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Use Of Physics Based Models In Hyperspectral Image Exploitation, John Schott, Kyungsuk Lee, Rolando Raqueno

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This paper describes a concept for using physics based models to support exploitation of remotely sensed image spectrometer data. It then reviews several methods from the literature illustrating more specifically how physics based models have been used as part of atmospheric correction, water quality assessment and temperature measurement algorithms. Finally a new approach for using model based techniques for subpixel target detection is presented This technique builds on a previously introduced invariant method that uses physics based models to support target detection of fully resolved targets without requiring in scene training or atmospheric correction. An example using the new subpixel …

Susan Philipsz, Profile, Niamh Ann Kelly

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Speckle Observations Of Binary Stars With The Wiyn Telescope. Iii. A Partial Survey Of A, F, And G Dwarfs, Elliott P. Horch, Sarah Robinson, Zoran Ninkov, William F. Van Altena, Reed D. Meyer, Sean E. Urban, Brian D. Mason

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Two hundred thirty nearby main-sequence stars with spectral types in the range of A to G have been observed by way of speckle interferometry using the WIYN 3.5 m telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona. The stars had no previous mention of duplicity in the literature. Of those observed, 14 showed clear evidence of a companion, and 63 were classified as suspected nonsingle based on a power spectrum analysis. The remaining stars discussed show no evidence of duplicity to the limit of the detection system in high-quality observations.

On The Choice Of Optimal Temporal Control In Renewable Resource Management, Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Hamid Beladi

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This paper addresses the following hitherto unstudied question in renewable resource management: How should a resource manager set the temporal control optimally for renewable resources such as rangelands and fisheries that are managed with spatial and temporal controls? We use a dynamic and stochastic framework to first derive the resource manager’s long run average net cost function. We then demonstrate how the temporal control can be chosen to minimize this objective function.

"Seperation": From Epithet To Constitutional Norm, Marci A. Hamilton

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If Portia Were A Mediator: An Inquiry Into Justice In Mediation, Jonathan M. Hyman, Lela P. Love

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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 Repo Opera: How Criimi Mae Got Repos Backwards, Jeanne L. Schroeder

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The article argues that repurchase agreements (repos) should be treated as true sales rather than secured loans under bankruptcy law to maintain financial market stability. It critiques the *In re Criimi Mae* court for misapplying the "Debtors Equity Test," which assesses whether the seller retains meaningful property rights. The analysis emphasizes the need for clear legal standards to prevent misclassification and ensure market certainty.

Never Trust A Corporation, William Wilson Bratton

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I would like to start by noting multitudinous objections to assertions made in Larry Mitchell's Corporate Irresponsibility: America's Newest Export. But I waive these points for purposes of this Symposium. I would prefer to take the occasion to celebrate the book. So I will make two points on the subject of corporate social responsibility on which the book and I stand in complete accord.

A Priesthood Of The Pen, Eamon Maher

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Material reproduced by kind permission of Doctrine and Life

Re-Generation, Noel Brady

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Critical analysis of Sandyford Office Park, Dublin, Ireland

Evaluating The 1931 Cie Color-Matching Functions, Mark Shaw, Mark Fairchild

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The use of colorimetry within industry has grown extensively in the last few decades. Central to many of today's instruments is the CIE system, established in 1931. Many have questioned the validity of the assumptions made by Wright1 and Guild,2 some suggesting that the 1931 color-matching functions are not the best representation of the human visual system's cone responses. A computational analysis was performed using metameric data to evaluate the CIE 1931 color-matching functions as compared to with other responsivity functions. The underlying assumption was that an optimal set of responsivity functions would yield minimal color-difference error between pairs of …

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.

All American: Innovation In American Architecture, Noel Brady

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Review of American Architecture book by Brian Carter, Annette Lecuyer

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 …

All My Rights, Carl E. Schneider

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Diane Pretty was an Englishwoman in her early 40s who had been married nearly a quarter of a century. In November 1999, she learned she had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-in Britain, motor neurone disease. Her condition deteriorated rapidly, and soon she was "essentially paralysed from the neck downwards." She had "virtually no decipherable speech" and was fed by a tube. She was expected to live only a few months or even weeks. AB a court later explained, however, "her intellect and capacity to make decisions are unimpaired. The final stages of the disease are exceedingly distressing and undignified. AB she is …

Corporate Governance And Executive Remuneration: Rediscovering Managerial Positional Conflict, Jennifer Hill, Charles M. Yablon

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The article critiques the assumption that performance-based executive remuneration aligns managerial and shareholder interests, arguing that executives' positional power allows them to exploit such systems, leading to excessive pay and corporate malfeasance. It highlights how this conflict of interest contributed to major corporate collapses like Enron and One.Tel, emphasizing the need for reforms beyond current governance mechanisms.

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

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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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Who Should Watch Over Refugee Law?, James C. Hathaway

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On 13 December 2001, states committed themselves" ... to consider ways that may be required to strengthen the implementation of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol". It is wonderful that after half a century we may finally be on the verge of taking oversight of the treaty seriously.

Regulation And Measurement Of Oxidative Stress In Apoptosis, James Curtin, Maryanne Donovan, Thomas Cotter

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Cells are constantly generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) during aerobic metabolism. As a consequence, each cell is equipped with an extensive antioxidant defence system to combat excessive production of ROS. Oxidative stress occurs in cells when the generation of ROS overwhelms the cell's natural antioxidant defences. There is a growing consensus that oxidative stress and the redox state of a cell plays a pivotal role in regulating apoptosis, a tightly controlled form of cell death in which a cell partakes in its own demise. More recently, a role for reactive nitrogen species (RNI) as both positive and negative regulators of …

For Haven's Sake: Reflections On Inversion Transactions, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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This article discusses “inversion” transactions, in which a publicly traded U.S. corporation becomes a subsidiary of a newly established tax haven parent corporation. In the last three years, an increasing number of these transactions have been taking place, undeterred by the shareholderlevel tax imposed by the IRS on them in 1994. The article first discusses the reasons for the increasing popularity of the transactions and the tax goals they aim at achieving (primarily avoiding subpart F and U.S. earnings stripping). The article then discusses the tax policy implications of these transactions. In the short run, the article suggests that the …

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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Encouraging Race-Based Advocacy In Legal Services Practice, Jonel Newman

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Every legal services program has a waiting room, some newly furnished, others with old sofas and tattered chairs. The families, children, and elderly sitting in these waiting rooms consistently are disproportionately racial and ethnic minorities. Despite this constant reminder that those seeking legal assistance for their perceived wrongs are disproportionately racial and ethnic minorities, legal services programs are bringing fewer and fewer affirmative challenges that incorporate race-based antidiscrimination claims.
/="/"> In this article we explore possible reasons for this lack of affirmative race- and national-origin-based discrimination claims and suggest some ideas for preserving or restarting this type of advocacy, ideas …

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 …

Reply To Martha Nussbaum And Ian Hacking, Edward D. Stein

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The essays by Martha Nussbaum and Ian Hacking both raise important issues about the some of the central themes of The Mismeasure of Desire and it is a pleasure and an honor to have such careful, significant and interdisciplinary thinkers engage my ideas. In this brief reply, I address some of their challenges.