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The Impact Of The Purchaser Provider Funding Model Inthe U.K. On The Independence Of Persons With Disabilities:Implications For Canada, Sandra G. Leggat, Gaétan S. Tardif

Dalhousie Law Journal

Through large-scale system restructuring, a number of jurisdictions around the world have adopted a purchaserprovider approach to the funding and delivery of health care services. In this model, a decision-making body, such as a regional board, is provided with a budget to purchase health care services on behalf of, and in response to the identified needs of a defined population. This paper reviews the purchaser provider funding model of the United Kingdom and comments on the impact of this system on the health needs of individuals with disabilities. Generally, the purchaser provider split in the U.K. appears to have resulted …

Ursinus Magazine, Fall 1997, Wendy Greenberg, Joanna Doyle, William E. Akin, Joseph F. Pirro, Meghan J. Hoerner, Sonny Regelman

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art calendar • Science for the 21st century • Ursinus to get new field house • Kresge grant helps fund Pfahler • Research and study sizzle in the summer • Ursinus in the news • Fresh Air and Sanchez visit • Class of 2001: The students; the community service project; the Odyssey • Faculty and staff notes • Board of Directors news • Letters to the editor • State of the arts at Ursinus College • Sweet suite: A candy-coated collaboration • The play's the thing for growing number of students • Tracking …

Edison Communicator Volume Three; Number Three, Edison Community College

Edison Communicator

Edison Communicator: A Publication for the Faculty, Staff and Friends of Edison Community College.

High-Tech Heroes, Virtual Villians, And Jacked-In Justice: Visions Of Law And Lawyers In Cyberpunk Science Fiction, Walter A. Effross

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Nsu Going Back May Be The Best Way Of Getting Ahead Courses, Seminars, Workshops, Conferences Fall 1997, Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.

Um Bird Professor Hosts National Tv Show, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, October 1, 1997, Paul Guidry, Teresa Green, Meghan Gualtieri, John Shoen, Taneille Smith, Ashley Claus, Mark Pinsk, Lou Nemphos, Lori Lasco, Christina Dappollone, Lutther Owens, Kevin Mcgovern, Daneen Stamps, M. Nzadi Keita, Jenna Osman

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Berman Museum Exhibit Features Work of Sidney Quinn • Pfahler Renovations Continue • New Economics Faculty Introduced • Two Faculty Additions in English • Works From the New English Faculty • Opinion: Sculpture Cheesed; Conspiracy Theories, the Media, and Open-Minded Inquiry; A Quick Lesson in EcBa 100; The Things You Might Not Know About Ursinus • Domenick Scudera Directs proTheater's Fall Production of "Brecht on Brecht" • Biloxi Blues: At Ease and in Top Form • Despite Shaky Start, Guenther's Bears Optimistic • Women's Soccer on a Roll • Men's Soccer off to a Slow Start

Volume 89 Issue 4, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

Dedication To Professor Ralph W. Johnson, David H. Getches

Washington Law Review

This Indian law symposium issue of the Washington Law Review was inspired by the work of Professor Ralph W. Johnson, whose teaching and personal commitment to the field have motivated hundreds, if not thousands, of law students. The decision of the Editorial Board to dedicate the symposium to him might have been made by as many as thirty classes that have passed through the University of Washington School of Law. Those students have been introduced to and moved by Professor Johnson's elucidation of a field that is at once intellectually challenging and morally significant. Johnson's alumni have spread over the …

When Is Enough Enough? Reduction To Practice And Summary Judgment During Patent Priority Disputes, R. Douglas Bradley

Washington Law Review

This Note examines the current U.S. Patent and Trademark Office standards for determining patent priority in an interference proceeding. In particular, this Note reviews and criticizes the procedural rules governing the implementation of summary judgment in an interference. In Schendel v. Curtis, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had the opportunity to articulate a clear analytical framework to guide Administrative Patent Judges in the determination of what experimental evidence, and how much of it, a party must present to establish a prima facie showing of reduction to practice. This Note argues that, in an interference proceeding, …

An Ice Shelf Mechanism For Heinrich Layer Production, Christina L. Hulbe

Geology Faculty Publications and Presentations

The effect of an ice shelf in the Labrador Sea on ice-rafted sediment delivery to the glacial North Atlantic is investigated using a finite element numerical model of ice shelf flow. Discharge into the shelf from Hudson Strait creates a thick central core, extending downstream into the shelf, that is flanked by relatively thin ice. Melting at the base of the deep keel would produce cool, fresh water which would rise to refreeze along the keel's flanks. Debris deposited by melting deep central ice could create the Heinrich layers observed in the Labrador Sea while the debris-rich ice protected by …

Aspects Of Postcollision Interactions (Pci) Near The Ar L-Shell, James A.R. Samson, Y. Lu, Wayne C. Stolte

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Research

In the present work we are interested in near-threshold photoionization experiments involving postcollision effects related to the Auger decay of a vacancy in the Ar L shell. In particular, we have measured the photoelectron energy spectrum resulting from the above postcollision interaction effects and have observed electrons produced by the process of electron capture and reemission.

Newsletter: The Center For Professional Ethics, Fall 1997, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Director's Corner: Religion and the Public Square by Robert P. Lawry
• Ethics Institute Comes to an End
• The 1997 1525 - CPE Summer Ethics Fellows
• Chaired Professorship in Ethics Position Filled
• News 7 Notes

Speaking To Tribal Judges On The Matter Of Improving Children's Court Practice In Child Abuse And Neglect Cases In Our Country: A Proposal For A Uniform Children's Code, Julian D. Pinkham

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Since the 1970 the responsibilities of the tribal children's courts have increased dramatically. In child welfare case tribal courts no longer simply determine whether a child has been abused or neglected. They now also oversee the placement of the child in a shelter, foster care, or a permanent home, as well as determine the parent's treatment or visitation rights The complexity of the cases causes unacceptable delays in placing Indian children in need of care and hinders the placement of Indian children within the tribal community.

Judge Pinkham introduces a proposed solution to the problems of current tribal child welfare …

Expression Of Smooth Muscle Myosin Heavy Chains And Unloaded Shortening In Single Smooth Muscle Cells, Daniel P. Meer, Thomas J. Eddinger

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

The functional significance of the variable expression of the smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SM-MHC) tail isoforms, SM1 and SM2, was examined at the mRNA level (which correlates with the protein level) in individual permeabilized rabbit arterial smooth muscle cells (SMCs). The length of untethered single permeabilized SMCs was monitored during unloaded shortening in response to increased Ca²⁺ (pCa 6.0), histamine (1 μM), and phenylephrine (1 μM). Subsequent to contraction, the relative expression of SM1 and SM2 mRNAs from the same individual SMCs was determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction amplification and densitometric analysis. Correlational analyses between the SM2-to-SM1 …

Consumption Of Atmospheric Isoprene In Soil, Cory C. Cleveland, Joseph B. Yavitt

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

Natural vegetation annually emits 503 Tg yr⁻¹ of isoprene (2-methyl-1,3 butadiene) to the global atmosphere where it reacts very rapidly with hydroxyl radicals and strongly regulates atmospheric chemistry. Current models of the compound's chemical behavior assume the atmosphere is the only significant sink; however, there is evidence that soil may consume isoprene. Here we show through field and laboratory studies that soil exposed to isoprene at low mixing ratios removed isoprene to concentrations below those commonly observed in forest canopies, and that the removal of isoprene was biologically mediated. On the basis of laboratory studies with soil from several …

Competition And Facilitation: A Synthetic Approach To Interactions In Plant Communities, Ragan M. Callaway, Lawrence R. Walker

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Interactions among organisms take place within a complex milieu of abiotic and biotic processes, but we generally study them as solitary phenomena. Complex combinations of negative and positive interactions have been identified in a number of plant communities. The importance of these two processes in structuring plant communities can best be understood by comparing them along gradients of abiotic stress, consumer pressure, and among different life stages, sizes, and densities of the interacting species. Here, we discuss the roles of life stage, physiology, indirect interactions, and the physical environment on the balance of competition and facilitation in plant communities.

Site-Dependent Regulation Of Population Size: A New Synthesis, Nicholas L. Rodenhouse, Thomas W. Sherry, Richard T. Holmes

Dartmouth Scholarship

The nature and extent of population regulation remains a principal unanswered question for many types of organisms, despite extensive research. In this paper, we provide a new synthesis of theoretical and empirical evidence that elucidates and extends a mechanism of population regulation for species whose individuals preemptively use sites that differ in suitability. The sites may be territories, refuges from predation, oviposition sites, etc. The mechanism, which we call site dependence, is not an alternative to density dependence; rather, site dependence is one of several mechanisms that potentially generate the negative feedback required for regulation. Site dependence has two major …

Bolivia And Coca: Law, Policy, And Drug Control, Melanie R. Hallums

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

International drug trafficking looms large in the future of international relations. Although drug production and consumption can no longer be labeled as problems belonging to a few discrete nations, some countries' identities in the international arena are still shaped by their perception as drug-producing nations. Bolivia is one such country. Coca and cocaine have dominated its modern history and will continue to dominate its future. Bolivia's experience, however, is representative of not only other Andean nations' struggles with the drug epidemic, but of the international community's struggle with drug trafficking.

This Note sheds light on the legal tools to address …

Velocity Estimation Via A Neural Network Enhanced By Classical Detection Algorithms, Zeki Berk Hamşioğlu

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The goal of this research is to show how to solve a velocity estimation problem using a neural network connected to an array of sensors. Motivated by biological studies involving insect vision, the neural network utilized is a member of a class of shunting neural networks. When an object moves across the face of the sensor array, the neural network's pulse response is first temporally located using classical M-ary detection techniques. Both the deterministic and stochastic cases are considered. Then the network's pulse response is post-processed via an existing velocity estimation algorithm based on a Volterra series model of the …

Providing For The Common Defense Versus Promoting The General Welfare: The Conflicts Between National Security And National Environmental Policy, Tracey Colton Green

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Some Theory And Practice Of Greedy Off- Line Textual Substitution, Alberto Apostolico, Stefano Lonardi

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Efficient Detection Of Unusual Words, Alberto Apostolico, Mary Ellen Bock, Stefano Lonardi

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

News From Hope College, Volume 29.2: October, 1997, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

A Politics Of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism For The Net?, James Boyle

Duke Law Journal

This Essay argues that we need a politics, or perhaps a political economy, of intellectual property. Using the controversy over copyright on the Internet as a case study and the history of the environmental movement as a comparison, it offers a couple of modest proposals about what such a politics might look like-what theoretical ideas it might draw upon, and what constituencies it might unite.

The University As An Industrial Plant: How A Workplace Theory Of Discriminatory Harassment Creates A “Hostile Environment” For Free Speech In America’S Universities, Robert W. Gall

Law and Contemporary Problems

Gall uses Rodney A. Smolla's article "Academic Freedom, Hate Speech, and the Idea of a University" as a basis for his discussion of hostile environments for free speech among colleges and universities.

Comparative Risk Analysis: An Informal Survey Of Experts, James Hammitt

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

Comparative Risk Projects And Their Effects On Decision Making, Jennifer Crawford

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

Foreword, Scott L. Silliman

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.

Before The Morning After, Graham T. Allison

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.