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Applying The Categorical Imperative In Kant's Rechtslehre, Nelson T. Potter Jr. Jan 2003

Applying The Categorical Imperative In Kant's Rechtslehre, Nelson T. Potter Jr.

Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications

During the last forty years there has been considerable discussion of the application of the categorical imperative to derive conclusions concerning particular moral duties and rights in Kant's moral philosophy. Much attention was focused on the four examples of such applications that occur in Chapter Two of the Groundwork, especially the first presentation of those examples, in relation to the "universal law" formulation of the categorical imperative, as opposed to their second run through in the same chapter, in relation to the second formulation of the categorical imperative, on respect for persons. In more recent years the often fuller …

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The Ceres-Rice Model-Based Estimates Of Potential Monsoon Season Rainfed Rice Productivity In Bangladesh, Rezaul Mahmood, Mark Meo, David R. Legates, Mark L. Morrissey Jan 2003

The Ceres-Rice Model-Based Estimates Of Potential Monsoon Season Rainfed Rice Productivity In Bangladesh, Rezaul Mahmood, Mark Meo, David R. Legates, Mark L. Morrissey

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Agricultural practices in Bangladesh are largely dependent on the monsoonal rainfall. Historically, Bangladesh often experiences severe droughts and floods during the monsoon months, with significant crop losses during both extreme conditions. This article provides a quantitative assessment of potential monsoon-season aman rice for four transplanting dates: 1 June, 1 July, 15 July, and 15 August. A crop-growth simulation model, the CERES-Rice, is applied to sixteen locations representing major rice-growing regions of Bangladesh to determine baseline yield estimates for four transplanting dates. The applications were conducted for 1975 through 1987. Average potential yield in Bangladesh is 6,907, 5,039, 3,637, and 1,762 …

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Integral Transforms Of Functionals In L2(C0[0, T]), Byoung Soo Kim, David Skough Jan 2003

Integral Transforms Of Functionals In L2(C0[0, T]), Byoung Soo Kim, David Skough

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

In this paper we give a necessary and sufficient condition that a functional F(x) in L2(C0[0, T]) has an integral transform Fα,βF(x) which also belongs to L2(C0[0, T]).

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Economic And Social Rights In The United States: An Overview Of The Domestic Legal Framework, Jessica Schultz Jan 2003

Economic And Social Rights In The United States: An Overview Of The Domestic Legal Framework, Jessica Schultz

Human Rights Brief

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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Democracy And Legal Reform In Morocco, Abderrahim Sabir Jan 2003

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Democracy And Legal Reform In Morocco, Abderrahim Sabir

Human Rights Brief

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The Human Rights Framework Applicable To Trafficking In Persons And Its Incorporation Into Unmik Regulation 2001/4, John Cerone Jan 2003

The Human Rights Framework Applicable To Trafficking In Persons And Its Incorporation Into Unmik Regulation 2001/4, John Cerone

Human Rights Brief

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Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Lilah Rosenblum, Patricia Staible, Kristin Edison Jan 2003

Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Lilah Rosenblum, Patricia Staible, Kristin Edison

Human Rights Brief

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Updates From The International Criminal Courts, Sarah Hymowitz, Abby Richardson Jan 2003

Updates From The International Criminal Courts, Sarah Hymowitz, Abby Richardson

Human Rights Brief

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Indigenous Peoples’ Rights To Land, Territories, And Natural Resources: A Technical Meeting Of The Oas Working Group, Osvaldo Kreimer Jan 2003

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights To Land, Territories, And Natural Resources: A Technical Meeting Of The Oas Working Group, Osvaldo Kreimer

Human Rights Brief

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The New European Union Directive On Sexual Harassment And Its Implications For Greece, Mary Ellen Tsekos Jan 2003

The New European Union Directive On Sexual Harassment And Its Implications For Greece, Mary Ellen Tsekos

Human Rights Brief

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United States Detainees At Guantánamo Bay: The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights Responds To A "Legal Black Hole" , Richard J. Wilson Jan 2003

United States Detainees At Guantánamo Bay: The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights Responds To A "Legal Black Hole" , Richard J. Wilson

Human Rights Brief

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Attacks From Within: Zimbabwe's Assault On Basic Freedoms Through Legislation, Jamal Jafari Jan 2003

Attacks From Within: Zimbabwe's Assault On Basic Freedoms Through Legislation, Jamal Jafari

Human Rights Brief

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Child Soldiers And The Capacity Of The Optional Protocol To Protect Children In Conflict, Shara Abraham Jan 2003

Child Soldiers And The Capacity Of The Optional Protocol To Protect Children In Conflict, Shara Abraham

Human Rights Brief

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American Indian Land Rights In The Inter-American System: Dann V. United States , Lnbal Sansani Jan 2003

American Indian Land Rights In The Inter-American System: Dann V. United States , Lnbal Sansani

Human Rights Brief

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The War Crimes Research Office Presents: News From The International Criminal Tribunals, Maria Allison, Leslie Wilson Jan 2003

The War Crimes Research Office Presents: News From The International Criminal Tribunals, Maria Allison, Leslie Wilson

Human Rights Brief

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Alumni Profile, Inbal Sansani Jan 2003

Alumni Profile, Inbal Sansani

Human Rights Brief

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Birth Registration: An Essential First Step Toward Ensuring The Rights Of All Children, Jonathan Todres Jan 2003

Birth Registration: An Essential First Step Toward Ensuring The Rights Of All Children, Jonathan Todres

Human Rights Brief

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News From The Regional Human Rights Systems, David Baluarte Jan 2003

News From The Regional Human Rights Systems, David Baluarte

Human Rights Brief

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Influence Of Nitrogen And Duration Of Weed Interference On Corn Growth And Development, Sean P. Evans, Stevan Z. Knezevic, John L. Lindquist, Charles A. Shapiro Jan 2003

Influence Of Nitrogen And Duration Of Weed Interference On Corn Growth And Development, Sean P. Evans, Stevan Z. Knezevic, John L. Lindquist, Charles A. Shapiro

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

An improved understanding of the effects of nitrogen (N) on crop–weed interactions is needed for the development of integrated weed management systems where responsible use of N fertilizers is considered. Field experiments conducted in 1999 and 2000 at two locations in eastern Nebraska quantify the effects of N and increasing duration of weed interference on corn growth and development. A naturally occurring population of weeds was allowed to compete with the corn crop for increasing lengths of time and at three rates of N application (0, 60, and 120 kg N ha-1). Weed interference and withholding applied N …

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Involving Engineering With In-Service K-4 Teachers, Theresa M. Swift, Steve Eugene Watkins, Kristine Swenson, Evalee Lasater, Robert Mitchell Jan 2003

Involving Engineering With In-Service K-4 Teachers, Theresa M. Swift, Steve Eugene Watkins, Kristine Swenson, Evalee Lasater, Robert Mitchell

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A strong workforce in science and engineering and literate citizens in a technology-based society depends on an educational system that prepares students in science, mathematics, and engineering. Unfortunately, many K-12 students lose interest in such topics early in their school years. Engineering applications can capture the imagination of students and illustrate the concepts in science and mathematics. Level-appropriate resources are as necessary for primary teachers and our young scholars as for teachers and students in higher grades. A model for interaction between engineers and K-4 teachers is proposed. The State of Missouri defines curriculum standards in each subject area and …

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Best Practices For Integration Of Iso 14001 Environmental Management Systems Into Small To Medium Size Businesses, Najib Hakim Jan 2003

Best Practices For Integration Of Iso 14001 Environmental Management Systems Into Small To Medium Size Businesses, Najib Hakim

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Small to Medium size Businesses (SMBs) are now confronted with a new challenge; "Would it be appropriate to implement and incorporate a strategic Environmental Management System (EMS) into their business?" SMBs have to live up to certain environmental responsibilities similar to large corporations. Major corporations are starting to favor suppliers that have a certified ISO 14001 environmental management system, so the question for many SMBs is, "Is it feasible to incorporate such a system?" Industries currently face a certain degree of challenge when it comes to the environment, environmental performance, and demands by society for cleaner, more efficient processes. In …

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Effective And Economical Development And Implementation Of Environmental Performance Evaluation In Small And Medium Size Enterprises, Hyunkee Bae Jan 2003

Effective And Economical Development And Implementation Of Environmental Performance Evaluation In Small And Medium Size Enterprises, Hyunkee Bae

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Nowadays, diverse interested parties - non-governmental organizations (NGOs), regulators, investors, customers, and other stakeholders are demanding more meaningful information about organizations' environmental performances. Regardless of whether or not many companies have a certified Environmental Management System (EMS) inplace, they are becoming increasingly interested in Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE) as an effective decision-making tool for managing the environmental aspects of their activities, products and services. While large companies have created diverse procedures, methods, and criteria depending on each organization's unique situation, Small and medium size Enterprises (SMEs) typically do not have enough resources to create and develop the evaluation procedures, criteria, …

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Ip Telephony: The Total Solution Guide, Todd Wilson Jan 2003

Ip Telephony: The Total Solution Guide, Todd Wilson

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Voice and telephony services have been viewed as constants for over the past hundred+ years. Picking up the telephone and hearing "dial tone" is something we don't think about, a simple thing in the life that households and organizations' all over the world take for granted. Over the past several decades, Private Branch Exchange (PBX) technology has proved its existence with great staying power. The phrase "five 9s" reliability has been a subject of many conversations pertaining to voice, and as time passes on, the PBX still gams more valuable trust and respect from its' users. It wasn't until approximately …

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Effective Packaging-Related Specification Management Software For A Packaging Documentation System, Gregory Cullen Jan 2003

Effective Packaging-Related Specification Management Software For A Packaging Documentation System, Gregory Cullen

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An extreme amount of time and money is lost when a company utilizes an inadequate packaging documentation system. Problems such as confusion, decreased productivity, inaccurate information, and inefficient time to market arise. Having the right tool (in this case specific software) for the job will successfully provide needed information to flow throughout a packaging documentation system. In investigating the importance of this tool, Duracell will be the company focused on as part of this case study. Duracell's current packaging documentation system consists of a series of internal electronic transfers and physical distribution of packaging specifications. Relevant information is distributed among …

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Unsupervised Skin Lesion Classification And Matching, Paula Yandow-Reilly Jan 2003

Unsupervised Skin Lesion Classification And Matching, Paula Yandow-Reilly

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According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), since 1973, the mortality rate for melanoma has increased by 44%. The number of serious skin cancers diagnosed has also more than doubled in that same period. Even though serious skin cancers (melanoma) account for only 4% of skin cancer diagnoses (and skin cancer is the most common cancer) it is responsible for almost all (79%) cancer deaths. The ACS reports about 7,300 people in the United States are expected to die of melanomas in 2002, other sources put the number as high as 7,800. There are about 130,000 cases of melanoma worldwide, …

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Fuzzy Logic In Collective Robotic Search, Nian Zhang, Donald C. Wunsch Jan 2003

Fuzzy Logic In Collective Robotic Search, Nian Zhang, Donald C. Wunsch

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

One important application of mobile robots is searching a geographical region to locate the origin of a specific sensible phenomenon. We first propose a fuzzy logic approach using a decision table. A novel fuzzy rule based was designed. And then a fuzzy search strategy is adopted by utilizing the three tier centers of mass coordination. Experimental results show that fuzzy logic algorithm is an efficient approach for the collective robots to locate the target source. In addition, noise and the position of the target affect the searching result.

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Nonlinear H Infinity Missile Longitudinal Autopilot Design With Θ-D Method, Ming Xin, S. N. Balakrishnan Jan 2003

Nonlinear H Infinity Missile Longitudinal Autopilot Design With Θ-D Method, Ming Xin, S. N. Balakrishnan

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this paper, a new nonlinear control synthesis technique, the theta- D method, is employed to design a missile longitudinal autopilot. The θ-D technique yields suboptimal solutions to nonlinear optimal control problems in the sense that it provides approximate solution to the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation. Semi-global asymptotic stability can be achieved by manipulating the perturbation terms which are added to the cost function in developing a series solution. Furthermore, this method can be used to provide an approximate closed-form solution to the state dependent Riccati equation. The particular θ-D methodology adopted in this paper is referred to as θ-D H …

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The Direction Of Mobile Evolution Examined Through The Ntt Docomo Strategy, "Mobile Frontier", Akihiro Kakimoto Jan 2003

The Direction Of Mobile Evolution Examined Through The Ntt Docomo Strategy, "Mobile Frontier", Akihiro Kakimoto

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NTT DoCoMo is Japan's biggest mobile service provider. They added extra value into cellular phone as "telephone", and contributed to the explosive spread of the mobile phone in Japan. They have still led Japan as a country with the world's largest mobile Internet. The mobile phone now changes our lifestyles or work styles, and has a great influence also on business. In 1997, NTT DoCoMo created the company vision towards the year 2010, "Mobile Frontier". It consists of five concepts, named "MAGIC", and indicates the mobile phone figure in the future as a whole. I regard it as a guideline …

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The U.S. M-Business Market: Fad Or The Future, Gary Brennan Jan 2003

The U.S. M-Business Market: Fad Or The Future, Gary Brennan

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M-Business is information available on any device, anywhere and at anytime, offering businesses in any industry the potential to expand markets, improve their services and reduce costs. The U.S. m-business market is still in its infancy and is a few years away from becoming a growth market. This is due to a few reasons, which are the lack of standards for connectivity and service, no real applications to support the market and the lack of strong encryption to support m-business and e-commerce. M-business is not a fad but a potential new channel for business operations. This thesis will address the …

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Interpersonal Communication Training At The Cia, Jerry Fischetti Jan 2003

Interpersonal Communication Training At The Cia, Jerry Fischetti

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The purpose of this research is to present and evaluate an educational intervention strategy developed at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) to enhance the interpersonal communication skills of Associate Degree students. Specifically, a class in interpersonal communications with unique behavioral objectives was introduced into the Associate Degree programs in January 2001 to improve the preparation of these students as managers and facilitators in the industry. Utilizing some core concepts of learning theory and the theory of cognitive dissonance, as well as theories of organizational change and resistance to change, an ethnographic study was conducted to assess the extent to …

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