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The Skills-Based Business Case for Hiring Veterans - Report
Get PDFThis report explores the current state of skills-based hiring, examining trends, challenges, and future predictions. It focuses on how military veteran jobseekers can identify and communicate their skills. The report includes expert insights and offers recommendations for employers to develop skills-first frameworks and for veterans to navigate the employment landscape and maximize career prospects through upskilling
A Dynamic and Multilayered Examination of Comment Networks in a Crowdsourcing Challenge Community
No full textThis study examines how participants of crowdsourcing challenges (ideators) provide comments to one another under the dual community forces of collaboration and competition. Content analysis reveals comment types with various degrees of cooperativeness and self- interestedness. Based on comment-sending patterns, clustering analysis unveils ideators’ different roles in the communities: endorsers, self-promoters, and contributors. Results of longitudinal network analysis on four layers of comment networks present nuanced interaction patterns such as reciprocity, inertia, and homophily. Results suggest that active contribution tends to receive fair returns from the community. Pairs of ideators tend to share reciprocated comments, regardless of the comment types. Therefore, to gain substantial information, ideators should take the initiative and contribute substantially to peer competitors. Moreover, ideators tend to maintain existing habits of comment-giving. Ideators with similar ideas share coopetitive relationships through both cooperative and self-interested comments
National Military Trial Competition: First Competition of its Kind Hosted by Syracuse University College of Law
No full textTrial advocacy refers to the skills required of lawyers in order to effectively represent their clients during litigation. This involves all of the methods used in presenting a case in court such as opening statements, direct examinations, cross examinations and closing arguments. Effective trial advocacy requires a combination of legal knowledge, effective communication skills, and the ability to read the dynamics of a courtroom in order to ultimately influence the outcome of the case in the favor of your client. Law students develop their trial advocacy skills through classes, competitions, or personal development. Military justice refers to the legal system that governs the members of the armed forces. It encompasses a body of laws and procedures used to maintain good order and discipline within a military unit. This system is different from civilian law in the way it is designed to address specific issues found within military life such as obedience to orders and conduct in combat as well as the use of military leaders as judges and juries. The three key components of military justice include: 1. The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)— the primary legal code governing the conduct of military personnel in the United States 2. Courts-Martial the highest level of criminal proceedings found within the military 3. Military Legal Personnel members of the armed forces that make up the defense counsel, the prosecutors, and the judges housing stability. The JAG Corps is a service component found within each branch of the military whose purpose is to provide legal services and guidance to members of the armed forces. Specific roles range from defense counsels who aid service members undergoing criminal proceedings to Staff Judge Advocates who may be advising multi-star commanders in everyday matters.Each branch of the U.S. military: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, have its own JAG Corps (the Space Force currently uses Air Force JAGs). The members of the JAG Corps are responsible for handling all legal matters found within military justice and advising military personal on issues pertaining to the law. Being a part of the JAG Corps is a way for practicing lawyers to leverage their law degrees, serve their nation, and provide their legal knowledge in a variety of unique roles and challenging military cases. Syracuse University has made it their mission to support Veterans and their families as well as military-connected individuals through a variety of specialized initiatives and services. University College of Law at the Betty and Michael D. Wohl Veterans Legal Clinic. The clinic provides a variety of legal services to Veterans and their families such as assistance with appeals with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and upgrading military discharge status, allowing Veterans to receive the proper benefits they have earned. Another way that Syracuse has found it possible for law students who are interested in advocating for the military and Veteran population is by hosting the first of its kind National Military Trial Competition. Between March 21st and 23rd, law students from 8 different law schools, including Syracuse Law, competed in a mock Court-Martial, prosecuting and defending either side of a criminal law case using the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The fictional criminal law case in question involved the United States government charging PV2 Paul Ackerman with Article 122 Robbery and Article 128 Assault, both violations of the UCMJ. The students competed in front of and were graded by JAG officers representing the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marines, and from Active, Reserve, or now Civilian components. Across the course of the three-day competition, the participants engaged in opening statements, direct and cross examinations, and closing statements. The role of the judges was to score each round of the competition and to provide constructive feedback to the participants throughout the trial process. University of Missouri Kansas City ultimately beat Texas Tech in the championship to secure the first-ever National Military Trial Competition (NMTC) win
Advancing the Sensitivity and Precision of Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization with a Foundation in the First Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Physics
No full textOverhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (ODNP) analyzes the translational dynamics of hydration water surrounding macromolecules as well as water in confined or tight porous environments. It requires instrumentation comprising an Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer, an Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) spectrometer, as well as a microwave power source that are not currently available as an integrated commercial system. It analyzes the translational motion of water passing through the magnetic field generated by a spin label, which lasts for tens to hundreds of picoseconds. ODNP most sensitively detects these motions when the magnetic field is chosen such that the ESR resonance frequency matches the inverse of this time scale. Thus, ODNP requires NMR at low magnetic fields – e.g., fields near 0.35 T that correspond to an ESR resonance frequency of 9.8 GHz. Unfortunately, low-field Magnetic Resonance (MR) suffers from inhomogeneities and low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), both of which challenge the precision of the method. Here, we discuss how modern object-oriented libraries open up new opportunities in MR data analysis. Specifically, client-server metadata logging software can organize the data from modular instrumentation, such as the custom ODNP system here, that acquires relatively complicated datasets. Meanwhile, we develop software to automate the production of figures that map out signal arising from various quantum coherence pathways (using the Domain-Colored Coherence Transfer (DCCT) schema introduced in an earlier publication). Subsequently, a new modern perspective clarifies the most important principles of NMR sensitivity. In particular, it finds that a real-time signal filtration on the one hand proves crucial for low-field signal acquisition but, on the other hand, obstructs the diagnosis and mitigation of interference noise. This modern perspective leads to a protocol for identifying and tracking noise, starting from a broad spectrum view and zooming in to the narrow bandwidths that allow digitisation of seconds-long signal decays, ultimately enabling a significant improvement in sensitivity. After it proves its validity by predicting the signal voltages observed for ODNP experiments on capillary-tube-sized samples, it also predicts a path for instrument redesign that will lead to future gains in sensitivity through NMR probe redesign. Finally, a detailed analysis of the quantification of NMR signal and the prediction of the associated error further refines the sensitivity of the ODNP experiment, enabling studies at lower concentrations. Accompanying these advances, a simple and practicable technique for quantifying spin probe stocks based on their lineshapes is demonstrated. Overall, this thesis presents a collection of crystallized, quantitative understanding of experimental signal and noise in low field, magnetic resonance, as well as a concommitant set of practical strategies that will enable the deployment of high sensitivity ODNP measurements into a larger variety of laboratories. Furthermore, it sets the stage for pushing the threshold to even lower fields, enabling the exploration of even slower translational motions
The Association between Dyadic Stress and Relationship Quality among Couples in Vietnam: The Mediating Role of Compassion
No full textThe current study explored the dyadic relationships between dyadic stress, different forms of compassion, and relationship quality in a cross-sectional sample of heterosexual, cisgender couples in Vietnam. Data were collected from December 30, 2024, to February 9, 2025, and out of 435 complete data entries, 99 couples (198 partners) were identified. Data was analyzed using Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediated Model analysis within a Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling framework (BSEM) in Mplus 8.8 (Asparouhov & Muthen, 2023; Muthen, 2010). Multiple path APIMeM models were tested to address the research questions. The main findings were: Dyadic stress was directly and negatively associated with relationship quality in men and women. Self-compassion and others-oriented compassion in men displayed positive and negative associations, respectively, with relationship quality in men and women. Self-compassion in men was a significant mediator on the paths from female dyadic stress to relationship quality in both genders. In other words, higher dyadic stress in women was linked to lower self-compassion in men, which, in turn, correlated with lower relationship quality in male and female partners. Robust fit indexes and model comparison results suggested it was a good-fitting model. The findings indicate the necessity to simultaneously investigate further the role of different forms of compassion in research on stress and intimate relationships. The crux of stress management training in couples therapy is also established. Lastly, it urges more transcultural studies to fully understand the cultural uniqueness of perception and expression of compassion in different cultures and societies
Hospitals of Industry: New York’s Progressive Era Labor Colonies
No full textRecent scholarship, including the work of scholars like Barbara Arneil (2017), asks researchers in places like the United States and Canada to revisit histories of colonialism closer to home. This dissertation analyzes one moment of domestic colonialism, in Progressive Era New York State. Using archival materials and scholarly literature, this research analyzes three instances of labor colonies: the New York City Farm Colony, New York State’s planned Industrial Farm Colony, and the Warwick Farm for Inebriates. Traced through each of these is a thread of the “Unemployable”—a label of rising salience often associated with homelessness, addiction, or non-deservingness of aid—for which the labor colony was a suitable remedy. During the Progressive Era, institutions like the New York City Farm Colony became increasingly focused on the Unemployable, and these institutions mandated sophisticated and intense kinds of agricultural and industrial work. Meanwhile, policymakers passed a state industrial farm colony law for people convicted of misdemeanors like disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Only due to the development of a national, wartime labor colony plan did the state colony not open. An interdisciplinary work of policy history offering a new approach, this dissertation features chapters on the history of the concepts of colony and vagrant, an archival history tracing the implementation of the state’s Unemployable labor colony institutions, an analysis of the policy process associated with the state labor colony bill, as well as a working out of the political theory behind colonies. The dissertation concludes with a reflection on the heterotopic nature of social policy and pathways for future historical, theoretical, and methodological development
Preventing Pregnancy: Dante and Medieval Culture
No full textThis article provides an overview of the dominant views expressed in legal, medical and religious/theological traditions in the late Middle Ages in order to illustrate two basic points: 1) that the “historical precedent” with regard to abortive practices in the medieval Christian West was less homogenous and more diverse than the Supreme Court Justices assumed in their opinion delivered in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022); and 2) that – in stark contrast with what many anti-abortion activists today might assume about the historical precedent, – medieval thinkers did not generally believe that human life begins at conception.
The article then uses the above framework to contextualize Dante’s attitudes toward abortion and contraception more generally. In accordance with theological, medical and legal traditions, Dante also does not believe that life begins at conception. Instead, the fetus goes through various stages of development in the womb – spiritual and physical – before it is considered human. However, this belief does not necessarily translate into unqualified support for methods to try to prevent or terminate pregnancies. While Dante does not explicitly employ words for abortion or contraception, or include them in his classification of sins and vices, a number of negative allusions to these practices are found in his works. By investigating Dante’s views on abortion and contraception, I hope to strengthen our understanding of the variety of attitudes toward contraceptive practices in the late Middle Ages – going beyond those expressed in authoritative works of theology, medicine and legal theory to consider how the issues were treated in works of literature, which might point toward more popular views as well