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Turning The World Upside Down: How Frames Of Reference Shape Environmental Law, James Salzman, Martin Doyle Jan 2014

Turning The World Upside Down: How Frames Of Reference Shape Environmental Law, James Salzman, Martin Doyle

Faculty Scholarship

Models and representations help us understand complex phenomena. The Mercator map presents a familiar, two-dimensional view of our three-dimensional world, for example, but it can distort as much as it clarifies. In the natural sciences, too, there are very different ways of framing reality. The classic method developed by Leonard Euler measures a system from a fixed point. A competing method developed by Joseph Louis Lagrange measures from the perspective of a particle moving within the system. These Eulerian and Lagrangian methods of measurement dominate the physical sciences and provide different, though equally valid, measures of how the system operates. …

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From Contract To Legislation: The Logic Of Modern International Lawmaking, Timothy Meyer Jan 2014

From Contract To Legislation: The Logic Of Modern International Lawmaking, Timothy Meyer

Faculty Scholarship

The future of international lawmaking is in peril. Both trade and climate negotiations have failed to produce a multilateral agreement since the mid-1990s, while the U.N. Security Council has been unable to comprehensively respond to the humanitarian crisis in Syria. In response to multilateralism's retreat, many prominent commentators have called for international institutions to be given the power to bind holdout states-often rising or reluctant powers such as China and the United States-without their consent. In short, these proposals envision international law traveling the road taken by federal systems such as the United States and the European Union: from contractual …

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Triadic Legal Pluralism In North Sinai: A Case Study Of State, Shari'a, And 'Urf Courts In Conflict And Cooperation, Mara R. Revkin Jan 2014

Triadic Legal Pluralism In North Sinai: A Case Study Of State, Shari'a, And 'Urf Courts In Conflict And Cooperation, Mara R. Revkin

Faculty Scholarship

To the extent that legal scholars have addressed the post-authoritarian transitions underway in the Middle East, the scope of their work has been primarily confined to the formal infra-structure of state-manufactured law. Attention has focused on the activities of high courts, parliaments, and the administrative apparatus of official justice systems, while largely neglecting to acknowledge the importance of non-state institutions and systems of normative rules that operate in the shadow of modern bureaucratic governments. The concept of legal pluralism, defined as the coexistence of multiple legal or normative orders within a common geographical area, has been applied extensively in European, …

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Big Data And Due Process, Brandon L. Garrett Jan 2014

Big Data And Due Process, Brandon L. Garrett

Faculty Scholarship

Today, electronic footprints may follow us wherever we go. Electronic traces, left through a smartphone or other device, can be tracked to the scene of a crime, or they can place a person far from a crime scene. By the same token, individuals may be falsely implicated due to errors in large government or commercial databases, and evidence of innocence may linger in such archives without ever coming to light. Professors Joshua Fairfield and Erik Luna and have done an important service by carefully introducing the problem of “digital innocence” and marking out areas in need of clear thinking and …

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Symbolic Providers Help People Regulate Affect Relationally: Implications For Perceived Support, Brian Lakey, Corey Cooper, Arika Cronin, Travis Whitaker Jan 2014

Symbolic Providers Help People Regulate Affect Relationally: Implications For Perceived Support, Brian Lakey, Corey Cooper, Arika Cronin, Travis Whitaker

Open Access Publishing Support Funded Articles

Relational regulation theory (Lakey & Orehek, 2011) predicts that the correlation between perceived support and mental health emerges through ordinary conversation and shared activities rather than through conversations about stress and how to cope with it. Observing the conversations and activities of others also helps regulate mental health. Symbolic providers (known only through media) mimic how real providers regulate affect in that recipients observe the conversations and shared activities of symbolic providers. Thus, many perceived support findings obtained for real providers should also be found for symbolic providers. We found the same links between perceived support and affect when recipients …

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Vernon Lidtke: A Tribute, Gary D. Stark, Lawrence D. Stokes Jan 2014

Vernon Lidtke: A Tribute, Gary D. Stark, Lawrence D. Stokes

Peer Reviewed Articles

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The Family Tree Is Not Cut: Marriage Among Slaves In Eighteenth-Century Puerto Rico, David Stark Jan 2014

The Family Tree Is Not Cut: Marriage Among Slaves In Eighteenth-Century Puerto Rico, David Stark

Peer Reviewed Articles

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Scientometric Analyses Of Studies On The Role Of Innate Variation In Athletic Performance, Michael P. Lombardo, Shadie Emiah Jan 2014

Scientometric Analyses Of Studies On The Role Of Innate Variation In Athletic Performance, Michael P. Lombardo, Shadie Emiah

Open Access Publishing Support Funded Articles

Historical events have produced an ideologically charged atmosphere in the USA surrounding the potential influences of innate variation on athletic performance. We tested the hypothesis that scientific studies of the role of innate variation in athletic performance were less likely to have authors with USA addresses than addresses elsewhere because of this cultural milieu. Using scientometric data collected from 290 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals from 2000–2012, we compared the proportions of authors with USA addresses with those that listed addresses elsewhere that studied the relationships between athletic performance and (a) prenatal exposure to androgens, as indicated by the …

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Can Policy Analysis Remain Above The Fray Of Politics? Intentions, Beliefs, And Settings In Berger And Neuhaus's Mediating Structures, Michael Gouin-Hart Jan 2014

Can Policy Analysis Remain Above The Fray Of Politics? Intentions, Beliefs, And Settings In Berger And Neuhaus's Mediating Structures, Michael Gouin-Hart

SPNHA Review

This article discusses the history of mediating structures theory in the American context. It focuses on the 1977 essay To Empower People: The Role of Mediating Structures in Public Policy by Berger and Neuhaus and those authors’ claim that their policy analysis constituted an apolitical set of policy prescriptions. This paper examines that claim in light of historical, philosophical, ethical, and policy-analysis perspectives, through the work of Deborah Stone, and through the lens of virtue ethics; namely, in the work of Aristotle and Alistair MacIntyre.

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Toward A Theory-Predicated Definition Of Digital Literacy For Early Childhood, Elizabeth R. Kazakoff Jan 2014

Toward A Theory-Predicated Definition Of Digital Literacy For Early Childhood, Elizabeth R. Kazakoff

Journal of Youth Development

Though young children are frequent users of digital technology, there is no comprehensive definition of early childhood digital literacy. Currently, digital literacy and related terms are defined with much older children and adults in mind. This paper aims to lay groundwork for redefining digital literacy in an early childhood context. Taking into account the unique developmental needs of early childhood when discussing digital literacy can provide a gateway to developing technological tools and curricula to prepare children in kindergarten through second grade to be more effective users of digital technologies throughout their lives.

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Still Unconstitutional: Our Nation's Experiment With State-Sponsored Sex Segregation In Education, David S. Cohen, Nancy Levit Jan 2014

Still Unconstitutional: Our Nation's Experiment With State-Sponsored Sex Segregation In Education, David S. Cohen, Nancy Levit

Faculty Works

Since federal regulations authorized single-sex education in 2006, there has been an explosion of single-sex schools and classes. Although the Supreme Court has not ruled, three federal court decisions have addressed the constitutionality of single-sex classes, and the issue will percolate toward Supreme Court review soon. The arguments are that parents should have choices and “diversity” of educational options, that “brain research” shows that boys and girls are so biologically different to need sex-specific educational environments, that educational outcomes are better, and single-sex learning environments allows boys and girls to break through gender stereotypes. This article dissects these arguments within …

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Minimizing Length Of Stay In The Emergency Department Through Computer Simulation At Central Dupage Hospital, Donato Miroballi Jan 2014

Minimizing Length Of Stay In The Emergency Department Through Computer Simulation At Central Dupage Hospital, Donato Miroballi

Honors Capstones

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Preparation Of Preschool Children For Grade One: A Case Study Of A Rural Public Preschool In Likuyani Sub-Country Kenya, Ruth Nyongi Kituzi Jan 2014

Preparation Of Preschool Children For Grade One: A Case Study Of A Rural Public Preschool In Likuyani Sub-Country Kenya, Ruth Nyongi Kituzi

Master of Education

Preschools in Kenya play an important role in the preparation of children for grade one. Most preschools are community-based and the management of preschool solely lies in the hands of parents. However, problems such as funding and lack of parental involvement abound. The study adopted a qualitative case study which examined preparation of preschool children for grade one in a rural public preschool in Likuyani Sub-County, Kenya. Four teachers ,two drawn from the preschool, two from grade one and six parents responded to open ended interview questions on how preschool children are prepared for grade one. The preschool had eighty …

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Exploring The Effects Of The Free Day Secondary School Program In Kenya: A Case Of A Day School In Eastern Kenya, Boniface Nzioka Musyoki Jan 2014

Exploring The Effects Of The Free Day Secondary School Program In Kenya: A Case Of A Day School In Eastern Kenya, Boniface Nzioka Musyoki

Master of Education

The FDSE program was initiated by the Kenyan government in 2008 where it paid Ksh 10,265 (US $64) for tuition per year for each secondary student in public school. This study investigated the effects of the FDSE program on various stakeholders in one school in Makueni County, South Eastern Kenya. Data was collected from school administrators, teachers and students by using semi-structured interviews, focus group discussion, document analysis and observation as data collection methods. Data was analyzed qualitatively by first transcribing and identifying codes which were later organized into themes. Findings from the study showed that the implementation of the …

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The Role Of Indigenous Knowledge In Teaching Social Studies To Nomadic Pastoralists Lower Primary Learners, Josphat Sempere Reteti Jan 2014

The Role Of Indigenous Knowledge In Teaching Social Studies To Nomadic Pastoralists Lower Primary Learners, Josphat Sempere Reteti

Master of Education

Studies have shown that education service delivery to nomadic pastoralists communities cannot be done in isolation as social, cultural and economic issues also need to be addressed which is embedded in their indigenous knowledge(Ministry of Education, 2010). According to UNESCO(2006), Education for Sustainable Development starts from recognizing the function of indigenous knowledge. The government of Kenya therefore launched the Nomadic Education Policy (2010), which calls for use of traditional nomadic pastoral knowledge and techniques in teaching nomadic pastoralists children. Despite the policy, text book driven teaching is still rampant in nomadic pastoral schools especially in the teaching of social studies. …

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Outlook Magazine, Autumn 2014 Jan 2014

Outlook Magazine, Autumn 2014

Outlook Magazine

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Banking, Structure, Regulation, And Supervision In 1993 And 2013: Comparison Across Countries And Over Time, James R. Barth, Daniel E. Nolle, Apanard (Penny) Prabha Jan 2014

Banking, Structure, Regulation, And Supervision In 1993 And 2013: Comparison Across Countries And Over Time, James R. Barth, Daniel E. Nolle, Apanard (Penny) Prabha

Journal of International Business and Law

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Annual Reports Of The Selectmen, Treasurer, School Board And All Other Officers And Committees For The Town Of Chichester, New Hampshire., Chichester Town Representatives Jan 2014

Annual Reports Of The Selectmen, Treasurer, School Board And All Other Officers And Committees For The Town Of Chichester, New Hampshire., Chichester Town Representatives

Chichester, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

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Neuroinflammation. Contemporary Anti-Inflammatory Treatment Approaches, Md. Mamun Al-Amin, Hasan M. Reza Jan 2014

Neuroinflammation. Contemporary Anti-Inflammatory Treatment Approaches, Md. Mamun Al-Amin, Hasan M. Reza

Neurosciences

We investigated the idea of possible anti-inflammatory treatment approaches for inflammatory disorders in the CNS. The articles used for this review were searched through PubMed, PsycINFO, and Google scholar and published between January 2000 and July 2013. The CNS has its own type of defensive mechanism. The crosstalk between neurons and the immune system take place via small molecules called cytokines that are secreted from glial cells. Previous study suggested that the imbalance of cytokines facilitates the development of CNS disorders. For instance, the interleukin-6 level is raised in the astrocyte cell during depressive episodes, while axons are damaged by …

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Effects Of Dehydroepiandrosterone In Amphetamine-Induced Schizophrenia Models In Mice, Fatma S. Kilic, Dilek Kulluk, Ahmet Musmul Jan 2014

Effects Of Dehydroepiandrosterone In Amphetamine-Induced Schizophrenia Models In Mice, Fatma S. Kilic, Dilek Kulluk, Ahmet Musmul

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on animal models of schizophrenia. METHODS: Seventy Swiss albino female mice (25-35 g) were divided into 4 groups: amphetamine-free (control), amphetamine, 50, and 100 mg/kg DHEA. The DHEA was administered intraperitoneally (ip) for 5 days. Amphetamine (3 mg/kg ip) induced hyper locomotion, apomorphine (1.5 mg/kg subcutaneously [sc]) induced climbing, and haloperidol (1.5 mg/kg sc) induced catalepsy tests were used as animal models of schizophrenia. The study was conducted at the Animal Experiment Laboratories, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey between March and May 2012. Statistical analysis was carried …

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Beneficial Effects Of Edaravone On The Expression Of Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 After Cerebral Hemorrhage, Fahui Zhao, Zhigang Liu Jan 2014

Beneficial Effects Of Edaravone On The Expression Of Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 After Cerebral Hemorrhage, Fahui Zhao, Zhigang Liu

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of edaravone on the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) posterior to cerebral hemorrhage, and to analyze the relationship between this expression and neurological deficit. METHODS: A total of 160 basal ganglia hemorrhage patients enrolled in Dongfeng Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China between April 2009 and July 2011 were included and divided into a treatment group and a control group (n=80). All patients were treated with minimally invasive hematoma evacuation, and the treatment group was administered with edaravone simultaneously. Serum MMP-9 levels were measured by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The National Institutes of …

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The Impact Of Pneumonia On Hospital Stay Among Patients Hospitalized For Acute Stroke, Behzad Bijani, Hossein Mozhdehipanah, Hassan Jahanihashemi, Samaneh Azizi Jan 2014

The Impact Of Pneumonia On Hospital Stay Among Patients Hospitalized For Acute Stroke, Behzad Bijani, Hossein Mozhdehipanah, Hassan Jahanihashemi, Samaneh Azizi

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of pneumonia on length of hospital stay in cases of acute stroke. METHODS: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study on 368 stroke patients admitted with a diagnosis of stroke at the Avicenna Hospital, Qazvin, Iran between January 2010 and March 2011. By reviewing the hospital patient records, the demographic characteristics, stroke characteristics, and complications of stroke in these patients were determined during their hospital stay. In surviving patients, the impact of each variable on length of hospital stay was calculated by logistic regression analysis and the Log-Rank test. RESULTS: Patients with pneumonia during the post …

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Unusual Heat Stroke Caused By Herbal Therapy With Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hui Deng, Xiaokun Wu, Limin Wu, Hongliang Zhang Jan 2014

Unusual Heat Stroke Caused By Herbal Therapy With Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hui Deng, Xiaokun Wu, Limin Wu, Hongliang Zhang

Neurosciences

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) comprises a range of traditional medical practices that originate in China, including herbal medicine as a major therapy. Through its 4 natures; namely, cold, hot, warm, and cool, herbal medicine may regulate sympathetic nerves and basal metabolic rate and affect the CNS and the endocrine system. Heat stroke is a severely life-threatening heat-related illness that is most commonly seen during summer heat waves and high environmental temperatures. The intake of medications or toxins is considered one of the risk factors leading to heat stroke, as they may affect body thermoregulation. We report a case of heat …

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A Broken Catheter In The Epidural Space, Jamil S. Anwari, Yahya Al-Wahbi, Saleh Al-Nahdi Jan 2014

A Broken Catheter In The Epidural Space, Jamil S. Anwari, Yahya Al-Wahbi, Saleh Al-Nahdi

Neurosciences

The Arrow FlexTip epidural catheter has reinforced coiled stainless steel wire, which facilitates its insertion and is less likely to puncture the blood vessels. However, as compared with non-reinforced, reinforced epidural catheters are more vulnerable to break. We report a case from Saudi Arabia on a retained fragment of a broken epidural catheter. Measures to prevent this mishap and its management are discussed.

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Immunization Manual For Medical And Nursing Students ''Hepatitis B Disease'', Rose Kamenwa Jan 2014

Immunization Manual For Medical And Nursing Students ''Hepatitis B Disease'', Rose Kamenwa

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Approximately 350 – 400 million people worldwide are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV ), and approximately 1 million die annually of HBV -related disease. The worldwide prevalence of hepatitis B virus ranges from 0.1% to 20%). This wide range is largely due to differences in age at the time of infection. Following acute HBV infection, the risk of developing chronic infection varies inversely with age: 90% for perinatal infection, 25–35% for infection at age 1–5 years and less than 10% for adults. About 45% of the world population live in areas where chronic HBV is highly endemic …

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Models Of Care For Orphaned And Separated Children And Upholding Children's Rights: Cross-Sectional Evidence From Western Kenya, Lonnie Embleton, David Ayuku, Allan Kamanda, Lukoye Atwoli, Samuel Ayaya, Rachel Vreeman, Winstone Nyandiko, Peter Gisore, Julius Koech, Paula Braitstein Jan 2014

Models Of Care For Orphaned And Separated Children And Upholding Children's Rights: Cross-Sectional Evidence From Western Kenya, Lonnie Embleton, David Ayuku, Allan Kamanda, Lukoye Atwoli, Samuel Ayaya, Rachel Vreeman, Winstone Nyandiko, Peter Gisore, Julius Koech, Paula Braitstein

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Background: Sub-Saharan Africa is home to approximately 55 million orphaned children. The growing orphan crisis has overwhelmed many communities and has weakened the ability of extended families to meet traditional care-taking expectations. Other models of care and support have emerged in sub-Saharan Africa to address the growing orphan crisis, yet there is a lack of information on these models available in the literature. We applied a human rights framework using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to understand what extent children's basic human rights were being upheld in institutional vs. community- or family-based care settings in …

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Graduate And Undergraduate Catalog, 2014-2015, Eastern Washington University, Washington State Library. Electronic State Publications Jan 2014

Graduate And Undergraduate Catalog, 2014-2015, Eastern Washington University, Washington State Library. Electronic State Publications

Course Catalogs

Eastern Washington University's course catalog for the 2014-2015 academic year.

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Eastern, Winter 2014, Eastern Washington University. Division Of University Relations. Jan 2014

Eastern, Winter 2014, Eastern Washington University. Division Of University Relations.

Alumni Publications

This issue contains articles about: It's a Great "Time" to be an Eagle, EWU is moving onward and upward, and Funny Man, Comedian and EWU graduate Brad Upton brings laughter to audiences around the globe, and Building Success One City at a Time, Katy Allen's legacy of public service, and Lifelong Bonds, the brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha stay connected

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Crime Victims' Rights During Criminal Investigations? Applying The Crime Victims' Rights Act Before Criminal Charges Are Filed, Paul G. Cassell, Nathanael J. Mitchell, Bradley J. Edwards Jan 2014

Crime Victims' Rights During Criminal Investigations? Applying The Crime Victims' Rights Act Before Criminal Charges Are Filed, Paul G. Cassell, Nathanael J. Mitchell, Bradley J. Edwards

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

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Extending Sentencing Mitigation For Deserving Young Adults, Kelsey B. Shust Jan 2014

Extending Sentencing Mitigation For Deserving Young Adults, Kelsey B. Shust

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

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