Paper Session III-C - Improving Public Education Beyond 2001

The following paper is an investigation into deficiencies in the current education system, the assumptions upon which it is founded, and possible corrective actions. Suggested actions for remediation include: training, selection, and designation of Master Teachers, and extending their classroom availability through video and computer access; modifying the over-extended practice of tenure, along with an improved evaluation process to remove poor teachers and reward outstanding ones; the nation-wide establishment, and enforcement, of high performance standards; increased opportunities for above-average students, as well as segregation of problem students into an environment appropriate to them; elimination of large amounts of the administrative bureaucracy; and greatly expanded access to higher education and/or wider professional vocational training based on ability and effort, regardless of financial limitations

Education and Literature in the Third Reich

This research examines education in the Third Reich and specifically focuses on children\u27s literature. German children were exposed to different persuasive techniques and influences that dramatically impacted their culture and mindset. The purpose of this research is to explain how the propaganda used in the educational system was directed towards the German youth. The use of this propaganda reveals the reasons why many children grew to defend the Führer and their Volk

Workers\u27 Compensation - You Take (45% of) My Breath Away

This comment will examine the standards the North Carolina appellate courts have developed to determine whether a workers\u27 compensation claimant is entitled to relief for an occupational disease under subsection thirteen, as well as the rules governing apportionment of liability in claims arising under the Act. Finally, the Morrison decision will be considered in light of previous decisional law and standards adopted in the majority of jurisdictions

Games Without Frontiers: Trends in the International Response to Insider Trading

A study examines, from the perspective of two practitioners, current trends in the global regulation of insider trading

Retinoic Acid-Mediated Gene Expression in Transgenic Reporter Zebrafish

AbstractRetinoic acid-mediated gene activation is important for normal vertebrate development. The size and nature of retinoic acid make it difficult to identify the precise cellular location of this signaling molecule throughout an embryo. Additionally, retinoic acid (RA) signaling is regulated by a complex combination of receptors, coactivators, and antagonizing proteins. Thus, in order to integrate these signals and identify regions within a whole developing embryo where cells can respond transcriptionally to retinoic acid, we have used a reporter transgenic approach. We have generated several stable lines of transgenic zebrafish which use retinoic acid response elements to drive fluorescent protein expression. In these zebrafish lines, transgene expression is localized to regions of the neural tube, retina, notochord, somites, heart, pronephric ducts, branchial arches, and jaw muscles in embryos and larvae. Transgene expression can be induced in additional regions of the neural tube and retina as well as the immature notochord, hatching gland, enveloping cell layer, and fin by exposing embryos to retinoic acid. Treatment with retinoic acid synthase inhibitors, citral and diethylaminobenzaldehyde (DEAB), during neurulation, greatly reduces transgene expression. DEAB treatment of embryos at gastrulation phenocopies the embryonic effects of vitamin A deprivation or targeted disruption of the RA synthase retinaldehyde dehydrogenase-2 in other vertebrates. Together these data suggest that the reporter expression we see in zebrafish is dependent upon conserved vertebrate pathways of RA synthesis

A Semiquantitative Analysis of the Chorda Tympani Taste Pathway in the Rat Brain with the 2-deoxyglucose Method

This thesis is based on a semiquantitative analysis of four nuclear relay centers [nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), parabrachial nucleus (PBN), ventroposteromedial nucleus (VPM), gustatory neocortex (GNC)] in the chorda tympani nerve pathway. Metabolic changes were examined by the 2-deoxyglucose method in which one chorda tympani nerve was chemically stimulated and its contralateral side lesioned. Coronal sections of four taste centers were prepared for autoradiography and Nissl staining. Densities of the autoradiograms were determined by means of a video based image processor. Relative differences in the optical density ratios of the stimulated versus lesioned nuclear grey matter areas to white matter areas indicate an effect of the stimulation on the uptake of the radioactive glucose analog. Greater 2-deoxyglucose uptake on the intact side reflects increased cellular functional activity which was noted in the first (NTS) and possibly the second (PBN) levels of the chorda tympani pathway. The highest brain levels showed no significant changes in glucose metabolism. The 2-deoxyglucose method was verified in this study by several criteria and the neuroanatomy of the chorda tympani is discussed. Also, improvements for the study of the taste pathway using the 2-deoxyglucose method are suggested. Metabolic increases in some taste nuclei support the thesis that the chorda tympani projection pathway as reported in previous literature can be demonstrated and analyzed semiquantitatively using the 2-deoxyglucose method

Promises Made, Promises Kept: The Practical Implications of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This Article suggests approaches that can be taken in addressing the pragmatic concerns of companies with regard to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These concerns include what form companies\u27 disclosures should take in order to secure the protection of the safe harbor. They also include a need for concrete guidance on the day-to-day response to obligations that are newly required by this statute. Individual directors of companies have no blueprint as to how their boards should respond to this new legislation. This Article provides practical approaches for directors

Space tug propulsion system failure mode, effects and criticality analysis

For purposes of the study, the propulsion system was considered as consisting of the following: (1) main engine system, (2) auxiliary propulsion system, (3) pneumatic system, (4) hydrogen feed, fill, drain and vent system, (5) oxygen feed, fill, drain and vent system, and (6) helium reentry purge system. Each component was critically examined to identify possible failure modes and the subsequent effect on mission success. Each space tug mission consists of three phases: launch to separation from shuttle, separation to redocking, and redocking to landing. The analysis considered the results of failure of a component during each phase of the mission. After the failure modes of each component were tabulated, those components whose failure would result in possible or certain loss of mission or inability to return the Tug to ground were identified as critical components and a criticality number determined for each. The criticality number of a component denotes the number of mission failures in one million missions due to the loss of that component. A total of 68 components were identified as critical with criticality numbers ranging from 1 to 2990