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Challenging The International Criminal Court Over Al-Bashir, Emma Gilligan Dec 2008

Challenging The International Criminal Court Over Al-Bashir, Emma Gilligan

Human Rights & Human Welfare

As of late November 2008, we are still awaiting the decision of the U.N. Security Council with regard to the request for the arrest of Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide put forward by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in July. With former Presidents Charles Taylor of Liberia and Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia as the only two heads of state formally indicted by the ICC since its inception in 2002, the question remains whether the U.N. Security Council will allow this controversial indictment of al-Bashir by Chief Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo or invoke Article 16 …

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Alex De Waal's Shuttle Diplomacy, Sarah Stanlick Dec 2008

Alex De Waal's Shuttle Diplomacy, Sarah Stanlick

Human Rights & Human Welfare

This month’s discussion piece, “The Activist,” is a critical look at one of the most renowned scholars of the turmoil in Sudan. Alex de Waal, a man with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the different factions, aspects, and issues surrounding the conflicts in Sudan, is profiled under a careful eye. De Waal, a competent critic—as McDonell notes who “takes pride in his competence, and he does not hesitate to criticize activists he deems inexpert”— has built a career on a meticulously researched understanding of the conflict. He honed that reputation through careful action, critical thinking, and a critical voice for …

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Platyceroidini, A New Tribe Of North American Stag Beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae), M. J. Paulsen, David C. Hawks Dec 2008

Platyceroidini, A New Tribe Of North American Stag Beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae), M. J. Paulsen, David C. Hawks

Insecta Mundi

The tribe Platyceroidini is created to accommodate two genera of North American stag beetles, Platyceroides Benesh and Platyceropsis Benesh (Lucanidae: Lucaninae). These genera are removed from the tribe Platycerini Mulsant.

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A New Genus And Species Of Brachynemurini From Venezuela (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Robert B. Miller Dec 2008

A New Genus And Species Of Brachynemurini From Venezuela (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Robert B. Miller

Insecta Mundi

Abstract. Stangeleon longipalpus Miller, new genus and species, is described and illustrated from Venezuela and compared with other genera of the Brachynemurini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae).

Resumen. Se describe e ilustra Stangeleon longipalpus Miller, n. gen., n. sp., de Venezuela (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae, Brachynemurini).

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Origins, Composition And Distribution Of The Bees Of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Julio A. Genaro Dec 2008

Origins, Composition And Distribution Of The Bees Of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Julio A. Genaro

Insecta Mundi

The origins of the Cuban bee fauna are reviewed. This fauna began to form 40 million years ago during the Proto Antilles period, through ancestors that arrived in successive invasions from adjacent continental areas. The composition of the Antillean fauna has evolved continuously over millions of years until the present time. The native bee fauna of Cuba is represented by 89 species, contained in 29 genera and 4 families. The number of genera represented per family is as follows: Colletidae (3), Halictidae (8), Megachilidae (4), and Apidae (14). The Cuban apifauna contains four principal groups with distinct biogeographic histories: endemic …

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Agrilinellus, New Genus And Four New Species Of Mexican Aphodiini (Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Marco Dellacasa, Giovanni Dellacasa, Robert D. Gordon Dec 2008

Agrilinellus, New Genus And Four New Species Of Mexican Aphodiini (Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Marco Dellacasa, Giovanni Dellacasa, Robert D. Gordon

Insecta Mundi

Agrilinellus, new genus is created for Agrilinus azteca (Harold) (type species), A. chiapasensis (Galante, Stebnicka and Verdú), and A. ornatus (Schmidt). Four new species from Mexico are described: Agrilinellus abbonai, Agrilinellus antonioreyi, Agrilinellus nuriae, Agrilinellus oaxacaensis.

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Enoclerus Knabi (Wolcott), A Junior Synonym Of Enoclerus Ichneumoneus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Cleridae), John Leavengood, Jr. Dec 2008

Enoclerus Knabi (Wolcott), A Junior Synonym Of Enoclerus Ichneumoneus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Cleridae), John Leavengood, Jr.

Insecta Mundi

Enoclerus knabi (Wolcott) falls within the range of variation of E. ichneumoneus (Fabricius) and is hereby synonymized under that species.

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A New Species Of The Genus Dendroleon Brauer From Mexico (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Lionel A. Stange Dec 2008

A New Species Of The Genus Dendroleon Brauer From Mexico (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Lionel A. Stange

Insecta Mundi

Abstract. A new species of Dendroleon Brauer is described from Mexico and is included in a key to three species of North America. Diagnoses and distributional data are given for D. obsoletus (Say) and D. speciosus Banks.

Resumen. Una nueva especie de Dendroleon Brauer es descripta de México y está incluída en una clave para las tres especies de Dendroleon de Norte America. Se provee una diagnosis para D. obsoletus (Say) y D. speciosus Banks además de datos sobre distribución geográfica.

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Synopsis Of The Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) From The Brazilian Amazon, Hector Jaime Gasca Alvarez, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos Da Fonseca, Brett Ratcliffe Dec 2008

Synopsis Of The Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) From The Brazilian Amazon, Hector Jaime Gasca Alvarez, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos Da Fonseca, Brett Ratcliffe

Insecta Mundi

The Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) is a large tribe of worldwide distribution with approximately 26 genera and 230 species. Fourteen genera and 113 species are found in the Neotropical region. Knowledge of the tribe in the Neotropics is fragmentary, necessitating further studies that address taxonomy, biology, and geographical distribution patterns. This study surveyed the Oryctini of the Brazilian Amazon. The composition of the group in the study area consisted of 7 genera, 18 species and 2 subspecies found in 7 states, 91 municipal districts, and approximately 167 specific localities. States with larger number of species are Amazonas and Pará, with …

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New Trachysphyrus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) In The Albomarginatus Species Group From Northwestern Argentina , Charles C. Porter Dec 2008

New Trachysphyrus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) In The Albomarginatus Species Group From Northwestern Argentina , Charles C. Porter

Insecta Mundi

Abstract. Three new species of the albomarginatus species group of the genus Trachysphyrus (T. fidalgoi, T. riojanus, and T. tmetus) are described from the Subandean Desert (Monte) of Northwest Argentina. A key is given to these and to the five described species also known from Neotropic Argentina in the semiarid Prepuna, Subandino, and Chaco Serrano as well as in such wetter habitats as the Chaco Húmedo and Selva Tucumano-Boliviana (Yungas). Four additional species occur in Neantarctic Chile from Santiago south to Magallanes with overlap into the Nothofagus forests of southwest Argentina (Neuquén, Río Negro). Several species have been …

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New Phycitiplex Porter (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) From Subandean Desert In Northwest Argentina  , Charles C. Porter Dec 2008

New Phycitiplex Porter (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) From Subandean Desert In Northwest Argentina  , Charles C. Porter

Insecta Mundi

Abstract. Six new species of Phycitiplex (P. obscurior, P. tricinctus, P. unicinctus, P. peralta, P. trichroma, and P. lepidus) are described from material taken by Malaise trap in a humid ravine at Santa Vera Cruz in the Subandean Desert (Monte) of La Rioja Province (Argentina). These are keyed along with several closely related described species. Except for P. eremnus from central Chile, this genus is known only from the semiarid Chaco and Subandean biogeographic provinces in the northern half of Argentina. The only available host record is of Phycitiplex doddi (Cushman) reared from larvae of Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg), …

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The Genus Cotinis Burmeister In The Eastern United States, With Description Of A New Species From The Florida Keys, Including A Checklist Of The Genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), Robert E. Woodruff Dec 2008

The Genus Cotinis Burmeister In The Eastern United States, With Description Of A New Species From The Florida Keys, Including A Checklist Of The Genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), Robert E. Woodruff

Insecta Mundi

In the eastern United States, the genus Cotinis Burmeister previously contained only C. nitida (L.), the common economic pest known as the "Green June Beetle". A new species from the Florida Keys, Cotinis aliena, is here described and illustrated. A checklist is provided for the genus, which includes 27 valid New World species, and 44 synonyms.

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South American Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Classification And Nomenclature: Some Problems And Solutions, Andrew B. T. Smith Dec 2008

South American Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Classification And Nomenclature: Some Problems And Solutions, Andrew B. T. Smith

Insecta Mundi

Classificatory changes are made for some taxa of New World Melolonthinae based on the examination of specimens (including type specimens) and a reevaluation of some of the characters used to justify previous classification decisions. Blepharotoma angustata (Blanchard) (new combination) is transferred from the genus Aplodema Blanchard. The Neotropical members of the genus Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville are transferred to the genus Blepharotoma resulting in the following new combinations: Blepharotoma boliviana (Moser), Blepharotoma corumbana (Moser), Blepharotoma cuyabana (Moser), Blepharotoma heynei (Moser), and Blepharotoma schencklingi (Moser). The genus Blepharotoma is transferred from the tribe Liparetrini to the tribe Sericoidini. The genus Aplodema and the …

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Modeling And Simulation Of Field-Effect Biosensors (Biofets) And Their Deployment On The Nanohub, Clemens Heitzinger, Rick Kennell, Gerhard Klimeck, Norbert Mauser, Michael Mclennan, Christian Ringhofer Dec 2008

Modeling And Simulation Of Field-Effect Biosensors (Biofets) And Their Deployment On The Nanohub, Clemens Heitzinger, Rick Kennell, Gerhard Klimeck, Norbert Mauser, Michael Mclennan, Christian Ringhofer

Other Nanotechnology Publications

Biofets (biologically active field-effect transistors) are biosensors with a semiconductor transducer. Due to recent experiments demonstrating detection by a field effect, they have gained attention as potentially fast, reliable, and low-cost biosensors for a wide range of applications. Their advantages compared to other technologies are direct, label-free, ultrasensitive, and (near) real-time operation. We have developed 2D and 3D multi-scale models for planar sensor structures and for nanowire sensors. The multi-scale models are indispensable due to the large difference in the characteristic length scales of the biosensors: the charge distribution in the biofunctionalized surface layer varies on the Angstrom length scale, …

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Program Committee Report December 2008, Regenstrief Center For Healthcare Engineering Dec 2008

Program Committee Report December 2008, Regenstrief Center For Healthcare Engineering

RCHE Reports

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Who Could Best Complement A Team Of Family Business Researchers—Scholars Down The Hall Or In Another Building?, Alex Stewart Dec 2008

Who Could Best Complement A Team Of Family Business Researchers—Scholars Down The Hall Or In Another Building?, Alex Stewart

Management Faculty Research and Publications

This study explores which fields might potentially collaborate in family business research. It compares 14 research fields for their structure of topical attention. The most convenient collaborations, such as those between entrepreneurship, family business, and strategy researchers, prove to be the most appropriate for some research purposes. However, less common collaborations, particularly with scholars from law, history, and anthropology, appear to be the most appropriate for other projects. Family and marital therapy prove to be a less promising collaborator than one might expect because of their strong skewing to familial rather than commercial topics. Correspondingly, entrepreneurship also proves to be …

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The Decline And Fall Of At&T: A Personal Recollection, Richard A. Posner Dec 2008

The Decline And Fall Of At&T: A Personal Recollection, Richard A. Posner

Articles

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Ultrafast Vibrational Studies Of Biological Chromophores: Light-Driven Structural Changes In Yellow Fluorescent Protein And The Bacterial Blue Light Sensing Protein, Appa, Allison-Lynn Stelling Dec 2008

Ultrafast Vibrational Studies Of Biological Chromophores: Light-Driven Structural Changes In Yellow Fluorescent Protein And The Bacterial Blue Light Sensing Protein, Appa, Allison-Lynn Stelling

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Re-Examining The Urban And Suburban Mythos In America, Paul Roger Netter Dec 2008

Re-Examining The Urban And Suburban Mythos In America, Paul Roger Netter

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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An Examination Of A Probation Department's Domestic Violence Unit, Rebecca Marie Bonanno Dec 2008

An Examination Of A Probation Department's Domestic Violence Unit, Rebecca Marie Bonanno

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Physics Of Complex Systems In Information And Biology, Dylan Walker Dec 2008

The Physics Of Complex Systems In Information And Biology, Dylan Walker

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Architecture And The Self: A Phenomenological Analysis Of Architectural Influences, Loren Sean Stewart Dec 2008

Architecture And The Self: A Phenomenological Analysis Of Architectural Influences, Loren Sean Stewart

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Accommodating The Posthuman In Twentieth Century Dystopian Literature, Karl Luther Shaddox Dec 2008

Accommodating The Posthuman In Twentieth Century Dystopian Literature, Karl Luther Shaddox

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Lattice Volume Rendering, Feng Qiu Dec 2008

Lattice Volume Rendering, Feng Qiu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

164 pages

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Defect Structures And Growth Mechanisms Of B12as2 Epilayers Grown On 6h-Sic And 15r-Sic Substrates, Hui Chen Dec 2008

Defect Structures And Growth Mechanisms Of B12as2 Epilayers Grown On 6h-Sic And 15r-Sic Substrates, Hui Chen

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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For Symobic Exchange And Birth, Ryland Jared Johnson Dec 2008

For Symobic Exchange And Birth, Ryland Jared Johnson

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Importance Of Experience: Art And Levinas, Genevieve Laforge Dec 2008

The Importance Of Experience: Art And Levinas, Genevieve Laforge

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Tailored Synthesis And Characterization Of Selective Metabolite-Detecting Nanoprobes For Handheld Breath Analysis, Lisheng Wang Dec 2008

Tailored Synthesis And Characterization Of Selective Metabolite-Detecting Nanoprobes For Handheld Breath Analysis, Lisheng Wang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Daily Eastern News: December 01, 2008, Eastern Illinois University Dec 2008

Daily Eastern News: December 01, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

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What America Can Learn From School Choice In Other Countries, Edited By David Salisbury & James Tooley, Mary Sheila Maksim Dec 2008

What America Can Learn From School Choice In Other Countries, Edited By David Salisbury & James Tooley, Mary Sheila Maksim

Journal of Catholic Education

No abstract provided.

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