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Peer Mentoring For Graduate Teaching Assistants: Training And Utilizing A Valuable Resource, Katherine G. Hendrix Jan 2000

Peer Mentoring For Graduate Teaching Assistants: Training And Utilizing A Valuable Resource, Katherine G. Hendrix

Basic Communication Course Annual

Experienced graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) can be valuable resources capable of assisting basic course directors with training novice GTAs. Peer mentoring is suggested as one means for training GTAs in departments with two year M.A. programs; but is also useful in departments offering the doctoral degree. Peer mentoring is highlighted as the first of three GTA training stages. A specific program is described based on a the experiences of a department offering the Master of Arts as the terminal degree.

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An Acrostic Approach To Teaching Public Speaking In The Hybrid Communication Course, David W. Worley Jan 2000

An Acrostic Approach To Teaching Public Speaking In The Hybrid Communication Course, David W. Worley

Basic Communication Course Annual

Given the time and pedagogical demands of teaching the principles of public speaking in the hybrid course, both instructors and students are assisted by using a summative, yet sufficiently through, approach to teaching these principles. As acrostic approach described in a preparation outline format and built upon the word S-P-E-A-K provides an integrated, summative and sufficiently thorough instructional approach to meet these demands.

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Author Identifications Jan 2000

Author Identifications

Basic Communication Course Annual

No abstract provided.

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Basic Communication Course Annual Vol. 12 Jan 2000

Basic Communication Course Annual Vol. 12

Basic Communication Course Annual

Full issue (232, 7.896 KB)

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Call For Submissions Jan 2000

Call For Submissions

Basic Communication Course Annual

No abstract provided.

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Back Cover Jan 2000

Back Cover

Basic Communication Course Annual

No abstract provided.

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The Proximate Cause Paradox In The Admiralty Extension Act, Steven F. Friedell Jan 2000

The Proximate Cause Paradox In The Admiralty Extension Act, Steven F. Friedell

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

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Additional Light On The Origins Of Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction, William R. Casto Jan 2000

Additional Light On The Origins Of Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction, William R. Casto

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

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Table Of Contents Jan 2000

Table Of Contents

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

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Shipbrokers' Authority And Ability To Bind Principals: At The Juncture Of Chartering And Agency, H. Edwin Anderson Iii Jan 2000

Shipbrokers' Authority And Ability To Bind Principals: At The Juncture Of Chartering And Agency, H. Edwin Anderson Iii

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

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Ship Agent Liability In Nigeria: Has The Common Law Been Overthrown, Obijiofor Aginam Jan 2000

Ship Agent Liability In Nigeria: Has The Common Law Been Overthrown, Obijiofor Aginam

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

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Convergence And Divergence In Marine Insurance Law Jan 2000

Convergence And Divergence In Marine Insurance Law

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

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Days Of Anger, Days Of Tears: The Story Of Two Kentucky Feuds - Millennium Edition, Juanita Blair, Fred Brown Jr., David Beaver Jan 2000

Days Of Anger, Days Of Tears: The Story Of Two Kentucky Feuds - Millennium Edition, Juanita Blair, Fred Brown Jr., David Beaver

Rowan County War Collection

The millennium edition of Days of Anger, Days of Tears: The Story of Two Kentucky Feuds, a self-published book on the Rowan County War by Juanita Blair and Fred Brown Jr. printed in 2000. Illustrations by David Beaver.

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United States Coastwise Laws In The Pacific, Debra C. Buchanan Jan 2000

United States Coastwise Laws In The Pacific, Debra C. Buchanan

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

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An Agent-Based Global Economy, Michael N. Huhns Jan 2000

An Agent-Based Global Economy, Michael N. Huhns

Faculty Publications

Many people are buying music CDs over the Web, but with multiple retail sites offering the same CDs, how do you decide which retailer to buy from? Typically, you visit a few sites and choose the one with the lowest price. Shopbotsshopping agents that automatically search the Internet to obtain information about prices and other attributes of goods and servicesare ideal helpers for such a task.1 The better ones can visit hundreds of sites, giving price-conscious consumers a powerful tool that could work to the detriment of some retailers.

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The Emergence Of Language Among Autonomous Agents, Piotr Gmytrasiewicz, Michael N. Huhns Jan 2000

The Emergence Of Language Among Autonomous Agents, Piotr Gmytrasiewicz, Michael N. Huhns

Faculty Publications

Suppose some autonomous shopbot agents had been representing us by dealing with a vendor's pricebot, and suppose they didn't share an agent communication language (ACL). What should they know at a fundamental level, what could each point to, and how could they establish a common language? Recent research at the University of Texas at Arlington has shown that agents first establish a common vocabulary, progress to a primitive language similar to human pidgin, then enrich the language's grammar to develop a creole, and eventually arrive at a full-blown ACL. During this process, the vocabulary and grammatical structures most important to …

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Sensors + Agents + Networks = Aware Agents, Michael N. Huhns, Sreenath Seshadri Jan 2000

Sensors + Agents + Networks = Aware Agents, Michael N. Huhns, Sreenath Seshadri

Faculty Publications

Software agents are being deployed in increasing numbers to help users find and manage information, particularly in open environments such as the Internet. For the most part, they operate independently and are typically designed to be aware only of their users and the environment in which they perform their tasks. Thus, they fail to take advantage of each other's abilities or results. For example, a shopping agent might periodically access several online databases to find the best price for a music CD and then purchase it if the price falls below its user's threshold. Other agents might be tracking prices …

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Agent Teams: Building And Implementing Software, Michael N. Huhns Jan 2000

Agent Teams: Building And Implementing Software, Michael N. Huhns

Faculty Publications

Agents will become fundamental building blocks for general-purpose Internet-based software. The software may not display any explicitly agent-like characteristics, but it will exhibit the benefits of tolerance to errors, ease of maintenance, adaptability to change, and speed of construction that agents provide. Moreover, an agent-based approach to software development can lead to new types of software solutions that might not otherwise be obvious. The author considers how an approach based on teams of active, cooperative, and persistent software components, that is agents, shows special promise in enabling the rapid construction of robust and reusable software.

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Back To The Future: A Search For Economic Progress Or Roots? A Comparison Of Experiences Between African American Entrepreneurs In South Africa And In The United States, Melinda Dowell Harris Jan 2000

Back To The Future: A Search For Economic Progress Or Roots? A Comparison Of Experiences Between African American Entrepreneurs In South Africa And In The United States, Melinda Dowell Harris

Student Scholarship

This study addresses some of the challenges and opportunities that African Americans encounter in their quest for economic and personal progress. Further, the study implies that minority entrepreneurs are a special breed of entrepreneur, combining personal, professional, and financial success with that of shared-identity peers. African American entrepreneurs' views of success transcend personal financial gain to incorporate economic and civic progress with those with whom they share identity. Twenty African American entrepreneurs in South Africa and in the United States were interviewed. These individuals were identified through various local and government agencies, as well as through individuals who are in …

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Coercion, Pop-Psychology, And Judicial Moralizing: Some Proposals For Curbing Judicial Abuse Of Probation Conditions, Andrew Horwitz Jan 2000

Coercion, Pop-Psychology, And Judicial Moralizing: Some Proposals For Curbing Judicial Abuse Of Probation Conditions, Andrew Horwitz

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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Enforcing The Law Of Piracy In The South China Sea, Zou Keyuan Jan 2000

Enforcing The Law Of Piracy In The South China Sea, Zou Keyuan

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

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Federalism In The Era Of International Standards: Federal And State Government Regulation Of Merchant Vessels In The United States (Part Iv), Craig H. Allen Jan 2000

Federalism In The Era Of International Standards: Federal And State Government Regulation Of Merchant Vessels In The United States (Part Iv), Craig H. Allen

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

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Investigation Into The Feasibilty Of Providing Intelligent Support For Computer Mediation Decision Making Groups, Andrew Martyn Morley Jan 2000

Investigation Into The Feasibilty Of Providing Intelligent Support For Computer Mediation Decision Making Groups, Andrew Martyn Morley

School of Psychology Theses

This thesis investigated the claim that the adaptation to the keyboard interface of a computer-mediated (CM) decision making group leads to differences in the style of communication when compared to that of a face-to-face (FTF) group. More importantly it examined the possibility that changes in satisfaction with the process and the decision outcome are determined not by the mode of communication, but rather the style of communication the decision makers employed in response to the keyboard interface. The decision processes of CM and FTF groups were examined using a simulated panel of enquiry presented via computer databases and containing inconsistent …

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A Marketing Research Study For Snowbird / Prepared By Wasatch Marketing Research, Robert Dean, Chelsea Green, Todd Hillstead, Sharah Smith Jan 2000

A Marketing Research Study For Snowbird / Prepared By Wasatch Marketing Research, Robert Dean, Chelsea Green, Todd Hillstead, Sharah Smith

Student Works

Snowbird resort offers year-round activities catering to the winter and summer recreationalists. As part of its service, Snowbird has 12 restaurants that provide a variety of food and atmospheres that resort patrons can choose from. Snowbird seeks to increase its revenues by finding ways to attract more guests to any of its 12 restaurants. Snowbird and WMR identified three target groups from which data could be collected. These three groups were the following: condominium owners/timeshare guests, rental guests, and skier/rider. Both parties set research objectives and then questionnaires were created to obtain the desired data from the three target groups. …

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A Marketing Research Study For Wilson Diamonds, Robin Day, Kristen Jones, Xiaoyu Liu, Brandon Smith Jan 2000

A Marketing Research Study For Wilson Diamonds, Robin Day, Kristen Jones, Xiaoyu Liu, Brandon Smith

Student Works

Utah Valley has a very high concentration of university students. University students in Utah Valley also have the reputation of getting married quickly after starting their university careers. Because of the high number of engagements that take place in Utah Valley there are a large number of jewelry stores located around the valley trying to serve university student preferences and needs. This study will allow Wilson Diamonds to better understand student needs and implement solutions to better serve university students. The Tabor Group comprised of Robin Day, Kristen Jones, Xiaoyu Liu, Brandon Smith, Jeniffer Tabor.

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Dietary Phosphorus Effects On Waste Management And Nutrient Balance In The Feedlot, Galen E. Erickson, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Todd Milton, Daniel T. Walters Jan 2000

Dietary Phosphorus Effects On Waste Management And Nutrient Balance In The Feedlot, Galen E. Erickson, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Todd Milton, Daniel T. Walters

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Four experiments were conducted, two with calves in the winter/spring and two with yearlings during the summer, to evaluate the effects of decreasing dietary phosphorus on nutrient balance in the feedlot. The control diets averaged .38% phosphorus, whereas the experimental diets were formulated to not exceed requirements (~.25%). Phosphorus excretion was reduced by feeding the lower phosphorus diet. Phosphorus removed in manure at cleaning was not different. However, when manure was corrected for soil phosphorus, phosphorus removal was decreased by 59% in the summer trials and 38% in the calf trials during the winter/spring by feeding the experimental diet.

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Effect Of Increasing Dietary Corn Silage On Performance, Digestibility And Nitrogen Mass Balance In The Feedlot, Galen E. Erickson, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Todd Milton, Ryan Mass Jan 2000

Effect Of Increasing Dietary Corn Silage On Performance, Digestibility And Nitrogen Mass Balance In The Feedlot, Galen E. Erickson, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Todd Milton, Ryan Mass

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Three dietary corn silage levels (15, 30, and 45% of diet DM) were evaluated in corn finishing diets fed to calves through the winter/spring and yearlings during the summer to determine effects on performance and nitrogen mass balance in feedlot. Yearling gains decreased quadratically with increasing corn silage; however, N and OM removed in manure was greatest for the 30% silage treatment. Calf gains decreased linearly as silage increased; however, N and OM removed in manure was greatest for the 45% silage treatment. Increasing dietary corn silage resulted in decreased gains but did influence manure N with no effect on …

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Adding Value To Low-Quality Beef Muscles Through Glycolytic Inhibition In Pre-Rigor Muscle, Nancy Jerez, Chris R. Calkins, Jesus Velazco Jan 2000

Adding Value To Low-Quality Beef Muscles Through Glycolytic Inhibition In Pre-Rigor Muscle, Nancy Jerez, Chris R. Calkins, Jesus Velazco

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Pre-rigor Semimembranosus, Triceps brachii and Supraspinatus muscles were removed from 10 steers to determine effects of several glycolysis-inhibiting compounds on pH, tenderness and color. Muscles were injected and tumbled with 10% of sodium citrate, sodium fluoride, sodium acetate, or calcium chloride. Sodium citrate and sodium fluoride increased pH values in Semimembranosus, Triceps brachii and Supraspinatus. Tenderness improved in Triceps brachii and Supraspinatus with calcium chloride, sodium fluoride and sodium citrate when compared with controls. Color values were not different among treatments. Sodium citrate and sodium fluoride were successful in improving beef tenderness by maintaining a high pH in pre-rigor …

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Exporting Feedlot Manure To Off-Farm Users, Richard K. Koelsch, Keith Glewen, Tom Trewhitt, Daniel T. Walters Jan 2000

Exporting Feedlot Manure To Off-Farm Users, Richard K. Koelsch, Keith Glewen, Tom Trewhitt, Daniel T. Walters

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

A survey of Nebraska feedlots suggests the majority of feedlots do not export manure to off-farm customers despite a common lack of land base (owned or managed by the feedlot) for using the nitrogen and phosphorus in manure. Only a small portion of the feedlots in Nebraska are actively marketing manure as a product with value by packaging agronomic and nuisance avoidance services with the manure in an effort to enhance its value. A separate survey of manure users suggests that the reason users purchase manure was for its crop nutrient value. However, many users were uncomfortable relying on the …

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Feed Program Impact On Land Requirements For Managing Manure Nutrients From A Feedlot, Richard K. Koelsch Jan 2000

Feed Program Impact On Land Requirements For Managing Manure Nutrients From A Feedlot, Richard K. Koelsch

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Using data from UNL feeding trials (1998 Nebraska Beef Report, pp. 86- 88) designed to compare the impact of protein and phosphorus intake on nutrient excretion, an estimate is made of the land requirement for manure application. A balanced diet formulated using the 1996 NRC was compared to other typical feed rations. The standard industry ration required an additional 100 and 400 acres of land to manage the additional manure nitrogen and phosphorus excreted, respectively, by a 1,000 head feedlot. A spreadsheet tool is introduced for estimating land requirements for manure produced by alternative feeding programs.

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