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On The Collapse Of The Q-Gram Filtration, E. Stuinen, Wojciech Szpankowski

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The Montclarion, October 01, 1998, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Court Interpreting Services In State And Federal Courts: Reasons And Options For Inter-Court Coordination, William E. Hewitt, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Catherine Gill, Melissa Cantrell

Faculty Publications

In 1978 a federal law marked the beginning of standard setting and professionalization of court interpreters through testing. In 1995, an entity now called the Consortium for State Court Interpreter Certification was created by the National Center for State Courts and four founding states (Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington.) The Consortium was created as a way to ameliorate shortages of resources and expertise to implement standards for interpreting proficiency at the state level, problems shared by virtually all of the states. Now, as a consequence of institutionalization, a forum has been created wherein exchange of information and expertise, and …

Ethj Vol-36 No-2

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

Daring Young Men Remembered, Max S. Lale

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

Robert Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle's Adventures And Texas: The Making And Breaking Of French Colonial Policy, Sandra M. Petrovich

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

Air Activities Of Texas: A Small Town's Contribution To The Big War, Tommy Stringer

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

Thinking Morally, Gerard V. Bradley

Journal Articles

The Way of the Lord Jesus, Vol. 3: Difficult Moral Questions. By Germain Grisez. Franciscan Press (217-228-5670). 927 pages. $35.

Here is a uniquely valuable work, practical and direct, written in plain English by a mature scholar who wears his immense learning lightly. The "difficult moral questions" it treats are two hundred in number, each with an Analysis and a Reply. (And there are two narrative Appendices.)

An Annotated List Of The Writings Of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (4), Judith Metz S.C.

Vincentian Studies

Previous installments of this list may be found in both issues of volume 18 and the first issue of this volume. This part continues documenting the writings of Elizabeth Seton contained in the archives of Saint Joseph Provincial House. There are letters to her friend Catherine Dupleix, mostly about Elizabeth’s family. There are also letters to various family members, especially Rebecca and Cecilia Seton. Those to Rebecca describe the Setons’ quarantine in Italy and Elizabeth’s growing interest in Catholicism. Those to Cecilia are filled with spiritual thoughts and advice.

Bargaining In The Shadow Of Love: The Enforcement Of Premarital Agreements And How We Think About Marriage, Brian Bix

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Law, Language, And Lenity, Lawrence M. Solan

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Heidegger, The Polity, And National Socialism (Review Article), Frank Schalow

Philosophy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Cowl - Special Issue - October 1998

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Special Issue - October 1998. 8 pages.

The Cowl - V.60 - N.1 - Oct 1,1998

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 60, Number 1 - Oct 1, 1998. 32 pages.

The Rhetoric Of Neutrality And The Philosophers’ Brief: A Critique Of The Amicus Brief Of Six Moral Philosophers In Washington V. Glucksberg And Vacco V. Quill, Richard Church

Law and Contemporary Problems

Church discusses the amicus brief to the US Supreme Court in the companion assisted suicide cases of "Washington v. Glucksberg" and "Vacco v. Quill," in which six philosophers offer their views. The philosophers' charge--that prohibiting physician-assisted suicide can only be based on impermissible sectarian religious or ethical premises--can be raised against their "neutral" liberal argument itself.

What It Takes To Be Great: Aristotle And Aquinas On Magnanimity, David A. Horner

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.

Montana Business Quarterly, Fall 1998, University Of Montana--Missoula. Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

Montana Business Quarterly, 1949-2021

This is an academic publication produced by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) at the University of Montana’s College of Business. This is volume 36, number 3.

The Colby Echo (1998-10-01), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

American Vincentians In 1877–1878: The Maller Visitation Report (2), John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.

Vincentian Studies

In 1877, Mariano Maller, the provincial of Spain, was sent on an extraordinary visitation to investigate alleged mismanagement of the American province. This translation of his report is continued from the first issue of volume 18. Maller describes the history of the houses he visits and assesses finances, works, individuals, and the province as a whole. The recommendations he left with the confreres at many of the houses are included. He also suggests naming a new provincial.

The First Twenty Years Of The Vincentian Studies Institute Of The United States (1979–1999), Edward R. Udovic C.M., Ph.D.

Vincentian Studies

The origins, antecedents, initiatives, and projects of the Vincentian Studies Institute are described. The VSI started by serving the Double Family, but has led the way in serving the national and international Vincentian Family. Its purpose is to foster the study of Vincentian history and spirituality and to “promote a living interest in the Vincentian Heritage.” The article pays particular attention to the VSI’s publications and symposia.

Saint Louise De Marillac: Bibliography To Present Day, John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.

Vincentian Studies

This bibliography on Louise de Marillac includes everything published about her in English through 1999. Books include biographies and translations of Louise’s letters and writings. There are also articles in encyclopedias and in the respective journals of the Congregation and the Daughters of Charity, Annals of the Congregation of the Mission, Echoes of the Motherhouse, and Echoes of the Company. Vincentian Heritage articles are also included. Small entries in lives of saints, newspaper articles, and nonprint audio-visual items are excluded.

Ursinus Magazine, Fall / Winter 1998, Wendy Greenberg, Margot A. Kelley, M. Nzadi Keita, Jena Osman, Joanna Doyle, Lauren Newkirk, Dave Sherman, Robert Reichley, Aaron Burgstein, Meghan J. Hoerner, Roger Cohn

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art calendar • Faculty notes • Freshmen test color of water • New Johnson and Lachaise on campus • Ursinus in the news • Poetry and prose from the pros: A sampling of creative work from our English faculty • A legacy from our War Years classes: The best of times and the worst of times depicted on a stirring bas-relief in Wismer Student Center • The business of teaching: Rapport with students leads to teaching award • The man and his music: Dr. John French • A personal view of the Meistersingers …

The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 40 No. 1, Duane R. Carr, Catherine Cowen Olson, John Rodden, Michael C. C. Adams, Peter Donahue, Jerold Waltman, James Scofield, Corrine De Winter, Jim Thomas, Midwest Quarterly Editors

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

DUANE R. CARR critiques the redneck stereotypes who populate the fiction of Cormac McCarthy as poorly developed grotesques providing little wisdom and much contempt for backcountry folk. Currently Adjunct Professor at Western Kentucky University, Carr has published articles on Steinbeck, Albee, Joyce, and Glasgow. The present article is drawn from a broader survey published as A Question of Class: The Redneck Stereotype in Southern Literature.

CATHERINE COWEN OLSON explores Jane Smiley's use of the food characters prepare and eat in A Thousand Acres to expose their feelings and intentions. A teacher of English at Kingwood College in Houston, Texas, she …

Analysis Of The Interpolation Error Between Multiresolution Images, Bryan S. Morse

Faculty Publications

Many rendering or image-analysis systems require calculation of versions of an image at lesser resolutions than the original. Because the filtering required to perform such calculations accurately cannot typically be done in real time, many systems use interpolation between images at precalculated resolutions. This discrete sampling of the scale component of multiresolution image spaces is analogous to spatial sampling in discrete images. This paper quantifies and bounds the error that can be introduced during such interpolation as a function of the scale-space sampling rate used. A method is presented that uses the diffusion equation to relate spatial derivatives to scale …

Isophote-Based Interpolation, Bryan S. Morse, Duane Schwartzwald

Faculty Publications

Standard methods for image interpolation are based on smoothly fitting the image intensity surface. Recent edge-directed interpolation methods add limited geometric information (edge maps) to build more accurate and visually appealing interpolations at key contours in the image. This paper presents a method for geometry-based interpolation that smoothly fits the isophote (intensity level curve) contours at all points in the image rather than just at selected contours. By using level set methods for curve evolution, no explicit extraction or representation of these contours is required (unlike earlier edge-directed methods). The method uses existing interpolation techniques as an initial approximation and …

Java Applets Enhance Learning In A Freshman Ece Course, Charles R. Graham, Timothy N. Trick

Faculty Publications

The goals of our work have been to enhance the learning environment of our students and to increase the productivity of faculty by freeing them from the drudgery of grading homework and quizzes, as well as the time required to record and compute grades. We have achieved these goals by means of the highly interactive World Wide Web (WWW)-based learning environment provided by MallardTM, 1,2 and by the development of several java applets within the Mallard environment to enhance the learning process. These Java applets are the subject of this paper. They include the ability to draw timing diagrams and …

Why Arbitrate?: Ontario's Recent Experience With Commercial Arbitration, Randy A. Pepper

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

In 1988, Ontario adopted the International Commercial Arbitration Act and in January 1992 the Arbitration Act, 1991 came into force for domestic arbitrations. These statutes and similar legislation in other provinces pushed Canadian arbitration regimes into the forefront of industrial nations. However, there has not been a significant increase in the number of commercial arbitrations being conducted in Ontario. This article suggests that Ontario is ideally placed to become an important centre for domestic and international arbitration. The author asserts that if commercial parties and their counsel were more familiar with the benefits of the arbitral process and with the …

Smc Fact Book 1998, Saint Mary's College Of California

SMC Fact Book

No abstract provided.

Common Law Duty To Serve And Protection Of Consumers, Jim A. Rossi

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This article addresses the implications of retail competition in public utility industries, particularly electricity, for utility service obligations. After tracing the history of the common law duty to serve applicable to public utilities, the efficiency of utility service obligations in the context of rate regulation is explored. Retail competition, many suggest, poses a threat to utility service obligations. However, regulators can minimize the inefficiency of traditional utility service obligations without sacrificing the benefits of retail competition if they pay attention to the structural efficiency of competitive retail markets. The article advocates imposition of basic service obligations on the DisCo and …

The Common Law "Duty To Serve" And Protection Of Consumers In An Age Of Competitive Retail Public Utility Restructuring, Jim Rossi

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This article addresses the implications of retail competition in public utility industries, particularly electricity, for utility service obligations. After tracing the history of the common law duty to serve applicable to public utilities, the efficiency of utility service obligations in the context of rate regulation is explored. Retail competition, many suggest, poses a threat to utility service obligations. However, regulators can minimize the inefficiency of traditional utility service obligations without sacrificing the benefits of retail competition if they pay attention to the structural efficiency of competitive retail markets. The article advocates imposition of basic service obligations on the DisCo and …