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Hannah Floyd Flatworm Named by Biology Majors to Remember Exceptional Student
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Joseph Bursey and Lance Graham said they thought the offbeat tribute would help immortalize the late Hannah Floyd. The flatworm, named hannahfloydae ("Hannah Floyd's flatworm"), was discovered by Bursey and biology professor...
Published by: Winthrop University
Multiple Systems Estimation for Modern Slavery
Performing censuses on stigmatized or vulnerable populations is challenging, however, for such populations partial enumeration is often possible using different lists or sources. If the sources overlap then multiple...
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Multiple Systems Estimation for Modern Slavery
Performing censuses on stigmatized or vulnerable populations is challenging, however, for such populations partial enumeration is often possible using different lists or sources. If the sources overlap then multiple systems...
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Exploring Totalitarian Elements of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education With Hannah Arendt
Alice Watanabe
Jan 01, 2023
From the perspective of political philosophy, this article examines the extent to which artificial intelligence (AI) applications in higher education contain totalitarian elements. Drawing on the theoretical considerations of...
Did Somebody Say Augustan Totalitarianism? Duncan Kennedy’s ‘Reflections,’ Hannah Arendt’s $\textit{Origins}$, and the Continental Divide over Virgil’s $\textit{Aeneid}$
E Giusti
Feb 23, 2017
The allegedly old-fashioned debate over the pro- or anti- Augustanism of Augustan texts was superseded in 1992 by Duncan Kennedy’s ‘reflections’ over these terms of reference. Since then, the old dichotomy has appeared to be...
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Corporate Attribution and Agency
S Worthington
Feb 07, 2017
Stories of misbehaving corporate agents may add spice to the pages of law reports, but the relevant rules on corporate attribution and agency are usually presumed to be undisputed. Yet a number of these rules have become...
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South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Dream or Nightmare?
Paulette Hannah
Jan 01, 0001
California taxpayers are funding the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project to restore the decimated tidal marsh wetlands ecosystem of the San Francisco Bay estuary over the next 50 years. This paper calls for increased...
Published by: Winthrop University
Active Shooter Protocols: Perceptions, Preparedness, and Unintended Consequences
Veronica Worthington
Jan 01, 0001
The national concern about active shootings has pushed schools to implement intense drills without considering some unintended consequences. Studies have found that training had the potential to increase preparedness; however...
Published by: Winthrop University
Flow: Individual v. Team Sport
Andy Worthington
Jan 01, 0001
Flow is a psychological state that is often described as everything coming together or an effortless performance. A variety of studies have examined the flow state to better understand how to measure flow, to gauge athlete's...
Published by: Winthrop University
Leadership Gifts Endow Scholarship Honoring Student's Legacy
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Significant leadership gifts from Hannah's mother, Fran Floyd McNaughton '79 of Chester, S.C., and Hannah's father, Bill Floyd of Chester, have pushed the scholarship beyond the $25,000 endowment threshold. The Hannah Ruth Floyd...
Published by: Winthrop University
N.Y. Times Details English Chair Gregg Hecimovich's Work on Identifying Slave Author
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
The New York Times reported that Hecimovich, chair of the Department of English, has spent a decade scouring government documents, diaries and other private family documents to deduce that the author was Hannah Bond, a fugitive...
Published by: Winthrop University
'Legally Blonde' Brings Out the Confident Elle Woods In All of Us
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Hannah Hustad knew she wanted to play Elle Woods as far back as middle school, when she saw the musical in New York.
Published by: Winthrop University
Four Questions on Fiduciaries
S Worthington
Feb 09, 2017
This article explores four pressing analytical challenges in fiduciary law. The problems are exposed by seeking answers to the pointed “who, what, and so what?” questions on fiduciaries. In short, “Who is a fiduciary?” and just...
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Brazilian Mangroves
Mangroves are known for large carbon stocks and high sequestration rates in biomass and soils, making these intertidal wetlands a cost-effective strategy for some nations to compensate for a portion of their carbon...
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Novel Hybrid Genetic Arithmetic Optimization for Feature Selection and Classification of Pulmonary Disease Images
The difficulty in predicting early cancer is due to the lack of early illness indicators. Metaheuristic approaches are a family of algorithms that seek to find the optimal values for uncertain problems with several implications...
Worldwide insect declines
A recent paper claiming evidence of global insect declines achieved huge media attention, including claims of "insectaggedon" and a "collapse of nature." Here, we argue that while many insects are declining in many places around...
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The role of 'non-knowledge' in crisis policymaking
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Recent complex and cross-boundary policy problems, such as climate change, pandemics, and financial crises, have recentred debates about state capacity, democratic discontent and the ‘crisis of expertise’. These...
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The role of 'non-knowledge' in crisis policymaking
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Recent complex and cross-boundary policy problems, such as climate change, pandemics, and financial crises, have recentred debates about state capacity, democratic discontent and the ‘crisis of expertise’. These...
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Schizophrenia and the problem of suffering in the Ludlul hymn to Marduk
M Piccin, M Worthington
Nov 09, 2015
The Babylonian poem ludlul bel nemeqi begins with a "hymn" to the god Marduk which includes puzzlingly discordant praises of his wrath and his mercy, giving him a somewhat "schizophrenic" character. We argue that, in fact, the...
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Effects of Water Loss on New Mexico Spadefoot Toad (Spea multiplicata) Development, Spleen Cellularity, and Corticosterone Levels.
Amphibian metamorphosis is complex and larval morphology and physiology are completely restructured during this time. Amphibians that live in unpredictable environments are often exposed to stressors that can directly and...
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