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Decision-Making In Mediation: The New Old Grid And The New New Grid System, Leonard L. Riskin

UF Law Faculty Publications

This Article reviews the author's previous mediator-orientation models and proposes a new system for understanding the range of mediator orientations based on substantive, procedural, and meta-procedural decision-making grids.

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.

The Adoption Of A Voucher System In Government-Funded Universities: Perspectives Of Higher Education Students And Workers Of Hong Kong, Bryan Cheung

Essays in Education

Instead of a direct transfer of public funds from government to higher education institutes, a student-centred funding method termed education voucher system is used. The core idea of a voucher system is that the public funding for tuition is being driven by student choice. This change of path of funding has two significant effects, students now have choices and institutes now have to compete for students.

The survey results show that both supply- and demand-side agree that: a voucher system would give students more choice; achieve equal right of choice in education; unpopular programmes and unpopular institutes might be axed; …

Limiting Rights In Times Of Crisis: Our Civil War Experience-A History Lesson For A Post-9-11 America, Paul Finkelman

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article examines the tension between national security and civil liberties during crises, using historical examples such as the Civil War and post-9/11 America to argue that while some restrictions on liberties may be necessary, they must be carefully limited to prevent abuse of power and erosion of constitutional rights. The analysis emphasizes the importance of judicial and legislative oversight to ensure that emergency measures do not undermine fundamental freedoms.

Nothing But The Facts, David Burnham

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

No abstract provided.

In The Absence Of Democracy: The Designation And Material Support Provisions Of The Anti-Terrorism Laws, Jennifer Van Bergen

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article argues that post-9/11 laws, particularly the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) and the USA PATRIOT Act (USAPA), have dangerously expanded governmental power at the expense of civil liberties. These laws, through provisions like material support for terrorism and the designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), enable prosecutions that often violate due process and First Amendment rights. The article contends that sacrificing civil liberties for national security is both unnecessary and harmful, part of a historical pattern that undermines democracy and the rule of law.

Masthead - Cardozo Public Law, Policy And Ethics Journal, Vol. 2 (2003-04)

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

No abstract provided.

Southern Alumni, Siu Alumni Association

SIU Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

2003 Precision Planted Performance Trials: Corn, R. G. Hall, K. K. Kirby

Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars (1920-1915)

This publication reports the performance of entries in the 2003 South Dakota corn hybrid performance trials for both non-Roundup-Ready and Roundup-Ready hybrids. Information includes both the most recent 2-year and 1-year grain yields in bushels per acre; and 1-year bushel weight, moisture percentages of shelled corn at harvest, acre harvest population, and stalk lodging percentages. These performance trials are conducted by the South Dakota Crop Performance Testing ( CPT) program at South Dakota State University.

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.

Its News December 2003, Information & Technology Services

RIT Digital Archives

Disinfecting the RIT Campus||Focusing on Network and Individual Security||Using Technology to Improve Learning||Desktop Defense Project||Top 20 Things to do for Protecting Your Personal Information||Security Week Schedule||Vini, Vidi, Viri (I Came, I Saw, I Infected)||Tom’s Tidbits||Telecommunications Services News

Is Federal Preemption Efficient In Cellular Phone Regulation, Thomas W. Hazlett

Federal Communications Law Journal

While many recent state-level efforts to regulate various aspects of the cellular phone industry have been abandoned in favor of federal regulations, other attempts by state regulators still exist. For this reason, Thomas Hazlett proposes that federal regulation is generally more appropriate than state-level action, due to the nature of the cellular industry. After a brief history of the industry, the author analyzes the pros and cons associated with state and federal regulation. The Article then proceeds to address the efficiencies created by national networks and proposes that the fragmentation of controlling regulatory power would reduce these efficiencies. Following a …

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 …

Bouchat V. Baltimore Ravens: The Fourth Circuit Adopts The Strinkingly Similar Doctrine To Infer Proof Of Access, Douglas R. Arntsen

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Telric Vs. Universal Service: A Takings Violation?, Stuart Buck

Federal Communications Law Journal

While the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has had a profound positive impact on many sectors of the communications industry in the United States, local phone companies have recently faced a serious dilemma under a provision of the Act known as TELRIC. In this article, Stuart Buck presents a current analysis of the position of the telephone company and its struggle to meet costs under the TELRIC structure. The author argues that by forcing regional phone operators to grant wholesale pricing to competitors under TELRIC, while simultaneously maintaining Universal Service requirements of reduced-rate phone access to remote customers, the local phone …

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 …

Isolated Unilateral Pleural Effusion As The Only Manifestation Of The Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome, Abdulaziz S. Aldawood, Afaf A. Felemban

Saudi Medical Journal

Isolated unilateral pleural effusion is uncommon presentation of ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome. The pathogenesis of this syndrome involved an increased permeability of the ovarian capillaries and of the mesothelial vessels triggered by the release of vasoactive substances by the ovaries under human chorionic gonadotropin stimulation. Early recognition of this unusual presentation of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome should allow for physicians to ensure a better and minimally invasive management of these potentially pregnant patients.

Aorto Carotid Bypass In Takayasus Disease, Seyed M. Alamshah, Amanollah Heydari

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Wandering Spleen, Abdullah A. Abba, Mohsen S. Al-Harthy

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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.

Managers’ Incentives To Manipulate Earnings In Management Buyout Contests: An Examination Of How Corporate Governance And Market Mechanisms Mitigate Earnings Management, Joy Begley, Tim V. Eaton, Sarah Peck

Finance Faculty Research and Publications

In an MBO contest, managers offer to buy the firm from public shareholders at a premium to the current market price and thus have incentives to buy the firm “cheap.” Prior studies have found evidence that managers, on average, manipulate earnings downward prior to an MBO offer in an attempt to convince shareholders that their offer is fair. We extend this finding by attempting to explain the substantial cross sectional variation in the degree of manipulation across firms reported in these earlier studies. We find that boards with more independent directors and higher levels of incentive based compensation for the …