Threats to Copyrighted Code: Bots, Mods, and Reverse Engineering

Computer code is subject to copyright protection as a literary work, while video games have added protection as both a literary work and as an audiovisual work. Through the enactment of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and various case precedents, copyright law is beginning to accommodate 21st century concerns. However, the creation of technological advancements inevitably leads to threats against intellectual property and security. Computer software is constantly under attack from malicious software and techniques, including “bots,” “mods,” and reverse engineering. Therefore, the need for stronger copyright protection for code is crucial. Protection could be enhanced through more frequent litigation, amendments to copyright law, and more efficient construction of licensing agreements

College Girl\u27s Guide to Fayetteville, AR

The mission behind creating the College Girl’s Guide to Fayetteville, AR was to ease the adjustment from high school to college for females attending the University of Arkansas. This is one of life’s most monumental transitions, often resulting in anxiety, depression, and loneliness, specifically among the female demographic. With that in mind, the intent of the guidebook was to develop culture, confidence, and community on campus. In the aftermath of Covid-19, loneliness on college campuses has become an epidemic in need of a university-wide solution to increase student satisfaction and retention. A research aspect that heavily impacted the project was the adverse mental affects derived from technology dependence. This issue is rampant amidst college students which furthers loneliness and isolation. In contrast, print content such as guidebooks, novels, and magazines create a peaceful browsing experience, which demonstrates the purpose behind the College Girl’s Guide to Fayetteville, AR being tangible as opposed to a website. Using this print guidebook as a resource to build community and explore the city, females will not only be exposed to the opportunities in Fayetteville, but also advice on how to immerse themselves into a new environment

Signature Honors Project - Healthy Pals

Healthy Pals was a research-based project that focused on implementing an educational intervention to elementary-aged students in Pitt County. Our research focused on teaching 3rd-5th grade students about nutrition through interactive lessons that involved healthy snacks. Our 8-week program measured the student’s success through pre- and post-tests. The overall goal of our project was to improve the student’s overall attitudes toward healthy foods that would lead them to make positive nutritious decisions in the future

More Than Me! Sustainable Schoolyard Design

This paper examines how schoolyard design in low resource communities can create a natural, restorative environment to not only foster learning, but also trauma recovery. Research has shown that nature can provide much needed cognitive restoration for children who have limited access to nature. However, there are no existing applications of sustainable schoolyard design in developing country contexts. We provide a case study of our schoolyard redesign project with More Than Me Academy (MTM), a girl’s school in Monrovia, Liberia. MTM aims “to make sure education and opportunity, not exploitation and poverty, define the lives of the most vulnerable girls from the West Point Slum of Liberia.” We used human centered design methods to uncover the cognitive and curricular needs of the students, staff, and community. Through this process, we discovered that the school needed enhanced caretaking (including safety, hygiene, and responsibility), opportunities for play and expression, restoration, and community. While the project was interrupted by the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Liberia, we offer a guideline for how other multidisciplinary groups can approach redesigning a sustainable schoolyard to increase cognitive restoration in low resource contexts.Master of Science Master of Landscape ArchitectureNatural Resources and EnvironmentUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/110975/1/More_Than_Me!_Sustainable_Schoolyard_2015.pd

Dentinogenesis imperfecta: The Genetic Causes and Outcomes

Dentinogenesis imperfecta (DI) is a genetic disorder characterized by dentin discoloration, tooth development irregularities, and decreased tooth strength. This autosomal dominant disorder is identified in individuals of all ages. There are three classifications of dentinogenesis imperfecta, each with varying presentations and causes. This report covers normal tooth development (odontogenesis), DI development, DI classifications, and the genes involved in this genetic disorder

Formation of Two Glass Phases in Binary Cu-Ag Liquid

The glass transition is alternatively described as either a dynamic transition in which there is a dramatic slowing down of the kinetics, or as a thermodynamic phase transition. To examine the physical origin of the glass transition in fragile Cu-Ag liquids, we employed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on systems in the range of 32,000 to 2,048,000 atoms. Surprisingly, we identified a 1st order freezing transition from liquid (L) to metastable heterogenous solid-like phase, denoted as the G-glass, when a supercooled liquid evolves isothermally below its melting temperature at deep undercooling. In contrast, a more homogenous liquid-like glass, denoted as the L-glass, is achieved when the liquid is quenched continuously to room temperature with a fast cooling rate of ∼10¹¹ K/sec. We report a thermodynamic description of the L-G transition and characterize the correlation length of the heterogenous structure in the G-glass. The shear modulus of the G-glass is significantly higher than the L-glass, suggesting that the first order L-G transition is linked fundamentally to long-range elasticity involving elementary configurational excitations in the G-glass