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Aesop's Fables (cover: Aeosop's Fables)
No full textAs far as I can tell, this book does not even admit who published it! It contains 81 fables on 166 pages. In all but one respect, it is a quintessential print-upon-demand book using the earlier efforts of others. That singular respect is the egregious misspelling of Aesop twice on the cover, despite getting the name correct regularly inside the book and on the back cover. Somebody was sound asleep! The book's xerox-like illustrations, lifted from Tenniel or Tenniel-Wolfe, are supplemented by a black-and-white rendition of my favorite medieval rendering of Esopus with, I believe, a scholar's red cap. There is a T of C at the front of the book.Aesop cover: Aeosop; Thomas Jame
Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal
No full textINTRODUCTION
The full term for a normal pregnancy is forty weeks; and yet, a child can be delivered at just twenty-two weeks of gestation and still have a viable chance at life. Infants born at such an early age may face such a myriad of complications that medical treatment may be futile in some cases. In the grey area of determining futility, parents and health care professionals face the harrowing decision of whether or not to withhold treatment; thus the question arises: what result if they disagree? Both the United States and the United Kingdom employ the courts to make the ultimate determination in such cases. Both apply a standard that primarily considers the child’s best interests; however, the United States only considers the child’s medical diagnosis, while the United Kingdom considers factors beyond the medical diagnosis. The “best interest” standard, as applied in the United States, breaks down when applied to cases where there is no clear futility determination. The solution is to follow the precedent set by courts in the United Kingdom and consider a broader scope of factors than just the child’s medical diagnosis when applying the best interests standard.|The following Article first provides background concerning the medical landscape in regard to difficulties faced by children born extremely premature. Next, the case law regarding the best interests standard in both the United Kingdom and the United States is discussed. Then, academic criticism of the standard is explored. Finally, this Article advances the claim that the best interests standard in the United States fails when stretched to its analytical limits, and that the scope of the standard, as applied in the United States, should be widened to match the case law in the United Kingdom.141-69
Creighton Legal Insights
No full textThis article explores the historical roots of religious coercion and their relevance to modern law. Drawing parallels between Reformation-era Catholic processions and state-mandated Ten Commandments displays in classrooms, the article argues that such mandates replicate coercive dynamics the Founders sought to prevent. It critiques the Supreme Court's narrow historical approach and calls for a broader lens that includes European persecution shaping the First Amendment.
Journal of Religion and Society
No full textAt the joint between religion and society, pastors must function in both domains and reconcile the two when necessary. As an example, this article follows the life of Howard Haines, an American Protestant pastor trained in the New York ecumenical/evangelical tradition of the early 1900s, whose sixty years of pastoring threaded through war and peace, the North and the South, the United States and abroad. The discussion highlights the formation of his key commitments to social action, particularly in bridging racial, class, and cultural divides. More broadly, the article attends to the nature of durability in pastoral values and commitments, durability that may seem at times to fade, yet later reappear. The article also underlines the methodological importance of having full biographical details of a pastor’s life, including materials that reflect both a pastor’s formal public statements (such as sermons and newspaper articles) and a pastor’s more private reckonings of personal and pastoral life (such as journals and correspondence).2
Improving EsoGuard Referral Rates in a Primary Care Clinic
No full textBackground: Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is an increasingly prevalent and deadly cancer in the United States. Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is the only known precursor to EAC; however, screening rates for BE remain low in primary care settings. Non-endoscopic screening tools, such as EsoGuard, offer a minimally invasive alternative that may improve screening uptake and early detection of BE.
Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to increase appropriate EsoGuard screening referrals for patients at risk for Barrett’s esophagus in a family medicine clinic and to evaluate staff competency in the screening and referral process.
Methods: A plan-do-study-act (PDSA) quality improvement project was implemented in a family medicine clinic in Mesa, Arizona. The intervention included staff education, a simplified referral algorithm, and workflow integration. Pre-intervention data were collected followed by implementation of the intervention.
Results: Pre-intervention data demonstrated an appropriate referral rate of 14.6% (6 of 41 eligible encounters). Following implementation, referral rates increased to 37.5% (15 of 40 eligible encounters), representing a 2.57-fold increase. Staff competency exceeded the project goal, with 100% of clinic staff accurately completing two simulated referral case scenarios.
Conclusion: Implementation of a structured, screening intervention improved appropriate EsoGuard referrals and staff competency. These findings support the use of simplified screening processes and specific education to enhance adherence to Barrett’s esophagus screening guidelines in primary care and may contribute to earlier detection of BE and reduced morbidity and mortality from esophageal adenocarcinoma
Journal of Religion and Society
No full textDiscursivities around migration have always shaped and defined the Kerala imaginary. Notwithstanding, there have not been any substantial engagements with Kerala’s rather deep history of internal migration. The Malabar migration that witnessed the large-scale movement of people from Travancore to British Malabar between the 1920s and 1970s is largely seen as a peasant migration incurred by the severe socio-economic conditions, including poverty and the Second World War. A notable specificity of the migration was the high composition of Syrian Christians among the peasants. To critically problematize this community specificity, this article closely analyses Vinoy Thomas’s novel Karikkotatakary (2014). This article argues that Malabar migration could be viewed as an instantiation of the Syrian Christian community’s assertion and contends further that Vinoy Thomas deploys Dalit Christianity as a critical pointer to respond to these latent historicities of Malabar migration, serving as a critique of Syrian Christian religiosity and community consciousness.2
Critically Appraised Topic
No full textBACKGROUND: Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) impact an estimated 2.8 million people every year. Populations at higher risk include children, older adults, and veterans. Visual impairments are a frequent symptom following a TBI and can include impaired saccades, convergence, tracking, and accommodation. This can impact functions such as activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) such as dressing, eating, reading, writing, school and work activities.
AIM: This critically appraised topic (CAT) is aimed at determining the effectiveness of vision-based interventions on desired client outcomes for clients who have sustained a TBI.
MEHTODS: Literature search analysis led to inclusion of Level 2B and 3B studies regarding the prioritized aim. Studies were further analyzed to include literature within the last ten years which met the following outline criteria: people with a TBI participated in vision interventions to improve client identified desired outcomes. Seven total studies were included which met the established standards.
RESULTS: Levels 2B and 3B research completed on vision interventions for people with TBIs showed significant decreases in vision-related symptoms and moderate improvements in vergence, accommodation, visual attention, and tracking. These lead to moderate improvements in reported desired occupational performance such as reading, ADLs, and work-related activities
What is the Effectiveness of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) on Increasing Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Performance for Individuals With a Stroke?
No full textBACKGROUND: Stroke is a prevalent diagnosis that impacts more than 795,000 people per year in the United States. Individuals experiencing stroke have a variety of symptoms which impact activities of daily living (ADLs) and often present with symptoms such as paralysis and weakness in one or both sides of the body, difficulties with cognition, communication deficits, and impaired sensation. There are a variety of interventions used to help individuals regain function following a stroke.
AIM: This critically appraised topic (CAT) is aimed at determining the effectiveness of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on improving ADL performance in adult patients post stroke.
METHODS: Level I systematic reviews and randomized control trials were analyzed and included in the CAT if they were published in the last 10 years. These articles included adults with a diagnosed ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, or stroke-like condition which were accompanied by motor deficits or hemiparesis that received a form of NMES as an intervention to increase performance in ADLs.
RESULTS: Level I research completed revealed strong, positive evidence regarding the impact of NMES interventions on improving ADL performance for individuals with a stroke or stroke-like condition
MWBLSA_Mock_Trial_2025-2026_Runner-Up
No full textMWBBLSA
Striving to Balance since 1968
2025-2026
Constance Baker Motley
Mock Trial Competition
Midwest Regional Second
Runner-Up
"Something which we think is impossible
now is not impossible in another decade."
-The Honorable Constance Baker MetleyRunner-U
Influence of Self-Care for Remote Working Women: A Phemenological Study
No full text2025This Dissertation in Practice (DIP) research explores the dual responsibility of remote working women and organizations in normalizing self-care and establishing healthy work–life boundaries. The purpose of the study is to examine how personal self-care practices intersect with organizational expectations and how both employees and leaders contribute to creating an environment where well-being is valued and supported. The aim is to provide tangible ways for remote working women to navigate the challenge of “turning off” work while also identifying organizational practices that either reinforce or hinder boundary-setting and wellness behaviors.The following research describes the methods used to understand lived experiences of personal self-care habits, identify leadership modeling of wellness practices, and recommend organizational structures that influence employees’ ability to maintain separation between professional and personal spaces. A qualitative inquiry approach was used to explore remote working women’s personal and professional responsibilities, organizational expectations, and environmental conditions that shape well-being at work and at home. The scope of the DIP centers on understanding wellness as a shared responsibility, one that requires individual commitment and organizational alignment to foster sustainable engagement, retention, and overall well-being.
Keywords: personal self-care, work–life boundaries, organizational wellness, leadership modeling, employee well-bein