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Modeling The Writing Assignment On Literature, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

Charlie has been teaching his junior-level American Lit Survey II for 36 years, but last summer after reflecting on the course with Hal, he decided to try a new way of teaching students to write. He set up critical writing communities in his class and then he created one for himself in order to model a particular writing skill.

Moonshine To Motorfuel: Tax Incentives For Fuel Ethanol, Roberta F. Mann, Mona L. Hymel

Roberta F Mann

Abstract: Biofuels have been embraced by supporters from President George W. Bush to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Before 1930, the U.S. Treasury focused on shutting down small alcohol producers. After 1978, U.S. energy policy sought to encourage ethanol production to reduce dependence on foreign oil. Federal and state incentives have been credited with increasing ethanol production from 175 million gallons in 1980 to 3.9 billion gallons in 2005. The Internal Revenue Code contains three income tax credits designed to encourage ethanol use: the alcohol mixture credit, the pure alcohol credit, and the small ethanol producer’s credit. The credits, together …

Pioneering Lobster Aquaculture In Rhode Island, Michael A. Rice

Michael A Rice

Az Emberi Tudat Eredete, Milan Meszaros

Milan Meszaros physicist

Az emberi lét földi kiterjeszthetõségének vannak ugyan bizonyos formai feltételei, de ezek nem azonosak az emberi lét feltételeivel. Így az ember szellemi fejlõdése az elemi tudati folyamatokban végbemenõ szimmetriasértéssel több dimenzióssá válhat. A nem földi alapú tudati mûködésünk így felveti a következõ kérdéseket. Hogyan és miért került a tudat (a szellem) a Földre? Honnan származik értelmünk? Azonban, a „Honnan jöttünk? - Kik vagyunk? - Hova megyünk? probléma tudományos, felelõs és igényes megoldás-keresõinek tisztában kell lenniük azzal, hogy még csak tudásunknak a gyermekkorában vagyunk, és így a múltról való tudás (a történelem) is gyorsan fog változni.

Origin Of Human Consciousness, Milan Meszaros

Milan Meszaros physicist

There are certain conditions regarding the expansion of man’s existence on Earth, but these are not identical to those conditions regarding man’s existence itself. Thus in the violating the symmetry of the fundamental processes of consciousness, man’s intellectual development can become multi-dimensional.

Our conscious functioning with its non-Earth lifebase gives rise to the following questions: how and why did our consciousness come to be on Earth? Where did we originate from?

The search of solution is recommendable to all those who are interested in a scientific, high level, responsible approach to the experiments and solutions concerning the problems: Where do …

Manipulated Doctrines, Improper Distinctions, And The Law Of Racial Vote Dilution, Avram D. Frey

Avram D Frey

This paper is about the law of racial vote dilution. Racial vote dilution is both a constitutional and statutory harm, however, because race doctrine requires specific intent, the statutory arm under the Voting Rights Act is dominant in this field. In my paper, I attempt to decipher an underlying theory to unite the doctrine in this context. I then critique the theory which I conclude best fits the doctrine on normative grounds.

Supreme Court's Clerks Find Indian Law Unimportant, Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

No abstract provided.

Friction Of Soft Elastomeric Surfaces With A Defect, Charles J. Rand, Alfred Crosby

Alfred Crosby

We consider a simple problem that provides insight into the building blocks of friction for topographically patternedsurfaces and fundamental understanding into the general friction of coatings. The problem focuses on the effect of a line defect, such as a pattern’s edge, on the lateral force of a sliding soft interface. The line defect presents a discontinuity in the stress at the sliding interface, changing the lateral stiffness and decreasing the sliding force. We relate the decrease in sliding shear force to the changes in lateral stiffness through relationships that account for contact splitting and lateral confinement effects.

On The Translation Of 关键先生, Gang Zhao

Gang Zhao

No abstract provided.

On The Internationalization Of Translation Studies In China---An Investigation Of Chinese Scholars Publishing In International Journals Of Translation Studies, Gang Zhao

Gang Zhao

No abstract provided.

Why France Needs To Collect Data On Racial Identity . . . In A French Way., David B. Oppenheimer

David B Oppenheimer

Uncertainty, Reliance, Preliminary Negotiations And The Hold Up Problem, Juliet P. Kostritsky

Juliet P Kostritsky

Recently, two scholars, Alan Schwartz and Robert Scott, have cast doubt on the conventional view that courts would find liability and award reliance damages in precontractual cases that resembled the famous Hoffman v. Red Owl case. They have argued that courts deny recovery for reliance in cases involving precontractual preliminary negotiation but regularly grant reliance recovery following a preliminary agreement. They identify a pattern or sequence in which success is likely and then provide an analytical framework to justify liability. When parties reach a preliminary agreement that also includes an agreement that they both invest simultaneously and one party strategically …

Analyzing In Situ Gene Expression In The Mouse Brain With Image Registration, Feature Extraction And Block Clustering, Manjunatha Jagalur, Chris Pal, Erik G. Learned-Miller, R R Thomas Zoeller, David Kulp

Erik G Learned-Miller

Background: Many important high throughput projects use in situ hybridization and may require the analysis of images of spatial cross sections of organisms taken with cellular level resolution. Projects creating gene expression atlases at unprecedented scales for the embryonic fruit fly as well as the embryonic and adult mouse already involve the analysis of hundreds of thousands of high resolution experimental images mapping mRNA expression patterns. Challenges include accurate registration of highly deformed tissues, associating cells with known anatomical regions, and identifying groups of genes whose expression is coordinately regulated with respect to both concentration and spatial location. Solutions to …

Controlling The Inhibition Of The Sarcoplasmic Ca2+-Atpase By Tuning Phospholamban Structural Dynamics, Kim Ha, Nathaniel J. Traaseth, Raffaello Verardi, Jamillah Zamoon, Alessandro Cembran, Christine B. Karim, Gianluigi Veglia

Kim N. Ha, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Conflicts In Cross-Border Enforcement Of Tax Claims, Andrew Grossman

Andrew Grossman

Some recent academic studies have argued, with few provisos, for abandonment of the rule traditional in both common- and civil-law jurisdictions barring the enforcement of foreign tax claims and judgments in the absence of a specific treaty engagement to the contrary. To equate public-law debts with private debts, and to make judgments for such debts enforceable across borders in the manner of the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act, without addressing the special nature of tax claims and the way in which they may arise in bankruptcy, involuntary liquidation of assets, and arise in tandem and across borders, is bound to …

A Harmadik Világháború. Minden Héten Háromszor., Pal R. Molnar

Pal R. Molnar

Pesszimista jóslatok szerint közeledik a harmadik világháború, a világégés. Ezt a háborút valószínűleg atomfegyverekkel vívják, ami évezredekre megmérgezi a földet és elhozza az emberiség végét.

The World War Iii. Three Times In Every Week, Pal R. Molnar

Pal R. Molnar

The pessimistic prophecies say the third world war, the ‘world burning’ is approaching. This war probably will fight by nuclear weapons, it will poison the Earth for thousands of years, and it will bring the end of mankind.

Outcomes Of Care By Hospitalists, General Internists, And Family Physicians, Peter K. Lindenauer, Michael B. Rothberg, Penelope Susan Pekow, Christopher Kenwood, Evan M. Benjamin, Andrew D. Auerbach

Penelope Susan Pekow

Background: The hospitalist model is rapidly altering the landscape for inpatient care in the United States, yet evidence about the clinical and economic outcomes of care by hospitalists is derived from a small number of single-hospital studies examining the practices of a few physicians.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 76,926 patients 18 years of age or older who were hospitalized between September 2002 and June 2005 for pneumonia, heart failure, chest pain, ischemic stroke, urinary tract infection, acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or acute myocardial infarction at 45 hospitals throughout the United States. We used …

Outcomes Of Care By Hospitalists, General Internists, And Family Physicians, Peter K. Lindenauer, Michael B. Rothberg, Penelope Susan Pekow, Christopher Kenwood, Evan M. Benjamin, Andrew D. Auerbach

Peter Lindenauer MD

Background: The hospitalist model is rapidly altering the landscape for inpatient care in the United States, yet evidence about the clinical and economic outcomes of care by hospitalists is derived from a small number of single-hospital studies examining the practices of a few physicians.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 76,926 patients 18 years of age or older who were hospitalized between September 2002 and June 2005 for pneumonia, heart failure, chest pain, ischemic stroke, urinary tract infection, acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or acute myocardial infarction at 45 hospitals throughout the United States. We used …

The Inter-American System And The Protection Of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights (Spanish)., Giovanna E. Gismondi

Giovanna E. Gismondi

The present article underscore the role of the Inter-American Commission and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in regards to the protection of the rights of indigenous communities, including their right to lands, natural resources and a healthy environment. In this regard, the intervention of the human rights organs of the Organization of American States (OAS), has had a positive impact on the laws and policies of Latin American countries towards the protection of indigenous peoples' rights. The article discusses four cases that set the standards of the legal protection of indigenous communities within the Inter-American System for the protection …

Microarray-Based Method For Detection Of Unknown Genetic Modifications, Torstein Tengs

Dr. Torstein Tengs

Background

Due to the increased use of genetic modifications in crop improvement, there is a need to develop effective methods for the detection of both known and unknown transgene constructs in plants. We have developed a strategy for detection and characterization of unknown genetic modifications and we present a proof of concept for this method using Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa (rice). The approach relies on direct hybridization of total genomic DNA to high density microarrays designed to have probes tiled throughout a set of reference sequences.

Results

We show that by using arrays with 25 basepair probes covering both …

Trading Carbon Under Uncertainty: How Much Credit Should Be Given For Afforestation?, Ram Ranjan, James Shortle

Ram Ranjan

This paper designs an optimal trading ratio between carbon abatement measures that are certain (such as curtailing carbon emissions) and those that have elements of uncertainty associated with them (such as sequestration through afforestation). Carbon sequestration through afforestation is prone to leak back into the atmosphere through loss of forestry caused by natural disasters or harvesting. When stock of carbon sequestered in plantations is uncertain its value should be discounted compared to measures that have a permanent impact on the atmospheric stock of carbon. An optimal trading mechanism would involve equating the ratio of the marginal costs of the two …

Rule 3.8: The Not So Special Responsibilities Of Prosecutors, Ahmed M.T. Riaz

Ahmed M.T. Riaz

Prosecutors are obligated to fulfill responsibilities that stretch beyond the usual scope of duties retained by non-prosecuting attorneys. A broad generalization as to why such differences exist may be reasoned from the fact that a prosecutor is a government official, a position which necessarily carries a duty to “seek justice.” However, the differences may more specifically be categorized in four ways. First, because prosecutors are government officials, they are provided great access to government resources; second, prosecutors are subject to different legal obligations than any other type of attorney, such as being burdened by a reasonable doubt standard; third, the …

Vector And Parameters For Targeted Transgenic Rna Interference In Drosophila Melanogaster, Jian Quan Ni, Michele Markstein, Richard Binari, Barret Pfeiffer, Lu Ping Liu, Christians Villalta, Matthew Booker, Lizabeth Perkins, Norbert Perrimon

Michele Markstein

The conditional expression of hairpin constructs in Drosophila melanogaster has emerged in recent years as a method of choice in functional genomic studies. To date, upstream activating site–driven RNA interference constructs have been inserted into the genome randomly using P-element–mediated transformation, which can result in false negatives due to variable expression. To avoid this problem, we have developed a transgenic RNA interference vector based on the phiC31 site-specific integration method.

"Christmas Morning" For Orchestra, Dominic Dousa

Dominic Dousa

A performance of my original composition by the El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras, conducted by Benjamin Loeb. Piece was commission as part of activities as EPSYOs Composer-in-Residence.

Christmas Oratorio-Bach, Benefit Concert For Fava, Orit A. Eylon

Orit A Eylon

Mezzo soloist for Franco American Voice Academy fundraiser in Austin, TX

Exit Timing Decisions Under Land Speculation And Resource Scarcity In Agriculture, Ram Ranjan, Sorada Tapsuwan

Ram Ranjan

This paper models the impact of water scarcity in agriculture on the timing of exit decisions for farmers faced with the prospect of declining profitability in agriculture but increasing benefits from land rezoning in the future. The prospects of land rezoning are modeled as a Poisson process. The analysis highlights the role of speculative rewards in making farmers resilient to declining profitability in agriculture and also identifies the circumstances under which water prices may become an ineffective policy tool for allocating water. An empirical application is performed for the case of a drought prone region in Western Australia. Results indicate …

Customizing Subject Guide Content For Different Disciplines: A User-Centered Approach, Shannon M. Staley

Shannon M. Staley

Very few studies examine how campus communities actually make use of subject guides, which is key to informing how they should be created. Usability studies of subject page use often yield inconclusive results because the test sample is not representative of the actual campus population. Usability studies / focus groups are an excellent way of supplementing data already in existence. Survey data from a previous study, "Academic Subject Guides: A Case Study at San Jose State University," is examined to provide more rigorous guidance in developing user-centric models of online research guides.

Petition For Rehearing En Banc In Alaska V. Eeoc, Samuel R. Bagenstos

Samuel R Bagenstos

I filed this petition for rehearing en banc on behalf of the complainant in Alaska v. EEOC, a case in which a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit held that the Government Employee Rights Act does not validly abrogate state sovereign immunity. The court granted rehearing en banc on July 3, 2008, and will schedule argument en banc for sometime in September 2008.

Policy Evaluation Of Hillsborough County’S Family Dependency Treatment Court, Shawn M. Martin, Kathleen A. Moore

Kathleen A Moore

Child abuse and neglect is a troubling issue all too familiar with courts in the United States. The problem becomes even more complicated when substance abuse is involved. In 2004, approximately 500,000 children were removed from their homes because of abuse and neglect issues1. In the past few years, a judicial model appeared to address both substance abuse and child dependency issues. This model, entitled Family Dependency Treatment Court (FDTC) enables the court to mandate treatment for parents and make reunification dependent on treatment compliance. The FDTC program in Hillsborough County, Florida is now in its second year and has …