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Recasting Fair Share: Toward Effective Housing Law And Principled Social Policy, Justin D. Cummins

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

Irrigation, Power, And Salmon: The Case For Voluntary Water Transfers In The Columbia Basin, Eric Kuhner

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

This paper begins with a brief history of water law in the west, illustrating the roots of conflict over water allocation. A more detailed examination of activities in the Columbia Basin follows, describing the many parties affected by issues of water use and the overlapping institutional structures that govern the river and its water.

Sources of pressure to change the current pattern of water use are then considered. These include requirements to protect endangered salmon runs and the change over time in the relative values of water for power production and irrigation. This section demonstrates how changes in the value …

Castor Canadensis Summer 1996, Jed Smith Society

Castor Canadensis - Jedediah Smith Society

No abstract provided.

Thinking Globally And Acting Locally: The Emergence Of Global Environmental Problems And The Critical Need To Develop Sustainable Development Programs At State And Local Levels In The United States, Donald A. Brown

Penn State Environmental Law Review (1991 - 2011)

No abstract provided.

Individually Transferable Quotas And The Magnuson Act: Creating Economic Efficiency In Our Nation's Fisheries, Ransom E. Davis

Penn State Environmental Law Review (1991 - 2011)

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of The Stimulus Properties Of Mda And Mdma Stereoisomers In A Lsd-Saline-Amphetamine Discrimination, Michele Marie Taylor

Masters Theses

This study employed a three-choice drug discrimination procedure in order to further delineate the discriminative stimulus properties of the stereoisomers of 3,4- methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). Eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were trained to discriminate amphetamine (1.0 mg/kg) and LSD (.08 mg/kg) from saline in a three-lever, food reinforced (sweetened condensed milk) drug discrimination procedure. A fixed-ratio (FR) 20 schedule with a reset condition for incorrect responses was employed. When criteria (85% over 10 consecutive sessions) were met, (+)-MDA, (-)-MDA, (+)-MDMA (.31, .63, 1.25 mg/kg) and (-)-MDMA (.88, 1.75, 3.5 mg/kg) were tested for substitution. All of these compounds produced …

A Landowner's Remedy Laid To Waste: State Preemption Of Private Nuisance Claims Against Regulated Pollution Sources, Kathleen Roth

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Improving Public Access To Coastal Beaches: The Effect Of Statutory Management And The Public Trust Doctrine, Daniel Summerlin

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Why Cross Boundaries?, Mary Ann Glendon

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Paradoxical Perils Of The Precautionary Principle, Frank B. Cross

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Archaeology Of Precolumbian Florida, Jon Sensbach

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Selection-Based Vs. Topography-Based Verbal Behavior, William F. Potter

Dissertations

Michael (1985) distinguished between selection-based and topography-based verbal behavior. Some researchers have started to examine this distinction, as does this research. This study examined the contribution that response-produced kinesthetic stimulation has on the acquisition of conditional discriminations and equivalence relations by college students. To accomplish this, a special computerized nonidentity matching-to-sample task (a selection-based task) was created, which arranged for each participant to perform under two conditions. The first condition arranged for participants to make a stereotypical response to each choice stimulus selected. The second condition arranged for a unique response to be made to each choice selected. The number …

The Impact Of Macroeconomic Policy Reforms On Nigerian Agriculture, M.O. Ojo, O.O. Akanji

Economic and Financial Review

The aim of the paper is to identify the outstanding issues in Nigeria's agricultural policy in the context of the macroeconomic policy reforms adopted in the last ten years. Beset partly by macroeconomic policy distortions, agricultural sector performance was grossly inadequate in the 1970s and up to 1985. The macroeconomic policy reforms adopted in 1986 were aimed at removing the distortions to enhance macroeconomic stability and sectoral performance. A major finding of the study is that agricultural sector performance improved significantly especially during the initial phase of the policy reforms. However, the improved agricultural sector performance has not been sustained …

Can Mickey Mouse Prevail In The Court Of The Monkey King? Enforcing Foreign Intellectual Property Rights In The People's Republic Of China, Jill Chiang Fung

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sandra Bamford's Review Of Dirk Smidt, Pieter Ter Keurs, And Albert Trouwborst's Pacific Material Culture: Essays In Honour Of Dr. Simon Kooijman On The Occasion Of His 80th Birthday, Sandra Bamford

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Coming To Terms With Equality, Ronald C. Griffin

Journal Publications

No abstract provided.

Cognitions, Emotions And Immune Response : An Attributional Model For The Mind-Body Connection, Byron Earle Greenberg

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

[Abstract Not Included]

Myocardial Contractility In Fetal Sheep Exposed To Long-Term Hypoxia At High Altitude : Activator Calcium And Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Function, Vaughn A. Browne

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

We studied myocardial contractility in fetal sheep exposed to ~112 days of hypoxia at high-altitude (3,820 m). We recorded left and right ventricular wet weight, and measured the inotropic responses to extracellular calcium [Ca²⁺]_o (0.2-10 mM), ryanodine (10^-10-10^-4 M), isoproterenol (10^-10-10^-6 M), and forskolin (0.01-10 uM) in isometrically contracting papillary muscles. In addition, we quantified dihydropyridine (DHPR), ryanodine (RyR), and β-adrenergic receptor densities, and measured basal and stimulated intracellular cAMP levels. In hypoxic fetuses, left ventricular wet weight was unchanged, but right ventricular weight was ~20% lower than controls. Curves describing …

An Avian Botulism Epizootic Affecting A Nesting Site Population Of Presbyornis : On A Carbonate Mudflat Shoreline Of Eocene Fossil Lake, V. Leroy Leggitt

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The shorebird-duck mosaic bird, Presbyornis, is best known from the Eocene Green River Formation where it often occurs in local monospecific bonebeds, suggestive of mass mortality events. The sedimentology, paleontology, taphonomy, XRD mineralogy, and the carbonate stable isotope signature (δ¹⁸O) of one of these bonebeds was studied on the southern margin of Eocene Fossil Lake.

A series of 408 standardized radiographs were used to construct the first large scale radiograph aided taphonomic map of a vertebrate fossil quarry (3,874 bones were recorded in 11.5 m²). A small group of 100 bones (including a complete skull …

Progesterone Regulation Of Insulin Like-Growth Factor : Binding Protein-5 Gene Transcription In Human Osteoblasts, Viroj Boonyaratanakornicit

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 (IGFBP-5) is produced by osteoblasts and potentiates IGF mitogenic actions in osteoblast cultures. Progesterone (PG) increases osteoblast proliferation and increases osteoblast IGFBP-5 expression. Mechanisms underlying PG induction of IGFI3P-5 expression were investigated in U2 human osteosarcoma cells. In nuclear run-on analyses, PG increased IGF)3P-5 gene transcription to 400% of control. To define the underlying mechanisms, the human IGF13P-5 gene proximal promoter was cloned and sequenced. The proximal 500 bp of this region contains TATA and CAAT boxes, five putative PG response element (PRE) half-sites and two tandem CACCC boxes. Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter constructs containing …

Expression Of The Human Milk Protein, Beta-Casein : In Transgenic Potato Plants, Wendy Roberts

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Mother’s milk is recommended by the nutritional and pediatric communities as the best food for suckling infants. For non breast-fed infants, bovine milk-based formulas have been regarded as a suitable substitute. In the early 1900's, physicians found that foreign proteins in cow milk were responsible for gastrointestinal disease and even digestive collapse of the newborn fed a cow milk-based diet¹⁶. The allergenicity of cow milk for the human infant appears to be caused predominantly by p-casein¹⁷. In this research, the cDNA encoding human p-casein was introduced into potato cells under the control of the bidirectional, auxin-inducible …

Periodontal Repair In Dogs : Effect Of Recombinant Human Transforming Growth Factor Beta-1 On Guided Tissue Regeneration, Saghi Shayan Razi

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The objective of this study was to evaluate bone and cementum regeneration in the critical size, supraalveolar, periodontal defect model following surgical implantation of recombinant human transforming growth factor beta-1 (rhTGFß-1) in conjunction with guided tissue regeneration (GTR). Five male beagle dogs were used in a split-mouth design. Alternate jaw quadrants in consecutive animals received GTR with rhTGFß-1 in a resorbable calcium carbonate carrier. Contralateral jaw quadrants received GTR with carrier only (control). The healing interval was 4 weeks. Clinical healing was generally uneventful, however, minor membrane exposures were observed for both treatments with limited gingival inflammation. All defects with …

The Effect Of Guidor™ And Hop-1 On Hard Tissue Healing : Following Periradicular Surgery In Cats, Hugh Maguire

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the resorbable membrane Guidor™ and the osteogenic protein hOP-1 on hard tissue healing following periradicular surgery in cats.

Surgical endodontic therapy was performed on the maxillary canine teeth of twelve cats. After orthograde root canal therapy, flap reflection, osteotomy, resection of the root end, root end cavity preparation and the placement of a root end filling, eight of the surgical sites were treated with Guidor™ and eight with hOP-1. The remaining eight sites received no further treatment and served as controls.

The animals were sacrificed at twelve weeks following …

Bone Morphogenetic Proteins And Periodontal Repair, Michael B. Lee

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

For over thirty years now, research has been carried out to isolate and purify bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), a substance which has been shown to induce heterotopic bone formation in various animal species. Recent advances in the fields of developmental biology, molecular biology and genetics, have shown that the BMPs not only are responsible for postfetal bone induction (including normal bone remodeling, healing and repair), but are also critical during embryogenesis - not only in regards to the skeletal system, but quite possibly in the morphogenesis and pattern formation of other tissues and organs as well.

Due to their bone …

The Effects Of Lowering Cholesterol On Vasodilation, Maria Christi Hardt

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Endothelial dysfunction has been found prior to any signs of atherosclerotic plaque formation in patients with a variety of risk factors for atherosclerosis. Elevated serum cholesterol has repeatedly been associated with endothelial dysfunction as demonstrated by impaired vasoreactivity to vasodilating stimuli.

The aim of this research was to determine whether short term lowering of serum cholesterol levels by life style changes or by cholesterol lowering medication could reverse or reduce the endothelial dysfunction. The brachial artery diameter was measured by high-resolution ultrasound at rest and during reactive hyperemia pre and postintervention. Fifty-three subjects with cholesterol levels above 240 mg/dl were …

Creating Global-Local Cultures Of Peace, Paul Smoker, Linda Groff

Peace and Conflict Studies

No abstract provided.

Domination And Resistance, Exclusion And Inclusion: Indigenous People’S Quest For Peace And Justice, Franke Wilmer

Peace and Conflict Studies

No abstract provided.

Adverse Possession Against The States: The Hornbooks Have It Wrong, Paula R. Latovick

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The hornbook rule is that adverse possession statutes do not run against land owned by state governments. Yet, in practice, the land of many states is subject to loss by adverse possession. Few states have statutes that simply and explicitly protect all state land from adverse possession. This Article describes the variety of ways in which states protect or fail to protect their land from adverse possession. It concludes with the recommendation that, given increasing development pressures and limited state enforcement budgets, state legislatures should protect completely all state land from adverse possession.

The Chaotic Pseudotext, Paul F. Campos

Michigan Law Review

This article tries to get away from the traditionally epistemological (and instrumental, and normative) focus of the case method. In what follows, I will introduce two interrelated ideas designed to elucidate the problematic nature of contemporary legal interpretation: the concept of law as a chaotic discourse, and the problem of the legal pseudotext. These ideas will be presented and explored while we undertake a close reading of an appellate court opinion; however, the purpose of this reading is not the traditional one of attempting to determine if the case · is "correctly decided." Rather we will consider various questions that …

News From Hope College, Volume 27.6: June, 1996, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.