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The End Of Innocence: Rethinking Noncombatancy In The Post-Kosovo Era, Charles J. Dunlap Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

The protection of civilians and their property in war is an accepted norm of international law - even where the putatively "noncombatant" populace openly supports the immoral use of force by its military. NATO's Kosovo operation suggests, however, that the imposition of hardship on the sentient, adult "noncombatant" population through property loss can erode a society's appetite for malevolence. While civilians should not be targeted, a new paradigm for noncombatancy that allows the destruction of certain property currently protected by international law but not absolutely indispensable to civilian survival may well help shorten conflict and effect necessary societal change.

The Law And The Human Target In Information Warfare: Cautions And Opportunities, Charles J. Dunlap Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

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Implementing Cost-Benefit Analysis When Preferences Are Distorted, Matthew D. Adler, Eric A. Posner

Faculty Scholarship

Cost-benefit analysis is routinely used by government agencies in order to evaluate projects, but it remains controversial among academics. This paper argues that cost-benefit analysis is best understood as a welfarist decision procedure and that use of cost-benefit analysis is more likely to maximize overall well-being than is use of alternative decision-procedures. The paper focuses on the problem of distorted preference. A person's preferences are distorted when his or her satisfaction does not enhance that person's well-being. Preferences typically thought to be distorted in this sense include disinterested preferences, uninformed preferences, adaptive preferences, and objectively bad preferences; further, preferences may …

Introduction, To Cost-Benefit Analysis, Matthew D. Adler, Eric A. Posner

Faculty Scholarship

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Recent Efforts To Change Discovery Rules: Advice For Draftsmen Of Rules For State Courts, Paul D. Carrington

Faculty Scholarship

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International Law And The American National Interest, Michael Byers

Faculty Scholarship

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The Cooling Performance Of Wet Pads And Their Effect On Reduction Of The Inside Temperature A Cage House, Nuh Uğurlu, Mehmet Kara

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This study was carried out in a cage house of the commercial egg company in the Konya Province. The cage house capacity was 36762 layers. Eight exhaust fans with a capacity of 40000 m 3 /h were installed on the end walls in the house. Twenty-four cellulose evaporative cooling pads, each one 1.20 m high x 1.80 m long x 100 mm thick were mounted on the side walls. In this system cooling pads served as air inlets, and evaporative cooling was supplied when dry and hot air flowed into the pads. The temperature of cooled air was decreased by …

Effects Of Genotype And Concentration Of 2,4-D On Callus Induction And Plant Regeneration From Young Inflorescences Of Dallisgrass ( Paspalum Dilatatum Poir), Ersi̇n Can, Nafi̇z Çeli̇ktaş, Rüştü Hati̇poğlu

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This study was conducted to determine the effects of genotype and 2,4-D concentrations on the callus induction and plant regeneration from young inflorescences of dallisgrass ( Paspalum dilatatumPoir). Segments of young inflorescences from six different ecotypes of dallisgrass were cultured on MS-medium containing different con-centrations of 2,4-D ( 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 mg/l). The results of the study showed that the ecotypes were significantly different in cal-lus induction ratio, callus weight per petri dish and plant regeneration from the young inflorescences. With respect to the ecotypes, callus induction ratio varied from 17.5 % to 65 %, callus weight …

The Response Of Sunflower Grain Yield To Water, Abdullah Kadayifçi, Osman Yildirim

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The main aims of this study were to obtain grain and oil yields of sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.) under adequate and limited soil water supply during the total growing season and under limited soil water supply at the early vegetative, late vegetative, vegetative, flowering and yield formation periods, to find out the sensitive periods to soil water deficits, and to determine yield response factors (k y ). The experiments were conducted in the fields of the Research Farm of the Agricultural Faculty, Ankara University, in 1994 and 1995. It was found that the highest grain and oil yields were …

Factors Affecting Iron Chlorosis Observed In Peach Trees In The Bursa Region, Haluk Başar

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This research was implemented to determine the factors causing iron chlorosis observed in peach trees in the Bursa region. For this purpose, four peach orchards having trees with various degrees of chlorosis were selected. Soil and leaf samples were collected during a two year period. According to the results, chlorophyll, total Fe and active Fe contents of the leaves were negatively correlated with soil pH and lime (CaCO 3 ) and the active lime content of the soils. Significant positive correlations were found between organic matter content of the soils and chlorophyll, total Fe and active Fe content of the …

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Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

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Effect Of Some Plant Growth Regulators On Fruit Thinning In Apricots, Mehtap Coşkun, Ahsen Işik Özgüven

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This study was carried out during 1995-1996 in Çukurova. In the experiment, Priana and Belliana were used as comparative cultivars. In addition, 12.5, 25, 50 ppm of NAA and 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 ppm of carbaryl and 50 % of hand thinning were applied about three weeks after full bloom. The results showed that 50 ppm NAA increased both the thinning rate and the fruit size while 1000 and 2000 ppm of carbaryl had a positive effect on the fruit size and weight without having any effect on thinning. Although the treatments gave better results on the fruit size and …

Exploring The Concept Of A Forest Landscape Management Paradigm, Emi̇n Zeki̇ Başkent, Haci̇ Ahmet Yolasiğmaz

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The concept of forest management planning has rapidly progressed towards a more holistic approach in the last decade. Considering the whole landscape of ecosystems is the focus of landscape management. This paper examines the evolutionary process of forest management and compares and contrasts the landscape management planning concept to its predecessor, the conventional forest resource management approach. It explains the conceptual framework, provides the principles and the improvements over the conventional management planning, and discusses different approaches towards the landscape management concept. However, the paper stresses the fact that the evolutionary process of forest management provides the basis for what …

Impacts Of Turkey's Integration Into The European Union On Agriculture In The Post-Uruguay Round Environment, Cemal Atici, P. Lynn Kennedy

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Agricultural trade policies between Turkey and the European Union are modeled using a political preference function (PPF). The PPF is used to estimate the producer and consumer weights perceived by policy makers. The agricultural effects of Turkey's integration into the European Union (EU) and optimal strategies for Turkey and the EU are analyzed Results show that Turkey' s PPF values will be lower, with respect to agriculture, when it joins the EU; however, EU trade liberalization benefits Turkey.

Comparison Of The Swelling And Shrinkage Characteristics Of Corcisan Pine (Pinus Nigra Var. Mantima), İlker Usta, Ari̇f Güray

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The objective of this study was to determine the volumetric swelling and shrinkage characteristics of air-dried Corsican pine in the longitudinal, tangential and radial directions. For this purpose, the swelling of the wood was caused by the wood being increased in water whilst placed in a swelling jig, and the shrinkage made in an oven by drying. The experimental results showed that although the differences in swelling or shrinking occur in the first 5 hours, both swelling and shrinkage are then negligible in the three directions. The values of swelling-shrinkage showed considerable difference among different directions; for instance, swelling-shrinkage in …

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Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

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The Effects Of Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae On The Plant Growth And Nutrient Uptake Of Cucumber, Si̇bel Çiğşar, Nebahat Sari, İbrahi̇m Ortaş

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizae on plant growth of cucumber. Yayla F 1 seeds were sown in sterile and non-sterile growing medium (organic manure:soil:mix of sand; v:v:v 1:1:1). The mix inoculum of Glomus mosseaand Glomus fasciculatumspores (10 g/plant) was placed 5 cm below the cucumber seed before sowing. In order to investigate the effects of VA mycorrhizae on plant growth, plant height, diameter, number of nodes were measured every 15 days. Also once a month biomass, P, Zn and Mn content of dry matter biomass and mycorrhizal infection were also determined. The results …

The Effects Of Some Plant Growing Regulators On The Rooting Of Capers (Capparis Spinosal), Durmuş Ali̇ Söyler, Neşet Arslan

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The study was carried out in the greenhouse of the Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ankara, in 1994. The experiment was conducted in split-plots design in randomised plots with four replications. Cuttings were treated with various concentrations of IBA; IAA and NAA at different periods to induce rooting. The best rootings, 28 % and 29 %, were achieved by treatment of the cuttings with 500 ppm IAA in April and 250 ppm IBA in May for 12h.

Few Reservations About Reservations, Madeline Morris

Faculty Scholarship

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Enforcement And Countermeasures In The Wto: Rules Are Rules - Toward A More Collective Approach, Joost H. B. Pauwelyn

Faculty Scholarship

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Wittgenstein And The Grammar Of Physics: A Study Of Ludwig Wittgenstein's 1929-1930 Manuscripts And The Roots Of His Later Philosophy, Anton Alterman

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In 1929 Wittgenstein began to work on the first philosophical manuscripts he had kept since completing the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (TLP) in 1918. The impetus for this was his conviction that the logic of the TLP was flawed: it was unable to account for the fact that a proposition that assigns a single value on a continuum to a simple object thereby excludes all assignments of different values to the object (the "color exclusion" problem). Consequently Wittgenstein's "atomic propositions" could not be logically independent of one another.

Initially he thought he could replace the "logically perfect language" of the TLP with …

Painted Slang: The Caricatural Aspects Of French Painting, 1850–1880, Melina V. Kervandjian

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

A complicated relationship between painting and caricature emerged in France in the 1850s and 1860s when writers like Baudelaire and Champfleury, who were known for their work on painting and painters, produced a number of texts focusing on caricature and caricaturists. Such writings legitimized imagery previously relegated to the realm of "low art" by declaring caricature integral to the aesthetic discourses of the nineteenth century.

The legitimization of caricature also involved a concurrent effort by artists like Honore Daumier, Gustave Courbet, and Paul Cezanne, who incorporated caricatural elements within their painted works. Rather than adopting the traditional strategy of marginalizing …

Sexual Harassment And Racial Disparity: The Mutual Construction Of Gender And Race, Tanya K. Hernandez

Faculty Scholarship

For a number of years, commentators have proffered anecdotal evidence to suggest that women of color figure prominently as sexual harassment plaintiffs. Until recently, a systematic statistical analysis of women's experiences of sexual harassment by race was largely unavailable. For the first time, this Article comprehensively analyzes Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sexual harassment charge statistics, by looking at data from the last seven years along with Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw electronic reports of sexual harassment complaints for the last twenty years. What immediately becomes apparent in this statistical analysis of sexual harassment charges in the United States is the overrepresentation …

Life And Evolution In Computers, Melanie Mitchell

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper argues for the possibility of 'artificial life' and computational evolution, first by discussing (via a highly simplified version) John von Neumann's self-reproducing automaton and then by presenting some recent work focusing on computational evolution, in which 'cellular automata', a form of parallel and decentralized computing system, are evolved via 'genetic algorithms'. It is argued that such in silico experiments can help to make sense of the question of whether we can eventually build computers that are intelligent and alive.

The Ribosome: Structure, Function, And Dynamics., Margaret Stahle Van Loock

All ETDs from UAB

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The Influence On Quality Of Life Of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (Csii) Therapy., Luanne Aline Turrentine

All ETDs from UAB

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Regulation Of Sodium(+)/Chlorine(-)-Coupled Neurotransmitter Transporters., Matthew Lee Beckman

All ETDs from UAB

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Estimating The Probability For Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation In Medicare Recipients After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery., Judy Lynea Bezanson

All ETDs from UAB

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Formulation And Characterization Of Acrylic Bone Cement., Lujia Bu

All ETDs from UAB

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Phosphoregulation Of Human Glutamine:Fructose -6 -Phosphate Amidotransferase By Camp -Mediated Signaling., Qing Chang

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.