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Adding Legislation Courses To The First-Year Curriculum, Ethan J. Leib

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Bush V. Boumediene: The Court Is Back, Jay Dratler

Akron Law Faculty Publications

This short article is a follow-up to a piece I wrote two years ago on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, SSRN No. 913822. While applauding the result in Hamdan, I critiqued the Supreme Court for missing a “teachable moment” and obscuring the great issues at stake in prolixity and mind-numbing technical detail.

In this article, I applaud the Boumediene v. Bush Court not only for its result—that the Constitution’s Suspension Clause can require habeas corpus for aliens held abroad under certain circumstances—but for its reasoning and style as well. This time, the majority of five did not miss its “teachable …

World War I And The Federal Presence In New Mexico, David V. Holtby

Centennial of New Mexico Statehood

The war years in New Mexico (1917-18) are probed for their military, economic, social (including gender), and political history.

Oil And The Federal Presence In New Mexico, David V. Holtby

Centennial of New Mexico Statehood

The main topics are oil discoveries during the 1920's, oil politics, and the Teapot Dome Scandal.

The Influence Of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine On Oxidative Stress And Nitric Oxide Synthesis In Stimulated Macrophages Treated With A Mustard Gas Analogue, Victor Paromov, Min Qui, Hongsong Yang, Milton Smith, William L. Stone

ETSU Faculty Works

Background: Sulphur mustard gas, 2, 2′-dichlorodiethyl sulphide (HD), is a chemical warfare agent. Both mustard gas and its monofunctional analogue, 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulphide (CEES), are alkylating agents that react with and diminish cellular thiols and are highly toxic. Previously, we reported that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) significantly enhances the cytotoxicity of CEES in murine RAW 264.7 macrophages and that CEES transiently inhibits nitric oxide (NO) production via suppression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) protein expression. NO generation is an important factor in wound healing. In this paper, we explored the hypotheses that LPS increases CEES toxicity by increasing oxidative stress and that …

Developing Network Situational Awareness Through Visualization Of Fused Intrusion Detection System Alerts, Serafin A. Avitia V

Theses and Dissertations

With networks increasing in physical size, bandwidth, traffic volume, and malicious activity, network analysts are experiencing greater difficulty in developing network situational awareness. Traditionally, network analysts have used Intrusion Detection Systems to gain awareness but this method is outdated when analysts are unable to process the alerts at the rate they are being generated. Analysts are unwittingly placing the computer assets they are charged to protect at risk when they are unable to detect these network attacks. This research effort examines the theory, application, and results of using visualizations of fused alert data to develop network situational awareness. The fused …

Most Downloaded Documents For May 2008, University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Digital Commons

Institutional Repository Information

The following spreadsheet printout shows the titles (and links) of the 354 documents that were downloaded 40 or more times during May 2008, and a summary of all downloads for the month.

During May, 77% of all open-access documents were downloaded at least once.
The average number of downloads per available document was 7.73.
Total downloads increased by 15% over April.

Three milestones were reached during May:
• The number of open-access articles available exceeded 14,000
• For the first time, more than 100,000 downloads were furnished during the month.
• On or about May 28, 2008, the 1 millionth …

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, June 11, 2008, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

June

No abstract provided.

A V. State Of Israel, Dorit Beinisch, Edmond E. Levy, Ayala Procaccia

Translated Opinions

[This abstract is not part of the Court's opinion and is provided for the reader's convenience. It has been translated from a Hebrew version prepared by Nevo Press Ltd. and is used with its kind permission.] 

Appeals challenging the decisions of the District Court who upheld the legality of the appellants’ arrests under the Internment of Unlawful Combatants Law 5762-2002 (hereinafter: the Act.) We are concerned with the private case of the appellants, residents of the Gaza Strip, who in 2002-2003 were arrested in an administrative arrest under the security legislation that applies in the strip, when as a result …

A Secure And Efficient Communications Architecture For Global Information Grid Users Via Cooperating Space Assets, Victor P. Hubenko Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

With the Information Age in full and rapid development, users expect to have global, seamless, ubiquitous, secure, and efficient communications capable of providing access to real-time applications and collaboration. The United States Department of Defense’s (DoD) Network-Centric Enterprise Services initiative, along with the notion of pushing the “power to the edge,” aims to provide end-users with maximum situational awareness, a comprehensive view of the battlespace, all within a secure networking environment. Building from previous AFIT research efforts, this research developed a novel security framework architecture to address the lack of efficient and scalable secure multicasting in the low earth orbit …

An Analysis Of Botnet Vulnerabilities, Sean W. Hudson

Theses and Dissertations

Botnets are a significant threat to computer networks and data stored on networked computers. The ability to inhibit communication between servers controlling the botnet and individual hosts would be an effective countermeasure. The objective of this research was to find vulnerabilities in Unreal IRCd that could be used to shut down the server. Analysis revealed that Unreal IRCd is a very mature and stable IRC server and no significant vulnerabilities were found. While this research does not eliminate the possibility that a critical vulnerability is present in the Unreal IRCd software, none were identified during this effort.

Leader Of Colombian Rebel Group Farc Confirmed Dead, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, June 6, 2008, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Spectator 2008-06-04, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Historiography Of The Asia-Pacific War In Japan, Takashi Yoshida

History Faculty Publications

Interpretations of Japan’s involvement in the Pacific War and its war crimes have changed over time, and corresponding changes in social and political contexts both within and outside Japan have influenced these evolving interpretations. Today the people of Japan are far from a consensus over the meaning of the Asia-Pacific War (1931-45), and disputes relating to such topics as the Nanjing Massacre, Japan’s colonial occupation of Korea and Taiwan, and the sexual enslavement of the so-called Comfort Women continue to haunt the national memory. However, the current divisions over the significance of the war did not always exist. To the …

Developing A Decision Model For Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (Jieddo) Proposal Selection, Lyle M. Dawley, Lenore A. Marentee, Alice Marie Long

Theses and Dissertations

This research uses decision analysis to develop a structured, repeatable and most importantly defensible decision model for the evaluation of proposed IED defeat solutions submitted to the Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). Additive value models using Value-Focused Thinking (VFT) and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) are examined as possible methodologies. VFT is determined to be the "best fit" for JIEDDO's decision situation in which proposals are submitted continuously and must be scored independently of previous proposals. VFT is first used to determine desirable qualities in IED defeat options, and then to generate a hierarchal value model to evaluate these qualities …

Retail, James Koman

Moebius

No abstract provided.

Transnational Public History: Constructing Caribbean Archives And Exhibitions In Miami, Stephen Stuempfle

Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal

No abstract provided.

State Of The U.S. Military Reserve Components, Ralph Wipfli Mr., Dallas D. Owens Dr.

Articles & Editorials

Key Insights from this seminar were (1) Without significant participation by the Reserve Components (RC), effective current and near future military operations and domestic emergency response would not be possible. (2) The current debate about designation of the RC as operational or strategic is largely artificial and unproductive; the RC have periodically performed major operations, constantly conducted domestic operations, and been part of all past war plans; the difference now is that the current high operational tempo makes obvious the centrality of these forces for successful operations. (3) Leveraging the civilian capacities and knowledge of the RC in missions abroad …

Pacific Review Summer 2008, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Summer 2008 Farquhar Forum, Farquhar College Of Arts And Sciences

The Farquhar Forum College Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Development Of Nato Ebao Doctrine: Clausewitz's Theories And The Role Of Law In An Evolving Approach To Operations, Colonel Jody M. Prescott

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

No abstract provided.

Law And Politics As Play, Lief H. Carter

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Liberal theory fails to cope effectively with the common human tendency, under certain conditions, to brutalize other humans. Liberal theory does not adequately accommodate the reality that humans contest concepts of rights, justice, and truth. The necessarily contextual, contested, and contingent character of substantive liberal principles necessarily prevents them, qua principles, from effectively inhibiting human brutality. Liberal theory also does not take adequate account of the passionate and non-rational character of the human animal. Giambattista Vico's remarkably prescient and comprehensive eighteenth century vision of the human condition anticipates these two barriers to achieving liberalism's pacific political and social vision. Vico …

The Human Factor: Globalizing Ethical Standards In Drug Trials Through Market Exclusion, Fazal Khan

DePaul Law Review

No abstract provided.

Public Use In A Post-Kelo World, Richard A. Epstein

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

The aftermath of Kelo gives rise to urgent land use issues, both theoretical and historical. On the former, I argue that the analysts should be aware of the close and positive connection between restrictive land use policies on the one hand and a willingness to condemn parcels for private development on the other. The inability to overcome local opposition with private development forces developers to get in essence, pre-acquisition approval through public condemnation. One way, therefore, to ease the pressure on public use is to retreat from aggressive land use regulation to a scheme that more closely approximates that of …

Interview With Wang Her, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Wang Her discussing his experiences during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.

Hiv/Aids, Crime And Security In Southern Africa, Bruno Meini

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

HIV/AIDS, crime, security and governance are linked issues in the region of Southern Africa. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and World Health Organisation (WHO), sub-Saharan Africa is home to approximately 10 percent of the world’s population and 2/3 of this population is infected with HIV. Within sub- Saharan Africa, Southern Africa remains the world’s most affected region: globally, 32% of people with HIV live in this sub-region and 34% of AIDS deaths occur within this region as well. Infection rates in Southern Africa indicate that huge numbers of people will die over the next 10 …

Proposal: Two Problems, A Single Solution, Russell W. Maatman

Pro Rege

This paper was first published in Celebrating the Vision: The Reformed Perspective of Dordt College, Ed. John Kok (Dordt Press, 2004) and more recently in Contact, a publication of IAPCHE.

Language, Law And Legitimacy In The Wto Agreement On Argiculture, Fiona Smith

Indian Journal of International Economic Law

Regulating international agricultural trade is the most difficult challenge the World Trade Organisation (WTO) faces. Despite the breakthrough in the WTOAgreement on Agriculture following years ofpiecemeal regulation under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), agriculture remains problematic. Why is that? The traditional response to this question is that the existing rules in the WTO Agreement on Agriculture are inappropriate because they do not reduce restrictive barriers to trade; do not address developing countries' concerns sufficiently; or do not accommodate non-trade issues like human rights and the environment. Whilst all these assertions may be true, this article argues that …

The Civil War And The Limits Of Destruction, John Cimprich

Civil War Book Review

The Destructive War?