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West Nile Virus Transmission Suitability Modeling For Culex Pipiens Via Temperature And Humidity, Hunter Jones, David Brett-Major, Joseph R. Fauver, Yeongjin Gwon, Jesse E. Bell

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

West Nile Virus (WNV) is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the United States, yet predicting its transmission remains a significant challenge for public health officials. Many studies use correlative statistical models to predict disease cases using temperature and humidity, but accessible mechanistic approaches that simulate mosquito behavior traits can capture more of the transmission process. This study adapts an existing R-language package, the Mosquito-borne Viral Suitability Estimator (MVSE), which was created to model Aedes aegypti mosquito transmission of dengue, and tunes it to Culex pipiens transmission of WNV. Equations for mortality, biting rate, and incubation period were updated, …

Factors Affecting Detection And Quantification Of Schistosoma Haematobium Eggs In Pooled Urine Samples, Abraham Degarege, Bruno Levecke, Christopher R. Bilder, David Brett-Major, Abebe Animut, Yohannes Negash, M. Jana Broadhurst, Tzeyu L. Michaud, Berhanu Erko

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

BACKGROUND: Building on our previous work showing that pooled urine testing can rapidly detect Schistosoma haematobium infections but has limited sensitivity in low-intensity settings or with large pool sizes, this study evaluated how urine volume, pool size, infection intensity, and diagnostic method affect the detection and quantification of S. haematobium eggs in pooled samples.

METHODS: Between July 2022 and April 2023, 2,134 urine samples from school-age children living in three regional states of Ethiopia were individually examined by deploying urine filtration microscopy (UFM). Subsequently, 5, 10, 20 and 40 individual samples were strategically pooled and examined by deploying UFM and …

Flyer, Public Hearing About Expressway Through Overton Park, 1969

Documents

A flyer advertising a pubic hearig about "Tentative Plans For Proposed Construction Of Expressway Through Overton Park." City Council Chambers, Memphis City Hall, Memphis, Tennessee, 1969 May 19th at 10:30 a.m.

The Crisis In U.S. Cancer Care: Law, Markets, And Privatization, Daniel G. Aaron

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Cancer is surging among youth and young adults in the United States, yet, instead of public regulation addressing its root causes, we have outsourced the management of cancer to the private sector. A suite of laws, embodying faith that corporations will cure cancer, has subsidized the cancer biomedical enterprise and transformed quasi-public institutions into marketized, profit-seeking entities. These changes, across patent law, healthcare law, innovation law, and Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) law, have privatized cancer.

The market failures I describe in U.S. cancer care raise larger questions about who we entrust with managing critical social problems. This …

Bankruptcy As A National Security Risk, Jason Jia-Xi Wu

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Defense contractors lie at the heart of the U.S. national security regime. Each year, over half of the federal defense budget is allocated to contracts outsourcing military operations, projects, and services to private companies. However, defense outsourcing carries a ticking time bomb: mounting private debt. Today, the defense industry is among the nation’s most indebted sectors, fueled largely by the rise of private equity. Over the past two decades, more than 1,500 defense contractors have been acquired by private equity firms through leveraged buyouts (LBOs)—high-risk takeovers funded almost entirely by debt. At any moment, this private debt time bomb could …

Is Labor Preemption Good For Labor?, Benjamin I. Sachs, John Fry

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Labor law has long been the exclusive province of the federal government with state and local policies choked off by the operation of preemption doctrine. But the longstanding rules of labor preemption have been destabilized by recent attacks emanating from both the executive and judicial branches. This Article addresses the question of whether labor preemption is good or bad for union organizing. It aims thereby to enable a wide range of actors·including executive branch officials, congressional representatives, labor movement organizations, and employers·to decide whether federal labor preemption is worth preserving. To this end, the Article illustrates what states and cities …

Preventing Harm At The Source: The Case For Regulatory Justice, Keith Ellison

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

What if the key to reducing crime in our communities was not more prosecution, but smarter regulation? I argue in this Article that consumer law is an underused and powerful addition to traditional criminal law in combating crime. Drawing on six cases brought by my office over the last seven years, I show how consumer protection statutes and civil common law doctrines can be used to hold manufacturers, distributors, and retailers responsible for practices that facilitate criminal harm, like gun violence, car theft, and drug misuse. While not a substitute for all criminal enforcement, this “regulatory justice” approach shifts moral …

Dismantling Disability Segregation, Seth E. Packrone

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Over fifty years ago, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) promised that students with disabilities would attend school alongside their nondisabled peers in the least restrictive environment. Yet today this pro-inclusion educational vision remains unrealized. School districts nationwide continue to place many students with disabilities in segregated educational settings, including disability-only public schools. These schools frequently function as stops along the school-to-prison pipeline or as dumping grounds for low-income students of color who have disabilities that affect their behavior.

Congress originally intended for the IDEA to dismantle this type of disability segregation, but courts have made a series of …

Article Iii And The Recess-Appointed Judge, Alexander Gouzoules

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Roughly three hundred Article III judges have decided cases without life tenure, serving under short-term commissions issued through the Recess Appointments Clause. And yet the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on non-Article III adjudication holds that the Constitution strictly forbids judges without life tenure from exercising the judicial power of the United States.

This Article explores the tension between the nation’s long history of temporary federal judges commissioned through the President’s recess appointment power and the Court’s formalist approach to adjudication by bankruptcy judges, administrative agencies, and other tribunals without lifetime appointments. It uncovers unexamined evidence that early American presidents and judges …

Faith Investors, Amelia Miazad

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

It is the best of times for advocates of religious liberty and the worst of times for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investors. Over the past few decades, the Supreme Court has expanded protections for religious individuals, organizations, and corporations by interpreting the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses evermore expansively. Meanwhile, for ESG investors, times are grim. Conservative lawmakers have vowed to “eradicate this evil pollutant from our markets” and are making good on their promise with a wave of legislation, investigations, and congressional hearings—aimed at preventing investors from incorporating environmental and social issues into investment decisions. The Securities and Exchange …

The Unmaking Of Section Two, Maureen Edobor

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act now stands at a paradoxical crossroads. Though it remains the statute’s central protection against racial vote dilution after Shelby County v. Holder, it is increasingly undermined by a constitutional framework that treats race-conscious remedies as suspect rather than necessary under Section 2. This Essay argues that Section 2 is being quietly unmade—not through direct invalidation, but through the convergence of Equal Protection Doctrine, racial-gerrymandering jurisprudence, and an ascendant commitment to colorblind constitutionalism. Tracing the Fifteenth Amendment’s original design and Congress’s expansive enforcement authority, the Essay situates Section 2 within a constitutional tradition …

State Vras And The State Of The Vra, Michael Pernick, Adam Harper

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

For decades, changes in the interpretation and application of federal election law have limited the reach of hard-won protections for voters of color enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (the federal VRA). United States Supreme Court opinions, including Shelby County v. Holder, Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and Louisiana v. Callais, have rendered the core provisions of the federal VRA wholly ineffective. Against this backdrop, State Voting Rights Acts (SVRAs) have emerged as a necessary and urgent response to protect the right to vote—not merely filling the gaps left by federal retrenchment, but building the durable, …

One Decade, One Map: State Constitutional Limits On Re-Redistricting, Joshua A. Douglas

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court closed the federal courthouse doors to claims of partisan gerrymandering, effectively permitting states to engage in what it called “constitutional political gerrymandering.” A few years later, several states embraced this invitation, redrawing maps mid-decade for openly partisan ends. State courts must now confront a different and more basic question than in a typical partisan gerrymandering case: When a state engages in re-redistricting, is pure partisanship allowable under the state constitution?

This Essay argues that, in these situations, state courts should adopt a presumption of unlawful partisanship under state constitutions. Virtually all state constitutions say …

Is Multiracial Democracy Constitutional? Some Reflections From The Eye Of The Storm, Wilfred U. Codrington Iii

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

By summer 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court will have finally decided Louisiana v. Callais, which asks whether the state’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district as a remedy for racial vote dilution violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendment. In plainer language, the impending judgment in the case twice argued before the Court will determine the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA)—and with it, the future of legal doctrine governing the use of race in redistricting. Yet that is not the only issue that the case presents nor, crucially, the most important. This Article …

The Poly Problem In Zoning: Redefining "Family" For A Changing Society, Aric Short, Tanya Pierce

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Single-family zoning has long dictated not only where people may live but also with whom. Although extensively critiqued for perpetuating racial and economic exclusion, these laws also privilege relationships defined by blood, marriage, or adoption and marginalize nontraditional families. This Article focuses on a particularly overlooked group: polyamorous families who often face legal uncertainty, social exclusion, and housing discrimination due to restrictive zoning definitions of “family.”

As polyamory gains cultural visibility and increasing legal recognition—through West 49th Street, LLC v. O’Neill and municipal reforms in cities like Somerville and Cambridge—now is the time to examine zoning's role in reinforcing outdated …

Waging The Battle For Society's Soul: The Constitutionality Of Juvenile Transfer Legislation In The Wake Of Jones V. Mississippi, Logan Knutson

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Trying juvenile defendants as adults is a cruel, yet enduring practice in U.S. criminal law. If convicted, these youthful offenders face brutal conditions in adult prison and a lifelong stigma. Although these devastating consequences of conviction are readily apparent, juvenile transfer is insidious even absent a prison sentence or criminal record.

State-level legislation that mandates or creates a presumption for subjecting juveniles to any degree of proceedings in adult court disregards their unique capacity for rehabilitation—a characteristic of youth that both modern neuroscience and the U.S. Supreme Court have recognized for decades. In the context of sentencing juveniles to life …

Equity In Place, Segregation, And The Phillips Neighborhood, Myron W. Orfield

Articles

This Article describes an existential legal and factual conflict about residential segregation. It is centered in a neighborhood a few blocks north of where George Floyd—and more recently Renee Good—were murdered. Five years before Floyd’s murder, the conflict reached a breaking point, resulting in three lawsuits. One involved federal civil rights and two involved state civil rights claims that housing policy was causing deeper residential and educational segregation. Much of this debate was summarized in a series of articles in the journal Housing Policy Debate before the lawsuits were filed.

On one side were proponents of greater residential and educational …

Document, Resolution Of Citizens To Preserve Overton Park, 1964

Documents

A document listing "Resolution of Citizens to Preserve Overton Park," Memphis, Tennessee, 1964 September 8. This is about the concern of the routing of Interstate Highway 40 through Overton Park in Memphis. The document stated Mrs. Ralph W. Handy (Marie Handy) as the Chairman of the organization.

Students Can't Access Education Without Being There: A Systematic Look Into One School's Approach To Improve Access, Shawn A. Bernard

Educational Leadership Professional Doctorate Dissertations

This improvement science dissertation focused on understanding and reducing the frequency of out-of-classroom removal of students exhibiting challenging behavior in one elementary school. Classroom removals result in lost instruction and reduced access to the general education environment. Baseline data indicated an average of 27.8 classroom removals per day, reflecting a systemic issue impacting both student outcomes and staff capacity. The goal was to reduce classroom removals to fewer than 10 per day by June 2026. The leadership team conducted a root cause analysis to inform a theory of improvement grounded in positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS). The team selected …

Organizational Causes Of Chronic Absenteeism: Unpacking The Conditions For Learning To Increase Regular Attendance, Melissa Glover

Educational Leadership Professional Doctorate Dissertations

This study employed an improvement science methodology, using plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycles of improvement, to address the persistent problem of chronic absenteeism within the Gateway School District, where annual absentee rates hovered around 45% and were historically 10% higher for students with disabilities compared to their nondisabled peers. The leadership team engaged in a thorough review of parent and student perceptions of school and aligned findings with Chang’s (2019) conditions for learning framework to pinpoint actionable areas for growth. These findings were then organized into a theory of action using a driver diagram approach. This foundational work led to the identification …

Possible Reconsideration To The Library Of Congress Classification System’S Liberal Placements Of African American Psychology And African American Social Science, Eddie Hughes

Southern University and A&M College: John B. Cade Library Publications

The Library of Congress Classification (LCC), developed by Herbert Putnam in 1897, remains the predominant system for organizing materials in U.S. academic libraries. By integrating innovations with earlier classification systems by Charles Cutter and Melvil Dewey, the LCC divides human knowledge into 21 classes, each represented by alphabetic codes. While Psychology is classified under BF and social sciences under HQ, materials on African American Psychology and African American Social Science are primarily cataloged under Class E—History of America—specifically E185.625 and E185.86. This placement raises critical questions about the appropriateness of categorizing these subjects as historical rather than disciplinary. Given African …

Why The “Dead Silence” About The Slave Trade In Mansfield Park?, Stewart Justman

Global Humanities and Religions Faculty Publications

Legend has it that Jane Austen excluded the topic of slavery in toto from the text of Mansfield Park even though (or because) the family patriarch, Sir Thomas Bertram, spends the first half of the novel on his estate in Antigua. It is true that Sir Thomas is off-camera. However, in the family circle one evening shortly after his return from the West Indies, the reticent heroine, Fanny Price, attempts to open a discussion of the slave trade—without success. Mansfield Park does not impose silence on the question of the slave trade; rather, it depicts the imposition of silence on …

A Proposal For More Useful Ai Ethics: Hierarchical Principlism & The Principle Of Compassion, Adam Braus

Applied Computer Science | Faculty Scholarship

Principlism is one of the leading approaches to AI ethics. Developed originally to address bioethical issues in medicine and research, the theory requires decision-makers to consider various ethical principles to justify their actions. Despite its dominance in bioethics and growing popularity in AI ethics, principlism faces serious theoretical and practical criticisms. One serious criticism is that since ethical principles are combined ad hoc, conflicts inevitably arise between them, leading to inconsistencies. While defenders of principlism propose a process for resolving such disputes, contemporary critics argue that this process is incomplete, and at best, principlist frameworks can only help structure analysis …

Supernumerary Bushtits (Psaltriparus Minimus) In Seattle, Wa, Usa, Rebecca Hartley

Supernumerary Bushtits (Psaltriparus minimus) in Seattle: Written Summary with Video Evidence

No abstract provided.

Neuroaesthetic Frequency Tuning For Neurodivergent Populations: A Network-Informed Theory Of Music For Emotional Memory And Cognitive Regulation, Piper Hutson, James Hutson

Faculty Scholarship

Neuroaesthetic frequency tuning posits that deliberate selection of musical parameters can modulate large-scale neural systems to support emotional memory retrieval and cognitive regulation in neurodivergent populations. Drawing on contemporary evidence from network neuroscience, cognitive musicology, and affective science, the article synthesizes how rhythmic, harmonic, and lyrical structures align with Default Mode (DM), fronto-parietal control, salience, motor, and limbic systems, and how these alignments can be targeted to balance internally oriented mentation with task engagement. The theory further integrates autonomic and cellular mechanisms, describing how tempo and spectral energy shift arousal and heart rate variability, and how astrocytic ensembles contribute to …

Expert Report On Valuation Of Controlling Shares Of Publicly Traded Companies Under The California Billionaire Tax Act (Cbta), David Gamage, Brian D. Galle, Emmanuel Saez, Darien Shanske

Faculty Publications

This short memo addresses concerns that have been raised under the proposed California Billionaire Tax Act (CBTA or Act) about the valuation of "voting" or "special control" shares, particularly with regard to shares held in publicly traded companies. A misreading of the CBTA is circulating that claims that voting shares of all assets will be taxed in full regardless of their actual value. This is false, as shown by a straightforward reading about the provision relating to voting and special control shares in context.

Researching A New Religious Phenomenon Of The Central Asia: Digital Sufism, Bekzhan A. Azhimov, Nurlan Kairbekov, Jolaman Bulan, Tussipkhan Imammadi

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

This study examines the emergence of digital Sufism as a modern spiritual phenomenon. It investigates the participation of Sufi groups on social media, the themes conveyed in their online sermons, and the ways their digital strategies compare with other Islamic organizations. The article further explores how Sufi orders navigate virtual environments, questioning whether they reveal elements of esoteric knowledge in these spaces. The notion of digital Sufism is presented as a lens for understanding how Sufi traditions integrate modern technology to widen the influence and relevance of their teachings. The research highlights how Sufism has adjusted to the challenges of …

Misinformation, Disinformation, And More, Rebecca Kyser

Surviving the Stacks Comic

No abstract provided.

Arkansas Razorback Men's Golf Record Book, 2025-2026, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Athletics Media Relations

Arkansas Men's Golf

No abstract provided.

Data Set, R Scripts And Script Outputs For Manuscript: Manufacturing Systems: Characteristics And Dynamics, Alan J. Fitzmorris

Graduate Research Data

This file repository contains fifteen computer-generated datasets, two naturally occurring datasets, nineteen shipbuilding shop datasets, and sixty-one concrete plant datasets.  Each data set contains subdirectories associated with various aspects of the data analysis, including stationarity analysis, dynamic system analysis, and complexity analysis.  In each case, applicable R scripts are included.  The text file entitled “Directory_and_File_Names” depicts the directory structure and associated file names for a total of 225 directories encompassing 8008 files.