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Arctic Justice: Addressing Persistent Organic Pollutants, Elizabeth Burleson Jan 2012

Arctic Justice: Addressing Persistent Organic Pollutants, Elizabeth Burleson

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This article recommends enhanced governance of persistent organic pollutants through incentives to develop environmentally sound, climate friendly technologies as well as caution in developing the Arctic. It highlights the toxicity challenges presented by POPs to Arctic people and ecosystems.

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Trapped In The Amber: State Common Law, Employee Rights, And Federal Enclaves, Chad Deveaux Jan 2012

Trapped In The Amber: State Common Law, Employee Rights, And Federal Enclaves, Chad Deveaux

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Not Sick Yet: Food-Safety-Impact Litigation And Barriers To Justiciability, Diana R.H. Winters Jan 2012

Not Sick Yet: Food-Safety-Impact Litigation And Barriers To Justiciability, Diana R.H. Winters

Brooklyn Law Review

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From Bad To Worse: Assessing The Long-Term Consequences Of Four Controversial Fcc Decisios, Rob Frieden Jan 2012

From Bad To Worse: Assessing The Long-Term Consequences Of Four Controversial Fcc Decisios, Rob Frieden

Brooklyn Law Review

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Cleaning Up The Muck: A Takings Analysis Of The Moratorium On Deepwater Drilling Following The Bp Oil Spill, Edward W. Thrasher Jan 2012

Cleaning Up The Muck: A Takings Analysis Of The Moratorium On Deepwater Drilling Following The Bp Oil Spill, Edward W. Thrasher

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Righting Others' Wrongs: A Critical Look At Clawbacks In Madoff-Type Ponzi Schemes And Other Frauds, Amy Sepinwall Jan 2012

Righting Others' Wrongs: A Critical Look At Clawbacks In Madoff-Type Ponzi Schemes And Other Frauds, Amy Sepinwall

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch: How Multiple Pregnancies Are Endangering The Right To Abortion, Priyanka Shivakumar Jan 2012

Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch: How Multiple Pregnancies Are Endangering The Right To Abortion, Priyanka Shivakumar

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

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"The Power To Tax Involves The Power To Destroy": How Avant-Garde Art Outstrips The Imagination Of Regulators, And Why A Judicial Rubric Can Save It, Rachel J. Tischler Jan 2012

"The Power To Tax Involves The Power To Destroy": How Avant-Garde Art Outstrips The Imagination Of Regulators, And Why A Judicial Rubric Can Save It, Rachel J. Tischler

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Teaching Patriotism: Love And Critical Freedom, Martha C. Nussbaum Jan 2012

Teaching Patriotism: Love And Critical Freedom, Martha C. Nussbaum

University of Chicago Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Archaeology Database Management: A Case Study In The Solution Of Incompatibility Issues Between Different Archaeological Databases, Nathaniel Scherr Jan 2012

Archaeology Database Management: A Case Study In The Solution Of Incompatibility Issues Between Different Archaeological Databases, Nathaniel Scherr

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Archaeologists tend to use computerized databases to record data recovered from excavations. These databases contain large collections of information that can aid archaeologists in making educated decisions, interpretations, and test hypotheses from the recovered data. As time passed, databases became bigger and varied in the information that can be stored. As a result, more data could be recorded from the field that in turn can be used to ask more complicated questions of archaeological remains. However, the use of computerized archaeological databases does not come without its own problems. For example, since each archaeological project can be governed by different …

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Brucellosis Transmission Between Wildlife And Livestock In The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Inferences From Dna Genotyping, Michael Patrick O'Brien Jan 2012

Brucellosis Transmission Between Wildlife And Livestock In The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Inferences From Dna Genotyping, Michael Patrick O'Brien

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Brucellosis transmission between wildlife species and cattle in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem has been difficult to assess because the causative agent Brucella abortus bacteria is extremely difficult to isolate for DNA genotyping. We examined transmission of B. abortus between bison, elk, and cattle using nine variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) markers on DNA from 98 isolates of B. abortus recovered from elk, bison, and cattle. All specimens were from geographically distinct populations in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. A haplotype network consisting of 54 individual haplogroups was generated from these isolates using Network v4.61. Network assessments of genetic relatedness among Brucella isolates …

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Consideration Of Climate Change In Federal Eiss, 2009-2011, Patrick Woolsey Jan 2012

Consideration Of Climate Change In Federal Eiss, 2009-2011, Patrick Woolsey

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

In recent years, climate change has become an increasingly prominent subject of discussion in EISs. A comparison of agency approaches to EIS scope and methodology shows widely varying treatment of climate change impacts. Agencies differ in the methods used to calculate emissions and assess their significance. In addition, the types of indirect impacts addressed and the extent to which the impacts of climate change on the project are included vary.

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Addressing Academic Integrity: Perspectives From Virginia Commonwealth University In Qatar, Nancy E. Fawley Jan 2012

Addressing Academic Integrity: Perspectives From Virginia Commonwealth University In Qatar, Nancy E. Fawley

Library Faculty Research

Understanding the cultural aspects that affect a student’s ability to appropriately use resources is important in developing outreach and instruction in multicultural settings. Differences in educational philosophies, students’ previous scholastic training and cultural differences in individual motivation are all factors that may affect a freshman’s ability to understand an American university’s idea of academic integrity and can inadvertently cause problems where independent work and critical thinking are required. At Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCU Qatar), a branch campus of the American university in the Middle East, a special class on academic integrity and ethical behavior was integrated into the …

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Legal Issues In Regulating Imports In State And Regional Cap And Trade Programs, Erin Parlar, Michael Babakitis, Shelley Welton Jan 2012

Legal Issues In Regulating Imports In State And Regional Cap And Trade Programs, Erin Parlar, Michael Babakitis, Shelley Welton

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Regulating leakage presents potential legal challenges: in our federal governmental structure, states are limited by the Constitution in the extent to which they can regulate activities occurring beyond their own borders, and may be preempted by federal statutes from regulating certain interstate activities altogether. This paper analyzes the legal hurdles that RGGI may face should it choose to address emissions leakage through regulating imported electricity. It focuses on two legal issues in particular, which are generally thought to be the most likely arguments raised against imports regulations: (1) whether imports regulations violate the dormant Commerce Clause (DCC) of the Constitution; …

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This Paper Is Only Skin Deep: The Socio-Cultural And Biological Reality Of Human Variation, Paige Jamieson Jan 2012

This Paper Is Only Skin Deep: The Socio-Cultural And Biological Reality Of Human Variation, Paige Jamieson

A with Honors Projects

This project is an anthropological study of human variation and "race".

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January 2012 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations Jan 2012

January 2012 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

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Vampires And Werewolves: Rewriting Religious And Racial Stereotyping In Stephenie Meyer’S Twilight Series, Georgina Ledvinka Jan 2012

Vampires And Werewolves: Rewriting Religious And Racial Stereotyping In Stephenie Meyer’S Twilight Series, Georgina Ledvinka

Arts Papers and Journal Articles

Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series (2005–8) demonstrates a strong connection with the theology, cultural practices and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), of which Meyer is an active member. One of the strongest ways in which this connection is demonstrated is through characterisation: specifically, by featuring vampires and werewolves as prominent supernatural characters in the text. Twilight employs vampires as a metaphor for the LDS Church. By eschewing literature’s traditional association of vampires with subversive acts, especially subversive sexuality, and rewriting them as clean-cut pillars of the community, Twilight not only charts but promotes the progression …

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Impacts Of Soil Heavy Metal Contamination On Methane Flux And The Primary Production Of Phragmites Australis, Adam G. Piombino Jan 2012

Impacts Of Soil Heavy Metal Contamination On Methane Flux And The Primary Production Of Phragmites Australis, Adam G. Piombino

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ, a mixed landscape encompassing areas of freshwater wetlands, was the site of an abandoned train yard and contains several areas in which soil concentrations of As, Cr, Cu, Pb, V and Zn occur above ambient levels of New Jersey soil. Human population growth and expanding urbanization are both placing an increased amount of stress on wetland environments. Methane, a greenhouse gas is both produced and consumed by the respiration of microorganisms in the soil. The methane flux rate and direction might be impacted by soil metal contamination. This variation could have broad implications …

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Environmentalism/Postmodernism, Toby Ogunniya Jan 2012

Environmentalism/Postmodernism, Toby Ogunniya

A with Honors Projects

This presentation explores the meaning of environmentalism and postmodernism in a political science context.

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Global Workspace Theory, Its Lida Model And The Underlying Neuroscience, S. Franklin, S. Strain, J. Snaider, R. Mccall, U. Faghihi Jan 2012

Global Workspace Theory, Its Lida Model And The Underlying Neuroscience, S. Franklin, S. Strain, J. Snaider, R. Mccall, U. Faghihi

CCRG Papers

No abstract provided.

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Cannabinoids Facilitate The Swallowing Reflex Elicited By The Superior Laryngeal Nerve Stimulation In Rats, H.M. Zakir Jan 2012

Cannabinoids Facilitate The Swallowing Reflex Elicited By The Superior Laryngeal Nerve Stimulation In Rats, H.M. Zakir

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Cannabinoids have been reported to be involved in affecting various biological functions through binding with cannabinoid receptors type 1 (CB1) and 2 (CB2). The present study was designed to investigate whether swallowing, an essential component of feeding behavior, is modulated after the administration of cannabinoid. The swallowing reflex evoked by the repetitive electrical stimulation of the superior laryngeal nerve in rats was recorded before and after the administration of the cannabinoid receptor agonist, WIN 55-212-2 (WIN), with or without CB1 or CB2 antagonist. The onset latency of the first swallow and the time intervals between swallows were analyzed. The onset …

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A Continuous Pilot-Scale System Using Coal-Mine Drainage Sludge To Treat Acid Mine Drainage Contaminated With High Concentrations Of Pb, Zn, And Other Heavy Metals, M. Cui, M. Jang, S.H. Cho, J. Khim, F.S. Cannon Jan 2012

A Continuous Pilot-Scale System Using Coal-Mine Drainage Sludge To Treat Acid Mine Drainage Contaminated With High Concentrations Of Pb, Zn, And Other Heavy Metals, M. Cui, M. Jang, S.H. Cho, J. Khim, F.S. Cannon

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

A series of pilot-scale tests were conducted with a continuous system composed of a stirring tank reactor, settling tank, and sand filter. In order to treat acidic drainage from a Pb-Zn mine containing high levels of heavy metals, the potential use of coal-mine drainage sludge (CMDS) was examined. The pilot-scale tests showed that CMDS could effectively neutralize the acidic drainage due to its high alkalinity production. A previous study revealed that calcite and goethite contained in CMDS contributed to dissolutive coprecipitation and complexation with heavy metals. The continuous system not only has high removal efficiencies (97.2-99.8), but also large total …

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Pharmacological Mechanisms Underlying Gastroprotective Activities Of The Fractions Obtained From Polygonum Minus In Sprague Dawley Rats, M.A. Abdulla, S.W. Qader, S.C. Lee, H. Mohd Sirat, S. Hamdan Jan 2012

Pharmacological Mechanisms Underlying Gastroprotective Activities Of The Fractions Obtained From Polygonum Minus In Sprague Dawley Rats, M.A. Abdulla, S.W. Qader, S.C. Lee, H. Mohd Sirat, S. Hamdan

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

The leaves of Polygonum minus were fractionated using an eluting solvent to evaluate the pharmacological mechanisms underlying the anti-ulcerogenic activity of P. minus. Different P. minus fractions were obtained and evaluated for their ulcer preventing capabilities using the ethanol induction method. In this study, Sprague Dawley rats weighing 150–200 g were used. Different parameters were estimated to identify the active fraction underlying the mechanism of the gastroprotective action of P. minus: the gastric mucus barrier, as well as superoxide dismutase, total hexosamine, and prostaglandin synthesis. Amongst the five fractions from the ethanolic extract of P. minus, the ethyl acetate:methanol 1:1 …

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Screening For Hypoglycemic Activity On The Leaf Extracts Of Nine Medicinal Plants: In-Vivo Evaluation, A. Arya, M.A. Abdullah, B.S. Haerian, M.A. Mohd Jan 2012

Screening For Hypoglycemic Activity On The Leaf Extracts Of Nine Medicinal Plants: In-Vivo Evaluation, A. Arya, M.A. Abdullah, B.S. Haerian, M.A. Mohd

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

The traditional use of certain plants by the tribal community in central India involves using the young leaves for several ailments, including hyperglycaemia; this study was performed to evaluate the effects of the leaf extracts from 9 such plants in the management of diabetes. Initially, hypoglycemic screening was performed on normal rats whose blood glucose levels were measured before and after oral or intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of the extracts at different periods. The plants were screened at doses of 250 mg/kg i.p. or 500 mg/kg orally. Of these, only Centratherum anthelminticum (Asteraceae), Cissus quadrangularis (Vitaceae), and Woodfordia fruticosa Kurz (Lythraceae) …

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Potential Of Traditional Medicinal Plants For Treating Obesity: A Review, M. Kazemipoor, C.W.J. Wan Mohamed Radzi, G.A. Cordell, I. Yaze Jan 2012

Potential Of Traditional Medicinal Plants For Treating Obesity: A Review, M. Kazemipoor, C.W.J. Wan Mohamed Radzi, G.A. Cordell, I. Yaze

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Obesity is a global health concern associated with high morbidity and mortality. Therapeutic strategies include synthetic drugs and surgery, which may entail high costs and serious complications. Plant-based medicinal agents offer an alternative approach. A review of the studies on accessible botanical sources for the treatment of obesity is provided, which attempts to explain how these medicinal plants act to cause weight loss, and which approach is safer and more efficient. Information was gathered for the period of 1991 to 2012. Five basic mechanisms, including stimulating thermogenesis, lowering lipogenesis, enhancing lipolysis, suppressing appetite, and decreasing the absorption of lipids may …

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Construction Of Phosphomannose Isomerase (Pmi) Transformation Vectors And Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Vectors In Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum L), B. Bahariah, G.K.A. Parveez, M.Y.A. Masani, N. Khalid Jan 2012

Construction Of Phosphomannose Isomerase (Pmi) Transformation Vectors And Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Vectors In Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum L), B. Bahariah, G.K.A. Parveez, M.Y.A. Masani, N. Khalid

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Phosphomannose isomerase (pmi) gene isolated from Escherichia coli allows transgenic plants carrying it to convert mannose-6- phosphate (from mannose), a carbon source that could not be naturally utilized by plants into fructose-6-phosphate which can be utilized by plants as a carbon source. This conversion ability provides energy source to allow the transformed cells to survive on the medium containing mannose. In this study, four transformation vectors carrying the pmi gene alone or in combination with the beta-glucuronidase (gusA) gene were constructed and driven by either the maize ubiquitin (Ubi1) or the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV35S) promoter. Restriction digestion, PCR amplification …

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Inhibition Of Enterovirus 71 (Ev-71) Infections By A Novel Antiviral Peptide Derived From Ev-71 Capsid Protein Vp1, C. W. Tan, Y. F. Chan, K. M. Sim, E. L. Tan, C. L. Poh Jan 2012

Inhibition Of Enterovirus 71 (Ev-71) Infections By A Novel Antiviral Peptide Derived From Ev-71 Capsid Protein Vp1, C. W. Tan, Y. F. Chan, K. M. Sim, E. L. Tan, C. L. Poh

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Enterovirus 71 (EV-71) is the main causative agent of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). In recent years, EV-71 infections were reported to cause high fatalities and severe neurological complications in Asia. Currently, no effective antiviral or vaccine is available to treat or prevent EV-71 infection. In this study, we have discovered a synthetic peptide which could be developed as a potential antiviral for inhibition of EV-71. Ninety five synthetic peptides (15-mers) overlapping the entire EV-71 capsid protein, VP1, were chemically synthesized and tested for antiviral properties against EV-71 in human Rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells. One peptide, SP40, was found to …

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Master In Library Science At Uitm Puncak Perdana Campus, Shah Alam, Abd. Rahman Muhammad Zaki Jan 2012

Master In Library Science At Uitm Puncak Perdana Campus, Shah Alam, Abd. Rahman Muhammad Zaki

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

No abstract provided.

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Evaluation Of Antibodies Against Glycoprotein D (Gd) And Glycoprotein G (Gg) In Hsv-1 Infected Individuals' Serum Samples, Z. Meshkat, M.N. Roostaee, M. Soleimanjahi, K. Zandi Jan 2012

Evaluation Of Antibodies Against Glycoprotein D (Gd) And Glycoprotein G (Gg) In Hsv-1 Infected Individuals' Serum Samples, Z. Meshkat, M.N. Roostaee, M. Soleimanjahi, K. Zandi

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Background and Objectives: Glycoproteins D (gD) and G (gG) of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) are virus envelope glycoproteins that are able to induce HSV-1 antibody production in infected persons. Therefore, those proteins could be in interest to develop the serodiagnostic test(s) for HSV antibody detection. The aim of present study was the comparison of anti-gD and anti-gG antibodies in HSV-1 infected individuals serum samples. Materials and Methods: In this study, recombinant gD and gG were prepared and used for western blot test to detect the antibodies against HSV-1. Results: Our data showed the total gD antibody titer was …

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The Sse Of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors In Biomechanics And Rehabilitation Applications: The State-Of-The-Art And Ongoing Research Topics, E. Al-Fakih, Noor Azuan Abu Osman, Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan Jan 2012

The Sse Of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors In Biomechanics And Rehabilitation Applications: The State-Of-The-Art And Ongoing Research Topics, E. Al-Fakih, Noor Azuan Abu Osman, Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

In recent years, fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are becoming increasingly attractive for sensing applications in biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering due to their advantageous properties like small size, light weight, biocompatibility, chemical inertness, multiplexing capability and immunity to electromagnetic interference (EMI). They also offer a high-performance alternative to conventional technologies, either for measuring a variety of physical parameters or for performing high-sensitivity biochemical analysis. FBG-based sensors demonstrated their feasibility for specific sensing applications in aeronautic, automotive, civil engineering structure monitoring and undersea oil exploration; however, their use in the field of biomechanics and rehabilitation applications is very recent and its practicality …

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