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Disguising Emotional Distress Damages: Why Permitting Recovery Of “Reasonable And Necessary” Veterinarian Expenses Creates Inconsistency In Virginia, Ethan Payne

Liberty University Law Review

Humans crave companionship. This companionship comes first from a relationship with God and second from an inferior yet ordained relationship with other humans. But what about the creatures not made in God’s image? What about the previously wild creatures we bring into our homes as pets? Many cherish these animals with a love akin to family, especially dogs and cats. But is this the proper pedestal for pets?

This is an ongoing struggle humans have debated since as far back as dogs and cats have been domesticated. As time progressed, select cultures of various geographical backgrounds have subjugated animals, using …

The Necessity Of Better Rape-Related Protections For Victims Of Rape-Related Pregnancy, Joanna Harrison

Liberty University Law Review

A pregnancy that results from a rape is referred to as a rape-related pregnancy (RRP). One of the primary issues surrounding RRP is that, unless terminated by a state family court, the rapist maintains the same parental rights over the child conceived through the rape as any parent would have over their child. Allowing a rapist to keep any level of parental rights is extremely problematic. It forces the rape victim to interact regularly with the rapist, exposes the conceived child to the dangers of a rapist parent, and creates an opportunity for the rapist to weaponize those rights in …

A Delicate Balance: Securing Constitutional Rights Against The Nation’S Most Valuable National Security Tool, Mikayla A. Burton

Liberty University Law Review

Imagine a United States without the Fourth Amendment. The People have no protection against warrantless searches of their homes, belongings, or communications, and the government may invade the privacy of whomever or whatever at its pleasure. This is the exact situation the Founding Fathers designed the Fourth Amendment to protect against. Imagine instead a United States with the Fourth Amendment. The People have protection against warrantless searches of their homes, belongings, and communications, and the government may not invade the privacy of whomever or whatever at its pleasure. But then imagine that these protections are disrupted—jeopardized. Congress passes an act …

Lost Fatherhood: Including Fathers In The Post-Dobbs Abortion Debate, Linda L. Schlueter

Liberty University Law Review

Scientific studies over the last five decades show the negative impact an abortion can have on the men who fathered the aborted children. These studies demonstrate that those men—even if they supported the woman’s decision to have an abortion—can experience a variety of psychological problems including depression, anger, hopelessness, helplessness, broken or damaged relationships, feelings of emasculation, and loneliness. Despite these compelling studies, little or no real attention is given to involving men in the legal debate regarding abortion. The abortion debate presents a legal Rubik’s Cube of thorny issues that can affect the mother, the father, and the unborn …

United States V. Skrmetti: The Supreme Court’S Opportunity To Protect Minors By Choosing Biological Reality Over Gender Ideology, Rena M. Lindevaldsen

Liberty University Law Review

“Did God really say?” That’s the question the serpent asked Eve in the garden, as she was tempted to turn from the Truth that God had told her about the consequences of eating the fruit from the one specific tree. She and Adam learned that God really did mean what He said. By rejecting God’s wisdom and instruction, they caused sin to enter the world. The same question forms the foundation of the transgender rights movement: did God, who created mankind in His image, really say that He created them male and female? In today’s culture, when a gender-confused child …

Talking Heads Seminar: The First Nations Biography Project Of The Anu – Reframing The Narrative., Malcolm Allbrook, Stephen Kinnane,

Nulungu Research Week

No abstract provided.

The First Nations Biography Project Of The Anu – Reframing The Narrative., Malcolm Allbrook, Stephen Kinnane

Talking Heads Seminar Series

No abstract provided.

Flowing Cleanly: The Proper Roles Of The Courts And The Ftc In The Information Marketplace Of Advertising, Kateri J. Son

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

After an introduction in Section I, Section II of this article will present the history of the commercial speech doctrine, illustrating the rules courts use to evaluate whether the FTC’s actions were constitutional. Section III will explain how the FTC combats deception and will describe the choice of remedies the FTC has available. Section IV will present and evaluate three potential solutions to the conflict between the courts and the FTC on First Amendment issues that courts have implemented. Finally, Section V argues that conflict between the two entities is inevitable, and therefore the middle approach is the best solution …

Facial Recognition Technology: The Case For Comprehensive Federal Oversight, Christopher Hart

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

This article will argue that regulations for government agency use of FRT should be stringent and limit the exploitation of personal biodata in the private sector. Instead of creating a new agency, Congress could expand an existing agency’s responsibility by granting it regulatory power over facial recognition technology. First, this article will seek to delineate the contours of facial recognition technology and its contemporary application within the United States. Then, this article will analyze the intricacies of FRT in both the public and private sectors. Within the public domain, specific attention will be devoted to discussing the use of FRT …

Foia And The Use Of Ai In Government: Freedom Of Information Or An Empty Promise Of Openness?, Ronald L. Capaldi

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

No abstract provided.

Legal Summaries Of Administrative Law Cases, Kimberly M. Papadantonakis

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

No abstract provided.

Indigenous Knowledge Futures, Miri Raven

Nulungu Research Week

No abstract provided.

Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy And Barriers To Access In Hispanic Individuals Of Metro Detroit​, Rafael Ramos, John Gallegher, Nevil Khurana, Ingrid Rocha, Rene Andino-Galva, Izabel Thomas, Deni Peterson, Alexander Eskandarian, Eliezer Arody Gomez, Md

Medical Student Research Symposium

Background:

Detroit’s Hispanic community is still disproportionally uninsured at about 2x the rate of non-Hispanic white and 3x the rate of non-Hispanic Black residents. In the post-COVID era, vaccine hesitancy and barriers to access have been well-documented. Studies suggest that minority populations, including the Hispanic population, may experience unique social determinants of health which affect their vaccination rates and outcomes. Additionally, research shows that knowledge of vaccines may correlate with levels of trust.

Methods:

We sought to describe the knowledge, barriers to access, and levels of trust regarding the influenza (flu) vaccine in Hispanic individuals of Metro Detroit. We used …

Workforce Development Programming For Older Adults: Participant Experiences, Catherine Taylor

Thinking Matters Symposium

As older adults live longer, remain active, and have concerns about financial security, many have chosen to stay in or reenter the workforce. This shift presents an opportunity to leverage the growing aging population to strengthen the workforce and address labor shortages. AmeriCorps Seniors launched the Senior Workforce Development Demonstration Project to explore this unique opportunity. AmeriCorps funded seven workforce development (WFD) programs that provide volunteering and training opportunities, equipping older adults 55+ with skills and experience necessary for permanent employment. The UMaine Center on Aging and the Consortium for Aging Policy Research and Analysis are conducting a three-year mixed-methods …

Editor's Note, Robert Rabe

Journal of 20th Century Media History

Editor's column for Vol. 3, Issue 1

Australia’S International Education Policy Reform: Implications For Study Abroad And Working Holiday Pathways For Japanese Students, Yuka Jibiki

Critical Internationalization Studies Review

No abstract provided.

The Ethics Of Exploitation: How Social Media Profits From Attention, Addiction, And Data Manipulation, Laeila Scott

NSU Undergraduate Law Journal

The pervasive influence of social media platforms extends far beyond digital interaction, shaping human behavior, manipulating democratic processes, and exploiting user data with minimal oversight. Through the attention economy, these platforms employ algorithms designed to maximize engagement at the expense of users’ autonomy, fostering addiction and cognitive dependency. Manipulative terms and conditions further entrench corporate control, binding users to contracts with the very companies that obscure the extent of data collection and limit legal recourse. The Cambridge Analytica scandal laid bare the dangers of unregulated data harvesting, demonstrating how personal information can be weaponized for political and economic gain.

Beyond …

Discussing The Unconstitutionality Of The Dual Sovereign Doctrine, Kaden Collorafi

NSU Undergraduate Law Journal

This paper critically examines the United States Supreme Court’s long-standing endorsement of the Dual Sovereignty Doctrine, which permits successive prosecutions by both state and federal governments for the same underlying conduct. Rooted in dicta from Moore v. Illinois and formally adopted in United States v. Lanza, the doctrine, in the author’s opinion, has repeatedly undermined the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Despite the incorporation of this clause to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment in Benton v. Maryland, the Court has maintained the doctrine on grounds of judicial practicality and sovereign independence.

Through an in-depth review …

Season's Greetings 1995 - The Aga Khan University Hospital

University anniversary celebration materials

No abstract provided.

Philip Zimbardo And The Heroic Age Of Social Psychology, George R. Goethals

Heroism Science

This article explores Phil Zimbardo’s heroic contributions to social psychology within a framework that I call The Heroic Age of Social Psychology. This heroic era roughly spanned the years from social psychology’s inception in the early 1930s to the 1980s, during which Zimbardo conducted much of his most groundbreaking research. Zimbardo’s heroic influence can be attributed to research and service that transcended his famous prison experiment. Most notable were his contributions to teaching psychology to students and to the general public. Zimbardo demonstrated a lifetime of personal generosity and service to the discipline and to others outside the field of …

Developing Leaders For East Africa - An Overview Of Aku's Values, Achievements And Vision For The Next 15 Years

Vision and mission statements

No abstract provided.

Prison To College Pipeline Program, Patrick E. Alexander, Otis W. Pickett

Prison-to-College Pipeline Program Publications (Open Access)

The Prison to College Pipeline Program was founded in 2014 by Dr. Patrick E. Alexander and Dr. Otis W. Pickett. Through prior research and teaching experiences (in prison and at universities), they understood the profound role that student-centered prison education has played not only in reducing recidivism, but also in positively transforming isolated prison environments and the post-imprisonment outlooks and outcomes of imprisoned students. This report documents their efforts to bring literature and history courses to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman and the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility.

Agent-Based Modeling: Introduction And Actuarial Applications, Rick Gorvett

Mathematics and Economics Faculty Working Papers

Agent-based modeling (ABM) has become an important and valued approach to modeling complex systems. In this paper, I advocate for actuaries to recognize the complex systems-nature of socioeconomic and risk processes and for ABM models to become a regular resource in our actuarial toolkits. These models allow for the observation of potential macro-behavior emerging from the underlying agent-level micro-activity and characteristics. Therefore, ABM models can provide significant insight into the quantification of risk and the identification of optimal strategies. This paper is an introduction and guide to ABM models, and it includes several case studies to illustrate their utility.

From Childhood To Adult Cognitive Health: Analyzing Adverse Experiences And Subjective Cognitive Decline Using Brfss 2020-2023 Dataset, Kyaolin Rajbhandary

NYMC Student Theses and Dissertations

The chronic impact of early-life experiences on long-term health is a critical area of investigation, especially regarding cognitive health in adulthood. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been linked to an increased risk of developing various health issues in adulthood, including mental health disorders, substance abuse, and chronic diseases. The connection between ACEs, substance abuse and cognitive health, particularly subjective cognitive decline (SCD), remains relatively underexplored. The aim of this study is to examine the intricate relationships between ACEs, alcohol abuse, and SCD in adulthood. This study draws on trauma theory and the biopsychosocial model to conceptualize the long-term impact of …

Reclaiming Data: A Participatory Action Research Study To Empower Educators, Diana Hammond

Dissertations

Abstract

Currently, the day-to-day data collection and analysis work of teachers is often only deemed valuable if it is easily observed and quantitatively recorded. Teachers are asked to produce results with an incomplete set of tools and are then personally blamed — instead of blame being placed on the structural system — when the desired results don’t manifest. This participatory action research (PAR) study challenged the status quo by asking: What if teachers were empowered to expand their definition of data to include the rich, qualitative data at their fingertips, and what if teachers’ experience and intuition were valued instead …

Improving Self-Reported Hydration Using Refillable Bottles And Clean Water Access, Erica Short, Adam Dill, Ali Bradley, Kaito Gao, Jennifer Hanks, Hayat Muhammad, Mai Ngo

Nursing Leadership in Community Engagement Projects

In Washington State, around 18.5% of individuals aged 12 and older, about 1.4 million people, struggle with substance use each year (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2023). Many also face housing instability and limited access to basic health needs like clean drinking water. Our agency supports Seattle residents in recovery, and during our initial assessment, we identified inadequate hydration as a common concern. As a team of seven nursing students, we developed a community health project to improve self-reported hydration among this population. This paper outlines our process from assessment to intervention and our efforts to support healthier …

Uhsp Master Of Public Health Student Handbook 2025-2026

Handbooks

No abstract provided.

Beyond Loper Bright: Securities Enforcement And Regulation In A Post-Chevron World, Kevin Campion, Jake Griggs

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Bellyache, Valerie Braylovskiy

Canterbury Scholars

My manuscript of poems, called "Bellyache," speaks to my experience with endometriosis and how it intersects with both womanhood, and the pain we inherit from our ancestors that becomes stored in our bodies over time. This project gave me the permission to write poems that grapple with both escaping and recreating what it’s like to be a woman inside the medical system which continues to equate pain with hysteria, and inside a world that either says you’re sick, or you aren’t.

Corporate Reputation: The 'Currency' Of Communication, Kleon Battersby

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to show how and why businesses rely on reputational currency as a resource when conducting business and how that reputation can be affected. The first part of the study was conducted using peer-reviewed articles, public-facing, and managerial articles from credible online sources. The second part uses a case study strategy, projecting the findings from the literature review into a single case on JP Morgan. This business corporation is an ideal choice for this topic because they use reputational currency as a tool to remain ahead of their competition, form business partnerships, and establish new …