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The Pilgrim's Progress: Operations Research In Queuing, G Raghuram

IIMB Management Review

Good management practice is synonymous with applying operations research (OR). Both imply a systematic approach beginning with clarity in problem definition, understanding the objectives and constraints, characterising the alternatives (these three steps constitute  model building), evaluating (analysing) them and finally selecting an alternative for implementation. In addition to this basic methodology, there is also an implication of a quantitative basis to the extent possible. It is this quantitative basis which lends to the common perception that good management practice is much larger than OR

Consumer And Handler Reactions To Potential Country-Of-Origin Labeling Of Fresh Or Frozen Beef (Bulletin #878), Alvin Schupp, Jeffrey Gillespie

LSU AgCenter Bulletins

Imported fresh or frozen beef, along with other food products, is identified by country-of-origin as it enters the U.S. in bulk containers. This bulletin includes information and primary objectives on country-of-origin of fresh or frozen beef.

Update - December 2000, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- The Rule of Double Effect: A Valuable Contemporary Resource
-- Vision of Justice and the Healing of Nations
-- Learn to minister in the clinical setting

The Art Of Writing Good Regulations, Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth

Federal Communications Law Journal

In this introduction to the three pieces that follow, Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth proposes his view that the regulation-drafting process relies more on art than science. The Commissioner sets out a four-category sliding scale to evaluate regulations, and lists the most frequently noted problems with FCC-promulgated rules.

The Fcc’S Financial Qualification Requirements: Economic Evaluation Of A Barrier To Entry For Minority Broadcasters, Yale M. Braunstein

Federal Communications Law Journal

When analyzing issues surrounding minority ownership of media, scholars have often noted that policy discussions in the area suffer from the linked problems of inadequate data and a lack of tools with which to analyze the data that do exist and might be collected. In Issue Three of Volume 51, several authors made this particular observation. To address this problem, This Article shows how one may use economic analysis and a financial model of a "typical" radio broadcaster to quantify the effects of specific policies. Specifically, the Article focuses on barriers to entry imposed by the FCC’s financial qualification requirements …

Communications Media And The First Amendment: A Viewpoint-Neutral Fcc Is Not Too Much To Ask For, Helgi Walker

Federal Communications Law Journal

In the "new economy" driven by the telecommunications industry, the FCC is a busy agency. Given the myriad legal issues faced daily by agency decisionmakers and the lack of perfect clarity in major communications legislation, a few legal missteps here and there by the FCC might be expected. In one area, however, the public can and should demand a first-rate agency record: regulation of communications media without regard to the viewpoint expressed via that media, as the First Amendment requires. This Article offers two case studies in which the FCC arguably took viewpoint-discriminatory actions with regard to regulated broadcasters, and …

The Fcc And Section 312(A)(7) Of The Communications Act Of 1934: The Development Of The “Unreasonable Access” Clause, Philip J. Gutwein Ii

Federal Communications Law Journal

Section 312(a)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934 requires that broadcast stations provide legally qualified candidates for federal elective office with reasonable access to advertising time on behalf of their candidacies. The FCC has long struggled with defining "reasonable access." On September 7, 1999, the FCC issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in which it ruled that broadcast stations may not refuse a request for political advertising time solely because the station does not sell or program such lengths of time. This ruling came in response to a petition for reconsideration of an October 3, 1994 Declaratory Ruling, filed by …

Too Much Power, Too Little Restraint: How The Fcc Expands Its Reach Through Unenforceable And Unwieldy “Voluntary” Agreements, Bryan N. Tramont

Federal Communications Law Journal

The character of a regulatory agency is most severely tested at the zenith of its power. When the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") breaks free of the limitations imposed by the law, the Commission’s leadership sets its own course. It is at these times, when legal oversight is at a minimum, that it becomes most important for the agency to "pay more attention to justice." Unfortunately, as outlined in this Article, the FCC has often failed this test of institutional character. In at least three contexts, the Commission has proven to be something less than a benevolent master. In …

The Academic Achievement And Psychological Functioning Of College Students With A Family History Of Alcoholism, Rachel M. Dodd

Theses and Dissertations

Fifty adult children of alcoholics (ACAs) and 50 non-ACAs in an undergraduate college student sample were compared on standardized measures of emotional functioning, alcohol consumption, academic achievement, and cognitive ability. A 2 (parental alcoholism status) X 2 (gender) multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed on each of the four categories of dependent variables. The MANOVAs were followed by univariate analyses of variance (ANOVAs) to determine which variables contributed to the multivariate effect.

With respect to emotional functioning, differences between ACAs and non-ACAs were found for males but not females. Male ACAs reported significantly more current anxiety and long-standing anxiety …

The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 23 (Dec. 1, 2000), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 90, but it is the 91st volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Flyer News, Vol. 48, No. 18 (Dec. 1, 2000), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Recent Works On The History Of U.S. Indian Policy, Tim Alan Garrison

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: December 01, 2000, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Water Current, Volume 32, No. 6, December 2000

Water Current Newsletter

Lake Classification Project Could Establish National Water Quality Ranking Procedure
From the Director: Profiling the Individuals and Efforts That Comprise the Water Center; Faculty Members Named to Administrative Posts
Meet the Faculty: David M. Admiraal; John C. Holz
Quality-Assessed Groundwater Pesticide Data Available Online
Groundwater Guardians
Pesticides Discovered in Ogallala Aquifer According to Recent USGS Study
Spring Semester Water Resources Seminar: Social Sciences Affect on Allocation of Water and Natural Resources
Nominations Solicited for 2001 Nebraska Water Conference
Water News Briefs
Congratulations to Our Winners
Avoid Fall Irrigation
TGF National Award Recipients
Our New Look
Watch Us on the Web …

The Problem That Has A Name: Ally Mcbeal And The Future Of Feminism, Kathleen Newman

Colby Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Evolution Of Philippine Businesses: Response To Internal And External Turbulence: Review Of Literature And A Framework For A Research Program, Ma. Andrea L. Santiago

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)

The Philippine business environment undoubtedly is characterized as having a boom and bust cycle. It has not been able to take off as compared to its neighboring countries (Lim, 1999). Now more than ever, the political and economic environment has become a big challenge for many local businesses.

In spite, or because, of the current environment there are businesses that continue to prosper. On the one extreme are the large conglomerates that have the muscle to withstand major shocks and the on other are the smaller entrepreneurial ventures that are flexible and able to seize upon opportunities quickly.

In trying …

Reductive Photocarboxylation Of Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Supercritical Co2: A Mechanistic Investigation, Jingsheng Zhang

Masters Theses

Recent research interest on supercritical CO₂ includes the following three important issues: 1) the development of supercritical CO₂ as an environmental benign reaction medium and as a viable alternative to hazardous organic solvents, 2) the use of supercritical CO₂ as a C₁ feedstock for fixation of CO₂ and 3) characterization of photoinduced electron transfer reactions under supercritical conditions.

The reductive photocarboxylation of aromatic hydrocarbons such as anthracene and phenanthrene in supercritical CO₂, have been chosen for study. Supercritical CO₂ was utilized as both a replacement solvent and as a reacting reagent for …

Cadmium Induced Gene Expression And Signal Transduction Pathway, Daisuke Maki

Masters Theses

Cells respond to cadmium (Cd), a common environmental contaminate, by potentially decreasing reduced intracellular glutathione, as well as, increasing the expression of several antioxidant genes. One of these antioxidant genes, glucose-6- phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), is the rate limiting enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway. This pathway produces NADPH which is used for maintenance of reduced glutathione so, it is hypothesized that Cd should increase G6PDH expression. In this study, we demonstrate that Cd increases the level of G6PDH mRNA in primary rat hepatocytes in culture. In the presence of the antioxidants, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), Trolox, or glutathione monoethyl ester an attenuation …

Increasing Telephone Penetration Rates And Promoting Economic Development On Tribal Lands: A Proposal To Solve The Tribal And State Jurisdictional Problems, Jennifer L. King

Federal Communications Law Journal

Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress instructed the FCC to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable telecommunications services. Consistent with that mandate, the FCC implemented a series of public hearings to discuss with tribes the issues they face concerning low telephone penetration rates. The FCC recommended investigation of universal service in unserved and underserved areas because telephone penetration rates among low-income consumers on tribal lands lagged behind rates in the rest of the country. From these hearings, the FCC proposed a jurisdictional framework to determine which eligible carriers would be under tribal, state, or federal jurisdiction. This …

The Catholic Mind: Culture, Philosophy, And Responsibility In Higher Education, William A. Frank

Journal of Catholic Education

This article argues that any quest to establish or strengthen Catholic identity in educational institutions is ultimately a question of philosophical foundations. The author discusses the importance and fragility of culture as it applies to Catholic though and analyzes the philosophical components necessary for sustaining a dominant cultural ethos. This article concludes with a tentative formulation of four responsibilities of professors in Catholic institutions of higher learning.

An Atm System Model And Wireless Channel Simulation, Karen Dunne

Masters

Congestion in the low frequency regions of the electromagnetic spectrum and demand for support of high bandwidth applications has prompted widespread investigations into networking technologies and communications media. Traditional networking technologies such as Ethernet that are not capable of adequately supporting high bandwidth applications (e.g. videoconferencing) are being replaced by high speed, high bandwidth technologies such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). In the communications media market, wireless systems are becoming ubiquitous due to their ease of installation and maintenance costs. In this research, the networking technology of interest is ATM. ATM used a cell switching architecture that allows seamless support …

A Spatial Inquiry Of Infant Low Birthweight And Cancer Mortality In East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Esra Qzdenerol

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Infant low birthweight rate in East Baton Rouge Parish is higher compared to the nation. Cancer is one of the most serious health problems in Louisiana. A few studies have indicated a relationship between the two health outcomes and their environment, but conclusions from these studies have not always been consistent. The spatial and temporal scales of the data and the methods used in these studies contribute to the inconsistent and uncertain results. The spatial patterns of infant low birthweight and cancer mortality in East Baton Rouge Parish from 1993 to 1996 and their relationships with environmental factors at three …

Bridgewater Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, December 2000

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Inside Front And Back Covers: Watercolors, Robert A. Daniel

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Legacy - December 2000, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Magazine - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

H.L. Hunley Completes the Journey Home.....p. 1
Director’s Notes.....p. 2
Mepkin Wreck Project.....p. 10
Willtown Report.....p. 13
Le Prince Research.....p. 14
Great Pee Dee River Survey.....p. 16
Overcollecting in SC Waters.....p. 17
Delinquent Hobby Diver Reporting.....p. 17
Field Training Course Offered.....p. 17
Allendale 2000 Field Season.....p. 18
African-American Cemetery.....p. 26
Santa Elena Designated as National Landmark.....p. 28
Sandy Island Research.....p. 29
New Book on the Swamp Fox.....p. 31
Digital Mills' Atlas Project.....p. 32
SCIAA Researchers Funded.....p. 34
ART Donors in 2000.....p. 35
ART Board Activities.....p. 36
SC Archaeology Month 2000.....p. 37
George Bass to Speak at Annual ASSC …

Recent Tax Developments In Virginia, William L.S. Rowe

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.

Valuations In The Business Setting: Exhibits

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.

The Evoloving Nature Of Tax Practice, Stefan F. Tucker

William & Mary Annual Tax Conference

No abstract provided.

The Echo: December 1, 2000, Taylor University

2000-2001 (Volume 88)

‘Film2k’ presents itself as an Oscar-worthy event – New twists added to traditional Christmas banquet – TU employee dedicates herself to ‘newborns in need’ – MCC sponsors culture-conscious Christmas event – Griffin’s five-day forecast – World News – National News – State News – Piercings and tattoos no longer signs of rebellion – Seniors dread the upcoming job search – Celebrating Christ’s birth with consumerism – Sleep deprivation drives students to caffeine – What do you want on your tombstone? – SAC coffeehouses misrepresent students’ tastes – New release shatters expectations – Vinnie’s Ratings – Arena rock makes its resurrection …

Industrialized Violence: The Origins Of Genocide, Brandi Pennell

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.