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Vacuuming Outer Space: Incentivizing Active Space Debris Removal Through A Licensing Model, Alex S. Li

Buffalo Law Review

The increasing proliferation of space debris is jeopardizing satellites, space stations, and other ambitious activities in Earth’s orbits. This Article explores this growing concern and proposes an innovative licensing regime as a solution. It begins by surveying the space debris problem and examining the legal frameworks—both binding treaties and non-binding guidelines—that influence its management and mitigation. The paper then critically assesses several proposals advanced by legal scholars to bridge the gaps between these binding and non-binding measures, highlighting the issues these solutions face. In order to address these challenges, the Article advances a more collaborative and flexible approach: a licensing …

Annual Report Of Undergraduate Research Fellows From August 2024 To May 2025, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs. Morehead State University.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Reports and Publications

Annual Report of Undergraduate Research Fellows from August 2024 to May 2025.

Geochemical Assessment Of Sediment Flux In A Sediment Core From A Tidal Flat In A Tropical Estuary, Olumide Ajulo

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

Sediment flux in estuaries is influenced by both natural processes and anthropogenic activities. Understanding the historical and current trends in sediment flux inputs and geochemical composition are essential for evaluating the estuary’s response to natural and human-induced changes and for developing effective environmental management strategies. The tropical Wouri Estuary in Cameroon receives water and sediment inputs from three main rivers draining urban, industrial, and agricultural areas, as well as different rock terrains. The complex inputs into the estuary can significantly affect sediment flux, consequently impacting the ecosystem. Thereby making an understanding of the temporal variations in sediment inputs in the …

Yale Medicine Magazine December 2025, Issue 175, Yale University. School Of Medicine

Yale Medicine Magazine - alumni bulletin and magazine

This is the December 2025 issue of Yale Medicine Magazine, issue 175. Prepared in cooperation with the alumni and development offices at the School of Medicine. Earlier volumes are called Yale School of Medicine alumni bulletins, dating from v.1 (1953) through v.13 (1965) and Yale Medicine: alumni bulletin of the School of Medicine, v.1 (1965) through v. 52, no.1. (Autumn 2017).

Unreasonable Searches: Something Of The Past, Samantha Brown

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fungal Recycling, Arden Yale, Alannah Ridgway

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Fungal recycling is a developing technique that turns garbage into food. To do this, the presenters created a new method of growing fungi of all different types (e.g. white oyster, lion's mane, etc.) and inoculating them into bags. These bags are sterile and contain a few key ingredients: coco coir, grain pellets, and shredded cardboard boxes. These boxes are taken from anywhere, mostly from lab equipment. Using the coco coir and grain pellets as a "starter", the fungi used the cardboard as a growing medium, literally growing food from trash. The technique is currently being refined. This project could bring …

Wearable Lanyard Acc For On-Demand Communication, Valerie Rosario, Rileigh Kearney, Hailey Soares, Kristen Martinez, Hannah Pereira

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices help individuals experiencing challenges with verbal communication, including English language learners, individuals who are hard of hearing, on the autism spectrum, or those experiencing anxiety disorders. Current technologies include low-tech communication boards and complex mobile applications, but both of these offer little customization. Our prototypes integrate touch-sensing panels and small LCD screens into common wearables, like necklaces and lanyards, so that the ACC discretely blends in with everyday apparel and provides on-demand communication that is customizable to the individual user. The touch-sensing pads are sensory-friendly, and the LCD screens operate without sound to support …

Lessons Learned From The Mountain Valley Pipeline: Can Nature's Rights Or Environmental Justice Be The New Mvps In Pipeline Litigation?, Caitlin Kwalwasser

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

This Note will provide an introduction and proscriptive application of two litigation strategies for future pipeline litigation by using the MVP [Mountain Valley Pipeline] as a case study: (1) environmental justice and (2) nature’s rights. To understand how these strategies differ from the present, Part I will first examine the primary way opponents sought to prevent construction in the case of the MVP: challenging agency findings. Then, Part II will provide context for the two proposed litigation strategies. Finally, Part III will describe possibilities for how these strategies might be employed to prevent the construction of future pipelines.

This Note …

A Cause For Confusion: The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act, Jake S. Blumstein, Jonathan M. Bornstein, Luis A. Duran

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

House Bill 837: Should New Rules Regarding Admissibility Of Evidence In Personal Injury Cases Apply To Actions Filed Before The Act's Effective Date? The Recent Debate Between Attorneys, Legal Scholars, And Circuit Court Judges, David Russo

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Noaa Or&R Remote Sensing /Uas Workshop Report, Coastal Response Research Center

Coastal Response Research Center

NOAA’s DPP partnered with CRRC to plan and facilitate a hybrid workshop over two days at UNH’s Memorial Union Building (MUB) in Durham, NH. This workshop titled “NOAA OR&R Remote Sensing/UAS Workshop” identified overarching concepts, knowledge gaps, challenges, and research regarding the current capabilities of oil spill remote sensing of NOAA and its partners, including government and state agencies, and the private sector (e.g., OSROs, contractors). The resulting conversations explored state of the art technologies that could be deployed during a spill event and complications introduced to response and recovery efforts by data delivery timelines, data products, and remote sensing …

2024 U.S. Globe Partner Yearbook, Globe U.S. Coordination Office

Partner Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Language, Categorization, And Control: Examining Exclusion In Refugee Regimes Through The Shift From Muhājir To Lājiʾ, Cormac M. Thorpe

Harvey M. Applebaum ’59 Award

No abstract provided.

News From Uab Libraries, 01 2025, Uab Libraries

UAB Libraries News

No abstract provided.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session February 5, 2025, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Acceptance of the Agenda

Approval of the Minutes (December 12, 2024 Meeting)

Remarks by the Vice Chair of the Board

Remarks by the President

Updates by the Faculty Senate President

Updates by the Western Student Association President

Updates by the Graduate Student Association President

Employee Graduates

Climb Onward – A Look-in on WMU Athletics’ Strategic Plan

Public Comments Regarding Action Items

Action Items

Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Annual Officer Election

Delegated Board of Trustees Authority to Confer Degrees

Faculty Senate Constitution Amendments

Campus Master Plan 2025 and Beyond

2025 General Revenue Bonds

Consent Item

• Personnel Report
• Curriculum Proposals …

Green Cities Conference 2025--Program Booklet, Minoo Tehrani

Business Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Lectures On Cultural Space Economics: A Study Of Mutual Economy And Holistics, Victor L. Tonn

Faculty and Staff - Ebooks

In light of holistics, this book presents lectures on culture-space economics which is ultimately rooted in the mutual economy. As a frontier approach to study humanities and socio-political and economic phenomena, holistics introduces various formulations of systrix. With its framework of wealth creation-accumulation and humane distributions, the book introduces the economic mechanisms employed to investigate the systematic and holistic transformations of the human economy in the era of earth-space transformations. To deal with the economic competition between the U.S. and China of the twenty-first century, an in-depth analysis of the hegemonic competition between Type I and Type II Economies are …

Reimagining The Role Of Maine’S Rural Hospitals: Preparing For The Future, John Gale

All Maine Rural Health Research Center Publications

Maine’s rural hospitals struggle with workforce shortages, high operating  costs, inadequate reimbursement, and patients bypassing their local hos pitals to access services outside of the community. Since 2013, four Maine  acute care hospitals have terminated inpatient operations. Evolving chal lenges include a declining need for inpatient beds, growth in Medicare  Advantage and value-based payment plans, escalating healthcare costs, and  the Reconciliation Act (HR 1), which contains provisions expected to harm ru ral hospitals, providers, and residents. To partially offset the anticipated neg ative impact of the bill, HR 1 also provides $50 billion in funding for a five-year  Rural Health …

Evaluation Of High-Moisture Ear Corn As A Roughage Source In Finishing Diets Fed To Beef Steers, Riley J. Leeson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this study was to evaluate the feedlot performance, rumination activity, and carcass characteristics of high moisture ear corn (HMEC) as a roughage source in finishing diets fed to beef steers. Backgrounded steers (n = 191; initial shrunk weight [4% BW] = 449 kg  23.9 kg) were assigned randomly to 1 of 24 pens (8 steers/pen) with pens randomly assigned to one of four dietary treatments (6 pens/treatment): control diet with hay fed at 10% roughage equivalency (RE; HAY10), or HMEC at either 14% (EAR14), 10% (EAR10), or 6% (EAR6) RE. High-moisture ear corn was assumed to …

Video Comprehension Score (Vcs): A Metric For Long-Form Video Description Evaluation, Harsh Dubey

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Existing video description evaluation metrics fail to capture the long-range chronology and semantic alignment essential for long-form descriptions. An effective evaluation metric for long-form descriptions must (i) assess global thematic alignment, (ii) measure local semantic alignment, and (iii) evaluate chronological alignment while detecting corrupted content. We introduce Video Comprehension Score (VCS), a reference-based metric, which directly addresses these evaluation requirements through three components: Global Alignment Score for thematic alignment, Local Alignment Score for local semantic alignment, and Narrative Alignment Score for chronological alignment with adjustable tolerance. We evaluate VCS on two large-scale synthetic datasets designed to test corruption detection and …

A Research Project On The Feasibility Of The State Of California’S Mandate To Sell Only Zero-Emission (Electric) Vehicles By The Year 2035 For California And South Dakota, Sandeep Pudasaini

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This research evaluates the feasibility of California's mandate to transition entirely to zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035 and explores the prospects of South Dakota adopting a similar policy. The study analyzes key factors such as infrastructure readiness, renewable energy capacity, material requirements for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, and socioeconomic variables that influence ZEV adoption. Feasibility studies like this are critical because large-scale policy mandates have far reached implications for energy systems, environmental outcomes, and economic planning. Understanding whether a state is equipped to meet such a goal allows policymakers to anticipate challenges, identify infrastructure gaps, and allocate resources more …

Molecular Dynamics Simulation Of Thermal Properties Of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Shiv Nath Jha

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are a powerful tool for investigating the thermal behavior of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which are renowned for their exceptional thermal conductivity and potential in nanoscale thermal management applications. This study employs the open-source software LAMMPS, in conjunction with VMD for model generation, to explore the thermal transport properties of (10,10) single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD). The thermal conductivity of SWCNTs was evaluated across four tube lengths (5 nm, 10 nm, 20 nm, and 40 nm) and at temperatures ranging from 300 K to 600 K under two distinct boundary conditions: free boundary …

Generalized Reference Targeting For Spacecraft, David Geller, David Woffinden, Collin York

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

For spaceflight programs to achieve some of the aggressive exploration initiatives such as visiting and landing on other celestial bodies, rendezvousing with other orbiting vehicles, and ultimately returning crew safely to Earth, an assortment of targeting algorithms to compute the necessary burns to strategically maneuver a spacecraft to a variety of destinations are required. Numerous examples exist, but rather than creating and implementing multiple targeting solutions, is it possible to have a general targeting model that can accommodate a variety of applications? Originally motivated for mission design and analysis purposes, this paper outlines a generalized reference targeting algorithm for spaceflight …

Survey-Weighted Ordinal Modeling Of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Severity Through Social Determinants Of Health, Jaylene Viveros Cruz

Selected Full-Text Master Theses 2021-

Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is a condition that describes the spectrum of disease and liver injury attributed to the consumption of alcohol. ALD diagnosis is heavily dependent on alcohol use, making it challenging to test for, as alcohol use is often self-reported, and early-stage ALD can present asymptomatically. This study aims to explore how social determinants of health associated with alcohol use behaviors predict ALD-related liver stress risk. MEC participants included in the two two-year cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2014-2014 and 2015-2016, were assigned liver stress labels based on clinical thresholds for ALD diagnosis. …

Mr Lam Tin-Fuk, Gbs, Jp 林天福先生, Gbs, Jp

Honorary Fellowship 榮譽院士

No abstract provided.

Electrostatic Effects On The Transport And Dispersion Of Micro-Nano Pharmaceutical Powders, Mohammed Ali

Technology Faculty Publications and Presentations

A predetermined amount of micro-nano powder particles contributes to the treatment during a patient’s inhalation of the bolus of respiratory micro-nano pharmaceutical powders in an aerosolized state from commercially available inhalers. The most popular inhalers are the metered dose inhalers (MDIs) and dry powder inhalers (DPIs). While inhaling, the complicated inlet velocity profile and turbulent flow in the mouth-throat significantly impact the gaining of electrostatic charge through triboelectric charging. The inhaled particles are not only varying sizes but also polarities of charges. However, few studies have been conducted to investigate electrostatic charge force effects on particle losses in the oral, …

Librarians In U.S. Public Schools Without Other Kinds Of Specialist Educators: The Scale Of Opportunities For Instructional Leadership, Keith Curry Lance, Caitlin Gerrity

Learning Hub

This article explores the unique instructional leadership opportunities for school librarians in U.S. public schools that lack other specialist educators, such as technology specialists, instructional specialists, and instructional coaches. Drawing on data from the 2020–21 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), the study highlights the prevalence of schools with librarians operating without full-time or part-time technology specialists, subject-specific instructional specialists, or instructional coaches. The absence of these roles often places librarians in a central position to support both students and teachers in areas such as literacy development, STEM education, and technology integration. Additionally, the article examines the potential for librarians …

Frost Heave Physical Simulation Testing Apparatus, Noah Edgar , '25

Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards

The uplift forces exerted on lightly loaded pile foundations through the heaving stresses developed in freezing soils can have a significant impact on the design and cost of the foundations for utility scale solar generation facilities. Since the adfreeze stress that exerts the uplift force is highly dependent on the soil type, a one-size fits all approach to this frost heaving behavior is ineffective. To solve this issue, a testing apparatus was designed that can be repeatedly used to more accurately determine the heaving stresses that will develop given a specific soil type. The testing apparatus uses the soil collected …

Case—Optimizing Transportation And Equity In A District Zoning Problem For Orville Public Schools, Kelly M. Sullivan, Ashlea Bennett Milburn

Industrial Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

ORPS is highly regarded in the ORville community for providing a quality education that inspires and equips all students to achieve success in their learning and life endeavors. Population growth in the region and strong demand for an ORPS education have led to growing student enrollments. Accommodating this growth is a challenge for ORPS. When new campuses are needed, the process of acquiring land and building a new school takes years. The district must continually anticipate where in town enrollments will grow and monitor existing capacities against projected enrollments to ensure that capacity is in the right locations and at …

An Analysis Of Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy In The U.S., Hieu Trung Bui, Sandra Eksioglu, Ruben Proano, Sarah Nurre Pinkley

Industrial Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Reluctance or refusal to get vaccinated, commonly known as Vaccine Hesitancy (VH), poses a significant challenge to COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. Understanding the factors contributing to VH is essential for shaping effective public health strategies. This study proposes a novel framework for combining machine learning with publicly available data to generate a proxy metric that evaluates the dynamics of VH faster than the currently used survey methods. The metric is input to descriptive classification models that analyze a wide array of data, aiming to identify key factors associated with VH at the county level in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic …