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An Assessment Of Latcrit Theory Ten Years After, Keith Aoki, Kevin R. Johnson

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Latinos and Latinas at the Epicenter of Contemporary Legal Discourses. Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, March 2007.

Only Skin Deep?: The Cost Of Partisan Politics On Minority Diversity Of The Federal Bench, Sylvia R. Lazos Vargas

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Latinos and Latinas at the Epicenter of Contemporary Legal Discourses. Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, March 2007.

Balco, The Steroids Scandal, And What The Already Fragile Secrecy Of Federal Grand Juries Means To The Debate Over A Potential Federal Media Shield Law, Peter Meyer

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2008, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

University Archivist’s Book Features Gamecock History..... p.1
Mullins Family Donates Civil War Letter to South Caroliniana Library..... p.1
Report from the President..... p.2
South Caroliniana Library Honors Author of Jazz and Blues Musicians of South Carolina..... p.3
Caroliniana Cachet..... p.4
New Digital Collections Feature Library’s Unique Visual and Manuscript Materials..... p.5
Army Librarian in World War II..... p.7
Pickens-Salley House to be Featured in Documentary..... p.10
Pickens-Salley Symposium on Southern Women..... p.11
The F.W. Pickens Papers..... p.12
The Eulalie Chaffee Salley Papers..... p.12
Report from the Director..... p.13
Preserving the Library’s Visual Treasures..... p.14
The Society’s 73rd Annual …

A Comparison Of Labor Arbitration Procedures In The U.S. And China, Yang Xinjiletu, Carl F. Jenks Purdue, Han Weihong

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

The purpose of this paper is threefold: 1) compare the labor arbitration procedures of the U.S. and China; 2) identify labor issues that may be problematic for China in the future; and 3) recommend how China may address future workplace problems in its emerging economy. It is generally accepted that American labor arbitration is not a perfect process, but it is a reasonable Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Procedure. More importantly, it is less expensive than litigation, and it provides finality to workplace disputes. In the volatile industrial economy of China, one could reasonably expect that there is the potential for …

Voices Raised, Issue 21, University Of Dayton. Women's Center

Women’s Center Newsletter

Included in this issue: Love Your Body; Stand Up and Vote; Introducing Dr. Rebecca Whisnant; SGA’s Emi & Emily; The Fight against Eating Disorders; The Link Between Alcohol and Breast Cancer; Women’s issues on the agenda in regards to voting.

Web-Based Citation Management Compared To Endnote: Options For Medical Sciences, Melissa Gomis, Carole Gall, Frances A. Brahmi

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The authors of this article analyzed the differences in output when searching MEDLINE direct and MEDLINE via citation management software, EndNoteX1^®, EndNoteWeb^®, and RefWorks. Several searches were performed on Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed directly. These searches were compared against the same searches conducted in Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed using the search features in EndNote X1, EndNote Web, and RefWorks. Findings indicated that for in-depth research, users should search the databases directly rather than through the citation management software interface. The search results indicated it would be appropriate to search databases via citation management software for citation …

Introduction To Ethanol: Salvation Or Damnation?, Joe Starita

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Student Media

For nine months, a team of UNL student journalists — six print and four broadcasting — went looking for the answers to these questions. The students read hundreds of pages of background material, interviewed scores of scientists, researchers, professors and energy experts by phone and e-mail, grilled a number of ethanol advocates in person, participated in an energy symposium at Stanford University, traveled to Berkeley, Chicago and Kansas City, and visited ethanol plants, rural communities and cattle country to try to get to the bottom of this elusive, complex issue. The results of their months-long research can be found in …

Textile Society Of America Newsletter 20:3 — Fall 2008, Textile Society Of America

Textile Society of America: Newsletters

TSA 2008 Symposium: "TSA Membership Provides Rich Program in Hawaii"
President's Letter
TSA News
TSA Member News
Collections News
Conference Reviews
Book Reviews
Exhibition Reviews
Calendar: Exhibitions, Lectures, Workshops, and Tours
Calendar: Conferences and Symposia
Positions

Water Current, Volume 40, No. 4, Fall 2008

Water Current Newsletter

2009 Tour looks at San Francisco Bay-Delta Area
Meet the Faculty: Haishun Yang, Charles A. Shapiro
When Water Meets Money Topic of Conference
From the Director: Biofuels, Trends in Impacts on Water Demand, Supply and Quality
Nebraska Water Map Illustrates State Water Issues
Fourteen Lectures in UNL’s Spring Semester Water Series
How Human Pharmaceuticals Threaten Water Quality: A Primer on Emerging Contaminants, Part Two
Decommissioning Out-Of-Service Water Wells to Protect Water Quality
IANR/Extension Adopts “Water” Theme for 2008 Husker Harvest Days Show at Grand Island
2008 Water Colloquium, Oct. 16, 2008, UNL Hardin Hall, Lincoln
Water Resources Advisory Panel Updates …

Scwds Briefs: Volume 24, Number 3 (October 2008), Gary L. Doster , Editor, Scwds Briefs, Michael J. Yabsley

Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study: Publications

Table of Contents:

Piroplasmosis in Florida Horses

Bovine TB Update

Newcastle Disease in Cormorants

Frog Virus in a Box Turtle

SCWDS Vesicular Stomatitis Research Update

Faculty and Staff Changes at SCWDS

Lead Study Results Reported

Lead Ammo and Tackle Review

Our Energizer Bunny

Massachusetts V. Epa And The Future Of Environmental Standing In Climate Change Litigation And Beyond, Randall S. Abate

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Nuclear Nonsense: Why Nuclear Power Is No Answer To Climate Change And The World's Post-Kyoto Energy Challenges, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Christopher Cooper

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Uneasy Lies The Tiara: Crowns, Contracts, And The Rebekah Revels Litigation, Amanda Harmon Cooley

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

In the last five years, news of various scandals in the pageant industry has inundated media outlets. These recent incidents are by no means outliers in the history of pageantry. This article explores the significance of one of these controversies - the Rebekah Revels litigation, which stemmed from the disputed 2002 Miss North Carolina pageant.

For context, this article first outlines allegations of wrongdoing in early pageants. It proceeds with an analysis of how the Revels litigation serves as an exemplar of the types of contract lawsuits that may continue to entangle pageant organizations in the future. Finally, the article …

The Parent Trap: Differential Familial Power In Same-Sex Families, Deirdre M. Bowen

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

Do intact same-sex couples where one member of the couple became pregnant with assisted reproduction or was the primary adopter, and the other member became a parent through second parent adoption, understand the legal protections afforded them? In short the answer is no. An interesting family dynamic arises around those who can claim the true status as parent based on their legal understandings of parenthood and their interactions with the dominant culture. While high profile custody cases on this issue have been decided in the United States with varying results, no research has examined the impact of uneven legal protections …

Creeping By Moonlight: A Look At Civil Commitment Laws For Sexually Violent Predators Through The Lens Of The Yellow Wallpaper, Heather R. Willis

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

This note examines the constitutional and social implications of the civil commitment of sexually violent predators in the United States. These commitments are implemented on sexual offenders deemed too dangerous to be placed back into society after serving prison sentences and have been gaining popularity across the United States. Currently, these commitments are considered constitutional in limited circumstances by the Supreme Court, but while these commitments are meant for only the most dangerous and least controllable individuals, the public reaction to sexual offenses increases the possibility these commitments will be misused. As a part of examining this commitment process, this …

The Facade Of Neutrality: Uncovering Gender Silences In International Trade, Barnali Choudhury

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

International trade policies have traditionally been measured in terms of net economic benefit and market-based criteria. For the most part, these policies have largely ignored any of the societal effects that a liberalized trade regime may cause. Recently, however, the environmental, health, and labor impacts of trade agreements have slowly gained recognition as areas of concern. This recognition has led to an overall growing trend towards acknowledging the linkages between trade and non-trade issues.

One area that has been relatively untouched by any new developments is the issue of gender. Trade theories proceed from the premise that trade agreements are …

Data Note: Wia Employment Outcomes And Trends, Monica Cox, Frank A. Smith

Data Note Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

This data note focuses on employment outcomes for individuals served by the One-Stop system through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult funding stream. Outcomes data include the rate of WIA customers entering employment and their employment retention rate. This data note compares outcomes among adults with reported disabilities to those without reported disabilities.

When Is Antipsychotic Polypharmacy Supported By Research Evidence? Implications For Qi, Jessica L. Gören, J. Parks, Frank A. Ghinassi, Celeste G. Milton, John M. Oldham, Pablo Hernandez, Jeffrey Chan, Richard C. Hermann

Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research Faculty Publications

Background: Concurrent use of multiple standing antipsychotics (antipsychotic polypharmacy) is increasingly common among both inpatients and outpatients. Although this has often been cited as a potential quality-of-care problem, reviews of research evidence on antipsychotic polypharmacy have not distinguished between appropriate versus inappropriate use.

Methods A MEDLINE search from 1966 to December 2007 was completed to identify studies comparing changes in symptoms, functioning, and/or side effects between patients treated with multiple antipsychotics and patients treated with a single antipsychotic. The studies were reviewed in two groups on the basis of whether prescribing was concordant with guideline recommendations for multiple-antipsychotic use.

Results …

Alcohol Consumption By Aging Adults In The United States: Health Benefits And Detriments, Maria Pontes Ferreira, M. K. Suzy Weems

Nutrition and Food Science Faculty Research Publications

The most rapidly growing segment of the US population is that of older adults (≥65 years). Trends of aging adults (those aged ≥50 years) show that fewer women than men consume alcohol, women consume less alcohol than men, and total alcohol intake decreases after retirement. A U- or J-shaped relationship between alcohol intake and mortality exists among middle-aged (age 45 to 65 years) and older adults. Thus, alcohol can be considered either a tonic or a toxin in dose-dependent fashion. Active areas of research regarding the possible benefits of moderate alcohol consumption among aging individuals include oxidative stress, dementia, psychosocial …

Sport Management Report 2008-2009, Sport Management Discipline

Assessment of Student Learning Reports

No abstract provided.

Do You Really Need My Social Security Number - Data Collection Practices In The Digital Age, Jonathan J. Darrow, Stephen D. Lichtenstein

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

No abstract provided.

Defense Costs And Insurer Reserves In Medical Malpractice And Other Personal Injury Cases: Evidence From Texas, 1988-2004, Bernard Black, David A. Hyman, Charles Silver, William M. Sage

Faculty Scholarship

We study defense costs for commercially insured personal injury tort claims in Texas over 1988–2004, and insurer reserves for those costs. We rely on detailed case-level data on defense legal fees and expenses, and Texas state bar data on lawyers’ hourly rates. We study medical malpractice (“med mal”) cases in detail, and other types of cases in less detail. Controlling for payouts, real defense costs in med mal cases rise by 4.6 percent per year, roughly doubling over this period. The rate of increase is similar for legal fees and for other expenses. Real hourly rates for personal injury defense …

Dances With Elephants: Administrative Resolution Of Medical Injury Claims By Medicare Beneficiaries, Eleanor D. Kinney, William M. Sage

Faculty Scholarship

In our judgment, Hoffmann and Rowthorn's research clearly demonstrates that the QIO-based complaint review process does not provide genuine relief to beneficiaries. People who complain typically want an explanation of their bad experience, compensation for harm they may have suffered, and assurance that future experiences will be better for themselves and for others. Medicare beneficiaries, however, receive minimal information about the resolution of their complaints and no substantive relief whatsoever.

As Hoffmann and Rowthorn point out, several reform proposals are now before Congress, including moving the beneficiary complaint function from QIOs to new "Medicare Provider Review Organizations." It is not …

Common Grounds, Common Waters: Towards A Water Ethic - Roundtable Discussion, Gabriel Eckstein, Irene Klaver

Faculty Scholarship

The purpose of this roundtable discussion is to continue the dialogue but in a more informal setting, and to allow people to develop some of the ideas and concepts that they started earlier but could not finish because of the time limits.

It is also to get the audience and the panelists to ask questions of each other and to participate in more of a dialogue. To start this discussion I want to raise, at least to the panelists, this issue of wants versus needs, and I am actually going to add one more-versus rights-because I thought that was very …

Baseline Information For Region 1 Needs Assessments, Christine Oschell, Norma P. Nickerson

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

The purpose of this project was to give forests in Region 1 of the USFS baseline information on which to build forest-specific needs assessments. This included outfitter supply and demand, national and regional recreation trends, and an outfitter/guide need spectrum. This was accomplished in three phases and this report details the objectives, methods, and results for each phase.

Effect Of Phosphate Group Addition On The Properties Of Denture Base Resins, Gaurav Puri, David W. Berzins, Virendra B. Dhuru, Periathamby A. Raj, Sameer K. Rambhia, Gunjan Dhir, Andrew R. Dentino

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Statement of problem

Acrylic resins are prone to microbial adherence, especially by Candida albicans. Surface-charged resins alter the ionic interaction between the denture resin and Candida hyphae, and these resins are being developed as a means to reduce microbial colonization on the denture surface.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate the physical and mechanical properties of phosphate-containing polymethyl methacrylate resins for their suitability as a denture material.

Material and methods

Using PMMA with cross-linker (Lucitone 199) as a control, 4 experimental groups containing various levels of phosphate with and without cross-linker were generated. The properties examined …

A Technique For Duplicating A Fixed Complete Denture, Soni Prasad, Edward A. Monaco, Jr.

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

The fixed implant prosthesis often requires repair due to fracture and/or wear of acrylic resin teeth. Repair of such a prosthesis, although simple, requires retaining the prosthesis to be revised in the laboratory. In order to reveneer the implant prosthesis, a provisional restoration should be fabricated for the patient that provides similar function and esthetics. This article presents a technique for duplicating the existing fixed implant-supported prosthesis prior to repair/reveneer, thus providing a smooth transition from the provisional to the definitive prosthesis.

Schmechel V. Dille Clerk's Record V. 2 Dckt. 35050

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Schmechel V. Dille Clerk's Record V. 3 Dckt. 35050

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.