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Administrative Acquiescence: An Analysis Of Nonadverse Litigation Involving Administrative Agencies, Sami Winawer

University of Chicago Law Review

When an administrative agency declines to defend the constitutionality of its structure, courts must grapple with the unusual scenario in which the parties before it agree—or at least do not disagree—on the merits of the constitutional question at issue. This Comment seeks to provide some clarity to this area of the law by proposing a multifactor framework for courts to use at the standing stage when determining the justiciability of a question when the Executive declines to defend a federal statute, and explaining how these factors can be weighed in cases in which an administrative agency declines to defend some …

We Cut To The Chase! Building Consensus For School Librarian Collaboration: A Delphi Study, Pam Harland, Susan D. Ballard, Rachel V. Small

Learning Hub

This study examines collaboration between school librarians and educators using a three-round Delphi study with 38 experts in school librarianship. The researchers developed a consensus definition and a seven-level model of collaboration, ranging from autonomy to schoolwide assurance. The study also identifies environmental, cultural, and dispositional conditions that support successful collaboration, including administrative support, shared planning time, trust, communication, and librarian leadership. The resulting model and rubrics are intended to help educators and school librarians assess and strengthen collaborative practice to support student learning.

Readme Template For Geospatial Data, Alyssa Renteria

Library Faculty Research

A readme file provides descriptive information about a dataset, file(s), or software. The goal is to ensure that the files and data can be correctly interpreted by your future self or others when sharing or publishing data, code, or software.

The Call, September 2026, Lindenwood University

The Call

The Call is an electronic newsletter produced by the Lindenwood College of Arts and Humanities.

Front Matter, Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review

Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review

Front matter for Volume 15, Issue 1 of Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review

The Non-Binding Bind: Reframing Precatory Stockholder Proposals Under Delaware Law, Kyle A. Pinder

Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review

Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 allows stockholders to submit proposals for inclusion in a company’s proxy materials. The rule assumes that Delaware law provides stockholders with the right to submit non-binding proposals for stockholder approval. But as many have observed, this assumption lacks a firm basis in state law, particularly in Delaware. If such a right exists, a stockholder conducting its own proxy solicitation could submit numerous precatory proposals, including those advancing narrow or special interests. This article concludes that, under Delaware law, stockholders do not have an inherent right to submit precatory proposals. Accordingly, a …

Navigating The Eu’S Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: Strategic Implications For Us Companies, Silvia Ciacchi, Michael Faure, Sharon Oded

Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review

The European Union’s (“EU”) Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CSDDD” or the “Directive”) introduces new human rights and environmental obligations that reshape global corporate governance. This paper explores its impact on US companies, with a particular focus on compliance strategies under both direct and indirect applicability. It contrasts tactical compliance, which emphasizes risk mitigation while meeting minimum legal requirements, against strategic compliance, where companies use sustainability to gain a competitive edge in the market.

This paper highlights how varying enforcement levels across EU Member States may incentivize companies to “forum shop” or choose jurisdictions with more relaxed enforcement. It also …

Dairy And Food Science Student Newsletter, September 1, 2026, Department Of Dairy And Food Science

Dairy and Food Science Student Newsletter

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Revisiting The Secretary Problem, Steven J. Brams, D. Marc Kilgour

The Mathematics Enthusiast

The venerable Secretary Problem asks how a decision maker (DM) should select one of n candidates, who come up randomly, when the only information available is each candidate’s strict rank within the set of previous applicants. Moreover, DM may select only the current candidate. Our illustrative case has n = 9 candidates, for which the Standard Method is to reject outright the first 3 candidates and then choose the first of the 4th through 8th candidates who is better than all of the first three, or the 9th candidate if none of them is. We compare the Standard Method with …

Facpaac Minutes 09/01/2026, Faculty And P&A Affairs Committee

Faculty and P&A Affairs Committee

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Movement Patterns, Habitat Usage, And Apparent Survival Of Alewife And Blueback Herring In The Bellamy River And Great Bay Estuary, Nh, Usa, Ryan Christopher Adams

Master's Theses and Capstones

Anadromous river herring, including alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) provide critical ecosystem services across freshwater, estuarine, and marine habitats on the Atlantic coast. Population declines in recent decades have led to research and management efforts to improve adult survival and increase access to spawning habitats, primarily focusing on the freshwater phase of migration via barrier removal or remediation projects. Comparatively less research and management effort have investigated post-spawning movement behaviors and habitat usage, which may provide insight into developing successful management strategies. We used telemetry methods to assess barrier passage and track movements of adult river herring …

Soil Microbial Recovery From A Pulse Disturbance Following A Press Disturbance, Gretchen Bahmueller

Master's Theses and Capstones

Though a natural phenomenon, disturbance events like drought and freeze-thaw cycles are increasing in frequency and severity due to climate change. At the forefront of these disturbances are soil microorganisms, which provide essential ecosystem services like carbon and nitrogen cycling. Previous work has reported responses of microbial communities to either a long-term press disturbance or a short-term pulse disturbance, with few studies examining how these disturbance types interact to influence microbial activity. This work sought to understand how soil microorganisms recover from a one month-long simulated moisture or freezing disturbance after experiencing 30+ years of soil warming. Heated and control …

Transcriptomic Profiling Of The Actinorhizal Symbiosis: A Dual-Species Approach, Javier Arambula Rascon

Master's Theses and Capstones

The actinorhizal symbiosis, formed between the nitrogen-fixing actinobacterium Frankia and its host plant, depends on a highly coordinated molecular dialogue that governs the transition from initial bacterial perception to the development of functional nitrogen-fixing nodules. Despite decades of progress in characterizing the legume- rhizobia association, the molecular underpinnings of actinorhizal symbiosis establishment remain poorly resolved, particularly the nature of the Frankia signaling molecule and the transcriptional programs that guide both partners toward nodule formation. This thesis narrows this gap through three complementary transcriptomic studies in the model actinorhizal plant Casuarina glauca and its symbiont Frankia casuarinae strain Ccl3. The first …

Using The Plasma Dose-Response Technique To Determine The Bioavailability Of Commercial Rumen-Protected Amino Acids, Tessa Mae Baillargeon

Master's Theses and Capstones

There continues to be gaps in comparing the bioavailability of different rumen-protected methionine and lysine products. Many techniques have been developed to analyze these products with in vivo techniques considered the gold standard. The following three studies were proposed to determine the relative bioavailability value of products containing lysine and various forms of methionine using the plasma dose-response method as described by Whitehouse et al., 2017. Trial one compared two levels (18 g/d and 36 g/d) of L-Met infusion and fed LipoActiv L-Met 60. Trial two compared infusions of, and products containing, DL-Met and HMTBa (2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid). Trial three used …

Childbearing In The Anthropocene: Gendered Fertility Intention In The Context Of Climate Change, Ila Bartenstein

Master's Theses and Capstones

As anthropogenic climate change intensifies, recent studies have observed the extent to which individuals choose to remain “environmentally childfree,” or voluntarily childfree due to the impact the child may have on the environment, and their worry about the child’s wellbeing under climate change. Additional lines of research have noted that pro-environmental behaviors (PEB) – actions taken to reduce environmental harm – follow gendered patterns, with women being more likely than men to engage in PEB. Further, when presented with personal dilemmas that involve refraining from harmful actions, women have been found to express stronger moral reasoning than men. By connecting …

Integrating Unpiloted Aircraft System (Uas)-Based Thermal, Lidar, And True-Color (Rgb) Imagery With Random Forest For Land Cover Classification At A Northern Peatland, Darlyn Chavez

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Understanding the impacts of climate change on the Arctic is critical given the sensitivity of its ecosystems. As global temperatures rise and permafrost collapse, significant changes in land cover, hydrology, and carbon dynamics will occur across these vulnerable regions. Because methane emissions are directly influenced by vegetation communities in permafrost peatlands, accurate land cover classification is important for understanding greenhouse-gas (GHG) dynamics. However, these landscapes are highly heterogeneous at fine spatial scales, requiring high-resolution imagery capable of distinguishing simple and complex vegetation and land cover classes relevant to GHG dynamics. Technological advancements in remote sensing offer modern tools for …

Understanding The Functionality Of Tuberculate Ectomycorrhiza Of Quercus Species Within The Context Of Soil Warming, Andre David Chiang

Master's Theses and Capstones

Tuberculate ectomycorrhizae (TECM) of oak are understudied, morphologically unique ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal structures whose initial observation at the Harvard Forest long-term ecological research site (Petersham, MA) were confined strictly to warmed plots. This study provided the first quantification of oak-associated TECM under experimental warming, characterizing their lifecycle and ecological role. We quantified and characterized TECM over three sampling periods during the growing season (May, June, August) of 2025 at two soil warming experiments at Harvard Forest: Barre Woods and Prospect Hill. We also identified the fungi associated with TECM structures, along with sclerotia found in the same samples. We quantified …

Using Open-Top Chambers To Study The Effects Of Winter Warming On Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Cover-Cropped Agricultural Soils, Kayleigh A. Hummel

Master's Theses and Capstones

Climate change is threatening the stability of Earth’s food systems. Global temperatures are expected to rise by up to 4.8 °C by the end of the century, leading to a reduction in crop yields. This climate crisis is driven in part by emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from agricultural systems. In order to face this challenge, we will need to employ agricultural management practices that allow for climate adaptation while also mitigating agriculture’s impact on the climate. Cover cropping is an emerging practice that has the potential to both improve soil health and offset greenhouse gas …

Survival And Behavior Of Intertidal Eastern Oysters In Great Bay, New Hampshire, Selina Luo Cheng

Master's Theses and Capstones

Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) are ecologically and economically important reef-building bivalves that support estuarine habitats as well as United States fisheries and aquaculture farms. While eastern oysters occur subtidally throughout their range, intertidal oysters are uncommon north of the Chesapeake Bay. Recent research has shown that rockweed Ascophyllum nodosum may facilitate eastern oyster expansion into the intertidal zone at northern latitudes, but mechanisms underlying this interaction are poorly understood. Characterizing intertidal oyster survival and behavior is key to better understanding their distributions in the northeastern United States. In Chapter 1, we conducted a full-factorial field experiment across seasons in Great …

High Spatiotemporal Snow Cover Mapping With Multiscale Observations In A Transitional Montane Forest, Rashik Raj Koirala

Master's Theses and Capstones

Accurate estimation of fractional snow-covered area (fSCA) in forested areas is critical for understanding snowmelt dynamics and meltwater inputs to streams, yet snow cover mapping in forested areas is still challenging using ground-based and satellite-based snow observations. This thesis develops and evaluates multi-scale approaches for monitoring fSCA using field cameras, upscales it to watershed scale using unoccupied aerial systems (UAS), and develops a framework to extract snow cover in forests using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery in mixed deciduous and coniferous forests of New Hampshire, USA.

In the first study, machine learning classifiers’ ability to extract fSCA from field camera RGB imagery …

Getting Unstuck: Compounding Factors Of Treatment-Related Inflexible Partial-Skill Learning, Kaitlin Elaine Lennox

Master's Theses and Capstones

Introduction: Our brains are wired to identify patterns. This ability allowed humans to develop complex systems of language, and it is these same skills that allow infants and children to implicitly acquire the rules and structures that govern our languages. Implicit statistical learning (ISL) is thought to be responsible for the subconscious acquisition of language-related skills. ISL is increasingly being investigated as a treatment mechanism for those with acquired language disorders such as aphasia via syntactic priming. An important caveat to learning is the distinction between task mastery and true skill learning. We propose an intermediary between these two conditions: …

Progressive Growth Decline Following Beech Leaf Disease Detection In American Beech, Patrick Lemis

Master's Theses and Capstones

Beech leaf disease (BLD) is an emerging forest disease affecting American beech (Fagus grandifolia), yet its effects on tree growth remain incompletely quantified. This study used dendrochronological methods to evaluate patterns of growth decline associated with BLD across multiple sites in the northeastern United States. Basal area increment (BAI) and relative BAI (relBAI) were used to quantify growth, with relBAI standardizing beech growth to co-occurring non-beech species to account for site-level environmental variation. Mixed-effects models were used to assess growth decline as a function of time since county-level BLD detection, disease severity, and hierarchical variation among trees and sites. The …

Linking Vegetation Phenology To Dissolved Organic Matter Wet Deposition, Paola Miramontes Gonzalez

Master's Theses and Capstones

Atmospheric wet deposition delivers important inputs of organic and inorganic compounds to ecosystems, yet the drivers of dissolved organic matter variability in wet deposition remain poorly understood. Dissolved organic matter (DOM), composed of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), can make up a substantial fraction of total carbon and nitrogen delivered through wet deposition and may play a role in shaping ecosystem nutrient inputs. Although vegetation emissions have been hypothesized as drivers of DOM wet deposition due to increased concentrations of DOC and DON during the growing season, no study has directly evaluated whether metrics of vegetative …

Cfd Simulations Of A Gas Turbine Combustor For Automotive Applications Using Openfoam, Philip Mather

Master's Theses and Capstones

A 9-burner annular micro gas turbine combustor designed by Brayton Energy for use as a range extender in a hybrid vehicle is modeled in OpenFOAM (V2412). The primary goal of this work is to obtain a reliable and computationally efficient OpenFOAM model for future analysis by Brayton Energy. Two primary simplifications are considered: a single-burner model and an artificial heat addition model.

The single-burner (40°) sector utilized cyclic (periodic) boundary conditions and the inherent symmetry of the combustor to reduce the simulation domain and hence decrease simulation time. The single sector was compared against a three-burner (120°) sector to assess …

Using Remote Sensing And Field Observations To Assess The Stability Of A Restored Cobble-Bedded River, Ryan Omslaer

Master's Theses and Capstones

Flooding is one of the most dangerous natural disasters in the United States, posing serious risks to human lives, damaging infrastructure, and necessitating costly repairs. Human modifications to rivers have led to channel incision and disconnection from floodplains, increasing fluvial erosive power and driving channel instability. The incised cobble-bedded Zealand River, located in northern New Hampshire, was recently reconnected to its historic floodplain via a diversion in hopes of restoring form and function. This study combines high-resolution remote sensing data and field observations to assess the stability of the restoration during the first year after project completion. UAS-based LiDAR and …

Dipy-Acenes: A New Family Of Air-Stable, Water-Soluble Organic Semiconductors, Linda Phan

Master's Theses and Capstones

ABSTRACTDiPy-Acenes: A New Family of Air-Stable, Water-Soluble, Small Molecule Organic Semiconductors

By Linda N. Phan University of New Hampshire, July 2026 This thesis describes a new class of acene derivative called DiPy-Acenes, short for dipyridinium acenes. DiPy-Acenes are air stable, water soluble dications composed of an acene core that is covalently attached to two separate pyridinium ions. A series of DiPy-Acenes containing naphthalene, anthracene, tetracene, and pentacene cores were studied both computationally (density functional theory calculations) and experimentally. Synthesized compounds were characterized using NMR spectroscopy, high-resolution mass spectrometry, UV-visible spectroscopy, and fluorescence spectroscopy. The electron-deficient pyridinium groups reduce the HOMO …

The Pickleball Opportunity: A Case Study To Evaluate The Market Demand And Feasibility Of Opening A Private Pickleball Facility, Dene Williamson, Janet Jones

Global Sport Business Journal

This case study explores the market demand and financial feasibility of opening a privately owned, indoor pickleball facility in Warrensburg, Missouri. The central character, Mr. Dink, returns to his rural hometown with the goal of building a community-centric recreational space centered around America’s fastest-growing sport—pickleball. Students are asked to evaluate the business opportunity through comprehensive market research, financial forecasting, and risk assessment. Drawing from comparative data provided by an established facility in Florida, the case challenges students to adapt proven strategies to a smaller, lower-cost market. The case provides a platform to practice feasibility analysis, pricing strategy, break-even modeling, marketing, …

September 2026 Library & Learning Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library & Learning Dean's Office Communication Team

Library & Learning Newsletters

PDF version of the September 2026 (Volume 5, Issue 1) Library & Learning Newsletter.

A Worldwide Cross-Sectional Survey Seeks The Current Global Practice Patterns On Perioperative Management In Elective Shoulder Replacement Surgery, Maciej Simon, Farhad Moola, Jennifer Coghlan, Osvandre Lech, Carlos Ramos, Njalalle Baraza, Hadrian Platzer, Simone Gantz, Andreas Seekamp, Babak Moradi

General Surgery, East Africa

Background Perioperative management in elective shoulder arthroplasty varies widely, with no universal consensus on best practices. This study aimed to characterize current global standards of perioperative care, including pre-operative, intraoperative, and post-operative management, among orthopedic surgeons performing elective shoulder replacement surgery, with the aim of contributing to a global standard of care.

Methods A comprehensive online questionnaire was designed and anonymously distributed to orthopedic societies on each continent. Participants were cross-sectionally surveyed with the goal of identifying current global pre-operative, intraoperative, and post-operative practices in patient care and discharge management.

Results Eighteen societies from 5 continents participated in the survey. …

Castor Canadensis Summer/Fall 2026, Smith

Castor Canadensis - Jedediah Smith Society

Newsletter of the Jedediah Smith Society