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The Tragic Foundations Of Human Rights, Louis E. Wolcher

ExpressO

The longing for a theoretical foundation to support the aspiration for universal (international) human rights always precedes the construction of any particular foundation. This essay examines the longing for foundations in its relation to the truth of universal human suffering. Using the phenomenological method, it uncovers a certain moment of distress that shows itself in the form of longing for the constant presence of an authoritative ground that would obscure universal suffering and give focus to the phenomenon of infinite ethical responsibility that attends the I’s encounter with the suffering of others. Thought hungers for a responsibility-relieving warrant (A) for …

Bacillus Species Nrrl B-30212 For Reducing Fusarium Head Blight In Cereals, David A. Schisler, Naseem L. Khan, Michael J. Boehm

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Four yeasts (NRRL Y-30213, NRRL Y-30214, NRRL Y-30215, and NRRL Y-30216) and 1 bacterium (NRRL B-30212) have been identified as being superior antagonists capable of suppressing Fusarium head blight (head scab) in cereals, particularly in wheat and barley. Fusarium head blight is primarily caused by the fungus Gibberella zeae (anamorph=Fusarium graminearum).

Cooperation Between Mef2 And Pparγ In Human Intestinal Β,Β-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase Gene Expression, Xiaoming Gong, Shu-Whei Tsai, Bingfang Yan, Lewis P. Rubin

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Background:

Vitamin A and its derivatives, the retinoids, are essential for normal embryonic development and maintenance of cell differentiation. β, β-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase 1 (BCMO1) catalyzes the central cleavage of β-carotene to all-trans retinal and is the key enzyme in the intestinal metabolism of carotenes to vitamin A. However, human and various rodent species show markedly different efficiencies in intestinal BCMO1-mediated carotene to retinoid conversion. The aim of this study is to identify potentially human-specific regulatory control mechanisms of BCMO1 gene expression.

Results:

We identified and functionally characterized the human BCMO1 promoter sequence and determined the transcriptional regulation of the …

Gopherus Polyphemus (Gopher Tortoise) Coyote Predation, Jon A. Moore, Richard M. Engeman, Henry T. Smith, John Woolard

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Gopherus polyphemus is listed as a species of special concern by the state of Florida (Florida Wildlife Code Chap. 39 F.A.C.), and as a threatened species by the Florida Committee on Rare and Endangered Plants and Animals (Moler 1992. Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida: Volume 111, Reptiles and Amphibians. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 291 pp.). Coyotes (Canis latrans) are invasive to Florida with ranges that are expanding within the state (Schmitz and Brown 1994. An Assessment of Invasive Non-Indigenous Species in Florida's Public Lands. Florida Dept. Environmental Protection. Tallahassee, Florida. 283 pp.; Wooding and Hardinsky …

Method For The Inhibition Of Function Of Stat Transcription Factors, Kenneth S. Zuckerman, Richard Y. Liu

USF Patents

There is provided a method of modulating the function of transcription factor by administering an effective amount of an oligonucleotide containing optimal nucleotide binding sites for the transcription factor. A therapeutic agent having an effective amount of an oligonucleotide for modulating function of transcription factors and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is also provided. Also provided is a treatment of patients having illnesses in which the activation of transcription factors play a role by administering to a patient an effective amount of an oligonucleotide which competitively binds the related transcription factor.

Efficacy Of Scent Dogs In Detecting Black-Footed Ferrets At A Reintroduction Site In South Dakota, Sara A. Reindl-Thompson, John A. Shivik, Alice Whitelaw, Aimee Hurt, Kenneth F. Higgins

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Endangered black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) are difficult to monitor because of their nocturnal and fossorial habits, but land use and management are influenced by their potential presence. Detector dogs have been suggested as a method for determining ferret presence, although its efficacy has not been thoroughly investigated. We evaluated 2 dogs trained specifically for determining ferret presence in field evaluations conducted in black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies at the Conata Basin reintroduction site in South Dakota, USA, during September and October 2003. We tested the dogs on 4 test colonies that had no record of …

Murray Ledger And Times, February 21, 2006, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

People As Property: On Being A Resource And A Person, Jedediah S. Purdy

ExpressO

Property law facilitates the efficient use and allocation of scarce resources and recognizes and protects aspects of personhood – the bases of dignity and self-respect. Human beings, who are both resources for one another and the persons whose moral importance the legal system seeks to protect. This article explores how property law has addressed this paradox in the past and how might in the future.

I analyze two bodies of nineteenth-century law where the paradox was highlighted: the legal regimes of labor discipline for slaves in the antebellum South and for free workers in the laissez-faire Lochner era. The law …

Law In The Digital Age: How Visual Communication Technologies Are Transforming The Practice, Theory, And Teaching Of Law, Richard K. Sherwin, Neal Feigenson, Christina Spiesel

ExpressO

Law today has entered the digital age. The way law is practiced – how truth and justice are represented and assessed – is increasingly dependent on what appears on electronic screens in courtrooms, law offices, government agencies, and elsewhere. Practicing lawyers know this and are rapidly adapting to the new era of digital visual rhetoric. Legal theory and education, however, have yet to catch up. This article is the first systematic effort to theorize law's transformation by new visual and multimedia technologies and to set out the changes in legal pedagogy that are needed to prepare law students for practice …

February 20th 2006, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

February 20, 2006, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Columbia Chronicle (02/20/2006), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from February 20, 2006 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 40 pages and is listed as Volume 40, Number 20. Cover story: "She's crafty, she's just my type" Editor-in-Chief: Jeffrey Danna

Conservation Cartels: How Competition Policy Conflicts With Environmental Protection, Jonathan H. Adler

Faculty Publications

The alleged purpose of antitrust law is to improve consumer welfare by proscribing actions and arrangements that reduce output and increase prices. Conservation seeks to improve human welfare by maximizing the long-term productive use of natural resources, a goal that often requires limiting consumption to sustainable levels. While conservation measures might increase prices in the short run, they enhance consumer welfare by increasing long-term production and ensuring the availability of valued resources over time. That is true whether the restrictions are imposed by a private conservation cartel or a government agency. Insofar as antitrust law fails to take this into …

Lanthorn, Vol. 40, No. 44, February 20, 2006, Grand Valley State University

Volume 40, July 14, 2005 - June 15, 2006

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

February 20, 2006 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

The Bg News February 20, 2006, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. February 20, 2006. Volume 96-Issue 104.

Use Of Infrared Thermography To Detect Signs Of Rabies Infection In Raccoons (Procyon Lotor), Mike R. Dunbar, Kathleen A. Maccarthy B.S.

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Infrared thermography was evaluated as a technique to determine if raccoons (Procyon lotor) experimentally infected with rabies virus could be differentiated from non-infected raccoons. Following a 10-day adjustment period, raccoons (n = 6) were infected with a virulent rabies street strain raccoon variant by injection into the masseter muscle at a dose of 2 x 10⁴ tissue-culture infectious dose (TCID₅₀) in 0.2 ml (n = 4) or 10⁵ TCID₅₀ in 1 ml (n = 2). Five of the six raccoons developed prodromal signs of rabies 17 to 22 days post-inoculation …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 47, February 20, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.

The Distress Calls Of Leptodactylus Chaquensis Cei, 1950 And Leptodactylus Elenae Heyer, 1978 (Anura: Leptodactylidae), José M. Padial, Rafael O. De Sá, Ignacio De La Riva

Biology Faculty Publications

We describe the distress calls of Leptodactylus chaquensis and Leptodactylus elenae. They each consist of a single, long, tonal sound with complex harmonic structure and complex frequency modulation. The distress calls of both species are different from their respective advertisement calls. Moreover, there are also clear interspecific differences. Harmonic frequencies in L. elenae are higher, there are fewer emphasized harmonics and the call is shorter and repeated at a higher rate (sometimes paired) than the call of L. chaquensis. Call duration, call rate, and position of the dominant harmonic change with the strength of the stimulus that the …

Spartan Daily, February 20, 2006, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 126, Issue 14

The Eastern Echo, February 20, 2006, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, February 19, 2006, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2006

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, February 19, 2006, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2006

No abstract provided.

Free And Green: A New Approach To Environmental Protection, Jonathan H. Adler

Faculty Publications

Most Americans consider themselves environmentalists, yet most experts are dissatisfied with existing environmental regulations, which are both inefficient and inequitable. Worse, many don't serve environmental goals. This article outlines an alternative approach to environmental policy based on market institutions and property rights rather than central-planning and bureaucratic control. The aim is both to improve environmental protection and lessen the costs ? Economic and otherwise ? Of achieving environmental goals. It seeks to ensure that Americans' environmental values are advanced without sacrificing the individual liberties the American government was created to protect.

The problem with current regulatory approaches is not merely …

Genetic Residues Of Ancient Migrations: An End To Biological Essentialism And The Reification Of Race, William M. Richman

ExpressO

No abstract provided.

On The Green Vol. 36 No. 8 February 17, 2006, Gallaudet University

2001-2010

On the Green is an internal publication of Gallaudet College, which later became Gallaudet University. It notified employees of updates around the campus and in the broader community, including new construction and the establishment of new academic programs. Running until 2010, it was supplanted by various forms of online mass communications across multiple audiences.

The Echo: February 17, 2006, Taylor University

2005-2006 (Volume 93)

Bands battle for top title – TDO hosts special olympics – Row runs for office – Phase two renovations slated for ’07 – Relay for Life confronts cancer – TU pursues Ecuador site – Jenbe Ensemble drums up emotion – Fort Wayne to build new dorm – TU team plans research in Russia – Students save lives – God bless America – The Model Taylor Student – Letters to the Editor – Dr. Ricke’s 77 theses – Join the speed date scramble – Pollard loses ‘Voices’ – Man plays God in ‘Flowers’ – Palestinian ‘Paradise’ – Meloy’s talent lost in …

The Courier, Volume 39, Issue 16, February 17, 2006, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Construction–Bulldozers Prepare Softball Field For Early Childhood Education Center

Election–Student Leadership Positions Available For 2006, Accepting Applications For Candidates Now

College Seeks Financial Security

Textbook Thieves Caught Off Guard Off Campus

Newcomer Gets New Court Date

Online Communities Offer Social Connections, Dangerous Situations

Jason Hunter, Coach Of The Year

People:

Cliff Newcomer

David Gay

Kris Saylor

Pat Saylor

Mike Saylor

Erin Moran

Jason Hunter

V. 73, Issue 12, February 17, 2006

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.

Amazon Disappearing Faster Than Prior Estimates, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.