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Notes On A Bicentennial Constitution, Part I: Processes Of Change, William W. Van Alstyne Oct 1984

Notes On A Bicentennial Constitution, Part I: Processes Of Change, William W. Van Alstyne

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With the approach of the Bill of Rights bicentennial, this paper takes the cause for celebration as an equally important occasion for critique. This work argues that the most distinguishing aspects of our Constitution are not the Bill of Rights, federalism, and separation of powers, but rather the availability of judicial review, the political insulation of federal judges, and the limited mechanisms available for constitutional change.

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Six Copyright Theories For The Protection Of Computer Object Programs, I. Trotter Hardy Oct 1984

Six Copyright Theories For The Protection Of Computer Object Programs, I. Trotter Hardy

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Uranium Mining And Milling In Virginia: An Analysis Of Regulatory Choice, Ronald H. Rosenberg Oct 1984

Uranium Mining And Milling In Virginia: An Analysis Of Regulatory Choice, Ronald H. Rosenberg

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Characterization Of Glycated Proteins By 13C Nmr Spectroscopy, Carolyn I. Neglia, Helga J. Cohen, Albert R. Garber, Suzanne R. Thorpe, John W. Baynes Sep 1984

Characterization Of Glycated Proteins By 13C Nmr Spectroscopy, Carolyn I. Neglia, Helga J. Cohen, Albert R. Garber, Suzanne R. Thorpe, John W. Baynes

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13C NMR spectroscopy has been used to characterize Amadori (ketoamine) adducts formed by reaction of [2-13C]glucose with free amino groups of protein. The spectra of glycated proteins were acquired in phosphate buffer at pH 7.4 and were interpreted by reference to the spectra of model compounds, N alpha-formyl-N epsilon-fructose-lysine and glycated poly-L-lysine (GlcPLL). The anomeric carbon region of the spectrum (approximately 90-105 ppm) of glycated cytochrome c was superimposable on that of N alpha-formyl-N epsilon-fructose-lysine, and contained three peaks characteristic of the alpha- and beta-furanose and beta-pyranose anomers of Amadori adducts to peripheral lysine residues on protein (pK alpha approximately …

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Point Of View: Image Quality From A Non-Engineering Viewpoint, Harry Mathias Aug 1984

Point Of View: Image Quality From A Non-Engineering Viewpoint, Harry Mathias

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Isee/Ice Data Reduction And Analysis: Magnetic Fields, Edward J. Smith, Douglas E. Jones, George L. Siscoe, Bruce T. Tsurutani Jul 1984

Isee/Ice Data Reduction And Analysis: Magnetic Fields, Edward J. Smith, Douglas E. Jones, George L. Siscoe, Bruce T. Tsurutani

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In accordance with the instructions provided by GSFC, the work has been divided into a number of individual study tasks. For each task, a brief narrative description and a budget are provided. Task I, the Core Task, is treated as a single task. Task II, concerning the comet, is a single task. Task III is subdivided into three major categories: (A) on-going interplanetary studies begun in prior years (B) on-going magnetotail studies begun in FY'84 and (C) new studies proposed for FY'85 and '86.

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George Orwell: Socialist Or Liberal?. Big Brother And The Abuse Of Power., Noel B. Reynolds Jun 1984

George Orwell: Socialist Or Liberal?. Big Brother And The Abuse Of Power., Noel B. Reynolds

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For although he was too strongly independent in his thinking to accept the Marxist or socialist dogmas of his associates, because they did not seem to square with experience, and though he admired the tough resistance of English character and legal institutions to tyranny, Orwell never did tumble to the understanding of man and government which had shaped each over the centuries. Failing to see the constants in human nature as the key to the political problem, he looked around the world both as he perceived it and his literary fellows portrayed it, and concluded that power lust was the …

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Isotropy Group Description Of A Phase Transition In Nano3, W. Scott Stornetta, Dorian M. Hatch Jun 1984

Isotropy Group Description Of A Phase Transition In Nano3, W. Scott Stornetta, Dorian M. Hatch

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Predictions of the possible post-transition symmetries of an R 3c zone center continuous phase transition are made using recent extensions of the Landau theory. The Landau theory is summarized and direct group theoretical methods are applied to the R 3c phase. General techniques for solving systems of nonlinear polynomial equations are reviewed and these techniques are applied to the minimization of the free energy F for the aforementioned possible symmetries. The results of the direct methods and the minimization procedures are shown to be compatible. It is shown that the transition to R 3c in NaNO3 is consistent with the …

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The Chronology Of The Hebrew Kings, Edwin R. Thiele May 1984

The Chronology Of The Hebrew Kings, Edwin R. Thiele

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The Electoral Fortunes Of Gubernatorial Incumbents: 1947-1981, Mark E. Tompkins May 1984

The Electoral Fortunes Of Gubernatorial Incumbents: 1947-1981, Mark E. Tompkins

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I break down gubernatorial electoral outcomes into expected vote and short-term changes, using an intrastate baseline measure. Employing these measures, I find evidence of period effects in the role played by incumbency, including the growth in its importance in the last decade. Incumbents' gains are most notable in first reelection contest, but tail off in subsequent races. Moreover, these advantages are more pronounced after a two-year term than after a four-year term. Other factors influencing incumbents' success are less clear in their impact: Sabato's measure of reputation is associated with electoral gains, but increasing state bureaucratization appears more weakly linked.

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Error-Bounds For Gaussian Quadrature And Weighted-L1 Polynomial Approximation, Ronald A. Devore, L R. Scott Apr 1984

Error-Bounds For Gaussian Quadrature And Weighted-L1 Polynomial Approximation, Ronald A. Devore, L R. Scott

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Error bounds for Gaussian quadrature are given in terms of the number of quadrature points and smoothness properties of the function whose integral is being approximated. An intermediate step involves a weighted-L' polynomial approximation problem which is treated in a more general context than that specifically required to bound the Gaussian quadrature error.

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Bob Jones University V. U.S.: A Political Analysis, Neal Devins Apr 1984

Bob Jones University V. U.S.: A Political Analysis, Neal Devins

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Women Lawyers: Perspectives On Success, Dorothy Glancy Apr 1984

Women Lawyers: Perspectives On Success, Dorothy Glancy

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International Relations Theory, Foreign Policy Substitutability, And "Nice" Laws, Benjamin A. Most, Harvey Starr Apr 1984

International Relations Theory, Foreign Policy Substitutability, And "Nice" Laws, Benjamin A. Most, Harvey Starr

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Two logical problems appear to have impeded the development of an integrative understanding of international and foreign policy phenomena. The first has to do with the potential for foreign policy substitutability: through time and across space, similar factors could plausibly be expected to trigger different foreign policy acts. The second concerns the potential existence of “sometimes true,” domain-specific laws. It is the logical opposite of the substitution problem, suggesting that different processes could plausibly be expected to lead to similar results. Neither problem appears to be well understood in the current literature; if anything, both are ignored. Nevertheless, they are …

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An Approach For Projecting Mixed-Species Forest Growth And Mortality, Steven H. Bullard Jan 1984

An Approach For Projecting Mixed-Species Forest Growth And Mortality, Steven H. Bullard

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Mixed-species forests are common throughout the United States and growth and yield models are needed which reflect complex interrelationships. A stand-table projection approach with upgrowth and mortality components is presented for modeling growth and development in such forests. The method involves concepts previously used to model mixed-species diameter growth, in the upgrowth component of the projection system. Tentative equation forms arc presented to help clarify the general approach.

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A Case For Heuristic Optimization Methods In Forestry, Steven H. Bullard, W. David Klemperer Jan 1984

A Case For Heuristic Optimization Methods In Forestry, Steven H. Bullard, W. David Klemperer

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With rising competition for scarce resources, forest managers are increasingly concerned with estimating optimal solutions to complex problems. Heuristic procedures are often useful in solving such problems.

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The Synthesis And Characterization Of Some Fluoride Perovskites, An Undergraduate Experiment In Solid State Chemistry, Richard H. Langley, Colleen K. Schmitz, Maureen B. Langley Jan 1984

The Synthesis And Characterization Of Some Fluoride Perovskites, An Undergraduate Experiment In Solid State Chemistry, Richard H. Langley, Colleen K. Schmitz, Maureen B. Langley

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In light of the increasing importance of solid state chemistry, an experiment dealing with at least some aspects of this rapidly expanding area should he included in advanced chemistry laboratories. Herein is described one of the experiments that we have developed to meet this need. This experiment was designed for a senior level integrated chemistry lab taken by all our chemistry majors. Normally six to eight hours are needed to complete this experiment. This experiment deals with the synthesis and characterization of a perovskite. Perovskites were chosen because compounds with this structure are important in solid state technology, and since …

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Antitrust And Employer Restraints In Labor Markets, Robert H. Jerry Ii Jan 1984

Antitrust And Employer Restraints In Labor Markets, Robert H. Jerry Ii

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This Article argues that the Sherman Act regulates concerted employer activity in the labor market only if such activity restrains or attempts to restrain the product market. After discussing the legislative history of the Act, the Article examines and synthesizes two conflicting lines of cases. Finally, the Article suggests how courts should dispose of challenges to employer conduct and posits the basis for a unified theory of labor-antitrust law.

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Recent Developments In Kansas Insurance Law: A Survey, Some Analysis, And Some Suggestions, Robert H. Jerry Ii Jan 1984

Recent Developments In Kansas Insurance Law: A Survey, Some Analysis, And Some Suggestions, Robert H. Jerry Ii

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For most of us the "small world" of insurance law, as it reflects and responds to changes in the "larger world," is also becoming increasingly complex. Part I of this article discusses cases involving questions of contract formation and termination; Part II concerns issues involving the performance of obligations arising out of the insurance contract; Part III studies several cases involving the construction and interpretation of contract language; Part IV is devoted solely to automobile insurance issues; finally, Part V discusses a few detached ideas.

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Who Volunteers For Adult Development Research? Research Findings And Practical Steps To Reach Low Volunteering Groups, Michael Todd, Keith E. Davis, Thomas P. Cafferty Jan 1984

Who Volunteers For Adult Development Research? Research Findings And Practical Steps To Reach Low Volunteering Groups, Michael Todd, Keith E. Davis, Thomas P. Cafferty

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The present study is an attempt to determine volunteering bias in racial, gender, and age groups in an adult development study. Samples were drawn from three different types of organizations in the Columbia, South Carolina SMSA. Volunteering rates were calculated as a function of the number eligible to participate in three age groups: 1) young adult (aged 20-25); 2) middle adult (aged 40-45); and 3) old (aged 60-80). The middle group volunteered at a higher rate than the other two age groups, but this effect was restricted to the white sample. Women volunteered more readily than men, but not among …

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Preface By The Dean, Dale A. Whitman Jan 1984

Preface By The Dean, Dale A. Whitman

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It will no surprise to readers of this Journal that in recent years there has been an enormous increase of interest by lawyers in non-litigous methods of resolving disputes. We have seen a vast proliferation of newsletters, magazines, bar association committees, and other organs.

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Arthur L. Corbin: His Kansas Connection, Robert H. Jerry Ii Jan 1984

Arthur L. Corbin: His Kansas Connection, Robert H. Jerry Ii

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When a farm-born Kansan becomes one of the great teachers, authors, and scholars in the history of Anglo-American law, the story of his Kansas connection is worth noting in a law review published in his native state. This is the story of Arthur L. Corbin's early years and of his life-long fondness for the university where his quest for excellence began.

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid Base Compositions, And Homology Of 'Microcyclus', Spirosoma, And Similar Organisms, J. M. Larkin, R. Borrall Jan 1984

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Base Compositions, And Homology Of 'Microcyclus', Spirosoma, And Similar Organisms, J. M. Larkin, R. Borrall

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New Settlement Statute: Its History And Effect, David A. Fischer Jan 1984

New Settlement Statute: Its History And Effect, David A. Fischer

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The statute concerning releases in multiple tortfeasor cases was amended to encourage settlements in two ways. It protects the settling tortfeasor from future liability for contribution, and it protects the settling claimant from having future judgments against non-settling tortfeasors reduced by more than an amount ascertainable at the time of the settlement. This article discusses the operation of the new statute and its relation to the law of contribution, indemnity, and comparative fault in Missouri.

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1991: A Fourth Amendment Odyssey, Gerald F. Uelmen Jan 1984

1991: A Fourth Amendment Odyssey, Gerald F. Uelmen

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The Three-Dimensional Structure Of Retinol-Binding Protein., M. E. Newcomer, T. A. Jones, J. Aqvist, J. Sundelin, U. Eriksson, L. Rask, P. A. Peterson Jan 1984

The Three-Dimensional Structure Of Retinol-Binding Protein., M. E. Newcomer, T. A. Jones, J. Aqvist, J. Sundelin, U. Eriksson, L. Rask, P. A. Peterson

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The complex of retinol with its carrier protein, retinol-binding protein (RBP) has been crystallized and its three-dimensional structure determined using X-ray crystallography. Its most striking feature is an eight-stranded up-and-down beta barrel core that completely encapsulates the retinol molecule. The retinol molecule lies along the axis of the barrel with the beta-ionone ring innermost and the tip of the isoprene tail close to the surface.

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External Labelling Of Glycoproteins From First-Trimester Human Placental Microvilli, S. J. Fisher, M. S. Leitch, R. A. Laine Jan 1984

External Labelling Of Glycoproteins From First-Trimester Human Placental Microvilli, S. J. Fisher, M. S. Leitch, R. A. Laine

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The brush-border glycoproteins of first-trimester human placentas were investigated by using two external labelling techniques: (1) sequential digestion with neuraminidase and galactose oxidase, followed by reduction with NaB3H4, which 3H-labels terminal galactose and galactosaminase residues; and (2) sequential treatment with periodate and NaB3H4, which 3H-terminal sialic acid residues. The labelling procedures were performed on intact tissue so that the results would more closely approximate the topography of the bursh border in vivo. The microvilli were isolated, subjected to sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, and the [3H]glycoproteins detected by fluorography. Densitometer scans of the fluorograms of the [3H]galactoproteins showed that, under reducing …

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Relationship Between Final Temperature, Thaw Rate, And Quality Of Bovine Semen, J. E. Chandler, C. F. Ruiz, R. W. Adkinson, K. L. Koonce Jan 1984

Relationship Between Final Temperature, Thaw Rate, And Quality Of Bovine Semen, J. E. Chandler, C. F. Ruiz, R. W. Adkinson, K. L. Koonce

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Relationships between thaw rate, thaw bath time, and initial bath and final seminal temperature with coefficients of determination .99 and .97 were: bath time = −.01 + 220.25(1/thaw rate); initial bath temperature = final seminal temperature − 7.29 + 390.05(1/bath time). Ejaculates from 10 bulls were split and processed in egg yolk-citrate-glycerol, egg yolk-Tris-glycerol, and whole milk-glycerol. All semen was packaged and frozen in .5-ml French straws at −196°C. Sixteen thaw treatments consisted of factorial combinations of four final seminal temperatures and four thaw rates. Treatments were assessed by post-thaw acrosomal integrity after 3-h 37°C incubation. Seminal quality improved with …

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On The Order-Theoretical Foundation Of A Theory Of Quasicompactly Generated Spaces Without Separation Axiom, Karl H. Hofmann, Jimmie D. Lawson Jan 1984

On The Order-Theoretical Foundation Of A Theory Of Quasicompactly Generated Spaces Without Separation Axiom, Karl H. Hofmann, Jimmie D. Lawson

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A Hausdorff space X is said to be compactly generated (a /e-space) if and only if the open subsets V of X are precisely those subsets for which K n V is open in K for all compact subsets of K of X. We interpret this property as a duality property of the lattice 0{ X) of open sets of X, This view point allows the introduction of the concept of being quasicompactly generated for an arbitrary sober space X. The methods involve the duality theory of up-complete semilattices, and certain inverse limit constructions. In the process, we verify that …

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A Harnack Estimate For Real Normal Surface Singularities, William A. Adkins Jan 1984

A Harnack Estimate For Real Normal Surface Singularities, William A. Adkins

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According to Harnack’s theorem the number of topological components of the real part of a nonsingular projective curve X defined over R is at most g(X) + 1, where g(X) is the genus of X. The purpose of the present paper is to present two estimates which can be considered analogs of Harnack’s theorem for normal surface singularities defined over R. © 1984 by Pacific Journal of Mathematics.

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