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Litigating Global Warming: Substantive Law In Search Of A Forum, Henry Mcgee Jan 2005

Litigating Global Warming: Substantive Law In Search Of A Forum, Henry Mcgee

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In response to the obstruction by the United States of the Kyoto protocols and its subsequent agreements, American environmental NGOs and state governments have filed a range of lawsuits to force the current U.S. administration, automobile manufacturers, and regulatory actors to combat global warming. This essay first very briefly sketches some of the strategies by litigants to force compliance with Kyoto, an agreement which reflects nearly all of the international community's desire to schedule reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The essay then describes a strategy that perhaps is the most conventional in terms of international law, but requires a nation …

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Systems Development Tools And The Relationship To Project Design: Cost And Budget Implications, Gerald V. Post, Albert Kagan Jan 2005

Systems Development Tools And The Relationship To Project Design: Cost And Budget Implications, Gerald V. Post, Albert Kagan

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

An investigation into current system development trends, including a summary of projects, platforms, and tools. The majority of projects get completed on time and within budget, but 14 percent still present problems. The choice of tools appears to be changing to represent the demand for new projects on new platforms—particularly the Internet. CASE tools are used sparingly, and Java is beginning to replace C++ in many projects. Database management systems are critical to almost all projects.

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Features Of Born-Global Processing Plants Under The Global Economy, Helen G. Zhao, Vistor H.Y. Lo, Domenic Sculli Jan 2005

Features Of Born-Global Processing Plants Under The Global Economy, Helen G. Zhao, Vistor H.Y. Lo, Domenic Sculli

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

A Born-Global Processing Plant (BGPP) is the formation of a new manufacturing plant specifically for the world-wide outsourcing industry and is a unique product of the global economy. The concept of a Born-Global entity has been mainly associated with high-tech industries and high-tech products. In this paper we extend the term BGPP to cover the concept of Born-Global to mature/low-tech and labor intensive processing plants that produce many of the traditional manufactured products. Such processing plants form the backbone of Southern China’s economic development. The conventional view regards a BGPP as playing a minor role in a traditional multinational enterprise …

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The Relationship Between Religion/Spirituality And Healing As Demonstrated By Falun Gong And Christian Science, Maribeth Porter Jan 2005

The Relationship Between Religion/Spirituality And Healing As Demonstrated By Falun Gong And Christian Science, Maribeth Porter

Honors Theses

This paper provides an objective overview of the tradition and religion of Falun Gong and Christian Science in order to better evaluate their respective methods of healing. Each religion, as well as its primary texts, was thoroughly researched to provide the reader with information regarding the basic doctrines practitioners, foundation, healing methods, and opponents. Based on the research, it appears that religion can be beneficial to a practitioner s health as ion i-iu.i as conventional health care is not ignored on the premise that toe rei i alone can heal it seems as though current health care couia benefit rrom …

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Glowing In The Dark: How America's First Transgenic Animal Escaped Regulation, Rebecca Bratspies Jan 2005

Glowing In The Dark: How America's First Transgenic Animal Escaped Regulation, Rebecca Bratspies

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Frontiers Of Medical Technology: Reflections On The Intersection Of Innovation And The Health Care System, Susan B. Foote Jan 2005

Frontiers Of Medical Technology: Reflections On The Intersection Of Innovation And The Health Care System, Susan B. Foote

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction In Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A License To Kill?, Siddharth Khanijou Jan 2005

Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction In Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A License To Kill?, Siddharth Khanijou

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

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H-1b Worker Visas: Past, Present, And Future, Keith Gaines Drago Jan 2005

H-1b Worker Visas: Past, Present, And Future, Keith Gaines Drago

Honors Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to overview the past, present, and future of the H-IB temporary non-immigrant specialty workers visa and to identify what events have caused and continue to cause significant changes in its policies. These significant changes entail the implications the H-IB visa has for employers and managers when deciding a long term recruiting policy. The information used in this study was gathered from multiple statistical government internet sites, such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service. The data was also made available through immigration web sites and testimony at …

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Engineering Genetic Networks To Measure Real Time Repression By Λ Cro In Vivo, Zachary Louis Leblanc Jan 2005

Engineering Genetic Networks To Measure Real Time Repression By Λ Cro In Vivo, Zachary Louis Leblanc

Honors Theses

The field of systems biology seeks to engineer systems in order to explore specific dynamic properties as they act in vivo. Cellular activities have been proven to be regulated by a range of DNA binding proteins that bind to specific sequences that activate or repress transcription. Certain phage and bacterial repressor proteins were among the first of these DNA binding proteins to be characterized structurally and functionally. The demand for study of key steps in regulation of protein expression, folding, and repression has created multiple studies into systems of varying complexity. The data in this report explores the lambda system, …

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Spectroscopic Studies Of Site 3 Mutants Of Calmodulin, Shakirat Omolara Oyetunji Jan 2005

Spectroscopic Studies Of Site 3 Mutants Of Calmodulin, Shakirat Omolara Oyetunji

Honors Theses

Calmodulin is the quintessential member of the EF-hand family of calcium binding proteins. Two mutants of the C-domain of Calmodulin were created as a series of proteins that can be used as model 1-site calcium binding systems, terminal glutamate in Site 3 was mutated to either glutamine or aspartate, mutations were expected to abrogate binding in the mutated site such that only Site 4 is functional. There was minimal overall perturbation to the folding and stability of the apo-state. Calcium binding properties of these mutant proteins were investigated by 1) direct titrations with calcium were performed under equilibrium conditions monitored …

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Divination: A Collection Of Poetry, Elizabeth Davenport Stephenson Jan 2005

Divination: A Collection Of Poetry, Elizabeth Davenport Stephenson

Honors Theses

This collection contains poetry that I have written during the course of my time at the University of Mississippi. Some of these poems in their first stages were part of my beginning and advanced poetry workshop portfolios. Other poems came from ideas scribbled in my poetry journal that I kept while studying abroad in New Zealand. My advisor and I set a goal of four poems a month for the fall 2005 semester, for a total of sixteen poems. The goal was to have perfected twelve poems for the final collection. I considered trying to conform my poems to a …

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Discovery Of Five New R Coronae Borealis Stars In The Macho Galactic Bulge Database, A. Zaniewski, Geoffrey C. Clayton, D. L. Welch, Karl D. Gordon, D. Minniti, K. H. Cook Jan 2005

Discovery Of Five New R Coronae Borealis Stars In The Macho Galactic Bulge Database, A. Zaniewski, Geoffrey C. Clayton, D. L. Welch, Karl D. Gordon, D. Minniti, K. H. Cook

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

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An Examination Of Natural Language Processing, Information Extraction, And Information Retrieval Systems And Their Applications, Jeffrey Allen Holloway Jan 2005

An Examination Of Natural Language Processing, Information Extraction, And Information Retrieval Systems And Their Applications, Jeffrey Allen Holloway

Honors Theses

Natural language processing, information extraction, information retrieval, and artificial Intelligence are all relatively new areas of study. Research as of late has begun making greater advances In these technological areas, yet much of the potential of these types of systems is still untapped. Though there are a few good examples of these systems put to use in the business world, due to technological limitations and pitfalls, these systems have yet to see widespread use. This thesis explores the technology behind the systems and looks into some of the current ways they are implemented. Finally, a system design referred to as …

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Colored Red: A Memoir And Memoriam, Jordan Charles Hooper Jan 2005

Colored Red: A Memoir And Memoriam, Jordan Charles Hooper

Honors Theses

My paternal grandfather, Larry Jean Hooper Sr. (Paw), died suddenly of a heart attack on a warm morning in early November while preparing to meet my father, Dana Hooper, at their small farm a short road trip from home. They had been best friends - together in work and in play - since before I was bom and through all I can remember. Blood flowed from one to the other and the roads flowed beneath both of them, through the marshes and prairies and the hills and mountains, to the top and back again more times than they could remember, …

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Conflicts Between Learning And Accountability In Patient Safety, David D. Woods Jan 2005

Conflicts Between Learning And Accountability In Patient Safety, David D. Woods

DePaul Law Review

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Oregon Paralyzed Veterans Of America V. Regal Cinemas, Inc.: The Rise Of Stadium Seating In Movie Theaters And The Disabled's Fight For A Comparable Seat In The House, John Hammerle Jan 2005

Oregon Paralyzed Veterans Of America V. Regal Cinemas, Inc.: The Rise Of Stadium Seating In Movie Theaters And The Disabled's Fight For A Comparable Seat In The House, John Hammerle

DePaul Law Review

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Gene Therapy And Targeted Toxins For Glioma, James Curtin, Gwendalyn King, Marianela Candolfi, Kurt Kroeger, Pedro Lowenstein, Maria Castro Jan 2005

Gene Therapy And Targeted Toxins For Glioma, James Curtin, Gwendalyn King, Marianela Candolfi, Kurt Kroeger, Pedro Lowenstein, Maria Castro

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The most common primary brain tumor in adults is glioblastoma. These tumors are highly invasive and aggressive with a mean survival time of nine to twelve months from diagnosis to death. Current treatment modalities are unable to significantly prolong survival in patients diagnosed with glioblastoma. As such, glioma is an attractive target for developing novel therapeutic approaches utilizing gene therapy. This review will examine the available preclinical models for glioma including xenographs, syngeneic and genetic models. Several promising therapeutic targets are currently being pursued in pre-clinical investigations. These targets will be reviewed by mechanism of action, i.e., conditional cytotoxic, targeted …

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Combining Cytotoxic And Immune-Mediated Gene Therapy To Treat Brain Tumors, James Curtin, Gwendalyn King, Marianela Candolfi, Remy Greeno, Kurt Kroeger, Pedro Lowenstein, Maria Castro Jan 2005

Combining Cytotoxic And Immune-Mediated Gene Therapy To Treat Brain Tumors, James Curtin, Gwendalyn King, Marianela Candolfi, Remy Greeno, Kurt Kroeger, Pedro Lowenstein, Maria Castro

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Glioblastoma (GBM) is a type of intracranial brain tumor, for which there is no cure. In spite of advances in surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, patients die within a year of diagnosis. Therefore, there is a critical need to develop novel therapeutic approaches for this disease. Gene therapy, which is the use of genes or other nucleic acids as drugs, is a powerful new treatment strategy which can be developed to treat GBM. Several treatment modalities are amenable for gene therapy implementation, e.g. conditional cytotoxic approaches, targeted delivery of toxins into the tumor mass, immune stimulatory strategies, and these will all …

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Real-Time Reverse Transcription Pcr For Detection And Quantitative Analysis Of Equine Influenza Virus, Michelle Quinlivan, Eugene Dempsey, Fergus Ryan, Sean Atkins, Ann Cullinane Jan 2005

Real-Time Reverse Transcription Pcr For Detection And Quantitative Analysis Of Equine Influenza Virus, Michelle Quinlivan, Eugene Dempsey, Fergus Ryan, Sean Atkins, Ann Cullinane

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Equine influenza is a cause of epizootic respiratory disease of the equine. The detection of equine influenza virus using real-time Light Cycler reverse transcription (RT)-PCR technology was evaluated over two influenza seasons with the analysis of 171 samples submitted for viral respiratory disease. Increased sensitivity was found in overall viral detection with this system compared to Directigen Flu A and virus isolation, which were 40% and 23%, respectively, that of the RT-PCR. The assay was also evaluated as a viable replacement for the more traditional methods of quantifying equine influenza virus, 50% egg infectious dose and 50% tissue culture infectious …

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Conference Program [2005], Georgia International Conference On Information Literacy Jan 2005

Conference Program [2005], Georgia International Conference On Information Literacy

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Structural Analysis Of Flange Connections For Multi-Sectioned Prestressed Concrete Poles., Ronald G. Albanese Jan 2005

Structural Analysis Of Flange Connections For Multi-Sectioned Prestressed Concrete Poles., Ronald G. Albanese

All ETDs from UAB

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The Weight Of All That Goes Unsaid., Laurel Mills Jan 2005

The Weight Of All That Goes Unsaid., Laurel Mills

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Hearing Sensitivity Among Anniston Army Depot Workers., Melissa W. Norman Jan 2005

Hearing Sensitivity Among Anniston Army Depot Workers., Melissa W. Norman

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Molecular Evolution And Genomic Analysis Of Poxviruses., Chunlin Wang Jan 2005

Molecular Evolution And Genomic Analysis Of Poxviruses., Chunlin Wang

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Optical Defect Centers And Surface Morphology Of Diamond Single Crystals Grown By Chemical Vapor Deposition., Paul A. Baker Jan 2005

Optical Defect Centers And Surface Morphology Of Diamond Single Crystals Grown By Chemical Vapor Deposition., Paul A. Baker

All ETDs from UAB

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Design Of Wrap Around Steel Gusset Plates., Ronald Scott Dowswell Jan 2005

Design Of Wrap Around Steel Gusset Plates., Ronald Scott Dowswell

All ETDs from UAB

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Single -Gender Classes: A Quantitative Analysis Of The Impact On The Academic Achievement And Behavior Of Students In An Urban Middle School., Spencer Wade Horn Jan 2005

Single -Gender Classes: A Quantitative Analysis Of The Impact On The Academic Achievement And Behavior Of Students In An Urban Middle School., Spencer Wade Horn

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Aromatic Inhibitors Of Influenza Neuraminidase., Eric Scott Johnson Jan 2005

Aromatic Inhibitors Of Influenza Neuraminidase., Eric Scott Johnson

All ETDs from UAB

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Tumor Suppressor Protein P53-Mediated Induction Of Apoptosis And Type-I Interferon Production In Lentivirus-Infected T Cells., Anan Jongkaewwattana Jan 2005

Tumor Suppressor Protein P53-Mediated Induction Of Apoptosis And Type-I Interferon Production In Lentivirus-Infected T Cells., Anan Jongkaewwattana

All ETDs from UAB

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Design, Implementation, And Validation Of An Implantable Multichannel Telemetry System For Chronic Study Of Sudden Cardiac Death., Wei Kong Jan 2005

Design, Implementation, And Validation Of An Implantable Multichannel Telemetry System For Chronic Study Of Sudden Cardiac Death., Wei Kong

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