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The Role of Executive Functioning in the Suppression-Induced Forgetting of Reactivated Negative Memories
No full textThis study investigated the effectiveness of direct suppression in reducing negative versus neutral memories and examined whether these effects persisted over a 48-hour delay through memory reactivation and reconsolidation. Additionally, the role of executive functioning in moderating suppression-induced forgetting was examined to determine whether these effects depend on individual differences, as proposed by the executive deficit hypothesis. 142 participants participated in a 3-day memory reconsolidation paradigm that utilized the Think/No Think Task as an intervention to disrupt reconsolidation. Results indicated that while reactivated, neutral memories in the No-Think condition were reduced, negative memories remained resistant to this process. Contrary to expectations, executive functioning did not moderate these effects; however, exploratory analyses revealed that individuals with lower inhibitory control exhibited greater suppression effects for neutral memories and an unintentional faciliatory effect on negative memories when attempting to directly suppress reactivated memories. These findings offer preliminary support for direct suppression as a potential intervention to disrupt memory reconsolidation and suggest that individuals with lower inhibitory control may benefit more from such approaches; however, this may not be an effective intervention for negative emotional memories
eMortgage and Crypto-Mortgage in Home Finance
No full textMost home mortgage loans today are documented on physical paper, but they are increasingly closed as eMortgages. The move to electronic documents is inevitable and will ultimately be a positive change for lenders and borrowers. However, additional regulation is needed to address issues raised by electronic home mortgage closings and the “crypto-mortgage,” a mortgage loan with the obligation evidenced by or tethered to a non-fungible token.
Lenders have traditionally required that home mortgage loans be evidenced by a wet-signed paper promissory note to gain the advantages and the certainty of Article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) governing negotiable instruments. However, delivery and storage of promissory notes is expensive and inefficient. More than twenty years ago, state and federal statutes enabled an electronic equivalent to the negotiable promissory note, called a transferable record. More recently, states have begun to adopt the 2022 revisions to the UCC, including new Article 12 of the UCC, which enables a new type of electronic record that may evidence a mortgage loan and that facilitates crypto-mortgage architecture.
This Article is the first to provide a comprehensive comparison of the traditional paper mortgage loan, the transferable record eMortgage loan, and the Article 12 electronic mortgage loan and is the first to consider the crypto-mortgage. The Article explores the advantages and disadvantages of a move to electronic residential mortgage loan documentation, including the crypto-mortgage, with a focus on the homeowner. Consumers may be less likely to read and understand electronic loan documents, but electronic documents can be designed to increase understanding. In addition, the law governing negotiable promissory notes and their electronic equivalent, transferable records, protects lenders from certain defenses to payment at the borrower\u27s expense; Article 12, on the other hand, leaves borrower defenses in place. Finally, storage and registration of eMortgages, registration using blockchain technology, and the crypto-mortgage raise new security questions. To address these issues, this Article recommends adoption of the 2022 revisions to the UCC, use of the Article 12 mechanism rather than the transferable record, abrogation of the holder in due course doctrine for home mortgage loans, regulation of closing procedures designed to consider electronic closings, and further study and regulation of security
If You Cannot Afford an Attorney, None Will Be Appointed for You: Exploring Rates Of Representation by Counsel in Texas Misdemeanor Courts
No full textAll misdemeanor defendants in the United States have the right to be represented by a lawyer if they are facing the possibility of incarceration. Yet implementation of that right is often left to local policymakers, and rates of non-representation (defendants proceeding without lawyers) vary enormously. Through an examination of data from Texas counties in 2019, we find non-representation rates were highest in the state’s poorest and most rural counties. But we also find signs that local policy choices matter. Counties with public defender offices, and those with less restrictive policies on financial eligibility for indigent defense services, appointed lawyers to substantially more misdemeanor defendants, and had substantially lower non-representation rates as a result. State officials should encourage policy choices that can effectively uphold defendants’ constitutional rights and create more equitable access to counsel, no matter where a defendant happens to be prosecuted.https://scholar.smu.edu/deasoncenter/1017/thumbnail.jp
Roaring Skies: The Law of Supersonic Commercial Flight and Arguments for Its Return
No full textThe prospect of supersonic commercial flight is no longer confined to history; it is reemerging as a viable transportation model in the 21st century. With major airlines placing orders for next-generation supersonic aircraft and regulatory agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), reconsidering longstanding restrictions, the return of supersonic flight is imminent. This article examines the legal, regulatory, and policy considerations that have shaped supersonic aviation’s trajectory and explores the challenges that remain for its full reintroduction into global airspace.
First, this article surveys the historical rise and fall of supersonic passenger aviation, analyzing the regulatory frameworks that led to the demise of Concorde and the stagnation of further supersonic development. Second, it assesses recent technological advances and their implications for regulatory reform, focusing on noise abatement, emissions reduction, and the potential for sustainable aviation fuels. Third, it evaluates current legal obstacles to supersonic flight, including national and international restrictions on overland operations, and proposes solutions to reconcile safety, environmental, and economic concerns.
Ultimately, this article argues that the regulatory landscape must evolve to accommodate modern supersonic commercial aviation. As new aircraft manufacturers seek to revolutionize air travel, policymakers must balance innovation with environmental and legal considerations. The 2020’s have the potential to fundamentally transform travel, potentially marking a new era of faster, more efficient global air transportation
Law Enforcement\u27s Response to Child Sex Trafficking: Fostering Collaborative Response and Implications for North Texas
No full textHuman trafficking is a multifaceted, dynamic issue requiring an inter-disciplinary approach to addressing this egregious crime. This presentation highlights a recent NIJ- funded study examining law enforcement’s response to child sex trafficking. The study included a large quantitative survey of 3,500 law enforcement agencies, over 100 structured investigator interviews, and 80 in-depth interviews exploring forms of law enforcement and community collaboration in 11 purposefully chosen communities. Results of this national study will be shared along with its implications for Texas broadly, and North Texas in particular. Opportunities for ongoing research and evaluation of anti- trafficking responses, including prevention, will be offered. Holistically, this presentation will outline ways communities and researchers can collaboratively engage in the overarching quest to enhance our understanding of human trafficking, improve anti- trafficking responses, and facilitate evidenced-based polices
Innovation Highlight - Collaborating to create the City of Dallas Human Trafficking Awareness Dashboard
No full textThe Theology of Water and Spirit: A Radical Reclamation to Forge a Path from Fear to Faith
No full textIn this dissertation, I am in pursuit of a deeper understanding of the disconnect that African American women, and perhaps people of African descent in the Western Hemisphere in particular, have encountered in the realm of aquatics, to find out how to forge a path from fear to faith in the realm of water and spirit for millions of women of the African diaspora - first and foremost. This work is inclusive of all others who are also disconnected from the aquatic realm, in order to create and curate a new field of practical theology - Aquatic Practical Theology – water and spirit linkage to divine design in creation for humankind. This can serve as a viable pathway to liberation, life, and worship, overcoming generations of traumatic aquatic events and preventing drowning deaths due to fear of water. Living on a planet of approximately seventy percent water, in approximately seventy percent water embodiment, aquatics form the majority of our environment and constitution. Understanding how this informs our relationship with water and spirit will serve to unlock and break the stronghold that the fear of water, which pervades and permeates the majority of minority communities, and has done so for too long
Using Implied Spaces to Influence Combat Engagement
No full textThis thesis investigates how implied spaces in level design influence combat engagement. The researcher hypothesized that players prefer areas with more implied space types over areas with less or no implied space types. More implied space types create more opportunities for varied tactical choices and dynamic combat. To test this hypothesis, the researcher created a custom arena level in Half-Life 2. The level is divided into four distinct zones, each designed with a different combination of implied space types. The researcher conducted playtest sessions to analyze playtesters’ perception of implied spaces and those spaces’ impact on combat encounters
Examining the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology in a Nationally Representative Epidemiological Sample with a Quantitative Intersectional Approach
No full textThe Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) framework addresses psychometric limitations posed by categorical models of psychopathology in empirically modeling the dimensional structure of psychopathology. As the empirical basis of the framework relied on samples with underrepresentation of minoritized identities, it is important to examine the degree to which the hierarchical dimensional model of psychopathology proposed by the framework remains applicable across intersections of identities in diverse samples. To this aim, the present study examined the extent to which demographic covariates and their interactions moderate parameters of structural models as assessed with 30-day, 12-month, and lifetime DSM- IV-TR diagnostic data available in the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiological Studies dataset. The dimensional factor structure of psychopathology assessed with 30-day, 12-month, and lifetime diagnostic data via conducting extended bass-ackward exploratory factor analyses were consistent with the structural framework of internalizing and externalizing spectra proposed by the HiTOP framework. Additionally, results of moderated nonlinear factor analysis (MNLFA) demonstrated significant intercept and loading DIF as well as main and interaction effects of demographic covariates on factor means in the final scoring model. Implications for generalizability of dimensional structural models of psychopathology are discussed in addition to limitations of the current study and future directions