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The Road Ahead: Gaps, Leaks And Drips, Michael J. Glennon Dec 2013

The Road Ahead: Gaps, Leaks And Drips, Michael J. Glennon

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


The Syrian Crisis And The Principle Of Non-Refoulement, Mike Sanderson Dec 2013

The Syrian Crisis And The Principle Of Non-Refoulement, Mike Sanderson

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Cyber Attacks: Proportionality And Precautions In Attack, Eric Talbot Jensen Dec 2013

Cyber Attacks: Proportionality And Precautions In Attack, Eric Talbot Jensen

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Anticipatory Self-Defense In The Cyber Context, Terry D. Gill, Paul A.L. Ducheine Dec 2013

Anticipatory Self-Defense In The Cyber Context, Terry D. Gill, Paul A.L. Ducheine

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Classification Of Cyber Conflict, Michael N. Schmitt Dec 2013

Classification Of Cyber Conflict, Michael N. Schmitt

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


The Geography Of Cyber Conflict: Through A Glass Darkly, Ashley Deeks Dec 2013

The Geography Of Cyber Conflict: Through A Glass Darkly, Ashley Deeks

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Seeking International Criminal Justice In Syria, Annika Jones Dec 2013

Seeking International Criminal Justice In Syria, Annika Jones

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Global Armed Conflict? The Threshold Of Extraterritorial Non-International Armed Conflict, Sasha Radin Dec 2013

Global Armed Conflict? The Threshold Of Extraterritorial Non-International Armed Conflict, Sasha Radin

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Belligerent Targeting And The Invalidity Of A Least Harmful Means Rule, Geoffrey S. Corn, Laurie R. Blank, Chris Jenks, Eric Talbot Jensen Dec 2013

Belligerent Targeting And The Invalidity Of A Least Harmful Means Rule, Geoffrey S. Corn, Laurie R. Blank, Chris Jenks, Eric Talbot Jensen

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Future Path And Suggestions From Various Members, Deepankar Choudhury Dec 2013

Future Path And Suggestions From Various Members, Deepankar Choudhury

Forum for Promotion of Soil Dynamics in India

No abstract provided.


Research Cooperation Between Ngi And Iitr (Geotech Eq Eng. Aspects), B. K. Maheshwari Dec 2013

Research Cooperation Between Ngi And Iitr (Geotech Eq Eng. Aspects), B. K. Maheshwari

Forum for Promotion of Soil Dynamics in India

No abstract provided.


Cooperation Between Ngi & Iit Roorkee, Amir M. Kaynia Dec 2013

Cooperation Between Ngi & Iit Roorkee, Amir M. Kaynia

Forum for Promotion of Soil Dynamics in India

No abstract provided.


Using Lagrangian Coherent Structures To Study Coastal Water Quality, Laura A. Fiorentino Dec 2013

Using Lagrangian Coherent Structures To Study Coastal Water Quality, Laura A. Fiorentino

Open Access Dissertations

The accumulation of pollutants near the shoreline can result in low quality coastal water with negative effects on human health. To understand the role of mixing by tidal flows in coastal water quality, we study the nearshore Lagrangian circulation of four recreational beaches in Miami, FL, who, despite close proximity, have varying microbial levels. Specifically, we reveal Lagrangian Coherent Structures (LCSs), i.e., distinguished material curves which shape global mixing patterns and thus act as skeletons of the Lagrangian circulation. We show how these material curves, which shape circulation and mixing patterns, can be used to explain the incongruous states of …


December 21, 2013, Seattle University School Of Law Dec 2013

December 21, 2013, Seattle University School Of Law

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.


First New Building Taking Shape At Innovation Campus, Kevin Abourezk Dec 2013

First New Building Taking Shape At Innovation Campus, Kevin Abourezk

Nebraska Innovation Campus Materials

The first new building at Nebraska Innovation Campus is taking shape. Construction workers have completed much of the shell for the Companion Building, a three-story building just north of and adjacent to the former 4-H Building on what used to be State Fair Park. They’ve also nearly finished renovating the 4-H Building, which will include a conference center and office and research space. Renovation of the former Industrial Arts building continues at the south edge of the campus,with exterior brick walls propped up by braces and virtually nothing left inside. The university has yet to start work on a fourth …


Hot Shots: Ready For The Road Ahead, Cathy Enns Dec 2013

Hot Shots: Ready For The Road Ahead, Cathy Enns

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.


Class Notes Dec 2013

Class Notes

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Dec 2013

Table Of Contents

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.


Holistic Responses To Campus Violence In The United States: Understanding The Needs Of Campus And Community - Based Service Providers--Research, Jennifer R. Wies, Caroline Reid, David C. May Dec 2013

Holistic Responses To Campus Violence In The United States: Understanding The Needs Of Campus And Community - Based Service Providers--Research, Jennifer R. Wies, Caroline Reid, David C. May

Journal of Excellence in College Teaching and Learning

Campus violence is a significant social and public health problem in the United States and poses a unique situation for service provision. Victims often have access to both campus-based and community-based services, as they are simultaneously students and citizens of a larger community. Therefore, understanding the needs of campus violence service providers is essential for enhancing responses to campus violence. This research identifies knowledge and service delivery needs among service providers to support a comprehensive approach to ending campus violence. Situated in the social-ecological model, this article discusses the results of a survey to identify knowledge and service delivery needs …


Evaluating Co - Teaching In Performance Incentive Systems: Implications For Teacher Education--Commentary, Theresa Quigney Dec 2013

Evaluating Co - Teaching In Performance Incentive Systems: Implications For Teacher Education--Commentary, Theresa Quigney

Journal of Excellence in College Teaching and Learning

One of the most controversial areas of focus in the reform movement relates to the appraisal of K-12 level teachers’ instructional effectiveness, particularly as measured by the achievement levels of their students. While one would expect teachers to be accountable for student learning and be evaluated for their instructional efficacy, the discussion has now expanded into the domain of performance-based pay for teachers—directly based, at least in part, on student growth factors. This issue is critically relevant not only to the K-12 educational workforce, but also to teacher educators involved in preparing these teachers to be effective and successful in …


Using Critical Self - Reflection And Resistance Strategies In Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers--Research, Winston Vaughan Dec 2013

Using Critical Self - Reflection And Resistance Strategies In Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers--Research, Winston Vaughan

Journal of Excellence in College Teaching and Learning

As our country becomes more racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse, pre-service teachers must be fully prepared to deal with these changes. As the demographics change, the majority of teachers continue to be white, middle-class females having to teach students who are different from themselves. Ladson-Billings (1995) suggests that schools of education must prepare teachers with the knowledge, skills and values that will enable them to be culturally competent in the classroom so as to meet the challenges of a pluralistic society. According to Brown(2004) and Sleeter (2001), many pre-service teachers simply lack cross-cultural competence and attitudes regarding diversity that would …


2013 Winter Boise State University Commencement Program, Boise State University Commencement Committee Dec 2013

2013 Winter Boise State University Commencement Program, Boise State University Commencement Committee

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.


Secretion Of Interferon Gamma From Human Immune Cells Is Altered By Exposure To Tributyltin And Dibutyltin, Shanieek Lawrence, Jacqueline Reid, Margaret Whalen Dec 2013

Secretion Of Interferon Gamma From Human Immune Cells Is Altered By Exposure To Tributyltin And Dibutyltin, Shanieek Lawrence, Jacqueline Reid, Margaret Whalen

Chemistry Faculty Research

Tributyltin (TBT) and dibutyltin (DBT) are widespread environmental contaminants found in food, beverages, and human blood samples. Both of these butyltins (BTs) interfere with the ability of human natural killer (NK) cells to lyse target cells and alter secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) from human immune cells in vitro. The capacity of BTs to interfere with secretion of other pro-inflammatory cytokines has not been examined. Interferon gamma (IFNγ) is a modulator of adaptive and innate immune responses, playing an important role in overall immune competence. This study shows that both TBT and DBT alter secretion …


Native Footprints: Photographs And Stories Written On The Land, Kathleen J. Martin Dec 2013

Native Footprints: Photographs And Stories Written On The Land, Kathleen J. Martin

Ethnic Studies

This essay examines the work of Native photographers and artists and the ways their work addresses the decolonizing practice of the study of visual images, as well as stimulating anomalous and unexpected interpretations. It situates representations from a starting point of power, oppression and hegemony as central components of visual imagery, and also as an opportunity to promote dialogue and encourage new interpretations and narratives. This manner of investigation may function as a way to stimulate what wa Thiong’o has conceptualized as “decolonizing the mind” as it applies to images, and to re-imagine Native life as integral and continuous on …


The Second Coming, Doug Ramspeck Dec 2013

The Second Coming, Doug Ramspeck

Booth

The boy’s earliest memory is of his father beating a man nearly to death on the street outside their apartment building in West Chicago. The beating itself is a little fuzzy in the boy’s memory, but he does remember clearly—or believes he remembers—the blood on his father’s hands and shirt, the injured man on his back and moaning on the sidewalk. Apparently the man had permanent brain damage from the beating, and the boy’s father went to prison because of it.


Using Expression Profiling To Understand The Effects Of Chronic Cadmium Exposure On Mcf-7 Breast Cancer Cells, Zelmina Lubovac-Pilav, Daniel M. Borras, Esmeralda Ponce, Maggie Louie Dec 2013

Using Expression Profiling To Understand The Effects Of Chronic Cadmium Exposure On Mcf-7 Breast Cancer Cells, Zelmina Lubovac-Pilav, Daniel M. Borras, Esmeralda Ponce, Maggie Louie

Collected Faculty Scholarship

Cadmium is a metalloestrogen known to activate the estrogen receptor and promote breast cancer cell growth. Previous studies have implicated cadmium in the development of more malignant tumors; however the molecular mechanisms behind this cadmium-induced malignancy remain elusive. Using clonal cell lines derived from exposing breast cancer cells to cadmium for over 6 months (MCF-7-Cd4, -Cd6, -Cd7, -Cd8 and -Cd12), this study aims to identify gene expression signatures associated with chronic cadmium exposure. Our results demonstrate that prolonged cadmium exposure does not merely result in the deregulation of genes but actually leads to a distinctive expression profile. The genes deregulated …


School Teachers. Performance-Based Layoffs And Rehiring. Dismissals. Initiative Statute. Dec 2013

School Teachers. Performance-Based Layoffs And Rehiring. Dismissals. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Requires school districts to use a classroom teacher's performance ratings, rather than seniority, to determine layoffs and make rehiring decisions. Requires districts to conduct specified evaluations of each teacher's performance annually. Requires these annual evaluations to measure teacher performance by, at a minimum, student academic progress, classroom observations and instructional practices, parent and student feedback, and teacher partnerships with community members and organizations. Provides that teachers convicted of certain violent, serious, or sexual felonies are to be automatically dismissed and permanently barred from employment as a teacher in the state. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance …


School Teachers. Performance-Based Layoffs And Rehiring. Dismissals. Initiative Statute. Dec 2013

School Teachers. Performance-Based Layoffs And Rehiring. Dismissals. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Requires school districts to use a classroom teacher's performance ratings, rather than seniority, to determine layoffs and make rehiring decisions. Requires districts to conduct specified evaluations of each teacher's performance annually. Requires these annual evaluations to measure teacher performance by, at a minimum, student academic progress, classroom observations and instructional practices, parent and student feedback, and teacher partnerships with community members and organizations. Provides that teachers convicted of certain violent, serious, or sexual felonies are to be automatically dismissed and permanently barred from employment as a teacher in the state. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance …


Purifying The Human Rna-Lariat Debranching Enzyme, Ammar Saigal Dec 2013

Purifying The Human Rna-Lariat Debranching Enzyme, Ammar Saigal

Honors Program Theses and Research Projects

This project is my first official research endeavor and it involved becoming acquainted with a large variety of biochemistry and molecular biology techniques. The goal is to elucidate the structure of a protein common to most if not all cells of organisms within the Domain Eukarya, which is one of the three taxonomic domains into which all life is categorized. This is the domain most relevant to human beings as it includes plants, fungi, and animals (from a strictly biologically-taxonomic perspective, the species Homo sapiens to which you and I belong is considered belonging to the Kingdom Animalia [Animal]).


Rebuilding Post War Europe: New York And Digital Archives As Reconstitutive Fabric, Anthony Cocciolo Dec 2013

Rebuilding Post War Europe: New York And Digital Archives As Reconstitutive Fabric, Anthony Cocciolo

Urban Library Journal

This project explores four digital initiatives that document and make available to the public information related to American, German, and Jewish relationships before, during, and after World War II. The goal of these projects is to make primary source information available to the public using digital technology, in effect, creating an educational infrastructure for enhancing understanding among these groups. These four projects will be treated as cases, with the guiding question being: what infrastructures are needed to create a contemporary, educational, primary source-based digital platform? The goal of this study is to highlight those infrastructure elements that are instrumental in …