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Kenyon Collegiate - October 2009 Oct 2009

Kenyon Collegiate - October 2009

Kenyon Collegiate

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In Search Of An Enforceabe Medical Malpractice Exculpatory Agreement: Introducing Confidential Contracts As A Solution To The Doctor-Patient Relationship Problem, Matthew J.B. Lawrence Oct 2009

In Search Of An Enforceabe Medical Malpractice Exculpatory Agreement: Introducing Confidential Contracts As A Solution To The Doctor-Patient Relationship Problem, Matthew J.B. Lawrence

Faculty Scholarly Works

Scholars have argued that the malpractice system would be better off if patients had the option of waiving the right to sue for malpractice in exchange for a lower fee. Some doctors have tried to follow this advice by having their patients sign medical malpractice exculpatory agreements, but courts usually have refused to enforce these agreements, invoking a void-for-public-policy rationale. This Note argues that a doctor could maximize the odds that a court would enforce her medical malpractice exculpatory agreement by somehow ensuring that she will never find out whether her patient decided to sign. A case study of the …

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The Learning Marketspace, October 2009, Bob Heterick, Carol Twigg Oct 2009

The Learning Marketspace, October 2009, Bob Heterick, Carol Twigg

The Learning MarketSpace (4/03 - 4/14)

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Phytoplankton Blooms: Their Occurrence And Composition Within Virginia's Tidal Tributaries, Harold G. Marshall, Todd A. Egerton Oct 2009

Phytoplankton Blooms: Their Occurrence And Composition Within Virginia's Tidal Tributaries, Harold G. Marshall, Todd A. Egerton

Virginia Journal of Science

Sporadic algal bloom development within a 10 year monitoring program in Virginia tidal tributaries of Chesapeake Bay is reviewed. These blooms were common events, characteristically producing a color signature to the surface water, typically short lived, occurring mainly from spring into autumn throughout different salinity regions of these rivers, and were produced primarily by dinoflagellates. The abundance threshold levels that would identify bloom status from a non-bloom presence were species specific, varied with the taxon's cell size, and ranged from ca. 10 to 104 cells mL-1. Among the most consistent sporadic bloom producers were the dinoflagellates Akashiwo …

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Profiles Of Academic Majors - 2009, Office Of Institutional Research Oct 2009

Profiles Of Academic Majors - 2009, Office Of Institutional Research

Profiles of Academic Majors

The Profiles of Academic Majors (PAM) provides a ten-year longitudinal snapshot of selected enrollment (e.g., headcounts) and demographic (e.g., age) statistics arranged by fall term, fiscal year, or academic year as appropriate.

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Solar Rights, Sara C. Bronin Oct 2009

Solar Rights, Sara C. Bronin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The rights to access and to harness the rays of the sun - solar rights - are extremely valuable. These rights can determine whether and how an individual can take advantage of the sun’s light, warmth, or energy, and they can have significant economic consequences. Accordingly, for at least two thousand years, people have attempted to assign solar rights in a fair and efficient manner. In the United States, attempts to assign solar rights have fallen short. A quarter century ago, numerous American legal scholars debated this deficiency. They agreed that this country lacked a coherent legal framework for the …

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Strategery's Refuge, Christopher W. Seeds Oct 2009

Strategery's Refuge, Christopher W. Seeds

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

By popular account, the Supreme Court’s recent decisions on effective assistance of counsel in capital sentencing—aggressive critiques of counsel’s failure to investigate and present mitigating evidence—initiate an era of improved oversight of the quality of legal representation in death penalty cases. One would expect the new and improved jurisprudence to curb post hoc efforts by trial counsel to disguise incomplete trial preparation as a tactical decision, a practice that has long undercut the Strickland doctrine. But the shelters for post hoc rationalizations—the refuges for “strategery”—remain. Surveying decisions of the federal courts of appeals since the turn of the century, this …

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Is It Time To Establish A National Disability Data System?, David C. Stapleton, Craig V.D. Thornton Oct 2009

Is It Time To Establish A National Disability Data System?, David C. Stapleton, Craig V.D. Thornton

Employment Research Newsletter

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Family Caregivers: Psychosocial Impacts And Clinical Needs, Andrew P. Daire, Jennifer Torres, Nivischi N. Edwards Oct 2009

Family Caregivers: Psychosocial Impacts And Clinical Needs, Andrew P. Daire, Jennifer Torres, Nivischi N. Edwards

Adultspan Journal

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Violence Survivors With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Treatment By Integrating Existential And Narrative Therapies, Kristen W. Day Oct 2009

Violence Survivors With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Treatment By Integrating Existential And Narrative Therapies, Kristen W. Day

Adultspan Journal

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Crisis Model For Older Adults: Special Considerations For An Aging Population, Christian M. Jungers, Leslie Slagel Oct 2009

Crisis Model For Older Adults: Special Considerations For An Aging Population, Christian M. Jungers, Leslie Slagel

Adultspan Journal

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Perceived Early Childhood Family Influence, Perceived Pain Self-Efficacy, And Chronic Pain Disability: An Exploratory Study, Kate R M Walker, Richard E. Watts Oct 2009

Perceived Early Childhood Family Influence, Perceived Pain Self-Efficacy, And Chronic Pain Disability: An Exploratory Study, Kate R M Walker, Richard E. Watts

Adultspan Journal

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Impacts Of Meteorological Factors On Modis-Observed Fire Activity In The North American Boreal Forest: The Role Of Lightning, David A. Peterson Oct 2009

Impacts Of Meteorological Factors On Modis-Observed Fire Activity In The North American Boreal Forest: The Role Of Lightning, David A. Peterson

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The meteorological impact on wildfire activity in the North American boreal forest during the fire seasons of 2000 – 2006 is statistically analyzed through an integration of the following data sets: the MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) level 2 fire products, the 3-hourly 32-km gridded meteorological data from North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR), the instantaneous lightning data collected by the Canadian Lightning Detection Network (CLDN), and the Alaska Lightning Detection Network (ALDN). Positive anomalies of the 500 hpa geopotential height field, convective available potential energy (CAPE), number of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, and the number of consecutive dry days are found …

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Recruitment And Retention Of Sports Officials, Peter J. Titlebaum, Nichole Haberlin, Garrett Titlebaum Oct 2009

Recruitment And Retention Of Sports Officials, Peter J. Titlebaum, Nichole Haberlin, Garrett Titlebaum

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

A 2001 report by the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO) indicated there is likely to be a shortage of sport officials in the near future. This report also indicated that soccer and field hockey were already struggling to find officials as early as 2001. The purpose of this article is to identify researched recruitment and retention issues of sports officials; ways to retain current officials; and strategies to help recruit new officials.

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Privacy Programs And Protection For Children And Youth: Amend Article 2 Of Chapter 5 Of Title 49, Relating To Child Abuse And Deprivation Records, So As To Define A Certain Term, Provide For Access By Certain Governmental Entities And Certain Persons To Records Concerning Reports Of Child Abuse; Provide That Certain Records Relating To Child Fatality Or Near Fatality Shall Not Be Confidential; Repeal Conflicting Laws; And For Other Purposes., Carla Chen, Russell Wrenn Oct 2009

Privacy Programs And Protection For Children And Youth: Amend Article 2 Of Chapter 5 Of Title 49, Relating To Child Abuse And Deprivation Records, So As To Define A Certain Term, Provide For Access By Certain Governmental Entities And Certain Persons To Records Concerning Reports Of Child Abuse; Provide That Certain Records Relating To Child Fatality Or Near Fatality Shall Not Be Confidential; Repeal Conflicting Laws; And For Other Purposes., Carla Chen, Russell Wrenn

Georgia State University Law Review

The Act expands the definition of “child abuse” by providing for a definition of “near fatality.” It also changes who may access records of child abuse and deprivation to include any governmental agency and certain other persons as defined by the Act. Additionally, it makes cases of near fatality accessible to these agencies and individuals. In doing so, the Act prohibits personally identifiable information from disclosure in these cases.

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The Banner - V. 144, No. 10 - (October 2009), Christian Reformed Church In North America Oct 2009

The Banner - V. 144, No. 10 - (October 2009), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Thanks, Guys! by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: Abstract Thinking by Jennifer Parker / 8 - IMHO: Will More Words Really Help? by George VanderWeit / 8 - Letters to the Editor  / 10 - CRC News: Convention coverage / 18 - Was the Reformation Necessary? by Ronald J. Feenstra / 23 - Next: Wooden Pews to Altar Calls and Back Again by Christina Crook / 24 - 30 Years of Fighting Hunger by Kristen deRoo VanderBerg / 28 - Dear Reader: Planting for the Future by Jerry Dykstra / 30 - The …

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School Of Kinesiology And Recreation Newsletter, Vol. 13, Fall 2009, Illinois State University, School Of Kinesiology And Recreation Oct 2009

School Of Kinesiology And Recreation Newsletter, Vol. 13, Fall 2009, Illinois State University, School Of Kinesiology And Recreation

School of Kinesiology and Recreation Newsletter

Newsletter of the School of Kinesiology and Recreation

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Reducing The Impact Of Pcr-Mediated Recombination In Molecular Evolution And Environmental Studies Using A New-Generation High-Fidelity Dna Polymerase, Daniel J.G. Lahr, Laura A. Katz Oct 2009

Reducing The Impact Of Pcr-Mediated Recombination In Molecular Evolution And Environmental Studies Using A New-Generation High-Fidelity Dna Polymerase, Daniel J.G. Lahr, Laura A. Katz

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

PCR-mediated recombination can greatly impact estimates of diversity, both in environmental studies and in analyses of gene family evolution. Here we measure chimera (PCR-mediated recombinant) formation by analyzing a mixture of eight partial actin sequences isolated from the amoeba Arcella hemisphaerica amplified under a variety of conditions that mimic standard laboratory situations. We further compare a new-generation proofreading processivity-enhanced polymerase to both a standard proofreading enzyme and previously published results. Proofreading polymerases are preferred over other polymerases in instances where evolutionary inferences must be made. Our analyses reveal that reducing the initial template concentration is as critical as reducing the …

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Cedaw's Flaws: A Critical Analysis Of Why Cedlaw Is Failing To Protect A Woman's Right To Education In Pakistan, Jennifer T. Sudduth Oct 2009

Cedaw's Flaws: A Critical Analysis Of Why Cedlaw Is Failing To Protect A Woman's Right To Education In Pakistan, Jennifer T. Sudduth

The Journal of Law and Education

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Private Norms And Public Spaces, Nicole Stelle Garnett Oct 2009

Private Norms And Public Spaces, Nicole Stelle Garnett

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Presented at the 2008 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference.

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Ceg 460/660-01: Introduction To Software Computer Engineering, Thomas C. Hartrum Oct 2009

Ceg 460/660-01: Introduction To Software Computer Engineering, Thomas C. Hartrum

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

This course is concerned with the techniques of designing and constructing large programs. Some of the required basic concepts necessarily have to be developed using small programs as examples. To this extent, we also study programming-in-the-small. The overall objectives are to present an overview of issues in the development of software, to discuss terminology, to illustrate via example case studies, and to give sufficiently detailed advice on how to develop quality software. Hands-on experience is emphasized through the use of homework and a class project.

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Cs 415: Social Implications Of Computing, Leo Finkelstein Oct 2009

Cs 415: Social Implications Of Computing, Leo Finkelstein

Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi

CS 415 is a communication skills course using as its subject matter current salient issues associated with the social implications of computing. In addition to the course text, you will need to use certain reading materials in the library and elsewhere, and you will be responsible for using concepts and theories provided in class lectures and discussions.

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In Memoriam: Alan C. Swan, Judge Barzee Flores, Peter D. Lederer, Katja Simone Wuelfert, William Twining, Keith S. Rosenn, John .F. Murphy Oct 2009

In Memoriam: Alan C. Swan, Judge Barzee Flores, Peter D. Lederer, Katja Simone Wuelfert, William Twining, Keith S. Rosenn, John .F. Murphy

University of Miami Law Review

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Just Another Day In The Neighborhood? The Shaping Of A Legal (And Social) Consciousness In Harlem, William Patrick Nicholson Oct 2009

Just Another Day In The Neighborhood? The Shaping Of A Legal (And Social) Consciousness In Harlem, William Patrick Nicholson

University of Miami Law Review

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In The Shadows Of Lohr: The Disconnect Within The Supreme Court's Preemption Jurisprudence In Medical Device Liability Cases, Jenéa M. Reed Oct 2009

In The Shadows Of Lohr: The Disconnect Within The Supreme Court's Preemption Jurisprudence In Medical Device Liability Cases, Jenéa M. Reed

University of Miami Law Review

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Deans' Forum Summary, October 1, 2009, Uno Office Of Academic And Student Affairs Oct 2009

Deans' Forum Summary, October 1, 2009, Uno Office Of Academic And Student Affairs

2009-2010 Academic Year

Notes from the October 1, 2009 OASA Leadership Forum.

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Fact Book 2009, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness Oct 2009

Fact Book 2009, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Fact Book

The Fact Book presents important campus information in data tables and charts. Included are details regarding student and faculty. Generally, data are broken out by college, rank, level, gender, age and ethnicity for both spring and fall semesters.

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Wii-Fit For Balance And Gait In Skilled Nursing Facility: A Retrospective Study, K. P. Padala, Nicholas Stergiou, M. A. Bissell, S. Davis, T. Malloy, J. Potter, W. J. Burke Oct 2009

Wii-Fit For Balance And Gait In Skilled Nursing Facility: A Retrospective Study, K. P. Padala, Nicholas Stergiou, M. A. Bissell, S. Davis, T. Malloy, J. Potter, W. J. Burke

Journal Articles

Background: Falls in elderly are a major public health problem. Poor balance and gait abnormalities are risk factors for falls. Exercise improves gait and balance in elderly. However, it is difficult to engage patients in exercise programs. Wii-Fit might bridge this gap by providing high level of engagement at an affordable price. Wii-Fit is a Nintendo game used for balance, yoga, aerobics, and strength training. It is a TV based self-directed activity. Virtual trainers talk the user through the activity and track progress while visual and auditory feedback improve engagement. Anecdotal reports suggest improvement in balance and social benefits with …

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Common Data Set 2009, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness Oct 2009

Common Data Set 2009, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Common Data Sets

Common Data Set (2009 - 2010) for the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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The National Class As Extraterritorial Legislation, Jeffrey Haylock Oct 2009

The National Class As Extraterritorial Legislation, Jeffrey Haylock

Dalhousie Law Journal

This article argues that provincially constituted multijurisdictional class actions violate the constitutional law of extraterritoriality. It begins with a brief overview of the lawof adjudicativejurisdiction, then provides a longer overviewof the separate body of law that imposes extraterritorial limits on substantive provincial legislation. The author then demonstrates the substantive characterof classaction legislation, which necessarily entails the applicability of the law ofextraterritoriality However, much of the relevant jurisprudence, as well as some of the relevant academic literature, has ignored this important issue.Application ofthe lawofextraterritoriality does, indeed, raise serious constitutional concerns, as the article's central section demonstrates. The desirable efficiencies of national …

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