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Leslie D. Mower, A11. Individual; Ld . I.Il, I.Lc, A Utah Limited Liability Company; Ld Ranch, Llc, N Utah Limited Liability Company, Plaintiffs/ Appellants, Vs. David R. Shv1pson, An Individual; Landmark Real Estate, Inc., A Utah Corporation; Wood Springs, Llc, A Utah Limited Liability Company; Pheasant Meadows, Llc, A Utah Lirnited Liability Company; Krjstin 1\1ackey, An Individual; Dean Mackey, An Individual; And Does 1- 10, Defendants/ Appellee., Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

Appenl from the Final Judgment of the Fourth District Court, Utah County, Provo Division, The Honorr..ble Judge Lynn W. Davis

Humanitarians At Heart, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

Warners designate gifts for Alumni Association and undergraduate and medical scholarships

Is Originalism Our Law?, William Baude

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.

Using Literature Circles To Increase Reading Comprehension And Student Motivation, Michelle Jacobs

Theses and Dissertations

Many educators arrange students in guided reading groups based on their reading lexile. Usually the books selected for guided reading are from a basal reading series and are used to teach different reading components and strategies. However, the books don’t always reflect student cultures, making it difficult for students to hold discussions and make connections. Oftentimes, students are unmotivated to read the assigned books and rarely engage in discussions. Based on research conducted by Daniels (2006), when kids are engaged in well-structured book clubs their comprehension and their attitude towards reading both improve. With ongoing changes in education, educators must …

Speaker Series, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton Speaker Series continues in January with Elijah Anderson, a sociology professor at Yale University.

Michael J. Van Leeuwen, Plaintiff And Appellant, Vs. Bank Of America, N. A., Et Al. Defendants And Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County, Judge Laura S. Scott

State V. Vann Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43054

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Goldsby V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 43144

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

State V. Boltz Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43399

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015, Tennessee. Department Of Treasury.

TCRS Financial Reports

No abstract provided.

Are Legal Restrictions On Disparaging Personal Names Unconstitutional? In Re The Slants, Laura A. Heymann, Eric Goldman

Popular Media

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A Genetic And Biochemical Analysis Of Sulfolobus Spindle-Shaped Virus 1, Eric Alexander Iverson

Dissertations and Theses

Viruses infecting the Archaea exhibit a tremendous amount of morphological and genetic diversity. This is especially true for crenarchaeal viruses from the family Fuselloviridae, which possess spindle-shaped capsids and genomes that harbor a great number of uncharacterized genes. The functions of these unidentified gene products are of interest as they have the potential to provide valuable insights into the fusellovirus infection cycle and archaeal viruses in general. In an effort to better characterize the genetic requirements of the Fuselloviridae, we have performed genetic and biochemical experiments using the best studied fusellovirus, Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus 1 (SSV1).

A comprehensive …

Parameters – Full Issue – Winter 2015, Usawc Parameters

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

Special Commentary: Rethinking America’s Grand Strategy by Hal Brands The Efficacy of Landpower by Michael Allen Hunzeker, Alexander Lanoszka, Joseph Roger Clark Professionalism and the Volunteer Military by Don M. Snider, Louis G. Yuengert Putin’s Way of War by Andrew Monaghan On Strategic Leadership by David H. Petraeus

State V. Backus Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43076

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

State V. Dunlap Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43220

Not Reported

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State V. Ballard Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43232

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

State V. Heigel Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43340

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

State V. Standley Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43020

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

State V. Sorrells Appellant's Brief Dckt. 43428

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Improving Medication Administration Safety In The Clinical Environment, Janet Tompkins Mcmahon

DNP and Student Works

Work interruptions during medication administration are a serious problem negatively impact patient safety. Utilizing a medication safety vest and signage during medication administration improves situation awareness, therefore reducing the potential for interruptions.

Strategic Decision Making For Organizational Sustainability: The Implications Of Servant Leadership And Sustainable Leadership Approaches, Judita Peterlin, Noel Pearse, Vlado Dimovski

Economic and Business Review

This conceptual paper explores the implications of servant leadership and sustainable leadership for strategic decision making by the top management of an organization. It is argued that a different type of leadership is required if effective strategic decisions are to be made in organizations striving to become more sustainable and that servant leadership and sustainable leadership approaches provide a sound basis to inform these decisions. The contributions of these two leadership approaches are explored, before considering the implications for leadership development. Particularly, the inclusion in leadership development programmes of values based leadership, and the development of integrative thinking, is discussed.

Institutional Change As A Result Of International Accreditation: Business Schools Of Lithuania After The Iron Curtain, Yelena Istileulova, Darja Peljhan

Economic and Business Review

This paper studies the effects of gaining international accreditation in business schools (B-schools) in Lithuania. As in other CEE countries, in Lithuania international accreditation has recently become one of the key solutions to achieving legitimacy for B-schools. Due to the lack of research in this area, the aim of this paper is to explore and unveil the reasons for, and the consequences of the accreditation using an institutional theory framework. A multiple case study methodology is used to answer the research questions. The findings reveal that accreditation effects represent a case of institutional isomorphism, because B-schools seek accreditation to achieve …

Effectiveness Of Financial And Fiscal Instruments For Promoting Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies, Renata Dombrovski

Economic and Business Review

The new EU target of achieving 80-95% emission reductions by 2050 calls for novel energy policy solutions. Previous research has failed to evaluate the influence of all relevant elements of energy policy on technology-specific sustainable renewable energy diffusion. This paper adds to existing research by studying the effectiveness of financial and fiscal instruments on diffusion, additionally controlling for potential political, economic, social, and environmental drivers. These drivers are analysed for 26 EU countries over the period 1990-2011. The main results show that feed-in tariffs, quotas, and tenders effectively promote wind technologies. Other explanatory variables have technology- and model-dependent impacts.

Can Oversight Mitigate Auditor’S Motivated Reasoning? An Experimental Study, Sergeja Slapničar, Igor Lončarski, Maja Zaman

Economic and Business Review

Evidence of auditors’ failure to provide an independent opinion has reopened debates on measures to ensure auditor independence. We examine the effectiveness of oversight on two prominent determinants of auditor’s biased opinion – financial incentives and a personal relationship with the client. We conduct a between-subject experiment involving an accounting choice task. We find a significant effect of a personal relationship on the auditor’s choice after controlling for financial incentives. Oversight has a significant negative effect on auditor’s choice arising from financial incentives, whereas a personal relationship significantly reduces the effectiveness of oversight. Our results show that, in addition to …

Immigration Attitudes And Support For The Welfare State In The American Mass Public, James C. Garand, Ping Xu, Belinda C. Davis

Political Science Faculty Publications

In this article, we explore the relationship between Americans’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration and their attitudes toward welfare. Using data from the Cumulative American National Election Study from 1992 to 2012, we find ample evidence of the influence of immigration attitudes on both individuals’ attitudes toward welfare recipients and their attitudes toward increased welfare spending. These immigration effects persist even in the face of statistical controls for attitudes toward African Americans and attitudes toward the poor; indeed, in our models, the magnitude of the effects of immigration attitudes surpasses the magnitude of effects of attitudes toward blacks. Further, our …

The Interrelationships Of Placental Mammals And The Limits Of Phylogenetic Inference, James E. Tarver, Mario Dos Reis, Siavash Mirarab, Raymond J. J. Moran, Sean Parker, Joseph E. O'Reilly, Benjamin L. King, Mary J. O'Connell, Robert J. Asher, Tandy Warnow, Kevin J. Peterson, Philip C.J. Donoghue, Davide Pisani

Dartmouth Scholarship

Placental mammals comprise three principal clades: Afrotheria (e.g., elephants and tenrecs), Xenarthra (e.g., armadillos and sloths), and Boreoeutheria (all other placental mammals), the relationships among which are the subject of controversy and a touchstone for debate on the limits of phylogenetic inference. Previous analyses have found support for all three hypotheses, leading some to conclude that this phylogenetic problem might be impossible to resolve due to the compounded effects of incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) and a rapid radiation. Here we show, using a genome scale nucleotide data set, microRNAs, and the reanalysis of the three largest previously published amino acid …

Partners Diversification And Exposure Of African Countries To International Crises: The Case Of Kenya, Giscard Assoumou Ella

International Journal of African Development

The objective of this paper is to characterize the exposure of Kenyan's income to international income, monetary and price shocks. The results suggest that the partners’ diversification permits them to resist to international shocks. In fact, Chinese conjuncture tends to be less exposed to OECD countries' income and inflation shocks. Also, income in this country more depends on domestic investment and household consumption, in comparison to the exposure to OECD country shocks. In this context, we observe that the exposure of Kenyan income to OECD shocks regresses when the dependence to Chinese conjuncture progresses.

Examining Human Capital Capacity’S Influence On Human Development And Poverty Reduction In Sub-Saharan Africa, Theodore J. Davis Jr.

International Journal of African Development

The aim of this paper is to examine and expand our focus on human capital capacity building as a foundation for poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa. The data showed significant differences in the human capital capacity building characteristics as measured by demographic, education and gender equality characteristics. In analyzing select human capital capacity building markers, the findings suggest that the educational indicators were among the strongest in explaining the variation in human development in Sub-Saharan Africa. The findings showed that gender inequality was a serious inhibitor of human development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Overall, the Sub-Saharan nations with the lowest level …

Deindustrialization In Africa, Richard Grabowski

International Journal of African Development

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been characterized by deindustrialization. Conventional economists argue that this is due to a bad environment for business decision making. This paper provides a classical explanation for deindustrialization, the failure to solve the food problem. That is, food staple prices have risen rapidly resulting in labor becoming costly, although physically abundant. This has prevented the evolution of a comparative advantage in labor intensive manufacturing. Structural change is an important element of the process of economic development, especially in the early stages. Productivity grows by shifting labor out of agriculture where productivity is low, and into …

Inflation, External Market Performance And Government Policy: An Empirical Investigation Using Var-Vecm Approach In The Context Of Ethiopia, Nardos M. Beyene

International Journal of African Development

This study aims at determining the effectiveness of demand management policies in stabilizing the macroeconomic environment of Ethiopian economy. Inflation and Balance of Payments are used as the two indicators of stability. The researcher made use of Co-integrated VAR approach and estimates inflation and balance of payments equations. All together the researcher used data for the period 1976-2011. The findings of the study imply the existence of two-way relationship between inflation and balance of payments. Excess balance of payment surplus leads to inflationary pressures in the economy while inflation booming deteriorates the country’s external balance.