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Michigan Reading Journal

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Full Issue: Volume 58, No. 1

Michigan Reading Journal

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Cricket, Capitalism And Class: From The Village Green To The Cricket Industry, Martin Barrett

Global Sport Business Journal

Author Chris McMillan, through Cricket, Capitalism and Class: From the Village Green to the Cricket Industry, provides a definitive and compelling critical sociological investigation of modern cricket’s rise from an English leisure pursuit and role in the expanding capitalism of Empire to today’s multi-billion-dollar cricket industry. This account is constructed through a largely Marxist reading of the sport’s entwining with the processes of capitalism and class. Specifically, class and the class structures reproduced by and through cricket are seen as critical in reproducing a system favorable to both historical and contemporary exploitation and expropriation. As the book transitions from exploring …

Book Review: Interrogating Integration: Sport, Celebrity, And Scandal In The Making Of New Germany, Sangchul Park

Global Sport Business Journal

This review discusses Interrogating Integration: Sport, Celebrity, and Scandal in the Making of New Germany by Kate Zambon. Through discourse analysis of media narratives, Zambon demonstrates that athletes and celebrities of immigrant or minority backgrounds become symbolic figures whose successes and failures test the nation’s integration project, with case studies including the 2006 World Cup, the Sarrazin debate, and the Integration Bambi Awards. The book’s originality lies in moving beyond legal or policy frameworks to foreground mediated narratives, offering clear and coherent arguments supported by a logically organized structure. While the absence of comparative perspectives and audience reception studies leaves …

Numerical Assessment Of Shot Peening Contribution To The Fatigue Strength Of Gear Tooth Root, Gurutz Cortabitarte Laucirica, Xuban Telleria, Iñigo Llavori, Ibai Ulacia, Miren Larrañaga, Jon Ander Esnaola

15th International Conference on Shot Peening

Gears are commonly treated with shot peening (SP) and/or case hardening to enhance fatigue resistance. However, their effects are often conservatively assessed using standardized methods, which can limit their optimal application in industrial components. Particularly, the effect of SP over case-hardened gears remains insufficiently explored. Therefore, the present study evaluates the contribution of SP on single tooth bending fatigue (STBF) strength of raw and case-hardened spur gears, commonly used in automotive and heavy machinery industries. In the study four conditions are addressed: (i) untreated, (ii) case-hardened, (iii) shot-peened, and (iv) case-hardened and shot-peened. First, the residual stress field of the …

Spotlight, Robert F. Manning

Tax Adviser

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Viewpoint: How Confidential Is The Tax Return?, Howard T. Martin

Tax Adviser

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Estate Tax Deduction For Administration Expenses - Circuits In Conflict, William R. Brennan Jr.

Tax Adviser

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Tax Clinic, Steve Braun

Tax Adviser

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An Improved Process For The Preparation Of Resmetirom (Mgl-3196), Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

An improved process for the preparation of Resmetirom (MGL-3196) of Formula I.

7.115 Indirect Cost Rates And Indirect Cost Recovery Allocation Policy

7.000 Institutional Advancement

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The Roddey Mcmillan Record - September 25, 2025, Winthrop University

The RMR 2020-2029

The Roddey McMillan Record (RMR) is Winthrop’s monthly multicultural student publication. The RMR has been a significant voice of the minority population of the Winthrop community since its creation by Gail Harris in April 1986. It promotes awareness and understanding of issues concerning minorities for the prosperity of the entire Winthrop community. The purpose of the RMR is to shine light on the many diverse cultures at Winthrop, focusing on issues, concerns and happenings of those who represent the multicultural community on campus. The Roddey McMillan Record is named after Dr. Cynthia Roddey and Atty, Sheila McMillan. Cynthia Roddey was …

Tackling Gaps In Action For Climate Empowerment Through Subnational Ace Hubs, Kim Jessica Wahnke

COP30

Key notes

Context: Climate scepticism and misinformation have become more rampant than ever, political will and popular support is eroding

Problem: National efforts on ACE remain under-resourced, disorganised and fragmented

Precedent: The NRW ACE Hub pilot builds on the strength of subnational governments but has work to do with regards to accessibility and past activity integration

Solution: Subnational ACE Hubs are regional platforms for the coordination of local actors and the co-design and integration of past ACE activities

Impact: Reduce divisions between stakeholders, close education gaps, advance community-driven climate ACE action

Call to Action: Implementation of ACE hubs through coordinated …

Accelerating Localized Climate Innovation Through South-South Peer-Learning Platforms, Nayantara K. Arora

COP30

South-South knowledge exchange is a powerful but underutilized driver of localized climate innovation in the Global South. As climate change disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), mechanisms for mutual learning, indigenous knowledge-sharing, and context-appropriate technology diffusion are vital. South-South peer-learning platforms offer a scalable pathway to empower communities in the Global South to co-create and adopt effective climate innovations, particularly in the systems of human health, livelihoods, and youth inclusion emphasized by Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda (SAA). This policy paper argues that integrating these platforms into national Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) and Capacity Building strategies can accelerate …

Empowering Healthcare Providers With Ai-Based Climate Health Risk Training, Mohamed Saleh Abdelsalam Abdallah Mahmoud

COP30

Climate Change (CC) is an emerging threat to human health and livelihood, increasing the burden of health-related illnesses, vector-borne diseases, and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Due to the gaps in capacity building and education, limited curricula, and time constraints, Health professionals (HCPs) and healthcare students are unprepared to address the climate-health nexus. The urgency for a climate-health training and research in applying ACE principles with digital tools, particularly AI and mobile platforms, in order to reach health care resilient systems. Using global evidence and a real-world case study such as WHO-reported Early Warning and Response System (EWARS), which is piloted in …

The Usability And Implementation Of Flood Prevention Strategies In Response To An Evolving Climate With Insights From Hurricane Harvey And The Kerala Floods., Morgan Greenleigh

COP30

This literature review combines literature on global flood prevention, hard engineering, Nature-Based Solutions, IFRM and policy to examine current strategies and case studies. It begins by examining the key role that hard engineering plays in the current main forms of flood prevention and then analyses its weakness when it comes to the increasing frequency and severity of weather events. The review then explores the growing importance of NBS and how its development can significantly reduce flooding whilst also having a plethora of other benefits. A portion of the review is dedicated to emerging technologies such as EWS and IFRM. The …

Modeling Climate Risks To Urban Infrastructure. What Tools Can Cities Use To Assess And Map Risks To Infrastructure Systems (Transport, Drainage Housing, Health) Under Different Climate Scenarios?, Carlotta Luise Oltmanns

COP30

Climate change increasingly threatens urban infrastructure worldwide, endangering transport, drainage, housing, and health, especially for vulnerable populations in fast-growing cities. As COP30 convenes in Brazil in 2025, adaptation is no longer an option but an imperative. The literature review integrates current evidence of simulating and evaluating climate risks to urban infrastructure according to authoritative guidance documents, such as the Global Goal on Adaptation, the Sharm el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, and Brazil's COP30 priorities. The paper overviews state-of-the-art urban risk mapping tools with a focus on GIS-based platforms, climate services, and early warning systems and compares adaptation plans of New York City …

Operationalizing The Global Goal On Adaptation (Gga): What Governance Mechanisms And Measurement Frameworks Can Be Developed To Make The Gga Actionable, Equitable, And Country-Driven?, Abischag Jitimay

COP30

The 2015 Paris Agreement1 established a "Global Goal Adaptation" (GGA), which aims to place climate change adaptation on the same level as mitigation, by developing an adaptation goal alongside the mitigation goal of limiting global temperature increase to 1.5°C. The GGA aims to create a global framework, with specific targets, to guide adaptation actions worldwide. However, in the absence of a quantifiable and universal benchmark, adaptation is much more complex to measure and implement than mitigation, which is centered around the universal indicator of the tone2 of CO2. Although established with the Paris Agreement in 2015, the GGA was the …

Sustainability In Dentistry.. Rosy Dreams Or Attainable Reality?, Rim Wally

COP30

The dental sector is a significant carbon emitter globally, with each clinic emitting the same emissions as multiple cars do over a year, and each visit contributing tangible environmental impacts. The biggest emitters are patient and staff travel, clinic utilities, and supply chain activities like single-use plastics. Despite this extensive contribution, there is still low dental awareness. That is why this policy briefing includes a framework for integrating oral health with environmental sustainability aims, foregrounding multi-stakeholder engagement and using the UK as a case study. Climate literacy and dental education reform are the most significant and recommended basis for starting …

A Global Mutirão In The Classroom: A National Curriculum Policy For Bangladesh To Build Youth Capacity For Green Jobs In Alignment With The Saa And Ace, Shariful Islam

COP30

As one of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations, Bangladesh faces a serious threat that widely impacts its large youth population. This policy paper points out a main gap: the country's national curriculum does not properly teach students about climate change. This makes young people unprepared for the future and for new jobs in the green economy. This paper looks at successful climate education programs in other developing countries, like Kenya and the Philippines, and suggests a new policy for Bangladesh based on those examples. The paper recommends a strategy that combines a national law with local, hands-on learning. The main …

Moving Toward Net Zero: Transforming Global Transport With Clean Technologies, Kareem Abdullah

COP30

The transportation sector is one of the main and indispensable causes of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 23% of them. It is one of the fastest-growing sectors, and action must be taken quickly [1]. In this paper, we will discuss the current challenges in this sector and propose some solutions to reduce emissions in the context of sustainable development and climate action. First, we will discuss the reliance on biofuels, particularly successful policies in the European Union and Brazil. Second, we will discuss the use of renewable energy and EU legislation. Finally, this paper will present a core recommendation: using …

Bridging The Mitigation Gaps : Technology And Climate Finance In An Equitable Global Transition, Iten Hassan

COP30

Mitigation has been the scope of all international climate negotiations ; nevertheless, COP30 Agenda highlights the urgency in scaling up the ambition in reducing CO2 emissions , shifting towards renewable energy sources, mitigating for the 1.5°C and the Net-Zero target. This Policy Paper aim is bridging the gaps between The Global North (Developed) countries and The Global South (Developing) countries by exploring the main challenges that face both developed and developing countries when mitigating , using London and Egypt as prime examples, respectively; nevertheless, it proposes solutions for both countries in terms of the key pillars for the implementation techniques …

The Mediterreanean We Share: Enhancing The Eu-Mediterranean Cooperation In Education And Capacity Building For A Resilient Climate Action, Achref Ininou

COP30

The Euro-Mediterranean region is facing growing inequalities, and regional resilience is being put to the test as we deal with escalating climate challenges. Although the significance of education and capacity building is emphasized by frameworks like SDG 4 and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, regional efforts are still dispersed, short-term, and frequently not monitored and evaluated. Through inclusive education, the development of green skills, and regional cross-border collaboration, this policy paper highlights that people, especially youth, must be at the center of climate strategies. Strong monitoring and evaluation systems are necessary, though, to guarantee the long-term viability of these …

Young Indigenous Women And The Low-Carbon Future: Female Political Representation And Knowledge In The Energy Sector In Brazil, Fernando Da Gama

COP30

The transition to a low-carbon economy is an ethical imperative in the face of the climate crisis, demanding actions that encompass social justice, gender equity, and Indigenous leadership. It is therefore urgent to include young Indigenous women in the design and implementation of sustainable energy solutions, as demonstrated by case studies in the Brazilian Amazon. Despite the central role of Indigenous peoples in environmental protection, international climate finance still overlooks community-based initiatives, allocating less than 1% of global resources directly to these populations. Indigenous women face additional challenges due to gender and technical access barriers. There is a clear need …

"From Global Stocktake To Global Delivery: A Policy Roadmap For Cop30 Implementation" How Can We Hold Stakeholders Accountable And Foster Global Collaboration?, Joshua Underhill

COP30

The Earth is facing a climate catastrophe. According to NASA (2024), the Earth's average surface temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record. The same article outlines that the Earth is about 1.47 degrees Celsius warmer than the preindustrial period1. A core mechanism designed to address this challenge, and other key concerns, is the Global Stocktake GST, which is a process within the Paris Agreement assessing collective progress towards key goals.

This policy paper will primarily focus on the history of the global stocktake, before delving into the future of the GST, the NDC, and global mutirao, all with the …

Accountability Systems For Post-Gst Implementation: Strengthening Global And National Governance To Ensure Transparency, Compliance, And Equity In Delivering The Paris Agreement, Binama Nyacyesa

COP30

This policy paper, developed by the Rwandan delegation in the COP30 Simulation, proposes the establishment of a comprehensive accountability architecture in order to translate the outcomes of the Global Stocktake (GST) into transparent, equitable, and enforceable climate action. Building on this year's COP Presidency's emphasis on mutirão, which is inclusive collective action, this paper outlines different governance mechanisms that could strengthen compliance, both at global and national levels, integrate Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) into their monitoring frameworks, and embed adaptation tracking in line with the Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda (SAA). Using Rwanda's track record in governance and regional leadership …

From Dialogue To Delivery: Engaging Non-State Actors In Gst Follow-Up, Aya Mohamed

COP30

Climate action is falling short where it matters most, on the ground, because those doing the work are often excluded from the system's tracking progress. The Global Stocktake (GST), meant to assess global climate efforts, remains focused on national governments, leaving out non-state actors (NSAs) who lead much of the real-world delivery. This exclusion stems from structural gaps in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the lack of formal ways for NSAs to engage meaningfully. Existing tools, like voluntary platforms and consultations, are not enough, they lack enforcement and true integration. This paper proposes two practical solutions: AI-powered Nested Climate Accounting, …

Cop-30 Simulation Report Ignite And Insight: A Global Mutirão, Anes Saadi

COP30

The first Global Stocktake (GST) certifies that there is a widening gap between our collective ambition and the real-world deliveries. And while the COP29 did set a new climate finance floor of US$300 billion/yr by 2035, the science however showed that this is far below developing country needs, and the current trajectories still overshoot the Paris 1.5 C limit. With the most recent updates, Article 6 market rules are now in full operation. That is inclusive of a mandatory 5% "share of proceeds" for the Adaptation Fund; it is an underused lever to channel resources to the frontline communities (UNFCCC, …

Strengthening Climate Empowerment In Pharmacy Education And Practice: A Literature Review, Hend Ahmed

COP30

Pharmacists are increasingly acknowledged as essential contributors to climate resilience as climate change poses ever-increasing challenges to global health. Within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) provides a framework that is focused on capacity building, public engagement, and education. The application of ACE principles to pharmacy practice and education to advance sustainability is examined in this article. It looks at national projects that support ACE objectives like Kerala's pharmacy-led waste management campaign and the Greener-NHS programme. The review finds gaps and opportunities for incorporating climate action into pharmacy through …

The Climate League: A Competitive Governance Model To Enhance Ndc 3.0 Ambition And Delivery, Mohamed Noby

COP30

The first Global Stocktake (GST) has confirmed that the world is off-track; where current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are far from sufficient to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target. Despite decades of climate negotiations, an ambition gap, implementation deficit, and climate finance shortfall continue to hinder meaningful progress; driven largely by a focus on securing commitments rather than ensuring their implementation and real-world impact. This policy paper identifies the governance gap at the heart of these failures and proposes a new framework: The Climate League. which aims to transform climate action into a dynamic competitive process by ranking countries based …