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The Current Medical Liability Insurance Crisis: An Overview Of The Problem, Its Catalysts And Solutions, Christina O. Jackiw

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Federal Efforts And State Approaches To The Crisis, Barry Furrow, David Hyman

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Private Responses To The Crisis, Robert W. Mulcahey

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

An Insurance Perspective On The Medical Malpractice Crisis, Nicole Williams Koviak

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

A Physician's Perspective On The Medical Malpractice Crisis, Amanda Craig

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Financial Report, 2003, Castle Point Street Light District

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Annual Report, 2003, Cedar Hill Fire Protection District

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

They Don't Really Want To Know Us: Experiences And Perceptions Of International Students At The Dublin Institute Of Technology, Almut Schlepper

Level 3

This paper seeks to explore the experiences and perceptions of international, non-EU students at the Dublin Institute of Technology.

My interest in the subject derives from my work as a lecturer at a college with an increasing number of international students and from my participation as a student on a course which made me appreciate the value of a diverse student and lecturer body.

The sample of the survey I carried out included international students and lecturers at one campus of the Dublin Institute of Technology.

Financial Statements And Management's Discussion And Analysis And Supplementary Information, 2003, Monarch Fire Protection District Of St. Louis County

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, 2003, Mehlville Fire Protection District Of St. Louis County

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Financial Report, 2003, City Of County Life Acres

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Financial Report, 2003, Dunklin Fire Protection District

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Financial Statements, 2003, Gray Summit Sewer District

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Financial Report, 2003, City Of Jennings

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Financial Report, 2003, Franklin County Soil And Water Conservation District

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Financial Report, 2003, Jefferson County Soil And Water Cons District

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Financial Report, 2003, Village Of Hanley Hills

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Financial Report, 2003, Village Of Josephville

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Lucy 1845, Jennie A. Gunn

Journal of Health Ethics

Informed consent is more than simply getting a patient to sign a written consent form. It is a process of communication between a patient and physician that results in the patient's authorization or agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention.

In the communications process, the physician providing or performing the treatment and/or procedure should disclose and discuss:

The patient's diagnosis, if known; The nature and purpose of a proposed treatment or procedure;

The risks and benefits of a proposed treatment or procedure;

Alternatives (regardless of their cost or the extent to which the treatment options are covered by health insurance); …

Nancy O’Neal Tatum Dedication, Helen R. Turner M.D., Ph.D.

Journal of Health Ethics

No abstract provided.

"Forward" Commentary, Sheila P. Davis Ph.D., Rn

Journal of Health Ethics

No abstract provided.

Distributions Of Z-Dna And Nuclear Factor I In Human Chromosome 22: A Model For Coupled Transcriptional Regulation, P. Christoph Champ, Sandor Maurice, Jeff Vargason, Tracy Camp, P. Shing Ho

Faculty Publications - Department of Biological & Molecular Science

An analysis of the human chromosome 22 genomic sequence shows that both Z-DNA forming regions (ZDRs) and promoter sites for nuclear factor-I (NFI) are correlated with the locations of known and predicted genes across the chromosome and accumulate around the transcriptional start sites of the known genes. Thus, the occurrence of Z-DNA across human genomic sequences mirrors that of a known eukaryotic transcription factor. In addition, 43 of the 383 fully annotated chromosomal genes have ZDRs within 2 nucleosomes upstream of strong NFIs. This suggests a distinct class of human genes that may potentially be transcriptionally regulated by a mechanism …

Sars Surveillance During Emergency Public Health Response, United States, March-July 2003, Stephanie J. Schrag, John T. Brooks, Chris Van Beneden, Umesh D. Parashar, Patricia M. Griffin, Larry J. Anderson, William J. Bellini, Robert F. Benson, Dean D. Erdman, Alexander Klimov, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Teresa C. T. Peret, Deborah F. Talkington, W. Lanier Thacker, Maria L. Tondella, Jacquelyn S. Sampson, Allen W. Hightower, Dale F. Nordenberg, Brian D. Plikaytis, Ali S. Khan, Nancy E. Rosenstein, Tracee A. Treadwell, Cynthia G. Whitney, Anthony E. Fiore, Tonji M. Durant, Joseph F. Perz, Annemarie Wasley, Daniel Feikin, Joy L. Herndon, William A. Bower, Barbara W. Klibourn, Deborah A. Levy, Victor G. Coronado, Joanna Buffington, Clare A. Dykewicz, Rima F. Khabbaz, Mary E. Chamberland

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

In response to the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the United States established national surveillance using a sensitive case definition incorporating clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory criteria. Of 1,460 unexplained respiratory illnesses reported by state and local health departments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from March 17 to July 30, 2003, a total of 398 (27%) met clinical and epidemiologic SARS case criteria. Of these, 72 (18%) were probable cases with radiographic evidence of pneumonia. Eight (2%) were laboratory-confirmed SARS-coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infections, 206 (52%) were SARS-CoV negative, and 184 (46%) had undetermined SARS-CoV status because of …

Critical Digital Infrastructure Protection: An Investigatoin Into The Intergovernmental Activities Of Information Technology Directors In Florida Counties, Joah Nicole Devenny

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

As cyber attacks become more sophisticated, the risk to all networked computer systems increases. Whether public or private, whether federal, state, or local, the threat is equally real. Consequently, local governments must respond accordingly to understand the threats, take measures to protect themselves, and determine how to respond in the event of a system breach. Additionally, since cyber criminals do not respect geographic or administrative boundaries, local leaders must be prepared to instantly interact with other governments, agencies, and departments to suppress an attack. Guided by the theory of intergovernmental management (IGM), this exploratory research investigated how Information Technology (IT) …

School Psychology Practitioners' Perspectives On Consultation Training And Practice, Kimberly A. Unseld

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

School psychologists have increased their practice of consultation within the schools due to mandates by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and positive outcomes associated with the service. Previous research has examined how training directors at school psychology graduate programs viewed consultation training. The current study investigated how school psychologists view their training in consultation and how they view the practice of consultation in school systems.

A random sample of 510 school psychologists from across the country was sent a survey to obtain their perspectives on consultation. A 46% return rate was achieved. The respondents were divided into two …

No. 13: The Rise Of African Tourism To South Africa, Jonathan Crush, Vincent Williams

Southern African Migration Programme

South Africans display considerable ambiguity if not outright hostility towards Africans from other countries (Crush 2000). The extent of xenophobia was officially recognized in the Immigration Act of 2002 which gives government a statutory obligation to eliminate the phenomenon in its own ranks and amongst the citizenry. Foreign Africans in South Africa are regularly stereotyped as criminals, job-stealers, consumers of scarce public resources and carriers of disease. There is very little recognition of the positive economic benefits of the presence of other Africans in the country.

Africans come to South Africa for a variety of purposes and this needs to …

Improving Comprehension Of Capital Sentencing Instructions: A Bias Reduction Approach, Charles W. Otto

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Previous research has demonstrated that judicial instructions on the law are not well understood by jurors tasked with applying the law to the facts of a case. The past research has also shown that jurors are often confused by the instructions used in the sentencing phase of a capital trial. Social scientists have used two different methods to improve juror understanding of legal instructions, psycholinguistic rewrites and bias-reduction techniques. Psycholinguistic rewrites of legal instructions have been shown consistently to improve juror comprehension of general legal instructions and instructions used in the sentencing phase of a capital trial, however, there has …

The Removal Of Motion Artifacts From Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Measurements, Paresh Thakkar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Modern Automatic Blood Pressure Measurement Techniques are based on measuring the cuff pressure and on sensing the pulsatile amplitude variations. These measurements are very sensitive to motion of the patient or the surroundings where the patient is. The slightest unexpected movements could offset the readings of the automatic Blood Pressure meter by a large amount or render the readings totally meaningless. Every effort must be taken to avoid subjecting the body of the patient or the patient's surroundings to motion for obtaining a reliable reading. But there are situations in which we need Blood Pressure Measurements with the patient or …

Concurrent Validity Study Of The Clinical Assessment Of Depression With The Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition, Shanna Leigh Bowers

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Depression in adolescents if unrecognized, can interfere with every aspect of the individual’s life, increasing the risk for illness and interpersonal difficulties in the future. Therefore, it is imperative that significant levels of depressive symptoms be recognized, assessed, and treated. The usefulness and psychometric properties of new measures of depression are determined, in part, through comparison with existing measures. The current study investigated the concurrent validity of the Clinical Assessment of Depression (CAD; Bracken & Howell, 2004) with the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II; Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996) for an adolescent population. The sample for this investigation consisted of …

Assessing Job Satisfaction And Emotional Intelligence In Public School Teachers, Brandy Cobb

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

ASSESSING JOB SATISFACTION AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS Brandy Cobb May 2004 63 Pages Directed by: Dr. William Pfohl, Dr. Steven Wininger, and Dr. Reagan Brown Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University The professional field of education has been particularly vulnerable to the retention of public school teachers. Teachers in today’s educational system face excessive expectations and demands such as increased accountability, lack of available resources, lack of parental support and involvement, negative student attitudes, low status of the profession, and low paying salaries (Meek, 1998; Tye & O’Brien, 2002). As a result of these demands, many teachers …