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University of Miami Business Law Review

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University of Miami Business Law Review

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What The Cfpb Shut-Down Means For Debt-Collection, Emily Sultan

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice (ERSJ) Blog

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is a federal agency that monitors financial markets to identify new risks to consumers, evaluates consumer complaints, and addresses unfair and deceptive trade practices by financial institutions, including banks, lenders, and credit card companies.[1]  The CFPB was created to protect consumers against the risky lending practices that caused the 2008 financial crisis.[2]  The CFPB has benefitted millions of Americans by helping homeowners facing foreclosure stay in their homes, curtailing banks from charging junk fees, and returning more than $20 billion to consumers nationwide.[3]  The agency also protects consumers impacted by institutional bias by enforcing …

Dr. Kyle Sunderland Receives Ovc Outstanding Faculty Award, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Blunting The “Tools At Hand”: Recent Developments In Delaware Books-And-Records Demand Law, Daniel Meyer

University of Miami Business Law Review

In recent years, and despite their heeding the guidance of Delaware courts, stockholders’ use of the statutory books-and-records investigation mechanism under Delaware Code Title 8, Section 220 (“Section 220”) has been much maligned, with commentators blaming Section 220 actions for straining judicial resources and causing companies unnecessary costs and burdens. Moreover, Delaware’s legislature and courts have taken steps to curb stockholders’ inspection rights, blunting a crucial tool needed to develop allegations in meritorious cases so that stockholders can bring cases that survive motions to dismiss and continue into plenary discovery.

Instead of blindly accepting a narrative regarding a Section 220 …

America’S Criminal Justice System Interaction, Housing Opportunities, And Job Sustainability: Perceptions From Residents Of The Greater New Haven Area, Sarah Gaudreau

Honors Theses

This study explored the perceived relationship between criminal justice system (CJS) involvement and housing and employment outcomes among residents of the Greater New Haven area. Prior research has demonstrated that individuals with criminal records or histories of incarceration often face significant obstacles when attempting to secure stable housing or employment. Through qualitative analysis of survey responses from 47 participants, this study highlights how increased contact with the justice system is perceived to negatively impact job sustainability and housing opportunities, while limited or no contact appears to serve as a form of privilege. Using an inductive coding method, recurring themes were …

Self-Supervised Learning And Its Applications In Medical Image Analysis, Siladittya Manna

Doctoral Theses

Self-supervised learning (SSL) enables learning robust representations from unlabeled data and it consists of two stages: pretext and downstream. The representations learnt in the pretext task are transferred to the downstream task. Self-supervised learning has appli- cations in various domains, such as computer vision tasks, natural language processing, speech and audio processing, etc. In transfer learning scenarios, due to differences in the data distribution of the source and the target data, the hierarchical co-adaptation of the representations is destroyed, and hence proper fine-tuning is required to achieve satisfactory performance. With self-supervised pre-training, it is possible to learn repre- sentations aligned …

Joint Senate Meeting Minutes 4-29-25, Unk Student Government

Joint Senate Meeting Minutes

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Kazembe Balagun Part 2, Mark Naison

Oral Histories

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Interviewer: Mark Naison, Ryan Purcell, Shellae Versey

Interviewee: Kazambe Balagun

In this second part of an interview with Kazembe Balagun, he discusses Co-Op City’s neighborly qualities in depth, specifically in regards to the community it fosters for all ages. Kazambe’s knowledge is direct evidence that defies the stigmatized viewpoints and negative stereotypes on public housing. This viewpoint is transcended through Balagun’s passionate dialogue on the importance of children and the development of the youth in Co-Op City, his engagement with community-based activities, as well as his extensive knowledge on local politics. As Balagun stresses the importance of political involvement …

Brief Of Civil Procedure Professors Suzette Malveaux, Alan Trammell, Alexi Pfeffer-Gillett, And Doug Rendleman As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondents: Trump V. Casa, Trump V. Washington & Trump V. New Jersey, Suzette M. Malveaux, Alan Trammell, Alexi Pfeffer-Gillett, Doug Rendleman

Scholarly Articles

Nationwide injunctions are constitutional. Their core feature—courts’ power to render decisions that directly benefit nonparties—is consistent with traditional equitable practices. Accordingly, the Article III “judicial power” comprehends such remedies. Nationwide injunctions also comport with Article III’s case-or-controversy requirement, including constitutional standing.

Broad remedies are sometimes necessary, especially when government actors willfully disregard people’s rights, and the usual tools of aggregate litigation (such as class actions) are not practically available to vindicate those rights. Moreover, courts can readily navigate prudential concerns about nationwide injunctions, from fears of judge shopping to prematurely freezing the law. Courts remain attuned to these concerns, and …

If You Can’T Beat Hemp, Join Hemp: A Policy Argument For A Federal Regulatory Framework Encompassing Intoxicating Hemp Derivatives And Marijuana And Why Re-Scheduling Marijuana Isn’T The Answer, Frances Alaina Rodriguez

University of Miami Business Law Review

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) legalized industrial hemp and its downstream uses by removing hemp from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Its enactment led to the explosion of a multi-billion dollar intoxicating hemp derivatives (IHD) market. This boom, combined with growing state–level marijuana legalization, presents a unique opportunity for comprehensive federal cannabis reform.

This Note argues that the traditional pathways for marijuana legalization—rescheduling through the Controlled Substances Act or state-by-state legislation—are inadequate given the emergence of a federally legal but largely unregulated IHD industry. Instead, this Note proposes a unified federal …

Like Oil And Water: How The Guyana-Venezuela Border Dispute Impacts Foreign Oil Investors, Aisha Jehaludi

University of Miami Business Law Review

Guyana, a hidden gem located on the northern coast of South America, is an emergent nation primarily known as the land of many waters. However, in 2015, this hidden gem captured international attention when the country struck liquid gold: oil. The discovery put Guyana on the map as an attractive foreign investment opportunity, and over the last ten years, Guyana has gone from being one of the poorest nations in South America to the nation with the world’s fastest growing economy.

This economic boom, fueled by foreign oil companies, also caught the attention of Guyana’s neighboring country, Venezuela. On December …

Steering Minutes 04/29/2025, Steering Committee

Steering Committee

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New Tricks? Understanding The Role Of Education, Incarceration, And Reentry On The Older Correctional Population, Angela S. Murolo Phd, Lena Campagna Phd

Journal of Prison Education Research

Abstract

Education in prison provides an opportunity for personal growth and increased professional opportunities upon release. As older people leave prison and return to communities, the need for education serves multiple functions including successful reentry and healthy aging. The aim of this research was to explore the current literature relevant to older people during incarceration and upon release. The authors conducted a systematic literature review on 15 years of research between 2008- 2023 to understand how education in prison impacts older people while incarcerated and upon release. Articles published prior to 2008 were excluded from this study. Twenty-seven articles were …

Undergraduate Research Opportunities In The College Of Business And What They Look Like, Matthew Tangorra

Honors Capstones

This study is related to the undergraduate research opportunities that exist within the NIU College of Business and how they relate to the concept of knowledge creation and other opportunities outside of this college. Many departments exist within the College of Business and as such each one possibly has a different view on undergraduate research and what it looks like.

A Scholar At The Round Table: The Academic Influence Of Professor Raluca L. Radulescu, Brenda L. Schurrer

Honors Capstones

This research biography explores the academic contributions of Professor Raluca L. Radulescu, a leading scholar in medieval and Arthurian literature. The project examines her role in connecting traditional and contemporary literary analysis, focusing on her scholarship's influence on political, gender, and manuscript studies. Using a literary-historical methodology, I analyzed Radulescu’s major works, including The Gentry Context for Malory’s Morte Darthur and her chapter in The Routledge Companion to Medieval English Literature, supplemented by secondary sources such as reviews and dissertations citing her research. The study emphasizes her interdisciplinary approach and her impact on reinterpreting medieval texts for modern audiences. Findings …

Core Grade 2: Choosing The Target Of Certainty Rating And Assessing Imprecision, Gordon Guyatt, Linan Zeng, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Manya Prasad, Hans De Beer, M. Hassan Murad, Alfonso Iorio, Arnav Agarwal, Liang Yao, Thomas Agoritsas, Jamie Rylance, Reem A. Mustafa, Per Olav Vandvik, Prashanti Eachempati, Chunjuan Zhai, Lingli Zhang, Victor M. Montori, Monica Hultcrantz

Peninsula Dental School

This second article in a seven part series presents the Core GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach to deciding on the target of the certainty rating, and decisions about rating down certainty of evidence due to imprecision. Core GRADE users assess if the true underlying treatment effect is important or not in relation to the minimal important difference (MID) or, alternatively, if a true underlying treatment effect exists. The location of the point estimate of effect in relation to the chosen threshold determines the target. For instance, using the MID thresholds, a point estimate greater than the …

Eye Dissection Video Guide: An Innovative Approach To Anatomy Education Of The Orbit, Eye, And Intraocular Lens, Jack Dryden, Malli Barremkala

Posters

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Prevalence Of Eating Disorder Risk Among Medical Students In A United States Medical School, Jessica Cummings, Madison Mcclune

Posters

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Nbme Synthesis Exam Study, Riya Chhabra, Shivapriya Chandu, Lindsay Gallagher, David Thomas

Posters

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Bridging The Gap: Overcoming Medical Arabic Language Challenges In The Healthcare Setting, Deena Sukhon, Maya Jaradi, Abdullah Jalal, Marwa Saad, Joud Obri, Wesam Almasri, Matthew Helou, Mazen Zamzam, Inaya Hajj Hussein

Posters

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One Pulse At A Time: Exploring Spinal Cord Stimulator Anatomy To Enhance M1 Medical Education, Matthew Tufts, Sruthi Shriram, Arush Rao, Ariel Banks, Ragad Almsaddi, Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Varna Taranikanti

Posters

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Innovating Team Dynamics: Implementation Of Bespoke Team Charters Within Medical Student Dissection Teams, Emily Tenniswood, Stefanie Attardi

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Overview Of The Ouwb Rise (Reframing Inclusion Through Scholarship & Equity) Program, Tracey A. H. Taylor, Vonda Douglas-Nikitin, Brian Felice, Daniel Menkes, Aqsa Nasir, Michelle Rau, Payal Shah, David Stewart, Rennard Tucker, Ann Voorheis-Sargent, Tonya C. Bailey

Posters

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Analysis And Monitoring Of A Robotics Curriculum: Are Simnow Modules Valuable?, Jacob Applegarth, Ibrahim Baida, Anthony Iacco, Ngan Nguyen, Nathan Novotny

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Trends In Annual Reported Laser Strikes Per Aircraft Operations In The United States From 2010-2024​, Charles J. Prenaveau, Aidan B. Chen, Brooke Wheeler

Aeronautics Student Publications

Laser strikes targeting aircraft have increased in the United States from 2010 to 2024, even when adjusted for the number of aircraft operations. This trend poses a growing threat to aviation safety.

Lovejoy: Imagination And Community, Julia D'Amico

Theses

Lovejoy is a photographic portrait of memory, imagination and the future of a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York. For nearly a century, my great-grandparents, grandfather, uncles and cousins lived in the house on Goethe Street in Lovejoy. It was once a vibrant working-class community of immigrants from a few towns in Central and Southern Italy. In 2020, I moved back to Buffalo, regularly visiting my elderly relative who still lived there. She died later that same year. Photography, which has long been a form of self-expression for me, was the medium I had at hand when we started to clean …

Embracing Unpredictability, Stella Huang

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This paper explores the theory and practice of combining unpredictability in life with reverse thinking in modern jewelry design. Traditional jewelry design is often based on fixed aesthetics and strict craftsmanship. This study uses three concepts of jewelry design and clothing wear that break the conventions - a silver mask worn on the face, a skirt worn above the head and not touching the human body, and jewelry made of gallium that melts at human body temperature - as cases to analyze how to express the artistic concepts of "change" and "breaking boundaries" by breaking traditional rules and using material …

The Cutting Edge: A Virtual Reality Simulation For Surgeons To Learn And Understand Carpal Tunnel Surgery, Chenhao Angel Yang

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As virtual reality (VR) technology becomes increasingly popular, its applications in healthcare have gained significant traction. Many current VR training tools for surgeons lack aesthetic and functional depth; they lack an understanding of the tools needed in the operating room and have limited user experience design and interactivity. In addition, there is an opportunity for specialization with immersive training models tailored to specific procedures like carpal tunnel surgery, making it difficult for surgeons to visualize complex techniques before practicing on real patients in a realistic and guided environment. This project investigates the intersection of VR experiences and their potential to …

Lsab Minutes April 29, 2025, Shawna Battle, Maryke H. Barber

WRL: Library Student Advisory Board Minutes

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