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Self-Exclusion And The Compulsive Gambler: The House Shouldn't Always Win, Justin E. Bauer Nov 2006

Self-Exclusion And The Compulsive Gambler: The House Shouldn't Always Win, Justin E. Bauer

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This Comment examines the law revolving around a compulsive gambler's ability to exclude himself from a casino. While the current state of the law in many jurisdictions properly allows a person to place himself on a self-exclusion list," in an effort to be barred from entering into a casino, the law provides no remedy for the self-excluded gambler in the event that the casino negligently, deliberately, or even recklessly allows the self-excluded person to gamble. This comment calls for a change to that jurisprudence and invites the judiciary to allow a self-excluded gambler to receive redress from the casino that …

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Apparent Authority And Healthcare In Illinois - Revisted, Marc D. Ginsberg, Patricia C. Nowak Nov 2006

Apparent Authority And Healthcare In Illinois - Revisted, Marc D. Ginsberg, Patricia C. Nowak

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This article discusses the recent Illinois Supreme Court decision, York v. Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, which addressed the reliance element in the overall analysis of apparent authority in the healthcare context in Illinois. The authors explore the historical underpinnings of agency law and posit that the York decision has effectively eroded basic agency law principles in the healthcare context.

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The Tax Treatment Of Verdicts And Settlements Following The Adoption Of The Jobs Creation Act Of 2004: Paradise Found For The Employment Lawyer?, John F. Fatino Nov 2006

The Tax Treatment Of Verdicts And Settlements Following The Adoption Of The Jobs Creation Act Of 2004: Paradise Found For The Employment Lawyer?, John F. Fatino

Northern Illinois University Law Review

In recent years, attorneys practicing in the employment area have found that a working knowledge of tax law is critical to maximize results for clients and to avoid malpractice. This article will examine the status of taxation of verdicts and settlements following adoption of 1996 legislation, which made various changes to the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, the article will examine the impact that the American Jobs Creation Act has had on the tax treatment of attorney fees and court costs in the context of employment litigation. Finally, the article will discuss the implications of a recent decision by the …

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Applications Of Ultra Wideband, Liang-An Wei Nov 2006

Applications Of Ultra Wideband, Liang-An Wei

Electrical Engineering Theses

Ultra wideband (UWB) is a new wireless communication system. It utilizes transmission signal at wide bandwidths. With wider bandwidth, it can provide for new useful applications. The first chapter in this thesis discusses the features and advantages of the UWB. Chapters 2 and 3 present two proposed UWB applications. Chapter 2 presents the use of UWB in shipping containers. The security of shipping containers is an urgent issue for globally. UWB can provide a solution to secure containers. Our goal is to develop a system to enhance the transmission signals. In comparison with other system designs, our waveguide approach satisfies …

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Simulation And E-Beam Patterning Of Single Electron Transistor, Karan Deep Nov 2006

Simulation And E-Beam Patterning Of Single Electron Transistor, Karan Deep

Electrical Engineering Theses

Electron beam lithography is gaining widespread use as semiconductor industry. Current optical lithography techniques are limited to resolution of few hundreds of nanometers and suffer from diffraction problems. The focus of this thesis is to pattern single electron transistors (SET) using electron beam lithography on silicon and silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate which can be further processed to form working SET device. We used different types of e-beam resists like UVN 30, PMMA and HSQ to define source, drain and island for SET. We demonstrated the use of RIE and Deep RIE to etch silicon by using resist as etch …

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Phase Locked Loop For Radiation Hardened Environment, Jer-Fu Dennis Wu Nov 2006

Phase Locked Loop For Radiation Hardened Environment, Jer-Fu Dennis Wu

Electrical Engineering Theses

This thesis describes a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) design for operation within a radiation environment. Specific design architecture and techniques were implemented to help mitigate radiation effects that degrade PLL performance. This thesis presents several elements of a rad-hard PLL that were developed to solve this challenge, such as a very wideband coupling coefficient LC VCO that has a much higher frequency tuning range than conventional varactor based LC VCOs. The PLL consists a Phase and Frequency Detector (PFD), a rail to rail charge pump, a loop filter, the quadrature LC tank Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO), a Current Mode Logic …

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Models And Algorithms To Determine Cerebral Activation Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Monica Suresh Allen Nov 2006

Models And Algorithms To Determine Cerebral Activation Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Monica Suresh Allen

Electrical Engineering Dissertations

The specific aims of this dissertation were to develop: (1) Correlations between experimental protocols and oxygenated, deoxygenated, and total hemoglobin concentrations in the brain (2) Mathematical models to associate blood flow and oxygen consumption rate of the activated brain regions with measured hemodynamic changes (3) A phantom that models brain vasculature compliance to validate developed mathematical models in a controlled setup. The primary imaging modality used in the experimentation phase of this research was near infrared spectroscopy. Previously published multimodality measurements were also used to validate the mathematical models. The single compartment Windkessel model was extended to describe flow-volume dynamics …

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Thermal Enhancement Of Stacked Dies Using Thermal Vias, Baekyoung Sung Nov 2006

Thermal Enhancement Of Stacked Dies Using Thermal Vias, Baekyoung Sung

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses

Following Moore's law, the number of transistors on a die continues to rise and has recently exceeded a billion on high end processors. In light of the convergence of technology, power requirements is becoming a serious concern even on low density interconnect systems such as cellular phones and personal digital assistants. Also, in order to minimize foot prints, the recent trend in packaging is stacking. The stacking, however, creates challenges in cooling and especially if one is to include logic in the stack. The primary heat flow path for stacking is through the substrate and as the number of stacks …

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The Death Penalty Through The Lenses Of Criminology/Criminal Justice Students And Non-Crcj Students, Shirley Ann Hamblet Nov 2006

The Death Penalty Through The Lenses Of Criminology/Criminal Justice Students And Non-Crcj Students, Shirley Ann Hamblet

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses

The purpose of this study is to examine the possible relationship between level of knowledge and perception regarding capital punishment among criminology/criminal justice (CRCJ) students in comparison with non-CRCJ majors. The data for this study were obtained from a sample of CRCJ and non-CRCJ majors enrolled at the University of Texas at Arlington. While CRCJ majors appeared to be more knowledgeable regarding capital punishment, there was little significant difference of opinion (perception) among CRCJ and non-CRCJ majors.

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Inductive Theoretical Integration: Approaching A General Theory Of Crime, Mark Christopher Saber Nov 2006

Inductive Theoretical Integration: Approaching A General Theory Of Crime, Mark Christopher Saber

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses

The purpose of this study is to discuss and use theoretical integration in an attempt to better explain criminal behavior. Data for this study was obtained through a random power sample of undergraduate college students enrolled in criminology and criminal justice classes. Respondents chose a criminal behavior from a typology of drug, property, or violent criminal acts, and then chose theories which could aid in the explanation of that criminal behavior. The respondents were also asked the same concerning self-reported criminal activity. Analysis of the data showed that theoretical integration was used, by the respondents, to explain drug-related crimes committed …

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Law Enforcement Grants, A Comparison Of Funded Grant Awards, Kenneth Myers Nov 2006

Law Enforcement Grants, A Comparison Of Funded Grant Awards, Kenneth Myers

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses

The research focuses on 48 federally funded / awarded grants from the United States Department of Justice, Community Oriented Police Services Office and the Department of Homeland Security. A measurement instrument was developed to extract data from the grants for the purpose of determining if similarities existed among the awarded grants. The grants chosen came from jurisdictions of all types, sizes and demographics and represent a cross-section of American law enforcement. Once the data was collected, it was analyzed and examined for similarities. The data is presented in a manner that allows the reader determine if the information presented can …

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Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 3, Issue 11, University Of Texas At Arlington Library Nov 2006

Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 3, Issue 11, University Of Texas At Arlington Library

Connections: Library News for Library Staff

The purpose of Connections was to build community within UTA Library staff by reminding people of upcoming events and dates, introducing new staff members, celebrating a department's achievements, and writing about other items of interest.

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What The World Pays To Fight, Jackie Shane Nov 2006

What The World Pays To Fight, Jackie Shane

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

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Reporter - October 27th 2006, Rit Reporter Staff Oct 2006

Reporter - October 27th 2006, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

No abstract provided.

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Modio - Interactive Sound Visualization, Kwon Hyouck Jin Oct 2006

Modio - Interactive Sound Visualization, Kwon Hyouck Jin

Theses

The word “Modio” is a compound word of Motion and Audio, which I coined for this thesis. The intent of this thesis is an interactive installation project that will explore and convert musical elements into visual elements, which will lead to various responses to the change caused by users’ interaction.

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There Is No 2-(22,8,4) Block Design, Richard Bilous, Clement W.H. Lam, Larry H. Thiel, Ben P.C. Li, G.H. John Van Rees, Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Wolfgang H. Holzmann, Hadi Kharaghani Oct 2006

There Is No 2-(22,8,4) Block Design, Richard Bilous, Clement W.H. Lam, Larry H. Thiel, Ben P.C. Li, G.H. John Van Rees, Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Wolfgang H. Holzmann, Hadi Kharaghani

Articles

In this paper we show that a 2-(22, 8, 4) design does not exist. This result was obtained by a computer search.

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A Nexus Of Education, Inspiration, Research And Play, Andrew Phelps Oct 2006

A Nexus Of Education, Inspiration, Research And Play, Andrew Phelps

Presentations and other scholarship

No abstract provided.

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Pbs Transition From Analog To Digital Tv Broadcasting: The Human Perspective, Carolyn Colborn Oct 2006

Pbs Transition From Analog To Digital Tv Broadcasting: The Human Perspective, Carolyn Colborn

Theses

The purpose of this project is to examine a subset of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations in how they made their transition to digital broadcasting to: 1. Identify candidate best practices for successfully transitioning from analog to digital broadcasting, 2. Make recommendations on how to educate the viewing audience on adapting, understanding, and utilizing Digital TV (DTV), and 3. Identify possible areas where further research might assist in a better understanding of how to manage change effectively.

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16th Navajo Studies Conference: Selected Bibliography, Jane Sinclair, Paulita Aguilar Oct 2006

16th Navajo Studies Conference: Selected Bibliography, Jane Sinclair, Paulita Aguilar

Navajo Studies Conference 2006

Yá át ééh! This guide presents a brief offering of resources available on Navajo life and culture in the University of New Mexico Libraries collections.

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2006-10-25 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Oct 2006

2006-10-25 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2006

No abstract provided.

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Minutes_06_10_24, Unm Faculty Senate Oct 2006

Minutes_06_10_24, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, 1920 - 2013

Minutes from the October 24th, 2006 Facutly Senate meeting.

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Faculty Senate Summarized Minutes, 10/24/2006, Unm Faculty Senate Oct 2006

Faculty Senate Summarized Minutes, 10/24/2006, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, 1920 - 2013

No abstract provided.

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Minutes, October 20, 2006, Taos Faculty Senate Oct 2006

Minutes, October 20, 2006, Taos Faculty Senate

Taos Faculty Senate - Archive

Minutes from the October 20th, 2006 Facutly Senate meeting.

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Reporter - October 20th 2006, Rit Reporter Staff Oct 2006

Reporter - October 20th 2006, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

No abstract provided.

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Full Proceedings, Alok K. Bohara, Mukti P. Upadhyay Oct 2006

Full Proceedings, Alok K. Bohara, Mukti P. Upadhyay

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

Association for Himalayan Policy Research: Through various scholarly activities, NSC aims to create a global network of scholars, professionals, and policy practitioners interested in the policy and development of Nepal and the Himalayan region. Eventually, NSC plans to create an Association for Himalayan Policy Research. Journal publications and Himalayan-focused conference at Wisconsin University are important activities contributing to this collaboration, and our initial attempt to create this network has been very successful. Many scholars from the US, Europe, Far East, Australia, and Nepal are joining this network.

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Introducing Agility In Hybrid Communication Systems And Sensors, Chaouki T. Abdallah, C.G. Christodoulou, J. Khoury, P. K. Yu, M. Franceschetti Oct 2006

Introducing Agility In Hybrid Communication Systems And Sensors, Chaouki T. Abdallah, C.G. Christodoulou, J. Khoury, P. K. Yu, M. Franceschetti

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper presents a new approach in dealing with hybridization issues in communication systems or sensors. The thrust is to separate the logical network (sensor) infrastructure from the physical one. Here we show how we can exploit concepts such as persistent identification which we believe is crucial to be able to connect a variety of heterogeneous devices in a network that grows, and that is robust to failures. A vital characteristic of our architecture is the ability to accommodate a variety of heterogeneous devices and subsystems. Several examples of hybridization of sensors at the physical, logical, and network levels are …

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2006-10-18 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Oct 2006

2006-10-18 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2006

No abstract provided.

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2006-10-18 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department Oct 2006

2006-10-18 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2006

No abstract provided.

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Green Power In Green Spaces: Policy Options To Promote Renewable Energy Use In U.S. National Parks, Erin Green Oct 2006

Green Power In Green Spaces: Policy Options To Promote Renewable Energy Use In U.S. National Parks, Erin Green

Theses

The National Park Service (NPS) has a mission of sustainability: to conserve its resources for the enjoyment of future generations. The mission implies the use of sustainable technologies. In order to best make use of sustainable energy technologies, the NPS must have an understanding of the most significant barriers inhibiting such technologies’ use. The purpose of this research is to identify barriers to renewable energy technologies (RETs) at U.S. national parks located in the Pacific West Region (PWR), and to develop recommendations for appropriate policy interventions to address the barriers. A survey of energy managers representing the approximately 50 parks …

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Vehicle & Infrastructure Relationships In Hydrogen Transportation Networks: Development Of The H2vision Modeling Tool, Patrick Meyer Oct 2006

Vehicle & Infrastructure Relationships In Hydrogen Transportation Networks: Development Of The H2vision Modeling Tool, Patrick Meyer

Theses

The political instability of acquiring oversea oil resources, the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the desire for inexpensive energy have recently driven a shift of focus towards hydrogen energy. It has become increasingly evident that there are significant barriers facing the development of a hydrogen-based energy system – a system commonly referred to as the “hydrogen economy”. The small quantities of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that have been deployed to date are not numerous enough to facilitate the growth of a substantial refueling infrastructure. Additionally, the underdeveloped and extremely limited infrastructure has imposed significant convenience costs upon consumers. …

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