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A Comment On The Results Reported By Çetin And Şen, Ari̇f Gönülol

Turkish Journal of Botany

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Turkish Journal of Botany

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Turkish Journal of Botany

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Evolution Of Rules In A Common Law System: Differential Litigation Of The Fee Tail And Other Perpetuities, Jeffrey E. Stake

Articles by Maurer Faculty

This paper presents a variation on the Rubin-Priest theory of the evolution of common law rules toward efficiency. It offers the fee tail and similar restraints on alienation as examples of how inefficient rules can lead to inefficient uses of land, which cause owners to seek the help of courts in freeing their lands from the inefficient constraints. In other words, there is a feedback loop that provides courts with opportunities to overturn inefficient common law rules. We should expect this common law drift toward efficiency to be stronger for property rules than for tort rules. Because efficient property rules …

The Un And The Responsibility To Practice Public Health, David P. Fidler

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Meaning Of Moscow: "Non-Lethal" Weapons And International Law In The Early 21st Century, David P. Fidler

Articles by Maurer Faculty

At the intersection of new weapon technologies and international humanitarian law, so-called "non-lethal" weapons have become an area of particular interest. This article analyses the relationship between "non-lethal" weapons and international law in the early 21st century by focusing on the most seminal incident to date in the short history of the "non-lethal" weapons debate, the use of an incapacitating chemical to end a terrorist attack on a Moscow theatre in October 2002. This tragic incident has shown that rapid technological change will continue to stress international law on the development and use of weaponry but in ways more politically …

International Trade Agreements: Vehicle For Better Public Health?, David P. Fidler, Jason Sapsin, Ann Marie Kimball

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Health As Foreign Policy: Between Principle And Power, David P. Fidler

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Significance Of National Wildlife Refuges In The Development Of U.S. Conservation Policy, Robert L. Fischman

Articles by Maurer Faculty

A retrospective of National Wildlife Refuge System conservation shows a promising trajectory. The system has overcome persistent neglect to contribute to conservation policy. Haltingly, it has kept pace with conservation science to remain the chief American contribution to large-scale wildlife protection. Early on, it pioneered the use of habitat acquisition to protect imperiled species. More recently, it has begun to implement the cutting-edge ecological mandate to maintain biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health. Perhaps the most meaningful feature of the history of the refuge system is how closely it mirrors the development of conservation policy in the twentieth century.

This …

The Legality Of The Use Of Psychiatric Neuroimaging In Intelligence Interrogation, Sean Kevin Thompson

Cornell Law Review

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The Proliferation Security Initiative: Nonproliferation, Counterproliferation, And International Law, Daniel H. Joyner

Articles

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When A Hundred Grand Just Isn’T Enough: 50 Hypotheticals That Explore The Contours Of Fdic Deposit Insurance Coverage, Timothy R. Zinnecker

Scholarly Works

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Marx And Mackinnon: The Promise And Perils Of Marxism For Feminist Legal Theory, Kate Sutherland

Articles & Book Chapters

Catherine MacKinnon, perhaps the dominant voice of North American feminist legal theory over the last two decades, developed her feminist theory of law through an extended metaphor with Marxism. Marxist thought thus became thoroughly intertwined with MacKinnon’s particular brand of radical feminism in the minds of many feminist legal scholars and activists. As MacKinnon’s work has fallen out of favor in recent years, largely as a result of criticisms leveled against it from postmodern and critical race feminist perspectives, so too has the work of Marx. Setting MacKinnon’s Towards a Feminist Theory of the State side by side with Volume …

Hybrid Model For Characterization Of Submicron Particles Using Multiwavelength Spectroscopy, Alicia Garcia-Lopez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The area of particle characterization is expansive; it contains many technologies and methods of analysis. Light spectroscopy techniques yield information on the joint property distribution of particles, comprising the chemical composition, size, shape, and orientation of the particles. The objective of this dissertation is to develop a hybrid scattering-absorption model incorporating Mie and Rayleigh-Debye-Gans theory to characterize submicron particles in suspension with multiwavelength spectroscopy.

Rayleigh-Debye-Gans theory (RDG) was chosen as a model to relate the particles joint property distribution to the light scattering and absorption phenomena for submicron particles. A correction model to instrument parameters of relevance was implemented to …

Characterization Of L-Cysteine Thin Films Via Photoemission Spectroscopy, Roy Gargagliano

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Using photoemission spectroscopy (PES) the interface between the amino acid Lcysteine and a Au substrate was characterized to determine its electronic and chemical structure. L-cysteine was deposited on a Au substrate in several experiments via dipping into solution or via evaporation. The depositions were performed in several steps. Between deposition steps x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS) measurements were taken. XPS was used to characterize the chemical interaction at the interface while UPS was used to determine the orbital line-up at the interface and the highest molecular orbital (HOMO) structure of L-cysteine. The results indicate the formation …

Optical Response Of Polycrystalline Mercuric Iodide Photoconductive Detectors, Prashant Chegoor

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Mercuric Iodide in its tetragonal form has received a lot of attention for many years as a prospective room temperature X-ray and y-ray detector. Its basic properties are well suited for this purpose. Its wide band gap of 2.1eV contributes to a high dark resistivity of 10¹²ohm-cm or higher. A high atomic number of its constituent atoms (Hg-80, I -53) and a density of 6.3g/cm³ result in its efficient interaction with incident X-ray or y-ray radiation. Single crystalline mercuric iodide has been thoroughly studied and successfully utilized in commercial radiation detectors. But with the urgent need for …

Curriculum Change 2005-2006, Portland State University

Bulletin & Curriculum Change Documents

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Portland State Magazine, Portland State University. Office Of University Communications

Portland State Magazine

PSU’s alumni magazine, published 2-3 times a year. In this issue: Conscientious objectors housed in an Oregon camp during World War II tell their stories; students cast their votes for PSU’s best teachers; a special placed on campus to pay tribute to revered women; families of homicide victims pin hopes on new Portland Police unit; and more.

Process Development And Characterization Of Sol-Gel Lead Zirconate Titanate Films For Fabrication Of Flexural Plate Wave Devices, Praveen Kumar Sekhar

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In recent years, research on development of chemical, biological and hazardous gas sensors for homeland security have attracted great deal of interest. Actuators possessing high sensitivity, easy fabrication techniques and excellent integration compatibility are in great demand. Towards this need, the development and characterization of improved solgel processing for in-house fabrication of highly sensitive and reliable Flexural Plate Wave (FPW) device was pursued

This work focuses on an experimental design approach to improve texture and morphology of PZT thin film by systematically controlling the spin, pyrolysis and anneal cycles. The process alterations resulted in an 8-fold increase in the relative …

Alaskan Caver, Volume 25, No. 1, January 2005, Carlene Allred

Alaskan Caver

Contents: Atoma Cavatoni, Trip Report by Steve Lewis - Atoma Cavatoni Cave, cave report by Kevin Allred -

Spring Commencement, April 23, 2005, Eastern Michigan University

Commencement Programs and Materials

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Nebraska Summary 545: Massey Ferguson 8450 Diesel Dyna-Step Transmission, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA

The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data.

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES

Purpose

The purpose of …

Ethanol Effects On Reward Value Judgment Following Infusions Into The Amygdala: Implications For Emotional Processing, Stephanie M. Brewer '05

Honors Projects

Alcohol, when delivered systemically, leads to impaired performance on a variety of tasks, including emotionally-laden or reward value tasks. It is also known that lesions to the amygdala produce emotional or reward value deficits. However, it is unknown whether the emotional deficits observed after alcohol ingestion are due to alcohol's direct effect on the amygdala. The present study examined the effects of alcohol when infused directly into the amygdala on emotional memory and judgment. Eight male Long-Evans rats were trained on a behavioral task to associate one sweetness level with a reward and another sweetness level with no reward. Once …

Concepts Of Addiction: Assessing The Beliefs Of Addiction In University And Treatment Center Populations, Krystle M. Balhan '05

Honors Projects

This study sought to identify differences in the beliefs about addiction between a sample of university students (N=81) and a sample of clients diagnosed with substance abuse or dependence from a drug/alcohol treatment center (N=14). It was hypothesized that treatment center clients would present beliefs that correspond to the disease concept of addiction (Jellinek 1960), while members of the university sample would express more personal or environmental attitudes towards addiction. To assess these potential differences, a survey questionnaire based on the Addiction Belief Inventory (ABI) was administered to both samples (Luke, Ribisl, Walton, and Davidson, 2002). Results of t-tests showed …

Role-Taking Vs. Cultural Identity: Defining Disability In An Able-Bodied Environment, Elizabeth G. Holman '05

Honors Projects

Are people with physical impairments seen as a minority group or as individuals who take on the role of being disabled only in certain circumstances? While minority group membership has a variety of social, psychological, and legal advantages, it forces people to give up some individuality and gives the disability a more permanent connotation (Berbrier, 2004; Watson, 2002). Alternately, viewing disability as a role, and attaching the label "disabled" in certain circumstances, allows for a broader spectrum of individual choice. However, the label assumes someone who is disabled to be "less than able," thus carrying a strong stigma. Through my …

The Effects Of Β-Mercaptoethanol On The Specific Activity Of Porphobilinogen Synthase Mutants Of The Rhodobacter Sphaeroides Protein, Trefan Archibald '05

Honors Projects

The enzyme porphobilinogen synthase (PBGS) catalyzes the conversion of two molecules of δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) into porphobilinogen (PBG) in the first common step of the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway. A homology model of the R. sphaeroides PBGS was created by Dr. Eileen K. Jaffe at Fox Chase Cancer Center based on comparison to the crystal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The proposed structure suggests that there are four cysteines in close proximity to the active site. Three of these cysteines are not present in the highly similar R. capsulatus sequence. Under oxidizing conditions these residues can potentially participate in the formation of …

Erisa Preemption And Patients' Rights In The Wake Of Aetna Health Inc. V. Davila, Kelly M. Loud

Catholic University Law Review

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Modified Best Interest Standard: How States Against Same-Sex Unions Should Adjudicate Child Custody And Visitations Disputes Between Same-Sex Couples, Leah C. Battaglioli

Catholic University Law Review

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Conservation Of Subterranean Biodiversity In Western Australia: Using Molecular Genetics To Define Spatial And Temporal Relationships, Mark Adams, Stefan Eberhard, Remko Leys

KIP Abstracts

The Jewel Cave karst system in southwestern Australia contains a community of aquatic invertebrates that is listed as critically endangered owing to lowering water levels in cave lakes. A key question for conservation of biodiversity patterns was to determine the most appropriate spatial scale; viz. lake microscale, cave mesoscale, catchment macroscale, or regional megascale). A second key question was to understand the historical relationship between the community and cave water levels, necessary to evaluate the risk of extinction related to predictions of drying climate in southwestern Australia. This study used molecular genetic techniques (allozyme electrophoresis and mitochondrial DNA sequencing) to …

Oncolog, Volume 50, Number 01, January 2005, Rachel Williams, Dawn Chalaire, Caren E. Blinka, Angelina Esparza, Allen W. Burton Md

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• New Perspectives on Brain Metastasis
• Out of the Darkroom
• Equity and Health
• House Call: Blood and Platelet Donors Give Life
• DiaLog: Cancer Pain Control in the New Millennium, by Allen W. Burton, MD, Section Chief, Cancer Pain Management Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine