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National Sovereignty And Economic Globalization: An Analysis Of The Role Of The Imf In The Changing World, Olga Vladimirovna Kuznetsova

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Chapter 1 outlines empirical and normative theories of national sovereignty. A comprehensive analysis of the origins and evolution of sovereignty is offered. We suggest that the notion of absolute sovereignty is antiquated and needs scientific reassessment; Chapter 2 discusses theories of the nation-state , while keeping in mind that the conceptualization of the nation-state is intertwined with that of sovereignty; Chapter 3 gives a comprehensive overview of contending theories of globalization ion and definitional confusion associated with the concept. We conceptualize globalization in general and economic globalization in particular; Chapter 4 takes the International Monetary Fund as a case study …

Re-Visionary Bodies: Feminist/Brechtian Theory In The Plays Of Paula Vogel, Shannon Kay Hammermeister

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Paula Vogel adapts Bertolt Brecht's Verfremdungseffekt, social gestus, historicization and episodic structure in the plays The Baltimore Waltz, And Baby Makes Seven, Hot 'N' Throbbing , and Desdemona: a play about a handkerchief to re-vision constructions of gender, sexuality and feminine desire, to re-define the American theatrical canon, and to create her own gestic, feminist theater. In The Baltimore Waltz, Vogel re-visions the AIDS virus in order to expose and critique stereotypes surrounding AIDS. In And Baby Makes Seven, Vogel engages in a revisionary dialogue with Edward Albee's classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in order to question and reinvent …

The Evolution Of Hot Spots In The U.S. Biotechnology Industry, Timothy B. Folta, Yoon-Suk Baik

Purdue CIBER Working Papers

This study empirically tests Pouder & St. John's propositions (1996) on the evolutions of geographic clusters, in the context of the U.S. biotechnology industry. We find that during the origination period of the cluster evolution clustered biotechnology firms exhibit higher cost economies and legitimacy in obtaining resources than non-clustered competitors. While, after the early period, such clustered firms' advantage in resource access and innovations are statistically significantly declining. These findings evidence the decline of positive net benefits from geographic clustering over time. Given the inconsistent empirical results in the literature on whether there are positive net benefits to geographically clustered …

An Examination Of Single-Copy Magazine Distribution In The United States And England, Jennifer Donnell Belue Janus

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Improving The Quality Of Foliage Transplants For Supply To The Kerry Foliage Industry, Gwen Lanigan

Theses

The possibility of improving the quality of transplants of ornamental foliage species, Eucalyptus perriniana, E. parvifolia and Pittosporum tenuifolium, for supply to the Kerry Foliage Industry was investigated. At present transplants (seedlings) are propagated from seed under glass and subsequently transplanted into the field. Therefore nursery practices for seed propagation, such as optimum sowing date, pot and medium selection, irrigation and fertilisation regimes, were investigated and optimised. The possibility of eliminating the occurrence of J- roots, a major problem with Eucalyptus species was also investigated. Vegetative propagation methods, such as cutting propagation and in vitro micro-propagation were investigated for comparative …

A Note On Commutes And The Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis, Kelly Derango

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

A number of empirical studies have tested the spatial mismatch hypothesis by examining the commuting times of blacks and whites. This note points out that the link between spatial mismatch and commuting times may be weak when employment probabilities decline as the distance from job site to residence increases. A simple spatial model of urban employment is developed in which a fixed number of agents live in the central city. Two examples are presented in which increased spatial mismatch may either increase or decrease the average commuting time of central city minorities, depending on the rate at which employment probabilities …

Approche Cognitive De La Dépression: Pensées Intrusives Et Contrôle De La Pensée, Paula T. Hertel

Psychology Faculty Research

II y a trente ans, l'intitule "une approche cognitive de la dépression" aurait suscité divers commentaires en relation avec l'importante approche clinique de la dépression proposée par Aaron T. Beck et ses collègues. C'est encore le cas aujourd'hui; Beck fut probablement le premier à souligner le rôle joué par les représentations de l’expérience vécue, et par les pensées concernant cette expérience, dans l’élaboration, le maintien et le traitement des états et des humeurs dépressifs. De nos jours, cependant, d'autres approches cognitives devraient également venir à l'esprit, car les progrès réalisés en psychologie cognitive expérimentale au cours des dix dernières années …

The Use Of Place In Writing And Literature, Milford A. Jeremiah

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

Market Power Requirement In Antitrust Rule Of Reason Cases: A Rhetorical History, The, Mark R. Patterson

Faculty Scholarship

The requirement that an antitrust plaintiff show market power in rule of reason cases has an uninspiring history and unconvincing justifications. Such a requirement has never been adopted by the Supreme Court, and is currently imposed by only the Seventh and Fourth Circuits. Indeed, the requirement was never imposed very widely, despite frequent claims to the contrary. More significantly, the Seventh Circuit cases that initially established the requirement, and that continue to be cited for it, did so with misleading citations to cases from other circuits. Furthermore, the justifications that have been offered for the requirement have generally been either …

Madaba Plains Project 4: The 1992 Season At Tall Al-'Umayri And Subsequent Studies, Larry G. Herr Editor, Douglas R. Clark Editor, Lawrence T. Geraty Editor, Randall W. Younker Editor, Oystein Sakara Labianca Editor

All Books

"The fourth volume of the Madaba Plains Project series entitled Madaba Plains Project 'Umayri 4: The 1992 Season at Tall al-'Umayri and Subsequent Studies. ... This volume is dedicated to His Royal Highness Prince El-Hassan bin Talal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan whose long-standing support of archaeology in Jordan has earned both admiration and deep respect. The field reports examine the Iron II/Persian Administrative Complex (Ch. 3), Western Defense System (Ch. 4), the Lower Southern Terrace (Ch. 5) and the Eastern Shelf (Ch. 6). These include stratigraphic information, section drawings and pottery plates. Detailed photographs and line drawings make …

Panel Two Commentary, Marci A. Hamilton

Articles

No abstract provided.

Geographic Alliance Of Iowa. Lesson Plans, Kay E. Weller, Nancy Howe-Ford

Faculty Publications

This collection of five lesson plans in geography can be adapted for use with K-12 students. Each lesson plan explains the lesson and provides basic instructions. The lesson plans are titled: "Teaching Geography Using Literature in K-University Classrooms" (Kay Weller); "Geography and a Mystery Novel" (Kay Weller); "Understanding Latitude and Longitude" (Kay Weller); "Mississippi River Cruise" (Kay Weller); and "Create a Magazine Project" (Nancy Howe-Ford). (BT)

Geographic Literacy Among Lds Returned Missionaries, Paul Cook Stahmann

Theses and Dissertations

The majority of male Ricks College students, while serving as missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spend two years living in geographically unfamiliar environments. This thesis compares the geographic literacy of those Ricks College males who have served LDS Church missions with those who have not. A test of geographic literacy was administered to 306 male Ricks College students. Returned missionaries demonstrated significantly higher knowledge of general cultural and physical geography than pre-missionanes. In contrast, returned missionaries demonstrated no greater ability to identify global places such as countries and cities. As expected, the returned missionaries possessed …

Mitochondrial-Dna Variation Within And Among Wild Turkey (Meleagris Gallopavo) Subspecies, Allen L. Szalanski, Kevin E. Church, David W. Oates, Richard Bischof, Thomas O. Powers

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Genetic variation within and among wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, subspecies was measured using DNA sequencing and PCR-RFLP analysis of a 655 bp portion of the mtDNA D-loop region. DNA sequencing from 25 individual Eastern, Merriam, Rio Grande and domestic Turkeys revealed 16 polymorphic sites. Parsimony and neighbor-joining analysis did not show support for the four wild Turkey subspecies studied. PCR-RFLP analysis of 118 individuals revealed 13 distinct haplotypes. Haplotype variation was detected in all wild Turkey populations, and Wright's F-statistics revealed pronounced differentiation (F_ST = 0.302) among populations. Based on these data, non-native wild Turkey populations do not …

An Analysis Of Design Effects For Media Index Survey In Peninsular Malaysia, Leang Hai Tee

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study has attempted to analyze the sampling errors and design effects of Media Index Survey (MIS). MIS is a nationwide survey of sample size of 8738 interviews carried out in Peninsular Malaysia adopting stratified 2-stage cluster sampling, a complex sampling design that widely use in most of the general public surveys Taylor Expansion of ratio estimates method is employed in this study to compute the sampling errors. A total of 60 variables concerning ownership of household durable goods, daily consumer products bought in the past I month, media consumption habits, hanking services, leisure activities and literacy rate are analyzed …

Comparison Between The Economic Fundamentals Of Malaysia And Singapore Prior To The 1997 Southeast Asian Currency Crisis, Mun Chow Lai

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research paper makes a comparative study on the economic fundamentals of Malaysia and Singapore prior to the 1997 Southeast Asian Currency Crisis (SACC). The overriding objective here is to determine the structural economic characteristics of Malaysia and Singapore prior to the SACC and to explore the possibility that underlying fundamentals might have contributed towards or exacerbated the SACC. The analysis begins with an overview of the economics of Malaysia and Singapore using graphical and tabular analysis of broad indices. This is followed by the formulation of simultaneous equation models, one for Malaysia and another for Singapore. Besides service balance …

Two Degrees Of Speech Protection: Free Speech Through The Prism Of Agricultural Disparagement Laws, Howard M. Wasserman

Faculty Publications

In the wake of a 1989 national television broadcast reporting the alleged cancer risk of a chemical applied to apples on trees, many states passed agricultural product disparagement (APD) statutes. These statutes grant civil causes of action to the growers and sellers of perishable food products, against anyone who speaks negatively or disparagingly, without basis in scientific evidence, about the product's safety. In this Article, Howard M Wasserman explores the interplay between the APD statutes and the First Amendment. First, Mr. Wasserman discusses the three categories of restrictions on the freedom of speech, focusing primarily on private civil tort actions …

The Un, Nato, And International Law After Kosovo, Mary Ellen O'Connell

Journal Articles

NATO's decision on 13 October 1998 to use force in Yugoslavia and its subsequent use of force beginning on 24 March 1999 were inconsistent with both the explicit terms of the United Nations Charter and Security Council practice. Most of NATO's member states have argued that the situation was exceptional and should have no bearing on the future need for Security Council authorization. Not so the United States; US officials have not spoken of an exception. Several high-ranking officials of the Clinton Administration have stated that they do not recognize the necessity for Security Council authorization when NATO takes enforcement …

The Columbia River's Fate In The Twentieth Century, William L. Lang

History Faculty Publications and Presentations

Discusses the history of the Columbia River during the 20th century, emphasizing the image of the river as both a source of industry and an example of wild natural beauty. In 1933 the river was dammed to harness its power for hydroelectricity and control its unpredictable flooding. With the completion of the dams in the 1970's, however, came problems with the edenic vision of the river, especially with the annual salmon run. By the late 20th century, the salmon had all but disappeared, leading to an ongoing conflict between supporters of the dams and conservationists.

Building Culturally Relevant Bridges For The Gospel Between The Local Church And The World At Its Door, Üllas Tankler

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Cyber-Nations, Ruth Wedgwood

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Characterization Of Hyporheic Zone Processes Of A Northern Prairie Stream, David B. Rush

Theses and Dissertations

A hyporheic zone occurs beneath and adjacent to streams where surface water and groundwater mix. This zone is known to be a reservoir for solutes and a habitat for interstitial organisms. Hyporheic zone boundaries in the Tongue River, North Dakota, were investigated through examination of the physicochemical and biological gradients present in the stream channel and bank sediments. The effects of cattle grazing at the streamside interface of the riparian zone were also examined at two locations to determine land use impacts on the hyporheic zone.

Electrical conductivity (EC) and ammonium gradients were observed beneath the stream channel via nests …

Puerto Rico: Cultural Nation, American Colony, Pedro A. Malavet

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

This Article articulates a theory of Puerto Rican cultural nationhood that is largely based on ethnicity. In linking ethnicity and citizenship, it is imperative, however, to avoid the evils of ethnic strife and balkanization, while celebrating rather than imposing difference; community consciousness cannot degenerate into fascism.

Cultural Adjustment Factors Of Senior Missionaries On Assignment In The South Pacific For The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Jonathan W. Shute

Theses and Dissertations

The number of senior missionaries serving missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has increased in recent years. Many of these volunteers travel overseas and are therefore immersed in a different culture. Some of them adjust successfully and others do not. The purpose of this research was to assess senior missionaries' perceptions of the type of preparation they made and training they received before departure, the expectations they had of their assignment, the people and way of life in the islands, and the accuracy of those expectations, the challenges they faced, the factors that they felt helped …

Disabling Certitudes: An Introduction To The Role Of Mythologies Of Conquest In Law, Jo Carrillo

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Is There A Link Between Regional Planning And Economic Growth?, Joyce N. Levine

College of Urban and Public Affairs (CUPA) Working Papers, 1991-2000

An aging population directly influences the activities of community planners. Planning issues have a bearing on the quality of life older people experience living in the community. By consciously involving older citizens in the plan-making process, planners can better understand the visions and unique needs of this sector of the population. A questionnaire was developed to measure the degree of effort planners make to involve older citizens in the planning process. It was administered to planners in a sample of 30 jurisdictions in Florida. The results indicate that planners have generally neglected older adults as part the citizen participation process. …

Jules Verne And The French Literary Canon, Arthur B. Evans

Global Language Studies Faculty publications

No abstract provided.

Justice Delayed: An Empirical Analysis Of Civil Case Disposition Time ?, Michael Heise

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 - Census Clause - Proposal To Use Statistical Sampling In The 2000 Census In Conjunction With Traditional Enumeration Methods To Calculate The Population For Purposes Of Apportionment Violates The Census Act - Department Of Commerce V. United States House Of Representatives, 119 S. Ct. 765 (1999)., Stephanie M. Zlasney

Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Polish Communications Law: Telecommunications Takes Off In Transition Countries But At What Price Are They Becoming Wired?, Jennifer L. Feltham

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Internationally, the urge to expand and improve telecommunications services is spreading. Transition countries, attempting the leap from Third World status to becoming world leaders, have caught the fever and have attempted to reform their regulations governing telecommunications. In large part these laws have induced slow liberalization of the communications sector with an intrusive regulatory agency guarding every step taken towards privatization. The World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) encourages transition countries to use privatization as a way to increase funding for communications equipment. Many transition countries signed the GATS agreement in the hope of attracting international …