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Photograph of Ford Hall Forum audience line, undated
No full textBlack and white photograph of audience waiting in line to attend Ford Hall Forum event. 1 Ashburton Place written on the back.https://dc.suffolk.edu/fhf-docs/1032/thumbnail.jp
Fractional Charge Concept Opened Gates for New Ideas on Composition of Matter
Full text linkBefore the concept of quarks with fractional electric charges was introduced, the electron charge magnitude e was considered as the smallest amount of charge in nature so the charge of any object could be only an integer number of ± e. Then it was suggested that the proton and neutrons are composed of quarks with the fractional charges, combined in such a way that the total charge of a proton occurred to be that same known charge +e, and the charge of a neutron was zero. We suggest expanding that fruitful concept of fractional charges to build structural models of known particles as combinations of basic elementary particles with the charges of +e/3 and -e/3. Different structures made of particles with positive and negative fractional charges can have a positive or negative or zero net charge depending on the balance between the positive and negative fractional charges. Presenting the known “elementary” particles such as quarks and an electron as the composite structures made of basic elementary charges -e/3 and +e/3, it is possible to explain the intrinsic angular momentum (spin) and the intrinsic magnetic moment of the composite particles as resulting from the rotational motion of the basic elementary charges. We suggest that in nuclear reactions that include composite particles made of the basic elementary fractional charges, the total numbers of negative and positive basic elementary charges are conserved. The basic charges present in the reagents re-arrange but are in the same numbers in the products of the reaction as they are in the reagents
Electron as a Structure Made of Basic Elementary Particles: Spinning Speed and Radius
Full text linkWe have calculated the orbital speed, the radius of an orbit of the revolving basic particles, and the angular speed of an electron in three models of an electron as a spinning composite particle. The three models suggested in our previous work [1] are the centered square structure, the rhombus structure, and the tetrahedral structure. The calculated speed of revolving basic particles, for all three models of an electron, does not exceed c, the maximum possible speed in nature: for the centered square model, in the rhombus model, and in the tetrahedral model. The results show that the spin of an electron can be reasonably explained assuming that an electron is not an elementary particle, but a composite structure made of five basic elementary particles of mass me/6 and of charge +e/3 (one particle) and -e/3 (four particles). The calculated angular frequencies of spinning electron structures have characteristic values for the considered models and are in the range of . The angular frequency of electrons might be determined in experiments on the interaction of X-rays with electrons
Legal Innovation & Technology: A Practical Skills Guide for the Modern Lawyer
Full text linkPlenty of people talk about technology changing the practice of law but what does it all mean for a lawyer’s everyday skills? The answers lie in Legal Innovation & Technology: A Practical Skills Guide for the Modern Lawyer. This book is the first student-centered coursebook of its kind. It is a comprehensive instructional source combining background explanation of changes to the legal industry with practical guidance on topics such as electronically stored information, document proficiency, advanced research analytics, cybersecurity, automation, client-centered law practice management technology, and remote lawyering.Geared toward readers at the early stage of their careers, Legal Innovation & Technology: A Practical Skills Guide for the Modern Lawyer supplies concrete checklists, hands on exercises, multiple choice questions set within real-world scenarios, tips, screenshots, ethics guidance, and insight from technology experts. O’Leary breaks down topics that can be intimidating in simple fashion with an accessible tone for any law student or lawyer interested in maintaining a relevant legal skill set in today’s modern world
Suffolk Journal, vol.86, no. 14, 3/8/2023
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Suffolk Journal, vol.86, no. 10, 2/08/2023
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External Support: The importance of community support in disability healthcare
Full text linkInequalities in healthcare is a common discussion topic every day in the United States and although most Americans are not able to get adequate healthcare, they need one subtopic that I believe is not discussed enough about disability healthcare. More specifically the importance of community support and resources in disability health care. My internship this semester was helping lower-income families find the resources they need for their children with autism spectrum disorder. In this position, I learned that many of the positive activities and resources that would be helpful for their children most families are unable to get because they do not make enough money or do not live in a specific area of the city or do not have the time during the day to go to specific appointments. Now with almost 25% of the United States population having a disability along with personal experience in this field it made me think about the importance of trying to bring awareness and give back to those who do not have the resources. We learned as a psychology major that the more support you have as a child and then into your adulthood the more successful you could be at various aspects of your life this goes the same with healthcare if you are supported in your community throughout struggles with your health it greatly impacts the mental health of the person and their support system. The question to be asked is what can we develop to help people with disabilities succeed better in the healthcare system and also support them and their caretakers and families mentally
Can the global city enable democratic autonomy? Re-reading David Harvey and Saskia Sassen
Full text linkThe global city is imagined to be a space that accommodates flows of people, ideas, cultures and—most importantly—capital. It is also imagined to enjoy a high degree of decision-making autonomy from the nation. However, the rise of nationalism and covid lockdowns have called into question what a global city means when nation-states can stop global flows in and out from a city. Hong Kong is a good case study because the international community has been questioning this former British colony\u27s global status due to overt political control from the Central Chinese government and stringent border control during the pandemic. However, these worries tend to focus on economic issues without paying attention to how democratic autonomy shapes city space and configures time.
This paper asserts that to seek democracy in a global city, citizens, activists, and academics ought to reject the typologies of local/national/global, and politics/economy/culture. Instead, they need to interrogate the multi-directional and often contradictory flows of capital, information, culture, and people. Three organizing concepts that are useful for examining such flows are network, space, and time. The focus on these three concepts will help re-imagine new spatialities and temporalities that realize citizens’ agency.
To begin this task, this paper builds on the writings of David Harvey and Saskia Sassen and discuss how they may enrich the three organizing concepts: network, space, and time. I will assess how applicable their arguments are to the case of Hong Kong.
Harvey\u27s concept of the right to the city is useful at pointing out: the state-planned, corporate-friendly urbanization in Hong Kong since the 1970s; the government re-branding the city as a global financial hub after the handover in 1997; protestors\u27 street occupation creating a common for residents\u27 affects. Sassen\u27s concept of the Global City is useful at suggesting: the process of a Global City increasing its capacities of global operation, coordination, and control through attracting corporations to establish Headquarters; and the role played by a booming financial sector and advanced internet technologies in a Global City.
The case of Hong Kong, however, shows some undertheorized areas of the two concepts. Harvey tends to neglect the cultural aspects of urban life and ignore the conflicting interests among the working class. Sassen\u27s suggestion of the Global City being relatively autonomous of state control does not seem to explain the central planning of the Chinese government. In addition, Sassen also harbours the slightly simplistic belief that information technologies will have positive “spill over” benefits for global-local social movements. This paper will use the three organizing concepts—network, space, and time—to strengthen the two concepts, right to the city and the Global City
Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk University Annual Report for 2022-2023
Full text linkThese reports summarize the activities of the Rosenberg Institute during the academic year, including information related to public programming, visiting scholars, cooperation with the Asian Studies program at Suffolk College of Arts & Sciences, promotion of Suffolk\u27s Asia-related activities, community outreach, and funding. Most reports also contain photographs of scholars, staff, and events.https://dc.suffolk.edu/rireports/1013/thumbnail.jp
Suffolk University Alumni Magazine, Fall 2023
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