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A Tale Of Two Lawsuits, Gabriel H. Teninbaum, Benjamin R. Zimmermann

Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works

Imagine two patients, Mal and Gary, are admitted to neighboring rooms in a Boston teaching hospital. While hospitalized, they both suffer serious injuries, but the mechanisms are different: Mal’s are caused by a drug interaction that her medical team knew, or should have known, would cause her injury when they delivered it to her. Gary’s injuries, by contrast, were caused by a contract maintenance worker who dropped a fixture on him while attempting to make a repair in the patient’s room.

Both patients have a right to bring claims for the negligence that injured them. Only Mal’s, however, will be …

State Wars - The Empire Strikes Back: The Federal/State Constitutional Power Confrontation, Steven Ferrey

Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works

A significant pending case will carve the contours of United States constitutional governance for the nation regarding our most important technology and its implementation and "will probably be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court.... 'These are the kind of issues that the Supreme Court likes. It's a federal preemption case; it's a landmark case.' " The attorney general concurs that he would "be surprised" if the case if not destined for the Supreme Court. This matter defines Constitutional federalism and the application of two important clauses of the United States Constitution: - The Constitution's Supremacy Clause, with specific application of …

Las Voces De America: Reflecting On Mari Matsuda's Voice, Stories, And Analysis, Margaret E. Montoya

Faculty Scholarship

Professor Matsuda's exhortation to listen to people of color was certainly heard and seized by people of color. It spoke to me personally and inspired me as I was writing my first article, Mascaras, Trenzas y Grerias. Once the multiracial group of scholars that took the name "LatCrit" organized ourselves, we deliberately and intentionally centered our annual conferences around listening to the voices at the bottom, including the local activists in the cities in which we met. We listened to such voices as both method and substance.

Scattered And Dissonant: The Clean Air Act, Greenhouse Gases, And Implications For The Oil And Gas Industry, Alex Ritchie

Faculty Scholarship

In the midst of a domestic oil and gas production revolution, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has constructed a web of findings and regulations to control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources under the auspices of the Clean Air Act. This Article explores the theoretical and practical implications for the oil and gas industry of EPA’s Clean Air Act GHG regulatory regime that, in light of congressional paralysis, will continue to expand beyond major new and modified oil and gas facilities such as refineries and natural gas processing plants. Future rulemakings directly aimed at the oil and gas industry …

Law And Lawyers In The Incident Command System, Clifford J. Villa

Faculty Scholarship

ICS is a “management system designed to enable effective, efficient incident management by integrating a combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure.” Through the use of standardized positions (e.g., incident commander), common terminology (e.g., incident command post), and consistent management philosophies (e.g., unity of command), ICS seeks to facilitate the rapid integration of personnel from different agencies and entities into one organization to meet a common objective.

Accessibility Of Antenatal Services At Primary Healthcare Facilities In Punjab, Pakistan, Muhammad Ashraf Majrooh, Seema Hasnain, Javaid Akram, Arif Siddiqui, Fatimah Shah, Zahid Memon

Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health

Introduction: Almost one-fifth of the world\'s population constitutes women of reproductive age who are repeatedly exposed to pregnancy and childbearing. Many are often at high risk of illness and mortality during pregnancy and require maternal healthcare services for early detection of complications. More than 0.5 million women die every year worldwide due to pregnancy-related complications. Almost 0.03 million of them are in Pakistan. Maternal healthcare in Pakistan is poor and results in high rates of morbidity and mortality. This paper evaluates the accessibility of antenatal care (ANC) services in primary healthcare settings in the Punjab province of Pakistan during the …

Histopathological Observations In Neogobius Bathybius (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) Infected By Dichelyne Minutus (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) In The Caspian Sea, Iran, Samaneh Rezaei, Jamileh Pazooki, Issa Sharifpour, Mahmood Masoumian

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Dichelyne minutus (Rudolphi, 1819) is a typical and widespread parasite of Gobiidae. In this research, histopathological changes in the intestinal wall of Neogobius bathybius (Kessler) (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) due to infection caused by D. minutus were studied. The most heavily parasitized regions were excised for microscopic studies. Cross sections revealed different aspects of tissue defensive reactions due to the free movement of nematodes among the gut contents. Mucosal erosion, increased number of goblet cells, hyperplastic changes in the epithelial cells, and remarkable hyperplasia that formed nodule-like structures with hyperemia were observed in the submucosa. Focal necrosis and a thickened muscle layer …

A Temporal Xml Data Model In Anaesthesia Information Systems, Oya Ünlü Duygulu, Taflan İmre Gündem

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Time information is an important aspect of a health information system. Health information cannot be represented and queried correctly without time in medical research, auditing, and medicolegal cases. Extensible Markup Language (XML) is being used in health information systems and has been formerly proposed as a data model for anaesthesia information systems. In this paper, we propose incorporating time into an XML model for anaesthesia information systems. A new storage structure and a temporal index structure are proposed in order to store temporal XML data and process time queries efficiently. In our proposed model, time has 4 dimensions: valid time, …

Cancer Risk Analysis By Fuzzy Logic Approach And Performance Status Of The Model, Atinç Yilmaz, Kürşat Ayan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Cancer is the leading life-threatening disease for people in today's world. Although cancer formation is different for each type of cancer, it has been determined by studies and research that stress also triggers cancer types. Early precaution is very important for people who have not fallen ill yet with a disease like cancer that has a high mortality rate and expensive treatment. With this study, we expound that the possibility of developing such disease may be decreased and people could take measures against it. For the 3 cancer types selected as pilot work by introducing a fuzzy logic model, the …

Anticipating The Friction Coefficient Of Friction Materials Used In Automobiles By Means Of Machine Learning Without Using A Test Instrument, Mustafa Ti̇mur, Fati̇h Aydin

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The most important factor for designs in which friction materials are used is the coefficient of friction. The coefficient of friction has been determined taking such variants as velocity, temperature, and pressure into account, which arise from various factors in friction materials, and by analyzing the effects of these variants on friction materials. Many test instruments have been produced in order to determine the coefficient of friction. In this article, a study about the use of machine learning algorithms instead of test instruments in order to determine the coefficient of friction is presented. Isotonic regression was selected as the machine …

Prediction Of Emissions And Exhaust Temperature For Direct Injection Diesel Engine With Emulsified Fuel Using Ann, Görkem Kökkülünk, Erhan Akdoğan, Vezi̇r Ayhan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Exhaust gases have many effects on human beings and the environment. Therefore, they must be kept under control. The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), which is concerned with the prevention of marine pollution, limits the emissions according to the regulations. In Emission Control Area (ECA) regions, which are determined by MARPOL as ECAs, the emission rates should be controlled. Direct injection (DI) diesel engines are commonly used as a propulsion system on ships. The prediction and control of diesel engine emission rates is not an easy task in real time. Therefore, in this study, an …

Hybrid Spr Algorithm To Select Predictive Genes For Effectual Cancer Classification, Aruna Sundaram, Nandakishore Lellapalli Venkata, Rajagopalan Sarukai Parthasarathy

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Designing an automated system for classifying DNA microarray data is an extremely challenging problem because of its high dimension and low amount of sample data. In this paper, a hybrid statistical pattern recognition algorithm is proposed to reduce the dimensionality and select the predictive genes for the classification of cancer. Colon cancer gene expression profiles having 62 samples of 2000 genes were used for the experiment. A gene subset of 6 highly informative genes was selected by the algorithm, which provided a classification accuracy of 93.5%.

The Damage Done, Kelly Beth Conde

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Conde, Kelly, M.A., Spring 2013 Journalism The Damage Done Chairperson: Dennis Swibold The water that ran from Helen Ricker’s faucet stank of rotten eggs and of chemicals. It ran orange and greasy. It stained her clothes and clung to her skin. Ricker lives on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, three miles north of Poplar, Mont. From Ricker’s home, the oil wells from the East Poplar oilfields can be seen in the distance. Her water started to change in the early 1970’s, twenty years after the first oil well was drilled. It took about that long for the contamination from poorly …

Salmon & Steelhead Hatcheries: Conservation Or Condemnation?, Samuel Hunter Lungren

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Wild salmon and steelhead are as fundamental to the Pacific Northwest as evergreen trees and rain. For thousands of years ecosystems and economies have relied on the bountiful marine nutrients annually running inland from the Pacific Ocean in the form of large, silver fish. Even today, the chance to tangle with one of these wild gems is one of the greatest gifts the Northwest has to offer. Early settlers of the West Coast witnessed seemingly infinite salmon abundance. But as time passed and humans increasingly exploited both salmon and their ecosystems, they found out just how finite salmon really were. …

Closing The Schoolhouse Doors: State Efforts To Limit K-12 Education For Unauthorized Migrant School Children, Angela M. Banks

Faculty Publications

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Reconsidering Recusals: The Need For Requirements For When Not To Recuse, Mason E. Lowe

Faculty Publications

In the American judiciary system, it is imperative that judges act free of bias. Although this seems to be an easy-enough-to-understand theory, its practical application is not always so simple. As a result, there have been wide-ranging, unpredictable, and sometimes undesirable results. Others have noted the need for clearer recusal rules and guidelines. There have been various suggestions for how to improve or reform recusal rules, all of which note that there is a lack of standardized and predictable rules for when judges are required to recuse themselves. These previous suggestions have correctly identified the root of the problem and …

Physical Activity Take Home Kit Spanish - Module 2, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 2 Family Engagement Activities

Physical Activity Take Home Kit Spanish - Module 2

Physical Activity Newsletter Spanish - Module 1, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 1 Family Engagement Activities

Physical Activity Newsletter Spanish - Module 1

Physical Activity Take Home Kits Spanish - Module 1, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 1 Family Engagement Activities

Physical Activity Take Home Kits Spanish - Module 1

Nutrition Take Home Kits English - Module 2, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 2 Family Engagement Activities

Nutrition Take Home Kits English - Module 2

Physical Activity Newsletter English - Module 1, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 1 Family Engagement Activities

Physical Activity Newsletter English - Module 1

Physical Activity Take Home Kit English - Module 4, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 4 Family Engagement Activities

Physical Activity Take Home Kit English - Module 4

Nutrition Newsletter English - Module 3, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 3 Family Engagement Activities

Nutrition Newsletter English - Module 3

Physical Activity Newsletter English - Module 7, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 7 Family Engagement Activities

Physical Activity Newsletter English - Module 7

Physical Activity Newsletter Spanish - Module 2, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 2 Family Engagement Activities

Physical Activity Newsletter Spanish - Module 2

Nutrition Newsletter Spanish - Module 2, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 2 Family Engagement Activities

Nutrition Newsletter Spanish - Module 2

Nutrition Newsletter English - Module 4, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 4 Family Engagement Activities

Nutrition Newsletter English - Module 4

Physical Activity Take Home Kit English - Module 7, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 7 Family Engagement Activities

Physical Activity Take Home Kit English - Module 7

Physical Activity Take Home Kits English - Module 1, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 1 Family Engagement Activities

Physical Activity Take Home Kits English - Module 1

Physical Activity Take Home Kit Spanish - Module 7, Unm Prevention Research Center

Module 7 Family Engagement Activities

Physical Activity Take Home Kit Spanish - Module 7