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Gathering
interrogatory
information before a terrorist crime
occurs is critical,
but the legal system
in the United States is not designed
to handle detainees in this way, therefore
hampering U.S. efforts against
the war on terror, said panelists during
a forum
at U.Va.’s Law
School on Nov. 10. The hybrid use of
the military
and law enforcement both in preventing
attacks and punishing offenders has made
for a sometimes-confusing legal landscape
that may leave the United States open
to charges of hypocrisy from abroad,
some panelists charged. The event, part
of an annual series hosted by the Center
for National Security Law since 9/11,
was co-sponsored by the J.B. Moore Society
of International Law and the U.S. Army
Judge Advocate General’s Legal
Center. Full
story.
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U.Va.
electrical engineer John Lach’s research
interests center on design techniques
for integrated circuits. Looking for
a way to balance his
theoretical and applied research, the
assistant professor (center) approached
doctors in U.Va.’s School of Medicine,
eager
to develop new technology that could
help them perform their jobs more effectively.
At the suggestion of neurosurgery professors,
he began work on a wearable sensor
that
would
help doctors better diagnose Parkinson’s
disease and evaluate treatments for it.
Lach’s wearable sensors are currently
being used to help study the effectiveness
of deep brain stimulators for Parkinson’s
patients. “It’s helping researchers move
away from exclusive reliance on observation
and patient self-reporting,” Lach said. Full
story.
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