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Review Of Sheryl Grana, Women And (In)Justice: The Criminal And Civil Effects Of The Common Law On Women’S Lives, Rose Corrigan

Rose Corrigan

No abstract provided.

Copyright Permission: Turning To Dust Or Digital, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.

Drug Testing In The Trucking Industry: The Effect On Highway Safety, Mireille Jacobson

Mireille Jacobson

No abstract provided.

Los Quitos Del Siglo Xxi, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Hay que entender que la cultura es la suma de los imaginarios culturales que se han ido formando en la capital. Y en esa perspectiva, los símbolos identitarios de Guito son cada vez más locales y menos generales. En estos momentos no hay un símbolo ni un personaje que logre identificar al quiteño como lo hacían antes el chulla Romero y Flores o la Torera, personajes que décadas atrás estaban vinculados a la clase media y al aparato estatal.

Hoy la representación de los personajes proviene más del barrio que de la ciudad. De ahí que el único símbolo que …

Application Of Response Surface Methodology For Studying The Quality Characteristics Of Cowpea-Fortified Nixtamalized Maize, Samuel Sefa-Dedeh, Beatrice Cornelius, Esther Sakyi-Dawson, Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa

Professor Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa

Studies were conducted on the chemical and functional properties of fermented cowpea-fortified nixtamalized maize using response surface methodology. The central composite rotatable design for Ks3 was used to study the combined effect of lime concentration (0–1%), moisture content (55–65%) and cowpea level (0–30%) on pH, titratable acidity, water absorption, protein and viscosity of fermented nixtamalized maize. Regression models were developed to predict the variables. The presence of lime and cowpea influenced the pH, titratable acidity, water absorption, protein content and the cooked paste viscosity of the fermented cowpea-fortified maize. The presence of lime during fermentation generally decreased titratable acidity, water …

Optimal Fiscal Policy In The Uzawa-Lucas Model With Externalities, Manuel A. Gómez

Manuel A. Gómez

This paper devises a fiscal policy by means of which the first-best optimum equilibrium is attained as a market equilibrium in the Uzawa-Lucas model when average human capital has an external effect on productivity. The optimal policy requires the use of a subsidy to investment in human capital which can be financed by a tax on labor income. Lump-sum taxation is not required to balance the government budget either in the steady state or in the transitional phase. Physical capital income should not be taxed. Alternatively, the optimal growth path can be attained by means of a subsidy to human …

A Primer On U.S. Intellectual Property Rights Applicable To Music Information Retrieval Systems, Michael W. Carroll

Michael W. Carroll

Digital technology has had a significant impact on the ways in which music information can be stored, transmitted, and used. Within the information sciences, music information retrieval has become an increasingly important and complex field. This brief article is addressed primarily to those involved in the design and implementation of systems for storing and retrieving digital files containing musical notation, recorded music, and relevant metadata – hereinafter referred to as a Music Information Retrieval System (“MIRS”). In particular, this group includes information specialists, software engineers, and the attorneys who advise them. Although peer-to-peer computer applications, such as Napster’s MusicShare or …

Determinants Of Commercial Bank Interest Rate Spread In A Liberalized Financial System: Empirical Evidence From Nigeria (1989-2000), C.I. Enendu

Economic and Financial Review

This paper provided empirical evidence on the determinants of interest rate spread in a liberalized financial system for the period 1989-2000, using selected banks in Nigeria. Ex-ante interest rate spread equations were estimated using bank balance sheet and income statement as well as macroeconomic data. The results showed that macroeconomic and monetary policy/financial regulation factors were more important determinants of commercial banks' interest spread than bank level factors, Inflation rate, GDP, .financial deepening, cash reserve requirement, risk premium, treasure bill rate, loan asset quality, liquidity risk and non interest expenses were the most important.factors that affected commercial banks' interest rate …

Towards Economic Convergence In Wamz: Effects Of Fiscal Dominance On Macroeconomic Stability, O.J. Nnannna

Economic and Financial Review

This article discusses the threat posed by fiscal dominance and measures that could be adopted to contain it in order to foster macroeconomic convergence in the WAMZ. The presentation is organised around two elements: the boom and burst cycle of capital expenditure, adjudged to be the root cause of fiscal dominance, and an empirical analysis of the implication of fiscal dominance for macroeconomic stability in the WAMZ. While the empirical and anecdotal evidences of the adverse effect of fiscal dominance is overwhelming, the paper went .further to propose a fiscal rule that would contain the destabilising effect of large revenue …

Monetary Management And The Current Role Of Bretton Woods Institutions, O.A. Uchendu

Economic and Financial Review

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of the Bretton Woods Institutions (The World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, IMF) in global monetary management with particular emphasis on the Funds relationship with Nigeria. The Bretton Woods Institutions have statutory responsibility to interact with member countries. However, this relationship has been misunderstood probably because of their perceived "intrusive" nature. The paper concluded that the Institutions have had important role to play in global monetary management and expected that this role will continue in the future to the extent that it is to the best interest of the …

What Goes Up By (S. Barnet And R. Ossowski, Finance And Development: Vol. 40, No. 1 March 2003): A Review, P.N. Omanukwue

Economic and Financial Review

This is a review of a study which identified uncertainties about the size of oil reserves, cost of extracting oil and the future path of oil prices as some of the factors that pose long run challenges for fiscal policy. Accordingly, one of the functions of government is to allocate resources (government wealth, oil inclusive) equitably and efficiently. How to do this however, poses a challenge to fiscal policy.

Hot Topic: The 2002/2003 Mtas Salary And Fringe Benefit Survey, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The MTAS annual salary and fringe benefit survey for 2002/2003 shows salary increases for city employees rose significantly over 2001/2002 data. This report contains a summary of the findings as well as a means to request specific information.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 35 No. 54, March 31, 2003

Central Florida Future

UCF trustees approve $6.5 million for new Student Health Center; Web site asks students to pay for professor ratings; Bush visit to Tampa rallies both sides: UCF activists attend to convey their opposition to war.

2003 Shawnee State Invitational Results, Cedarville University

Men's Golf Statistics

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 969, Juan De Dios Estrada López

Combined Interviews

Mr. Estrada recalls a recruitment/processing center for braceros in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, called El Trocadero; the hiring process there was easier if your name was already on the county’s list; another center for braceros was located in Dell City, Texas; ranchers came here and hired braceros; legal and illegal workers were hired at the same time, but illegal workers received fewer wages; in their free time, the workers would go to the movies; sometimes the ranchers would give them rides on their planes for $2.00.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 027, Number 34, March 31, 2003, Grand Valley State University

2002-2003, Volume 27

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Interview No. 978, Perfecto Márquez

Combined Interviews

When Mr. Márquez was hired as a bracero in 1957, he was married and had two children; as part of the hiring process, he and a group of other braceros were physically examined while in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México; upon being hired, they were then transported from there to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and were not allowed to bring any personal belongings with them; they were physically examined again in El Paso, Texas and in Rio Vista, a processing center in Socorro, Texas; while in Rio Vista, the Mexican Counsel spoke with the braceros about what was expected of them, and the …

Interview No. 977, Manuela Márquez Flores

Combined Interviews

Mr. Márquez traveled to Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, in order to begin the hiring process; he recalls that there were thousands of people from cities all over México waiting to be hired as braceros; because many of them did not have any money, they looked for food in trash cans; Mr. Márquez was hired as a bracero when he was twenty-seven years old; he also remembers that at Rio Vista, a processing center in Socorro, Texas, whenever a potential bracero was turned away due to illness, the rest of the braceros would collect money for that man so he could return …

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, March 30, 2003

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, CAN

Interview No. 961, Jesús Aranda Morales

Combined Interviews

Mr. Morales traveled to Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, in order to begin the hiring process for the Bracero Program; the only requirement was a Mexican Military ID card; he waited at El Trocadero, a processing center there in Chihuahua, for eight days to be hired; from there he was taken to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, where he had to pay $1.00 in order to get a place where he could spend the night; he was then sent to Rio Vista, a processing center in Socorro, Texas; he was then finally taken to Dell City, Texas, where there was a kind of Bracero …

Interview No. 963, Nicolás Carreón Vega

Combined Interviews

Mr. Carreón briefly recounts his childhood; he focuses on his time in the United States as a bracero from 1953 until the mid 1960s; he discusses work contracts and the possibilities under which a mica card could be obtained; he worked in the cotton fields of Texas and New Mexico, the beet fields of Colorado, and on ranches in Arizona as well; while working in Artesia, New Mexico, he caught pneumonia and was hospitalized for a month; in 1955, he worked without a contract in Pecos, Texas, was caught and sent to jail; in 1958, the cotton field he worked …

Interview No. 979, Noberto Mata Baylón

Combined Interviews

When Mr. Baylón was only sixteen years old, he worked in the United States illegally; in order to cross into the United States, he walked through the mountains, which took him an entire day to do; in 1956, he went to El Trocadero, a processing center in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, to begin the hiring process; he paid the security officer in order to get a good place in line while waiting to be hired; in Pecos, Texas, he had very bad experiences because the wages were too low and there was too much work to be done; in addition, there …

Interview No. 1135, Anastacio Montalvo

Combined Interviews

Mr. Montalvo briefly recalls his childhood and the Cristero War, which took place during that time; later, in 1942, he began the hiring process for the Bracero Program in Querétaro, México, using someone else’s name; while there, he was medically examined and then sent to the border by train; upon arriving at the reception center, he and other braceros saw movies that gave them information regarding their rights and obligations; he describes his first job in the United States, which was hammering the rail road tracks in California, and his second job, which was picking cotton in Texas; in addition, …

Cedarville Vs. Rio Grande, Cedarville University

Baseball Statistics

No abstract provided.

Cedarville Vs. Rio Grande, Cedarville University

Baseball Statistics

No abstract provided.

Cedarville Vs. Laverne, Cedarville University

Softball Statistics

No abstract provided.

California Lutheran Vs. Cedarville, Cedarville University

Softball Statistics

No abstract provided.

Lacuny Instruction Committee Meeting Minutes, March 2003, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Trends. Iraq And The Implosion Of The Terrorism Construct, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses assorted definitions of terrorism to determine which definitions could practically be applied to military action as a way of reducing violence against United States military personnel in Iraq.

2003 Emory University Classic, Cedarville University

Men's Track & Field Statistics

No abstract provided.