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Pitch Tournaments: A New Class Of Combinatorial Designs, Scott J. Lewis

Open Access Dissertations

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Predicting, Explaining And Understanding Adolescent Exercise Behavior Using Longitudinal And Cross-Sectional Approaches, Claudio Renato Nigg

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Test-Based Decoding For Digital Communication Systems, William Hollis Jones

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Dose Selection Study Designs In Early Phase Ii Clinical Trials, Anthony Cleophas Hamlett

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Quantifying Temporal And Logical Consistencies For Index Arbitrage Transaction Scheduling, Kam Fui Lau

Open Access Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Modeling Study On Vadose Zone Leaching, Saturated Zone Mixing, And Groundwater Flow In Heterogeneous Aquifer, Samuel Sangwon Lee

Open Access Dissertations

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Solar Ultraviolet Radiation In The Sea And Photoinhibitory Effects On Natural Phytoplankton Populations, Jennifer Eileen Prentice

Open Access Dissertations

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Representations Of Violence In Gothic Literature: Consumer Practices And Cultural Identity, Katherine A. Mcgurl

Open Access Dissertations

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Functional Analysis: An Application To Mother-Infant Interactions., Karen Lynn Weigle

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Mother-infant interactions were investigated to: (a) determine the feasibility of simultaneously conducting functional analyses on two individuals' behaviors in an unstructured setting; (b) compare functional analysis results across the Motivational Assessment Scale (MAS), Functional Assessment Interview Form (FAIF), and videotaped observational data analyzed using conditional probabilities (CP); and (c) compare parenting stress and social support, and infant developmental level with patterns of interaction. Twenty-one mother-infant dyads, nine with developmental delays (DD), having infants between 12 and 36 months of age participated. Five home visits were conducted. In the first, mothers completed a questionnaire and interview regarding their infants' challenging behavior. …

The Effects Of A Preschool Movement Program On Motor Skill Acquisition, Movement Concept Formation, And Movement Practice Behavior., Darren Luke Robert

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study examined the effects of participation in a parent-involved movement instruction program, on the skill acquisition, concept formation, and movement practice behavior of preschool children. The research questions asked “What is the effect”: (1) of a nine week instructional program that emphasizes motor skills and movement concepts for parents and their preschool children on motor skill acquisition and movement concept demonstration of preschool children? (2) that parents as teachers have on the motor skill acquisition and movement concept formation of preschool children? (3) of enrolling in a nine-week movement program more than once on the acquisition of motor skills …

Method For Identification Of Origins Of Replication And Genes Regulated By Dnaa In Bacteria, Olga G. Troyanskaya

Honors Theses

The study is focused on developing computer programs to identify origin of DNA replication based on analysis of total bacterial genomes, scoring regions for number of DnaA binding sites, AT content, DNA adenine methylase boxes, and integration host factors binding sites. The programs were tested on cyanobacterium Synechocystis, and several potential origins were identified. However, no one definite region could be located. Currently, software is being developed to analyze common motifs around the origins of all bacteria with known origins. Genes whose transcription could be regulated by DnaA were identified by searching for DnaA boxes preceding promoter regions.

The Freedom To Marry For Same-Sex Couples: The Opening Appellate Brief Of Plaintiffs Stan Baker Et Al. In Baker Et Al. V. State Of Vermont, Mary Bonauto, Susan M. Murray, Beth Robinson

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

As the first state to prohibit slavery by constitution, and one of the few states which, from its inception, extended the vote to male citizens who did not own land, the State of Vermont has long been at the forefront of this nation's march toward full equality for all of its citizens. In July 1997, three same-sex couples challenged Vermont to act as a leader yet again, this time in affording full civil rights to the State's gay and lesbian citizens. Stan Baker and Peter Harrigan, Nina Beck and Stacy Jolles, and Holly Puterbaugh and Lois Farnham were denied marriage …

Nsu Teacher Graduate Program (Gtep) A Plan For Your Professional Goals Designed For Working Adults 1995, Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.

Goal Problems In Gambling Theory, Theodore P. Hill

Research Scholars in Residence

A short introduction to goal problems in abstract gambling theory is given, along with statements of some of the main theorems and a number of examples, open problems and references. Emphasis is on the finite-state, countably-additive setting with such classical objectives as reaching a goal, hitting a goal infinitely often, staying in the goal, and maximizing the average time spent at a goal.

On Optimal Ergodic Control Of Diffusions With Jumps, Jose-Luis Menaldi, Maurice Robin

Mathematics Faculty Research Publications

Our purpose is to study an optimal ergodic control problem where the state of the system is given by a diffusion process with jumps in the whole space. The corresponding dynamic programming (or Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman) equation is a quasi-linear integro-differential equation of second order. A key result is to prove the existence and uniqueness of an invariant density function for a jump diffusion, whose lower order coefficients are only locally bounded and Borel measurable. Based on this invariant probability, existence and uniqueness (up to an additive constant) of solutions to the ergodic HJB equation is established.

The Topological Snake Lemma And Corona Algebras, Claude Schochet

Mathematics Faculty Research Publications

We establish versions of the Snake Lemma from homological algebra in the context of topological groups, Banach spaces, and operator algebras. We apply this tool to demonstrate that if ƒ : B → B′ is a quasi-unital C^*-map of separable C^*-algebras, so that it induces a map of Corona algebras ƒ̄ : QB → QB′, and if ƒ is mono, then the induced map ƒ̄ is also mono.

Discussion Following The Remarks Of Dr. Hill And Mr. Crane, Discussion

Canada-United States Law Journal

The Impact of Technological Change in the Canada/U.S. Context

Observation On A Presentation Given On The Comparative Tax Aspects Of Technological Change In Canada And The United States, David L. Burn

Canada-United States Law Journal

The Impact of Technological Change in the Canada/U.S. Context

Transnational Convergence: European Union And American Federalism, Patrick R. Hugg

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Critique Of Light-Handed Regulation: The Case Of British Gas February 1999, Paul Carpenter, Carlos Lapuerta

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Although attractive in theory, the implementation of light-handed regulation in the United Kingdom has faced several problems. First, light-handed regulation has not worked as anticipated to avoid the need for lengthy regulatory proceedings. Second, light-handed regulation has unintentionally created inefficient incentives for regulated companies. Third, light-handed regulation has not successfully constrained the monopoly power of incumbents. We illustrate the problems with light-handed regulation principally by reference to the experience of British Gas. The British government established the Office of Gas Regulation, known as Ofgas, to regulate British Gas after its privatization. However, Ofgas was not able to set reasonable prices …

Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Expression In Plants, Katherine M. Schmid

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Pants [sic] are transformed with a bacterial cyclopropane fatty acid synthase gene to produce lipids containing cyclopropane fatty acids. Using this technology dihydrosterculate is produced in oilseed crops such as rape.

Cube Puzzles, Jeremiah Farrell

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Jeremiah Farrell's contribution to "The Mathemagician and Pied Puzzler: A Collection in Tribute to Martin Gardner"

Martin Gardner = Mint! Grand! Rare!, Jeremiah Farrell

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Jeremiah Farrell's contirbution to "The Mathemagician and Pied Puzzler: A Collection in Tribute to Martin Gardner"

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The puzzle from figure one is also available in Colloquy (Wordways 14,2) online at: http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol14/iss2/8/

Even Subgraphs Of A Graph, Hong-Jian Lai, Zhi-Hong Chen

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

No abstract provided.

1999 Otterbein Football Media Guide, Otterbein College

Football Programs

No abstract provided.

Nietzsche, Heidegger, And The Problem Ofpoiesis, Holger Schmid

Research Resources

Holger Schmid, "Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Problem of Poiesis," New Nietzsche Studies, Volume Three, Numbers 1 & 2 (Winter 1999): 39-52.

Hey You, Get Off [Of] My Cloud: An Analysis Of Citizen Suit Preclusions Under The Clean Water Act, Leonard O. Townsend

Fordham Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

"The Forest Must Come First:" Gifford Pinchot's Conservation Ethic And The Gifford Pinchot National Forest- The Ideal And The Reality, Susan Jane M. Brown

Fordham Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Kids Count: The State Of The Child In Tennessee - 1999, Tennessee Commission On Children And Youth

Kids Count/State of the Child in Tennessee Reports

This report provides an overview of information on healthy infants, children and teens; child/teen well-being; education; economic security; and demographics.

Strategic Planning For Hotel -Casino Projects, Franklin Neil Baker

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Hotel-casinos have exhibited financial trouble and failure rates which exceed 30%. Even so, billions of dollars have been earmarked for continual development within the industry. The purpose of this study was to examine classical theories of strategic decision-making when planning for new or expanded hotel-casinos and then determine if these theories work for the industry or if the industry is so unique that special measures must become part of the strategic-planning process; Three factors related to strategic planning were selected for study: economic indicators, the product/service life cycle, the Altman Z Factor for bankruptcy prediction. Twelve Chief Financial Officers representing …