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Rural Livelihoods, Hiv/Aids And Women’S Activism: The Struggle For Gender Equality In Primary Education In Uganda, Doris M. Kakuru

Journal of International Women's Studies

In Uganda, various stake holders including the government, NGOs, and women activists have undeniably played important roles in the combat for gender equality in primary education. However, there is evidence that success has not yet been realized. This article is based on research conducted to discover why gender inequalities in Uganda’s Universal Primary Education persist despite deliberate measures to eradicate them. Two questions are addressed, namely: does HIV/AIDS contribute to the persistence of gender inequality in rural areas? What is the importance of linking theory and practice in women’s activism in such a context? The findings reveal that HIV/AIDS affects …

Ninth Circuit Grants Partial Reprieve To California Sea Lions, Alicia Schaffner, Stephanie Showalter

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

No abstract provided.

The Clear And Present Internet: Terrorism, Cyberspace, And The First Amendment, Peter Margulies

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Chapter 15 Of The Bankruptcy Code And Its Implicit Assumptions Regarding The Foreign Exchange Market, John J. Chung

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Justiciable Generalized Grievances, Kimberly L. Wehle

All Faculty Scholarship

The Supreme Court's prevailing test for Article III standing - injury-in-fact, causation, and redressability - generally restricts suits to remedy injuries affecting broad segments of the public in substantially equal measure. In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court appeared to depart from this proposition in holding that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has standing to sue the EPA to prompt it to slow global warming, a harm that affects everyone on Earth. The dissenting Justices assailed the majority for finding justiciable a so-called “generalized grievance” in contravention of prior standing precedent that is based on the notion that if parties seek …

Under-The-Table Overruling, Christopher J. Peters

All Faculty Scholarship

In this contribution to a Wayne Law Review symposium on the first three years of the Roberts Court, the author normatively assesses the Court's practice of "under-the-table overruling," or "underruling," in high-profile constitutional cases involving abortion, campaign-finance reform, and affirmative action. The Court "underrules" when it renders a decision that undercuts a recent precedent without admitting that it is doing so. The author contends that underruling either is not supported by, or is directly incompatible with, three common rationales for constitutional stare decisis: the noninstrumental rationale, the predictability rationale, and the legitimacy rationale. In particular, while the latter rationale - …

Archives And Justice: A South African Perspective By Verne Harris, With A Foreword By Terry Cook. Chicago: Society Of American Archivists, 2007. Isbn 1-931666-18-0., Jennifer A. Marshall

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Follow The Maize, Mimi Abebe

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Student Media

From kernel to car fuel: the step-by-step stages of ethanol production.

Running On Empty: Food Vs. Fuel, Mimi Abebe

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Student Media

The recent boom in the ethanol industry has resulted in a greater demand for corn, which, in turn, has led to a strain on the supply, triggering higher prices.

Corn Monoculture: No Friend Of Biodiversity, Aaron E. Price

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Student Media

Federal mandates for corn ethanol, which encourage farmers to plant more corn, may threaten the biodiversity of grasslands.

E-Learning Pedagogy In The Primary School Classroom: The Mcdonaldization Of Education, Matthew Etherington

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

This paper begins as an initial rejoinder to the ideas expressed by Ross (2000) in The Promise and Perils of E-Learning: A critical look at the new technology. In his article, Ross supports the traditional practices of pedagogy at the primary school level—face-to-face pedagogy— and then critiques what he describes as a ‘fetishisation’ of technological pedagogy—a fetishisation seen in the increase of E-learning pedagogy at the primary school level. The ideas expressed in this article gain their structure and momentum from Ross’s (2000) arguments against E-learning and extends a more cautious approach to the widespread belief in the success of …

The Unpublished Free Exercise Opinion In Jensen V. Quaring, Paul E. Mcgreal

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Since they were opened to the public in March 2004, the Harry A. Blackmun Papers at the Library of Congress have provided a wealth of information about the United States Supreme Court and its landmark decisions. This Essay leaves the beaten path, focusing on an unpublished Opinion of the Court in the relatively unknown case Jensen v. Quaring. In the official United States Reports, Jensen is a summary disposition–the Court split four to four and so affirmed the lower court without opinion. The Blackmun Papers, however, show that the vote after oral argument was five to three to reverse …

A Man’S Barn Is Not His Castle: Warrantless Searches Of Structures Under The “Open Fields Doctrine”, Rowan Themer

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

In 1924, the United States Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment does not require police or other government agents to obtain a warrant prior to entering upon privately owned "open fields." This exception to the warrant requirement became commonly known as the "open fields doctrine." The development of the law in this area has taken considerable time, yet has left some questions unresolved. One unanswered question is whether the Fourth Amendment protects structures that are located within open fields.

This Comment charts the development of the open fields doctrine in the United States Supreme Court, explores how other courts …

The Power Of ‘When I Was Your Age’: Research On Parental Narratives And Their Influence On Cognitive Dissonance In Children, Darci C. Adams

Masters Theses

Parents are continually looking for correct and effective ways to discipline and instruct their children. Often, parents will tell a personal narrative beginning with “when I was your age” to demonstrate to their children the appropriate way to think and behave. This thesis asks three research questions: What are the common themes in parental narratives that young adults remember in relation to instruction or discipline? How does the narrative structure demonstrate narrative coherence and fidelity? What do young adults self-report about the impact of the parental narrative on their cognitive dissonance? Through a content analysis of eighty completed surveys by …

The Advocate (Fall 2008), Lewis & Clark Law School

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

South Valley Incorporation Feasibility Study (Revised), Lee A. Reynis, Molly J. Bleecker

BBER Publications

Determining the financial feasibility of a South Valley municipality requires developing estimates of the revenues that might be raised, and this in turn requires a careful reading of NM statutes to see what the city may be entitled to and what authority it has under state law, as well as estimating the tax bases and the levels of activity against which fees and charges for services will be assessed. It is also critical to determine how much it will cost to provide various municipal services to the South Valley. This study focuses on the costs and revenues associated with operating …

Familial Chylomicronemia In A Nine Months Old Infant, Saira Waqar Lone, Aamer Imdad, Abdul Gaffar Billoo

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Familial chylomicronemia syndrome is a rare disorder of lipoprotein metabolism due to familial lipoprotein lipase or apolipoprotein C-II deficiency or the presence of inhibitors to lipoprotein lipase. It manifests as eruptive xanthomas, acute pancreatitis, and lipaemic plasma due to marked elevation of triglyceride and chylomicrons levels. We report a rare case of familial chylomicronemia in a 9-month-old infant, who was diagnosed after his plasma was incidentally found to be milky. Lipid profile showed familial chylomicronemia (Type 1 Hyperlipidemia). The infant was started on a low fat diet and advised a regular follow-up.

Holy Ghost In The Highlands: The Spiritans On Kilimanjaro, 1892-1953, Matthew V. Bender Ph.D.

Spiritan Horizons

No abstract provided.

Undergoing Venipuncture In Healthcare Education: The Psycho-Biological Effect On Students, Orly Sarid, Ofra Anson, Dagan Schwartz, Arich Yaari

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Venipuncture training is an integral part of healthcare educational programs. Despite its extensive use, no previous studies have evaluated the psychobiological impact of this procedure among health-care students. Participants were 26 healthy students, practicing venipuncture on each other as part of their curricular activity. Self reported pencil and paper questionnaires aimed at assessing depression, anxiety and mood states were administered before and after venipuncture and saliva sample collection. Anti heat shock protein (Hsp) 70 and cortisol levels in blood and saliva were collected from the participants. A reduction in anxiety, anger and confusion mood states took place after venipuncture. All …

Water Resources Review - Fall 2008, Vol 21, No. 1, Annis Water Resource Institute

AWRI Reviews

No abstract provided.

Loss Of Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity In A High-Co2 World, Jm Hall-Spencer, R Rodolfo-Metalpa

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Population Size And Incidence Of Virus Infection In Free-Living Populations Of Cucurbita Pepo, Hector Quemada, Laura Strehlow, Deena S. Decker-Walters, Jack E. Staub

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Impact assessments of virus resistance transgene introgression into wild, free-living populations are important for determining whether these transgenes present a risk to agriculture or the environment. Transgenic virus-resistant Cucurbita pepo ssp. ovifera var. ovifera L. (squash) cultivars have been commercialized, and may be cultivated in close proximity to cross-compatible wild, free-living relatives (C. pepo subsp. pepo vars. ozarkana and texana). Therefore, the potential impact of these virus resistance transgenes was studied by surveying the incidence and fluctuations of virus infection (as assayed by ELISA), virus symptoms (which may not be seen in an infected plant) and population size in forty-three …

2008 The Grantmaking Report: Foundation And Corporate Giving In The San Diego Region, Laura Deitrick, Robert Donmoyer, Melanie Hitchcock

Foundations and Grantmaking

This study focused on philanthropic organizations that are engaged in organized grantmaking in San Diego County. The bulk of the organizations studied are classified as private foundations; data that describe other important grantmaking organizations—i.e., San Diego’s community foundations, selected corporate giving programs, and the United Way of San Diego—also were analyzed.

The Effects Of Acute Stress On Human Prefrontal Working Memory Systems, Anthony J. Porcelli, Daniel Cruz, Karen Wenberg, Michael D. Patterson, Bharat B. Biswal, Bart Rypma

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

We examined the relationship between acute stress and prefrontal-cortex (PFC) based working memory (WM) systems using behavioral (Experiment 1) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI; Experiment 2) paradigms. Subjects performed a delayed-response item-recognition task, with alternating blocks of high and low WM demand trials. During scanning, participants performed this task under three stress conditions: cold stress (induced by cold-water hand-immersion), a room temperature water control (induced by tepid-water hand-immersion), and no-water control (no hand-immersion). Performance was affected by WM demand, but not stress. Cold stress elicited greater salivary cortisol readings in behavioral subjects, and greater PFC signal change in fMRI …

Bayesian Tensor Approach For 3-D Face Modeling, Dacheng Tao, Mingli Song, Xuelong Li, Jialie Shen, Jimeng Sun, Xindong Wu, Christos Faloutsos, Stephen J. Maybank

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Effectively modeling a collection of three-dimensional (3-D) faces is an important task in various applications, especially facial expression-driven ones, e.g., expression generation, retargeting, and synthesis. These 3-D faces naturally form a set of second-order tensors-one modality for identity and the other for expression. The number of these second-order tensors is three times of that of the vertices for 3-D face modeling. As for algorithms, Bayesian data modeling, which is a natural data analysis tool, has been widely applied with great success; however, it works only for vector data. Therefore, there is a gap between tensor-based representation and vector-based data analysis …

A Study Of Early Stage Game Design And Prototyping, Brien Colwell, Richard C. Davis, James A. Landay

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Computer games and simulations can be valuable teaching and communication tools, and they are a powerful form of self-expression. Unfortunately, creating games requires programming, and programming requires time and skill. Some tools facilitate game creation to motivate novice programmers, but programming is still necessary. Other systems require less programming, but they are narrowly focused. To enable faster, simpler, and more expressive tools for professionals and amateurs, we have explored the processes and tools used in the early stages of game and simulation design. Interviews with educators clarified the uses of simulations in the classroom, while interviews with professional game designers …

Selection Of Concept Detectors For Video Search By Ontology-Enriched Semantic Spaces, Xiao-Yong Wei, Chong-Wah Ngo, Yu-Gang Jiang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

This paper describes the construction and utilization of two novel semantic spaces, namely Ontology-enriched Semantic Space (OSS) and Ontology-enriched Orthogonal Semantic Space (OS2), to facilitate the selection of concept detectors for video search. These two semantic spaces are enriched with ontology knowledge, while emphasizing consistent and uniform comparison of ontological relatedness among concepts for query-to-concept mapping. OS2, in addition to being a linear space like OSS, also guarantees orthogonality of the semantic space. Compared with other ontology reasoning measures, both spaces are capable of providing platforms that offer a global view of concept inter-relatedness, by allowing evaluation of concept similarity …

Education Enhancement Using Visualization And Simulation Tools For Basic Circuit Theory Concepts, Jariwala Rajvi Prakashchandra

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

New generation web-technologies and supporting development tools have prompted opportunities for developing new methods of teaching and learning. Web-based visualization and simulation modules developed for ODU's ECE201 Circuit Theory course are presented in this thesis. Visualization and simulation methodology is used to make learning process more interactive and effective. Macromedia FLASH software, which has the extensive graphical animation capabilities, is used to develop visualization modules. Lab VIEW is a leading graphical development tool for science and engineering with a built-in functionality for simulation, data acquisition, instrument control, measurement analysis and data presentation. These capabilities are utilized to develop web-based simulation …

Virtualization Of Physical Experiments Using Real-Time Data Generation From A Computational Fluid Dynamics Code, Kaustubh A. Dharwadkar

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

This work presents a methodology for mapping physical experiments into real-time, web-based virtual experiments. The four broad elements included in the physical-to-virtual experiment transformation methodology are: (a) computer solution of conservation equations of mass and momentum to generate velocity and pressure (virtual) data that serve as the foundation for recreating the physical phenomenon in the virtual domain; (b) use of virtual pressure and velocity sensing devices to generate signals or readings from computed virtual data that can be observed and read on a computer screen; (c) use of visualization software such as Macromedia FLASH to create a highly interactive environment …

North Indian Sufi Popular Music In The Age Of Hindu And Muslim Fundamentalism, Peter L. Manuel

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.