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Oil Pollution Liability And Control Under International Maritime Law, Michael A. De Gennaro

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Oil spills on the world's oceans and waterways are a significant environmental threats. This Note explores some of the myriad reasons why the law--in both the United States and the international community--has failed adequately to address many of the reasons spills occur in the first instance.

Beginning with a brief history of various pollution control schemes enacted over the past few years, this Note focuses on why the current international legal regimes remain ineffective in combating oil pollution. In essence, this Note argues that the current laws fail because of textual deficiencies, a failure to address the external economic realities …

The Lives Of Animals, The Lives Of Prisoners, And The Revelations Of Abu Ghraib, Charles H. Brower, Ii

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In this Article, Professor Brower suggests that the images depicting inhuman treatment of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison contain timely lessons about the function and the importance of legal personality. To illustrate this thesis, the Author first identifies animals as a population condemned to an existence bereft of the protections that accompany legal personality. Next, the Author describes the chilling similarities between the treatment of animals and the treatment of prisoners in Iraq and in the so-called "Global War on Terror." Finally, the Author discusses three potential lessons for a nation widely perceived to have retreated from its commitment …

Lipid-Lowering Effects Of Ethyl 2-Phenacyl-3-Aryl-1h-Pyrrole- 4-Carboxylates In Rodents, Justin M. Holub, Kathy O'Toole-Colin, Adam Getzel, Anthony Argenti, Michael A. Evans, Daniel C. Smith, Gerard A. Dalglish, Shahzad Rifat, Donna L. Wilson, Brett M, Taylor, Ulander Miott, Josephine Glersaye, Kam Suet Lam, Bryan J. Mccranor, Joshua D. Berkowitz, Robert B. Miller, John R. Lukens, Keith Krumpe, John T. Gupton, Bruce S. Burnham

Chemistry Faculty Publications

A series of substituted 2-phenacyl-3-phenyl-1H-pyrrole-4-carboxylates were prepared from substituted acetophenones in 6 steps. The final condensations between a chloroenal and an aminoketone were carried out under neutral conditions in parallel to yield the series listed below. Selected pyrrole derivatives proved to be potent hypolipidemic agents lowering serum triglyceride concentrations in CF-1 male mice after 14 days of I.P. administration. One agent orally lowered serum cholesterol in Sprague-Dawley male rats at 2mg/kg/day after 14 days. The agents demonstrated a lowering of mouse serum LDL- cholesterol levels and selected compounds showed an elevation of serum HDL-cholesterol levels. The cholesterol concentrations in the …

Molecular Epidemiology And Characterization Of Macrolide And Fluoroquinolone Resistance In Streptococcus Pneumoniae., Crystal N. Johnson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Transforming Growth Factor-Ss Latency And Thrombospondin Mediated Activation., Geoffrey D. Young

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Postmodernism And The Search For New Social Epistemological Foundations., Garrison Thompson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Research View, Winter 2004

Research View

Contents of this issue include:

Running Straight Up: UM scientist may have found missing link in evolution of flight

GIS for All: UM project spreads the NASA technology gospel

Easing the Pain: UM professor helps people cope after surgery

Precious Crab Blood: University breakthrough stands the test of time

Moss Unmasked: Researcher finds benefit of common forest plan

2004-2005 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Course Catalogs, 1895-2024

An annual catalog of courses and course descriptions offered at the University of Montana.

Mountain Lions Wolves And Bears: Detangling The Issues Surrounding Predator Conservation In The West, Jessica M. Montag

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Syncretic Iconography By Native Americans Of Montana And Early Catholic Missionaries, Michael J. Mcginley

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Ultrastructure Of Mycobacterium Marinum Granuloma In Striped Bass Morone Saxatilis, D. T. Gauthier, W. K. Vogelbein, C. A. Ottinger

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

An emerging epizootic of mycobacteriosis currently threatens striped bass Morone saxatilis populations in Chesapeake Bay, USA. Several species of mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium marinum, species resembling M. avium, M. gordonae, M. peregrinum, M. scrofulaceum and M. terrae, and the new species M. shottsii have been isolated from diseased and healthy bass. In this study, we describe the ultrastructure of developing M. marinum granulomas in experimentally infected bass over a period of 45 wk. The primary host response to injected mycobacteria was formation of large macrophage aggregations containing phagocytosed bacilli. M. marinum were always contained within phagosomes. Close …

I Chopped Down This House For You, Simeon Mills

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Emergence Of Large Housepits| Climatological Factors Contributing To Changes In Diameter And Size Variability Of Housepits In The Mid-Fraser And South Thompson River Valleys, Jesse W. Adams

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Thunder Over The North| Air-To-Air Combat Over North Vietnam, Benjamin B. Donnelly

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Saving God, Robert Masson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Revised Article 2 And Mixed Goods/Information Transactions: Implications For Courts, Lee Kissman

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

A River Runs To It: Can The Public Trust Doctrine Save Walker Lake?, John P. Sande Iv

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Contracting With Nonprofit Organizations: A Model For Local Governments, Renee Jackson

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

A number of factors have contributed to the rise in nonprofit organizations during the last three decades. No matter the reasons one significant consequence has been an intensification of competition for available funding. With the increasing competition for funding there is growing concern that there may not be an equitable and efficient method in place for many funders to base their allocation decisions on. These concerns arise from the issues that occur during funding processes such as: how open and competitive is the request for proposal process; is there duplication of the same service; can the organization adequately provide the …

Noah’S Younger Brother Revisited: Anti-Noachic Polemics And The Date Of 2 (Slavonic) Enoch, Andrei Orlov

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

El Poder Del Texto Y La Transformacion Del Personaje En Cien Años De Soledad, Sally F. Quiroz

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Two Wrongs Make A Right: Hybrid Claims Of Discrimination, Ming Hsu Chen

Publications

This Note reinterprets and recontextualizes the pronouncement in Employment Division v. Smith (Smith II) that exemptions from generally applicable laws will not be granted unless claims of free exercise are accompanied by the assertion of another constitutional right. It argues that when Arab American Muslims, and others who are of minority race and religion, bring claims for exemption from generally applicable laws on the basis of free exercise and equal protection principles, they ought to be able to invoke Smith II's hybridity exception, thus meriting heightened judicial scrutiny and increased solicitude from courts.

A Narrative Of Sovereignty: Illluminating The Paradox Of The Domestic Dependent Nation, Sarah Krakoff

Publications

For the last thirty years the Supreme Court has been adjusting the boundaries of American Indian tribal sovereignty. Some cases affirm tribal inherent powers, but recently the trend has been to limit those powers. Yet neither the Court nor the Congress, which can reverse Supreme Court decisions on questions of tribal sovereignty, has been informed about how these alterations to tribal powers actually affect American Indian tribes on the ground. This article provides that information by examining the interplay between Supreme Court decisions and the Navajo Nation's exercise of its sovereign governmental powers from 1970-2003. In the categories of general …

My Dinner At Langdell's, Pierre Schlag

Publications

This essay begins on one of those cold wet April Cambridge mornings. It was too wet for fog, but too indifferent for rain. My head ached. My lips were dry and my tongue felt bloated. The fever had surely come back. Worse - the laudanum was wearing off. Tonight would be dinner at Langdell's. It occurred to me that not everyone is invited to Langdell's for dinner - certainly not wayward law professors from the provinces. This was an extraordinary opportunity. Blackstone would be there. Duncan Kennedy perhaps. Certainly the early Llewellyn. I knocked on the door.

Small-Scale Distribution Of Juvenile Gadoids In Shallow Inshore Waters; What Role Does Maerl Play?, Na Kamenos, Pg Moore, Jm Hall-Spencer

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Mechanisms Of Reduced Luteal Sensitivity To Pgf2alpha In Ruminants., Beth A. Costine

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The corpus luteum (CL) of ruminants exhibits periods of reduced sensitivity to the luteolysin prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α). The CL has reduced sensitivity to PGF2α early in the luteal phase. Mechanisms of reduced luteal sensitivity to PGF2α during the early portion of the luteal phase have been widely studied, with a focus on regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 and components of the endothelin system. The first ovulation in postpartum cows results in a CL that regresses during transition from a period of reduced sensitivity to susceptibility to PGF2α, and there is evidence that the first CL in the postpartum cow is more sensitive …

Methamphetamine Toxicity: Thermal Degradation, Cyp450-Mediated Metabolic Activation And Cytotoxic Epoxide Formation., Madhu Sanga

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Methamphetamine hydrochloride and other drugs of abuse undergo thermal degradation upon smoking. Pyrolytic degradation products of cocaine, phencyclidine and methamphetamine laced on tobacco have been identified in simulated smoking experiments. However, thermal degradation products of methamphetamine hydrochloride alone are not known. Differential scanning calorimetry was used to simulate smoking conditions and to thermally degrade methamphetamine hydrochloride. trans-1-Phenyl-1-propene was one of the major thermal degradation products identified. In pooled human liver microsomes, trans-1-phenyl-1-propene was converted to trans-1-phenylpropylene oxide ( trans-2-methyl-3-phenyloxirane) and cinnamyl alcohol (3-phenyl-2-propen-1-ol). Epoxide formation in pooled human liver microsomes showed an apparent K m of 110 ± 16 μM …

The Search For Character: Servant-Leadership In An Australian Organisation, Margaret R. Whitmore

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study is in response to globalisation, changing world values and the call in modern literature for leaders of good character. Servant-leadership is offered to fill this requirement because its effectiveness is said to be reliant on the good character of the leader. In the literature this type of leadership is said to represent a new paradigm. The work of servant-leadership’s proponent, Robert Greenleaf, is thoroughly examined to explain how his understanding of trust as faith is linked to spirituality and this is the key to understanding the character of servant-leaders. Greenleaf’s work is compared with the modern servant-leadership literature …

The Role Of Joint Control In The Manded Selection Responses Of Non-Vocal Children With Autism., Joyce C. Tu

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In the present study, joint control training was applied when teaching selection responses to four non-vocal children with autism. This study is a systematic replication of Tu (2001). The children were two males (ages six and seven), and two females (ages twelve and thirteen). The result showed that it was only after the joint tact/self-mimetic/sequelic control training that the symmetrical performance of manded selection responses appeared with no additional training.

An Efficient Method For Texture-Based Image Retrieval., Umasankar Kandaswamy

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The extraction of significant features from an image is a primary process in content-based analysis of image data. It is also a computationally intensive process. Using an appropriate approximation of the original image with effective signal processing can decrease the computational cost of the feature extraction process by orders of magnitude. This thesis shows that a pertinent approximation for texture images when used with a proposed distance measure can lead to a significant reduction in the cost of texture image analysis without introducing any significant error in the retrieval performance. An evaluation of the hypothesis is conducted in two popular …

Baselining A Compressed Air System: An Expert Systems Approach., Arul Prasad Senniappan

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The depletion of fossils fuels, the unstable supply of these fuels, and the phenomenal increase in energy costs emphasize the need to conserve energy. Compressed air systems are major energy consuming systems in most of industries and are known to be the most inefficient. The baselining of such systems assumes importance in energy conservation because of this. As a result, the baseline of such systems stresses the importance of energy conservation. When designing a new facility and operating an existing one, eliminating inefficiencies such as inappropriate uses, excessive system pressure, leaks and other wastages leads to energy conservation. This research …