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Regulating the Forever Wild
No full textCommunities in rural areas regularly come into conflict with government bodies regarding the use of protected lands. From New York, to Alaska, to Nevada—and many places in between—a common question emerges: who should have authority to regulate human activity on and around wilderness lands? It is not a new phenomenon for urban dwellers, often controlling money and political power, to use influence and a specter of conservation to control what is permitted in rural spaces. Resulting unrest among rural residents may be the result of the exclusion of poor, racially underrepresented, indigenous, and other residents who earn their livelihood from the land.
Using New York’s Adirondack Park (Park) as a case study, this Article makes two claims. The first claim is descriptive. It argues that New York State constitutional protection of “forever-wild” public land creates tensions between conservationists, some of whom reside outside the Park, and often poorer Park residents. This Article identifies the regulation of protected land as a form of exclusion in part because of state preemption of local land use approvals on both public and private land in the Park.
This Article’s second claim is normative. It argues that state regulations of protected public lands, as well as private property nearby, may better serve the public interest by relaxing some regulations. Potential relaxed rules might improve Park access and further alternative economic development activities, such as agritourism and ecotourism. Such approaches advance both continued conservation of wilderness resources, responsible economic development, and community building
Design and Synthesis of Atypical C5 and C2 Substituted Carbapenem Antibiotics
No full textAntibiotics arguably represent the most important discovery of the 20th Century. The b-lactams are the most prescribed class of antibiotics. Carbapenems are considered the most potent and broadest spectrum of all beta-lactams due to their excellent performance against severe infections caused by Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and mycobacterial pathogens. However, 21st century bacteria have rapidly evolved resistance to conventional antibiotics. The pharmaceutical industry has largely abandoned the development of new antibiotics due to concerns about their long-term profitability. My research is focusing on designing, synthesizing, and, through multiple collaborators, evaluating atypical (i.e. modified at positions other than the carbapenem C2 position) carbapenem scaffold. We have discovered new molecules with improved activity against clinically relevant bacterial pathogens. Our new antibiotics display interesting new modes of chemical interaction with the respective target bacterial transpeptidases and beta-lactamases. The emphasis of this research is on new carbapenems that target carbapenem-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium abscessus, and Acinetobacter baumannii
The Effectiveness of The Hague Convention in Addressing International Child Abduction
No full textParental child abduction is a growing concern fueled by immigration, cross-cultural marriages, evolving family dynamics, and gaps in the implementation and enforcement of developed international frameworks. This study examines the effectiveness of and challenges to the enforcement of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (HCCA), which was developed to address this problem. Specifically, the goal of this research is to assess the effect the HCCA has had on parental kidnapping, analyze its effectiveness in resolving international custody disputes, and identify the legal and practical obstacles that inhibit implementation. While the prevalence of parental kidnapping continues to increase, this study’s significance emanates from its illumination of inconsistencies in the HCCA’s enforcement and its recommendations for reforms. The study employs a qualitative research approach that analyzes cases from 2007-2016, legal texts, and scholarly literature to evaluate how cross-border parental kidnapping cases are handled across jurisdictions. This analysis allowed the researcher to explore Shariah law perspectives on parental abduction to understand why most Islamic states are reluctant to ratify the Convention. The findings reveal that while the HCCA has streamlined the legal process for returning abducted children, enforcement challenges remain due to non-compliance by member states, conflicts between international and domestic laws, and cultural and religious barriers. Other challenges that member states must address to make the treaty more effective include discrepancies in legal definitions, procedural delays, and lack of enforcement mechanisms in non-member states. The research also highlights the social, financial, and psychological impact on children and left-behind parents, showing the need for reforms to make the convention more effective. Thus, this study contributes to international legal discourse by highlighting practical,theoretical, and social implications that must be addressed to improve the HCCA and mitigate parental kidnapping. While practically it advocates for stronger international enforcement mechanisms and legal reforms to enhance the Hague Convention’s effectiveness, theoretically, it contributes to discussions on the intersection of international law, human rights, and child welfare. Socially, the study illuminates the adverse psychological and emotional consequences and advocates for policy changes that prioritize the well-being of children across national borders. Thus, this study is important because it illuminates challenges hindering the effective implementation of international frameworks aimed at curbing parental kidnapping and advocates for stronger legal reforms to enhance their effectiveness
Intermediary Balance Sheet Constraints, Bond Mutual Funds\u27 Strategies, and Bond Returns
No full textWe show that after the introduction of the leverage ratio constraint on bank-affiliated dealers, bond mutual funds have engaged in more liquidity provision in investment-grade corporate bonds, and their performance has benefited. However, the liquidity and returns of investment-grade corporate bonds have become more exposed to aggregate outflows from bond mutual funds with liquidity-supplying strategies. Thus, the occasional inability of bond funds to purchase bonds exposed to leverage constraints impacts market functioning. We show that mutual funds\u27 missing liquidity provision helps explain which bonds experienced more severe deterioration in liquidity and returns at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Role of Skilled Labor in Income-based Government-directed Bank Lending
No full textWe show that when governments direct banks to lend based on income, the outcomes differ by how closely capital matches the availability of skilled labor in the target population. We document that when skilled labor in the target area is high, additional credit is absorbed in small businesses and future welfare outlays are reduced. In contrast, if skilled labor is relatively low, then capital flows to mortgages and results in housing price growth. Our results point towards the importance of developing skilled labor, alongside credit-provision, for overall development of under-privileged communities
Frozen II And Girls’ Spiritual Formation: How The Music Of An Animated Musical Resonates With Girls And Women
Get PDFFrozen II (2019) is a popular Disney animated movie for children and depicts striking spiritual elements while weaving in feminist practices such as justice and equity, and feminist theology through representations of female spirits and connection to the earth. Through this movie, its themes, and the historical exclusion of women in the church, this thesis seeks to show that representation of women in the divine is an important, and necessary part of the spiritual and psychological development of girls and women. The methods of this thesis include exploring the following synchronicities:
Parallels between feminist issues in the church and Walt Disney Animation Studios
Parallels between the feminine dimensions of Christianity and Frozen II
The convergence of spiritual formation and psychological development of girls and
women
Conversations around Frozen II and Spiritual formation with women and girls from
Blacksburg, Virginia
The analysis of songs from Frozen II
Patriarchal and misogynistic values have been perpetuated in both Disney and the church, and this thesis shows the importance of inclusion of women, and the calling that women have in the church as leaders and disciples. While women have been working, whether behind the scenes, or in the spotlight, there is still work to do
Let All The People Worship: Applying Inculturation In A Multicultural Community
Get PDFThe United States of America is growing more diverse, and its houses of worship are embracing this diversity to engage congregants and build membership. There is a tool to help worshiping communities to espouse diversity of cultures, namely Liturgical Inculturation. Liturgical inculturation, as defined by Anscar Chupungco, is the process whereby the texts and rites used in worship by the local church are so inserted in the framework of culture, that they absorb its thought, language, and ritual patterns. Incorporating the goals and functions of liturgical inculturation, worshiping communities can begin to re-evangelize themselves and celebrate unity through diversity.
This document provides a framework of liturgical inculturation through the lens of the Mosaic Liturgy for a Roman Catholic Mass. The mosaic liturgy exhibits bits of various cultural traditions in the structure of the single rite. The three cultural groups that are the basis for this study are European Americans, Latinxs, and Francophone Africans. Spirituality and inculturation of Latinxs and Francophone Africans are discussed at length to educate the reader. To show how the mosaic liturgy works, two different Masses where the mosaic liturgy is applied are examined from the planning process through the execution of the Masses. In addition, two Roman Catholic parishes that have vibrant Hispanic and Francophone African communities are profiled to show churches that already use the mosaic liturgy