399 research outputs found
Author and Activist Derrick Jensen
No full textplenary talk at the Michigan Social Justice Conference 2009Derrick talks about his book Endgame, in which he outlines the reasons for the collapse of industrial capitalism and the destruction of the environment.Progressive Alliance of Students at UMhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62080/2/DerrickJensen-2009apr04-QandA.mp4http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62080/1/DerrickJensen-2009apr04-talk.mp
In Memory of Professor Derrick Bell
No full textDerrick Bell—law teacher, mentor, scholar, activist, author, loving husband and father—larger than the sum of his many parts. The articles in this symposium are fitting tributes to his legacy and valuable contributions to Derrick’s memory
She Gets the Girl
No full textAlex Blackwood is an undeniably courageous flirt. Molly Parker is a socially awkward compassionate soul. The duo strikes a deal that helps Molly explore her flirtatious nature and helps Alex prove to her ex that she is not self-centered. The question is: Do Molly and Alex want other people or each other? Author Alyson Derrick, a No. 1 New York Times best-selling author, depicts a beautiful dichotomy between wants and needs in romance.https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ul_popularromance/1050/thumbnail.jp
Forecasting banknotes
No full textA central bank’s liquidity forecast is important in ensuring that it supplies the banking system’s need for central bank money. Banknote (or currency in circulation) demand is the largest and for some central banks the most variable component of the liquidity forecast. Accurate forecasting of banknotes is essential in ensuring an accurate liquidity forecast and in turn effective monetary policy implementation. This Handbook discusses these issues and outlines a structural time series state space (STSSS) model which is now used by central banks including the Bank of England and ECB to forecast banknotes (currency in circulation).Forecasting banknotes
From Roach Powder to Radical Humanism: Professor Derrick Bell\u27s \u27Critical\u27 Constitutional Pedagogy
No full textThis essay is a tribute to the late Professor Derrick Bell, who passed away on October 5, 2011. The author was the Derrick Bell Fellow at New York University School of Law in 2009-10 and assisted Professor Bell in teaching his constitutional law courses. The essay discusses Professor Bell\u27s \u27critical\u27 constitutional and life pedagogy, by giving illustrations from Professor Bell\u27s classes and anecdotes from several of his former students. It highlights not only Professor Bell\u27s comprehensive approach to constitutional law, but also the radical humanism he brought to teaching and mentoring students
Effect of Ramping-Up Rate on Film Thickness for Spin-On Processing
No full textSpin-on processing is used in many industries to deposit very thin coatings on flat substrates, including silicon wafers, flat-panel displays, and precision optical components. A liquid precursor solution is first dispensed onto the surface of the substrate; this fluid then spreads out very evenly over the surface due to large rotational forces caused by spinning of the substrate. When looking for an optimum coating procedure process engineers can adjust many variables including the peak spin speed, the ramping rate to reach that speed, the spinning time, as well as allowing for dynamic solution dispense before ramping up, though most protocols focus on the peak spin speed as the primary controlling variable. Engineers often construct spin-speed versus thickness correlations that enable predictable adjustment of spin-speed to achieve a desired thickness. Yet, rather little attention has been paid to the importance of the acceleration rate used to reach the desired peak speed. We show here that ramping rate is also important in helping establish the final coating thickness. We present a numerical model of the fluid flow on a spinning wafer when the spin-speed is ramping linearly up to a desired peak speed and then held constant. It is shown that the coating may “set” into its final thickness before the spin-speed reaches its peak value. In these cases then the peak spin-speed parameter is no longer the primary variable that defines the final coating thickness. This also impacts the interpretation of critical exponents found when fitting spin-speed vs. thickness data. We perform parallel experimental measurements for different ramping-up times and confirm the results from the numerical model. Both experimental and theoretical results support use of the simplified model put forth by Meyerhofer over 25 years ago (J. Appl. Phys. 49 (1978) 3993-3997).This is the Author's accepted manuscript of an article published in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10854-005-4973-6Peer reviewe
Author Obliged to Submit Paper before 4 July: Policies in an Enterprise Specification
No full textAbstract Specifying policies doesn't occur in splendid isolation but as part of refining an enterprise specification. The roles, the tasks, and the business processes of an ODP community provide the basic alphabet over which we write our policies. We illustrate this through exploring a conference programme committee case study. We discuss how we might formulate policies and show how policies are refined alongside the refinement of the overall system specification, developing notions of sufficiency and necessity. Policy delegation is also discussed and we categorise different forms of delegating an obligation
Comparison of Viral Load Suppression among HIV-1 Infected Children Aged 5 to 12 Years on Once Daily Versus Twice Daily Abacavir-Containing Regimens at University Teaching Hospitals - Children’s Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
No full textAbacavir is one of the first-line drugs used to treat HIV infection in paediatric patients in Zambia, whose use in children has not been widely published. This study compared the virologic response of abacavir given as part of a once-daily regimen with the response when given as part of a twice-daily regimen. A total of eighty-two children aged two to twelve years currently receiving antiretroviral therapy at the Paediatric Centre of Excellence, University Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka, Zambia, were observed in the study. This was a prospective cohort study. All the children were initially on twice daily abacavir containing regimen with lamivudine twice daily and efavirenz once daily, with 40 maintained on this regimen by the attending clinician and 42 switched to once-daily abacavir, lamivudine and efavirenz by the attending clinician. Profiles were obtained for each child to compare viral load at baseline and week 24. Data was analysed using Stata Version 16.The proportion of children with undetectable viral load in the once-daily group at twenty-four weeks was 64.3 per cent compared to 72.5 per centin the twice-daily group. Twice-daily dosing reduced the odds of achieving an undetectable viral load by about 59 per cent, while being male reduced the odds of achieving an undetectable HIV viral load by 19.6 per cent. Baseline haemoglobin, creatinine, or alanine transferase levels were not predictors of viral load suppression.The study suggests that once-daily dosing of an abacavir-containing regimen achieved a lower viral suppression rate when compared to twice-daily dosing. It is recommended that once-daily dosing of abacavir containing regimen should be considered as a dosing option for Zambian children living with HIV
Axiomatic Design: Making the Abstract Concrete
No full textAbstractDesign broadly defined deals with mapping from societal wants or needs to means for satisfying these needs. Axiomatic design is a well-known approach to design that was initially proposed by Nam P. Suh in the late 1970s. Since that time, it has underpinned much academic research in engineering design; it has been taught internationally as part of engineering curricula; and it has been used across many industries. This paper presents a summary of axiomatic design and provides practical suggestions for best practices in implementation and education
Grunt work: a novel
No full textGrunt Work is a work of fiction that examines working-class struggles to find steady employment in the ever-changing landscape of Southern New Jersey, specifically in the aftermath of the Great Recession of the late 2000s. The protagonist, Rick, works odd jobs to earn a living after work through his brother Jimmy's construction business has become inconsistent. However, Rick has remained loyal to Jimmy's promises of finding more work to keep the business afloat, but Jimmy's growing drug addiction and increasingly erratic behavior puts their relationship at odds. Meanwhile, Rick and his wife, Regina, are struggling to pay the bills, as Regina experiences difficulty of her own on the job as a waitress paying her way through nursing school. As the difficulties in their separate vocations mount up, Rick and Regina' marriage is threatened by the stress and turmoil of living paycheck to paycheck, not to mention being in their mid-30s with nothing solid or stable to fall back on financially, by way of ownership or inheritance. Grunt Work is set in Cumberland County, New Jersey, statistically one of the poorest, least educated counties in the state. The characters navigate a world that seems stifled in its growth, despite changing demographics according to race—it is small town life that wants to be bigger by coopting the values and feel of corporate America, which is at odds with the lifestyle of the area's inhabitants. Along the way, the painful realities of racism, class discrimination, gentrification, and corruption in city politics are encountered by the novel's characters, as they each seek to resolve their personal struggles.M.F.A.by Derrick Mille
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