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Foreword, Michael A. Karr

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.

Enrollment By College And Ethnicity Fall 2003, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment

UNH Factbooks

University of New Hampshire factbook data from the 2003-2004 academic year

Fee -Based Online Services : Exploring Consumers’ Willingness To Pay, L. Richard Ye, Yue Zhang, Dat-Dao Nguyen, James Chiu

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Many online service businesses are beginning to charge fees for services that they used to provide for free. It is unclear whether consumers are ready to embrace this practice. This study explores consumer attitudes toward fee-based online services. The results of the study indicate that consumers’ willingness to pay for online services is likely to be influenced by their perceived value of convenience these services provide, and by the extent to which they utilize these services. While consumers appear more willing to pay for services that are qualitatively better than free services, there is also indication that the belief remains …

Online Reverse Auctions: An Overview, Ching-Chung Kuo, Pamela Rogers, Richard E. White

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is the fastest growing area in the U.S. economy with electronic procurement (e-procurement) being a major component, and online reverse auctions (ORAs) have emerged as a key e-procurement tool. Since the mid-1990s, ORAs have been gaining in popularity because of their potentially significant positive impact on the profitability of both the buyers and the sellers. Much has been written about the new purchasing paradigm and numerous stories have been reported recently. This paper is aimed at providing a critical review of ORAs by examining their historical developments, different forms, advantages, and disadvantages. In addition, 10 important factors …

Therapeutic Efficacy Of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine And Prevalence Of Resistance Markers In Tanzania Prior To Revision Of Malaria Treatment Policy: Plasmodium Falciparum Dihydrofolate Reductase And Dihydropteroate Synthase Mutations In Monitoring In Vivo Resistance, K. Mugittu, M. Ndejembi, A. Malisa, M. Lemnge, Zul Premji, A. Mwita, W. Nkya, J. Kataraihya, S. Abdulla, H.-P. Beck, H. Mshinda

Pathology, East Africa

Prior to the 2001 malarial treatment policy change in Tanzania, we conducted trials to assess the efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and the usefulness of molecular markers in monitoring resistance. A total of 383 uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients (between 6 and 59 months old) were treated with SP and their responses were assessed. Mutations in the P. falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (pfdhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (pfdhps) genes in admission day blood samples were analyzed. Results indicated that 85.6% of the patients showed an adequate clinical response, 9.7% an early treatment failure, and 4.7% a late treatment failure. The quintuple mutant genotype …

Mechanism Of Arsenic Toxicity On Vascular Development, Wenjie He

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Moorea Community Gis| Internet-Based Gis For Public Participation In Resource Management, Zia S. Maumenee

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Benchmarks For Assessing The Technological Literacy Of A Highly Qualified Paraprofessional, Antoinette P. Bruciati, María Lizano-Dimare

Education Faculty Publications

Under the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) all instructional paraprofessionals working in a program supported under Title I, Part A, are required to meet the federal definition of being highly qualified by the end of the 2005-2006 school year. In meeting the NCLB requirements, the capacity to support teaching and learning activities in the content areas must be demonstrated. As school districts incorporate increasing amounts of technology into their classroom curricula, the role of the paraprofessional must keep pace with new pedagogical methods for using technology to support student learning. Through the development of …

Sustainable Development Scenarios For The Richard B. Russell Parkway, Jesse Fountain, Judith R. Wasserman, Jamie Baker Roskie

Land Use Clinic

For many years local elected officials, the state legislative delegation, and community leaders worked diligently to get Richard Russell Parkway extended to Interstate 75 and provide the Warner Robins area with a second interchange to serve the City and Robins AFB. The project became a reality in the spring of 2002 when the Georgia Department of Transportation awarded a construction contract for the Parkway's extension. During the spring of 2003, with construction work progressing toward an October 31, 2004, completion date, the Mayor and City Council decided to explore alternative development concepts for the Parkway.

The goal of this document …

Treatment Issues For Native Americans: An Overview Of Individual, Family, And Group Strategies, Cindy L. Juntunen, Paula M. Morin

Education, Health & Behavior Studies Faculty Publications

The need for improved counseling and mental health services for Native Americans is readily apparent. Several significant mental health concerns exist within the Native American population, including high rates of depression, suicide, substance use, and post-traumatic stress syndrome (Indian Health Services, 2001). In fact, the Indian Health Services (IHS) reports that mental health concerns account for more than one third of the demand for services from IHS facilities. However, there is a serious lack of resources for meeting these needs. Furthermore, an astounding lack of attention is paid to Native American issues in the professional counseling and psychological literature, which …

Self-Efficacy As A Predictor Of Skills Use And As A Treatment Outcome Measure For Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Modules, Christopher S. Miller

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Aav Mediated Gene Delivery To The Inner Ear An In Vitro Study, Ida M. Stone

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Watershed Assessment Of Griffin Creek Headwaters Tributary To Montana's Clark Fork Of The Columbia River, Sara M. Krier

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Urban Air Particulate Pm1648 And Asthma Exacerbation, Jordan C. Schneider

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Spatial And Temporal Variation Of Mercury And Other Heavy Metals In A Stream Contaminated By Historic Mining : Silver Bow Creek Silver Bow County Montana, John P. Mocko

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Spatial Distribution And Temporal Variation Of Trace Metals In Sediments Of A Mine Impacted River Basin : Clear Creek California, Danielle L. Hughes

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Detection And Confirmation Of Ractopamine And Its Metabolites In Horse Urine After Paylean® Administration, A. F. Lehner, C. G. Hughes, J Daniel Harkins, C. Nickerson, B. Mollett, L. Dirikolu, Jeffrey M Bosken, Fernanda C. Camargo, J. Boyles, A. Troppmann, W. Karpiesiuk, W. E. Woods, Thomas Tobin

Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center Faculty Publications

We have investigated the detection, confirmation, and metabolism of the beta-adrenergic agonist ractopamine administered as Paylean to the horse. A Testing Components Corporation enzyme-linked imunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit for ractopamine displayed linear response between 1.0 and 100 ng/ml, with an 1-50 of 10 ng/ml, and an effective screening limit of detection of 50 ng/mL. The kit was readily able to detect ractopamine equivalents in unhydrolyzed urine up to 24 h following a 300-mg oral dose. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) confirmation comprised glucuronidase treatment, solid-phase extraction, and trimethylsilyl derivatization, with selected-ion monitoring of ractopamine-tris(trimethylsilane) (TMS) m/z 267, 250, 179, and 502 …

A Novel Multidisciplinary Approach To The Treatment Of Chronic Pain, Erica L. Shertzer

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Derivation Of Wheat Yield And Rangeland Productivity In The Northern Great Plains Using Modis Algorithms, Matthew Clark Reeves

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Conodont Biostratigraphy And Facies Correlations In An Upper Triassic Island Arc Keku Strait Southeast Alaska, Erik C. Katvala

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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The Investigation Of The Perceived Predictability Of Optimism And Exercise, Adrienne M. Carlson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Inclusive Equality And New Forms Of Social Governance, Colleen Sheppard

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

Uncertainty persists regarding the meaning and application of the constitutional right of substantive equality, due in part to the focus on assessing the very nebulous and open-ended concept of human dignity. After reviewing two recent equality rights cases that illustrate the continued unpredictability of outcomes, the author examines constitutional equality from a more macro-historical perspective. In particular, she highlights how conceptions of constitutional equality are integrally connected to changing understandings of the role of the state. Tracing the shift from formal to substantive equality, she suggests that the current formulation of substantive equality resonates best with the ideological and governance …

The Greening Garden: Equality Rights Under The Canadian Constitution, D. Geoffrey Cowper Q.C.

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

In the 2003 term the Supreme Court of Canada pronounced two unanimous judgments finding that section 15 equality rights had been violated. In both cases, the Court applied the Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) analysis and did not retreat from the features of its section 15 jurisprudence which have previously attracted criticism in this and other venues. This paper provides a review of these two recent cases with a view to assessing whether they represent an emerging consensus and, particularly, with a view to where they suggest future controversy.

Is Money No Object: Can The Government Rely On Financial Considerations Under Charter Section 1, Robert E. Charney, Daniel Guttman

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

Government programs have increasingly been challenged under the Charter on the grounds that they are provided inappropriately to a limited number of beneficiaries and that the benefits provided are set at insufficient levels. Courts have thus been asked to determine how governments should allocate finite resources in a world of infinite need. In this paper, the authors explore the question of the place of financial considerations for the purposes of section 1 of the Charter. In Martin (2003), the government of Nova Scotia attempted to rely on financial considerations in order to justify the exclusion of chronic pain sufferers from …

Hierarchies Of Harm In Canadian Criminal Law: The Marijuana Trilogy And The Forcible “Correction” Of Children, Janine Benedet

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

This paper examines the Supreme Court of Canada’s use of the concept of “harm” in its decisions in R. v. Malmo-Levine, which upholds the criminal prohibition on marijuana possession, and Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v. Canada (Attorney General), which upholds the reasonable correction defense for parents and teachers charged with assaults against children in their care. The author argues that these decisions employ contradictory characterizations of the role of harm in determining the proper scope of the criminal law. Although the majority in Malmo-Levine cites protecting vulnerable groups from harm as a valid purpose of the …

Charter Remedies And Jurisdiction To Grant Them: The Evolution Of Section 24(1) And Section 52(1), Debra M. Mcallister

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

The issue addressed in this paper is whether we have effective remedies for breach of Charter protected rights and freedoms, as well as clear jurisdictional guidelines for granting such remedies. The relationship between the judiciary and the other branches of government provides the context for exploring the jurisprudence on remedies and jurisdiction. The cases that establish the foundational principles regarding the interpretation of section 24(1) and section 52(1), and the relationship between these provisions, are examined. The guidelines for granting section 52(1) remedies and for identifying the decision makers that have jurisdiction to do so are explored, as are the …

Development Of A Method For The Detection And Confirmation Of The Alpha-2 Agonist Amitraz And Its Major Metabolite In Horse Urine, A. F. Lehner, C. G. Hughes, W. Karpiesiuk, J Daniel Harkins, L. Dirikolu, Jeffrey M Bosken, Fernanda Camargo, J. Boyles, A. Troppmann, W. E. Woods, Thomas Tobin

Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center Faculty Publications

Amitraz (N′-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-N-[[(2,4-dimethylphenyl)imino] methyl]-N-methyl-methanimidamide) is an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist used in veterinary medicine primarily as a scabicide- or acaricide-type insecticide. As an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist, it also has sedative/tranquilizing properties and is, therefore, listed as an Association of Racing Commissioners International Class 3 Foreign Substance, indicating its potential to influence the outcome of horse races. We identified the principal equine metabolite of amitraz as N-2,4-dimethylphenyl-N′-methylformamidine by electrospray ionization(+)-mass spectrometry and developed a gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) method for its detection, quantitation, and confirmation in performance horse regulation. The GC-MS method involves derivatization with t-butyldimethylsilyl groups; selected ion monitoring (SIM) of m/z …

Automated External Defibrillators In Collegiate Athletic Training Programs, Starr Junelyn Wharton

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Teachings Of The Book Of Mormon, Semester 3: Transcripts Of Lectures Presented To An Honors Book Of Mormon Class At Brigham Young University, 1988-1990, Hugh Nibley

Maxwell Institute Publications

Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs.

Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the first of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988-90. Part three contains twenty-nine lectures focusing on Alma 45 through 3 Nephi 20. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so …

Combating Corporate Crime, Taylor Turner

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

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