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Spac Regulation—Past, Present And Future, E. Ramey Layne, K. Stancell Haigwood

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Civil Rights Law—Preserving Female Athletics: Arkansas’S Fairness In Women’S Sports Act, Chandler Little Bray

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Experiences Of Spanish-Speaking Students With Limited Or Interrupted Formal Education In Newcomer Programs In The Midwest: A Mixed Methods Narrative Inquiry Study, Karen Sander

Theses and Dissertations

Secondary students with limited or interrupted formal education who are learning English as an additional language (EAL) make up a unique subpopulation of our country’s growing EAL population. This explanatory sequential mixed methods study was conducted in order to explore the experiences of Spanish-speaking secondary SLIFE in a midwestern school district to determine how their prior experiences in three areas affected their school experiences in the United States. The following questions were the focus on the research: 1) What are the experiences of secondary SLIFE in a newcomer program? 1a) How did students’ literacy and oracy experiences impact their academic …

Real Property Law—Easements—Why Arkansas Should Adopt The Uniform Easement Relocation Act., Adam Conrady

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Financial Innovation And Unforeseen Consequences: Spacs, Sec Lending, And Shorts, Christian A. Johnson

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Although publicly traded “special purpose acquisition companies” (SPAC) have been trading for decades, the effect of the unique shareholder rights found in SPAC shares should be fully studied and compared with the rights of publicly traded non-SPAC shares. Because of their differences, PAC shares will not necessarily behave in the same way as non-SPAC shares in certain situations. The short selling of SPAC shares offers a useful case study as well as lessons for regulators, investors, and short sellers about the unforeseen and unintended consequences of financial innovation in the other-wise understood corner of securities lending and short selling of …

Municipal Law—A Wedge In Climate Initiatives: How State Legislatures’ Preemption Of Local Government’S Role In Climate Change Policy And Arkansas’ Act 308 Of 2021 Are Misplaced., Travis Golliher

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Family Strengths And Immigration

Journal of Family Strengths

This special issue is dedicated to issues related to the intersection of immigration, associated risks, and family strengths. Although documentation of experiences of immigrants with justice and child welfare systems has increased over the last five years[1], there remains much to be documented to facilitate an understanding of the challenges that immigrant families face and their strengths in overcoming risks. For example, the need for placement and care for unaccompanied, refugee, and immigrant children has grown exponentially and placed a strain on the already under-resourced child placing and foster care systems.[2] These youth are often less considered …

Student Library News - December 2022, Rit Libraries

RIT Digital Archives

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Precipitation Reversals Over The State Of Arkansas, Mallory Hoff

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses

Recent studies have examined hydroclimate precipitation reversals, but because it is a newly defined concept, there is minimal research available on how reversals are changing, and it has not been widely investigated. Precipitation reversal is the rapid switch between wet and dry periods or “precipitation extremes and the opposite” (McKay, 2018), based on precipitation measurements in this case. A single reversal is the immediate transition from a wet to a dry period or from a dry to a wet period. Changes in reversals have not been thoroughly reported and this gap in research creates a risk of unpredictable conditions that …

Data Management Report December 2022, Tennessee. Department Of Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities

Compliance & System Data/Reports

This monthly report provides data on various aspects of the department's activities and programs.

Pilot Testing A Survey To Evaluate Horse Owner And Trainer Perceptions Of The Importance And Ideality Of Equine Hoof Balance, Katherine Gilmore

Animal Science Undergraduate Honors Theses

Balance plays an integral role in the healthy equine hoof, yet there is a significant deficiency of research investigating horse owner and trainer knowledge of hoof balance. This study aimed to pilot test an online survey instrument evaluating horse owner and trainer perceptions of proper hoof care and balance. The survey instrument sought to collect demographic information of horse owners and trainers, determine horse owners’ and trainers’ abilities to identify ideally balanced equine forehooves, and assess horse owner and trainer knowledge of best hoof trimming and shoeing practices. Ninety-one horse owners and trainers with facilities that were within a 150-mile …

Sisters Of The Fin: A Nonprofit Start-Up Connecting Women Veterans Through Fishing In Alaska, Shelly Berna

Student Projects for Graduate Degrees

Sisters of the Fin (SOTF) is a prospective nonprofit organization (NPO) startup focusing on connecting women veterans by offering recreational fishing opportunities in Alaska. This SOTF project objective proposed development of a nonprofit organization business plan using research and application of project management principles and Project Management Institute (PMI) PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Areas. In combination with an NPO business plan, a project management plan (PMP), an integrated project schedule, relevant templates, and metrics for project monitoring and control were developed and utilized. The SOTF Project Manager employed selected project management tools and techniques to determine suitability for nonprofit application. Online …

Examining Community Engagement Strategies In Richmond, Va Nonprofits Addressing Food Insecurity: A Case Study, Moné Bailey

School of Professional and Continuing Studies Nonprofit Studies Capstone Projects

Food in America is often a reflection of values, cultures and customs. Food choices give way to your upbringing, geographic location and even socioeconomic status. In the United States, 8.6 million adults live in households with very low food security. As nonprofits begin to shift from a charity-based structure in addressing food insecurity to an equity-based approach, it is important to understand how they are effectively engaging the community. Community engagement is a fundamental practice for nonprofits to build trust, foster relationships and empower the community. Though the concept of community engagement has been an important theme across disciplines, there …

When Uncle Sam Spills: A State Regulator’S Guide To Enforcement Actions Against The Federal Government Under The Clean Water Act, Ian M. Staeheli

Washington Law Review

The U.S. government is one of the largest polluters on the planet. With over 700 domestic military bases and countless more federal facilities and vessels operating within state borders, there exists an enormous potential for spills and discharges of pollutants into state waters. The regulatory burden for enforcing environmental laws against the federal government falls on the Environmental Protection Agency and state regulators. But enforcing laws and regulations against the federal government and its progeny is a daunting regulatory task.

Other scholarship addresses some of the vexing peculiarities involved when regulating Uncle Sam. Those works discuss the “confusing mess” that …

Beach Cleanup And Advocacy Discussion, Zoey Mendoza

Senior Honors Projects

Cigarette butts. Broken glass. Vape cartridges. Pieces of plastic. These were common finds when 16 URI student volunteers picked up 36 pounds of trash at Narragansett Town Beach. This beach cleanup and advocacy discussion that followed two weeks later were both in partnership with Save The Bay. The aim was to get URI students involved in the local community by removing litter from Narragansett Town Beach and learning about why it is important to protect our waterways.

The flier accompanying this project offers reasons for why someone should volunteer and a model for how a volunteer can one day lead …

The Rise Of Terrorism In Africa And What It Means For U.S. Policymakers, Bridget Mary Hughes

Master's Theses

This thesis utilizes three case studies to measure the rise of terrorism in Africa. This qualitative data leads the reader to one ultimate question: what does the rise in terrorism in Africa mean for the United States (U.S.) and U.S. policymakers, National Security academia, students in National Security, if anything at all? The answer is: if civilian and military compounds are being targeted by these violent extremists, as these three case studies demonstrate, it is my recommendation that U.S. policymakers cease sending troops to the African theater and, instead, allocate funding to the citizens and nonprofits of the countries whom …

Efficiency Of Primary Spine Care As Compared To Conventional Primary Care: A Retrospective Observational Study At An Academic Medical Center, Serena Bezdjian, James M. Whedon, Robb Russell, Justin M. Goehl, Louis A. Kazal

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background: Primary Spine Care (PSC) is an innovative model for the primary management of patients with spine-related disorders (SRDs), with a focus on the use of non-pharmacological therapies which now constitute the recommended first-line approach to back pain. PSC clinicians serve as the initial or early point of contact for spine patients and utilize evidence-based spine care pathways to improve outcomes and reduce escalation of care (EoC; e.g., spinal injections, diagnostic imaging, hospitalizations, referrals to a specialist). The present study examined 6-month outcomes to evaluate the efficiency of care for patients who received PSC as compared to conventional primary care. …

Phytolith Evidence For The Pastoral Origins Of Multi-Cropping In Mesopotamia (Ancient Iraq), Elise Jakoby Laugier, Jesse Casana, Dan Cabanes

Dartmouth Scholarship

Multi-cropping was vital for provisioning large population centers across ancient Eurasia. In Southwest Asia, multi-cropping, in which grain, fodder, or forage could be reliably cultivated during dry summer months, only became possible with the translocation of summer grains, like millet, from Africa and East Asia. Despite some textual sources suggesting millet cultivation as early as the third millennium BCE, the absence of robust archaeobotanical evidence for millet in semi-arid Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq) has led most archaeologists to conclude that millet was only grown in the region after the mid-first millennium BCE introduction of massive, state-sponsored irrigation systems. Here, we present …

Front Matter

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

Textualism's Immigration Problem: Stabilizing Interpretive Rules On Noncitizens' Rights And Remedies, Peter Margulies

Hofstra Law Review

The article focuses on textualism immigration problem as the U.S. Supreme Court has applied textualist methodology in immigration cases and misread the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It mentions application of linguistic canons occurs in a comparative, probabilistic assessment to resolve conflicts and analysis of statutory interpretation generally and immigration law in particular. It also mentions discusses inconsistencies in multi-member tribunals, such as appellate courts.

Put Down The Phone! The Standard For Witness Interviews Is In-Person, Face-To-Face, One-On-One, Sean D. O'Brien, Quinn C. O'Brien, Dana Cook

Hofstra Law Review

The article focuses on professional standards for investigative interviews, the social science supporting the in-person, face-to-face interview standard. It mentions standards that apply to capital mitigation work, the problems created by remote witness interviews are not unique to death penalty work. It also mentions police officers, social workers, parole officers, and defense investigators knock on doors and mental health experts investigated prevailing standards of performance.

Bibliography For "A Display Of Books About The Holiday Of Christmas", Isabella Piechota

Library Displays and Bibliographies

A bibliography created to accompany a display about Christmas in December 2022 at the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University.

Analyzing The Nature Of Immigrant Mobility With Respect To Property Taxes, Megan Kaminski

University Honors Program Senior Projects

Immigration is one of the most heavily debated current issues in the United States. One area of this topic under investigation is what characteristics impact mobility decisions with respect to choice of location . A variety of factors can have an influence on immigrant mobility, one being property taxes. In this study, an analysis was conducted to determine if a relationship exists between property tax rates and immigrant mobility. County-level data from Illinois was used to see whether or not the percentage of foreign born individuals residing in a given county had any correlation with the property tax rate of …

Watching The Watchmen: An Ethical Evaluation Of The Behavior Of Modern Software Applications, Joshua Graves

University Honors Program Senior Projects

Software has become a ubiquitous element of modern life around the world. An unprecedented amount of power is bestowed upon the companies that own and operate that software. The obvious question arises: “Do these companies operate in an ethical manner regarding their software?” We derive an ethical code via synthesizing the ethical codes of both the IEEE and the ACM, disregarding principles that cannot be examined by an outside observer. We utilize this ethical code to examine five leaders in the software industry, namely Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Amazon. For each company, we examine four incidents in which they …

Where's The Beef? How Chicago Gang Members Utilize Social Media To Promote Beefs And Incite Gang Violence And Gang Murders, Alejandra Ruiz

University Honors Program Senior Projects

This is a literature review about how gang members utilize social media to incite gang violence offline to assist in the creation of a new special unit of the Chicago Police Department that will work together with gang violence prevention/gang violence reduction organizations to assist in reducing gang conflict/gang violence created on social media. There are studies that focus on how gang members use social media. The literature focuses on different aspects of how gang members and gangs use social media. “Internet banging” or “cyber banging” is a form of gang banging but on social media platforms. “Internet banging” or …

2022-December-01-Sweaters For Cameron, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – Students, employees and visitors to the East Tennessee State University campus who strolled University Commons recently enjoyed a colorful – and meaningful – sight: a special tree wrapped in a lovingly crafted “sweater.”

“Sweaters for Cameron” is the brainchild of Abigail “Abby” Simpson, a sophomore rehabilitative health sciences major from Church Hill who is a student in ETSU’s Roan Scholars Leadership Program. Through the Roan Impact Focus Project, students read a book over the summer that centered on healthy habits and were encouraged to do meaningful projects using the healthy habits they picked up as a …

Circadian Genes In, Ewd-8, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells May Demonstrate Rhythmicity In Vitro, Kayla Garza

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Studies have shown a link between greater rates and risks of breast cancer in women that work night shifts, such that this type of work has been labeled a probable carcinogen. It has been suggested that the disruption of circadian genes- PER and CRY - could be partly responsible for this increased breast cancer risk. The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the brain is the central circadian pacemaker; however, how and if Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells, an aggressive type of breast cancer that is characterized by the absence of estrogen receptors (ER), progesterone receptors (PR), as well as HER-2 growth …

Misinformation Of Mental Health On Social Media And How It Affects Those Who View It, Kathryn Johnson

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Social media’s prevalence has grown through the years with 4.63 billion users around the world as of January 2022 (Global Social Media Stats). With the prevalence of social media, the question of the information, or in this case, the misinformation, that is on media platforms, especially about mental health, is one that needs to be brought to light. Mental health issues and disorders have become more of an open topic recently, and with the outreach on social media around mental health, the spread of misinformation can reach many audiences. This study analyzes just how potent the misinformation on mental health …

Minutes, Faculty Research And Development Committee Meeting, Thursday, December 1, 2022, Faculty Research And Development Committee

Faculty Research and Development Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

“I Suppose An Island Dweller Should Expect It To Be So”: The Contradiction And Drama Of Maternity And Islands In Caleb’S Crossing, Shayla Frandsen

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

Islands have a long tradition of capturing human imagination and functioning as a space that nurtures both magic and mystery. As geographic locations, they seem to avoid easy taxonomy even while behaving easily categorizable: they exist as tourist fantasies separate from everyday landscape even while many operate as an othered land that is still “safe” enough to visit. They are isolated yet capable of nurturing strong cultural identity. They also act as autonomous entities while still being interconnected within larger natural structures, coastlines, and waterways. In these ways and more islands navigate as border spaces of inherent contradiction—contradictions which are …