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The Opinion Volume 54 Issue 3 – January 1, 2002, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue from 2002. Original publishing date unknown.

Graduate Bulletin, 2002-2004 (2002), Minnesota State University Moorhead

Graduate Bulletins (Catalogs)

No abstract provided.

All Inclusive Newsletter, January-February-March 2002

All Inclusive Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Toledo, OH.

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Attracting Foreign Direct Investment To Latin America, Carlos A. Loredo

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

The purpose of the paper is to examine the literature of foreign direct investment to evaluate what factors are determinant to attract inflows of foreign capital to Latin-American and Caribbean countries. The paper focuses on factors such as market size, degree of openness, rule of law, political stability, trade, regional integration, democracy, availability of natural resources, government efficiency, and infrastructure (i.e. energy generation, transportation systems, ports and telecommunication services). The regression results showed that the degree of openness, trade reform, education, market size, and infrastructure are the most important determinants of foreign investment. Based on my analysis, different Latin American …

Forensic Interviews Of Children: The Components Of Scientific Validity And Legal Admissibility, Nancy E. Walker

Law and Contemporary Problems

The problems associated with assessments of children's reports of victimization in criminal proceedings came to national attention during the 1980s and 1990s in a series of highly publicized trials of daycare staff. Walker describes information that professionals need to know if they are to conduct valid interview of children in forensic contexts.

The Conundrum Of Children, Confrontation, And Hearsay, Richard D. Friedman

Law and Contemporary Problems

The adjudication of child abuse claims poses an excruciatingly difficult conundrum. In many cases, a large part of the problem is that the prosecution's case depends critically on the statement or testimony of a young child.

Xml-Based Modeling And Simulation: Web Service Technologies And Their Synergy With Simulation, Senthilanand Chandrasekaran, Gregory S. Silver, John A. Miller, Jorge Cardoso, Amit P. Sheth

Kno.e.sis Publications

The World Wide Web has had an huge influence on the computing field in general as well as simulation in particular (e.g., Web-based simulation). A new wave of development based upon XML has started. Two of the most interesting aspects of this development are the Semantic Web and Web services. This paper examines the synergy between Web service technology and simulation. In one direction, Web service processes can be simulated for the purpose of correcting/improving the design. In the other direction, simulation models/components can be built out of Web services. Work on seamlessly using simulation as a part of Web …

Authorization And Access Control Of Application Data In Workflow Systems, Shengli Wu, Amit P. Sheth, John A. Miller, Zongwei Luo

Kno.e.sis Publications

Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs) are used to support the modeling and coordinated execution of business processes within an organization or across organizational boundaries. Although some research efforts have addressed requirements for authorization and access control for workflow systems, little attention has been paid to the requirements as they apply to application data accessed or managed by WfMSs. In this paper, we discuss key access control requirements for application data in workflow applications using examples from the healthcare domain, introduce a classification of application data used in workflow systems by analyzing their sources, and then propose a comprehensive data authorization and …

The Latent Maximum Entropy Principle, Shaojun Wang, Ronald Rosenfeld, Yunxin Zhao, Dale Schuurmans

Kno.e.sis Publications

We present an extension of Jaynes' maximum entropy principle to handle latent variables. We use an EM algorithm that incorporates nested iterative scaling to approximately calculate maximum entropy solutions for this principle, and give a proof of its convergence.

Lingnan University Annual Report : 2001-2002 = 嶺南大學年報 : 2001-2002, Lingnan University

Annual Reports

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Lingnan Spirit Forever - A Mission In Transition, 1951-1990 : From The Trustees Of Lingnan University To The Lingnan Foundation, Tung, Steve Au

Historical Texts of Lingnan University 嶺南大學歷史特藏

Dr. AU, Tung Steven, taught at Lingnan University (Guangzhou) during 1946-47. He later became a board member of the Trustee of Lingnan University in US in 1973. Dr. AU had extensive knowledge of the historical development of Lingnan University. This publication supplemented and extended an earlier publication entitled Lingnan University : a short history based primarily on the records of the University's American Trustees written by Prof. Corbett, Charles. The contents covered also the post-1952 development of Lingnan University in various occasions, including the re-establishment of Lingnan College in 1967.

2002-2003, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Student Handbooks

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A J Julius Paper, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Walker, B. (2002, May 20). Notes on Alexander J. Julius’ student paper on growth, employment, and technology, mentioning Marx and cost-curve models [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Walker, B. (2001, August 24). Comments on Alexander J. Julius’ paper [Unpublished manuscript].

• Julius, A. J. (2001). Long-run growth and endogenous two-dimensional technical change [Unpublished class paper]. Economics 205, The New School for Social Research.

• Walker, B. (2002, May 25). Notes on a basic growth model with exogenous variables and the effects of making them endogenous [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Walker, B. (2001, April 23; rev. 2002, March 13). Notes on the logic …

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So Young And So Untender: Remorseless Children And The Expectations Of The Law, Martha Grace Duncan

Faculty Articles

A nine-year-old speaks with apparent callousness as he walks by the body of the girl he has killed. A fourteen-year-old jokes about "body parts in her pocket" after bashing in her mother's head with a candlestick holder. And a fifteen-year-old laughingly names his accomplice ''Homicide" after participating in a robbery that culminated in the victim's death. Seemingly remorseless acts such as these can have a crucial impact on the way a child or adolescent fares in the juvenile justice or criminal system. Yet, when one looks closely at what the courts interpret as indicators of remorselessness -- ­taking into account …

Cook County Criminal Law Practice In 1929: A Community's Response To Crime And A Notorious Trial, Thomas F. Geraghty

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Learning From The Past, Living In The Present: Understanding Homicide In Chicago, 1870-1930, Leigh B. Bienen, Brandon Rottinghaus

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Medicaid: Past Successes And Future Challenges, Jane Perkins

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

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Jpns 202.01: Intermediate Japanese Ii, Yuka Tachibana

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Entitlement, Process, And Legitimacy In The Emergent International Law Of Secession, Obiora Chinedu Okafor

Articles & Book Chapters

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Transnational Liftoff And Juridical Touchdown: The Regulatory Function Of Private International Law In An Era Of Globalization, Robert Wai

Articles & Book Chapters

Globalization is sometimes considered to have led to the liftoff of international business transactions from national regulatory oversight. This Article is concerned with the connection between a liftoff of transnational business processes and the laws related to international economic transactions. In particular, the Article examines the "governing" role that national private laws play in transnational business relations through an examination of the regulatory function of private international law.The Article describes how recent "internationalist" reforms in private international law contribute to a possible liftoff and discusses representative policy justifications for these reforms, such as the facilitation of international commerce, the attainment …

Has The Object-Oriented Paradigm Kept Its Promise?, David Fernandez, Al Fischer, Michael Greco, Bradly Hussey, Steven Kuchta, Hong Li, Steven Overkamp, Douglas Rodenberger, Richard Vanderwal

Technical Library

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Information Literacy From Australia To Allendale, Kim L. Ranger

Scholarly Papers and Articles

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Innovation: A Recipe For Success Among Family-Owned Firms In West Michigan?, Nancy M. Levenburg, Thomas V. Schwarz, Shorouq Almallah

Seidman Business Review

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Crisis Management In West Michigan Firms, Suzanne Crampton, Jitendra Mishra

Seidman Business Review

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An Examination Of The Perceived Need And Recommended Competencies For A Secondary School Principal Internship Program In The Seventh-Day Adventist Educational System, Robert L. Caskey

Dissertations

Purpose. The of this study was to examine the perceived need for, the recommended competencies of, and the delivery systems suggested, for a secondary school principal internship program in the Seventh-day Adventist educational system.

This study evolved from the belief that the significant turnover of principals represents a challenge for Adventist education. Because of this, the supply of qualified and experienced candidates is not available in sufficient numbers to meet the current personnel needs for secondary school administrators.

The review of related literature traced the history of principal internship training in the public school system from the early 1800s to …

The Relationships Between Attitude, Motivation, Anxiety, And Proficiency In English As A Second Language Of First-Year University Students In Puerto Rico, Carmen Mercedes Cortés

Dissertations

Purpose of the study. The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes, motivation, and anxiety levels of first-year university students toward the learning and use of English as a second language. The study also examined the nature of the relationships between attitudes, motivation and anxiety, and English proficiency asmeasured by the College Entrance Examination Board.

Method. A Spanish version of The Attitudes/Motivation Test Battery (Gardner, 1985a), "Espejo de Actitudes: Aprendizaje del Inglés como Segundo Idioma en Puerto Rico," was administered to first-year college students at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. These students came from various …

A Descriptive Case Study : The Implementation Of A Field-Based Master's Program, Jeanne Renita Grant

Dissertations

Purpose of study. This study focuses on the implementation of the Field-based Master's Program at Midwestern Christian University. The three-step Adoption Change Model (Fullan, 1991) guided me through this innovation: (1) adoption, (2) implementation, and (3) institutionalization of the program. This 2-year study describes the program's adoption and implementation stages. Institutionalization was not included as it takes 3-10 years to occur. Three research questions guided this study.

Research questions. (1) What did the teacher training in the uses of processes look like during the initial summer session of the Field-based Master's Program? (2) What did the transfer of training …

An Inquiry Of Governance Training, Perceptions Of Board Members' Qualifications, And Board Assessments Of Day Academies In The Southern Union Conference Of Seventh-Day Adventists, Nathaniel George Higgs

Dissertations

Purpose of Study. The purpose of the study was to investigate the school boards of non-boarding secondary schools in the Southern Union regarding their governance training programs, the perceptions of the board members regarding their qualifications, and the assessments of the school boards for their effectiveness.

Methodology. This study used both qualitative and quantitative approaches to collect data. Five board members and school officials were interviewed. Quantitative data were collected by a questionnaire developed by the researcher. The questionnaires were completed by 109 board members. The population consisted of all willing board members present at a scheduled board meeting. Participants …

Implementation Of Court-Annexed Environmental Mediation: The District Of Oregon Pilot Project, Lisa A. Kloppenberg

Faculty Publications

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Community Enforcement Of Informal Contracts: Jewish Diamond Merchants In New York, Barak D. Richman

Faculty Scholarship

The diamond industry is home to many unusual features: the predominance of an ethnically homogeneous community of merchants, the norm of intergenerational family businesses, and a rejection of public courts in favor of private contract enforcement. This paper explains that the diamond industry's unique attributes arise specifically to meet the particularly rigorous hazards of transacting in diamonds. Since diamonds are portable, easily concealable, and extremely valuable, the risk associated with a credit sale can be especially costly. However, the industry enjoys valuable organizational efficiencies if transactions occur on credit between independent, fully incentivized agents. Thus, an efficient system of exchange …