The studentlegislature passed a bill Thesday that ·ccindemned "the ~ntofhomo~:·~. however, the legislators defeated another bill that would have recommended amending the university's policy of non-discrimination to include non-discrimination on the basis of sexual preference. Bill36, the Harassment Condemnation Resolution, passed after a short -discussion. It read, "The legislatUre condemns the...

The bill entitled: Proposed Bill for the Cashew SubSector Re-Industrialization in Mozambique has been submitted to Parliament, and discussions will take place for its modification or approval during the current session. Approval of this bill into a law as it is currently designed will have major short, medium and long term impacts for all participants of the cashew sector in Mozambique. The bil...

A H s we enter the 1996 presidential elecI tion year, one issue that promises to I figure p rominen t ly is Medicare • • reform. The current political debate surrounding the budget bill and Medicare reform has led to partial government shutdowns in November and December. President Bill Clinton vetoed the Republican-led Congress's budget bill December 6. Clearly, a heated battle is already under...

Canadian Bill C-17 was implemented in 1991 to restrict the use of firearms, providing a chance to investigate the effect of firearm control laws in the use of firearms for suicide and homicide. Following Lester and Leenaars' comprehensive studies, the present study examined the use of firearms for suicide and homicide during the period prior to the bill and during the period after the passing o...

T his past July, the US Senate voted 78 to 15 to grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate tobacco products. The proposed, precedent setting legislation is part of a larger tax bill and is also tied to a controversial tobacco growers’ buyout. In order to become law, the Senate version of the Bill, sponsored by Republican Senator Mike DeWine of Ohio and Democrat Edward K...

Even though the nursing professional category (registered nurses [RNs] and licensed practical nurses) made up about one-third of the Canadian health professionals, no study exists about their wage bill, the composition and growth rate of this wage bill. This paper attempts to fill this gap by estimating the nursing wage bill in the Canadian provinces and breaking down the growth rate for the 20...

one of discussions about bill of exchange is whether its consideration (provision fr.) , that is the money which is or will be payable in a due date, is transferred to its holder. acceptance or rejection of the transfer of consideration has many important consequences. there are various theories about the question among iranian as well as other lawyers. due to the similarities between the comme...

background: members of a society are committed to protecting and respecting human dignity. this is particularly important in times of illness. knowledge and practice of patient’s bill of rights is the basis of health system efficiency. the present study aims to evaluate physicians’, nurses’ and patients’ awareness and attitude about patient’ bill of rights in qom university of medical sciences-...