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Cracking The Code Of United States V. Virginia, David K. Bowsher Nov 1998

Cracking The Code Of United States V. Virginia, David K. Bowsher

Duke Law Journal

Mutability [of language] is so inescapable that it even holds true for artificial languages: Whoever creates a language controls it only so long as it is not in circulation; from the moment when it fulfils [sic] its mission and becomes the property of everyone, control is lost.(1).

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A Framework For Sharing Handwritten Notes, Richard C. Davis, James Lin, Jason A. Brotherton, James A. Landay, Morgan N. Price, Bill N. Schilit Nov 1998

A Framework For Sharing Handwritten Notes, Richard C. Davis, James Lin, Jason A. Brotherton, James A. Landay, Morgan N. Price, Bill N. Schilit

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

NotePals is an ink-based, collaborative note taking application that runs on personal digital assistants (PDAs). Meeting participants write notes in their own handwriting on a PDA. These notes are shared with other participants by synchronizing later with a shared note repository that can be viewed using a desktop-based web browser. NotePals is distinguished by its lightweight process, interface, and hardware. This demonstration illustrates the design of two different NotePals clients and our web-based note browser.

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Productivity Improvement At A High-Tech State-Owned Industry--An Indonesian Case Study Of Employee Motivation, Adik A. Soedarsono, Susan L. Murray, Yildirim Omurtag Nov 1998

Productivity Improvement At A High-Tech State-Owned Industry--An Indonesian Case Study Of Employee Motivation, Adik A. Soedarsono, Susan L. Murray, Yildirim Omurtag

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The purpose of this case study was to identify the level of employee motivation at an Indonesian high-tech state-owned company. Comparisons were drawn between labor and management as well as Indonesian and Western industrial environments. The overall results provide insight into employee motivation and the potential for productivity improvement that should prove beneficial to management at state-owned and privately owned companies in Indonesia and the Pacific Rim. The study can also help Westerners appreciate culture differences and productivity challenges in this developing country.

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Notepals: Sharing And Synchronizing Handwritten Notes With Multimedia Documents, James A. Landay, Richard C. Davis, Victor Chen, Jonathan Huang, Rebecca B. Lee, Francis Li, James Lin, Charles B. Morrey, Ben Schleimer Nov 1998

Notepals: Sharing And Synchronizing Handwritten Notes With Multimedia Documents, James A. Landay, Richard C. Davis, Victor Chen, Jonathan Huang, Rebecca B. Lee, Francis Li, James Lin, Charles B. Morrey, Ben Schleimer

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

NotePals is an ink-based, collaborative note taking application that runs on personal digital assistants (PDAs). Meeting participants write notes in their own handwriting on a PDA. These notes are shared with other participants by synchronizing later with a shared note repository that can be viewed using a desktop-based web browser. NotePals is distinguished by its lightweight process, interface, and hardware. This demonstration illustrates the design of two different NotePals clients and our web-based note browser.

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Web Bags: Are They Useful In A Web Warehouse?, Sourav S. Bhowmick, Sanjay Kumar Madria, Wee-Keong Ng, Ee Peng Lim Nov 1998

Web Bags: Are They Useful In A Web Warehouse?, Sourav S. Bhowmick, Sanjay Kumar Madria, Wee-Keong Ng, Ee Peng Lim

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Sets and bags are closely related structures. A bag is different from a set in that it is sensitive to the number of times an element occurs while a set is not. In this paper, we introduce the concept of web bag in a web warehouse as a part of our Web Information Coupling System(WICS). Informally, a web bag is a web table which allows multiple occurrences of identical web tuples. Web bag helps to discover useful knowledge from a web table such as visible documents (or web sites), luminous documents and luminous paths. We formally discuss the semantics and …

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A Global Object Model For Accommodating Instance Heterogeneities, Ee Peng Lim, Roger Hsiang-Li Chiang Nov 1998

A Global Object Model For Accommodating Instance Heterogeneities, Ee Peng Lim, Roger Hsiang-Li Chiang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

To completely address database integration problems in the context of multidatabase [10] and data warehousing systems, one has to examine various integration and query requirements. Due to various reasons such as poor data quality in local databases, ongoing local database updates, and instance heterogeneities, some instance differences have to be accommodated by the integrated databases. We have therefore proposed a new object-oriented global data model, called OORA, that can accommodate attribute and relationship instance heterogeneities in the integrated database. In addition, the OORA model has been designed to allow database integrators and end users to query both the local and …

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Web Warehousing System: Design And Issues, Wee-Keong Ng, Ee Peng Lim, Sourav S. Bhowmick, Sanjay Kumar Madria Nov 1998

Web Warehousing System: Design And Issues, Wee-Keong Ng, Ee Peng Lim, Sourav S. Bhowmick, Sanjay Kumar Madria

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The World Wide Web is a distributed global information resource. It contains a large amount of information that have been placed on the web independently by different organizations and thus, related information may appear across different web sites. To manage and access heterogeneous information on WWW, we have started a project of building a web warehouse, called Whoweda (Warehouse of Web Data). Currently, our work on building a web warehousing system has focused on building a data model and designing a web algebra. In this paper, we discuss design and research issues in a web warehousing system. The issues include …

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Searches For The Neutral Higgs Bosons Of The Mssm In E+E- Collisions At Centre-Of-Mass Energies Of 181-184 Gev, Barate, R.; Et Al., M. Thulasidas Nov 1998

Searches For The Neutral Higgs Bosons Of The Mssm In E+E- Collisions At Centre-Of-Mass Energies Of 181-184 Gev, Barate, R.; Et Al., M. Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The data collected by ALEPH at LEP at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 181 to 184 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 57 pb−1, are analysed to search for pair-produced neutral Higgs bosons h and A, in the bb̄bb̄ and τ+τ−bb̄ final states. Two events are found in the data with 2.5 expected from standard model processes. When combined with the lower energy data collected by ALEPH and with earlier reported searches for associated hZ production, these analyses are interpreted in the context of the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model (MSSM). For standard choices of MSSM parameter sets, …

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A Randomized Parallel Sorting Algorithm With An Experimental Study, D.R. Helman, D.A. Bader, J. Jájá Nov 1998

A Randomized Parallel Sorting Algorithm With An Experimental Study, D.R. Helman, D.A. Bader, J. Jájá

Electrical & Computer Engineering Technical Reports

Previous schemes for sorting on general-purpose parallel machines have had to choose between poor load balancing and irregular communication or multiple rounds of all-to-all personalized communication. In this paper, we introduce a novel variation on sample sort which uses only two rounds of regular all-to-all personalized communication in a scheme that yields very good load balancing with virtually no overhead. Moreover, unlike previous variations, our algorithm efficiently handles the presence of duplicate values without the overhead of tagging each element with a unique identifier. This algorithm was implemented in SPLIT-C and run on a variety of platforms, including the Thinking …

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A New Deterministic Parallel Sorting Algorithm With An Experimental Evaluation, D.R. Helman, D.A. Bader, J. Jájá Nov 1998

A New Deterministic Parallel Sorting Algorithm With An Experimental Evaluation, D.R. Helman, D.A. Bader, J. Jájá

Electrical & Computer Engineering Technical Reports

We introduce a new deterministic parallel sorting algorithm for distributed memory machines based on the regular sampling approach. The algorithm uses only two rounds of regular all-to-all personalized communication in a scheme that yields very good load balancing with virtually no overhead. Moreover, unlike previous variations, our algorithm efficiently handles the presence of duplicate values without the overhead of tagging each element with a unique identifier. This algorithm was implemented in SPLIT-C and run on a variety of platforms, including the Thinking Machines CM-5, the IBM SP-2-WN, and the Cray Research T3D. We ran our code using widely different benchmarks …

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Simple: A Methodology For Programming High Performance Algorithms On Clusters Of Symmetric Multiprocessors (Smps) (Preliminary Version), D.A. Bader Nov 1998

Simple: A Methodology For Programming High Performance Algorithms On Clusters Of Symmetric Multiprocessors (Smps) (Preliminary Version), D.A. Bader

Electrical & Computer Engineering Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

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Case Study Comparisons Of Standard And Energy Efficient Polyphase Induction Motors Subjected To Unbalances Phase Voltages, Brian L. Bidwell Nov 1998

Case Study Comparisons Of Standard And Energy Efficient Polyphase Induction Motors Subjected To Unbalances Phase Voltages, Brian L. Bidwell

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This study investigates the behaviors and economics of standard and energy efficient polyphase induction motors under unbalanced phase voltage conditions ofup to 5 percent. Motors sizes of 25, 50, 100,150,200, 250 and 300 hp are used in this investigation. Computer simulations are used to study the efficiencies, power losses and economics of motor behavior when unbalanced phase voltage system conditions exist. Previous polyphase induction motor studies simulated unbalanced phase voltage conditions by assuming a high impedance fault at the motor terminals. In this study, a method is used to simulate unbalanced phase voltage conditions by varying the phase voltage at …

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Dynamics Of Dry Friction: A Numerical Investigation, Yun Fong Lim, Kan Chen Nov 1998

Dynamics Of Dry Friction: A Numerical Investigation, Yun Fong Lim, Kan Chen

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We perform extended numerical simulation of the dynamics of dry friction, based on a model derived from the phenomenological description proposed by Baumberger et al. [Nature (London) 367, 544 (1994)] and Heslot et al. [Phys. Rev. E 49, 4973 (1994)]. Under a quasistationary approximation, the model is related to the Dieterich-Ruina aging (or slowness) law, which was introduced by Dieterich [Pure Appl. Geophys. 116, 790 (1978); J. Geophys. Res. 84, 2161 (1979); in Mechanical Behavior of Crustal Rocks, edited by N. L. Carter et al., Geophysics Monograph No. 24 (AGU, Washington, DC, 1981), p. 103] and Ruina [J. Geophys. Res. …

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A Theory Of Satisficing Decisions And Control, Richard L. Frost, Michael A. Goodrich, Wynn C. Stirling Nov 1998

A Theory Of Satisficing Decisions And Control, Richard L. Frost, Michael A. Goodrich, Wynn C. Stirling

Faculty Publications

The existence of an optimal control policy and the techniques for finding it are grounded fundamentally in a global perspective. These techniques can be of limited value when the global behavior of the system is difficult to characterize, as it may be when the system is nonlinear, when the input is constrained, or when only partial information is available regarding system dynamics or the environment. Satisficing control theory is an alternative approach that is compatible with the limited rationality associated with such systems. This theory is extended by the introduction of the notion of strong satisficing to provide a systematic …

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Managing New Product Definition In Highly Dynamic Environments, Shantanu Bhattacharya, Viswanathan Krishnan, Vijay Mahajan Nov 1998

Managing New Product Definition In Highly Dynamic Environments, Shantanu Bhattacharya, Viswanathan Krishnan, Vijay Mahajan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In highly dynamic environments, characterized by changing customer preferences and uncertainty about competitive products, managing the development of a new product is a complex managerial task. The traditional practice, recommended in the literature, of reaching a sharp definition early in the new product development (NPD) process may not be optimal, desirable or even feasible in such dynamic situations. Under high uncertainty, forcing early finalization of specifications may result in a firm getting locked into an incorrect definition. Based on our study of NPD in the high technology industry, we present a model of an approach called real-time definition, in which …

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October 31, 1998 (Pages 5467-5558), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Oct 1998

October 31, 1998 (Pages 5467-5558), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 28 (1998)

No abstract provided.

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Student Services In Distant Learning Environments, Nancy Aden, Ward Sybouts, Roger Wess Oct 1998

Student Services In Distant Learning Environments, Nancy Aden, Ward Sybouts, Roger Wess

Nebraska Network 21: Publications

At the end of the millennium in which the idea of the university has blossomed, population growth is outpacing the world’s capacity to give people access to universities. A sizable new university would now be needed every week merely to sustain current participation rates in higher education....Sir John S. Daniel, Vice Chancellor of The Open University; 6; p. 1
Traditional higher education institutions will probably be successful in the distance learning market if these two services are carefully developed and maintained: 1. provide quality learning experiences for students.
2. provide quality STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.

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The Weekly Challenger, October 31, 1998, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Oct 1998

The Weekly Challenger, October 31, 1998, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The October 31, 1998, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

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The Murray Ledger And Times, October 31, 1998, The Murray Ledger And Times Oct 1998

The Murray Ledger And Times, October 31, 1998, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

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Quarterly Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents Oct 1998

Quarterly Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Quarterly Meeting of the WKU Board of Regents to discuss disposition of minutes; Executive Committee report; Academic & Student Affairs Committee report; Finance & Budget Committee report; personnel recommendation; purchase of 1428 Adams Street property; honorary doctoral degree to Dr. Thomas Clark; president's report; multi-purpose livestock pen project grant and president's year one report.

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Mustang Daily, October 30, 1998 Oct 1998

Mustang Daily, October 30, 1998

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

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Volume 34 - Issue 8 - Friday, October 30, 1998, Rose Thorn Staff Oct 1998

Volume 34 - Issue 8 - Friday, October 30, 1998, Rose Thorn Staff

The Rose Thorn Archive

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman's independent student newspaper.

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"The Crescent" Student Newspaper, October 30, 1998, George Fox University Archives Oct 1998

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper, October 30, 1998, George Fox University Archives

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper

Student Newspaper of George Fox University,

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Spartan Daily, October 30, 1998, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Oct 1998

Spartan Daily, October 30, 1998, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 111, Issue 44

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Lend Me A Tenor, Ken Ludwig Oct 1998

Lend Me A Tenor, Ken Ludwig

Theatre Productions

Lend Me a Tenor is a farce about falling in love with opera. It was performed at John Carroll University in October of 1998.

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Flyer News, Vol. 46, No. 13 (Oct. 30, 1998), University Of Dayton Oct 1998

Flyer News, Vol. 46, No. 13 (Oct. 30, 1998), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

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The Bg News October 30, 1998, Bowling Green State University Oct 1998

The Bg News October 30, 1998, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. October 30, 1998. Volume 82-Issue 48.

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Utb-Tsc Academic Senate Minutes 1998-10-30, University Of Texas At Brownsville And Texas Southmost College. Faculty Senate. Oct 1998

Utb-Tsc Academic Senate Minutes 1998-10-30, University Of Texas At Brownsville And Texas Southmost College. Faculty Senate.

UTB/TSC Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Panther- October 1998 - Vol. Lxxvi, No.5, Prairie View A&M University Oct 1998

Panther- October 1998 - Vol. Lxxvi, No.5, Prairie View A&M University

PV Panther Newspapers

No abstract provided.

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The Hilltop 10-30-1998, Hilltop Staff Oct 1998

The Hilltop 10-30-1998, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 1990-2000

No abstract provided.

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