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Audism and its Effects within the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community
Get PDF“Audism and its Effects within the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community” takes a closer look at the history and growth of the Deaf community, highlighting key struggles in Deaf education, the emergence and recognition of American Sign Language (ASL), and powerful movements such as Deaf President Now. From there, the paper explores the concept of audism—discrimination against those who are deaf or hard of hearing—and how it continues to affect the lives of Deaf individuals through harmful misconceptions, limited control over accessibility, and barriers within politics, law, and medicine. Alongside the broader struggles of the Deaf community, the paper also acknowledges the personal and unique challenges faced by those who are hard of hearing, who often navigate a space between two worlds. Lastly, the complex relationship between Deaf culture and cochlear implants reveals a deeply emotional conflict between preserving cultural identity and embracing advancing technology
The Role of Reason in Religion
Get PDFIn this work, I will argue that there is a proper place for reason within religion. I am primarily arguing against the claim that religions are sets of beliefs without reason, citing various thinkers who have made this claim. I will explicate and critique various conceptions of religion pulled from Muslim philosophers al-Farabi and Averroes and Catholic philosopher and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas. I will then provide an alternative position, synthesizing elements of each view, stating that religion is the primary way everyone interacts with reality in each moment. After establishing this concept, I will then argue for the extent to which reason can and ought to be used in this framework, that reason is necessary though there are definite limits
The Embodied Nature of Representation: Reframing Best Candidate Narratives in Supreme Court Nominations
Get PDFThis Essay explores how discourse surrounding Supreme Court nominations reflects broader societal debates about merit, representation, and inclusion. Through analysis of the controversy surrounding President Biden’s commitment to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, this piece examines three interconnected themes: the embodied nature of representation, the relationship between diversity and judicial legitimacy, and the problematic nature of “best candidate” narratives. It challenges traditional conceptions of merit in judicial nominations and argues for a more nuanced understanding that recognizes the value of diverse lived experiences on the bench
Guided Autonomy: A Research-Based Approach to Improving Students\u27 Wellbeing and Decision-Making in the Development of Problem-Solving Skills
Get PDFLaw schools and the legal profession face a wellbeing crisis. Law students and lawyers suffer from high rates of depression, substance abuse, and job dissatisfaction. Research shows that cultivating autonomy—the sense of control over one’s own decisions and actions—is key to wellbeing and success in legal education and practice. Yet, fostering autonomy in new law students is challenging, as too much independence too soon can overwhelm learners and increase stress. This article introduces a “guided autonomy” approach for law students, with a focus specifically on legal writing courses. The article combines insights from Self-Determination Theory and Cognitive Load Theory to balance independence with necessary structure. This approach encourages the development of independent critical thinking while preventing cognitive overload in complex legal problem-solving tasks. The article offers practical recommendations for faculty, including adopting an autonomy-supportive communication style; providing guidance materials like templates and worked examples; designing collaborative, real-time exercises such as concept mapping; and offering personalized formative feedback based on students’ choices. Specific examples of materials for faculty use are included in appendices. By equipping students with skills for success while nurturing their autonomy, the guided autonomy approach advocated in this article could help address the profession’s longstanding wellbeing issues at their root. The article concludes by calling for empirical research to refine and validate these innovative pedagogical approaches
Governing Generative AI
Get PDFThis Article paper explores the evolving landscape of copyright law in the age of generative artificial intelligence, dissecting the multifaceted challenges and opportunities it presents for creators, legal practitioners, and policymakers. Part I, “Governing Authorship,” delves into the existential questions AI poses to traditional notions of creativity and authorship, illustrating the tension between innovation and the preservation of human creators’ rights within existing legal frameworks. Part II, “Governing Infringement,” examines the intricate issues of copyright infringement in the digital era, especially the unauthorized use of copyrighted content by AI for training purposes and the exploration of private ordering mechanisms as potential remedies. Part III, “Models of Governance,” contrasts the diverse regulatory approaches taken by major jurisdictions, highlighting the need for a cohesive international strategy to navigate the complexities of AI-driven creativity. The paper advocates for adaptable, forward-looking legal frameworks that strike a balance between fostering technological innovation and protecting the intellectual property rights of human creators, underscoring the importance of global collaboration and inclusive policymaking in shaping the future of copyright law in the AI domain
Project 2025 and Due Process After \u3ci\u3eDobbs\u3c/i\u3e
Get PDFProject 2025 supporters have been appointed to prominent federal offices in the second Trump Administration. This includes, most notably, the Office of Management and Budget, for a key strategy of implementing the Project’s goals is manipulation of federal funding. This Essay explores what this might mean for women’s rights and suggests a legal theory with which to challenge Project initiatives. Project 2025 repackages a platform that is fully anti-feminist. It is not a new platform. It is the same set of tools that has been used against feminism since the movement’s inception. It expansively seeks policy changes for abortion, contraception, the nuclear family, single motherhood, childcare, child support, no-fault divorce, sex education, and women’s employment. Women have been here before—in the late 1890s when patriarchy responded to first-wave feminism, in the post-World-War-II era when men wanted their jobs back, and in the 1970s and 1980s in response to second-wave feminism. But now opponents of women’s rights use the guise of federal funding and incrementalism to erode women’s rights and return women to the constraints of a subordinate domestic role. This Essay exposes the anti-feminist policies urged by the Project and then explores a strategic use of due process doctrine to legally challenge the
Photopolymerization Kinetics Of Uv-Curable Polyester Powder Coatings Containing Urethane Methacrylate Reactive Diluents
No full textA series of small molecule urethane methacrylates were synthesized and used as reactive diluents for UV-curable polyester powder coatings. A UV-curable polyester oligomer was prepared and formulated with the reactive diluents and a photoinitiator package. Kinetics studies were carried out using photo-differential scanning calorimetry (photo-DSC). The influence that the reactive diluent concentration, UV-light intensity, temperature, and atmosphere had on the reaction kinetics was investigated. Crosslinked samples that were analyzed via DSC showed that the glass transition temperature correlated well with the extent of conversion. In general, lower curing temperatures (i.e., ≤ 80°C) significantly reduced the conversion and polymerization rate. However, the use of a mono-functional reactive diluent facilitated much higher conversions than the UV-curable polyester control, even at just 5 wt% loading level. These findings suggest that reactive diluents can be used to improve the low temperature cure capability of UV-curable polyester powder coatings
Keeping Political Science Relevant: An Argument For Reinvigorating And Internationalizing The Pedagogy Of The Us-Based Civic Engagement Movement
No full textDespite the normative origins of our discipline, political scientists often embrace our role as objective scholars, to the point of teaching our students to undertake research without also helping them to become public-spirited citizens. This essay argues that this restrained approach is inadequate to maintain political science’s relevance in an era characterized by heightened partisan polarization, rising authoritarianism, and democratic backsliding. To help our students sustain democratic systems of government going forward, political scientists must not only recognize our normative roots, but must also extend our normative agenda to a reinvigorated civic engagement pedagogy that is timely, intersectional, and internationalized. In short, how and what we teach our students is the key to our discipline’s relevance in difficult political times
The Impact of Capital-Based Macroprudential Policy on Banks’ Balance Sheet Composition
No full textWe assess the effects of capital-based macroprudential policy on the composition of banks’ balance sheets. Employing a bank-level panel vector autoregressive model incorporating 188 macroprudential actions across 30 European countries, we analyze the impact of regulatory changes on banking variables while accounting for endogeneity. The results indicate that macroprudential policy shocks positively affect the common equity tier 1 ratio, prompting banks to adjust their asset allocations from higher-risk loans to safer, more liquid assets, thereby reducing risk-weighted assets and increasing the capital ratio. Additionally, regulators demonstrate proactive behavior by raising capital requirements in response to heightened bank lending and profitability. Policymakers should be cautious, as additional capital requirements may lead banks to strengthen their capital positions by reducing risk-weighted assets, potentially diminishing lending and adversely affecting banking profitability and real economy
Preparation and investigation of a urethane methacrylate containing a tert-butyl terminal group in urethane/acrylate hybrid latexes
No full textA urethane methacrylate with a tert-butyl terminal group, 2-((tert butylcarbamoyl)oxy) ethyl methacrylate (tBEM), was synthesized and incorporated into a series of homogeneous and core-shell model acrylate latexes. Unlike urethane methacrylates with linear or cyclic alkyl terminal groups, the tert-butyl group seems to preclude urethane formation, other than a direct approach of reacting tert-butyl isocyanate with 2-hydroxethyl methacrylate (HEMA) was employed. The effect of tBEM content on latex performance was investigated using minimum film formation temperature (MFFT) tester, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), tensile tests and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Increasing the loading level of tBEM led to an increase in film stiffness and tensile strength