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Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication
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Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy
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Dilemmas of Free Expression
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How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
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Disinformation, Misinformation, and Fake News in Social Media: Emerging Research Challenges and Opportunities
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Spring 2025/Vol 5
Full text linkThis issue, edited by Destiny DeHart, features “Advances in Storytelling” by Assistant Professor Laura K. Clark Hunt, Ph.D., “Evolving Storytelling in Libraries: Project Techne” by Crystal Walker, “Who’s Rewriting History” by Austin Bello, “Soldiers in Disguise: Women’s Stories from the Civil War” by Lauren Viola, “Once Upon a Map: Storytelling in Libraries with ARCGIS Storymaps” by Sara Gonzalez, “Mold in the Archives: How Bias Influences Stories” by Destiny DeHart, and interview with managing reference archivist Devin McGeehan Muchmore of the GLBT Historical Society. In addition, upcoming conferences are listed. A list of students who will graduate in December 2024 with MLIS and the graduate archival certificates are honored.https://aquila.usm.edu/fondsandfeathers/1005/thumbnail.jp
Reproductive Autonomy In Immunological Intervention: Ethical Boundaries in Maternal-Fetal Immune Therapy
Full text linkRecent advances in immunology have broken barriers in reproductive medicine through immune-modulating therapies that support fertility and pregnancy. Treatments such as intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and intralipid infusions are increasingly offered to patients with Recurrent Implantation Failure (RIF) or Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL), conditions that result in miscarriages and failed IVF treatments (Pillarysetti et al., 2023). Maternal-fetal immunology reveals a delicate interplay between immune tolerance and defense: the maternal system must accept a genetically foreign fetus while preserving immunological protection. Disruptions in this balance are implicated in implantation disorders and pregnancy failure. As a result, immune-based therapies have emerged as promising interventions, though they raise ethical concerns about informed consent, medical paternalism, patient safety, and the tension between autonomy and provider responsibility. Despite their potential, patient decision-making may be undermined by misinformation and the emotional vulnerability of grieving parents. Consequently, reproductive immunotherapy occupies an ethically fraught space demanding clearer regulatory oversight and attention to moral considerations. Upholding reproductive autonomy requires more than offering treatment; it necessitates transparent, evidence-based, and ethically sound practices. This thesis examines ethical and informed consent challenges in reproductive immunology, focusing on gaps between patient understanding and therapeutic risks, conflicts between maternal and fetal interests, and the commercialization of these therapies in private fertility clinics. It draws on bioethical principles and alternative frameworks such as relational autonomy and the ethics of care
Analysis of the Scratch program for computational thinking in schoolchildren in an educational institution in Peru: a network analysis
No full textAbstract: o analyze the relationship between the Scratch program and students’ computational thinking in an educational institution in Peru, relational research guidelines were followed with 384 regular elementary school students aged 6 to 12. The group had a higher percentage of males (52.6%) compared to females (47.4%). Two custom questionnaires were used to measure both variables. The study found that the aesthetic aspects of the Scratch program are the most significant component for developing computational thinking (=3.34; =2.34; =2.47), especially the dimension of computational practices. Limitations include a small sample size for analyzing sociodemographic variables, operationalization of computational thinking dimensions, and the non-causal research design. The study also emphasizes the importance of designing didactic sequence content and identifying scaffolding behaviors for acquiring new knowledge. Functionality and prior experience are the most critical and influential factors in developing computational practices
Intellectual Networks and Royal Legitimacy: Religious Intellectuals and English Kings Between Conversion and the Rise of Wessex
No full textThe early Middles Ages were a politically unstable period in Western Europe. No single king had a secure claim to the legitimacy of their rule, with usurption and military conquest making claims to legitimacy difficult to defend. England between the Augustinian mission (ca. 597) and the rule of Alfred the Great (ending in 899) was no exception. For the kings of this period, mere wealth and military strength had limited effect on this issue. Tying themselves to the religious intellectual networks that developed in the aftermath of conversion to create moral and intellectual apologetics for their rule took its place. These networks of intellectuals, whom Peter Brown refers to as sapientes, were almost entirely of monastic backgrounds. These scholars utilized the religious framework of their educations to write texts and shape practice to create narratives of legitimacy for their patrons. This practice would be refined during the rise of the Carolingians where Charlemagne deliberately created networks of sapientes rather than recruit individuals to tap into preexisting networks. This then enabled him to recruit talent from a much broader set of territory (including England itself), bringing together the best and brightest minds to bolster his legitimacy. For the sapientes themselves, they gained preferred appointments as abbots and bishops, bolstering their religious authority in order that they might better bolster their kings’ religious authority. This symbiotic relationship between royal and ecclesiastic authority enabled the kings of this period to create narratives of legitimacy by borrowing it from heaven