At What Cost Will the Court Impose a Duty to Preserve the Life a Child

The purpose of this Note is to explore the issues surrounding parental consent for a surgical invasion of one child to save the life of a sibling. This Note focuses on the courts role in permitting organ transplantation. In addition, it will discuss the new developments in medical science regarding living donors and the concept of transplantation of regenerative organs and the possible impact on the court. Next, this Note analyzes the elements of duty to rescue, best interest and substituted judgment and the court\u27s use of the various tests to justify invasion of a child\u27s body. This Note examines a recent case in Illinois in which the court was presented with a unique and unprecedented issue: whether a state interest exists when parents cannot agree in determining if their child should undergo an invasive procedure to save the life of another. Finally, this Note concludes by considering the future implications in organ donation circumstances which may result in judicial interventions to save the life of another

Silver Catalysts Supported on High Surface Area α-Alumina: Effect of Carbohydrate Template Size and Heat Treatment on Phase Purity

α-Alumina is a non-porous metal oxide with applications in ceramics and catalysis. Introducing pores into this material to create catalytically relevant surface area is challenging due to phase transitions over a wide temperature range. Current synthesis strategies involve hard templates such as synthetic polymers, e. g. polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). Here, we compare cellulose and carbonized glucose as low-cost and natural alternative templates for high surface area α-alumina with a two-step heating method. Quantitative XRD was used to methodically investigate alumina phase purity. Increasing the template size in the range of 220–1000 nm improved α-alumina purity from 75 to 98 %, while maintaining high surface areas (21–29 m2 g−1). Phase purity increases substantially by prolonging the calcination time. The synthesized high surface area α-alumina was studied as support for silver catalysts in the epoxidation of ethylene and allowed high silver loadings. Ethylene oxide selectivity increased with enhanced α-alumina phase purity. Our 30 wt % silver catalyst on pure high surface area α-alumina did not show loss in selectivity compared to a 15 wt % silver catalyst on commercial non-porous α-alumina. This shows the potential of carbohydrate templates, the importance of templating parameters and the benefits of pure high surface area α-alumina as support for silver catalysts

2010 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE JUNE 20 - 25, 2010

The Inorganic Chemistry GRC is one of the longest-standing of the GRCs, originating in 1951. Over the years, this conference has played a role in spawning many other GRCs in specialized fields, due to the involvement of elements from most of the periodic table. These include coordination, organometallic, main group, f-element, and solid state chemistries; materials science, catalysis, computational chemistry, nanotechnology, bioinorganic, environmental, and biomedical sciences just to name a few. The 2010 Inorganic Chemistry GRC will continue this tradition, where scientists at all levels from academic, industrial, and national laboratories meet to define the important problems in the field and to highlight emerging opportunities through exchange of ideas and discussion of unpublished results. Invited speakers will present on a wide variety of topics, giving attendees a look at areas both inside and outside of their specialized areas of interest. In addition to invited speakers, the poster sessions at GRCs are a key feature of the conference. All conferees at the Inorganic Chemistry GRC are invited to present a poster on their work, and here the informal setting promotes the free exchange of ideas and fosters new relationships. As in previous years, we will offer poster presenters the opportunity to compete for one of several program spots in which they can give an oral presentation based on the subject matter of their poster. This is a great way to get your work noticed by the scientists attending the meeting, especially for those early in their career path such as junior faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and those at comparable ranks. Anyone interested in participating in the poster competition should bring an electronic slide presentation and a small hard copy of their poster to submit to the committee

At What Cost Will the Court Impose a Duty to Preserve the Life a Child

The purpose of this Note is to explore the issues surrounding parental consent for a surgical invasion of one child to save the life of a sibling. This Note focuses on the courts role in permitting organ transplantation. In addition, it will discuss the new developments in medical science regarding living donors and the concept of transplantation of regenerative organs and the possible impact on the court. Next, this Note analyzes the elements of duty to rescue, best interest and substituted judgment and the court\u27s use of the various tests to justify invasion of a child\u27s body. This Note examines a recent case in Illinois in which the court was presented with a unique and unprecedented issue: whether a state interest exists when parents cannot agree in determining if their child should undergo an invasive procedure to save the life of another. Finally, this Note concludes by considering the future implications in organ donation circumstances which may result in judicial interventions to save the life of another