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Focal Spot, Summer 2003

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Home Water Self-Check: Do-It-Yourself Water Check For The Home Landscape, Todd A. Mccammon

All Current Publications

In Utah, nearly two-thirds of the water consumed by residential homeowners is used to maintain landscapes. Recent water checks conducted by Utah State University Extension found that a typical homeowner applies 80 inches of water each growing season. This is twice as much as is needed.

Otterbein Towers Spring & Summer 2003, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

Music at Otterbein: A Rich Legacy, Final Curtain Call, Psychology Department has Writing Kraft, College News, Classnotes, Milestones, Sports, Philanthropy at Otterbein, The "O" Club, Alumni Notes

The Mechanisms Of Market Inefficiency: An Introduction To The New Finance, Lynn A. Stout

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Efficient Capital Market Hypothesis (ECMH) became one of the most widely-accepted and influential ideas in finance economics. More recently, however, the idea of market efficiency has fallen into disrepute as a result of market events and growing empirical evidence of inefficiencies. This essay argues that the weaknesses of the efficient market theory are, and were, apparent from a careful inspection of its initial premises, including the presumptions of homogeneous investor expectations, effective arbitrage, and investor rationality. By the same token, a wide range of market phenomena inconsistent with the ECHM can be explained …

What Is A Reasonable Attorney Fee? An Empirical Study Of Class Action Settlements, Theodore Eisenberg, Geoffrey P. Miller

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Determining an appropriate fee is a difficult task facing trial court judges in class action litigation. But courts rarely rely on empirical research to assess a fee’s reasonableness, due, at least in part, to the relative paucity of available information. Existing empirical studies of attorney fees in class action cases are limited in scope, and generally do not control for important variables. To help fill this gap, we analyzed data from all state and federal class actions with reported fee decisions from 1993 to 2002 in which the fee and class recovery could be determined with reasonable confidence.

We find …

Teachers' And Administrators' Perceptions And Experiences Of Best Practices For Success In High-Poverty Schools, Charlotte J. Hayes

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

Two high-poverty secondary school teachers and administrators in South Florida participated in this research. This dual-case study examined administrators' and teachers' perceptions of the challenges, successes, and school features essential to promote students' academic success in a high-poverty school as they correspond with best practices identified in educational literature. School 1 is a high-poverty school with a Florida school grade of an F. School 2 is a high-poverty school with a Florida school grade of C.

Teachers and administrators filled out a demographic questionnaire describing their educational, professional, and ethnic backgrounds, They responded to a Likert-like scale rating the importance …

Method For Characterizing Particles In A Liquid Medium Using Interferometry., Aristide Dogariu, Gabriel Popescu

UCF Patents

In a method for characterizing particles in a colloidal suspension, during a period in which the particles undergo sedimentation, changes are measured in the intensity among interference patterns generated by combining first and second partially coherent radiation portions. Each radiation portion is generated from the same source. The first portion includes a component transmitted through a fraction of the suspension, and the second portion is transmitted through a reference path.

Managing As If Faith Matters, Center For Catholic Studies, Seton Hall University

Center for Catholic Studies Faculty Seminars and Core Curriculum Seminars

As part of the Lilly Endowment "Theological Exploration In Vocation" grant awarded to Seton Hall University, the Center for Catholic Studies sponsored a four-day seminar open to administration, faculty and staff to discern and situate their managerial role as a unique and transformative vocation.

Managing in a university setting poses critical personal questions: As a manager, what kind of person should I strive to become? What kind of organization should I, as a manager or employee, strive to build and maintain? Has my managerial education and formation contributed to a moral outlook that privatizes my faith and insulates my managerial …

The End Of Science Fiction: When Technological Extrapolation Hits A Wall Across The Future, James John Bell

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Science fiction, as a genre of popular fiction, can trace its roots as far back as the 2nd century AD, where fantastical worlds were conjured up in order to comment on current beliefs. The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1996) outlines a very specific ancestry:

[Science Fiction] is a descendant of the type of prose fiction sometimes referred to as Lucianic Satire (after Lucian of Samosata, a Greek writer of the 2nd century AD). Lucianic Satire -- also commonly known as Menippean Satire after an earlier writer, Menippus, whose works are now lost -- is a kind of …

The Conference Proceedings Of The 2003 Air Transport Research Society (Atrs) World Conference, Vol. 2, Brent Bowen, Sveinn Gudmundsson, Tae Hoon Oum, Uno Aviation Institute

Faculty Books and Monographs

UNOAI Report 03-6

The Conference Proceedings Of The 2003 Air Transport Research Society (Atrs) World Conference, Volume 1, Brent Bowen, Sveinn Gudmundsson, Tae Hoon Oum, Uno Aviation Institute

Faculty Books and Monographs

UNOAI Report 03-5

Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2003, Wendy Greenberg, Dan Reimold, Joseph F. Pirro, Loretta Radeschi

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art calendar • Hello ... Ursinus calling • Reading assignment • Meistersingers serenade Italy • Best Buddies goes virtual • Student achievement: Klim wins Watson • Students keep up with world events • Undergraduate science research sets Ursinus students apart • Another rousing theater season • A Costa Rica winter break • Ursinus in the news • Transitions • Alumni forum • A majestic commencement 2003 • The world at our doorstep: Study abroad takes off • Studying abroad: The flip side • Personal journal: A student's account of a semester abroad • …

Assigning Projects To Project Managers In A Multiple-Project Management Environment: A Pilot Study Of A Decision Support Model, Peerasit Patanakul, Dragan Milošević, Timothy R. Anderson

Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Project assignment is considered one of the most critical project decisions since it influences the performance of projects, and eventually the performance of the organization. Despite its importance, the literature reveals two major gaps on project assignment criteria and methodology. To close these gaps, this study proposes an additional set of project assignment criteria and a systematic methodology for project assignments (DSM). By using the concepts of these case study research combined with a literature review, the important potential criteria for project assignments are identified. These criteria are used in conjunction with the concepts of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) …

Mango Production And Marketing In Zanzibar: Potential, Issues And Constraints, E. I. Niyibigira, V. Y. Lada, Z. S. Abdullah

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The paper examines prospects and constraints in the production and export market of mango, particularly the Boribo Muyuni, a popular mango variety in Zanzibar. It identifies the steps undertaken by government and private sector in stimulating production and marketing. The main constraints include suitability of only a few varieties for export, seasonal variability in output; pests and disease problems particularly the Mango fruitfly, Ceratitis cosyra, high freight charges, limited cargo space and lack of technical know-how on scientific management practices. The paper also identifies the steps undertaken by government to remove the constraints to promote exports, such as expanding nurseries, …

Process And Net Impact Evaluations Of The Focus:Hope Adult Training Programs And Student Loan Fund, Kevin Hollenbeck

Reports

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Markov Chains And Dynamic Geometry Of Polygons, Jiu Ding, L. Richard Hitt, Xin-Min Zhang

Faculty Publications

In this paper we construct sequences of polygons from a given n-sided cyclic polygon by iterated procedures and study the limiting behaviors of these sequences in terms of non-negative matrices and Markov chains. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.

Institutions And The Urban Environment In Developing Countries: Challenges, Trends, And Transitions, Carlos A. Linares

Yale School of the Environment Publications Series

The paper discusses challenges, trends, and transitions in the urban environment field and offers an approach to meeting Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets in water supply and sanitation in urban areas. It updates the author’s 1994 publication Urban Environmental Challenges: New Directions for Technical Assistance to Cities inDeveloping Countries, published by the World Resources Institute. This paper begins by describing governance, decentralization, and privatization trends and drawing lessons from international development experiences in cities in developing countries. It argues that pervasive governance problems have led to environmental service deficits, particularly amongst the poor, who, at the same time, have demonstrated …

ปลูกป่าที่น้ำก้อ - น้ำชุน คืนชีวิตให้ธรรมชาติ, สิริพร แก่นสียา

Thai Environment

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การเรียนรู้จากสิ่งแวดล้อมริมทางหลวงแผ่นดิน (ตอนจบ), พรทิพย์ โภไคยอุดม

Thai Environment

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การใช้ นกนักล่า ควบคุมศัตรูพืช ด้วยวิธีทางชีววิทยาในการเกษตร, กนกธร ดำรงวัฒน

Thai Environment

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ทรัพยากรน้ำและบทบาทของผู้นำท้องถิ่น ในการอนุรักษ์สิ่งแวดล้อมโลก : การจัดการน้ำ, กนกธร ดำรงวัฒน

Thai Environment

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สร้างโลกสวย

Thai Environment

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The Philosophy Of Dooyeweerd: A Transcendental Thomist Appraisal, Hugo A. Meynell

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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Moore’S Law: A Department Of Defense Perspective, Gerald M. Borsuk, Timothy Coffey

Defense Horizons

The past 50 years have seen enormous advances in electronics and the systems that depend upon or exploit them. The Department of Defense (DOD) has been an important driver in, and a profound beneficiary of, these advances, which have come so regularly that many observers expect them to continue indefinitely. However, as Jean de la Fontaine said, “In all matters one must consider the end.” A substantial literature debates the ultimate limits to progress in solid-state electronics as they apply to the current paradigm for silicon integrated circuit (IC) technology. The outcome of this debate will have a profound societal …

สัมภาษณ์: เสถียร รุจิรวนิช โครงการวิจัยเพื่อการประเมินผล การประชาสัมพันธ์โครงการน้ำ หาร 2 ใช้อย่างรู้คุณค่า ผ่านสื่อโทรทัศน์และวิทยุในเขตกรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล, สิริพร แก่นสียา

Thai Environment

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Direct 3d Interaction Using A 2d Locator Device, Anees Ansari

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Traditionally direct 3D interaction has always been limited to true 3D devices whereas 2D devices have always been used to achieve indirect 3D interaction. Till date no proper research has been done to try and extend the use of mouse to direct 3D interaction. In this research we explore the issues involved with using the mouse to accommodate the additional degrees of freedom required for 3D interaction. We put forth a unique and innovative design to achieve this objective and show that even a device as simple as the mouse can be highly effective for 3D interaction when supported by …

Must Metaphysical Time Have A Beginning?, Wes Morriston

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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On The Stability Of The Positive Radial Steady States For A Semilinear Cauchy Problem, Yinbin Deng, Yi Li, Yi Liu

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

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Optimization-Based Architecture For Managing Complex Integrated Product Development Projects, Hisham Mohamed El-Sayed Abdelsalam

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

By the mid-1990's, the importance of early introduction of new products to both market share and profitability became fully understood. Thus, reducing product time-to-market became an essential requirement for continuous competition. Integrated Product Development (IPD) is a holistic approach that helps to overcome problems that arise in a complex product development project. IPD emphasis is to provide a framework for an effective planning and managing of engineering projects. Coupled with the fact that about 70% of the life cycle cost of a product is committed at early design phases, the motivation for developing and implementing more effective methodologies for managing …

Neiu Magazine- Summer 2003, Neiu Magazine Staff

NEIU Magazine

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