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Sharpening The Focus On Daubert's Distinction Between Scientific And Nonscientific Expert Testimony, Edson Mcclellan

San Diego Law Review

Although the Supreme Court elaborated a standard for the admissibility of expert testimony in Daubert, that standard is often inadequate to judging nonscientific testimony. This article proposes a model for judges to apply to expert testimony: courts should discern the epistemological source of experts’ knowledge. If the knowledge underlying an expert’s opinion was derived from the scientific method, courts should apply a different reliability analysis than if the knowledge was derived from the more common experiences shaping daily life. Courts should not only consider the reliability of the underlying methodology upon which the opinions are formed, but also how that …

On Cue Newsflash! Vol. 9 No. 6 November /December 1997, Marianne Flanagan

On Cue

No abstract provided.

Indonesia Liquidates 16 Banks As Part Of Stabilization Effort, The Wall Street Journal

Documents

No abstract provided.

The Doctrines Of Sin And Atonement In Reinhold Niebuhr's Theology: An Analysis And A Proposed Corrective, Clayton E. Beish

Consensus

Lecture presented at Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Fall 1995.

Task Scheduling In Networks, Cynthia Phillips, Clifford Stein, Joel Wein

Dartmouth Scholarship

Scheduling a set of tasks on a set of machines so as to yield an efficient schedule is a basic problem in computer science and operations research. Most of the research on this problem incorporates the potentially unrealistic assumption that communication between the different machines is instantaneous. In this paper we remove this assumption and study the problem of network scheduling, where each job originates at some node of a network, and in order to be processed at another node must take the time to travel through the network to that node.

Our main contribution is to give approximation algorithms …

從翻譯談到語氣助詞 : 以打官腔的"嘛"和女性用語的"的"為例, Yuebi Hong

文學與翻譯研究中心 論文叢刊 Centre for Literature and Translation Occasional Paper Series

No abstract provided.

A Study On Employees Retraining Programmes In Hong Kong, Mei Ling, May Wong

Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series

Hong Kong has experienced an economic transformation from a manufacturing-based to a service-based economy which has impacted on the demand for manual labour. In 1992, Employee Retraining Board was set up to provide employees retraining programmes to the unemployed manual workers. This study focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of the programmes in helping the unemployed manual workers to acquire and develop knowledge, skills and abilities so that they can re-enter the labour market. The evaluation is based on assessment of training needs, course design in terms of programme structure and content, course evaluation, and follow-up services conducted by the selected …

Salinity And Hydrology Of The Mills Lake Catchment, R Ferdowsian, A T. Ryder

Resource management technical reports

The Mills Lake Catchment is located north of the Ongerup-Jerramungup Road, 35 km west of Jerramungup and 10 km north-east of Ongerup. It covers about 23,800 ha of agricultural land that is more than 90% cleared and predominantly cropped. The average annual rainfall of the catchment is about 370 mm. Many low-lying parts of the study area have become salt-affected during recent years. The extent of soil salinity is growing rapidly and it is feared that, without any treatment, more land will become salt-affected.

Irrigation Performance Measures: Efficiency And Uniformity, Charles M. Burt, Albert J. Clemmens, Theodor S. Strelkoff, Kenneth H. Solomon, Ronald D. Bliesner, Leland A. Hardy, Terry A. Howell, Dean E. Eisenhauer

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering

It is essential to standardize the definitions and approaches to quantifying various irrigation performance measures. The ASCE Task Committee on Defining Irrigation Efficiency and Uniformity provides a comprehensive examination of various performance indices such as irrigation efficiency, application efficiency, irrigation sagacity, distribution uniformity, and others. Consistency is provided among different irrigation methods and different scales. Clarification of common points of confusion is provided, and methods are proposed whereby the accuracy of numerical values of the performance indicators can be assessed. This issue has two companion papers that provide more detailed information on statistical distribution uniformity and the accuracy of irrigation …

Subthreshold Leakage Control By Multiple Channel Length Cmos (Mccmos), Mark Johnson, Kaushik Roy

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

In sub-micron CMOS design, non-minimum length transistors offer the possibility of achieving excellent leakage control without the disadvantages of other known leakage control techniques. Preliminary analyses indicate that one can expect leakage reduction by a factor of at least 100 (and possibly orders of magnitude higher) with only modest increases in circuit area and switched capacitance. This paper briefly reviews related leakage cor~trol techniques, describes the McCMOS technique, and presents :simulation results that are indicative of the performance of the technique.

Group Therapy-How Do You Check In E-Journals?, Rosann Bazirjian, Jane Clarkson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

California Split: A Plan To Divide The Ninth Circuit, Eric J. Gribbin

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Journal Staff

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Proposition 209, Girardeau A. Spann

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Juvenile Hormone Treatment On Phase Changes And Pheromone Production The Desert Locust, Schistocerca Gregaria (Forskal) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), Amer I. Tawfik, Ellie O. Osir, Ahmed Hassanali, Sayed H. Ismail

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The roles of juvenile hormone III (JH III) on phase changes and pheromone production were examined in laboratory-reared gregarious desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal). The hormone was applied to 5th instar nymphs and newly emerged adult locusts. Generally, the 5th instar nymphs exhibited a higher sensitivity to hormone treatments than the adults. Hormone applications inhibited pheromone production (as measured by the amounts of phenylacetonitrile released). In addition, JH III had a significant effect on the external colouration and absorbance ratios of the haemolymph pigments. It is concluded that the effects of exogenous JH III on gregarious locusts represent a shift …

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 …

Richmond Music Journal (1997-11)

Richmond Music Journal

No abstract provided.

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 …

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.

Stratospheric Loading Of Sulfur From Explosive Volcanic Eruptions, Gregg J. Bluth, William I. Rose, Ian E. Sprod, Arlin J. Krueger

Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences Publications

This paper is an attempt to measure our understanding of volcano/atmosphere interactions by comparing a box model of potential volcanogenic aerosol production and removal in the stratosphere with the stratospheric aerosol optical depth over the period of 1979 to 1994. Model results and observed data are in good agreement both in magnitude and removal rates for the two largest eruptions, El Chicho´n and Pinatubo. However, the peak of stratospheric optical depth occurs about nine months after the eruptions, four times longer than the model prediction, which is driven by actual SO2 measurements. For smaller eruptions, the observed stratospheric perturbation is …

Are Law Firm Partners Islands Unto Themselves? An Empirical Study Of Law Firm Peer Review And Culture, Susan Saab Fortney

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

This article examines how attitude and law firm culture affect peer review and principal accountability by using empirical data obtained from a survey of Texas law firms. Part I briefly describes the research design and the general profiles of respondents of the survey. Part II discusses the peer review measures used by the firms surveyed for this article. Part III analyzes attitudes about peer review. Part IV focuses on the obstacles to peer review. Part V considers the connection between firm culture and the implementation of peer review measures. Finally, the conclusion explains how firm managers can reshape attitudes to …

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.