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A Spectrum Of Violence: The Intersection Of Antemortem And Postmortem Embodiment In Migrant Death Investigation At The U.S.-Mexico Border, Molly A. Kaplan, Caroline Znachko

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

The objective of the present literature review is to examine how the humanitarian crisis of migrant death at the U.S.-Mexico border epitomizes the antemortem and postmortem dimensions of structural violence and the lasting effects it can have on the human body. After describing the ongoing migrant death crisis, we review embodiment constructs in biological anthropology pertaining to structural violence and marginalization across the life course. We then survey studies examining skeletal and dental biomarkers of structural violence as embodied in migrant populations, including oral pathology, dental modifications, porotic hyperostosis, cribra orbitalia, enamel hypoplasia, cranial fluctuating asymmetry, vertebral neural canal size, …

Developing A Stand-Alone Children’S Hospital In Southern Nevada: Improving Pediatric Care And Diversifying The Regional Economy, The Lincy Institute

Lincy Institute Events

Southern Nevada is the largest metropolitan region in the country without a stand-alone children's hospital. The absence of such a facility results in poor health outcomes for children, fragmented and inadequate specialized care, and a shortage of pediatric medical professionals. Currently ranked last in clinical care nationwide, Nevada urgently needs a centralized, academic-based children's hospital to improve health services.

The Lincy Institute hosted a community forum to release the findings of a new report conducted by Tripp Umbach detailing why Southern Nevada needs a stand-alone children’s hospital. Tripp Umbach is a recognized industry leader, with 30 years of successful partnerships …

Environmental Sensitivity Index (Esi) Feasibility Study Of All-Hazards Indices Expansion, Research Planning, Inc

Coastal Response Research Center

Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) products are developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support planning for and responding to coastal oil and chemical spills. ESI data describe a variety of coastal resources that are at risk from oil spills that include sensitive shorelines (e.g., marshes, tidal flats), biological resources (e.g., birds, shellfish beds), and human-use resources (e.g., public beaches, water intakes). ESI maps and datasets include shoreline types that are ranked according to their sensitivity to oil and chemical spills. This index was the original focus of ESI maps and has been a standard for industry and …

St. John Sumter History Records, St. John United Methodist Church, Sumter

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

St Paul Ridgeland Church Council Minutes 2012-17, St. Paul United Methodist Church, Ridgeland

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

St. John Sumter Membership Roll 1953, St. John United Methodist Church, Sumter

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

St. John Sumter Property Records, St. John United Methodist Church, Sumter

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

St. Luke Kingstree Records, St. Luke United Methodist Church, Kingstree

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

History Of St. Matthew United Methodist Church, Bishopville, St. Matthew United Methodist Church, Bishopville

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

Commonwealth Times 2024-09-04

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Hold The Phone: The Short- And Long-Run Impacts Of Connecting Indian Women To Digital Technology, Giorgia Barboni, Anwesha Bhattacharya, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, Aruj Shukla, Charity Moore

Discussion Papers

Access to smartphones and mobile internet is increasingly necessary to participate in the modern economy. Yet women significantly lag men in digital access, especially in lower-income settings with gender gaps that span other dimensions - and where digital gaps threaten to deepen existing analog inequities. We study the short- and long-term effects of a large-scale state-sponsored program in India that aimed to close digital gender gaps by transferring free smartphones to women while constructing 4G towers to bring rural areas online. The program was well implemented, reversing gender gaps in smartphone ownership in the short run. However, many women lost …

What We Mean When We Say Semantic: Toward A Multidisciplinary Semantic Glossary, Jamie Reilly, Cory Shain, Valentina Borghesani, Philipp Kuhnke, Gabriella Vigliocco, Jonathan E Peelle, Bradford Z Mahon, Laurel J Buxbaum, Asifa Majid, Marc Brysbaert, Anna M Borghi, Simon De Deyne, Guy Dove, Liuba Papeo, Penny M Pexman, David Poeppel, Gary Lupyan, Paulo Boggio, Gregory Hickok, Laura Gwilliams, Leonardo Fernandino, Daniel Mirman, Evangelia G Chrysikou, Chaleece W Sandberg, Sebastian J Crutch, Liina Pylkkänen, Eiling Yee, Rebecca L Jackson, Jennifer M Rodd, Marina Bedny, Louise Connell, Markus Kiefer, David Kemmerer, Greig De Zubicaray, Elizabeth Jefferies, Dermot Lynott, Cynthia S Q Siew, Rutvik H Desai, Ken Mcrae, Michele T Diaz, Marianna Bolognesi, Evelina Fedorenko, Swathi Kiran, Maria Montefinese, Jeffrey R Binder, Melvin J Yap, Gesa Hartwigsen, Jessica Cantlon, Yanchao Bi, Paul Hoffman, Frank E Garcea, David Vinson

Psychology Publications

Tulving characterized semantic memory as a vast repository of meaning that underlies language and many other cognitive processes. This perspective on lexical and conceptual knowledge galvanized a new era of research undertaken by numerous fields, each with their own idiosyncratic methods and terminology. For example, "concept" has different meanings in philosophy, linguistics, and psychology. As such, many fundamental constructs used to delineate semantic theories remain underspecified and/or opaque. Weak construct specificity is among the leading causes of the replication crisis now facing psychology and related fields. Term ambiguity hinders cross-disciplinary communication, falsifiability, and incremental theory-building. Numerous cognitive subdisciplines (e.g., vision, …

Fs Minutes 2024-09-04, Northern Illinois University

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

No. 04: Canadian Support For Women In The Informal Food Sector In The Global South, Heba Hamzeh, Laeba Khan, Adwoa Konadu-Yiadom

Migration and Food Security (MiFOOD) Network

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the vulnerabilities faced by women in the informal food sector in the Global South, deepening existing gender inequalities and economic inequities. Women informal food vendors play a critical role in ensuring food security in urban areas, yet their contributions are often undervalued and unsupported by formal policy frameworks. This policy brief presents two case studies from Mexico City and Maputo, Mozambique, highlighting the challenges women face in this sector, including lack of legal security, financial instability, and limited access to social protection. In response to these challenges, there is a pressing need for targeted interventions …

Fort Hays State University Faculty Senate Minutes, September 4, 2024, Fhsu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate

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A Practical Guide To Light-Sheet Microscopy For Nanoscale Imaging: Looking Beyond The Cell, Stephanie N. Kramer, Jeanpun Antarasen, Cole R. Reinholt, Lydia Kisley

Faculty Scholarship

We present a comprehensive guide to light-sheet microscopy (LSM) to assist scientists in navigating the practical implementation of this microscopy technique. Emphasizing the applicability of LSM to image both static microscale and nanoscale features, as well as diffusion dynamics, we present the fundamental concepts of microscopy, progressing through beam profile considerations, to image reconstruction. We outline key practical decisions in constructing a home-built system and provide insight into the alignment and calibration processes. We briefly discuss the conditions necessary for constructing a continuous 3D image and introduce our home-built code for data analysis. By providing this guide, we aim to …

A 6-Month, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial Of Customized Adherence Enhancement Versus A Bipolar-Specific Educational Control In Poorly Adherent Adolescents And Young Adults Living With Bipolar Disorder, Jennifer B. Levin, Molly Mcvoy, Joy Yala, Jessica Black, Carla Conroy, Martha Sajatovic

Faculty Scholarship

Objective: Few studies have addressed medication adherence in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with bipolar disorder (BD). This 6-month prospective randomized-controlled trial (RCT) tested customized adherence enhancement for adolescents and young adults (CAE-AYA), a behavioral intervention for AYAs versus enhanced treatment as usual (ETAU). Methods: Inclusion criteria were AYAs age 13–21 with BD type I or II with suboptimal adherence defined as missing ≥20% of medications. Assessments were conducted at Screening, Baseline, and weeks 8, 12 and 24. Primary outcome was past 7 day self-reported Tablets Routine Questionnaire (TRQ) validated by electronic pillbox monitoring (SimpleMed). Symptom measures included the Hamilton …

The Endoplasmic Reticulum As An Active Liquid Network, Laura M. Westrate, Zubenelgenubi C. Scott, Samuel B. Steen, Greg Huber, Elena F. Koslover

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

The peripheral endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms a dense, interconnected, and constantly evolving network of membrane-bound tubules in eukaryotic cells. While individual structural elements and the morphogens that stabilize them have been described, a quantitative understanding of the dynamic large-scale network topology remains elusive. We develop a physical model of the ER as an active liquid network, governed by a balance of tension-driven shrinking and new tubule growth. This minimalist model gives rise to steady-state network structures with density and rearrangement timescales predicted from the junction mobility and tubule spawning rate. Several parameter-independent geometric features of the liquid network model are …

Gnsi Decision Brief: The Future Of The Abraham Accords, Diane M. Zorri

GNSI Decision Briefs

In 2020, the United States facilitated a series of landmark accords between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Morocco, Bahrain, and Sudan, marking a historic shift in Middle Eastern and North African geopolitics. The first milestone occurred in August 2020, when the UAE and Israel announced the normalization of relations, followed by an official signing ceremony at the White House. This was quickly followed by similar agreements between Israel and Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan. The Abraham Accords included the exchange of ambassadors, the opening of embassies, and collaboration across various economic and security sectors, symbolizing a strategic realignment in regional …

Gardner-Webb Alumna Caroline Leitten, ’17, Cares For Orphans In Peru, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

In Iquitos, Peru, one in 12 children under the age of 15 is abandoned to live on the streets or placed in foster care. The main reason is poverty: Parents simply don’t have money to care for their children. At times, the situation becomes overwhelming to Gardner-Webb University 2017 alumna Caroline Ashley Marvin Leitten. The needs are great, and her ministry, Go Love Peru, is only equipped for 24 orphans.

Climate Targets Versus Longterm Performance - How Effective Is B2 Retrofit In The Race To 2030?, Seamus Harrington, Mark Mulville

Conference papers

Ireland’s Climate Action Plan details a roadmap of measures that align with the European Union’s ambition to achieve a net-zero target carbon emissions by 2050. It seeks to play a key role in delivering energy efficiency in Ireland and follows a Europe wide approach to reduce energy consumption across the building sector. In this context, Ireland has introduced the National Retrofitting Scheme which has set a goal of retrofitting 500,000 existing homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2 by 2030. The route to attaining this rating is dependent on the pre-works BER of individual properties.

This research paper …

Tribe V. Flamand, 24-Whc-11 (Blkft. Tr. Ct. App., Sept, 4, 2024), Blackfeet Appellate Court

Court Decisions

In the Blackfeet Tribal Court of Appeals, the Court denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, reaffirming Tribe v. Evans, 19-AP-767 as binding precedent, stating that the review of a challenge to excessive bond was for a “specific prisoner” based on the record in that particular case.

Andrew Morgan V. Allison Crane & Rigging Llc

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

In Re: Caleb Mcgillvary

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Usa V. Teriek Edwards

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

From Classroom To Real World: Sba Organizations Lead The Way, University Of Dayton

School of Business Administration Blog

Since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the University of Dayton’s School of Business Administration (SBA) has seen a significant resurgence in student engagement. With the creation or revitalization of more than nine student organizations, the SBA now offers over 25+ organizations for business students to get involved, providing a vibrant platform for leadership, professional development, and hands-on learning.

Guidance Document On The Use Of Opinion Polls And Vignettes To Measure Public Opinion, Attitudes And Behavioural Intentions Related To Female Genital Mutilation, Dennis Matanda, Francis Obare, Chi-Chi Undie

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

This guidance document is part of the FGM Data Hub’s effort to address challenges encountered by programme implementers in measuring change (specifically, unstandardised measurement indicators and complex surveys) and the effect of social desirability in the context of female genital mutilation (FGM). The guidance focuses on how to use a tool developed by the FGM Data Hub to measure social attitudes toward FGM. The process leading to the development of this guidance involved piloting the tool—a simple opinion poll survey using a combination of direct (self-report) and indirect (vignettes about others) questioning methodologies to generate robust data to measure public …

Reclaiming Joy And Purpose In The Classroom—For You And For Your Students, Josh Eyler

Events

It’s no secret that teaching has been more challenging than usual the last few years. Pandemic-related burnout, combined with reports of lower levels of student engagement, have affected our work in the classroom in significant ways. In this workshop, we will ask participants to think about the obstacles to joy and purpose they are encountering in their teaching, as well as the obstacles they believe their students are facing in these categories. Then, collectively, we will address some ways to address these challenges. Lunch will be provided for registered participants.

Usa V. Ibn Abdullah

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

September 4, 2024 Blazer Weekly, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

Blazer Weekly (student newsletter)

No abstract provided.