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Trustee's Objection To First Amended Disclosure Statement

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

No abstract provided.

First Amended Disclosure Statement

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

No abstract provided.

In Re: Jermaine Lewis

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Joel Ruelas-Manzo V. Attorney General United States Of America

2026 Decisions

Agency

Usa V. Christopher Birry

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Cesar Plaza Rivera V. Attorney General United States Of America

2026 Decisions

Agency

Usa V. Philip Epps

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

In Re: Chryssoula Arsenis

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

First Amended Joint Plan

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

No abstract provided.

First Amended Joint Plan Supplement

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

No abstract provided.

Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers Of Writing, Native-Speaker Ideologies, And Feedback Uptake In First-Year Composition, Mustapha Bannerman

Rhetoric and Composition PhD papers

Research on non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) and writing feedback has rarely examined how students’ perceptions of multilingual instructors shape feedback uptake. This critical literature review synthesizes scholarship from composition studies, second language writing, translingualism, and NNEST research to examine this relationship in first-year composition. The review argues that native-speaker ideologies may shape perceptions of instructor credibility in ways that could influence students’ willingness to trust and apply feedback during revision. It identifies a significant gap in existing scholarship and calls for empirical research and pedagogical practices that promote linguistic justice, multilingualism, and equitable writing instruction in higher education.

Brief Amici Curiae Of New Ways Ministry, Et Al., St. Mary Catholic Parish V. Roy, Leslie C. Griffin, Marci A. Hamilton

Court Briefs

No abstract provided.

Predicting Cesarean Section Delivery In The United States Using Machine Learning: Population-Based Retrospective Study, Yanchao Yang

Business Analytics Faculty Publications

Background:
Cesarean section (C-section) is the most common surgical procedure in the United States, yet its use varies widely across regions and institutions. Although clinical risk factors are central to delivery decisions, geographic context, health system capacity, and local practice patterns may also influence C-section use. Understanding both the determinants and predictability of C-section delivery is important for improving obstetric quality and equity.

Objective:
This study aims to document geographic variation in C-section use across the United States, identify maternal and county-level factors associated with C-section delivery, and evaluate the predictive performance of machine learning models across clinically defined risk …

Kenilworth Holdings Llc V. New York City Rent Guidelines Board

All Decisions

In this Article 78 proceeding, landlords and owners of rent-stabilized homes sought a judicial order annulling the Rent Guidelines Board's (RGB) Apartment & Loft Order #58, claiming it was arbitrary and capricious. The court granted the City of New York's motion to transfer venue from Richmond County to New York County, holding that under CPLR 506(b), venue turns on where the material events took place — i.e., where the RGB deliberated, voted, and arrived at the challenged decision — which was New York County. The court rejected petitioners' argument that Richmond County was proper because rent-stabilized apartments exist there, finding …

The International Adoption Movement From South Korea: A Sociological Analysis Of Its Rise, Fall And Relevance Today For Children’S Rights Issues, Madeline H. Engel

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

No abstract provided.

Dynamical Properties Of Proximal Group Spaces, Najlaa Adnan Hadi

Baghdad Science Journal

In this paper, we introduce a new class of dynamical systems, Proximal Dispersive Group Spaces (PDG - spaces), to study the structure of topological group actions. In these spaces, we observe a mixture of two different behaviors: points come close to each other (proximal convergence) under some group elements, while remaining separated (dispersive separation) under others. This framework generalizes the classical theory to allow for selective convergence without global asymptotic collapse. We give a formal definition of PDG - spaces and study some of their basic properties, like invariance under group actions and incompatibility with equicontinuous systems. Our results show …

Analytical Study On Unsteady Flow Of A Hyperbolic Tangent Fluid In Existence Of Porous Media Of An Exponentially Stretched Sheet With Heat Transfer, Nidhal M. Abd Alameer, Sundos Bader, Fatima K. Abdullah

Baghdad Science Journal

The unsteady flow of a tangential hyperbolic fluid with temperature in the presence of a sublimation medium and an exponential surface was discussed in this article. The law of conservation of mass, energy, and momentum is essential to the model of matter. To make it easier to identify solutions, the partial equations were converted into ordinary equations. We refer to this approach as the homotopic method. To explain the results, the Mathematica program was used to find the solutions and graphically depict them. The impact of the parameters on velocity, temperature was discussed, which are Random motion factor (Nb …

Southern Adventist University Commencement Program Summer 2026, Southern Adventist University

Commencement Programs

Program for Southern Adventist University Summer 2026 graduation. The commencement service took place on August 21, 2025 at 10 am in Iles Physical Education Center.

Mechanism Of Injury And Fracture Status Influence Outcomes After Central Cord Injury, Karlo M. Pedro, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Kathleen Zang, Christopher Lozano, Jetan H. Badhiwala, Jefferson R. Wilson, James Harrop, James D. Guest, Bizhan Aarabi, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Michael G. Fehlings

Department of Neurosurgery Faculty Papers

Central cord syndrome (CCS) is the most common form of incomplete cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), yet its optimal management remains controversial. We examined whether stratifying CCS by injury stability improves treatment assessment. CCS was defined as an American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) C/D cervical SCI with a ≥5-point lower-upper extremity motor score difference and classified as CCS-stable (CCS-S) or -unstable (CCS-U) based on the absence or presence of fracture/dislocation. Functional recovery at 1 year was assessed using the functional independence measure (FIM) motor score. Among 291 patients, 131 (45%) had CCS-S. These patients were older and more …

Social Work: Becoming An Integrated Advanced Practitioner, Cynthia Arnold

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

Masters of Social Work Portfolio

Umbilical Artery Doppler In Fetal Growth Restriction, Britanie Dollard

Lynchburg Journal of Medical Science

Umbilical artery (UA) Doppler velocimetry is a noninvasive tool used to assess placental vascular resistance and improve risk stratification in pregnancies complicated by suspected fetal growth restriction (FGR). Placental insufficiency remains a leading cause of stillbirth and neonatal morbidity, making early identification critical for optimizing perinatal outcomes. This clinical review synthesizes current evidence regarding the role of UA Doppler in identifying placental insufficiency, outlines key waveform interpretations, and evaluates how Doppler findings guide clinical management and delivery planning. Evidence and major society guidelines support UA Doppler as a targeted surveillance tool in high-risk pregnancies complicated by suspected FGR. Progressive abnormalities, …

Firebreaker-2.0 Adaptive Near-Ground Fire-Inflow Conditioning & Suppression System A Distributed, Sensor-Guided System For Modifying The Aerodynamic, Thermal And Moisture Environment Immediately Ahead Of A Spreading Fire Front., Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

FIREBREAKER-2.0 is an experimental wildfire-suppression platform designed to investigate whether actively controlled near-ground airflow, combined with spatially controlled water delivery, can modify the environment through which a spreading fire advances.

Rather than relying exclusively on direct flame attack, FIREBREAKER establishes a controlled conditioning field between the suppression system and the advancing fire.

Each mobile module combines:

• high-volume directional airflow,

• controlled water delivery,

• interchangeable spray characteristics,

• thermal imaging,

• airflow measurement,

• temperature and humidity sensing,

• heat-flux measurement,

• fuel-temperature measurement,

• water-flow measurement,

• synchronized data acquisition,

• and adaptive control.

Multiple modules operate as a coordinated array.

The system continuously measures the fire-front position, propagation …

The Dream Itself Was Home”: Imaginary Homelands As A Model For Analyzing Contemporary African Return Narratives, Renee King

Masters Theses

Although contemporary African return narratives featuring female protagonists explore a wide range of themes, they consistently portray women who struggle to situate themselves within an increasingly globalized world. In these narratives, the homeland initially functions as a stabilizing anchor that emboldens the protagonist to pursue education or employment abroad, yet works such as Doreen Baingana’s Tropical Fish and Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah reveal that the homeland the protagonists once treated as immutable ultimately exposes itself as a dream. This destabilization unsettles the notion of an unshakeable cultural identity and demonstrates how migration reshapes both the self and the meaning of home. …

Co-Dominion: The Changing Nature Of The Adamic Covenant In An Age Of Artificial Intelligence, Corey Hastings

Masters Theses

Theologians and religious bodies attest to the rising influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in governments, the economy, and the lives of the people of God. Through the covenant with Adam, God gave humans the blessing of dominion and capabilities unique to creation to till the earth. Today, humans retain the image of God but AI increasingly displaces human functions with coordinated agency. Using Hebrew language exegesis of passages from Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus, this study compares capabilities gifted to humans with the scope of current and near future AI models. It incorporates direct artifact analysis of a large-language model as …

Near-Field Acoustic Microscope With Normal Force Metrology Capability, Kacharat Supichayanggoon

Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation introduces quartz tuning fork (QTF) based Shear-force Near-field Acoustic Microscopy (SANM) and Whispering Gallery Acoustic Microscopy (WGAS) systems, upgraded this time with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) capability to also monitor the vertical force component involved in shear force interactions. This enhanced system aims at studying nano-sized confined fluids under shear, with an emphasis on finding correlations between the fluid's a) viscoelastic properties and b) near-field acoustic wave emission capability. In the current SANM/WGAS/AFM system addressed here, the confined fluid is constituted by the water meniscus that bridges the gap between the apex of a laterally …

Spn 313: Advanced Communication Skills, Aleksin Ortega, Aleksín H. Ortega

Open Educational Resources

This syllabus for SPN 313 (Advanced Communication Skills) at the College of Staten Island, CUNY, presents a zero-textbook-cost, OER-based course in advanced academic writing in Spanish designed for a mixed population of heritage speakers and advanced second-language learners. The course follows a genre-based progression through four textual forms — description, narration, exposition, and argumentation — organized around a recursive writing process of drafting, instructor feedback, and revision. Its signature assignment, the Autobiografía lingüística (Linguistic Autobiography), serves as the Spanish program's ACTFL-aligned assessment artifact and is supported by a structured independent-inquiry project on dialectal variation. The syllabus foregrounds the dialectal diversity …

The Experience Of Sleep And Academic Performance Among African American College Students: A Case Study, Jamean Alma Alexander

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The transition to college presents significant challenges for African American college students, particularly in developing effective study habits and maintaining healthy sleep behaviors that support academic success. Despite growing evidence linking sleep and academic performance, limited research has explored how African American students attending historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) perceive these experiences. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of African American college students regarding sleep habits, study habits, and academic performance. Guided by three research questions, data were collected through semi structured interviews with 12 African American students attending HBCUs in …

Adversary Action Re Parish Property

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

No abstract provided.

The Word Of Faith Which We Preach: Perspectives On Core Doctrines Of Word Of Faith Theology, James Clifford Crew

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Primary Research Question:

What are the distinctive core doctrines that are officially recognized and universally taught within the Word of Faith movement - as distinguished from some common aberrant or excessive popular teachings - and are these core doctrines biblically and theologically defensible as orthodox teachings within the broader scope of the universal Christian Church? The research problem is a glaring gap in the literature characterized by the general absence of a clear delineation between official core doctrines and controversial popular teachings that are neither officially codified in its doctrinal statements nor universally accepted and taught within the Word of …

For Love Or Green Card: Exploring Intermarriage Experiences Of African American Women To West African Men In The First Decade Of Midlife From A Historical, Cultural, And Psychosocial Perspective, Kelley Owusu Asante

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This transcendental phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of African American women who married West African men during the first decade of midlife. It investigated the historical, cultural, and psychosocial factors that shaped the women’s perceptions and experiences of intermarriage. The guiding theories were social exchange theory, competitive market theory, marital paradigm theory, and sex ratio imbalance theory. Social exchange theory, developed by George C. Homans in 1958, provided a framework linking behavioral psychology and microeconomics. The study centered participants’ narratives to understand how love, commitment, and cultural negotiation unfolded in these unions. The sample comprised 12 African American women …