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Pigs In Space: Ghosts, Gender And Sexuality In A Debate About Regulating Industrial Hog Farms In Kentucky, Mary E. Curran Jan 2002

Pigs In Space: Ghosts, Gender And Sexuality In A Debate About Regulating Industrial Hog Farms In Kentucky, Mary E. Curran

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

In 1997, Governor Paul Patton of Kentucky asked the state Cabinet of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection to develop administrative regulations for industrial hog farms in the state. The regulatory process has been contentious. From 1997 through 1998, the Cabinet held five public hearings to elicit comments on the proposed regulations. This study is designed to answer two questions. First, how, within parameters of participation established by the Kentucky Cabinet of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, have participants in the debate deployed notions of risk to privilege certain gendered and sexualized farming identities, farming practices, and notions of rurality? Second, …


Strain Control Of Piezoelectric Materials Using An Applied Electron Flux, Philip Clark Hadinata Jan 2002

Strain Control Of Piezoelectric Materials Using An Applied Electron Flux, Philip Clark Hadinata

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation examines the response of piezoelectric material strain to electron flux influence. A plate of PZT5h is prepared as the specimen. The positive electrode is removed, and the negative electrode is connected to a power amplifier. Sixteen strain gages are attached as the strain sensor. The specimen is placed in a vacuum chamber, then the positive side is illuminated by electron beam. The characteristic of the static strain response is predicted by deriving the equation strain/deflection of the plate. Two methods are used, the Electro-Mechanical Equations and numerical analysis using Finite Element Method. The settings of the electron gun …


Structure And Function Analysis Of Par-4, Nadia M. El-Guendy Jan 2002

Structure And Function Analysis Of Par-4, Nadia M. El-Guendy

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Par-4 is a leucine zipper domain protein that induces apoptosis on its own in certain cancer cells and in Ras-transformed cells, but not in normal or immortalized cells. Par-4 induces apoptosis by activation of the Fas death receptor pathway and co-parallel inhibition of NF-B transcription activity. Cells that are resistant to apoptosis by Par-4 alone, however, are greatly sensitized by Par-4 to the action of other pro-apoptotic insults such as growth factor withdrawal, TNF, ionizing radiation, intracellular calcium elevation, or those involved in neuronal degeneration such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's and Stroke. Previous studies have suggested that the apoptosis-sensitization potential …


The Role Of Nf-Kb Activation In Hepatic Tumor Promotion By Polycholorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs), Zijing Lu Jan 2002

The Role Of Nf-Kb Activation In Hepatic Tumor Promotion By Polycholorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs), Zijing Lu

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are nongenotoxic hepatic tumor promoters. PCBs have been shown to cause oxidative stress, but the exact mechanism by which PCBs exert their tumor promoting activity is not clear. In our study, PCB-153, a non-coplanar congener, caused a transient increase in hepatic NF-B DNA binding activity and cell proliferation, while PCB-77, a coplanar congener, showed no effect. Our second study using a mouse model that was deficient in the p50 subunit of NF-kB (p50-/-) showed that NF-kB contributes to the changes in hepatocyte proliferation and apoptosis in response to PCB-153 treatment: a single dose of PCB-153 increased hepatic …


Article 36 Of The Vienna Convention On Consular Relations: Private Enforcement In American Courts After Lagrand, Cara H. Drinan Jan 2002

Article 36 Of The Vienna Convention On Consular Relations: Private Enforcement In American Courts After Lagrand, Cara H. Drinan

Scholarly Articles

On June 27, 2001, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) held in the case of Germany v. United States of America (LaGrand) that Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ("VCCR") affords an individually enforceable right to consular access upon arrest or detention in a foreign country.' In the United States, death penalty opponents applauded the ICJ's finding for its promise of greater due process protection, while states' rights advocates criticized the decision as an unlawful exercise of criminal appellate jurisdiction. LaGrand, in theory, resolves many questions that have plagued American courts: whether Article 36 rights are vested …


A Most Sacred Place: The Significance Of Crater Lake Among The Indians Of Southern Oregon, Douglas Deur Jan 2002

A Most Sacred Place: The Significance Of Crater Lake Among The Indians Of Southern Oregon, Douglas Deur

Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Discusses the Native American view of Crater Lake, Oregon, as a place of religious significance and the misunderstandings with whites as to its importance to Oregon's Indian tribes. Created some 6,500 years ago by volcanic eruption, Crater Lake has long been seen by Indians as a sacred place. Their hunting, berry gathering, and vision quests in the lake area were tied to their religious view of the lake. Since the 1850's, whites have treated the lake with a lack of understanding of its significance to the Klamath tribes. The National Park Service restricted hunting and charged Indians fees to pass …


Continuing Development Of The Fig/Approved Category A "Master Of Science Degree In Hydrographic Science" Program At The University Of Southern Mississippi, David Dodd, Ken Barbor, Stephan Howden, Charles Meador, David Wells Jan 2002

Continuing Development Of The Fig/Approved Category A "Master Of Science Degree In Hydrographic Science" Program At The University Of Southern Mississippi, David Dodd, Ken Barbor, Stephan Howden, Charles Meador, David Wells

Hydrographic Science Research Center

The International Federation of Surveyors/International Hydrographic Organization (FIG/IHO) Category “A” certified Master of Science (M. S.) degree in Hydrographic Science (HS) Program established by The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) is in its third year of operation. Twenty-two students have graduated from the HS Program with fifteen students in the current Class of 2002.  All HS students in the first two classes entered the program through NAVOCEANO (civilian and uniform navy). They completed the non-thesis M.S. degree option in one intensive year of study that required two semesters of theory and one summer semester …


Current Status Of Defensins And Their Role In Innate And Adaptive Immunity, Periathamby A. Raj, Andrew R. Dentino Jan 2002

Current Status Of Defensins And Their Role In Innate And Adaptive Immunity, Periathamby A. Raj, Andrew R. Dentino

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Naturally occurring antimicrobial cationic polypeptides play a major role in innate and adaptive immunity. These polypeptides are found to be either linear and unstructured or structured through disulfide bonds. Among the structured antimicrobial polypeptides, defensins comprise a family of cysteine-rich cationic polypeptides that contribute significantly to host defense against the invasion of microorganisms in animals, humans, insects and plants. Their wide-spread occurrence in various tissues of these diverse organisms, and their importance in innate and adaptive immunity have led to their identification, isolation and characterization. A large volume of literature is available on defensins’ occurrence, structural characterization, gene expression and …


The Second Coming Of Intellectual Property Rights In China, Peter K. Yu Jan 2002

The Second Coming Of Intellectual Property Rights In China, Peter K. Yu

Faculty Scholarship

This Article traces the development of intellectual property rights in China since the country’s reopening in the late 1970s. Part I provides a brief history of the Chinese intellectual property system and examines the various intellectual property disputes between China and the United States in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. This Part argues that the contemporary Chinese intellectual property system was not developed until intellectual property rights reemerged in China in the late 1970s. Part II discusses the causes of the piracy and counterfeiting problem in China. By focusing on the significant political, social, economic, cultural, and ideological …


Spiritual Responses To The Regulation Of Birth (A Historical Comparison), Richard J. Fehring, Elizabeth Mcgraw Jan 2002

Spiritual Responses To The Regulation Of Birth (A Historical Comparison), Richard J. Fehring, Elizabeth Mcgraw

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Over 30 years ago the founders of the Christian Family Movement (CFM), a worldwide Catholic family action group, conducted a survey to investigate the marital effects of practicing “rhythm.” Their final report indicated that many participants felt that periodic abstinence was harmful to their marriage and caused spiritual and religious distress. The CFM survey results were thought to have been influential in convincing the 1966 Papal Birth Control Commission to recommend a change in church teaching. The purpose of this paper is to report a re-analysis of the 1966 archived data (in the light of the Papal Encyclical Humane Vitae–On …


Table Of Contents Jan 2002

Table Of Contents

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Role Of A Free Press And Freedom Of Expression In Developing Democracies, Irwin P. Stotzky Jan 2002

The Role Of A Free Press And Freedom Of Expression In Developing Democracies, Irwin P. Stotzky

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The Oas Special Rapporteur For Freedom Of Expression In Promoting Democracy In The Americas, Santiago A. Canton Jan 2002

The Role Of The Oas Special Rapporteur For Freedom Of Expression In Promoting Democracy In The Americas, Santiago A. Canton

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Challenges To Freedom Of The Press In The Americas, Jairo E. Lanao Jan 2002

Legal Challenges To Freedom Of The Press In The Americas, Jairo E. Lanao

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Challenges Of Investigative Journalism, Silvio Waisbord Jan 2002

The Challenges Of Investigative Journalism, Silvio Waisbord

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The Press In Helping Create The Conditions Of Democracy To Develop In Haiti, Michele Montas-Dominique Jan 2002

The Role Of The Press In Helping Create The Conditions Of Democracy To Develop In Haiti, Michele Montas-Dominique

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Section 372.705, Florida Statutes: The Constitutionality Of The State's Hunter Harassment Law In A Multi-State Context, Patrick Reinhold Costello Jan 2002

Section 372.705, Florida Statutes: The Constitutionality Of The State's Hunter Harassment Law In A Multi-State Context, Patrick Reinhold Costello

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reptiles In The Weeds: Civil Rico Vs. The First Amendment In The Animal Rights Debate, Jaime I. Roth Jan 2002

Reptiles In The Weeds: Civil Rico Vs. The First Amendment In The Animal Rights Debate, Jaime I. Roth

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


2002-2003 Graduate Catalog, Morehead State University Jan 2002

2002-2003 Graduate Catalog, Morehead State University

Morehead State Catalog Archive

2002-2003 graduate catalog for Morehead State University.


2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalog, Morehead State University Jan 2002

2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalog, Morehead State University

Morehead State Catalog Archive

2002-2003 undergraduate catalog of Morehead State University.


A Comparison Of Uncontrolled Hypertension Between Institutionalized And Community-Dwelling Elderly, Kathy M. Holt Jan 2002

A Comparison Of Uncontrolled Hypertension Between Institutionalized And Community-Dwelling Elderly, Kathy M. Holt

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Passing Man : Francis Parkman And Change In Nineteenth Century America, Eric L. Fox Jan 2002

The Passing Man : Francis Parkman And Change In Nineteenth Century America, Eric L. Fox

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Home Is Where The Heart Lives : The Failure Of True Women And Success Of Homeless Orphans In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Rebecca L. Gardner Jan 2002

Home Is Where The Heart Lives : The Failure Of True Women And Success Of Homeless Orphans In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Rebecca L. Gardner

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Changes In Autonomic Nervous System Function, Corticosteroid Concentrations And Prostaglandin Production In Response To A Laboratory Stressor : The Moderating Effects Of Calcium And Other Minerals In Women With Dysmenorrhea, Robyn Adele Drach Jan 2002

Changes In Autonomic Nervous System Function, Corticosteroid Concentrations And Prostaglandin Production In Response To A Laboratory Stressor : The Moderating Effects Of Calcium And Other Minerals In Women With Dysmenorrhea, Robyn Adele Drach

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


What Do The Objects In Your Home Say About You? : An Analysis Of Artifacts In The Home And Their Effect On Communication, Wendy A. Opsahl Jan 2002

What Do The Objects In Your Home Say About You? : An Analysis Of Artifacts In The Home And Their Effect On Communication, Wendy A. Opsahl

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Bloat, And Other Stories, Isaac John Turner Jan 2002

Bloat, And Other Stories, Isaac John Turner

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Supine Sleep Position On Speech-Language Development Of Infants Birth To Six Months Of Age, Justine E. Schumacher Jan 2002

The Effect Of Supine Sleep Position On Speech-Language Development Of Infants Birth To Six Months Of Age, Justine E. Schumacher

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Characterization Of Experimental Polychondritis In Aged Hla-Dq Transgenic Mice, Allison T. Thiele Jan 2002

Characterization Of Experimental Polychondritis In Aged Hla-Dq Transgenic Mice, Allison T. Thiele

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Contact Experiences And Native American Elders' Use Of Medical Care, Sandra Tibke Jan 2002

Contact Experiences And Native American Elders' Use Of Medical Care, Sandra Tibke

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Urban Librarianship: Libraries, Cities And Beyond, Beth Posner Jan 2002

Urban Librarianship: Libraries, Cities And Beyond, Beth Posner

Publications and Research

As urbanization and urban issues become increasingly universal, the study of urban libraries will become increasingly relevant to all librarians, all library patrons, and all citizens of the world. In light of this, this essay examines how the past development, present issues and future possibilities of cities, urban areas, and urban libraries relate to each other and to the study of urban librarianship.