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Journal of Response to Writing

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Using The “Card” Response Technique To Assist Middle School Students In The Revision Process, Katherine E. Batchelor

Journal of Response to Writing

Although revision is essential to the writing process, it is often neglected in schools. However, when revision is taught successfully, through reflection, conferencing, positive teacher feedback, specific instruction linked to reading strategies, and time between drafts in order for students to think about their writing (including the expectation of multiple drafts), students not only revise more, but at a deeper level. This study investigates how middle school students’ writing drafts as well as attitudes and beliefs toward revision changed based on introducing a specific revision strategy called the CARD response technique, which is both a self-response and peer-response strategy. CARD …

Improving First- And Second-Year Student Writing Using A Metacognitive And Integrated Assessment Approach, Leanne Havis

Journal of Response to Writing

Metacognition emphasizes an awareness and understanding of one’s thought and cognitive processes, along with management of cognition through multiple strategies including organizing, monitoring, and adapting. Before students can truly become effective writers, they must develop an appreciation for the amount of planning, organization, and revision that comprises a writing assignment. In order to improve student writing, the exam autopsy approach, an integrated post-exam assessment model that draws upon self-assessment, peer review, and instructor feedback, was modified to include metacognitive components for use with essay exams and writing assignments. The current study employed a mixed-methods design with a quasi-experimental, non-equivalent group …

A New Species Of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) From Southeastern Plains Of Tamil Nadu, India, Shubhankar Deshpande, Gaurang Gowande, Deshabhushan Bastawade, Shauri Sulakhe

Euscorpius

We here describe a new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 from the southeastern plains of Tamil Nadu, India, which is known only from its type locality, Chengalpattu. The new species was recovered as sister to Isometrus nakshatra based on a molecular phylogeny inferred from COI and 16S mitochondrial genes. Sequence divergence between the new species and all the Indian congeners was 12.6–15.7 % for COI and 12.2–14.4 % for 16S. The new species can also be differentiated from all the Indian congeners based on the following set of characters: surface of carapace with mixed (coarse and fine) and dense granulation; …

Industrial Strategies: Rhetoric At The Intersection Of Arts And Entrepreneurship, Conner Tomlinson

Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education

By emphasizing the rhetorical processes integral to arts entrepreneurship, this study hopes to open up a rhetorical vocabulary that will simultaneously expand arts entrepreneurship discourse and bridge the gap between its constituent terms. Likewise, the abstract processes of rhetoric offer an insightful perspective on the specific processes of entrepreneurship in the arts. The first wave of Industrial Music in the late 1970s and early ‘80s is taken as a case study in order to articulate how a group of artist-entrepreneurs used information, attention and sound itself as rhetorical tactics to engage in an emancipatory form of arts entrepreneurship. In step …

Entrepreneurial Responses To The Covid Era: A Qualitative Study Of Five Professionalmusic Entrepreneurs, José Valentino Ruiz-Resto, Derris Lee, Chris Shelton

Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education

The impact of COVID-19 has affected not only private citizens, but also arts entrepreneurship professionalsand their respective business models. To explore both the problems experienced by professional musicentrepreneurs and their solutions for navigating company survivability, growth and impact, a multiple-case qualitative research study using intensity sampling and grounded theory was conducted to uncoverhow professional music entrepreneurs (N = 5) succeeded in not only surviving the pandemic’s effects on their personal businesses, but also in augmenting their companies’ finances, resources and impact withinthe constructs of a post-COVID multimodal creative economy. The results present various themes andsuggestions for implementation within music (and …

Motivation To Act: A Critical Evaluation Of The Actor-Entrepreneur’S “Why” In A Post-Covid-19 Landscape, Steven Sparling

Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the global performing arts, particularly for live performance, such as theatre. Graduating actors and musical theatre graduates have faced a scarcity of opportunities to launch their careers, and this is having a negative impact on their motivation and mental health. This article draws upon qualitative research gathered in 2015 with mid-career UK actors to codify the reasons or motivations for pursuing acting as expressed by the research participants. Ten different motivations to act were identified. Using theories of flow and self-actualization, this research evaluates the stated motivations to assess which might be sustainable …

Behold: A Man, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

A concise statement on the ongoing vitality of human thinking and seeking, and against the "mindless" recitation of earlier thinking, particularly in religious matters. Davis says to forget miracles and instead look to current human experience and how to best understand it. He concludes that "God is much more the unborn future than he is the sealed past."

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The Many Facets Of Music Entrepreneurship Education, Jeffrey Nytch

Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education

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Method And System For Region Proposal Based Object Recognition For Estimating Planogram Compliance, Avishek Kumar Shaw, Rajashree Ramakrishnan, Shilpa Yadukumar Rao, Pranoy Hari, Dipti Prasad Mukherjee, Bikash Santra

Patents

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Usa V. Michael Dashem

2022 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Julie Beberman V. Secretary United States Depart

2022 Decisions

USDC for the District Court of the Virgin Islands

Modeling Inter-Particle Magnetic Correlations In Magnetite Nanoparticle Assemblies Using X-Ray Magnetic Scattering Data, Johnathon Michael Rackham

Theses and Dissertations

Magnetic nanoparticles are used in nanotechnologies and biomedical applications, such as drug targeting, hyperthermia, MRI contrasting agents, and bio-separation of compound solutions. Magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles stand to be effective in these roles due to the non-toxic nature of magnetite and its ease of manufacture. To this end, a greater understanding of the magnetic behavior of the individual magnetite nanoparticles is needed when a collection of them is used. This research seeks to discover the local magnetic ordering of ensembles of magnetite nanoparticles at various stages of the magnetization process, temperatures above and below their blocking temperature, and for various particle …

The More Things Change ... Governance And Resistance Along The Mexico–Guatemala Border, Carla Angulo-Pasel

Political Science Faculty Publications

With the politics of borders, the socio-economic divide between the United States and Mexico is evident. The geographic proximity to the U.S. makes the Mexico–Guatemala border an extension of the U.S. border enforcement regime. This article argues that the politics surrounding the U.S.–Guatemala border have not necessarily changed, because, at the core, the main objective of these border governance practices is to stop the movement of undesirable bodies (Khosravi 2011). Further, the article argues that the practices of containment force migrants to resist through their movement and seek strategies of survival. By comparing the administrations of Peña Nieto and López …

The More Things Change ... Governance And Resistance Along The Mexico–Guatemala Border, Carla Angulo-Pasel

Political Science Faculty Publications

With the politics of borders, the socio-economic divide between the United States and Mexico is evident. The geographic proximity to the U.S. makes the Mexico–Guatemala border an extension of the U.S. border enforcement regime. This article argues that the politics surrounding the U.S.–Guatemala border have not necessarily changed, because, at the core, the main objective of these border governance practices is to stop the movement of undesirable bodies (Khosravi 2011). Further, the article argues that the practices of containment force migrants to resist through their movement and seek strategies of survival. By comparing the administrations of Peña Nieto and López …

Ramos Retroactivity And The False Promise Of Teague V. Lane, Tori Simkovic

University of Miami Law Review

When the Supreme Court changes course and announces a new rule of constitutional criminal law, the question remains: what happens to those imprisoned by the old practice now deemed unconstitutional? Since 1989, that question has been answered by Teague v. Lane, a restrictive holding that limits retroactivity by prioritizing judicial resources over the constitutional rights of incarcerated people. But should it matter if the old rule has explicitly racist origins?
Convictions by non-unanimous juries emerged in Louisiana and Oregon with the stated intention of rendering Black jurors' votes meaningless. In 2020, the Supreme Court in Ramos v. Louisiana held that …

India-Pakistan Conflict: The Dispute Over The Kashmir-Jammu Border, Simone Nicolson

Pepperdine Policy Review

At the end of the British Raj in India, the country was on the verge of civil war between the two largest religious groups, the Hindu’s and Muslim’s. To avoid this, border lines were hastily drawn and after much bloodshed and chaos, a new country was instated. This event became known as the Partition. Ever since 1947, the Indian subcontinent has been divided between Pakistan and India; however, sovereignty over the Kashmir-Jammu province was never finalized. While both countries have a long history of distrust towards each other, they could potentially have cordial relations if not for the issue of …

The Shifting Sands Of Soft Power: Comparing Soft Power Influences On U.S. Foreign Policy In The Middle East., Jackson T. Grasz

Pepperdine Policy Review

Throughout the 21st century, the United States has acted as the preeminent power broker in the Middle East. While the United States’ ability to influence the region is well-studied, it is less understood how Middle Eastern nations are able to influence the actions of the United States in reverse given their substantially smaller populations, militaries, and economies. Traditionally, international influence is measured by a country’s ability to coerce or induce other nations to act according to its preferred set of actions. Sources attributed to this influence, referred to as “hard power,” include military strength and economic prowess. However, these sources …

Threats To Religious Higher Ed And The Implications Of Title Ix Regulation, Andrew Davenport

Pepperdine Policy Review

Religious liberty in religious higher education is currently under threat due to reinterpretations of “sex” under Title IX regulatory policy. This paper will explore and analyze the policies of Title IX and illuminate the current regulatory, legislative, and judicial threats to religious higher education. Finally, a current policy solution is offered as well as alternative policy actions. Lawsuits against the Department of Education seeking to remove religious exemptions to Title IX, legislation like the Equality Act, and executive orders from the Biden Administration all pose different threats to religious liberty in America’s schools. Through legal action against religious schools and …

Life And Afterlife In The Steel Seizure Case, Matthew Steilen

Buffalo Law Review

This Essay examines the proper role of the Supreme Court in deciding disputes between Congress and the President. Progressive commentators are now urging the Court to dismiss these cases as political questions, at least where doing so would give effect to congressional regulations of the President. The Court’s interference is criticized as antidemocratic. This Essay advances a different conception of the Supreme Court’s role by examining the famous Steel Seizure Case. In that case, the Court upheld an injunction barring President Truman from seizing the nation’s steel mills, on grounds that doing so was inconsistent with congressional will and without …

Generic Ab Initio, James A. Heilpern, Earl Kjar Brown, William G. Eggington, Zachary D. Smith

Buffalo Law Review

From comic conventions to disbanded dioceses, courts continue to struggle with a unique but puzzling question of trademark law. Federal law protects certain terms that refer to a product or service from a specific producer instead of to a product generally. Terms that refer to products are considered generic and cannot receive protection. Courts have also held that a term that was generic at the time the party adopted the mark cannot receive protection, even if the public later views it as being specific to a particular producer. But, many marks were adopted decades or centuries ago. As a result, …

Growing Up Marshall: Life, Legacy & Lessons Learned, John W. Marshall

Buffalo Law Review

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Table Of Contents, Buffalo Law Review

Buffalo Law Review

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You’Ve Got To Have (Good) Faith: Good Faith’S Trajectory In Anglo-Canadian Contract Law Post-Wastech And The Potential For A Duty To Renegotiate, Vanessa Di Feo

Dalhousie Law Journal

This paper argues that the organizing principle of good faith should be judicially developed to include a duty to renegotiate in situations of hardship. It looks to the French Civil Code and the UNIDROIT Principles for guidance, in addition to Canadian law’s receptibility to an incrementally expanded principle of good faith. Although the Supreme Court of Canada rejected hardship in the 2018 case of Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp v Hydro-Québec, it did not forever close the door to this doctrine in Québec in situations of true financial peril. Given the “judicial dialogue” between Québec civil law obligations and Anglo-Canadian …

On The Operation Of The Quieting Of Titles Act In Newfoundland And Labrador, Gregory French

Dalhousie Law Journal

This paper examines the operation of the Quieting of Titles Act in Newfoundland and Labrador, and in particular its operation in uncontested matters, from which written decisions do not emanate. Written decisions under the Quieting of Titles Act, particularly those at the appellate level, do not accurately reflect the operation of the statute in the uncontested context. This paper examines both reported and unreported decisions under the Act, and compares to Nova Scotia’s approach to resolving similar land title challenges, to provide clarity on the proper operation of the Act in practice.

Dans le présent article, nous examinons l’application …

A Nun, A Synagogue Janitor, And A Social Work Professor Walk Up To The Bar: The Expanding Ministerial Exception, Patrick Hornbeck

Buffalo Law Review

Some employees who hold significant positions within some religious organizations fall outside the protections of certain laws, especially employment discrimination laws. But which employees, which organizations, and which laws? In its 2020 decision in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the “ministerial exception” doctrine, a constitutional immunity that is “extraordinarily potent” where applicable.1 The doctrine exempts religious employers from liability for nearly all forms of discrimination, some torts, and some breaches of contract, even when an employer does not act for religious reasons.

This Article argues that Our Lady of Guadalupe School marks a …

The Committee Of Style And The Federalist Constitution, David S. Schwartz

Buffalo Law Review

The conventional interpretation of the Constitution assumes that the Committee of Style, which created the final draft of the Constitution, lacked authority to engage with substance; therefore, any arguably substantive changes it purportedly made should be disregarded in favor of earlier draft language found in the records of the Constitutional Convention. This “Style doctrine” has been embraced by the Supreme Court and several leading constitutional scholars. This Article argues that the Style doctrine is historically unfounded and obscures the Constitution’s original meaning. The Committee of Style was not prohibited from proposing substantive changes. In any case, most of the revisions …

You Need To Calm Down: Examining The Origin And Eliminating The Future Of The “Gay Panic” Defense, Laura R. Conboy

Buffalo Law Review

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Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 122), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

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A Quantitative Model Of Volume Compensation As A Mechanism For Oscillatory Flow Of Cerebrospinal Fluid, Charles F. Babbs

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Working Papers

Specifying the exact mechanism driving cyclic, oscillatory flows of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) through the cerebral ventricles and subarachnoid spaces remains an open problem. Here is a new quantitative hypothesis describing how cyclic expansion and contraction of the cerebral blood volume moves CSF within the closed box of the cranium. As whole brain tissue expands with added blood, volume compensation is provided by partial collapse of the superior sagittal and transverse venous sinuses. The magnitude of the expansion and contraction of whole brain tissue volume can be estimated from the changes in intravascular volume, which in turn can be divided into …