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Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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Nick Hornby And The Plight Of Generation X, Michael Berkowitz

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

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Isolation, Characterization, And Degradation Of Bakuchiol From Psoralidium Tenuiflorum, Pei-Jan Hsu

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Bioactivity guided fractionation of the EtOAc extract from Psoralidium tenuiflorum afforded the known compound bakuchiol as a racemic mixture. This compound was purified by liquid-liquid partitions and chromatographic techniques followed by characterization with ]H NMR, 13C NMR, and GCMS which agreed with previous literature. Previously, bakuchiol was reported from Psoralea corylirolia and Posoralea glandulosa in nature which are from the same family as P. tenuiflorum. This compound exhibited Staphylococcus epidermidis cytotoxicity.

Two Dimensional NMR (HHCOSY and HETCOR) of bakuchiol indicated a disagreement with the previously described NMR structural assignment; a reassignment is described herein.

Long-term storage followed by attempted reisolation …

La Representation Litteraire Du Paysan FrançAis Par Balzac, Sand Et Zola, Morad Mitta

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

L’histoire et la littérature nous ont légué des représentations contradictoires du paysan. Au-delà de cette dualité dans la représentation, il a existé, à même la littérature du 19eme siècle, une variation importante de son portrait. Des auteurs comme Honoré de Balzac, George Sand et plus tard Emile Zola ont participé chacun à sa manière au développement d’une image particulière de ce personnage. Le paysan de Balzac est ce sauvage de la campagne qui s’apparente au petit escroc ; celui de Sand cet être particulièrement moral et bon par nature ; et celui de Zola cet animal dans l’expression de tous …

The Effect Of Celebrity-Status On Juror Decision-Making, Mark Skowronski

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Reported frequently in the popular press is a public perception that juries hold celebrities to a different legal standard. This study tested this hypothesis by presenting paiticipants with a trial transcript of a personal injury lawsuit in which the defendant was either a famous male actor or a comparable non-celebrity. Also tested was the hypothesis that the presence of a celebrity would render “jurors” more susceptible to heuristic- processing of trial information. Some participants were informed that the location of the accident was the estate of a famous male actor while for others the estate had non- celebrity ownership. It …

Human Genetics Studies: The Case For Group Rights, Laura S. Underkuffler

Faculty Scholarship

With the importance of genetic information has come bitter battles over its control. In these battles, some principles have emerged that are beyond dispute. The ability of individuals to control the disposition and genetic testing of their own biological materials is (as a matter of theory, at least) beyond question. No one would argue today that an individual could be subject to genetic testing for studies against her will, or that biological samples obtained from individuals under specified conditions could be simply deemed "free" of such conditions by researchers. Although difficult problems remain in the interpretation of research agreements, the …

Automatic Perfection Of Sales Of Payment Intangibles: A Trap For The Unwary, Steven L. Schwarcz

Faculty Scholarship

Under Section 9-309(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code, sales of "payment intangibles" are automatically perfected without the requirement of filing financing statements. Originally intended as a concession to the banking industry (to perfect sales of loan participations without filing), this provision has become a trap for the unwary-including unwary banks. It misleads those who think they're buying payment intangibles (and thus need not file to perfect) only to find out, too late, that a court has construed that arcane definition too narrowly. It also undermines the ability to know one's priority in purchased or pledged payment intangibles. This essay analyses …

Synthetic Biology: Caught Between Property Rights, The Public Domain, And The Commons, Arti K. Rai, James Boyle

Faculty Scholarship

Synthetic biologists aim to make biology a true engineering discipline. In the same way that electrical engineers rely on standard capacitors and resistors, or computer programmers rely on modular blocks of code, synthetic biologists wish to create an array of modular biological parts that can be readily synthesized and mixed together in different combinations. Synthetic biology has already produced important results, including more accurate AIDS tests and the possibility of unlimited supplies of previously scarce drugs for malaria. Proponents hope to use synthetic organisms to produce not only medically relevant chemicals but also a large variety of industrial materials, including …

Towards A Right To Privacy In Transnational Intelligence Networks, Francesca E. Bignami

Faculty Scholarship

Antiterrorism intelligence sharing across national borders has been trumpeted as one of the most promising forms of networked global governance. By exchanging information across the world, government agencies can catch terrorists and other dangerous criminals. Yet this new form of global governance is also one of the most dangerous. Even at the domestic level, secrecy and national security imperatives have placed intelligence agencies largely beyond legal and democratic oversight. But at the global level, accountability is missing entirely. Global cooperation among national intelligence agencies is extraordinarily opaque. The nature of the international system compounds the problem: these actors do not …

Synthetic Biology: The Intellectual Property Puzzle, Arti K. Rai, Sapna Kumar

Faculty Scholarship

Synthetic biology, which operates at the intersection of biotechnology and information technology, has the potential to raise, in a particularly acute manner, the intellectual property problems that exist in both fields. A preliminary patent landscape reveals problematic foundational patents that could, if licensed and enforced inappropriately, impede the potential of the technology. The landscape also reveals a proliferation of patents on basic synthetic biology "parts" that could create transaction cost heavy patent thickets. Both foundational patents and patent thickets are likely to be particularly problematic to the extent they read on standards that synthetic biologists would like to establish. Synthetic …

Law School Libraries 2007, Richard A. Danner

Faculty Scholarship

The primary mission of the law school library is to meet the information needs of the faculty and students of the institution it supports. In addition to their role in educating future lawyers, law schools are the major producers of scholarly literature in law and rely on academic law libraries to provide the resources and support needed for research and publication. Beyond support for the core functions of legal education and research, the specific missions of law school libraries vary depending on the size and missions of law schools of different types. Differences among law schools result in differences among …

Testing The Testimonial Concept And Exceptions To Confrontation: “A Little Child Shall Lead Them”, Robert P. Mosteller

Faculty Scholarship

In Crawford v. Washington (2004), the Supreme Court radically transformed the analysis of the Confrontation Clause for hearsay, but left many specific questions unanswered. Two years later in Davis v. Washington (2006), it revisited the subject and answered a few of the unresolved issues, but again left much in doubt, apparently reorienting the focus of the testimonial definition from that of the party making the statement to that of the person receiving it. One of the areas where the new doctrine has greatest potential importance is in cases involving children, particularly cases involving physical and sexual abuse. The importance derives …

Mertonianism Unbound?: Imagining Free, Decentralized Access To Most Cultural And Scientific Material, James Boyle

Faculty Scholarship

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A Critical Assessment Of The Cultural And Institutional Roles Of Appellate Courts (Review Essay), Paul D. Carrington

Faculty Scholarship

Reviewing, Daniel Meador et al., Appellate Courts: Structures, Functions, Processes, and Personnel (2d ed. 2006)

State And Foreign Class-Action Rules And Statutes: Differences From - And Lessons For? - Federal Rule 23, Thomas D. Rowe Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

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Applying The Access Principle In Law: The Responsibilities Of The Legal Scholar, Richard A. Danner

Faculty Scholarship

This article applies to legal scholarship the ideas developed and argued in John Willinsky’s 2006 book: 'The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship' regarding the responsibilities of scholars to make their works widely available through open access mechanisms via the Internet. Willinsky’s access principle states that “A commitment to the value and quality of research carries with it a responsibility to extend the circulation of such work as far as possible and ideally to all who are in interested in it and all who might profit by it.” For Willinsky, the transformation of scholarly journals …

Toward A Framework Statute For Supranational Adjudication, Ernest A. Young

Faculty Scholarship

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Richard Lillich Memorial Lecture: Nurturing A Transnational System Of Innovaton, Jerome H. Reichman

Faculty Scholarship

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Challenging Direct Democracy, Erwin Chemerinsky

Faculty Scholarship

I want to argue today that direct democracy is undesirable and unconstitutional. I want to argue to you that the Supreme Court should find that the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative is unconstitutional, and strike it down. So I want to make two points. First, I am going to argue that direct democracy is undesirable. This is a normative argument; it’s not an argument about constitutional doctrine. Second, I want to argue that direct democracy is unconstitutional, and make a series of different arguments as to why.

The Doha Round’S Public Health Legacy: Strategies For The Production And Diffusion Of Patented Medicines Under The Amended Trips Provisions, Jerome H. Reichman, Frederick M. Abbott

Faculty Scholarship

This entry into force of the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Agreement in 1995 transformed the international intellectual property system. The harmonization of basic intellectual property standards has operated to protect investment in innovation, limiting risks from unjustified 'free riding.' Yet these same harmonized IP standards sharply curtailed the traditional capacity of suppliers of public goods, such as health care and nutrition, to address the priority needs of less affluent members of society, particularly in (but not limited to) developing countries. In the Doha Declaration, the Waiver Decision of 30 August 2003 and the Article 31bis Protocol of Amendment, stakeholders …

Rediscovering Brandeis’S Right To Privacy, Erwin Chemerinsky

Faculty Scholarship

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Following The Script: An Empirical Analysis Of Court-Ordered Mediation Of Medical Malpractice Cases, Thomas B. Metzloff, Ralph A. Peeples, Catherine T. Harris

Faculty Scholarship

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Writing Other Peoples’ Constitutions, Paul D. Carrington

Faculty Scholarship

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Confrontation As Constitutional Criminal Procedure: ‘Crawford’S’ Birth Did Not Require That ‘Roberts’ Had To Die’, Robert P. Mosteller

Faculty Scholarship

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Intellectual Property: Does Ip Harm Or Help Developing Countries?, Jerome H. Reichman

Faculty Scholarship

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Comments On The European Commission’S Proposal For A Regulation Of The European Parliament And The Council On The Law Applicable To Contractual Obligations (Rome I), Ralf Michaels, Jürgen Basedow, Wolfgang Wurmnest

Faculty Scholarship

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Race, Redistricting, And Representation, Guy-Uriel Charles

Faculty Scholarship

This Essay, which was written for the Ohio State Law Journal's symposium on Election Law and the Roberts Court, examines the Court's decision in League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) v. Perry. The Essay explores two ways of reading LULAC: first as a racial representation case and second as a case concerned with representation itself. The essay argues that politics not race is the majority's worry in LULAC and that the case is the first application of Justice Kennedy's representation rights concept first introduced in Vieth.

Book Review, Laurence R. Helfer

Faculty Scholarship

reviewing Eyal Benvenisti & Moshe Hirsch eds., The Impact of International Law on International Cooperation: Theoretical Perspectives (2004)