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HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Dissertation Abstracts

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Introductory Junior High Spanish Instruction On Academic Proficiency In A Ninth Grade Spanish Course, Thomas Marvin

Urbana University Master’s Theses

No abstract provided.

A Breadth Of Nlp Applications, Elizabeth D. Liddy

School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship

The Center for Natural Language Processing (CNLP) was founded in September 1999 in the School of Information Studies, the “Original Information School”, at Syracuse University. CNLP’s mission is to advance the development of human-like, language understanding software capabilities for government, commercial, and consumer applications. The Center conducts both basic and applied research, building on its recognized capabilities in Natural Language Processing. The Center’s seventeen employees are a mix of doctoral students in information science or computer engineering, software engineers, linguistic analysts, and research engineers.

Discontinuities And Continuities: A New Way To Understand Virtual Work, Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, Kevin Crowston, Katherine M. Chudoba

School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship

“Virtual” is a potent buzzword, freely applied to many situations, with many meanings. In this exploratory study, we develop a more precise understanding of "virtual" to describe changing work environments. Specifically, we propose a framework to classify work environments based on the type of discontinuities involved. Discontinuities are gaps or a lack of coherence in aspects of work. The framework allows us to compare research across different topics and work settings. We use the framework to classify 75 published articles on virtual work environments or earlier, related research streams. We observed that many studies were simultaneously addressing existing or emerging …

Examining The "Skin Trade" : A Cultural And Juridical Analysis Of The Internet's Perpetuation Of The Sex Tourism Industry, Janelle Sanders

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Sex trafficking of women is projected to take over as the leading international crime activity, surpassing drugs and weapons. Trade in human beings is a high-profit and low-risk venture that is reinforced by a blatant lack of law enforcement and governmental interest. Trafficking continues to exist because societies and cultures continue to marginalize, objectify, and accept abuse against women. Whether women choose or are forced into sex trafficking, they find it almost impossible to get out of the sex industry once they have been trafficked. The women face abuse, isolation, lack of sustenance, violence, and no freedom. Sex tourism developed …

The Effect Of Membership Characteristics On Cooperative Pricing Policies And Success, Lynn Hunnicutt

Economic Research Institute Study Papers

Cooperatives are unique among agribusiness firms because their owners are also their customers. This dual nature of patrons means that maximizing profit is one of several optimal strategies the cooperative may pursue. Using a survey of marketing cooperative managers, we examine how membership characteristics and cooperative structure influence cooperative policies. We also study the relationship between member characteristics, cooperative policies and cooperative success. Longer member planning horizons and independent management make profit or price maximization more likely. Cooperative success does not appear systematically related to membership characteristics or cooperative structure. Evidently, cooperative success is not easily measured or explained.

Salvation And Sociology In The Methodist Episcopal Deaconess Movement, Benjamin Hartley

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Excerpt: "Rather than being an American innovation which was spread to missionary contexts abroad, the deaconess movement in the Methodist Episcopal Church began on the Methodist missionary frontiers of India and Germany in the late 19th century. The appeals to General Conference in April 1888 to establish the office of deaconess originated in the Bengal Conference in India and the Rock River Conference in Illinois. Bishop James Thoburn, a well-known missionary from India, led the petitions through the intricacies of the General Conference with the urging of his missionary sister, Isabella Thoburn, who had recently joined forces with Chicago's Lucy …

Conference Digest

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

Dewitt Wallace Library Annual Report 2000-2001, Teresa A. Fishel

Annual Report - DeWitt Wallace Library

No abstract provided.

Aquilegia, Vol. 26 No. 2, March-April 2002: Newsletter Of The Colorado Native Plant Society, Leo P. Bruederle, Gwen Kittel, Jody K. Nelson, Eric Lane, Dick Moseley, John A. Hadaway, Kathy Damas

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

No abstract provided.

An Economic Assessment Of Ucita, Robert W. Hahn, Anne Layne-Farrar

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act ("UCITA") is a model contract law for computer products. This note examines the potential advantages and disadvantages of adopting the UCITA and discusses its effects on consumer transactions. Benefits include reducing costs and providing a consistent standard of law. Hahn and Layne-Farrar conclude that the prospective benefits of passage of the UCITA outweigh any potential burdens.

A Conversation With Dr. Louis Sullivan, Louis Sullivan

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Booth Library Renovation - Commemorative Program, Booth Library

Library Publications

From its origins in a corner of Old Main to its current and newly renovated prominence in the center of campus, the library has always played an important role in Eastern Illinois University’s intellectual life, endeavoring to keep pace with changing patron needs and expanding library resources. Enlarged, redesigned, and spruced up, the renovation of Booth Library created a building ready for the challenges of the 21st Century.

Annual Report Town Of Milan, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2001., Milan Town Representatives

Milan, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

How We Got To Coney Island: The Development Of Mass Transportation In Brooklyn And Kings County, Brian Cudahy

New York State City & Regional

How We Got to Coney Island is the definitive history of mass transportation in Brooklyn. Covering 150 years of extraordinary growth, Cudahy tells the complete story of the trolleys, street cars, steamboats, and railways that helped create New York’s largest borough---and the remarkable system that grew to connect the world’s most famous seaside resort with Brooklyn, New York City across the river, and, ultimately, the rest of the world. Includes tables, charts, photographs, and maps.

Applications Of The I-Thou-It Framework To Teaching English As A Foreign Language In Macedonia, Zora Busovska

MA TESOL Collection

This paper is based on David Hawkins’ framework of the I-Thou-It with an expanded and personalized interpretation. It aims at defining more precisely the roles of the I, the Thou, and the It in the author’s classroom. The paper also cites research related to this framework and compares the findings, differences and similarities of author’s research with those of other researchers. The paper examines each of the roles and the interplay that takes place between and among them.

The paper explains the advantages of the subject-centered classroom, i.e. dominance of the It. Thus, the emphasis of the paper is on …

Comparative Study Of Accounting Adaptation: China And Japan During The Nineteenth Century, Pak K. Auyeung

Accounting Historians Journal

This study attempts to examine why western accounting was adopted in one Asian country, Japan, and not in another, China, when modern accounting methods were brought to the East during the mid-19th century. The explanation offered is socio-cultural. China was characterized by centralized political power, a society resistant to change, an anti-merchant policy and narrow-based learning. In contrast, Japan had dispersed structures of political power, a society receptive to change, a pro-merchant policy and broad-based learning. In China, the emphasis was to preserve harmony and integration in accord with mainstream Chinese ideology which had created a highly stable and tradition-oriented …

The Influence Of Surfactants On The Sorption Of Phenanthrene In Natural Waters, Tracey Louise Jones-Hughes

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Theses

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely recognised as harmful, persistent organic pollutants, whilst surfactants are more easily degraded but their ubiquitous use both domestically and industrially ensures their presence in natural waters. Owing to both their hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties, surfactants are capable of both adsolubilisation and solubilisation of co-contaminants, hence, their presence in natural waters is considered extremely significant. The purpose of this research was to determine how surfactants and PAHs influence each other in estuaries where both are co-disposed. This study is the first to employ environmentally realistic concentrations of surfactants and to use natural particles in order …

Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 53, Winter, Feb. 2002, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Resource Law Notes: The Newsletter of the Natural Resources Law Center (1984-2002)

No abstract provided.

Evaluating The Case For A Limited Great Lakes Setting, John E. Clark

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Return to Cumorah: Piecing Together the Puzzle Where the Nephites Lived (1998), by Duane R. Aston; The Land of Lehi: Further Evidence for the Book of Mormon (1999), by Paul Hedengren: and The Lost Lands of the Book of Mormon (2000), by Phyllis Carol Olive

A Vote Cast; A Vote Counted: Quantifying Voting Rights Through Proportional Representation In Congressional Elections, Michael Mccann

Law Faculty Scholarship

The current winner-take-all or first-past-the-post system of voting promotes an inefficient market where votes are often wasted. In this system, representatives are selected from a single district in which the candidate with the plurality of votes gains victory. Candidates who appear non-generic can rarely, if ever, expect to receive the most votes in this system. This phenomenon is especially apparent when African-Americans and other minority groups seek elected office. In part because white voters constitute at least a plurality of voters in every state except Hawaii, minorities in the forty-nine other states have had historically little success in gaining election …

Sunsmart Community Partnerships: Summary And Lessons Learned Report, Florida Solar Energy Center, Jennifer Szaro

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Through a working partnership with the Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA), the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), the Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), the Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation (LEAF), and FMEA member utilities, the SunSmart program offers a unified, low-cost solution to providing municipal electric customers with a solar energy option. It also provides its member utilities with a high level of technical and administrative support to alleviate concerns about working with an unfamiliar electric generation technology. It relies on a core team to develop a standardized marketing and public outreach plan which can be utilized by all participants, and …

Recent Trends In Global And Irish Tourism, Kevin Griffin

Articles

2001 will long be remembered as one of the most difficult years for tourism in Ireland. The outbreak of Food and Mouth disease in the first half of the year was seen as a major blow to the industry, with many businesses suffering from the resultant restrictions on travel. These problems were further increased by the global effects of the economic slow-down in the USA. As the sector began to recover and was shaping up for a healthy Autumn, the terrorist attacks of September 11 devastated the industry globally, with knock–on effects which are only now beginning to be assessed. …

Renaissance 2002, University Of Rhode Island

URI Yearbooks

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the University of Rhode Island yearbook.

Demographic, Housing, And Economic Trends For Seven Communities Served By The Portland Water District, Charles S. Colgan Phd, Jack Kartez Phd, Mark Eyerman

Publications

No abstract provided.

The Policy-Making Branch, Tom Feeney

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Eiu Graduate Catalog 2001-2002, Eastern Illinois University

EIU Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

2002 - 2003, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2002 - 2003, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog. M. Christopher White, president and Frank R. Campbell, interim president.

University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 2002-2003, University Of Southern Maine

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.