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Complete Handbook, Saint Mary's College Of California

Faculty Handbook

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Keystone, Inc. V. Triad Systems Corporation: Is The Montana Supreme Court Undermining The Federal Arbitration Act?, Bryan L. Quick

Montana Law Review

Keystone, Inc. v. Triad Systems Corporation

Herbivore And Pathogen Damage On Grassland And Woodland Plants: A Test Of The Herbivore Uncertainty Principle, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Peter B. Reich, Belle Bergner, Walter P. Carson

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Researchers can alter the behaviour and ecology of their study organisms by conducting such seemingly benign activities as non‐destructive measurements and observations. In plant communities, researcher visitation and measurement of plants may increase herbivore damage in some plant species while decreasing it in others. Simply measuring plants could change their competitive ability by altering the amount of herbivore damage that they suffer. Currently, however, there is only limited empirical evidence to support this `herbivore uncertainty principle' (HUP). We tested the HUP by quantifying the amount of herbivore and pathogen damage in 13 plant species (> 1400 individuals) at four different …

The Personality Profile Of September 11 Hijack Ringleader Mohamed Atta, Aubrey Immelman

Psychology Faculty Publications

This paper presents the results of a posthumous, indirect assessment of the personality of Mohamed Atta, apparent ringleader in the September 11, 2001 terror attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, from the conceptual perspective of Theodore Millon.

Information concerning Mohamed Atta was collected from media reports in the one-month period following the attack and synthesized into a personality profile using the second edition of the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with Axis II of DSM-IV.

The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed on the …

3.0 Academic Policies And Services, Saint Mary's College Of California

Faculty Handbook

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4.0 Administrative Policies, Services, Facilities, Saint Mary's College Of California

Faculty Handbook

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1.0 Mission Statement, History, General Organization And Governance Of Saint Mary's College, Saint Mary's College Of California

Faculty Handbook

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Index, Saint Mary's College Of California

Faculty Handbook

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Anxiolytic Effect Of Melatonin In Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Jonathan Bruce Santo, S. Lo, P. L'Esperance, D. B. Boivin

Psychology Faculty Publications

Increases in anxiety levels during the late-luteal phase of the menstrual cycle form important diagnostic criteria of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) (1). Evidence exists to support the hypothesis that tolerance to endogenous levels of melatonin might occur during the luteal phase in PMDD (2, 3). It was hypothesized that slow release (SR) melatonin administration during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle of participants with PMDD could significantly lower anxiety levels measured by self-report.

Discrimination And Social Adjustment Of 'New Arrival Women' From Mainland China, San Kiu, Sunday Tsoi

Lingnan Theses

This research examines the scope and the extent of discrimination experienced by (New Arrival Women) NAW as well as its impact on their social adjustment in Hong Kong Special Administration Region (HKSAR). It has been argued that discrimination slow down the adjustment process. Institutionalized discrimination and individual discrimination are examined in relation to NAW social adjustment in the HKSAR society.

The research framework is based on the concepts of institutionalized and individual discriminations. Unfair Government policies being seen as a socio-structural factor results in institutionalized discrimination while the unsatisfactory outcomes arising from the interaction between NAW and LPRs (Local Permanent …

Judging By Heuristic: Cognitive Illusions In Judicial Decision Making, Chris Guthrie, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Andrew J. Wistrich

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

The institutional legitmacy of the judiciary depends on the quality of the judgments that judges make. Even the most talented and dedicated judges surely make occasional mistakes, but the public expects judges to avoid making systematic errors that favor particular parties or writing opinions that embed these mistakes into the substantive law. Psychological research on human judgment, however, suggests that this expectation might be unrealistic.

Nova Quarterly: The University Of Texas At El Paso, The University Of Texas At El Paso University Communications

NOVA

Summer 2002, Vol. 38, No. 4; No. 150

Zero G Labs in Space

A Three-Dimensional Model For The Use Of Expert Psychiatric And Psychological Evidence In False Confession Defenses Before The Trier Of Fact, Joshua E. Kastenberg

Faculty Scholarship

Part I of this Article delineates a defendant's right to present voluntariness and credibility evidence against his or her confession. This section analyzes the basic constitutional framework of how a defendant can present this evidence and describes the traditional safeguards against false confessions. This background information provides a context for the overarching issue of expert testimony admissibility. Part II provides a basic understanding of differences between the psychiatric (medical model) and psychological (social model) approach to false confessions. It then examines the types of false confession defenses used by defendants and the interrogation techniques challenged by defendants. Part III reviews …

A Case Study In Instructional Design For Web-Based Courses, Anne M. Barker

Nursing Faculty Publications

When offering a Web-based course, the challenge is to deliver content in a format that enables the student to learn, think critically about the content, and grow as a result of the learning. This article presents a framework for designing an online course that achieves these goals. The framework is based on Knowles' (1) principles for adult learning. The process of course design begins with a review of the existing syllabus and organization of the course content into logical modules. A course in the RN to BSN program is used as an illustration. Lessons learned pertaining to the changing role …

2002-2004 Lsu Health Sciences Center Catalog/Bulletin, Office Of The Registrar

Catalogs and Bulletins

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Recent Developments Concerning Environmental Law And Agriculture, Linda A. Malone

Faculty Publications

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After Ellerth: The Tangible Employment Action In Sexual Harassment Analysis, Susan Grover

Faculty Publications

In this Article, Professor Grover argues that courts too readily allow employers to avoid vicarious liability far supervisors' unlawful sexual harassment of subordinates. The Article explores the breadth of the affirmative defense first introduced in the Supreme Court's 1998 cases of Faragher v. Boca Raton and Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth. That defense clears an employer of liability for a supervisor's unlawful sexual harassment if (a) the employer exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly any sexually harassing behavior, and (b) the plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer …

A Note On Job Mobility Among Workers With Disabilities, Marjorie L. Baldwin, Edward J. Schumacher

Health Care Administration Faculty Research

This article uses data from the 1990 and 1993 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation to analyze relationships between disability status and job mobility. We identify individuals who experienced voluntary or involuntary job separations over a 20-month period and examine the effect of disability status on rates of job change and wage growth following a job change. The results show that disabled workers are more likely to experience involuntary job changes than are nondisabled workers, but there is little difference in the wage effects of job changes by disability status.

The Effects Of Family Structure, Education, And Religion On Contraceptive Decisions By Women In Their Early Twenties, Brigid K. Howard

Student Work

Using the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth, this study investigates the effects of family structure, education, and religion on contraceptive use by never-married women aged 20-24 years. Included in the sample are sexually active women aged 20-24 who had never been married and were not cohabitating, who were not intending to become pregnant or were not pregnant, postpartum, or infertile for reasons other than for contraception at the time of the interview. Results indicate that Hispanic origin is related to use of less effective methods of contraception by sexually active women. Conversely, family structure influences contraceptive decisions in that …

Marbury Ascendant: The Rehnquist Court And The Power To "Say What The Law Is", Timothy Zick

Faculty Publications

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God And The Moral Order, C. Stephen Layman

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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Ecg Quiz, Chi-Chiu Kum, Wing-Hong Fung

Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology

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Regulation And Measurement Of Oxidative Stress In Apoptosis, James Curtin, Maryanne Donovan, Thomas Cotter

Articles

Cells are constantly generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) during aerobic metabolism. As a consequence, each cell is equipped with an extensive antioxidant defence system to combat excessive production of ROS. Oxidative stress occurs in cells when the generation of ROS overwhelms the cell's natural antioxidant defences. There is a growing consensus that oxidative stress and the redox state of a cell plays a pivotal role in regulating apoptosis, a tightly controlled form of cell death in which a cell partakes in its own demise. More recently, a role for reactive nitrogen species (RNI) as both positive and negative regulators of …

The Legal Frontiers Of Gender-Based Violence, Persecution, And Discrimination, Linda A. Malone

Popular Media

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July 1, 2002 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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Parallel Characterization Of Anaerobic Toluene-And Ethylbenzene-Degrading Microbial Consortia By Pcr-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis, Rna-Dna Membrane Hybridization, And Dna Microarray Technology, Yoshikazu Koizumi, John J. Kelly, Tatsunori Nakagawa, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Said El Fantroussi, Saleh Al-Muzaini, Manubu Fukui, Yoshikuni Urushigawa, David A. Stahl

Biology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

A mesophilic toluene-degrading consortium (TDC) and an ethylbenzene-degrading consortium (EDC) were established under sulfate-reducing conditions. These consortia were first characterized by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) fingerprinting of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene fragments, followed by sequencing. The sequences of the major bands (T-1 and E-2) belonging to TDC and EDC, respectively, were affiliated with the family Desulfobacteriaceae. Another major band from EDC (E-1) was related to an uncultured non-sulfate-reducing soil bacterium. Oligonucleotide probes specific for the 16S rRNAs of target organisms corresponding to T-1, E-1, and E-2 were designed, and hybridization conditions were optimized for two analytical formats, membrane and …

Gangs In The Post-World War Ii North American City: A Forum, Timothy J. Gilfoyle, Eric Schneider, Andrew Diamond

History: Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Visual Evaluation And Recognition Of Hosts By The Tick Parasitoid, Ixodiphagus Hookeri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), F. A. Demas, E. N. Mwangi, A. Hassanali, E. C. Kunjeku, A. R. Mabveni

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The role of host size, movement, feeding status, color, and species in the visual host evaluation and recognition behavior of the tick parasitoid, Ixodiphagus hookeri Howard was investigated. Freshly emerged female parasitoids were subjected to a choice bioassay, where the test materials were placed in sealed vials and the vials placed in a Petri dish. When presented with A. variegatum live and mummified nymphs, females examined: larger nymphs significantly longer than smaller nymphs, fed nymphs significantly longer than unfed nymphs, dead and live nymphs for similar lengths of time, and grey live nymphs and yellow-brown and dark brown mummified nymphs …

The Metes And Bounds Of State Sovereign Immunity, Scott Dodson

Faculty Publications

What are the constitutional parameters of state sovereign immunity? The Court has made clear that certain provisions of Article I contain no authority for overriding state sovereign immunity, while at least one other provision, the Fourteenth Amendment, permits Congress to abrogate the states’ sovereign immunity. How is this constitutional line drawn? It is temporally bound? In other words, are only certain Amendments enacted after the Eleventh Amendment free from absolute subservience to state sovereign immunity? Or, does it divide the original Constitution and its Amendments, meaning that state sovereign immunity permeates the original Constitution but does not infiltrate certain Amendments, …

Wglt Program Guide, July-August, 2002, Illinois State University

WGLT Program Guides

This guide details programming for WGLT, a public radio station owned by Illinois State University.