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Review Of Beyond Liberal Democracy, Sor-Hoon Tan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Beginning with an account of Ronald Dworkin’s two-week visit toChina in 2002 as an example of how “uniquely parochial” post–WorldWar II Western liberal democratic theory and theorists have been,Daniel A. Bell proceeds to examine how theories of human rights,democracy, and capitalism (“main hallmarks of liberal democracy”)have become substantially modified when transmitted to East Asiansocieties. Bell brings a wealth of interesting material to support hisargument that “[w]hat is right for East Asians does not simply involveimplementing Western-style political practices when the opportunitypresents itself; it involves drawing upon East Asian political realitiesand cultural traditions that are defensible to contemporary EastAsians” (p. 8). …

Clinical And Histologic Evaluations Of Healing In An Extraction Socket Filled With Platelet-Rich Fibrin, Jiing-Huei Zhao, Chung-Hung Tsai, Yu-Chao Chang

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) is an immune and platelet concentrate that contains all constituents of a blood sample favorable to healing and immunity on a single fibrin membrane. However, limited information is currently available concerning the histologic healing of extraction sockets using PRF. This report presents the clinical and histologic characteristics of a patient who underwent a tooth extraction which was filled with PRF. The right mandibular second molar was removed from a 47-year-old male patient, and the socket was filled with PRF as the sole grafting material in preparation for placing an implant after wound healing. The extraction site …

Effects Of Different Surface Treatments On The Color Stability Of Various Dental Porcelains, Isil Sarikaya, Ahmet Umut Güler

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose There is a lack of information in the few studies reporting on the stainability of dental porcelain materials. However no studies have been found that investigated effects of polishing methods and staining agents on the color stability of dental porcelains. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of different polishing techniques on the color stability of various dental porcelains. Materials and methods Fifty-five specimens were prepared for each of feldspathic (Vita VMK 95, Ceramco III), low-fusing porcelain (Matchmaker), and machinable feldspathic porcelain blocks (Vitablocs Mark II). The prepared specimens were divided into 11 groups ( …

Lysyl Oxidase-Like 3 Mrna Expression Indicates Poor Survival From Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Tzong-Ming Shieh, Shun-Yao Ko, Shu-Shin Chang, Kuo-Wei Chang, Yin-Hua Shih, Chung-Ji Liu

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is highly prevalent worldwide. Lysyl oxidase (LOX) is an important enzyme that modulates the extracellular matrix. The LOX superfamily contains LOX and LOX-like (LOXL) enzymes. The aim of the present study was to determine the expressions of LOXL genes in OSCC. Materials and methods RT-PCR was performed to detect messenger (m)RNA expression of the LOXL genes, LOX-L1 , -L3 , and -L4 , in paired OSCC and non-cancerous matched tissues (NCMTs). Results Increased mRNA expressions of LOX-L1 and LOX-L3 in OSCC relative to NCMTs were identified in 41% and 65% of OSCC samples, …

Effects Of Different Ceramic And Dentin Thicknesses On The Temperature Rise During Photocuring, Wen-Chieh Kuo, Yen-Hsiang Chang, Chun-Li Lin, Jau-Shing Kuo

Journal of Dental Sciences

Abstract Background/purpose The aims of this investigation were to describe the effect of different ceramic and remaining dentin thicknesses on substrate temperature during photocuring, and investigate whether the temperature increased by >5.5°C for different dentin/ceramic combinations. Materials and methods Three groups of dentin thicknesses of 1.0 (D1.0), 1.5 (D1.5), and 2.0 mm (D2.0), and three groups of ceramic thicknesses of 1.5 (C1.5), 2.5 (C2.5), and 3.5 mm (C3.5) were examined. Temperature changes and the maximum temperature were observed under a high-intensity halogen light (QTH-Atralis 10 ECS program at 1200 mW/cm2 for 30 seconds, Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Schaan, Liechtenstein). Four groups, …

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Thai Environment

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บทของ ราไวท์ "Phanerochatete Chrysosporium" กับการย่อยสลายสารพิษ

Thai Environment

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พฤกษศาสตร์พื้นบ้านกับการอนุรักษ์พืชพื้นเมือง หมู่บ้านปางช้าง ตำบลพง อำเภอสันติสุข จังหวัดน่าน, อัญชลี น่วมมี, ต่อศักดิ์ สีลานันท์, กนกวรรณ เสรีภาพ

Thai Environment

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Happiness In Business Or Law, Peter H. Huang

Publications

This article provides a short introduction to recent happiness research and its applications to business or law that is organized as follows. Section I briefly considers: (1) troubling and not so troubling reservations about happiness research, and (2) how money and happiness are related. Section II concisely surveys two sets of applications of happiness research to business, namely: (1) workplace well-being and meaning, and (2) marketing. Section III succinctly reviews two categories of happiness research implications for law: (1) business regulation, and (2) law student and lawyer happiness.

Imaginary Threats To Government's Expressive Interests, Helen Norton

Publications

The Supreme Court’s emerging government speech doctrine permits the government to refuse to allow other parties to join, and thus change or distort, its own message. In this way, the government speech doctrine appropriately protects government’s legitimate – and valuable – expressive interests by providing a defense to free speech clause claims by private speakers who seek to compel the government to deliver their own views. Too often, however, governmental bodies are asserting their own expressive interests to claim – and some courts are permitting them to exercise – the power to punish private parties’ speech that does not threaten …

The Equal Protection Implications Of Government's Hateful Speech, Helen Norton

Publications

Under what circumstances should we understand government's racist or otherwise hateful speech to violate the Equal Protection Clause? Government speech that communicates hostility or animus on the basis of race, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, or other class status can facilitate private parties' discriminatory behavior, deter its targets from certain important opportunities or activities, and communicate a message of exclusion and second-class status. Contemporary equal protection doctrine, however, does not yet fully address the harms that such government expression potentially poses. The recent emergence of the Court's government speech doctrine--which to date has emphasized the value of government expression without …

Book Review, Derek Kiernan-Johnson

Publications

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Cellphone Searches: Works Like A Computer, Protected Like A Pager?, Byron Kish

Catholic University Law Review

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How Government Housing Perpetuates Racial Segregation: Lessons From Post-Katrina New Orleans, Stacy E. Seicshnaydre

Catholic University Law Review

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An Article I Theory Of The Inherent Powers Of The Federal Courts, Benjamin H. Barton

Catholic University Law Review

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A Standard For Salvation: Evaluating “Hybrid-Rights” Free-Exercise Claims, William J. Haun

Catholic University Law Review

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My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Ginger Williams

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article looks at the personal library of the author. As a librarian, her literary preferences are a microcosm of her diverse interests. The two best books that she read in a while are "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski and "The Last American Man" by Elizabeth Gilbert. She names four autographed books in her collection. She relates her determination to bring her copy of "Delia's Complete Illustrated Cookery Course" back home.

The Terrorist Detention Review Reform Act: Detention Policy And Political Reality, Walter E. Kuhn

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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Secrets Behind Secrets: Disclosure Of Classified Information Before And During Trial And Why Cipa Should Be Revamped, Melanie Reid

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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The Geography Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Within Urban Areas Of India, Jochen Albrecht, Peter Marcotullio, Andrea Sarzynski

Publications and Research

This paper examines the patterns of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from urban areas in India—a rapidly growing and urbanizing nation. It uses a new dataset, Emission Dataset for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) to estimate the urban share of national GHG emissions. It presents a geographic picture of emission variation by urban form (urban population size, area size, density, and growth rate), and economic (GDP and GDP per capita), geographic (location of emissions released: 20, 40, and 80 km from urban areas), and biophysical (ecosystem and climate: cooling degree days) characteristics. Dependent variables include emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), …

Public Participation Gis Implementation And The Transformation Of Us Planning Practice, Laxmi Ramasubramanian

Publications and Research

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Cultural Competence In Urban Affairs And Planning, Tom Angotti, Marly Pierre-Louis, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Sigmund Shipp, Angela Tovar

Publications and Research

In the Fall of 2009, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) undertook the Centro Cultural Competence Initiative (CCI) with the support of a one-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). The goal of the CCI is to address the need for culturally appropriate work in a variety of professions by training students to be culturally competent practitioners. In the Fall of 2010, the Urban Affairs and Planning Department at Hunter College joined CENTRO as a partner in this initiative. Full time Professors Sigmund Shipp, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, and Tom Angotti worked …

Using Temperature Profiles To Investigate The Hyporheic Zone In An Agricultural Drainage Ditch, Richard A. Suggs

Theses and Dissertations

During the last three decades, there has been much research on ground water/surface water interaction and hyporheic zone processes in natural rivers and streams. Research into natural systems has revealed significant ground water/surface water interaction and a complex variability that depends primarily on surface conditions, subsurface composition, and seasonal influences. Hyporheic zone interaction is an important factor contributing to water quality of both surface water and ground water systems.

This research expands on the concept of using heat transport, as revealed by temperature variation, as an analogue for water movement within a surface water/ground water system to include the man-made …

Facilitating Crimes: An Inquiry Into The Selective Invocation Of Offenses Within The Continuum Of Criminal Procedures, Kyle Graham

Faculty Publications

Conventional wisdom holds that all crimes run a gauntlet of procedures that begins with an investigation and arrest, leads to charging and arraignment, and culminates (at least in successful prosecutions) with a conviction and the application of punishment. The reality is more nuanced. As this article's empirical study of the invocation and utilization of specific crimes contained within the United States Code indicates, there exist “detention crimes,” “charging crimes,” and “pleading crimes,” three types of offenses that, as applied, tend to implicate only portions of this sequence.

This article examines the three categories of “facilitating crimes” and the benefits and …

Mennonite College Of Nursing Annual Report, 2010-2011, Mennonite College Of Nursing

Annual Reports - Mennonite College of Nursing

Annual report of the Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University

Anthology Of American Literature - Tenth Edition, Volume One, George Mcmichael, James S. Leonard, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, David Bradley, Dana D. Nelson, Joseph Csicsila

Covers, Titles, and Tables: The Formations of American Literary Canons in Anthologies - Archive

Contains Title Page, Table of Contents

Psychological Functioning In Adulthood: A Self-Efficacy Analysis, Daniele Artistico, Jane M. Berry, Justin Black, Dan Cervone, Courtney Lee, Heather Orom

Psychology Faculty Publications

In the first edition of this handbook, we laid the foundation for a self-efficacy approach to understanding learning in adulthood. We examined self-efficacy applications to learning in adulthood from two broad-based theoretical perspectives: KAPA (knowledge and appraisal personality architecture; Cervone, 2004a) and SOC (selective optimization with compensation, Baltes, Lindenberger, & Staudinger, 2006). Both perspectives emphasize the dynamic interplay between dispositional, motivational, situational, and developmental contexts for successful functioning and adaptation in life. In this edition, we build upon earlier claims with new evidence regarding the central role of self-efficacy to adult development, aging, and well-being in memory, health, work, and …

Impact Of Netbook Computers On One District's Social Studies Curriculum, Joel Schleicher

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data to determine the overall impact of a pilot netbook initiative in five social studies classrooms. The researcher explored the impact on teaching and learning social studies with the primary source of curriculum delivery through one-to-one netbook computer access by students. It also focused on student perception of engagement, productivity, and learning of social studies curriculum through the utilization of a netbook computer in place of a traditional textbook in a social studies classroom.

The research and data collection, through the Grand Forks Public Schools Social Studies …

Palliative Care For People Living With Hiv/Aids In Uganda: An Investigation Of Patients & Caregiver’S Outcome And Professional Perspectives, Wesley Too

School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa

Background: Although antiretroviral treatment is expanding in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization advocates for integration of palliative care with HAART because pain, other distressing symptoms and complex psychosocial challenges persist throughout the HIV trajectory. Palliative care improves the outcome for patients with HIV and may complement antiretroviral treatment by increasing adherence through better management of side effects from the treatment, providing patient and family-centred holistic care, and giving end-of-life care when necessary. However, integrating what have become two disciplines is challenging. Aim: To study the implications for palliative care provision in the context of changing policy to universal access …

X-Band Synthesizer For High Frequency Airborne Applications, Kevin Ivanca

Theses and Dissertations

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