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Religion And The First Justice Harlan: A Case Study In Late Nineteenth Century Presbyterian Constitutionalism, James W. Gordon

Faculty Scholarship

In this Article, the Author argues that Harlan's religion and its values informed both his personal and his public life. Harlan's close personal friend, Justice Brewer, once commented on Harlan's personal attachment to the two "fundamental" documents in his life: the Bible and the Constitution. Justice Brewer suggested that Harlan had one hand on the Bible, and the other hand on the Constitution when he went to bed every night. Although it is widely known that Harlan was a religious man, only recently has any scholar paid much attention to this fact. No one has fully described the principles of …

Epilogue, Jennifer L. Levi

Faculty Scholarship

The First Circuit reversed the district court's order dismissing Lucas Rosa's claim against Park West Bank. The appeals court's reversal seems to be part of an emerging nationwide rejection of cases from the 1970s and 1980s. In these cases courts summarily dismissed sex discrimination claims brought by transgender plaintiffs, no matter how squarely the facts appeared to present a clear-cut case of discrimination based on sex. This created that appeared to be a "transgender" exception to sex discrimination law. Earlier courts ignored what the First Circuit recognized here-that a bank officer who tells an applicant to go home, change, and …

Shopping For Legal Services Online, Pat Newcombe

Faculty Scholarship

This Article provides information about a new method to shop for legal services, reinventing the way potential clients connect with attorneys. Several dot-coms manage the transaction in which clients purchase legal services through the Internet, providing a venue for businesses and individuals seeking legal services and attorneys interested in representing them. Every year tens of millions of small businesses and individuals are looking for a good attorney. But, for many consumers, the process of selecting a lawyer is a confusing and daunting task. The result, the American Bar Association ("ABA") says, has been a troubling disconnect between the legal profession …

I Was Just Doin' My Duty: The Influence Of Social And Cultural Conceptions On American Participants In The Second World War, Margaret E. Williamson

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

As the generation of Americans who fought World War II reached retirement age, a sense of nostalgia about their unforgettable days of fighting a common and undeniably evil enemy began to permeate American popular culture. This perception reinforced the concept of the Allies as the protectors of the world from tyrannical forces and leaders. Such an assessment of the conflict by Americans stemmed from the atrocities committed by Germans against Jews and other minorities. Furthermore, the unexpected attack on American territory by the Japanese justified the sacrifices made by millions of Americans. Nearly sixty years after the initiation of United …

Sexual Harassment Policies And Procedures In South Florida Community Colleges: Perceived Affects On Teaching Learning, Lyn J. Pont

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

The purposes of this research were to determine: 1.) if sexual harassment policies, content, communication and subsequent related training, or lack thereof, subject South Florida community colleges to legal risk; and 2.) the perceptions of how sexual harassment policies and procedures affect students and faculty, their interactions, and how students learn and how faculty teaches, being mindful of a possible cultural component.

In determining if the sexual harassment policies and training subjected the colleges to legal risk, a sexual harassment policy and procedural grid was used to analyze the policies in place at all four South Florida community colleges. The …

Effectiveness And Efficiency Of Investment Strategies: A Simulation Model, Ellen Denise Bruno Ramsey

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

This dissertation, through an historical study, attempts to give the reader a clear depiction of different types of investment strategies. The four diverse investment strategies, as compared to the Optimal Strategy, were tested from December 1, 1997, through January 30, 2001 Three years of daily closing price data was obtained and utilized within a simulated model. Ten stocks, from ten diverse sectors, listed on the S&P 500 as well as the National Association of Investment Clubs (NAIC) 1999 Individual Investor's Top 100 Index, were analyzed and evaluated for each investment strategy over the duration of the study. By using Standard …

Risk Factors Associated With Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection In A Cohort Of Newborns From Birth To 24 Months Of Age In A Rural Community Of Bangladesh, Khundkar Zahid Hasan

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Little is known about incidence, risk factors, and etiology of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) and pneumonia among the very young children from the rural communities of the developing countries. This study examined incidence and risk factors for ALRI and etiology and risk factors for pneumonia in a group of infants in Bangladesh. A cohort of 252 newborns was prospectively followed from birth to 24 months of age. Data on respiratory symptoms and feeding habits were collected routinely by household visit. Socioeconomic information was collected during census and during enrollment of the children. Laboratory tests for bacterial and viral …

Temporal Variations In United States Infant Death From Perinatal Related Causes, By Race, Birth Weight And Time Period Of Birth, Amanda Jane Liddle

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Objectives . This population-based study was conducted to examine the effects of various technologies, that evolved in the late 1980s and early 1990s to improve infant survival, on time to death. The study examined the temporal variations in time to infant death from perinatal related causes, at varying birth weights and for two races, between 1985 and 1995, and considered the implications of the findings for future perinatal policy and interventions. Methods . Non-experimental, retrospective, population based design, utilizing US national and state secondary vital records data linking births with infant deaths from 1985 to 1995. The outcome variable was …

Enfer, Jim Millhorn

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

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Guy De Maupassant, Jim Millhorn

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

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Religion And American Political Judgments, Kent Greenawalt

Faculty Scholarship

This Article addresses the extent to which officials and citizens should rely directly on their religious convictions to reach political judgments and make political arguments. Reviewing opposing "exclusive" and "inclusive" positions, this Article suggests that officials generally should not articulate arguments in religious terms. Many officials should have a greater freedom to rely on religious bases of judgments, and private citizens should not regard themselves as constrained in the manner of officials. This approach, defended initially from the perspective of detached political philosophy, fits comfortably with a variety of overarching religious views. The constraints it suggests should be regarded as …

Enhancing Micro-Organism Images By Estimating Image Background, Delong Liu

Open Access Dissertations

One- and two-dimensional techniques are proposed for enhancing micro-organism images using linear least-squares fitting, median filtering combined with bicubic approximation and wavelet filtering, respectively. The quality of enhanced images with pixel dimensions of 1200 x 1600 is examined from their corresponding binary images. It shows that one-dimensional modeling requires much less computation but provides relatively low quality output. On the other hand, the two-dimensional approximations for non-uniform lighting background, using both bicubic spline and wavelet filtering, are more effective and yield very high quality binary images tested with three different grayscale images.

The Power Of Suggestion: Inertia In 401k Participation And Savings Behavior, Brigitte C. Madrian, Dennis F. Shea

Faculty Publications

In this paper, we analyze the 401(k) savings behavior of employees in a large U.S. corporation before and after an interesting change in the company 401(k) plan. Before the plan change, employees were required to affirmatively elect participation in the 401(k) plan. After the plan change, employees were automatically and immediately enrolled in the 401(k) plan unless they made a negative election to opt out of the plan. Although none of the economic features of the plan changed, this switch to automatic enrollment dramatically changed the savings behavior of employees. We have two key findings. First, 401(k) participation is significantly …

The Bullet Gic As An Example, David F. Babbel, Jeremy Gold, Craig B. Merrill

Faculty Publications

There has been considerable discussion of a variety of issues related to fair value in the actuarial literature, in conferences, and among individuals interested in this topic. Unfortunately, we seem to be failing to communicate due, in part, to inconsistent use of terminology. The goal of this discussion paper is to present a few concepts that we hope will be of use in the broader discussion of fair value of liabilities.

Good Day Sunshine: Stock Returns And The Weather, David Hirshleifer, Tyler Shumway

Faculty Publications

Psychological evidence and casual intuition predict that sunny weather is associated with upbeat mood. This paper examines the relationship between morning sunshine in the city of a country's leading stock exchange and daily market index returns across 26 countries from 1982 to 1997. Sunshine is strongly significantly correlated with stock returns. After controlling for sunshine, rain and snow are unrelated to returns. Substantial use of weatherbased strategies was optimal for a trader with very low transactions costs. However, because these strategies involve frequent trades, fairly modest costs eliminate the gains. These findings are difficult to reconcile with fully rational price …

Do Behavioral Biases Affect Prices?, Joshua D. Coval, Tyler Shumway

Faculty Publications

This paper documents strong evidence of behavioral biases among Chicago Board of Trade proprietary traders and investigates the effect these biases have on prices. Our traders appear highly loss-averse. Traders who experience morning losses are about 16 percent more likely to assume above-average afternoon risk than traders with morning gains. This behavior has important short-term consequences for afternoon prices, as losing traders are prepared to purchase contracts at higher prices and sell contracts at lower prices than those that prevailed previously. However, during the ten minutes that follow these trades, prices revert strongly to their earlier levels. Consistent with these …

Concert Recording 2001-12-01, Eddie W. Jones Sr., University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. Inspirational Singers, Thomas James, Wade Janes, Heather Milholland, Candace Stafford, Reginald James, Jimmy Mosby, Aubry Baughman, Justin Hamby, Edgar Rodriguez, Matt Endres, Kameron Brewer, Camilla Meloch

Concert Recordings & Programs

Disk 1: Lift Every Voice and Sing -- Welcome -- Audience (Praising) -- There is a Fountain / arr. Anthony Locket -- Come into His Presence / Lynn Baird -- How Excellent is Thy Name -- Dr. Jones speaks on Charles Price Jones -- Who Was It / Charles Price Jones -- Lord of All / James Thomas -- Jesus is a Rock / Glenn Burleigh -- Alone, but not Lonely-a monologue -- Lynette Wright -- Testimonies -- This is my Story -- Dr. Jones speaks -- Testimony -- I'll Trust You, Lord / Donnie McClurkin -- Rain On Us …

Concert Recording 2001-12-10a, Stacey Fuchs, Heather Workman, Robert Fitzgerald, Angel Heath, Laura Terry, Joselyn Ramey, Jonathon Barranco, Ramy Roark, Candace Stafford

Concert Recordings & Programs

Let the bright seraphim / George F. Handel -- Couldn't hear nobody pray / Harry T. Burleigh -- Cruda sorte / Gioacchino Rossini -- Malvina / Gaetano Donizetti -- Ride on King Jesus / Harry T. Burleigh -- Recit: Frondi tenere; Aria: Ombra mai fu / George F. Handel -- Alma del core / Antonio Caldara -- There is a balm in Gilead / arr. Mark Hayes -- Verdi prati / George F. Handel -- Fiancee du Soldat / Cecil Charmende -- Alleluia / Wolfgang A. Mozart -- Dream variations / Margaret Bonds -- Chanson epique / Maurice Ravel -- …

A High-Altitude Snow Chemistry Record From Amundsenisen, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, Elisabeth Isaksson, Wibjorn Karlen, Paul A. Mayewski, Mark S. Twickler, Sallie I. Whitlow

Faculty Publications

In this paper a detailed record of major ions from a 20 m deep firn core from Amundsenisen, western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, is presented. The core was drilled at 75° S, 2° E (2900 m a.s.l.) during austral summer 1991/92. The following ions were measured at 3 cm resolution: Na+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Cl−, NO3−, S04 2− and CH3SO3H (MSA). The core was dated back to 1865 using a combination of chemical records and volcanic reference horizons. The volcanic eruptions identified in this core are Mount Ngauruhoe, New Zealand (1974–75), Mount Agung, Indonesia (1963), Azul, Argentina (1932), and a broad …

A Preliminary Assessment Of Tidal Flooding Along The New Hampshire Coast: Past, Present And Future, Larry G. Ward, Jamie R. Adams

Faculty Publications

This report presents the results of a preliminary study that examines several critical coastal issues for New Hampshire including sea level fluctuations (past, present and future), shoreline migrations, and tidal flooding. Included are: 1) an analysis of sea level changes over the Holocene and resulting shoreline migrations, 2) an assessment of low-lying areas with elevations below selected tidal flooding datums in coastal areas, and 3) an assessment of increases in low-lying areas that are potentially at risk to tidal flooding over the next century due to sea level rise.

Effects Of Mood Stabilizers On Transcription Factors., Carol Ann Grimes

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A Multi-Dimensional Outcome Study Of Chronic Back Pain, Long-Term Characterization Of Three Treatments: Intrathecal Opioid Administration, Residential Pain Treatment Program, And Oral Opioid Therapy., Jessica Lynn Brown

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The Amino Terminal Tail Of Cftr Regulates Atp-Dependent Channel Gating., Jian Fu

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Neuroendocrine Regulation Of Crustacean Molting: Studies Of The Molt -Inhibiting Hormone Of The Blue Crab Callinectes Sapidus., Kara Jean Lee

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Jatwing: A Distributed Enhanced Tuple Space-Based Mobile Agent Computation Model In A Ubicomp World., Tao Tao

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The Effect Of Processing And Alloy Chemistry On The Recrystallization Kinetics Of Aluminum Alloy Aa 5052., Malesela Jones Papo

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Regulation Of Class Ii Transactivator And Class Ii Mhc Expression In Macrophages And Microglia., George Michael O'Keefe

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Growth Hormone Receptor Dimerization And Mechansisms Of Receptor Proteolysis And Growth Hormone Binding Protein Generation., Yue Zhang

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Regulation Of Myc Expression And Apoptosis By The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System., Lei Chen

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St. Brigid’S Lepers, Maria C. Mahoney

Honors Capstones

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