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University Of Nebraska-Lincoln School Of Natural Resources Review: Final Report, December 2003, Michael O'Neill, Phaedra Budy, Stephen Degloria, Ed Kanemasu, Jamie Robertson, Derrel Martin, Anne K. Vidaver, Tylr Naprstek, Donna Woudenberg

School of Natural Resources: Documents and Reviews

In July 2003, the School of Natural Resource Sciences was merged with the Conservation and Survey Division and the Water Center Nebraska State Survey. This merger produced the School of Natural Resources (hereafter referred to as the "School") in its current form. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln requested a ten-year review of the School's programs and activities. The review was administered by the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) in cooperation with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the College of Agriculture, and the School.

The review document is divided into nine sections. The first …

Recharging The Jury: The Criminal Jury's Constitutional Role In An Era Of Mandatory Sentencing, Rachel E. Barkow

Faculty Articles

Discusses the criminal jury's constitutional role in mandatory sentencing in the U.S. Role of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in impeding the jury's role at trial and in undercutting the indirect effect the jury has on plea negotiations; Proposal to the Supreme Court's test for determining when a fact must be found by a jury and cannot be labeled a mere sentencing factor; Reason why juries not judges must apply the mandatory sentencing laws.

Technology, Commentary And The Admonitions For Women, Sherin Wing

Journal of International Women's Studies

The following is an analysis of the Admonitions for Women (Nu Jie) by the Later Han Dynasty scholar, Ban Zhao. It examines the historical context for its composition, applying not only one literary template, that of the instructional text, the technological treatise, but also Confucian Commentary. Through this process, the Admonitions emerges as a sophisticated philosophical tract that combines not only several literary traditions, but applies them to a new, unique audience: elite women. In so doing, Ban Zhao challenges assumptions of women’s roles, expectations of women, and enlightens her readers as to what might be really happening …

Keys To Women’S Liberation In Communist China: An Historical Overview, Jinghao Zhou

Journal of International Women's Studies

Has the Communist Party of China (CPC) fully liberated Chinese women? Is the leadership of the CPC the key to Chinese women’s liberation in the twenty-first century? The CPC has tried to convince the Chinese people and international society to believe that the answer is positive. Having examined the status of Chinese women from an historical perspective, the author has reached the conclusion that women’s problems in present-day China are not only serious but also structural. It is impossible for Chinese women to fully enjoy women’s rights within the current communist system. The future of women’s liberation largely depends on …

State Doctrines Of Substantial Compliance: A Call For Erisa Preemption And Uniform Federal Common Law Doctrine, Meridith H. Bogart

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Robust Dissolve Detector By Support Vector Machine, Chong-Wah Ngo

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In this paper, we propose a novel approach for the robust detection and classification of dissolve sequences in videos. Our approach is based on the multi-resolution representation of temporal slices extracted from 3D image volume. At the low-resolution (LR) scale, the problem of dissolve detection is reduced as cut transition detection. At the highresolution (HR) space, Gabor wavelet features are computed for regions that surround the cuts located at LR scale. The computed features are then input to support vector machines for pattern classification. Encouraging results have been obtained through experiments.

The Effects Of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction On Tibial Rotation During Pivoting After Descending Stairs, Stavros Ristanis, Giannis Giakas, Christos D. Papageorgiou, Constantina O. Moraiti, Nikolaos Stergiou, Anastasios D. Georgoulis

Journal Articles

Recent in vitro research suggests that ACL reconstruction does not restore tibial rotation. This study investigated rotational knee joint stability in vivo during a combined descending and pivoting movement that applies a high rotational load to the knee joint. We studied 20 ACL reconstructed patients (bone–patellar tendon–bone graft) and 15 matched controls with a six-camera optoelectronic system performing the examined movement. In the control group the results showed no significant differences in the amount of tibial rotation between the two sides. No significant differences were also found between the contralateral intact leg of the ACL group and the healthy control. …

Content-Aware Authentication Of Motion Jpeg2000 Stream In Lossy Networks, Yongdong Wu, Robert H. Deng

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Stream authentication schemes (SAS) aim to achieve effective authentication of multicast streams over lossy networks. Almost all the existing SASs is designed for stream data integrity protection only. In this paper, we argue that content integrity protection is more important than data integrity to human users. We present a content-aware SAS in motion JPEG2000 streaming. In our scheme, a chunk of JPEG2000 codestreams is encapsulated into a block of packets using multiple description coding (MDC). Our MDC exploits the inherent structure of motion JPEG2000 codestreams and is used to preserve the semanteme/content of the stream over lossy networks. To achieve …

The False Promise Of One Person, One Vote, Grant M. Hayden

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

It has now been four decades since the Supreme Court stepped into the political thicket with its groundbreaking series of reapportionment cases. Those cases rather quickly brought about radical changes in the structure of our national, state, and local governments and, in so doing, reshaped the political landscape of the country in many, mostly beneficial, ways. The reapportionment cases also signaled the beginning of a revolution in the way we view the rights associated with meaningful participation in a democratic society, a revolution that continues to this day. We now enjoy a right to vote that is much more comprehensive …

Web Unit Mining: Finding And Classifying Subgraphs Of Web Pages, Aixin Sun, Ee Peng Lim

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In web classification, most researchers assume that the objects to classify are individual web pages from one or more web sites. In practice, the assumption is too restrictive since a web page itself may not always correspond to a concept instance of some semantic concept (or category) given to the classification task. In this paper, we want to relax this assumption and allow a concept instance to be represented by a subgraph of web pages or a set of web pages. We identify several new issues to be addressed when the assumption is removed, and formulate the web unit mining …

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2003, Issue 4, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Margalynne Armstrong, The SALT Annual Awards Dinner to Honor Quigley, Lewis, at 1.

Michael Rooke-Ley, SALT, FAIR Sue Department of Defense over Solomon Amendment, at 1.

Raleigh Hanna Levine, Introducing SALT’s New Co-Presidents, at 2.

Paula C. Johnson & Michael Rooke-Ley, Co-Presidents’ Column, at 3.

Eileen Kaufman, SALT Bar Exam Workshop, at 4.

Sally Simpson, The Community Legal Access BarAlt Program, at 4.

Andrea Curcio & Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia’s Public Service Bar Exam Alternative, at 5.

Marjorie M. Shultz & Sheldon Zedeck, Identification and Development of Predictors for Successful Lawyering, at …

A Critical Examination Of The Use Of Preliminary Tests In Two-Sample Tests Of Location, Kimberly T. Perry

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

This paper explores the appropriateness of testing the equality of two means using either a t test, the Welch test, or the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test for two independent samples based on the results of using two classes of preliminary tests (i.e., tests for population variance equality and symmetry in underlying distributions).

Confidence Intervals For P(X Less Than Y) In The Exponential Case With Common Location Parameter, Ayman Baklizi

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

The problem considered is interval estimation of the stress - strength reliability R = P(Xθ and λ respectively and a common location parameter μ . Several types of asymptotic, approximate and bootstrap intervals are investigated. Performances are investigated using simulation techniques and compared in terms of attainment of the nominal confidence level, symmetry of lower and upper error rates, and expected length. Recommendations concerning their usage are given.

End Matter, Jmasm Editors

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

No abstract provided.

Fibergramme Vol. 27, No. 6, Weavers Of Orlando

Text Materials of Central Florida

FIBERGRAMME is published in September, November, January, March and May.

Methodology For Economic Impact Estimation : Prepared For Los Alamos National Laboratory By Center For Economic Development Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of South Florida, University Of South Florida. Center For Economic Development Research, Los Alamos National Laboratory

College of Business Publications

No abstract provided.

Dynamic Modeling Of The Ssdi Application Timing Decision: The Importance Of Policy Variables, Rickard V. Burkhauser, J S. Butler, Gulcin Gumus

Economics - All Scholarship

This paper analyzes the importance of policy variables in the context of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) application timing decision. Previously, we explicitly modeled the optimal timing of SSDI application using dynamic structural models. We estimated these models using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). This paper uses option value model estimates to simulate application timing under alternative SSDI policy formulations. We consider changes in three policy variables: benefit levels, acceptance rates, and employer accommodation. Our simulations suggest all these changes would have substantial effects on expected spell lengths until application and on lifetime application rates, and hence …

Theories Of Justice, Human Rights, And The Constitution Of International Markets, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Determining Error Bars In Measurements Of Ultrashort Laser Pulses, Ziyang Wang, Erik Zeek, Rick Trebino, Paul Kvam

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

We present a simple and automatic method for determining the uncertainty in the retrieved intensity and phase versus time (and frequency) due to noise in a frequency-resolved optical-gating trace, independent of noise source. It uses the ‘‘bootstrap’’ statistical method and also yields an automated method for phase blanking (omitting the phase when the intensity is too low to determine it).

Belgium's Universal Jurisdiction Law: Vindication Of International Justice Or Pursuit Of Politics?, Malvina Halberstam

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Soldiers Of The State: Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations, Richard D. Hooker Jr.

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Coping With Cafos: How Much Notice Must A Citizen Give - Community Ass'n For Restoration Of The Environment V. Henry Bosma Dairy, Martin A. Miller

Missouri Law Review

In the context of reviewing Community Ass’n for Restoration of the Environment v. Henry Bosma Dairy, this Note focuses on what constitutes sufficient notice and suggests how citizen groups should handle additional violations discovered after suit has been filed. Although the Ninth Circuit had previously taken a fairly strict approach in interpreting notice requirement, Bosma Dairy indicates a shift toward a more forgiving approach by allowing the plaintiff to include certain non-noticed violations in its lawsuit. This urges the continued movement away from a rigid and formalistic approach.

Drop The Shoe: A Law Of Personal Jurisdiction, Douglas D. Mcfarland

Missouri Law Review

Personal jurisdiction standards outlined in International Shoe Co. v. Washington have proven to be inadequate. This Article begins in Part II with an examination of the origins of the International Shoe minimum contacts test, and then in Part III analyzes and critiques the opinion and the test. Part IV looks at later Supreme Court cases that attempt to refine and apply the test, and Part V looks at the same pattern for other federal courts and state courts. These Parts lead to the conclusion that the minimum contacts test should be abandoned in favor of a new law for personal …

Plea Best Not Taken: Why Criminal Defendants Should Avoid The Alford Plea, A, Bryan H. Ward

Missouri Law Review

After examining the North Carolina v. Alford decision in detail, this Article will first look at the broad arguments in favor of this type of plea. This Article will then focus on the body of case law dealing with the Alford plea and its effect on sentencing, probation and parole. While examining these cases this Article will also focus on the variety of arguments offered by criminal defendants who contend that it is impermissible to require an Alford-type defendant to express remorse for the offense or admit to the offense in any other context. This Article will conclude by reevaluating …

Class Actions And Ex Parte Communications: Can We Talk, Douglas R. Richmond

Missouri Law Review

The subject of ex parte communications with class members is a murky one. Here the rules of civil procedure and professional responsibility overlap as in no other area, and case law is relatively scarce. Insofar as class actions are litigated in federal courts, another problem is that many of the decisions on this subject are district court decisions, which lack precedential force. In sum, lawyers’ need for guidance in this area is significant and seems destined to grow in importance as class action litigation continues to spread.

We Didn't Know Any Better Defense: The Eighth Circuit's View Of Qualified Immunity For Jail Officers Who Detain Arrestees - Hill V. Mckinley, The, William E. Roberts

Missouri Law Review

The Supreme Court has imparted the old common-law immunity to law-enforcement officers in actions for violations of constitutional rights. Defendants no longer have to stand trial on a federal claim for damages based on their unconstitutional actions unless a court has previously established with sufficient clarity and particularity that such actions are indeed a constitutional violation. Through examination of Hill v. McKinley, this Note argues that "qualified immunity" is beginning to be extended beyond its intended use.

The Promise And Peril Of Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Promotion On The Internet, Timothy S. Hall

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

The 2002 Supreme Court Decisions: Did They Leave Enough Of Apprendi To Effectively Protect Criminal Defendants?, Charlotte Leclercq

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This comment explores the true impact of the 2000 landmark decision, Apprendi v. New Jersey, in which the United States Supreme Court determined that any fact that increases a criminal defendant's sentence beyond the statutory maximum has to be submitted to a jury and proven beyond a reasonable doubt. At the time, the decision appeared to be a triumph for the procedural due process rights of defendants. However the opinion of the majority, as well as those of the concurrence and dissents, left the actual effect of the decision subject to considerable debate among courts and commentators. In 2002 the …

Vol. 24, No. 1, Fall 2003: Table Of Contents, Northern Illinois University Law Review

Northern Illinois University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Transnational/Domestic Constitutional Law, Mark Tushnet

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.