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A Comparative Study Of State-Level Fast Programs To Identify Best Practices For Kentucky, Alana Morgan

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

This capstone project examines best practices among state-level innovation programs participating in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program, with a specific focus on the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation (KSEF). As a key player in Kentucky’s innovation ecosystem, KSEF supports small businesses and entrepreneurs in pursuing federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding. This study evaluates KSEF’s current program effectiveness and identifies strategies from similar states that could strengthen Kentucky’s outcomes in securing federal innovation funding.

Using a qualitative comparative research design, this study analyzes interviews with program …

The Impact Of Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Expansion On Insurance Coverage In California, Akuoma Nwannunu

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

This study examines the impact of California’s 12-month Medicaid postpartum expansion on insurance coverage outcomes among recent mothers using pooled data from the American Community Survey (ACS) microdata from 2018-2019 and 2022-2023. A quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design compared postpartum mothers with non-postpartum mothers to assess whether the policy altered Medicaid enrollment, private coverage, or uninsurance in the first two years after implementation. Findings show that Medicaid coverage increased slightly and uninsurance declined modestly among postpartum mothers, while private coverage remained stable. Across all three outcomes, however, the DID estimates were small and statistically insignificant, which indicates early but limited measurable effects. …

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Authoring While Dead, Mark A. Lemley, Oliver W. Holmes Jr.

Georgia Law Review

Bob Marley died in 1981. But he wrote a song in 2017 with The Killers. At least, that’s what the song credits say. Why? Because The Killers’ song included the two words “redemption song,” the title of a classic Bob Marley hit. Rather than fight, The Killers agreed to add Marley as a co-author.

There is an increasing trend in the music industry toward resolving disputes over music copyright by granting co-authorship (or “interpolation”) credit to the claimant, no matter how weak the claim (as in Marley’s case), and even if they are dead (as in Marley’s case again). Bob …

Processes That Produce Racial Disparities In California Death Sentences: A Review Of The Literature, Grosso, Catherine M., Laurence, Michael, Fagan, Jeffrey

Santa Clara Law Review

A robust and extensive body of empirical research, and a rich historical record, documents a recurring and pervasive influence of race in the application of California’s death penalty. This article reviews the legal and social science research to document multiple paths through which institutions and processes produce these racial disparities over many decisions in many cases across four decades. The article reviews relevant literature by decision, institution, or actor and presents key findings. This includes documenting the history of the broad statutory design of the California capital punishment statue. The review also considers research on policing, including the influence of …

Collaborative Efforts To Combat Racism: Academics And Criminal Defense Lawyers In The Pursuit Of Racial Justice In California, Alvarez, Karina, Cameron-Wedding, Dr. Rita

Santa Clara Law Review

Lawyers and academics frequently cooperate to shape public policy and outcomes in specific cases, including in the area of racial justice. However, too frequently, lawyers and academics operate in silos—working towards the same goal of racial justice, but in different arenas. Lawyers are bound to their clients, foremost, and to advocacy before the court—often so much so that they might lose sight of broader challenges, achievements, and theories in racial justice. By contrast, academics spend their lives in the abstract, leaving them at risk of losing sight of the on-the-ground impact of their expert theoretical advances. This article aims to …

Conservative Family Values As Constitutional Law: Private Regulation And The Erosion Of Fundamental Rights, Spera, Clara, Fleming, Katherine

Santa Clara Law Review

This Article examines a paradox in contemporary constitutional law: While constitutional rights traditionally protect minorities against majority preferences, the Supreme Court has increasingly enabled certain private actors to override others’ constitutionally protected family formation choices through what this Article calls “private regulation.” The Court’s decisions allow individual private actors to impose traditional religious and moral views on others who do not share those beliefs, while simultaneously embedding those very views in constitutional jurisprudence. This dual approach creates a troubling inversion. Instead of constitutional rights serving their traditional function of protecting minorities from majority overreach, they are being used to empower …

Esg In Space: Creating An Effective Space Governance System By Using Terrestrial Esg Principles To Properly Regulate Private Space Actors, Hu, Phillip S.

Santa Clara Law Review

As the privatization of space accelerates, concerns arise about the potential for unregulated exploitation of celestial resources by private companies. From setting up extraterrestrial colonies to exploiting asteroids, private space companies have long aimed to tap into the riches of the cosmos. Our current legal framework is not prepared for the huge influx of new private space actors, all while new regulation has trailed the fast-paced space industry and its advances. For an effective space governance system to be created, a new regulatory framework that helps regulate private space actors must be created.

This Note argues for the application of …

“That Class Changed My Life”: Using Transformative Learning Theory To Teach Leadership, Mitchell, Jane

Santa Clara Law Review

Since the country’s founding, the legal profession has served as a springboard for some of society’s greatest leaders. But by and large, lawyers were not trained to lead—until recently. Over the last fifteen years, law schools have become increasingly intentional about leadership development. Leadership programs in law schools have proliferated, as has a growing body of scholarship on lawyer leadership.

Surprisingly, the literature on lawyer-leader development has neglected adult learning theories. This Article addresses that gap and grounds the teaching of leadership in a well-established theoretical tradition. It presents the results of a design-based research study that applies Mezirow’s transformative …

Sex Differences In Inter-Temporal Decision Making And Cortical Thickness Of The Orbitofrontal And Insula In Young Adult Cannabis Users: Evidence From 1111 Subjects, Alan N. Francis, Joan A. Camprodon, Francesca Filbey

School of Medicine Publications

To test for sex differences in the impact of cannabis use on decision-making and brain correlates, we employed cortical thickness (CT) analysis of brain regions involved in intertemporal decision-making namely bilateral orbitofrontal cortex(OFC) and insula in young adult nondependent cannabis-users(CU) and non-users(NU) and their scores on delay discounting task. Neuroimaging analyzes of previously collected data were performed on 608CU and 503NU. CT analysis was performed on MRI images. OFC and insula thickness, scores on the delay discounting test were compared between groups and correlated. Controlling alcohol-use and intra-cranial-volume, CU exhibited sex differences in CT. The bilateral insula was significantly thinner …

The Impact Of Direct Emergency Policies Of Corona Pandemic On The Education Process Affecting Economic Labor Productivity, Shimaa Mohammed Hamdy Derbala, Usama Helmy Mohmmed

Mansoura Engineering Journal

This research examines the impacts of immediate emergency policies of the Corona Virus pandemic on the education process at Minya University; Egypt; along with impacts on economic labor productivity. It hypothesizes that academic performance of graduates during the pandemic declined, including impacts on employment, quality of labor, and economic productivity.The research reviews experiences of Malaysia, KSA, Kuwait, and Egypt in managing the education process during the pandemic. Two questionnaires were used, to analyze students’ satisfaction with the experience of distant teaching/learning, and to analyze workers’ satisfaction with the efficiency of economic labor productivity during the pandemic. SPSS Non …

The Impact Of 'Decent Life' Initiative On Sustainable Urban Development: Abu Galal Village In Egypt As A Case Study, Sally Hassan Abd-Elazim, Sherif Ahmed Sheta, Medhat Ahmed Shaban

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The “Decent Life” Initiative aims to enhance living conditions and support sustainable urban development in Abu Jalal village, Sherbin city, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. The research aims to assess the effectiveness of the 'Decent Life' initiative in promoting sustainable urban development in Egyptian villages, focusing on improving its mechanisms for future use and maximizing benefits in other villages facing similar challenges.. The research employs various methods, including surveys and questionnaires targeting local residents, evaluation based on SDG 11, and GIS software for spatial analysis. Research identifies key areas of improvement across housing, healthcare, transport, education, infrastructure, job opportunities, disaster resilience, waste …

Computer Aided Detection System For Liver Cancer Using Computed Tomography Images Based On Artificial Intelligence, Noha Saad Badrawy, Hanan M. Amer, Apeer T. Khalil

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The prevalence of liver cancer has surged in Egypt and worldwide, leading to increased use of AI for tumor detection and diagnosis. The objective is to boost accuracy and minimize errors in manually classifying liver images, a task that is laborious and time-consuming. This study seeks to create a high-performance system for detecting liver tumors in Computed Tomography "CT" scans, utilizing Convolutional Neural Networks "CNNs" and machine learning, which are prevalent in biomedical imaging. With a dataset of 9,255 CT images, the research involves three steps. First, three deep learning models are compared: that Liver Tuned High-Resolution Network (LTHR-Net), Deep …

Lstm-Based Model For Intrusion Detection In Sdn-Iot Networks, Randa Srour Ali, Eman Abdelhalim, Hala B. Nafea, Ahmad Hassan

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Ensuring security in Software-Defined Networking (SDN)-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) environments is a critical challenge due to the increasing complexity of cyber threats. This study proposes an intrusion detection system based on Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks to enhance security in SDN-IoT networks. The research methodology involves data preprocessing, feature selection, and model training using the SDN-IoT dataset. Data preprocessing includes handling missing values and applying various encoding (label, one-hot, frequency, binary) and normalization (minmax, log, robust, z-scaling) techniques to optimize feature representation. Feature selection, conducted using Random Forest and correlation matrix analysis, reduces the feature set from 33 to …

Improving Load Capacity Of Steel Beams With Corrugated Webs Using Stiffening Plates, Aya Fouda, Mohamed Dabaon, Saad Eldeen Mostafa Abdrabou, Mohamed Ghannam

Mansoura Engineering Journal

In the last decades, Steel Beams with Corrugated Webs (SBCWs), especially those with trapezoidal profiles, are extensively employed in structural applications owing to their superior strength-to-weight ratio and improved structural stability under various loading conditions. While the behavior of SBCWs has been widely investigated, comparatively fewer studies have explored approaches aimed at improving their structural performance through strengthening techniques. This study presents numerical investigation into the capacity enhancement of SBCWs through the application of horizontal stiffeners and reinforcing plates. The numerical results were validated against existing experimental and computational data from previous research. The finite element method was employed to …

A Monte Carlo-Based Framework For Two-Stage Stochastic Programming: Application To Bond Portfolio Optimization, Hissah Albaqami, Mehdi Mrad, Anis Gharbi, Munevver Mine Subasi

Mathematics and System Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper presents a Monte Carlo simulation-based approach for solving stochastic two-stage bond portfolio optimization problems. The main objective is to optimize the cost of the bond portfolio while making decisions on bond purchases, holdings, and sales under random market conditions such as interest rate fluctuations and liabilities. The proposed algorithm identifies the number of randomly generated scenarios required to convert the stochastic problem into a deterministic one, subsequently solving it as a Mixed-Integer Linear Program. The practical relevance of this research is shown through an application of the proposed method to a real-world bond market. The results indicate that …

Experimental Investigations For The Influence Of Pile Group Positions On Local Scour Geometry, Osama Nagah, El-Masry A. A, Reda Diab

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The sustainable development of coastal infrastructures such as docks and marine piers as well as riverine structures such as bridges, is critical to strengthening the global economy and developing international trade relationships. As a result, it is critical to provide vital insights into the hydraulic and geomorphological implications of any changes to infrastructures, enhancing our comprehension of sustainable practices in the marine and riverine environments. So, this experimental study delves into the intricate dynamics of scour hole morphology caused by integrating additional new pile group alongside before or behind an existing one, focusing on local scour deformations induced through extending …

“I Know More About What We Can’T Do Than What We Can”: Division I Women’S Sports Athletes’ Perceptions Of Name, Image, And Likeness, Jalyn Jimerson, Courtney Jones, Quinn Lukens, Marina Miller, Sarah Stokowski, Michael Godfrey, Trevor Bopp, Chris Corr

The COSMA Journal

This study investigated women’s sport athletes’ perceptions of their ability to profit off name, image, and likeness (NIL) as current participants in collegiate athletics. Researchers conducted comprehensive semi-structured interviews with eight women’s sport athletes representing four NCAA Division I member institutions. Participants explained how institutionally organized programmatic educational initiatives primarily codified impermissible forms of NIL compensation while often omitting information about permissible NIL opportunities. Furthermore, participants considered themselves minimally involved in the NIL space, feeling on the low to average side of NIL engagement compared to their athlete-peers competing in men’s sports. The findings of this study are informative for …

Student Speed Dating As A Catalyst For Creative Idea Generation In Sport Management Programs, Logan Schuetz Ph.D., Yo Han Lee Ph.D., Tyler J. Hajek, Brandy Runyan

The COSMA Journal

This article presents a novel approach to addressing the challenges of idea generation among students in higher education, particularly in the field of sport management. Based on research into student engagement and creativity, the authors suggest incorporating speed dating techniques into both in-person and online classes. Speed dating sessions, conducted in breakout rooms via platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, offer students multiple opportunities to engage in brief, structured interactions, thereby enhancing their presentation skills, idea generation, and perspectives through structured, rapid interactions. Additionally, this method encourages greater collaboration and active participation, improving the overall learning environment. This strategy not …

The Reclassification Of Sport Management, Robyn Lubisco, Kerry Fischer, Genevieve F.E. Birren, Kathleen Burke

The COSMA Journal

Institutions of higher education use Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes to categorize and track academic programs. Developed by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), CIP codes are used for various purposes, including data collection, analysis, and reporting (NCES, 2010). Academic administrators can use CIP data to initiate or revise academic curriculum, develop market research for new programs, and reallocate programs. Institutions can establish benchmarks in the form of teaching, research, qualifications, and funding (Knudson, 2016). A survey distributed in November 2022 to members of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) revealed less than one percent of …

A Framework For Mixed Reality Within Healthcare Education, Benyamin Ebadinia

Theses

Understanding complex three-dimensional systems and spatial relationships is a recurring difficulty in healthcare education, where students are often expected to reason about internal structures and multi-system processes from 2D diagrams, textbook figures, and static mannequins. This thesis presents the design, implementation, and mixed-methods evaluation of Systems Simulation, a reusable mixed reality (MR) application intended to help undergraduate nursing students explore human anatomy and pathophysiology using immersive 3D visualization.

Built in C# with the StereoKit framework for Microsoft HoloLens 2, Systems Simulation organizes nine anatomical body systems within a shared application. Learners can select a system, anchor the model in their …