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Environment Explorer: Spatial Support System For The Integrated Assessment Of Socio-Economic And Environmental Policies In The Netherlands, Guy Engelen, Inge Uljee, Roger White

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Environment Explorer is a system developed to support spatial scientists, planners and decision makers at the regional and national level in the Netherlands to analyse a wide range of social, economic and environmental policies and their associated spatial patterns. The core of this system consists of linked dynamic spatial models operating at both the micro- and the macro-geographical scales. At the macro scale, the modeling framework integrates several component sub-models, representing the natural, social, and economic sub-systems. At the micro level, cellular automata based models determine the faith of individual parcels of land based on institutional, physical and environmental factors …

Summer 2002, Valparaiso University Guild

Valparaiso University Guild Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Technologies, Institutions, And Social Issues In Arms Control And Transbounary Water-Resources Agreements, Elizabeth L. Chalecki, Peter H. Gleick, Kelli L. Larson, Arian L. Pregenzer, Aaron T. Wolf

Political Science Faculty Publications

The world of environmental security is bringing the science of natural resources in ever-closer contact with the policy issues of international stability and foreign affairs. Many U.S. and international agencies—including the U.S. Departments of State and Defense, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the Southern African Development Community— now analyze foreign policy in part through the lens of environmental resources. In October 2001, three organizations—the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security; the Department of Geosciences of Oregon State University; and the Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) at

Sandia National Laboratories—sponsored a workshop designed to highlight the closeness of …

World Health: An Overview, Hiroshi Nakajima

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

The Voice, Summer 2002: Volume 47, Issue 4, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

New Computer Networking Program Begins Next Fall; Sanctified Common Sense; An Alumni Father Reflects on His Own Graduation and His Son's... 25 Years Later; B.J. Haan Conference Draws Its Largest Group Yet; Musicians Earn Awards; Vocalists Honored at NATS; Three New Scholarships Funded; Students Saturate Themselves in Art for a Weekend; Purple Martin Recognizes Student Writers; Freshmen-Only Halls are a Thing of the Past; Career Planning Website is Now Open to the Public; Wolthuizens Share a Passion for Social Service; Vos Heads to Cornell for Biochemical Research Program; Kornelis and Concert Choir Perform His Original Composition Time Pieces; A …

Whitworth Today Summer 2002, Whitworth University

Whitworth Alumni and Bulletin Publications

No abstract provided.

History @ Eiu (July 2002), History

History at Eastern

No abstract provided.

Peaks Island Star : July 2002, Vol. 22, Issue 7, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 2002

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 44 Number 1, Summer 2002, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH By Paul Locatelli, S.J. SCU's president encourages us to look squarely at the scandal in our midst.

12 - TIME TO GIVE By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. Alumni share their experiences of volunteering in the Peace Corps and Jesuit Volunteer Corps.

18 - IS GREED GOOD? By Susan Vogel. A group of SCU professors discusses this thorny issue.

22 - FROM GANG LIFE TO PREP SCHOOL By Cecilia Kang. Enrique Flores '02 escaped gang life in East San Jose. Now he helps others do the same.

The Evolution Of A Commercial Landscape: A Case Study Of The Motels Along U.S. Highway 31-W, Jill Brown

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The cultural landscape is shaped by human imprints on the natural environment. Many decisions are made that have rippling effects over time. One type of development that changes the landscape is transportation innovation. As improved transportation links are introduced, people change their movement to include the quicker, more efficient route. As movement changes due to increased accessibility, roads that were once traveled by all now have fewer travelers. The rippling effects of the decision to add new infrastructure start at the opening of the innovation. New businesses will spring up at crossroads and common stopping areas. The long established businesses …

Where Are Nebraska's Public School Students?, Andrew Agena

Business in Nebraska

BBR has expanded its Nebraska public school dis. lj:!f ltrict database to include Census 2000 population and selected BBR population projections data. Now, a new database simplifies access to these data forthe interested public and policy makers. Some Nebraska school districts are physically large, others very small. Some have huge enrollments, while many have very few orno students. Some school districts provide elementary-only education, some are secondary-only, and still others are K-12 (Figure 1). Elementary-only districts are either joined with secondaryonly districts or affiliated with K-12 districts to form school systems. The October 2000 and May 2001 issues of Business …

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Summer 2002, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

2001-2002 - Graduate Council Annual Report, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Acuta Journal Of Telecommunications In Higher Education

ACUTA Journal

In This Issue

lndiana's I-Light: Information Technology at the Crossroads

Streaming Video and Video Instant Messaging Delivered Direct to PCs

12 Opens New Doors

The Metaverse at the University of Kentucky

The New Information Highway: Take 2

University of Idaho: Wired for Efficiency

CWRU Implements Gigabit LAN to the Desktop

Upgrade at the University of Minnesota

Institutional Excellence Award Texas A&M and the University of Texas

Book Review

Columns

A Modelling Framework Incorporating A Map Algebra Programming Language, D. Pullar

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The paper presents a modelling framework to integrate dynamic analysis and spatial analysis, andto apply this to a hydrological application. The dynamic analysis runs a simulation of a set of processmodules. Modules for spatial analysis functionality are implemented in software libraries, or components.Currently we support components for a map algebra language called MapScript, and for spreadsheetcalculations using Excel. An important issue in environmental models and in any modelling framework isdealing with different scale processes. When processes occur over different time or spatial scales but are stillintegrally related, this becomes a problem for applying efficient modelling solutions. The paper reviews twocommon …

Generic Integration In Environmental Information And Decision Support Systems, Ralf Denzer

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Environmental Information Systems (EIS) and Environmental Decision Support Systems (EDSS) are major building blocks in environmental management and science today. They are used at all levels of public bodies (community, state, national and international level), in science, in management and as information platforms towards the public. EIS and EDSS are usually said to have certain characteristics, which distinguish them from standard information systems, e.g. information complexity in time and space or uncompleteness or fuzzyness of data items. By the very nature of the complex tasks involved, different methodologies can be an option while developing a new system, for instance modelling, …

A Grid-Generation Based Method For Information Fusion, Tian Xiang Yue, Ji Yuan Liu, Ying An Wang

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Relative studies on multi-scale information fusion, multi-source information fusion and multi-sensor information fusion are reviewed. On the basis of analyzing problems in existing methods of information fusion, a grid-generation model for simulating population density of China is proposed as a case of multi-source information fusion. By fusing remotely sensed data, meteorological data, soil data and statistical data, spatial distribution of population density in China is successfully simulated, in which grid generation process is described in detail. In addition, the basic idea of a grid-generation model as a case of multi-scale information fusion is discussed. The models for multi-source information fusion …

Renaissance Retirees, Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 2002, College Of Arts And Sciences

Renaissance Retirees

Newsletter profiling retirees from Illinois State University's College of Arts and Sciences

Direction Of The Play: The Good Doctor, Mark Wavra

Master of Theater Production Graduate Projects

This project entailed background research and documentation, casting, direction, and post-production evaluation of Eastmont High School Drama Club's production of The Good Doctor. The research included herein represents research and analysis of the play, its author and its influences.

Pages News, Volume 10, No. 2, July 2002, Tom Edwards, Christoph Kull, Keith Alverson

PAGES

Contents: Editorial -- Stable Isotopes/Swiss Sojourn -- The PAGES Synthesis Project -- New on the PAGES Bookshelf -- Tales from the Field -- Inside PAGES -- Program News -- NOClim: Norwegian Ocean Climate Project -- National Page -- Switzerland -- Science Highlights -- Extending Isotope in Precipitation Data Beyond Direct Measurements -- Holocene Variability in the Indian Ocean Monsoon -- Isotopic Records of Past Hydroclimatic Change -- A New Conceptual Model for Predicting Isotopic Enrichment of Lakes -- Modelling the Water Isotope Signal in the Quaternary -- Towards a Regional Synthesis of Mediterranean Climatic Change -- Past and Present Ecohydrology …

Theory And Research In Social Education 30/03 , National Council For The Social Studies. College And University Faculty Assembly

College of Education Publications

No abstract provided.

Challenges, Strategies, And Tools For Research Scientists: Using Web-Based Information Resources, Danielle Bodrero Hoggan

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (1999-2009, Volumes 1-10)

Scientists face many challenges in harnessing web-based resources. Information overload, misinformation, fees, poorly designed navigation, and loss of browsability all hamper the scientist searcher. In addition, many scientists rely on only one or two databases and often miss unique information that is available through other sources. Librarians can team up with scientists to develop strategies to overcome the challenges of web-based information. For example, a librarian can teach effective information seeking techniques, including how to use controlled vocabularies, how to evaluate information on the web, and how to complement web-based resources with print resources. Librarians can also help scientists to …

Title And Contents- Summer 2002

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Great Plains Quarterly

Volume 22/ Number 3 / Summer 2002

CONTENTS

CONGRESSMAN USHER BURDICK OF NORTH DAKOTA AND THE "UNGODLY MENACE": ANTI-UNITED NATIONS RHETORIC, 1950-1958 163 Bernard Lemelin

"PRIVATE" LIVES AND "PUBLIC" WRITING: RHETORICAL PRACTICES OF WESTERN NEBRASKA WOMEN Charlotte Hogg

"SHE HAD NEVER HUMBLED HERSELF": ALEXANDRA BERGSON AND MARIE SHABATA AS THE "REAL" PIONEERS OF O PIONEERS! Douglas W. Werden

REVIEW ESSAY: INDIANS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS David Wishart A review of Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 13. Plains.

Book Reviews

Joseph Epes Brown with Emily Cousins Teaching Spirits: Understanding Native American Religious Traditions By KATHLEEN DANKER

James P. Ronda …

Review Of Handbook Of North American Indians Volume 13. Plains. Edited By Raymond J. Demallie, David J. Wishart

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

INDIANS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS

To say that the Plains volume of the Smithsonian Institution's Handbook of North American Indians has been long awaited is a literal as well as a figurative verity. Research for the volume began in 1971, then stalled until 1985, when Raymond DeMallie took over as editor and reinvigorated the project. Still, progress remained slow until 1998, as other volumes in the series were given priority. Then an all-out push was made to complete the work: manuscripts written in the 1970s and 1980s were revised, often through the addition of a co-author, and the content was generally updated …

Review Of Governmentality And The Mastery Of Territory In Nineteenth-Century America By Matthew G. Hannah, Christine Pappas

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

This contribution to historical geography maps the idea of governmentality in the nineteenth- century United States through the career of Frances Walker, director of the 1870 and 1880 Census, social commentator, and educator. Drawing on Foucault, Hannah explores Walker's life and work, pinpointing the essential but subtle "moments" in the emergence of governmentality.

Walker's work with the national Census was pivotal, Hannah claims, to increasing governmental control of America's people since it was one of the ways to "internally colonize" a territory. Governmentality, in short, is the "logic of social regulation that consistently blends the principles of freedom and regulation." …

Peregrinations: Journal Of Medieval Art And Architecture (Volume 1, Issue 2)

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

The Probe, Issue 223 – July/August 2002

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

• Suburban Invasion! By Wildlife? -- Michelle L. Shuey, Southwest Texas State University
• What are the health risks of consuming meat from deer or elk infected with Chronic Wasting Disease ?
• The 68th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference is set for March 26-30, 2003, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Book Review: Living in the Shadows: How to Help the Stray Cat in Your Life (Without Adding to the Problem) by Ann K. Fisher.--“I was impressed with her chapter on taming feral cats. It would certainly take a dedicated soul to put that much work into taming …

A Study Of The Implementation Of The National Geography Standards And Their Alignment With Classroom Instruction In United States Pk–12 Schools, S. Kay Gandy

Doctoral Dissertations

In the 1980s, media reports of the state of geography in United States schools and national assessments documenting the failing grades of American students resulted in a campaign to eradicate geographic illiteracy. As a result, there have been many reforms made in geography education, including the development of national geography standards. The National Geographic Society developed a Geography Education Foundation to introduce a grassroots movement for curricula change through teacher inservice institutes. Furthermore, geography was recognized as a core subject in the curriculum designated by President George Bush and the governors of the United States of America as part of …

“Behold The Condescension Of God” A Scriptural Perspective On Three Nativity Scenes, Doris R. Dant, Richard G. Oman

BYU Studies

In the midst of the Christmas season's commercialization, frenzied preparations, and parties, families worldwide set aside time to arrange a nativity scene on a mantelpiece or table. More than any other traditional Christmas object, these nativity sets bid us heed the message of Christ's birth. What the nativities specifically say differs with the endless variations played out by their creators and those who arrange the scenes, but certain scriptural themes are common. To show how some of these themes are presented by nativity scenes, this article will analyze three world-class nativities created by Latter-day Saint Gerd Sjökvist, Harrison Begay Jr., …

An Exploratory Study Of Collection Development Of Selected School Resource Centres In Sri Lanka, W. Sunil, A.N. Zainab

Research Publications (2000 to 2005)

Describes the responses from 48 resource managers as well as 183 students from selected schools in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. As case studies, the researchers also gather information about the collection composition from five selected schools to ascertain the currency and strength of collections in Sri Lankan school resource centres. The results indicate that the majority of school resource centres did not follow any collection development guidelines. The school resource collection is still book-centred and veryfew possess electronic resources. More than ninety percent of resources are obtained and selected by personnel at the Ministry of Education. The school personnel …