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Some Brief Thoughts (Mostly Negative) About "Bad Samaritan" Laws, Joshua Dressler

Santa Clara Law Review

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Of Rescue And Report: Should Tort Law Impose A Duty To Help Endangered Persons Or Abused Children?, Marc A. Franklin, Matthew Ploeger

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Keeping Confidence With Former Employees: California Courts Apply The Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine To California Trade Secret Law, Benjamin A. Emmert

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Managing The Burdens Imposed On Motions For Summary Judgement In California: The 1992 And 1993 Amendments To Ccp 437c, Thomas Kallay

Santa Clara Law Review

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Gross Presumptions: Determining Group Eligibility For Federal Procurement Preferences, George R. La Noue, John C. Sullivan

Santa Clara Law Review

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The Trigger Of Coverage For Cancer: When Does Genetic Mutation Become "Bodily Injury, Sickness, Or Disease"?, Donald T. Ramsey

Santa Clara Law Review

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Prosecuting Cyber-Pedophiles: How Can Intent Be Shown In A Virtual World In Light Of The Fantasy Defense?, Donald S. Yamagami

Santa Clara Law Review

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Book Review [Law's Order: What Economics Has To Do With Law And Why It Matters], Santa Clara Law Review

Santa Clara Law Review

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A Content Analysis Of Newspaper Columns Written In 1994 By Syndicated Humorist Columnists Erma Bombeck And Art Buchwald, Carol Patricia Wight

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This study uses content analysis to reveal aspects of the content in newspaper columns written by Erma Bombeck compared with column content written by Art Buchwald. The purpose of this study was to reveal content characteristics that may be perceived as having propelled the columnist Erma Bambeck into the status of one of the top syndicated humorist columnists, based on the uses and gratifications and media dependency theories. Art Buchwald was chosen for a comparative analysis because of his status as one of the top syndicated humorist columnists.

Content analysis was used to reveal answers to these questions about the …

Fashioning A Coherent Demand Rule For Derivative Litigation In California, Jeffrey S. Facter

Santa Clara Law Review

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The Empirical Shortcomings Of First Amendment Jurisprudence: A Historical Perspective On The Power Of Hate Speech, Alexander Tsesis

Santa Clara Law Review

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En Banc Review, Horror Pleni, And The Resolution Of Patent Law Conflicts, William C. Rooklidge, Matthew F. Weil

Santa Clara Law Review

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Black Faces, Brown Faces.. .Why Are We Different Than White Faces? An Analytical Comparison Of The Rate Of Certification Of Minority &Non-Minority Juvenile Offenders, Keisha L. David

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Abstract Forthcoming

A "Last Hug" Before Execution: The Case In Favor Of Contact Visitation For Death Row Inmates In Texas, Ryan Byrd

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Abstract Forthcoming

Scaling Back The Ada: How The Sutton V. United Airlines Decision Affects Employees With Bipolar Disorder., Kevin Wiley Jr.

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

The Sutton v. United Airlines decision went too far in the Supreme Court’s effort to scale back the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  Congress should review the Sutton decision and amend the ADA to consider disabilities as they exist without regard to mitigating measures based on the severity of the illness. To seek protection under the ADA, one must have a discernable disability, and one’s impairment must be diagnosed and disclosed to the employer. Disability, however, was not specifically defined in the ADA, and no agency or regulation has specifically defined disability for the courts to utilize …

A Problem Of Process In Wto Jurisprudence: Identifying Disputed Issues In Panels And Consultations, Glenn R. Butterton

Articles

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Analysis Of Paramagnetic Point Defects In Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate And Potassium Titanyl Phosphate Crystals., Nelson Yovanny Garces

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

A series of paramagnetic defects have been characterized in KH2 PO4 (KDP) and KTiOPO4 (KTP) using optical absorption, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) techniques. In KDP, one hole-like center and five electronlike centers were investigated. Spin-Hamiltonian parameters were obtained for the holelike center and two electronlike centers. The hole center consists of a hole trapped on an oxygen ion adjacent to a silicon impurity substituting for a phosphorus ion. The electron centers are oxygen vacancies with one trapped electron, i.e., they are (PO3)2− molecular units. Both the hole center and the electron centers can be formed …

Speech Acts As A Focus Of Variation Studies: Aae Vs. Eae., Brian Jose

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Recent research in linguistics, and specifically within the field of applied linguistics, has been concerned with the different ways that speech acts are realized in different languages. This is so that language learners can learn to adequately conform to those norms in the target language. However, much of this research has assumed that all speakers of the relevant languages, such as American English, for example, are homogeneous, that they all perform the given speech acts in the same ways. I argue that this is an erroneous assumption: just as there is phonological variation, for example, between dialects of a language, …

The Effects On Student's Personality Preferences From Participation In Odyssey Of The Mind., Scott A. Warner

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The problem for the research was to determine what effects participation in the OM program had on the development of personality preferences in elementary school children. The purposes of the research were to: (1) provide research data to teachers that justifies the use of teaching strategies to meet the needs of students toward the development of their personality preferences, and (2) provide research data toward further investigation of inventive personality characteristics and the programs that encourage their growth and development. The subjects for the study were selected from students in grades 3 to 5 at two elementary schools within the …

The Japanese Banking Crisis Of The 1990s: Sources And Lessons, Akihiro Kanaya, David Woo

Documents

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The On Line Determination Of Mercury In Process Streams Using Atomic Spectrometry, Noel Kumar Brahma

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Theses

On-line systems for monitoring mercury in liquid and gaseous production and waste streams have been developed, utilising atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AFS) as the basis for detection. Instrumentation has been designed for unattended continuous operation. Laboratory chemistries for the vapour generation of mercury, normally performed off-line in batch mode, have been adapted and optimised for continuous, flow-injection analysis for varying sample types and chemical forms of mercury. The system has typical analysis cycle of 7 minutes, a limit of detection of 10 pg ml ˉ¹ a linear range up to 100 µg ml ˉ¹ and has been applied in industrial environments …

Sub-Surface Migration Of An Oil Pollutant Into Aquifers, Louise Ann Macdonald

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Theses

The risk to groundwater quality following a sub-surface spillage of immiscible pollutants such as oil, petroleum and other organic chemicals is an increasingly potent threat, through escalating industrial application of such pollutants. This study significantly enhances the understanding of the flow of immiscible pollutants within soil, through field scale investigations to define the spatial variability and extent of a contaminated area and the development of a comprehensive framework for the analysis of oil pollutant migration. This study represents a first attempt by researchers to analyse oil pollutant migration on a wide range of scales, from pore- to field-level. The research …

Complexation And Particle-Water Interactions Of Nickel In Estuaries, Manuela Martino

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Theses

The speciation and particle-water interactions of Ni were investigated in three estuaries with contrasting pollution levels, hydrodynamics and geochemical characteristics. Samples of water and sediments were collected seasonally from the Tamar, Tweed and Mersey Estuaries. The chemical speciation of dissolved Ni was determined by adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry (ACSV), and the sorptive behaviour of Ni was studied under simulated estuarine conditions using " Ni coupled to liquid scintillation counting. A relatively high particle reactivity was observed only in the Tamar Estuary, where ACSV-non labile Ni was removed in the low salinity region, followed by addition of ACSV-labile Ni in the …

The Determination Of Trace Metals By Capillary Electrophoresis, Simon Andrew Hardy

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Theses

The development of a capillary electrophoresis (CE) method for the determination of inorganic and organo mercury species as their dithizone sulphonate (DzS) complexes using coated capillary columns is described. The complexes were pre-formed before injection and detection was by direct measurement of the visible absorbance of the complexes. Dithizone sulphonate was used in place of cysteine to separate methyl mercury in the final stage of a simplified Westoo extraction procedure. The method was than applied to the analysis of methyl mercury in a crab and several fish meat samples. Good quantitative performance is demonstrated by spiking experiments and analysis of …

Accumulation Of Heavy Metals By Vegetables Grown In Mine Wastes, George P. Cobb, Kristin Sands, Melissa Waters, Bobby G. Wixson, Elaine Dorward-King

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Lead, cadmium, arsenic, and zinc were quantified in mine wastes and in soils mixed with mine wastes. Metal concentrations were found to be heterogeneous in the wastes. Iceberg lettuce, Cherry Belle radishes, Roma bush beans, and Better Boy tomatoes were cultivated in mine wastes and in waste-amended soils. Lettuce and radishes had 100% survival in the 100% mine waste treatments compared to 0% and 25% survival for tomatoes and beans, respectively. Metal concentrations were determined in plant tissues to determine uptake and distribution of metals in the edible plant parts. Individual soil samples were collected beneath each plant to assess …

Computational Finance Models, Michael Gene Hilgers

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The author discusses his involvement in developing computational finance software. These computational finance models attempt to model the randomness of a stock's price. At a fixed future time, a stock's price is modeled as a random variable with a normal distribution centered about the current price adjusted with a simple growth multiplier. The standard deviation of this normal distribution depends on the length of time into the future one peers and the volatility of the market. As the market becomes more volatile and we look further ahead, the less likely the stock will have a price near the adjusted current …

Reverend William Ward And His Legacy For Christian (Mis)Perception Of Hinduism, Brian K. Pennington

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

My assignment for this thematic issue of the Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin is to address Christian misperceptions of Hinduism, which I shall do by evaluating the work and legacy of William Ward of Serampore, missionary to Bengal, and author on Hinduism in the early nineteenth century. First, however, I would like to make three preliminary observations about the idea of "Christian misperception".

Conversion And The Courts, Ronald Neufeldt

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

Conversion from one religion to another has been a thorny issue throughout the history of the Indian subcontinent. Recently the controversy over conversion has received new life, given a number of events which in effect resulted in a great deal of debate over the place of Christians within the State of India. Perhaps the two most recent controversial events were the gruesome murder of Rev. Staines and his two children in orissa and the visit of the Pope to India.

Hindu Occidentalism, Tinu Ruparell

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

On a research trip through India one of my goals was to talk to Hindu scholars about their views of Christianity and in particular Hindu-Christian dialogue. Though I visited numerous Universities, Colleges, and maths, I found very few Hindus who took any interest at all in the doctrinal conversation between religions then characteristic of interreligious dialogue. Time and again I was told by these distinguished and erudite academics that they were not interested in Hindu-Christian dialogue. While this may have been due to a failure on my part to ask the right sorts of questions, or simply my bad …

Book Review: "Religious Conversion Movements In South Asia: Continuities And Change, 1800-1900", Ronald Neufeldt

Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

A review of Religious Conversion Movements in South Asia: Continuities and Change, 1800-1900 edited by Geoffrey A. Oddie.