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Reporting Sexual Assault Of Women In The Military, Jodie Friedman Jan 2008

Reporting Sexual Assault Of Women In The Military, Jodie Friedman

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The note examines the underreporting of sexual assaults in the military and the impact of policy changes aimed at addressing this issue. It highlights the challenges faced by victims, including fears of retaliation and the lack of confidentiality, and evaluates the effectiveness of the 2005 restricted reporting policy. The analysis suggests that while progress has been made, systemic issues persist, and further reforms are needed to protect victims' rights and ensure justice.


Product Placement In The United States: A Revolution In Need Of Regulation, Sandra Lee Jan 2008

Product Placement In The United States: A Revolution In Need Of Regulation, Sandra Lee

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Section 117 Adaptation Defense And Krause V. Titleserv, Inc.: An Analysis Of The Various Circuits' Approaches, Logan Marc Jan 2008

The Section 117 Adaptation Defense And Krause V. Titleserv, Inc.: An Analysis Of The Various Circuits' Approaches, Logan Marc

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Allergenicity Assessment Of Genetically Modified Crops—What Makes Sense?, Richard E. Goodman, Stefan Vieths, Hugh A. Sampson, David Hill, Motohiro Ebisawa, Ronald Van Ree Jan 2008

Allergenicity Assessment Of Genetically Modified Crops—What Makes Sense?, Richard E. Goodman, Stefan Vieths, Hugh A. Sampson, David Hill, Motohiro Ebisawa, Ronald Van Ree

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

GM crops have great potential to improve food quality, increase harvest yields and decrease dependency on certain chemical pesticides. Before entering the market their safety needs to be scrutinized. This includes a detailed analysis of allergenic risks, as the safety of allergic consumers has high priority. However, not all tests currently being applied to assessing allergenicity have a sound scientific basis. Recent events with transgenic crops reveal the fallacy of applying such tests to GM crops.


2008-2009 Lindenwood University Graduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University Jan 2008

2008-2009 Lindenwood University Graduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University

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Lindenwood University Graduate Course Catalog


2008-2009 Lindenwood University Lcie Course Catalog, Lindenwood University Jan 2008

2008-2009 Lindenwood University Lcie Course Catalog, Lindenwood University

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Lindenwood University LCIE Course Catalog


2008-2009 Lindenwood University Undergraduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University Jan 2008

2008-2009 Lindenwood University Undergraduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University

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Lindenwood University Undergraduate Course Catalog


Lithuanian Diaspora: An Interview Study On The Preservation Or Loss Of Pre-World War Two Traditional Culture Among Lithuanian Catholic Émigrés In Western Australia And Siberia, In Comparison With Lithuanians In Their Homeland, Milena Vico Jan 2008

Lithuanian Diaspora: An Interview Study On The Preservation Or Loss Of Pre-World War Two Traditional Culture Among Lithuanian Catholic Émigrés In Western Australia And Siberia, In Comparison With Lithuanians In Their Homeland, Milena Vico

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This study is designed to ascertain the cultural changes which have taken place over a period of fifty years within three distinct Lithuanian communities. Of these three, two communities –one in Western Australia and the other in Siberia –were part of the post-World War Two (WWII) diaspora. The third is still living in Lithuania. I set out to determine the extent to which, during the period of fifty years covered by this study, cultural practices, values and beliefs have been maintained and lost by those who participated in the interviews carried out as part of the methodology of this thesis. …


Implementing A Forensic Educational Package For Registered Nurses In Two Emergency Departments In Western Australia, Christine M. Michel Jan 2008

Implementing A Forensic Educational Package For Registered Nurses In Two Emergency Departments In Western Australia, Christine M. Michel

Theses

The results of violence are a major public health problem that infiltrates hospital emergency departments (ED) daily. Often, ED nurses are the first healthcare professionals to see patients, speak with family members, handle personal property and collect laboratory specimens. Such actions can be of extreme importance to the 27 different categories of forensic patients. To adequately address forensic patient issues, ED nurses need exposure to forensic education. The aim of this research was to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a clinical forensic education package on ED nurses’ perceptions, knowledge and care of forensic patients. To accomplish this aim, this …


New Research Uses For Patent And Trademark Data, Roger V. Skalbeck Jan 2008

New Research Uses For Patent And Trademark Data, Roger V. Skalbeck

Law Faculty Publications

In this article, I examine alternative uses for information found in patent and trademark filing databases, suggesting ways to locate a law firm's clients, perform competitive intelligence, and locate or investigate expert witnesses. Finally, I talk about an interesting non-law use of patent data, i.e., historical research.


Paparazzi/Blogger Face-Off: Opportunity Knocking For A Fair Use Limit?, Eaton O'Neill Jan 2008

Paparazzi/Blogger Face-Off: Opportunity Knocking For A Fair Use Limit?, Eaton O'Neill

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Defining Expeditious: Uncharted Territory Of The Dmca Safe Harbor Provision, Debra Weinstein Jan 2008

Defining Expeditious: Uncharted Territory Of The Dmca Safe Harbor Provision, Debra Weinstein

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Divorce Mediation - Limiting The Profession To Family/ Matrimonial Lawyers, Jaime Abraham Jan 2008

Divorce Mediation - Limiting The Profession To Family/ Matrimonial Lawyers, Jaime Abraham

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

Due to the complex nature of the field of family and matrimonial law, divorce mediation should only be practiced by family/ matrimonial lawyers; non-lawyers should not be allowed to mediate divorces. Part II of this Note will discuss background information about divorce law and divorce mediation and why mediation is being used more and more frequently to resolve divorce disputes than the traditional court system. Part III will discuss why it is becoming more common for divorcing couples to use mediation, as opposed to traditional litigation, to resolve their disputes. Part IV will discuss different models of mediation that are …


Squeezing The Juice: The Failed Attempt To Acquire O.J. Simpson's Right Of Publicity, And Why It Should Have Succeeded, Tal Ganani Jan 2008

Squeezing The Juice: The Failed Attempt To Acquire O.J. Simpson's Right Of Publicity, And Why It Should Have Succeeded, Tal Ganani

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Kant On Copyright: Rights Of Transformative Authorship, Kim Treiger-Bar-Am Jan 2008

Kant On Copyright: Rights Of Transformative Authorship, Kim Treiger-Bar-Am

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Foreign Music Acts And United States Taxation, Aninda Dhar Jan 2008

Foreign Music Acts And United States Taxation, Aninda Dhar

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


What The Sioux Should Do: Lanham Act Challenges In The Post-Harjo Era, Jason Finkelstein Jan 2008

What The Sioux Should Do: Lanham Act Challenges In The Post-Harjo Era, Jason Finkelstein

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Three-Dimensional Objects As Marks: Does A "Dark Shadow" Loom Over Trademark Theory?, Amir H. Khoury Jan 2008

Three-Dimensional Objects As Marks: Does A "Dark Shadow" Loom Over Trademark Theory?, Amir H. Khoury

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Responsive In-Season Nitrogen Management For Cereals, J.F. Shanahan, N. R. Kitchen, W. R. Raun, James S. Schepers Jan 2008

Responsive In-Season Nitrogen Management For Cereals, J.F. Shanahan, N. R. Kitchen, W. R. Raun, James S. Schepers

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Current nitrogen (N) management strategies for worldwide cereal production systems are characterized by low N use efficiency (NUE), environmental contamination, and considerable ongoing debate regarding what can be done to improve N fertilizer management. Development of innovative strategies that improve NUE and minimize off-field losses is crucial to sustaining cereal-based farming. In this paper, we review the major managerial causes for low NUE, including (1) poor synchrony between fertilizer N and crop demand, (2) uniform field applications to spatially variable landscapes that commonly vary in crop N need, and (3) failure to account for temporally variable influences on crop N …


A Putative Quantitative Trait Locus On Chromosome 20 Associated With Bovine Pathogenic Disease Incidence, E. Casas, G. Snowder Jan 2008

A Putative Quantitative Trait Locus On Chromosome 20 Associated With Bovine Pathogenic Disease Incidence, E. Casas, G. Snowder

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The objective of this study was to detect QTL associated with the incidence of multiple pathogenic diseases in offspring from half-sib bovine families. Four F1 sires were used to produce offspring: Brahman × Hereford (BH; n = 547), Piedmontese × Angus (PA; n = 209), Brahman × Angus (n = 176), and Belgian Blue × MARC III (n = 246). Treatment records for bovine respiratory disease, infectious keratoconjunctivitis (pinkeye), and infectious pododermatitis (footrot) were available for all of the offspring from birth to slaughter. The incidences of these 3 microbial pathogenic diseases were combined into a single binary trait …


Hydraulic Core Extraction: Cutting Device For Soil–Root Studies, T. S. Kornecki, S. A. Prior, G. B. Runion, H. H. Rogers, D. C. Erbach Jan 2008

Hydraulic Core Extraction: Cutting Device For Soil–Root Studies, T. S. Kornecki, S. A. Prior, G. B. Runion, H. H. Rogers, D. C. Erbach

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

A critical objective of belowground research is to collect and process representative soil samples. Mechanical devices have been developed to quickly take soil cores in the field; however, techniques to rapidly process large-diameter soil cores are lacking. Our objective was to design and construct a soil extraction–cutting system that could effectively reduce processing time. Soil cores were extracted from large diameter steel core tubes using a custom hydraulic cylinder device that vertically pushes the soil core to a desired depth increment before cutting in a horizontal direction with another hydraulically driven device. As many as eight large cores per hour …


Water And Bromide Recovery In Wick And Pan Lysimeters Under Conventional And Zero Tillage, John P. Schmidt, Henry Lin Jan 2008

Water And Bromide Recovery In Wick And Pan Lysimeters Under Conventional And Zero Tillage, John P. Schmidt, Henry Lin

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Quantifying in situ solute transport through soils and the landscape has been widely acknowledged as important and yet challenging. The objective of this study was to evaluate water and bromide movement in no-tilled (NT) and conventionally tilled (CT) corn using two different types of in situ lysimeters—pan and capillary wick— for single rainfall events. Four zero-tension pan and four capillary-wick lysimeters were installed 1.2 m deep on opposite sides of four soil pits. Two were under NT corn, and two were under CT corn. Bromide (Br) was either surface applied or applied with an initial 25 to 27 mm of …


Nationally Coordinated Evaluation Of Soil Nitrogen Mineralization Rate Using A Standardized Aerobic Incubation Protocol, T. S. Griffin, C. W. Honeycutt, S. L. Albrecht, K. R. Sistani, H. A. Torbert, B. J. Wienhold, B. L. Woodbury, R. K. Hubbard, J. M. Powell Jan 2008

Nationally Coordinated Evaluation Of Soil Nitrogen Mineralization Rate Using A Standardized Aerobic Incubation Protocol, T. S. Griffin, C. W. Honeycutt, S. L. Albrecht, K. R. Sistani, H. A. Torbert, B. J. Wienhold, B. L. Woodbury, R. K. Hubbard, J. M. Powell

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Aerobic incubation methods have been widely used to assess soil nitrogen (N) mineralization, but standardized protocols are lacking. A single silt loam soil (Catlin silt loam; fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic, Oxyaquic Arguidoll) was subjected to aerobic incubation at six USDA-ARS locations using a standardized protocol. Incubations were conducted at multiple temperatures, which were combined based on degree days (DD). Soil water was maintained at 60% waterfilled pore space (WFPS; constant) or allowed to fluctuate between 60 and 30% WFPS (cycle). Soil subsamples were removed periodically and extracted in 2 M potassium chloride (KCl); nitrate (NO3) and ammonium (NH …


The Hawaii Fruit Fly Areawide Pest Management Programme, Roger I. Vargas, Ronald F. L. Mau, Eric B. Jang, Robert M. Faust, Lyle Wong Jan 2008

The Hawaii Fruit Fly Areawide Pest Management Programme, Roger I. Vargas, Ronald F. L. Mau, Eric B. Jang, Robert M. Faust, Lyle Wong

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are among the most economically important pests attacking soft fruits worldwide (White and Elson-Harris, 1992). Four invasive species Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly (Ceratitis capitata), melon fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae), oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) and the so-called Malaysian fruit fly or solanaceous fruit fly (Bactrocera latifrons) - have been devastating to Hawaiian agriculture for over 100 years by infesting more than 400 different host plants. These fruit flies:

• Jeopardize development of a diversified tropical fruit and vegetable industry.

• Require that commercial fruits undergo quarantine treatment prior …


Short Communication- An Update On The Diversity Of Wolbachia In Spalangia Spp. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), K.D. Floate, P.C. Coghlin, D. B. Taylor Jan 2008

Short Communication- An Update On The Diversity Of Wolbachia In Spalangia Spp. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), K.D. Floate, P.C. Coghlin, D. B. Taylor

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Results from 13 additional host populations improves resolution on the diversity of Wolbachia bacteria in Spalangia spp. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). These bacteria are of interest because they can profoundly affect their host’s reproduction. Manipulating Wolbachia infections may provide a method to improve the efficacy of biocontrol agents including Spalangia spp.

Parasitoid wasps (Pteromalidae: Hymenoptera) are of interest as biocontrol agents for pest flies (Diptera: Muscidae) of livestock confinements; e.g. dairies, cattle feedlots, poultry houses, swine barns. Many of these wasps are infected with Wolbachia bacteria that can profoundly affect their host’s reproduction. Wolbachia induce parthenogenesis in Muscidifurax uniraptor Kogan & Legner …


Recent Advances In Soil Quality Assessment In The United States, Brian J. Wienhold, S.S. Andrews, H. Kuykendall, D. L. Karlen Jan 2008

Recent Advances In Soil Quality Assessment In The United States, Brian J. Wienhold, S.S. Andrews, H. Kuykendall, D. L. Karlen

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Soil quality is a concept that is useful as an educational and assessment tool. A number of assessment tools have been developed including: the Soil Conditioning Index (SCI), the Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF), the AgroEcosystem Performance Assessment Tool (AEPAT), and the new Cornell “Soil Health Assessment”. The SMAF and AEPAT were developed as malleable tools for assessing soil response to management. The Cornell Assessment builds on the SMAF approach to score laboratory tests in terms of soil function. This paper updates efforts to improve availability and utility, implementation, and future research goals associated with the SMAF. Additional scoring curves …


Winds Of Change: A Century Of Agroclimate Research, Jean L. Steiner, Jerry L. Hatfield Jan 2008

Winds Of Change: A Century Of Agroclimate Research, Jean L. Steiner, Jerry L. Hatfield

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Climate has been of primary concern from the beginning of agricultural research. Early in the 20th century, climatology and agronomy evolved separately, focusing primarily on production agriculture and crop adaptation. Concepts developed include thermal units and water use efficiency. The integrated discipline of agroclimatology developed in the mid-20th century. As theoretical understanding evolved, numerous papers related to agroclimatology were named Citation Classics. Spectral properties of plants and soils were identified that underpin today’s remote sensing technologies. Commercialization of instrumentation enhanced our ability to efficiently collect data using standardized methods. Private and public-sector partnerships advanced research capacity. Later in the 20th …


Research Supporting Technology Education- Task Force 2.4 Final Report, Philip A. Reed, Jim Carlson, Fred Figliano, Hal Harrison, Hyuksoo Kwon, Johnny Moye, Phyllis Opare, John M. Ritz, Roger Skophammer, John Wells Jan 2008

Research Supporting Technology Education- Task Force 2.4 Final Report, Philip A. Reed, Jim Carlson, Fred Figliano, Hal Harrison, Hyuksoo Kwon, Johnny Moye, Phyllis Opare, John M. Ritz, Roger Skophammer, John Wells

STEMPS Faculty Publications

(First paragraph) ITEA's Board of Directors convened a task force in 2006 to identify research on technology teaching and learning. The resulting database is designed to help teachers, supervisors, and anyone that needs to show research support for technology education. The research was compiled by the following task force members:


Epic Modeling Of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration In Croplands Of Iowa, Hector J. Causarano, Paul C. Doraiswamy, Gregory W. Mccarty, Jerry L. Hatfield, Sushil Milak, Alan J. Stern Jan 2008

Epic Modeling Of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration In Croplands Of Iowa, Hector J. Causarano, Paul C. Doraiswamy, Gregory W. Mccarty, Jerry L. Hatfield, Sushil Milak, Alan J. Stern

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Depending on management, soil organic carbon (SOC) is a potential source or sink for atmospheric CO2. We used the EPIC model to study impacts of soil and crop management on SOC in corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) croplands of Iowa. The National Agricultural Statistics Service crops classification maps were used to identify corn–soybean areas. Soil properties were obtained from a combination of SSURGO and STATSGO databases. Daily weather variables were obtained from first order meteorological stations in Iowa and neighboring states. Data on crop management, fertilizer application and tillage were obtained …


Spectrum 2008, Saint Mary's College Of California Jan 2008

Spectrum 2008, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Undergraduate Spectrum

No abstract provided.