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Decriminalization: A New Consideration For The Fourth Amendment Balance, Maine Law Review

Maine Law Review

During the past several years Maine has reevaluated the wisdom of applying criminal sanctions to certain forms of conduct. In addition to the total abrogation of a number of crimes, the Maine Legislature has reduced the statutory classification of some offenses to civil violations. Moreover, certain newly established offenses have been limited to the status of civil violations. The designation of offenses as "civil" raises the question of what constitutional safeguards should be applied to the manner in which such violations are investigated and to the process under which civil sanctions are administered. This Comment will summarize the Supreme Court's …

The Use Of Federal Habeas Corpus In Child Custody Disputes, Maine Law Review

Maine Law Review

Inability to enforce child custody decrees on a nationwide basis has created an unfortunate and well-publicized anomaly in the law. A parent disappointed with one state's award of custody may remove the child to another jurisdiction, gambling that the second state's courts will decline to enforce the original decree. Of the several remedies that have been suggested to relieve this situation, federal habeas corpus remains among the least explored. The use of federal habeas corpus in child custody disputes raises two questions central to every federal jurisdictional controversy: Do the federal courts have power to entertain the action? If the …

The Fishery Conservation And Management Act Of 1976: State Regulation Of Fishing Beyond The Territorial Sea, Maine Law Review

Maine Law Review

Historically, international law has recognized the sovereignty of coastal nations within the three-mile contiguous territorial sea. Although modem international practice has expanded the breadth of the territorial sea to twelve miles or more, the traditional three-mile zone retains a special significance within the scheme of domestic United States marine law. Under the federal scheme of marine resource jurisdiction, authority within the three-mile zone has been allocated to the coastal states while the federal government has exercised near-exclusive jurisdiction over marine zones seaward of the territorial sea boundary. However, this bifurcated jurisdiction scheme has failed to provide effective conservation and management …

Wireless Broadcast Sharing In Multi-Controllermulti-User Environments, Henry Salvatore Savage

Defensive Publications Series

This publication describes a vehicle computing system (e.g., a head unit, in-vehicle entertainment system, infotainment system, etc.) that may automatically switch from outputting audio to a single computing device using a wireless point-to-point protocol to outputting audio to two or more computing devices using a wireless broadcast protocol. The vehicle computing system may include multiple modules for controlling wireless connections (e.g., multiple BLUETOOTH controllers, WIFI controllers, etc.). Each user in the vehicle may have wireless listening devices (e.g., wireless headphones, speakers, earbuds, etc.) connected to at least one of the wireless controllers. For example, a user may have wireless headphones …

Poetry Walk Keynote: Elisa Gonzalez, Elisa Gonzalez

Talking in the Library Lecture Series

No abstract provided.

Library At The Concert Hall: An Interdisciplinary Library Outreach Strategy For Unexpected Spaces, Michael J. Duffy Iv, Jessica M. Abbazio

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Presentations

This poster highlights strategies for staging pop-up libraries aligned with campus events. The presenters share perspectives on connecting with campus affiliates and community members at performing arts venues at two separate institutions, and share longitudinal data that illustrates the value of this outreach strategy for engaging a range of potential library users. Attendees will explore ideas for highlighting connections between potential visitors’ interests and library collections, and discover strategies for collaborating with library colleagues across disciplines to meet these needs. Participants will learn methods for leveraging this flexible approach to fit their own capacity and collection parameters. Objective 1: Explore …

The Indiana Statesman, April 3, 2025, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

Spring Week; Spring Week Calendar; Indiana State Out of the Darkness Walk; 100 years of Sycamore Bands; President Godard cooks at George’s; Mathematics Dept. screens ‘Counted Out’; Causes of Taliban control in Afghanistan

Albert Sidney Haley, Iii Papers, 1961-2022, Albert Sidney Haley Iii

Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

“We’Re Librarians”: Using Tiktok To Connect Students With Information Literacy Skills, Hannah Krauss

All Musselman Library Staff Works

This poster presentation details the ways that Musselman Library has utilized TikTok and other short form video apps to engage with their users and teach bite-sized information literacy concepts. The poster reviews relevant pedagogy and gives suggestions to other libraries looking to start their own TikTok accounts.

Osc Agenda 2025-04-03, Northern Illinois University

Operating Staff Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Child Sexual Abuse: What Utahns Need To Know, Kolene Anderson, Susan R. Madsen

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a significant social, criminal justice, and public health issue that impacts families, neighborhoods, and communities of all racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds. CSA is underreported, underfunded, and often accompanied by lifelong negative impacts on survivors’ physical, mental, and emotional health. Importantly, we acknowledge that not all who have experienced child sexual abuse feel that the term survivor (instead of victim) adequately conveys their feelings and experiences. However, for the sake of simplicity and to align with the terminology used in most research, we use the term in this report. Unfortunately, most survivors do not …

The Beacon, April 3, 2025, Beacon Staff

The Beacon, 2024-2025

Innovation at NW-Hack; A nature getaway to remember; Strong showing from folk/rock band; "Snow White" disappoints even diehard fans; Spotlight on crafter and musician Elena Lee; Student projects at Celebration of Research; NW hosts the Festival of Culture; Hackathon of NW; An inside look at NW A Cappella Choir; Spiritual and social growth; Starship: a fall from grace; Christian leadership vs. worldly expectations; Where Raider athletes find inspiration; NW cheer has strong showing at nationals; Baseball season in full swing; DME Kids Club here for second year; Egg prices: inflation or bird flu?

Educational Policies Committee Agenda April 3, 2025, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes - March 6, 2025
• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• Other Business
• Adjourn: 4:00 pm

Faculty Highlights: Dr. Nancy Shepherd Assistant Professor, Health Service And Consumer Science, Office Of The Provost

Faculty Highlights

Honoring Dr. Nancy Shepherd: Championing Literacy and Community Engagement in Health Services and Consumer Sciences

An Investigation Into The Effects Of Explosive Based Shockwaves And Heat Generation Imparted On Bomb Squad Helmets, Aaron James Champion

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Learning Framework To Inspire Change: The Kotter Model And The Continuum Of Change In Academic Libraries, Colleen Boff, Catherine Cardwell

University Libraries Faculty Publications

Invited presentation at the ACRL 2025 Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

In 2018, we distributed a call for proposals to academic librarians at public and private community colleges and universities to seek potential ideas for chapters to include in our upcoming publication, Leading Change in Academic Libraries. We solicited proposals from potential authors to describe and reflect on “a recent change in their academic library in which they worked with others in the organization to reorganize, reengineer, innovate, or initiate a service, program, function or structure in [their] library.” In total, we received 115 proposals on various issues, which coalesced …

Pols 322/622: Race And The Law: Report On Course Project Using Primary Sources From The Moakley Archive, Maye Henning

Suffolk University Archives OERs and Assignments

Professor Henning describes her (and her students') experiences using primary sources from the Suffolk University Archives. The Spring 2025 Race and the Law course (POLS 322/622) was an upper-division and graduate-level political science course designed to develop students’ research skills, particularly in locating, interpreting, and integrating primary and secondary sources.

The centerpiece of the course was a semester-long archival research project that culminated in a public exhibit in the display case outside of the Sawyer Library titled Resilience: Finding Power in the Voices of the Past.

An Efficient Phishing Detection Framework Based On Hybrid Machine Learning Models, Mohamed Elkholy, Mohamed Sabry, Hussam Elbehiery

Sustainable Machine Intelligence Journal

The paper discusses an improved phishing detection system that uses hybrid machine learning for analyzing URL-based features. Further improvement of prior work using better feature selection as well as ensemble methods is discussed. The proposed model enhances classification accuracy, precision, and recall by utilizing an innovative hybrid ensemble approach that integrates Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machine, and Decision Tree, alongside newly incorporated evaluation techniques. The results manifest high improvement in performance metrics as compared to the previous methods. Various comparisons and benchmarks with other methods have further proved the robustness of our proposed system for detecting malicious URLs.

Central Park 5~ Rape, Racism, & False Confessions, Harleigh D. Smith

SACAD: Scholarly Activities

Racism is a predominant factor that has been induced and intertwined within the criminal justice system for decades. Racism also played a critical in many historical movements and protests throughout time, about the criminal justice system. “Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to physical appearance and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against others because they are of a different race or ethnicity.” Racism can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone, and that is what was used to falsely …

Bruen In A Changing Judiciary, Joseph Blocher

Duke Law Journal Online

No abstract provided.

Judges, Guns, And Maga, Brannon P. Denning

Duke Law Journal Online

No abstract provided.

A Peek Behind The Scenes Of Supreme Court Decision Making Concerning The Federal Ip System, Jonathan Band

Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series

In the 1970s and 80s, the Supreme Court decided three cases that continue to define the limits of the authority of the states within the federal intellectual property system: Goldstein v. California (1973); Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Oil Co. (1974); and Bonito Boats v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc. (1989). The papers of the Supreme Court Justices that decided these cases show the Court as a human institution wrestling with this complex issue. This issue has assumed new importance as state legislatures have rushed to enact laws on the use of generative artificial intelligence to replicate the voice …

Documentary History Of The Limitations And Exceptions In The Sccr, Luca Schirru, Lokesh Vyas, Haddija Jawara, Lukas Ruthes Gonçalves, Sean Flynn

Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series

The objective of this study is to systematically map all meetings of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) and the General Assemblies (GA) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to extract, compile, and organize all relevant statements made by Member States regarding the Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es).

The analysis was based on publicly available data from the WIPO website, particularly the official pages dedicated to each SCCR and GA meeting. Our primary focus was on statements recorded in the official "Report" document of each session. When available, we also examined supplementary documents, such as the "Summary …

Killing Kindness: How Law School Honor Codes Miss The Mark On Moral Character, Jordan Stevenson

Legal Writing Competition Winners

Do law schools foster a culture of kindness? This essay argues that law schools’ policies do not adequately address non-academic misconduct, resulting in university policies that fail to promote good moral character. This argument is supported by analyzing a sample of law school student conduct and honor codes, examining anecdotal evidence of law school experiences, and looking at American Bar Association (ABA) regulations. This essay concludes that current honor codes are inconsistent and insufficient and provides suggestions to improve the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, add a Standard for ABA law school regulation, and institute honor codes regarding non-academic misconduct.

Gardner-Webb Accepted Students Coming To Campus On April 12 Can Join Webbstock Fun, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Accepted Students Day on April 12 at Gardner-Webb University will not only be a time for students to learn about campus, but will also give them a front row seat for the Fourth Annual Webbstock Music Festival. A!er spending the morning on campus, students and families can enjoy the a!ernoon and evening of free entertainment. The festival features four bands, food, artisans and vendors.

Review Of News Literacy Across The Undergraduate Curriculum, Edited By Amy M. Damico And Melissa M. Yang, Taylor J. Greene

Library Articles and Research

A review of News Literacy Across the Undergraduate Curriculum, edited by Amy M. Damico and Melissa M. Yang.

Challenges Of Digital World Based On Ulsi And Tft Technologies Involving New Neuromorphic Approaches, Olivier Bonnaud

2025 International Conference on Semiconductor Technology for Ultra Large-Scale Integrated Circuits and Thin Film Transistors (ULSIC VS TFT 9)

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Justice Delayed By Design: The Harms Of Our Protracted Divorce System, Laurie S. Kohn

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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Dataset For Cholesterol Content Regulates The Interaction Of Aa-, Ab-, And A-Crystallin With The Model Of Human Lens-Lipid Membranes, Raju Timsina, Preston Hazen, Geraline Trossi-Torres, Nawal K. Khadka, Navdeep Kalkat, Laxman Mainali

Biophysics Research Data

a-Crystallin (aABc) is a major protein comprised of aA-crystallin (aAc) and aB-crystallin (aBc) that is found in the human eye lens and works as a molecular chaperone by preventing the aggregation of proteins and providing tolerance to stress. However, with age and cataract formation, the concentration of aABc in the eye lens cytoplasm decreases, with a corresponding increase in the membrane-bound aABc. This study uses the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spin-labeling method to investigate the role of cholesterol (Chol) and Chol bilayer domains (CBDs) in the binding of aAc, aBc, and aABc to the Chol/model of human lens-lipid (Chol/MHLL) membranes. …

Dataset For Interaction Of Βl- And Γ-Crystallin With Phospholipid Membrane Using Atomic Force Microscopy, Nawal K. Khadka, Preston Hazen, Dieter Haemmerle, Laxman Mainali

Biophysics Research Data

Highly concentrated lens proteins, mostly β- and γ-crystallin, are responsible for maintaining the structure and refractivity of the eye lens. However, with aging and cataract formation, β- and γ-crystallin are associated with the lens membrane or other lens proteins forming high-molecular-weight proteins, which further associate with the lens membrane, leading to light scattering and cataract development. The mechanism by which β- and γ-crystallin are associated with the lens membrane is unknown. This work aims to study the interaction of β- and γ-crystallin with the phospholipid membrane with and without cholesterol (Chol) with the overall goal of understanding the role of …