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A GLOBAL PUZZLE: INTEGRATING IOT JURISPRUDENTIAL APPROACHES
Get PDFWhile devices in the Internet of Things (hereinafter “IoT”) such as smart appliances, smart watches, and pacemakers are intended to make life easier and safer, they sometimes complicate users’ lives with system failures and expose them to new risks instead. Users suffer the risks stemming from hastily developed cybersecurity in IoT devices, sometimes with serious consequences and without recourse against manufacturers or cybercriminals. Cybercriminals’ ability to exploit gaps in cybersecurity from anywhere makes the IoT especially risk-prone to transnational crime and may make tort claims against multinational manufacturers tenuous on issues of causation and actual harm suffered. Most problematically, the IoT represents an underdeveloped area of law that courts and legislatures in many countries have attempted to address with vastly differing approaches. In turn, this patchwork of underdeveloped IoT jurisprudence leaves manufacturers without clear standards to follow and consumers without adequate paths to pursue remedies. Though ambitious, multilateral international collaboration is necessary to set uniform standards for the ubiquitous issues associated with IoT cybersecurity
Brief Report: Supporting Families in Intensive Treatment for Pediatric Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Get PDFPediatric anxiety rates have doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic (Racine et al., 2021), but access to care has not increased commensurately (Panchel et al., 2021). Intensive group- and family-based outpatient treatment that implements cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with exposure and response prevention (ERP) for pediatric anxiety disorders and OCD is a treatment design that treats more children at one time and may facilitate treatment momentum with its intensive nature so that new patients can be treated sooner. This paper describes CBT-based interventions from an intensive treatment program for pediatric anxiety disorders and/or OCD that involves parents and that can be applied in relevant community-based settings with the hopes of increasing access to evidence-based care
Patriots or Rebels: Ethical Debate Behind the American Revolution
Get PDFThis paper, Patriots or Rebels: Ethical Debate Behind the American Revolution, critically examines the justification and historical significance of the American Revolution. It argues that the motivations behind the revolutionary war and the colonists\u27 outrage against British policies were complex and multifaceted, prompting scrutiny of the legitimacy of their actions. Central to this analysis is the colonists\u27 deliberate choice to establish a democratic republic, diverging from the English monarchy, and an evaluation of the contemporary state of American governance. Drawing on Gordon S. Wood\u27s The Radicalism of the American Revolution, which highlights its transformative impact on American society and political thought, and Harvey Whitehouse\u27s research, Seven Moral Rules Found All Around the World, which underscores universal moral principles, this thesis provides a scholarly framework. It explores how commemorative rituals, monuments, and memorials honor sacrifices made for freedom while critically evaluating the inclusivity and accuracy of historical narratives. By emphasizing diverse perspectives, the study aims to cultivate a nuanced understanding of revolutionary history. The thesis challenges readers to consider whether humanity can transcend primal instincts such as greed and manipulation in pursuit of a just and equitable society. It advocates for humility, constructive dialogue, and collective efforts to foster dignity, empathy, and understanding. By highlighting individuals\u27 shared responsibility in navigating the complexities of our interconnected world, this research aims to inspire future generations to uphold historical accuracy and integrit
A Restatement of Democracy
Get PDFDebates about democracy are everywhere. Extremists, whether on the streets of Washington or Brasilia, perpetrate violence under the banner of democracy. But what do we mean when we talk about democracy? The debates, in the streets, popular media, or pages of academic journals, leave one wanting for depth and precision. This Article thus aims to provide an analytically useful model of Western democracy by surveying the vast and complex literature and distilling from that literature a series of core elements. From this exercise, this Article identifies the following four elements of democracy: majoritarianism, individual contestation, reason-giving, and deliberation. Although the endeavor to define democracy in this way may at first appear too big or unworkable, others over the past 2,500 years have already done the heavy lifting. The elements I propose draw their credibility from well-established ideas in democratic theory. Moreover, these elements are realistic. After summarizing each element and explaining its precedent, this Article provides current examples of each in existing governing institutions. Although there is substantial room for improving the democratic capacity of institutions and developing strategies in which all four elements work simultaneously, by highlighting their existence in practice, this Article aims to demonstrate the source, history, and feasibility of each element. The democracy debates will continue, but the goal of this Article is to provide an analytically useful model of democracy, which legal scholars can rely on when thinking about democratic institutions while at the same time championing an optimistic vision of democracy that can sustain constructive self-governance into the future
Climate Change and Internal Displacement in Colombia: Chronicle of a Tragedy Foretold
Get PDFOne of the key challenges stemming from climate change will be climate displacement, as sudden and gradual events disrupt livelihoods and force millions to leave their homes. Despite the existing scholarship\u27s focus on cross-border movement, the majority of climate displaced people will move internally instead of or before seeking refuge outside their nation\u27s borders. What obligations do states owe to their citizens when those states have historically not been emitters but have still failed to protect domestic populations from displacement related to environmental disasters and climate change impacts? Through exploring the disaster management framework in Colombia and conducting a case study of the town of Gramalote, this Article discusses the obligations that states like Colombia owe to their internally displaced populations in the context of climate change. Given the inexorability and foreseeability of climate displacement, this Article argues that states have an obligation to recognize climate displacement, plan ahead to protect their populations\u27 rights, and implement best practices under international human rights law throughout relocation and resettlement processes. Irrespective of the driver of displacement, displaced individuals should not be subject to a bifurcated regime of protection that treats displacement due to civil disruption, violence, or armed conflict distinctly from displacement in the context of climate change and environmental disasters
Kidney-Targeted mRNA Nanoparticles: Exploration of the mRNA Loading Capacity of a Polymeric Mesoscale Platform Employing Various Classes of Excipients
Get PDFMesoscale nanoparticles (MNPs) for the therapeutic relief of renal ailments can be modulated to deliver various payloads – including biomolecules such as mRNA. In preparing mRNA loaded-MNPs, we observed a point of saturation for mRNA loading of these particles, when aiming to increase the payload per particle. Here, we aimed to circumvent this limitation by incorporating various excipients that interact with mRNA for increased loading. These interactions involved the reduction of mRNA electrostatic repulsion and improving mRNA stability during formulation and release. Thereafter, we tested the encapsulation efficiency of these modified particles and compared it to our original formulation. Further, we performed cytotoxicity screens and executed functionality tests. These functionality tests included studies of pharmacokinetics, mRNA uptake studies in vitro using qPCR and protein expression through fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. Quality assurance to ensure that the particles maintained their mesoscale size range, necessary for kidney targeting, was also an important parameter in this study. Ultimately, we observed that our formulations modified with 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane , trehalose or calcium acetate satisfied these requirements
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No full text1. Beyond Pink and Blue: A Zine Celebrating Trans Childhood
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Trans childhood has long been infantilized, positioning trans children as passive and powerless beings in need of adult (and governmental) supervision and political intervention – an infantilization which is grounded in cisnormative and heteronormative beliefs about childhood innocence and purity.
Trans children are often seen as disruptive to the social order, and their existence is met with fear, hostility, and punishment. Against this backdrop, trans childhood has become a site of resistance, a space where trans children can challenge and subvert normative understandings of gender and sexuality.
As a former trans child turned trans adult, I created this zine to explore my own complicated journey of becoming, but also to theorize the place of trans childhood in current discourse(s) and reflect on how my academic career has allowed me to discuss liberation alongside my trans-cestors.https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/student_zines/1011/thumbnail.jp