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Cal Poly Announces 2006 Quest For The Best Leadership Award Recipients, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

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Entrenched Managers & Corporate Social Responsibility, Shane M. Shelley

Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003)

A growing number of academics have suggested U.S. corporate governance laws bestow too much power on managers. Much of the research focuses on the relationship between corporate governance arrangements, which supply a means to managerial power, and the financial performance of corporations. This exclusive focus on financial performance may be misguided. Although profits serve as a proxy for the benefits corporations provide society, they do not always adequately reflect the costs of the activities that generated them. In this sense, financial performance may not give an accurate, or at least complete, picture of the real value of corporations. Whether managers …

The Eagleville Times,Volume 4, Issue 10, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

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Calling Genocide By Its Rightful Name: Lemkin's Word, Darfur, And The Un Report, David Luban

Chicago Journal of International Law

Every student of a foreign language learns about "false friends"-words in a new language that look like words in your own but mean something different. In French, "experience" means "experiment," not "experience." In German "Konkurrenz' means "competition," while the English "concurrence" means "agreement"-in antitrust terms, the opposite of competition. Legal language, too, contains false friends-technical legal terms that closely resemble words in ordinary language but mean something different. Twenty-five years ago, as a young philosophy teacher with no legal training, I taught my first case ever in a law school classroom. It contained the word "consideration," and I proceeded on …

Comparing Religions, Legally, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Broadening Executive Power In The Wake Of Avena: An American Interpretation Of Pacta Sunt Servanda, Houston A. Stokes

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Traditional Regional Economic Indicators 2006, Frank Akpadock Ph.D.

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

Eleven Metropolitan Statistical Areas from across the Midwest and the nation were selected for a comparative and competitive analysis with the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metropolitan Statistical Area, based on the following criteria: size (total population and labor force); structure (traditional manufacturing industrial structure); unemployment (percent annual unemployment rate); and location (comparable Midwest Metropolitan Areas), including similar metropolitan areas outside the Midwest Rust belt.

Rar Especies Advantage Against Herbivory Among Epiphyte Peperomia Spp. (Piperaceae), June 2006, Nichole Tiernan

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Herbivory is often a greater problem for tropical plants than for temperate plants. With higher herbivore pressures, tropical plants have more defense mechanisms than temperate plants. This drives host specialization and helps to explain why the tropics are so diverse. One premise that attempts to explain how the tropics can be so diverse is the rare species advantage. Two theories that help to explain the rare species advantage are those of density dependence and frequency dependence. The purpose of this study is to see if there is density or frequency dependent herbivory in species of the epiphytic genus Peperomia. By …

Community Composition Of Frugivorous Butterflies In A Neotropical Land Mosaic, June 2006, Emily Heim

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

It is important to consider land transformation and its effects on species abundance, richness, and diversity. Frugivorous Nymphalid butterflies, baited using fruit-traps, were used to assess trends in diversity for a mosaic of three habitat types (forest, edge, and pasture) in a premontane wet Costa Rican landscape. Results showed more species in the pasture habitat, but a higher richness, evenness, and diversity in the forest habitat. Integration of conservation areas in the expanding array of human-impacted landscapes is necessary to best maintain regional biodiversity in the long term.

Foraging Behavior And Diet Preference Of Dasyprocta Punctata, June 2006, Lauren Eberhart

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

This study analyzed the foraging behaviors and diet preference of the agouties (Dasyprocta punctata) in Monteverde, Costa Rica. The Optimal Foraging Theory explains animal behaviors in terms of maximum efficiency; animals forage in a manner that is optimal to their fitness (Alcock 2005). D. punctata was expected to choose the fruit over seed because fruits would provide more energy for the time spent foraging and, therefore, maximize foraging efficiency. Also, D. punctata have been found to eat fruit when the supply is abundant (Smythe 1978). Syzygium malaccense was used to test whether entire fruits were preferred over naked seeds. A …

Nesting Behavior In The Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus Mocinno: Trogonidae), June 2006, Amber Carr

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

The Resplendent Quetzal (Trogonidae) lives in the cloud forests of Central America. In Costa Rica, nest boxes have been placed in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve to increase the population sizes of these birds, which are listed as near threatened by C.I.T.E.S. Cameras placed inside the boxes from 2000 to 2003 as web cams and captured stills inside the nests. I used these four years of captured images and made external observations of two nests to study if there were differences in parental investment for incubation and rearing. I found evidence that 1. During incubation the female spent more total …

Hummingbirds And Pollen Flow In A Neotropical Agricultural Mosaic, June 2006, Amy Strieter

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Land transformation in the Tropics leads to greater landscape and forest fragmentation, creating land use mosaics. Some species adjust to new habitats while others go extinct. Adaptability is more complicated, however, when a species is involved in a mutualistic relationship. If host plants are spatially isolated, their pollinators may or may not be able to continue linking that subpopulation to the metapopulation; the pollinator population in turn may suffer due to decreased food supply, habitat, etc. This study examines hummingbird responses to a tropical agricultural/forest mosaic and tracks artificial pollen flow between feeders in different habitats. Hummingbird presence was monitored …

Permaculture Garden Design For The Cloud Forest School-The Centro De Educación Creativa, June 2006, Lauren Fifield

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

This is a proposal for the creation of a permaculture garden at the Cloud Forest School- Centro de Educación Creativa (CFS-CEC), in Monteverde, Costa Rica. This garden will be used for food production, but will also be used for educational purposes. Permaculture gardens teach students how to live with nature. They are able to produce food for themselves in a way that uses the least amount of land as possible, thus leaving this land for forest species. The garden provides various teaching tools such as native species, gap area, gardening techniques, mimicry complexes as well attracts various species. It will …

Testing The Unified Neutral Theory Using The Epiphylls Of Geonoma Spp. (Arecaceae) As Model Communities, June 2006, Caroline Farrior

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

This experiment tests the predictions of the Unified Neutral Theory of Ecology (Hubbell 2001) using epiphylls on leaves of the palm tree Geonoma spp. Arecaceae) as local communities. The metacommunity is defined as the collection of leaves of one palm tree. The UNT assumes all species to be competitively equivalent and population sizes to remain constant overtime. It also asserts that community drift is strong and that for diversity to exist there must be factors that slow its progress. The UNT predicts that increases in connectivity of the metacommunity, community area, population size of local and metacommunities, as well as …

Growth, Feeding And Reproduction Of The Catfish Eremophilus Mutisii (Pisces : Trichomycteridae), From Artificial Reservoirs In Colombia, Gabriel Pinilla, Maritza Abril, Esperanza González

Faculty Publications

The catfish, Eremophilus mutisii, was cultured under different densities in artificial rainfall reservoirs at Caldas, Boyaca, Colombia. At capture, the average total length of the animals was 10 cm and the weight ranged between 9 and 10 g. These fish were in initial stages of sexual development. After a year in the reservoirs, they had increased in length and weight as follows (densities in parentheses): 5.22 cm and 27.23 g (0.5 individuals/m(2))); 1.98 cm and 8.79 g (1 individual/m(2)), and 2.45 cm and 0.82 g (2 individuals/m(2)). They were at the early stages of sexual maturity, and their condition …

Toxic And Contaminant Concerns Generated By Hurricane Katrina, Danny D. Reible, Charles N. Haas, John H. Pardue, William J. Walsh

Faculty Publications

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Evaluation Of Medial And Lateral Meniscus Thicknesses In Early Osteoarthritis Of The Knee With Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Belgin Bamac, Saadet Ozdemir, Hasan T. Sarisoy, Tuncay Colak, Aydin Ozbek, Gur Akansel

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate early changes occurring in both medial and lateral meniscus thickness from the knees of patients with osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS: We conducted this study in the Department of Anatomy and Division of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey during the period 2004 to 2005. In this study, we measured the thickness of the medial and lateral meniscus in a group of 36 (50 knees) consecutive patients with chronic knee pain, and clinical findings of early OA, and 10 (20 knees) control subjects using MRI. RESULTS: The thickness of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus and …

Commencement Program 2006, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 2006 Events of Commencement

3 | The Academic Procession

4 | Significance of Academic Regalia

5 | The Good Samaritan

6 | The Speakers

15 | The University Honorees

23 | The School Honorees

37 | The Program

• School of Medicine, 38
• School of Pharmacy, 47
• School of Dentistry, 52
• School of Science and Technology and Faculty of Religion, 63
• School of Nursing, 74
• School of Allied Health Professions - Physical Therapy, 80
• School of Allied Health Professions, 86
• School of Public Health, 95

Women, Water And The Reclamation Of The Feminine, Colleen Kattau

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

This paper examines the relationship between water and women particularly in terms of representative cultural expressions that underlie women's recovery of water as a fundamental human right, and explores how deep knowledge and trust of earth's bounty sustains viable and effective social change campaigns such as the right to water movement. Drawing principally upon the sociocultural analysis of ecofeminist thinkers such as Vandana Shiva and Carolyn Merchant, as well as William Marks's work on water, I critique the nature-culture dichotomy underlying approaches to water as a 'resource', and try to undermine the accepted hierarchy of 'power over nature' which by …

Panel I: Monsanto V. Scruggs: The Scope Of Downstream Licensing Restrictions, Mark R. Patterson, Richard B. Ulmer Jr., Peter Castensen, Jay P. Kesan

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

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A Biopsychosocial Perspective Of Gulf War Illness: A Structural Model, Katherine N. Nguyen

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Veterans deployed during the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991 report significantly more nonspecific symptoms and poorer health than their nondeployed peers. This amalgamation of chronic, multisymptom health complaints is commonly referred to as Gulf War Illness. There are two major theoretical models within the medical/health field that may help explain these symptoms: 1) the traditional biomedical model, and 2) the more recently evolved (late 1970’s) biopsychosocial model. Theorists have proposed two major causal pathways in studying the etiology of health complaints of Gulf War veterans, the physical pathway and the psychosocial pathway. In the present study, the biopsychosocial model was …

The Relationship Between High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein, Metabolic Syndrome And Exercise, Micheline A. Vargas

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Background: It is well known that regular physical activity is associated with lower risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Physical activity is also considered an important determinant of metabolic syndrome. All levels of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are thought to involve inflammation. Physical activity may reduce risk, at least in part, by modifying the inflammatory process. Recent studies have demonstrated an inverse relationship between inflammatory markers, such as high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and physical activity. Elevated hs-CRP appears to be an independent predictor of both CVD and diabetes. Recent evidence also suggests that …

Membrane Organization And Multimeric Interactions Of The Aer Receptor In E. Coli, Divya Dashrathkumar Amin

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Escherichia coli swims toward niches ideal for generating maximum energy by monitoring the environment with the aerotaxis sensor, Aer. This receptor has an N-terminal PAS domain, which is a sensor module present in a variety of proteins from all kingdoms of life (including humans). To date, the mechanism of signaling from a PAS sensor domain to a single signaling receiver domain has not been resolved. In Aer, the PAS sensor is separated from the signaling region by a membrane anchor. Most "transmembrane prediction" programs forecast a single membrane span for this membrane anchor, but such a topology is inconsistent our …

The Healing Ministry Of Jesus As Recorded In The Synoptic Gospels, Alvin Lloyd Maragh

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study explores the narratives in the healing ministry of Jesus as recorded in the synoptic gospels. The majority of the healing narratives address issues that transcend physical aspects and point to Jesus' attempt to restore the whole person. This is reflected in the fact that more than half of the healing narratives deal with the marginalized of society during Jesus' time. He healed demon possessed persons, beggars, lepers, women suffering from incurable diseases, and those who were racially discriminated against by the Jews. Other healing narratives deal with the understanding of faith, the message of forgiveness, and the meaning …

The Environmental Impact Of Dietary Choice And Agriculture In California, Harold J. Marlow Jr.

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Food demand influences agricultural production. Modern agricultural practices have resulted in polluted soil, air and water, eroded soil, dependence on imported oil, and loss of biodiversity. The goal of this research is to investigate the environmental impact of pesticide and fertilizer application, water consumption, and energy used to produce commodities for a vegetarian and non vegetarian diet in California. The working assumption is that greater number and amount of inputs are associated with greater environmental impact. The literature supports this notion. To accomplish this goal, dietary preferences were quantified using the Adventist Health Study and state agricultural data were collected …

Effects Of Diabetes Mellitus On The Healing Of The Dental Pulp, Stuart Evan Garber

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has been implicated as a factor affecting healing. The purpose of this study was to use the healing of experimentally exposed pulps subsequent to pulp capping as a model to determine the effect of DM on healing.

Twenty-two Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two groups of eleven animals each. In one group, DM was induced by injection of 70 mg/KG of streptozotocin. In the other group, the animals were injected with sterile saline. Under anesthesia with Ketamine and Xylazine, the pulps of the maxillary first molars of all rats were exposed using a 1/16 round bur under …

Factors That Influence The Blood Flow Response Of Skin To Electrical Stimulation, Abdul-Majeed Raja Al-Malty

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Female reproductive hormones, aging, global heating and local heating are factors affecting skin blood flow (SBF), but their effect on electrical stimulation (ES) has never been examined until the present investigation. To investigate female reproductive hormones, nine women (age= 25.6±3.5 years) with a normal menstrual cycle (MC) underwent ES in thermoneutral (25°±0.5°C) and warm environments (35°±0.5°C). To investigate aging, ES was applied on active young (n=15, age=32.1±8.3 years) and old (n=8, 64.5±6.2 years) groups in thermoneutral and warm environments. To investigate the effect of global and local heating, groups of 15 and 18 subjects (age= 18-40 years) experienced ES under …

Mark(Et)Ing Nondiscrimination: Privatizing Enda With A Certification Mark, Ian Ayres, Jennifer Gerarda Brown

Michigan Law Review

People in the United States strongly support the simple idea that employers should not discriminate against gays and lesbians. In a 2003 Gallup poll, eighty-eight percent of respondents said that "homosexuals should . . . have equal rights in terms of job opportunities." Even prominent social conservatives- such as George W. Bush-give lip service to the idea that employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is wrong. But gay rights advocates have achieved only modest legal reform on this issue. Seventeen states have prohibited employment discrimination against gays and lesbians. A seemingly modest bill, the Employment Non Discrimination Act …

Development Of Luminescent Mycobacterium Avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis For Rapid Screening Of Vaccine Candidates In Mice, Valerie Rosseels, Virginie Roupie, Denise K. Zinniel, Raul G. Barletta, Kris Huygen

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is a slowly growing mycobacterial species, requiring 6 to 8 weeks of culture before colonies can be counted visually. Here, we describe the development of luminescent M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis expressing luxAB genes of Vibrio harveyi and its use for vaccine testing in an experimental mouse model, replacing fastidious CFU counting by rapid luminometry.

What Happened On Deliberation Day?, Cass R. Sunstein, David Schkade, Reid Hastie

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

What are the effects of deliberation about political issues? This essay reports the results of a kind of Deliberation Day, involving sixty-three citizens in Colorado. Groups from Boulder, a predominantly liberal city, met and discussed global warming, affirmative action, and civil unions for same-sex couples; groups from Colorado Springs, a predominately conservative city, met to discuss the same issues. The major effect of deliberation was to make group members more extreme than they were when they started to talk. Liberals became more liberal on all three issues; conservatives became more conservative. As a result, the division between the citizens of …