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Modern Nine-Squares, Chris Cole

Word Ways

Thousands of nine-squares are known to logology, so one of the remaining challenges is to build them from restricted sources. This article discusses building a nine-square using only words and phrases that are in current use. Consider, for example, the following nine-square.

Info: November 2001, Seattle University Law Library

Law Library Newsletters

•New Library Display
•Library Liaison Program
•O'Brian Series added to Walkover Collection
•Conference Attendance
•New and Notable

Practicing Cpa, Vol. 25 No. 11, November/December 2001, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

At&T Comm Of Nj Inc V. Verizon Nj Inc

2001 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Application Of Morphometric Relationships To Active Flow Networks Within The Mammoth Cave Watershed, John Glennon

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Numerous quantitative relationships have been formulated to describe the nature of surface-drainage networks. These parameters have been used in various studies of geomorphology and surface-water hydrology, such as flood characteristics, sediment yield, and evolution of basin morphology. Little progress has been made in applying these quantitative descriptors to karst flow systems due to the lack of sufficiently complete data and inadequate technology for processing the large, complex data sets. However, as a result of four decades of investigation, an abundance of data now exists for the Mammoth Cave Watershed providing the opportunity for broader quantitative research in the organization of …

Getting Over The Magical Hump: Placement Decisions And Emotional Survival For Child Welfare Workers, Nancy Colleen Freymond

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

This paper explores the crown wardship process from the perspective of the child welfare worker. It is based on a qualitative analysis of interviews with child welfare workers who have been involved in the process of identifying children for crown wardship, in giving chances to mothers to demonstrate parenting ability, and finally, in negotiating and formalizing crown wardship agreements. The paper also explores how workers construct identities which allow them to cope with the emotional strains of this work.

Allocution For Victims Of Economic Crimes, Jayne W. Barnard

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Statesman, V. 45, I. 16, State University Of New York At Stony Brook

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 45, i. 16

Ua11/1 Echo, Vol. 11, No. 4, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created for WKU faculty and staff.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 77, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Lord, Joseph. Anthrax Scare Not Intended
• Corbin, Brett. First Hispanic Police Officer Hired – Raphael Casas
• Clark, Ryan. From the Editor – Diversity
• Dittmeier, Kate. Students Celebrate Spooky Holiday on Hill
• Sociologist to Speak – Michael Kimmel
• Marching Band Will Play in Extravaganza
• Children’s Theatre Offering This Weekend – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• NPR Pioneer to Speak at 7:30 Tonight – Bill Siemering
• Warren, Brandy. Gatton Academy for Mathematics & Science Waiting for Funding
• Free Speech Can be the Hardest to Hear – Hell House
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon …

The Probe, Issue 219 – November/December 2001

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Oversight of Wildlife Damage Control Operators
Oversight of the Wildlife Control Industry -- Tim Mien, President, NWCOA
Oversight of the Wildlife Control Industry: Regulatory and Statutory Standards as Recommendations to the States -- John Hadidian & Michele Childs, The Humane Society of the United States
Coyote Attacks Increasing in California -- Nicki Frey
Ranchers, hunters, farmers and environmentalists in eastern Idaho have agreed to a plan for managing grizzly bears in the state should they be removed from the federal Endangered Species list.
Bobby R. Acord is the new Administrator for the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Graduate …

Hsc E-News., Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University.

HSC E-News

No abstract provided.

November 1, 2001, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Changing Times, Changing Relationships: An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Superintendents And Boards Of Education, George J. Petersen, Lance D. Fusarelli

Graduate Studies in Education

Historically in the United States, states have delegated much of their authority over educational policy to local school districts. However, reform and restructuring efforts as well as a weakening economy have placed enormous political and financial pressure on schools to do more with less, yet continue to demonstrate effective leadership at the district level. Research literature focused on district leadership indicates that the relationship between the superintendent and board of education has a significant impact on the quality of a district's educational program.

This conceptual paper explores the implications of three distinct trends on the relationship between superintendents and boards …

“Making-Face, Making-Heart”: The Spiritual Foundations Of An Indigenous Pedagogy, Ralph Casas

Journal of Hispanic / Latino Theology

The author argues for the construction of pedagogical strategies that respect the learner’s context and cognitive framework, aiming for the development of an indigenous ecology of education. He brings the insights of Latin American and U.S. Latino/a theology into consideration, suggesting that the dialogue between Christian and indigenous Mesoamerican religious traditions can be both productive and practical.

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 77, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Newsette: Balitang Aklatan - November-December 2001, De La Salle University Libraries

Newsette: Balitang Aklatan - DLSU Libraries

What's Inside:

• Assessment of the DLSU Library Periodical Collection by Willian S.A. Frias
• New Library Position Opens
• IMS Additional Budget
• PAASCU Visits the Library
• Dr. Kral Talks on US after the Bombing
• Eng Chan's First Love by Wilfred Marbella
• Faculty and Co-Academic Personnel (CAPs) Activities
• Exhibits
• Library Visitors

Modeling Control Of Hiv Infection Through Structured Treatment Interruptions With Recommendations For Experimental Protocol, Shannon Kubiak, Heather Lehr, Rachel Levy, Todd Moeller, Albert Parker, Edward Swim

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) of HIV infection has significantly reduced morbidity and mortality in developed countries. However, since these treatments can cause side effects and require strict adherence to treatment protocol, questions about whether or not treatment can be interrupted or discontinued with control of infection maintained by the host immune system remain to be answered. We present sensitivity analysis of a compartmental model for HIV infection that allows for treatment interruptions, including the sensitivity of the compartments themselves to our parameters as well as the sensitivity of the cost function used in parameter estimation. Recommendations are made about …

Knowledge Discovery In Biological Datasets Using A Hybrid Bayes Classifier/Evolutionary Algorithm, Michael L. Raymer, Leslie A. Kuhn, William F. Punch

Kno.e.sis Publications

A key element of bioinformatics research is the extraction of meaningful information from large experimental data sets. Various approaches, including statistical and graph theoretical methods, data mining, and computational pattern recognition, have been applied to this task with varying degrees of success. We have previously shown that a genetic algorithm coupled with a k-nearest-neighbors classifier performs well in extracting information about protein-water binding from X-ray crystallographic protein structure data. Using a novel classifier based on the Bayes discriminant function, we present a hybrid algorithm that employs feature selection and extraction to isolate salient features from large biological data sets. The …

New Procedures To Assess Executive Functions In Preschool Children, K. A. Espy, P. M. Kaufmann, M. L. Glisky, M. D. Mcdiarmid

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory: Faculty Publications

Executive functions are difficult to assess in preschool children, yet the preschool period is particularly important, both in the development of behavioral control and of the brain, particularly the prefrontal cortex. Several tasks were adapted from developmental and neuroscience literature and then administered to 98 preschool children (30-, 36-, 42-, 48- and 60-month age groups). Executive function task performance was related largely to age group, but not to sex or intelligence. These tasks, then, were sensitive in this age range and may be useful to delineate distinct cognitive profiles among preschool children with various neurological and developmental disorders.

Meeting Employees' Information Needs In An Evolving Health Care Marketplace, Lise Rybowski

National Health Policy Forum

This background paper explores the role of information in an evolving health care marketplace. It notes that, in a softening economy, many employers seeking relief from escalating health care expenses shift costs onto employees. Some try to make their retreat more palatable by offering employees both more options for how and where they receive health care and more control over how and where the money is spent. This paper discusses the changes that are likely to occur over the next decade in the ways that people make decisions about health plans and providers, the implications for consumers' information needs, and …

Vet In Schools : Participation And Pathways, Sue Fullarton

LSAY Research Reports

The introduction of vocational education and training (VET) programs into secondary schools is a significant development in Australian education. VET programs are intended to broaden the range of curriculum offerings and provide young people with another pathway to work and tertiary education. A key feature of the secondary VET programs in Australia is that they comply with the National Training Framework and also form part of students' senior secondary certificate. This report uses a substantial national data set to analyses the levels of participation in VET in Schools, the characteristics of the young people who take VET programs, and their …

Field And Laboratory Studies On The Development And Control Of Soil Water Repellency Of Sand Root Zone Mixes, Whitney Elmore

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Localized dry spots (LDS) associated with water repellent (i.e., hydrophobic) soils have detrimental effects on the survival, playability, and aesthetic value of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris) used for golf course putting greens. The development of water-repellent soils, using molarity of ethanol water droplet tests to determine soil hydrophobicity, wetting agent evaluations, and water retention based on percent organic matter were investigated. Greenhouse, field, and laboratory studies were conducted at Western Kentucky University beginning in 2000 and ending in 2001. The greenhouse study was initiated to investigate the type of soil most capable of producing a hydrophobic condition. Using hydrophilic sand …

A Fast Full-Search Adaptive Vector Quantizer For Video Coding, Scott E. Budge, Christian B. Peel

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper presents a novel VQ structure which provides very good quality encoding for video sequences and exploits the computational savings gained from a fast-search algorithm. It uses an adaptive-search, variable-length encoding method which allows for very fast matching of a wide range of transmission rates. Both the encoding quality and the computational benefits from the fast-search algorithm are presented. Simulations show that full-search tree residual VQ (FTRVQ) can provide up to 3 dB improvement over a similar RVQ encoder on video sequences.

29th Conference On Senior Engineering Design Projects, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

Senior Engineering Design Conference

The 29th Conference on Senior Engineering Design Projects was held on November 27, 2001 at the College of Engineering and applied Sciences on the Parkview Campus of Western Michigan University. The college sponsors the conference to showcase the work of its graduating seniors, who are required to complete a capstone project that puts into practice what they have learned. Many of the projects are sponsored by business and industry.

The Utility Of Embryonic Stem Cells, Gary R. Wright

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Rural Idaho: Challenged To Change, Andrus Center For Public Policy

Research and Reports

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 Standing Tall, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special men's basketball issue of the College Heights Herald. Articles:

• Bastani, Camron. Hilltoppers Hope to Leave Mark on Sun Belt Conference
• Farner, Keith & Camron Bastani. College Heights Herald Top 15 Says Blue Devils Rule the Land
• Knox, Malcolm. All-American Back for One More Run – Chris Marcus
• Lewis, Dustin. Loss of Nashon McPherson Leaves Hole in Lineup
• Farner, Keith. Point Guards Plan on Carrying Their Weight
• Moore, Michael. Defense Still Core of Team
• Tucker, Kyle. Tops Bond During Offseason Games
• Hightower, Kyle. Hey Fans, Good Times Are Here Again
• Schoenbaechler, Danny. Tops Look for Sparks-Plug In Backcourt

Eighth Place: John Ashcroft, Et Al. V. Free Speech Coalition, Et Al., Louis Smith, Marcie Norton

David E. Snodgrass Moot Court Competition

No abstract provided.

Faculty Focus, November 2001, Vol. 1 No. 3, California State University, Monterey Bay

Faculty Focus

Cecilia O'Leary's Scholarship for Social Justice -- CSUMB Participates in National Dialogs on Student Learning -- Ruben Mendoza: "Writing is Social Action" -- Christine Sleeter: Putting the Writer Back into the Writing -- Recent Faculty Scholarship -- TLT Roundtable: An Opportunity for Communication? -- What is "Class Participation"? -- WASC: Update on Education Effectiveness Study -- Literacy Lunch on Reading -- Taking the Next Step: Planning the Program Assessment Cycle