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Copyright In Characters: A Proposal For Reform, Michael W. Carroll

Akron Law Review

No abstract provided.

Irish Radio's Digital Transition: Back To The Future, Kenneth Murphy

Irish Communication Review

The current paper critically interrogates the predictions made by experts in Irish radio in 2017 and analyses how they align with the reality of the evolved radio landscape in the Republic of Ireland in 2025. In doing so, the article examines developments in radio media in Ireland from 2017 to 2025, situating this national case study within broader European patterns of technological transition and media evolution, and looking ahead to likely developments in the near future. Drawing on longitudinal data from industry analyses, media coverage and regulatory frameworks, it investigates the persistence of FM broadcasting alongside the development of digital …

“A Questionable Culture That Has Dominated Rté For Too Long”: Early Funding Structures And The Nature Of Irish Public Service Media, Roddy Flynn

Irish Communication Review

RTÉ is unusually reliant on advertising revenue in comparison with other European public service media. This article suggests that understanding why this is the case requires a look at the longer history of RTE’s finances, back to the era when the broadcasting service was directly run as an element of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs and thus, indirectly, the Irish state. This status notwithstanding, a sequence of government decisions in the 1930s created a situation whereby the public service medium became reliant on advertising income for its survival, a dependency relationship which not only persisted but became even more …

Who You Gonna Call? Talk Radio As Therapy And As A Marker Of Social Change In Ireland, Finola Doyle O'Neill

Irish Communication Review

In the Irish context, the radio talk show has long constituted a distinctive cultural institution, evolving from early programmes such as Dear Frankie, The Gay Byrne Show, The Ryan Line, and Liveline into a significant public forum for the expression of personal narratives, collective opinion, and emotional resonance (O’Sullivan, 2005). Over time, this genre has undergone a notable transformation—from functioning as a secular analogue to the Catholic confessional to becoming an increasingly therapeutic outlet for listeners. This evolution is emblematic of wider sociocultural shifts in Ireland, particularly the waning influence of institutional religion (Inglis, 2000) and the disintegration of traditional …

The Unscripting Of Broadcasting In Postwar Ireland, Eileen Morgan-Zayachek

Irish Communication Review

This article builds on existing histories of Irish broadcasting by examining the contexts and implementation of postwar reforms initiated by Fianna Fáil politician, Erskine Hamilton Childers. The lifting of script submission requirements and promotion of open debate extended Childers’ efforts to modernize Ireland’s infrastructure and promote civic engagement. Childers viewed Irish radio as a platform for cultivating critical thinking, public debate, and understanding of state institutions—assets he believed Irish citizens needed to compete in the global economy. The article reviews the repressive practices of the early broadcasting service that sought to avoid all controversial content. It also traces a throughline …

Crystal Sets And Listening-In: Radio In Ireland Before 2rn, Stephanie Rains

Irish Communication Review

When 2RN began broadcasting from its studios on Henry Street in Dublin on 1 January 1926, it became the first radio station in the Free State. However, it was very far from being the start of radio on the island of Ireland, as there was already a community of amateur operators and engineers conducting technical experiments. This article explores the radio landscape in Ireland which 2RN joined and transformed. The early enthusiasts often not very concerned with programming or with most of radio’s possibilities as a form of entertainment, but did have a very international perspective on the medium’s possibilities. …

January 7, 2026, Pacific Global

Pacific Global Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Effects Of Ehealth Literacy And The Area Deprivation Index On Barriers To Electronic Patient Portal Use For Orthopedic Surgery: Cross-Sectional Observational Study, Audrey Lynn Litvak, Nicholas Lin, Kelly Hynes, Jason Strelzow, Jeffrey G Stepan

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: As electronic patient portals (EPPs) continue to gain popularity and systems transition to online tools for scheduling, communication, and telehealth, patients without access or skills to use these tools may be overlooked.

OBJECTIVE: This study analyzed patient and neighborhood-level factors, including eHealth literacy level and the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), that may limit EPP access for orthopedic surgery.

METHODS: A cross-sectional, survey-based study was performed at a single urban tertiary academic medical center in the United States across foot and ankle, hand and upper extremity, and orthopedic trauma subspecialty clinics from June 21, 2022, to August 12, 2022. Survey …

Bedford Avenue Associates V. Gurley

All Decisions

In this project-based Section 8 non-payment proceeding, the tenant moved for summary judgment and an order to correct. The court granted the tenant's unopposed motion, dismissing the landlord's non-payment claim without prejudice due to the landlord's failure to serve the required Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) notice with the termination notice. The court also granted the tenant's demand for an order to correct housing violations, finding nine open violations in the apartment as per DHPD's report.

A Policy Reversal As Structural Break: A Lesson From China’S Land Lease Financing For Infrastructure, Yilin Hou, Lin Li, Lei Shao

Center for Policy Research

Land-based revenues as a fiscal instrument to finance infrastructure tie public investment to real estate markets, where demand fluctuations cause fiscal consequences. This paper takes policy reversals as structural breaks and examines their impacts on infrastructure investment. We dissect China’s 2016 policy reversal that disallowed developers to finance land purchase with debt, causing sharp declines in local government land revenues, slashing their fiscal base for infrastructure investment. Using prefecture-level panel data and continuous difference-in-differences identification, we estimate the reversal reduced land-lease revenues by 55%. Two-stage least squares estimates suggest a 10% land-revenue decline translates into 6.6% investment reduction. Decomposing the …

Usa V. Dijuan Taylor

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Esg Performance In The Regulatory Transformation Era: A Systematic Thematic Review (2020–2024), Jiyeon Kim Ph.D., Wooyoung Yang

Faculty Publications

Introduction:

The 2020-2024 period represents a regulatory transformation era in ESG research, marked by mandatory disclosure frameworks (CSRD/ESRS, SEC climate rules, ISSB standards) replacing voluntary approaches. This creates a natural experiment for examining ESG-performance relationships under compulsory reporting. Despite extensive voluntary-period literature, limited research addresses how mandatory frameworks alter these relationships during regulatory transformation.

Methods:

We conducted a systematic thematic review following PRISMA 2020 guidelines (INPLASY202570105). Comprehensive database searches (2020–2024) yielded 4,441 records; after screening (Cohen's κ = 0.89), 17 high-quality studies met inclusion criteria (12 primary search, 5 ESRS-specific supplementary search). Thematic analysis identified ten interconnected themes grounded in …

Titlemax Of Virginia, Inc. V. Secretary Pennsylvania Department Of Banking And S

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Banking On Jarkesy, Jacob Cunningham, Todd Phillips

Duke Law Journal Online

The 150-year-old bank regulatory system is under threat. Following the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Jarkesy, bankers have filed numerous lawsuits challenging the ability of the federal bank regulatory agencies to adjudicate cases in non-Article III tribunals. But unlike the agencies tasked with enforcing the securities, antitrust, and consumer protection laws, the banking regulators lack statutory authority to file cases in federal court. A decision invalidating their in-house adjudicative authority strips of them of any forum in which to file enforcement actions.

This essay argues that these lawsuits should fail. Because the Seventh Amendment jury trial right exempts “public rights,” …

Research And Innovation Update, January 7, 2026, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Innovation

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

No abstract provided.

Priestly Christology And Holiness: Christ’S Priesthood And The Sanctification Of Believers, Adriani Rodrigues

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Centralized Qr Trust Repository (Cqtr) With Merchant Name Uniqueness For Fraud Prevention In Qr Code Payments, Alok Roy Mr

Defensive Publications Series

The disclosed systems and methods use a Centralized QR Trust Repository (CQTR) for securing and streamlining merchant onboarding and transaction validation, and to address critical challenges in QR-based payments such as cross-acquirer fraud and counterfeit QR codes system performs transaction validation. At the time of onboarding, merchant details such as merchant or business name, account information, and KYC are collected by client servers and CQTR conducts uniqueness validation to ensure name uniqueness across all acquirers. CQTR performs similarity checks, including fuzzy matching and phonetic analysis and prevents duplicate registrations. After successful validation, CQTR generates and registers unique QR codes static …

Ai-Driven Application Intent For Seamless End-To-End Guaranteed Quality Of Service Packet Forwarding, Jaganbabu Rajamanickam, Madhan Sankaranarayanan, Paul Jensen, Sumant Mali, Krishna Deevi

Defensive Publications Series

A next-generation approach to network Quality of Service (QoS) is proposed herein that enables direct, in-band communication of application intent using an innovative extension header, such as an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) extension header. Using the proposed innovation, applications can embed concise, high-level QoS requirement strings or "intents" (e.g., 'ultra-low latency', 'AI/ML Training', etc.) into packet headers, allowing ingress edge devices to interpret these intents using a local policy database. Advanced matching engines, potentially leveraging machine learning, can enable flexible and semantically rich interpretation of these requirements/intents, surpassing traditional rigid classifications.

Read My Lips: No New Constructs! Construct Proliferation As A Threat To The Future Of I-O Psychology, Nathan A. Bowling, Valerie I. Sessa, Jonathan A. Shaffer, George C. Banks

Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology recognizes dozens of different constructs, including several individual differences, environmental variables, job attitudes, and work-related behaviors. It is, of course, necessary to retain a variety of constructs in order to adequately capture the complexities, subtleties, and diversity of work-related phenomena. But do the many constructs recognized by I-O psychologists all serve a useful purpose? Or has our field been too eager to welcome redundant, unnecessary constructs into the fold? And if I-O psychology has embraced too many unnecessary constructs, then what—if anything—should we do about it? In the current focal article, we first discuss when …

Pathways, Outputs And Impact Of Nih-Supported Bioinformatics And Genomics Graduate Trainees In Africa, Daudi Jjingo, Andrew Walakira, Suhaila Hashim, Cisse Cheickna, Ronald Galiwango, Caleb Kibet, Florence N Kivunike, Gerald Mboowa, Fredrick Elishama Kakembo, Babajide Ayodele, Jean-Baka Domelevo Entfellner, Santie De Villiers, Karen Wambui, Segun Fatumo, Tinashe Chikowore, John Mukisa, Alfred Ssekagiri, Nicholas Bbosa, Julius Mulindwa, Samuel Kyobe, Mike Nsubuga, Grace Kebirungi, Eric Katagirya, Savannah Mwesigwa, Ibra Lujumba, Rogers Kamulegeya, Samuel Kirimunda, Stephen Kanyerezi, Shahiid Kiyaga, Ivan Sserwadda, Davis Kiberu, Bernard S Bagaya, Julius Okwir, Patricia Nabisubi, Grace Nabakooza, Mugume Twinamatsiko Atwine, Ricard Sserunjogi, Rolanda Julius, Mariam Quiñones, Meghan Mccarthy, Phillip Cruz, Karlynn Noble, Christopher J Whalen, Darrell Hurt, Maria Y Giovanni, Michael Tartakovsky, Deogratius Ssemwanga, John M Kitayimbwa, Steven J Reynolds, Christopher C Whalen, Andrew Kambugu, Neil A Hanchard, Li Jian, Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi, Graeme Mardon, I King Jordan, Samson Pandam Salifu, Mamadou Wele, Ezekiel Adebiyi, Jeffrey G Shaffer, Seydou Doumbia, David Patrick Kateete, Michelle Skelton, Nicola Mulder, Jonathan K Kayondo, Daniel Masiga, H3africa Consortium

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Global biomedical and health research is increasingly relying on genomic and computational approaches, largely driven by the increasing volumes of nucleic acid sequencing. Concurrently, epidemiological studies and clinical records are generating enormous amounts of data amenable to disease modeling, machine learning, and artificial intelligence techniques. Bioinformatics and data science expertise is therefore essential for improved population health. Accordingly, in 2012, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in partnership with the Wellcome Trust, and with support from the African Society for Human Genetics, initiated the H3Africa (Human Heredity and Health in Africa) consortium. One of its key goals was to …

Defective Dna Damage Response Is A Targetable Therapeutic Vulnerability In Esr1 Mutant Breast Cancer, Sarah K Herzog, Jessica H Stevens, Guowei Gu, Sandra L Grimm, Kloma Cardoza, Autumn G M Hawkins, Hangqing Lin, Daniela Ramos, Amanda R Beyer, David G Edwards, Derek Dustin, Harry J Yang, Nicole Liang, Ashfia F Khan, Tasneem Bawa-Khalfe, Daniel J Mcgrail, Shiaw-Yih Lin, Cristian Coarfa, Suzanne A W Fuqua

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

ESR1 mutations are the leading cause of endocrine therapy resistance and progression in ER-positive metastatic breast cancer. ESR1 mutations are detected in ~50% of metastatic breast cancer patients, and identification of effective targeted therapeutics are critically needed. Here, we identified enrichment of dysregulated replication stress and DNA damage responses in multiple ESR1 mutant models. Targeting the replication stress response utilizing checkpoint inhibition in combination with PARP inhibition synergistically suppressed growth, induced cell cycle arrest, and attenuated DNA replication. PARP inhibition blocked metastatic dissemination in vivo and reduced both PARP1 and ER-regulated protein expression. PARP trapping by olaparib treatment with or …

The Influence Of Nurse Union Size On Nurse Practitioner Full Practice Authority In The U.S., Yusuf Khan

Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal

The scope of practice for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) is a critical issue in healthcare policy, influenced by both demand for healthcare services and legislative action. This paper examines the impact of nurse union size on a state having full practice authority for nurse practitioners across the United States. Utilizing data from the Nurse Unionization Data Tool and controlling for several variables (right-to-work laws, physicians per capita, and personal healthcare expenditures per capita), this study employs multivariate logistic regression to analyze the relationship between the proportion of unionized nurses and the extent of practice authority granted by state laws. …

Workplace Video Surveillance: A Comparative Law Perspective, Imane Hilani

Revue Marocaine de Droit, d'Economie et de Gestion (Moroccan Journal of Law, Economics and Management)

Workplace video surveillance has become widespread, raising major issues at the intersection of the employer’s power of control and employees’ fundamental rights. This article examines the legal framework governing the use of CCTV at work, with particular attention to personal privacy and the protection of personal data. It discusses the conditions of lawful monitoring (information, proportionality, purpose limitation, security and retention), as well as employees’ rights and the evidentiary value of recordings, through a Moroccan and comparative perspective supported by legislation and case law.

History Of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated

Josie Green Washington Papers

A history of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, with origins stemming from the first black fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.

Judging Values: Public Confidence In The Federal Courts' Approach To Religion & Morality, Clark L. Hildabrand

University of Memphis Law Review

Each American has his own story about when he learned of the COVID-19 pandemic. For many, that day was March 11, 2020.1 The NBA suspended its season.2 The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.3 And President Trump announced a ban on travel from European countries.4 Few, however, comprehended in March 2020 that over the next few years we would experience perhaps “the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country.”5 “Executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees on a breathtaking scale,” “forcing people to remain in their homes” and “shutter[ing] businesses and schools, public …

Good For This Day And This Day Only: A Study On Changes In Court Personnel, Precedent, And Judicial Legitimacy, Daniel Kiel

University of Memphis Law Review

The watershed discarding of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization1 predictably included a discussion of the role of stare decisis. After deciding that the Constitution does not protect the right to make decisions about abortion, the Court considered whether stare decisis counseled leaving Roe in place to protect the integrity of the legal process.2 In this discussion, the majority cited Payne v. Tennessee,3 a fairly obscure 1991 case regarding the admissibility of victim impact evidence in death penalty sentencing hearings.4 In Payne, the Court abandoned several recent precedents, concluding that “[s]tare decisis …

Snap Removal And The Absurdity Doctrine, Michael M. Gallagher

University of Memphis Law Review

Snap removal, the “swift removal of a case before a forum defendant can be served,”1 is “the rare case in which it is as clear as anything ever can be that Congress did not mean what in strict letter it said.”2 There is no evidence that when the removal statutes were amended in 1948, Congress intended to allow forum defendants to remove a case before being served.3 Indeed, many courts have reached the opposite conclusion.4 Thus, allowing snap removal leads to absurd results.5 Some courts deem snap removal absurd.6 Three circuit courts, however, find this practice acceptable.7 Some scholars claim …

Constitutional Time: The Temporal Dimension Of Precedent In Consitutional Jurisprudence, Laura A. Cisneros

University of Memphis Law Review

The role of time in constitutional precedent lies at the heart of judicial decision making. While there is a consensus on the importance of precedent, the modalities of its application remain a subject of intense debate within legal circles. At the core of this discourse lies a fundamental tension: the imperative to maintain fidelity to established precedent, thereby ensuring legal stability and predictability, versus the necessity to re-evaluate and potentially overturn precedent in response to evolving societal norms or innovative constitutional interpretations. This dichotomy presents a fundamental challenge to the Supreme Court, requiring a delicate balance between continuity and adaptability …

The Roberts Court And The District Court, Elodie O. Currier Stoffel

University of Memphis Law Review

The 2022 and 2023 Supreme Court terms were “blockbusters.”1 From the rousing dissents in Trump v. United States2 to the death knell of Chevron deference3 and the intense debates over the role of history in judicial decision-making encapsulated in Vidal v. Elster,4 the past several terms have provided both significant insight into decisionmaking processes at the Court and substantial change to previously settled law. Its impacts are already the subject of a slew of writing, both in legal journals and the popular press.5 Largely missing from the conversation is discussion of the high Court’s impacts on district courts. While academics …

Judicial Sanewashing: The Roberts Court's New Canon Of Construction, Erin M. Carr

University of Memphis Law Review

In late 2024, a new expression—“sanewashing”—began circulating in the lead-up to the presidential election. The term was used to describe the media’s coverage of Donald Trump, in which journalists, in their attempt to make his often incoherent campaign and media statements seem semi-intelligible, were accused of presenting his ideas as more sensible and cogent than they actually were. While finding its contemporary relevance primarily in politics, this Article argues that the sanewashing phenomenon is not limited to the political branches of government or the reporters who cover it. Instead, the Supreme Court, under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, …