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2022 Summer And Fall - First Available Registration Times, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

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2022 Summer And Fall - Registration Guide, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

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2022 Summer - Schedule Of Classes, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

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June 2022: A Step Ahead Tri-Cities, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

This and That for Graduate Success Newsletters

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Optical Measurements On A Budget: A 3d-Printed Ellipsometer, Matthew Mantia, Teresa J. Bixby

Chemistry Department Faculty Articles

Ellipsometry is an optical analysis technique that is useful for characterizing the physical properties of a thin-film system. Light reflected from a sample surface undergoes a change in polarization due to phase delay and anisotropic reflection. This enables one to perform non-destructive measurements of film thickness, surface roughness, refractive index, and other optical constants. Ellipsometric techniques are particularly convenient for characterizing coatings or films in the semiconductor and optics industries. However, these techniques may be inaccessible to undergraduate students and educators due to the prohibitive cost of ellipsometers and similar instrumentation. In response to this roadblock, we describe the construction …

Retooling Sanctions: China’S Challenge To The Liberal International Order, Timothy Webster

Chicago Journal of International Law

Professor Tom Ginsburg has produced yet another classic of transnational law, political science, and international relations. Democracies and International Law yields important insights into the democratic nature of international law but cautions that authoritarian states can apply these very legal technologies for repressive or antidemocratic purposes. Building on Ginsburg’s theories of mimicry and repurposing, this contribution highlights the role of both techniques in the creation of China’s economic sanctions program. On the one hand, China has developed a basic set of tools to impose economic sanctions—a key instrument in the liberal international toolkit—on foreign entities and persons. In so doing, …

Democratization’S Discontents: Rediscovering The Virtues Of The Non-Intervention Norm, Brad R. Roth

Chicago Journal of International Law

Post-Cold War triumphalism prompted efforts to transform international law into a tool of democratization, forsaking the international legal order’s former neutrality with respect to the foundations of political legitimacy within states. Yet after three decades, the sources of political legitimacy remain “incorrigibly plural,” and efforts to ascertain “the will of the people” remain beset by indeterminacy. It is time to rediscover international law’s role as a framework of accommodation among bearers of conflicting interests and values, with consequent limits on pro-democratic intervention in the internal affairs of states.

A Mimicry Of International Law Compliance: How The Abusive Interpretation Of International Norms Serves Poland’S Illiberal Regime, Aleksandra Dzięgielewska

Chicago Journal of International Law

In recent years, the instrumental use of international norms to entrench abusive rule has been a strategy increasingly utilized by democratically regressing European states. This pattern is evident in Poland in particular, where captured democratic institutions have attempted to legitimize unconstitutional reforms of the justice system by asserting their consistency with international law. To provide an insight into this illiberal strategy, this Essay uses the concept of mimicry as a framework to study recent judgments by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal. This Essay argues that the Polish Constitutional Tribunal feigns legal compliance by abusively interpreting well-established concepts of international law. The …

Equity's Federalism, Kellen Funk

Notre Dame Law Review

The United States has had a dual court system since its founding. One might expect such a pronouncement to refer to the division between state and federal courts, but in the early republic the equally obvious referent would have been to the division between courts of common law and the court of chancery—the distinction, that is, between law and equity. This Essay sketches a history of how the distinction between law and equity was gradually transformed into a doctrine of federalism by the Supreme Court. Congress’s earliest legislation jealously guarded federal equity against fusion with common law at either the …

Oliveai, Beckett Johnson, Alex Lewis, Ben Kummert

Computer Science and Engineering Senior Theses

Generative adversarial networks are being used to make original, AI generated content in many contexts, whether they are generating new works of art from a text description, or a completely fake person. Currently this technology is not being implemented in a way such that a user can practically interact with it in a way where users can actually use what is generated to improve their lives. We introduce OliveAI to explore a possible implementation of generative AI technology that users can practically and usefully interact with. OliveAI is a web app where users can provide a desired type of food …

Data-Driven And Multiscale Modeling Of Dna-Templated Dye Aggregates, Austin Biaggne, Lawrence Spear, German Barcenas, Maia Ketteridge, William B. Knowlton, Bernard Yurke, Lan Li

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Dye aggregates are of interest for excitonic applications, including biomedical imaging, organic photovoltaics, and quantum information systems. Dyes with large transition dipole moments (μ) are necessary to optimize coupling within dye aggregates. Extinction coefficients (ε) can be used to determine the μ of dyes, and so dyes with a large ε (>150,000 M⁻¹) should be engineered or identified. However, dye properties leading to a large ε are not fully understood, and low-throughput methods of dye screening, such as experimental measurements or density functional theory (DFT) calculations, can be time-consuming. In order to screen large datasets of molecules …

U.S. Consumer Attitudes Toward Antibiotic Use In Livestock Productions, Syed Imran Ali Meerza, Sabrina Gulab, Kathleen R. Brooks, Christopher R. Gustafson, Amalia Yiannaka

Faculty Publications - Agriculture

Antimicrobial resistance, which decreases the efficacy of antibiotics and other antimicrobials, has led to concerns about the use of antibiotics in livestock production. Consumers play an important role in influencing producers’ decisions about the use of antimicrobials through their choices in the marketplace, which are driven by attitudes toward these practices. This study examines consumers’ levels of concern about (and acceptance of) the use of antibiotics in livestock production for four objectives: to treat, control, and prevent infections, and to promote growth. Results reveal that the majority of respondents were highly concerned about antibiotic use to promote growth in livestock …

Fisheries Science Update - Australian Herring - June 2022, Department Of Primary Industries And Regional Development, Western Australia

Fisheries Science Updates

The latest weight of evidence stock assessment for Australian herring indicates that management arrangements introduced in 2015, combined with suitable environmental conditions, have led to the recovery of the resource.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) tracks our aquatic resources by undertaking weight of evidence stock assessments every three to five years.

DPIRD has undertaken four contemporary weight of evidence stock assessments of Australian herring since 2000.

The 2000 assessment (22 years ago) indicated the catch was sustainable. However, by 2013 the Australian herring stock status had become high risk and ‘unacceptable’, and new measures were introduced. …

An Evaluation Of The Effect Of The Oxycontin Reformulation On Unintentional Fatal And Nonfatal Overdose, Daniel C. Beachler, Kelsey Hall, Renu Garg, Geetanjoli Banerjee, Ling Li, Luke Boulanger, Huseyin Yuce, Alexander M. Walker

Applied Sciences, Technology and Education Faculty Publications

Objectives:

OxyContin was reformulated with a polyethylene oxide matrix in August 2010 to reduce the potential for intravenous abuse and for abuse by insufflation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of OxyContin's reformulation on overdose (OD) risk for individuals dispensed OxyContin in comparison to those dispensed other opioids under regular care.

Materials and Methods:

Three national insurance databases with National Death Index linkage identified OD in individuals with any dispensing of OxyContin or a primary comparator opioid (extended release morphine, transdermal fentanyl, or methadone) between July 2008 through September 2015. A difference-in-differences design was used to …

Apa References For Audiovisual Sources, Angela Gulick

APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation

This handout provides guidelines for in-text citations for audiovisual sources (films, television, YouTube, webinars, etc.) for papers requiring American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition.

Apa References For Books, Angela Gulick

APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation

This handout provides guidelines for in-text citations for books (printed books, e-books, encyclopedias, etc.) for papers requiring American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition.

Apa In-Text Citations For Print, Online, And Audiovisual Sources, Angela Gulick

APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation

This handout provides basic templates for documenting the most common types of sources according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition.

Apa References For Journals, Magazines, And Newspapers (Print And Electronic), Angela Gulick

APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation

This handout explains DOI Numbers and URL Addresses.

Apa In-Text Citations For Personal Communications, Angela Gulick

APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation

This handout provides guidelines for in-text citations for Personal Communications (Interviews, E-mails, Texts, Lectures, etc.) for papers requiring American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition.

Apa References For Website Articles And Social Media Posts, Angela Gulick

APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation

This handout has general reminders with examples about creating references for website articles and social media posts including how to note dates and authors.

Apa Formatting For A Professional Manuscript, Angela Gulick

APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation

A handout about formatting a professional manuscript according to the American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition.

Apa Sample References Page, Angela Gulick

APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation

This handout has general reminders about the APA System of Documentation.

Writing A Professional Email, Amber Landis

Email Messages

This handout provides guidelines to help students construct a professional email by listing dos and don'ts of formatting and outlining components.

Editing Strategies, Angela Gulick

Editing Strategies

This instructional handout provides tips for improving editing skills.

Apa Formatting For A Student Paper, Angela Gulick

APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation

A handout about how to format a student paper according to the American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition.

Elements Of A Résumé, Angela Gulick

Employment Materials

This handout provides guidelines to help students construct a Résumé by describing the sections and elements that are expected or optional.

Job Application Letter Sample, Angela Gulick

Employment Materials

This handout provides a sample of a job application letter to help students construct their own.

Job Application Letter And Résumé Sample #1, Ruijie Zhao

Employment Materials

This handout provides a sample of a job application letter and résumé to help students construct their own.

Job Application Letter And Résumé Sample #2, Ruijie Zhao

Employment Materials

This handout provides a sample of a job application letter and résumé to help students construct their own.

Job Application Letter And Résumé Sample #3, Ruijie Zhao

Employment Materials

This handout provides a sample of a job application letter and résumé to help students construct their own.