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Technology And Library Research, Kim Ranger, Kathryn Waggoner

Kathryn L Waggoner

No abstract provided.

Scintillation Model For A Satellite Communication Link At Large Zenith Angles, Larry C. Andrews, Ronald L. Phillips, Cynthia Young Hopen

Faculty Bibliography 2000s

A scintillation model is developed for uplink-downlink optical communication channels applicable in moderate to strong fluctuation conditions that may arise under large zenith angles between transmitter and receiver. The model developed here is an extension of a recently published theory that treats irradiance fluctuations along a horizontal path as a modulation of small-scale scintillation by large-scale scintillation. For a downlink path the scintillation index is modeled like that of an infinite plane wave, and for an uplink path we consider a spherical wave model. In both cases the scintillation index agrees with conventional weak-fluctuation-theory results out to zenith angles of …

Zoning Ordinances And "Free Speech", Alan C. Weinstein

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Over the past two decades there has been a marked expansion in legal challenges to local land use regulations claiming violations of the free speech clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. First Amendment claims can arise whenever government enacts or enforces zoning or other regulations that deal with uses such as billboards or adult entertainment businesses. This article discusses why this litigation is taking place, provides an overview of First Amendment law, and offers local officials some guidelines to help avoid potential legal challenges.

Luther And "Social Ethics", Terrance Adamson

Master of Sacred Theology Seminar Papers

For Luther, it appears, that there is a distinction between an office of authority and the office holder. The office holder is the same as any other Christian with the same divine command to "love" in and through his call. Instruction and Christian admonition to the individual regarding faith and Christian duty does not, in itself, violate the distinction between Law and Gospel.

Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Technical Report, 1999, Arkansas Water Resources Center

Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Powhatan Historic State Park Collection, 1836-1999

NEARA finding aids

Included are personal letters, Lawrence County court documents, local business records, newspapers, maps, photographs, school records, family papers and more spanning the time period of 1836-1999.

Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church Records, 1864-1999

Finding aids

The collection contains church records and personal documents of long-time residents of the community. It also contains school and educational material, including journals of the Arkansas Teachers Association (A.T.A.).

Spatial Labor Markets, New Economic Geography, And Urban-Rural Linkages: Implications For The Rural South, Mark S. Henry

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

To reach the levels of prosperity in the urban South, rural leaders have a three-fold challenge: to improve human capital, to improve local amenities, and to identify the niche of rural communities in the new economic regions of the South, in other words, spatial labor markets will play a key role. The article first reviews key problems facing rural communities in the South that are likely to cause rural earnings-per-worker and employment opportunities to lag behind those in urban centers. Next, examples are given of the types of empirical and conceptual work needed to examine the role that space plays …

What Does The Future Hold? What Globalization Might Mean For The Rural South, Amy K. Glasmeier, Robin M. Leichenko

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This paper considers the implications of economic globalization for rural communities in the U.S. South. Despite significant gains in average incomes and educational attainment in the South over the past 30 years, the paper finds that the rural South's longstanding reputation as the nation's low-wage, low-skilled region remains largely intact. In particular, manufacturing wages in the rural South have remained stagnant relative to the rest of the United States. Furthermore, as dominant sectors such as textiles and apparel continue to experience price competition and international pressure, there will likely be additional downward pressure on wages in low-skill southern industries, and …

Service Industries And Employment Growth In The Nonmetro South: A Geographical Perspective, William B. Beyers, Peter B. Nelson

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Service employment has grown rapidly in the nonmetro South in recent years, accounting for 87 percent of overall job growth in the 1985-1995 time period. This pace has been sustained in nonmetro areas that are adjacent to metro areas, as well as in more remote nonmetro areas that are not adjacent to metro areas. Retail, health, and producer services account for the largest share of service employment growth. In contrast to the United States as a whole, which experienced declines in manufacturing employment, the nonmetro South has had increases in manufacturing employment. This growth of manufacturing has stimulated the local …

Industry Clusters And Rural Labor Markets, G. Andrew Bernat Jr.

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Along with the recent resurgence of interest in the agglomeration and clustering of economic activity, there has been increasing interest in industry clusters as a potential economic development strategy. Ultimately, the question of whether or not clusters are an appropriate focus of economic development strategies for rural areas depends on the relationship between clusters and local economic growth. The primary purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the issues involved in measuring the relationship between clusters and rural economic growth. Preliminary evidence of a positive association between industry clusters and rural earnings growth are presented, supporting the notion …

Employment Change In The Nonmetropolitan South: An Overview Of Recent Trends And Future Prospects, David L. Barkley

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Employment growth in the nonmetropolitan South exceeds the national average, yet job losses are the norm for many counties in the region. In addition, the earnings per job differential between workers in the rural South and the nation has widened. Recent changes in the economic environment promise new challenges for many southern nonmetropolitan communities. The new economy is characterized by continued growth in service-reIated activities, the rapid adoption of new technologies and production organizations. corporate restructuring and industry clustering, and enhanced competitiveness resulting from globalization of markets. The implications of these changes for labor demand in rural areas will vary …

Mammal Research In Southern Africa: Present Patterns And Future Priorities, Johan T. Du Toit, L. S. Broomhall

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

We conducted a survey to identify present patterns and future priorities for mammal research in southern Africa (countries including and southwards of Angola, Zambia and Tanzania). Two sets of peer-reviewed journals were scanned for papers on southern African mammal research over the period 1988-1998: one set comprised five journals published in South Africa; the other comprised 10 journals published abroad. For the same period we reviewed titles of M.Sc. and Ph.D. dissertations completed in zoology departments of South African universities. A questionaire was administered by e-mail to. 126 researchers active in mammal research in southern Africa, concurrently with a separate …

Central Bank Of Nigeria Annual Report And Statement Of Accounts For The Year Ended 31st December 1999, Central Bank Of Nigeria

CBN Annual Report

The Annual Report contains details of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) financial activities during the 1999 accounting year in accordance with statutory requirement. During the period under review, the Bank carried out its core functions under CBN Decree No. 24, 1991, and the Banks and Other Financial Institutions (BOFI Decree No. 25, 1991). The CBN also performed developmental and technical assistance roles to contribute to economic development and capacity building. In 1999, the CBN carried out core functions, including issuance of currency notes and coins, maintaining Nigeria's external reserves, and promoting monetary stability. The Bank implemented policies to reduce excess …

Getting Serious About Curtailing Deferral Of Us Tax On Foreign Source Income, Robert J. Peroni, J. Clifton Fleming Jr., Stephen E. Shay

Faculty Scholarship

When a U.S. person conducts business or investment activity abroad through a foreign corporation in a country that imposes only low rates of tax, the so-called deferral privilege allows the U.S. taxpayer to defer substantial amounts of U.S. tax at the cost of only a small foreign levy. Hence, the deferral privilege operates as a tax subsidy of sorts for U.S. persons with operations in low tax foreign countries and provides a major incentive for U.S. persons to shift their business operations and investments to foreign countries that impose little or no tax on the earnings of the foreign corporations.To …

Zakat Dan Pola Konsumsi Yang Islami, Mulya E Siregar

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

Salah satu pernyataan mantan presiden dalam pembukaan Musyawarah Kerja Nasional I Lembaga Pengelolaan ZIS-Forum Zakat pada bulan Januari tahun silam adalah: “Lembagalembaga itu masih perlu berusaha untuk menyadarkan umat Islam tentang kewajibannya menunaikan zakat serta memberikan infak dan sedekah.” Sejalan dengan pernyataan tersebut memang harus diakui bahwa sebagian besar umat cenderung hanya bersedia mengeluarkan zakat fitrah, infak dan sadakah, sedangkan kesadaran untuk mengeluarkan zakat mal belum membudaya bagi masyarakat di Indonesia. Keadaan ini terjadi diduga karena pola konsumsi umat di Indonesia belum Islami. Pola konsumsi masih menggunakan pola yang dikembangkan oleh Pareto bahwa manusia dalam memaksimisasikan konsumsinya hanya berdasarkan kepentingan …

Strategi Pengembangan Pasar Uang Syariah, Zainul Arifin

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

Konsep Perbankan Syariah adalah relatif baru bagi masyarakat Indonesia, termasuk bagi masyarakat muslim itu sendiri. Walaupun pemikiran konsep dasar perbankan syariah itu telah berjalan lama, dalam kenyataannya praktek bank syariah itu baru mulai pada tahun 1992. Berdasarkan kenyataan bahwa praktek perbankan syariah itu baru pada tahap awal (an infant stage), adalah wajar bila sistem perbankan syariah itu masih kurang dimengerti oleh masyarakat, sehingga sebagian dari mereka memandang, bahkan sebagian lagi telah ikut menggunakan jasa Bank Syariah, dengan harap-harap cemas dan keraguan sekaligus. Oleh karena itu sebelum kita sampai pada inti pokok bahasan, terlebih dahulu perlu diuraikan secara singkat beberapa aspek …

Mcdonald's U: Virtual Technology And Humanities Futures In The Corporatized University, Lina Carro, Nancy A. Knowles

Lina Carro

No abstract provided.

Diet Of A Great Horned Owl (Bubo Virginianus) On A Small Coastal Connecticut Island, Jon A. Moore, Celia Lewis, Michael R. Anderson

Postilla

We assessed the diet of a single great horned owl residing on a small coastal island in Long Island Sound by examining the contents of pellets and other materials found below roosts. This owl fed on an unusually broad array of prey items, especially birds, providing insight into the foraging strategies used.

A Type Catalog Of Fossil Invertebrates (Mollusca: Actinoceratoidea, Bactritoidea, Endoceratoidea And Nautiloidea) In The Yale Peabody Museum, Russell D. White, Laura K. Skorina

Postilla

Type material for 220 nominal species of fossil actinoceratoids, bactritoids, endoceratoids and nautiloids are in the Invertebrate Paleontology Collections of Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History. Primary types for 158 nominal species include 133 holotypes, 64 syntypes (representing 18 nominal species), one lectotype and two neotypes. Secondary types for 22 nominal species include 90 paratypes. Tertiary types of 98 nominal species include 159 hypotypes. Most types are from Coahuila (Mexico), Newfoundland, New York State and Quebec and have been described by R.H. Flower, A.F. Foerste, J. Hall and A.K. Miller.

A Type Catalog Of Fossil Invertebrates (Mollusca: Gastropoda) In The Yale Peabody Museum, Russell D. White, Brent H. Horstman, Karen E. Mcfadden, Laura K. Skorina

Postilla

Type material for 373 nominal species of fossil gastropods is in the Invertebrate Paleontology Collections of Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History. Primary types for 193 nominal species include 164 holotypes, 191 syntypes (representing 29 nominal species) and 4 lectotypes. Secondary types for 79 nominal species include 228 paratypes (representing 75 nominal species) and 9 paralectotypes (representing 4 nominal species). Tertiary types of 172 nominal species include 1034 hypotypes. Most types are from St. Louis (Missouri), Chazy (New York), Zorritos (Peru) and Syria and have been described by T.D.A. Conrad, J. B. Knight, E.T. Nelson and P.E. Raymond.

Probing The Mechanisms Of Enantioselective Hydrogenation Of Simple Olefins With Chiral Rhodium Catalysts In The Presence Of Anions, Jillian M. Buriak, Jason C. Klein, Deborah Herrington, John A. Osborn

Peer Reviewed Articles

The strong influence of various anions upon the hydrogenation of 2-phenyl-1-butene, catalyzed by chiral rhodium catalysts was investigated. Both sulfonates and halides exert large increases in the enantioselectivity when [Rh{(−)-bdpp}(NBD)]ClO4 (bdpp=2,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)pentane, NBD=2,5-norbornadiene) is used as the catalyst precursor at high pressures (70 atm) of dihydrogen in nonpolar solvents. A dihydride mechanism similar to that for Wilkinson's catalyst [RhCl(PPh3)3] was shown to be operating at both high- and low-pressure conditions through a combination of catalytic studies, 31P, 1H and parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) NMR experiments. With sulfonate and in neat methanol, however, a mechanistic switch takes place from a dihydride route (dihydrogen …

Restricting Application Of Three Strikes Law To Violent And Serious Felonies.

Initiatives

RESTRICTING APPLICATION OF THREE STRIKES LAW TO VIOLENT AND SERIOUS FELONIES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Amends "Three Strikes" law to require mandatory increased sentences only when current conviction is for serious or violent felony such as rape, robbery or burglary. Provides that only prior convictions for serious or violent felonies will qualify for second and third "strike" sentence enhancements. Requires re-sentencing within 180 days of enactment for persons currently sentenced pursuant to "Three Strikes" law if offense for which they were sentenced or prior convictions used to increase their sentences do not qualify under this measure as serious or violent felonies. Summary …

Method And System For Gas Metal Arc Welding, Yuming Zhang, Liguo E

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Patents

An improved method of gas metal arc welding (GMAW) is disclosed. The method includes utilizing a pulsed current having a variable waveform to ensure the detachment of one-droplet-per-pulse of current. During the welding process, the current is sufficient to produce a droplet at the end of a consumable electrode wire. After the droplet reaches a desired size, the current is lowered to induce an oscillation in the droplet. The current is then increased which, in combination with the momentum created by the oscillation, effects droplet detachment. The oscillation may be monitored by observing the arc voltage to determine a preferred …

The Socratic Fallacy In The Early Dialogues, Priscilla Sakezles

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

In ‘Plato’s Euthyphro: An Analysis and Commentary’ (33), Peter Geach attributes two assumptions to Socrates which he calls the ‘Socratic Fallacy’ since its locus classicus is the early Socratic dialogues:

(A) if you know you are correctly predicating a given term ‘T,’ you must ‘know what it is to be T’ in the sense of being able to give a general criterion for a thing’s being T;

(B) it is no use to try and arrive at the meaning of‘T’ by giving examples of things that are T.

Geach claims that (B) follows from (A) because assuming (A) is true, …

New Um Scholarships Will Assist Native American Students, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Bartnicki V. Vopper

1999 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 27, 1999, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Phyllis Moretti Deposition, Cuyahoga County Court Of Common Pleas

Handwriting Analysis

This document is the deposition of Phyllis Moretti. Moretti provides information about the signed copy of Endure and Conquer and the party at her beauty salon in 1969.

Bowls Everywhere But None To Match The Poulan Weed Eater Bowl, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

I entered a state of deep depression recently when I learned that the folks at Poulan are no longer sponsoring the Independence Bowl. The Poulan Weed Eater Bowl is no more. The irritating, loud and stupid relative of all the bowl games is gone. The Poulan Weed Eater Bowl has whacked its last weed.