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Foreword: Elected Branch Influences In Constitutional Decisionmaking, Neal Devins Oct 1993

Foreword: Elected Branch Influences In Constitutional Decisionmaking, Neal Devins

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No abstract provided.


Congress, The Fcc, And The Search For The Public Trustee, Neal Devins Oct 1993

Congress, The Fcc, And The Search For The Public Trustee, Neal Devins

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No abstract provided.


Coordinated Intelligent Control Via Epistemic Utility Theory, Wynn C. Stirling Oct 1993

Coordinated Intelligent Control Via Epistemic Utility Theory, Wynn C. Stirling

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An approach to local reactive coordinated intelligent control based on the concept of an epistemic system, together with a principle of action that may be exercised locally, is presented. An epistemic system provides a mechanism for agents to characterize their knowledge corpora, options, goals, and beliefs. Levi's rule of epistemic utility provides a principle of action for decision making by comparing the informational value of rejection with the belief of correctness. Decisions are made locally and reactively, rather than globally. Coordination is implemented between agents by sharing and learning the epistemic systems of other agents. The resulting coordination model is …


Classification Of The Tor-Algebras Of Codimension Four Almost Complete Intersections, Andrew R. Kustin Sep 1993

Classification Of The Tor-Algebras Of Codimension Four Almost Complete Intersections, Andrew R. Kustin

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Let (R, m, k) be a local ring in which 2 is a unit. Assume that every element of k has a square root in k . We classify the algebras Tor'(R/J, k) as J varies over all grade four almost complete intersection ideals in R. The analogous classification has already been found when J varies over all grade four Gorenstein ideals [21], and when J varies over all ideals of grade at most three [5, 30]. The present paper makes use of the classification, in [21], of the Tor-algebraso f codimension four Gorenstein rings, as well as the (usually …


'Death And Taxes' And Hypocrisy, John W. Lee Sep 1993

'Death And Taxes' And Hypocrisy, John W. Lee

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Professor Lee finds the "death and taxes" poem by Rep. Ewing hypocritical for several reasons. He notes that the poem is derived from a 1920s populist attack on Treasury Secretary Mellon for cutting taxes on the rich in the name of trickle-down economics while relying on regressive excise taxes on the masses -- an attack similar to that waged by then-Governor Clinton during the 1992 presidential campaign. Further, says Lee, the Bush administration displayed more of a preference for regressive excise taxes than the Clinton plan, whose reliance in part on consumption taxes appears a consequence of 25 years of …


Distributions Of Pigments And Primary Production In A Gulf-Stream Meander, Steven E. Lohrenz, John J. Cullen, David A. Phinney, Donald B. Olson, Charles S. Yentsch Aug 1993

Distributions Of Pigments And Primary Production In A Gulf-Stream Meander, Steven E. Lohrenz, John J. Cullen, David A. Phinney, Donald B. Olson, Charles S. Yentsch

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An investigation was made of physical effects of Gulf Stream meandering on the vertical and horizontal distributions of photosynthetic pigments and primary production. Cruises were conducted in the vicinity of a meander east of 73-degrees-W and north of 37-degrees-N from September 21 to October 5 (leg 1) and October 12-21, 1988 (leg 2), on the R/V Cape Hatteras. Relationships of photosynthesis (normalized to chlorophyll) to irradiance (P-1) did not show large horizontal variation, and water column composite P-I curves from leg 1 and leg 2 were similar. Therefore a single P-I curve derived from pooled data was used to model …


Should The Characteristics Of Victims And Criminals Count? Payne V. Tennessee And Two Views Of Efficient Punishment, David D. Friedman Jul 1993

Should The Characteristics Of Victims And Criminals Count? Payne V. Tennessee And Two Views Of Efficient Punishment, David D. Friedman

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No abstract provided.


Linking Teacher Educators, Knowledge, And The Quality Of Practice In Schools, Murrary F. Mitchell Jul 1993

Linking Teacher Educators, Knowledge, And The Quality Of Practice In Schools, Murrary F. Mitchell

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Children in this country are entrusted to teachers in schools for 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, approximately 36 weeks a year, for 12 to 13 years. Citizens concerned with the future want to know if the children of today are being prepared for the world of tomorrow. Parents want to know what is being done to and for their sons and daughters. And in these times of financial cutbacks, taxpayers want to know where their tax dollars are going. There is widespread belief that schools in general, and teaching in particular, should be much better today than …


Frontier Democracy: The Turner Thesis Revisited, Lacy K. Ford, Jr. Jul 1993

Frontier Democracy: The Turner Thesis Revisited, Lacy K. Ford, Jr.

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No abstract provided.


Congressional Procedure And Statutory Interpretation, Larry Evans, Jarrell Wright, Neal Devins Jul 1993

Congressional Procedure And Statutory Interpretation, Larry Evans, Jarrell Wright, Neal Devins

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No abstract provided.


The Effect Of The Postdivorce Relationship On Paternal Involvement: A Longitudinal Analysis, Constance R. Ahrons, Richard B. Miller Jul 1993

The Effect Of The Postdivorce Relationship On Paternal Involvement: A Longitudinal Analysis, Constance R. Ahrons, Richard B. Miller

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Longitudinal analyses of data from 64 pairs of former spouses indicate that the quality of their postdivorce relationship had a significant impact on fathers' involvement with their children. The strength of the influence declined over time, however, as the patterns of interaction in the reorganized binuclear family became more stable.


Formation Of O-Tyrosine And Dityrosine In Proteins During Radiolytic And Metal-Catalyzed Oxidation, Thomas G. Huggins, Mary C. Wells-Knecht, Nicholas A. Detorie, John W. Baynes, Suzanna R. Thorpe Jun 1993

Formation Of O-Tyrosine And Dityrosine In Proteins During Radiolytic And Metal-Catalyzed Oxidation, Thomas G. Huggins, Mary C. Wells-Knecht, Nicholas A. Detorie, John W. Baynes, Suzanna R. Thorpe

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To evaluate their usefulness as chemical indicators of cumulative oxidative damage to proteins, we studied the kinetics and extent of formation of ortho-tyrosine (0-Tyr), dityrosine (DT), and dityrosine-like fluorescence (Ex = 3 17 nm, E,,, = 407 nm) in the model proteins RNase and lysozyme exposed to radiolytic and metalcatalyzed (H20z/Cu2+) oxidation (MCO). Although there were protein-dependent differences, o-Tyr, DT, and fluorescence increased coordinately during oxidation of the proteins in both oxidation systems. The contribution of DT to total dityrosine-like fluorescence in oxidized proteins varied from 2-10070, depending on the protein, type of oxidation, and extent of oxidative damage. In …


Accumulation Of Maillard Reaction Products In Skin Collagen In Diabetes And Aging, Daniel G. Dyer, John A. Dunn, Suzanne R. Thorpe, Karen E. Bailie, Timothy L. Lyons, David R. Mccance, John W. Baynes Jun 1993

Accumulation Of Maillard Reaction Products In Skin Collagen In Diabetes And Aging, Daniel G. Dyer, John A. Dunn, Suzanne R. Thorpe, Karen E. Bailie, Timothy L. Lyons, David R. Mccance, John W. Baynes

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To investigate the contribution of glycation and oxidation reactions to the modification of insoluble collagen in aging and diabetes, Maillard reaction products were measured in skin collagen from 39 type 1 diabetic patients and 52 nondiabetic control subjects. Compounds studied included fructoselysine (FL), the initial glycation product, and the glycoxidation products, N epsilon-(carboxymethyl) lysine (CML) and pentosidine, formed during later Maillard reactions. Collagen-linked fluorescence was also studied. In nondiabetic subjects, glycation of collagen (FL content) increased only 33% between 20 and 85 yr of age. In contrast, CML, pentosidine and fluorescence increased five-fold, correlating strongly with age. In diabetic patients, …


Maillard Reaction Products And Their Relation To Complications In Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, David R. Mccance, Daniel G. Dryer, John A. Dunn, Karen E. Bailie, Suzanne R. Thorpe, John W. Baynes, Timothy J. Lyons Jun 1993

Maillard Reaction Products And Their Relation To Complications In Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, David R. Mccance, Daniel G. Dryer, John A. Dunn, Karen E. Bailie, Suzanne R. Thorpe, John W. Baynes, Timothy J. Lyons

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Glycation, oxidation, and browning of proteins have all been implicated in the development of diabetic complications. We measured the initial Amadori adduct, fructoselysine (FL); two Maillard products, N epsilon-(carboxymethyl) lysine (CML) and pentosidine; and fluorescence (excitation = 328 nm, emission = 378 nm) in skin collagen from 39 type 1 diabetic patients (aged 41.5 +/- 15.3 [17-73] yr; duration of diabetes 17.9 +/- 11.5 [0-46] yr, [mean +/- SD, range]). The measurements were related to the presence of background (n = 9) or proliferative (n = 16) retinopathy; early nephropathy (24-h albumin excretion rate [AER24] > or = 20 micrograms/min; n …


The Semantics Of Certainty In Quechua And Its Implications For A Cultural Epistemology, Janis B. Nuckolls Jun 1993

The Semantics Of Certainty In Quechua And Its Implications For A Cultural Epistemology, Janis B. Nuckolls

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This article contributes to attempts on the part of Quechua scholars to understand the evidential system of this language family, and thereby paves the way for a more complex understanding of Quechua speakers' language and culture. The author opposes the position that the most general meaning of the -mi suffix is to indicate a direct or first-hand experience; and she holds that specific claims about Quechua speakers' epistemological orientations, based on such an analysis, cannot be supported. Evidence from speakers' use of -mi indicates that it encodes two paradigmatic contrasts: one is status-like or modal, the other evidential. The patterning …


Decomposition Of Senescent Blades Of The Seagrass Halodule Wrightii In A Subtropical Lagoon, Stephen Opsahl, Ronald Benner Apr 1993

Decomposition Of Senescent Blades Of The Seagrass Halodule Wrightii In A Subtropical Lagoon, Stephen Opsahl, Ronald Benner

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Senescent blades from the seagrass Halodule wrightii Aschers were suspended in the water column of Laguna Madre (Texas, USA) for a period of 419 d, representing the longest seagrass decomposition study to date. The initial stage of decomposition was characterized by a rapid loss of organic matter (36 % in 24 d) attributed to leaching. A total of 76 % of the organic matter from seagrass tissues was lost by the end of the decomposition period. Of the major bulk constituents measured, neutral sugars were most abundant and accounted for 23 % of the ash-free dry wt of the initial …


Initial Study Of Deep Inelastic Scattering With Zeus At Hera, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, S. Repond, R. Stanek, R. L. Talaga, J. Thron, F. Arzarello, R. Ayad, G. Barbagli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, P. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, M. Chiarini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, F. Ciralli, A. Contin, S. D'Auria, C. Del Papa, F. Frasconi, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti, G. Levi Apr 1993

Initial Study Of Deep Inelastic Scattering With Zeus At Hera, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, S. Repond, R. Stanek, R. L. Talaga, J. Thron, F. Arzarello, R. Ayad, G. Barbagli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, P. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, G. Castellini, M. Chiarini, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, F. Ciralli, A. Contin, S. D'Auria, C. Del Papa, F. Frasconi, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Laurenti, G. Levi

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Results are presented on neutral current, deep inelastic scattering measured in collisions of 26.7 GeV electrons and 820 GeV protons. The events typically populate a range in Q2 from 10 to 100 GeV2. The values of x extend down to x ∼ 10-4 which is two orders of magnitude lower than previously measured at such Q2 values in fixed target experiments. The measured cross sections are in accord with the extrapolations of current parametrisations of parton distributions. © 1993.


Implied Assumption Of A Reasonable Risk: Much Ado About Nothing Or Radical Departure In California Law?, Stephanie M. Wildman Apr 1993

Implied Assumption Of A Reasonable Risk: Much Ado About Nothing Or Radical Departure In California Law?, Stephanie M. Wildman

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No abstract provided.


Big Mother: The State's Use Of Mental Health Experts In Dependency Cases, George J. Alexander Apr 1993

Big Mother: The State's Use Of Mental Health Experts In Dependency Cases, George J. Alexander

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No abstract provided.


Zoe Baird, Betrayal And Fragmentation, Susan Grover Apr 1993

Zoe Baird, Betrayal And Fragmentation, Susan Grover

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No abstract provided.


“Thirty Pieces Of Silver” For The Rights Of Your People: Irresistible Offers Reconsidered As A Matter Of State Constitutional Law, William W. Van Alstyne Apr 1993

“Thirty Pieces Of Silver” For The Rights Of Your People: Irresistible Offers Reconsidered As A Matter Of State Constitutional Law, William W. Van Alstyne

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No abstract provided.


The Employer's Fetal Injury Quandary After Johnson Controls, Susan Grover Apr 1993

The Employer's Fetal Injury Quandary After Johnson Controls, Susan Grover

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No abstract provided.


Creating An Expert System For Legislative History Research: Project Clear's 'Lexpert', I. Trotter Hardy Apr 1993

Creating An Expert System For Legislative History Research: Project Clear's 'Lexpert', I. Trotter Hardy

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Professor Hardy describes techniques that help to automate the creation of Lexpert, an expert system for giving advice about legislative history research.


The Future Of Transfer Taxation: Repeal, Restructuring And Refinement, Or Replacement, John E. Donaldson Apr 1993

The Future Of Transfer Taxation: Repeal, Restructuring And Refinement, Or Replacement, John E. Donaldson

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No abstract provided.


Uniformity In The Federal Courts: A Proposal For Increasing The Use Of En Banc Appellate Review, Michael Ashley Stein Apr 1993

Uniformity In The Federal Courts: A Proposal For Increasing The Use Of En Banc Appellate Review, Michael Ashley Stein

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No abstract provided.


Analysis Of Weighted Fan-Out/Fan-In Volume Holographic Interconnections, Gregory P. Nordin, P. Asthana, B. Keith Jenkins, A. R. Tanguay Mar 1993

Analysis Of Weighted Fan-Out/Fan-In Volume Holographic Interconnections, Gregory P. Nordin, P. Asthana, B. Keith Jenkins, A. R. Tanguay

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The feasibility of employing volume holographic techniques for the implementation of highly multiplexed weighted fan-out/fan-in interconnections is analyzed on the basis of interconnection fidelity, optical throughput, and complexity of recording schedule or implementation hardware. These feasibility criteria were quantitatively evaluated using the optical beam propagation method to numerically simulate the diffraction characteristics of volume holographic interconnections recorded in a linear holographic material. We find that conventional interconnection architectures (that are based on a single coherent optical source) exhibit a direct trade-off between interconnection fidelity and optical throughput on the one hand, and recording schedule or hardware complexity on the other. …


Legislative Process And Commerical Law: Lessons From The Copyright Act Of 1976 And The Uniform Commercial Code, William J. Woodward Jr., Harold R. Weinberg Feb 1993

Legislative Process And Commerical Law: Lessons From The Copyright Act Of 1976 And The Uniform Commercial Code, William J. Woodward Jr., Harold R. Weinberg

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No abstract provided.


Besov-Spaces On Domains In Rd, Ronald A. Devore, Robert C. Sharpley Feb 1993

Besov-Spaces On Domains In Rd, Ronald A. Devore, Robert C. Sharpley

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No abstract provided.


In-Medium Behavior Of The Qcd ϴ Term And The Value Of Cp Violation In Nuclei, Vladimir Gudkov Feb 1993

In-Medium Behavior Of The Qcd ϴ Term And The Value Of Cp Violation In Nuclei, Vladimir Gudkov

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The expectation value of the θ term in QCD for nuclear matter is estimated in the nucleon gas approximation. There is no significant renormalization (to an accuracy ∼10%) of the CP violation in nuclei due to the similar behaviors for the in-medium values of the θ term and quark condensates.


Partisan Monetary Policies: Presidential Influence Through The Power Of Appointment, Henry W. Chappell, Thomas M. Havrilesky, Rob Roy Mcgregor Feb 1993

Partisan Monetary Policies: Presidential Influence Through The Power Of Appointment, Henry W. Chappell, Thomas M. Havrilesky, Rob Roy Mcgregor

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We investigate the channels through which partisan influence from a Presidential administration could affect monetary policy-making.Influence could be a result of direct Presidential pressure exerted on members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), or it could be a result of partisan considerations in Presidential appointments to the Board of Governors. To investigate these two channels of influence, we devise and apply a method for estimating parameters of monetary policy reaction functions that can vary across individual members of the FOMC Our results suggest that the appointments process is the primary mechanism by which partisan differences in monetary policies arise.