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The Office Of The Oath, Patrick O. Gudridge

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Essay: Remember Endo?, Patrick O. Gudridge

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Targeting Exemption For Charitable Efficiency: Designing A Nondiversion Constraint, Frances R. Hill

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Risk Management And Organizational Governance: The Case Of Enron, Robert Eli Rosen

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Queers Anonymous: Lesbians, Gay Men, Free Speech, And Cyberspace, Edward D. Stein

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The expansion of cyberspace in the past decade has created unprecedented opportunities for communication, both across the globe and across the street. The Internet and other forms of cyberspace have provided new avenues for anonymous and pseudonymous communication. Individuals can now interact without the traditional constraints of time, place, and manner of communication.

O Constitucionalismo Americano Confronta O Novo Paradigma Constitucional De Denninger, Michel Rosenfeld

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Harnessing Information Technology To Improve The Environmental Impact Review Process, Michael B. Gerrard, Michael Herz

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Nearest To Legitimacy: Justice White And Strict Rational Basis Scrutiny, Michael Herz

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Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley And Accounting: Rules Versus Principles Versus Rents, William Wilson Bratton

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Shareholder Value And Auditor Independence, William Wilson Bratton

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This Article questions the practice of framing problems concerning auditors' professional responsibility inside a principal-agent paradigm. If professional independence is to be achieved, auditors cannot be enmeshed in agency relationships with the shareholders of their audit clients. As agents, the auditors by definition become subject to the principal's control and cannot act independently. For the same reason, auditors' duties should be neither articulated in the framework of corporate law fiduciary duty, nor conceived relationally at all. These assertions follow from an inquiry into the operative notion of the shareholder-beneficiary. The Article unpacks the notion of the shareholder and tells a …

Integrating Visualization Into The Modeling Of Business Simulations, Victor Perotti, Tom F. Pray

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This article demonstrates the advantages of using visualization as part of the modeling process. Several examples are given to show how visualization can help developers to more completely understand the range of behaviors for their algorithms. Specifically, the Cobb Douglas function and Gold Pray demand system are examined using a tool that combines mathematical modeling with visualization capabilities.

Many-To-Many Invocation: A New Framework For Building Collaborative Applications In Ad Hoc Networks, Hans-Peter Bischof, Alan Kaminsky

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Many-to-Many Invocation (M2MI) is a new paradigm for building collaborative systems that run in wireless proximal ad hoc networks of fixed and mobile computing devices. M2MI is useful for building a broad range of systems, including service discovery frameworks; groupware for mobile ad hoc collaboration; systems involving networked devices (printers, cameras, sensors); and collaborative middleware systems. M2MI provides an object oriented method call abstraction based on broadcasting. An M2MI invocation means ``Every object out there that implements this interface, call this method.''. M2MI is layered on top of a new messaging protocol, the Many-to-Many Protocol (M2MP), which broadcasts messages to …

Many-To-Many Invocation: A New Object Oriented Paradigm For Ad Hoc Collaborative Systems, Alan Kaminsky, Hans-Peter Bischof

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Many-to-Many Invocation (M2MI) is a new paradigm for building collaborative systems that run in wireless proximal ad hoc networks of xed and mobile computing devices. M2MI is useful for building a broad range of systems, including multiuser applications (conversations, groupware, multiplayer games); systems involving networked devices (printers, cameras, sensors); and collaborative middleware systems. M2MI provides an object oriented method call abstraction based on broadcasting. An M2MI invocation means \Every object out there that implements this interface, call this method." An M2MI-based application is built by de ning one or more interfaces, creating objects that implement those interfaces in all the …

The Stumbling Block: Freedom, Rationality, And Legal Scholarship, Jeanne L. Schroeder

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The article critiques the dominance of policy-oriented legal scholarship, particularly in law and economics, arguing that it oversimplifies human behavior by focusing on predictable, instrumental rationality. It advocates for a more balanced approach that incorporates jurisprudential, theoretical, and doctrinal scholarship, drawing on speculative theory from Continental philosophy and psychoanalysis to provide a richer understanding of rationality and human subjectivity. The author suggests that critical legal scholarship could be revitalized by engaging with thinkers like Kant, Hegel, and Lacan, who offer deeper insights into freedom, spontaneity, and the symbolic order.

A Priesthood Of The Pen, Eamon Maher

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Miniature Microstrip Antenna With A Partially Filled High-Permittivity Substrate, Byungje Lee, Frances J. Harackiewicz

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A new technique to reduce the overall dimension of a microstrip antenna using a partially filled high-permittivity substrate is proposed. The miniaturized microstrip antenna for a repeater system in a mobile communication cellular band (824–894 MHz) is designed with the proposed technique and manufactured with light weight and small size. Comparison between simulations, based on HP HFSS software and measurements are provided.

Geospatial Data Handling For Web-Based And Mobile Applications, James Carswell

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One of the main bottlenecks for web-based GIS usability is in the transmission and handling of the vast amounts of geospatial data involved. The shear volume of raster, vector, attribute, and other data to be analysed, queried, transmitted and displayed over the WWW in real-time is prohibited by connection speeds. In this paper we introduce e-Spatial technology, a fully integrated open standard web-based solution to manage multiple spatial relationships directly in an Oracle Spatial database and to deploy in real-time spatially enabled (or standard) applications completely independent of data volume. Indeed, no application code is ever installed on the client …

The Application Of The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act To An Action Against The French Railroad For Transporting Thousands Of Jews And Others To Their Deaths: Abrams V. Sncf, Malvina Halberstam

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Government Officials As Attorneys And Clients: Why Privilege The Privileged?, Melanie B. Leslie

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The 2001 Superoutburst Of Wz Sagittae, Joseph Patterson, Gianluca Masi, Michael Richmond, Stacey Davis, Tracy Davis, Et Al.

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We report the results of a worldwide campaign to observe WZ Sagittae during its 2001 superoutburst. After a 23-year slumber at V=15.5, the star rose within 2 days to a peak brightness of 8.2, and showed a main eruption lasting 25 days. The return to quiescence was punctuated by 12 small eruptions, of ~1 mag amplitude and 2 day recurrence time; these “echo outbursts” are of uncertain origin, but somewhat resemble the normal outbursts of dwarf novae. After 52 days, the star began a slow decline to quiescence. Periodic waves in the light curve closely followed the pattern seen in …

Conversion Of Aniline To Azobenzene At Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: A Possible Case Of A Nanodimensional Reaction, M. Croston, J. Langston, Gerald A. Takacs, Terence C. Morrill, Massoud Miri, K.S.V. Santhanam, Pulickel Ajayan

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Aniline is oxidized to nitrosobenzene as the initial product, which undergoes further oxidation to nitrobenzene. The nitrosobenzene formation is catalyzed by functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNT) followed by a coupling reaction between nitrosobenzene and aniline to produce azobenzene. This coupling requires close proximity of the reactants. It proceeds rapidly resulting in the UV-VIS absorption spectrum showing maxima at 327 nm and 425 nm. The nitrosobenzene yield in the presence of CNTs is controlled by the amount present in the medium. As the reaction is not catalyzed by unfunctionalized CNTs or graphitic particles, the uniqueness of the functionalized multiwalled CNTs in …

Disability, Doctors And Dollars: Distinguishing The Three Faces Of Reasonable Accommodation, Elizabeth Pendo

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Despite a decade of litigation, there is no consistent understanding of the reasonable accommodation requirement of Title I of the ADA. Indeed, there are three inconsistent distributive outcomes that appear to comport with the reasonable accommodation requirement: cost-shifting, cost-sharing, and cost avoidance.

One reason for such inconsistent outcomes is a failure to develop a coherent and consistent theory of disability. Because disability has been and continues to be medicalized, this Article takes a fresh look at the medical literature on health, illness, and disability. It recommends the use of the experiential health model over the currently accepted functional health model …

Speckle Observations Of Binary Stars With The Wiyn Telescope. Ii. Relative Astrometry Measures During 1998-2000, Elliott P. Horch, Sarah Robinson, Reed D. Meyer, William F. Van Altena, Zoran Ninkov, Albert Piterman

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Five hundred twelve relative astrometry measures are presented for 253 double stars, including 53 double stars discovered by Hipparcos. In 15 cases, relative astrometry is reported for the first time for newly confirmed pairs. In addition, 20 high-quality nondetections of companions are reported for stars suspected of being nonsingle by Hipparcos. Observations were taken using a fast-readout CCD camera system at the WIYN 3.5 m telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona. In comparing these measures with ephemeris predictions for binary stars with very well known orbits, we find that the measurement precision is better than 3 mas in separation and 1° …

Marxism And The Continuing Irrelevance Of Normative Theory (Reviewing G. A. Cohen, If You're An Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? (2000)), Brian Leiter

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How Underlying Patient Beliefs Can Affect Physician-Patient Communicaion About Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing, Michael H. Farrell, Margaret Ann Murphy, Carl E. Schneider

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Routine cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is controversial, and practice guidelines recommend that men be counseled about its risks and benefits. OBJECTIVE. To evaluate the process of decision making as men react to and use information after PSA counseling. DESIGN. Written surveys and semistructured qualitative interviews before and after a neutral PSA counseling intervention. PARTICIPANTS. Men 40 to 65 years of age in southeastern Michigan were recruited until thematic saturation—that is, the point at which no new themes emerged in interviews (n = 40). RESULTS. In a paper survey, 37 of 40 participants (93%) said that they interpreted the …

Introduction To Digital Stroboscopic Motion Photography, Andrew Davidhazy

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A flashing light source or an interrupted continuous light source can be effectively used as a tool to track subjects motion and learn about their behavior over time. While film techniques are fairly well known, applications in the digital realm have peculiar limitations and these are at least partially solved in this article.

A Survey Of Four Contemporary Sound Artists, Mark Garry

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Nonlinear Dynamics Of Modulation Formats For 40 Gb/S Transmission On Standard Single-Mode Fiber And Dispersion-Managed Fiber, Andrey Kanaev, Gregory Luther, Vassilios Kovanis

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The nonlinear properties of NRZ, RZ50, RZ33, CSRZ, and DPSK in 40 Gbit/s 1000 km single fiber and DMF systems are analysed. We find that DPSK provides 1.3 dBQ nonlinear tolerance advantage over RZ in both optical links. We show that RZ formats tolerate 2 dBm higher power per channel than NRZ, further increasing their advantage in linear receiver sensitivity. We find that smaller duty cycle formats exhibit better performance due to suppression of sXPM and sFWM and CSRZ nonlinear tolerance to sFWM is enhanced due to the intermittent phase of the signal. In addition, we determine linear cross-talk penalties …

80:80 Office Furniture System Designed By John Walsh For Tangent Furniture, 2002, John Walsh

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80:80 was developed against the background of a changing work environment. Advances in technology meant that work became mobile, the breaking down of walls and cubicles created large open spaces allowing for a movement towards collaborative work and “New Ways of Working”.

80:80 is an office furniture system designed in this context, to provide a foundation for new, flexible ways of working. In particular, the delineators that define territory, such as legs, vertical supports, fixed side screens, were removed or minimised to create an uninterrupted worksurface span, allowing for a flexible space where users can annex as much space as …

How To Successfully Create And Sustain A Vibrant Apics Student Chapter, Jack Cook

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Starting a successful student chapter is not easy. It requires the right mix of support from the parent chapter, academic liaison, faculty advisor, college administration, and students. Most APICS student chapters are struggling with few (less than 10) student members and even fewer activities that encourage student membership as well as ties with local APICS chapters. It is possible to create and sustain a vibrant student chapter given these tried and tested guidelines provided in this paper.