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Clients' Views On Privacy And Security After September 11: Have They Changed? Should They? An Information Technology Lawyer's Perspective, Richard G. Lyon Jan 2003

Clients' Views On Privacy And Security After September 11: Have They Changed? Should They? An Information Technology Lawyer's Perspective, Richard G. Lyon

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

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Personal Jurisdiction: Lost In Cyberspace?, Susan Nauss Exon Jan 2003

Personal Jurisdiction: Lost In Cyberspace?, Susan Nauss Exon

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

No abstract provided.


The Erosion Of Online Privacy Rights In The Recent Tide Of Terrorism, Thomas P. Ludwig Jan 2003

The Erosion Of Online Privacy Rights In The Recent Tide Of Terrorism, Thomas P. Ludwig

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Imagine a world where any idea or message communicated to another individual is subject to governmental scrutiny for possible criminal, subversive, or terroristic content. The current location of any individual, as well as the places that he or she commonly frequents, can easily be tracked through that person's phone calls, online activity, and financial records, which are all accessible to government agencies. By intercepting e-mails and tracking online browsing, shopping, and other activities, the most intimate details, habits, and preferences of the average individual are readily available to the prying eyes of cyber-criminals and law enforcement officials alike. Scenarios such …


Urer, The Transcriptional Activator Of The Proteus Mirabilis Urease Gene Cluster, Is Required For Urease Activity And Virulence In Experimental Urinary Tract Infections, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, C. Virginia Lockatell, David E. Johnson, Harry L.T. Mobley Jan 2003

Urer, The Transcriptional Activator Of The Proteus Mirabilis Urease Gene Cluster, Is Required For Urease Activity And Virulence In Experimental Urinary Tract Infections, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, C. Virginia Lockatell, David E. Johnson, Harry L.T. Mobley

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Proteus mirabilis, a cause of complicated urinary tract infection, produces urease, an essential virulence factor for this species. UreR, a member of the AraC/XylS family of transcriptional regulators, positively activates expression of the ure gene cluster in the presence of urea. To specifically evaluate the contribution of UreR to urease activity and virulence in the urinary tract, a ureR mutation was introduced into P. mirabilis HI4320 by homologous recombination. The isogenic ureR::aphA mutant, deficient in UreR production, lacked measurable urease activity. Expression was not detected in the UreR-deficient strain by Western blotting with monoclonal antibodies raised against UreD. Urease …


Simulations Of Quantized Double Layer Charging Voltammetry Of Poly Disperse And Mono-Disperse Monolayer Protected Clusters, Deon T. Miles, Michael C. Leopold, Jocelyn F. Hicks, Royce W. Murray Jan 2003

Simulations Of Quantized Double Layer Charging Voltammetry Of Poly Disperse And Mono-Disperse Monolayer Protected Clusters, Deon T. Miles, Michael C. Leopold, Jocelyn F. Hicks, Royce W. Murray

Chemistry Faculty Publications

This paper describes simulated differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) of quantized double-layer charging (QDL) in poly-disperse monolayer-protected gold cluster (MPC) solutions. The simulation accounts for the voltage spacing between QDL peaks with a concentric sphere capacitor model, in which core sizes, and the relative proportion of each size, are input using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) data. MPC diffusion coefficients are estimated from hydrodynamic radii, and peaks are broadened to account for DPV pulse height effects. The smallest MPCs are omitted from the simulation because electrochemical HOMO/LUMO gap information is uncertain. The largest ones are shown to produce the underlying DPV current …


Diaspora And Deadlock, Miami And Havana: Coming To Terms With Dreams And Dogmas, Francisco Valdes Jan 2003

Diaspora And Deadlock, Miami And Havana: Coming To Terms With Dreams And Dogmas, Francisco Valdes

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The Capital Jury And Empathy: The Problem Of Worthy And Unworthy Victims, Scott E. Sundby Jan 2003

The Capital Jury And Empathy: The Problem Of Worthy And Unworthy Victims, Scott E. Sundby

Articles

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Inquiry And Advocacy, Fallibilism And Finality: Culture And Inference In Science And The Law, Susan Haack Jan 2003

Inquiry And Advocacy, Fallibilism And Finality: Culture And Inference In Science And The Law, Susan Haack

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To Do Is To Be, Zanita E. Fenton Jan 2003

To Do Is To Be, Zanita E. Fenton

Articles

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Icann And Antitrust, A. Michael Froomkin Jan 2003

Icann And Antitrust, A. Michael Froomkin

Articles

National identification ("ID") cards appear increasingly inevitable. National ID cards have the potential to be repressive and privacy destroying, but it is also possible to design a system that captures more benefits than costs. Because the United States currently lacks a single, reliable credential, private businesses have trouble authenticating their customers and matching data among distributed databases. This Article argues that the desire for reliable ID creates a window of opportunity for the federal government to strike a bargain: offer private businesses the use of a reliable credential in the form of a national ID card, on the condition that …


Commentary: Time To Hug A Bureaucrat, A. Michael Froomkin Jan 2003

Commentary: Time To Hug A Bureaucrat, A. Michael Froomkin

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Risk Management And Organizational Governance: The Case Of Enron, Robert Eli Rosen Jan 2003

Risk Management And Organizational Governance: The Case Of Enron, Robert Eli Rosen

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Children's Rights In Israel: An End To Corporal Punishment, Tamar Ezer Jan 2003

Children's Rights In Israel: An End To Corporal Punishment, Tamar Ezer

Articles

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Strategies For Developing Cell Group Leadership In The Korean Small Church, Sung San Lee Jan 2003

Strategies For Developing Cell Group Leadership In The Korean Small Church, Sung San Lee

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to determine if the cell group church model would be an effective strategy for church growth in the Korean Baptist Bible Fellowship. It does provide assistance for any church interested in developing a cell group church, based on the New Testament's concept of the church and its leadership. Two strong Korean cell group churches were studied: one in America and one is Korea. It describes opinions of pastors in the Korean Baptist Bible Fellowship regarding cell group church ministry.


Supreme Court Section 1983 Decisions: (October 2001 Term), Martin A. Schwartz Jan 2003

Supreme Court Section 1983 Decisions: (October 2001 Term), Martin A. Schwartz

Scholarly Works

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New Surveillance, The , Sonia K. Katyal Jan 2003

New Surveillance, The , Sonia K. Katyal

Faculty Scholarship

A few years ago, it was fanciful to imagine a world where intellectual property owners - such as record companies, software owners, and publishers - were capable of invading the most sacred areas of the home in order to track, deter, and control uses of their products. Yet, today, strategies of copyright enforcement have rapidly multiplied, each strategy more invasive than the last. This new surveillance exposes the paradoxical nature of the Internet: It offers both the consumer and creator a seemingly endless capacity for human expression - a virtual marketplace of ideas - alongside an insurmountable array of capacities …


Their Liberties, Our Security: Democracy And Double Standards, David Cole Jan 2003

Their Liberties, Our Security: Democracy And Double Standards, David Cole

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Some maintain that a "double standard" for citizens and noncitizens is perfectly justified. The attacks of September 11 were perpetrated by nineteen Arab noncitizens, and we have reason to believe that other Arab noncitizens are associated with the attackers and will seek to attack again. Citizens, it is said, are presumptively loyal; noncitizens are not. Thus, it is not irrational to focus on Arab noncitizens. Moreover, on a normative level, if citizens and noncitizens were treated identically, citizenship itself might be rendered meaningless. The very essence of war involves the drawing of lines in the sand between citizens of our …


Two Cheers For Gentrification, J. Peter Byrne Jan 2003

Two Cheers For Gentrification, J. Peter Byrne

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The very word "gentrification" implies distaste. Advocates for the poor and ethnic minorities see affluent whites bidding up the prices for urban housing to levels that force poor families out, depriving them of affordable housing, perhaps rendering them homeless, and changing the character of a neighborhood from one that reflects distinct ethnic and class needs and cultural traditions into a bland emporium for expensive consumer goods. Sometimes historic preservation laws are indicted as particular culprits in setting this dynamic in motion. A result of these perceptions is that the legal literature on gentrification, in general, and historic preservation both reflect …


Pushing Drugs: Genomics And Genetics, The Pharmaceutical Industry, And The Law Of Negligence, Heidi Li Feldman Jan 2003

Pushing Drugs: Genomics And Genetics, The Pharmaceutical Industry, And The Law Of Negligence, Heidi Li Feldman

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article presents a piece of a larger, ongoing project on the phenomenon of market-driven manufacturing (MDM) and how tort law should address it. In contrast to the larger project, this article provides a relatively brief overview of the general phenomenon of MDM, but zeros in on how pharmaceutical manufacturers specifically practice MDM. MDM is a well-documented, much practiced activity, although American courts do not recognize MDM as a discrete category of conduct. The basic idea of MDM is that marketing considerations should continuously control every aspect and stage of a product's lifecycle. When a company engages in MDM, it …


The National Security Presidency In Constitutional Context: Reflections On Terrorism And The Presidency From The Last Ten Years, James E. Baker Jan 2003

The National Security Presidency In Constitutional Context: Reflections On Terrorism And The Presidency From The Last Ten Years, James E. Baker

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In this time of terrorist threat, there is no more important institution to study than the national security presidency. That is because the president is singularly situated to command the instruments to counter terrorism. He is also singularly situated to ensure that such instruments are used effectively, lawfully, and in a manner consistent with constitutional values. I believe I have a duty, based on where I have been, to help others observe and understand the institution of the presidency. I do so because I want the national security presidency to succeed in providing for our physical security and in upholding …


An Open Singularity-Free Cosmological Model With Inflation, Koray Karaca, Selçuk Bayin Jan 2003

An Open Singularity-Free Cosmological Model With Inflation, Koray Karaca, Selçuk Bayin

Turkish Journal of Physics

In the light of recent observations which point to an open universe (\Omega _{0} < 1), we reconsider singularity-free models, originally constructed for closed universes. Our model starts from a nonsingular state called prematter, governed by an inflationary equation of state P=( \gamma _{p}-1) \rho , where \gamma _{p} is a small positive parameter representing the initial vacuum dominance of the universe. Unlike the closed models, an open universe cannot be initially static hence, starts with an initial expansion rate represented by the initial value of the Hubble constant H(0). Therefore, our model is a two-parameter universe model (\gamma _{p},H(0)). During the prematter phase, due to the unusual characteristic of the equation of state, the universe heats up even though it expands. When the temperature in the universe reaches the Planck temperature T_{pl}, which is taken as the maximum attainable physical temperature, a first order phase transition carries the universe into the radiation era. Then the universe starts to behave as predicted in the standard model. The model proposed in this work predicts a value between 60 and 80 Km\cdot \sec ^{-1}\cdot Mpc^{-1} for the present value of the Hubble constant H_{0}, and the predicted value of \Omega _{0} lies between 0.3 and 0.6. Comparing the predictions of this model for the present properties of the universe with the recent observational results, we argue that the model constructed in this paper could be used as a realistic universe model.


Inflation In A Flat Universe, Koray Karaca, Selçuk Bayin Jan 2003

Inflation In A Flat Universe, Koray Karaca, Selçuk Bayin

Turkish Journal of Physics

We started the evolution of a flat universe from a nonsingular state called prematter which is governed by an inflationary equation of state P=(\gamma -1)\rho , where \gamma represents the initial vacuum dominance of the universe. The evolution of the universe-except in the prematter era-is affected neither by the initial vacuum dominance nor by the initial expansion rate of the universe. On the other hand, present properties of the universe, such as the Hubble constant, age and density, are sensitive to the value of the temperature at the decoupling ( T_{m}) . Over a range between 3\cdot 10^{4}and 5\cdot 10^{4} …


The Motion Of Cosmic Strings In The Schwarzschild Black Hole Spacetime, Sergey Roshchupkin, Yevgeniy Zinchenko Jan 2003

The Motion Of Cosmic Strings In The Schwarzschild Black Hole Spacetime, Sergey Roshchupkin, Yevgeniy Zinchenko

Turkish Journal of Physics

We study the classical dynamics of a bosonic string in the Schwarzschild spacetime using a perturbative scheme which is based on the assumption of a small value of a rescaled string tension parameter. The proposed approximation selfconsistently describes the string dynamics on the scale of large values for the worldsheet time in a fixed gauge.


Multiply Charged Ions Produced After Deexcitation Processes For Important Elements In Astrophysics, Adel M. El-Shime, Adel A. Ghoneim, Yehia A. Lotfy Jan 2003

Multiply Charged Ions Produced After Deexcitation Processes For Important Elements In Astrophysics, Adel M. El-Shime, Adel A. Ghoneim, Yehia A. Lotfy

Turkish Journal of Physics

Selection random number method (Monte Carlo technique) is used to calculate the ion charge state distributions (CSD) and mean ion charge \bar{q} after K-, L_{I}, L_{III}- and M_{I}- shell ionization in neutral atoms and their q-fold ground state ions (q = 0 to 10) from C to Fe elements. Atomic data for radiative and non-radiative transitions and electron shake off process, which is used in the modeling vacancy cascade program, are computed with relativistic wave functions. Use of atomic data is important to accurately model vacancy cascades. To enhance the agreement between calculated and experimental values, the electron shake-off processes …


Modeling Of Infrared Radiation For All Skies From Easy-To-Measure Meteorological Parameters At Tropical Location: Ilorin, Nigeria, Sunday O. Udo Jan 2003

Modeling Of Infrared Radiation For All Skies From Easy-To-Measure Meteorological Parameters At Tropical Location: Ilorin, Nigeria, Sunday O. Udo

Turkish Journal of Physics

Downward infrared radiation (L) and some easy-to-measure meteorological variables (relative humidity, clearness index and vapour pressure) were collected for a period of two years at Ilorin. Downward infrared radiation data were obtained using a pyrgeometer (Eppley-PIR), while data for relative humidity and vapour pressure for Ilorin were obtained from the Nigerian Meteorological Services, Lagos. Based on these data, using statistical regression analysis, empirical models (seven one-variable and nine two-variable) for predicting daily mean infrared radiation, from both clear and cloudy skies, were tested. Their advantage is that they only make use of easily measured meteorological parameters. The best one-variable model …


Operation Parameters Of The Thermionic Vacuum Arc Discharge, Tamer Akan Jan 2003

Operation Parameters Of The Thermionic Vacuum Arc Discharge, Tamer Akan

Turkish Journal of Physics

The thermionic vacuum arc (TVA) discharge with evaporating anodes employing directly heated thermionic cathodes is investigated. The TVA discharge generates a pure, gas-free metal vapor plasma containing ions with a directed energy. The TVA is strongly controlled by the cathodic electron beam and there is a quite good stability of important operation parameters like the arc voltage and the arc current.


Development Of Double Discharge Pulsed Electron Beam Generator And Its Preliminary Applications In Material Processing, Hi̇lal Göktaş, Gulay Oke, Mircea Udrea Jan 2003

Development Of Double Discharge Pulsed Electron Beam Generator And Its Preliminary Applications In Material Processing, Hi̇lal Göktaş, Gulay Oke, Mircea Udrea

Turkish Journal of Physics

This article presents the construction of a fast, intense electron beam generator, several of its operational properties and its preliminary applications. A fast filamentary discharge produced in a tube filled with Argon gas at pressure of about 0.1 torr. An electron beam is obtained with a current intensity of about 0.6 A for a 25 ns duration. The length of the filamentary discharge and the behavior of the beam in the magnetic field are examined. The interaction of the beam with different targets was investigated by Scanning Electron Microscope. It is also demonstrated that the device can be used to …


Cover And Contents Jan 2003

Cover And Contents

Turkish Journal of Physics

No abstract provided.


Timelike And Spacelike Ricci Collineation Vectors In String Fluid, Hüsnü Baysal, İhsan Yilmaz Jan 2003

Timelike And Spacelike Ricci Collineation Vectors In String Fluid, Hüsnü Baysal, İhsan Yilmaz

Turkish Journal of Physics

We study the consequences of the existence of timelike and spacelike Ricci collineation vectors (RCVs) for string fluid in the context of general relativity. Necessary and sufficient conditions are derived for a space-time with string fluid to admit a timelike RCV, parallel to u^a, and a spacelike RCV, parallel to n^a. In these cases, some results obtained are discussed.


Interaction Integrals Of Extended Bodies And Convolution/Folding Operation, Şule Kehnemi̇, R. Ömür Akyüz Jan 2003

Interaction Integrals Of Extended Bodies And Convolution/Folding Operation, Şule Kehnemi̇, R. Ömür Akyüz

Turkish Journal of Physics

The convolution, or folding, theorem related to Fourier transforms is applied to the evaluation of interaction integrals of certain extended bodies for the specific purpose of nuclear applications The integrals give analytical results for a class of functions when chosen from among uniform sharp and leptodermous spheres, delta-points, Yukawa, and Coulomb shapes. Such shapes are convenient to use as models for source density and point-point interaction.