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Shall The Sins Of The Son Be Visited Upon The Father--Video Game Manufacturer Liability For Violent Video Games, David C. Kiernan

UC Law Journal

In the wake of the perverse pattern of horrifying schoolyard shootings in Littleton, Colorado, and in Paducah, Kentucky, the video game industry has increasingly come under fire for its excessively violent video games. In particular, the potential for tort liability for video game manufacturers has attracted significant attention. This raises questions of whether the video game manufacturers can be held liable for the deaths or injuries of those students and teachers under traditional tort principles and whether the First Amendment will preclude such an action. This dialogue takes on new urgency following the recently published FTC report Marketing Violent Entertainment …

Prospectus, November 1, 2000, Liz Davis, Danish Nagda, Andre L. Moraes, Mariam Sobh, Aaron Turner

Prospectus 2000

No abstract provided.

Horse Creek Fen, Birdwood Creek And Kelly Ranch Inventory, Robert F. Steinauer

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

Horse Creek Fen preserve is a complex of wetland communities (Sandhills fen, Sandhills freshwater marsh, and northern sedge wet meadow) associated with Horse Creek, a ditched stream that drains the Allen Valley fen. Fen vegetation on the preserve is limited to approximately 20 acres on the western boundary of the preserve where it abuts the eastern end of the Allen Valley fen (Steinauer et al. 1996). The fen vegetation is surrounded primarily by Sandhills freshwater marsh, which in turn is surrounded by northern sedge wet meadow. Additional Sandhills freshwater marsh occurs near the eastern boundary of the preserve. The eastern …

Porcine Reproductive And Respiratory Syndrome Virus: Description Of Persistence In Individual Pigs Upon Experimental Infection, R. Allende, W. W. Laegreid, G. F. Kutish, J. A. Galeota, R. W. Wills, Fernando A. Osorio

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

We studied the persistence of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) in individual experimentally infected pigs, during a period of up to 150 days postinfection (dpi). The results of this study suggest that the persistence of PRRSV involves continuous viral replication but that it is not a true steady-state persistent infection. The virus eventually clears the body and seems to do it in most of the animals by 150 dpi or shortly thereafter. High genetic stability was seen for several regions of the persistent PRRSV’s genome, although some consistent mutations in the genes of envelope glycoproteins and M protein …

Simulation Of Daily And Monthly Stream Discharge From Small Watersheds Using The Swat Model, Crystal A. Spruill, Stephen R. Workman, Joseph L. Taraba

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was evaluated and parameter sensitivities were determined while modeling daily streamflows in a small central Kentucky watershed over a two-year period. Streamflow data from 1996 were used to calibrate the model and streamflow data from 1995 were used for evaluation. The model adequately predicted the trends in daily streamflow during this period although Nash-Sutcliffe R² values were –0.04 and 0.19 for 1995 and 1996, respectively. The model poorly predicted the timing of some peak flow values and recession rates during the last half of 1995. Excluding daily peak flow values from August …

Biomechanics And Energetics In Aquatic And Semiaquatic Mammals: Platypus To Whale, Frank E. Fish

Biology Faculty Publications

A variety of mammalian lineages have secondarily invaded the water. To locomote and thermoregulate in the aqueous medium, mammals developed a range of morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations. A distinct difference in the suite of adaptations, which affects energetics, is apparent between semiaquatic and fully aquatic mammals. Semiaquatic mammals swim by paddling, which is inefficient compared to the use of oscillating hydrofoils of aquatic mammals. Semiaquatic mammals swim at the water surface and experience a greater resistive force augmented by wave drag than submerged aquatic mammals. A dense, nonwettable fur insulates semiaquatic mammals, whereas aquatic mammals use a layer of …

The Lumberjack, November 01, 2000

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Fathering Appraisals As Predictors Of Children's Stability And Positive Faith Attitudes, Leslie Gambill Brost

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Twenty-eight children (15 male, 13 female, mean age 11.36) and their fathers (mean age 43.11), from various communities in the Western United States, participated as dyads. Fathers completed demographic questions, the Short Version Seven Secrets Survey for Fathers (Roid & Can.field, 1994), and selected questions from the New Personal Fathering Profile (Roid & Can.field, 1999). Children completed a revised Short Version Seven Secrets Survey for Fathers and the Francis Scale of Attitude Towards Christianity (Francis, 1989). Fathers and children completed a shortened version of Factor IV: Emotional Stability from the International Personality Item Pool (Goldberg, 1997). Children's fathering appraisals were …

Extensible Mpeg-4 Textual Format (Xmt), Michelle Kim, Steve Wood, Lai-Tee Cheok

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

This paper describes the Extensible MPEG-4 Textual format (XMT), a framework for representing MPEG-4 scene description using a textual syntax. The XMT allows the content authors to exchange their content with other authors, tools or service providers, and facilitates interoperability with both the X3D, developed by the Web3D consortium, and the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SM1L) from the W3C consortium.

Review Of "Devotional Poetics And The Indian Sublime" By V. Mishra, Steven P. Hopkins

Religion Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Patch Size On Hummingbird Visitation And Pollination In Habracanthus Belpharohachis, November 2000, Monica Lisa Saldaña

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

In tropical forests, plant species are sparsely distributed and in order to increase their probability of pollination they have developed bright, showy flowers that offer nectar to attract pollinators. In this study, I examined how the pollination rates are affected by the number of inflorescences present in patches of Habracanthus belpharohachis. In order to do this, I measured the percent of pollinated flowers from 22 small patches with one to five inflorescences, and flowers from 14 large patches with more than 15 inflorescences. I also recorded the number of visitations by the primary pollinator of H. belpharohachis, the Purple-throated Mountain-gem …

Spider Size, Web Location, And Prey Capture In The Colonial Orb-Weaver Metabus Gravidus, November 2000, Jamie E. Potosek

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Metabus gravidus spiders live in colonies of five to 70 individuals and construct their webs over moving water. Buskirk (1975) found larger spiders can take over the webs of smaller spiders and suggested that certain sites within the colony may have greater prey capture rates. Therefore, I hypothesized that larger spiders should occupy these positions in the colony. Colonies of M. gravidus were studied at the Quebrada Máquina stream in Monteverde, Costa Rica. I measured spider size, web size, height from water, distance from bank, and prey capture rates for 198 total webs. Twenty-four artificial webs were created to determine …

Coming Soon To Your State (But Not Ready For Prime Time): Ucita, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

The Pulse: November 2000, Lynn University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Biomedical Engineering Company Announces Its Disa S-Flex Coronary Stent, Africas First Ce Marked Heart Implant, Gregory Starke

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Diabetes And Perinatal Loss, A Continuing Problem, Ratib Mesleh, Adekunle A. Dekunle, A. Sobande

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Chief Judge Melvin Shortess: A Pencil Sketch From Life, Paul R. Baier

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Pius Xii Controversy: John Cornwell, Margherita Marchione, Et Al, Oscar Cole-Arnal

Consensus

No abstract provided.

Mortality Of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 In Two Soils With Different Physical And Chemical Properties, D. N. Mubiru, Mark S. Coyne, John H. Grove

Plant and Soil Sciences Faculty Publications

Wild and domesticated animals can harbor a pathogenic Escherichia coli strain designated as O157:H7. Potential health problems could occur if strain O157:H7 is a more robust survivor in defecated waste than commonly used indicator bacteria. A laboratory study was conducted to assess E. coli O157:H7 survival relative to a nonpathogenie E. coli strain in two soils with different physical and chemical characteristics. Bacteria in the inoculated soils were enumerated on a weekly basis for 8 wk using a most probable number (MPN) technique. First-order decay models were used to describe bacteria mortality in the soils. Decay series were described slightly …

Profiting From Adversity - Meeting The Challenge Of Salinity Through New Industry Development, Andrew Quinn, Tamara Law, Peter Rowe

Natural resources published reports

Salinity in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia is one of the most significant challenges facing the State's agricultural sector.

Efforts to manage the increasing effect of salt influenced and threatened farming land requires not only the implementation of new farming systems, but a new way of thinking and attitude to production more in tune with environmental and technological limitations.

While past environment lobby pressures have significantly focused on other production activities such as mining and forestry, the future is likely to see increased community interest in agricultural production systems.

Consumers World wide are becoming more environmentally sensitive, with global media …

The “First” Justin De Jacobis, Biagio Falco C.M.

Vincentiana

No abstract provided.

Justin De Jacobis: L’Art Du Dialogue, Yaqob Beyené

Vincentiana

No abstract provided.

Justino De Jacobis: El Arte Del Diálogo, Yaqob Beyené

Vincentiana

No abstract provided.

The Bg News November 1, 2000, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 1, 2000. Volume 86-Issue 46.

Human Subject Research, Ethics And The Developing World, F Moazam

Department of Surgery Docs

No abstract provided.

What The Wind Brings, Sarah Donahue

Theses

This thesis describes the idea conception, story formulation, technical details, and presentation of a computer animated film entitled 'What the wind brings'. The film uses horses as its central theme.

The Light Idea, Gabe Atiya

Theses

This thesis describes the idea conception, story formulation, technical details, and presentation of a computer animated film entitled "The day Joe Clark took flight."

Changes In Hummingbird Species Richness And Abundance In A Forest Fragment And Agricultural Ecotones, November 2000, Stephen Smith

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Hummingbirds are important pollinators in tropical forests, and their behavior is vitally important to the plants they pollinate. As the tropics become more and more fragmented, hummingbirds will play the increasingly important role of long-distance pollination of many plants between isolated tracts of forest. This study looked at the different responses of hummingbirds to a forest fragment and the surrounding agricultural land. Hummingbirds preferred edge to open areas and forest, with three feeders out of 18 getting 126 of the 482 total visits, compared to 91 total visits of the second most visited feeder. Further, the birds preferred an open …

Nectar Robbery And Pollination By Hummingbirds In Relation To Morphological And Physiological Features Of Gesneriaceae, November 2000, Catherine L. Hein

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Many flowers depend on hummingbirds for pollination. However, some hummingbirds are known to rob flowers rather than pollinate them. High robbery rates could decrease pollination reproductive fitness in these plants. Corolla length, bract coverage, nectar volume and sugar concentration, were hypothesized in this study to affect robbery rates. A long corolla, short bract, and high nectar volume and concentration were hypothesized to increase the rate of robbery. Pollination rates were also expected to increase with a high nectar volume and sugar concentration. Data were collected on Alloplectus tetragonus, Besleria formosa, and Drymonia rubra (Gesneriaceae) in the Santa Elena Reserve for …

A Comparison Of Ground-Dwelling Insect Communities In Gaps And Closed Canopy Forest In The Elfin Forest Of Monteverde, Costa Rica, November 2000, Elizabeth Green

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

This experiment compared communities of ground-dwelling insects in gaps and closed canopy forest in the elfin forest of the Estación Biológica Monteverde in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Insects were trapped with pitfall traps in six gaps and adjacent forest areas in October and November 2000. Shannon-Weiner Diversity indices, Margalef species richness indices, evenness (H’ /(In S)), mean abundance per site, and Morisita Similarity indices were compared. Diversity differed only for Coleopterans, which were more diverse in gaps (H’ = 1.201) than in forest (H’ = 0.8387; modified t-test t= 1.979, p < 0.001). The Margalef index of species richness did not vary between paired gap and forest sites for total insects captured, but was significantly higher for Coleopterans in the gaps than in the forest (sign test, a level 0.05). Coleopterans also had greater evenness in gaps than in forest (sign test, a level 0.05). Mean abundances in gap (8.04 +/- 7.669 mean number of insects/trap) and forest (5.09 +/- 3.191 insects/trap) sites were not different. The Morisita Similarity index was 0.4846, with 47.05% of ground-dwelling insect morphospecies shared between gaps and closed forest. Perhaps conditions in gaps and closed canopy areas in this forest are sufficiently different to allow specialization by ground-dwelling insects to one or the other habitat type.