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Electron Redistribution Of Aromatic Ligands In (Arene)Cr(Co)3 Complexes. Structural (Bond-Length) Changes As Quantitative Measures, P. Le Maguères, Sergey V. Lindeman, Jay K. Kochi Jan 2001

Electron Redistribution Of Aromatic Ligands In (Arene)Cr(Co)3 Complexes. Structural (Bond-Length) Changes As Quantitative Measures, P. Le Maguères, Sergey V. Lindeman, Jay K. Kochi

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Arene ligands experience significant ring expansion upon coordination with chromium tricarbonyl, as established by precise X-ray crystallographic analyses of various (η6-arene)Cr(CO)3 complexes. Such changes in ligand structures result from the charge (electron) redistribution, Ar+−Cr-, upon arene coordination, since they are closely related to those found in the intermolecular 1:1 complexes of the corresponding series of arenes with nitrosonium cation (NO+). The latter are prototypical examples of charge-transfer complexes as described by Mulliken. As such, they show enhanced degrees of charge (electron) transfer that approach unity, which is confirmed by quantitative comparison …

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Locally 1-To-1 Maps And 2-To-1 Retractions, Jo Heath, Van C. Nall Jan 2001

Locally 1-To-1 Maps And 2-To-1 Retractions, Jo Heath, Van C. Nall

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

This paper considers the question of which continua are 2-to-1 retracts of continua.

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E' Is For Eclectic: Multiple Perspectives On Evidence (Symposium: New Perspectives On Evidence), Richard D. Friedman Jan 2001

E' Is For Eclectic: Multiple Perspectives On Evidence (Symposium: New Perspectives On Evidence), Richard D. Friedman

Articles

A conference titled "New Perspectives on Evidence: Experts, Empirical Study and Economics" has a pronounced alliterative theme, a theme made even more apparent when, inevitably in evidentiary discourse, epistemological questions come to the fore. It is enough to make one suspect that the conference is secretly brought to you by the letter "E," hiding behind its public front, the Olin Foundation. Putting aside such conspiratorial thoughts, all these "E's" suggest the presence of a meta-"E"-Eclecticism. Indeed, I believe this conference has demonstrated the need for an eclectic approach to evidentiary problems. That should be no surprise. The domain of evidentiary …

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Photooxidation Of Polymeric-Inorganic Nanocomposites: Chemical, Thermal Stability And Fire Retardancy Investigations, Adams Tidjani, Charles A. Wilkie Jan 2001

Photooxidation Of Polymeric-Inorganic Nanocomposites: Chemical, Thermal Stability And Fire Retardancy Investigations, Adams Tidjani, Charles A. Wilkie

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Nanocomposites of polypropylene-graft-maleic anhydride/clay and polypropylene/clay were prepared by melt blending using two different approaches. X-Ray diffraction results showed an intercalated structure. Samples of nanocomposites were exposed to UV light under atmospheric oxygen and their photo-oxidative stability was studied using FTIR and UV spectroscopy. The consequences of this photo-oxidation on the thermal stability and fire retardant performance of the nanocomposites were also addressed from thermogravimetry analysis and Cone calorimetry.

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Asian American Voting Rights And Representation: A Perspective From The Northeast, Glenn D. Magpantay Jan 2001

Asian American Voting Rights And Representation: A Perspective From The Northeast, Glenn D. Magpantay

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This article presents a strategy for advancing Asian American voting rights and for ensuring that Asian Americans have a full and fair opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice, as guaranteed by the Voting Rights Act, through an exploration of legal issues in the census, redistricting, and alternative voting systems. First, it discusses the importance of an accurate count of Asian Americans in the decennial census. Second, it explores legal strategies to achieve meaningful representation of Asian Americans through the redrawing of federal, state, and local voting district boundaries. Third, it reviews the merits and limitations of alternative voting …

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Diversity Efforts In Independent Schools, Michael Brosnan Jan 2001

Diversity Efforts In Independent Schools, Michael Brosnan

Fordham Urban Law Journal

When it comes to diversity, many high-end institutions--including those in education, politics, and media--have been slow to change and reluctant to promote people who do not fit a certain profile. They are cautious institutions reflecting the broader culture of power. Independent schools are wrestling with the same concerns as law firms. They are trying to diversify their teaching staffs and student bodies, but are having limited success. Diversifying a school with a tradition of being predominantly white (and sometimes predominantly Christian) requires work on many fronts. Any effort to hire teachers of color, to be successful, must coincide with steps …

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Unequal Educational Opportunities For Gifted Students: Robbing Peter To Pay Paul?, Charles J. Russo Jan 2001

Unequal Educational Opportunities For Gifted Students: Robbing Peter To Pay Paul?, Charles J. Russo

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Brown ushered in an era that has led to admirable, yet arguably incomplete, gains in equal educational opportunities for all children, most notably minorities, females, and students with disabilities. However, despite the progress that has been made in the struggle for educational equality, many exceptional students are not being fully served. Aside from commission reports and rhetoric, little has been done at either the federal or state level to offer appropriate programming for gifted and talented children's educational needs. It is questionable whether educational leaders and policy makers have taken sufficient steps to meet the educational needs of gifted children. …

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An Idea Schools Can Use: Lessons From Special Education Legislation, Terry Jean Seligman Jan 2001

An Idea Schools Can Use: Lessons From Special Education Legislation, Terry Jean Seligman

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (the “IDEA”) has been a part of our public education system since 1975. The IDEA was enacted in response to the exclusion and inadequate education of children with disabilities. The IDEA is widely viewed as having opened the doors to education to previously excluded children. During the summer of 2001, as Congress labored to pass new standards for public education, the Secretary of Education under President George W. Bush's administration resisted efforts to increase funding for special education, asserting that the IDEA needed reforms that money could not address. This article argues that the …

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Diversity Efforts In Independent Schools , Michael Brosnan Jan 2001

Diversity Efforts In Independent Schools , Michael Brosnan

Fordham Urban Law Journal

In recent years, independent schools have begun committing themselves to diversity. Schools are recruiting more students and teachers of color and have transformed their curriculum to better address race, gender, class religion, and sexual orientation. Schools must start marketing themselves to a broad spectrum of families, teachers, and administrators, and have done so in order to prepare students for the adult world to come. Schools need to hire and retain teachers of color. To achieve this, some overlapping efforts by schools include: creating the need to hire teachers of color with the school's mission, clarifying the school's climate and culture, …

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Strong, Smart, And Bold Girls: The Girls Incorporated Approach To Education , Heather Johnston Nicholson, Mary F. Maschino Jan 2001

Strong, Smart, And Bold Girls: The Girls Incorporated Approach To Education , Heather Johnston Nicholson, Mary F. Maschino

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Girls Incorporated is a national non profit youth organization that "inspires all girls to be strong, smart and bold". in 200, Girls Inc. programs reached more than 740,000 girls and young women ages six through eighteen. A vast majority of these programs are conducted at schools during and after the school day. Program areas include science, media criticism, leadership, and substance use prevention. This article explores the different tactics, philosophies, and programs utilized used by Girls Inc.

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Art/Sofm: A Hybrid Approach To The Tsp, Narayan Vishwanathan, Donald C. Wunsch Jan 2001

Art/Sofm: A Hybrid Approach To The Tsp, Narayan Vishwanathan, Donald C. Wunsch

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We present a new method of solving large scale travelling salesman problem (TSP) instances using a combination of adaptive resonance theory (ART) and self organizing feature maps (SOFM). We divide our algorithm into three phases: phase one uses ART to form clusters of cities; phase two uses a novel modification of the traditional SOFM algorithm to solve a slight variant of the TSP in each cluster of cities; and phase three uses another version of the SOFM to link all the clusters. The experimental results show that our algorithm finds approximate solutions which are about 13% longer than those reported …

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Magnetization And Heat Capacity Of R1/3sr2/3feo3-Δ (R = La And Pr), V. P.S. Awana, M. Karppinen, H. Yamauchi, S. K. Malik, William B. Yelon, Apurva Mehta, A. V. Narlikar Jan 2001

Magnetization And Heat Capacity Of R1/3sr2/3feo3-Δ (R = La And Pr), V. P.S. Awana, M. Karppinen, H. Yamauchi, S. K. Malik, William B. Yelon, Apurva Mehta, A. V. Narlikar

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Results of magnetization and heat capacity (CP) measurements are presented for R1/3Sr2/3FeO3-δ compounds with R = La and Pr. The change in entropy (ΔS) near the magnetic transition amounts to only 15% of the theoretically expected value for the Fe3+ or Fe5+ spins magnetic ordering. The lower value of ΔS is explained on the basis of reported Mössbauer studies, which revealed a substantial amount of nonmagnetic Fe4+ in the compound across the magnetic transition. The CP peak height across the magnetic transition increases substantially after annealing the …

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Implementation Of Middle -Level Programmatic Characteristics And Their Impact On Eighth-Grade Istep+ Scores, Mark Alan Baker Jan 2001

Implementation Of Middle -Level Programmatic Characteristics And Their Impact On Eighth-Grade Istep+ Scores, Mark Alan Baker

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The study's purposes were to (1) analyze the difference among the level of implementation of middle level programmatic characteristics (Advisor/Advisee guidance program, cocurricular activities, exploratory classes, flexible scheduling, interdisciplinary teams, and integrated curriculum) and middle level grade configuration (K–8, 6–8, 7–8, 7–12); (2) analyze the relationship between the level of implementation of middle level programmatic characteristics and 8 th Grade ISTEP+ scores; (3) analyze the difference in 8 th Grade ISTEP+ scores among middle level grade configurations; (4) analyze the linear composite of middle level programmatic characteristics which explains the amount of the variance in 8 th Grade ISTEP+ scores; …

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Standardized Group Achievement Tests And The Accommodation Of Additional Time, Kevin Lance Buehler Jan 2001

Standardized Group Achievement Tests And The Accommodation Of Additional Time, Kevin Lance Buehler

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Statewide assessment test data are increasingly being used to make important decisions for students and teachers. Since the re-authorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (PL 105-17) in 1997, states are mandated to include students with disabilities in state and district assessment programs, using appropriate accommodations. Research on the value of specific accommodations, and on the effects of accommodations on test data, though, is scarce. Studies conducted on the accommodation of additional time have not consistently found that students with disabilities obtain greater benefit from this accommodation than students without disabilities. In addition, school personnel have few objective methods to …

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Noncovalent Binding Of The Halogens To Aromatic Donors. Discrete Structures Of Labile Br2 Complexes With Benzene And Toluene, Alexandr V. Vasilyev, Sergey V. Lindeman, Jay K. Kochi Jan 2001

Noncovalent Binding Of The Halogens To Aromatic Donors. Discrete Structures Of Labile Br2 Complexes With Benzene And Toluene, Alexandr V. Vasilyev, Sergey V. Lindeman, Jay K. Kochi

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Precise molecular structures resulting from the noncovalent interaction of Br2 with benzene (and toluene) reveal the unusual localized bonding to specific (one or two) carbon centers in prereactive complexes leading directly to the transition states for electrophilic aromatic brominations.

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Entropy Generation Method To Quantify Thermal Comfort, S. C. Boregowda, S. N. Tiwari, S. K. Chaturvedi Jan 2001

Entropy Generation Method To Quantify Thermal Comfort, S. C. Boregowda, S. N. Tiwari, S. K. Chaturvedi

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications

The present paper presents a thermodynamic approach to assess the quality of human-thermal environment interaction and quantify thermal comfort. The approach involves development of entropy generation term by applying second law of thermodynamics to the combined human-environment system. The entropy generation term combines both human thermal physiological responses and thermal environmental variables to provide an objective measure of thermal comfort. The original concepts and definitions form the basis for establishing the mathematical relationship between thermal comfort and entropy generation term. As a result of logic and deterministic approach, an Objective Thermal Comfort Index (OTCI) is defined and established as a …

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Fire Retardancy In 2001, Gordon L. Wilson, Charles A. Wilkie Jan 2001

Fire Retardancy In 2001, Gordon L. Wilson, Charles A. Wilkie

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

Fire is a world-wide problem which claims lives and causes significant loss of property. Some of the problems are discussed and the solution delineated. This peer-reviewed volume is designed to be as the state-of-the-art. This chapter provides a perspective for current work.

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Small-Angle X-Ray Studies Of Soot Inception And Growth, Jan P. Hessler, Soenke Seifert, Randall E. Winans, Thomas H. Fletcher Jan 2001

Small-Angle X-Ray Studies Of Soot Inception And Growth, Jan P. Hessler, Soenke Seifert, Randall E. Winans, Thomas H. Fletcher

Faculty Publications

The high spectral intensity of X-rays produced by the undulator at the Basic Energy Sciences Synchrotron Radiation Center of Argonne's Advanced Photon Source has allowed us to perform small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studies of the initial distribution of soot particles formed by various fuels. SAXS provides an in situ probe of the morphology of soot in the region between 1 and 100 nm and complements the ex situ technique of electron microscopy. The basic aspects of SAXS and its potential are illustrated with measurement on a laminar flame of acetylene in air. The more complex fuel toluene has been studied …

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Saving Rosencrantz And Guildenstern In A Virtual World? A Comparative Look At Recent Global Electronic Signature Legislation, Susanna Frederick Fischer Jan 2001

Saving Rosencrantz And Guildenstern In A Virtual World? A Comparative Look At Recent Global Electronic Signature Legislation, Susanna Frederick Fischer

Scholarly Articles

This piece focuses on recent global legislative initiatives designed to establish a legal framework supporting electronic signatures. As many governments worldwide increasingly seek to encourage the growth of e-commerce, the enactment of such legislation has become a priority.

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The National Board For Professional Teaching Standards: Professional Assessment For Teachers Of Students With Exceptional Needs, Ronald G. Helms Ph.D. Jan 2001

The National Board For Professional Teaching Standards: Professional Assessment For Teachers Of Students With Exceptional Needs, Ronald G. Helms Ph.D.

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) has established five areas of Exceptional Needs as new certification areas: Early Childhood through Young Adult/Exceptional Needs (birth to 8 years), Mild and Moderately Impaired (5 to 21+ years), Severe and Multiply Impaired (5 to 21+ years), Visually Impaired (birth to 21+ years), and Deaf/Hard of Hearing (birth to 21 + years). Pre K - 12+ Exceptional Needs teachers may now be recognized by their schools, communities, state, and nation as master teachers. Teachers are clearly central to planning, implementing, developing, and modifying NBPTS policies and procedures. Only Special Needs educators will …

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Identity Crisis: "Intersectionality," "Multidimensionality," And The Development Of An Adequate Theory Of Subordination, Darren L. Hutchinson Jan 2001

Identity Crisis: "Intersectionality," "Multidimensionality," And The Development Of An Adequate Theory Of Subordination, Darren L. Hutchinson

Faculty Articles

This Article arises out of the intersectionality and post-intersectionality literature and makes a case against the essentialist considerations that informed HRC's endorsement of D'Amato. Part I discusses the pitfalls that occur when scholars and activists engage in essentialist politics and treat identities and forms of subordination as conflicting forces. Part II examines how essentialism negatively affects legal theory in the equality context. Part III considers the historical motivation for and the efficacy of the "intersectionality" response to the problem of essentialism. Part III also extensively analyzes the "multidimensional" critiques of essentialism offered by the most recent school of thought in …

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United States V. Keystone Sanitation Company: E-Mail And The Attorney-Client Privilege, Karen M. Coon Jan 2001

United States V. Keystone Sanitation Company: E-Mail And The Attorney-Client Privilege, Karen M. Coon

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

The rapid growth and sophistication of technology have changed the way people communicate. E-mail and the Internet have begun to affect the way attorneys communicate with their clients. E-mail is fast and convenient, but it is not without risks. The risk of illegal interception and the risk of inadvertent disclosure are serious issues that attorneys need to be aware of and try to prevent so that the attorney-client privilege is protected as much as possible. Although communicating with a client by e-mail may be risky, the risks posed by e-mail are no different from those posed by communicating by postal …

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Field Trip Guide (For The Nebraska Well Drillers Association) Western Nebraska Geology, J. Cannia, D. Weinert, D. Brost, C. Miller, D. Carlson Jan 2001

Field Trip Guide (For The Nebraska Well Drillers Association) Western Nebraska Geology, J. Cannia, D. Weinert, D. Brost, C. Miller, D. Carlson

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

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Logan County Test Hole Logs, Perry B. Wigley Jan 2001

Logan County Test Hole Logs, Perry B. Wigley

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

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Nebraska Summary 354: Agco Dt200 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Nebraska Summary 354: Agco Dt200 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.

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Test 1790: 9300 T 24 Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1790: 9300 T 24 Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

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Test 1797: Case Ih Stx 325/New Holland Tj 325 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1797: Case Ih Stx 325/New Holland Tj 325 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

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Test 1796: Case Ih Stx 275/New Holland Tj 275 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1796: Case Ih Stx 275/New Holland Tj 275 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

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Can Long-Term Variability In The Gulf Stream Transport Be Inferred From Sea Level?, Tal Ezer Jan 2001

Can Long-Term Variability In The Gulf Stream Transport Be Inferred From Sea Level?, Tal Ezer

CCPO Publications

Recent studies by Sturges and collaborators suggest a simple, but powerful, technique to estimate climatic changes in the transport of the Gulf Stream from the difference between the oceanic sea level calculated with a simple wind-driven Rossby wave model and the observed coastal sea level. The hypothesis behind this technique is tested, using 40 years of data (1950 to 1989) obtained from a three-dimensional Atlantic Ocean model forced by observed surface data. The analysis shows that variations in sea level difference between the ocean and the coast are indeed coherent with variations of the Gulf Stream transport for periods shorter …

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Future Marine Zooplankton Research- A Perspective, Marine Zooplankton Colloquim 2, Eileen E. Hofmann, John M. Klinck Jan 2001

Future Marine Zooplankton Research- A Perspective, Marine Zooplankton Colloquim 2, Eileen E. Hofmann, John M. Klinck

CCPO Publications

During the Second Marine Zooplankton Colloquium (MZC2) 3 issues were added to those developed 11 yr ago during the First Marine Zooplankton Colloquium (MZC1). First, we focused on hot spots, i.e., locations where zooplankton occur in higher than regular abundance and/or operate at higher rates. We should be able to determine the processes leading to such aggregations and rates, and quantify their persistence. Second, information on the level of individual species, even of highly abundant ones, is limited. Concerted efforts should be undertaken with highly abundant to dominant species or genera (e.g., Oithona spp., Calanus spp., Oikopleura spp., Euphausia superba …

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