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If We Don’T Lose Heart, John Peckham

Faculty Publications

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Double Trouble: A Rare Cause Of Bilateral Upper Extremity Swelling, Lauren Abbas, Sheena Mckenzie

Advocate GME

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Performance Enhancement In Rewound Industrial Retrofit Solutions For Five- And Six-Phase Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines, Kotb B. Tawfiq, Ayman M. El-Refaie, Peter Sergeant, Hatem Zeineldin, Ahmed Al-Durra, Ehab F. El-Sadaany

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

This paper investigates upgrading aging three-phase Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines (PMaSynRMs) into multiphase configurations—specifically six- and five-phase windings—without modifying the existing stator or rotor laminations. This retrofit supports circular economic principles by extending machine life and reducing material waste and cost. Four configurations are examined: the original three-phase winding, asymmetrical six-phase winding, symmetrical six-phase winding, and five-phase winding. The feasibility of rewinding existing three-phase stators is explored for different slot/pole combinations. Balanced rewound five-phase windings are feasible only when the stator's slot/pole ratio is greater than or equal to 9. Both symmetrical and asymmetrical rewound six-phase windings are …

Advances In Noninvasive Imaging For Detecting Radiation-Induced Lung Injury (Rili), Austen Nissen, Said H. Audi, Anne V. Clough, Brian Fish, Amit Joshi, Meetha Medhora, Jason Walter Sidabras, Heather A. Himburg

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

Purpose: Dr. Richard Hill performed pioneering work in the field of radiation-induced normal tissue injury to the lung including noninvasive imaging studies aimed at identifying imaging biomarkers of radiation-induced lung injury (RILI). RILI is a life-threatening toxicity of radiation exposure relevant to both cancer patients undergoing thoracic radiation therapy (RT) and victims of accidental radiation exposure. The ability to detect RILI noninvasively has the potential to guide treatment planning for RT and, in the case of victims of acute radiation exposures, inform the decision to start mitigative therapies. As part of this special issue of IJRB honoring Dr. Hill’s many …

Electron Beam Irradiation Effects On Bulk Metals And High Entropy Alloys (Crmnv And Crmntiv) And The Synthesis And Characterization Of Irradiation-Induced Damage In Polycrystalline Metal And High Entropy Alloy Thin Films, Najmin Ara Sultana

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Accelerator beam exit windows are designed to withstand intense radiation and mechanical stress while preserving beam transmission and structural integrity. This dissertation explores the structural and mechanical responses of pure metals and high-entropy alloys (HEAs), in both bulk and thin-film forms, under high-dose electron beam (e-beam) irradiation to identify optimal materials for next-generation accelerator exit windows. Monte Carlo simulations using FLUKA, conducted at Jefferson Lab, revealed that amongst Ni, Ti, Cr, and V, Ni exhibits the highest power dissipation, while Ti depicts the lowest power dissipation, with Cr and V demonstrating intermediate characteristics. Bulk polycrystalline (PC) and single-crystalline (SC) samples …

Unraveling Nonperturbative Qcd With Transverse Momentum Hadronic Structures, Tommaso Rainaldi

Physics Theses & Dissertations

The main purpose of this thesis is to investigate the theoretical foundations of the factorization theorems that involve transverse quark and gluon momentum distributions, and to better understand the interface between foundational questions and phenomenological applications. Many of these applications involve using transverse parton momentum dependent (TMD) correlation functions as tools for probing the complex nonperturbative structures of the hadrons.

We first introduce the concepts of collinear and TMD factorization in a toy-model theory and, by leveraging the comparative simplicity of such a model, we test the range of validity and limitations of the factorization approach. At the same time, …

Designing A Portable And Accessible Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy System For Real-Time Detection Of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Allison Scarbrough, Diana Moses, Tongtong Lu, Bing Yu

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

Significance: Over 80% of cervical cancer cases occur in lower-to-middle income countries (LMIC’s). This is partly because current screening techniques lack affordability, accessibility, and/or reliability for use in LMIC’s.

Aim: To develop an optical technique for cervical cancer screening that is affordable, accessible, and reliable for use in LMIC’s.

Approach: We developed a portable diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) system, which costs < $2500 USD to manufacture, and employs a Raspberry Pi to extract the absorption (μ_a) and reduced scattering (μ'_s) coefficients of biological tissue. The system was subject to travel and intentional rough handling. It was further used to capture 320 DRS spectra taken from 64 tissue-mimicking phantoms. Two …

Co-Operative Care: The Case For Worker Co-Operative Elder Care In Ireland, Gerard Doyle

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

Ireland’s population age profile is forecasted to increase over the coming decades which will have implications for the care responsibilities of families and the state. However, there is a paucity of quality elder care in Ireland. Elder care worker co-operatives could contribute to meeting this shortfall in supply. This study examines the impact of co-owned elder care provision in Ireland. A case study approach is employed with the Great Care Co-op (GCC) being the case selected. The findings emphasise that the GCC provides a quality service to its care recipients. The careworker members and family members of care recipients both …

When Money Isn't Money: The Second Circuit's Gutting Of The Discharge-For-Value Defense For Erroneous Payments, Jeanne L. Schroeder

Articles

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Search For Extremely-High-Energy Neutrinos And First Constraints On The Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic-Ray Proton Fraction With Icecube, Karen Andeen

Physics Faculty Research and Publications

We present a search for the diffuse extremely-high-energy neutrino flux using 12.6 years of IceCube data. The nonobservation of neutrinos with energies well above 10 PeV constrains the all-flavor neutrino flux at 1018  eV to a level of 𝐸2⁢Φ𝜈𝑒+𝜈𝜇+𝜈𝜏≃10−8  GeV cm−2 s−1 sr−1, the most stringent limit to date. Using these data, we constrain the proton fraction of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) above ≃30  EeV to be  ≲70% (at 90% CL) if the cosmological evolution of the sources is comparable to or stronger than the star formation rate. This is the first result to disfavor the “proton-only” hypothesis for UHECR …

The Safe Harbor For Leveraged Buyouts In Bankruptcy, David G. Carlson

Articles

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Affordability: Practitioner Definitions And Perspectives From The Field, Molly Schnoke, Kristen A. Blazek

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

What does Affordability mean when it comes to housing? The Center for Economic Development utilized housing data and stakeholder interviews to assess the county's housing needs. The study addresses challenges such as mismatched housing stock, an aging population, affordability issues, and programming difficulties.

Annual Review Of Seqra Cases And Developments, Michael B. Gerrard

Faculty Scholarship

The New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) turns 50 this year. The statute has changed only a little in the last half century, but it continues to be a font of litigation. The courts decided 43 cases under SEQRA in 2024.

Implementation of SEQRA is also raising policy issues. The legislature is considering whether to amend SEQRA to speed up affordable housing projects, and the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is drafting regulations concerning the role SEQRA should play in advancing environmental justice.

A constant theme is the tension between thoroughly studying important project impacts and involving …

A Conversation About Stare Decisis, Debra A. Livingston, John Q. Barrett

Faculty Scholarship

John Q. Barrett (“JQB”)

Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston, welcome back to St. John’s.

The Chief Judge has been a friend to us for many years. It is an honor to host someone of her talent and someone in her position: the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

We’re going to have a conversation for the first part of the program, about judging, her work, and stare decisis. But first, we need to meet you and hear a little bit about your background — where you are from — and the path that took …

Transforming The World With Reparations?, Ingrid Brunk, Monica Hakimi

Faculty Scholarship

Claims for reparations in international law commonly reflect two competing visions--one transformative, the other corrective. The transformative vision looks to reparations to end the long tail of injustices that are associated with large-scale historic harms. The corrective vision is more confined; it focuses on repairing specific, legally cognizable harms and returning the agents or entities involved as closely as possible to the status quo ante. We argue in this Essay that these two visions have distinct conceptual logics, even though they often overlap in practice, and that the transformative vision cannot carry the burdens that are placed on it.

Being And Becoming In The Algorithmic Age, Bernard E. Harcourt

Faculty Scholarship

To change the world: the prerequisite, most often, is to change our experience of the world, to experience the world differently, to be shaken to our foundations, to have one’s sense of self shattered. That is a process of both being and becoming. In order to turn that process in our favour, in this age of artificial intelligence, it will be crucial to transform data and algorithms into bits of justice.

Resolving The Class Action Paradox, Alissa Del Riego, Joseph J. Avery

Cardozo Law Review

A paradox exists at the core of class actions. They were designed to perform a valuable function, protecting and compensating individuals who would not otherwise have legal recourse, yet in practice they have effectively silenced and disenfranchised class members, leaving them unaware and uninformed of litigation commenced on their behalf, the nature of their potential claims, and the damages they may seek. In this Article, we take three significant steps toward resolving the class action paradox. First, we unpack recent scholarship that led to the introduction of “representational notice,” a mechanism that leverages advances in technology and the social sciences …

Table Of Contents - Cardozo Law Review, Volume 46, Issue 6

Cardozo Law Review

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Digital Danger For People With Visual Disabilities: Online Adhesion Contracts And The Lack Of Web Accessibility Standards, Narmina Aliyev

Cardozo Law Review

Since Title III of the American with Disabilities Act was enacted, the landscape of where people with disabilities may experience discrimination has grown even larger. With the digital world expanding rapidly, people with visual disabilities face unique dangers presented by inaccessible websites and the lack of federal web accessibility standards. While courts across the nation scatter to find balance in protecting the rights of people with disabilities without overburdening businesses, Congress’s failure to legislate web accessibility standards, and the Department of Justice’s ineffective enforcement mechanisms propel misunderstanding and confusion among those affected by this legal gap. Specifically, the growing presence …

Burying The Burden: A Sovereign’S Duty Of Investigation Post-Republic Of Turkey V. Christie’S Inc., Caitlin H. French

Cardozo Law Review

This Note explores the intersection of cultural heritage law and U.S. property law through the lens of Republic of Turkey v. Christie’s Inc., a significant case involving the contested ownership of the ancient Anatolian “Stargazer” figurine. The Note explores how longstanding doctrines of property and the equitable defense of laches interact with international legal frameworks and patrimony laws aimed at preserving cultural heritage material. The case underscores tensions between cultural nationalism and internationalism, sovereign ownership claims under foreign patrimony laws, and the protections afforded to good-faith purchasers under U.S. law. The Note identifies two key legal issues at play: (1) …

Putting Police Body-Worn Camera Footage To Work: A Civil Liberties Evaluation Of Truleo’S Ai Analytics Platform, Farhang Heydari, Max Isaacs, Katie Kinsey, Barry Friedman, Christopher Slobogin, Alissa Marque Heydari

Cardozo Law Review

This Article summarizes findings from a civil liberties evaluation of Truleo, an AI-powered analytics platform designed to automate the review of police body-worn camera (BWC) footage. It includes a summary of how Truleo’s platform works, policy choices made by the company, and our assessment of safeguards and risks of the platform from a civil liberties perspective. This Article also offers a series of recommendations for policymakers considering the adoption of Truleo or similar technologies. These include the necessity for independent testing of claimed benefits, democratic authorization for deployment, and ongoing transparency and public input around the platform’s design and operation. …

Necessary Justice: “Political” Trials And Modern Political Philosophy, Rob Howse

Cardozo Law Review

Donald Trump’s election to President of the United States for the second time in November 2024 marked the beginning of the end of a sustained effort to hold him accountable in court for conduct that many Americans viewed as criminal.[1] Trump received not only the majority of Electoral College votes but a decisive plurality of the popular vote as well.[2] At the time of the election, he had already been convicted of thirty-four felonies surrounding a complex fraud to hide the use of campaign funds for hush money to an adult film actor.[3] Prior to this conviction, the decisions of …

The Collision Course Between Outdated State Laws And Automated Vehicles, Wililam Hubbard, Colin Starger

Cardozo Law Review

America stands at the precipice of a vehicular revolution. Myriads of self-driving vehicles—often referred to as “automated vehicles” or “AVs”—are already rolling out across the nation, and innovators assert that AVs will make our roads safer, less congested, and more economically productive. However, reaching these dreams of self-driving utopias will require more than just technological progress. The uses of traditional vehicles are heavily regulated by hundreds of thousands of state laws that ensure public safety, health, and order. Will these traditional laws still make sense when AVs shift the paradigm? Despite the hype and optimism of many AV advocates, this …

The Good Lawyers Of January 6, W. Bradley Wendel

Cardozo Law Review

Much of the response by the community of legal ethics and professional responsibility scholars to the 2020 presidential election has been focused on the wrongs committed by lawyers like John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, and Kenneth Chesebro, who created the alternate elector scheme to throw the decision regarding the election to the House of Representatives. Yet there was a group of lawyers, that I will refer to as “the good lawyers of January 6,” who forcefully and unequivocally opposed this plan, refused to cooperate in its execution, advised Vice President Mike Pence that it was not legally supportable, and in some …

Ethics Accountability: The Next Era For Lawyers And Judges, Renee Knake Jefferson

Cardozo Law Review

Five decades ago, United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered remarks that sound like they were written in the early 2020s: [O]ur profession has recently suffered greatly because a score of lawyers has been convicted or indicted for felonious conduct in the performance of their official duties in the highest reaches of our national government. . . . Their alleged criminal offenses pertain to serious violations of our system of justice and to the performance of basic functions of government. The inner sanctum of the White House has been tarnished, and the end of the debacle is not …

Defending U.S. Citizenship-Based Taxation In Theory And In Practice: An Essay On Fiscal Citizenship In A Fatca World, Edward A. Zelinsky

Cardozo Law Review

For some Americans, a surprising aspect of the saga of Meghan Markle, also known as the Duchess of Sussex, was learning that, as a U.S. citizen living in the United Kingdom, the Duchess was obligated to pay U.S. income taxes on her worldwide income.[1] President Donald Trump has echoed concerns raised in this controversy about the United States’ worldwide income taxation of its citizens living abroad. In particular, during his 2024 presidential campaign, President Trump called for “ending the double taxation of overseas Americans.”[2] I found myself drawn into this debate about the United States’ citizenship-based taxation by virtue of …

Thriving Hives: Making Products With Honey - Skincare And Food Recipes, Brynn Meredith, Teresa Hunsaker, Andree' Walker Bravo

All Current Publications

While keeping bees is beneficial for many reasons, one of the most notable benefits is producing honey and wax, which have many practical uses. This fact sheet provides information on honey's properties and how to make creamed honey to control crystallization. It also provides instructions on how to make skincare and various food products using honey.

Basic Rabbit Selection And Breeding Considerations, Joseph Okoh, Jessie Hadfield

All Current Publications

This fact sheet is designed to assist rabbit producers in understanding breed selection for a profitable enterprise. It can also serve as a training tool for new producers, aiding them in breed selection and breeding practices.

Feasibility Of Applying Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens-Derived Solid State Fermentation Products Into The Hatch Cabinet Environment As A Method To Mitigate The Microbial Bloom During The Hatching Phase Authors, Mitchell C. Rowland, Lucas E. Graham, Callie Selby, Aaron J. Forga, Billy M. Hargis, Christine N. Voung, Graham Danielle

Poultry Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Formaldehyde has been used to control microbial contamination in commercial hatch cabinets. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of spray application of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens solid state fermentation products on the microbial load in the hatch cabinet, pioneer colonization of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT), and early performance compared to formaldehyde fumigation. An environmental challenge model was used to simulate the microbial bloom to compare the application of two B. amyloliquefaciens strains (MCR002, MCR009) to formaldehyde fumigation. Groups included 1) non-challenged control (NC), 2) challenged with pathogen mix (PM) containing Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, and Staphylococcus aureus …

Towards Efficient Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning: He-Friendly Structures, Flexible Pruning, He-Efficient Architectures, And Secure Transformer Token Drop, Yifei Cai

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Deep learning (DL) has become a powerful tool for solving complex problems, but developing DL models typically requires vast datasets, high computational resources, and expert knowledge—barriers that limit accessibility. Machine Learning as a Service (MLaaS) addresses this challenge by allowing resource-rich providers to deliver pre-trained DL models as services. However, privacy concerns arise: clients hesitate to share sensitive data, while providers protect their proprietary models. To address this, privacy-preserving MLaaS integrates cryptographic techniques into DL computations, as seen in frameworks like Cryptonets, SecureML, GAZELLE, CrypTFlow2, Cheetah, and BOLT. Among them, Homomorphic Encryption (HE) enables computation on encrypted data but remains …