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Malpractice And Other Legal Issues Preventing The Development Of Telemedicine , Christopher Caryl

Journal of Law and Health

Even though most Americans have not heard of telemedicine, the federal government is already actively involved in "developing a national telemedicine strategy." This note attempts to accomplish the following: demonstrate the urgent need of rural communities to gain access to adequate health care; clarify how telemedicine can provide enhanced health care to rural communities; and analyze the legal obstacles that have prevented, thus far, the most beneficial utilization of telemedicine. In particular, this note will examine how malpractice claims arising from telemedicine consultations might be resolved. An important issue to recognize at the outset, and one that consistently reappears throughout …

Amazight Identity In The Post Colonial Moroccan State: A Case Study In Ethnicity, Morag E. Boyd

Honors Papers

This study will demonstrate that the Amazight are a distinct ethnic group in Morocco, despite the common interpretation in scholarly and everyday discourse that they are merely groups of people speaking one of the Amazight language and not representing a distinct cultural entity. The study will go on to examine the ramifications of this ethnic identity and the heritage of the historical and tribal roots of the Amazight in light of nationalism, state building, ethnicity, and cultural marginalization.

Science Fiction: Rhetoric, Authenticity, Textuality And The Museum Of Jurassic Technology, Jeremiah Dyehouse

Honors Papers

About two years ago I became interested in museums as rhetorical entities. I took a course at the Allen Memorial Art Museum where I got a sense of how arguments are created through the techniques of visual display, the socalled "informatics" of museum exhibition. In an art museum, however, these informatics are always bound into a relationship with the aura of the art object as artifact. In the context of a cult of art (an art museum?), the physical fact of an art object's existence can never be rhetorically negotiated. Even if nothing else is fixed, its physical presence acts …

The 'Schizoid' Nature Of Modern Hebrew Linguistics: A Contact Language In Search Of A Genetic Past, Devon L. Strolovitch

Honors Papers

This conflict in views is the main issue of this paper. It involves an enduring tension between synchrony and diachrony which has characterized almost all analysis of the Modern Hebrew revival. This tension has made Modern Hebrew, especially the spoken variety of native Israeli Jews, one of the most fascinating objects of study for both linguists and non-linguists, who have explored Modern Hebrew to express both highly conventional and highly unorthodox opinions regarding its character. Some consider it the direct descendent of an ongoing linguistic legacy, transcending certain principles of linguistic behavior (e.g. Tur-Sinai 1960). Others vehemently assert its autonomy …

Petrogenesis Of Mid-Proterozoic Granitic Magmas: Examples From Central And West Texas, Diane R. Smith, C. Barnes, W. Shannon, R. Roback, E. James

Earth and Environmental Geosciences Faculty Research

Circa 1.1 Ga granitic magmatism in Texas was manifested as two compositional groups: (1) the 1.12 Ga Red Bluff granitic suite in west Texas; and (2) 1.12-1.07 Ga granites of the Llano uplift of central Texas. Both suites share some characteristics typical of 'anorogenic' granites (e.g. potassium- and iron-rich bulk compositions, Fe-rich hydrous silicates, emplacement conditions involving low oxygen fugacities and water contents) and exhibit similar isotopic characteristics. However, rock associations, mineral chemistries, and trace element compositions of the two suites are distinct and no single petrogenetic model for the two suites is possible.

The Red Bluff granitic suite includes …

Mind And Heart 1997, Whitworth University

Mind and Heart Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Natsihi Yearbook 1997, Whitworth University

Natsihi Yearbook

No abstract provided.

On Lemon Squeezers And Locking Devices: Consumer Product Safety And Firearms, A Modest Proposal, James T. Dixon

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Eigenfunction And Harmonic Function Estimates In Domains With Horns And Cusps, Michael Cranston, Yi Li

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

State Of Utah V. Steven D. Clements : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

APPEAL FROM THE FOURTH JUDICIAL COURT, UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH, FROM THE JUDGMENT, SENTENCE AND COMMITMENT ENTERED IN THIS CASE BY THE HONORABLE JOHN C. BACKLUND FROM CONVICTIONS OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, A CLASS A MISDEMENOR, AND OPEN CONTAINER, A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR

Advertising Beliefs And Attitudes: Are Students And General Consumers Indeed Different?, Srinivas Durvasula, Subhash Mehta, J. Craig Andrews, Steven Lysonski

Marketing Faculty Research and Publications

Studies of advertising beliefs and attitudes are crucial because these measures are shown to affect brand attitudes and purchase intentions. Previous studies in this area used either student or general consumers samples; no comparisons were made between the two groups. Therefore, it is not known whether and to what extent responses of student samples are likely to differ from those of general consumers. Differences would indicate that the two segments view advertising dissimilarly. However, by applying covariance structure analysis on a sample of students and a sample of general consumers from India, our study found no significant differences between them …

Article 36 Of The Vienna Convention On Consular Relations: A Search For The Right To Consul, Mark J. Kadish

Michigan Journal of International Law

This paper addresses Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, a treaty provision which is often violated by the United States.

College Of Pharmacy Student Handbook, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Two Centuries Of Participation: Ngos And International Governance, Steve Charnovitz

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article explores the past and present role of NGOs in international governance. Part One reviews the history of NGO involvement, focusing on the period between 1775 and 1949. It shows how NGO activism helped to engender international organizations. Part Two examines some key issues that arise from the expanding involvement of NGOs. It catalogs the pros and cons of an active NGO role, discusses various functions that NGOs fulfill, and lists ten techniques of NGO participation. Part Two also considers a hypothesis that NGO involvement is cyclical.

A Comparison Of Continuous Performance Tasks Using Cognitive Versus Sensory Stimuli, Nancy J. Reeve

Open Access Master's Theses

A comparison of continuous performance tasks (CPTs) using cognitive versus sensory stimuli was undertaken to compare vigilance performance on analogous verbal and non-verbal tasks in normal, young adults. Eighty-nine introductory psychology students, screened for head injury, neurological deficits, and medication and substance use performed two versions of an auditory, computerized CPT. In the verbal task, stimuli were letters of the alphabet, whereas in the non-verbal task, they were tones of the major diatonic scale. During each 15 min task, 1200 stimuli were presented at an onset -to-onset time of0 .75 sec. A total of 100 targets was presented in semi-random …

An Exploratory Analysis Of The Relationship Of Leaders’ Gender To Multiple Aspects Of Organizational Functioning In Community Coalitions, Ilene Klein

Open Access Master's Theses

This study explored the relationship of leaders' gender to multiple aspects of organizational functioning. It focused on perceptions of leadership style (the extent to which leaders were task focused and interpersonally focused), social climate of the groups (inclusion/cohesion of the group and the task focus of the group), and specific characteristics of the group members (member satisfaction with the group and member commitment to the group).

Data were collected from members of 32 substance abuse prevention task forces across the state of Rhode Island, (N = 180). The independent variable of leaders' gender in this study was defined as a …

Sharing The Impacts: Environment Racism And The Rhode Island Freight Rail Improvement Project, Kristen Anne Dirnberger

Open Access Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Strategic Recycling Plan For U.R.I, Amrita Roy

Open Access Master's Theses

Statement of Problem: Inadequate planning coupled with non-mandatory recycling practices has lead to a low recycling response at the University of Rhode Island. The student, staff and faculty suffer from lack of awareness of the appropriate recycling procedures. Compared to successful recycling initiatives in schools all over the country, URI falls low on the scale. In June 1989, URI started a campaign to implement campus wide recycling. The goal was to achieve 12% recovery rates (this is percentage of amount of materials by weightage that recycled out of the total waste stream) by 1993. It is unfortunate that in the …

Local Efforts For Groundwater Protection: An Assessment Of Strategies Within The State And Federal Context South Kingstown, Rhode Island, Kathleen M. Murray

Open Access Master's Theses

The 1986 amendments to the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) of 1974 (42 USC 300f et seq.) placed additional requirements on states and municipalities to protect water supplies in a new way: The amendments mandate states to adopt wellhead protection programs. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is carrying out these requirements and, following federal guidelines, has adopted a program entailing requirements for most the 39 Rhode Island communities. Entitled the Rhode Island Wellhead Protection Program, DEM identified steps that State level departments, local water suppliers, and municipalities must follow to ensure continued potability of the state's …

Planning In Controversy A Case Study, Roseann Hegarty Cronan

Open Access Master's Theses

Practicing planners are facing an increasing number of professional and ethical dilemmas in their professional lives. As public servants, both elected officials and professionals have been forced to become more responsive to the public demand and attitudes. As a result, many of the values influential in the past have been reassessed (Thomas, 1991).

On August 29, 1994, the governor of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations announced a compact for an Indian sponsored gambling casino in the town of West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The compact was subject to both local and statewide approval. The referendum would take place …

Suitability Analysis For Determining New Residential Developments In Gaza Strip, Palestine, Richard J. Jabba

Open Access Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Social Service To At-Risk Children, James Paglia

Open Access Master's Theses

The Children, Youth & Families Issue Group, part of the University of Rhode Island's Cooperative Extension Service, has provided education outreach and technical assistance to community based social service providers since 1990. In an effort to enhance the effectiveness of the programming which they provide the group initiated a research project designed to illuminate strategies for increasing the effectiveness of community-based service provision. This study uses the theory of developmental contextualism as presented by Dr. Richard Lerner to suggest ways in which service providers can enhance their effectiveness by understanding the particular context of their community.

The study focuses on …

Methodology For Integrating Aerial Photography And Landsat Tm Imagery For Inventory Of Forest Land Cover, Chris W. Bennett, Robert C. Weih Jr.

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Forest cover for 7.25 million acres (2.93 million hectares) in southeastern Georgia was characterized for the years 1988 and 1994 with the intent of assessing the efficacy of remote sensing procedures for broad scale forest inventory. Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper digital satellite scenes of seven spectral bands were obtained for winter and summer of each year and were analyzed two separate 14-band multi-temporal images. Images were geo-referenced to the universal transverse mercator (UTM) coordinate system prior to classification. Spectral classification with the 1SOCLUSTER algorithm produced 250 categories. Color infrared aerial photographs were mapped to the digital imagery and were used to …

Molecular Analysis Of The Genetically Programmed Process Of Plant Senescence, Jane Ellen Knapp

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Ethics Saved Or A Penny Earned: An Exploratory Discussion Of Legal Advertising Bans, Kenya Burton

McNair Scholars Journal

Advertising is a venue used to reach the masses for many products and services. Whet her it's the image of a basketball icon or a familiar cartoon character, everyone is trying to make an impressionable thirty-second niche that will persuade the public to seek their product or service.

Yet , when there is a multitude of advertisers in one sector, the advertisements can suddenly change from catchy segue to annoying imagery for the consumer. Within the legal industry, many lawyers try to stand out from the brigade of attorneys by advertising their talent to the public. Unfortunately, it is the …

Encoding And Decoding Of Meaning In Social Behavior, Mary Seburn

McNair Scholars Journal

In an effort to further the understanding of social action, we explored the processes by which people interpret or understand the meaning of social behaviors, and also how social behaviors are constructed when people wish to communicate a specific meaning in a social action . This involved two phases. First, participants gene rated behaviors that expressed a given set of semantic features. These were then rated by a second group of participants on scales representing the dimensions of dominance and affiliation as a measure of accuracy. The second phase investigated the process by which meaning is derived from a social …

The Spillikin (Vol. 14), Valparaiso University

The Spillikin - The Christ College Newsletter

No abstract provided.

1997-1998 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Course Catalogs, 1895-2024

An annual catalog of courses and course descriptions offered at the University of Montana.

The Campbell Lawyer, Volume 8, Special Edition

Alumni Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Object-Oriented Design And Implementation Of Invaders System, Jun Huang

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.