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Carolina Hernandez
No full textCarolina Hernandez is a Student Success Librarian and Rooks Early Career Librarian Fellow at the University of Houston, where she works with co-curricular programs to integrate information literacy beyond the classroom. Her research interests currently include assessing hiring practices in academic librarianship for inequity in order to make the process more inclusive.https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/irdlconference-committee/1010/thumbnail.jp
Psychometric Exploration of the RAADS-R with Autistic Adults: Implications for Research and Clinical Practice
No full textSeveral validated adult autism symptom screening tools exist; however, there are concerns about the validity of instruments in adults who self-identify and those who have an autism diagnosis. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the RAADS-R and RAADS-14 across gender, autism diagnosis and autistic identity, and age among a sample of 839 adults. Participants included individuals who reported a prior diagnosis of autism, self-identified as autistic without a diagnosis, were exploring a diagnosis of autism, or neurotypical. Psychometric evaluation included confirmation of scale factor structure, and examination of item performance, including bias and discrimination, across the target sociodemographic characteristics. The RAADS-R and RAADS-14 were found to be psychometrically sound, unidimensional instruments in the present sample without systematic bias by age, diagnosis/identity, or gender. The use of dichotomous response options would improve measure parsimony. Close examination of extant item-level bias is also recommended in the development of new measures. Notably, few psychometric differences between diagnosed and self-identifying individuals were identified. There was a distinction, however, between diagnosed individuals and those exploring autistic identification. Four items representing the consequences of adverse sensory experiences and the hidden rulebook of social interaction were most informative for differentiating autistic individuals from neurotypical.
Lay Abstract Surveys used to screen for autism are being used much more by adults. Adults and clinicians want to be confident that the results from their surveys are accurate. If scores are not accurate, it is not possible to compare the scores of different groups of individuals. There are also concerns that these surveys do not accurately identify autistic individuals. This study explored the accuracy of two commonly used autism screening surveys for adults: the RAADS-R and the RAADS-14. The accuracy of these two screening tools was measured using a sample of 839 adults. Adults in the study were in one of the following categories: (1) diagnosed with autism, (2) adults who considered themselves to be autistic but had not been diagnosed, (3) adults who were unsure whether they were autistic, and (4) adults who did not consider themselves to be autistic and had not been diagnosed. The study found that the RAADS-R and the RAADS-14 are accurate. The study also found that a person’s age, gender, autism diagnosis, or whether an individual considered themselves to be autistic did not impact how they understood the survey. Survey accuracy could be improved by changing the number of question responses from four to two. Importantly, individuals with a clinical diagnosis of autism and those who considered themselves to be autistic responded to survey items in a very similar way. Individuals with autism diagnoses and those who were unsure whether they were autistic were more different in their responses. Four specific survey items related to sensory experiences and social interaction identified key differences between autistic and non-autistic adults
Developing a Protocol for Assessing Natural Area Function in Portland, Oregon
Get PDFThe Revegetation Program at the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services aims to use active adaptive management to steward natural areas in our portfolio, but we have lacked an adequate monitoring protocol to effectively implement this approach. We spent three years developing and testing a functional assessment protocol to assess progress toward management goals and to infer performance of different ecological functions. We completed our first data collection during the field season of 2022
Unmasking Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic - The Social Emotional Learning of Early Elementary Students
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Get PDFDuring this session you will hear about three tools being used to gather, analyze, organize, visualize, or present research. The presenters of the tools will share the cost (if any) to access the tool and the amount of effort it takes to learn to use it. Each presentation will be 7 minutes in length. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentations. AI-driven Literature Review with Elicit. Michele Costello, CUNY Baruch College Back to Basics. Ana Rogers-Butterworth, McGill University Law Library Smartsheet: Making your research smarter, not harder. Karen Burton, Clemson University Incorporating Vennage within Research Projects. Amy Dye-Reeves, Auburn University
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Ayanna Gaines
No full textAyanna Gaines (she/her/hers) is the Student Success Librarian at Woodbury University. She received her BA in English from Brown University, and her MLIS from Dominican University in River Forest, IL. In addition to her duties as they relate to marketing, outreach, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), and student engagement, she is also the liaison to the School of Media : Culture : Design. As a member of the Midwest Popular Culture Association, she acts as the Area Head for Print Media and Popular Culture. Her research interests have in the past spanned many areas pertaining to popular culture, but she is now focusing on the intersections between popular culture, DEI, and library issues. She has presented her work at LOEX, People of Color in Library and Information Science Summit (POCinLIS), SCELCapalooza, and MPCA. She is the author of the book chapter That\u27s Women\u27s Work: Pink-Collar Professions, Gender, and the Librarian Stereotype, which appeared in the book The Librarian Stereotype: Deconstructing Perceptions and Presentations of Information Work (2014). Ayanna has two amazing sons and is owned by two cats.https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/irdlconference-committee/1015/thumbnail.jp
Bans Beyond Borders: Entrenching Out-of-State Abortion Bans and California’s Attempt to Shield its Medical Providers from Liability
Get PDFSince the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization opinion stripped U.S. citizens of the constitutional right to obtain pre-viability abortions, individual states have been vested with the power to regulate the procedure within their borders. As a result, many states have banned early-term abortions, while some have drafted bans that at-tempt to extend beyond their borders, aiming to impede the ability of their citizens to travel to other states and obtain the procedure where it is legal. These confusing and intentionally vague abortion bans have had a chilling effect on health care throughout the United States as medical professionals fear potential legal liability for performing abortions on out-of-state citizens. In response, abortion-supportive states such as California have drafted laws that preserve access to pre-viability abortions and shield abortion providers from out-of-state liability. But this interstate conflict of laws begs the question: will these shields be effective at limiting liability, or can they be penetrated by other states’ abortion bans? This Note argues that California’s new abortion shield laws will likely survive constitutional scrutiny if challenged. However, California should go further than simply maintaining its abortion protections by actively anticipating new legal tactics from anti-abortion states, bolstering its existing protections, and drafting new laws in light of the ever-changing abortion access landscape. Recognizing that these protections may only narrowly survive a legal challenge and that anti-abortion states continue to test the boundaries of Dobbs, California must not be lulled into a false sense of security behind these shield laws, the overturn of which would weaken the foundation of all abortion protection laws nationwide
Fan Works and the Elusive Border Between Derivative and Transformative Uses: A Fanfic Law Retrospective and an Optimistic Look Forward
Get PDFThe scholarly discourse on fanfic and other fan works emerged over a decade ago as a niche topic mostly of interest to fans. It has since generated dozens of articles and a small but steadily increasing amount of litigation. When the subject was new, each article had to begin with an explanation of what fan works are, why fictional characters are or are not protected by copyright, and how parody and fair use are related. This Article seeks to place a capstone on the author’s work during that early era of fanfic scholarship and to move the discourse forward by providing a brief review of foundational issues and previous work in the field before looking to new developments and making hopeful predictions for the future of the law governing fan works.
The Article first discusses the fundamental challenge of delineating the border between derivative and transformative uses and then addresses the rights that must be balanced by the law regulating fan works: those of authors and those of consumers/fandom. Copyright law primarily protects the economic rights of authors, but this protection is essentially static; the Article argues that fan works can act dynamically to save the underlying originals from becoming dated or being dragged down by the original author, and copyright law, as it evolves, should acknowledge the cultural interest thus protected. Future developments in copyright law must consider the need for a system of shared and limited copyright, address past cultural appropriation by authors and related harms, and look beyond the flaws of individual authors and toward the fandom as a whole. The Article ultimately suggests that the recognition of a shared common area for creativity between authors and fans can not only benefit fans but also authors, both economically and in non-quantifiable ways
“Home Court Advantage: Comparing International Criminal Tribunals to Domestically-Grown Reconciliation”
Get PDFScholars have studied wars and their causes for centuries, but what happens when the tanks roll out and the guns stop firing? The concept of reconciliation is a relatively new field of study in international relations, and the scholarship of specific transitional justice mechanisms remains underdeveloped. I comparatively analyze the differences between external and internal peacebuilding strategies – specifically the effectiveness of international tribunals in establishing long term deep reconciliation. In defining internal and external transitional justice mechanisms, I differentiate between a reconciliation process that prioritizes rebuilding citizens’ lives over one that prioritizes the desires of the international community. It has been almost 30 years since the Bosnian War and the Rwandan Genocide, which marked the first use of international criminal tribunals as a transitional justice mechanism. However, Rwanda prioritized local level, community based trials more than Bosnia did. Scholars are divided on the effectiveness of international tribunals. By analyzing their use in these cases, I demonstrate that internal, domestic level trials are more reconciliatory than internationally conducted criminal tribunals, thus developing more informed guidance for future reconciliation
A Financial Valuation of Comcast (CMCSA)
Get PDFThe current valuation of the global entertainment and media industry revenue is $2.32 trillion. When investing in the entertainment and media industry, individuals think of the fame and glamorous side of the entertainment industry. However, the industry is fiercely competitive and continuously evolving. Through examining the historical financial statement of the publicly traded media and technology conglomerate Comcast, as well as its competitors, I forecasted the future financial valuation of Comcast utilizing the Discounted Free Cash Flow and Public Comparable Firm Multiples models. This analysis examines the effects of the pandemic and other economic conditions on the entertainment and media industry and how companies are reacting and adapting to these changes. The report provides a holistic approach to investigating Comcast through a discussion of its business model, industry placement, and the various risks it faces from an operational basis. To explore these questions and create the financial models, I used databases such as Mergent Online, the SEC’s EDGAR, yahoo finance, financial statement analysis, and industry reports to construct an Excel model and written thesis report. My work highlights the importance of infrastructure and innovative thinking at this inflection point for the major players in the entertainment and media industry as they balance the competitive streaming market and attempt to attract consumers viewership and attention to their respective platforms. It explores an investment approach to the entertainment and media industry, and identifies factors investors ought to consider when looking to diversify their portfolios to create lower unsystematic risk. The report provides a starting point for closer investigation into the entertainment and media industry and its future