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Lochner In Cyberspace: The New Economic Orthodoxy Of "Rights Management", Julie E. Cohen Jan 1998

Lochner In Cyberspace: The New Economic Orthodoxy Of "Rights Management", Julie E. Cohen

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Part I of this Article describes the economic models now proffered as the basis for defining rights in digital works, and explores their striking resemblance to the system of social ordering described and advanced in the Supreme Court's Lochner-era decisions. The ghost of Lochner is not invoked lightly, nor with intent to belittle. Lochner represented a particular ideal of social ordering, premised on a seamless convergence of the private-law institutions of property and contract to provide a zone of legal insulation for market outcomes. In the physical world, that vision has long been compromised by evidence of market failures …

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Copyright And The Jurisprudence Of Self-Help, Julie E. Cohen Jan 1998

Copyright And The Jurisprudence Of Self-Help, Julie E. Cohen

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The proposed draft of Article 2B grants broad rights to enforce electronically contract provisions governing access to and use of digital works. Purveyors of digital works may engage in electronic self-help following breach of contract, and may also elect to foreclose unauthorized uses ex ante, via electronic “regulation of performance.” This Article examines these provisions in light of existing law authorizing self-help repossession of tangible chattels, leading academic justifications for self-help repossession, and federal copyright law and policy. It concludes that the provisions authorize an unprecedented degree of intrusion into private homes and offices, that they lack a sound theoretical …

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"Yer Outa Here!" A Framework For Analyzing The Potential Exclusion Of Expert Testimony Under The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Stephen D. Easton Jan 1998

"Yer Outa Here!" A Framework For Analyzing The Potential Exclusion Of Expert Testimony Under The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Stephen D. Easton

University of Richmond Law Review

It does not take long for even a casual observer of criminal and civil trials to make two observations about expert witnesses. The first of these observations comes almost immediately: experts are vitally important to the judicial process. In many trials, the outcome largely depends upon which set of impressively credentialed experts the jurors (and the judge) believe. The second observation generally comes later than the first: a significant amount of shoddy "science," phony logic, faulty analysis, sleight of hand, and other assorted junk enters the courtroom dressed up in the emperor's clothes of expert testimony.

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Mark Twain And Hank Morgan| A Microscopic Atom Of Faith, William Isham Stearns Jan 1998

Mark Twain And Hank Morgan| A Microscopic Atom Of Faith, William Isham Stearns

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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A Practical Continually Online Trained Artificial Neural Network Controller For A Turbogenerator, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Ronald G. Harley Jan 1998

A Practical Continually Online Trained Artificial Neural Network Controller For A Turbogenerator, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Ronald G. Harley

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper reports on the simulation and practical studies carried out on a single turbogenerator connected to an infinite bus through a short transmission line, with a continually online trained (COT) artificial neural network (ANN) controller to identify the turbogenerator, and another COT ANN to control the turbogenerator. This identifier/controller augments/replaces the automatic voltage regulator and the turbine governor. Results are presented to show that this COT ANN identifier/controller has the potential to allow turbogenerators to operate more closely to their steady-state stability limits and nevertheless “ride through” severe transient disturbances such as three phase faults. This allows greater usage …

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The Federalization Of Crime: Too Much Of A Good Thing?, Charles D. Bonner Jan 1998

The Federalization Of Crime: Too Much Of A Good Thing?, Charles D. Bonner

University of Richmond Law Review

Headlines announcing recent declines in crime rates have become commonplace across the United States. In 1997, Atlanta, Georgia, experienced a 22% drop in homicides, an 11% decline in burglaries, and a 21% decline in larceny. In Washington, D.C., the number of homicides dropped 24% in 1997. From 1996 to 1997, the homicide rate in New York fell 23%; in Los Angeles it dropped 20%; and in San Antonio it dropped 17%.

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Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Criminal Law, Marla Graff Decker, John Hills Mclees Jr. Jan 1998

Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Criminal Law, Marla Graff Decker, John Hills Mclees Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

This article summarizes all published criminal law decisions of the Supreme Court of Virginia and the major criminal law decisions of the Virginia Court of Appeals sitting en banc, issued between July 1, 1997, and July 1, 1998. Due to space limitations, however, the article includes only a few selected published panel opinions of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Also, this article includes a summary df the criminal law opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States which arose from a Virginia case during the period stated above. And finally, this article summarizes the most significant enactments from the …

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Substroke Matching By Segmenting And Merging For Online Korean Cursive Character Recognition, Chang-Soo Kim, Kang Ryoung Park, Byung Hwan Jun, Jaihie Kim Jan 1998

Substroke Matching By Segmenting And Merging For Online Korean Cursive Character Recognition, Chang-Soo Kim, Kang Ryoung Park, Byung Hwan Jun, Jaihie Kim

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Korean character is composed of several alphabets in two-dimensional formation and the total number of Korean characters exceeds eleven thousand. Therefore, the previous approaches to Korean cursive characters pay most of their attention to segmenting a character into alphabets accurately. However, it is difficult because the boundaries of alphabets are not apparent in most cases. We propose an alphabet-based method without assuming accurate alphabet segmentation. In the proposed method, a cursive character is segmented into substrokes by a set of segmenting conditions. Then it is matched with the reference substrokes generated from alphabet models and ligatures by segmenting and …

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Self-Portraits| [Poems], Ryan Turner Jan 1998

Self-Portraits| [Poems], Ryan Turner

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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The General Approximation Theorem, Donald C. Wunsch, Alexander N. Gorban Jan 1998

The General Approximation Theorem, Donald C. Wunsch, Alexander N. Gorban

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A general approximation theorem is proved. It uniformly envelopes both the classical Stone theorem and approximation of functions of several variables by means of superpositions and linear combinations of functions of one variable. This theorem is interpreted as a statement on universal approximating possibilities ("approximating omnipotence") of arbitrary nonlinearity. For the neural networks, our result states that the function of neuron activation must be nonlinear, and nothing else

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Smoke And Ash| A Study Of 19th-Century Charcoal Production In Montana And Idaho Using Parabolic Beehive Kilns, Dan Gard Jan 1998

Smoke And Ash| A Study Of 19th-Century Charcoal Production In Montana And Idaho Using Parabolic Beehive Kilns, Dan Gard

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Judges As Advicegivers, Neal K. Katyal Jan 1998

Judges As Advicegivers, Neal K. Katyal

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Since Alexander Bickel, scholars have understood the Supreme Court to have a threefold power: striking down acts for unconstitutionality, legitimating them, or employing the passive virtues. Professor Katyal contends that the Court wields a fourth power: advicegiving. Advicegiving occurs when judges recommend, but do not mandate, a particular course of action based on a concern for rule or principle. Courts have been giving advice, consciously at times, unconsciously at others, and this article seeks to provide a normative justification for the practice. Professor Katyal breaks down advicegiving into several categories and explains how advice, when given to the political branches, …

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Rediscovering Fuller’S Legal Ethics, David Luban Jan 1998

Rediscovering Fuller’S Legal Ethics, David Luban

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Lon Fuller is the greatest American philosopher to devote serious attention to the ethics of lawyers. Indeed, he is arguably the greatest philosopher since Plato to do so. I don't suggest that Fuller was a philosopher of Plato's magnitude, but it is not preposterous to mention Plato and Fuller in the same breath. Their unique affinity was that both were thinkers whose broader philosophical concerns may plausibly be said to arise from reflections on the craft of law. In Plato's case, the effort to understand forensic argument, and to analyze why opinions about justice might be persuasive without being true, …

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Stars In The Big Sky| A Collection Of Montana's Remarkable, Forgotten Women, Betsy Cohen Jan 1998

Stars In The Big Sky| A Collection Of Montana's Remarkable, Forgotten Women, Betsy Cohen

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Microwave Filtering Of Unwanted Oscillations On Base Of Hexagonal Ferrite Composite Thick Films, Marina Koledintseva, Alexander A. Kitaytsev, Andrey A. Shinkov Jan 1998

Microwave Filtering Of Unwanted Oscillations On Base Of Hexagonal Ferrite Composite Thick Films, Marina Koledintseva, Alexander A. Kitaytsev, Andrey A. Shinkov

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The paper is aimed at the design of waveguide filters of lower frequencies using composite thick films (CTF) made of high-anisotropy polycrystalline hexagonal ferrite powders. Theoretical and experimental results describing the possibility of forming the desired frequency characteristic of the filters are presented

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Millimeter Wave Signals Detection By Means Of Monocrystal Hexagonal Ferrite Ellipsoid, Marina Koledintseva, Alexander A. Kitaytsev Jan 1998

Millimeter Wave Signals Detection By Means Of Monocrystal Hexagonal Ferrite Ellipsoid, Marina Koledintseva, Alexander A. Kitaytsev

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Stable nonlinear resonance effects (SNLREs) have been already studied in crystallographically "isotropic" ferrogarnet ferrite resonators (FR), employed as microwave detectors in the frequency range of 300 MHz to 30 GHz. Application of prospective hexagonal monocrystal ferrites with large field of crystallographic magnetic anisotropy leads to the possibility of a gyromagnetic converter (GC) design for mm waveband (from 30 to 200 GHz) without massive external magnets. This paper deals with the analysis of a more general case with taking into account both crystallographic and form anisotropy as well as the arbitrary orientation of the main crystallographic axis with respect to the …

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Identification Of The Subcellular Location Of The A-2,3-Sialyltransferase Of The Bacterial Pathogen Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, Lisa R. Chiles Jan 1998

Identification Of The Subcellular Location Of The A-2,3-Sialyltransferase Of The Bacterial Pathogen Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, Lisa R. Chiles

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Excitation Of The Whispering-Gallery-Modes At The Shielded Hemispherical Dielectric Resonator, Sergey Kharkovsky, V. V. Kutuzov, A. E. Kogut, V. A. Solodovnik Jan 1998

Excitation Of The Whispering-Gallery-Modes At The Shielded Hemispherical Dielectric Resonator, Sergey Kharkovsky, V. V. Kutuzov, A. E. Kogut, V. A. Solodovnik

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

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On-Line Team Project Communication Tool Set, Halvard E. Nystrom, D. R. Risco Jan 1998

On-Line Team Project Communication Tool Set, Halvard E. Nystrom, D. R. Risco

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Team projects offer a valuable mechanism for effective learning. However, communication within the team, with the instructor and between different teams is a challenging task that can greatly limit the effectiveness of the learning experience. Some of the tools and concepts that are being developed for distance learning applications can be used to enhance team project communication within teams that are geographically separated as well as for in-campus teams. This article documents a set of on-line tools that allow for asynchronous team participation and timely monitoring and feedback by the instructor.

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A Hybrid System For Well Test Analysis, Edward A. May, Cihan H. Dagli Jan 1998

A Hybrid System For Well Test Analysis, Edward A. May, Cihan H. Dagli

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Petroleum well test analysis is a tool for estimating the average properties of the reservoir rock. It is a classic example of an inverse problem. Visual examination of the pressure response of the reservoir to an induced flow rate change at a well allows the experienced analyst to determine the most appropriate model from a library of generalized analytical solutions. Rock properties are determined by finding the model parameters that best fit the observed data. This paper describes a framework for hybrid network to assist the analyst in selecting the appropriate model and determining the solution. The hybrid network design …

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A Transmission-Constrained Unit Commitment Method, Chung-Li Tseng, Chao-An Li, S. S. Oren, C. S. Cheng, A. J. Svoboda, R. B. Johnson Jan 1998

A Transmission-Constrained Unit Commitment Method, Chung-Li Tseng, Chao-An Li, S. S. Oren, C. S. Cheng, A. J. Svoboda, R. B. Johnson

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The paper presents a transmission-constrained unit commitment method using a Lagrangian relaxation approach. The transmission constraints are modeled as linear constraints based on a DC power flow model. The transmission constraints, as well as the demand and spinning reserve constraints, are relaxed by attaching Lagrange multipliers. The authors take a new approach in the algorithmic scheme. A three-phase algorithm is devised including dual optimization, a feasibility phase and unit decommitment. A test problem involving more than 2500 transmission lines and 2200 buses is tested along with other test problems

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An Object-Based Evolutionary Algorithm: The Nesting Solution, Kanchitpol Ratanapan, Cihan H. Dagli Jan 1998

An Object-Based Evolutionary Algorithm: The Nesting Solution, Kanchitpol Ratanapan, Cihan H. Dagli

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The nesting problems have received considerable attention and have been addressed by a variety of algorithms. Recently, evolutionary algorithms have been adopted for solutions. Most of these algorithms, however, require a search in one-dimensional space; thus a transformation of the problem to a single dimension, as in the sequencing problems, is needed. Unfortunately, this restricts the search space. In this study an object-based evolutionary algorithm for the nesting problems is proposed. The methodology is created in a true two-dimensional space, allowing object-based mechanisms and object-based evolutionary operators to perform effectively on the space without restricting search alternatives. Implementation of the …

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A Robust Unit Commitment Algorithm For Hydro-Thermal Optimization, Chao-An Li, R. B. Johnson, A. J. Svoboda, Chung-Li Tseng, E. Hsu Jan 1998

A Robust Unit Commitment Algorithm For Hydro-Thermal Optimization, Chao-An Li, R. B. Johnson, A. J. Svoboda, Chung-Li Tseng, E. Hsu

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents a unit commitment algorithm which combines the Lagrangian relaxation (LR), sequential unit commitment (SUC), and optimal unit decommitment (UD) methods to solve a general hydro-thermal optimization (HTO) problem. We argue that this approach retains the advantages of the LR method while addressing the method''s observed weaknesses to improve overall algorithm performance and quality of solution. The proposed approach has been implemented in a version of PG&E''s HTO program, and test results are presented.

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Teachers' Civil Rights In China: Current And Future Educational Social Consequences, Sheng-Lu Li Jan 1998

Teachers' Civil Rights In China: Current And Future Educational Social Consequences, Sheng-Lu Li

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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An Evolutionary Hill-Climbing Approach To Symbolic Theory Revision, Orest Jacob Pilskalns Jan 1998

An Evolutionary Hill-Climbing Approach To Symbolic Theory Revision, Orest Jacob Pilskalns

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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Real Time Monitoring Of Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera L.) Colony Dynamics With Internet Data Delivery And Behavior Analysis Using Artificial Neural Networks, Robert Seccomb Jan 1998

Real Time Monitoring Of Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera L.) Colony Dynamics With Internet Data Delivery And Behavior Analysis Using Artificial Neural Networks, Robert Seccomb

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

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The Changing Status Of Faculty Women In Public Universities In The Northern Rockies And Deep South 1900-1990, Jill Mccorkle Vahl Jan 1998

The Changing Status Of Faculty Women In Public Universities In The Northern Rockies And Deep South 1900-1990, Jill Mccorkle Vahl

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Assessing Sedimentary Architecture Using Ground-Penetrating Radar : Cretaceous (Albian) Bootlegger Member Blackleaf Formation Central Montana, Timothy Ashworth Meckel Jan 1998

Assessing Sedimentary Architecture Using Ground-Penetrating Radar : Cretaceous (Albian) Bootlegger Member Blackleaf Formation Central Montana, Timothy Ashworth Meckel

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Exact Graph Coloring For Functional Decomposition: Do We Need It?, Marek Perkowski, Rahul Malvi, Lech Jozwiak Jan 1998

Exact Graph Coloring For Functional Decomposition: Do We Need It?, Marek Perkowski, Rahul Malvi, Lech Jozwiak

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Finding column multiplicity index is one of important component processes in functional decomposition of discrete functions for circuit design and especially Data Mining applications. How important it is to solve this problem exactly from the point of view of the minimum complexity of decomposition, and related to it error in Machine Learning type of applications? In order to investigate this problem we wrote two graph coloring programs: exact program EXOC and approximate program DOM (DOM cab give provably exact results on some types of graphs). These programs were next incorporated into the multi-valued decomposer of functions and relations NVGUD. Extensive …

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Multi-Level Programmable Arrays For Sub-Micron Technology Based On Symmetries, Marek Perkowski, Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske, Yang Xu Jan 1998

Multi-Level Programmable Arrays For Sub-Micron Technology Based On Symmetries, Marek Perkowski, Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske, Yang Xu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Regular layout is a fundamental concept in VLSI design which can have application in custom design for submicron technologies, designing new architectures for fine-grain Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Electrically Programmable logic Devices (EPLDs), and minimization of logic functions for existing FPGAs. PLAs are well known examples of regular layouts. Lattice diagrams are another type of regular layouts that have been recently introduced for layout-driven logic synthesis. In this paper we extend and combine theses two ideas, by introducing the multi-level PLA-like structures, composed from multi-output (pseudo) symmetrical lattice planes and other planes (multi-input, multi-output regular blocks). The main …

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