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Chameleons Don't Need Mirrors, Ronald K. Frannea

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Spring 1997, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Crime Control And Harassment Of The Innocent, Raymond Dacey, Kenneth S. Gallant

Law Faculty Scholarship

Crime control through law enforcement is generally considered to be a two-part process of appre­hending and incapacitating or rehabilitating the guilty, and deterring the innocent from crime by the threat of punishment. The analysis presented here shows that the protection of the innocent from harass­ment-detention, arrest, punishment, and other intrusions by the criminal justice system-is important in deterring crime. Specifically, the analysis shows that deterrence from crime is weakened and then lost for a rational individual who holds the majority attitude toward risk, if the levels of rightful punishment and wrongful harassment are increased, as in a war on crime, …

Black Cowboys In The American West: A Historiographical Review, David Goldstein-Shirley

Ethnic Studies Review

Few subjects in the ethnic experience of the United States are as fraught with mythology and misinformation as black cowboys. Although absent from most classic history texts of the American West, black cowboys probably constituted about a quarter of the working cowboys in the nineteenth century, although q uantitative data to establish a number are lacking. This essay reviews the historiography of black cowboys published during the last half-century, noting how much of it is marred either by glossing over the presence of black cowboys or by credulously repeating estimates of their numbers established by earlier work. The essay speculates …

Physician-Assisted Suicide: Rights And Risks To Vulnerable Communities, Benjamin C. Zipursky

Fordham Urban Law Journal

In this Introduction, the author discusses the recent Supreme Court decisions Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill. On one hand, several panel contributors hold the position that one should have the right to control one’s own death, which is rooted in autonomy, liberty, and equality. Scholarly voices on the other side of the debate, including four panel members, believe that the legalization of physician-assisted suicide would create intolerable risks, particularly to those in the community who are the most vulnerable: the poor, the elderly, and the mentally and physically disabled.

Informed Consent To Human Subject Research: Improving The Process Of Obtaining Informed Consent From Mentally Ill Persons, Dorothy Derrickson

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Note demonstrates that the federal regulations regarding human subject research must provide more specific guidelines that emphasize the process of obtaining informed consent from persons with mental illnesses. Part I discusses schizophrenia as a case example of mental illness that requires more stringent informed consent standards in human subject research. Part II describes the legal foundations of informed consent to human experimentation and the current federal regulations for human subject research. Part III examines the inadequacy of current federal regulations for mentally ill research subjects and proposes revisions to ensure that mentally ill persons provide adequate informed consent to …

Rediscovering The State Constitutional Right To Happiness And Safety, Joseph R. Grodin

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

More than half of the state constitutions declare the right of persons "to pursue and obtain happiness and safety," or some variation on that language, but lawyers and judges seldom think to invoke those provisions in asserting or considering state constitutional claims. Professor Grodin, formerly a Justice of the California Supreme Court, explores the roots of such language in classical and Enlightenment philosophy. He then examines judicial opinions which have drawn upon the language and considers the way in which it might inform modem constitutional doctrine.

Professor Grodin argues that the history and text of the language, viewed from a …

Development And Evaluation Of Interactive Courseware For Visualization Of Graph Data Structure And Algorithms, Thomas E. Beutel

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

The primary goal of this dissertation was to develop and pilot test interactive, multimedia courseware which would facilitate learning the abstract structures, operations, and concepts associated with graph and network data structures in Computer Science. Learning objectives and prerequisites are presented in an introduction section of the courseware and a variety of learning activities are provided including tutorials, animated demonstrations, interactive laboratory sessions, and self-tests. Courseware development incorporated principles and practices from software engineering, instructional design, and cognitive learning theories. Implementation utilized an easy-to-use authoring tool, NeoBook Professional (1994), to create the overall framework and the user interfaces, and Microsoft …

Taoist Medical Practices In Taiwan, Da-Chen Sun

Theses

Taiwan has a strange combination of Taoist practices, high education rate, and quality of medical care. This thesis will explore the various, aspects of Taoist medical practices and identify the root and future of Taoist medical practices in Taiwan.

There are various types of Taoist medical methods and each one has developed its own distinctive system. We will focus on how Taoist medical practices fit the needs of the society.

Various theories including mental, classical, and superstitions, advantage and disadvantages in analyzing Taoist medical practices in Taiwan. The mental theory, which focuses on the psychological analysis, belongs to the sphere …

Attenuated Poliovirus Bacteriophage And Bromide Transport Through A Coarse-Grained Aquifer Western Montana, Quinn T. Kiley

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Northern Cheyenne, Missionaries, And Resistance On The Tongue River Reservation, 1884 Through 1934, Nancy L. Pahr

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Motivating And Leading Today's Workforce, Janet Brown-Mitchell

Theses

This thesis will focus on the study of motivation tactics used by American companies in reaching their two most important goals - goals which are one, to grow and expand by increasing profits and two, to stay in business.

Organizations are finding that they cannot survive and prosper merely by laying off employees and restructuring . Events are unraveling at a dramatic pace, and businesses are no longer able to compete globally.

Companies must begin to think long term if they are to meet their goals. Downsizing and restructuring are resulting in poor employee morale, and reduction of quality in …

Evaluation Of Two Techniques For The Utilization Of Logging Residues| Organic Mulch For Abandoned Road Revegetation And Accelerated Decomposition In Small Chipped Piles, Kari Bradley

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Long-Inverse Pcr To Generate Regional Peptide Libraries By Codon Mutagenesis, Dominic P. Eisinger, Bernard L. Trumpower

Dartmouth Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Limits Of Central Bank's Textualist Approach-Attempts To Overdraw The Bank Prove Unsuccessful, Richard H. Walker, David M. Levine

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ethics, Professionalism, And Meaningful Work, William H. Simon

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

Safeguarding A Crown Jewel: Judicial Independence And Lawyer Criticism Of Courts, Judith S. Kaye

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Muslim Religiosity Scale, Abdulaziz Abdurrahman Albelaikhi

Open Access Dissertations

The main focus of the study was the construction of a new scale for measuring religiosity among Muslims. Two other existing scales were also used. Utilizing 169 (108 male, 61 female) Saudi Arabian Muslim college students, an exploratory Principal Components Analysis (PCA) was employed on a set of questionnaire items intended to measure Islamic religiosity. Six components were extracted, which represented the religious dimensions of practice, societal value of religion, belief in central tenets, personal need for religion, reliance on practical guidance, and unquestioning acceptance.

Predictions regarding multidimensionality of Muslim religiosity were generally supported. However, the PCA-based scales developed in …

Electrophysiological Effects Of Lysoplasmenylcholine On Rabbit Ventricular Myocytes, Ray Caldwell

Theses and Dissertations

Myocardial ischemia activates a phospholipase A2 that targets plasmalogen phospholipids and liberates 1-0-alkenyl-Iysoplasmenylcholine (LPLC) in preference to 1-0- acyl-Iysophosphatidylcholine (LPC). Although LPC is a pro arrhythmic ischemic metabolite, the effect of LPLC on cardiac electrophysiology is unknown. At the lowest doses investigated, LPLC induced spontaneous contractions in otherwise quiescent rabbit ventricular myocytes significantly faster than LPC. Spontaneous contractions developed with median times of 16.4 (n = 64), 27.4 (n = 36), and >60 min (n = 25) during exposure to 5, 2.5, and 1 JlM LPLC compared with 38.0 (n = 48) and >60 min (n = 29) for 5 …

Developing And Measuring Students' Critical Thinking Skills When Using A Multimedia Information System, M. Lipiec

Theses : Honours

The purpose of this thesis was to examine the critical thinking skills six Year 7 students used and developed while working on an Multimedia Information System, Encarta. The students' verbal interactions were recorded on audio tapes as they worked cooperatively in their groups. These interactions were transcribed and a content analysis technique was used to identify and calculate critical thinking indicator ratios. The content analysis was supported by field notes and students' word processed responses. The results show that students in both groups collectively did engage in critical thinking, particularly with regards to the indicators, Importance, Linking Ideas and Critical …

Trade And Health: The Global Spread Of Diseases And International Trade, David P. Fidler

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

A Taxonomic Study Of The Class Insecta In The Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area With Notes On The Life History Of Belostoma Lutarium (Stal), And Hesperocorixa Lucida (Abbott), Cabell County, West Virginia, Eric Wilhelm

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area (GBWMA), Cabell County, West Virginia, is a wetlands system adjacent to the Ohio River composed of wetlands varying in age from 4 to 60 years. This system is annually flooded by the Ohio River, yet insect communities remain unique to each vegetation type or microhabitat. Nine vegetative communities from two wetlands were sampled and compared using chi-square analysis to determine if the insect communities were unique. A total of 34,975 specimens, representing 23 families, were collected over ten sample intervals. Chi-square analysis on seven families common to all sites indicated that each vegetative community yielded …

The Implications Of The Equal Protection Clause For The Mandatory Integration Of Public School Students, Kevin D. Brown

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Currents: Art Review, Jason Challas

SWITCH

A review of the exhibition "Currents", on view at Holmes Fine Arts Gallery Feb. 11th- April 28th 1995. Works reviewed include two by Bruce Cannon, “Comfort Zone” and “Donation Box,” as well as Tim Ryan's relief paintings and sculptures. It is noted that the exhibition also incorporates work by Joan Heemskerk, Dirk Paesmans, Joel Slayton, Jack Fulton, Gary Quinonez, Guy Marsden, Christine Tamblyn, Geri Wittig, and Joe Delappe.

Runoff Quality Responses To Cattle-Gazing Strategy And Grassed Buffer Zone Length, Dwayne R. Edwards, Brian T. Larsen, Teng T. Lim

KWRRI Research Reports

Grazed pastures represent a source of potential nonpoint pollution. In comparison to other nonpoint sources (e.g., row-cropped lands), relatively little information exists regarding possible magnitudes of pollution from grazed pasture; how that pollution is affected by weather, soil, management and other variables; and how the pollution can be minimized. The objective of this study was to assess how the quality of runoff from simulated grazed pasture is influenced by grazing duration (4-12 weeks), grazing strategy (no grazing, conventional grazing and rotational grazing), and by the use of grassed buffer strips (ranging in length from O to 18.3 m) installed down-slope …

Noah By The Numbers: An Empirical Evaluation Of The Endangered Species Act , Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Rodrigo's Fourteenth Chronicle: American Apocalypse Symposium: Bowers + Ten: Litigation, Legislation, And Community Activism, Richard Delgado

Articles

No abstract provided.

Excavations At Mainistir Chiarain, County Galway, Ireland, Marcy Gurski

Honors Capstones

In the summer of 1996,1 participated in archaeological excavations at Mainistir Chiarain, a small monastic site located on the island of Inis Mor in County Galway, Ireland. The purpose of the excavations was to determine the age and function of the structure on, the south side of the site. The information gathered will be used to develop a better idea of how people lived within the religious community on the island in the Middle Ages. The surface structure, Building A was dated to the sixteenth or early seventeenth century based on pottery analysis. Further excavation led to the discovery of …

The Roles Of Age And Frontal Lobe Damage In Prospective Memory, Sara J. Russell '97

Honors Projects

Recent evidence suggests that the frontal lobe plays an intimate role in the meditation of prospective memory (Shallice & Burgess, 1991; Cockburn, 1995). However, there is a paucity of studies linking damage to the frontal lobe to reduced efficacy of prospective memory. The present study attempts to examine three types of participants who differ in frontal lobe functioning and their relative levels of successful prospective memory. The participants consist of younger adults, older adults (55 and over) and individuals with frontal lobe damage determined by a CAT scan or MRI. All three groups will be given a computer-based general knowledge …

Inclusive And Exclusive Virtues: Approaches To Identity, Merit, And Responsibility In Recent Legal Thought, Peter Margulies

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.