397 research outputs found
Borrower Paying Interest for Loan is a Consumer of Bank’s Collateral Lending Services Under Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act
No full textExamines the Texas Court of Appeals of Austin’s case Fortner v. Fannin Bank. In Fortner, the court held that borrowers paying interest on a loan obtained from a bank will be considered consumers of that bank’s collateral lending services for purposes of section 17.46(a) of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Though the author foresees that this decision may have a chilling effect on lending, he considers commendable the court actions of holding the lender accountable
Anchoring effects in the development of false childhood memories
No full textWhen people receive descriptions or doctored photos of events that never happened, they often come to remember those events. But if people receive both a description and a doctored photo, does the order in which they receive the information matter? We asked people to consider a description and a doctored photograph of a childhood hot air balloon ride, and we varied which medium they saw first. People who saw a description first reported more false images and memories than people who saw a photo first, a result that fits with an anchoring account of false childhood memories
Spatial and temporal assessments of genetic structure in an endangered Garry oak ecosystem on Vancouver Island
No full textGarry oak (Quercus garryana Dougl. ex Hook.) is a deciduous tree whose ecosystem is listed “at-risk” throughout its range in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, under the Canadian Species at Risk Act (SARA). Garry oak ecosystems host the most diverse flora for coastal B.C. yet they account for less than 0.3% of the province’s land-base. Due to the loss and degradation of Garry oak habitat, many associated plant and animal species that rely on these sensitive ecosystems are endangered. Microsatellite markers were used to investigate temporal changes in fine-scale population genetic structure of 121 Garry oak trees from the Nanaimo region (Vancouver Island, B.C.) using diameter at breast height as a proxy for age. Overall, allelic diversity was moderate, ranging from 3.0 to 7.5 alleles per locus with an average of 4.4 (± 0.4 SE) across all loci. Global FST of 0.06 and 0.09 suggests significant departures from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium among all populations and age-classified subpopulations, respectively. We found no evidence for change in genetic diversity across generations. Our results indicate low levels of differentiation within populations and high levels of gene flow among populations, suggesting an adaptive potential for Garry oaks in response to future climate change events.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author
False claims about false memory research
No full textPezdek and Lam [Pezdek, K. & Lam, S. (2007). What research paradigms have cognitive psychologists used to study “False memory,” and what are the implications of these choices? Consciousness and Cognition] claim that the majority of research into false memories has been misguided. Specifically, they charge that false memory scientists have been (1) misusing the term “false memory,” (2) relying on the wrong methodologies to study false memories, and (3) misapplying false memory research to real world situations. We review each of these claims and highlight the problems with them. We conclude that several types of false memory research have advanced our knowledge of autobiographical and recovered memories, and that future research will continue to make significant contributions to how we understand memory and memory errors
A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt
No full textAbstract not availablePierre-Yves Daoust, Mike Hammill, Garry Stenson, Charles Carague
Review of \u3ci\u3eWeapons of the Lewis and Clark Expedition\u3c/i\u3e by Jim Garry
No full textJim Garry\u27s recent publication offers a meticulous assessment of the Corps of Discovery\u27s arsenal. One of Garry\u27s goals centers on correcting outdated information from well-known books, about the Corps and the weaponry the men carried, especially Carl P. Russell\u27s Guns of the Early Frontiers (1957). The author acknowledges that historians have continuously advanced the scholarship on the Corps\u27 weaponry, but misconceptions about the arsenal still exist, muddying the historical record. He encourages readers to view his book as a tool for placing the expedition and the weapons of the early nineteenth century in an accurate historical context.
The volume contains ten concise chapters, introduced by a brief discussion of the commissioning of the Corps and the preparations for the two-year journey. Each chapter reviews one type of weapon: the Model 1795 musket, swivel guns, blunderbusses, short rifles, pistols, edged weapons, and ammunition. Garry includes a chapter on John Shields, the Corps blacksmith, and another on the gun trade. The book\u27s appendixes offer a detailed list of the guns carried by specific people and an essay on weapon maintenance
Side Scan Sonar and Underwater Discovery
No full textThis presentation will take you on a journey of underwater discovery made possible by side scan sonar. An introduction on the theory of side scan sonar operation will be presented along with some of the amazing discoveries this technology has made possible. The journey will take us from the Arctic, to South America to Lochness and more.
Presenter Bio
For the past 34 years, Garry has been employed by Klein Associates of Salem, NH, the technology leader in Side Scan Sonar systems. He is a recognized expert in undersea search operations and travels the world providing consulting and training expertise to Navies and companies who have a critical underwater search need. Garry began his underwater search and survey career in 1972, doing side scan sonar surveys off the coast of Labrador, for CanDive/Oceaneering. His work has taken him to the Canadian Arctic with Dr. Joe MacInnis to locate the H.M.S. Breadalbane, off the coast of England with author Clive Cussler in search of John Paul Jones’ vessel, the Bon Homme Richard, and on countless other treasure and historic shipwreck
The Canadian experience with class actions: access to justice or just a new moneymaking product line for lawyers?
No full textThe author looks at emergence of class actions in Canadian litigation and considers the extent to which they provide access to justice or are just another profitable product line for lawyers. A class action is one in which a representative plaintiff sues on behalf of a defined class of claimants whose claims raise a common issue of fact or law. Article by Professor Garry D. Watson QC (Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, Torono and IALS Inns of Court Fellow). Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
The Canadian experience with class actions: access to justice or just a new moneymaking product line for lawyers?
No full textThe author looks at emergence of class actions in Canadian litigation and considers the extent to which they provide access to justice or are just another profitable product line for lawyers. A class action is one in which a representative plaintiff sues on behalf of a defined class of claimants whose claims raise a common issue of fact or law. Article by Professor Garry D. Watson QC (Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, Torono and IALS Inns of Court Fellow). Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
RNA-seq data analysis : a practical approach / Eija Korpelainen, Jarno Tuimala, Panu Somervuo, Mikael Huss, Garry Wong.
No full text"A Chapman & Hall book."pharmacy bookfair2015Includes bibliographical references and index.xxiv, 298 pages :"RNA-seq offers unprecedented information about transcriptome, but harnessing this information with bioinformatics tools is typically a bottleneck. This self-contained guide enables researchers to examine differential expression at gene, exon, and transcript level and to discover novel genes, transcripts, and whole transcriptomes. Each chapter starts with theoretical background, followed by descriptions of relevant analysis tools. The book also provides examples using command line tools and the R statistical environment. For non-programming scientists, the same examples are covered using open source software with a graphical user interface"-- Provided by publisher
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