172 research outputs found
Professor Alan R. Bromberg\u27s Rule 10b-5
No full textProfessor Alan Bromberg was the foremost authority in the law of Rule 10b-5. In this article, the author Professor Marc Steinberg, Professor Bromberg\u27s colleague for 25 years, highlights Professor Bromberg\u27s scholarship in this area. Focusing on key U.S. Supreme Court decisions and congressional legislation, Professor Steinberg reflects on the dialogue that he had with Professor Bromberg through the years on these developments. As this article illustrates, Professor Bromberg enjoyed a truly impressive academic career
Lee Carl Bromberg, Dr. Robert Klitzman, and Dominic Ianno discuss, Brand-Name Genes at Ford Hall Forum, video recording, 4/19/2012
No full textBiotechnology in genetics is reaching heights that the average person can barely imagine. But what are the effects of this unstoppable science on individuals, the economy, and our society as a whole? If we cannot abate the speed of innovation, how can we better control it or at least mitigate the negative consequences? Attorney Lee Carl Bromberg reveals the tactic of companies patenting genetic code, while Dr. Robert Klitzman, author of Am I My Genes? shares the stories of real people whose lives were forever changed by genetic testing. Dominick Ianno, Ford Hall Forum President and Pfizer\u27s Director of Public Affairs, US Northeast, leads us through a discussion of the revolutionary and sometimes frightening future of genetics.https://dc.suffolk.edu/fhf-av/1119/thumbnail.jp
Novel Reductive Dehalogenases from the Marine Sponge Associated Bacterium Desulfoluna spongiiphila
No full textDesulfoluna spongiiphila strain AA1 is an organohalide respiring bacterium, isolated from the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba, that can use brominated and iodinated phenols, in addition to sulfate and thiosulfate as terminal electron acceptors. The genome of Desulfoluna spongiiphila strain AA1 is approximately 6.5 Mb. Three putative reductive dehalogenase (rdhA) genes involved in respiratory metabolism of organohalides were identified within the sequence. Conserved motifs found in respiratory reductive dehalogenases (a twin arginine translocation signal sequence and two iron-sulfur clusters) were present in all three putative AA1 rdhA genes. Transcription of one of the three rdhA genes was significantly upregulated during respiration of 2,6-dibromophenol and sponge extracts. Strain AA1 appears to have the ability to synthesize cobalamin, the key cofactor of most characterized reductive dehalogenase enzymes. The genome contains genes involved in cobalamin synthesis and uptake and can grow without cobalamin supplementation. Identification of this target gene associated with debromination lays the foundation for understanding how dehalogenating bacteria control the fate of organohalide compounds in sponges and their role in a symbiotic organobromine cycle. In the sponge environment, D. spongiiphila strain AA1 may thus take advantage of both brominated compounds and sulfate as electron acceptors for respiration.Peer reviewe
An Essay for Professor Alan Bromberg: Removing the Taint from Past Illegal Offers and Sales - 40 Years Later
No full textIn 1975, for its inaugural, the Journal of Corporation Law at the University of Iowa solicited a lead article for issue 1, page 1. The editors solicited that piece from Professor Alan Bromberg, one of the great academics of securities law, then or at any other time. Professor Bromberg, of Southern Methodist University, died last year. This article began as a piece with three goals: (1) pay homage to Professor Bromberg, whom I knew personally, and his achievements; (2) update his 1975 article; and (3) add flesh to the treatment by examining closely practical, modern day situations in which rescission questions may arise, for large hedge funds and private equity firms as well as for smaller issuers of securities. The author found goal 2 largely unnecessary, as Professor Bromberg’s 1975 article is truly encyclopedic, needing little updating. It still is the article with which I would begin any examination of this important issue. I know that law reviews favor high-brow, almost ethereal, think pieces but the pragmatic, highly useful work that Professor Bromberg did all his career in one of the great many accolades that could be paid to him and to his memory
Using Genetic Testing and Historical Records to Document Ancestral Heritage
No full textUsing Genetic Testing and Historical Records to Document Ancestral Heritage Hannah Bromberg Division of Math, Science and Technology Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Advisor: Dr. Emily Schmitt Abstract Genetic testing to find specific changes in DNA (molecular markers) can be performed in order to determine the geographical location of one\u27s ancestral heritage. Maternal lineage can be traced through mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) passed from mothers to children, while paternal lineages can be traced through Y-chromosomal DNA passed from fathers to sons. These molecular markers have been analyzed to recreate migration patterns that humans embarked upon when leaving Africa approximately 50,000 years ago. For this project, DNA was collected from a cheek swab sample in order to carry out mt DNA tests as well as Y -chromosomal tests. Since the author of this project is female, she was only able to test for mitochondrial DNA and therefore her father provided a cheek swab sample to be used for Y- chromosomal DNA analysis. Samples were sent to National Geographic\u27s Genographic Project for analysis (www.genographic.nationalgeographic.com). DNA was categorized into haplogroups defined by specific genetic markers that allowed the author to trace her ancestors migrational pattern as they left Africa. In Order to create an original family tree and family history narrative based on more recent historical documents, the author used census reports from 1900-1930. These reports provided information including occupations and years of immigration to the United States. Draft cards, naturalization papers and obituaries supplied additional facts that offered further insights into the lives of the author\u27s ancestors
Following the money: how external forces influence government contracting
No full textSince the 1980’s there has been a steady push to increase the use of private sector actors in providing public services. At the federal level of government, the previous four administrations have each taken steps to reach this goal. One of the primary tools the government utilizes to increase the reliance on private sector actors is a contract. The use of contracts has proliferated in the last 10 years at the U.S. federal level. In the time period from 1996 to 2006 the total number of contract actions has increased more than six times. The total number has increased from 600,000 actions in 1996 to over 3,600,000 actions in 2006. The increase in contracts over this time period requires greater emphasis on studying government contracting. Although there is a rich literature in public administration that examines government contracting, there is little research that looks specifically at external influences on government contracting. This dissertation examines if various influences, including private sector actors, influence the contracting process. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, this dissertation answers the primary research question Do private companies affect contracting decisions through various avenues of influence? The findings from both the interviews and the regression analysis suggest that a number of factors influence contracting, including both internal and external forces. The primary contribution of this dissertation is the finding that private sector actors, through campaign contributions, influence government contracting.Ph.D.Includes abstractVitaIncludes bibliographical referencesby Daniel E. Bromber
Toelichting bij het fabrieksschema benzine uit kraakgassen
No full textDocument(en) uit de collectie Chemische ProcestechnologieDelftChemTechApplied Science
Cone-manifolds and the density conjecture
No full textAbstract We give an expository account of our proof that each cusp-free hyperbolic 3-manifold with finitely generated fundamental group and incompressible ends is an algebraic limit of geometrically finite ones
Hauntings – A nodalist study
No full textSince Deleuze and Guattari first described the concept of the rhizome as a model of cultural transmission in A Thousand Plateaus (1980), a new way of processing information in the Arts and Social Sciences has emerged – ‘Nodalism’. Philip Gochenour has convincingly argued that units of culture can now be thought of as ‘nodes’ existing in a nonhierarchical, web-like network. Information transfer between nodes in the network is horizontal, omni-directional and not necessarily teleological, a way of viewing the world which has been paralleled and actualized in the last twenty years by the emergence, growth and ubiquity of the internet and the World Wide Web.
The author – a developing audiovisual artist – here offers four videomusic pieces and one virtual sound-synthesis tool. At first glance, the pieces may appear to have little in common. However, the commentary will attempt to show that they are subtly linked together, immersed in a cocoon of rhizomatic, pluralistic, thread-like connections.
The strongest ‘thread’ holding them together appears to be the trope of being ‘haunted’ in some way – either by influence, genre, or overarching concept. However, this thesis will attempt to show how a detailed consideration of each piece results in a highly complex final picture in which the pieces can be thought of as individual cultural nodes suspended in a dense rhizomatic mass of lateral cultural threads. For the sake of completion, however, the project has received the name Hauntings in reference to one of the strongest shared tropes running throughout all five works
Recommendations on Problematic Issues Solution of the Customs Development Strategy Until the Year 2020 Implementation
No full textIn the present article author offers recommendations for solving problematic issues of the Customs development strategy until the year 2020 implementing. In the process of research author notes that in the new conditions, not only the tasks are transformed but also the functions and powers of the Federal Customs Service, priority issues are the issues of improving information technologies, reducing the time for customs control, and creating favorable conditions for doing business. In the conclusion author concludes that the current stage of implementation of the administrative reform and the Customs development strategy until the year 2020 in Russia involves a qualitative transformation of the customs regulation of foreign trade activities
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