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Product Liability, Franklin P. Brannen Jr., Richard L. Sizemore, Jacob E. Daly Dec 2006

Product Liability, Franklin P. Brannen Jr., Richard L. Sizemore, Jacob E. Daly

Mercer Law Review

This Article surveys recent developments in Georgia product liability law. It covers noteworthy cases decided during the survey period by Georgia appellate courts, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and United States district courts located in Georgia. In addition, this Article discusses relevant legislative enactments by the Georgia General Assembly revising the Official Code of Georgia Annotated ("O.C.G.A.").

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Table Of Cases Dec 2006

Table Of Cases

Mercer Law Review

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Torts, Deron R. Hicks Dec 2006

Torts, Deron R. Hicks

Mercer Law Review

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The Thirteenth Juror: Media Coverage Of Supersized Trials, Mark J. Geragos Dec 2006

The Thirteenth Juror: Media Coverage Of Supersized Trials, Mark J. Geragos

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

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Safer (Cyber)Sex With .Xxx: The Case For First Amendment Zoning Of The Internet, Patty Chan Dec 2006

Safer (Cyber)Sex With .Xxx: The Case For First Amendment Zoning Of The Internet, Patty Chan

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

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Where There's Smoke, There's Fire (And Brimstone): Is It Time To Abandon The Clergy-Penitent Privilege, Rena Durrant Dec 2006

Where There's Smoke, There's Fire (And Brimstone): Is It Time To Abandon The Clergy-Penitent Privilege, Rena Durrant

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

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A Whiff Of Things To Come: The Unreasonableness Of Dog Sniffs In Illinois V. Caballes, Jessica Na Dec 2006

A Whiff Of Things To Come: The Unreasonableness Of Dog Sniffs In Illinois V. Caballes, Jessica Na

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

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The Proteomics Of N-Terminal Methionine Cleavage, Frédéric Frottin, Aude Martinez, Philippe Peynot, Sanghamitra Mitra, Richard C. Holz, Carmela Giglione, Thierry Meinnel Dec 2006

The Proteomics Of N-Terminal Methionine Cleavage, Frédéric Frottin, Aude Martinez, Philippe Peynot, Sanghamitra Mitra, Richard C. Holz, Carmela Giglione, Thierry Meinnel

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Methionine aminopeptidase (MAP) is a ubiquitous, essential enzyme involved in protein N-terminal methionine excision. According to the generally accepted cleavage rules for MAP, this enzyme cleaves all proteins with small side chains on the residue in the second position (P1′), but many exceptions are known. The substrate specificity of Escherichia coli MAP1 was studied in vitro with a large (>120) coherent array of peptides mimicking the natural substrates and kinetically analyzed in detail. Peptides with Val or Thr at P1′ were much less efficiently cleaved than those with Ala, Cys, Gly, Pro, or Ser in this position. Certain residues …

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Vision-Based Target Geo-Location Using A Fixed-Wing Miniature Air Vehicle, D. Blake Barber, Joshua D. Redding, Timothy W. Mclain, Randal W. Beard, Clark N. Taylor Dec 2006

Vision-Based Target Geo-Location Using A Fixed-Wing Miniature Air Vehicle, D. Blake Barber, Joshua D. Redding, Timothy W. Mclain, Randal W. Beard, Clark N. Taylor

Faculty Publications

This paper presents a method for determining the GPS location of a ground-based object when imaged from a fixed-wing miniature air vehicle (MAV). Using the pixel location of the target in an image, with measurements of MAV position and attitude, and camera pose angles, the target is localized in world coordinates. The main contribution of this paper is to present four techniques for reducing the localization error. In particular, we discuss RLS filtering, bias estimation, flight path selection, and wind estimation. The localization method has been implemented and flight tested on BYU’s MAV testbed and experimental results are presented demonstrating …

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Two-Loop Bethe Logarithms For Non- S Levels, Ulrich D. Jentschura Dec 2006

Two-Loop Bethe Logarithms For Non- S Levels, Ulrich D. Jentschura

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Two-loop Bethe logarithms are calculated for excited P and D states in hydrogenlike systems, and estimates are presented for all states with higher angular momenta. These results complete our knowledge of the P and D energy levels in hydrogen at the order of α8 mec2, where me is the electron mass and c is the speed of light, and scale as Z6, where Z is the nuclear charge number. Our analytic and numerical calculations are consistent with the complete absence of logarithmic terms of order (απ)2 (Zα)6 ln [(Zα)-2] …

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The Use Of Fast Integral Equations Solvers For Practical Package And Interconnect Analysis, J. D. Morsey, B. J. Rubin, L. (Lijun) Jiang, L. Shan, L. B. Eisenberg, D. Becker, M. Arseneault Dec 2006

The Use Of Fast Integral Equations Solvers For Practical Package And Interconnect Analysis, J. D. Morsey, B. J. Rubin, L. (Lijun) Jiang, L. Shan, L. B. Eisenberg, D. Becker, M. Arseneault

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Fast integral equation methods are now being applied to packaging and other such "low frequency" problems. This paper explores some of the issues surrounding such an application to real, product level packaging and interconnect type structures. Discussed are issues such as low frequency breakdown, mesh aspect ratios, and solver convergence. Finally, integral equation solver examples are presented using the IBM internally developed pre-corrected FFT (PFFT) solver labeled EMSurf[l]. ©2006 IEEE.

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Research Note: Assessing Household Service Losses With Joint Survival Probabilities, Victor Matheson, Robert Baade Dec 2006

Research Note: Assessing Household Service Losses With Joint Survival Probabilities, Victor Matheson, Robert Baade

Economics Department Working Papers

Traditional analyses of household service losses in personal injury and wrongful death litigation calculate the losses over the expected lifetime of the injured or deceased individual. In fact, the losses to the surviving family members are more accurately described by using joint survival probabilities of the injured or deceased person and their survivors, or a “joint life expectancy.” The use of joint probabilities will always serve to reduce expected household service losses and these reductions can be especially significant when the deceased is significantly younger than the surviving spouse or if the survivor has a relatively low remaining life expectancy.

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Strengthening The Criminal Defendant's Right To Counsel, Anne Bowen Poulin Dec 2006

Strengthening The Criminal Defendant's Right To Counsel, Anne Bowen Poulin

Cardozo Law Review

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Barbarians At The Ballot Box: The Use Of Hedging To Acquire Low Cost Corporate Influence And Its Effect On Shareholder Apathy, Jonathan J. Katz Dec 2006

Barbarians At The Ballot Box: The Use Of Hedging To Acquire Low Cost Corporate Influence And Its Effect On Shareholder Apathy, Jonathan J. Katz

Cardozo Law Review

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Judith Merril: A Primary And Secondary Bibliography, Elizabeth Cummins Dec 2006

Judith Merril: A Primary And Secondary Bibliography, Elizabeth Cummins

English and Technical Communication Faculty Research & Creative Works

This Judith Merril bibliography includes both primary and secondary works, arranged in categories that are suitable for her career and that are, generally, common to the other bibliographies in the Center for Bibliographic Studies in Science Fiction. Works by Merril include a variety of types and modes—pieces she wrote at Morris High School in the Bronx, newsletters and fanzines she edited; sports, westerns, and detective fiction and non-fiction published in pulp magazines up to 1950; science fiction stories, novellas, and novels; book reviews; critical essays; edited anthologies; and both audio and video recordings of her fiction and non-fiction.

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A Kinematic Analysis Of Sprint Starts With Varied Starting Block Foot Placement Widths, Jesse Lee Rhoades Dec 2006

A Kinematic Analysis Of Sprint Starts With Varied Starting Block Foot Placement Widths, Jesse Lee Rhoades

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the effect of relative lateral foot placement in the starting blocks on the sprint start. The sprinting kinematics during the first four steps out of the blocks were examined. Eight females from the a Midwest University Track and Field team performed sprint starts using a pair of modified Fusion I starting blocks. These starting blocks were made in double wide configuration to accommodate a variety of foot placements. Foot placements were determined using relative hip to ankle angle. Experimental hip-ankle angles were± five degrees (Narrow/Wide), and zero degrees (neutral). The sprinters were recorded with four cameras at …

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Resilience And Depressive Symptoms In Midlife Women, Keverne L. Lehman Dec 2006

Resilience And Depressive Symptoms In Midlife Women, Keverne L. Lehman

Masters Theses

Rates of depression are increasing throughout the world, with women experiencing depression twice as often as men. This study utilized the Neuman Systems Model to examine the relationship in midlife women between depressive symptoms and resilience. Women ages 35-55, selected from four health care settings, completed written surveys on demographic information, life events, depression, and resilience. Results supported depressive symptoms as a health concern for mid-life women: 32% reporting current or previous treatment for depression, and 24% screening positive for depression. Resilience, measured by the Polk Resilience Patterns Scale, was related to education, perceived health, conflict in the living situation, …

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Board Of Trustees Minutes, December 1, 2006, Eastern Washington University Dec 2006

Board Of Trustees Minutes, December 1, 2006, Eastern Washington University

Board of Trustees Minutes

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Writing A Thirty Minute Television Script, Mark L. Lauck Dec 2006

Writing A Thirty Minute Television Script, Mark L. Lauck

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

The goal of the project was to write a twenty two to thirty page script for a television series. The script is the basis to develop a series of thirty to sixty minute television shows. The initial script is centered around the eternal battle between good and evil. It‟s set in an environment where non baptized or lost souls come to rest before moving on to hell or heaven. The place is called Limbo. It‟s neutral ground between Heaven and Hell, where good and evil have equal influence. The only thing keeping the atmosphere from exploding is the Truce, a …

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Integration Without Unification: An Argument For Pluralism In The Biological Sciences, Sandra D. Mitchell, Michael R. Dietrich Dec 2006

Integration Without Unification: An Argument For Pluralism In The Biological Sciences, Sandra D. Mitchell, Michael R. Dietrich

Dartmouth Scholarship

In this article, we consider the tension between unification and pluralism in biological theory. We begin with a consideration of historical efforts to establish a unified understanding of evolution in the neo‐Darwinian synthesis. The fragmentation of the evolutionary synthesis by molecular evolution suggests the limitations of the general unificationist ideal for biology but not necessarily for integrating explanations. In the second half of this article, we defend a specific variety of pluralism that allows for the integration required for explanations of complex phenomena without unification on a large scale.

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Evaluating Next Cell Predictors With Extensive Wi-Fi Mobility Data, Libo Song, David Kotz, Ravi Jain, Xiaoning He Dec 2006

Evaluating Next Cell Predictors With Extensive Wi-Fi Mobility Data, Libo Song, David Kotz, Ravi Jain, Xiaoning He

Dartmouth Scholarship

Location is an important feature for many applications, and wireless networks can better serve their clients by anticipating client mobility. As a result, many location predictors have been proposed in the literature, though few have been evaluated with empirical evidence. This paper reports on the results of the first extensive empirical evaluation of location predictors, using a two-year trace of the mobility patterns of over 6,000 users on Dartmouth's campus-wide Wi-Fi wireless network. The surprising results provide critical evidence for anyone designing or using mobility predictors. \par We implemented and compared the prediction accuracy of several location predictors drawn from …

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Corruption And Democratic Performance, Levente Littvay Dec 2006

Corruption And Democratic Performance, Levente Littvay

Department of Political Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This dissertation introduces new quantitative methods to comparative politics. These include an approximately unbiased missing data treatment, a first order autoregressive multilevel model for the analysis of cross-sectional longitudinal data, approaches for the separation of cross-sectional and longitudinal predictor effects to identify aggregation bias and a model for the empirical analysis of causal direction. Methods are demonstrated on a model replicating past research on the causes of corruption adding democratic performance as a predictor, than a new model of democratic performance is developed to test Warren’s theoretical propositions that corruption is by nature undemocratic, and finally the causal direction between …

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Criminal Law, Laura D. Hogue, Franklin J. Hogue Dec 2006

Criminal Law, Laura D. Hogue, Franklin J. Hogue

Mercer Law Review

The tension between prosecuting those charged with violating the laws of this state and defending the rights of those accused of having committed crimes sets the stage for the multitude of opinions from the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court in the field of criminal law. As always, we strive to present cases that will assist attorneys in their practice, either by surveying cases that present careful reiteration of age-old principles or by surveying cases that alter old rules or establish new ones. We limit our Article to cases that affect the practice of criminal law but …

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Evidence, Marc T. Treadwell Dec 2006

Evidence, Marc T. Treadwell

Mercer Law Review

The most significant news during the current survey year continued to be the major legislative developments discussed in last year's survey. Most significantly, the Georgia General Assembly, during its 2005 session, enacted Official Code of Georgia Annotated ("O.C.G.A.") section 24-9-67.1, which purports to adopt, more or less, the United States Supreme Court's decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its progeny, and creates special rules for expert testimony in medical negligence actions. In other words, Daubert has now come to Georgia and, as discussed below, there were both legislative and judicial developments regarding Georgia's new expert witness …

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Come Saturday Morning ... At Bridgewater State College, Joseph H. Huber, Jamie L. Mackool Dec 2006

Come Saturday Morning ... At Bridgewater State College, Joseph H. Huber, Jamie L. Mackool

Bridgewater Review

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Indeterminacy And Society By Russell Hardin, Daniel R. Sabia Dec 2006

Indeterminacy And Society By Russell Hardin, Daniel R. Sabia

Faculty Publications

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Courting The Stars: Why The Legal System Needs New(S) Thinking For Overpowering Celebrity Trials, Craig Matsuda Dec 2006

Courting The Stars: Why The Legal System Needs New(S) Thinking For Overpowering Celebrity Trials, Craig Matsuda

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Towards An Honest Belief Plus Standard In California Employment Discrimination Cases, Noam Glick Dec 2006

Towards An Honest Belief Plus Standard In California Employment Discrimination Cases, Noam Glick

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

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A More Regular Process For Irregular Rendition, A. John Radsan Dec 2006

A More Regular Process For Irregular Rendition, A. John Radsan

Seton Hall Law Review

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When Secrecy Threatens Security: Edmonds V. Department Of Justice And A Proposal To Reform The State Secrets Privilege, Anthony Rapa Dec 2006

When Secrecy Threatens Security: Edmonds V. Department Of Justice And A Proposal To Reform The State Secrets Privilege, Anthony Rapa

Seton Hall Law Review

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