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Concerning The Determination Of Health Benefits Coverage For Mental Health Services, Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Concerning The Inclusion Of Nuclear Energy As A Source Of Clean Energy, Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

“Hope Is The Only Thing We Have”: Same-Sex Marriage In Hindu Traditions And The Modern Indian Legal System, Ruth Vanita

Global Humanities and Religions Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Bringing Culinary Medicine Teaching Principles To Children In The New Haven Community: An Interventional Pilot Study, Rachel Lutz

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Culinary medicine is a growing field dedicated to combining culinary skills and evidenced-based practices to promote health. While it has proven to be efficacious in improving biometrics for chronic diseases in adults, potential remains for its application in pediatric populations. This pilot study creates and evaluates a one-time community-based culinary medicine intervention for a mixed-age pediatric group. The intervention included a didactic lecture and five interactive stations for 20 research participants and 22 non-research participants at a community site. The intervention was evaluated for knowledge, attitudinal, and behavioral impact using pre-post surveys. Given the importance of food access in the …

Chimerism Testing In Myeloid Malignancies: Practical Guidance And Clinical Correlates, Christian Puzo

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Relapse is the primary cause of mortality for patients with myeloid malignancies post-allogeneic stem cell transplant (aSCT). As early intervention for those deemed high risk for relapse may improve outcomes, identification of residual malignant cell burden is of critical importance. Chimerism testing, the use of DNA sequencing technology to determine the relative percentage of donor to recipient hematopoietic cells post-aSCT, offers a practical metric to monitor for residual leukemic cell burden. The precise value of donor chimerism is influenced by many procedural and contextual factors, and multiple strategies, including the analysis of specific hematopoietic cell subsets, termed lineage-specific chimerism (LSC), …

Common Data Set 2024-2025, Clemson University

Common Data Sets

No abstract provided.

Concerning The Enforcement Of Wage And Hour Laws, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Understanding And Assessing Conduct Disorder: A Literature Review, Garrett Holman

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

In this literature review, the current understanding and assessment of conduct disorder will be examined with the intention of finding areas in need of future research. The importance of how conduct disorder develops with individuals, the comorbidities associated with the disorder, and the ways in which conduct disorder is assessed will be the focal point for this review. In particular, this review explores how the development of conduct disorder is connected with the long-term outcomes and the ways in which the interaction of co-occurring disorders can impact the course of this condition. Existing research on conduct disorder has gaps that …

The Performance Of Artificial Intelligence In Lesson Plans, Meghan Mezzacapo

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

As a future teacher, I have recently observed the rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education. Many of the classes in my teacher education program have encouraged me to use AI as a tool for creating lesson plans. In schools, I have noticed an increased expectation from administrators that teachers use AI in the classroom. After experimenting with various Artificial Intelligence generators, I became interested in whether these tools could create a better lesson plan than myself. Determining AI’s capability may benefit teachers by allowing them to spend less time on creating lesson plans and more time on other …

Ideas For Papers Or Term Papers On John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy Of Dunces, The Occasional Series, Final Version, H. Vernon Leighton

Library Faculty Works

This document lists thirty-three ideas that the reader might use for the basis of a literary study of the novel A Confederacy of Dunces, or its author, John Kennedy Toole. Some ideas, such as the first few, are minor and might warrant a five-page undergraduate paper. Others, such as the final one, might warrant a peer-review article or a graduate thesis. These ideas were originally posted between 2010 and 2025 on the John Kennedy Toole Research blog by H. Vernon Leighton.

A Conversation With Philip P. Arnold On The Urgency Of Indigenous Values, Philip P. Arnold

Religion - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Community-School Partnerships In Action: Exploring Student Needs, Outcomes, And Perceptions In A Communities-In-Schools Program In North Texas, Teresa Vega Uriostegui

Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations - Archive

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which elementary students’ characteristics and educational backgrounds were associated with their identified need of academic, behavioral, and social service supports, and how these factors were associated to students’ end-of-year outcomes, as in improvement related to the support services they received. In addition, the study aimed to explore students’ perceptions of their satisfaction with and experiences of the integrated support services provided through the CIS program. This study, conducted in three Title 1 public elementary schools in suburban North Texas, included 306 students in grades PreK through 5^th. …

Characterization Of The Slc7a5/Slc3a2 Amino Acid Transporter In Human Pleural Mesothelial Cells, Ann Francis

Biotechnology Theses

The SLC7A5/SLC3A2 amino acid transporter moves essential amino acids, such as leucine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan, across the cellular plasma membrane. SLC7A5 overexpression was identified in diverse cancers, suggesting a role in tumorigenesis and cancer cell proliferation. However, the role of SLC7A5/SLC3A2 in other aggressive cellular phenotypes, including mesothelial mesenchymal transition (MesoMT), remains unexplored. RNA sequencing analyses identified SLC7A5 as one of three highly upregulated SLCs in mesothelial cell derived myofibroblasts. This sodium independent transporter exhibits a high affinity for branched chain amino acids such as leucine; however, what role, if any, this channel plays in MesoMT is unclear. SLC7A5 knockdown …

The Use Of Therapeutic Communication To De-Escalate Aggression And Violence In Clients Living In A Homeless Shelter, Tionna S. Felder

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Individuals working at homeless shelters have the daunting task of managing violent/aggressive behaviors with the population they serve. This project focused on educating homeless shelter staff on the use of therapeutic communication to decrease the escalation of aggression and violence when caring for their guests. The DNP Project Leader taught 23 homeless shelter staff members, and the project included three 2-hour educational sessions. The first class focused on understanding what regions in the brain are responsible for aggressive, violent, and emotional behaviors; the second class focused on what the literature says about aggressive behavior in homelessness; and the last class …

Development And Application Of New Method And Platform For Correlated Oxides, Zheting Jin

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Strongly correlated oxides, including high-temperature superconductors such as cuprates and nickelates, exhibit complex quantum phenomena that can challenge conventional electronic structure theories. This thesis develops and applies advanced computational methods to study these systems, aiming to provide a comprehensive first-principles description of their structural, spin, and electronic properties. First, a novel cluster slave-particle method is introduced to improve the treatment of electron correlations in extended Hubbard models, capturing strong correlation effects with high computational efficiency and benchmarking well against established many-body techniques. This method is then combined with density functional theory calculations and applied to cuprates, where we demonstrate how …

Asian Pacific Investments In Latin America: A Corporate And Tax Perspective, Nicolás Muñiz

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Imagining The World 2024, Seattle University

Imagining the World Photographic Competition

No abstract provided.

Activist Directors: The Evolution Of Hedge Fund Activism In The S&P 500, Anna Christie

Connecticut Law Review

The prevailing rhetoric associated with hedge fund activism is almost universally negative. This Article provides new evidence of activist hedge fund behavior that contradicts this dominant narrative. The principal argument of the Article is that the conventional picture of hedge fund activism requires updating to account for the phenomenon of activist board representation.

This Article makes two general contributions to academic and policy debates on hedge fund activism. First, it analyzes original, hand-collected data on all activist hedge fund campaigns at S&P 500 companies from 2010 to 2019. Currently, there is continued reliance on empirical studies of hedge fund activism …

Connecticut Law Review Cover 57-2

Connecticut Law Review

No abstract provided.

On “Self” Care, Suzanne A. Kim

Connecticut Law Review

The dominant answer to popular calls for self care in everyday discourse is a thriving eleven billion dollar industry. The self care economy encompasses workplace wellness programs, consumer goods and services, and entrepreneurship. This infrastructure revolves around commercial consumers and providers and advances through conceptions of health and well-being centered on individuals.

Despite their prevalence, the concept and provision of self care have gone underexamined in legal critiques of societal underinvestment in care. This Article fills this gap by exploring the social construction of the dominant contemporary conception of self care in the United States, one that continues to be …

Un-Fathering The Constitution, Lorianne Updike Toler

Connecticut Law Review

Constitutional law turns on Madison’s vision. This because Madison is universally acclaimed by the Supreme Court and legal academe as the Constitution’s father. However, Madison’s constitutional parentage sounds more in lore than logic.

A careful review of recent historiography, Madison’s own writings, and new analytics tools available on the Quill Project reveal Madison as much less important to the Constitution than previously thought. He did not bring about the Convention, did not write the Virginia Plan, and was not that influential at the Constitutional Convention. Immediately after the Convention, Madison considered himself and the Constitution a failure, and disclaimed any …

Scènes À Faire: Cliché As Legislative Fact, Sarah Louise Bishop

Connecticut Law Review

In the last ten years, federal courts have quietly begun to apply copyright’s scènes à faire doctrine to dismiss infringement claims before party discovery has occurred. This move theoretically should not be possible, because applying the doctrine requires evidence of the conventions and tropes of the artistic genres at issue—something unlikely to be reflected in the parties’ pleadings.

This Article identifies this trend and explores the workarounds district courts use to achieve these dismissals without a factual record before them. The most common methods courts use are inconsistent with both the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence and risk …

Front Matter Connecticut Law Review Volume 57 Issue 2

Connecticut Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Restorative Justice Alternative For Trafficking Survivors: The Need For A Collaborative Approach In Establishing A Pilot Program Addressing Survivor-Articulated Needs, Stephanie Richard, Suzanne S. La Pierre

Connecticut Law Review

Human trafficking survivors not only suffer physical and psychological harm during the commission of the crimes against them, but also are often further harmed through forced involvement in the criminal justice system. With the current focus on apprehending and punishing perpetrators as the primary tool promoted in the United States to prevent trafficking, survivors forced to be witnesses against their perpetrators lose their self-determination in ways replicating the abusive patterns of their traffickers. To aid investigation and prosecution of traffickers, they are required to provide testimony reliving their experiences. Forced testimony is also often the only option available for avoiding …

The Influences Of Redox-Active Ligands On Nitrogen Reduction Catalysts, Alexander S. Hegg

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

This thesis describes the synthesis, characterization, and reactivity towards N2 reduction of a number of group 6 and 7 transition metal complexes bearing redox-active ligands. Chapter 1 introduces the field of nitrogen fixation, the role of transition metal catalysts in mediating nitrogen reduction, and some of the challenges that potential catalysts must overcome. Chapter 2 describes a number of molybdenum porphyrin complexes that were viable catalysts for N2 reduction with samarium diiodide and alcohol. The reduction of the ligand facilitates chemical transformations at the metal with strong acids and leads to NH3 formation. Chapter 3 describes the effects of exchanging …

The Shaping Of Religion Through Empire In Modern Korea, 1876-1948, John Grisafi

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

This dissertation covers the roles of multiple empires in the discursive formation of religion in modern Korea, with emphasis on the period from 1876 through 1948. I argue that although semi-analogous terms and ideas to “religion” existed in Korea prior, the coinage of the modern Korena term for religion, chonggyo (종교, 宗敎) in 1883 and its subsequent discursive development were heavily shaped by imperialism, colonialism, and modern globalization. The pressures and influences of empires triggered a coalescence of Korean concepts of religion and related ideas. But the involvement of multiple empires as well as Korean interests, and the beliefs and …

Addressing Physical Inactivity In Cabarrus County, Amy S. Hicks

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Background: 21% of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, residents report complete physical inactivity during their leisure time, contributing to various health problems affecting 29% to 33% of Cabarrus County residents aged 40 to 84.

Purpose: The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was to implement and evaluate a 3-week community walking challenge (Trim Before the Turkey Walking Challenge) to increase physical activity and social connectedness among Cabarrus County residents aged 50 and older.

Methods: A pre- and post-program survey design was used to evaluate participant-reported physical activity levels and sense of social engagement. Participants were recruited through the …

Epidermal Stem Cells Control Periderm Mechanics And Injury Repair Via Matrix-Driven Specialization Of Intercellular Junctions, Mengze He

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Epidermal stem cells interact with the extracellular matrix (ECM) to regulate their differentiation and maintain skin architecture. Yet, it remains unclear whether these interactions extend beyond cell fate determination to influence broader skin functions. Here, we demonstrate that the protective, mechanically shielding properties of the periderm -the superficial epidermal cells (SECs) of the embryonic bilayered skin - are orchestrated by interactions between the underlying undifferentiated basal epidermal stem cells (BECs) and the ECM. Using the developing zebrafish fin fold, we identify that BECs form distinct collagen- versus laminin- enriched basement membranes, enabling the SECs above the BEC-laminin areas to close …

Engaging Ethics In Technology And Artificial Intelligence, Elizabeth Edenberg

Open Educational Resources

This project seeks to help students apply philosophical questions about the ethics of technology and artificial intelligence to contemporary debates about AI’s impact on society and students’ own lives. It includes a set of in-class active learning exercises and reflection assignments, along with instructions for moderating class discussion of these topics. This is designed to pair with three units in a course on the ethics of technology: privacy, consent, and algorithmic fairness. Each exercise aims to help students connect the philosophical theories studied in class to their own lived experiences with technology.

Structural Studies Of Cellular Prion Protein And Amyloid-B Oligomers, Lauren Klein

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with significant societal impacts. AD is the only top ten leading cause of death that cannot be prevented, cured, slowed, or even diagnosed before symptoms are present. AD, similar to other neurodegenerative diseases, has been linked to protein aggregation as the key factor in the disease pathology. However, the mechanism by which AD proliferates is poorly understood. Recent advancements in techniques and methods in structural biology, including nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron microscopy (EM), have opened a new era of studies into protein aggregates implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, including AD. Therefore, this …