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Reviews, Paula Disante, Wayne G. Hammond, Nancy-Lou Patterson

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

The 1997 Tolkien Calendar. HarperPrism. Reviewed by Paula DiSante.

The Starlit Jewel. Avalon Rising. Reviewed by Paula DiSante.

Letters of C.S. Lewis. C.S. Lewis. Ed. by W.H. Lewis and Walter Hooper. Reviewed by Wayne G. Hammond.

Tolkien - A Critical Assessment. Brian Rosebury. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis, Man and Writer: Essays and Reviews. George Musacchio. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Quotable Lewis. Wayne Martindale and Jerry Root. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Figure of Beatrice: A Study in Dante. Charles Williams. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

An Inklings Bibliography (57), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Entries 42–59 in this series are written by Hammond (Tolkien material) and Christopher (Lewis and other material). See Hammond, Wayne G., for one later entry in this series.

Latino Youth Substance Use And Abuse: Some Findings From The Hispanic Health And Nutrition Examination Survey., Colmar De Von Figueroa-Moseley

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Taking Aim At Canned Hunts Without Catching Game Ranches In The Crossfire, Jamie Elizabeth Wrage

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Cupola, 1997, Western New England College

Yearbooks

Western New England University was founded in 1919 as the Springfield Division of Northeastern University. The senior yearbooks bore the name of Northeastern University in some way until 1953. The yearbook was given its present day title, The Cupola, in 1961. Yearbooks contain photos of graduating seniors, campus events, student clubs and organizations, faculty and staff, athletic teams and events, and other memorable occasions from the academic year.

Alumni Communicator, Winter 1997, Wnec Alumni Association

Alumni Magazines

No abstract provided.

Daytonian 1997, University Of Dayton

University Yearbooks

University of Dayton student yearbook. Early yearbooks cover St. Mary's Institute. Annual publication of the Daytonian began in 1923; it was not published in 1929, 1932-1934 and 1944. Short volumes highlighting the graduating class were published in 1930, 1931 and 1945 under different titles.

Pecan Grove Review Volume 2, St. Mary's University

Pecan Grove Review

Creative writings by students, faculty, and staff of the St. Mary's University community.

Profiling Esl Children: How Teachers Interpret And Use National And State Assessment Frameworks: Volume 3: The Eastern States Case Studies, Michael P. Breen, Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Beverly Derewianka, Helen House, Catherine Hudson, Tom Lumley, Mary Rohl

Research outputs pre 2011

No abstract provided.

Breaking The Glass Border: Barriers To Global Careers For Women Managers, Catherine R. Smith, Leonie V. Still

Research outputs pre 2011

The identification and placement of managers who can meet the business challenges at both local and international level is critical to the success of a company's overseas operations. North American and British research shows that, while organisations may be prepared to promote women into their domestic managerial hierarchy, few women currently have access to international careers through expatriate management appointments. This report describes an investigation of the selection, placement and management development by Australian organisations of women for international managerial assignments. Interest in this topic arose from the outcomes of the Industry Task Force on Leadership and Management Skills (1995), …

Copyright And International Trips Compliance (Symposium: Fifth Annual Conference On International Intellectual Property Law And Policy), Shira Perlmutter, Jerome H. Reichman, Whitmore Gray

Other Publications

MS. PERLMUTTER: We have heard today about copyright in two different regions of the world, in Central and Eastern Europe' and in China. In recent years there has been an increasing convergence in the substance of national laws in different regions of the world. One of the major factors has been the TRIPs Agreement? I will focus on the current efforts toward implementing the TRIPs Agreement, and this will be a procedure-oriented talk.

The Interaction Of The Division Order And The Lease Royalty Clause., Laura H. Burney

St. Mary's Law Journal

Because lease royalty clauses, which establish the obligation of the lessee to pay royalties to the lessor, generally fail to include the details necessary to calculate a lessor’s royalty, lessee or third party purchasers historically have implemented a division order. An additional document in the payment process, the division order protects against a lessee or third party purchaser’s liability for conversion or failure to account properly. Recent court of appeals and Supreme Court of Texas opinions provide an analysis of the interaction of the lease royalty clause and the division order under Texas statutory and case law. The awkward wording …

The Prospects For Challenging U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy In Light Of The World Court's Advisory Opinion On The Legality Of The Threat Or Use Of Such Weapons Comment., Stephen Gordon

St. Mary's Law Journal

In an opinion, the World Court concluded “the threat or use of nuclear weapons would generally be contrary to the rules of international law,” the only exception being “in an extreme circumstance of self-defense, where survival of a State is at stake.” The Court’s opinion could read as prohibiting the most common ways the United States incorporated nuclear weapons into its defense strategy. First, it may prevent the United States from using such weapons again legally. Second, if the opinion does not render using nuclear weapons illegal in all circumstances, it might prohibit the United States from ever being the …

Immigration Reform: Seeking The Right Reasons., Lamar Smith, Edward R. Grant

St. Mary's Law Journal

The legacy of immigration to the United States permeates the debate over current immigration policy. Because our self-definition as a nation is at stake in this debate, the issue of immigration arouses our deepest sentiments regarding the communities in which we live. We do not need to search far back in our history to find examples of imprudent law-making. Both the 1924 and 1925 immigration laws were motivated in large part by purposes which eventually undermined the principles on which they rested. These acts serve as prime examples of how employing erroneous reasons to enact even well-intentioned laws can be …

Writing In The Margins: Brennan, Marshall, And The Inherent Weaknesses Of Liberal Judicial Decision-Making Essay., Donna F. Coltharp

St. Mary's Law Journal

From 1967, when Thurgood Marshall took his seat as Supreme Court Justice, until 1990, when William Brennan, Jr. vacated his seat, the two Justices formed one of the most consistent liberal voting blocs in the history of the Court. Both Justices were judicial activists who labored in the tradition of Legal Realism. Although both Brennan and Marshall recognized the interpretation and application of the law as purposeful exercises, they differed in their approach to the task. Marshall, for instance, appealed to social consensus stating that his views were supported by society. Furthermore, Marshall strongly believed that the Constitution is a …

Abandoned Frozen Embryos And Texas Law Of Abandoned Personal Property: Should There Be A Connection Comment., Lynne M. Thomas

St. Mary's Law Journal

In vitro fertilization (“IVF”) has become almost commonplace in society. The widespread utilization of IVF and cryopreservation raises new questions with respect to ownership and disposition of embryos. This legal confusion may be addressed by either crafting specific regulations for that particular technology as its implications become apparent, or by applying current law. IVF first began in Great Britain, and the British Parliament passed a law mandating destruction of abandoned frozen embryos five years after cryopreservation. Destruction of the embryos potentially caused the loss of reproduction capability for those persons whose embryos were destroyed. While the number of abandoned frozen …

Performance Of Composite Piping Systems: Thermal, Fire Endurance, And Joining Characteristics., Michael Andre Stubblefield

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Composite piping systems are becoming the "System of Choice" in many applications previously the domain of metallic piping systems. For full acceptability and usage of these composite piping systems, new innovative approaches must be developed. Three areas of development are addressed; (i) thermal efficiency, (ii) fire endurance, and (iii) joining techniques. In the development of the energy conserving composite pipe, the thermal contact resistance acts as an additional insulating layer. A model and device to predict and measure the contact resistance for a pipe system has been developed. A corrugated layer, which acts as an enhanced contact resistance layer, forms …

Biostratigraphic And Paleoenvironmental Significance Of Jurassic Microfossils From Romania., Andrei Tudoran

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Foraminifera and ostracods from eight measured sections and three wells located in Romania (Apuseni Mountains, central Carpathian and foreland units) were analyzed. Major Jurassic microfaunal evolutionary events are recorded and biozonations of regional value, based on assemblage zones, are established for the Toarcian of the Apuseni Mountains and the Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian of the Scythian Platform. Microfauna has been calibrated to ammonite zones in the Bratca and Munteana sections, and the Caraorman West F11/7 well. Criteria such as (1) presence/absence of large benthic foraminifera with complex internal structure, (2) paleobiogeographic affinities of smaller foraminifera and ostracods, and (3) distribution of important lithofacies …

Photoemission Studies Of Magnetic Systems., Krishnan Subramanian

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

I have studied the electronic structure of thin films by photoelectron spectroscopy. My results show that even a monolayer film of Ni/Cu(001) exhibits bulk-like electronic structure and resembles that of bulk Ni. In order to better understand this result, I tracked the sp-band dimension at the Fermi surface of the Ni films for various coverages. For submonolayer coverages of Ni, the sp-band dimension was smaller than that of bulk Cu, but quickly reached that of bulk Ni by 1.2 ML Ni coverage. This continuous decrease implies a charge transfer from the Cu substrate to the Ni film, resulting in a …

Evaluation Of Sampling Gear For Predicting Harvest Size, Yield And Incidence Of Stunting In Crawfish Ponds., Jimmy Lee Avery

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Dip-nets, test traps and experimental drop samplers were evaluated for their potential to predict crawfish (Procambarus spp.) yields and size distribution at harvest. Field studies were conducted at the Rice Research Station, LSU Agricultural Center, Crowley, Louisiana, between 1991 and 1996 in 82 (0.16-0.2 ha) earthen impoundments. Fields were managed to simulate rice-crawfish systems typical of the southwestern and south-central Louisiana. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine the relationship among catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) of sampling gear (alone and in combination) with respect to yield in weight (kg/ha), yield in number (crawfish/ha) and size distribution at harvest. Relative abundance of …

Peroxynitrite Mediated Oxidations: Spin Trap Studies; Nitration And Hydroxylation Of Phenol Result From Different Intermediates; Co(2) Catalyzes The Decomposition Of Peroxynitrite., Jean-Noel Lemercier

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In the first project the spin trap DMPO was used to probe for the production of hydroxyl radicals from peroxynitrite. Peroxynitrite reacts with DMPO to give $\sp\cdot$DMPO-OH, suggesting that $\sp\cdot$DMPO-OH results from a reaction between DMPO and HOONO or between DMPO and an activated intermediate of HOONO. Thiols produce a large increase in the $\sp\cdot$DMPO-OH signal intensity. Experiments employing SOD suggest that this increase results from the decomposition of $\sp\cdot$DMPO-OOH. These results are incompatible with the decomposition of peroxynitrite to form $\sp\cdot$OH but suggest that an intermediate of HOONO is produced that is less reactive and more selective than the …

Integrated Pest Management Tactics For Control Of Cabbage Looper And Diamondback Moth In Cabbage., Paul Wesley Ivey

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Population density estimates, yield data, damage rating, and marketability of cabbage were used to assess the effectiveness of integrating several control tactics--an action threshold, host plant resistance, intercropping (companion planting), microbial control, and pesticide use reduction--for managing the diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (L.), and the cabbage looper (CL), Trichoplusia ni (Hubner), in cabbage and in protecting beneficial arthropods. An action threshold of six DBM larvae per plant was inadequate for making insecticide application decisions because cabbage plots treated based on this action threshold had significantly higher densities of CL and DBM larvae, higher damage rating and yield loss, and …

The Evolution Of Landscapes And Lineages In Pitcher Plants And Their Moths., Margaret Ellen Oard

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Pitcher plants and pitcher plant moths exhibit two prominent themes in the long evolutionary history between plants and insects. These themes are carnivory and herbivory. In pitcher plants, the leaf has been modified into an elegant pitfall trap enabling these plants to subsist at both the producer and consumer trophic levels. Of the numerous insect species intimately associated with pitcher plants, pitcher plant moths are the only inquilines which have evolved the capacity to disrupt both the carnivore and photosynthetic functions of the host plant. The carnivorous habit, considered an adaptation for nutrient deficient environments, has contributed to species radiations …

Synthesis And Photophysical Characterization Of Near-Ir Probes For Bioanalytical Applications., James Henry Flanagan Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The research presented in this dissertation involves the synthesis and photophysical characterization of a series of tricarbocyanine dyes which can be used as fluorescent labels for bioanalytical applications. All of these dyes were synthesized to contain a heavy-atom modification to enhance k$\sb{\rm isc}$ through spin-orbit coupling and a functional group (isothiocyanate or succinimidyl ester) which is reactive towards primary amines. The spectroscopic characterization of the various chromophores was examined using absorbance and fluorescence measurements, time-correlated fluorescence, and flash photolysis. The dyes exhibit absorbance and fluorescence maxima in the near-IR (750-810 nm) with large $\varepsilon$ ($\sim$200,000 M$\sp{-1}$cm$\sp{-1})$ and $\Phi\sb{\rm f}\sim0.05$-0.15. Dyes …

Tribological Behavior Of Duplex Nitrogen Diffusion/Dlc Coating Treatments., Yan Liu

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings have high potential for developing advanced tribological systems and the overall objective of the present research is to provide a framework to theoretically design and experimentally develop and study such systems of interest. The present research concentrates on the following specific aspects: the fundamental wear mechanism of DLC coatings; finite element (FE) modeling to understand the stress distribution in coating/substrate system under indentation and friction; and the influence of graded interface on the tribological behavior of DLC coatings. The experimental results showed that DLC films possess low friction coefficient ($f\sb{init}$: 0.12-0.20, $f\sb{fin}$: 0.06-0.08) and low wear …

Activity Of Selected Insecticides Against The Soybean Looper, Pseudoplusia Includens (Walker), Using An Artificial Diet Overlay Bioassay Technique: Dosage Mortality, Discriminating Concentrations, And Resistance Monitoring., Rosanne Nicholson Mascarenhas

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Diet overlay bioassays were conducted, evaluating insecticides requiring ingestion, on 3rd instar soybean loopers, Pseudoplusia includens (Walker). Laboratory reference and field strains were exposed to several insecticide concentrations, and LC$\sb{50}$s were compared. Field strains had significantly greater LC$\sb{50}$s than the reference strain when evaluating standard insecticides. Bioassays with experimental insecticides revealed few differences among strains. The diet overlay technique appears to be a viable method for monitoring insecticide resistance to these insecticides. Insecticide discriminating concentrations were determined using diet overlay bioassays to evaluate susceptibility of field and F1 generation, laboratory and field soybean looper strains. Field strains, exposed to permethrin …

Phylogeny Of The Characeae (Charophyta) And Biogeography Of Chara (Characeae) Inferred From Ribosomal Rna Genes., Susan T. Meiers

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examined generic, subsection, and infraspecific aspects of the phylogeny of the Characeae, and biogeography of Chara subsections and Chara haitensis. These relationships were inferred from cladistic and maximum likelihood analyses of sequence data for 18S and ITS regions of nuclear-encoded ribosomal RNA genes. Morphologically-based phylogenetic hypotheses of Wood and Imahori (1965) and Khan and Sarma (1984) concerning the six extant members of Characeae were tested. The analyses supported: monophyly of family Characeae, tribe Chareae, and of Lamprothamnium; placement of Nitellopsis basal to tribe Chareae; and an unresolved relationship between Lamprothamnium and Chara. Neither the hypothesis of Wood and …

An Analysis Of Population Dispersal And Concentration In The United States, 1790-1990: The Frontier, Long Waves, And The Manufacturing Connection., Samuel Mark Otterstrom

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The United States has undergone massive changes in its population geography since 1790. A major component of these population shifts has been the rapid movement of the frontier westward. This dispersal of population through migration from relatively high densities along the eastern seaboard to the sparsely populated west was followed by concentration across most of the country after the general "closure" of the frontier. The rates of settlement growth and population concentration trends were not steady, but cyclical in nature, and they varied among the different regions of the country. This variation leads to a comparison of these phenomena with …

Vegetation, Soils, And Hydrology Of Central Louisiana Bottomland Hardwood Forest Types., William Brown Patterson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Wetland delineation in bottomland hardwood forests is controversial due to uncertainty of the duration of inundation and soil saturation on seasonally dry sites. Wetland delineation requires an assessment of hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and wetland hydrology. The objectives were to: (i) classify forest types in five Wildlife Management Areas in central Louisiana within Sharkey clay and Fausse clay soil mapping units, (ii) compare site and soil variables between the forest types, (iii) evaluate relationships between tree species distributions and soil/site factors, (iv) characterize soils in the study area, (v) evaluate differences in forest types for durations of inundation, soil saturation, …

Determination Of Hydrocarbon Type From The Dual-Spaced Neutron Tool Responses., Luis Fernando Quintero

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A new interpretation method that allows for the determination of the fluid type present in a formation of interest was developed. The new method is referred to as the "Three Neutron Porosity Log". The method is based on an algorithm that determines three apparent neutron porosities. These porosities, derived from the raw counts of the dual-spaced neutron tool, have three different radii of investigation. All three neutron porosities, near, far, and ratio, when properly calibrated read the true porosity in water-bearing zones. In oil or gas-bearing zones the mud filtrate invasion profile will cause the three apparent neutron porosities to …