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V. 61-1, 2024 Masthead

San Diego Law Review

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Treating Higher Education As An Investment, Roger E. Meiners, Andrew P. Morriss

San Diego Law Review

College is one of the costliest investments many people make; yet, prospective students are often not provided accurate information about the cost of college, nor are they provided information about the likely outcomes upon completion of a degree. Rather than address the problem by focusing on ballooning college debt, we propose that the rules that apply to sellers of other services and investments should apply to colleges. Colleges behave much like competitive firms. They engage in costly efforts to lure students. They sometimes produce false or misleading information that gives students the impression of higher payoffs from a degree than …

Prosecutors In The Passing Lane: Racial Disparities, Public Safety, And Prosecutorial Declinations Of Pretextual Stops, Donald Braman, Jared Fishman, Lily Grier, Kevin Himberger, Jarvis Idowu, J.J. Naddeo, Rory Pulvino, Jess Sorensen, Joanie Weaver

San Diego Law Review

In response to a growing set of empirical studies demonstrating their widespread discriminatory effects, pretextual stops have been subjected to decades of criticism from scholars, the public, and jurists. However, pretextual stops have been defended by some as a necessary public safety measure, particularly in the fight against violent gun crimes. Following a series of highly publicized police shootings of unarmed Black drivers during pretextual stops, and in the absence of substantial judicial or legislative guidance, a growing number of prosecutors have developed policies deprecating the prosecution of pretextual stops absent a clear public safety benefit. Without empirical evaluations of …

Economic Contribution Of U.S. Aquaculture Farms, Ganesh Kumar, Shraddha Hegde, Jonathan Van Senten, Carole Engle, Noah Boldt, Matthew Parker, Kwamena Quagrainie, Benedict Posadas, Frank Asche, Madan Dey, Suja Aarattuthodi, Luke A. Roy, Russell Grice, Quentin Fong, Michael Schwarz

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty Publications

Economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources to meet human wants and needs and has a critical role to play in addressing challenges related to environmental sustainability, community resilience, and food security. In the context of aquaculture, the key to such a discussion is understanding the linkages of aquaculture farming businesses with other economic sectors and how policy decisions that affect aquaculture result in economic ripples throughout local, regional, and national economies. The only previous national estimates of the economic contributions of U.S. aquaculture are nearly 30 years old. The current study was based on comprehensive data …

Antibody Therapies For Alzheimer's Disease, Alexandra Zerr

University Honors Theses

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia worldwide. Patients with this condition first experience mild cognitive impairment, followed by the loss of memory, cognitive skills, identity, and the ability to perform daily tasks unassisted, eventually culminating in death.

The dominant hypothesis for the mechanism of Alzheimer's, the amyloid cascade hypothesis, based on early-onset AD, suggests that amyloid plaques formed by Aβ peptides cause a cascading effect involving an increase in toxic tau protein, which is correlated with the disease progression of Alzheimer's patients. While the mechanism of late sporadic AD is not fully understood, this has been used …

Recidivism: Putting A Stop To The Revolving Door, Kathy Crowder Green

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Recidivism is a powerfully adverse factor in the lives of individuals who seek to reintegrate into society and the community at large. In this qualitative research, former inmates who were successfully released and had never been convicted within one year of their release were interviewed to discover the rationale. The research focused on understanding the skills and traits obtained through the Alternative Custody Program that can effectively reduce recidivism. Utilizing a phenomenological design, the purpose of this study was to understand the effects of program participation on the lives of former inmates concerning recidivism. Interviews lasting approximately an hour were …

Thinking Blue / Writing Red: Marxism And The (Post)Human, Stephen C. Tumino

Publications and Research

Thinking Blue/Writing Red interrogates contemporary culture across a range of texts, from the pandemic (‘Covid’ and ‘Trump Speak’) to high theory (Melville's narratives) and popular culture (Beyoncé's ‘Formation’ and Super Bowl performance, Twin Peaks , metamodern ‘cli-fi’ films). Inspired by Derrida’s idea of the secret, Tumino examines the significance of social movements (Black Lives Matter, Occupy, alter-globalization) and naïve art (Darger, Ryden) to argue that these texts speak of the secrets that capitalism cannot speak. Contending that the cultural surfaces narrate only the ‘nonsecret,’ that to see the social logic of the culture one must dig into what Bruno Latour …

Furman, Burford J., San Jose State University

Emeritus and Retired Faculty Biographies

Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 1991

University of California, Davis ‐ Mechanical Engineering, M.S. 1982

University of California, Davis ‐ Mechanical Engineering, B.S. 1980

الكشف عن الأطفال الموهوبين في مرحلة الطفولة المبكرة وفقاً لأنواع الذكاءات المتعددة وانعكاساته المجتمعية, فاطمة عبدالله ناصر المري, فتحي محمد علي أبوناصر

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

الكلمات المفتاحية:الطلبة الموهوبين؛ الطفولة المبكرة؛ الذكاءات المتعددة، الأثر الاجتماعي، رياض الأطفال.

Im/Mobilities During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Perspectives From International Graduate Students Studying In The Southern United States, Christine W. Yao, Kaitlyn Hall, Simone Gause, Leslie Jo Shelton

Counseling, Leadership, and Research Methods Faculty Publications and Presentations

The background of this study is situated within the COVID-19 pandemic as an acute challenge with chronic issues that international graduate students have faced continuously. With the pandemic serving as a critical incident, we highlight the political, systemic, and personal fragilities of international graduate students studying in the southern United States. The methods for our study were informed by a narrative inquiry approach combined with a systematic literature review to connect with the conceptual framework of Avison and Turner’s chronic strains and Robertson’s conception of timescales. The findings highlight three broad themes: shifting immigration policies and travel uncertainty, institutional responses, …

Case Study On Sasha Skochilenko: Anti-War Russian Political Prisoner, Sofia Semenova

GHEA21 Open Educational Resources

Sasha Skochilenko was incarcerated in a Russian prison for more than two years for the act of placing anti-war leaflets, disguised as price tags, on goods in a grocery store in St. Petersburg, Russia. This case study, prepared by Sofia Semenova, documents the harsh conditions of Skochilenko’s imprisonment and its effects on her physical and mental health. It also examines the questionable evidence and processes used to prosecute her case, arguing that during Skochilenko’s trial, the principles of adversarial process and equality between the prosecution and the defense were constantly violated.

Human-Ai Collaboration In Project Management, Tanisha Singh

Harrisburg University Dissertations and Theses

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into project management has emerged as a transformative trend, promising enhanced efficiency and strategic capabilities. This study explores the dynamics of human-AI collaboration in project management, focusing on factors that influence effective implementation, the impact of AI on project outcomes, and the challenges encountered in AI adoption. Utilizing a qualitative approach, data were collected from project management professionals across various industries, revealing that trust and transparency are crucial for successful collaboration. The findings indicate that AI positively impacts project efficiency and cost-effectiveness by automating routine tasks and optimizing resource allocation. However, challenges such as …

Identifying And Mitigating The Challenges Of Relocating Facilities From America To Southeast Asia Region Through The Case Study Of Transferring Nail Polish Factories From Mexico To Vietnam, Thanh Dinh

Harrisburg University Dissertations and Theses

Market globalization and increased competitiveness in the manufacturing region have prompted several enterprises to contemplate shifting their operations. The decision to relocate manufacturing infrastructures to countries in the Southeast Asia regions has been a recent trend to capitalize on lower labor costs, favorable tax incentives, and cheaper material. To reflect this global trend, the paper will centralize around one detail case of relocating nail polish manufacturing from Mexico to Vietnam, considering multiple aspects such as pricing efficiency, market access, and strategic positioning. This study aims to analyze the complex web of factors that influence the kind of selection and to …

نشأة وتطور الدراما التلفزيونية العُمانية: دراسة تاريخية خلال الفترة من 1976-2020, حسني محمد نصر, شمسة بنت سالم البادي

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

سلطنة عُمان؛ الإعلام العُماني؛ التلفزيون؛ الدراما التلفزيونية؛ الإنتاج التلفزيوني.

أهمية الإرشاد النفسي في عالم شديد التغير: المُجتمع العُماني أنموذجا سعيد الحسين عبدلي, سعيد الحسين عبدلي

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

الإرشاد النفسي؛ المجتمع العُماني؛ التغير الاجتماعي؛ جودة حياة الفرد؛ النهضة.

أثر استخدام الرحلات التعليمية الافتراضية على تنمية الوعي الثقافي لدى متعلمي اللغة العربية لغة ثانية في جامعة القصيم, محمد سلطان علي السلطان, أيمن صبري ضيف الله

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

الرحلات التعليمية الافتراضية؛ الوعي الثقافي؛ اللغة العربية لغة ثانية؛ جامعة القصيم؛ تعليم اللغة لغير الناطقين بها.

Process Improvement To Reduce The Incidence Of Delirium In An Overflow Unit, Raquel G. Chong

Master's Projects and Capstones

Abstract

Problem: This quality improvement project aims to reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired delirium in an overflow unit, which serves a diverse patient population from medical-surgical and telemetry microsystems. The unit averages 96 delirium episodes annually, costing approximately $3,456,000. The goal is to reduce delirium incidence by 25%, decreasing monthly cases from 8 to 6 by October 31, 2024, and annual cases to 72 by April 2026.

Context: Delirium is a prevalent and severe neuropsychiatric syndrome that significantly affects older hospitalized patients, characterized by acute disturbances in attention, awareness, and cognition.

Interventions: The project introduced a bundle of four interventions …

Novel Il-4/Hb-Egf-Dependent Crosstalk Between Eosinophils And Macrophages Controls Liver Regeneration After Ischaemia And Reperfusion Injury, Yang Yang, Long Xu, Constance Atkins, Lily Kuhlman, Jie Zhao, Jong-Min Jeong, Yankai Wen, Nicolas Moreno, Kang Ho Kim, Yu A An, Fenfen Wang, Steve Bynon, Vincenzo Villani, Bin Gao, Frank Brombacher, Raymond Harris, Holger K Eltzschig, Elizabeth Jacobsen, Cynthia Ju

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

OBJECTIVE: Previous studies indicate that eosinophils are recruited into the allograft following orthotopic liver transplantation and protect from ischaemia reperfusion (IR) injury. In the current studies, we aim to explore whether their protective function could outlast during liver repair.

DESIGN: Eosinophil-deficient mice and adoptive transfer of bone marrow-derived eosinophils (bmEos) were employed to investigate the effects of eosinophils on tissue repair and regeneration after hepatic IR injury. Aside from exogenous cytokine or neutralising antibody treatments, mechanistic studies made use of a panel of mouse models of eosinophil-specific IL-4/IL-13-deletion, cell-specific IL-4rα-deletion in liver macrophages and hepatocytes and macrophage-specific deletion of heparin-binding …

The Association Between Amblyopia And The Risks Of Hearing Loss: A Propensity Matched Analysis, Hejin Jeong, Todd Otteson

Student Scholarship

Introduction: Amblyopia occurs due to an imbalance in the visual input between the eyes. This can induce structural changes in the central nervous system and, if left untreated, eventually lead to permanent blindness in the affected eye. As these changes may also impact the auditory system, which closely interacts with the visual system, this study aimed to investigate the risk of hearing loss in patients with amblyopia. Materials and methods: This study was a retrospective review of the electronic medical records contained in a United States national database of medical records. Patients younger than 18 years old with and without …

New Faces, Different Aces? Exploring Childhood Adversity Profiles And Related Outcomes In Army National Guard Recruits Using Latent Class Analysis, Taylor Flowers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are linked to numerous problems in adulthood, with a total score of four or more indicating elevated risk. The present study aimed to identify subgroups of Army National Guard recruits from self-reported ACEs. Baseline data from the Advancing Research on Mechanisms of Resilience longitudinal study was analyzed. Participants were administered self-report measures of ACEs, PROMIS measures of anxiety, depression, and anger, and measures of alcohol use, drug use, rule-breaking behavior, and interpersonal aggression. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to identify subgroups of soldiers with distinct typological ACEs profiles. Fit statistics were used to identify the …

A Business Model For Communication Design Enterprises (Paper), Con Kennedy

Academic Articles

Several international reports and studies indicate that the Communication Design sector has a skill deficit in entrepreneurship and business management, and a greater understanding of these topics is needed. Some authors advocate applying existing business models for design enterprises. However, the skill deficit prevails. It is worth noting that these reports discuss the entrepreneurship deficit in general terms without an explanation of the causes of this deficit or how to remedy the issue. Therefore, this paper explores the development of a Business Model specific for Design Entrepreneurs for deployment in Communication Design enterprises. A theoretical framework for a specific business …

Origin, Regulation, And Function Of Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue And Implications For Bone Health, Xiao Zhang

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Bone marrow adipose tissue (BMAT) is a unique fat depot located within the skeletal system that takes up a large portion of the total bone marrow volume and contains tremendous amounts of energy that can be potentially utilized to fuel the body. However, largely attributed to its strong resistance to lipolytic stimuli and its persistent accumulation in various physiological and pathological conditions, the exact function of BMAT within the bone and how it is regulated throughout the body remains largely unclear. This dissertation sought to better understand the unique role of BMAT within the bone marrow niche by first reviewing …

Changing Landscape Of Liver Transplant In The United States—Time For A New Innovative Way To Define And Utilize The “Non-Standard Liver Allograft”—A Proposal, Rashmi Seth, Kenneth Andreoni

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

Since the first liver transplant was performed over six decades ago, the landscape of liver transplantation in the US has seen dramatic evolution. Numerous advancements in perioperative and operative techniques have resulted in major improvements in graft and patient survival rates. Despite the increase in transplants performed over the years, the waitlist mortality rate continues to remain high. The obesity epidemic and the resultant metabolic sequelae continue to result in more marginal donors and challenging recipients. In this review, we aim to highlight the changing characteristics of liver transplant recipients and liver allograft donors. We focus on issues relevant in …

The Correlation Between Social Work Encounters And Health Outcomes In Children With Cystic Fibrosis, Sophia A. St Marie, Heather M. Thomas Md

Posters: 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Purpose: The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact social workers have on the health of children with cystic fibrosis and to see if an increased number of social work encounters is an indicator of poor health in these children.

Methods: The electric medical record (EPIC) was used to collect data on 193 patients born between 2000 and 2024 (0 to 23 years). Data from June 1, 2019, to June 1, 2024 (or birth to June 1, 2024) was considered. Physical information, namely age (months and years), mutation (homozygous, heterozygous, or other), BMI (or weight/length) percentile …

Tyrphostin (Ag-879) Decreases Akt Activation Through Ngfr Inhibition In Human Glioblastoma Cell Lines, Olivia M. Buchweitz, Poonam Yadav, Indumati Ramireddy, Raghupathy Vengoji, Surinder K. Batra, Nicole Shonka

Posters: 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Glioblastoma is an aggressive malignant brain cancer with a dismal 5-year survival rate of 6.9%. Despite current treatments – surgical resection, radiation, and chemotherapy – GBM remains incurable, highlighting the urgent need for more effective targeted therapies. Nerve Growth Factor Receptor (NGFR) plays a key role in the maintenance and growth of gliomas and is upregulated during GBM progression. Tyrphostin (AG-879), an inhibitor of TrkA in the NGFR pathway, was investigated in this study. We hypothesized that NGFR contributes to GBM progression by promoting proliferation and its pharmacological targeting will inhibit GBM growth. The objective was to determine the impact …

ضوابط استخدام شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي وإدارة الحسابات الرسمية للجهات الحكومية في مملكة البحرين: دراسة ميدانية, مها سامي الراشد

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

الحكومة الإلكترونية؛ العلاقات العامة؛ أمن المعلومات؛ الاتصال المؤسسي؛ الإعلام.

جزايرلي غازي حسن باشا من البحرية الجزائرية إلى الصدارة العظمى بالدولة العثمانية, إبراهيم بن يحيى البوسعيدي, صـلاح عبدالرحمن خيرانــي, محمد سالم غثيان الطراونة

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

جزايرلي غازي حسن باشا، البحرية الجزائرية، الصدارة العظمى، إيالة الجزائر، الدولة العثمانية.

تصورات طلبة دراسات المعلومات في جامعة السلطان قابوس حول نظام التعلم المدمج: دراسة حالةلة, أحمد ماهر خفاجة شحاتة, فاتن حمد, خلفان الحجي, ناهد سالم, السيد الصاوي, نور الدين عثمان

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

التعلم المدمج؛ التعلم الإلكتروني؛ دراسات المعلومات؛ التعلم الذاتي ؛ جامعة السلطان قابوس

الاغتراب الاجتماعي لدى الأطفال الأيتام بالمؤسسات الإيوائية في محافظات قطاع غزة, مؤمن محمود سليمان المصدر

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

الاغتراب الاجتماعي؛ الأطفال الأيتام؛ المؤسسات الإيوائية؛ معهد الامل للأيتام؛ محافظات قطاع غزة .

التنمية في فلسطين بين الاستحقاق والإخفاق 1994-2014, أيمن محمود أبو ناهية

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

الضفة الغربية؛ قطاع غزة؛ الاحتلال الإسرائيلي؛ الحرب؛ تلوث البيئة.