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Defending Courts: A Brief Rejoinder To Professors Fried And Rosenberg, David C. Vladeck

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Harvard Professors David Rosenberg and Charles Fried have presented a provocative, sweeping critique of the theoretical foundations of tort liability that leaves virtually no aspect of our current tort system untouched, or perhaps more accurately, unscathed. Their article throws down the gauntlet to defenders of traditional tort law. For instance, Rosenberg and Fried take aim at the jury system, arguing that ex post liability rules created by juries are inefficient and should be replaced, whenever possible, by ex ante liability rules set by legislative bodies. And they attack the idea that compensation plays a legitimate role in structuring our tort …

Before And After Riparian Management: Sediment And Nutrient Exports From A Small Agricultural Catchment, Western Australia, Lucy Mckergow, David Weaver, I Prosser, R Grayson, A. E.G. Reed

Conference papers and presentations

Riparian vegetation can trap sediment and nutrients coming from hillslopes and reduce stream bank erosion. This study presents results from a 10 year stream monitoring program in a small agricultural catchment near Albany, Western Australia. In 1996, a 1.6 km stream reach was fenced, planted with eucalyptus species and managed separately from the adjacent paddocks. Stream flow, nutrient and sediment concentration data were collected at the downstream end of the fenced riparian area between 1991 and 2000, so there are data for the “before” and “after” riparian management periods. Suspended sediment concentrations fell dramatically following riparian management; the average event …

Computer Simulation Of Inspiratory Flow And Particle Deposition In Human Oral Airway, Xiaobo Zhu

Open Access Dissertations

In this dissertation, the inspiratory air flow and aerosol deposition in the human oral airway are simulated using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software package, CFX. The dissertation consists of two parts: In the first part, a three-dimensional curvilinear body-fitted grid system was developed based on the geometry of an anatomically accurate human oral airway. The respiratory tract consists of oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx and upper trachea. Velocity profiles and pressure fields at various inspiratory flow rates observed during aerosol medicine therapy were simulated. Both laminar and turbulent models were employed depending on the Reynolds number defined at the …

Automated Alignment By Hybrid Video And 3-D Video Moiré With Both Conventional And Parallel Processing, Barbara Garita, Hector Gutierrez, Ildiko Laszlo, Joel H. Blatt

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

A problem common to automated assembly in manufacturing or in automated docking of spacecraft is angular and lateral alignment of components. A hybrid video system utilizing both conventional imaging and 3-D video moiré has been developed to automatically align a test target with three translational and two rotational degrees of freedom. Alignment was demonstrated via computer controlled translation and rotation stages. The video moiré system is operated in an error map mode, in which a structurally illuminated reference surface is used to chromakey the image of an identical structurally illuminated alignment target. The output is a moiré image generated by …

Cubesat: The Development And Launch Support Infrastructure For Eighteen Different Satellite Customers On One Launch, Robert J. Twiggs, Jordi Puig-Suari, Clark Turner

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

An article written by Professors Bob Twiggs, Jordi Puig-Suari, and Clark Turner titled "CubeSat:  The Development and Launch Support Infrastructure for Eighteen Different Satellite Customers on One Launch" and published in 2001.

Bioexplorer Bus‐Low Cost Approach, Robert J. Twiggs, Seiji Kuroki

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

An article titled "BioExplorer Bus‐Low Cost Approach" by Professor Bob Twiggs and Seiji Kuroki from 200.

Proactive Rideshare Opportunity Brokering Services (Probs) For Secondary Payloads, Robert J. Twiggs, Brian Horais, Chuck Byvik

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

An article written by Bob Twiggs, Brian Horias, and Byvik titled "Proactive Rideshare Opportunity Brokering Services (PROBS) for Secondary Payloads" and published in 2001.

Relationships Among Wine Prices, Ratings, Advertising, And Production: Examining A Giffen Good, Carol Miu

University Avenue Undergraduate Journal of Economics

It has become increasingly popular for statistics to be used in the prediction of wine prices. In fact, the prices of mature wines produced in the Bordeaux region of France have been accurately predicted by vintage growing-season characteristics. This paper analyzes the relationships among wine prices, ratings, advertising, and production, using data obtained from a wine ratings magazine, Wine Spectator. It presents a model of wine price based on information about production quantity, vintage, country of origin, and wine type. This paper then examines the scoring method of Wine Spectator by evaluating the effects of wine price on wine rating. …

Reflections On Nursing Leadership [Complete Issue : Fourth Quarter 2001, Vol. 27, 4], Sigma Theta Tau International, Kathleen R. Stevens, Barbara La Valleur, Mary T. Sarnecky, Elizabeth Percival, Marilyn Gendek, Heather F. Clarke, Jo Wearing, Lynda Crawford, Linda A. Spencer, Brenda L. Lyon

Sigma Past Publishing - Reflections Magazine

Publishing History: Print issues of Reflections magazine were published from 1975 to 1999 and its successor, Reflections on Nursing Leadership (RNL) began publication in 2000. RNL migrated to an online format, http://www.reflectionsonnursingleadership.org, in 2006 and continues today.

RNL is a member benefit of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). The historical print issues have been made openly available.

Publishing Frequency: Quarterly until its transition to online. It’s now updated virtually every day.

Format: Print, 1975 - 2005; Online, 2006 - present

Feature Articles in this Issue:

Courage and the New Frontier

Rise to the Stars! …

Repetitive Strain Injury, Sultan T. Al-Otaibi

Neurosciences

Repetitive strain injury is a group of musculoskeletal disorders affecting muscles, tendons, nerves and blood vessels. These disorders could be attributed to occupational causes; however non-occupational causes should be excluded. The management of these cases required a multidisciplinary team approach.

Tyrant, Volume 2 Issue 2, 2001, Longwood University

Student Publications

No abstract provided.

No. 27 An Order Establishing The Governor's Interagency Energy Policy Work Group And Advisory Committee, Don Sundquist

Executive Orders

No abstract provided.

Fingerprint Recognition Using Neural Networks, Eng Hoe Kennie Yeoh

Student Works (2000-2009)

Traditional methods of fingerprint verification uses either complicated feature detection algorithms that are not specific to each fingerprint, or compare two fingerprint images directly using image processing toots. The former involves very complicated calculations and tedious algorithms, and the latter tend to work poorly. In this paper it is described a new method which takes the middle ground. This paper studies the implementation of the Fast Fourier Transform and Artificial Neural Networks into the recognition of fingerprints. With tests conducted on the implementation of the Fourier Transform as a method of fingerprint feature extraction, the use of the Fourier Transform …

Opa 90 + 10: The Oil Pollution Act Of 1990 After Ten Years, Steven R. Swanson

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Tribute To Chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger, John P. Bourcier, Robert G. Flanders Jr., Maureen Mckenna Goldberg, Robert B. Kent

Roger Williams University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Lochner, Liquor And Longshoremen: A Puzzle In Progressive Era Federalism, Barry Cushman

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Automating Supply Chains, Michael N. Huhns, Larry M. Stevens

Faculty Publications

A recent study found that supply-chain problems cost companies between 9 and 20 percent of their value over a six-month period (T.J. Becker, 2000). The problems range from part shortages to poorly utilized plant capacity. When you place this in the context of the overall business-to-business (B2B) market expected to reach US$7 trillion by 2004 (37 percent of which is projected to be e-commerce sales), it is easy to see that effective supply-chain management (SCM) tools could save companies billions of dollars. Attempts to automate solutions to these problems are complicated by the need for the different companies in a …

Electrodeposition Of Niw Alloys Into Deep Recesses, Lakshmikanth Namburi

LSU Master's Theses

Pulse electrodeposition has been investigated as a general technique for the electrodeposition of nickel-tungsten alloys in deep recesses for MEMS. Ni-W exhibits an induced codeposition mechanism, where the Ni reaction rate enhances the codeposition of W. Electrodeposition of this alloy has been achieved into recesses of 500 micron deep. The challenges that have been encountered are those related to gas evolving side reactions, local pH rises, diffusional limitations of the soluble species and long times required for filling the recesses. Electrodeposition on cylinder electrodes at different rotation rates was also carried out in order to obtain data on composition of …

Guide De Prévention Pour Les Utilisateurs De Pesticides En Agriculture Maraîchère, Onil Samuel, Louis Saint-Laurent

Guides

No abstract provided.

Finding Grandpa's Patent: Using Patent Information For Historical Or Genealogical Research, Jan Comfort

Publications

Hardly a week goes by without a phone call, an e-mail message, or a visit from a patron who is looking for a patent issued to a family member. Often, the patron does not have complete information, and sometimes has nothing more than a name and a notion that Grandpa once invented something. This article describes some strategies that can be used by Librarians to assist patrons in historical patent research. It, additionally, includes a list of sources and highlights special materials that are available at Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries.

Concert Recording 2001-03-11a, Michael Ferguson, Sonny Hildebrand, Arkansas Winds Community Concert Band

Concert Recordings & Programs

Suite Algerienne. Marche militaire francaise / Camille Saint-Saens -- Pavane / Faure -- Symphonie Fantastique. March to the scaffold / Hector Berlioz -- La Belle Helene. Overture / Jacques Offenbach -- Hail to the spirit of liberty / John Philip Sousa -- Concertino for flute solo / Cecile Chaminade -- An American in Paris / George Gershwin ; arr. John Krance -- Candide. Overture / Leonard Bernstein

Public Health, Ethics, And Human Rights: A Tribute To The Late Jonathan Mann, Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The late Jonathan Mann famously theorized that public health, ethics, and human rights are complementary fields motivated by the paramount value of human well-being. He felt that people could not be healthy if governments did not respect their rights and dignity as well as engage in health policies guided by sound ethical values. Nor could people have their rights and dignity if they were not healthy. Mann and his colleagues argued that public health and human rights are integrally connected: Human rights violations adversely affect the community's health, coercive public health policies violate human rights, and advancement of human rights …

Title Vii And Religious Liberty, Kent Greenawalt

Faculty Scholarship

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which forbids religious discrimination in employment, raises in microcosm some extremely thorny questions about religious liberty; questions more familiar to most of us in constitutional settings. In focusing on these questions in their Title VII context, I am more interested in fundamental conceptual issues than in the precise details of what that law should be taken to provide.

Among the questions are: What is discrimination because of religion? How should religion be "defined"? How far should employers accommodate the religious exercise of workers? Under the First Amendment, how much accommodation can the …

Utb/Tsc This Week 2001-01, University Of Texas At Brownsville And Texas Southmost College. Office Of News And Information

UTB/TSC Archives - This Week Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Regulation Fd And Foreign Issuers: Globalization's Strains And Opportunities, Merritt B. Fox

Faculty Scholarship

The globalization of the market for securities has a persistent way of straining the traditional rationales for securities regulation. At the same time, the choices it forces upon us create the opportunity to better test empirically the desirability of the regulations being imposed. Regulation FD, which stands for "fair disclosure," is the most recent example where these twin effects of globalization arise. Regulation FD is arguably the most important change to the U.S. disclosure regime since the adoption of integrated disclosure almost two decades ago. Regulation FD is intended to stop the practice of "selective disclosure," whereby an issuer withholds …

Frontmatter (The Christian Librarian 44:2)

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

Search Engines Giving You Garbage? Put A "Corc" In It, Implementing The Cooperative Online Resource Catalog, Robert O. Ellett Jr.

The Christian Librarian

This paper presents an implementation strategy for adding Internet resources to a library online catalog using OCLC's Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC). Areas of consideration include deciding which electronic resources to include in the online catalog and how to select them. The value and importance of pathfinders in creating electronic bibliographies and the role of library staff in updating them is introduced. Using an electronic suggestion form as a means of Internet resource collection development is another innovative method of enriching library collections. Education and training for cataloging staff on Dublin Core elements is also needed. Attention should be paid …

Websight, Dennis Read

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

Brookings, Oregon: A Case Study Of A Professionally Planned Company Town, Kathy L. Marx

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Industrialization was pressing westward from the eastern United States by the mid-nineteenth century. To provide housing for workers in remote areas, many western industrialists built company-owned towns. This paper reviews company towns in eleven western states in order to proceed with further research. Brookings, Oregon, a lumber manufacturing company town, located on the Southern Oregon coast, was chosen for an in-depth analysis.

In comparing land use and design changes, as built and as they are today, it was found that the initial town design could still be discerned but that many changes had been made without regard to the original …

The Role Of Law In The Functioning Of Federal Systems, George A. Bermann

Faculty Scholarship

Federal systems are about the distribution of legal and political power, but law is not only one of the currencies of federalism, it is also one of federalism's most important supports; this chapter considers the role that law plays in establishing and enforcing the system by which both legal and political power are distributed within the USA and the EU. Bermann explores the various ways in which the courts can, and choose to, enforce the principles of federalism beyond the classical ‘political’ and ‘procedural’ safeguards provided by the institutional structures themselves and the constraints on the deliberative process. He describes …