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Focus, Bob Evancho (Editor)

FOCUS on Boise State

Boise State University is actively engaged in efforts to address some of the major challenges of the day, including global warming, terrorism, immigration and health concerns. Faculty research extends far beyond the boundaries of the university or the state of Idaho and involves resources, energy and collaboration from entities across the globe. Cover photo of Boise State history professor Mike Zirinsky with pre-revolutionary Iranian flag by John Kelly.

Evolution Of Regulations For Bridges To Marsh Islands In South Carolina, Nancy Vinson

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Coastal Zone Management Act Of Today: Does Sustainability Have A Chance, Sam Kalen

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Ecosystem Services And The Public Trust Doctrine: Working Change From Within, J. B. Ruhl, James Salzman

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Honoring The Call To Practice, Joseph F. Anderson Jr.

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Internet Reviews: Social Networking Software: Facebook And Myspace, Stacey Greenwell, Beth Kraemer

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1 Fall 2006, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

F06rs Sgb No. 18 (No More Sio), Alsfeld

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

Changing Nature: Globalization And Economic Reforms In Brazil, Lucas Gimenes Loureiro

Theses and Dissertations

Globalization is affecting our lives in ways that we never expected before. Greater interdependence, some scholars argue, weakens the ability of nation-states to retain their authority over individuals and corporations. However, nation-states are highly adaptable and they have the power to maintain their primacy .

Governments have the ability to choose which model of development their economies should pursue. Thus, based on the choice of economic model, nation-states shape their economies and the way business operates within it. In other words, governments will essentially steer their economies in a certain direction, even though they cannot determine the exact path that …

Proof Of Concept Fund Approach To Small And Medium Enterprise Franchising And Marketing Research Findings., Omolara O. Akanji

Bullion

Over the past 20 to 25 years small scale enterprises have exploded in the informal sector of the Nigeria's businesses. The informal sector study (CBN, NISEK 2000) showed that over 25,000 small scale enterprises were in existence in the agro industrial production sector of the economy during the year 2000. This paper proffers a model of funding called "Proof of Concept Fund" as a bridging credit facility to research institutes and small scale industrialist who would want to patent/franchise budding research findings to commercialization. The study reveals that there are substantial empirical studies of countries that have used the Proof …

Bankruptcy Reform: What's Tax Got To Do With It?, Michelle A. Cecil

Faculty Publications

The article takes a two-pronged approach to the issue. First, it argues that all post-petition appreciation should be taxed to the debtor rather than to the debtor's bankruptcy estate because the debtor enjoys the benefits of the asset's appreciation in value and because, from a tax perspective, the results will be identical irrespective of whether the debtor or the bankruptcy estate is taxed on the asset's post-petition appreciation. Second, the article proposes that the gain accruing before the termination of the bankruptcy proceeding be treated as discharge of indebtedness income so that the debtor can defer recognition of the gain …

One Year After Katrina: Tragedy Of The Crescent City, Christopher Stream, R. Paul Battaglio

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Research

One year after Katrina, New Orleans and the surrounding area are slowly showing signs of growth and a return to normalcy. Two recent studies provide excellent overviews of the economic impacts the hurricane had on the area as well as the efforts New Orleans has made to recover from the storm’s devastation. The first study which was published in August of 2006 was done by the Brookings Institution. A “Special Edition of the Katrina Index: A One-Year Review of Key Indicators of Recovery in Post-Storm New Orleans” by Amy Liu, Matt Fellowes and Mia Mabanta, provides an overview of key …

Connections Newsletter Fall 2006

Connections Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Putting ‘Culture’ Back In Multicultural Education: A Call For A Critical And Interdisciplinary Approach To Teacher Education, Pepi Leistyna

Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education

No abstract provided.

A Multicultural Learning Community Seminar As A Site Of Praxis, Carl A. Grant, Vonzell Agosto

Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education

The Multicultural Learning Community (MLC) Seminar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison operates under the direction of the authors as faculty director and teaching assistant. The seminar offers the students and faculty the opportunity to act on Freire’s and Leistyna’s conceptions of praxis. A culturally relevant approach to assessment is employed to discuss the progress of the students and the seminar as a site of praxis. Praxis is the relationship between theoretical understanding and critique of society (that is, its historical, ideological, sociopolitical, and economic influences and structures) and action that seeks to transform individuals and their environment (Leistyna, 1999, p. …

Voices From The Margins: ‘Black’ Caribbean And Mexican Heritage Women Educators In The Rural South, Lorraine Gilpin, Scott Beck

Journal of Praxis in Multicultural Education

This paper explores the ways in which immigrant and migrant women educators in the rural South understand and construct narratives of their lives. The ‘Black’ Caribbean and Mexican heritage women educators in this study experience and interpret events in their lives, as women, minorities, postcolonial ‘subjects,’ and outsiders in the rural South, a region traditionally dominated by white patriarchal norms and prejudices. We assert that from this position of multiple marginality they construct important insights into the nature of education in the rural South. As so-called “Third-World women” living in the “First World” of the United States, the interpretations that …

Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Shane Bevell, David Ashley, Cate Weeks, Jennifer Lawson

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Unlv Magazine, Cate Weeks, Shane Bevell, Erin O'Donnell, Eric Leake, Lori Bachand, David G. Schwartz, David Ashley

UNLV Magazine

No abstract provided.

Television Viewing And Long-Term Weight Maintenance: Results From The Natinoal Weight Control Registry, Douglas A. Raynor, Suzanne Phelan, James O. Hill, Rena R. Wing

Kinesiology and Public Health

Objective: To examine the role of television (TV) viewing in long-term maintenance of weight loss.
Research Methods and Procedures: All subjects (N = 1422) were enrolled in the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR), a national sample of adults who have maintained a minimum weight loss of 13.6 kg for at least 1 year. Participants self-reported the average number of hours of weekly TV viewing at entry into the NWCR and at a 1-year follow-up. Cross-sectional and prospective analyses were performed to determine the frequency of TV viewing and the extent to which TV viewing was independently associated with weight regain …

Ncaa: A Lesson In Cartel Behavior And Antitrust Regulation, Lindsay A. Oliver

Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law

No abstract provided.

Northeast Ohio Manufacturing Brief, Ziona Austrian

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.

A Redheaded Eskimo: Maryland's Fair Share Health Care Fund Act A.K.A. The Wal-Mart Bill, Kris Harrison

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Block Grants, Early Childhood Education, And The Reauthorization Of Head Start: From Positional Conflict To Interest-Based Agreement, Eloise Pasachoff

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Commandeering And Its Alternatives: A Federalism Perspective, Neil S. Siegel

Vanderbilt Law Review

This inquiry argues that current Tenth Amendment jurisprudence causes net harm to federalism values under certain circumstances. Specifically, New York v. United States and Printz v. United States protect state autonomy to some extent by requiring the federal government to internalize more of the costs of federal regulation before engaging in regulation. But anticommandeering doctrine harms state autonomy in situations where the presence of the rule triggers more preemption going forward. Preemption generally causes a greater compromise of federalism values than does commandeering by eroding state regulatory control.

While it is a context-sensitive empirical question whether specific applications of the …

Transcutaneous Immunization With Toxin-Coregulated Pilin A Induces Protective Immunity Against Vibrio Cholerae O1 El Tor Challenge In Mice, Julianne E. Rollenhagen, Anuj Kalsy, Francisca Cerda, Manohar John

Dartmouth Scholarship

Toxin-coregulated pilin A (TcpA) is the main structural subunit of a type IV bundle-forming pilus of Vibrio cholerae, the cause of cholera. Toxin-coregulated pilus is involved in formation of microcolonies of V. cholerae at the intestinal surface, and strains of V. cholerae deficient in TcpA are attenuated and unable to colonize intestinal surfaces. Anti-TcpA immunity is common in humans recovering from cholera in Bangladesh, and immunization against TcpA is protective in murine V. cholerae models. To evaluate whether transcutaneously applied TcpA is immunogenic, we transcutaneously immunized mice with 100 mug of TcpA or TcpA with an immunoadjuvant (cholera toxin [CT], …

The Effects Of Tgf-Beta1 And Igf-I On The Biomechanics And Cytoskeleton Of Single Chondrocytes, Nic Leipzig

Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering Faculty Research

Objective Ascertaining how mechanical forces and growth factors mediate normal and pathologic processes in single chondrocytes can aid in developing strategies for the repair and replacement of articular cartilage destroyed by injury or disease. This study examined effects of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) on the biomechanics and cytoskeleton of single zonal chondrocytes. Method Superficial and middle/deep bovine articular chondrocytes were seeded on tissue culture treated plastic for 3 and 18 h and treated with TGF-β1 (5 ng/mL), IGF-I (100 ng/mL), or a combination of TGF-β1 (5 ng/mL) + IGF-I (100 ng/mL). Single chondrocytes from all …

Brazil's Ip Opportunism Threatens U.S. Private Property Rights, Lawrence A. Kogan

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Louisiana Agriculture Fall, 2006, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Louisiana Survey 2006 (Fall), Lsu Reilly Center For Media & Public Affairs

Reilly Center Louisiana Surveys

The fall 2006 Louisiana Survey noted the beginning of a return to a "new normal" in public opinion following the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The number of residents who reported optimism that the state was heading in the right direction increased from 2005, but still did not equal pre-hurricane levels. In addition, the 2006 LA Survey explored:

• the re-emergence of dominance for pre-Katrina concerns such as education, healthcare, and crime in the state
• an increase in number of residents noting climate change as their number one concern for the future of the state
• disconcerting trends on perceptions of …

Can The President Be Torturer In Chief?., Harold Hongju Koh

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: War, Terrorism and Torture: Limits on Presidential Power in the 21st Century. Convened by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington, prominent legal scholars, human rights advocates and government lawyers gathered in Bloomington on October 7, 2005.