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Constitutional Approaches To Privatization: An Inquiry Into The Magnitude Of Neo-Liberal Constitutionalism, David Schneiderman

Law and Contemporary Problems

Schneiderman discusses whether constitutional rules in the state capitalist mode that redistribute property ownership more widely can survive the pressures generated by the neo-liberal model of constitutionalism. Schneiderman considers privatization programs that concern the divestiture of state assets, or denationalization through the sale of shares or assets to employees and employee associations.

Taxing The Market Citizen: Fiscal Policy And Inequality In An Age Of Privatization, Lisa Philipps

Law and Contemporary Problems

Focusing on Canada, Philipps argues that recent efforts to revise important facets of the income tax system are best understood through the lens of privatization. By promoting personal responsibility, the tax code is contributing to the erosion of the ideal of social citizenship and replacing it with a new model of market citizenship.

Liberalization And Democratization: The Forum And The Hearth In The Era Of Cosmopolitan Post-Industrial Capitalism, Sol Picciotto

Law and Contemporary Problems

Rather than the desire for economic liberalization bringing about political democratization, the struggles against autocracy have created an opening for economic liberalization. While undermining partriarchy and hierarchy, anti-authoritarian movements have also paved the way for post-industrial capitalism, with its emphasis on information management, flexible working conditions, and a global outlook.

Journal Staff

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

Barriers And Incentives To The Adoption Of Iso 14001 By Firms In The United States, Magali A. Delmas

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

God, Possibility, And Kant, Robert Adams

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Vol 45 #2, Heidi Nickisch Duggan

MPLA Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The 2000 Presidential Election In Louisiana, Susan E. Howell

Survey Research Center Publications

The University of New Orleans Survey Research Center interviewed 658 registered voters by telephone between October 15 and 22. Results are reported for both the complete cross-section of registered voters and for the subset of likely voters, identified by the Gallup likely voter scale, which asks seven questions about voting habits. Regardless of whether you consider likely voters or all registered voters, George W. Bush enjoys a comfortable lead in Louisiana as of October 22. The margin is largely based on the 40% lead he has among white voters, who comprise over 70% of the electorate. Predictably, black voters overwhelmingly …

Arts Calendar, Fall-Winter 2000, University Of Montana--Missoula. School Of Fine Arts

Arts Events Calendar, 1962-2018

Calendar of arts events for fall and winter 2000 at the University of Montana’s School of Fine Arts.

Montana Business Quarterly, Fall 2000, University Of Montana--Missoula. Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

Montana Business Quarterly, 1949-2021

This is an academic publication produced by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) at the University of Montana’s College of Business. This is volume 38, number 3.

Germination, Growth Pattern And Competitive Ability Of Erect Spiderling (Boerhavia Erecta L.), Corsennie U. Abordo-Mabayag

Graduate Student's Output

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Interest Rate Liberalization On The Supply Of And Demand For Agricultural Credit In The Philippines, Irene B. Binohlan

Graduate Student's Output

No abstract provided.

Small Step Back, A Giant Step Forward, Gerard V. Bradley

Journal Articles

President's Page

Bradley recounts the backward and forward rulings of the Supreme Court in 2000.

Book Review: Jean De Sponde, Méditations Sur Les Pseaumes. Édition Critique Par Sabine Lardon., Russell J. Ganim

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures: Faculty Publications

This edition of the Méditations is a noteworthy project that will prove a valuable research tool. Part of Lardon’s suc¬cess stems from the fact that she preserves the integrity of the original 1588 La Rochelle edition by making only the slight¬est and most obvious changes in orthography and punctua¬tion for purposes of enhanced readability. The volume is more remarkable, however, for the ways in which it goes beyond Alan Boase’s 1954 and 1978 editions of the Médita¬tions.

Book Review: Sabine Lardon. L’Écriture De La Méditation Chez Jean De Sponde., Russell J. Ganim

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures: Faculty Publications

Sabine Lardon’s monograph commands attention for the precision with which it analyses Sponde’s rhetorical tech¬nique in his Méditations sur les Pseaumes. Basing the need for her book on the critics’ preference for writing about Sponde’s lyric offerings rather than his prose, Lardon pro¬duces a study that yields great insight into Sponde’s ad¬ap¬tation of language and form within the context of bibli¬cal exegesis. Lardon’s work makes a valuable contribution to Spondian studies, and will no doubt help renew interest in baroque devotional literature.

Magnetic Properties Of Ni Nanowires In Self-Assembled Arrays, M. Zheng, L. Menon, H. Zeng, Yi Liu, Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Roger D. Kirby, David J. Sellmyer

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

Magnetic properties of Ni nanowires electrodeposited into self-assembled porous alumina arrays have been investigated. By anodizing aluminum in sulfuric acid and immersing the as-anodized template into phosphoric acid for different lengths of time, we are able to vary the diameters of the subsequently deposited nanowires between 8 and 25 nm. The coercivity measured along wire axis first increases with the wire diameter, reaches a maximum of 950 Oe near a diameter of 18 nm, and then decreases with further increase of wire diameter. The dependence of the magnetization of Ni nanowires is found to follow Bloch’s law at low temperature …

Two Large-Insert Soybean Genomic Libraries Constructed In A Binary Vector: Applications In Chromosome Walking And Genome Wide Physical Mapping, K. Meksem, K. Zobrist, E. Ruben, D. L. Hyten, T. Quanzhou, H-B. Zhang, D. A. Lightfoot

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Large DNA insert libraries in binary T-DNA vectors can assist in the isolation of the gene(s) under-lying a quantitative trait locus (QTL). Binary vectors facilitate the transfer of large-insert DNA fragments containing a QTL from E. coli to Agrobacterium sp. and then to plants. We constructed two soybean large-insert libraries from cv. Forrest in the pCLD04541 (V41) binary vector after partial digestion of genomic high-molecular-weight DNA with BamHI or HindIII. The libraries contain 76,800 clones with an average insert size of 125 kb, and therefore represent 9.5-fold haploid genome equivalents. Colony hybridization using a chloroplast-specific probe infers that …

Superspin Glass Behaviour Of Interacting Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles In Discontinuous Magnetic Multilayers, Christian Binek

Christian Binek Publications

Discontinuous magnetic multilayers [Co80Fe20(t)/Al2O3(3nm)]10 with t = 0.9 and 1.0nm are studied by SQUID magnetometry and ac susceptibility. Owing to dipolar interaction the superparamagnetic cluster systems undergo collective glass-like freezing upon cooling. While both samples exhibit very similar glass temperatures Tg » 45 K and critical exponents zn » 10 and g » 1.4 as obtained from the temperature dependencies of the relaxation time, t, and the nonlinear susceptibility, c3, dynamical scaling reveals different critical exponents, b(0.9nm) »1.0 and b(1.0nm) » 0.6, respectively.

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. The Saudi Perspective In The Year 2000, Hisham A. Mosli, Mahmoud A. Atwa, Samia H. Mahassini

Saudi Medical Journal

All published data on benign prostatic hyperplasia in Saudi Arabia was reviewed. The age of presentation of the benign prostatic hyperplasia Saudi patient is between 60 and 70 years. Until the introduction of medical therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia, presentation by complication was common, mainly by retention of urine in 40-50% of the cases. Diagnostic modalities are improving and both biochemical and imaging techniques are now available. Medical therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia is widely used but studies on only 2 alpha adrenergic blocking agents out the 5 pharmacological preparations currently in the field were reported. Those are Prazosin and …

Female Circumcision

Saudi Medical Journal

It is uncertain when female circumcision was first practiced, but it certainly preceded the founding of both Christianity and Islam. A review of past and current historical, popular and professional literature was undertaken, and 4 types of female circumcision were identified. Typically female circumcision is performed by a local village practitioner, lay person or by untrained midwives. Female genital mutilation is not accepted by any religious or medical opinion, and is a violation of human rights against helpless individuals who are unable to provide informed consent and who must therefore be protected through education and legislation. Complications of female circumcision …

Otitis Externa In A Localized Area At The South Of Jordan, Salman M. Al-Asaaf, Maaita J. Farhan

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical findings and to identify the microorganisms in the pathogenesis of otitis externa. METHODS: The symptoms and signs, as well as the bacterial flora, from the auditory canals of 70 Jordanian patients (94 ears) suffering from otitis externa were studied during the period from February 1999 to February 2000. RESULTS: Pain was the most common symptom (82%). The most common sign was erythema (65%), while oedema was the least common (42%). Pseudomonas aeruginosa was found in 39%, Aspergillus in 27%, Candida albicans in 18%, Staphylococcus aureus in 18% and no growth in 8.5%. Ninety three percent …

A Pilot Study Of The Relationship Between Down's Syndrome And Hearing Loss, Hoda A. Kattan, Ribha F. Jarrar, Ziad Z. Mahasin

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Hearing loss is one of the most common disabilities in children with Down9s syndrome. The objective of this study is to investigate the incidence and types of hearing loss in Down9s syndrome patients. METHODS: Twenty-six subjects with Down9s syndrome aged between 2 and 17 year old were evaluated during the year 1998, referred randomly by the Pediatric Department and the Down9s Syndrome Centre. Screening audiological procedures were used to evaluate these patients, which include behavioral audiometry, play and pure tone audiometry, tympanometry and ABR, which is the measurement of the activity of the auditory pathway structures from the distal …

The Morbidity Pattern Among Adolescents Visiting Primary Health Care Centers, Eissa I. Al-Eissa

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the morbidity pattern among Saudi adolescents in Riyadh City. METHODS: A cross sectional survey comprising 1473 (852 males (58%) and 621 females (42%)) Saudi adolescents aged 11 to 21 years old, visiting 10 primary health care centers, selected randomly in Riyadh city, who were invited to complete a 23 item questionnaire. Part of the questionnaire was designed to be completed by the doctor, and includes the diagnosis of the current problem or chief complaint and any chronic illness. The other part to be completed by the adolescent and includes the question …

Prevalence Of Hepatitis B And C And Blood Donors, Syed R. Mehdi, Avinash Pophali

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Screening for hepatitis B and C is routinely carried out in the blood banks. The purpose of this study is to compare the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and anti hepatitis C among Saudi and non-Saudi blood donors. METHODS: All the blood donors visiting King Fahad Specialist Hospital were screened by Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay technique for hepatitis B surface antigen and anti hepatitis C. Donors with any history of jaundice in the past were eliminated from the study. RESULTS: Egyptians showed a very high prevalence of Hepatitis C. Saudis had a higher prevalence of hepatitis B compared …

Seroprevalence Of Hepatitis A Virus Markers In Eastern Saudi Arabia, Sami E. Fathalla, Abdulaziz A. Al-Jama, Iman H. Al-Sheikh, Sherief I. Islam

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To record and update the sero-epidemiological status of Hepatitis A virus in Eastern Saudi Arabia. To investigate the main viral etiology of clinical hepatitis in children and discuss the possibility of introducing a Hepatitis A virus vaccine in this Province. METHODS: Examining serum specimens by Enzyme Linkage Immuno-Sorbet Assay technique for these parameters: Immunoglobulin M anti-hepatitis A virus, total immunoglobulin anti-hepatitis A virus, and in selected cases we checked for hepatitis B surface antigen and anti-hepatitis C virus. The study was carried out in the Virology Diagnostic Labs, of Dammam Regional Laboratories & Blood Bank, Dammam. A total of …

Ankylosing Spondylitis In Northern Jordan, Ibrahim A. Al-Amayreh, Bassam O. Zaidat

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: This study describes the profile of ankylosing spondylitis as seen in the Rheumatology Practice at Prince Rashid Ben Al-Hassan Hospital, lrbid, Jordan over a period of 14 months. METHODS: Fifty-two cases that met the modified New York clinical criteria for ankylosing spondylitis were accumulated. A standardized method that included patients9 interview, physical examination including measurements of spinal mobility, medical record review, radiographic and laboratory examination was applied. RESULTS: Forty-two cases (85%) of the 52 accumulated cases were males and 10 cases (15%) were females (male:female ratio of 4.2:1). Their mean age of onset was 26 years (range 16-40 years) …

Cesarean Section In The Primigravid, Ratib A. Mesleh, Fatma Asiri, Madawi F. Al-Naim

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To review all cases of cesarean section in the primigravid mother delivered at the Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital between January 1996 and December 1997. To determine its incidence, describe the clinical indications, outcome and highlight areas of improvement in an attempt to reduce the rate of cesarean section. METHODS: Retrospective case record analysis. RESULTS: During the study period there were 15301 deliveries. The overall cesarean section rate for 1996 was 12% and for 1997 was 13%. The rate of cesarean section in the primigravid was 12%. The rate of cesarean section in primiparas breech was 41%. Cesarean section in …

Blood Lead Level In The Jordanian Population, Malek A. Dabbas, Mohammad A. Al-Zoubi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the blood lead level in the non-occupationally exposed Jordanian population as a baseline for comparative studies. METHODS: Seven hundred and forty six blood samples were collected and analyzed using Graphic Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. A representative sample for the Jordanian community was selected. RESULTS: The arithmetic mean for blood lead level in the whole sample was 1.96 µg/d1 which was lower than the other means determined by international studies. CONCLUSION: The blood lead level among the Jordanian population was found to be less than the levels in other countries, this may be partly explained by the low …

Asperger's Syndrome, Muwafak H. Al-Eithan

Saudi Medical Journal

This study presents a 14-year-old Saudi child with poor school achievement, diagnosed by psychiatrists as mentally retardated with a significant social deficit. No neurological disorder was evident. She has high to very high intellectual abilities on testing her intelligence quotient. Her verbal learning ability was also very high. Her social skills and capacity were impaired. No evidence of poor language was detected. The patient is diagnosed as suffering from Asperger9s syndrome, and not mentally retarded. She has the criteria for Asperger9s syndrome according to Diagnositic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition, including the significant social deficit with normal intellectual functioning. The …

Crohn's Disease Presenting As Life-Threatening Ileal Bleeding, Curt Tysk, Jan De Keersmaecker, Hussam Al-Been, Talal M. Ahmad

Saudi Medical Journal

We report a case of Crohn9s disease in a 32-year old Saudi male. The disease presented with severe, life-threatening ileal bleeding necessitating an urgent laparotomy and 100 cm of ileum and ascending colon was resected. The bleeding source was several ulcers in an inflamed ileum and histopathologic examination revealed typical findings of Crohn9s disease with a chronic, transmural inflammation, non-caseating granuloma and the Ziehl-Neelsen stain was negative. The postoperative course was uneventful. On follow-up he is doing well on medical treatment with mesalamine and substitution therapy with vitamin B12.