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The Neurophysiology Of Adr And Process Design: A New Approach To Conflict Prevention And Resolution?, Jeremy Lack, François Bogacz

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

Neurobiology seems to be popping up everywhere. It is being taught in leadership conferences, sales and marketing seminars, management meetings, business schools, and increasingly in law schools and bar associations. The cover of the American Bar Association's Summer 2011 Dispute Resolution Magazine was dedicated to the topic of "Neuroscience and Negotiation." In it, Professor Richard Birke observes that "Neuroscience is everywhere." Is it a new fad or a fundamental awakening, providing new insights for the legal profession?

A Qualitative Study Using Traditional Community Assemblies To Investigate Community Perspectives On Informed Consent And Research Participation In Western Kenya, Rachel Vreeman, Eunice Kamaara, Allan Kamanda, David Ayuku, Winstone Nyandiko, Lukoye Atwoli, Samuel Ayaya, Peter Gisore, Michael Scanlon, Paula Braitstein

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Background: International collaborators face challenges in the design and implementation of ethical biomedical research. Evaluating community understanding of research and processes like informed consent may enable researchers to better protect research participants in a particular setting; however, there exist few studies examining community perspectives in health research, particularly in resource-limited settings, or strategies for engaging the community in research processes. Our goal was to inform ethical research practice in a biomedical research setting in western Kenya and similar resource-limited settings.

Methods: We sought to use mabaraza, traditional East African community assemblies, in a qualitative study to understand community perspectives on …

Direction Of The Play: Dracula: The Vampire Play, Nicholas T. Hutchinson

Graduate Student Projects

This project entailed the selection, background research and documentation, casting, vocal coaching, direction, and post-production analysis of Heritage Theatre's Nicholas Hutchinson's production of Dracula: The Vampire Play. Documentation included research and analysis of the play and an evaluation of the play as a production vehicle for Heritage Theatre located in Perry, Utah. The analysis also includes a discussion as to the non-traditional directorial vision of this production.

Direction Of The Play: Dead Man Walking, Michelle Willden

Graduate Student Projects

This project entailed the selection, background research and documentation, casting, direction, and post-production analysis of Bingham High School's Production of Tim Robbin's Dead Man Walking. Documentation included research and analysis of the play and an evaluation of the play as a production vehicle for the Department at Bingham High School.

Direction Of The Play: Dead Man Walking, Patrick Williams

Graduate Student Projects

This project entailed the selection, background research and documentation, producing, set and house design, casting, direction, collaboration, and post-production analysis of Mater Dei High School's Production of Tim Robbin's Dead Man Walking, and The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project. Documentation included research and analysis of the play as a production vehicle for the Project: Discourse event for the Performing Arts Department of Mater Dei High School. The analysis also includes a discussion as to the candidate's directorial vision and execution of this production.

A Computational Study Of The Vibrational Behavior Of Fluid-Filled Spherical Thin Shells, Sami Abdul-Wahid

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Three-dimensional finite-element modeling of the resonance behavior of thin spherical shells is done with the COMSOL multi-physics software package and comparisons are made with experimental data and theoretical predictions. Computational models of the sell in vacuo, and with water inside, are tested. Results in vacuo show a 1% agreement in the very thin shell (h/R=1/250, for thickness h and radius R). Three experimentally measured resonance frequencies below 8500 Hz of the water filled shell are predicted computationally to within 25 Hz. Other spectral similarities and discrepancies are discussed qualitatively. The data suggests that the COMSOL …

Infant And Juvenile Play Patterns In Tibetan Macaques (Macaca Thibetana), Courtney Batts

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Primate play is an important feature of physical and cognitive development. Previous research suggests differences among age and sex classes for type and amount of play, and that play partner preference is for individuals of the same age and sex class. We investigated play among Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) infants and juveniles. Infants played more often and engaged in more solitary play behaviors, juvenile females played the least and engaged in more object play, and juvenile males engaged in the most social play. Total play time differed significantly among infants, juvenile males, and juvenile females. Cluster analysis showed that overall …

Internet Reviews: Livescience, John Creech

Library Scholarship

This column provides a review of LiveScience, a website created by TechMediaNetwork. The site is recommended for undergraduates seeking background information or professionals seeking quick facts.

Functional Neurosurgery. The Modulation Of Neural And Mind Circuits, Faisal Al-Otaibi, Thamer Al-Khairallah

Neurosciences

Different complex neuroanatomical and neurochemical circuits regulate a variety of neuronal behaviors and brain functions. Any disturbance in these circuits can generate functional disorders such as movement disorders, epilepsy, pain, memory disorders, and psychiatric disorders. Functional neurosurgery aims to restore these functions, either by removing or isolating the abnormally behaving neurons or by modulating the disturbed circuits. Neuromodulation is a fast-growing field, powered by the recent advances in neuroimaging and technology. Here, we discuss recent advances and new horizons in functional neurosurgery.

An Ecological Approach To Explain Suicide By Self-Immolation Among Women In Rural Iran, Leeba Rezaie, David C. Schwebel

Neurosciences

Suicide by self-immolation, or lighting oneself on fire, is the most common method of suicide used among women in rural Iran. Understanding the underlying mechanisms that may lead women to commit suicide by self-immolation is necessary for the development of empirically-supported prevention programs. Currently, no integrative approach to the risk factors for self-immolation among women in rural areas, or the interactions between them, is available. Based in ecology theory, we review the risk factors for suicide by self-immolation and present them in terms of ecological theory in an attempt to offer an integrative approach for prevention of self-immolation among women …

Short Conduction Delays Cause Inhibition Rather Than Excitation To Favor Synchrony In Hybrid Neuronal Networks Of The Entorhinal Cortex., Wang S, Chandrasekaran L, Fernandez Fr, White Ja, Canavier Cc

Faculty Publications

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Membrane Properties And The Balance Between Excitation And Inhibition Control Gamma-Frequency Oscillations Arising From Feedback Inhibition., Economo Mn, White Ja

Faculty Publications

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Mystery Behind Hitchcock's Birds, Sibel Bargu, Mary W. Silver, Mark D. Ohman, Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson, David L. Garrison

Faculty Publications

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Good Men Grow Corn: Embodied Ecological Heritage In A Belizean Mopan Community, Kristina Baines

Publications and Research

Recent developments in land rights and land use in the Toledo district, Belize has generated anthropological and activist interest surrounding traditional ecological knowledge and practice, and the role of heritage in communities. This study explores the connection between ecological knowledge and practices, and the concurrent construction of heritage, and community health and wellness, broadly defined. Developing and using the concept of “embodied ecological heritage,” this dissertation takes a phenomenological approach to understanding the convergence of ecological heritage and health in multiple realms of everyday life, arguing that lived experience of participating in “traditional”practices is fundamentally connected to wellness in the …

Three And Out: The Nfl's Concussion Liability And How Players Can Tackle The Problem, Jeremy P. Gove

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

In 1952, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study stating that a player should not continue playing professional football after suffering three concussions. As players continue to get bigger, faster, and stronger, the number of concussions has increased. In response to this problem, the National Football League (NFL) commissioned a study run by scientists and NFL team doctors to determine the long-term effects of concussions. That committee determined that no long-term repercussions exist after experiencing a concussion while playing NFL football. Despite the scientific community's critiques of the study, the NFL used the committee's findings to create the …

Who Owns An Avatar? Copyright, Creativity, And Virtual Worlds, Tyler T. Ochoa

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Today's massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) offer their users the ability to create or customize their own avatars with distinctive visual appearances. This Article contends that users who take advantage of that ability are exercising significant creative choices, such that they should be considered the "authors" and copyright owners of their own avatars. The Copyright Act envisions several types of collaborative authorship, including joint authorship, works made for hire, and collective works. None of these models provides a good fit for user-created avatars, because avatars meet some, but not all, of the elements for each model. Here, the two …

Graduate Degree Completions, 2002-2011, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment

UNH Factbooks

University of New Hampshire factbook data from the 2011-2012 academic year

United States Federal Circuit Court Practice: Stay Versusdismissal On Motions To Dismiss And Compel Arbitration, Jesse Ransom

Arbitration Brief

No abstract provided.

Exit Tracking: Should The Federal Government Track Noncitizens’ Departures From The United States?, Mark Stevens

American University National Security Law Brief

No abstract provided.

Nafta Chapter 19 Binational Panel Reviews - Still A Zero Sum Game: The Wire Rod Decision And Its Progeny, Edward Tracy

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Arbitration In The Roberts Supreme Court, George A. Bermann

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Accentuating The Positive :Building Capacity For Creative Industries Into The Development Agenda For Global Intellectual Property Law, Sean A. Pager

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Genesis In Hyperreality: Legitimizing Disingenuous Controversy At The Creation Museum, Casey R. Kelly, Kristen Hoerl

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

This essay analyzes the argumentative structure of the "Answers in Genesis" ministry's Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. Founded by a $27 million grant, the 70,000 square-foot museum appropriates the stylistic and authoritative signifiers of natural history museums, complete with technically proficient hyperreal displays and modern curatorial techniques. In this essay, we argue that the museum provides a culturally authoritative space in which Young Earth Creationists can visually craft the appearance that there is an ongoing scientific controversy over matters long settled in the scientific community (evolution), or what scholars call a disingenuous or manufactured controversy. We analyze the displays and …

Effects Of Simultaneous Speech And Sign On Infants’ Attention To Spoken Language, Jonathan Y. Ting, Tonya R. Bergeson, Richard T. Miyamoto

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

Objectives: To examine the hypothesis that infants receiving a degraded auditory signal have more difficulty segmenting words from fluent speech if familiarized with the words presented in both speech and sign compared to familiarization with the words presented in speech only. Study Design: Experiment utilizing an infant-controlled visual preference procedure. Methods: Twenty 8.5-month-old normal-hearing infants completed testing. Infants were familiarized with repetitions of words in either the speech + sign (n = 10) or the speech only (n = 10) condition. Results: Infants were then presented with four six-sentence passages using an infant-controlled visual preference procedure. Every sentence in two …

Simulated Associating Polymer Networks, Joris Billen

CGU Theses & Dissertations

Telechelic associating polymer networks consist of polymer chains terminated by endgroups that have a different chemical composition than the polymer backbone. When dissolved in a solution, the endgroups cluster together to form aggregates. At low temperature, a strongly connected reversible network is formed and the system behaves like a gel. Telechelic networks are of interest since they are representative for biopolymer networks (e.g. F-actin) and are widely used in medical applications (e.g. hydrogels for tissue engineering, wound dressings) and consumer products (e.g. contact lenses, paint thickeners).

In this thesis such systems are studied by means of a molecular dynamics/Monte Carlo …

Espeleo-Tema, Volume 23, No. 1, 2013, Maria Elina Bichuette, Lívia Medeiros Cordeiro Borghezan

KIP Articles

Contents: Aspectos ecológicos de uma caverna granítica no sul de Minas Gerais -- Estudos ambientais em cavernas: os problemas da coleta, da identificação, da inclusão e dos índices -- Ictiofauna epígea e hipógea da área cárstica de Pindorama do Tocantins – TO

Pathology In Euthermic Bats With White Nose Syndrome Suggests A Natural Manifestation Of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome, Carol U. Meteyer, Daniel Barber, Judith N. Mandl

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

Another World Entire: The Posthumanism Of Cormac Mccarthy, Margaret Henson Pless

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Cormac McCarthy's novels are thought experiments in what it might mean to write posthuman works of fiction. In a close reading of three of his novels, Child of God, The Crossing, and The Road , this project reveals how McCarthy's stories paradoxically unravel the dangerous human desire to make of our world a story. His characters, Lester Ballard, Billy Parham, and the boy, become posthuman as they live increasingly outside of narrative. Their existences extend beyond the page, in a radical intimacy with the world, evident in the haunting and elusive presences, and absences, of wolves, hawks, trout, and even …

King Of The Hill's Souphanousiphones, The New Model Minority, And The Subversive Model Minority, Robert Reece

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Though the term "model minority" was only coined in the 1960s to apply to Asian-Americans, in the white imagination, a "model" way to be a minority has always existed. This model has gone through various iterations from the "happy" blacks of the antebellum years to supposedly over-achieving Asian-Americans of the 1960s. I argue that we are witnessing the emergence of a new model minority that includes not only Asian-Americans but other high-achieving minorities as well. This model minority is characterized by economic success, formal education, American values, and conservative racial politics or a complete silence about race. Because an inability …

Daytonian 2012, University Of Dayton

University Yearbooks

University of Dayton student yearbook. Early yearbooks cover St. Mary's Institute. Annual publication of the Daytonian began in 1923; it was not published in 1929, 1932-1934 and 1944. Short volumes highlighting the graduating class were published in 1930, 1931 and 1945 under different titles.