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System–On–A–Programmable–Chip Development Platforms In The Classroom, Tyson S. Hall, James O. Hamblen Nov 2004

System–On–A–Programmable–Chip Development Platforms In The Classroom, Tyson S. Hall, James O. Hamblen

Faculty Works

This paper describes the authors’ experiences using a system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) approach to support the development of design projects for upper-level undergraduate students in their electrical and computer engineering curriculum. Commercial field-programmable gate-array (FPGA)-based SOPC development boards with reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processor cores are used to support a wide variety of student design projects. A top-down rapid prototyping approach with commercial FPGA computer-aided design tools, a C compiler targeted for the RISC soft-processor core, and a large FPGA with memory is used and reused to support a wide variety of student projects.

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Whistling In The Dark? Corporate Fraud, Whistleblowers, And The Implications Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act For Employment Law, Miriam A. Cherry Nov 2004

Whistling In The Dark? Corporate Fraud, Whistleblowers, And The Implications Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act For Employment Law, Miriam A. Cherry

Washington Law Review

Passed in 2002 in the wake of the accounting scandals that resulted in billions of dollars of lost value to shareholders, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has as its major goal the prevention of corporate corruption. This Article analyzes the impact of section 806, the portion of the Sarbanes-Oxlcy Act that provides protections for employees who report securities fraud, and describes the effect that Sarbanes-Oxley has on existing employment law. In addition, this Article contributes to the debate over the general effectiveness of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a topic of contention among both academics and press commentators. This Article argues that the Act …

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Short- And Long-Term Effects Of Acetylsalicylic Acid Treatment On The Proliferation And Lipid Peroxidation Of Skin Cultured Melanocytes Of Active Vitiligo, Mohammad Z. Zailaie Nov 2004

Short- And Long-Term Effects Of Acetylsalicylic Acid Treatment On The Proliferation And Lipid Peroxidation Of Skin Cultured Melanocytes Of Active Vitiligo, Mohammad Z. Zailaie

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Recent in vitro and in vivo studies have shown that the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent, acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) or aspirin has antioxidant properties on various cell lines and tissues. Hence, the aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of ASA at 2 different concentrations (75 and 300ug/ml) on the proliferative capacities and lipid peroxidation of in vitro skin cultured melanocytes obtained from patients with active vitiligo. METHODS: The present work was carried out from February 2001 through to November 2001, at the Vitiligo Unit, King Abdul-Aziz University Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Employing methods described …

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Bone Mineral Density Among Postmenopausal Saudi Women, Mir Sadat-Ali, Ibrahim M. Al-Habdan, Fatma A. Al-Mulhim, Abdallah Y. El-Hassan Nov 2004

Bone Mineral Density Among Postmenopausal Saudi Women, Mir Sadat-Ali, Ibrahim M. Al-Habdan, Fatma A. Al-Mulhim, Abdallah Y. El-Hassan

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Osteoporosis is reported to be common among postmenopausal Saudi women. The reported incidence varies between 50-60%. Different machines were used to reach these conclusions. At present it is believed that dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is the most accurate method to diagnose osteoporosis. This study was conducted to measure bone mineral density (BMD) measurement of lumbar spine and the upper femur of Saudi postmenopausal women attending orthopedic clinic with unrelated complaints. METHODS: This study comprises of 256 patients attending orthopedic clinics at the King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January 2002 and June …

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Combined Parathyroid Adenoma And An Occult Papillary Carcinoma, Abdul-Wahed N. Meshikhes, Mohammed S. Butt, Basima A. Al-Saihati Nov 2004

Combined Parathyroid Adenoma And An Occult Papillary Carcinoma, Abdul-Wahed N. Meshikhes, Mohammed S. Butt, Basima A. Al-Saihati

Saudi Medical Journal

Although the pathological association of thyroid and parathyroid disease is common, the association of both parathyroid adenoma and thyroid cancer is rare. We report here a case of a 45-year-old Saudi woman who was diagnosed to have primary hyperparathyroidism due to a single parathyroid adenoma as confirmed biochemically and radiologically. At operation, the adenoma was found to be an intrathyroid and therefore a thyroid lobectomy was performed. Histology of the excised lobe revealed in addition to the intrathyroid parathyroid adenoma a concurrent occult thyroid papillary carcinoma. This interesting association is discussed based on a literature review.

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The Cfe Case, John Yinger Nov 2004

The Cfe Case, John Yinger

Center for Policy Research

It’s Elementary is a series of essays on topics in education and education policy. The main focus is on education finance in New York State, but general research findings in education and education policy issues in several other states are also discussed. John Yinger, Professor of Economics and Public Administration at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University is the author of most of these essays, although a few are written by or co-authored with other scholars.

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The Effect Of Income Taxation On Consumption And Labor Supply, James P. Ziliak, Thomas J. Kniesner Nov 2004

The Effect Of Income Taxation On Consumption And Labor Supply, James P. Ziliak, Thomas J. Kniesner

Center for Policy Research

We estimate the incentive effects of income taxation in a life-cycle model of consumption and labor supply that relaxes the standard assumption of strong separability within periods. Our model permits identification of both within-period preference parameters and lifecycle preference parameters such as the inter-temporal substitution elasticity. Results indicate that consumption and hours worked are direct complements in utility, and both increase with an increase in the after-tax share and with a compensated increase in the net wage. The compensated net wage elasticity is about 0.3, nearly double the standard estimates for men in the United States that ignore within-period non-separability …

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Book Reviews, Parameters Editors Nov 2004

Book Reviews, Parameters Editors

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

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Comparison To Criminal Sanctions In The Constitutional Review Of Punitive Damages, Colleen P. Murphy Nov 2004

Comparison To Criminal Sanctions In The Constitutional Review Of Punitive Damages, Colleen P. Murphy

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Comparison To Criminal Sanctions In The Constitutional Review Of Punitive Damages, Colleen P. Murphy Nov 2004

Comparison To Criminal Sanctions In The Constitutional Review Of Punitive Damages, Colleen P. Murphy

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Judging Merit, Patrick S. Shin Nov 2004

Judging Merit, Patrick S. Shin

Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works

In this invited response to Stephen Choi & Mitu Gulati, "Choosing the Next Supreme Court Justice: An Empirical Ranking of Judge Performance," 78 S. CAL. L. REV. 23, 30 (2004), I analyze the central normative assumptions underlying Choi and Gulati’s "Tournament of Judges." To that end, I explore the concept of "merit" as it applies to the selection of individuals for important institutional positions. I suggest that an ascription of merit can be understood to entail a claim that an individual exemplifies the aptitudes, excellences, and virtues of a particular office or position. I argue that merit in this sense …

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A Call To Leadership: The Future Of Race Relations In Virginia, Rodney A. Smolla Nov 2004

A Call To Leadership: The Future Of Race Relations In Virginia, Rodney A. Smolla

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Discoverability Of Healthcare Provider Policies And Incident Reports, Michael L. Goodman, Kathleen M. Mccauley, Suzanne S. Duvall Nov 2004

Discoverability Of Healthcare Provider Policies And Incident Reports, Michael L. Goodman, Kathleen M. Mccauley, Suzanne S. Duvall

University of Richmond Law Review

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Environmental Law, Benjamin A. Thorp Iv, William K. Taggart Nov 2004

Environmental Law, Benjamin A. Thorp Iv, William K. Taggart

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Family And Juvenile Law, Robert E. Shepherd Jr. Nov 2004

Family And Juvenile Law, Robert E. Shepherd Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. Rodney Johnson Nov 2004

Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. Rodney Johnson

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Introduction: Third Remedies Discussion Forum, Russel L. Weaver Nov 2004

Introduction: Third Remedies Discussion Forum, Russel L. Weaver

San Diego Law Review

Russel L. Weaver provides an introduction to the symposium on the Remedies Discussion Forum. He explains that the papers being submitted in this symposium are "discussion papers" that were submitted by the participants prior to the meeting and formed the basis for the discussions. He goes on to provide a brief introduction for each paper.

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The Republican Model And Punitive Damages, David F. Partlett Nov 2004

The Republican Model And Punitive Damages, David F. Partlett

San Diego Law Review

Fueled by complaints of outlandish punitive damage awards and a United States Supreme Court intent on bringing constitutional order to this corner of torts damages, a considerable literation has emerged. Commentators have examined the bases for the award of punitive damages and have applied empirical analysis to probe the legitimacy of popular criticism and the extent to which punitive damages fulfill the goals assigned to them. In this essay, I propose that punitive damages should be conceptualized in light of a republican theory of tort law with the jury as its central institution. This is ironic, since influential commentators and …

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Do Punitive Damages Compensate Society?, Michael B. Kelly Nov 2004

Do Punitive Damages Compensate Society?, Michael B. Kelly

San Diego Law Review

This Article focuses on the concept that punitive damages can be justified as a substitute for compensatory damages for harms caused by the defendant to persons other than the plaintiff. The author concludes that punitive damages are a poor device for redressing harms caused to persons not a party to the action. Once punitive damages seek to address concerns beyond the plaintiff and the defendant, they raise a series of problems that defy rationalization. This article urges that we not take punitive damages as so great a good that we run roughshod over dues process in our zeal to preserve …

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Brown Ii's "All Deliberate Speed" At Fifty: A Golden Anniversary Or A Mid-Life Crisis For The Constitutional Injunction As A School Desegregation Remedy?, Doug Rendleman Nov 2004

Brown Ii's "All Deliberate Speed" At Fifty: A Golden Anniversary Or A Mid-Life Crisis For The Constitutional Injunction As A School Desegregation Remedy?, Doug Rendleman

San Diego Law Review

In 1955 in Brown II the Supreme Court instructed school authorities and federal judges how to implement its decision in Brown I that racially segregated public schools violated the constitution. This article summarizes the half-century of federal injunctions that the courts granted to desegregate schools. It organizes the injunctions chronologically under three headings, "all deliberate speed," desegregate "now," and "unitary" districts. Rejecting both extravagant hoopla and charges of "failure," the article approves disciplined judicial discretion leading to large-scale structural injunctions when the times are ripe because unconstitutional conditions warrant massive judicial reconstruction. In particular, the article maintains that the courts' …

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The Rise And Decline Of Structural Remedies, Russell L. Weaver Nov 2004

The Rise And Decline Of Structural Remedies, Russell L. Weaver

San Diego Law Review

One of the most significant remedial developments during the twentieth century was the rise and (partial) decline of the structural injunction in which courts, usually federal courts, restructure or reshape legislative or administrative agencies such as schools or prisons. Structural remedies appear to be inconsistent with the judicial function conceptually. Despite this concern, federal courts have entered structural relief in an extraordinary array of cases that have dramatically reshaped society. This Article examines the structural remedy and offers some reflections on its appropriate use.

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"Preliminarily" Enjoining Elections: A Tale Of Two Ninth Circuit Panels, James M. Fischer Nov 2004

"Preliminarily" Enjoining Elections: A Tale Of Two Ninth Circuit Panels, James M. Fischer

San Diego Law Review

In the context of many election challenges, given time constraints involved, preliminary injunctions will be the remedy of necessity for those who seek postponement of the election. This Article examines whether the tests for granting preliminary injunctions are adequate for the task and whether the standards for reviewing district court decisions are sufficient.

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The Law Of Remedies In The Second Half Of The Twentieth Century: An Australian Perspective, Gary Davis, Michael Tilbury Nov 2004

The Law Of Remedies In The Second Half Of The Twentieth Century: An Australian Perspective, Gary Davis, Michael Tilbury

San Diego Law Review

This Article examines the development of the law of Remedies in Australia during the second half of the twentieth century. The authors look at the general triumph of the compensation principle, the resurgence of equitable compensation, the statutory overlay of the common law, and conclude with issues for the twenty-first century.

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Why Do Emprirical Legal Scholarship?, Theodore Eisenberg Nov 2004

Why Do Emprirical Legal Scholarship?, Theodore Eisenberg

San Diego Law Review

People conduct legal scholarship for many different reasons. This Article focuses on the demand for and reaction to scholarship that helps inform litigants, policymakers, and society as a whole about how the legal system works. The author argues that the need for legally sophisticated empirical analysts is clear.

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Why I Write (And Why I Think Law Professors Generally Should Write), Yale Kamisar Nov 2004

Why I Write (And Why I Think Law Professors Generally Should Write), Yale Kamisar

San Diego Law Review

Looking back on forty-five years of law review writing, Professor Kamisar concludes that, to use George Orwell's words, he has been moved to write by "a sense of injustice" and the need to "expose" "some lie," e.g., the lie that the trial judge or the prosecuting attorney can be counted on to protect the rights of unrepresented defendants. He maintains further that law professors generally should feel an obligation to write because they can think through and research exhaustively any and every problem they meet along the way without worrying about billable hours and they can do so "under working …

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Legal Scholarship: A Corporate Scholar's Perspective, Jonathan R. Macey Nov 2004

Legal Scholarship: A Corporate Scholar's Perspective, Jonathan R. Macey

San Diego Law Review

Using Professor Jonathan Macey's own field, corporate law, as its focal point, this Article argues that alternative approaches to legal scholarship, whatever their other merits, do not help connect the law school to other parts of the universities in which they are situated, and in face actually alienate the law school from their more intellectually rigorous campus counterparts.

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False Endorsement Or First Amendment?: An Analysis Of Celebrity Trademark Rights And Artistic Expression, Joshua Beser Nov 2004

False Endorsement Or First Amendment?: An Analysis Of Celebrity Trademark Rights And Artistic Expression, Joshua Beser

San Diego Law Review

In Part I, this Comment will address both artistic and entertainment industry issues relating to using celebrity names and images in creative works. Part II will discuss the relationship between state right of publicity and privacy claims, and federal trademark law. Part III will discuss the Lanham Act's history and purpose, including its traditional applications and recent amendments. Part IV will address the First Amendment issues raised when creative works use celebrities' names and images. Part V will address the three tests courts use to balance section 43(a) Lanham Act claims and First Amendment rights. Part VI will advocate the …

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Raich V. Ashcroft: Medical Marijuana And The Revival Of Federalism, Samantha Everett Nov 2004

Raich V. Ashcroft: Medical Marijuana And The Revival Of Federalism, Samantha Everett

San Diego Law Review

In Raich v. Ashcroft, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the CSA was an unconstitutional exercise of congressional commerce power when applied to citizens who use marijuana that has not traveled interstate and was never intended for interstate or foreign commerce. This Casenote argues that Raich was correctly decided and should be upheld by the Supreme Court on appeal. In addition, the judiciary should continue to narrowly interpret the commerce power in order to further the fundamental purpose of our dual system of government: protection of individual rights. More specifically, courts should apply the reasoning of Raich and narrowly define the …

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Sustained Growth In Nebraska, Saeed Ahmad, John Austin, Tom Doering, Ernie Goss, Bruce Johnson, Mike Lundeen, Donis Petersan, Franz Schwarz, Eric Thompson, Keith K. Turner Nov 2004

Sustained Growth In Nebraska, Saeed Ahmad, John Austin, Tom Doering, Ernie Goss, Bruce Johnson, Mike Lundeen, Donis Petersan, Franz Schwarz, Eric Thompson, Keith K. Turner

Economics Faculty Publications

National Macroeconomic conditions are favorable for future expansion of income, employment, and revenue in Nebraska. In particular, the U.S. economy is now in the heart of an expansion expected to persist over the three year forecast period. The principal engine of growth will be a sustained expansion in private sector investment and consumption demand. However, the rate of growth in the national economy likely will be moderate rather than rapid. At least three factors will act to moderate growth. The first is higher energy prices. Rapid growth in global demand is expected to keep prices for oil and natural gas …

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Risk Realization, Emotion, And Policy Making, Chris Guthrie Nov 2004

Risk Realization, Emotion, And Policy Making, Chris Guthrie

Missouri Law Review

People are likely to overestimate the impact of negative life events on our enduring sense of well-being. If true, this empirical finding puts policy makers in an awkward position because they are generally called upon to make policy in anticipation of , rather than in response to, such events. Nonetheless, I will argue that policy makers should take into account our tendency to overestimate the emotional impact of such events.

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