No Harm, No Problem (In State Court): Why States Should Reject Injury in Fact

New judicial federalism urges states to extend their constitutional protections beyond the federal Constitution’s. Yet the scholarship has largely ignored justiciability doctrines—including standing—that dictate the requirements for suing in court. Meanwhile, the federal injury in fact requirement has been debated for years, with critics claiming it is ahistorical and overly restrictive. States, though, are not bound by Article III and can reject the federal standing doctrine. Some states have. In fact, the same year the Supreme Court doubled down on injury in fact by stating “no concrete harm, no standing,” the North Carolina Supreme Court rejected injury in fact and adopted a more permissive legal injury requirement. But the North Carolina Supreme Court’s main rationale was that the federal doctrine is wrong itself. This rests on the mistaken assumption that state and federal courts should have the same standing doctrines. On the contrary, states are not tied to the federal doctrine in any way. This Note explains why states should reject the federal doctrine regardless of whether it is right for federal courts: injury in fact addresses uniquely federal concerns. Federal power grew in response to federal crises and political realities, and, in reaction, the Court used injury in fact to pull the federal judiciary back within its intended limits. Thus, the concerns and values underlying injury in fact are inapplicable to states. Instead of adopting injury in fact, states should adopt more permissive standing doctrines. Such doctrines would be consistent with states’ broader judicial power and would effectuate the goals of the new judicial federalism

Battle on the Homefront: Transitioning Our Soldiers Home Through Occupational Therapy

Third place and People\u27s Choice winner, In-Person competition Occupational Therapy Doctorate program (OTD) Faculty advisor: Barbara Elleman, OTD, OTR/Lhttps://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/threeminutethesis/1002/thumbnail.jp

Chitosan nanoparticles to encapsulate a biofilm degrading enzyme for treatment of CRBSI.

Catheters represent an essential part of the management of critically and chronically ill patients. However, their use is often plagued by catheter related blood stream infections (CRBSIs), which are associated with increased morbidity, hospital stay and medical costs. Treatment for CRBSIs is often difficult due to the microorganism’s development of resistance to the drug being used. Development of the resistance has been directly correlated with the formation of biofilms, caused when bacteria adhere to the surface of the catheters in community-like complexes. In order, to overcome antibiotic resistance, chitosan nanoparticles encapsulating a biofilm degrading enzyme, ß-N-Acetylglucosaminidase (NAGase) were fabricated through an ionic gelation method. Chitosan nanoparticle parameters; including, size, zeta potential, morphological characteristics, swelling properties, encapsulation efficiencies and release profiles were optimized for use as a biofilm degrading enzyme carrier. We hypothesize that sustained release of NAGase for biofilm degradation can reduce the formation of biofilms and increase the effectiveness of antibiotics to aid in reducing CRBSIs

A Comparative Study of Pentaquark Interpolating Currents

In a diquark-diquark-antiquark picture of pentaquarks, we use two interpolating currents to calculate the mass of the recently measured $\Xi^{--}$ state in the framework of QCD sum rules. We show that, even though yielding similar values for $m_{\Xi^{--}}$ (and close to the experimental value), these currents differ from each other in what concerns the strength of the pole, convergence of the OPE and sensitivity to the continuum threshold parameter.Comment: 19 pages, 8 figures, replaced version accepted for publication in Phys. Lett.

Are Θ+\Theta^+ and the Roper resonance diquark-diquark-antiquark states?

We consider a $[ud]^2\bar{s}$ current in the QCD sum rule framework to study the mass of the recently observed pentaquark state $\Theta^+(1540)$, obtaining good agreement with the experimental value. We also study the mass of the pentaquark $[ud]^2\bar{d}$. Our results are compatible with the interpretation of the $[ud]^2\bar{d}$ state as being the Roper resonance N(1440), as suggested by Jaffe and Wilczek.Comment: 9 pages RevTex4 and 3 eps figures. Revised version accepted for publication in Phys. Lett.

Social Constructivism and Case-Writing for an Integrated Curriculum

Case-writing within an integrated, systems-based health professions education curriculum presents many unique challenges. Specifically, case-writing in this context must consider integration of multidisciplinary learning objectives and synthesis of biomedical and clinical sciences. Establishing an effective process for content integration and determining who should be involved in the case-writing process can be a daunting task and this specific context requires a new model for effective casewriting. This paper provides a model for the cycle of case development, implementation, evaluation and modification in an integrated, systems-based health professions curriculum. We highlight how this collaborative case-writing model parallels the social constructivist approach promoted by the problem-based learning process in which our students engage

Control of kinetic changes in ATPase activity of soluble coupling factor 1 from chloroplasts

This repository item contains a single issue of The ISCIP Analyst, an analytical review journal published from 1996 to 2010 by the Boston University Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy

Comparative analysis of heart functions in micropigs and conventional pigs using echocardiography and radiography

The production of miniature animals has been suggested for use in organ transplantation. At present, many of the studies about application of animal organs to human have been focused on pigs because of the number of advantages involved and due to their similarities with human. However, a physiological analysis of the organs to be transplanted has not yet been carried out. Therefore, this study analyzed whether or not there were physiological and morphological differences in the hearts of conventionally-reared pigs and micropigs. In this study, the morphological and physiological functions of the heart were examined using radiographic and echocardiographic equipment. In the lateral radiographic view, the heart of the micropig has a larger cardiac long axis : short axis ratio than does the conventional pig, but the difference in the vertebral heart score was not significant. In addition, there were no morphological differences on the X-ray fluoroscopic view. There were no differences in echocardiographic values, except for several values in the left ventricle traces. Overall, it is expected that the values measured in this study will contribute to understanding of the physiological characteristics of micropigs

Sample introduction interface for on-chip nucleic acid-based analysis of Helicobacter pylori from stool samples.

Despite recent advances in microfluidic-based integrated diagnostic systems, the sample introduction interface, especially with regards to large volume samples, has often been neglected. We present a sample introduction interface that allows direct on-chip processing of crude stool samples for the detection of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). The principle of IFAST (immiscible filtration assisted by surface tension) was adapted to include a large volume sample chamber with a septum-based interface for stool sample introduction. Solid chaotropic salt and dry superparamagnetic particles (PMPs) could be stored on-chip and reconstituted upon sample addition, simplifying the process of release of DNA from H. pylori cells and its binding to the PMPs. Finally, the PMPs were pulled via a magnet through a washing chamber containing an immiscible oil solution and into an elution chamber where the DNA was released into aqueous media for subsequent analysis. The entire process required only 7 min while enabling a 40-fold reduction in working volume from crude biological samples. The combination of a real-world interface and rapid DNA extraction offers the potential for the methodology to be used in point-of-care (POC) devices