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Fear And Loathing In Massachusetts: Same-Sex Marriage And Some Lessons From The History Of Marriage And Divorce, Joanna L. Grossman

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

When Massachusetts became the first and only state in the union to issue legal marriage licenses to same-sex couples last May, the state's Governor, Mitt Romney, warned that "Massachusetts should not become the Las Vegas of same-sex marriage." Romney's warning makes sense only as a reference to Las Vegas' reputation for the "quickie" divorce - a heavily disparaged historical practice in which residents of other states would seek a divorce in Nevada because their home states would not grant them one, at least not on the terms or at the pace they desired. This essay retraces the history of divorce …

The State Of New York Does Exist: How States Control Compliance With International Law, Julian G. Ku

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

Although most courts and commentators presume that the states disappear when it comes to foreign relations, states actually play a crucial role in fulfilling U.S. obligations under international law. In many circumstances, state governments are the only institutions responsible for carrying out treaty and customary international law obligations on behalf of the United States. Not only have states always played this role, but state control over the implementation of such obligations is likely to become even more important in the future because the implementation of many private international law and international human rights treaties is controlled by the states. This …

Harnessing The Treaty Power In Support Of Environmental Regulation Of Activities That Don't "Substantially Affect Interstate Commerce": Recognizing The Realities Of The New Federalism, Katrina Fischer Kuh

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

This Article proposes a framework for applying the treaty power that would accomplish these goals. This framework would be applied where the President has signed, and Congress has ratified, a treaty and Congress has enacted domestic legislation in some way satisfying the goals or requirements of the treaty. Under this framework, the inquiry into whether the treaty power could appropriately be used by Congress in excess of its Article I, Commerce Clause powers would be indexed to the strength of (1) the contract- like nexus between the necessarily reciprocal requirements and the goals of the treaty and the specific statutory …

In Praise Of Statutes Of Limitations In Sex Offense Cases, James Herbie Difonzo

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

This Article explores what happens when spectacular scientific breakthroughs are administered within a criminal justice system whose stance of impartiality is often undermined by sloppy or tainted analysis and testimony as it copes with the pressure to resolve an enormous backlog of DNA samples. A hypothetical case involving the problems an attorney might face in representing a client many years after an accusation of rape serves as the frame for a discussion of both the serious issues and suggested reforms. After this Introduction, Part II reconsiders the policy behind statutes of limitations, both as originally understood and in light of …

Tradeoffs In Community Properties Through Time In A Desert Rodent Community, Ethan P. White, S.K. Morgan Ernest, K. M. Thibault

Biology Faculty Publications

Resource limitation represents an important constraint on ecological communities, which restricts the total abundance, biomass, and community energy flux a given community can support. However, the exact relationship among these three measures of biological activity remains unclear. Here we use a simple framework that links abundance and biomass with an energetic constraint. Under constant energetic availability, it is expected that changes in abundance and biomass can result from shifts in the distribution of individual masses. We test these predictions using long-term data from a desert rodent community. Total energy use for the community has not changed directionally for 25 years, …

Two-Phase Species-Time Relationships In North American Land Birds, Ethan P. White

Biology Faculty Publications

The species-time relationship (STR) is a macroecological pattern describing the increase in the observed species richness with the length of time censused. Understanding STRs is important for understanding the ecological processes underlying temporal turnover and species richness. However, accurate characterization of the STR has been hampered by the influence of sampling. I analyzed species-time relationships for 521 breeding bird survey communities. I used a model of sampling effects to demonstrate that the increase in richness was not due exclusively to sampling. I estimated the time scale at which ecological processes became dominant over sampling effects using a two-phase model combining …

Temporal Dynamics In The Structure Andcomposition Of A Desert Rodent Community, K. M. Thibault, Ethan P. White, S.K. Morgan Ernest

Biology Faculty Publications

The rank-abundance distribution (RAD) represents the manner in which species divide resources. Community-specific division rules that determine resource allocation among species, and thereby the shape of the RAD, have been hypothesized to account for observed stability of local species richness over time. While the shape of the RAD has been well studied, the temporal dynamics of this distribution have received much less attention. Here we assess changes in the shape of the RAD through time in a desert rodent community in Arizona (USA). Because energy use may be more appropriate for studying resource division than abundance, we also evaluate an …

Similarities In Body Size Distributions Of Small-Bodied Flyingvertebrates, B. A. Maurer, J. Alroy, J. H. Brown, T. Dayan, B. Enquist, S.K. Morgan Ernest, E. Hadly, J. P. Haskell, D. Jablonski, K. E. Jones, D. M. Kaufman, K. Lyons, K. Niklas, W. Porter, K. Roy, F. A. Smith, B. Tiffney, M. R. Willig

Biology Faculty Publications

Since flight imposes physical constraints on the attributes of a flying organism, it is expected that the distribution of body sizes within clades of small-bodied flying vertebrates should share a similar pattern that reflects these constraints. We examined patterns in similarities of body mass distributions among five clades of small-bodied endothermic vertebrates (Passeriformes, Apodiformes + Trochiliformes, Chiroptera, Insectivora, Rodentia) to examine the extent to which these distributions are congruent among the clades that fly as opposed to those that do not fly. The body mass distributions of three clades of small-bodied flying vertebrates show significant divergence from the distributions of …

Thresholds Of Significance, Carmela M. Campbell

Master's Projects

This report provides a comprehensive understanding of environmental “Thresholds of Significance” by including a broad discussion of the general concepts associated with thresholds and by also providing a sample thresholds document for projects that occur on unincorporated Santa Clara County lands. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) defines a thresholds as an identifiable quantitative, qualitative or performance level of a particular environmental effect. Non-compliance with a threshold results in a determination that a particular project may have a significant effect on the environment and necessitates preparation of an Environmental Impact Report.

CEQA encourages public agencies to adopt thresholds to standardize …

The Specter Of Speciesism: Buddhist And Christian Views Of Animals, Christopher Key Chapple

Theological Studies Faculty Works

Waldau's meticulous study assesses the origins of the term “speciesism,” coined by Ryder in 1970, and explores the link between speciesism and slavery, colonization, and the oppression of women and children. Just as ethical discourse has been transformed throughout history regarding these issues, the author argues that as more information becomes available, human attitudes regarding animals will evolve. Based on scientific research, he asserts that a new morality will arise that acknowledges the inherent moral standing of animals and will overturn the long-held view that animals serve only one purpose: to serve humanity.

The Eurasian Transformation Of The 10th To 13th Centuries: The View From Song China, 906-1279, Paul Jakov Smith

History Faculty Scholarship

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Translation Control Of The Type I Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor Gene Expression Through Its 5'-Untranslated Region., Zheng Meng

All ETDs from UAB

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Molecular Analysis And Detection Of Vibrio Vulnificus In Its Quiescent And Active State., Gitika Panicker

All ETDs from UAB

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The Role Of Cytokine And Growth Factor Signaling In Normal Hematopoiesis And Leukemia., Sheetal Jwalit Purohit

All ETDs from UAB

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Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor Subtypes That Modulate The Responses Of Directionally Selective Ganglion Cells In The Rabbit Retina., Brian T. Reed

All ETDs from UAB

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The Role Of Centaurin Α-1 In Cytoskeletal Organization., Erin Elizabeth Thacker

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Regulation Of Class Ii Mhc Expression By Estrogenic Compounds., Jill Adamski

All ETDs from UAB

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Regulation Of Growth Hormone Receptor Gene Expression: The Role Of Insulin And Cytokines., William L. Bennett

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The Regulation Of Chemokine Cxcl1/Kc By Okadaic Acid And Osteopontin., Gong Feng

All ETDs from UAB

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Estrogen-Induced Cell Growth Through An Er Independent Pathway., Quentin Felty

All ETDs from UAB

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Age And Cataract-Related Degradation Of Crystallins In Human Lenses., Veronica R. Harrington

All ETDs from UAB

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Validation Of A Delayed Matching -To -Sample Task Using Patients With Dementia Of The Alzheimer's Type., Anthony P. Logalbo

All ETDs from UAB

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Molecular Basis Of Temperature -Dependent Sex Determination., Chris A. Murdock

All ETDs from UAB

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Novel Hippocampal Plasticity Induced By Acetylcholine And Norepinephrine., Cary L. Scheiderer

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Regulation Of Gsk3ss-Mediated Tau Phosphorylation By Members Of The Wnt Signaling Pathway, William H. Stoothoff

All ETDs from UAB

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Fascism, Peter Staudenmaier

History Faculty Research and Publications

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Systemic Delivery Of Peptides And Macromolecules In Nasal Formulations Containing An Alkylglycoside., John J. Arnold

All ETDs from UAB

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Investigation Of The Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Proteins Involved In Viral Transcription., Tara L. Cartee

All ETDs from UAB

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Environmental Epidemiologic Analyses Using A Geographic Information System., Steve M. Dearwent

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Nrg-1ss In The Cerebral Cortex: A Molecule Important In Development, Normal Function And Disease., Kimberly M. Gerecke

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