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Buying From Secondary Markets: Acquiring Dollars And Sense, Julie Mosbo, John Ballestro

Articles

Between 2004 and 2008, Morris Library’s monographic budget was reduced by over $400,000 representing a fifty percent reduc- tion. The increase in serial prices forced the shifting of monograph funds to the serials budget. Despite this shift, the increase in serials costs, combined with an otherwise flat budget, resulted in two serials’ cancellation projects in a span of four years.

Faced with these economic realities, the acquisitions unit at Southern Illinois University’s Morris Library has sought alternative schemas to save money. One decision was to consider purchas- ing materials from secondary and used-book sources. For fiscal year 2009, a database …

The References Of The Twenty-First Century: Regulating Employers’ Use Of Social Networking Sites As An Applicant Screening Tool, Cara R. Sronce

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

The advent of the social networking website has transformed Internet usage from having a primarily information-seeking to information-sharing purpose. While these websites provide useful avenues by which to reconnect with friends and family or to promote a business or hobby, their positive utility is somewhat burdened by problems they can cause users.  In particular, there is growing concern over the problems these websites cause job-seekers and potential employers, who may now look beyond what applicants present in their resumes, references, and interviews.  Many now screen applicants based on the information gathered from browsing an applicant’s online personality.  Because of the …

Let‘S Put The Fear In The Fera! Suggestions To Make The Fraud Enforcement And Recovery Act Of 2009 A Strong Fraud Deterrent, Jim Moye

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

In 2009, Congress passed the Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act to combat the recent surge in fraud.  This article reviews the major fraud cases of the last two years, including healthcare fraud, mortgage fraud, and improper pharmaceutical labeling.  It then argues that, although FERA was a valiant attempt by the federal government to address the surge in fraudulent behavior, the law did not go far enough to dissuade such behavior.  The author proposes stronger measures, such as permanently banning FERA violators from federal contract and program consideration, increasing the financial liability of those violating the law to reflect the full financial …

The Daily Egyptian, February 28, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

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The Daily Egyptian, February 25, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

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The Daily Egyptian, February 24, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

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Factors Affecting The Concentrations Of Pharmaceuticals Released To The Aquatic Environment, David L. Sedlak, Karen E. Pinkston

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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Removal Of Pharmaceutical Residues And Other Persistent Organics From Municipal Sewage And Surface Waters Applying Membrane Filtration, Thomas Heberer, Dirk Feldmann, Kirsten Reddersen, Hans-Jürgen Altmann, Thomas Zimmermann

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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Occurrence And Fate Of Pharmaceuticals During Bank Filtration – Preliminary Results From Investigations In Germany And The United States, Thomas Heberer, Ingrid M. Verstraeten, Michael T. Meyer, Andy Mechlinski, Kirsten Reddersen

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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The Daily Egyptian, February 23, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

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The Daily Egyptian, February 18, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

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The Daily Egyptian, February 15, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

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The Daily Egyptian, February 10, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

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Nitrogen Tmdl Development In The Neuse River Watershed: An Imperative For Adaptive Management, Craig A. Stow, Mark E. Borsuk, Kenneth H. Reckhow

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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The Daily Egyptian, February 08, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

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The Daily Egyptian, February 04, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

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The Daily Egyptian, February 03, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

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The Daily Egyptian, February 02, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

February 2011

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Is There A Paradox In Translating Science And Technology Into The Decision-Making Process?, Ronald B. Linsky

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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Information Technology Today And Tomorrow For Managing Water Resources, Paul D. Campbell

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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The Water Resources Research Agenda: A Vision, Henry Vaux Jr.

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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The Daily Egyptian, January 24, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

January 2011

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The Daily Egyptian, January 21, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

January 2011

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The Daily Egyptian, January 20, 2011, Daily Egyptian Staff

January 2011

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Climate And Water Resources: A Priority Issue Or Minor Issue For Water Resource Managers?, Rick Lawford

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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Nsf Extends Invitation For Ethnobotanical Workshop Proposal, Miriam Kritzer Van Zant

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

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Ethnobotanical Crisis As The Us Government Attempts To Utilize Biowarfare To Unwisely Combat The War On Drugs, Scott Herron

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

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Strategies For Managing Water Demand, Benedykt Dziegielewski

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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A Characterization Of Power Method Transformations Through L-Moments, Todd C. Headrick

Publications

Power method polynomial transformations are commonly used for simulating continuous nonnormal distributions with specified moments. However, conventional moment-based estimators can (a) be substantially biased, (b) have high variance, or (c) be influenced by outliers. In view of these concerns, a characterization of power method transformations by L-moments is introduced. Specifically, systems of equations are derived for determining coefficients for specified L-moment ratios, which are associated with standard normal and standard logistic-based polynomials of order five and three. Boundaries for L-moment ratios are also derived, and closed-formed formulae are provided for determining if a power method distribution has …

The Daily Brew: The Structural Evolution Of The Coffee Party On Facebook During The 2010 United States Midterm Election Season, Christopher Mascaro, Sean P. Goggins

2011

The activity of the Facebook Group, "Join the Coffee Party Movement" (Coffee Party) is studied during a 7-month period leading up to and following the 2010 United States Midterm election. During this time, Coffee Party Facebook page administrators posted 872 parent posts that received 152,762 comments from group members. Utilizing our previously established method (Mascaro & Goggins, 2011) for extracting and analyzing electronic trace data, we constructed a weighted social network from the parent posts and associated comments. We measured network centralization and total post activity for the entire network and identified individuals with high betweenness centrality across three dimensions: …