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To Be Or Not To Be Ideophonically Impoverished, Janis B. Nuckolls

Faculty Publications

This paper addresses a current debate over the universality of ideophones, a class of expressions that are used to simulate, through performative foregrounding, the salient processes and perceptions of everyday life experience. Using data from Quechua-speaking Runa in Amazonian Ecuador, I argue for a view of ideophones as a type of cultural discourse through which speakers align themselves with nonhuman life forms and forces of nature. This alignment is suggested by the special performative properties of ideophones, which collapse the distinction between a speech event and a narrated event, thus compelling a speaker to become an action, event, or process, …

Recital: Tuesday Student Recital, April 1, 2003, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
Tuesday Afternoon
April 1, 2003
2:00 p.m.

The Myth Of Science As A ‘Neutral Arbiter’ For Triggering Precautions, Vern R. Walker

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

This article demonstrates that science cannot be a "neutral arbiter" for triggering precautionary measures, because both making and warranting findings of risk require non-scientific decisions. Making a risk finding requires decisions about the meaning of "risk of harm," about the meaning of any modifiers for that predicate, and about the degree of confidence asserted for the finding as a whole. Determining that the available scientific evidence warrants a finding of risk requires decisions about acceptable degrees of various types of uncertainty namely, conceptual uncertainty, measurement uncertainty, sampling uncertainty, modeling uncertainty, and causal uncertainty. This article illustrates these decisions using examples …

Material Persons, Immaterial Souls And An Ethic Of Life, Kevin Corcoran

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Among objections to naturalist views of human persons like Animalism and the Constitution View are two that concern alleged ethical implications. One criticism is that such views are defective because they lack the metaphysical resources to generate moral obligations or moral expectations to protect life, in either its early or late stages. Another objection relies on the claim that any metaphysical view of human persons according to which some human organisms lack the property of personhood has horrendous moral implications. With respect to the first objection I argue that resources metaphysically neutral with respect to dualism and naturalism about persons …

The Ambiguity Of Gatt Article Xxi: Subtle Success Or Rampant Failure, Peter Lindsay

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Beyond Trashiness: The Sexual Language Of 1970s Feminist Fiction, Meryl Altman

Journal of International Women's Studies

It is now commonplace to study the beginning of second wave US radical feminism as the history of a few important groups – mostly located in New York, Boston and Chicago – and the canon of a few influential polemical texts and anthologies. But how did feminism become a mass movement? To answer this question, we need to look also to popular mass-market forms that may have been less ideologically “pure” but that nonetheless carried the edge of feminist revolutionary thought into millions of homes. This article examines novels by Alix Kates Shulman, Marge Piercy and Erica Jong, all published …

Statement, Spring 2003, Office Of Alumni Relations. Morehead State University

Morehead State Alumni Association Publications

Statement Magazine of Morehead State University from Spring of 2003.

Using Speed Dating Techniques To Enliven And Improve Conferences And Workshops, Larry Lev

Journal of Extension

Most Extension educators seek new ideas for organizing more exciting and animated workshops and conferences. This article describes structured networking activities (also know as "speed dating") that succeed in enlivening meetings, strengthening networking, and improving learning. A speed mentoring approach was successful in sharing knowledge among farmers' market managers with different levels of experience. Farmers and chefs used a more classic speed dating approach to forge new relationships and make deals.

Reforming The Law Applicable To The Award Of Restoration Damages As A Remedy For Environmental Torts, James R. Cox

Pace Environmental Law Review

The author argues that traditional doctrines allowing the award of restoration damages in limited circumstances should be reformed to permit the broader application of such awards. Cox begins with a review of a number of policy rationales that support such an evolution of the law and then goes on to discuss the various doctrines applicable to restoration-damage awards. Cox concludes that courts involved in the adjudication of environmental tort claims should consider the expansion of existing equitable trust doctrines that would remove the fear of unjust enrichment of environmental plaintiffs, thus permitting more liberal restoration-damage doctrines to emerge.

Bibliography: Bibliography For The Collective Intelligence Game, Pierre Lévy

SWITCH

No abstract provided.

The Aftermath Of Sweet Home Chapter: Modification Of Wildlife Habitat As A Prohibited Taking In Violation Of The Endangered Species Act, Steven A.G. Davison

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Measuring The Environmental Attitudes Of Children In Grade 4: A Study In Clark County, Amir Khawaja

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to examine whether there is an increased positive effect on children's attitude when they are taught about the environment in an outdoor/hands-on setting versus an indoor traditional classroom setting. The study focused on grade four students in the Clark County School District. Half of the group was comprised of students that were taught about the environment using traditional classroom learning materials while the other half consisted of students that were taught using the outdoor/hands-on approach. In order to test the results, the students were given a survey. The questionnaire created by Malkus and Musser …

Montana Kaimin, April 1, 2003, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Unf Journal Spring 2003, University Of North Florida

UNF Journal

A university periodical for alumni and friends of the University of North Florida.

The Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 2, The Sinclair Lewis Society

Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter

“Interview with Richard Lingeman,” by Sally E. Parry, Illinois State University

“Lewis Catches Flivver Fever: Author Enjoyed the Early Motoring Days,” by Dave Simpkins, Sauk Centre Herald

“Arrowsmith in Japanese,” by Rusty Allred

“Lewis, London-and Hemingway?,” by Robert E. Fleming, University of New Mexico

“Edith Wharton in Sinclair Lewis,” by Martin Bucco, Colorado State University

“The Art of the Literary Feud,” rev. of Literary Feuds: A Century of Celebrated Quarrels-From Mark Twain to Tom Wolfe by Anthony Arthur; by Sally E. Parry, Illinois State University

“Hemingway Read Some Lewis,” by Hilary Justice, Illinois State University

“Enlightened on Lewis,” by …

Hyaluronate Lyase Gene Of Streptococcus Pyogenes: Molecular Characterization And Regulation, Sheryl Lynne Walton

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

Streptococcus pyogenes causes an assortment of diseases ranging from pharyngitis to necrotizing fasciitis. This bacterium has the ability to elaborate several extracellular products capable of causing tissue damage; one of which is a hyaluronate lyase. Little information is available regarding the regulation of streptococcal hyaluronidase. As such, the expression of hylA in the hyaluronate lyase-producing strain ATCC 10403 and in strains that do not produce detectable enzyme was analyzed by RT-PCR and quantitative PCR. Hyaluronate lyase transcript was detected throughout growth for all strains; however, expression of hylA in the enzymatically inactive strains, 71698 and SF370, was determined …

Multi-Tiered, Multi-Disciplinary Work Teams--The Csu Cafo Work Group Tackles Controversial Public Issues, Andrew Seidl

Journal of Extension

The Colorado State University Cooperative Extension administration formed a multi-disciplinary and multi-level working group to address the debate over large confined animal feeding operations. The work group structure included campus-based extension personnel, regional specialists, and county agents from each of Colorado's Extension regions. The group undertook to inform the CE system, interest groups, elected officials, and the lay public about CAFO policy issues. Evaluation suggests support for the structure, content, and activities of the group. All respondents thought that the work group was a useful model for public policy and public issues education, although areas for improvement were also identified.

The War On Terror: Constitutional Governance In A State Of Permanent Warfare, W. Wesley Pue

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This article assesses Canada's principal legal responses to the challenge presented by terrorism in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. A review of major federal "anti-terrorism" legislation reveals a legislative response that fundamentally violates core constitutional principles while failing to significantly enhance public safety.

Civil Disobedience And Academic Freedom, Leslie Green

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

What is the relation between the forms of principled law-breaking that we know as civil disobedience and the special rights of teachers and students that comprise academic freedom? It is argued that academic freedom does not give them a right to engage in civil disobedience, not even on campus. At the same time, however, academic freedom does protect them in studying, discussing, assessing, and even recommending civil disobedience--even when their opinions and recommendations are misguided or wrong. The subject is discussed in light of some recent cases.

On The Moral Justifiability Of Terrorism (State And Otherwise), Kai Nielsen

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Characterizes and discusses terrorism and considers when, if ever, terrorism might be morally justified. Focuses on "state terrorism" arguing that it is the main engine for creating and sustaining other forms of terrorism.

Adenosine Type 1 (A ) Receptors Mediate Protection Against Myocardial 1 Infarction Produced By Chronic, Intermittent Ingestion Of Ethanol In Dogs, Franz Kehl, John G. Krolikowski, John F. Ladisa, Judy R. Kersten, David C. Warltier, Paul S. Pagel

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

Background: Chronic consumption of small amounts of ethanol protects myocardium from ischemic injury. We tested the hypothesis that adenosine type 1 (A₁) receptors mediate these beneficial effects.

Methods: Dogs (n=37) were fed with ethanol (1.5 g/kg) or water mixed with dry food twice per day for 12 weeks, fasted overnight before experimentation, and instrumented for measurement of hemodynamics. Dogs received intravenous drug vehicle (50% polyethylene glycol in 0.1 N sodium hydroxide and 0.9% saline over 15 min) or the selective A₁ receptor antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine (DPCPX, 0.8 mg/kg over 15 min) and were subjected …

Comparative Study Of The Effect Of Pravastat1n And Captopril On The Contractile Response Of Isolated Aortic Strip To Noradrenaline In High Fructose-Fed Albino Rats., Somaia A. Mokbel, Karawan M. Abdel Rahman

Mansoura Medical Journal

Insulin resistance is known to be a risk factor for the development of type II diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases associated with dyslipidemia & obesity. The present work aimed at the investigation of the influence & possible mechanism of either pravas­tatin or captopril on contractile re­sponse of the isolated aortic strip to noradrenaline (NA) in rats with esta­blished insulin resistance induced by high fructose diet Furthermore to our knowledge there is no study compar­ing the effect of pravastatin & capto­pril as regarding the biochemical changes associated with insulin resis­tance in rats. The present study was carried out on fourty-eight male albino …

Violence Among Adolescent Students In Mansoura, Egypt, Karima A. Badawy, Sanaa El-Fedawy, Abdel-Hady Ei-Gilany

Mansoura Medical Journal

This work was carded out on adolescent students in Mansoura to study the prevalence, determi­nants and health impacts of violence among secondary school students. A total of 1088 students were selected by cluster sampling tech­niques from public general and tech­nical secondary schools of both urban and rural areas. Data was collected through an anonymous self-administered questionnaire dur­ing the class time. More than 28% of students initiat­ed violence within the past year prior to the study. The vast majority (82.3%) of these assaults was initiat­ed with bare hands. The victims were injured in 20.1% of cases. The com- monest injury was …

The Missouri Miner, April 1, 2003

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

How To Create And Use An Interactive Powerpoint Quiz Game, Barbara O’Neill

Journal of Extension

This article describes a Jeopardy style quiz game that can be developed using Microsoft PowerPoint software. It can be used by Extension educators in a number of educational settings, including 4-H club learning activities, kiosk displays, and Web-based learning modules. The quiz consists of 51 slides and includes a game board with 25 question slides and 25 answer slides. Step-by step instructions are provided to develop an interactive quiz using the hyperlink features of PowerPoint to connect answers to questions and questions back to the game board.

Commune-Level Poverty Estimates And Ground Truthing, Tomoki Fujii

Research Collection School Of Economics

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Cambodia, in close collaboration with various government institutions, has been conducting poverty analysis and mapping refinement. The main objectives of the refinement have been (i) to refine core poor areas in Cambodia, (ii) to identify priority areas for social sector interventions such as those targeted to adult and child education, health and nutrition interventions, and (iii) to identify priority areas for assisting variable population groups such as those in flood and drought prone areas, forest and fishing concession areas.

Three Days: Memories Of A Death Life And Redemption, Matthew J. Oliver

English Theses & Dissertations

This memoir explores my relationships with my father, my brother and my children. My dad was my baseball coach, football coach, history tutor. But he drank too much. At times, he became violent. My mom left him, and he went into years of drunken insanity.

As teenagers, my brother, Craig, and I responded to the disintegration of our family by embracing life on the street. Over the next four years, we made a series of bad decisions that led us deeper into drugs and violence, but we stuck together. Craig's violent behavior increased and began to scare even me, but …

Legal Witnessing In The Dead Sea Scrolls: Maintaining Purity And Holiness, Jeremy S. Penner

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Hybridization Between The Watersnakes Nerodia Sipedon And Nerodia Fasciata, In The Carolinas: A Morphological And Molecular Approach, Konrad Mebert

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

A few traditionally applied diagnostic characters of color pattern were compared with an additional set of morphological and genetic characters to evaluate differences between Nerodia sipedon and N. fasciata and to study the dynamics across their hybrid zone in the Carolinas. Many of the morphological characters exhibited significant interspecific differences, although only the number of dorsally complete crossbands (CBa) was diagnostic by itself. A discriminant function analysis of morphological characters was successful in separating both taxa. Species-specific nuclear markers, identified by the AFLP (Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism) technique were nearly fixed and served as diagnostic markers. They revealed extensive introgression …

Expression Of Glutathione-S-Transferase Mu 1 (Gstm1) And Glutathione-S-Transferase Theta 1 (Gstt1) In Patients With Aplastic Anemia And Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Aaron Conrad Spivey

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

Aplastic Anemia is a disorder of the hematopoietic bone marrow stem cells that is frequently associated with drug or chemical exposures. Reduced ability to detoxify drugs or chemicals may result in an increased risk of disease. Glutathione S-transferases are Phase II enzymes, which help detoxify xenobiotics. Many patients who have developed aplastic anemia and myelodysplastic syndrome have the null genotype for GSTMI and/or GSTTI. For patients with GSTMI and GSTTI positive genotypes, non-expression of these enzymes may cause an increased risk in developing aplastic anemia or myelodysplastic syndrome. To test whether genotype positive patients have GSTMI or GSTTI null …