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Death Penalty Law, Therese Michelle Day

Mercer Law Review

This Article provides a survey of death penalty case law in Georgia from June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009. The cases included in this Survey were decided by the Georgia Supreme Court on interim appeal and direct appeal, and in one instance, on denial of certiorari by the United States Supreme Court. Discussion is limited to claims that present new issues of law, refine existing law, or are otherwise instructive.

Labor And Employment Law, W. Melvin Haas Iii, William M. Clifton Iii, W. Jonathan Martin Iii, Glen R. Fagan

Mercer Law Review

This Article surveys recent developments in the state statutory and common law that affect labor and employment relations of Georgia employers. Accordingly, it surveys published decisions interpreting Georgia law from June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009. This Article also includes highlights of certain revisions to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.).

Torts, Deron R. Hicks, Travis C. Hargrove

Mercer Law Review

This Article surveys recent developments in Georgia tort law between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009.

Product Liability, Franklin P. Brannen Jr., Jacob E. Daly

Mercer Law Review

This Article surveys developments in Georgia product liability law during the period of June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009. It covers noteworthy cases decided during the survey period by the Georgia appellate courts, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and United States district courts located in Georgia. In addition, this Article discusses bills considered by the Georgia General Assembly during its 2009 session that are particularly relevant to product liability cases.

Wills, Trusts, Guardianships, And Fiduciary Administration, Mary F. Radford

Mercer Law Review

This Article describes selected cases and significant legislation from the period of June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009, that pertain to Georgia fiduciary law and estate planning.

University Of Minnesota Morris Constitution And By-Laws [Draft], December 2009 Revision, University Of Minnesota Morris Constitution Revision Committee

Constitution and By-laws

This is a draft version with comments.

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, December 1, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The December 1, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Catholic Institutions Of Higher Education And K-12 Schools Partnering For Social Justice: A Call For Scholarship, Joan Whipp, Martin Scanlan

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

This article calls for scholarship on emerging partnerships between Catholic institutions of higher education and Catholic K-12 schools that aim at socially just schooling. Justice, ethical care, learning, and social entrepreneurship are explored as possible conceptual frameworks for this research.

Direct Healthcare Costs Of Hip, Vertebral, And Non-Hip, Non-Vertebral Fractures., Nianwen Shi, Kathleen Foley, Gregory Lenhart, Enkhe Badamgarav

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

Limited data exist regarding the cost of non-hip, non-vertebral (NHNV) fractures. Although NHNV fractures may be less expensive than hip and vertebral fractures, they have a higher incidence rate. The objective of this study was to quantify first-year healthcare costs of hip, vertebral, and NHNV fractures. This was a claims-based retrospective analysis using a case-control design among patients with commercial insurance and Medicare employer-based supplemental coverage. Patients were > or =50 years old with a closed hip, vertebral, or NHNV fracture between 7/1/2001 and 12/31/2004, and continuous enrollment 6 months prior to and 12 months after the index fracture. Adjusted mean …

Reactivity Of Phenyldi(2-Thienyl)Phosphine Towards Group 7 Metal Carbonyls: Carbon–Phosphorus Bond Activation, Shishir Ghosh, Alok K. Das, Noorjahan Begum, Daniel T. Haworth, Sergey V. Lindeman, James R. Gardinier, Tasneem A. Siddiquee, Dennis W. Bennett, Ebbe Nordlander, Graeme Hogarth, Shariff E. Kabir

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Addition of phenyldi(2-thienyl)phosphine (PPhTh₂) to [Re₂(CO)_10−n(NCMe)_n] (n = 1, 2) affords the substitution products [Re₂(CO)_10−n(PhPTh₂)_n] (1, 2) together with small amounts of fac-[ClRe(CO)₃(PPhTh₂)₂] (3) (n = 2). Reaction of [Re₂(CO)₁₀] with PPhTh₂in refluxing xylene affords a mixture which includes 2, [Re₂(CO)₇(PPhTh₂)(μ-PPhTh)(μ-H)] (4), [Re₂(CO)₇(PPhTh₂)(μ-PPhTh)(μ-η¹,κ¹(S)-C₄H₃S)] (5) and …

Hand In Hand, Winter 2009

Hand in Hand

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Milwaukee, WI

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Economics Of The Super Bowl, Victor Matheson

Economics Department Working Papers

The Super Bowl is America’s premier sporting event. This paper details basic economic facts about the game as examines the controversy surrounding the purported economic impact of the game on host communities. While the league and sports boosters claim that the game brings up to a $500 million economic impact to host cities, a review of the literature suggests that the true economic impact is a fraction of this amount.

Nemo News, Volume 6, Issue 2, Uno Library Science Education

NEMO Newsletter

This issue of NEMO News features Advice from the Frontlines from Rebecca Sims, Important Dates and Reminders, Student Spotlight on Jacob Rundle, Contratulations, and 2010 Heartland School Library Conference.

Cytotoxin Compound And Method Of Isolation, Bill J. Baker, Thusahara Diyabalanage, James B. Mcclintock, Charles D. Amsler

USF Patents

A compound or groups of compounds, present in an active principle, derived from tunicates of the species Synoicum adareanum, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. Extracts from tunicates show selective toxicity against several different cancer cell lines in the NCI 60 cell line panel. These compounds are useful in the effective treatment of cancers, particularly malignant melanomas, colon cancer, and renal cancer cell lines.

Attorney Referral, Negligence, And Vicarious Liability, Bruce Ching

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Attorneys commonly refer clients to other attorneys.  Despite this routine practice, only a few jurisdictions have considered whether a referring attorney can be held liable for  a client’s loss when the attorney who receives the referral commits malpractice. This paper analyzes the three approaches used by courts in such situations, along with relevant provisions from the Model Code of Professional Responsibility and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.  First, the Michigan/Pennsylvania approach completely precludes liability for negligent attorney referral.  Second, the Florida/Illinois approach holds a referring attorney vicariously liable when he or she receives a fee for making the referral. …

Patent Expertise And The Regress Of Useful Arts, Andrew W. Torrance, Bill Tomlinson

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Recent studies and findings have unveiled that patent systems may not accomplish the goal of technological progress as well as a commons system, at least in terms of innovation, productivity, and social utility.  Employing The Patent Game, a multi-user interactive simulation of patent and non-patent (commons and open source) systems, the authors of this Article are currently comparing rates of innovation, productivity, and social utility, but with expert users possessing formal expertise in patent law and open innovation.

This Article presents results of this study, which indicates no statistically significant difference in rates of innovation among a pure patent system, …

In Re Marriage Of Matchen, 866 N.E.2d 683 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007): Illinois Removal Standards Do Not Match Up With The Current National Trend, Misty Edwards

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act provides that a parent who wishes to move out of the state of Illinois with a child must first petition the court for permission.  The court then bases its decision whether the child may be removed on the "best interests of the child" standard.  This Casenote examines the difficulty of applying the "best interests of the child" standard and advocates that Illinois adopt a standard favoring the present national trend: the ability of a custodial parent to move out of state unless motivated by bad faith.

Internet Gaming Trade Commitments: The Exaggerated Fears Of U.S. Vulnerability Under Multiple Trade Agreements, Timothy B. White

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

The United States is a party to many multilateral, regional, and bilateral trade agreements.  Under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, treaties trump inconsistent state law.  Because of a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) case where Antigua challenged various U.S. state and federal gaming laws as being inconsistent with its commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), many Americans fear that the commitments made under these trade agreements with respect to gambling and gambling services will threaten state regulation of gambling.  Specifically, the concern lies with regional trade agreements such as the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States …

Anaglym: A Graphics Engine Providing Secure Execution Of Applications, Josh Holtrop

Masters Projects

"The Anaglym graphics engine uses the Lua programming language as the high-level language in which to interpret Anaglym applications. Applications running inside Anaglym are Lua scripts that have a particular environment exposed to them. By default, when Lua is embedded inside a C or C++ host application, no Lua functions are available to the hosted script. Lua functions must be exported by the host environment to be callable by a Lua script."

Toward A Whole Language Curriculum For Teaching Reading In Spanish (Project), Lisa Marie Domke

Award Winners

Statistics from the United States Department of Education reveal that over half of the students in the United States lack foreign language proficiency. While immersion programs at the elementary level are the most successful model in helping students become proficient in a foreign language, they must have a clearly articulated curriculum. West Ottawa Public Schools recently began a Spanish immersion program, but lacks a Spanish reading curriculum. An evaluation of research reveals that the curriculum created for West Ottawa must capitalize on the fact that Spanish naturally divides into syllables and is an orthographically regular language. However, reading in Spanish …

Outcome And Haemato-Toxicity Of Two Chemotherapy Regimens For Childhood Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma In A Kenyan Hospital, William Macharia

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Background: Effectiveness and toxicity of childhood cancer treatments have never been evaluated in Kenya since introduction of structured care in the early seventies.

Objective:To evaluate effectiveness and toxicity of two treatment protocols for Non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL).

Design: Historical cohort study using medical records.

Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital, a tertiary care and medical teaching hospital.

Subjects: Children ≤ 15 years with diagnosis of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Main outcome measures: Primary outcomes were median survival, event free survival and toxicity.

Results: Out of 101 records, only 26 (25.7%) met inclusion criteria. Baseline characteristics were similar in the two treatment arms. …

Perceptions Of Mentoring And Induction In The State Of Arkansas, Bruce W. Bryant

College of Education Dissertations

This study examined the perceptions of novice teachers and mentors concerning the Arkansas model of mentoring. The independent variables of roles of the teachers (mentor teacher versus novice teacher) and gender (male versus female) were compared among the dependent variable for the overall score and its component parts that measured attitudes represented by scores related to activities, funding, time, and use of Pathwise®. A sample of teachers in Arkansas public schools who were employed as novice teachers (n = 160) or as mentors (n = 158) who have been involved in the process as outlined by the Arkansas Department of …

Principals Perceptions Of Factors Affecting Teacher Collaboration In Secondary Schools, Lonnie E. Myers

College of Education Dissertations

This qualitative multi-case study examined how various practicing secondary principals in the Northwest Region of Arkansas perceive teacher collaboration within secondary schools. Job-embedded opportunities for teacher collaboration have been cited as successful ways for promoting teacher learning, which in turn will promote increased student learning (Little, 1990). Researchers and theorists cite properly supported collaboration as key to lasting school improvement (DuFour & Eaker, 1998; Fullan, 1997; Little, 1990). In order for the practice of collaboration to be embedded in secondary schools, a culture must be created within a supportive environment to support the collaborative efforts. DuFour and Eaker (1998) credit …

Economic Investigation Of Community-Scale Versus Building Scale Net-Zero Energy, N. Fernandez, S. Katipamula, M. R. Brambley, T. A. Reddy

Publications (E)

The study presented in this report examines issues concerning whether achieving net-zero energy performance at the community scale provides economic and potentially overall efficiency advantages over strategies focused on individual buildings.

Don't Diss Integration: A Comment On Ricklefs's Disintegrating Communities, Rob W. Booker, Ragan M. Callaway, Lohengrin A. Cavieres, Zaal Kikvidze, Christopher J. Lortie, Richard Michalet, Francisco I. Pugnaire, Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, Thomas G. Whitham

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

An Economic Development Paradox: The Impact Of Linkages And Synergies Among Local Agents In The Development Of An Emergent Bioscience Cluster And Associated Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Francisco Montalvo

Student Scholarship

Although bioscience industrial clusters have been widely researched in the last decade, the role of knowledge creation, management, and transfer as driving forces for industrial cluster competitiveness remains unclear. A better appreciation of knowledge creation and retention as determinants of industrial cluster success, and the role of foreign direct investment may be of value to industry decision makers, policy makers, and researchers worldwide. Our research revealed a paradox regarding the intensity of foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational companies (MNCs) and the limited development of a local entrepreneurial ecosystem in an emergent bioscience cluster. While cluster development seems a logical …

Why They Stay: The Ideal Selves Of Persistent Women Engineers, Kathleen R. Buse

Student Scholarship

Women remain dramatically underrepresented in the engineering profession – and far fewer women than men persist in the field. In the first study of women who stay (vs. stray) from corporate engineering careers, we interviewed 21 long tenured female engineers and a control group of ten women who opted out of the profession after an average decade of employment to generate a grounded theory about their personal and professional “lived lives.” Women constitute only 11% of the U.S. corporate engineering workforce and remain as engineers for shorter periods of time than men. Several studies have described why women leave engineering …

Fly With Me: Developing The Skill Of Flying Tying, Suzanne M. Ciesla

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

No abstract provided.

Manifesting Love: Developing A Bible Camp Week For Gay Young Adults, Scott A. Luikart

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

This project serves to create an inclusive camp community to teach young gay adults about love and give them a sense of belonging in a religious setting. This sense will be manifested as the participants discuss four forms of love and create a personal manifesto. This project is grounded in Biblical scripture, and Lutheran tradition, but is not exclusive to the Lutheran tradition. Scripture, and literature sources were evaluated and considered in creating a structure for future implementation of a spiritually based camp. ___________________________________

An Examination Of The Organizational, Social And Psychological Climate For Individuals Infected With Or Affected By Hiv/Aids, Rashone Scott-Williams

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

An examination of the organizational, social and psychological climate for individuals infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS. Enclosed is an identification of the organizational (household), social (family, spouse, friends, church, etc.) and psychological (mental health, thoughts, feelings etc.) press/environment effecting individuals diagnosed with the virus or disease. This project examines and applies the elements of Ekvall’s 10 dimensions of a creative environment for women who are infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS; the results are reflected in a Creative Climate Survey. The participants of the survey were anonymous and voluntary. The survey was distributed throughout an entire month to a …