A victim’s right to truth and the International Criminal Court (ICC) Summary Project Report

This project seeks to identify and explore the practical and jurisprudential difficulties that may follow from attempting to integrate the ‘right to truth’ into the procedures of the ICC. Its main research question is: what are the central problems, practical and theoretical, of giving effect to victims’ rights to truth in the context of the juristic-forensic approach to transitional justice; specifically - the investigation, trial and remedial procedures of the International Criminal Court

Addressing Geographic Confounding through Spatial Propensity Score Analysis for Hierarchical Data

Motivated by recent work exploring cluster-level confounding in multilevel observational data, we develop methods specifically addressing geographic confounding, which occurs when measured or potentially unmeasured confounding factors vary by geographic location. Accounting for this source of confounding achieves spatially-balanced global estimates of the treatment effect of interest, allowing researchers to compare individuals as if they were residentially similar and leading to policy decisions that benefit patients and areas most in need. This dissertation consists of three aims: 1. To develop a hierarchical spatial doubly robust estimator in propensity score analysis framework; 2. To develop spatial propensity score matching methods for hierarchical data; 3. To apply spatial propensity score matching to more complex analyses of spatially varying, zero-inflated outcomes. Each of these aims strives to explore the issue of geographic confounding and contribute to its resolution. Aim 1 seeks to build upon multilevel propensity score methods through augmentation of modeling with spatial random effects to create a spatially balanced estimator that is demonstrated in simulation to exhibit favorable performance under various sample sizes and levels of spatial heterogeneity. Aim 2 seeks to develop methods in a propensity score matching framework, allowing for a more complete understanding of geographic confounding remediation techniques and extensions to additional applications. Finally, as modeling non-binary, spatially varying outcomes can prove challenging, Aim 3 seeks to incorporate spatial matching to alleviate geographic imbalance to allow for a minimally confounded analysis. We apply the spatial matching approach to the analysis of zero-inflated count outcomes

Music, Dance, and Tourism in Los Cabos, Mexico

For a thriving music and dance scene to flourish in tourist destinations, certain factors for performers must be present including economic stability, a baseline level of patronage, resilience to seasonal tourist fluctuations, and adaptation to demographic changes over time. In the Los Cabos arts community, local aesthetics are transformed and embodied by work of performers whose activities are multicultural and multilingual. Over the past fifty years, Los Cabos was transformed from a sleepy fishing village into a major international destination. The island-inspired arts scene includes live performances featuring cultural representations from other lands besides Mexico. Grounded in the humanities, I use journals, artistic collaborations, oral histories, visual artifacts, scholarship, and participant observation between 2004 and 2018 to describe five case studies in Los Cabos. I argue that artists maintain a beneficial relationship with the tourist industry by incorporating global music and dance into performances in ways that fulfill audience expectations. Alternate abstract: Para que la música y la danza prosperen en destinos turísticos, se necesitan varios factores incluyendo estabilidad económica, un nivel básico de patrocinio, resiliencia ante los flujos turísticos, y la capacidad de adaptarse a cambios demográficos a largo plazo. En la comunidad artística de Los Cabos, los ejecutantes de música y danza encarnan y transforman las estéticas locales a través de actividades multiculturales y multilingües. En los últimos cincuenta años, el pequeño pueblo pesquero de Los Cabos se ha transformado en un renombrado destino turístico internacional. Aunque inspiradas por la cultura isleña, las artes escénicas incluyen actos en vivo que representan culturas de otros lugares además de México. Con fundamento en las humanidades, me baso en diarios, colaboraciones artísticas, historias orales, artefactos visuales, estudios, y observación participante entre los años 2004 y 2018 para describir cinco casos de estudio en Los Cabos. Argumento que los artistas mantienen una relación beneficiosa con la industria turística al incorporar música y danzas globales que satisfacen las expectativas de sus públicos

Advanced Conducting Project

An analysis of several pieces : Seal Lullaby, Eric Whitacre Suite Francaise, Darius Milhaud Second Suite in F (Op. 28 No. 2), Gustav Holst Downtown Dash, Nathan Daughtre

Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae)

This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by Pensoft Publishers and can be found at: http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/.Several taxonomic issues in the moth families Erebidae and Noctuidae are addressed for Northwestern North America. Drasteria parallela Crabo & Mustelin and Cycnia oregonensis tristis Crabo in the Erebidae and Eudryas brevipennis bonneville Shepard & Crabo, Resapamea diluvius Crabo, Resapamea angelika Crabo, Resapamea mammuthus Crabo, Fishia nigrescens Hammond & Crabo, and Xestia perquiritata orca Crabo & Hammond in the Noctuidae are described as new. The following new synonyms are proposed: Chytolita petrealis Grote with Herminea morbidalis Guenee; Gortyna columbia Barnes & Benjamin and Gortyna ximena Barnes & Benjamin with Gortyna obliqua Harvey; and Hydroecia pallescens Smith with Hydroecia medialis Smith. The type locality of Gortyna intermedia Barnes & Benjamin is restricted to Lundbreck, Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Care and Outcomes: A Mixed Methods Study

Limited research has examined racial/ethnic differences in diabetes care and outcomes among primary care patients. This study examined racial/ethnic differences in diabetes care and outcomes among an ambulatory patient population and explored patient perceptions of the patient-provider relationship to inform strategies to improve care delivery. Using data from 62,149 adults with diabetes who received care within Atrium Health in 2013, regression models assessed associations between race/ethnicity and the following outcomes: glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) tests, low density lipoprotein (LDL) and blood pressure (BP) screening, foot and eye exams, and HbA1c, LDL, and BP control. Eleven patients with diabetes and uncontrolled hypertension participated in three focus groups about their perceptions of the patient-provider relationship. Compared to non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks had 22% to 73% higher odds of receiving screenings (HbA1c, LDL, BP, foot and eye exams;

A Right to Truth: Victims and the ICC

Discussion of the difficulties in giving effect to the victims right to truth in the criminal justice context of the International Criminal Court