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The "Facts" Of Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction, William P. Marshall Jan 1985

The "Facts" Of Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction, William P. Marshall

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No abstract provided.


Quantum Electrodynamics Based On Self-Energy: Lamb Shift And Spontaneous Emission Without Field Quantization, A. O. Barut, Jean F. Van Huele Jan 1985

Quantum Electrodynamics Based On Self-Energy: Lamb Shift And Spontaneous Emission Without Field Quantization, A. O. Barut, Jean F. Van Huele

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The theory of radiative processes in quantum theory is formulated on the basis of self-energy, in analogy to classical radiation theory, and is explicitly carried out for the calculation of the Lamb shift and spontaneous emission.


The Doctrine Of The Rule Of Law In The Twentieth Century, Noel B. Reynolds Jan 1985

The Doctrine Of The Rule Of Law In The Twentieth Century, Noel B. Reynolds

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The concept of rule of law has been recognized repeatedly in twentieth century political and philosophical discussion, but with a constantly shifting meaning. In this paper we document most of the serious contributions to thought about rule of law before 1985 as a background to further work on the topic.


Interpreting Plato's Euthyphro And Meno, Noel B. Reynolds Jan 1985

Interpreting Plato's Euthyphro And Meno, Noel B. Reynolds

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Plato's decision to use heuristic drama (in the tradition of Aeschylus and Sophocles) as a vehicle for his philosophical teachings forces the serious reader to make a careful examination of the literary elements of the dialogues. Plato's basic reason for using this literary form is to provide guidance for the interpretation of the content. As Kitto has observed, "In a great work of art, whether a play, a picture, or a piece of music, the connexion between the form and the content is so vital that the two may be said to be ultimately identical." It is therefore counterproductive to …


The Return Of The Nomad: An Analysis Of The Process Of Nomadization In Jordan, Oystein S. Labianca Jan 1985

The Return Of The Nomad: An Analysis Of The Process Of Nomadization In Jordan, Oystein S. Labianca

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No abstract provided.


A Compendium Of Proposals To Reform The United States Courts Of Appeals, Thomas E. Baker Jan 1985

A Compendium Of Proposals To Reform The United States Courts Of Appeals, Thomas E. Baker

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Judge Ginsburg has provided a judge's-eye view of the work of a United States Court of Appeals in her Dunwody Lecture.'From her perspective as a judge on the District of Columbia Circuit, she has done a fine job describing the process of deciding appellate cases and composing a reasoned decision. But simply describing" things as they are" in the decisional process will not suffice in this article for two reasons. First, Judge Ginsburg has already done that, as have other judges.


Eighth Amendment Challenges To The Length Of A Criminal Sentence: Following The Supreme Court “From Precedent To Precedent”, Thomas E. Baker, Fletcher N. Baldwin Jr Jan 1985

Eighth Amendment Challenges To The Length Of A Criminal Sentence: Following The Supreme Court “From Precedent To Precedent”, Thomas E. Baker, Fletcher N. Baldwin Jr

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Defendant A was convicted twice previously of felonies and sentenced to prison for fraudulent use of a credit card ($80.00) and for passing a forged check ($28.36). Upon his third felony conviction for obtaining money by false pretenses ($120.75), he received a mandatory life sentence under a state recidivist statute.


Dependence Of Fishery Species On Salt Marshes: The Role Of Food And Refuge, Donald F. Boesch, R. Eugune Turner Dec 1984

Dependence Of Fishery Species On Salt Marshes: The Role Of Food And Refuge, Donald F. Boesch, R. Eugune Turner

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Salt marshes are widely believed to serve as nurseries for many fishes and crustaceans of fishery value as a result of the high production of vascular plant detritus and the protection from predation offered by shallow, spatially complex habitats. Comparisons of the yields of species which reside in salt marsh habitats during critical life history stages (such as penaeid shrimp) with the area of such habitats and their greater densities in flooded marshes and associated tidal creeks support the premise that marshes enhance the yield of such species. A range of evidence, including the amount of detrital export from marshes, …


Raman Microprobe Determination Of Local Crystal Orientation In Laser Annealed Silicon, J. B. Hopkins, L. A. Farrow, G. J. Fisanick Dec 1984

Raman Microprobe Determination Of Local Crystal Orientation In Laser Annealed Silicon, J. B. Hopkins, L. A. Farrow, G. J. Fisanick

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In this letter we discuss the application of polarization selective Raman microprobe spectroscopy to the detailed, nondestructive analysis of the local crystal orientation of a polycrystalline silicon sample grown over SiO 2 pads and laser annealed. Intensity measurements taken as a function of input polarization angle are fit to an expression derived from the Raman scattering selection rules to calculate the angles by which the crystal structure is twisted within the original substrate plane, as well as the degree of tipping of the crystal plane away from the plane of the Si substrate.


The Gyroscope Test Of Relativity, B. M. Barker, R. F. O'Connell Dec 1984

The Gyroscope Test Of Relativity, B. M. Barker, R. F. O'Connell

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No abstract provided.


Political Education And The History Of Political Thought, Daniel R. Sabia Dec 1984

Political Education And The History Of Political Thought, Daniel R. Sabia

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Texts designed to introduce political science students to the history of political thought or to past political theories have been commonplace in the discipline, as have disputes about their pedagogical utility or justifiability, and methodological debates concerning their adequacy or legitimacy. In an effort to address these disputes and some of these debates, I construct three models of historiographical inquiry. Each model represents a particular approach, and each is defined in terms of three common features. The methodological debates are joined both indirectly and directly: indirectly by identifying clearly the majorfeatures and purposes of these approaches, and directly by consideration …


Absence Of Minimum Metallic Conductivity In Gd(3-X)Vxs4 At Very Low Temperature And Evidence For A Coulomb Gap, S. Washburn, Richard A. Webb, S. Von Molnar, F. Holtzberg Nov 1984

Absence Of Minimum Metallic Conductivity In Gd(3-X)Vxs4 At Very Low Temperature And Evidence For A Coulomb Gap, S. Washburn, Richard A. Webb, S. Von Molnar, F. Holtzberg

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Gd(3-x)vxS4 provides a convenient analog of a compensated semiconductor in which, for x≃0.3, the mobility edge can be tuned smoothly through the Fermi energy by the application of a magnetic field. The results of a search for a minimum metallic conductivity demonstrate that, down to T=6 mK, the metal-insulator transition is smooth. In the insulating regime, the temperature dependence of the conductivity was more consistent with the theory of mutual interactions than with the theory of pure localization.


The Gift Of Peace, Samuele Bacchiocchi Nov 1984

The Gift Of Peace, Samuele Bacchiocchi

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No abstract provided.


William Miller - A Natural Leader Part 2: The William Miller Legacy, C. Mervyn Maxwell Oct 1984

William Miller - A Natural Leader Part 2: The William Miller Legacy, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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No abstract provided.


Magnetoresistance Of Small, Quasi-One-Dimensional, Normal-Metal Rings And Lines, C. P. Umbach, S. Washburn, R. B. Laibowitz, Richard A. Webb Oct 1984

Magnetoresistance Of Small, Quasi-One-Dimensional, Normal-Metal Rings And Lines, C. P. Umbach, S. Washburn, R. B. Laibowitz, Richard A. Webb

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The magnetoresistance of sub-0.4-μm-diam Au and Au60Pd40 rings was measured in a perpendicular magnetic field at temperatures as low as 5 mK in search of simple, periodic resistance oscillations that would be evidence of flux quantization in normal-metal rings. However, instead of simple oscillations, a very complex structure developed in the magnetoresistance at low temperatures. Fourier analysis of all the data did not reveal convincing evidence for flux quantization in the rings. Complex structure similar to that observed in the rings was also found in the magnetoresistance of short, narrow, Au and Au60Pd …


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.


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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No abstract provided.


New Federalism In Education: The Meaning Of The Chicago School Desegregation, Neal Devins, James B. Stedman Oct 1984

New Federalism In Education: The Meaning Of The Chicago School Desegregation, Neal Devins, James B. Stedman

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No abstract provided.


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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No abstract provided.


William Miller - A Natural Leader Part 1, C. Mervyn Maxwell Sep 1984

William Miller - A Natural Leader Part 1, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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No abstract provided.


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 …


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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No abstract provided.


Deformation And Linkage Of Gorenstein Algebras, Andrew R. Kustin, Matthew Miller Aug 1984

Deformation And Linkage Of Gorenstein Algebras, Andrew R. Kustin, Matthew Miller

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General double linkage of Gorenstein algebras is defined. Rigidity, genericity, and regularity up to codimension six all pass across general double linkage. Rigid strongly unobstructed codimension four Gorenstein algebras which lie in different Herzog classes are produced.


The Expectation Of Success Using A Monte Carlo Factoring Method – Some Statistics On Quadratic Class Numbers, Duncan A. Buell Jul 1984

The Expectation Of Success Using A Monte Carlo Factoring Method – Some Statistics On Quadratic Class Numbers, Duncan A. Buell

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A method has been proposed for factoring an integer N by using the structure of the class groups of quadratic fields of radicand – kN for various small multipliers k. We discuss the method and an implementation of the method, and various theoretical questions which have an impact on the practical use of the method in factoring. Some of the theoretical questions relate to the nature of class numbers and class groups; we present extensive statistical results on the class numbers and class groups of imaginary quadratic fields.


Administrative Law, Paul A. Lebel Jul 1984

Administrative Law, Paul A. Lebel

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This survey of Eleventh Circuit administrative law decisions covers the law applicable to the administrative agencies, rather than the law applied by those agencies. The substantive law administered by the agencies is beyond the scope of this survey. The surveyed cases may be broken down into two major categories: decisions relating to administrative decisionmaking and decisions concerning judicial review of administrative actions.


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.


The Parameters Of Constitutional Reconstruction: Slaughter-House, Cruikshank, And The Fourteenth Amendment, Robert C. Palmer Jul 1984

The Parameters Of Constitutional Reconstruction: Slaughter-House, Cruikshank, And The Fourteenth Amendment, Robert C. Palmer

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No abstract provided.


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 …


Mediation Paradigms And Professional Identities: Can Mediators Activate A New Movement For Justice?, John M. Lande Jun 1984

Mediation Paradigms And Professional Identities: Can Mediators Activate A New Movement For Justice?, John M. Lande

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This article, written early in the modern ADR era, provided a framework for developing the mediation field. It begins by elaborating William Simon’s critique of the “ideology of advocacy.” Simon argues that the adversary system is supposed to foster values of individuality, autonomy, responsibility, and dignity, but it often undermines those values in practice. This article catalogs a “parade of horribles” experienced by disputants, attorneys, judges, and the public. These include unequal access to justice, procedural rules that frustrate substantive justice, a narrow set of available remedies, a game psychology undermines respect for law and justice, parties’ alienating experience in …


On The Differentiability Of Functions In Rn, Ronald A. Devore, Robert C. Sharpley Jun 1984

On The Differentiability Of Functions In Rn, Ronald A. Devore, Robert C. Sharpley

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No abstract provided.