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“When Mercy Seasons Justice”: Interstate Recognition Of Ex-Offender Rights, Wayne A. Logan

Scholarly Publications

To the great relief of many, states are now rethinking their draconian criminal justice policies of the past several decades. In addition to shrinking prison and jail populations, reforms are underway to expand opportunities for relief from the collateral consequences of conviction, such as the loss of the right to vote, serve as a juror, or work in certain occupations, which can impede the ability of ex-offenders to successfully reintegrate into society. In coming years, as states seek to reduce their high recidivism rates, such relief efforts will likely continue to grow in number; as they do, we should expect …

Scale Economies, Scale Externalities: Hog Farming And The Changing American Agricultural Industry, Shi-Ling Hsu

Scholarly Publications

American agriculture is inexorably concentrating into the hands of a small number of large conglomerates. Expanding farms pursuing scale economies would normally have to abide by a system of environmental and other laws that would, in theory, require farms to account for negative externalities. If those laws were observed and enforced, they would help strike a balance between the greater profitability and the larger externalities of scaling up. But these laws are not widely observed nor rigorously enforced, which upsets this balance and gives large-scale farms a cost advantage while insulating them from corresponding responsibilities.

Perhaps nowhere in agriculture is …

Investments To Make Threats Credible, Rent-Seeking, And Duress, Mark Seidenfeld, Murat C. Mungan

Scholarly Publications

Existing literature on the contract law doctrine of duress identifies a number of tests to determine conditions under which a contract can be voided. No article provides a specific and formal economic analysis on the link between rent-seeking and the conditions under which allowing a defense of duress is wealth enhancing. This article shows that commitments made as a result of ex ante investments by threatening parties made solely for the purpose of transferring, rather than creating wealth, ought to be voidable. We discuss cases in which a test based on rent-seeking enhances efficiency where previously proposed tests do not.

Tax Credits On Federally Created Exchanges: Lessons From A Legislative Process Failure Theory Of Statutory Interpretation, Mark Seidenfeld

Scholarly Publications

Opponents to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA or Act) have mounted yet another seemingly formidable challenge to basic provisions of the Act, focusing on whether the Act authorizes insurance premium tax credits for individuals who obtain insurance on an American Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) established by the federal government. The argument against construing the Act to allow such tax subsidies depends largely on applying technical tools of statutory interpretation, usually associated with the Textual school of interpretation, to various provisions of the Act to discern that the best objective reading authorizes premium tax credits only to individuals …

The Leisured Testes: White Ball-Breaking As Surplus Masculinity In Jackass, Christina M. Tourino

English Faculty Publications

In Jackass: Number Two (2006), Bam Margera allows Ryan Dunn to brand his posterior with a hot iron depicting male genitalia. Bam cannot tolerate the pain enough to remain perfectly still, so the brand touches him several times, resulting in multiple images that seem blurry or in motion. Bam’s mother, who usually plays the role of game audience for his antics, balks when she learns that her son has been hurt as well as permanently marked. She asks Dunn why anyone would ever burn a friend. “Cause it was funny,” Dunn answers.[i]

Jackass mines the body in pain as …

Modeling The Effects Of Myocardial Fiber Architecture And Material Properties On The Left Ventricle Mechanics During Rapid Filling Phase, Abdallah Hassaballah, Mohsen Hassan, Azizi Mardi, Mohd Hamdi

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

The objective of this research is to study the effects of myofiber volume fraction and fiber orientation on the deformation mechanics of left ventricular (LV) during diastole. The human LV was simulated by three-dimensional finite element (3D-FE) model. The LV geometrical model was represented as a thick-walled ellipsoid truncated at two thirds of major axis. 3D Fiber network, with parallel myofiber bundles to reproduce the globally anisotropic behavior of cardiac tissue, were embedded within the LV model. The LV wall thickness in the reference unstressed state (at hypothetical zero pressure applied inside the LV internal cavity) is divided into n …

Study On A New Video Scene Segmentation Algorithm, Shaofei Wu, Maozhu Jin

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

A new video scene segmentation algorithm is proposed based on semantic overlapped shot linked algorithm in this paper. The video shot similarity is calculated by using multi-modality subspace correlation propagation. The experiments show that the video scene can be effectively separated by the method proposed in the paper, and theMAP values,Mvalues reached 50%, 83.4% respectively.

An Efficient Data Fusion Approach For Event Detection In Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks, Pinghui Zou, Yun Liu

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

This paper concentrates an efficient event detection approach exploiting data fusion technology for the heterogeneous wireless sensor networks. In this type of wireless sensor networks, each sensor is equipped with multiple sensing units. Particularly, in this paper, we study on the data fusion approach based on the type of complementary heterogeneous wireless sensor networks, and the fire disaster detection is utilized as an example of event detection. The proposed event detection model is constructed of data fusion level and information fusion level. In the data fusion level, resource data are collected from the sensors which are both in the sensing …

Understanding The Tethered Generation: Next Gens Come To Law School, Mary Ann Becker

Duquesne Law Review

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Zero Gravity Dynamics Of Two-Phase Flow In A Circular Cylinder, H. Hallaby Ghazi

Theses

The current study investigates the dynamics of a two phase flow in a circular cylinder under zero gravity conditions. Zero gravity fluid mechanics is applicable in both spaceflight and terrestrial applications. Plug formation obstruct lung passages and is the cause of asthma and pulmonary disease .In spaceflight applications, the helium bubbles occlude fuel lines of hydrazine arc-jet thrusters on satellites which cause operational problems. The process of plug formation is not fully understood. Previous studies have been limited to static solutions in cylinders. The goal of the current study is to investigate the dynamics of two phase flow under zero …

A Perplexing Paradox: 'De-Statification' Of 'Investor-State' Dispute Settlement?, Becky Jacobs

College of Law Faculty Scholarship

This Essay considers the perplexingly paradoxical demand that states be virtually removed from investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). It also briefly considers the various critiques of, and possible reforms or adjustments to, existing ISDS systems, particularly those related to the right of state parties to pursue legitimate public policy objectives, such as the protection of public health, safety, the environment or public morals; social or consumer protection; or the promotion and protection of cultural diversity. Also considered are data and details of the involvement of African states in ISDS. The apparent “diversity deficit” pertaining to the participation of African nationals as …

Endoglin Potentiates Nitric Oxide Synthesis To Enhance Definitive Hematopoiesis, R Nasrallah, K Knezevic, T Thai, S Thomas, B Gottgens, G Lacaud, V Kouskoff, J Pimanda

Education Papers and Journal Articles

During embryonic development, hematopoietic cells develop by a process of endothelial-to hematopoietic transition of a specialized population of endothelial cells. These hemogenic endothelium (HE) cells in turn develop from a primitive population of FLK1+ mesodermal cells. Endoglin (ENG) is an accessory TGF-β receptor that is enriched on the surface of endothelial and hematopoietic stem cells and is also required for the normal development of hemogenic precursors. However, the functional role of ENG during the transition of FLK1+ Mesoderm to hematopoietic cells is ill defined. To address this we used amurine embryonic stem cell model that has been shown to mirror …

White Male Nostalgia In Don Delillo's Underworld, Tim Engles

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

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Completing Government Speech's Unfinished Business: Clipping Garcetti's Wings And Addressing Scholarship And Teaching, Edward J. Schoen

Rohrer College of Business Departmental Research

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Census, Clara E. Rodriguez, Grigoris Argeros

Sociology Faculty Publications

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The Economic Value Of A Restored Fishery On The Presumpscot River, Rachel Bouvier, Friends Of The Presumpscot River

Publications

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Even Immoral Governments Should Stop Torturing To Attract Investment, Eleanor Healy-Birt

International Program Papers

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Orphan Works And Mass Digitization: A Report Of The Register Of Copyrights, United States Copyright Office

A repository of copyright educational resources for higher education

Report and analysis from the U.S. Copyright Office on how requests for the digitization of orphan works should be handled through the Copyright Office.

The review process consisted of numerous public roundtables and workshops in which a variety of viewpoints were heard and examined. Comments available at: http://copyright.gov/orphan/comments/Docket2012_12

What You Don't Know [Extract], Camilla Nelson

Arts Papers and Journal Articles

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Cognitive Engineering: What's Old Is New Again, Ronald John Lofaro

International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015

This paper presents what began as a specific task analysis methodology developed in the context of what then was called knowledge engineering. The resultant model was based on Fleishmann's concept of underlying abilities coupled Delphi techniques and small group dynamics. Core features were the use of small groups of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and, a highly structured workshop environment. The model was termed the Small Group Delphi Paradigm (SGDP). As time past, its usage in a variety of aviation venues, ranging from selection to training proficiency, resulted in modifications and refinements. Thus, it became more than just a task analysis …

Social Complexity: The Missing Link In A Critical Incident Reporting System, Jaco Van Der Westhuizen, Karel Stanz

International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2015

The safe operation of complex socio-technical systems depends on the reporting of safety critical incidents by operators within a system. Through the action of reporting, systems develop the capability as learning organizations to improve human and organizational performance. The research paper will provide a social construction understanding of reporter behavior that is influenced by the safety management system and the context of reporting, within an Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) in Africa. A case study methodology was applied with complementing inductive coding and thematic content analysis to explore underlying explanations for underreporting behavior. Four main themes emerged: Knowledge Management, Decentralized …

The Economic Impact Of The University Of Arkansas, Katherine A. Deck, Mervin Jebaraj

Publications and Presentations

As the state’s flagship institution of higher education, the University of Arkansas delivers a significant economic impact to Arkansas. In 2014, an impact in excess of $1.2 billion came from the University via operations, construction, technology transfer, student expenditures, and visitor spending. The University of Arkansas has a substantial influence on the direction of the state’s economy by fulfilling its mission of developing human capital, growing ideas, and transmitting knowledge to the public.

Vol. 27 August (2015)

In Principio - 2010s

No abstract provided.

Fundamental Changes In The Llc: A Study In Path Divergence And Convergence, Joan Macleod Heminway

Book Chapters

No abstract provided.

Scientific Advances In Eyewitness Identification Evidence, Nancy K. Steblay

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Rise Of Renewables And Distributed Generation In Minnesota, Jacob B. Shoop

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Dedication To Freedom, Emily M.S. Houh

Freedom Center Journal

The articles in this issue of The Freedom Center Journal are timely challenges to the persistent efforts to undermine the American values enshrined in the Preamble of the Constitution and the body of the Constitution itself with its three Civil War Amendments.

The student editors of this volume intended the selected contributions to offer readers a nuanced view of our nation’s current identity crisis. The collection is offered in the hope that it will encourage further thinking and discussion about what it means to be part of the American experiment with democratic self-governance in an age of resurgent white supremacy.

The John W. Anderson Slave Pen, Carl B. Westmoreland

Freedom Center Journal

At the end of 18th century America, a series ofevents occurred that forever changed the economic and political status of white Americans. These changes were heavily influenced by the transportation of blacks to this country, the circumstances surrounding their enslavement, and the increasing demand for cotton. America's founders prohibited the importation of enslaved Africans into the United States at the 1787 Constitutional Convention. This prohibition, however, occurred at a time when America was expanding and additional labor was necessary. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 increased the amount of market ready cotton. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size …

Constitutional Law: How Minnesota Unconstitutionally Broadened Its Assisted-Suicide Statute—State V. Melchert-Dinkel, James Schoeberl

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Town Of Newport 2014 Annual Report., Newport Town Representatives

Newport, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.