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Designing Social Meaningful Spaces in Micro-Unit Developments
No full textThis document explores the evolution of micro units in the Greater Boston area and the feasibility of this housing model as a catalyst to tackle the housing affordability crisis, particularly for single parents. It examines historical context, current trends, sustainability aspects, adaptive reuse, and challenges. This article analyzes case studies, theoretical perspectives, and future outlooks, analyzing the need for a collaborative approach between urban planners, architectural designers, developers and social policy makers to effectively address the multi-faceted housing affordability crisis by meeting housing needs, building affordable, climate resilient, sustainable, inclusive, community engaging housing units
Disconnected Connection
Full text linkLawyers are more digitally connected than ever, but the human side of connection is shifting. In a profession built on relationships, technological transformations from videoconferencing to Generative AI reshape how lawyers converse, empathize, and build rapport. Amid industry calls to prioritize ‘soft’ people skills, lawyers face a growing paradox: tools offering convenience and efficiency disrupt traditional methods of on-the-job training and mentorship from generations past. This Article draws on lessons from an empirical, interview-based study of law students, professional development legal personnel, and senior lawyers to examine interpersonal connection as a modern lawyering skill. Against a backdrop of swirling influences like smartphone dependence, distanced legal education, and increased reports of well-being struggles, participants describe the shaky ground of new workplace norms and the real-world stakes of connection choices like sending a chat instead of stopping by an office. The bottom line? The profession is undergoing a connection recalibration. Legal skills instruction and professional training must recognize that thriving in a tech-driven world requires doubling down on personal relationship skills, too. No matter the latest-and-greatest tool, lawyering is still about people helping people. And that human touch deserves—demands—our attention
Civil Rights Law—One Foot In, One Foot Out: Fourth Circuit Holds Tester’s Informational Injury Obtains Sufficient Standing—Laufer v. Naranda Hotels, LLC, 60 F.4th 156 (4th Cir. 2023)
No full textCan We Train Bots to Negotiate Like Lawyers? And What Do We Learn About Bargaining as We Do?
Full text linkForthcoming in 79 Wash. U. J. of Law and Policy ____ (2025)
AI “bots” like ChatGPT can negotiate without training, but they are overly cooperative, making concessions that weaken their bargaining position—unlike skilled legal negotiators, who adapt their tactics to individual situations as well as what occurs in the process and move as needed between cooperative and competitive tactics.
The article explores how to train bots to “negotiate like lawyers” by giving them role instructions, knowledge about bargaining, and iterative practice, including step-by-step instructions to create a bargaining bot in ChatGPT.
The author notes that texts on negotiation, and his own teaching methods, do not give students specific advice about what to do in different bargaining situations, and describes how the process of training a bot prompted him to explore his own often unconscious “rules of bargaining.” The author concludes that AI bots offer exciting new tools to deepen our understanding of bargaining and improve negotiation outcomes
Husbandry of Jellyfish and Ctenophores: Why gelatinous forms thrive in their natural habitat and yet often struggle to survive in aquaria
No full textRecent observations in the behaviors of several gelatinous forms in the wild have demonstrated that human impacts to their environment have likely accelerated growth of their populations tremendously. Interestingly enough, population growth of jellyfish and ctenophores in aquariums and artificial habitats is less often observed under controlled conditions, while they often bloom in rapidly changing environments of nature. Seeking the knowledge of aquarists and researchers that have worked directly with gelatinous animals through interviews, and documenting the experiences of each individual, allowed acquisition of data that can be used to compare the reproductive success of these animals in captivity and in their natural habitats. These insights may lead to a clearer view on the nature of jellyfish and similar gelatinous creatures, in which animals that evolved for hundreds of millions of years for rapid population growth during adequate, but variable conditions could be very unlikely to thrive in a stable, enclosed, and artificial habitat
Manufactured Superiority: The War on Terror, United States Dominated Media, and the Global Implications of American Exceptionalism
No full textThis research examines American exceptionalism and its effects on the global perception of the United States, specifically how it shapes international narratives, marginalizes alternative perspectives, and reinforces a ruling American worldview that inhibits effective engagement and cross-cultural dialogue. The study will focus on two key areas: U.S. military interventions and media representation. First, it will analyze the War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq (2001–2021), assessing how U.S.-enforced destabilization in the region perpetuates hegemonic control. Second, it will investigate U.S.-backed, Israel-led Palestinian erasure as a case study of interventionism that positions the U.S. as the self-designated enforcer of global order. Additionally, this research will examine how American-centric media contribute to cultural imperialism by promoting narratives that justify interventionist policies while silencing dissenting voices. Through a critical analysis of political discourse, media framing, and policy decisions, this study aims to challenge the assumptions of American exceptionalism and highlight its consequences on global power structures and regional stability
On Magnetic moments Of Up and Down Quarks And Electron Neutrino Structures Composed Of Fractional Charges
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Using our models of elementary particles as spinning structures composed of fractional +-e/3 charges, we suggest a possible mechanism of the inverse-b reaction as the transfer of one +e/3 charge from its axial position in the antineutrino to the axial position in an up-quark of a proton. Such a transfer converts that up-quark into a positron, and the antineutrino becomes a down-quark after one of the antineutrino’s axial positive charges is removed from it. We will consider that a positron is a tetrahedral-like structure with three positive basic charges revolve about the axis passing through the fourth positive basic charge and a single negative basic charge in the structure. Such a structure of an electron was suggested in [1]. The relative distances between the basic charges in such a structure were calculated in [9]. Because a transfer of any charged particle to or from its axial position in any spinning structure does not change the structure’s angular momentum and the magnetic moment, we conclude that the spin and the magnetic moment of an up-quark are the same as those of a positron. We can also conclude that the spin and the magnetic moment of a down-quark are the same as those vectors of an electron antineutrino
The Nest
No full textThe Opioid epidemic in America has negatively affected our society in many ways including increased overdose deaths, homelessness, spread of HIV and other diseases, and public drug use. Many addicts become homeless and refuse to go to shelters because shelters don’t allow drugs. The amount of people overdosing in public has increased so much that Narcan is now available over the counter in many areas. While this is saving many lives it also puts the responsibility to save lives on untrained civilians. A safe use shelter could be the solution to all of these problems. What these people need is a warm safe environment to go to where there will be clean resources for them and trained medical staff to keep them safe. This would reduce the amount of deaths due to overdose, the spread of HIV and other diseases, and public drug use
Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk University Annual Report for 2023-2024
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/1014/thumbnail.jp