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Empirical Evidence Of Drug Pricing Games - A Citizen's Pathway Gone Astray, Robin Feldman, Evan Frondorf, Andrew K. Cordova, Connie Wang

Faculty Scholarship

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Felon Disenfranchisement, Hadar Aviram, Allyson Bragg, Chelsea Lewis

Faculty Scholarship

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From Business Tax Theory To Practice, Alina S. Ball, Manoj Viswanathan

Faculty Scholarship

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Liberty And Community In Marriage: Expanding On Massey's Proposal For A Community Property Option In New Hampshire, Jo Carrillo

Faculty Scholarship

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Primary Care Lawyers: A Holistic Approach To Pro Bono Business Lawyering, Alina S. Ball

Faculty Scholarship

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Restraining Lawyers: From 'Cases' To 'Tasks', Morris A. Ratner

Faculty Scholarship

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The Role Of Human Rights Litigation In Improving Access To Reproductive Health Care And Achieving Reductions In Maternal Mortality, Jennifer Templeton Dunn, Katherine Lesyna, Anna Zaret

Faculty Scholarship

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Water And Taxes, Dave Owen

Faculty Scholarship

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Resolving Disputes And Improving Security In Post-Conflict Settings: An Example From Liberia, Jessica Vapnek, Alfred Fofie, Peter Boaz

Faculty Scholarship

Countries emerging from civil conflict in the developing world face numerous challenges that hinder reconstruction and peace building. These hurdles, many of which existed before the war and may have contributed to the civil strife, include poverty, unequal distribution of political and economic power, land disputes and exploitation or exclusion of groups on social, cultural, tribal or religious bases. Liberia emerged from 14 years of conflict in 2003 urgently needing to address many of these concerns, in particular the burgeoning number of land disputes and the looming threat they posed to peace, security and national reconstruction. A joint effort by …

Fostering Ethical Professional Identity In Tax: Using The Traditional Tax Classroom, Heather M. Field

Faculty Scholarship

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Seeking A Rational Approach To A Regional Refugee Crisis: Lessons From The Summer 2014 ‘Surge’ Of Central American Women And Children At The Us-Mexico Border, Karen Musalo, Eunice Lee

Faculty Scholarship

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Auctions, Taxes, And Air, Dave Owen

Faculty Scholarship

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The Importance Of Institutional Design For Distributed Local-Level Governance Of Groundwater: The Case Of California’S Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Dave Owen, Michael Kiparsky, Anita Millman, Andrew T. Fisher

Faculty Scholarship

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Water And Taxes, Dave Owen

Faculty Scholarship

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Restraining Lawyers: From 'Cases' To 'Tasks', Morris A. Ratner

Faculty Scholarship

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Cdc’S New Rule To Track And Quarantine Travellers, Dorit Rubenstein Reiss, Y. Tony Yang

Faculty Scholarship

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Decoupling Vaccine Laws, Dorit Rubenstein Reiss

Faculty Scholarship

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Predicting Stream Vulnerability To Urbanization Stress With Bayesian Network Mode, Dave Owen, Kristen K. Weil, Christopher S. Cronen, Spencer R. Meyer, Robert J. Lilieholm, Thomas J. Danielson, Leonidas Tsomides

Faculty Scholarship

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Youth Incarceration, Health, And Length Of Stay, Thalia Gonzalez

Faculty Scholarship

For youth from marginalized communities, the pathway into the juvenile justice system occurs against a backdrop of disproportionately high levels of stress, complex trauma, and adverse childhood experiences. Despite overall reductions in the percentage of youth in confinement from recent state-level reforms, the lengths of stay for many youth often exceed evidence-based timelines, as well as a state’s own guidelines and criteria. This occurs despite a large and growing body of empirical research that documents the health status of system-involved youth and the association between incarceration during adolescence and the range of subsequent health and mental health outcomes in adulthood. …

Promoting Indigenous Language In Nigeria: Issues And Challenges For The Library And Information Professionals, Oyemike Victor Benson, Linda I. Anyalebechi, Ifeyinwa Aidah Ariole

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper centered on issues and challenges associated with promoting of indigenous language by library and information science professionals. The desk research approach involving extensive review of literatures on indigenous language was adopted. The challenges to promoting of indigenous language include: multiplicity of indigenous language, non-proficiency in indigenous languages, non-documentation of indigenous language and the preference for English language. The way forward for sustainable promotion of indigenous languages highlighted in the paper are: grass root promotion of indigenous language, establishment of centre for Advancement of Indigenous Language in Nigeria. (AILV), promotion of books written in indigenous language, translation of literary …

Modeling Information Seeking Behavior Of Scholarly Community, Mudasir Khazer Rather, Shabir Ahmad Ganaie

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Purpose: A number of models have been designed from time to time globally by various authors and researchers relevant to information needs and seeking behavior of users in various academic institutions. The paper explores, introduces and discusses various information seeking models and explains various elements of each model with an aim to design a model showing the information seeking behavior of Research Scholars in Universities of Kashmir.

Design/methodology/approach: Various online resources like database, research articles and other web tools were accessed to retrieve relevant information related to the select models. To explore the information seeking behavior of Research …

Role Of Icts In Accessing And Disseminating Information For Improved Urban Livestock Keeping In Tanzania. A Review Of Related Literature., Consolata Angello 1

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This review summarizes relevant research on the relevance of urban agriculture and how best various Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be used in accessing and disseminating livestock husbandry information, in order to improve livestock husbandry practices in urban areas. Specifically, it reviews studies that have been conducted in relation to urban agricultural practices, the challenges of keeping livestock in urban areas and the solutions to overcome the challenges of urban livestock keeping. The review also discusses the extent of ICT integration in agriculture from a global perspective and specifically in Africa and Tanzania. The review focuses on the information …

Factors Contributing To The Adoption Of Institutional Repositories In Universities In South-West Nigeria: Perspectives Of Library Staff, Ese Eunice Anenene, Gabriel 'Bunmi Alegbeleye Prof., Olawale Oyewole

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Institutional repository (IR) has the potential of increasing the visibility, prestige, ranking and public value of researchers and universities. Despite the potential benefits associated with the establishment of institutional repositories (IRs) by universities, observations have showed that it is as if most universities in Nigeria have not keyed into this laudable innovation. The study therefore examined from the library staff point of view, the factors that could contribute to the adoption of IRs in Universities in South-West Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted and the population consisted of 32 library staff in seven universities in South-West Nigeria. The total …

Citation Network Analysis Of Science Doctoral Theses In The Faculty Of Science, University Of Ibadan, Malik Oyewale Salami Mr, Wole Michael Olatokun Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objective - This paper investigated the intellectual structure of the cited journals by science doctoral students in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria through field-mapping mechanism namely co-citation analysis. The study also explored the relationship and its strength between the science disciplines in terms of journals that were co-referenced through bibliographic coupling analysis. The deployment of bibliographic coupling techniques with co-citation analysis was adopted to model the pattern of scientific communications among scientists and scholarly journals.

Methods - The scholarly citation data were collected from science doctoral theses submitted between 2006 and 2013 across ten disciplines in the Faculty of Science, …

Nurses And Use Of Research Information In Clinical Practice: A Case Study Of The University Teaching Hospital In Zambia, Mercy Wamunyima Monde Mrs, Akakandelwa Akakandelwa Dr, Christine Wamunyima Kanyengo Ms

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main objective of this study was to investigate nurses’ use of research information in their clinical practice at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. A case study that utilised both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection was adopted. Data was collected using a questionnaire in 2015. Quantitative data was analysed using SPSS and qualitative data was analysed thematically. A purposive sample of 60 practicing nurses was used, 57 questionnaires were returned, giving a response rate of 95%. 54% of the nurses indicated that they used research information in their clinical practice. 12.28% of the nurses used research …

Quantitative Analysis Of International Journal Of Library And Information Studies, Dr. Zafrunnisha N. Zafrunnisha, Sunil B

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study consist of 371 citations which have been appeared in two volumes i.e., 8 issues of International Journal of Library and Information Studies during the years 2014 and 2015. The distribution pattern of citation by type of documents i.e. journals are heavily cited (43.54%). It was observed that books fell in the next order (11.74%) followed by conference proceedings, reports, symposia papers representing 28.42 percent of the total which occupy an important place in usage. The average number of citations per thesis was 125.18.

Literature Growth And Development Of “Earthworm”: A Bibliometric Analysis, A. Vanitha, M. Mani, Dr. A. Thirumagal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

An earthworm is a soil living organism and seems in soil. It helps to make the soil more nutritious and used as an organic fertilizer. So earthworms are called as best partner for the soil and the farmer. This research is concentrated on earthworm analysis. The records are collected from web of science database for the period of 2007 - 2016. Total number of publications collected for this study was 3939. Composting with worms is called as vermicomposting. It is a good way to dispose all organic wastes, such as vegetable and fruit peelings. By the vermicomposting, the wastes are …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Research Literature On Piper Betle, Dr. A. Thirumagal, A. Vanitha, M. Mani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Betel leaf plays an important role in ancient civilization. Chewing betel leaves with areca nut was pointed out in the pre-historic books. In 13^th century, Marco Polo mentioned about the betel chewing among kings and nobles in India. Betel and areca nut plays an important role in Indian Culture, especially among Hindus. On that basis of idea the keyword of “Piper betle” or betel was collected from the Web of Science. This study is limited for the period 1997- 2016 with Bibexcel and Pajek tool. Scientists are so much interested to publish the research immediately in the journal article. …

Collection And Management Of E-Books In Nigerian University Libraries, Sirajudeen Femi Bakrin, Mujidat Adeola Bello

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Nigerian literature has focused more on the general concept of e-resources without dedicated attention to e-books. This work takes a critical look at the challenges related to e-books collection and management in Nigerian universities. The study was conducted among six federal universities in Nigeria; one from each geo-political zone of the federation. A survey research design was utilized to carry out the study with structured interview conducted for system librarians of the six university libraries. While there is proliferation of e-books in the libraries, absence of local titles, budgeting, consortium and awareness of DRM issues remain obvious challenges.

Bibliotheca: The Road To Wisdom, Simjith V, Vasudevan T.M

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

There is a path which takes any creative intellect from the world of information to that of wisdom through the world of knowledge. This path for creative realization is indeed resonant with the 'Upanishadic' method of spiritual realization, i.e. the transformative ideology of the East, consisting of the phases of 'Sravana', 'Manana', and 'Nididhyasana' in that order, with the outcome of the phases being Information, Knowledge and Wisdom respectively. This has been seen to be true in the case of legendary literary work and unparalleled epic of the East, 'Mahabharata', inspired the master writer of India, MT Vasudevan Nair in …