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Lawyers, Guns, & Money: The Rise And Fall Of Tort Litigation Against The Firearms Industry, Allen K. Rostron

Faculty Works

As the twentieth century came to a close, the gun industry was under siege. The murders of twelve students and a teacher at Columbine High School in April 1999 brought a chorus of calls for legislation limiting access to guns. A year later, demonstrators gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol building for the Million Mom March, the largest rally ever held in support of gun control measures.

The industry's greatest concern, however, arose in another arena. Gun manufacturers found themselves in courts on an array of tort lawsuits across the country. Many of those asserting claims were individuals injured …

A Novel Minimized Dead-End Elimination Criterion And Its Application To Protein Redesign In A Hybrid Scoring And Search Algorithm For Computing Partition Functions Over Molecular Ensembles, Ivelin Georgiev, Ryan H. Lilien, Bruce R. Donald

Computer Science Technical Reports

Novel molecular function can be achieved by redesigning an enzyme's active site so that it will perform its chemical reaction on a novel substrate. One of the main challenges for protein redesign is the efficient evaluation of a combinatorial number of candidate structures. The modeling of protein flexibility, typically by using a rotamer library of commonly-observed low-energy side-chain conformations, further increases the complexity of the redesign problem. A dominant algorithm for protein redesign is Dead-End Elimination (DEE), which prunes the majority of candidate conformations by eliminating rigid rotamers that provably are not part of the Global Minimum Energy Conformation (GMEC). …

Salute To Faculty Scholarship 2006, Clark University

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Wright State University Cross Country And Track Media Guide 2006-2007, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2006-2007 Cross Country and Track teams. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Umm Telephone Extensions 2006-07, University Of Minnesota, Morris

UMN Morris Directories

No abstract provided.

Wright State University Libraries Access Newsletter Fall 2005/Winter 2006, Wright State University Libraries

Access Newsletter

An eight page newsletter created by Wright State University Libraries that addresses the current affairs of the Libraries.

African And African American Newsletter, Spring Quarter 2006, African And African American Studies

African and African American Studies Newsletter

This eight page newsletter created by the Wright State University African and African American Studies Program documents course offerings, faculty and student reflections, a schedule of local events, and more.

Academic Data Series, 2005-06 Edition, Office Of The Controller, Wright State University

Academic Data Series

A compilation of statistics extracted from the University's Banner System and Ohio Department of Higher Education resources for 2005-2006.

An Improved Surrogate Method For Detecting The Presence Of Chaos In Gait, David J. Miller, Nikolaos Stergiou, Max J. Kurz

Journal Articles

It has been suggested that the intercycle variability present in the time series of biomechanical gait data is of chaotic nature. However, the proper methodology for the correct determination of whether intercycle fluctuations in the data are deterministic chaos or random noise has not been identified. Our goal was to evaluate the pseudoperiodic surrogation (PPS) [Small et al., 2001. Surrogate test for pseudoperiodic time series data. Physical Review Letters 87(18), 188,101–188,104], and the surrogation algorithms of Theiler et al. [1992. Testing for nonlinearity in time series: the method of surrogate data. Physica D 58(1–4), 77–94] and of Theiler and Rapp …

Community Health Outcomes Report: Phase 1, Bexar County Community Health Collaborative, William Spears, David W. Smith

Population and Public Health Sciences Faculty Publications

The 2006 Bexar County Community Health Assessment is a major initiative of The Health Collaborative, a cutting-edge, public-private model for solving community health issues. The mission of the organization is to improve the health status of the community through collaborative means. Partners include the major health systems in San Antonio, the YMCA of Greater San Antonio, Community First Health Plans, Methodist Healthcare Ministries, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, and a community representative. Major health systems represented are Baptist Health System, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care, Methodist Healthcare, and University Health System.

The Health Collaborative began informally in 1997 when several …

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: Residents of old and New Columbia may change our thinking about public housing; PSU’s first graduates experienced Elvis Eisenhower, and the three-cent stamp; Lisa Marsh shows musicians how to stay healthy for a lifetime of performance; geologists look at the cold facts behind global warming; today’s thriving PSU Bookstore were started in a student’s closet; and more.

Popping Patented Pills: Europe And A Decade's Dose Of Trips, David Vaver, Shamnad Basheer

All Papers

This paper considers some features of Europe's approach to medicine, public health and patents as it has developed during the decade since TRIPs came into force. It then reviews what rights users have in relation to such patents and what duties right holders may owe users. The following issues are discussed: 1. How patents on medicines are viewed in Europe, 2. How TRIPs has affected European law, 3. How bilateral agreements since TRIPs have affected Europe, 4. How user rights should be viewed under TRIPs, 5. Whether patents in the public health field are a special case.

Continuum: Volume 25, Number 6 (Winter 2006), Osgoode Hall Law School Of York University

Continuum: Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Magazine

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Fairness At Work: Federal Labour Standards For The 21st Century, H. W. Arthurs

Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents

On October 30, 2006 Commissioner Harry Arthurs delivered his report Fairness at Work: Federal Labour Standards for the 21st Century to the Minister of Labour, the Hon. Jean-Pierre Blackburn.

Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Randy Jessen

Syllabi

REQUIRED TEXTS BIBLIOGRAPHY The Book of Discipline 2004. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 2004. Thomas Edward Frank, Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the United Methodist Church Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997 (or later).

Co 720 Psychopathology: Theory And Assessment, Anthony J. Headley

Syllabi

REQUIRED READINGS American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: APA First, M., Frances, A., & Pincus, H. (2002). Handbook of Differential Diagnosis. Washington, DC: APA

Co 601 Counseling Theories And Techniques, Virginia Todd Holeman

Syllabi

Required Course Texts: Corsini, R. & Wedding, D. (2004). Current psychotherapies. (7th edition). Itasca: IL: Peacock Publishers. Jones, S. L. & Butman, R. E. (1991). Modern psychotherapies: A comprehensive Christian appraisal. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. McMinn, M. R. (1996). Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale Publishing.

Has The Supreme Court Incorrectly Expanded § 271(E)(1) To Risk A Regulatory Taking?, 5 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 216 (2006), Tara Stuart

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

The U.S.S.C. expanded the scope of the Hatch-Waxman Act’s safe harbor provision in Merck III to include protection for infringing use of any type of invention as long as a researcher intended to perform research reasonably relevant to FDA approval. This broad interpretation is inconsistent with the legislative intent of the Hatch-Waxman Act, and the policies of the U.S. patent system. Many patent owners may unnecessarily experience such a reduction in their property rights as to constitute a regulatory taking. The proposed narrow interpretation would rectify the constitutional problems and inconsistencies in infringement exemptions. Section 271(e)(1) should apply only to …

Redefining Utility In Determining The Patentability Of Dna Sequences, 5 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 238 (2006), Diana A. Villamil

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

On September 7, 2005, the Federal Circuit in In re Fisher upheld the PTO’s final rejection for lack of utility of a patent application for certain DNA sequence fragments generated from maize plants. The court, supporting a heightened utility standard, adopted the “real-world” test for establishing substantial and specific utility required by the PTO. This decision severely limits the granting of patent rights to DNA sequence fragments, which are capable of having value within the biotech community as research tools. This comment proposes the restoration of a less stringent utility standard to more correctly reflect the purposes of patent law …

The Conundrum Confronting Congress: The Patent System Must Be Left Untouched While Being Radically Reformed, 5 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 268 (2006), Robert A. Armitage

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

Patent systems reforms have been recommended by a variety of interests, including the Federal Trade Commission and the National Academies of Science and the private sector. Although calls for radical reforms have undeniable merit, the effectiveness of the existing patent system as an incentive to investment in innovation must be left untouched in the reform process. Unwise reforms include awarding patent injunctions only sparingly and limiting patent damages to nominal amounts for inventions relating to patentable combinations made of existing components. There are, however, “three pillars” that should guide reform: (1) introduce full transparency and objectiveness into the tests for …

Biotechnology's Prescription For Patent Reform, 5 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 318 (2006), Christopher M. Holman

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

On June 8, 2005, Congressman Lamar Smith introduced H.R. 2795, the “Patent Reform Act of 2005,” aimed at improving the quality and certainty of issued patents, simplifying the patent procurement process, harmonizing U.S. law with international practice, and reining in abusive patent enforcement practices. Congress has set the legislation aside for the time being, but will likely revisit the issue again shortly. The biotechnology industry, one of the fastest growing sectors in the United States economy, strongly opposes many of the proposed reforms. This paper considers the Congressional testimonies of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (“BIO”) and other representatives of biotechnology’s …

The Impact Of The New World Order On Economic Development: The Role Of The Intellectual Property Rights System, 6 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 1 (2006), Joseph Straus

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

This article provides a close look at the development of intellectual property protection contrasted with the development of globalization. Specifically, the agreements forming the legal framework of the World Trade Organization are discussed and their impact on the economic development of developing countries examined. A closer look is given to China and India, where only recently intellectual property protection standards complying with mandatory rules of the TRIPS Agreement have been introduced, and where the most remarkable economic, scientific, and technological development can be observed. This article emphasizes the necessity of all members of the World Trade Organization to comply with …

Why Bother Calling Patents Property? The Government's Path To License Any Patent And Maybe Pay For It, 6 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 151 (2006), Bradley M. Taub

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

In 2006 the Federal Circuit in Zoltek Corp. v. United States denied a patent owner the basic protections of the Constitution. In 2005 the United States Supreme Court in Kelo v. City of New London effectively wrote the Public Use Clause out of the Fifth Amendment. This comment focuses on the constitutional and statutory rights of patent owners in light of Zoltek, Kelo, and 28 U.S.C. § 1498. After Zoltek and Kelo several questions remain, which this comment asks and analyzes. First, can the Federal Government unilaterally take a patent owner’s patent reasoning the taking benefits the economy, public safety, …

Recent Developments In Trade Secrets Law, 6 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 59 (2006), R. Mark Halligan

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

As companies are increasingly trying to protect information by designating it as a trade secret, courts are increasingly trying to resolve litigation disputes relating to trade secrets misappropriation issues. Trends have emerged from these court cases, further defining the limits of trade secrets protection and attempting to carve out uniform rules concerning such protection. This article highlights some of the most interesting and recent developments in Trade Secrets Law.

Global Perspective Approach To Multiple Sclerosis, Kinsey M. Tarpley

Honors Capstones

fflicting 1 in 1000 people in Western countries, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the leading nontraumatic cause of neurologic disability in young adults.1 The experience one person will have with the illness will be different from the next, therefore MS will never have a “one size fits all” treatment strategy. MS is a demyelination disease of the central nervous system, presents with a wide spectrum of neurologic symptoms. Physical Therapy can help people with MS manage their symptoms and improve impairments. Physical Therapists working with people with MS need to be fully aware of the “Big Picture” of MS, not just …

Does The Message Matter? Enhancing Patient Adherence Through Persuasive Messages, Muhammad F. Walji

Dissertations and Theses (Open Access)

To improve health and reduce costs, we need to encourage patients to make better healthcare decisions. Many informatics interventions are aimed at improving health outcomes by influencing patient behavior. However, we know little about how the content of a message in these interventions can influence a health-related decision. In this research we formulate a conceptual model to help explain and guide the design of “persuasive messages”, those which can change and influence patient behavior. We apply the conceptual model to design persuasive appointment reminder messages using humancentered design principles. Finally, we empirically test our hypotheses in a randomized controlled trial …

Coercion And Empowerment In The Treatment Of Individuals With Serious Mental Illness / Kristen M.Strack, Kristen M. Strack

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Role Of Customary Rules And Principles Of International Environmental Law In The Protection Of Shared International Freshwater Resources, Owen Mcintryre

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The Senegal River Basin: A Retrospective And Prospective Look At The Legal Regime, Margaret J. Vick

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Catastrophe: Risk And Response, By Richard A. Posner, John Walton

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.