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Is Bitcoin Prudent? Is Art Diversified? Offering Alternative Investments To 401(K) Participants, Edward A. Zelinsky

Connecticut Law Review

Whether 401(k) plans’ investment menus should feature “alternative” investments is a fact-driven inquiry applying ERISA’s fiduciary standards of prudence, loyalty, and diversification. Central to this fact-driven inquiry is whether the alternative investment class in question is broadly accepted by investors in general and by professional defined benefit trustees in particular. A similarly salient concern when making this inquiry is the financial unsophistication of many, perhaps most, 401(k) participants. Accounting for these considerations, this Article concludes that REITs, private equity funds, and hedge funds can, with limits, today be offered as investment choices to 401(k) participants, but that cryptocurrencies (including Bitcoin), …

What’S In A Form? Employment Background Checks Under The Fair Credit Reporting Act, Emily Scace

Connecticut Law Review

For employers, background checks, credit checks, and similar measures are a prudent step to guard against negligent hiring claims and other potential losses that can result from poor hiring decisions. But these practices necessarily require employees to relinquish some of their interests in privacy and may also introduce bias into the hiring process. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which applies to many of these employment screening measures, requires employers to follow certain procedural requirements that seek to ensure that employees and applicants understand the scope of the information that will be sought in a background or credit check, provide …

In Memoriam, Richard Parker’S Vision: Uconn Law Students Living, Working, And Learning In Washington, Dc, Jennifer Mailly

Connecticut Law Review

These remarks honor the memory of Richard W. Parker, Professor of Law, Director of the Semester in DC Program, and Policy Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law.

In Memoriam, Picturing Richard Parker: Our Enthusiastic Colleague, Joseph Macdougald

Connecticut Law Review

These remarks honor the memory of Richard W. Parker, Professor of Law, Director of the Semester in DC Program, and Policy Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law.

In Memoriam, On Dignity And Passion, Thomas Morawetz

Connecticut Law Review

These remarks honor the memory of Richard W. Parker, Professor of Law, Director of the Semester in DC Program, and Policy Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Judicial Consensus: Why The Supreme Court Should Decide Its Cases Unanimously, David Orentlicher

Connecticut Law Review

Like Congress and other deliberative bodies, the Supreme Court decides its cases by majority vote. If at least five of the nine Justices come to an agreement, their view prevails. But why is that the case? Majority voting for the Court is not spelled out in the Constitution, a federal statute, or Supreme Court rules.

Nor it is obvious that the Court should decide by a majority vote. When the public votes on a ballot measure, it typically makes sense to follow the majority. The general will of the electorate ought to govern. But judicial decisions are not supposed to …

The Home Of The Dispossessed, Allison Anna Tait

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

The objects that people interact with on a daily basis speak to and of these people who acquire, display, and handle them—the relationship is one of exchange. People living among household objects come to care for their things, identify with them, and think of them as a constituent part of themselves. A meaningful problem arises, however, when people who have deep connections to the objects that populate their lived spaces are not those who possess the legal rights of ownership. These individuals and groups—usually excluded from the realm of property ownership along lines of gender, race, and ethnicity—live on an …

T & C Magazine Issue 25 - Spring 2022, T&C Media

T&C Magazine

Articles Include: Nostalgia: The Painful Happiness // The Rise of the Commuter // Double Duty // Dynamic Duo in the Kitchen // About Face // Otterbein, Then and Now // Spotlight on Otterbein's Founding Fathers // "Tan & Cardinal" Magazine // Dear Me // Cultural Exchange // Otterbein Survival Guide // Excuse Me!

Digital Wild West: Foreign Social Media Bans, Data Privacy, And Free Speech, Tiange (Tim) Chen

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.

Presuit Civil Protective Orders On Discovery, Jeffrey A. Parness

College of Law Faculty Publications

There are few civil procedure laws broadly authorizing trial courts in the United States to consider presuit requests seeking protection from discovery sanctions or spoliation claims in later civil actions. There should be more laws on presuit protective orders addressing information maintenance, preservation, and production.

New presuit protective order laws are most apt where there have been demands by potential adversaries involving alleged information preservation duties under civil discovery laws or under substantive spoliation laws; where the recipients have strong reasons to secure early judicial clarifications; and where the availability and use of presuit protective orders will serve both private …

Exergaming In A Multiplayer And Inter-Team Competition Mode With Play Lü: Effects On Adolescents’ Moderate-To-Vigorous Physical Activity And Situational Interest, Cédric Roure, Patrick Fargier, Guillaume Girod, Valérian Cécé, Denis Pasco, Vanessa Lentillon-Kaestner

International Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Objective: The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of a Play Lü inter-team competition exergame on adolescents’ moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and situational interest (SI).

Materials and Methods: A total of 110 students (M_age = 13.7 ± 1.1, 12-16 years, 53.7 % girls, M_BMI = 19.9 ± 3.2) from a secondary school located in Switzerland participated to the study. They played three separate 20-min games in a counterbalance allocated order: (1) Play Lü multiplayer and inter-team competition exergame; (2) Play Lü single-player competition exergame; and (3) Tic-Tac-Toe multiplayer and inter-team competition game. …

The Private Regulators Of The New Public Square, Jagdeep Sekhon

UC Law Science and Technology Journal

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Eu And U.S. Data Privacy Regimes And The Potential For Convergence, Ruben De Bruin

UC Law Science and Technology Journal

No abstract provided.

[Npm] National Poetry Month 2022, Raquel Estrada, William Flores

Library Display Posters

Collection of posters created celebrating National Poetry Month 2022. Posters include: virtual book display, inaugural poets, UTRGV faculty books, UTRGV MFA alumni books, UTRGV MFA alumni books (award-winning), and UTRGV publications.

Echocardiographic Predictors Of Mortality And Morbidity In Covid-19 Disease Using Focused Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Joanne Gomez, Allison C. Zimmerman, Jeanne Du Fay De Lavallaz, John Wagner, Lillian Tung, Athina Bouroukas, Tai Tri P. Nguyen, Jessica Canzolino, Alan Goldberg, Annabelle Santos Volgman, Tisha Suboc, Anupama K Rao

Cardiology Articles

BACKGROUND: Focused transthoracic echocardiography (fTTE) has emerged as a critical diagnostic tool during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing for efficient cardiac imaging while minimizing staff exposure. The utility of fTTE in predicting clinical outcomes in COVID-19 remains under investigation.

METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of 2,266 hospitalized patients at Rush University Medical Center with COVID-19 infection between March and November 2020 who received a fTTE. fTTE data were analyzed for association with primary adverse outcomes (60-day mortality) and with secondary adverse outcomes (need for renal replacement therapy, need for invasive ventilation, shock, and venous thromboembolism).

RESULTS: Of the 427 hospitalized …

Gold & Blue, Spring 2022, St. Mary's University- San Antonio, Texas

Gold & Blue

This is the Spring 2022 edition of Gold & Blue which is St. Mary's University's official school publication.

Application Of U.S. Sanction Laws And Ransomware Payments, Trinity Woodbury

Cybersecurity Undergraduate Research Showcase

Ransomware is a major threat that widely affects individuals and organizations, including businesses. Ransomware victims face the situation of potentially paying ransom payments to threat actors, some of whom might be foreign-based criminals. Ransomware affects victims from all sectors and industries.

State Attorneys General And The Public Nuisance Doctrine: Lessons To Be Derived From State Ex Rel. Attorney General Of Oklahoma V. Johnson & Johnson, John S. Baker Jr, Joanmarie Davoli

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, Spring 2022

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Building A Developmental Framework For Vocational Reflection At Thiel College, Brian Riddle, Liza Anne Schaef, Greg Q. Butcher

Intersections

No abstract provided.

About The Artist

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Pivoting To Imaginative Programming In The Midst Of The Pandemic At Bethany College, Arminta Fox

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Sharing The Gift Of Vocation At (And Beyond) Augsburg University, Paul C. Pribbenow

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Assessing Self-Assessment Instruments At Finlandia University, René Johnson

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Arthur Cotton And The Development Of Public Works, Justin Patty

The Larrie and Bobbi Weil Undergraduate Research Award

In the long history of violence and cruelty that defined the period of British rule in India, Arthur Cotton is one of the few men remembered today not for his crimes, but for the good he did for the people of India. Cotton’s irrigation projects protected millions of Indians from the threat of famine, but the true legacy of his work is global in scope. As a major figure in the development of India’s infrastructure for most of the nineteenth century, Cotton witnessed the British Empire struggle with questions about its role in facilitating public works projects. Despite the Empire’s …

Cimagazine - Spring 2022, Dmacc

ciMagazine

Our annual ciLive! (Celebrate! Innovation Live) gives students and the community opportunities to interact with people (some famous, all inspired) who have dreamed, created, and accomplished. During this thought-provoking and interactive event, students listen, absorb, and engage without the stress of the regular class routine. Generous sponsors make the event free and open to the public. Celebrate! Innovation Magazine is published biannually by Des Moines Area Community College West Campus.

On Sabbatical: A Backward Glance, Phyllis Gimbel

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

League Of Women Voters Of The Huntington Area E-Mail Bulletin, April 2022, League Of Women Voters Of The Huntington Area

League of Women Voters of the Huntington Area Bulletin 2020 - Present

The Bulletin is published by the League, which is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Causal Inference In Healthcare: Approaches To Causal Modeling And Reasoning Through Graphical Causal Models, Riddhiman Adib

Dissertations (1934 -)

In the era of big data, researchers have access to large healthcare datasets collected over a long period. These datasets hold valuable information, frequently investigated using traditional Machine Learning algorithms or Neural Networks. These algorithms perform great in finding patterns out of datasets (as a predictive machine); however, the models lack extensive interpretability to be used in the healthcare sector (as an explainable machine). Without exploring underlying causal relationships, the algorithms fail to explain their reasoning. Causal Inference, a relatively newer branch of Artificial Intelligence, deals with interpretability and portrays causal relationships in data through graphical models. It explores the …

Spanish Language Development And Perceptions Of Undergraduate Students During Short-Term Study Abroad, Marissa Baugh

Transformations: Presentation Slides

The purpose of this evaluative case study is to determine how students from a 4-year medium-sized college in the northeast US who participated in a short-term study abroad program in Cuernavaca, Mexico perceived their experience as worthwhile in their education. This research seeks to answer the following questions: 1) How does short-term study abroad impact students’ perceived level of Spanish language proficiency?; 2) What are students’ thoughts about short-term study abroad with respect to their learning beyond their Spanish language development (e.g., financial investment, cultural appreciation, etc.)?; and 3) What are students’ overall perceptions of the short-term study abroad program? …