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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"federal regulation"”.
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An analytical review of congressional and judicial comments concerning the federal regulation of broadcast programming
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Speech, 1958
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The Impact of Federal Regulation on Time to Equivalence and Compliance within the Orthopaedic Medical Device Industry
… Law 94-295) consolidated and expanded existing federal authority over manufacturers of medical devices. This meant that any medical device manufactured after the Medical Device Amendment of 1976 needed to establish that it is substantially equivalent in terms of content, composition, intended …
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College student understanding of informed consent terminology
… the ICF is necessary according to United States federal regulation. Since they may be written in complex technical language, ICFs are often difficult for subjects to understand. The purpose of this research was to evaluate students' understanding of terminology commonly used in the ICF. An online …
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Enhancing state energy production : construction work in progress in energy infrastructure projects
… origins to its current state of joint and federal regulation reflects growing demand and the need for grid modernization. As states confront increasing energy shortages driven by broadband expansion, industrial growth, and outdated infrastructure, modernizing the electrical grid has become …
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An Aircraft Evacuation Simulation Baseline Using DES for Passenger Path Planning
… total congestion conditions of each gate. Federal Regulation has suggested that all passengers in the airplane should finish the evacuation within 90 seconds. The model was validated with the A380 certification evacuation, which was 78.2 sec. This model was tested and statistically …
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Multihospital Systems Wave of the Future in Healthcare
… (e.g. rising costs, excess hospital capacity, federal regulation, computerization, specialization, and prospective payment), is that they can serve as the impetus for major organizational change. How these factors have served to catalyze the metamorphosis presently underway within the …
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Product quality regulation and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry.
This thesis examines the effect that federal regulation of the product quality of new drugs (through safety and efficacy requirements) has had on the flow of new drugs onto the market place. The approach is to econometrically estimate these effects using disaggregated therapeutic class data from …
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An Examination of the Impact of Duncan Era Higher Education Policy as PeRceived by Proprietary School Leadership
… or should play in American higher education. As federal and state governments have sought to regulate the sector, opponents and proponents for the sector have been vocal in their positions leaving regulators and proprietary education leaders in a difficult position. This phenomenological …
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Comparison of methods for evaluating impacts of aviation noise on communities
… the significant noise exposure threshold in U.S. federal regulation. This indicates that this threshold does not sufficiently capture areas that experience annoyance related to more concentrated, lower level overflight noise at distances farther from the airport. This thesis assesses the …
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Ex ante assessment of secondary impacts of environmental regulation: case study--organochlorines in the Canadian pulp and paper industry
… how the secondary effects of environmental regulations are assessed before the regulations are proclaimed. Negative secondary effects of a policy (such as regulation) may outweigh direct benefits; it is important that secondary effects are clearly assessed. The case study is the control of …
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Reluctant realists: the Pacific Northwest lumber industry, federal labor standards and union legislation during the New Deal
… for competition in the region because the federal government failed to fulfill its role as an enforcement agent, although the experience of the NRA did suggest to the industry the potential benefits of stabilizing the marketplace through the regulation of labor costs, which were such a …
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Legal Dodges and Subterfuges: Measuring Impact of New Obstacles on Minority Voter Registration
… of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in 1965. The federal regulation of voter and election law sought to end retrogressions in representation by intentional or effectual laws. In the VRA's wake, race based politics and policy rooted in White supremacy were curtailed with the gradual representation …
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Identifying the Feasible Maximum Contaminant Level for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances That Ensures Health and Safety While Maintaining Affordability and Equity of Drinking Water and Implementation of That Maximum Contaminant Level Within California by the State Water Resources Control Board
… the Environmental Protection Agency issued a federal maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 4.0 ppt for both PFOA and PFOS. The objective of this proposal is to provide a recommendation to the SWRCB in relation to the regulatory level, phases, and MCLs for PFAS. The intent of this recommendation …
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The littlest immigrants: the immigration and adoption of foreign orphans
… increasing class of immigrants is subject to Federal regulation of immigration and to State regulation of adoption. Visa petitions for foreign orphans, filed by adopting American citizens, are the only immigration petitions for permanent residence that are subject to a State veto. Regulation …
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Two essays on political influence and the regulation of financial markets
… in political activity designed to influence federal regulation of the market for corporate control. In the second, I examine whether firms in the financial services sector attempt to affect bank deregulation. Using Federal Election Commission data, I find campaign contributions by corporate …
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The United States Federal Government and the Making of Modern Futures Markets, 1920-1936
… innovations brought about in 1926 by US federal government coercion of the grain futures trading industry in collusion with industry leaders. The Great Depression gave birth to the 1936 Commodity Exchange Act. This Act was based on research done by the government and/or with …
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A Case Study of Why Teachers Choose to Remain in One Urban School District
… of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), a new federal regulation, this task becomes even more arduous. This act requires that, effective the first day of the 2002-2003 school year, new teachers hired to teach in Title 1 schools be "highly qualified" (U. S. Department of Ed., 2002). This study …
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Banking on offsets: a political ecological and eco-geomorphic analysis of Section 404 compensatory stream mitigation banking in Illinois and Missouri
… to a stream or wetland elsewhere. Since 2008, federal regulation prefers that compensatory mitigation for stream impacts is provided by a stream mitigation bank: a segment of stream or river that is enhanced, restored, or conserved to replace lost or damaged functions. Thus, rather than …
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Beyond Water Regulation: Contamination of Private Wells, Citizen Science, and Corrosion of Household Plumbing
… water quality issues are not covered by regulation. These include the following four topics in this dissertation: 1) Support infrastructure for private well users, 2) Identification and analysis of contaminants in private wells, 3) Leaks or corrosion within building plumbing, and 4) The …