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December 2, 2008, Civil Service Council

2008

No abstract provided.

Go V. Atty Gen Usa

2008 Decisions

Agency

Wayne Costigan V. John Yost

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Usa V. Berry

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Mustang Daily, December 2, 2008

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Academic Senate - Agenda, 12/2/2008, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

The Hilltop 12-2-2008, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

No abstract provided.

General Motors Corporation Restructuring Plan For Long-Term Viability, General Motors Company

Documents

No abstract provided.

Moody's Reviews For Downgrade Bayernlb's Aa2/C- Ratings, Moody's Investors Service

Documents

No abstract provided.

Dynamic Ordering Transitions Of Liquid Crystals Driven By Interfacial Complexes Formed Between Polyanions And Amphiphilic Polyamines, Michael I. Kinsinger, Maren E. Buck, Fernando Campos, David M. Lynn, Nicholas L. Abbott

Chemistry: Faculty Publications

We report the design of an amphiphilic polyamine (polymer 1) based on poly(2-alkenyl azlactone) that strongly couples the formation of polyelectrolyte complexes at aqueous/liquid crystal (LC) interfaces to ordering transitions in the LC. We demonstrate that the addition of a strong anionic polyelectrolyte to aqueous solutions in contact with polymer 1-laden LC interfaces (prepared by Langmuir-Schaefer transfer of monolayers of polymer 1 onto micrometerthick films of nematic LC) triggers ordering transitions in the LCs. We further demonstrate that changes in the ordering of the LCs (i) are driven by electrostatic interactions between the polyelectrolytes, (ii) involve multivalent interactions between the …

A Case Study In Public K-12 Education: Hispanic Female (Latinas) School Administrators’ Perceptions Of Their Role And Experiences As Principals Within Central Florida, Martha Santiago

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A gradual but significant change in America's demographic composition has occurred during the last few years. Millions of Hispanic students, many of them immigrants, have been absorbed in the nation's schools, turning public institutions into multiracial, multicultural, and to some degree, multilingual sites (Tallerico, 2001; Ferrandino, 2001).

In light of the demographic changes and the important role of school leaders, how is the Hispanic principal in the K-12 public schools reflecting the growth of the Hispanic school population? This research studies perceptions the Hispanic female principal attached to their role and role expectations as a principal.

This qualitative case study …

The Greek Word "Porneia" In The Matthean Exception Clauses, Philip R. Leineweber

Senior Honors Theses

Matthew 5:32 and 19:9 present an interesting exegetical discussion concerning the acceptability and permissibility of divorce. These verses provoke interest because of their inclusion of an exception clause seemingly allowing for a permissible divorce. The verses state the unlawfulness of divorce “except in the case of porneia.” Porneia is the word around which this discussion revolves and its meaning differs vastly depending upon the interpreter. The word is interpreted specifically as adultery during the betrothal period and also as sexual promiscuity and immorality on the other. This thesis explains both views and then seeks to offer all relevant evidence by …

A Reassessment Of James Joyce's Female Characters, Anna Margaretha Gordon

Theses and Dissertations

The female characters in James Joyce's fiction have received considerable critical attention since the publication of his writings and are often denigrated as misogynist portrayals of women. However, a textual and historical analysis of the female characters in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Dubliners, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake shows them in a more constructive light. Such an analysis reveals them to be sympathetic portrayals of the situation of Irish women at the turn of the twentieth century. An historical contextualization of the characters is essential in any reading of Joyce, but is particularly important for his …

Letter From Alan R. Einhorn, Chair, Aicpa Tax Executive Committee, To Douglas H. Shulman, Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, Re: Proposed Revenue Procedure To Exempt Certain S Corporations From Failure To Timely File Penalty Under Section 6699., Alan R. Einhorn, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Tax Executive Committee

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Globalization, Inequality, And Transmission Of Tropical Diseases In The Venezuelan Amazon, C Botto-Abella, B Graterol-Mendoza

English

Objectives: There are two central objectives of this work. One is to explore the relationship between globalization, public policy in the Americas, and the environmental and cultural changes in the indigenous communities of the Amazon State in Venezuela. The other is to understand impact of these forces upon public health.

Ethnobotany And Traditional Management Of Drought Tolerant Tree Species In Homestead Forests Of Bangladesh, Mahbubul Alam, Yasushi Furukawa

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

A study has been conducted in the homesteads of drought-prone northwestern region of Bangladesh. Since there is no natural forest, the overall climatic condition is very harsh and progressive trend of desertification is threatening the livelihood of poor people. So it is important to carry out extensive plantations throughout the region to reverse the current trend of drought and desertification. The study identified a list of 19 drought tolerant species suitable for planting in the homesteads as well as in the vacant spaces. The rural people are heavily dependent on those species for their daily requirement of timber, fruits, fuel, …

Revitalization Of Siddha Medicine In Tamilnadu, India - Changing Trends In Consumer’S Attitude: A Survey, A. Krishnan Et Al.

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Socioeconomic characteristics have significant impact on consumer’s attitude towards the usage of traditional system of medicine. Though traditional systems of medicine have made significant contributions towards fulfilling healthcare needs of the people in the past, impacts of modern medicine have been so large that traditional medicine witnessed a dark period in southern part of India. While such practices are common in the rural/ remote areas, of late, change in the trend with respect to the usage of Siddha medicine as complementary alternative therapy among urban population has been observed. Present study aims to evaluate the resurgence of interest in Siddha …

Gorbachev, Yeltsin And Putin: Soviet-Russian Foreign Relations With The United States From 1990 Through The Fall Of 2008: A Strategic Analysis, Terry W. Simmons

Open Access Dissertations

Cold War Soviet foreign policy was driven by a strategic competition. A competition-detente cycle based on the superpower rivalry between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, including the Warsaw Pact dependencies, and the United States of America and its respective alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) existed for over forty-five years. Following the dismantling of the Warsaw Pact and the implosion of the USSR, remnant Soviet and subsequent Russian foreign policy, changed dramatically. Though some fragmentary Soviet style vertical controls of the foreign policy of the transitional Gorbachev years and the first years of Yeltsin's first administration were recognizable, …

Welsh And West Indian, “Like Nothing … Seen Before”: Unfolding Diasporic Lives In Charlotte Williams’ Sugar And Slate, Alison J. Donnell

Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal

No abstract provided.

Maps Of Memory And The Sea In Dionne Brand’S At The Full And Change Of The Moon, Michael Laramee

Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal

No abstract provided.

Landscape, Memory And Survival In The Fiction Of Edwidge Danticat, Elvira Pulitano

Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal

No abstract provided.

A Caribbean Response To The Question Of Third World National Allegories: Jameson, Ahmad And The Return Of The Repressed, Roberto Strongman

Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal

No abstract provided.

James, C. L. R.. The Nobbie Stories For Children & Adults., Yi Huang

Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal

No abstract provided.

Abcb6 Is A Porphyrin Transporter With A Novel Trafficking Signal That Is Conserved In Other Abc Transporters, Yu Fukuda

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters play an important role as a barrier to protect cells from the accumulation of toxic xenobiotics and metabolites due to their ability to translocate a wide array of compounds across lipid bilayers. However, many ABC transporters, especially the ones localized in the intracellular organelles, are involved in critical biological processes such as antigen presentation. The core unit of ABC transporters contains two functional domains: the membrane spanning domain (MSD) and the nucleotide binding domain. The full transporters contain two of these units in tandem in a single polypeptide, whereas the half transporters only contain one …

Avian Advice, Winter 2008, Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food, And Life Sciences (University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville). Center Of Excellence For Poultry Science, University Of Arkansas (System). Cooperative Extension Service

Avian Advice

No abstract provided.

Go! Green Outreach, Winter 2008, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Division Of University Advancement

Go! Green Outreach

"Sharing sustainability news, efforts, and ideas with the people of campus" --cover image

Pareto Versus Welfare, Robert C. Hockett

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Many normatively oriented economists, legal academics and other policy analysts appear to be "welfarist" and Paretian to at least moderate degree: They deem positive responsiveness to individual preferences, and satisfaction of one or more of the familiar Pareto criteria, to be reasonably undemanding and desirable attributes of any social welfare function (SWF) employed to formulate social evaluations. Some theorists and analysts go further than moderate welfarism or Paretianism, however: They argue that "the Pareto principle" requires the SWF be responsive to individual preferences alone - a position I label "strict" welfarism - and conclude that all social evaluation should in …

Finding Missing Markets (And A Disturbing Epilogue): Evidence From An Export Crop Adoption And Marketing Intervention In Kenya, Nava Ashraf, Xavier Giné, Dean Karlan

Discussion Papers

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Spatial Misalignment In Time Series Studies Of Air Pollution And Health Data, Roger D. Peng, Michelle L. Bell

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

Time series studies of environmental exposures often involve comparing daily changes in a toxicant measured at a point in space with daily changes in an aggregate measure of health. Spatial misalignment of the exposure and response variables can bias the estimation of health risk and the magnitude of this bias depends on the spatial variation of the exposure of interest. In air pollution epidemiology, there is an increasing focus on estimating the health effects of the chemical components of particulate matter. One issue that is raised by this new focus is the spatial misalignment error introduced by the lack of …

Ready Or Not? Protecting The Public's Health From Diseases, Disasters, And Bioterrorism, Jeffrey Levi, Serena Vinter, Rebecca St. Laurent, Laura M. Segal

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

While significant progress has been made to better protect the country from health emergencies, funding for essential programs has been cut, putting these improvements in jeopardy. Additionally, a number of critical areas of preparedness still have significant gaps, including surge capacity and biosurveillance systems, and these problems are less likely to be addressed as funding decreases.