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Two Contrasting Cases Of Men's Experiences With Chronic Coronary Heart Disease Post 1985, Donna Moser Zucker

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Applications Of Resonance Raman Spectroscopy To Algae And Bacteria, Qiang Wu

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.

What Does The Gaming Industry Pay In Taxes, And Does The Gaming Industry Pay A Proportionate Share?, Jewelene Nelson

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this paper is to research what the gaming industry pays in taxes to the local and state governments, and if the gaming industry pays a proportionate share of taxes compared to the other sources of tax revenue generated from other non-gaming businesses in the State of Nevada. The scope of the paper is limited to the State of Nevada, and more specifically, Clark County. The sources used were personal observations, as well as published literature. In conclusion, the research will show that not only does the gaming industry pay a proportionate share of taxes to the local …

Taking Problem Solving Pedagogy Seriously: A Response To The Attorney General, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Attorney General Janet Reno has taken seriously the notion that lawyers should make the world better than they find it, that problems should be prevented, where possible, before they occur, and that law should serve the needs of the people and deliver long-term justice. I want to suggest some concrete ways in which we can take her challenges seriously.

Affirmative Action And Discrimination, Girardeau A. Spann

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The contemporary debate about race in the United States is perplexing. Each side seems genuinely to feel distressed at the demands being made by the other. Racial minorities point to Dred Scott's insistence on racial castes, Plessy's endorsement of official segregation, and Brown's reluctance to remedy unlawful discrimination as evidence that the white majority is inevitably inclined to advance its own interests at minority expense. Minority group members, therefore, tend to argue that the only way to arrest this majoritarian inclination is through the use of race-conscious remedial programs that will ensure an equitable distribution of resources. Most members of …

Biophysical Differences Between Primary Forest And Traditional Hillside Farms In Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Jennifer C. Karsner

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Protected Area Planning Principles And Strategies, William T. Borrie, Stephen Mccool, George H. Stankey

Society and Conservation Faculty Publications

In this chapter, the challenges of protected area planning are explored by addressing the latter question. The chapter focuses on maintaining protected area values in face of increasing recreational pressure, although these general concepts and principles can be applied to other "threats" as well (Machlis and Tichnell 1985). First, the social and political contexts within which such planning occurs are outlined. It is to these complex contexts that an interactive, collaborative-learning based planning process would seem most appropriate. Next, an overview of eleven principles of visitor management is presented. These principles must be acknowledged and incorporated in any protected area …

Probationary Periods- Promoting Excellence Or Legel Loophole?, Daryl R. Privott

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This study, prepared for the Department of Public Administration, will evaluate the use and perceived effectiveness of probationary periods within the State of Nevada government. The probationary period is widely used throughout the private and public sectors; however very little systematic data has been collected on this topic. The probationary period can be valued as the most valid determinant of job performance and seen as the last step in the selection process or it can be a tool to deny first amendment rights. The effective use of probationary periods should be of importance to private and public agencies, managers, and …

Do The Haves Come Out Ahead In Alternative Justice Systems? Repeat Players In Adr, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Marc Galanter's essay, Why the "Haves" Come out Ahead: Speculations on the Limits of Legal Change (Why the "Haves" Come out Ahead), published twenty-five years ago, set an important agenda for those who care about the distributive effects of legal processes, including those of us who have been engaged in jurisprudential, intellectual, and empirical debates about the relative advantages and disadvantages of alternative and conventional legal procedures. As a document of legal intellectual history, this Article was formed in the crucible of the Legal Mobilization and Modernization program at Yale Law School that spawned so many "law and . …

America's Preoccupation With Ethics In Government Essay., Vincent R. Johnson

St. Mary's Law Journal

Many Americans today expect that the law can, should, and will be used to ensure a level playing field in public life. Americans expect the law to eliminate, insofar as possible, any unfair advantage that might be gained through the use of special connections to those who exercise the power of government. There are numerous rules applicable to judges, lawyers, and public officials that each seek to promote equal treatment for all persons by limiting the ability of persons to use special connections and privileged relationships to gain an advantage in public affairs. There were two threads of development in …

Resolving The Mult-Fractional Deed Dilemma - Conc.Ord Oil Co. V. Pennzoil Exploration & (And) Production Co. Recent Development, Noelle C. Letteri

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

From Little Acorns Great Oaks Grow: The Constitutionality Of Protecting Minors From Harmful Internet Material In Public Libraries Comment., Kimberly S. Keller

St. Mary's Law Journal

Congress should focus on the receiver's end of Internet transmissions to overcome the anonymity and transmogrification elements of the Internet to protect minors from harmful material. Throughout the years, librarians have struggled with monitoring minors’ access to the accumulating number of controversial texts in the library. The Internet’s unique infrastructure affords librarians virtually no opportunity for the pre-shelf review available with books and videos. Congress enacted the Communications Decency Act (CDA) in 1996 in an attempt to protect minors from the underbelly of the internet. The United States Supreme Court, in Reno v. ACLU, struck down the CDA ruling that …

Keeping The Promise: Establishing Nontransferable Election Systems In Jurisdictions Covered By Section Four Of The Voting Rights Act., Adam J. Cohen

St. Mary's Law Journal

Jurisdictions covered by the Voting Rights Act (VRA or the Act) need to impose multimember districting and non-transferable election systems. The VRA was enacted in 1965 to enforce the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution: the right to vote shall not be abridged on the basis of race. The Act requires any change in election procedures to be approved in advance so that states are not able to continuously disenfranchise voters based on race by simply changing election procedures. Either the District Court for the District of Columbia or the Attorney General of the United States …

From Nuremberg To Rome: A Step Backward For U.S. Foreign Policy, Henry T. King, Theodore C. Theofrastous

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The Ukrainian Constitution: Interpretation Of The Citizens' Rights Provisions, Richard C.O. Rezie

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Foreign Private Investment In Palestine Revisited: An Analysis Of The Revised Palestinian Investment Law, David P. Fidler

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Cumulative Subject Index To Volumes 1-31, Index

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

cumulative subject index

Third Reading Of The Palestinian Basic Law, Palestine

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

A "Milder Measure Of Villainy": The Unknown History Of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 And The Meaning Of "Under Color Of" Law, David Achtenberg

Utah Law Review

The principal statutory vehicle used to remedy violations of constitutional rights, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, was originally enacted in 1871 as section 1 of the Ku Klux Act. Not surprisingly, the history of the Ku Klux Act has played an important role in the interpretation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Unfortunately, the generally accepted history of the Ku Klux Act is incomplete, distorted, and, in some respects, demonstrably wrong.

Toward Comprehensive Watershed- Based Restoration And Protection For Great Salt Lake, Robert W. Adler

Utah Law Review

Unbeknownst to many Utahns, Great Salt Lake is one of the globe's great ecosystems. While some believe that it is virtually devoid of life, in fact it supports immense populations of an impressive diversity of species. Aggregations of waterfowl, shorebirds, and colonial water birds during its spring and fall migrations and its summer staging seasons are among the great wildlife spectacles to be seen anywhere around the world. Because of its extreme conditions, its large periodic fluctuations in size and salinity, and the relatively small diversity at the very base of its food web, however, the ecosystem on which this …

Using The Same Actor "Inference" In Employment Discrimination Cases, Anna Laurie Bryant, Richard A. Bales

Utah Law Review

The same actor inference provides a simple rationale for disposing of easy cases, and reduces in some small degree the legal burden that Title VII places on employers who hire minority employees. It does not, however, provide absolute proof that discrimination has not occurred. For this reason, in Burdine-type cases where the plaintiff's circumstantial evidence of discrimination is weak, courts should be free to apply the inference in summary judgment or directed verdict proceedings as part of the third step in the Burdine framework. The effect of the inference should be to hold the plaintiff to a slightly higher standard …

Drawing The Line: Religion And Politics, Michael Walzer

Utah Law Review

Politics separated from religion in this extended and qualified sense-that all the crusaders, religious and secular alike, are denied the sword, but allowed to fly their banners-is an open-ended conflict over interests and values among people who understand that they have to coexist with one another. Both the conflict and the coexistence are permanent conditions, which need to be protected from the temptations of eternity. We have to set ourselves against the closure that God's name, again and again, has licensed-but also against every other kind of closure, licensed by any of the secular substitutes for God's name. Only someone …

The Violence Against Women Act And Contemporary Commerce Power: Principled Regulation And The Concerns Of Federalism, Parker Douglas

Utah Law Review

In confronting the issues raised by the current judicial assessments of VAWA, this Note has attempted to synthesize a workable Commerce Clause test from previous Commerce Clause jurisprudence, a test faithful to principles of federalism and one that courts may use to assess the constitutionality of statutes that regulate non-economic, intrastate activities. Ultimately, commerce power questions are largely political in nature and any attempt to fashion justiciably manageable standards of review of Commerce Clause questions must recognize and respond to this fact. With this in mind, this Note has argued that Commerce Clause jurisprudence should focus on the regulated activity's …

"Disability Status" For Asymptomatic Hiv? Pondering The Implications, Unanswered Questions, And Early Application Of Bragdon V. Abbott, Ann Marie Girot

Utah Law Review

Overall, a number of implications and unanswered questions arise from Bragdon v. Abbott. Even though the majority held that asymptomatic HIV was an impairment that substantially limited the major life activity of reproduction, the majority failed to show that reproduction was actually a major life activity "of' the HIV positive plaintiff. Consequently, the Court opened the door for an onslaught of questions concerning the applicability of ADA coverage to those who may "choose not to reproduce" based on a fear of passing to offspring inheritable diseases and other contagious conditions.

The Redefinition Of Arbitration By Those With Superior Bargaining Power, Margaret M. Harding

Utah Law Review

Use of the arbitration clause and arbitral process to gain unfair and unexpected advantages over the adhering party has redefined arbitration. Arbitration can no longer be counted on to provide a fair, efficient, and expert resolution of a claim. Although courts appear willing to provide the kind of review needed to uncover "redefined" arbitration, and various legal mechanisms exist to assist courts in restoring the arbitral process to its core principles, courts can only act if the adhering party has the resources to challenge the agreement in court. Because it is unlikely that such resources will be sufficientto exposemany abusive …

Uneasy Riders: The Case For A Truth-In- Legislation Amendment, Brannon P. Denning, Brooks R. Smith

Utah Law Review

The electorate's frustration with congressional "gridlock"-the perceived paralysis of governmental operations occasioned by divided government and partisan bickering-has become a cliche in the literature on American politics.' However, as Jonathan Rauch noted, the description of "gridlock' during the late 1980s and early 1990s was inaccurate, since "the number and page count of laws enacted. remained well in line with the post-1970 norm." This fact led Rauch to conclude that the real issue was not "the quantity of activity, but how effectively a given amount of activity solves problems on net. The real root of public dissatisfaction, then, seems to be …

Ichthyophthirius Multifiliis Fouquet: Development And Assessment Of In Vitro Systems For Long Term Maintenance, Louise Margaret Hurley

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

Twelve isolates of lchthyophthirius multifiliis were successfully established and maintained by serial passage through naive carp, for a maximum of 39 laboratory cycles. The management system employed was such that large numbers of the parasite were available for all investigations. The ability to induce exit of immature trophonts through media incubation was used to confirm events in the initial stages of host colonisation. The normal course of primary infection was also established providing useful criteria for assessing success of the in vitro systems tested. Survival of both theronts and tomonts within selected monophasic media was investigated. Theronts in Eagles Minimum …

Diesel Engine Exhaust Emission Fractions: Clastogenic Effects In Vitro, Rachael Ann Whittington

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

Despite being hailed as a green fuel, emissions from diesel engines including particulate matter (PM10 and PM 2.5) have been implicated in a range of adverse human health effects from lung and bladder cancers to premature mortality. In this study diesel engine exhaust emissions were collected from a light duty direct injection diesel engine on a standard test bed. Engine conditions of speed and load were altered to provide a set of total emission samples from over the engine's operating range. Diesel emission samples collected were fractionated on a silica column into aliphatic, aromatic, and polar groups of compounds, which …

Assessment Of The Effects Of Uv-B In Marine Macroalgae: Potential Biomarkers Of Exposure And Effect, Britt Cordi

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

Studies were undertaken to investigate the suitability of several molecular and physiological responses as biomarkers of UV-B exposure in several marine macroalgal species. Investigations into the sensitivity of mature plants and the reproductive unicells were also carried out. Furthermore, experiments were conducted to determine the interaction between UV-B radiation and the antifouling compound Irgarol 1051 in both a fouling alga and two non-target algal species. Chlorophyll fluorescence, in vivo thallus absorptance and ion leakage were investigated for their suitability as physiological biomarkers of UV -B exposure in the intertidal alga Enteromorpha intestinalis and the subtidal alga Palmaria palmata. DNA damage …

Alumni Quarterly - Issue No. 69, University Of Maine School Of Law

Maine Law Magazine

Highlights:

• 7^th Annual Coffin Lecture

• Record Braking Road Race

• Student Achievements