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Moving Beyond The Wto: A Proposal To Adjudicate Gmo Disputes In An International Environmental Court, Marguerite A. Hutchinson

San Diego International Law Journal

This Article begins with a brief summary of the scientific basis of creating GMOs and its historic precursors. The second section provides an overview of risks to humans and the environment. The third part of this Article analyzes the arguments put forward by both the United States and the E.U., which have defined the conflict between blocs of countries pushing GMOs abroad and those who persistently reject them. The fourth section evaluates the respective regulatory schemes imposed on GMOs by the United States and Europe, domestically and by international treaty. The success of these systems is evaluated in the fifth …

Market Organisations And Institutions In America And England: Valuation In Corporate Bankruptcy, Sarah Paterson

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Courts in England and the United States have traditionally adopted different approaches to the question of valuation in debt restructuring cases. In England, courts have tended to determine whether to approve the allocation of equity in a debt restructuring by reference to the amounts creditors would have received if no debt restructuring had been agreed. The company has typically argued that if no debt restructuring had been agreed either the business or the assets would have been sold. Typically, some evidence of exposure of the business and assets to the market will be submitted to identify the value which would …

“Taking The Threat To American Democracy Seriously: The Truth/Justice/Democracy Initiative,”, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals

Bank Capital, Phase 2, The Banks: Reviving The System, Timothy "Tim" Clark, Matthew Kabaker, Lee Sachs

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Part of a series of XX papers -RESPONDING to the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: What We Did and Why We Did It, presented on September 11-12, 2018, at the Hutchins Center of the Brookings Institute and co-sponsored by the Yale Program on Financial Stability, in light of the 10th Anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis.

Nonbank Financial Institutions: New Vulnerabilities And Old Tools, Scott G. Alvarez, William Dudley

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Part of a series of XX papers -RESPONDING to the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: What We Did and Why We Did It, presented on September 11-12, 2018, at the Hutchins Center of the Brookings Institute and co-sponsored by the Yale Program on Financial Stability, in light of the 10th Anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis.

The Fiscal Response To The Great Recession: Steps Taken, Paths Rejected, And Lessons For Next Time, Jason Furman

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Part of a series of XX papers -RESPONDING to the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: What We Did and Why We Did It, presented on September 11-12, 2018, at the Hutchins Center of the Brookings Institute and co-sponsored by the Yale Program on Financial Stability, in light of the 10th Anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis.

Implementing Tarp: The Administrative Architecture Of The Troubled Assets Relief Program, Timothy G. Massad, Neel T. Kashkari

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Part of a series of XX papers -RESPONDING to the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: What We Did and Why We Did It, presented on September 11-12, 2018, at the Hutchins Center of the Brookings Institute and co-sponsored by the Yale Program on Financial Stability, in light of the 10th Anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis.

The Use And Effectiveness Of Conventional Liquidity Tools Early In The Financial Crisis, William "Bill" English, Patricia (Trish) Mosser

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Part of a series of XX papers -RESPONDING to the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: What We Did and Why We Did It, presented on September 11-12, 2018, at the Hutchins Center of the Brookings Institute and co-sponsored by the Yale Program on Financial Stability, in light of the 10th Anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis.

Rescuing The Mortgage Giants, Daniel "Dan" Jester, Matthew (Matt) Kabaker, Jeremiah Norton, Lee Sachs

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Paper addresses the 2008 rescues of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government-sponsored enterprises focussed on the mortgage market. Part of a series of XX papers -RESPONDING to the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: What We Did and Why We Did It, presented on September 11-12, 2018, at the Hutchins Center of the Brookings Institute and co-sponsored by the Yale Program on Financial Stability, in light of the 10th Anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis.

Bank Capital, Phase 1: Recapitalizing The Banking System, Daniel "Dan" Jester, David Nason, Jeremiah Norton

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Part of a series of XX papers -RESPONDING to the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: What We Did and Why We Did It, presented on September 11-12, 2018, at the Hutchins Center of the Brookings Institute and co-sponsored by the Yale Program on Financial Stability, in light of the 10th Anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis.

Monetary Policy During The Financial Crisis, Donald L. Kohn, Brian Sack

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Part of a series of XX papers -RESPONDING to the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: What We Did and Why We Did It, presented on September 11-12, 2018, at the Hutchins Center of the Brookings Institute and co-sponsored by the Yale Program on Financial Stability, in light of the 10th Anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis.

Immigration And Environment In The U.S.: A Spatial Study Of Air Quality, Guizhen Ma, Erin Trouth Hofmann

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

Environmental consequences are frequently cited as a justification for restricting immigration to the United States, but there is little empirical research on the environmental consequences of immigration to support such arguments. The research that does exist shows immigration to be less environmentally harmful than native population growth, but is hampered by small samples and fails to account for spatial autocorrelation of air quality. We use the air quality domain of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Quality Index (EQI) to examine the association between immigrant and native populations and local air quality across all counties in the continental U.S. We employ …

The 7 Best Books About The Financial Crisis, Matthew C. Klein

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Development And Implementation Of A Mobile Device-Based Pediatric Electronic Decision Support Tool As Part Of A National Practice Standardization Project, Russell J Mcculloh, Sarah D Fouquet, Joshua Herigon, Eric A Biondi, Brandan Kennedy, Ellen Kerns, Adrienne Deporre, Jessica L Markham, Y Raymond Chan, Krista Nelson, Jason G Newland

2010-2019 OA Pubs

OBJECTIVE: Implementing evidence-based practices requires a multi-faceted approach. Electronic clinical decision support (ECDS) tools may encourage evidence-based practice adoption. However, data regarding the role of mobile ECDS tools in pediatrics is scant. Our objective is to describe the development, distribution, and usage patterns of a smartphone-based ECDS tool within a national practice standardization project.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We developed a smartphone-based ECDS tool for use in the American Academy of Pediatrics, Value in Inpatient Pediatrics Network project entitled "Reducing Excessive Variation in the Infant Sepsis Evaluation (REVISE)." The mobile application (app), PedsGuide, was developed using evidence-based recommendations created by an …

Role Of Caregiver-Reported Outcomes In Identification Of Children With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure During The First Year Of Life, Ludmila N Bakhireva, Jean Lowe, Laura M Garrison, Sandra Cano, Yuridia Leyva, Fares Qeadan, Julia M Stephen

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

BACKGROUND: Earlier identification of children with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) remains a challenge. The objective of this study was to identify neurobehavioral (NB) outcomes associated with PAE in infants.

METHODS: This manuscript evaluates NB outcomes at 6.33±1.12 months of age in 93 infants (39 PAE and 54 No-PAE) recruited prospectively into the ENRICH cohort. PAE was assessed by prospective repeated TLFB interviews and a panel of ethanol biomarkers. NB outcomes were evaluated by the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID-III), Parenting Stress Index (PSI), Infant Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ-R), and Infant Sensory Profile (ISP).

RESULTS: Mean maternal age at enrollment was …

Managing Dissent, Timothy Zick

Faculty Publications

In his insightful new book, Managed Speech: The Roberts Court's First Amendment (2017), Professor Greg Magarian criticizes the Roberts Court for adopting a "managed speech" approach in its First Amendment cases. According to Professor Magarian, that approach gives too much power to private and governmental actors to manage public discourse, constrain dissident speakers, and instill social and political stability. This Article argues that at least insofar as it relates to many forms of public dissent, the managed speech approach is both deeply rooted in First Amendment jurisprudence and culturally prevalent. Historically, First Amendment jurisprudence has expressed support for narrowly managed …

Advancing Social Connection As A Public Health Priority In The United States, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Theodore Robles, David A. Sbarra

Faculty Publications

A robust body of scientific evidence indicates that being embedded in high-quality close relationships and feeling socially connected to the people in your life is associated with decreased risk for all-cause mortality as well as a range of disease morbidities. Despite mounting evidence that the magnitude of these associations is comparable to many leading health determinants (that receive significant public health resources), government agencies, healthcare providers and associations, and public/private healthcare funders are slow to recognize human social relationships as either a health determinant or health risk marker in a manner that is comparable to other public health priorities. This …

Depressive Symptoms And Untreated Coronal Dental Caries Among Adults Ages 21-64 Years, Nhanes 2013-2014, R. Constance Wiener, Chan Shen, Patricia A. Findley, Nilanjana Dwibedi, Usha Sambamoorthi

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Background: Depression has been linked to poor oral health among patients seeking dental care. However, systematic research on the relationship between depressive symptoms and oral health is limited. Objective: To examine the association of depressive symptoms with untreated dental caries among adults aged 21-64 years. Basic Research Design: Cross-sectional secondary analysis. Setting: The data were extracted national data collected in the United States (2013-2014 National Health Nutrition and Examination Survey). Participants: The sample consisted of 3,127 non-institutionalized civilians. Main outcome measure: Untreated coronal dental caries (yes, no) was the key outcome variable. Depressive symptom categories (none, moderate, and severe) were …

Intestinal Carriage Of Third-Generation Cephalosporin-Resistant And Extended-Spectrum Β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae In Healthy Us Children., Shamim Islam, Rangaraj Selvarangan, Neena Kanwar, Rendie Mchenry, James D. Chappell, Natasha Halasa, Mary E. Wikswo, Daniel C. Payne, Parvin H. Azimi, L Clifford Mcdonald, Oscar G. Gomez-Duarte

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Background: The epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacteriaceae intestinal carriage in healthy US children has not been well characterized.

Methods: Children between 14 days and 14 years of age were enrolled during well-child visits in Oakland, California, Kansas City, Kansas, and Nashville, Tennessee, between December 2013 and March 2015. Data on recent antibiotic use by the child and travel and hospitalization history of all members of each child's household were obtained with a risk-factor survey. Stool specimens collected from the subjects were screened for extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing (ESBL-P) bacteria using CHROMagar ESBL medium. Putative ESBL-P Escherichia coli and Klebsiella colonies underwent phenotypic confirmation …

Robert James Baker (1942-2018), Obituary, Hugh H. Genoways, Robert D. Bradley, David J. Schmidly, Lisa C. Bradley, James J. Bull, Karen Mcbee, Meredith J. Hamilton, Peter A. Larsen

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

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On 30 March 2018, the science of mammalogy and the American Society of Mammalogists lost one of the most influential figures of the last half-century. Robert James Baker died quietly at his home in Lubbock, Texas (Fig. 1). He was born on 8 April 1942 to James Simeon Baker and Laura Cooper in Warren, Arkansas. His father was killed during World War II and his mother remarried, resulting in his growing up with six half-siblings. According to Robert’s autobiography in Going afield (330—number refers to specific publication in “Bibliography”), he spent a good deal of his youth with …

The Pervasive Crisis Of Diminishing Radiation Therapy Access For Vulnerable Populations In The United States—Part 4: Appalachian Patients, Shearwood Mcclelland Iii, Tasneem Kaleem, Mark E. Bernard, Hiba Z. Ahmed, Terence T. Sio, Robert C. Miller

Radiation Medicine Faculty Publications

Purpose: Compared with the rest of the United States, the population of Appalachia has lower education levels, higher rates of poverty, and limited access to health care. The presence of disparities in radiation therapy (RT) access for Appalachian patients with cancer has rarely been examined.

Methods and materials: The National Cancer Institute initiatives toward addressing disparities in treatment access for rural populations were examined. An extensive literature search was undertaken for studies investigating RT access disparities in Appalachian patients, beginning with the most common cancers in these patients (lung, colorectal, and cervical).

Results: Although the literature investigating RT access disparities …

Hyphenated Americans: Christian Arab-Americans’ Identity Struggle, Amanda Haddad Jobgen

Communication Theses - Archive

The topic of this thesis is the understudied minority of Christian Arab-Americans (CAAs), and this research addresses the issues CAAs face in the United States with special attention to the factors that influence their cultural identity. The thesis provides a historical background on how Christian Arabs came to the United States and explains the factors that influence their identity struggle. The theoretical framework of my research is based on Berry’s (1997) acculturation model. Ten participants were interviewed for this study, and a thematic analysis was conducted in order to determine the extent to which religiosity and perceived discrimination affects/influences the …

Exploring Female Genital Mutilation Practice Among West African Immigrants In The United States: A Community-Based Participatory Action Research Study, Kani Diop

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

This community-based participatory action research study’s primary purposes were first to reach a fuller understanding of the reasons for the continuation and perpetuation of FGM in the context of immigration and second to find out how the New York-New Jersey West African im/migrant community wanted to address FGM. This research afforded the conceptualization of West African im/migrant thoughts, tradeoffs considerations, and calculations behind the FGM decision-making process. The data divulged the West African im/migrants’ concept of mobility and reflect a specific idiosyncrasy in their relentless intent to return to their native countries. This conscious conviction brands them as migrants rather …

Non-Mumps Viral Parotitis During The 2014-2015 Influenza Season In The United States., Lina I. Elbadawi, Pamela Talley, Melissa A. Rolfes, Alexander J. Millman, Erik Reisdorf, Natalie A. Kramer, John R. Barnes, Lenee Blanton, Jaime Christensen, Stefanie Cole, Tonya Danz, John J. Dreisig, Rebecca Garten, Thomas Haupt, Beth M. Isaac, Mary Anne Jackson, Anna Kocharian, Daniel Leifer, Karen Martin, Lisa Mchugh, Rebecca J. Mcnall, Jennifer Palm, Kay W. Radford, Sara Robinson, Jennifer B. Rosen, Senthilkumar K. Sakthivel, Peter Shult, Anna K. Strain, George Turabelidze, Lori A. Webber, Meghan Pearce Weinberg, David E. Wentworth, Brett L. Whitaker, Lyn Finelli, Michael A. Jhung, Ruth Lynfield, Jeffrey P. Davis

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Background: During the 2014-2015 US influenza season, 320 cases of non-mumps parotitis (NMP) among residents of 21 states were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We conducted an epidemiologic and laboratory investigation to determine viral etiologies and clinical features of NMP during this unusually large occurrence.

Methods: NMP was defined as acute parotitis or other salivary gland swelling of >2 days duration in a person with a mumps- negative laboratory result. Using a standardized questionnaire, we collected demographic and clinical information. Buccal samples were tested at the CDC for selected viruses, including mumps, influenza, human parainfluenza …

The Effect Of Lowering Public Insurance Income Limits On Hospitalizations For Low-Income Children., Jessica L. Bettenhausen, Matt Hall, Jeffrey D. Colvin, Henry T. Puls, Paul J. Chung

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Background and objectives: Thirty million children are currently covered by public insurance; however, the future funding and structure of public insurance are uncertain. Our objective was to determine the number, estimated costs, and demographic characteristics of hospitalizations that would become ineligible for public insurance reimbursement under 3 federal poverty level (FPL) eligibility scenarios.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study using the 2014 State Inpatient Databases, we included all pediatric (age

Results: In 775 460 publicly reimbursed hospitalizations in 14 states, reductions in eligibility limits to 300%, 200%, or 100% of the FPL would have resulted in large numbers of newly …

Influenza-Associated Parotitis During The 2014-2015 Influenza Season In The United States., Melissa A. Rolfes, Alexander J. Millman, Pamela Talley, Lina I. Elbadawi, Natalie A. Kramer, Joh R. Barnes, Lenee Blanton, Jeffrey P. Davis, Stefanie Cole, John J. Dreisig, Rebecca Garten, Thomas Haupt, Mary Anne Jackson, Anna Kocharian, Daniel Leifer, Ruth Lynfield, Karen Martin, Lisa Mchugh, Sara Robinson, George Turabelidze, Lori A. Webber, Meghan Pearce Weinberg, David E. Wentworth, Lyn Finelli, Michael A. Jhung

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Background: During the 2014-2015 influenza season in the United States, 256 cases of influenza-associated parotitis were reported from 27 states. We conducted a case-control study and laboratory investigation to further describe this rare clinical manifestation of influenza.

Methods: During February 2015-April 2015, we interviewed 50 cases (with parotitis) and 124 ill controls (without parotitis) with laboratory-confirmed influenza; participants resided in 11 states and were matched by age, state, hospital admission status, and specimen collection date. Influenza viruses were characterized using real-time polymerase chain reaction and next-generation sequencing. We compared cases and controls using conditional logistic regression. Specimens from additional reported …

Sex-Related Differences In Outcomes Of Thoracic Organ Transplantation And Mechanical Circulatory Support, Daoud Daoud, Faisal H Cheema, Jeffrey A Morgan, Gabriel Loor

The Texas Heart Institute Journal

No abstract provided.

Physician Burnout: Causes, Consequences, And (?) Cures, Herbert L Fred, Mark S Scheid

The Texas Heart Institute Journal

No abstract provided.

High-Risk Cardiovascular Conditions In Sports-Related Sudden Death: Prevalence In 5,169 Schoolchildren Screened Via Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, Paolo Angelini, Benjamin Y Cheong, Veronica V Lenge De Rosen, Alberto Lopez, Carlo Uribe, Anthony H Masso, Syed W Ali, Barry R Davis, Raja Muthupillai, James T Willerson

The Texas Heart Institute Journal

Improving preparticipation screening of candidates for sports necessitates establishing the prevalence of high-risk cardiovascular conditions (hr-CVC) that predispose young people to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Our accurate, novel protocol chiefly involved the use of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) to estimate this prevalence.

Middle and high school students from a general United States population were screened by means of questionnaires, resting electrocardiograms, and CMR to determine the prevalence of 3 types of hr-CVC: electrocardiographic abnormalities, cardiomyopathies, and anomalous coronary artery origin from the opposite sinus with intramural coronary course (ACAOS-IM). We examined the range of normal left ventricular size and function …

The Abcs Of Camels, Julie Stackhouse

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