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Bringing a Knife to a Gun Fight; A Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Get PDFThe Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees an individual’s right to keep and bear arms. The Supreme Court of the United States has described the right as necessary to an individual’s ability to defend his or her person, home, and family. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) makes it a felony for a convicted felon to “ship, transfer, possess, or receive” firearms or ammunition. The statute blocks an entire class of the American people from exercising the individual freedom guaranteed to them by the Constitution. It does not matter whether the underlying felony conviction is for a non-violent crime or a violent crime that required the use of a firearm in elements, there is an all-encompassing, blanket ban disqualifying a significant cross-section of the population from participating in the Second Amendment right of gun ownership and self-defense. The Eighth Amendment proscribes cruel and unusual punishment as a penalty for committing a crime. Four principles have emerged in determining whether a criminal punishment is cruel and unusual: the punishment must not degrade human dignity, the punishment must not be handed down in an arbitrary manner, the punishment must comply with modern standards, and the penological goal of the punishment must not be better accomplished by a lesser punishment. The blanket federal prohibition on firearm ownership by convicted felons fails all fou
The Power of Intellectual Property and Innovation in Solving Global Health Challenges
No full textMoving forward, the 26 case studies presented in the Innovate4Health project elucidate a powerful truth: innovation, particularly when supported by robust intellectual property rights, plays an essential role in meeting global health challenges and improving public health. From Argentina to Uganda, India to Egypt, these innovators have developed creative solutions to some of the world’s most-pressing health challenges. These innovations aren’t just improving existing treatments, but are fundamentally reshaping how healthcare can be delivered, especially in resource-constrained environments. By recognizing the significance of robust intellectual property rights in protecting and promoting these innovations, we can help ensure that pioneering solutions continue to flourish, reach those who need them most, and inspire further advancements. Moreover, central to each case study is that effective healthcare innovation often happens closest to the point of need. Whether it’s SerenOx’s groundbreaking diagnostic services in Tanzania or InCurA’s innovative wound healing technology in Egypt, these innovations demonstrate the value of supporting local ingenuity. As we face a future of evolving health challenges, these innovators remind us that the future of global health lies not in a one-size-fits-all approach, but in fostering an ecosystem where innovators worldwide can develop and implement solutions tailored to their local contexts. Collectively, the case studies here tell a compelling and inspiring story of how entrepreneurs are creating IPenabled life-sciences innovations to tackle some of the world’s most-significant health challenges. Innovate4Health stands as a testament to the important role intellectual property rights play in driving lifesciences innovation worldwide
The Promise of Progressive Prosecution
Get PDFThis Article focuses on the promise and challenges of progressive prosecution through the lens of the election of Jason R. Williams to Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office. Orleans Parish was the epicenter of mass incarceration, wrongful convictions, violence, and racism over the last thirty years. The election of Jason Williams as District Attorney in 2021 resulted in policy changes in the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office. In the first two years of the administration, incarceration rates dropped by one-third, impacting over one thousand people. Dozens of individuals serving draconian punishments for lowlevel offenses were resentenced. Eighteen individuals were exonerated. But as well, compromises were made. Policies articulated in a vacuum were difficult to maintain. Criticism came from progressives and conservatives alike. Many of the salient challenges and possibilities of this reform are detailed to allow participants, practitioners, advocates and scholars to assess the promise of progressive prosecution
Wreath products and the non-coprime problem
No full textLet G = X H be the wreath product of a nontrivial finite group X with k conjugacy classes and a transitive permutation group H of degree n acting on the set of n direct factors of Xn. If H is semiprimitive, then k(G) \u3c kn for every sufficiently large n or k. This result solves a case of the non-coprime k(GV) problem and provides an affirmative answer to a question of Garzoni and Gill for semiprimitive permutation groups. The proof does not require the classification of finite simple groups
What is Regeneration? by Jane Maienschein and Kate MacCord: (Prospects for Unified Regeneration)
No full textThe Effects of Phoslock and Water Treatment Residual on Phosphate Concentration Levels and Phosphate Adsorption
Get PDFEutrophic, nutrient enriched water can induce adverse effects like harmful algal blooms (HABs) in aquatic ecosystems. Numerous studies have been conducted to control nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen in order to mitigate the growth rate of HABs. During the spring semester of 2023, a research project investigated if the bentonite clay product, Phoslock, was able to remove phosphorus when it was added to distilled water and surface water under laboratory conditions. The researchers noted potential deficiencies in Phoslock’s ability to decrease the concentration of phosphorus while maintaining the initial value of adsorbed phosphorus. Expanding from this past research, two additional four-week studies will be conducted this fall with the same water sources, Phoslock, and a water treatment residual (WTR). The water treatment residual was collected from a Northeast Ohio water treatment facility and contains potassium aluminum sulphate (alum) and powder activated carbon (PAC). The study will investigate the ability of 1.6 grams of WTR-Phoslock to remove various concentrations of phosphate. With the introduction of this new variable, researchers will note if the WTR improves Phoslock’s ability to adsorb phosphorus and reduce the concentration
Symposium: Gender, Health, and the Constitution: Reforming Clinical Trial Pregnancy Exclusions
Get PDFThis essay argues the exclusion of pregnant people from drug and biologic clinical trials is paternalistic, unjust, and counterproductive because the failure to include pregnant people in experimental trials can enhance risks to maternal and fetal health. Bioethicists, legal scholars, and other researchers have pleaded for reform in this context for decades. This article describes pregnancy medical drug use and the genesis and evolution of federal regulations and policies that operate to exclude pregnant people from clinical trials. It argues that the implementation of legal reforms that ensure the inclusion of pregnant people in clinical trials is imperative given Covid, the likelihood of enhanced pregnancy drug use surveillance and policing post-Dobbs, and the potential implications of the challenge to the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. It proposes three categories of reforms: regulatory reforms to the current clinical trials participation rules that pertain to pregnant people, statutory mandates and incentives aimed at enhancing the inclusion of pregnant people in clinical trials, and legal reforms to mitigate research liability concerns
Faculty Senate Chronicle March 7, 2024
Get PDFMinutes for the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on March 7, 2024
Neo-documentation’s “Copernican Revolution” upon Information Science
Get PDFThe article discusses neo-documentation\u27s Copernican Revolution upon information science from the aspect of Heideggerian phenomenology and a documentality of relation and emergence