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Staging The Family, Clare Huntington

Faculty Scholarship

For many critical aspects of family life, all the world truly is a stage. When a parent scolds a child on the playground, all eyes turn to watch and judge. When an executive’s wife hosts a work party, the guests are witness to traditional gender roles. And when two fathers attend a back-to-school night for their child, other parents take note of this relatively new family configuration. Family is popularly considered intimate and personal, but in reality much of family life is lived in the public eye.

These performances of family and familial roles do not simply communicate messages to …

It’S All About The Culture – Creating A Culture Of Inquiry And Passion For Quality Improvement, Jennifer Devine Bsn, Rn, Cmsrn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

The President's Enforcement Power, Kate Andrias

Faculty Scholarship

Enforcement of law is at the core of the President’s constitutional duty to “take Care” that the laws are faithfully executed, and it is a primary mechanism for effecting national regulatory policy. Yet questions about how presidents oversee agency enforcement activity have received surprisingly little scholarly attention. This Article provides a positive account of the President’s role in administrative enforcement, explores why presidential enforcement has taken the shape it has, and examines the bounds of the President’s enforcement power. It demonstrates that presidential involvement in agency enforcement, though extensive, has been ad hoc, crisis-driven, and frequently opaque. The Article thus …

Religious Toleration And Claims Of Conscience, Kent Greenawalt

Faculty Scholarship

One aspect of the issue of toleration of religion is how far the government and others should recognize religious claims of conscience. Such claims will be present in any liberal democracy. The particular controversies on which attention is mainly focused shift, but certain underlying themes remain.

In this essay, I outline what I take to be the major issues about government recognition of religious claims of conscience. I then address the special problems created when a claim of conscience ends up competing with an opposing claim of conscience or with basic premises about fairness and justice. We can conceive of …

Cholera Outbreaks In Nigeria Are Associated With Multidrug Resistant Atypical El Tor And Non-O1/Non-O139 Vibrio Cholerae., M. A. Marin, Cristiane C. Thompson, F. S. Freitas, E. L. Fonseca, Iruka N. Okeke

Biology Faculty Scholarship

Background

The current millennium has seen a steep rise in the number, size and case-fatalities of cholera outbreaks in many African countries. Over 40,000 cases of cholera were reported from Nigeria in 2010. Variants of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor biotype have emerged but very little is known about strains causing cholera outbreaks in West Africa, which is crucial for the implementation of interventions to control epidemic cholera.

Methodology/Principal Findings

V. cholerae isolates from outbreaks of acute watery diarrhea in Nigeria from December, 2009 to October, 2010 were identified by standard culture methods. Fifteen O1 and five non-O1/non-O139 strains were …

Malpractice Mobs: Medical Dispute Resolution In China, Benjamin L. Liebman

Faculty Scholarship

China has experienced a surge in medical disputes in recent years, on the streets and in the courts. Many disputes result in violence. Quantitative and qualitative empirical evidence of medical malpractice litigation and medical disputes in China reveals a dynamic in which the formal legal system operates in the shadow of protest and violence. The threat of violence leads hospitals to settle claims for more money than would be available in court and also influences how judges handle cases that do wind up in court. The detailed evidence regarding medical disputes presented in this Essay adds depth to existing understanding …

Interbank Discipline, Kathryn Judge

Faculty Scholarship

As banking has evolved over the last three decades, banks have become increasingly interconnected. This Article draws attention to an effect of this development that has important policy ramifications yet remains largely unexamined – a dramatic rise in interbank discipline. The Article demonstrates that today's large, complex banks have financial incentives to monitor risk taking at other banks, They also have the infrastructure, competence, and information required to be fairly effective monitors and mechanisms through which they can respond when a bank changes its risk profile. Interbank discipline thus affects bank risk taking, discouraging banks from taking some types of …

Fragmented Regulation Of Multiple Stressors: A Cautionary Tale For Takings Law, Brian E. Gray

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Namudno's Non-Existent Principle Of State Equality, Zachary S. Price

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Representation For The Accused: Haiti's Thirst And A Role For Clinical Legal Education, Kate Bloch

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Forest Carbon (Redd+), Repairing International Trust, And Reciprocal Contractual Sovereignty, David Takacs

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Lindsay's Legacy: The Tragedy That Triggered Law Reform To Prevent Teen Dating Violence, D. Kelly Weisberg

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Living Up To Our Ideals: What Race Means In Higher Education Now, Frank H. Wu

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Cases And Controversies: Some Things To Do With Contracts Cases,, Charles L. Knapp

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Patient Rounding: Improving The Process Through On-Line Documentation, Marjorie Lavin Rn, Ms, Cnrn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Winning The Battle Against Surgical Site Infections, Lisa Farthing Msn, Rn, Cnor, Michelle Reigard Rn, Cnor

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

Hierarchies Of Discrimination In Baby Making? A Response To Professor Carroll, Radhika Rao

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Incubator Cities: Tomorrow's Economy, Yesterday's Start-Ups, Abraham Cable

Faculty Scholarship

Venture development funds (“VDFs”) are products of state and local government law that use public funds to invest in local start-ups, in the hope that these companies will then attract venture capital investment. Existing analysis by legal scholars largely assumes that establishing a private venture capital market is essential to encouraging entrepreneurship. This article challenges that assumption. It argues that VDFs and other policies focused on encouraging venture capital are outmoded and inconsistent with the ultimate economic development goals of state and local governments.

In many industries, entrepreneurs can now get by with less capital because the cost of developing …

All’S Well That Ends Well: The Importance Of Full And Effective Closure In Attorney-Client Relationships, Gail E. Silverstein

Faculty Scholarship

This Article addresses a subject that has not received serious academic attention in law or in clinical scholarship: how lawyers should end their relationships with clients. As human beings, we intuitively understand the importance of endings in relationships, and lawyer-client relationships often impact both the lawyer and the client. Despite the amount of attention paid to other aspects of client interviewing and counseling, such as how to conduct an effective initial client interview, there is relatively little literature on how to achieve effective closure. This Article draws on research from the therapeutic professional field about how to effectively end professional …

Coastal Empire Economic Monitor, 4th Quarter, 2013, Armstrong Atlantic State University Center For Regional Analysis

Coastal Empire Economic Monitor

The Coastal Empire Economic Indicators are designed to provide continuously updating quarterly snapshots of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area economy. The coincident index measures the current economic heartbeat of the region. The leading index provides a short term forecast of the region’s economic activity in six to nine months.

Evangelizing And Discipling Children, Steelman Library, Angel Sims

Syllabus Repository

No abstract provided.

Regulatory Effectiveness & Offshore Financial Centers, Andrew P. Morriss, Clifford C. Henson

Faculty Scholarship

Onshore jurisdictions, such as the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany, are critical of offshore financial centers (OFCs), such as Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, and the Channel Islands. Arguments against OFCs include claims that their regulatory oversight is lax, allowing fraud and criminal activity. In this article, we present cross-jurisdictional data, showing that OFCs are not lax. We also provide qualitative analyses of regulatory effectiveness, demonstrating that input-based measures of regulation are inappropriate metrics for comparing jurisdictions. Based on both quantitative input measures and a qualitative assessment, we reject the onshore critique of OFCs as bastions of laxity.

Unbreakable Vows: Same-Sex Marriage And The Fundamental Right To Divorce, Meg Penrose

Faculty Scholarship

This Article considers whether there is a fundamental constitutional right, through the liberty component of substantive due process, to divorce. This right to divorce becomes particularly important for same-sex couples whose marital rights are incomplete, at best. Surely, if divorce were outlawed by any state, the masses would rise up against such tyranny with cries that divorce must be constitutionally protected. But place divorce in the context of same-sex marriage and the response is predictably more tepid. “Those” marriages are not legal anyway, so what harm is there in excluding them from divorce? States that refuse to recognize same-sex marriage, …

The Flawed U.S. Approach To Rule Of Law Development, Cynthia Alkon

Faculty Scholarship

The key flaw to the United States' approach to rule of law development is routinely including the "standard menu" of rule of law development assistance as a part of the overall development effort without regard to whether the recipient country is at a developmental stage where it is able to absorb some or all of this type of aid. This article uses Afghanistan as a case study. Despite a decade of assistance, Afghanistan remains a fragile and conflict-affected country, thus raising concerns about the value of the aid given and whether rule of law development aid should continue to be …

Advances In Neuroimaging And The Vegetative State: Implications For End-Of-Life Care, Maxine H. Harrington

Faculty Scholarship

Severely brain damaged patients represent major ethical and legal challenges in end-of-life care. In particular, the vegetative state has featured significantly in the origins and evolution of the "right to die" movement. The first significant end-of-life case was Quinlan, where the New Jersey Supreme Court, citing Quinlan's constitutional right to privacy, permitted her father to withdraw her ventilator. The right to die movement reached its apex in 1990, when in Cruzan, the United States Supreme Court assumed (without deciding) that an incompetent person had a constitutionally protected liberty interest in refusing life-prolonging treatment. The politically contentious Schiavo case …

Het Gebruik Van Risicotaxatie Instrumenten Onder Spv-En (The Use Of Risk Assessment Instruments Among Community Psychiatric Nurses), Sophie De Valk, Corine De Ruiter, Jorge Folino, Matthew Large, Thierry Pham, Kim Reeves, Carolina Condemarin, Louise Nielsen, Martin Rettenberger, Robyn Mei Yee Ho, Verónica Godoy-Cervera, Kimberlie Dean, Maria Francisca Rebocho, Karin Arbach-Lucioni, Martin Grann, Katharina Seewald, Michael W. Doyle, Sarah Desmarais, Richard Van Dorn, Randy Otto, Jay Singh

Faculty Scholarship

Dutch Abstract: Auteur en een groot aantal alumni-collega's van de Universiteit van Maastricht, hebben gekeken welke risicotaxatie-instrumenten SPV-en gebruiken om het risico van recidive in te schatten bij clienten uit de forensische psychiatrie. Met behulp van START kan volgens hen het risico voor anderen, het risico op victimisatie, risico op zelfbeschadigend gedrag, suïcidegevaar, ongeoorloofde afwezigheid, middelenmisbruik en zelfverwaarlozing bij deze forensische groep vastgesteld worden.

English Abstract: The author and colleagues from the University of Maastricht investigated the use of structured risk assessment instruments in forensic psychiatry. Using instruments such as the START may aid in the assessment of violence, victimization, …

Expedited Approval Of Energy Projects: Toward Assessing The Forms Of Procedural Relief, Michael B. Gerrard

Faculty Scholarship

If we are to prevent the worst effects of climate change, a major shift in the world’s energy systems will be needed, including the construction of a massive number of clean energy facilities. Under one well-known scenario, this will require — along with many other actions — the construction of 230 wind farms the size of the proposed Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound; 1,000 large solar generating facilities of about ten square miles each; 1,400 natural gas-fired electric generating stations; 800 carbon capture and sequestration systems at coal-fired power plants; and 850 new nuclear power plants.

The Cape Wind …

Planning Prompts As A Means Of Increasing Preventive Screening Rates, Katherine L. Milkman, John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian

Faculty Publications

In the U.S., 18,800 lives could be saved annually if those advised to obtain colorectal screenings based on national guidelines complied (Zauber et al., 2012). Subtle suggestions embedded in a decision-making environment can change people's choices (Thaler and Sunstein, 2008). Past research has shown that prompting people to form plans about where and when they will complete an intended behavior increases engagement in activities ranging from voting to vaccination (Gollwitzer and Sheeran, 2006; Milkman et al., 2011; Nickerson and Rogers, 2010). When plans are formed, they link intended behaviors with a concrete future moment and course of action, creating cues …

Simplification And Saving, John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian

Faculty Publications

The daunting complexity of important financial decisions can lead to procrastination. Weevaluate a low-cost intervention that substantially simplifies the retirement savings planparticipation decision. Individuals received an opportunity to enroll in a retirement savingsplan at a pre-selected contribution rate and asset allocation, allowing them to collapsea multidimensional problem into a binary choice between the status quo and the pre-selected alternative. The intervention increases plan enrollment rates by 10–20 percentagepoints. We find that a similar intervention can be used to increase contribution rates amongemployees who are already participating in a savings plan.

Characterization Of Late Postpartum Sleep Disturbance, Caffeine-Related Performance, And Daily Functioning, Kelsey K. Meekins

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The early postpartum period is marked by maternal sleep fragmentation and performance deficits. Although sleep gradually improves in postpartum women, reaction times gradually worsen. This performance deficit is seen beyond 6 weeks postpartum, when many women are expected to return to work, and it is unknown when (or if) new mothers' performance deficits fully recover. The current study used existing data to characterize the late postpartum period (6 months-3 years after the child was born) in terms of recovery from sleep disturbance by monitoring the behavior of mothers on both objective and subjective measures. The current study aimed to describe …