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Alianzas Estratégicas, Guillermo Arosemena Sep 2015

Alianzas Estratégicas, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

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Evergreening Through Trade Secrets As An Impediment To Green Technology Transfer, Leslyn A. Lewis Sep 2015

Evergreening Through Trade Secrets As An Impediment To Green Technology Transfer, Leslyn A. Lewis

Leslyn A. Lewis

Patent law was constructed to facilitate innovation and development by granting a limited monopoly in exchange for right of the public to be able to use the invention after the expiry of the exclusivity period. The trade-off to grant intellectual property protection as a reward for the investment in an invention is intended to be a temporary benefit. Patent owners have devised creative ways to “evergreen” the product or process with the result of extending the life-cycle. Trade secrets have been thought of as the weakest form of intellectual property because non-disclosure is the only form of protection. In other …

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The Role Of Error Analysis In Teaching And Learning Of Second And Foreign Language, Agsa Jabeen, Bahram Kazemian, Muhammad Shahbaz Mustafai Sep 2015

The Role Of Error Analysis In Teaching And Learning Of Second And Foreign Language, Agsa Jabeen, Bahram Kazemian, Muhammad Shahbaz Mustafai

Bahram Kazemian

The aim of this paper is to investigate errors made by second and foreign language (L2) learners so as to understand the strategies and techniques used in the process of second and foreign language learning. Error analysis is a very important area of applied linguistics as well as of second and foreign language learning. It is also a systematic method to analyze learners' errors. Errors are not always bad, rather they are crucial parts and aspects in the process of learning a language. They may provide insights into the complicated processes of language development as well as a systematic way …

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Efectos Regionales De La Enfermedad Holandesa Caso De Estudio: Colombia Entre 2000-2013, Luis E. Reina Bermudez, Neider Devia, Didier A. Alejo Barrera Sep 2015

Efectos Regionales De La Enfermedad Holandesa Caso De Estudio: Colombia Entre 2000-2013, Luis E. Reina Bermudez, Neider Devia, Didier A. Alejo Barrera

LUIS E REINA BERMUDEZ

El presente poster presenta un analisis de la estructura regional en Colombia cruzada con la estructura productiva de las regiones y del pais. El mismo muestra esquematizada referencia a las teorias que relacionan negativamente recursos naturales y crecimiento como también realizó analisis para el caso colombiano del auge en recursos naturales en la Region Orionoquia.

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Users' Patronage: The Return Of The Gift In The "Crowd Society", Giancarlo F. Frosio Sep 2015

Users' Patronage: The Return Of The Gift In The "Crowd Society", Giancarlo F. Frosio

Giancarlo Francesco Frosio

In this work, I discuss the tension between gift and market economy throughout the history of creativity. For millennia, the production of creative artifacts has lain at the intersection between gift and market economy. From the time of Pindar and Simonides – and until the Romanticism will commence a process leading to the complete commodification of creative artifacts – market exchange models run parallel to gift exchange. From Roman amicitia to the medieval and Renaissance belief that “scientia donum dei est, unde vendi non potest,” creativity has been repeatedly construed as a gift. Again, at the time of the British …

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Trends In Health Care Delivery Systems: Implications For Cancer Prevention And Control, Glen P. Mays Sep 2015

Trends In Health Care Delivery Systems: Implications For Cancer Prevention And Control, Glen P. Mays

Glen Mays

The Affordable Care Act and larger economic forces are leading both health care providers and public health agencies to renegotiate their roles and responsibilities within the U.S. health system. This session reviews major changes occurring in both health care and public health delivery systems, with a focus on the implications for cancer prevention and control. The information infrastructure created by cancer registries and other health information systems are increasingly important for enabling greater coordination, alignment and accountability within the nation's changing delivery systems.

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Embアルゴリズムの新たな応用による多重比率補定(高橋将宜), Masayoshi Takahashi Sep 2015

Embアルゴリズムの新たな応用による多重比率補定(高橋将宜), Masayoshi Takahashi

Masayoshi Takahashi

No abstract provided.

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Cross-Border Talks Are Underway On How To Help Homeless People On The Gold Coast, Hilary Gallagher Sep 2015

Cross-Border Talks Are Underway On How To Help Homeless People On The Gold Coast, Hilary Gallagher

Hilary Gallagher

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Talks Underway On How To Accomodate Homeless People On The Gold Coast, Hilary Gallagher Sep 2015

Talks Underway On How To Accomodate Homeless People On The Gold Coast, Hilary Gallagher

Hilary Gallagher

No abstract provided.

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A Rhetorical Identification Analysis Of English Political Public Speaking: John F. Kennedy’S Inaugural Address, Qiang Zhou, Bahram Kazemian Sep 2015

A Rhetorical Identification Analysis Of English Political Public Speaking: John F. Kennedy’S Inaugural Address, Qiang Zhou, Bahram Kazemian

Bahram Kazemian

Since political discourse reflects the close relation between politics and language, it has attracted many scholars’ attention at home and abroad. Therefore, English political public speaking (EPPS for short), the subcategory of political discourse, has been chosen as the subject of the study. Based on the findings of Kenneth Burke’s new rhetoric and classical rhetoric, the identification strategies of EPPS in John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address from the perspectives of rhetorical content and rhetorical form were probed. Since EPPS is always well-prepared rather than impromptu, the identification strategies via rhetorical content and form are always employed by the speaker to …

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The Law And Economics Of Consumer Debt Collection And Its Regulation, Todd J. Zywicki Sep 2015

The Law And Economics Of Consumer Debt Collection And Its Regulation, Todd J. Zywicki

Todd J. Zywicki

This article reviews the law and economics of consumer debt collection and its regulation a topic that has taken on added urgency in light of the announcement by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that it is considering new regulations on the subject. Although stricter regulation of permissible debt collection practices can benefit those consumers who are in default and increase demand for credit by consumers, overly-restrictive regulation will result in higher interest rates and less access to credit for consumers, especially higher-risk consumers. Regulation of particular practices may also have the unintended consequence of providing incentives for creditors to more …

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The National Health Security Preparedness Index: Proposed Updates For 2015-16, Glen P. Mays Sep 2015

The National Health Security Preparedness Index: Proposed Updates For 2015-16, Glen P. Mays

Glen Mays

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiated development of the National Health Security Preparedness Index in 2012 to create a platform for measuring the nation’s progress in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters and other large-scale emergencies that pose risks to health and well-being in the United States. As a measurement tool, the Index is designed to summarize levels of preparedness achieved within individual states and for the nation as a whole. This session summarizes proposed updates to the Index for 2015-16 that are designed to improve the validity and reliability of Index measures and …

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Incoming Students Serve Bridgeport Community, Matthew D. Kaye Sep 2015

Incoming Students Serve Bridgeport Community, Matthew D. Kaye

Matthew D Kaye

Organized by the Sacred Heart University Office of Volunteer Programs & Service Learning since 1996, Community Connections allows incoming first-year students to provide assistance to agencies and outreach programs across the city. Students work on projects as varied as tending a community garden in a housing project, helping a public school teacher set up her classroom for the first day of school, sorting donations at the Bridgeport Rescue Mission warehouse and building bookshelves for a new home for the Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County. More than 1,700 hours of community service were performed by the group throughout the …

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An Investigation Of The Reading Text ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ (Long Live Pakistan): Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective, Sheeraz Ali, Bahram Kazemian, Faraz Ali Bughio Sep 2015

An Investigation Of The Reading Text ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ (Long Live Pakistan): Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective, Sheeraz Ali, Bahram Kazemian, Faraz Ali Bughio

Bahram Kazemian

This paper is a critical study in Critical Discourse Analysis paradigm of a Textbook prescribed for intermediate students (Second Language Learners) in Government Colleges affiliated to the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan. The textbook contains selected texts to improve students reading skills integrated with writing activities. Each of the texts contains questions at the end to be answered. It is observed that the reading tasks are badly designed and there is no mental activity to involve students in the text discourse. The study focuses on critical discourse of the underlying text to inspect whether the …

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Homelessness: Scu Homelessness Symposium, Hilary Gallagher Sep 2015

Homelessness: Scu Homelessness Symposium, Hilary Gallagher

Hilary Gallagher

No abstract provided.

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Conference Seeks Poverty Solutions, Hilary Gallagher Sep 2015

Conference Seeks Poverty Solutions, Hilary Gallagher

Hilary Gallagher

No abstract provided.

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Analysis Of The Impact Of Studies Published By Internext - Revista Eletrônica De Negócios Internacionais, Carlos Luis González-Valiente Sep 2015

Analysis Of The Impact Of Studies Published By Internext - Revista Eletrônica De Negócios Internacionais, Carlos Luis González-Valiente

Carlos Luis González-Valiente

This paper presents a citation analysis of Internext-Review of International Business to detect the impact caused by papers published for the period 2006-2013. The Publish or Perish (PoP) software is used, which retrieves articles and citations from Google Scholar database. As part of the applied indicators are: the distribution of authors by articles, citations per year, citation vs. self-citation, journal’s citable vs. non citable documents, journal’s cited vs. uncited documents, co-word analysis, and H Index. A total of 131 articles were obtained for 153 citations made until June, 2014. Most articles present multiple authorship. It is also detected an ascending …

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Using Massive Digital Libraries, Lizzy A. Walker Sep 2015

Using Massive Digital Libraries, Lizzy A. Walker

Lizzy A. Walker

In his book, Andrew Weiss takes what could be written in volumes and condenses the information into one accessible book. Massive digital libraries (MDLs) have had substantial impact on the world. Weiss provides a solid case on the potential that MDLs have for future use in libraries.

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Mindful Justice: The Search For Gandhi’S Sympathetic State After Bhopal, Nehal A. Patel Sep 2015

Mindful Justice: The Search For Gandhi’S Sympathetic State After Bhopal, Nehal A. Patel

Nehal A. Patel

One of the most startling examples of unmitigated disaster occurred in Bhopal, India, in 1984, when a Union Carbide pesticide plant exploded tons of methyl isocyanate into the air, killing 3800 people overnight. 30 years later, the plant site has not been remediated, and the estimated death toll from the explosion now has reached over 20,000. Disaster victims repeatedly have sought relief directly from the government. Yet, the Indian and US governments and Union Carbide have refused to provide the necessary resources for proper remediation. In this Article, I examine the state’s response to the Bhopal disaster using the thought …

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From Black And White To Left And Right: Race, Perception Of Candidates' Ideologies, And Voting Behavior In U.S. House Elections, Matthew L. Jacobsmeier Sep 2015

From Black And White To Left And Right: Race, Perception Of Candidates' Ideologies, And Voting Behavior In U.S. House Elections, Matthew L. Jacobsmeier

Matthew L. Jacobsmeier

While there is a strong scholarly consensus that race continues to play a central role in American politics, research on the effects of the race of candidates on electoral behavior have been decidedly mixed. Using American National Election Studies data and a non-linear systems of equations approach to estimation, I show that race-based misperceptions of candidates' ideologies have a significant indirect impact on voting decisions in elections to the U.S. House of Representatives. The indirect effects of race on voting behavior outweigh any direct effects of racial prejudice by a large margin. More specifically, the results suggest that white citizens …

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A Review Of Mine Closure Planning And Practice In Canada And Australia, Sm Zobaidul Kabir, Fazle Rabbi, Mamta B. Chowdhury, Delwar Akbar Sep 2015

A Review Of Mine Closure Planning And Practice In Canada And Australia, Sm Zobaidul Kabir, Fazle Rabbi, Mamta B. Chowdhury, Delwar Akbar

Fazle Rabbi

This paper reviews mine closure practice in Australia and Canada and provides similarities, dissimilarities and common shortcomings of mine closure practice. Closure of mine with appropriate planning is a recent move as a part of sustainable mining practice and both Canada and Australia have developed requirements for mine closure process. By reviewing ten site-specific closure plans against international good practice criteria, this study finds that in general, both the countries share key requirements of mine closure; hence comply with good practice of mine closure planning. However, there are some common shortcomings of existing mining closure planning practice in Canada and …

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As Fronteiras Internacionais De Roraima Sob A Ótica Da Segurança Multidimensional, Prof. Dr. Eloi Martins Senhoras Sep 2015

As Fronteiras Internacionais De Roraima Sob A Ótica Da Segurança Multidimensional, Prof. Dr. Eloi Martins Senhoras

Elói Martins Senhoras

No abstract provided.

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Big Things Have Small Beginnings: Curating A Large Natural History Collection - Processes And Lessons Learned, Stacey Knight-Davis, Todd Bruns, Gordon Tucker Sep 2015

Big Things Have Small Beginnings: Curating A Large Natural History Collection - Processes And Lessons Learned, Stacey Knight-Davis, Todd Bruns, Gordon Tucker

Todd A. Bruns

In the fall of 2013, the chair of Biological Sciences asked the IR librarian about digitizing the herbarium collection and including it in The Keep. A meeting between the IR librarian and Herbarium Curator Dr. Tucker thus began a project that would represent the maturing of The Keep into a substantial repository, involve both the IR librarian and the Head of Library Technology Services, and require steep learning curves in a number of areas including equipment procurement, metadata schema, data manipulation, and cross-platform communication. By opening up the collection for discovery, scholars around the world would see what is available …

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Improving The National Health Security Preparedness Index: Recommended Updates For 2015-16, Glen P. Mays Aug 2015

Improving The National Health Security Preparedness Index: Recommended Updates For 2015-16, Glen P. Mays

Glen Mays

This report describes proposed updates in methodology and measures for the 2015-16 release of the National Health Security Preparedness Index

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Fly-In, Fly-Out For Photo Ops, Jo Coghlan Dr Aug 2015

Fly-In, Fly-Out For Photo Ops, Jo Coghlan Dr

Jo Coghlan

No abstract provided.

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Green's $1million Flights, Jo Coghlan Dr Aug 2015

Green's $1million Flights, Jo Coghlan Dr

Jo Coghlan

No abstract provided.

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Satisfaction And Perception Of Residents With Bioclimatic Design Strategies – A Discovery From Racial And Ethnic Perspective, Adi Ainurzaman Jamaludin Aug 2015

Satisfaction And Perception Of Residents With Bioclimatic Design Strategies – A Discovery From Racial And Ethnic Perspective, Adi Ainurzaman Jamaludin

Adi Ainurzaman Jamaludin

A satisfaction and perception survey was carried out to assess the effects of recent adoption of bioclimatic design strategies in influencing the residents’ comfort levels and the appropriateness of an old building to meet the needs of contemporary life. This residential building is located in Kuala Lumpur and was recognised as a residential college building with the most considerate implementation of bioclimatic design strategies, particularly in terms of the daylighting and natural ventilation. As relying on 95% confidence level and ±5% margin of error from the overall population, a total of 266 responses retrieved were fully supplied by the respondents. …

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Health Care And The Balance Billing Problem: The Solution Is The Common Law Of Contracts And Strengthening The Free Market For Health Care., George A. Nation Iii Aug 2015

Health Care And The Balance Billing Problem: The Solution Is The Common Law Of Contracts And Strengthening The Free Market For Health Care., George A. Nation Iii

George A Nation III

A large and growing group of insured patients is being unfairly burdened by hospitals’ exorbitant chargemaster prices. The burden is brought to bear on these patients through a process known as balance billing. For a variety of reasons hospital networks are becoming narrower as hospital systems contract with fewer insurers, and as a result, more and more patients are receiving balance bills. The practice of balance billing puts upward pressure on health care prices in general. That is, this practice leads to higher prices across the board for the uninsured, the out-of-network insured and even the in-network insured. This article …

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Data Citation And Scholarship, Christine Borgman Aug 2015

Data Citation And Scholarship, Christine Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

No abstract provided.

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Using Research And Roi To Drive Partnerships In Public Health Delivery Systems, Glen P. Mays Aug 2015

Using Research And Roi To Drive Partnerships In Public Health Delivery Systems, Glen P. Mays

Glen Mays

Stimulating public-private partnerships (PPP) for health and economic development initiatives requires research that can answer key questions: (1) what are the health and economic returns likely to be realized; (2) over what time frames and with what certainty; (3) what investments are required to achieve results; and (4) what are the implementation strategies most likely to succeed. This presentation reviews ongoing research on the PPPs used to deliver public health services in the U.S., and explores the lessons this research offers PPPs in low and middle income countries. We examine how scientific evidence on public health delivery systems and their …

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