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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.


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

Course Catalogs

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

Course Catalogs

Lindenwood University Undergraduate Course Catalog


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 …


On The Foundation Of Rights To Political Self-Determination: Secession, Non-Intervention, And Democratic Governance, David Lefkowitz Jan 2008

On The Foundation Of Rights To Political Self-Determination: Secession, Non-Intervention, And Democratic Governance, David Lefkowitz

Philosophy Faculty Publications

From a justificatory standpoint, perhaps the most basic question with respect to secession is what, if anything, provides the moral foundation for a group’s right to secede. My aim here is to make a start to answering this question. I do so, however, by considering a different, albeit closely related, question, namely what is the nature of the wrong done to members of a qualified group denied secession by the state that currently rules them? A compelling answer to this latter question, I suggest, will contribute significantly to a satisfactory answer of the former one.


Durability Of Perfluorosulfonic Acid And Hydrocarbon Membranes: Effect Of Humidity And Temperature, Vijay A. Sethuraman, John W. Weidner, Andrew T. Haug, Lesia V. Protsailo Jan 2008

Durability Of Perfluorosulfonic Acid And Hydrocarbon Membranes: Effect Of Humidity And Temperature, Vijay A. Sethuraman, John W. Weidner, Andrew T. Haug, Lesia V. Protsailo

Faculty Publications

The effect of humidity on the chemical stability of two types of membranes [i.e., perfluorosulfonic acid type (PFSA, Nafion 112) and biphenyl sulfone hydrocarbon type, (BPSH-35)] was studied by subjecting the membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) to open-circuit voltage (OCV) decay and potential cycling tests at elevated temperatures and low inlet-gas relative humidities. The BPSH-35 membranes showed poor chemical stability in ex situ Fenton tests compared to that of Nafion membranes. However, under fuel cell conditions, BPSH-35 MEAs outperformed Nafion 112 MEAs in both the OCV decay and potential cycling tests. For both membranes, (i) at a given temperature, …


Corporate Misconduct And The Perfect Storm Of Shareholder Litigation, Jessica M. Erickson Jan 2008

Corporate Misconduct And The Perfect Storm Of Shareholder Litigation, Jessica M. Erickson

Law Faculty Publications

When it comes to combating corporate misconduct, is more litigation necessarily better? The conventional wisdom is that we should deploy every weapon in the law's arsenal to combat corporate misconduct. This wisdom, however, reflects legal scholarship that is confined to analyzing securities class actions and derivative suits in isolation, with little inquiry into the interplay between them. By Jailing to take a broader view of shareholder litigation, legal scholars have missed an opportunity to provide courts with the conceptual tools necessary to meet the complex challenges of complex corporate litigation. In courtrooms and boardrooms across the country, a debate is …


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.


Bilcare, Ksr, Presumptions Of Validity, Preliminary Relief, And Obviousness In Patent Law, Joshua D. Sarnoff Jan 2008

Bilcare, Ksr, Presumptions Of Validity, Preliminary Relief, And Obviousness In Patent Law, Joshua D. Sarnoff

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.


Evaluation Of The Dilution-Parody Paradox In The Wake Of The Trademark Dilution Revision Act Of 2006, Justin J. Gunnell Jan 2008

Evaluation Of The Dilution-Parody Paradox In The Wake Of The Trademark Dilution Revision Act Of 2006, Justin J. Gunnell

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Areawide Suppression Of Fire Ants, M. D. Aubuchon, R. K. Vander Meer Jan 2008

Areawide Suppression Of Fire Ants, M. D. Aubuchon, R. K. Vander Meer

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

The imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri, were inadvertently introduced into the USA in the early 1900s and currently inhabit over 129 million ha in Puerto Rico and 12 southern states, from Texas to Virginia (Callcott and Collins, 1996; USDA-APHIS map). Imported fire ants have also become established in isolated sites in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Maryland. Strict quarantine procedures have limited the spread of this pest (Lockley and Collins, 1990), but eventually populations will expand westward in increasing numbers in New Mexico, Arizona and California. They will also move upward along the Pacific coast, southward …


Cell-Wall Composition And Accessibility To Hydrolytic Enzymes Is Differentially Altered In Divergently Bred Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum L.) Genotypes, Gautam Sarath, Danny E. Akin, Robert B. Mitchell, Kenneth P. Vogel Jan 2008

Cell-Wall Composition And Accessibility To Hydrolytic Enzymes Is Differentially Altered In Divergently Bred Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum L.) Genotypes, Gautam Sarath, Danny E. Akin, Robert B. Mitchell, Kenneth P. Vogel

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

The aims of this study were to understand the genotypic variability in cell-wall composition and cell-wall accessibility to enzymes in select switchgrass plants obtained from two different populations derived from a base population of octaploid cultivars. Population C+3 was developed by three breeding generations for high digestibility and population C−1 developed by one generation of breeding for low digestibility. Aboveground biomass from 12 selected genotypes, three each with high or low digestibility within each population, was analyzed for their cell-wall aromatics and polysaccharides. The ratio of p-coumaric acid/ferulic acid was greater (P≤0.05) for the high-lignin C−1 population over the …


Aged Switchgrass Seed Lot's Response To Dormancy-Breaking Chemicals, Gautam Sarath, Robert B. Mitchell Jan 2008

Aged Switchgrass Seed Lot's Response To Dormancy-Breaking Chemicals, Gautam Sarath, Robert B. Mitchell

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

Aged switchgrass seed lots can display various levels of dormancy. Under-standing the causes for this dormancy will provide better insight into seed physiology, and potentially lead to treatments that reduce variability in seed germination assays. The effects of sodium nitroprusside, potassium ferro-cyanide and hydrogen peroxide on the germination of eight aged switch-grass (Panicum virgatum L.) seed lots, seven of which were produced in the same year at a single experiment station, were examined. Seed germination demonstrated a significant seed lots × days and treatments × days effect. However, responses of individual seed lots to specific chemicals varied considerably. Genetically …


Comparison Of Two Soil Quality Indexes To Evaluate Cropping Systems In Northern Colorado, T.M. Zobeck, A.D. Halvorson, Brian J. Wienhold, V. Acosta-Martinez, D. L. Karlen Jan 2008

Comparison Of Two Soil Quality Indexes To Evaluate Cropping Systems In Northern Colorado, T.M. Zobeck, A.D. Halvorson, Brian J. Wienhold, V. Acosta-Martinez, D. L. Karlen

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

Various soil management or quality assessment tools have been proposed to evaluate the effects of land management practices on soil, air, and water resources. Two of them are the Soil Management Assessment Framework and the Soil Conditioning Index (SCI). This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that the Soil Quality Index (SQI) estimated by the Soil Management Assessment Framework can detect more minute changes in soil management than SCI and to test SCI response to other soil quality (SQ) indicators. These SQ indexes were tested on irrigated cropping systems near Fort Collins, Colorado, that included no-till and conventionally-tilled corn …


Application Of Spectral Remote Sensing For Agronomic Decisions, J. L. Hatfield, Anatoly A. Gitelson, J. S. Schepers, C. L. Walthall Jan 2008

Application Of Spectral Remote Sensing For Agronomic Decisions, J. L. Hatfield, Anatoly A. Gitelson, J. S. Schepers, C. L. Walthall

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

Remote sensing has provided valuable insights into agronomic management over the past 40 yr. The contributions of individuals to remote sensing methods have lead to understanding of how leaf reflectance and leaf emittance changes in response to leaf thickness, species, canopy shape, leaf age, nutrient status, and water status. Leaf chlorophyll and the preferential absorption at different wavelengths provides the basis for utilizing reflectance with either broad-band radiometers typical of current satellite platforms or hyperspectral sensors that measure reflectance at narrow wavebands. Understanding of leaf reflectance has lead to various vegetative indices for crop canopies to quantify various agronomic parameters, …


Marriage And Practical Knowledge, Robert F. Nagel Jan 2008

Marriage And Practical Knowledge, Robert F. Nagel

Publications

No abstract provided.


Screwworms, Cochliomyia Hominivorax, Reared For Mass Release Do Not Carry And Spread Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus And Classical Swine Fever Virus, M. F. Chaudhury, G. B. Ward, Steven R. Skoda, M. Y. Deng, J. B. Welch, T. S. Mckenna Jan 2008

Screwworms, Cochliomyia Hominivorax, Reared For Mass Release Do Not Carry And Spread Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus And Classical Swine Fever Virus, M. F. Chaudhury, G. B. Ward, Steven R. Skoda, M. Y. Deng, J. B. Welch, T. S. Mckenna

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

Experiments were done to determine if transporting live screwworms Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel (Diptera: Calliphoridae) for developing new strains from countries where foot-and-mouth disease and classical swine fever are endemic, to the mass rearing facilities in Mexico and Panama, may introduce these exotic diseases into these countries. Are screwworms capable of harboring and spreading foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) and classical swine fever virus (CSFV) when they are grown in virus-inoculated larval rearing medium? In one experiment, screwworm larvae were reared in a FMDV-inoculated artificial medium containing either 0.1% formaldehyde. In each experiment, samples of larvae and the rearing media were collected …


With A Mighty Hand And Outstretched Arm, Matthew Goldberg Jan 2008

With A Mighty Hand And Outstretched Arm, Matthew Goldberg

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.


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

Spectrum 2008, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Undergraduate Spectrum

No abstract provided.


In The Mirror Of The Divine Face: The Enochic Features Of The Exagoge Of Ezekiel The Tragedian, Andrei Orlov Jan 2008

In The Mirror Of The Divine Face: The Enochic Features Of The Exagoge Of Ezekiel The Tragedian, Andrei Orlov

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


“Ten Decades To A More Christ-Like You!”: Liturgy As God's Workout Plan For The Church “Ten Decades To A More Christ-Like You!”: Liturgy As God's Workout Plan For The Church, M. Therese Lysaught Jan 2008

“Ten Decades To A More Christ-Like You!”: Liturgy As God's Workout Plan For The Church “Ten Decades To A More Christ-Like You!”: Liturgy As God's Workout Plan For The Church, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Surface Polyethylene Glycol Enhances Substrate-Mediated Gene Delivery By Nonspecifically Immobilized Complexes, Angela K. Pannier, Julie A. Wieland, Lonnie D Shea Jan 2008

Surface Polyethylene Glycol Enhances Substrate-Mediated Gene Delivery By Nonspecifically Immobilized Complexes, Angela K. Pannier, Julie A. Wieland, Lonnie D Shea

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Substrate-mediated gene delivery describes the immobilization of gene therapy vectors to a biomaterial, which enhances gene transfer by exposing adhered cells to elevated DNA concentrations within the local microenvironment. Surface chemistry has been shown to affect transfection by nonspecifically immobilized complexes using self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols on gold. In this report, SAMs were again used to provide a controlled surface to investigate whether the presence of oligo(ethylene glycol) (EG) groups in a SAM could affect complex morphology and enhance transfection. EG groups were included at percentages that did not affect cell adhesion. Nonspecific complex immobilization to SAMs containing combinations …


Entomopathogenic Fungal Endophytes, Fernando E. Vega, Francisco Posada, M. Catherine Aime, Monica Pava-Ripoll, Francisco Infante, Stephen A. Rehner Jan 2008

Entomopathogenic Fungal Endophytes, Fernando E. Vega, Francisco Posada, M. Catherine Aime, Monica Pava-Ripoll, Francisco Infante, Stephen A. Rehner

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

Fungal endophytes are quite common in nature and some of them have been shown to have adverse effects against insects, nematodes, and plant pathogens.
Our research program is aimed at using fungal endophytes-mediated plant defense as a novel biological control mechanism against the coffee berry borer, the most devastating pest of coffee throughout the world. A survey of fungal endophytes in coffee plants from Hawaii, Colombia, Mexico, and Puerto Rico has revealed the presence of various genera of fungal entomopathogens, including Acremonium, Beauveria, Cladosporium, Clonostachys, and Paecilomyces. Two of these, B. bassiana and Clonostachys rosea …


Nanostructured Engineered Materials With High Magneto-Optic Performance For Integrated Photonics Applications, Mikhail Vasiliev, Kamal Alameh, Viatcheslav A. Kotov, Y T. Lee Jan 2008

Nanostructured Engineered Materials With High Magneto-Optic Performance For Integrated Photonics Applications, Mikhail Vasiliev, Kamal Alameh, Viatcheslav A. Kotov, Y T. Lee

School of Engineering Publications

In this paper, we experimentally investigate the performance of a set of technologies used for the deposition, annealing and characterization of high-performance magnetooptic rare-earth-doped garnet materials and all-garnet heterostructures for use in photonic crystals and novel integrated-optics devices.


Web-Based Courses To Support Efl Learning For Pre-Service Teachers: A Thai Pilot Study, Vijittra Vonganusith, Pagram Jeremy Jan 2008

Web-Based Courses To Support Efl Learning For Pre-Service Teachers: A Thai Pilot Study, Vijittra Vonganusith, Pagram Jeremy

EDU-COM International Conference

In a modern, information rich, economically driven society, Western universities as well as Thai Universities are turning towards the Web to disseminate and retrieve information. Integration of computers to support the learning environment in teaching language is still in its infancy in Thailand. Its implementation changes both the instructional strategy and also the teaching and learning environment. English has been taught as a foreign language for over a century, and plays an important role at all levels of the Thai education system. At higher education levels, English skills are essential components of every pre-service teacher‘s professional education. In order to …