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Values, Affect And Risk Perception, Kurt Neuwirth, Sharon Dunwoody, Robert J. Griffin

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Three pilot studies provided data exploring the roles of values, threats to these selfsame values and emotions in the perception of risk. Results indicate that judgements about risk are associated with a wide variety of values and perceived threats to values. The findings also revealed that the negative emotions such as sadness, worry, anger, disgust, helplessness and uncertainty were significantly related to risk perception. The authors' discussion advances the view that the range of topics considered appropriate to risk communication can be extended to the area of public opinion and rhetorical studies.

The Role Of Women In The Church : A Study Of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, 14:34-35, And 1 Timothy 2:8-15, Ronald John Matar

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Otter Realm, November 1997, Vol. 2 No. 19, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

CSU Monterey Bay Students for Change -- North tree fire "In the House" -- Flunk or flatter? -- Nubians uniting -- The Physics of Vice -- The Importance of the "America Reads Challenge" -- CSUMB basketball Otters open 1997-98 playing season -- Warren Miller's Snowriders 2 comes to Monterey -- CSUMB to host former members of Congress -- Back pay due to CSU staffers -- Get a job! -- IMIE to manage California Collegiate Entrepreneur of the Year Award -- The students handbook of excuses

An Evaluation Of The Sensitivity Of Subjects With Peanut Allergy To Very Low Doses Of Peanut Protein: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Food Challenge Study, Jonathan O'B. Hourihane, Sally A. Kilburn, Julie A. Nordlee, Susan L. Hefle, Steve L. Taylor, John O. Warner

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

The minimum dose of food protein to which subjects with food allergy have reacted in double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenges is between 50 and 100 mg. However, subjects with peanut allergy often report severe reactions after minimal contact with peanuts, even through intact skin.

Objective: We sought to determine whether adults previously proven by challenge to be allergic to peanut react to very low doses of peanut protein.

Methods: We used a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge of 14 subjects allergic to peanuts with doses of peanut ranging from 10 μg to 50 mg, administered in the form of …

Coordinate Regulation Of G- And C Strand Length During New Telomere Synthesis, Xinqing Fan, Carolyn Mary Price

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

We have used the ciliate Euplotes to study the role of DNA polymerase in telomeric C strand synthesis. Euplotes provides a unique opportunity to study C strand synthesis without the complication of simultaneous DNA replication because millions of new telomeres are made at a stage in the life cycle when no general DNA replication takes place. Previously we showed that the C-strands of newly synthesized telomeres have a precisely controlled length while the G-strands are more heterogeneous. This finding suggested that, although synthesis of the G-strand (by telomerase) is the first step in telomere addition, a major regulatory step occurs …

The Sources Of Tax Complexity: How Much Simplicity Can Fundamental Tax Reform Achieve, Deborah L. Paul

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Expression Of The Thyroid Hormone Receptor Gene, Erbaα, In B Lymphocytes: Alternative Mrna Processing Is Independent Of Differentiation But Correlates With Antisense Rna Levels, Michelle Laura Hastings, Christine Milcarek, Kathlee Martincic, Martha L. Peterson, Stephen H. Munroe

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

The erbAα gene encodes two α-thyroid hormone receptor isoforms, TRα1 and TRα2, which arise from alternatively processed mRNAs, erbAα1 (α1) and erb α2 (α2). The splicing and alternative polyadenylation patterns of these mRNAs resemble that of mRNAs encoding different forms of immunoglobulin heavy chains, which are regulated at the level of alternative processing during B cell differentiation. This study examines the levels of erbAα mRNA in eight B cell lines representing four stages of differentiation in order to determine whether regulation of the alternatively processed α1 and α2 mRNAs parallels the processing of immunoglobulin heavy chain mRNAs. Results show that …

Jury Nullification: Law Versus Anarchy, Lawrence W. Crispo, Jill M. Slansky, Geanene M. Yriarte

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Alarmist Decisions With Divergent Risk Information, W. Kip Viscusi

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Receipt of multiple sources of risk information ideally should foster sounder decisions under uncertainty. This paper’s original survey results for environmental risks suggest that the learning process is reasonable in many respects, but it does not accord with a rational Bayesian learning model. Divergent risk assessments from different sources produce extreme violations of rationality, as there is inordinate weight on the high risk assessment. This alarmist reaction holds for both government and industry information sources. This phenomenon may account for the commonly observed phenomenon of public overreaction to highly publicized risks.

The Octofoil, November/December 1997, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

Managed Care Accreditation: Decoding The Acronyms, Randall K. Abbott, Joanne Gatti-Petito

Nursing Faculty Publications

While their health care plan's accreditation status is of increasing importance to employers, they are faced with a bewildering array of accreditation groups and standards. No accreditation organization can assure quality of care, but careful evaluation of accreditation standards, processes and results can help steer decision making in the right direction.

National Insecurity: Nuclear Material Availability And The Threat Of Nuclear Terrorism, Robert Chesney

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Proposed Sentencing Guidelines For The International Criminal Court, Daniel B. Pickard

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Depaul College Of Law

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Medical Malpractice Or Criminal Mistake? An Analysis Of Past And Current Criminal Prosecutions For Clinical Mistakes And Fatal Errors, Paul R. Van Grunsven

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Is Your Physician Becoming A Teamster: The Rising Trend Of Physicians Joining Labor Unions In The Late 1990s, Jeremy Lutsky

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

The Future Of The Corporate Practice Of Medicine Doctrine Following Berlin V. Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Jessica A. Axelrod

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Making Tobacco Companies Pay: The Florida Medicaid Third-Party Liability Act, Christa Sarafa

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Medical Use Of Marijuana: A Look At Federal & State Responses To California's Compassionate Use Act, Allison L. Bergstrom

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Case Briefs, Depaul College Of Law

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Has Time Run Out For The Ncaa? An Analysis Of The Ncaa As A Place Of Public Accomodation, Robert J. Adelman

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

The Price Of International Free Speech: Nations Deal With Defamation On The Internet, Samuel Fifer, Michael Sachs

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

People V. Sexton: Insuring An Absurd Result Through Inflexible Interpretation—The Court Of Appeal Denies Criminal Restitution To A Victim's Insurance Company, Neil D. Okazaki

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

State Of The Fisheries Report 1996/1997, Jim W. Penn

Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

The State of the Fisheries document is designed as an essential supplement to the Annual Report to Parliament. By summarising data such as landings, ettort, catch rates, stock assessment and breeding stock levels, this document provides a valuable reference point for all Western Australian fisheries of major importance to the commercial, recreational and aquaculture sectors. Information relevant to the Department of Fisheries' Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program is also provided. The report indicates that overall the major fish stocks which support fisheries in Western Australia continue to be in a reasonably healthy condition. Those species which are being harvested …

Volume 22, No. 2

The Weldon Times

A student-run newspaper published at the School of Law at Dalhousie University.

Editors: Colin Ground, Elizabeth Kanyikwa, Nicholas Lenco, Derrick White

Predicting Red Blood Cell Transfusions In Very Low Birth Weight Infants Based On Clinical Risk Factors., David A. Paul, Stephen A. Pearlman, Kathleen H. Leef, John L. Stefano

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical factors most predictive of red blood cell transfusion in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants.

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review of VLBW infants cared for at a single level III NICU during a two year period, n = 199.

RESULTS: Overall transfusion requirement was 4.6 +/- 6.2 transfusions/infant/hospital course. Length of hospital stay, days of mechanical ventilation, requirement for dopamine support, birth weight, initial hematocrit, periventricular leukomalacia and necrotizing enterocolitis all independently correlated with number of transfusions and donors. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and patent ductus arteriosus were associated with donor but not transfusion number.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data …

Alcalá View 1997 14.03, University Of San Diego Publications And Human Resources Offices

Alcalá View (1985-2006)

Survey Assesses Respect for Each Other; A Message from Neal; Joyeux Noel; Benefits Brief; Meetings, Freebies and Other Cool Stuff; Review Process is 'Huge Culture Change'; Commuter's Corner Your Turn to Speak Up; University Ministry Events; New Hires and Promotions; Passages; Classifieds; A legacy of Love

University Of San Diego News Print Media Coverage 1997.11, University Of San Diego Office Of Public Relations

Print Media Coverage (1947-2009)

Printed clippings housed in folders with a table of contents arranged by topic.

Constitutional Wrongs And Common Law Principles: The Case For The Recognition Of State Constitutional Tort Actions Against State Governments, T. Hunter Jefferson

Vanderbilt Law Review

Imagine an individual whose friend has allowed him to stay in a bedroom of his trailer home. This individual brings his most treasured and personal possessions along with him. Two police officers, after receiving information of potential criminal activity from an informant, enter the trailer without a warrant. Instead of obtaining a warrant, the officers solicit the consent of a third party and ransack the bedroom-leaving it in complete disarray. They find no evidence of the alleged criminal wrongdoing and seize no property. Although the police do not arrest the individual, they have humiliated him and have invaded his privacy. …

A Straitjacket For Employment At-Will: Recognizing Breach Of Implied Contract Actions For Wrongful Demotion, Gregory M. Munson

Vanderbilt Law Review

For over a century, employment at-will has been the law in almost all American jurisdictions.' As a result, employers can fire their employees, and employees can quit, with or without reason. In addition, employers have the authority under the at-will rule to regulate all terms and conditions of employment. During the past two decades a series of judicial exceptions to the at-will rule that prohibit termination of an employee for a variety of reasons have eroded the at-will doctrine. These exceptions fall into two categories. First, an employer may not terminate an employee for reasons that violate public policy Second, …