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Healthcare’S Hidden Civil Rights Legacy, David Barton Smith, Ph.D.

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Dynamic Conservatism And The Demise Of Title Vi, Gordon Bonnyman

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Flourishing Forties Against Flaming Fifties: Is Reverse Age Discrimination Actionable Under The Age Discrimination In Employment Act?, Elena Minkin

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Safe At Home Base? A Look At The Military’S New Approach To Dealing With Domestic Violence On Military Installations, Jennifer Heintz

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Dentalgram - Vol. 17, No. 12, Loma Linda University School Of Dentistry

Dentalgram

In this issue:

• Christmas Breakfast Memories
• Department news
• Featured employee of the month: Nellie Greene
• Employee's Association bake sale raises more than $600
• Thanksgiving donations
• Restorative dentistry faculty inducted into ACD
• New implant treatment coordinator
• Faculty from Leon, Mexico visits Loma Linda
• Dean's List

In Re Exxon Valdez: Application Of Due Process Constraints On Punitive Damages Awards, Joseph J. Chambers

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Silent Killer, Winston J. Craig

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Fiscal Year 2003 Fhwa-536 Report For The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Steven Douglas Kreis

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requires state transportation agencies to submit a biennial report on local highway finances. The purpose of these reports is to provide FHWA with the data it needs to capture the financing of highway activities at the local level. Based on this information, it can identify trends in revenue, expenditures, investments, and program development, and in turn make decisions about future investments. The report, FHWA-536, asks agencies to report on four areas of local highway finance: 1) disposition of highway-user revenues; 2) revenues used for roads and streets identified by source and funding type; 3) road …

Privacy Rights Versus Foia Disclosure Policy: The "Uses And Effects" Double Standard In Access To Personally-Identifiable Information In Government Records, Michael Hoefges, Martin E. Halstuk, Bill F. Chamberlin

UF Law Faculty Publications

The U.S. government maintains a vast amount of personally-identifiable information on millions of American citizens. Much of this information is contained in electronic databases maintained by federal agencies. Various Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requesters, such as journalists, marketers, and union organizers seek this information for different purposes including investigative reporting and targeted solicitations. These kinds of uses are known as "derivative uses" because this government-compiled information is requested for purposes other than the official purposes for which the information was originally gathered. These and other derivative uses of personally-identifiable information often implicate privacy concerns. Conversely, restrictions on public access …

Diversity Matters: Race, Gender And Ethnicity In Legal Education., Nancy E. Dowd, Kenneth B. Nunn, Jane E. Pendergast

UF Law Faculty Publications

This Article presents more evidence of the inequality that persists in legal education for students. Based on a survey of University of Florida law students conducted in 2001, this study reaffirms the existence of differential experience and an inegalitarian culture in legal education. However, it also demonstrates the importance of diversity and the recognition by a significant majority of students of the value of race and gender pluralism. These competing findings provide a clear guide to the future direction of legal education.

Hardiness As A Career Transition Resource, Katherine Lee Rathburn

Theses and Dissertations

The relationship of hardiness to career transition resources was examined. Hardiness scores were obtained through the use of the Cognitive Hardiness Scale (CHS)(Nowack, 1996) and transition resources were measured by the Career Transitions Inventory (CTI) (Heppner, Multon, & Johnston, 1994). The study included 120 male and female adult participants from multiple settings (primarily from a local university, technical college, and job agency) who had a career transition in the last 15 months. Most participants had experienced multiple career-related changes. The general hypothesis for this study was that certain constructs measured by the CTI correlate with hardiness (the Personal Control factor …

Coping With Stressful Situations: The Use Of Humor As A Preventative Coping Mechanism For Preceived Stress In Public Speaking, Randall J. Smies

Theses and Dissertations

This study attempted to determine the effects of using a humorous intervention as a preventative coping mechanism to lower the perceived stress that can be associated with public speaking. Further, it examined the effects that the humorous intervention would have on both the perceived self-efficacy for the current public speaking and for future public speaking situations. It was hypothesized that a humorous intervention administered before an actual stressful situation in an individual's life would lower stress and also increase their perceived self-efficacy regarding the stressor in the present and in the future.

Participants included 64 college students recruited from an …

Ethical Issues In Defending A Terrorism Case: How Secrecy And Security Impair The Defense Of A Terrorism Case, Joshua L. Dratel

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article discusses the unique ethical and legal challenges faced by criminal defense attorneys in terrorism cases, particularly highlighting the impact of Special Administrative Measures (SAMs), the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA). These laws and regulations, expanded post-September 11, 2001, create significant barriers to effective representation, undermining the attorney-client relationship and constitutional protections. The article emphasizes how these measures not only complicate terrorism cases but also risk bleeding into other areas of criminal law, eroding civil liberties more broadly.

Southern Alumni, Siu Alumni Association

SIU Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm Annual Progress Report, 2003, Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This document highlights 27 crop and livestock research and demonstration reports from projects conducted at Southeast Research Farm in 2003. It is published by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service at South Dakota State University in cooperation with the Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm Corporation. Reports in this document include information on: temperatures and precipitation data, corn production and performance, soybean research and planting, soil testing, alfalfa yield test, fertilizer testing, herbicide research, crop rotation, sorghum, small grains, livestock research, and pest and weed control.

Comparative Analysis Of Telecommunications Regulations: Pitfalls And Opportunities, Mary Newcomer Williams

Federal Communications Law Journal

Book Review: Controlling Market Power in Telecommunications: Antitrust vs. Sector-specific Regulation by Damien Geradin and Michel Kerf.

In this 2003 publication, the authors comprehensively review and analyze the telecommunications regulatory structure of five nations that have achieved some success in promoting competition in telecommunications markets. The authors engage in this analysis in order to evaluate the use of telecommunications sector-specific regulation versus more general, economywide antitrust regulation to accomplish specific goals related to promoting competition and efficiency in the provision of telecommunications services. This review describes the authors’ analysis and highlights its strengths and limitations. It also offers a few …

The Role Of Efficiencies In Telecommunications Merger Review, Calvin S. Goldman Q.C., Ilene Knable Gotts, Michael E. Piaskoski

Federal Communications Law Journal

As a result of the recent telecommunications industry slowdown and the rise of globally integrated communications networks, mergers and acquisitions have become a commonplace occurrence throughout the developed world. In this article, Calvin Goldman, Michael Piaskoski and Ilene Gotts review recent merger and acquisition activity and discuss how the decisions to allow or deny “M&A” are viewed by regulatory agencies in the United States, the European Union, and Canada. The first part of this article addresses these three parties’ approaches to M&A consideration and how the concept of “efficiencies” generated by consolidation enters those deliberations. The authors then explore the …

A Round "Peg" For A Round Hole: Advocating For The Town Of Oyster Bay's Public Access Channel Restrictions, Thomas Werner

Federal Communications Law Journal

New technological devices which allow consumers to skip commercials are driving corporations to engage in alternative advertising. The development of more “organic” methods of integrating products into the content of television programs makes those advertisements much more difficult to detect. As it becomes more difficult to divorce the product being sold from the content of the program, it also becomes more difficult to determine whether or not an advertisement actually exists. Without such blatant references, these programs would be likely candidates to appear on public access channels. This poses a severe threat to the service that those channels were intended …

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring. A Pediatric Review, Aftab S. Chishti

Saudi Medical Journal

Hypertension is one of the major contributors to cardiovascular, renal and central nervous system morbidity and mortality. Although it is more prevalent in the adult population, hypertension and its sequelae are being seen in the pediatric population with increasing frequency. Blood pressure (BP) is not a static phenomenon. It is highly variable, changing constantly in response to various activities, stimuli, and stresses. Consideration of all of these factors make intermittent clinic BP measurements less effective in accounting for BP rhythmicity so ambulatory BP monitoring has emerged as a useful tool to give a detailed analysis of BP patterns during the …

Disease Burden And Case Management Of Bacterial Meningitis Among Children Under 5 Years Of Age In Saudi Arabia, Yagob Y. Al-Mazrou, Elgeili K. Musa, Mohamed N. Abdalla, Mohamed H. Al-Jeffri, Sami H. Al-Hajjar, Omer M. Mohamed

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to explore the case management and disease burden of bacterial meningitis among children below the age of 5 years in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: A prospective descriptive study was conducted during June 1999 through to May 2001 in 8 hospitals from 5 cities in different areas of the country. Those were, King Fahad Specialist Hospital and Maternity & Children Hospital, Buraidah, Belgorashi General Hospital and King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Al-Baha, Maternity & Children Hospital and Ohud Hospital, Al-Madina, Al-Qatif General Hospital in the Eastern Region and Prince Abdulrahman Bin Ahmed Alsudairy Central Hospital, …

Prevalence Of Gestational Trophoblastic Disease. A Single Institution Experience, Tariq Y. Khashoggi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence and time trends of gestational trophoblastic disease in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS: A retrospective study of medical records of 64,762 pregnancies registered and treated at Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, KSA, from January 1988 through to December 1998. RESULTS: Fifty-nine cases of hydatidiform mole (36 complete hydatidiform mole (CHM) and 23 partial hydatidiform mole (PHM) and 2 cases of choriocarcinoma were observed, out of 64,762 pregnancies registered at Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, KSA, during an 11 year period. The temporal trends exhibited significant reduction in the incidence of GTD during the study period. …

Malignant Biliary Strictures, Ibrahim A. Al-Mofleh, Rashed S. Al-Rashed, Saleh M. Al-Amri, Abdullah S. Al-Ghamdi, Faleh Z. Al-Faleh, Hussein M. Al-Freihi, Arthur C. Isnani

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To identify the cause, methods of diagnosis and management of malignant biliary strictures in our institution and compare with studies from other communities. METHODS: From March 1998 through to August 2002, we reviewed 1000 files of patients who underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) at the Gastroenterology unit, King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for malignant biliary strictures (MBS). Clinical, laboratory data, method of diagnosis and management were recorded. RESULTS: Seventy-two patients (72/1000) with MBS were encountered. Forty one (57%) were males and 31 (43%) were females and the majority were Saudi nationals (82%). Jaundice and …

Gastroesophageal Reflux In Bronchial Asthma Patients. A Clinical Note, Lubna Al-Asoom, Abdullah M. Al-Rubaish, Hassan A. El-Munshid, Awatif N. Al-Nafaie, Huda A. Bukharie, Ibrahim S. Abdulrahman

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The objective is to correlate the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux with the results of esophageal reflux with the results of esophageal pH metry in asthmatic patients. METHODS: A prospective study was carried out in King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), during the period January 2000 through to February 2001, whereby 50 patients (34 females and 16 females) with primary diagnosis of bronchial asthma were consecutively enrolled, their mean age + SD was 38.01 + 9.8 years. Twenty-two subjects who were not suffering from asthma or gastroesophageal reflux (GER) (13 females and 9 males) …

Idiopathic Granulomatus Lobular Mastitis. A Forgotten Clinical Diagnosis

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To review clinicopathological features of all cases diagnosed as idiopathic granulomatous lobular mastitis (IGLM) in our hospital and compare them with other data from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: Reports of all breast specimens received in histopathology laboratory in Qatif Central Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over a 14 year period (1988 through to 2002) were collected and those diagnosed as IGLM were selected for analysis of both pathological material and clinical data. RESULTS: Eleven patients representing 1.6% of all breast specimens were diagnosed as IGLM. The mean age was 35 years (range 25-50). Both breasts were equally …

Comparison Of Pcr And Disc Diffusion Methods In Detecting Methicillin Resistance Among Staphylococcus Species From Nosocomial Infections, Manar F. Atoum, Hazem Akel, Mohamed N. Battikhi

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Measures Of Restrictions On Inward Foreign Direct Investment For Oecd Countries, Stephen S. Golub

Economics Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Nepad: Issues, Progress And Prospect, G.E. Ukpong

Economic and Financial Review

This paper is organized into four sections in addition to the introduction. Section II contains major issues with respect to NEPAD. In section Ill, the progress so far made is reported, while Section IV deals with the prospects. Section V contains a brief conclusion.

Oncolog, Volume 48, Number 12, December 2003, Karen Stuyck, Dawn Chalaire, Martha A. Askins, Martha Aschenbrenner

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• On the Move: Efforts Under Way to Improve Outcomes for Patients with Renal Cancer
• Protocols: Studies Examine Treatments for Renal Cell Carcinoma
• Art Therapy Helps Children Affected by Cancer Express Their Emotions
• Children's Art Project Has Been Improving the Lives of Children with Cancer for 30 Years
• DiaLog: When a Parent Is Sick: Talking to Children about Cancer, by Martha A. Askins, PhD, Division of Pediatrics, and Martha Aschenbrenner, Director, Child Life Services

Differences Seen In The Pelvic Bone Parameters Of Male And Female Dogs, Kriengyot Sajjarengpong, Adisorn Adirekthaworn, Kongkiat Srisuwattanasagul, Sayamon Sukjumlong, Damri Darawiroj

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The aim of this study was to measure some of the variable parameters of canine pelvic bones and to make a comparision between the sexes. Eighteen variable measurements of pelvic bones from 34 adult dogs (18 female and 16 male) were studied. The results showed that the variable parameters of pelvic bones in the male dogs were higher than those found in females except for four variables which were the conjugate diameter (C), the length of the pubis (LP), the distance between the iliac crests at their most lateral points (IC) and the shortest distance from the middle of the …

A Scanning Electron Microscope Study On Porcine Zona Pellucida Stored In A Salt Solution For Different Periods Of Time, Adisorn Adirekthaworn, Kriengyot Sajjarengpong, Bangon Wattanaaumpi, Wimon Pothiwong, Mongkol Techakumphu

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The scanning electron microscope features of the zona pellucida of immature porcine oocytes, preserved in hypertonic salt solution, for 7, 14, 28 and 56 days, were compared with the features of fresh immature oocytes. The outer zona pellucida layer showed two principal patterns. The first showed a network, with a spongy appearance and containing numerous pores, while the other had a more compact and smooth structure, with fewer pores. The diameter and the number of outer pores within a 100 μm2 area was evaluated. The mean diameters were 0.55±0.40, 0.47±0.32, 0.42±0.26, 0.40±0.26 for the 7D, 14D, 28D and 56D salt-stored …