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Ohio Guardianship, Guardians, and the Courts: Findings from a Survey of Adult Guardianship in Ohio
This report highlights findings from a survey of the guardianship practices of Ohio’s probate courts. In a first of its kind survey, this study examined the challenges faced by the probate courts in managing guardianships, ... -
The initial applications of the unconsciousness on design
The "Unconscious Design" is a design concept first proposed by Naoto Fukasawa. The concept, also called "intuitional design," advocates to convert the unconscious ideology into visible objects. It is a concept aimed to ... -
Mars habitation: Design for extreme condition
We landed on the Moon a little less than fifty years ago, and human beings will potentially colonize a second planet in near future. The most possible option is Mars. NASA and some private organizations are presently ... -
Empowering the architect to achieve sustainability
On their current trajectory, the paths of sustainability and economics are set to collide. An architect needs to be the salesperson, rather than an advocate, of net-positive design. In order for sustainability to succeed, ... -
The identity of contemporary society:Digital age utopia
This is a futuristic, anti-heroic and pro-consumerist architectural dialog. My understanding of architecture is solely expressed through hypothetical project in this thesis in an attempt to reveal the reality of living ... -
Transformational urbanism: A revitalized view for the 21st century city
The city can no longer be seen statically. The world is rapidly changing and solutions to urban sprawl need to be adjusted to the 21st century. Can 21st century cities expand and contract based on political ideals and ... -
A different type of resilience:A paradigm shift for small post-industrial communities
Resilience is a term often used in design to refer to natural disaster relief through architectural practices. Yet, a new form of resilience could potentially serve as a paradigm shift for those cities and town seeking ... -
Preliminary Arthropod Survey: Rosenthal Islands
The Rosenthal Islands lie along the western edge the Antarctic Peninsula. They are largely inaccessible and the few research projects in the area have focused on the penguin colonies on the islands, thus, nothing is known ... -
Utilizing Usage Statistics
This session guides attendees through a series of potential options to put usage data to work. It provides an overview of 3 major usage areas—analyzing, sharing, and re-purposing—and the tools and tips appropriate for each ... -
Ohio Civic Health Index Report
The 2016 Ohio Civic Health Index Report (OCHI) is the product of an ongoing partnership between the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) – a Washington, D.C.-based organization chartered by Congress in 1953 – and ... -
The Police Engaging the Business Community: Using Survey Research to Examine Needs
This case study describes a survey research project in an experiential, classroom/field setting. It provides an example of the collaboration between a practitioner agency (police department) and researcher (the University). ... -
Policing on Demand: An Observational Study of Mobilization and Citizen Encounters across Communities
Abstract Police scholars generally accept that officers behave differently across communities and that those differences are influenced by specific community-level measures. This consensus is based on surprisingly scant ... -
Integrating Community-based Research into a Criminal Justice Capstone Course
There have been a number of themes influencing teaching approaches in undergraduate education in recent years. These include experiential learning and an emphasis on providing research opportunities to students. Couple ... -
Identification of Urine Metabolic Biomarkers for Hypoxia-Induced Acute Kidney Injury Mouse Model
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) refers to the rapid decline of renal filtration and urine production due to functional and/or structural damage. Kidney damage is often due to sepsis, respiratory failure, heart failure, trauma, ... -
College and Career Readiness and the Every Student Succeeds Act
Purpose: This study addressed the current policy push to improve students’ college and career readiness (CCR) as manifested within the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and examined CCR policy in the state of Illinois as ...