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Mitigating Voting Irregularities with Secure E-Voting in Nigeria
No full textThis study examines the challenges of free and fair elections in Nigeria and other African Nations. Nonfunctional and untrusted electoral democratic institutions in Nigeria and Africa are attributed to stateful and stateless mass voter intimidation, voter fraud, vote-buying, and other non-democratic criminal infractions resulting in dire and poor outcomes in leadership. This has led to an interest in developing solutions with as little human involvement as possible. This study examines the e-voting systems to mitigate such infractions. National electoral government bodies like INEC of Nigeria, have interests in online voter registration portals where registrants fill out a secure online pdf. The solution appears to ease the cumbersome registration process but is not user-friendly and is limited to the ownership of computers with internet access and does not address the ballot casting dilemma. The number of mobile connections in Nigeria in January 2021 was equivalent to 90.0% of the total population, thus study suggests that mobile e-voting is the best choice for e-voting. In addition to deploying a mobile prototype registration app, the research conducted a survey for the possibility of a complete solution to include registration and secure voting with the same group on its feasibility. The study showed that the proposed novel system was a desirable solution. Secondly, using a post-survey qualitative survey designed to explore public perception towards e-voting and its ability to reduce voter fraud and voter intimidation, the study findings reveal that most Nigerians prefer e-voting and find it a more secure and safe method of registration and casting their votes. Data collected from the voters was analyzed using quantitative methods, more specifically, descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The manipulation check results show that majority of the participants had a significant understanding of the proposed voting systems meaning that the data collected from the respondents had a significant level of reliability. The study then explored the cryptography-based FOO protocol in e-voting and propose a theoretical framework that combines Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) with the FOO protocol to reduce instances of voter fraud and voter intimidation. The research analyzes the advantages and limitations of this framework and advocate for its adoption into the Nigerian electoral system. In addition, the study recommended that the implementation of risk-limiting audits (RLAs) could help mitigate the threat of cyber-attacks on e-voting systems and equipment failures
Examining Sexual Consent Education for First Year College Students: A Program Evaluation
No full textOur country spends tens of millions of dollars annually on sex education but there are still several issues related to sexual behavior that arise including, an increase in transmitted infections in young adults, rates of sexual assault and varied knowledge in sexual consent, which ultimately impacts the wellbeing of our youth (Boonstra, 2010; Williams and Jensen, 2015; RAHN, 2014; Muehlenhard et al., 2016). Additionally, government initiatives have recognized sexual assault as an emerging issue, possibly since 13-30% of female college students have experienced sexual assault (Muehlenhard et al., 2016; https://www.healthypeople.gov/). Understanding how sexual consent plays a role in these problems is crucial (Williams and Jensen, 2015). This study evaluated a current sexual assault education and prevention program at a local private, urban university. Specifically, the aim of this study was to understand how health-based interventions influence first-year college students’ attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors around sexual consent using a post-posttest survey design. Institutional Review Board approval was obtained from the appropriate university board and data collection took place until March 2020. results from this study show an increase in directive communication styles around sexual consent. Based on these results, recommendations are proposed for universities to adopt health based interventions as well as for more research to be completed in this area to develop evidence-based interventions that address sexual health and well-being. This novel study provides insights for individuals who are involved with student life and campus mental health initiatives, as well as university administration, so that they may create and disseminate health interventions to their student body
Does the Quality of Parent and Peer Relationships and Religiosity Predict Self-Control and Flourishing in Emerging Adult College Students?
No full textThe purpose of this study is to determine how the intersectionality of the variables parental relationships, peer relationships, religiosity and susceptibility of control are predictors of self-control and flourishing in college. Self-control is a predictor of many aspects of flourishing behavior and positive outcomes in college. Understanding what predicts self-control can bolster interventions that lead to successful outcomes for college students. Jeffrey Arnett named the years, 18–25, Emerging Adulthood, because they are a distinct developmental period between Adolescence and Early Adulthood. The developmental tasks in this stage focus on the Emerging Adult’s exploration of self, career, worldview, and love. This study will be viewed through the lens of his theory with an emphasis on college students who are enrolled in an academic program that leads to obtaining a bachelor’s degree. Identifying the variables that contribute to the development of self-control and flourishing can be instrumental in designing programs with effective outcomes for the college student. Also, understanding the predictors can be useful to the mental health counselor in a therapeutic setting where a goal is to change maladaptive behaviors and relationships that contribute to a lack of self-control and flourishing
The Evolution of the young adult genre and how it influences and impacts its readers and authors.
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Working Title: Linguistic Justice in Practice: Making Black English a Standardized Language in Publication and in the Classroom.
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Get PDFTwo years into the pandemic caused by COVID-19, an unprecedented health crisis that has caught us al l off guard, we look back at how the world has changed since then and in what direction we are moving now.
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Hydrofluorocarbons, Leaky Car Air Conditioners, and Revoked Waivers: The Question of State-level Regulation of Climate Change in the Trump Era
Get PDFThe United States Climate Change Policies and COVID-19: Poisoning the Cure
Get PDFClimate change is complex during the best of times. It is commonly conceptualized as the quintessential global collective action problem: it affects those who do not contribute to it while the benefits of climate change mitigation measures are not restricted to those who pursue such measures. This conceptualization illustrates the high transaction costs involved in domestic policies as well as in international agreements addressing climate change, and it is of academic and practical interest. As such, this Article discusses the current challenges that climate change policies face, focusing on the linkages between the climate change policies of the Trump administration and the COVID-19 pandemic and on the effects of those linkages, both in the United States and globally. Specifically, this Article addresses the Trump administration’s attacks on climate science and its deregulatory climate agenda, as well as the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. In addition, it discusses principles of international law and the challenges related to state liability for environmental harms in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. This Article also assesses how the United States’ climate policies are likely to aggravate inequalities both domestically, as well as globally, in the aftermath of the pandemic.
This Article offers several original contributions. First, it provides a unique assessment of how the deregulatory climate policies implemented nationally and internationally by the Trump administration have magnified the COVID-19 crisis. Second, the law and economics methodology used in this Article validates the claim that improving environmental quality is connected to optimizing early regulatory action. Third, this Article discusses the challenges of state liability for climate harms in the aftermath of the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and concurrent COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, this Article offers relevant insights for the literature on climate change that are likely to be applicable to critical future situations, whether they are health-related, a global economic crisis, or climate-related emergencies.
Ultimately, this Article concludes that, in the aggregate, all such climate change policies have contributed to increased pollution, including elevated greenhouse gas emissions that have aggravated pre-pandemic inequalities embedded within the United States and among countries. Consequently, the domestic and international policy choices of the Trump administration are worsening the impact of the pandemic, particularly for those in more vulnerable positions, as well as indelibly poisoning the global commons.
Keywords: climate change, climate policy, international environmental law, international law, international energy law, COVID-19, pandemic, deregulation, Trump administration, Paris Agreement, international liability, climate harm, inequality