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The article discusses Hawaiian groups' resistance to globalization. Rebellion begins when youth started to fight for the environment and their rights. Community members opposed the construction of golf courses, luxury condominiums, hotels and resorts. Local residents fought the construction of a geothermal power plant in Puna and the missile-launching in Ka'Ü district. In 1997, Stephen Yamashiro wanted to lease 4, 400 acres of Hawaii's Island to Oji Paper Ltd. Several organizations opposed the plan and in November, 1997, State Board of Land and Natural Resources rejected it. The author states that these events indicate the emergence of a more democratic politics on Hawaii Island and illustrates how local communities can set their own parameters for economic development.

The article presents the position papers approved by the 1996 House of Delegates of the American Dental Education Association in the U.S. It consists of statement on peer review and health care programs. It outlines the freedoms and responsibilities of individuals and institutions. It also highlights the due process for students in dental education.

The article focuses on the failure of the doctrine of the United States Supreme Court between 1953 and 1969 that aimed at expanding the protections of Fourth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution. It also discusses the importance of the doctrinal shift in analysis from Fourth Amendment security to the unreasonableness of police conduct. It also discusses several cases related to Fourth Amendment including Georgia v. Randolph, United States v. Matlock and Schneckloth v. Bustamonte.

The article focuses on the extreme conditioning programs (ECPs) for U.S. military personnel. It mentions that members of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP), and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) discussed the so-called high-intensity training (HIT) program on September 13-14, 2011, to develop guidelines for ECPs and reduce the risk of injury. It also says that military leaders should conduct an evaluation of ECPs.

Objectives: To (1) generate discussion about the role of the pharmacist in supporting patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), (2) provide practical recommendations on how pharmacists can work with employers and other health care providers to improve patient outcomes, and (3) develop a pharmacist-based service offering for patients with COPD. Data sources: Literature review and survey information provided by a group of national stakeholders who participated in a roundtable discussion. Summary: COPD is currently the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, and incidence rates have been increasing. COPD is estimated to affect 24 million American adults, with almost one-half remaining undiagnosed. If current trends continue, COPD is predicted to become the third leading cause of death and fifth leading cause of morbidity in the United States by 2020. This will cause a dramatic increase in use of health care resources, which is projected to reach annual total lusts of $49.9 billion in 2010. Roundtable participants uniformly agreed that based on current and projected statistics. COPD is a major health concern. To address this growing concern, emphasis should be placed on the collaborative efforts of the health care community to become active in the detection, assessment, treatment, and management of patients with COPD and that pharmacists can contribute to each of these areas considerably. Conclusion: Access in the community (often 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) combined with extensive clinical knowledge makes pharmacists uniquely capable of helping those with chronic disease, especially patients with COPD who require monitoring and encouragement throughout their lifelong treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: This article examines the history of the Outdoor Recreation Resource Review Commission (ORRRC) in the United States between 1955 and 1963 and efforts to make recreational resources legible for federal governance. By drawing on insights from Critical Resource Geography, I highlight the ways that the ORRRC systematically accounted for and categorized recreational resources, creating a “patchwork landscape” that zoned outdoor recreational resources and promoted efficient use and rational resource conservation. I argue that these efforts required a negotiation between abstraction and an awareness of the situated nature of recreational landscapes. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The article presents a brief history of Young Adult Alternative Newsletter (YAAN) publication in the U.S. It mentions that the publication is considered as an antecedent of blogs which has mission to be heard, connect, share and communicate with other people of shared interests. It notes that it was created, lived, and ceased in the 1970's before blogs or even access to the personal computers has existed.

Objective: To convene a group of expert stakeholders to develop recommendations for standardizing systems for the implementation of risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS). Data sources: On July 15, 2009, the American Pharmacists Association convened an expert panel of stakeholders to explore standardized solutions to REMS development and implementation. Meeting participants included pharmacists from various practice settings, physicians, researchers, patient advocates, and a nursing delegate, and the meeting was observed by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration representative. The stakeholders' recommendations were combined with themes arising from discussion of their experiences with existing REMS, and a review of the literature on REMS and risk management was performed by the author. Summary: A systematic, standardized REMS process that balances the need to control the risks of medications with the need to minimize the impact on patient access is required. A standardized REMS system could address various aspects of development and implementation, including the creation of specific REMS "levels," centralized systems for data management and program structure, public education, individualized patient education, provider education, access to medications, pilot testing, outcomes monitoring, and quality of care. Conclusion: Several strategies to streamline the development and implementation of a REMS system are feasible. Incorporating such strategies is necessary to manage the rapidly growing number of individual and diverse REMS programs that patients and health care providers must navigate. Furthermore, a standardized REMS system could be used to improve quality of care and support patient education and empowerment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: The purpose of this Initiative was to establish a Coordinating Council to Improve Collaboration in Supporting Patients with Alzheimer's Disease. The Council convened on March 5-6, 2008, in Washington, DC. The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation, in conjunction with leading national experts in Alzheimer's disease (AD), assessed the level of care and services currently provided by pharmacists to AD patients and developed this "blueprint document" for how they might be more effective in helping patients and family caregivers manage the burden of this devastating disease. Data source: A premeeting survey of Council members was conducted to elicit their perceptions regarding the needs and challenges facing AD patients and their family caregivers and to gain insights as to what roles pharmacists could and should be playing to help manage drug therapy and enhance the quality of life in patients with AD. Summary: AD is one of the most significant health crises that will be faced in the United States over the next 30 years. Currently, it Is the sixth leading cause of death In the country. The findings of the Council confirmed that pharmacists are, playing Important roles In the management of AD but can expand these roles. Conclusion: Pharmacists are accessible, trusted, and respected resources. Increased pharmacist involvement in the care of Individuals with AD could improve clinical outcomes and family caregiver quality of life. With the expected increase in the number of individuals diagnosed with AD, the resources and services to care for and support this population will be even further taxed. Innovative approaches for expanding pharmacist involvement in AD should be developed to maximize the difference pharmacists can make in the lives of those who suffer from the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the yearbooks of the U.S. Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) from 1906 to 1930. MTNA is an organization for music teachers founded in 1876 by music educator Theodore Presser and sixty-two colleagues in Delaware, Ohio. The association was founded after recognizing the inadequacy and inconsistency of music teaching in the U.S. A background on how the group was created and the challenges it encountered as a new organization are presented.

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The article focuses on the position of the American Dental Education Association regarding the roles and responsibilities of academic dental institutions in improving dental health in the U.S. It discusses the identification of the need and demand for oral health care. It explains the principles that govern academic dental institutions. It also emphasizes the role of dental institutions in the supply and demand for dental professionals.

Presents a report on the roles and responsibilities of academic dental institutions in improving the oral health status of U.S. citizens as last revised by the 2004 House of Delegates of the American Dental Education Association. Aspects of medicine which apply equally to dentistry; General principles for academic dental institutions; Types of oral health providers.

This article explores the nature of the public's constitutional right of access to a class of administrative proceedings where important liberty and property interests are at stake, specifically those executive branch and agency proceedings conducted as adjudicatory hearings before a neutral decision-maker. Since no statute currently mandates public access to immigration proceedings or most administrative proceedings, an absence of any constitutional constraint against closed administrative hearings would mean that administrative law judges can conduct proceedings behind closed doors at any time, for any reason, or for no reason, which is precisely the power the Department of Justice claimed. Properly defining the scope of the public's right of access to administrative adjudicatory proceedings is particularly important given the vast power exercised by the ever-expanding "administrative state," where administrative law judges "probably" decide more cases each year than the federal courts.

This article discusses the right of access to terrorism on trial in the U.S. Military tribunals have been used periodically throughout United States history. The Supreme Court has been asked to consider their constitutionality and jurisdiction on a number of occasions. However, as of the writing of this article no court had yet considered whether the press and public have a First Amendment right of access to proceedings in military tribunals, as they have for proceedings in Article III courts and U.S. Military courts-martial. That may be because the last military tribunal convened in this country was in 1946, long before the United States Supreme Court recognized the public right of access to criminal proceedings. Or, it may be because military tribunals have traditionally been used in the most heated and uneasy times of war, when there was little time to consider the First Amendment rights of the press and public. With little fanfare and without delay, these military tribunals swiftly dealt with violators of the laws of war.

The oral health education system is in need of major reform! This is especially apparent in university-based education for the health professions. So-called preclinical as well as clinical education simply has not kept pace with or been responsive enough to shifting patient demographics and patient/population desires and expectations, changing health system expectations, evolving interdisciplinary expertise and practice requirements, new scientific discoveries and scientific information, focus on quality improvement, and/or integration of emerging technologies. Moreover, university-based "dental education" is the most costly professional degree education within the entire university portfolio, and dental student accumulated debt is increasing each year well beyond national inflation estimates. Today, we have an enormous opportunity to explore major reforms in health professional education. Through the Santa Fe "process" of open and candid engagements and discussions (see www.santafegroup.org), we advance an argument as well as a national strategy that can enable major reforms in the oral health education system. We further suggest that major revisions can result in an outcome-based education system that prepares oral health professionals to meet both the needs of patients/families/communities and the requirements of a changing health system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the roles and responsibilities of academic dental institutions towards American dental care in the U.S. It discusses the challenges and duties of dental care institutions on the improvement and awareness of Americans on the aspect of oral health. It also explores the aspects that academic dental institutions should focus, including the need and demand on oral health care, access to dental care and patient care mission.

The article presents information on a briefing paper which explains why professional teachers of the arts disciplines in the U.S. have continued to deal with problems of justification for rigorous, sequential arts instruction. The paper was presented by eight groups including Music Educators National Conference, National Art Education Association, National Dance Association, American Theatre Association, National Association of Schools of Music, National Association of Schools of Art and Design, National Association of Schools of Theatre and National Association of Schools of Dance.

Discusses the results of a content analysis study which determined that papers of 12 (of 13) presidential candidates in the 1988 election year finds that the more liberal the candidate, the greater the agenda diversity of his position papers. Candidates who remained longest in the race display the greatest agenda diversity. How future studies should determine if candidate diversity is reflected in audience learning; More.

Focuses on a research regarding international news photos in the U.S. and Canadian papers. Space allotment provided by Canadian and U.S. newspapers to photographs of international news; Impact of the nature of news photos on space allotment; Similarities and differences on the manner of presenting news photos by the U.S. and Canadian papers.

Explores the nature of conglomerate ownership of newspapers in the U.S. Citation of the corporate divestiture of the International Paper Co. (IPC); Breakdown of the newspaper investments of IPC; Role of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on the operation of newspapers.

The article presents position papers approved by the American Association of Dental Schools (AADS) related to dental education in the U.S. It mentions incorporation of peer review in dental school curricula provides an opportunity to learn skills of working with other practitioners and learn actual clinical skills. AADS believes that federal funds must be included to finance basic healthcare benefits.

The article discusses a collection of papers from former U.S. presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren in the possession of the U.S. Library of Congress. Jackson's papers had been turned over to former U.S. postmaster general Amos Kendall. Both collections include correspondence from Jackson and Van Buren. The author comments that the papers dispel suggestions that Jackson was uneducated despite some grammatical errors in his writings. A document listing elements favored by Jackson for his administration, including a cabinet and a strong attorney general, is noted. Letters between Jackson and Van Buren regarding the opening of trade with the West Indies are discussed.

The article discusses the papers that were published in the "American Journal of Mental Deficiency" related to social problems dealing with the mentally deficient. The papers contain articles that reviewed the following: practical state program for the care of the mentally deficient, program of control of the mentally deficient, mental hygiene, family care for mental patients, and study of group of subnormal girls successfully adjusted in industry and the community.

Focuses on the research survey of Michael Burgoon, Judee K. Burgoon, and S. Scott Garrison on the market potential of morning newspapers in the U.S. Respondents of the study were from selected households in selected cities in the country; Sampling used for respondent selection was random digit dialing; Findings of the survey indicates that there is a significant difference in the likelihood to purchase morning papers, work habits, and media habits of the respondents.

The article offers information on the collections of the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan related to U.S. military history. A list is provided of archival materials along with brief descriptions of their historical value. Historical documents discussed include official correspondence from New York governor George Clinton, a diary from lieutenant Jehu Hay, a statistical record of the Continental Army under the command of general George Washington, and the papers and correspondence of British general Thomas Gage.

The article presents an in-depth analysis of the archives of the Brown family, collected at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. In it the business activities of the family from the 18th to 20th centuries are charted. Comments are given highlighting the historical value of the papers, citing their remarkable comprehensiveness for such a long period. Issues addressed within the collection include records of business conditions and transactions during the Revolutionary War, the transitions in international business networks after the war, and the family's Western frontier land speculation ventures during the 19th-century.

Reports on two Cleveland, Ohio-based periodicals' response to migration of Southern blacks to the city. Migration as a weapon against oppression according to the `Cleveland Gazette'; `Cleveland Advocate' periodical's view of migration as a way to increase black solidary; Periodicals' function as advocates for race progress by urging the community to help the migrants succeed.

Provides information about the newspaper "The Working Man's Advocate" in the U.S. Representation of the working class, labor unions, and labor parties; Identification and definition of issues and called for an end to intolerable social and economic conditions through the exercise of political power; Chief purpose of the newspaper.

Focuses on the media coverage of Third World countries by U.S. newsgathering organizations. Characterization of the news flow from Third World to Western nations by a pro-Western orientation; Problems in determining the orientation of a news item or medium; Orientation of coverage towards conflict both within nation and between nations.

Economists since Adam Smith have recognized the contribution of innovation to profitability and growth. The relationship between corporate research and development and subsequent sales growth, both across and within industries, has been examined by many authors. Results have been varied showing at best no more than the suggestion of a causal relationship between research and development input and growth. These results are reviewed together with the various theories which have been developed in an attempt to explain the connection between technical innovation and growth. Starting with an exami nation of various national economies, the rate of commercial research and development expenditure has been compared to the rate of national growth. A number of industries in the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and the United States of America were also examined, taking the automotive industry as a particular case. In addition to using published data a survey of smaller vehicle manu-facturers in the United Kingdom was conducted. Although positive correlation was found at an international and industry level, no association between research and development expenditure and sales growth was found at a company or project level in the United Kingdom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the rules and regulations related to dental education in the U.S. as approved by the 1996 American Association of Dental Schools (AADS) House of Delegates. It states that dual principle of autonomy with responsibility in academic matters is accepted in the institutions of higher education. It notes that due process must be provided by dental schools to its students in the interest of fairness.