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What Is An Anzac? An American Response To Australian Warriors, Brandon P. Roos

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

Rarely, in the annals of historical memory does one find a story as compelling and depressing as the narrative of the ANZACs. Never have men fought so bravely and ultimately so futilely to protect a land they only knew from history and geography books. With a deep sense of responsibility and youthful nationalism, these Australians and New Zealanders volunteered for service to the British Crown. Few knew their actions and the actions of their comrades and enemies would result in the war to end all wars, World War I. Few Australians knew their engagements would be covered in many of …

Beyond Content: The Emergence Of Video Games And Their Diverse Effects On Legal Normativity As Seen Through The Lens Of Jean Baudrillard, Stephen Orr

Canadian Journal of Law and Technology

Current legal discourse about video games focuses primarily on freedom of speech issues relating to the content of games. Using the work of Jean Baudrillard (and to a small extent Marshall McLuhan) this article reconsiders how we should conceptualize the regulation of video games. Baudrillard's theories are particularly interesting to explore as his pessimistic reflections about technology challenge us to contemplate how profoundly the form of new communicative technologies, such as video games, shape human interactions. Appealing to both theorists' belief that "the medium is the message", this article argues that we should be wary of focusing legal energy exclusively …

Richmond Law Magazine: Winter 2006

Richmond Law Magazine

Features:

How Judges Judge

Balkans in the Balance

Varied Vocations

Proud History, Bright Future

College Students’ Acceptance Of Tablet Pcs: An Application Of The Utaut Model, Omar F. El-Gayar, Mark Moran

Research & Publications

nstructional technology can enhance the learning process for post secondary students. Colleges and universities have adopted computing initiatives that require every student to acquire their own portable computing device. Yet for such initiatives to improve students ’ learning and teaching effectiveness, such technology-based initiatives must be accepted by students and faculty alike.

Environmental Management Information Systems (Emis) For Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Overview, Omar F. El-Gayar, Brian D. Fritz

Research & Publications

Environmental management information systems (EMIS) is defined as 'organizational-technical systems for systematically obtaining, processing, and making available relevant environmental information available in companies'. Such systems evolved out of a growing need to manage environmental information in response to internal and external pressures such as regulations, consumers, stockholders, and changes in the business environments. While over the past decade EMIS have proliferated in the corporate landscape, these systems have received little attention within the information systems research community as whole. The objective of this paper is to serve as a tutorial providing a conceptual overview of EMIS, highlighting organizational and technical …

Freedom Fighters, Freedom Haters, Martyrs, And Evildoers: The Social Construction Of Suicide Terrorism, Cã©Cile Valã©Rie Van De Voorde

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Suicide terrorism is characterized by the willingness of physically and psychologically war-trained individuals to die while destroying or attempting to annihilate enemy targets in furtherance of certain political or social objectives. Rooted in the historical, social, and psychological dimensions of international terrorism, suicide terrorism is neither a unique nor a new phenomenon. Its recent resurgence and the extensive media coverage it has received account for the misleading uniqueness of this violent, complex, and adaptive form of terrorism. This qualitative study examines the definitional and rhetorical processes by which suicide terrorism is socially constructed. Using a social constructionist theoretical framework coupled …

Giving Intellectual Property, Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Jeffrey A. Maine

Articles

The interdisciplinarity of intellectual property and taxation poses many challenges to the disparate existing norms in each respective field of law. This Article identifies and critiques the current tax regime governing the giving of intellectual property as a manifestation of the failure to understand the principles and policies underlying intellectual property and the firm. It proposes an economic, incentives-based system that would encourage firms to extricate part of their repository of residual rights by surrendering their monopolistic ownership of intellectual property for the benefit of charitable organizations and, in turn, the development and growth of society.

Podcasting And Copyright: The Impact Of Regulation On New Communication Technologies, Edward L. Carter, Scott Lunt

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Calibrating Patent Lifetimes, Eric E. Johnson

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Right Of Integrity In Software: An Economic Analysis, Yonatan Even

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Common-Sense (Federal) Common Law Adrift In A Statutory Sea, Or Why Grokster Was A Unanimous Decision, Jay R. Dratler

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Secondary Liability For Trade Secret Misappropriation: A Comment, Robert G. Bone

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Rebalancing Section 512 To Protect Fair Users From Herds Of Mice - Trampling Elephants, Or A Little Due Process Is Not Such A Dangerous Thing, Malla Pollack

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Importing Kazaa - Exporting Grokster, Graeme W. Austin

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Negligent Enablement Of Trade Secret Misappropriation, Michael L. Rustad

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Lost In Translation - Data Mining, National Security And The Adverse Inference Problem, Anita Ramasastry

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Sotelo V. Directrevenue, Llc: Paving The Way For Spyware-Free Internet, Julie Anderson, David Fish

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Genetic Databases And Biobanks: Who Controls Our Genetic Privacy, Yael Bregman-Eschet

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Hiding From The Boss Online: The Anti-Employer Blogger's Legal Quest For Anonymity, Konrad S. Lee

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Death Of Procedural Safeguards: Prior Restraint, Due Process And The Elusive First Amendment Value Of Content Neutrality, Edward L. Carter, Brad Clark

Faculty Publications

In recent years, federal courts eroded the procedural safeguards required for prior restraint licensing schemes established in Freedman v. Maryland. The Supreme Court of the United States stated that the dangers of prior restraint were accounted for by content neutrality. But a close examination of federal courts of appeals opinions since 2002 reveals that erosion of procedural safeguards may threaten speech interests. First, procedural safeguards have not been required, in some cases, even for content-based prior restraints. Second, courts of appeals have held that, in the context of content-neutral prior restraints, the First Amendment no longer requires a time limit …

Fall 2006

University of Richmond Magazine

No abstract provided.

Winter 2006

University of Richmond Magazine

No abstract provided.

A Theoretical Model And Empirical Results Linking Website Interactivity And Usability Satisfaction, Paul Benjamin Lowry, Trent Spaulding, Taylor Wells, Greg Moody, Kevin Moffit, Sebastian Madariaga

Faculty Publications

Usability is a key component of websites that are commercially successful. Interactivity has been inconclusively linked to website usability. This study strengthens the theoretical understanding of how interactivity affects usability by measuring user satisfaction—a subconstruct of usability—across bookstore and e-card websites. We build on theoretical models from Liu and Shrum [17] and Khalifa and Liu [15]. Users were asked to perform tasks of varying levels of interactivity at bookstore and e-card websites. Measures were obtained for the user’s expectations of, desires for, and satisfaction with the websites. Results indicate that interactivity is successfully able to increase website satisfaction. Finally, implications …

Syringes In The Sea: Why Federal Regulation Of Medical Waste Is Long Overdue, Chryssa V. Deliganis, Steve P. Calandrillo

Articles

Medical waste is produced everywhere that people live and by almost everyone at some point in their lives. Its treatment and disposal implicates the environment, public health, the economy, human dignity, and aesthetics. With the many issues involved, the need for federal regulation of medical waste today is manifest.

This Article examines the problem of medical waste disposal and evaluates the current state-based approach to regulation. Although many states have implemented stringent medical waste programs with some success, the absence of direct federal regulation in this area is problematic. The need for national leadership is clear, especially with respect to …

The Impact Of Eu Unfair Contract Terms Law On U.S. Business-To-Consumer Internet Merchants, Jane K. Winn, Mark Webber

Articles

This article focuses on the application of European Union unfair contract terms law to retail Internet transactions that U.S. businesses might engage in with European consumers. It compares attitudes toward consumer protection regulation in the U.S. and the EU to provide some context within which the specific provisions of unfair contract terms law can be understood.

While many lawyers and legal academics in the U.S. who study the development of online markets are aware of the profound differences in U.S. and EU information privacy laws, the magnitude of the divergence in consumer electronic contracting law is not as widely recognized. …

Political Censorship And Its Impact In Nepal, Rajendra Dev Acharya

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Expression Of Putative Virulence Factors Of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 Differs In Bovine And Human Infections, Rebecca A. Rashid, Tami A. Tabata, Melissa J. Oatley, Thomas E. Besser, Phillip I. Tarr, Steve L. Moseley

Open Access Publications

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Isolation, Evaluation And Molecular Characterisation Of Bacillus Thuringiensis Isolates Against Prostephanus Truncatus, A Major Storage Pest In Maize, Jane Wamaitha Mwathi

All Master’s Theses

The study was initiated to investigate the potential of locally isolated Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) isolates for the control of the larger grain borer (LGB) (Prostephanus truncatus), a major storage pest of maize and cassava in Kenya. Samples of soil, grain and dead insects were collected from various maize growing areas in Kenya and screened for the presence of Bt. The isolates were tested for toxic activity against P. truncatus in the laboratory. Bacillus thuringiensis var. tenebrio (Btt), toxic to the Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) was included in the bioassays as a Standard control reference. Bt precipitate obtained from broth was …

Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity And Hydration Protocols, Ahmed Usman, Heeranand Keswani, Suresh Nagdev,, Ghulam H, Tehseen Khursheed,, Anis Malik,, Kasif Jafferi

Department of Medicine

Objective : Ahmed Usman, Heeranand Keswani, Suresh Nagdev, Ghulam Haider, Tehseen Khursheed, Anis Malik, Kasif Jafferi To evaluate the nephrotoxicity of cisplatiri in cancer patients, using different protocols of hydration.

Study Design : Randomized controlled trial.

Patients & Methods : This study was conducted between 1st June to 30th November 2004. Ninetynine patients with normal renal function were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned into the 3 study groups, each group having 33patients. In group 1 hydration was done with saline (2 liter) alone, in group 2 with saline (2 liter) and furosemide (40mg) and in group 3 with …

Unf Journal Winter 2006, University Of North Florida

UNF Journal

A university periodical for alumni and friends of the University of North Florida.