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Detecting Acromegaly: Screening For Disease With A Morphable Model, Erik G. Learned-Miller, Qifeng Lung, Angela Paisley, Peter Trainer, Volker Blanz, Katrin Dedden, Ralph Miller

Erik G Learned-Miller

Acromegaly is a rare disorder which affects about 50 of every million people. The disease typically causes swelling of the hands, feet, and face, and eventually permanent changes to areas such as the jaw, brow ridge, and cheek bones. The disease is often missed by physicians and progresses beyond where it might if it were identified and treated earlier. We consider a semi-automated approach to detecting acromegaly, using a novel combination of support vector machines (SVMs) and a morphable model. Our training set consists of 24 frontal photographs of acromegalic patients and 25 of disease-free subjects. We modelled each subject's …

Facilitating Compulsory Licensing Under Trips In Response To The Aids Crisis In Developing Countries, Hans Henrik Lidgard, Jeffery Atik

Hans Henrik Lidgard

The AIDS crisis in the developing world has become a priority for international collaboration. The challenge is to find a balance between the acknowledged need to protect large investments expended in developing new medicines and the goal of providing essential medicines to poor countries. Patent protection must prevent undue infringement yet at the same time allow solutions to humanitarian needs. Is compulsory licensing a way out? TRIPS originally restricted compulsory manufacturing licenses to the country experiencing a public health emergency – which was of little utility to countries lacking manufacturing capacity. The Doha agreement effectively permits twinned compulsory licensing – …

What Do We Really Want To Teach In Alice Munro's 'Walker Brothers', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

No matter how long or often we teach a course, in order to keep ourselves fresh, to provide a challenge, and to adapt to the shifting academic environment, we like to change the syllabus. Next semester, to include more contemporary and non-USA Americans in our Introduction to American Literature II survey, we're adding Alice Munro's "Walker Brothers Cowboy."

Sub-Saharan Africa And The Brave New World Of The Wto Multilateral Trade Regime, Ruth Gordon

Ruth Gordon

No abstract provided.

Privacy Issues Of Applying Rfid In Retail Industry, Haifei Li, Patrick C.K. Hung, Jia Zhang, David Ahn

Jia Zhang

This case study describes the privacy issues of applying Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the retail industry. With the dramatic price drop of RFID tags, it is possible that RFID be applied to individual items sold by a retailer. However, the RFID technology poses critical privacy challenges. In this study, we analyze the potential privacy issue of RFID utilization, and we propose a privacy authorization model aiming for precisely defining RFID privacy policies for the retail industry.

The Qatar Heritage Rare Book Project: Digitization And Online Publication Of Treasures From The Arabian Gulf, Gabrielle Michalek

Gabrielle Michalek

Abstract -- In October, 2006 the Qatar Foundation in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University began a Pilot project to digitize the Qatar Heritage Book Collection and make the collection available to the world. The Pilot project will make available online 300 rare materials and 5000 books from the general collection from the Heritage Library by May, 2007. This paper will describe how the project will address the practical problems surrounding intellectual control of the collection, digitization workflow, OCR and management of the Arabic character set, and the configuration of the information management system for world-wide access to the digital library.

Internationalizing Legal Research, Writing, And Oral Advocacy, Diane Edelman

Diane Penneys Edelman

No abstract provided.

Pilsen Building Inventory Project, Winifred S. Curran, Euan Hague

Euan Hague

No abstract provided.

On The Convergence Of The Summation Formulas Constructed By Using A Symbolic Operator Approach, Tian-Xiao He, Leetsch C. Hsu, Peter J.-S. Shiue

Tian-Xiao He

This paper deals with the convergence of the summation of power series of the form Σ_{a ≤ k ≤ b}f(k)x^k, where 0 ≤ a ≤ b < ∞, and {f(k)} is a given sequence of numbers with k ∈ [a, b) or f(t) a differentiable function defined on [a, b). Here, the summation is found by using the symbolic operator approach shown in [1]. We will give a different type of the remainder of the summation formulas. The convergence of the corresponding power series will be determined consequently. Several examples such as the generalized Euler's transformation series will also be given. In addition, we will compare the convergence of the given series transforms.

Third Party Copyright After Grokster, Alfred C. Yen

Alfred C. Yen

This Article studies the construction of third party copyright liability after the recent Supreme Court case Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. This inquiry is important because third party copyright liability has become a controversial area of law that affects the viability of entire industries. Unfortunately, the law governing third party copyright liability is unclear. Grokster involved a claim of third party liability against defendants whose technology supported the sharing of music over the Internet, and it represents the Supreme Court’s attempt to bring coherence to the relevant law.

Grokster is a difficult case to understand. It added a new …

Review Of The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice And Policy, Frank J. Garcia

Frank J. Garcia

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Why Trade Law Needs A Theory Of Justice, Frank J. Garcia

Frank J. Garcia

No abstract provided.

"Pre-Negotiation" Counseling: An Alternative Model, Paul R. Tremblay

Paul R. Tremblay

This Article describes an alternative model for the process of legal counseling, a model applicable to a very common counseling experience ignored by the conventional Interviewing and Counseling texts—the experience of obtaining negotiating and settlement authority from a client. Counseling is, of course, a basic lawyering skill taught in law school clinics and in simulation courses. It is one of the most critical elements of good lawyering, and it is a skill which can be taught, and taught through the use of models. Every lawyering skills book available includes instruction about effective counseling. But when one reviews the available models …

Moving Toward Exclusive Tribal Autonomy Over Lands And Natural Resources, Stacy Leeds

Stacy Leeds

In order for tribal governments and individual American Indians to gain autonomy over their lands and natural resources, federal law must end the federal government’s trustee status over Indian lands. The General Allotment Act of 1887 was intended to accelerate the transfer of American Indians into mainstream American society by teaching them how to become self-sufficient through efficient land use. In turn, this would lessen the federal government’s need to supervise and protect American Indian interests. However, the allotment policy was never fully implemented, leaving the federal government with perpetual oversight of Indian lands. The federal government’s trustee role has …

Metric Modifications For A Massive Spin 1 Particle, Barry R. Holstein

Barry R Holstein

Previous evaluations of long range one-photon and one-graviton-loop corrections to the energy-momentum tensor and the metric tensor describing spacetime in the vicinity of massive spinless and spin 1/2 systems have been extended to particles with unit spin and speculations are confirmed concerning universal properties of such forms.

The Salience Of Racial And Ethnic Identification In Friendship Choices Among Hispanic Adolescents, Grace Kao, Elizabeth Vaquera

Grace Kao

No abstract provided.

Sustainability Framework For Transit Oriented Development In South East Queensland, Bhishna Bajracharya, Shahed Khan

Bhishna Bajracharya

Another Case In Lochner’S Legacy, The Court’S Assault On New Property: The Right To The Mandatory Enforcement Of A Restraining Order Is “A Sham, Nullity And Cruel Deception”, Christopher J. Roederer

Christopher J. Roederer

No abstract provided.

Turnaround Time Between Illiad’S Odyssey And Ariel Delivery Methods: A Comparison, Ruth S. Connell, Karen L. Janke

Ruth S. Connell

Interlibrary loan departments are frequently looking for ways to reduce turnaround time. The advent of electronic delivery in the past decade has greatly reduced turnaround time for articles, but recent developments in this arena have the potential to decrease that time even further. The ILLiad ILL management system has an electronic delivery component, Odyssey, with a Trusted Sender setting that allows articles to be sent to patrons without borrowing staff intervention, provided the lending library is designated as a Trusted Sender, or this feature is enabled for all lenders. Using the tracking data created by the ILLiad management system, the …

An Ames Icon: A New Building And Expansion To Iowa State Center, M. Monica Gillen

M. Monica Gillen

The Bergstrom Indoor Training Facility in Ames, Iowa, has changed the rules of the practice game and how that game is played by Iowa State University athletics.

Representations Of Race And Romance: The Portrayal Of People Of Scottish Descent In North America By British Newspapers, 1997-1999, Euan Hague

Euan Hague

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Sources: Encyclopedia Of The Documentary Film (Review), Robin L. Imhof

Robin L. Imhof

No abstract provided.

Book Review- Amphibians Of An Amazonian Blackwater Pond In Peru: Schluter, A., Edgar Lehr

Edgar Lehr

No abstract provided.

The Many Sides Of Immigration Law And Policy, Jill E. Family

Jill E. Family

Mobility, Indexicality, And The Enregisterment Of “Pittsburghese.”, Barbara Johnstone, Jennifer Andrus, Andrew E. Danielson

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.

How To Speak Like A Pittsburgher: Exploring The Role Of A Folk Dictionary In The Production Of A Dialect, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.

Rehabilitating The "Mystery Passage": An Examination Of The Supreme Court's Anthropology Using The Personalistic Norm Explicit In The Philosophy Of Karol Wojtyla, Michael Scaperlanda

Michael A. Scaperlanda

No abstract provided.

Immigration And Evil: The Religious Challenge, Michael Scaperlanda

Michael A. Scaperlanda

No abstract provided.

Pilsen Building Inventory Project, Winifred S. Curran, Euan Hague

Winifred S Curran

No abstract provided.

An Annotated Bibliography Of Protestant Theological Writings On Angels In Post-Reformation Thought From 1565 To 1739, Andrew T. Sulavik Th.D, Mlis

Andrew T. Sulavik

The annotated bibliography, comprised of fifty-five works by fifty-one authors and 3,242 pages (1,096 in Latin and 2,146 in English) of writings directly related to angelology, is arranged in chronological order. It is preceded by a Specifications Statement, which describes the domain, scope, selection process, organization and editorial practices of the bibliography. The selected works are representative of an array of Protestant confessional groups including the Anglican, Arminian, Calvinist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Puritan, and Remonstrant traditions. Designed to ease the task of conducting research on angelology as it relates to post-Reformation literature, it provides a useful bibliographical tool to scholars of …