The Impact of State Legislation on Eye Banking

1994 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emile J. Farge
Keyword(s):  
Eye Banking ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Breaking Barriers with Student-Centred Teaching and Learning using Library Books in the United States' Poorest Schools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliza T. Dresang ◽  
M. Bowie Kotrla
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Accelerated Reader ◽  
The United States ◽  
General Information ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Bilingual And Multicultural ◽  
Improving Student Achievement ◽  
The Impact

An analysis of a random sample of the 2930 applications for library books to a private U.S. Foundation from schools having 75% or more of students on free or reduced lunch identifies characteristics of these poorest schools and demonstrates how they would use the newly acquired books in relation to student and collection needs. Results reveal the impact of national and state legislation, the widespread use of the Accelerated Reader System, and the need for bilingual and multicultural books. These libraries appear more focused on improving student achievement test scores than on promoting general information literacy.

scholarly journals Spatial-temporal analysis of the surface water quality of the Pará River Basin through statistical techniques

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Josiani Cordova de Oliveira ◽  
Kelly Prado Maia ◽  
Nara Linhares Borges de Castro ◽  
Sílvia Maria Alves Corrêa Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Surface Water Quality ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Historical Series ◽  
The Impact

Water quality issues are a growing concern due to the the recent intensification of urbanization and industrialization. This paper evaluates and compares the surface water quality of the ten sub-basins of the Pará River, located in the São Francisco River Basin, Minas Gerais, and evaluates the impact of seasonality and the compliance with the current limits of state legislation. The surface water quality monitoring database of the Institute of Water Management of Minas Gerais (Igam) was used, and 18 parameters were analyzed from a historical series from 2008 to 2016, totaling 16,651 observations. First, the descriptive statistics of the parameters were calculated, considering each sub-basin separately. Then, for the temporal and spatial analysis, the Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric statistical tests were applied, followed by the multiple comparison test, with an alpha level of 5%, due to the asymmetric behavior of the data. Thus, it was possible to compare water quality of the sub-basins in rainy and dry seasons and to identify which parameters were responsible for the greater degradation. In the compliance analysis to the current limits of state legislation, it was identified that all of the sub-basins were out of the specified range for at least one of the evaluated parameters. Finally, the seasonality analysis exposed significant differences in the parameters of dissolved oxygen, turbidity, total suspended solids, total solids and water temperature, where it was shown that there was a worsening of water quality in the rainy season for most sub-basins.

Measuring the Impact of Anti-SLAPP Legislation on Monitoring and Enforcement

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bevin Ashenmiller ◽  
Catherine Shelley Norman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Clean Air Act ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Monitoring And Enforcement ◽  
Clean Air ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Enforcement Activity

Abstract We examine changes in environmental monitoring and enforcement activity in the presence of state legislation prohibiting Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (anti-SLAPP laws). Using data on the Clean Air Act from the Environmental Protection Agency’s ECHO database, we find evidence that state inspections increase by almost 50% after a state passes anti-SLAPP legislation. In addition, we find strong evidence that the ratio of findings of noncompliance to inspections more than doubles in the presence of anti-SLAPP legislation.

scholarly journals Era mejor cuando éramos ilegales (it was better when we were illegals): Indigenous people, the State and public interest indigenous radio stations in Colombia

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-42
Author(s):  
Diego Mauricio Cortés
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Indigenous Media ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Impact

This article discusses the intervention of the Colombian State in the development of indigenous radio stations, focusing on the case of the Misak and Nasa communities. As shown, these radio stations have had different contributions in these indigenous communities, such as forging a new generation of leaders, promoting their languages, and encouraging political mobilisation. However, these media projects have also brought new challenges for these communities, calling for a more careful consideration of the complexities of state intervention in community radio projects. This article contributes to a better understanding of the impact of state intervention in indigenous media, by focusing on three main features that illustrate some of the unintended consequences of these projects: 1) contradictory state legislation that, instead of empowering indigenous media projects, tamed their political potential; 2) the natural role of radio stations as a modern disruptors (Appadurai, 1996) that may have positives as well as negative consequence in the changes they generate in indigenous communities; and 3) the internal political struggles within these indigenous communities.

scholarly journals NMR in the Service of Wine Differentiation

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Marko Viskić ◽  
Luna Maslov Bandić ◽  
Ana-Marija Jagatić Korenika ◽  
Ana Jeromel
Keyword(s):  
Sample Preparation ◽  
Geographical Origin ◽  
2D Nmr ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Metabolic Effects ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Wine Quality ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Preparation Step ◽  
The Impact

NMR is a swift and highly reproducible spectrometric technique that makes it possible to obtain spectra containing a lot of information about the sample analyzed. This approach helps major components be described in complex mixtures such as wine in just one analysis. Analysis of wine metabolites is very often used to understand the impact of geographical origin or variety on wine quality. NMR is often used for tracing the geographical origin of wine. Research on NMR metabolic effects of geographical origin is of great importance as the high added value of wines results from compliance with state legislation on the protected denomination of origin (PDO) and protected geographical indication (PGI) for the administration of the appellation of wines. A review of NMR with emphasis on SNIF-NMR in the analysis of wine authenticity is given. SNIF-NMR remains a method of choice for the detection of wine chaptalization as it is the only approach which provides position-specific information on the origin of sugar in wine. However, the sample preparation step, which lacks major improvements since its conception, is strenuous and expensive, and suffers from drawbacks in terms of low sample throughput. Mainstream 1D and 2D NMR experiments provide a fast and affordable way to authenticate wine based on the geographical origin, vintage, and variety discrimination, and include a simple and non-destructive sample preparation step. With this approach, spectral data processing often represents a crucial step of the analysis. With properly performed NMR experiments good to excellent differentiation of wines from different vintages, regions, and varieties was achieved recently.

What Difference Does a Lawyer Make? Impacts of Early Counsel on Misdemeanor Bail Decisions and Outcomes in Rural and Small Town Courts

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 710-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alissa Pollitz Worden ◽  
Kirstin A. Morgan ◽  
Reveka V. Shteynberg ◽  
Andrew L. B. Davies
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
New York ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Pretrial Release ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Upstate New York ◽  
Rural Counties ◽  
The Impact

Recent court decisions and state legislation have highlighted the significance of ensuring that criminal defendants are represented by counsel at their first appearances in court, where judges make critical decisions on pretrial release, bail, and detention. Yet many jurisdictions do not routinely provide counsel to indigent defendants at this stage. We hypothesize that when defendants are represented by counsel at first appearance (CAFA), they are more likely to be released on recognizance, are less likely to have high bail set, and are consequently less likely to be jailed pending disposition. We explore the impact of lawyers’ presence by comparing pretrial decisions and bail outcomes across samples of misdemeanor cases in three rural counties in upstate New York: cases with and without CAFA. We find that these counties saw shifts in decisions or outcomes. We consider the implications of these findings for future research, court practices, and public policy.

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