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The Public Health Pbrn Program: A Summative Report, Glen P. Mays

Glen Mays

This report provides a six-year summary of the work of the Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks Program, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

A Multivariate Analysis Of The Causal Flow Between Renewable Energy Consumption And Gdp In Tunisia, Maamar Sebri, Ousama Ben Salha

Maamar Sebri

No abstract provided.

Deciphering The Phenomenon Of Elite Corruption In Africa, Segun Oshewolo, Babatunde Durowaiye

Segun Oshewolo

Development challenges transverse the countries of Africa. This explains why the continent has progressed with comparative slowness in the global community. Among these challenges, the phenomenon of elite corruption proves to be one of the most potent. The paper offers a flash of intellectual insight that simultaneously distils the conceptual orientation of the phenomenon of elite corruption and also unravels its various dimensions in the African context. To achieve the latter goal, the paper adopts the theory of rent-seeking. The theory does not only expose the conspiracy to perpetuate poverty by elites, it also reveals the mechanisms for achieving that …

Las Fiestas De Diciembre, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

El mes de diciembre es para los habitantes de Quito un mes lleno de fiestas; se inicia con los festejos de la ciudad, sigue con los de Navidad y culmina con los de Año Nuevo. Todas estas fiestas tienen una carga simbólica de singular importancia para la sociedad: son una forma de romper la vida cotidiana para repensarse desde sus cimientos: la fundación española de la ciudad, el natalicio de Jesús y el fin de año que es la búsqueda de un nuevo amanecer. Es decir, todas estas fiestas están vinculadas a la cultura de la sociedad –no del Estado …

Khodorkovsky & La Génesis De Los Mercados En Rusia, Víctor Pavón-Villamayor

Víctor Pavón-Villamayor

No abstract provided.

Los Consumidores Ante Las Comisiones Bancarias Abusivas, Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Analisis de la Regulacion del Banco Central de Argentina sobre comisiones bancarias.

Judicial Activism: An (Un)Expected Result Of Legal Interpretation In Complex Societies?, Fabio P L Almeida Mr, Alexandre A. Costa Dr

Fabio P L Almeida

Judicial activism has been accused of being an undue activity of judges, who should restrict themselves to the interpretation of the law. In this article, we argue that this conception is wrong: judicial activism does not imply a distortion in political and judicial structures, but it should be understood as an expected feature of legal interpretation in complex political systems. In contemporary liberal democracies, legislation cannot regulate all situations, and thus the only way to affirm its universality is through flexible interpretation, which grants to society the ability to adapt its legal system to new circumstances without the need to …

Propiedad Y Organización Comunal En Las Comunidades Campesinas Del Perú. Un Análisis Crítico, Daniel Quiñonez

Daniel Quiñonez Oré

El presente artículo analiza de manera crítica la regulación impuesta por el Estado Peruano con relación a la organización y propiedad comunal de las comunidades campesinas. Asimismo, se analiza el tratamiento que la antropología peruana le ha brindado a los derechos de propiedad y organización comunal de las comunidades campesinas en el Perú

Marihuana: Legalización Uruguaya, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Uruguay es un país pequeño con 3.3 millones habitantes distribuidos a lo largo de 176 mil kilómetros cuadrados, lo cual le convierte en el segundo país más diminuto de Sur América, después de Surinam. Es un país que está haciendo bien las cosas en su interior, tanto que se ha convertido en un referente mundial, por ejemplo, en el reconocimiento a los derechos civiles (matrimonio igualitario, derechos de género), en la calidad del Fútbol que tiene, en el respeto a la democracia, en la imagen austera que transmite su presidente y, ahora, en la regulación legal del canabis. Todo ello …

The Intricacies Of Translation Memory Tools: With Particular Reference To Arabic-English Translation, Mohammad Ahmad Thawabteh Mat

Mohammad Ahmad Thawabteh MAT

Translation Memory (TM) technology has been enjoying a good deal of popularity among translation theorists and practitioners since it came onto the market in the 1990s. A theoretical framework for TM vis-à-vis Machine Translation (MT) is first discussed. The paper then examines the applicability of a TM tool, namely Translator’s Workbench (TWB), to Arabic, and the ensuing problems as illustrated by the translation output of ten postgraduate translation students at Al-Quds University for the academic year 2012/2013. The paper reveals that beyond the translation problems with which translation is usually replete, particularly between languages of little cultural and linguistic affinity, …

Variational Iteration Method For The Burgers' Flow With Fractional Derivatives—New Lagrange Multipliers, Guo-Cheng Wu, Dumitru Baleanu

G.C. Wu

The flow through porous media can be better described by fractional models than the classical ones since they include inherently memory effects caused by obstacles in the structures. The variational iteration method was extended to find approximate solutions of fractional differential equations with the Caputo derivatives, but the Lagrange multipliers of the method were not identified explicitly. In this paper, the Lagrange multiplier is determined in a more accurate way and some new variational iteration formulae are presented.

Social Aggregation In Pea Aphids: Experiment And Random Walk Modeling, Christa Nilsen, John Paige, Olivia Warner, Benjamin Mayhew, Ryan Sutley, Mathew Lam, Andrew J. Bernoff, Chad M. Topaz

Chad M. Topaz

No abstract provided.

The Dividends Of Good Governance, Riccardo Pelizzo, Rick Stapenhurst

riccardo pelizzo

this analysis reveals that corruption is a luxury that developing countries cannot afford. countries with lower levels of corruption are all more developed, regardless of how development is measured

Stellaris Fish Workshop Gadph And Dapi Z-Series, George Mcnamara

George McNamara

Stellaris FISH workshop GADPH and DAPI Z-series at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

The zip file contains raw and GPU deconvolved image data from a workshop Biosearch Technologies conducted for MDACC researchers in December 2013. Image data was acquired on a Leica DMI6000 microscope with Lumencor SOLA light engine, DAPI and Cy5 filter cubes, Hamamatsu ORCA FLASH4.0 sCMOS camera (500 ms exposure time per plane for Quasar 670).

Pixel size 100 nm XY.

Z-step size 200 nm.

32 planes (power of 2 is optimal for GPU deconvolution). With 500 ms exposure time, the Quasar 670 GADPH FISH probes images …

The Semiotics Of Third Language In Arabic-English Translation, Mohammad Ahmad Thawabteh Mat

Mohammad Ahmad Thawabteh MAT

The present paper explores how a third language is dealt with in the translation from Arabic into English, illustrated with al-Qamar il-Murabaʻ: Qiṣaṣ Ghrāibyia by Syrian writer Ghada as-Samman (1994), translated by Issa Boullata (1998) as ʻThe Square Moon: Supernatural Talesʼ (SMST). The paper adopts particularized a theoretical praxis approach. The paper argues that the third language does not occur in a vacuum, but within the boundaries of discourse with an eye to the ideology inscribed in the language we produce, viz. enhancing feministic, narcissistic and nihilistic tendencies by the Source Language (SL) author. The paper shows that the wheels …

Analysis Of Technical ʻFoul-Upsʼ: With Particular Reference To Arabic-English Subtitling, Mohammad Ahmad Thawabteh Mat

Mohammad Ahmad Thawabteh MAT

A cost-effective solution in intercultural communication has been subtitling from English into Arabic for the past few decades. Subtitling stands as one of the most and oldest translation practices in the Arab World. However, the practice is done with blithe disregard for the technical dimension (e.g. space, segmentation, colour, synch etc) and polysemiotic channels (e.g. dialogue, music, picture etc). Results show ʻtwo-bitʼ technical aspect of subtitling; thus the strategies employed by film subtitle translators are questionable. Therefore, the paper argues that subtitling/translation strategies should be sought within the ambit of technical dimension of subtitling.

Protect Your Health On A Sport Travel Tour, Franki Burke

Franki Burke

No abstract provided.

The Empire Of Cancer: Gene Patents And Cancer Voices, Matthew Rimmer

Matthew Rimmer

In his book, The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee writes a history of cancer — ‘It is a chronicle of an ancient disease — once a clandestine, “whispered-about” illness — that has metamorphosed into a lethal shape-shifting entity imbued with such penetrating metaphorical, medical, scientific, and political potency that cancer is often described as the defining plague of our generation’.Increasingly, an important theme in the history of cancer is the role of law, particularly in the field of intellectual property law. It is striking that a number of contemporary policy debates over intellectual property and public health have concerned …

Extract From John D. Feerick, The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History And Applications (3d Ed. 2013), Citing Tillman's The Annals Of Congress, The Original Public Meaning Of The Succession Clause, And The Problem Of Constitutional Memory, Seth Barrett Tillman

Seth Barrett Tillman

This will be an extract from John D. Feerick's The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Applications 411 (3d ed. 2013), citing Tillman's The Annals of Congress, the Original Public Meaning of the Succession Clause, and the Problem of Constitutional Memory.

[December 3, 2013]

Tasnubha Rahaman, An Assignment On "Separation Of Powers" (Atish Dipankar University Of Science & Technology, Dep’T Of Law, Llm Submission, Circa 2013), Citing Calabresi-Tillman Exchange, Seth Barrett Tillman

Seth Barrett Tillman

Tasnubha Rahaman, An Assignment on "Separation of Powers" (Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology, Dep’t of Law, LLM Submission, circa 2013), citing Calabresi-Tillman Exchange.

[December 15, 2013]

Entrepreneurial Intention (Ei) Among Undergraduate Students In International Islamic University Malaysia (Iium): Empirical Evidence, Aliyu Dahiru Muhammad Dr., Mohamed Aslam Haneef Prof., Isa Ado Abubakar Dr.

Aliyu Dahiru

Recently, entrepreneurship receives most attention than ever before. The importance of inculcating entrepreneurship education among young and fresh graduates cannot be over stressed. Similarly, studies show that student who participates in entrepreneurship program is more willing to start his own business than a student who does not undergo any of these programs. The recent financial crisis serves as lessons for employees and potential graduates that should no longer rely on big companies. The objective of this paper is to investigate the factors that determine entrepreneurship intentions among University students. The paper employed Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), to examine the …

Impact Of Alkaline Doping And Reducing Conditions On Lafeo3, Geoffrey L. Beausoleil Ii

Geoffrey L Beausoleil II

Efficient and reliable materials for gas separation, syngas production, and hybrid nuclear power plants must be capable of reliably operating at a high-temperature range of 700-1000°C and under exposure to highly oxidizing and reducing conditions. Candidate materials for these applications include alkaline metal doped lanthanum ferrite.

In the first study, the impact of A site substitution by different alkaline metals on lanthanum ferrite (LMF, M=Ca, Sr, and Ba) was investigated. The study focused on thermal expansion near the Néel transition temperature and a magneto-elastic contribution to thermal expansion was identified for each sample. Iron oxidation, Fe3+ to Fe4+, was identified …

Mindful Awareness Intervention Effects On Memory And Affect During Late Adolescence, Talia D. Boxman, Martha Pelaez

Talia D Boxman

Abstract: The effects of a mindful awareness intervention on improving memory and affect levels amongst three late-adolescent participants was examined using an alternating treatments design. The results of the intervention demonstrated differing degrees of effectiveness for each participant, suggesting both psychological and educational applications.

The Impact Of Information Disclosure On Goodwill Impairment In Merger And Acquisition Decision In Nigerian Banks, Yusuf Alkali Muhammad

Yusuf Alkali Muhammad

The need for quality accounting information is to bring investors’ in an economy. Investors require financial position of business asset to be prepared in line with the international accounting standards. Investment decision really on the quality of information received on the business. Assets and liabilities porting is part of good accounting reporting. Therefore, Goodwill as an asset requires quality reporting in accordance to the Nigerian GAAP. Recognition of Goodwill in accounting reporting has been a major challenging issue even though its recognition has been provided in the accounting regulations. Provision of goodwill impairment in Nigerian banks has been provided on …

Controvérsias Sobre As Relações Negociais Com O Setor Público: Um Estudo Sobre A Terceirização No Brasil, Prof. Dr. Eloi Martins Senhoras

Elói Martins Senhoras

No abstract provided.

Preponderancia: Telcel & Televisa, Víctor Pavón-Villamayor

Víctor Pavón-Villamayor

No abstract provided.

New Three-Phase Multilevel Inverter With Reduced Number Of Power Electronic Components, Saad Mekhilef

Saad Mekhilef

In this paper, a new configuration of a three-phase five-level multilevel voltage-source inverter is introduced. The proposed topology constitutes the conventional three-phase two-level bridge with three bidirectional switches. A multilevel dc link using fixed dc voltage supply and cascaded half-bridge is connected in such a way that the proposed inverter outputs the required output voltage levels. The fundamental frequency staircase modulation technique is easily used to generate the appropriate switching gate signals. For the purpose of increasing the number of voltage levels with fewer number of power electronic components, the structure of the proposed inverter is extended and different methods …

The Necessity Of The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Lucas B. Mckaig

Lucas B McKaig

Currently there is no comprehensive federal legislation in the United States protecting LGBT Employees. The Employment Non-Discrimination act would rectify this by making sexual orientation and gender identity protected classes.

Pacs And Their Functional Equivalents In South East Asia., Riccardo Pelizzo

riccardo pelizzo

in this presentation, we present the preliinary results of an analysis of the tools and the committees in charge of performing budgetary and financial oversight in south East Asian countries.

Metadata Survey: Ead Schema Usage Review, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel University, INFO 653. A brief review of the EAD schema found in XML encoded finding aids, based on a limited survey. The method of user website access and the percentage of EAD schema usage is briefly reviewed at three library websites: the University of Vermont Library, the Duke University Library, and the University of Chicago Library.