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Session 2: World Communication: Where Is Technology Leading Us?: Questions And Answers Moderated By Stewart D. White , Peter Banki, David Nagel, Detlef Eckert, Stephen A. Weiswasser

Fordham International Law Journal

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Protecting Baywatch And Wagamama: Why The European Union Should Revise The 1989 Trademark Directive To Mandate Dilution Protection For Trademarks, William T. Vuk

Fordham International Law Journal

This Note argues that the European Union must harmonize the protection afforded trademarks against dilution, and that the European Union should adopt legislation similar to the U.S. Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995. Part I discusses pertinent aspects of US and EU trademark law. Part I also describes the dilution doctrine and reviews the US and EU approaches to dilution. Part II presents the debate on whether to provide trademarks protection from dilution. Part III argues that the European Union should adopt a dilution statute similar to the Lanham Act's dilution provision because dilution protection is necessary to fully protect …

Cabotage And The European Community Common Maritime Policy: Moving Towards Free Provision Of Services In Maritime Transport, Rossina Petrova

Fordham International Law Journal

This Comment argues that by adopting a two-stage common maritime policy, with a gradual liberalization of cabotage, the European Community took the right course of action in view of the prevailing internal and international conditions of the maritime market. Part I defines the basic concepts concerning the maritime industry and policy. Part I also presents the legal framework within which the European Community adopts measures on maritime policy. Part II discusses the 1986 Legislative Package, marking the first stage in the development of the Community common maritime policy. Part II then reviews the provisions and impact of Regulation 3577/92 which …

Encrypted Digital Cash Transfers: Why Traditional Money Laundering Controls May Fail Without Uniform Cryptography Regulations, Christopher D. Hoffman

Fordham International Law Journal

This Note argues that key escrow represents a solution to the problem of digital money laundering. In addition, this Note argues that the European Commission has wrongly concluded that key escrow should develop as a product of market forces rather than aggressive legislation, and should align its policy with the United States, France, and Great Britain to develop a joint network of key escrow authorities. Part I of this Note explains the operation of digital payment systems, digital money, and cryptography. Part I also sets forth existing legal safeguards against money laundering. Part II outlines the key escrow policies of …

The Ethical Implications Of The Globalization Of The Legal Profession: A Challenge To The Teaching Of Professional Responsibility In The Twenty-First Century, Mary C. Daly

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article accepts globalization as a defining characteristic of the world order of the late twentieth and the early twenty-first centuries and as a force majeure on the legal profession. It challenges the professional responsibility academy to explore the incipient structural transformations that are taking place on a macro level and to reconfigure the classic curriculum to acknowledge the ethical implications of the globalization of the legal profession.

The Watermark: A Journal Of The Arts - Vol. 05 - 1997-1998, University Of Massachusetts Boston

The Watermark: A Journal of the Arts (1993-2014)

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Barriers In Traditional Ashanti Religion To Membership In The Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Amofah-Anane Asamoah

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The persistence of traditional belief and practice among about 30 percent of Ashanti traditionalists presents a great challenge to the Ashanti SDA Church on how to engage the traditionalists' with the gospel. The darker side of the Ashanti world is characterized by fear and insecurity. While Christianity presents an attractive doctrine of salvation in a transcendent sense, its emissaries have failed to provide satisfying ways of dealing with the forces of the spirit world. In addition, the Ashanti institution of chieftaincy involves closely connected socio-political and religious rites. The chief is both the central officiant in rituals of tendence …

A Strategy For Church Planting Among The Ewe-Speaking People Of The Volta Region, Ghana, Emmanuel Osei

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

Since the Seventh-day Adventist Church came to Ghana over one hundred years ago, there has not been any concrete and coordinated plan to establish SDA churches among the Ewe-speaking people of the Volta Region, Ghana. Unconsciously or otherwise, the Volta Region has been left unentered by the church, particularly the area from Ho southward to the sea. This study was undertaken to develop a strategy for reaching the Ewe-speaking people group (of the Volta Region Ghana) through church-planting ministry by which converts won would be gathered to form congregations of the Seventh- day Adventist Church.

Method

In an attempt …

Bipolar Preaching For Hispanic Evangelism In The North American Division, Eradio Alonso

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

This dissertation deals with the bipolar concept of preaching as it applies to Seventh-day Adventist evangelism in a Hispanic-American context. Bipolar preaching is preaching that focuses on answering human problems or needs by applying eternal truth to the human condition. In my experience bipolar preaching was missing for many years. This project attempts to make the homiletical theory of bipolar preaching better understood I hope that it will be integrated into the preaching ministry in general and into evangelistic preaching in particular. The Hispanic evangelistic sermon seems to be well-anchored in the Word of God, but it does not …

Understanding And Dealing With Ancestral Practices In Botswana, Stanley P. Chikwekwe

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem. Ancestral and other traditional practices continue to trouble the Seventh-day Adventist Church in several parts of the world. It is not uncommon for believers to seek ancestors' mediation whenever they are faced with problems. Most church members deny that ancestral and other traditional practices exist within the church, whereas others do not want to discuss the issue o f traditional practices because of fear of being labeled superstitious. The denial is due to the way the church has handled ancestral practices in the past. Because most members do not know what to do when problems come, they revert to …

Community Ties And A Community Network : Cupertino's Computer-Mediated Citynet, Janice C. Morgan

Master's Theses

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A Study Of The Style Difficulties Of Three U.S. Newspapers From 1955-1995, John J. Woo

Master's Theses

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The Role Of Chinese-Language Newspapers In The San Francisco Bay Area, Junying Zhou

Master's Theses

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Martian Communications Network Design Trade Study, Mark Steven Danehy

Master's Theses

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A Comparison Of Women's Portrayals In U.S. And Taiwanese Magazine Advertisements, Shan-Hui Hsiung

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Framing Greater China: A Case Study Of A Chinese Satellite Tv News Channel, Jia-Yu Jeng

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Agenda-Setting Functions Of Mainstream Mass Media And Chinese-Language Mass Media, Yiyi Liao

Master's Theses

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Party Of Five : Can American High School Students Learn About Life Through Popular Culture?, Nino J. Repetti

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Content Analysis Of Portrayals Of Women In Magazine Advertising From 1975 To 1995, Aimee M. Miller

Master's Theses

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The Impact Of Media Coverage On Audience Beliefs: The Case Of Marriage In The Gay Community, Pamela Vazquez

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Strategy To Reach The English-Speaking People Of The Bay Islands Of Honduras, Stavely P. Elwin

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The English-speaking Seventh-day Adventist church in the Bay Islands has experienced slow growth over the last ten years. An evaluation reveals that some of the problems include poor evangelistic methods, few well trained pastors and workers, the churches' lack of support from the local mission and pastors, and no material provisions for the departments of the church. In addition, programs are lacking to help members come in contact with secular-minded people, and the methods used to improve the retention rate of newly- baptized members indicate there is a tremendous need for change in the style of evangelism in the …

Development Of A Program For Intentional Growth In The Antioch Seventh-Day Adventist Congregation, Long Island, New York, Trevor Saint Aubyn Forbes

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The Antioch Seventh-day Adventist congregation was started in 1988 and grew steadily; however, for the last four years membership growth has plateaued. This lack of church growth has caused much concern among the church’s administration. The original hope and intention that the congregation would establish a growing church was founded on the premise that in order for the congregation to grow, it must implement intentional church growth programs.

Method

In order to learn how churches grow, I surveyed literature on church growth. I also interviewed six pastors of growing churches — three who are Seventh-day Adventists and three who …

Methane Oxidation And Respiration Of Methylococcus Capsulatus (Bath)., Scott Andrew Cook

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The membrane bound enzyme methane monooxygenase (pMMO), is a mixed function oxygenase that initiates the oxidative metabolism of methane in methanotropic bacteria. Copper is required for catalytic activity of pMMO, illustrated by the recovery of pMMO activity in EDTA-inhibited membranes, whereas zinc and nickel had little effect or were inhibitory. Inhibition kinetics, cosubstrate dependence, and substrate protection experiments show that acetylene acts as a suicide substrate for pMMO, binding specifically to a 26-kDa peptide. The acetylene binding capability of pMMO increased as a function of copper concentration as does the specific activity, suggesting that copper activates pMMO by binding to …

Reconceptualizing Chevron And Discretion: A Comment On Levin And Rubin, Gary S. Lawson

Faculty Scholarship

Professors Ronald Levin and Edward Rubin want to change the way we think about important administrative law concepts. Ronald Levin's paper, The Anatomy of Chevron: Step Two Reconsidered,1 argues that Chevron's2 currently ill-defined second step ought to be reconceptualized as an application of arbitrary or capricious review. Edward Rubin's paper, Discretion and Its Discontents,3 is part of his ongoing project to reconceptualize the way we think-and, more importantly, the way we talk-about the modern administrative state. Professor Rubin suggests that the oft-used word "discretion" does not usefully describe the bureaucratic operation of the modern managerial state and that it profitably …

Internet Entrepreneurs, New Traffic Patterns, And Policy Issues, Michael S. Baram, Marv Goldschmitt, Richard J. Testa, Thomas C. Siekman, Peter Marx, Steven Bauer

Faculty Scholarship

Welcome to the first session of the Internet Law Symposium co-sponsored by the Center for Law and Technologyat Boston University School of Law and the law firm of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault.This session will focus on a variety of Internet law and public policy issues and their implications for business.

Client And Counselor Learning Style And Its Effect On Client Perceptions, Wendy Jo Hunsucker

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study was an investigation of the effect of client and counselor learning style congruence, similarity, and incongruence on how the client perceives the counselor with regard to expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness. The effect of taking the measure at two points in time during the counseling process was also examined. Participants were 90 clients and 14 counselors from the student counseling centers of midwestern universities. A total of 30 client-counselor dyads was utilized in each of the following groups: Group 1 (congruent learning styles), Group 2 (similar learning styles), and Group 3 (incongruent learning styles). Client participants rated their perceptions …

Concerns And Perceptions Of Parents Of Children And Adolescents With Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, Stephen Gerard Viola

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The study investigated the concerns and perceptions of parents of children and adolescents with Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder (ADHD). Parental concerns regarding behaviors, skill deficits, and settings were identified as well as the helpfulness of interventions and professionals. The Parent Perception Opinionnaire for Parents of Children and Adolescents with ADHD was constructed. Data were collected from 112 members of a parent support group. The data were summarized according to ages 8 and less (primary), ages 9 through 11 (intermediate) and ages 12 through 17 (secondary). The highest ranked concerns of parents were symptoms of inattention, distractibility and hyperactivity. Regarding skills deficits, highest concerns …

Development And Standardization Of The School-Based Consultation Orientation Rating Scale, Susan Marie Wilczynski

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Behavioral and mental health approaches to consultation differ in theoretical foundation, interpersonal interaction style of the consultant, and identified source of problem assessment, interventions, and decision-making. These consultation approaches may yield different levels of consultation effectiveness. Studies conducted to date have not consistently found differences between these approaches in terms of consultation effectiveness. However, there have been methodological flaws in these studies. In order to determine if either approach yields better outcomes, a means of assessing consultation orientation (i.e., the theoretical approach endorsed by a psychologist) must be developed. The School-based Consultation Orientation Rating Scale (SCORS) was designed to measure …

Personality And Cognitive Characteristics Of Students In Science And Engineering, Scott Duncan

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study was a longitudinal investigation into the relationship of personality and cognitive variables to persistence and success behaviors at a technological institute. Personality was assessed with the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Cognitive measures were the Learning Environment Preferences (LEP) and the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA). The sample included the entire class (N = 354) matriculated in the Fall of 1990 at a private technical institute. Multiple regressions, discriminant analyses, and cluster analyses were utilized to test five hypotheses. Dependent variables were: grade point average, persistence to degree in a regular curriculum, and persistence …

The Effects Of Two Brief Intervention Strategies On Homophobia And Negative Attitudes Toward Women, Bradley Benjamin Huffey

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the effects of a gay and lesbian panel and a videotape on homophobia and negative attitudes toward women. The sample consisted of 96 undergraduate students from a variety of introductory courses at a midwestern university. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups: (1)Educational videotape with posttest; (2)Educational videotape with pretest and posttest; (3) gay and lesbian panel with posttest; and (4) gay and lesbian panel with pretest and posttest. The dependent variables included scores of homophobia (Index of Attitudes toward Homosexuals; Hudson & Ricketts, 1980) and scores of attitudes toward women (Attitudes toward Women-Simplified; Spence, …