Constitutional Criminal Procedure - Due Process - Right to a Fair Trial - Presumption of Innocence - Trial in Prison Garb - Failure to Object

The Supreme Court of the United States has held that although compelling a defendant to stand trial in prison clothing would unconstitutionally deny him a fair trial, the defendant\u27s failure to make a timely objection, for whatever reason, is sufficient to negate the presence of compulsion necessary to establish a constitutional violation. Estelle v. Williams, 425 U.S. 501 (1976)

Effects of Social and Non-Social Interpretations of Complex Images on Human Eye Movement and Brain Activation

Communicating and interacting with others is an essential part of our daily routines as humans. Performing these actions appropriately requires the ability to identify, extract, and process salient social cues from the environment. The subsequent application of such knowledge is important for inferring and predicting the behavior of other people. The eyes and brain must work together to fixate and process only the most critical social signals within a scene while passing over and / or completely ignoring other aspects of the scene. While brain activation to isolated presentations of objects and people presentations have been characterized, information about the brain\u27s activation patterns to more comprehensive scenes containing multiple categories of information is limited. Furthermore, little is known about how different interpretations of a scene might alter how that scene is viewed or how the brain responds to that scene. Therefore, the studies presented herein used a combination of infrared eye tracking and functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques to investigate the eye movement and brain activation patterns to socially- and non-socially-relevant interpretations of the same set of complex stimuli. Eye tracking data showed that each gaze pattern was consistent with viewing and attending to only one category of information (people or objects) despite both categories being present in all images. Functional magnetic resonance imaging revealed that a region of the right superior temporal sulcus was selectively activated by the social condition compared to the non-social condition, an area known for its role in social tasks. Brain activation in response to the non-social condition was located in many of the same regions associated with the recognition and processing of visual objects presented in isolation. Taken together, these results demonstrate that in healthy adults, eye movement and brain activation patterns to identical scenes change markedly as a function of attentional focus and interpretation intention. Utilizing realistic and complex stimuli to study the eye gaze and neural activation patterns associated with processing social versus non-social information in the healthy brain is an important step towards understanding the deficits present in individuals with social cognition disorders like autism and schizophrenia

The Synthesis of Magnesium Metal-Organic Framework Film for Ion Transport in Magnesium Battery

Thesis advisor: Dunwei WangMetal organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of compounds that show promising potential for a variety of applications due to their uniformity, highly porous structure, lack of dead volume, and fine-tunability. One of these significant applications is in selective ion transport, which makes MOF films a uniquely good separatory material for dual-electrolyte setups, such as those being investigated with Mg-Br batteries. This research has important environmental and industrial ramifications, considering the various drawbacks associated with commercially available batteries such as the lithium-ion battery. The MOF investigated was Mg-MOF-74, which showed promising selective Mg2+ transport abilities. Both Mg-MOF-74 powder and films were synthesized via a vapor-assisted conversion process to maximize efficiency. To characterize the MOF, XRD and SEM imaging was used. This allowed us to gain a nuanced understanding of the material and its properties for further applications.Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2022.Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences.Discipline: Departmental Honors.Discipline: Chemistry

The effect of dairy manure on summer annual broadleaves grown as alternative silages in the Cross Timbers

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Corn variety performance at Stephenville under irrigation as affected by manure application

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The influence of harvest timing on forage sorghum silage yield and quality

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The effect of dairy manure on summer annual grasses grown as alternative silages in the Cross Timbers

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Forage and silage performance of wheat and triticale varieties in central Texas

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Alfalfa variety performance in central Texas

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Winter small grains for green chop and silage on the Vander Horst Dairy, Stephenville, 1997-1998

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