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90 Hot Tips In Estate, Trust And Probate Practice, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held December 19, 2025.

Sigmund J. Beck Advanced Bankruptcy Roundtable, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held August 15-16, 2025.

Third-Party Discovery In Federal And Indiana Courts, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held April 3, 2025.

Mission_ Possible Mastering Governance, Tax, Fundraising & Liability For Nonprofits, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held July 24-25, 2025.

2025 Year In Review, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held December 11-12, 2025.

2025 Advanced Elder Law, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held August 15-16, 2025.

2025 Applied Professionalism, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held October 30, 2025.

Advanced Civil Mediation, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held July 24-25, 2025.

Adult Guardianship Training, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held December 5, 2025.

Advanced Family Law (South), Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held July 24-25, 2025.

Business Set Up & Growth Through Franchising & Other Structures, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held September 30, 2025.

Ethics_ Communication Breakdown - It's Always The Same (But It's Avoidable), Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held March 4, 2025.

Estate Planning For Blended Families, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held March 6, 2025.

47th Annual Judge Robert H. Staton Indiana Law Update, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held September 11-12, 2025.

Health Care Law, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (Iclef)

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum 2025

Meeting proceedings of a seminar by the same name, held June 24, 2025.

Walter Bernard V. Philip Ignelzi

2025 Decisions

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The Legal Effect Of A Decision To Dismiss A Criminal Case On The Administrative Accountability Of A Public Employee A Comparative Analytical Study Under Omani And Egyptian Legislation, Ayman Eid Al-Saadani, Saher Ibrahim Al-Walid

Sultan Qaboos University Legal Studies Journal

This study addresses the evidentiary value of the decision to dismiss a criminal case and its effect on administrative disciplinary authority under Omani and Egyptian legislation, given that this issue represents an intersection between the rules governing disciplinary liability and those governing criminal liability. The study concludes that the dismissal decision constitutes a judicial act that acquires a temporary res judicata effect, which prevents reopening the investigation regarding the same facts and the same individual unless new evidence emerges. Despite the judicial nature of the dismissal decision, the general rule is the independence of disciplinary and criminal liabilities. Consequently, the …

Translating Evidence Into Action: Understanding How Community- Based Practitioners Make Intervention Implementation Decisions In Practice, Kristin C. Bennett

Dissertations and Theses (Open Access)

This study examined how community-based practitioners implement public health interventions in practice settings to identify gaps between existing implementation frameworks and real-world practice. Six farmers' markets in Southeast Texas served as cases to understand implementation decision-making by community-based practitioners addressing food access challenges. A qualitative case study approach was employed, using semi-structured interviews with program adopters and key stakeholders to examine how practitioners addressed food access problems, selected interventions, and navigated implementation decisions. This methodology captured the contextual nature of implementation decision-making in community settings. The findings revealed that program adopters recognized health problems through lived experience rather than formal …

Three Realistic Principles For Nurturing Ethical Prosocial Behavior, Thomas G. Plante Phd, Abpp

Psychology

The world is in trouble with numerous significant challenges to life and society such as climate change, divisive politics, economic disparity, war, racism and discrimination, and violence. At the core of these issues is human behavior and in particular, ethical decision making. The purpose of this reflection is to underscore three practical principles to encourage more prosocial behavior by (a) embracing the reality of egoism, (b) finding ways to merge egoism with the common good, and (c) socially engineer ethical behavior that benefits society. Considering ethical decision making and nurturing prosocial behavior in a realistic manner provides at least some …

The Role Of Linear Programming And Sensitivity Analysis In Improving The Transportation And Distribution Of Vegetable Oils: A Case Study Of The State Company For Vegetable Oils In Iraq, Zainab Alaa Hameed

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

The State Company for Vegetable Oils in Iraq faces a fundamental challenge of high transportation costs and inefficiency in distributing products across factories and warehouses to meet growing demand. Accordingly, this study aims to employ operations research methods-specifically linear programming and sensitivity analysis---to design a distribution plan that enhances efficiency and minimizes costs. The methodology involved developing a mathematical model of the transportation problem based on actual data related to supply quantities, demand requirements, and transportation costs between production sources and distribution outlets. The model was solved using WinQSB software to determine the optimal solution. Sensitivity analysis was then conducted …

Ai-Enhanced Heat Transfer Optimization In Magnetic Bio-Nanofluids, Hasan Attyah Shaboot

Al-Esraa University College Journal for Engineering Sciences

This study presents a hybrid Artificial Intelligence–Computational Fluid Dynamics (AI-CFD) framework for optimizing heat transfer in magnetic bio-nanofluids subjected to external magnetic fields. Magnetic bio-nanofluids, composed of biocompatible base fluids containing superparamagnetic nanoparticles, exhibit tunable thermal and flow behavior, making them promising for biomedical and micro-cooling applications. Conventional optimization methods based on experiments or brute-force CFD are computationally expensive and limited in exploring the full design space. To overcome these challenges, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) surrogate model was developed to predict two key performance indicators, the Nusselt number and the friction factor, with high accuracy (R² > 0.997). The surrogate …

Effect Of Thick Closed Walls Of West And South Elevations Of Iraqi Middle And South Territory Housing Building On Reducing Energy Use, Abeer Qasim Jbur, Shaimaa M. Hamza, Mayyadah Lutfi Abdulwahhab

Al-Esraa University College Journal for Engineering Sciences

Thermal insulation is one of the most important factors in achieving sustainability, increasing efficiency, and reducing energy consumption, but modern insulation materials are expensive, in addition to their availability. Therefore, through our research, we resorted to investigating the issue of reducing thermal load in buildings through the use of thick-walled facades in the southern and western facades, where we studied a building with two windows with windows on the southern and western facades and another without these windows and with thick walls, for two locations, the first in central Iraq, which is the city of Baghdad, and the second in …

Legitimate Interests As A Lawful Ground For The Processing Of Data And Ai Development In The Middle East, Moufid El-Khoury

Sultan Qaboos University Legal Studies Journal

This article addresses the legal basis of legitimate interests for the processing of personal data in the region of the Middle East. Three categories of countries emerge after the survey of selected data protection laws in the region: jurisdictions that explicitly enacted the legitimate interests as a lawful ground for the processing of personal data, those that established a variant of ‘legitimate rights’, and those that omitted the concept of legitimate interests entirely. This article argues that the absence of a lawful ground of processing based on legitimate interests makes the privacy landscape very rigid in some jurisdictions in the …

Global Analysis Of Pyroptosis On Autoimmune Diseases: Bibliometric Study, Astri Dewayani, Kartika Afrida Fauzia

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Pyroptosis has gained increasing attention due to its role in immune responses and its implication in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Unlike apoptosis, pyroptosis is characterized by gasdermin D-mediated membrane pore formation and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. This bibliometric analysis aims to systematically explore trends, influential contributions, and emerging themes in the study of pyroptosis within the context of autoimmune diseases. Literature was retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection covering publications from 2015–2024. A total of 1,271 English-language articles and reviews were analyzed using Biblioshiny and VOSviewer for performance metrics and network visualizations. Hotpots trend identification is …

Assessment Of Autonomic Dysfunction In Iraqi Patients With Parkinson’S Disease Using The Ssr, Ahmed Ayad Al-Janabi, Abdulnasir Hussin Ameer

Hilla University College Journal For Medical Science

Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects both motor and non-motor functions, including the autonomic nervous system. Autonomic dysfunction, particularly involving sympathetic pathways, is a common but underdiagnosed feature in PD.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess autonomic dysfunction in Iraqi patients with Parkinson’s disease using the Sympathetic Skin Response (SSR) test as a non-invasive neurophysiological tool.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted at Ghazi Al-Hariri Surgical Teaching Hospital, involving 40 patients diagnosed with PD and 40 age-matched healthy controls. All participants underwent SSR testing to evaluate latency and amplitude in the hands and feet under …

The Concept Of Law In Biopower Duaa Nassar And Amer Shatara, Duaa Nassar, Amer Shatara

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The study aims to reveal the transformation of the concept of law in biopower, and the impact of this transformation on the formation of society. According to the perceptions of the French philosopher Michel Foucault, the concept of the norm emerged as an alternative to law, as the concept of law was transformed from a set of controls for the behavior of the individual or “citizen” in the state, to a “standard” based on discrimination between the population based on race and gender. The study follows a key question of how the norm as a legal alternative contributes to biopower …

The Legal System Of Invalid And Annulled Sentences, Maryam Bint Salem Bin Saif Al-Wuhaibiyah, Saif Bin Nasser Bin Abdullah Al-Maamari, Hafidh Jaafar Ibrahim

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The Constitutional law guarantees the right to litigation for all and allocates the form by which individuals claim their rights, which is the lawsuit, to a set of guarantees that guarantee the smooth conduct of the dispute. It specifies a set of formalities so that individuals can be assured of the validity of the procedure taken by both parties. However, the procedures for examining the dispute or the sentences issued It may be affected by a group of defects that lead to a violation of the right subject to the sentence, so the law has organized the description that affects …

Gamesmanship In Civil Litigation, Edith Beerdsen

Georgia Law Review

In civil litigation, strategy is everywhere. Some of it is explicitly envisioned by rules of procedure, but other forms of strategy rely more on clever exploitation of gaps in the rules, sometimes through trickery, surprise, or psychological mind games. The role strategy plays in civil litigation is underexamined, which raises two concerns: first, this lack of attention entrenches strategy by default as a procedural value in competition with accuracy, efficiency, and other procedural values. Second, it amplifies the disadvantages experienced by unrepresented litigants. This Article builds on earlier work to examine how courts shape the space that litigants have for …

The Future Of The Furman Challenge To The Death Penalty, Scott W. Howe

Georgia Law Review

This article revisits the core argument against the death penalty that Professor Anthony Amsterdam offered in Furman v. Georgia. The article situates itself, however, in a modern, forward-facing context by accounting for post-Furman death penalty developments. These include the thirteen federal executions during the last six months of President Trump’s first term, the thirty-seven commutations of federal death sentences by President Biden, and the executive order by President Trump, issued on the first day of his second term, directing vigorous use of the federal death penalty and aid and encouragement in the use of capital punishment by the …

An Evidence-Based Approach To Fair Use, Clark D. Asay, Cree Jones, Cassidy Mccleary, Stephanie Plamondon

Georgia Law Review

Recent Supreme Court cases have opened the door for market effects to play an even more prominent role in copyright law’s fair use defense to copyright infringement. Historically, however, market effect analysis under fair use’s factor four has either been largely speculative or merely a repackaging of analysis done under the first three factors of the fair use defense. We argue that recent developments in data availability and causal estimation in the social sciences enable litigants and courts in many cases to engage in a more fulsome and credible analysis of market effects in fair use cases. As a proof …