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Anxiety Of Synecdoche: Displacing The Essential In Invisible Man, Benjamin Bascom

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.

Introduction, Margaret P. Battin, Arthur G. Lipman

Utah Law Review

The landscape of drug theory, policy, and practice is highly "siloed" divided into differing spheres of discussion that appeal to differing underlying assumptions, that are regulated by different federal and other entities operating under quite different rationales, and that have quite different consequences for people who use drugs, from prescription medications to a social drink in the evening to illegal street drugs. This is the circumstance we find inconsistent, incoherent and disturbing-and to which this collection is addressed.

High Society: Call To Arms, Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

Utah Law Review

If you wonder why I call our nation a high society, consider just one fact. Although we Americans are only 4 percent of the world's population, we consilme two-thirds of the world's illegal drugs. l And that, my friends, is only the tip of the iceberg. HIGH SOCIETY. is a book about the pervasive and pernicious role of alcohol and drug abuse in our 'country? It shows how such abuse causes and aggravates just about every intractable problem our nation faces. And it calls for a revolution in our attitude about substance abuse and addiction and how we deal with …

The Most Wanted Boys In The World, Ruth And Kim Hackford-Peer

Utah Law Review

My partner and I met in college twelve years ago. Shortly before Kim moved in with me, my grandma called to telline that I wasn't allowed to "just shack up with some gal and live in sin." She told me I would have to get married. She shushed me when I told her we were denied that particular civil right and added that she got married to my Grandpa by using a fake ID. She told me the most important thing is to make a commitment and stick with it. I told her I wouldn't let her down.

"You Only Donated Sperm": Using Intent To Uphold Paternityagreements, Jesse Michael Nix

Utah Law Review

Ruth and Kim Hackford-Peer identify themselves as a lesbian couple who went to great lengths to have children in "The Most Wanted Boys in the World." Using sperm donations from two different men, Ruth was able to have, two children through artificial insemination. As a result, Ruth is the legal mother of both children, but Kim is the legal mother of Oflly one because she adopted the fust child while living out-of-state, but could not adopt the second child under Utah's adoption laws. In the monologue, "Telling," Martha Ertman describes herself as a single lesbian woman who wants a child. …

Two Steps Behind: The Law's Struggle To Keep Pace With The Changing Dynamics Of The American Family, Jason M. Merrill

Utah Law Review

While the dynamics of the U.S. family hav shifted from traditional to alternative, many laws remain centered around trad tional family policy. In areas of the law involving child visitation rights, non-marital cohabitation, and caretaking policies, the focus on traditional family form rather than modem family function has resulted in a failure to fully accommodate the needs of alternative families.

Grandparent Custody Disputes And Visitation Rights: Balancing The Interests Of The Child, Parents, And Grandparents, Tara Nielson, Robin Bucaria

Utah Law Review

In many cultures, the basic family unit is the extended family-three and even four generations living under the same roof, nurturing the children and caring for the elderly with blended responsibilities. If a mother left behind young children, she felt it was only right for the children to be raised by aunts or grandmothers because that was in the children's best interest. Under the American legal, system, however, the best interest of the child is a judicial etermination that takes into account a myriad of tangible and, intangible factor that are often grounded in outdated cultural norms.

Disability-Selective Abortion And The Americans With Disabilities Act, Dov Fox, Christopher L. Griffin, Jr.

Utah Law Review

This Article examines the influence of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on affective attitudes toward children with disabilities and on the incidence of disability-selective abortion. Applying regression analysis to U.S. natality data, we find that the birthrate of children with Down syndrome declined significantly in the years following the ADA’s passage. Controlling for technological, demographic, and cultural variables suggests that the ADA may have encouraged prospective parents to prevent the existence of the very class of people it was designed to protect. We explain this paradox by showing the way in which specific ADA provisions could have given rise …

Web Site Proprietorship And Online Harassment, Nancy S. Kim

Utah Law Review

Although harassment and bullying have always existed, when such behavior is conducted online, the consequences can be uniquely devastating. The anonymity of harassers, the ease of widespread digital dissemination, and the inability to contain and/or eliminate online information can aggravate the nature of harassment on the Internet. Furthermore, section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides Web site sponsors with immunity for content posted by others and no incentive to remove offending content.

Locating The Environmental Harm In Environmental Crimes, Susan F. Mandiberg

Utah Law Review

The current approach to environmental harm is odd from a criminal law perspective. The environmental criminal statutes barely deal with the subject at all. The environmental sentencing guidelines, on the other hand, focus almost entirely on harm. The resulting system does not adequately address the role of harm in evaluating the seriousness of environmental crimes or in graduating punishment for different levels of offenders. Although the situation could be resolved through amendments to the sentencing guidelines, a statutory approach has certain advantages from a societal perspective. There is no need to jettison the current statutory approach, which works well to …

Adoption Of Infants Born To Unaware, Unwed Fathers: A Statutory Proposal That Better Balances The Interests Involved, Tyler M. Hawkins

Utah Law Review

In December, Robert and Carol became engaged and Robert moved into Carol’s home. Their relationship deteriorated, however, and in February of the following year Robert moved out. Although Carol was pregnant when Robert left, Carol hid this fact from Robert, apparently fearful Robert would think “she was trying to coerce him into marriage.” During the following weeks, Carol asked her friends, a married couple, if they would adopt her and Robert’s child. The couple agreed. In October, Carol gave birth to a baby boy, who was delivered to the adoptive parents upon Carol’s discharge from the hospital.

Essentials Of Anatomy & Physiology, Steelman Library, B Mcconchie Dr.

Syllabus Repository

No abstract provided.

Development And Application Of An Optimization Model For Elite Level Shot Putting, Michael Young

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Shot putting is one of the most ancient forms of athletic competition. Considerable research has been performed on the event. Despite this fact, research examining performance in the women’s shot put and using the spin technique is very limited. Also, only one attempt has been made to optimize the movement of elite shot putting and no attempts have been made to use the optimization model as a standard for technical training intervention. A series of three experiments were used to explore the development of an optimization model for shot putting and its application as a basis for technical intervention for …

Temperature Impact On Nitrification And Bacterial Growth Kinetics In Acclimating Recirculating Aquaculture Systems Biofilters, Milton Maada-Gomoh Saidu

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This project assessed short-term temperature effects on total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) utilization rates in a batch laboratory-scale recirculating system. The tank system was designed for experiments on short term steady state and diurnal temperatures. A set of numerical models was developed to simulate observed results. The performance of the biofilters was determined with three tank replicates at fixed temperatures of 13, 20 and 300C; and at diurnal transient (sinusoidal) temperature regimes of (20 ± 30C; 30 ± 30C). Ammonia utilization rates and biofilter performance for beads acclimated at different temperatures regimes separated and mixed were also determined. Total ammonia utilization …

Moving Over Mountains: A Woman On The Appalachian Trail, Jessica Susan Matthews

LSU Master's Theses

This project examines the experience of a woman on the Appalachian Trail. It is my aim in undertaking this project to evaluate my own personal experiences in order to explore the way the Appalachian Trail is conceptualized as a space, and then experienced as a place. My own experiences will be connected to and contrasted by experiences I have with other hikers. It is through my own experiences and those of others that I hope to highlight the ways that spaces and mobilities are gendered in our society and the ways that those expectations are usurped. The wilderness might be …

Derivatization Of Porphyrins For Dna And Metal Ion Binding, Especially By Employing Secondary Sulfonamide Links, Janet Manono

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Porphyrins are of exceptional importance in nature, science and technology: For instance, as ligands for metals in supramolecular synthesis, as photosenstizers in photodynamic therapy (PDT), and as building blocks for electronic devices. In addition to their application in cancer therapy, porphyrin species also exhibit antiviral activity. New meso-tetraarylporphyrins (TArP, Ar = -C₆H₄-) of the general formula, T(R¹R²NSO₂Ar)P, with R¹ = N-py-n-CH₂ (n = 2, 3 or 4) or SO₃^- and R² = H or CH₃ were synthesized. These groups were linked to the …

Arthropod And Vertebrate Determinants For Horizontal Transmission Of Rickettsia Felis, Kathryn Elizabeth Reif

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Rickettsia felis is a gram-negative bacterium predominantly described in the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis. Since first described in 1990 in a commercial cat flea colony in the United States, R. felis has been detected in numerous arthropod species in 28 countries around the world. Additionally, as the etiologic agent of flea-borne rickettsiosis, R. felis can cause disease in humans, with patients presenting with clinical symptoms typical of rickettsial diseases including: fever, headache, and myalgia. Transmission of R. felis within flea colonies is predominantly via vertical (transovarial and transstadial) transmission and mechanisms of horizontal transmission are undescribed. Studies are needed to …

The Agricultural Industry As Percieved By Members Of The General Public Of Louisiana, Julie Baker Richard

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge and perceptions of the animal, plant, environmental, and food sciences by the adult residents of Louisiana. This study was conducted using a survey research design. This survey utilized random telephone dialing techniques in order to survey 547 residents of Louisiana. The survey instrument consisted of fifty-five questions divided into three sections: demographic characteristics, agriculture knowledge, and perception of agriculture. The overall mean agriculture knowledge score of adult residents of Louisiana for the twenty items included in the survey instrument equaled 13.60 (SD = 2.743) or 68%. Perceptions of agriculture results …

Capillary Electrophoretic Separations Of Enzyme Inhibitors With Activity-Based Detection, Xiaoyan Yan

LSU Master's Theses

A technique for separating and detecting enzyme inhibitors was developed using capillary electrophoresis with an enzyme microreactor. The on-column enzyme microreactor was constructed using one or two NdFeB magnets in two configurations to immobilize alkaline phosphatase-coated superparamagnetic beads with diameters of 2.8 µm inside a capillary before the detection window. Enzyme inhibition assays were performed by injecting a plug of inhibitor into a capillary filled with an alkaline phosphatase substrate, AttoPhos. Product generated in the enzyme microreactor was detected by laser-induced fluorescence. Inhibitor zones electrophoresed through the capillary, passed through the enzyme microreactor, and were observed as negative peaks due …

Particle-Chemical Interactions And Environmental Chemodynamics Of Fine And Ultrafine Particles In A Natural Disaster Scenario, Nicholas A. Ashley

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The interactions of fine and ultrafine particles with chemicals play a dominant role in determining the mobility and availability of pollutants in the environment. Fine particles in sediments can sequester chemicals from the water column, and release volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds to the gas phase upon exposure to air. Ultrafine particles which are photoreactive can degrade these vapor-phase contaminants, and may transform the molecules into species which are more toxic or hazardous than the parent. As the widespread, commercial use of ultrafine particles becomes more common, understanding the chemodynamics of these particles and their interactions with chemicals in the …

Polymer-Based Microfluidic Devices For High Throughput Single Molecule Detection: Applications In Biological And Drug Discovery, Paul Ichide Okagbare

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The realization of high throughput sample processing has become a primary ambition in many research applications with an example being high throughput screening (HTS), which represents the first step in the drug discovery pipeline. Microfluidics is a viable platform for parallel processing of biochemical reactions to increase data production rates due to its ability to generate fluidic networks with a high number of processors over small footprints suitable for optical imaging. Single-molecule detection (SMD) is another technology which has emerged to facilitate the realization of high throughput data processing afforded by its ability to eliminate sample processing steps and generate …

The Fate And Transport Of Light Petroleum Hydrocarbons In The Lower Mississippi River Delta, Samantha Nicole Danchuk

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Important processes governing the fate and transport of light petroleum hydrocarbons in the Lower Mississippi River and other river delta systems are not adequately represented in existing oil spill models. In response, three methods were introduced to include the effects of dynamic annual discharges and variation of shoreline type on shoreline retention and re-floatation and the potential of oil- mineral aggregate formation based contributing environmental factors. Parcel tracking was used, in conjunction with detailed shoreline types correlated to flow rate, to evaluate the benefits of using multiple shoreline re-floatation half lives correlated to shoreline type instead of a single half …

Genetic Linkage Map Of Lcp 85-384, Genetic Diversity Of A S. Spontaneum Collection And The Contribution Of S. Spontaneum To Louisiana Commerical Germplasm, Suman Andru

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Sequence related amplification polymorphism (SRAP) marker technique was used to assess genetic relationships and diversity among genotypes of Saccharum and allied genera. In the SRAP technique, the primers were arbitrarily designed with an AT- and GC-rich motif to anneal introns and exons, respectively. The level of polymorphism observed proved that the SRAP system was robust and amplified markers across species and genera and established evolutionary history interconnecting members of the Saccharum complex. The resolving power of the SRAP markers coupled with the fact that some of the amplicons could be amplifying gene-rich regions from diverse loci of the genome, was …

Common Raven Nests In North Dakota After 100-Year Hiatus, Melvin P. Nenneman, Todd A. Grant, Ron E. Martin

The Prairie Naturalist

Our observations represent the first documented nesting by the common raven in North Dakota since the late 1800's. Houston (1977) suggested that the expansion of the American crow onto the Canadian prairies was limited by the scarcity of trees for nest sites, which also might have limited the extent of the common raven. Aspen woodland has increased substantially in and around J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge since European settlement, due primarily to fire suppression and extirpation of large herbivores (Grant and Murphy 2005). Thus, plausibly these increases in woodland habitat might be providing nest sites necessary for the common …

Factors Associated With Duck Use Of Impounded And Natural Wetlands In Western South Dakota, Jane E. Austin, Deborah A. Buhl

The Prairie Naturalist

Many wetlands in the northern Great Plains west of the Missouri River are stock ponds, created by impoundment of natural drainages or excavation of existing wetlands to provide water for livestock or improve habitat for waterfowl. We evaluated factors influencing use of wetlands by breeding duck pairs and broods relative to modification, water regime, size, and hydrological location on United States Forest Service lands within the Grand River National Grassland in northern South Dakota (2003 and 2004). Responses for both indicated pairs and broods were related positively to wet area, total wetland area within 4 km, emergent edge cover, and …

Brood Parasitism In A North American Population Of White-Faced Ibis, Mark E. Clark

The Prairie Naturalist

In 2007 while monitoring reproductive success among various overwater nesting birds at J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota, I observed parasitism of a white-faced ibis nest by a cattle egret. I located a nest on 23 May 2007 that contained four white-faced ibis eggs and one cattle egret egg. The nest was located in the middle of a small colony of nesting white-faced ibis (approximately 35 pairs) and black-crowned night herons (approximately 30 pairs). On 3 June 2007 all of the eggs were still present in the nest, but two of the white-faced ibis eggs began hatching …

The Influence Of Fallback Foods On Great Ape Tooth Enamel, Paul J. Constantino, Peter W. Lucas, James J.-W. Lee, Brian R. Lawn

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Lucas and colleagues recently proposed a model based on fracture and deformation concepts to describe how mammalian tooth enamel may be adapted to the mechanical demands of diet (Lucas et al.: Bioessays 30[2008] 374-385). Here we review the applicability of that model by examining existing data on the food mechanical properties and enamel morphology of great apes (Pan, Pongo, and Gorilla). Particular attention is paid to whether the consumption of fallback foods is likely to play a key role in influencing great ape enamel morphology. Our results suggest that this is indeed the case. We also consider the implications of …

Eagle Executive Magazine, Georgia Southern University

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Comparison Of The Complete Genome Sequencesof Bifidobacterium Animalis Subsp. Lactis Dsm 10140 And Bl-04, R. Barrangou, E. P. Briczinski, L. L. Traeger, J. R. Loquasto, M. Richards, P. Horvath, A. C. Coute-Monvoisin, G. Leyer, S. Rendulic, J. L. Steele, Jeff Broadbent, T. Oberg, E. G. Dudley, S. Schuster, D. A. Romero, R. F. Roberts

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

Bifidobacteria are important members of the human gut flora, especially in infants. Comparative genomic analysis of two Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis strains revealed evolution by internal deletion of consecutive spacer-repeat units within a novel clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat locus, which represented the largest differential content between the two genomes. Additionally, 47 single nucleotide polymorphisms were identified, consisting primarily of nonsynonymous mutations, indicating positive selection and/or recent divergence. A particular nonsynonymous mutation in a putative glucose transporter was linked to a negative phenotypic effect on the ability of the variant to catabolize glucose, consistent with a modification in the …

Patterning High Surface Area Silica With Lysozyme: Adsorption Kinetics, Fluorescence Quenching, And Protein Readsorption Studies To Evaluate The Templated Surface, Rachel M. Greer, Brittni A. Scruggs, R Alan May, Bert D. Chandler

Chemistry Faculty Research

A method was developed for using an inexpensive and widely available protein, hen egg white lysozyme, as a patterning agent for commercial high surface area silicas. The basic patterning methodology involved spontaneous adsorption of the protein from aqueous solution, alkylation of the uncovered surface with an alkylsiloxane, and protein desorption in a slightly alkaline solution of morpholine. Adsorption kinetic studies using Bradford assays assisted in determining protein deposition conditions. These studies were generally consistent with results on more planar silica surfaces and indicated that the protein quickly and strongly adsorbs along its long axis at low surface coverages. A modified …