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White Paper: Harvesting Hope: Indigenous Undergraduate Narratives To Enhance Opportunities For College Enrollment And Persistence, College Of Arts, Humanities And Social Sciences

Harvesting Hope Project

Harvesting Hope is a scaffolded, multi-disciplinary project that aims to engage Native American undergraduate students in crafting and sharing their stories of Indigeneity, belonging and resilience as they pertain to college persistence.

North Carolina's Anti-Esg Statute And The State Treasurer's Fiduciary Duty, Madeleine G. Clahane

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.

Grc Dei Handbook, Lauryn J. Kim

Graphic Communication

The GrC Student Advisory Board developed a DEI Committee consisting of student members and faculty advisors to amplify resources and equal opportunities for the department in the Spring of 2023. For the Graphic Communication major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, having a DEI Committee is valuable for several reasons, particularly given the context of Cal Poly lacking diversity. In fact, Cal Poly is considered the only predominantly white institution of the 23 CSU campuses, and also the whitest public university in California. A DEI Committee in GrC significantly contributes to creating a more inclusive, productive, and innovative environment in …

The Role Of Congress In Enforcing Supreme Court Ethics, Jennifer Ahearn, Michael Milov-Cordova

Hofstra Law Review

The article focuses on the constitutional authority of Congress to regulate the ethical conduct of Supreme Court Justices. It explores historical precedents, constitutional limitations, and proposed mechanisms for enforcement, emphasizing the importance of transparency and public trust in maintaining the integrity of the judiciary.

Repeal, Replace And Expose: A Case Study And Call For Public Records Transparency With Police Records In New York, Roy S. Gutterman

Hofstra Law Review

The article focuses on the importance of transparency in police misconduct records, particularly in the wake of New York's repeal of Civil Rights Law section 50-a, which previously shielded these records from public scrutiny. It examines the legislative and judicial efforts to unlock these records, the challenges posed by municipal and police union resistance, and underscores the crucial role of the media in promoting public awareness and accountability in policing.

Mom's Social Media Account Featuring Her Kids: New York's Amended Coogan Act Exemplifies The Method To Regulate Parental Exploitation, Maggioni C. Casseus

Hofstra Law Review

The article focuses on the need for legislative updates to protect child social media influencers from financial exploitation by their parents, using New York's amended Coogan Act as a model. It highlights the inadequacies of current laws that fail to cover the unique circumstances of social media child stars and advocates for amendments that would ensure parents are held accountable and children's earnings are safeguarded.

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Washington Law Review

No abstract provided.

Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Usage Following Bullet Embolism To The Pulmonary Artery, Jonathan E. Schoen, Brian Carr, Murtuza Ali, Brett Chapman, Alan Marr, Lance Stuke, Patrick Greiffenstein, John P. Hunt, Paige Deville, Alison Smith

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

Background: Pulmonary artery embolus is a rare complication following gunshot wounds that creates a unique and serious challenge for trauma surgeons. While the majority of bullets that embolize through the vascular system end in the peripheral circulation, approximately one-third enter the central venous circulation. Case Report: We present the case of a bullet embolus to the left pulmonary artery following gunshot wounds to the right chest and the abdomen, with the abdominal ballistic traversing the liver before entering the vena cava and embolizing. The patient’s course was complicated by the development of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome that was successfully …

Analysis Of Letters To The Three Wise Men: Myth And Rite Transferred To Brands, Ainhoa García-Rivero, Belén Moreno-Albarracín

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

In Spain, approximately 75% of toy sales are concentrated at Christmas (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Juguetes, 2022). Taking into account this data, it is inevitable to talk about the importance of the Three Wise Men. Every year, boys and girls write their letters with the illusion of waking up on January 6 with gifts in their living rooms. In this context, it is opportune to analyze these letters in order to know the nature of the children's requests in their letters to the Three Wise Men. For this reason, the present work offers a content analysis of 417 letters, …

Evidencing Occupational Therapy In Primary Care, Mary Hickson, Miranda Cunningham, Sam Wakley, Alison Warren, Avril Collinson

School of Health Professions

A group of lecturers and researchers, from occupational therapyand dietetics, look at the evidence base for the effectiveness ofoccupational therapy interventions in primary care. They arguethat this is in its infancy and call for further service evaluation andresearch.

False Conscience: Sustainability And Smart Evolution—Between Law And Power, Ugo Mattei

Faculty Scholarship

The contribution describes the legal phenomenon as a playing field characterized by a progressive regression of the law, understood as a sovereign will from top to bottom, both in the vision of formalist legal positivisms in continental Europe and in realist terms, in the United States. Soft law represents the main strategy to subordinate the law to the interests of the economy, elasticizing environmental law, making it favorable to the market, reducing ecology to the simplistic metric of CO2 emissions. The consequence is a retreat of the statist vertical normativity of law which is not replaced by a de facto …

Impacting Cervical Cancer Disparities In Hispanic Women In The Lehigh Valley, Melissa Sur Md, Autumn Kieber-Emmons Md, Mph

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Excellent Outcomes Of Atypical Fibroxanthoma Warrant Specific Diagnosis, Erin Mcclure Md, Michael Carr, Ayushi Y. Patel Md, Syed Mahrukh Hussnain Naqvi, Youngchul Kim, Michael Harrington, Wayne Cruse, Ricardo J. Gonzalez, Vernon Sondak, Amod Sarnaik, Jane Messina, Jonathan Zager

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Implementation Of A Prediabetes Decision Aid In Primary Care, Lindsay Kim Md, Beth Careyva M.D., Autumn Kieber-Emmons Md, Mph, Nicole M. Burgess Bs, Roya Hamadani Mph, Aashka Patel

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Implementation Of Mobility Partner In Post-Operative Trauma Surgery Patients In Local Community Hospital, Samantha Finkelstein Md, Joseph J. Stirparo Md

USF-LVHN SELECT

No abstract provided.

Bringing The Firepower: Examining Muzzle Energy And Caliber Of Ammunition In The Context Of Mass Shootings, Cody Jorgensen, Benjamin P. Comer

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations

Prior research focusing on mass shootings in the US has established the significant role of weapons in these events. Despite the extensive literature on the topic, minimal consideration has been given to the specific muzzle energy and caliber of ammunition used in these events and whether these factors influence the outcome of these shooting incidents. The current study examined the effect of muzzle energy and caliber of ammunition on the number of victims killed and injured in mass shootings. Analysis of The Violence Project (Version 6) mass shooting dataset indicated that the muzzle energy of the ammunition used in a …

The Case For Downsizing The Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege, Elise Bernlohr Maizel

UC Law Journal

Privilege is a choice. In crafting evidentiary privileges, courts and policymakers have fashioned a rule that concedes that some things are more important than getting to the truth. Indeed, our entire law of privilege stems from the fact that society deems certain relationships important enough to protect their communications even from the truth-seeking process of litigation. The attorney-client relationship is a paradigmatic example. But something has gone seriously wrong with the law’s attempts to transplant protections for an intimate, confessional space for communications between an individual and their attorney onto “artificial creatures of the law”: the modern corporation.

Today’s corporate …

Born To Equality: Minor Children, Equal Protection, And State Laws Targeting Lgbtq+ Youth, Nicholas Serafin

UC Law Journal

States throughout the country are targeting LGBTQ+ youth, singling out transgender youth in particular. Part I of this Article provides an overview of laws targeting LGBTQ+ youth, and argues that many of these laws express animus towards and impose a stigma upon LGBTQ+ minor children. Though they are distinct doctrines, the Court has interwoven animus and stigma- based arguments throughout its gay rights jurisprudence to protect LGBTQ+ individuals from state action that imposes dignitary harm. Laws targeting LGBTQ+ youth often evince the same irrational hostility and stigmatizing purpose that the Court rejected decades ago.

Historically the Court’s LGBTQ+ jurisprudence has …

Unlocking The Promise Of Liquid Biopsies In Precision Oncology, Alejandra Pando-Caciano, Rakesh Trivedi, Jarne Pauwels, Joanna Nowakowska

Open Access archive

Liquid biopsies have emerged as a promising and minimally invasive alternative to traditional tissue biopsies for detecting and monitoring cancer. Liquid biopsies offer a comprehensive analysis of cancer genetics and tumor burden by examining circulating cells and cell-derived analytes using a variety of assays, including conventional PCR methods and cutting-edge tools like long-read sequencing and nanotechnology. However, there are still some limitations and challenges that need to be overcome for their implementation in clinical routine, including the need for further research on their sensitivity and specificity, cost-effectiveness, standardization, and regulatory approval. Despite these challenges, liquid biopsies have the potential to …

Effects Of Teosinte Flour (Dioon Mejiae) On Selected Physicochemical Characteristics And Consumer Perceptions Of Gluten-Free Cocoa Cookies Formulated With Mung Bean (Vigna Radiata) Flour, Carlos José Rivera, Ricardo S. Aleman, Jorge Ortega, Andrea Muela, Jhunior Marcia, Joan King, Witoon Prinyawiwatkul

Faculty Publications

Dioon mejiae, or teosinte, is a living fossil tree discovered in Olancho, Honduras, whose seeds have a desirable nutritional profile that can provide health benefits. As a result, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of teosinte flour obtained from seeds on selected physicochemical characteristics and consumer perceptions of gluten-free cocoa cookies formulated with mung bean (Vigna radiata) flour. Gluten-free cocoa cookies were prepared with different levels of teosinte flour (0%, 70%, 80%, 90%, and 100% by weight of mung bean flour) in substitution of mung bean flour. The cookies were evaluated for texture hardness, color (L*, …

Maternal Gestational Diabetes And Childhood Adiposity Risk From 6 To 8 Years Of Age, Weiqin Li, Leishen Wang, Huikun Liu, Shuang Zhang, Wei Li, Junhong Leng, Xilin Yang, Zhijie Yu, Amanda E. Staiano, Gang Hu

Population and Public Health Science Faculty Publications

Background/objective: Previous studies found conflicting results on the association between maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and childhood overweight/obesity. This study was to assess the association between maternal GDM and offspring’s adiposity risk from 6 to 8 years of age. Methods: The present study longitudinally followed 1156 mother-child pairs (578 GDM and 578 non-GDM) at 5.9 ± 1.2 years postpartum and retained 912 mother-child pairs (486 GDM and 426 non-GDM) at 8.3 ± 1.6 years postpartum. Childhood body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, body fat and skinfold were measured using standardized methods. Results: Compared with the counterparts born to mothers with …

Interactive Effects Of Gestational Diabetes And High Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index On Adverse Growth Patterns Of Offspring, Weihan Cao, Ninghua Li, Rui Zhang, Weiqin Li, Ming Gao, Hui Wang, Leishen Wang, Yijuan Qiao, Jing Li, Zhijie Yu, Gang Hu, Junhong Leng, Xilin Yang

Population and Public Health Science Faculty Publications

Aims: To examine the independent and interactive effects of maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and high pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) on the risk of offspring adverse growth patterns. Materials and Methods: One thousand six hundred and eighty one mother-child pairs were followed for 8 years in Tianjin, China. Group-based trajectory modelling was used to identify offspring growth patterns. Logistic regression was performed to obtain odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of GDM and high pre-pregnancy BMI for offspring adverse growth patterns. Restricted cubic spline was used to identify cut-off points. Additive interactions and multiplicative interactions were used …

Gendered Perceptions And Socio-Economic And Spatial Determinants Of Fear Of Crime: An Empirical Analysis In Szczecin, Poland, Natalia Sypion, Arkadiusz Kołodziej, Michael Leitner, Marek Dutkowski

Faculty Publications

The study of the fear of crime phenomenon provides a socially and politically important research question. Many studies show that gender differentiates the fear of crime, which is why we examine this phenomenon in a spatial perspective. The female versus male perspective of feelings of safety in residential areas were significantly different. The research was carried out using the CAWI technique in the city of Szczecin, in Poland (n=346). The research also examined which factors influenced the fear of crime the most: darkness, socio-economic characteristics, type of violations, number of registered crimes, or the assessment of police work. The research …

How Families Can Empower Youth With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities (Idd) From Racially And Ethnically Diverse Backgrounds, Esther Kamau, Jennifer Bose, Jean Winsor

All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications

This brief shares the perspectives and experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse family members of four youth who shared their employment and community engagement stories. It outlines the pivotal role these families played to support youth with IDD to find and maintain competitive integrated employment and to meaningfully engage with their communities. It draws from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with youth with IDD, their family members, and job coaches.

Reimagining First Amendment Remedies, Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr., Caprice L. Roberts

Articles

Since the Warren Court's landmark First Amendment decisions of the I 9 6os, the Supreme Court has aggressively deployed the Free Speech Clause to provide broad substantive protections for expressive freedoms. These rules, in theory, should effectively safeguard the marketplace of political ideas and facilitate both speaker and audience autonomy. No matter haw broadly fashioned, however, a constitutional rule is only as strong as the remedies available to enforce it–and far too often, First Amendment remedies are either woefully weak or effectively nonexistent. When a would-be First Amendment plaintiff cannot obtain a meaningful remedy for a proven constitutional violation, the …

Analysts' Earnings Per Share Forecasts: The Effects Of Forecast Uncertainty And Forecast Precision On Investor Judgements, Clarence Goh

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

This study uses controlled experiments to investigate the joint effects of forecast uncertainty and forecast precision on investor judgements. It finds that forecast precision moderates the effects of forecast uncertainty on investors' forecast reliability judgements such that the effects of forecast uncertainty on investors' judgements of forecast reliability are more negative when an analyst's point earnings per share (EPS) forecast is rounded than when it is precise. In addition, the relationship between forecast precision and investors' judgements of forecast reliability is mediated by investors' perceptions of forecast attributes. The evidence also suggests that while forecast uncertainty exerts a negative effect …

Institutions And Corporate Tax Evasion: A Review Of The Literature And A Methodological Exploration, Kiridaran Kanagaretnam, Jimmy Lee, Chee Yeow Lim, Gerald J. Lobo

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

We first review the recent research published in JIAR on the influence of international institutions on accounting practices and follow it with a discussion of the literature studying the influence of institutions on tax avoidance and tax evasion. We then explore a new methodological approach that draws on the theory of institutional hierarchy proposed by Williamson (2000) and examine the relative importance of three broad types of institutions (informal, formal and media) in curtailing perceived tax evasion activities. We contribute to the international accounting literature by summarizing the recent research that addresses tax avoidance and tax evasion and providing preliminary …

Segment Disaggregation And Equity-Based Pay Contracts, Young Jun Cho, Hojun Seo

Research Collection School Of Accountancy

We study the role of segment disaggregation in equity-based pay contracts in diversified firms. Disaggregated segment disclosures can improve the observability of managerial actions in internal capital markets and thus increase implicit incentives for managers to allocate resources as desired by shareholders, substituting for explicit incentives provided to CEOs. We use the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131 as an identification strategy and find that firms affected by this segment reporting mandate significantly decreased the provision of equity-based incentives in the post-adoption period, especially for firms with higher operating volatilities. This effect is also more pronounced for …

In This Time And Place, Christy Aggens

School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work

I seek out and spend time in relatively wild outdoor locations and create art based on my observations. The resulting work explores time and place, while the creation of the work increases my engagement with the environment. This process serves as a reminder that time is relative and life itself is continuous.

I start by finding time in locations where nature has been given a chance to thrive and where the sound of human activity is at a minimum. During these retreats, I use my senses to absorb information and document the experience by journaling, making recordings, taking photographs, drawing, …

Origami Application And Attitude Control Investigation Of Space-Based Mirror System, David J. Garcia

Theses and Dissertations

Imaging and inspecting Resident Space Objects (RSO) have gained increasing importance in Space Situational Awareness (SSA) missions. These missions are driven by the necessity to perform satellite repairs, refueling, de-orbiting, and orbital debris reduction. However, the challenging lighting conditions in space often hinder these tasks. To overcome this challenge, a novel concept has been proposed—deploying mirrors from servicer satellites. These mirrors would harness solar energy to illuminate dimly-lit RSOs, enabling imaging, inspection, repair, and refueling operations. In this context, servicer satellites play a pivotal role in controlling the reflected light beam and precisely positioning themselves to illuminate RSOs effectively. Notably, …