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Know Your Rights
No full textBreakout Session #1This presentation would give students the tools to know and exercise their rights in the current political and social environment. Topics that will be covered include: people\u27s rights when interacting with law enforcement (including immigration/border enforcement agencies), but we will also discuss people\u27s rights when protesting and how to be civil advocates. The goal is to make sure students are aware of their voice and know how to use it to the greatest effect for the purpose of enacting change in their community at the local and federal level
Cross-Cultural Leadership: Coping with Change and Uncertainty with a Global Perspective
No full textBreakout Session #1In a globalized and ever-changing world, cross-cultural leadership is more vital than ever. This presentation explores how the concept of Cura Personalis can guide leaders to effectively navigate change and uncertainty in multicultural environments.Participants will gain practical skills in cross-cultural communication, conflict resolution, and adaptability. Through interactive discussions and activities, they will build a foundation for inclusive leadership and discover ways to create meaningful, positive impacts within their global communities
Poundmaker – A Legacy of Leadership, Love and Conciliation
Full text linkChief Poundmaker was a foundational figure in early Canadian history. He was responsible for unifying warring nations into cohesive alliances that advocated for fundamental and inherent Indigenous rights. Throughout his life, his dedication was to his people and their overall well-being, even when it stood against his own personal well-being. This research expands on leadership theory through a case study of the life of Chief Poundmaker. His life exemplifies relational and servant leadership, which an individual can extrapolate into profound leadership lessons. By learning about Chief Poundmaker’s life and leadership journey, contemporary leaders can effectively learn how to lead through compassion, love, and, ultimately, dedication to their people
Rural Access to Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Center for Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Full text linkBackgroundPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common type of pancreatic cancer and among the most aggressive malignancies. It is projected to be the second leading cause of cancer related mortality in the United States by 2030. Due to its nonspecific early symptoms, PDAC often remains undetected until advanced stages, limiting treatment options and reducing survival rates.
PurposeThis project evaluated the impact of geographic distance on diagnostic staging and treatment initiation for patients with PDAC referred to the Providence Cancer Institute of Oregon (PCIO) from 2018-2023.
MethodsA retrospective chart review assessed the relationship between geographic distance, demographics, diagnostic staging, and treatment among PDAC patients at PCIO.
AnalysisPatients (N=701) referred to PCIO had a mean age of approximately 70 years and were predominantly white, with more females (52%) than males (48%), differing from national trends. No significant association was found between geographic distance and diagnostic staging. However, treatment initiation type was significantly associated with travel distance, indicating access barriers. Most patients presented with Stage IV disease, underscoring the need for improved early detection.
Implications for PracticeThe absence of a significant relationship between geographic distance and diagnostic staging, yet a significant association with treatment initiation, indicates barriers to timely care access. The high prevalence of advanced stage PDAC and observed gender disparity further emphasize the need for earlier detection and investigation of referral patterns. Enhancing PDAC care may require targeted county level outreach, expanded telemedicine services, and application of the Donabedian Model to reduce disparities and enhance patient outcomes
Impact of Using a Shared Decision-Making Tool in Atrial Fibrillation
Full text linkBackgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrythmia impacting nearly six million Americans. Symptoms associated with AF significantly impact quality of life and can have serious health consequences. Risk factor optimization through lifestyle modification is a crucial component in AF care plans though often deferred to primary care providers.
PurposeThis project assessed the impact of using a shared decision-making tool on patient knowledge regarding their AF care plan and assessed patient and provider perception of using the tool during routine AF visits.
MethodsTools were distributed to patients during AF clinic visits then graded according to current AF clinical practice guidelines to calculate AF knowledge scores. Patient and provider perception of using the tool was assessed with Patient Perception and Provider Perception surveys.
ResultsSignificant associations were found between AF knowledge scores and number of lifestyle modification goals set (X2 (4) = 12.68, p=.013), AF knowledge scores and gender (X2 (2) = 7.00, p = .030), age range and quality of life (X2 (4) = 11.35, p = .023), and age range and number of lifestyle modification goals set (X2 (4) = 10.57, p = .032). Few patients disliked using the tool, and most providers reported a positive experience with the tool.
ConclusionsUsing a shared decision-making tool can help patients understand foundational needs of lifestyle modification in their AF care plan as well as other components of their treatment plan. Patient and provider perception of the tool indicated a possible role in future AF clinic visits
The Role of Servant-Leadership and Employee Work Engagement on Employee Innovative Work Behaviour: An Emerging Economy Perspective
No full textThis study investigates the impact of servant-leadership (SL) and employee work engagement (EWE) on the innovative work behaviour (IWB) of the professionals in a developing country’s perspective. Besides, the mediation impact of EWE between the SL and IWB link has been assessed that created unique contribution to the literature. This quantitative research utilized cross-sectional survey design where data has been collected using both paper based and online survey. Using structured questionnaire, we collected responses from 215 professionals from manufacturing and service sectors who are working at mid-levels and semi-mid-levels positions in different organizations in Bangladesh. The descriptive analysis and normality test have been conducted through SPSS 25 and the hypotheses have been tested using structural equation modelling via Smart PLS 4.0.9.8. The outcomes confirmed that SL is positively associated with EWE where both SL and EWE have positive impact on IWB. Moreover, EWE positively mediates the relationship between SL and IWB that is one of the main contributions of this research. Hence, results indicate that when employees are more engaged, organizations can maximize the impact of servant-leadership to a greater scale to promote innovative work behaviour
Teaching with a Servant\u27s Heart: Pedagogy of the Finest Kind
No full textIn an age when improved customer service is receiving increased attention across the corporate landscape, current organizational thought is devoting a renewed emphasis on servant-leadership. Ironically, although often with a macro corporate focus, this “leading from the heart” is also transformative in the classroom and aligns well with what should be the core value non-negotiable for all educators in the world of higher education
Evaluating the Health of the Latah Creek Tributary and its Impact on the Health of the Spokane River by Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Analysis
Full text linkResearch question: How does the Latah Creek tributary impact water quality of the Spokane River, monitoring the riverbanks and macroinvertebrate families
Regulating AI through Law: The Global Landscape
No full textChaired by Darian Spearman, Ph.D. (Gonzaga University)
The enduring trope about contemporary technologies is that they have developed in a regulatory vacuum. Cheerleaders and skeptics alike paint a picture of lawlessness to describe the current state of affairs in the tech sector. Cheerleaders rejoice in the absence of perceived impediments to endless innovation that has given us the Internet, social media, AI, and more, while skeptics say that the absence of democratic control over these innovations is precisely why we endure their harms.
The characterization of today’s technology landscape as devoid of regulation is misleading. The law permeates every sphere of life in modern society, technology being no exception. A more accurate description of the relationship between law and technology today is that the specific content of laws, directives, court decisions and policies since the early 1990s has been exceptionally permissive towards the technology sector, especially in the United States, where many of the pioneering technology research and developments have taken place. The law has enabled and directed technological developments, though not in ways that protect vulnerable persons and populations by mitigating or eliminating. The development of contemporary AI has thus begun not in the absence of law, but rather in the presence of business-friendly and rights-indifferent law.
That landscape is beginning to change, even if slowly. Legislative proposals to regulate AI have proliferated since 2019 around the world. The European Union (EU) legislated the AI Act in early 2024. Politicians voice their willingness to put in place guardrails to direct the future development of AI through law in Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, the United Kingdom (UK), the United States (US), and Venezuela. However, as of late 2024, none of these bills are in effect, and only the ones in Canada and China have a realistic chance of getting adopted within a year or two.
Even if the adoption of AI-centric laws, i.e., laws that take AI as their only or main subject matter, is slow, AI-relevant laws are already shaping the landscape of AI. Discrimination on the basis of protected categories is banned under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other international treaties, as well as constitutions and statutes of numerous states. The right to privacy is recognized as a constitutional norm in many countries. Laws regulating digital privacy, consumer rights, content moderation, and the market power of online platforms have brought protections for citizens, and along with them, controversies.
This presentation documents AI-centric and AI-relevant bills and laws around the world. What is more, the failure of the national government to pass relevant laws has pushed subnational decision-makers to step in. Most notably, states and cities in the US have enacted a number of laws that regulate data collection and analysis through AI in their jurisdiction. Documenting national and subnational bills and laws is necessarily limited, as AI-relevant norms are to be found in diverse subfields of the law, and as the number of AI-centric and AI-related laws is likely to increase dramatically in the next decade or so. Nonetheless, this presentation’s goal is to provide as complete a global picture of AI-centric and AI-relevant laws and bills as possible.
I identify a number of patterns emerging in global AI regulation. First and foremost, legislative attempts have been increasing in number. The legal regulation of AI is likely to look very different in the 2030s than in the 2010s. Second, two separate models appear to have emerged: the EU’s risk-based model offers a cross-industry and technology-neutral logic of regulation, while China prefers industry-by-industry rules. Third, laws and bills tend to seek a balance between sanctions for offending businesses and breathing space for businesses to self-regulate. In fact, even some of the more restrictive laws, such as the EU’s AI Act, ban very few AI applications. Even the use of emotion recognition systems, which has received so much criticism from academia and civil society, is listed as a high-risk system rather than a prohibited one – to be precise, the Act bans inferring individuals’ individual states but does not disallow identifying expressions of emotion. Fourth, military AI remains unregulated despite vocal calls to ban lethal autonomous weapons systems and keep a close watch on other military uses. All in all, AI laws and bills envision a rather light-touch model of technology regulation.
Legal regulation is neither a deadweight on innovation nor the cure-all to AI risks and harms. AI laws will push businesses to reassess their conduct. However, it is worth acknowledging that laws do not always function in the ways and to the extent their sponsors envision. Given the light-touch approach described above, especially when it comes to military AI, legal regulation is likely to serve as a necessary, but not sufficient, mechanism to address AI risks and harms in the future