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Colored People And Affirmative Action: The Colored Man Standing By The Punch Bowl, Michael K. Jordan

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Occupational Ultrasonic Noise Exposure On Hearing Of Dental Hygienists: A Pilot Study, Jennifer Dunning Wilson, Michele Leonardi Darby, Susan L. Tolle, Joseph C. Sever Jr.

Dental Hygiene Faculty Publications

Purpose. The purpose of this case-control study was to determine whether long-term ultrasonic noise exposure via the dental office environment is related to dental hygienists' hearing status.

Methods. Registered dental hygienists (N - 698) who live in the Hampon Roads areas of Virginia were mailed a Dental Hygiene Word History Questionnaire to determine who would meet the inclusion criteria and would be willing to participate in the study. Consenting subjects were categorized into one of two groups, according to ultrasonic sealer usage rate, and matched on age. Persons with known hearing loss due to infection, disease, or congenital defect were …

Variable Bit Rate Video Time-Series And Scene Modeling Using Discrete-Time Statistically Self-Similar Systems, Rajesh Narasimha

Theses

This thesis investigates the application of discrete-time statistically self-similar (DTSS) systems to modeling of variable bit rate (VBR) video traffic data. The work is motivated by the fact that while VBR video has been characterized as self-similar by various researchers, models based on self-similarity considerations have not been previously studied. Given the relationship between self-similarity and long-range dependence the potential for using DTSS model in applications involving modeling of VBR MPEG video traffic data is presented. This thesis initially explores the characteristic properties of the model and then establishes relationships between the discrete-time self-similar model and fractional order transfer function …

Chironian Fall/Winter 2002, New York Medical College

The Chironian

No abstract provided.

Maintaining The Adversarial System: The Practice Of Allowing Jurors To Question Witnesses During Trial, Kristen Debarba

Vanderbilt Law Review

A defendant sits in the witness stand undergoing examination by his attorney. He is accused of armed robbery, among other criminal acts. During the course of the defendant's testimony, a juror blurts out that he has a question. The judge tells the juror to write his question down and advises the juror that he will be able to ask his question upon completion of the attorneys' examinations. When the juror's question is finally asked, the judge indicates to the defendant's attorney that the attorney should address the matter raised by the juror on reexamination. During the reexamination, the attorney turns …

Press One For Warrant: Reinventing The Fourth Amendment's Search Warrant Requirement Through Electronic Procedures, Justin H. Smith

Vanderbilt Law Review

Numerous rulings by the Supreme Court have confirmed the long-held assertion that the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement is a "centerpiece for the law of search and seizure, and that prescreening by neutral and detached magistrates is [at] the heart of citizens' protection against police overreaching." On September 21, 1994, however, these assertions proved inaccurate and painfully hollow for Betty Ingram, a fifty-three-year-old diabetic who awoke to the sound of armed police officers charging through her front door. The officers, who were searching for a suspect involved in a buy- and-bust operation, had neither obtained a search warrant nor knocked and …

A Search For The Best Idea: Balancing The Conflicting Provisions Of The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, Joshua A. Wolfe

Vanderbilt Law Review

One issue that is consistently at the forefront of political debate in America is the educational system. The debate over education involves funding, accountability, and curriculum issues, among others. One education issue that does not receive as much attention as some of the more politically charged issues is special education.

The goal of the American public school system is to educate all children, but how should that goal be implemented with regard to learning-disabled children? How does the educational system meet the individualized needs of disabled students while ensuring that these students are not isolated from the rest of the …

The Church With Ten Windows, Kent R. Hunter

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Kent Hunter has been researching church growth for twenty-seven years, and he shares some of his insights gathered from hundreds of churches in this article.

Legal Orientalism, Teemu Ruskola

Michigan Law Review

Fifty years ago comparative law was a field in search of a paradigm. In the inaugural issue of the American Journal of Comparative Law in 1952, Myres McDougal remarked unhappily, "The greatest confusion continues to prevail about what is being compared, about the purposes of comparison, and about appropriate techniques." In short, there seemed to be very little in the field that was not in a state of confusion. Two decades later, referring to McDougal's bleak assessment, John Merryman saw no evidence of progress: "few comparative lawyers would suggest that matters have since improved." And only a few years ago, …

Federal Election Commission V. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee And Implications For The Future Of Campaign Finance Reform, F. C. Ford Iv

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Extent Of Protection Of The Individual's Personality Against Commercial Use: Toward A New Property Right, George P. Smith Ii

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Synthesizing A Safety Controller For Connectedspaces Using Supervisory Control, Baskar Sridharan, Aditya P. Mathur, Kai-Yuan Cai

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Development Of An Infrastructure For The Management Of Smart Homes, Ramkumar Natarajan, Aditya P. Mathur

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The Patriot Act’S Impact On The Government’S Ability To Conduct Electronic Surveillance Of Ongoing Domestic Communications, Nathan C. Henderson

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Road Shows On The Internet: Taking Individual Investors For A Ride On The Information Highway, Linda J. Yi

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Development Of A Multipurpose Trap (The Nzi) For Tsetse And Other Biting Flies, S. Mihok

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

New trap designs for tsetse (Glossinidae), stable flies (Muscidae: Stomoxyinae), and horse flies (Tabanidae) were tested in Kenya to develop a multipurpose trap for biting flies. Many configurations and colour/fabric combinations were compared to a simplified, blue-black triangular trap to identify features of design and materials that result in equitable catches. New designs were tested against conventional traps, with a focus on Glossina pallidipes Austen and G. longipennis Corti, Stomoxys niger Macquart, and Atylotus agrestis (Wiedemann). A simple design based on minimal blue and black rectangular panels, for attraction and contrast, with a trap body consisting of an innovative configuration …

A Quality Major: Some Doctoral Programs Are Beginning To Offer A Specialization In Quality, John W. Sinn, Gregory K. Arbuckle, Duane E. Floyd, Glenn Gee, Perry Goss, Cathy Petretich, Errol Samuel, Alan Stolzer

Publications

Describes the doctorate in technology management from Indiana State University, a member of a consortium offering the degree that prepares graduates to be technological leaders for public and private sectors.

The Stephen F. Austin Experimental Forest, Carey C. Russell, Ronald E. Thill, David Kulhavy

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

Reducing Barriers To Success For Entry Level Health Care Workers, 2002, Community Research Institute-Johnson Center

Research, Reports, and Publications

No abstract provided.

Place Your Bets ... On The Keyboard: Are Internet Casinos Legal?, R. Scott Girdwood

Campbell Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Conceptual Model Of Peace Operations (Cmpo) As A Framework For Comparing National Doctrines For International Peacekeeping Operations, Paul R. Rickert

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This research generates a method for easy comparison of national military doctrines as they pertain to peacekeeping operations by using the Conceptual Model of Peace Operations (CMPO) as an organizational framework. Microsoft Excel is utilized as an interface as a means for individuals or organizations to compare individual national peacekeeping doctrines on an independent framework. This project also utilizes graphing techniques to allow users to view more generalized comparisons of doctrine so conclusions might be more readily drawn with regards to specific areas of coverage, areas of doctrine needing to be more fully or less extensively addressed, and the political …

A Human Geographic Issue Management System For Natural Resource Managers In The Willamette Valley, Oregon - Chapter One: Project Background Report, Armando A. Arias

SSGS Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

The Legislator-In-Chief, Vasan Kesavan, J. Gregory Sidak

William & Mary Law Review

The State of the Union and Recommendation Clauses of Article II, Section 3provide that the President "shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. "Those thirty-one words envision the President as the lead active participant in the embryonic stages of the making of laws. Eight separate principles animate the President's legislative duties and powers before the presentment process. When the State of the Union and Recommendation Clauses are seen to have this textual and analytical subtlety, they reveal …

A Proposed Antitrust Approach To High Technology Competition, Thomas A. Piraino Jr.

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Stare Decisis, Chevron, And Skidmore: Do Administrative Agencies Have The Power To Overrule Courts?, Paul A. Dame

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Mooney Award Committee Report, Harry Lefever, Hester A. Davis, Helen Regis

Southern Anthropologist

The 2001 James Mooney Award Committee Teviewed ten books submitted by six university presses. As we made our final evaluations we soon reached a consensus that two of the ten books were superior in meeting the criteria for the Mooney Award.

• Creating Freedom: Material Culture and African American Identity at Oakley Plantation, Louisiana, 1840-1950 / by Laurie Wilkie (2000, Louisiana State University Press). Reviewed by Hester A. Davis, Mooney Award Committee, Arkansas Archeological Survey
• The Estuary's Gift: An Atlantic Coast Cultural Biography / by David Griffith (1999, Pennsylvania State University Press). Reviewed by Helen Regis, Mooney Award Committee, Louisiana State …

Rocking The Washington Monument: Subverting Capitalism: The Punk Rock Subculture Of Washington, D C, Mike Addabbo

Southern Anthropologist

(Winning Entry 2002 SAS Student Paper Competition: Undergraduate) The punk subculture of Washington, D.C., proclaims a strong, anti-commercial, anti-consumerism, and anti-capitalism sentiment. Operating as a separate network of bands and listeners from the major record labels of the U.S., the subculture attempts to challenge the role of profit in musical production. The creation of CDs, T-shirts, and other commodities by the subculture suggests otherwise, but through its independent network of bands, labels, and venues, these commodities circulate at a lower cost than those within its parent culture. In emphasizing artistic credibility over profit, the ideals of the subculture attempt to …

Complete Issue, Journal Editors

Southern Anthropologist

No abstract provided.

The Stumbling Block: Freedom, Rationality, And Legal Scholarship, Jeanne L. Schroeder

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Failure Of Words: Habeas Corpus Reform, The Antiterrorism And Effective Death Penalty Act, And When A Judgment Of Conviction Becomes Final For The Purposes Of 28 U.S.C. 2255(1), Benjamin R. Orye Iii

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.