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Fingerprints Of Injustice: The Truth Behind Artificial Intelligence And Algorithmic-Driven Evidence,, Aubrey Butler

Chapman Law Review

Artificial intelligence (AI) has steadily grown in prominence, reaching into nearly every aspect of daily life, and the legal system is not immune from its influence. As various forms of machine evidence have been admitted in court, there has been an accompanying rise in concerns from researchers, judges, and defense attorneys as to the trustworthiness and reliability of this new category of evidence.

Though AI and machine evidence takes various forms, this Note focuses on some of the most prominent programs being used in courtrooms today, namely the probabilistic genotyping software TrueAllele and the recidivism rate prediction software COMPAS. The …

Providing Preschool Classrooms With Sensory Kits To Measure The Effectiveness Of Sensory Input On Motor Functioning And Sensory Integration, Elena Tedeschi

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

This study measured the effectiveness of sensory kits in preschool classrooms. Preschool children ages 2 years 9 months to 4 years old were divided into a control group classroom that did not receive sensory kits and an experimental group classroom that did receive sensory kits. Both groups were assessed in a pre-test and a post-test using 10 subsets of the Evaluation of Ayres Sensory Integration assessment to measure sensory integration and using the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale to evaluate motor progression. The control group post-test scores moved farther from norm and average scores, while the experimental group post-test scores showed …

Exercise-Based Pain Interventions For People With Dementia Using A Biopsychosocial-Environmental (Bpse) Model, G. Peter Gliebus

All Publications

Purpose of review: To introduce the Biopsychosocial-Environmental (BPSE) model to guide an exercise intervention to address pain related to osteoarthritis (OA) among people living with dementia (PLWD). This review [1] synthesizes literature on the biological, psychological, social, and environmental aspects of pain from OA in the knee, neurodegeneration in PLWD, and exercise implications for these comorbidities, and [2] demonstrates the clinical utility of the BPSE model in designing tailored exercise interventions to manage knee OA pain in PLWD.

Recent findings: Research indicates that pain from knee OA and neurodegeneration from dementia interact across multiple factors, including psychological, social, and environmental. …

Clinicians In The Loop Of Medical Ai, W. Nicholson Price Ii

Articles

As medical AI begins to mature as a health-care tool, the task of governance grows increasingly important. Ensuring that medical AI works, works where it’s used, and works for the patient in the moment is a challenging, multifaceted task. Some of this governance can be centralized—in review by FDA or by national accreditation labs, for instance. Some must be local, performed by the hospital or health system about to use the product in their own, unique environment. But a large amount of governance is left to the individual provider in the room, the human in the loop who presumably knows …

In Through The Side Door: Anti-Asian Nativism, U.S. Immigration, And Foreign Policy—A Legal History And Case Study, Deenesh Sohoni, Vivian E. Hamilton, Chinua Thelwell

Faculty Publications

The 19th- and early 20th-centuries were marked by pervasive anti-Asian sentiment, and antipathy towards people of color more generally. Giving legal effect to the anti-Asian nativism prevalent at the time, U.S. policies prohibited most Asian immigration and naturalization. In particular, immigration laws sought to exclude Asian laborers and working-class immigrants from entry. During the same period, however, the federal government determined that other Asian visitors—especially Chinese government officials, merchants, religious leaders, and students—could be useful in advancing U.S. political and economic interests abroad. Thus, in marked contrast to its inhospitable treatment of their working-class counterparts, U.S. policy facilitated the entry …

"We Can't Allow Iot Vendors To Pass Off All Such Liability To The Consumer": Investigating The U.S. Legal Perspectives On Liability For Iot Product Security, Prianka Mandal, Amit Seal Ami, Iria Giuffrida, Daniel Shin, Ella Sullivan, Adwait Nadkarni

Faculty Publications

As the regulatory landscape for the Internet of Things (IoT) evolves, vendors are moving towards certifying their products for security. Thus, we need to understand who is liable when certification failures result in harm, i.e., when certified products have vulnerabilities that are exploited to cause harm to users. This paper addresses the fundamental and timely question that has significant implications for vulnerability detection in certified products: who is liable for harm resulting from vulnerabilities in certified products, and who should be so liable? Through a qualitative analysis of contractual documents from 20 IoT vendors, this paper investigates how liability is …

New Threats To Campus Protest, Timothy Zick

Faculty Publications

This symposium Essay focuses on how universities responded, both initially and after the fact, to campus protests concerning the Hamas-Israel War. During those protests students and others erected encampments, held demonstrations, displayed signs, vandalized university property, and occupied buildings. Some protesters communicated anti-Semitic tropes and slogans. Although a few university leaders responded to the protests by negotiating with protest leaders, most relied on law enforcement and security to clear encampments and restore order. Since the initial protests, universities have adopted a spate of new policies that threaten campus protest. These measures include cancellation of already-permitted demonstrations, content-based speech restrictions, bans …

The Problem With “More Is Better”: An Assessment Of The “New” Contract Grading, Ian Barnard

English Faculty Articles and Research

In this article I discuss some of the issues that scholars are and aren’t writing about in relation to the recent resurgence in contract grading, and reflect on my own experience using contract grading in composition and other classes. I come to the topic as a scholar and university teacher in rhetoric and composition, though my discussion certainly is relevant to teachers in many disciplines and institution types. My aim is to offer an analysis of the benefits and drawback of the “new” contract grading, with special attention to what I call the “more is better” mantra that informs many …

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Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, Cinthya Ammerman Muñoz, Paul Michael L. Atienza

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations

Full issue of Humboldt Journal of Social Relations Volume 47, Place-Based Digital Inquiry

Four Poems From Pelican Bay: Introduction By Tony Wallin-Sato, Tony Koji Wallin-Sato

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations

"The first time I was arrested, I was thirteen years young. I was a few years from puberty, and my rosy cheeks still held all the baby fat I entered this world with..."

Impact Assessment Of Uniqlo’S Neighbours Helping Neighbours, Weng Lin Ng, Dalvin Sidhu

Lien Centre for Social Innovation: Research

The UNIQLO Neighbours Helping Neighbours (NHN) is a pilot programme that redistributes recycled UNIQLO products to those in need. Preloved UNIQLO clothing in good condition are collected, washed and pressed, and then redistributed to partnered social service organisations and family service centres for donation to their core beneficiaries.

The objective of the current study is to document and evaluate the impact of the NHN programme on its beneficiaries and present evidence-based recommendations that will aid UNIQLO’s efforts to improve and scale subsequent iterations of this programme.

This report will present results obtained from the following data sources: (1) a quantitative …

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School of Public Affairs Faculty and Staff publications

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Hipaa Electronic Communications, Abby Keeley, Christine Schorb

Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Education

No abstract provided.

Cint Summer Lecture Series: Investigational Devices, Abby Keeley

Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Education

No abstract provided.

Human Subjects Oversight, Abby Keeley

Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Education

No abstract provided.

The Failures Of The Biologics Price Competition And Innovation Act, Nick Corwin

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

2025-2035 Piscataqua Region Comprehensive Conservation And Management Plan, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (Prep)

PREP Reports & Publications

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Review: The Catholicism Of Literature In The Age Of The Book Of Common Prayer: Poetry, Plays, Works, 1558-1689, Brandon Schneeberger

Quidditas

Anyone who has observed the worship trends of the younger generation of Christians in the last ten to twenty years will have noticed a renewed interest in traditional, liturgically conservative forms of worship. Whether it is interest in liturgy itself, or in the materials of liturgy - ornate vestments, incense, candles, bells, chanting, etc. - young people today display a keen interest in forms of worship and reverence that seem to have been lost in the cultural upheaval of the late twentieth century, a revolution that affected both Protestant and Catholic forms of worship. However effective the late twentieth-century iconoclasm …

Technology And Coding The Great Equalizer: A Case Study Of A Formerly Incarcerated Leader, Joni Schwartz

Publications and Research

Providing meaningful educational and employment opportunities for returning incarcerated citizens from marginalized communities contributes to a more sustainable future for all. This chapter examines the barriers faced by returning incarcerated citizens in employment and presents a case study of a Dario Peña, who is a formerly incarcerated citizen. Peña's lived experience, leadership preparation, vision, and bottom-up leadership made him a leader for the Justice through Code program, which aims to provide prisoners and returning citizens with professional skills to create a sustainable career in the tech industry. Anchored in Critical Race Theory (CRT), this chapter delves into structural inequalities like …

John Hargaden And Sacred Heart Catholic Church, John Hargaden, Eowyn Agullo, Stephanie Opperman

Collecting the Past

Eowyn Agullo interviews John Hargaden about the significance of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Milledgeville.

Listen on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KCgfVVRyL3Y

Listen on Spotify: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/flannery-oconnor-institut/episodes/Collecting-the-Past-Podcast---Episode-24-John-Hargaden-and-Sacred-Heart-Catholic-Church-e35njvs

Shifting Students’ Perceptions About Homelessness: Quantitative Assessment Of A Project-Based Approach, Diana A. Chen, Mark A. Chapman, Joel Alejandro Mejia

School of Engineering: Faculty Scholarship

Although engineering institutional bodies uphold public welfare and the impact of engineering on people and society, engineering curricula rarely scaffold students to connect their technical learning with sociotechnical perspectives. This paper describes a project-based learning approach where engineering students engaged with issues faced by people experiencing homelessness to better understand the sociotechnical nature of effective, user-centered, engineering design. We conducted a quantitative assessment to de- termine how well and in what ways the project-based learning curriculum shifted students’ perceptions about homelessness. We collected pre-/post-survey data from students on 21 statements about their perceptions and attitudes about homelessness prior to and …

Bio-Inspired Sutures: Localizing Damage By Isolating Strain Energy, Diana A. Chen, Melissa M. Gibbons

School of Engineering: Faculty Scholarship

This study draws upon bio-inspiration from anatomical sutures found in hard structures, such as turtle shells, to explore if impact energy can be dissipated through geometric parameterization rather than relying on energy-absorbing materials. While previous finite element analysis studies identified optimal dovetail suture geometries for maximizing the global stiffness and toughness of archway structures, this paper explores how different suture geometries might optimize localization effects through segmentation to isolate damage caused by the propagation of strain energy. We compare the global toughness of each suture geometry to its scaling factor, defined as the ratio of strain energy in the center …

Mapping The Journey: Exploring Youth Purpose Using A Visual Qualitative Method, Rebecca Schmidtberger, Breanna Lincoln, Belle Liang, Terese J. Lund, Angela Desilva Mousseau, Jonathan Sepulveda, Veronica (Matyjaszczyk) Whitemore, Alison E. White, Nancy E. Hill, John Perella

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Faculty Publications

Youth purpose is a critical developmental asset linked to well-being, academic engagement, and vocational success. However, traditional assessments often fail to capture its complexity. This study introduces an innovative qualitative approach that combines semi-structured interviews with visual mapping to help adolescent participants articulate their journey toward purpose development. Thirty-eight diverse high school students participated in creating visual maps to illustrate their personal paths toward finding purpose. Results revealed three salient themes: (1) chronology, with the road map serving as a way to depict purpose development across time, (2) the common shapes of purpose paths, revealing insights into the developmental experience …

Annual Report Of The Officers Of The Town Of Campton, New Hampshire For The Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2024, Campton Town Representatives

Campton, NH Annual Reports

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

Machine Learning And Shap Interpretability For Chronic Disease Understanding, Nnaemeka Charles Igwe

External Research Posters

Our study predicts non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes, by leveraging machine learning algorithms. We leverage hyperparameter tuning techniques for model development and SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) for results interpretations.

Housing Justice Pipeline: Harnessing Housing Clinics To Transform The Right To Counsel Movement, Erica Braudy, Thomas Honan, Tuhfa Begum

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

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The First Prison, William Gillis

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

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A Public Pools Grant Program For Racial Justice, Diana Rendler

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

“Pick-Up Orders” And Foster Youth In Washington, Lauren Higgins

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

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