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At Last, God Is Mine And I Am His. Elizabeth Ann Seton And The Eucharist, Mary A. Donovan S.C.

Vincentian Studies

Using the Bible, Elizabeth Seton’s writings, and contemporary eucharistic theology, Mary Donovan examines what the eucharist meant to Elizabeth and how this impacts what it means for us. It was the Real Presence of Christ in the eucharist and its power to make recipients part of his body that attracted Elizabeth to Catholicism and made the eucharist of central importance in her life. She recognized that it is the eucharist that unifies Christians in one body, which governs how they should treat each other. It also mandates that they continue Christ’s service on earth, becoming his body for that purpose. …

Catherine Josephine Seton And The New York Mercy Experience, Ann M. Gallagher R.S.M.

Vincentian Studies

The life of Elizabeth Seton’s daughter Catherine is recounted. Catherine studied and taught at Emmitsburg, nursed her mother through her final illness, and traveled throughout the eastern United States as well as Europe. She knew many important people, especially members of the American Catholic hierarchy. As the first New York Sister of Mercy with a career that spanned forty-five years, she was vital to that community’s American establishment. She engaged in a wide variety of important work, especially extensive ministry in the prisons of New York. Bishop John Hughes said of her, “If ever [a] daughter rivaled the sanctity of …

Throwing Down The International Gauntlet: Same-Sex Marriage As A Human Right, Vincent J. Samar

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article argues that nations have a moral and legal obligation to recognize same-sex marriages performed abroad, grounded in human rights principles and the framework of equality. It contends that the right to marry is a fundamental human right, rooted in dignity and self-fulfillment, and that denying recognition to same-sex marriages violates these principles. The analysis draws on Gewirth's rationalist approach to human rights and U.S. constitutional law, particularly the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses, to advocate for universal recognition of same-sex marriage as a matter of equality and liberty.

The Practicability Of Amnesty As A Non-Prosecutory Alternative In Post-Conflict Uganda, Kathleen Ellen Macmillan

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The note argues that amnesty can be a necessary and effective tool for achieving peace in conflict-ridden regions, even when the International Criminal Court (ICC) is involved. It focuses on Uganda's situation, where the government's amnesty offer to the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) was crucial for a ceasefire. The analysis suggests that the ICC should consider deferring to national processes, such as Uganda's Amnesty Act of 2000, to support transitional justice and reconciliation, rather than prioritizing prosecution. The note concludes that amnesty, integrated with traditional justice mechanisms, can be both legally permissible and morally justifiable in certain contexts.

Separating Civil Unions And Religious Marriage-A New Paradigm For Recognizing Same-Sex Relationships, Dov Berger

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The note argues that civil marriage laws defining marriage as between a man and a woman violate the Establishment Clause by favoring one religious perspective over another. It proposes a solution to this constitutional issue by advocating for the separation of civil unions from religious marriage, drawing on New York's kashrut and get laws as a model. The analysis focuses on two key cases, Hernandez v. Robles and Lewis v. Harris, to highlight the legal and religious tensions surrounding same-sex marriage. The author suggests that replacing marriage with a civil union system would respect both legal and religious traditions …

Removing "The Cloak Of A Standing Inquiry": Pollution Regulation, Public Health, And Private Risk In The Injury-In-Fact Analysis, Robin Kundis Craig

Cardozo Law Review

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Who Is To Shame? Narratives Of Neonaticide, Susan Ayres

Faculty Scholarship

In seventeenth-century England, single women who killed their newborns were believed to have acted to hide their shame. They were prosecuted under the 1624 Concealment Law and punished by death. This harsh response eventually evolved into a more humane and sympathetic one, as shown by the increasing number of acquittals in the late eighteenth century and by the sharp drop of prosecutions in the late nineteenth century. Then, in 1922, England passed the Infanticide Act, amended in 1938, which provided that a mother who killed her child would be prosecuted for manslaughter, not murder. Today, the great majority of women …

Reforming The Supreme Court, Roger C. Cramton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Life tenure for Supreme Court Justices has had harmful consequences that could not have been foreseen by the Founders. The seriousness of these harms makes it necessary and proper to use the hindsight we enjoy today to correct them. This Article begins with a brief summary of the constitutional provisions relevant to judicial tenure and examines how the system of life tenure functions today. The harmful consequences of life tenure are then examined, leading to the conclusion that a statutory solution is required. The article then proposes such a solution and examines its constitutionality, concluding that language, history and purpose …

Clinicopathological Study Of Primary Gastric Lymphoma., Zuheir A. Al-Shehabi, Hassan B. Zezafon, Rana S. Saleh

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVES: To present a histopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of primary gastric lymphomas that was reclassified according to the new World Health Organization classification of lymphoid neoplasms. METHODS: We reviewed the morphological and immunohistochemical features of 28 patients with gastric lymphomas, diagnosed in the Department of Pathology at the University Hospital of Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria, during the period 1994-2003. Specimens were obtained from endoscopic and surgical biopsies. The immunohistochemical study was performed to analyze the immunophenotype of these lymphomas. RESULTS: Patients were aged 17-71 years. There was a slight predominance of females (male to female ratio, 13:15). Seventeen of the …

Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy For Primary Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction., Farhad Farahani, Farnaz Hashemian, Mohammad M. Fazlian

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Mythic 43 Million Americans With Disabilities, Ruth Colker

William & Mary Law Review

Although Congress stated in its first statutory finding that it intended the Americans with DisabilitiesA ct (ADA) to protect at least 43 million Americans from disability discrimination, the Supreme Court has interpreted this statute so that it covers no more than 13.5 million Americans. More importantly, this Article demonstrates through the use of Census Bureau data that the ADA's employment discrimination provisions have been eviscerated to the point that the ADA protects virtually no Americans who are both disabled and able to work. This Article places that problem in the larger context of the Court undermining Congress's efforts to protect …

Unfulfilled Expectations: An Empirical Analysis Of Why Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers Rarely Win, Richard E. Moberly

William & Mary Law Review

Scholars praise the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 as one of the most protective anti-retaliation provisions in the world. Yet, during its first three years, only 3.6% of Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblowers won relief through the initial administrative process that adjudicates such claims, and only 6.5% of whistleblowers won appeals through the process. This Article reports the results of an empirical study of all Department of Labor Sarbanes-Oxley determinations during this time, consisting of over 700 separate decisions from administrative investigations and hearings. The results of this detailed analysis demonstrate that administrative decision makers strictly construed, and in …

Teaching With Cultural Competence Requires Gender Sensitivity., Marna R. Greenberg Do, Mph, Facep, Jessica Pierog Do

Department of Emergency Medicine

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Building Services Engineering

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Increasing Age-Adjusted Incidence Of Hip Fractures During 1997-2006 And Its Prediction, In Lampang, Nutthapong Wongwiwat

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Background : Hip fracture is an important public health problem, affecting a large number of the osteoporosis elderly causing morbidity, mortality and high cost of care. This is a descriptive study to estimate the incidence of hip fracture in the elderly aged 50 years and older in Lampang during 1997 to 2006 and to forecast the numbers of hip fracture until the next 20 years.

Methods : All patients who were discharged during the fiscal year of 1997 to 2006, for treatment of first hip fractures in Lampang Hospital, were selected. Hip fractures were classified using ICD-10 for fractures of …

Radon Gas And Radiation Levels In Four Different Mineral Mines, Paitoon Wanabongse, Orawan Siriratpiriya, Kongkiat Kulkantrakorn

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Determination of gamma radiation, radon gas, radon decay products, and dissolved radon in water were carried out in four different types of mineral mines, i.e., lime stone, gypsum, kaolin and feldspar, located in Nakornsawan, Ratburi, Petchaburi and Kanjanaburi provinces. The surveys disclosed that the levels of gamma radiation exposure, radon gas, and radon decay products were highest in feldspar mines, and limestone mine yielded highest level of dissolved radon in water. The amounts detected, however, are within safety levels.

Key words : mineral mine, gamma radiation, radon gas, radon decay products, dissolved radon in water

A Future Of Good Jobs? America's Challenge In The Global Economy, Timothy J. Bartik, Susan N. Houseman

Employment Research Newsletter

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Law And Transnational Corruption: The Need For Lincoln’S Law Abroad?, Paul D. Carrington

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

Somewhere To Run, Somewhere To Hide?: International Regulation Of Human Subject Experimentation, Adam H. Laughton

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.

Beyond The Sea And Spector: Reconciling Port And Flag State Control Over Cruise Ship Onboard Environ-Mental Procedures And Policies, Asia N. Wright

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

Promoting And Establishing The Recovery Of Endangered Species On Private Lands: A Case Study Of The Gopher Tortoise, Blake Hudson

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

A Limited Defense Of Clinical Placebo Deception, Adam Kolber

Faculty Scholarship

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Sheeppox Virus Kelch-Like Gene Sppv-019 Affects Virus Virulence, C. A. Balinsky, Gustavo A. Delhon, C. L. Afonso, G. R. Risatti, M. V. Borca, R. A. French, E. R. Tulman, S. J. Geary, D. L. Rock

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Sheeppox virus (SPPV), a member of the Capripoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae, is the etiologic agent of a significant disease of sheep in the developing world. Genomic analysis of pathogenic and vaccine capripoxviruses identified genes with potential roles in virulence and host range, including three genes with similarity to kelch-like genes of other poxviruses and eukaryotes. Here, a mutant SPPV with a deletion in the SPPV-019 kelch-like gene, ΔKLP, was derived from the pathogenic strain SPPV-SA. ΔKLP exhibited in vitro growth characteristics similar to those of SPPV-SA and revertant virus (RvKLP). ΔKLP-infected cells exhibited a reduction in Ca^{2+ …}

High-Throughput Screening For Fatty Acid Uptake Inhibitors In Humanized Yeast Identifies Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs That Cause Dyslipidemias, Hong Li, Paul N. Black, Aalap Chokshi, Angel Sandoval-Alvarez, Ravi Vatsyayan, Whitney Sealls, Concetta Dirusso

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Fatty acids are implicated in the development of dyslipidemias, leading to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. We used a standardized small compound library to screen humanized yeast to identify compounds that inhibit fatty acid transport protein (FATP)-mediated fatty acid uptake into cells. This screening procedure used live yeast cells expressing human FATP2 to identify small compounds that reduced the import of a fluorescent fatty acid analog, 4,4-difluoro-5-methyl-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene-3-dodecanoic acid (C1-BODIPY-C12). The library used consisted of 2,080 compounds with known biological activities. Of these, ~1.8% reduced cell-associated C1-BODIPY-C12 fluorescence and were selected as potential inhibitors of human FATP2- mediated fatty acid …

The Etiology Of Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis In Crohn's Disease., Ahmed M. Alluwaimi

Saudi Medical Journal

The etiology of Crohn9s disease (CD) has drawn heated controversy in the literature. Compelling evidence in the literature has accumulated lately that could incriminate the Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), the well-known agent of John9s disease in cattle. The evidence is isolation of the organism or its DNA and RNA, detection of the anti-MAP antibodies in Crohn9s patients, increasing incidents of CD in areas close to the cattle pastures, and the possibility of treating the disease with the antibiotics. The group that favors the immune dysregulation theory considered this evidence circumstantial due to the variations in these reports. The treatment …

Determination Of Sensitivity Of Male Wistar Rats To An Equal Dose Of Ketamine/Xylazine Injection At Anesthetic Dose In A Chronic Model Of Hypernatremia In Comparison With Control Group., Fereidoun Heydarpour, Bahram Amini, Sadraddin Kalantari, Ahmad Rostami, Pouria Heydarpour

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVES: To determine the sensitivity to an equal dose of ketamine/xylazine injection at anesthetic dose in a chronic model of hypernatremia. METHODS: This study was conducted at the Department of Physiology, Zanjan University of Medical Science, Zanjan, Iran in 2004. Sixty male Wistar rats, weighing 250 ± 20 g were randomly allocated to 3 groups. The control group was provided with tap water, and first and second test groups consumed 1% and 2% salt concentrations for 144 hours. One hundred mg/kg ketamine and 10 mg/kg xylazine were used as an anesthetic agent. The measured anesthetic parameters comprises of righting reflex …

The Protective Effect Of Ethyl Pyruvate On Lung Injury After Burn In Rats., Melih Karabeyoglu, Belma Kocer, Ummuhani Ozel, Fatma O. Atasay, Huseyin Ustun, Mete Dolapci, Isil Karabeyoglu, Omer Cengiz

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of administered ethyl pyruvate (EP), a novel anti-inflammatory agent, on oxidoinflammatory and apoptotic pathways in the lung tissue of rats in a full-thickness burn model. METHODS: The study took place in Ankara Research and Training Hospital Animal Laboratory, Turkey in June 2006. Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into 4 groups in equal numbers as sham, burn, sham+EP, and burn+EP. The burn model, used produced a full thickness burn of the 30-35% of the total body surface area. Ethyl pyruvate was administered as 40 mg/kg intraperitoneally. Rats were sacrificed after 24 hours, acute lung injury (ALI) …

Hepatitis B And C Virus Infections In Patients With Hemophilia In Zahedan, Southeast Iran., Batool Sharifi-Mood, Payman Eshghi, Esmail Sanei-Moghaddam, Mohammad Hashemi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in patients with hemophilia in Zahedan, Iran. METHODS: From March 2003 to January 2006, we evaluated 81 hemophiliac patients in Zahedan Hemophilia Center, southeast Iran, for hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV-Ab) and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), and evaluated the prevalence of HBV/HCV co-infection. RESULTS: The seroprevalence of HCV was 29.6%, and the HBsAg was positive in 4.9%. Four cases had HCV and HBV co-infection. All of the infected patients were unknowingly treated with contaminated plasma products before the middle of 1996. CONCLUSIONS: All …

Standard Surgical Versus Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy In Intensive Care Patients., Jindrich Lukas, Jaroslava Duskova, David Lukas, Jan Paska, Martin Stritesky, Tomas Haas

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVES: The present prospective randomized trial compared surgical tracheostomy (ST) and percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients in terms of outcomes and complications. METHODS: Between January 2003 and December 2005 tracheostomies were performed on critically ill ICU patients in Medical Faculty Hospital in Prague, with a random allocation of 105 patients for ST and 100 for PDT. RESULTS: The 2 groups did not differ significantly in terms of basic demographic characteristics or length of endotracheal intubation prior to the procedure. Following the procedures, the 2 groups did not differ significantly in terms of the time required …

Adding Remifentanil To Propofol And Etomidate In Cardioversion Anesthesia., Zeynep N. Akcaboy, Erkan Y. Akcaboy, Berrin Altinoren, Erdem Karabulut, Nermin Gogus

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVES: To compare their effects on cardiorespiratoy and recovery parameters and side effects. METHODS: This study was performed in The Ministry of Health Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, from January to May 2005. The 40 American Society of Anesthesiology II/III patients were randomized into 2 groups. All patients received remifentanil 0.75 microgram.kg(-1); and then received either etomidate 0.1 mg.kg(-1) (group E, n=20) or propofol 0.5 mg.kg(-1) (group P, n=20). Cardiorespiratory data, induction time, recovery parameters, pain scores, number of shocks (NS), total amount of energy used (TE), side effects, and patient/cardiologist satisfaction were recorded. RESULTS: Induction time …