Copyright in Legal Documents

Original legal documents and forms have long enjoyed copyright protection. After looking at Commonwealth and U.S. decisions, the author discusses the nature, extent, and desirability of protection. An examination of the technicalities of copyright protection reveals a law drafted in broad generalities and ill-suited to respond adequately to the common practices arising from this class and, by implication, other classes of creative work. The author concludes by suggesting practical ways in which legislators, lawyers, and judges can solve some of the copyright problems generated through the use of legal documents

Spartan Daily, May 3, 1991

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Copyright in Legal Documents

Original legal documents and forms have long enjoyed copyright protection. After looking at Commonwealth and U.S. decisions, the author discusses the nature, extent, and desirability of protection. An examination of the technicalities of copyright protection reveals a law drafted in broad generalities and ill-suited to respond adequately to the common practices arising from this class and, by implication, other classes of creative work. The author concludes by suggesting practical ways in which legislators, lawyers, and judges can solve some of the copyright problems generated through the use of legal documents

Southern planter

LYRASIS Members and Sloan FoundationCollege of William and Mary, Earl Gregg Swem Librar

Spartan Daily, May 7, 1991

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Mechanisms of spinal cord degeneration and repair in multiple sclerosis: A 3T MRI study of the spinal cord

The spinal cord is a clinically eloquent structure, commonly affected in multiple sclerosis (MS) and spinal neuroaxonal loss is an important cause of non-remitting, disability progression. Neuroaxonal loss in MS is likely to be multifactorial and caused by several disease pathways. In contrast, repair and adaptive mechanisms can ameliorate disability following clinical relapses. This thesis has explored some of these clinically relevant disease mechanisms by combining single-voxel proton spectroscopy (MRS) and Q-space imaging (QSI), two advanced MRI techniques, which have increased pathological specificity for neurodegeneration and myelin, and allow quantification of metabolites that reflect biological mechanisms, to study spinal neurodegeneration and repair in MS. In persons with early primary progressive MS (PPMS), spinal MRS and QSI exhibited increased sensitivity for detection of early disease changes than more conventional measures such as spinal cord atrophy and correlated with clinical disability measures suggesting these measures are functionally relevant. Region of interest analysis of the relationship between QSI indices in spinal white matter tracts and clinical scores which reflect the motor or sensory functions conveyed within those tracts, suggests a strong structure-function relationship exists between axonal integrity and disability. In persons with relapsing remitting MS (RRMS), with recent (within 4 weeks) symptoms suggestive of spinal cord relapse, serial imaging with spinal MRS and QSI over 6 months reflected clinical changes over that time. Specifically, rising spinal concentrations of total N-acetyl-aspartate (tNAA) and restriction of QSI-derived perpendicular diffusivity, which I hypothesise reflect, restoration of mitochondrial function and remyelination, respectively, underlie clinical recovery. Within the RRMS cohort, MRS and QSI measures at baseline were predictive of clinical outcomes at 6 months; elevated baseline spinal glutamate-glutamine (Glx), myo-inositol (Ins) and total creatine (tCr) concentrations and increased QSI-derived perpendicular diffusivity predicted poor outcomes and may reflect important mechanisms of disability progression such as; demyelination, neurodegeneration, astrogliosis and altered neuronal metabolism. Taken together the results suggest that mechanisms of disability following spinal cord relapse are complex and glutamate excitotoxicity, gliosis and axonal metabolic dysfunction may be important determinants of residual disability following relapses. This work suggests that newer, quantitative MRI techniques when applied to the spinal cord are sensitive markers of disease activity and progression and could be useful in monitoring therapies that aim to prevent neurodegeneration and enhance remyelination in MS

Remembering Roy

'Wellcome History' is an easy and regular channel of communication between all Wellcome historians. It aims to be an informal, user-friendly centre of debate

Values and Art Education

The following series of four articles represents some of my current concerns in art education. The articles are a result of explorations in contemporary writings by people from various fields of endeavor and a condensation and evaluation of the input from these several sources. The first three articles are a progression from current rationale in art education, to the importance of art in formulating values relative to our environment, to a discussion of the use of the t\u27elevision medium in art education. The fourth article is in the form of a T.V. workbook that might be used in art (or other) classes to provide activities for a study of the medium. Each article may be considered individually, expressing a complete but interrelated thought, but taken as a whole these articles help to articulate my personal approach to art education, my belief in the use of art in service to society and, specifically, my concern for the creative study and use of television in the art classroom. The concerns reflected herein stem from four year 1s experience teaching junior and senior high school art students and represent a desire on my part to make exploration in the field of art education eminently meaningful and applicable to everyday experience