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Law And Values In Governance: The Singapore Way, Eugene K. B. Tan

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The article examines the role of law and the legal system in catalysing Singapore's development success. It argues that there is a dichotomy in the approach with regard to commercial law and law relating to individual freedom and rights and civil society. Universalism characterises the treatment of commercial laws while cultural relativism and a communitarian-based understanding of rights and obligations are features of the law relating to the rights of the individual. Instrumentalism, driven by a particularistic 'communitarian' political philosophy underpinned by strong Confucianist values, is very much motivated by the need for good governance as a prerequisite for economic …

The Presentation Of Gender-Based Sexuality Scripts In Sex Education Films, Patricia Anne Drew

Dissertations and Theses

The manifest purpose of sex education films is to transmit factual information about sexuality to schoolchildren. However, films additionally contain covert messages informing students of proper and improper sexual roles. Films can reinforce patriarchal gender-differentiation within the sexual realm or, alternately, films can promote commensurate, non-patriarchal gender scripts for sexuality. This paper researches the ideological gender messages set within and transmitted by sex education films. Although sex education films represent only a small part of the sexual culture, the trends revealed in the films may indicate general parameters of US sexual culture.

The data set for this content analysis consisted …

Asymmetries Of Brain Function In Alcoholism: Relationship To Aging, M Oscar Berman, He Schendan

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Applications Of Cusp Catastrophe Models To The Relapse Process, Katie Witkiewitz

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Awareness Of Osteoporosis Prevention And Its Relationship To Bone Health, Kathy Ann Schneider

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Troublesome Aspects Of Western Influences On Tribal Justice Systems And Laws, Alex Tallchief Skibine

Tribal Law Journal

Troublesome Aspects of Western Influences on Tribal Justice Systems and Laws by Alex Tallchief Skibine provides readers with an overview of the colonial process by which tribal written law resembles the legal structures of the states and the federal government. Skibine's article highlights why and how tribal court systems have been influenced by western law, as well as the problems associated with the integration of tribal justice systems into the U.S. political system.

Effects Of Disturbance Edges On Plant Communities And Invasive Species In A Western Montana Forest, Bruce Threlkeld

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Investigations Of The Absorption And Metabolismof Antioxidant Flavonols, Abdul Aziz Azlina

Student Works (2000-2009)

Flavonols are polyphenols, secondary plant metabolites commonly found in plants and foods of plant origin. They have widespread biological properties in the human body. The recent discovery of their potential antioxidant activities has prompted extensive research. Flavonols particularly quercetin are potent antioxidants with higher antioxidant properties than the well known antioxidant vitamins C and E. Several epidemiology studies have demonstrated a strong inverse association between flavonoid intake and risk of coronary heart disease. The association with cancer is less defined with only some studies showing an inverse association and others not. In view of their potential to act as antioxidants …

Tekanan Pekerjaan Dan Mekanisma Penanganan Di Kalangan Guru-Guru Di Kedah, Mohammad Sabri Mustafa

Student Works (2000-2009)

Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti punca utama dari faktor-faktor yang disenaraikan yang menyebabkan tekanan pekerjaan di kalangan guru sekolah kerajaan dan mengenalpasti mekanisma utama digunakan dalam menangani. lanya mengkaji samada ciri demografi responden mempunyai perbezaan yang signifikan dengan punca tekanan dan mekanisma yang digunakan. Sejumleh 200 soal selidik telah diedarkan kepada 20 buah sekolah di Daerah Kata Satar dan Padang Terap/Pendang. Daripada jumlah itu, 185 dikembalikan. Sebanyak 20 item dlgunakan untuk mengukur punca tekanan dan 22 Item untuk mengukur mekanisma menangani tekanan. Dapatan menunjukkan faktor lebihan kerja menjadi punca utama tekanan pekerjaan. Manakala faktor kurang bebanan kerja adalah faktor …

Natural Antibodies To Adrenal Hormones And Apolipoprotein E In Cardiovascular Physiology, Shabana Aafaqi

Student Works (2000-2009)

Natural autoantibodies (NAA} are autoantibodies that are present in the sera of healthy individuals. NAA can belong to the lgA, lgG and lgM isotypcs. They exhibit high degrees of polyreactivity and connectivity but low affinity to self antigens. The main function of NAA in healthy people is probably 10 clear the catabolic waste and ageing cells. In this study, an indirect Enzyme-linked lmmunosorbent Assay (ELISA) method was used to detect NAA against hormones, namely adreno-co11ical (hydrocortisone, aldostcrone, androstcncdionc), adrcno-medullary (adrenaline. noradrenaline) and other related steroid hormones (progesterone, testosterone, P-cstradiol). In eleven normal human serum (NHS), lgG anti-cortisol were delcctcd in …

Tahap Kandungan Raksa Di Dalam Darah Kakitangan Pergigian, Wan Mohd Azhar Wan Ibrahim

Student Works (2000-2009)

Bahan tampalan amalgam pergigian yang digunakan oleh doktor pergigian untuk rawatan tampalan gigi mengandungi raksa. Kadar kandungan raksa adalah berbeza-beza dari satu produk ke produk yang lain. Pernbebasan raksa semasa rawatan tampalan boleh berlaku. Wap raksa yang bebas itu berkumpul dan boleh terperangkap di dalam dewan clan bilik surgeri pergigian. Wap raksa ini kemudian boleh memasuki ke dalam badan manusia melalui pernafasan dan berkumpul di dalam darah. Kadar kandungan raksa yang melebihi piawai yang di tetapkan akan rnembahayakan kesihatan. Oleh yang demikian penyelidikan ini dijalankan untuk mengkaji tahap kandungan raksa di dalam darah kakitangan pergigian dan faktor-faktor yang menyebabkan wap …

Silencing John Doe: Defamation And Discourse In Cyberspace, Lyrissa Lidsky

Faculty Publications

John Doe has become a popular defamation defendant as corporations and their officers bring defamation suits for statements made about them in Internet discussion fora. These new suits are not even arguably about recovering money damages but instead are brought for symbolic reasons — some worthy, some not so worthy. If the only consequence of these suits were that Internet users were held accountable for their speech, the suits would be an unalloyed good. However, these suits threaten to suppress legitimate criticism along with intentional and reckless falsehoods, and existing First Amendment law doctrines are not responsive to the threat …

Carbohydrate Reserves: What You Learned May Be Wrong, Behave

All Current Publications

This publication discusses when it is best to have livestock graze on land according to the carbohydrate reserves.

The Enlightenment Case For Vouchers, John O. Mcginnis

Articles

No abstract provided.

Two Degrees Of Speech Protection: Free Speech Through The Prism Of Agricultural Disparagement Laws, Howard M. Wasserman

Faculty Publications

In the wake of a 1989 national television broadcast reporting the alleged cancer risk of a chemical applied to apples on trees, many states passed agricultural product disparagement (APD) statutes. These statutes grant civil causes of action to the growers and sellers of perishable food products, against anyone who speaks negatively or disparagingly, without basis in scientific evidence, about the product's safety. In this Article, Howard M Wasserman explores the interplay between the APD statutes and the First Amendment. First, Mr. Wasserman discusses the three categories of restrictions on the freedom of speech, focusing primarily on private civil tort actions …

Does Anyone Know You Are Going This Way?| [Five Stories And A Piece Of A Novel], Michael Fitzgerald

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Mutations In The Protein Kinase A R1Α Regulatory Subunit Cause Familial Cardiac Myxomas And Carney Complex, Mairead Casy, Carl J. Vaughan, Jie He, Cathy J. Hatcher, Jordan M. Winter, Stanislawa Weremowicz, Kate Montgomery, Raju Kucherlapati, Cynthia C. Morton, Craig T. Bassoni

PCOM Scholarly Works

Cardiac myxomas are benign mesenchymal tumors that can present as components of the human autosomal dominant disorder Carney complex. Syndromic cardiac myxomas are associated with spotty pigmentation of the skin and endocrinopathy. Our linkage analysis mapped a Carney complex gene defect to chromosome 17q24. We now demonstrate that the PRKAR1α gene encoding the R1α regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) maps to this chromosome 17q24 locus. Furthermore, we show that PRKAR1α frameshift mutations in three unrelated families result in haploinsufficiency of R1α and cause Carney complex. We did not detect any truncated R1α protein encoded by mutant PRKAR1α. …

A Study Of The Interplay Between Promissory Estoppel And At-Will Employment In Texas, Robert J. Conner

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Environmental Law, Scott D. Deatherage, Matthew J. Knifton, Scott F. Wendorf

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Trash, Thermal Imagers, And The Fourth Amendment: The New Search And Seizure, Jennifer Murphy

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Gendered Communication Among Second Generation Danish Americans In The "Blair Church:" A Study In Progress, John Mark Nielsen

The Bridge

I am not nor do I pretend to be an expert on gendered communication or feminist criticism. I have, however, used Carol Gilligan's In A Different Voice and Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand in classes with good results.1 While students differ in their responses, these works are accessible to many and have inspired good discussion about how gender may affect decision-making and impact the way messages are sent and received. Additionally, I have found writings by Peggy McIntosh, Carol Smith-Rosenberg, and Barbara Welter helpful in exploring and thinking about the writings of American women writers of the pre-Civil War …

Is Hedge Fund Regulation Necessary?, Willa E. Gibson

Akron Law Faculty Publications

The financial collapse of Long Term Capital Management, L.P., has led federal regulators and financial regulators to question whether additional regulatory constraints on a hedge fund's use of leverage are necessary to protect against financial market disruption. This Article discusses whether additional regulation is needed to protect against the possibility of systemic loss triggered by a hedge fund's excessive use of leverage. After reviewing the existing federal regulations to which hedge funds are potentially subject, this article concludes that private market regulation, through the exercise of more diligent market discipline by both hedge funds and those entities that extend credit …

Oculina Coral Banks Of Florida: Conservation And Management Of A Deep-Water Reserve., John K. Reed

Faculty Scholarship

In 1975, during photographic surveys of the continental shelf using the johnson-Sea-Link Research Submersible, scientists from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution discovered high relief pinnacles at depths of 70-100 m that were living coral reefs composed entirely of the ivory tree coral Oculina varicosa. Various research ensued including studies on coral growth rates, community structure of associated invertebrates and fishes, effects of upwelling, bioerosion, sediments, geology, and taxonomic studies of fish, decapods, mollusks, echinoderms, sipunculids, pycnogonids, and amphipods. During the 1970s these deep-water reefs were teeming with large populations of grouper, snapper, and amberjack. Fishing pressure from both commercial and recreational …

Sustainable Use Of Deep-Sea Organisms Collected For Biomedical Research., John K. Reed, Shirley A. Pomponi

Faculty Scholarship

The oceans continue to provide new opportunities for the discovery of marine-derived medicines and the deep sea is relatively untapped. The Division of Biomedical Marine Research (DBMR) at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI) has conducted expeditions worldwide to collect a unique set of marine microorganisms and invertebrates, such as sponges and gorgonians, using the Johnson-Sea-Link submersibles to depths of 914 m. Discodermolide, a bioactive compound derived from the deep water sponges Discodermia spp., was discovered by HBOI and licensed for development as an anticancer drug. Other HBOI compounds in preclinical trials includetopsentins with potent anti-inflammatory activity and lasonolides with antitumor …

[1999 Developments Concerning] International Courts And Tribunals, Roger P. Alford, Peter H.F. Bekker, Mark B. Rees

Journal Articles

The most significant developments in 1999 regarding international courts and tribunals are reviewed herein, particularly events relating to the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Compensation Commission, the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland, and the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims. Other significant developments relating to the creation of the permanent International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Mechanism are detailed in other reports in this …

Francis Bacon Takes On The Ghouls: The "First Principles" Of Religious Freedom, Richard W. Garnett

Journal Articles

John Witte, Jr.
Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment:
Essential Rights and Liberties
Westview Press 2000

From the Review

This is a great time for students of the First Amendment's Religion Clauses and of what Professor John Witte calls the American "experiment" with religious freedom. We've been blessed these past few years with an in-print seminar - an upper-division offering, team-taught by faculty heavyweights - on this experiment, its products and prospects, and the values that have shaped it. Our teachers and texts have included, to name just a few, Professor Steven Smith's Foreordained Failure: The Constitutional Quest for a …

Brown’S Promise, Blaine’S Legacy, Richard W. Garnett

Journal Articles

If nothing else, this Review Essay, like Professor Viteritti's book, should be timely. As I write, the United States Supreme Court in Mitchell v. Helms has just decided that publicly funded computers and other educational materials may be loaned to private and religious schools. The decision is widely viewed as signaling, if not determining, the constitutional fate of school-choice experiments like those in Cleveland and Milwaukee. As it happened, just one week before Mitchell, the Sixth Circuit heard oral arguments in Simmons-Harris v. Zelman (the Ohio voucher case) as hundreds of voucher supporters chanted "freedom, freedom!" across the street from …

A Comparative Constitutional Law Canon, Donald P. Kommers, John E. Finn

Journal Articles

The article discusses what types of legal cases constitute a “canon” on American constitutional theory and comparative constitutional law, examples of case law that illustrate important developments in the two subjects. It describes the process taken by the article's authors to select a small sampling of 90 “canon” cases for their course book on American constitutional law, which is designed for the academic community and for undergraduate students enrolled in a traditional liberal arts curriculum.

The Recusal Alternative To Campaign Finance Legislation, John Copeland Nagle

Journal Articles

Typical campaign finance proposals focus on limiting the amount of money that can be contributed to candidates and the amount of money that candidates can spend. This article suggests an alternative proposal that places no restrictions on contributions or spending, but rather targets the corrupting influence of contributions. Under the proposals, legislators would be required to recuse themselves from voting on issues directly affecting contributors. I contend that this proposal would prevent corruption and the appearance of corruption while remedying the first amendment objections to the regulation of money in campaigns.

A Comparison Of The Administrative Law Of The Catholic Church And The United States, John J. Coughlin

Journal Articles

Some years ago, an international symposium of jurists described administrative law as encompassing "the entire range of action by government with respect to the citizen or by the citizen with respect to the government, except for those matters dealt with by the criminal law, and those left to private civil litigation where the government's only participation is in furnishing an impartial tribunal with the power of enforcement."

The broad parameters of the concept of administrative law attest to its importance in any legal system. Indeed, for at least the past fifty years, comparative legal scholars have focused on diverse national …