Digital technologies offer a potential solution to improve sustainability—economic, social, and environmental—of agri-food systems around the globe. While developed countries have led innovation adoption of digital agriculture, impact in developing countries—including Middle East North Africa (MENA) region—is massive. This article synthesizes existing evidence review current contribution sector...

Prior research suggests that hostile immigration policies can motivate undocumented immigrants’ political engagement, but may also create unique risks limit their willingness to participate. We examine how perceptions of the policy context help or hinder college students’ engagement. Using data from an online survey 1,277 students attending California 4-year public universities, we conducted re...

Though HIPAA addresses privacy and security on a nationwide basis, state laws and regulations vary. This paper describes the landscape for privacy and security in Pennsylvania and its key elements. It addresses common myths and misunderstandings and provides an overview of what is actually required to provide needed protections privacy policies from government and the stakeholders; risk analysi...

In this paper, I discuss the shortcomings of the legal protections that exist for pregnancy, breastfeeding, and parenting for United States' workers. The two main sources of protection for pregnancy and parenting in United States employment law are the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Both, I argue, contain inadequate protections for the needs of p...

Over the past decade, the use of the social networks like Facebook and Twitter, just to mention two of the most popular ones, has increased at the point of becoming ubiquitous. Many people access Social Networks Services (SNSs) on a daily basis; e.g. to read the news, share pictures with their friends or check upcoming events. Nearly 70% of the Internet users are active on SNSs, as shown by a r...

Recent government-led efforts and industry-sponsored privacy initiatives in the healthcare sector have received heightened publicity. The current set of privacy legislation mandates that all parties involved in the delivery of care specify and publish privacy policies regarding the use and disclosure of personal health information. The authors’ study of actual healthcare privacy policies indica...

For nearly 50 years, the Common Rule has required Institutional Review Board (IRB) oversight of federally-funded research to protect the rights and welfare of human research participants. Over time, research has changed and research studies often involve multiple sites. Recognizing that research policies must evolve with science and ensure both efficiency and protections for research participan...

In 2009, Europe was hit by one of the worst debt crises in history. Although the Eurozone crisis is often depicted as an effect of government mismanagement and corruption, it was a consequence of the 2008 U.S. banking crisis which was caused by more than three decades of neoliberal policies, financial deregulation and widening economic inequities.Evidence indicates that the Eurozone crisis disp...