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Fictional Persona Test: Copyright Preemption In Human Audiovisual Characters, Peter K. Yu

Faculty Scholarship

Whether a producer's copyright in human audiovisual characters preempts the actors' rights of publicity claims is the focus of this Note. Part I outlines the framework of state right of publicity law and traces the development of case law involving such a right. Because "[a]dvertisers who want to run a particular advertisement nationally must comply with the law of all fifty states," this Note focuses on the right of publicity of the state with the broadest interpretation-the state of California. This Part shows that, under existing California right of publicity law, virtually anything evoking one's personal identity, including copyrighted materials, …

Review Of The Governance Of Cyberspace, Bonnie Brennen

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Undergraduates Arguing A Case, Susheela A. Varghese, Sunita A. Abraham

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This essay describes an instructional study in which students were trained in two key aspects of argumentation, namely, the structural and interpersonal components. The structural aspects were taught and measured in terms of Toulmin's (1958) framework of argument analysis (i.e., the quality of claims, grounds and warrants used). The interpersonal aspects in turn were measured in terms of the creation of a clear persona, audience adaptiveness (the appropriate use of rational and emotional appeals), and stance towards the unique discourse of argumentation. Students performed a pre-instruction writing task, underwent eight weeks of explicit instruction in argumentation, then performed the task …

Tennessee Farm Bureau News - September 1998, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation

Tennessee Farm Bureau News

No abstract provided.

The Proba Ground Segment, A.J. Barrington Brown, A.K Ward, A. Wicks, M. Ilzkovitz

Small Satellite Conference

Space Innovations Limited (SIL) have developed a series of low-cost S-Band ground stations for use with low-Earth orbit satellites. The SGS-2.4 will be used for the ground segment being provided by SAS for ESA's PROBA (PRoject for On-Board Autonomy) satellite mission. It consists of a motorised 2.4m dish antenna, S-band feed with integral diplexer and low noise amplifier, up- and down-converters, variable data rate demodulator, sub-carrier generator and sweeper, high power amplifier (HPA) and an ESA/CCSDS packet standard packetiser/de-packetiser. Universal time is supplied via a GPS based time standard. All units are 19" rack mounted and are under the control …

On Campus, August 31, 1998, Coastal Carolina University

On Campus Newsletter

A Newsletter for Faculty and Staff of Coastal Carolina University. Volume 8, Number 13

A Resource Allocation Mechanism Based On Cost Function Synthesis In Complex Systems, Carlos C. Amaro

Dissertations

While the management of resources in computer systems can greatly impact the usefulness and integrity of the system, finding an optimal solution to the management problem is unfortunately NP hard. Adding to the complexity, today's 'modern' systems - such as in multimedia, medical, and military systems - may be, and often are, comprised of interacting real and non-real-time components. In addition, these systems can be driven by a host of non-functional objectives – often differing not only in nature, importance, and form, but also in dimensional units and range, and themselves interacting in complex ways. We refer to systems exhibiting …

Microwave Heating Of Fluid/Solid Layers : A Study Of Hydrodynamic Stability And Melting Front Propagation, John Gilchrist

Dissertations

In this work we study the effects of externally induced heating on the dynamics of fluid layers, and materials composed of two phases separated by a thermally driven moving front. One novel aspect of our study is in the nature of the external source, which is provided by the action of microwaves acting on dielectric materials. The main challenge is to model and solve systems of differential equations, which couple fluid dynamical motions (the Navie- Stokes equations for nonisothermal flows) and electromagnetic wave propagation (governed by Maxwell's equations).

When an electromagnetic wave impinges on a material, energy is generated within …

Pneumatic Fracture Propagation And Particulate Transport In Geologic Formations, Suresh Puppala

Dissertations

Pneumatic fracturing is an in situ remediation enhancement technology developed to increase the permeability of contaminated geologic formations. This technology can also be used to deliver atomized liquid and particulate supplements to geologic formations, thereby enhancing in situ processes such as bioremediation and reactive dechlorination.

The main objective of this study was the development of a mathematical model that simulates the propagation of pneumatic fractures in soil and rock formations. Pneumatic fracture propagation differs from other fluid fracturing phenomena in the propagation velocity (1-3 m/sec) and the viscosity of the fracturing fluid (1.9E-05 Pa•sec). For the purposes of model development, …

Automatic Analysis Of Electronic Drawings Using Neural Network, Yi Shi

Dissertations

Neural network technique has been found to be a powerful tool in pattern recognition. It captures associations or discovers regularities with a set of patterns, where the types, number of variables or diversity of the data are very great, the relationships between variables are vaguely understood, or the relationships are difficult to describe adequately with conventional approaches.

In this dissertation, which is related to the research and the system design aiming at recognizing the digital gate symbols and characters in electronic drawings, we have proposed: (1) A modified Kohonen neural network with a shift-invariant capability in pattern recognition; (2) An …

Current, August 31, 1998, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (1990s)

No abstract provided.

08/31/1998 - Change To Make Eiu Summer School Format More Student Friendly, University Marketing And Communications

1998

No abstract provided.

August 31, 1998, James Madison University

The Breeze, 1990-1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Deadline Nears For Humanities Nominations, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

University Of Montana Events, Tuesday, Sept. 1, Through Sunday, Sept. 6, 1998, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Independent- Aug. 31, 1998, Michael F. Buino

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

Innovator, 1998-08-31, Student Services

Innovator

The Innovator was a student newspaper published at Governors State University between March 1972 and October 2000. The newspaper featured student reporting, opinions, news, photos, poetry, and original graphics.

Current Unrestricted Operating Budgets, Fiscal Year 1999, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of Administration And Finance

University of Montana Current Unrestricted Operating Budgets, 1993-2017

The unrestricted operating budget of the University of Montana, issued by the Office of University Planning, Budgeting and Analysis under the Office of Administration and Finance.

August 31, 1998 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: August 31, 1998, Eastern Illinois University

August

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 023, Number 05, August 31, 1998, Grand Valley State University

1998-1999, Volume 23

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Counselor, Vol. 19, No. 3, August 31, 1998, New York Law School

New York Law School Community Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Determination Of Electron Donors In The Reductive Dechlorination Of Tetrachloroethene, Samantha L. Marasigan-Bernal

Theses

Several substrates, namely fatty acids and alcohols, were used to enhance the reductive microbial dechlorination of PCE to ethene. All of the microcosms amended with the volatile fatty acids (butyrate, succinate, lactate, formate, butyrate/formate mixture and butyrate/succinate mixture) demonstrated complete reductive dechlorination of PCE to ethane. The cultures amended with the butyrate/succinate mixture was the quickest to completely dechlorinate PCE to ethene (49 days). Those amended with butyrate, succinate, formate and the butyrate/formate mixture exhibited complete reductive, dechlorination at 77 days. Microcosms amended with lactate exhibited complete reductive dechlorination at 160 days.

The microcosms amended with the alcohols (ethanol, propanol, …

Development And Field Testing Of Pulse Introduction Membrane Extraction (Pime) For Measurement Of Ground Water Contamination, Anthony San Juan

Theses

VOCs are a class of aromatic and aliphatic compounds with a variety of functional groups, and are in general detrimental to human health even at trace levels. Conventional analysis of VOCs in groundwater usually involves sampling at site followed by laboratory analysis. This results in long turn around times, high cost and also errors associated with sample preservation during transportation and storage. In order to address these problems, a field portable instrument referred to as Pulse Introduction Membrane Extraction (PIME) has been developed for monitoring trace level halogenated organic contaminants in ground water. A membrane extraction approach has been used, …

Stabilization Of Water Treatment Plant (Wtp) Residuals Using Sorbond, Rituraj Sinha

Theses

Disposal of water treatment plant (WTP) residuals has always been an important consideration for the water industry. Stringent water quality standards, environmental regulations, and unavailability of land for ultimate disposal affect disposal of large amounts of this residual. The search for alternate economical disposal options and beneficial use are probably the next most logical and economical step to take.

This study was performed to explore the possibility of stabilization of water treatment plant (WTP) residuals using additives. Three water treatment plant (WTP) residuals from treatment plants in New Jersey were used for the analysis. The objective of this research is …

August 31, 1998, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 3, No. 4 August 30, 1998, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 1998

No abstract provided.

Tri-County Challenger, August 29, 1998, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The August 29, 1998, issue of Tri-County Challenger.

The Weekly Challenger, August 29, 1998, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The August 29, 1998, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

The Murray Ledger And Times, August 29, 1998, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.