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Drowning In Wetlands Jurisdictional Determination Process: Implementation Of Rapanos V. United States, Kenneth S. Gould

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Today, through court interpretation and administrative agency adoption of related regulations, § 404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972 (the "Act") has become the major tool for protection of wetlands. Section 404(a) requires a permit from the United States Army Corps of Engineers for "the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters at specified disposal sites." If the Corps concludes that development activity might harm wetlands subject to Corps jurisdictional protection, it can decline to issue a permit to allow development or issue a permit under conditions designed to protect the wetlands from harm.

In the …

It Takes A Village To Solve The Problems In Legal Education: Every Faculty Member's Role In Academic Support, Melissa J. Marlow

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

This article suggests a fundamental shift in the way traditional faculty view their role in academic support, from merely assisting with academic support duties to becoming equally responsible with academic support faculty for student achievement. The article explores how legal education arrived at the current division of labor in teaching weaker students. Additionally, it examines why the current situation is not the best plan of action for maximizing student learning. Finally, it touches upon possible solutions that would work toward uniting law school faculty in their common purpose of preparing all students for the rigors of legal practice.

Some factors …

Spring 2008, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Biological Activity Prediction Of An Ethno Medicinal Plant Cinnamomum Camphora Through Bio-Informatics, D. Abiya Chelliah

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Having established that there is a market for a particular chemical substance and an opportunity for new or improved production, the action is necessary to put these ideas into practice in the field of its activity prediction. Biological Activity Spectrum (BAS) of a compound represents the complex of pharmacological effects, physiological & biochemical mechanisms of action, specific toxicity (mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity & embryotoxicity) which can be revealed in a compound's interaction with the biological system. Biological Activity Spectrum describes the intrinsic properties of the compound dependent on it's structural particularities. It may be revealed in experiment under any conditions (dosage, …

Floristic Inventory And Quantitative Vegetation Analysis Of Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest In Piranmalai Forest, Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India, C. Pitchairamu, K. Muthuchelian, N. Siva

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Tree diversity, species richness, basal area, population structure and distribution patterns were investigated in disturbed, moderately disturbed and undisturbed areas of the tropical dry deciduous forest of Piranmalai, Eastern Ghats in Tamil Nadu. The forest areas were selected based on the disturbance index. Six sites of 0.1 ha area were established in the Piranmalai forest. Two sites, Nehru park (N.P) and Foot hill (F.H), were located close to the mining, quarrying and human settlement area, while two other sites, Vannar iruppu (V.I) and Alaguchokkan (A.C), are located in a selective felling area, and two others, Dhargha area (D.A) and Veerappan …

Managing Arctic Fish Stocks, Michael Distefano

PEEL Alumni Scholarship

Humans depend on marine fish stocks for economic and nutritional purposes throughout the world. Consequently, commercial fleets and super-trawlers are nothing new and many countries have found ways to regulate fleet sizes and catch limits within their territorial waters. But something new is happening in the Arctic Circle. As sea ice begins to disappear during summer months, a previously inaccessible fishing ground is emerging, and like all fishing grounds, it will be susceptible to mismanagement and exploitation.

Spring 2008

Perspectives

No abstract provided.

Making Green Water Clear: Using Alternative Technology To Treat Eutrophic Freshwater, Hethre Larivee

Inquiry Journal 2008

No abstract provided.

Drug Resistance In Malaria: A Peruvian Research Experience, Ryan Haley

Inquiry Journal 2008

No abstract provided.

Minimal Components Of The Rna Polymerase Ii Transcription Apparatus Determine The Consensus Tata Box, Gudrun Bjornsdottir, Lawrence C. Myers

Dartmouth Scholarship

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, multiple approaches have arrived at a consensus TATA box sequence of TATA(T/A)A(A/T)(A/G). TATA-binding protein (TBP) affinity alone does not determine TATA box function. To discover how a minimal set of factors required for basal and activated transcription contributed to the sequence requirements for a functional TATA box, we performed transcription reactions using highly purified proteins and CYC1 promoter TATA box mutants. The TATA box consensus sequence is a good predictor of promoter activity. However, several nonconsensus sequences are almost fully functional, indicating that mechanistic requirements are not the only selective pressure on the TATA box. We …

Supply, Demand, And Consequences: The Impact Of Information Flow On Individual Permitting Decisions Under Section 404 Of The Clean Water Act, Alyson C. Flournoy

UF Law Faculty Publications

This paper focuses on a public trust resource -- wetlands -- and examines an issue that has been studied primarily with reference to health-based pollution-control statutes. This paper assesses whether information gaps create an obstacle to successful regulation under section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA or "the Act") as it applies to discharges of dredged and fill material in wetlands. It focuses on how section 404 and the regulations governing permitting determine information demands, information supply, and the legal consequences of a gap between supply and demand. The goal of this inquiry into the demand/supply/consequences scheme is to …

2008 Annual Report, University Of Maine School Of Law

Clinic Annual Report

No abstract provided.

A Chance To Cure, Nancy Steele Brokaw '71

Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine, 2002-2017

Ann Stroink ’76 masters one of medicine’s most demanding fields.

Supply, Demand, And Consequences: The Impact Of Information Flow On Individual Permitting Decisions Under Section 404 Of The Clean Water Act, Alyson C. Flournoy

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Missing Information: The Scientific Data Gap in Conservation and Chemical Regulation, held on March 24, 2006 at Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington.

The Divides Of Environmental Law And The Problem Of Harm In The Endangered Species Act, Robert L. Fischman

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Missing Information: The Scientific Data Gap in Conservation and Chemical Regulation, held on March 24, 2006 at Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington.

Boise State University Mcnair Scholars

McNair Scholars Research Journal

No abstract provided.

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

April

No abstract provided.

American Society Of Parasitologists Newsletter, V. 30, No. 1, Winter [I.E. Spring] 2008, Scott Lyell Gardner

American Society of Parasitologists: Newsletter

An issue of the American Society of Parasitologists' quarterly newsletter, also called the Journal of Parasitology Newsletter.

Intelligent Design In Public University Science Departments: Academic Freedom Or Establishment Of Religion, Frank S. Ravitch

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

Lest We Regress To The Dark Ages: Holding Voluntary Surgical Castration Cruel And Unusual, Even For Child Molesters, Catherine Rylyk

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

Adolescents Under International Law: Autonomy As The Key To Reproductive Health, Aliya Haider

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

As a matter of policy, the reproductive and sexual health of adolescents matter because they comprise almost one half of the world's population. As a matter of international human rights law, adolescents have reproductive and sexual health rights. This article outlines how the international community must ensure adolescents' access to and exercise of those reproductive health rights. Governments must enable informed decision-making while also offering state protections for this vulnerable population. Without laws and policies that uphold adolescent health worldwide, future generations will needlessly suffer.

Polygamy And Same-Sex Marriage - Allies Or Adversaries Within The Same-Sex Marriage Movement, Jaime M. Gher

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

This article addresses the charged slippery slope accusation that permitting same-sex marriage will inevitably lead to the legalization of polygamy. While same-sex marriage advocates generally distance their cause from polygamy and its disparaging history when responding to such accusations, this article determines whether that response is appropriate, or alternatively, whether the same-sex marriage movement could benefit from linkages between polygamy and same-sex marriage. In conducting the analysis, this article presents a nuanced discussion of marriage and its varying forms. Specifically, it examines the United States' historical regulation of polygamy, interrogates analogies between polygamy and same-sex marriage, compares cross-cultural practices and …

Bringing Down The Bedroom Walls: Emphasizing Substance Over Form In Personalized Abuse, Orly Rachmilovitz

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

This article explores what makes domestic violence special and whether privileging certain abusive relationships, and thus certain victims, over others is justified. It argues that abuse in familial, romantic, or cohabitating relationships is not necessarily any more harmful than abuse in other personal relationships; that harm from abuse should be identified through substantive criteria, for which marriage or cohabitation should not be proxies; and that heightened protections should be extended accordingly. The article pinpoints the criteria that justify distinguishing domestic violence from other forms of violence and examines how federal and state domestic violence laws define protected victims and relationships. …

Living And Dying On The Margins: A Journey Into The Culture Of Pink And Black Women’S Narrative Accounts Of Breast Cancer, Cleothia Gill

Masters Theses

This thesis examines black women's understandings of and experiences with breast cancer through the use of narratives. These narratives offer different positions from which to critically analyze the dominate conceptualization of breast cancer in American society, which is primarily associated with white, middle class, heterosexual women. There is a focus on issues such as breast cancer 'risk', increased mortality rates among black women, dominate discourses and media representations of breast cancer, and mastectomy and body image. African American women's stories are used to 'deconstruct' and reveal how this disease is socially constructed in ways that has profound impact on their …

The Enemy In The Screen: A Collective Case Study On Perpetrators Of Internet Crimes Against Children, Janet M. Brown

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This collective case study explored the phenomenon of Internet crimes against children from the perspectives of select Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigators. The research focused on three questions: (1) How do select investigators describe perpetrators of Internet crimes against children? (2) What, if any, common characteristics do participants identify among the perpetrators and (3) How do participants' descriptions compare and/or contrast? Data was obtained utilizing semistructured, conversational interviews with eight ICAC investigators. Three main themes emerged from these interviews: general demographic descriptions, motivations and behaviors. Perpetrators of Internet crimes against children were found to be predominantly non-Hispanic males. Other …

Alain Badiou Within Neo-Pragmatism: Objectivity And Change, Talia Morag

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Cobenefits Of Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration In The Pcor Partnership Region, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet on the benefits of carbon sequestration land management in the Plains CO₂ Reduction (PCOR) Partnership region. [This item is an outdated or superseded version and retained for historical purposes only. It may no longer reflect current information, policies, or practices.]

Design Research Quarterly Volume 3 Issue 2, Peter Storkerson

Design Research Quarterly (2006 - 2009)

Design Research Quarterly (2006-9) was a hybrid journal-newsletter of the Design Research Society. It contained news of the society, its members and regions and its sister societies, as well as peer-reviewed articles about issues of importance to design research, theory and knowledge.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Spring 2008), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Spring 2008 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Opening Remarks
• PCOM Updates and Kudos
• Development News
• The Arts in Medicine: A Powerful Force of Healing
• Visual Arts: Another Kind of Voice
• Dance: Staying Alive
• Creative Writing: Breaking Down Barriers
• Photography: A Different View
• Year One: Observations from Four Residents
• The Heart of the Matter: Long QT Syndrome Research
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam
• My Turn Essay
• PCOM Events

Chromosomes And Expression Mechanisms: Bringing Together The Roles Of Dna, Rna And Proteins, Moshe Yaniv, Sarah C.R. Elgin

Biology Faculty Research

No abstract provided.