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Balancing Interests In Free Trade And Health: How The Who’S Framework Convention On Tobacco Control Can Withstand Wto Scrutiny, Joseph N. Eckhardt

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.

Hiv/Aids And Blood Donation Policies: A Comparative Study Of Public Health Policies And Individual Rights Norms, Francine A. Hochberg

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.

Ancient Antibiotics : Tetracycline In Human And Animal Bone From The Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, Corey Maggiano

HIM 1990-2015

Two decades ago archaeologists in northern Africa discovered evidence that an antibiotic was somehow included in diet of ancient peoples, possibly affecting the health of the population. It has been proposed that the causative organisms are Streptomyces aureofaciens - ubiquitous, mold-like, tetracycline-producing bacteria that could have contaminated grain products. Upon consumption, tetracyclines are incorporated into developing or remodeling bone, remaining observable under ultraviolet light for thousands of years. The current project focuses on an analysis of Roman-Egyptian human and animal bone from the Dakhleh Oasis in southwestern Egypt (100 BC to AD 360). Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) is used …

Simple Physics Of Quadratic Spatial Solitons, Gaetano Assanto, George I. Stegeman

Faculty Bibliography 2000s

Spatial solitons in quadratically nonlinear media result from the interplay of parametric gain, diffraction and cascading phase shift. Their main features are well understood in mathematical terms, and several experiments have been successfully carried out which demonstrate their observability and most important properties. Here we provide an intuitive interpretation of some of the underlying physics, outlining the processes that govern their excitation, propagation and interaction forces.

Analysis Of Hierarchical Cellular Networks With Mobile Base Stations, Wei Cui, Mostafa A. Bassiouni

Faculty Bibliography 2000s

In this paper. we develop and evaluate a hierarchical cellular architecture for totally mobile wireless networks (TMWNs). Extensive performance tests were conducted to evaluate the performance of a two-tier system and compare its throughput, handoff blocking rate and new call success rate with those obtained by a one-tier model. Our tests have shown that when the total number of channels is kept the same, the two-tier system outperformed the one-tier counterpart under all load conditions. Under the constraint of equal power consumption, the two-tier system still achieved improvement over the one-tier system. especially at light and medium load levels. The …

Regulation Of Prostasin By Aldosterone In The Kidney, Takefumi Narikiyo, Kenichiro Kitamura, Masataka Adachi, Taku Miyoshi, Kozo Iwashita, Naoki Shiraishi, Hiroshi Nonoguchi, Li-Mei Chen, Karl X. Chai, Julie Chao, Kimio Tomita

Faculty Bibliography 2000s

Prostasin is a serine protease present in mammalian urine that increases the activity of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) when the two are coexpressed in Xenopus oocytes. To determine if aldosterone, one of the principal regulators of urinary Na reabsorption by the distal nephron, affects prostasin expression, we examined prostasin mRNA and protein in a cultured mouse cortical collecting duct cell line (M-1), whole rats, and patients with primary aldosteronism. Aldosterone treatment of M-1 cells substantially increased prostasin expression and stimulated Na-22 uptake. Urinary excretion of prostasin in rats that were infused with aldosterone likwise increased by similar to4-fold when …

Ve-Based Training Strategies For Acquiring Survey Knowledge, Bob G. Witmer, Wallace J. Sadowski, Neal M. Finkelstein

Faculty Bibliography 2000s

Virtual environments (VEs) have been used successfully to train wayfinders to navigate through buildings and learn their layout. However, at the same time, for many, the VE deficiencies have reduced the effectiveness of VEs for training spatial tasks. In an effort to improve VE effectiveness, we conducted research to determine if certain unique capabilities of VEs could compensate for its deficiencies. Research participants were required to learn the layout or configuration of one floor of an office building as portrayed in a VE. To improve spatial learning, we developed three VE navigation training aids: local and global orientation cues, aerial …

Field Detection And Monitoring Of Explosives, Jehuda Yinon

Faculty Bibliography 2000s

Detection of explosives in situ is of major importance in several applications: finding hidden explosives in airport luggage and in mail; screening of personnel for concealed explosives; environmental monitoring of explosives-contaminated sites; and, detection of buried landmines. Mobile and hand-held detectors have been developed for the various applications. They can be sub-divided into three classes: vapor and particle detectors; radiation detectors; and, biochemical detectors. An overview of the various explosives detectors and their principles of operation is presented. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Primaquine-Induced Hemolytic Anemia: Formation And Mechanism Of Action Of The Hemotoxic Metabolite 6-Methoxy-8-Hudroxylamoniquinoline (Maq-Noh), Laura Jane Campbell-Bolchoz

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Primaquine is an important antimalarial drug that is often dose-limited in therapy by the onset of hemolytic anemia. It is well accepted that this toxicity is due to the action of its metabolites and not the parent compound. However, the toxic species have not been identified and little is known about the mechanism underlying primaquine-induced red cell injury. Previous studies to identify the hemotoxic metabolites have focused on the redox active phenolic derivatives of primaquine and have shown that a number of these compounds are capable of decreasing red cell GSH levels and oxidizing oxyhemoglobin to methemoglobin. However, these derivatives …

Russ 302.01: Russian Culture And Civilization, Ludmilla Prednewa

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Cerebellar Abscess Due To Listeria Monocytogenes, Bassam M. Addas, Mohammed M. Jan

Neurosciences

Brain abscess due to listeria monocytogenes mainly involves the cerebral hemispheres. Cerebellar abscess is an infrequent event, which could lead to rapid neurological deterioration if unrecognized. We present a case of multiple brain stem and cerebellar abscesses in a previously healthy individual exposed to unpasteurized milk. This is the 2nd case of cerebellar abscess due to listeria monocytogenes reported in the English literature. The diagnosis of listeria monocytogenes was made in the surgical specimen. Our case illustrates the difficulty of early diagnosis of cerebellar listeria monocytogenes abscesses and the importance of prompt neurosurgical intervention.

City Of Indianapolis V. Edmond: The Constitutionality Of Drug Interdiction Checkpoints, Ann Mulligan

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

United States V. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative: Whatever Happened To Federalism, Caroline Herman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Foreword: Terrorism And Utilitarianism: Lessons From, And For, Criminal Law, Paul Butler

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Genomic Approach For The Study Of A Coryneform Bacterial Collection., Carole Feurer

Theses

In the last few years, genomics has profoundly changed research in the biological sciences and in particular in microbiology. Recent studies have demonstrated that comparative genomics is a powerful approach contributing to a deeper understanding of the evolution of microorganisms. Bacterial collections are important resources of microorganisms, however, the potential that genomics has to offer remains to be realised as it is still virtually absent in any study involving strain collections. This feature thus framed the experimental objectives for this study, whose aim was to define the most comprehensive way to apply genomic based methods (high throughput sequencing and bioinformatics) …

Relationship Between Insomnia And Job Satisfaction, Stacy Lynn Taylor

Theses

The disorder of insomnia is seriously effecting every aspect of people's lives including job satisfaction. This study examines the relationship between insomnia and job satisfaction. Subjects for this study included 30 previously diagnosed insomniacs and 30 non-insomniac graduate students. The subjects were asked to complete the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire- short form and demographic sheet. Pearson Chi-square tests were performed to explore possible relationships. There were no statistically significant relationships found between insomnia and the dependent variables of job satisfaction and job stress.

The Influence Of Parenting Styles On Social Phobia In A College Sample, Kimberly Sue Fischer

Theses

Since researchers have only studied social phobia in the last several decades, the need to identify influencing variables is essential. While most researchers concur that familial factors have an impact on social phobia, the influence of family variables remain under investigation. Many studies have examined the impact of parenting characteristics on social phobia involving individuals in a clinical setting. However, few studies have focused on social phobia in a nonclinical setting with adults. This study explores the relationship between parenting styles of overprotection and rejection with social phobia in a college sample of adults. Subjects for this study were 35 …

Functional Morphology And Developmental Biology Of Zebrafish: Reciprocal Illumination From An Unlikely Couple, L. Patricia Hernández, Michael J.F. Barresi, Stephen H. Devoto

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Functional morphology has benefited greatly from the input of techniques and thinking from other disciplines. This has been especially productive in situations where each discipline has made significant contributions to a particular research topic. A combination of methodologies from functional morphology and developmental biology has allowed us to characterize feeding mechanics of first-feeding larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). Contrary to kinematic patterns commonly seen in adult teleosts, larval zebrafish showed no lateral abduction during the expansive phase of a suction-feeding event. Instead, dorsoventral expansion of the buccal chamber, more typical of patterns seen in primitive fishes, characterized the expansive phase. Moreover, …

Nonverbal Communication In Business Interviewing And Negotiation, Dave Gustafson

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Protective Effect Of Nitric Oxide In Lung Injury Associated With Cerulein-Induced Acute Pancreatitis, Abdulkadi̇r Bedi̇rli̇, Erdoğan M. Sözüer, Recep Saraymen, Nai̇l Ersöz, Eser Kiliç

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of NO in the pathogenesis of lung injury associated with pancreatitis, and the relation between malondialdehyde (MDA) and myeloperoxidase (MPO). Forty Wistar male rats were divided into control or pancreatitis groups, and treated with saline, L-arginine (100 mg/kg i.v.), NO donor, or N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) (10 mg/kg i.v.), an inhibitor of NO synthase. Pancreatitis was induced in rats intravenously via the administration of cerulein (10 µg/kg/h) for 4 h). Eight hours after the induction of acute pancreatitis (AP), amylase and lipase in plasma significantly increased in all animals in …

Histidinyl Radical Formation In The Self-Peroxidation Reaction Of Bovine Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase, Michael R. Gunther, J. Andrew Peters, Meena K. Sivaneri

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Hay Quality Vs Hay Quantity, Edward Barrow Rayburn

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

WVU-Extension fact sheet

Proper Handling And Curing Of Hay, Edward Barrow Rayburn

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

WVU-Extension fact sheet

The Cyborgian Self: Toward A Critical Social Theory Of Cyberspace, Michael Ian Borer

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

Contemporary social theory currently remains at a virtual standstill, quivering over the decision to radically leave the past behind or to continue within the historical narrative of the Enlightenment. Postmodern social theorists, advocating the position that we have, in fact, entered a new historical epoch, pose serious challenges to our perception of modernity and cultural identity. As an influential strategy that has infiltrated both the humanities and the social sciences for more than thirty years, postmodernism can no longer be dismissed as merely a fad or trend. In a world where the use of complex, and often mobile, …

Review Of This American Life, Episode 110, Five Ways To Map The World, Michael Cumberland

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

No abstract provided.

On Guillermo Gomez-Peña's El Mexterminator And Cyber Vato, Michael Benton

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

While attending Bowling Green State University in 1997 I had an experience that changed my worldview. I was a teaching assistant in the Popular Culture department and part of my responsibilities included teaching Introduction to Popular Culture (POPC 100) and Introduction to Mass Media (POPC 165). I had been struggling to engage my students in examining the way in which social reality is represented to them through popular entertainments [2]. The majority of my students were white, middle class students from the surrounding Northern regions of Ohio. My students were well-versed in the ongoing controversy over whether or …

The Ruse Of The Social: Human Waste And The Gated Community, Liam Mcnamara

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

One of the central problems of contemporary society is that of “the social”: how it is defined, constituted, conjured into existence, and supported. Jean Baudrillard has employed the term “the social” in his work, but it is never explicitly defined; it is best understood as a form of simulation that has sprung into existence in the absence of symbolic social relations. The social is constituted of all the phenomena that are generally studied by sociology, so is therefore ideologically conceived of as an organic structure that is waiting for analysis. The “social” is society, both as it stands …

U.S. Prisons And Racial Profiling: A Covertly Racist Nation Rides A Vicious Cycle, Dj Silton

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

2002-2004 Bulletin, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law Bulletin

Contents:

Legal Studies at Cardozo, p. 8

Degree Requirements, p. 12

Courses, p. 14

The Lawyering Curriculum, p. 23

Clinics, p. 24

Externships/Internships, p. 27

Publications, p. 30

Summer Programs Abroad, p. 34

Faculty, p. 36

Student Resources, p. 48

Dr. Lillian and Dr. Rebecca Chutick Law Library, p. 49

Office of Career Services, p. 50

Public Interest Opportunities, p. 52

Employment, p. 54

Student Life, p. 56

Admissions, p. 63

Tuition and Student Finances, p. 63

Cardozo Administration and Board of Directors, p. 67

Academic Calendar, p. 72

Not Everyone Who Speaks Spanish Is From Spain: Taino Survival In The 21st Century Dominican Republic, Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate

Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

The national identity of the Dominican Republic is based on an idealized story of three cultural roots-- Spanish, African, and Taíno--with a selective amnesia of the tragedies and struggles inherent to the processes of colonial domination and resistance. Further, African, Taíno and mixed AfroMestizo culture have been marginalized in favor of nationalist ideologies of progress and civilization found in the embrace of Hispanidad and Catholicism. In such a way, Dominicans have been disconnected from their African, their indigenous, and their mixed Afro-Mestizo Criollo (Creole) ancestry and cultural heritage, even though it is these ancestries and heritages which mark Dominicans with …