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An Ecofeminist Approach To Climate Risks, Angela Hefti

Michigan Journal of International Law

Climate change poses significant risks to the human right to life. However, international adjudicators have either neglected to examine right to life claims in the context of climate risks or dismissed them as prospective and speculative. International human rights bodies have long applied the standard of imminence to determine whether a threat to the right to life exists and the extent to which it constitutes a violation. In climate change cases, this standard has hardened, requiring a tight temporal connection between climate risks and a violation of the right to life. This article argues that failing to recognize the impact …

Join The Military And Lose Your Kids: An Exploration Of The Adverse Effects Of Military Service In Child Custody Determinations, Cortland T. B. Boechler

Journal of Legislation

Servicemembers do not lose their fundamental rights when they join the military, but in practicality, many lose their parental rights the moment they enlist. Many servicemembers lose custody because judges often interpret service and duty relocations as incongruent to the best interest of the child. Presumably, many judges lack the understanding that military service brings familial stability. That being the case, Congress should add a provision in the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act requiring judges to consider all the benefits of military service in the "best interest of the child" analysis. This solution gives military parents a fighting chance to keep …

How Socially Comparing Emerging Research Institutions To Established Research Institutions Informs Proposed Amendments To The Bayh Dole Act, Clovia Hamilton

Marquette Intellectual Property & Innovation Law Review

Emerging research institutions have a problem with their lack of tech transfer, including start-up business formations. This study investigates that issue using social comparison theory as the framework for a novel experimental design. A group of 245 respondents, comprised of STEM faculty members and STEM administrators at emerging research institutions, completed a stated- choice survey based on the social comparison theory. The respondents were assessed on the level and extent that they compare their emerging research institution to well established research institutions with respect to research, technology commercialization, and academic entrepreneurship. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in America were …

Katie Beckett Program Update: A Joint Report To The Tennessee General Assembly [2025], Tenncare (Program), Tennessee. Department Of Disability And Aging

Katie Beckett Report to the General Assembly

This document contains the status of the Katie Beckett program, created in 2019 to assist Tennessee children with disabilities who are not eligible for Medicaid.

A Call For North Carolina To Allow Children To Express Their Wishes In Child Custody Proceedings, A Given Right Established In Binding Precedent, Katelynn Gallimore

Campbell Law Review

The purpose of this Comment is to advocate for amending North Carolina’s child custody statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. section 50-13, to require the court to consider a child’s preference as to their custody arrangements to further align with legal precedent. This Comment illustrates the importance of allowing a child to express their wishes to determine the custodial arrangement that is in the best interests of that child. This Comment uses statutes from other states as guidance for proposing reform to the North Carolina General Assembly to consider and propose new legislation. In addition, the right of a child to express …

Philosophical Foundation Of Culture-Space Economics: An Approach Of Holistics, Victor L. Tonn

Faculty and Staff - Articles & Papers

Comprehensive Universe『SELF』is developed with three sub-Universes: 『Self』W Universe, Ultra Universe I (comprising Tao-Chi Meontology) and Ultra Universe II (comprising Mind-Matter Ontology.) 『SELF』is the “grand system” in which all momentums of T-CoCreativity proceed from states of Non-T-Continuity into Non-T-Continuity.〖『Self』〗^W, the operational transformational copy of 『SELF』, is the system of “individual life, inter-generational continuum -- rationality-optimism, passion-affection, vision-determination and inter-generational duration.” Then, Type I and II Economies are developed respectively on the basis of Ultra Universe I and Ultra Universe II. Finally, systems of “human activism” (HA: HA-I, HA-II) in “transformational systric forms” connect the philosophical and economic systems.

2025 University Of Minnesota Morris Annual Security And Fire Safety Report, University Of Minnesota - Morris

Safety and Security Report

No abstract provided.

2025 Report On Giving, University Of Minnesota Morris. Office Of Advancement

Report on Giving

Heising-Simons Foundation Grant provides space for community -- Couple gives to support current students and encourage future leaders -- AgCountry Challenge -- History scholarship enables professors to continue serving students -- Unique gift promotes Cougar pride University's future

2025 Expect Employment Report To The Governor, Tennessee. Employment First Task Force, Tennessee. Department Of Disability And Aging

Expect Employment Report to Governor

This document provides an overview of the progress made towards expanding employment opportunities for Tennesseans with disabilities.

Applying Machine Learning Methods To Generate Understandings Of Differential Item Functioning In A Flu Knowledge Assessment, William L. Romine, Tanvi Banerjee, Derrick Cox

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

Current influenza trends, including the severity of the 2025 flu season and the prevalence of H5 bird flu in livestock, necessitate efforts to better understand how to educate students about its transmission. Although validated assessments of influenza knowledge exist, these have not been evaluated for affective and demographic biases. We explore differential item functioning (DIF) effects in four items focused on specific aspects of flu transmission derived from a validated influenza knowledge assessment. In doing so, we introduce and utilize a machine learning framework for exploration of DIF which offers greater flexibility than traditional statistical approaches in terms of studying …

Extraction Of Patient Subtypes Using Llm Generated Knowledge Graphs Integrated With A Transformer Architecture, Benjamin Holmes, Cogan Shimizu

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

Extracting patient subpopulations (clinically relevant cohorts of individuals who share overlapping symptoms, risk factors, or diagnostic criteria) from unstructured medical notes is an ongoing challenge due to the variability of clinical language and the complex nature of patient conditions. We demonstrate a pipeline that combines named entity recognition (NER), transformer embeddings, guided dimensionality reduction, and LLM-mediated knowledge graph integration to enhance patient extraction. The approach begins with NER using the UMLS metathesaurus [1] to extract clinical terms, followed by transformation into vector embeddings using a biomedical transformer. These embeddings are augmented with structured knowledge graph representations generated through an LLM-driven …

Ontology-Based Data Organization For The Enslaved.Org Project, Cogan Shimizu, Pascal Hitzler

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

The men, women, and children forced into slavery in the Atlantic world came from diverse African societies with long histories of political, economic, and cultural development. They were taken from the trading centers of the Hausa city-states, the farming and artisanal communities of Senegambia, the Kongo and Mbundu polities of West Central Africa, and many other regions. They carried with them agricultural expertise, metallurgical skills, medical knowledge, religious traditions, and oral histories that helped sustain communities in the face of displacement and enslavement.Enslavement did not erase this intellectual and cultural inheritance, nor did it render its victims passive numbers in …

Ontology Population Using Llms, Sanaz Saki Norouzi, Adrita Barua, Antrea Christou, Nikita Gautam, Andrew Eells, Pascal Hitzler, Cogan Shimizu

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Forging Common Ground In Second Language Acquisition And Teaching: A Combined Synergy Statement, Marije Michel, Dwight Atkinson, Amable Custodio Ribeiro, Theodora Alexopoulou, Marco Cappellini, Søren Wind Eskildsen, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, John Hellermann, Hayriye Kayi‐Aydar, Steven L. Thorne, Multiple Additional Authors

World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this final article in this guest‐edited issue on synergies in second language acquisition and teaching (SLA/T), we attempt to bring together the main content of this issue in an overall, combined synergy statement, concluding this project as a whole. Let us remind readers of the project: A shared effort by 17 scholars taking 11 different perspectives on SLA/T is not the norm in our field. Our aim has been to promote the intermingling and cross‐pollination of ideas, on the conviction that such efforts are needed to promote a field that is more than simply the sum of its parts, …

Using Educational Intervention To Impact Provider And Nurse Knowledge And Self-Efficacy In Contingency Management At An Sud Clinic, Chinwe Egwudo

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

The US opioid epidemic crisis led to 700,000 deaths in 2019 alone. Poor adherence to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) strains individuals, families, and the healthcare systems, with rising relapses at the project site highlighting the need for evidence-based intervention. Studies show that contingency management (CM), a behavioral intervention that incentivizes desired behaviors, improves adherence to MOUD. Despite its effectiveness, CM remains underutilized in clinical settings due to healthcare providers’ lack of knowledge and self-efficacy. This project aimed to bridge the knowledge gap by implementing an educational intervention to impact healthcare providers’ knowledge and self-efficacy in applying CM protocols …

2025 Conference On Undergraduate Research And Engagement Program Guide, Oseel

CURE Proceedings

Full program for the 2025 Conference on Undergraduate Research and Engagement with full listing of sessions presented

Bulletin: General Catalog Issue 2025-2026, Portland State University

Bulletin & Curriculum Change Documents

No abstract provided.

Usf St. Petersburg Campus Water Refill Station Inventory Appendix A, Haley Mcgehee, Carolyn Mazur, Mohammad Shafayet H. Khan, Theresa G. Burress

Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF) Water Refill Stations

Appendix supporting University of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus Water Refill Station dataset with reference images by location.

Usf St. Petersburg Campus Water Refill Station Inventory, Haley Mcgehee, Carolyn Mazur, Mohammad Shafeyet H. Khan, Theresa G. Burress

Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF) Water Refill Stations

Data inventory of University of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus water refill stations, accounting for presence of Elkay water refill stations, ticker numbers for bottles saved by its use, location descriptors, etc.

Usf St. Petersburg Campus Water Refill Station Inventory Readme, Carolyn Mazur, Theresa G. Burress

Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF) Water Refill Stations

ReadMe file supporting the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus Water Refill Station dataset.

Community-Engaged Approach To Improve Food Access And Consumption Of Fruits And Vegetables In A Rural Appalachian Community, Courtney Luecking, Makenzie Barr, Dawn Brewer, Kathryn M. Cardarelli

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Faculty Publications

Background/Objectives: Community–academic partnerships offer unique opportunities to leverage expertise and resources to modify structural factors that address community priorities. However, few in-depth examples of successful partnerships in rural communities to improve food security are available. This manuscript describes the process of building a partnership to reduce food insecurity in a rural Kentucky community.

Methods: The research team worked with Cooperative Extension to form a community advisory board (CAB) representative of diverse sectors of the community who had interest in food security, agriculture, and/or nutrition. The CAB convened regularly, in-person or virtually, to review community assessment information and identify, select, and …

Hydrogen And Halogen Interactions With 2,6 Dimethoxypyridine, Margaret Manning Stucky

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Raman spectroscopy and computational chemistry are used to explore the effects of non-covalent interactions with the nitrogen-containing building block 2,6-dimethoxypyridine. Previously, we have shown that hydrogen and halogen bonding with simple nitrogen containing heterocycles leads to partial charge transfer and evolving spectroscopic properties. Adding electron donating and withdrawing groups to azabenzenes should allow us then to tune these interactions. Here, 2,6-dimethoxypyridine (DMOP) with its two methoxy substituents offers an excellent opportunity to study the effect of electron withdrawal on spectroscopic observables. Unlike in previous studies, however, hydrogen bonding led to no discernable experimental spectroscopic changes in mixtures of DMOP and …

Giving And Receiving Social Support Among Individuals With Migraine, Lauren Thaxter

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Migraine is among the most common and burdensome neurological disorders in the United States, significantly impairing daily functioning. Psychological variables such as depression, anxiety, stress, and fear of pain are known to exacerbate migraine experiences, while receiving social support has been broadly associated with improved health outcomes. Although giving and receiving social support are protective for physical and mental health, their specific influence on migraine outcomes remains underexplored. This study investigated experimentally whether giving social support increased pain tolerance and reduced pain intensity as measured using a cold pressor test among 117 individuals with migraine. This study also examined the …

Examining The Relationship Between Moral Injury, Belief In A Just World, And Substance Abuse In Military Veterans, Alyssa Mae Wood

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Combat-exposed veterans and military service members are at high risk of experiencing mental health problems. Although moral injury is recognized as a unique contributor to mental health challenges in this population, the relationship between changes in world belief, PTSD, and substance use remains unexplored. This cross-sectional quantitative study investigated the relationship among moral injury symptoms, changes in belief in a just world (BJW) and belief in an unjust world (BUW), and substance use in a sample of 122 combat-exposed U.S. military Veterans and service members.

Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that changes in BUW following potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) significantly …

Polylactic Acid-Based Sustainable Hybrid Nanobiocomposites, Utsab Roy Ayan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Optimized extrusion melt-blending of polylactic acid (PLA) polymer with a minor biopolymeric phase, polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT), and compatibilized with random ethylene-methyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer (EMA-GMA, Trademark: Lotader® AX-8900) led to an outstanding improvement in mechanical properties. At the non-compatibilized PLA/PBAT (80/20) blend point, significant enhancement (~4500%) in toughness and elongation-at-break was already obtained without compromising any elastic properties. Lotader content at 2 wt.% was determined to be optimal by numerical optimization methodology to maximize toughness and elongation-at-break. Upon adding the compatibilizer, the original phase-separated morphology of the blends changed from PBAT quasi-spherical domains to nearly elongated elliptical ones. The …

Writing The Border Between Socialist Self And State: Christa Wolf's East German Autofiction, Emma Dinkelspiel

Slavic Studies Honors Papers

This thesis considers the life and work of Christa Wolf in order to examine her role in East Germany as a “loyal dissident.” Wolf was born in the German Third Reich in 1929, and the German Democratic Republic was founded in 1949 just as she entered adulthood. Also in 1949, Wolf joined the East German socialist party and dedicated herself to the socialist project. Through an exploration of the publication, contents, and translations of four of her major works (Moscow Novella, Divided Heaven, The Quest for Christa T., and Patterns of Childhood), I examine how …

Green Dividends: A Case Study In Green Dividends And The Conditions For Private Ordering Solutions, Anne M. Tucker

Seattle University Law Review

This Essay introduces a novel private ordering solution to facilitate corporate investments in pro-social and environmental initiatives: Green dividends. Green dividends are an optional increase in shareholder dividends that are returned to the company to be reinvested in environmental initiatives or kept by a shareholder.

Green dividends pose an alternative to the current gridlocked debate that corporations can’t, won’t, shouldn’t, and shouldn’t even try to act in pro-social or environmental ways. Turning the common refrains on their head converts each narrative into an element for a successful private ordering solution: authority, accountability, shareholder buy-in, and government- backed enforcement. With Green …

Does Climate Disclosure Work To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Emerging Evidence Suggests Cautious Optimism, Cynthia A. Williams

Seattle University Law Review

Significant regulatory resources have been spent developing global, voluntary climate and sustainability disclosure standards, such as the TCFD, TNRD, and ISSB’s Sustainability and Climate Disclosure standards, or domestically required disclosures, such as in the EU and in the U.S. Thus, it is important to evaluate whether this disclosure, particularly voluntary, qualitative disclosure, will have the power to shift the allocation of capital, will have a significant effect on the management of climate risk within firms, and ultimately will reduce climate change risk and biodiversity loss.

In this Article, several interrelated questions will be discussed. First, what does the empirical evidence …

A Flora Of Coyote Ridge And Flat, Inyo County, California, Martin D. Purdy

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

California’s Sierra Nevada contains a disproportionate share of the state’s plant diversity and is one of the most floristically diverse regions of its size in the United States. The high Sierra Nevada, in particular, has been identified as an important center of species richness and endemism within the State. Anthropogenic climate warming is expected to disproportionately affect mountain ecosystems, and models have predicted habitat contraction and extirpation for many alpine plant taxa. A specimen-based inventory of the vascular plants and bryophytes of Coyote Ridge and Flat was conducted to establish baseline data for one such sensitive alpine and subalpine area. …

Presumptions Of Ai Malfunction: A Judicial Response To Ai Harms, Janine S. Hiller, Destynie J.L. Sewell

American University Law Review

In stark contrast to the recently revoked federal policy meant to incentivize the adoption of safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems, the July 2025 Winning the Race, America’s AI Action Plan succinctly summarizes its approach as “Build, Baby, Build!” Public discourse, as well, vacillates between artificial intelligence (AI) as a savior or an existential threat to society. To make effective decisions about AI governance, policy makers and regulators must not fail to recognize AI systems’ inherent weaknesses. Furthermore, whether citizens have recourse from harmful AI applications will also turn upon judicial balancing of competing interests between technological advancement and …