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There Is Something In The Air: The Legal Implications Of Podcasting And User Generated Context, Jeffrey Kravitz, James Nguyen, Dennis Loomis, Joseph M. Gabriel

Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review

No abstract provided.

Legal And Business Issues In The Video Game Industry: Talent Deals, Richard Thompson, Cody Alexander, Daniel O'Connell, Daniel M. Siegel

Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review

No abstract provided.

Minstrels In The Public Domain: British Copyright Legislation, And The Argument For An Extension Of Performers' Rights Protection In The European Union, Edward A. Cosgrove

Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review

No abstract provided.

Standardisation Of Homoeopathic Drug – Hypericum Perforatum L., P Rao, P Subramanian, K Reddy

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

Hypericum perforatum L., a perennial herb belonging to family Hypericaceae is a potential drug in Homoeopathy. It is used for nerve injuries, excessive pain, spasms, hemorrhoids, asthma, tetanus, neuritis, burning pain and numbness, pulmonary and urinary troubles besides as an astringent, expectorant and diuretic. In the present paper pharmacognostic and physico-chemical studies of leaves and stem of the plant have been presented. Morphological characters of leaf and stem and their transverse sections and longitudinal sections are detailed. Physico-chemical parameters of raw drug viz., extractive values, ash values, besides preparation of formulation weight. per ml., total solids, alcohol content and T.L.C. …

Inefficient Customs In International Law, Eugene Kontorovich

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

This Article explores whether and when rules of customary international law (CIL) can be expected to be efficient. Customary rules are often regarded as desirable because in certain circumstances, they promote the welfare of the group in which they arise. Unless these circumstances apply among states, the efficiency arguments for the legalization of customary norms do not apply. The Article takes as its central observation the divergent treatment of custom in domestic and international law. In international law, if a customary behavior of states can be identified, it is automatically elevated to the status of legal obligation without any independent …

The Daily Egyptian, March 01, 2007, Daily Egyptian Staff

March 2007

No abstract provided.

Bounds And Conditions: A Kolob In Our Solar System?, David D. Allred

Faculty Publications

In 2003, Dialogue ran adjacent essays by two scientists, David Tolman and David Allred. The two Davids had been students together at Princeton, attending the same student ward. Decades after Princeton, Tolman had left Mormonism and Allred had stayed. Their essays are a fascinating juxtaposition. In the course of his piece, David Allred ventured for a few paragraphs into a discussion of the planet Jupiter and its role as a governor and protector in our solar system—a type of Kolob. Although the other author dismissed the topic as “fanciful physics,” my own interest was piqued. I asked Dr. Allred, who …

Fisheries Occasional Publication 40: A Summary Of Data Collected By The Angler’S Daily Log Book And Fishing Tournament Monitoring Programs In 2004-2006, Kimberley A. Smith, M Hammond, Joshua Brown

Fisheries Occasional Publications

Catch information and biological samples collected by recreational anglers in daily log books can provide valuable information about local fish stocks. The numbers and lengths of important recreational target species can be used to monitor their abundance and population structure, which can form the basis of fishery stock assessments. In addition, the total composition of the catch and observations about fish health provide measures of local biodiversity and ecosystem health. The Department of Fisheries (DoF) Recreational Angler’s Daily Log Book Program was launched in March 2004 as part of the DoF Research Angler Program (RAP). The current log book format …

The 2006 Trademark Dilution Revision Act Rolls Out A Luxury Claim And A Parody Exemption, Deborah R. Gerhardt

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

No abstract provided.

Landscape Context Outweighs Local Habitat Quality In Its Effects On Herbivore Dispersal And Distribution, Kyle J. Haynes, Forrest P. Dillemuth, Bryan J. Anderson, Alyssa S. Hakes, Heather B. Jackson, S. Elizabeth Jackson, James T. Cronin

Faculty Publications

Past studies with spatially structured herbivore populations have emphasized the primacy of intrinsic factors (e.g., patch quality), patch geometry (e.g., patch size and isolation), and more recently landscape context (e.g., matrix composition) in affecting local population abundance and dispersal rate. However, few studies have examined the relative importance of each factor, or how they might interact to affect herbivore abundance or dispersal. Here, we performed a factorial field experiment to examine the independent and interactive effects of patch quality (plant biomass, leaf protein, leaf phenolics) and matrix composition [mudflat or non-host grass (Bromus inermis)] on planthopper (Prokelisia crocea) emigration from …

A Genetic Screen Supports A Broad Role For The Drosophila Insulator Proteins Beaf-32a And Beaf-32b In Maintaining Patterns Of Gene Expression, Swarnava Roy, Yian Yee Tan, Craig M. Hart

Faculty Publications

Chromatin domain insulators are thought to insulate adjacent genes, including their regulatory elements, from each other by organizing chromatin into functionally independent domains. Thus insulators should play a global role in gene regulation by keeping regulatory domains separated. However, this has never been demonstrated. We previously designed and characterized a transgene that is under GAL4 UAS control and encodes a dominant-negative form of the Boundary Element-Associated Factors BEAF-32A and BEAF-32B. The BID transgene encodes the BEAF self-interaction domain but lacks a DNA binding domain. Expression of BID in eye imaginal discs leads to a rough eye phenotype. Here we screen …

Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows, Frank J. Williams

Civil War Book Review

Lincoln's Words

Studying the Gettysburg Address

We cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men....

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Human Genomic Dna Quantitation System, H-Quant: Development And Validation For Use In Forensic Casework, Jaiprakash G. Shewale, Elaine Schneida, Jonathan Wilson, Jerilyn A. Walker, Mark A. Batzer, Sudhir K. Sinha

Faculty Publications

The human DNA quantification (H-Quant) system, developed for use in human identification, enables quantitation of human genomic DNA in biological samples. The assay is based on real-time amplification of AluYb8 insertions in hominoid primates. The relatively high copy number of subfamily-specific Alu repeats in the human genome enables quantification of very small amounts of human DNA. The oligonucleotide primers present in H-Quant are specific for human DNA and closely related great apes. During the real-time PCR, the SYBR® Green I dye binds to the DNA that is synthesized by the human-specific AluYb8 oligonucleotide primers. The fluorescence of the bound SYBR® …

The Pan American (2007-03-01), Claudette Gonzalez

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

56th Year, No. 21

Single Remedy Vs. Multiple Prescribing, Central Council For Research In Homoeopathy Ccrh

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

System of Homoeopathy is both science and art. From the time of Samuel Hahnemann the practitioners of this system were experimenting different modes of prescribing while treating patients. As the time went ahead many new methods of prescription also came into existence. The purpose of this article is to address a very basic fundamental issue of Homoeopathy, as to know to which stream of practice does the reader belong to. The following excerpts are quoted from the Classical writings of stalwarts in the field of Homoeopathy. After going through them please send us your valuable remarks so that a dialogue …

The Evolution Of Zinjanthropus Boisei, Paul J. Constantino, Bernard A. Wood

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Many people assume that OH 5, the type specimen of Paranthropus boisei, collected in 1959, was the first evidence of that taxon to be found, but OH 3, recovered in 1955, predated the discovery of OH 5 by four years. Thus, Paranthropus boisei recently celebrated the equivalent of its fiftieth birthday. This review marks that milestone by examining the way our understanding of this taxon has changed during its fifty, or so, year history.

Applying A Hybrid Methodology For Measuring The Economic Contribution Of The Food And Fiber System To The Louisiana Economy (Bulletin #886), J. Matthew Fannin, James E. Henderson

LSU AgCenter Bulletins

This publication provides a new approach to identifying the economic contribution of agriculture to Louisiana. Both state- and parish-level contributions from food and fiber are included.

Mobile Element-Based Forensic Genomics, David A. Ray, Jerilyn A. Walker, Mark A. Batzer

Faculty Publications

Mobile elements are commonly referred to as selfish repetitive DNA sequences. However, mobile elements represent a unique and underutilized group of molecular markers. Several of their characteristics make them ideally suited for use as tools in forensic genomic applications. These include their nature as essentially homoplasy-free characters, they are identical by descent, the ancestral state of any insertion is known to be the absence of the element, and many mobile element insertions are lineage specific. In this review, we provide an overview of mobile element biology and describe the application of certain mobile elements, especially the SINEs and other retrotransposons, …

Production Of F1 Interspecies Hybrid Offspring With Cryopreserved Sperm From A Live-Bearing Fish, The Swordtail Xiphophorus Helleri, Huiping Yang, Leona Hazlewood, Sheila J. Heater, Paula A. Guerrero, Ronald B. Walter, Terrence R. Tiersch

Faculty Publications

Despite study of sperm cryopreservation in more than 200 fish species, production of broods from cryopreserved sperm in live-bearing fish has not been demonstrated. This has not been due to a lack of effort, but instead is a result of the unique morphology, biology, and biochemistry of reproduction in viviparous fishes. For example, sperm of Xiphophorus helleri have a cylindrical nucleus, can swim for days after being activated, have glycolytic capabilities, and can reside in the female reproduction tract for months before fertilization. These traits are not found in fishes with external fertilization. The long-standing research use of the genus …

March 1, 2007, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the March 1, 2007, meeting of the University Senate. 7 pages

Behavioral And Neurochemical Sources Of Variability Of Circadian Period And Phase: Studies Of Circadian Rhythms Of Npy-/- Mice, Mary E. Harrington, Penny Molyneux, Stephanie Soscia, Cheruba Prabakar, Judy Mckinley-Brewer, Gurprit Lall

Psychology: Faculty Publications

The cycle length or period of the free-running rhythm is a key characteristic of circadian rhythms. In this study we verify prior reports that locomotor activity patterns and running wheel access can alter the circadian period, and we report that these treatments also increase variability of the circadian period between animals. We demonstrate that the loss of a neurochemical, neuropeptide Y (NPY), abolishes these influences and reduces the interindividual variability in clock period. These behavioral and environmental influences, from daily distribution of peak locomotor activity and from access to a running wheel, both act to push the mean circadian period …

Diagnosis And Management Of Pediatric Cardiac Hydatid Cyst, Nuha A. Nimeri, Sulafa Km. Ali

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

A Distributed Model Of Carbohydrate Transport And Metabolism In The Liver During Rest And High-Intensity Exercise, E Chalhoub, L. Xie, V. Balasubramanian, Joanne M. Belovich

Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications

A model of reaction and transport in the liver was developed that describes the metabolite concentration and reaction flux dynamics separately within the tissue and blood domains. The blood domain contains equations for convection, axial dispersion, and transport to the surrounding tissue; and the tissue domain consists of reactions representing key carbohydrate metabolic pathways. The model includes the metabolic heterogeneity of the liver by incorporating spatial variation of key enzymatic maximal activities. Simulation results of the overnight fasted, resting state agree closely with experimental values of overall glucose uptake and lactate output by the liver. The incorporation of zonation …

Spr Bulletin, Fall 2006, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

This bulletin features Recent Grant Recipients; Two New Faces in SPR; and SPR Upcoming Events.

Using Emerging Technologies To Serve The Underserved, Andree' Robinson-Neal

Essays in Education

Community colleges in America developed out of a need to fill the gap between high school or technical education and university-level study. The two-year postsecondary experience which is typically offered at locations that are “community friendly” has attracted persons of color and those with more conservative economic means in ever-increasing numbers. Historically, these marginalized populations have experienced educational inequalities in larger numbers than other groups. As statistics show increasing enrollments from members of these groups, community colleges must provide and improve services that appropriately address both student need and societal demand. Students who are able to successfully obtain transfer to …

Transgenic Avian-Derived Recombinant Human Interferon-Alpha2b (Avi-005) In Healthy Subjects: An Open-Label, Single-Dose, Controlled Study., T B Patel, E Pequignot, S H Parker, M C Leavitt, H E Greenberg, Walter K. Kraft

Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study characterized the safety and pharmacological properties of AVI-005, a novel glycosylated recombinant human interferon-alpha2b produced from the egg whites of chickens transfected with human cDNA.

METHODS: 18 healthy volunteers received single subcutaneous rising doses (0.5, 1.66 or 5 million international units, MIU) of AVI-005. A randomized parallel comparator group of 10 subjects received 5 MIU of unglycosylated IFN-alpha2b (Intron A). The pharmacokinetic parameters t1/2, tmax, Cmax, AUC0-24h, Vd, and clearance were compared between AVI-005 and unglycosylated IFN-alpa2b.

RESULTS: At equipotent doses, AVI-005 had a larger AUC0-24h than the control interferon. Pharmacodynamic markers ofneopterin and beta2-microglobulin for the …

Association Of The Tensin N-Terminal Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatase Domain With The Alpha Isoform Of Protein Phosphatase-1 In Focal Adhesions, Masumi Eto, Jason Kirkbride, Elizabeth Elliott, Su Hao Lo, David L. Brautigan

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Faculty Papers

Focal adhesions attach cultured cells to the extracellular matrix, and we found endogenous protein phosphatase-1alpha isoform (PP1alpha) localized in adhesions across the entire area of adherent fibroblasts. However, in fibroblasts migrating into a scrape wound or spreading after replating PP1alpha did not appear in adhesions near the leading edge but was recruited into other adhesions coincident in time and space with incorporation of tensin. Endogenous tensin and PP1alpha co-precipitated from cell lysates with isoform-specific PP1 antibodies. Chemical cross-linking of focal adhesion preparations with Lomant's reagent demonstrated molecular proximity of endogenous PP1alpha and tensin, whereas neither focal adhesion kinase nor vinculin …

2007 Abstract Book, Undergraduate Research Forum

Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Forum Abstract Books

No abstract provided.

Farm And Home Research: 57-4, Lance Nixon, Marianne Stein

Farm and Home Research: 1999 - 2007

Contents: [Page] 3- Director’s comments [Page] 4- Grapes in winter, wetlands in drought, and a research park [Page] 10- Hunger signal? [Page] 12- Time waits for no man [Page] 16- How long can it go on? [Page] 20- BSL3-Ag lab sought for SDSU [Page] 22- Food fish food?

Reforming The Gift Tax And Making It Enforceable, Mitchell Gans, Jay A. Soled

Rutgers Law School (Newark) Faculty Papers

Historically, the gift tax has performed the admirable role of safeguarding the integrities of both the estate and income taxes. Due to taxpayers’ abilities to narrow the gift tax base and ignore their filing obligations, however, fulfillment of its historical role is now in jeopardy. This analysis details how taxpayers circumvent their gift tax obligations and then sets forth reforms that Congress can readily institute to curb taxpayers’ transgressions. Institution of these recommendations would enable the gift tax to continue to fulfill its historic functions.