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Constitution, Human Rights And Republic: A Necessary Dialogue Between Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics And Boaventura De Sousa Santos's Diatopic Heremeneutics, Jania Maria Lopes Saldanha, Jose Luis Bolzan De Morais

Nevada Law Journal

When we think about the concept of human rights—including all the possible ways of its realization, and considering the complementarities and also the unity of different dimensions of the concept—we confront several difficult questions. In particular, in an age when constitutions and constitutional doctrine have already incorporated a substantive body of human rights law, we must address how some of the constitutional promises regarding individual rights have not been fulfilled. Additionally, we must consider how rights that foster solidarity in the economic, social, and cultural spheres have not been recognized.

This article operates on two levels. On one level, we …

The Veil That Covered France's Eye: The Right To Freedom Of Religion And Equal Treatment In Immigration And Naturalization Proceedings, Kendal Davis

Nevada Law Journal

In June 2008, France’s highest administrative court upheld a decision to deny citizenship to a Muslim woman because, essentially, she was ‘not French enough.’ This decision incited both praise and outrage in the international human rights arena regarding considerations such as the right to freedom of religion, gender equality, and citizenship.

This Note examines relevant French domestic law and international human rights instruments, and argues that while immigration and naturalization decisions remain an exercise of broad sovereign powers, the emerging human rights norm to be free from discrimination should apply in naturalization proceedings. Furthermore, despite judicial deference and flexibility to …

Relatedness Ofisolates Of A Novel Genus, Cronobacter, Formerly Known As Enterobacter Sakazakii, Tracy Anne Solseng

Food Safety

Members of the genus Cronobacter were once classified as Enterobacter sakazakii. These bacteria are opportunistic pathogens that are associated with necrotizing enteritis, sepsis and meningitis in neonatal or low-birth-weight infants and can result in death, slowed development, or extensive neurological disorders. In adults, they have been documented as a cause of bacteremia, osteomyelitis, and vaginitis. Previously, E. sakazakii was found in the midgut of stable flies. Research by Nangoh et al. determined that Cronobacter spp. (previously identified as E. sakazakii) are present in bison and bovine feces. In addition to the bison and bovine fecal isolates of Cronobacter spp. found …

Development Of Real-Time Pcr Method For Detection, Identification And Quantification Of Five Different Fusarium Species, Kakolie Goswami

Food Safety

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a fungal disease affecting cereal crops worldwide. FHB involves multiple Fusarium species that create food safety concerns by producing mycotoxins such as trichothecenes, zearalenone and moniliformin. Quantitative methods allowing rapid risk assessment of mycotoxigenic Fusarium species are needed to detect Fusarium spp. Real time quantitative PCR (qPCR) is a fast, sensitive and reliable alternative to conventional culture methods. An objective of the study was to develop TaqMan® based qPCR methods to detect, identify and quantify five different Fusarium species associated with FHB, namely F. graminearum, F culmorum, F avenceum, F poae and F sporotrichioides. The …

Proteomic And Molecular Analysis Of Methicillin Resistance And Selected Toxigenic Genes In Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus Spp From Food And Animal Sources., Racheal Aye

Food Safety

While most coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CNS) are apathogenic, recent evidence suggests some food and animal derived CNS isolates may carry and express virulence factors including classical enterotoxins, toxic shock syndrome, and methicillin resistance genes. The present study was designed to assess the potential role of CNS in the epidemiology of foodborne illnesses and to determine the likelihood of food and domestic animals as transmission vehicles of methicillin resistance. Of the animal-derived food samples tested, 27.3% (39/143) were Staphylococcus-positive compared to only 9.5% (23/242) of the plant foods. A total of 92 Staphylococcus spp cultured from 385 food (62/92) and 30 diagnostic …

Lord Of The Living Souls: Dominion And The Spiritual Lives Of Animals In Milton's Paradise Lost, Kurt William Russow

English

This paper examines Milton's views of the spiritual status of animals as presented in Paradise lost. It discusses how Milton enters into discussion with the discourses of 111 theology, philosophy, and both antique and modern science to construct his own nuanced view on the dominion humankind was theologically mandated to have over animals. Milton promotes a complex animal ethic based simultaneously on both hierarchy and kinship. Ultimately this ethic is used not only to celebrate animals, but also to celebrate a stewardship-oriented notion of a divinely ordained hierarchy.

"Putting On My Feminist Pants": How Academic Feminists Use Clothing To Construct Professional Identity, Katie Marie Gunter

English

Feminism has traditionally been concerned with issues of women's bodies; however, an examination of women's bodies in clothing has been largely overlooked, especially in relation to feminists themselves. Constructing identity for professional feminists in the context of clothing calls into question the traditional feminist binary of privileging the mind over the body. While many feminist writers discuss a rift between second and third wave feminists concerning views on clothing, no one has produced data to show that these views are still held. This paper investigates how second and third wave professional feminists view clothing in relation to the mind/body binary …

Enculturating Gender: Examining Bestselling Children's Picture Books, Kara Michele Smith

English

This research examines gender depictions in 20 current bestselling children's picture books. I argue that children's picture books, specifically those aimed at children 0-5 years of age, portray gender in a way that potentially limits girls in developing and achieving their goals because of the limited options presented to them based on gender and also constrains boys' emotional growth due to the rigid standards depicted for them. These depictions are especially critical during the Sensorimotor and Preoperational stages in children's development because they are developmentally primed for acquiring and being socialized to gender knowledge. Extending the work of Hamilton et …

Applying Graduate Student Perceptions Of Task Engagement To Enhance Learning Conditions, Johnette Caulfield

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Under what conditions are graduate students most likely to learn? How do we, as teachers, best create those conditions? The answer to these questions was the focus of this study whereby 91 masters’ students identified learning tasks that were most and least engaging. A model utilizing affective, behavioral and cognitive attributes was developed to measure graduate student engagement in learning tasks. Student survey data demonstrated a direct relationship between perceived value of the learning task, perceived effort put forth in achieving the learning task and perceived student engagement in learning. Multiple regression was used to predict engagement; two attributes, value …

Active Learning In Introductory Economics: Do Myeconlab And Aplia Make Any Difference?, Trien T. Nguyen, Angela Trimarchi

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This paper reports experiment results of teaching large classes of introductory economics with modern learning technology such as MyEconLab or Aplia. This new technology emerges partially in response to the enrollment pressure currently facing many institutions of higher education. Among other things, the technology provides an integrated online teaching and learning environment that allows active learning through student direct participation in the learning process as well as interaction with their instructor, peers, and the outside Internet. Our results showed that, for the classes in the experiment, modern learning technology could make a difference in helping students improve their class mark …

Personal Reflection: Sotl And Don't Perish!, Gerald Goh

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This reflection describes my early encounters with SoTL as I went through a critical period questioning my role and responsibilities as an academic and my journey with a cohort of students who made me realise that there is indeed a dire need for SoTL to bridge the nexus between a university academic’s teaching responsibilities as well as the global ‘publish or perish’ pressure most academics experience today

City Innovation Systems: The Metro Manila Experience, Aida L. Velasco

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)

City innovations, as defined by leading Southeast Asian researchers in urban and innovation studies, refer to new or improved solutions that contribute to enhanced liveability, prosperity, and equity of the city. These may be technological products, service or processes; institutional or organizational developments; administrative or legislative policies; or socio-cultural practices that create a more liveable environment, promote better economic conditions, and produce a more equitable social structure. City innovations cover both social and commercial innovation.

Uranium-Series Dating Of Gypsum Speleothems: Methodology And Examples, Laura Sanna, Francisco Saez, Siri Simonsen, Silviu Constantin, José-Maria Calaforra, Paolo Forti, Stein-Erik Lauritzen

International Journal of Speleology

The analytical problems of dating gypsum speleothems with the U-series technique are reviewed. Gypsum speleothems are, in general, very low in U content, challenging the limits of detection methods. Various approaches to dissolving gypsum and isolation of actinides from the matrix include ion-pairing dissolution with magnesium salts and using nitric acid. The most precise dating technique is Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (TIMS), combined with Fe(OH)₃ scavenging and anionic exchange chromatography. Less satisfactory, but much quicker, is direct retention of actinides from HNO₃ by means of TRU resin and MC-ICP-MS detection. We have tested these methods on gypsum speleothems …

Graduate Student Progress Tracking System, Pramodh Kumar Thalloji

Computer Science

In this paper, I propose and implement an application to track the graduate student progress in various Computer Science and Software Engineering graduate programs. This application will provide lists of students who in a given year or semester did not fulfill any of the numbered requirements of their programs. It will provide a list of students who passed the comprehensive or qualifier exams in that year or semester. It will also list the students who have taken longer than the time limit mandated by the Graduate School to complete their plan of study. This application was developed with the assumption …

Design Of The Photo Album Ontology, Mridula Sarker

Computer Science

At present, growing demand of the management of huge volume of web contents, especially photos, require the software tools, which can store, index and retrieve the photos from the repository more efficiently. In this paper, we proposed a design solution using the semantic web technology. The goal is to integrate this knowledge-based ontology into the photo management system to improve the experience of the user's accessibility in the photo warehouse. Most of the existing photo album management software tools are built using the convention of traditional approaches, such as key-word based search or low-level image annotation approaches, which make it …

Development Tools For Content Creation In Virtual Environments, Guy Eric Hokanson

Computer Science

lmmersive Virtual Environments (IVEs) for education are designed and implemented to enable students to learn complicated concepts in an exploratory and inquiry based manner. The environments are constructed so that multiple users can interact with the educational simulation and learn to think like a scientist. Developing these IVEs requires a multi-disciplinary development team that consists of more than just software engineers. It requires content experts to provide the information needed to create the best and most interactive lessons possible. While some content experts have a strong interest in technology and are capable of working with the development environment directly, many …

Delphic Dictum: How Has The Icj Contributed To The Global Rule Of Law By Its Ruling On Kovoso Kosovo In The Icj - The Case, Robert Howse, Ruti Teitel

Articles & Chapters

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Teachers' Perspectives On Changes In General And Special Education: Examining The Pieces Of The Puzzle, Janine Kane

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

To understand the impact of special education and educational changes that have occurred in rural schools in Iowa since 1975, this ethnographic qualitative inquiry examined the dispositions, beliefs, contexts, and recalled experiences of four teachers who began teaching around the time the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) was enacted in 1975 and continued teaching until after the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was enacted in 2002. In addition, the research project explored the teachers' views of the impact various educational changes had on them, their colleagues, and the students they taught.

The group of four participants, with …

Leisure And Aging: A Content Analysis Of Leisure Textbooks And Leisure Academic Journal Articles, Leila Rod-Welch

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study will review literature related to leisure and aging. We live in an aging society. People are expected to live healthier and longer. Therefore, there is a need to analyze how older adults are portrayed in leisure textbooks and academic journal articles which are typically used to educate and train recreation professionals. This study explores whether leisure textbooks published in the United States addressed the topic of aging and, if so, to what extent. In addition, any differences between leisure textbooks and specialty leisure and aging textbooks were analyzed. A content analysis of 54 leisure textbooks from six U.S. …

Obscenity And Pornography: A Historical Look At The American Library Association, The Commission On Obscenity And Pornography, And The Supreme Court, Gretchen Brooke Gould

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

There was a time when accessing pornographic and obscene materials was much more difficult than it is today. Prosecuted in 1868, Regina v. Hicklin was the first known obscenity case tried under the Obscene Publications Act in Great Britain. The United States Supreme Court first addressed obscenity in the 1957 case of Roth v. United States and grappled with setting standards or creating criteria by which obscenity could be defined. In the 1960s, multiple proposals for federal legislation to crack down on obscenity were offered. The American Library Association (ALA) stepped in to voice its concern and provide professional input …

Language Exclusionary Behavior And Attitudes Toward Immigrants, Christine L. Bennett

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Immigrants often speak languages that natives do not understand, leading to intentional or inadvertent ostracism, which in turn may increase perceptions of threat. For example, English language participants excluded from a conversation in Spanish report more negative reactions than participants excluded in English (Hitlan, Kelly, & Zarate, 2010). Integrated threat theory (ITT) suggests that there are four threats that lead to prejudice toward outgroups such as immigrants: realistic threat, symbolic threat, intergroup anxiety, and negative stereotypes (Stephan, Ybarra, & Bachman, 1999). The current study expanded upon prior research by ostracizing participants in English, Spanish, or Arabic and then measuring participants' …

Agronomic Performance Of Five Varieties Of Forage Grasses Inroduced In Carmen Pampa, Province Of Nor Yungas, La Paz, Joel Eliseo Bautista Vargas

Theses and Dissertations

This study was done with the objective of evaluating the agronomic performance of five varieties of forage grasses introduced to the community of Carmen Pampa in the province of Nor Yungas, La Paz from 2005-2006. The average temperature during the study was 11.93ºC and the average precipitation was 801.75 mm. The trial was done with a design of randomized blocks having five species and six repetitions. The species studied were: Panicum virgatum, Sorghastrum nutans, Andropogon gerardii, Tripsacum dactyloides, and Eragrostis curvula. Variables evaluated were: plant height (cm), coverage (%), number of plants, bunches of florets, and dry matter yield (kg/ha). …

Why The Eitc Doesn’T Make Work Pay, Anne L. Alstott

Law and Contemporary Problems

Alstott offers an evaluation of the significance of the credit and, in a historical spirit, hark back to an earlier, critical perspective on the earned income tax credit (EITC)--a perspective rarely heard in recent years. She argues that these concerns remain apt, despite the expansion of the EITC and oft-repeated praise for its importance as an antipoverty program. Moreover, she highlights three features of U.S. law that constrain the effectiveness of the EITC in improving the wellbeing of low-income workers and their children: labor and employment laws that structure markets that produce low wages and harsh working conditions, laws that …

Sidelined: Title Ix Retaliation Cases And Women’S Leadership In College Athletics, Erin E. Buzuvis

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Seeing Is Believing: The Detainee Abuse Photos And "Open" Government's Enduring Resistance To Their Release During An Age Of Terror, Jay A. Yagoda

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

A Poor Player: Exempting Theatrical Productions From Smoke-Free Laws, Michael Freiberg

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Gulf Of Mexico Coastal Communities' Resiliency Through Participatory Community Engagement, Shirley Laska, Kristina Peterson, Michelle E. Alcina, Jonathan West, Ashley Volion, Brent Tranchina, Richard Krajeski

CHART Publications

No abstract provided.

Valuing Grief: A Proposal To Compensate Relocated Public Housing Residents For Intangibles, Dawn Jourdan, Ryan Feinberg

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Squelching Student Speech In Florida?: Cyberbullying And The First Amendment, Kara Carnley Murrhee

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Bleeping Expletives: Adequate Protection Of The Public Or Unjustified Censorship?, Chad M. Muir

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.