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Divorcees Turn About In Their Graves As Ex-Spouses Cash In: Codified Constructive Trusts Ensure An Equitable Result Regarding Erisa-Governed Employee Benefit Plans, Sarabeth A. Rayho Jan 2007

Divorcees Turn About In Their Graves As Ex-Spouses Cash In: Codified Constructive Trusts Ensure An Equitable Result Regarding Erisa-Governed Employee Benefit Plans, Sarabeth A. Rayho

Michigan Law Review

A revocation-by-divorce statute essentially nullifies a devise in a divorced decedent's will when the devise bequeaths property to the decedent's ex-spouse and the will was executed during their marriage. Until recently, state revocation-by-divorce statutes unquestionably applied not only to wills but also to will substitutes, including ERISA-governed employee benefit plans. In 2001, the Supreme Court held in Egelhoff v. Egelhoff ex rel. Breiner that ERISA preempts traditional state revocation-by-divorce statutes as applied to ERISA-governed employee benefit plans. In the wake of the Egelhoff decision, plan administrators may automatically pay proceeds to the listed beneficiary, even an ex-spouse, regardless of the …

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Three Clinical Cases Of Dsm-Iv Mania Symptoms In Preschoolers, Joan Luby, Mini Tandon, Ginger Nicol Jan 2007

Three Clinical Cases Of Dsm-Iv Mania Symptoms In Preschoolers, Joan Luby, Mini Tandon, Ginger Nicol

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Repeated Aerosolized Aav-Cftr For Treatment Of Cystic Fibrosis: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Phase 2b Trial, Thomas Ferkol, Et Al Jan 2007

Repeated Aerosolized Aav-Cftr For Treatment Of Cystic Fibrosis: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Phase 2b Trial, Thomas Ferkol, Et Al

Open Access Publications

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Cell Stress Induced By The Parkinsonian Mimetic, 6-Hydroxydopamine, Is Concurrent With Oxidation Of The Chaperone, Erp57, And Aggresome Formation, Jeong Sook Kim-Han, Karen L. O'Malley Jan 2007

Cell Stress Induced By The Parkinsonian Mimetic, 6-Hydroxydopamine, Is Concurrent With Oxidation Of The Chaperone, Erp57, And Aggresome Formation, Jeong Sook Kim-Han, Karen L. O'Malley

Open Access Publications

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Genetics Of Body Mass Stability And Risk For Chronic Disease: A 28-Year Longitudinal Study, Carol E. Franz, Michael D. Grant, Kristen C. Jacobson, William S. Kremen, Seth A. Eisen, Hong Xian, James Romeis, Heather Thompson-Brenner, Michael J. Lyons Jan 2007

Genetics Of Body Mass Stability And Risk For Chronic Disease: A 28-Year Longitudinal Study, Carol E. Franz, Michael D. Grant, Kristen C. Jacobson, William S. Kremen, Seth A. Eisen, Hong Xian, James Romeis, Heather Thompson-Brenner, Michael J. Lyons

Open Access Publications

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Molecular Refinement Of Gibbon Genome Rearrangements, Roberta Roberto, Oronzo Capozzi, Richard K. Wilson, Elaine R. Mardis, Mariana Lomiento, Eray Tuzun, Ze Cheng, Alan R. Mootnick, Nicoletta Archidiacono, Mariano Rocchi, Evan E. Eichler Jan 2007

Molecular Refinement Of Gibbon Genome Rearrangements, Roberta Roberto, Oronzo Capozzi, Richard K. Wilson, Elaine R. Mardis, Mariana Lomiento, Eray Tuzun, Ze Cheng, Alan R. Mootnick, Nicoletta Archidiacono, Mariano Rocchi, Evan E. Eichler

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Resembling Nothing: Image And Being In Plato, Yancy Hughes Dominick Jan 2007

Resembling Nothing: Image And Being In Plato, Yancy Hughes Dominick

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

A crucial application of Plato’s views on the use of images in philosophy occurs through the use of the image relationship as an image for the relation of forms and particulars. The relation of a picture to the object it depicts, or that between a reflection and what it reflects, can be seen as analogous to the relation of a particular to the form in which it participates. Although the attack on the image model as analogous to the relation of forms and particulars in the Parmenides threatens to undermine any reliance on that model, this essay will present a …

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Staff Council Meeting Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Staff Council Jan 2007

Staff Council Meeting Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Staff Council

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

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Nitrogen Dissociation Degree In The Diffusion Region Of A Helicon Plasma Source Obtained By Atomic Lines To Molecular Band Intensities Ratio, Costel Biloiu, Earl E. Scime, Ioana A. Biloiu, Xuan Sun Jan 2007

Nitrogen Dissociation Degree In The Diffusion Region Of A Helicon Plasma Source Obtained By Atomic Lines To Molecular Band Intensities Ratio, Costel Biloiu, Earl E. Scime, Ioana A. Biloiu, Xuan Sun

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

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Transition State Theory For Laser-Driven Reactions, Shinnosuke Kawai, André D. Bandrauk, Charles Jaffé, Thomas Bartsch, Jesús Palacián, T. Uzer Jan 2007

Transition State Theory For Laser-Driven Reactions, Shinnosuke Kawai, André D. Bandrauk, Charles Jaffé, Thomas Bartsch, Jesús Palacián, T. Uzer

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Recent developments in transition state theory brought about by dynamical systems theory are extended to time-dependent systems such as laser-driven reactions. Using time-dependent normal form theory, the authors construct a reaction coordinate with regular dynamics inside the transition region. The conservation of the associated action enables one to extract time-dependent invariant manifolds that act as separatrices between reactive and nonreactive trajectories and thus make it possible to predict the ultimate fate of a trajectory. They illustrate the power of our approach on a driven Henon-Heiles system, which serves as a simple example of a reactive system with several open channels. …

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Microscopic-Macroscopic Simulations Of Rigid-Rod Polymer Hydrodynamics: Heterogeneity And Rheochaos, M. Gregory Forest, Ruhai Zhou, Qi Wang Jan 2007

Microscopic-Macroscopic Simulations Of Rigid-Rod Polymer Hydrodynamics: Heterogeneity And Rheochaos, M. Gregory Forest, Ruhai Zhou, Qi Wang

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

Rheochaos is a remarkable phenomenon of nematic (rigid-rod) polymers in steady shear, with sustained chaotic fluctuations of the orientational distribution of the rod ensemble. For monodomain dynamics, imposing spatial homogeneity and linear shear, rheochaos is a hallmark prediction of the Doi-Hess theory [M. Doi, J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Phys. Ed., 19 (1981), pp. 229-243; M. Doi and S. F. Edwards, The Theory of Polymer Dynamics, Oxford University Press, London, New York, 1986; S. Hess, Z. Naturforsch., 31 (1976), pp. 1034-1037. The model behavior is robust, captured by second-moment tensor approximations G. Rienäcker, M. Kröger, and S. Hess, Phys. Rev. …

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Outlook Magazine, Fall 2007 Jan 2007

Outlook Magazine, Fall 2007

Outlook Magazine

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Outlook Magazine, Summer 2007 Jan 2007

Outlook Magazine, Summer 2007

Outlook Magazine

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The Folklore Of Legal Biography, Mark Fenster Jan 2007

The Folklore Of Legal Biography, Mark Fenster

Michigan Law Review

Spencer Weber Waller's Thurman Arnold: A Biography faces the problem of making this life stand out, and this Review seeks both to evaluate his rendering-which it does in Part II, after providing more details of the raw materials of Arnold's life in Part I-and to use Arnold's ideas to reflect on the endeavor of the legal biography. Although other works bearing on Arnold's life have been available,' Waller's competent, readable chronicle will provide an authoritative source of information and satisfy the desires of general readers interested in accomplished legal lives and seeking a straightforward account of Arnold's career. But Waller's …

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The D'Oh! Of Popular Constitutionalism, Neal Devins Jan 2007

The D'Oh! Of Popular Constitutionalism, Neal Devins

Michigan Law Review

This Review will be divided into three parts. Part I will both summarize The Most Democratic Branch and highlight some of the difficulties that the Supreme Court would face in implementing Rosen's decision-making model. In particular, by allowing the Court to invalidate laws for a host of "antidemocratic" reasons, Rosen's matrix does not constrain the Court in a predictable way. Part II will examine some of the empirical evidence about public attitudes toward the Supreme Court, including public awareness of Supreme Court decisions. I will contend that the Court cannot look to the people to sort out the Constitution's meaning …

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Private Ordering And Intimate Spaces: Why The Ability To Negotiate Is Non-Negotiable, Michele Goodwin Jan 2007

Private Ordering And Intimate Spaces: Why The Ability To Negotiate Is Non-Negotiable, Michele Goodwin

Michigan Law Review

This review moves beyond a critique of Cherry's study to incorporate a radical new way of thinking about organ commodification as a social justice issue. Part I provides a brief empirical overview of organ demand in the United States, offering an alternative perspective and introducing data illexamined in commodification debates. Part II challenges the notion that private ordering abandons liberal and egalitarian values in favor of individualism over communitarianism. It also acknowledges the limitations of private ordering and addresses how its more problematic features, including the abuse of power, might be avoided. Part III argues for a hybrid system that …

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Interview With James Boyd White, James Boyd White Jan 2007

Interview With James Boyd White, James Boyd White

Michigan Law Review

The occasion of the following interview was the Montesquieu Lecture at the University of Tilburg, which Professor James Boyd White delivered in February 2006. In the lecture, entitled "When Language Meets the Mind," Professor White discussed the manner of interpreting and criticizing texts, both in the law and in other fields, that he has worked out over his career. The heart of this method, as described in the lecture, is to direct attention to three sets of questions: - What is the language in which this text is written, and the culture of which it is a part? How are …

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A Study Of The Tags, An Enduring Teaching Tool: Teachers’ Perspectives On The Teacher Assessment Of Grammatical Structures Teaching Practices And Application, Andrea Martin Jan 2007

A Study Of The Tags, An Enduring Teaching Tool: Teachers’ Perspectives On The Teacher Assessment Of Grammatical Structures Teaching Practices And Application, Andrea Martin

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper is studied look at the Teacher’s Assessment of Grammatical Structures (TAGS), Teacher Assessment of Spoken Language (TASL), and Cottage Acquisition Scales for Listening, Language and Speech (CASLLS) criterion-referenced language assessments as well as an inquiry into how teachers of the deaf use the TAGS currently as a teaching tool.

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Effect Of Auditory Processing On The Preference Of Monaural Amplification For Adults With Symmetrical Hearing Loss, Valerie Danielle Lynch Jan 2007

Effect Of Auditory Processing On The Preference Of Monaural Amplification For Adults With Symmetrical Hearing Loss, Valerie Danielle Lynch

Independent Studies and Capstones

The purpose of this project was to determine if subjects with symmetrical hearing loss who prefer a monaural hearing aid fit to a binaural hearing aid fit may demonstrate an auditory processing disorder causing them to experience binaural interference when fit binaurally.

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Evaluating Social Skills In Long Term Cochlear Implant Recipients, Amy Lee Bell Jan 2007

Evaluating Social Skills In Long Term Cochlear Implant Recipients, Amy Lee Bell

Independent Studies and Capstones

A longitudinal study observing cochlear implant recipients' social skills using ratings from their parents and the students themselves over time. The study looked at how adolescents using cochlear implants rate their own social skills compared to an age matched normative group of hearing students, and compared these ratings with social skills ratings obtained from their parents. The study also compared social ratings in adolescence to previous ratings of the same children obtained in elementary school.

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Activities For Social Skills Development In Deaf Children Preparing To Enter The Mainstream, Dorie L. Noll Jan 2007

Activities For Social Skills Development In Deaf Children Preparing To Enter The Mainstream, Dorie L. Noll

Independent Studies and Capstones

A sample of regular education teachers was surveyed to assess the social skills of recently mainstreamed students from oral deaf programs in their classrooms. In addition, a curriculum of social skills activities was developed to help prepare students from oral deaf schools to enter the mainstream.

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Current Infection Control Trends In Audiology, Alison Burco Jan 2007

Current Infection Control Trends In Audiology, Alison Burco

Independent Studies and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth assessment of current infection control practice trends in a group of practicing audiologists. The study investigated the extent to which Universal Precautions are applied in the clinical settings, the percentages of respondents familiar with general infection control nomenclature, and the future educational directives.

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More Appropriate: Additional Stories For Students Who Are Hearing Impaired Using The "Specialized Program Individualizing Reading Excellence" (S.P.I.R.E.) Curriculum, Audrey Jane Davis Jan 2007

More Appropriate: Additional Stories For Students Who Are Hearing Impaired Using The "Specialized Program Individualizing Reading Excellence" (S.P.I.R.E.) Curriculum, Audrey Jane Davis

Independent Studies and Capstones

S.P.I.R.E., at use at Central Institute for the Deaf, is a comprehensive, multi-sensory systematic reading and language program that targets at risk and struggling students. The purpose of this project was to write additional stories and sentences for students who are hearing impaired through reader 2 that may be used in conjunction with the exiting stories and supplements.

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An Examination Of Cued Speech As A Tool For Language, Literacy, And Bilingualism For Children Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing, Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds Jan 2007

An Examination Of Cued Speech As A Tool For Language, Literacy, And Bilingualism For Children Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing, Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds

Independent Studies and Capstones

This study examines the purpose and uses of Cued Speech, its benefits and limitations, and its effectiveness as a tool for language, literacy, and bilingualism.

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Acoustical Barriers To Communication And Hearing, Aline Renee Sundeen Jan 2007

Acoustical Barriers To Communication And Hearing, Aline Renee Sundeen

Independent Studies and Capstones

This study examined the acoustical conditions, including the surface-dimension measurements, background noise levels, and reverberation times in classrooms in a metropolitan area. The data collected in this study will help school administrators realize that appropriate classroom acoustics are necessary for both hearing impaired and normal hearing students.

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Subjective Versus Objective Measures Of Daily Listening Environments, Jennifer Suzanne Taylor Jan 2007

Subjective Versus Objective Measures Of Daily Listening Environments, Jennifer Suzanne Taylor

Independent Studies and Capstones

This study examined hearing impaired listeners’ subjective perceptions of listening environments through a listening questionnaire and compared these results to objective measures mimicked by the questionnaire in the datalogging device SAM (Sound Activity Meter). Results indicate audiologists should not rely on patient reports of “typical” listening environments for hearing aid selection as significant discrepancies were present between several of the subjective and objective measures.

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Analysis Of A 2007 Epa Compliant Diesel Particulate Matter Sampling System, Robin W. Ames Jan 2007

Analysis Of A 2007 Epa Compliant Diesel Particulate Matter Sampling System, Robin W. Ames

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

A study was conducted for the West Virginia University (WVU) particulate matter (PM) sampling system designed to comply with the updated 2007 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40 Pt 86 Subpart N, issued by the United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which includes a new set of requirements regarding the PM emissions from heavy duty diesel engines (HDDEs). The 2007 compliant PM system was installed within WVU's Engine and Emissions Research Laboratory (EERL) and an analysis was performed to determine which operating system conditions produced the most repeatable system results. The data from the 2007 PM system were …

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Predicting Physicians' Intention To Measure Body Mass Index And Assessing Their Identification And Evaluation Practices In Overweight Children And Adolescents, Rahul Khanna Jan 2007

Predicting Physicians' Intention To Measure Body Mass Index And Assessing Their Identification And Evaluation Practices In Overweight Children And Adolescents, Rahul Khanna

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

One health challenge receiving a lot of attention today is childhood obesity. Numerous public and professional organizations recommend that physicians periodically measure BMI in children and adolescents. In addition, guidelines recommend medical evaluation of overweight children and adolescents. However, studies have shown an inconsistent use of body mass index (BMI). This study uses the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to identify factors that explain physicians' intention to measure BMI in children and adolescents. Salient beliefs associated with intention were compared between intenders and nonintenders. The study also determines how physicians identify and evaluate …

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Simultaneous Evaluation Of Multiple Pems Using An Engine Dynamometer Emissions Test Cell, Thomas G. Mcconnell Jan 2007

Simultaneous Evaluation Of Multiple Pems Using An Engine Dynamometer Emissions Test Cell, Thomas G. Mcconnell

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Portable emission measurement systems (PEMS) are taking center stage as in-use testing programs are getting underway. EPA-mandated manufacturer-run in-use testing programs require a PEMS, and currently there is one commercially available and widely used, the SEMTECH-D built by Sensors, Inc. The SEMTECH-D was first unveiled in 2002, and numerous software and hardware upgrades have given way to the SEMTECHDS. The manufacturer claims this system is fully compatible with all new Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) including part 1065 subpart J (which addresses field testing and PEMS). Yet, while West Virginia University (WVU) was using the SEMTECH-D during the summer of …

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Image Segmentation For Biometric Identification Systems, Eyad Haj Said Jan 2007

Image Segmentation For Biometric Identification Systems, Eyad Haj Said

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Automating the identification process of individuals is receiving increased attention. Fully automated image segmentation from different types of biometric images is an essential step for designing automated identification systems. In this work, we address the problem of fully automated image segmentation in the context of dental and ear biometrics. We also address the problem of evaluating the quality of segmented image by designing an automated segmentation evaluator.;For image segmentation, we first apply a mathematical morphology operator to highlight the desired objects and suppress the others, and then threshold the resulting image to separate the desired objects from the background. We …

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