu/catalyst/) at Purdue University. The theme for the 2024 conference is Resourcing STEM Education. This year’s Indiana STEM Education Conference provides opportunities to learn about effective STEM education strategies, curriculum, and resources to engage students in integrated STEM learning opportunities and address the recently updated Indiana Academic Standards for Science and Computer Science, Indiana Academic Standards for Mathematics, and Indiana Academic Standards for Integrated STEM (https://www.in.gov/doe/students/indiana-academic-standards/).

Clcweb Call For Papers: Ai And/As Form

CLCWeb Calls for Papers

We are now several years into the growing interest in “generative AI” that followed the introduction of transformer-based Large Language Models (LLMs) and text-to-image generators (Stable Diffusion, DALL-E), and more than a year from the explosive public release of ChatGPT on November 30, 2022. This special issue of CLCWeb is about how theorists and analysts of culture are approaching formal questions in the context of technologies of machine learning and generative AI, and, also, conversely, about how to theorize AI’s forms.

We seek contributions to these debates that address the question of AI and/as form, with the term “form” …

Measuring And Visualizing Freeway Traffic Conditions: Using Connected Vehicle Data, Rahul Suryakant Sakhare, Jairaj Desai, Jijo K. Mathew, John Mcgregor, Mischa Kachler, Darcy M. Bullock

JTRP Affiliated Reports

Historically, a network of roadside sensors and cameras have been used to monitor freeway conditions. Although these systems are effective, they are typically not operational in and around work zones. Furthermore, it is often not financially viable to deploy in-road sensors and cameras in rural areas. Connected vehicle trajectory data has emerged as a viable source of data and provides a unique opportunity for monitoring freeways. This monograph describes how these connected vehicles can be used to directly measure queue lengths and travel times and this description is summarized in a graphical format easily used by agencies to make management …

A Hard Pill To Swallow: The Abysmal Mental Health Standards Of Detained Immigrant Children In The United States, Rama Bankesly

Seattle University Law Review

After setting foot into the U.S., unaccompanied children must learn to navigate academic and legal systems while receiving little support and carrying the heavy burden of effects of trauma on their mental health. They need access to mental health care from qualified professionals, but as this Comment will explain, they systematically fail to receive care, as can be seen in cases like Doe v. Shenandoah Valley Juv. Ctr. Comm’n. In Shenandoah, an unaccompanied child arrived in the U.S. and was placed in a facility that failed to provide remotely adequate mental health care and in fact was subjected …

What Does It Mean To Stand Out? How Visual Design And Presentation Affects Attention And Memory In A Warning Message., Nichlas Waugh, Jeannette Sutton, Laura M. Fischer, Ginder Orton

Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity Faculty Scholarship

In emergency communication, it is essential to call attention to key information that can be interpreted quickly and remembered easily. Individuals possess a limited number of cognitive resources to allocate to message processing in an emergency. Because of this, they are more likely to allocate attention to messages they are motivated to care about, or to message attributes that stand out. In this study, we focus on how warning messages are attended to when they are viewed in a busy media environment and ask the question: “What does it mean to stand out?” To address the research questions, we used …

What Are The Perceptions And Lived Experiences Of Canadian Injured Workers About The Provision Of Physiotherapy Services Using Telerehabilitation?, Anne Hudon, Maxi Miciak, Teri Slade, Stacey Lovo, Jackie L. Whittaker, Daniel Côté, Debbie E. Feldman, Dahlia Kairy, Marie Laberge, Beverley Mckeen, Lynn Cooper, Douglas P. Gross

Études primaires

Purpose

Despite evidence of efficacy, the effectiveness of telerehabilitation in real-world clinical settings is still largely unknown. Telerehabilitation requires a substantial transformation of the organization and delivery of traditional services. Considering that a virtual setting can create unique challenges for providing physiotherapy services and given the physical and potential hands-on nature of evidence-based assessments and interventions, it is important to investigate what injured workers think of receiving physiotherapy care via telerehabilitation and to examine if rehabilitation needs are adequately met.

Methods

A qualitative interpretive description study was conducted to explore the perspectives and experiences of 17 injured workers receiving physiotherapy …

Computer Vision-Enabled Real-Time Job Hazard Analysis For Safe Human–Robot Collaboration In Disassembly Tasks, Morteza Jalali Alenjareghi, Samira Keivanpour, Yuvin Adnarain Chinniah, Sabrina Jocelyn

Études primaires

Disassembly acts as the initial phase in remanufacturing processes. Human–robot collaboration revolutionizes disassembly by enhancing efficiency and accuracy. The integration of industrial robotics—cobots included—for human safety is mandated by ISO 10218-2:2011. Furthermore, ISO/TS 15066:2016 requires conducting risk assessments to prevent accidents for cobotic systems. We integrate computer vision techniques, including YOLO V5 for human detection and color-based cobot arm identification, to monitor and assess hazards in real time. Laboratory experiments demonstrate the system’s effectiveness in identifying potential collisions and other safety risks, with a 99.9% accuracy rate for human detection. The system also exhibits fast detection times, with YOLO processing …

Workers’ Worries, Pain, Psychosocial Factors, And Margin Of Manoeuvre, In Relation To Outcomes In A Return-To-Work Program: An Exploratory Study, Marie-France Coutu, Marie-José Durand, Fergal O’Hagan, Patrick Gosselin, Iuliana Nastasia, Djamal Berbiche, Marie-Élise Labrecque, Sara Pettigrew, Martine Bordeleau

Études primaires

Purpose: To explore the intensity and variation of workers’ worries, pain, psychosocial factors, and margin of manoeuvre before and after a return-to-work program, and identified the psychosocial factors associated with non-return to work at the end of the rehabilitation program. Methods: A pre-post study design was used. A convenience sample of 80 workers starting a return-to-work program and having a compensated musculoskeletal injury that caused an absence of more than three months from their regular work was recruited. Data were collected at baseline and at the end of the rehabilitation program on the nature of the worries and maintenance factors …

Follow-Up Biomonitoring Study Of Metal Exposure In Apprentice Welders In Montreal, Quebec, During Gas Metal Arc Welding (Gmaw), Jairo Buitrago-Cortes, Philippe Sarazin, Denis Dieme, Jonathan Côté, Capucine Ouellet, Naïma El Majidi, Michèle Bouchard

Études primaires

Welding activities are known to expose workers to metal fumes, but few studies have focused on assessing the internal exposure of apprentices in learning environments. This study aimed at determining internal doses of metals in apprentices performing gas metal arc welding (GMAW) during their training course. A total of 85 apprentice welders were assessed, and multi-elements were measured in urine, hair, fingernail, and toenail samples collected at the beginning of the program, and at the beginning and end of GMAW practical training. Concentrations of welding fumes and metals were also determined in personal respirable air samples. Serial measurements of metal …

A Green Synthesis Route Of Zno/Polyhydroxybutyrate Composites With Antibacterial And Biodegradable Properties, Safa Ladhari, Nhu Nang Vu, Juliette Vallée Bastien, Bich Van Tran, Thi Ha Nguyen, Alireza Saidi, Simon Barnabé, Cyrille Sollogoub, Phuong Nguyen-Tri

Études primaires

The development of environmentally friendly polymer-based materials with antibacterial and biodegradable properties is bringing significant benefits to the packaging industry. In the present work, green-synthesized zinc oxide microporous particles (ZnO MPs) are dispersed in the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) matrix using a simple casting method to prepare bioactive films with improved antibacterial and anti-biofouling properties. The resultant films display a microporous morphology with a uniform dispersion of ZnO MPs within the polymeric matrix. The incorporation of green-synthesized ZnO MPs (3% wt) into PHB films leads to potent antibacterial activity, notably under LED light, with bacterial inactivation efficiencies of 97.5% and 76.2% against …

L’Insolite « Monde D’Après » De La Restauration : Une Comparaison France-Italie-Québec, Giovanna Fullin, Sylvie Monchatre, Samantha Vila

Études primaires

Le secteur de la restauration a été grandement affecté par la crise sanitaire et continue de rencontrer des difficultés à attirer et à retenir sa main d’œuvre. Basé sur une recherche comparative entre la France, l’Italie et le Québec, cet article vise à montrer comment la normativité ordinaire, qui prévaut dans ce secteur, a été malmenée par la crise sanitaire, dont les conséquences continuent, encore aujourd’hui, de se faire sentir. Dans les trois contextes, la restauration repose en grande partie sur ce que nous appelons des « régimes de mobilisation flexible » de jeunesses qui, si elles expérimentent un accès …

Reactive Aldehyde Species (Rasp) Inhibitors Sequester Maa-Adducts And Reduce Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines, Duncan Works

Posters and Presentations: College of Medicine Students

Background: Post-translational modifications of self-proteins have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). One of these protein modifications termed malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde-adduct (MAA) has recently gained interest for its involvement in RA. This protein adduct contributes to inflammation by inducing immune cells to generate pro-inflammatory cytokines, T-cell specific responses, responses and circulating autoantibodies. Recently, novel reactive aldehyde species (RASP) inhibitors (ADX-629 and ADX-246) became available that have been shown to prevent the formation of MAA adducts by covalently binding and sequestering MDA and AA in a mouse model of alcoholic liver disease. These inhibitors prevented the release of key inflammatory …

Consumer Acceptance And Sensory Evaluation Of 3d Printed Dairy Snacks, Laura Davis

Theses

3D printing technology has been established since the early 1980s by the inventor Charles Hull, with its initial applications in the moulding of plastic veneers for furniture. More recently, 3D printing has been gaining popularity as a food technology due to its potential benefits, such as personalised nutrition and reduced environmental impact. This study explored the consumer acceptability of 3D printed dairy snacks across participants in the UK and Ireland, through an online survey and sensory trials. The online survey was designed and distributed across 402 UK participants and 400 Irish participants. The sensory trial was conducted with a group …

Radio Propagation Characteristics For In-Car Wireless Communications, Stefan Reis

Theses

Over the past number of years, more and more autonomous functions have been introduced into the newest car models by the automotive industry. These functions include electronic stability control, lane centring, left-turn assist, blind-spot monitoring, etc. The primary purpose of these functions is to increase road safety and, to some extent, the driver's comfort. With the increasing number of functions, more and more sensor devices are being installed in cars, increasing the complexity of the intra-vehicle network. Wireless sensor communication oers promising features that can reduce this complexity, provide more exibility in the sensor placement, and allow for more sensor …

Atoms And Bits, Exploring The Use Of Data Physicalization And Augmented Reality To Learn-Through-Data In The Classroom, Rebecca Noonan

Theses

In today’s world we interact with data daily, whether it is on our phones, smart watches, websites, newspapers, or paper bills. Some have even proclaimed, ‘Data as the new gold.’ As data is an ever growing and important part of adult lives, this study was motivated to initiate the research presented here by questioning how we can expose children to data, in a way that will excite their early education, With this in mind, the aim of this research is to explore how we can make ‘learning through data’ a more interactive, engaging and positive activity by using modalities beyond …

The Impact Of Data Quality On Beef Genetics, Shauna Walsh

Theses

Efficiency and profitability in the beef industry are driven by cattle live-weight, therefore, to optimise live-weight data it is essential to maintain consistency across data collection methods. Data for this thesis was collected from 97,780 Irish suckler herds across the years 2019 to 2022, inclusive, with a total of 1,311,870 calf and dam live-weight records available. Live-weight data originated from five different sources including: professionally-recorded, producer recorded using either owned, borrowed or hired weighing scales, or from an unknown recording source. The objectives of this thesis were to: i) identify anomalies within cattle live-weight data for both calf and dam, …

Screening And Analysis Of The Urobiome For The Production Of Antimicrobial Peptides To Target Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli, Jennifer Jones

Theses

Urobiome research is currently at a nascent stage, due to a previously incorrect assumption that the bladder is a sterile environment. Improvements in bacterial culturing and DNA sequencing techniques have revealed a diverse resident bacterial community within the urinary tract (urobiome). As global incidences of multidrug- resistant urinary tract infections (UTIs) continue to increase, so too does the demand for novel antimicrobial therapies. Due to its relatively understudied nature, the urobiome represents a reservoir that could be mined as a potential source of novel antimicrobial compounds (e.g., bacteriocins). The aim of this thesis was to identify urobiome bacteriocins that could …

Establishing A Seven-Stage Iterative Framework And Card-Based Toolkit For The Facilitation And Sustainment Of Communities Of Practice, Michelle O'Keeffe

Theses

This thesis explores the establishment of a framework and card-based toolkit to support the facilitation and sustainment of Communities of Practice (COPs), with a particular focus on COPs in the education domain. COPs have been present in various sectors, such as healthcare, business, finance, and education, for over three decades. These communities bring together individuals who share common problems, concerns, or areas of expertise, aiming to improve their practices collectively. However, there is a lack of understanding regarding the best approaches to facilitating, developing, and sustaining COPs over time. To address this gap, four empirical studies were conducted. These studies …

What Are Munster Technological University Students’ Experiences Of Menstruation And Reusable Period Products?, Kate Dolan Crowley

Theses

This study examines the attitudes of students in Munster Technological University (MTU) towards menstruation and period products. It is estimated that in Ireland, between 53,000 and 85,000 Irish menstruators may be at risk of period poverty (Government of Ireland, 2021). There is also evidence to suggest that some students have experienced period poverty (Ministry of Education, 2023; Brinkley and Niebuhr, 2022; Munro et. al., 2021). Period poverty has an impact on the physical, mental, and social well-being of menstruators, ultimately affecting their quality of life.

A mixed-method study was undertaken, consisting of questionnaires (n=319) and one-toone semi-structured interviews (n=10) to …