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Armed Conflict, Health And Human Rights, Alex Deraney, Hafsteinn Hafsteinsson

Human Rights & Human Welfare

This section highlights resources with information on health concerns that arise from armed conflict. It examines human rights violations as derived from health issues and the humanitarian efforts to alleviate them. The vast majority of available literature approaches conflict-related healthcare shortfalls in terms of intervention. Literature dealing with armed conflict and health as it applies to human rights is much harder to come by, which indicates the need for additional emphasis in this area.

Human Rights, Health And The Environment, David Gillespie

Human Rights & Human Welfare

Environmental health and human rights are inextricably linked. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 3, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.” Given that the earth is the source of the basic necessities of human life, any discussion about health and human rights must be attentive to its inherent environmental aspects. International conventions, documents and reports such as Agenda 21 (1992) and The Draft Declaration of Human Rights and the Environment (1994) have expressly argued for such an integrated approach. In response, a plethora of works over the past decade have expanded the …

Pari Passu And A Distressed Sovereign's Rational Choices, William Wilson Bratton

Articles

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Characterization Of Protein Prenyltransferases And Protein Prenylation In Plasmodium Falciparum, Thiago Gaspar Dasilva

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Malaria kills at least one million people each year, mostly children - a death every 30 seconds. Almost one half of the world population is at risk from malaria. Antimalarial drugs are the only means for the treatment of about 500 million annual global malaria cases. Because of prevalent drug-resistance it is extremely urgent to identify new drug targets. Many proteins involved in eukaryotic signal transduction and cell cycle progression undergo post-translational lipid modification by a prenyl group. Protein prenyltransferases, which catalyze the post-translational prenyl modification, have been established as a target for anticancer therapy. Research done in our laboratory …

The Ethical Perils Of Representing The Juvenile Defendant Who May Be Incompetent, Adrienne E. Volenik

Law Faculty Publications

This Article examines questions likely to arise with respect to these interests when an attorney suspects his or her juvenile client may be incompetent. Part I reviews the doctrine of adjudicative competence in the context of adult criminal proceedings. Part II summarizes the newly evolved application of the doctrine in juvenile court. Part III examines the ethical, legal, and practical considerations that arise when a lawyer has concerns about whether a juvenile client possesses the competence needed to participate appropriately in juvenile court proceedings.

The Internal Revenue Code As Sodomy Statute, Anthony C. Infanti

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Consumer Banktuptcy As Part Of The Social Safety Net: Fresh Start Or Treadmill, Jean Bracher

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Breaking Out Of The Prison Hierarchy: Transgender Prisoners, Rape, And The Eighth Amendment, Christine Peek

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Asbestos Litigation System In The San Francisco Bay Area: A Paradigm Of The National Asbestos Litigation Crisis, Dominica C. Anderson, Kathryn L. Martin

Santa Clara Law Review

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Pressure Groups And The State Homelessness Taskforce: An Investigation Of The Insider/Outsider Model Of Pressure Group Theory, Bianca Blake

Theses : Honours

This research investigates the activities and experiences of two pressure groups involved in the State Homelessness Taskforce. The aim of the research is to critique the predominant understanding of insider and outsider pressure groups within the Australian literature, which is based primarily upon the sectional/promotional typology. The applicability of the Aberdeen insider/outsider model of pressure group theory within the Australian context is also determined. Due to methodological difficulties inherent in attempting to quantify the success or effectiveness of pressure groups, this research focuses specifically upon the strategies employed by each group in their attempt to influence the findings and recommendations …

'That Most Despicable Travesty Of A Women': Eliza Lynn Linton And Elma Stuart, Kathleen Adams

The George Eliot Review Online, ISSN: 2831-5375

The George Eliot Collection in Nuneaton Library includes a previously unpublished letter written by Elma Stuart, one of George Eliot's greatest admirers. It was written in response to a critical and spiteful article about George Eliot in 1895 by Eliza Lynn Linton in the journal The Woman at Home. It was inevitable that the vicious article would antagonize Elma, who was so besotted with her idol that she had engraved upon the headstone on her grave in Highgate Cemetery in London - and next to George Eliot's own grave .... 'whom for 8'h blessed years George Eliot called by the …

The Effect Of Redundant Stimulus Elements On Visual Discrimination As A Function Of Element Heterogeneity, Equal Discriminability, And Position Uncertainty, W. R. Garner, J. H. Flowers

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Garner and Lee (1962) investigated the visual discrimination of patterns of XS and Os presented at short duration and low contrast, and found that as redundant Xs and/or Os were added to the patterns there was no improvement in discrimination. In fact, there was clear evidence that performance was better if S deliberately avoided use of the redundant elements by attending only to part of the stimulus pattern, thus intentionally excluding perception of the redundant elements.

Summer 2004 Book Notes, Notes & News, Great Plains Quarterly

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Book Notes & Notes and News from the Summer 2004 issue of Great Plains Quarterly.

Book Review: The Extraordinary Work Of Ordinary Writing: Annie Ray's Diary, Julie Nichols

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

"Worked hard today of course," writes Annie Ray, January 17,1881, testifying to another day. "Ordinary writing" suggests the functional and dull: shopping lists, inventories, thank yous, and diaries, which author Jennifer Sinor likens to things we "toss" once they've outlived their use. Sinor seeks to redefine and elevate these writings, insisting that "ordinary" is not "commonplace"; their value lies in their ordering of self within a life.

Book Review: The Life And Political Times Of Tommy Douglas, James M. Pitsula

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Walter Stewart's life of Tommy Douglas cannot be described as a fresh contribution to our understanding of Canada's most notable socialist, the man who served successively as premier of Saskatchewan (1944-61) and national leader of the New Democratic Party (1961-71). It relies heavily on previous biographies written by Doris Shackleton and Thomas H. and Ian McLeod, as well as Douglas's autobiographical interviews published in 1982. Stewart justifies his reworking of familiar material on the basis that "medicare [i.e., comprehensive, universal, compulsory, and government-administered health insurance) is in crisis," and Canadians "might want to know something more about the man without …

Journal Of Actuarial Practice - Volume 11 (2004) - Contents And Masthead

Journal of Actuarial Practice (1993–2006)

Contents

Editorial Policy: Topics suitable for this journal include AIDS, annuity products, asset-liability matching, cash-flow testing, casualty rate making, credibility theory, credit insurance, disability insurance, expense analysis, experience studies, FASB issues, financial reporting, group insurance, health insurance, individual risk taking, insurance regulations, international issues, investments, liability insurance, loss reserves, marketing, pensions, pricing issues, product development, reinsurance, reserving issues, risk-based capital, risk theory, social insurance, solvency issues, taxation, valuation issues, and workers' compensation

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Editor - Colin Ramsay, University of Nebraska

Associate Editors: Robert Brown, University of Waterloo ○ Cecil Bykerk, Mutual of Omaha ○ Ruy Cardoso, …

Congregationalist Richard Cordley And The Impact Of New England Cultural Imperialism In Kansas, 1857-1904, Nathan Wilson

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

What constitutes an authentic western hero? The archetypal image of the Jeffersonian ideal, the yeoman pioneer farmer who brought all the benefits of the American republic to the West, was the quintessential western hero until the Civil War era. Following this destructive period in American history, the armed gunfighter or cowboy replaced the yeoman farmer as the popular image of what it meant to be a western hero. But what about the clergy? As a major social force throughout the nineteenth century, religion proved an important factor in the settlement of the American West. Yet the idea of a religious …

Entering Sacred Landscapes: Cultural Expectations Versus Legal Realities In The Northwestern Plains, Gregory R. Campbell, Thomas A. Foor

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The spiritual part of this earth is as powerful, maybe more powerful than the physical life that we have - that we understand. We have lived in the spiritual environment, and are very much aware of its powers. The certain power places that have certain gifts to man, such as the Covenants, the many Teachings, the many blessings that come from these places-these places we call the Holy Places. The Holy Places are the spiritual environment that we have come to understand, that here is a place that the teachings, the Covenants, are received.

Book Reviews, Notes And News, Great Plains Quarterly

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Book Reviews & Notes and News from the Fall 2004 issue of Great Plains Quarterly.

Book Review: One Woman's Political Journey: Kate Barnard And Social Reform, 1875-1930, Linda Edmondson

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Kate Barnard was elected Oklahoma's first commissioner of charities and corrections in 1907. The first woman in the country elected to a major statewide office, she remains Oklahoma's most famous woman politician. Lynn Musslewhite and Suzanne Jones Crawford have written a definitive biography of this western progressive and her reform efforts.

Book Reviews And Notes & News, Fall 2004, Great Plains Quarterly

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Book Reviews & Notes and News in the Fall 2004 issue of Great Plains Quarterly.

The New Negro Arts And Letters Movement Among Black University Students In The Midwest, 1914-1940, Richard M. Breaux

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s were an exciting time for black artists and writers in the United States. Much of the historical literature highlights the so-called Harlem Renaissance or its successor, the Black Chicago Renaissance. Few studies, however, document the influence of these artistic movements outside major urban cities such as New York, Chicago, or Washington, DC. In his 1988 essay on black education, historian Ronald Butchart argued that the educational effects of black social movements such as the Harlem Renaissance on black schooling are unclear and underexplored. This article explores the influence of the New Negro arts and letters …

Contractual Stipulation For Judicial Review And Discovery In United States-Japan Arbitration Contracts, Norman T. Braslow

Seattle University Law Review

This Article discusses in detail how the arbitration process in both the United States and Japan can very often result in injustice to both parties. Part II describes how limitations on discovery can cause vital information necessary to either prosecute or defend a claim to never appear before the arbitrator. The article then discusses the possibility of including provisions that might ameliorate this problem. Next, this Part examines specific examples of situations where the arbitrators can ignore the civil rules of evidence and admit evidence that would be inadmissible in a court of law. Finally, this Part concludes with a …

The Use Of Pre-Existing Exclusionary Zones As Probationary Conditions For Prostitution Offenses: A Call For The Sincere Application Of Heightened Scrutiny, Gordon Hill

Seattle University Law Review

In Washington, precedent supports the application of a heightened level of appellate scrutiny to probationary conditions that infringe on fundamental liberties, but this scrutiny is often inconsistently applied and frequently heightened in name alone. This Comment argues that, because the justification for appellate court deference toward the trial courts' creation of probationary conditions has disappeared in the context of SOAP orders, appellate courts faced with such orders should more rigorously examine the trial court decisions. This heightened scrutiny is justified because SOAP orders infringe on the state-recognized right of intrastate travel. Further, based on an examination of the research on …

Not On "Shaky Grounds": Lawrence V. Texas, 123 S. Ct. 2472 (2003), And The Constitutionality Of State Domas Such As Nebraska's Marriage Provision, Neb. Const. Art. I, § 29, Kevin R. Corlew

Nebraska Law Review

In June 2003 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a controversial homosexual sodomy statute in Lawrence v. Texas. The issue was whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permitted a state to criminalize private and consensual sexual activity between adults. The Court held that it did not. Since the decision, much of the public discourse has turned to the subject of marriage and whether or not existing state laws that exclude same-sex marriages from public recognition will be able to stand in light of Lawrence. People on both sides of the issue assert that Lawrence paves the …

From Sgid And Gift To Bbq: Streamlining Midterm Student Evaluations To Improve Teaching And Learning, Margaret K. Snooks, Sue E. Neeley, Kathleen M. Williamson

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Faculty members want feedback about ways to improve learning. Midterm assessments are more useful than end-of-term student evaluations. Not all institutions provide faculty development consultants. This chapter presents an innovative process appropriate for institutions currently without teaching enhancement centers. The Bare Bones Questions (BBQ) process consists of empathic trained colleagues facilitating students’ evaluative discussions. Students and faculty members are overwhelmingly positive about the process piloted for the past three years. Students’ suggestions can include simple changes in classroom environment or enhanced sensitivity to cultural diversity. BBQ may build intra-institutional collegiality by reducing the isolation of teaching.

Problem–Based Service–Learning: Rewards And Challenges With Undergraduates, Kenneth France

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Students in three Abnormal Psychology sections participated in problem-based service learning (PBSL). Desired learning outcomes included humanizing persons diagnosed with mental health disorders and more fully appreciating challenges experienced by such individuals. Students completing the PBSL projects evidenced decreased negative feelings and increased positive feelings toward consumers of mental health services. According to the community partners, students made valuable contributions to both the organizations and the mental health consumers served by those organizations. Students saw the activity as being challenging and rewarding.

Making Adjunct Faculty Part Of The Academic Community, Karen R. Krupar

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Hundreds of adjunct faculty in four-year colleges and universities teach over 45% of the courses, especially in the general education programs, but few institutions have chosen to construct adjunct faculty development programs that integrate these faculty into the instructional community. Metropolitan State College of Denver, recipient ofa Title III grant to build an adjunct development program received a TIA-CREF Hesburgh Award of Excellence in 2001 for its innovative adjunct support activities. This chapter articulates the features of this successful program and its effect on the adjunct faculty cohort at the college.

About The Authors, Volume 23 (2004)

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

About the authors of articles in volume 23 (2004) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development.

Looking At Ourselves: The Quality Of Life Of Faculty Development Professionals, Kathleen T. Brinko, Sally S. Atkins, Marian E. Miller

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Responses to a questionnaire revealed that faculty development professionals typically juggle several roles—which they find to be energizing—and typically balance multiple challenges and stressors—which they feel they handle well. These faculty developers are enthusiastic about and, in many cases, sustained by their work because they find opportunities for lifelong learning, professional growth, and meaningful work.