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Including Retirement Benefits In A Debtor's Bankruptcy Estate: A Proposal For Harmonizing Erisa And The Bankruptcy Code, Michelle A. Cecil Jul 1991

Including Retirement Benefits In A Debtor's Bankruptcy Estate: A Proposal For Harmonizing Erisa And The Bankruptcy Code, Michelle A. Cecil

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This Article first examines the conflicting policies of ERISA and the Bankruptcy Code. It then explores how the various courts have attempted to reconcile these policies when faced with the issue of whether a debtor's interest in retirement plan assets should be available for distribution to creditors in bankruptcy. In analyzing the relevant case law, the Article examines cases addressing the exclusion issue (whether pension plans should be excluded from the bankruptcy estate entirely). It also evaluates cases addressing the exemption issue (whether plan assets, once included in the bankruptcy estate, can be exempted out of the estate by the …

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An Analysis Of Ethics Teaching In Law Schools: Replacing Lost Benefits Of The Apprentice System In The Academic Atmosphere, James E. Moliterno Jul 1991

An Analysis Of Ethics Teaching In Law Schools: Replacing Lost Benefits Of The Apprentice System In The Academic Atmosphere, James E. Moliterno

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A Proposal To Resolve Interbranch Disputes On The Practice Field, Paul R. Verkuil Jul 1991

A Proposal To Resolve Interbranch Disputes On The Practice Field, Paul R. Verkuil

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Formation Of Pentosidine During Nonenzymatic Browning Of Proteins By Glucose, Daniel G. Dyer, James A. Blackledge, Suzanne R. Thorpe, John W. Baynes Jun 1991

Formation Of Pentosidine During Nonenzymatic Browning Of Proteins By Glucose, Daniel G. Dyer, James A. Blackledge, Suzanne R. Thorpe, John W. Baynes

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A fluorescent compound has been detected in proteins browned during Maillard reactions with glucose in vitro and shown to be identical to pentosidine, a pentose- derived fluorescent cross-link formed between arginine and lysine residues in collagen (Sell, D. R., and Monnier, V. M. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 21597- 2 1602). Pentosidine was the major fluorophore formed during nonenzymatic browning of ribonuclease and lysozyme by glucose, but accounted for <1% of nondisulfide cross-links in protein dimers formed during the reaction. Pentosidine was formed in greatest yields in reactions of pentoses with lysine and arginine in model systems but was also formed from glucose, fructose, ascorbate, Amadori compounds, 3-deoxyglucosone, and other sugars. Pentosidine was not formed from peroxidized polyunsaturated fatty acids or malondialdehyde. Its formation from carbohydrates was inhibited under nitrogen or anaerobic conditions and by aminoguanidine, an inhibitor of advanced glycation and browning reactions. Pentosidine was detected in human lens proteins, where its concentration increased gradually with age, but it did not exceed trace concentrations (55 Fmol/mol lysine), even in the 80-year-old lens. Although its precise carbohydrate source in vivo is uncertain and it is present in only trace concentrations in tissue proteins, pentosidine appears to be a useful biomarker for assessing cumulative damage to proteins by nonenzymatic browning reactions with carbohydrates.

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Tide Gauge Records, Water Level Rise, And Subsidence In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, R. Eugene Turner Jun 1991

Tide Gauge Records, Water Level Rise, And Subsidence In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, R. Eugene Turner

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Long-term water level changes in the northern Gulf of Mexico were examined using tide gauge records for this century. Strong coherence exists between the annual mean water changes at Galveston, Texas, and (1) the relatively geologically-stable west coast of Florida, (2) global mean sea level, and 93) the subsiding Louisiana coast. Water levels at the Galveston gauge, one of the longest records (81 yr), have risen steadily, but not accelerated over the long-term. The apparent acceleration of water rise in the recent two decades is within the historical pattern, and is probably driven by regional or global, but not local …

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Decrease In Skin Collagen Glycation With Improved Glycemic Control In Patients With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Timothy J. Lyons, Karen E. Bailie, Daniel G. Dyer, John A. Dunn, John W. Baynes Jun 1991

Decrease In Skin Collagen Glycation With Improved Glycemic Control In Patients With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Timothy J. Lyons, Karen E. Bailie, Daniel G. Dyer, John A. Dunn, John W. Baynes

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Glycation, oxidation, and nonenzymatic browning of protein have all been implicated in the development of diabetic complications. The initial product of glycation of protein, fructoselysine (FL), undergoes further reactions, yielding a complex mixture of browning products, including the fluorescent lysine-arginine cross-link, pentosidine. Alternatively, FL may be cleaved oxidatively to form N(epsilon)-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML), while glycated hydroxylysine, an amino-acid unique to collagen, may yield N(epsilon)-(carboxymethyl)hydroxylysine (CMhL). We have measured FL, pentosidine, fluorescence (excitation = 328 nm, emission = 378 nm), CML, and CMhL in insoluble skin collagen from 14 insulin-dependent diabetic patients before and after a 4-mo period of intensive therapy to …

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Wills Of The Archdeaconry Of Suffolk, 1620-1624, Jay Pascal Anglin Jun 1991

Wills Of The Archdeaconry Of Suffolk, 1620-1624, Jay Pascal Anglin

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Perestroika, Phase Iii: Can The Ussr Learn From The Only Successful Reform?, Phillip J. Bryson Jun 1991

Perestroika, Phase Iii: Can The Ussr Learn From The Only Successful Reform?, Phillip J. Bryson

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In Phase I of Mikhail Gorbachev's tenure as chief director of the soviet economic strategy, the General Secretary seemed content to continue an approach his predecessors had referred to as plan "perfecting" (sovershenstvovanie). This approach which called merely for the development and implementation of modest improvements in the planning mechanism. It was the chosen alternative to economic reform, the approach which had been peremptorily rejected with the closing of the Kosygin reforms at the end of the 1960s.

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Development And , Application Of Expert Systems In Audit Services, Eric L. Denna, James V. Hansen, Rayman D. Meservy Jun 1991

Development And , Application Of Expert Systems In Audit Services, Eric L. Denna, James V. Hansen, Rayman D. Meservy

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Professional auditing has become much more complex over the past decade. This development has engendered a need for leveraging auditor expertise. In an attempt to meet this need, public accounting firms have been actively involved in supporting the development and application of artificial intelligence methods in audit services, which forms the foundation of their business. Much of the development and application of artificial intelligence in auditing has taken the form of expert systems. This paper examines the current state of the art and provides a framework for analysis of present work, as well as a guide to future efforts.

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Osmophores, Floral Features, And Systematics Of Stanhopea (Orchidaceae), Kenneth J. Curry, Lorraine M. Mcdowell, Walter S. Judd, William Louis Stern May 1991

Osmophores, Floral Features, And Systematics Of Stanhopea (Orchidaceae), Kenneth J. Curry, Lorraine M. Mcdowell, Walter S. Judd, William Louis Stern

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The floral fragrance glands (osmophores) of 18 species of Stanhopea and Sievekingia were examined through a series of developmental studies at light and electron microscope levels including late bud stages through postanthesis. Various characters were identified to be of potential systematic value and were recorded for each species. These characters included: texture of the osmophore surface, number of distinct cell layers comprising the osmophore, nature of lipid inclusions in osmophore cells, and presence or absence of plastoglobuli in osmophore amyloplasts. These characters were combined with traditional features of floral lip morphology for cladistic analysis. Sievekingia was the postulated outgroup. Stanhopea …

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The Civil Rights Hydra, Neal Devins May 1991

The Civil Rights Hydra, Neal Devins

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Pentecost: Paul The Pastor In 2 Corinthians, David E. Fredrickson Apr 1991

Pentecost: Paul The Pastor In 2 Corinthians, David E. Fredrickson

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To read 2 Corinthians is to watch a pastor at work. Paul practices, describes, defends, and commends to his audience his pastoral ministry. Something quite rare presents itself in this letter: an extended argument for the ministry of the gospel offered by a practitioner in the heat of the moment. My task is to disclose that heat. What does it mean to place pastoral practice at the center of the interpretation of Pauline epistles? Is this not anachronistic? There is indeed the danger of reading into the text what by habit has become pastoral practice in North America. Nevertheless, by …

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An Agenda For Reform Of The Article 9 Filing System, Peter A. Alces, Robert M. Lloyd Apr 1991

An Agenda For Reform Of The Article 9 Filing System, Peter A. Alces, Robert M. Lloyd

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Right-Talk And Torts-Talk: A Commentary On The Road Not Taken In The Intellectual History Of Tort Law, Paul A. Lebel Apr 1991

Right-Talk And Torts-Talk: A Commentary On The Road Not Taken In The Intellectual History Of Tort Law, Paul A. Lebel

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The Enduring Example Of John Marshall Harlan: "Virtue As Practice" In The Supreme Court, William W. Van Alstyne Apr 1991

The Enduring Example Of John Marshall Harlan: "Virtue As Practice" In The Supreme Court, William W. Van Alstyne

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Ralph Waldo Emerson And Helen Hunt Jackson In La Edad De Oro, Anne Fountain Mar 1991

Ralph Waldo Emerson And Helen Hunt Jackson In La Edad De Oro, Anne Fountain

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When Jose Martí began publication of La Edad de Oro in the summer of 1889, his purpose was to inform and to entertain the "children of America." In the four issues he published (July, August, September, October) Martí's range of topics included literary classics modified for children, original poetry, versions in Spanish of two North American poems, and a commentary on the youthful beginnings of famous writers-in sum a variety of literary lessons.While Martí is much studied and there are numerous works about La Edad de Oro, scant attention has been given to its selections from United States poetry: the …

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Studies On Humanism In Bohemia - German - Harder, Hb; Rothe, H, Mark Edward Clark Mar 1991

Studies On Humanism In Bohemia - German - Harder, Hb; Rothe, H, Mark Edward Clark

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French History In The College Curriculum: Survey Results, Michael S. Smith Mar 1991

French History In The College Curriculum: Survey Results, Michael S. Smith

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The Analysis Of A Model For Wave Motion In A Liquid Semiconductor: Boundary Interaction And Variable Conductivity, William V. Smith Mar 1991

The Analysis Of A Model For Wave Motion In A Liquid Semiconductor: Boundary Interaction And Variable Conductivity, William V. Smith

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The theory of conducting fluids in relative motion with small conductivity is studied with a model including the Maxwell displacement current. The model is linearized, and the interaction of waves with a plane boundary in three space is studied for two orientations of the external magnetic field. It is found that two families of boundary conditions preserve energy in one orientation (external field orthogonal to the boundary), while in the other (external field parallel to the boundary) only one condition exists which preserves energy. It is shown that generalized Fourier transforms exist, generated from the generalized eigenfunction expansions. Further, it …

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The Future Japan, By Tokutomi Soho, Translated And Edited By Vinh Sinh, William Dean Kinzley Feb 1991

The Future Japan, By Tokutomi Soho, Translated And Edited By Vinh Sinh, William Dean Kinzley

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A review of The Future Japan, by Tokutomi Soho, translated and edited by Vinh Sinh

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Nonequilibrium Processes In Polymers Undergoing Interchange Reactions. Part 2: Reaction-Diffusion Processes, Alejandro Garcia, J. Pojman, D. Kondepudi, C. Van De Broeck Jan 1991

Nonequilibrium Processes In Polymers Undergoing Interchange Reactions. Part 2: Reaction-Diffusion Processes, Alejandro Garcia, J. Pojman, D. Kondepudi, C. Van De Broeck

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A reactiodffusion system of polymers undergoing interchange reactions is studied. The equation that describes the dynamics of the system is similar to the Boltzmann equation for a gas of hard spheres. We consider a one-dimensionsl system in which the average length and the concentrations at the boundaries are fixed. The resulting steady states are obtained analytically and with numerical integration of equations obtained by using a local equilibrium approximation. Monte Carlo simulations of experimentally realizable conditions were performed and compared. The results reveal a nonlinear distribution of molecular concentration and mass. The entropy of the polymer distributions is calculated as …

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Determination Of Rate Distributions From Kinetic Experiments, Todd B. Sauke, P. J. Steinback, K. Chu, H. Frauenfelder, J. B. Johnson, D. C. Lamb, G. U. Nienhaus, R. D. Young Jan 1991

Determination Of Rate Distributions From Kinetic Experiments, Todd B. Sauke, P. J. Steinback, K. Chu, H. Frauenfelder, J. B. Johnson, D. C. Lamb, G. U. Nienhaus, R. D. Young

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Rate processes in proteins are often not adequately described by simple exponential kinetics. Instead of modeling the kinetics in the time domain, it can be advantageous to perform a numerical inversion leading to a rate distribution function f(lambda). The features observed in f(lambda) (number, positions, and shapes of peaks) can then be interpreted. We discuss different numerical techniques for obtaining rate distribution functions, with special emphasis on the maximum entropy method. Examples are given for the application of these techniques to flash photolysis data of heme proteins.

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Nobody's Grandfather Was A Merchant: Understanding The Soviet Commercial Negotiation Process And Style, Mahesh N. Rajan, J. L. Graham Jan 1991

Nobody's Grandfather Was A Merchant: Understanding The Soviet Commercial Negotiation Process And Style, Mahesh N. Rajan, J. L. Graham

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Automation And Job Satisfaction Among Reference Librarians, Jo Bell Whitlatch Jan 1991

Automation And Job Satisfaction Among Reference Librarians, Jo Bell Whitlatch

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A Report On The 'International Academic Conference On Religion,' Beijing , April 6-10, 1992, Christian Jochim Jan 1991

A Report On The 'International Academic Conference On Religion,' Beijing , April 6-10, 1992, Christian Jochim

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Congress, The President, And The Separation Of Powers: Rethinking The Value Of Litigation, Jonathan L. Entin Jan 1991

Congress, The President, And The Separation Of Powers: Rethinking The Value Of Litigation, Jonathan L. Entin

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The Passion And Resurrection According To John, Craig R. Koester Jan 1991

The Passion And Resurrection According To John, Craig R. Koester

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The story of the passion follows the upward movement of the pendulum. It begins with Jesus in the posture of a slave, washing his disciples’ feet (chap. 13); but concludes when Thomas recognizes that Jesus is both Lord and God (20:28), bringing the story back to the high point where it began in 1:1. Each year John’s passion account appears in the lectionary for Holy Week and his story of the resurrection is appointed for Easter and the Sunday after Easter, providing an opportunity for sustained reading and proclamation of these texts. John’s narrative is masterfully told; the drama is …

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Not Another Constitutional Law Course: A Proposal To Teach A Course On The Constitution, Thomas E. Baker Jan 1991

Not Another Constitutional Law Course: A Proposal To Teach A Course On The Constitution, Thomas E. Baker

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Professors Baker and Viator discuss the shortcomings of the current law school constitutional law curriculum. They lament the emphasis on current Supreme Court cases to the almost complete exclusion of the actual text of the Constitution and writings of the intellectual and philosophical history from which it sprang. The professors then lay out a syllabus for their proposed three credit constitutional law class.

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The Upholstered, Wood Household Furniture Industry In North America: A Spatial Equilibrium Analysis, Eric J. Todd, Steven H. Bullard Jan 1991

The Upholstered, Wood Household Furniture Industry In North America: A Spatial Equilibrium Analysis, Eric J. Todd, Steven H. Bullard

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Upholstered, wood household furniture production has become an increasingly important part of total furniture production in the United States. From 1982 to 1987, employment in the upholstered furniture industry grew 16 percent, and in 1987, the industry's 82,100 employees represented about 30 percent of U.S. household furniture indush-y employment (USDC Bureau of the Census 1990). Over the same 5-year period, value added for the upholstered furniture industry increased by 52 percent to more than $2.6 billion.

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A Least Cost Analysis Of Transition In North America’S Upholstered, Wood Household Furniture Industry, Eric J. Todd, Steven H. Bullard Jan 1991

A Least Cost Analysis Of Transition In North America’S Upholstered, Wood Household Furniture Industry, Eric J. Todd, Steven H. Bullard

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Factors influencing the location of the North American upholstered, wood household furniture industry are undergoing many changes. This paper presents a least cost linear programming approach to determining optimal furniture production and shipment patterns, The results suggest that Mexico and the 'East South Central region of the U.S. are well-poised to increase their shares of the North American market as consumption patterns and factors of production change in the next decade.

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