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Introduction: Keeping Secrets, Dale Carpenter

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

It has become a commonplace to say that September 11 changed everything. What the writer or speaker usually means by this is that Americans have re-calibrated their views on the relative importance of individual civil liberties and the common good. Like many other national traumas, September 11 may in historical hindsight be seen as a jolt that perhaps necessarily-but at any rate, temporarily-induced a retrenchment on rights.

But if the September-11-changed-everything idea overstates the significance of the event, it also understates the extent to which, at least in the area of privacy, some re-calibration of the balance between liberty and …

Annual Reports Of The Town Of Seabrook, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31st, 2001 As Compiled By The Town Officers., Seabrook Town Representatives

Seabrook, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Re-Evaluating The Freedom Of Scientific Inquiry Through Biotechnology And Human Rights, George P. Smith Ii

Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.

Can The Leopard Change Its Spots? The African Union Treaty And Human Rights, Nsongurua J. Udombana

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

An Orthodox Heresy: Scientific Rhetoric And The Science Of Prions., Carol Reeves

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

A significant theoretical shift in the research community examining a class of terminal, infectious neurological disorders that includes Mad Cow Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and Kuru was assisted by rhetorical production. The local rhetoric of one laboratory, that of Professor Stanley B. Prusiner, involved first situating an heretical hypothesis within the framework of the orthodox narrative and then audaciously promoting that heresy. Another aspect of rhetorical production in this case involved situating a new language associated with the heretical hypothesis. To promote their new lexicon, the Prusiner team evoked orthodox values of consistency, efficiency, and collective ratification. Eventually, what was once …

Factors Influencing Immunization Status In Primary Care Clinics, David Page, Jan Meires, Amy B. Dailey

Health Sciences Faculty Publications

Background and Objectives: National standards and goals for childhood immunization rates are well established. Yet, despite clear standards and goals, physicians do not achieve the desired rate (90%) for immunization coverage. This study examined factors related to immunization status for 2-year-old children in pediatric and family practice settings.

Methods: Specially trained personnel used computer software to audit 2,552 records from 42 practices in Northeast Florida throughout 1997–1999. Immunization records were judged as either complete or incomplete, and factors related to immunization status were studied. Clinic type and 18 immunization practice standards were reviewed for effect on immunization status.

Results: The …

Traumatized Socities: Social Cubism And The Predatory State Of Haiti, Karen Jenkins

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The end of the twentieth century has seen an increase in societies devastated and traumatized by mass violence.

Treating Physicians As Expert Witnesses In Compensation Systems: The Public Health Connection, Brian C. Murchison

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Rockefeller University Hospital: Transforming Medicine, The Rockefeller University

The Rockefeller University Hospital: Transforming Medicine

Translating basic discoveries into medical treatments and preventions is more important than ever. More and more, both basic scientists and physician-scientists are exploring medical applications of their discoveries.

Regulation Of Research With Children: The Evolution From Exclusion To Inclusion, Duane Alexander

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law—Terran V. Secretary Of Health And Human Services: Modification Of Statutes And The Presentment Clause Of The Constitution, Erik Loftus

Western New England Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ngos, Transgenic Food, Globalization, And Conservation, Thomas R. Degregori

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Participant Blinding And Gastrointestinal Illness In A Randomized, Controlled Trial Of An In-Home Drinking Water Intervention, John M. Colford, Judy R. Rees, Timothy J. Wade, Asheena Khalakdina, Joan F. Hilton, Isaac J. Ergas, Susan Burns, Anne Benker, Catherine Ma, Cliff Bowen, Daniel C. Mills, Duc J. Vugia, Dennis D. Juranek, Deborah A. Levy

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

We conducted a randomized, triple-blinded home drinking water intervention trial to determine if a large study could be undertaken while successfully blinding participants. Households were randomized 50:50 to use externally identical active or sham treatment devices. We measured the effectiveness of blinding of participants by using a published blinding index in which values >0.5 indicate successful blinding. The principal health outcome measured was "highly credible gastrointestinal illness" (HCGI). Participants (n=236) from 77 households were successfully blinded to their treatment assignment. At the end of the study, the blinding index was 0.64 (95% confidence interval 0.51-0.78). There were 103 episodes of …

Uab Magazine - Winter 2002, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

UAB Magazine

No abstract provided.

Ompd But Not Ompc Is Involved In Adherence Of Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhimurium To Human Cells, Bochiwe Hlezipi Hara-Kaonga

Doctoral Dissertations

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium expresses three major outer membrane proteins: OmpC, OmpF, and OmpD. Conflicting reports exist regarding the role of OmpC and OmpD in the pathogenesis of this organism. This study investigated the role of OmpC and OmpD in adherence to human U937 macrophages and T84 intestinal epithelial cells. OmpC and ompD mutant strains were created by transposon mutagenesis utilizing P22-mediated transduction of Tn10 and Tn 5 insertions into wild-type strain 14028. Fluorescein-labeled wild-type and mutant bacteria were incubated with PKH26-labeled T84 cells at various bacteria-to-cell ratios for 1 h at 37 C. Single and dual fluorescence of samples …

Comments: Municipalities Versus Gun Manufacturers: Why Public Nuisance Claims Just Do Not Work, Joseph W. Cleary

University of Baltimore Law Review

No abstract provided.

Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Epidemiology And Patterns In Saudi Arabia, Abdulrahman A. Alrajhi, Ali M. Al-Barrak

Neurosciences

Annual incidence rates of extrapulmonary tuberculosis have been increasing over the last few years in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. True rates may even be higher due to incomplete reporting. Diagnosis of this condition requires high clinical suspicion, special diagnostic procedures, special staining, and culture media for acid fast bacilli. Delayed diagnosis results in increasing morbidity, mortality, and cost to the health care system. Particularly in areas of high endemicity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, clinicians should be aware of the various forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The available epidemiology and patterns of various forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the Kingdom of Saudi …

Epidemiology Of Neonatal Meningitis In Qatar, Mahmoud F. El-Said, Mohammed S. Bessisso, Mohammad A. Janahi, Lina H. Habob, Sittana S. El-Shafie

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: Neonatal meningitis is responsible for thousands of neonatal deaths annually all over the world. Our study was conducted to determine the epidemiology, management and best preventive measures for neonatal meningitis in Qatar. METHODS: A retrospective study reviewed the records of bacterial meningitis patients under the age of one month. The study was carried out at Hamad Medical Hospital, the only hospital that provides health care at Qatar and the study period was between January 1998 to December 2000. RESULTS: Thirteen patients were included. Sixty percent of patients had early onset meningitis. Causative organisms were group B Streptococcus pneumoniae, Klebsiella …

Population Briefs, Vol. 8, No. 1, Population Council

Population Briefs

IN THIS ISSUE: Bridging the safe motherhood knowledge gap | Decelerating pace and human development crucial elements of fertility transition | Illuminating the role of inhibins and activins in fertility | Motivations for and barriers to study participation | Public services found lacking in many developing-country cities | What factors affect the prevalence of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa?

Keeping Secrets, Dale Carpenter

Articles

The right to privacy is the power to keep secrets. It is a power conferred in one form or another by the Constitution, by statute, and by tort law. It hinders the ability of the government and other citizens to know things about us that we -- often for very good reasons - would rather not have them know. It is a power that acts as a counterweight to the power of the state and of other citizens to monitor-often for very good reasons-what we do, what we read, what we say, and with whom we associate

Impact Of The Threat Of Biological And Chemical Terrorism On Public Safety-Net Hospitals, Kathleen A. Delaney

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Vaccination Strategies And Backward Bifurcation In Age-Since-Infection Structured Model, Christopher Kribs, Maia Martcheva

Mathematics Faculty Publications - Archive

We consider models for a disease with acute and chronic infective stages, and variable infectivity and recovery rates, within the context of a vaccination campaign. Models for SIRS and SIS disease cycles exhibit backward bifurcations under certain conditions, which complicate the criteria for success of the vaccination campaign by making it possible to have stable endemic states when R0 < 1. We also show the extent to which the forms of the infectivity and recovery functions affect the possibility of backward bifurcations. SIR and SI models examined do not exhibit this behavior.

Florida Public Transit System Anti-Terrorism Resource Guide, Cutr

Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Legislating A Public Health Nightmare: The Anti-Immigrant Provisions Of The "Contract With America" Congress, Julia Field Costich

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Mutagenic Stabilization And/Or Disruption Of A Cd4-Bound State Reveals Distinct Conformations Of The Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Gp120 Envelope Glycoprotein, Shi-Hua Xiang, Peter D. Kwong, Rishi Gupta, Carlo D. Rizzuto, David J. Casper, Richard Wyatt, Liping Wang, Wayne A. Hendrickson, Michael L. Doyle, Joseph Sodroski

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gp120 exterior envelope glycoprotein is conformationally flexible. Upon binding to the host cell receptor CD4, gp120 assumes a conformation that is recognized by the second receptor, CCR5 and/or CXCR4, and by the CD4-induced (CD4i) antibodies. Guided by the X-ray crystal structure of a gp120-CD4-CD4i antibody complex, we introduced changes into gp120 that were designed to stabilize or disrupt this conformation. One mutant, 375 S/W, in which the tryptophan indole group is predicted to occupy the Phe 43 cavity in the gp120 interior, apparently favors a gp120 conformation closer to that of the CD4-bound …

Suzanne Dowling Fka Duzanne Hoagland V. Kathleen Bullen, Trolley Corners Family Therapy Clinic, A General Partnership, Canyon Rim Psychotherapy And John Does 1 Through 20 : Brief Of Appellant/ Defendant Kathleen Bullen, Utah Supreme Court

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (2000–2020)

On Certiorari from an Opinion and Order Issued by the Utah Court of Appeals on November 7, 2002

Multiple Sclerosis Simulating Brain Tumor, Amer A. Shurbaji, Munir A. Dehayyat, Imad A. Abu-Ruman, Ammar F. Mubaidin

Neurosciences

We report a case of a 29-year-old female patient with atypical magnetic resonance image appearance of multiple sclerosis simulating brain tumor on magnetic resonance images, that proved to be a demyelinating disease on brain biopsy. Steroid pulse therapy produced regression of the lesions on magnetic resonance images.

A Baseline Assessment Of Furbearers On The Upper Coastal Plain Of Virginia, A. Scott Bellows, Joseph C. Mitchell

Virginia Journal of Science

We assessed the status of furbearing mammals on Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia during the 1998-1999 trapping season with the cooperation of local licensed trappers. Our analyses were based on 345 captures representing of 10 mammal species, ranging from one bobcat (Lynx rufus) to 157 beavers (Castor canadensis). Mean number of captures per 100 trap nights was 17.0. Captures varied from 11.9 to 17.9 per 100 trap nights for conibear traps and 9.7 to 18.3 per 100 trap nights for leg-hold traps. External measurements of six species were similar to those reported for other populations …

Therapeutic Jurisprudence And The Treatment Of People With Mental Illness In Eastern Europe: Construing International Human Rights Law, Bruce J. Winick

NYLS Journal of International and Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

Uri Undergraduate And Graduate Course Catalog 2002-2003, University Of Rhode Island

URI Course Catalogs Archive

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the University of Rhode Island course catalog.