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Risk Factors And Knowledge About Diabetes In Native American Women, Mary Lynn Eaglestaff

Theses and Dissertations

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The Impact Of The Staggers Rail Act On North Dakota Farm Income, Miles S. Clow

Theses and Dissertations

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A Planning Strategy For The Grand Forks Community In Converting Its Military Base To Civilian Use, Jason T. Archbold

Theses and Dissertations

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The Use Of Exploratory Environments In The Teaching Of History, David L. Christian

Theses and Dissertations

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Risk Of Heart Disease In Women In A Rural North Dakota Community, Jonelle S. Burdick

Theses and Dissertations

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The Use Of Inverse Detected Nmr For The Analyses Of Diesel Oil Extracts, Carlos Roberto Pacheco

Open Access Dissertations

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Bid-Ask Spread And Stock Return Behavior: An Empirical Investigation Of The Taiwan Stock Market, Chi-Jeng Wang

Open Access Dissertations

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Constructing A Clinic, Philip G. Schrag

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The author addresses some basic structural questions that the clinic's supervisor or supervisors might think about when beginning to design or renovate a program. These include the goals of the proposed clinic; the number and qualifications of its teaching and support staff; the desired relationships among staff members; the subject matter of the clinic's cases; the duration of the clinic, the amount of course credit that students should receive for taking it, and the caseload per student; the grading system; the relationships between the students and the tribunals or other fora in which they will be practicing; how the clinic …

Jungle Travel, Jorge Ameglio

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

The following is a study prepared so that I, Jorge Ameglio, can open a full service travel agency in Miami named Jungle Travel (Jungle) focusing on tourism to Panama. I will show here that it can be profitable, not only for investors and myself, but also for my country, Panama. I plan to demonstrate the feasibility and the need for a business such as this one.

Now, I ask, can Jungle become operational with a fair-sized initial investment of $150,000.00? Likewise, the problem that lies herein, is whether there is an economic and business viability in establishing a travel agency …

Geometrical Modeling Of Material Aging, Alexander Chudnovsky, Serge Preston

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Material aging is understood as changes of material properties with time. The aging is usually observed as an improvement of some properties and a deterioration of others. For example an increase of rigidity and strength and reduction in toughness with time are commonly observed in engineering materials. In an attempt to model aging phenomena on a continuum (macroscopical) level one faces three major tasks. The first is to identify an adequate age parameter that represents, on a macroscopic scale, the micro and sub microscopical features, underlying the aging phenomena such as nucleation, growth and coalescence of microdefects, physico-chemical transformations etc. …

Putrescine: A Marker Of Stress In Red Spruce Trees, Rakesh Minocha, Walter C. Shortle, Gregory B. Lawrence, Mark B. David, Subhash C. Minocha

Faculty Publications

Aluminum (Al) has been suggested to be an important stress factor in forest decline due to its mobilization in soil following atmospheric deposition of acidic pollutants. A major goal of our research is to develop physiological and biochemical markers of stress in trees using cell cultures and whole plants. Needles of red spruce (Picea rubens) collected from several sites in the northeastern United States and red spruce cells grown in suspension cultures were examined for polyamine and inorganic-ion content. The cells in culture were exposed to various concentrations of Al for different lengths of time. Exposure to Al increased putrescine …

Cooperating With The Prosecutor: How Many Motions Does It Take To Secure A Sentence That Is Less Than The Mandatory Minimum Provided By Statute?, Jimmy Gurulé

Journal Articles

A preview of Melendez v. United States, a 1996 Supreme Court case in which a convicted cocaine dealer appealed his mandatory 10 year sentence under the federal statutes on the grounds that he had cooperated with the prosecutor. While the United States Congress has authorized courts to impose sentences below the mandatory minimum set by the statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for defendants who provide substantial cooperation with the prosecution, courts can only do so at the request of the prosecutor. At issue in this case, where the prosecutor requested a sentence lower than the Guidelines minimum but not …

Conservation Of Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse, With Special Emphasis On The Upper Blackfoot Valley, Montana, Benjamin D. Deeble

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Cultural Analysis Of Jonathan Demme's "The Silence Of The Lambs", Arthur S. Almquist

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Dearest Darling, Darling Dear| A Collection Of Short Stories, Allyson Ann Goldin

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Effects Of Deep Water Running And Treadmill Running On Oxygen Uptake And Energy Expenditure In Seasonally Trained Cross Country Runners, Jodi Michelle Demaere

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Tyrone Busch, Plaintiff/ Appellant, Vs. Salt Lake International, Airport, A Government Agency, Doing Business In Salt Lake City, Utah, Defendant/ Appellee : Brief Of Appellee

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (1965 –)

SALT LAKE CITY CORPORATION APPEAL FROM JUDGMENT ENTERED IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH, HONORABLE ANNE M. STIRBA PRESIDING

Identification Of Potential Linkage Zones For Grizzly Bears In The Swan-Clearwater Valley Using Gis, Per Lennart Sandstrom

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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"It's Our Damn Country"| The Motives For Military Service And The Self-Identity Of Fort Belknap Veteran Americans, William Ernest Maxwell

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Presence & Absence, Eva Mastandrea

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Wampumpeag| The Impact Of The 17th Century Wampum Trade On Native Culture In Southern New England And New Netherlands, George R. Price

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Understanding Constitutional War Powers Today: Why Methodology Matters, Jane E. Stromseth

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

With the Cold War over, Americans have grown more introspective about the role of the United States in global affairs. It could hardly be otherwise. America's rise to military preeminence, its overseas commitments and priorities, and its basic sense of international purpose all were forged by circumstances of the past fifty years that have changed dramatically. The Soviet threat is gone; once shaky allies in Europe and Asia are now comparatively stable and prosperous; the specter of cataclysmic nuclear war has receded while regional conflicts, ethnic strife, and humanitarian emergencies have moved to center stage. Although the world is no …

The Trouble With The Adversary System In A Postmodern, Multicultural World, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In this Essay I suggest the heretical notion that the adversary system may no longer be the best method for our legal system to deal with all of the matters that come within its purview. If latetwentieth century learning has taught us anything, it is that truth is illusive, partial, interpretable, dependent on the characteristics of the knowers as well as the known, and, most importantly, complex. In short, there may be more than just two sides to every story. The binary nature of the adversary system and its particular methods and tactics often may thwart some of the essential …

Cat Scratch Fever, Jill Marquis

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Dandelions, And Other Stories, Alicia Ieronemo

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Racist Health Care?, Barbara A. Noah

Faculty Scholarship

During the past few years, rationing has become an explicit feature in decisions concerning optimal delivery of health care services, and it poses difficult choices for health care providers and policymakers. Insurers and patients increasingly must balance the desire for access to every possible treatment against concerns about affordability. Costdriven treatment decisions are becoming an unavoidable reality for most patients. Apparently, however, another more pernicious type of rationing occurs in this country. It does not depend on factors such as the likelihood of an optimal outcome, the comparative efficacy of different available treatment modalities, or even the ability to pay …

The Anatomy Of Emtala: A Litigator's Guide., Alicia K. Dowdy, Gail N. Friend, Jennifer L. Rangel

St. Mary's Law Journal

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) prohibits hospitals from inappropriately transferring or refusing medical care to persons with emergency medical conditions. EMTALA was passed in response to the practice of “dumping” seriously ill patients from private hospitals into public ones, to ensure all patients receive medical treatment in emergency situations. Plaintiffs have attempted to pursue EMTALA claims against non-hospital defendants, but courts have consistently disallowed such claims under the statute. By limiting the scope of its coverage to hospitals, EMTALA creates a situation unique from ordinary medical malpractice. Although hospitals may be held liable for negligent credentialing …

A Fair Day's Pay For A Fair Day's Work: Time To Raise And Index The Minimum Wage., William P. Quigley

St. Mary's Law Journal

Millions of people are working for a living but not receiving a living wage in return for their work. The value of the minimum wage continues to erode, with the Congressional Research Service estimating the minimum wage would have to rise to $6.75 per hour in 1996 to equal the purchasing power it represented in 1978. It is not in the common interest, nor in the interest of justice, for people to work full-time, yet remain mired in poverty. Reforming the minimum wage by raising it and indexing it for inflation is a critical step toward attaining Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s …

Intellectual Property Pirates: Congress Raises The Stakes In The Modern Battle To Protect Copyrights And Safeguard The United States Economy Comment., Timothy D. Howell

St. Mary's Law Journal

Intellectual property pirates menace the industry by hijacking audio recordings, movies, television broadcasts, and software—posing an economic threat and accounting for billions of dollars in losses annually. This Comment examines legislative attempts to combat information piracy through criminalization of copyright infringement—focusing on the proposed Criminal Copyright Improvement Act of 1995 (Improvement Act). The Improvement Act contemplates expansion of criminal copyright infringement law, attempting to close the legal “loophole” exposed by United States v. LaMacchia, and providing a more effective means for deterring copyright piracy. Part II of this Comment provides a historical overview of United States copyright laws and introduces …

Principles Of Governmental Immunity In Texas: The Texas Government Waives Sovereign Immunity When It Contracts - Or Does It Comment., Renna Rhodes

St. Mary's Law Journal

When the government causes injury through negligence or by breaching a contract, the injured party must face the obstacle of governmental immunity. The doctrine of governmental immunity can act as a total bar to recovery, especially in Texas. Over the years, governmental immunity increasingly has faced attack from courts and commentators. Some states, including Texas, have revised the common-law doctrine, allowing the government to be sued in certain situations. In Texas, principles of governmental immunity are often misconstrued. Which principles of governmental immunity apply to a particular situation in Texas depends on whether the defendant is a state entity or …