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Usa Libraries Newsletter, Winter 2015, Usa Libraries

USA Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

At The Foot Of The Sultan: The Dynamic Application Of Shariah In Malaysia, S.Z. Ismail

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Malaysia is known as one of the 'moderate' Muslim countries in the world. Though Islam is enshrined in the Federal Constitution as the religion of the country, Islamic law does not fully govern the country. In fact, Islamic law is part of the national law, which accommodates civil, Islamic and indigenous laws. Civil laws are statutes of general application and civil courts are for all citizens. However, Muslims are also subjected to Islamic family law which governs all matters related to marriage and divorce and also the Shariah criminal offences law, below which, if violated, the offender can be tried …

Graduate School Of Engineering And Management Catalog 2015-2017, Graduate School Of Engineering And Management, Air Force Institute Of Technology

AFIT Documents

The Graduate Catalog represents the offerings, programs, and requirements in effect at the time of publication.

Rice Xa21 Primed Genes And Pathways That Are Critical For Combating Bacterial Blight Infection, Hai Peng, Zheng Chen, Zhiwei Fang, Junfei Zhou, Zhihui Xia, Lifen Gao, Lihong Chen, Lili Li, Tiantian Li, Wenxue Zhai, Weixiong Zhang

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

On The Existence Of A Generalized Non-Specific Task-Dependent Network, Kenneth Hugdahl, Marcus E. Raichle, Anish Mitra, Karsten Specht

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Dominican Blue Book, Cuny Dominican Studies Institute, The City College Of New York

Publications and Research

The Dominican Blue Book features twenty-two outstanding and accomplished professionals with degrees from CUNY, the largest public urban institution of higher education in the United States, from which over forty-thousand people of Dominican descent have graduated at the time of the writing (2015). The present rendition of the Dominican Blue Book is an expression both of pride in the accomplishments of the Dominican people and of gratitude to the CUNY system, with hope and confidence that this mutually fulfilling relationship will continue.

University Environment And Global Citizenship Identification, Marion E. Blake, Lindsey Pierce, Shonda Gibson, Stephen Reysen

Faculty Publications

We examined the influence of the university environment (Study 1), and specific college courses (Study 2), on the antecedents and outcomes of global citizenship identification. In Study 1, participants’ perception of the university environment as prescribing a global citizen identity predicted the perception of one’s normative environment as prescribing this identity and global awareness (antecedents) leading to greater identification with global citizens. Global citizenship identification then predicted greater endorsement of prosocial values and behaviors (outcomes). In Study 2, participants’ perception of a class as encouraging greater global understanding influenced the antecedents, global citizenship identification, and its outcomes. The results highlight …

"Does Jesus Want Us To Be Poor?" Student Perspectives Of The Religious Program At A Cristo Rey Network School, Ursula Aldana

School of Education Faculty Research

The structure of Catholic schools improves achievement by providing multiple opportunities for face-to-face interaction, the development of meaningful relationships between students, teachers, and other members of the school community, and a shared set of beliefs among all school members (Bryk, Lee, & Holland, 1993). Despite a substantiating body of research for this assertion, few empirical studies exist on how the religious program might impact the intrapersonal and interpersonal development of students. The Cristo Rey Network (CRN) of schools was developed in response to the material realities of students and families living in Chicago (Kearney, 2006). The leaders of the network, …

Bridging Troubled Waters: Linking Corporate Efficiency And Political Legitimacy Through A Discourse Of Theory Of The Firm, Michael R. Siebecker

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

As corporations increasingly dominate our economic, social, and political lives, and as shareholders vie for greater influence over business policies, can a new “discourse theory” of the firm guide the evolution of corporate law better than current theories primarily focused on shareholder wealth maximization? A series of related developments render the question of paramount importance to sustaining the basic efficacy of business decisions and the legitimacy of our polity as well. First, existing corporate law principles provide insufficient guidance regarding how managers should take into account the various shareholder and stakeholder interests expressed with increasing variety and intensity. Second, the …

Greenwood Library Annual Report 2015, Longwood University

Library Annual Reports and Strategic Plans

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Piecemeal Reform Of Trade And Environmental Policy When Consumption Also Pollutes, Mark R. Metcalfe, John C. Beghin

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

We incorporate endogenous (price-responsive) consumption pollution into a dual trade model to assess welfare effects of coordinated trade and environmental piecemeal reform in a small, open and distorted economy. Pollution is generated by production and consumption. Producers control the level of pollution and face incentives to abate both types of pollution. We identify sufficient conditions for welfare-improving reforms of trade and environmental policies. An additional domestic environmental policy instrument must be imposed on exportables because of their supply response to foreign environmental taxes.

Measuring Constitutional Islamization: The Islamic Constitutions Index, Dawood I. Ahmed, Moamen Gouda

UC Law SF International Law Review

The military coup in Egypt and the Taliban insurgency in Pakistan and Afghanistan have once again highlighted the political stakes of incorporating Islam within a constitution. Many constitutions in the Muslim world contain clauses that recognize the Islamic character of the state; yet, there is little scholarship empirically analyzing these clauses; indeed, while much has been written about the effects of incorporating a particular type of clause-the Islamic supremacy clause, to date, we know very little about the comparative constitutional universe of Islamic clauses: How prevalent is Constitutional Islamization? Which countries have the most or least Islamized constitutions? Do secular …

Mercosur: Venezuela's New Vehicle For Resistance To American Political And Economic Hegemony, Noah Asa Phillips

UC Law SF International Law Review

Throughout his tenure, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela carried out an ideological political vision of resistance to United States political and economic hegemony in Latin America. Due to Venezuela's large political and economic influence in Latin America, Chavez's administration has repeatedly thwarted efforts by the United States government and American corporations to maintain their economic dominance in the region. Venezuela's antagonistic foreign policies over the last decade have resulted in an opening up of an autonomous policy space in Latin and Central America and presented a serious pushback to United States political and corporate presence in Latin America.

With Venezuela's …

Globalizing Representative Democracy: The Emergence Of Multilayered International Parliamentalism, Davor Jancic

UC Law SF International Law Review

As globalization penetrates the realm of democracy, the internationalization of the institution of parliament, as the epitome of popular representation in liberal democracies - continues to be largely ignored by key studies in international law, constitutional law and global governance. This article seeks to place international parliamentarism on the radar of legal scholarship, reassess the value that representative democracy has in the globalized world, and demonstrate that understanding parliaments as purely domestic institutions immune from international integrative forces is no longer tenable. This article argues that international interparliamentary relations do not occur merely within isolated forums but can and do …

The Basic Law, Universal Suffrage And The Rule Of Law In Hong Kong, Michael C. Davis

UC Law SF International Law Review

The recently published PRC White Paper and NPC Standing Committee Decisions have put both Hong Kong's democratic development and its rule of law under threat. These reports have emphasized the NPC Standing Committee's ultimate power to interpret and amend the Basic Law as it sees fit with seemingly no constraint. In disregard of China's international legal obligations respecting Hong Kong under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the ICCPR these reports have emphasized the resting of all authority in the PRC Central Government. Great liberty has been taken with regard to critical language in Article 45 of the Basic Law, which …

The Myth And The Meaning Of Science As A Vocation, Adam Liska

Adam Liska Papers

Many natural scientists of the past and the present have imagined that they pursued their activity according to its own inherent rules in a realm distinctly separate from the business world, or at least in a realm where business tended to interfere with science from time to time, but was not ultimately an essential component, ‘because one thought that in science one possessed and loved something unselfish, harmless, self-sufficient, and truly innocent, in which man’s evil impulses had no part whatever’, as Nietzsche once commented (Nietzsche 1974, p.106). With the extreme technological changes that have occurred in the last fifty …

Cover Crop Effect On Subsequent Wheat Yield In The Central Great Plains, David C. Nielsen, Drew J. Lyon, Robert K. Higgins, Gary W. Hergert, Johnathon D. Holman, Merle F. Vigil

Panhandle Research and Extension Center

Crop production systems in the water-limited environment

of the semiarid central Great Plains may not have potential to

profitably use cover crops because of lowered subsequent wheat

(Triticum asestivum L.) yields following the cover crop. Mixtures

have reportedly shown less yield-reducing effects on subsequent

crops than single-species plantings. This study was conducted

to determine winter wheat yields following both mixtures

and single-species plantings of spring-planted cover crops. The

study was conducted at Akron, CO, and Sidney, NE, during

the 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 wheat growing seasons under

both rainfed and irrigated conditions. Precipitation storage

efficiency before wheat planting, wheat water …

History, 2015-2016, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

Academic Learning Compacts

The Academic Learning Compact for 2015-2016 for the Bachelor's of Arts in History.

Journalism And Media Studies, 2015-2016, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

Academic Learning Compacts

The Academic Learning Compact for 2015-2016 for the Bachelor's of Arts in Journalism and Media Studies.

Theoretical And Experimental Investigation Of An Intensity-Demodulated Fiber-Ring-Laser Ultrasonic Sensor System, G. Liu, Elliott Sandfort, Lingling Hu, Tongqing Liu, Ming Han

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

We theoretically and experimentally investigate the performance of an ultrasound detection system based on a fiber ring laser (FRL) whose cavity includes a pair of fiber Bragg gratings. The ultrasonic detection is achieved by the FRL power variations in response to the ultrasound-induced cold-cavity loss modulation of the FRL. The effects of key FRL parameters, including pump power, laser cold-cavity loss, and laser cavity length, on the system signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) performance have been investigated. It is found that the maximum SNR is achieved when the frequency of the ultrasound is the same as that of the FRL relaxation oscillation …

Pregnancy In The Classroom, Margaret Elizabeth Wu

Open Access Theses

This study examines the lived experiences of four high school teachers who have taught while they were pregnant. The teachers’ experiences are contextualized within a feminist psychoanalytic theoretical framework. Current maternity leave policy in the United States and popular culture texts provide additional contextualization for the women’s experiences.

The Historical Evolution Of The German Present Perfect From The Perspective Of Complexity Theory And Emergent Grammar, Valentina Concu

Open Access Theses

The purpose of this study is to understand the meaning of the present perfect in Modern German and also, to trace its development in the early stages of German. Therefore, the synchronic analysis, in which I analyze articles from a famous German magazine, is combined with the diachronic study of the present perfect attestations in Old High German and Middle High German. This study is conducted within a Complexity-Theory and Emergent Grammar approach in which languages are viewed as dynamic system that changes over time, and grammar is seen as an epiphenomenon and a result of communicative needs among speakers.

The Smallest Leap Of Faith: A New Worldview For A Postmodern World?, Kelly C. Smith

Publications

It is undeniable that religion provides a sense of purpose, ethical direction, and social belonging that most human beings for most of recorded history have found to be profoundly important. But it is equally undeniable that its supernatural metaphysics and dogmatic conservatism have retarded society’s progress in many ways and caused untold human suffering. An obvious question is thus: Is it possible to preserve the beneficial aspects of religion but excise the problematic ones?

Immanuel Kant fathered the postmodern age with his devastating critique of the possibility of human knowledge of the Ultimate. However, Kant himself was far from skeptical …

Commencement Program, 2015, Cuny John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

Commencement Programs are handed out at each graduation. They include information on honorary degrees, awards and prizes and candidates for degree. However, they cannot be considered an official record of conferring of degrees.

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

The Medical Cost Pandemic:Why Limiting Access To Cost-Effective Treatments Hurts The Global Poor, Govind Persad

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

Medical innovation in developed countries like the U.S. leads to an ever-changing medical standard of care. This innovation frequently also brings rising costs. While these costs strain even the sizeable health care budgets of developed countries, imposing them on developing countries would be much more burdensome. Yet a variety of commentators and legal actors, such as the World Health OrganiZation and UNAIDS, have argued that the same standards of care must be provided worldwide, and have enforced mandates to that effect. Interpretations of the human rght to health as a tight to the "highest attainable standard of health" similarly advance …

Domain Name Allocation And Government Super-Prioritization, Heather A. Forrest

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Governments' growing awareness of the Domain Name System (DNS), the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and its stewardship of DNS policy development fuel recent attempts to steer Internet domain name allocation toward policies that prioritize government interests ahead of all other rights and interests, including trademark rights. As the DNS expands, the top level in its hierarchical structure (the level of domains such as ".com" and ".uk") assumes the characteristics and attributes, and therefore also the conflicts and challenges, of its second level (the level of public-registered names). This Article argues that these developments necessitate a new, …

Private Drones: Regulations And Insurance, Daniel North

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Prescription Drug Importation: An Expanded Fda Personal Use Exemption And Qualified Regulators For Foreign-Produced Pharmaceuticals, Elliott A. Foote

Loyola Consumer Law Review

High-priced prescription drugs have been a problem for U.S. consumers. The United States market economy coupled with patent protection for these products creates an incentive for pharmaceutical companies to charge as much as possible. Unable to afford these drugs, many people are reaching out to neighboring countries and abroad to seek lower-cost options. It has also created a market for online mail-order pharmaceuticals. Despite the need for these drugs, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) continues to make importation illegal. In formulating its policy, the FDA cites to safety and innovation concerns. Claimed uncertainty about the source of foreign prescription …

Tissue-Specific Splice Variants Of Hare/Stabilin-2 Are Expressed In Bone Marrow, Lymph Node, And Spleen, Amanda K. Hare, Edward N. Harris

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

The hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis (HARE), or Stabilin-2, is the mammalian endocytic clearance receptor for HA, heparin, advanced glycation end-products, acetylated and oxidized low-density lipoproteins and collagen N-terminal propeptides. This large 2551 amino acid receptor is encoded by a gene that covers over 180 kbp on human chromosome 12 and is predicted to be composed of 69 exons. Due to the expression profile of this gene and the number of exons it contains, we hypothesized that splice variants of stab2 are encoded in these tissues. In addition, a correlation between alternative splice variants and cancer progression has been shown in …