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A Strategy For Social Reconciliation In The Ethnic Conflict In Transylvania, Cristian G. Romocea

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Casting A Shadow On Illinois’ Sunshine Laws: Rice V. Board Of Trustees, 762 N.E.2d 1205 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002), Charles D. Mockbee Iv

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Unf Journal Fall 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. 12, No. 1, The Sinclair Lewis Society

Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter

“Main Street at the Great American History Theatre in St. Paul: A Review,” by George Killough, College of St. Scholastica

“Main Street Revisited,” by Robert L. McLaughlin, Illinois State University

“Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings on Sinclair Lewis: Glimpses Too Brief,” by Rodger L. Tarr, Illinois State University

“The Lewis-Hemingway Connection-Again,” by Martin Bucco, Colorado State University

“More on the Thoreau Connection,” by George Killough, College of St. Scholastica

“Main Street Invites Interpretations: Theater Review,” by Carolyn Petrie, St. Paul Pioneer Press

“Lewis as Pornography,” by Sally E. Parry, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Salaries Fy2004, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Salaries

Includes four sections: civil service, continuing academic employee, non-tenure track faculty, and non-continuing administrative/professional monthly salaries.

Media Advisory, Anna Deters

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Media Advisory, Erin Wetherille

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Fact Book 2003, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Fact Book (1988-2019)

Fact Book 2003 for Illinois State University

Enter The Dragon: Foreign Direct Investment Laws And Policies In The P.R.C., George O. White Iii

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Gender And Politics In Palestine: Discourse Analysis Of The Palestinian Authority & Islamists, Nahda Y. Sh'hada

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Eldred V. Ashcroft: International Influences And The Outer Limits Of The Copyright Clause, Shiloh Daum

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

2003 October, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for October of 2003.

Occupational Health And Safety: The New Regime For The East Coast Offshore, Susan E. Gover

Dalhousie Law Journal

The Governments of Canada, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador are moving to enshrine existing offshore occupational health and safety (OHS) practices into the Atlantic Accord legislation governing the regulation of petroleum-related activity off the eastern coast of Canada. The proposed OHS amendments discussed in this paper are intended to provide a comprehensive legal framework to achieve the same kind of protection for offshore workers that onshore workers currently enjoy. Application of occupational health and safety laws in the offshore will be clarified so that these amendments, and not other federal or provincial OHS laws, will apply to any workplace …

Synthesis And Biological Evaluation Of Novel Capacitative Calcium Entry Blockers, Thadigiri Celina Mala

Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses & Dissertations

Studies have shown that 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) inhibits thrombin-mediated influx of Ca^{2 +} through store-operated calcium channels in human platelets. Based on this molecule, two sets (boron analogues and the non-boron analogues) were synthesized and characterized by IR, NMR and CHN analysis and evaluated in human platelets to block thrombin-induced [Ca²⁺] elevation.

The synthesis of the non-boron compounds was performed in a simple one step process. According to the literature, some of these compounds were synthesized previously by a complicated two-step process.

All the compounds synthesized were tested for biological activity and the results showed that they …

Topographical Expression Of Class Ia And Class Ii Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Enzymes In Normal Human Tissues Is Consistent With A Role In Differentiation, Soha Salama El Sheikh, Jan Domin, Prakitpunthu Tomtitchong, Paul Abel, Gordon Stamp, El-Nasir Lalani

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Background: Growth factor, cytokine and chemokine-induced activation of PI3K enzymes constitutes the start of a complex signalling cascade, which ultimately mediates cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, chemotaxis, survival, trafficking, and glucose homeostasis. The PI3K enzyme family is divided into 3 classes; class I (subdivided into IA and IB), class II (PI3K-C2α, PI3K-C2β and PI3K-C2γ) and class III PI3K. Expression of these enzymes in human tissue has not been clearly defined.

Methods: In this study, we analysed the immunohistochemical topographical expression profile of class IA (anti-p85 adaptor) and class II PI3K (PI3K-C2α and PI3K-C2β) enzymes in 104 formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded …

Illinois State Alumni Magazine, Fall 2003, Illinois State University, University Marketing And Communications

State: The Magazine of Illinois State University (1999-present)

Illinois State University alumni magazine

The Revised Aba Guidelines And The Duties Of Lawyers And Judges In Capital Post-Conviction Proceedings, Eric M. Freedman

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

On February 10, 2003, the American Bar Association approved the revised edition of its Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases. Their purpose is to articulate the "national standard of practice for the defense of capital cases" ; they "are not aspirational. Instead, they embody the current consensus about what is required to provide effective defense representation in capital cases." Because the ABA does not oppose the death penalty but does believe in justice, it sets as its bedrock criterion the principle that "any jurisdiction wishing to impose a death sentence must at minimum …

L'Impatto Delle Tecnologie Informative E Della Comunicazione (Ict) Sui Fabbisogni Formativi Delle Imprese Fornitrici Di Servizi Logistici In Italia E In Irlanda, P Evangelista, Edward Sweeney, Francesco Andreottola

Conference papers

Le innovazioni connesse all’utilizzo tecnologie informative e della comunicazione (ICT) hanno caratterizzato il cambiamento nell’industria dei servizi logistici e di trasporto nel corso degli ultimi anni. In questo processo, la formazione e lo sviluppo di nuove competenze professionali assumono un ruolo sempre più centrale. Lo
scopo di questo lavoro è di studiare l’impatto delle ICT sui fabbisogni formativi delle imprese logistiche attraverso l’analisi di alcuni casi di aziende operanti nel mercato italiano ed irlandese. Dai risultati è emerso un quadro caratterizzato da una scarsa sistematicità negli interventi formativi e nello sviluppo delle competenze professionali nell’area ICT. Solo alcune imprese di …

The Unbearable Lightness Of Education, Robert Stake

Georgia Educational Researcher

The title of this keynote address is a play upon the title of Milan Kundera’s anti-totalitarian novel, The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Kundera found the life of each of us greatly shaped by chance, largely indeterminate, noting our resistance to rules and customs, yet constrained by comfort, fear, and habit. He spoke of lives as events occurring but once, each moment unique in vital ways and too weak a guide to events still to come. “Everything occurs but once,” he said.

Characterization Of Spy1600 A Putative Hyaluronidase Gene In Group A Streptococci, Karin M. Berling

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Group A Streptococci (GAS), also known as Streptococcus pyogenes, can cause a variety of human diseases ranging from asymptomatic to life threatening. Exactly how a single type of organism is able to inflict such a multitude of diseases remains to be fully understood. One possibility includes the large number of secreted virulence factors expressed by the organism. The recent sequencing of three streptococcal genomes has indicated the existence of several previously unknown genes, some of which may encode possible virulence factors. Among these is Spy1600, which based on its sequence similarities has been proposed to encode a hyaluronidase, a …

Resuscitating The National Resident Matching Program: Improving Medical Resident Placement Through Binding Dual Matching, Melinda Creasman

Vanderbilt Law Review

People outside the medical profession have likely heard of the long hours that doctors keep, but are probably unaware of the low salaries and nonnegotiable contracts that medical school graduates must accept upon entering a residency program. In fact, young doctors are among the few professionals who do not find postgraduate employment in the open job market. Currently, fourth-year medical students seeking postgraduate residency training participate in a process that matches them to a single residency program. This match dictates where the new doctor will spend the next three to seven years of her career. Upon receiving a match, the …

The Cloudy Crystal Ball: Genetics, Child Abuse, And The Perils Of Predicting Behavior, Robert D. Stone

Vanderbilt Law Review

In the cinematic world of Minority Report, mankind stands on the brink of a society without murder. Police can see the future, predicting murders and arresting perpetrators before they act. This utopian system is the ultimate evolution in preventative policing because it offers perfect prediction; it does not show what people intend to do, only what they will do. Society accepts the incarceration of pre-murderers, people who have committed no crimes, because there is no such thing as the "wrongfully accused.' Is the ability to predict behavior only science fiction, or can a combination of genetic and environmental factors actually …

Any Gods Out There? Perceptions Of Religion From Star Wars And Star Trek, John S. Schultes

Journal of Religion & Film

Hollywood films and religion have an ongoing rocky relationship, especially in the realm of science fiction. A brief comparison study of the two giants of mainstream sci-fi, Star Wars and Star Trek reveals the differing attitudes toward religion expressed in the genre. Star Trek presents an evolving perspective, from critical secular humanism to begrudging personalized faith, while Star Wars presents an ambiguous mythological foundation for mystical experience that is in more ways universal.

Effective And Efficient Regulation Of The Offshore Oil Industry: The 2001 White Rose Public Review Process, Peter O'Flaherty, Matthew Clarke

Dalhousie Law Journal

Section 44(2)(b) of the provincial and federal Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Acts provides for a public review of proposed developments of petroleum resources as part of the existing regulatory approval process for the Newfoundland Offshore Area. To date, public reviews have been conducted for three offshore oil developments: Hibernia, Terra Nova and White Rose. This paper examines the effectiveness and efficiency of the public review process for the White Rose Project. The author concludes that the review process was effective in successfully gathering public input and reporting this information to the CNOPB. Despite CNOPB's failure to accept many of the …

Key Issues In The New Regime Of Occupational Health And Safety: The Right To Refuse Work And Directors' And Officers' Liability, Jim Thistle, Matthew Clarke, Joshua Martin

Dalhousie Law Journal

This article examines the existing and proposed occupational health and safety regulatory regimes for oil and gas operations offshore Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador The article provides historical context for both the existing and the proposed regimes. Two specific areas of concern are analysed: the right to refuse work and directors' and officers' liability. For each issue, the author offers observations on the potential impacts that the implementation of proposed legislation will have on offshore oil and gas operations in these jurisdictions

Faculty Senate Degree Candidates, Fall 2002, Vol 29, P 1013-1105, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Documents

No abstract provided.

Characterization And Removal Of Tributyltin (Tbt) From Shipyard Washwasters Laboratory And Full-Scale Studies, Ram Prasad

Civil & Environmental Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Tributyltin has long been used as a biocide in many consumer products to prevent biological growth and fouling. One of the persistent uses of tributyltin is as an antifouling agent in marine paints where its use prevents biological growths on hulls and greatly improves the fuel efficiency of ships. Due to observed adverse effects (tributyltin is an endocrine disrupter) on non-target organisms like shellfish, oysters and snails, the use of tributyltin in marine paints has been banned in many nations and its point source discharge is now regulated through the Virginia Permit Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) program (first state to …

Brownian Dynamics Simulation Studies Of Ion Throughput During Cellular Electroporation, Juan A. Gonzalez-Cuevas

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of the present research work is to analyze the flow of ions through pores formed in the plasma membrane of biological cells during electroporation. In this regard, simulations have been conducted to track the movement of ions in 3-D space based on a Brownian dynamics model, which is mostly deterministic but has some stochastic properties to account for ionic scattering. From the Brownian dynamics simulations, it has been possible to estimate the pore's conductance as well as transport parameters such as the diffusion coefficient and mobility within the pore region, of which there is no experimental data currently …

Time Domain Dielectric Spectroscopy Analysis Of Hl-60 Cell Suspensions After Microsecond And Submicrosecond Pulsed Electric Fields, Allen Laurence Garner

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Pulsed electric fields (PEF's) above a certain voltage threshold cause electroporation for microsecond pulses and intracellular effects for submicrosecond pulses. Models describing these effects often depend on the electrical properties of the cell, which are altered by the PEF. Time domain dielectric spectroscopy was used to provide data for these models and to measure changes in the conductivity of HL-60 cell suspensions due to single 50 μs and 10 ns PEF's of the same energy. For 1.1 kV/cm, 50 μs pulses, the conductivity rose within a minute after the pulse and dropped dramatically approximately forty minutes after the pulse. For …

Method For Performing Accelerated Characterization Of Viscoelastic Constitutive Behavior Of Asphaltic Concrete, Curtis Berthelot, D. H. Allen, Chad Searcy

Department of Engineering Mechanics: Faculty Publications

Constitutive models based in continuum mechanics are formulated for modeling the time dependent mechanical re¬sponse of asphaltic concrete. The model chosen for the initial phase of study is linear viscoelastic, resulting in stress-strain re¬lations that are of the single integral Boltzmann type in time. Experimental equipment and testing protocols are described for obtaining material properties within the viscoelastic framework selected for characterization. A frequency sweep experimental technique is described for obtaining composite properties from short-term tests that can be used to predict long-term, time-depen¬dent material behavior. Mathematical techniques are described for converting experimentally obtained complex compliances to creep compliances and …