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A Note On Generators Of Least Degree In Gorenstein Ideals, Matthew Miller, Rafael H. Villarreal Feb 1996

A Note On Generators Of Least Degree In Gorenstein Ideals, Matthew Miller, Rafael H. Villarreal

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Re-Tailoring Jury Trial Rights, Richard C. Reuben Feb 1996

Re-Tailoring Jury Trial Rights, Richard C. Reuben

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The debate over improving the civil justice system has gone through many permutations over the years. Discovery, punitive damages and alternative dispute resolution are but a few of the paths that have been pursued. A case argued to the U.S. Supreme Court in January addresses the question from yet another-and potentially a more fundamental direction: the reach of the Seventh Amendment's guarantee of a jury trial in civil cases in federal court.

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Variable-Complexity Trellis Decoding Of Binary Convolutional Codes, David W. Matolak, S. G. Wilson Feb 1996

Variable-Complexity Trellis Decoding Of Binary Convolutional Codes, David W. Matolak, S. G. Wilson

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Considers trellis decoding of convolutional codes with selectable effort, as measured by decoder complexity. Decoding is described for single parent codes with a variety of complexities, with performance "near" that of the optimal fixed receiver complexity coding system. Effective free distance is examined. Criteria are proposed for ranking parent codes, and some codes found to be best according to the criteria are tabulated, Several codes with effective free distance better than the best code of comparable complexity were found. Asymptotic (high SNR) performance analysis and error propagation are discussed. Simulation results are also provided.

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The Rationality Of Economic Voting Revisited, Motoshi Suzuki, Henry W. Chappell Feb 1996

The Rationality Of Economic Voting Revisited, Motoshi Suzuki, Henry W. Chappell

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Examines the rationality of economic voting, using post-World War II United States national election data.

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Social Construction And White Attitudes Toward Equal Opportunity And Multiculturalism, Michael W. Link, Robert W. Oldendick Feb 1996

Social Construction And White Attitudes Toward Equal Opportunity And Multiculturalism, Michael W. Link, Robert W. Oldendick

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As the United States moves from being a predominantly biracial to a multiracial society, racial attitudes continue to become more diverse and more complex. Scholars need to address these changes not only in terms of black and white Americans, but also how these changes involve and affect other racial groups, particularly Asian and Hispanic Americans. This inquiry looks at some of these complexities by examining how social construction differentials in the minds of white Americans affect their attitudes toward the issues of equal opportunity and multiculturalism. The analysis shows that differences in the cognitive images whites hold of minority groups …

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Effects Of Assembly And Mutations Outside The Active Site On The Functional Ph Dependence Of Escherichia Coli Aspartate Transcarbamylase, Xiaoling Yuan, Vince J. Licata, Norma M. Allewell Jan 1996

Effects Of Assembly And Mutations Outside The Active Site On The Functional Ph Dependence Of Escherichia Coli Aspartate Transcarbamylase, Xiaoling Yuan, Vince J. Licata, Norma M. Allewell

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Electrostatics are central to the function and regulation of Escherichia coli aspartate transcarbamylase, and modeling has suggested that long range electrostatic effects are likely to be important (Glackin, M. P., McCarthy, M. P., Mallikarachchi, D., Matthew, J. B., and Allewell, N. M. (1989) Proteins Struct. Funct. Genet. 5, 66-77; Oberoi, H., Trikha, J., Yuan, X., and Allewell, N. M. (1995) Proteins Struct. Funct. Genet., in press). To investigate this possibility from an experimental standpoint, we have examined the effects both of assembly and of removing ionizable and polar side chains outside the active site (Glu-50, Tyr-165, and Tyr-240) on the …

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Newsbreak: Sda Theologians Meet With Non-Adventist Sabbathkeepers, Samuele Bacchiocchi Jan 1996

Newsbreak: Sda Theologians Meet With Non-Adventist Sabbathkeepers, Samuele Bacchiocchi

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Spectrum Generating Operators And Intertwining Operators For Representations Induced From A Maximal Parabolic Subgroup, Thomas Branson, Gestur Ólafsson, Bent Ørsted Jan 1996

Spectrum Generating Operators And Intertwining Operators For Representations Induced From A Maximal Parabolic Subgroup, Thomas Branson, Gestur Ólafsson, Bent Ørsted

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We present a new method of calculating intertwining operators between principal series representations of semisimple Lie groups G. Working in the compact realization we find the eigenvalues of the operators on the K-types, and give several examples. Among the advantages of our method is its applicability to bundle-valued cases. © 1996 Academic Press, Inc.

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Partnerships As A Potential Means Of Increasing The Production Of Hardwood Timber On Nipf Lands In North Mississippi, John J. Curry, Steven H. Bullard, G. Wayne Kelly Jan 1996

Partnerships As A Potential Means Of Increasing The Production Of Hardwood Timber On Nipf Lands In North Mississippi, John J. Curry, Steven H. Bullard, G. Wayne Kelly

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North Mississippi has significant hardwood timber resources. Hardwood timber in the region has traditionally been an important source of raw material for furniture and other wood-based industries. In recent years, however, demand has greatly increased for hardwood timber for use in the pulp and paper industry, resulting in increased harvest levels of pole-sized and small sawtimber-sized hardwoods in the region. Increased harvests of hardwood timber have given rise to concerns about the longerterm availability of hardwoods that are large enough in size to be efficiently converted into lumber and other solid wood products. Futures options, futures contracts, leases, and limited …

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Total And Partial Stand-Level Yield Prediction For Loblolly And Slash Pine Plantations In East Texas, J. David Lenhart Jan 1996

Total And Partial Stand-Level Yield Prediction For Loblolly And Slash Pine Plantations In East Texas, J. David Lenhart

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Observations from East Texas Pine Plantation Research Project permanent plots in loblolly (Pinus taeda L.) and slash (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) pine plantations throughout East Texas were utilized to develop methods to estimate stand-level yield values. Predicted yields are volume in cubic feet and green weight in pounds. Predictor variables for total yield are plantation age, site index (base age 25 yr) and surviving trees per acre. Partial yield is derived using total yield and plantation quadratic mean diameter in conjunction with specified threshold dbh and upper stem dob values. Expected total yield per acre is converted to partial yield per …

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Literature-Based Reading Instruction: Problems, Possibilities & Polemics In The Struggle To Change, James V. Hoffman, Sarah J. Mccarthy, Judy A. Abbott, Debra Bayles, Bonnie Elliott, Angela Ferree, Debra Price Jan 1996

Literature-Based Reading Instruction: Problems, Possibilities & Polemics In The Struggle To Change, James V. Hoffman, Sarah J. Mccarthy, Judy A. Abbott, Debra Bayles, Bonnie Elliott, Angela Ferree, Debra Price

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Concerns are being raised in both professional literature as well as in the popular press regarding certain aspects of the literature-based movement. Here we report on findings from a longitudinal study of a group of first -grade teachers who have been attempting (with varying degrees of success)to introduce literature-based teaching strategies into their classrooms. We inspect the experiences of these teachers in relation to four areas of concern that have been raised regarding literature-based teaching: 1. skills instruction; 2.guided reading strategies; 3. literature selection;and 4. thematic teaching (or curriculum integration). We describe classroom practices and the 9 problems and possibilities …

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Linear Programming With Inequality Constraints Via Entropic Perturbation, Jacob Tsao, Shu-Cherng Fang Jan 1996

Linear Programming With Inequality Constraints Via Entropic Perturbation, Jacob Tsao, Shu-Cherng Fang

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A dual convex programming approach to solving linear programs with inequality constraints through entropic perturbation is derived. The amount of perturbation required depends on the desired accuracy of the optimum. The dual program contains only non-positivity constraints. An ϵ-optimal solution to the linear program can be obtained effortlessly from the optimal solution of the dual program. Since cross-entropy minimization subject to linear inequality constraints is a special case of the perturbed linear program, the duality result becomes readily applicable. Many standard constrained optimization techniques can be specialized to solve the dual program. Such specializations, made possible by the simplicity of …

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A Simple Model For Nonequilibrium Fluctuations In A Fluid, Alejandro Garcia, F. Baras, M. Malek Mansour Jan 1996

A Simple Model For Nonequilibrium Fluctuations In A Fluid, Alejandro Garcia, F. Baras, M. Malek Mansour

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Presents a train model that shows the long-range spatial correlations of fluctuations in nonequilibrium fluid systems. Illustration of model through analysis of flat-car trains running on parallel tracks; Simulation of train model in computers; Theoretical analysis for fluctuations in the train model; Relationship between train model and the fluctuating hydrodynamic theory of fluids.

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The Interactive Effects Of Disability, Race, And Gender On Job Placement Decisions, Dianna Stone, Erik Eddy, Megumi Hosoda, Scott Behson Jan 1996

The Interactive Effects Of Disability, Race, And Gender On Job Placement Decisions, Dianna Stone, Erik Eddy, Megumi Hosoda, Scott Behson

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Coded Modulation For Satellite Broadcasting, Robert H. Morelos-Zaragoza, Oscar Y. Takeshita, Hideki Imai, Marc P. C. Fossorier, Shu Lin Jan 1996

Coded Modulation For Satellite Broadcasting, Robert H. Morelos-Zaragoza, Oscar Y. Takeshita, Hideki Imai, Marc P. C. Fossorier, Shu Lin

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In this paper, three-level block coded 8-PSK modulations, suitable for satellite broadcasting of digital TV signals, are presented. A design principle to achieve unequal error protection is introduced. The coding scheme is designed in such a way that the information bits carrying the basic definition TV signal have a lower error rate than the high definition information bits. The large error coefficients, formally associated with standard mapping by set partitioning, are reduced by considering a nonstandard partition of an 8-PSK signal set. The bits-to-signal mapping induced by this partition allows the use of suboptimal low-complexity soft-decision decoding of binary block …

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Theological Librarianship: Toward A Profile Of A Profession, Andrew J. Keck, Rashelle S. Karp Jan 1996

Theological Librarianship: Toward A Profile Of A Profession, Andrew J. Keck, Rashelle S. Karp

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Theology touches almost everyone at one time or another. The librarians who maintain, preserve, and disseminate theological information are critical to the perpetuation of theological study and enlightenment. However, the literature of librarianship is strangely silent on the topic of theological librarianship and especially on issues that are unique to theological librarians--those who work with theologically or religiously focused collections or libraries that support the education and training of people preparing for the ministry.

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Effects Of Wage Discrimination On Employment And Firm's Location, Yeung-Nan Shieh Jan 1996

Effects Of Wage Discrimination On Employment And Firm's Location, Yeung-Nan Shieh

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Partners & Partnerships - Recent Developments, Annette M. Nellen, H. Burton Jan 1996

Partners & Partnerships - Recent Developments, Annette M. Nellen, H. Burton

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Instructional Support And Demands: Helping Teachers Help Students Meet Increasing Academic Standards, Amy Strage, Robert G. Curley Jan 1996

Instructional Support And Demands: Helping Teachers Help Students Meet Increasing Academic Standards, Amy Strage, Robert G. Curley

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Suggests a framework for pre-service and in-service teachers to help them think about the constellation of demands new policy initiatives would impose on students. Kinds of instructional supports; Compensations; Theme of problems; Re-examination of data.

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Infection And Fungal Development Of Tubakia Dryina On Sweet Gum (Liquidambar Styraciflua), Josephine Taylor, Shane Clark Jan 1996

Infection And Fungal Development Of Tubakia Dryina On Sweet Gum (Liquidambar Styraciflua), Josephine Taylor, Shane Clark

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Infection and fungal development of Tubakia dryina were investigated on leaves of sweet gum using a combination of microscopic techniques. Conidia of T. dryina adhered to the leaf surface and formed septate germ tubes. Germ tubes terminated in small appressoria that formed directly over epidermal cells. Intra- and intercellular hyphae ramified extensively throughout the leaf tissue. Host cells associated with the infection site became necrotic and collapsed, resulting in macroscopic disease symptoms.

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Adaptations Facilitating Facultative Oophagy In The Gray Rat Snake, Elaphe Obsoleta Spiloides [Abstract], Stephen J. Mullin Jan 1996

Adaptations Facilitating Facultative Oophagy In The Gray Rat Snake, Elaphe Obsoleta Spiloides [Abstract], Stephen J. Mullin

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Dietary Overview Of Hemidactylus Turcicus With Possible Implications Of Food Partitioning, Daniel Saenz Jan 1996

Dietary Overview Of Hemidactylus Turcicus With Possible Implications Of Food Partitioning, Daniel Saenz

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A stomach content analysis was conducted on Hemidactylus turcicus, the Mediterranean gecko, from 19 April 1990 to 15 October 1990, on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas. Geckos (N = 167) were placed into four size groups based on snout-vent-length (5 29 mm, 30-39 mm, 40-49 mm, and z 50 mm) and three microhabitat groups based on perch height (those occupying perch sites < 1.52 m, 2 1.52 m to 5 3.05 m, and > 3.05 m). Stomach contents were analyzed and sex, size, and microhabitat groups were compared using Schoener's percent overlap index. Volumetrically, the most important prey items taken were Orthoptera, Lepidoptera, and Isopoda. Geckos of …

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Statutory Interpretation In Securities Jurisprudence: A Failure Of Textualism, Ediberto Román Jan 1996

Statutory Interpretation In Securities Jurisprudence: A Failure Of Textualism, Ediberto Román

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This Article critiques the development of textualist theory in securities jurisprudence and analyzes the Central Bank decision as an example of the defects inherent in the application of a textualist approach. It demonstrates how the development of textualist securities jurisprudence stemmed from decisions that casually rejected precedent and mischaracterized existing law, thereby resulting in a distortion of the legislature’s intent. An analysis of the Securities Exchange Act demonstrates how the Central Bank Court’s approach towards statutory interpretation led to its failure to analyze other relevant Exchange Act provisions, including the most relevant provision – Section 20(a). The first section of …

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A Symposium Precis, Thomas E. Baker Jan 1996

A Symposium Precis, Thomas E. Baker

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Higher-Order Associative Processing In Hermissenda Suggests Multiple Sites Of Neuronal Modulation., Ronald F. Rogers, Louis D. Matzel Jan 1996

Higher-Order Associative Processing In Hermissenda Suggests Multiple Sites Of Neuronal Modulation., Ronald F. Rogers, Louis D. Matzel

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Two important features of modern accounts of associative learning are (1) the capacity for contextual stimuli to serve as a signal for an unconditioned stimulus (US) and (2) the capacity for a previously conditioned (excitatory) stimulus to "block" learning about a redundant stimulus when both stimuli serve as a signal for the same US. Here, we examined the process of blocking, thought by some to reflect a cognitive aspect of classical conditioning, and its underlying mechanisms in the marine mollusc Hermissenda. In two behavioral experiments, a context defined by chemosensory stimuli was made excitatory by presenting unsignalled USs (rotation) in …

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Chain Of Custody, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1996

Chain Of Custody, Paul C. Giannelli

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Teaching The Elephant To Dance: Privatizing The Fda Review Process, Elizabeth Price Foley, Elizabeth C. Price Jan 1996

Teaching The Elephant To Dance: Privatizing The Fda Review Process, Elizabeth Price Foley, Elizabeth C. Price

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Considers the implications of privatizing the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) review of the safety and efficacy of medical devices and drugs. Concludes that the FDA's flaws - namely, a risk avoidance culture and autocratic style of regulation - can only be accomplished by breaking the agency's monopolization of this review function.

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Atta Texana, Texas Leaf-Cutting Ant, On Typic Quartzipsamments: Ecological Considerations, David L. Kulhavy, W. G. Ross, R. R. Cahal Iii Jan 1996

Atta Texana, Texas Leaf-Cutting Ant, On Typic Quartzipsamments: Ecological Considerations, David L. Kulhavy, W. G. Ross, R. R. Cahal Iii

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Pine plantations on Typic Quartzipsamments in East Texas are difficult to establish. Forest management options following clearcutting are limited. An 8-year regeneration study of the growth and survival of loblolly, Pinus taeda, L. shortleaf, P. echinata Mill., slash, P. elliotii Engelm and longleaf pines P. palustris Mill. was conducted to determine optimum tree species and treatments for reforestation, and to recommend practical alternative land uses and management strategies for Typic Quartzipsamments. Successful regeneration provides new opportunities for insects and pathogens. Impacts of the Nantucket pine tip moth, R}iyacionia frustrana (Comstock), the Deodar weevil, Pissodes nemorensis, Germar, Annosus root rot, Heterobasidion …

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Predicting Survival Of East Texas Loblolly And Slash Pine Plantations Infected With Fusiform Rust, J. David Lenhart, A. Beth Vaughn, Adams D.E. Jan 1996

Predicting Survival Of East Texas Loblolly And Slash Pine Plantations Infected With Fusiform Rust, J. David Lenhart, A. Beth Vaughn, Adams D.E.

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Repeated measurement during 1982-1992 of East Texas Pine Plantation Research Project permanent plots in loblolly( Pinus taedaL .) and slash( Pinus elliottii Engelm.) pine plantations throughout East Texas were used to develop equations for predicting the future number of trees per acre. A typical condition of East Texas pine plantations is the incidence of fusiform rust( Cronatrium quercuum [Berk.] Miyabe ex Shirai f. sp. fusiforme). A regression procedure for fitting nonlinear systems of equations was used to fit survival models that considered the possibility that trees with no rust galls on the stem could either (1) remain uninfected and alive, …

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Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Nesting Success, Forest Structure, And Southern Flying Squirrels In Texas, Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer Jan 1996

Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Nesting Success, Forest Structure, And Southern Flying Squirrels In Texas, Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer

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For several decades general opinion has suggested that southern flying squirrels (Gluucomys volans) have a negative effect on Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) through competition for cavities and egg/nestling predation. Complete removal of hardwood trees from Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavity tree clusters has occurred on some forests because southern flying squirrel abundance was presumed to be associated with the presence and abundance of hardwood vegetation. In some locations, southern flying squirrels have been captured and either moved or killed in the name of Red-cockaded Woodpecker management. We determined southern flying squirrel occupancy of Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavities in loblolly (Pinus taeda)-shortleaf (P. echinata) …

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