Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

2002

Discipline
Institution
Keyword
Publication
Publication Type
File Type

Articles 18931 - 18960 of 19179

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

2002-2003 Graduate Catalog, Morehead State University Jan 2002

2002-2003 Graduate Catalog, Morehead State University

Morehead State Catalog Archive

2002-2003 graduate catalog for Morehead State University.

Go to article

2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalog, Morehead State University Jan 2002

2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalog, Morehead State University

Morehead State Catalog Archive

2002-2003 undergraduate catalog of Morehead State University.

Go to article

On War As Hell, Roger P. Alford Jan 2002

On War As Hell, Roger P. Alford

Journal Articles

This article addresses the question of the proper international standard for war reparations. War reparations are especially hard on the credibility and efficacy of international law. Wars are hard because the suffering is so great and reparations so onerous that often there is no mutuality of interest between the victorious governments and their own constituent victims. Wars force victorious States to make hard choices between looking backward to repair the harm caused to constituent victims and looking forward to a relationship with a potential strong and strategic ally. Just as the conduct of war, in its great features, is...policy itself, …

Go to article

Java At Middle Age: Enabling Java For Computational Science, George K. Thiruvathukal Jan 2002

Java At Middle Age: Enabling Java For Computational Science, George K. Thiruvathukal

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Not long after the Mosaic Web browser appeared and Netscape communications formed, Sun Microsystems launched Java in a way that will be forever known as a marketing success story. All across the US, there were many Java Day events. I still have my t-shirts as proof of having been there.

Go to article

Improving The Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes: Class Action Impact Litigation, Kimberly L. Intagliata Jan 2002

Improving The Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes: Class Action Impact Litigation, Kimberly L. Intagliata

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

The Rio Grande Silvery Minnow And The Endangered Species Act, Sean O'Connor Jan 2002

The Rio Grande Silvery Minnow And The Endangered Species Act, Sean O'Connor

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Conservatives And The Seven Sins Of Judicial Activism, William P. Marshall Jan 2002

Conservatives And The Seven Sins Of Judicial Activism, William P. Marshall

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Debating The Law Of Sanctions, Mary Ellen O'Connell Jan 2002

Debating The Law Of Sanctions, Mary Ellen O'Connell

Journal Articles

After years of United Nations-mandated sanctions against Iraq, human rights advocates began charging the UN Security Council with genocide in its use of 'sanctions of mass destruction'. Following the charges, a full debate began on the law of sanctions. The article recounts this debate, setting it in the context of two earlier rounds of discussion on the lawful use of sanctions. Those earlier debates resulted in general consensus that the Security Council was both free to use sanctions whenever it wanted and that sanctions should be comprehensive, air-tight and subject to enforcement. Sanctions of this description were imposed on Haiti …

Go to article

Come One, Come All But Watch Your Back - Missouri Sides With Business Owners In Negligent Security Action, Matthew J. Landwehr Jan 2002

Come One, Come All But Watch Your Back - Missouri Sides With Business Owners In Negligent Security Action, Matthew J. Landwehr

Missouri Law Review

In terms of sheer volume, premises-liability cases form one of the largest subcategories within the broad spectrum of tort law. Courts are dealing with this influx of lawsuits in a variety of ways. Some courts act as gatekeepers, devising rigid tests to ensure only the most deserving cases get to a jury. Other courts are more lenient, adopting flexible tests that allow more cases to reach juries. Which approach is better is the subject of much debate. This Note will discuss Missouri’s law governing negligent security actions, its application in Hudson v. Riverport Performance Arts Centre, its policy ramifications, and …

Go to article

Does The Missouri Safe Schools Act Past The Test - Expelling Disruptive Students To Keep Missouri's Schools Safe, Cathi M. Kraetzer Jan 2002

Does The Missouri Safe Schools Act Past The Test - Expelling Disruptive Students To Keep Missouri's Schools Safe, Cathi M. Kraetzer

Missouri Law Review

The Missouri Court of Appeals for Easter District of Missouri interpreted the Missouri Safe Schools Act of 1996 in Hamrick ex rel. Hamrick v. Affton School District Board of Education to require a public school to admit for enrollment a student who had been expelled from a non-public school. Shortly after the court’s decision, the Missouri General Assembly amended the dispositive language of Section 167.171.4. It is not clear that public school districts in Missouri can deny enrollment to students suspended or expelled from both public and non-public schools. This Law Summary discusses whether the statutory change furthers the goas …

Go to article

Supernovae Neutrinos As A Probe For Neutrino Mass And Supernovae Explosion Mechanism, Robert Jason Gross Jan 2002

Supernovae Neutrinos As A Probe For Neutrino Mass And Supernovae Explosion Mechanism, Robert Jason Gross

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

In recent years there have been several neutrino detectors built to detect solar, atmospheric, and cosmic neutrinos. In this dissertation, we used a Monte Carlo approach to model both the SuperKamiokande (SuperK) detector in Japan, and the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) in Canada. A neutrino flux produced by a supernova code was implemented to simulate a realistic signal. An analysis of the minimum neutrino mass which could be detected was then performed for SuperK which produced discrepancies for the zero tau mass case when compared to previous work using a smooth emission spectrum as the incident neutrino source. As a …

Go to article

Step Toward Violence Prevention: "Non-Violent Communication" As Part Of A College Curriculum, Susan M. Blake Jan 2002

Step Toward Violence Prevention: "Non-Violent Communication" As Part Of A College Curriculum, Susan M. Blake

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Structural hierarchies are deeply embedded in institutions such as our educational system. It can be argued that this type of model reinforces an aggressive worldview and fosters an atmosphere of violence. Teaching students to communicate compassionately should promote empathy, discourage verbal aggression and reinforce a more peaceful worldview. To accomplish this, educators need a means of replacing hegemony that assumes hierarchy and aggressive conflict are inevitable. Marshall Rosenberg's (2001) Nonviolent Communication (NVC) may provide educators with an appropriate tool. Rosenberg's model counters the prevailing hegemony making it an ideal candidate to explore in relation to these issues. This paper examines …

Go to article

Structural, Magnetic, And Electrical Properties Of Ruthenium Oxides, Juscelino Batista Leao Jan 2002

Structural, Magnetic, And Electrical Properties Of Ruthenium Oxides, Juscelino Batista Leao

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Early reports of antiferromagnetism in CaRuO3 will be discussed within the framework of our recent experiments. We have observed that slight Ru deficiency (∼4%) leads to a weak feature in the magnetic susceptibility. Temperature-dependant time-of-flight (TOF) neutron powder diffraction data revealed no long-range magnetic order in the Ruthenium deficient CaRu 0.96O3 sample. More careful analysis of magnetization data indicates that the feature in chi(T) can be attributed to a weak ferromagnetic phase which forms below an ordering temperature of T = 147 K. This phase is destroyed with Lanthanum doping (∼2%) and annealing in reducing conditions dramatically shifts this feature. …

Go to article

Statistical Physics For Materials Classification, Hugues Jean Lassalle Jan 2002

Statistical Physics For Materials Classification, Hugues Jean Lassalle

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Genetic algorithms (GA) and clustering techniques are used to study and classify materials. An analysis of the convergence speed of GA is carried out using advanced probability theory and random walk concepts. The determination of the ground-state of multicomponent alloys and Ising models with long-range interactions is accomplished using a genetic algorithm. A new GA operator, the domain-flip, is introduced and its efficiency is compared to that of traditional GA operators, crossover and mutation. The domain-flip operator destroys phase-boundaries by flipping all bits of a given domain at the same time. This operator turns out to be crucial in extracting …

Go to article

Structural, Electrical And Magnetic Properties Of Transition Metal Nickel Oxides, Guoqing Wu Jan 2002

Structural, Electrical And Magnetic Properties Of Transition Metal Nickel Oxides, Guoqing Wu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Neutron powder diffraction, high pressure, magnetic susceptibility, and heat capacity measurements, as well as x-ray powder diffraction and iodometric titration, have been conducted on transition metal nickel oxides (TMOs), representative Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) phases Lan+1NinO3n+1 (n = 1, 2, ..., infinity) and hole-doped La2-xSr xNiO4 (0 < x < 1.2). The first complete study of La 2-xSrxNiO4 (0 < x < 1.2) and La n+1NinO3n+1 (n = 2 and 3) phases under high pressure is produced. Strong direct experimental evidence for polaron dominated electrical conduction in these charge transfer (CT) gap La2-xSr xNiO4 compounds is provided. Temperature evolution of the crystal structure of La2-xSrxNiO4 (x = 1/4 and 1/3) is revealed through neutron powder diffraction, structural relationships among n = 1, 2, and 3 phases are exhibited, and charge density wave (CDW) in multilayer Lan+1NinO3n+1 phases is strongly suggested. No superconductivity is observed at pressures up to 1.6 GPa and temperatures down to 4.2 K.

Go to article

Unearthing The Witch: Diversion And Device In Shakespeare's "The Tempest" And Middleton's "The Witch", Anna Capri Hutcheson Jan 2002

Unearthing The Witch: Diversion And Device In Shakespeare's "The Tempest" And Middleton's "The Witch", Anna Capri Hutcheson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Renaissance ideology positioned the witch as deviant and dangerous. Using common cultural perceptions, Shakespeare's and Middleton's dramas help both to define and to produce alternative notions of the witch. Analyzing the function of the witch as cultural icon reveals why the cultural community scapegoated certain women, particularly "wise women." These women were often older and unattached, uncanny in their powers of perception and unruly in their refusal to conform to societal norms. Such women challenged the discourse of power employed by patriarchy. The Tempest requires the reader to read through Prospero's propaganda to examine his motive for vilifying Sycorax. In …

Go to article

Three Impenetrable Particles On A Ring And The Quantum Billiard In A Triangle, Charlotte Joan Dirk Jan 2002

Three Impenetrable Particles On A Ring And The Quantum Billiard In A Triangle, Charlotte Joan Dirk

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Remarkable similarities are found in the problem of three impenetrable quantum mechanical particles on a ring and the problem of the quantum billiard in a triangle. If the energy contributed by the motion of the center of mass in the ring problem is subtracted from the total energy, the energy eigenvalues of the particles on the ring are proportional to the energy eigenvalues of the wave function in the corresponding triangle. The eigenvalues derived from the ring solution are unique to that triangle and that energy level. A mathematical relationship is derived, which connects the masses of the particles on …

Go to article

Subsurface Structure Of An Atmospherically Forced Water Column In Littoral Waters, Michael. Chernys Jan 2002

Subsurface Structure Of An Atmospherically Forced Water Column In Littoral Waters, Michael. Chernys

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The developing subsurface structure of a shallow sub-tropical water column during the passage of cold low-pressure atmospheric front is characterized through synoptic and in-situ observations during the passage of three separate fronts over South Florida. Subsurface distribution of current, salinity, temperature, density and dissipation rates were examined using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), ship-based instruments, moored instruments and an Ocean Surface Current Radar (OSCR) as the fronts passed through the region. Airfoil shear probes mounted in a package on the nose of the AUV were used to measure the level and distribution of small-scale turbulence in the water column and …

Go to article

Visions And Voices: A Community Materializes Its Past, Nancy Carol Stein Jan 2002

Visions And Voices: A Community Materializes Its Past, Nancy Carol Stein

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The cultural construction of the past and the role it plays in the present have contributed to our understanding of our history and our culture. Expression and definition of cultural identity are important factors in this discussion and can depend on who is in control of the image and what drives their interest. In order to examine these issues, I explore the roles of authority, voice, and empowerment. I look at cultural representation as portrayed by the African American community of Delray Beach Florida through an oral history project and self-representation through exhibits and public performances. I have documented the …

Go to article

Synchronous Spatial Array Processing For Underwater Vehicle Tracking, Olivier. Normand Jan 2002

Synchronous Spatial Array Processing For Underwater Vehicle Tracking, Olivier. Normand

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Navigation of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) is commonly assisted in confined areas by acoustic positioning systems. The Department of Ocean Engineenng at Florida Atlantic University is developing an altemative system based on submerged modems. This thesis describes an optimal target location estimation technique using a multi-channel spatial receiver array (Millscross) used as a development tool combined with a synchronous modem and transponder network mounted on buoys and UUVs. The Millscross provides a reference to evaluate the performance of the navigation estimator. Spatial array principles are used to develop decoding and beamforming techniques to process modem messages, enabling the end user …

Go to article

Vacuum Ultraviolet Magnetic Circular Dichroism Of Propylene: Elucidation Of The Electronic Structure Of Propylene, Sylvia T. Atanasova Jan 2002

Vacuum Ultraviolet Magnetic Circular Dichroism Of Propylene: Elucidation Of The Electronic Structure Of Propylene, Sylvia T. Atanasova

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The purpose of this research is to investigate the electronic structure of propylene. The vacuum-ultraviolet absorption and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectra of propylene were obtained by Professor Snyder at the National Synchrotron Radiation Center. The absorption and MCD spectra are presented in the region 52 000--77 000 cm-1. The spectra were examined in detail in the pi → pi* region from 52 000 cm-1 to 58766 cm-1. The MCD provides unique information about the electronic structure of a molecule. The MCD spectrum clearly showed that there are at least three electronic transitions in the pi → pi* region of …

Go to article

Voy A Luchar Por Mi Misma! "I Will Fight For Myself!": Extraordinary Acts And Ordinary Womanhood. The Political Leadership Of A Rural, Mayan Woman, Dulce M. Gutierrez Jan 2002

Voy A Luchar Por Mi Misma! "I Will Fight For Myself!": Extraordinary Acts And Ordinary Womanhood. The Political Leadership Of A Rural, Mayan Woman, Dulce M. Gutierrez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Early studies concerning the participation of women in social movements have been shown to lack portrayals of women as agents of change. This thesis examines a political anthropology of action or agency within the context of gender, including a discussion on the characterization of women in Mexican politics, to analyze the structures of opportunity that have allowed Soledad Torrez Chay, a rural Mayan woman, access to resources, power, and leadership. Aspects of Soledad's life history illustrate her understanding of the economy, politics, and history of Mexico. This research fills gaps in previous analyses that have focused on women as victims …

Go to article

Web-Based Academic Advising System, Xundong. Ding Jan 2002

Web-Based Academic Advising System, Xundong. Ding

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Academic advising is an important and time-consuming task and different tools and techniques can be used to make it an effective and efficient process. This thesis describes the design and development of a Web-based advising system that supplements the conventional advising process. The goals of the system include: to minimize repetitive tasks performed by advisors, to encourage students to adopt a proactive attitude towards advising, to make advising-related information available to remote students in a single place, in electronic format, and to minimize inconsistencies in the advising process. The system supports three different types of users (students, advisors, and secretaries). …

Go to article

Whiteness Of It All: Patriarchal Dysfunction And Feminist Consciousness In Zora Neale Hurston's "Seraph On The Suwanee", Rita C. Butler Jan 2002

Whiteness Of It All: Patriarchal Dysfunction And Feminist Consciousness In Zora Neale Hurston's "Seraph On The Suwanee", Rita C. Butler

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

In Seraph on The Suwanee, Zora Neale Hurston continues a tradition of covert resistance on the part of a black culture struggling to survive within a hostile white society. Her last published novel reveals a talent for combining art and politics and in many ways represents a synthesis of her race, class, and gender consciousness which had grown over the years. Instead of her familiar focus on black culture, however, this paper argues that Hurston uses the story of a conflictive white marriage to create an insightful social critique that challenges a patriarchal society characterized by inequalities of race, class, …

Go to article

X-Ray And Neutron Diffraction Studies Of A Silicon-Substituted Bioapatite, Camelia Emanuela Bunaciu Jan 2002

X-Ray And Neutron Diffraction Studies Of A Silicon-Substituted Bioapatite, Camelia Emanuela Bunaciu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The effect of silicon (Si) substitution on the structural properties of hydroxyapatite (HAp) is investigated with powder x-ray and neutron diffraction methods. For this purpose, a series of samples of pure hydroxyapatite and 0.4 wt % Si substituted hydroxyapatite were prepared following a precipitation method. Phase identification from x-ray powder diffraction measurements showed a single hydroxyapatite phase in all the samples. Powder neutron diffraction patterns from room temperature down to 15 K are analyzed using the Rietveld method. The refined lattice constants, interatomic distances and isotropic atomic displacement parameters as a function of temperature for the pure and substituted hydroxyapatite …

Go to article

Xml-Based Data Exchange Model, Sridhar. Sreenivasan Jan 2002

Xml-Based Data Exchange Model, Sridhar. Sreenivasan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Data are the backbone to any organization. In some organizations there are applications that operate on a distributed platform. These applications might often communicate with applications on a different platform, that structures data in a different format. The manner in which data is transferred between such applications can become complex, because there will be many platform dependent applications that need to process the data transferred. Hence a mechanism for exchange of data in a simple, effective manner for such applications is a basic necessity. In this thesis, such a mechanism to deal with data exchange in a platform independent manner …

Go to article

Florida Automobile Insurance To 1971, Karl F. Miller Jan 2002

Florida Automobile Insurance To 1971, Karl F. Miller

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The history of automobile insurance in Florida provides a case study of economic adaptation to the negative consequences of rapid technological change. The emergence of the automobile in early twentieth century Florida brought with it widespread bodily injury and property damage. The insurance industry and the state government interacted for several decades in trying to fashion a way of reducing the economic cost of automobile accidents. Florida resisted a comprehensive application of insurance to the problem until 1971, when it passed the Florida Automobile Reparations Reform Act. Had Florida acted sooner, the economic impact of automobile accidents could have been …

Go to article

Gaze In The Model-Painter Relationship: Fictions Of Art By Zola, The Goncourts, Poe, And James, Sabrina Emilie Drai Jan 2002

Gaze In The Model-Painter Relationship: Fictions Of Art By Zola, The Goncourts, Poe, And James, Sabrina Emilie Drai

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The art novel or roman sur les arts is a major trend of nineteenth-century novels: the Goncourts' Manette Salomon (1867) and Zola's L'oeuvre (1886) in French literature, Poe's "The Oval Portrait" (1850) and James's "The Madonna of the Future" (1875) in American literature, emphasize the figure of the artist painter and attendant aesthetic problem. The texts explore the painter's relationship to his art and to his model, unfolding along dual trajectories of plot and subplot, or creative struggles with the canvas and amorous entanglements with the model and especially her representation in painting. To disarticulate the triangular relationship between artist, …

Go to article

From One Generation To The Next: A Case Study Of Holocaust Education In Illinois, Jeffrey Alan Ellison Jan 2002

From One Generation To The Next: A Case Study Of Holocaust Education In Illinois, Jeffrey Alan Ellison

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

Currently a debate is underway concerning the current state of Holocaust education in the United States. Some scholars believe that its overall state is quite healthy, while others believe that it is in deep need of repair. To date, the literature about Holocaust education does not allow the debate to be answered because even the most basic analytic information is lacking: who teaches it, where it is taught, when it is taught, how it is taught, and why it is taught. For purposes of this study a new Holocaust questionnaire was developed and sent to a random sampling of public …

Go to article

Gsm Network Simulation And Performance Analysis, Piyush. Bothra Jan 2002

Gsm Network Simulation And Performance Analysis, Piyush. Bothra

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

This research focuses on analyzing the effect of change in network parameters on the performance of GSM cellular network. A simulation model is created using visual C++ and network performance in terms of call failures and handover failures are studied. A cellular network architecture and its performance are based on so many parameters and complexities that it is very difficult to analyze the effect of a parameter on any one aspect of performance. The purpose of this thesis is to study the performance of network with respect to some of those parameters while neglecting other effects. The simulated network takes …

Go to article

First Prev Next Last