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Becoming (Queer) Medieval: Queer Methodologies In Medieval Studies: Where Are We Now? , Michael O'Rourke Sep 2003

Becoming (Queer) Medieval: Queer Methodologies In Medieval Studies: Where Are We Now? , Michael O'Rourke

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


Bibliography, No.36 2003 , Chris Africa Sep 2003

Bibliography, No.36 2003 , Chris Africa

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.


A Narrative Approach To Exploring Responsible Involvement Of Fathers With Their Special-Needs Children, David C. Dollahite Sep 2003

A Narrative Approach To Exploring Responsible Involvement Of Fathers With Their Special-Needs Children, David C. Dollahite

Faculty Publications

This chapter briefly summarizes the main findings from research employing narrative methodologies on fathers of children with special needs conducted by me and my students (Brotherson & Dollahite, 1997; Dollahite, 2003; Dollahite, Marks, & Brotherson, 1998; Dollahite, Marks, & Olson, 2002; Marks & Dollahite, 2001; Olson, Dollahite, & White, 2002). This research is consistent with recent emphasis on narrative methods in the social sciences generally (Dollahite, Hawkins, & Brotherson, 1996; Josselson & Lieblich, 1993; McAdams, 1993; Riessman, 1993; Sarbin, 1986) and with recent narrative studies of fathers of special-needs children (Brotherson, 1995) and fathers and religion, (Latshaw, 1998; Marshall, Olsen, …


Hrt: Decide Based On The Evidence, Sandra Lookinland, Renea L. Beckstrand Sep 2003

Hrt: Decide Based On The Evidence, Sandra Lookinland, Renea L. Beckstrand

Faculty Publications

The effectiveness and safety of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have been studied since the 1980s. However, much of the available evidence was contradictory, and practitioners were uncertain how to counsel peri- and postmenopausal patients. In this article, recent evidence, both for and against use of HRT in peri- and postmenopausal patients, is compared to past studies with recommendations for practice.


Reasoning About Competitive Reactions: Evidence From Executives, David B. Montgomery, Marian Chapman Moore, Joel E. Urbany Sep 2003

Reasoning About Competitive Reactions: Evidence From Executives, David B. Montgomery, Marian Chapman Moore, Joel E. Urbany

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Much of the empirical research on competitive reactions describes how or why rivals react to a firm’s past actions, but stops short of examining whether managers attempt to predict such reactions, which we call strategic competitive reasoning. In three exploratory studies, we find evidence of managers’ thinking about competitors’ past and future behavior, but little incidence of strategic competitive reasoning. Competitive intelligence experts and other experienced managers assessment of the results suggests the relatively low incidence of strategic competitor reasoning is due to perceptions of low returns from anticipating competitor reactions more than to the high cost of doing so. …


Asymptotic Dynamics And Value-At-Risk Of Large Diversified Portfolios In A Jump-Diffusion Market, Kian Guan Lim, Xiaoqing Liu, Kai Chong Tsui Sep 2003

Asymptotic Dynamics And Value-At-Risk Of Large Diversified Portfolios In A Jump-Diffusion Market, Kian Guan Lim, Xiaoqing Liu, Kai Chong Tsui

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This paper studies the modelling of large diversi ed portfolios in a nancial market with jump-di usion risks. The portfolios considered include three categories: equal money-weighted portfolios, risk minimizing portfolios, and market indices. Reduced-form dynamics driven jointly by one Brownian Motion and one Poisson process are derived for the asymptotics of such portfolios. We prove that derivatives written on a portfolio can be priced by treating the asymptotic dynamics as the underlying process if the number of assets in the portfolio is su ciently large. Analytical and Monte Carlo Value-at-Risk (VaR) can be computed for the portfolios based on their …


Singapore's Regionalization Gambit: Insights Form The Suzhou-Wuxi Experiment, Caroline Yeoh, Jerel Chye Hock Lee, Clare Yenping Lee Sep 2003

Singapore's Regionalization Gambit: Insights Form The Suzhou-Wuxi Experiment, Caroline Yeoh, Jerel Chye Hock Lee, Clare Yenping Lee

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

No abstract provided.


Dynamic Sociometry In Particle Swarm Optimization, Mark Richards, Dan A. Ventura Sep 2003

Dynamic Sociometry In Particle Swarm Optimization, Mark Richards, Dan A. Ventura

Faculty Publications

The performance of Particle Swarm Optimization is greatly affected by the size and sociometry of the swarm. This research proposes a dynamic sociometry, which is shown to be more effective on some problems than the standard star and ring sociometries. The performance of various combinations of swarm size and sociometry on six different test functions is qualitatively analyzed.


Target Sets: A Tool For Understanding And Predicting The Behavior Of Interacting Q-Learners, Nancy Fulda, Dan A. Ventura Sep 2003

Target Sets: A Tool For Understanding And Predicting The Behavior Of Interacting Q-Learners, Nancy Fulda, Dan A. Ventura

Faculty Publications

Reinforcement learning agents that interact in a common environment frequently affect each others’ perceived transition and reward distributions. This can result in convergence of the agents to a sub-optimal equilibrium or even to a solution that is not an equilibrium at all. Several modifications to the Q-learning algorithm have been proposed which enable agents to converge to optimal equilibria under specified conditions. This paper presents the concept of target sets as an aid to understanding why these modifications have been successful and as a tool to assist in the development of new modifications which are applicable in a wider range …


The New Economy Is Dead, Long Live The Information Economy, Phillip J. Bryson Sep 2003

The New Economy Is Dead, Long Live The Information Economy, Phillip J. Bryson

Faculty Publications

The arrival of the 2001-2003 recession caused many to suppose that the so-called "New Economy" was now defunct. This article addresses a number of related issues, including the question of the durability and viability of business cycles in the face of the technological developments of the information age. It asks what went wrong with the New Economy and examines its characteristics as well as its remaining possibilities and prospects for the future. Finally, it considers the spread of the Information Economy to Europe, especially to Germany, the country that one might expect to be the leading European player, but which …


Design Of Antiresonant-Reflecting Optical Waveguide-Type Vertical-Coupled Surface-Emitting Lasers Using Transfer Matrix Method, Chyng Wen Tee, C. C. Tan, S. F. Yu Sep 2003

Design Of Antiresonant-Reflecting Optical Waveguide-Type Vertical-Coupled Surface-Emitting Lasers Using Transfer Matrix Method, Chyng Wen Tee, C. C. Tan, S. F. Yu

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

A simple transfer matrix method is proposed to calculate the radiation losses of a cylindrical antiresonant-reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW). It is found that the planar approximation underestimates the radiation losses but overestimates the design tolerance of the ARROW-type vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). An iteration technique, which is incorporated with the transfer matrix method, is also developed to design ARROW-type VCSELs for minimum radiation losses in a more effective manner.


Vytis, Volume 89, Issue 6 (September 2003), Knights Of Lithuania Sep 2003

Vytis, Volume 89, Issue 6 (September 2003), Knights Of Lithuania

Vytis: The Newsletter of the Knights of Lithuania

Newsletter of the Knights of Lithuania national organization (United States); digitized and made available with the permission of the organization. Content may be protected by copyright.


Front Matter Sep 2003

Front Matter

Colby Quarterly

No abstract provided.


"The Privilege/Of Vertigo": Reading Michael Longley In The 1960s, Fran Brearton Sep 2003

"The Privilege/Of Vertigo": Reading Michael Longley In The 1960s, Fran Brearton

Colby Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Menu, Acropolis Greek Taverna Restaurant, Ybor City, September 2003, Acropolis Greek Taverna Sep 2003

Menu, Acropolis Greek Taverna Restaurant, Ybor City, September 2003, Acropolis Greek Taverna

Florida Restaurant Menu Collection

A September 2003 menu for the Acropolis Greek Taverna Restaurant located at 1833 East 7th Avenue in Ybor City, Florida.


Interactive Level-Set Smoothing For Photo Editing, Thomas C. Howard, Bryan S. Morse Sep 2003

Interactive Level-Set Smoothing For Photo Editing, Thomas C. Howard, Bryan S. Morse

Faculty Publications

This paper presents an interactive image-smoothing tool based on properties and manipulation of image level sets. This tool uses PDE-based level-set smoothing to preserve edge sharpness while smoothing noise and jagged contours. Unlike existing approaches using PDEs, the duration and areas of application are controlled interactively with immediate feedback to the user. Interaction issues are addressed, and parameters for adjusting the PDE are automatically estimated based on image characteristics.


Fllg 440.02: The Grail Quest - Studies In Comparative Literature, Paul A. Dietrich Sep 2003

Fllg 440.02: The Grail Quest - Studies In Comparative Literature, Paul A. Dietrich

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Cal Poly Magazine, Fall 2003 Sep 2003

Cal Poly Magazine, Fall 2003

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.


The "Embarrassing" Section 134, Frederick Mark Gedicks Sep 2003

The "Embarrassing" Section 134, Frederick Mark Gedicks

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Observers, Abbreviations & Locations, Maryland Birdlife Sep 2003

Observers, Abbreviations & Locations, Maryland Birdlife

Maryland Birdlife

No abstract provided.


Contents, Maryland Birdlife Sep 2003

Contents, Maryland Birdlife

Maryland Birdlife

No abstract provided.


Late Nesting Dates In Maryland: Pine Warbler, Northern Parula And Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Jay M. Sheppard Sep 2003

Late Nesting Dates In Maryland: Pine Warbler, Northern Parula And Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Jay M. Sheppard

Maryland Birdlife

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Tennessee Ornithological Society Sep 2003

Front Matter, Tennessee Ornithological Society

The Migrant - Tennessee Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.


Contents, Tennessee Ornithological Society Sep 2003

Contents, Tennessee Ornithological Society

The Migrant - Tennessee Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.


Breeding Season Record For The Mourning Warbler On Roan Mountain, Allan J. Trently Sep 2003

Breeding Season Record For The Mourning Warbler On Roan Mountain, Allan J. Trently

The Migrant - Tennessee Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.


Status And Distribution Of The Golden-Winged Warbler In Tennessee, Melinda Welton Sep 2003

Status And Distribution Of The Golden-Winged Warbler In Tennessee, Melinda Welton

The Migrant - Tennessee Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.


Southern Great Plains, Joseph A. Grzybowski Sep 2003

Southern Great Plains, Joseph A. Grzybowski

North American Birds

No abstract provided.


West Indies And Bermuda, Robert L. Norton, Anthony White, Andrew Dobson Sep 2003

West Indies And Bermuda, Robert L. Norton, Anthony White, Andrew Dobson

North American Birds

No abstract provided.


Central America, H. Lee Jones Sep 2003

Central America, H. Lee Jones

North American Birds

No abstract provided.


Front Matter (Pdf), North American Birds Sep 2003

Front Matter (Pdf), North American Birds

North American Birds

No abstract provided.