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Charitable Trusts And Longevity In New Zealand's Intentional Communities, Olive Jones

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

Review Of New Harmony Then And Now, Donald E. Janzen

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

A Visit To The Shaker Village Of White Water In 1881, Thomas Sakmyster

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

Social Innovations For Communal And Ecological Living: Lessons From Sustainability Research And Observations In Intentional Communities, Iris Kunze

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

Rebuilding Oneida: Ideology, Architecture, And Community Planning In The Oneida Community Limited, 1880-1935, Thomas A. Guiler

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Intentional Christian Community Handbook, Jon Trott

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

Review Of Radiance From Halcyon: A Utopian Experiment In Religion And Science, W. Michael Ashcraft

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

Review Of Inside The Ark: The Hutterites In Canada And The United---States, Timothy Miller

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

A Silver Light And A Golden Wheel: Shaker Gift Drawing And Sacred Text As A Communal Enterprise, Jane F. Crosthwaite

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

Review Of An Unreal Estate: Sustainability And Freedom In An Evolving Community, Timothy Miller

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

The Life And Legacy Of Count Leon: The Man Who Cleft The Harmonie, Eileen Aiken English

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

Forerunner Of Liberation Theology: The Oneida Community's Perfectionist Vision In Practice, Giles Wayland-Smith

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.

Computing For Tax Planning Tax, Harley M. Courtney, Patrica C. Elliott

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

Tax Clinic, Jerome Toder

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

Partial Liquidations: Some Characteristics, Quirks And Questions (Part Ii), Frank M. Burke Jr., Byron A. Parker

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

Slbms Vs Asw: The Race For Deterrence, Theodore M. Rosen

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

This paper aims to determine the balance between submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) in the modern day and evaluates how this balance informs the current offense and defense balance in international relations. This paper aims to determine whether SLBMs are still the great stabilizer that they have been historically described as, and if it is their efficacy that matters or merely their perception. This paper will evaluate the progression of SLBM and ASW technology over the past couple decades and where these technologies stand in relation to one another today. This exploration is grounded in two …

Patenting Health: How Intellectual Property Rights Jeopardise Medical Research, Lorenz N. Soukup

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

Recent health crises have taught us that proper resource allocation is an important tool in the fight against e.g., pandemics and endemics. This concerns medical care on the one side, but also medical research as a precursor and catalyst for successful implementation of interventions, on the other side. James R. Brown argues that the most effective way to make use of medical research is to make the funding a public affair, removing private stakeholders from the equation. Concretely, he proposes to remove intellectual property rights in medicine as a whole. This paper evaluates his thesis.

The New Language: Contractual Interpretation In The Age Of Emojis, Kosi Moneke

Bates College Undergraduate Law Review

Since their creation in 1999, emojis have evolved from just playful visual expressions to communicative tools that are increasingly appearing in legal disputes. This paper explores emojis as mediums of legal meaning. It examines how U.S. contract law approaches emojis as evidence of assent, threat, conspiracy, and intent, and how established contractual doctrines have adapted to emojis as tools of expressive communication. Though ambiguous, this paper aims to demonstrate that emojis can be interpreted within existing contractual frameworks.

This paper is structured as follows: it situates emojis as a continuation of contract law's historical engagement with nonverbal assent. It will …

Trans Lives: Human Dignity And Executive Power, Jack Mcroberts

Bates College Undergraduate Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Arc Of Discharging Student Loans: The Evolution Of The Brunner Standard, Nicholas G. Glover Esq

Bates College Undergraduate Law Review

No abstract provided.

Conflating Disease, Morality, And Sex: Regulating Military Fitness In The War Years, Hanna Ranis

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

The United States military worried about the impact of venereal diseases on the ability of soldiers to fight in both World War 1 and 2. The war years thus resulted in an increase in regulations that sought to curb the spread of venereal diseases. Much of this regulatory shift has focused on how police targeted women who were suspected of spreading venereal diseases to American soldiers. Women were profiled as promiscuous and possible sex workers, with the lines between the two categories becoming increasingly blurred. Policing was viewed as a public health regulatory mechanism that needed to be carried out …

Bates College Journal Of Political Studies: Volume Ii, Issue 1, Fall 2025, Bates Initiative For Government Studies

Bates College Journal of Political Studies

No abstract provided.

Incorrect Administration Of The Rabies Vaccine Leading To An Unusual Case Of Acute Bursitis And Tendonitis Of The Rotator Cuff, Chelsea Lee, Jina Nmn Park, Alberto Giardini

The Journal of Integrated Primary Care

Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) is an uncommon but increasingly recognized complication resulting from improper intramuscular injection technique. SIRVA occurs when a vaccine is administered too high or too deep into the deltoid muscle, leading to inflammation of the shoulder structures such as the rotator cuff and subacromial bursa. While most reported cases involve influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, SIRVA following rabies vaccination is rare. This case highlights a 46-year-old female who developed acute rotator cuff tendinitis and bursitis after a malplaced rabies vaccine injection. Early recognition and intervention, including corticosteroid injection and physical therapy, led to significant symptom …

Integrating Peer Specialists In Primary Care: Narrative Review With Illustrative Examples, And Pragmatic Recommendations To Support Implementation, Emily M. Johnson, Christina Shook, Kimberly Barrie, Kyle Possemato

The Journal of Integrated Primary Care

Behavioral health peer support specialists, peers, are health care system employees with lived experience of mental health or substance use concerns who are trained and hired to support others with behavioral health concerns in behavioral health clinics and medical settings. Peer-delivered services have a long history and research consistently demonstrates evidence of varied benefits for a wide range of patients. Peers are increasingly being hired to work within primary care settings to support the needs of primary care patients with behavioral health concerns and enhance the interdisciplinary nature of integrated primary care teams. However, integration of peers into this new …

Cross-Probe Virtual Element Synthesis For Ultrasound Imaging, Diane Manthey, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

This invention describes a system and method for synthesizing virtual ultrasound elements by combining physical elements from two separate probes

Adaptive Placement Of Augmented Reality User Interface Elements Using Reinforcement Learning, Dongeek Shin

Defensive Publications Series

Conventional augmented reality (AR) systems often struggle to accurately and contextually place user interface (UI) elements, leading to a non-immersive or intrusive user experience. This disclosure presents a method for personalized UI placement in AR through reinforcement learning. The technique utilizes an agent trained with deep reinforcement learning to determine the optimal position and orientation of virtual UI elements. Input features, including environmental depth maps, eye-tracking data, and application context, are processed to inform placement decisions. The agent learns from both implicit user interactions, like gaze aversion or physical interference, and explicit user corrections. This process allows the UI placement …

Visual Cue For Item Value Discrepancy In An Augmented Reality Environment, Nick Dugal

Defensive Publications Series

Wearable devices, such as augmented reality (AR) devices and smart glasses, lack an intuitive, non-disruptive mechanism for informing a user about suboptimal pricing for a viewed item. This disclosure describes a method for displaying a dynamic visual cue, such as a stylized line, proximate to an item’s displayed price. The properties of this cue, including color, thickness, or animation, can be modified to convey the magnitude of the value discrepancy. User interaction with the cue can reveal detailed comparison pricing sourced from various databases. This price-matching information can also be transferred to a secondary device. The primary purpose is to …

Automated Spatial Localization Of Iot Devices Via Visual Detection And Network-Initiated Feedback, Michael Christopher Yu

Defensive Publications Series

Manually registering the spatial positions of numerous Internet of Things (IoT) devices within an Extended Reality (XR) environment is a cumbersome process for users. This lack of automated spatial mapping limits the ability to perform context-aware interactions with these devices. The disclosed method addresses this by using an XR device’s vision and depth sensors to first detect a potential IoT device and estimate its 3D position. The XR device then sends a network-based request to candidate devices, instructing them to provide a confirmation signal, such as illuminating an LED. When the XR device’s camera detects this signal, the device's identity …

Design-Time Preview System For Blended User Interfaces On Transparent Displays, Adhithya Ramakumar, Louis Benedict Pullen-Freilich

Defensive Publications Series

Designing user interfaces for transparent additive displays presents a challenge in which graphical blend modes alter specified UI colors based on the real-world background, creating a mismatch between the design intent and the final user experience. This limitation forces a slow, iterative workflow of deploying to a physical device to verify visual appearance. A method is disclosed for generating an accurate design-time preview of such UIs directly within a development environment. The technique renders the complete UI to an offscreen buffer and then composites the UI against a representative background using a graphics layer with a specified blend mode. This …

Development Of An Iot-Based Energy Theft Detection System For A Single-Phase Smart Meter, Ojo Julius Oladele, Funso Kehinde Ariyo, Samson Oladayo Ayanlade, Ayooluwa Peter Adeagbo, Ismail Adeniyi Adeleke

Al-Bahir

Electricity theft causes annual global losses exceeding $96 billion, severely impacting distribution networks. This paper presents a novel IoT-based system integrating current differential sensing, physical tamper detection, and edge-cloud analytics to detect energy theft in single-phase smart meters. The design employs three ACS712 current sensors to monitor Kirchhoff-compliant current flow at the grid pole, meter input, and load output, coupled with a PIR sensor for cabinet intrusion. A SIM800L GSM module enables real-time theft alerts and remote disconnection, while closed-loop control autonomously restores power after tamper resolution — a feature absent in prior GSM-only systems. An Android application provides geotagged …