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Time Present, Time Past, Time Future: Understanding The Scope Of Discovery In Texas Courts, William V. Dorsaneo Iii, Elizabeth Thornburg Jan 1992

Time Present, Time Past, Time Future: Understanding The Scope Of Discovery In Texas Courts, William V. Dorsaneo Iii, Elizabeth Thornburg

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

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Effective Modes For Encouraging Faculty Involvement In Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development, Carol I. Lund Jan 1992

Effective Modes For Encouraging Faculty Involvement In Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development, Carol I. Lund

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The integration of vocational and academic classes is often recognized as an effective method to motivate students and involve them in career preparation. This is also a goal of the dropout prevention efforts of many school districts. In Baker County, Florida, as in other districts, teacher participation in integrative efforts is recognized as a crucial factor. This project examines curricula and instructional and leadership practices that led to the successful implementation of academic and vocational integration in a Florida middle school. The resultant success and modus operandi may be used as a model for encouraging faculty involvement in interdisciplinary curriculum …

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Presumed General Compensatory Damages In Constitutional Tort Litigation: A Corrective Justice Perspective, Jean C. Love Jan 1992

Presumed General Compensatory Damages In Constitutional Tort Litigation: A Corrective Justice Perspective, Jean C. Love

Faculty Publications

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William James And The Art Of Human Understanding, David E. Leary Jan 1992

William James And The Art Of Human Understanding, David E. Leary

Psychology Faculty Publications

This article proposes (a) that William James (1842-1910), one of the founders of philosophical pragmatism as well as psychological science, developed a distinctive theory of human understanding, according to which all knowledge, including scientific knowledge, is ultimately based on "the finding of analogy"; (b) that this theory of human understanding underlay both his psychological and philosophical thought; and (c) that this theory depended on his artistic sensibility and experience. James's native artistic ability and interests are discussed, and his period as an artist's apprentice in the early 1860s is depicted as particularly salient to the development of his system of …

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Mathematical Modeling, Trajectory And Vibrations Control Of A Three Link Flexible Robot, Satish Jupudi Jan 1992

Mathematical Modeling, Trajectory And Vibrations Control Of A Three Link Flexible Robot, Satish Jupudi

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The objective of this thesis is to study the dynamics and control of a three link flexible robot. The Lagrange equations are used for deriving the equations of motion of this three link flexible robot. The equations of motion of this robot are derived by using a mathematical and symbolic manipulation software known as MACSYMA. The vibration mode shapes are approximated by using assumed mode method. A PID 'proportional, integral and differential' controller is used in this system to control the input torques to obtain desired joint angles trajectory. Linear stabilizers are introduced to suppress the vibrations of the links …

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Ambrose Bierce: Between Politics And Philosophy, Jeffrey Raymond Macmillan Jan 1992

Ambrose Bierce: Between Politics And Philosophy, Jeffrey Raymond Macmillan

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study examines the political thought of Ambrose Bierce. Because of his aversion to Gilded Age politics, Bierce did not participate in the political process. As a result, his political thought must be considered from an ideological or philosophical perspective; Examination of his views suggests Bierce was a philosophical conservative much like the "father" of British conservative thought, Edmund Burke. Though many political historians argue American political culture has never contained elements of British conservatism, others claim there has always existed a small strain of Burkean conservatism throughout American political history. This study supports the latter view by holding the …

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The Japanese-American Dilemma: A Comparison Of Their Relationship Within George Modelski's Theoretical Framework Of Long Cycles, Valerie Jean Pelton Jan 1992

The Japanese-American Dilemma: A Comparison Of Their Relationship Within George Modelski's Theoretical Framework Of Long Cycles, Valerie Jean Pelton

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The objective of this thesis is to address the nature of Japanese-American bilateral relations in the twentieth century. An adaptation of George Modelski's theory of global long cycles is the tool used to analyze the relationship. This adaptation gives a broader evaluation of the relationship and provides a basis for predicting possible economic shifts. The focus of the analysis is an exploration of whether changes occurring in the post-1980s lay the ground work for a new stage of friction similar to that of the interwar period. Specifically, the argument is that the United States is in a period of decline …

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Analysis Of Automatic Guided Vehicles And Self-Guided Vehicles For Hospital Foodservice, Michael Andrew Roden Jan 1992

Analysis Of Automatic Guided Vehicles And Self-Guided Vehicles For Hospital Foodservice, Michael Andrew Roden

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis analyzes the relative merits of "Automatic Guided Vehicles" (AGVs) and "Self Guided Vehicles" (SGVs) in the area of hospital foodservice; Data is derived from the bids of Apogee Robotics for their Orbiter{dollar}\sp{\rm TM}{dollar} system (AGV) and Transitions Research Corp for the HelpMate{dollar}\sp{\rm TM}{dollar} self guided robot, to Humana Hospital Sunrise. The major difference between the two systems is that the AGV can carry a full Dietary cart with thirty trays but is limited to a pre-laid track system. Conversely HelpMate has a map of the facility programmed in its memory and can roam anywhere, but is only able …

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A Comparative Analysis Of Human Skeletal Remains From Parowan Fremont, Virgin Anasazi, And Kayenta Anasazi Archaeological Sites, Heidi Roberts Jan 1992

A Comparative Analysis Of Human Skeletal Remains From Parowan Fremont, Virgin Anasazi, And Kayenta Anasazi Archaeological Sites, Heidi Roberts

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Human skeletal remains from the prehistoric Parowan Fremont, Virgin Anasazi, and Kayenta Anasazi cultural traditions are examined, to quantify differences in skeletal parameters and burial practices. Statistical comparisons show no significant differences in skeletal metric traits among the 125 individuals studied; While most individuals examined were healthy, the prevalence of periostitis, osteitis, and linear enamel hypoplasia was found to be highest among Virgin Anasazi individuals. Two other pathologies, porotic hyperostosis and cribra orbitalia, were most common among the Kayenta sample and least among the Parowan Fremont sample; From literature review and new data, much variability was found in mortuary practices. …

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Sampling Inner Experience In The Learning Disabled Population, Barbara Lynn Schamanek Jan 1992

Sampling Inner Experience In The Learning Disabled Population, Barbara Lynn Schamanek

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The inner experience of four learning disabled individuals and three undiagnosed individuals, ages 24 to 40 years, was investigated using the method of descriptive inner experience sampling (Hurlburt, 1990). This method requires that the subject "freeze" moments of inner experience when signaled by a randomly programmed beeping device, and write down the thoughts, feelings, images and/or other inner experiences occurring at that precise moment. Within 24 hours, the subject met with the experimenter and discussed in detail each sampled moment. The experimenter then prepared descriptions of each sampled moment, which were examined for salient characteristics which emerged from these descriptions. …

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High Current Coaxial Ion Beam/Laser Beam Spectrometer, Qiang Tu Jan 1992

High Current Coaxial Ion Beam/Laser Beam Spectrometer, Qiang Tu

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The construction and operation of a new apparatus for making spectroscopic investigations of molecular ions is described. In the new ion beam machine, the ion beam and laser beam overlap in a coaxial geometry. The machine has much higher ion current than an apparatus previous used. The laser beam induces transitions between internal states of the molecular ion. The transitions are detected by allowing the ion beam to collide with background gas and detecting the surviving ion beam current. Because the cross-section depends on the internal state of the ion, the surviving ion beam current will change when the laser …

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Isotope Hydrology Of Lehman And Baker Creeks Drainages, Great Basin National Park, Nevada, Stephen Yaw Acheampong Jan 1992

Isotope Hydrology Of Lehman And Baker Creeks Drainages, Great Basin National Park, Nevada, Stephen Yaw Acheampong

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Environmental isotope techniques have been used to study the water resources in Great Basin National Park in Nevada in an attempt to understand the recharge and mixing characteristics of the creeks, lakes and shallow groundwater in the park. The results have been used to trace the sources of the springs and creek discharges and also to determine the isotopic behavior of the alpine lakes, as well as groundwater exchange with the lakes; Winter snow is the major contributor to groundwater and makes up about 80% of groundwater recharge while summer rains contribute about 20%; The isotopic compositions of the lakes …

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Is The Conservation Of Classical Liberal Thought Inherent In The Doctrine Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints?, Thomas Godwin Chapman Jan 1992

Is The Conservation Of Classical Liberal Thought Inherent In The Doctrine Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints?, Thomas Godwin Chapman

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The thesis of this paper is that the conservation of classical liberal thought is inherent within the doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; I initially define the political concepts of classical liberalism and conservatism to determine a standard by which to measure the thesis of this paper; Next, I examine fundamental events that shaped both the religious and political foundations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Next, authoritative LDS scripture is examined to reveal classical liberal and conservative tenets inherent therein. Specifically, three relevant political concepts from the Book of Mormon are scrutinized: …

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The Political Economy Of Iran: A Conceptual, Theoretical And Historical Analysis, Stacey Whitmore Hanlon Jan 1992

The Political Economy Of Iran: A Conceptual, Theoretical And Historical Analysis, Stacey Whitmore Hanlon

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis is a case study of the political economy of Iran from 1963 to the present. It analyzes the interactions of the political and economic spheres, and the effects of those interactions on political development within Iran. For Political development is viewed in terms of a system's capacity to respond to economic and political demands placed upon it by the population. Various theories of political economy are reviewed in the first chapter, and their applicability to Iran's system is discussed throughout the work. The interaction between existing economic and political systems in Iran, their transformation over time, and the …

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The Effect Of Amino Acid Supplementation On Weight, Body Composition, Muscle Size, And Muscle Strength In Amateur Weightlifters, Lisa Anne Martin-Risucci Jan 1992

The Effect Of Amino Acid Supplementation On Weight, Body Composition, Muscle Size, And Muscle Strength In Amateur Weightlifters, Lisa Anne Martin-Risucci

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Fifteen amateur weightlifters, between the ages of 21 and 35 years, volunteered to participate in a study to determine the effect of an amino acid supplement on muscle size, muscle strength, body composition, and body weight. A blind protocol was followed in which eight of the participants were administered the amino acid supplement and seven received a placebo. Each subject was tested before and immediately after the ten week experimental period for height, weight, skinfolds, hydrostatic weighing, body circumferences, static strength, and dynamic strength; Post supplementation, independent T tests indicated that the differences in percent body fat, weight, circumference measurements, …

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Self-Stabilizing Network Protocols, Eugene Outley Jan 1992

Self-Stabilizing Network Protocols, Eugene Outley

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

A network protocol is a specific type of a distributed system since it is somewhat loosely connected and communicates with the other processes in the network via message passing over the communication links of the network; A hard real-time system requires that the termination of each task occur within a predefined time limit in order to maintain system integrity; The global state of the system depends on the state of each processor in the system which is determined by the values of the variables and the messages contained in the channel(s) common to that processor. The set of global states …

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Model Linkages Between A Hazardous Waste Transportation Impact/Risk Assessment Model And A Transportation Planning Model In A Geographic Information System Environment, Justin Paul Rasas Jan 1992

Model Linkages Between A Hazardous Waste Transportation Impact/Risk Assessment Model And A Transportation Planning Model In A Geographic Information System Environment, Justin Paul Rasas

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Several computer models are currently available that can address portions of nuclear waste transportation analysis. However, no single computer model is currently available to permit an integrated analysis that provides effective graphical display of results and product generation. One model available for analysis related to the transport of hazardous material is Radtran. Radtran requires difficult to obtain data and its outputs are presented in a tabular format. A travel demand model, such as Tranplan, can provide some of the data required for Radtran analysis, but the format of its output is not in a form Radtran can readily use. For …

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Shared Comedic Elements Of Three Plays In Modern American Theater: "Six Degrees Of Separation", "I'M Not Rappaport", And "Broadway Bound", Paul S Terry Jan 1992

Shared Comedic Elements Of Three Plays In Modern American Theater: "Six Degrees Of Separation", "I'M Not Rappaport", And "Broadway Bound", Paul S Terry

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis examines three successful American comedy plays which were produced within the last decade. The plays include Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport, which won three Tony awards including best actor and best play for the 1985-86 Broadway season; Neil Simon's Broadway Bound, which premiered on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in December of 1986 to strong reviews; and John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation which opened off-Broadway at the Lincoln Center and was named best new play of the 1990-91 season by the New York Drama Critics Circle; Each of these plays demonstrate both strong comedic and dramatic elements. …

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Sensor-Based Automated Path Guidance Of A Robot Tool, Anietie Udo Ukpong Jan 1992

Sensor-Based Automated Path Guidance Of A Robot Tool, Anietie Udo Ukpong

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The objective of the research is to develop a robot capability for a simultaneous measurement of the orientation (surface normal) and position of a 3-dimensional unknown object for a precise tool path guidance and control. The proposed system can guide the robot manipulator while maintaining specific orientation between the robot end-effector and the workpiece and also generate a measured geometric CAD database; The first phase involves the computer graphics simulation of an automated guidance and control of a robot tool using the proposed scheme. In the simulation, an object of known geometry is used for camera image data generation and …

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The Recurring Appeals Of The Mormon Rhetorical Vision, Arthur Thomas Challis Jan 1992

The Recurring Appeals Of The Mormon Rhetorical Vision, Arthur Thomas Challis

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study investigates the recurring appeals of the Mormon rhetorical vision, appeals that help account for the growth of the Mormon Church which is now eight million; Bormann's Fantasy Theme Analysis, a communication model that explains how small groups develop imaginative ideas and concepts called fantasy themes that form rhetorical visions and chain out to society, is the overall methodology used in investigating the Mormon vision, while Fisher's narrative fidelity and coherence, and Rieke and Sillars' American Value Systems are used as procedural enhancements to Bormann's model; This rhetorical vision displays fidelity with three American value systems while partaking in …

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The Structure, Conduct, And Performance Of Nevada's Slot Route Industry, Benedict Dell'orto Jan 1992

The Structure, Conduct, And Performance Of Nevada's Slot Route Industry, Benedict Dell'orto

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The four largest firms in the Nevada slot route industry control over 70 percent of the industry. Its structure was shown to be highly concentrated using the Herfindahl-Herschman index; The individual slot route operators appear to conduct themselves in a non-competitive manner by differentiating their respective products. Each firm in the industry established their own niche either through product or service differentiation; Firms in concentrated industries tend to earn monopoly profits. Yet, using Tobin's q and Jensen's coefficient, we show that Nevada's slot route firms did not earn excess profits, despite the high degree of industrial concentration; The presence of …

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Returns To Scale In College And University Student Health Centers: A Cobb-Douglas Approach, Frank A Dieterich Jan 1992

Returns To Scale In College And University Student Health Centers: A Cobb-Douglas Approach, Frank A Dieterich

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study examined returns to scale for the production of health services in college and university student health centers. Estimation was done using the Cobb-Douglas production function. The results of this study present evidence that supports the hypothesis of decreasing returns to scale across the set of sampled observations of student health centers.

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Reduction And Analysis Of Vla Maps For 281 Radio-Loud Quasars Using The Cray Y-Mp Supercomputer, Ailian Ding Jan 1992

Reduction And Analysis Of Vla Maps For 281 Radio-Loud Quasars Using The Cray Y-Mp Supercomputer, Ailian Ding

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The thesis reports the reduction and analysis of Very Large Array snapshot observations at 6 cm with the A and C arrays of 192 and 192 + 89 radio sources associated with quasars. The sample includes all of the candidates for the complete samples of radio-loud quasars discussed by Wills and Lynds (1978). The routine reduction included two passes of phase self-calibration. Maps were made with image size of 512 x 512. The A (C) array maps have 0.1 (1.3) arcsec cell sizes, with 0.1 to 0.2 (0.2 to 0.4) mJy/Beam rms noise and dynamic ranges of a few thousand. …

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Comparison Of Three Scoring Procedures Within Context-Dependent Item Sets, Pamela Ann Henderson Jan 1992

Comparison Of Three Scoring Procedures Within Context-Dependent Item Sets, Pamela Ann Henderson

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

It has been theorized and evidenced that traditional reliabilities calculated on tests consisting of context-dependent item sets yield inflated estimates. However, the degree of inflated reliability for different scoring techniques has not been observed. This study scored three context-dependent item sets as stand-alone items and as separate item sets using three different scoring techniques; number-right, polyweighting and the three-parameter IRT logistic model. Differences in reliability estimates for the stand-alone and item set treatment were determined for each scoring procedure and compared. These three scoring procedures were also compared to determine which procedure yielded the highest reliability and validity estimates and …

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Participative Decision Making In Bismarck Public Schools, Ruth Huovinen Jan 1992

Participative Decision Making In Bismarck Public Schools, Ruth Huovinen

Theses and Dissertations

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A Study Of Perceptions Of Special And Regular Education Teachers About Integration Of Handicapped Children, Gwyn K. Marback-Tschosik Jan 1992

A Study Of Perceptions Of Special And Regular Education Teachers About Integration Of Handicapped Children, Gwyn K. Marback-Tschosik

Theses and Dissertations

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Frail Parents, Robust Duties, Hilde Lindemann Nelson Jan 1992

Frail Parents, Robust Duties, Hilde Lindemann Nelson

Utah Law Review

The American College of Emergency Physicians recently reported that as many as 100,000 to 200,000 geriatric patients are abandoned each year in emergency rooms across the country. At San Francisco General Hospital alone, three to four such patients are abandoned each week, often suffering from dementia or other ailments that impose serious burdens on their families. As the human life span is extended in postindustrial societies, those who used to die now grow old and often infirm, yet the younger population, the prop and mainstay of old age, is shrinking proportionately. Care for the aged has begun to be a …

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Fitness Tests As Opportunities For Cognitive Learning : Teaching Body Fatness Concepts While Skinfold Testing, Albert C. Williams Jan 1992

Fitness Tests As Opportunities For Cognitive Learning : Teaching Body Fatness Concepts While Skinfold Testing, Albert C. Williams

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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A Study Of Critical Thinking In One Associate Degree Nursing Program, Margaret Kotek Jan 1992

A Study Of Critical Thinking In One Associate Degree Nursing Program, Margaret Kotek

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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The Complicated Web: Mediating Cultures In The Works Of Louise Erdrich, P. Jane Hafen Jan 1992

The Complicated Web: Mediating Cultures In The Works Of Louise Erdrich, P. Jane Hafen

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Louise Erdrich is a mixed blood Turtle Mountain Chippewa, educated in the dominant culture. Her volumes of poetry, Jacklight and Baptism of Desire, express a personal and narrative voice that reflects her tribal, European, Catholic, and educational heritage. Her well received novels, co-authored with her husband, Michael Dorris, are poetic in their language. Love Medicine and Tracks abound in myth, irony, humor, and contemporary Chippewa issues. The Beet Queen and The Crown of Columbus, incorporate Euroamerican settings and characters while disclosing Native American characteristics of oral rhetoric and tribal community. The trickster archetype in Erdrich's works incorporates survival humor, moral …

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