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Shame On U.S.: The Need For Uniform Open Adoption Records Legislation In The United States, Lauren M. Fair

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Non-Trivial Pursuit: The California Attorney Guidelines Of Civility And Professionalism, A Ethics, Melissa S. Hung

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Periplasmic Phosphorylation Of Lipid A Is Linked To The Synthesis Of Undecaprenyl Phosphate, Thierry Touzé, An X. Tran, Jessica V. Hankins, Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx, M. Stephen Trent

ETSU Faculty Works

One-third of the lipid A found in the Escherichia coli outer membrane contains an unsubstituted diphosphate unit at position 1 (lipid A 1-diphosphate). We now report an inner membrane enzyme, LpxT (YeiU), which specifically transfers a phosphate group to lipid A, forming the 1-diphosphate species. 32P-labelled lipid A obtained from lpxT mutants do not produce lipid A 1-diphosphate. In vitro assays with Kdo2-[4′- 32P]lipid A as the acceptor shows that LpxT uses undecaprenyl pyrophosphate as the substrate donor. Inhibition of lipid A 1-diphosphate formation in wild-type bacteria was demonstrated by sequestering undecaprenyl pyrophosphate with the cyclic polypeptide antibiotic bacitracin, providing …

Evaluating The Healthy States Initiative Policy Forums, Jessica Harmon

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Since 2005, The Council of State Governments (CSG) has participated in a cooperative agreement funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called the Healthy States Initiative. The initiative promotes public health by providing information resources to state legislators through publications and public health forums. CSG is interested in information about the impact of the public health forums on state legislators. More specifically, they would like to know if the forums have encouraged the participants to produce public health legislation, to support funding for public health projects, and to work closely with colleagues and various groups to improve …

Benchmarking The Board-Executive Director Relationship Of The Fayette Foundation, Jodie Butler Markey

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

The Fayette Foundation is a young, nonprofit organization in Lexington. Although it has only been incorporated for four years, it has already raised over one million dollars to fulfill the organization’s mission. The executive director has been with the organization for two years and believes that a strong relationship with the board is important for the success of the organization. As a result, the executive director would like to find out how to maximize the effectiveness of the board-executive director relationship.

The research question asks what makes an effective board-executive director relationship, as well as which elements of the organization …

The Influence Of Veterinary Schools On The Veterinary Labor Market, Kyle Bosh

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Problem Statement:

Does the presence of a veterinary school in a state influence the supply of veterinarians practicing in that state? Citizens and animals in states without a veterinary school are at a disadvantage if the presence of a veterinary school significantly improves public health and access to medical services in those states that have a veterinary school.

Research Strategy:

The unit of analysis in this study is 50 states and the District of Columbia. The study is designed as a cross-sectional analysis of 2006 pet, 2002 livestock, 2006 human, labor, and economic data. The study uses simultaneous equations to …

Imagining Gun Control In America: Understanding The Remainder Problem Article And Essay, Nicholas J. Johnson

Faculty Scholarship

Gun control in the United States generally has meant some type of supply regulation. Supply restrictions ranging from one-gun-a-month schemes to flat gun bans cannot work without a willingness and ability to reduce total inventory to levels approaching zero ("the supply-side ideal"). This is an impossible feat in a country that already has 300 million guns tightly held by people who think they are uniquely important tools. The average defiance ratio in places that have attempted gun confiscation and registration is 2.6 illegal guns for every legal one. In many countries defiance is far higher. None of those countries has …

Snapshot 2008: Maine Workers With Disabilities, Maine’S Commission On Disability And Employment, Choices Ceo Project

Disability & Aging

No abstract provided.

Concentration-Dependent Degradation Of Three Termiticides In Soil Under Laboratory Conditions And Their Bioavailability To Eastern Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), Raj K. Saran, Shripat T. Kamble

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Degradation and bioavailability of imidacloprid, fipronil, and bifenthrin applied at label rates ([AI], wt:wt in soil) in the loamy soil of Nebraska were determined over a 6-mo duration. Based on the calculated half-lives of the three termiticides, it was concluded that the degradation rate was lowest when a termiticide was applied at the highest label rate. Bioassays of Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) conducted at 8, 31, 65, 90, 135, 160, and 180 d posttreatment showed an inverse relationship between the LT₉₀ values and the variable concentrations. At day 180, exposures to all the termiticide-treated soil samples (concentration × …

Direct-To-Consumer Marketing Of Predictive Medical Genetic Tests: Assessment Of Current Practices And Policy Recommendations, Yuping Liu, Yvette E. Pearson

Marketing Faculty Publications

This research reviews the current state of affairs in the fast-growing area of direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests. The authors identify the unique nature of genetic tests and the ensuing consumer vulnerability. They also present a comprehensive examination of the current legal environment and an empirical analysis of genetic testing companies' online marketing practices. On the basis of the analysis and review, they make a set of policy recommendations that consists of consumer education, physician intervention and education, and direct regulation of marketing activities, especially as they relate to the online medium.

Inheritance Of Cry1f Resistance In Laboratory-Selected European Corn Borer And Its Survival On Transgenic Corn Expressing The Cry1f Toxin, E. J. G. Pereira, N. P. Storer, Blair D. Siegfried

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

A major assumption of the high-dose/refuge strategy proposed for insect resistance management strategies for transgenic crop plants that express toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis is that resistance traits that evolve in pest species will be recessive. The inheritance of Cry1F resistance and larval survival on commercially available Cry1F corn hybrids were determined in a laboratory-selected strain of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hu¨ bner), displaying more than 3000-fold resistance to Cry1F. Concentration-response bioassays of reciprocal parental crosses indicated that the resistance is autosomal and recessive. Bioassays of the backcross of the F₁ generation with the selected strain were consistent with …

Invasion Of Europe By The Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica Virgifera Virgifera: Multiple Transatlantic Introductions With Various Reductions Of Genetic Diversity, M. Ciosi, Nicholas Miller, R. Giordano, A. Estoup, T. Guillemaud, S. Kim

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

The early stages of invasion involve demographic bottlenecks that may result in lower genetic variation in introduced populations as compared to source population/s. Low genetic variability may decrease the adaptive potential of such populations in their new environments. Previous population genetic studies of invasive species have reported varying levels of losses of genetic variability in comparisons of source and invasive populations. However, intraspecific comparisons are required to assess more thoroughly the repeatability of genetic consequences of colonization events. Descriptions of invasive species for which multiple introductions from a single source population have been demonstrated may be particularly informative. The western …

Use Of Spectral Vegetation Indices Derived From Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery For Detection Of European Corn Borer Infestation In Iowa Corn Plots, Matthew W. Carroll, John A. Glaser, Richard L. Hellmich, Thomas E. Hunt, Thomas W. Sappington, Dennis Calvin, Ken Copenhaver, Jon Fridgen

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Eleven spectral vegetation indices that emphasize foliar plant pigments were calculated using airborne hyperspectral imagery and evaluated in 2004 and 2005 for their ability to detect experimental plots of corn manually inoculated with Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) neonate larvae. Manual inoculations were timed to simulate infestation of corn, Zea mays L., by first and second fiights of adult O. nubilalis. The ability of spectral vegetation indices to detect O. nubilalis-inoculated plots improved as the growing season progressed, with multiple spectral vegetation indices able to identify infested plots in late August and early September. Our findings also indicate that for …

Agroecossistemas Orizícolas Irrigados: Insetos-Praga, Imimigos Naturais E Manejo Integrado, Leila Lucia Fritz, Elvis Arden Heinrichs, Marciele Pandolfo, Silvia Martins De Salles, Jaime Vargas De Oliveira, Lidia Mariana Fiuza

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Nos ecossistemas de produção de arroz irrigado, os insetos-praga são considerados uma das limitações na produção mundial. Diante desse fato, diversas formas de controle vêm sendo pesquisadas para minimizar o problema. O uso contínuo de produtos fitossanitários ocasiona a resistência das pragas, além do aumento da população de pragas secundárais. Como alternativa, o uso do controle biológico, através de inimigos naturais, como predadores, parasitóides e patógenos, se revela capaz de regular as pragas em seu ambiente natural, reduzindo a densidade das populações e conseqüentemente os danos às plantas hospedeiras. Sendo assim, nesse trabalho de revisão são apresentados dados sobre a …

The Implications Of Rwanda's Paragraph 6 Agreement With Canada For Other Developing Countries, Christina Cotter

Loyola University Chicago International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Lessons In Leadership: Angela Barron Mcbride, Angela Barron Mcbride

General Submissions: Nursing as Profession

Lessons in Leadership: The Betty Irene Moore Speaker Series embodies Betty Irene Moore's vision and hope for nurses to lead within their teams, organizations and communities, with the ultimate goal of improving the experience and outcomes of patient care. Through personal experience, Betty recognized that nurses play a critical role in providing safe, high-quality patient care and outcomes. They are caregivers, mentors, teachers and researchers; and they provide 95 percent of direct patient care in hospitals. This recognition gave rise to the Betty Irene Moore Nursing Initiative, with building leadership skills in nurses as one of its main strategies.

This …

Payday Lending: Can "Reputable" Banks End Cycles Of Debt?, Michael Kenneth

University of San Francisco Law Review

This Article argues that banks, which face both regulatory and public pressures to maintain good practices, should be "invited" to take over the industry. Banks can not only offer lower interest rates than payday lenders, but they can also place limitations on the use of payday loans that discourage repeat borrowing without sacrificing the convenience that attracts customers to payday loans.

The Link Between Carolene Products And Griswold: How The Right To Privacy Protects Popular Practices From Democratic Failures, Alan James Kluegel

University of San Francisco Law Review

This Article proposes that there is, in fact, a constitutional doctrine that protects at least some of these anonymous and diffuse interests-the constitutional right to privacy.

Confronting The Crisis Of California Prisons, Thelton Henderson

University of San Francisco Law Review

This is a brief address that is aimed at explaining the history and importance of prison reform and an approach to change the underlying culture in the institution that creates the unconstitutional conditions in prisons.

Four Steps To Progress: A Reality Test For Assembly Bill 900, Michael Marcus

University of San Francisco Law Review

An in depth look at CALIFORNIA'S 2007 ASSEMBLY BILL 900 which responds to California's prison crisis by adding prison and jail beds, proclaiming attention to treatment and prisoner reentry, and authorizing some fifty million dollars for treatment and rehabilitation services.

Undocumented And Working: Reconciling The Disconnect Between U.S. Immigration Policy And Employment Benefits Available To Undocumented Workers, Brooke Sikora Purcell

University of San Francisco Law Review

The purpose of this Comment is to explore the issue of workers' compensation benefits provided to undocumented workers

Judicial Review Standards For Interest Arbitration Awards Under The Employee Free Choice Act, Andrew Lee Younkins

University of San Francisco Law Review

This Comment discusses the landscape that newly unionized employees face in negotiating a contract with an employer, argues that the EFCA will lead parties to fall back on interest arbitration to award them a contract, examines why federal judicial policy surrounding arbitration of disputes under a pre-existing collective bargaining agreement and existing standards for judicial review of administrative decisions are, inadequate tools, and examines Canadian law and state law concerning judicial review of interest arbitration decisions.

Writing Resistance Into International Law, Ruth Buchanan

All Papers

This essay considers the problem of theorizing resistance within international law through a close reading of two recent contributions to the TWAIL literature. It is concerned less with their critiques of contemporary developments, than with how these scholars map the possible spaces for resistance of third world states and peoples to international legal institutions and discourses. Do they argue that third world resistance has the potential to transform international law, and move us in the direction of a more just international order? If so, how is that process of change envisioned? While the answers to these questions are, not surprisingly, …

University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 05 - January 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the University's 25-year master plan, a collaboration between the University's public radio station and the Institute for Asian American Studies, the dedication of the Boston State College Room, GoKids programming, and other news from UMass Boston.

Social And Communication Patterns That Can Be Detected Early In 12-Month Old Infants Later Diagnosed With An Autism Spectrum Disorder, Carolyn C. Winters

Master's Theses and Capstones

The purpose of this project was to determine what social and communication patterns could be detected early in infants who are later diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Investigators carried out a qualitative analysis collecting descriptive data through retrospective video analysis addressing two main areas of development in infants later diagnosed with ASD: (a) social interactions, and (b) communication and language development. The intent of this research project was to highlight specific social communication behaviors: (1) eye gaze, (2) response to name, (3) communicative forms (both vocalizations and gestures), and (4) communicative intent & function (behavior regulations, social interaction, …

Economic Systems In Africa, Michael Kevane

Economics

An enormous variety of experiences and possibilities characterized African economic systems at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Small village communities continued to till the soil and raise goats, sheep, cows, and chickens using the same techniques of their grandfathers, renewing all the while traditions of social solidarity and hospitality that have characterized rural Africa for centuries.Overhead, however,multinational corporations owned and operated by African nationals organized transcontinental air travel, microwave and satellite transmissions, and cell phone networks. Africa globalized with the rest of the world, though in different ways. Exports of goods and services stagnated even as migration generated new …

One For Twenty-Five: The Federal Courts Reverse A Decision Of The Nfl's Disability Board For The First Time Since 1993 In Jani V. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Nfl Player Retirement Plan, Derek Marks

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

No abstract provided.

Baseball Juiced Up: Should The Increased Risk Associated With The Use Of Performance-Enhancing Substances Create Tort Liability, Gregory D. Hanscom

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

No abstract provided.

Insights- April 2008, University Relations Staff

Insights

No abstract provided.

Insights- October 2008, University Relations Staff

Insights

No abstract provided.