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The Epidemiology Of Spina Bifida In Ireland: An Anthropological Approach, Kathryn A. O'Donnell Jan 2007

The Epidemiology Of Spina Bifida In Ireland: An Anthropological Approach, Kathryn A. O'Donnell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

A sample of 97 human skeletal remains from Ireland were examined to investigate the etiology of spina bifida, a form of neural tube defect. It is unclear whether the disease results from environmental or genetic causes. Collections of human remains from three sites dated to nineteenth century were studied in an attempt to identify the period during which the prehistoric rates of spina bifida rose to modern levels. In these collections, nineteenth century spina bifida rates were higher than either prehistoric or modern rates. Thus, nineteenth century Ireland experienced peak rates of spina bifida. Nutrition in modern day Ireland has …

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The Inactive Self: Mental Representation Of Dormant Social Roles, Ryan M. Moyer Jan 2007

The Inactive Self: Mental Representation Of Dormant Social Roles, Ryan M. Moyer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

A significant portion of the self is constructed from our actions and the roles to which they correspond. Although many of our social roles are enacted regularly, some may lay dormant, yet still influence one's self-concept. We propose that there are systematic differences in mental representation between these inactive roles and more active roles. Specifically, inactive roles should be more likely to be construed in high-level terms, while active roles should be more likely to be construed in lowlevel terms. Experiment 1 found that for inactive roles, participants displayed an implicit construal preference for the high-level aspects of the role. …

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The Impact Of A Museum-Based Science Methods Course On Early Childhood/Elementary Pre-Service Teachers' Self-Efficacy And Ability To Develop Curriculum Using A Constructivist Approach, Chelneca Kegley Templeton Jan 2007

The Impact Of A Museum-Based Science Methods Course On Early Childhood/Elementary Pre-Service Teachers' Self-Efficacy And Ability To Develop Curriculum Using A Constructivist Approach, Chelneca Kegley Templeton

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The focus of this study was to discover what impact a museum-based science methods course would have on 14 early childhood/elementary pre-service teachers' selfefficacy and ability to develop curriculum using a constructivist approach. Data were gathered using the STEBI-B, modified by Bleicher (2004). A paired-samples t test indicated there was significant change in the pre-service teachers ' self-efficacy pre-and post-museum course participation. The investigation also analyzed student-created learning centers intended for use in the students' future classrooms. Students created two learning centers, one before interaction with exhibits in the museum and one at the end of the course. At the …

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A Resource Guide For Juvenile Law Practitioners, Colene Flynn Robinson Jan 2007

A Resource Guide For Juvenile Law Practitioners, Colene Flynn Robinson

Publications

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The Lived Experience Of Male Nurses Who Have Successfully Rehabilitated From Chemical Dependency Through The State Of Florida's Intervention Project For Nurses, Patricia Welch Dittman Jan 2007

The Lived Experience Of Male Nurses Who Have Successfully Rehabilitated From Chemical Dependency Through The State Of Florida's Intervention Project For Nurses, Patricia Welch Dittman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

This dissertation reviews the multifaceted dimensions of male nurses in recovery from chemical dependency in the State of Florida's Intervention Project for Nurses Rehabilitation Program. These dimensions are not linear and fluctuation of the degree of intensity is individualized to the lived experience of the nurse. The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological research study was to understand the lived experience of male nurses who have successfully completed the rehabilitation phase and to determine themes that influenced their vulnerability to professional impairment. The study identified two overarching themes of person and profession. The major theme of person had three sub-themes of …

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Boundary Layer Control On A Circular Cylindrical Body Through Oscillating Lorentz Forcing, Ryan K. Seltzer Jan 2007

Boundary Layer Control On A Circular Cylindrical Body Through Oscillating Lorentz Forcing, Ryan K. Seltzer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Boundary layer control on a circular cylindrical body through oscillating Lorentz forcing is studied by means of numerical simulation of the vorticity-stream function formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations. The model problem considers axisymmetric seawater flow along an infinite cylinder controlled by an idealized radially directed Lorentz force oscillating spatially and temporally. Under optimum forcing parameters, it is shown that sustainable Lorentz induced vortex rings can travel along the cylinder at a speed equivalent to the phase speed of forcing . Wall stress is shown to locally change sign in the region adjacent to the vortex, considerably decreasing net viscous drag …

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Body Condition Of Juvenile Hoplosternum Littorale (Hancock, 1828) In Anthropogenic Refuges On The Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation During The 2006 Dry Season, Gianna Ramdin Jan 2007

Body Condition Of Juvenile Hoplosternum Littorale (Hancock, 1828) In Anthropogenic Refuges On The Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation During The 2006 Dry Season, Gianna Ramdin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

This study investigated variations m body condition of brown hoplos (Hoplosternum littorale) refuging in ponds in the Big Cypress region of southern Florida. During the dry season environmental parameters fluctuated, water depth and dissolved oxygen decreased, while temperature and conductivity increased. Standard lengths and wet weights of 675 juvenile brown hoplos were measured from seven populations. Body condition was compared between populations and through time (early vs. late dry season) using length-weight relationship and Fulton's condition factor. The only significant spatia-temporal variations in body condition occurred in the deepest refuges. One population demonstrated an unexpected positive change in body condition, …

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Believers In Dixie: A Cultural Geography Of The Kentucky Shakers, Marc A. Rhorer Jan 2007

Believers In Dixie: A Cultural Geography Of The Kentucky Shakers, Marc A. Rhorer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The Kentucky Shakers were distinct from those of Ohio and the Northeastern United States because they were products of the cultural environment of the Upper South. The variation originated in the country's settlement and migration patterns. People with similar cultural backgrounds tended to concentrate and migrate together. As the western frontier expanded, settlers with more socio-cultural commonalities tended to migrate in similar patterns and maintain a sense of cultural cohesion in the newly opened westward frontier. We can observe the similarities between the Kentucky Shakers of the Pleasant Hill and South Union villages and their Southern neighbors by analyzing cultural …

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Carbohydrate Recognition Of Bi-Pyridine Bridged Peptide Receptor, Claudia A. Johnson Jan 2007

Carbohydrate Recognition Of Bi-Pyridine Bridged Peptide Receptor, Claudia A. Johnson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

A novel carbohydrate receptor based on the structure of the antibiotic polymxin B was synthesized. The receptor was a cyclic heptapeptide. which was bridged using 2, 2'-bi pyridine-5,5"- dicarboxylic acid. The association constants of the receptor and a variety of sugars were determined using UV /Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy and observed log K0 values are in the range from 3 .8 to 4.1 for the pentoses, logKa 3.3 to 3.8 for the hexoxes and 0 to 2.9 logKa values from 0-2.9 for disaccharides and logKa of2.6 to 3.11 for the charged sugars. We demonstrated that polymixin based receptors are capable …

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Attributes That Enable A Virtual High School To Go To Scale, Daryl Diamond Jan 2007

Attributes That Enable A Virtual High School To Go To Scale, Daryl Diamond

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

As our nation demands system-wide improvement, external providers are challenged to scale up educational reform efforts, to implement them more widely, more deeply, and more rapidly than in the past. Virtual high schools come at a time when public education is being challenged by mandates for new forms of educational choice and supplemental services. Replicating success of educational reforms on a large scale is a vexing issue. Failure to scale them up is accredited to the absence of a practical theory that accounts for the institutional complexities operating on changes of practice. This research developed such a practical theory gleaning …

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Brain Computer Interface And Neuroprosthetics, Rodrigo Calderon Jan 2007

Brain Computer Interface And Neuroprosthetics, Rodrigo Calderon

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

For many years people have consider the possibility that brain activity might provide a new channel for communication between a person's brain and the external world. Brain Computer Interface allows humans to control electronic devices using only their thoughts. The goal of this project is to provide the users with a basic control of a prosthetic arm using the signal acquired by an Electroencephalogram (EEG). The main objective of the research is to demonstrate and provide a system that allows individuals to obtain control of the device with very little training and very few electrodes. The research includes the development …

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Building Cosmopolitical Solidarity From The Antigone: A Return To The Chorus, Rebecca L. Mccarthy Jan 2007

Building Cosmopolitical Solidarity From The Antigone: A Return To The Chorus, Rebecca L. Mccarthy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

“Building Cosmopolitical Solidarity from the Antigone.” takes an in-depth look at how the Antigone by Sophocles has been used by social movements and social/politically concerned playwrights, theorists and activists as either a tool for discursive and performative resistance, or as a way to reinforce status-quo state rule since at least the Enlightenment to present day. I argue that Sophocles’ characters Creon and Antigone are not ideal images for social movements who seek a cosmopolitical democracy. Rather it is to Sophocles’ Chorus and the Watchman that we must turn when proposing democratic cosmopolitanism. Thus, a new communication approach is proposed: a …

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Characteristics Affecting Prey Vulnerability And Avian Habitat Selection In The Florida Everglades, Rachael L. Harris Jan 2007

Characteristics Affecting Prey Vulnerability And Avian Habitat Selection In The Florida Everglades, Rachael L. Harris

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The vulnerability of prey to capture plays a fundamental role in determining overall prey availability for wading birds. Structural complexity can act to decrease prey vulnerability and influence foraging habitat selection. To determine how structural complexity can affect habitat selection I conducted a use vs. availability study throughout the Florida Everglades in 2005 and 2006. Results indicated that wading birds chose foraging sites that had less emergent vegetation and a thicker flocculent layer relative to random sites. Submerged vegetation, and the height of emergent vegetation did not affect wading bird site selection. A difference in habitat selection between years was …

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Characterization Of Cellular Proteins Binding Hiv's Rev Responsive Element (Rre), Neetika Dhir Jan 2007

Characterization Of Cellular Proteins Binding Hiv's Rev Responsive Element (Rre), Neetika Dhir

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The RRE is a sequence of the HIV genome which is required for the export of the unspliced mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Previous studies show that RRE on the HIV mRNA binds directly to Rev which then interacts with Ran and CRM 1 to form an export complex. Our results indicate that Ran can interact with the RRE in the absence of Rev and CRM 1 but in the presence of other factor(s) present in the nuclear extract. Ran-GEF or RCC 1 seems to be a potential mediating factor. Our results suggest that Ran binds directly to …

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Developing Healthy Kids In Healthy Communities: Eight Evidence-Based Strategies For Preventing High-Risk Behaviour., Gary L. Hopkins, Duane C. Mcbride, Helen H. Marshak, Kiti Freier, John V. Stevens, Wendi Kannenberg, James B. Weaver, Stephanie L. Sargent Weaver, Peter N. Landless, Jonathan Duffy Jan 2007

Developing Healthy Kids In Healthy Communities: Eight Evidence-Based Strategies For Preventing High-Risk Behaviour., Gary L. Hopkins, Duane C. Mcbride, Helen H. Marshak, Kiti Freier, John V. Stevens, Wendi Kannenberg, James B. Weaver, Stephanie L. Sargent Weaver, Peter N. Landless, Jonathan Duffy

Faculty Publications

Australian youth engage in behaviour that threatens their health and wellbeing. National surveys report that about a third of young Australians have tried an illicit drug. High rates of substance use and risky sexual behaviour among young Australians suggest that effective prevention efforts based on empirical evidence need to be expanded. Church-associated organisations are an untapped resource that could be used to improve the health and welfare of young people. We describe eight evidence-based elements to consider in designing strategies to prevent high-risk behaviour in young people.

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Search For Gravitational-Wave Bursts In Ligo Data From The Fourth Science Run, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, M. Araya, H. Armandula, M. Ashley, S. Aston, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, S. Babak, S. Ballmer, H. Bantilan, B. C. Barish, C. Barker, D. Barker, B. Barr, P. Barriga, M. A. Barton, K. Bayer, K. Belczynski, J. Betzwieser, P. T. Beyersdorf, B. Bhawal, I. A. Bilenko, Tiffany Z. Summerscales Jan 2007

Search For Gravitational-Wave Bursts In Ligo Data From The Fourth Science Run, B. Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, J. Agresti, P. Ajith, B. Allen, R. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Arain, M. Araya, H. Armandula, M. Ashley, S. Aston, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, S. Babak, S. Ballmer, H. Bantilan, B. C. Barish, C. Barker, D. Barker, B. Barr, P. Barriga, M. A. Barton, K. Bayer, K. Belczynski, J. Betzwieser, P. T. Beyersdorf, B. Bhawal, I. A. Bilenko, Tiffany Z. Summerscales

Faculty Publications

The fourth science run of the LIGO and GEO 600 gravitational-wave detectors, carried out in early 2005, collected data with significantly lower noise than previous science runs. We report on a search for short-duration gravitational-wave bursts with arbitrary waveform in the 64-1600 Hz frequency range appearing in all three LIGO interferometers. Signal consistency tests, data quality cuts and auxiliary-channel vetoes are applied to reduce the rate of spurious triggers. No gravitational-wave signals are detected in 15.5 days of live observation time; we set a frequentist upper limit of 0.15 day-1 (at 90% confidence level) on the rate of bursts with …

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Organizations As Place Builders, David F. Thomas, Jennifer E. Cross Jan 2007

Organizations As Place Builders, David F. Thomas, Jennifer E. Cross

Management Faculty Publications

We argue that the role of organizations as agents in the construction of place has been overlooked in the management and organizations literature. Using concepts from sociology, cultural geography, and management, we develop a typology that illustrates how organizations contribute to the social construction of place. This typology presents an analytic scheme for examining the place-building characteristics of organizations and a basis for developing theories on the interdependence between places and organizations.

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'Negotiated' Transparency? Corporate Citizenship Engagement And Environmental Disclosure, Scott Marshall, Darrell Brown, Marlene Plumlee Jan 2007

'Negotiated' Transparency? Corporate Citizenship Engagement And Environmental Disclosure, Scott Marshall, Darrell Brown, Marlene Plumlee

Business Faculty Publications and Presentations

Corporate stakeholder relations are historically typified by power imbalances and mistrust, but in recent times, they are increasingly characterized by 'dialogue' based on mutual understanding and creative action. In this paper we consider corporate engagements with two external stakeholder groups, citizenship-focused non-governmental organizations (NGO) and institutional investors, and examine the potential association between these engagements and corporate disclosure of environmental information. Based on a sample of 183 firms over a three-year time period, we analyze the relationships between NGO engagement, investor activism and the quality of corporate voluntary environmental disclosure. Our findings suggest that engagement with skills-focused NGOs and the …

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Saving Disney: Activating Publics Through The Internet, Sarah Bonewits Feldner, Rebecca J. Meisenbach Jan 2007

Saving Disney: Activating Publics Through The Internet, Sarah Bonewits Feldner, Rebecca J. Meisenbach

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Sports Journalism As Moral And Ethical Discourse, Thomas P. Oates, John J. Pauly Jan 2007

Sports Journalism As Moral And Ethical Discourse, Thomas P. Oates, John J. Pauly

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This paper explores the marginalized practice of sportswriting to demonstrate the limited ways in which the question “who is a journalist?” has been answered within the profession. Following John Dewey and Raymond Williams, we offer an alternative view of democratic culture that values narrative as well as information. We also discuss how “New Journalists” (and other writers since), in their quest for fresh, sophisticated storytelling strategies, turned to sports as a cultural activity worthy of serious examination. Our goal is to demonstrate that sportswriting fundamentally resembles other forms of reporting and that journalism should not use sports as an ethical …

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We Have All Been Here Before, John J. Pauly, William R. Burleigh, E. W. Scripps Jan 2007

We Have All Been Here Before, John J. Pauly, William R. Burleigh, E. W. Scripps

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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Mothers Of Soldiers In Wartime: A National News Narrative, Karen L. Slattery, Ana C. Garner Jan 2007

Mothers Of Soldiers In Wartime: A National News Narrative, Karen L. Slattery, Ana C. Garner

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

National news media represent mothers of US combat soldiers in the Iraq War as archetypal good mothers, that is, mothers who continue their maternal work even after their children are deployed. However, not all mothers are depicted as the archetypal patriotic mother, i.e., a good mother who is also stoic and silent about the war and her child's role in it. Mothers of soldiers are portrayed as good mothers who sometimes also voice their attitudes about the war effort. The maternal attitudes ranged from complete support for the war to opposition to the war but support for the soldiers. The …

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A Description Of Lobbying As Advocacy Public Relations, Kati Tusinski Berg Jan 2007

A Description Of Lobbying As Advocacy Public Relations, Kati Tusinski Berg

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This study defines lobbying as advocacy public relations. Data were collected from self-administered surveys of 222 registered lobbyists in Oregon. This study provides insight into a specialized group of public relations practitioners.

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Iii Finishing, Lapping, Honing And Polishing: Processes, Characterisation And Novel Techniques-Experimental Research On Ultra-Smooth Surface Polishing Based On Two-Dimensional Vibration Of Liquid, Zhong Ning Guo, X. Z. Huang, Z. G. Huang, Z. Q. Yu, T. M. Yue, Wing Bun Lee Jan 2007

Iii Finishing, Lapping, Honing And Polishing: Processes, Characterisation And Novel Techniques-Experimental Research On Ultra-Smooth Surface Polishing Based On Two-Dimensional Vibration Of Liquid, Zhong Ning Guo, X. Z. Huang, Z. G. Huang, Z. Q. Yu, T. M. Yue, Wing Bun Lee

Faculty Publications

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Heading South, John C. Hawley Jan 2007

Heading South, John C. Hawley

English

Terminology is always a site of politics, and “global South” is no exception. Many of the places proposed as likely areas for discussion in the pages of this new journal are not, in fact, south of the equator. Nor are other areas that are, in fact, south of the border necessarily as appropriate for discussion in this journal. Yet it is appropriate to reach for another terminological alleyway like this one to help us reimagine, yet again, the peoples and topics in question. “Postcolonial,” either with or without a hyphen, is contentious; “commonwealth,” of course, has been long abandoned (and …

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Silence Kills: Speaking Out And Saving Lives, Lee Gutkind, Karen Wolk Feinstein, Abraham Verghese Jan 2007

Silence Kills: Speaking Out And Saving Lives, Lee Gutkind, Karen Wolk Feinstein, Abraham Verghese

In Fact Books

These stories explore a wide and complicated range of experiences—a doctor is pressured into sending a patient home from the emergency room but later must face his decision when the patient suddenly dies; a physician deals with the doubt brought on by a malpractice lawsuit and must come to terms with the fact that even doctors are fallible and human; a woman fights for her mother’s mental health against a system eager to over-medicate the elderly; and more—but all share one thing: a frustration with a system that hinders communication and often leads to unnecessary suffering. (Southern Methodist University Press, …

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Who Is A Journalist And Why Does It Matter? Disentangling The Legal And Ethical Arguments, Erik Ugland, Jennifer Henderson Jan 2007

Who Is A Journalist And Why Does It Matter? Disentangling The Legal And Ethical Arguments, Erik Ugland, Jennifer Henderson

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

The contemporary debate about "who is a journalist" is occurring in two distinct domains: law and professional ethics. Although the debate in these domains is focused on separate problems, participants treat the central question as essentially the same. This article suggests that the debates in law and professional ethics have to be resolved independently and that debate within those domains needs to be more nuanced. In law, it must vary depending on whether the context involves constitutional law, statutory law, or the distribution of informal privileges by government officials. In professional ethics, the debate should not be oriented around a …

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A Meta-Analysis Of Political Advertising, William L. Benoit, Glenn M. Leshner, Sumana Chattopadhyay Jan 2007

A Meta-Analysis Of Political Advertising, William L. Benoit, Glenn M. Leshner, Sumana Chattopadhyay

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Political advertising is one of the dominant media for reaching voters. Previous metaanalyses (Allen & Burrell, 2002; Lau, Sigelman, Heldman, & Babbitt, 1999) found little or no net benefit to negative versus positive ads. However, this finding does not reveal whether ads have effects (both or neither could be persuasive). A meta-analysis revealed that political spots increased issue knowledge, influenced perceptions of the candidates’ character, altered attitudes, and affected candidate preference; influenced agenda-setting, and altered vote likelihood (turnout). One moderator variable was detected: The effect size for learning was larger for studies of students than non-students; however, the effect size …

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The Corporatization Of Communication, Eric Chiappinelli, Adam Candeub, Jeffrey Chester, Lawrence Soley Jan 2007

The Corporatization Of Communication, Eric Chiappinelli, Adam Candeub, Jeffrey Chester, Lawrence Soley

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

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The Year Of Truman Capote: Legal Ethics And In Cold Blood, David S. Caudill Jan 2007

The Year Of Truman Capote: Legal Ethics And In Cold Blood, David S. Caudill

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study is to use Capote’s In Cold Blood as a point of reflection on several ethical obligations of lawyers. In Part I, I focus on Capote’s accounts of the prosecution’s use of expert witnesses, and his suggestion that defense counsel were (i) unable or unwilling to deal with their personal conflicts of interest and (ii) incompetent, the latter of which became the subject of disciplinary investigations and federal court review. In terms of the duties of an advocate, Capote sees the prosecution as going too far, and the defense as failing to go far enough. In …

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