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Kayla Williams V. Pennsylvania State University

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Roger Miner & Today's Supreme Court, Jim Calvin

News Articles

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Surveying Cyber Espionage: A Growing Threat To Businesses, The Economy, And Our Privacy, Kaitlyn Ford

UC Law Science and Technology Journal

Americans are quick to celebrate the release of new technology each year; and, while advancing technology is exciting, it also creates challenges for American businesses, the U.S. Economy, and Americans’ right to privacy. As more businesses rely on vulnerable technology, cyber espionage raises critical issues such as the exposure of trade secrets, privacy breaches, loss of revenue, and more. This Article first explores the history of cyber espionage, describing major cyberattacks on American businesses and their consequences. It then explains why the legal framework regulating cybercrimes is inadequate due to the increased sophistication of modern cyber spies and their ability …

Financial Inclusion For Persons With Disabilities: Experiences Of Providers And Users Of Financial Products And Services In Kenya., Sheru W. Muuo, Bhavisha Virendrakumar, George Okello, Moses Chege, Vibian Angweny, Kenneth Gichohi, Hillary Kibet, Sally Nduta, Stevens Bechange, Elena Elena Schmidt

Institute for Human Development, East Africa

Background; Inclusion of persons with disabilities in financial products and services has been identified as an important step on the pathway to achieving the sustainable development goals. Evidence of how people with disabilities are included in financial products and services including strategies to improve their inclusion in low and middle-income countries is limited. We draw on qualitative data to to understand the experiences of providing and using financial products and services from the perspectives of persons with disabilities and representatives of different financial institutions in Nairobi and Migori counties of Kenya.

Methods ;Eighty-one persons with disabilities (49.4% < 35 years, 57% female) were purposively sampled to take part in 10 focus group discussions. Additionally, 26 in-depth interviews were conducted with financial institution representatives. Data were collected between July and September 2022 and analysed thematically.

Results ; Participants …

Antiquated Practices In Mississippi That Are Impeding The Right To Vote, Amanda Noel

SLU Law Journal Online

Mississippi is historically one of the most difficult states to cast a vote, especially for marginalized groups. Despite voting becoming more accessible throughout the United States, recently, Mississippi courts and legislature have sought to reverse years of progress by denying those convicted of felonies the right to vote upon reform and by making it a crime to assist others in casting absentee and mail-in ballots. In this paper, Amanda Noel discusses the implications of Mississippi’s attempts at disenfranchisement and proposes feasible solutions to aid those in accessing their fundamental right to vote.

From The Mouths Of Babes: Evidentiary Issues, Child Declarants, And Statements Made For Medical Diagnosis Or Treatment, Hugh M. Mundy, Marc D. Ginsberg

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Fourth Amendment Reasonableness As Technologically-Shifting Inherent Particularity, Gregory Velloze

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Deadly Deliberations: Nonunanimous Juries And The Equal Protection Tightrope Of Capital Punishment, Dallon Danforth

University of Baltimore Law Review

No abstract provided.

Demolition By Neglect: “Razing” The Bar To Prevent Mishandling Of Historic Properties, Josie E. Shaffer

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Priorities For Research, Education, Clinical Practice, And Policy From The Long Covid Physio International Forum, Kiera Mcduff, Darren A. Brown, Douglas P. Gross, Mark A. Faghy, Todd E. Davenport, Jennifer Audette, Laura Bassi, Michelle Bull, Saul E. Cobbing, Simon Décary, Alison Flynn, Flic Jeyes, Cara Kaup, Malissa Martin, Etienne Ngeh, David Putrino, André Saravia, Asya Shiloff-Rogers, Helen Skiffington, Lindsay Skipper, Julia M. Vogel

Pacific Faculty Work

Purpose: Long COVID Physio (LCP) is an international peer support, education and advocacy, patient-led association of physiotherapists living with long COVID and allies. In 2022, LCP hosted an international forum. One of the aims of the forum was to identify priorities in long COVID and rehabilitation. Methods: We conducted an international consultation on priorities for long COVID and rehabilitation with people living with long COVID, clinicians, researchers, and other key interest-holders (referred to collectively as “consultants”) who registered for and attended the LCP International Forum. We collected feedback from consultants using web-based questionnaires, the Zoom chat from the forum, and …

Pedagogical Virtues From The Situationist Insight: Virtuous Scaffolding And Sensitivity To Non-Epistemic Situational Factors To Learning, Noel L. Clemente

Philosophy Department Faculty Publications

This article explores two pedagogical virtues (intellectual virtues of a teacher) that arise from the insight that non-epistemic situational factors can affect students' epistemic judgements and behaviour. First, a virtuous teacher must be sensitive enough to these factors in order to take advantage of how they boost student learning. However, while cultivating a situationally and epistemically favourable environment for learning sounds sensible, teachers should not spoil their students by making them too dependent on these beneficial external factors. The virtuous teacher must also realize that these are only scaffolds; they do help students initially, but must eventually be removed to …

Mapping Organizational Theory With Scripts, Jose Eos R. Trinidad

Interdisciplinary Studies Faculty Publications

Organizational theory has developed in numerous directions that have been difficult to integrate. This review synthesizes them into seven perspectives, with theories focused within and beyond the organization (i.e., intra- and extra-organizational dynamics). It proposes the acronym SCRIPTS: structure, culture, relations, institutions, professions, transformation, and social conflict. Within organizations, structure focuses on theories of bureaucracy, management, routines, and decision-making while culture focuses on shared values, identity, climate, and sensemaking. Relations involve studies of interpersonal and interorganizational networks. Institutions focus on the macro-dynamics of fields and isomorphism, and micro-dynamics of entrepreneurship and inhabited institutions. Professions refer to psychological factors shaping individual …

Computer-Aided Design Of Integrated Digital Strain Sensors For Hardware-Based Recognition And Quantification Of Human Movements, Hudson Gasvoda, Mengchu Li, Andrea Pader, Rana Altay, Nick Cmager, Tripti Pandey, Tsun-Ming Tseng, Ismail Emre Araci

Bioengineering

An integrated strain sensor system that has a unique response to a specific (set of) human movement(s) has the potential to impact various musculoskeletal health tracking applications akin to the step counter's impact on physical activity tracking. It is determined that an open circuit state of a sensor can be used as such a unique response. With this consideration, a digital strain sensor (DigSS) that exhibits a binary (i.e., ON/OFF) response when a threshold strain level is exceeded is developed. The channel geometry dependence of the corner flow in capillaric strain sensors (CSS) resulting in an electrofluidic switch is used. …

Analyzing The Effectiveness Of Information Security Compliance On Cloud Based Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes), Kasie Kelvin Awagu

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

As cloud computing becomes integral to business operations, security compliance is crucial for the success and sustainability of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). While cloud adoption offers cost efficiency, scalability, and operational flexibility, it also introduces regulatory and security challenges. Unlike large enterprises with dedicated compliance teams and substantial budgets, SMEs often lack the financial resources and expertise to implement security frameworks effectively. Compliance with industry standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST 800-171, and PCI DSS is particularly difficult, yet non-compliance can result in severe financial penalties, reputational damage, operational disruptions, and heightened cyber risks. Despite growing regulatory …

How Technology Can Be Used To Reduce The Equity Gap In Healthcare For Underserved Communities, Richard Manprisio

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

There is an ever-increasing gap in the equality in healthcare received by people. Specifically, those that fall into what is considered the underserved population. Historically, underserved communities have not received the same level of healthcare as those in more affluent areas. While the geographic location is one factor that contributes to this inequity, it is by no means the only one. These multifactorial disparities extend beyond location to encompass systemic issues such as attitudes, knowledge, and possible lack of trust.

Technological advancements have been used to great success in the healthcare field. Devices such as the Internet of Medical Things …

The Impact Of Proptech And The Datafication Of Real Estate On The Human Right To Housing, Michele E. Gilman

All Faculty Scholarship

Proptech is undermining the human right to housing. Proptech is a term of art for the digital transformation of the real estate industry. It includes a range of real estate businesses engaged in development, financing, construction, management, and more. Proptech’s boosters promise frictionless and efficient housing markets. However, Proptech appears to be reinforcing existing power imbalances in real estate markets that are masked by the supposed objectivity and opacity of computer-generated processes. Meanwhile, countries across the globe face a profound housing crisis, with a lack of affordable and safe housing, high rates of homelessness, and rampant housing discrimination and segregation. …

Murder On Music Row: A Narrative Analysis Of Mass-Mediated Country Music And Independent Texas Red Dirt Music, Jennifer A. Worley

Communication Theses

This project employs Roland Barthes' narrative codes as a framework for textual analysis to examine the underlying structures and meanings within song lyrics from two contrasting traditions of country music: mass-mediated Nashville country and Texas Red Dirt. With a sample spanning a five-year period, the study explores how narrative forms reflect broader socio-cultural dynamics and economic forces. Drawing upon the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, particularly the works of Theodor Adorno and Karl Marx, the project concentrates on the commodification of cultural products and implications for authenticity and truth in cultural expression. Through a comparative analysis, the research reveals …

Holy Mother: The Sacred And Subversive Wisdom Of Motherhood And Ministry, Kathryn Collins

Doctor of Ministry Projects and Theses

This dissertation investigates the intersections of ministry and motherhood as a method to unmask the added benefits of both vocations for their congregations and families. Western Christian culture has traditionally elevated the intersections of fatherhood and ministry, while tales of motherhood within ministry are hidden or surrounded by scandal. Mothers, like Ann Marbury Hutchinson, have been expelled from their communities or put on trial for teaching and preaching to groups consisting of men and women. Despite their vicious critics, mothers, like Jarena Lee and Catherine Booth, have continued preaching, fueled denominations, and sent forth disciples while also educating their children …

The Global Burden Of Mental Illness: A Policy Research Paper, Imomotimi (Timmy) Imomotebegha

GW Research Showcase 2021-2026

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Reconstruction And Repatriation Of Looted Cultural Heritage Property: Ownership Mechanism, Yichi Zhang

School of Public Policy Capstones

The frequent foreign invasions and widespread social instability during World War II led to the displacement and loss of countless cultural relics across borders. Many of these artifacts ended up in countries with limited historical and cultural ties to them, resulting in a lack of intrinsic understanding and root connection to their origins. This root disconnection often represents the recipient nations viewing these artifacts through a lens of ownership rather than heritage, perceiving them as property or commodities instead as invaluable representations of ancient civilizations (Boz, 2023). The commodification approach fueled the illicit trade and trafficking of cultural property but …

The Digitization Of Asylum: The Legal And Ethical Implications Of Ai Use Within Migration Governance, Myla Somersall

Switzerland: International Studies and Multilateral Diplomacy

This paper critically examines the blossoming integration of artificial intelligence (AI) within European asylum systems, demonstrating the interplay between operational efficiency and state obligations for human oversight. Case studies from Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy, where AI software, including DIAS (language recognition), Casematcher (filtered case comparisons), and S.I.N.D.A.C.A (speech-to-text transcription) reveals technology’s ability to streamline and enhance asylum processing. Imbalanced success in facilitating similar technologies across Europe questions the maturity and accuracy of existing AI implementation. Moreover, AI-guided surveillance and identification methods, including mobile phone data analysis, reflect privacy, legal, and proportionality concerns of AI deployment. Through discussion of refugee-centered …

A Critical Assessment Of Military Ai: Operational Risks And The Governance Gap, Julia Williams

Switzerland: International Studies and Multilateral Diplomacy

This paper examines how the intersection of operational risks and the regulatory gap of artificial intelligence in modern warfare creates a global security crisis. Through three case studies, the United States, Ukraine, and Israel, this research shows how these technologies are transforming contemporary conflict and outpacing legal frameworks. The research demonstrates that current forums for governance are failing to reach consensus on necessary standards and highlights how this regulatory gap enables systematic violence, undermines human judgment, and threatens global stability. The analysis focuses on key operational risks, such as black-box decision-making and bias, as well as barriers to governance, including …

What’S Past Is Prologue: The Effects Of Shelby County V. Holder In Georgia, Jane Delworth

SLU Law Journal Online

The Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which struck down Section 4 and, by extension, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, created a clear path for discriminatory voting laws to take hold. This article explores how the Supreme Court decision paved the way for second-generation barriers to voting, which legally diminish the influence of minority voters and in some cases, effectively block their participation altogether. It also examines Georgia’s role as a key state advancing these second-generation barriers to voting, alongside proposed legislation aimed at preventing these discriminatory practices before they can impact voters.

Amendment 7 Ballot Candy And The Single Subject Rule: How The Legislative Supermajority Amended The State Constitution To Limit Voter Choice, Joshua A. Jones

SLU Law Journal Online

During the most recent general election, Missouri voters passed Amendment 7, a legislative ballot measure which erected bulwarks around an election process that limits voter choice. This article will discuss some of Missouri’s constitutional protections against deceptive ballot provision packages, specifically the single subject rule, as well as why they necessarily fall short of total efficacy. It does not argue for a more stringent application of the rules, because doing so would have implications for one of Missourians’ most powerful tools of direct democracy. The paper will examine Amendment 7 for its use of “ballot candy” that legislators successfully dangled …

The Role Of Organizational Culture And Pastoral Leadership In Sustainable Church Outreach: A Multisite Mini-Ethnographic Case Study, Althea P. Gordon-Scott

PhD in Organizational Leadership

This study examined the role of organizational culture and pastoral leadership in sustainable church outreach programs. Two churches were chosen for this multisite mini-ethnographic case study because, for multiple years, they have participated in multiple outreaches each week to their non-Christian neighbors. These two churches differed in terms of geographical location, size, demographics, and budget. Data collection included field observations, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and document analysis. The themes that surfaced from the data were altruistic foundations, relational equity, organizational agility, organizational challenges, exemplary pastoral leadership, and the centrality of God. This research contributes to the theoretical and practical understanding …