41 research outputs found
Immediate salvage with inflatable penile prosthesis in an infected field is associated with a high success rate
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Dealing With High Fertilizer Costs in Forage Production Systems
No full textSL-259, a 4-page fact sheet by M. L. Silveira, J. M. Vendramini, P. J. Hogue, and J. F. Selph, addresses important issues relative to fertilizer efficiency and suggests alternatives for reducing fertilizer use and reducing production costs for forage production. Published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Science, June 2008.
SL259/SS483: Dealing With High Fertilizer Costs in Forage Production Systems (ufl.edu
Death of the Author: The Evolution and Expansion of the Government Edicts Doctrine in Copyright Law
No full textCodification of the law is an expensive and time-consuming task that requires a certain level of skill and an ability for quick turnaround of product. Because of this, Congress and a majority of state legislatures hire companies, pursuant to their respective jurisdictions, with legal experts who organize legal information from a wide swath of sources into masterfully-constructed annotations brimming with helpful information to the reader. These annotations are so useful that the federal and state judiciary often employ them to understand statutes that are unclear or to define the scope of statutes. Moreover, these annotations, due to the nature of the agreement with their respective legislatures, even save taxpayers a great amount of money.4 If you are a publication company, have an employer with enough capital to purchase a subscription package with these publication companies, or are an individual with expendable funds, there are little drawbacks to copyrighted annotations. For many Americans, unfortunately, this option is not so freely available. ...
This Comment analyzes the historical development of the government edicts doctrine and the impact Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.10 has on the American people. Part II outlines the development of copyright law, the government edicts doctrine, work for hire doctrine, and statutory interpretation as they relate to this recent evolution of copyright law. Part III explains Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. in the United States Supreme Court, the preceding district and appellate court decision on this case, as well as prior case law discussing the government edicts doctrine. Part IV discusses how uncopyrightable legislative works will impact groups such as legal researchers, agencies, publishers, other states, those with disabilities, future intellectual property lawsuits, and others under purview of American legislatures
The Implied Editor: A Theory of Craft and Poetics
No full textThis dissertation advances a new theory of the editor. Editors are pervasively influential for shaping our evaluations of all kinds of work, from literature, to news, to scholarship, and beyond. I test my theory on editorial influence in little magazines, providing close readings, recovering historical contexts, and identifying a wide variety of rhetorical affordances available to little magazines’ editors. I draw on rhetorical narrative theory, most especially the “implied author” concept, which I build on in order to theorize an “implied editor.” I furthermore demonstrate that understanding the authored and edited texts as distinct is important for teasing apart the full breadth of editorial work.
This dissertation also proposes a new model of editorship. My model captures (1) the role of the editor, which is a simultaneously author- and audience-oriented role; (2) the importance of poetics; and (3) the dual-streamed creative role of editors. As such, my model captures dynamics not noted elsewhere and enables us to address such questions as: (1) How does editorship differ from authorship? (2) How can we think of the relationship among author, editor, and audience? and (3) How does the ethics of editorship differ from that of authorship?
This dissertation further tests my model in conversation with a contemporary little magazine, issue 23 of A Public Space. In so doing, I explore how APS’s editor uses editorial textual resources, some of which overlap with authorial textual resources and some of which diverge from them. I also test my theory against the editorial role in Harlem Renaissance little magazines to elucidate the distinctive ways in which editors manifest their respective magazines’ purposes, both implicitly and explicitly. In so doing, these editors reveal why we must view the magazines as distinct and holistic entities with potentially competing priorities rather than merely collections of (then) up-and-coming writers and their discrete works. My model of editorship highlights Fire!!’s complex editorial significance. My theory of editorship and its application to these little magazines demonstrates the significance of editorship, particularly in relation to the crafting of uniquely edited texts
The Pharmacologic Management of Voiding Dysfunction, Stress Incontinence and the Overactive Bladder in Men and Women Who Have Had Prior Treatment for Pelvic Malignancies With Surgery or Radiation Therapy
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V10-11 INTRACORPOREAL ROBOTIC-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDICEAL INTERPOSITION FOR URETERAL STRICTURE DISEASE
No full textConflict of interest disclosures for clinical practice guidelines in the national guideline clearinghouse.
No full textConflict of interest (COI) is an important potential source of bias in the development of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and high rates of COI among guideline authors have been reported in the past. Our objective was to report current rates of disclosure and specific author COI across a broad range of CPGs and to examine whether CPG characteristics were associated with the presence of disclosures and of conflicts.We selected a random sample of 250 CPGs listed in the National Guideline Clearinghouse on November 22, 2010, representing approximately a 10% sample of guidelines listed in the NGC on that date. We abstracted information on author COI from each CPG and examined predictors of the disclosures and COI using a logistic generalized estimating equation regression model. 87% of organizations developing guidelines had a CPG-specific policy, however, 40% of CPGs did not indicate that they had collected disclosures from guideline authors. In addition, 42% of organizations that did collect author disclosures did not have those disclosures available in the public domain. Of CPGs where we had disclosures for all authors, 60% had one or more authors with a conflict. On average, 28% of the authors of CPGs with available disclosures had a COI. Guidelines that were published in journals with an impact factor greater than 5.0 were more likely to have one or more authors with a COI than guidelines not published in journals.Rates of disclosure of author COI and the public availability of that information are unacceptably low, however rates of COI among guideline authors may have decreased in recent years. Continued efforts are needed to establish and enforce optimal COI policies in clinical practice guideline development in order to minimize the risk of bias associated with those conflicts
The effect of musical mnemonics on learning and recall in preschool-aged children with developmental disabilities
No full text2015 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.The purpose of this study was to assess whether musical mnemonics rehearsal is more effective than verbal rehearsal on immediate and delayed recall of novel information for preschool-aged children with developmental delays. Forty 3- to 5-year old children in a special education program were selected from a prescreening process as participants. Participants were randomly divided into two groups by a computerized randomizer. Group 1 received all input in spoken format and Group 2 received all input in sung format. All participants listened to a random, non-repetitive seven-digit number. Sung numbers matched the opening phrase of "Old MacDonald." For each trial, the researcher played the pre-recorded number five times. The number of correct consecutive digits was recorded both at the end of each hearing, after a one-minute distraction and following a five minute delay. Since there was evidence of skew in the serial order recall results, serial scores were compared within group and across groups using non-parametric statistical analysis. Results showed no significant difference between the music and non-music groups. Overall serial order recall scores were low, suggesting that the digit span was beyond the developmental capabilities of many of the participants. There was a significant effect of time and age, however. Paired comparisons showed significantly greater recall in Trial 4 versus Trial 1, and in Trial 5 versus delayed recall, suggesting both an increase in recall due to learning and a decrease in recall after the 5-minute delay and distraction activity. Five-year olds also performed significantly better than 3-4 year olds on delayed absolute recall and immediate serial order recall. Future research suggestions are discussed
