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The Case Against The Constitutionally Compelled Free Exercise Exemption, William P. Marshall

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

L'Invention De L'Économie Sociale: Le Xixe Siècle Français, By André Gueslin, Michael S. Smith

Faculty Publications

A review of L'Invention de l'économie sociale: Le XIXe siècle français, by André Gueslin

Creating A Shared History: Serial Narratives In The Young Woman's Journal, 1889-1894, Sherry Baker

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"Creating a Shared History: Serial Narratives in The Young Woman's Journal, 1889-1894" is a cultural press history and textual analysis of contemporary indigenous serial literature in a nineteenth-century Mormon young women's periodical. It tests press historian Catherine Covert's assertions that some of the functions of the press are (1) to be a conservator of values, and (2) to engender harmony and affiliation among community members. The investigator places the Journal within the historical/ cultural context from which it was written, and identifies specific messages in the serial narratives that encouraged the preservation of Mormon values and Mormon community affiliation. The …

A Unified Approach To Quantum Dynamical Maps And Gaussian Wigner Distributions, Francis J. Narcowich, R. F. O'Connell

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The KLM conditions are conditions that are necessary and sufficient for a phase-space function to be a Wigner distribution function (WDF). We apply them here to discuss three questions that have arisen recently: (1) For which WDFs P0 will the map P→P0*P be a quantum dynamical map - i.e. a map that takes WDFs to WDFs? (2) What are necessary and sufficient conditions for a phase-space gaussian to be a WDF? (3) Are there non-gaussian, non-negative WDFs? © 1988.

What Is The 1888 Message?, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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No abstract provided.

Tomorrow's Research Library: Vigor Or Rigor Mortis?, Richard Hacken

Faculty Publications

The gamut of futuristic visions in library literature—from optimistic to pessimistic, from realistic to fanciful. Contradictory answers to recurring questions are found: Can we finally say goodbye to Gutenberg? Will the library card be replaced by the telephone credit card? Will book ownership give way entirely to information access. Will "books without pages" and "libraries without walls" necessarily lead to librarians without jobs? Is it possible to set timetables? After past crystal ball gazers are compared, contrasted, and critiqued, positive plans for progress are suggested.

Subspaces Of Lp,Q, N L. Carothers, S J. Dilworth

Faculty Publications

We examine the subspace structure of the Lorentz function space Lp,q[0, oo). Our main result is that a subspace of Lp,q[0, oo), p ^ 2, q < oo,must either strongly embed in Lp[0,1] or contain a complemented copy of lq.

Miranda Decision Revisited: Did It Give Criminals Too Many Rights?, Paul Marcus, Stephen J. Markman

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No abstract provided.

'Great' And 'Little,' 'Grid' And 'Group': Defining The Poles Of The Elite-Popular Continuum In Chinese Religion, Christian Jochim

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No abstract provided.

A Parallel-Processing Subsystem For Rapid 3-D Interpolation Of Ct Images, William A. Barrett, Stephen J. Allan, Scott R. Cannon

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An inexpensive parallel-processing subsystem for the rapid interpolation of CT image planes is demonstrated with a variety of node topologies. The subsystem is based on a tree network of INMOS T414 Transputer processors and is hosted by an AT-based image workstation. The subsystem accepts a stack of eight arbitrarily-spaced 256 x 256 image planes from the host. Subsystem output to the host consists of a stack of 32 scaled and evenly-spaced image planes (256 x 256 x 32 with cubic voxels). Benchmark execution times ranged from 12.3 seconds for three nodes to 5.8 seconds for eight nodes.

Inequalities For Sums Of Independent Random Variables, N L. Carothers, S J. Dilworth

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A moment inequality is proved for sums of independent random variables in the Lorentz spaces LPtq, thus extending an inequality of Rosenthal. The latter result is used in combination with a square function inequality to give a proof of a Banach space isomorphism theorem. Further moment inequalities are also proved.

Opposition To Human Rights Treaties In The United States Senate: The Legacy Of The Bricker Amendment, Natalie Hevener Kaufman, David Whiteman

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No abstract provided.

Emotional Distress And The First Amendment: An Analysis Of Hustler V. Falwell, Rodney A. Smolla

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No abstract provided.

Dissipative Quantum Tunneling: Quantum Langevin Equation Approach, G. W. Ford, J. T. Lewis, R. F. O'Connell

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The quantum Langevin equation is used as the basis for a discussion of dissipative quantum tunneling. A general analysis, including strong coupling and non-markovian (memory) effects, is given for the case of tunneling through a parabolic barrier at zero temperature in the presence of linear passive dissipation. It is shown that dissipation always decreases the tunneling rate below the barrier and increases transmission above the barrier. As a particular application, the case of the resistively shunted Josephson junction is considered. Simple closed form expressions for the tunneling rate and for the noise power spectrum are obtained and compared with results …

What Is The 1888 Message?, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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No abstract provided.

The Economics Of Public Assistance For Private Nonindustrial Timber Sales In Mississippi, Steven H. Bullard, Robert J. Moulton

Faculty Publications

The U.S. South has many forestry advantages, yet public and private efforts are increasingly needed to encourage reforestation and active forest management in the region. The review draft of "The South's Fourth Forest, Alternatives for the Future" (USDA Forest Service 1987a) highlights the urgent need for increased efforts to ensure future timber availability:

... projections of resource change mean that the South is facing a future of rising stumpage and roundwood product prices, much lower rates of growth in timber harvests, and declines in employment in the forest industries" (p. xxxv).

The report also highlights great opportunities to increase forest …

U.S. Supreme Court: The 1987-88 Term (Part I), Paul C. Giannelli

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No abstract provided.

Marsh Management Plans In Practice: Do They Work In Coastal Louisiana, Usa?, James H. Cowan Jr., R. Eugene Turner, Donald R. Cahoon

Faculty Publications

Louisiana's coastal wetlands represent about 41% of the nation's total and are extensively managed for fish, fur, and waterfowl. Marsh management plans (MMPs) are currently used to avoid potential user conflicts and are believed to be a best management practice for specific management goals. In this article, we define MMPs and examine their variety, history, impacts, and future.

A MMP is an organized written plan submitted to state and federal permitting agencies for approval and whose purpose is to regulate wetland habitat quantity and quality (control land loss and enhance productivity). MMPs are usually implemented by making structural modifications in …

Florida Guardianship And The Elderly: The Paradoxical Right To Unwanted Assistance, Alison Barnes

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Mandatory Student Fees: First Amendment Concerns And University Discretion, Christina E. Wells

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This Comment analyzes the constitutional issues raised by the use of mandatory student fees to fund speech at public universities. Part I examines the interests of students and universities with respect to the use of such fees. Part II examines court decisions in this area. Part III looks to the nature of student fees and demonstrates that they are permissible exercises of university discretion. Parts IV and V discuss whether the Constitution requires a university, if it funds student organizations by mandatory fees, to fund all organizations equally, without regard to other students' objections to those organizations' viewpoints.

Self-Defense, Paul C. Giannelli

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No abstract provided.

1987 Survey Of Trends And Developments On Religious Liberty In The Courts, Carl H. Esbeck

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The purpose of this survey is to note important caselaw developments in the state and lower federal courts concerning religious liberty. Purposely omitted are the widely reported United States Supreme Court opinions, as well as cases where the Court has granted review during the 1987-88 term. The focus here is to collect significant cases that may otherwise escape broad attention. Only the facts and rationale of each court's decision is recorded. No editorial comment on the merits of these cases is intended.

Dehalogenation In Marine Sediments Containing Natural Sources Of Halophenols., G. M. King

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Halophenols such as 2,4-dibromophenol (DBP) occur naturally in some marine sediments, as a consequence of various animal and algal activities. In an earlier study, DBP was observed in the burrow microenvironment of the hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalewskii. At the concentrations found in the burrow lining, aerobic respiration appeared to be inhibited significantly relative to anaerobic catabolism. This effect, as well as factors contributing to the degradation of DBP, has been documented further here. Results from the addition of radiolabeled DBP to oxic and anoxic sediment slurries and growth experiments with aerobic and anaerobic enrichments suggested that aerobes did not significantly metabolize …

White Noise Approach To Stochastic Integration, Hui Hsiung Kuo, Andrzej Russek

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No abstract provided.

Voices, Values And Community: Some Reflections On Legal Writing, Frank Pommersheim

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No abstract provided.

The Incidental Regulation Of Free Speech, David Day

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No abstract provided.

Aids And The Law, A Guide For The Public [Book Review], Margalynne J. Armstrong

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No abstract provided.

Inheritance Law Of The People's Republic Of China, Anna M. Han

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No abstract provided.

The Role Of Intergovernmental Organizations In International Information Transfer And Policy, Robert V. Williams

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Student Speech—Free Press In High Schools, Michael A. Simons

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Public educators in the United States are expected to pass on to their students—to inculcate in them—the shared values of their community. This communication of values is essential to the continued vitality of American culture and to the social, moral, and political education of students. Yet inculcation of community values cannot be allowed to trample students' individual liberties; public educators must strike a delicate balance between the state's educational interests and the students' rights to self-expression. Although the striking of this balance should initially be left to local educators, when value inculcation impermissibly interferes with students' constitutional rights, courts …