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Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corporation, 549 U.S. 561 (2007), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that while a term may be used more than once in a statute, an agency has the discretion to interpret each use of the term in a different way based on the context.
Duke Treadmill Score is a tool for predicting the risk of ischemia or infarction in the heart muscle. [1] The score is a function of data from an exercise test : [ citation needed ] [ 1 ] [exercise duration in minutes, by Bruce protocol ] – [ 5 × (maximal ST elevation or depression , in millimeters)] – [4 × (treadmill angina index)]
Jean Marie Twenge (born August 24, 1971) [1] is an American psychologist researching generational differences, including work values, life goals, and social attitudes. She is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] author, consultant, and public speaker. [ 6 ]
Wal-Mart v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that a group of roughly 1.5 million women could not be certified as a valid class of plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit for employment discrimination against Walmart. Lead plaintiff Betty Dukes, a Walmart employee, and others alleged gender ...
Three of the four highest-grossing films, including Avatar at the top, were written and directed by James Cameron.. With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film ...
Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was published in 2007 and is the fourth in a series of reports intended to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information concerning climate change, its potential effects, and options for adaptation and mitigation. [2]
Reaction with Al 2 I 6 yields subvalent halide species; reaction with As 4 tBu 4 yields As-Al bonds. [6] When reacted with transition metal-cyclopentadienyl complexes such as NiCp 2 , it offers a straightforward pathway to compounds containing aluminium-transition metal bonds, which has great potential for important catalytic reactions.
The ORN project was launched in 2004 by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business. Dr. Arie Y. Lewin, Professor of Strategy and International Business and Director of Duke CIBER, was the initiator and has been the Lead Principal Investigator of the ORN project. [2]