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Annual Financial Report Carter County, Tennessee For The Year Ended June 30, 2024, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury.

Tennessee County Audit Reports

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, March 20, 2025, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2025

Volume 164, Issue 25

Tackling Violent Extremism And Terrorism In Ghana: Interventions Of The State, Afua Boatemaa Yakohene

Helms School of Government Spring Public Policy Conference

The West African sub-region appears to be at crossroads, in tackling the spread of violent extremism and terrorism within the Sahel region. The spread of terrorist cells and their activities continues to pose a threat to the stability of the region. The concerted efforts of some West African states to tackle violent extremism and terrorism continues to expose the vulnerabilities of member states. Despite, the drafting of policy frameworks such as the Accra Initiative on terrorism, Economic Community of West African States counter-terrorism strategy implementation plan and the African Union Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, the spread …

Peter Schickel Way Design And Construction Lessons Learned, Wing Lau

Purdue Road School

This presentation will unpack the planning, design, and construction challenges experienced during the conclusion of the Peter Schickel Way in Harrison County, Indiana. Attendees will learn about the history of the project, the significance of regional connection and economic development, design challenges, environmental and geotechnical impacts, maintenance of the traffic scheme, and other major challenges that were overcome to make this a successful project.

Magis Volume 3 Entire Volume, Editors Of Magis

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

No abstract provided.

Effective Asset Management Of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (Mse) Walls: Best Practices, Challenges, And Innovations, Aamir Turk, Joshua Lee, Malek Smadi

Purdue Road School

MSE walls are widely used in civil engineering due to their cost-effectiveness and ability to retain earth efficiently. However, like any infrastructure, they require proper asset management to ensure long-term performance, safety, and durability. This presentation will provide a comprehensive overview of asset management strategies specifically for MSE walls, with an emphasis on inspection, maintenance, lifecycle management, and emerging technologies.

Human-Animal Chimeras: An Omen For Disaster Or An Answer To Our Prayers?, Catherine A. Zimmermann

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

(Excerpt)

Part I of this Note discusses the purpose of chimera research, various ethical arguments, and the current perception of chimera research in the United States to address aspects of the proposed legislation. Chimeras are unique in that they have both human and animal cells. Taking this into account, I also discuss the current regulatory structure and legal protections which provide a framework for the regulation of chimera research. I explain and analyze the law regarding the NIH moratorium and explore factors that have led the United States to consider lifting the moratorium while examining different legal perspectives which explain …

Growing The Future: Community Gardens In Hillsborough County, Florida, Nicole M. Kennady

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This project was an evaluation on community gardens in Hillsborough County, Florida from May 2024 to November 2024, built off of Homegrown Hillsborough’s first year evaluation of the current Hillsborough County food system. Homegrown Hillsborough is a network of community members with a mission to grow a strong food system in Hillsborough County by assisting in all areas of the food system from food production to food waste. Homegrown Hillsborough plans to act as a development initiative focused on community nutrition. Over the next two years, Homegrown Hillsborough plans to focus on food production, food access, and economic development. Through …

Tell Your Story, Demonstrate Your Value With Kpis, Amanda Carlson

Purdue Road School

Purdue University Administrative Operations Integrated Analytics (AOIA) is an analytics leader in the Big Ten that fields requests from other universities about data and reporting. Learn how AOIA was established, how key data and reports were created, and ways AOIA helps demonstrate the value of Administrative Operations. Reports and KPIs covering capital projects, space, staffing, and more will be shared.

Balancing Act: Creating Safe, Legal, And Complete Streets, Aaron Bubb

Purdue Road School

When it comes to urban reconstruction projects, creating a single vision from multiple stakeholder perspectives can be challenging. This presentation shares the real-world example of a local municipality’s hesitancy to incorporate bicycle accommodations and pedestrian safety enhancements within an urban corridor to explore how to build a consensus around a project while still adhering to surface transportation laws.

Moral Panic Or Public Health Crisis? Lessons From Drugs And Gambling For “Addictive” Design, Matthew B. Lawrence, Haomin (Kevin) Yan

Seattle University Law Review

Alcohol, automobiles, guns, lottery, loot boxes, meat, music, opioid painkillers, processed foods, prop bets, slot machines, television, tobacco, violent video games. Over the last century each of these has been subject to concerns—some might even say “moral panics”—from parents and policymakers about avoidable harms to kids and adults. In some cases we look back with the benefit of hindsight and dismiss those concerns as naïve or moralistic. In others we look back at them as justified or as having come too late to check an expanding industry before it did unfathomable harm while growing so powerful that it became all …

Utilizing Deep Learning And Object-Based Image Analysis To Search For Low-Head Dams In Indiana, Usa, Brian M. Crookston, Caitlin R. Arnold

Publications

Although low-head dams in the USA provide water supply, irrigation, and recreation opportunities, many are unknown by regulators. Unfortunately, hundreds of drownings occur each decade at these dams from an entrapment current that can form immediately downstream. To explore the ability of deep learning to scan large areas of terrain to identify the locations of low-head dams, ArcGIS Pro and embedded deep learning models for object-based image analysis were investigated. The State of Indiana low-head dam dataset was selected for model training and validation. Aerial imagery (leaf-off conditions) captured from 2016 to 2018 for the nearly 94,000 km² area …

Patterns In Human-Wildlife Conflict In The Portland Metro Area And Implications For Coexistence, Dave Keiter, Peter Iacono, Lindsey Sanders, Ben Cate

Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is routinely contacted for technical advice and assistance in addressing real or perceived human-wildlife conflict across the state. Improved understanding of patterns of conflict between humans and wildlife in urban ecosystems can help to identify ways to reduce perceived conflict and guide targeted education and outreach campaigns to benefit human-wildlife coexistence in urban areas. We analyzed 2,874 reports of human conflict with wildlife received by ODFW wildlife biologists in the Portland metro area from 2022-2024. Our objectives were to 1) identify the wildlife species most frequently involved in real or perceived conflict …

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, March 17, 2025, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• 3:00 Call to Order
• Approval of Minutes - February 18, 2025
• 3:05 University Business
• 3:20 Faculty Senate Business
• 3:35 Information
• EPC Report - March 6, 2025
• 3:40 Report
• Budget of Faculty Welfare Committee
• Sustainability Council
• Policy 323, 378, 389
• 4:00 Old Business
• 4:05 New Business
• 2025-2026 Faculty Senate Calendar
• Adjourn: 4:30 pm

March 17, 2025

The Gavel Gazette

No abstract provided.

Week Of March 17, 2025, Student Life

College, School and Department Newsletters, Magazines, and Journals

Your weekly hub for events, resources and updates.

Lanthorn, Vol. 59, No. 13, March 17, 2025, Grand Valley State University

Volume 59, August 5, 2024 – April 14, 2025

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Navigating Digital Geographies And Trauma Contexts: Conceptions Of Online Communities And Experiences Among Lgbtq+ People During Covid-19, Rachel M. Schmitz, Jennifer Tabler, Ruby Charak, Gabby Gomez, Reagan E. Cole, Joshua J. Schmitz

Psychological Science Faculty Publications

The coronavirus pandemic shaped challenges for marginalized groups. Specifically, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ+) people experienced community-building constraints, notably in predominantly rural regions. People are also navigating digital geographies, or online social environments, in novel ways to develop virtual communities in the face of prejudice, discrimination, and potential trauma. Through a minority coping approach, the present study explored LGBTQ+ people’s experiences navigating the dynamics of digital geographies during the pandemic while residing in socially conservative, highly rural physical spaces where they may be exposed to vicarious trauma. Using qualitative semi-structured interviews, data were gathered from 43 LGBTQ+ identifying …

Financial Metrics As Predictors Of Financial Vulnerability And Nonprofit Failure, Yossi Haimberg

Dissertations and Theses

Studying nonprofit's risk factors for financial vulnerability and possible demise is important because of the negative social consequences for both the failed organization and its stockholders. Financial vulnerability is a concern shared by all nonprofit's stakeholders as poor financial health affects nonprofit's ability to fulfill its mission, sustain its operations, and in many cases may result in a nonprofit demise. Advance knowledge on financial vulnerability has significant implications for nonprofit's leaders to develop corrective strategies to prevent failure.

Nonprofit scholars such as Tuckman and Chang, Greenlee, Hager, and Searing have contributed notable benchmarks in the field of nonprofit vulnerability, by …

Mountain Ninjas: Today's Motorized Beasts Of Burden, Justin Preisendorfer

Appalachia

Motorized equipment like snowcats and helicopters have become critical tools for effective recreation management in the modern era in the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire.

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2025: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2025 - Volume LXXVI, Number 1 - Issue #259. The Humanity of Machines: Stories of drones, helicopters, and snowcats in the mountains.

Fire Station Consolidation And Feasibility Study For The City Of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, Bernie Becker

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The City of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, (Mayor and City Council), commissioned Cleveland State University, Center for Emergency Preparedness to conduct this “Fire Station Consolidation and Feasibility Study.” The summary of findings and recommendations highlights some of the major issues which require discussion.

The focus of this study is on the outcome factors to be investigated but not limited to the existing two fire station locations versus a single fire station, existing two fire station emergency service response times versus a single fire station emergency service response time, effective fire department staffing and relative costs.

A thorough background literature review of …

Perceptions Toward Wrongful Convictions And Needed Reforms In The Criminal Justice System: Does Working Experience In Law Enforcement Matter?, Natalia Ermasova, Aubrey Adams, Lisa Jackson

Qualitative Criminology (QC)

"This study proposes to investigate how public views on the wrongful conviction issue are connected with the perceived need for criminal justice reform and whether the professional experience in law enforcement influences these perceptions. This study employs a qualitative research design, deriving its conclusions from the comparative analysis of the survey responses concerning the issue of wrongful convictions and the criminal justice system collected from 45 law enforcement professionals and 35 individuals without such experience. The comparative results reveal that for the respondents without working experience in law enforcement, racial/ethnical bias was one of the most substantial issues of wrongful …

March 14, 2025, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

On The Frontline: How Public Library Workers Experience Florida’S Increasing Social Inequality, Jordan P. Rogers

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

As public libraries tend to reflect the needs and interests of their communities, this qualitative study explores how growing local physical and sociodemographic changes affect public libraries in metropolitan areas and the experiences of staff. Interviews with nine library workers from four densely populated counties in the U.S. state of Florida gave insight into the hypervisibility of inequality within and between public libraries, as well as the effects of this inequality on the libraries and their staff. The local changes that participants reported included population growth, constant development, gentrification, rising rents, and increased homelessness and affluence. Staff had diverse experiences …

The Current - Volume 35 Issue 10, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of On-The-Job Traumatic Events From The Perspective Of African American Law Enforcement Officers, Stefanie Marie Hadley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Most law enforcement officers (LEOs) enter their profession with the intent to positively impact their communities. However, the emotional and psychological toll of their work often goes unaddressed, leaving officers to navigate repeated exposure to trauma with limited support or preparation. While research has examined the effects of trauma on LEOs, there remains a gap in understanding the impact on African American LEOs. This study explored the effects of frequent on-the-job traumatic events from the perspective of African American LEOs and the barriers to seeking mental health treatment. Guided by social cognitive theory and rational choice theory, this qualitative study …

Identifying Factors Associated With Sleep Disorders And Treatment Avoidance Among Collegiate Student-Athletes, Allie Ziniti, Andrew W. Froehle, Brian A. Edwards

Journal of Sports Medicine and Allied Health Sciences: Official Journal of the Ohio Athletic Trainers Association

Introduction: Mental health concerns among collegiate students-athletes are exacerbated by poor sleep, and this population experiences elevated risk for irregular sleep patterns and associated sleep disorders. Interventions aimed at early identification of student-athletes experiencing sleep disorders and guiding them to treatment can contribute to improved mental health in this group. The present study’s objective was to clarify risk-factors associated with increased likelihood of sleep disorders and treatment avoidance in student-athletes. Methods: Data were self-reported survey responses related to sleep disorders, from US college/university varsity athletes (n=51,882) completing the 2011-2019 National College Health Assessments (NCHA). Outcomes: The primary outcomes that we …

Adjudicating Utah Public Records Requests: A Textual Analysis Of Relevant Appellate And Supreme Court Decisions, Zoe Cook

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The purpose of this thesis project is to identify the boundaries that have been established by the Utah courts between disclosure and non-disclosure of government records. This analysis focused on the legal theory of balancing public interest in disclosure vs. the rationale for some government records being retained as confidential.

Just Kids: Establishing A Minimum Age Of Jurisdiction In Maine’S Juvenile Court, Allie Smith

Maine Law Review

In Maine, there is no such thing as a child too young to be prosecuted. Maine’s Juvenile Code grants the juvenile court jurisdiction over a child of any age, even one who would have been considered too young to prosecute in the fifteenth century. As of 2024, just over half of states in the country have rejected this approach and established minimum ages of jurisdiction for their juvenile courts. These minimum age laws protect the youngest, least culpable, and least competent children from prosecution, and generally require states to respond to young children through services rather than punishment. This Comment …