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Hslic Annual Report 1999-00, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center

HSLIC Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Personnel File Of Fr. Charles Rourke, Catholic Church. Archdiocese Of Santa Fe (N.M.)

Personnel Files

No abstract provided.

Information Technology In The Health Care Industry: A Primer, P. Southard, S. J. Hong, Keng Siau

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The paper discusses current and future applications of information technology within the healthcareindustry. It presents some broad strategies for approaching information technology investments and various tools available.

E-Commerce Systems Development Methodologies, M. Rossi, Keng Siau, S. Purao

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Methodologies. This is the first time we organize this new minitrack on electronic commerce systems development. The flexibility, scalability, user-friendliness, privacy, security, intuitiveness, and other important characteristics of electronic commerce systems make the systems development process of such systems very multifaceted and complex. Today, most electronic commerce systems are built based on intuition and rule of thumbs.Many practitioners have the misconception that there is no need for a systematic modeling and design technique for these systems. The lack of appropriate methods and methodologies to support electronic commerce systems development is another stumbling block. Most of the widely used methods are …

An Integrated Data Mining System To Automate Discovery, Cecil Chua, Roger Hsiang-Li Chiang, Ee Peng Lim

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Many data analysts require tools which can integrate their database management packages (e.g. Microsoft Access) with their data analysis ones (e.g. SAS, SPSS), and provide guidance for the selection of appropriate mining algorithms. In addition, the analysts need to extract and validate statistical results to facilitate data mining. In this paper, we describe an integrated data mining system called the Linear Correlation Discovery System (LCDS) that meets the above requirement. LCDS consists of four major sub-components, two of which, the selection assistant and the statistics coupler, are discussed in this paper. The former examines the schema and instances to determine …

The Integration Of Relationship Instances From Heterogeneous Databases, Ee Peng Lim, Roger Hsiang-Li Chiang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In the process of integrating legacy databases, one has to resolve inter-database conflicts at both the schema and instance levels. In this paper, we discuss relationship conflicts as a special type of conflicts to be resolved during the database integration. Relationships are properties that relate real world objects. So far, most inter-database relationship conflicts are addressed at the schema-level by various schema integration techniques. However, instance-level relationship conflicts are largely neglected. This paper therefore investigates the causes of instance-level relationship conflicts and proposes a taxonomy for classifying instance-level relationship conflicts. In addition, we develop a systematic process to resolve instance-level …

Leadership And Communication In The Transition To Virtual, Mark K. Reighard

Theses

This culminating project focuses on the transition of work teams from a traditional to a virtual work setting and the approaches and tools used by the manager to make that transition effective.

"Virtual Workplace", Telecommuting, Telework, "Alternative Workplace", and "Work From Home" are all terms and phrases used to describe a situation where at least a portion of a work team's members are not housed in a specific office day in and day out. This type of work setting has been utilized for many years (e.g. the traveling salesman) but is gaining popularity with the advent of enhanced communication tools …

Evaluation Of Fish Scale Chemistry For Determining Habitat Associations, Brian Kenneth Wells

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

This is the first work examining the utility of scale chemistry for determining natal origins and habitat associations. I quantified a relationship of scale chemistry to water chemistry, quantified geographic variation in scale chemistry, and evaluated stability of scale chemistry through maturation. Scale chemistry accurately reflected trace element composition of the water in which fish had lived. Juvenile spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) were held in four concentrations of Sr, Cd, and Ba maintained at either 20°C or 25°C, for 42 days. Strontium:Ca, Cd:Ca, and Ba:Ca levels in scales were linearly related to environmental concentrations while temperature had no effect. …

Perceptions Of Clinical Psychologists Relative To Other Mental Health Providers, Glenora Nelson

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

There is a myriad of job titles that exist within the mental health profession. Public perception about the differences between these professionals has been the focus of many studies and the results generally suggest that the public cannot clearly distinguish among these mental heath professionals. The present study is also concerned with perceptions about the various mental health professionals, in particular, perceptions of clinical psychologists relative to other professionals in this field. Undergraduate psychology students age 18–47 participated in a study of perceptions and attitudes about the qualifications and competence of clinical psychologists, professional counselors, psychiatrists and clinical social workers. …

Increasing Readiness To Change Among Smokers In A Primary Care Setting, Sheila F. Collicott

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

This study compared the effectiveness of two brief interventions, direct advice and motivational interviewing, for increasing motivation to quit among male smokers in the pre-contemplation and contemplation stages of change who were primary care patients at an Eastern urban VA medical center. Contrary to expectations, participants receiving motivational interviews did not increase more in readiness to change, motivation, and actions to quit, than those receiving direct advice or a control conversation, nor did they smoke fewer cigarettes per day. As expected, contemplators reported more cutting down and quit attempts than pre-contemplators. Factors that may have limited the effectiveness of interventions …

Multicast Services For Multimedia Collaborative Applications, Emad Eldin Mohamed Mohamed

Computer Science Theses & Dissertations

This work aims at providing multicast services for multimedia collaborative applications over large inter-networks such as the Internet. Multimedia collaborative applications are typically of small group size, slow group membership dynamics, and awareness of participants' identities and locations. Moreover, they usually consist of several components such as audio, video, shared whiteboard, and single user application sharing engines that collectively help make the collaboration session successful. Each of these components has its demands from the communication layer that may differ from one component to another. This dissertation identifies the overall characteristics of multimedia collaborative applications and their individual components. It also …

Extending Traditional Static Analysis Techniques To Support Development, Testing And Maintenance Of Component-Based Solutions, Robert David Cherinka

Computer Science Theses & Dissertations

Traditional static code analysis encompasses a mature set of techniques for helping understand and optimize programs, such as dead code elimination, program slicing, and partial evaluation (code specialization). It is well understood that compared to other program analysis techniques (e.g., dynamic analysis), static analysis techniques do a reasonable job for the cost associated with implementing them. Industry and government are moving away from more ‘traditional’ development approaches towards component-based approaches as ‘the norm.’ Component-based applications most often comprise a collection of distributed object-oriented components such as forms, code snippets, reports, modules, databases, objects, containers, and the like. These components are …

Experimental Investigation Of Long-Lived "Zeke" Rydberg States In Ultracold Argon, Gambhir Ranjit

Physics Theses & Dissertations

There is considerable interest in the dynamics of ultracold plasmas and ultracold Rydberg gases. Ultracold plasmas are typically formed by photo-excitation of ultracold atoms to an energy region near (both above and below) an ionization threshold. Excitation to bound, highly-excited Rydberg states can lead to formation of a plasma via several processes, including collisions between Rydberg atoms. Three-body recombination in an ultracold plasma can also result in the production of ultracold Rydberg atoms. Understanding the dynamics of ultracold Rydberg gases is therefore important for understanding the dynamics of ultracold plasmas. In this dissertation, we have investigated the formation and survival …

Effects Of Ventilation On Human Thermal Comfort In Rooms, Ahmed F. Alfahaid

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Nowadays, the majority of people spend up to 90% of their time indoors; as a result, the maintenance of optimal indoor climate conditions has become important for their overall health and comfort. The main goal of this study is to predict numerically the flow and temperature patterns and the human thermal comfort conditions in an indoor environment using displacement ventilation.

A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code has been used to analyze thermal comfort conditions for a fullscale ventilated room. Unstructured grids have been used to discretize the numerical domain. Before undertaking a detailed investigation, the code was validated by comparing …

Statement Of Basis Approval Of No Further Action Volume 17 Of 30 January 2000 Er Site 63b Operable Unit 1333 Round 9, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Statement of Basis for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 63B. Terminology changed to Justification for permit modifications after the submittal of this and the other documents included in this submittal. As with Justification Binders, contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

Statement Of Basis Approval Of No Further Action Volume 19 Of 30 January 2000, Solid Waste Management Unit 17, Operable Unit 1335, Round 10, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Statement of Basis for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 17. Terminology changed to Justification for permit modifications after the submittal of this and the other documents included in this submittal. As with Justification Binders, contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

Statement Of Basis Approval Of No Further Action Volume 15 Of 30 January 2000 Er Site 44 Operable Unit 1303 Round 9, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Statement of Basis for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 44. Terminology changed to Justification for permit modifications after the submittal of this and the other documents included in this submittal. As with Justification Binders, contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

Statement Of Basis Approval Of No Further Action Volume 10 Of 30 January 2000 Er Site 13 Operable Unit 1333 Round 8, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Statement of Basis for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 13. Terminology changed to Justification for permit modifications after the submittal of this and the other documents included in this submittal. As with Justification Binders, contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

Statement Of Basis Approval Of No Further Action Volume 7 Of 30 January 2000, Er Site 72, Operable Unit 1333 Round 5, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Statement of Basis for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 72. Terminology changed to Justification for permit modifications after the submittal of this and the other documents included in this submittal. As with Justification Binders, contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

Statement Of Basis Approval Of No Further Action Volume 14 Of 30 January 2000 Er Site 19 Operable Unit 1332 Round 9, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Statement of Basis for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 19. Terminology changed to Justification for permit modifications after the submittal of this and the other documents included in this submittal. As with Justification Binders, contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

Statement Of Basis Approval Of No Further Action Volume 1 Of 30 January 2000 Er Site 22 Operable Unit 1334 Round 2, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Statement of Basis for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 22. Terminology changed to Justification for permit modifications after the submittal of this and the other documents included in this submittal. As with Justification Binders, contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

Statement Of Basis Approval Of No Further Action Volume 4 Of 30 January 2000 Er Site 38 Operable Unit 1335 Round 4, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Statement of Basis for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 38. Terminology changed to Justification for permit modifications after the submittal of this and the other documents included in this submittal. As with Justification Binders, contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

Statement Of Basis Approval Of No Further Action Volume 16 Of 30 January 2000 Er Site 59 Operable Unit 1333 Round 9, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Statement of Basis for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 59. Terminology changed to Justification for permit modifications after the submittal of this and the other documents included in this submittal. As with Justification Binders, contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

Statement Of Basis Approval Of No Further Action Volume 25 Of 30 January 2000, Solid Waste Management Unit 61a, Operable Unit 1334, Round 11, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Regulatorily Completed

This technical document contains the Statement of Basis for the Class III Permit Modification request for Site 61A. Terminology changed to Justification for permit modifications after the submittal of this and the other documents included in this submittal. As with Justification Binders, contained within this document is the history of the site, descriptions of any investigations and/or remediation completed at the site, the regulatory background, and the rationale for the proposed future land-use of this site.

The Insolvent Life Care Provider: Who Leads The Dance Between The Federal Bankruptcy Code And State Continuing-Care Statutes, Nathalie Martin

Faculty Scholarship

Continuing-care retirement communities provide seniors with an attractive option to traditionaln ursing homes. These arrangementsa llow seniors to live in a pleasant, independent environment for as long as possible, and then receive life time nursing care when it is needed. Residents of these communities pay a large upfront entry fee in exchange for the promise of life time nursing care. When continuing care facilities file for bankruptcy, however, residents risk losing their large upfront entry fee, which drastically reduces the value of these arrangements to consumers. In this Article, Professor Nathalie Martin analyses these risks against a host of state …

The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District's Protected Water Rights: Legal, Beneficial, Or Against The Public Interest In New Mexico, Lisa D. Brown

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Protected Areas And Regional Sustainability: Surveying Decision Makers In The Lake Superior Basin, James Cantrill, Thomas Potter, William Stephenson

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Possibilities For Expansion Of The Migratory Bird Treaty Act For The Protection Of Migratory Birds, Conrad A. Fjetland

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Terra Firma Or Terra Incognita - Western Land Use, Hazardous Waste, And The Devolution Of U.S. Federal Environmental Programs, Kris Wernstedt

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Silence And Silencing: Their Centripetal And Centrifugal Forces In Cultural Expression, Pedagogy And Legal Discourse, Margaret E. Montoya

Faculty Scholarship

This article uses Critical Race Theory and LatCrit Theory in its analysis, methodologies, and purpose. I seek to disrupt silences around race and to provide the knowledge and skills for effective work on racial equity and justice. Language and voice have been subjects of great interest to scholars working in the areas of Critical Race Theory and Latina/o Critical Legal Theory. Silence, a counterpart of voice, has not, however, been well theorized. This Article is an invitation to attend to silence and silencing. The first part of the Article argues that one's use of silence is an aspect of communication …