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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 …

The Costs And Benefits Of Precommitment: An Appraisal Of Omnicare V. Ncs Healthcare, Sean J. Griffith

Faculty Scholarship

The Decision of the Delaware Supreme Court in Omnicare v. NCS Healthcare raises concerns regarding the efficiency of Delaware law from the perspective of shareholder welfare maximization and engages the emerging literature on corporate precommitments. The clash between the majority and dissenting opinions offers competing visions of the basic corporate law separation of powers issue--that is, board versus shareholder primacy. This Article engages in a close analysis of the Omnicare opinion, focusing on its doctrinal foundations as well as its policy implications. After this introduction, Part II provides a brief overview of the relevant factual and legal background. Part III …

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

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 …

Digital Architecture As Crime Control, Neal K. Katyal

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This paper explains how theories of realspace architecture inform the prevention of computer crime. Despite the prevalence of the metaphor, architects in realspace and cyberspace have not talked to one another. There is a dearth of literature about digital architecture and crime altogether, and the realspace architectural literature on crime prevention is often far too soft for many software engineers. This paper will suggest the broad brushstrokes of potential design solutions to cybercrime, and in the course of so doing, will pose severe criticisms of the White House's recent proposals on cybersecurity.

The paper begins by introducing four concepts of …

Plant-Derived Monoterpenes Suppress Hamster Kidney Cell 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Synthesis At The Post-Transcriptional Level, Dennis Peffley, Apurba K. Gayen

Faculty and Staff Publications

The rate-limiting enzyme for mevalonate and cholesterol synthesis in mammalian cells is 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase. Control occurs through both transcriptional and post-transcriptional actions signaled by the end product, cholesterol, and by isoprenoid intermediates. End products of plant mevalonate metabolism, i.e., plant-derived isoprenoids, also suppress mammalian HMG-CoA reductase. Previous studies reported that isoprenoids suppress reductase synthesis at a post-transcriptional level. We tested the hypothesis that plant-derived isoprenoids also regulate mammalian HMG-CoA reductase synthesis at a post-transcriptional level by incubating lovastatin-treated C100 cells with mevalonate or a plant-derived isoprenoid (the monoterpenes, limonene, perillyl alcohol or geraniol) either alone or combined with the …

Proposed Legislation On Judicial Election Campaign Finance, Roy A. Schotland

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In light of the recent extraordinary rise in judicial campaign spending, illustrated in Ohio's 2000 judicial elections (and elsewhere, and in Ohio again in 2002), we must consider improving the Model Code of Judicial Conduct. The 1999 amendments to the Code addressed campaign finance, but did not address two major problems. The first one is the absence of limits on aggregate contributions from law firms; only Texas has such limits. This gap allows large contributions from law firms to go to judges presiding in cases in which those firms participate, circumventing the recusal and disqualification triggers. The second problem is …

Tribute To Harold Jacobson, John H. Jackson

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Harold Jacobson was not only a fine scholar and excellent teacher who devoted a career to the University of Michigan, but he was also a very trusted colleague and a close friend. His scholarly work was very well recognized and admired. He was one of my colleagues while I taught at Michigan, to whom I willingly recommended students for a multidisciplinary approach to international relations. He was a theorist of political science and international relations who was willing and able to come to grips with the role of law in those fields.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration With Jake, Edith Brown Weiss

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Jake and I were professional colleagues and friends for more than twenty years, but it was in the last fifteen years that we worked closely together, bridging the supposed divide between political science and international law. Sometimes we worked together in the American Society of International Law, other times in the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), or in the Human Dimensions of Global Change program. Most often, we worked together as scholars in interdisciplinary research.

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 …

Teaching, Practice, And Research: An Integrative Approach Benefiting Students And Faculty, Jacqueline Fawcett, Cynthia Aber, Marianne E. Weiss

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

A project showing the integration of teaching, practice, and research is described. The project involved using information gathered as part of baccalaureate nursing students' assessments of women's perceptions of and responses to cesarean birth to extend a program of nursing research. Benefits to student learning and faculty research programs are identified. The project serves as a prototype for the teaching, practice, and research activities of all students and faculty in nursing and other professional disciplines.

Te Contaria Mi Vida: I Would Tell You My Life, If Only You Would Ask, Ruth Ann Belknap, Pilar Sayeed

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Universal screening for domestic violence is recommended in many health care settings. This qualitative study was undertaken to explore the thoughts and feelings of Mexican American women regarding being asked questions about domestic violence by a health care provider. We wanted to further explore what characteristics about a nurse, or other health care provider, would give a woman confianza, the trust necessary to discuss this issue. Seven women, who self identified as abused or formerly abused, were recruited from a pool of Spanish-speaking women receiving services from a rural domestic violence agency in the midwestern United States. The researchers …

Issues And Challenges Of Corporate Change Initiatives In Singapore's Small Business Sector, Thomas Menkhoff, Benjamin Loh, Lena Kay

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

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A Survey Of Limited Nondeterminism In Computational Complexity Theory, Matthew Asher Levy

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

Nondeterminism is typically used as an inherent part of the computational models used incomputational complexity. However, much work has been done looking at nondeterminism asa separate resource added to deterministic machines. This survey examines several differentapproaches to limiting the amount of nondeterminism, including Kintala and Fischer's βhierarchy, and Cai and Chen's guess-and-check model.

Design Of A Lorentz, Slotless Self-Bearing Motor For Space Applications, Barrett Alan Steele

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

The harsh conditions of space, the stringent requirements for orbiting devices, and the increasing precision pointing requirements of many space applications demand an actuator that can provide necessary force while using less space and power than its predecessors. Ideally, this actuator would be able to isolate vibrations and never fail due to mechanical wear, while pointing with unprecedented accuracy. This actuator has many space applications from satellite optical communications and satellite appendage positioning to orbiting telescopes. This thesis presents the method of design of such an actuator a self-bearing motor. The actuator uses Lorentz forces to generate both torque and …

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Detection Of Ehrlichia Spp. In The Blood Of Wild White-Tailed Deer In Missouri By Pcr Assay And Serologic Analysis, Max Q. Arens, Allison M. Liddell, Gerald Buening, Monique Gaudreault-Keener, John W. Sumner, James A. Comer, Richard S. Buller, Gregory A. Storch

Open Access Publications

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Antifungal Susceptibility Survey Of 2,000 Bloodstream Candida Isolates In The United States, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, John H. Rex, Peter G. Pappas, Richard J. Hamill, Robert A. Larsen, Harold W. Horowitz, William G. Powderly, Newton Hyslop, Carol A. Kauffman, John Cleary, Julie E. Mangino, Jeannette Lee

Open Access Publications

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Sensitivity To Changes In Disability After Stroke: A Comparison Of Four Scales Useful In Clinical Trials, Alexander W. Dromerick, Dorothy F. Edwards, Michael N. Diringer

Open Access Publications

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Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography For Detecting And Typing Genital Human Papillomavirus, Jianduan Li, Daniela S. Gerhard, Zhengyan Zhang, Phillis C. Huettner, Jason Wright, Loan Nguyen, Danielle Lu, Janet S. Rader

Open Access Publications

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Are These Queer Times? Gay Male Representation On The American Stage In The 1920'S And 1990'S, James Russell Couch

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

Utilizing a model based on Queer theory and comprising four relational paradigms, this thesis examines specific dramas of Mae West and Terrence McNally in an effort to understand the multiple relationships between the text, the society and the culture in the production of a gay male identity and its representation on the American stage in the 1920s and the 1990s. Each relational paradigm is the product of a different twentieth century scholar and can be viewed as an individual lens through which one aspect of a drama or culture can be magnified, illuminated or distorted. These paradigms are: culture and …

Teaching It In A Hybrid Learning Environment: A Case Study, Terry Dennis, Omar F. El-Gayar, Zehai Zhou

Research & Publications

Dakota State University offers a Master’s degree in Information Systems to students using what is referred to as a hybrid learning environment, a simultaneous combination of in-class, remote interactive audio/video connections (DDN), and Internet connections. This paper identifies some of the issues and challenges that have been encountered by faculty and students in this teaching environment.

Software Project Management: The Role Of Modeling, Omar F. El-Gayar, Sreedhar Thota

Research & Publications

With the ubiquity of software and in the quest towards improving software development activities, the software engineering research community engaged in an active research agenda on modeling software processes. The modeling objectives ranged from process understanding, improvement, and management, to project management. In spite of the significant achievements in the field, few (if any) of the research results are adopted by the industry. This paper presents a brief review and a critical evaluation of the status of software process modeling practices with particular emphasis on their applications to project management from a practitioner's point of view as well as recommendations …

Behind The Screen. Pubmed Intricacies, Ibrahim Mansoor

Saudi Medical Journal

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Luteal Phase Support In Ovarian Induction Cycles Using Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Or Oral Progestagens, Faheem F. Zayed, Mohammad F. El-Jallad, Haifa A. Al-Chalabi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of luteal phase support with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) or oral progesterone during human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) ovulation induction. METHODS: Between September 1999 and March 2001, a total of 91 couples with infertility were recruited at Al-Hammadi Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Badeea Hospital, Jordan. In this prospective trial 46 couples were allocated to luteal phase support with hCG injections, while 45 couples were allocated to Duphaston (oral progestogens) as luteal support. RESULTS: In the group of hCG luteal support, 46 patients completed 46 cycles of hMG therapy, and 8 pregnancies (5 ongoing …