2,095 research outputs found
Alien Registration- Harris, Donald P. (Corinna, Penobscot County)
https://digitalmaine.com/alien_docs/9855/thumbnail.jp
TRIPS\u27 Rebound: An Historical Analysis of How the TRIPS Agreement Can Ricochet back against the United States
Recently, scholars and commentators around the world have reexamined the role intellectual property rights (IPRs) play in hindering or helping developing countries. These scholars have questioned the doctrine the IPRs help developing countries by promoting economic development, increasing foreign direct investment, stimulating domestic innovation, and improving access to new technologies, and have concluded that imposing Western-styled intellectual property regimes (e.g., the U.S. patent regime) on developing countries harms those countries. In particular, such regimes fail to bring any of the purported benefits, while they impose many costs, including preventing people from obtaining life-saving drugs. This Article argues that it is not simply IPRs that cause these problems but that it is the increased focus of intellectual property regimes on private interests rather than public interests. The Article examines the historical role that intellectual property has played in the United States and its contrasting role in the world community, as evidenced by the international intellectual property treaty (TRIPS).
The Article argues that the traditional role of U.S. patent policy was to advance the public interest, while the new role, now advanced by the United States , is to primarily advance private interests. This is perhaps understandable given the change in environment to a more advanced, interdependent global economy. Nevertheless, the new role severely distorts the traditional balance between public and private interests and should be reexamined to determine whether the intellectual property system still promotes the public good, i.e. is it good for society. The Article argues, as do the many scholars and commentators, that TRIPS and this new role harm developing countries; but, the Article goes further and argues that this new role also will have a rebound effect and harm the United States by, among other things, stifling innovation and withholding rather than disseminating knowledge. The rebound effect results from two factors. The first is that TRIPS will constrain the United States \u27 ability to tailor its intellectual property laws because TRIPS impinges upon U.S. sovereignty in this area. The second factor is that, as mentioned, TRIPS is inconsistent with traditional U.S. policy. The Article concludes by examining the harms caused to the United States and the reasons for such harms
Sensitive observations at 1.4 and 250 GHz of z > 5 QSOs
We present 1.4 and 5 GHz observations taken with the Very Large Array (VLA),
and observations at 250 GHz obtained with the Max-Planck millimeter bolometer
(MAMBO) at the IRAM 30~m telescope, of ten optically selected Quasi-stellar
Objects (QSOs) at 5.0 < z < 6.28. Four sources are detected at 1.4 GHz two of
which are radio loud and are also detected at 5 GHz. These results are roughly
consistent with there being no evolution of the radio-loud QSO fraction out to
z~6.
Three sources have been detected at 250 GHz or 350 GHz at much higher levels
than their 1.4 GHz flux densities suggesting that the observed mm emission is
likely thermal emission from warm dust, although more exotic possibilities
cannot be precluded.
The highest redshift source in our sample (J1030+0524 at z=6.28) is not
detected at 1.4 or 250 GHz, but four fairly bright radio sources (flux density
at 1.4GHz > 0.2 mJy) are detected in a 2' field centered on the QSO, including
an edge-brightened ('FRII') double radio source with an extent of about 1'.
A similar over-density of radio sources is seen in the field of the highest
redshift QSO J1148+5251. We speculate that these over-densities of radio
sources may indicate clusters along the lines-of-sight, in which case
gravitational lensing by the cluster could magnify the QSO emission by a factor
2 or so without giving rise to arcsecond-scale distortions in the optical
images of the QSOs.Comment: 25 pages, 12 figures. accepted by A
Magnetic White Dwarfs from the SDSS II. The Second and Third Data Releases
Fifty-two magnetic white dwarfs have been identified in spectroscopic
observations from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) obtained between mid-2002
and the end of 2004, including Data Releases 2 and 3. Though not as numerous
nor as diverse as the discoveries from the first Data Release, the collection
exhibits polar field strengths ranging from 1.5MG to ~1000MG, and includes two
new unusual atomic DQA examples, a molecular DQ, and five stars that show
hydrogen in fields above 500MG. The highest-field example, SDSSJ2346+3853, may
be the most strongly magnetic white dwarf yet discovered. Analysis of the
photometric data indicates that the magnetic sample spans the same temperature
range as for nonmagnetic white dwarfs from the SDSS, and support is found for
previous claims that magnetic white dwarfs tend to have larger masses than
their nonmagnetic counterparts. A glaring exception to this trend is the
apparently low-gravity object SDSSJ0933+1022, which may have a history
involving a close binary companion.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figures Accepted for publication in the Astronomical
Journa
La Musica En La Adoracion A Dios
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/crs_books/1147/thumbnail.jp
Additional Ultracool White Dwarfs Found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
We identify seven new ultracool white dwarfs discovered in the Sloan Digital
Sky Survey (SDSS). The SDSS photometry, spectra, and proper motions are
presented, and additional BVRI data are given for these and other previously
discovered ultracool white dwarfs. The observed colors span a remarkably wide
range, qualitatively similar to colors predicted by models for very cool white
dwarfs. One of the new stars (SDSS J1251+44) exhibits strong collision-induced
absorption (CIA) in its spectra, while the spectra and colors of the other six
are consistent with mild CIA. Another of the new discoveries (SDSS J2239+00A)
is part of a binary system -- its companion is also a cool white dwarf, and
other data indicate that the companion exhibits an infrared flux deficiency,
making this the first binary system composed of two CIA white dwarfs. A third
discovery (SDSS J0310-00) has weak Balmer emission lines. The proper motions of
all seven stars are consistent with membership in the disk or thick disk.Comment: Accepted for Astrophysical Journal. 16 pages (includes 3 figures
Efficient Photometric Selection of Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: 100,000 z<3 Quasars from Data Release One
We present a catalog of 100,563 unresolved, UV-excess (UVX) quasar candidates
to g=21 from 2099 deg^2 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release One
(DR1) imaging data. Existing spectra of 22,737 sources reveals that 22,191
(97.6%) are quasars; accounting for the magnitude dependence of this
efficiency, we estimate that 95,502 (95.0%) of the objects in the catalog are
quasars. Such a high efficiency is unprecedented in broad-band surveys of
quasars. This ``proof-of-concept'' sample is designed to be maximally
efficient, but still has 94.7% completeness to unresolved, g<~19.5, UVX quasars
from the DR1 quasar catalog. This efficient and complete selection is the
result of our application of a probability density type analysis to training
sets that describe the 4-D color distribution of stars and spectroscopically
confirmed quasars in the SDSS. Specifically, we use a non-parametric Bayesian
classification, based on kernel density estimation, to parameterize the color
distribution of astronomical sources -- allowing for fast and robust
classification. We further supplement the catalog by providing photometric
redshifts and matches to FIRST/VLA, ROSAT, and USNO-B sources. Future work
needed to extend the this selection algorithm to larger redshifts, fainter
magnitudes, and resolved sources is discussed. Finally, we examine some science
applications of the catalog, particularly a tentative quasar number counts
distribution covering the largest range in magnitude (14.2<g<21.0) ever made
within the framework of a single quasar survey.Comment: 35 pages, 11 figures (3 color), 2 tables, accepted by ApJS; higher
resolution paper and ASCII version of catalog available at
http://sdss.ncsa.uiuc.edu/qso/nbckde
Enhancing access to alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy and treatment in primary care settings: ADaPT-PC.
BACKGROUND: Only 7.8 % of individuals meeting diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder (AUD) receive treatment in a given year. Most individuals with AUDs are identified in primary care (PC) settings and referred to substance use disorders (SUD) clinics; however, only a minority of those referred attend treatment services. Safe and effective pharmacological treatments for AUD exist, but they are rarely prescribed by PC providers. The objective of this study is to refine, implement, and evaluate an intervention to integrate pharmacological AUD treatment options into PC settings. This paper provides a detailed description of the intervention design and the evaluation components.
METHODS/DESIGN: Three large Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities are participating in the intervention. The intervention targets stakeholder groups with tailored strategies based on implementation theory and prior research identifying barriers to implementation of AUD pharmacotherapy. Local SUD providers and primary care mental health integration (PCMHI) providers are trained to serve as local implementation/clinical champions and receive external facilitation. PC providers receive access to consultation from local and national clinical champions, educational materials, and a dashboard of patients with AUD on their caseloads for case identification. Veterans with AUD diagnoses receive educational information in the mail just prior to a scheduled PC visit. Effectiveness of the intervention will be evaluated through an interrupted time series with matched controls to monitor change in facility level AUD pharmacotherapy prescribing rates. Following Stetler\u27s four-phase formative evaluation (FE) strategy, FE methods include (1) developmental FE (pre-implementation interviews with champions, PC providers, and Veterans), (2) implementation-focused FE (tracking attendance at facilitation meetings, academic detailing efforts by local champions, and patient dashboard utilization), (3) progress-focused FE (tracking rates of AUD pharmacotherapy prescribing and rates of referral to PCMHI and SUD specialty care), and (4) interpretive FE (post-implementation interviews with champions and PC providers). Analysis of FE data will be guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).
DISCUSSION: If demonstrated to be successful, this implementation strategy will provide a replicable, feasible, and relative low-cost method for integrating AUD treatment services into PC settings, thereby increasing access to AUD treatment
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