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Vol. 35, No. 2: Full Issue, Denver Journal Of International Law & Policy

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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The Protection Of Human Rights Under International Law: Will The U.N. Human Rights Council And The Emerging New Norm Responsibility To Protect Make A Difference, Ved P. Nanda

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

The Multi-State Responsibility For Extraterritorial Violations Of Economic, Social And Cultural Rights, Todd Howland

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Vol. 35, No. 3-4: Full Issue, Denver Journal Of International Law & Policy

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Japan Supports The Extension Of Regional Initiative For Sustainable Economy (Rise) Programme, Undp

Global CWD Repository

In continuation of its generous support to the Regional Initiative for Sustainable Economy Programme, known as RISE, the Government of Japan has agreed to extend the duration of the programme until June 2007. This USD 12.7-million programme is fully funded by the Government of Japan under the Peace Building Grant Aid scheme, and has been in operation in Balkh, Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces. The actual implementation of the RISE activities started in March 2006 initially for the period of one year, and was recently extended until June 2007. The Japanese contribution will enable the Afghan government and international stakeholders to …

Integrated Mine Action: Lessons And Recommendations From Austcare's Program In Cambodia, Sally Campbell Thorpe

Global CWD Repository

This report identifies lessons learned and best practices from Austcare’s Integrated Mine Action (IMA) Program in Cambodia. It provides key recommendations for Austcare to consider implementing, while also highlighting broader perspectives that may be of interest to other agencies involved in IMA or seeking to develop a similar approach. To date, few organisations have documented their field-based experiences in IMA. This report explores Austcare’s experience in Cambodia to explain and advocate the benefits of IMA, as well to identify some of the challenges involved. It is hoped that the results will encourage a broader discussion and exchange on the subject. …

Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Regarding Immunization Among Family Practice Patients, Waris Qidwai, Syed Sohail Ali, Semi Ayub, Salma Ayub

Department of Family Medicine

Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitude and practices about immunization among family practice patients.
Design: A questionnaire based survey.
Patients and Method: A questionnaire was developed in line with the study objectives. It was administered to patients visiting family physicians, after they were administered, informed consent and assurance with regards to confidentiality was provided. Epi-info and SPSS software was used for data management.
Results: A total of 97 patients were surveyed. The majority were men (59.8%) with a mean age of 29.69 years. Majority was unmarried (51.5%), with graduate and post-graduate education (73%), and in government and …

Metabolic Syndrome: Frequency And Gender Differences At An Out - Patient Clinic, Firdous Jahan, Riaz Qureshi, Tasneem Borhany, Hasan Bin Hamza

Department of Family Medicine

Objective: To determine the frequency of metabolic syndrome among patients attending an out-patient clinic of a teaching hospital and to compare the clinical features regarding metabolic syndrome among males and females.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration: Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Executive and Family Medicine Clinics, from December 2004 to April 2005.
Patients and Methods: All adults, above 25 years, attending the clinics for an executive check-up and giving informed consent were included in the study. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire administered to those eligible to participate. Metabolic syndrome was defined according to ATP-III guidelines. …

Budget, State And People Budget Process, Civil Society And Transparency In Angola, Jan Isaksen, Inge Amundsen, Arne Wiig, Cesaltina Abreu

Global CWD Repository

The Norwegian Embassy in Luanda, through Norad, has contracted the Chr. Michelsen Institute to conduct this study on obstacles and opportunities for increased transparency and popular consultation in the prioritisation of state expenditure and handling of revenue. The overall objectives of the study are (a) to contribute to increased insight into the present state of budgetary transparency and openness to the public in Angola, and (b) to indicate ways in which such transparency and openness may be increased. The conclusions and recommendations in the report stand for the authors of the report and are not necessarily shared or supported by …

Cambodia Country Case Study: Integration Of Mine Action Into The Country Development Framework, Cida's Mine Action Unit (Mau)

Global CWD Repository

Internal CIDA country case study which outlines benefits and rationale for integrating mine action into official development programming in mine affected regions. Aimed at CIDA country desk officers.

Cambodia was chosen for a country case study based on criteria it met for the Government of Canada's International Policy Strategy as a bilateral country of priority and the criteria created by the CIDA Mine Action Unit: Cambodia ratified the Ottawa Convention in 1999; its mine and UXO contamination are a large obstacle in Cambodia's development of poverty reduction; and the bilateral desk has the potential to integrate mine action into their …

The Four Faces Of Tort Law: Liability For Emotional Harm, John J. Kircher

Marquette Law Review

No abstract provided.

Scalia's Raich Concurrence: A Significant Departure From Originalist Interpretation?, Julie K. Collins

Marquette Law Review

No abstract provided.

Traces Of A Libertarian Theory Of Punishment, Erik Luna

Marquette Law Review

No abstract provided.

“Garbage On The Green”- A Waste Audit Event At The University Of North Florida, March 8, 2007, Stacy Wheeler

Garbage on the Green Reports

Approximately 135 undergraduate students participated in a waste characterization study at the University of North Florida (UNF) on March 8, 2007 that was titled Garbage on the Green. The purpose of the study was to identify and quantify the types and sources of materials in UNF’s solid waste stream. Findings from the study were used to generate new strategies for improving campus waste management and recycling programs. The study was funded by the Environmental Center and supported by the university administration, the city of Jacksonville, and a diverse group of regional public and private organizations.

Interrupting Ethnographic Spectacles In Eric Valli's Himalaya, Puspa Damai

English Faculty Research

How can we talk about "postcoloniality" in relation to Nepal, which, even though it has never been foreign to Western fantasies about the exotic, was never formally colonized? One of the ways could be to create narratives and deploy images - as has been done by Eric Valli in his popular film Himalaya- that foreground geographically remote and ethnically and politically marginalized people of the nation. And yet, this article argues, such an attempt as Himalaya could easily fall into the same trap as grips orientalist ethnography that seeks to generate spectacles of the other for its own pleasure. …

Nitrogen Oxides In The North Atlantic Troposphere: Impacts Of Boreal Wildfire And Anthropogenic Emissions, Maria Val Martin

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open

Nitrogen oxides play a crucial role in the budget of tropospheric ozone (O sub(3)) and the formation of the hydroxyl radical. Anthropogenic activities and boreal wildfires are large sources of emissions in the atmosphere. However, the influence of the transport of these emissions on nitrogen oxides and O sub(3) levels at hemispheric scales is not well understood, in particular due to a lack of nitrogen oxides measurements in remote regions. In order to address these deficiencies, measurements of NO, NO sub(2) and NO sub(y) (total reactive nitrogen oxides) were made in the lower free troposphere (FT) over the central North …

2007 Clinic Yearbook, Peter Moffett

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Yearbooks

The Clinic is the yearbook of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (formerly Jefferson Medical College) at Thomas Jefferson University.

Yes, Virginia: The President Can Deploy Federal Troops To Prevent The Loss Of A Major American City From A Devastating Natural Catastrophe, Michael Greenberger

MC Law Review

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Bringing The Home Front To The Battlefront : Mississippi Nurses During The Civil War, Laura Gillentine King

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Life Saving Medicines Export Act: Why The Proposed U.S. Compulsory Licensing Scheme Will Fail To Export Any Medicines Or Save Any Lives, Jennifer A. Lazo

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

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Paleosalinity History Of Middle Holocene Lagoonal And Lacustrine Deposits In The Enriquillo Valley, Dominican Republic Based On Pore Morphometrics And Isotope Geochemistry Of Ostracoda, Pamela Medley, Neil E. Tibert, William P. Patterson, H. Allen Curran, Lisa Greer, Jean-Paul Colin

Geosciences: Faculty Publications

The southwestern region of the Dominican Republic (Enriquillo Valley) contains exceptionally well-preserved, relict marine and saline lake deposits of mid-Holocne age. Abundant euryhaline ostracodes found in this deposit include Cyprideis salebrosa, C. mexicana, C. similis, and C. edentata. Morphometric and geochemical analyses performed on Cyprideis spp. provide high δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C values that are coincident with relative abundances of irregularly shaped pores that permeate the ostracode carapace. We recognize three stratigraphic intervals with distinct ostracode pore shape and stable isotope trends: (I) a 4.5-5.0m interval that contains ostracodes with highly irregular shaped pores (multiradiate) and …

An Exploratory Study Of Pet Raising And Health Of The Elderly People In Hong Kong, Cheung Ming, Alfred Chan, Kam Wing, Kevin Cheung, Lam Fat Lo

APIAS Monograph 專題論文

Introduction:

Pets such as dogs, cats and fish were popular in many other countries (Marx et al., 1988; Gammonley, 1991; Brodie & Biley, 1999; PIAS, 2002). In Hong Kong, pet owners increased to 0.26 million (Census and Statistics Department, 2006). Dating back to 1980s, a research study reported the association between pet ownerships and health benefits for humans (McNicholas et al., 2005). According to the report, domesticated pets brought a sense of companionship and provided pet owners with pleasure. These pets could be tools for enhancing human social relationship and could also provide their owners with emotional comfort. Recent studies …

Hong Kong Happiness Index 2007 香港快樂指數 2007, Lok Sang Ho

Hong Kong Happiness Index 香港快樂指數調查

A survey on Hong Kong Happiness Index conducted by Lingnan University's Centre for Public Studies (CPPS) shows that Hong Kong people in 2007 are less happy than they were in 2006.

The survey has recorded a 4.8% decrease in the overall happiness index from 70.6 in 2006 to 67.2 in 2007. The declining happiness index goes against the general expectation that happiness index will increase under ongoing economic recovery.

Validity Of Clinical Diagnosis In Isolated Laryngomalacia In Infants With Congenital Stridor, W. Wachiraphaet, R. Samransamruajkit, J. Deerojanawong, S. Sritippayawan, N. Prapphal

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Triterpenoids From The Stem Of Diospyros Glandulosa, Witchuda Thanakijcharoenpath, Orawan Theanphong

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Six pentacyclic triterpenoids, including friedelin, β-amyrin, oleanolic acid, lupeol, betulin and ursolic acid, have been isolated from the stem of Diospyros glandulosa Lace. Identification of the isolated compounds was accomplished by analysis of their...

Hplc Determination Of Active Diterpene Lactones From Andrographis Paniculata Nees Planted In Various Seasons And Regions In Thailand, Chamnan Patarapanich, Suwanna Laungcholatan, Nuntakan Mahaverawat, Chaiyo Chaichantipayuth, Sunibhond Pummangura

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

A quantitative determination of four known diterpene lactone compounds : dehydroandroghapholide (C-2), andrographolide (C-3), neoandrographolide (C-4) and deoxyandrographolide-19-p-D glucoside (C-5) from the leaves of Andrographis paniculata, Nees. has b...

Mechanism Of Stabilization Of A Bacterial Collagen Triple Helix In The Absence Of Hydroxyproline, Angela Mohs, Teresita Silva, Takeshi Yoshida, Ravish Amin, Slawomir Lukomski, Masayori Inouye, Barbara Brodsky

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

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Thrombin-Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor Binds To Streptococcus Pyogenes By Interacting With Collagen-Like Proteins A And B, Lisa I. Påhlman, Pauline F. Marx, Matthias Mörgelin, Slawomir Lukomski, Joost C. M. Meijers, Heiko Herwald

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Regulation of proteolysis is a critical element of the host immune system and plays an important role in the induction of pro- and anti-inflammatory reactions in response to infection. Some bacterial species take advantage of these processes and recruit host proteinases to their surface in order to counteract the host attack. Here we show that Thrombin-activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor (TAFI), a zinc-dependent procarboxypeptidase, binds to the surface of group A streptococci of an M41 serotype. The interaction is mediated by the streptococcal collagen-like surface proteins A and B (Sc1A and Sc1B), and the streptococcal-associated TAFI is then processed at the bacterial …

Local Government And Municipal Law, Monica L. Coffey

SMU Law Review

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The Influence Of Refugee Status On Palestinian Identity And The Impact Of Identity On Durable Solutions To The Refugee Problem, Michaela S. Clemens

Nebraska Anthropologist

Over the last fifty years the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has generated massive numbers of refugees. The scale and longevity of the conflict has made the Palestinian refugee problem the most protracted and largest refugee situation in the world today (Merhab et al. 2006). The processes of becoming a refugee and living as a refugee have had direct impacts on the formation of Palestinian identity. In this paper, I examine the influence of refugee status on identity and discuss how this identity affects potential solutions to the protracted refugee situation. I offer a brief historical background to the creation of Palestinian refugees. …