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No Excuses: Protecting The Vulnerable After Brown V. Buhman, Amos N. Guiora

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This Article responds to the December 2013 federal court ruling striking down a criminal ban on polygamous cohabitation in Utah. In its decision, the court chided the state for its failure to present “competent” evidence of the harms associated with polygamous practice. Moreover, the court asserted that its ruling would in fact aid in preventing harm by forcing the state to focus on prosecuting collateral crimes of polygamy. This Article is a response to the court’s December ruling in four important ways. First, it responds to the state’s failure to document harms associated with polygamous practice by presenting evidence of …

Vol. 35, No. 2, Spring 2015: Table Of Contents, Northern Illinois University Law Review

Northern Illinois University Law Review

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Restructuring And Insolvency In Switzerland: Overview, Dieter Hofmann, Mark A. Reutter, Christoph Stäubli, Walder Wyss Ltd.

Documents

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Competition Policy In The Framework And Application Of State Aid In The Banking Sector, Jochem De Kok

Documents

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Leadership Department Newsletter - February 2015, Andrews University

Leadership Department Newsletter 2015

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Constructive Ambiguity: Ip Licenses As A Case Study, Michal Shur-Ofry, Ofer Tur-Sinai

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Ambiguity in contracts is often perceived as undesirable. A certain level of ambiguity, however, can have significant virtues: reducing transaction costs associated with foreseeing and negotiating remote contingencies; facilitating the closing of efficient transactions that would not otherwise close; increasing the adaptability and “anti-fragility” of contracts in the face of unforeseen developments; and preserving trust between the parties. Some contracts are more likely to benefit from a certain degree of ambiguity. Relying on multi-disciplinary literature, this Article systematically analyzes ambiguity’s merits and identifies three principal features of transactions that are positively correlated to the virtues of ambiguity: (1) long duration, …

Admit Or Deny: A Call For Reform Of The Sec's "Neither-Admit-Nor-Deny" Policy, Priyah Kaul

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

For four decades, the SEC’s often-invoked policy of settling cases without requiring admissions of wrongdoing, referred to as the “neither-admit-nor-deny” policy, went unchallenged by the courts, the legislature, and the public. Then in 2011, a harshly critical opinion from Judge Jed Rakoff in SEC v. Citigroup incited demands for reform of this policy. In response to Judge Rakoff’s opinion, the SEC announced a modified approach to settlements. Under the modified approach, the Commission may require an admission of wrongdoing if a defendant’s misconduct was egregious or if the public markets would benefit from an admission. Many supporters of the neither-admit-nor-deny …

Closing Protection Gaps: Handbook On Protection Of Palestinian Refugees In States Signatories To The 1951 Convention, Susan M. Akram

Books

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Customer–Company Identification And The Effectiveness Of Loyalty Programs, Jun Kang, Thomas Brashear Alejandro, Mark D. Groza

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

Customer loyalty programs constitute an important customer relationship management tool, adopted by multiple industries. This study investigates how customers perceive benefits from a loyalty program that enhance their loyalty to that program directly, as well as to the company indirectly through program loyalty. Our findings show that program loyalty and customer–company identification enhance customer loyalty toward the company. The development of customer–company identification can transform program loyalty into company loyalty, and reduce the company's latent financial risk.

Research & Strategic Partnerships: Quarterly Review, Volume 2, Issue 2, Portland State University. Research & Strategic Partnerships

Portland State Research Magazine

The eleven stories in this Winter 2015 edition of the Research and Strategic Partnerships Quarterly Review explore an assortment of faculty and staff accomplishments, revealing common themes of technological innovation, public policy, strategic partnership, and improving human health.

Price Subsidies, Diagnostic Tests, And Targeting Of Malaria Treatment: Evidence From A Randomized Controlled Trial, Jessica Cohen, Pascaline Dupas, Simone Schaner

Dartmouth Scholarship

Both under- and over-treatment of communicable diseases are public bads. But efforts to decrease one run the risk of increasing the other. Using rich experimental data on household treatment- seeking behavior in Kenya, we study the implications of this trade-off for subsidizing life-saving antimalarials sold over-the-counter at retail drug outlets. We show that a very high subsidy (such as the one under consideration by the international community) dramatically increases access, but nearly one-half of subsidized pills go to patients without malaria. We study two ways to better target subsidized drugs: reducing the subsidy level, and introducing rapid malaria tests over-the-counter. …

The Courier, February 2015, Tennessee. Historical Commission.

Tennessee Historical Commission

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Bakken Flares And Satellite Images, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center, Xiaodong Zhang

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet refuting a magazine article about Bakken gas flares and satellite images. Includes research into gas flares and satellite images by the University of North Dakota and the Energy & Environmental Research Center. [This item is an outdated or superseded version and retained for historical purposes only. It may no longer reflect current information, policies, or practices.]

State-To-State Reaction Dynamics Of ¹⁸O+³²O₂ Studied By A Time-Dependent Quantum Wavepacket Method, Wenbo Xie, Lan Liu, Zhigang Sun, Hua Guo, Richard Dawes

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The title isotope exchange reaction was studied by converged time-dependent wave packet calculations, where an efficient 4th order split operator was applied to propagate the initial wave packet. State-to-state differential and integral cross sections up to the collision energy of 0.35 eV were obtained with ³²O₂ in the hypothetical j₀ = 0 state. It is discovered that the differential cross sections are largely forward biased in the studied collision energy range, due to the fact that there is a considerable part of the reaction occurring with large impact parameter and short lifetime relative to the rotational period …

Temperament And Preschool Children’S Peer Interactions, Ibrahim H. Acar, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Victoria J. Molfese, Julia C. Torquati, Amanda Prokasky

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Research Findings: The current study is an examination of children’s temperament as a predictor of their interactions with peers in preschool, with a particular focus on children’s regulatory temperament characteristics (i.e., inhibitory control and attentional focusing) as moderators of associations between shyness and interactions with peers. Participants were 40 children (19 boys) ages 3 to 5 years enrolled in 8 different preschools in a midwestern city in the United States. Temperament was assessed via parent report when children were approximately 3 years old, and peer interactions were assessed via observations of children during the preschool day (using the Individualized Classroom …

The Persistence Of The Caliphate Debate In Egyptian Legal Thought: Historical Analysis From 1925 To 2014, Assil Salem

Theses and Dissertations

In the early centuries of Islam, the term caliph was referred to the highest leader of the Muslim community. He had two roles; firstly as a ruler practicing the roles of the Prophet and secondly as a religious leader leading the communal prayers. The Caliphate has appeared for fourteen centuries and was abolished by Mustafa Kemal Atātūrk in 1924. Although Muslims have been without caliph for ninety years, heated controversy on the restoration of the Caliphate has been debated among Egyptians since 1920s until 2015. This thesis aims to answer the caliphate question,” is the Caliphate obligatory in Shari’a?” by …

Introducing Public Service Media Principles To The State-Owned Newspapers: The Case Study Of Al-Ahram, Salma Adel Hussein

Theses and Dissertations

Egypt has a large number of state-owned newspapers that are considered as the mouthpieces of the political power. In order to remove the state control over the content provided by these newspapers it is recommended that these newspapers undertake bold reforms. The thesis suggests their transformation to public service newspapers. It explores if Al-Ahram can be transformed into one that is practicing editorial and financial independence in addition to good governance. In order to respond to this question it compares the current situation of Al-Ahram to a suggested ideal set up, by undertaking a gap analysis. Then a SWOT analysis …

Smes In Their Own Right: The Views Of Managers And Workers In Vietnamese Textiles, Garment, And Footwear Companies, Angie Tran, Søren Jeppesen

SSGS Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article contributes to the limited literatures on small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Using an institutional theoretical framework, we analyzed fieldwork interviews with twenty SMEs and perspectives of 165 SME managers and workers in textiles, garment, and footwear industries,the most important wage-earning sector in Vietnam. Having understood in the context of a developing ‘‘market economy with socialist orientation’’ (thus a ‘‘Southern perspective’’), we find that socially responsible practices and expectations developed long before the arrival of CSR as a western concept and an MNC agenda. While identifying and contributing ideas concerning forms of ‘‘informal’’ CSR …

The Benefits Of Arbitration: Arbitration In Ncaa Student-Athlete Participation And Infractions Matters Provides For Fundamental Fairness, Christian Dennie

University of Memphis Law Review

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No Looking Back: The Effect Of Transfer On The Choice Of Law Rules Applicable To Directly Filed Multidistrict Litigation Cases., Elisabeth Courson

University of Memphis Law Review

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A Mnemonic Topology Of The Eighteen Days In Egypt (25th January-11th February 2011), Sara Verderi

Theses and Dissertations

The aftermath of the eighteen days in Egypt constitutes a moment in which it is possible to study the entanglement between evolving political imaginations, techniques of governability and capital processes of restructuring. Focusing on the stories of activists who took part in the 25th January uprising, this thesis examines the conflicting representations thriving to establish a mnemonic "truth" about a moment of political transformation. In using memory as a methodological lens, this thesis proposes to consider the operational aspect of memory, thinking about memory as a usable knowledge in the present. This approach to memory re-discusses its use as category …

The Effect Of Peer Educators On Medication Adherence In Hiv Patients In Cochabamba, Bolivia, George Ru

CwiC-PH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Bolivia is the least developed country in South America, with high levels of poverty, poor access to safe water, and low economic activity. Bolivia’s GDP, in US dollars, in 2013 was $30.60 billion and the gross national income, per capita in US dollars was $2,550, which both rank either at or near the bottom of the list for all South American countries (7).
• The Ministry of Health and Sports (MSD) is the national governing body responsible for formulating the strategy, policies, plans and programs in health. The Department of Health Services (SEDES) is the highest level of technical …

Adolescent Pregnancy In Ecuador, Paige Bates

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Description of the Problem

• Teen pregnancy, commonly defined as pregnancy in a girl less than 18 or 19 years of age, is often a target of public health efforts because of the far-reaching economic, social and health effects.¹
  • A girl who becomes pregnant attends 2.5 less years of school, and each additional child translates into 1 less year of education.²
  • Girls who get pregnant before age 18 are more likely to experience violence within marriage or a partnership than girls who postpone child-bearing.¹
  • Babies born to adolescent mothers have a higher incidence of perinatal complications (like asphyxia …

Democracy, Foot Voting, And The Case For Limiting Federal Power, Ilya Somin

Montana Law Review

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Indemnification As An Alternative To Nullification, Robert A. Mikos

Montana Law Review

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The Breaking Of A Wave: Jacobsen V. Allstate Ins. Co. And Class Certification, Lucas Hamilton

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Billings Gazette V. City Of Billings: Examining Montana's New Exception To The Public's Right To Know, Adam Wade

Montana Law Review

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The Role Of Parental Cognitive, Behavioral, And Motor Profiles In Clinical Variability In Individuals With Chromosome 16p11.2 Deletions, Andres Moreno-De-Luca, David W. Evans, K B. Boomer, Ellen Hanson, R Bernier, R. P. Goin-Kochel, S. M. Myers, Thomas D. Challman, Daniel Moreno-De-Luca, Mylissa M. Slane, Abby E. Hare, W K. Chung, J. Spiro, W. A. Faucett, C. L. Martin, David H. Ledbetter

Faculty Journal Articles

Importance Most disorders caused by copy number variants (CNVs) display significant clinical variability, often referred to as incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity. Genetic and environmental sources of this variability are not well understood.

Objectives To investigate the contributors to phenotypic variability in probands with CNVs involving the same genomic region; to measure the effect size for de novo mutation events; and to explore the contribution of familial background to resulting cognitive, behavioral, and motor performance outcomes in probands with de novo CNVs.

Design, Setting, and Participants Family-based study design with a volunteer sample of 56 individuals with de novo 16p11.2 …

Assessing Predictive Ability Of Three Auroral Precipitation Models Using Dmsp Energy Flux, Cory T. Lane, Ariel O. Acebal, Yihua Zheng

Faculty Publications

Our study statistically compares the total energy flux outputs of Newell et al.'s (2010a) oval variation, assessment, tracking, intensity, and online nowcasting (OVATION) Prime model, Hardy et al.'s (1991) Kp‐based model, and a coupled Space Weather Modeling Framework ring current model to energy flux data obtained from 2198 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite passes in the Northern Hemisphere. Our DMSP data set includes 28 days grouped into continuous 3 and 4 day periods between 2000 and 2008 and encompasses magnetic local times (MLTs) between 04:00 and 21:00. We obtain the most equatorward magnetic latitude coordinate, where a DMSP satellite …

Homeland Security And Community Policing: Shift In Federal Funding Post Sep. 11: From Community Policing To Homeland Security, Mohsen S. Alizadeh

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In the aftermath of the 9/11, Homeland Security became the major model of the American Policing system, thus superseding community policing model. The purpose of this research is to use "before and after study design" to follow the grant trends of policing systems in order to examine whether the catastrophic events of 9/11 had a positive or negative impact on the grant funds of the mentioned policing models. Preliminary analyses revealed that there is significant difference in the mean level of funding prior and after the event for Homeland Security, community policing, and general policing programs. Segmented and Stepwise Regressions …