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Thomas Jefferson's Biographers: Historiography And Sally Hemings, Courtney Ihde Jan 2007

Thomas Jefferson's Biographers: Historiography And Sally Hemings, Courtney Ihde

Honors Program Theses

The importance of Thomas Jefferson in the history of the United States cannot be understated. He is revered nationally for his involvement in the writing of the Declaration of Independence and his presidency, along with other accomplishments. Due to his prominent position in history, there is a high level of interest in his life, his actions, and his beliefs. The most commonly invoked image of Jefferson is in his political roles and this engenders respect, making any questionable behavior in his personal life difficult to understand. Uncertainty about aspects of Jefferson's personal life, including the existence of romantic relationships following …

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Dna, Discrimination And The Definition Of Family Class: M.A.O. V. Canada (Minister Of Citizenship And Immigration), Cindy L. Baldassi Jan 2007

Dna, Discrimination And The Definition Of Family Class: M.A.O. V. Canada (Minister Of Citizenship And Immigration), Cindy L. Baldassi

Journal of Law and Social Policy

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The Challenge Of Defining Unmet Legal Need, Liz Curran, Mary Anne Noone Jan 2007

The Challenge Of Defining Unmet Legal Need, Liz Curran, Mary Anne Noone

Journal of Law and Social Policy

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St. Peter Canisius And The Youth: Jesuit Educators In Counterreformation Germany, Kendra Anne Willey Jan 2007

St. Peter Canisius And The Youth: Jesuit Educators In Counterreformation Germany, Kendra Anne Willey

Honors Program Theses

On the 31st of July, 1555, the noted Protestant reformer, Philipp Melanchthon, wrote this short note to his colleague, Adam Wasser: "[Melanchthon] betet um Rettung vor Gefahren, der Seuche in [Wittenberg], [Petrus Canisius] in Prag und den Turken." The man in Prague whom Melanchthon referred to was a priest of the Society of Jesus. This Peter Canisius (1521-1597) must surely have been either a terror or great nuisance to Melanchthon in order to put this man on the same level as the dangers of plague and the Turks. In fact, this man was a formidable opponent, a forerunner of the …

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Pov-It: The Pov-Ray Interactive Tutorial, Eleanor O'Rourke Jan 2007

Pov-It: The Pov-Ray Interactive Tutorial, Eleanor O'Rourke

Honors Theses

The Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer, commonly known as POV-Ray, is a computer graphics package that can be used to produce highly sophisticated and photorealistic images and animations. POV-Ray is widely used in the computer graphics community for a diverse variety of applications, including teaching college courses, creating visual music animations, and generating computer art. Although the popularity of POV-Ray is apparent, the teaching materials available for the package are confusing, disorganized, and inaccessible. In this project, I have designed an online system that provides a series of interactive tutorials that teach users how to create images using the POV-Ray …

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Criminal Defense Lawyering At The Edge: A Look Back Lawyering At The Edge: Unpopular Clients, Difficult Cases, Zealous Advocates, Bruce A. Green Jan 2007

Criminal Defense Lawyering At The Edge: A Look Back Lawyering At The Edge: Unpopular Clients, Difficult Cases, Zealous Advocates, Bruce A. Green

Faculty Scholarship

This Article is an attempt to reconstruct the story of a New York City lawyer's professional death and resurrection. In particular, this is the story of John Palmieri's defense of John J. Delane in the year 1915, a time in the history of the legal profession when the bounds of zealous representation, particularly in criminal cases, were blurry and in transition. This is also the story of what followed the Delane trial: the efforts of prosecutorial, disciplinary, and judicial authorities to resolve factual and legal uncertainties about Palmieri's conduct and intentions in defending his client, their efforts to locate the …

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Turning The Health Professional Carousel: Is Canada Undermining Human Rights In Developing Countries?, Karinne Lantz Jan 2007

Turning The Health Professional Carousel: Is Canada Undermining Human Rights In Developing Countries?, Karinne Lantz

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

This article will address the issue of health professional migration, with a specific focus on how this migration affects health systems in developing countries. The central question being examined is whether or not states have an obligation to ensure that their policies – or actions by private actors based in their states – do not undermine the delivery of healthcare in other states. After exploring this obligation, this article will analyze how the issue may be effectively addressed by drawing upon the experience of the United Kingdom; how successful has the U.K. been in meeting its obligation? What are the …

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Dormant Commerce Clause - Economic Protectionism And State Tax Incentives - The Supreme Court Of Wisconsin Holds That Tax Exemptions For Air Carriers Based Solely On The Amount Of Business Done With The State Survive Dormant Commerce Clause Review: Northwest Airlines, Inc. V. Wisconsin Department Of Revenue, Amber M. Billingsley Jan 2007

Dormant Commerce Clause - Economic Protectionism And State Tax Incentives - The Supreme Court Of Wisconsin Holds That Tax Exemptions For Air Carriers Based Solely On The Amount Of Business Done With The State Survive Dormant Commerce Clause Review: Northwest Airlines, Inc. V. Wisconsin Department Of Revenue, Amber M. Billingsley

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

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Preventing Salmon Escapes From Aquaculture In Canada And The Usa: Limited International Coordinates, Divergent Regulatory Currents And Possible Future Courses, David Vanderzwaag, Tricia Barry Jan 2007

Preventing Salmon Escapes From Aquaculture In Canada And The Usa: Limited International Coordinates, Divergent Regulatory Currents And Possible Future Courses, David Vanderzwaag, Tricia Barry

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

Following an introductory review of the continuing problem of salmon escaping from aquaculture operations along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America, and the considerable uncertainties over ecological impacts, this article examines the law and policy context for preventing escapes from three perspectives. First, the limited guidance for addressing aquaculture escapes under existing global and regional agreements/arrangements is highlighted. Second, how Canada and the USA have sought to control escape events at national and provincial/State levels is summarized. Third, possible future courses are identified, which improve the way salmon escapes are addressed, with stronger regional responses suggested as most …

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Preliminary Injunctions: In Defense Of The Merits, John Leubsdorf Jan 2007

Preliminary Injunctions: In Defense Of The Merits, John Leubsdorf

Fordham Law Review

A recent article by Richard Brooks and Warren Schwartz contends that the goal of preliminary injunctions should be to promote efficient conduct during a lawsuit. It would do this by granting injunctions to all plaintiffs who post a bond covering the defendant's damages provided that the plaintiff has some claim on the merits. This reply defends the more traditional approach theorized in a past article by this author and in an opinion of Judge Richard Posner. Under that approach, courts should continue to consider the merits of the plaintiff's claim and the irreparable injury to the parties' rights that an …

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What Critiques Of Sarbanes-Oxley Can Teach About Regulation Of Nonprofit Governance, Ellen P. Aprill Jan 2007

What Critiques Of Sarbanes-Oxley Can Teach About Regulation Of Nonprofit Governance, Ellen P. Aprill

Fordham Law Review

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The Commerciality Doctrine As Applied To The Charitable Tax Exemption For Homes For The Aged: State And Local Perspectives, David A. Brennen Jan 2007

The Commerciality Doctrine As Applied To The Charitable Tax Exemption For Homes For The Aged: State And Local Perspectives, David A. Brennen

Fordham Law Review

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Feral Hog Research In Western Louisiana: Expanding Populations And Unforeseen Consequences, Michael D. Kaller, James D. Hudson Iii, Eric C. Achberger, William E. Kelso Jan 2007

Feral Hog Research In Western Louisiana: Expanding Populations And Unforeseen Consequences, Michael D. Kaller, James D. Hudson Iii, Eric C. Achberger, William E. Kelso

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Hunter harvest data suggest that feral hog (Sus scrofa) populations in western Louisiana are increasing, and population control in this region is complicated by the mixing of feral and domestic free-ranged hogs. Aggressive management may be warranted as feral and domestic hogs appear to be having unexpected effects on their ecosystem. We present the results of 3 recent investigations of genetic source-tracking to link waterborne bacteria with bacteria from feral hogs. We integrate our most recent findings with data regarding: (1) water quality in a watershed without hog management and (2) aquatic biota of the same watershed. Hog …

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Efficacy Of Cpth-Treated Egg Baits For Removing Ravens, Peter S. Coates, Jack O. Spencer Jr., David J. Delehanty Jan 2007

Efficacy Of Cpth-Treated Egg Baits For Removing Ravens, Peter S. Coates, Jack O. Spencer Jr., David J. Delehanty

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Human-altered landscapes have provided resource subsidies for common ravens (Corvus corax) resulting in a substantial increase in raven abundance and distribution throughout the United States and Canada in the past 25 years. Ravens are effective predators of eggs and young of ground-nesting birds. During 2002–2005, we tested whether chicken egg baits treated with CPTH (3-chloro-p-toluidine hydrochloride) could be used to manage raven numbers in an area where raven depredation was impacting sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) and greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations in Nevada. We performed multiple raven surveys at a treatment site and …

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Attitudes Toward Mental Illness: The Effects Of Electronic Media And The Social Desirability Bias, Brandi A. Klein Jan 2007

Attitudes Toward Mental Illness: The Effects Of Electronic Media And The Social Desirability Bias, Brandi A. Klein

Modern Psychological Studies

This study examined the effects of mental illness portrayal in film and the social desirability bias on participants' attitudes toward mental illness. Participants watched video clips of a mentally ill character acting either normally or abnormally, and were given either anonymous or confidential questionnaires. Participants who viewed abnormal behavior reported more negative attitudes toward mental illness than participants who watched normal behavior (p < .001) on the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale (Hirai & Clum, 2000). No difference was found between the anonymous and confidential conditions, and these scores did not vary by the viewed behavior. These results suggest that the electronic media influenced participants' attitudes toward mental illness, but participants were not influenced by the social desirability bias.

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Modular Polyketide Synthases And Cis Double Bond Formation:  Establishment Of Activated Cis-3-Cyclohexylpropenoic Acid As The Diketide Intermediate In Phoslactomycin Biosynthesis, Mamoun M. Alhamadsheh, Nadaraj Palaniappan, Suparna Daschouduri, Kevin A. Reynolds Jan 2007

Modular Polyketide Synthases And Cis Double Bond Formation:  Establishment Of Activated Cis-3-Cyclohexylpropenoic Acid As The Diketide Intermediate In Phoslactomycin Biosynthesis, Mamoun M. Alhamadsheh, Nadaraj Palaniappan, Suparna Daschouduri, Kevin A. Reynolds

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

The majority of modular polyketide synthase (PKS) systems which generate unsaturated products do so with trans double bonds. Phoslactomycin B (PLM B) presents a class of antitumor and antiviral natural polyketide products that have unique structural features, including a linear unsaturated backbone with one trans and three cis double bonds. There is substantial evidence that trans double bonds are established by ketoreductase-dehydratase (KR-DH) didomains within a PKS module. In cases where modules containing these didomains appear to generate product containing a cis double bond there is no experimental evidence to determine if they do so directly, or if they also …

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Antibacterial Targets In Fatty Acid Biosynthesis, H. Tonie Wright, Kevin A. Reynolds Jan 2007

Antibacterial Targets In Fatty Acid Biosynthesis, H. Tonie Wright, Kevin A. Reynolds

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

The fatty acid biosynthesis pathway is an attractive but still largely unexploited target for development of new anti-bacterial agents. The extended use of the anti-tuberculosis drug isoniazid and the antiseptic triclosan, which are inhibitors of fatty acid biosynthesis, validates this pathway as a target for anti-bacterial development. Differences in subcellular organization of the bacterial and eukaryotic multi-enzyme fatty acid synthase systems offer the prospect of inhibitors with host vs. target specificity. Platensimycin, platencin, and phomallenic acids, newly discovered natural product inhibitors of the condensation steps in fatty acid biosynthesis, represent new classes of compounds with antibiotic potential. An almost complete …

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Probing Reactivity And Substrate Specificity Of Both Subunits Of The Dimeric Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Fabh Using Alkyl-Coa Disulfide Inhibitors And Acyl-Coa Substrates, Sarbjot Sachdeva, Faik Musayev, Mamoun M. Alhamadsheh, J. Neel Scarsdale, H. Tonie Wright, Kevin A. Reynolds Jan 2007

Probing Reactivity And Substrate Specificity Of Both Subunits Of The Dimeric Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Fabh Using Alkyl-Coa Disulfide Inhibitors And Acyl-Coa Substrates, Sarbjot Sachdeva, Faik Musayev, Mamoun M. Alhamadsheh, J. Neel Scarsdale, H. Tonie Wright, Kevin A. Reynolds

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

The dimeric Mycobacterium tuberculosis FabH (mtFabH) catalyses a Claisen-type condensation between an acyl-CoA and malonyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) to initiate the Type II fatty acid synthase cycle. To analyze the initial covalent acylation of mtFabH with acyl-CoA, we challenged it with mixture of C6-C20 acyl-CoAs and the ESI-MS analysis showed reaction at both subunits and a strict specificity for C12 acyl CoA. Crystallographic and ESI-MS studies of mtFabH with a decyl-CoA disulfide inhibitor revealed a decyl chain bound in acyl-binding channels of both subunits through disulfide linkage to the active site cysteine. These data provide the first unequivocal evidence that …

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Trampling, Peeling And Nibbling Mussels: An Experimental Assessment Of Mechanical And Predatory Damage To Shells Of Mytilus Trossulus (Mollusca: Mytilidae), Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro Jan 2007

Trampling, Peeling And Nibbling Mussels: An Experimental Assessment Of Mechanical And Predatory Damage To Shells Of Mytilus Trossulus (Mollusca: Mytilidae), Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Shell damage, if properly recognized, can provide information about biotic interactions between molluscs and their predators. However, it can be difficult to distinguish predatory damage from mechanical breakage, thus making interpretation of damaged modern and fossil shells problematic. To establish a clear-cut distinction between antemortem predatory crab damage and ante- and postmortem mechanical damage in Mytilus trossulus shells, a combined field and experimental approach was used. Mussels were exposed to predation by crabs, tumbled-live, tumbled-dead, and trampled. After 100 h of tumbling, live-collected mussel shells were abraded and disarticulated but not otherwise damaged. Eight percent of the dead-collected shells were …

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Evolution And Endpoint Of Responsibility: The Fcpa, Sox, Socialist-Oriented Governments, Gratuitous Promises, And A Novel Csr Code, The, Aaron Einhorn Jan 2007

Evolution And Endpoint Of Responsibility: The Fcpa, Sox, Socialist-Oriented Governments, Gratuitous Promises, And A Novel Csr Code, The, Aaron Einhorn

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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Does The Evolution Of International Criminal Law End With The Icc - The Roaming Icc: A Model International Criminal Court For A State-Centric World Of International Law, Christopher Hale Jan 2007

Does The Evolution Of International Criminal Law End With The Icc - The Roaming Icc: A Model International Criminal Court For A State-Centric World Of International Law, Christopher Hale

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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Design Of An Electrospun Type Ii Collagen Scaffold For Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering, Catherine Pemble Barnes Jan 2007

Design Of An Electrospun Type Ii Collagen Scaffold For Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering, Catherine Pemble Barnes

Theses and Dissertations

Traumatic defects in articular cartilage can lead to joint disease and disability including osteoarthritis. Because cartilage is unable to regenerate when injured, the field of tissue engineering holds promise in restoring functional tissue. In this research, type II collagen was electrospun, cross-linked, and tested as scaffolds for supporting chondrocyte growth. The mechanical, biochemical, and histological characteristics of the engineered tissue were assessed as a function of the electrospinning solution concentration (i.e. scaffold fiber diameter and pore properties) and as a function of the time in culture (evaluated at 2, 4, and 6 weeks). Fiber diameter had a linear relationship with …

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Delineating The Interests Of Justice, Henry Lovat Jan 2007

Delineating The Interests Of Justice, Henry Lovat

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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Evolution And Endpoint Of Responsibility: The Fcpa, Sox, Socialist-Oriented Governments, Gratuitous Promises, And A Novel Csr Code, The, Aaron Einhorn Jan 2007

Evolution And Endpoint Of Responsibility: The Fcpa, Sox, Socialist-Oriented Governments, Gratuitous Promises, And A Novel Csr Code, The, Aaron Einhorn

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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Does The Evolution Of International Criminal Law End With The Icc - The Roaming Icc: A Model International Criminal Court For A State-Centric World Of International Law, Christopher Hale Jan 2007

Does The Evolution Of International Criminal Law End With The Icc - The Roaming Icc: A Model International Criminal Court For A State-Centric World Of International Law, Christopher Hale

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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Sovereignty And Humanity: Reality And Possibility, Hans Corell Jan 2007

Sovereignty And Humanity: Reality And Possibility, Hans Corell

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

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Empty International Museums' Trophy Cases Of Their Looted Treasures And Return Stolen Property To The Countries Of Origin And The Rightful Heirs Of Those Wrongfully Dispossessed, Michael J. Reppas Ii Jan 2007

Empty International Museums' Trophy Cases Of Their Looted Treasures And Return Stolen Property To The Countries Of Origin And The Rightful Heirs Of Those Wrongfully Dispossessed, Michael J. Reppas Ii

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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International Law Fights Terrorism In The Muslim World: A Middle Eastern Perspective, Mohamed R. Hassanien Jan 2007

International Law Fights Terrorism In The Muslim World: A Middle Eastern Perspective, Mohamed R. Hassanien

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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Impact Of Combat Stress On Mental Health Outcomes: Brfss Survey Data 2006, Emily Pedneau Jan 2007

Impact Of Combat Stress On Mental Health Outcomes: Brfss Survey Data 2006, Emily Pedneau

Theses and Dissertations

Objectives: This study sought to determine the relationship between combat experience and mental health outcomes. The study sought to determine whether age was a significant factor in poor mental health outcomes. Methods: Multiple logistic regression (n = 195,048) and multiple linear regression (n = 264,154) were performed on the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. Veteran status and a host of demographic and health status questions were analyzed in relation to diagnosis of anxiety or depressive disorder (multiple logistic regression) and to number of days poor mental health (multiple linear regression). Results: Diagnosis of anxiety or depression was …

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Differentiated Educational Strategies In The Elementary Art Classroom, Mary Amber Bush Jan 2007

Differentiated Educational Strategies In The Elementary Art Classroom, Mary Amber Bush

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis provides elementary art teachers strategies for teaching lessons in a method called "differentiation". The purpose of differentiation is to tailor lesson plans to try and meet unique needs of the students. Lessons can be differentiated through content, process, or product. A teacher may choose one of these three areas and provide different approaches to the lesson to meet different learning needs of the students. To meet different learning needs in an efficient way, students are grouped for lessons based on their readiness, interests, or their learning styles. This thesis provides greater detail on content, process, product, readiness, interests, …

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