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Transmedia, Jane Austen, and Romance: A Study of transmedia storytelling for Publishers and Producers of Romance who are Looking to stand out in today\u27s crowed Market.
No full textInternational and Foreign Legal Research Resources at the Law Library of Congress
Get PDFThe material that follows summarizes the proceedings held in January 2020 at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The panel on “International and Foreign Legal Research Resources at the Law Library of Congress” was organized by the AALS Section on International Law and co-sponsored by the AALS Section on Comparative Law. The moderator was Professor Mark E. Wojcik of the UIC John Marshall Law School, the immediate past Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress and 2020-21 Chair of the AALS Section on International Law. Also serving as moderator was Professor Don S. De Amicis of Georgetown Law. The speakers were Barbara Bavis, Legal Reference Librarian at the Law Library of Congress, and Peter Roudik, Director of the Global Legal Research Center at the Law Library of Congress. In the audience participation section, extended comments were also made by Dean Katharina Boele-Woelki, Dean of the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany, and the Claussen-Simon-Foundation Chair for Comparative Law at that school. The material here is not a one-stop shop for understanding the full range of resources available from the world’s largest law library, but it should provide an enticing introduction to the collections and services available. For practitioners, judges, legislators, professors, law students, and other legal researchers, the Law Library of Congress is a gem hidden in plain sight, waiting to be discovered
Company Management for dance sPace ‘19: A Background and Documentation
Get PDFThe position of Company Manager for Pace School of Performing Arts productions was created for the Fall 2019 semester. I had the privilege of being the Company Manager for the first production of the fall, To Clothe the Naked , and then was asked to fill the role again for the final show of the semester, dance sPace ‘19 . I was excited for this opportunity, as it allowed me to take what I had learned and what had been perfected about the duties of the position and put it into my final show at Pace. Throughout the process, my goal was to find the balance of how a knowledge of professional company management could be adapted and executed in an educational setting. In this paper, I will discuss how this production offered me the chance to bring together the knowledge I had received from my class in Company & General Management the previous Fall, my experience in the role for a previous production, and my experience working professionally on internships and interacting with professional company managers into a capstone for my college career. The company management position offers a wide variety of duties that one must tackle and necessitates interacting with all members of the production to accomplish these tasks successfully, and I will also address my handling of this on the production of dance sPace . Finally, I will share how I arrived at my decision to create a guidebook for the position, and how I hope that this will impact those who later take on this job in the B.A. Stage Management program
Mitigating Bring Your Own Device Risks by Static Analysis Empowered by Knowledge Graphs from Open Web Application Security Project
No full textMany organizations, to save costs, are moving to Bring Your Own Mobile Device (BYOD). In these scenarios, organizations have a Mobile Device Management (MDM) system in place. MDM solutions lower cyber security risks by providing remote wipe procedures, geo-location fencing, among others. However, MDM systems are not yet focused on application-level security with a fine-level of granularity. MDM systems currently may not monitor for data loss prevention (DLP), or even standard web-application vulnerabilities that a penetration tester would examine. In addition, organizations around the world are adopting applications built by third-parties at an unprecedented rate. This research contributes an examination of mobile application security through the construction of a knowledge graph for the OWASP Top 10 2014 and 2016 threats. The knowledge graph contribution links threats from the different years to show changes in time and to help determine security changes over time. Currently, only the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Bug Framework has built any such graph representation to inform analysis. This high-level graphic shows potential vulnerabilities such as the insecure storage of sensitive data and insufficient cryptography, which depending on how the code is utilized can occur heavy fines for the mismanagement of sensitive information. This research then contributes how specific mobile device source code, specifically Android in this research, can useful to inform static analysis. In this research we focus on source code analysis; however, the knowledge-graph can be connected to byte code or entirely other mobile device application languages such as Swift, JavaScript, and C/C++. We then make a contribution to analyze over 200 healthcare Android applications source code from GitHub to learn what, if any, security concerns are being deployed to improve secure source code development for sensitive data. Some of the applications analyzed collect highly sensitive information such a body weight, body signals (e.g. blood pressure, temperature), obstetrics/gynecology measurements, mental health measurements, among others. Specifically, in this research, we analyzed applications for components of the constructed-knowledge graphs, specifically, components of the confidentiality and integrity of their sensitive information. As our world moves more-and-more to the edges with the Internet of Things and mobile application development, security concerns and the storage and transmission of sensitive data is becoming a serious concern. In fact, recent regulatory changes are occurring at unprecedented rates with adoptions of new laws at local, national and international levels. Having a clearer picture of security on our mobile devices is now an industry necessity
Effectiveness of a School-Based Mental Health Literacy Program on Increasing Help- Seeking Attitudes Among Ethnic Minority Youth
No full textDespite ethnic minority youth being at an increased risk for mental health concerns, there continues to be a greater disparity between those who need mental health services and those who receive those services for this population of youth. There are many barriers that ethnic minority youth face when seeking out mental health services, such as negative attitudes and stigma related to mental health and mental health help-seeking, as well as lack of knowledge about mental health and mental health services. The purpose of this study was to deliver a mental health literacy (MHL) intervention to ethnic minority youth in a school setting with the goal of addressing these barriers. Specifically, this study aimed to determine if (1) engagement in a MHL intervention results in an increase in help-seeking attitudes among ethnic minority youth, (2) initial levels of public and/or personal mental health help-seeking stigma moderate changes in help-seeking attitudes as a result of the MHL intervention, and (3) ethnicity moderates changes in help-seeking attitudes as a result of the MHL intervention. Results did not reveal any significant improvements in help-seeking attitudes as a result of engaging in a MHL intervention. Furthermore, neither initial levels of mental health help-seeking stigma nor ethnicity moderated changes in help-seeking attitudes. Challenges of conducting school-based research and limitations associated with the present study are discussed
An Australian Conundrum: Genomic Technology, Data, and the COVIDSafe App
Get PDFThis paper examines the difficulties that have arisen in Australia in the use of its contact-tracing app. We examine the privacy implications around the use of the app, the wider economic imperative, and the balancing of those concerns against the health threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. We posit that default options are superior in times of emergency and rather than begging for the adoption of lifesaving technology, we suggest that the evidence gathered by behavioral economists provides an apposite and powerful alternative worthy of consideration
The Relationship Between Warm, Rejecting, and Hostile Parenting Dimensions and Creative Production in the Creative Writing Domain
No full textCreativity is an important aspect of human potential, which impacts individual problem solving and professional development and ultimately may lead to greater technological and cultural advancements. Different types of creative potential may benefit disparate areas. For example, verbal creative potential is especially relevant for creative achievement in domains relevant to language and academic achievement from childhood to adulthood. Many studies have identified parenting to play a major role in the development of creativity. While early research has identified authoritative parenting as ideal in predicting creative outcomes in children, contemporary research does not demonstrate clear findings in regard to how parenting styles influence and encourage creativity. Research has identified that the dimensional approach to study parenting—which includes the variables of warmth, rejection, and hostility—is useful when considering specific relationships between variables. Research linking parenting and creativity often did not identify what specific creativity domains are explored. When examining the measures used in past studies, a relationship between warm and rejecting parenting and verbal creative potential emerges. The current study aimed to better understand the relationship between warm, rejecting, and hostile parenting and verbal creative potential, production, and participation. We used a mediation model with a sample of 327 young adults who were asked questions to classify parenting variables in terms of how they themselves had been parented. Results of this study did not find a significant direct link between parenting variables and verbal creative production or participation. Similarly, no significant correlations were identified between parenting variables and verbal creative production or participation. Lastly, no significant relationship was found between warm, rejecting, and hostile parenting styles and verbal creative production and participation through verbal divergent thinking. Further research should include more direct measures of social creativity which may also be influenced by parenting style. Furthermore, subsequent research may also consider the effects of SocioEconomic Status and access to creative activities on creativity levels of participants
The Hallmarks of a Good Test: A Proposal for Applying the Functional Equivalent Rule From County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund
Get PDFThe Clean Water Act generally requires a federal permit for the discharge of pollutants “from any point source” to navigable waters. It is undisputed that permits are required for discharges of pollutants from point sources that proceed “directly” to regulated waters. But there is much disagreement over the extent to which indirect point-source discharges are regulated. In an attempt to clarify, the United States Supreme Court in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund ruled that permits are required not just for direct point-source discharges, but also for any point-source discharge that is the “functional equivalent” of a direct point-source discharge. Unfortunately, the Court did not define the term “functional equivalent,” other than to offer a non-exhaustive list of seven factors to consider (emphasizing time and distance), and to admonish lower courts to both respect the states’ traditional authority over water pollution and be mindful of avoiding decisions that would encourage evasion of the Act’s permitting requirements.
To pick up where County of Maui left off, this Article proposes the “hallmark” interpretation of the functional equivalent test. According to this approach, a pollutant discharge is the “functional equivalent” of a direct discharge (and therefore requires a permit) if it bears the hallmarks of a direct discharge—in other words, if the discharged pollutants still betray the traces of having been emitted from a “discernible, confined and discrete conveyance” (the statutory definition of “point source”). In contrast, if the pollutants lack those hallmarks, and thus are indistinguishable from pollutants added by nonpoint sources, then their discharge is not a regulated “functional equivalent.” This “hallmark” approach is consistent not only with County of Maui’s articulation of the functional equivalent rule, but also with the Court’s expectation of how that rule should be implemented. In support of the proposed hallmark analysis, the Article defines the reference point (“direct discharge”) and its functions, then explains how to determine whether the hallmarks of the pollutants at issue are equivalent to the hallmarks of a direct discharge. Finally, it cautions that, consistent with County of Maui’s admonition, the functional equivalent analysis must include a “perspective” check to prevent the Act from being used to undercut the states’ traditional authority over water quality, while also respecting Congress’ intent that certain point-source discharges be federally regulated